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Winter Term opens Jan. 2nd Strike for a Better Position by taking a conrae in the Popular ILJ-IOTT TORONTO, ONT. This school stands head and shoulders abore the ordinary busineaa college and when THOROUGHNESS OF TRAINING U considered, ranis among the best on this continent, Handsome Catalogne sent on request. Yonge and W. J. ELLIOTT, Charles Sts. Principal We hope our readers, especially our younger folk, read anything they see written by our best Canadian writers --there are several real good ones. Peter McArthur is one whose articles we do not care to miss for they always touch a human chord. No novel could afford us the genuine pleasure that we found in reading his article in the Christmas Fanners' Advocate on "My Boyhood and My Boy's." To give -those who do not get a chance to see his "true to life" picture of a half century century or more back, we'll quote a few paragraphs : In order to present the boy of forty years ago to a cultured modern audience I must dress-hlm in his best for the great occasion. Let me see--what did he wear? On state occasions, such as going to church or to the fall fair, he wore a paper collar and put butter on his (hair. He also wore a home-made, full-cloth suit and copper-toed boots with pegged soles and red tops. If be was trying to be real stylish he wore a "dickey," or :'alse shirt front, over his flannel shirt, and in winter time he "wore a cap of lair seal and a big woollen scarf and home-knitted and woollen mitts. I am afraid that if such a boy appeared among the correctly gloved, department-store department-store clothed boys of to-day the modern boys would laugh--but they would do it at their peril. Inside of that uncouth clothing there was usually usually a boy who was sensitive to ridicule ridicule and ready to fight at the drop of the hat. The boy who laughed at him to his face would be likely to get mussed up. As I recall this phase of the boys of my boyhood a defiant challenge challenge comes floating back through the mists of memory-- "I'm a sun of a gun From the land of the sun! I'm a red-handed Arab for gore!" * * * * The writer can go farther j school which we attended when living "in the bush" had in a few years - afterwards afterwards an attendance averaging around 75 -scholars from 5 to 26 years of age. Now that school has an average average of 12 to 16 scholars, taught by a young girl. But to quote further about the sports In the early days : In this district you could easily gather enough boys within a radius of a mile to choose up sides and play ball, but now you can get ball teams only In the towns and villages. The boys are not here to play ball. It is true that the modern games are more scientific and the players have masks, pads, uniform, uniform, gloves, bats and balls such as were not known in the past. We 1 played in the clothes we wore every j day without gloves or masks and with hats and balls of our own making. A ravelled stocking furnished the yarn for the ball, and if a freight car with the old-fashioned rubber springs happened happened to stand over night on a siding there was always plenty of rubber for the cores. Many of the country boys could use an awl and wax-end ■well enough to cover the bail with calfskin from an old boot leg, and anyone could whittle out a bat, so we got along very well. When we played football the local shoemaker would make thé cover and we would inflate it with a bladder. Some of the best political orators of to-day no doubt ewe their lung-power and chestiness to blowing up those old-fashioned footballs. footballs. back in memory of events and conditions than Peter McArthur speaks of by ten or more years and can x bear strong testimony testimony to the correctness of his descriptions descriptions of the sports and hunting enjoyments, many of which we have taken part in. He does not refer to This last excerpt quoted from Mr. McArthur's entertaining article appeals appeals strongly to us as it contains a very wholesome lesson for the youth of the present day. Ho truly and viv- idly pictures our first school experience"when experience"when we sat on long backless benches, the desks standing all round the schoolroom close to the wall so that every boy and girl sat facing a wall, and the teacher had the centre for his classes and the big block stove that radiated heat over the room from the centre. Mr. McArthur teacher-when I was at echule. I wig quite an inventor in ma way, an' the excuse» I could think up tae let me oot o' some hole I'd got intae, were worth gettin' a patent on. * * * .. * The boys and girls in our Canadian cities, towns --and villages with their fine modern school buildings contain ing everything necessary Jn latest scientific equipment, the most approved