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The Exeter Advocate, 1923-10-18, Page 3SMOKE and 1i4 • OIG CH/IN .cwWa,w Ve,4 Sfi0K1Na try 7o6ACCo oee TheTobaccoof *aliy Manufactured by Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada Limited tw= Surnames and Their Origin FREDERICK. Variations -- Fredericks, Friedrich, Friedrichs, Fredricks, Fredson, Fred - son, Frederica, Fredo. Racial Origin—English, German, Scan- dinavian, Italian, Spanish. Source—A given name. Fancily names in this group are all derivatives of the given name of Fred- erick, or its equivalents in the various' languages mentioned. To some it may be a matter of won- der that a given name palpably of Teu tonic origin should be popular enough to have developed into a family name among such races as the Italian and the Spanish. The answer lies in the fact that the so-called Latin races are considerably more Latin in language than they are in blood. While the Teu- tonic element may not predominate in them it is largely represented in the blood of the conquering Goths of Medieval days, who swept over the ruins, of the Roman Empire. The given name of Frederick is of Teutonic origin. Its original form was "Fritlluric," and it was a compound of the words "friths," meaning "peace" or "peaceful," and "ric," meaning "king" or "ruler." It is to be noted. that this word "ria" has its counter-; part in the Celtic "rix" and "righ," as well as the Latin "rex." Among these family names the forms Frederick, Fredericks, Fred- ricks, Fredson are English. Friedrich and Friedrichs are German. Fredsen I is Scandinavian, and Fredo and Fred- erico are both Spanish and Italian. LATIMER, Variation—Lattimer, Lattiner, Racial Origin—English. Source—An occupation. The populations of medieval Europe had one great advantage and conveni- ence which has not been passed down to their posterity. They heed a com- mon language for international com- munication. The language of the scholar, the educated man, was the sante in all countries. To -day, it is true, most Europeans consider that they are not well edu- cated unless they know two or three languages beside their own. But in those days it was not necessary to know more than one tongue in addi- tion to the native one in order to con- verse with scholars of all•lands. This universal language, of course, was Latin, the language of the church. And at one period in medieval Eng- land, it was considered more import- ant to know how to read and write Latin than Norman-French. Anglo- Saxon was "deader" then, so far as reading and writing went, than Latin IS. to -day. The "latynere" was the man who could read, write, and speak Isatin; in abort, the scholar. At a somewhat later period, Sir John Maunderville- wrote: "And men alleweys fynden Latyneres to go with thein in the eon - trees and furthere beyonde in to tyme that men conne the language." The difference between the sound of an "n" and an "m" is not great, but it is a good bit harder to say "latiner" than "latimer" in ordinary conversa- tion. ,Hence the word, existing now only as the family name, has come down to us in the "corrupted" form. The Touch That Tells. ''Tony's not a bit smart. Somehow, his clothes always look all wrong," said one girt, "Tony's, got no sister to keep him up to scratch," remarked her friend flippantly. Men may not dress so much for wo- men, as women undoubtedly dress for men; but it is a fact that in homes where there are sisters you find well- , dressed brothers. Of course, men won't own up to it, but you notice it in a hundred little ways. A girl's feminine eye for detail allows her to jog her brother tact- fully when his socks and ties are not all they might be. She may never be allowed to 'purchase the sacred ar titles+; -nevertheless, he hears her half- whispered comment on so-and-so's toilet, or such - aman's new suit, and ear -marks it for future reference. One sister I know bas good taste in raateiials, and usually has her way in the choice of her brother's new suit. And because she is his sister and takes an' interest in his welfare, her bargain eye is always on the alert for a good ehea.p line in new soft shirts or a place where one can get reliable gloves at lest than five shillings a pair. Yes; sisters can dress brothers and caress them well: Another reason for a man's extra smartness where women abound is the;. fact that he dislikes showing up shab- bily in their. company. Modern wo- man is smart and well groomed; spur- red on by her example,' man instinc- tively follows- suit. But the man .on his own lacks this subtle feminine aid. Mother is a dear, probably, but a little old=fax+bioned as regards men's• dress, and inclined still to take her standard of male smart -1 Hess by wliat tither wore twenty years ago. . ,So there it is.. The sisters o,. this . world, and later on, of course, some , other: brother's sieter, do more than their fair share towards seeing that men are well elothoe lCP;t;o lY(Ittard'a t.tr,'trJrtt itis the house. Masterpieces of Fiction That Were Dictated. The man who walks about his study