The Wingham Advance, 1919-01-02, Page 5Thuradav, Jan. 21d. 1919
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)44 wish awl .ratrons
and gpiends
:07-6/3py and prosperous
1919.
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Canada Food Board License No 8-s.13535.
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Salem
' .1 Mr. George Westlake has secured the
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Xmas - Azisitors: Mr. and Mrs, Albert I
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The -three Westlake brothers,- Ptes. mail•haulingfor Rural Route No, L His'
Oallsher with Mr, and Mrs Geo. Bub Fied, Frank and Robet, arrived
rt, home duties commenced. en Jan. 1St, 191% We
bard near Lakelet. Dr. Wilfrid Weir of ' from overseas last week where they have are sure he will do his best to satisfy the
Toronto with hie mother, Mrs. Wm. Weir, I done their bit for King and country. They i public and we wish him every success' inMr. Mr. and Mrs Robert mond:mei with i all look well having recovered from the his new achievement.
friends at Fordwich Mr. and Mrs. NXTro • wounds they received, One brother, L,-
McKersie of Gorrie, with Mr. and Mrs, lc. W J. Westlake is "til overseas.
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187e
IAM. OFHAMELTON
Record of progress for five years taken from Govern-
ment Statement as of October 31m,
Deposits Loans Total Assets
1913 $35,664,000 329 $90,000 $46,174,000
1914 33 7sto 000 31-284Q00 44,832,000
1915 36,124,000 3L265,000 45-937.000
1916 45,830,000 34.960.000 57,266;000
1917 55,758,000 34.111;000 68,594,000'
1,918 60,614 000 46.114,000 75.554,000
J. P. BELL General Manager,
•WINGHAM BRANCH
C. P. Smith
The church and school north of here
have been closed again, owing to the fresh
outbreak of the "flu," We hope all the
patients will soon. recover.
.00,00.0.441,01ersaormei.m.a.E0som
Belgrave
Mr and Mrs, James J. Spence of Cass.
City, Mich , are visiting at the -home of
1 Mr. Samuel Morton, Belgrave.
Mr, Chas. Wightman, 8th fine, was elec-
ted tractee in place'of the retiring member.
Mr John S Scott,
I The sixth line school, No. 18, should be -
j come quite musical now the ratepayers
have decidid to instal a piano.
The Westfield- threshing machine Syndi.
cote had a very successful season, paying*
• 16 per cent. on shares of $50,
Mr, John McDowell, Jr., had the large
amount of 75 cents to pay for his thresh -
1 ing. Who would refuse to take a share
Iin suck a paying concern.
IOn Monday afternoon, Dec 30th, the
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hting German Fires
tr `
ARE WINGBA34
4e* of th*Bsigrava Methodist church
* be htorn.e of Lyle Aed Mrs. Hop-
per, 2nd Wu; of Morrie, see showed their
Q04-wIll towards 11Ifek May Hopper in
view of her ApproAtiting marriage by giv-
ing her a mitseellansoue *bower After
opening the preeenti, Mies klepper replied
suiteble term to the meaty goer} whams,
Lunch was served and very sinjoyAble
our WAR ;meet in Social chilli"
Pred Scandret o f Toronto, spent
heistmlis with his mother, /Vire, J.
cstradrett
Norman Stonehowse, Toronto, is spend.
ing a few dap; with ble parents.
Roy McGuire of Holstein, is visiting'
hie parents.
Mrs. Hupfer and little eon •of Betervan.
Sasir'.; is visiting her mothee. Mrs. Allison
Mr Phillips of Lonclon, la spendieg a
w dAys with his Mete, Men Ditvid
Scott
We are sorry to report Priest Geddes
a under is
c doctor'e care with a bed cold
The Hospital for Sick Children
lollOssilsu
War Laid Heavy Hand on Children'.
PeTairteMat;;Hittilaiejtelje,estip:7.Of
the Hoepital
for Sielt chittiree, Toronto, weeks a
new rietera; despite the 'wavy halide
cap the oar placed tleon its Work.
The melt or ministering to the out -
tering youngraere of this province was
no light one in view or the flospital'e
,spieusild response to the national call
25 doctors and 43 nurses from Its
forces have seen service overseas,
Yet the number of patients treated
it 5,048, or 1,308 more than last year,
these in.patients, 759 were from
Z66 plaves outside of Toronto.
• The tireless efforts of tile staff
made possible elect a reduction In the
aserege length of etay necessary for
the little patients from 34 days in
.1914 to 14 this year.
