The Clinton News Record, 1936-10-15, Page 3"T1-IURS. OCT: 15, 1936
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WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING
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Last week we printed Miss Mac-' accept some responsibility as ,well as
phail's views on Russia and, Rev, the benefits? The slogan of a great
Herbert Binhammer's views on Ger.-; Canadian o f former generation,
many. Both of them seem to have 1"When Britain is at war, Canada is
returned with a cordial dislike for r at war," seems to have been changed
dictatorships, the one by Commun. to "When Britain is at war, Canada
rats, the other by Fascists,: Those .will remain on the fence". It would
who speak so glibly.about the fine be anew experience to have the King
things being done in Russia and of England at war while the King
Germany seldom stop tothink how of Canada (the same person) remain-
-these things. are being accomplished, ed neutral.
and that one of the most valuedThis "North American conscious -
things in life—freedom—is non-exis-'Ines," of which we hear so much,
tent inr-.these lands. -Hanover Post. may not provide any greater secur-
ity than an alliance with Britain. It
is a question whether : the .United
ATTENDED FAIR 60 YEARS AGO States can remain ^ neutral in an
When ing•ham Fair was first European war, despite their sincere
desire tostay clear' of overseas en -
held 60 years ago, Hector McKay, tanglements. Time brings changes.
Frank Henry, John Gillespie, John
T. Currie, Jas. A. Brandon and. Ani Twenty years ago we thought con-
temptuously of the United States
drew McDougall were in attendance for its spineless neutrality while we
and took part in the . fair. On were trying to save demoeracy; to-
Thursday last, all these gentlemen day, so' many people seem to think
• were present and took keen enjoy- that we should follow the same
rent in inspecting the exhibits and course if another European war
comparing them with the exhibits at breaks: out.
the first fair in 1876. The combined
The choice before Canada would
age of these six men .is 485 years.
—Win ham Advance -Times. appear to be two -fold: either to re-
g tain the British £connection or to
swing toward American neighborli-
ness. We are peculiarly' placed, it is
true, but we ,cannot let England
down in its battles without serious
consequences and a slip in the tie
NEVER BEAN (?)
SEEN BEFORE
It is 32 inches long, seven inches
in diameter, it's still growing and it's that binds us to the Mother Country;
a bean! Page Mr. Ripley.- This, i , indeed,.the 'tie would not be sev-
peculiar type of vegetable is grow eyed. This :would, not remove our
ing on a vine in the garden o£ Mr. dependence, but would merely put us
James MacVicar, Cambria Road. The under the wing of the American
legume is known as a Gigantic Tas- eagle instead of under the guardian-
mania Bean and it is estimated to ship of the British lion. It is a prob-
weigh about 12 pounds at present. lem that needs to be weighed care -
Gourd -like it looks a great deal fully, and the future of Canada will
like a vegetable marrow but it grows be determined in -large measure by
on a vine that, if'allowed to grow, the leadership given during the pre-
will work its way through treetops sent years by the dominion cabinet.
and along fences. The vegetable can • —Hanover Post.
be used for eating purposes but is
best when picked at the weight of
about six pounds.—Goderich Star.
A TOUCHING INCIDENT
A. very touching incident, which ago as 1884, has given up the ghost.
should increase our respect for the It was at time as representative
' dog, man's best friend, occurred here of American humor as Punch is of
recently, ,when some local citizens British. It has been very apparent
• were walking through the field south in recent years that in the United
of the village, toward the slaughter- i States there has arisen a new kind of
house, the big, black Newfoundland, nrt'and a new type of humor, or al-
so well known to an of us, caro leged humor, to which Life could not
• bouncing through the field toward adjust itself. The art today of the
these people, barked and then 'off popular American humorist maga-
back to a spot beside the building, zines is smart and modernistic and
then back again, acting in a manner 'the humor runs largely to the risque
that caused our friends to suspect and the salacious.
trouble. They followed the big fel- ( A humorist magazine dealing with
low, who led them to an old well, at national problems and foibles of the
the bottom of which was- another public and public men, picturing in a
. small dog. The little fellow had fal- humorous way the life of a nation
len in, and the big, black had hunted like Punch in England, apparently
up some help. A ladder was secured just cannot exist. As for Punch it
and the small dog brought out of the goes on its traditional and conserve-
• well. And now, when you see this tive way as strong as it ever was.
