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2iutn3teimtti thursdaynovbmbbr 6 1925 a thanksgiving hymn for flowers that bloom about our foot 1 or tender grass bo fresh so sweet for soner of bird and feum of jce lior all things fair we hear or- s father iu heaven we thank thee for biuo of stream und blue sky for pleasant shade of brunches high for fragrant uir and cooling breexe for beauty of tho blooming tree father in heaven wo thank thee for mother lovo and father care for brothers strong and slaters rair tor lovo at homo and hero oaxh day for guidance rat wo go aatnxy father in heavtn wo tannic thee 1 of this new morning with its llfjlit h or rest and shelter of the nlf ht for health and food fgr love and friends for everything his goodness sends father in heaven we thsuik thee ralph waldo umerson old deacon baldwin changes came in the little old church in hills boro but deacon bald win survived them all for threequart er3 of a century during twothirds of which he bore his title and its atten dant honors but for a longer period he was in the choir for he entered that while still a lad of fifteen and by the time ho was twenty he was its leader not to speak of the rest of tho church what changes those ynr had wrought in the choir he hd taught the grandmother of his leading- soprano hor doreml and he had stmtr his own first tenor against a full score of bass- es who passed in procession frith the years new hymnbooks came and new sheet music from the oratories the oldfashioned fugue went out and the classic anthem came in even his tun ingfork became obsolete but al though he bad never had occasion to use it he always carried it and it was years before he overcame the ofj reaching toward his waistcoat pocket when the l minister announced the hymn then the kgh old pulpit was dls carded and a brass lectern am rajj were substituted the gallery ma re modeled and the church was fitted with niew pews and now the choir loft camo in for consideration it must be changed and a new pipeorgan pur chased rxmcon baldwin had lived through very much but this seemed too much for the conservative old man he was counted among the opposition he was grieved indignant that such a change should be considered without hist ap proval and even without bis know ledge of its inception- very well said those who were fore most in urging the change if deacon baldwin did not hke the changes ho- could rirn and let some one else lead the choir he was getng old his voice was no longer resonant it often broke on high notes it waa time the deacon made way tor a younger man the organ was built and added to the other improvements and the day approached when the rejuvenated church edifice was to be ready for oc cupancy and rededlcatlon for darter the changes the congregation haul wor shipped in the school room but there was no one in thcvlllage who could play a pipe organ till beacon bald wins granddaughter come back from boston where she had been studying music we didnt know you were studying the organ said her friends w thought you were studying the voice and the piano so i was said she but i heard that the new organ was to be built and i was intending to come home and take music pupils and i couldnt think who else there would be to play the new oran and j put i tbe last six months on the organ i thought how nice it would be with grandfather leading and me to play the opposition to deacon baldwin was silent for the time for the word went round as his granddaughter bad spoken it and deacon baldwin was busy training chorus of twenty voices forthe rededlcatlon he warn a good drillmaster and although bis voice waa broken his beat waa true and the organ played by the young girl put new life into him his son no longer a regular member of f the choir came 4n with the basses for the occasion wha a gplendld rftbiwrfin mm aw r i k i m- l- b t r -i- m t f t r mtk hsv i5 lkj tttenaruj s3jslfihs538pr jsh bbpcr4ssl eksiipi nthkffjh e5bksi5ssm njl3iilswknufiaibbs hhhbg h an exiles cajenc i can stand your city well enough in tho wintertime when the winds are rough i can hear to think how the dazzling drift with its clean blue shadows us shine and shift deepens upon my hillside there and flings its wreath to the frosty air while here in your streets the slushy ooze spatters my garments and soaks the shoes of tho sharpfaced newsboy scudding past i his angers chilled in the cufting blast then in april i watch the tree in the jog of the wall by the jewish synagogue push swelling buds into leaf again and waken to life in the warm spring rain and dream as i watch of south hill slopes t t where the turf shows through the lessening snow and the sap leaps up in the maple trunks at the call of the first northaying crow but in august the asphalt pavement bare grows soft in the sun to tho horses feet and the helpless city night and day gasps in the clutch of the deadly heat and my brain is too weary and daxed to think of the northern river cool and still where the lilies open along the sedge neath the guard of the shaggy spruce- crowned hill but oh in the fall when the nights grow keen and the ivy reddens against the wall of the city church