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Mistakes in love making, bad home making and “failure to use leisure time constructively” are said to be the principal reasons for mar- riage failures in the United States, according to the finding of a Los Angeles society. Of the three, the bad home making will probably have the moat black marks if it means what we think We have had our eye on Palmerston and. some other places with high-priced rinks for going to be hard for some of these $20,000 af- fairs. As we said a couple of weeks ago, when the Durham rink was built it was the “last word.” In the past ten years, however, it has been outclassed as to size of ice surface, but it is still as good as the average rink in the prov- ince, and is capable of making a little money if the seasons break right. had nothing to report. But all rinks are in al- marvelled that other places could afford these expensive ice palaces. When the Palmerston rink was built the report came up this way. that it was all paid for. We marvelled. To tell the truth, we were a trifle jealous and wondered where they got the money. The news that it was in financial difficulties came as a shock. The Palmerston and other rinks of its kind in this part of the province were held out to us as “what they could do in Palmerston” or some other place- Not so, brother. Perhaps if the Palmer- ston rink had been a moneymaker, the Spectator would not have given it the editorial attention and the surrounding newspapers would have The Palmerston Spectator thinks that bad news travels quickly. It is referring to the pub- licity given the financial condition of the Palm- erston arena. The Spectator thinks that had the rink been making money other newspapers would not have been so ready to grab at the “news.” be drawing them if they knew their names would be “posted” before they were placed on the pension roll. The time to find this out is at the commence- ment. While the central committee is finding out a lot of things, the county organizations could have found out these same facts with half the trouble and expense. There are a good many people drawing pensions today who would not Ontario today has an old age pension law. There is no guarantnee that this will be con- tinued if it is to be used as a milk cow for all and sundry who reach the age of 70 years. If our old age pension system becomes too great a drain on the public treasury, it will be done away with. Already there is considerable fault being found with the Act, not because it is1 not properly administered, but because it is costing the province too much money. The old age pensions Act is costing toomuch money be- cause there are too many people on it who should be doing for themselves. If the present condition of affairs goes on, it will be but a step until everyone who passes the three-score- and-ten mark will think he should be a pension- er. This is an altogether wrong attitude to take, as many are finding out already. It is unreasonable for anyone to expect those responsible for enforcing the Act in Tor- onto to know who is eligible and who is not. We have been chided a bit for our views expressed last week about “posting” the name's of those applying for old age pensions. We still think it would be a good thing, for the deserv- ing would have nothing to fear and the impostv ers would be more easily found out. It has been said that it is hardly fair to publish the hames of deserving pensioners, but there are different ways of looking at the question. Whoson'rr is afraid of submitting any question, civil or religious, to the test of free discussion, is more in love with his own opinion than with the Truthâ€"WATSON. Circulation for 13 manna. IAN Baht-rim ”hr-five cent: per m}. 0093': by lull in Canada $3.00 per you; to United emu 83.50. Ottoman H.1htarluomnI-I- m when 08h clan an I! O‘Chat Null. LOVE. MARRIAGE AND HOME PAGE 4 THE DURHAM CHRONICLE PUBLISHING PENSIONERS’ NAMES SOME MORE ABOUT RINKS Thursday, October 13, 1932 abolition of County Councils, but what of our county jails? What good purpose do they serve? True, they may lock a man up in one of them for three or four months, but that is about as far as they go. Is it fair to lock a man up under the average conditions found in these county hoosegows? We think not. Why not make use of our prison farms, and if we have an insufficient number of these, procure some more. In the average county jail a man has little or nothing to do. If he is not a work dodger when he goes in, six months’ confine- ment is more than likely to make him as lazyl as a pet coon. . , me naraest. Disarmament is the thing, but pressure' should be brought on those nations who have The first Show 0f the season came yester- , day. Winter, like the depression, is just around rather than on nations like Britain, whose navy, the corner. Would we knew the depression was has for generations stood for world peace and going as well we know winter is coming- a square deal for the little fellow. ' along about the beginnmg of the firesent cen-3 A newspaper heading says: “MOSt Men in tury. They cost millions. They have been Love Between 20 and 46.” After that, we sup- scrapped for some years. pose, they decide the first hundred years are 11° ‘ . L ,the hardest. Ingmamnn .n. L A L1,. . . We learn that the Los Angeles, the great dirigible purchased by the United States from Germany, is now being scrapped because she is obsolete. Costing millions of dollars in pur- chase and upkeep, it has lasted only eight years and now must make way for something more expensive one at that. I The Chronicle is naturally pacifistic and believes that world disarmament should be one Pof the big parts of any programme sponsored by the League of Nations. It would save a good many billions of dollars annually that could be put to a much better use. This newspaper, how- ever, is not prepared to go so far as to have Britain scrap her navy, or reduce it to a point where it would be ineffective, until some such nations, and with her, naval strength spells peace for the world. If the