THE MIRROR - Operator's License. vince. highways. examination fee is $1, Province and every:State. License. License without delay Help to Weed Out THE INCOMPETENT MOTOR DRIVERS By securing your Motor Vehicle Operator's License now. car, the safety of yourself and your passengers is dependent largely. on the other drivers on the road. persons endangering your ver in Ontario, not already -- N' matter how cautious you are in the handling of your To prevent incompetent family and yourself, each dri licensed as a chauffeur, must possess a Motor Vehicle Secure your application form today. You can get it from any garage or issuer of motor car licenses in the Pro- The fee for a License is $1. Traffic Patrol Officers may cali for the production of Operator's Licenses both on L If you cannot produce your License you will be subject to a penalty under The Highways Traffic Act. __New drivers, and those suffering from physical disa- bility, have the opportunity to pass an examination by Inspectors of the Department. located at convenient points throughout the Province. Your garage will tell you of the one nearest to you. The Ontario Operator's Licenses are recognized in every : Wherever Operator's Licenses are required, an Ontario Operator's License is necessary for everyone in charge of an Ontario car. leave the Province without your Motor Vehicle Operator's A satisfactory measure of su of motorists has been accord past efforts to maintain the safety of the highways. The higher speed limit and an abnormal increase in traffic now render this additional measure necessary. ment therefore sincerely hopes you will indicate your support of safe highway travel by securing your Operator's ed the Department in its Ontario Department of Highways The Hon. GEORGE S. HENRY, Minister city streets and country These Inspectors are Do not attempt to pport by the great majority The Depart- -- KROEHLER Chesterfield Suites Show wood frames, upholstered in mohair with re- versible cushions in silk velour, tapestry and friezes Many suits to choose from. Special prices. Chest- erfield, wing chair and arm chair. $135 $145 $165 $175, $185 - $195 Built up to a standard--not down toa price. DOWN & FLEMING FURNITURE AND FUNERAL SERVICE 94 Ontario Street. Phones: Phone 314 Store, 314; Mr. Down, 308; Mr. Fleming, 311. VERY CONSIDERATE "So, Charley's baby is simply crazy over him?" ' ' "Yes: it sleeps all day while he's gone so it can stay awake when he's home at night and entertain him."-- Goblin. The government inspector at the Perth Brewery is John J. McCauley, a well known merchant in this city for many years. Mr. McCauley com- menced his new duties on Wednes- day afternoon when the brewery op- ened for business. -- - 1 OWN country." so far as to Say there never was 4 - ' ' eut cards so as to bring them to a NOTES (Continued from page 1) digging ditches or isolated on the faim away from the busy throng. Speaking of clerks reminds me that some lady clerks in our stores would be better at cooking or washing dish- es. I happened to be in a certain store the other evening and noticed an old man with a pair of child's stockings in his hand, looking for some kind of a measure whereby he could ascertain A female at- | tendant approached him with a look | and got ac- | when he asked her | the length of the foot. of disgust in her face, tually. "'snippy" if she could measure them for him. She showed him the size marked on a tag, and tried to explain that it wasn't necessary to measure them when the size was clearly marked on the tag. Even when the old man told her he didn't know the size he wanted but he knew the length of the foot, | A ri j she Wouldn't measure them for him | but suggested another size which the old man-took and paid for, thrusting them into his pocket without waiting for them to be wrapped up. This man left the store in a dissatisfied mood. And I couldn't help but think that this lady clerk, with her unoblig- ing manner, had probably lost a pros- pective customer, * * * by 'the papers that Harry criticized I see Lauder has been severely by his own countrymen in his native , which makes the saying true, | : : ' |; used to put in his show window piles | of writing paper arranged in pyramid land, that "a prophet hath no honor in his One man @€ven went Scotchman or ever would be like the character portrayed by Sir Harry Lauder. This particular in making such a statement is not only belittling his own countrymen but is emphasizing the saying that "a-Scotchman has no humor." There are hundreds of Scotchmen such as Sir Harry portrays; and in | no place has he turned humor into burlesque except in the rolling of the r's. "Doughy the Baker,' is true to | There the Scotch accent is per- | life. fect and -the realistic. characters. | point. Scotchman | sale for them. sense of | McCollough and us we live close the- gether. The hooses