approved seats and desks, best systems of ventilation, convenient lavatories, play rooms for stormy days, etc., know very little of the hardships the boys and girls of 56 and 60 years ago endured. endured. Sandy Fraser gives a little Insight, too, into the pastimes that made the boys strong and active. In our school days the boys who did not wrestle, fight and play rough-and- | tumble games . was considered a I "sissy." Sandy recalls such days in ,his boy life when he writes : But it's the times. I used to hae wi' the Ither youngsters, that went wi' me tae the auld log schulehoose in - the bush, that I'll be likin" best tae think aboot, for- I'm aften dootin' but what the, best pairt o' ma early trainin' was acquired by ma association wi' these same youngsters. They were maistly o' the auld Highland Scotch stock, an' naething pleased them tmair than tae be fightin'. All" oor spare time wis spent in trials o' courage an' strength o' one kind or anither. When the big boys would be gettin' up a sparrin' match between a couple o' the smaller chaps they wad say, "Noo, the best mon hits first," an' ye may be sure hat there wis no' delay in the commencement commencement o' hostilities. The boy wha wouldna' fight wis a "sheep," an' wisna' considered tae hae come o' what he should be to his son. The typical father thinks he Is doing hie full duty If he loads the. boy with, "toys and makes - a lot of money for him to enjoy when he grows up. Such father has nothing but Indignant? reproach reproach when the son, whose moral training has been ignored, goes to the bad in che way or another. These closing paragraphs are worth far more than all the long article elsewhere--a elsewhere--a lecture every father should sometimes deliver to his son or sons, if he has them: "I think that the father who understands his responsibilities responsibilities will call hie son Into his den a few days before the youngster goes away to school and say something like this - : Now then, old chap, I'm going to -ell you things that you're going to tell your boy when you've got one. You're going out of the house, away from mother's apron strings, to round one of the first big corners of life. You're my son and I believe In you. You're my son. and I know that I can trust you never to do anything that will make me ashamed of the name you bear. You are going to be a man and not a hog, and when you come out of your school days, you will come out clean. If any boy tries to get you to listen to his piggi&hness, hit him, and hit him hard. Don't report him, don't complain about him, but hit him. FAX guid stock. JL canna' recall vera mony, bè' t Xpn may choose at once whether you will be a weakling, with filthy habits and slack muscles, or a better man that your father, training to be a man. it. HOME DEFENCE ! North Atlantic Patrol Service MFN A largely increased cruiser fleet ia _ k necessary tè protect Canada and the lVANTF.n trade routes against the renewed German German submarine activities. Men up to the/age of 45, with previous sea-faring ** experience, will be enrolled at once. Pay: Seamen, $1.10; stokers, $1.20; separation allowance, $20. ° R. N. C. V. R. ATLANTIC DIVISION A limited number of boys between the ages of 15 and 18 will also be given the opportunity opportunity to participate in this service. Pay: 50c. per day. I Apiily to yi COMMODORE ÆMILIUS JARVIS \ Nava! Recruiting Officer , Jarvis Building ^ TORONTO / BOYS TOO for Ontario raises in this para- .... . - I graph a subject for the Education De- the millions of wild pigeons that flew partaient in Queen's Park, Toronto to consider, when he remarks that there was a great difference between the old school system and the new, but I am not sure that the advantage is entirely entirely 011 the side of the new. ' We were thoroughly drilled in reading, writing and arithmetic, as well as in grammar, spelling, history and geography. geography. The grading system was not can remem- get beyond WANTED NOW Reliable salesman to act as agent in Durham County PAY WEEKLY Outfit free, exclusive territory and money making specialties. Onr agencies are the best in the busine>s for we sell the highest grade of stock at most reasonable prices and guarantee deliveries in tirst class condition. Nursery stock Is selling well this year and f ood money cam be made in this district, or particulars write Sales Manager. Pelham Nursery Co,, Toronto, Ont. 40-14 in clouds in this section of country in late summer and early autumn. We have many a time seen the sky overhead overhead darkened as with a black cloud by flocks of wild pigeons. Mr. McArthur McArthur says: As there were still forests a-plenty in Ontario from forty to fifty years ago, the boy of that earlier age had much good hunting. The beech-knolls | strictly adhered to