big fellow sitting on the centre of From both a national and internation
the pavement, with that dumb look al standpoint Punch is almost as in -
on his face, cars driving around him, I fluential as The London Times. It
afraid to run into him, you will ad- mirrors the views of John.Bull to the
mire his bravery and intelligence, frost of the world.
neither of which most of us thought Canada today has not a humorist
he possessed.—The Pickering News. magazine of any kind. In the eighties
• and the nineties there was Grip
THE QUESTION OF 'HUMOR
Life, which was the leading Ameri-
can humorist magazine for many de-
cades, and which was founded as long
modeled on Punch and edited by the
CANADA ON THE FENCE eminent cartoonist, J. W. Bengotigh.
King's significant state -How he delighted to' picture the nose
Premier of Sir John A. Macdonald, the solemn
men: the League of Nations
Canada's foreign policy left no doubt mien of Hon. Edward unin erre-
in the minds of the nations of Eur- cent studentstimes a group of young Goblin,in
ope that Canada is leaning toward a buty ifewas attempted The unio-
but its Life a short one. Humor -
policy of isolation. He strongly fav- ist papers do not flourish in Canada,
pied the development of a peace psy- not because of lack of humour, but
chology among the nations of the owing to the limited field and the
world; said he did not favor the Lea- geographical character of Canada. It
gue of Nations as an armed pollee- is difficult toissue any national pub -
man who `would preserve order and lication in the Dominion.
punish .offenders, and that Canada —London Free. Press.
would not ,enter into any war un-
less the step, was first approved by
the federal parliament representing
the will of the people. THE_ CONVENTION JINGLE
If a war did break out in Europe ' Needlessly, perhaps, we would like
and the Canadian parliament was to come to the defence of the Presby-
terian young people who issued a
humorous rhymeas publicity for
their provincial rally to be held short-
ly in Hamilton. Some of the clergy
seem to have been scandalized by this
jingle because it contained the verse:
."We're expecting a good billet when
we come;
We're just the ones to fill it when we
- i come;
roe Doctrine on the south, Miss Mac We'll be wearing pink pyjamas,
phail seems to feel that Canada I Christmas presents from or mamas
should take advtantage of its geo-' We're expecting lots of service when
graphical position to isolate itself j we come."
from the hatreds, jealousies and The other two verses were on a jar
fightings of Europe. I with the one quoted and just as inno
"There is only one country that cent of anything to which a reason-
° has the right to demand everything able person could take exception. The
we possess — including our lives —
,and that is Canada." So declares
'Prof. Jean Bruschesi of the Univer-
sity of Montreal, which is very true,
but it seems to ignore the actualities
of the situation. Canada, by itself, is
a weakling. It is true we possess a
vast area and are a great trading na-
tion, but unprotected by Britain or
by the United States, we are vulner-
able, yes helpless. Against Russia
or Japan or Germany or even some
of the smaller nations, we could re-
sist only feebly. It- is the prestige
and the power of the British Empire,
of 'which we are a part, that has been
our shield and buckler.. Accepting
this view, therefore, we must admit
that Lord Elibank'sreference to Can-
ada's part in Empire defence was
quite in order.
If Canada thus accepts the secur-
ity of. Empire defence forces, not to
say anything of the benefits . of Bri-
tish connectionin trade and culture, gaiety with, them into difficult ent-
should it not be decent enough to I terprises than that they should be-
t
summoned, the voice of the people of
Grey -Bruce would likely be lifted a-
gainst participation, because the lo-
cal member declared last week that
she is fully in accord with Premier
King's speech, and that the more she
saw to Europe the more "North Am-
erican" she became. With the Arc-
tic Ocean on the North of Canada
and the United States and its Mon -
gaiety and spontaneity of the verses,
reflecting some of the priceless as-
sets of youth, were unmarred by any-
thing that fairly could be called
'crudeness and vulgarity. They gave
no exduse to anyone to iinagine that
this gathering ,of church young peo-
ple in the interest of a noble cause
was in danger of degenerating into
an unseeihingly pyjamas party.
Instead of deploring as shameful
levity this display of humor the small
minority of clerics who condemned
the convention jingle should be thank-
ful that the fine wholesome young
people of the churches, who will be
carrying the responsibilitiesof lead-
ership to -morrow' in • the naive and
spirit of the Nazarene, are entering
upon the duties of life with a light
heart and a sense of humor. They
have a devotional convention hymn
to express their loftier impulses. Far
better that they should carry their
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Canada is described by many good
Canadians as being a land of plenty.
