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2hjf arfcm x2t jrras thursday december it 1925 a song of the wind a ulghlng wind a dreary wind a whltefoamod dashing spray a shadow alowly falling at tho pass ing of tho day a brown ship steering outwards bringing bomootic on its way lvom a lonp lono heart thats weeping in a little irish ba a sobbing- wind va cruel wind a dy ing sunset ray a whitewinged gull shrill crylnc as it hovers oer jts prey two eyes watching seawards till tho shadows say them nay and set a sad heart praying in a little irish bay a merry wind a laughing wind a sparkling sea and gay a gleam of golden sunlight t the breaking of the day a brown ship speeding homewards bearing someone on its way to a glad glad heart thats waiting in a little irish bay lillian glanvllle something about bells no single object within the waits of tho kremlin at moscow that citadel and city within itself attracts the stranger with more interest than the famous king of bella which is said to have been cracked in the furnace and now lies at the foot or the tower of ivan a large piece is broken from the side but it still weighs about a nun dred and ninety tons for it lo over 19 feet in height and more than 60 it circumference when it was caat in 1733 by order of the empress anne the gold silver and copper consumed in tho operation were valued at near ly half a million dollars tho casting took place accompanied by religious ceremonies and royal ladies vied with each other in throw ing the gold ornaments worn upon their persons into the great cajrhpon of molten metal doubtless this very generosity of contribution served to impart brlttleness to the material the largest bell in actual use is also in moscow and is sold to welsh hundred and twenty- eight tons the great bell of pekin china la recorded as weighing fiftythree tons and that of the cologne cathedral weighs over twenty five tons bells were in use in china japan and india long before they were even known in europe in the space con fronting tho temples of nlkko japan there are enormous bells of exquisite purity of sound too heavy to be sus pended in any tower which this people build and so they are hung on low frames of stout timber the bell being only three or four inches from the ground they a rung by means of batter- ing rams made of lone joists of harj wood suspended so as to swing by the united aid of many human hands- they give out soft and muffled though deep and farreaching notes there is a bell before the temple of amarapuro burmon which is nung after this japanese fashion it too is near the ground and weighs over so tons the early influence of bells upon architecture is obvious since we un doubtedly owe to them the building of nearly all the famous towers of the world origina these were onl raised just above the church roof to admit a central light but when bells became common they were adapted to their use bolls are mostly cast from a com position of copper and tin though other ingredients are often used when the right proportions of these two metals are combined and reduced by intense heat to a liquld form the mass is poured into a clay mould of the desired shape and sue the small bronze bells found in the ancient palaces of iflmrod contained ninety uutof of copper and nut ten parts of tin in our day the propor tions are soy eighty ports copper hand bells vary more than those designed for public use and are often composed of brass silver and even pure fold it is a common idea that sliver is mixed with other metals in the castings of bells to mellow the sound but this is a mistake any large quantity of silver would serious ly injure tho tone it is not alone the composition which determines the tone of the bell very much depends upon its stupe moreover the proportions between its height width and thickness are all to be taken into consideration the di mensions roughly stated which ore deemed beat for large bells are one- fifteenth of the diameter in thickness and twelve times the thickness in height bells have been cost of steel but they do not produce the perfect notes resulting from the use of copper and tin the swiss- have even cast bells of gloss which emit extremely fine sounds but the brlttleness of this ma terial renders them sure to crack in using from long usage bells have come to be most intimately connected with re liglous service in all christian church es which is thought to he the reason why mohammedans do not use them but substitute for them the cry of the muezxin from the top of the mosques by wjilch the faithful are summoned to prayer bij the old famslhk nbj fcvvyc li jsssh m sofftshsh sws issssssssssssbf wrwi i flhi khah s bills tenor and my ba8s bill nevermore we two shall share the fun we used to then nor know the comfort and the peace we had together when wo lived out in the country in the good old courtln days and lifted up our olcca in psalms and hymns of praise oh how i wlsht i could live them happy days again for life as we bojs knew it had a sweet peculiar grace when you was singln tenor an i was singln bass the music folks have nowadays aint what it used to be because there aint no singers now on earth like bill ajn me why iemuel bangs who u3ed to go to the city twice a year admitted that for singln bill an me had not a peer when b1u went soarin up to a and i dropped down to d the old bans fiddle ezra jbiramit ployed warnt in the race longslde of bills high tenor and my sonorlqus bass then thercwas prudence hubbard bo cozyilk and fat she sung altp