Halton Hills Newspapers

Flesherton Advance, 3 Feb 1926, p. 7

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PHUOSOPHY OF UFE Penned by Adun Brown, Dominent Figure of Hiftory. Adam Browa, HamlRon"* Ortnd OW Maa. wtio pamed aw«r on Jaauary L< te tl» one hun Ired* ye»r, left an un- •poken adiJreea which he had prepared tor the recent annual meeting of the Canatki Ufe A«»i*rance Company, to b« presented at the meeting of that company In Toronto. The text of the address alone must h»»e stirred Ito- te&ers to greater endeavor, and added to this the personality and character of this doottnant flgare of Canadian history furnishes power and enthusi- asm for greater rlotorles. A Psalm of Life. The address to the staff of the com- pany, in the poetic and Imagtnattre ~>hrssin« of this great man. reads la part: "To oar staff let me say that duty begins with life and ends wltb deatdb. No one can live a happy life -who does not seek to benefit others. So lire then that the light you leare behind you lightens th« path of others. We want living men whose acts brighten homes, rellere sorrow and llgfhten heavy hearts. 'If any Hft of mine may ease The burden of another, God give me love and caiTs and strength To help my tolling brother.' " The address oontinuee: "Be satis- fled wHh nothmg but your best. No Ufe is worth living otherwise. Th-ere ts but one happ'tnees In life, and that is In dnty done. In the faithfal per- formance of it. difflcoltlee often pr*- s«at themselves, but they have to be met with courage, remembering ever that hope is the mainspriag of hunaa Srction, and that it is 'rough seas that make a 8>kilful mariner.' "If one is asked: 'What is your -dutrr the answer is to do the day's work that presents itself. It is like a beacon lighi that upward points the â- wuy." "A faithful performance of work leads from good to better and from better to stiU better. Live for some- thing. Have something to care for and something to hope for, and you I)OSE«'S3 the very salt of life. Do not flag In any noble effort until you sue- -ceed. By your life and actions write your name on the hearts of those you leave behind you. Now la the time to <lo it, not to-morrow." Heritage of Canadian Birth. An appeal to better citizenship is contributed ia the address with the words of the writer a simple testi- mony of his lite. "Our country has a noble history and we who live to- day must be noble, too. and bend our energies to advance Its Ittterest. They who serve it with distinction well de- serve highest honor. There Is no predicting what the future of It will be ; each day revealing fresh wonders. Listen to what the gifted Pauline Johnson thougiit oC the Canadian- born: "No title and no coronet is half so proudly worn As that which we inherit as men Cana- dian born : We count no man so noble as the one wbo makes the brag. That he w?a born in Conida beneath the British flag.' The Young Folk of the Farm. The possibilities of the farm In moulding great lives for Canada is ex- pressed in the fotiowlQg excerpt: "There has been too little attention paid in the past to attract the young people to stick to the farm. I mean (he boy& and the glrU. to reaiain on the farm. The Honorubie .Mr. Martin. Minister of Agricultturu for Ontario, has struck a chord that is having a wonderful eCect in keeping the young people of both sexes away from the lure of citiee by ofTeriog prizes of a character to let these young people feel that they alone are competing tor them. Letting these yoong people see that they have a responsibility and ' that they amount to something in their dubs and meetings, on matters on which the older ones on the farm have nothing to say; this is working won- ders." Power of the Pioneers. Further tribute to the progress of Canada and the strength and power of the pioneers ia found in the para> graph: "The progress since Confedera- tion has been beyond words, and it the present campaign oversesfi for set-l tlw^ proree what ia expected of it In i bringing the right sort of people here, Qod prosper Canada, all will be well." "As the old guard passes away, may there ever be a new guard ready to lift • th« burden which they