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PAGE 4. 01.25 fer nix month. three months. Foreign rates on application. â€"_w wâ€" w papers mutton. This statement holds good in any line of business or vocation. The merchant who has no discern- ing powers usually pokes along with the rear guard, while .the fel- The factory employee who is - ways waiting for “the boss” to tell him what to do never rises any higher than to be trusted with the most menial occupation that his factory provides. The inability to help himself has kept many an otherwise first-class workman at the foot of the ladder for the simple reason that “the boss” hasn’t sufficient time or in- clination to spoon-feed his employ- ees into positions of responsibility and trust if they do not first dis- play _an aptness for their position, - ... a L-m.‘:....;:-.. d'n I...) w... w coupled withâ€"a determination to better learn their job. This is the age of efficiency, and the man who knows how and does it naturally pulls away from the fellow who knows how and hasn’t got the nerve to take advantage of his knowledge. Business today has no sentiment and follow'sflose- IféévawééQEi-Xftfiifig, the Biblical statement : To him that hath shall be given, but to him that hath not _-.. LLAL W x IVCII, qu UV III-II vuuwv â€"-v' _ shall be taken away even' ithat which he hath. Learn your job. Roll up your sleeves, help yourself and success is yours. THE SHIPPING WAR Last week in these columns we referred briefly to the proposal of the Dominion Government to sub- sidize the Peterson lin_e_ot freight- ers, and so reduce freight rates on overseas exports that the North At- lantic Conference, which at pres- ent fixes these rates, would be compelled to reduce them, to the benefit of the Canadian exporter. In last week’s reference, while pre- pared to admit the benefits to be derived, providing everything went through as anticipated, ‘we ex- ,U! 12â€"- VII. v-5-- pressed 3 fear that the subsidiza- tion scheme, while actually reduc- ing the rates to exporters, would in reality merely shift the burden over to the already overburdened taxpayer, who would make up the deficit. _ _ â€"â€"some twenty-five companies in allâ€"it is just a question of how effective our demonstration of hos- tility or independence, whatever one likes to call it, will_ be. Thursday. hm”! 3‘. ago, with the idea of giving per- manence and steadiness to steam~ ship rates, both as to passenger traffic and freight rates. After its formation, there came about from time to time, disafiections which led to rate wars, but on the whole, the various companies have in their own interests stuck to the Con- ference with a good deal of tenacity. “Mr. W. T. R. Preston’s state- ments as tabled in the House of Commons to the effect that steam- ship rates. both passenger and freight. have been boosted -out of all proportion to general advances in the cost of operation, will require some proof. Mr. Preston has done many things in his day, but it is very donhtfnl if_ he has got to the bottom of this huge and intricate business of shipping. “The agreement which has ap- parently been concluded with .Sir William Peterson, whereby his com- pany will receive a subsidy of one million dollars for placing certain vessels in the Canadian trade, and accepting freights at less than Con- ference rates, looks on the face of bottom of thi: business of sh ""T'IVIE‘North Atlahtic Conference HELP YOURSELF battl 32E? Weekly ports, not to speak of other com- modities. It is, therefore, a moot question whether this would be sufficient to jar the sensibilities of the North Atlantic Conference to ;the point where they would cut freight rates. Of this we must wait and see. “In the past, high Insurance rates have been the chief fly in the oint- ment in respect to the St. Lawrence good many years ago, there was a partially formulated plan whereby the Government was to go into the .. LL- charged, but nothing came of it. “High marine insurance rates have always been one of the chief arguments against the Hudson Bay route, Government boats operating on this route in 1914 were asked to pay a premium of 11 per cent by Lloyds, with the result that the ves- sels that year carried no insur- ance, the risk being assumed by the Government, and with the best of luck, there were no losses. - R LLA --An luv“, Ullv- ' ‘ ‘One peculiar feature of the pres- ent situation is that up to very re- cently the Canadian Government? Marine figured as a member of the North Atlantic Steamship Confer- ence. It probably being a case of the easiest wayâ€"toleration rather than conflict. “There is one thing to say for this subsidy, it is vastly to be preferred to government ownership and op- eration. By the former method, losses, if any, can be controlled, whereas there seems to be no end to the leaks with our Canadian Government Marine. LL_L UUVVI Ill-Iv. v -...