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â€" bie A ellous Man it ty) 4 *3 3 <8. 4 Alone in his room,.she pushed herâ€" 3 into his arms. He did not recede *â€"because he, knew that a cold shoulder Woud inflict the deepest hurt a woâ€" ~man could reczaive. He held, her in *his arms. But the old thrm of ‘her â€" He could not understand the organâ€" Jzatxons and ,wealthy people who ‘fawned upon him now, nor the woâ€" _men. He was the same fellow that he was a year ago. Exactly. He had :fibt chenged. Not a particle. Nor »~had he done anything now that he Tlad not done a year ago. <The work which they were all ,ficlamormg about had been in editor‘s ds a year ago., cnd loriger, some Jof it. _ It was all work performed »Bong ago. He had the same mind, "‘tke same brain; the same fellow he ~had always been. Two. years later he crashed the magazine editors and book publishâ€" ers. Sales zoomed. + Editorsâ€"asked him to name his price. Oragnizattons . .dnvited. him to speak. Weeklies ran :‘fhmg features ‘about him. â€"His old schoolmaster went out of his way to " be nice to him. And one day Ruth "acame beck on her knees and asked "Mim to marry her. In the homes of the elite, the high livers of whom he had dreamed about for so long, where he had expected to ‘find Miltonicâ€"minded scholars, comâ€" «noisseurs of great men and works. Martin was bitterly disillusioned. «With one or two exceptions, he found ‘Only superficial chatterings, men and women who flived in little grooves, knew nothing of life as it really was, and were not interested in knowing _£ny more than they knev--ulhn it "was "something nice."‘ â€" He teemed jhewfiolebxnflehofthemathtd fungus on the face of the country. the wellâ€"bred;: posture, quiet speech, taking the tone of the company, the avoidance of conversational acute angles, of saying what might cause a jar or a jolt in the minds of those with whom he is cast. Martin, a crude youth bursting with strength and imagination and ‘ ambition, she found : most willing pupil. Kouch was gone. There was no spark, no fire in his feeling for her any more. He would not merry her now. "Why did they fzwn upon him now? Why did they not invite him to dinâ€" ner a year ago, when he needed it, when his cheeks were sunken, when _fhis overccat was in pawn. The work had been done then. He was the same fellow exactly. Maritn could not understand. From the beginning she did her to put him at ease, for he had had no education; his grammar palled her, his manner appalled her, and yet his raw, bursting health, his biceps bulging under illâ€"fitting sleeves and his blazing eyes which bore right into her, could not but attract her in a way she had never been attracted . He had rescued her~brother in a barroom brawl with a Mexican, sufâ€" fering a cut neck znd a bitten nose in the effort. Thus Martin fell in love with Ruth Morse, a wealthy girl who lived in the lust elegance of a world he had ever dreamed about but never set Before showing him off to any of her friends, she undertook to ‘"‘imâ€" prove" him, to teach him nicities of Meanwhile he wanted to write. He tried and tried and failed and failed. He would not take a job on a newsâ€" paper. He said that newspaper stuff was hackwork, ground out with a lead, and the other points in logical seqauence. That was all. No life. No spsrk. No color. He wanted to write about "the stress and strain of life, its fevers and sweats, the mad lovers, and men who, fought amid tragedy, making life crackle with the strength of their endeavor." He plodded on. Mrs. Morse, Ruth‘s mother, would not allow her daughter to marry him; and Ruth herself, although she loved him, conceded he was not "her kind," had a tainted past, and was certainly most unfit to show off amongst the elegant society in which she had lived all her life. Mr. znd Mrs. Morse forbade Martin to enter .their home again. Martin struggled on on half a shoestring and noâ€"overeoat and one pair of pants. not speak. He could not move He sat dumbfoundéd. PAGE SIX He fell utteriy in love with all the Newspapersâ€"Hackwork Came Back On Kneces Why? Why? Why? «_ * Cagrttis + Et YMCA WANTED What do‘they need a rink here for? There is a wonderful rink over in Schumacher. If they want to build something, why not spend $2,000,000 on a YMCA in Timmins â€" which would serve Schumacher, too, as