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The Seaforth News, 1930-03-13, Page 7Oman of 102 Wishes for Youth Her Wish is For Youth Re- newed and Capacity for Work and Play— Guards Secret of Longevity London -Who wants to live to be 102 years of age? le it worth it? Mrs, Mary. Ann Priest is the oldest woman in England, and when visited -on her 102ndbirthday in the Kensing- ton "institution Where she has lived. for twenty-ftve years had no doubts •en the matter. She decl ssed emphatically that it is not worth 1E,' ;and this is why, la her own words: No one lives who remembers the. days when i was a girl I live in another age—almost an- other world. The world goes on without me, Mrs, Priest Is a wonderful old we - •man but she is a lover of youth, not -age, and her years weigh on her more than moat centenarians will.adlnit, "How have I managed to live to 102? Why, I would not tell.. you if I Could," she said. Everybody's Pet Mrs, Priest lives In a most comfort- able ward, •and Is the most petted old lady in the world, By her bed stood a, cake with pink and white !etas, and covered with 102' candies. • "Yes,.I could have no kinder friends than I have here," she went on. "The uursee are kind—but, nothing can make up to one for youth, work, and play.Even the worrles of youth are worth while. I have no worries nosy. "There are few cares that" last till one is 10Z "You mut remember• that sixty and seventy even seem young to me. My children would be older than that if they lived still. • "I have memories. I remember my courting days, when I was married, and all the hard work that was three parts of my life. - "No, I should IlOt Ask how to live -to 102 if I were you. If you live to that age you will stay in your bed while the world goes on without you --ouly You will know that it goes on. One Wish "I have the pleasantest life it hi deessible to live at my age: I am sur- rounded- by kindness—and as you grow old you appreciate that more and more. "But—it is worth it?" Old Ann shook her head, and emit- ed sadly. "If I could have a wish, what would it be?" "Why, to do a day's work with the •best, to be able to scrub and dust and 00 my shopping, fall asleep tired at the end, to wake up fresh as a lark for another day... That is all," Seven Years After Japan in 7 Years Builds New Tokyo at Expenditure of 700,000,000 Yen Tokyo—Reconstruction of the capi- tal following the earthquake of Sep- tember, 1923, is now practically com- plete after more than s1s years of energetic labor and an expenditure of 700,000,000 yen (a yen equals about •50 cents), and a fitting observance of the gigantic achievement will beheld in tate presence of the Emperor on March 26. The restoration of Tokyo is a man'- invent of Japanelse determination and competency. The task faced seven years ago was that of rebuilding the greater part of one of the largest cities of the world, of rehabilitating shatter- ed all e anddisru ted ublic'sety ccs of 1 ap n kinds, of re-establishing disorganized. Industry.Thus the Tokyo of to -day is a new Tokyo both Physically, and in the spirit of its people. The ceremony will be conducted by tate national Government In co-opera- tion with the Tokyo prefectural and municipal boards, and prominent per- sons among the :offdlals and ,private citizens will be the guests of the re- construction bureau. It is expected that these will gather from all over the .country to the number of some 10,000 More than 30,000 medals will also be distributed in commemoration of the Completion of the gigantic task, one of the greatest of the kind in his- tory. The reeenstruetion work necessit •abed the removal or clearing- away of the debris of some 200,000 buildings of every description. So many ob- staclee, both economic and physical, were encountered and overcome that the restoration of Tokyo becomes un- questionably one of the great achieve- ments of modern times, and a testi- monial to Japanese euergy and capa- city. The Emperor has expressed his la- tention to make a detailed tour of the whole reconstructed area 'during the two days preceding the celebra- tion, TN middle .life, when vitality Is not as great as it once was, and the blood stream is naturally • thinned and 'de• vitalized, anaemia easily lays hold on the system. At first, just a tired feeling, it quickly results in bodily weakness, that ordinary tonics cannot avail Dr. Williams' Pink Pills then become a wonderful cid. They supply the necessary oxygen to the blood, increase the blood count and renew waning vigor. .. "I was seized with owe. tufa," writes Mrs: -Charles Lambert of Port dope, Ont., "and was in a very bad state. As a girl I had -taken Dr. Williams', Pink Pills for a run-down condition and de- cided to take 'then once more... Again the result was marvellous. In a little while I was fully well again." You cannot begin too early to check anaemia. Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills are sold at your druggist's or by mail, postpaid, 50 cents, from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. PER BOA PINK Pll iL 11OUICHO1.O NANa . IN ba GOUNirtl..