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tn Fe Ontario Provinciul Delfin aad | 17 Audit Bureau of Circulatlons. | SUBSCRI®TION RATES 4 Del by carrier: toe week. B mal, a he EE a ay $4.00" year; 3000 8 run TORONTO OFFICE: Bond Building, 66 Temperance Beh 0107. 11. D. Tresidder, representative REPRESENTATIVES IN USy Powers and Stone, luc, New York and Chicago. 'WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1927 EE a iii . CITY ENGINEER GRANTED LEAVE After six years spent in the city's service t without holidays, the City Council has vary "wisely granted City Engineer Smith six weeks' leave of absence. Mr, Smith's service as City Engineer of : Oshawa has been marked by high ability and ¢ self-punishing attention to his duties. In so { idoing he has created a man's finest profes sional asset which is a good name--more to + be chosen that great riches. #= Other Ontario cities have their eyes on . -him because the records show that Oshawa's "works department has the lowest overhead of any city in Ontario on a basis of popula. : tion and work accomplished. At the recent : Central Ontario Power Association Confer- .ence with Premier Ferguson at Toronto, "prominent citizens of Peterborough spoke ',. with admiring envy of Oshawa's city engin. "eer, | . . But a municipal engineer's job, even at 2 the best, is probably the most exacting post in a city's service. It is a bureau of com- | plaints, Some justified, many merely un. reasonably critical, *" Work never hurts any man if it is appre. ciated, but to be subjected year after year ' to the things all city officials and city en. {'rgineers in particular have to bear would wear out a constitution of tempered steel. Sle ily As (a ¥i 4 Al Baa bibiy Cm pris AEE CONSIDERATION, Consideration is but another name for the virtue of human charity which St, Paul ex- tols. It also, "seeketh not its own, vaunteth not itself, and is not puffed up," The inconsiderate are always "puffed up" in the scriptural , that is, either with self-importance or tonsudy indignation, They make life able for Christmas store clerks--the casual youngsters hired for the seagon. They look into an unshaved face and demand the wisdom of the ages; they consider a busy store's urgency a sort of personal affront, -* As a result, they spoil the spirit of Christ- mas for all having to do with the sale of holiday goods, Their pettiness, tempers, and other faults send even experienced sales people to bed at night with a sort of loathing for the sight of holly and the smell of bay- berry candles, A worse type is that person who makes demands for trivial store service. The de. livery of a dollar tie, for example, at some impossible hour, While the service demand- ed may be trivial in itself; it is often 8 real hardship for someone who Is working for a highly competive system that can't tell the customer bluntly that such a demand is ri- diculous and out of the question, Christmas is a triangular affair, consist- } ing of Buying, Selling and Giving, The joy > of it is supposed to rest in the latter, but it is pity that more of it is not injected into the first two, If it were so, people would not say, year afier year, "I doh't feel like Christmas this year," meaning that theis hearts haven't caught the rhythm of the 3 at Gift to men through Whom the world first learned to be truly kind. SILLY ATTACK Public respect fo. Ald, Swanson's acumes in debate will be lessened to a marked ex- tent by the exhibition he made of himself at the closing regular session of the 1927 City Council, His groundless sttack on the Town Planning Commission--apparently launched because the mayor is 8 member of it~-and his general attitude throughout the meeting was unworthy of the man whom citizens, lately, bid figs to Hose might became 2 conatzne- tive force in Oshawa life. His charsterization of The Oshaws I "ifs editorial seiler as 8 "madman" A» seli-in tas de_artment, Ed- PE, a msn v0 ured, whether write. HEE re He © 1% rosms, how i ; 5 editoriz!s are nn hts od oD Ald. Swan. i A 1 - # Ou. . Fir wis 8 part, Pu: his goinz afield to apply the same * lorm to Fire Chief Cameron makes this 3 Eg wapaper segs: thet 8 Ala wot dele ors THE OSHAWA DAILY IIMES, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1944 EE a ------ 0 to the defence of a good citizen and puliie servant, one who has heen out of office and submitted to at- tacks by men who should take shame to their manhood that they gave voice to them when the man they excoriated was not present, to defend himself, nor had one voice lifted in This newspaper, along with some of the aldermen who are above spitefulness and too big of brain to be eloquently silly, did not feel inclined to make an issue of the former five chief's case. He was wrong in his man- ner of asking for a salary increase, and it is admitted that the discipline of his foree had, to a certain extent, broken down, However, the Council also laid itse!f open to criticism in the matter and this paper dis. charged its duty to the public which it ser ves by drawing that fact {o its attention, However, there is convincing evidence that Chief Cameron was victimized. That evi- 'dence, in part, was that cry of "Madman" voiced at Monday night's Council session. Men who will resort to such abuse