are peak to peak so to speak. I'll show ye noo- Here's | our hoose and here's the McCollough hoose, and in between the two hooses is a wee railin'--just q wee railin',~ and jt--well, it jist takes me up to the watch," he has the true dialect of hundreds of Scotechmen, whether they know it or not. : When "Sandy" who had been to the four regions with Shakelton hunting for the South Pole, made a rush into a place where he had been in the habit of rushin' into; and when he took a big port instead of a small one because he was getting it for nothing, Lauder was depicting the characteristics of his éountrymen to the letter, whether we agree with him or not. Furthermore, I think I ought to know, because I was born in Edinborough myself, --VIOLA. ORIGIN OF THE ENVELOPE Envelopes, which some people main- tain are the private property of those who post them and therefore cannot legally be made to carry advertise- ments in the shape of postmarks, -- were almost unknown until the estab- lishment of the penny post in 1840. ; Our grandfathers simply folded the letter, sealed it, and wrote the ad- dress On a space they left on the sheet for that purpose. Envelopes are generally supposed to have been the invention of S. K. Brewer, a Brighton (England) bookseller. He form, and to finish off his piles he took a fancy to the and he found a ready They were, however, so small that it became a difficulty | to leave space for the address. Mr. Brewer therefore devised small en- velopes, which became the vogue with fashionable dames and in due course Women smaller sheets, came into general use, Canada has her police maunted. Here we have ours stuffed.--Judge. To imitate a thing is to admit that When he makes "Doughy" say, "The | it is the leader. Phone 1423 Your Appearance Counts See our Stock of FALL HATS They are exceptionally Stunning in color and styles. ROY REYNOLDS 18 Wellington Quality Clothes sear aetna Paper, U 4 -- EEE Oe Se >o--FO--eaee=--=--e CECE ee es THE MIRROR Shot Talks On "SHORT TALKS ON THE ART OF SINGING ( By Charles H. Walker) "HOW TO STUDY A SONG" A song in the ordinary meaning of the term is the perfect combination | of the words and melody. Before composing a song, the composer must first seek his inspiration in poetry. ~The words of the poem are the sub- ject and basis of his composition in which he expresses and interprets in music the meaning of the poem. Interpretation has two - Meanings to a singer. First, The Aesthetic--the mental conception of the song picture; the | mood and spirit of the song. Second, The Technical--how to use | the voice to its best advantage and press the Aesthetic conception. These two forms of mterpretation must be studied together because they are dependent on each other. Rhythm, phrasing tone color, marks of expression and the words are all included in the technical interpreta- tion. In taking up a new song, a them are based his complete interpre- tation, aesthetic and technical. Most of us have a lot of good old songs tucked away because we think | they have become hackneyed; songs as "The Dream of Paradise," : sings them" That may be true, but the : ' public has not grown tired of them, requests : _ from your friends, and from the ap- : plause which greets them on the con- : Bring them out and Why have you grown : Have you mastered |-them to such perfection, their repe- : | No! It is be- } cause they are rarely sung well. You : have grown tired, not of your songs | ' but of their interpretation. | The words must be uttered or enun- proper | meaning, or they will lose their ex- | | pressiveness. effect, in order to bring out and ex- | | you say. | cert platform. | examine them. hecessary , The _Art of Singing. such : etc.,. ete. "Everybody judging from the frequent tired of them? tition is wearisome? ciated significantly, with All your efforts of tone-quality, placing, production and phrasing are wasted unless you speak the words distinctly with the tones. Learn to sing your songs clearly with signifi- , Study to make the | cance and grace. tone picture complete in every detail and you and your friends will enjoy | singer's first thought to interpret it | the result. correctly must be the words, for on | Most physicians will deny - [MOTHER Goose Dor Pum} AAs Simple-Simon dropped & leffer™ in fhe maikbox he.sud, OS Tee Cee "I YYONDER IF that | they are living on the fat of the land yet many of them are making for- Subscribe for The Mirror The Barbers-- --they have to do their work over and over, but our tire repairing lasts. pee US 201 | ONTARIO STREET Bill Keil The Tire M an Phone 140 SPECIAL FOR SATURDAY WASHER SALE To-morrow we are offering exceptional terms on all our Washing Machines, which are now on Sale on Terms of 5.00 down and 8.00 monthly. OUR LINE OF MACHINES pichicle the well known{LOCOMOTIVE Washer. 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