• sox .Serving With Soldier Elephants Capt. Graham Ak+chibald Hope. In India, at one time, elephants were used to draw batteries of artil- lery. I served with such a battery and learned that Hathil ea we call her in India, is insome ways, a fine, and in sots ways a terrible, soldier. I eay "her," because, vre used only cow elephants, 'Bulls are far too uncer- tain of temper to be need for draft: By far the queerest'fact about ele- phants is that the great majority never have seen a Man, except to run away from him, till they are full. grown. 'Yet, in spite ofbeing; one of the shyest of animals in the wild, Hathi needs no more than a year's gentling and training to become a peaceful, hard-working friend of man. But teinperamental. While a cow elephant is ordinarily more gentle than a horse, she may become annoyed and then the results are startling. I knew one gigantic cow, Sylvia by name, who made up her mind that railroad traveling was not for her. Special trucks are provided on Indian railways for elephants, and into one of these Sylvia was led. She*as perfectly quiet till the truck was fas- tened; up. Then she lifted'up her at- tendant and placed hint outside, after' which, without effort or hurry, she smashed the truck to matchwood and stepped out of the Milne!• A Business Deal Vancover Province (Ind. Cons.): There 1s no sense at all la trying to make out that the Pool Is extremely virtuous because It is holding Lts wheat' for better prices, There Is no sense in talking as if the British grain dealer and miller were blackguards and enemies of Canada because they are huyiug their wheat to the cheap- est marlcet. If the Pool is guessing wrong, the Pool will pay. If the Bri- tish dealers are guessing wrong, they will pay. The unsentimental view of this business is the only sound view, "Long skirts and formal clothes sound thefinal knell of short hair." —Capthin Moiyneux. It. appears that the mustache is to become fashionable again this year. It will he a welcomechange fronrfthe things that some of our young men have been wearing. "Most criminal lawn are enacted to meet the convenience 'rather than the conscience of society,"—Lewis E. Lawes, . 'Lite is an echo that never sends book a false or uncertain reverbatiou. 1 % of TOTAL FARES to CA ADA A ' VANCED B RITISHERS in Canada may now bring forward their Families, Relatives and Friends on Easy Terms. For full details apOtYl— J, D. CAMERON, ,Dist. Supt. Colonisation Canadian Pacific Railway, Toronto BRITISH RE -UNION ASSOCIATION Ends in I. Minna'® "Ended burn,itch and palt>ti of plies in 1 mimrtSw*tt'Soottia.Salve," writes L. T. Soars. "Bleeding stopped. piles soon vanished. Avoided operation.' Get intent results today. Jtadeuggists. Wo realized at once that she had handed her man out so that he might not get hurt. The railway made two. more .trucks, especially for her. ' But Sylvia preferred traveling en her own feet, and in the game of railway com- pany versus Sylvia, Sylvia won. Elephants are useless under fire -be- cause they are subject to panic. Of nothing are they so afraid as of the singing of bullets, unless it is a small dog, or worse still, a mouse. '. knew of a case in which the flank elephant of a battery was frighteu•'d by a stray bullet from a range. When one elephant bolts; the rest will 'follow. The result was a stampede. The white gunners on the limbers tumbled off' at once, but the mahouts stuck to their places. When they regained con- trol, six or eight miles further on, there was nothing left for the ele- phants to pull—everything in the six' gun carriages had been scattered over the landscape. But normally,'. ono' elephants be- have very well and enjoy using their strength. To see then at their;, best you must watch them getting the guns u; steed, rocky slopes. Literally, they get down to their job, era's -ling up particularly bad sloes o1 their bel- lies. And they always gc the guns up. I never knew an .elephi,nt that was a quitter. One hears a lot about elephants' memories, and not without reason. I remember a new elephant that joined the battery. After the very first par- ade, as soon as the elephants had been stripped, she and an old battery ele- phant who had well over 20 years of service, -made a dash at- each other, twined their trunks, thumped each other, gurgled and squeaked az ele- phants do when they are specially pleased with life. Finally, they lum- bered off to the water trough„holding Winks and chattering. If, as the ma- houts said, they were old friends, their friendship must have dated from jungle clays. After' 20 years, they, had recognized each other. After all, 20 years is neta great slice but of an . elephant's life, which runs to well lover 100. There was an elephant in our 'battery known to have been in captivity for 70 years, who showed no sign of failing strength! Elephants show good sense when they are under Medical treatment. Haithi usually knows that the doctor is working to relieve pain. One ele- phane in a London zoo had an abscess on the jaw, which had to be lanced. The first eat, Which made him scream with pain and bolt away, was not enough: The surgeon was nervous about making a second incision, The keeper, however, knew better, and after petting his charge awhile, told him to come back: Jumbo came, though he was trembling with fear, and of his own accord put down his head and allowed the cut to be made. When hot weather comes, you give elephants a cooling medicine," a pill camouflaged with sugar, . Usually Hathi bites .into the nasty medicine and