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THUIRSDAY, SEMPTUEBIm 2TH, 1940 PUBLISHER INVITES_ LOMME NTS FROM WEKLY READERS a. What do YOU, as a reader of The Statesmh, think of the fea-........... ture articles, the editorlals, front Page news and various other de- &tments which gata make up re Statesmnan from week ta week? Althougb an editor recelves a lot of mail each weekhe does flot usualY finci the answer ta these questions therein. There are bills, exehange 1papespetitians of free t tibt Y seekers - ail these -and - but seldom an answer ththe more important question: bat features in. The Statesman do yau like best andi bow can the paper be impraved? We try ta presenit a variety of reading matter that will appeal ta everyane, but neyer knaw just how successful we may be. A candid letter from aur subscrlb- ers would be of inestimable value and greatly appreciated. Con- structive criticismn, suggestions, opinions on variaus articles, al go irito making your family paper more interesting to read - for that's Our ambition. At your leisure write a few d) lines ta the editar, drapit in the- Snglng and comfortable, the office door box, or mai, it *ith -Canadian saldier shown above yourcandid views. seems ta appreciate the "'rise" hi Just ta show yau the kind of bed wbicb bis calleague is giving letters the editar receives'occa -_________________ sianaily we Publish one receiveci recently from a lady who outlines see eye ta eye with you, they ber views an 1wbat she expeots ta would be loyal andi try ta balster find in a weekly newspaper* and up what seemeci ta them weak at the same time affers helpful spots; knowing you were giving criticism whicb is greatly appre- them your best in very trying and ciateci by the editor. The letter strenuous times? follaws: In the spirit of belpfulness, I Hamilton, Ont. arn August 15, 1940 Yours sincerely. Dear Mr. Editor,0. A. H- To his readers, tbe articles on the editorial page, are tbe sum-. Ming Up of the news and events m d t r s ofthe past week, by tbe editor.M l ]Read, digested andi written up by InTeEito' M i bim for the beniefit and enligbt- IL 1 enment af bis readers, whase un-- derstanding and gaad-will make Suttan Bay, Ont. it passible for bim ta carry on. His readers depenci on is jùdg- September 5, 1940 ment for the justice af bis cam- Dear Sirs:- . ments; be is in taucb witb large I'm enclasing my renewal ta, dailies and be bas contacts with The Statesman. Please senci my many other sources, that bis read- paper ta Sutton Bay. I amn teach- ers neyer ses. They are busy ing this year about five miles east people wbo do not bave time or of New Liskeard. My scbool is on perbaps tbe, means ta read mare tbe top -of a very bigb bifl andi than tbe weekly paper. fram the scbool-room windows I The articles in a weekly paper can loak across Lake Temiska- make a mare lasting impression ming ta Ville Marie in Quebec. I than tbe daily. One wbo gets think I shall swim acrass the laite daily news fargets quicker, but sanie day andi "parlez-vous" a bit wben you bave, anly one. paper witb my neigbbours ini Quebec. I for a week the reading stays witb shail be looking farward ta get- You, and is tbe basis af mucb ting my Statesman next week. It tbinking, wbenever there is time is many times appreciated by ta tbink. The printed page can Durham county people away frani always be referreci ta andi stays home. long iaur mincis. Yaurs truly, It was yaur comments an the Viola Shortt. Prime Minster that made me think yau bad nat taken itt con- sideratian the confusion sucb re- 218T BATTALION REUNION marks would make in the inds19PeiSte, ,6 your readers; confusion is tbe1eaTran trt. ostims;rfe wantif ny lteadu- September 6, 1940 ers bave escapeci criticism; there Dear Mr. James: is mucb ta be done and ca-apera- We, the Toronto members of tio4 often takes time. the 2lst Battalion Association, are When tbe respansibiity is so staging a reunian of members of great, andi a great many thinking the old Battalian et the Prince their ideas sbauld be adopteci, George Hotel, Toranto, on Sep- criticism witbout helpful sugges- tember 28th. Having enlisteci frani tion adds to an already heavy Bowmanville, andi knawing that mental loaci. there must be several bundred of You bave earned for yaurself your readers wha are ex-members a gooci name amongst your bro- of aur Battalion, I tbougbt yau ther editors andi publishers, andi would be interesteci in knowing bave ability you bave not yet be- of this reunion, and migbt see gun ta use. your