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The Seaforth News, 1929-08-08, Page 3Modern Manners A Test Case By G, K, ahesterton it is said that there has been a moral break -clown; but let Ile be com- forted; it is only a mental break- down.. Tho real objection to much of modern fashion is an objection based on reason, and not specially on morality, And in certain respeotg (not al for even Perhaps most), cur- rent culture seems to me to have Pim- ply fallen to a lower level of civiliza- tion. will take one example of what I mean, precisely beeauee it has no- thing directly to do with morality at all. It is now the custom of most young people to shout at each other by their Christian names, or the ab- breviations of their Christian names, as soon as they know each other, or before they know each other. If (as you and I and all smart pec. plc are aware) the dashing and dim' tinguished Miss Vernon-Vavasour. ?as known in baptism as ;Glor^ta but among her meet devoted friends as Gurgles, there is now no difference between those who call her Gurgles glee and those whocall her Glory and those who would normally prefer, when suddenly presented to somebody they do not know from Eve, to call her Miss Vernon-Vavasour. Now all this has nothing directly to do with right and wrong, I sup- pose there are savage tribes in whioh• a person only possesses one name, and so hrs to be addroseted by it, It might be maintained that the .first name is always the noblest and most sacred in a religious and moral sense. I complain of it here, not because it shows a lack of appreciation 01. the world. It especially shows a lack of appreciation of the civilized world. It shows a dullness in distinguishing and tasting the art of ,civilization. To take another alternative pos- sibility, some of those Utopias des- cribed by Mr. Wells might possibly abolish all Christian names, or even abolish all names, We might have labels. Our criticism on it would be that It dulled the •eclge of fine cultural in- tercourse, It takes away certain fine shades of personal interest, of appropriateness or inappropriateness. which help the colored comedy of life,. It is barbaric and reactionary to de- stroy these cultural distinctions be- tween one thing and another, because it Is like rubbing out all the lines of a fine drawing. Now there were very many things In which the Victorians were quite wronf, But in their punctiliousness about etiquette in things like this they were quite right. In insisting that the young lady should be called at one stage Miss Vavasour, and only at another stage Gloria, and only in extreme and .confidence Gurgles, they were a thousand times 'right. They were maintaining a wholly superior Social system, by which social ac- tions were significant, and not (as they are now) all of them equally in- eigniflcant. There is a meaning in each of those names. When I was a boy there was a real symbolism, a real poetry, and in the sanesense a real romance, in the transition from being supposed to call a lady Miss Brown to being al- lowed to call her Mabel. There is also this further point. The old stages of intimacy were In- dividual, and in that sense even un - Conventional. The new comradeship Is entirely conventional. It is in the exact and solid sense a conven- tion. 'The old admission to special friendship occurred at different stages :with different people; it was an ad Venture. The new familiarity is real- ly a formality. It is a thing made common like the rules of a game; it Is a thing dictated by what the In- stinet of the people themselpes nail "the crowd." But the essential point about it is that this sort of simplification merely Impoverishes life. Life is much more rich and indipidual initiations, special favors and different titles for dif- ferent relations of life. If; I were constructing a Utopia, which God forbid, I should describe a higher civilization in which every hu- man being had a hundred names; in which each had a particular name Imown only to a particular friend; in which there were more and not less ceremonies differentiatin gthe various kinds of love and friendship; and in which the suitor had to go through ten names before he got to Glory. That would be a Utopia really 'worth constructing; for it would real- ly be a question of construction. Most of the Utopias represent only a dull sort of destruction; the sort of de- truction that we call simplification. But these things will not come until the modern world has realized that rte cure lies in distribution and even in differentiation, and not in mixing up everything together in one groat mess: Vanity Fair. Books 1 • No book is worth anything which le not worth much; nor is it service- able, until it has been read and re- read, and lovedand loved again, and marked so that you can refer to tbe passages, you want in it, as the sol- ler can seize the weapon 110 needs ill RD armoury, or a housewife bring the spice sltg„nseds from her store.