These results show that the Hos,
vital has again pale to the children
Holt dividends of health upon the- in -
Yenned kindness of its supporters.
There bas been careful stewardship
of the funds entrusted to the Hospital.
There has been saving --almost eorimp.
ing—in every eirection except where
it would prevent the Hospital'a tooth -
Mg the suffering or shortening the
sickness of one ehlId: The daily cost
of operation was held at the lowest
point which would still. allow the
children entrusted -to the Hospital to
get the best medicine and the best of
ftem em in the Hospital's budget—in
caerre.
And yet no nigh has risen tee cost of
ev
labor, in fuel, in food, and, above all,
in medical supplies—that the mini-
mum expense of taking care of one
child for one day has ritten from ;2.34
batik in 1914 to ;3.21% in 1918. Of
that, 0..66%—the amount per patient
per day that the official Government
grants do not cover--raustcome from
voluntary contributions.
During the past four years debts
were incurred to the exteat ot 3100,.
000, which the Trustees 'felt aesured
would be wiped out by the veleta as
aoon as the war drew to its close, and
those heavy demand e cease which
have been made upon the generoeity
of the loyal people of this province.
The time has now come when it is ne-
°apiary to make known the Hospital's
dire need of financial assistance.
If this 48rd Christmas appeal tants
AO rally the friencla ,Of this Charity to
its support, it will be necessary to
mortgage Its land, buildings and Want.
By the bounty of the late John Ross
Robertson that property has just been
Cleared -of debt for the first time since
it began its ministry of healing mercy.
Little children have lost a big-
hearted friend, and the province a
noble benefactor. It is for the public
to decide whether his itfeavork shall
be shadowed with a mortgage within
less than a year of his passing.
What think you?
Send your answer as Noon as lios-
sibiesto the Secretary -Treasurer, Hos-
pital for Sick Vhildren, College Street,
Toronto, Meanwhile the Charity Will
Tarry on." in:ming 1» yourssUPPort
IRVING E. ROBEFITSON-
Olialrman nr Anneal flow,
THEDOUBLEThAOJ( ROUTE
Between
MONTREAL
TORONTO
DETROIT •
Si Ianct
CHICAGO
Unexcelled dining car service
humlonammv.
Sleeping cars on Night Trains.
and Parlor Cars on principal
Day Trains.
Pull informision from any Grand Trunk
Tieket Agent, or Horning, District
Passenger Agent, Toronto. W. F. Burg -
man Agent. Phone 50.
Ccuttrefint; (60ye ;At
unoral of General Lipsott near the line. The cortege passing between men of a battalion
rill& the repleral broutht to Fn.*** MBA the Prim)* of VValee famed the
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Pine 100 acre farm, with
first class buildings, good
fences. well watered, rural
mail, telephone, school 40
roads away. Immediate
possession. Don't miss it.
Price $5,700, half cash.
Victory Bonds bought
and sold at Toronto prices.
Ritchie Cosons
Ineunence and Real Estate
Wingibews, • Ontario
•••••,001.11,0110.01•40140.110.N.M..0.1.0."1"olopoorwaymeword........
Friend of
Errand Boys
ereo.rie
ay ,JAN. galKiati
.(00-eeti . by the McClure NeWeette
•. per ;syndicate.)
1/171ten Aileen Proton decided to get
a job for the duration of her lira long
-vacation from college she aloe made
up her mind Met that job should not
be of the sort that would eon/be her
within the four wane of gu office. She
wanted an outdoor job and, after hay-
ing received stern parental objections
to taking- a land any job where she
would be away from home tor the VW,'
Winn, she Se/inner] the "want ads" Iti
the dully papers several daYS itt vain.
Outdoor jobs for girls did net seem
plentiful. Then her eyes fell upon
that Advertisement of Brown *Brown,
caning for messenger -girl. The wage
offered was not very teraeting, but as
the advertisement stated, the work
would be for the most part doing er.
14):41,tentilitsull.n the Inis,y downtown bUsiness
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Brown & Brown 15 a very large pop
cern. with bronchus In eitiegt in veil=
taus parts of the cotintry, end Wheil
you join their force of employees It la
like enlieting itean army ---you have to
eubnitt to considerable catechising
concerning your larOVIOUS experience,
your parentage and your place of
deem; and all this Is written down
a formidable large white card that is -
kept in a tiling ease for future refer-
ence.
