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The Seaforth News, 1923-05-31, Page 2eee •,r n Tea L' . un of tlf• ired13y It is pure fr sh nd wholesome and the flavor is that of the true green leaf. Hsu Making Him BY L. H. ROBBINS. PART I. • Before Teddy Weeks discovered that an; enchantment had rested upon him through most of the twenty-five years of; his life he had not supposed any- thing serious to be wrong with him, except that he was congenitally unfit to measure up to Theodore Weeks, his famous father. He had always been assured of that. But around the age of ten he had ceased to worry about his shortcom- ings, for he found a golden text that asked whether a ;person by taking thought could add so much as one cubit unto his stature. This philosophy fasted him for fif- teen years, until Mary Starr came to the Universal Electric as a welfare worker. Teddy Weeks' father frowned when: the General Board in Pittsburgh de- eided to open the doors of the Ashland plant to the philanthropic association behind Mary Starr. What did his thousand girl employes want of social and educational coddling? They danc- ed all night, as it was, and they knew too much already, Other men reed with Mr. Weeks—for rrwhtoffice in th this of tears ever disagrees with third vies - presidents, or even fourths? But after oneed theism minds, aood look nd aftet r a secondhand better look the entire unmarried fac- tion of the staff became powerfully convinced that nobody in Universal Electric stood in worse need of wet- fare than they themselves. For. Mazy—well, by saying nothing of her fine red Iips-Jacqueminot-red they were—and of her eyes, which were dark and light at once, if you understand I save seven pages. Among the young"Universal• electri- Cians who observed these particulars. Teddy was the first to note them and to hear Miss Starr's contralto, since his desk was nearest the door. She inquired for Mr. Dormer, the.general superintendent, and Teddy piloted her across the wide office to that busy gentleman. "Thank you so much." Her smile was as the Rose of Sharon and the lily of the valleys. "Er—no trouble at all," murmured Teddy, rooted to the linoleum. "Miss Starr, this is Mr. Weeks," said Mr. Lormer, enjoying the mo and mentally the young man had n Senior, that the boy won good marks rr in public school, made Group B at Prep,ilost out only to the football cap- tain n the Vote far the most popular man in his class at college, and re- n -HOuse 6 e ceived an'honorable discharge from the' army for ditty', well performed. Doubtless these awards and" favors .• carne to Ted because he was the son of his father; there could be no other explanation, The filial Ted may haveshared this view; to accept it was easier than to combat it. " But to -night, having seen Mary Starr in a dinner gown of black velvet, he was moved to take stock of himself. 'Inferior to his father no doubt he was; but wherein lay his in- feriority, if any, nferiority,%if'any, to Cunningham, Ac- tor, and the others of his generation in the Universal office? Was it his height? Ile was as tall, at least, as Charters. Was it that he had four years' of classihal education to live down? Cunningham wore a Phi Beta Kappa key and still seemed to get on. Was ie that he was the son of a big man in the company? . Dailey, was such a son, and nobody ascribed inferiority to Dailey.:' "Why,, them" reasoned Teddy, with Mary's alnile Bright in his mind's eye, "do I take the ditch for those chaps? What's holding iiia? What's the mat- ter with me?" -'1 From the doorway behind' him a 1. OLD CHINA. winter use of the garden a saving of Strange how it charms, and how we from $00 to >$75 was made on our liko to show grocery bill for the year.—Mrs, 11 `C These cherished bits, come down from Parker. long ago, And saved by some good housewife's thrifty hand, The gay, gold lustre pitcher with the band Of virgin blue and painted:: country scene; Thin cups demurely sprigged in pink and green, With flaring rims; th clumsy sugar bowl Whose lid is lost (rude Time will have. ' his toll); The platter with the view of Boston town; Odd plates in blue and white or red - and bird, dish brown, With Chinese patterns, willow tree And squat pagoda with a roof' absurd; The Chelsea tea set, treasured most of all, And zealously preserved .from shock offall, Its raised mauve figures still.unfaded shine With irridescent hues. Its curving line nd velvet surface thrill the loving touch. think no shame to prize it over leave him