But this terns is offensive to one mail
with whom I talked. .He says that
Canada is not a land of plenty, but a
land of industry. The tropics may be
lands ofplenty, but not Canada.
Now, I find myself agreeing with
my friend. We need' to put the em-
phasis on "industry" rather than on
"plenty". If our granaries are full,
it is because of the • industry' of far-
mers, not because Canada is a land of
plenty—a land where Nature is the
main producer. Whatever Canada
grows in the way of crops or pro-
duce in the way of live stock, eggs,.
butter, cheese, fruit, and so on, is a
consequence of the industry of ,wor-
kers.
I sometimes think that a good many
of our young people feel that they
can attain to good positions without
being industrious — that many are
looking for'soft" jobs. I think that
the ,movies have given many young
people false views of life. To be a
Hollywood star is the dream and am-
bition oP so many; or to be a public
entertainer. And so many, in seeing
the sumptuous homes • as depicted ,in
many movie pictures, and the luxur-
ious life of the idle rich, acquires the
idea that wealth and all that wealth
can give are the things to be sought,
But the hard fact is that the great
majority of earners do not have in-
comes exceeding $1500 a year. Most
of us are wise when we accept this
hard fact, and when we adjust both
our views and our way of life to the
reality.
Most of us -overwhelmingly .most
of us—have to be employees. We can-
not hope to have businesses of our
own, or to become large employers.
Since this -is so, we have to be wage
or salary earners, and it is becoming
increasingly difficult to • get em-
ployment where the wage is $50 a
week, or more—or •even $40.
One man with whom 1 talked prais-
ed Rudy Vallee, the "crooner". He
said that Rudy's first ambition was
to get a good education, and he ac-
complished this ambition by his in-
dustry—he put himself through Yale
University. He wanted to become a
good saxophone player, and by indus-
try, he became a good one. Then he
wanted to have his own orchestra;
and today he has a superfine orches=
tea. This pian with whom I talked
said that he supposed that Rudy Val-
lee employs persons whose total an-
nual wages will amount to $250,000 a
year. He admires Rudy and any and
every other man whose industry and
ambition and genius make him an em-
ployer of others.
Many of us hate with a burning
hatred our employers—not always be-
cause our employees 'are conscience-
less, or cruel or unjust or slave-dri-
vers, but just because they are in bet-
ter circumstances than we are, are
come so obsessed by sacrificial tasks
as to lose the common touch.
—Toronto Daily Star.
THE PERTH AND. HURON
FIASCO
No matter what individual opinions
one may have about the serving of
beer in authorized beverage rooms
throughout the province, the facts
must lie faced, and these opinions
should never be allowed to run away
with a person's' good judgment, or to
so bias his opinion that he does not
regard those of people on the other
sideof the question.
The present system of beverage
room has taken us back to the days
of local option, with the exception
that the government during the past
year or so, has not abided by the will
of the majority in the community.
Perth and Huron counties have
been declared by the Supreme .Court
of Canada to be under the Canada
Temperance Act. The Government of
Ontario has appealed this decision,
but in the meantime the ' beerand
wine authorities have been issued to
several beverage romos. The will of
the majority should rule.
So far as this newspap''er is con-
cerned, we can see no benefit from
local option. We never did, and we
have not changed our mind. If one
municipality is to be 'allowed the pri-
vilege of beverage rooms, then all
municipalities should be placed on
the same lvele. On the other hand, it
would seem rather dictatorialthat
any municipality should not have the
privilege of saying whether or not
beer should be dispensed within its
borders.
The system in force in Perth and
Huron counties is not British justice.
If the Canada Temperance Act is in
force here, then there should be no
beverage rooms. Awaiting the decis-
ion of the appeal from the Supreme
Court's decision, the beverage rooms
should be closed.
We have all along been of the op-
inion that both sides of this big ques-
tion- should respect the opinions of
the other, and that the Government,
especially, should lead the way, some-
thing, apparently, they are not doing 'same period last year, and total -ben-
in their handling of the situation in efits of $3,938,825.89, as against
thesetwoCanada Temperance Act $3,944,044.24 to the end ofSeptember
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municipalities.—Durham
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more successful than we are, are more
business -like than we are. We say to
ourselves that we are "just as good
as they are" -that we have brains the
equal or the superior of those of our
employers, that we have a cultural
background and development surpas-
sing that of our employers. Which
may be true. But the ;probability is
that we lack and have vlacked the in-
dustry and the ambition of those who
employ us.
