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: v ¢ Pl eT A Ls TRedinC | $150 per year in advance ~~ 5 cents single copy Watch your label; it tells when your a subscription expires. 3 F351 Rison PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, 4 at Y STAR "FEBRUARY 15, 1934 s SAMUEL FARMER, Editor and Publisher - 2 Ct] oa 2 " 7 3) 4 hav vi . 3 Fr * - SHOULD KNOW | » (Condensed from Harper's Magazine 'and reprinted in Readers EE : Digest.) By Margaret Culkin Banning. ©. We expect so much of our children; more, I sometimes think, of : * our girls than of our boys. I have a daughter who is 17, and 1 i find that in the last six months I have expected her to know how! 3 to do these varied things: a iE paki Ha Pass College Board examinations in Chemistry, French and S Latin dss : 1s \ ' ] - Decide on her preferences among further studies with a view ] ultimately to earning her own living. Meet a great many strangers pleasantly. tg i Handle her own personal expenses on a small allowance. ei Play golf and tennis, one in competition of tournaments. Dance well. : whom she has no interest. - Read intelligently such books as "The Imitation of Chast, Emily Dickinson's "Poems", Kay Boyle's "First Lover", and Wil- liam Faulkner's "Light in August." ; ; Do the marketing for a country cottage and keep the bills within a stipulated monthly amount. i : Select several evening dresses, with the understanding that each must cost less than $20, and keep on hand the right kind of clothes for her sports and activities. Refrain from drinking without being a prig. Prevent the boys "who took her out", from indulging in neck- "ing night, no matter how late it happens to be. _ Be agreeable to her relatives, and 'to those family friends in Drive a car without accidents, wash it, and change a tire. Swim... jens oo j §; Keep some of the day for herself. : , It sounds as if I got my ideas of parenthood from Simon Legree. I am slightly ashamed of that list because there. are many things on it that I myself cannot do. Nor did she succeed in achieving perfection, as a crumpled fender, an irritated aunt, and various other things proved. None the less that is what I ex- pected of my daughter: I do not want to eross anything off that ~~ list, and I shall probably find myself lengthening it. . Yi i x). {EAR ! yond prophecy. a girl should know how to earn her living, of course. - ference between shoulder, rib, and loin lamb chops. SIE Her 'equipment must be diversified because her future is be- pa T Want her to know the things that will stand her in good stead if she. is poor; or if she is rich; if the state is Communist or Republican; if she is happily married, divorced, or ob fin a/bank in New York. now of only one way to approach the roblem. Goblin ban ; if she builds herself a cottage in Carolina or has a Tt is true "that I cannot foretell what her individual life will be, but I can "see into what divisions her duties must inevitably fall. She will have a business life of some sort, even if it is limited to paying her bills or shopping on credit. She will have a domestic life al- 2° most certainly, for domestic life persists even in strange new forms. She will have many social dealings with men and women. |" She will have personal relations with herself.: For these four ® things I want, by. hook or crook, by play or work, to fit her. When I say business dealings I do not mean a job. I think But it may "not be necessary for her to earn money continually. The sense of earning, however, the personal confidence it gives a girl, the - awareness that her ability has a market value, is immeasurably valuable, That knowledge keeps a girl-from all sorts of secret -discontents and fears. If she.marries, it is apt to make her re- "lations with her husband truer and freer, because, while she may quite properly be living on his ificome, she is not in terror lest he lose it or tire of her. . ~~ = - : When my daugliter finishes her schooling she will, I think, | "have found a way to earn her living. . But if not I shall send her to a business college for a few months and then expect her to find a job. Any job, just as a boy would have to-do. I would not let > her stumble about, among parties and households, until she is 30 and then discover that her education had gone stale and that she had no method of earning except badgering her friends to buy "trinkets or luxuries because of friendship. : 1 "The 'world is full of charming, dishonest women who cheat |. 