+ 4 rs / j 4 : : f Se ere 'THE "MIRROR THE WiiKKOR PUBLISHED BVGiKY FRIDAY aT Tu PLETCIHIER JOH .sToO. PRESS, 123 9 - TARIO ST., STRATFORD. ~~ PHON} 115 ¥ FLETCHER YCUANSTON, BDITOR SUBSCRIPTION RA} nL. A YEAR , Stratford, February 3, 1328 A FINE ENTERTAINMENT Perth County Music Teachers' Fed- eration made it possible for lovers of music to enjoy a fine concert the other evening. Entertainments of! this character do much by way of in- spiration. This was Viggo Kihl's second visit to the city, and to say _ that he is a real artist gives but little | idea of what a great pianiste he real- Ty is. One must needs be a musi- ¢ian to report such a program as that given in St. John's United Church, Monday evening. Every number on the program was a Classic, and the way the audience applauded the en- tertainers of the evening was a com- pliment not only to the entertainers _but to those who are capable of ap- _preciating such a high class concert. Bringing such high class artists to the city is indeed a worth while ob- ject deserving of much credit to the Teachers' Federation, and serves as a fine advertisement for the city. A NEW FEATURE The Mirror began a new feature last week by way of publishing a poem under the caption of 'Poems You Ought To Know." This idea suggested itself through a reader having intimated that the poems or verses that appear in our paper each | week are read aloud by some mem- ber of the household. A number of readers are filing their copies of The _ very often wins the prize. The sow- ing example cf how men reach high | postion by "pure chance," but in most cafes there lies back of seem- and wise toil. And in only too many 'nstamces we find that the genius failed to reach what the plodder won. The Man with the handicap ng makes the reaping. We w.ender sometimes if the pessi- mist, and the grumbler have any idea of the harvest they are Preparing for themselves. If we knew that twenty years hence we should hear the dole- ful refrain which we' love today to chant, would be quite so keen in chanting it? If we know that as we today find fault with everything and everybody we were sowing seed that would mean that in days to come everyone would find fault with us, would we be quite so willing to hand out our unsparing criticisms? And yet thistles and brambles will natur- ally bear thistles and brambles. Somehow our own comes back to us. The kindly smile, the encourag- ing word, the well-timed loan, the helping hand; they all come back a thousand fold. We remember well an angel saint wondering again and again. "What is it makes everyone so kind to me?" And the answer lay in seventy years of kindly ministry to others. The seed which we are sow- ing today will be bearing fruit seven- ty years from now and the harvest will be like the sowing. ing 'luck' the old, oid story of hard! It Was a Heintzman! ~--surely no other instrument could have responded to such a great artist as Viggo Kihl. : Ye Olde Firme Heintzman & Co., Limited -- J. ANTHONY, Manager 131 Ontario Street. Phone 769 Mirror and these poems we hope will be of such a character that they will be worth while keeping. REAPING AS WE Sow. It would be a strange and puzzling world if there were in it no law, and no surety that the harvest would be closely related to the sowing. All our calculations would be set at nought if thistles bore figs or brambles grapes; if the acorn yielded a maple and the pine-cone gave us palm trees. But this is so far from being the case _ that it seems absurd even to mention it. The sowing determines the har- vest and we had better sow what we hope to reap. There is not much chance or luck in this world. Men become rich, if at all, by economy in expenditure, by wise planning, skilful labor, and in- cessant toil. Men become skilful in medical science, learned in law, wise in statesmanship, or successful in poular leadership, by dint of long years of toil directed wisely towards the desired end. Many a man who i leaps suddenly into public notice is hailed as "a lucky fellow," and un-jf JSINESS Know- ledge and Edu- cation are not synonymous terms. Many a one with a university education cannot earn a livlihood, but seldom is the boy or girl with a thorough business training with- out a position. From the moment enrolment is made in our school your boy or girl is taught business princi- ples and is on the way to gain a thorough bus- iness knowledge. You can enroll now. CENTRAL * 'STRATFORD. ONT. Life. R. F. LUMSDEN, B.A. ; Principal -- Penslar White & Pine and Spruce Balsam Get a bottle of this remedy as soon as possible and rid yourself of that cough. Sold in two sizes, 25¢ and 50c f Barker's Drug Store 36 Ontario St. Phone 521. 