spits the pill out. Then two men must force her mouth open while a Perfect _Balance in Pairs SKILL IS REQUIRED FOR THIS SPORT Ted Hogan and F. Vincent, both of Montreal, do a tandem ski julep to thrill crowds who turned out to witness Quebec meet., third rams in the. pill. Hathi owns herself beaten, and, judged by the movements of her throat, swallows the pill. But watch her. When she thinks no one is looking she turns to blow some dust on her flank, and. then turns back again, as innocent as you please. But mahouts know even more than elephants, and one of them goes round to pick up the pill that Hathi has stowed in her cheek till she saw a chane to spit it out again. This is toe much for her. She bolts, a mahout after her. Presently he leads her back by the ear, yelling blue murder like a naughty child. Then she gives in, Swallows the pill, opens her mouth to show that it is gone, and then pitches into her big flour cakes... The funny thing is that. she never makes any real use of her strength. If she did, only a locoinotire could op- pose her. Yet a little brown man lugs her along much as he would a pro- testing youngster. Hathi is sometimes playful, but her humor is on a dangerously large scale. We had one elephant in sur battery who loved a joke. She played one on lee, one day. She with other elephants had been bathing, and as I was aiding l in the evening, I met them going honie. They were all feeling good, especially"the joke merchant, who had no man on her neck. When I was near the herd she suddenly cocked her ears, roiled up her trunk tight, trump- eted like a wild sial elephant, and charged. We didn't wait for her, my horse and I. Of coarse she couldn't catch us, and I don't suppose she wanted M. What she• wanted to do --and did vas to scare ns stiff and make us run. When I pulled up and looked round, I saw her capering about after the manner of her five - ton kind, waving her trunk and laugh- ing. Yes, laughing! An elephant laughs all right, with a sort of shrill, cackling squeak. Her pals were laugh- ing too. They laughed all the way home, and when I Went to see the ele- phants fed, the joke merchant was still chuckling. Elephants can think for themselves, and seem to have a rough code of con- duct. The biggest elephant,in, the bat- tery, Anarkully, was a bad bully, She had thrashed allher companions, except one, called Sooksoondry. She made a special victim of Zirra, a very small elephant. Managing to get loose one night, she went over to Zirra and began to hammer her without mercy. Sooksoondry was the . ono I men- tioned as having 70 years of service. She was, perhaps, the strongest cow elephant I ever saw. If a tethered elephant really wants to get loose, she can generally manage it, and hear- ing Zirra's laments, she got loose and went across to take a hand. She be- gan by butting the bully in the ribs, knocking her endways. Then she 'cut loose and thrashers the other elephant into submission, finally driving her back to her place. After that Anar- kully let the other elephants 'atone. I might add that she was Sooksoondry's leader, and as she would always shirk pulling if she could, it is quite likely that they had had words before, which came to a head in his matter. Good companions, and good work- ers—elephants—and though they proved useless under fire, I couldn't help feeling a pang of regret when they got their discharge Irons the service.—From The American Boy= Youth's Companion, 47. January Where la the New Year better than .the 010?— The same poor players; the same discontents; The same old will -o' -the -Wisps, the fairy gold That fades; the same harsh huddle el events:, 'Yet there's a solace, there's a boon bestowed, That shames to slleuce all our'mur- mut'ing; ' For wer have. turned' the corner of the road, And see afar the chestnut spires of spring. "People will do anything nowadays to save a few minutes, though what they mean to do; with those few min - tiles is quite another question."— Cyril Norwood. hlinard's Kills Dandruff.' 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Each bottle contains full direc• STORMY WEATHER HARD ON BABY Unseen Guard Has Possibilities Crisp New Banknote Can be Had for the Taking if One 1 Can Remove it Without Ringing Bell — Invisible Ray Stands Watch and Never Sleeps at Post New York --A $50 bill guarded by, an invisible day was offered recently; to any person who can pick up Mei money without making the ray sound's an alarm..: The ray was set up at a meeting of the New York Illuminating Engi-� nearing Society in the Westinghouse Lighting Institute' by James Is 1000 - Coy, research engineer of the West- inghouse Lamp Company. It was an- nounced that the money would re main indefinitely behind the ray awaiting all comers, or until someone solves the riddle.' The bill was put in a five-foot safe with the door closed, but unlocked. Somewhere athwart the safe, prob- ably across the door, an ultra -violet ray was placed. It is harmless.' It` cannot be felt by human touch. It is invisible either in darkness or light, It "shines," so to speak, upon a photo- electric eye some distance away. Any- one attempting to pick up the bill in- terrupts the ray, thereby Costing an unseen "shadow" upon the mechanics eye. Thereupon the eye loudly goes "bing", ringing a burglar alarm. Having