Always there will be those in this
world who are ready to dare much
and to risk much—who have the will
to be leaders. They are, however, the
few in any community. Most of us are
unimaginative, and have not the re-
solution to climb mountains— to leave
the common crowd. We are very de-
finitely leaners, not lifters. This is
universal history and age -long his-
tory. It is not a reproach or anas
cusa^tion of anyone if he or she be-
longs to the crowd, and fortunately
the choicest things in life can be pos-
sessed by those belonging to the
crowd. The choicest things in life
are contentment, fidelity, love, purity,
honesty, patience, and ability to en-
joy the fine things of life — music,
paintings, beauty in all its various
forms of expression, books, the fel-
lowship . of the upright and the cul-
tured. Indeed, many of the fine
things of life are not commonly pos-
sessed by the rieh. The rich are al-
ways in deadly peril of corruption=
by their lusts and temptations and by
the non -necessity to toil as do the
poor.
It is creditable to that person whose
lot is lowly when he or she tries to
get to higher levels. I am not coun-
selling that one should be content
with present levels. I believe that we
are under obligation to make progress
in life in all things, including world-
ly fortune and advantages. There-
fore I believe in education—in the ac-
quirement of additional knowledge
and skill and efficiency. Yet I per-
ceive that, no matter how much we.
strive, most of us cannot hope to get
rich in a money -sense. Most of us are
wage and salary earners and will al-
ways remain so, and one does not and
cannot hope to become rich . out of
wages or out of salary. Riches are
for those who dare much, risk much,
and who are engaged as principals, in
the exchange of goods. Also, they
who become rich have their income
and wealth contributed to by the.la-
bour of others.
The truly rich people are they who
are large givers. Those who give
much seem to get back from their
giving an increase in the power to
give. The mother who gives much
to her child gets back from her loving
and giving more power to love and
give. The teacher who gives much
of himself or herself to pupils gets
back additional power to give. The
farmer who gives much to his land
gets back from it more than he gave.
The parent who gives unstintedly to
children gets back from them more
than he gave. The student who gives
himself or herself largely to his or
her studies grows in power as a stu-
dent. Statesmen who spend them-
selves to the point of exhaustion in
honest effort and purpose for their
country's good get back from their
spending larger power to continue in
their beneficient work.
The truly poor are the stingy and
the parsimonious, even though they
may own millions of money. The em-
ployee who gives a"minimum of labour
and fidelity to his employers pays
dearly for his cheating. How miser-
able
iserable are those workmen whom you
see so often working on public works
—road repair, for example. They
"rest" as often as they dare. They
take minutes to light a pipe; they
stop to -stare at a passing train; they
are ready to chat with one another or
with a passer-by. They welcome op-
portunities to suspend the labour for
which they are paid. They are' dis-
honest, and they acquire dishonest
minds and ways. Their, thoughts be-
come dishonest.
I am addressing myself mainly to
young people. I am urging them to
be honest and industrious, nor that
others may behold their industry or
honesty, but rather for their own self-
satisfaction. I urge them to cast a-
way foolish ambitions, and to dedicate.
themselves to self -culture and t o
practices which will advance them in
self-esteem' and in power to enjoy the.
true and good things of life.
Workmen's Compensation
Statement
The accidents reported to the
Workmen's Compensation Board
during September numbered 5,513, as
compared with 5,515 during August,
and ` 5,092 during September a year
ago.
The death cases numbered 30, as
against 38 in August.
The total benefits awarded am-
ounted to $868,004.56, of which $278,
771.35 was for compensation and
$89,233.21 for medical aid.
This year's record to date shows a
total of 44,645 accidents reported, as
compared with 42,956 during the
AUBURN NEWS
Miss Laura Wagner of Orillia "Christianity in Every day Life," was
spent, a few days with her parents. ably taken' by Miss Ethel Washing.
Leslie Cummings and Mrs. Cum- ton. After a solb by Aubrey Toll
mings of Chicago have been visiting the meeting closed with a hymn and'.