after a man is out of office certainly know more than they care to make public. And the public can rest assured that it isn't consid- eration for Ex-Chief Cameron that keeps the facts from public knowledge. REWARDS OF OFFICE The Ottawa Journal presents the other side of the municipal election picture by publishing an imaginary aldermanic speech in which a fictitious candidate tells the elec- torate what he really thinks of it instead of flattering. This "alderman" declares "I am at the beck and call of every man and woman in my ward, I am telephoned 'at all hours of the day and night because a basement is flooded, or there is a dead cat on the road, I am supposed to get street lights placed at dark corners, to secure new pavements and sidewalks, I am supposed to get jobs from the corporation for all 'desiring them, either as a reward for having voted for me in the past or to assure support in the future." All this makes sad reading and is, doubt- less, only too true in many cases, Yet, the probabilities are that the most harried alderman in Canada would, if he checked up on his own list of pests, have to admit that their number is inconsiderable beside the number of people who leave him alone. Moreover, service is a reward in itself, The happiest mother is the one with the most stockings to darn; the most miserable boy at a school is the one who rooms next door to the chap who is in everything of interest to "his school or his fellow students, It is probably the same with aldermen, Reporters of all papers know that their best friends in the news sense usually have an "Ex" before their names, A man may grow sick and tired of public life, but when he plunges back into the placid back waters of private citizenship he usually finds it stale as well as peaceful, EDITORIAL NOTES Canada will be within grasp of its des- tiny when its busy retail districts begin to talk about parking places for baby car- riages. The Old Bookkeeper says that business man is bound to get somewhere when he learns to charge Advertising to his Merchandising Account and not to Pro- fit and Loss. the young Every third man today has a patent key- ring in & neat leather case. Dut men still go out in the rain without umbrellas because no manufacturer has provided for easy' identification of these oasily-dost conveni- ences, All that an umbrella needs is an suto- matic pipe lighter In the handle and no man would be without one. [ Bit of Verse YULE-TIDE GIFTS Blessed Yule-tide, bring to us These fair gifts, we pray: Clearer vision, strength to do Right from day to day; Kinder hearts, more sympathy For sll upon life's way, Tenderness to bind the wounds Of the sick and sad; Wisdom to direct the feet Of the weak and bad; Tears shed for other's woes; Laughter to make glad. And not lzast of all thy gifts, Bpeech bold, unafraid, For our little brothers dumb, Willing hands to aid Every weak and harmless thing = By the Father made. ~Louella C. Pook What Others Say ---------- FATHER'S VERSION (Judge) | Christmas comes, bug once = years enough. ACCURATELY PIAGNOSED (Detroit Free Press) 4A store advertisement admits that "Christmas shopping is up- hill work." It is, on the level, it is MODERN STYLE (Life) "Jim and Virginia ave certainly dancing close together," "Yeh-~they're having a heart to heart talk. AFTER CHRISTMAS (Brandon Sum) When Christmas is over, the port office could Increase business be selling stamps in nile, beige, rust, cocoa, nude, ete. A NEW TORONTO PASTIMF (Meaford Mirror) One of the favorite pastimes 1 Toronto is going back to your of- fice after closing hours end hand: ing out all your money to bandits YES, OF COURSE (Hamilton Spectator; Uncle Sam, the well known pac! fiat, 1s going to spemd a billion dollars in strengthening his navy no doubt for the purpose of com- relling all other mations to keer the peace. A PROOF OF CONFIDENCE (Ottawa Journal) An interesting and significant thing is the rapid over-subscrip tion to the Irish Free State hor- rowing of $35,000,000. Tt is an it- lustration of . the general eonfi- dence in the stability of the Free State, SHOP WINDOW'S INDIVIDUAL. IT Y (Christian Science Monitor) Thanks to the decorative stimu- lus of modernistle art, the shop window of today has become a thing of special beauty and ap- proprizteness, Instead of bein~ merely an indifferently arranved repository for whatever produce or commodities there mi~ht be on hand, now and then rising into some gpectacular apostrophizing of a particular season or holiday, or again reaching a degree of in- terest through the special cholce- nes of the goods presented, it hos at last come Into a new being that not only enhances {ts aesthetic appeal but also enriches the ap- pearances of the articles used for display, PASSES THE TEST (Yale Record) "Oh, Jackie! Listen to that mar velous jaza!