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PAGE FOUR The Oshawa Waily Times THE OSHAWA DAILY REFORMER Delivered by carrier: 10c a week. By mail: in the Counties of Ontario, Durham and Northumberiand, $3.00 a year; elsewhere in Canada, $4.00 a year; United States, $5.00 a year, TORONTO OFFICE: 407 Bond Building, 66 Temperance Street, Telephone Adelaide 0107, H, D. Tresidder, representative, REPRESENTATIVES IN US. Powers and Stone, Inc, New York and Chicago. TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1928 CURVING CORNERS Among sane recommendations that ex- perts have made is for a larger radius at street intersections, : There is not a motorist or traffic police- man who does not realize the inconvenience and danger of the right angle curb of the average street intersection, It is more than either a danger or an inconvenience, It is actually an obstacle to traffic, for it slows down unnecessarily the vehicle in making the turn, In the days when traffic was slower and the principal vehicle was horse-drawn, the sharp turn at a street intersection was per- missible, Today with traffic properly mov- ing faster if only to accommodate its volume, the right-angled turn is an impediment, In one or two places in Oshawa this fact has been recognized and the radius enlarged, The practice should continue, The experts are convinced after study that in cities this is one of many things required to facilitate the efficient handling of traffic, A WEAKNESS OF HUMAN NATURE It is because the world delights in finding fault that the motto, "Boost, don't knock," or variations of it, preaches from so many walls, It seems to most people so much easier to find fault than to praise and ap- prove, One of man's weaknesses is the sense of pleasure he derives from discovering a weak* ness in the other fellow, Such discoveries give the discoverer a delightful feeling of superiority, for nearly all criticism of the other fellow's faults boils down to this; "He grades lower than I, Three cheers for me, the super-man!" There are good people and bad people, but human nature varies little between the good and bad and in-between, In some degree the weaknesses of one are present in all, The average or normal individual strives to be decent and to be considered so by pociety, He would like to be perfect but his own imperfections can not conceal them- selves from him. Finding perfection unat- tainable in himself, it is natural for him to find satisfaction in knowing that it is no less elusive to the other fellow, When one does something he is ashamed of or has a trait which he knows amounts to a fault, it doesn't mean that he is bad or insincere in his desire to be decent, It in- dicates merely that he is ar ordinary human, possessed of the ordinary man's inperfec- tions and frailties. There is always the danger, then, that the discoverer of another's faults makes the mistake of magnifying them to the unwar- ranted exaltation of his opinion of himself. MORE RHYME THAN REASON Science has been digging around to ascer- fain how much truth, if any, there is in the old adage "Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise," and has come to the conclusion that there is in it more rhyme than reason. Actual experiments convinced scientists that the first few hours of the day are mot productive in mental work and that muscular efforts are apt to be more clumsy in the early morning than later in the day. They found men and women who can work and think faster and better late at night than early in Like most adages, this old saying reflects "the conditions and opinions of the time of its creation. Its author lived in the day when man lighted his nocturnal way with candles and, because of their scarcity and high cost, found it necessary to teach amd practice economy in their use. 'Then, more than now, frugality was synonymous with wisdom. No doubt the old adage was also designed to promote the other virtues. Early to bed precluded all patronage of what passed for the night clubs of that day and meant no buggy riding with the reins wrapped around the whip. Virtue is admirable and desirable, but practicing it for its own reward was probably no more widespread then than to- day. Therefore, the hope of health, wealth and wisdom had to be used as a decoy to win society to the virtuous habit of retiring and rising early. Poultry and peasants still follow the ancient rule, but philosophers never have and, due to the radio, the theatre and movies, books and other reasons for keeping late hours, few urbanites now do. WRONG CONCLUSIONS "Servants of tyranny" was one of the epithets hurled by agitators at the first Eng- lish police when they were brought into existence almost a century ago by Robert Peel's police act. The suppression of all liberty was one of the least of the evil in- tentions with which the framers of the police act were charged and opposition was formid- able among that part of the citizenry which is ever suspicious of new evidences of auth- ority or force, When a rumour that the police were to be armed gained circulation, all London was plastered with such placards as "Liberty or Death! Englishmen! Britons! Honset Men! 6,000 cutlasses have been removed from the Tower for the use of Peel's Bloody Gang, These damned police are now to be armed! Englishmen, will you put up with this?" They did, and finding all the insinuations against the new force quite without founda- tion, quickly dubbed the policement Robert, after their political creator, and the "Bob- bies" of London have been held in respect and even affection ever since, Apparently, the Londoners, or at least a portion of them, lacked confidence in the Peel government, Had Peel enjoyed the full con- fidence of the public his policemen would have been welcomed as protectors of the public and not feared as "servants of tyranny." And the fact that the "Bobbies" turned out to be protectors instead of op- pressors showed the Peel government to be deserving of more public confidence than was granted it, Even the benevolent acts of the untrust~ worthy government are looked upon with suspicion, EDITORIAL NOTES If every day was Sunday we would all be killed and injured soon, When people speak of a "fond" parent, they always mean a fool parent, The end of a flapper's day, briefly de- scribed: "She took her smile off and went to hed." When a man is undone he is done, usually, The English language is a wonderful inven- tion, The U.S, is no infant republic, but weaning it from the bottle is neverthless a tedious and costly process, Nations are a modest lot, and when