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n.1, ' um“ J h “in: PAGE 4 We are afraid a certain sectton of the Can-‘ adian press is not living up to what is expected of it by continued harping about something that has not yet taken place, and the same may be said of some of the politicians, who are appar- ently more concerned with furthering their own1 interests than in wishing the Conference suc- cess. In our opinion procedure of this nature is not very far removed from that of De Valera in Ireland, who seems more anxious to get in a dig at Britain than to benefit the people of whose government he has been elected the head. Unfortunately, under present conditions, too many of us spend far too much time in wailing and expecting the other fellow to do something for us that we should do for ourselves. The Border Cities Star asks for a sound reason why certain newspapers and politicians opposed to the Bennett government should try to discredit the Empire Economic Conference even before it gets started. The Star, which by no stretch of the imagination can be called a Bennett government supporter, thinks it would be fairer to wait a few weeks and give the Con- ference a reasonable opportunity to work out the various problems. It says in part: “Finding remedies for the economic ills that now con- King” and that “the Empire Conference will have hard going even with the best wishes of the entire public to inspire the delegates." WW it afraid a] mm any question, civil or religious, to the tat of Ira diomm‘ ilmoiabuwithhiamofim than with m TMLâ€"WA TSON. {now an is not an easy task for Mr. Bennett, my more than it would be an easy task for Mr. We find this condition not only in Dominion and Provincial affairs, but also in our town and township councils, the members of which, in‘ endeavoring to legislate wisely and advant- ageously, having to run the gamut of silly and uncalled-for criticism from those who, placed in a similar position, might not do half as well. It is all very well to be able to point out the faults in things, if done with the idea of better- ing conditions, but to get into the habit of con- tinued criticism of everything not only destroys our own usefulness, but affects as well the use- fulness of those in authority; for no man can do his best when he receives nothing but abuse for honest effort. “BUSINESS FIRST” IN MOVIES Charlie Chaplin, movie comedian, says the film industry is a business first, with art a sec- ondary consideration. Mr. Chaplin has also made it clear that he intends to stick to the “silent” pictures, having proved to his own satisfaction that what the public wants is pantomime, an art as old as the stage and just as well adapted to the movies. KNOCKING THE EHPIRE CONFERENCE The talking films were a great thing for certain theatres, but we doubt very much if their adaptation was a good thing for the in- dustry as a whole. The equipment of a theatre for a talking film costs considerable money, more than the average small town can afford, and rather than take the chance, a good many of the smaller houses have closed. The sudden popu- larity of the “talkies” combined with recent governmental regulations regarding theatres have chased the moving picture shows from the smaller places. Many of them closed because they recongized the day was coming when the‘ silent pictures would be hard to obtain, with! the chance that the price would rise even higher than the talkies. While it is true that some towns have retained their shows and have in- stalled the additional equipment, very few of than are making any money, many are having a hard time to keep going, and others are actu- ally in the hands of the receiver. THE DURHAM CHRONICLE Charlie Chaplin may be wise in sticking to the silent pictures. It was the silents that made the movies what they are today; now the talkies have forced these shows to the larger centres for the reason that the added expense increases the overhead beyond the patronage of the smaller Personally, we like the silent pictures, and will continue to favor them in preference to the distorted conversation of the talkies. We never could get enthusiastic over any we have yet heard. for the simple reason that it is calling to us to watch the entrance of the heroine, usually a petite little miss who should have a petite voice. but instead in her first line roars at you - ~ .