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TWO THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE. ThTxrsday, May 6, 1920. CURRENT COMMENT Checker Board ABsessment. WhiUiey bcuuse ^,^""'^,fj'"te 'arding assc^Muent was Ihal all that was alion. Sir James contention itgurums » _„ju..„j .„ gee that as the law needeU was to c«ry out t^^e pre^.^^ -v He re^^ t^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ was not carried «"l,^^,';,^^"„''^hal ,vas right In His own oyes. The law assessment '^^•"â- '''â- '^'"'^^'^^"''VrTtual value, and buildings at the amount requires land t^. be a«es5ed at iu.a.tua^^^^^^^ ^ „i„„« ,uautity. which they add to '^'^e ?f-'"\.°' . '° ^ orillia attempted to carry out tne When an â- '^-^^'^^^.^Z^f^X^^JZ ^he assessor, are sworn to du .his. but act he nearly caused a rtvoiuuoi^ » actual the assesMnent -\>|^',^J^-;* -rovinc?:.' Bo^rd'^'J^ialization of Assess- value.s. )^hal ''^,"*^^^° , ".ua, values are registered and that the assess- or'arr^punisr^VhTn'they^'otitr their oaths of ortice as they all do at present. Our Politics and Our Population. J i„ r..n-.<iT i< lo eel nd o£ the suspicion ami distrust ..T.I' "'r^tlX s;s\erm busmes's and the party 'y stem in politics which the ««^?"n!til into the people. The country people are -uspicious have managed to '"^"\'";° i't^p^e^p^e are suspicious ot the country people, of the city P^"'''',-;/'?^^'^''^ ' '/a^dTanfa^ may be taken of them. No busi- They fear «'"»"^'>^^^.VXf disposition between them could succeod. The neasrun by puruers with that dspost^^^^^^^ „^„,„ ^y a Rockefeller or Montreal Star h'i^,*-"Kf^,,^"'"J,u„.„„„<, basis to produce the maximum as a a Morgan ^e would work it^n ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^° ^op„u,tion. says The Star, dividend P'^>'"B ^°";!^"V. soWe the railway question, strengthen the home ),ecause P^P*^'^""^ ^,^^'â„¢apila national debt. He would hlr3 managers market, and reduce tne pct >->>.v „„„„.,,_,„„. „j,j if the balance sheet de- to run the several departments of G<^^vernnen^^^^ ^^^^^^^ noted ine«iciency_ there would be tadla^changes^ ^^^ ^^ ^ were P^^^'^ed. ^ne of the oiQ y s_^^ ^^^^ .^^ ^.^,.^„^^ ^1,^,, distant land lay ,^*',%°?^^''/^ ''/" p^int in the most glowing colours the pos- new •home/ A later ^^> ^^J^^^fX ^p.ble people, the result being that sibilities ^h'c^i^^"*^ '^^^r-ca^ble p^^e flock into the new country find unimaginative and not oer capable PP ^^^^try, and depart for -fresh their imagination at fault, D'a,me 't on ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^ woods and Pa=^tures new. ^ P^^^^^^u^ch Mor°gan and Rockefeller have not no advantage l'-,^«^^^J^' f^.'^^^^g '"he country Into a huge bu.siness machine fully answered ^'^f^^Jf,^,", „a,,ulation What people want is a home. Be i« the proper way o ^"raa population v P^^^' ^^^^^,^j,^^ .^^^^^ „„^ I, , it ever so humble. A country *'»\<i'» '= * , , (^et Rockefeller him- Attractive to a POP^'f^X/^j.^^Ton^ anT m WeUa^ department that the self is looking '" ,*"°^''^^^^'i^ed is largely a confession that the "biusiness- rsnfvirnJSnÂ¥^Xc^l:'>s nnuLut defect. If thi. be tiue of a bS buslneBs may it not also _b e true nationally ?_ '« P. R." Secures Majority Rule. f ^ ihB nrpsence of "patriotic Canadian politicians capa- The Star yearns for the P^^'.^,^'^. °\„Pkin(r of a great Canadian nation." ble of seeing the ereat opening for '^^-^^^^f;/;,^„f ^^..^-pouticians usually con- But it neglects '"^'^^'^ZiMc^^^^^^ that the only hope and salvation gists in a firm .'^â- ^f^ '°^[f '^if, We into office. The Star perceives the result of the country is to get tlieir siac luu. plunging forward," it warns, of this but falls to 'l';^f'^°5f^,V';%X^^n„jent is after a!l a form of group gov- into group government. Pf'^^f^^^^"^ party form would be unshakeable ernment, and group f"^'^;^"°^;"'J.Vs to e,ic*l '^"^ '^"-^ '«'^""^ *" '^' ''®°^"' were pains taken by ^'^'^^Pf^^f '^^^f^'because the established parties fail to The people split into group merely ^b^^^^^ ^.^^^^^ .^ wanted. It give tl'e people what th^V wanu ^^ ^ven t ^^ q^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^. effects nothing to tell the ^"P'^^'J^bsolutely certain that "group govem- emphatlcal y do wfn>- H ^en^e it means from the adoption of the plan oi menl" would result '"J^^^^^^f "f. '' "ional representation is the most demo- proportional representation. ' "^^P^" °"';' ^^y i„ the British sense means cratlc form of «^lection known and democracy in^ ascertain the rule by the majority. The present ^^^^"f^^'.^'^ernment. This is one of the majority, but frequently results '° ^ ^f^^^^^ With proportional chief reasons why there is such ^'^.