Ne And the blood that biues the inside THE MIRROR PUBLISHBD EVERY FRIDAY AT THB FLETCHER JOHNSTON PRESS, 123 ON- YARIO ST., STRATFORD. PHONE |15w FLETCHER JOHNSTON, EDITOR aa 1 SUBSCRIPTION RATB $1.00 A YBAR Stratford, March 18, 1927 THE SPIRIT OF THE DAY'S WORK Perhaps we might get along better if we remember that it is all in a day's work. There's a lot to be done, but we don't have to do it all today. And the higher the task, and the more difficult, delicate, and important the matter, the more necessary it is to attack in the spirit of a day's work at a time. To learn to play the piano, or to read French, or to overcome a bad habit, or to write shorthand, or to achieve poise, and patience, or to be good--nobody can come at such ac- complishments at once. It is little by little, the steady forc- ing of the will upon one's stubborn desire, mind, or fingers, whether we fee] like itor not, just as day's work, it is so we crawl up the steep hill of perfection. The will to do is important, and the ambition to do is necessary, and hard work counts; but one essential to any excellence whether in craftsmanship or character, is time. Somehow or other, the past endues us. There's no such thing as a fresh start. Every new start carries with it something of those we made before. Every ef- fort silts something into our nerves or muscles or brain cells so that they are different next time. The power of the thirtieth day is the result of the invisible dividends of the twenty-nine preceeding days' work. Somebody asked a woman of strong character why she told her children the same thing over and over twenty times. "Because nineteen is not enough," she answered. In that greatest of earthly business- es, mothering, it is the spirit of the day's work that helps. To carry on so complicated and vital affair as the training of children, there is needed above all that self-possession which comes only when we conceive of our work as lasting but one day. And it is when we look forward too -much and keep expecting results that time alone can give, that we fall into the petulance of fretfulness that destroys the quality of our guidance. Where is the use of the lip's red 4 charm, The heaven of hair, the pride of the brow, arm-- Unless we turn, as the soul knows how, 'The earthly gift to an end divine? A lady of clay is as good, I trow. --Robert Browning. OUR FINANCE MINISTER HIGHLY PRAISED The Hon. Dr. Monteith, Ontario's Finance Minister, has received con- gratulations on his budget speech from all over the province. Financial critics have offered much praise to him. Among the number was Sir Thomas White. He sent his personal ecard to the popular minister, and ex- pressed himself in these words: 'My compliments on your really admirable and highly effective budget speech." These compliments should not only be very gratifying to Dr. Monteith but to everyone who has the interest of the province at heart. KEEPING LENT Is this a fast to keepe The larder leane And cleane From fat of veals and sheape? Is it to quite the dish Of flesh, yet still To fill The platter high with fish? Is it to fast an hour, Or ragged goe, Or show The downcast look and soure? No! 'tis a fast to dole Thy shear of wheate, And meate, Unto the hungry soule! Is it a fast from strife, From old debate, And hate, To circumcise thy life." To show the hearte griefe-rent, To starve thy sin, Not sin. And that's to keep thy Lent. --Robert Herrick. Ve Ll ) llama The inexpensive yet suitable gift, a ring that is expressive of the latest fancy or mode in original or unique settings and semi-precious stones. Gillies & Emm DIAMOND HALL 25 Downie St. FOR SALE If you want a good seven- roomed home in a good local- ity, central, all conveniences ; large garage ; could be made into a duplex and would make a good investment. Always rentable. Heavy wired. Save agents commission and then some. Owner leaving city-- will sacrifice. Write Box H, 123 Mirror Office. The Moment You Step on one of our really good rugs you are made aware of their quality. Just now we offering some extra values in Spring Rugs All the newest designs and colorings-- Barrymore, Wiltons, Axminster and Brussels. $3.95 Never a trouble, but always a pleasure to show goods. Greenwood & Vivian Housefurnishings Phone 19 LIMITED 26 Ontario St. Another lot of hit and miss Axminster * Good Bread For Good Health Our bread supplies the vital food elements so essentialin building and sustaining a' strong and vigorous body. The Stratford Baking Co. J. D. STONE, Mgr. Phone 90 POUUOUUOOUREOUUOSSEOSOUGUEEEEELOUDEEOEU GSO AT CTT TEEE TEER PEER OEE The Kitchen is the Most Important Room in House Kitchen equipment is necessary to make your work easier and more efficient. See our stock of kitchen utensils, Alluminum Jelly Moulds Graters Wonder Egg and Cream Beater Beats them all for quality and price. JAMES K. MYERS 51 Downie St. Phone 162 TITTLE WE REPAIR SHOES Neatly, Quickly, Cheaply TRY THE SUPERIOR WAY Superior Shoe Repair 11g Ontario Phone 941 - oo a DR. S. H. SUTTER