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mmmm^^SSS^^ T' <; That Port Hope Peterboro Flyer < -. > 1 * :^ -» >' 'n / < /^ ^ f" ^ .^^ A *. A ^ ,* •^ ^ *< > V ^â-  A J •*s- > A '^i «>' '^ I k' 1 I ^ V f 1 *> V ^ < >^' \ A n A 4 J ^ A- * -^1 Mads didn't appreciate th$ rail- road tracks as much as her children did. ... At first s>he complained quite a lot about the cinders and the noise. But the little train only maundered north of Peterboro and back, twice daily, passing at 7 a.m., noon, 1 and 5 p.m., and she soon got so she used ttie din to tell the time by. As a timepiece the railroad was at least as reliable as the grandfather's clock, with brass comets and planets sailing across its enamel face, that stood tall 'as a tree in the front hall. Grandpa Wilson, who had passed this heirloom on to us, used to say that when its hands pointed to half-past ten and it rang »ix, it was really twenty minutes to four in the afternoon. Considering h.1 great age. Grandpa's clock kept fairly good time; it struck all the quarter-hours with a Big-Bennish clang, preventing most visitors from closing an eye, â€" or anyway from keeping it closed for more than a few minutes. . . . The main traffic of our train was devoted to milk and mail-orders, with occasional passengers â€" e.xcept on market days, when it was jam- med. We youngsters soon became friendly with the two engineers and firemen, who were an accommo- dating crew and, like the conduc- tors, always ready to drop every thing an<i step down to help a farmer's wife with a baby or a basket of eggs. They often took us on a run in the cab with them an'l •howed Bud and Jamie how to »toke the engine. Sometimes they «ven let us ride on the cowcatcher until Old Nosey Bones, the town undertaker brought this to Mud's •ittention. . . . "I declare," cried Muds, "I don't see why you children can't just move normally instead of swinging from tree to tree like apes or riding on cowcatchers like . . . like . . cows!" There was really little danger, though, for the train could be flag- ged between stations anywhere •long the line and it had to go slow- ly so not to miss the signals. No matter what stories you have ever heard about provincial trains, ours could go one better. It was • regular little Baron Munchausen of a train. It ambled nonchalan<tly throug;'h the country trailing a film of its exploits from one country store to another, and thumbing its smokestack at precisionists who claimed that trains ought to start on time. When a botanically minded passenger spied through the win- dov/ a rare fern or wild orchid, he had. only to pull the alarm signal, «nd the miniature Juggernaut would obligingly stop while all on board got off and fell to picking wild flowers. I remember once we got home two hours late from a two- houf run because we had stopped to gather the tiger lilies "Wjat spread like wildfire along thtf'raTbankment. Meanwhile, the Port Hope post- ofRce bucks had been S'tanding in Kne for mail and the station oper- ator bad wildly telegraphed to every dump to find out whether there had been an accident. Our arrival was a perfect »CCP£ Jor -a comic opera, tTi traveler descending with a flaming bouquet and comparing it with his seatmate's. The Irish con- ductor was naively surprised at such ado about nothing. What did a bit of lost time matter anyway? "Sure, bad news travels too fast," he said, "and good news is the better fer anticipation." â€" From "Jam Yesterday," by Kathleen Can- nell. SHAW ADDS UP A London society woman, having spent a large amount of money on beauty treatment, is reputed to have asked George Bernard Shaw, who recently celebrated his 93rd birthday, "How old do you think I look?" G.B.S. (looking her up and down), "Judging by your teeth, 1 should say 18; by your blonde curls, 19, and by your attitude, 14." The lady was flattered, and said, "Thanks for the compliment, but •till, how old do I look?" G.B.S., "Well, add together 18. 19 and 14, and the answer is 51." Norman J. MacMillan wha<ie ap- pointment to be vice-president and general oounscl of the Canadian National Railway Company and its subsidiaries, and the Canadian Na- tional West Indies Stenmshiiiii Lim- ited, has been announced by R. C. Vaushan, CM.C!.. rbairraan and president of the ajstem. They Do â€" Smiling happily, Mr. and Mrs. Winthrop Gardiner, Jr., leave the Park .