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i A i poe ues Dailies and the SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier: 100 4 weak. By mall: in the Counties of Ontario, Dur and Northumberland, 00 a 1 elsewhere in gh $4.00 a year; alted ate. $5.00 a year. TORONTO OFFICE, i 07 Bullding, 66 lemperance Street, Telephone ' A de 0107. H. D. Tresidder, representative. REPRESENTATIVES IN US. Powers aud Stone, Inc, New York and Chicago. Re -- MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1928 SHOCK TO VANITY Had Robert Burns' tailor had a triple mir- ror the Scotch bard would never have writ- ten: "0, wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursel's as ithers see us!" If you see a man self-consciously backing into a corner as though he had lost all self- respect and liad something to hide, the chan- ces are he has just had a disappointing look at all sides of himself in the triple mirror at his tailor's, Twice a year, as a rule, a man visits his tailor or clothier and twice a year a shock awaits him, In the intervening six months he may have grown considerably in his own esteem, He may have imagined himself a fashion plate, a cynosure of all eyes, an im- posing figure, But after looking himself over in that all-revealing triple mirror he is ready to agree with the worst things his enemies say about him, In his common everyday existence, before common everyday mirrors, a man is accus- tomed to see himself face to face and for- get he has two profiles and a rear. Perhaps because he has lavished attention upon his front; perhaps because it possesses the quiet charm of familiarity, his "facade" does not depress him, Then the triple mirror gets in its deadly work, It reveals to him the stoop in his shoulders, the unevenness of his heels, the growing bald spot on the back of his head, the prominence of his nose, the wrink- les about the eyes, the expansion about the waistline and the double chin, And then he expects the genius of the fit- ter to restore his former good opinion of himself. PATIENCE Lack of patience ruins more great enter- prises than lack of ideals, or Jack of know- ledge, or even lack of energy. Impatience begets hopelessness, driving men alternate ly to ill-considered activity or deadening a- pathy, We fail and blame the conditions in which we live, tne difficulties of our own temperament, when the true secret of our distressing ineffectiveness is impatience, It may be dounted whether many of us recognize what patience really it, We mis- take its character and office. demn it as being merely passive, quiescent and submissive, Even Shakespeare blundered when he at- tempied to describe it, Rarely does he show less insight than when he pitcures "Patience sitting on a monument, smiling at Grief." It would have been truer if he had pre- sented it as strong, active, courageous, re- solute in fellowship to bear the ills and checks of life with a settled purpose of faith- fulness to duty, Ruskin is more in correspondence with fact when he declares that "the Patience who really smiles at Grief usually stands, or walks, or even runs; she seldom sits," But even this is inadequate. Let us call patience "the King of Virtues," or adopt Tertullian's description and regard it as "God's foster- daughter." - Patience is more than endurance, It is hopefulness made constant by the confidence of faith. It has the ideal in its heart, and knows that what it treasures there will some day become a fact of life, if only men are faithful. Truth, fellowship, loyalty, virtue cannot be manufactured by the ingenuity or industry of men. They must grow, and for this time is necessary ; time, with all its con- trarient experiences in the dull, dark nights of winter, its stinging winds and cruel cold, as well as in the bright days of spring and the glory of the summer sun'. Without patience men settle down to no continuous effort. Committing themselves to an enterprise deserving the enthusiasm with which they enter it, when the imme- diate results are disappointing they slacken effort and abandon their resolution. They will not wait for further developments, and, stricken with the instability of the doublt- minded, they sink into despair, But the worst results of impatience are We may con- THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1928 not found in the failure of great work. They are seem im those who have become the victims scorn and fretfulness, Starting by being im- patient with ihe conditions in which they live and vork, ther end by becoming im- patient with themselves. Soon they impute the ineffectiveness of their lives to an in- eradicable weakness in their character, for which they are not responsible and against which it is useless to struggle, but on ac- count of which they are forever complaining. They not only blunt the instrument by which good work can be done, but go on to assert that the work is impossible. IMPORTANCE OF TEACHER Self-preservation is the first law of nature, Neither man nor beast needs to be taught to defend itself. Neither must man be taught to eat, sleep, talk, work, or play. But few men can educate themselves, Left to his own devices the average per- son gels a very primitive education. He must have aid from the tutored in the as- similation of "book knowledge." This is the reason the profession of teaching is one of the most important, Educate the masses and they will have less need for doctors and lawyers, and the country will have less need for almshouses, prisons, organized charities and even chur- ches, If all adults were educated and capable of thinking for and governing themselves there would no longer