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LISTOWEL The Banner's Clubbing List ers in any combination, the price for any publication being the figure given less $2.00, representing the price of The Banner. These prices are for addresses in Canada or Great Britain. If the publication you want is not in the above list let us We can supply any well-known Canadian or American These prices are strictly cash in advance. 9 d subscription by post office or express order to Banner Pub, Co, ; the children behave. (By Uthai Vincent Wilcox in Ford's Weekly.) There was a more or less popular song about 10 gears ago, the chorus of which asked the question, ““What’s the matter with father?’’ The an- swer was, “He's all right!’’ But while the reply may have bern satisfactory as far as the song was concerned, it is far from satisfactory as far as the relation goes today be- tween the average father and the av- erage son. Social: workers and educa tors say fhat father is not “all right," and that there is certainly “something the matter” with many father: , In a well-known city-the members of a social club spent.an evening dis- cussing “their boys.’’ In beginning the disctision the speaker passed a- round pads and asked each man to think over his week’s program and (or a week) he spent with his sons. It was most enlightening to look over the Statements of these men. It may be interesting to try the experi- ment on yourself. Unless you are a- bove the average, you will find very low numerals on your sheet of paper. The majority of the members who answered the question had to honest- put down the number of hours a day! ° ly admit that they did not see much of their phildren on week-day m ings. Many of the men did not return | to their'homes for a noon lunch, “4 if they did it was eaten hurriedly. If) the children did not take their Socket away from home the talk, if it con-} cerned them at all, was comments pet tardiness, or poor table manners, or| lack of study, or complaints by one child concerning another or by the mother about her inability to make Two or three evenings a week the be obtained by Banner, subscrib- ONTARIO UR mission in life is one of responsibility. Our professional wisdom and our tactful politeness is assurance of the superior character of our services. "UNERAL \L_DIRECTOR £ JERMYN: ; is —ONT Eve. food y knows that in Canada there are more Templeton’s Rheumatic Capsules Sold than all other Rheumatic Remedies combined for Rheu- matism, Neuritis, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, etc. Many doctors prescribe them, most druggists them. Write for free trial to Templeton, Toronto, Sold by J. A. Stuart. The automobile to watch is the! one behind the automobile you are. watching—Bbdston Herald. 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At all events icenahouy is men remained down town on ~ busi- ness, or were with men friends, or there were social engagements that consumed their time. And when. Sunday came they took trips accomipanied by their sons; or their sons went away on trips with their companions. In averaging Pp the week there were few if any hours that fathers spent with their ‘boys. But these men—average men of America—could not see that they were to blame. When they were home, some of them complained that the children most likely would be attend- ing some party, or just on their way to the movies. So these fathers rare- ly saw, except in a fleeting way, their children from one week's end tu another. They scarcely kept up a mere acquaintanceship with their own sons! A noted educator who always has taken a special interest ‘in boys, and, of a consequence in their fathers, re- ceived this letter, the other day: “Dear Sir: “What can I do to get my fa- ther interested in baseball? There doesn’t seem to be any- thing we can talk about when we are at home, and nesturally we are not'very good friends. Yours truly, Edward M.” The records showed that that boy was one of a family of six of a well- to-do lumber dealer. The mother had previously ‘written that there seemed to be little hope of awakening the father and that “anything done for her children would have to be done through her.” This meant that this family, these rhildren, and partic- ularly this boy, who was entering the most difficult age of his life, was to all intents a half-orphan. Yet this father was an “ideal” business man. He was doing much good in his own way. He was success- ful in every business undertaking ex-|, cept — most important ope of being a fat There seems to be a real scarcity of fathers. The so-called fathers of which the foregoing incident is but one proof and the social club ‘discus- sion’ but another. It indicates the trend of the times. ere are sO many men who ap- parently delegate their jobs to some one else. They are among those who play the great American game of “passing the buck.’’ As long as they are ‘‘a good provider” they think their‘duty is done. Yet they provide every nen essential but themselves. When a man makes a poor job of plumbing: or when a carpenter builds a house which doesn't stand plumb; when a merchant makes for himself a poor reputation among his custo- mers, no one else will take the blame. His failure is naturally considered the result of poor workmanship on his part, or lack of business acumen, of unfitness for the ‘work or lack of proper application to business. When a father is confronted with failure in his own son—when this son turns out to be a good-for-noth- ing, a ne're-do-well,’a spendthrift, he puts the blame on the son—not on himself. And some way society in the past has condoned the father and has felt sorry for him. But there ‘is a change coming. No longer do the neighbors pity such fathers, and con- done the misfortune. They are be- ginning to feel that the father has not done all he could by merely giv- ing the boy “‘an education,” and ‘‘ad- vantages.”’ As a matter of fact, the son, who turns out to be a failure is not alone to blame. His parents are mostly to blame. It is more particularly the fa- ther who is at*fault, for he has ne-! © glected to do his duty as the mascu- line parent, the masculine educator, the natural inspirer of his masculine offspring. The disappointing son is as much a proof of poor educational workman-) ship, of paternal inefficiency and ne-| glect, of educational folly and mal- | adjustment, as was ever a leak in the plumbing, or a disjointed house, or a failure in business; which testified to the inefficiency of the workman or the business man. Wha‘ever may be said about the fine anu enduring ‘influence of mo- tuer in the life of a boy—and surely tee m ‘ch cannot be said—in the case of ‘he growing lad it is the indisput- able fact that at'the age of 12 years iikeny to be taught a lesson in ethics — will remind him forcibly of the ate of the villain in the Stal at the latest, if the father isn’t on the job, or rather hasn't been on the job, there is danger ahead.’ The signal school lacks masculinity. ary grades there recently been examined there are on women. It is quite apparent that the courage and inspire the sons of ed at father's inexhaustible patience.” shows red! The things that psbsalts ac oet rfp ye the neglect of fathers would, aim: the Matter only too ‘real. One intelligent and apparently con- side: father of a family of three castially remarked not long ago, ‘“ never happened to be home when an of my ‘children were born.” This man practices parenthood “in absen- tia,” which might also be a sort of “absent treatment” father, as later results proved. It ‘seems strangs that such men call their children ‘‘my’ children. In later years it came to pass that this father had to “happen around” witha gocd-sized check and with much anguish of heart. to'get his son out of a scrape 4nto which his excess energy had misguided him. There is, coursé, no apology for the son, but there cannot but be blame for the fa- ther. - P Another man said, “I really can't understand George very well. his mo- ther, you know, has had full charge of him. I haven’t time for such things.” We had time at a ‘recent holiday festival to listen to a recital in court of his boy and other boys who had | been spending their time in ‘small gambling and drinking with certain | undesirable female companions. These are not such extreme cases as might be supjosed. They occur in a greater'or less der every day in the large cities America. Such men would do well to release them- selves from their business oecasion- ally and put a note on their desk pads something like this: GONE TO ATTEND tg BUSINESS T HOM WIL BE BACK WHEN THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED. The public school system of Amer- ica is a wonderful institution, but it wil’ never take the place of the fa- the *, even though fathers give it ev- ery apportunity to For one thing, the modern public There are many cities where in all the element- is not ‘one man In several cities that have teacher. the average for each city about 64 teachers, and all but 18 of them ‘are boys in these cities will not come un- der masculine influences to any ex- tent from their birth on through the high school age. F er President Theodore Roosevelt throughout his married life took an active interest not only in his own boys, but helped to ‘en- fa- thers who were “too busy.” The dominating passion of his life was devotion to‘his family—and a true understanding of the man can- not be had short of