strange dim scent of dying leaves like a faint far call wafts to xay sharpened senses ken a summons i may not well withstand a summons come to the forest hills all gloryclad of my northern land graco goodate to an entcrtninmont too but i want it to bo so me thin i never saw or heard of before and not the sumo tbln- i can see every jay of my life right near home it dont seem as if i could stand it and right then i began to cry i dont know how phil got arounfl that tabic so quick he just put hfe armg round me and he says don t let me ketch you cryln in this house aunt mary and then he uay i to all hands ive uro a bunch of idiots i gdessand 1n the worst you wait till to mor l he says to me and from that time till the d y 1 come home went on mary hapi iy i had the most splendid visit t lat an old woman could want the all did for me especially phil w len they come down hero next sumi ler that boj is going to have things just about ns he- wunts cm if his old n ant can fix cm mrs mcdonald salcf she thought marys visit ended all right after all in leaving sho said to mary next summer when your folks come up for their visit let them spend an after noon with our young folks out on fairy lake we can get a couple of boats from billy landabo rough they can have a plcnlc on the breexea i think theyd like that fine so you see jviary can stand up for herself all right and she had a real aba7irisira7tcr all civil and military service weekly fashion hint the members of the oholr as they went home on saturday night defers tsie re dedlcatlon how the old deacon loomed on that te deum he may be oldfashioned but his tune is as true as a clock and he knows a distort when he hears it and so the opposing members of the choir began to feel that the pres ence of the old deacon was not an un mixed evil in the choir and the rest regarded him with a certain pride some of them trembled lest his voice should break in the te deum and cover the choir with humiliation in the presence of the noted minister who was to preach thebpenlnc ser mon tho preacher spoke of the glory of the former and the greater glory of the latter of the mingled sorrow and joy in the old days when the changes brought memories as well as htopea and told of the necessity of adapting of the ch to the changes in the commu ntly7tutxltheimjrt visiting the rolksin the city well ive just had a spell keoplng bach while mary went to visit roberts folks down in the city i got along- pretty well but i declare to you i was glad to see her back again managing the kitchen and cooking end of this home of ours i didnt think i was eating more hearty than usual but the batch of homemade bread she left was all gone and id started on bakers bread which i never did hanker after and then there was only one piece of pumpkin pie left and the cooky jar was about empty id man aged to wash the dishes while mary away but i never could scour the potsta please- her so- 1 left them until she got back the day after mary got back home mrs mcdonald ran in to have a chat with her about her visit and mary un burdened her heart to her in this fashion i couldnt help overhearing her as i sat across the room polish- in up a new walking stick in tact id heard the most of what sho said i io mrs mcdonald the night she got back from the city and this is the burden- of the talk mary began of course telling her visitor that roberts folks always lay themselves out to give her a good time theyre kind-heart- ed hut they aint thoughtful she soldi now you listen she continued as she settledergelf flrm on tb n a somewhat dramatic conversation is that which the hon george s bout- well reports as having passed in 1866 between president johnson and gener al grant of the united states i may wish to send you on a mis sion to mexico said the president it will not be convenient for me to go to mexico returned the general spme time after this grant was in vited to a cabinet znoeting at which mr seward read a paper of instruc tions to him as minister of some de gree to mexico the contents of the paper could not havo made a very strong impression on general grant for he said afterward in speaking of the incident the instructions came out very near where they went in but at the end of the reading he re marked you recollect mr presl dent i said that it would not be con venient for me to go to mexico some discussion followed and then the president rose from his seat and struck the table with some force is there said he an officer of the army who will not obey my instruc tions general grant took his hat in his hand and remarked quietly i am an officer of the army hut i am a citizen also and this is a civil service that you require of me i de cline it ho left the- meeting it happened finally that general sherman was seat to mexico fr town or country the sports frock is worn almost everywhere and it is especially smart developed in balbnggan in brown tan dark green or navy bine this model consists of a blouse and a fourpiece skirt attached to a long waisted bodice the slipon blouse has lone raglan sleeves finished with turnback cuffs the ushaped open ing m front being filled in with a vestec that is cut in one