—Rue- kin, (Sesame and Lilies). Little Things We ought not to bo weary of doing little things for the love of God, wbo regards not. the greatness of the, work, but the lave with which 1t le performed,-.ptrotller Lawrence, Do you take pleasure In Housework 9 "r1VOW go about my daily work with pleasure," gays Mrs. Scott of Guelph. In spite of tiring domestic tasks and family cares, dust is the way every woman should feel. But how many do? 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This is the essence of genius, the basis of success, the creator of character, the soul of sym- pathy, and the chief witness to the nature of infinite being. -1-I. K. Mil- ler. e ou Ready When &oar Children Cry for It Baby has little upsets at times. All your care cannot prevent them. But you can be prepared. Then you can do what any experienced nurse would do—what most physicians would tell you to do -give a few drops of plain Castoria. No sooner done than Baby is soothed; relief is just a mat- ter of moments. Yet you - have eased your cbild without use of a single doubtful drug; Castoria Is vegetable. Se it's safe to use as of- ten as an infant has any little pain you cannot pat away. And it's al- ways ready for the crueler pangs of collo, or constipation, or diarrhea; effective, too, for older children, Twenty-five million bottles were bought last year. Beauty and the Sun (Special Oorreepondent) The eyes of Britain are on the gun, The secret of life -renewing vigor, health and happiness is out. Bathers bare their backs, and Wa- nts players mire their legs, Man, woman, and child revel, unashamed, half -nude under Nature's life -lamp. The false modesty complex is gone for ever, Last week, at the London stores, women and girla flocked to buy the latest bathing dresses that leave the back almost naked to the waiet, eo that the wearer can enjoy to the full the 1)en01t of the sun's rays. They were bought in no spirit of bravado, They were not bought to shock, to allure, or to tempt the vul- gar gaze. They were bought to wear for the coveted gun -bath that le al- ready the rage at home and abroad. Any 'week -end you may see the sun- worshippers--bare-legged men and women, with frocksand shirts wide open at the throat, tramping the broad highway, or bathers In the scantiest of costumes bashing in the gleaming sunshine on the sands. Going Back to Nature Mrs. Grundy may gasp her dismay, but the fact remains that Britain, to keep fit, is going back to nature. Sun-bathing has come to stay. A little while ago a great sensation was caused on the Sussex downs by two members of a society which be- lieves that mixed sun and air -bathing in the nude state is the secre't of mental and bodily health, One was a girl of 20, with a body richly tanned by continual exposure to sun and wind; her companion, a young man, who eloquently explained that they believed in pride of body, and not shame of it, "We want to infuse grace and grandeur into an existence that has become paltry and trivial," be de- clared."We accomplish this psycbic- ally by sun -barbing and mentally by psychoanalysis and positive thinking. • Living Poetically "Our great idea le to discipline our selves in order that we may live more vigorously and joyously. Tired- ness of limb and weariness of soul go together." On one occasion, when both were ambling along in a nude state, they were surprised by a party of holiday makers on their way over tho downs to bathe. "They were extremely surprised," said the young sun-god, "and they were also somewhat concerned. But we had nothing of which t oe as- hamed. We are simply living poeti- cally." Again ,a remarkable stir was creat- ed by an advanced educational experi- ment at a private .school in Suffolk, where boys and girls ran about nak- ed aked and sketched from the nude in mixed classes. There were 26 pupils, all tbe boys being' under the age of 12, while the ages,of the girl pupils ranged from a few years to 16, The outhouses of the school had been converted into studios and a gymnasium. Near by was a pool of water where, in the summer months the boys and girls bathed, there be- ing a strict rule that costumes should not be worn. Modern Adams and Eves We educate our children on psy- chological lines," Bald Mayor T. J. Faithful, the head of the school. "We