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Sy A $1.50 pov year in advance, 5 cents single copy. EDITORIAL "Such 'ig the patriot's boast, where'er we roam: His first, best country ever is at home." -- HITLER AND GERMANY What a subject! A kindly, industrious, meth- odical people, led by an imperious madly ambitious dictator. History has few, if any, parallels, Few because conditions are so greatly different' in world progress. To-day. there is an interlude. Not yet is the world to be lunged into war. Not yet is the ring "of steel and concrete complete which is to be Germany's protection against' an appalled ahd hostile world. Not yet have the vestiges of humanity been subdued to the demands of am- bition. Not yet has been created that atmosphere of doubt and fear and hate so necessary to war. How well those lines of Kipling fit: "For heathen heart that puts her trust In recking tube and iron shard; All valiant dust that builds on dust, 'And guarding calls not thee to guard." What a responsibility our statesmen now have! Honour and home life pitted against each other. Power to' direct in good channels -- a goal set against death and destruction of millions, and per- haps the downfall 'of our civilization. If ever we needed to remember those repeated lines in the Recessional, it is now. "Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget--Ilest we forget." >od s- © WHAT YOU SAY COUNTS - The world is a sounding board. You may say a few words that in a minute or two may girdle the earth. War is neither made nor unmade by govern- ments. It is made by the multiplied*speeches of people like ourselves. We say what we think, and are proud of our freedom of speech. What we say is quoted by our neighbours, and they in turn are quoted by their neighbours. Just now we are busy being utterly disgusted with Hitler and all he represents. If that disgust turns to hate of the German people, they will hate us, and war will ensue, It would be well to remember that while Hitler "presumes 'to be the mouthpiece of the German people, he is-speaking only for regimented public opinion. Not all Germans think as Hitler thinks. Personal observations is reporting 'otherwise, -In- dividual responsibility was well expressed in the broadcasted speech by the President of Checko- Slovakia last Friday. That great leader urged > his people to self-restraint in speech and action. He pointed out the fact that ill-advised words and violent actions might easily set the whole world ablaze with war. While we are more remote from this tense _ centre, and while we are congratulating ourselves upon our freedom from war's alarms, it would be jugs' as well to remember that we shall retain that Freedom best by temperate speech. "rod LEFT AND RIGHT It is curious to note how words change their meaning. In the old days "left" and "right" in- dicated direction just as definitely as--North, South, East and West. They still indicate direc- tion, but not definitely in political matters. There are innumerable shades of left and right in this line of human thought. They merge into one an- other and frequently seem to be on opposite sides. Politically speaking "left" stands for Commu- nism, Theoretically; the Government in a "Left country would own and operate the sources of wealth, and distribute the wealth. Actually it > cannot be done, as this story by Eugene Lyons indicates: : Stalin (after the removal of Trotsky) is pic- tured as having summoned a famous rabbi to.the Kremlin, and to have said--"My rival is out of the way, and I am committed to building social- ism in one country, and yet I am not certain that .it'can be done, You are a wise man and I com- mand you to tell me truly, without fear, whether it is possible to build socialism in one country." The rabbi asked for time to consider. His final answer was--""I can assure you that it is alto- gather possible to build socialism in one country. But to live in that country--that's impossible." It is not possible to have a soft life for every- -body at public expense. That is the modern un- attainable dream. When it comes to' analysing the "Right" in politics, difficulties arise. The term may repre: sent Government of the people, by the people, for the people; or it may represent a paternal dictat- orship such as Fascism. What is certain ig that the extremes of both "Left" and "Right" lead to dictatorship, and rob the individual citizen of his right to live without restrictions other than imposed by the demands of good will, "It would be idle and foolish to claim that there are no wrongs to be righted in Canada; but it is equally idle and folish to believe that these wrongs can be righted merely by any change in the system of government, Always the people make the country what it is. They may be hampered or terrorized by the Gov- ernment; but eventually the inherent character of the people will assert itself. That is true in any country. In Canada, we