with the collar medium size requires 2j yards 54inch material and j yard 36inch lining news from the home land interesting items gleaned from the acton gazette of october 16 he was porter etiquette is after all so intangible a thing that it is necessary to learn it anew for each situation in which one is placed and there are often instances where there la a strong temptation to laugh at the whole scheme of social distinctions not long since a gentleman who has travelled much and ruts acquired the 4 000 habit which certainly is a question able one of calling every waiter john chanced to be in a parlor car between new york and boston and to wish to ask some service of the porter iook here john he began i wish but the porter interrupted him with the utmost gravity of manner on this car air he said it is etiquette to call me porter and that i will answer to you have not an acquaintance with me that warrants your calling me by my christian name although he added beelng that he stranger was staring at him in un- dlsguished amazement if you really wish to know my name iwiu give you my card tho passenger muttered something incoherent and then went meekly away to sit down and to try to re cover bis moral balance october weather here has been of the kind that helps to spread colds councillor mrs barnes has present ed five putters for use on tho putting green in acton park persons responsible for seven recent omissions to notify births in acton have been warned frederick morse a laborer of no fix ed abode was fined 7s 6l for being drunk and incapable at horn lane acton on sunday george hunt of osborne road acton was fined 10s at acton police court on wednesday week for using indecent language the acon labor party will at an early date select a prospective parlia mentary candidate in succession to mr h a baldwin peter mccormlsh a baiter of sheldonroad pulham was fined 5s at acton police court on tuesday for being drunk and incapable at axton vale to ray a new water main to teetj oldneld s estate new factory area acton vale for lire precaution will cost 250 and the owners ure asked tp contribute twothirds of the amount the widening of east actonlane is to be carried out as a relief scheme during the winter and tho unemploy ment committee will be asked to con tribute towards the estimated coat of adequnto were tho writers statement on religion tho most important business be foro tho acton town council at its meeting on tuesday night was tho consideration of reports of meetings by tlvo acton and baling representatives with regard to tho pronoscd purchase of gunnersbury park aa a public pleasure ground tho town clerk mr w tioduon has written to tho ttfwn council express ing regret that ho would not bo able to take up his dutlou at present in con- bqucnco of shock followwiff his opera tion and stating that ho much ap preciated tho consideration that had been shown htm by tho council acton is doing so well that it is now suggested that it should havo a drill hall of its own to a letter- from tho town clerk on tho subject the lato lord cheylesmore replied that the territorial association greatly appre ciated what was being done in acton und that tho question of providing it with a hall of its own was receiving attention mr haviland g t de snusmare royal artillery son of tho rev g s de sausmorez formerly rector of acton and mrs de sausmarez of chig- well row essex and miss ada howell daughter of the lafe llcutcol e a b howell and mrs howell were mar ried in london last week- a number ofa etonians attended ihoceramony a private meeting of the acton town council was held this weelc to select a fit and proper person to bo nominated as mayor of acton for tho ensuing year after explanations and an inter- i change of opinions tho nomination of aid r j hewett by the conservative side of the house was confirmed by a substantial majority of the whole council making life brighter for the blind he loved sausages ance of conserving all vflal elements in the old and carrying them on into the neworder of things speaking of the great things which had been done in the old building and looking for ward to the dew he sold to me it is an inspiring thing to learn that this line choir gathered about this new organ represents three generations of those who have consecrated their gift of music to the service of god after that it was no wonder that the deacons voice broke a little on the 1t dcum but it was not sorrow tost was choking him and gaxed at mrs mcdonald with eyes that shone with injury and triumph its always been just the same she said and it did seem as if some time some one would have a glimmer of sense the first day after i got there this time phil thats the oldest boy and as nice a young feller as you ever see took me off for a ride on the lectrlc cars t didnt ask him where we waa going i was lnfrestedheatin him talk and when i did take notice we waa right out among the fields and pastures that looked a good deal like our own except i dont think they were quite as thrifty j i thought id take you out hero i and show you some thin you could predate he says and ho went on abopt them farms and about the men that