the Echumacher arena now serves Timâ€" mins. A swimming pool inside. All winter. A gym. courts and a good recreation hall. The point‘is this: There are a lot of young people in t o w n, in their twentles and middle â€" aged, who never have a chance to play anything, good exerâ€" cise and showers, you know what I _mean. Those fellows could keep in . ~shape. Good for health. YMCA‘S like that are established â€"in other towns this size. Gower Markle is doing a good job, a wonderful job with the "Y" here. But‘he needs money. If there is money fo be spent for the benefit â€" of the town, that is how it should. be spent â€" on a "Y‘"‘* for old _ _and young. I think it is a good thing. I don‘t see why peoaple should have to go to Echumacher. I think it would pay tkcose who invested in it I state myself. I go over to Schumacher how. But I WOuld skate more if there was 2a rink here., At present there are three senijor clubs making the ‘"Mac‘ their stampâ€" ing grounds; four merchantile teams; four juvenile teams, and countless kids teams. Throw in the skating club and public skating zsnad you beâ€" gin to wonder if there aren‘t more thkan 24 hours in the McIntyre day. Na hockey player or figure skater hasâ€"enough time on ice. The camp is fast becoming known as the place where they find gold and hockey plcyers and figure skatérs. An arena in Timmins would certainly improve production. It woud run into money but it would be money in the bank. And you could be sure your kids were getting all the skating and hockey they could. â€" _ Would it pay? It would pay. I don‘t see why not. It should have a gym, too, and an ~auditorium #or dancing. It should sect 4,000. If they get 2,0C0 at Schumucher they should get 4,000 here.‘ People won‘t go to Echumacher because it is too crowded. crease, ~Your society of slaves will wenaken and go to pieces as the life which composes it weakens and goen to pieces. No society of slaves can endure because, in itsâ€"very nature, These are cheap !ttle outlines of Martin Edéen (Penguin, 250) by Jack London. ~‘The story is true. Ruth Morse is in reality a Miss Mabel Applegarth. And when this book was reviewed at a Womens‘ Association meeting by a certain woman lecturer, who praised ‘the book but flayed "Ruth" right and Jaft for being so stupid as to turn down "Martin‘s" love and proposalsâ€" how was the lecturer to know that a woman <with death in her eyes, sitâ€" ting right there in the front row at the meeting, happened to be "Ruth" herself: Mabel Applegarth? How do I know this? I asked Irving Stone, London‘s biographer. How does he know? He verified it with several friends who were preâ€" sent at the meeting. It wasn‘t very long ago. S.S. » minutes before the game is over you miss your bus. They don‘t wait. They don‘t *ave enough busses. The last two woeks have been pretty cold. My such ~society must annul the law of development. No sooner can a slave society be organized than deterioraâ€" tion sets in. It is easy for you to talk of annulling the law of develnpâ€" ment, but where is the new law of development that will m'amtain your strength?" ~~ how was the lecturer to know that a woman <with death in her eyes, sitâ€" ting right there in the front row at the meeting, happened to be "Ruth" herself: Mabel Applegarth? How do I know this? I asked Irving Stone, London‘s biographer. How does he know? He verified it with several friends who were preâ€" sent at the meeting. It wasn‘t very long ago. S.S. â€" A New Arena For Town Of Timmins YMCA WANTED What do‘they need a rink here for? There is a wonderful rink over in Sehumacher If they want tn hmiild ears nearly froze waiting. ‘In other towns of this size lots of old people go and see the hockey games. But not here. Why? Because it‘s in Schuâ€" macher, and cold. There have been no midget leagues this year because of the weather. Lots of youngsters could not play. No rink. I would like to see the business man pay for it. They can afford it. Not the workâ€" ing men. The only way the working man can afford it would be by monthâ€" ly payments. They would get their money back all right. It would pay. For myself I would not mind giving $25 as a giftâ€"anything to see the place go up. In Rouyn they have just built one. ~In Sudbury they are building one. In Port Hope they are building one. In Kirkland Lake they have