be that eternal need for statesmen to save the world for democracy. Given a world of educated parents and the next generation will take care of itself, And yet teaching is one of the poorest paid of all professions, Though his full value is more nearly appreciated now than in the past, the educator seldom receives an ade- quate return for his services to society, EDITORIAL NOTES Next to loafing the hardest think is work. Opportunity often finds the doorbell bro- ken, Any man who makes the best of things gets them. Human nature never changes, hut it often short-changes. To compliment a married woman tell her she doesn't look it. Better to have worked and lost than nev- er to have worked at all. The world is getting better every day, but what about the nights? It is estimated that the world will be with- out oil in 80 years and there is much con- cern over what the college students will do when it gets to be midnight. Bit of Verse "AUGUST IN OSHAWA HOSPITAL" Butterflies winging their joyous way, Q'er cabbage, carrots and corn, Truly make me glad I can say, "Welcoome, beautiful morn." In the park bright-hued flowers a ste, Grandstand, golf links too, Hills and trees, all beckoning to me While lying here with nothing to do. To the east, the bowling green, Where Jack, Bill and Bob are seen, Attaboy! Thank you! Beautiful shot, they shout, In agony I cry "O men, what's it all about." ~G. F. A WISH Mine be a coi beside the hill; A bee-hive's hum shall soothe my ear; A willowy brook that turns a mill, With many a fall' shall linger near. The swallow, oft, beneath my thatch Shall twitter from her clay-built nest; Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch, And share my meal, a welcome guest. Around my ivied porch shall spring Each fragrant flower that drinks the dew; And Lucy, at her wheel, shall sing In russet-gown and apron blue. The village-church among the trees, Where first our marriage-vows were given, With merry peals shall swell the breeze And point with taper spire to heaven. --Samuel Rogers, Poems i A A with powdered dust; What Others Say (Chicago Daily News) A politician never gives up politics for good until he is convinced that he has got all the good out oi poli- tics that he can get. TERRIBLE STRAITS (Toronto Mail and Empire) A Canadian actress has refused to accept alimony from her former hus- band. To such straits is the profes. sion reduced to attract publicity? WHEN SHE'S WHOLLY CONSCIOUS (Chicago Daily News) No girl can possibly look uncon- cerned the first time she appears in public with an engagement ring on her finger. PAYS TO ADVERTISE (Toronto Mail and Empire) Premier McLean of British Col- umbia proposes to spend $65,000 to advertise his Province, with tourists specially in view. Like others, he will find it pays to advertise. WHILE SHAVING (Chicago Herald Examiner) There is much in the theory that what a man thinks of while he is shaving in the morning determines | his day. The automatic soothes his nerves, leaves his brains free to act. Business men not infrequently plan their decisions in these moments. A minister of our acquaintance learned two languages while shaving--and how to refrain from using a third when he cut himself. One five minutes a day during which a man may make a systematic habit of thinking--that's the idea, FAMILIAR CHANGE (Port Rowan News) The other day a farmer said to us that there were only two families on his congession who were still in pos- session of the homesteads which they occupied in the days of his youth. The sons left the homes for what they considered more attractive fields, and the fathers grew old and had to sell the farms. The remedy for this is in the hands of practical science, sensible community spirit and home sentiment. Science must increase the farmer's ncome; the community spirit must make life on the farms more pleasant and sentiment must make the heart yearn for the home where intelligence grew and joy and sorrow made their first appeals. DO IT AT HOME (Brantford Expositor) A news dispatch from Quebec hints that the province may cease to be the chief source of supply of ashes- tos to the United States, if the pro- longed litigation regarding the al- leged Asbestos Trust continues. Pre- mier Taschereau declares that Que- hee supplies 85 per cent of the world's output of ashestos and that if this vexatious litigation continues, the province may manufacture the raw material into finished products. There is no reason why Canada should con- tinue to export. asbestos, and the sonner industries for the manufac- ture of finissed products are estah- lished, not only in this case, but in that of many others, the better will it be for Canada. MILK IN THE COCOANUT (New York Herald-Tribune) Out oi Florida comes the informa- tion that the cocoanut is pointing the road to rum, much to the discomfit- ure of the prohibition officials. One bores a hole in the shell through to the milk, according to the report, de- posits therein two spoonfuls of brown sugar, othe. the three weeks. At the end of this period, when the | cork is pulled, there flows forth a whiskey-colored fluid of a high po- | tential cocoanut rum, so called. We don't care to guarantec re- sults, but we are reminded by this simple tale, as by so many others of similar purport published from time to time, that "pature her custom holds, let shame say what it will." In other words, the laws of fer- mentation are superior even to an amendment to the Constitution, and will continue to manufacture liquor despite the plain mandate of the or- ganic instrument of our liberties or the thunderings of 3 of Mr. Borah. WHEN BLIZZARDS ARE BLIZZARDS (Letter