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The Huron Expositor, 1945-06-22, Page 74r l r{riPta(ra," Selleitors; Eta, PattiialoD.4lcConnftlt, - S4 tlennRaga SEAFORTH, ONT. Telephone ltd K. L 140FAN Barrister, SDilritor, Etc, SEAFORTH ONTARIO Branch -Office - Hensall mow Itensall Seaforth Phone 113 Phone 173 MEDICAL SEAFORTH CLINIC • DR. E. A. McMASTER, M.B. Graduate of University of Toronto The Clinic is fully equipped with •,complete and modern X-ray and other up-to-date dlagnostic and therapeutics equipment. Dr. F. J. R. Forster, Specialist in diseases of the ear, eye, nose and throat, will be at the Clinic the first 'Tuesday in every month froth 3 to 5 pan. Free Well -Baby Clinicwill be held on the second and last Thursday in every month from 1 to 2 p.m. JOHN A. GORWILL, B.A., M.D. Physician and Surgeon IN DR. H. H. ROSS' OFFICE Phones: Office 5-W Res. 5-J Seaforth MARTIN W. STAPI,ETON, 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 ,.Institute, Moorefield's Eye and Golden Square Throat Hos- pital, 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. 53 Waterloo Street South, Stratford. AUCTIONEERS HAROLD JACKSON Specialist in Farm and Household Sales. Licensed in Huron and Perth Coun- ties. Prices reasonable; satisfaction guaranteed. For information, etc., write or phone HAROLD JACKSON. a 14 on 661, Sea - forth; R.R. 4, Seaforth. W. S. O'NEIL, DENFIELD If you want to realize greater re- turns from your auction sales of live stock and farm equipment, ask those Who know and have heard me. Fif- teen years' experience. Sales con- ducted anywhere. Fon sale dates, Phone 28-7, Granton, at my expense. 8979-tf LONDON and CLINTON •NORTH A.M. London, Lv. 9,00 Exeter 10.17 Hensall 10.34 Bippen 10.43 Bracefield 10.55 Clinton, Ar. 11.20 SOUTH P.M. Clinton, Lv. 3.10 Brucefield 3,3 Kipper 3.44 3.53 4.10 5,25 Hensall , Exeter London, Ar. C.N.R. TIME TABLE EAST A.M. Goderich 6.15° Holmesville 6.31.•,, Clinton 6.43 • 6.59 7.05 ' 7.12 7.25 tieaforth St. 'Columban Dublin Mitchell WEST Mitchell Dublin St. Columban Seaforth 'Clinton Goderich • .. • 11.27 11.37 11.40 11.51 12.04 12.35 P.M. 2.30 2.50 313 3.21 3.27 3.36 3,47 10.33 10.44 10.56 11.10 11.35 C.P.R. TIME TABLE EAST ' Godetich Meneset aat„a1 McGaw Auburn Blyth Walton" McNaught 'Toronto Toronto W EST ideNaught • Walton nly�h kabala' • Sl1IIitw , .. h P.M. 4.35 4.40 4,49 5.09 5.21 5.32 9.45 A.M. 8,20 P.M. 12.04 12.15 12.39 12,28 12,41 12.54 1.00 (Continued Iti om bait week) G,loria'aaas going to dine oat that night ,and they were together In her room where she was dressing.. Her auburn hair fell over her shoulders and Ruth decided that now she look- ed ooked like the ,pictures of 'Guinevere in "The Idylls bf the Sing." Ruth knew that Gloria had been disturbed by' the knowledge that her former hus- band was in New York and that she might meet him at may time, but she did not seem to be averse,to talking about it, and Risth was one of those persons, who, seemingly shy and re- served, actually so about her own af- fairs, could yet ask with immpunity, questions that from any other person would have seemed prying and almost impertinent. This was really because Ruth never asked 'oat of idle curios- ity,' bqt •because slie bad a ,real inter - 'est. Her aunt was to her a fascinat- ing . book, the pages of which she must turn until she had read the en- tire' history. "Had any of the people this morn- ing ever met Professor Pendragon?" she asked. "No; that is no one but George - I acquired George in London, 'you know, just about the same time that r married Percy.' Husbauds come and husbands go, but a good servant is not so easily replaced, so I've man- aged to keep George, though he hates New York." "Then," continued Ruth, more to herself than to . Gloria, "it was not Professor Pendragon ,have you this house." "No, as I told you,. I don't think he even knows that I'm in New York. I didn't know he was •here. I was fond of Percy and naturally I don't let him give me anything, because that would 11'ave given him pleasure' and I