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Bar tiers, Solicitors, Eto.
Patrick D. McConnell -WOO= Han
SEAF'f1RTH, Q'NT.
Telephone 174
8698
K. L McLEAN
Barrister, .Solleitor, Eto.
SEAFORTH' '-"..'. -- - ONTARIO'
Branch 'Office Hensall
Hensall, ' Seaforth
Phone 113 Phone 178
MEDICAL
SEAFORTH CLINIC
DR. E. A. McMASTER, M.B.
Graduate of University of Toronto
PAUL L. BRADY, M.D.
G aduate of University of Toronto
- Tit ."Clinic is fully" equipped with
comp! a 'and modern X-ray and other,
up -to -da e diagnostic stlc and therapeutics.aut
ics.
equipme t. ,,•-
3. R. Forster, Specialist ..in
diseases of the .ear, eye, nose and
throat, will be at the Clinic the first
Tuesday in every month from 3 to' 6
p.m.
Free Well -Baby Clinic will be held
on the second and 'last Thursday in
every month from 1 to 2 p.m,
8687.
JOHN A. GORWILL, B.A., M.D.
Physician and Surgeon
IN DR. H. H. ROSS' OFFICE
Phone 5-W - Seaforth
MARTIN W. STAPLETON, B.A., M.D.
• Physician and Surgeon'
Successor to Dr. -W. C. Sproat:.
Phone 90-W - ' Seaforth
DR. F..J._.R. FORSTER.
„Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
Graduate in Medicine, University of
Toronto.
Late assistant New York Opthal-
mei and Aural I•nstitute,- •Moorefield's
Eye„ and Golden Square Throat Hos
pita!, London, Eng. At COMMERCIAL
HOTEL, SEAFORTH, THIRD WED-
NESDAY in each month, from 2 p.m.
to 4.30 p.m.; also at Seaforth. Clinic
first Tuesday of each month. 63,
Waterloo Street •South; Stratford.
32,87
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Specialist in Farm and . Household
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LONDON and WINGHAM
.NORtH
Exeter 10.34
Hensall 10.46
Kippers s. • 10.52
Brucefield 11.00
Clinton ' 11,47
SOUTH
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_CHAPTER X
SYNOPSIS
Harley Longstreet, broker,, dies
ort a trolley car from poison
scratched into his hand by , a ,
needle -pierced ' cork.,In .his pock-
et.... He was taking a' party r of --_.
friends, in celebration of his en-
gagement to Cherry Browne, an
actress, to his• Wiest...Englewood
home. • His partner DeWitt; De-
Witt's wife Fern and • his daugh-
ter Jeanne with her Sance,,youung
Christopher ,Feed; Cherry's vatlde=
vide friend Pirkiz Ahearn,' friend
of -DeWitt, Imperiale, middle-ag -J
C ins
ed Latit>ti and Michael Collins,
brawny Irishman make up the'
group. `District Attorney Bruno
and Inspector Thumm. aided by
Drury Lane, retired Shakespear-
ean. actor, investigate. Each mem- -
ber . of this Party seems to have
some grievance against Long-
street /but Thumm, and. Bruno
think DeWitt guilty. Longstreet
had had an affair with Fern De-
Witt and he had a sinister ahold
on, DeWitt Lane'. declares he
knows the murderer; but identi-
fies him only as Mt•:'X. Later a
man is murdered on a ferryboat
while Bruno, Thumm and Lane •
are waiting to meet the writer of
an anonymous letter, DeWitt,
whom they meet there by chance,'
joins them. The murdered man is'
Conductor Wlood of, the fatal trol-
ley. Evidently -it was he who bad
written the anonymous note. •Lane
learns•that Felipe Maquinchao of
.Urquay are staying at DeW itt's
house. Quacey, Lane's attendant,
investigates. DeWitt admits he
and" Longstreet • clads ' their for-
tunes mining in Uruguay, but re-
fuses further information." DeWitt
arrested' for Wo.od's murder, is
freed. Grateltil to Lane, he tells •
him he will- onfide in- him in the'
morning. •
few minutes after
midnight with a crowd of his '
friends he starts for his home; A
tall burly man enters the car,,,and
glowers at DeWitt. They 'go t� •
'the rearplatform of -the' car. A--
little-later
`litt'le•-later Lane, Ahearn ' and
Brooks, the lawyer, find DeWitt
shot to death in the dark anii"emp-
ty rear„•car. DeWitt's fingers are
.crossed, stiffened in death.
