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Watch your label; it tolls when your $1.50 per year in advance. 5 cents single copy. XT P PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, "EDITORIAL BN a # "Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam: His first, best country ever is at-home." HOUSES OR HOMES? When people stayed at home, Because roads and means of transportation were both bad, they built houses that expressed their best and most 15. durable possessions, To-day (like the snail-- 5 only very much faster) many go round with their ! houses on their backs. In other words, they live in the car, and sleep where convenient when night overtakes them. a From caye to castle and from castle to three roomed apartment takes in the whole sweep of human history and pictures very accurately the state of mind and pocket of the inhabitants at any given period, The original house was an individual affair. Man and his woman and his children sought shelter and protection in a convenient cave. From it he issued to hunt his food. In it he defied his enemies. From it later there issued his family, grown strong enough to command more caves and ' control a greater game area. The tribe was formed. History had begun. Where caves were scarce stone was gathered and piled into some protective shape. In forests crude huts were built, and these were the fore- runners of stone and timbered houses. Of con- venience and ornamentation these originals were innocent. Protection was the essential feature. Rugged primitive man required no more. Within limitations a house may fitly describe -----its owner, Poverty may curb his ideals; but there - will always be indications of the character of those who live in any house. Picture the sod hut of the Saxon peasant; the castle hall of the baron; the fortress of the overlord; the rich domain of the prosperous merchant. These be- long to a 'day and civilization long past. But they belong to a day when life was simple, when . pleasures were home-made; when knowledge was limited and true freedom was almost unknown. < Gradually history has wrought wonderful changes in our houses. They have become more comfortable, cleaner, better ventilated and lighted. Conveniences and luxuries Solomon could never command are-ours to enjoy--but not all of us. As Dr. Bruce and his associates in house reform have shown, thousands of people live in filth-and squalor. They exist in conditions that preclude happy development; and conditions that encourage iB crime and brutality. So long as these conditions A continue, humanity will have a fester at its core; Hl) : and our fears will increase. r . | i] Each of us can do much to increase life's happi- ; ness by putting our best into home, By loving one spot and beautifying it. By being loyal to "our own community, and so being true citizens. Houses express character. What character does Pal your house express? A mo a Alu TR CI { aa Ca one, 3 : >0o< THE ROWELL COMMISSION : _ It is unfortunate that Chief Justice Rowell was h : not able to continue his work on the Royal Com- : mission to consider inter-provincial relations. : "That the time is ripe for remodelling the British f rth America Act is undoubted. The march of : titpe 'has brought great and rapid changes, that re undreamed of by those who wrote our Can- dian constitution. » Reforms of this type have always been slow; and this additional delay is most untimely. While few, if any of us, have any adequate un- derstanding of the many presentations made be- 3 fore the Commission, there has definitely ap- in all conscience. peared a note of self-interest that could easily be a serious obstacle to happy Canadian unity, Canada is greater than any of the Provinces. Indeed the greatness of the Provinces depends upon the solidarity of the Canadian people. If Ontario Industrial prosperity has been a barrier to the progress of the people of Nova Scotia, that prosperity will eventually bring its own loss. If Saskatchewan or Alberta are famine stricken, the prosperity of Quebec is limited. If Abehart tries to_ isolate his Province socially and financially, he lowers the credit of the whole Dominion, . If Hepburn blocks the St. Lawrence development purely for Provincial interests, he may easily be slowing up the whole industrial fabric. We rise and fall as a Canadian people--not as the inhabitants of any Province or locality. Not for a moment could we exist as a group of Pro- vinces each fighting for supremacy. A house divided against itself cannot stand. If Mr. King can knit our people more closely together; if he can teach us our interpendence as Provinces, he will have done the greatest service possible to Canada