want- ed to hurt him'' In the mirror she caught the shock- ed expression in . Ruth's eyes, and turned swiftly to face her. "Of course you think all this is terrible,, but after a few years,you'll understand, not me, but something of lite itself and -of how helpless we all are. I know that you have a very clearly defined plan of life - certain things ' that you will do - certain' things that 'could never: happen to me.' I know because we're 'all like that. And then one iday, • utterly without your . own volition, knowing that you're doing the wrong thing, you'll do and say things that simply aren't written in your lines. Do you suppose=that at you! age I planned to love a human observatory that ob- served everything' except me, or' that I expected to divorce him and marry a tired business man who expected to use me as a perpetual advertisement for toilet preparations, or that ,I ex- pecteii when I divorced him that I'd no it all over again with a man, more lifeless than his family portraits?' You don't know what you're going to do when you start out. .1 know just that muck now -that I don't know. I. may commit tnatrimony again tomor- row." "But didn't you love any of these men?" gasped Ruth. "Of course• -I lotted Percy, and Percy loved the stars -perhaps that's why he married me. I was. a star of a kind at the time:" "Then why-" "Oh. I don't know; I think the fin- al break came because of Eros - Isn't that the bell? Do run and tell Terry that I'll he with him in as. min- ute. I wonder why he will persist in always being on time?" It was Terry. He was trying to en- gage the dignified George in ,conver- sation: "Hello -you look as if you'd been eading fairy tales," he exclaimed. "No, just talking to Gloria," said Ruth. "She'll be down in a• few min- utes." "It must have been an exciting conversation from the size of your young eyes." "We were talking," said Ruth, "we were talking about -about Eros." "The God of Love?" asked Terry. "If you will pardon me," said George, "Eros is also the name of a small planet discovered in our solar System in the year 1898." - Completing which amazing piece of inforhra'tion, George silently departed leaving the two staring after him: CHAPTER V Ruth had intended asking permis- sion 'to have Dorothy and Nels to dinner on the 'night of the private view, 'but if she did that the,r would ]ea><'h that her aunt was Gloria May.. field,• and there was every chance that 'Nets would refer to that fact in talking to' Professor- Pendragon, for Rtlt'fi' ll'ad already discovered that the art students were ardent celebrity seekers and Gloria Mayfield) though she had not appeared' on any stage for three seasons, • was still some- thing of a celebrity. She compromised by eating an ear- ly dinner with Dorothy at the little restaurant on Eighth Avenue, at least Dorothy called it dinner, though it. was eaten at tea time and both girls were too excited to -care What they ate. Then they went home to drresg. It was the first time that Ruth had taken any one of the gadgets to' heir h'ciatie and, she Wandered - Nue hoar, she 'ea1d 'b>yoid telling I'lorothy *bout her ittpat, George 001e4 the deyoai far the* and they. went on u_.p . to Ruth's roof! Withoilt Seeing aiay one else, theugb. Ruth could: heat a voices fronla the drawipg rooni. "This doesn't look like a rooming house," ,laid Dorothy. "It isurt. I live ."here with, friends. What do you think of my work room?" f "Great! -warm, too. There isn't any heat where I live and' I have to use a little oil stove, but it's expen- sive. You know I don't think much of that -one might as well be frank " She was looking at the +canvas Ruth had On her easel. "Nels and I were talking' about it.. yesterday. We think you 'ought to follow up the cartoon thing. You know they make a lot of money, cartoonists. You could . take it up , seriously, you know-" "But I don't want to take it up seriously., I don't -want to be a car- toonist. I want to be a landscape painter, and if ,you will allow me to be frank, too, I don't think that you are