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The Brussels Post, 1928-12-5, Page 6WEDNESDAY, DIC. 8th, 1028. 1,i1 ers9 Supplies C. Red Cedar Shingles THZ BRUSSELS POST WAS SUSTAINED Asphalt Slate Surfaced Shingles In Red, Green and Variegated Colors Seaman Kent Hardwood Flooring Cedar, Spruce, Hemlock and Fir Lumber B have a large stock of Flooring, Siding, Mould- ings, Lime, Insulex, Gyproc Wallboard, Doors and Combination Doors on hand and can supply every- thing required for a House, Barn, Hen House, etc. All orders delivered on Short Notice t �Phjonr, our expense, for priors R. J. UISdO1Y SOA GORRIE - ONTARIO Phones—Corrie 5 ring 3 - Wroxeter 23 ring 9 O TIPPLING IN TAVERNS, PLAYING SKITTLES, ARE TABOO ON SUNDAY Swimming Within View of Private Residence Fishing, Using Bad Language, At Home Or In Pub- lic, Are Illegal Under Old Law, Anyone who goes swimming within sight of a private residence on a Sunday, or who takes a drink of liquor in his hotel room, or plays skittles, football, rackets gambles with dice goes fishing or otherwise entertains himself contrary to the measure, Is guilty of a serious of- fense under the provisions of a Lord's Day Act, passed in Upper Canada prior to Confederation, It is not generally understood that this old "blue law" is still effect- ive in Ontario, but it is perfectly good law and was upheld by Mr. Middleton in the appellate division of Ontario in the case of the Ring vs. Wells, as reported in Ontario law Reports No. 24, page 77, in the year 1911. Some confusion has arisen even among the legal fraternity over the validity of the law owing to the fact that it is printed in the Ontario sta- tues, and as held by the privy council in 1903. Upper Canada satutes prior to Confederation and which deal with matters of federal jurisdiction, could not be re-enacted as Ontario provin- cial statutes after Confederation, However, in the case of this particu- lar statute it was not re-enacted by the province, but for the conven- ience of lawyers and other persons was reprinted, in italic type to in- dictee that it was not a provincial law in the Ontario statutes. It is the common belief that most of the Sunday prosecutions are taken under the more recent Dominion Lord's Day Art. but this is not the ease in Ontario, The old blue law is Chapter 14 of the Consolidated Statutes of Upper Canada 1888, and became law ap- parently long before that year, or close on to a century ago. The art sets out that it is not lawful for any merchant, tradesman, artificer, mechanic workman leborer or other person to engage in his or- dinary activities on Sunday except in work of mercy necessity or in traveling. Public political meetings are for- bidden, 'and one must not tipple in any tavern, grocery, or house of public entertainment nor may one revel or publicly exhibit himself in a state of intoxication, or use bad language in the open air. Bad Lan- guage in the home, even on Sunday, is not considered an offense under t this .particular law, In this list of sports banned are e skittles (bowling), football, racquets, s (tennis) gambling with dice or otherwise foot raring, horse racing on racing with vehicles (which bars automobile racing even though the automobile was not then thought of), shooting except in defence from ravening beasts, such as wolves, and fishing. The rule regarding bathing, which apparenly makes the operation on Sunday of such places as the Mill dam bathing beach entirely illegal specifies that bathing in an exposed situation or within view of a place of public worship or private resi- dence" shall not be permitted, and the informer who lays a complaint before a justice of the peace shall be entitled to half the fine. The penalty for any infraction of the act is a fine of not less than $1 or more than $40, or not more than three months in jail. On a com- plaint being made the offender may be put in jail on an order by a jus - ice of the peace, and there held until his trial. Complaints must be laid within one month of the date of the offense, trial must be started within six months, and if the convicted person desires to appeal he must do so within 12 days. There is a clause in the act pre- venting the courts from quashing convictions under the law owing to "want of form," or, in other words, because of technical defects it ap- pears in fact, that there has been an offense committed, Indians are specifically exempted from the provisions of the blue law. They ran swim all they want to on Sunday, so far as the Act of 1859 is concerned. Under ordinary circumstances it is not illegal to play games for money in a privae residence whore there is no rake-off taken and gam- bling is not the means of subsistence of the players. Gambling under any conditions, however, on Sunday .s definitely barred by this almost forgotten act, It is understood the: act still stands on the statute books chiefiy because no effective move had been made to cancel it. The federal Lord's Day Act. to enforce which the Lord's Day Alliances is active, over- laps it. Christmas Mailing. The post office department is adopting various means to •encour- ere early mailing on the part of Christmas gift senders, particularly o distant points. Mall for Europe, South America, Australia, in fact, anywhere except on the North Am - dean continent should be posted az eon as possible, .ted "� as We pay Highest Cash Price for Cream. 