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ce The shawa Baily Times Succeeding THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER (Established 1871) Au independent newspapet published query except afternoon TETRIS ti; A BR . Ui p ary. 2a 8 The Ushawa Laily Times 1a & member of the Late sociation, [he Dailies and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier: 0c a week. Hy mail: 1a the Counties of Untaris, Durham and Northumberland, a year; elsewhere in Canada, $4.00 a year; nited States, $56.00 a year. TORONTO OFFICE: 407 Bond Building, 66 lem Street, Telephone Adelaide 0107. H. D. Tresidder, representative, REPRESENTATIVES IN US. Powers and Stone, Inc. New York and Chicago SE : SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18 7 THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CAMPAIGN Oshawa is to have a live, aggressive, Chamber of Commerce, That conviction must have been deeply impressed upon all who were present at the rousing community dinner held last night, It is true that something more is needed than after-dinner speeches, however delight- ful and inspiring they may be, But that "something'" in the shape of earnest, self- sacrificing effort will undoubtedly be forth. coming at the right time, The representa- tives of the American City Bureau who are here for the purpose of assisting with the campaign can only go so far, After all the big effort for memberships and for a sustain- ing fund rests with the citizens of this com- munity who stand to benefit from the opera- tion of a Chamber of Commerce here, It is the people who have a stake in this city who must decide the issue. Whether that stake be a piece of real estate, a business or a job does not matter. All owe it to Oshawa to repay their native or adopted city in some small measure fer the good things received from it and the still better things which the future has in store, As speakers emphasized last night Osh- awa has a golden opportunity to capitalize at this time her wonderful growth, her ad- vantageous location, transportation facilities and so on and this can best be done through a modern Chamber of Commerce, Also pub- lic sentiment can be trained and focused slong right lines, thus avoiding the kind of mistakes that have been made in the past through lack of such co-ordination of public sentiment, as instanced by the Chairman Jast night, The conservation of and build- ing up or existing indusiries as well as the guest for new inaustries is another valuable function of Chamber of Commerce work, Under suc.. able and distinguished leader- ship as that furnished by the General Chair- man, Mr, G. W, McLaughlin, and. the en- thusiastic support of scores of citizens the Chamber of Commerce campaign should meet with the unqualified success it de- serves, The objeciives -- both monetary and membership--will be more than attain. ed if every citizen does his or her part in making the campaign a success. ASQUITH, GREAT BRITON The political career of Herbert Henry As- quith, Earl of Oxiord, whose death occurred this week, illustrates the distinction fre- quently drawn hetween the statesman and the politician, His forty years in politics were dedicated to serving his country and his countrymen, He never used political power to further per- sonal ambitions and promote = private for- tunes, The politician sacrifices everything for the good of self, The statesman sacri- fices self for the good of his country, Lord Asquith was a staiesman, As one looks back and calmly and fairly turns over the situation in England in 1916, one comes to the conclusion that war hy- steria and not government failure caused the the criticism of the conduct of the war by public dissatisfaction which induced Asquith to resign as premier, to be succeeded by David Lloyd George. Doubtlessly much of the Asquith government originated with the Coalition party which saw an opportunity to seize control of the government, Though always of the nobility in culture and in material wealth, his concern was ever for the unforiunate. His arbitration of the cabmen's strike in 1903 and his old age pen- sion law and law stripping the House of Lords of the veto power over the Commons were among the things that showed the masses they could count on him when they most needed a champion, The world did not wait until his death to honor Herbert Asquith, And the greatest honor imposed upon him was not his eleva- tion to the peerage in 1925. What greater honor could mortal man desire than to enjoy the confidence of his fellowmen almost with- out interruption for four decades? THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, ... Ea ------ present receiving equipment. for adequate service to every community-- in cities through a local station, in isolated rural communities through a national sta. tion. In addition it does not do away with the thrill of "fishing for distance," which has come to be an outstanding national pas. time, If this plan is opposed, it will be on the ground that it necessitates a decrease in the number of stations, In this the public is not interested, for only uy forcing the with- drawal of certain stations from the air can satisfactory radio service be established, This plan would permit full-time operation by 800 stations utilizing power up to 500 watts, and reduced power or time-sharing would increase the number without creating interference. And there would still remain sufficient channels for sixty four stations do- ing national broadcasting, OWNING YOUR HOME Folks who some years ago bought houses and settled down to live in them, made an exceedingly lucky stroke. A lot of these folks are now getting their living quarters at a rate far below what the average renter is paying. They might not be able to build a new house for less than double what their home cost them, The favorable result of a good investment in real estate should be considered by every family