run fem we went over tho farm buidfngsof6ne place and i saw a bog that weighed rlslhieven hundred so the afternoon wasnt quite wasted the next day his father took- me down town and we went into a place not reassuring a middleaged man and his wife who were about to take a trip to the city decided that as it was tho bc- the benefit of the doubt quizzing a boy is not always sp easy as it seems the clnclnntl enquirer gives an instance in which a man named smith camo oujt second beat in passage at repartee with a boy named claude who looks after the hatrack in a wellknown restaurant mr smith started out of the rest aurant after enjoylnr his meal and was seized as claude handed him bis hat with the impulse to qubc the htd is this my hat r he asked i dont know sir was the ans wer well then why do you hand it to me if you dont know whether it la my hat or not asked mr smith sharply because its the one you banded to me when you came in answered claude he was not unreasonable a young man with an impediment ls his speech went to a stammerers in- v and asked for a course- of treatment the professor who ac cording to the independent had an eye to the main chance asked him it kei a full or a partial course m pppartlal c-c- course how njuch of a partial course 7 enough sso that wwhen i go to a f-f- ft- florists and ask for a cccj chrehryssanth whhrtio here -e- fhhium the tbtblng wont wmrlit b- bwore i sjftt ife ginnlngoi tne season ihey had better invest in some new clothes their grownup children mado fun of their now clothes but it was not until the parents were safely settled in their seats and had opened their bags that they discovered- the joke that had been played upon them one of the grownup children had filled both satchels with rice and when i father and mother opened their bags the grains were scattered broadcast of course there was at once amused smiles on everyones face and the mother felt herself getting redder than she had ever been in ber life before she was made no more comfortable by a fat german woman sitting opposite who leaned over and said quite aud lbly ach never mind im a vidder vo man now but by sis time next veek ill be in de samcfix mself the two acton fire engines had what happily proved to be an unnecessary journey to messrs nevills bolcery winchester street at 10 a m on fri day a burned batch of rusks caused the smoke charles groom a laborer or bollo- lane acton was charged at acton police court on wednesday with loit ering for the purpose of bettlner in bo ho lane f harvest thanksgiving at st oun- stans east acton took place on sun day and the services throughout the day were well attended especially in the evening daring the vacation the works com mittee approved of the plans ot 77 dwelling houses mostly of the villa type and mostly in north acton plans for garages were almost as numerous as those for houses the annual general meeting of the acton central old girls association was held on friday the chair being taken by mr edward j rayns presi dent a successful years work was reported by the secretary for some time it has been undei a correspondent sends from mlcbi gan a true story of a farmera dog who had been found guilty of obtain ing goods under false pretences he is extremely fond of sausages and has becn taught by his master to go after them for himself carrying a writoorder in his mouth day nfter day he appeared at the butchers shop bringing bis masters order und by and by the butcher be come careless about reading the docu ment rinally when settlement day came the farmer complained that he was charged with more sausages than he had ordered the butcher was surprised and the next time lion came in with a slip of paper in his mouth he look the trouble to look at it the paper was blank and further investigations nil showed that whenever the dog felt a craving for sausage he looked round for a piece of paper and trotted off to the butchers the farmer is something out of pocket but squares the account by boasting of his dogs intelligence be more than a machine young people who ure satisfied just to fill their places and make no effort to be bigger than their jobs are likely at utmost any time to find themselves without work tho purely mechanical employee la continually being replaced by a mechanical contrivance nv machine however can ever show fore sight enterprise or loyalty if you go through the routine of your work mechanically a day will como when somo one will invent a ma chine that will do that work more quickly and better than you can do it therefore your safety lips in put ting into your work that which u ma chine cannot give he uvea of the blind inmates of clarkwood house on shcroumo street toronto are brightened by many acta of idttfoeas but there are perhaps no visita which they appreciate more than those ofa group of telephone operators these girla have made the unfortunate ones of clarkwood house their special care on the occasion of their periodical visits the chief entertainment is dancing in which they tenderly guide their blind friends to the music of the gramophone then a dainty lunch is served and the tired but delighted inmates vow that blindness