1 cent per la>. Butter Fat extra paid for all Cream delivered at our Creamery. Satisfaction Guaranteed Brussels Creamery Co. Phone 22 Limited An Episode Of the Big European War By ESTHER VANPEVEER \1'ilboltniva Bischoff, a volunteer nurse in a hospital for dick and wound ed soldiers in Germany, entered upon her service with an admonition from her father in this wise: "My daughter, I desire that you do not permit yourself to confine your nursing to any one patleut. There is no more prolific field for love affair's than nursing. A young mau, grateful for the attention he receives.' fails lu love with his nurse, the nurse pities her (barge, and pity is akin to love. 1 wish you to remain Panay free be• cause of tills proposed match between you and your Cousin Adolf in America, n match desired as much by my broth- er, his father, as by myself. The American branch of our family has grown rich, while we have remained poor. It is therefore desirable that you should marry your cousin, who, as you know, will come over from America for the purpose as soon as this war has ended." "Yes, father," replied Wilhelmina, "you will find me a dutiful daughter_ in this respect as in all others. 1'Pe German know irls gr what is due to our parents, but 1 have heard that in America it is different—that In that country there is but little respect for age or parental authority, and young people consult their own wishes in- stead of those to whom they owe obey dienee." This dialogub, which illustrates the difference between foreign and Ameri- can marriages, wns satisfactory to Herr Bischoff, who felt sure that his daugh- ter would heed his admonition. Bat the old man's reasons for caution were stronger even than he had stated them. A young soldier who had been wound- ed in Belgium came under Wilhelmi- na's care, fell in love with her, and the pity she felt for him as well as the love he offered her caused a recip- rocal feeling to arise within her own heart. He asked her all about herself, her name, the place in which she lived and told her that as soon as be was convalescent and should be granted a brief leave he would go to her father and ask for her band. To this she re- plied that she was to marry a cousin who was to come from America as soon as the war was over. "What," exclaimed the soldier, "mar- ry one who takes no part in the de- fense of the fatherland and refuse one who has given his blood for It? I am astonisbed that so lovely a girl should do such a thing." To this Wilbelmina replied that she owed the same duty to her parents that she owed to her country and 'whatever her father bade her she would do. The soldier insisted that he 'would go to her father and represent to him his want of patriotism and was sure that he would relent. But the lorer added that Wilhelmina must be at home when he came, that she night add her supplications to his. Wilhel- mina ilhelmina consented to this, but averred that without her father's eousent she Would not accept her soldier suitor. When the young man became well enough to totter forth from the hos- pital he was given a month's leave, and Wilhelmina preceded him to her home to break the matter to her par. eats. When the lover come he found the father obdurate. Wilhelmina had represented the matter to hits, and he replied that It was the soldier's duty to serve his country and be was not entitled to a reward, especially such a reward as he asked. Tile American to whom Wilhelmina wns engaged had been born iu another country, and his duty was to his own state. Therefore DO more should be said about the mat- ter. Wilhelmina should await the ar- rival of the man whom she was to marry. When the soldier arrived and was in- formed of the situation he mode mat• tors worse by declaring that be would marry Wilhelmina in spite of her fa- ther, her mother and all her American relatives, including the cousin. "You don't talk like a German at all," said Ilerr Bischoff angrily. "You talk like an American, for I have under- stood that in America there is but little respect for age and parental authority. Get you gone back to the army, and it is hoped that your country may get rid of yen on the battlefield." "I will marry Wilhelmina first" the soldier retorted. "You will do no such thing." "Well, at least give me five minutes' parting conversation with ber alone; then if she wishes 111 will give her ftp." This promise Induced Ilea Bischoff to grant the interview, after which the soldier bid them ali goodby. That night he eloped with \tilbolmmn and in the morning neither of them put in an ap- pearnure. Herr Bischoff hunted high and low for them, but was unable to find them However he learned that they bad been seen together going back in the direction from which they came, and be followed them, Over- taking them, he upbraided his daughter and cursed Iris eon-in•law. "I told you," said the latter, "that 1 would marry Wtlhelmina, and I have done so. In marrying me she has obeyed you, for 1 nm William Bischoff, a citizen of the United States, Desire Ing to see something or this big war, I came over at its commencement in. stead of tet its end to enlist in the Ger- man army as well as to marry my cocain," Whereupon Berm Bischoff clasped the pair enthusiastically in his fatherly arms. Premier Stanley Bruce, of Austra- lia whose coalition ,government at the general election was sustained by the people, although