THE M IRROR THE MIRROR PUBLISHBD EVBRY FRIDAY AT THB -PLETCHER JOHNSTON PRBSS, 123 on- TARIO ST., STRATFORD. PHONB |15w FLETCHBR JOHNSTON, BDITOR SUBSCRIPTION RATE $1.00 A YBAR Stratford, December 28, 1928 me THE PASSING OF THE YEARS With the right perspective of the passing or tne years their passing is not to be regretted. In looking back --which most people do at this par- ticular time--people see where they' But mistakes can be turned into danger sighs on life's highways. --~ have made gerious mistakes. Few, if any man, has evaded having made mistakes, but no one should be considered wise who continues mak- ing them. Every year brings with it its difficulties and problems, but also its conpensations, and progress dur- ing the coming year will be made by avoiding the mistakes of the past. There is no time put to so little use as that spent in brooding over the mis- takes of the past. The energy that many a one has spent in living in the _ Past can be put to much greater ad- vantage in thinking and working along constructive lines, and plan- ning for the future. Life affords no greater pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, and solving its problems, but grow- ing old with the years is only ex- perienced by those who are outgrow- |. ing the concsiousness of youth and de- serting their ideals. The year 1929 will be better com Because the goods you'll have to mercially than 1928, and it should be keep entered with enthusiasm, and faith in And time will always tell. its possibilities, The price you paid you'll soon forget, THE BEST IS NONE TOO : GOOD FOR OUR NURSES It is a city's duty to provide all the comforts it possibly can for those who have been called to such a noble pro- fession as nursing. Our nurses are deserving of the most congenial environment during their off-duty hours. In other walks of life people as a rule are permitted to give vent to their feelings, but a nurse must in most cases suppress them, and look pleasant whether she wants to or not. Her duties are of so often the "hedge, he'd take it pretty hard; then Don't try to buy a thing too cheap They ought to cut this "price" word Make Value what men talk about, In foo dor metal, cloth or woods, Don't let the price control the goods, THANKSGIVING ON THE FARM "And are you thankful, sir, today?" I asked of Farmer Green. your life!" he answered, with a smile of joy serene. "The spring is mighty fine, of course, and summer- time is great, but with them comes a yearly pest to every fertile state. The folks in cars begin to range about the first of May, and pick and steal the growing stuff along the fair highway! from early radishes and peas to or- chard blooms and roses, they help themselves, and we're Supposed to smile ,as meek ag Moses. My apples, melons and termats they sneak, in spite of bars; they tear the vines from off my house and stick 'em in their cars; they eat their lunch and scatter trash and dirty up our brooks, and strip the woods and burn the trees, and, gosh, how mean it looks! They act like herds of animals that trample, rob and spoil, without a care about the rights of folks who till the soil; we plow and plant and cultivate. and work with honest pride, and then the vandals come along and wreck the countryside. The motorist who tears around and plunders what he can is just about as welcome as the beetle from Japan. If I should motor into town and camp in someone's yard, and mess it up and _ steal the "You bet why in tunket can't he see, unless he's mostly fool, that one's as bad as t'oth- er, and Observe the golden rule? Yes, sir, we're glad that autumn's here, and peaceful lives we're living; the landscape pirate's gone, and that's one reason for Thanksgiving! --Corinne Rockwell Swain. ---- VALUE vs. PRICE From those with things to sell-- The goods you get will stay; The price you will not long regret-- The quality you may. out Of dictionaries red, Not just the price instead. Remember this advice: But goods control the price. most exacting and and nerve racking and a homelike place to bathe her'|| eyes in sleep is not only necessary _to her but her patients, The health and mental attitude of the sick is more often aided by the brightness and cheerfulness of those who are attending them than is ever dreamed of. At the coming municipal election the ratepayers will have the oppor- tunity of honoring those who go about divinely rendering service to our loved ones. | COAL Large Hydro Plant Opens in Maritimes. Life is a Chemical Phenomenon The fundament principle that MacKenzie desired in medicine must be discovered by the chemist. That a beginning in this direction has been made is evident from the ad- dress delivered before the Institute of Chemistry by Dr. Ellice McDon- ald, Chairman of Cancer Research of the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate school of Medicine. A physician by training, he became a colloid chemist in his quest of the fundamental] principle that underlies vital Stocesses. Out of this quest has come a method of attacking the cancer prob- lem from a new salient. <A cancer cell is not different from a normal cell. Its growth is a true vital pro- cess. Hence