and wore a pecwee hat i beaued her round one winter and first thing i knew one evening on the portico i up an called her prue but sakes alive she didnt trflnd a little thing like that on all the work3 of providence she set a cheerful face when bill was singln tenor and i was singln bass as 1 was set tin by tho stove this evenin after tea i noticed wife kep hitchin close and closer up to me and as she patched the gingham frock our grandchild wore today i heerd her gin a sigh that seemed to come from fur away couldnt help inquiring what the trouble might be t was thinking o tho time says prue abreshln at her face when bill sunt tenor and you sung bass eugeno tield the old singing school days myhmitthispoem of eugenefields takes me back to the old singing school days when they were held in the old temperance hall on main st and the old baptist church opposite mr hills property on elgin st what a good time we young folks had in those early days back in the sixties and seventies bills tenor and my bass were heard all right especially when w w price the singing master who c thn flinging nchool in the old baptist church struck the note with his tuning fork we sang a tho s gch fr w haromediclne to takfi doctor said a fashionably dress ed woman to her new physician vi want you to give me a prescription which will cure me or m most irritat ing trouble the doctor bowed and waited for her to go on about eleven oclock every even ing said the patient i am over come by a feeling of sleepiness no matter where i am at the opera at a dinnerparty wherever i may be this dreadful sensation comes over me i have suffered from this ailment now for five weeks and ho remedy boa seemed to do any good ph i can give you a prescription that will nrevent it from overcoming you ever again said that doctor his new patient was radiant but when she looked at the slip of paper the doctor had given her her face clouded lie had written bed from ten at night till seven the next morning repeat once in twentyfour hours whenever the symptoms recur dr mccollum on eggs dr mccollum a noted scientist be lieves that tho real reason why the men and women of china and japan are small in stature ts that their diet has been faulty lacking mainly in eggs and milk in fact the doctor thinks that difference both n bodily and mental equipment are due to diet rather than race the use of eggs fn a limited way by the chinese lus probably saved them fnpm extinction tour they n u a of tae hen product and no milk in con trast the eminent scientist points out according ta pamphlet no 59 of the dominion department of agriculture tho people of europe and america are comparatively speaking liberal users of both eggs and milk they iare tho largest people in the world have tho jdwest death rot e the largest span of life and accomplish the most in every line of activity the doctor further believes that faulty diet predispose individual to tuberculosis the an swer s more eggs and more dairy products issued by the director of publicity dominion department of agriculture ottawa ings and in the churches on sundays those were the days not so much because bill was singing tenor and i was singing bass as because of the fine company of girls and boys who always assembled there was the fun of being together at the ginglng class and tho pleasure of seeing the girls home afterwards you know this friday night sing ing school was about the only place we got together during tho week ex cept on sunday there were no picture shows every night those days and if we had a dance or two all winter we counted that as sufficient for that reason we prized the oppor tunities and privileges of ther- old ainglng school very highly when i think of those old days and the companions with whom we mingled i confess i begin to feel as if i was really getting old there were tho cameron young folks and the gordons and the nickllns and the manns and the matthews and the cumminga and the wardens and the warrens arid the hills and the webbers and the andersons and the johnstons and the dcmpscys and the the humes and the speights and tho thurtells and the moores and the lasbys and the kennedys and the walters and the smiths and the llghthearts and the storeys and the flrstbrooks and lots of other young folks who didnt come in families oh the music folks have nowa days nlnt what is used to be be cause there aint any singers now in acton llkobhian me when he was singln tenor and i was singln bass just ai soon lend mo what can i say well ono day i made up my mfnrt what i would my 1 told mi park- man that the very next time that she asked mo if i hud something no matter wh it it was i was going to hii no i hivent why says mr pnkman that will be telling a fib wont if no says i not exactly she will meant have i got uch n thlngr to lend and i shall mean that i huvent got it to lend oh dont bo so haidhearted say he remember the injunction do good and lend i own i was almost sorry about what id said id do foi it beimert a little liko telling a lib but i had passed my woid and i stuck to m purpose f just nt this time mi parkmlinn mother came to make u a vtjt sh is ihe dearest old lady ou ever i aw but very hard of hearing and thai along with hei wanting to know about everything thats going on mokes it pretty hard to entertain lie- i was so much occupied thnt i hardly noticed that mrs grouae hadnt been lnj for a day or two but ono afternoon she appmred at tho door with her beamingest smile and says nhe i suppose you havent got an ear trumpet well i wasnt