has its compensations after all homemade jan timely reinforcement where there was tool id seen em all befor at the fairs but he went on and explained all the uses they could be put to got en about all wrong too but i hcver let on and about dark we got lack to the house i count that after noon about all wasted the next night was when i had my say continued mary phyllis shes phils twin you know was goln to taka me to an entertainment ana sheuwas telling me all about it at the suppertable dinner they call it at seven at night mrs mcdonald mnde a pitying sniff n youll enjoy it ever so much aunt mary she says mr smlthers is go ing to read somo of his inimitable stories af rural hfe and there are to be some very interesting scenes of farm life in tableaux right then said mary firmly i saw that something had to bo done i begun on my nephew robert says i when you come clown to our place summers what do you come for he looked a mite took buck but he gethercd himself in a minute and he says why says he wo come to see you and uncle of course i says but what else why the change ho says the life there is so different from what wo are accustomed to just no says i and thats what i would like if i could get it i dont like to find fault but im ah old wo man and i dont know as ill ever get down here again id roely relish something different mary wiped her eyes openly at the recollection i waa about ready to cry she confess ed tvo been out to a farm 1 says and iye been to see a lot of fnrmln tools that ive seen so many times thnt the sight of em alnfiost makes me sick i says and tonight phyllis la golngr to drag me off fa ometh1 t it would be interesting to kilow the to be more farmish than the rest i want to see the big buildings i want to ride in the cars that go over tho viaduct i want to go down and see the big steamers come in id like to fro aboard on of em if it could be i arranged someway and rd life togo inter feellngs6f the coy whof are related here the brothers had more or less trouble with the boy naxt door and had not always come out victors xn fact the boy next doqr was so much bigger that ho seemed to have the best of it invariably so it was not an unusual thing for one of the brothers to come into the house crying one day when this happened his aunt stopped him in the hall hush willie she said you must not make any noise what whats the mo matter he asked between sobs you may disturb your new brother said his aunt soothingly he dried his eyes in a minute have i got a new brother tie asked his aunt nodded one besides jim she nodded again bully- he exclaimed you are glad of it she asked you bet he fairly shouted jim and me und the new one cant lick that fellow wed better movc i 8imple mean8 a good workman likes good tools but in an exigency he fcan get along with very simple and homely contri vances a well was to be cleaned but the man who had undertaken the task was afraid to go down until tie had test ed the quality of tho air at the bot tom he let down a lighted candle and when it was within about six feet of the bottom it went out suddenly that gave the man exactly the in formation he wanted tho well was full of polsonoustgna he took a small umbrella tied a string to the handle and lowered it open into the well then he drewif up carried it u few feet from the well and upset it this operation was repeated twenty or j i 4 after this he let down another candle which burned clearly at the bottom before going down 0 his work hs explained to those who had been mak ing fun of him that the gas in the well was carbonic acid gas which was hoarier than air stookstpowirigtto pressure otoufll- ness h a baldwin- would not agrcln bo a parliamentary candidate for acton and last week he confirmed that impression at a public meeting charles h walker a lather of petersfleldroad acton was fined 5s and the doctors feeat acton folic court on monday for being drunk and disorderly in highstreet acton on saturday night miss l g bridle s3 broun eke r road has given t to the acton isolation hospital as a mark of appreciation for kindness while a patient and the money- wu be spent on a second wire less loud sjeukcr perhaps you are not sp lvln quja kind as you used to be in the 16j days said the chairman at acton police court on friday to a young wife who complained of her- husbands neglect and violent ways as the railway company are going to lay two additional tracks the axton- lane bridge near chiswlck pork sta tion is to be lengthened aa well aa widened t c the lengthening but the widening is a town council responsibility the acton labor party held o- suc cessful meeting in acton market- plot c on saturday when the principal speak er was mr b k hay of ealing mr hay is a younr propagandist with a considerable knowledge of politics after many months of hard work j the scouts of the 6th acton troop have completed the hut which is to servo as their headquarters the new building is very commodious and suitable and is prettily situated in the long drive a public debate will be held under the auspices of tho aotonbjtfioj you must give him plenty of ber ries said the doctor who had been asked to furnish a list of