to send for help until yo ever voice suddenly spoke. Weeks, Senior, hist stood there,. having come : hone late from a Chamber of - Commerce. meet - ams ing.Teddy rose, startled. one- Shouldn't you be in. bed, young let's man' resting tip from your hard day's ter- There was sarcasm here. "Acton caught your mistake I sup - been allowed to amount to much, father claiming title to all the be in the family. But Ted was no b head. "Henry," said Mrs. Loaner, " have them' all here. I need en tainment" So she gave a dinner party. Present were Acton, big, handsome, masterful,. and Charters, Cunningham and Dailey. These four white hopes of Universal Electric were properly hopeless before Mary Starr, who wore —three of them could testify a ward that it was black velvet. There, also was Teddy Weeks, ing not very' significant in the p ence of. the older and more experi ed industrial genius. He sat at ) Loaner's left, as befitted a child lit a party of grown-ups, and his conver- sation was mostly with that matron. Yes, thanks, his mother was better, and wished to be remembered. Yes, he was slowly getting. the hang of things at the factory; they still kept him at easy work. Mrs. Lormer' noted that Cunning- ham was blithe, Charters bold and Dailey brilliant, and that Al Acton held himself in restraint. He looked rather sternly at the. black velvet gown. Aeton was a dynamo. In his first year as manager' of the wire depart- ment he got 53.7 per cent. more work out of the high-resistance creatures under him than had ever been extract= ed before. "He is the hardest hit," thought the of pose you know," he added cold{y. A "Saved the company nine thousand We dollars." "I'd have- caught it myself if you I Inc.' "I know," said Ted glumly. had let me alone. You rattled fter "It rattles you to be bawled out in £e el- p res= ene- rs. observant hostess. Being kind heart, she gave him Mary's society five minutes after dinner, while s displayed the Lormer' paintings to rivals. Cunningham, Charters and Dailey amused her by admiring her art with their right eyes and watching the music -room door with their lefts. As for Teddy Weeks,' he looked at the pretty pictures so obediently_ and showed so little interest m music that she concluded her husband had been mistaken. "Teddy has no case at all," she de- clared, when the five squires had con- voyed Mary away. I•think you're wrong," her husband answered. `I've seen .looks from him hat would melt iron * * * It might e the saving of, the lad. Weeks has about ruined him." "With his discipline, you mean?" "I call it bullying. It goes on be - ore anybody and everybody. To -day t was before Mary. Called him a jack ss. The minute the old man's shadow arkens the door -sill the youngster freezes, like a motor out of oil." "Maybe Teddy needs that sort of reatrnent, Henry." "I guess not. What he needs is a nd word when he earns it. He traightened out. the Moreland ship- ent tangle last week and saved some- ody a trip to London. What did eks do? Sneered at the keen pies thinking and called it an accident morning for punchin the time el ublic, eh? Then don't do things to get yourself bawled out. You're not finer. stuff than the rest, you know." "I don't say I am, sir. All the same—" Teddy drew a deep breath. "You'd have given any other of the men a chance. Why not me?" "A chance j" I0 was the open the Old Mai wanted. Five minutes of Spartan scorn ed in this: "Has Acton had the chance you had, you college graduate? Gad's sa Ted, come to life! Where's 'y pride?" Constructive criticism, Mr. We called it. (To be continued.) WHAT TO DO IN ACCIDENTS. What is there that can be done by a person living on, a farm twelve miles away from the doctor, in' case of " a real pad accident? Please'don't try to give a lit of rules that we shall never remember, but - toll us some plain, common-sense facts." The writer yokes the dread of many a person who lives far removed from the air of doctors. It is true that at such critical tines it is of little,,use' to try to remember a lot of rules. What are some of the plain; matter- of-fact things that any person of in- telligence can do?. Are there any such things?. .