THE MIRROR THE MIRROR PUBLISHED BYVSRY FRIDAY AT THE FLETCHER JOHNSTON PRESS, 123 ON- TARIO ST., STRATFORD. PHONB [15wu FLETCHER JOHNSTON, EDITOR SUBSCRIPTION RATE $1.00 A YBAR Stratford, July 6, 1928 DO YOU HAVE AMBITION? Do you have ambition? Doubtless you think you have, but have you? Do you really know what ambition is? Says Herbert N. Casson: "Probably not more than one man out of ten has any ambition at all. Ambition is not merely wishing and hoping and paint- ing pictures in your mind of what a great man you will be. Day-dream- ing! That is not ambition. Being discontented with what you5dve got! That is not ambition. Reading about glorious deeds and imagining your- self doing things like that*that is) not ambition. "No. Ambition is active, not pas- sive. Ambition is the process of self- development. It is a day by day matter. It is something you Do, not something you Wish. Ambition is "wishing plus willpower and _ perse- verance. An ambitious man is one who does his job better today than he did it yesterday. He is a man who is improving -- gaining -- climbing -- moving steadily up towards' the top. No lazy man is ever ambitious. He only pretends he is, to excuse his laz- iness. Ambition is only another word for growth. And growth depends on courage and industry and reading good books, and common sense, and keeping at it. If a young man wants to become more ambitious, he can do so by following these two simple rules: "(1) Learn something new every day. "(2) Do something day. "The test of true ambition is Ac- tion." Now, after that, ask yourself again if you really are ambitious and are genuinely striving to make your am- bitions materialize. better every LIVING 1S MORE NATURAL IN SMALLER COMMUNITIES Every time I travel through this country it is borne in upon me, said 'someone the other day, that the peo- ple in small communities, in towns and in cities of moderate' size live more rational, more natural lives than those of us who live in huge cities. They have--or make--more time for genuine friendships. Their atmosphere is mode cordial, less mer- cenary. They get closer to one anoth- er. Their social life is less artificial; they do much of their entertaining in their own homes, not in theatres, hotelS and cabarets." Thye live a less harassing pace. They have more time to read. They take keen interest in political and other public affairs. I have often noticed that when out of town friends come to New York they want to see the best class of shows rather than the trashy ones so popular With the majority of New Yorkers. Life in very large cities, however, has in it smoething, something inde- finable, which one doesn't find else- where. To-the large city inhabitant other places seem more or less one- horse. Also, they usually are efier- yescing with gossip. The absence of grand-scale theatres and other forms of entertainment is felt by the chronic city dweller. Perhaps the net truth is that there are advantages and disadvantages in all sizes of communities. PRINTING, THE IMMORTAL WORK OF MAN If out of dust I brought to life a liv- ing, breathing man, You'd think I was a wizard built on super-human plan. You'd be amazed if back to earth I brought a man who died. Yet printers do these very things and point to them with pride. Each piece of type is cold and dull when lying in the case. Compound of lead and antimony, and, but for its face, Each letter would be meanlingless, in- animate and dead. But still each character brings life and joy again. When properly combi Jed they speak with dignified appeal; Immortal words are said again; cold type their thoughts reveal. When rearranged by human within composing sticks, Behold! an image is produced by type with groove and nicks. hands By placing type together printers make a dead man speak. Each printer is a conjurer, each day in every week The words of men who died are ut- tered once again through print Embellished by the men who live with border, cut, and tint. Oh, printing is artistic; it is beauti- ful and fine. A necessary part of life; it's yours as well as mine. It never should debase nor harm nor hurt the human race. Tt holds a foremost place in art, so keep it in its place. --William Summers in Inland Printer. ForCampers WHITE ENAMELLED PLATES Two Sizes 15c ea. J. L. BRADSHAW CHINA HALL THE MIRROR It's Safe To Buy é Any Goodyear Tire We can give you lots of choice in tires--lots of sizes, a range of prices, different tread designs. But every one of them is a safe investment--because every one is built by Goodyear. That means value. It means SUPERTWIST Cords in every tire. And it means the lowest possible price for the quality. i LOOK AT THESE PRICES If your size is listed in the type of tire you want, ask us for prices. 30x 3\4% Pathfinder 29 x 4.40 All-Weather 32 x 4 Pathfinder .... 