so much am prised at the question as i was glad that i could say no i havent without tell ing a 11 r i have sishq and i thought perhaps ou wouuvlikc to boirow it i hear ou talking to youi company and 1 know how haid work it is then she brought tho trumpet fiom underv her shiwl mother parkman had been at thi window and now ahe came out full of interest tho funny pnrt wns that her family had often urgca her to havo an eat trumpet but she never would but now whon a perfect stranger offered to lend her one she was all eagerness to try it so they wont into the living room and had a long session together mrs grouses whole family history wis poured in through the car trumpe with fullest particulars about the grandmother who owned it mother parkman was delighted with her visitor when mrs grouse got up at josi to go she said q mrs parlcman i wonder if you have a rnror in the house my husband is wearing a full beard and ive been teasing him to shave u off but ho says his razor hasnt any edge on it well i wasnt bound by my woid to say no i havent the second time but anyway mother parkman saved me the trouble of an answer i know where john keeps it sajn she and she hurried off pleased as a child to get it mr parkman is very choice of his raxor and ho was a littlo put out whenhegot home n night a found that it had been borrowed and all the more so when he went after it and found nobody home i didnt much blame him although i didnt fail to remind him that his mother had only done good and lent you aoe ho wis intending to go to a lodge aupper and had put off shaving until night on that account he wouldnt go as he was and so he spent the evening at home about eight oclock bo thought he heard a noise in tho stable and go ing out there he found thnt hi high- bredcolti thati tell him he- thinks more of than he does of mo had got into some serious trouble wlthiho halter and was in danger of nerious injury at any minute mi farkmnn sadwhen he got back to the house that he was ave hundred dollars bet ter off than he would have been if he had the use of his razor and so had gone to that supper in the future he said to mo in his po w n ne a oppee t unity to lend well i p i never shall and as long as mrs grouse is a neighbor of mine i guess there will always be an opportunity well marys story was very grood and quite true to life as it la found in some localities but it was so long that i have no room left for anything else in this column this week confidences the good op lending v marys pretty good at telling a story when she has once heard it the other evening we wcro sitting together at the living room stove and looking up at me she said i guess i didnt tell you the story i heard when i went with one of our friends to a meeting of the ladles aid when i was in the city last fall well she said id been introduced to all the ladies and we were sitting around the school room where the ladies were sewing on things they were making for a bazaar theyjn tended to hold before chrlst- nnd th b tal to one another as i lis toned t heard this dialogue between a couple who were working very industriously near me to you see much of your new neighbors mrs parkman asked mrs ballard considerable replied the lady ad dressed bitting off her speech and a thread at the same time m that little house has been crowded in so close to your residence x hripp they are not objectionable people v oh no the man seems to be in dustrious and of good habits the children are not unusually noisy and mrs grouse is n pleasant little body and very neighborly a little too much so suggested mrs ballard with a smile all th- other ladles were now evidently lnfer- ested and in aphe of herself mrs potmans tonguetoosened mrs grouse is a borrower she declared it isnt only that she has borrowed coffee sugar umbrella cream of tartar postage stamps eggs and such like ive known quite 4r- dlnary people todo as much as that but she has asked for things and gdt them too thnt i was never called on to lend before- for partial list i might mention hajrplns bean pot tooth powder dominoes button hook paint brush egg beater mouse trap rockinghorse amp wick and alarm clock she will begin by asking have you got such and such a thing then in the matter of confidences there are two kinds of people thoso who make them and those who receive them of course the exchange of confidences is of occasional occur rence but in nearly every instance of a socalled exchange one of tho par- tics to it gets the short end of the bargain impulsive persons nr thoa who make confidences and they make them j usually to those who are most readily available when the impulse to communicate moves them in settling the question of avail ability they try to exsvcise some dis crimination they select some culm serene friendly person whose hospit able nature seems to invito free dis closures and whose discretion as they feel instinctively is greater than their own such a person does not often olunteer reciprocal disclosures but his reticence is seldom disappointing theconnder has bccnnrlpwcd totalkr and has received from time o time a sympathetic word his chief naett has been fulfilled the fact thnt ho has discharged hltf mental worries or pre occupations or perplexities into the ear of a trustworthy friend givc3 him a feeling of relief of comfoit and even of accomplishment there is curiously the sense of having hound his friend still closer by self- revela tion and what really is the attitude of most recipients of confidences friendly of course but except