at the present time. But delay only gives more ample time to foster those sectional appeals that are already too strong. Let the Rowell Commission finish its work as quickly as possible so that needed re- forms may be begun. They will be slow enough >0od SHALL WE GO TO WAR? It is startling to note the freedom of criticism heaped upon Mr. Chamberlain because he has not threatened armed interference in the several wars that now embroil various peoples of the world. It is most fortunate that what appears to have been an almost cowardly patience on the part of Britain, has been her policy. For what shall Britain and her possessions fight? Who is right in Spain, Italy, Japan, China? What is truth? Those who calmly study these questions are _ filled with dismay and uncertainty, We have had a war--the greatest in all history. What did it settle? Because Japan is cruel in her effort to seize Chinese terirtory shall Britain improve matters by marching her best and bravest into the field of battle? Because Germany is rounding up her people and acting ferociously toward the Jews, shall Britain invite the air destruction of her cities by provoking a world war? What better off should we be then? No, thet trouble is not there. The excesses ot Japan, or Germany, or Italy could easily be stop- ped if our financiers and manufacturers refused to do business with these aggressors. It is humbug and worse to be demanding war in the name of justice, and holding out both hands for the profits that accrue in making the instruments of death that shall destroy our young men. We do not want war; but we do want less greed. >0od NOTES Sir Hamar Greenwood 'will unveil a memorial window in the Anglican Church at Whitby on Sunday, September 4th. e . * + x School opens Tuesday, September 6th, --MOSTLY CHILDREN. They had one and it was, er. And, strange to relate in these days of depression, they had plenty of money to spend. All the Midway attractions were a nickle--*"Walk up ladies and gentle- men; and see the live lion stuffed with straw; eating boiled horseflesh raw. Roll i ; One fact stood out prominently-- 'Young Canada" is not lacking iu lung pow- up; tumble up; any way to get up." Children Take Possession of the Exhibition There were sixty-two thousand more people in attendance at the Canadian National Exhibition on Monday than there were on the corresponding day last year glorious time--"Let joy be unrestrained" Loud speakers were useless in that crowd. The children were infinitely louder. Races, acrobats, airplanes, clowns, all came on with the show, with oceans of ap- plause--but no time for encores. Never has the grandstand looked so like a hive '| .@ with the bees fresh swarming. You knew it was there by the outlines. The rest : i of the mass was children. ; a When it comes to estimating courage and good nature, it is difficult to decide EE whether the palm should go to the Ramsees Shrine Temple (with 2500 children in | a fleet of 500 cars), or the mother with four on a string. Both were brave. Both were kind. What the youngsters learned, time will tell. Likely more than we think. ~ The attendants? They needed a rest. Let's hope they got it. ', Sd Sunday school will reopen next Sun day at the usual hour 1.45 p.m. and we trust there will be & good atendance to start off another year of work. The children have had a splendid holiday and will no doubt be full zest and vim for the interesting lessons coming. Church service next Sunday at 3 p.m. with Rev, W. E; Honey in the pulpit. A meeting of the trustees of the Church Bogrd will be held in the Sun- day School room on Wednesday even- ing at 8 o'clock. A full attendance is requested for the purpose of trans- acting important business. Mr, and Mrs. Harry Stocoy of Osha- wa have moved into their new house and the welcome of the community is extended to them. The Woman's Misdionary Society met at the home of Mrs. O. H. Dow- ney with a fair attendance, last Wed- nesday. The meeting opened with the hymn "Saviour, Thy Dying Love" fol- lowed by prayer by the president Mrs. Honey. Short readings were given by Mrs. Chisholm and: Mrs. Hudgins. After singing of next hymn, the presi- dent read the devotional leaflet. A short dialogue yas read by Mrs, Luery and Mrs, Harrison on "Our responsi- bility in Social Welfare." Mrs. Hud- gins read from the Missionary Month- ly, an address given at the Dominion Board meetifg by Mrs. Charles Kirk- land Roys, on "Christianity meets the Test in China", which was most inter- esting, After the close of the meet- ing a tasty lunch was served by our hostess, Mrs, Geo. Timms of Toronto, called on his sister Mrs. Geo, Leach on Sat- urday. Mrs, Jos. Simkin spent the week end with