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The Clinton News Record, 1930-08-28, Page 7Ru!ualions al ..Rebe'. A Column Prepared Especially for Women— But Not Forbidden to Men A HOME OR A. HOUSE There's more to a home than a house `on the street;; It's more than a place to sleep in and eat, It's more .than a gathexng cover for night, It's more than the glow and cheer_. of it's light. If it's home it's the place where the mind is at rest, It's the place that you work for and dream of as blest. • It's the Kingdon of Tenderness here upon earth, 'Wihere the aged are sheltered and the children have birth. It's the place where your love is, your . hope's finest goal, 'The place where you get breathing room'for your soul. It's the place where your failures are not advertised, A place where your virtues are well emphasized. If, under your roof tree pure love has :her seat, There's more to your home than a house on the street. Though you build it with granite, 'with luxury replete, And import costly fittings from earth's seven seas, And fit it for every convenience and • ease. If ,tenderness, loyalty, peace are not there, If your hearts never offer the incense of prayer, If hatred and anger, and selfishness reign, immisansor ■ The University belongs to the people of Western Ontario. It is supported by Provincial and Municipal grants, by Endowment Fund income, and by tuition fees. The enrolment of regular students in 1929-30 was 1260, not including approximately four hundred students in special groups, who received in- struction from the University Staff. Registration Days—SATURDAY, September 20th -2nd, 3rd and 4th Dear students from London. MON- AY September 22nd, all Freshmen - TUESDAY, September 23rd -2nd, 3rd and 4th year students from centres other than London. WEDNESDAY, September 24th, Lectures begin. Forfurther information write to THE REGISTRAR or apply to— 55 ■ uWo saTv WE EPN ONTARIO LONDON CANADA ■ It never can be but a roof over pain. A quarrelsome master, a petulant sponte, j May live in a palace but its' only a house. Let your house be so little, unknown to your town, Let the world pass it by in seeking renown, If loving hearts serve there with ten- derness sweet, Then, there's more to your home than a house on the street. Some writers seem to take the ground that because modern women, have struck a blow for freedom from the bondages which have held her for. ages that she has changed her na- ture and repudiated all . her obliga- tions and responsibilities. Nothing could be further from the truth. It is but a further proof that men have leen too lazy to take the trouble to understand women. itt is lay contention that men and women, while differing physically, and to some etxent, mentally and spiritually, are not nearly so differ- ent as some people would have us be- lieve. They are of the same species; have the same reactions to many ex- periences; are capable of loving and hating, sacrificing themselves for those they love or for a great cause; are capable of responding to emo- tional appeals and are really all just human beings, with sonls,'minds and hearts, very much alike fundamen- tally. if this were -not se they would not be able to understand each other at all. • Now, women, being rational human beings, simply wish to be considered as such. They have become tired of being playthings, pets or slaves of hien, they wish to have a standing of their own. Judge Emily Murphy of Edmonton, advises women to quit be- ing "Ladies' Aids"' and "Auxiliaries," and to take a stand for themselves. I -do not believe the genial Judge, who is a woman' first and all the time, albeit one who uses her brains in all her intercourse with the world, means to suggest • that women t should cease . being help- ful; that they should shut down on all the enterprises which they have been allowed to busy themselves all the years, but that they should begin to use their own initiative; that they should exercise their own brains and thus accomplish more in the world. People who are, restricted, who are allowed only to world along certain lines, naturally become somewhat narrow. A broader field of endeavor will . stimulate womanly ambition; will cultivate a broader understand- ing and will broaden and expand her capabilities. But all this broadening out will not change a woman's nature. She is still a woman, with all a woman's capacity for living and loving. Some men seem to imagine that women who are highly trained, who have become broadened : by much reading and study, who have travel- led and who have tried their wings at different things and who know sometipg of the world and of life, will not wish to marry and will not make good wives if they do. But I xf you are washing by old-fashioned, back -breaking methods, itmust be be- cause you do not know how easy it is to own a Gilson "Snow Bird" Washer. All the drudgery—all the hard work of wash day disappears. In one hour, the clothes are cleansed, cleaner