The Wingham Advance Times, 1931-08-06, Page 6r
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THE WIN"GHA1'i ADVANCE -TIMES
e1C sigiGHT !Q3ITHE, Atrrh1OR
SYNOPSIS
Rackruff Motors hire Rowena to
accompany Peter on a nation-wide
tour in'th'eir roadster as an advertis-
ing stunt. At the last minute Little
Bobby is engaged to act as chaper-
on. They are waiting for Bobby to
show up to make the start.
A few miles out Bobby becomes'
tearful at being parted from her
sweetheart, Rowena insists on tak-
ing her place in the rumble so that
she can ride with Peter and have him
to talk to about Carter. `Rowena gets
Peter to consent to divide the ex-
pense money each week as soon as
it arrives, and astonishes Peter by
eating too economically.
The three tourists reach St.•Louis,
after passing through Buffalo and
Chicago. Peter and Rowena have
many tiffs, while Bobby is enraptur-
ed at the way Carter is fuming over
her flight from New York,
The morning after they reached
Denver, Peter and Rowena discover
Bobby
has deserted Y them
andreturn-
ed
eturn-
ed to New York by train. They are
faced with the impossible condition.
of continuing their trip without a
chaperon.
Rowena suggests to Peter that they
make a "companionate" marriage.
They are married and go to - Chey- .t
enne, where their actions, when they w
ask for rooms on separate floors, in
arouses the suspicions of the hotel d
clerk. They finally succeed in get- b
ting rooms, but not without exciting as"
the laughter of the hotel loungers.
They resume the trip the next day lip
and are overwhelmed by a cloudburst re
in an arroyo and are thrown out of
the car. A party of tourist campers gr
give them dry ..clothes and food. loc
Spokane is finally reached and the a
hotel clerk smiles when they register. to
sw
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY Ra
spicttous packages, wrapped in tissu
and tied with ribbons, with gift cards
prominently displayed.
"Congratulations, folks," said the
manager, beaming rosily front'•one to
the other. "Best wishes of Spokane,
Washington. -Not bad, eh? Pretty
fair! --Well the. Company wired' us to
spare no expense and send them the
bill, and I guess we filled. the order,
We tried to, anyhow. Cigars, cigar-
ettes, candy and what -not. And"
—this with a truly impressive double-
jointed bow which included 'them
both—" a little souvenir from the ho-
tel, at our expense, for we are hon-
ored to have you stop with us."
" The little present, which he select-
ed from the group on the table and
handed to Rowena, who opened it
with trembling fingers and an air of
owlish gravity, proved;to be an im-
mense silver cocktail shaker, suitably
engraved.
'Out here we're dry," said Mr.
Meeker, r
n
].e with h a
, slywink.
But h
0
,
you New Yorkers!—Compliments of
the hotel, and congratulations," he
added happily.
He, and Peter shook hands, Peter
very solemnly, Mr. Meeker perspiring
and jovial.
Guess there's no harm in kissing
he bride, eh?" said the manager,
ith a playful dig of a sharp elbow
to Peter's ribs. "It's a custom I
on't think much of, as a usual thing,
ut brides don't often come as pretty
this one."
Rowena obligingly Iifted her lovely
s, and Mr, Meeker kissed her with
sounding relish.
"Now, I'll tell you what the pro -
am is," he said cheerfully. "The
al Rackruff dealer is going to give
big dinner dance in our ballroom
night—especially in your honor—a
ell affair. They've invited all the
ckruff dealers and salesmen in the
state, and they say a couple flew in
from Oregon this morning on pur-
pose to attend. It's to be a formal, J'
full-dress affair, with souvenirs for is
ilthel
n
ladies ads.
es
and
what -not. t And d chi
sl
afternoon at four o'clock they're giv- (pr
ing an open reception to the city in II gr
the public salesrooms, with afternoon
tea and a band, and they've got a en
car all decorated up like a wedding(
for you two to sit in and receive the i d
guests.. And they're going to present
the bride with orange blossoms sent
up by aeroplane from California this
morning, and a cigarette ligliter for
e get it. And it won't cost you
Well, guess I'll just kiss the
and be on my way,"
"You did kiss the bride,", Pe
minded hint.