'because husbands, fathers, and shopkeepers wink at the notion ~ that women always spend more than they should. - Women can be just as charming-if they are honest. That is why my daughter . must be responsible about her spending money. That is why when, on the 28th of July, she has 13 cents and no gasoline in her Ford, she has to get,along on foot until the first of August. It gets down to this: a girl should know how to handle what money she has, whetheér'it is five dollars or a half million. The girl who "says, "I could't possibly afford it! But it was so adorable that I "just had to have it," has not been taught how_to spend. \ It seems to me beyond question that a girl should know some-. "thing about domestic life and: household management. - Here I 'run wild with 'preferences. "I would rather have a girl know how to clean a sink than make a lemon pie. I have insisted that she know how many pounds of peas to buy for six people and at, what season to buy melons and avoid grapes, as well as the dif- : I want her to know how to make good coffee, good tea, broil a chop, make a salad, and put a meal on the table without getting breathless. But beyond that I leave knowledge about cookery to the pressure and temptation .of her future circumstances. Who.knows what cookery will be necessary in the future? ; £: : I believe that a girl should know how to take a temperature and care for a minor illness or accident. She should know how to make a bed. Few do. I think she should know that there is no peace of mind.in a confused or disorderly room, She should know how to arrange flowers and make something charming out of six miserable calendulas if necessary. And she should know how to "ret along with her family. In every family the effort at harmony "must start somewhere, and 'men and boys succumb more easily to business moods or bad golf scores or boils. A girl should know + how to apepar cheerful when she is not'cheerfiil and look serene at the table when she is troubled. It is part of her woman's job. /~ The normal girl does not even want to imagine a life in which men play no part. Therefore she should bé fortified by accom- : plishment for such relations. One begins with those social re- ations which lead to closer ones between individuals, and for these a knowledge of how to dress, how fo play games, how to dance, how to talk well, and conduct oneself in company are the Jnajor points, . It is Jory mucossary for a girl to know how to wear 'clothes to advantage. This includes a discovery of her own per- Vv _ gonality as expressed by her appearance. She should know that it is not necessary to be beautiful in order to be charming. She shold know that no well-dressed person thinks about her looks pllthetime, ar RT CSU Bs an A ! : i Leave the kitchen in order after impromptu entertaining at|' gis p= 5 "She must know how to use her voice, . The shrill clatter of some girls' voices definitely destroys their charm. "She should (know: how to dance. 'Dancing is essential to a girl's social con- fidence. She should swim; both for safety and: for pleasure. But after reaching this point I should let a girl choose her other sports. A girl who knows how to drive a golf ball a decent distance ox re- turn a serve well in. tennis, has a means of healthy 'development, and an opportunity to meet men in their sports, I think a girl should know how todo one such thing quite well. : ' One is not always engaged in sports, so there must be supple- mentary knowledge of 'general conduct. My first principle is that a girl should know how to keep herself from being "necked." For necking is utterly bad because it excites both girls and boys past the point proper for their ages and habits, and because it grad- ually debauches a girl who can only hope that her husband will be as successful a necker as other men she has known. I feel equally strong about drinking. I know of no valNd reason why a 'girl should know how to take a drink. It will d physical good. And it will steadily decrease her ability Jto a good time without a drink. : : i : But there are other things she must know in addition to all these. For men are going to disappoint her, and jobs and work can go terribly stale, Her domestic life is bound to be'interrupted and terrified by. illness and calamity sooner or later. Is she