than they can be washed by band, rinsed and on the line, and ,you are still fresh, ready for other - pressing household tasks. The Gilson "Snow Bird" includes three models — covering the whole price field -and each machine repre- sents the biggest value in its class. It is cheaper to have a Gilson than to be without — the monthly pay- ments are less than laundry bills, and much less than the back -breaking toil, headaches, colds, wrinkles and worry of washing the old-fashioned way. To fully appreciate the pleasure of washing the Gilson way, you should try the Gilson "Snow Bird" next wash • day -- without obligation" to buy. It will sell itself to you. Once used, you would not think of wash- ing any other way, G)LS Other Gilson Products One -Piece Welded Steel Plate Furnaces Cast and Semi -Cast Furnaces Gilson Magic Oil Burners Gilson Magic Blowers Automatic Circulating Faits Automatic Drip Humidifiers Gilson "Snow Bird" Ironer Does the last hard half of the weekly wash is one-quarter the time -and better thanit can be done lir hand, Everything, from Rat work to fancy dresses and shirts. Seated comfortably, ironing With the Gilson "Snow Bird" 0; just play. Low price, easy terms, free trial, Investigate today. N MFG., CO. Limited » GUELPH, ONT. W. , Glen Cook Clinton, Ont, Telephone 171 05 THE CLINTON NEWH-RECORD do not see why this should be at all. A broadminded, well-informed woman ought to' make ' the best sort of a wife, n only she wo tit wish to mato with . a broadminded, well-informed man, of course. She will not wish to tie herself up to a man who knows little but the last baseball store and whose greatest ambition is, to smoke a certain number of cigarettes a day. __But so far there hat been noth- ing toindicate that women are a- verse to 'marriage, with the right sort of a -mate. Women naterally wish to have a home, someone to protect them, to have children to rear and someone to- "do for," and they are likely to go on wanting these things for many -generations to come, It is up to men to `see that they are the sort of men the best women wish to• marry. Certainly Women should' not be required to suppress their energies . and capabil- ities in order to keep themselves "a little lower than 'men," so the dear creatures -will not be afraid to marry then REBISE AH Fascinating Links in Canada's History There is a closed cabinet in the new wing of the Dominion Archives Building which contains fear inten- sely interesting mementos of the early life in Canada. . These are tunics, sash and. stock worn by Brock when he fell fighting.' for his coun- try in the year of 1812, and • the shoes worn by General Wolfe when he was a baby. The tunic which belonged to Brock is of the flaming scarlet color which the warriors wore in those days. It is bound in black and has gold but- tons. The bullet . hole 'over heart, is very noticeable, and it was the charge which was fatal to the brave ,soldier. With the tunic was worn a plaid sash, which was a ipreserjt from Tecumseh to Brock. He also wore a stock, as it was called in those days, which reminds one of the Windsor ties worn by the school boys of a- bout twenty years ago. • Brock's coat was sent to his rela- tives and in' 1909 the Misses Tupper, nieces of Sir Isaac Brock; presented it to the Dominion Archives. The tittle black kid shoats which were worn by General Wolfe were given/ by Mr. Thomas Wolfe, a rela- tive of the General's to his ^cousin John Chaneller, of Newcastle -on - Tyne and were presented bk. W. J. Priesman Atkinson. grandson of the latter, to the Archives in September 1908. • These little mementos of early his- tory in Canada when seen as they were worn by these brave men, re- call to niind the battles in which they engaged and the personal contact of seeing the tunic worn by Brock re- calls the splendid achievements of a man, who, when he was killed, was in years, just a boy. An Interesting Letter The letter of the Sieur De Rame- aay which is in the Northcliffe. col- lection, of valuable documents et the Dominion Archives at Ottawa, is perhaps one of the most precious of all the papers of the seige of Que- bec. It was presented to the Dom- inion Archives by Sir - Leicester Harmsworth in the Northcliffe col- lection. The letter was -written at Quebec on September 17th, 1759 to the mili- tary Governor of Quebec a few hours before the capitualtion of that city. The defeat of the troops on the Plains of Abraham on the morning of the 18th of September left the fort- ress still in the possession of the French. Vaudreuil, the governor, however, ordered the retreat of the whole army to Jacques Cartier leav- ing de Rainezay and his half starved garrison to shift for themselves. For four days, De Ibamozay, hop- ing against hope for the' return of the army, bravely withstood the de- mands of the enemy for the surren- der of Quebec, The presence of a victorious army outside the gates, the fleet in the river, the fire from the batteries of Point Levis, to