__1_ AL-L Hi. I bull moon, or let: out a “1113‘“ sounds like an earthquake in a tinsmith’s shop. The talkie: will no doubt improve, but they will have to if it is intended that the films appear Conditions in Ireland do not improve, and the president of the Irish Republic, should he continue his present course, will have been about the worst enemy his native land has had in a good many decades. His present conduct is undoing the work of such men as Parnell, '1‘. P. O’Connor and other parliamentarians who spent the greater portion of their lives rectifying and improving the conditions of their fellows. De Valera and his government can hope for little success, with Britain or any other country, by the campaign of disoourtesy now being carried on, and every “move” of this kind places them farther down in the list of irresponsibles who think that boorishness, smartalecism and vitriolic utterances are the marks of cleverness. thing, and also treat Ireland as a component part of the Empire? Some people may criticize Britain for her threatened impost of a 100 per cent tariff on Irish goods, but is this not what De Valera and his government are asking for? They appar- ently want nothing from Britain, they want no allegiance to the British Crov'n, they refuse to pay their land tax. What, then, is Britain to do? Does De Valera expect Britain to give up every- The latest move comes from Hon. James McNeill, Governor-General of the Irish Free State, and the representative of the King. De Valera and his government have gone out of their way to pour insult after insult on Mr. McNeilf for no other reason than he is the rep- resentative of the Crown in Ireland. As a re- sult, De Valera has been asked for an apology, failing which the Governor-General asks to be removed from office. What treatment might Canada expect if she should treat the King’s representative here as he has been treated in the Irish Free State? No matter what one’s feelings may be, De his head. A Spanish-Irish-American, he has all the earmarks of those who crossed the Ameri- can boundary in 1866 to capture Canada. He will likely meet with the same success when the next Irish elections come round. Watching De Valera’s antics in his at- tempts to “crush” or “humiliate” the British government and everything else British, re- minds us of that old fable of Aesop, “The Frog and the Ox.” It runs: An ox, grazing in a swampy meadow, chanced to set his foot among a parcel of young frogs and crushed nearly the whole brood to death. One that escaped ran off to his mother with the dreadful news. “And oh, mother!” said he, “it was a beastâ€"such a big four-footed beast !â€"that it did.” “Big?” quoth the old frog “how big? Was it as big”-â€"and she puffed her- self out to a great degreeâ€"“as big as this?” “Oh!” said the little one, “a great deal bigger than that.” “Well, was it so big?” and she swelled herself out yet more. “Indeed, mother, but it was; and if you were to burst yourself you would never reach half its size.” Provoked at such a disparagement of her powers, the old frog made one more trial, and burst herself, indeed. How truly the old fable of the frog and the ox fits De Valera and his little bunch of would- be Irish patriots! He and his government have become quite swelled up and will soon burst, providing the irate electorate who see, more than their leader, where his crazy campaign is getting them, do not beat him to it. ARE WE TOO CRITICAL? Are Canadians becoming too critical, or, have we allowed ourselves to become so critical of everything we do not understand that we are developing into a nation of fault-finders ? From the letters in the press, which criticize ev- everything, seldom praise anything, and even less seldom ofler constructive opinions, the only conclusion one can come to is that we criticize too often for the sake of criticism alone. A letter from a Hamilton correspondent of the Toronto Mail and Empire is unique in that it actually defends one of our commissions, and in the course of his remarks the correspondent “If ‘Fair Play’ will furnish the Old Age Pensions Board with names of some of those who did, as he says they did to get pensions, he will be doing a duty to his neighbor and his country, and they won’t divulge the informa- tion. Don’t much at the authorities, ‘Fair who did, as he says they dicl to get pensions, he pmmngL-syrfléusé gut-3mm. Will be doxng a duty to his neighbor and his A m is seldom “ good .5 his we an, others country, and they won’t divulge the informa- he 1,, or u had 33 she tells him he tspâ€"Brandon Bun. tion. Don’t much at the authorities, ‘Fair As if we had not got enough troubles of our own, Play’, but help them. If your information is good President Eamon De Valera imposes to bring they will thank you; if bad or not correct, you W11] be thanked JUSt the same", a“ nu fight naming mohibitiw. hut there ‘8 more The letter is written along the proper lines. DE VALERA STILL AT IT There are other things in this country besides the Old Age Pensions Commission, and we doubt if any one of them with some people, is run correctly. They know of abuses of needy every- thing on the calendar, insinuate crookedness and favoriteism, but seldom ofler snythinz but a growl. The letter from Hamilton tells it sll when it says it is the duty of everybody to re- port cues similar to the ones complained of to the proper authorities. The police force is up against the same thing. There are people who know this, that and the other thing. They fail, however, to xet in touch with the authorities, withhold the information if questioned. and complain if the police force does not function. We are still of the opinion expressed in