in a position to judge . whether I have talent or nat." - Ruth had been very much surpris- ed to find that her friends at school seemed to think that she had achiev- ed something Jy having her sketches in a Sunday newspaper. What she had thought would make . her lose caste among them had in reality giv- en her distinction, but it had had an- other effect also. If she was 'a cari- caturist She'couid also be a painter, they reasoned, and less tirankly than Dorothy, Nets Zord had expressed the opinion that she' would never be a great painter. . "Better be a successful cartoonist than an unsuccessful painter," he had said. She had made no protest until now and Dorothy looked at her in amaze- ment. "Don't be angry. I didn't mean anything, only it's always a pity when any one has a real talent and then insists on some other method of expression. Of course you may be a greet' painter. As you say, I'm not a critic and besides you haven't been studying long. Only the 'painting is all a gamble and the .sketches are a success right now if you care .to go onwith them." "So are your'fashions if you care to .go on with them," said Ruth, still hfirt. "Speaking of fashions, let me see the frock I'm to wear," said Dorothy, changing the subject with more abruptness than skill. "They're in my other room," said, Ruth. "You can have anything you Want except what I'm going to wear myself." Then followed two hours -of dress- ing and redressing. There were on- ly two gowns to choose from, but Dorothy had to try both of them many •times, rearranging" hex bobbed hair each time, and finally deciding on the blue one because "it makes my eyes so lovely and Nels is crazy about that blue." She was so interested in her own appearance that she forgot to ask. questions about the friends with whom Ruth lived and long before Nels called for them, Ruth knew that Gloria, would have' gone out for she was dining with. the Peyton -Russells. Mrs: Peyton -Russell had been a chor- us girl who after she married John Peyton -Russell had the good taste to remember that Gloria Mayfield 'lad befriended her, the result being that Gloria was often invited to dinner parties at their place is town and had a standing invitatiionn to what- ever country place happened to be housing the •Peyton -Russells, all invi- tations that Gloria often accepted, though she complained that Angela Peyton -Russell took her new position. far more seriously than she had ever taken her profession. She was al- most painfully respectable and cor- rect. She dressed more plainly than a grand duchess, and having no bil- dren, was making strenuous efforts to break into public work- One of the most amusing of her activities, at least to Gloria, was in connection with a drama uplift movement. Nets Zord came promptly at half - past eight, dressed. as Wiled had threat- ened, "like a musical comedy art stu- dent." His wide trousers, short vel- vet jacket and. flowing tie created in the mind of Ruth much the same wonder that Dorothy's unaccustomed elegance created in. the minds of Nets. Only Dorothy herself was un- impressed by their combined magnifi- cence. To her everything was but a stepping stone on the upward path of her, career. "Don't I look spiffy, 'Nets? And aren't you going to make' sure than, I meet Professor Pendragon, and be, sure and tell him that I do portraits and then I'll do the rest. 11' one can't make use of one's friends, of whom can" vie •make use?" The last ad- dressed to, Ruth. "I wouldn't mist the opportunity of letting him meet you for anything,"' agreed Nels. "Only do try and be a little bit careful, Dot, you are stren- uous) you know. Anyway you'd have Met hIinawithout asking. He Seemed curio'ue to meet Rath. Asked ;bow she 'looked and if she was tall and htrbtitiiitly - sand • seemed atrfully dle8p- poibute'd, 'When T told hint that she T*as etnly' short and pretty. Are y¢ii all zea* ? ''rherets< the cab tP�aitfltg4" Prom f1:0 George appeared to open the doors, p r them, and as Ruth- Paused, to..gfap. her slosh 'm,,:ere closely