in such cases of unusual stress perhapd more curious than interested whllo the intimate narrative is pouring into the sympathetic ear a pa ot the brain behind the ur i pflsalbty commenl- ing how odd that anybody should tell me this weekly fashion hint 3 news from acton england gleaned from tho columns of tho acton gazotte of november 20 distinctive sports frock dashing stripes and mbttujcs de velop the latest frocks for sports and general wcai the jerseys balbng- gans and knit silks being the favored fabrics this model with separate blouse and skirt attached to a long- waisted underbody is trimmed with plamsilk collar and string tie it fastens in front gaming a bright touch of color through the use o novelty buttons medium size re- quires 3 yards 36inch material with va yard lining faultfinders f nothing is easier than to find fault almost everything we hear or see is open to criticism and if wo live to pick flaws we ate readily kept busy conversation is defective few can express their exact meaning in words and not a few say what they dont mean simply because they ennnot say what they wish to and if nearly all speech is imperfect so is nearly all work do his beat man will yet do poorly enough his greatest plans his smallest schemes will bo but im perfectly accomplished and if sensi tive to criticism ihe probability is that he will suffer when ho hears what people have to say concerning his do ings faultnnders are generally incon aide rate they denounce in others what they excuse in themselves and seem to be most happy when they are making others thoroughly unhappy social life 13 frequently despoiled of ith charms and domestic life utterly deprived of its beauty becauflo of un reasonable unjust and useless criti cism many a home is made unhappy and many a religious profession la rendered utterly jragatoi y toy the prcsenco of the faultfinder it is only now and then that theao miser able creatures receive tho rebuke they deserve a clergyman was residing in the family of a church member who was in tho habit of finding fault with the victuals or cooking at almost every meal after some days had elapsed the ptofessor as he n equent- ly did n th mln to give thanks before dinner i think said tho minister that l shall not give thanks at your table any more tho man looked surprised and said the grace himself townrd the close of the repast he asked the reason of the ministers seemingly strange conduct who replied thus i havo noticed that you are in tho practice of finding fault with your victuals much to the annoyance of your wife and it seems to me inconsistent nay insulting to god to give thanks for food and then bo displ wi i myinlylceto you is eat your dinner without ask ing a blcsblng or giving thanks and when you have done if you liko your dinner thank god for it thcrw it is needless to say that he habit of faultfinding was broken off and the professor became a more consis tent christian but faultfinders are not always professors indeed wo believe that most jot them are uncul- tui cd and ignorant having a big bump of selfconceit thoroughly sat urated with unadulterated gall ve wish there were a specific remedy for this malady our homes would be happier and life brighter if tho grum blers were all cured selected d0e8 a horse have a sense of humor active persuain an old clergyman was remarkable tor his eccentric ideas and savings among other curious ways ho was in the habit of asking a b leasing on each particular thing on the tabic at breakfast one morning there wns some bear- meat tnd his petition was as follows j bless tho r coffer bless the bread and butter hut as to the bearmeat lord 1 dont know what to say m n at another time thtre had been an affray among some men and one of them was hurt a trial took ploee and tho- old clergyman vwho lml loen the fight was called n a wit n cub what wns salson doing wai the first inquiry oh he was slashing around re plied the old man well sir what is that ho was just knocking about him here and there now sir tell us plainly what did he do to this man asked tho lawyer with a note of vexation in his voice the clergyman thought u moment and then answered slowly why he enticed him enticed him how he enticed the man wlttj a crow bar he used the crowbar to persuade him to enlco him and by a series of pokes and blows he succeeded con- in tho most winning way would you eluded the reverend geaueaum yes i think some homes do have sense of humor but i find thuit horses are like humnna to this extent in herd of say a dozen nurses you will find a dozen different depositions in every herd of any half a dozen or more there is the tease a horse that will tease other horses for hours at a time nibbling nt them chasing them or kicking them now and then not really hard enough to injuio the other horses but in somewhat the manner of n boxer who just touches his opponent one instance which i now recall of the sense of humor in a horse happen ed when i was a small- boy on the farm i was holding an old equine family friend w mv father trim med hi hoofs tho trimming over andthchorsebtillbtand ingpour h miwr cat htt p the barn flooi directly in front fit tho ho rep facing away from us with its tlil lyfng topek pong the flopr the old hoise pricked up his ears and it seemed to mo that a fhisn of misghipf came info hlq eyos he reached out a front foot very carefully and touched the oats tntt ttje cat jumped away and if a hprso could smile i really believe thtft old horse smiled ho didnt tiy to hurt the cats tall just touched it