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The Clinton News Record, 1934-12-06, Page 2PAGE 2 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Clinton News -Record With which is Imeorperated THE NEW ERA is of Subscription — $1.50 per year in advance, to Canadian ad- dresses $2.00 to the ,U.S.; or oth- er foreign countries. No paper cli:toontinued until all arrears are ;paid unless at the option of the publisher. The date to which every subscription is paid is denoted no the label. 4.dvertising Rates -Transient adver- tising 12c per count line for first insertion. 8e far each aubisequeul insertion. Heading counts 2 linea. Small advertisements, not, to ex- eeed one` inch, such as "Wanted", 'Lost," :~Strayed," eta, inserted VAMP for 35c, each subsequent in- tim-lion 15c. Rates for display ad vertising made ]mown on applica- ticsa. Communications intended for pub Beation must, as a guarantee of good faith, be accompanied by the name et the writer. G. E. HALL, M. R. CLARK, Proprietor. Editor. 11. T. RANCE Notary public, Conveyancer( Financial, Real Estate and Fire In- surance Agent. Representing 14 Fire Insurance. Companies. Division Court Office. Clinton. Frank Fingland, B.A., LL.B. lfarrlster, Solicitor, Notary Piddle • Successor to W. Brydone,K.C. Moan Block — Clinton, Ont. DR. FRED G. THOMPSON Office and Residence: • Ontario Street — Clinton, Ont. One door west of Angligan Church. Phone 172 !yea Examined and Glasses Fitted DE. 11. A. MC1NTYRE DENTIST Office over Canadian National Express, Clinton, Ont. Phone, Office, 21; House, 80. SYNOPSIS Ellen Church, 17 yearsold, finds herself alone in the world with her artist mother's last warning ringing in her ears, to "love lightly." Of the world she knew little. All her life she had lived alone with, her mother in an old brown house in a small rur- al community. All her life, first as a new baby, then a bubblingchild, then a charming young girl . .. she had posed for her talented mother who sold her • magazine cover painting through an art agent in the city .. . Mrs. Church's broken life . . the unfaithful husband, his disappearance . and after seventeen years of sil- ence announcement of his death was at last disclosed to Ellen. The news of the husband's death killed Mrs. Church.. Ellen, alone. turned to the only contact she knew, the art agent in New Yorlc. Posing, years of posing, was her only talent so she was introduced to two leading ar- tists, Dick Alven and Sandy Macin- tosh. Both used her as a model and both fell in love with her . but El- len, trying to follow the warped phil- osophy of hen mother to "love light- ly" resists the thought of love. Her circle of friends is small, artists and DR. F. A. AXON Dentisr Graduate of C,C.D.S., Chicago and R.C.D.S., Toronto,., Crown and plate work a specialty. Phone 185, Clinton, Ont. 19-4-34. D. II. McINNES CHIROPRACTOR Electro Therapist, Massage Office: Iluron Street. (Few Doors west of Royal Bank) Hours --,Wed. and Sat. and by appointment. FOOT CORRECTION t,y manipulation Sun -Ray Treatment Phone 207 GEORGE ELLIOTT two or,three girl models. Ellen at- rich man possesses, "would be afraid tends a ball with Sandy, i�r Thile lane- p ing a tall young man claimed her and to talk as frankly as you do, Ellen, if romance is born. TI-IURJS'., DEC. 6, 1934 1 correction.. "You had me worried," he said, "stalling that way. Pretending that you hadn't fallen for me, and that my bank account was all that mattered.." Ellen raised a slender hand — half in protest: half in a gestre of with- drawn!. "Listen," said Ellen, "Stop and look and listen! You're going too fast, Tony -1 you're assuming too Much. I didn't mean to worry you last night and I wasn't stalling,_ ei- ther. I wasn't pretending not to like you, for I do like you far better than any of the other men I know. But I. suppose it was, really,your bank ac. count that finally sold me—on: mar- riage, I mean. For," her heart thud- ded sickly' at the falsehood, "I don't love you, not as love goes in novels. I Won't ever love anyone that way. I've always said that marriage would have to be sort of lukewarm to inter- est me, and I haven't , changed my mind! What I mean is, I don't love you madly. I don't believe in love, not Ler girls. It's all right for men —with a man love's only a gesture anyway!" "Most women," said Tony, and he spoke with the conviction that every Licensed Auctioneer for the County. of Huron Correspondence promptly answered. Ammediate arrangements can be made for Sales Date at Tim News -Record, Clinton, or by calling phone 203. Charges Moderate , and Satisfactior Guaranteed. DOUGLAS R. NAIRN Sarfister, Solicitor and Notary Public ISAAC STREET, CLINTON Office