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REPRESENTATIVES IN U.S. Powers and Stone, Inc, New York and Chicago. LL L FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1929 A TIME FOR MEDITATION The sacred season of Lent is now being observed. To many people, the period of forty days, which is used to commemorate the forty days of fasting of the Saviour of the world, means little or nothing. To others, it means a time of special sacrifice, a period of spiritual refreshment when special sig- nificance is placed upon the things of the soul. To all Christian people, the season of Lent should be one for meditation and introspection. Regard- less of creeds or denominations, it should be con- sidered as a time for giving consideration to the fact that man's nature is two-fold, and that the spiritual side is equally as important as the physical. The weeks of Lent will see, of course, a cessation of much of the social activity which goes on at other seasons of the year. But the sacrifice of the plea- sures which are eliminated during the Lent season will mean very little unless the time thus set free is used for the higher purposes of life, for drawing closer to the Man of Sorrows and renewing a rela. tionship with him that is too often ignored in the stress and strain of ordinary life, Properly utilized, the period of Lent should be a.time of spiritual, mental and physical refreshment, and surely that is something which is worth a great deal to the present- day world, THE COMING BRITISH ELECTION As the time of the coming British general elee- tion approaches, it becomes more and more ap- parent that the Conservative party, which at present forms the government, is going to have no easy task ahead of it in retaining power, Re- cent bye-elections have been disastrous for the government, and have shown the Labor party .to be in the ascendancy. Since the last general elec tion, in 56 bye-election contests, the government has lost twelve seats, nine to Labor and three to the Liberals, while the Liberals have lost two seats to the Labor party and one to the Con- servatives. This is a fairly good indication of the way in which the wind is blowing. The opposition parties, however, have a long way to go yet be- fore they can turn the government out of power. The present standing of pariles in the House of Commons gives the Conservatives 409 seats, Labor 160, the Liberals 41, and four members are independents, while one seat is vacant, Looking at this standing, one realizes that there will have to be a tremendous landslide of yotes before the government can be turned out of power. There is nothing to indicate that the Liberals will make any substantial acquisition of strength, but that Labor will gain many seats must be accepted as inevitable. The govern- ment's fight will be to retain a sufficient number of seats to remain in office. To turn the govern- ment out, the Labor party will have to gain 125 seats while the Conservatives are losing a like number. This is a big task, but stranger things have happened in former elections, Taking it on the whole, the situation is so full of uncertainties that it is highly interesting. The government has become decidedly unpopular since it made its last appeal to the people, but it remains to be seen whether a sufficient number of people will prefer the present administration to one which may not be able to do any better under the existing condition of things. HELPING PRISONERS TO REFORM One of the most commendable announcements made by Premier Ferguson since the session of the legislature opened is that regarding the steps which are to be taken to assist prisoners con- fined to the Guelph Reformatory to return to lives of usefulness and self-respect. His plan for do- fng this is to have an official placed in the re- formatory, whose duties will be to study the men and do what he can to place them in employment suitable to their ability and characteristics when their sentences terminate. This is one of the most constructive moves yet undertaken in the treatment of men who, left to their own resources and devices, might easily drift permanently into the criminal classes. Men on coming out of prisons, if left to themselves, have a hard time in settling down into employ- ment which gives them an opportunity of earn- ing an honest living. Under such conditions, it §s hard for them to resist the temptation to agdin fall into crime, and so they go down the scale until they become hardened evil-doers. Under the plan proposed by Premier Ferguson, those who lave an honest desire to follow the straight road will find a helpful hand waiting them when their sentences are endcd, and who knows but that thc rcsults may be reilected in a gradual decrease in the population of the peni- tentiaries to which men guilty of the more serious offences are sent. CROSSING ACCIDENTS The board of railway commissioners has just published its report on railway crossing accidents during the month of November. This report shows that in that time there were forty-four accidents, in which fifteen people were killed and fifty-five injured. That is 'a bad record for one month, particularly when it is realized that eighteen of these accidents were caused by automobiles running into the sides of trains and fourteen others were attributed to the carelessness of car drivers. That would indicate that the onus of responsibility for the great majority of these crossing fatalities rests on the drivers of motor cars. It is true that the automobile driver has much more opportunity of observing rules 'of safety