^,^'f^iX expression, but the majority representation every I'^ase "f "jiu^on fi uU e^^^^ professing lov- rules. Why then should th«e be^ any fear o^ ^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ di* ers of democracy? Are the> af aiu ol tne j j govcinment by satisfied with 11- Pnnciple o -^-^^^l^^ilL ..''^^^t us lo our present party manipulation as ^"^.."^Yi. rinthine to be feared from majority govern- shlfts? We believe tha '^^^J'^^'^^^'Xom .^cnr.. because the p^ple of ment which proportional ^PJ^^â„¢^'" "heir minds about fact« when facts are Canada are quite capable of ^fj^.'^ff "^ "^„i' at the same conclusions con- laid before then^ and «>'^i«['f ^^,,^\*^ts\''\'^rr^al diftUuy that politicians S?o raPP.e'w"tru;e"diffic^uli;'orac\l,owledging and confessing all the facts at our disposal. Theory or Practice in Government. upon soioeihliiB d.i- "'""'I' â- â€žâ€ž'." ibo.t .ml Utt "r y In comblnallon; »n,i „o,l«n»y. botl. . d.« inâ„¢ and â„¢%^J°;"i â„¢ ^fH'Z To,- n Ions llm« P'" notwithwhaltheywant but wth whatagr up orp ^ .^ Bolshevists, or some o'her arbitrary minority tninKsy ,K>ittical =SHHS^atr^=^ br^giv^iiiTn^'r^ari^'^^ri^ "s:rn';:u:;;any-p;^uiS^ i Zugh it <o' • evMV possible contingency, when ovory body knows there Lre all k nd" o problems and contingencies awaiting discovery in the coirs,, o even' whUh have not been anticipated. The nior,. fully rc-pro-.n ative of the peopl.- a legislature is the better able will it be to deal with .u.'h sltu- atimls. When did ther,. cease to be a .Imob's Ladder of atops and .oniprom- Ises between Yea and Nay in ordinary affairs. Politics Not an End but a Means. At the foundation of all these questions is <he end in view. Government lUelf is only a means to an end. Legislation m only a means. Politics is only a means. The end is the content, the prosperity, the satisfaction of the Dcople If ('ana<la. If Ontario, be known as happy places to live in. as coun- tries of good homes and pl.-asant <<>nditioii.s, tliere will be no need for immi- icratlon officials People will seek our slioies from tlie ends of t^he earth. Does a "business government," do politicians in general, sufficiently consider thoee questions of the private tastes and Intciosts of the people? If they do not all the legislation in the world will not make a <onntry popular. A me- chanical pwllcy may not create comfortable and atlriiotlve homes, or culti- vate such character among the people as will bring contentment. There is nothing to evoke enthusiasm in standing over a process machine foe eight hours a day Ilenty of men will do It for the gain it brings. Men will sing at their work on the farm or in the garden for vei-y Joy of life. They may not get such pay as the mechanic, hut they have their reward. It l» not in the mind of the average politician to balance tho«e things, but governments In the future must take note of them. IS IT FRUIT FOR HIS OWN GIRCU ONLY? Bernard Shaw's Women. TiOuig J. McQuiUand, a clever Irish writer on the London Tlnlly Bxprpsn, has bppn tryinp; to bait Georgo Ber- nnrd Rhnw. lie has chosen as a jfrnnnd for the performance Rhnw's views on women. "O. B. S," snys the critir, "rent the veil of the Vic- torian attitude towards women. He did it in a slngnlnrly rnde way; but the gretitor his rndeness, the more ad- vanced femininity adored it. Shaw, in spite of his ostentatious ir-tolleotual nrropnnco, has tliat respect for women wliich is fniinilcl on fear." Mr. Me- Qiiilliind Bays "the women of his plays are not domestic pets; they are house- hold terrors. They have their charm, of course; but they are endowed wUh that orificnl common sense which leaves the old-fashioned man agape, Tie, poor wretch, still cherishes the belief that women are creatures of ro- mance, ns dependent on his protection as Amelia was on Qeorge Osborne's, or Florence Pombey on Walter Gay's." Mr Rhaw docs not idealize women, is TO OUR READERS. We wish to draw your attention to the improvement in the appearance and amount and kind ot reading matter now appearing in this paper. Always being anxious to get the best for our readers, we have subscribed to the service supplied by the Canadian Newspaper Service, Limited, \yhose head office is at 515 Manning Chambers, Toronto. This Service supplies reading material second to none in Canada, and formerly supplied only to the big city dailies. There is something in this paper of interest to every mem- ber of the family. The Current Comment and Quiet Observer columns are a condensed resume of the principal events of the week throhghout Canada. For the Doys and girls there is Aunt