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{AGE 10 The domestic servant question is, -.:.me of perennial interest and one that is becoming more difficult evl ery year. The great industrial evo- ‘iution that has taken place in the 5 past fifty years is to a large extent ‘ answerable xfor the fact that it is al- most impossible to get domestic ser- vants, or at least to retain them for any length of time. Formerly, about the only occupation open for a girl who had to earn her living was do- mestic service. This is :0 longer the‘ cast. Women have taken up almos’t‘ every one of the lighter occupations formerly given over to men. Especial- ly in factories have women to a wary large extent supplanted men; and they are destined still further to invade the work of men. This is the sase even in England, and the doâ€"’ .mestic servant problem is getting, :almost as difficult to solve there as it is on the western continent. t In New York, according to the: statement of the commissioner of! sin-uses, 100, 000 more servants can I and work. In every other city in the Union similar conditions prevail. In {Canada it is nearly as bad. It is not because women dislike home work in itself; it is rather because of the conâ€" ditions in connection with it that they prefer other employment. In a factory a girl has definite hours for flunk; she has her evenings to her- self; she has in many vocations a Saturday afternoon holiday and she has all of Sunday. The work of the Can be supplied at this men’s store. Stoc to over flowing with the newest and nicest furnishings that it has been our pleasure to , \Vith tum back solt cuffs com“: to match. $1.25 (a) We have Panama Hats here that are unsurpassed for value at $5 27, and $10 A very spe- cial panama hat in a. $6 00 temscc pic shape an. Soft Collars with Tie to Match All Colors N egligee Panama Hats aSet seasons. . J. CARTER DOMESTIC SERVANT PROBLEM $2.50 2 for 25¢ servant is never ending even under To The Editor: . was, WWW”) -' ' pp. i the Dude“ mistress. .-ne nearer the. Dear Sinâ€"Mrs. Rae and myself left and called to ”with“ 0f dOmBStic ,SeIViFe-can be Terre Hante, Indiana on April 20th. We left Wix made to correspond With those of; ' _ ‘ . and came do“ the store or factory” the better;and arrived 1n Chicago that evening. is on th S [ chance there will be of solving the‘gWe stopped there three days visiting and 77 glib; fservant girl problem. It may be that '1 with a. nephew of mine, who is Supt. It is a nice 1 Lin a few years women will reside in , ing well, there, getting a salary of population ‘ ltheir own homes and go out for do- ! $200. per month. He has been there Irv uncle 'Ja mes'tic service during definite hours ‘ of the Acme Steel Works. He is do- Fleetwood ( of the day with every evening, Sat-‘ 12 years and is from Omemee. He ears avo,wi urday afternoon and Sunday for} took us around the City and showed in thiSD di themselves. If this could be man? I usthe different places of interest. Staples ex-l ed, the objectionable ieaturesi now‘ Leaving Chicago, we resumed our ald Distr'ct :attending domestic service would be‘ journey to St. Paul, st0pping off and has lrece ! largely eliminated. If some “Ch plan ‘ there for an afternoon and night and of th G . is not adopted, it looks very much taking in the sights, leaving there the vef ran: as it sooner or later many women next morning for Winnipeg, where we 11:11: €13.88me “11 have t° d° the" 0“ hOuse‘ visited fgr ten days with an old neigh duties 111:8: twatâ€"Kingston Standard. bor of ours from Reaboro 0nt., Mr. Are here in all shapes that are in vogue for the coming season. Sailors stapes thh wide hrims and soft, straws that: can lei) turned down in fxont $4 00 servant is never ending even under the kindest mistress. The nearer the conditions of domestic service ,can be made to correspond with those of the store or factory,! the ' better chance there will be of solving the servant girl problem. It may be that in a few years women will reside in their own homes and go out for do- mestic service during definite hours In blacks, greys. and tans at; 5Cc. 75 CASH RAILWAY The firm of J. Sutcl-ifle and Sons has had insmlled in their store a new cash railway of the Gipe sys- tem. It was operated for the first time on Saturday and gave splendid. Iatisiaction. There are eleven sta- tions throughout the store and two lines have been installed upstairs. The oflice apartments have also been «centralized. Solid Leather Stocks are full nicest range of ure to show for SYSTEM INSTALLED Men’s Wear Soft Collars Separate 20¢ each 3 for 50: Belts $1 Kingston Standard We think it was the London