Hours: Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays -10 a.m: to 5 p.m. Phone 115 3-34. THE McI ILLOP MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company Head Office, Seaforth, Ont. Officers: President, Alex. Broadfoot, Sea- forth; Vice -President, James Con- nolly, Goderich; secretary -treasur- er, M. A. Reid, Seaforth. Directors: Alex. Broadfoot, Seaforth, R. R. No. 8; James Sholdice, Walton; Wm. Knox, Londesboro; Geo. Leonhardt, Bornholm, R. R. No. 1; John Pepper,. Brucefield; James Connolly, Gode- rich; Robert Ferris, Blyth; Thomas Moylan, Seaforth, R. R. No. 5; Wm. R. Archibald, Seaforth, R. R. No, 4. Agents: W. J. Yeo, R.R. No. 3, Clinton; Jahn Murray, Seaforth; James Watt, Blyth; Finley McKer-: cher, Seaforth. Any money to be paid may be paid to the Royal Bank, Clinton; Bank of Commerce, Seaforth, ar at Oaiviu Cutt's Grocer, Goderich. Parties desiring to effect insur- ance or transact other business will tie promptly attended to on applica., thre to• any of the above officers. addressed to their respective post of- flces. Losses inspected by .the direc- tor who lives nearest the scene. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY "But now," said Ellen "you'd bet- ter take me home. And thenyou'd better go home yourself, and go to bed and get some sleep. And when you wake up, have black coffee — lots of it. I'm not saying have cof- fee," she endeavored to laugh, "be- cause I think you need it, becaucse father died just' two months before I think you've been drinking or any -1 s_ _ thing. You said you hadn't, and I believe you. And --f' It was such a long speech, Ellen wished that she might give up the effort, that she might just stop talking and let her hoed lie back on the broad shoulder beneath the Pierrot suit. "And, after you've had your coffee, sit back and go over the facts in the case. And if you still feel the same way about marrying me,., by noon tomorrow, come around and w'e'll get down to cases. My name? It's Ellen Church. I've been forgetting that you didn't know who I was, either. You'll find that name' below a bell at this--" she gave him a street number, "address. And if, after the sleep and the coffee and the thinking, you still want to go on . Well, a marriage license can be had,,they tell me, up to four! If we should happen toget together tomorrow, perhaps I'll let you buy iee one. But if you," she was able, by gritting her teeth, to make 1iex voice seem casual, "if you don't show up, I'll know you're completely nor- mal again;. I'll probably be that way, myself. No," all at once she was shivering violently, "don't Ides me— not now. Don't you dare kiss mel If you conte tomorrow, there maybe years of kissing ahead of us ... If you don't come, we'll have one less moment to forget." • Her heart said, "Oh, God, don't Iet hien stay away:" It said, also, in swift panic, "Don't let him come. I can't pretend with him much longer. And if he comes, ,I'll never be able to do anything else but. pretend!" The taxi turned sharply through the dawn, end made for the nearest part: exit. • they really didn't care! They'd be afraid of losing me—and my bank ac- count—" Ellen tossed her head until the curls of it were all a -dance. "I'm not afraid!" she boasted. How could a boy guess that the boast was so hollow? "I suppose," Tony went on, "that I'm sort of old-fashioned, in some ways. But my mother and my fath- er were married for thirty years. My never matter to her, But how could she be sure that some other girl wouldn't matter to Tony? She start- ed to speak changed her mind, and said something entirely different from the thingthat she had had intended to say. "At that, our marriage should work out better," she said, "than most 'mar- ) iages. arriages. It's being built on a perfectly honest, fifty-fifty, :cards -on -the -table basis:" Some of the buoyancy seemed to have gone out of the heir to the Bran- der millions. Only his doggedness, the strong line of his chin, was left. "'It'll work out all right!" he told Ellen. "Say when!" Oh, the throbbing of the heart in Ellen's breast! Oh, the persistent beat in her temples... . "Why," she said, and her voice sounded like a stranger's voice, even in her own ears, "why, the sooner the better! It's just after twelve, now. Maybe, if we took a taxi, we could catch us a license right off, and be married, and have a bite of lunch- eon together, before three. At three, I have a date to pose. for Dick Alvin,. in his studio. He's doing mural . She broke off before the torrent of Tony's words. • "Do you mean to tell •me," he was shouting, "that you'd go off, right after the ceremony and pose for some artist? Do you mean to tell me you'd leave your husband' to go to another man so that