and thus preventing accidents than has the driver of a railway engine. And it is equally true to say that not one of these accidents would have occurred had the most simple rules of safety been observed. Much is heard regarding dangerous railway crossings, but to the motorist who is really careful, and who has his wits and common-sense with him at all times, there is no such thing as a dangerous crosiing. Fig ures of fatal accidents make depressing reading, but if they serve as a warning to others to be more care- ful in future they have served a useful purpose. PRIZES FOR FARMERS The Ontario department of agriculture is offer- ing a prize of $1,000, which is to be awarded annually to the man performing the outstanding work on behalf of agriculture during each year. This is a commendable idea, and will stimulate the progressive farmers to make greater efforts to improve their industry. Yet it is just a question whether the department is following the wisest path, Agriculture is a big subject, with many branches, all of vital im- portance to the welfare of the country. Dairy farming, beef cattle raising, grain growing, fruit growing and many other branches go to make up the industry as a whole, and what might be of benefit to one branch might at the same time be valueless to another. It has been suggested, and the suggestion is a good one, that it would be wiser to divide the $1,000 into several prizes, one to be given to each branch of the farming industry, As it is now, the prize would be sure to go to some specialist in agriculture who might do something {import- ant for only one sectior of the industry. It would create a far wider interest, and be of more ultimate benefit to the agricultural industry, were each branch to have the stimulus in the award- ing of a prize for the outstanding achievement in that branch, EDITORIAL NOTES The final proof of friendship is to forgive him for making more money than you do. Virtue js relative. Most of the people who boast of their self-control have very little to con- trol, All the miseries wrought by sin and sickness are as nothing compared with those we bring on our- selves by fears of various kinds. Ten years from now it may be necessary to have another Kellogg pact for the renunciation of ruthless compétition as an instrument of national policy. * There is many a physician who realizes that we would have a healthier community if some of the laboring classes had a little thicker pay en~ velope. "It is not merely the working classes who have adopted the Socialistic gospel, but quite decent people," says Ramysay MacDonald. One would hardly imagine from this that Mr. MacDonald will soon be seeking the votes ofthese same working classes. | - Other Editors' Comment - A SAD OMISSION (Petrolia Advertiser-Topic) The groom seldom gets much publicity in accounts of the wedding ceremony, but his name is generall mentioned at some point in the article. In their issue of Friday last, however, the Sarnia Canadian- Observer went so far as to give a report on a wed- ding jn 'which the groom's name was not even men- ioned. MAKING A MISTAKE * (Stratford Beacon Herald) The Salvation Army is doing what many churches have done--gone to law--and we doubt if any good ever came of it. The world is not impressed when a church goes to law; it is not impressed when the Salvation Army leaders go to law. The world is impressed when a church regards its spiritual work of greater importance than the places of brick and mortar where this work is carried on. THE ROYAL FAMILY (New York Sun) England has passed through .greater economic crises before without losing its head and it will pass through this one in the same way. The present is, however, a time for good will, tolerance, courage and co-operation among all the important elements of the population. The members of the royal family are doing their part most royally. The agony of Eng- land's uncertainty in the illness of the King has given eloquent testimony to the world of how secure- at family is rooted in the love of the British public. - « Bits of Verse - - THE WHITE BRIDE A quiet bride is Winter Within her shining house, Making, as a woman makes, Baby cape and blouse. The trees are Winter's fingers Weaving fo and fro Pink cloth of setting sun «And biae cloth of snow. The trees are Winter's fingers Moving as she weaves, Against the birthday of the buds, Baby coats of leaves. --Ronald Everson in The Chatelaine, tf a Clapee VY RENRUT The Salvation Army dispute, for t is a dispute, has now come to the crisis, Whether the Army Council has the right to depose an almost family right to the position of general, that is for the Army to iron out, but it seems that General Booth is being half-heartedly dealt with by those whose main {dea is to take away the rule from the Booth family and place it among some "foreigner." General Booth has almost a div- ine right to the generalship. His family, originally the strong sup- port of the movement, and found- ers of it, have apparently come in to contempt from the council. Why should this be? A monarch depos- ed from his throne is practically the same situation, That the matter should be straightened out, outside of law courts is the general opinion. - The Salvation Army has acquired a fol- lowing of immense strength throughout the world and to take such a matter to court would les- sen the prestige, is the opinion of a number actively connected with the organization, J LJ LJ] Whether the ruling of the high council will be allowed to exist, or whether General Booth will suc- cumb to the urging of his