¢ : THE DAILY BRITISH PAGE FOURTEEN Lay er ret re ; { "Shimmy." The 'standards .and creeds and . confessions - banned dancing, Happiness... cards, theatres, tobacco and ajl suc { : 'wicked things; and hinted plainly { fenough, that indulgence in any of ling and eard-playing and theatres | Montreal Gazette. " these forbidden things would mean land tobacco; has had to soften hard | The belief was universal that the |an uncomfortable experience in the land narrow creeds; and now it is issue of the war would be happiness. | other world, °° y|asking itself where it is to stop. 'No 'one could tell how that belief |' Some of the very churches that | There are living forces here and came mbout. Previous ito the war|said that are building dance halls | there in the church which = would there were ili conditions. Over wide las annexes. The ydung people are frankly meet the new day and fashion | the bulk of 'the people fo church at- |} tendance; the shrug of the shouldér at the mention of dogmatic religion. The Church has had fo concede danc- areas there were poverty and misery dedicated to pleasure. Well, it is up to the churches to provide it. Per- | themselves npon new models and put | musty "isms" in the discard. On the { and the submerged tenth. There was | born in the general breast the hope and conviction" that after thé w t™ ne great good would result. haps it may be too simple, Some | churches have brought in the mov- The [ies 'with slight success. The churches miracle would happen. With radiant |cannot go into the movie business eye happiness would enter every | with the fre dom of the regular di-| 'home. The sacrifices had been un-|rectors and tontrollérs of that form | speakable. The ageny was unimag-|of amusement. Bible stories contrast | inable. This stupendous thing could {but poorly in burning interest, with | not go for nothing. The world could | the hectic photo play, which is a sucs| never be the same again. There | cession of gripping incidents, wind- | might be some features which love {ing yp with that lingering kiss, which would miss; but there would be no! rends the very heart of the "flapper" | more hunger or cold or nakedness, | with pathos and longing. But the | Life would be fuller and more en- {dance hall is a success, wherever | gaging. - | tried. It has been tried all over Bri-| * To the vast mass' happiness is!tain. Tt is in use by the churches in | material satisfaction. There were {the United States. In some cases | choice 'spirits who longed for a new there is a chaperon, In othérs the | world ofr the spiritual plane; but | parson keeps an eye 'upon the pro- | ~ vast populations on the ragged edge | prieties. There is still the sense of ! of misery desired things that could | insipidity, for human nature loves to be felt and handled and tasted. | trifle with tragedy, as the moth iirts | Moreover, the general public saw | with the flame which will ultimately people flinging rolls of money about; | shrivel it up; but when the church buying diamonds and pearls; wear- | connection is forgotten the dance hall ing expensive furs; maintaining big, | will be in larger demand. : ostentatious establishments -- all for |. The pursuit of pleasure is every- the purpose of display in the circles | where now a positive delirium. Dane- "of the newly-rich. The infection |ing is a craze almost equal to the spread. The workingman, who made | frenzy that seizes japon the Eastern money in munitions, bought cham-| Dervish, and whirls him round and | pagne and lorded it with the best-- | round interminably. . | or thought he did. It is a portent. It is one of the The women. who, as always, led | temperamental reactions of the war. the way in extravagance, bedecked | It is the rebound from grief and loss therselves" with gorgeous confec- {and anguish. It is the defiant cry tions. By unanimous vote the new |of the heart in its longing for happi- word was dedicated to Hedonism. ness. ' 3 So insistent was this that more ad- The churches are looking on wist- vanced churches in some cities had | fully. They do not know that they | fo throw open their doors to the fly- | can cope with the extraordinary por- ing figuves in the writhings of the | tents of daily life--the indifference of PART DRESSES F OR LITTLE SISTER. | Square and V-Neck Are Used and ®--* '< Still Favored. | {FAR } % OB rms KT By ANNETTE BRADSHAW. Party dresses for the girl of "in-|lyellow and' green. . between-age" age delightfully The other dress is also pink geor- charming this season. However, |gotte crepe, and shows an unusual they frequently present a real' pro- trimming in 'the shaped insets of blem to the mother who is in doubt | crepe outlined. with Val. lace inser- how to make them. ;tlon and embroidered with blue dots. : A dfess of pink Georgette crepe | The square neck has a yoke of Geor- . with a becoming fichn may be worn | gette edged with lace and set in with . by a girl of 'almost any age. It is insertions. Blue dois are also em- . trimmed with Val. lace and insertion | broidered on the yoke and cuffs, and the fichu describes a becoming The sash