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PAGE FOUR 4 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO THURSDAY, JULY i4TH, 1938 YOUR WORLD AND MINE (Copyrght) ----By John C. Kirkwood Have you been perceptive ofi than what is shiny bright; they the fact that most persons known see sinners rather than ri.ghteous ta you want to do something sup persons: they see failures more thsthan successes. What we see isa erlatively well? Take Budge, ti matter of habit. If we practise year's Wimbledon tennis champ-seigtebd eha sete ion;or Hlen oody or llebad. If w-e practise seeing good, Lenglen, the famous French ten- we shahl see good. If we practise nis player whose death has just being sunny natured, we shall be been announced. Or take Burk,, sunny natured. the winner of the Diamond Sculls' We ought to be thankful thati at Heniey-on-Thames. Or takeiw r o aitae n ugs Joe Louis, the pugilist. Ail of w r o aitae n ugs these persons did their utmost in aiways seeing and deaiing with ailther cntets.The di thI wrong doers and doings. I wrote utmot inprepratin.:a novelist not long ago. after hav- It is the same in the case of our in edtoo i ok hc foremost painters, singers, pian-j were m95t depressing and which istsactor, pracher, îawers, wth the life of oppressed dot, ctors,urenachit, aesen-persons living in ugly surround- gineers: Ail do their best, flot for insadwt er'orepr the sake of money rewards, but sons. expressing the hope that his becase her issomething in next book wouid be more cheer- bhecuse fce there ISd fui. For four years or more this te hc focthehem to do riter has given himseif up t0 depicting the life of a few people There are farmers and carpen-1 in a community wîhere sin and ters, and breeders of horses and ugliness abounded. Such intensity cattie and sheep and hogs and, of effort maintained for so long fowi and pigeons and dogs and :must have a bad effect on this cats, who are always trying to'novelist. Personaliy I would not excel. And, similarly, thiere are want to be warden of a prison. manufacturers who want to make ProbabNy it is an indication of the best soap, the best furniture. ýoadc nm %hnIsyta the best brushes, the bes t coadeinm enIsyta the estbred. he estso eII wouid flot want f0 carry heavy tbest ciotes, the best ships.' the Iresponsibilities - such as those best cltoos, the best wathes. th borne by our prime ministers and We can admit that one of theIth e mermers o the cnt- motives leading men f0 do their W tvrmybeorvescn best is the desire for praise and Icerning their policies and decis- reward; yet beiow ail else is the ions, we have to admit that these honest desire to do their vr public servants do carry burdens best - not in al things, but in Our gih reakpulicn sertssendt gard to some special form of e- Ouich reak dolewsrn tir eth exprself-n. themselves limitlessiy in their expresion.public service, and thereby short- J C K en their lives. Speaking for my- I arn acutely conscious of the self I wouid flot want the burdens excellence of many advertised borne by school teachers. Some things which I buy or use. Take of us may think that they have one's toothbrush. I have been as-lshort hours and many hoiidays, tanished by the durability of but we f ail f0 see the work done some of these advertised brushes. 'away fronM school by these teach- When I was a lad a toothbrushlers and to appreciate the strain didn't last long. Its bristies werei on their nerves. always coming out. Today bris-' J C K ties are most securely fastened in, 1Wa mtyn oipeso and the handies are made most Wa r rin 0ipeso attractive. The brush may be de- myseif and on my readers is this: livered f0 you in a glass container. we are being quite wonderfully You are paid compliments at ev- served - most efflicientiy served - ery turn by the maker. I bv multitudes of persons, most of On Father's Day I was given ai whom we neyer see and about shaving brush - an advertisediwhom we rarely think. These brush., This brush has been de- 1servants of our foil offen to the Uighting me daiiy ever since. Iipoint of exhaustion and death gives me a super-abundance of that we may have pleasure or lather from about U-inch of comfort or ease, or better food, cream. Before I got this brush I better ciothing, better domestic had been using a bristie brush utîlîties, or better health. Some which had cost me about 60 cents. endure immense hardships and This bristie brush was well made; many dangers that we may have but it neyer gave me the pleasure fish on our table - f ish by way of my new badger-hair brush, of exampie. Men risk their lives and if required more shaving that wve may have pearis. Men cream or soap to produce the toil endlessiy in mines that we amaunt of lather needed f0 make may have coal. Men study for shaving agreeabie. years and years that we may have I have been wearing two pairs the easements of science. Our re- of shoes, made by the same mak- search chemists and doctors de- er, for upwards of