groom cannot show the bride she is to eat, sleep and have a decently good time as i well, his part of the home making is a failure. If the bride is a can opener cook, she, also, is a failure. Of course, we would prefer the bride with the can opener to the one who can’t cook, for if the biscuits resemble golf balls and the, pancakes stove lids there is nothing surer than that the ensuing indigestion will start some- thing. Two chronic cases of indigestion in the one family are not likely to make for love and can continue along the same lines as before they accepted the responsibilities of home making, they are bound for a tumble. If they are the right sort they will adjust themselves to their new condition; if they are not they will likely end up in the divorce court or something worse. it does. Other things that might have been in- cluded are the general cussedness apparently prevailing all over the country, the failure of the groom to supply sufficient funds to keep the home tires burning and the pantry full, and the bride’s inability to turn from a life of pleasure to the more solemn occupation of run- ning the house. Married life can be happy, but it is no joke. Another reason might be the too liberal use of the can opener instead of the baking board and the soup kettle. If there are two things that will break up a home it is lazi- ness, the root of most of our failuresâ€"and { lethargy. 4 WHY NOT COUNTY JAILS, TOO DISARMAMENT THE DURHAM CHRONICLE “P the citizens of “Ontario the Good” protested against this barbarism? ; Governor-General McNeil], representative of King George in the Irish Free State, has re- his cabinet. The more one thinks of De Valera the more one thinks of the story about giving the calf more rape. Discourtesies never pay. Do you know that Ontario, Canada’s so- called “Banner Province,” and the home of Canada’s missionary movements, is the only “ A Walkerville preacher points out that while people will pay an extra fee for a front seat at the theatre they mostly want to occupy the back seats in church. We wonder if that parson has ever considered having his choir girls dress like ballet dancers? ed soon. Judging from the amount of “free” literature forwarded to proclaim this big event, the Canadian Fisheries Association must think Cannibals do not care to eat men over 50 years of age. Perhaps this is where the saying, “The good die young” originated. There is little use in hollering at the farmer if seed sellers are to be allowed to flout the law and get away with only a nominal fine. There should be a lesson in this for those engaged in the seed business. It is expensive to sell seed that is full of weed seeds, and the ernment has taken hold of it, and weed inspect- ’ ors have been appointed in practically every township in the province. They are given auth- With prices at the lowest ebb in years, and labor scarce on the farms, the average farmer is pretty much up against it for help. He finds it hard enough to harvest his crops without be- ing obliged to chase all over his farm for weeds. 5 Knowing this, it is a satisfaction to learn that ' the government stands ready to prosecute those o o . C clean seed. While inspectors have been gonng; C t around the country for some years, and have, up on the law, make the penalties stronger, and '51 to even cancel the license of any company or in- 1: dividual who sells seed grains for something 3' which they are not. damages and was allowed $1,200 damages by the court. fore he received his sentence. A WARNING FOR ALL Who Knows? What has become of the old fashioned boy who thought he hath a succes- sful summer if father gave him a dol- 5qu summer if father gave him a dol- lar to spend at the county fair along about the last week in August? “Fix it up so that my overdraft at the bank goes to my wifeâ€"she can ex- plain it. My equity in my 031' goes to my goodwill to the supply houses, They took some awful chances 0n me and are entitled to something. My e- several years, and I want six of my, creditors for pall bearers. They have carried me so long they may as well, finish the job. ” i DURHAM been accused of violating traflic rules was when he had driven a car 15 miles an hour. To his surprise the police sergeant informed him he was the man who laid the chargeâ€"Toronto Tele- .car out and under severe test they reached a maximum speed of 15 miles and he was accordingly fined. A short time ago he inadvertently passed a red light and was duly sum- moned for doing so. He reported to the nearest police station and told the of- ficer the only previous occasion he had hour.” He protested the car would not go that fast. Crown officers took the It will interest Toronto motorists to know that a llttle over 25 years ago, Dr. Winnett, well-known Toronto medi- cal man, was fined for speeding in his Packard car, probably the first of its kind known here, and the charge was of travelling at a rate of “15 miles an sometimes the condition of the driv- Counter Check Books Mtwsmu We have them in all styles and sizes J“but oi didn’t notice the “Dear me!” exclaimed the median. “Didn’t you feel the draught?" “Indeed I did 601',” said Bridget. Bridget consulted a doctor about eye- tmuble, but she was very reluctant to tell the cause of it. At length she can- fessed that looking through a key-hole Imports from Canada increased from 3,534,000 pounds in the first mven months of 1930 to 8.671.000 in the same period of l932.â€"Department of Agri- culture. Canada. During the seven months end- ing July, British importation of United States tobacco amounted to 58.361.000 pounds compared with 73,107,000 two years ago while the imports from Eng- pire countries amounted to 21,519,000 compared with 15,308,000 two years ago In other words two years ago the Em- pire supplied the United Kingdom with only one fifth of the raw t0blcoo im- ports while this year the Empire sent Otawa .â€"Increased popularity of Em- find another great nave so light, am so graceful.â€"Detroit News. rvmsa emu. nu» ma ms um W AsthetourhtgetchkflutvteVd Mmemtbedeckoth- TOBACCO EXPORTS GROW ONT.