"Well, I'm partial to brides
give good measure. It's a rule
h ," he said, jovially.
once more Rowena tilte
owlishly solemn face to be ld
When he had gone, and the
w closed and locked behind•
P looked at Rowena. R
to at Peter. Both gazed i
e stupefaction around the ;fl
la room,'
all the damn
he an,
to his surprise, a sudde
pl smiles drove the owlish
it. from Rowena's face, Lau
gurgled in her throat and burst
he s in delighted peals.
"Peter, Peter!" she cried. "Is
priceless? Isn't it perfect? Da
th
1
die
tomorrow, 0 arra
w
I can
had y moment!—Peter, look a
wedding -ring in yellow roses!—
er Rowena.'—Look at the
Cu kissing on the candy b
Oh re are sarcastic telegranss
all ex-boy-friends.—And Bu
too e added uneasily. "I sup
I should have warned him. Ho
youpose they all found out?"
" I suppose those idiots p
int papers," growled Peter.
ural hey would try to sell car
the expense of our feelings.
mightave known they'd commer
ize o the last ditch,"
"` Peter, isn't it the corkin
day our life? When Mr, Mee
God t his soul, stood here po
ing things out, I kept telling my
'Don ie, don't you dare die of
las til you see this thing thr
e an odd sort," said Pe
oo "I thought you would
a cent
bride
ter re -
an d
eand I
of the
d her
ssed.
door
hinx,
owena
n sol-
o•Wer-
impositions --"
n rip-
gray-
ghter
from
n't it
`ling,
saI
Y
t the.
'Pet -
little
ox1—.
from
ddy,
pose.
w do
He retired to an inner • office and
came back immediately with the man-
ager of the house. The manager
beamed upon them. He held out his
hand, held out both hands, and his
smile set his rosy face aglow. Row-
ena and Peter had their own opinion
of hotel managers and accepted his
friendly overtures with watchful
coldness,
"Meeker's my name," said the man-
ager genially, "And I'm proud to
meet you." n.
the
clue
And
wlisl
as
Peter
looked
mn
deli
"Of
beg
But
e of
y
rgle
r lips p
'Pet
cele
though t
d m
ddin
and
Cupids
he
"' sh
haul
sup
Oh,
Ult..,
ly t
h
us t
Oh,
of y
res
't 'd
y un
Your
ild."
"Wild? Certainly not! Except
ith sheer delight,—Why, Peter, this
a
justn accident. Accidents never
ake me mad, --Oh, look, here's a
•esent from Reeky and Ruffy—a
eat big one.—Cut the string, Peter
break it --I can't wait!"
Peter broke the string. The cres-
t from Messrs. Rack and Ruff, and
+
oubtless charged against dividends,
ut it
Nat-
s at -
We
cial-
gest
ker,
int -
elf, self,
u 1"
ter
be.
s
m
"Peter," she cried. "Isn't it priceless!"
They all shook hands, and Rowena
udged Peter to be very careful and
tot commit himself.
"Come right along with me," said
1fr. Meeker, "We had"' a wire from
:he company not two hours ago say -
ng .you would be in today without
aft, But I must say it is a relief to
lave yon right here on the spot.'"
They all got into the elevator, The
coy at the control smiled at them—
friendly smile. They got out on
he fourth floor, A couple of maids
,-cre loitering in the corridor. Their
aces lighted up with interest and at-
ention,
"Everything ready?" asked the
nanager anxiously. "Everything all
ight, I hopes"
"Oli, yes, sir," said one of the
aids,
"Yes, indeed sir," added the other.
But they looked at Rowena and
yetet
The manager led the way down the
orridor,
"Here you are:: folks,' he, announc-
d in a voice of happy triumph as
e threw open the door, "Our bridal
iter
"Oh,
"Oh, Look, R:owveiia! Isn't that
ice?" said Peter fatuously.
"How lovely!" said Rowena faint -
r,
The bridal suite was a bower of
uses. There was a heap of congrat-
atory letters and telegrams piled
g'h on the :table and several eon -
you, Mr. Blande, with a picture of the
Rackruff roadster set on it in pearls.
ve seen it myself and it's a beauty,
but it wasn't working the day it carne
and they had to send it back to the
factory."