which no response was possible, and the pangs of hunger, rendered the in- habitants desperate and -mutiny was suppressed with difficulty. It •was at this stage de Ramezay sent out his touching appeal. A. few hours later he was forced to yield; the British entered the city, British rule began. e r ?The-scrapof paper on which this letter was written is in keeping with the surroundings of theunfortunate commander of the garirson. The translation reads: Sir; The precipitation of the re- treat and the abandonment of the town that has taken place without provision having been made for its sustenance, its bad situation 'which you know, and the dangers impending of its being takers by assault, the discouragemeilt'of the Militia as well as the sailors, who desert as well as the /Militia—reduce my -garrison to a very small number of combatants. Two enemy batteries (are) ready to fire at this moment on the bastion of the powder magazine, the second battery on the ;Gate St. Jean which is• not susceptible to any defence. As to flour,. I have endeavoured to seek out all that you mentioned to ine. The fire .has ruined and don- sumed the little that those who left could not carry away with them. ;Your army, divided and separate ,offers me no prospect of prompt ,sec- ; cot. The arrival of the flour you Promised is as difficult by land as by sea. The part I have to -take will not suffer any delay, 1 must save my garrison and people. -- I have the honor to be with a per- ' feet attachment, Sir, your very hum- •ble and obedient, Servant. de /tain'e- zay, • .At Quebec; September 17th, 1759 iIltiy compliments to le Mot's wife, she bears herself well. IITURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1930 A Striking Picture The picture gallery of the Domin- ion Archives at Ottawa is full of rp- teresting• paintings apd prints, and one of the most stinking pictures on exhibit is` #i life-sized portrait of that wellrknown historical 'figure; Charles 1. The power of the picture is immediately noticeable to the ob- server. The figure is standing by a table with one' band resting on a. `large black hat. 1tC is wearing 'a long black cloak with a cetainy lace collar and cuffs and a `large silver crest. The aristocratic features, of the man and- the rather sneering smile, the regal bearing and the challenging eye, all well portray this strong-willed, king. Although a des- potic ruler, it is immediately known from his features that he is a clever roan. This picture is warm and clear in. colouring and shows great attention to detail. The hands are particularly beautiful and the pattern in the lace is exquisitely painted. Many critics claim that this pic- ture was painted by; Peter: Lely, the court painter to Charles I•I after the original VanDyke, the famous pain- ter of the early seventeenth century, who was employed by James the First and knighted by Charles the First. Whoever the painter may be the work is a great masterpiece. This great treasure was presented to Canada by Viscount Dillon in ac- cordance with the wish of his wife. Lord Dillon was an officerin the British army and was in Canada with his regiment about the year 1870. Here he met and married Miss Stan- ton of Montreal. This picture was a family heirloom and the tradition is that it was painted by Lely. Laura Asks a Favour Not only when reading the Cana- dian history in school but in later years the trials experienced by Laura Secord and the bravery entailed in her danger at travelling to wain the Canadian forces of a meditated attack of the Americans, is an a- chievement which Canadians look on with pride and admiration. The following is a letter which is one of the prized possessions of the Dominion Archives at Ottawa. It is from Laura Secord written to Sir George Arthur requesting either the use of the Queenston ferry for her children free of charge or at a nominal fee. The certificate of Col- onel FitzGibbons accompanies the article. "To His Excellency Sir George Arthur K.G.H., Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada Major General com- manding his Majestys Forces therein &C &e &C. In Council. The Memorial of Laura Secord of 'Chippewa. Respectfully Sheweth: That your Excellency's Memorialist did in the Month of June 1818, as the following Certificate of Colonel FitzGibbon will fully ecro- borate, did at great Risgo, peril & danger travelling on foot & patrly in the Night by a circuitous rout, through woods mountains, the en- emys lines and Indian Encampments to give important enteligence of a meditated attack of the Americans upon our troops, & by which ,means 550 of the enemy,were captured with two field Pieces and which circum- stances has laid the foundation of a deseaso from which she has never recovered, & for which performance your E:6tt.e lenoys Memorialist has never Received the smallest com- pensation, being now informed that the Ferry at Queenston is unoccupied she your Memorialist will take your Excellencys Memorialist