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The Huron Expositor, 1930-07-04, Page 3r i d •, K trIr ti • JULY. 3.19! 1-11s COM PLICA""` i CAN'S P1.1i` TQ CSU IC ,ROUT "I was in a weakened !i twdPwn dition for font' yeas thmel tion of troubles, bust S'argoh straigha,-. t= ened me out and I &Vet know when JOHN, RAHILLEY 'I've felt better than I do now! My stomach and liver were disordered, my tongue was coated and I was a victim of constipation. The little I ate gave me indigestion and I felt bad all the time. 'Seven bottles of 'Sargon ended all my ailments, my en- tire system is in a strong, healthy condition and I feel good from head to foot! "Sargon 'Pills stimulated my liver In a thorough, natural way and gave 'me complete relief from constipation." —John Rahilley, 98 McCaul St., To- ronto. 'Sargon may be obtained in Seaforth from Charles Aberhart. oDRIVEN TO SUICIDE BY SCHOOL FAGGING There is always a peculiar sadness in the death of a little child or a boy or girl just entering maturity. With their lives are bound up the lives of their parents, and when death strikes it strikes not only the individual, but 'the family whose hopes are sheltered. Thus the suicide of a youth is doubly poignant, particularly when the life ,destroyed, 'by every reasonable expec- tation, might have been useful, happy and prolonged. The recent death in Barrowford, Lancashire, of Geoffrey Fairhurst, the 14. year-old son of Rev. F. W. Fairhurstvicar of Barrowford, attracted as much sympathetic inter- est in England a: if the lad had been the victim of a mysterious murder or the son of one of the greatest men in the country. Geoffrey committed sui- cide. He took his own life because he could not bear the thought o return- ing to his school.,Sedbergh, one of the most famous in the North of England and there resuming the fagging to which he had been subjected in earlier terms. So impressed was the coroner's jury with the story of the boy's death that it expressed the opinion that the system of fagging in public schools should be abolished. The testimony showed Geoffrey to have been a cheerful and promising lad. ,IDe was a bright scholar and de- servedly popular. He had confided to his father that the fagging he was expected to do at school crushed his spirit, but the father had no idea that his distaste for the practice amounted to a positive terror and loathing until his suicide proved it. The night before he was to return to school his mother saw a light burning in his room late. She entered, and saw the boy standing apparently in the window with his arms stretched out. She went to him and kissed him, but he did not speak. Then she •put her arms around• him and found that there was a cord a- round his neck and that he was either .lead or unconscious. She rushed down stairs and got a knife with which the cord was cut, and also cords with which he had bound his legs so that. he could not struggle. Artificial res- piration was' tried, but when a doctor arrived the boy was found to be dead. According to Mr. Graham B. Smith, headmaster of the school, the only fagging done was the running of messages for head prefects and other older boys. There were also such trifling services as making toast and brewing a cup of tea. The service was never laborious, and he could not imagine that any ill-treatment could be involved' in it. But Mr. Fairhurst testified that in his opinidn the prac- tice lent itself to bullying and it seems obvious that it was bullying and not the fear of having to make a fresh cup of tea or burning a piece of toast that made the wretched lad do away with himself. The headmas- ter said that he knew of no school where the fagging was less onerous than at Sedbergh and he had not the slightest idea thatany of the prefects would abuse their privileges in this respect. He admitted that Goeffrey was in every outward respect a cheer- ful, normal lad, and was obviously dis- tressed that he should have hidden in his heart a terror which made death itself preferable to a return to his school. Mr. Smith then explained the theory • U... rl nint ' gl! aid wee;Z*tb #i t like everythi se 'whuhk nRyf 00.0 then fl..a * into phgrror ,at .is • mixable 01}e 'he edge, iso that 1n Ulm ljnglnsh ,:nuikilse' seeboOlte, recruited ale Meet dxaiusivel'y' from: the hemea of the lelsp.'e,, Or wt;althy classee, boys should •be taught tp use their handy and their legs for. 'some,,o'ther por- poses than that of aport.'They should learn that work is not demeaning. They should learn • that to run mes- sages and look' jolly nippy about it is not dishonorable. If they are not taught at schools to perform what are called menial tasks the chances are they never Will be taught, and that they may 'go through life with alto- gether erroneous and 'snobbi'sh ideas about people who perform these tasks. Coming from sheltered homes it is felt that in. the democracy of a public school they acquire a point of q'iew and a respect for the rights and opin- ions of others that are likely to prove extremely useful to them.and the com- munity at large when they leave. 'Such is the jolly old theory which has worked out in the suicide of a fine lad. Mr. Smith admitted that 2Q or 30 years ago the fagging system was a thing to write about as some - 'thing terrible. It was something a good deal worse 50 years ago, as most of us who have read books dealing with English public school life' of that period can testify. There remains the. underlying principle that fagging is enforced by corporal punishment in- flicted by the larger, older and super- ior boys on the smaller, younger and inferior boys. To what extent a sere sitive boy might have his nervous system impaired by punishment one can only surmise. According to the views of adults, even head boys at schools are hardly fit and proper per•, sons to be entrusted with the making and enforcing of laws which entail the use of violence against smaller boys. 