to have no preparation against such things? : * I think she should have it and can have it. In the first place, she should know how to read. I mean that she should know how to transfer the contents of a printed page to her mind, not ius* skim over a few columns of movie gossip. If possible she shoud be able to play the piaho; for if you are in trouble your radio will driye you mad but your piano will be your comfort. ] ~~ She must know how to be alone. Much of an'average woman"s life has lonely stretches in it, which will frighten her if she has not learned as a girl the pleasure of béing alone. If she has to run to.a woman's club or to the telephone to keep herself from solitude, she lacks. proper resource. So I think a girl should be taught that it is a pleasure to be alone, to have time for a solitary walk, for thought and for figuring out what every human being has to do before he is through, why he exists at all. If I am demanding, it is because 1 care so much. I know what a great burden is on the girl today; and for all her apparent nonchalance, she knows it too. She must carry all the new re- sponsibilities we can conjure up for her. If we had a safe, settled adult world to open to a gir], if we could promise her even a choice between a small job and a good man's love, it would be different. But we are so confused-ourselves that we cannot distinguish be- tween the basic and the temporary. = We know only this: that féw of the dangers girls ever faced have been destroyed and new ones have been added." - . - : : vid knew I should find myself adding to that list. - For there is 'another thing I must. not forget. 'She should know, no matter if she is cheated, no matter if she is thwarted; that quarrelling with men is self-destructive. --_-- RICH OR POOR? - © It is not altogether comforting to know that Canadians"and Americans have the largest per capita possession of machinery in the world--$23.00 worth. Britain follows with $11.00, and Ger- many $9.00. China's per capita possession of machinery is about 50c. Such, in brief, is a summary of one important phase of Mr. Comrie's speech before the Empire Club last Thursday. He gave these figures to show the wide diversity that exists in the various countries-of the world as to standards of living. Our problem is not production , if we are to judge by Euro- pean or Chinese standards, but distribution. How are we going to see that all human beings have a fair share of the necessities and comforts of life? , . ey This question will have to be answered, because -until it is answered there will always be the danger that some extreme measures will be produced. 2s : = This subject is not important in Canada, except -in so far as the conferring of titles is used for political reasons. Canadians are not concerned with titles as a- people. There. are of course, social climbers, and there are people, who belong to the four hundred or the upper ten; but it is not a national menace. Class distinction will always suffer from the influx of new and unex; pected. entries into the upper ranks. Very few of our people are content to live in "the station of life to which they have been called." = It must be added in fairness that we.do not suffer much from -snobbishness. It is generally conceded that people of merit recognize other people of merit no matter into what "class" birth may have thrust them. Nor do people of real merit make undue daimy for-themselves. : rig Titles are not, nor are they likely to be, our trouble. . Canada's difficulty is with her very rich and quite often un- titled sons, If we are making class distinction, the danger 'is that we are inclined to set up an aristocracy of wealth. Most of our trouble lies in the fact that large holdings of money give an undue advantage in business. Great mercantile concerns can do "mass buying" with the result that in almost every town in the Dominion small merchants are finding it in- creasingly difficult to do business. Good citizens and steady tax- payers are being forced out of business and are being replaced by absentee departmental store owners, whose profits leave the town, and whose tax rate is kept at the lowest possible figure. These concerns are not interested in town affairs; and their employees have but small time to devote to the responsibilities of citizenship. First, then in our aristocracy of wealth are the "massed" buyers who replace