a chemical study of life processes becomes a study of cancer. That the cancer cell refus- es to be controlled and grows wild has long een known. Why? Its chemical] brakes have been remov- ed and it runs away. Dr. McDonald advances experimental proof that if Si bodily activities normally the chemical balance the cell and the medium in which it is immersed must be maintained. Destroy that balance and the cel] is unleashed--freé to run away. Can- cer is the result. are, to proceed of ANTHRACITE COAL POCAHONTAS, Egg Size Red Jacket, Egg Size Solvay Coke Cornish Coal Co. Phone 44 -- A Down&Fleming Funeral Service Rooms 94 Ontario St. Phone 314 Sf: POMtinc, Fa | » Greetings We gratefully acknowl. | edge your splendid patron. | age during the year. It hag -- been one of the best we have | ever enjoyed, Our sincere. | wish is that the approaching | year may be full of happi- ness and joy. Greenwood 4 Vivian HousefurnishingsLtd, 26 Ontario Street We sincerely Hope That customers and friends will enjoy a happy and prosperous New Year, and thank you for your pat- ronage during the year just passed. Superior Shoe | Repair 119 Ontario St. Phone 941 our <f- - . "How's huntin' out Cliicago way?" "Purty good. Got a nice mounted -- policeman in my trophy room.' -- GOOD HUNTING & icesidiprobt >. FS > ey eT eR se eS eee a ey eee AR he Roig ee 3 ave ne - THE MIRROR "And look at Dad's paper and smell] his GROWING UP Some day I shall be too old for a crib, Old for a pinafore, old for a bib; Some day--and soon, at the rate that I've grown, T'll have a proper bed, all of my own. Some day I'll have an allowance from Dad; I won't be scolded because I am bad; Mother will let me cross Streets un- attended; The holes in-my stockings won't have to be mended. Some day I'll ride in the men's smok- ing car, cigar; And I'll have a razor and long-trous- er suit, And then I will learn what it means to "commute." Some day I'll eat with a fork, not 4 spoon; And these manly pen too soon. But one thing I'd I might-- Have Mother to tuck in my blankets at night! --Christopher Morley. changes can't hap- like to keep up, if Ever something new, something en- ticingly novel! Square teapots, how jolly! No spout at all--hardly. But that's ne "mere Baby Ele- phant's trunk in Kipling's inimitable before the croco- spout to be broken! Just a smere"' spout like the "Just So Stories" dile on the bank of the "great, grey green, greasy Limpopo River al] set about with fever trees' gave that Baby Hlephant's trunk a pull. So neat this teapot, so compact, so modern. ated from the body proper. And suc} gay colors. greens too. More and more interest centres in The newest ar Lo: one sees the Sphinx and pyramids In the fore- bath towel borders. rivals flaunt picture borders. over glowing sands. ground flowers, presumably ian, blossom luxuriantly. Egyp Clever people have turned their at- tention to the creation of lamp shades --for stunning are the models that are appearing in the shops lately. Parch- ment is a highly favored medium. Shades with the lower edge in un- even, sharply angular scallops, that give the impression of swift motio are smart as can be, particularly the base-base dashingly harmonizes. Increasingly emphasized jis the re- For lation between base and shade. cient castle, the shade used is neu- tral toned parchment with castle mo- 2 And the handle is just the corner of the square, cleverly separ- The one we saw was yel- low, but we're sure there are blues and tans, reds, and most probablv tifs on each face. Over here a doi- phin in green crystal supports a tall, slender, close-pointed shade on its tail. The shade has a wave-scallop- ed edge realisticaly tinted water- green and foam-white. Again, a frost- ed crystal globe is topped by a frost- ed parchment shade, quite in the en semble spirit. "Isn't Adam furniture the most an- tique of them all?" she enquired. "Antique? Where did you that?" he wanted to know. "Adam was the first man, wasn't he? And his period ought to be the oldest I should think. The name is just like men." "Like us how?" "You are so egotistic and inconsider- ate of women. Why didn't you call it the Eve period?" Even the Paradise period would have been better and get There's a Possibility Some one was forgotten and did not receive your photo- Get one taken now and send for graph at Chrstmas. New Year's, at the Roger's Studio Phone 1096m 83 DOWNIE ST. R. WHITE & CO. 80 Ontario FUNERAL SERVICE Phone 38 Night 376, We Extend To one and all our best wish- es, and hope that the New Year will bring you much happiness and _ joy. We thank you for the favors of 1928 and will continue to give you our best service during 1929. J. L. BRADSHAW CHINA HALL nicer." Business is sensitive. It goes only where it is well treated.--Se- lected. s i iS ee ee \ ~d} nL Fic ee if HOME FURNITURE FUNERAL SERVICE example, over here is a vase of grey porcelain modelled to form an an- To Our Dear For your Happiness and success we extend heartiest good wishes and for your good will, the greatest asset in any business, we desire to express our sincere thanks and appreciation. R. WHITE & CO. Friends 80 ONTARIO 8ST. PHONE 33, NIGHT 876