and I swarmed with black squirrels, coveys ber boys who could not t b ° U " ded \ n the pIeatiful the second book in reading and spelf- thickets, flocks of quail whistled on i ing who could beat the whole school almost every farm and even wild tur- at "ciphering," as arithmetic was usu thf T v e6r Wer f n0t UnknowU ' ° f W called, if a pupil showed an apti- the black-squirrels, partridge and ----- - uweu an apu- quail I can speak from personal knowledge, knowledge, but I never got nearer to deer or turkeys than to see their tracks. Muzzle-loading rifles and shot guns were quite plentiful, and the scanty ^ pocket money of the boys was mostly j lines, "but incites spent on ammunition. Where the boy ! of to-day has however, that didna' come intae the "ring" through time. It wis bad tae be in, but worse tae be oot. Mony's the lesson in endurance o' hardships wis handed oot richt tlfere, an' gin there wis ony o' us that didna profit by it, it wis sure oor ain fault. * * * * Reckon up if you can the amount of money per capita in Canada spent on the rising generation -- individually and collectively--in the homes, in the churches and Sunday schools, the public and high schools, collegiate institutes, institutes, colleges and universities-- gymnasiums, and . the 1001 other buildings and associations provided and equipped in the country, in villages villages and towns and cities and at the great resorts -- all for children and young folk of all ages. Indeed, the amount in the aggregate is simply as^- tounding. Yet, withal, the other day along came Cosmo Hamilton, the You're in Never forget Never permit any boy you know to lower you to the level of a cad by undermining your belief in your mother, who represents all women and girls, or your faith in God, to whom, however confident and successful successful you may be, you most certainly will turn in all the big tnoments of 3-our life. Be clean. Be honest. Be truthful. Is that a bargain? Then shake hands on it.' Not until men have the moral courage courage to tell their sons the basic facts of life, and women to tell their daughters, daughters, will children be prepared to be decent citizens and the nation be prepared prepared to hold 1 its own. And remember remember that the sins of the children are always visited upon the fathers, as well as the other way around." Fathers do not often enough make chums of their sons and possibly many mothers are equally guilty in regard regard to their daughters, and so we gladly give prominence to the fore- I m afraid you didn't grasp yr;ur opportunity."' "Yes I did, father, but she seemed to resent it." ^ _ It doesn't make any rich a man is, there a time when he has to konu VI Westminster Hotel, TorontS j t< A. Real Hotel Without^ù-^bfi Bright and attractive. Fireproof. Every bed room has a bathroom. Elegant furnlshln„_. Splendid cuisine. Easy access to shopping dis-" and theatres. Free taxi service from Union Station and wharf. Ask for Provincial Motor taxis. BATES: Single room, with bath, $1.60 to Breakfast, 25c to 00c. Luncheon, V to 50c. Dinner. 50c to 75c. Inclusive rates American plan, $2.60 to $8.60 a day. Write for booklet to .140 JARVIS STREET, TOBONTt tude for any study he was allowed to j rush ahead in it, no matter what his sona I care, the personal comradeship, dramatist, novelist, soldier and expon- j going expressions of Cosmo Hamilton ent of preparedness, who said: "The even though we may widely differ modern child is the most neglected of j from him on some views he holds re- human beings. He has the best food, garding the cause of this - terrible, w the most comfortable home, quantities of playthings, everything that money can give him. But he hasn't the per- "No more headache for you--take these" ?Z t ri US \" B "- er C , / he Ü" â8Che Withoat removing the cause. Take Chamberuun , Stomach and Liver Tablets. They not only cure the headache but give you a buoyant, healthful feeling because they tone the liver, sweeten the stomach and cleanse the bowels. Try them. All Drmggbb, 25c., er bj hx3 CHAMBERLAIN MEDICINE ÇO. Tereete, Oat. 13 ar. standing might be In his other studies. I am still of the opinion that this was a good plan, for the average mind does not develop evenly along to specialize. the personal guardianship of father and mother to help him face the most important questions.of life. The father all I is so busy making money, the mother j spite of all that may be said against , . ^ double-barrelled j the school system which has been In I so busy spending it, that home life is breech-loader, or a twenty-two cdlibre ! i^dedY'"wre^t'ii; 1 ^!