OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER § THE he (Established 1671) every afternoon An cen Buniags ue published n - Canada, Limited Chas. M. Mundy, Presiden H Company, A. R. Alloway, Seere The Oshawa Daily Times is a tnember of the Oana dian Press, the Canadian Dally Newspapers' As sociation, The Untario Provincial Dailies and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier: 10c a week. By mall: in the Counties of Ontario, Durham and North $3.00 a year; elsewhere in Canada, $4.00 a year; United States, $5.00 a year. TORONTO OFFICE: 407 Bond Building, 66 Pemperance Street, Telephone Adelaide 0107. H. D., Tresidder, representative, REPRESENTATIVES IN US. Powers and Stone, Inc, New York and Chicago SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1928 ORGANIZED CRIME It is time for law abiding society to or- ganize to combat organized crime, in the opinion of Judge Kavanagh who has written a book based upon his 83 years' experience as judge of a criminal court in Chicago, His opinion is backed up by other good authori« ties who call attention to the fact that or- ganized gangs of criminals are operating in many cities and states under protection from corrupt officials, and even courts, An aroused and united public "opinion backing up the officers of the law, would put a stop to this practice, but until such an organized effort is made crime will con- tinue to be about the safest form of activ- ity in which any one may engage, if proper precautions are taken, Judge Kavanagh calls attention to the fact that less than 25 per cent of the murders committed in Chi- cago during the past ten years have been followed by the execution of the guilty par. ties, and less than 50 per cent of the murs derers have ever been convicted, HISTORY IN THE MAKING That there are sermons in stones and books in the running brooks has long heen an article of literary faith, but only now is there complete realization of the truth of the statement that the archaeologist of a far-off tomorrow will seek his treasures in the advertisements of today. It was Anatole France who said that ad- vertisements are the modern historian's best materials, The catalog, newspaper ads, the magazine unrolls before one as luminous- ly as a film on the screen the development of the times, The saga of the customs, clothes, implements and playthings of today will be faithfully depicted in these advertisements excavated some thousands of years hence, The story of human progress during the past century and a half is unfolded to those who delve into the advertising mediums of the period. Style changes from the hoopskirt and hustle of the '70s ta the knee-length skirt of today are shown. Development of the electrical age, the telephone, electric light, phonograph, player-piano and radio; progress of locomotion from the high-wheel- ed bicycle to the automobile; the safety razor and the farm tractor, all are shown in illustrations and detailed descriptions, There is no better textbook of near-an- cient history than the advertisements, but for the study of current history they are even more invaluable, Millions of women every day study the current history of fash- ion in newspaper advertisements, and mil- lions of both sexes follow in the same place the contemporary development of the auto- mobile, furniture, radio and every other marketable product. A GOOD RESOLUTION What would happen if an employe of bank should tell its patrons to do their bank- ing business elsewhere, or if a salesman in a store should whisper to the customers that prices were lower and quality higher at an- other mercantile establishment? In either ' case the disloyal employe would lose his job and the respect of all. But isn't the citizen who trades out of town just as disloyal to his home town as the employe who deprives his employer of business ? Those who buy by mail or go away to shop are telling the patrons of their town that they could do better elsewhere. They take away from the home town merchants not only their own business but that of others. Like bargain-hunting and window-shop- ping, buying at home, with practice, becomes a good habit just as out-of-town trading grows upon one as 2 bad habit. And it is feared that most mail order and other for- eign buying is from force of habit rather than from any hope of profit or gain in satis- Times: 1 1 2 : 4 £ i ® it : qT 7 I While the Bible is still the world's best seller by far, there is one class of people who find it difficult to secure a copy of this book that they can comprehend. This class in- cludes about 100,000 blind people of all ages, who can only read the specially printed vol. umes in raised letters. Because of the space taken by the letters, Bibles for the blind must be printed in many volumes, 20 to 80, and the cost is necessar- ily greater, The American Bible Society which prints and sells Bibles all over the world in more than 100 languages, is en- deavoring to supply the needs of the blind of all races, but many of them are unable to pay for these expensive volumes, The raised letter edition is being issued in no less than 18 different languages. In many cases the Bible is the only book which blind people have ever read and cases are reported where they have learned the entire volume from Genesis to Revelations and can repeat it word for word, EDITORIAL NOTES Take pains with your work or you will get pains out of it, Most of the worry about posterity lacks the stamp of sincerity, A native is one who feels privileged to butcher his own language. When a man leaves his wife she hasn't lost half so much as she thinks she has, Jealousy is a green-eyed monster, but it may turn one or both of your eyes black, When denying yourself some pleasure, be sure you gain at least as much as you lose, The joy of doing something for yourself is doubled if you know someone else wants you to do it, If ancestors know what pride they in- spire, there must be a lot of astonishment on the other side, Work hard and save your money so your children won't have the troubles which made a man of you, Bit of Verse THE PILGRIM WAY But once I pass this way, And then--no more, " But once, and then the Silent Door - Swings on its hinges-- Opens , , . , closes-- And no more I pass this way. So while I may, With all my might, I will essay Sweet comfort and delight To all I meet up the Pilgrim Way, For no man travels twice The Great Highway That climbs through Darkness up to light-- Through night To day, ~--John Oxenham THE COLOURED HOURS Gray hours have cities, Green hours have rhymes Of heart grown loving In old summertimes, But the white hours have only A cloud in the sky And 2 star, bright and lonely, To remember them by. Gold hours have laughter, Red hours have song Drawn from lost fountains