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ot oy \ o a a =i l = 3 LE ! 4 [] Sy wif C4 . gil « breeding. "(O'Brien's Proposing By Richard Hill Wilkinson AH RTT K : : "IDA "knew all' the tricks, see, she read a: lot. every conceivable 'subject. Even magazine articles and fittion, 'Unfortunately Vida's facial beauty was next to nil. When, at the age of 18, she came to a ful] realizaton: of this, and an understanding of its possible consequences, she was at first unhappy. But being a sensible person, sensible enough. to look at' the thing squarely, she. sought fot other means to athieve her end. The 'end was a man: love,- romance. Tthe other means presented. them. selves in the form of books, learn: "ing how to put.yourself across when you weren't particularly attractive; resorting to devices and technique that good-looking girls didn't have tot employ. The results were - exceedingly gratifying. Even now, at the age of 22, the man of her dreams wads prac- tically within her grasp. Give her another month, two at the. most, - the words that happiness and and he would spea" 'would make her triumph complete. The man's name 'was Glen Lam. phier, He was one of those fine," good looking, upstanding specimens of young. manhood. Intelligent, gra. cious and' with a promising carcer ahead of him. The type who ap- pealed by exerting only a minimum of effort. Vida had aimed highavhen selecting him as-the obect of her acquired charms, but the thought of failure had néver once entered her head, - She had aroused his interest by héeding the dictates of her fiction heroines. And Glen had seen the light. He had come to realize that behind the plain features of this were quality, intelligence, In a word, Vida had heen success- "ful in her enterprise--up to a point. nhappily, it appeared now-as if "that point might prove a stumbling Coming. into the living rdom one " avening 'she found him waiting for her, comfortably 'ensconced before fireplace, a volume of Oscar' the Wide open in his lap; The fact that 'her entrance did not distract his He was one of those. fine up- standing specimens of young manhood. attention, piqued her no end. She hesitated a moment before making known her presence, and in that moment the feeling of being piqued gave way to torment. Suddenly she realized 'that somcething had hap- pened, that she was losing her hold, that Glen's interest was on the wane, Always before he had awaited her coming with eager anticipaticon glowing in his eyes; The thought made Vida wnliappy. WEEK LATER, sitting before the living room fire, Vida aban- doned - seeking an answer to 'her problem "and, for lack of something 9 betfer to do, picked up tlie copy of Oscar Wilde and opened it. Her eye * chanced to fall on-a paragraph which 7 had been lightly checked --with--a-- pencil, She read through it with a rapidly increasing pulse. "-- I really don's sce anything romantic in pro- posing. - It is very romantic to be "in love. Biit there is nothing-roman--- tic about a definite proposal the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty." see Vida stood tip, and there was a | wild look 1 her eyes.. Glen had read that paragraph. He had checked it. with his pencil, He had remembered "thzt her faith in books, in the printed word was profound. 4 She made. her way to the book case behind the fireplace. Her eyes séanned- the volumes contained therein. She removed a copy of short stories, leafed it througly, found thes passage she sought! and underscored jt heavily. Glen called an hour later. If he was annoyed at the long interval in the living room before Vida's appearance, he did not betray that fact. Instead he seemed deeply in- terested in reading a paragiaph ~ from a volume of O'Brien's short = storiess#which he found lying upon the table. He read it tlirough twice before Vida's voice disturbed him, He was glad she had come. He welcomed. lier eagerly, He something to say, something that could not waif.: He said it incoher- ently, babblingly; but plain enotigh for Vida to understand and nod. her head in acquies ce. You : Books on . ~block,.an_unsurmountable obstacle. | --~ 4 Ee A wd Wiiter comes: to' Ontario! But definitely--and more definitely here than in sone places, When the radio said it was eight above zero in Torontokit was four below -out- side' our front door. And I was told that duving the night" it had dropped to 15 below. For.the 26th of November, that was cold enough. -- Earlier inthe week; when--it-was still. mild, young John returned from Alberta, driving all the way, and- made the trip in five days in his 1936 automobile." He brought a chum along. with 'hinr, who was going oi to Montreal and the two | of them slept in the car, bought "théir own food- and cooked their own. meals. . What a thing it is to be young! For a few days, John was felis ing Bob with a trucKipg job, but "the weather soon put an-end to the "extra work they had .in view