\venue Methodist Church, Xew York, alter their wedding. The beautiful bride is skating star Sonja Henie. Her husband is a socialite aviation executive. £^--t.£) J:£> ^<- *ry -^vsiv. ^ hronicles %ingerFarm ^ Gv<2,rvdoUn.e P. Cletrkc "Next week." we say, "ne.xt week the rush will be over!" But it never is . . .you know how it is â€" you look forward to a little leisure when the threshings are finished, or the Exhibition over, or the canning and pickhng has come to an end â€" and then as sure as you live something else crops up and you are just as busy as ever. We certainly are a busy lot of people, aren't we- â€" yet it isn't always work that keeps us busy. Last week, for instance, I put in another day at the C.N.E â€" at least it was meant to be a day, but it was cold and wet so Daughter and I came home on the early bus instead of staying the evening. Last time I was down I forgot about "Elsie" but this time I saw her. Not being quite sure where she was I approached a policeman. "Can you tell me where to find Elsie?" I inquired. "Yes, ma'am â€" straight down that road to your right," said the chief. .\nd he never so much as smiled â€" nor did he say "Elsie who?" There were very few people around at that time so my visit with Elsie and Beauregard was quite unhurried. What tickled me so much were the books in Elsie's library although, I can only remem- ber two of the titles â€" one was "Calves, or a Career" and the other "Bulliver's Travels." I remarked to the girl handing out the leaflets â€" "You must have quite a time with the kiddies on this job." She laughed â€" "Oh, we do â€" it's lots of fun." .\nd I could see she meant it. One of the guards of the Hope Diamond meant what he said too, only his sentiments were a little different. "How do you like your job?" I asked him. "I don't," he answered, "I never e.xpected to shout myself hoarse day after day like I'm doing." But now it is all over for an- other year â€" the shouting and the tumult dies â€" the cattle go back to stables; the hens and ducks, turk- eys and geese go home again to the quiet and comfort of their own familiar quarters, and quite pos- sibly preen their feathers and .tell their stay-at-home brothers and sis- ters what the Big Fair was Hke and how much they were admired. -And the children are back to school again â€" which means there are now a few hours during the day when one can drive down the street without fear of running into some child wheeling crazily across the road. The scant attention children give to cars and trucks these days is terrible. It is a wonder more of the more not killed. I was driving down Main Street the other day, and there wasn't a person in sight, suddenly a boy about ten years old wheeled across the road right in front of me. He must have come out from between parked cars be- cause one minute he wasn't there â€" and the iK.^t iie .-.as. I jammed on the brakes, missing the boy by inches. .-Ml he did was look at me casually and went on his way. It was lucky for him my brakes were good â€" as for me I had a headache lor the rest of the day. Unfortunately souie accidents happen that are entirely unavoid- able, but certainly children 'nave little regard for their own safety or that of other people. I beleive one reason for it is that so many parents of today have never ridden bicycles themselves and do not realise the care that is needed. It seems to me no child should be al- lowed to own a bicycle unless he is first made to realise that he must obey traffic laws â€" or else. . . . But I suppose there is danger everywhere. The farm appears to be the safest and most peaceful spot on earth â€" but we know it isn't. Just today Bob nearly had the tractor turn over on top of him â€" on the side of a hill where he %vas working up the wheat ground. Now the field is ready to sow so tliat danger is over for a few months anyway. .