carried, and, | with unswerving loyalty, wisdom and j honor, 'carry on,' following their glori- 1 otts example, and revering their pre- cious memory. Every noble lite leaves theflbree of it icterwoven in the work of those who follow. They bore the bruni for us, and all our kith and kin.' And, while I refer to the old guard, let us, RS loyal Canadians, ever keep pre- cious the memories of our illustrious dead, who gave the^r lives for us in the terrible war, and saved our be- I loved Canada for the Empire and for us." For a United Canada. "Canadians from the Atlantic to the Pacific should be a united people. That was the thriUlog speech mode at CaV gaxT by that gallant soldier, our Gov- ernor-General. Lord Byng, where he ; urged that Canada sihould be so, bav- i ing no race or creed cry. It Canada is to prosper, as It will we mu«t be as :i united people. It was not that men . of one Province or anobher that car- . rled the day at Vlmy, but it was a united body of Canadi:»ns. all one, and had they not been so the result would have been different; so 1 say to you: Cease any disputes between Provinces •about wroags tliat should be righted. : Do not make a political football play I of them, but a calm discussion at a : round table, and be like B}-ug's Bo>-s j at Vlmy, who went over the top as j united Canadians, and you will be able to accomplish anything." f^' B£ GREAT! JA.ME AUSTEN'S HOME AT CHAWTON With the coming 150th anniversary of the ce'.ebrateti noveifefs birth an agitatioa has started in England, calling attention to the shabby and negkctol eondiiien of the dwelling, whicli is now divided into separate tene- ments. Her writing room is occupied by the village club. Environs. OnS'half the world wonders at the [ places in which the other half lives. ' The Kskimo. moved south into steam heat and the continee of brick walls. ' suffers acutely, repining for the aurora and the tee eheet. Kafflr and Hotten- tot are chiUed and blanched by the mere description of the wind and cold. , In bis stone hut of the AnSes or the j Himalayas a Vonely herder thinks the ; world spins about his point iu space. ' Lhasa, capital of Tibet, is Quite aa . sure as Boston that it Is the hub of W>e universe. We domaeticate our- ; selves in the incredible fringes of Labrador and Siberia as reailUy as in ! tbe Everglades or the morasses of Amasonta. Dr. Gorgas, sanitarian of ; Hayana, Panama and OaayaquU, told us that mankiDd would And the equa- torial regions the most congenial habitat; a Rasmusisen or a Stefansaon comes along and upsets such ideas by tnssistence on a friendly Arctic, It a man learn how to outwit tiM natural Inhibitions. One of the marvels of the human machine is Its ability to adapt Itself to conditiors of feeding, clotblng, sleeping, sheltering and even wat^maktng which it eeen«^. that flesh and blood could not endure. We can to some extent make oar own environs. One with the tnte ia- stinot of a home-maker can make a home anywhere; a woman wbo knows ^how cun make a liat or a pis or a 'family life out of materia', that another vrould {uerely Utc« with and spoil. One man &«vU« at the condltloas of his j •mployment atvd nimes with discon- ; tsat la his ro:ieag:ues. whtls another | goM to work and uses what he has, j wbat there ts and makes a lot out of j It. beyond the ()ream or belief of th<«s , who have watchsd the miracle : wrottsht. >\'hat we cee round us all j the time we oftea fail to appreciate j because we are too close to see it in a j Just petspecttve. Sometimes w« need i to bare some one come from outside | to tell na that values still remain In j the BtMerlal ws were about to dis- | card. How admirable it Is when a man. Instead of quarreling with tool* and terma of eni^ioymeiK aad other men, a<Mre*s«s biroseK to tbs best that bs can do and bases bis claim to avvr«clt.tlon and reward not oa load talk aa4 iaceswint complalat bat oa a taMtsd arojuct deltverad fnoat hla kutOa^ Close Att&chment Between Lloyd George and Daughter David Lloyd Ueorge's quick aban- donment of bis vacation under sunny Mediterranean skies to hasten to the bedsWe of Mtss Megau. his favorite child, who is now convalescing from an appendicitis operation, ts only an- other example of the (Hose attachment between the two. The former Premier and his young- est and only unmarried daughter are almost inseparable companions. Me- gan, who is about 25, is hia stsMinchest supporter and his constant companion In London aad on his political cam- paigns. .