our individual merchants, and who, usually pay much less taxes in the towns than the merchants paid who ave been displaced. hn) Another class of financial aristocrats, are the speculators whose chief concern is the ticker. They have no responsibilities except those imposed upon them by chance. They have no concern in in- dustry except the concern of dividends. ~~ : , The suggestion has been made that a distinction be made be- tween working capital and purely speculative capital. The speculator does not willingly take any risk. He makes no personal effort to develop any particular business. The "bulls" and the "bears" provide the chances; and, if he is a shrewd manipulator, he makes use of them both to his profit. Regular business pays toll to him. Th 'some cages he has a perpetual revenue, and lives without apparent effort, cannot live that way. Someone must do the work and produce the: wealth. There ought to be a distinction in taxation between have 4 It is self-evident that all of humanity: these two types of capital--"working" and purely "speculative." | The Class of '76 To the Editor of Port Rerry Star; . In my letter of January 11th, I divided the students into three divi- sions--those living, those dead, and those in doubt. Well it seems' some of the dead "wont: stay- dead. Mrs, James Moore, (nee Carrie Abbs), Port Hope, assures me she is quite alive, that the "report was much eéxagge- rated", as Mark Twain once tele- graphed a reply fo a friend who made direct solicitous enquiry whether the report in the press of that day was correct in stating Mark Twain was dead. * When. writing you on this topic, I was not at all sure that I was correct, even after phoning two or three peo- ple in Toronto, who once attended the Port Perry High School, apd who themselves were not sure. I have a hazy recollection of reading an item in the news column of a Port. Perry paper regarding Miss Abbs. It must have referred to her wedding,--some- thing awful anyway. I wonder if any of your readers can tell me anything as to the where- abouts, or fate, of certain others of this class--Miss Louise Christian, Miss Jennie Crozier, Bob Benson, Joc Jewett, Mr. McDonald, Mr, Campbell? H, Blewell, 595 Dovercourt ®=Road, Torénto. Te rl MOTOR PERMITS ie LIMIT EXTENDED 1933 Licenses Deadline Set at March 31st by Macaulay . Toronto, Feb, 8--Hon. Leopold Ma- caulay, minister of. highways an- nounced 'yesterday that the time for the use of 1933 motor vehicle 'permits and drivers' licenses had been extend- ed to March 31," by Order-in-Council, In making the announcement of this extension of the period of grace, Mr. Macaulay said: "In view if the fact that the Winter has been par- ticularly severe and has put house- holders- and others under unusual ex- pense for extra fuel and clothing, I am convinced that to require motor- ists to procure their 1934 permits and licenses immediately might work some hardship. In addition, I feel that, with times growing brighter, it would be unwise to place any obstacle in the way of improvement or to handicap anyone who was striving to take ad- vantage of the better conditions. The additional two months will give those who might find immediate purchase of the necesasry license or permit a burden, an opportunity to ease? the strain-by accumulating the necessary sum more slowly. A birthday party was held at the home of Mr. and J. Brown, at 96 Glen- lake Ave., Toronto, in honour of the latter's mother, Mrs. J. Rogers, who celebrated her 92nd birthday. Mrs. Rogers was born in the town of North- ill, Cornwall, England, in 1842, and came to.Canada in 1870, and settled lin the village of Prince Albert, for ten years, and later »moved to Sea- | grave. She now resides in the sum? mer With her son W. J. . Rogers, of Seagrave, and in the winter with her 'daughter_at Glenlake Ave. She has always been an active-member of 'the { Methodist church, now the United Church, but owing to age she has now "withdrawn from active work in the church, - Several old friends gathered to congratulate her and wish her many happy returns of the day. Sea- grave friends extend congratulations. A very enjoyable time was spent at the ome of Mr. and Mrs. John Mark on Tuesday evening last, when a num- ber assembeld to surprise Mr. Gordon Mark, -in honour of his birthday. Games were played and lunch served. The Woman's Association held its February meeting on Wednesday