___ ___ “Old tirners wili ' recollect that this is not the first time Peterson has appeared on the stage in re- spect to shipping agreements with the Canadian Government Back 11101 a“: .1 in the early days of Sir Wilfridi Laurier’s Premiership, an agree- ment was arrived at between the government of that day and Peter- son, Tate Vo., for the construc- tion and Operation of a line of freighters between Canadian ports and Europe, the firm putting up a guarantee of some $50,000 for faithful performance under the con- tract which took the form of a very substantial subsidy. Peterson, Tate Co. fell down on the venture, however, and eventually made ap~ plication for the return of the guarantee which was given back to them. ,9 Every landlord must see to it that his tenants have a supply of wa- ter. This is the decision of the Lon- don Board of Health. and they are prt'ptll‘0_(i to haclg‘their contention --Aâ€"â€" A, ‘kl‘ tn“ ,u‘,u..eu .s, -“-e_ _ up in the courts if any of the Lonâ€" don landlords refuse to obey their command. Recently, Sanitary In- spector Sanders of London forced a number of landlords to have the water services restored where they had been cut 011‘ because the tenant had not paid the water rates. Com- menting on the matter, Mr. Sanders said: Gal“ 0 “Every owner of a house must provide water for the householder.” Mr. Sanders pointed out, “and the Board of Health is not concerned with the question of who is to pay for the water used. Even if the ten- ant does agree to pay for the water used as part of the rent, and he fails to do so, the owner is held re- sponsible for the continuance of the water service. We 'are not con- cerned with the question of payment of the rates, but we must 'see that the health conditions of the city are not endangered through the cutting off of water services. _ \r “We have had a number of cases this winter where the landlords al- lowed the water to be cut off,” Mr. Sanders continued. "They thought! as the tenants agreed to pay for the water. those tenants would be held responsible for the condition. And we had trouble convtncing some of the landlords that they must. proâ€" vide water for household use even it the tenants fail to pay the water rates. Those who were very obstin- ate. were threatened with court acâ€" tion. and they preferred to arrange for the water to be. turned on again rather than allow the question to go to the courts.” Is the cross work puzzle beneficial from the standpoint that it increases our knowledge of the English lan- guage? The recent declaration of a Chicago man. the head of a large insurance company, that it “speedâ€" ed up” his stenographers. would lead us to believe that it has a real value. Personally. however, we have our doubts. I'nles a cross word puzzle is sim- ' the first of May. I ple. the majority of us have not time enough at our disposal to figure out the thing that. to a man of high edu- cation might appear quite simple. We always have been and still are of the opinion that the cross word puzzle is a nice. mild form of recre- ation for an educated man with an unlimited vocabulary. But as an educational asset. we fail to see its advantages. Imagine sitting all evening solving,a cross word puzzle which, when done. is thrown on the A St. Catharines deputy return-i ing officer, giving evidenct at the: probe into the recent aldermanic elections, in that city, said he threw the voters’ list into a can. table and nmmr mm mm m «anew We!!! all em 1* We may be wrong, TIE CROSS WORD PUZZLE MUST SUPPLY WATER 10W“ wavu :- v r--__v n to a lunatic asylum. He evolved the idea from the study of a floor laid with checkerboard pattern. He called the attention “(1); they became so interested that in a short time, they were crazy too. The floor was subsequently taken up and replaced with another design, but the damage was done. um 1'" LAW 0!! III | A Toronto Italian