LDS. D.D:S, DENTAL SURGEON Specialist in Prosthetic Dentistry Majestic Apartments, 93 Downie fOrrice 602 inion | RESIDENCE 1051w Sica 'Tiee Mirror Ada. THE MIRROR 'f A CONTEST Announcing a Special Prize of $5.00 For the Best Answer to this Ques- tion: "What Do Women Want Most in Their Homes?" We know of lots of things they ought to have. The "Homemaker" could consume hours of time "telling" people what is what in home im- provements of one sort or another, but we do not know whether they have them or not--whether they wish they had them or "wouldn't do with- out them." So you see we want your confi- dence. What is it you would want most for your home? Or what is it in your home that you appreciate most? Have you something that works for you, the purchase of which was a great satisfaction and help? Have you something that you know keeps your family happy and interest- ed in their home? Or is there some- | thing that you intend to move heaven -- and earth to get for it? Is the thing you want most the "paid in full" 're- ceipt for the home and everything that is in it, and how are you work- ing toward that end or how did you do it? Do you "budget" your income and spend it with qa conscious effort to arrive somewhere? Tell us in a short essay, The Mir- ror will publish the best answer in cluding our grandfathers--a woodbox | 4 full of wood, and a bucket full of water, right in the kitchen, was their dream of luxury and it was only the more noble minded of our grandfath- ers that went so far as to keep them filled. We don't know we're living! It's a "public utility" that keeps one woodbox filled, lights our lamps and brings water--oodles of it--into our homes, Surely our cup runneth over! Yet what can we say to a woman who contends that her grandmother had no more difficulty getting the water pail filled than she has getting her husband to put a washer on a drippy tap? The Here skr. . CENTRAL UNITED CHURCH Rev. W. E. Donnelly, B.A., Pastor Phone 51 166 Church St. SUNDAY EVENING, MARCH 20, 1927 SUBJECT: '"The Lost Crown" rf. ie aeaneg Talman J. M. Gotby, L.R.A.M., Organist and Choirmaster. A HEARTY WELCOME TO ALL THE INFALLIBLE RECIPE A.young woman sent a dollar for a recipe, "How a Girl May Keep Her Youth.' The answer she got for her money was: "Never introduce him to another girl." The Fletcher Johnston Press For Fine Job Printing this column some time in April, and will pay $5.00 cash for the published essay, but we hold the privilege of publishing any essay received. Con- test closes April 6. Any reader of The Mirror is elig- ible. not satisfied with what was "good enough for their fathers"--why should they be? No doubt our grandmothers wanted something better than their grand- mothers had. It is the forward march of civilization. The man who brings butter to a certain home is a very successful farmer. His education was limited to a few years at a little old school house somewhere, but he was deter- mined that his two daughters would have the best he could give them in "schooling." In speaking about his girls one day he said: "Yes, I sent them girls to that college because I thought they would Tearn something about home making and the farm and help me and the old woman, but when they got back the first thing they wanted was a bath tub and then they wanted something else and they wanted 2 whole lot of high folutin' things that there ain't no sense in. So I said to them. "Now here, your ma and me has lived in this place about 40 years and got along pretty well, brought you children up and have educated you. If you can't get along with what we have got you better find some other place'--and they did!" Speaking of your grandmothers and what they had to put up with--in- Children are f You Could See These Things You would be restless to own them and describes the new Curtains look Draperies, and the price tags like a glorious MISTAKE ! BEAUTIFUL! SILK well-draped to give your windows a harmonize appearance; colors to with any color scheme. Per yard wouldn't have DAMASKS .........- in wide variety of fabric and color, MATERIALS i t CURTAINS Reshincati sg 05M oe ae Curtain Nets, THE THINGS YOU CAN'T SEE Hilden Qua KROEHLER UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE Are what give it luxurious comfort and lasting beauty. ae ; ; . h hibit in our store 1S selected from several suc suittes -Chesterfickd and two chairs, mohair and silk DRAPERY f 4 drapery purpose, as sli ail 2 gs ae 90c and NEES. .:<-+-+.+. up per yard 25c up Hidden Qualities of A beautiful example of Kroehler craftsmanship on ex- damask; solid walnut frames. $21 9.00 Actual money is disagreeable, dirty-looking stuff--reminds one of bank bandits and taxes and "trying to make ends meet." But the things money will buy !| Comfort, even some e@X- travagant luxury, good music, good literature, the ability to say "Give this man what he has need of and when I come again I will repay you." It warms the heart to think of what money ean do--if we MAKE it ! 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