he can put .you into a dirty little Indian picture Ellen was interrupting. "Long' after our marriage is over, Tony," she said hotly, "long after `we've stopped being, Dick's mural will go on, giving beauty and fine- ness to people. It's not a ditry little Indian picture. Tony—Dick is a great artist." "Great artist be hanged," grated Tony. "I bet he's in love with you, sire-" Ellen's face was burning. "If it's going to be like this," she said, "when we've known each other less than a day --well, then, I guess we'd better call off the whole busi- ness." But, suddenly, she was in Tony's arms again, and his mouth was. a- gainst her mouth. And the whole earth whirled dizzily about them. And then with her hand tight in Tony's and a blue, small hat clamped down over her ears, and a white, strained smile on her lips, Ellen was being whirled away—itoward lower New York and the marriage license bureau. Only they weren't going in a taxi. Tony was driving a scarlet Rolls- Royce roadster with a special body and a mean way of nosing through traffic. AfAD ANA(�A' TIME. TABLE '!`tains will arrive at and depart from Clinton as follows: Buffalo and Goderich Div. Going East, depart 7.08', a.m.. Going East depart 8.00 rem. Going West, depart 11.50 kan. elseing West, depart 9.58 p.m. London Huron & Bruce Going North, ar. 11.34. ive.1114 a.m. LOS law Tony came the next day, slightly before noon, looking 'a trifle older than he had in his tousled ?isnot costume. Seeming less sun -browned less sure of himself, but somehow more dear than ever—infinitely more dear! Ellen, starting forward to meet his,, could hardly hold back her arms—They seemed to be on springs --on springs that dragged them. for- ward "toward him. Ellen—she wasn't looking quite so vivid herself, as she had in the brief costmue of a page boy. Her hair was parted demurely, in the middle,' and she wasn't made up. She wore a plain little dress of navy blue crepe, with white linen collar and cuffs, and small, strapped black slippers. She was hike a school girl in appearance, "Well?" she asked. j The red rushed up under the brown of the boy's cheeks, but he managed to speak just as nonchalantly as she had. '"Very well., indeed." he answered. "Oh, very—" And then, without quite knowing how they got there, they were in each other's arms, and he was kissing her oddly shaped winglike eyebrows. And she was quivering, close to sobs, against hie shoulder. For a moment they stood togeth- er, so. And then Tony spoke. "I guess," he said, "that settles it We will be married as soon as pos- sible Haw," his voice was close to Without quite knowing how they g there they were in each ether's arni of s. were on his face, she couldn't see, or think clearly. The car turned, sharply, into tlro side street: And there stood the church about, which so many legends have been built, the Little Church set friendly -wise in its green oasis of lawn. (Continued Next Week) mymother went away, and when she followed him (and' say what you will, it was heartbreak, for she hadn't been ill), she was calling-" the boy's voice shook, "calling his name. I be- lieve in that kind of marriage, ,my- self."' Ellen's eyes were staring far away. "My mother loved my father until they both died," said Ellen. "And that," her imitation of Claire's shrug was piteous, "and that's why I don't believe in that kind of marriage. I want to get what I can out of life — I want to squeeze life dry, like a sponge. If you marry me, it will have to be on those terms. You're not to expect toomuch from me. Not too much love, or too much gentleness, or too much loyalty. I'll try not to do anything' to put any sort of a blot. on your name -you can pretty well count en me there, because I'm not the type! But I shall continue to have my own friends, and to go out with them. And I'il keep on with my work, if I find I'm • not busy . enough running my marriage. I'll—'I ' The document which gave two young people the right to join their lives together was properly authenti- cated. It was witnessed and sealed. And then the man behind the bars was speaking. • "Want to be married here, now?" he questioned. "The clerk ,can do the job—" Ellen had a desire—a keen desire— to scream. No, she didn't -want to be married in this dark, dusty room. Not to Tony -to Tony whom she loved —to Tony who would be her husband. But Tony, with, a blush creeping' down until it covered his firm, tanned neck, was stammering out something.. "No," he was saying. "Not here. I want to be married in a church. Only married once, y'know." The man who had sealed the Pap- ers said something, here, about being an optimist. "As for that," Tony added, as if he were speaking in his own. defense, "we haven't