friends and take the case to a court, we are unable to declare, Plumbers' Worries" is the subject for this week's contri butions for "At A Glance." Why not write a verse and send it in. Ie may win a prize. Rhapsody I don't know what it's all about, What life should mean to us, What to believe and what to doubt, Why we should like to cuss. I can't decide what's right or wrong Or if it is just why, Nor when I feel indeed quite strong Why I should like to die, I think that life's a paradox But how or when or why, Somehow I never can decide "Tis better not to try. --A. G. Lee, Oshawa, . Ww . St. Valentine's Day has come and gome, just as all such days. Greetings have been ex. changed, and the only differ. ence with everyday life is the fact that the postman has been working overtime during the last few days, v . * It won't he long now. Ld * LJ S'long. ---Renrut. - Bits of Humor - TO THE POINT Fair Friend (as band strikes up a popular melody)--What"s that out of ? istinguished Musician--Tune, TOO SOON AFTER CHRISTMAS Mrs: A.--What became of that duck of a hat you bought last week? Mrs. B.--I returned it, Hubby sald hed have to duck the expense. --Life. WHAT HE SAID Big Sister -- What did Captain Smith say about my voice? Young Brother -- He muttered something that sounded like "a night in a gale."--Yorkshire Post. CONSIDERATE (Chicago Dailv News) Policeman--"If you had sounded Jour horn this poor chap would have een able to avoid being hit by your car." Girl Driver--"I thought of that, but I didn't want to startle him so sud- denly." GOOD SALESMAN "Why do you wear rubber gloves when cutting hair?" asked the cus- tomer. "For the purpose of keeping our celebrated hair restorer from causing hair to grow on my hands," replied the barber. He sold a bottle.--Tit Bits. NOT OUTSIDE APPEARANCES Little Doris had a cat on which she lavished all her young affections, and when it was lost she refused to be comforted. Grandma bought her a beautiful Angora kitten, but Doris was still loyal to the loved and lost pet. "See, dear," grandma said one day, stroking the lovely thick fur, "isn't Suis one much prettier than the other tty 2" Little Doris gulped and her eyes filled with tears. 2 "But, grandma," she quavered, "it's the inside of a cat that counts!" HE FOLLOWED THE COW The new farm-hand was ploughing, and as the furrows were very uneven, the farmer told him to look at some- thing at the other end of the field as a guide. h "That cow by the gate," he said, "is right opposite us. Now, work straight for her." "Right you are, sir!" said the man. Returning later, the farmer found that the plough had been travellin all over the field. = . "What's the meaning of this?" he demanded. ; "1 did what you told me, sir. I worked straight for the cow. but the creature wouldnt keep "still!" THE DIVINE SEARCHLIGHT I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according ie he fruit of his doings.--Jeremiah PRAYER--Search me, O God and know my heart: Try me and know my thoughts; And sce if there be | school, 12-year-old Dale Burns of That Body of Pours By James W. Barton, M.D. WHY THE COLD IS SO COMMON A short time ago I spoke about the oldest ailment known to man- kind, rheumatism, and pointed out that it was still a great hindrance to health and happiness in the world, And this despite the fact that we know now so much more about its cause--infection from teeth, tonsils, and so forth--and how to treat it. However if you were asked what was the commonest or most frequent ailment you would state at once, that it was the "common cold." You now know that there are many colds in California at certain seasons of the year as there are in Maine, and that investigation shows that in an area of say a width of fifty miles extending from Maine to Cali- fornia the number of individuals affected by colds would be practic- ally the same everywhere in propor- tion to number of people. Now you don't have these colds during the warm bright weather, ex- Sent of course the.rose and hay fever colds, but as soon as the indoor life begins these colds become common, Is it the cold weather itself that is responsible ? No, the cool weather is really bracing and gives you a sense of well being, but your habits of life change, and it is your own habits of life rather than the cold weather, that cause the trouble. There are two things about your habits that change with the weather, One is that you are indoors more, and the room heated over 70°F, so interferes with the protective organe isms in your nose and throat, that when you breathe in the harmful organisms which are floating about in the air your protective organisms are so weak that they do not destroy them. Thus they get their start and the common cold is established. . Second, as you begin to live more indoors you find that the cooler weather has made you cat a little more than usual, and yet you do not get outdoors as much to work or walk off this extra food. Thus you have more "wastes" in the body. These extra wastes certainly inter- fere with the ability of the protective organisms of the body (including those in the nose) to fight off in- vading organisms, I believe you can easily see the way to protect yourself against the common cold. Keep the temperature of your home at 68 or 70°F. and take enough exercise to work off the food you eat. All wastes must be removed if your fighting organ- isms are to do their work properly. (Registered in accordance with the Copyright Act.) -- | TODAY'S LIST OF AUTO AC IDENTS ACCIDENT AT CROSSING St. Thomas, Feb, 15.