by a smaller majority than It had previously en- joyed. FIRE LOSS RECORD Fire losses in. Canada during the week ended November 14, 1928, were estimated by The Monetary Times at $317,500, as compared with $82, 300 for the previous week, and with $327,500 for the corres- ponding week of last year. From Ohl -wary 1 1927, to November 16 1927, five losses were $14,765209, and from January 1 1928 to Nov- ember 14 1928, they were $16,548,- 800. New Zealand Business New Zealand is piling up a favor- able trade balance. During the past year a marked improvement in ex- ports and decline inimports was re- gistered in the department of In- dustries and Commerce report. A previous excess of imports of 4,613,- 000 pounds became an excess of exports of 3,713,000 pounds. Bank- ing reports showed a similar impro- vement. Britian remains New Zea- land's best customer, but this per- centage of exports sent to Britain was 79.76 in 1925, but last year it was 76.04. The next best customer is Australia, the United States is third, while Canada is fourth, although trade with Canada tends to show some expansion. LOOK AT YOUR LABEL Hospital for Sick Children 67 College St., Toronto 2, Ont. December, 1928. Dear Mr. Pditor:— For some years past the work that this Hospital has been able to do for the children of Ontario has been seriously cramped through lack of space. A point was reached where the Trustees had to decide whether its service should be restricted to the utmost number of "Sick Kids' whom it could provide with cots or whether it should add to its room. There are many youngsters suffer- ing from afflictions of the some anti Joints, whom only many long months can restore to health and strength. Medical care will help; but what they principally need is fresh air and sunshine. Hitherto the Hospital for Sick Children bas looked after such children in an institution close by a city playground, where more fortunate boys and girls enjoy their sports.. Imagine their plight, lying month after month listening to the shouts and laughter of other children. In October last, the Hospital for Sick Children opened its country annex devoted to youngsters whose one chance to have their limbs straightened or their bodies built up must be in some place where they have sunshine and fresh air plus nursing care and medical attention. On a height of land near Weston, away from the murk of the city, children are winning their way back to health in an environment of sun. shine, pure breezes and quiet. The country hospital at Thistle. town is a God -send for children whom it win take a long time to cure. It also liberates a hundred cots in the parent institution for youngsters who can be set right in a short time if quickly given con- stant attention. So the Hospital for Sick Children has now two doors to keep open day and night to every class, color and creed. t For more than half a century the Hospital has depended for its very existence upon the public response to its annual appeal which, being iv behalf of children, is appropriately made at Christmas time, For over fifty years the 1'LP.S.C. has been enabled to make both ends meet by the donations of its friends, whether such be a dollar or an endowment. But the end of 1928 finds it with many large bills to pay tor its new venture. To its old -friends the Hospital for Sick Children once more appeals. It Is becauee so many of your readers are included in that ever-growing circle, that I trespass upon your space to remind them that it was their generosity in the past that em• boldened the Hospital's Trustees to build for the future, With an extra effort stimulated by a new need, cannot the income of the "Sick kids" be put once more abreast of its argent needs? Faithfully yours, ° IRVINC8 E. ROBERTSON, Chairman Appeal Committee, IJtrrfe',. , • NONSTOP lift/SIO, New Devlet la Adaptable to (ho Ord1- nara' Cb.uuopltoue, Gramophones that can play a whole, opera without stopping to change needles are a possibility of the near future, thanks to a British invention by which a eoil of specially prepared thread replaces the ordinary disc records, says Til. Bfls. Orn' coil of thread, weighing a few oanees, it Is claimed, will hold as much music as ten disc records, The new devleo Is easily adaptable to the ordinary gramophone by means of a special attachment costing a few shiliingo, It is claimed that it will be possible to carry twelve hours' music In thread records in a portable gramophone, A thread coil may be dropped and knocked about without being spoiled. If the thread is broken it can be mended without making any notice- able effect on the record. Years of research work have been devoted to the now system, and the that patent was taken out Ove years ago, when a telephone conversation was successfully recorded on thread. Other Interesting poesibilifies arise from the invention. A business man could dictate his office correspon- dence at home and carry it to his office typist In his jacket pocket, The entire day's correspondence of the busiest man could, it is claimed, be recorded on two or three thread coils weighing half a pound. A person In the Old Country could send coils to relatives abroad, who oouldrod reproduce on their gramo- phones a message In the actual voice of the sender, at a cost only slightly more than the letter postage. The thread is of One silvery tex- ture. The indentations made by the