^ pS' ty "of aV - Cu r n b C J M^ Ito rCows us." muzz,e-Lfer Some o, those 0,d guns 1 Ï* SCh °' ars will still be remembered b>- the j tô-day ° f ® ed,,cauoniU »'stem.ot middle-aged men who once owned no longer the fashion. Yet the first stej? in patriotic preparedness is to prepare a clean and virile generation" GRAND TRUNK WIN I ER TOURS S PECIAL P'ares now in effect effect to resorts in Florida Georgia, North and South Carolina, Louisiana and other Southern States and to Bermuda and the West Indies Return Limit May 2ÉÊÊ1 917 Lib w e d them, for shooting with them was not an unalloyed joy. I remember some that not only kicked but. would knock a boy down and trample on him. But the black-squirrels were fat and a good mess of them was a delight that can still make a man's mouth water. * * * * Neither does Mr. McArthur tell his readers about the labor of clearing the forest, chopping down the giants of the forest, logging and burning the wood and wild growth, the many logging-bees logging-bees and other pioneer employment employment of the first settlers. -Our second Canadian home was in the interior of an immense forest, so dense being the grow th that at night our forbear carried carried blazing fat pine knots to light his way through the woods to the settlements--and settlements--and his forest was then--1853- 4-5--In the frontier County of Durham. But to quote further from Mr. McArthur: McArthur: It must not be thought, however, however, that the old-time boys had nothing nothing to do but hunt. Th'e land w - as still being cleared and there were "nigger-heads" to be picked up and Cosmo Hamilton ,is little known in Canada. He is widely known in the Republic across the line to the south, We believe emphatically in the w * l6re he has spent some years, and , thought, brought out in the second half where ' no doubt, his - opinions 'were j of thIs test extract, namely, that it is form ed largely. He is an Englisk- I ' er y eas y tt> point out the disadvan- man> an 'd when the w r ar broke out he tages of the old system, but that re- went back^to Europe and went into minds me of an ingenious es.say pub- the Royal Naval Air Corps and has to lished some years ago by John Lewtis, hIs credit the honor of bringing down managing editor of the Toronto Star.' the first Zeppelin that flew over Lon- In reading the lives of great men, he doiK He came to New York for a had observed that almost all of them rest ' and has Just published a new had disadvantages to contend with in no X eI "The Sins of the Children," in their boyhood. But they overcame i ^ hich Providence, and not father or them--to the great benefit of their ! m °ther, interposes to save from ruin The one factory Christ is a good select 1 They are the records choseri minds and characters. From this Mr. Lewis argued with subtle humor that the disadvantages they had to contend w'ith were .really advantages, and that in giving our boys every advantage in the way of education we are really doing doing them an injury. His essay w r as entitled "The Advantages of Disadvantages," Disadvantages," and he certainly made a good case for the paradox he took as his text. ditches to be dug. Many of those old time boys w'ere doing a man's w'ork fore the) r were fifteen, . and alto- r too many of them are now n men, old before their of brutal hard work, ppose to compare the of the different gen- boys of the present orking altogether too ugh" they have labor- y and all modern im- s to some- » Yr? to <>« ;;; isss. t Tr;^ h " w Tery entertaMiig Referring a bit further to school days - , Sandy Fraser waiting in the same magazine a e quote the opening opening sentences wdiich will call forth a quick response from many a native Canadian to-day. He says: I dinna ken why it is, but ilka "year w'hen Christmas comes aroond I get tae thinkin' o' the days o' auld lang syne, when I was a wee laddie gangin tae the schule wi four nice youngsters. The book is a vivid novelized sermon on the dangers of parental neglect more than parental parental sins. Interviewed recently by Marguerite Marshall Mr. Hamilton is reported to have said: "The sins of the fathers are as nothing to their neglect, for it is this neglect that is responsible for the sins of the children." children." Continuing he went on to say ^bat the United States has the most wonderful opportunity - any country ever had since the " history of the woild began. She is top dog now ; all the other nations are losing the flower of their manhood; have lost it. And yet this country is- missing her opportunity opportunity to raise a generation of clean, strong, youfig men and women who could make her the greatest nation in the world. That is because fathers and mothers will, not tell their children children the straight truth about life. * *• _* * the world's greatest artists and shou< chosen by you who wish your gift q esteemed for its intrinsic worth. But be trade mark. sure. 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