31 x 5.25 Heavy Duty ronk's Tire Shop 122 Ontario Street. Phone 423 The Home of Real Service Battery Service Straw Hat Weather IS HERE This Store is showing a wonderful assortment of Men's and Young Men's Sailor and Snap Brim Straw Manilino, Bancock, Panama and Split Straw Hats Lower prices this year by 25 to 50% less than last year. Prices $1.00 to $3.50 for the best Hot Weather Underwear Hot Weather Underwear-- Two-piece and Combin- ation. Cotton, silk andthin wool. Sizes 34 to 50. Prices, per garment Bi oe tO $1 5a For two-piece Combination ..... $1.00 to $4.50 Pak, Read _A MAN'S AND BOY'S STORE COOKED BANANAS Cooked bananas have a great food value. When eaten raw, not quite ripe, aS we so often see them here, they halt digestion. The "walls" of the starch grains are tough and not easily ruptured. If eaten uncooked they must be very ripe, the skins al- most black. Do not, however, eat or 'use them if they have a sour smell. Then, they are too old. They make excellent jelly when allowed to become "full" on the plant. Baked and served on rice with cream they make a fine supper for children from four to seven years of age. Stewed and mashed, and flavored with orange juice they make a palatable sauce for blanc mange, boiled rice and bread pudding. They are nice, when cooked and used to flavor ice cream. With or- ange juice they make a nice water ice. You will notice in all tropica] cook books bananas are always under the heading of vegetables; not fruits, for they never use them as such. Baked they are also very tasty. Baked Bananans. Peel the bananas, by stripping off 'one side of the' skin, then lift the banana out, as it were, of the re- maining skin; in other words do not strip the skin down, it leaves so much of the "strings" on. Scrape them down lightly with a silver knife, and put them into a baking pan; baste with olive oil or butter, sprinkle lightly with sugar, squeeze over the juice of an orange and bake in a moderate oven a half hour. Banana Sauce. Skin ripe bananas, slice and = put them in granite saucepan over the fire. To each six bananas, allow two-thirds of a cupful of sugar, the juice of a lemon and orange and one cupful of water; stew 10 min- utes, press through a sieve; reheat, add the well beaten white of an egg and use for puddings. Banana Cake. Make a six-egg sponge cake, and bake it in three layers. Make a soft boiled icing; when the cakes are done and cold, put a thick layer of icing on one cake, cover with thin slices of bananas, dust with a little nutmeg, put over another cake, fill as before and put on the last layer. Dust with powdered sugar and serve plain or with cream. One can use FUNERAL SERVICE R. WHITE & CO. 80 Ontario Phone 33 Night 376, whipped cream in place of the icing, served as you would strawberry cake. WATCH REFRIGERATOR DURING THE SUMMER Clean drain pipes regularly with boiling water and soda. Do not keep materials on the ice-- this causes the ice to melt and waste. Do not try to save ice by wrapping it up in papers or flannels--this pre- vents it doing the proper work of re- frigeration. The ice chamber should always be well filled with ice to thoroughly re- frigerate the food chamber. BOANI BOYARO The Barber at your service Cleanliness and no long waits 118 Downie St. Pequegnat's Jewelry Surrender Countless hundreds wonder why jewelry is called "ex- pensive." During this sale prices have been slashed left and right and now for Saturday they're cut more than ever. The sale has far exceeded our expectations--and now for a bumper day Saturday ! SATURDAY IS WATCH and DIAMOND DAY PEQUEGNAT'S Established 1885. Phone 854 The Fletcher Johnston Press For Fine Job Printing KROEHLER i --MADE--J _ CHESTERFIELD SUITE A Fortunate Purchase Makes It Possible to VALUES Repeat Our MAY Offer- "NOTHING LIKE THIS EVER HAPPENED BEFORE." Compare the automobile of 20 the home furnishings of 20 years ago. Both The Kroehler Chesterfield Suite illustrated above only $135. years ago with are hopelessly out of date--no comfort--no beauty. Think of it!--"Nothing like this ever happen- ed before." Look at the 1928 Model Chesterfields--here is beauty of line and color--comfort that rad- iates hospitality. We are open Saturday evenings for your con- Bring husband in and get a quota- tion on the necessary furniture to make your home up-to-date, more comfortable and inter- esting--your home should come first. venience. A suite of beautiful proportions, great comfort and up-to-date style. Made specially for our selling campaign at a remarkably low price --hbecause of quantity production--nothing like it was ever made before at the price. We are able to offer 10 suites priced $98 to $190. R. WHITE & CO. 80 Ontario St. Home Furniture and Funeral Service. Phone 33; Night 376 ren SOMERS = Te Se eiu cheat ect nen aan J ibsdna hale a on TPN aNeNRE aaron paaamtaipeT eee