--Jack Paddon was struck by M.C.R, train No. 63 at the William street cross- ing early yesterday afternoon. The front of the radiator was crushed in but no wheeis were broken and no windows in the car smashed. Jack Paddon was alone in the sedan at the time and had a lucky escape, with not even a scratch. SCHOOI: GIRL KILLED Montreal, Feb. 15.--S8truck by a heavy truck, 6-year-old Yanina Skiba, 2351 Gascon street, was in- stantly kiied as she hurried to school at 8 o'clock yesterday morn- ing. The child was walking to schoo: with three little companions, and was knocked down and fatally | crushed as she crossed Rouen | street, near Bercy, on Rouen, | BOY HURT BY AUTO ol Toronto, Feb, 15.--Sald to have | been "p.aying hookey" from | 598 College street, was run over late Wednesday at College and Clinton streets by the motor car of George Thompson of Long Branch. The lad, who miraculously escaped dea.h under the wheels of the veh- icle, was taken to the Hospital for Sick Children. Detective John O'Driscoll investigated. NOVA SCOTIA MAN KILLED Halifax, Feb. 15.--Alfred W. Skinner, merchant of Coldbrook, King's county, was killed yester- day afternoon when the light truck in which he was travelling to Hali- fax with Arthur Robinson and A. D. Clark ,of Canning, overturned on an fey curve near Mount Uniache, pinning the three occu- pants to the ground. Robinson is in the hospital at Windsor with slight injuries, and Clark, driver gt the car, escaped practically un- urt. PEDESTRIANS INJURED Toronto, Feb. 15.--Two pedes- trians were the victims in a double collision at Queen and Victoria streets last evening when a taxi- cab driven by Walter Mallory, aged 21, of Lambton Mills, was struck by a Beach street car in charge of Motorman Robert Berry, 168 Bolton avenue, and thrown against a Hydro pole. . The injured are: Arthur Moore, aged 20, of 41 Humber trail, and Leonard Barringham, aged 23 of 320 Dupont street. The injured men were knocked down as they sought to eross Victoria street COURT OF APPEALS INTERPRETS AGT Takees View Opposite to That of Supreme Court on Traffic Act Montreal, Feb, 15.--The court of appeals here was called upon yesterday to interpret the On.ario highway traffic act and took a view directly opposite to that as- sumed by Ontario tribunals, in- cluding the Ontario supreme court, The case was an appeal by Wal- ter O'Connor and Gertrude Boyd from a decision of Mr, Justice Boyer of the superior court, who had dismissed damago claims en- tered against William Wray fol- lowing an accident om July 11, 1926, when one, Ronald Coch- rane, driving a car lent him by Mr. Wray, struck two women near Ottawa and inside. the Ontario line. Mrs. Walter O'Connor was killed and Miss Boyd injured. Though the accident happened in Ontario, suit was entered here, and the Ontario law had to be inter- preted. "I am of opinion that the law of the province of Ontario as set forth in section 42 of the Ontario highway traffic act," says Mr. Jus- tice Greenshields, who delivered the judgment, 'covers only the liability of the owner of the car with respect to the penalties im- posed for violation of the statute and does not extend to cover civil responsibility for damages to a third person. COMMITTEE MAKES PROGRESS IN LEARNING GERMANY"S SITUATION Paris, Feb, 15.--The reparations conrmittee, after a hard day's work examining the economic condition of Germany, had made appreciable progress, the labors of the com- mittee having advanced far more than was expected, The German view of the reich's economic situations as compared with the conclusions drawn in the vecent Report of S. Parker Gilbert the agent-general was the subject of general discussion, Dr. Hyalmar Schacht, president of the reichsbank, continued his explanation of Germany's condition answering the questions put by the different experts, one of whom raised the direct question betwcen Mr. Gilbert's report and the data presented by the German delega- tions. fe was the first time that the agent-general's report had becn mentioned by name. Dr, Schacht complimented the report and said that he differed with Mr. Gilbert, not so much in the figures them- selves as in the conclusions to be drawn from them. Among the subjects brought up by the various delegates were the living standards in Germany, cer- tain features of the national bud- get, the yield of industries and the trade balance. While it was insisted strongly that the discussion is still in the tentative stage, the exchanges of views have been pro-eeding much more rapidly than had been ex- pected. The controversial period is still to come. If, as is supposed in some quarters, it does come from the first suggestions as to the final total of reparations and the amounts of the annuities. The delegates have dwelt so much upon the extreme harmony RESORT HOTEL With a ATMO resort An Unequalled Winter Playground NAUTILUS One of America's finest and most modern fireproof COUNTRY CLUB hotels, 20 Acres of grounds in the center of all sport activities, Every known out-of-door sport and health-giving re. creation under ideal climatic conditions. 4 Polo Fields Superb Tennis Courts 3 Ezcellent Golf Courses Bathing--Yachting--Motor Boating Fishing k Connected with the Nautilus are sixteen non-housekeeping villas, GEORGE 8. KROM, Manager prevailing in the committee that the impression is gaining ground that the work of the delegates is likely to be of the most simple sort, that the experts will agree on a ree port without, much difficulty, but that the rub will come when the report comes before the govern- ments for approval. 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