shall be worse than foolish to turn to any of the extremes of Government such as Communism or Fascism. All we have to do to cure our ills is to quit expecting to get gome- thing for nothing; to stop spending money we do not possess; and to take a practical interest in public affairs beginning at home. bod GLASS HOUSES "Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.' Just so, = But the amazing. thing is that in satis) life so few stones are thrown, The very fact that there are houses with glass ig, in itself, a wonderful commentary on our progress as a people. Glass is a symbol of snlighisnmont both phy- sical and mental: = The savage has no use far glass. The man of war is contemptuous of glass. He who grubs to fill his money hags will tel] you that glass is expensive--that it costs much more to heat a house in which glass is plentiful. Glass is the bright flower of peaceful civilization. People in this district had little or no glass jn their houses a. hundred years ago. Oiled paper or removable boards in the openings let in all the light possible, Increaging prosperity was evi- denced by larger windows, until in our wealth and freedom we built our-erystal palaces. We feared no enemies. We paid more to live in lighted houses, We learned to look out on the world about us happily. Seeing, we ereased the beauty of our surroundings. Not content with summer foliage and flowers, we grew them in winter in our houses under glass, Glass has protected us, lighted our lives, and has been spun into objects of dazzling beauty, It has revealed ugliness and helped to abolish" it; has mirrored our best and encouraged it. . From the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles ot the tiny compact in milady's purse, glass has shown us the way to richer and fuller life, and has checked our care- lessness of appearance, ® 40> © Depression on the Fishing Shore ; By George Beck, Mil Village, N.S. in "The New Outlook" The depression was quite 'a while ~ coming, but it arrived all right and has been with us now for several years. The first thing we noticed was young fellows who had lost their jobs in the cities, drifting back home and glad to get there: Old houses, some of which had stood empty for years, were 'patched up and there are no empty houses on the shore now. Then the United States put the bars up and . stopped the men from going over and fishing out of Gloucester, Finally the price of fish began to slide slowly down, while the cost of twine, nets, gas, engines and salt kept stubbornly up. Telephones were taken out, ears were left unlicensed and the shore settled down to see it through. Along with alkthis went another change that had been developing almost unnoticed, the mechanization of the whole fishing industry. The steam trawler is grad- . ually driving out the schooner and the small boat. - Do our readers in central N Canada know just how a steam trawl- er than the schooner or small boat. er operates? It is really a fair-sized , True, only a_few trawlers are used, steamer, that fishes by hauling along' but they set ine price. It is another a the bol jom % ihe Queen a great case of the machine against the man, rag, something like a gigantic scoop, hig: busi i a heavy, awkward-looking affair that ny TSInsa RERIL, the STAN pr is handled by. powerful machinery. | ucer, and there can be only one re- This scoop is dragged along over the|®Ult: The machine has won in every fishing banks for a certain distance | Industry, every time, and it is going and' then hoisted up to the surface, It|t® Win in the fishing industry. The is, "like unto a net that was cast into | Small boat may hold its own in certain the sea and gathered of every kind."|'¥Pes of fishing, but even here the That is just what it does. The fish | Machine is beginning to be used, The are baled out of the great scoop "and old-fashioned fisherman, with his hook the small ones and the kind not want-|2nd line, is already beaten in this ed are dumped into the sea, As the| fight, although he does not realize just fishermen put it--when the trawl{What has happened. Only a few years comes up there are acres of dead fish | #80 there were forty schooners sailing floating about. Does this method of | 2ut of the La Have River for the fish- fishing, destroy the bottom and deplete ing banks, this year there are four, the supply of fish? That is just about The industry is passing into the hands the hottest argument on the shore to-, °f 8 few big fishing companies and un- day and it is a question for the ex-|doubtedly they will use the method perts to decide, One thing is sure, [that gets them the cheapest fish. the steam trawler can land fish cheap- (Continued on Page 5) MERCHANT In 1886, at Queen and Terauley Sts., Toronto, was a roughcast shoe store with wooden shutters and a sho- window 8 x 12 inches; the lock was a bolt which shoved over. Across was the Lenrox Hotel with a watering trough for horses in