Of beauty and wrong. But the white hours, O, tender As rose-flakes they lie, With youth's fallen splendour To remember them by. ~Marjorie Pickthel -- It seems as though the only way some people have of getting their names in the paper is to say they have seen the All tie fiers. Memories Parson Dudley--* Deacon Smith, will you lead in prayer?" Deacon Smith-- (awakening from a sound sleep)--'Lead youreelf: 1 just dealt, . . Thomas A. Edison has been awarded a prise for cocoanut grow- ing. It wouldn't be out of place to hang a few medals on him for cocoanut using. ~--Pickering News. es * 0 One sure way to turn peos ple's heads--Re late for church, 'Boy handed nickel reward for finding wallet holding $60--head- line. If the donor was a Scoteh- man, we give him credit, if anyone else, we wonder why he was so open hearted. #% L] Tis true and yet-- This truth is known to man and wife, To pocker players in thelr strife A law of poker----and of life: A full house heats a pair! Let quiet, childless homes rejoice At their sedate and stupid choice; There's musie in a gy young voice; A full house heats a pair! No peace and calm can quite make up Yor a jolly erowd drawn close to sup, For the precious family lov. ing cup. A full house bests a pair! Not meaning to dispute all that, at, Or harbor lis against the cat, But did you ever love the rat? A full house beats 8 pair! LE "Syndicate plans 36-hour Atlan tie Alrplane service' '--headline. To what avail is the merchants' slogan "Buy in Oshawa?" Boon we'll be running over to England and France to spend the day, or to indulge In Mle gossip, [] LJ Would you believe it? [J] LJ LJ Crisp Comment A woman never forgives a thrust at herself through the object of her aftections.--Detroit News, "How was the new play?" "A- musing to listen to, but improper to talk about."--Washington Star. An Jows carpenter has four sets of twins, Just trying to build a | little tamily, -- Kingston Whig- Standard. One reason & woman can't keep secrets is because she doesn't know what to do with them. -- Chicago Daily News, By Renrut. |' mAs You Ravens Gor Chicago Daily WS I{'s usually the thing you have- n't got that would seem to make Mfe worth living. DISCIPLINE vs. JAZZ (Guelph Mercury) The discipline of the British Navy stands. The little things such as jazz er its absence from dances do not really amount to much. FROM THE BENCH TO THE BIN (Brantford Expositor) on age. uld, of Hamilton, has the bench in order to head a fuel company. It is evi- dently in his nature to make things hot for somebody. ¥ BELIEVE IT (Peterhora Examiner) President Coolidge once more de- clares that he is not a candidate. He has to say so about as often as Mr. Hanna has to deny that he is Tossing from the Liquor Control ard, . IN GOLF TERMS (Louisville Courier-Journal) "Now, John, this will be an eight or nine course dinner. Cut your food with your knife, then employ your fork. There are spoons--"' "I get you, Don't use your mid- fron all around the course." A GREAT SLAUGHTER OF PIES (Willison's Monthly) Arthur Heming, newly arrived from the lumber camps, reported the total disappearance at one meal of seventy-five full-size pies. There were 101 men at dinner. Dyspep- ties, attention! Go to a timber limit. THE FARM LONGING (Kansas City Post) The weak side to the city man's longing. to live on a farm is the fact the longing is strongest in the spring, and he would like to have greatest desire to quit work of all kinds and spend the remainder of his days In idleness. For this rea son it looks as if his longing to own a farm has no connection whatever with farm work. He simply wishes to get away from town and do nothing, It js a farm residence he wants, and a farm spring,and he would like to have a beautiful field of wheat; hut he doesn't wish to work in the field, That is not his idea of heing a farmer. Possibly there are some few men in town who would really make good farmersh ut most of those who long for farm life at Passenger Cars Fours and Sixes prom$725 10 $2195 fob. Leaside, Ont. Taxes Extre this season are thinking of com- plete rest. ---- USES OF ROYALYY (Wi Post) Many Americans have the habit of speaking disparagingly of royal. ty and of what they regard as its futility and out-of-datedness; and, as an abstract principle, much, doubtless, might be sald im favor of that attitude. Still, it must be conceded that those peoples who have clung on to their emperors, kings and princes must be allowed to know what they are about and to see good reasons for the preser- vation of ancient monarchies and everything they imply. There is no doubt that the present Prince of Wales, for example, is a valu- able asset to the British Empire, as was his grandfather before him when he had the same title. DECIPHERED IT (Glasgow Herald) A young man was given a testi- monial so shockingly written that he was unable to decipher it. A friend suggested that he should take it to a chemist, for chemists are gkilled men, having spent long lives decoding what doctors call hand-writings. So the testimonial was handed to a chemist, "What do you make of that?" asked the young man. The chemist glanced over it for a moment and then disappeared behind a screen. There was a subdued tinkle of glasses for a couple of minutes and then he emerged. 'I think you will find that all right," he said hand- ing over a bottle, *Half-a-crown, please!" TEACHER WITH TACT (From the Collingwood Bulletin) Teachers with tact are a great asset, A case to illustrate comes from London, Ont., when in con- nection with the examinations re- cently held in the secondary schools of the city, the teachers are relat- ing a good story how one of thelr number unwittingly caught half a dozen of his pupils copying. While the students were writing one paper in the examination, this teacher noted one of the boys copying from the student ahead of him, This boy had always been honorable, so far as was known, and the teacher did not wish to take too drastic measures so he simply announced that he had found one - cheating and he re- quested this one, not naming him, to add the following line to his examination paper: "I have acted dishonestly and Y am very sorry and will not repeat w a new standard for automobiles You will After you have the fine the offence." "I would advise the pupil whe "Establishing a New Standard won, was copying to write this orhis paper," the teacher suggested. "I «now the pupil, and unless on- fession is made in this way, I¢i take further steps." HE Bank is an agent whose pd it is to make the market a thousand miles away as ac- cuible and profitable as the mar- k¢ which lies at your This Bank Maintains Branches thighout Canada and agents in evey commercial centre of the door. 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