or lounges in an easy chair whilst his secretary takes down a dietated novel or article for the Press is same+tinees regarded as a product of these modern days of hustle. Yet there are great precedents, for both "Paradise Lost" and "Paradise Regained" were dictated. Milton was blind and unable to transcribe his own works. His method was to compose a number of lines in his• mind, and then dictate ahem to anyone who hap- pened to be handy. Wordsworth, the great interpreter of nature, used to ramble over hill and dale composing poems. When, after his death, an inquirer asked an aged villager it he knew him, the old fellow said: "Aye, sure, I've oft seen him goo bumnin' past." He was referring to' the poet's• habit of murmuring his lines as he walked. In this way he could compose and memorize a couple of hundred lines. When lie returned hone he would call his sister cr his wife to his side, and dictate the whole to tbem whilst they wrote. Sir Walter Scott is another example. The whole of "Ivanhoe" and "Guy Mannering was dictated to • secre- taries, uh.o took turns in striving to keep pace with him. But it was not Scotia usual habit to dictate. He was unwell at the time 'and unable unable to' write, - It is certain that lie Iliad of Homer, as well .as most of the ballade litera- ture of the world, were spoken or sung for years, perhaps for ages, before they were committed to writing. Dress Fads of Famous Authors. "He had a double gold` chain outside hie waistcoat, and such breastpins that I thought he looked like one of , our. river gamblers." Such is, the dee= criptlon of Charles Dickens, given by Prentice in an account of his tour of: the Unitetd States. A tendency for overdressingwas always one of Dicke ens'e characteristics. A photograph of Dickens, taken in 1852, shows him In a frock -coat with a broad velvet collar, a waistcoat made of some furry stuff, and trousers of a i The Australian women have needles Made of a little bone from the leg of an , emu, and they thremul then with the: sinews of .opossums, kangaroos or emus. Unless you make uP your mind to enjoy your work, you will neve; ijke it °ace a little. SYMPTOMS OF ANAEMIA An Inherited Tendency to Anaemia May be Overcome. Some people have a tendency to be- come thin -blooded just as others have aa inherited tendency to rheumatism, or to nervous disorders. The condition in which the blood becomes so thin that the whole body suffers comes on so gradually and stealthily that any- one with a natural disposition in that direction should watch the symptoms huge check. rercy Fitzgerald says carefully. Bloodlessness, or anaemia, the French painter's remark, that as the medical term is, can be tor- Diekens was "more like one of the old rected much more easily in the earlier Dutch admirals we see in the pieture' stages than later. It begins with a galleries. than a man of letters," con-, tired feeling that rest does not over- veys an admirably true idea to his come, the complexion becomes pale friends. and breathlessness on slight exertion, "The first time I saw Archbishop such as going upstairs, is noticed. Whately," said the Provost of Oriel Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are a home College, Oxford, "he wore apea-green remedy that has been most successful coat, white waistcoat, stone -colored in the treatment of diseases caused shorts, flesh -colored stockings. Bishop, by thin blood. With pure air and Heber was dressed in a parsley and wholesome• food these blood -making butter coat. Dr. Arnold in a light blue pills afford the correct treatment when coat with metal buttons and a buff the symptoms described are noticed. waistcoat." You can get these pills through any Charley Lamb always dressed, in dealer in medicine or by snail, post - black, "I take it," he said, "to be the paid, at 50e a box from The Dr. Wil - proper costume of an author.' When llama' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. this was once objected to at a wed- ding, he pleaded the raven's apology in, the fable that "he had no other." His clothes were entirely black, and he wore long black gaiters up to the. knees, Southey wore clogs; he had a fawn - colored all-round coat and a cap with a knob to it. He never put on a swat- low -tailed coat. Like Southey, Por - son, the great Greek scholar, had an utter contempt for appearances, When Hazlitt met him in the library of the London Instituion, he was dressed in an old rusy black coat, with cobwebs hanging to the skirt, and with a large patch of coarse brown paper covering the whole length of his nose. GUARD THE BABY AGAINST COLDS To guard the baby against colds nothing can equal Baby's Own Tab- lets. The Tablets are a mild laxative that will keep the little one's stomach and bowels working regularly. It is a recognized fact that where the stom- ach and bowels are in good order that colds will not exist; that the health of the little one will be good and that he will thrive and be happy and good-na- tured. The Tablets are sold by medi- cine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Preserving