eight years - a vote their whole life to labours tribute f0 the good workmanship which will give us cures for dis- of the Manufacturer. eases and relief from pain. Photo- A good watch wili last from 50 graphers put their lives in peril ta 100 years if it is wel iookedI daily that we may have pictures after. Typewriters are extra- in our newspapers. ordinariiy long-iived. Well-made Perhaps our own work is dis- furniture wil ast from genera- agreeabie - perhaps dangerous - tion to generation. Motor cars perhaps ill-rewarded in the mat- last far longer than most owners tèr of wages; yet our work may want them to last. I have books be a contribution to the well- on my sheives which are 100 years being of others near or far from aid: the paper and the binding us - persons who wiii neyer were good. Ships lasf remarkabiy. know of. our existence or give a ----J. C K - thought to us. There is far more honesty thanl Truiy we are servants one of in he ord. oo abutanother, and I hope that we are raguery i h ol. okaothonestsratgvn ult yau an.d consider those weli of serv qa t ivigeaquaiity known f0 you - whose lives may the service w equaifroe qalty of tauch yours. Go over them one sýervc egtfo tes by one. Do you find them hon- The farmer who sweats in the est? I believe that your check upharvest field, the woman who will revea.l to you that most of works in a miii, the taxicab driv- those weli known f0 you are hon er the dentist, the salesman be- est nd dpenablepeope. 1 hind the counter, the surgeon, the It is far better f0 see the good cewstertietepbih than the bad. One is happ er,de the teacher, the preacher, the when one habitualiy sees the pperd eiiery man, the miner, the ditch rather than the bad. Therere digfger vabg olcr- persans - and ail of us know them ai are tservants ministering f0 - who are everiasting pessimisfs: fahr'nesadwnsadwl they see what is dismal rather ae Since we are so well served by others, is there not obligation on ________________________us ta serve them with the fidelity I with which they serve us? CLEA RANCE SAVE MONEY HERE Having made arrangements ta secure more of my supplies Iocaily, it is unnecessary for me to carry as large a stock of paints and supplies as form- erly. If you are in the market for Paint, Varnlsh, Enamel, etc., t wMI pay you to get in touch wth me now. You can save plenty by quick action. We can alsa supply yau with Iead and ail haxid mixed paint. James Abernethy Painter - Phone 431 - Decorator I OBITUARY J. W. Proctor, Roland, Man. (Carman (Man.) Leader) Death claimed one of Rolands highly respected residents. June 23, when J. W. Proctor suffered a heart attack and passed away at the home of his dauglhter, MIrs. C. Kitching. Mr. Proctor was born in York- shire. England, May 3, 1858. When two years old lie came with bis par- ents to Canada. and spent his boy- hood at Oronlo. Ont. In 1881 he mar- ried Emma Lena Cornish, and for somne ycars lie conducted a grocerv buisiness ini Lindsay and later in Toronto. In 1892 they inoved to Manitoba and farme'm at Sanford Uintil 1908. He then purchased tlhc farm two miles north of Roland, wherc thcv have since resided. He was a devout memlb-r of the former Methodjst churclh. He is survived hy is wife and seven children. Mrs. WV. E. Hall. Manitou; Mrs. R. L. W. Sutton. Carman; Mrs. Carman Kitehing, Roland; Lithgow of Win- BEFR1 OINSR OSL CONFEDERIONL nipeg and Everett, Frank and Fred Rev. Geo. McNeill conducted the casket was banked with beautifu so and David McLaren. Flower "Amusement or idlenems is For one man who can't stand at homne. Also ten grandchildren. service. Misses Doris and Noreen floral tributes. Palîbearers 'ere J.u eeson~ Pih weariniess. Truili and Laove rest prosperity there are a hundred Funeral services were held from Skinner si-mpathetically rendered a J. Hezzelwood, S. E. Fennll, H r thewHoyanwardylaenP-rhinyechaerdcaneandin Roland United Cliuircli, June 25th.1 vocal duet. lIn the Garjn.- The Loree, Ernest Anderson, Robt. John- Stanlev Phillips. Mary Baker Eddy. out whether they can or flot. 1L2 Help Care For Crippled Children VILLE AT ROTARY PARK9 DO WMAN VILLE 25e Buy Your Car' Ticket N-ow New1938 (ê'odel 5e YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A jrrl t pNeReta ils ChevoletCoupOver $900 En tire Proceeds Will Be Used To CARE FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN =-Mw CALITHUMPIAN PARADE Wil begin at 7.30 p.m. (D.S.T.) from Publie School Grounds. - Featuring - The Finest Band Organizations in this District. Dozens of Decorated Floats and Costumed Characters. Valuable Prizes will be Awarded to Parade Prize Winners. Prepare your Floats early. -Sce Prize List in Canadian Statesman - A NIGHT 0F FUN AND FROL IC At the grounds over 20 -booths with new and snappier games, giving everyone a chance to take home worthwhile and useful articles. llundreds of other attractions... ... Be sure to attend this happy event. In Case of Ramn Fair will be held Thursday. I - (lâ COMETO A