™ "Why, that's a classical number they're playing." "Well, it'sounds good emough io be jazz." THERE'S ALWAYS A WAY (Life) Jack: "I dom'y see how Santa Claus is going to get into our apartment, We haven't got a chimney. ™ Bill, (impressively): "Don't be silly. He'll come through the loud speaker, of course." SHOULD "HAVE A HEART" (Torono Star) It 1s sald that a Canadian vin- egar company has' been. forced 0 pay $21,000 excise duty on $24,000 worth of alcohol which was stolen from its warehouse. The theft has hean proved and two men conviet- ef, but the company is "put" beth the alcohol and the duty. A few months ago there was a somewhat similar case, when a tourist's mo- tor car went over a mountainside and the owner was told he must pay duty on it as an import be- cause he could not take it back .0 the United States--and this al- though it had been reduced to a heap of junk. Surely these are cases in which the authorities should "have a heart." FIGURES TELL THE STORY (Detroit News) The Panama Canal cosy $240, 000,000, exclusive of ita defensive features. . In the year ending June 30, 1926, it carrfed 26,000,000 tons of cargo freight. The Suez Canal cost $127,000, 000. In 1926 it carried 26,700,000 tons of freight, The American and Canadian Can- als at Sault Ste, Marie have cost to date about $28,000,000. This year they have carried 82,000,000 tons of freight, These figures speak for them- selves, They not only emphasize the tremendous importance of our Great Lakes commerce in compari- gon with the foreign trade of the world. In addition, they indicate the necessity of connecting this long and heavily traveled water route with the sea, so that goods destined for our own coasts and for foreign countries, and foreign and American coastal goo ls destin. ed for the Great Lakes district, may travel to the port of delivery in one bottom, without transship- ment, Rouyn! You pronounce fit ac- cording to your experience with its stocks.--Brant'ord Expositor, YIM TART i Dinner S¢/ Club-- | Pay Ei Wonderful large asco 2 to se ect from waie 4 The ial TT IH Tis Join Our Christmas [OUR SPECIAL OFFER 00 NOW! 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That the tissues in the heavy folks will take from the blood more lof these starchy foods, and build them into fatty tissue in the body than will the tissues of hose who are normal. Now, this is rather hard om the overweight folks, because they are so heavy that they are naturally inclined to rest more than others, because exertion really means more effort for them than for those who are normal, And you can readily see that dur- 'ng all there hours that they rest, not only at might, but throughout the day, that their tissues keep steadily converting these starchy foods into fat. Now, why should this happen to these folks? Three things. First, to remember that starchy foods, although good foods to main- tain tissues and animal heat, never- theless are particularly prone to make fat tissue. Second, that long periods of rest, night or day, give the tissues a wonderful opportunity to build up fat. Third, that exercise by increas- ing the action of all the tissues and increasing the rapidity of the breathing, will be a great factor in "burning up" the starchy food, and thus preventing the formation of fat. Now, if an overweight individual has cut down on his starches, is resting eight or less hours at night, is active throughout the day, with recular hours for exercise, and still maintains or increases his wolsht, then he would be justified in consulting his physician regard- ing the using of thyroid extract, Thyroid extraey should mot be used otherwise, Crisp Comment In after years the girl with the beautiful auburn hair becomes a red-headed wife.--Chicago Dally News, It is no compliment to be told that you ea; no more than a bird. A bird, you know, eats a peck ato time.--Glasgow Herald, What we wonder about 8 lMttle now and then, is whether ham and eggs were ever regularly married or whether it 1s one of those com- panionate things,~--Detroiy News. "The greater part of 8 woman's wordrobe," says & magistrate, 'is unmentionable," Most women eer. ' tainly wear nothing much to speak of.--London Sunday Pletorial, Some farmers now eram thei turkeys by a patent process in or- der to fatten them for Christmas. Pantomine producers seem to do the same sory of thing to their fairies.--The Passing Show, It is stated that the first con crete was made by Seots, The the. ory that the material was original. ly used to bind haggis ingredients together is utterly without founda- tion,--London Sunday Pietorial, Knee-length skirts have reduced street accidents 60 per cent, says an official report, It would be In- teresting to try sand figture out the length of skirts when accidents are entirely *limingted, ~--Ottaws Jour. nal The presence of girls in a college is responsible for dishonesty and other forms of misconduct a: the male students, we sre Mold. Just what Adam szid, But, accord- ing to the Jusony, Li never after- ward was quite of the charge of or We ry News. meet, out best 99 per cent of the time. Trains are bard to stop snd suto- mr MLE i Ta 3 iH i 8 Hh Ls i : vastly more waste matter than in those who were overweight. | Vice-Pres. and Gen. Mgs, C. S. Blackwell, Chairman of the Board A number of normal and over R.S. McLaughlin H. H. Williams Pres. General Motaeof Capitalist, Canada Lid., Oshava Toronto DOMINION BANK Established 1871 ¥. HENRY, Mana~ew across a railroad track. There is HARD TO CATCH no sense in not stopping and taking every precaution to aveid being struck by a train. There is only a world of laziness--and criminal recklessness. of happiness. 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