afternoon at the home 'of Mrs, Donald Payne, with the President, Mrs, Jas. Shunk, in the chair, The devotional exercises were taken by Mrs. B, F. Green and Mrs. D, Payne. Business session consisted of "making final ar- rangements for the oyster supper to be held in the church on Wednesday evening of this week. Mrs. Payne then favored with a delightful poem, which_was enjoyed. At the close of the meeting lunch was served by the ladies in charge. The March meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. S. Reynolds, when we hope better weather will prevail and a full attend- ance. is expected. Congratulations to My, Sandy Stone for getting the sleigh load of ladies to the meeting without any mishaps. He was treated with a supper, and succeeded in returning all in happy spirit. Eg! I The Quadrata Girls' Club. met on Tuesday evening, February 6th, at the home of Misses Iva and Dorothy Rey- nolds. After the opening exercises a business sesion was held in which a ! skating and carnival party 'was plan. ned, to take place on the home rink, on the evening of v February 2lst, Prize are to be given for the best skating and dressed couples, Refresh- ments will be sold during the evening at the rink. The meeting closed in the usual way. 'Owing to weather conditions of last week, the United Church Board meet- ing was postponed until-Monday night and will be held at the home of Mr. S. Reynolds. Much sympathy is extended to Mrs. Watson and family in the loss of a loving husband and father, the late John Watson, whose death occurred at his home on Thursday, February 8th, and to Mrs. A. Dowson in the loss of her mother, the late Mrs. English, whose death occurred in Toronto on February 10th. Born to Mr. and Mrs, Elwood Clements, on February 9th, 1934, a daughter. The services on Sunday were held as usual and in the morning had an attendance of 107, with a fair con- gregation in the evening. Miss Norma Uquhart of Uxbridge, was a week-end---visitor of Mr. and Mrs. F. Watson. ~ Miss Alma Clements was home from Lindsay over the week end. Mr. and Mrs. A. Dowsonsvere called to Toronto on Sunday, owing to the death of the latter's mother, the late Mrs. English. - The Seagrave Junior Hockey team played a friendly game with Port Perry Stars on Saturday afternoon at Port Perry. Thursday night the Sr. team will play another League game. Be on hand to cheer for Seagrave at Port Perry. Mr. T. Watson of Toronto, attended the funeral of his brother, the late John Watson, and called on some of his..old friends. while in the .com- munity. d The pictures of foreign countries shown in the United Church on Mon- day evening, under the auspices of the Young People's League, were very in- teresting and enjoyed by all. The Bethel trio Messrs. Bert and Glen Wannamaker and I. Mitchell, and Miss F. McMillan, of Greenbiink, ad- ded greatly to the evening's program, Miss [. Graham explained the pic: tures as they apepared on the screen. Proceeds--in aid of the League work. Miss Marion Eagleson acted as chair- man. Coo THE LATE JOHN WATSON The late John Watson was born in 1856, at Birkshaw,, Parish of Glen- cairn, Dumfrieshire, Scotland, and came to Canada with his parents and three brothers in 1872, arriving at Port Perry on-the 23rd of -May. For the following three years he was en- gaged in the sawmill with Bigelow & Trounce, and the next seven years was farming on Scugog Island, where he marrvied-Tane Mitchell, of Hamilton. In the spring of '82 he went West and had a part _ in constructing the 'main line of the- C.P.R. then being built through the Prairie Provinces, returning to. Port Perry he was yard foreman for Bigelow '& Trounce for 'two years. He then leased" "Glen- morgan" the farm then owned by the late J. P. Shaw. On the owner's death the farm was offered for sale and was purchased by him, on which farm he resided until his death on the 8th of February. 