way clear ta glving it same Will you try ta think bow y'<u nublicity in your widely-read would feel if nîsceci in 0'uilar paper. circumstances? Would you like ta We are registerlng in tbe morn- feel tbat your readers or associ-A ng of the 28th, fallowed by a cmn- ates haci sucb fait ini yaur judg- ner wlth the usual addiresses and ment, that even if they did nat. entertainment; andi on Sunday we g ~Why waste timo andi money with insipid aen? IAptoi' conte no mare Let givoayau the ee, uatalning sain- Lction andenairment of a tea that in ala es ul-1avaured ..a «»U iliai bhenJ of fthe fineat tea. grawn that bas won a welcome lfin heomes o! millions throughouf fthe world. uyLipto'. Iodai. More iaUCl b... ia icho providummn.uap. to the pound RED ORANGE Y (Liema UPTON'S YEuloLOW L, No Ouma ts ha.the.Inter- matî onal Ntation daI P- 8 IP. cotnn. Tsaonm in ct tu". EMondaid uyuI- idt prid-.anddrink it with n.v enlalng nJoMmnlI'ma THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO IENT IN CAZiADIAN RED CROSS BOfIPITAL ýeihir. He was the first patient a.d- becd and was built and equippeci ,emitted A.,t--the - recently-opened at a cast o! $750,000 donated by nCanadian Redi Cross Hospital in the people of Canada ta the Cmi- ýEnglanci. The new baspital bas 600 adian Red Cross. ra re holding a memarial churchi rparade ta St. Paul's Cburcb, Blooi rStreet, where we are ta be ad. 'dressed by Bishop R. J. Renison. 1assisted by Major W. E. Kidd, batli ex-padres of aur battahion. I arr 1hooking fonward personally tc greeting many o! my aId friendE from your district. Yaurs very truly, A. R. "Bricks" Cousins, 999 Bathurst St., Toronto, Ontario, Aug. 3Oth, 1940. Dear Editon: Thank yau for thue copy of The Statesman in wbicb. appeans my own contribution. I was interesteci particularly in the account under the title "Singers and Their Sangs" by Fred R. Fobey (froni wlom we bought a goad rnigny pairs of shaes). The account is the origin of "Rule Britannia." I am a lover of sangs andi particularhy bymns andi bave made it my hobby for at least twenty years ta study the arigîn o! aur papular bynins. I amn going ta give you an accaunt o! a Durham Olci Boy wba wrote perbaps ane of the moat papuhar bynins af the hast century. Sometbing like a hundred years aga there came ta this country fram bis borne ta Irehand, a weil educated andi refineci Christian young man named Joseph Scriven. A great calamity, the boss af bis sweetbeart; by drowning, almost an the eve of their wedding bad made Mr. Scriven something o! a recluse, but haci done a great deal f0 deepen bis spiritual flfe andi given binu a determination like bis Lord and Master, Jesus Christ, ta go about doing gooci. is trip out ta Canada was a slow and wearisame one by sail- ing vessel taktag some six weeks before lie finally landeci at Port Hope. Mr. Scriven bad hopeci ta became a tutar in this new land but thaugb be found a need, he founci very few who coulci afford a tutor but he went ta work wîtb a wifl whether ha receiveci any- thing for bis services or nat. He also was knaWn for other kinci- nesses to the poor and widowed. An amusing stary is tolci o! bow one day Mr. Sariven was seen on the street, with a saw-borse on one shoulder and bucksaw andi axe under the other arm. Twa mnen were standing an. the street. One sàld ta the other: 111il bave to get that man ta cut my wood." "No you wan't," the other replied, 'be only cuti woad for the poor and widows." In the year 1856 be receiveci srord from Ireland of bis mather's seniaus illness, and baving nat been able ta save sufficient; money :o go back ta ses ber, he sat down and wrate ber a comfarttag letter in wbicb be wrote the words of perbaps ana af the most popular hynýus o! the hast century: 'Wbat a frienci we have in Jesus AUl aur sins and griefs ta bear, WVhat a privilege ta carry Everytbing ta God in prayer.1" Mr. Scriven had intended fia otber eyes ta see these words but- lis own mother, but ha capied it and put it amangst bis treasures. Some thirty years afterwards, in 1886, during bis hast ihlness a friend wss sitting by bis bedside while they were gaing through Lis valuable papers. Wben bis !niend came upon this poaem he asked Mr. Scriven where he haci gotten it,- Mr. Scniven re- plied, "The Lord and I dici it." bhen he talci the story o! bow it came ta be written. Af ter bis death it soan became popular as dici very bynin that Mr. Sanky ever gat bolci of. Ta Mr. Sanky then goes the credit tat inside o! ten years it baci gone ractically around thue wonld. Near a small settlement, near Rice Lake, stihl stands a humble ribute ta a great, 'yet humble saint, who like bis Master, "Went about daing gooci." Contributed by H. G. Trewin. P.S.