case into kind consideration & grant her the said Ferry at Queenston for a term ,of years say from 7, 14 or 21 years. Your Excellency Memorialist would not now presume tc ask any renum- eration, but from the circumstances of having a large family of Daugh- ters and Grand Daughters to provide for & for which the small means of my Husband Captain James Secord Sena. will not npeet, & also from the circumstances of the Ferry of Fort Erie having been given the widow of the late Colonel Warren & your Ex- cellencys Memorialist presumes to say for..farless services that your Excellencys Memorialist has per- formed, however should your Excel- lency not see fit to grant to your memorialist the said Ferry at Queen- aton' without rent free that your Ex- cellency will be pleased to affix a small Rent upon the same, as you in your Judgment may seem Just & right leaving therefore all herein staffed and considering her great claim and your Memorialists indifferent cir- cumstances, Your Excellency will give her case Just & equitable con- sideration. & as in Duty bound, will ever pray,, Laura` Secord." Copy of Colonel FitzGibbon's Certifi- cate •`!•1 do hereby certify that Mrs. Se - cord, the wife of James Seeord of Chipawwa, Esquire, did in the Month 'of June, 1813, walk from her House in the Village of Saint Davids, to De cows House in.Thorould by a circuit- ous rout, of about 20 miles • partly through the Woods, to acquaint me that the Isinemy intended to attempt by surprise to capture a Detachment cf the 49. Regiment, then under any command she having obtained such knowledge from good authority, as the event proved. :Mrs. Secord was a person, of -slight and delicate frame & made this ef- fort in weather excessively Avant & I dreaded at the time that she must Suffer ire Health inconsequence of fatigue and anxiety she having been exposed to danger from the. Enemy through whose line -of communication she had to pass the attempt was made on my Detachment by Enemy, & his Detachment, •consisting of upwards of 500 Mten with 2 field pieced & 50 Dragoons was captured in conse- quence. I write this Cetrificete in a, Mo- ment of much hurry & from Memory & it is therefore thus brief. Tames FitzGibbon, formerly Lieut. in 49 Regt. Health Service of the Canadian Medical Association. MEASLES' :Measles is perhaps the most easily transmitted of all the communicable diseases. As a result, it is a disease of such common occurrence, that many people regard. it as inevitable and so de little or nothing to pre- vent its spread. Indeed, many par- ents think that it is inescapable, and rather welcome it so that it may be over and done with.. Everyone is susceptible to meas- les. ' The most important thing to knew about measles is that the younger the child, the more serious is the attack likely to be. We say "serious", because in spite of the commonly accepted idea that meas- les, at the worst, is only annoying, it is a fact that measles is serious be- cause of the injuries and deaths it causes, - Deaths from measles? Yes, indeed, Th's disease which is regarded so lightly conies second as a -cause of death among the common communi- cable diseases occurring in young children. The number of deaths var- ies from year to year as epidemics of the disease occur, but few years pass which do not see several hun- dreds of young children fall victims tc measles, and the younger the childrbn afflicted, the higher the percentage of those who succumb. .Measles is spread in the droplets from the nose and throat of a case, and unfortunately, the ease succeeds in spreading the disease in this way for some days before the appearance of the rash. Because measles is spread during this period, it makes it most difficult to control, as, in many eases, the. disease is not sus- pected, or the child is thought td have only a cold in the head, or, as is the common opinion, even though it is measles, there is nothing to worry about, and so the child is al- lowed to mix with other children and no care is taken to control the spread of the disease.' One other point to be mentioned is that, simple measles does not cause many deaths. Measles, however, gives rise to many complications, particularly broncho -pneumonia, and it is the complications of measles which are so often fatal. We have presented these fact's be- cause we want parents to realize that measles is a serious disease. Children should • be - safeguarded from infection. We have said that the younger the child, the' more ser- ious the effects of the disease, hence the more need for precautions. The child who has ,been exposed to measles should be carefully watched and put to bed on the first appear- ance of watery eyes. It would be better still to put the child to bed eight days after his exposure to in- fection, because the child who devel- opes his attack of measles when in bed is likely to escape complications. During an attack,, and while the patient is convalescing from measles, he should receive the careful atten- tion he requii4es ,in any serious eqn- dition, one of whjch is measles. Questions concerning Health, ad- dressed ddressed to the Canadian Medical As- sociation, 184 College Etreet, Toron- to, will be, answered personally by letter. 