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Durham Chronicle (1867), 15 Jun 1922, p. 6

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think. Their language is proof of that. 'lheynsothosamewordsovor ndaverag'am. IhavoknownBui- “I can sit still in-my office,” said Miss Dim'ehevisky, “and become worn out just by the hurry that is goinsonaboutmeallthetime. Girls rush into my ~office, say they have six committee meetings to attend and rush out. It is this way all day. American girls-do not him time in] OF THE MODERN GIRL The American university girl is a girl of small talk, limited vocabulary and superficial ideas who spends her time rushing about from One place to another giving nothing any deep thought, is the opinion of Miss Es- ther Dimechevisky, of Samokov, Bul- garia, who has just announced her intention of leaving the University of Minnesota, where she has served one year as a YM.C.A. secretary, to continue social work in Constantino. ple. Miss Dimechevisky said she found America a land of too many opportunities for its young people. i She had expected to find opportuni- ties, she said, but she did not expect to find these opportunities so numer- ous that the nation’s university girls had so many that they did not have time to talk. SUPERPIGIAL A prominent railway official has g the work of Miss King, representatii partment of the Stranger at Montreal 3 year. 'I’ h . The report is signed by the Joint Committee of Which Professor Andrew Harper is chairman. The statemen t refers to the vote taken in September, 1920 as “establishing corporate union as the poilc ’ to be approved and promoted”; it states the need “that d informed as to x copuum Out of 140,000 or more students in the universities and high schools of Germany only 1,200 belong to the Christian student movement, and they have no aggressiveness. Berlin, with a population of four millions, has only five small Y.M.C.A.’s, with a membership of not over 2,000. Church life is equally lacklng in life and power. Dr. Rendel Harris has handed to the British press the narra- tive by Yechsa Bedresian. of Harput, an Armenian woman, of the horrors she underwent in 1915. with 2,000 others of her townspeople, when the Turks drove them out, made them climb the steep Taurus on hands and feet. and with inhuman cruelty slaughtered the men and boys, took away the young wives and glilrls. starved and stripped the remaining women, and at last by the will of God, for thoughts produce actions. A thought can go as far, deveIOp as fast, and slay as quickly as an influenza The Church Federation of Duluth conducted a survey of that city to discover "the truth or falsity of the statement that men do not attend church. The survey proves. as did one in. Pitts- burgh, that the charge is untrue. F orty-seven per cent. of the church audiences in Duluth were found to be mr'zle. It was also discovered that 8'! per cent. were wage-earners. The Duluth Herald made the finding the subject of a leading editorial. and declared that people are now more than ever allied to religious influences. and that there was no ground for the oft- made statement “that few men and fewer wage-earners attended the churches.” Germany. The doctor replied: “As far as can be discovered, it first a When asked what the church had ever done for workers, Dr. Orchard of London replied that it had given them all their holi- days, and also had begun trade unions (guilds). “Let labor re- member that the church does not propose to be swallowed up by labor: it proposes" to swallow up the labor party. Wlhen the church gets gonng there Will not be any need for the labor party. “Brazilian men see that women are going to get their freedom” writes a representative of the Y.W.C.A. from Brazil. . “Mostly they are not unwilling, and they have decided that the Associa- tion is a safe organization to teach them how to come out in the world and broaden their interests. Fathers, husbands and friends come in to scrutinize our centres and activities, ask for our printed matter, and having read it and talked it over at home, they appear with the women of their families.” That they may learn how to use their new freedom, men in Brazil are not only encouraging the girls and women of their families to come to the centres maintained by the Young Woz- men’s Christian Association there, but they are already sealing their appreciation with financial help. 