front, and nearby was a blacksmith shop and an iron- '| monger near where the City Hall now stands. Bay and Albert streets were residental then, Starting at an annual salary of $125 with board, Warren T. Fegan worked hard from seven a.m. until 10 p.m, with no half day off, in this little store for W, McAdams; but moved to 88 Queen West in 1887. In 1900 Ewen McDiarmid and Mr. Fegan became partners and bought out the business, and the "Big 88" shoe store soon became perhaps the greatest family shoe store in the city. Starting with a stock of about $8000, the record yearly turnover reached $120,000. In 1906 two branch stores were opened, one-in Hamilton with C. H. Moyer as manager, the other in West Toronto, with Alex. Chisholm as manager. Mr. Chisholm was after- wards Alderman. for Ward 8, and chairman of the Board of Health. Comparing shoes now with those ot fifty years ago, Mr. Fegan says the quality of leather is much the same, and that chrome tanning is still used, but with more colourings. Conserva- tive styles of those days have given way to rapidly changing ones, espec- ially in women's shoes. Materials such as prunella in women's gaiters is unknown now. High button and lace books were replaced by oxfords since the war. Rubbers and overshoes were always carried in limited styles. Vici and dongola-kid, French and box calf, '|and polished calf, and box kip were used for women's fine shoes, and for evening wear when men tripped the light fantastic: in the old square dances, polkas and lancers. There were no shoe cartons in those days. Shoes came in parcels tied with string, or in packers' trunks; then wooden boxes. covered with checked paper, and then the empties were sold. In earlier times shoes were short and wide. Until twelve years ago there was no such thing as widths in lasts as we have them to-day in quad- ryple A's and B's. All shoes were made wide, and proper fitting was given little attention. In busy hours dealers would show the shoes and the customers would try-on their own. Now one receives service, and all superior shoe stores require their clerks to understand the anatomy of the foot so as to be able to suggest shoes best fitted to individual require- ments. Shoe dealers are bending every energy to make this valuable aid to the health of the public, so essential to it do they believe proper fitting shoes to be, The cost of shoes increased with the overhead expenses. Goodyear welt shoes, $2.50 then, now cost about $6., as a fair example. Our leather market depends largely on the American market, and our styles also depend on American styles. Nevertheless, only about 7 to 10 per cent. of our shoes sold are made in the U. S. Our Canadian product com- pares favorably with shoes made any- where, in their manufacturing, quality of material used, style and in their durability. Mr, Fegan attributes his phenom- enal success to giving one hundred per cent. values, having one price only with no credit, and a small percentage of profit. Mr. Fegan pays tribute to advice of travellers which he said was so valuable in ordering shoes neces- sary to cover several months of busi- ness, His choice of clerks, too, proved fortunate. Taken on as boys and trained into their methods of business, their wages were increased as de- served, but the increase was never re- quested. So far as the Shoe aod Leather Journal could ascertain, "The Big 88" was the only shoe store where tobacco and whiskey were never used by pro- prietors nor by clerks--an enviable To succeed in business, Mr. Fegan rp T. FEGAN COMPLETES HALF A CENTURY AS SHOE (By M. PORT PERRY STAR PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1938 Frost.) reputation. Three men and a delivery boy were employed, but in rush days before a ho'iday as many as fourteen helpers were employed. claims, one must fully understand every simple detail that makes up that business; that moral character, gracious personality, a desire to suc- ceed and bending one's energies with undivided attention to that aim will bring results, and that if young men to-day would work and sacrifice as he did to climb ambition's ladder, that they too would attain unto the fruits of their labours. Mr. Fegan believes that the happi- ness of living in those 80's and 90's was just as great as it is today, with fewer distractions; but his dearest joys he attributes to his life partner who for half a gentury has made his home and home-life lovely, Mr. Fegan is an independnet thinker in politics; a Mason, and for many years acted upon the quarterly hoard of Parkdale United Church, in front of which, in momory of his only son Bob, he has erected an illuminated cross, the only one of its kind in To- ronto for four years, Mr, Fegan was President of Allied Shoe Trade and the Golf Association of Ontario, and was also provisional president of the first inception of National Shoe Re- tailers' Association of Canada, and at convention in Montreal the