that is ambitious to acquire an in- dependent position, There may not be so much chance in future years to make money by the advance in value of a home that one owns, Still, in a general way, the people who own their own dwellings come out rather better than those who pay rent, When you hire another man's house, a part of the rent is in the nature of compen- sation paid to the owner to look after the property, The occupant might just as well care for it himself and avoid having to pay this charge. EDITORIAL NOTES Thousands of men can advise the farmer. They live in cities, The trouble with running around all the time is you go in a circle, The honeymoon is over the first time he addresses her as "old girl," A popular indoor pastime is to work at making the pay envelope stretch. It is only in real life that the would-be hero gets the knock-out blow, | Bit of Verse PERFUMES Roses in an old-world garden Fair and far away, Sweet-pea and Syringa walks, Hollyhocks so gay. I never see a soft, green lawn Or scent a full-blown rose But my heart goes back to England, And a dear, old garden close. Jasmine gives me Aden back, Incense brings Port Said. Dust and sun, the naked veldt; And rifles spitting lead. Tang of tar wakes in my breast Storm-defying ships: Southern seas in touch of salt To nostrils and to lips. And though all bring memories One holds a spot apart, Sacred in its loveliness, Cornered in my heart. Sweet-pea and Syringa walks, Hollyhocks so gay, Roses and an old-world garden Oh, so far away. ~Edmund Leamy. What Others Say FATAL SPEED (Letter In New York Telegram) I leave the United States om Monday, February 6. I leave wmis country lamed for life, the comse- uence of being struck down three bs . than twelve months automo on the of Chicago. I leave you, with the greatest he tyrannical pow- ich . killing Unit- e of autowo- biles capable of attaining a speed dangerous to human life. BERTRAND SHADWELL Los Angeles, Cal., Feb, 4. THE DUEL IN MODERN DRESS (From the New York Herald-Tri- bune) Violent transitions are bad for the body politic. We had occasion a while ago, when an exasperated bookkeeper in @& broker's office shot two of his mates who had been teasing , to deplore the complete lapse™of the code duello. "Honor" today, to be sure, 18 no longer 'considered a matter of life and death, and to pretend the con- trary is to mount Rosinante and charge a windmill. But it is still cherished in the normal bosom and deserves some socially recognized ritual of defense and vindication, if only to avert such cowardly and vindictive crimes as the one refer- red to, In other words, there should be adopted some modifica- tion of the code in keeping with present standards. It happens that two Frenchmen have lately pointed the way in this respect. One, a prominent resident of Paris, considered that he had been held up to ridicule in a local revue, He challenged the author to combat. They agreed op eizht- ounce gloves as more appropriate to the occasion than swords or pis- tols, hut in other words carried {out the traditional formalities of the duel. They appointed secouus, who arranged time and place and procedure, They met at a nelgh- boring gymnasium with a few of their intimate friends, summone. by invitation, and for five rounds of two minutes each, as stipulated, they swung on each other, At the end the challenger, his own fare streaming with blood, pointed to the slight erimson stain on his on- ponent's lips and erclaimed: "My honor is washed!" Whereunon thev embraced each other and shook hands. With the exception of the rhetor. fe and the embrace, we would urge this performance as a model for Americans In like cases. There should he, of course, a choice of non-lethe]l weanons other then gloves, esnecially for those il] matched physically and we wonld dirigible a chance to show what it can do. Now You Tell One A man was showing his collection of East African trophies to a girl friend. Among them was a fine buf falo head. "I had the deuce of a time with that buffalo," said the man. "Never had such a morning in my life. I shot it in my pyjamas. "Heavens!" gasped the girl. "How Tai it get into them?" A clever foreign pianist had been engaged as accompanist to an ama teur singer, whose ambitions were higher than her technique. The lady had been flat nearly all through her songs, and at last the pianist lost his temper, "Madam," he said politely, "it 1s of no use, I gif up der chob. I blay der black keys, I blay der white keys, and always you sing in der cracks." Farmer: "Thought you said you had ploughed the ten-acre field? Ploughman: "No, I only 'said I was thinking about ploughing it." "Oh, I see, you've merely turned it over in your mind." Mrs. Bridey (at 1 am): "Oh, Jack, wake up! I can just feel there's a mouse in the room." Hus- band (drowsily)--"Well, just feel there's a cat, too, and go to sleep." Golf is said to have had a marked effect in promoting early rising. At the height of the season a golfer has to be up at sunrise in order to get down to the office in time to leave. I have a car. It never breaks down. It never skids. It never gets a puncture. It never gives me bother steep grades. It never gets overheated. It has never got me into a col- lision or an accident of any kind gince T got fit. I wish to goodness I could start it. up "Darling," he said, "I must tell you, and you must believe, that I have never loved anyone but you, that you are the only woman in the world for me, and that you are the first girl T have ever kissed. You believe me, don't you darling?' and he gazed into her luminous brown eyes for his answer. He grapsed her hands in his, "You must believe me!" he cried. She hesitated, and then, nestling her head on his shoulder, whispered, "Yes, I believe every word you say. I love you as I have never loved be- fore. I have never cared for a man until now; you are the strongest, the bravest, the best, the most perfect man