4 Possessed of those sterling qualities that go to make a strong' character, he was highly respected by all with whom he came in contact, evidenced by the large gathering of friends and neighbours who came to pay their last respect previous to interment in Pine Grove Cemetery, Prince Albert. Besides his widow, he leaves to mourn his loss, four sons and two daughters--William H., at home, Mrs. F. Goodale, of Hamilton, John, of Stavely, Alberta, Frank of Seagrave, Maud (nurse), of Albany, N.Y., and George, of Cresswell, also two brothers, James of Blackwater, and T. H. of Toronto. The funeral was held from his late residence with Rev. B. F. Green con- ducting a very appropriate service, speaking highly -of the faithful and earnest Church work of deceased dur- ing past years. The pallbearers were Messrs, Arthur Sleep, Orval Stone, Geo, Clements, H, Wannamaker, J. N. Mark, A. L. Orchard, | BLACKSTOCK At the last meeting of the .Cart- wright Council, J.H. Devitt, ex-M.P.P.,* ex-Reeves Jas, Byers and W. A. Van- Camp and S. Swain, requested that the Council take some action to ¢om- memorate this year, it being one hun- dred years since the first white set- tlers came into Cartwright, On mo- other elderly persons in the township are to meet with the council to discuss and arrange matters. Miss Mabel Argue spent the week end in Peterborg, the guest of the Misses Hazel and Lela Mountjoy. On Friday night they attended the an- nual "At Home" of the Peterboro Normal School, The regular monthly meeting of the Victorian Women's Institute was held at the home of Mrs. Robt Mahood on Wednesday afternoon, the 7th inst, with an attendance of 80 members and visitors. After the opening devotion- al exercises and the business session, the following program was given: an address by Rev. Mr, Newell, on "Cur- rent Events"; a reading by Mrs, L, Swain, "Warm Nights", and an ad- dress by Mrs. Norman Mountjoy, The Ideal Member and the Member Ideal". Lunch was served by the group in charge of the meeting of which Mrs. Percy VanCamp was con- vener. ten ried The following notice will be of in- terest to many of our readers: In Perth, on February 3rd, 1934, by Rev. M. C. MacKinnon, Helen Mary, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. R. Spencer, was united in marriage to Mr. Harold Hill Munn. . The bride is a. grand- daughter of Mr, and Mrs. J. E. Bea- cock, of Myrtle. Mrs. Spencer before her marriage was Miss M. Beacock, The sincere sympathy of the whole. community is extended to Mr. and Mus. - Beacock and their daughter Mamie in the sudden passing of a loved grand-son and son, Ronald Spencer, only son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Spencer, in his 19th year. Deceased passed away at the home of his par- ents, at Perth, Ont, on Thursday, February 8th." The funeral service was held in Perth on Saturday, 10th inst, 'and the burial took place in Brooklin, Ont., on arrival of the C. P. R. train at Myrtle, at 5.16 p.m, The, meeting of the young people of the United Church on Wednesday evening last was in charge of Miss E. Brown, The Bible study. was taken by Mrs. C. Marlow and Mr. Gordon Strong gave the Topic, "Attitude to Work." The program consisted of a reading by E. Eckle and a solo by Misg Olive VanCamp. SCUGOG The Reds and the Blues of the Head Sunday School Contest are giving. a Valentine Social in the tea room. A splendid program has been" prepared and an appetizing lunch will be served. Admission 15¢. and 10c. fh The Women's Association will hold their February meeting, in the Town- ship Hall, on February 20th, instead of the 13th; on account of the weather and roads. Mrs. Geo. Samells and Mrs. O. Jeffrey are the program com- mittee. Everyone invited: ". Another dance in aid of the piano fund will be held in the Township Hall on Monday, February 19th. The committee is as follows: Mrs, S. Rodman, Mrs. R. D. Burnham, Miss Eliza Stephenson, Miss Inez Fralick, with Mr. R. D. Burnham, as treasurer. Donations gratefully received. es " = . MARSH HILL A real game of hockey was played at Uxbridge Arena between Bethesda and Victoria Corners, on Saturday afternoon of last week, the final score being 5 to 4 in favour of Bethesda. Mr. Wm. Parrot made a short call on Robt.Swanick on Saturday after- noon, i Miss Mildred Swanick spent a few days in the city last week visiting with friends. : Mr. -and Mrs. Robt. Gregg enter- tained a few of. their friends last Friday evening. © Mr, James Lee was a caller in our neighbourhood last week. Miss Geraldine Horne of Toronto General Hospital spent a few days with her mother, here. Mr. and Mrs. Jas, Walker spent Sunday with friends at Sandford. Mr. Hood of Pinedale, is moving to the farm which will be vacated by Mr, Kenneth Turner. - " tion, the above named committee and On Friday evening, February 16th, we ~ ARTEL SN EA i oe fe 2 Sage ACT ThA" te 0 Ta ra i Low ms, DN i Re oh RGA eg PT CI RH . ; park - ar ry ry,