\n AnierK'an army officer hers knows, to his embarrassment, of Mbss Megan's constancy to her father. The young major met her at a dance and received permission to call her on the telephone. He boasted of this to friends, but when he telephoned Me- gan was buf y with her father. Again be phoned; she was still biuy. Every day for a week he rang her up. his brother otUcers watching his efforts with growing smiles. Finally, like a good soMlsr. he admitted defeat and retired from the field. What liiance. after all. he asked, had a mere major acainst the dynamic and magnetic per- sonality of DavM Lloyd George? Monarchs of the Table. The old Idea that the brain thrives best on a diet of herbs and cold water. and that the more you eat the lees you think, is combated by no less an auth- ority than Sir .Vrthur Keith, the emin-i ent British physician. Sir Arthur In a recent address declared that a man of genius was nine times out of ten a good'trencherman, who liked his meals often and hearty. Commentliig on i this utterance. The -Argonaut drops in- to remln.i?ce(toe about the tacts at' table of some of the great writers of the past. Victor Hugo, it will be recalled, had a Gargantuan appetite. His favorite dish was a mulligan of sorts, a tripo- tage composed of veal cutlets, lima beans and pll, aJne^et.^. roast beef with tomato sauce (which should have gone with the veal cutlets), milk, vinegar, mustard, cheese and other odds and ends, mixed all together, like the cur- ries and samhals in a Batavtan rite- tafel. and drenched down with vast Jorums of coffee. A man that couid mop up this sort of mesa from a suit- able porringer mus>t obviouisiy have been capable of any sort of Intellec- tual effort, and the imperish:ible solid- ity of Hugo's literary remains bear witness to th-e efficacy of the mulligan that fostered their production. Balzac was more conventional ia bis luechods and eschewed the con- glomerate forms affected by the auth- or of Les Miserabies. He took his meals in courses â€" but what courses! -A. hundred oyo'tero-, a dozen cutlets of lamb or veal, a sol^ or iwo, a duck, a brace of partridges, tarts and pud- dings aad other sweets. -AaiiheU down with wines g-.vlore. The eller Dumas, when fcs took a snack to keep hij wvrk alive, never ordered l«?s than three beefsteaks at a clip. Dan O'Conneli. the poet, wa.* the only tjne of the literary coterie in San Francisco that comprised .Ambrose Bierce, .Arthur McSwen. "Petsy" Bigelow and other gifted writers of thirty and forty year^ ago who could aspire to touch even the hem of Hugo's appetite; but he could make a mulli- gan aguiu^ any Frenchman and couW give Dunir.s a hard battle on the beet- steaks^ Stories About Weil-Known People The Kiddies Knew. The well-known actreee. Miss Lena Ashweil. is a great lover of children, aad tells some amusing stories of their quaint sayings. Here are two cf the beet: "Who were the foolish virgins?" one child was asked. "Them as didn't get married." was the reply. Solomon was quoted to a small boy in order to illustrate the theory that sparing the rod meant spoiling the child. "Yes." replied the youthful phlloso- phsr. "but Solomon didn't say that till he was grown up." Double-Facedl Have you heard about the picture of the ilarchioneas of Curzon which Sir John Lavery. who recently left tor .America, painted last vearT After the portrait was ^nished. Lord Curzon said he did not like it. When Sir John heard this he asked Viscoun- tess Curzcn to see hini. "Would you iike to have your picture painted?" he inquired. "Certainly," answered the ! VLicountess; "how long will it take?' i â- â€¢Only a short time." the painter ' replied. And so sayinj he temped i out the face of the original portrait ! and substituted the beautiful couaten- ; ance of the Viscountees. The picture is now considered a remarkable like- cets. Better Than Money. A