â- \nd there is the latest a'oout Honey which might be of interest if relayed to the youngsters. I have told you how she picks up her supper dish and brings it into the house. Now she will also bring the mail up from the road if we give it to her. But today she tried a new stunt all by herself. I was working in the woodshed and Honey thought it might be a good idea to bring in her dish. "No," I said, "no supper yet." But not to be discouraged Honey took her dish into the kitchen. I called her back, took the dish away and put it behind me. "No," I said again, "no supper." Honey looked at me sorrowfully for a few minutes; then she came behind me, picked up the dish, walked down the steps and put the dish down out- side exactly where she got it from. Then she came racing back, wagged her apology for a tail furiously, and said to me as well as she knew how: "rhere now, you see I did understand what you were talking about!" HOTEL CLIFTON 1 NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. Reservation Rtquest ( ) SIbsI* Rmib. Rnoninx Water S.M ( ) 8lii(l« Rmib. FrlTBte Bath S.ftO i 1 ) Doabia lliHim Runnlns Water S.OO J t ) Double RiMin . rrWate Batb S.30 total NnmlMr Name A4dr«M -.._ â- >•«• •! AiTlTal Time . w MU YOUR OWN KnBcicAinm CKAMTn TOBACCO i I ANN€ HIRST I "Dear Anns Hirit: My step- ^ugihter was smAll when her Dad aad I married. I loved her rery much, and w« were good pah through the years. All my plans centred about her . . . But when she was 16, an older man persuaded her to run away and marry him. (She toki a neighbor she left because she was mad at me at the moment) "All this was 10 years ago. But we still caa't seem to live it down. She has three precious children now, and I'd Hke to love them aa my own â€" but I am not allowed to She is so jeal- ous' Both she and her husband find fault with things I say in ordinary conversa- tion, and there is continuous fric- tion. "I feel that it is time to quit try- ing, just forget I have a step- daughter, and forego these lovely children .\\\ this makes my hus- band unhappy, too. I have told him to visit them when he wishes to. but to leave me out. "Is rhore any happiness, or thanks, torâ€" .\n L'nloved S'tepmotl-.er?" TRAGIC SITUATION I well understand how iiur: you are, and how batiied by your stepdaughter's continued un- friendlines-s. Now that she is married and has these children, you migin be enjoying t!;e fruits of all you" la!)or ill raising her. Instead, yo^i are shunted oil. misunderstood, and made miserable. It is hard to account for, unless your belief that it is based on jealousy is correct. (1 have not space to print all your letter.) I consider it un- likely that her runaway marriage was the result of friction at home. She pro!>abIy used that as an excuse. It might be wis^' to make your visits to her less frequent for a w'nile. I would not consider the bre.ik final, however; that could only saiiJen you more. Let your hus'aai'.ti do the visiting, and see what hap;>ens. Send the children gifts, and messages when you have an excuse to. and let it go at tiiat. Look up new interests to keep your mind oil this unhappy cir- cumstance, and keep as cheerful as you can, for your husband's sake. It is distressing for iiim. too, but he is as helpless as you are. I am so sorry! HIS MOTHER DISAPPROVES .."Dear .\nne Hirst: I am a girl 18 years old, and in love with a boy niy own age. He is in love witii me, too. But his motlier does not like me. "It is because I've been married before, and have a child. She her- self had five wlien she married her present husband! "I have never done anything to CRuce her dislike . . . We want rsry mticli to get married. Shftll I go and talk to her, or w^iatf M. L. B." I doubt that you would |ft very far io talking with lU* young man's mother. Why doesn't your own mother see her, and discuss thisF (I sap- • pose your mother approTas of • tbe marriage?) • It may be that she considers • her son too young to marry now, • and with the added responsibility • of raising another man's etitid. • This may be her real reason, and • it is a natural one. • If she consents to see eittier -• you or your mother, it would be • wise to emphasize the fact that • you are willing to wait until he • is of age. and until she is coa- • .vinced he is sincerely attached to • you. .And assure her. too, that it • is his happiness you seek, as well • as vour own. work, you can try W. H. Hudsoa's verdict: "An acre or so of gree* linoleum or drugget, draw^n evenly and smoothly over ttie ground sur- rounding a large house, would prob- ably have as good an effect as a perfectly smooth grass lawn." 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