landlord re-l houses at Long Branch. It is al- leged that Mrs. Carmichael refused to pay the rent at the beginning of the month owing to the fact that the landlord had not made certain repairs agreed upon. Last week, the Italian, accompanied by two of his sons, entered the house for the ap- parent purpose of making these re- pairs, but instead removed all the windows and doors, and as a result, the tenant and her children were forced to seek shelter with neigh- .bors. Despite the order of the magistrate, who heard the case, the Italian landlord refuses to replace the doors and windows: \V-vvov â€"--\- We don’t know what the courts of Canada will do to this dago, but we do know what ought to be done with him. If we were the law. we would give this native of Sunny Italy about thirty minutes to make a move, and, if he didn’t. he would land in Toronto jail until he decid- edrhto obey the court. _ . -0 AL- u [JV VIJUJ v-uu Tho Open-faced violations of the law by dagoos. and foreigners of all descriptions are. becoming daily more flagrant, and it is about time justice put her foot down on the larger _ portion of it, -wur-‘-â€" r The largest. percentage of unr lawâ€" breakers are foreigners. and it must he confessed that they Ofttimoa got. away with stuff for which a native- born resident would do tim‘. All the “hicks” don’t come from the country. Betty Normand, a “simple country girl” has been con- victed and is serving a 30-day sentence in Baltimore, Maryland, jail’ for using the United States mails in a fraudulent matrimonial advertisement scheme. “City slick- ers” were fleeced in hundreds by this young girl who, up to her ar- rest and incarceration, had never visited a city. Parisian women have started a fad of bathing in tea. Oo-long will it last? Famous last linesâ€"Call again when you can’t stay so long. And they’re talking of ice cream for the Eskimos. What about hot coffee for the lacrosse fan some nice, hot day next summer just to cool him off ? A San Francisco couple got mar- ried in a lion’ 3 cage. Started their matrimonial mix-up with a roar, as it were. A boat load of automobiles was sunk in Lake Erie last summer. Just a few less to dodge this sum- mer. This will be good news to the pedestrian. It's amusing to see the way a stout woman will get on the scales to weigh herselfâ€"and then criticize the scales for weighing too much. Why pick on bachelors? The fol- lowing ad. appeared in a well-known American daily the other day: “For rentâ€"One-room house, suit- able for bachelor or store room.” Cheer up. It will soon be time to figure out your income tax again. . “Gipsy Smith Stirs London’s‘ East End” says Saturday’s Tor-‘ onto Globe. It is to be hoped he doesn’t stir it too much, or gas masks may be in order. “Blue Eyes May Mask a Villain” says a prominent English author- ity. If the blue is mixed with cir- cles of black and green, we suppose it masks some married man who talked back to his wife. A prominent veterinary says that cats that won’t chase mice are in- sane. Not from the mouse’s stand- point. A story from the Canadian 800 says they’re catching wolves with fish-hooks up in that locality. We’ll be able to tell a few ourselves after the first of May. Sheer up. Spring is cubbing. Dash dat kold id by bad. NOTES AND COMMENTS Post. ple talked as well ”they do loud.â€" Calgary Herald. quires a. song of considerably more m swamâ€"London Free Press. Once it was a stocking with some- thing in it; now it may be a $100 gosh purse with a dimeâ€"Regina oat. America has half of ’the world’s gold and even more than half of its complacency.â€"â€"Sherbrooke Record. Japanese don’t care for dogs as house pets, but we can't picture this as making a good dog mad.â€" Chatham N 9108. ............................. If he’s a road hog, it’s only a question of time until an ambu- lance will gather up the litter.â€" Peterborough Examiner. Although many men have started in with nothing but a shoe string, we think suspenders are safer.â€" Niagara Falls News. The effects of a chill may be 0- set by removing the spark plugs and dropping in a couple of quinine tabletsâ€"Ottawa Journal. 