• I suppose that ,the very first thing of importance is to try to keep one's head. ' It will help you to do' this if you know and believe the fact that few accidents are beyond hope of - lief, and `few axe. as bad as they ap- pear at first sight. ICeep your head, Be brave. Conquer your shudders and go at once to see just how you can help. Send for- a doctor, of course; but if the victim is in a state -of col- lapse or is losing blood, don't even much. t spears of homes from hurry's have first given what aid you can. havoc free, ' You can almost always atop$em And women folk who loved gentility. between 1? Lifebuoy may be safe- ly used on the tender- est skirl. It is wonderfully cleansing for little hands, faces and bod- ies. Lifebavy baGfas Rave Leantd- f,,lbealtby skins. Lien place where it fell and replace it be fore continuing therace.' u 'When a 'team. crosses the line the members immediately face about, re- _ adjust their pasteboard squares and, re governed by the some conditions, re- turn to the starting line. The fifty. feet of ground must be covered four times, and the team that finishes first is the winner. orrhagoby pressure. Make pressu —Margaret. Ashmun. the wound and the heart, first; but if you do not get quick HOW OUR GARDEN CUT EIS- re- sults don't despair. Change your PENSES. Pressure to another likely place.. Do it In October ing I carne to. live on this 160 -acre farm. though you know nothing of anatomy Our income was to be from three cows or physiology, and cannot tell the dif- end- and thirty hens, and during the fol- ference between an artery and a vein. u've lowing winter we could not always' Remember that the pressure required ke, have canned fruits and vegetables, due to check the bleeding of a big vessel our to their high cost. So we resolved to is considerable, and that it is most have a garden the next summer and effective when you have some bon eks can our surplus vegetables. point to press against. Do not b Last spring my husband plowed and afraid to' use a little force. - harrowed the 80x70 -foot plot of weeds In case of collapse lose no time 1 and tough grass, and the rest was left reviving, the patient. Make him co to me. I may add that I had no out- fortable and improve his ch•culati two or three times if necessary. You 1921, my husband and will soon hit the right spot, even Mountains That Moan. One of the weirdest sounds in the sl world is the deep note to be 'heard certain seasons proceeding from mountains of El Bramador, in the C fan Andes. In former days' the natio listened to it with superstitious fe or while even a white man, hearing it for he the first time, is startled at the moun- his taln's "powers." Another curious mountain exists in Nevada, in the United States, though this one usually gives out a note re- sembling at first the jingling of bells, and ending with a deep organ -like swell. In both cases the sounds are due. to a peculiar ' formation of the earth, which under certain conditions of weather allows the separate particles' to rub against each other and so pro- duce uncanny effects. Fagg Island, off the Scottish coast, has its "singing sands,'r:where at tunes each grain rubs against its neighbor, the whole making a singing noise. Similar sands are found in China. In England is a mountain which howls incsuoh a way that formerly it was supposed to be the haunt of.dee mons. This is Coss Fell, in West- moreland, where local conditions, pro- duce a gale with several peculiarities, including an awe-inspiring scream that at times can be heard for miles. And Then, of Course,' Wins. in "Now, tell me, what do you get out m- of playing cards?" on "I often' get a good deal out of it, ex- my friend." de help at any time, and in'addition by the application of heat, either at I found time to raise nearly one hun- ternal or internal. Never try to raise the dred little chicks and help with chores a recumbent person who is uncon- hil- and a little fieldwork, just to prove, scions. Nine times in ten the prone es that there is time for this food -con-• position is best. You- cannot improve ar, servation work and a nice profit and Upon it. But you can seraighten him saving besides, as my' figures will out, cover him up, and apply heat.. Do show. not attempt to force liquids down the This was our first attempt at gar- throat of an unconscious person: dening, and my garden was far from!: If there is a broken limb, do not at - perfect, but I. look for better results tempt to set it if a doctor is anywhere this summer. Yet we fairly lived off available. But straighten the limbs that plot of ground all sumnrer,.and out gently, without force, and cradle its yield will carry us on for a few, the injured member in a pillow sup - months to come. At intervals during ported by splints. This will help the summer I canned 951,ta. quarts