her daughter in Whitby. The Township men are busy cutting weeds around these parts again. The abundance of moisture not only made good grain crops but good weed crops. Mr. and Mrs. Alex, Gorley of Dun- barton were visitors of Mr. and Mrs. 0. H, Downey last wéBk. Mrs. W. H, McCartney and baby of Brooklin, spent Sunday with her par- ents, Mr. and. Mrs. C. Harrison. Mr. Jesse Pike spent a few days of this week in Toronto and Hamilton. Pickling and preserving are the im- portant features with the housewives these days. The air is sweet and piquent with the delicious odors ot spices and vinegar, the taste of which we shall delight in a few months hence when the thermometer is away down among the zeros and the snow is piled high or blowing a blizzard. Mr. R. Long has returned home after after visiting with her daughter, Mrs. Roy Scott of Seagrave, ~ Mrs. Holway and daughter of Tona- wanda, N.Y. visited with Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Downey last week. Mrs. George Chisholm, Murray and Betty, of Toronto, were visitors in town on Monday and Tuesday of last week. Jack Thompson, Frank Downey and Lyle Sherwin of Ashburn are home again after spending a well earned and happy holiday on a house-boat on Rice Lake. Boating, bathing and fish- ing were good. The parents of the boys motored down on Sunday and en- joyed the day together, bringing the boys home wtth them. Miss Reva Cooper is in Oshawa for a short time. Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Chisholm left on Monday morning for Ivy Lea to see the new International bridge which was recently opened by Prime Min- ister Mackenzie King and President Roosevelt. Mr, and Mrs. D. Duchemin, Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Masters, Mr. and Mrs, E. Masters, Mr. and Mrs. Hervey Painter and June, motored to Orillia on Sun- day and enjoyed a pleasant day in Couchiching Park. Mr. and Mrs, Orland Hall of Ather- ley visited with Mr. and Mrs, David Luery on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Parrott of Scar- boro visited with Mr. and Mrs. E. Redman. Mrs. Parrott remaining for a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Lee and family of Greenbank were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs, W. J. Cook. Miss Beulah Cooper is assisting Mrs, Ramsay in the store for a short time. ' Already many are taking advantage of the cheap rates on the C.P.R, and attending the Exhibition, It is al- ways well worth visiting, but this year it has larger and newer attrac- tions which appeal greatly to the minds of the people. Myrtle Station Rev. W. E. and Mrs. Honey were in Wesleyville on Sunday, where Mr. Honey conducted re-opening services. Mrs. A. B, Fisher has returned after spending a two months' vacation with her daughter Mrs, Leggett of Walker- ville, and also with friends in To- ronto. ' The Women's Association will hold a social afternoon at the home of Mrs. Norman Hughson on Thursday, Sept. 8th, at 2.30 o'clock. This will likely be the last afternoon meeting for this year, and a large ¢rowd is expected. All the ladies of the community are cordially invited to attend, After- noon tea will be served, Mrs, Harold Stredwick motored to Keswick last Friday, MARSH HILL There was a good turnout at the Church service on Sunday. ~ Mr. John Davidson, Wilmot and An- son Swanick spent Sunday with friends at Blackwater. Mrs, William Heron and son spend- ing a time at the home of M.r Roy Hood. Mr. and Mrs, Garland Langstaff and Alex. of Toronto, were recent visitors at Ed. Langstaff's, Mr. Jas. Blair was doing some threshing around here the first of the week, ~ Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Gregg and children were recent visitors at W. H. Walker's, Mr. Arthur Rundle of Pinedale spent Sunday at W. H. Walker's. Learning to Swim Over two hundred Oshawa children of tender years have learned to swim this summer at the swimming pools in Rotary Park and Ritson Road play- ground, operated by the Board of Ed- ucation, it was announced at the Rotary luncheon this week. Futher- more, three thousand children have used the pools, a fact furnishing much comforting thought in the sweltering hot days which have marked the month of August. We have always felt that one good way to lessen the number of drown- ing accidents is to teach children to swim and this can best be done, as in Oshawa by competent and sympath- etic supervisors. In swimming pools better than in large bodies of water they will léarn the art of swimming coupled with the elements of safety, and, having mastered these, there can be very little fear of the future when they attempt to swim on a more ex- tensive scale in more mature years, RE ie .