'l‘he smal town has been the butt of the cheap humorist ever since the somewhat larger town came into existence. A small town is any town smaller than the town in which the humor- ist resides. If he lives in a town of 1.000. a. town of 500 is a joke. If he lives in a town of 5,000, any town of 1,000 is a joke. and so on up. City folk call small towns by witty names-Think towns, hick towns, towns in the sticks. towns on the bowl-and-pitcher circuit. . Small towns do not have scandals. Jazz orchestras, gun men, floating Indebtedness or traffic problems. A man can park. his car in from of ms place of bugmoss and leave 1t. there fur a \vook, If he so desu‘os. mi 3. hot day. he can take off his coat and walk down the main street without losing public esteem. SMALL TOWN VS. BIG CITY decorated with palms and spring flowers. The bride, who was given in marriage by her father, was be- eomingly gowned in a White geor- gette dress with pearl trimmings. Her tulle veil was arranged in cap style and ornamented with orange, blossoms. She carried a shower bouquet of ophelia roses, lily- ot-the-valley and sweet peas and wore the groom‘s gift, a platinum bar pin with diamond setting. Miss Mgrtle McGee, as bridesmaid, wore a ecoming frock of turquoise geor- gette with black faille and mline poke hat, and carried premier roses. The groom was attended by Mr. Jo- seph Edwards of Markdale, while Messrs. Everett Campbell and Ivan Edwards acted as ushers. Mrs. J. Arnold Raymond presided .at the or- â€"»â€"__. ._ n: u... “l I‘UIU IUUJ ”5V5.“ vvvvvv gan, and during The signing of the register, Mr. Neil Campbell sang “Beloved, It _Is Mprn.’j_ ' -'Jâ€"-_--2.I LN'U'UU, III -U 0'-v-â€"â€"- The groom’s gift to the bridesmaid was a little finger ring with aqua- marine setting; to the best man. a tie pin; to the ushers, fountain pens; to the organist and soloist, gold pieces. A reception was held at the home of the bride‘s parents, WTest Marion' Street. which was tastefully decorated with roses and‘ sweet peas. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell received with the wedding party. Mrs. Campbell wearing cocoa geor- gette dress with black hat and cor- sage of sweet peas. Mr. and Mrs. Edwards left later for Philadelphia, Atlantic City and New York, the bride wearing a blue crepe dress with seal coat and French hat. Upon their return. they will reside at Sault Ste. Marie. Out of town guests included Mrs. (Dr.) Johnston. Luck- now; Miss Mina Edwards. Markdale. and Mrs. Alex. Robertson, London. Fragrant with mixed Spring flow- ers banked in palms and ferns. St. Vincent de Paul Church. was 'l‘m-s- day morning the scene of a pretty February wedding when Miss Sady Elizabeth. daughter of Mr. aners.' John Pickett. Parside, drive, became the wife of Mr. Hugh \Viilfred Broâ€" phy. Th ceremony was performed by the Rev. Father Carr. The bride wore a charming gown of white kitten’s ear crepe and real lace and seed pearls. and carried lily of the. valley and butterfly roses. Her hat. was of embroidered white crepe with uncurled ostrich feathers. and her only ornament. was a string of pearls. the gift of the groom. Mrs. Harry Lawrence. Of Montreal. who acted as her sister's matron of hon- or. wore coral pink headed in silver with hat to match. and carried Co- lumbia roses and lavender sweet peas. Mr. William Brophy was best man. At. the reception which fol- lowed at. the bride’s home. Mrs. Pickâ€" ett. wore grey brocaded crepe with touches of lavender. and grey hat with flowers of that shade, and her BROPHYâ€"PIGKBTT was sole‘mnizpd oil-ls" £1508??? Mm BR} 5:; i the groom‘s sister, w in bhgk)boaded chanteuse and 8'09“? bench Int and corsage bou- AJL -II- “1.43 “n|1\-\ I1\OI\I 311213? '65Tnélii'i-ooes. .Whe'n leav- ing for her honeymoon m New York, the bride (“37121101 in o‘froogl} gown _-_.- yfih‘kv REESE: With seal Wrap with beige fox, the gift of her father. Mrs. Ezra Schonk and sons, Hil- litrd and Harry, and her sister, Miss Helen Fortune, spent. the week-end with hprparents, Dr. and Mrs. For- buuc. NMI. Ir. Archie C. Clements 8 at the week-end with friends in islowol. Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Alderson of New York spent a few days this week with the lotter's brother, Mr. George. E. Barron. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hampton of Holland Centre visited with tlwir uncle and aunt. Mr. and Mrs. Hlluh McLean. Mrs. Harry Wilkinson of Near :MOunt Forest spent the week-mid lwith Mr. _and Mfg-Thongs Petty. tune, Mr. William Petty of Streetsvillo spent the week-end at the parental home, visiting his father whu has been ill_for the Apestjen gays. ”V‘JU. . Mrsfilirilei'bt' Arthur hale hm-n visiting her daughter. Mrs. W. .