as there was little they could get on with beyond everyday chores, So much coming and, going. . . house seemed full of men--just the three of them, but there is .a lot of men! They seemed to fill the kitchen when they all came in to- gether. Saturday morning, there was a great to-do about the cars and AEs] of them more or less rozen, but: none seriously as all hadybeen winterized--but not to 15. belbw. And. into- this cold, "bleak world a calf was born--the mother," very - considerately, produced 'her oft- -. spring during the day, so (trips to the barn: during the evening, and - sitting up late at" night were, for once, . not the least bit necessary. Partner. is getting his cows very _ well trained--that is the, second daytime calf inside of two weeks. And then came the end of Day- light Saving Time in this district, Clear nts CHRONICLES INGERFARM Gwendoline P P.Clarke - ' the . ~ . adjusted, }--been_ .get up so early," { suddenly, au, happy until but Teouitsiyrwetad: -our-fast-day-- re He ane Tomi 1S Yelp e of swmmer time on the coldest No- 'vember day recorded. in years. With --avhat relief I set the clocks back - Saturday night! You -people who on Standard Time ior the last two months--you don't know how lucky you have been! And yet it takes a little while to get even to what you have looking forward. Many. a morning recently, 1, have thought, "Qh, ii only 'we were on Standard Time and didn't have to get up at this unearthly hour!" Then. Wwe go back on Sidudaid Time and what happens? | wake up three times between 4.30 and 6 o'clock. And at 6.10 Partner starts prowling" around." "What are vow getting up for?" [ ask. "Don't for- wet, this is Sunday morning, plus Standard. Time. You don't need. to. But it didn't do any good. Partner was awake, so he: had to get up. And that was that. Habit is hard. to .break. Remember a couple of weeks ago, I remarked it was a good idea have been to fit one's work to the weather? - Well, 1 have been doing just that again, It so happened 1 had a quilt top finished when winter struck so of course, | wasn't had it .in_ the frames - --a kind- Hy neighbor coming along' to help me with the job. You know, . this quilting business must be contagious. The W.LI. had a quilting; a friend in the next town- ship was awfully busy because she had been quilting for two days, and a contemporary columnist in this district also was writing about the: joys of quilting--so it must be in the air. And I ask you, what bet- ter job could anyone have in cold, stormy weather? The trouble is, once 'started, it is hard to 'leave a quilt alone. You feel you just must go on, .. get it rolled again and see how much smaller it is. Two ~ Bank of Montreal President Analyzes Dollar Problem B.C. 'GARDNER STRESSES STABILITY OF CANADA'S ECONOMY -- RETURN TO COMPETITIVE CONDITIONS Gordon Ball, General Manger, Reports Restiirces at Over Two Billion -- Savings Deposits Highest i in 'had | J...domestic History -- Loans at Record Level B. C. Gardner, president of -the Bank of Sontrenl; told shareholders at the recent 132nd annual meeting that the broad Canadian trend seemed to be toward a closer balance in trade and a contraction 'of exports to "With "our nearest neighbour" In Canada, price inflitences had achieved "something. approaching a balance # forces," Mr, Gardner ob- served, The balance, howevet, was recarious and could easily be tipped in either direction. The accumulated demand arising out of wartime shortages "has pretty well spent its force." Competition, efficiency, qual- ity and salesmanship were regaining their normal place, ~But the most noteworthy feature of- the Canadian business trend was its relative Fa; compared with _developments in the United States, the president, stated. Offsetting ie cessive influences in large part, have a. vigorous, program of ne trial expansion. Gaining self-confi- dence and "know- how" as an 'indus- trial nation, "we. are re-discovering our> own frontier" in natural re: --gources.--Canada--appeared to be undergoing a dynamic growth not unlike that of the United States after World War I. Reviews: Dollar Problem -- Turning to Canada's dollar dilem- ma, Mr, Gardner saw a broad trend ~toward " a closer balance in trade with our neatest neighbour," and,' 'almost inevitably," a contraction of. _exports to import: _tradit yverseas markets: Pointing out that, gince the devaluated rates of ex- chanige had been established by governmental fiat, there could be no assurance that they would accurate- ly reflect- comparativé costs and .