THE M&RROR STOP! WE ARE CLEARING OUT OUR STOCK OF: JAZZY UKULELES REGARDLESS OF COST Get One of These To-day 3 only Premier Ukes, reg. $5.00, for's;......... $2.49 2 Ukes, reg. $6.00 for...... rae ee 6. ee . see. 2.98 Other immense values LIMITED 97 Ontario St. {} Much interest was attached to the | visit of Mrs. G. V. Dawson, of /Sar- | hia, diocesan president of the Catholic | Women's League, on Thursday night | at Loretto complimented her audience on _ the Convent. Mrs. Dawson large membership in the League in | Stratford, which is the best possible indication of the interest taken in the great work of helping the immi- grant, giving comfort to the needy and distressed, as well as educational work, Gil Guide work was touched on and the importance of training young people physically as well as mentally. A vote of appreciation was tend- ered Mrs. Dawson on motion of Mrs. P. J. Kelly, and to Mrs. Bohan, dio- cesan magazme convener of West Monkton, on motion of Mrs. P. F. Quinlan. Mrs. J. P. King, Church street, has kindly lent her home for a talent tea and sale of home made baking on " Thursday next. After the meeting, tea was served by the executive and an enjoyable time was spent. The tea table, attrac- tive with spring flowers in silver bas- kets, was presided over by Mrs, J. B. Badour; and the assistants were Mes- dames H. Murphy, T. S. Tobm, L. Baker, E. J. Cloney, Misses K. and H. Blair, Harriet and Ethel Kappele, Eva Hartlieb, and Mary Tobin. Enjoyable musical numbers were rendered dur- ing the afternoon. jo a Se -- -- Sooo eee ee -_. --_, el Cumming's Old-Time Sale The pruning knife of necessity cut deep into prices in this mighty effort to lop off some of the huge stock of Over- coats which were purchased in anticipation of this winter's business. If you have been holding off for bargains, they are yours now for the taking. Make Your Dollar Do Double Duty NOW! Society Brand Overcoats Rich-looking heavy Overcoats in all the latest shades-- blues, browns, Scotch tweeds, greys. Tailored throughout in rugged ulster styles, or in London and New York's latest Fashioned by the world's most famous designers. Fabrics by such mills as Crombie and Kynoch. 20% DISCOUNT OFF decree. Nothing finer. REGULAR PRICES MEN'S WINTER OVERCOATS "BLUES" "TWEEDS" One Large Rack Packed Full of Them--Levinson and Society Brand Tailored. These are all new Coats a few months ago--correct in style and cloths in every way. They must go--and they will--when you jink these prices up with such lovely overcoats. $18.50, $23.50, $26.50, $29.50 $33.50, $35.00 Sui dia CUMMING, THE CLOTHIER 45 Wellington St. Billie Y. Donaldson, Mgr. Phone 203 5 Si -- - de oe od li etiet ee Death of Fred J. Colvin Came to City 12 Years Ago And Was Well Known Here; Ill Two Menths (WINNIPEG TRIBUNE JAN. 19) Frederick J. Colvia, well-known livestock buyer and judge of market stock for the DominiOn government, died early Tuesday morning at the General Hospital. He had been ill for the past two months. Mr. Colvin was born in Stratford, Ont., in 1860, and came to Winnipeg 12 years ago. Previous to that he had been located in Chicago as buy- er for the Rice-Whaley Livestock Commission. He first came to this city to take a similar position with the Grain Growers' Association; but seven years ago went into business for himself, trading under his own name. For some years prior to his death, Mr. Colvin attended winter fairs throughout the West, judging market stock for the government. Chief among his regular points of call in this capacity were Brandon, Regina, Saskatoon and Moose Jaw. "Church Worker. He was prominent in both fratern- al organizations and church work, having been a life member of Strat- ford Masonic Lodge and the I.0.0.F., and connected with St. Luke's Angli- can Church. He is survived by his' wife, for- merly Miss Margaret Stinson, Strat- ford, Ont.; one daughter, Gertrude, of 703 McMillan ave.; two brother, Dr. A: R. Colviné St. Paul, Minn., . and George, of the Saturday Night Pub- lications, Toronto, Ont.; and two sis- ters, Mrs. R. R. Dunn, Oakland, Cal. and Mrs. Frank Howson, J Wingham, Ont. Funeral service will be conducted at 3 o'clock this afternoon. at St. Luke's Church by Canon Bertal Heen- ey. The remains will then be for- warded over the Canadian National Railways to Stratford, Ont., for burial there in the family plot. Mrs. Col- vin and Miss Gertrude Colvin and Harry Talbot and W. A. Gamble, two close friends of Mr. Colvin,. will ac- company the body. Thomson's Fun- eral Home is in charge of the arrange- ments. Attended Funeral Here. Among those in attendance at the funeral of Fred J. Colvin yesterday afternoon were the following from out of town points: Mr. and Mrs. G. Colvin, Toronto; Mr. and Mrs. H. Tal- bot, Toronto; Mrs. C. E. Dewey, Mont- real; Miss Olive Cruickshank, Guelph; W. J. Neeley, Toronto; W. J. Gamble, Winnipeg; E. J. L. Stinson, Toron- to; Herbert Whaley, Buffalo; Jacob Kroehler, Cayuga; Mrs. W. Howson, Wingham; R. Colvin and Mrs. W. Colvin, Teeswater, and Fred Porter, Toronto. Subscribe for The Mirror THE MIRROR Reflections