Jane's corner, to which every boy and girl is invited to write letters and to join the Helpers' League. It costs noth- ing and Aunt Jane is corresponding now with thousands of boys and girls throughout Ontario. For the fainier there is a page of practical farm news and views, and the Helps for the housewife will lighten housework for every woman. The boo kreview department will keep you in touch with all the liitest books, and any girls who desire to be advised on any subjects should write to Rosalind. Read these special articles every week. There Is something in each that will intei'est you all. If there is anything you desire to know or upon which you need advice write to the department in which you are interested, care of this paper, and your letter will be answered in these columns. THE BRAIN BOX CONDUCTED BY E. GUNN RAMSAY. 'Mine Own." ''What is your ownf What part can you truly say of yourself, "It is mine own, this part of me, this thought, this plan, this ideal shall survive all the ravages and assault of the world, of time and ad vcrsity, and shall come out triuin pbantf In the words:â€" I know mine own shall come to me. No wind can drive my bark away Nor change the tide of destiny. A poet has written of his faith In the ultimate triumph of bis ideal. The word "Destiny" is interpreted today by various people in various waya. What is your destiny f What would you wish it to bet Do you see it in your mind as the goal to wards which all your aspirations and longings are set, that for which you are working, have toiled, and lougedt Or do you with fatalistic despair pic turn some spectral steersman who is guiding your craft tuwanls :i liiiijun' unknown, unsought, and probably wel corned? There was never an occasion in the history of the world when a true self- consciousuess was more necessary, self kiiowlcdge, self-searching. Tlio man who has studied himself nnd who knows Ilia own weakness, hia own pos- sibilities for strength, will never cas ily bccdiiic a tool in the linnds o| an unscrupulous party or orgnuizution. You have the right to claim your own. Your own is your ideal, which thougli it may be long in coming, it held steadily, steadfastly and purely, can never be lost to you. Some day it will be realized. Whatever desperate situations arise, however contrary things may appear around you â€" however others at your right hand or left may fall or falter, will .vou ho resolved that you will play "the game. " It is such resolves our country needs. The biggest need everywhere today is for men and women who will hold firm to their ideals, who will not be blown about by every wind that passes â€" who cannot be bought or sold for ])olitics, position or price and everyone who joins their ranks and everyone who enlists under their ban- ner, is adding to the strength and in- tegrity of what shall be the backbone lit' this, iir anv other nation during n time of trial and testing. Periodically, to every person, to every ciinunuuit.v and nation comes a time of testing. The late war was an instance of testing upon a whole- sale scale when not only the individ- ual and the nation were thrown into the ineltiii); pot to face there the flery trial which tries out pure gold, but individuals in the man and nations by tin- group were put to the test. The opposing forces threw out the challenge against an ideal of "Jus- tice." All the world knows the storv â€" but The Ideal won through â€" be- cause of the confidence of those who held to it, '•Scotch ale,'* he remarked. Billy Be sure of your own ideal. Place it high and then hold on. YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU. had lost him. the conclusion. "He reveals them as the hard, practical managing dominant sex." Very few men dare confess as much aa this, but it is a great discov- ery for a man to find that his wife knows a great deal better than ho does. This is not to say that all wives are like that, or that all husbands dis cover the truth. Hamilton's Big Bridge. A splendid enterprise is the proposed bridge, 1 300 feet long, over the Val- ley Inn Ravine at Ilamilton. Big bridges arc always interesting and few structures are more useful. The two plans submitted are of the rival materials of steel and concrete. The difference in estimated initial cost is .