a ring yet!" Ellen, glancing swiftly down at her slim, ringless hands, was flushing,. too, Why, she had quite forgotten about a ring! Of course, they'd have to buy one, wasn't it all a part of the marriage service? "With this ring—" something like that? Her embarrassment made her for- get orget to be dishonest. "I want to be married in a church, too," she told -the man behind the bars, and tne'man laughed at her ve- hemence. It was only when Tony had slid into the driver''s seat of his car, and slipping in the clutch, that he sighed and spoke. - "Thank God, that's over!" he said. Ellen sighed, too. "The first hundred licenses are the hardest," she told him, but he ignor- ed her flippancy. Instead, guiding the ear deftly through the traffic, he reached down and briefly patted her hand. "Such little baby fingers," he said. "Wonder if we'll find a ring small enough to do any good?" They did find the ring. All the way up in the Fifties. A slim little circlet of. sapphires ("because they're more like you, believe it or not, than diamonds!") And a great single sap- phire on a gossamer' hoop of platin - NORTH IIURON ILAS 17,252 VOTERS Total of Enumerators' Lists Com- piled For Federal Purposes The total number of voters in the Federal riding of North Huron, in which Clinton- is now situated, as compiled from the lists in the hand,a of Alex, Porterfield, chief enumerat- or, is 17;252. The numbers in the various municipalities of the Tiding are as follows: Ashfield Blyth Brussels .. , : 1311 444 554 Clinton . ..,1308 Colborne .. 804 Goderich town . 2890 Goderich township 991 Grey . 1495 Howick . 2119 Morris . 1188 Turnberry . 995 Wawanosh East : . 853 Wawanosh West .......... . 959 Wingham . ... .. .,1388 Total . . .17,252 PRESIDENT OF ROYAL BANK RETIRES After 26 years in office, Sir Herbert S. Holt has relinquished the presi- dency of The Royal Bank of Canada and now becomes Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Executive Committee. He is succeeded by Morris W. Wilson as President and Managing Director, and Sydney G. Dobsdn follows Mr. Wilson as Gener- al Manager. These changes were announced at the end of the 'Bank's fiscal year, Nov. 30th, following a regular meet- ing of the Board. They are changes which constitute not only en impor- tant milestone in the 65 years of Royal Bank history, but also an event of national significance. Sir Her- bert Holt's retirement from the pre- sidency marks the withdrawal from active duty of an outstanding Cana- dian, under whose leadership the Royal Bank has developed from a re- latively small organization to its pre- sent status as one of the great finan. etaI institutions of he world. Fur- thermore, the appointment of Morris W. Wilson as President marks the, first occasion this office has been at- tained by a man from within the ranks of the bank, The Royal Bank has been in exis. 'One of the first things she had not- iced about Tony was the strength of his jaw line. It, widened out now, in an odd manner. It became blunt. "What," said Tony, "if I make few remarks and stipulations? As long as this seems to he a mutual contract we're drawing up! What if. I any that I'll have as many women friends in my life, as you have men?' What if I say that I'll find my ex- citement elsewhere, if you don't keep my hone peppy enough? What if I say I don't care about the blots that axe 1ptie onithel family name, to !ling as wearing the family name can be held so cheaply by 'my wife? What if I say S thoroughly agree well your the- ories? That what you've said can go—lloublel" Ellen's hands were folded in her lap. They looked like calm little fin- gers, but in reality the nails of them were biting into her pink palms.' Tony—oh, he mustn't go about with breaking, "how could you send me other women! Not when he was her home as you did, last night " husband She—reversing a single, "This morning!" corrected Ellen. standard to fit her own quaint . mea- , Tonye face , had a high, uplifted j sure—could be less fastidious. Be - look. Hepaid no attention, to the cause she know that other men would Signs Sat* ctesNnPsuo, CUIL "TABLE -TOP" PICTURES :a<.?::.iris, weettaeeeseee,.ear{ Two table -top pictures. At left, is a tiny cork- and -paper ship given a "Flying Dutchman" aspect by placing it on a pane of glass and shooting from underneath. Above, a circus scene made with familiar dolls and toys. ONE of the most interesting of camera stunts is the making of "table -top" pictures. As the term in- dicates, you assemble your picture. material on some convenient table or bench, and shoot it from any de- sired angle. "Table -top" pictures are, usually, very much like model stage settings. You may use dolls, toys, statuettes, model