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AE Scribblers, etc, for the ; Pratt' s Egg Producer for the Hens. Moir's and Martha Jane Chocolates ©" MORRISON'S ~ DRUG STORE ENNEENEREE FRENCH IVORY * Bren Tony gradealy roving, 548 4 ~ It's the one gift on all occasions. that - meets with response from every recipient. 3 Jewelry and Watch Repairs promptly o So 2 5 done. . our 5 JAS. McKEE i Jeweller and Stationer * The eapest ws; to buy your rp by bulk. We 7 jhe cheap good Bee Hive brand at 71% cents per Ib. This is the cheapest dessert you can buy. Bring your OWN P digg; and we will bo pleased to fill it for you. An advance in price is expected, so buy while it is : Try a pound of our Special Blend Tea. It is fine. ~~ Now is the Time : our hens working for you while eggs are selling h price. In order todo this you must feed m the proper kind of feed--Blatchford's Fill-the- ~ Bas Egg fash gives fine results. We have it: also Oyster and grit, which are both necessary if you "8 | than ever before, and they mst | be reckoned with. [not rise to distinction today by F the last decade, and there is an B | to get the smallest sort of a Fi1 the boy was thinking of as it | was the future--the prospect 6f || some day getting a more suit- | sal " labor and to wait." ll | wants || mature man leaves off-he wants | to begin at the top. il | experience is against -it. J! 1argely on threé factors: ability, | opportunity are fixed quantities {| But it is for us, alone, to deter- 8 | mine what amount of applica- @| ity and opportunity. B| sarily the outburst of what men B | kind of application shown by 8 kind of applicatéen may be ex- §| pressed by the word 'push.' "life are more prono A man can- mediocre ability. or indifferent apblication. He must key him- Self up to the requirements in' order to succeed--he cannot blunder on to success. - Neither can the most brilliant young i man achieve permanent success without application. = In fact, t staking effort counts for much more than mere brilliancy. Conditions have changed in entirely different order of things in our social and economit fab- ric. Time was when the young man considered it a great favor hto get a situation of any kind-- start. He often worked for al- most nothing to begin with-- lanything to get that coveted job. It was not so much the present able situation and a better ary. He was willing "to Now this is pghanged. To-day thé boy to start in just where the all It cannot be done--all human Occa- sionally we find an old head on Our success in life depends opportunity and application. Of these the first two, ability and ang largely beyond our control. tion we shall join with our abil- Genuine success is not neces- call genius, but rather the result of continual, patient, common- place toil. "The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their compan- ions slept, Were toiling, upward in the night." However, there is a certain great men which seem neces- sary to lift them to the top. d'his en- "Push" is the persevering | Brains and brawn mixed will be the best foundation for suc- « There is coming back into esome a in the old time "hag 'that to gain lives a w the living | art or music; nor should he be each- | ignorant of the y--more ap- presumption, ien | more devotion fo duty and less watching the clock. here is nothing more pernicious in the business world than that "habit of watching the tlock--nothing more demoralizing. ~ It is ac- countable for the failure of countless numbers of men and women. ¢ Years ago in Chicagd a boy got a job in a big publishing house. -He was always at the office a little before the opening hour. He went quickly about his work as soon as he arrived, and he gradually came earlier and earlier. He invariably found something to do--a boy always can if he looks for it. One morn- ing his employer arrived at the office" much before his usual hour. He found the boy busy at something, and asked him if he was in the habit of getting down that early. The boy said, "Usually, sir," and went on with his work. "But" said the em- i ployer, = this is before our office ours, and the regular work of the day has not begun. What do you find to do?' "There is always something to do," re- marked the boy, and that was the end of the conversation, But the boy soon got a promo- tion, and then he .got another, and anGther, and one day he was made a member of the firm, and finally branched out in a busi-. ness of his own, and made an immense success of it. It is the old, old story, so often told. And yet, why is it that more boys cannot learn it? There are numberless jobs of this man, i 3 est, painstaking plodder. 