« 102,5 to in favor of the steel, but from this must be deducted the cost of painting the steel, which is put at $7,000 an application, or for fourteen applications, one every five years for 70 years, the life of the bridge, $22,- 300, making the difference $170,500. When the everlasting character of the concrete structure is considered and the fact that there will be no outlay for upkeep, as in the case of steel, the dif- ference in an expenditure running to The appearance of the concrete bridge is decidedly more attractive. Good authorities sa.v that the city of To- ronto made a great mistake in not making an all-concrete bridge of the Bloor street viaduct. The reason for this was the lack of a concrete engin- eer in the city hall capable of design- ing and superintending a structure of such magnitude. 0HEE8£ OUSTABD. Four eggs, one-half cupful of grat- ed cheese, one-half cupful of bread- crumbs, one cupful of milk, one-half teaspoonful of baking powder, one- half teaspoonful of salt. Beat the eggs, add cheese, bread crumbs and other ingredients and pour into a buttered baking dish. Bake un- til lightly browned and puffy and serve immediately. The population of Bnssia is esti- mated to have decreased 35,000,000 snce 1914, owing to the war, famine and disease. â- Wig-wearing was at its height abont 150 years back, when even boys four and five years old had their heads shaved in readiness to wear wigs. FRENCH MUST MABBT if OB PAY HIGH TAX The French government has put a premium upon marriage by imposing a 10 per cent, tax upon bachelors and spinsters. Spirited discussions were aroused by the provision of the measure taxing women as well as men. Members of the Chamber of Deputies opposed this clause on the ground that the bachelors were really responsible for the unmarried condition of the women. LITTLE BITS OF ITEMS FOR ALL You May Find Something Here That You've Been Wanting To Know About. HOS8E LATrrOBE. "Horse Latitude" is the nautical name given to the belt of calms in the North Atlantic ocean between the region of the westerly winds of the high latitudes and the region of. trade winds of the torrid zone. Authorities differ as to the origin of the name, some claiming that it was derived from the fact that old sailing vessels with cargoes of horses were often so delayed on account of the calms that the ani- mals perished from lack of water. RULES OF MOTORING ARE EASILY LISTED Care of Car is Regulated by Time or Distance. One of the big rubber companies attaches to every shipment of brakt lining a card containing some sugges- tions which are worthy of ^ener«.l eli- (ulation: 1. Storage battery inspected every two weeks. 2. Grease cups up every 1,000 miles. 3; Springs oiled every week. 4. Oil and gasoline connections in- spected every week. 5. Crankcase drained and washed out with kerosene every 500 miles. 6. Universal joints packed with £^reaae every 1,000 miles. 7. Differential and transmission packed with grease or oil every 1,000 mileb. 8. Spark plugs cleaned every 1,000 miles. 9. Carbon removed from cylinders twice a year. 10. Valves ground each 5,000 OLASSrFTINO ATBPLANES. Airplanes are classified according to the number of main supporting planes: monoplane, with one main supporting surface; biplane, with two; triplane, with three, and quadroplane, with four. KEEP MOTHS FROM PIANO. Crush camphor balls and drop to the bottom at each side of piano, the fumes going up will keep moths out. The same can be applied to wardrobes. If you do this in early spring and sev- eral times during the summer no moths will get into piano or -wardrobe. THE EX-EAISEB'S SONS. Friedrich Wilhelm, eldest son of the former kaiser, is 38 years old. The five other sons of the former kaiser, all of whom are able-bodied, but none of whom suffered any injury during the war, are: Wilhelm Eitel Friedricji, 37; Adelbert. 36; August Wilhelm, 33; Os- car, 32; ' Joachim, 30. WOMEN OFFICERS IN CANADA. In Canada women are eligible both for the Federal parliament and the provincial legislatures. No woman has yet been elected to the Dominion par- liament, but several have been chosen to seats in the law-making bodies of the different provinces. Mrs. McKin- ney was elected to the Alberta Legis- lature in 1917, and in the same year Mss Roberta MacAdams was returned by the overseas Canadian forces. Mrs. Ralph Smith was also elected in 1917 to the British Columbia Legislature and Mrs. Bamsden, a Liberal, was re- cently returned in Saskatchewan. NOLAN'S DEPORTATION. "The Man Without a Country" was Philip Nolan, an officer of the United States Navv in the Revolution- ar.v period. He was implicated in the schemes of Aaron Burr and expressed the hope that he would never hear the name of the United States again. He was taken at his word and placed .aboard a ship with the instruction that he was never to come to an American port and never to be allowed to hear (ir rend anvthing that gave him news of his native land. lie was trans- ferred from one