'It seems probable that the Barrowford tragedy will have an in- fluential effect in hastening the day when the system will 'be abolished fin- ally. INTRIGUE OF WOMEN IN RUMANIAN POLITICS • That all the recent troubles in Rumania 'was caused by the jealousy of Dowager Queen Marie is the state- ment of former Princess Catherine Radziwill. The fact that the princess writes as an avowed enemy of Marie does not make her statements less in- teresting, though suggesting the pro- priety of receiving them with caution. The origin of the trouble is to be found in the war years. It will be remembered that Rumania remained out of the struggle for some time and then entered on the side of the Allies. It had 'been expected that she had employed the time when her nearest neighbors, Bulgaria and Ser- bia, 'were being decimated, to bring her own weapons to a razor edge, and that she would enter the fray with a force that might make her the decisive factor. But the truth is that Rumania was hardly in before she was almost crushed. Mighty blows fell on her, and there ca`me a time when it seemed altogether likely that King Ferdinand would make a separ- ate peace. That was his own desire, but he met strong opposition in Queen Marie whp remained staunch for the Allies. Prince Carol also shared her views and between them they are credited with having induced Ferdin- and to continue the struggle to a vic- torious end. 'The fact that Carol had supported her is said to have given Marie the idea that he would always be pliable, and that when he came to the throne she would be able to rule through her son. This seems reasonable enough; for the ambitions of Marie are as no- torious as her capacities. It happened that Ferdinand was on particularly friendly terms with Queen Sophie of Greece. The pair of them had the idea that their children' could be most happily wedded. The Princess Radzi- will says that Marie was ignorant of the negotiations and only learned of Carol's betrothal when it was official- ly announced. This is rather hard to believe, but we can make a gulp and continue with the story told by the Princess. Marie had other plans for Carol. She wanted him to marry .a Princess Stirbey for the Stirbeys were one of the most powerful of Ruman- ian families and Princes Stirbey, head of the clan, had always been her de- voted friend. Carol, however, wanted to marry Zizi Lambrino, and did as a matter of fact go through a ceremony with her which was afterwards an- nulled. Marie's disappointment over his marriage with Helene is said to have turned her into the implacable enemy of the young Grecian princess even before she reached Rumania, and af- ter she had •established herself there the intrigue against her proceeded. It Was furthered by Prince Srirbey, smarting over his failure, and by Pri- tainu, his brother-in-law. Then Carol became convinced that his mother was unduly intimate with Stirbey and pro- tested to her. This widened the breach between them because Marie, for po- litical, if for no other reasons, was deeply committed to the Stirbey poli- cies. At this time Ferdinand was dying of an incurable disease and the question was raised as to who would he the real ruler of Rumania when he passed. It was known that if Carol reached the throne one of his first acts would be to get rid of Stirbey and B'ratianu. In this determination he was sustained by Helene who had no reason to like either of them and strongly suspected thatl they were trying to separate her from her hus- band. But it seemed at the time im- possible that Car ill should be kept from the throne. Time was passing and the death of Ferdinand would make him king. Each padwill kill flies all Clay and every day for three weeks. 3 pads in ea -ch packet. 10 CENTS PER PACKET at Druggists, Grocers, General Stores. Virlif PAY MORE? 'MB WILSON FLY PAD COe Bauiltoe, Ont, • aa�4'Ii a�rol w'a'nt r ta• s 1�andoia, It 'bass; qu'ls;{ ' r vvh p exed l .464.'ase letPeaeu that 'she 'n elltr, with efelety Jeles 334V. In ,G,enarxxu;v, 1She did es?, bets was her, rifted to s.eta the karat iertrigue b , come an. interilatienal .newep'aper gee, tore in si few days. 41 rte . gave eitt the ataxy may be inferred. The rep percussions of the sensation ender - mined the tolerance of Ferdinand, ala ready weakened by illness and the knowledge that he was not long for this world. ,tie wae. induced to write angry letters to his son, and finally to force him to renounce his claim to the throne. Then Ferdinand. died, The reading of his will proved a. shook for Marie. It. left a large sum of money to Prin- cess Helene and also appointed her the guardian of her son. Since Prince Michael Was the heir -apparent, his mother, who was also his guardian, and not his grandmother who Was ex- cluded from the guard'ians'hip, became to all intents and purposes the first lady of Rumania. Marie schemed to have herself appointed one of the regents .during Michael's infancy but failed in this also. Her efforts to have something to say about Michael's in- fluence were steadily repulsed by Helene and last Summer Marie with- drew