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Dr. Schilling grasped. the two over-
lapping fingers and struggled until
his face crimsoned. • "St1ff as a
board." He lookeed up, squinting.
•"Thumm, suppose you try putting your.
fingers 'to Ether this way: Tight. The
way DeWitt has his. 'Now keep them
that way. for 'a ;few ,seconds . 1' The
Inspebtor's ,face flushed a little. "Quite*
an effort, hey, ' Thumm?" ..:said the
Medical Examiner dryly: 't "One of the
funniest' things in my experience."
"Who's the conductor here?" asked
Thumm. •
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The .older cond'uc'tor replied: "I'm
senior on this' run. Pop Bottout1e•%'s
the name."
"Recognize this man?" ' '
"Well," drawled Bottomley, "I was
r.emarkin' to Mr. Lane over.bere be-
fore you came, that his face looked
P.M.
Clinton 3.08
Brueefleld 3.28
Kippen 4.38
Hensall 3.46'
Exeter 3.58
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• C.N.R.' TIME TABLE
., EAST
A.M. P.M.
Ooderich ,.•6.15 2.30
H•dlmes'vtlle • . 6.31 2.4E
Clinton 6:43 3:00
.,.Seaforth, • 6.59 ' "2.22
St. Columban ,• 7.05 3.23
Dublin 7.12 - 3.29
Mitchell 7.24 '3.41
WEST
Mitchell _
Dublip
Seaforth .. , .. : • .
Clinton .�.....
Oodericit----
11.06 1-28
11.14 9.36
11.80 9.47
11.46 10.00
12.05 10.26
G.P.R. TIME TABLE
EAST
, • P.M.
Goderroh 4,20
Menset ..,.....b 4.24
McGaw ..,. 4.82
Auburn . • 4.42
DiytlL 4.52
5.05
- 5.15
9.40
A.M.
1'i rmito .. , :.....:..:.. ' 8,80,.
Mei'taught .......... 12.03
Walton .. .... ..... 12.18
Dlyt'tb - t. L?d.a$+,
AbUtn .....v. r . a.. / ..►s 402rtris, T%tG for yO1e Sista, Oidner and
Watton....' .... d .
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;WIT•
man took our train. Lemtho have
that old 'trip -book. Y'see," he point-
ed to strips which had bordered..,the
missing tickets, "we take out the tick=
et on each trip and punch .the •te'ket,
and stub along tihe side, to make°sure.
A111 •y'nu got to do is add up the num
bei of circle-maehs-they're my punch-
es -and the cross -marks -they're Ed
Thompson's here -and that'll tell you
how _m'any times he took this
1'ar train, ,because we're the only men
en this run."
Thum= studied the old book. "Pret=
ty cute at that. Let's see now, thir-
teen punches by your partner and you.
Items be took the train oftener than
the regular commuting trainsaround
six - . . Now, let's get some other
things' straight. Mr. Lane, just what
did 'happen here tonight? How did
DeWitt happen to get into this car?"
Drury Lane shook his head, "What
actually occurred I donot know."
A detective reported Collins. was
row here on the strain and Thumm ask-
ed: "Anybody `remember if--Gollnns
cane -back through this ear?"
Thumm got a time -table from the
old conductor- and studied it theft
turned to one of his men. "Take a.
couple of the boys and retrace the
route through these stationa.I've mark-
ed. Collins must have got 'off at one
of 'em. It -doesn't look as if he could
have. got a train going back to New
York, so 'don't forget to question the
taxi-driver. Report to me by . phone
to the Teaneck Station . . Here
search the whole train. It's, possible
that the guy who did it left the gun
here," :•
l •Suggest," - said Lane, 'that you
send men to search the -route we have
travelled, inspector. It is also pos-
sible the murdered threw tate revolver
from the train,"
"Good idea. 'Duffy, take care of'.
that."
• The sergeant stumped off.