Mrs. W. C. Robertson. the Mispah Benediction.
David Cunningham and wife of The October meeting of the W.M.
Brussels called 'on Mr, and Mrs, J. S. of Knox United: church was held
Taylor. Tuesday afternoon in the basement
Mr. a n d Mrs. Joseph McBrien, of the church. It was the Autumn
Mrs. P. Waiper, Mrs. Gordon Snell Thankoffering meeting and was in
and. Miss Jeanette Snell motored on charge of Mrs. J. J. Washington. Af-
Friday tovisit relatives in Detroit ter the opening hymn Evelyn Million
and Windsor, , read the Scripture, Mark 5. The.
Mr. and Mrs. Bolinger and Mrs programme' as printed by the United
Schoen of Detroit visited their par- Church W.M.S. then followed with
ants, Mr. and Mrs. Archie Robinson 'responsive readings and hymns. Mar -
Sr., over the week -end. garet Ferguson sang a solo and Mrs.
Mrs. Gloucester and children of Earl Wightman gave a very interest -
Blyth spent Sunday' with Mrs. A. ing and helpful talk . on the first
Kirkconnell. chapter of the Study Book, At the
Miss Hazel, Young spent the week- close of the meeting lunch was served
end with Miss Ethel Washington. by the social committee.
William Armstrong of Toronto is Archie Robinson 01 the 13th of Hut-
visiting his mother, Mrs. M. Arm- lett, has bought a house in Clinton
strong. and hopes to move next -month.
The regular meeting of the Y,P.U. H. C. Monteith of Powassan has
of Knox United Church was held on been a visitor with Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Tuesday evening in the basement of Roberton. Many years ago his father
the church. The meeting opened with was reeve and deputy reeve of Hul-
community singing led by Rev. H. C. lett for 26 years and. also had the
Wilson. ' Miss Marjorie Toll took saw mill and woollen mill at Walker -
charge of the opening exercises and burn. Mr. Monteith lived in T'ucker-
Miss Evelyn, Million of the program smith township 31 years ago. He is
which was as foiliws: Hymn; Prayer, engaged in the lumbering business;
Rev. H. C. Wilson; Scripture read-
ing, Mary . Munro; piano duet, Mrs.
W. Craig and Ila Craig; the topic on
CAUGHT IN THE WILD
(Continued from page 2)
the respect to which she shows her-
self entitled," Garth said. "Why not
make it mutual, all around?"
Lilith Ramill was no less coin -
Mr. I•Iowatt replied fittingly to both. -
Mrs, Moore who has spent ther.
summer, with Miss S. Blair has re-
turned to her home in Guelph.
Mrs. and Miss Edna Kelly spent.
the week -end,, with Mi. and Mrs. J.
W. Carter.
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Mrs. W. Slater and Mrs. W. Fin-
layson of Seaforth have been visiting,
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Lawson.
Mrs. F. Ross and ,old armor
spending a few d in Dungannon.
Several fro ` he village attended.
Dunganno Fain this week.
Some of the ladies from 'St, Marks.
Anglican church attended the Dean-
ery meeting 'at Belgrave.
Two splendid congregations gath-
ered for the Westfield Anniversary*
Sunday .afternoon and evening. •In
the' evening many were turned away -
The service was in charge of the pas-
tor, Rev. 11. C, Wilson and Rev. Dr -
W, J. Mortimore, of Oakland, a for-
mer pastor of Auburn, Westfield andi
Donnybrook was the guest speaker.
In the afternoon Dr. Mortimore re-
viewed the. last history of the church.
speaking from the text. 1, Samuel:
1.7-12 and in the evening he led the:
congregation into the future front
Phil. 4:13. At the afternoon service '.
the Westfield choir supplied the.
music assisted by Stanley Sibthorpe'
of Blyth. The Westfield quartette,
composed of John McDowell, Mait-
is 70 years old and drives his own land Henry, William McDowell and
carr. Marvin McDowell, favored with two
The Autumn Thankoffering meet- ouartettes and in the evening the
Ing of Knox Presbyterian church Blyth choir under the leadership of '.
was held Thursday night in the base- J. E. Cook sang two anthems and'
Ment of the church. There was a gave a male chorus. The church was:
splendid attendance. Mrs. Edgar beautifully decorated with Autumia
Lawson, president, • was in charge. leaves, flowers and plants.
