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The Clinton News Record, 1932-02-11, Page 31^ "THURS., FEB. 11, 1932 K1NGiNEWS u haar "Everything that;goes up rust come 'down." There's not much doubt about it, but before giving a forthright decision for or against the law of gravitation.weshould like to have a talk with the tax collector. Penitentiary riots are attributed to Red agitators, and indeed nothing else would swell the Red auks like general jail ;deliveries. Conversionlof debts' is all right so long 'as they do not backslide after being converted. • 'Bishop Geddes says that Eskimos ' would rather' hear Barry Ladder sing than listen to the music of ..Chopin, Mozart or Wagner. - In this .respect. they are not different from, a great many people, including Sir Hairy himself. In an eastern town it is related that what was, three years ago, a flourishing brokerage office is now e laundry. There are such things as legitimate wash sales. Bi-metallism—A platinum blonde who is also a gold-digger. • - Roger Babson claims to have pre- dicted the slump, and, we'll believe him if he can thaw that .he sold every share he held. The charge is now made that an- other crowd besides the Beauharndis tried to grab the St. Lawrence, and that brings up another question: If one is dying of thirst, is it proper to steal a river. It was not to be expected that men like Herbert Samuel, Donald McLean and Walter Runciman would lightly abandon their free trade principles, but they cauld hardly expect the party which furnished most of tate voting strength which returned the National government to abandon its protectionist veiws. Ramsay Mac- Donald had, therefore, a delicate task and he solved it by a drastic change in what has for a century been regarded as a fixed principle of cabinet rule, viz., that the cabinet speaks with one voice in public, "fight like blazes" in council. It is a bold experiment to allow disputes originating in council to be continued J in the. Commons I -louse of -, Parlia- uient, Good highways encourage travel; says a newspaper. All roads lead us to roam. • No natter how successful, a public loin may lie; it only shows that it is easier to 'berme than to pay, The international, settlententr of Shanghai offers special advantages these days in the cultivation of tact and diplomacy. The Armaments Opt thunder -strike the walls of rock -built cities are bidding motions quake and investors tremble for their •capital Genova oratory is a series of elo- quent pleas for 'disarmament brist- ling with ifs and buts. A prominent railway reran in the United States predicts that if con- ditions do not soon improve most of the railways will have• to go into the hands of receivers. Well, it is not as if the§ had to go it Wind. Many of them have been there before, and ought to know the way. Ie all fairness it should be re- membered that instalment buying de- layed the slump by two or three years. Lord Kitchener had a clearer idea than anyone else as to the duration, but even at that he was at least fourteen years out. That ono et Boulder is called the Hoover Dam. And we know of no one more entitled to use one than the same Hoover. "The latter years of the late war and the first years of the peace were to Great Britain the most costly era in her eventful history. There seemed to be no limit to the drain which the ministry and parliament were disposed to make on the public resources and no idea that present profusion would lead to suture em- barrassment. We continued our ex- travagance from a habit of giving and spending and with a total for - "It's Luck J you have a Tele ._ne pho Jim Ross hadn't noticed the broken fence until his favorite roan mare got caught in the barbed wire and cut. her leg. It didn't seem a bad cut at first, but blood poisoning set in and Jim thought he was going to lose a valu- able horse. A hurried telephone call brought the veterinary surgeon. "I think we can save her, Jim," the veterinary said, "but another couple of hours might have been too late. It's lucky you have'a telephone."• THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD gettulness that paper money must be paid' in gold' and that loans contrac- ted at a great. nominal loss become permanent debts, of which it is not always so easy to pay the.interest," The above paragraph is.:part; of an editorial -which appeared in the Lon- don' Times of Jan. 27,tnot 1932 but 1832. Note that it appearecl.seven- teen years after the Battle of-Water- loo; fWo ter -loo, which, ended the war, and note, too, that it is now quoted fourteen years aftme the great war: 'Then, as now, there was discontent, even riot- ing, because machines were di'splec- ing hand labor. Then, ag'now, there was tniemloyrtent and- distress: Britain emerged from the slough then as she will now, but 'it was a long process, Ye fearful saints, fresl3 eaurage take. " 2-listory • is merely gaged in the tedious business of .re - exalting itself, .. PEOPLE . ARE , FEELING THE PINCH IN FLORIDA; BUT'ARE HAPPY, NOTWITH- STANDING E. A. Duncan of the Wiarton Can- adian -Echo has been down south this winter and he has been writing home his impressions. ;The following may be df interest: "Dawn here in Florida, almost every municipality W in about the Same shape. Palmi Beach, twenty miles north of 'here has $17,000,000 of just such paper fleating around the United States. They cannot pay, they are brokeeeDelr ay likewise owes a million and a 'quarter such. Fort Lauderdale likewise is down and out financially. One blinks of the people who own these %securities, Wi- cicwrs,' old maids, business people- whose eoplewhose very breed and butter depend en these interest eoupans being paid when they fall due. Yet we speak of the United States being the rich- est country in the world. If Florida is typical of the country as a whole, it is a delusion, or dream. The -in- dividual is brake, the municipalities ate bankrupt. But with it all, the people are bright and cheerful. Ev- erybody verybody here is poor, but they stili live haul are getting enough to eat. It is no disgrace to be poor. All one's neighbors are likewise and there is no contrast. After all, it is' a matter of the mind," The Student Nurses Han. Dr. J. M. Robb, minister of health for Ontario, has stated that it niay he necessary to take measures to curtail the number of student nurses, as abo it one-half of the qualified nurses whose names are on the register are at present unemploy- ed. Dr. Robb callsupon the hospi- tals to reduce the number of nurses - in -training and intimates that unless the hospitals do something of their own accord to rectify conditions the government may have to take action. If action should later on be deem- ed necessary it is to he hoped that nothing more will: be heale of one proposal that was put elle .rd a few weeks ago, that propose' .reing that the government should :pest that no hospital with Less than fifty beds should be permitted to train nurses. This would, we think, work great injustice to many of the smaller hos- pitals throughout the province. Some of these smaller "hospitals are doing splendid service for the towns in which they are located and the coun- try for fifty -miles around. Any in- terference with the usefulness of these institutions would he greatly resented. The girls who get their training in these smaller hospitals may he as well trained as any oth- ers and get a wide variety of exper- ience. But'the chief interest of the public is in the hospitals, their pre- sence and their maintenance in an ef- ficient state for the publie service they perform. • It may be, as Dr. Robb seems to think, that •hospitald generally, large and small, have been overdeveloping the side of their work which .consists in training student nurses, whereas the main purpose of a hospital is to minister to the ailing. There might perhaps be encouraged -although , not hastily enforced by law-- he idea of preserving a certain ratio of stu- dent nurses to the number of quali- fied Purses employed in a hospital. Even in this it would be 'necessary to take into account all the difficulties under which some,hositals are carried on. -Toronto Star 'Weekly. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION STATEMENT • During the month of January; a total of 3,601 accidents were report- ed to The Workmen's 'Compensation Board, as compared with 4,236 for the same month Iast year. The fatal cages numbered 19, as against 21 last January. The total.benefits awarded amount- ed to %$453,530.64, of which $363,621.