had one for quite a while. It would give us something"to do besides going to the "Y‘" to play pingâ€" What will be the result? No longer will the strength of each generation increase. On the contrary it will deâ€" â€"=â€"it is too bad to be slaves, 1 grantâ€" but you slaves dreem of a society where the law of development wili perish, where every weaking will have as much as he wants to eat, and where all will marry and have chil1iâ€" ren, te weak css well as the strong. â€"Doug McLellan, sports writer. â€"KRichard Wilson, truck driver. â€"â€"â€"~Timmins business man (exâ€" YÂ¥MCA member). Tobey‘s â€"â€"Eric Connell, student. h # » *The town is big enough. It should have one. We shouldn‘t have to go out of tewn for our rink. Not so far to go. It costs to go outside. That‘s all. *.: - A new arena would bring a lot of pecgle here, not for cocktails, but for something to see. It would bring new teams. Figure skaters in the summer, ‘Ltoo. Keep people from hangmg around pool roolhs. : We need one, a rink, but not a community. building. «We need one ‘ike the one in St. Catharines. â€"Albert â€"Zincone, business man. Well, I think myself theére zsreea lot of young guys that are good but haven‘t any place to play. And if they had proper® coaching and the ice, a lot of them would‘<be pros. And I think it would keep a lot of guys out of trouble. Timmins Woman Has _ 16 Children in 19 Years tÂ¥ 4 G UAE VUUJ ulo â€"Robert Bnisvert, wareho\lseinan. We certainly do need a rink. So many children are deprived of figure skating for the simple reason that they have so ar to go. Every time we have a game we have to gat transâ€" portation, which is an expense, which we have not got. Not only games, for practices zclso. It would be good sport. Good exâ€" ercise. I might:â€" even get my skates out and skete myself. I think the same as: Wilf. â€"Bob ‘Belanger, student. â€"â€""Chick" Guarda, Hollinger emp. «â€"8.N.8, Photo Ift Dr. Wilhelm: Witzel, a German doctor, is correct in his theory, there may no longer.<beâ€" that last minute switching from bilue booties to pink or vice versa when the stork drops in with his "surprise." Dr. Witzel, clgxms he . can tellâ€" the sex‘ of anâ€"unborn child by examining the eyes. of t ther. He is:shown using a device he calls a "slit lamp on Mrs. Florence French, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, now residing in Neu â€" Isenburg near‘ Frankfurt, (At the general hospital in FrankfUrt where Dr. Witzel is conducting his éammaticms officials raid the outcome of tests will be revealed after 100 patients, whom the dortor has examined, have given birth:to their babies in the near future. â€"Tim Del Villano, business man. We are pleased to ANNOUNCE that we have recently been appointed agents for For Smooth Figure Performance Choose ~RE MINGTON OR A N D â€"Wilfrid Raymond, miner. â€"Jobhn Proulx, niiner. ~â€"R.‘Caron, mechanit, _ Mrs. Cerise Roy, a 37â€"yearâ€"old Timâ€" mins woman, has had 16. children in 19 years. The sixteenth was born on January 1950. Diane, â€" seven pounids, four ounces. ~The are: Life in the Kitchen On Sunday evening, Mrs. Roy, eight children and two cats, were in the kitchen, which was festooned with laundry, hangers and Bibical pictures. All the children were immacuâ€" late and nicely dressed, with the exâ€" ception of Pauline, who toddled around the floor in zs diaper. Mrs. Roy was clearing up dishes and dishes and dishes. YÂ¥vonne goes to St.<Charles School, sixth grade. Combien dans: votre. classe? > "Fortyâ€"two," she said in English. And where do: you come? ‘‘And they all sleep «well," says Mrs.. Roy, "but the baby has been sick." ' Musical Talent Mrs. Roy plays the violin extremely well. . She plays zsround town for square dancing.. Rheal and Arthur play the guitar and: mandolin,; respécâ€" tively. | The three Blay is ‘a trib. And" the whole femily ‘sings with‘ them, in French and English. Most of them are bilingual and proud of it. Mr. Roy, the father, works for a Timmins construction company. *‘ The frmily receives $88 monthly in f All Liaugh Easily Four of them go to St. Anthony School, three to St. Charles. Arthur, 18, is a taxiâ€"driver. Annette, 15, is a domestic. On Sunday evening, Colette, Elise and Yyvonne bore traces of a deep red nail polish on all fingernsils. They [aughed it that. They all laughed at almost