8 worth the money or he woul not be paid that amount. Je was hired by level headed busi- ness men. He is not an old man, and yet that job did not come to him without experience on his part. Such jobs do not rain down from heaven--they come only atter years of plodding, painstaking eftort. The first remark that will be made by the reader is that jobs of that kind do not come along every day. Of course not, but there dre more jobs like that than ever before, and the significant thing is that there are not enough men of the right stamp te fill all the big jobs that aré waiting for them. In the professions there is occasional complaint of over- crowding. This may seem true for a brief period under certain conditions, but there is no real overcrowding. There are more opportunities in dentistry today than ever before--a vider de- mand for dental service. More men are succeeding in dentistry, and more men will succeed, the only stipulation being that they are the right kind of men, and employ the right methods. Many men have gone off at a tangent and failed, and many will in the future. The one supreme essential to success is in this as in every other pursuit is to follow the fundamental virtues. The farther we get away from,them the more cer- tain will be our failure, the closer we cling to them the more assuredly will we succeed. This is the lesson for every young that character going begging to-day--more of them than even before--and rewards are great- ergy which drives men on) through the crowded thorough-! fares of life until they reach a desired goal. "Push" led Co- lumbus from out the Spanish hills across the Western waves; In his journal day by day he wrote these simple but sublime words: "This day we sailed westward which was our course. History is full of such examples. By this samc energy Knox brought about the reformation in Scotland; the Wesleys re- generated religious life in Eng- Jand; and David Livingstone carried civilization to the heart of Africa. But few of the great men of whom we read were naturally endowed with exceptional tal- ents or blessed with unusual op- portunities. It was by faith- fully applying themselves that they increased their abilities and prepared for future oppor- tunities until they accomplished something which made their names immortal. Only a few men's names however, can be "Comment by the Editor. job has been overcrowded, and is still being overcrowded. The need is for intelligent producing workmen, skilled in their particular line, and broad visioned enough to make good citizens. There is no reason wh a earpenter, or a blacksmit ul unable to appreciate interests and of citizenship, or unfit emocracy is to go on de- Thee 'its own course, the tizen must be educa work, man, and if he learns it he will not suffer from lack of oppor- tunities. died "SUCCESS IN LIFE" gi Address by Ralph Wallace at-the High School-Commencement Exercises: immortalized. History cannot record' all successful lives and noble deeds. But an immortal name is not a necessity to true greatness. Among the pioneers of Canada were some of the most noble souls that ever lived. The names of many are forgot- ten but the fruits of their labors remain. "Let not . ambition mock their useful toil." ~ And 80, we reach an encouraging con- clusion. Success does not mean that we must have our name® emblazoned on the roll of fame as a Lincoln or a Gladstone. We cannot all be Lincolns or Glad- stones but we can have their spotless character and can do some good in our humble way. The good we do makes life worth living. "If I can stop one breaking, I shall not live in vain, If I can ease one life the aching Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin into i its nest again, I shall not live in vain." heart f rom WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES? schools to learn the arts of lay- ing bricks, plastering, metal work, or any of the hundred other occupations in which skill- ed work is required. These men are realizing that at forty or fifty they are liable at any time to be told that their services are no longer required.' They have to k of