Pianists' Art. To play the player piano properly, taste, musical instinct and consider- able practice are necessary. Sufficient justification for the last will be, found not only in the increased power and fluency of expression that result, but also in the vast fund of knowledge that is required in the process. Through a highly sensitive electri- cal device it is possible for a pianist whilst playing what appears to be an ordinary piano, to cut simultaneously an exact record of his playing upon a paper music roll. The result is an al- most uncannily truthful reproduction of the pianist's performance which, after the roll is duplicated, becomes available to every owner of an instru- ment fitted with the mechanism. The accuracy with which these in- struments reproduce the pianist's own interpretation, the phrasing, the rhy- thmic peculiarities, the niceties and delicacies of shading is amazing. It is surely no trifling contribution to culture that the all too fugitive art of the pianist may thus be preserved for the benefit of vasa audiences whom he may never see, or, that the music lover of 1923 may enjoy in the seclu- sion of his home, the playing of the greatest contemporary artists. Cigarette Dr. Royal S. New 'fork, states that and as combustion d smokers find solace moderate use of tobacco,Commissioner smoketobac- co himself, A Cat-astrophe. Aunty --"What became of the kitten you had when I was here before?" Little Niece (in surprise)—"Why, don't you know?" "I haven't heard a word. Was she poisoned?". "No,. aunt." "Drowned?" "Oh, no." "Stolen?„ "No, indeed." "Hurt in any way?" No." "Well, I can't guess. What became of her?" "She growed into a cat." MONEY ORCERS. The safe way to send money by mail is by Dominion Express Money Order. • • A doctor observes that a generation that lives on wheels should eat more fruit and fresh vegetables than the generations that walked. The woman whose work is never done, doesn't: have the right kind of a husband. Think that over, husbands. The Shoemaker's Kingdom. He was in his way a king, that mi•s- erably poor and helplessly paralyzed old shoemaker who lived In one of the grimiest streets in the squalid East End of London. He could think great thoughts, bright, happy thoughts by means of which he peopled his king- dom, the dark little kitchen in which he sat day in and day out. In London's Underworld, Mr, Thomas Holmes, who for upward of a quarter of a century was a police -court missionary, reports this remarkable conversation, which •took place between himself and the cripple: "Itis a very hard life for you sitting month after month on that chair, un- able to do anything!" "It is hard; I do not know what I should do if I could not think. "But isn't it hard for you to do noth- ing except think?" "No! it ie my pleasure and accupa- tion." "What do you think about as you sit here?" "All sorts of things --what I have read, mostly." "What have you read?" "Everything that I could get hold of —novels, poetry, history and travel." "What novelist do you like best?" The answer came, prompt and de- cisive: "Dickens." ,.why "He loved the poor; he shows a greater belief in humanity than Thackeray." "How do you prove that?" "Well, take Thackeray's Vanity Fair, it is clever and satirical, but there is only one good character, and he was a fool; but in Dickens you come across character after character that you can't help loving?' • "How about poetry; what poets do you like?" "The minor poets of two hundred years ago. Herrick, Churchill, Shen - stone and others. "Why do you like them?" "They are so pretty, so easy to un- derstand; you know what they mean. They speak of beauty and flowers and love; their language is tuneful and sweet." "You have read Shakespeare?" "Yes, every play, again and again." "Which do you like best?" "1 like them all, the historical and the imaginative. I have never seen one acted, but to me King Lear is his masterpiece." As the missionary went out the old shoemaker doubled over farther in his chair, alone with his thoughts, alone with his kingdom. Might Make Them a Visit Mrs. Newbride—"What is it, John?t'. Mr. Newbride (looking up from paper-"i'm uneasy about our foreign relations." • Mrs: Newbride — "Foreign relations —how splendid! Why haven't you told me you had `foreign relations, dear? We might manage to visit them some time. Around the Bend. Dead? No, don't speak of hila„ neat way! Don't think of him as dead! He's only just gone on a piece, A little way ahead. He's travelling still thesame highway That he, with us, has trod; Merely out -distanced use a bit, Upon theroad to .God. Dead? Never with a thought like that,;. The smallest moment spend. He's simply gone. beyond oui' sight; He's just around the bend! Ida M. Thomas. And the Wind Sighed She (shyly)—"Can you manage your car with one liana?" He—"No; but there's a nice shady lane just ahead where we can stop." Irish Rahway. A railway line was being built in Ireland, and to save time it was de- cided to begin operations simultane- ously from either end. But each contractor