Thumm•-.went to the 'seat. in which
Lord held e inhis arms. "Sorry
y
to trouble oyou, Miss DeWitt, but do
you recall 'what you and Mr. Lord
were doing after" the train left, Wee -
She looked • at him blankly, only
half -comprehending, "We.were - we
were together most of' the time.' At
first' . Mr. Imperiale sat with us, then.
he went ,off somewhere: We talked,
Chen 'Chris • left me • for a few mien
Utes . - ."
• Thumm straightened. "I'd like to
speak to you aside, Lord -. . . Doc
Schilling. _Will you sit with Miss De-
Witt for a moment?"
The tw'd' men went u.P,.. the aisle.
"Now, Lord," said Thumm; "where'd
you go?"
'Ire quite a story, inspector," re-
plied the young man steadily. "While
we were coming oven on the_ ferry I
saw Cherry Browne and :that seedy
boy-faiend of hers, Pollux, on, -..-the
same boat."
"No kidding!" said Thumm. •"Tiey'
Bruno. Come here a minute."
"That's ,not all, either," continued.
Lord, "I saw them again /in the tr'rm-
I•in-al": They were arguing about soma:
thing. I•watched..w-hen we got on the
train, but I didn't sr -..,therm get o:t.
Still when the train started, I ,became
Fern DeWitt turned toIeave the room. The detective barred her way.
• "A couple of Questions first, Mrs. DeWitt."
kind -of familiar.' I .reinem+ber now
be's been takin'° this train oh, and off
for years, seems like. West Engle-
wood, ain't he?",
"Did you see him on the train to-
ndghlt W .
" fe wasn't sittin' in my end, where
I was collectih' tickets,. You see him,
Edi,
"I. know him, but I didn't 'see him
ttmight, " 'said the junior conductor.
"Wihen• I got to th'a,t•-ear up forward,
there wa% a party there and one tall
feller banded me 'six .tickets and said
there was another one that]; stepped
;tint for a minute. Never did eeehim."
"'ton didn't get to httm,,ejt?"
"I never thought• of this dark. ear.
Nobody' ever goes in het'e::.• •
' -You say you knew DeWitt?"
"That Ma natite? "I•Ie took this
train •pt+etty often."
"Ho* often?'' • '
.„.Ed lifted. bid cap, and patted his
,bald head thoughtfully. "Can't say
how many td' es. Just on and off, I
guess,"
Pop Bottotnley>` trust his energetic
little
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face. For the ;square figure of Serge -
1 ant Duffy, who --wars suppcised to be
heading for New York City, lurched
into the ear. "Duffy!" what are you
doing, here?"
Duffy -swabbed his perspiring brow;
but he was grinning. "Did a little
deteetivie work myself, Chiet l
thought, seeing as how this Browne
dame • hangs out at the Grant, I'd
phone before I lit out.. Clerk at the
desk says she and. Pollux came in. a
few minutes before I called, and went
up to her rooms."
"Good work. We'll stop there on
our way to -Collins' joint. You beat
it to the Grant and ke,@p an eye
u -
o t."
"Well, Mr..'Lane," •said Thum -m,
"does this crime verify your other
ideas?"
Lane smiled for the first time since
he had diocovered DeWitt's body. -'•x'
not only kno'sv who killed Longstreet
and Wood, but I also know who kill-
ed DeWitt.';
For the second time since Thumnn
had met Lane he shook his head- like
a .fighter shaking off the effects of a
head -blow.
"Then, Mr. Mr. Lane," protested Bruno,
t'let's do something: This•r•can't go on
forever. Who is it?"
Lane's face dropped into haggard
lines. "It would do not the slightest
good to' unmask Mr." 7i' now,` .L"'am
playing a dangerous game. but haste
would be ruinous."
"But -there, may be another murder
if we let this crazy killer run around,
loose," said Bruno. '
"You 'May take my word for it,"
Lane's voice was assured.' "There
will be no other mue s, • X is finish-
ed,,,. rd_,
West Ei glewood was. 'fast asleep
when a large police touring -car, flank-
ed by two State 'troopers• on motor-
eycles and followed by a- smaller car
filled With detectives Dame to a stop'
before, the driveway ..leading. to the
DeWitt house. From the large tour=
ing car emerged Jeanne DeWitt with
Chris Lord, Ahearn, Imperiale, Brooks
and Drury Lane., A11 were silent. 'The
detectives swarmed, froth the smaller
automobile •antreurrounded the pae-
ty.
