PHE MIRROR THE MIRROR PUBLISHED EVBRY FRIDAY AT THB PLETCHER JOHNSTON PRHSS, 123 ON- TARIO ST., STRATFORD. PHONE 115w FLETCHER JOHNSTON, BDITOR EI SUBSCRIPTION KATE $1.00 A YBAR Stratford, sheila '8, 1927 AN IMPORTANT EVENT Truly the opening of the new wing to the Collegiate Institute on Wednes- day afternoon was an important event in the history of Stratford and one that will have an important bearing ou the lives of this city's future citi zens. The new wing and the remod- elling of the old came only after long deliberation and after a somewhat bitter fight tor several years. The finished school is not beautiful but it is eminently practical and will serve the needs of this city for some years to come. To Dr. Kk. H. Hidt chairman of the building committee, is due no small amount of credit for the formal carry- ing through of the building program and much praise is due the whole board of this year, which under the leadership of H. Wigglesworth, the chairman, has successfully met a sit- uation that boards tor several years past wrestled with and failed to se- cure a solution. This year's board effected what is practically a com- promise and has evolved a school that school provides the necessary extra accom- modation and still gets more of a grant from the government than the old school enjoyed or than was thought Citizens generally will be have the school completed know that their children will now re- adequately enough to The school possible. glad to and to ceive instruction in' an equipped building large house them comfortably. now is about as complete a plant and" as satisfactory from that angle as could be desired and its veteran prin- cipal is one of the happiest citizens of them all. CG. A. Mayberry, the prin- cipal, holds a unique record and it is fitting that he, in what would be the declining years of any other man, should remain in the saddle to see this last great change made. For 37 years Mr. Mayberry has been in. char ge of the school and in that time many men, who afterwards occupied places of importance in the life of the nation, came under his influence. It would take much space to recite even a small number from that famous ros- ter and it would be hard to tell where to start or stop so that it will have to suffice to say that Stratford's Col- legiate Institute set up an enviable re- cord in the past' and in its rejuven- ated state should. do an even more important work in the future. A WELCOME CHANGE The 44 hour week for the C. N. R. Shops was good news to the boys in the big. garage on Downie. street for it will help to make up to some extent at least the loss in pay from the elim- ination of the contract system. It means more work of course but also more money so that in the main it was welcomed. Sir Henry Thornton's statement that these shops are to be more and more important instead of less is cheering news and it cannot come too soon. It wouldn't take much to make .all the difference be- tween boom times and bad times in Stratford. One factory employing 200 men or an extension of the shops to that amount would make all the difference in the world. O. J. Brooks of the Brooks Steam Motors, says that his plant is going ahead and will employ more and more men instead of shutting down. That is also high- ly desirable and the sooner Mr. Brooks puts his new. program into effect the better for the city needs a little booming just now. A lady once consulted Dr. Johnson on the turpitude to be attached to her son's robbing an orchard. "Madam," said Johnson, "it all depends upon the weight of the boy. My school-fellow, David Garrcik, who was always a lit- tle fellow, robbed a dozen of orch- ards with impunity. But the very first time I climbed a tree,--for I was always a heavy boy--the bough broke with me; and it was called a judgment. I suppose that is why jus- tice is represented with a pair of scales." 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Donnelly, B.A., Pastor Phone 51 166 Church St. SUNDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, 1927 SUBJECT "The Great Refusal" re Me Talman J. M. Gotby, L.R.A.M., A HEARTY WELCOME TO ALL Organist and Choirmaster. *) WE REPAIR SHOES Neatly, Quickly, Cheaply TRY THE SUPERIOR WAY Superior Shoe Repair Phone 941 A Monthly Income Assured at Age 60 J Se beCrié BRANCH MANAGER Continental Life Insurance Co. 191 Ontario St. Phone 1499J We can meet your needs in Insurance ans 119 Ontario x The Fletcher Johnston Press For Fine Job Printing THE MIRROR POINTERS ON FURNISHING THE LIVING ROOM By R. W. Sexton. Although few of us, perhaps, will admit going back that far, many of us can recall the old-fashioned parlor of 25 or 30 years ago, with its dusty lam- brequins, its haircloth and plush fur- niture coverings. Opened only, even to the members of the family, for funerals, weddings, or calls from the it was in no sense of the word a living room. Its decora- tions.and furnishings were stiff and formal in the extreme, and when it ceased to exist, we gained rather than lost in the transaction. Our living room today is character- ized by informality, comfort and sims plicity. It must always be remember- ed that it is a room to be used 24 hours a day by every member of the family, and, besides, a room in which to entertain friends. People of varied tastes and ideas must find satisfac- tion there; it must be a room in which there is a note of sympathy for the radical-minded as well as the conser- vative. village parson, Placing is First Problem. The first problem is the placing of the furniture. Every room with its different dimensions, its different placing of door and window openings, its different location and size of man- tlepiece, offers a different problem. Informality is brought into a room by the placing of its furniture even more. than by its selection. First, consid- eration must be given the view which is offered as one stands in the main entrance door. This is the first im- pression one gets of the room, and that first impression counts more than anything else. If it does not seem to invite you in you will never feel comfortable there; if it does not convey an informal atmosphere, you will never feel at home in it.' To of- fer such an invitation to 'come in and sit down," the furniture must be arranged so that certain pieces face that door opening, and that nothing blocks or cuts off the direct passage from the door to those pieces. This does not mean that no piece of furni- ture in the room ean have its back turned towards the main doorway, but such a piece must not interfere with or detract from the important wel- coming invitation which certain other pieces seem to offer. The group of furniture which gives to the one en- tering this invitation is best located around the fireplace, if there is one in the room, for with a cheery, happy open fire as a background, the cordial- ity of the invitation will be doubly effective, and the problem will be that much easier solved. Let us call this the "invitation group." Placing Large Pieces. Of next importance is the placing of large pieces, as the davenport, the piano, and bookcase, perhaps. These another lamp, either floor or table, This forms the reading group. the davenport needs generally a table back of it, and end table, and a com- } fortable easy chair within talking dis- | tance, at least. This forms the loung- ing group. locations are governed to a great. ex- tent by the general plan of the room. If possible, the davenport must be placed so that it faces the fireplace, and the piano must be located so that it is not too near a window or in a Strong draught. A bookcase requires a certain wall space which, too, some- what limits its location. These pieces in their turn form the nucleus around which other groups are arranged. Near the piano, for example, must be a lamp, and a chair or bench. This forms the music group. Near the bookcase, able to reach your favorite Mark Twain or Dickens without getting up, should be an easy chair, a book table of some kind, and And The average room is now pretty, well furnished, for all these groups lead up to each other, and, tak- en altogether, furnish the whole room. In a larger room, where more furn ture is needed, odd chairs or tables may be placed so that they connect the several groups, thus completely furnishing the room. tke Hoermnerisker. "WHAT | WANT MOST FOR MY HOME" In the contest, which closed Wed- nesday, April 6th, so many really fine contributions were sent in that it will 'be necessary to defer the announce- ment of the winner until next week. 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