gently i believe the- humorous instinct crops out in colts more oftcnatrian in grown horses wo raised one col t that liked to tear a rag my father woro a ragged coat and thin colt would follow him all over tho burn lot pulling ana tearing at um ninn vt nia the following items from acton cnglund luivo much of interest the mnyoi of acton aid it vj heiaoft will be picscnt at the corln- ihtun shield m itch acton v wtllcp- don on saturday mr h crawfoid walker has com pleted fifty oars as a membci of tho congregation of the acton parish church robert ailiopp of seymour road acton wns bound overeat acton police court on wednesday week for as saulting his wife hundreds of acton children wore bi ought into tho shop irr acton movement on friday rtlght tho 1st acton scouts paid their an nual visit on sunday afternoon to lay a wreath on the cenotaph at whitehall this is a beautiful idei and is worth copying r det uergt h young who has been attached to acton police station for six yeais returned to scotland tarcl this woeh on promotion to tho rank of firstclass detectivesergeant the archbishops dictum that a good many are rather poor stuff does not apply to acton wjiere all who preach preach well though bomctirnes better than other times thanks to tho generosity or chls- wlck in providing four excellent foot- bull pitches free of charge the acton and chiswlck schools are having a highly successful season the globe theatre acton lias been fortunate in securing tho recently re- leased film little annie rooney in which mary pickford plays the title role a separation order for 10s weekly was made against james godfrey of packingtonroad acton who vms summoned by his wife at acton ppllcd court on wednesday for persistent cruelty great interest was taken on sun- diyy in tho annual festival at the acton baptist church where there were large congregations at both of the services all tho wags of the acton chanv ber of commerce must havo put thott heads together to dovise announce menta for the recent town criers com petition the acton male voice choir rwifd a visit by charabanc on saturday to whitoloy village near walton-on- thames where in tho village hall they gave one of their popular con certs the oddments tho pierrot com pany associated with tho east acton musical and dramatic society gave an entertainment on saturday at the richmond pilmltive methodist church room in aid of tho now piano fund stand up stand up for jesus made a i oualng processional hymn after the mayor and corporation of acton had entered the pariah church on sunday morning col c h plank c mg of had- 1 ey wood mr percy barlotv of acton and col h f bowles of en field have been nominated to eucceed aid h w peal of ealing as the sheriff of middlesex mr david grcig head of tho well- known firm of provision merchants has given 1000 to the borough of hornsey in honor of tho appointment of alderman w g barrenger an old schoolfollow as mayor sir hn rrybrittainhaa arriclat calcutta aa tho guest of tho viceroy of india he had intended to fly home from india but it is now doubtful whether arrangements can be raac for him to do so x for usjng a motor car wlxh an identification mark which did not con form to the regulations alfred p fairant of actonlane harleaden was fined 20s at acton police court on wednesday a largo number of his acton con- stltuents havo received picture post- cardqpf mel wit h good wishes the poor daft mai the other evening fa a homein sault ste marie the telephone rang when the lady of thn house answered ft voice greeted her hello mother i am having a birthday party and i wanted you to join us it was uie voice of a daughter in far away los angeles now just fancy said tho lady in telling the story 3700 miles away it was sp wonderful i i was born in brantford not far from the bell homestead and can distinctly remember my father und other neighbors pitying the poor daft man who thought he could talk to a bit of wue and be heard at th3 other end of his far ml ana lo the result of it all anemnent surgeon and alcohol dr william mayo one of the famous proprietors of tho famous mayo bros hospitals at rochester minnesota de clares that as to tho use of whiskey and other alcoholic stimulants in the medical practice i can see no use it is not necessary except in cases of alcoholism where tho patients con dition demands it otherwise we can get along very well without it m he further denies that prohibition has been a failure in the united states and says there are fewer cases of alcoholism today than in prc-piohl- bltion days surgical cases coming into our hospitals do not includo ai mnnv inntanres of lowered resistance due to alcoholism as in formor years roberts oftfhbtmkfefgxtlhrrjit s for coughs colds i and bronchitis 24v lbs norval mills any real cakemaker will admit that it la pother know ledge of baking or the efficiency of the oven that givey lightness and delicious taste to her cakes she will tell you that the flour used is the essential thing we offer the highest grade of flour tho grade that achieves the best results in your oven mapespcciaixyfor pasrrmr w b browne co norval ont norval flour mills -4vrjbrave-xlo-proporval- kings choice bread flopr national pastry norval bund b611 do r 2 phohtes municipal 327 q mmmhmii coat and seemed to enjoy the un im mensely after becoming a grown horse this colt would nibble at our hands and arms though not with the intention of hurting us he seemed to think it fun sometimes he would get too rough and we would slap him then he appeared to be