airplanes, miniature trains, boats—anything et all that appeals to you. The point of the whole thing is to arrange your subjects in an in- teresting, realistic, or fantastic fashion, and to light this arrange- ment so that it makes a good pic- ture. • Usually, these pictures are taken at close range. If your camera can- not be focused for close-ups, use a portrait attachment --a simple, in- expensive, and highly useful Little gadget. There's no limit to the effects you can achieve. And there's nothing much more fascinating than work- ing them out. Here are some point- ers that may save you time acid trouble: Remember that the only point of view that natters is the point of view of your camera's lens. 'Your set-up may appear charming from above or from the side. But don't let it mislead you.. The camera must be pleased. If you want to give an effect of deep distance, as in a miniature landscape set-up, place various fi- gures (trees, houses, fences, etc.) in receding planes. The focus willbe- come less exact as the distance from the camera increases. A piece of dark cardboard, cut with an irregu- lar edge, laid across the back of the set, will become a range of distant hills. And a big piece of light card- board, set up well back of the rest of the set-up, gives you a good Working at close range, the depth of focus of your lens is not likely to be great. So keep the elements within as short a distance, front to back, as possible. And the most im- portant feature should be at the point of exact focus. "akyn Remember that the camera's out- look is wedge-shaped—narrow close to the lens and widening out as it goes into the distance. The greatest fun in this work is playing with light. Sometimes a single strong flood of light will give you what you want. Again, you may want one figure to stand out bril- liantly, with everything else sub- dued. To do this, you will have to block off most of the light with shirt cardboards, books, or whatever you need. You'll get your best effects by working with the lens at its small- est opening. Allow plenty of time —anywhere from ten seconds to a minute or two, depending on the amount of light. Too, don't forget that most films register blue as white, and red as black or dark gray. A white figure against a blue background will tend to be lost; similarly, a red figure will not stand out against a dark background. It's fascinating business, all in all, and wiII repay you well for your patience and ingenuity. JOHN VAN GUILDER. tence for sixty-five years. It was in- , corporated in Halifax in 1869 as The' Merchants Bank of Halifax, its pre- sent name being adopted in 1901 and its Head Office removed from. Halifax to Montreal in 1907, In 1908, when Sir Herbert became President, the Royal Bank had 107 branch offices; to -day it has nearly 800 branches, serving all parts of Canada and lo- cated in twenty foreign countries. Its assets during the same period have increased from less than $50,- 00,000 to more than $725,588,000 and the number of its shareholders from 800 to a present total of 12,000. "Your engagement ring!" Tony re- marked. "We're on our . way;" Tony said, as they paused in the heavy early af- ternoon traffic on the avenue, "to the Little Church Around the Corner. It's, a bromide,. I suppose, to be married there, But I've always liked its green handkerchief of a lawn and its green shrubs—" Steadily, to keep the panic from rising, from submerging her like a sea, Ellen turned her eyes , from Tony's face; Somehow, when her eyes, Jr MI1.6.410.11001. INVI' ATI Many a non -advertising retailer keeps back from advertising just because he feels that it is nec- essary to advertise in a big way and because he is not ready to advertise in a big way. To keep back from our newspaper until you are ready to use big space is just as foolish as would be keeping a child out of school until it had the ability to pass its ma- triculation examination. Beginners in every form of enterprise need to go warily; until experience and practice and growing ability warrant them to attempt larger things, they should proceed cautious- ly.' It will pay some retailers to use classified ad- vertisements and small spaces of 2 and 3 inches. These little advertisements will surely get seen and read bynewspaper readers. Make small advertise- ments offer special merchandise. Change them fre- quently. A quick succession of 'little advertisments, everyone of which is alive, will of a certainty effect sales—will attract new customers. The thing to ba frightened of is dumbness: a retail store which does not talk to the public by means of newspaper adver- tisements misses a lot of business. 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