lucrative pose has Just been de- dined by the Rev. William Birch. Rec- tor of AU. Saints. West Gorton. .Man- '-â- heeter. He will cot give up his harch work, although offered £800 a year to Join a London firm as toy-de- signer. Before taking Holy Orders. Mr. Birch was a Sitter. Toy-making is now his hobby, and a: present he is engaged on a dolls' house complete to the smallest details. His First Job. The first money Mr. Ramsay Mac- Donald. M.P.. ever earned in London wa^ for addressing wrappers on the copies of the gazette of the Cydistaf Touring Club in 1335. Beauty and Brains. The Hon, Mrs. Richard Norton is one of the mo&t beautiful women ia London society. Before her aiarriage to the Hon. Richard Norton, heir of Lord Grantley, she was a Miss Kin- loch, daughter of Brigadier-General Sir DavM Kinloch. She has. now taken ever the man- agement of the New Gallery Cinema, Regent Street, and will be the first Socl-jty woman to manage a cinemaâ€" a Job demanding shrewdness and Judg- ment. But Mrs. Norton will be suc- cessful, I am sure, for she possesses brains as well a.* beauty. Some years ago she helped in a furniture paiiuing busintv^ at Chelsea, which her moth- er. Lady Kialoch. startc-d with the ob- ject of reviving an old craft. -Au interesting sequel to Mrs. Nor- ton's appointment is the news that the Duke of Manchester has become man- ager of the Gaiety Cinemia. Manches- ter. U Ls a tragedy u> be mean atnl petty, bo give up to be afraid. Ne«e> g',;t the iiiua. that you were brought here to be diffe.''ect from ethers. In ordtkr to win through, others have hod to le ^ big as they know how in «{,irlt «i»4 beiiuf. Ask people what they waut and, though they may aoswer in varioui waya. the answers vUI rscoive tliem- sslves Into life, power, and vision. Nothing else is of uz^wrtance if a man can live much and be airong and see. Life will rub us very cioaely before we have done with it, and it will be a folly to become irritated or to rebel It does no good at aU to despair or suf- fer hopelessly. If we have to tight evil and meet igsoble deeds, then the only way to conguer Is to t>e great. To be great our resources of strength mi;st be stire and eooslant. V^iTiat is defeat and wiiat things dS' teat us? Sureiy chose from wiiich wa find no way of eehsLpsL Only when wa are in a corner or held down by some great weight can we come to believ* thax we are not victorious. But then tihe greatneus of our soul will come out aa we rise above 3'w< evade the dead- ening effect of the evil that molests us. Each one of as has that power at our call. We talk of our handicaps and obc'.mctions. Rea'.ly, we should be silent when wa cumpare ourselves with other peop'te. Listen tj the stories or heroism some people can relate, and watch the lives of those nearest to you without letting them know they are being watched, and you will wonder, not that anyone gets wrong, but that anyone goetj right I Find a refuge from the tantalizing thing that oppresisies ycu. Remind yourself of Haber. the bhnd man who Celt his caiimlty to be overwhelming oatll he gave his aittentiion to the study of bees and became the great authority on bee life. In this way he escapes the sadness of bUadneee and became happy aad victorious. Never admit Uiat you are beaten. Prom every dilBcult experience there is a w-ay out. However lonely cr for- saken you may feel yourself to be. or whatever hardships you are called up- on to endure, love someone or some- thing. Let it be a person. Nature, or books. Such will not be the atttt-ade of a coward but of a strong heart. The Uttle pettifogging annoyances o( life w-lH pass as you Invite and cultivate some big love. Freedom aad peace will result. You need to remind yourself that, alter all. the biggefet tiing we know is Lite. Throughout the ages to come life will continue. Get In love with its lieptb and widece>ss. The person- alhy will then be always large and graceful, finding no room for the peevish aad spiteful pin-pricks that some people cherish so long and so much. Be noble, and the nol>leness that lives ia others. Sleeping, but never dewd. Will rise in majesty to meet thine own. And On a Plate. Xlillyâ€" "Bring mo a ham