very much offended or hurt in his feelings marvin mul lens this week from sir harry prittain who hopes to bo home in time fo christmas or the new year william griggs oeborneroad ac ton was charged at wcaldmono police court on tuesday with being drunk and behaving in a disorderly manner at alpcrton aril p m on sat urday por causing an obstruction with a motorcar at the new broadway eal ing dr william ashley lethosn twyfordavonue acton was lined 10a at ealing police court on tues day many who have to lead tho prosaic life in acton cannot fail to sympa thize with tho rcctots plea in his discreet sermon to tho mayor and corporation foi something to stimu late our artlbtlc llteiaiy and intellec tual sensibilities 4 mi george oliver dorsctt retired railway signalman pnrkroadnorth died suddenly lust week at the ago of 70 an old acton resident with up- waids of foity yours of railway ser vice to his credit after forty-five- ye rs service with the metiopolltnn water board axifl its predecessors mr ii f butter deputy chief engineer is to rcrign at the end of next march mrs e forrestor g moonroad acton has written thanking the act on women citizens association for tho support accorded to her at tho recent municipal election mr g isritton president of tho acton free church council havfngjn- fulfil the pu ken- flirrgton was unable to take pari in the civic church parade on sunday enteiing acton from the cast gives one the impression thn our town ib dpwn at fho heels and out at the el- boxvs that it has fulled to keep step with the rnarch of time is fairly evi dent by one side of the road icmainlng tho same as when xkmdon prentice bpya pa sued it qn theli yay to join hampdens army at chalgvovp there may be mystery about tho curious informal inquiry into housing conditions in acton but there is none as to the town councils attitude in the mutter having erected 332 now houses the town council cried thus far and no farther the increasing interest taken in the acton oon ffnpit slnco its tie- from the habit of loafing when people tell you that if you want something done you must turn to the busy man or woman tliey nro not joking for those who do not have very much to do are generally fully pccuplad being busy is n habit if once formed you cap generally squeevu in something mor tho poople who are getting alopg- in this ntionuoun world without holng nny- thing in particular havo formed that habit and you cannot expect help fiom them till there lias been a tremendous amount of tearing down and reconstruction ono of the most important habits to form is that of doing nil you con indeed one almost snys tho habit of doing more than you can bccuuse the impossibilities of one year aro the achievements of the next the habtt of loafing in school dur ing the vacations or in the early jouih of your buslrress llfois almost fatal if you learn to waste tlmo in your youth you will and it difficult to un learn tho icoorr velopment as a war memorial the less impmtant status of a cot tage hospital has rccolvcd tlmoly stimulus by the publication of the first monthly nuniber of the axton hospital gazette during the thirtythird anniversary at tho acton brotherhood mr j rt wincote said they must strive to arouse the public conscience with re gard to dtlnk the scenes caused by which on sunday were still very de plorable acton park football club wilt hold their second nnnual supper and xnlzo presentation at kings head hotel in acton next wednesday councillor biikett president will be in tho chair and the guest of the evening will be mr h thompson secretary of the middlesex county b a an interesting and rather novel de velopment has occurred at the covcrcj cilcket pitches in churchfloldroad acton whon lawn bowlers aro to b given the opportunity of following their gentle meditative recreation dur ing tho winter months a clear explanation of the principles on which canada assists and receives british emigrants was given to tho members of the acton women citi zens association un friday night by mish chnrloflon catiadjan immigra tion service spell it c-h-r-i-art-m-a8- thls is correct and this only is cor rect xmas is unfligtiiflod and unbecoming twosided story following is a letter that appeared in a western newspaper written by one of its readers there is information in it for storekeepers your paper is always boosting that home town buying is the right thing for if everybody bought away we would not have a town very long iifyour editorial a week or two ago you said there would be less buying fropi catalogues if every mer chant would advertise because it is adver- tising that keeps the catalo men goings well i believe thats right too but one thing i would like to see all the local mer chants do and there are niore who think the same and that is for them to print the prices as much as they can in their ad vertising and i also thiidvthat if the prices are going up they should say so and tell why if they know these times we all have to bite our nickles or most of us and we certainly dont lik the idea of prices going up on staples particularly and not a word about it till you reach the store i am not an advertising expert but i know what i would like to see in my local paper along that line and that is a- lot of genuine information about goods and prices every week then we should feel better and if we were being fairly treated there would be less sending away i hear thitalked about aletso thoughrlwould wrije you mr merchant tell your message to acton and vicinity in the acton free press 7rz