these columns some months ago. If you know of anything that is wrong, for goodness sake tell the proper author- ities; either this or shut up. Don’t sit around and insnuate the officials are too lazy, crooked, or lacking in intelligence. Perhaps they don't know anything about it. Perhaps, too, an inves- tigation will show that you were mistaken in your conjectures. An apple tree down at Fred-erickton, New Brunswick, has 107 grafts. That tree has quali- fied for the Senate. Tramps who threw stones at a C.N.R. con- ductor were given 20 days at Walkerton. It’s safer to heave rocks at the politicians. “Bathing Suit is Not Kind to Angular” says a newspaper heading. It makes no Venus de Milo out of the fat, oscillating kind, either. A device for testing jelly has been perfected. It is not a bit more perfect than the small boy, a stool, and a well-filled pantry. A Grand Rapids, Mich., man has used the same pen for 24 years. Users of post office pens should receive encouragement from this. The British levies against the Irish Free State are regarded as an aid to the Canadian farmer, and especially the farmer of Ontario. It is hardly “cricket” to rejoice over this, but hasn’t the Irish Free State government receiv- ed exactly what it has been asking for? Honesty sometimes does not pay. A York- ton, Sask., woman in needy circumstances found a wallet containing more than $200 and was rewarded by the owner with one dollar, which she refused. The woman may have been needy in this world’s goods, but the loser of the wal- let would be the better of a few lessons in com- mon decency. There’s nothing new under the sun, said Solomon, and he was a wise old owl. A radio loudspeaker in a pillow has been perfected by a German firm. Durham husbands have had this for years, only it is in the other pillow. It usually says: “Wake up, it’s time to go to work,” “What time did you go to bed?” and “Where were you last night ?” Wednesday’ 3 Toronto Mail and Empire published a photo of the “High Hats” in the Orange parade in that city. Among them is Controller J. G. Ramsden. If George goes to the 800 during Wolf Week and gets picked up at night with 'his “topper” at the jaunty angle shown in the photo, he may be shanghaied as one of the heavies in the “Sweet Adeline” quar- tette contest. Sault Ste. Marie is to have a “Wolf Week.” Among the attractions and contests is to be a “Sweet Adeline” singing contest, and the com- mittee announces that already many entries have been received. Durham choristers are pre- paring. The British Dommlons will have to hurdle the pyecholocleal effect of the allure of the 1080 Im- perial conference, held in Loam which ran aground tollowlngaproponlofl’rlmemnlstanennettof- titrateofmpercent.a¢unsthllommtfluoutdde the British commonwealth. Consequently, Britdn has set the stage tqrÂ¥ne§oustmufl the lines of It took John D. Rockefeller, Jr., a. long time to see the light mending prohibition, but there is more joy over one sinner thet repenteth, and whet have Where are the songs of yesteryear, Those songs for which old-timers pine? You’ll meet them all at Sainte Marie, “Ben Bolt,” “Where Are Thou ?" “Adeline.” The farmer’s biggest yum??? aomuchhuboenwfltwthgou and m “Mummy“ ”manna-pm“ monehueverclv‘unmm Julstomnnenthudut. 1th phyedby two. three «10mm wthuehnowuflnctorormmno in; at Wanna. game hut-henuwonda'ml hold; old euchre. am. new and ave-hun- mmmmmmm euchre payer hem know u m andhudtonndunmmcthe ammu'rbepopuhmyotpmochbu notconnnedtotbem. “menu'- roundlncmrucommumtyhutuvot- triesofthecamemconmlenum- unmanamhupe- tending the club room when play is almost continuous during the hours when sleep is not demnnded. when three or four of the old players; sitaroundthetableandagameisof-a tenwonorlostby the playingofonq card. If the judgment is right, 03.: if wrong. the game is forfeited. It is instructive to watch some of the old guard at the game. There is usually a large gallery of ruralites on Satur- day nights receiving pointers from the more experienced players from both town and country. Taking part in the games at such times will be found Jer- ry, the Laird of the Rockyâ€"a canny playerâ€"and one, or at times, two 0. F. O. representatives in the persons of Slippery or George the sixth. The town may be represented by L. George, pry-de-hoop, Tingalorum, Kibitaer. Peasey, Squeeser, Mickey or Riley. These are a few of the more steady attendants though it is not unusual to find Gibraltar, Baldy. Ye Editor and Cam (short for Camel) present. A reg- ular at the afternoon games only is Tyrone and lately the reappearance of Jim, the hypo. has been noticed. These members and it is a noticeeble fact that since learning the game of plnochle not one has played any other game. It would be much easier to mete I list of non-players then of those who and pleasure in the game. Among the sportlvely inclined who hove so to: re- sisted the enticement of the we might be mentioned Buckey K., Doctor Tansey, His Worship and His Honor. 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