-This account shoulci prover nteresting ta your readers and t ime. day I may send you ana of t ,y own composition, "I arn sat- r ified with Jesus," or athers I i iave composeci. H.G.T. f f c ENTERTAINER f Sieurs RALPH GORDON, theic wonderfully versatle e n t e r- r taiber, for your next entertala- ment. Illlustrated ielrIf re. - Addreu - 628b Crawford Street, Toronto e SOLDIER'S LETTER Last week we publisheci a let- ter from Gunner Louie Wiseman ta Lieut. John M. James. This wektbrougb the kindness of Mi's. Chas. Depew we are privi- béged ta publisb anatber letter froni Louie wbicb is even mare interesting than bis previaus one. The letter follows: Camp Lucia, Bardan, Englanci DearMrs.August 4, 1940 ]lrMr.Eepew:- Don't get excîted, it's not any-' one of importance writing ta yau. It's only Wiseman ta let you know I've arrived safe and saunci. I thougbt you may be taterested as I guess I'm to be considereci an- other one of your boys. This is sure a sweil country Mrs. Chas., but I prefer Bowman- ville Beach at this time of year .and the littie town o! Bowman- ville at any tume o! tbe year. We landed at Scotland and the sail Up the river was the prettiest scene I ever saw. Maybe it's tbe Scotch blood in my veins, but bonestly it was really swell. The bighlands on each side really looked beautiful. We had four destroyers andi the battle cruiser Revenge along with us. The trip 'was as caîni as crossing the pier in the Nellie B. I was neyer in- clineci ta dash for the rail on any occasion andi I ate like a horse ail the way over. We came over on a Polish liner wbicb we called "Sea ]Biscuit." I spoke a few words of greeting ta Bowmanville via CBL hookup at the dock. Did anyone in Bow- manville hear me? I hope so. We came down froni Scotland an those dingy littie trains they bave here. But are they ever speedy! We came down froin Scotianc tae aur camp near Lon- don in only 16 hours. Not bad eh! I'm anly 12 miles froni Aldershot sa I'm going ta shide down and look up Dickie Wright and the other Bowmanville guys. They can show me araunci. This is a small country. It's ahl cities, towns and villages. There are sanie awful pretty air-raid wardenesses over here.' Tbey look pretty nice in their uni- fanms, but I have ta remembèr 1,'m a marrieci man naw. There are balloon barrages al aver the place, also plenty of air-raid shel- ters. 1 was talking ta a few of the boys who were in the withdrawal on the beach at Dunkirk. Tbey had quite an experience. But the beach at Bowmanville bas often proved just as exciting ? ?? WeUl they are gaing ta put the lights out £0 ll continue to-morrow. Weil Mrs. Chas., here I amn back again. I've just finished my work for this morning and amn swing- tag the leaci for the time being. I'm a batman for four afficers. A regular olci bousewife! I shine shaes, buttons, damn socks, senci and collect their laundry,, and make their beds, tidy up their rooms. It's a heck o! a gooci job. I have no parades ta attend (ex- ç,çpt.pay parade), no gua'.B duty, nôÔ P.T. in the morning. It's O.K. and I like it fine. I get extra pay and make lots of tips. Those extra shillings came in nice and bandy. I'm practically througb for the day right now, and-it's onhy 9 a.i Pretty nice eh? Haw are tbings gamng in Bow- manville these days? Is the beach pretty lively? Any bahl games? Gasb, I'd give 3 months' pay ta get two weeks down there this summer. How's Charlie? Are the fisb biting good? I hope be's catchig tons. We get fisb for breakfast twice a week aven here --Scotch kippers and they are reaily good. A plane crasbed about a balf- mile froni my barrack rooms. It Aras Britisb. It bad been crippled in an air figbt andi was bigb- tailing it for borne wben she gave up. The pilot baihed out. He was not burt but the plane was a wreck. We had an air-raid hast night. We rusheci for the bomb-praofs. Ais it was at night we couldn't see a thing. In the morning we were aIld they were driven off by the R.A.F. before they bad a chance to drap any eggs. Tbey have haci the accasional raid at Aldenshot but they droppeci anhy small bombs. Nobody bas been hurt and tiere was veny little damage aone. Well I guess I've haci my baller so I will shove off for now. Give îy regards ta Tommy andi Harry. 