Free Press that recently published a. letter from a. poor mother, asking if her son could not be made to support her. It is a pitiable thing that any such letter should ever have had to be written; it is still more pitiable to have to say that there are children who are so heartless and brutal that they refuse to support their parents iwhen they are in need.. at Hamilton Spectator. A correspond- ent the other day atributed the dim- inution in the attendance at the. Col- legiate Institute to the increase in the cost of living. In an editorial rei- erance to this letter we said that he did so rightly or wrongly, not pausing to take up the point, and proceeded to discuss his economic philosophy apart from the question oi school at- tendance. It may be worth while to consider whther, assuming that the increase in the cost of livinv has af- Efected high school attendance, there are no other influences working in | the same direction. Let us suppose that a girl, after proceeding as far as she desires in a] collegiate institute, passes a junior matriculation examination with a View to becoming a teacher with a second class certificate. She is able to do this at the age of sixteen. But she must spent one year at the nor- mal school, and this she cannot enter before the age of eighteen. Having nothing to do in the interval, she wishes to avoid loss of time, and takes a course in a business college. Her attention is thus turned to the chances in business life, and she finds that, after a few month's study, she INTERESTING LETTER FROM GEO. E. REA WHO IS AT PRESENT VISITING WEST Wm. Cunningham, who formerly. carâ€" ried on a blacksmithing business at that place. He came out here in 1903 and bought a. half section of land near Clearwater, Manitoba. He carried on farming operations for 7 years. Mr. Cunningham sis one of the men who have made good in this country, and has let his farm on shares, and is now living retired. Winnipeg is a beautiful city; has fine asphalt streets and concrete walks and is growing rapidly. The ‘building permits issued are $1,000,000 in excess of what they were at this time last year. Buildings are going ;up in all directions. I met with several old acquaint-' ances from Lindsay and vicinity. I saw Mr. Bert Weese, who is here in the horse business. He has a stable- ing lost two from what they call§ horse fever. I also met Mr. Robert Sanderson, formerly of Omemee, who: has been here for 24 years. He has made good progress and has charge of the shipping department of Stow hart Sons. wholesale Drygoods. He ‘took me to the top of their building, which is the same height as the new Eaton store here, and we had a fine- view of the city. I also imet with! Mr. Chris. :Cémei-l, many of Lind- say, who is engaged in the grocery business. He is doing well. Also a Mr. Hatch, who formerly bought grain at Omemge. He is now in the real estate bnsiness here and has done well. \I also saw Miss "K. Blay- carrying on a. mantle and dress making business and is ifi‘ng well. MOTHERS AND HE ARTLESS SONS SCARCITY 0F TEACHERS can earn very nearly, if not quite as much as she could hope to get at the end‘ of her year at the normal. Natur ally she turns aside from her original intention, and as a teacher is lost to the province“ Gradually it becomes common knowledge among the young people that for business life even a course at the Collegiate is unnecess- ary and so the attendance at that in- stitution is diminished. In addition to this the authorities of ’the provincial university in Toron- to seem. bent on making the matricu- lation examinations harder and hard- er to pass. Indeed President Falconer has expressed a desire to raise the standard at the university so that all first year work ‘ hitherto done there shall be gone in the secondary schools This, of course, discourages those .o-u- J v“, shall be gone in the secondary schools This, of course, discourages those young people who have no thought of taking a full university course, but does desire to become public school teacher with first class certificates. Evidently the whole system, so far as concerns the production of teach- ers, irequires reconsideration. At a time when the demand for fairly well qualified teachers isgreater than the supply, we cannot afford to place needless obstacles in their path. lock, formerly of Omemee, who is here and called to see us. Miss Blaylock is We left Winnipeg a week ago today and came down here to Treheren which is on the Souris branch of the C.P.R. and 77 miles distant frOm Winnipeg. It is a ‘nice little town of about 700 population. We are visiting here with my uncle, James Staples, formerly