ship to another until be died in the year 1801. .Xniong uncivilized peoples the cus- tom of shaking hands is unknown, and it always affords them a great deal of amusement to see white men en- ;;iig(' in the practice. UNLUCKY THIRTEEN. The superstition that 13 is un- lucky is supposed to be based on Leo- nardo de Vinci's famous painting, "The Last Supper," which shows 13 figures, the central one being that of Christ. Many people do not regard 1 ;j as unluckv. That it is lucky, they sa.v, is shown by the fact that Christ apiieared on earth 13 times after be was crucified. The earliest astronomical observa- ticus of which there is authentic rec- ord were made at Babylon. The Niagara river, obstructed by ice in Lake Erie, ran nearly dry above the falls for a whole day in 1848. New piston rings every 18 miles. 11. months. 12. See that wheels are in line once a month. 13. See that the water is circu- lating every time the car is started. 14. Bearings on wheels inspected once a month. 15. Gasoline pipe and carburetor thoroughly cleaned every mo.itn. 16. Self-starter inspected every month. 17. Steering wheel and steering knuckles inspected once a month. 18. Test brakes and equalize once a month. A SHATTERED BOMANCE. Napoleon's brother, Jerome, in 1803, at 19 years of age, arrived in New York, and soon afterward while visiting Baltimore fell in love with Elizabeth Patterson. They were mar- ried with great ceremony by the Catholic bishop of the Baltimore dio- cese. In 1805 he started for France, leaving his wife to follow. An order was issued prohibiting her from en- tering France at any place, and she saw her husband only once after his departure. Napoleon had the mar- riage of his brother annulled, and forced Jerome to marry the daughter of the King of Wurtenberg. Six days after this ceremony the young prince was made King of Westphalia. THE CONSCIENCE FUND. During the last century it is esti- mated that close to a half million dol- lars have been paid into the conscience fund of the United States Treasury by penitent people from all parts of the United States. The first contribution of this nature was received in 1811, during the administration of Madison. There is a great deal of variety in the character of contributions made to this fund, a large number being from peo- ple who smuggled goods into the coun- try without paying import duty, also many who defrauded the government in the payment of their taxes. NEWS PRINT SITUATION WILL AF- FECT COUNTER CHECK BOOKS. Merchants using Counter Check Books should bear in mind that the difficulty in the newspaper market and the shortage of paper will affect the sales pad situation. Many paper mills are experiencing great delays in filling orders â€" and some are refusing to accept orders for cur- rent delivery of paper. The prices of books are bound to ad- vance considerably over present prices, because many of the mills have ad- vanced ther prices of paper from $10 to $25 per ton since January 1st. The situation may develop to the point that it will be almost impossible to get books at all â€" or at least within Mhort delivery period. The careful merchant will look well to this item â€" and anticipate his re- quirements for at least sixty to ninety days ahead. The modern harp has been evolved from types found among the Eg.vp- tians, Assyrians, Hebrews and various Celtic nations. On an average, New York city has one and a half times as much rain as London. Rum is made from the scum ob- tained in boiling down the juice of the sugar cane, "Worth," in proper names, as In Kenilworth, Edgeworth, etc., signifies that the town stands oa a tongue of land. irâ„¢ a' Hot You can learn at from ADVERTISING The main thing an advertiser wants to do is to tell you plainly just how and why his goods are worthy of your consideration. You can learn a great deal from that alone, because many things you see advertised are the things you buy and use In your regular daily life. By reading the advertisements, you can learn the names and read descriptions of the things that are best and most satis- factory. fortably. ways to keep the house and grounds looking well â€" they have learned all these things and many other things just by read- ing advertisements. Read the advertisements right along, and you will learn a great deal that will be helpful and valuable to you as you go through lite. But advertising teaches even more than that. All advertisers try to make their advertisements them- selves valuable to you. A good many people have learned a whole lot about good music, good books, good food, good clothes, ways to keep healthy, ways to live com-