"How extremely kind," said Peter.
"How perfectly sweet," said Row-
ena.
"Of course, you both being famous
characters, authors and artists, all of
Four best people will turn out for it,
and I understand most of our good
clubs plan to be there en masse. The
Rackruff dealers are all in a sweat
over it and say it's the best break
they've had since the war when the
Army used a lot of their machines in
France. They're coining for you at
three-thirty,—Look, .This little flor-
al offering her carie from then,,
Pretty nice, eh? We're going to bor-
row it tonight if you don't mind, to
put down behind the orchestra in the
ballroom. Pretty nifty!"
Thelittle floral offering was an
immense ring of yellow roses, with
the words "Peter and. Rowena" spell-
ed out on the inner side in scarlet
rosebuds,
"How marvelous," said Rowena
soberly,
"How unusual!" erlrL-..l..Peter..
"And now I'm going to leave you
folks to rest and clean up for the
big doings," said Mr, Meeker. "If
there's anything you want, you just
ask for it. If we haven't got it, w'e'll
as a complete service of solid s
ver for the well -laid table. Rowe
was a little awed at its completeu
and its obvious expensiveness.
"Gosh, Peter, whatever will
with it?" we
"GiVe it back," he said stiffly.
"Can't. It isn't good form. Ev
ina divorce it's bad' manners to
torn your wedding presents: --I t
you! We'll divide it. After all, re
siloer always comes in handy and
can snake good use of it. We deser
Isome compensation for all the ago
we've gone through, though as f
asI am concerned, this hour has co
Pensated for everything a hundr
tines over." -
'You can have the silver," sa
'Peter. "I don't want it."
But Rowena .would not under an
circumstances accept more than h
proper half. She immediately s
about dividing it, piece by piece, on
forher and one for Peter,
1 suppose we could sell it for of
siloer," he said,
srOh, you'll put it to good use song
day," said Rowena, "When you ar
richand famous and have a stud,
apartment of your own --first thin
youknow you'll be giving those fas
supeper parties that artists are note
--one for you, and one for me---
far
11-
na
ess
do
en
re -
ell
al
ve
ve ve
ny
ar
co-
ed
id
y
er
et
e
d
e
e
0
g
t
d
—eJ
"Wily not keep it together in the
box until the trip is over?" he asked,
"We won't be giving any fast suppers
on the trip, at any rate."
"You can have the box," she said,
"I'd rather divide it if you don't mind.
Then each of us will be responsible
for his own share and if itis lost or
stolen neither of us . can blaitre the
other, -One' for you and one for me,"
As a matter of fact, Rowena was
already planning to pawn her share
of it right .there in Spokane. Sh,c
had no more than glanced inside the
fat letter from Buddy, but that glance
sufficed to tell her that she needed
money. She hoped to get enough for
her share of the silver to take care
of the distant demands and buy her-
self a new suit as well, She was
really getting shabby. Daily motor-
ing was hard on old clothes, And
how she yearned for the flattering
silver fox packed away in moth -balls
way back alt Third Avenue!
"This really';puts us in a frightful
jam," said Peter. "I suppose We can
bluff through 'the reception and ball
all riglxt we've had plenty of exper-
ience, j don't see slow we can
dodge the bridal suite, And v�*i if
it jeopardize annuliricnt? Of
ccNurce, I can Joel; iiiyself into the
sng-room-- :but woud anybody
believe it?"
"Nobody in the world," said :Row-
era"cheerfully, "Well, after the ba11
is avec; you'll have to 'go .out alone
fora little walk and get lost, Then
you go tp, some other hotel and reg-
ister -=don't forget 'to !,live witnesses!
rand stay there; all night, Yost calx
rt1'eet ire here: again tomorrow morn
ing: And be sure'to get a receipt fora
your room.—Oh, Deter, don't you
just adore those kissing 'Cupids?
Have a jdss-1 mean ars'
candy.
"I think I'd rather have the kiss,"
said Peter bold.ly.: "After all, a
groom should be allowed to `!,lilt in
where a hotel maivager dazed to
tread."
m very particular, said Rowena.
firmly: `"And developirig a vast
partiality for' hotel managers."