'ehl Tom if ha gets time ta drap me a hine - and any other o! the gang, like Ticker and Bob Bird. vil answe alittrsAd -a- 1 GROUCHES If tbere's one tbing on earth's green shore, That gets my goat andi makes me sore, It is ta bear the pesky way That sanie folks groucb and wbine ail day. They cannot ses a speck af igbt Altbougb the sun may shine reaï brigb±; They're certain sure tbey see a cloud, And yell about it long andi louci. >In rain they can't see any gooci, Tbey're sure that it wiil bring a flood; And if it's dry, they drap tbeir mouth, Because, tbey know, there'l be a droutb. And if it's cold tbey're afraid they'il freeze, Or get rbeumatîcs in their knees; And when it's bat, they know tbey'll sweat And get their underclothing wet. Andi if tbe bay crop shoulci be light, Tbey're sure the stock wiil die some nigbt; If business isn't up ta mucb, They wbmne ta beat the very Dutcb. Now wbat's the use of acting sa? These tbings will came, these tbings wiil go; If weatber's colci and food is dear, Wby grin andi bear it with good cheer. - Witb every rose tbat ever grew, A bundre4 thorns were grawn there too; For every cordant note that's playeci, A dozen discords wiil be made. For every week wild flowers bloomi, A hall a hundreci seal their dooni; But that's fia reason we shoulci growl, Andi weep andi wail and raise a bowl, Nor fret and fuss because we may Not bave all gooci things came The reason bright spots have suchf wortb,c They're scarce as ben's teeth an tbis eartb. That's wby their value is soi big,r Like diamancis they are bard ta .dig; i Sa do flot graucb mci whine ahl day, i 'Twill get you no place an life's t way.u -RALPH GORDON. n 628 Crawford St., Toronto. Eyesoight Education' t( Efficuency t' By b C.ILTuck ti Optometrist di EyMight Sc sJ'eciolist M Disney BIdg. Tl (pp .> n Oshawa il th Number 142 f th Science perfected down tbrough b the years wbat is known as the MV bifocal lens, and for the purposes when it shpulci be idsed it is surely a very efficient methoci of com- bining bath the distance andi near range correction in one lens which nay be warn in the single frame. Saine trouble is at times met Aitb becausje man bas seen fit ta Wi cOnvert the , elements of science 11 :0 suit their pocket book. Many, toi Are are farcecita admit, will ask it for a bifocal because it is cheaper go than twa Pair Of glasses. The' ga scientific endi is averloaked when -ely-cansideration shoulci be H( lienta the methocis of work un- der wbicb the eyes are useci. As a chain is anly as strong as ts weakest link so the opbthal- nic lens can anly be as gooci as the many features that cantribute Lo its ultimate qually. Tbe lens rel must be accurately centreci if it tbi Is ta be free frani prism in the tbi inished ilens andi accurate in the Se' inished prescription. Of ,Tbe optical lens, ta be perfectly ME ®rrect, must be af the bighest th1 uality crown andi flint glass free ani !rn strains perfectly graund, act 'olisheci and centreci ta give the ter ,equfred focus. S (ta be cànttaued) vei In taking revenge, a man is but 1 yen wlth bis enemny; but in pass- it ng it over, be is superlor-Bacon.. prc rAU kM EMERCENCY CALLI From the shores of aur Motherland cornes an appa for help which no true Canadian can fail ta heed. While we live hi comfort, death draps on that embattled island. The need for Red Cross assistance is urgent Our, sons and brothers are over there. On land, àt sea, in the air, they face death daily. We must be prepared, to help them when they are sick or wounded. Red Cross help is needed on behaif of soldier and civilian alike. Hospitals and hospital equiprnent, suri splies and dresaigs, ambulances and X-Ray equipmentwilb needed. Ovenght te need may become sa uirgent that lives rnay be sacrificed if help cannot be sent at once. Neyer before bas there been so great a need for Red Cross assistance. This challenge ta hurnanity must be answered. Give ta the Red Cross. Give ta the utmost NOW! EMERGENCY CALL FOR $5,000,000O-COMMENCES SEPT. 23 CANADIAN+RED CROSI UWe were jus 1 hoping Granny would remnember and... LONG DITNE ... and Peter reaily knew her voice! " Tluat's the meal thrill of Long Distance. Voices corne clear and distinct. Cails cornpleted quickly. With rates so low (particularly after 7 p.rn. and all day Sunday), why wait for an excuse to, cali - there must be someone who illortId 7rnw tn hom'r vniîr sii.~p to-night? FRANK WILLIAMS, Manager. 91 PAý-.v TFMVV tian. Be sure ta get the Sep- ,nber 15 issue of The Detroit Lnday Times. 37-1 To forget wrong is the best re- snge.-Anon. Revenge canverts a little rigbt tto a great wrong. - German roverb.