1 - WHAT IS THE STANDARD? After praising the work of the Chautauqua and 'mentioning that of several who put on the programs, in- eluding Mr. Skeyhill, the Orillia Packet -Times had the following com- ment on a statement made in his lec- ture: "Mr. Waybill's estimate of Napol- eon as the greatest leader of sten in history, and of Mussolini as the out- standing figure in Europe raises the question as to wliatoeonstitutes true greatness. If enduring ,influence on the course of history or the thought of mankind be the criterion then it would be easy to mention a score, or a hundred, greater historical figures than the Little Corsican. Selfishly ambitious, utterly unscrupulous and callously indifferent to the fortunes or lives of others, he rode the revol- utionary storm as no man burdened with conscience collid,,do. He flash- ed across Europe like.'a meteor, but when his light sunk into the sea at St. • Helena he left France neither stronger nor better for his rule, save only for his worst on the Code •Na- poleon. Even as a soldier he met his match in Wellington; and in some respects Sir John Moore was greater than either of them; while Nelson's victory at Trafalgar had a far more decisive and enduring ef- fect than any of Napoleon's battles, and the English sailor displayed as supreme a genius for naval strategy and tactics as the French Emperor did in Land warfare. True, none of% these commanders possessed Napol- eon's versatility, but none of their careers were marred by such black blots or closed in such disastrous failure." "As to Mussolini, he doubtless sav- ed Italy from temporary chaos fol- lowing the war. But unless he can exert a permanent influence on Ital- ian character of which there is little likelihood, his dramatic career will be a mere incident in the history of the nations. The demagogic arts by which he attained and retains power are indications of weakness rather than of strength of character. The task which Mussolini faced, in rescu- ing Italy from corruption and Bol- shevism, was simple and easy com- pared with the infinitely more stu- pendous, infinitely more complex and infinitely more difficult problenm with which Lord Irwin is wrestling in in= dia, where, because of diversity o1 raceViceroy and religion, the V ceroy ear make no single moue without, an- tagonising millions more than Mils• solini rules. Because' the' British nobleman goes about his work coolly, patiently, without bombast or, sell advertisement, inspired by a sense of duty, his masterly handling of a well nigh' impossible situation is none the less to be admired; nor is :the more spectacular Italian to be rank- ed anked above him. Youth gathers a false idea of the true values of life if the self seeker and the demagogue are acelaibied as the worlds greatest heroes." SCHOOL FAIR DATES IN BURG Goderich township .. —Sept., , 101 Colborne Township . Sept. 11t St. Helens ., . Sept. 1211 Ashfield Township Sept. 15t1 Belgrave . .Sept. let Ethel . Sept. 1711 Howick Township . Sept. 181 Wroxeter . Sept. 19t Clinton Town . Sept. 22m Clinton Rural . 'Sept. 23rq Osborne Township . Sept. 24111, Grand Bend - , .....Sept. 2511' Blyth - Sept .26111 Crediton Sept. 29th{ Zurich . Sept. 30th IF YOU MUST DRINK KEEP THE MONEY IN THE FAMILY For the married man who think he cannot get along without a drink the following is suggested as an economic pian. Start a saloon in your own hom Be the only customer. (You win have no license to pay). Give you wife ten dollars to buy a gallon o whiskey, and remember there are 6 drinks in a gallon. Buy your drink from no one but your wife, and b the time the first gallon is gone sh will have $23.50 to put in the ban and $10.00 to start business again. (She can throw in two drinks on th house). Should you live ten yea and continue to buy booze from he and then die with snakes in you boots, she will have enough mone to bury you decently, educate yo children, buy a house and lot, mart; a decent man and quit thinking bout you entirely.—Exchange. (1I • If you need a new roofs your rantford Roofing dealer cart give you an estimate which will be surprisingly •low. Ask him particularly about Brantford Colour Slates .-.several c•lours blended in each slate. They make a roof of brilliant beauty combined with permanent weather protection and fire -resistance. And your present roof can be left where it is. Brantford Asphalt Slates can be kid directly over old wooden shingles for a faster job at Tess cost. f•• . But get it clone at once ---next week a rainstorm ar flaming brands may have caused costly damage. 162 •: FOR SALE BY Brantford' Roofing Co. Limited, Head Office and Factory: Brantford, Ont. 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