voice waves are only visible under a powerful microscope, It resembles a very fine violin string or grey hair. 11, CANADA'S LARGEST STEAMER. Will Ply Between Southampton and Quebec. A steamer, which has been ordered by the Cahadian Pacific Railway, Is being built by John Brown & Co., Clydebank, for service between Southampton and Quebec, will be 730 feet in length, 97 feet beam, about 40,000 tons gross register and. with a sea speed of 24 knots, enabling the trip between Southampton and Quebec, via Cherbourg, to be made In five days. The vessel will be nam- ed Empress of Britain, and is ex- pected to take her place In servioe 1n the spring of 1931. While the new ship will not be of the mammoth type now being constructed in Great Britain and Germany for service be- tween British and Continental ports and New York, she will mark a dis- tinct advance both in size and speed over any ship heretofore put in ser- vice between Canadian and British ports. Her accommodation will be luxurious, and she will be capable of carrying over 1,100 passengers in in first, second and third classes. In the opinion of the company's officers and designers, she will be an out- standing addition to the Canadian l North Atlantic service. The new empress will be 50 feet longer and 20 feet wider than the Empress of Scotland, which is now the largest vessel in the St• Lawrence service, and her tonnage of 40,000 gross rates 15,000 toils more than that ship, Compared with 'the Duch- ess class of the Canadian Pacific, the tonnage of the new Empress le exact- ly double. .LIPTON REMEMBERS. Proud of the Mother Who Was Proud of Her Boy. Not long ago in the doorway of a tiny shop in Glasgow, bearing the name "Lipton's Market," Sir Thomas Lipton, the millionaire tea -merchant - yachtsman, stood and distributed in- numerable packages of chocolate and biscuits to the poor children of the humble neighborhood. Fifty years ago his first office was there, and on its walls hang the por- traits of his father and mother. In the little shop round the corner from the Lipton office he used to sleep un- der the counter. He is proud of it, and proud of the mother who was proud of her boy and urged him on, Now, at seventy-eight, he goes back again and stands near the little shop. It is another version of a SUMO 150 years ago when Dr, Sam- uel Johnson went back to stand bare- headed in the market -place of Utto- xeier, where his father's bookstall had been. But that was an act of penance; Sir Thomas Lipton's act is just a tribute to his parents and to his own kindly heart. THE BLONDIN SP:IRFE'. Daredevilry Still Lives In Famous Acrobat's Descendants. Daredevilry equal to that of Blon- din, who walked across the Niagara Falls on a tight -rope, still lives in the famous acrobat's descendants. Not long ago one of Blondin's grandsons walked across a chain stretched between two high rocks in Cornwall, Itngland, while one of leis brothers recently stretched a rope be» tween the tops of the masts of a ship and then walked the rope, al- though the sea was none too calm. A great-grandson of the Niagara hero its revealing the family talent at his home in Vancouver. Although only seven years, old, he is ,perform - lag all sorts of amazing tricks on hie own account, and the day may coma when he aleo will walk across Nia- gara with a man on his back and make the return journey on stilts; The most Accurate Clocks. Probably the most accurate clocks in the world are two at Greenwich Observatory. Bach 1s checked every So seconds by a pendulum, made of an alloy of steel and nickel tailed !Wear, miming in a vacuum, A Change Of temperature of, one degree l ahi'enheit causes these pendulums to vary, but not more than a three. thousandth of a second in twenty" tour hours. I • the Master Salesman Lo, the people of the earth do me 'homage. I aril the 'herald of success for men, merchants, manufacturers, municipalities and nations. I go forth to tell the world the message of service and sound merchandise. And the world lis- tens When I speak. There was a day long ago, when by sheer weight of superior merit, a business could rise above the common level without me, but that day has passed into oblivion: ;For those who have used me as their servant I have gathered untold mill ons into their coffers+ 1 Sell More Merchandise per dollar of salary paid me than any other sales- man on the face of titre earth. The fabled lamp of Aladdin never called to the service of its master genii half so rich and powerful as I am, to the man who keeps me constantly on his payroll. O Hold the Y`^ ushiesss of the seasoms in the hollow of my hand, 1 com- mand the legions of fashion, mold the styles and lead the world tiwhtthersoever I go. 1 drive unprin- cipled business to cover, and sound the death -knell of inferior merchandie. Frauds are afrata of me be- cause 1 march in the broad light of day. h°' eller <"`,:: ake Their ervaf'l for life takes no.chances,0n drawing down dividends from my untold treasures bestowed with a lavish hand. I have awakened and inspired' nations, set mil- lions of men to fight the battles of freedom beyond the seas and raised billions off dollars to foot the bilis. Nations and kings pay me homage and the business world bows at my feet. 1 sow broad fields for you to reap a golden harvest. 1 Am Master Salesman at Your Service Am Advertising Waiting Your Command The Post BRUSSELS 6' 0 ti h