favored a differ- ent gauge, and neither would give way. Thus, when the two- sets of track met, the result was described as "con_ netting railwayswhich wouldn't con- nect at ail, at all. Smoking in the street was once an offence punishable by fine. Got this books You cannot afford to bo without it. It costo you nothings If you own horses, it can save you hundreds of dollars. rho book—"A treatise on the borso"—is yours for tho asking, ,lt your dsuggist'o, Tho horse and nil about slim—his diseases —bow to recognise them—.what to do about thein—with chapters on and shoeing, feeding—andgamy tried and proron horsemen's romediee, Ask your druggist fora copyof "A Treatise on tho Horse" or write us dlreet— la Dr. B. J. KENDALL CO., Enosbure Falls, Vt. U.S.A. eee Fooled the Barber. Barber—"Air's gettin' a bit thin on top, sir." Customer --"Yes; that's the result of too ;nuts; Ann) Domini, you know." Barber (after a pause) -''No doubt, 'sir. Never did think .much of these new. !angled 'air -restorers. Try a bot- 1 tle of our own make, sir." ask for Mhiard's and .',.ke no other. Clever Bishop. Tb.e clergyman's small son was spending an afternoon with the bish- op's children. I"At the rectory," he said, "we've got a hen that lays an egg every day.' "Pooh!" said Master . Btti op, „my father lays a foundation -stone once a week." ISSUE No. 41—'23. For Thin Falling Hair Use Cuticura If your scalp is irritated and your hair dry and falling out in handfuls, try this treatment: Touch spots of dandruff and itching with Cuticura Ointment and follow with hot sham- poo of Cuticura Soap. Nothing better than Cuticura for all skin and scalp troubles. Soap25e. Oiatment25ands0e. Talcum 25c. Sold throughouttheDominion. CanadianDepot: Lyman, Limited, 344 St. Paul St., W.. Montreal. illIMF-Cuticura Soap shaves without mug. • Classified Advertisements PEMLLE 3' 13iP WA tWED, APOIS 11,&545D ec no nave,e,ND l,I0111 sewing et home, whole or ,spare ttmo: ,rood pay; *ort .sent any distance,. charges paid.., pend stamp for particularo. :National hianufaoturtnii 044' 11 ievea roue—b oras rnobi gr pit lir (Bookist). Nina rear? esOerienoa rWoiitpe foxes. 25 cents. Dr. Randall, Truro. Vora Sonys.e No •cams* for Alarm, The telephone boil rang, and the. great physician replied in his usuall gentle voice; Then he crashed down the receiver. "Quick!. Hand me my bag;" ' he cried. "A, man just telephoned me in a dying voice that he couldn't live Without me!" "Wait!" declared his •wife, who had; taken up the receiver, "that call is for Edith!" Humane societies have been in ensu istenee far over 100 years. iff Keeps EYES Clear, Bright and Beautiful Write Murine Co., Chicaga,forEyeCcre Hook 411 CHAPPED HANDS IPt Minard's eases and heals them. N i Rub it on before you go 'nut in ere S the wind. A. good preventive. ,1111•11.I. .111101.16.116.0.SIFINCX4t4 America's Pionee- Dog Remedies Book on DOG DISEASES and now to Feed Mailed Free to ens Address by the Author. H. CLAY GLOVER 00.. Ina 129 West 24th Street New York. U.S.A. MRSI ANDERSIN TELLS WOMEN $how Backache and Periodic Pains Yield to Lydia E. Pink - ham's Vegetable Compound Leslie, Sask.—"For about a year X was troubled with a distressing down bearing pain before and during the pa, riods, and from terrible headaches and backache. I hated to go to a doctor, and as I knew several women who had, taken Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with good results, I finally bought some and took four bottles of it,. I certainly do recommend it to -every woman with troubles like mine. I feel fine now and hope to be able to keep your medicine on hand at all times, as no woman ought to be without it in the house." — Mrs. OSCAR A. ANDBRSODT0 Box 16, Leslie, Sask. Mrs. Kelsey Adds Her Testimony Copenhagen, N. Y. — " I read your advertisement in the papers and my husband induced me to take Lydia F . Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to get relief from pains and weakness. I wase so weak that I could not walk at times Now I can do my housework and help my husband out doors, too. I am willin for you to publish this letter if you thin it will hel o others." — Mrs. HERBERT KELSEY, I.F.D., Copenhagen, N. Y. Sick and ailing women everywhere in the Dominion should try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound before they give up hope of recovery. 0, UNLESS you see the name "Bayer" on tablets, you are not getting Aspirin at all Accept only an "unbroken package" of `Bayer Tablets of Aspirin," which contains directions and dose worked out by physicians during 22 years and proved safe by millions . for Colds Headache Rheumatism Toothache Neuralgia Neurits;, Earache Lumbago Pain, Pain Handy "Bayer" boxes of 12 tablets -Also bottles of 24 and 100—Druggists, Aspirin is the trade marls (registered in. Canada) of Bayer ,rcnufaCture of'Monn- e ceticacidester o1 Sniieylica+.td, While it or wall known that Aspirin means Bayer manufacture. to assist the public against imitations. the T.?hints ee Bayer Company". will be stamped with their .general trade •marls, the 'Bayer Cro5d,"