sandwich." Billy â€" "With pleasure." .Mllly â€" "No, with mustard." Sons of the Soil. Attention ha^s recently l>een direct- ed to the fact that a family of sinall farmers, named Bretot. have< been cuHivatittg the same land for a period ot 253 years. The Berton faj-m is situated at Merlaut, near the eastern limit of the BattW of the Marne. France could probiibly provide many other examples of similar cultivation by successive goneratioa*. Her sor^s have always been taminis for their at- tachment to the soil. In 1S23. when it was decided that all FrencJi farmers whose famillet; have been cultivating the same land for over three hundred- years should be decorated with the Legion of Honor. I seven hundred and lifty farmers were fouud eligible for the distinction. One of them. Jules La Sargue. was able to establish that his family had been farmers in the village of La Coutie. Tart!-et-Garonae. since the yeiir T72. It i.5 very doubtful if this can be equalled anywhere. But England's County Durham has a right to be prouii of the re<.'oid of Betle Vue Farm. Stanhcv-e. This farm has been culti- vated by the same family for over six' , hundred vears. i c^ Hard to Answer. \ 1 "1 wonder If lite is really worth ttv- ' Ing?" j "Well, what etev can you do with itr' ADAMSON'S ADVENTURES Alciskam Strawberries Grow in Snow Famine Sti-awberry plants ami grass crops were growiug in tlje mild, spring-like weather at Seward. .Alaska, in mid- January. .At this time las^t year ro- tary snow plows were flghting snow- .slldes. It was raining on January ISth and there was almost no snow on the rail'Toad except in the high mountain passee. Because ot _ the lack of sw>w for sleds., the contractors have been un- able to till their orders. .As a rescit the railroad has ordered thousands of ties from Seattle to be shipped to Seward by water. Couidnt Bsllsvs Him. Casey and Riley agreed to ssttle their dlsp»te« by a tight, and It was understood that whoever wanted to stop sbould say "Bnourh." Cssey get Rtlsy down and was bam- meriag him uumerdfully. when RHey called out several times. "Ehtuughl" Aa Casey paid no attention, but kspt on admtnlstertng puaisfament, a by- stander s.-iid. "Why don't you let him up? Don't you hear him say he's had enough ?" "I do." saiJ Casey, "but he's such a liar, ycu can't beMeve htm." Sun Loses Foiar Million Tons E^ch Second, Says Lodge Acooniing to estimates made by Sir Oliver I.oJ'ge. the sun loee^ 4,000.000 tons in weight every time the clock tick.?, says Popular Mechanics. The scieittlst says thi-s should occa- sion no alarm, however, for the sun com go on reducing at this rate tor hundced* of years anJ .«till furnish the earth heat and light. The loss is re- preiMented iu burning gases, the na- ture of w*lt-h is to be studied further when an eciipee occure. â€" -♦- Poor Enunciation. .A group ot tamers were crowded around a postolBce window to get their i mall, when cue of them stalked up and j •booted: j â- â€¢.\ny nwil for Mike Hows?" The postmaster, a straaser in th« ; community, glared at bim over ths i rims of bis spectacles and shoatsd j ba«k: "No. not for your cow nor aayboAy | itoa'a cow." I / (C»W !'«*'â-  "H. *r V** "*" S)rB*c«««i »t) In Her Usual Fashion. .\ certain .society young lady from the city went to visit her married sis- ter who lived en a farm The sister was suddenly taken tii. "Dear m«i,"* she bewat'e-t. 'what shall I do~-wlth dinner to prepare tor threshers?" •Neved mind." consoited the sister, "You lie down and I will take care ot It" .\t dinner each hungr>- man was served with: Two heart-shaped bread-asdbutter sandwiches tied with plak ribb^>ns, oos chicken patty, two swee< pickles, ot* tiKild of ice cream with two lady fin- gers, on? small cup of coffee, mints. Amusement Babby's Mistake. The old <«dy oame out »t a half dos* as (he train apprt«<-ited a statkMi. â- Where are we. Bobby*" she asked. "I don't know. graiKlnia " â-  B»t didn't the coir.Uictor call out sootethiDg ju*; now?" "No. grandma: he Ju»t stuck his bead icjide the door and sneeied." "Bobby." she e»c!aijue»i. quickly, "help m« witb these things' Tfa^ ts Osbkosh."

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