about; hei'n;ltare shoulders,' his, soft, lisping• voice' whispered in her, ear:`, 4'Take ears 'vf'bat, you say to Pen- dragon, Mies:' She nodded awl; ' followed Nets and, Dorothy into the'. cold, outer air.. In the cab Nels and -D.orotity chatted of the exhibitors -great artist whom they knew by slight, while Ruth to whom they were +only names, listen- ed in breathle-4 admiration. When they; lead` arrived and had left off their wraps, Dorothy protest- ed: "Do we have to, go down the. line, or can we duck to. the left?" "Nb nonsense like that; remember you're with an exhibitor, and .besides Professor Pendragon may be waiting for us. We can pay for the ,privilege of looking at the;,pictures by breaking through the line of receiving dowag- ers. It's only fait." "Oh, very well -but it's really aw- ful, Ruth. Lots of the students just duck the line and slip in at the left, ,but I suppose we're too dignified to- night. Professor 'Pendragon was not wait- ing for them, but the long line of dowagers was, If Dorothy had not been with her, Ruth would merely have looked at them- as a long line of middle aged and elderly women in evening dress but Dorothy saw them tie end Stlaatt t, a lea Lp zi M 4 then. Ruth :44Qked r ►u ..tau k�iciw irr i Wiggs d tl1:e �+ablt a i'a Oh' M T I ,say, •arati'1,dA't You think aiie'd choke nth all thetas .beads -m -the ape k With ''t1 e' neck like a' turtle. The • efweis •.0th' the aatique jewelry are Pram Phila dellthia•--yau can tell thelui►'. with ..then,' evening cloaks on, to. They altivaye have evening cloalte' made out of seine grand, old piece of tapestry taken from the top of the piano.." Then Nets Ped them forward and in a very few seconds they; had pass- ed the line of patronesses•, thin and stout, there seemed to be nb inter mediates,' and were free to look at the pictures and talk to their friends, Not for t'he world would Nels have dashed immediately to his own •pic- ture, though- he knew to a fraction of an inch just where it was hung. But gradually they went to it, hung on the eye line and in the honpur room, and there the three stood, the gir}a ,telling . Nels paw proud they were, and Nels, gratified at their praise, yet half fearing that some one would overhear, with the blood coming and going in hie blonde face until .he looked like a girl despite his heavy shoulders and the big bands, that looked more fitted . for handling ' bricks than for painting delicate seascapes in water colour. Other people -seeing their interest ht the picture came and looked at it also. The "outsiders," as Dorothy called them, standing up as close as their lorgnettes would permit, the artists, standing far off: and -closing one eye in absurd postures, while murmurs. of "atmosphere," "divine colour," and. other phrases and words entered the pink ears of Nels like peiore{ sJ out t7}3t t .e alight, ate Ned 41* efioulder .. mat ' : itrT•0ted a, keen.:,.4ar'll= !face :rt, .;; `t►I h.1 � ^ et1 rteee and ay s:; fret,. i�rh n; fiat of . perpetual °youth se?uieda'io' Yet it was a ,laxed face; too, .jtltf !unexpected 'laugh w,rink'es and cxeas, es and; .. there wate streaks of grey•in the hair.. , • "Welt, Nels, you can't 'eq aap'lain oR how the picturewas hung this His voice was like hia faees poetic and with a hidden laugh in 4t._ Nels turned, flushingredder than before. "Profess:or Pendragon, we've .been looking for you. I knew you'd turn up here sooner pr later and just wait-, ed. Here is Dot, II mean Miss Wins- low, and Miss Mayfield." "Thank you so much for letting me 'use your guest card. It was very kind of you, Professor Pendragon, and Pm having such a good time.". "Not at all! I was delighted to be able to make such• good use of it. Have you seen Alice 'Schille's chil- dren or Mary Oassatt's charming' pas- tel? The women artists are rather outshining the men this year. If Nels can breakaway from his own work we'll go and, see them. Then there's John "Sloan and Steinlen, and a Breckenridge thing with wonderful colour." He "led them off, smiling down with a funny little stooping movement of his head that in a smal- ler man might have been described as birdlike. He seemed to know, ev- ery one and was contin=ually being 'cl ei of 'a pie are 4o lit , to be alt rola !Betz!