"There is just one thing I'll have to
ask you," said the young office mana-
ger who employed Alise4 Preston. "and
1 will ask you to keep this confines's-
tial, I don't want every one to know
that we are taking on girls for er-
r/aids—one person in particular
mestn't RUM That% our vice itresi-
dent, itir, Storm Thorne, He's i
the Menge melee 401v entl—well, to
make long story short, )e began as
a messenger himself end he's tette
about them, He makes a hobby Of
giving every . messenger that is em.
ployed what he mile a chance,
"That mettles A lot of fatherly ad-
vice, which Would be all right if the
boys had sense enough to profit by
it.• He has nude up his. mind that
the future executives of the concern
must be drawn, as he was, from the
ranks; of those who began at the bot.
tom rung. So whenever we get a new
messenger he takes no end of interest
lu him. He it WAS who entailed this
card System—wants to know ell about
the life bistory of every one that is
taken into the colleens, And now that
he ig off lo Chicago he has left word
to send on records of any new mes-
peppers. He wants to give tbern long-
distance advice. So here is what I'm
going to ask you," said the young
Clerk, coining back to bis point after
his long explanation: "You'll Just let
me put your name dawn here so that
he won't know 'f ou're, a girl. Alison,
you said it is. May I put It down as
"Why, certainly," faltered Alia
"Only, won't be find out?", •
"He vvon't be baelt for months, an
you say you can't stay later than, t
middle of Septenlber. You% esca
bim completelY. You see, we did o
best to get boys, but we couldn't g
any. He'd say we hadn't tried liar
enough. And, by the way, don't s
anything in that report about being
eoltege. It might Interest hint to
much and then Med write to you an
the cat would be out of the bag,"
So Alison reported the next day fo
work and, provided with her pigski
wallet, that swung easily over her lef
shoulder and rested on her right hl
she started out on the rounds of tit
day, carrying Stock e and bonds abou
ariouseillees, reporting at the ban
back te the office of 13rown
wn. If she attracted any atten
it was because she was so much
er dressed for her work than th
r girls who were beginning to tak
places of messengers and errand
in the downtown section. She
e neatly polished shoes that had
ed for cduntry hikes the previous
er in roliege. _Her suit was plain
of khaki—such as had been chosen
vell-to-do college chums of hers
had "gone in" for motor Messes-
eervice in the vecation,
e coat collar nets neatly topped
man's soft pique collar and a
bine four -In -hand tie and a band -
eller ot brown -completed the
went.
s, of vourse, she grew tired with
any errands, bht the fatigue was
red by her healthy appetite and
e soundness of the sleep that al -
followed her days in the open,
e first letter to Alec Preston was
Wally like the letter almost at -
received by errand boys from the
president, 11Xorgen Thorne, when
young officer of the convert) was
resent to interview them pollees -
Mr. neorne nasured Alec of
terest and his hope that he wag
ding hie new Position a steeping
to higher allege In the employ
e concern of Brown & Prawn.
ked him Seine qUeStiOns flint he
him to aninver frankly in a
that Mr. Thorne assured hint
be confidential,
on.
hed-
pe
ur
et
d
in
o
kee
to y
and
Bro
tion
bett
oche
the
boys
Ivor
sery
wint
and
by
Who
ger
Th
by a
dart;
es] s
equip
Ye
her m
sepal
by th
wage
Th
erect
ways
vice
that
not
ally.
Ms in
regar
stone
of tit
Ile 88
VIM nte
letter
Would
"Did be smoke cigarettes? If An,
did he ensoke in business hours?
"Ind he indulge in glj'ees of chance
with other errand boys?
"Whet 'did he eat for lurtcheon Did
he go to night school? How did he
spend big eveninge/ Whist time did he
go to bed 4"
There Were Many more questions; In
the same vein, and Albion answered
them promptly, weaning the kindly
vice president that she smoked not at
alt and abatainta from games of
chithce. She ate egg salad and milk
for luncheon, went to bed early and
spent her evenings "at honste." She
didn't add that theme evealngts were
sometimes spent with her tired little
body resting on the soft upholstery of
the hong *1r in her own bed-
rcom reading tonne one of her favorite
Sparest or Italian author m that she
Mel learned to admire in eollege.