--UI TOO MANY JUMP FENCE, FEEL- ING OF DIRECTORS OF LINDSAY FAIR. (Watchman-Warder) The are too many who jump the fence each year, decided the Board of Directors of the Lindsay Fair at a meeting on Friday last. This opinion was expressed when the appointment of a constabulary force for duty dur- ing the Fair was under discussion. Henceforth no outside organization will be permitted to sell tickets for draws or raffles inside the Fair grounds, the Board decided. The local Rotary Club will be granted permis- sion to sell tickets on their raffle but the directors stated that hitherto visitors to the Fair have been con- stantly pestered by salesmen for var- jous clubs throughout the province, using the Fair grounds for this pur- pose. The luncheon, in honour of Hon. Albert Matthews, who will officially open the Fair on Thursday, will be held on Thursday at 11.30 a.m., to avoid delaying the usual parade to the Fair Grounds. Further arrangements were made to preparing for the To- ronto Scottish Regiment which will visit the Fair on Friday and Saturday and will be billetted in the armouries. Approval to the corps of ticket sellers and other emplayees was given, the Board expressing its optimism re- garding the matter feeling that a group of efficient and courteous young men had been selected. AB lal BASEBALL TOURNAMENT AT SEAGRAVE Monday, September 5th, 1938. Nestleton Intermediate "C", Little Britain, Valentia and Seagrave will compete. Games start at 1.30 p.m. Admission 26c. Dance at night, ad- mission 26¢. These will likely be the last games of the season. Reducing the Hours and Labor of Housekeeping (Christian Science Monitor) The actual necessary daily work in any average household--I speak from my experience as a maid in a repre- sentative group of such homes--should not require more than eight hours of any woman's time, Yet many house- keepers, whether employed by another or in her own home spend from 10 to 14 hours daily at what seems to her an endless round of duties. Why? Why, indeed!--Chiefly, it seems be- cause she has always taken it for granted that such endless work is in- escapable. However, the important question is, "How can the situation be remedied 7" The answer to this question lies not so much in a major upheaval of the household routine, as in an intelligent attention to lesser details, especially to arrangements making for greater ease of working. Time seems to be wasted usually in moments; not in hours; hence the conservation of moments while attending to the small- est duties of the day may result in hours of freedom, Neither is it neces- sary to' invest in numbers of "labor- saving" devices, in order to cut down the total of effort epended. Tools Where Needed. Most kitchens could be improved tremendously by a thoughtful rear- rangement of the equipment at hand An architect once said to me, "If a skilled mechanic were put into the average kitchen, he would have it turned upside down in a week. The skilled workman is accustomed to having his tools where he needs them and when he needs them; he never wastes time travelling around the room collecting his materials." The ideal arrangement is to have the food move in a single direction, by an orderly progression, from stor- age bins to stove and then to the table. For example, an omelet, or- iginating with the eggs from icebox or cooler, should move one step to the mixing table, where are grouped mix- ing bowls, beaters, spoons, ete., with a cupboard for seasonings within easy reach; then a step to the pans, an- other step in the same general direc- tion to the stove, and finally to the table. In contrast to this was the equip- ment for making coffee in one kitchen --and this is not at all an exaggerated instance either. Walking across the kitchen,, one secured the coffee pot then went to the opposite corner of the room to measure the coffee. In a third corner was found the measure for the water. Retracing one's steps to the sink, one measured the water, then once more re-crossing one's trail like a rabbit trying to throw a dog off the scent, one finally placed the coffee on the stove. A re-arrangement of the kitchen put the coffee pot, coffee, measuring spoon and measuring cup in the same cupboard, one step from both sink and stove. At least four minutes and thirty steps were saved twice a day--more than a quarter of an hour every two days. Conserving Effort. The arrangement of the kitchen-- which requires thoughtful attention to determine just what utensils are used most frequently, what is the purpose for which each utensil is used, which articles should logically be grouped to- gether, and what is the logical place for each group in the general plan of the kitchen--is