articles suited for a convalescent patients dally diet the seeds ore good for him one day not long afterwards the little girl of the family heard her mother lamenting because tho re were no berries on the market for the in valid the child left the room quietly and presently returned with a saucer with something thnt looked inviting hero papa she said just try this i fixed it for you what is it asked the invalid with a spoonful half way to his liojs jelly with llttlp glass beads ip t if you eat it with your eyes shu you will never know it isnt whole rasp berries x tried it and ft was just lovely v brfw t5v yn smfc rwuu in honor of a great event birthdays are always important oc casions especially if one is very young or very old before long the youths companion will bo a hundred years old and the event is going to be made a memorable one for tho companions many friends so although the date is not until april 16 1s27 prepara tions will begin with 1926 in honor of its birthday the com panion will come to you next year at the new low price of 2 it will bo dressed in its party clothes with new cover designs enlarged illustrations new brilliant clear type and over 200 pages more than last year it will cpntnlp 9 booklength serial atopies fascinating mystery stories tsjes of adventure on land and sea the new make -it-and- doit pages radio games books and puzzles interested special articles and the over-delfght- ful childrens page dont miss this xent year of the youth s companion su now and receive the christmas cards are here r the youths companion 52 is sues in 1926 and- 2 the remaining issues of 1925 all for only 92 3 or include mccalls afagiilne the monthly authority on fashions both publication only f2 5q the youths companion s n dept boston mass subscriptions received at this office the national union of citizens and tho acton labor party at the acton baths at slim next tuesday the debate will be on socialism of the fifty one fires attended by the acton fire brigade during the year re cently closod thirteen were caused toy foul chimneys thcro were seven fahse alarms tho value of property at rfsk was 25070 but tne actual loss w only 1671 no large are occurred on saturday afternoon an acton boj was detected by tradesman in the act of stealing an article from his shop the tradesman detained the boy and sent for a constable but after being ndmonlsned for his wrongdolngr tho youngster was set at liberty a lump of coal bread shoes a chhds pinafore a doll a gloss of water and other familiar articles of everyday use were carried in thanksgiving proces sion at the childrens harvest festival service in all saints south acton on sunday afternoon the acton town council is much more inclined than he average public body to make a mystery of quite hum drum business but it does seem the limit to suggest that a local newspaper should wait from july 14 to octobei 14 before publishing the perfectly in nocuous figure of the rufffe cenusjaf thevahs 7 at acton hill wesleyun church on sunday evening tho rev j bolapn dealt with the recent artjdes on ity religion which prominent novelists contributed to the dally express what greatly impreasod him said mr uolaim was hbw jnttompllto and in- getting skinnier livery day something must be done and done right now quick hollow in chok and nak crowing ppr each wojk venn of thousands of thin rundown men yes and women tooare getting dlbcquraged uro giving ill all hope of ever bplnff able to take on fltah and looki- healthy and strong all such people can stop worrying and start to smile and enjoy life right now for mccoys cod llvor extract tablets vhlch any druggist will tell you all about are putting flesh on hosts of skinny folks every day one woman tired weak and dis couraged gained 15 pounds in flvo weeks and now feels fine we all know that the livers of cod flan are full of vitalising flosh pro ducing vitamlnes and these same vlta- mlnes of the highest class are found in mccoys cod liver extract tab lets sugar coated and as easy to take as candy and this shows what faltlt thfl k- ers4wvenmbcoys they say if ajiy thin person dont gain at least g lounds in 30 days your druggist is authorized to give you your money back irad only 60 cents for 60 tablets ask any uve pharmacist anywhoro in north or south america jjo sura to got mccoys tbo crlcioll anfl gonulnc maybe you think it is a trifle early to be considering christmas yet but it is only a few weeks away now that novem ber is here and the first orders will receive the best selection this year the range of cards we have stocked for you to choose from is the finest and largest we have ever had they are entirely different and theesigns are limited in each style so that the early com ers will be the ones to receive the best choice many of the designs have hand some lined envelopes the prices are very reasonable con sidering the quality and range from 1 per dozen to 2ij0 per dozen with plenty to choose from at all prices we invite your inspection of these cards qf course the prices include your name address etc printed in engravers script or a type suitable to the design of the card the acton free presl artistic printers 7