- 34 was for compensation and $89,- 909.30 for medical aid. During Jan- uary last year the total benefits a- warded amounted to $580,403.11. THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED TO THE POETS Here They Will Sing .You Their Songs—Shclletimes Gay, Sometimes Sad„ But Always Helpful and Inspiring• If any lttle word of mine can make Their forms within my arms I hide, a life the brighter, (No other arms are sure If any little song of mine can The 'stern' may rage with :Eery wilds make a heart the lighter, With etiusing faith each little child, Gbcl help he speak that .little word, and take my bit of; singing And drop it in some lonely vale to set the echoes. ringing; • =D. S. 13urrell. WHO IATA SEEN 'Who hath seen the beaver busied? Who hath:watched `'the black -tail mating? Who hath lain alone to'hear the wild goose cry? Who hath worked the -chosen water Where the ouananiche is waiting, Or the sea -trout's .jumping -crazy for the fly?. Who hath smelt wood smoke at twi- ,light ? Who 'hath heard the birch -log burn- ing? Who is quick to read the noises of the night? Let hint follow with the others For the young men's feet are turning To the camps of proved desire and known delight." —Anon, INSTEAD 'When I am dead foget me dear , Fel: I shall never know. Though e'er my cold and lifeless form Your burning tears should flow. I'li cancel with my living voice The debt you'll owe the dead; Give me the love, you'd show pie then, But give it now, instead. And bring no wreaths , to deck any grave, For I shall never care, Though all the flowers I loved true most Should grow and wither there. I'll sell my chance; of nil the flowers You'll lavish when I'm dead, . For one small bunch of violets now; So give then now, instead.' What saints we are when we gone, But what's the use to 3110, Of praises written on my tomb, For other eyes to see:' One Little simple word of praise By lips we worship said,. Is worth a dozen epitaphs, Dear, say it now, insteend. And faults that now are hard to bear, Oblivion then shall win; Our sins are soon forgiven us, When wo no more can sin. But any kindly thought of me, Do not keep until I'm dead, I shall not know, I shall not care, Just tell thein now, instead, —E. J., Brantford. are WHEN THE PAPER DOESN'T COME Ivry father says the paper he reads ain't put up right Ile finds a lot of fault, he does, per- usin' it alI night. He says there ain't a single thing in it worth while to read, And that it doesn't print the kind of stuff, the pegple need. ITe tossee t: aside and says it's strict- ly on the bum— But you ought to hear him holler when the paper doesn't come. He reads about the weddin's and he snorts like all get out, He reads the social drain's with a most derisive shout, He says they make the paper fo••the 'tvonen folks alone, He'ii read about the parties and'he'li fume and fret "and groan; He says of information it doesn't have a crumb— But you ought to hear Hint holler. when the paper doesn't •come. He's always first to grab it and he reads it, plumb clean through, He doesn't hiss an item or a want ad—this is trite. • He says they don't know what we want, the dura newspaper guys. Pin going to take a day sometimes an' go an' put 'em wise; Sometimes it seems as though they must be (blind and deaf and dumb But you ought to hear him holler when the paper doesn't conte. —Author 'Unknown. ARE ALL THE CHILDREN IN?' The darkness falls, the wind is high, Dense black •clouds fill the western sky, The storm will soon •begin; The thunder roar, the lightning flash I hear the great round rain=drops. dash, Are all the children in? They're comingsoftly to my side, ;With mother feels secure But future days are .drawing near, They'll go 'frown this wane shelter here Out in the world's wide din, The rain will fail, the cold winds blow, I'll ,alt alone, and long to know, Are all the children in? Will they have shelter, them secure, Whet* hearts are waiting strong and • ,euro, And love is true when tried, Or will they find a broken reed, When strength of heart they so much need, To help therm bear the tide. God knows it all; His will is beat; I'll shield them now, and -yield the rest In His most righteous hand? Sometimes the souls Ile loves arc riven, By tempests wild are thus are driven, Nearer the better laud. If he should call us hone before, The children land on that blessed. shore, . Afar from care and sin. I know that I shall watch and wait, Till the keeper of the gate Lets all the children in. .4 GRNTLEMIAN OF FIFTY SOLILOQUIZES Spine ten or twelve old "Menthe of yours and mine, If we spoke truly, are not friends at all. They never were. That accident di- vine, A friendship, not so often may be- fall! But as the doll years pass with dragging feet, Within them waxes, in us wane-, esteem; For