-prices,- he suggested. "permitting a- range of variation in exchange rates, cushioned perhaps by a stabilization "fund designed to preveot violent short-term fluctuations." Mr. Gardner affirmed the "general agreement" on the need to raise productivity in dollar-short coun- tries but questioned whether an "ad- diction to nationalization of indus: try' would encourage the flow of or international invest- ment. He cautioned a ainat Yan exaggerated. State paterna ism' "blur- ring the "vital cohnection between - effort and reward." Incentives for the individual provide a vast feser- voir of energy, and the great task of the present was to ereate an .envir- * onmeqt in which these fundamental forced night once more be put to work. ; General Manager's Address Gotdon R. Ball, B of 'M general manager, reported year-end figures for both resources and deposits at more than two billion dollars for { ant and traditional "important and traditional overseas markets." L . customers --friendly counsel and service.' the first time. Total assets stood at : 4 ,140,000,000, and total deposits at .$2,019,000, 000, with savings deposjts dver the billion- dollar mark for the first time in the history of any Cana- dian bank. Current loans and dis- counts in Canada also amounted to an all-time high in vear-end figures, $442,000,000, Remarking on the number of con- --cerns showing "stationary or declin- ing profits on a substantially in-, 'creased volume of business," Mr, Ball drew attention to the impor- tance of businessmen re- examining their "break-even" points. He also felt that reduced. tax rates should be applied to "a higher level of profits than the present amount of $10,000. -The maximum amount of earnings, he = "shoutd-be ploughed baek into-small-businesses.-- Loans Double in Decade, "In 1939 we had about a million current and savings accounts on our - books," Mr, Ball recalled. "We now, have over 1,750,000 accounts," Loan accounts had more than doubled in- number. All types of banking trans- actions showed 'commensurate in- crease." Personnel totalled 9,700, compared with 6,000 in 1939. The number of shareholders -had also | doubled, "and we are naturally glad "to see this wider -share- ownershi p in_our- institution," The B of M was not primatily- an impressive row of figures or an im- posing building, lie' said, <'We_think rather of the bank as the local manager and-his staff, on whom our' can always" call, for " More than a million and a half customers. knew that it was not money alone they dealt in at the B of M. man's relationship with his bank manager was "a highly "personal one." Behind this confidential rela- tionship. stood the resources and: stability of a nationwide, Seitury~ old institution, so that strength w linked with "understanding in t : service of the individual" ' Mr. Ball praiasy the staff for their "untiring anergy. detailed she Arrangements or Shei welfare, re- erring $ sonsidera given to chan 1) in eost of SEH and to ersonal py vied y trans- ors, AB we to the b nk's 40 tri- butions to the dh und an to froup jAsurance schemes, The staff, general manager said, were the hanks - 'greatest asset." | "see the mailman at the gate. ~ ¢'clock to 1.30 task, kept. _methods. : quite sure. there will be others! After reading this, | worider how "many people will get the urge and bring out the quilting frames, Ah, another advantage to Stand- ard Time .. Lit is 10 am. and | For the last two months we have been getting our mail anywhere from I! and we haven't ens joyed it at all! "Excuse me a min ute, please . . . c- Well, here" we are again. «We went down for the mail, the dogs and I. At the box, Honey stood on her hind legs until | gave her some mail to carry home." Tippy thought. that was the signal for having fun and started chasing Honey. But Honey, faithful to her tightly in her mouth until she had reached home, loping through the deep snow like a jack rabbit Keep Your Kitchen Range Shining For full. even. efficient hear kit chen range cleanliness is important Reflecting smriacgs must be kept shining to do th€ir job of throwing out heat. A clean range also helps keep the kitchen free of unnecessary smoke and odors, The manufactur- er's booklet which comes with a new range includes advice on cleaning, but there are some ge neral- hints on A em 'Wipe up spills HE spatters promptly with a dry cloth or paper. Acid foods may eat intq enamel sur- faces if left on. lally grease, may until -scorch on the advertising --dokder-- smoke when 3 scorched-on grease Qther foods, 'espec- Low-Down On Hollywosr--Sey ci year-old sar Gigi P erreau works diligently over her "Hollywood eekly: Report," an occasional pulilication which sells to her friends for tive cents a copy. Gigi handiés the whole business, penciling her news beats on school paper and peddling the final product. Profits go to the March of Dimes. with "my quilt but 1 am afraid by they are difficult to remove except Z4he time the weather lets up, 1 shall hy strenuous scouring, likely to be have my quilt about done. Dut hard on the surface. Grease comes there will be others--yes, | an off most easily when fresh and hot. Metal. and porcelain surfaces need frecuent Ww ashing with -a cloth Cmoistened in waring suds of mild soap or a detergent, hut this should be done only after the stove