THE MIRROR THE MIRROR THE MIRROR PUBLISHED BVERY PRIDAY AT THB PLETCHER JOHNSTON PRBSS, 123 on- TARIO ST., STRATFORD. PHONB 115w FLETCHBR JOHNSTON, EDITOR SUBSCRIPTION RATH - $1.00 A YBAR Stratford, July 13, 1928 ad ~ GOOD BOY HOWARD That Premier Howard Ferguson brought a large party to cheer Joe Wright, the Canadian who won the Diamond Sculls, the other day is not to be wondered at. The Premier has always been an enthusiastic sport and one can imagine how this occasion | would. bring a flood of delight to Ontario's premier, while he was in} the Old Land. HOW ACCIDENTS AT RAILWAY CROSSING MIGHT BE AVERTED The tremendous tol] taken every year at railway crossings is nothing short of alarming. There are as many hair bredth escapes that be never hear of as accidents. How these ac- cidents can be averted or lessened shouid be in some way solved. Why could it not be made law that every car stop at the railway crossings. This would not be any very great onus on motorists, and would almost eliminate entirely the danger of being caught by an oncoming train. Acci- dents are not always caused by reason of not having heard the whistle, but by the driver who tries to beat the train. To make it compulsory for every car to stop at the approach of a railway crossing would undoubt- edly prove most effective. THE SECRET OF SUCCESS Andrew Carnegie writes in his auto-biography: "Making only the best is the secret of success. It is uphill work at first, but afterwards is smooth sailing. I have never known a concern to make a decided success that did not do good, honest, consci- entious work. Even in days of fierc- est competition, when everything would seem to be a matter of price, there was at the root of great success the very much more important factor) of quality." WHY WE ALL TALK SO MUCH Have you a taste for being alone? If so, you are one of the lucky peo- ple who have developed inner re sources, who know how to be quiet without boredom, how to be solitary without melancholy. More than that, you know how to find refreshment when tired and jaded. But you probably find that society at large has small respect for such a taste, and that among your relations and acquaintances are people who re- gard you as a little queer. We have heard a great deal at different times about conspiracies of silence, but the world seems to have organized a con- spiracy of speech. Whether you like it or not, whether anyone else like it or not, you must-- so the world seems to say--spend part of your waking hours discussing poli- going for your holidays this year, whether it is or is not a late spring. Nothing is more inspiring than real talk, talk which widens the boundar- ies of the mind or quickens our per- ceptions by its wit. And talk, be trivial things, is pleasant, touching now and again some pulse of feeling of which we like to be aware. But formal] talk, "talky talk," is | wearisome indeed. We all know the effort of making conversation with an | uncongenial acquaintance, one who | holds us rigidly to the letter of re- | _ marks invented a little desperately in order to avoid silence. Silence is, | of course, possible only between peo- ple whose minds are akin. ; THE PASSING CORSET In your mother's younger days it wasn't thought quite nice even to men- } tion them in mixed company. Never- theless you just knew she wore them --partly because her waist was so slim and partly because she had a way of | fainting and going into a decline on the slightest provocation. All this has been changed. Out of 1,318 working girls recently ques- tioned during a survey made in Mil waukee only sixty or seventy admit- ted wearing corsets. The discovery isn't any joke, either. It means that the modern girl is stronger, healthier and happier than her mother and her grandmother. The old-style corset--of course one doesn't mean the dainty new-fangled contraptions which it is said still fig- ure in some feminine wardrobes--was one of the symbols of female subjec- tion. It kept her heatlh delicate and made the lordly male feel big and strong and bossy. In view of which what does it real- ly matter if the average Milwaukee working girl, or the average American girl, does use two and a half boxes of powder, one and a half boxes of rouge and one lipstick every year? tics or fashions; the housing shortage) or the sex problem; where you are! tween friends, though it be only of 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 and thin wool. Sizes 34 to 50. tang FS NERS lay 50c to $1.50 $1.00 to $4.50 P. J. KELLY A MAN'S AND BOY'S STORE Prices, per garment For two-piece Combination Your Wife Will Think You Are Dearer Than Ever if you say to her, "Why not