weakly, and half conscious of de- ceit., We gave them cause an equal love to dream. Could we have told some fool with haggard face Who bared his soul, ; so sure we'd understand, IIis little tragedy was eommonplaee? We lied. We stretched to him . a brother's hand. He loved us for it, and mere ruth. has kept Our jaws from yawning while he drooled and wept. The valor cold to be ourselves we lack; And so from strands of kindness misconstrued And lenient moments, careless threads and slack, We're meshed within a web of halo-. itude, And often these are worthier amen than w'e; But that itself, in time, become offense; We're burdened with this .dainned ndbility • That's forced upon tis, which we must recompense. We loathe ourselves :Or being insin- cere, • And lavish generous deeds to 'hide the fact: For who would wound these hearts? Thus we appear Thrice loyal friends in word and look and act! And golden lies with which we save them pain But serve to make their true regard more fain. ' Should chance strike out of me some human' heat---; Leap not at that and think to grasp my soul! I flee new bonds, ..Myself must still retreat Down devious ways to keep ane free and whole. Give me 'Your mind, and I will give you mine; Then should it change, no heart twill •bleed of burn. Give me your wits. I want no heart of thine— You'll ask too much of life -blood in return. There was a golden lad ' in years long gone . . We twain together left the 'ways of men And roamed the :starry heights; the fields of dawn, ' In youth and gladness. This comes not again. Give me your mirth. It bores me when you weep. . My lovestyre-menet touch. They're buried deep. --Do' Marquis. The road is wide and the stars are out 'and the breath of night is sweet, And this is the time when wanderlust should seize upon my feet, But I'm glad to turn from the aper road and the starlight on my face,. And leave the splendor of out -of- doors for a human ' dwelling place. I never have known 'a vagabond -who really liked to roam, All up and down the streets of the world and never• have a home. The tramp • who slept in your barn ! Wet night and lent at the break of day Will wander on until- he finds moth- , • er place to stay. The Gipsy man sleeps in his cart with canvas overhead, Or else he crawls into a tent when it is time for bed. • He will take his ease upon the grass aslong as the sun is high • But when it is dark he wants a roof to keep away the sky. If you call the Gypsy a vagabond I. think you do him wrong, For he never goes a -traveling but he takes his home along. ' And' the only reason a read is good, as every wanderer knows, Is just because of the homes, the homes, the homes to which he goes. They say life is a highway and its Milestones are the years, And new and then there's a toil -gate where you pay your way with tears. It's a rough road and a steep road and it stretehs broad and fat•, But it leads at Inst to a Golden Town where Golden houses are. —Joyce Kilmer. ALL BEHIND! "Everything's gone behind!" she said, With a sigh and a sorrowful shake of the heat!. "There's not a corner that's 'fit to be seen; The whole of the house wants a gond spring-clean.' For nothing's 'been done in a skillful way, In its own right time, on its awn right day. My temper is short and my forehead is lined; No wonder, when everything's all behind!" Just so. But think: did you ever eneei A woman, all human and true and sweet, Who was absolutely "in front" of things? Who never took off her eagle's wings? A. woman whose washing was al- ways dry Long before Monday was quite gone by; Whose ironing was finished and put to rights, And aired and mended on Tuesday nights? A woman whose hall was always tidy; Whose cupboards were always turn- ed out on Friday: Whose children were always asleep in bed . And dreaming, when anything pri- vate was said: A woman who wrought with a tranquil mind; And never—no, never—got all be- hind? Well I never met her! It semis to me, As -long as we're this side Eternity, We were meant to strive; we were meant to. grow; And we can't if life is too easy, you know'. So the only plan and the only way Is to act as if life were but one short day; Beipg gentle and nice till set of sun Not worrying either o'er tasks un- done. Nor grieving over an upset plan,' Just doing as much as two 'hands can. Olh, He Wlho made us and understands Could have given us each a hundred hands; Have altered our houses quite una- wares; Supplied us all with hot water up- etairs! And porcelain sinks and washing %machines, And non -staining apples, potatoes, and beaus. Have kept us in garments that wax not old; With elves for the bairns of cast- iron mould. He could have given us money in 1 plenty; With men and maidservants at least five -and -twenty. In short, had He wished it, 'tie ears tainly true, He could have given us --nothing to dol But oh! 