living which their-salaries do not warrant, while at any mo- ment their means of living may be cut off by the appearance of some smart looking young fel- ted | low, who can do their work at a lower figure. Everything should be done to encourage the development of und men, who can both up a standard | Ra x s : STANDARD BANK Port Perry Branch, - H. G. Hutcheson, Manager --_-- PRESENTATION OF PRIZES AND - DIPLOMAS AT THE PORT PERRY HIGH SCHOOL" == A pleasing program was given by the students of the High PRAGOUB LG: NO School at the annual "'Commencement" Exercises held in the Town Hall on Friday evening of last week. These exercises were delayed in the new arrangement by which tne presenta- tion of prizes is now to be made on an evening distinct from the annual entertainment at the time of the Christmas Fair, A noteworthy feature of this program was the addrces by Ralph Wallace, the winner of the gold medal presented by the Board of Education to the winner of the first placein the High School Entrance Examinations. That address appears on this page. ; In addition to the program, which appears herewith, Mr. Victor Stouffer gave two much appreciated violin solos. The net proceeds of the entertainment amounted to $24.00 --which sum was donated to the Skating Rink. PROGRAM - Piano Solo +i 43 Sarah Armstrong Chairman's Remarks Mr. S. Farmer, Folk Dances Sailors' Hornpipe, Irish Jig Speech :: * 4 Piano Solo Pleasures of Spring Recitation J Physical Exercises 3 Reading 'The Land Where Presentations-- Chairman of Board of Education Twelve Girls Ralph Wallace ry Hill 3: 3 Seven Boys the Mince Pie Grows' High School Sports » Girls, senior, Sarah Armstrong, (Shield donated and presented by Mrs. I. R. Bentley, Honorary President of the Girls' Athletic Association.) Girls, junior, Gwendolen Ettey, (Medal donated and presented by Mr. S. Farmer.) Boys, senior, John Raines, (Medal donated and presented b Mr. M. Letcher, Hon. President of Boys' Athletic Assoc. Boys, junior, John Allin, (Medal donated by the High School Athletic Association.) . Art Three prizes donated by Miss L. M. Harris--1, Louise Car- negie; 2, Myrtle Wallace ; 3, Marion Goode. " Household Science Four prizes donated by Port Perry W. C. T. U.-- Form I1--1, Marguerite Jackson ; 2, Dorothy Stephenson. Form<--1, Mabel Harbron; 2; Norene Cawker. Agriculture Four prizes donated by Mr. Follick-- Vegetable Plot-1, Vivien McKercher; 2, Grant McMillan Flower Plot-1, Mabel Harbron; 2, Sadie Hortop The Art, Household Science and Agriculture prizes presented by Mrs. Farmer, President of W. C. T. U. High School Entrance Three prizes donated by the Port Perry Board of Education-- 1, Ralph Wallace, (gold medal), Saintfield Public School, Miss W. E. Darke, Teacher. 2, Marian Farmer, Port Perry Public School, Mr. T. W. McLean, Teacher: . : 3, Robt. J. Brown, Saintfield Public School, Miss Datke, Teacher. Diplomas From the Department of Education, Toronto--Arthur Brock, John Brock, Jas. Carnegie, Alpha Crosier, Percy Malcolm, Florence Mclaughlin, Lewis McLean, Jas. Michie. Orval Switzer, Alymer Tennyson. Entrance Ptizes and Diplomas presented by Mrs. F. W. Brock. . Dumb Bell Exercises Lh ti Nine Girls . Piano Duet Over Hill and Dale Marguerite Doubt Grace Rundle . Folk Dances Tarantella, Dutch Dance . The Train to Mauro 4 ¥ ese) () (pres SNOW BOUND Three days last week without Globe or Mail, But plenty of food for the dinner pail, The snow piled high, and the snow-plow, too, What a pickle we're in till the train comes through. We grumble and growl 'bout the "Nip-and-Tuck," But that old train brings the best of luck-- Carries our mail and express each day, Takes us to town when we want to be gay. Year by year it has borne our loads, When snow has covered our lovely roads; And spite of the auto it has done its work Hauling in freight with never a shirk. Here's good luck to old "Nip-and-Tuck," Faithful in spite of the motor truck; » With pennies but scanty, and kind words few, ~ We're lost to the world till the train comes It has carried the brides of a bright June day, And froli children to their picnics gay, in It has climbed the steep grades, and wound in and out, Nothing turns up its patience to rout. IE Gor Year by year its loads come and go, i 5 Some of much } ness and some of _ It links us to those in the big wor And w s our vision when Twelve Girls Three Students - Mrs. Bentley