teach them to ignore the differences of sex, and so far as harm resulting from the art classes I claim that there are positive advantages. "Life," he said, "is a natural thing, and nudity is only shameful because we have made it so. Unhealthiness comes from separating the sexes." Germany, once a land of restricted womanhood and iron morale, has to- day over 3,000,000 disciples of the Sweden too, have joined in the move- ment. The German sun -worshippers claim Lord Monboddo as their pioneer. Ile shocked the German housewives by bathing naked in public brooks and sun-bathing in the mud with nothing but a coating of olive -oil on his body. And that was in 1795! The army of modern Adams and Eves in Germany is popularly known as the "Cbildren of the Sun." Mem- ben are pledged "on suitable occa- sions and in suitable localities" to preach and practice clotbelessness. Only recently, with the sanction of the German Home' Office and the approval of the Ministry of Health, branches of the movement rented waste tracts of lake and riverside land throughout the Fatherland. Here they have built special en- dlosures where members may dis- card their clothing and expose their bodies to the sun free from prying eyes, An "Island of Eden" Body culture in Germany Is evolv- ing a race of super -men and sneer - women. Every week -end the country roads for miles around the main cities are thronged by young men and women clad only In the scantiest attire ad out to revel in the sunshine and in FERTILI ,I€°.` , FOR FALL WHEAT'. Carefully compounded 00 promote pruner growth, Pall and wpri'ng. Svcry earloi and less carlottnyor should have our prices, Write Now.. Agents Wanted. Minhnurn ear 16 tone, No.rcasen to 0011101010 of high 011100.11 youbuy frau us. Write today, FERTILIZERS AND FEEDS LIMITED E M, GR0SB Pres., 2080. Dundee St. West, Toronto ° dab, Our mo910: Quality--SOrvloo —Satisfaction. tin dupe in feats of strength and pbysi- The Man Behind cal culture, Simple -lifers in Paris practice their island of Dden at faith on an " " the Lloyd George has intimated that the Seine at vlllenes, Every week -end it is dotted with forest of small tents from which me and women, wearing bathing cos Wilms and shorts, emerge to lie got hours in the; reviving sunlight, The Spreading Revolt Two brothel's, Gaston and Andre DurviUe, wbo are the' leaders o1 the movement, declare that they are on the right road to promoting a new gospel of health and happiness. Nude bathing parties have recent- ly been held at a villa near Cannes, whicb has its own luxurious bathing pool, Bathers of both sexes parti- cipated, and it la stated that several English people, well-knov/r. in Lon- don society, took part, In the United States sun-bathing has been cultivated for many years, but latterly the nude state has been considerably chann.:Ioned, Young. girls, particu!tlrly, have exhibited the greatest enthusiasm, and nude sun- bathing parties hare beep many and successful, And so the revolt against clothes continues to spread throughout the world, Perhaps Britain will goon be on the way to regaining its position as the healthiest nation under the sun,—Montreal Standard, baianco of. power is ill his hands and that 1t will be' used to the adxantage n of the ,people ea a whole, Premier • Ramsay MacDonald may take this r either as a. -threat or a promise, but We surmise that he has little to fear Jso tong as he carries out the uuem• ploytpont program outlined by the }Liberal party and unalloyed by the opinions of the lrabiau Society,, Na- ' turally Mr, Lloyd George would like to bee the thunder Prom1Or MacDon- ald stole from him put into effect. M long as he goes straight Premier MacDonald can probably count on Lloyd George's support, provided he maltos certain changes in the Fran- chise Act which should give Lloyd George twice as many followers as he has now and to that extent would make the balance of power twice as puissant as it is to -day. But Premier MacDonald must not forget that there is a Man Behind and that little David with his stone the great Goliath slew, No doubt Mr. Lloyd George still bas hopes for the rejuvenescence of the Liberal party. He still has the cam- paign fund In his hands and at the next election can say to one, Dome, and he cometh, and to another, go, and he goeth, and otherwise act with full authority, It is this Campaign fund that Win- ston Churchill deplores when he states in hie post mortem on the elec- tion that Mr. Lloyd George used every means to sabotage the Conservative Party. This is only partly true, the Conservative party having sabotaged itself to some extent by having noth- ing more