His mind relieved.. as to, how Row -1
end was going to take it,' Peter saw"
some of the humor in the sivation
and they made great sport of their
predicament. They laughed over the
flowery telegraphic congratulations
and dispatched flippant answers col-
lect. They called the Rackruff sales-
rooms by long distance telephone to
thank them for the lovely thought,
and Mr. Rack was so pleased that
he had the charges for the. call revers-
ed.
They
tossed daci
nnfor the
cock-
tail shaker which Peter won, consid-
erably to Rowena's regret, for she
was sure she could have raised .en-
ough on it to make sure of the new
suit which she needed for the recep-
tion that afternoon.
(Continued next week.)
The grandstand at the Canadian
National Exhibition is 725 feet in
length.
As in former years, reduced rail-
way, coach -lines, and steamship rates
will be effective for the Canadian Na.,.
tional Exhibition, Toronto,
The Engineering and Electrical
Building, costing $650,000, was uffi-
cially opened at the 192e Canadian
National Exhibition,
The cost of constructing the On-
tario Government Building at the Ca-
nadian National Exhibition was ap-
proximately $700,000.
Thai'sday, August 6th, 1! 3
if .omit Went t
the Mountain
F he took it into his head to return
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to
earth,and
he came
to
Canada,
an d
there
a
a
rap
no doubt b
ut
thath
the Prophet
would go to Mount Robson. For one
thing,it is the loftiest and most
majestic peak in the Canadian Rockies,
and for another, Mount Robson would
not likely go to Mahomet. Changes as
miraculous as the moving of mountains
have come to pass in the world since
Mahomet's day, however, and the
Prophet would be much impressed by
the railway. train "The Cor;federa-
;tion" or ``The Continental Limited"—
;which carried him so swiftly and
:comfortably to his destination.
Canada has many wonders, as five
and a half million tourists from the
United States found out last year.
Greater numbers of . travellers are
learning every summer that one of the
first of them is Mount Robson. This
year. the Canadian National Railways
have ed or aniz
sever
g alersona
11 con-
ducted tours of Canadians discovering;
their own country. Two of them will
leave Mbntreal and Toronto in July,
under the guidance of such well-
qualified men as C.A. Adams, B.A,, of
Granby, Que., Martin Kerr, B.A., of
Hamilton and A. E. Bryson of Toronto.
Beginning with a Great Lakes trip, the
tourists will see as much of the West
as can be packed • into three weeks.
They will cross the prairies, visit the!
foothills and the Rockies—spending a
time in Jasper National Park—and
will see Mount Robson; they will go
from Vancouver to Prince Rupert by j
Canadian National • steamship alone,,
the placid, fjorded, "Inside Passage,'I ,
and will turn east, along the Skeena,
through the fascinating land of totem;
poles. The first of the tours will leave
Montreal on July 10 and Toronto the,
following day; the second will be under
way July 24 and 25.
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Over 100,000 electric lights ;iIlumi-
nate - the Canadian National Exhibi-
tion Park. '•
Impressive fifthy-third opening
ceremonies s of- the Canadian an Nt'
a conal
Exhibition will take place on Friday,
August 28th,
This will be the '53rd consecutive -
year of the Canadian National Exhi-
bition, Toronto.
Ontario track finals for school boys.
are to be run on Opening Day at clic
Canadian National Exhibition this
year.
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The person who drives in the !middle ;' of the road at an
speed, but especially the extremely.: slow driver, offers a
insult nsult to every. other driver on the highway;
But this disregard of every rule of common courtesy is
merely incidental.
The real offense of the Road Hog is that he forces others
to risk life and limb. He obstructs the vision of those
drivers behind him and makes them either drive '
speed. or risk a head-on collision in .at his
passing him.
Probably no form of law-breakingon the
indirectly i highways causes
directly or d rectly so varied a list of accidents as does,
middle-of-the-road driving.
Every man who drives a car helps to pay tor the highways.
Every motorist is entitled to.use them; safely.
Why deprive any pian of his right?
Dont be a Road Hogg
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