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amar i Kodaks atall prices up Ne ~ $27.50. Call in and let us 'explain them toyou, oi i 'Films of all sizes in stock, Printin pers, Developers, Snap Shot Albuns Photo Paste, Art Corners etc When you want 'goud fresh fic ERIES 30D reliable Go 10 J.-F. McC LINTOCK Port Perry - ¢ . 3; Al 'never take the place of folks. «.. days I won't never know by ex- n't handle fer a milyun dollars. the day's work so fur as you're con- shall ever fook up inter the skies and see a r. without a feelin of wonder. ig folks is gettin these days, and yer oking down on us human critters as .if we was the "worms of the dust" the old time preachers used ter make us out be. But 1 don't take no stock i in the worm theory, fer it ain't . what yer might call complimentary ter the Creator ter be sayin that the | © work of His hands wasn't nothin but a lot of worms. 1 reckon if we wants ter be worms, we has ter do itagin what's ex- . pected of ui. We kin do jest as big. things as we thinks we kin, all ve has ter do 1s ter let our jobs get a good hold on us. I mind a feller told me of a bunch of men that was in a sham fight. ~The order came ter quick march, double, and then charge. They did "charge in a mad rush that took 'em 00 top of a shed that run acrost the other end of the field. - How they got on tap of that there shed they never knowed, but they got there jest the same. + 'Well, that's the way with us--we goes on livin "at this poor dyin rate," and then we wakes up some day and the thing we've got ter dogits inter our blood, stiis it, and gits us goin with our jaws set and our eyes | __alight. Then we fergits our little aches and pains, danger don't bother us, fer our job has gripped us, and we stand in our trench a holdin our posts, or over the top we charge while the sky 1s lurid with the lightnins of a thousand guns. That's the stir that feeds our courage, that wins the D S,0. or the Victoria Cross--jest lettin our job get a hold on us. But there's milyuns of folks ain't never woke up really--ain't never found their job; has more kicks than g artle; and spends what little en- ergy they bas a gramblin at everythin from the Food Controller to the the weather. Whenever a man goes kickin, I wants ter know what he's doin ter "make things better, and I've noticed that it's most ginerally the folks whats got nothin ter do and don't never git it it done, what has most time fer grumbhn. 1 don't want yer ter run away only job; because: you're a saljer, mind. It's jest the way yer look at th that's worth while kin set yer pulses 'if yer looks at it the right way the-floor. ter haehn. the garden. ~ Both-jobs has got ter be done; and a feller kin do "em like a galley slave or like a gin- eral leadin his army ter victery. Yer has yer choice. Work ain't nothin ter be ashamed on, but a feller what has ter be be drove ter his job had orter be ashamed of hisself, If a man's goin ter do good work he's got ter have what the preach- ers call a inspirashun, and about the only way-ter git itis ter want ter git somethin done. and git so set un havin the job done that yer won't nothin stop yer if yer kin help it. It's jest the same whether yer bringin down an enemy plane or puttin in a field of wheat. Life's the great game, the big adventure, and if wants ter be happy in it yer want ter play 1t Tike a good sport, doin yer best, and keepin yer blood warm and yer eyes bright. Now, it ain't easy ter tackle this play idea alone, and that's where most of us farmers gathers up our blue feelins--we lives too much ter ourselves, and don't git chummy enuf With other folks. There's one part of the "good old days" as I'd like ter bring back ter the farm, and that is the days when we had bees. When I was a kid we had huskin bees, and parin bees, and quiltin bées, and wood bees, and loggin bees, and: plowin matches. When it th the idea, Jack, that yours is the # kin stir the blood and fire the s that does the trick. Any job ~ come winter time, we used ter go out after.the big storms and shovel out the roads, and we no more thought of chargin it up ter the Council than we did of flyin ter, the moon. Man's a socshul animal and the only grudge that I has agin farm machiery is that it makes us farmers as independent as hogs on ieeand "some on us gits jest about as sochable, 1 never could get chummy with a hay tedder or make friends with a -gelf binder or a gasoline engine--they' re too hard hearted and haven't got enuf brains. Machinery's all right, but it can't never take the plice of folks. Newspapers, and magazines, and books i is all right, but they can't 1 tell yer it takes a man with a stout heart ter tackle ten acres of p alone. The weeds makes record growths, and the bugs has the tim of their | lives. Gita half a dozen of Be neighbors inter that there field and things zip. The weeds and the bugs disappear and a man kin do jest much work without bein-any tireder. time we git tergether ter do our work, we does two good ve gets more work. done; and we gits acquainted with the folks. ( harm ter rub up agin other folks and ex- 'and blue and off our feed the West. When a farmer got d g out and put hinge in shin gangs In i and eas sans ass tianane fs on Other