of Fleetwood, Ont, who came here 2’ years ago with his family and settled in this district. His son, W. D. Staples, ex-M.P., represented McDonâ€" ald District at Ottawa. for two terms and has recently been appointed one of the Grain Commissioners. He will move from here shortly and take up his residence in Fort William. His duties necessitate his change of resi- II“! III! SOBE FOUR YEARS LINDSAY POST. son or daughter able to . be made to support inâ€" .f a family of children ute circumstances, the ssume the care of all I ‘ mother who hasi amily of children, is to recognition from :ry child that reaches anhood or womanhood y hundreds of dollars r, and the mother, of more than any on ad to a pension â€"â€"the proportioned to the Ldren. If a woman is : pang of child birth all those responsibili- I 3 permanent colors â€" Red, Brown. Greenâ€"- and natural Slate. Look into it before you decide on that new roof. so Sole Canadian Mfrs. THESTANDARDPAINT CO. at Canada. Wetlenu-cal. Melennan Co.. - Lindsay. 50$. Heard, - Fenclon Falls. A. E. 30m, ‘ Bomaygeone l. L. Cook Bros., - Coboconk. B. Corrie, - . Halibut-Ion. R. Morrow. Kirkfield and Woodgige; dence. His son, John James, is engaged in farming, about 5 miles west, and owns a section offine land. He is busy sewing wheat and when through will have 300 acres of wheat and ’75 of oats and barley. W.D. is owner of two and a quarter sections» of land, two and a quarter sectionsof land, and has it in shares. Milton Staples, his third son, and Mr. Anderson, are engaged in the merchantile business here. They have a fine general store and are doing fine trade. The whole family have done remarkably well here and are wealthy. n. The spring has been unusually wet and cold and backward. The seeding commenced about 3 weeks later than usual, but the land is in fine condition now, and with good weath- er the wheat will be all sown this week.r I forgot to mention Mr. James Flack, who has a beautiful farm here. Mr. Flack is ratired and living in Treherne. His son is working his farm Mr. Flack is a brother of Mr.. Robert Flack, of Lindsay and has made good here. Thanking you, Mr. Editor, for your space, .and for publishing this long letter. I will call and give you more news when I get home. Yours Truly, GEORGE E. REA. gives longer and more complete protection, per dollar of cost, than metal roofing, shingles or any other ready roof- ing. With over 300 imitations, Ruâ€"ber-oidis still the best. Made in Treherne, Man. May 13. HANDSOME BUNGALOW AT BOBCAYGEON Independentâ€"Mr. Rosenberg’s sum- mer residence on the river -front, corâ€" ner of Anna street, is approaching a finish and indicates how great an ad- dition it will be to the adornment of the village. Mri Peter Grant has near ly completed his contract, and the plumbers will take on their portion of the work. The Bungalow is 42 feet} 6 inches frontage and 49 jeet 8 inches in depth, w. th a kitchen 15 X 22 feet that is attached to the main building with a passage, so that all heat and ‘ kitchen flavors are avoided The large I central living, room is 14 X 22, and ithe ceiling goes into the roof 18 feet labove, with a window in the roof. '1" his room has a sensible fire place, a combination of plain, hammered stone, and pressed brick panels, ample and efiective. The Den also has a fireplace. There are four bedrooms,: with simple closet rooms and two bath rooms. .There will be hot and cold water, the tanks from the wat- erâ€"works being filled by an electric pump; the whole house will be hand- somely lighted by electricity. The front and east side has an eight feet six verandah, ceiled with Georgia Pine in the natural grain, and the verandah on the east side is a flat- roof, joists and roof in the natural grain Georgia. Pine. The whole efiect is the plain, strong Colonial style, which conveys the idea of simple com- iort to so marked a degree. The col- oring is well chosen admirably harm- onizing with the surrounding greens of summer, and prov ding a pleasant sense of warmth Eben surrounded with white during the long winter months The walls are Devon grey, foundation and trimmingsxbufi, roof shingles and shingled gables stained red. Mr Grant has produced a creditable piece of work. Mr. Rosenberg and his family, ‘ when they arrive in June, will have a :summer home in which they will un- doubtedly find pleasurable comfort, and Bobcaygeon gains an attractive addition to its summer resort features. ‘ Too Much Rain The steady downpour ’of rain is playing havoc with the farmers. It has proved disastrous to some crops and a change in the weather condi- tions would be welcomed. ROOFING Mrs. R. Spratt spent the weekend the guest of Mrs. Nie, of Fenelon Children Cry run FLETcHER’S DASTORIA Examiner: Most of us remember} the beastly plague of caterpillars we; Ca had .a few years ago, what damagei Ac they did, how they devoured our; 1"“ fruit, trees, how they devoured the { {61:3 leaves of the street trees, how they 3105;“; covered the pavements and were 3 and st: crushed in slimy messes under ourmimtd of our necks, how they crawled over: A?