stop sweltering over a hot stove, dearie, and let us get our bread and pas- try from the T.V.B. Co., I hear so much about their baking." T.V.B. BREAD CO, Phone 2345 56 Huron St. "Just over the river" * = W. G. PRINCE & CO., LTD. 424 Bay St., Toronto CANADA'S OLDEST BROKERAGE HOUSE Specializing in Insurance Shares only. We have 40 Clients in Stratford. Player Piano Special Special Mason & Risch, Louis style, satin finish, mahog- any case, 88-note Player Piano, 15 rolls and bench free, regular price $900. Special-- $450.00 Terms if desired. Step in and see this piano. Heintzman & Co., Limited J. ANTHONY, Manager 131 Ontario Street. Phone 769 | Ask about this 20th Century investment. A small store room or a large clos- et for holding emergency goods is in- dispensable for the family of two, even in a large city. The coming of one or two unexpected guests upsets the arrangements of the small family more thaan three or four guests would in a large family. The "little dinner" may allow of one extra person, but never any more. This emergency closet or _ store room should contain one or two tin boxes of crackers and sweet wafers, three cans of good mushrooms, three boxes of fine sardines, three cans of peas, the same of macedoine, two cans of tiny young beets, six cans of tomatoes, three cans of peaches, six tumblers of jellies, three cans of Spanish peppers, two pounds of spa- ghetti, a pot of beef extract, three small bottles of olives, one pound each of pecan meats, almonds, Eng- lish walnuts and raisins, all in glass jars; a pound box of almond paste, three boxes of vegetable gelatin, one or two tumblers of peanut butter, one pound of lentils, 10 pounds of rice, a Smal] bottle of curry powder, three jeans of clam bouillon, 'three pint cans of some godo soup, cocoa, choco- late and two small tumblers of potted cheese. The housewife who is inventive, the one who knows how to utilize scraps and left overs, can furnish a good meal, at little cost, with a few emergency groceries. Cold _ boiled potatoes, for instance, may be quick- ly made into hashed creamed pota- toes, or browned hashed, or au Gratin. A box of sardines may be broiled and served on toast as the fish course. A can of macedoine, 'washed and chilled, makes 'an ex- ceedingly good salad. Spaghetti boils quickly, and when dressed with to- mato sauce and cheese is palatable, wholesome and sightly. Clam bouil- lon can be heated quickly, and served in cups, and with a tablespoonful of beaten white of egg on top, is an attractive luncheon soup. Beets and lettuce, celery and apples, or beets and potatoes, are good combinations for salads. Here are few dinners that can be prepared quite easily, in a _ short time, from the emergency closet. It will be noticed that while each din- ner is different, the materias] have practically not changed: the little store closet alone has furnished most of them: Cream of Pea Soup Spaghetti with Totamo Sauce Hot Buttered Beets Rice Caram¢l Custards, Nut Sauce coffee Clam Bouillon Broiled Sardines on Toast Omelet with Peas Rolls Beet Salad with French Dressing Spaghetti Croq Macedoine, Wafers Beets Stuffed Cre Pineapple Cream of Pean Spanish Omelet Bread Quick Bouillon Clear Tomato Soup Bread Patties with Creamed Mushrooms Coffee Tomato Bisque uets Cheese Sauce Peas French Dressing Coffee Waferettes with Rice and Nuts am Sauce Peas Coffee Peas Fruit and Nut Salad Coffee ut Soup Olives Croutons | Croutons | Tomato Sauce and Butter Mayonnaise of Peas in Beets Long Rolls Fruit Cheese between Wafers Cocoa Special in Note Paper Pad and Envelopes, excellent quality. Special price-- 39c Alexander Book Shop 115 Ontario St. Phone 405 FUNERAL SERVICE R. WHITE & CO. 80 Ontario Phone 83 Night 376, FOR YOUR Plumbing REQUIREMENTS Phone 459 Eavetroughing a Specialty J. E. Commerford 199 Ontario St. Walnut fin Peaches Cake or Wafers 80 Ontario St. Simmons Spring-Filled Special Mattress $29 M A FELLOW NEEDS A | fl / "ROXY" says:--"Anyone who has to take his rest in concentrated doses is mighty particular how ished steel bed, sagless cable . . .$21.00 R. WHITE & Home Furniture and Funeral Service. spring and felt mattress complete . he beds himself down!" So "Roxy," the famous theatrical wizard "beds him- self down" on a Simmons Spring-filled Mattress. (See top illustration). Every man in Stratford has the same opportunity to have a good bed--the same good bed-- ' By calling on R. White & Co. to deliver him one! LIL' FELLERS likewise need good beds--and safe ones--high-sided, comfortable and absolutely safe Simmons Cribs $9.00, $11.00 and $12.50; mat- tresses $3 and $4. & Phone 33; Night 376 "ES See RD: ORR SETI ITT) re * i i Me Aes. a