of greatly. Then wait patiently: for the vegetables and stored the more staple' doctor, keeping the patient in as good products. spirits as possible, stimulating him In this estimate I ani quoting pres- with hot drinks and doing all you can entprices, and believe them to be fair- ly conservative: "Ted, Miss Starr is our new b welfare secretary." "Are you the Mr. Weeks I've heard about?" asked the angel,in surprise. "Me? No, no • I'm only is son. Any- f thing I can do to help, Miss Starr? I i play the banjo—do card tricks—" a It occurred to Teddy by and by that d he had feet, so he put them to use and went dizzily back to his desk, there to resume the worrying that he had t abandoned fifteen years before. How can a man add a sufficient number of k cubits to his stature to make himself s worthy of a goddess? At the end of the month Mr. Lormer 'b Lormer that the fac- We ehopath;c ward. "Half my best cubs," th he said, "are loony over her." i A lifelong friend of Mary's mother th was Mrs. Lormer and a member of the to national council of Mary's association. g It was her duty, therefore, to look into the lunacy epidemic. to "Who are the young men whose health seems to bo undermined?" it' "Al Acton has the worst case, I al suppose. Then there's Dailey and do Cunningham and Charters, yes, and ge even young Weeks." g "Teddy Weeks? Teddy in lova with th that wonderful girl? Why, he's only wh a couple of minutes." hi Physically there was not a great deal to Teddy, Mr. Lormer admitted; rel I filed tory hospital would soon need a pay_ of en read theriot act to the boy nex —o+ Minaret's Liniment for Coughs & Colds e Mailmen in ia Fear Ghosts t y zn tangle. k "Not aeyear passes that does not take' its heavy toll of Indian mail run- ners who lose their lives in the execu- tion of their duty. It might be a tiger, a swollen river, an avalanche in the Himalayas or a gang of robbers. The work goes on just tb,e same; •the mail goes through whatever happens." So said Geoffrey Rothe Clarke, DI- reetoi'Generai of Poets and Telegraphs in India, speaking before the Indian section of the Royal Society of Arts. With. the runners, Mr. Clarke stated, the mail was a fetish they would pro- tect at all costs. For wild beasts, floods and dangers of various kinds they would not turn aside. But they would go miles out of their way, even when carrying the precious mails, to avoid an evil spirit whom they sus- pected of hedging iu a tree, Of ghosts they are far more afraid than of the, fiercest of wild beasts, ree minutes late. -Asked him if he ok Universal Electric for a kinder - erten class." "Doesn't Mr. Weeks want his son succeed?" "You'd say so, to hear him talk. But s a chronic whine with him. It's ways, '0111 for a son with gimlp- n 1' How's a young fellow going to, t it it an atmosphere of contempt? ow's he going to hold his, own with at live bunch ten years from now, en he remembers, that they've seen m browbeaten?" Mr. 2ormer had to. pace the room to leve his feelings. "Why don't you send him on the road, Henry, or transfer him to Pitts- burgh?" 'Weeks won't hear of it.. Says the is failure enough where he ran ep an eye on him An evil eye, a failure eye. That's why it uld be a good thing for Teddy to a fancy to. this girl; and will her.' would give him a new' standing ong' the men. One good win like - might even encourage hint to ly the old gentleman a little." Teddy is too short for her," said s. Lormer. 'His eyes come just to s when he stands his straiohtest" After Every Meal lcid ke say wo takIte am the Chew ;your ;food bur well, then use Mr W IGLEY'S to her aid digestion. be H also keeps ! B the teeth clean, 1 ,1 breath sweet, ML appetite 'keen. The Great Canadian 1 a'bot .sweetmeat p at h ra on ..Ii You noticed' him doing hisbestto tall, though." Yes, he tried pretty hard." y and by— Henry, did' Acton approve of ry's gown, do you think?' ormer chuckled. I was almost afraid," said the ess, "that he would speak to her. ut eddy Weeks meditated in his room one,, with his pipe for consolation. What a girl;" he thought, "for a high de chap like Cunningham, or even n t'' e ow shall a man say, of a' splendid' ture like Mary, "What a girl for on the same ;day ,when he has loudly informed in the girl's ing that he is a jackass? ' 1 area me! been hear It had seemed strange to Weeks, The little industrial city of Puteaux, France, has attracted attention by building ten five -storey apartment houses to be occupied' only by families in which there ,are children..