“ our persons, and how in sum they ;= helped; us to realize the bitterness; >and inconveniences of the plagues 1 LAW that fell upon the people of the land‘ ' ' of Pharaoh, who hardened his “heart : Manic so often. The city had to take the; matter in hand, and large sums of money were spent in fighting the pest. 1 \\'AL'; 9 :7 As with everything else, so with caterpillars; prevention is the best‘ remedy. The tent caterpillar (clisioc-3 ampa Americana) begins its life (if. there is any beginning of its circle oi reproduction) in the form of a moth; oi brownish color, which, in the month of July lays its eggs in the; form of bands or “bracelets,” around: twigs of trees, covered with a sort; of varnish to proteCt the eggs. These eggs hatch out in the spring, just as' the buds are opening. The larvae at once begin to spin their web in which they are protected; and during the day they emerge, in thousands to feed upon the leaves. When full grown they are from an inch and a quarter to an inch and a half in length. The worms at maturity enclose themsel- ves in cocoons and go into the chr3:- - salis state. These hatch the brown L moth, which lays eggs to be hatched into caterpillars and so the cycnle of 3 reproduction is completed and main- . tained. Prevention consists in destroying the chrystalis where it can be found under the ledges of fences, etc. , or destroying the eggs and finally in tieâ€"i straying the caterpillars in their ' tents. This can be done by cutting ofl' the twigs, if the tents are ong twigs, 'or by crushing the worms ini the tents if in the crutch of large branches. Destroying by means of a torch is not certain; unless the tent is broken the flames cannot enter. The gauzy texture of the tent keeps out flamesâ€"on the principle of the Davy safety lamp. If we do not deâ€" stroy the caterpillars as completely as possible, we shall have more trou- ble next year, as we have more worms this year than last year. ALWAYS RAINS May 17th should be marked on mail“ I AUGHLIN PEEL 1 f ’ calendar as the rainy day of the yeari 5 According to a Queen 5 avenue lady, BARRISTERS SOLICITGSS“ who has reached her 93 rd year, it has 31,333 ., - ,, 2 - an. rained in the city of London fo- the - :.j 15;: 1‘ 4V7 .3. ~r g \‘x . Past 55 years on that date. The inf orâ€" ' R J McLaugh n Kc‘ m mation is gleaned from diaries which; James-A. PbEl 72“ this lady has kept year after year for} .-â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"-â€"""" nearly theigreater part 0! her life. i ”0 1X 1w 1.7533,; cm The condition of the Weather each 11111.. .. -,N;,_,~_~\:y2sl‘asfl day is a feature of these daily entries Lu 0 3.1.1: > . "hf“? :1 11s --~m1‘: .3 and going back through the pages e\- R33} ‘ 2, f. ;, or... :. i cry year it is found that there has 31-; Pm C 3:. ' ways been rain on May 17. Sometimes ________________./ it has merely been a shower, while at‘ other times it has lasted all day. 01 MONEY T0 W“ In; ten 9. thunder storm comes on this, CURREL date, but no matter in what fashion“ u q “4ch 1.. 333.: or for what length of time the fact and 2:11:74; .. mew“ ':\9 w remains that it has rained for 55 con21or 02.3ng c x .~ *1 di in sun): 3:... :Zg.vrru“g:7wu‘ secut ve May 17th's. This is a recor _ .2 . m insai 'iegcs \(y; 1111‘.) P4) no .other day in the year can equal mum: :2. 11:12-5 1:19:52; Whether it is a co-incidence or merely I mimen: 3 ~,; 03' 0:3 a day set aside by old Jup. Plum, on} STEWART e M which to demonstrate his rain produâ€"§ cing abilities, is a matter of conjectâ€"i 59¢ ‘ ure. The moral is. carry your umbrel- la. on May 17 and hold your Sundayi. Hopklnawee'“ School picnic on the 18th. â€"â€"London§ Barristers. 503i:“°”’.:’mon: : f 12 ' ' Adm' “ ifcfi... n\vxinmr\f [3195‘ WI New Budge at Benetton The C.N.0. Railway has commenced operations for the construction of the steel bridge over the Beaver River at Beaverton, much of the span be- tween the two banks, which at this point is about three hundred feet wide will be filled in.â€"-Advocate. Dr. Hay, of ~Sat-same, spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Hay. Pleasant Point. M‘ Tam: Mam DESIGNS Comments fie. 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