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"All of -'you into the •house," said
one with. an air of authority. "Or-
ders. are to keep you together."
The detective.turned to Jeanne De-
Witt ;a'nd said,. with a clumsy attempt
at .,: ractousness: "I guess - would
you want to tell Mrs. DeWitt what
happened, Miss? --She'll have to know
and besides I want' to talk to her;
.."I tell her?" Jeane threw her. .head
back and laughed hysterically. Lord
shook her gently, murmuring in. her
ear: The wildness'fled'from her eyes
and she said,•fn a -half -whisper: "Jon -
gens. cali.,_Mrs. DeWitt."
The detective said: "Never. mind:
.I'll get ther myself. Shaw me where
her room is." -•-.
"'•-Jorgens shuffled out, followed 'hy'
the detective. Not' one spoke, • Then
they all raised ,their heads suddenly
},!,hnea confusion 'of ' voice's.---,fioa tea
through the .doorway. Mrs, DeWitt
came in followed by the detective ani
the still dazed Jorge: She l iish,`d
uncertainly-. When , her eyes fell 'on
Seri nnc, they contracted oddly and s.'.te
crossed the room to bend over the.
girl. "Jeanne," she whispered. "I' -n
50 -Se
The girl replied, looking at her -st'ep
mother: "Please go away,,'
Fern DeWitt recoiled and turned to
leave the room. The detective bar-
red• her way. "A couple of questions
first, Mrs. DeWitt,"
The detective cleared his throat n
the heavy, palpable silence. "What
time did you get in tonight?"
"A few minutes after -two." '
"That is, about two hour's ago?"
,.Yes,"
, "Where were you?"
"Just • driving." '
"Anybody with. you?" '
"I was alone," • . 1 -
"What time did you, leave this
house?"
"About seven -thirty. •I took my own
••car and . . She moistened her
lips'and.began again. "1 drove to the
City. After a time. I found myself
in the Cathedral . , .. St. John the
Divi.n'e. Just sat there• for a long
time, thinking . . . "Oh, what's the
difference?" Her voice rose to a
shriek.` . "Do you- think I killed him-?"
She began to -Weep, her magnificent
shoulders Heaving.
"What time did you leave the Cath -
Meal?"
She choked back the tears and said
brokenly: "About half-paitt' 'ten or
eleven o'clock, I don't remember."
"And then what did you do?"
"I lust drove and thau1rht.. , . ,"
"Yeah:" • He ..-.glared now "What
about?"
She rose, draping her gown about
her. " I ,, think -_,you are carrying this
just a bit too far, Certainly -- my
thoughts are my own? Let me pass,
The detective Stepped before her.
"No, you don't--:" lie began, when
Drury Lane' :said: "Really, I think
Mrs. DeWitt Is perfectly right. She
Is under a strain and it would be on%
ly kindness to question ther farther-
-if it igl:, neceaeoi' 1n the morning," '
.The detect'i$ screwed has eyes at
L:an0c'
s 'e d e aStitle. Ail
re -
r t
aii»itt,' kby,gitativltaiit
uneasy. I didn icnoi • what 'that
Bnowne woman mig ie•-upr••to, con-
sidering the wild ac •''attons
made against DeWitt,. So 1' excused
myself from Jeanine to make absolute-
ly sure they weren't 'on the train. I
lookefi„and they weren't -.....,.Then I felt
better."
"Did you look-irt the rear ear?"
"God, no! How could I,think they
were there?" • + -
"Al1 right. Get back • to Miss De-
Witt ,-I-g s's She needs you." Thurnm
becckoned,detective on guard• at the
forward door. "Get Duffy, that bulky
figure barged into the car. "Shoot
back to town and find Cherry Browne
and Pollux. Phone me when you get
a lead, and stay- on it ail -night if nec-
essary."
A man ran up ito• the •ith+spector.