- The apartments are unusually attractive, and the rents are lessthana thousand francs a year, which is cheap. Now that the way has been 'pointed out, other French cities are, planning.. to. follow the example of-Puteaux. RSES The. Toronto Hospital for Incur- ables, In affiliation with Bellevue and Allied biosieitals. New York City, Offers a three years' Course Of Train- ing to young women, having the re- quired education, and desirous ofbe 00ming nurses..:' this hospital has adouted the eight. -hour. system,' The pupils root -Ivo c+ni frr ms of .the School, a monthly allowance and travelling expenses to and. from New York. Ivor- . further' information apply to the Su perm tend enl CANNED VEGETABLES. 93 qts. beans, beets, carrots, cauliflower,_ corn, kraut, gear, tomatoes, pickles, relish, and catsup $17.50 STORED VEGF,`TABLES. �y 20 lbs. navy beans....... $1.50 i bu. onions 8.90 1,500 lbs. potatoes 16.00 30 heads cabbage ..... 3.00 1 bu. carrots and parsnips 1.00 24.40 Total value' $41:90 .EXPENSES. ^ 15 gals. kerosene for can- ning $2.40 Rubber jar rings 1.00 Seeds 2.70 Extra tomato plants .15 Insecticides . 1.20 7.45 Profit .. . $34.45 I am not estimating the cost of my own labor in canning nor time spent in the garden. It took fifteen days to do the actual canning. Nor 'do I •count the cost of the glass jars,. because I will have them for future use., • I.consider that in our summer and to keep up his courage. A HANDICAP RACE. A team consists of five members, and each team has four pieces of card- board, each' piece four inches square. The players line" up in one rank on a mark fifty feet from the goal, with the five mefnbers of each team side by side. The three centre members - of each team stretch out both arms as far as possible, keeping them parallel with the ground, and the members of the team who are on the ends extend the arm that is nearer their team mates. The members hold the.cardboard squares=between them, with the tip of the forefinger of one.player pressing against the centre of one side' of the square and the tip of the forefinger' of the adjacent . player pressing against the centre of the opposite side. Contestants must hold their arms straight, with no bend at the elbow. At the signal to start the teams make for a line fifty feet away. The contestant may not touch the card- board with any linger except:the one with which she began the race. Should a square fall to the ground, the team that dropped it must return to the • Embroidery,''Croc he e Crochet, Fancy ss Needle Workers ma We sell your goods on consignmen Send a stamp for reply. Lingerie ,and Specialty' Shop 120 Danforth Avenue - Toronto;, er Minard's Liniment for Corns and Warta Two Kinds of Religion. A visitor inquired of his hosts little son: "Do you go to school new?" „Yes, sir!„ 1 "And what do -pe learn—reading, writing, sums?" $ "Oh, yes, and lI learn religion, •too." "Religion?" • c "Yes, 1 learn the religion which l teaches that we all come from.Adam. But my elder brother is in a Higher t class; he learns the religion that p teaches that we all come feem mon- t F C a r _ Encouraging Canadian a - Literature At ayvy recent sitting of the. Canadiaet Federal legislatu'e the }souse of Cour. mons, without a divisible, adopted a resolution that "It ie desil'able that measures 0lhould be edoptod bo succus: age. the pzblicetion 01 Canadian maga• sines and periodicals." Back of this unanimoue resolution is the Government's realization. and re- cognition• of a very unenviable and . galling situation. Against' innumer-' able obstacles' Canada is endeavoring to build up 'her own literature. The country is. flooded. with magazines' to the retardation of any literary growth on the Dominion's part. Her small and scattered population makes the successful operation of purely Cana- dian magazines a matter of supreme difficulty. To accentuate the bitter - nese of the situation, the Dominion must helplessly see her own brightest Literary minde depart from her own confines td contribute to the literary glory of other countries when they should be building. up a distiwctivoly Canadian national literature. A Government recognition of t• a condition resulting in a 'lengthy dia suasion involving members of every oaeor is extremely gratifying in that it discloses an appreciation of the Do- minion's need to progress along thes more artistic lines whilst yet it iseln tee early years and still in otic thtoea of a struggle with the more mateerial asjects of national