his own thresh- hold. It is in the memory of his lov- ed ones that the true measure of Theodore Roosevelt is found. “At times, ” Archie Roosevelt once remarked, “I have positively. marvel- Those who were nearest Theodore Roosevelt, friends such as Jacob Riis, Genera! Wood, Senators Lodge and Root, and even the old employees of the White House, declare that the outstanding feature of Theodore Roosevelt’s life was his love for his oe ‘He was before all else, a fa- Never did the promise of a career seem unbelievable were it not}. YOUR BATTERY Needs proper the idle months. the very best care during It will receive attention and treatment if left at any I. X. L. Service Station ; or at our Factory at Palmerston. The f'°X. L. Manafacturing. Co: Limited PALMERSTON ONTARIO Manufacturers of I.X.L. Starting and lighting batteries. TS A Of Interest To Farmers O ! 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It was his invariable rule to devote a'‘certain a- mount of time to us every day, and that he did as surely as he was home. “No Senate battle or Cabinet tangle was ever fieree or intricate enough to cause us to be neglected. Even in the days when his political battles were white-hot he continued to sacrifice his chances to be with us. “Then he‘would close his desk and come out to Sagamore Hill to help us train a dog, or hold a court-martial or ga for a long tramp in the woods or for a night aiong the coast. He would teach us how to make the camptire and to kook over it, and then thrill and fascinate us with stories. As another of his sons said at one time: ‘‘He wanted his boys to grow up into men, not molly-coddles—so the training he gave us was some what strenuous.” And that is just the training that most boys need. A strenuous training such as men can give in addition to the PSrinecses of their mothers and teache The "Roosevelt slogan exemplified this idea, and he taught it and lived it: “Don't flinch; don’t foul, but hit the line ‘hard.” This motto was the property of his boys long before it ever reached the politicians. And that is just the kind of fathers who are needed in America today as never ‘before. Fathers—and there are thousands of them who can if they would—if they just understood, be as much to their children as ever the mother is. They can—if they ‘will ——exert a tremendous influence for true American citizenship, for fair play, for clean standards land living, for uprightness and honesty and for the sturdy American aggressiveness that is needed right now and will be needed in an ever-increasing degree to Esp this old world level and bal- an Many long-haired cattle are living wild in the foothills of the mountains of certain parts of Washington state, according to accounts of Ozette In- dians. In summer they follow the wa- ter tourses down to the _ lowlands, treeing hunters when they come in sight. The Indians say the meat of ee cattle tastes @fwedar and is not it CREAM %& West OUR The family eats more bread since Mother started us- ing Cream of the West Flour. It makes loaves of ex- traordinary white- ness and flavor. Maple Leaf Milling Co., Limited Toronto, Winnipeg A French engineer fas invented a stabilizer for airplanes which, i is said, wilf make it possible for the pil- ot to leave his post while the machine automatically flies. In a test a large passenger-carrying machine flew from Paris to Amsterdam without the pilot once touching the ‘levers. It is claimed that in fog or thick clouds the appliance assures the plane keep- ing the correct course. Electric lights reveal any deviation at night. The ap- pliance weighs only 88 pounds and does not interfere with the ordinary steering gears. An enterprising advertising artis barely escaped serious consequences when he undertook to smear a big cigaret sign across the sacred “paint- ed rocks” of the Yakima Indian res- ervation. Nearly a hundred braves raced their ponies to Wapato ‘just as the (North Coast ‘Limited was due to leave, and insisted on searching the coaches for the painter. Failing to find him the Indians returned to the reservation and with turpentine wash- ed off the offending advertisement. The Yakimas believe the hierpgly- phics on the rocks to be of diving or- gin. A negro employed at one of the movie studios in Los Angeles was drafted by a director to do a novel comedy scene along with a lion. “You get into his bed,” ‘ordered the director, “and jwe’ll bring the lion and put him in bed with you. It will be a scream.’ “Put a lion in bed with me!" yelled the negro. *‘No, sah! Not a- tall! I quits right here and now.” “But,” protested the “this lion won't hurt you. This Hon was brought up on mil “So was 1 brung up. on milk,” wailed te negro, “but I eats meat now.” director.