Assets trensneritLa Dus bY Beitke.: Ga ad ols Beaded cant Tans and Current Discounts. . Contra. varssareree EE ERE Capital, Reserve Fund and 7. & Ln Abc Cash on Bade sanswanaVessmarae ers Govt, Deposits for Circulation EE ER ET Ny _H. G. HUTCHESON, PORT PERRY BRANCH Stock Insurance, Accident Insurance, HAROLD W. PORT PERRY, ONTARIO Bell Phone 94 "JAMES DEALER IN PIANOS, ORGANS and GRAMAPHONES ALSO SECOND- PIANOS TUNED MAY 13 and SEPTEMBER 16 . FIRE INSURANCE Motar Insurance, Life Insurance Plate Glass Insurance EMMERSON ~ (Office One House North of the Catholic Church) Phone 151 WARD PORT PERRY, ONTARIO Lieut. Penrose Killed Lieut. Harry Penrose, son of Mr, Ezra Penrose, of Newmarket, was killed in action on March 25. On the very day ' when Lieut. Penross was killed, his brother, who had returned home, was tendered a reception. Many of our townspeople remember Lieut Penrose well, as he was in .jcharge of the military. upit 'here for a while and' was great favorite with the young people. He went overseas with a draft of officers for the Imperial forces, and the men he led thought a great deal of him. Very general regret is felt at the early death of this fine young officer. News of Lieut. Spence News has come that Lieut. Frank Spence has been wounded in both legs, and is now in the hospital. Lieut. Spence was for six years assistant principal at Kent School, Toronto, and early in the war was a recruiting officer in Ontario County. He went overseas about a year ago, won a captaincy in the 8th Battalion of the original Buffs. He reverted to the rank of Lieutenant and transferred to the 1st Battalion. _ Port Perry has every reason to be proud of Lieut. Frank Spence. Buried at Caledonia The body of Flight Lieut. George Parrish has arrived in Canada, and will be laid to rest at Caledonia, in- stead of at Pine Grove Cemetery as at first intended. The funeral takes place on Thursday of this week. Pi Scugog "The Scugog Red Cross Society have had a busy winter. The follow- ing is a list of articles shipped since October, 1917. 141 pyjama suits, 47 bed sheets, 82 pillow covers, 29 double bandages, b rolled bandages, 6 vermin shirts, 101 pr socks, 500 mouth wipes, 75 bed socks, 66 trench caps, 17 in- dividual caps. APPRECIATION The President of the Scugog Red "I Cross Society received the following letter from Head Quarters, Toronto: | Dear 'Madam; 3 1 beg to advise you of the safe ar- rival of your shipment of supplies. and have very much pleasure in en- closing herewith an official receipt for same. We dre indeed grateful to your workers for this generous contribution Tof supplies which are urgently re- quired by the Society at the present time, and shall be glad if you will kindly convey to'all those interested | | our thanks for their assistance in the J 'work. - Yours very truly, School Opens April Sth The Public Schools re-open* on Monday, Aprll 8th. Pupils will be admitted on that date to primary. I ------------------; Banking hours are likely to be lengthened--9,30 to 8.30 instead of 10to 3 as at present--That makes no difference to us however. Golborne On Thursday evening, Mr and Mrs Edward Grass entertained a number of friends at their h.me in honour of Mr O L Thompson, who was leaving town the following day. A very en- joyable time was spent in cards and darcing. During the evening Mr Thompson was presented with a Safety Razor and case by his gentle men friends and a money belt from the Staff of the Standard Bank. A Virginia Heroine The event toward which many are looking with eager anticipation is the production of "A Virginia Heroine" by the young ladies of the Edith Cavell Society. The play is described as a comedy in three acts, and the Southern home of Mrs Dare has some inmates that would provoke a laugh from the most solemn. The play 1s dated at the time of the war between the North and South for the freedom of the slaves, and has in it the love, and humor, and tragedy that comes when civil wa- rages. Everything will be done by the young ladies, a number of whom will also act as ushers. Don't let anything keep you away from this play--the date is "Wednes- day, April 17 at the Town Hall, Port Perry. Tell your friends if it is at all possible for them to be present. They will enjoy the entertainment *just the same as you will, Plan at Byer's Drugstore. particulars next week. W.C.T.U. Social On Wednesday evening of last week the ladies of the local W.C.T.U. gave a pleasant social ia the Oddfellows' Hall,® which was well attended. A program of music, recitations and ad- dresses was given, and refreshments served. The object of the social was to raise meney for the soup and choc- olate fund for the soldiers in the trenches. - For this purpose the ladies have also been collecting trinkets, which will be melted down and the Jrocseds apphed to the fund. The nse to this appeal. was generous ow about $15.00 in cash was contri- buted. Among the donations was a handsome electric lamp, the gift of - Mr C O Clay. The lamp is for sale and may be seen at the Star Office. "At this meeting the W.C.T.U. gave to the Public Library the fees collect- from the honorary members, amount- © Further "ling to $il. See Topsy and laugh, smooth the ont of your face Town Hal,