On The Great Poet A shy, sensitive, retiring boy; a deep thinking, persistently studyimg, eloquent, still shy youth: a brilliant reasoner, a thinker with a remarkable knowledge of ever man's special subject of study. to propose to the first love of his maturity. A reverent lover of At twenty-two too shy Nature, whose mind saw God in beauty, 1 dawn-gleam and eve-glow, in tree and flower. in river and mountain; until at twenty-seven he outclassed the most learned professors of Scotland. Such was the poet, Robert Burns. It is a marvel that grows greater the mOre we try to understand it, that a boy, who left school when he was nine years old, and who from then until his thirty-second year, was a steady farm-worker, should have been able to write so much immortal poetry and so much imstructive prose in such a short time. Burns was a philosopher in his recognition that productive work is es- sential to human happiness and progress, and that those who do not use their hands to produce for themselves and their fellows are "curst wi want 0' work." In "The Twa Dogs" he makes Cae- sar say: But human bodies are sic fools, For a' their colleges and schools, That when nae real ills perplex them, They mak enow themselves to vex em; An' ay the less they hae to sturt them, . In like proportion less them. will hurt But gentleman, and ladies warst, Wi' ev'n-down want o' wark are curst. Burns taught sound philosophy of contentment as a basis for happiness. "So far from being dissatisfied with my present lot," he writes. "I earn- estly pray the Great Disposer of events that it may never be worse, and I think I can lay my hand on my heart and say: 'I shall be content.'" Good, sound philosophy of coOntent- ment! Not the contentment that does not try to improve life's cond:- tions, but the wise contentment that recognizes the best in present condi- tions, instead of foolishly resenting what it cannot change. The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is King o' man for a' that. "Burns a religious man!" scoffers exclaim, forgetting that the poet should not, in all fairness, be judged by the standards of our time. Bish- op Gillis, a Roman Catholic Bishop resident in Edinburgh and a_ very kind friend to Burns, said, after read- ing a letter from the poet in 1789: "If any man, after perusing this letter, will still say that the mind of Burns was beyond the reach of religious in- fluence, or, in other words, that he was a scoOffer at revelation, that man need not be reasoned with, as his own mind must be hopelessly beyond the reach of argument." God knows I'm not the thing I should be, Nor am I ev'n the thing I could be; Bu* twesty times I rather would be An athiest clean, Than under gospel colors hid be Just fOr a screen. His love songs, such as "My Luv's Like a Red, Red Rose'; "Highland Mary"; "Bonni2 Doon," and "O Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast,' are of the very essence of tenderness, and will endure long after more elaborate songs have perished. / In "A Health to Ane I Love Dear"-- one of his most perfect love-songs-- he says: 'Tis sweeter for thee despairing Than aught in the world beside. Bobbie Burns has been well de- scribed as "the poet of human nature, not half so homely or prosaic as_ it seems." While beloved of every Scotchman, Burns' poems belong no more to Scotland than to the world at large, for their tenderness, passion and sweetness have in them a uni- verse appeal, As to his poetry, there is but one verdict--of its kind it is unsurpassed. The charm of the simple peasant home, the pathos of the daisy cut from its stem, or the field mouse de- spoiled of its nest--these he not only Phone 51 CENTRAL UNITED CHURCH Rev. W. E. Donnelly, B.A., Pastor 166 Church St. SUNDAY JANUARY 30, 1927 SUBJECT-- "The Testings of Youth' A sermon for Young People Talman J. M. Gotby, L.R.A.M., Organist and Choirmaster. A HEARTY WELCOME TO ALL = ge { felt himself to the full, but was able to make others feel. / Burns despised class which were made by man, whether the distinctions were made on the basis of rank or wealth. In a letter to Miss Margaret Chal- | mers, 1788, he wrote: "What signify the silly, idle gew- gaws Of wealth, or the idle trumpery of greatness? When fellow-partakers of the same nature fear the same God, have the same benevolence of heart, the same nobleness of soul, the same detestation of everything dis- honest, and the same scorn at every- thing unworthy--in the name of com- mon sense, are they not equals? Why should ae man better fare, And a' men brothers? SPECIAL AT THE OASIS Big Fresh Roasted Jumbo Peanuts. Special-- 20c |b. Assorted Chocolates-- 29c |b. 'Everything strictly fresh" THE OASIS SCOTTY WILSON, Prop. "What d'ye say, little lady--I' give you a nickel for a kiss?' "No, thank you; I can make more taking castor oil." - distinctions | Shur-on Glasses Tue happy, ingratiating smile we like to meet is pos- sible only with relaxcqatean tures. ak | Stained eyes puta tension | b | , on your features, changing your happy smile to a grin. 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