'God had -a diviner plan For Iuring the +better -half of reran. The small cheap hiuse and the scanty PAGE 3 wages , Aro linked up with the undying ages, May bring forth fruit of exotic' worth, Ripened •fos• heaven, matured on earth. And the poor little garden where they grew Won't matter the tiniest bit to you. Yes; many who here were always "last"' Will be `first" when probation time is past. And -then it will seem worth while to find • That the angels don't reckon us, all behind! —Fay Inchfawim, CLEVER MAN AN ASSET TO ANY COUNTRY A junk dealer and police court in- terpreter, who had helped many an applicant from Russia and Slavic countries of Europe to obtain natur- alization papers was laughing hear- tily over the experience of a fellow countryman of his, wpm went to get his citizenship papers in the United States. This is what happened Bern? Yes, sir. Where? Russia. Why did you leave Russia? Because I could not take it with 0 0, Where were your forefathers Ir orn ? I had only one father. Your business. Rettelm, Where is Washington'? He is dead. Do you promise to support - IIew could I with a wife and three children. What state are you in now? Terrible. If the Prel:ident and Vice -Presi- dent died, who would rake charge? The undertaken:. Who discovered America? Columbus. Where is he mow? Ohio. Where was the Declaration of In- clependenee signed? At the bottom. Were you' convicted of a cringe? No, I always had a good lawyer, Do you know why the hand of the Statue of Liberty is 11 inches long? Yoh, because if it were 12 it would be a font. FREE LIGHT AND POWER FOR MONTH IN • OSHAWA Oshawa, Feb. 7. --Electric light and power consumers of Oshawa are lik- ely to enjoy- the: unusual experience of having free light and power for a 11100111 in the near future, as a result of the decision of the Ontario Hydros Electric Power Commission as to how the local Commission should use its Targe surplus. This surplus now a- motmnts to some $60,000, and the Pro- vincial Connnission refused to allow th'e local body to transfer that mon- ey, on loan, from the electrical de- partment to the waterworks depart- ment to be used in financing the construction of a new filtration plant. It has, however, placed two alternatives before the Oshawa Com- mission; The first that this money- be oneybe used to retire debentures for the purchase of the electric system itr advance of the due elates, or, second- ly, that all consumers be given it rebate of one month's power bills. While the Public Utilities Commis- sion has not yet met to discuss the matter, the formal notice not having been received, it is understood that the proposal of give a month's re- bate on bills will meet with most favor in the eyes of the Commnissioe- ers, and will 111 all probability be accepted& LOTS OF VARIETY ON "VAGABOND CRUISES" "Vagabond cruises" to the Wrest Indies offered this winter and spring by the Canadian National freighters "Canadian. Skirmisher and "Canadian Pathfinder" might justly be termed "International cruises." Points of call for these comfortable steamers, which have been fitted out with ac- commodation for a limited number of passengers, include Polito Rico, which is United States territory; Guade- loupe and Martinique, which aro French; 'Barbados, Trinidad and oth- er islands which are British, Already five of these cruises have been operated by the Steamship Com- pany and that they hold a popular appeal is indicated by the fact that bookings have been heavy, They are designed especially for those who de- sire a leisurely cruise without fuss or bother, such as the necessity of "dres- sing" for dinner, one of the minor irritations which for many peoplemar the pleasure of a sea holiday. Five more vagabond cruises will be operated by the Canadian National Steamships between now and the end of April. Wrigley told his son, "no matter what the conditionof business is, never stop advertising. And this is froma pian who had spent $100,000,- 000 in advertising. And ire's the chap who has lots of money to give away. 30