The next letter es.prcemed approval
Of the young boy's steady habits, but
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eminent the boy fur rest gel
night eehuui ami seatited by mem
that he would Mira a plias of
that ha always- offeren unsevienin
the onneern, hut had never been
ir lie would devote himself eit
ly to the study of Spanish that 14
sax month, he eould cominend 4
reading knowledge of that lau
110 idlneelf, be maid, had beim h
capped because as a boy be ha
mastered a foreign language.' It
only recently. when Ids time for
Study was thilited, that he had
up SpainSit. It WAS the great lan
for business Men of the future,
.te.
Al!son really ought to have
more cautious, but the very eve
after receiving this letter she wr
back tong and fluent letter in
best explaining to Mr. Th
that, though elle did not go to
asehool, she hail ntestered Spanish
previous winter and spent Much t
reading it. She declined the p
however, as she had studied it. wi
snit 'knowledge that etch a be
Igoe,
Then mune the letter that cau
constereation. 3Ir. Thorne wrote
tering Alec 4 isecatien in the Chi
office as second correspondent
Spanish department, They were
ting lots of orders trout South .Am
lea, be explained, and he really ne
ed bun. Hes wage would be more
doubled, and his traveling expense's
Olucago would be pele,
AllSon was at first confused and
pentarth She felt that she ought
to have Consented to the office ma
gees deception. Hut then she took
different attitude toward the matt
Pleihaelal eonditions in the Pres
family had not been all that th
infest Imre been. tor the past yestr
it had become apparent that *nett
year et college would be imposelb
tor Alison at the present time. S
had about decided to spend the
lowing autumn and winter workin
And here was a chance tO OM). $25
week, She wrote back to Mr. Thorp
accepting the position, confessing
the game time her sex, did not wed
:for an answer but, packing her littl
treVeling box, and gaining a tether r
lUetarte Consent front her perm
started forth to take her new Je
She could Ilve on $10 a week, She fi
ured, especially if she' continued
dreets In uniform, and the other $1
she could..save to pay her next year'
expenses in college.
"elm office manager in the New rer
°thee when be heard of the step sit
bad taken, predicted a sternly rece
tion for Aileen, life telt that lie knew
just how Thorne would snub her, lin
the storm and the Ruth were not forth
coming. Thorne told her that at lirs
he bad not known, then he chanced t
see the New York paper that had th
office manager's advertisement tar gir
rneesengere, ands beside, he suspected
front the egg -salad luncheon and the
hand writing that he was a girl, But
it made no differetace, he assured her.
He wait a thorough -going feminist, 14
that meant entire approval of giving
girls an ,esqual chance with boys when
they Droved themselves capable of
cbgrefepifinginfotre,AnionithlielsInggirthani had linryoveodf
drifted into the employ of the con-
tbe messenger Wye that had ever
ng40
g elms
get In
Wan—
meet-
'able
*slight
Page-
andi-
• tiot
Was
Snell
taken
gtiage
etee
bee.n
;sing
et*
ber
erne
!gist
the
tree
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fie,
sed
of0
oars
the
get -
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re,
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er.
ton
ey
and
er
le
a
at
ts,
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to
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Then one day Thorne called Alison
Ude his eipee and as she came toward`
him lu her trira little khaki suit' he
held out both his hande and took here
into his..
Alison did not draw back, but erded
looking 'down at their Joined hands
with a needed Mile on her. faee.
want you here, Alec" he had al -
way -retained tlie first nettle by 'which
he had thought of her -04 weinf you ha
the office, but zttore than all 1 want you
in ray hear. I- want you to make a
home for.me. tel it so neeesss.ry to
finish out that college couree- of
yours?"
"There za always one and only one
possible event that will make a Col-
lege girl give up her course" said
Anson.
"And that,"
"When the man in all the world she
loves elsks tier to he his wife."
"Does that mean you have decided
to finish?" asked Thorne relaxing his
hold on Alison'* hands. But 'he tight -
14 again when she tOld him that
it didn't.
Fumigation on Mexican Border.
The latest disinfection project which
hes ever been undertaken itt thin e0Un-
try, and probably the largeat in the
world, Wass recently begun by the Hutt-
ed States depmement of agricultare
along the Mexican border. Pete fumi-
gation houses- are to be erected at a
cost ApprOximately Of $0,000 tor the
disinfection of freight ears, motor
bemire and wagons enteeing the Unit-
ed Stetes from Ilexice loaded with
products that might introduee insect
enemies, especially the pink hollworea
of cotton. The largest house will ac-
commodte fifteen freight ears. )3lec1*
bole will be equipped with apparatus
and pleat for the generatioe and dise
tribUtion of hydrocyanic -acid gas.