•, ' shoe uie 'that 'he',s,, o, . so ,much rno te; mentipii)ity,:d'oet:uhillitoRE:14:,::tii7t.,:t:;04404,Tiia:,, 1 Da,ij1 -4 tai w''11 r ` ecuodet h!, star t:;tloi}� �tOrt�.�itt do thy 4,MucLs efear chaoty,W zispers tv }tl ovexh`eatrl`e Tortunentiolntng t t a ! L+ thy painted Portraits• Pgofe p0 dragon himself: a nada Iii. "What'.sort'or,ctrlare y4111:", Mies Mayfield?" he asked 1 "Nothing iaow,, I'nx hist a. stn but I 'hope to dA 1andscapee Tip o' is ho be a great portrait Painter>' "You know I'd love •• to paint Profes�sar Pendragon. You have :p an interesting;.faee you have Thai size ended as Nels Iauglied, `, "Sone day when ,I' have lots' ,01 tit -and thank you for, saying tha.t;. is face is interesting! . Or perhaps' `. can do even better and get ''s,oa 'beautiful woman to sit for yell Wouldn't youlike that?" "No; I'd rather have.. You," said-, Dorothy, raising her large; blue eyes -with ' ingenuous confide -pee. ,. (Continued Next. Week) doing' ,yx 14 1. �H41 Sxl V. We)'anadians, together with the citizens of the United States and Great Britain, will eat less sugar during the balance of 1945. . To meet our own needs and the urgent requirements of our Allies and the liber- ated countries, our share of the reduction must total nearly 200,000,000 pounds of sugar during the rest of the year. To assure fair distribution, of what is left, the sugar ration is to be cut by five pounds during the riext seven months by reducing the monthly allotment to one pound in June, July, August, October and December. In September and November, the allowance will remain unchanged at two. pounds. The ten pound sugar allotment for home canning, represented by twenty extra pre- serves coupons, remains unchanged. Two regular preserves coupons will continue to become valid each month. -- ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT SUGAR Q. Why is there more demand for sugar? Q. /low does Canada get its share of world sugar supplies? A. World stocks are pooled by the Combined Food Board of the United Nations which allots sugar to Canada, United States and Great Britain on a uniform per capita basis. Q. Where does the rest of the world sugar supply go? A. Toother claimants, including liberated areas; European neutrals, Russia, the Middle East, • New Zealand and other sugar -importing coun- tries. Approximately one-half of this total is destined for liberated areas. Q. Is there less sugar in the world today? A. Yes. Because needs are up and production is down, world sugar stocks reached a new low at the beginning of 1945. By the end of the year, they will be down again, this time to a dangerous minimum, A. The rising demand largely reflects the need? of liberated areas. Q. Why is there less production? A. World sugar output id lower for these leasonta 1. Enemy occupation of some 'sources such as Java and the Philippines. Java, of course, is still in Japanese hands and; although the Philippines are liberated, production is not expected to be restored until late in 1946. 2. Other export countries have experienced serious shortages of labour and fertilizer. '3. Record drought conditions and hurricanes have also cut into production in the im- portant West Indian area. INDUSTRIAL AND QUOTA USERS WILL ALSO DET LESS Effective July 1, 1945, sugar made available to industrial users, such as lake rs, biscuit slid breakfast cereal manufacturers, makers of soft drinks, confectionery and. candy, and jam and wine manufacturers, will again be reduced. A further cut is also being made in the allotment to quota users, sack as public eating places, while similar reductions are beteg made by the Armed Forces ut the sugar quotas for service personnel. raai r 1 55 THE WARTIME PRICES AND TRADE BOARD xr} � f�<, hxti 3g, „ > ... .. .�:•:a't;:. ;,,.is.i :w,�..'��^}� 3C ��` ° �.• pn.'� �Q�••D .:, ti. t. <. .>1;