040.00, or comparatively, we expended $600.00 i; ourselves and $1.00 to evangelize the world abroad. luxuries "'â€"'-v The United States Commiseion of Education estimates that during the year 1920, while the world starved, we expended'for joy-riding, automobiles, luxurious living, tobacco Jewelry and other unnecessary luxuries, $22,700,000,00(l. During the same time rd up for centuries Bécah's‘é Br’i’fié’ 5011111221- ies 0f the Western Powers, and America’s resppnsibility for the saving of the lives official has given it :11 m uulupn conducted a survey of that 1th or foalsny of the st'atqment that men The survvyrprqyes. as did one in. Pitts- ]D ‘In‘n‘uA tudents in the universities and high l,200 belong to the Christian student no aggressiveness. Berlin, with a ;, has only five small Y.M.C.A.’s, with 2,000. Church life is equally lacking more serious nations. There is some such oritiqism even thought to the countries outside their own. “In Bulgaria,” said Miss Dim‘chevisky, “where women have; no political rights whatever, univer-' sity girls know more about politics than the American girl does. Bul- garian girls go in for debating and write on many involved political subjects.- The Amuican girl, how- ever, is better at small talk. She can make conversation where there is no subject being discussed.” An. versity girl. The American college girl‘ does not even have time to say the words she does want to hear. On every hand you hear abbreviations.” for “Say, waiter, is this an incubator chicken? It tastes like it.” “I don’t know, sir.” “It must be. Any chicken that has had a mother could never .get as tough as this one.” where the same price will be charg- ed for tickets as on the circus lot, will be opened at Parker’s Drug Store, Owen Sound. We handlé the only self-oiling Separator 9n the market. A menagerie containing a member of every living wild animal“ family is being carried and is said to be one of the largest collections in the world. The doors will be opened one hour before each performance, both matinee and night, so that a thorough visit to the menagerie may} Tudhope-And Intonation} arson Farm Imp Speed and thight fm v-48... - â€" ‘ ""‘ ’wildering aerialists and many un- mentionahle features that are prov- ing decided hits. From information received in ad- vance from cities wherein the circus has already appeared this season, it is sid the trained animal acts contain many. new feats. The trainers spent the winter months in drilling these beasts to answer their com- mands and have accomplished won- ders hitherto unknown. day, June 22, when the"? majestic Hammock-Wallace Circus wilt \en- hibit in‘Owen Sound. Bright, flash- ing posters are now heralding the glad news. ‘ ‘ I LOOki. a son BLACKSMITHINC PRICES DOWN. Dom North or Post 0‘“ White Rose Gasoline own 01 me other contestants. This competition will be repeated again this year on similar condi- tions, the first priZe being $100 and !a silver cup, in addition to this, a yearling feeding competition will he put on for Boys and Girls somewhat similar with generous prizes which have been.kindly donated by Mr. Write for further particulars to ' Silver Black Foxes Vulunlm of Anvil-lag In Hubbu- A limited number of shares for sale in Phone 1 0! mcewuafoiij '- 9 Limit“ LITTLE folks are never happier than when they . sit down to a supper of Bread-and-milk. _ Henderson’s Bread Goes farther and is most enjoyed because It’s a Home Loaf Big and dandy, With firm, even slices. Mother f can’t cut the slices thick enough. HENDERSON ’S BAKERY WQWMN". ‘0 v v v ‘â€" w'v‘ Home Loaf. Big and dandy, With firm, even slices. zean’t cut the slices thick enough. Cockshutt Plows ‘flarrows, Cultivators, Etc. Springls Here! a supper the Canadian Pacific service, or equal to nearly one hundred times record there is not. taken into ac- count her four years’ war service. voyage. The Empress of Japan £963 the completion of her one hundred and fifty-seventh voyage will have covered practically 2,500,000 miles in trim clipper steamships of the Cano- dian Pacific were the speed ships of the Pacific Ocean, and it was nOt. until the Empress 01’ Russia arrived .on the scene that the record of ten days, ten hours, held by the Emi- press of Japan, was beaten. The distance from Vancouver to Hong Kong is 7,291'miles, or a total of 14,582 nines to be cdvered on each

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