in the world. You believe me, too, don't you, sweetheart?" And why shouldn't they believe each other, for she was Eve and he was Adam, even favor sanctioning under the TRANS-ATIANTIC AIRSHIP LINE (From the Detroit Free Press) While aeronautical evperts ho" out hope that heavier-than-ni~ craft eventually will gnalify for regular trans-oceanic flying, ad mittedly much remains to be done before a serious experiment in this direction can be undertaken with anything lite a resonable expectation of success. But m2an- while believers in the li~hter-than- alr dirigible seem determined to have an inning, and this with ar attemnt to establish a passenuer and m~!] servi~e between Eng'and and the United Strtes. At the outset the service wi" be a British enterprise. Oniy af- ter its fersibility has been deman- strated will Americans be invited to join in its continuance an! ex- pension. For the present, ite sponsors are to be content with one airsh'p, the R-100, now in process of construction in Eng- land, desi"ned to carry 100 pace sengers apd 10 tons of meil, with 8 tentative schedule calline for » 48-hour westward run and a 28- hour return trip. America is keenly interested i» this possibility of ranfd alr enor» mun'cation with Enelend, ard it is pleasant to learn that the British beckers of the scheme have ob- tained a promise of rco-2peration from the Federal authorities at Washinton, such as the use of the naval a'r stotion mooring mrast at Takehurst, New Jersey. As a fur- ther inducement the post office de- partment intends to comsider their request for an air mail contract at a premium postage rate, such as is accorded in contracts fcr overland air mail services at home. Secretary of Commerce Hoover. with whom the Britishers have been me~otiating for the necessary facil'*ice, geems to have firm felin 'n the proje~t, and this alone is a v~lvable recommendation. In- sofr~ ~: the future of the plan must 7 nend upon ponular natron age. the nublie naturally will want to be "shown" before giving its full confidence and support. On the whole, long-distance dirigih'e flying has yet to prove itself to the average layman's mind. as much at least as long-distance air- plane flyinz. The Atlantic has been crossed by both types of air- craft, but both have balanced brilliant achievement with almost equally spectacular failure in am- pT ppp Ver Yr oy pants my fut and 2 Rt Suis 59 SoS. --7o FE: 7 OUR GOD 1S HERE--The Lord is nigh unto ell them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.--Psalm 145: 18. PRAYER--Closer art Thou, O Lord, than breathing, nearer than hands or feet. bitlous ventures of this kind. atl WHY YOU ARE OVERWEIGHT It would seem that this mat- ter of overweight is occupying the attention of many thousands of people at this time. As you know, some cases of overweight are not due to over- eating and under-exercising, but to a lack of glandular action in the body. Accordingly, some of our stout friend sare now taking thyroi ex- tract with the idea of trying to get rl o fthe surplus welght. However, it has been estimated by research men that in every 100 overweight individuals, over 80 percent can blame the condi- tion on overeating and underexer- cising. This leaves then about 20 percent who can blame the glan- dular system for their condition. Now how can you tell whether your overweight is due to lack of glandular action or to the over- eating and underexercising? individual has practically always been a little overweight for his age. He was likely a haby of good size, stout throughout child- hood, and quite at puberty. On the other hand, the other type does not get really heavy until in his late twenties, when he stops taking active exercise and settles away into his life's work. However, because it is hardly fair to have fault. test is made, which as you may re- member is the actual amount of work your body is doing when it is at perfect rest. weight the body should be doing so much work. then your thyroid gland is not manufacturing enough fluid If it |1s doing too much, then this gland is manufacturing too much thy- roid juice. What has this to do with ov- erweight? If your body tissues are doing | less than the normal amount of {work you would be justified in taking the thyroid extract under the direction of your physician, Remember then, that at least four out of every five cases of | overweight are due to overeating, j combined usually with under-exer- eclsing, Against that Day HE fabled years of ancient Egypt's fulness and famine-- the striking lessons found in other historic life processes facts and natural establish saving among the fundamental laws upon which Nature makes her sure in- dictments. Follow your natural nersonal instinet to "lay by in store" by add ments to a sav Standard Bank ing regular instal- ings account in the TABLISHED 1873 E. C. Manager, ile, Brooklin, N HODGINS Oshawa Branch " le, Post Parry, Whitby A.L. HUD CHICAGO BOARD OF NEW YORK PRODUCE OFFICES AT :~-- TORONTO, ONT, BUFFALO, N.Y. OSHAWA, ONT. SARNIA, ONT. OWEN SOUND, ONT. 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Office Phones 143 and 144 Where the gland is at fault, this | a real scientific test {s now being made as to which is the cause in any particular case, | to cut down on food and take a lot of exercise if your gland is at | Accordingly a basal metabolism ' In proportion to your size and | If it is doing less | DOLLAR DAYS Feb. 24--25 Exceptional SHOPPING OPPORTUNITIES Pink Pennants will be prominently displayed in all Dollar Day Stores. | SEE rT WEDNESDAY'S The Oshawa Daily Times | Pes Veicts will an- | nounce values in the Dollar Day Spe- ll cial issue of The Oshawa Daily Times | il that will astonish you, | 'Thousands of | Dollars will | be Saved by taking advantage of the hundreds of Big Bargains that will be offered on Dollar Days NEXT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY SEE | WEDNESDAY'S Oshawa Daily Times