\. McGowan, f9_r the_ past‘yveqk. “ _ ".vvvvv --'y â€"_â€" _-, Mr. and Mrs. Gfiy Shark 0“ I)“- trait are visitorsAin tmyn. v- vâ€"- Mrs. D. B. Jamieson is week visiting hm' sisu‘r man at Bochosipr. N. _'_\. Mi's. (Iliaâ€"v.) C. G. F. (1qu M H. mm is the guest of Mrs. Pom- Gagnon fqr_9. {my (1513's.. Mr..and Mrs. G. S. Koarnvy :m‘ spgpdmg 3,. few days 111 'l‘nrnntu. II' I“ Messrs. S. D. Croft. “'. S. Humor and E. D. McClocklin an» aumming Masonic Grand Lodge at. \Villdsnr this week. Mr. and Mrs. John Gray and sun. of Portage La Prairie. Manitnha. who have been visiting frinnds horn and at Eastern points during ”in winlm- months. ano spondim: a \wok in town with his sistm'. Mrs. John Mr- anan. hoforo returning to their home in Manilnim. Miss Jessie- Rvid spout :I (muplv of davs \isiting lrionds in 'lmuntn last Week. Mr. Milton Mills Hf St. Catharim-s visitml owr ynstm‘day with hm uncle and aunt. Mr. and Mrs. H. \\'. Hunt. at Vickors. Mr. Melyin (irpig of Tumult“ is :1 \‘lSllOI‘ With his aunt, Mrs. W. Calder. Miss Witthun. public school touch- er here, spent. tho week-0nd at, law homo in Hanm'm'. Sho wok ill wllilo there and did not rolurn lo lwr du- ties till “'odnosday morning. _ Mr. \V. R. Purim“. of thv Siandard Bank. .9pr (WM tho “wok-0nd with fI‘IOIIdS m annnto. ATTENDED CARNIVAL Durham Band supplied the musio at tho Mount Forest Carnival on Friâ€" day evening of last week, and worn accompanied by a couple of loads of citizens who took in tho gala event. A fair crowd and a sum: program are reported. flu-day. PM!!! 3. ”35- When a book peddlor calls. 1! n regarded as a nuisance; wlwn a bum peddler calls. that is flattery. m of orchids. Miss AT MOUNT FOREST »pndim: a 188 How- THE MOVE STOR‘ 0F Ill-ll I“ Wit. In Alwny: lI wns “low III III' Henry FIII‘d'. 'l‘lli‘l'I' \I about. little Clara ltrya on a tum nvar [{0de “I“ ‘nmt'h‘d HI‘IH\ WIIOII m0“ l’iufltfl‘ veins laII-r Ihv "\Hl aui “PS. HI‘I\I\ l‘Ol‘Li (‘I‘SN «if» of Ilw “mm s md herself [IIIIIIIIIILV ”H“ woman. 'l‘turty-mut- years I dam-v m-ar twat-born then a tall. thm. m t‘Splt'd a small. pretty pl‘t‘SStVt‘ llluv 0y0§ at nut-colored hair. Ht intrmttwtmn. Ttu-y squaw duwos' tu II It! hum“ aw atrh-mal svnmatlu-tic. Hv slum Mutt: ho had made. of lands. rm'mdnu: time and sun tmw. thusinst it'. fm‘gvtt nu: the two dam-vs Shel bltions Slw had tt know. And ho M! u thew and thvu. |".\'«'| had faith in tum. “I le‘\\' unl)‘ ulkilul l0 hc'l‘ for n10." Furd surv [rum Hw - bovn that mu had faith. Sh. Iu-wr had a m from lwr." But Mrs. Fun! «In wnlh Henry right ut‘.‘ nearly a war Inn-r. "HP inIDH’fisw' Illa hv didn't talk :clu things whirl: 3mm talk almut." shv 53 their mmrlslnp. "I in lnu- \\ nth Inm m1 “’0 wznlmi Nu nu marrying. I hzm- :: him and Still «In mtm. Hv's :1 "Ivan "III'G‘IPSS. ”W" 'Il‘qu his (‘Ith alum! :l haw m cu pwkllw 1 'I‘lw m‘vah-s‘t lum‘ mantic lin-s \Vm'c- night hours ”HHJ wnl'kc-d cm hl~ which was in mm} and furhuw. l~‘u wiflmm slm-p. 1‘! Mrs. Fum sat. up In ilw IiHIv var “as ii for a trial. It was 1 Ford ”II'I'W u Hunk dt'l‘s :mcl l'nllcmwl lld shop IN-al' HIP llull "In var «ml HIM. Mariml. H mm unls' But. it run! an 01 “In muunlain hml l1 lidvnm'. Shc- \\':I~' person “1". had H dm-o llw hauls“ 0 rich! through but him in his “hurva Humv-Invim! and pron-Minus is this t woman. Slw mm jowols. In drowns likes aro hmwn am sable are Iwr fas'npf ”PS. Fnrd Iml cooking is ”no big: man's job. That‘ deed. slw rofusml vmts nmund lmr years mm. Shc-‘s mple pio Rho N pie. Aâ€" Runaway mart-it possihlo in Now ‘ future if ”In [H'n the marriage laws considerad at this islu'urv am thrmud Welfnrfl Commissl thv hill. N0 lnnm pair hl‘ ahll‘ in shéq pal huildinc. nhmi flour and trip hlit riam- (‘ham-I. one haw City Clerk Cr wish me mum: them with a PP!" timn it takvs m ‘ Fivv days must pl! of the issuanm- nf [mrfnrmanc-v 01' U! intrrwninu timv the authnriiios ' Th9 ohjofl 0f Hm brides and pmom low. tnd tn loam-I bignmy. The ll-Hor tha chloral rosidom was mntnncmi h to Un- cow-mar pally for what it says a wrnvr i! wasn’t mw'atly was sonh'nomi 1r prohonsiun m h ”MM HIM llv WI “boar Mann 6* to hang mv Frid Tuesdly.” "(No- \\'a-‘ nu and 80 ”In ,iailm his dictation. A utegnf wlm: M A LETTER TO ', 1'0me "II“ a It" her that S! ‘ord said N lhv start. “'33 \ulh Sllv “as 3 “MIN Hf | sat up Ill var \\ as til I. It was! A GOOD