"Just' ot; a call Pram one• of We gang
that 'Collins 'bas been traced; he hii•-
dt"a hack at Ridgefield• Park and
'V at back to his apartment. Tfie` boys
ire watdhizt'g it. Want }l 1drs'.r' -" '
"dine. Tell. ,em to leave Collins
4lene unless he tries to sneak oft. I'll•
- 0.4ttere. •iii, ern • hbur or ton" ' •
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The• detective hurried Out cif the
a i I d tOti. *OW
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tvitelArive
(B;r Bruce M. Pearce)
"To beat inflation Capada depends
on the 'housewife. She has the -big-
gest ' single part to play 'in holding
the price ceiling." •
This is the .unequivocalstatment
of Donald Gordon. Chairman of the
Wartime Prices and Trade Board:. and
pivot of the pri9p control effort. It
was the main pot stressed in the
course of a 20 -minute interview.
Said he: • "Retail prices are what
count -the price you pay when you
buy things. at the stores and -Canadian
women do over 80 per pent, of all the
retail buying in Canada. The house -
wife and the
do the job to
tail price's
est prices
tember 15t
Asked for definite suggestions as
to what the housewife can do, Mr.
Gordon elaborated:
"We would 1ik� •every •woman who
does the family shopping to keep' her.
own record of 'prices at the different
stores -where she trades. Sltoh a re-
cord Will enable her to work with the
storekeeper in watching that prices
do' not go up. We also ask housewives
not to insist on having goods extrav-
agantly -packaged and to be ready to
accept fewer lines. Thia.will ease the
storekeeper's position as he must
make economies and restrict varie-
ties,
of merchandise in order to of -
set the reduction of profits which. he
will have to accept.- ` By shopping
carefully the housewife can do much
to make the plan, of price 'control
work efficiently and thus will make a
major contribution towards winning
the war."
The,, Board has, issued an official
statement appealing to all Canadian
women to get- behind' the price con-
trol program and setting forth some
of the things they can do to make It
succeed. „e`h'e statement is appearing
in the weekly •presat and in daily pa-
pers throughout -'The cotihtry.i"
Donald Gordon' wants to make clear
that the Board has not fixed one level
of prices for allStores.' 'Prices may
vary from store, to. store as in the
past, or as between towns and cities
'or •provinces. "The important point,"
he emphasized, "is that prices obtain-
ing in • each individual' .store .during
Vie basic period,must not be exceed-,
ed in that storeHe points cut that
t'here...l}as .always been a va,riatjon
prices in different stores, even in the
same locality, depending on the kind
of service the store gives•and -the way
it operates. These' competitive varia-
tions will probably continue.
Therefore housewives are asked to
bear in mind that._. the prices of simi-
lai' commodities may vary in differ-
ent stores; that a merchant may re-
duce his prices for -sales' or other
reasons and may also raise -them, but
not above the basic period -level; that
variations may occur in seasonal pric-
es, ori such items as eggs, vegetables,
fruits, etc. Particularly should every
housewife remember this fact: "The
prices YOU will mark down will be
the highest prices charged at the
stores where YOU shop." .
Chairman Gordon told a press con-
ference recently that retailers were
co-operating well in the price control'
plan, The ma ority bf .them are, de-
termined to Miake the price ceiling
work; The housewife who checks pric-
es carefully will help the retailer who
is complying with the .law and will
also deter any who may be trying to
evade'it.
Some people are puzzled about' the
exact .reason ,for invoking the •price
ceiling law and for seting .up the ma-,
chine required to make it work. „.Mr.
Gordon has explained the • threat of
sptrallin`g prices and the havoc that
`tvaiif be wrought without control: •
;'In'flation shows -itself in, a 'vicious
circle of rasing• prices „slttl,;,,,rising
costs, As a i nation. at war WO must.
211(11(1 huge shot; of mritiey t.o .buy
. the materials of war. }tip Soon begin'
to bi thlgainst ourselves for ntttt ir-
ittl.s and common:trek which we want
! to have, bol h"for war and for •ordin-
tary use:;, •«'r. bid against ourselves
:incl prices start to rise. Since one
' man's priers are ,another man's costs,
each -price inert ase generates ofh+?r
(rice increases, lending to wage and
salary increases. •
This starts' the vicious pircle. As
wages and other costs rise in the
chase after prices, we ' haire more
,money-. to spend in bidding against
olu•selres and we ihns force prices
higher and higher, „,sages. and salar-
ies are always bounil to lag behind
prices, We soon have disputes and
confusion, with harti1ihips failin•g•'inore
and more unfairly on people' with
sbtall inr"omes and ' modest savings.