following year was elected its first President. On November 9th, 1937, Mr. Fegan celebrated the completion of half a century as a shoe dealer by giving a banquet at the Granite Club in Toron- to to 103 shoe men, exclusive of talent and orchestra. The floral decorations for the happy event were replica of one Mr. Fegan had admired in the old land, and were exquisitely heautiful, At Ha-Ve-Ru cottage, named from his three daughters, Hazel, Vera, and Ruby, Mr, and Mrs, Fegan enjoy their summers at Williams' Point, Caesarea, Lake Scugog. This heautiful summer home and lovely grounds are a con- stant joy to everyone. Mr, Fegan takes a very helpful interest in the little community church here, but per- haps his greatest contribution of re- tired years, may be told in a sentence expressed by his chauffer, who when asked what was Mr. Fegan's hobby, answered: "Just doing kindly deeds,-- that best portion of a good man's life, --his little nameless unremembered acts of kindness and of love," MARRIED DOREEN HOOD WEDS AT UNCLE'S HOME Port Perry, Sept. 3rd--At the home of the bride's uncle, Mr. Stanley Ploughman, Port Perry, the marriage took place of Doreen Ethelmyne, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orma C. Hood, to Mr. Milton Robert Henry, eldest son of Mr, and Mrs. Russell Butson, of Prince Albert, Ont. Rev. W. J. H. Smyth officiated before a background of gladioli and summer flowers. The bride was given in marriage by her father and wore a white French sheer chiffon gown over taffeta, with finger-tip veil of tulle. She carried white gladioli and pink and red roses. Miss Betty Grant, of Toronto, attend- ed the bride, wearing an azure blue net frock over taffeta, pink mohair hat, and carrying gladioli. Little Margaret Colbear, cousin of the bride, was flower girl, gowned in a pink organdy over silk and carrying a nose- gay. The groom was attended by Mr. Grant Gerrow, Miss Luella Ploughman, cousin of the bride, sang "O Promise Me." Wearing a gown of navy blue sheer chiffon with corsage of pink roses, the bride's mother received during the re- ception which followed. For travelling the bride donned a green ensemble with brown accessories, The young couple left for Oshawa and Toronto, and on their return will live in Port Perry. It pays to advertise in the Port Perry Star--because it brings results. HERAT 8 $07 TBARS oS Ls HASTINGS-CAWKER A quiet wedding was performed on the lawn at the home of the bride's parents, Port Perry, on August 24th, when Grace Leona, only daughter of Mr, and Mys. John Cawker was united in marriage to Frank Charles Hast- ings, youngest son of Mr, and Mrs. Chas, Hastings, Hampton, Rev. J, R. Bick, Whitevale, performed the cere- mony, The bride wore a gown of white net over taffeta and carried a shower bou- quet of Briar Cliff roses. Miss Aileen Tummonds, her bridesmaid, wore pink taffeta and carried a bouquet of roses. Miss Joyce Cawker, niece of the bride, was flower girl, attired in dress and bonnet of pink organdy. The groom was attended by his brother Lorne Hastings, During the signing of the register Mrs. S. Cawker sang "Until" accom- panied on the piano by Miss Jean Cawker. Following a lunch served on the lawn, Mr. and Mrs. Hastings left on a motor trip eastward. They will make their home in Oshawa. ------------ er EP CAESAREA Dr. Duncan and daughter, of To- ronto, have enjoyed Storey's cottage recently, Mr. and Mrs. Hardy Purdy have re- turned to Kirkland Lake after a two week's visit with her parents Dr. and Mrs. L. Williams at Caesarea. Mr. Darcy ty Principal of Ryerson School, Toronto, entertained his staff of teachers at a luncheon in his cottage at Caesarea on Saturday, September 10th, Mr, and Mrs. H. Thompson have re- turned to the city owing to chilly air, and because the children have the whooping cough, Rev. and Mrs, Harry Frost of Cleve- land, Ohio, last week visited his mother and sister at Williams' Point; enroute from their cottage at Loon Lake to Cleveland. Their son Jim went as far north as Hudson Bay while on his holidays. Mr. Kenneth Taylor who is taking up aviation in his spare time, enjoyed his first solo flight last week. Mrs. R. S. James, of Bowmanville, entertained her. Sunday School class at "Days Off" cottage, Williams' Point on Saturday. Mrs. Lindsay is holding a reception at her home on Saturday in honour of Mrs. McKnight, who was her guest at the Point this summer and is being married. Autumn glory is already seen at Williams' Point. . Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Doran, Buffalo, are the guests of their sister Mrs. W. T. Fegan at Williams' Point. Mr. and Mrs. J. Hewers of Toronto, after spending the summer in Mr. Braden's cottage, have returned to the city. Mr. and Mrs. W, K. Greatrix closea their cottage and returned to the city for the children to go to school. Buddy Greatrix is planning to attend Queen's University at Kingston, Mrs. Daley of Alberta, spent the summer with her daughter Mrs, W. C. Taylor, and plans to spend the winter with them in Toronto. Recent guests at Kenosha House: Mrs. H. Calvin, Mr. and Mrs. M. Hatchkiss, Mr. and Mrs. J. Atkins, Mr. and Mrs, J. Moore, Mr. and Mrs, S. Taylor, Mrs. H. Jay, Mr. and Mrs. M. Banting, cousin of Sir Frederick Banting, all of Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Harron have ap- proximately one hundred wild ducks These are used as decoys in hunting ------ et -- Law Infraction First offender to the slot machine racket which was banned on Sept. 1st was hailed into Newmarket police court last week, being Ellis Pringle Jackson's Point, who was fined $10( and costs. It seems that some of the boys are going to miss the machine Regular players will have no place wherein to drop their surplus -- ir some cases badly needed--nickels; anc the owners and operators are going t. be short in revenue. However the bar is being enforced and the machine ad dicts will have to find some use for their nickels other than dropping thew into a racket that, like all rackets gives only a small percentage of what it grabs, Stouffville Tribune, SAMUEL FARMER, Editor and Publisher. Overseas Letter MR. DENNY WRITE FROM LONDON BEFORE EMBARKING FOR HOME London, August 26, 1938 Dear Mr, Farmer: Shortly after my arrival in Britain, a request came to visit Mr, Thomas Hendrie (father-in-law of Alvin Pren- tice) on the bonnie banks of the Clyde. In the afternoon he rowed me to the opposite bank and there is a beautiful Church, very ancient. It reminded me of Gray's Elegy, as the wild flowers appeared to view: "Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, waste its sweetness on the desert air." And Then as we repaired to the old Churchyard, the very old tomb stones were noted, some dates go back to carly last century, and once more the thought came: "Some village Hampden--that with dawnless breath The little Tyrant of his fields with- stood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood." In striking contrast last Wednesday a visit was paid to St. Paul's Cath- edral at the top of Ludgate Hill, Lon- don, Christopher Wren asked a work- man engaged on the site (when decid- ing the position of the dome of the new Church) to bring him a large flat piece of stone so that the centre might be clearly marked and fixed. There was a suitable piece lying close at hand which the workman picked up and brought to Mr. Wren, who was quick to notice that it was part of an old tombstone burnt and blackened by the great fire. There was a word engraved on it, and to the architects's great delight it was the Latin word "resurgajn", "I shall rise again." This coincidence was not lost on Sir Christopher. The result architecturally is the magnifi- cient Cathedral of St. Paul's. Though there was certainly a feel- ing of awe and reverence as one climbs the steps leading into this place of worship. It did not strike me signal- ly as it did on my entrance into West- minster Abbey last week. The first statue was the bust of Lord Kitchener who was lost at sea in 19156. General Gordon's monument made a great appeal as one thought of a noble Christian soldier giving up his life to save the lives of defenceless women and children. The place accorded to the Duke of Wellington, the hero of a hundred victories attracted a great deal of at- tention. Sir John Moore who lost his life at Corunna made a deep impression as one gazed on his statue, as the words of the poet came in memory: how they buried him at night, silently, wrapped in his military clock in the face of the advancing guns of the enemy; but the poem ends: "But we left him alone in his glory." Nearby is a tablet commemorating the restoration of health of the Prince of Wales in 1867 (King Edward VII) after having lain at the door of death for a time. Not far from this corner is a statue of the Admiral Lord Nelson. There he stands with his one arm and sight- less eye. Our thoughts reverted to the time when as Captain of a war vessel he was signalled to lower his flag in surender to the enemy; but ifted his telescope to the blinded eye 1e protested that he could not read the signal and would not lower his flag, ind gave such a good account of him- self that defeat was turned into vie- ory. No wonder we are proud to be- 'ong to this noble race. The chained Bible is also there. King Henry VII commanded that a Bible be chained in St. Paul's in 1638 that all might hear and read the Seriptures in their own tongue and next month, September, is the 400th wnniversary of that great event, Then one sees a statue of the first Protestant Bishop of India. There he stands blessing the young people of India with his uplifted hand. Nearby is a replica of Holman Hunt's master- piece: "The Light of the World", The original is not in St. Paul's but re- poses in another London Church. (Continued on back page) rm NA svi iba iot WANTED--Copies of the Port Perry Star for August 4th, 1938 |