introduced the merits of his invisible detective, Mr. McCoy pro- ceeded to suggest falabilities by de monstratiirg how other kinds Of rays may he fooled. First he used a plain, bouest light ray. While one hand, picking up the bill, interrupted this ray, McCoy with the other hand turned a flashlight upon "sing," the photoelectric eye. The dumb eyemistook the flash for the same light as the detective ray and kept quiet. Next Mr. McCoy em- ployed on invisible, infra -red ray. This time he kept "Meg" quiet by holding an ordinary lamp In front of the eye while extracting the money. Infra -red is bear -.teat and an ordi- nary lamp produces enough of in to fool an electric eye. "But," said McCoy, "you cannot fool The stormy, blustery weather which Canadians experience during February and March is extremely hard on babies and young children. Conditions make it necessary for the mother to keep them confined to the house, whose rooms may be overheated or badly ventilated. The little ones catch cold and their whole system becomes racked. To guard against this a box of Baby's Own Tablets should' be kept in the home and an occasional dose given the baby to keep him fit, or if a cold suddenly grips him to restore him to health again and keep him in good condition till the brighter, warm- er days Come along again. Baby's Own Tablets are Just what the mother needs' for her little ones. They are a mild but thorough laxative which regulate the bowels, sweeten the stomach; break up colds and sim-. pie feversbanish constipation and an.ultra-violet ray so readily because indigestion and make the cutting of of inability to produce the ultra -violet teeth easy. The Tablets are sold by rsaiatinn, medicine dealers 'or by mail at 25c a With these rays it will be possible box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine for jewellers, bankers and other ells- Co., Brockville, Ont. tedious to add greatly to the eecusity of their valuables. It can be made impossible for an intruder to move about without detection, as the rays can be placed at various angles in a room. They may operate a tear -gas barrage, or set off a silent alarm. They can be projected far enough to' Protect the entire mouth of a harbor in war time with a warning signal belt." "To have an appreciation o° and understaading for art is to have one of tate most genuine and demunera- tive forms of wealth."—Otto H. Khan. Classified Advertising von saxm BA132 CHICIOS—WD HATCHED AL 210;000 lastyear in our varie- ties. Write for free catalogue, A. 13,, Switzer. Granton, Ont, -FARM HELP BRITISH BOYS AND SINGLE MEN Weekly Parties, During Early Spring. 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Of coarse, there is a difference between the persons who neem to be morbidly happy when they are alone and who keep clear of their fellow -men, and those who, forced by some reason or another, spend many hours of their life alone. Being alone eau be the' most pleasant of mental conditions. In fact, we ought to train ourselves in the art of it, because there are innumerable times when all of us are alone, and unless we know how to be alone we shall suffer great- ly. And being alone is good for us. There r istime to think and sometimes out of the contemplation there flashes a gem of thought that transfigures our life, in others, it gives birth to a great idea which sots day enriches the world. Being alone, rightly used, need never dismay us. The Menace inIndia Wickham Steed la the Review of Reviews (London): (Foreign propag- andists, misunderstanding the British habit of self -depreciation, have arum - ed that Britain is "down and out.") Under the leadership of Mr. Gandhi, the Indian National Congress has pro- elahned independence, has ran up an Indian national flag, has palliated or condoned crime, and has announced an era of "civil disobedience." what part has bean played in these pro- ceedings by a belief that anything Is permissible under a Labor Govern- ment in an England on the verge of economic collapse, it would now be futile to enquire. The fact is that something more than a threat, . not merely to Groat Britain but to the whole work which. the British Raj has dome for the good of India, has been uttered, and that Mr, Gandhi and lits associates have undertaken to make It gopd. For the sake of India, no less than for that of the British Com- monwealth as a whole, the threat mast befaced and withstood, In re- sisting it, with the firmest modera- tion; 'the Government of mita will have the sfViport of all the law-abid- ing elements, and may regain the !a- spect of many waverers, Use Mineral's in the Stable._ "When love comes," says a Munich doctor, "tile eye is blurred, the face becomes pale, :the heart palpitates, sleep is irregular, and the sufferer loses weight." Sounds tike the Etta. "Mau are always thinking of pro- duction and leaving distribution to take care et itself."—George Bernard Shaw. Speaking of the Talklug Films, is there ally ehaacq of getting the Lea- gue of Nations to take up the ques- tion of Nasal Reduction? Sir harry Lauder says the best novel a man can read is his own bank zook. Bat we never cared for sad endings. YOUR HAIR NEEDS L TO GIVE IT HEALTH AND LUSTRE ASIS YOUR BARBER —Mack Canaria writes atom lton- adds to 5 lbs. 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