Tritykkor Not Reformable.
atti Otmtantitiople," stays IleetrY
15orgenthea lit the Workra Work, "I
became aosausinted With an Amerleatt
doctor who had traveled extensivelY
in the least and Who had the Most
intimate knowledge of conditionsitt
wean lemir. He told Me
that Aerr *tan *winner, the ntansgeg
e Deutsche Baak, whom he had
Testiest in Berlin, had asked him te.
iiedtohanka:pair7ts" 4:11"": 6121141 thednits121 "fi'efehtgbend
suit this way:
"ou bore sea aside this whole
elating to dlaCUaa the Ottentati Ems
Pre. We do not need all that tittle.
I tan tell you the whole store in
Just four weed: Turkoy la net re
t°1:133aboluel
"Ybave summed up the whole
sitowintUatierou eertecti,' replied Von
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"I'llet is the fundamental fatt•
'Which we must emestantle keels itt
mind while dirseuezing this problefe."
A, Long Walk.
A Rotherliam, It taglitud, re:11bn**
ha e Walked 1638,000 railed during hid
III-l/rrs of ;service, and recet*
wiebrted, hie golden wedding.
Naturally.
aey, liaketh,. under *hot boa
anigiteyottlig**4 ,yoac (UAW
It few&
Ifs the great wars
Vole sweetmeat.
—the benefi* thej
keatureo. the .econoinYI
of a 5c 'Packge of
WRIGLEY'S
has made It the fa.
vorite "sweet ration'
of the Allied analog:
send it to your friend
at the front:
the handiest*
longest- tasting re.'
freshment he can
carry.
CHEW IT AFTER
EVERY MEAL
Made The Flavour Lasts
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• A young lecly was earning 510 a Week &few months ago, now reteives' a
salary or $20 a week as the result of the training given in the
We asIst our graduatedto•good positions. •
ENTER ANY T/ME
cATALoout gREE
WINTER- TERM FROM JANUARY 0, NM
D. A. McLachlan, Pres. A. Havilandi: Prin.
• 01,4,
RelieveYour
Rheumatism
For 25c.
NR does it by improving
digestion, assimilation
and eliminatcon--
the logical_
................mmas...........aells..0.11,.........rem..0..earmsraemn.aftwirotimor....gram am --
)VR Today-- Relief or No Pay •
There aro three vital processes of rhentnatio poison lo allowed 4 rii.i
human existerice.s4he digestion of main in the body.
food, the extraction of nourishment Think of this. it explains the
fsvraosmtiet and the elimination e( this Cess of tNeeitetru.re,swRhemedy. (Nit Tab.,
. Jets) in so many eases where othert
medicines have failed. Thousands aro
proeesses,---let them be interrupted or
Let anything interfere witlf these
using NE Tablets every dist and get -
Improperly carried on, and Sickness
of, some kind follow
thing's? 3. 25e box of Nature,.
times ast much: frir tahA
lancevo r; en
Remedy OM Tablets), co-
ntvaiudiryseolornoughst thoetasytoutw, eranutysti
gtve You prompt relief and sat-
isfactory benedtl or Coat 370u1
AntINature' Remedy id limi only;
for the relief of rhetnatistnIt line
proves digestio tones the liver, rinse
ulates kidney add bovia -notion, Int.
Rfietimatism,--due to twine interferdi 'whole system. Yon% feel like a newt
proves the blood and cleanses the
mice with, the process of elimination; person when you've taken Nit Tablets
failure to get rid of Certain body a week. Yo've tried the expensive
poione-cannot be elcuected to yieltl znedloines and doctors, now ntake the
to any moilicine that fails to correct real tet. Toteil get results this tita./
th eanlitiort responsible for it. Could Nture's Remedy (NA. Tabets) _le
any rnits.nable person expeet to rid- sold, guaranteed and reeonunonded DX
,14. • . 'f' . f ".- ,itritio pain as long as your dugg1t,
J. WALTON. Ma( I BBON, Druggist,Winghan;
Poor •digestion and. assirniIa.
tient means failure to derive
lull nourishment front food and
that in turn often means im-
Poverished blood, weakness.,
manila, etc. Poet* elimination
,moans an " accUmulation of waste
matter whih, poisons the body', lowers
vitality, decreases the pewer of re.
al:Armco to disease and leads to the
development of Many serious ills.
kinqikowTh Feel Right
et a 2se
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