We begin to find that -our dollar of
,savings has shrunk to a• fraction of
its original value in terms of living
costs. VV' have a country seized with
fear and disruption; In such a state
no country re -n' hope to wage war. It
would mean defeat of war effort and
later a swift toboggan slide to a state
of collapse."
Mr. Conlon adds 'that the Board r�-
ali'zpd fully that rid half -way measures
woa-lti. do. Failure in previous at-
tempts in other countries to control
inflation were due to the tendency to
compromise. "You:do not brake your
car gently if you are headed for. a
precipice," Mr-- Gordon remarked.
"We knew it would mean losing the
battle before it had even started if
we temporized, Such an approach
would obviously result in increased
retail prices, --thus increasing the cos
of living and putting the whole cycle
of inflation in action again. Retail
Prices cannot be allowed to rise. The
ceiling is absolute. They mpst 'be•
held to the level which prevailedt'from
September 15th to October nth."'
The Chairmah predicted that art
increasing number of restriction, tin
consumer goods could be.. expected,
in' order.that war supplies might be
maintained, especially since the' war
had now entered "the grand stage."
14e said there was no immediate
shortage of consumer goods of an es-
sential character, ,..but there was al-
ways the possibility that rationing
would be necessary.' The world -Wide
nature of'•tlie''.gon•ilict today made it
certain that imports oto goods would
be curtailed,
tail merchant need to
ether in seeing that re -
not rise above the high -
of the basic period, Sete_
to October• 11th, • -• • •
P: T. S,)..
Once upoai...a time, Dot very longi-
ago, 1 read ift..an• Alnearioaia magazine;
an article by aproaniti_ent'Ameri144.
journalist in wbtieb :he stated hist::
American troops and -marines 'warn
guarding a certain Canadian seaport
• t dropped him a note -pointed.. Out
that no one in ,Canada seemed to be
aware of this fact and it would be
interesting to know the narrate : of the
particular ,.spot. I received a prompt
reply. "Was I," -he wrote, "in error
in thinking '.that the pictures I have
been seeing in the American newspa-
pers of our troops at St. John, New-
foundland, represent a fact, or does
Newfoundland not belong to the Do-
minion of Canada '
I wrote and explained to him i tht
Newfdundland iiad never entered then
Canadian Confederation, that Canada
had no more to de with it than it has
with Texas, that under agreement,
the Americans received bases on that
island as they did in the West Indies.
Their presence there, was for bend -
sphere defence. Canadians, however,
were defending their own ports, tak-
ing part in the world war.
The mistake upon his- part was not,
surprising. Canadians probably Iy know`
more about the United States than
the United States' citizens know about
Canada. That is natural. Their•popu-
lation is •greater than.. ours. a'Co)men
living in the Southern States, Canada
seems very distant. If a •quiz , pro-
gram were refit on by both countries,
the people on both "Sides of the liue
would be astonished at how' little they
know about each other. It might be
a good thing to do. It would he/as-
tonishing to find how little even. in-
formed people on both sides of the
line know abqut their neighbors.
Not long ago, a prominent Ameri-
can financial paper -had an article
dealing with the Hudson's Bay. Min-
ing. and Smelting -Company, one of
our largest Western Canadian urines.
It gave its location as on the edge of.
the Arctic circle. I dropped a note to
the" editor and pointed out that he
ha .i oved that very substantial min-
ing ,roperty six hundred miles too
far north and •I wanted him to bring
it bark. Came . the . prompt reply:
"You are right. I am sorry. •-I have
spoken to the man who moved it. He
won't do it again. Thank you." • •
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in profitable poultry"' production , is
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' One day 'I received a letter from
an. old- -fri-e-nd.---1-- hadn't heard -•from
him in twenty years. He wrote from
a- city in -Iowa and told me, among
other things, that many Americans in
,
• rtt erree -would+ "6 . iiia bef'nH
C*1ada and L ted titteg„ 1*
a letter totie r o.
o that city: told;:
a wide Canadian acquuiutan 1 *1'.
not know a ,single one>=vita favored
annexation. 'to the Unilted'States= ;Piat.
it was not now even a ub oct
s' of goad-.
emit debate and added that the great,
est contribution- these two '.countries.'
c•..uicj .make to the word was toot; pre;
serve theirtrltpresent identity ---a 'uniq>ie
example proving completely that tWo
'natioscontd.' five side"by"�idein
;-
perfect
harmony, without the slight
est desire, to cut -each other's, throats.