colorful to put forward than to let well enough alone. Is Mr. Churchill snarling or has he dreams of being the Man Behind and switch- ing the Liberal party over to his side? One way or another, this Mr. Church- ill has done a lot of switching in his day. KEEP CHILDREN WELL DURING HOT WEATHER Every mother knows how fatal the hot summer months are to small chil- dren, Cholera •infantum, diarrhoea, dysentry, colic and stomach troubles are rife at this time 'and often a pre- cious little life is lost after only a few hours illness. The mother who keeps Baby's Own Tablets in the house feels safe. The occasional ust of the Tablets prevent stomach and bowel troubles, or if trouble comes suddenly —as it generally -does—the Tablets will bring the baby safely through. They are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co„ Brockville, Ont. She. How do you like my new 1929 bathing suit? He: Wait a minute, I baven't seen It yet. Radio Ottawa Droit (Ind.) : The best plan would be, inour opinion, to commer- cialize radio ,which has become'a pub- licity medium of very great value, al- though that of the press still surpass- es it by many lengths. In this re- spect the American practice seems to recommend itself. Certain interests, companies, businesses of all sorts, are sold an hour a week, and the pur- chasers are responsible for the or- ganization of their musical programs, reserving here and there a few sec- onds for their own publicity. This method, besides allowing us to reduce to a minimum the price of licenses, will make radio stations paying pro- positions. We shall thus be enabled to resist the principle of State owner- ship which there bas been some at- tempt to import here from Canada in the matter of radio. Unnecessary The barrister had returned home after an important case in which he had been defending a man charged with murder: "What was the verdict?" asked his wife, rushing into the hall and throw- ing ber arms round her husband's neck. "He was acquitted," beamed the bar- rister. "Wonderful! How did you mango that? On what grounds?" "Insanity," was the reply. "I proved that his father had spent five years in a lunatic asylum." "But he hadn't, had he?" "Oh Yes, he halt" said the rising young barrister. "He was a doctor there, but I saw no reason to bring that out." Pleasure Pleasure is one of those commodi- ties which are sold at a thousand shops ,and bought by a thousand cus- tomers, but of whilh nobody ever fairly finds possession; either they know not well how to use, or the commodity will not keep, for no one bas ever yet appeared to be satiefied with bis bargain; it is too subtle for transition, though sufficiently send for sale.—W. G. Simms, Madness There are two Binds of matinees, Ono produced by Jarman infirmity, the Otliei' by a diving release from the oreinacy ways of men.—Plato, Minerd's Liniment for aching joints,, Inter -Imperial Trade Quebec Evenemett (Cons.): Some people think, with Lord Beaverbrook, that free trade between Britain and the British countries across the sea, is the most practical solation of this grave problem. Others, with Mr. Chamberlain, believe that the time is approaching when the application of commercial imperialism, but with guarantees for the daughter nations of England, willhe the only efficacious solution of the difficulty. In our bum- ble opinion, free trade is no more de- sirable in the Empire than It would be between Canada and the United States. It is clear that our different habits of life render a proposal like this inacceptable to Canadians. It would put our raw materials at teh disposal of British industry, to the detriment of the Canadian industrial- ist and worker, and it would not com- pensate this disadvantage by any ade- quateincrease in the importation by England of articles produced in Can- ada. What both Britain and Canada appear to need is commercial treaty assuring to both a strong commercial preference. Canada already gives this, but receives practically nothing in return. Without doubt, London is our best client for the export of agri- cultural products. But in the invis- ible exchanges, money, for example, Canada annually dispatches to Eng- land hundreds of millions of dollars 1a dividends. Minard's Liniment for Earache. Hopes Hast thou o'er the clear heaven of thy soul Seen tempest roll? Hast thou watched all the hopes thou would'st have won Fade one by one? Wait til the clouds are past, then raise thine eyes To bluer skies. —Adelaide A. 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No, 5, Barton Sr. East, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, old ISSUE; N0, 30--229