After the opening exercises, ,Mrs. Rev. Dr. Mortiinore of Oakland re -
Scott of Belgrave was suggested as newed old acquaintances in the vii -
the secretary of Mission Bands. Mrs. lage on Monday.
Many from here attended Westfield'
anniversary on Sunday.
Mrs. J. McKnight and Helen Fer-
guson are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Tha-
mes Phillips, Sanlaek; Mich.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Moss, Paris, are -
spending a few days with Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Moss.
Mis. Anderson, Mrs. Purdy and
Mr. Wright of New York, Mrs. Gar -
Barnett outmaneuvered than the Bartlett' of Goderich gave a very' fine
en-
gineer. She spoke to her father: address on "The Good Shepherd and
"Well, I must say, Dad, if you're let- the Sheep which must be brought in."
ting him order you around, I refuse Josephine Weir sang a solo and the
to stay up and slave all night. Come roll call was answered with a verse of
on." Scripture. After a hymn Mrs. J. D.
He crept after her into the' brush Howatt closed with prayer. Lunch
leanto. Garth at once set to making was served and a social time enjoyed.
more catgut. He hung the sinew -like Rev. H. C. Wilson attended'Presby-
tery at Brucefield on Tuesday.
Mrs. A. Ferguson, Mrs. B.' Marsh sett and Mrs. Carter of Londesbore,
and Miss W. Campbell were in visited with. Mis. James Woods.
Brucefield on Tuesday attending- the Mrs. Cameron Fotheringham, lllrs:-
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W.M.S. Presbyterial. Jones and son of St. Marys were,
Miller is home from Cop- with Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Johnston.
percliffe where he has worked for Mr. and Mrs. Maitland Allen an
d.the summer, Ila Craig spent a few days in Flint,.
Miss Alma Mutch, Toronto, spent Mich.
next began graining the hair from Sunday with her mother, Mrs. James Dr. Maybe of Goderich visited Mr..
the moose bull hide. The twilight Mutcli• and Mrs. George Hamilton.
faded very slowly. One hour fol- Mrs. Hays, Swan River, Man., is Rev. Pommy of Nile occupied the
lowed another, yet the light still lin- visiting with her sister, Mrs. J. C. pulpit of Knox United church om.
gered. Full dusk did not come even Stoltz. Sunday morning.. Rev, H. C. Wilson'
at midnight, much less real darkness. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Howatt who preached at Nile.
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Garth still could see to work on the
skin.
He could have stretched out and
gone to sleep no less readily than
had the chechahcos. On the other
hand, he was able to keep awake as
long as he wished. He scraped stead-
ily at the coarse moose hair, the
while his ears drank in the voices of
the Wild.
From down the lake carne the deri-
sive laughter of loons. Fool hens
giggled in a nearby spruce. Once a
shriek told of some luckless snow-
shoe rabbit pounced upon by a prowl-
ing mink or martin. A pair 01 wol-
ves howled far up the glacier gulch.
Over on the east side of the lake
foxes barked. Ravens croaked dis-
mally.
Past midnight a stealthy form that
resembled a small bear stole close to
camp in the darkest shadows of the
spruce trees. At sight of the fiery
eyes Garth raised his rifle. But, on
second thought, he laid down the wea-
pon and.stirred the fire. The prow-
ler vanished.
Later on, a grayish -white taller
shape came boldly out of the shadows
It did not stop until within less. than
six yards from Garth. He tossed a
blazing stick, and chuckled to see the
great white Wolf leap away. : .
• By the time the sun glared over
the jagged crests on the northeast
wall of the valley, Garth had the hair
grained from both the moose hides,
As he started to cut into the larger
skin, Miss Ramill crawled from the
leanto.
She, blinked and yawned," straight-
ened her rumpled skirt, and sat down
tolace her boots. •He gave her a
friendly good morning.
"Good, Pah!" she scoffed. "I feel
like the morning after. Here I am
flat. Not a drop of anything for a
bracer; no bath; no clothes or face
cream or lotions; no,make-up! Not
even a cigarette! Yet you have the
face to gibe me about it!"
At that, he could not resist giving
her the old quip: : "Cheer ,up; • the
worst is yet to come."
She ignored it to point at the sim-
mering muffle in the gold pan. "Look
at that filthy mess; half full of ashes.