of the first importance. The object of its arangement should be to eliminate steps and waste motions, which consume time and strength. Waste motions include stooping for things which could be at waist or shoulder level, walking across the kitchen or reaching for utensils which should be kept right at hand, making extra trips for things which might all be carried in one trip with or with- out a tray, and standing in an un- natural position while working. To this list might be added standing at all, when the work might as well be done in a sitting posture, unless one has been sitting and needs the change for rest. Second to the kitchen in importance is usually the laundry. Here the sum total of stooping and lifting is some- times unreasonably large. If it is humanly possible; the clothes should be sorted on a table at waist level. . The day's washing can actually be done without stooping at all; and when it is so done both time and effort expended are surprisingly reduced. Sorting the clothes according to size as they are laid in the basket for hanging out is another time-saver. Not only is the likelihood of taking out a small piece with a large one and dropping the smaller piece in the dirt, avoided; but it is possible to secure a certain ryhthm of movement in hang- ing similar pieces, a rhythm which is broken if one hangs large and small pieces together indiscriminately, This fundamental sense of rhythm in one's work is, in a certain sense, the basic principle of efficiency. The layer of bricks may illustrate this point, Time was when the bricklayer was merely a day laborer, paid at the rate of unskilled labor. Then someone discerned the fundamental rhythm un- derlying his work,--if you will, the most efficient way of laying brick, in the fewest possible motions,--and bricklaying became a skilled industry with a skilled workman's pay. So there is a certain rhythm in all the activities of housekeeping; and the woman who discerns this unseen harmony is the efficient worker. The very sweep of a vacuum cleaner across a rug--done in-the easiest and there- fore the most efficient way--achieves a regularity of movement as accurate as the count of a bar in music. To one who discerns this harmony, this rhythm, no work is laborious; rather it is a challenge, as a challenge, as a difficult passage in music challenges the musician to bring out its hidden beauties. --Grace R. White. ASHBURN Burns' Presbyterian Church, Ash- burn, was the scene of a pretty sum- mer wedding on Saturday afternoon, when Barbara Campbell Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Miller, was united in marriage to Dr. James Ralph Langstaff, son of Dr. Ralph and Dr. Lillian Langstaff, of Richmond Hill. Rev. Robert Simpson of Brook- lin officiated at the ceremony. The church was decorated with white and Picardy gladiolus in tall white stand- ards. Mrs. Robert Heron played the of the register Mrs. James Rusnell of Unionville sang. The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a grace- ful gown of ivory satin fashioned on princess lines. . Her long tulle veil fell from a coronet caught with orange blossoms and she carried a cascade bouquet of white roses, gardenias and lilies of the valley. The bride was at- tended by her sister Mrs. Frederick Durdan, of Welland, who wore a period frock of apricot mousseline de soie and carried Talisman roses and delphiniums. Mr. Bruce Davis of Toronto was groomsman and the ushers were Mr. John Miller and Mr. Frederick Durdan. Following the ceremony a reception was held at the bride's home after which Dr. and Mrs. Langstaff left by motor for the New England States. For travelling the bride wore a suit of navy blue trim- med with platimum fox. On their re- turn they will reside in Richmond Hill. --,-- te®------------ SNELGROVE-JEFFREY A very interesting event took place at the Scugog Parsonage on Saturday evening, August 27th, 1938, when Myrtle Ileen Jeffrey, eldest daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Wm. Jeffrey, Scugog Island, was united in marriage to Alfred Bruce Snelgrove, only son of Mrs. Snelgrove and the late Alfred Snelgrove, of Prince Albert. The bride looked charming in a gown of powder blue georgette, white picture hat and other accessories white, The happy couple left on a short honey moon trip. The bride's going away gown was of navy sheer em- broidered in white with net gloves, etc.,, to match. Later Mr. and Mrs. Snelgrove are taking a motor trip to Alberta and on their return will reside in Prince Al- bert. Their host of friends wish them every happiness, Ee -- EE PA -- PORT PERRY FAIR, SEPT. 26-27 wedding music and during the signing i bio " yo, SA a honed 3 EE re ~~ 0 on Le