'Henry Easun, A.R.C.0. Certificated Pianist, Trinity Col- lege, London, Eng. PIANO, ORGAN, SINGING Specialist in Voice Production, FOX'S Correct Breathing and Artistic Interpretation. "The Store With a Heart" | Intending competitors for the Perth County Musical Festival should start preparation at once. Trainer of many winners of the highest awards in Scotland, Toronto, and Perth County Mus- "1414 Downie St. ical Festivals. Studio : 21 Church Street _ Phone 820-w thinking men eink to him asa tong? Bo ree confined to England or America, as some people suppose. But Go Back 300 Years. Antique Furniture May Be Worth/days apparently--men like Mein: Thousands of Dol'ars--Or It May Not Be Worth Thirty Cents! "Antique Furniture" to some people means any old banged-up relic. But and Duncan Fyfe--examples of wl work are in the Metropolitan Galleries. $8,500 For a Desk. Speaking of this "Early Ameri from a collector's point of view, only | furniture--Mr, Erskine told ts o well preserved pieces have any value. There are a few people who know antique furniture--know how to tell the false from the true and the good from what is not. Mr. Ralph Erskine of the Erskine-Danforth Corporation is one of them, When he was a little chap in North Carolina, the itinerant chair makers of the mountains made a crude kind of chair, cutting the posts ~ from green wood and the rungs from dry wood so-that holes drilled in the posts would shrink and tighten around the rungs--not needing glue --and weaving the seats out of sec- ond growth hickory bark. Mr. Erskine, speaking in New York the other evening, told the story of one of these old chair makers, Uncle Tom Gardner, who had worked all his life in his little mountain work- shop. To encourage and help the old Man he sent him recently, a fine sample of New England Windsor chair, suggesting that he make some like it and promising to sell them for him. Some time elapsed and no chairs were forthcoming, so he went to see the old wizard of the hickory bough. Hand-Made Chairs 40c. He found the nice little Windsor chair hanging up to a rafter. Pressed for an explanation, he said: 'You see that old chair the missus is settin' in and this one here--well I bin makin' that there kind of chair all my life and my pap before me and I bin git- tin' 40 cents apiece for 'em but I can't get along--lI got to git 50 cents for 'em and people won't pay it." No use to urge him--there weren't people who would pay for making all those fine spindles and delicate curves. His customers were satisfied with very primitive furniture. What We Discard. "All we have and use and gather around us is an expression of our thought." "What we reject is as much an expression of our thought as what we keep." The philosophic Ed- itor of the Mirror made this latter comment in our hearing about the "furnishings of the mind"--what we read. It must be equally true of the furnishing of a home. We begin to think things old-fashioned--style change--what was good style 60 years ago is now "Victorian" and "atro- cious." Mr. Erskine explains the Vic torian period as "an age of rail- road building--appreciation of beauty of line and form submerged in in- dustrial expansion"--an influence not ee ee \> Gets Under Wa Bedroom, Livingroom anu _Diningroom THE THRIFT EVENT OF THE YEAR! Furniture Fresh From the Furniture Shows and clear-out Suites and Odd Pieces that just make you want to re-furnish your whole home ! s And You Can Do It, Too! Buy for your home now while you can save money. Buy, because you only get this golden opportunity ONCE in the year. The "Bungalow" is now "Economy Cottage" -- see the sale furniture in it. R. WHITE & co. 80 Ontario St. old desk of exquisite wormanship-- Perfect preservation, but that was one of McIntyre's--which the museum! Ot enough. It was "because they ex- authorities bought for $8,500 from the| pressed great ideals." .Because they There was furniture made in 1620 owners in Salem, Mass. It is of the; Were worth preserving for the mer which possesses the greatest interest type which | is fairly familiar to "he women of the future to gaze up and charm. Craftsmen lived in th----- an ow ith wrandarcanmoathineg fan ayy BEDROOM SUITE BARGAINS ALMOST BEYOND BELIEF! Just to mention a few of them: 3-PIECE SUITE--Large dresser, smart chiffonier and very fine solid panel, walnut finished steel bed, as shown in $95 00 the window. FEBRUARY SALE e' 5-PIECE SUITE--Canadian birch, walnut finished, very neat style--dresser, vanity, bench, chiffonier, bed. $89 00 FEBRUARY SALE e| 4PIECE SUITE--Shaded walnut combination--vanity, dresser, bench, chiffonier and bed. $105 00 e FEBRUARY SALE KROEHLER CHESTERFIELD SPECIAL . THE MOST FOR THE MONEY. Full size Chesterfield, reversible cushions in figured velour, wood frame base, large fireside chair and arm $1 3 5 00 chair, the three pieces. FEBRUARY SALE. . DINING ROOM SUITE CLEAR-OUT ONLY ONE AT THIS PRICE. 60-inch buffet, cabinet, large oblong table, arm chair and five side chairs, blue leather slip seats, walnut finish. $135 00 FEBRUARY SALE. ° HOME FURNITURE--FU: Ett. Phone 23; night, 376