If you had a spark of decency, you'd
throw it out and warm me a pan of
water for my face and hands."
He finished the cutting of a neo
casin piece,before he replied; "In the
first place, I'm too busy performing
needed work to act as lady's maid..
In the second place, that muffle is
not filthy. You'll say it's the most
delicious aspic you ever tasted."
"With all those ashes!"
"They'll take the place. of salt.
About the rest, douse your head in
the rill. That will give you a combin-
ed washand bracer. ` If you wish a
smoke, there's the fire. For cosmet-
ics, I'll soon be making up ,a batch
of grease and piteh mosquito dope.
My 'final dose of frogite went on too
thin to last long."
She looked, her disgust. "Grease
and pitch! When I have a headnet?"
(Continued next week). ' •
strings over the smudge -fire. Huxby
had turned his backupon the. work.
He gathered a thin padding of spruce
tips and moss at the far side of the
fire and lay down. Like the girl and
her father, he soon fell asleep.
After finishing h i s first task,
Garth tended the fire and added wat-
er to the simmering muffle stew. He
have returned from their wedding Rev. A. A. Maloney ;nem le irn,
trip have been surprised with two the Anglican church on Sunday night.
miscellaneous showers. One was in I Rev. A. W. Sherman in the Baptist
the school house this week when the I church and Rev. T. W. Mills in Knox;
address was read by Miss Margaret Presbyterian church.
Jefferson and the other was at their Mt. and Mrs. Hugh Chesney and.'
home on Friday night when the good Carol visited 'Mrs. J. D. Howatt om
wishes were read by Charles Scott. Sunday.
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ACTION' IN. 'STILL' PICTURES ,.r
Fling wide the gates! A small bundle of energy goes Into action. Exposure.
1/60 second at f.11.
A L'1'HOUGH the word "action,"
as a photographic term, is more
frequently associated with the mo-
tion picture camera, we should not
forget that it plays an important
part in picture -taking with a "still"
camera. We should not allow either
the word "action" or the word "still"
to mislead us.
There can be a lot of action repre-
sented in a picture that we distin-
guish from motion pictures by the
word "still," The sense • of action
may be conveyed very strongly when
the rapid or violent movement of a
person, animal or object is "stopped"
by a "still" camera equipped with
an ultra -fast lens and a fast shutter.
Take, for example, a shot of a
jockey hurtling over the head of his
mount' as it stumbles in a steeple-
chase. There is no sense of stillness
about that, and it is an "action"
shot no different from that takenby
the motion picture camera, except
that, instead of a series of negatives
depicting changed positions of the
subject, there is only one negative.
Butaction,photographically speak-
ing, does not always mean the
representation of violence, or veloc-
ity. It may mean also the depicting
of some expression or suggestion of
action, which may be very slight,
but the result is that 'the "still"
picture is far from still in the mean-
ing it conveys to us. This any ordi-
nary camera can do.
For Instance, in the photograph eta
person, the way the eyes are' -turned,
the expression a r the liP, the sposi-
tionf
of a hand, the posture of the
body, caught at the right moment,.
may very vividly convey a sense or
action and be even more dramatic:
than some rapid movement that was.
"stopped." Little actions of the face,.
body or limbs, such as we often see
on the stage, can be immensel9-
significant. 'They may suggest per-
fectly something that has happened-
or ie about to happen and when we-
catch them on the negative, our-
"still" picture comes to life, truly be-
comes an "action" picture.
Our skill in obtaining any kind of
"action" picture with a "still" cam-
era depends upon our ability to
choose the right moment for snap-
ping the shutter. It may mean a little
action or a big action. It may mean
the high jumper's heels just as he=
clears the bar or it may mean an ab-•
sorbed' child at his building blocks..
It may mean the twinkling of water
in a brook or the rush of a great
cataract. It may mean only the glare
in a night sky from the hearths of
a steel mill, or, inside the mill, a.
great hydraulic hammer "stopped"'
in its fall.
Experience does the most for you_'.
in timing such . pictures, but it ie.
surprising how Lady Luck will help.
you if you do not depend entirely on
one exposure. If circumstances per
mit, try another and another of the
same subject. Keep shooting. The •
chances are that one among a half'
dozen or more will be good enough
to show with pride, because, hap-
pily, it caught the "action" at just .
Scant mo
went.
the significant
102 JOHN VAN GUILDER,