is. blue satin ribbon. "line in front, where it laps to the |Light slippers and stockings or black . left and ends under the sash of pink Mt leather pumps with black or feta in pastel shades of orchid, blue, and orchid ribbon. The flowers on {light stockings may be worn with | this dress are hand made from taf- | these party dresses. Bn Place Your Order With Us Why place your order out of town when you can get the finest DUBLIN GINGER ALE, ENGLISH GINGER BEER, « CLUB SODA, at Thompson Bottling Works All brands of Domestic and Imported Cigars and Cigarettes. Wholesald Tobacconists. -» Phone 304 202 Princess St. oy Geo, Thompson, Prop. Nr EN EUNRENENNR NEE E CANE NEE ED { where associations may not be of 'the | other hand there are many who | would - still hew to the line. But! this is the wital thing--the people | are clamorous for pleasure. Can the sort of pleasure desired accord with i the attitude of the church, er must the latter see the multitude pass by | the open door--rather dark, indeed-- |, and troop to the over-heated rooms. | most desirable. One of the most significant por] tents of the time is that the people | who have got new found money, re- | fuse to save any of it. They are obsessed with the passion for spend. ing. They never chaffer about the | price. The more money asked for | the article the better are they pleased. That is why the retailers put up their | goods--chiefly becayse the owners of | the new, money deem the 'high price | conducive to pride, and, at the same | tima. oives to the article a unique | distinction, . Production and saving are the cure | for the present economic unrest, bnt | hectic masses, whose pockets are fill- | ed with money, do not heed; and jov | is unconfined -- state of things | which the moralisf might well sigh | over, without, however, inducing | contrition. | i -------------------------- 1 No Free Advertising. A travelling entertainer boastad of | the possession of a genuine Stradi- ! varius violin of which he was very proud and so informed the editor of the local paper of the town in which | 'he gave one of his concerts. In re-| porting the concert next morning | aftor it was given, no mention was made of the Strandivarius violin. He | made haste to make known to tha | editor his disappo¥ntment at his fail- ure to mention the instrument.. The reply was, "If old Stradivarius ex- | pects any advertising in the columns i of this paper he will pay ten cents | a line for it." | Monarch Yarn ... Béethoven's Love for Xature. Like Brahms, Handel and Chopin, | Beethoven never married, but he greatly admired beautiful women, | and was always falling in love. His | infatuation, however, never lasted | long----seven months, in one case, be- | ing the limit, according to Ries. Yet there is nothing superficial or ephe- meral about his love of music, ex- cept in his songs, 'in which he was | rarely at his best. =~ Of his love of nature; the Pastoral | Symphony is the eloquent withess, | teaching the lesson that, with the ex- | ception of love for woman, there is || ; no source of "musical inspiration ~ equal to it. Neate related that he had 'never met a mam who so re- joiced in hature, who so deeply en- joyed flowers and clouds as Beeth- oven did. Nature was his food as it were: it was the element he lived in. When taking his walks in a meadow near Vienna he would sit down on some Inviting green and give himselt up to his musings. In his note book he one wrote "It is as if every tree | spoke to me Holy, holy! In the forest there is enchantment--who 4 pairs Ladies' Ho. v could express all this?" Two employees 0. the Thoburn flannel mills, Almonte, Thomas Hous fon and Thomas Puckett, met with an accident while working in the finish- ing department, by which Puekstt had his leg broken at the ankle and Houston had his shoulder dislocated, SOAP CAN RE EMPLOYED TO STOP GASOLINE LEAK Comparatively few owners and drivers of motor cars are aware of the value of soap Tor sealing leaky joints in the gasoline system. Very frequently gasoliné cozes out around On. Wednesday Mrs. James, de- voted wite of Thomas E. James, Lanark township, in poor health for quité a long time, ; 1ssed to rest at her home on the 12th concession. Mrs. James was born in April, 1869. the filler cap, especially when the tank is nearly full, Such a leak is objectionable because the gasoline spreads over the outside of the tank, which nowadays 4s usually carried at the rear of the car, collects dust - re nia aE REE ERNE EEE EEE NEE SEEN NNRENRE 0 1 | Monday, F ~ ola ~ Cash Payment wh A 4 : Because the White is made by a big estab 4 CANADIAN FACTORY, GUELPH, ONT. . * Hecause no better machine is made. 2 are rer five millon satiated users of the White, ai world. ; a guaranteed quality, backed over the over fifty years' a i ~'4. Because the Club Payments are easily made. By ; Because prices will be highet after the Club 3 ¢ 1, Ushed es valy, You have your choice of any . : i BUY, SEW Children's Gingham Dresses . . .2 for 98c. Ladies' White Indian Head Dress Skirts, 98¢. 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