from the capital and retired to one of her castles, vowing that she never -would speak to her daughter-in- law again. Public opinion showed that Helene had won the position in the affections of the common 'people once held by the redoubtable 'Matie, and her son, Nicholas, one of the Council of Regency, announced himself in favor of the return of sCarol. So in the absence of Miaxie, forces were at work which eventually brought Carol back. The general belief was that his reunion with Helene would follow very shortly, and latest information is that this has already taken place. So it would appear that Marie has lost her great fight to control from the throne or from behind it the des- tinies of her adopted country. ON THAT DAY SIR THOMAS SAILED A TRIFLE TOO CLOSE TO THE WIND Bluff, hearty, good-humored Sir Thomas Lipton, for all his eighty years, is as determined to -day as at any time in the past to carry home across the water the America's Cup, which since the first contest in which it was at stake has ,been in the cus- tody of our United States cousin's. One after another the doughty yatehs- man's four Shamrocks have crossed the Atlantic to go down to defeat that would have crushed or soured a na- ture less sterling in quality. It is his sportsmanship which has won him the good wishes of a whole world, now seeing reason in the recent •vic- tories and one warning defeat at trials to expect a contest worthy of its in- terest—an epic event outshining all previous races fer the cup. It's only a funny -looking old jug, but how much it 'has come to contain! Perhaps being born in Glasgow of Irish parents had something to d3 with it all? There is in heredity and environment that which shapes the future of a child, Maybe it's the Scot- tish climate that imparts that thrifty business good sense, that canny, per- severing attention to detail, organiza- tion and commercial attack. Couple that with the roving, jovial Irish qual- ities and you hale a Sir Thomas Lip- ton. It was the Irish in him, one would like to imagine, that sent him, a Glas- gow stationer's errand boy, overseas at fifteen to America, mythical land of promise, to work as a grocer's clerk, to drive a New Orlean's tram- car, to canvass for a portrait firm, and finally to find employment on a South Carolina plantation. He would need all his bubbling Irish humor and the en- durance of the Scot to push on through these experiences, saving money to be able at last to return and open a small grocery business in the city 'of his birth. 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Ev- ery detail carefully executed. he very best that *can be produced for The expansiveness of America hav • ing become part of his youthful growth it was only natural that one store should grow to more and more until the necessity of supplying his many retail shops all over the United Kingdom with provisions on the most favorable terms would lead the enter- prising adventurer to become proprie- tor of his own' Ceylon tea, coffee awl cocoa plantations, a Chicago hog - packing plant, with fruit farms and canning'factorics and bakeries in Eng- land. A friend of unnumbered royal arid notable persons, the genial sportsman has been celebrated in many an anec- dote and fathered as many more. But one seems particularly characteristic. It was in th? -reign of Queer • Vic- toria, the Good,'There was a Nelson Anniversary. At her anchorage in har- bor the veteran warship Victory lay— and for one glorious day was to live over again the thrilling past. She was to , be furbys^hed and made gay once more. For this great occasion the be- loved admiral's famous "England ex- pects" signal was to be bent to the halyards again that all England might remember. A combination• of business acumen. and Irish wit prompted the tea magnate to have a word with the man whose duty it was to hoist the code flags which would flaunt the slo- gan to the winds for wafting to an empire and the world. The morning sun of the great day rose and its rays shone brightly on the bunting proclaimed to all who could unilisr- stand the symbols that "England ex- pects ervery man to drink Lipton's tea." The "shot heard round the world" had nothing on that for reverbera- tions. History is silent ore exactly what happened to the signal man, but there was a feeling that for some time. the tea baronet to -be was not al- together in high favor with the good queen. Then the idea of introducing an- other woman to win Carol, from Helene occurred to some of the con- spirators. Mine. Magda Inlpescu was decided upon and the introduction made. Nature was then left to take its course. Whether Mme, Lupescu knew why she had been introduced' to Oarel is not known. It may be as- sumed that she was a beautiful wo- man of an impressionable nature and that things between her and Carol fell out without any conscious contriving on the part of either. They became lovers, devoted to each other. .Then came the death of Queen Alexandra 1e 's! t Men's Straw Hats Sailor or. -snap front styles, stylish models for young men, and the more conservative for the quiet- , er dressers. All cool, com- fortable and easy pi'ieed. PRICES: $159 to $3,75 Work Hats, Play Hats, Sport Hats, Plain and Col- ored Straws, cool and corn- fortable; attractive styles. 20c to 75c $24.50 Summer Dresses At $1.45 A movement has been started for sensible summer clothes for men. But the trouble is that sensible clothes look so silly.—Kitchener Record. 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