cools. A wet cloth on a hot stove is. & Cbazard to hands and may crack enamel. daes not drip or run down sides or mite burners, causmg streaks Cor rust Charred particles -on burners ov heating units, or mn the bottom of the oven ray be brushed out after the stove cools. It gas burners be- conte clogped, they may be, cleaned with a metal hair pin or wire Ovens often are = neglected = in cleaning because they ard closed and cut of sight, Yet a dirty oven may Areated--=o that cooked in at takes on an unpleasant Dilute ammonia ticlps remove in ovens. Apply with a cloth, @r set a dish hol ling an ammonia-soaked cloth in a closed taste, oven overnight to let the jumes iv) ig ' loosen the. soil] Then scour hzhtly with very fine steel wool or fine | Scouring powder like whiting, Leav= ing the oven open to cool helps keep it clegn and frei: wd prevents rust ing trom closed steam ' Common Ailment Two men were discussing a mu: tual acquaintance. ' "Nice tellow," said one, "but have 'you noticed how he always |. lets his friends pick up the dinner bill!" "Yes," replied the other. "He has a terrible impediment "in hls reach." Isaiah man's + day's lesson clearly links the golden Go easy on water so that it _ | "rood who lost his By Rev, R, Barclay Warren + GOD'S MESSIAH Isaiah 9:2-7; 11:1-8 8 Ww Qolden Text: the Highest, -and on Good * Will Toward Men." 2:14. The Book. of tsaiah has some- times been called the fifth gospel because it gives such a vivid port- rait of Christ. ~ Some have felt that taught that the Messianic age would be a human achievement rather than the résult of the com- ing of a Divine personality. The great fight would-be the fruit of advance in science. But to- "Glory to God ia Earth Peace, Luke with a Divine person. Who, other than God's Son; could be called "Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace"? Isaiah saw with great clarity that age the hope of the world lay not in - man, but in One Whom God would ive to us from Himself: Here was ne Whose Kingdom would never Shining "Example -- Mrs. Gert Varney, 18, told police she was forced at gun point to drive a rRaay r for her gunman holdup. The bride of=six weeks 'husband while he staged a said she got the hlack eyes | . from her husband, Ernest Var- ney, Jr., the object of a police search. __ have good will towards men, falter, but would ever: Siisane: His Kingdom would not be carved out by a sword or achieved by atomic weapons. His is a Kingdom of righteousness and' peace. It will not be .biasell in favor of the-rich, Oppression of -the poor will cease and. He will champion the cause of. the meek. The wicked shall' be overthrown, Well 'may "Thy Kingdom come.' The kingdom is. already here in a measure. into which Jesus Christ has entered. "These have peace, glorify God, and the world's ills--and they are many --will only be righted when all shall © own Him as Lord. That day is nearer than ever before. Jesus Christ, Who was despised and rex jected of men, will ultimately triumph and His Kingdoni nl prevail over-all. At Christyas, celebrate the birth of this King, which occurred over 1,900 years ago. He is the most important per- sonage ever to walk upon this earth for He was, and is, the Son of God! Other Papers Pull Boners Too There Must Be Some Otlier Motive "An Englishman. brought his wife anid 11 children here to day to swell the population of a lite tle Utah town. The father, Clif- ford Hartley, ia a Moron. That's one reason tire family wants to live in Utah."--from Terre Haute Tribune-Star, : i What They Call Heavy-Duty "After a honeymoon tri JWI make their home in Fleisch- nanns. For travelling the bride wore a two-ton silt with watchs ing ¢oat" -- from Maragaretville (N.Y.) News: < Mercy, What a Disposition! "Bettie Combs, honored. guest, soured the 'punch." -- from Foet we pray, ° There are many lives 7 But . they ~ Worth Press. - 3 . What Was That Again?' I Walter Myers, of * Findlay, 3 aiso Walter Myers, of Findlay, Ig - 2 --also--fane---Myers;--whose--fumeraf---------------- - was held here Thyrsday." -- from ' Upper - Sandusky (Ohio) Chief- bs Union: ' : = Boratch One Turkey--Kay Balt wan bis tirke NT a new ji] or Handless Pals Get Together -- Harold. Russell, hande in the last war, shows 4-year-old Tommy Herbert how sarrier.contest, but it took tie eagle eye and quick trigeer of to produce a tune out of a music box with his hooks, Tommy, patrolman Edgar, Williams to keep it for him. The torkey was who attends nursery sehool and ls intercsted in football and snapped by photographer Herb Workman just if Williams" mechanical toys, also does well without hands. They were bullet picked it-ofl the rooftop where it had fled when youn - severed by a switeh engine. "all tried to stake it out in his back Mo ' " : by Seeg. | Honey and Hank . HE SHOT HER TO TOP NBTANT NAGGING ~ THAT HORRIBLE I DON'T | ( KNOW A ) | BETTER WAY 7 i. Be AY 1 & ) = R 1 i £1 FA AL & \ i g ~~ RET