deveiopment. It is an indication that as the time becemes' ripe steps will be taken to remedy the - setuation and the building up of a Canadian national literature receive-' every official assistance. Literary or 9olentlfic CompetItione Act As' the - oldest region, of Canada, and the province which, has' produced ee many literary lights of both races, it was perhape natural and fitting that the fleet government step towards the promotion and encouragement of Cana- dian literature should come from Que• bee. At.'ide beginning oe tho New Year the Quebec legislature passed the. Literary or Scientific ..Competitions Act, drafted with a view to encourag- ing Canadian authors and the produce tion of distinctively Canadian litera- ture. Previously the encouragement of the Government had extended only as, far as purchasing the works of Canadian writers. According to the provisions of the Act, $5,000 is made availab a as an award, for. literary works pr used by writers in the Province, those':employ ng both languages being eligible. Three prizes are offered, the first of 2,600, the second of $1,500 and the third of .$600," the remaining $500 overing the cost of Operation. The ury of nine members consists of three members representing the universt- les of Montreal, McGill and Laval, the rofeseor of literature at each of the hree universities, one member of the reach section the Royal Society of anada,.one member of a Quebec liter• ry society„ and the Provincial Secre- ary or his representative. The competition closed, on April ls•t, and mote than fifty literary works have been submitted for the considera- tion of the jury, fairly well divided In number between English and French writers, The greener number of Eng- lish works, it Is stated, are either peed: al. or upon historical subjects, whilst' e majority ef.French writers are re onsible Poi• novels. keys.". ' A Fair Guess.' Salesman—"A velour hat, madam--- wbatsize would your husband taker' Size (buying his birthday present)— met me see—I really don't know— but be takes sixteen in collars,` so I suppose lits hat would' be about nine- teen or twenty." 52 1111 al us 9 ®'. 1111 02 ga 02 0 121 iateipciisibloiobiiild stater laitninve(ei. SenarthNowere heave - Mewed theireaperierity Easy reenteCkeeie Mitt VouritydttowARg.ffifiN JAMEsSfIlARtPtANT In a recent novel the author des- ibee Oils family scene that is not eaadiy: forgotten. The elder son, the pride oe aass,er's heart, the darling . of his mother's love, is home from the famous school that his father before him had attended. In response to tbeir eager euestioning he Is telling his parents," his impressions of the life there. To his somewhat undistiplined and rebellious mind some of the ways that characterize the bealitiful and stately seethe] life are far from being acceptable, Especially is he scornful of the Bible teaching. "Such stuff and nonsense!' 'he exclaims in effect. "Just as if any man in theee daya could bee lieve that sort of thing!" ' The mother cries. out in coneterna- don, bat when she would have expos. belated the boy answers: "You nev,er told us anything different, nvothee."_ There are other fathere and mothers who lay themselveti epee th the game* dreadful accusation. Sometimes they allow themselves to forget the vital lieede ef the growing child; sometimes' ' 'they 'fail to realize that the little prayers 'seed at potholes knee and the perience,' however Severe, can efface, The 'Verna atm have no hidher reason foe Its eitistence than that of giving to the children a deep sense at the -reality ef 'their ,helieet dreams, of making piayer and puriteeand•truth and tenet as real and reaso,nable as .healbh, and happinese. The child Who does net re. oeive' that , introduction to' the beauty' of holiness can never have the lose .quite made uP by. any after ex- perience. Happy. elle child the needs of whose soul are daily met by, leving instruction. ' One of the troublesome sall mat- ters in Germany is to get the people to pay their taxes when they are due, Influential people get a postponement on ene pretext or another, and since the mark continues to fall, they finally . pay only a small part of what they' ,would have had to pay when. the tSig became due. eseeseeeeeeee .. l ' ', CRQ35Ep CHANN�,L •,IN GLIDER A"l French 'airman, Georges :Barbet, has' ntade a new record by, Crossing the English channel in a glider with a very small engine, generating fifteen horse power. His feat introduces the day of the air "filvvar."