anything. Mrs. is 37. She looks mors like 50. , She has a cast iron constituâ€" Four died. Your favorite subject? "I like writing." Arthur, 18. Annette, 15. Rheal, 12. Â¥vonne, 12. Elise, 11. Bertha, 10. Lucien, 8. Colette, 7. Leonel, 6. Claire, 5. Pauline, 1. Diane, 3 (weeks). This building was erected after the Matheson fire of 1916 and was first used as offices and stables: About 1930 the building was renovated and extended both sides to accommundate the more modern machinery,. At was a frame structure covered with «galâ€" vanized sheeting. Mrs. J. Atwell Hough of Matheson ‘left for Detroit, Mich., last week after reeciving word that her aged mother had fallen and was in a critical conâ€" dition. Pete Rivett of Anthony recently froze his fingerâ€"tips and right tlumb, he was treated at Kirkland Lake and Matheson. . Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dpal of Mathieâ€" son have their daughter Jean, of North Bay, to visit with tnem Bob Findlay of New Liskeard visâ€" ited with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Findlay of Matheson over the week end. We regret to learn of the sudden passing of Mrs. D. Ward, Friday morning, January 27 at her home in baby bonus cheques. They have lived in Timmins for 16 years. "‘Twelve kids is a lot." said Mrs ces on on t c omcs Pmd e â€"McLeod River Lump e Hard Briquette # Stoker ' Coal e Egg Coal CALL 2923 â€"Râ€" CALL A. CHALIF OUX’**‘* Two large grsderg returnei to the garage about half an hour before the fire and were destroyed. The large truckâ€"snow plough had got stuck in a snow bank near Ramore and was delayed until after the fire. otherâ€" wise it too would have becn desâ€" troyed. , Bob Findlay of New Liskeard visâ€" ited with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Findlay of Matheson over the weekâ€"end. "‘Twelve kids is a lot," said Mrs. Roy as a parting shot, "That‘s enough for me.‘"‘ A fire of unknown origin completsâ€" ly destroyed the Government garage Sunday, January 20th, at 4.45 pm. Children at the nearby skating rink were the first to notice the black amoke coming from the rook and Roy Hubbard, an elevenâ€"yezrâ€"old Matheâ€" son boy was the first to breck the glass Und give the clarm. The town fire m;de responded to the call but ing could be saved. The men conceritrated their efforts on bridge timbers, firewood, the warecâ€" house and gasoline pumps, and surâ€" rounding buildings, There was very little breeze at that time and the fire was confined to the one buildâ€" ing. There were four explosions. The debris smouldered all night and men were on guard to prevent further damage. Everything in the luildâ€" ing was a total loss, damase cestiâ€" mated at about $40,000. FIRE DESTHROYS GARAGE SOCIAL AND PERSONAL This space contributed in the interest of the community by John Labatt Ltd. Not to mine this thing with the long scientific n'ame, poliomyelitis, this thing that means misery and pain in the language of the little ones, Not to mine to wear a brace, to hobble, to limp: Not to mine, this horrible crippler; By Mrs. C R. Weir the O.N.R. property near the ststion which resads, "This is Matheson, site of the Munro Miie.: Ontario‘s Tirst Asbestos Mice Development, Ownérs and Operators, Jbhnâ€"Manville, The Foundation Company of Ontario Ltd., Engineers and General Contractors.‘" If signs such as these were plsced along the Highways of Northern OUnâ€" tgrio our tourists would be able to make the most of their visits and at the same time give us the publicity. Englechart. Mrs. Ward is the voungâ€" est sister of J. Atwell Hough and Thos. Hough, of Matheson, Bill Hough of Swastika, Alex. Hough of Kirkâ€" land Lake, and others at Englehart. A new sign has been erected on A woman can keep a sectret. just as well as a man; but, generally, it takes more of them to do it. Dancing with her was like commg in with the tide. ' More Women Some Dancer (The Canadian Foundation for Poltomyelltis) 410 BLOOR ST. EAST, TORONTO 8 T E_ CAN A D i A N MARCH OF DIMES Give to o9 T ou Ski 7 TMURSDAY. FEBRUARY, 3400, 1490 If you ski, you might be interestéed in Ski Tales and Trails, sigewhere in this issue, by Lesna Princ#, a memâ€" ber of the Porcupine Ski Club} RETURN . ‘SINGL $6.10 $11;:00 UNION BUS TERMINAL NORTH BAY "‘3 TRIPS EACH WAYC * LEAVE NORTH: M’f 11.45 p.m. _ Standard: Time . â€" ; ; P} rvm