The letter was •published. An edi-
torial appeared in the same issue.. 'Da
editor agreed with the contention
stated that Caftada was, in every way,'.
as well governed as the United. States, •
expressed some doubts 'ais to 'the; gain. -
to be made by increasing the size of
national units, pointed• out •-ihaat the
infiue c
n of a nation o did a
nu te en
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p dt
on the number of lts people but on'`
their quality, not always even on the.,"
greatness of their resources but in.
their • capacity to make effective use
of them. Ile Was, I feel, quite correct
in . this. It was a statement which • no.
one could dispute. Pertp we boast
too, much of our own siz The Ger.'
many of science -arid echo arship ands.
research was a greater Germany, in
the true sense of the word, than can
ever be carved out by a thousond Hit-
lers, even if given unlimited 'time
ark! time in which men can carve new '
worlds -out of old `ones is limited.
How ' niuch do we know about our "
neighbors? Very little. I mentioned,
this fact to a friend, after receiving
the letter from the American journal-
ist, and my friend said, "That's quite
true. I don't know the names of 'half
the people who live in the apartment
block where I 'have lived, during the
last three years -do you?" I said;'
"No; AI dent know the name of the
person who lives in' the next apart- '
ment; but' I have' an excuse -he has
only lived there six months'. We are
separatedby -a partition wall!"
_fie -wino , wishes to know the road ,
through the mountain -S. ains•1:.__ask.----
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those who have already trodden it. -
Chinese Maxim. „
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STILL LIFE PHOTOGRAPHY
Want tq
have fun these long winter evenings? Try creating still life
pictures -it's a fascinating pastime.
�N +nights when the wind is
moaning beyond the rafters,
and sheets oY rain thunder upon the
window pane, the season for still
• life picture ma.ktng has arrived.
Sti11 life photography is the great
winter indoor sport, and believe me
there's no more enjoyable means
of passing long evenings.
One of the nicest things about
still life'picture inaki•ng is that it's
really easy -as. easy as .any oth-
type of indoor picture making, if
not more so. To go in for it in a•
nig way, you' don't need special
equipment. A goodly supply of
"pan" film, a couple of flood lamps
in handy cardboard reflectors, and,
of course, your camera will be suffi-
cient to start, a career as a full
fledked photo pictorialist.
Your success, ,however, is going.
to depend entirely upon your sense"
of composition and arrangement.
For still life photography Is some-
thing more than just dropping a
group of objects upon a tabletop
and snapping the shutter. The value
of all still life pictures hinges upon
their intrinsic charm and appeal.
To make successful 'still life -pie.
tures you must arrange your sub-
Sect ,;natter so that it forms a pleas-
ing,• artistic compositlb t roc •hettthg:
"lo 1i'egin with, choose as subjet:t
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pies of each that are available. If
you want to include a banana, look
for one which is well shaped and
nicely colored.' If yen want to in-
clude a bowl, choose it with care so
it will snatch the other material in
the picture. If you fancy a still life
featuring a btinehof grapes, try
to get grapes which•look as if. they
are the most perfect evbr grown.-
That's
rown.That's half the battle. 'The other •
half is contuosing your subject.
Keep your compositidtt • "simple.
Group the material as tastefully as
you know how -and, if yo'u are a.
mere man and get stuck, call in •
your wife, heather, or sister. Wont- - „„•
en have an inborn sense for good
arrangetp•%nt. ii
Here's one mores tip. Don't mix
unrelated objects. You can do -still
life studies with subjects such as
mixing bowls -and cooking vessels,
which come from the kitchen. You
can create other pleasing arrange-
ments with books, pens, and pen-
cils, from the library , or living
room. You can 'make pictures fea-
turing , fruits or . vegeta+biea.- But
don't try to combine these materials.
'in One picture. Likeoli and watct,
they don't mix well.
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