in New York Herald-Tribune) The letter on blizzards from the pen of Mrs. Alfred R. Cain prompts me to wonder if those silent snow- '| falls which come so gently, as I used to see them in New Hampshire in my boyhood days, would be called a blizzard by one who has really been through and felt the sting oi one. To one who for forty-six years has been on the ragged edge of civ- ilization in the stock business it is amusing to read the accounts of blizzards in the eastern section of the country. What would the herder say to them -- the herder with 2, 500 sheep in his care standing by them in the willows along the creck bottom alone through the long hours of the night--the wind picking up slabs of crust, striking him back; his cyes, ears and nose filled walking con- stantly among and around the sheep to prevent them from "piling up"? The herder would doubtless say, "I wish I had one of those fellows with me tonight." A blizzard comes with swiftness and fury, and is usually preceded by a warm, balmy chinook wind veer- ing to the northwest, quickly sealing up everything liquid, grinding the snow into powder and roaring like distant thunder. Even the log house shakes and the pitch wood in the big stone fireplace burns the brighter WHOLESOME TRUST--Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own under- standing.--Prov. 3 : 6. PRAYER--O Lord, Thou are our God and we trust Thee forever and aven. process { and with more fury, in keeping with the howling blast outside. And with what satisfaction the owner smokes his pipe before that fire, knowing that after having fought the storm, and sheep are safely "shedded," the herder is sitting by his own bunk- house stove! On the cther hand, 1 have seen herds driit with the storm and per- ish and the {faithful herder with them. 1 have known the wind or blizzard to be of such violence as to generate static electricity, following the stove- pipe to the stove and grounding it- seli on the kitchen floor. B. M. BEAN. Valentine, Mont, Feb. 27, 1928. SERIOUS PROBLEM (Capper's Weekly) An engineer surveying the right of way for a proposed railroad in 1870 was talkin to a farmer. "Yes," he said, "the line will run right through your barnyard." "Well," answered the farmer, * 'ye can do it if ye want, but I'll be jig- gered if I'll git up in the night just to open the gate every time a train comes through." RUST OUT OR WEAR OUT (From the Hamilton Spectator) In the news columns today there is a story of a 73-year-old bridegroom, of Kitchener, Ontario, who, at the celebration of his golden wedding anniversary yesterd: ay entertained his guests by stepping out a lively jig, and standing on his head. Of the latter feat, it is said it is his favorite diversion. We hope Dr, Brady reads that despatch. If he does he will in character'tic fashion seize upon it as proof that the reason thi- particular bridegroom is so artic. ' thing air- | tight and leaves it undisturbed for! in the | 13 yeurs.of age is Yiut hall n to standing on his head and 2 fiw up his "innards." It may not be in keeping with strict decorum for septuagenarians to do head spins for visitors, but it is pre- ferable, we think, to seeing them sit ting off in a corner, waiting for the undertaker, for no other reason than that they have attained "the Biblical allotment of three score years and ten. We don't know whether headsping and somersaults have ed a not able part in keepin the Kitchener bridegroom active at 73 years of age, but we have a ht, that the irre- pressible spirit of youth which prompts him to do these stunts has een his greatest bulwark, It is a recognized fact that it is possible to worry one's self into the grave. Conversely, then, it should be pos- sible to keep one's self out of the grave by being optimistic. One can stay young by refusing to grow old. This business of ageing is as much a mental condition as it is a physi- cal one. The man who loses interest in the world around him quickly grows old. On the other hand, the man who keeps in contact with the world and its diversions seldom loses the mental effervescence of youth. Ev- crybody, at some time or another, has seen septuagenarians and even octogenarians on bowling green or curling rink or golf links, who were taking as keen enjoyment out of j those diversions as were the young | sters around them. Because they refused to admit they were old, they found it possible to stay young. Some ome has said one can fust ou. more quickly than one can wear out. And there's so much more fun in the latter process. ER LLY / The trouble with peace propagan- RED CLOVER, ALFALFA, ALSIKE SWEET CLO All Government Tested and graded No. | Garden Seeds and Lawn Seed of highest quality. Feeds are going up in price. Get your requirement in Bran, Shorts, Cotton Seed, Qilcake, Homing Gluten, now. Potatoes: Choice Table Potatoes and Certified Cobbler Seed Potatoes, Coop er-Smith Co. PHONE 8 16 CELINA STREET Just South of Post Office da is that when it's permitted it isn't necessary, and when it's neces- sary it isn't permitted. PEACE PROPAGANDA. (Publishers Syndicate) MAHI YE. as UA fl 1 jl ~ rewtves ---- ~VE----N y ml Ii sn Greatest Man intheWorld PLD; hone. dea so. 300, Jou. are ths greatest man in the world . . vont Eiratned, Ther trust you to protect them from hardship add orivati And to the best of your ability you would do so, Yet there may come a day when you will no longer be here to shield them , to provide for their needs, Will thee faith in you then be justified ? You realize that their confidence you to greater vigilance in challenges their behalf. Have you made the provision for them that you know to be fife Ins OR ONIN