one saves itself it remarks casually that it has saved ciyilization, The only happy people are those who never stop to think whether they are happy or not, Another shortcoming of a correspondence school is that it has no way to soak distin- guished graduates, Bit of Verse THE STORM When roses droop their fragrant heads, Of red and pink and white, And murmuring breezes whisper to The butterflies in flight, Then every living thing awaits, To stare with bated breath, At distant storm clouds drawing near, Bringing sometimes death. The wind increases in its strength, The darkness falls around, Then blackened mass of roaring storm, Springs forth like maddened hound. The blinking lightning sears the sky, And strikes with sudden blow A distant steeple crinkles up, And smites the earth below. The thunder bursts and echoes round, Above the raging cloud, The pouring rain with fury hides Destruction with a shroud. Then suddenly the storm abates, And everything is calm, The scented flowers, the dripping trees, Have drunk of Heaven's balm. --John William Kennedy. | -- WSHAWA DALY TIMES, What Others Say THE ERUDITE TUNNEY (New York World) "During two weeks at Miami I saw a good deal of Mr. Tunney," William Lyon Phelps in Scribner's, "playing golf with him and having long and intimate talks. He 1s even better than Te- ports. He has charming manners, is well read, loves good books, the best poetry and the best music." Once more, at the risk of sound- ing mechanical from such repeat- ed insistence, we must request more specificity, Will the pro- fessor be kind emough to tell us what books, what poetry and what music. We are perfectly willing to concede Mr. Tunney all the eru- dition that he claims. But we think it only reasonable that he should stake out his claim at least roughly, instead of taking squat- ter's rights all over the seven arts as he seems to have done so far. BREAD LINE AGAIN IN NEW YORK (From the Outlook, New York) Despatches from Washington indi- cate that the Administration is in no way alarmed by the reports of grow- ing unemployment. Several Republi- can Senators arose to refute a speech made by Robert F. Wagner, junior member from New York and a Demo- crat, setting forth that the situation is really serious. The Department of Labor is, however, to make an in- vestigation. Mcanwhile New York City is be- ginning to find that the jobless are flocking to it. Being the largest city, it is conceived to have the most jobs. A story published in the New York World last week indicates that there are really more men out of work. The Romeike Press Clipping Bureau had inserted in the World an adver- tisement calling for a boy to make himself generally useful, On the last occasion, some six months ago, such an advertisement had brought only a dozen applicants. This time, to the amazement of the clipping company, 500 hoys and men clamored for the job. They blocked the corridors and surged around until the police had to be called to restore order. The moh had started to as- semble before eight o'clock in the morning. The case may have heen exception- al. Some economics say there is al- ways an abundance of office workers. They are the first to suffer when the curve of employment drops. But New York is witnessing bread lines again, for the first time in years, THE NEW GERMANY (By Basil Miles) Not the least significant of the characteristics of the new Germany, as contrasted with the old, is its growing interest in outdoor sports. The youth of imperial Germany were conspicuous for their enthusi- asm for military training, of republican Germany, particularly those in school, are worrying their parents because they seem as much or more interested in sports and games as they are in their lessons. This turn of interest is not confined to the extremely young, A great many Germans are philosophizing on whether it is a healthy sign in the national life that 50,000 people should go to a foothall match, as it is now quite common for them to do, The alleged extravagance of German mu- nicipalities have been partly directed |! toward developing public playgrounds and swimming pools and baths, Self- respecting -German communities are getting the idea that one of the obli- gations of modern municipal authori- ties is to provide healthy opportuni- ties for recreation for their citizens. There is a tendency to devote large tracts, 100 acres or more, sometimes on a scale which would do credit to imperial Rome, to a series of athletic fields, racecourses for runners and motor bicycles, a succession of pools and swimming baths -- occasionally nearly a hundred yards long--tennis courts, a sylvan open-air theater and a large gymnasium, plus a restaurant where all kinds of refreshments arc ---- 0 -- THE TREE OF LIFE--Wisdom is a tree of life to them that lay bold upon her; and happy is every one that retaineth her.--Prov. 3 : 18. PRAYER--Lord, we would know wisdom and instruction and walk uprightly. Gage's COLONIAL KID Oshawa Embossed Stationery Special 5 Oc 9 box Rx KARN'S Drug Store Next P.O. Phone 378 We Deliver The youth |§ ---- (Chapter 21 continued) "I'm sorry, son," was all that the old workman sald, but Captain {Charlie knew that his father um- 'derstood. After that they did not speak un- til they heard an automobile stop dn front of the house. "That must be Mary now," said Peter, looking at his watch, "They have never been so late before." They heard her step on the porch. The sound of the automo- bile died away in the distance, When Mary came in and they saw her face, they kmew that Charlie was right, She tried to re- turn their greetings in her usual manner but failed pitifully and hurried on to her room. , The two men looked at each other without a word. Presently Mary returned and told them a part of her evening's epxerience, Soon after her father and brother had left the house for the meeting of their union a boy from the Flats came with the word that the wife of one of Jake Vodell's followers was very ill. Mary, knowing the desperate need of the case but fearing to be alone in that neighborhood at might, had telephoned John at the Mill and he had taken her in his car to the place. The woman, in the agonies of childbirth, was alone with her three little girls. The husband and father was somewhere helping Jake Vodell in the agitator's noble ef- fort to bring happiness to the laboring class, While Mary was doing what she could in the wretch ed home, John went for a doctor, and to bring fuel and blankets and food and other things that were needed. But, in epite of their ef- forts, the fighting methods of Mec- Iver and Vodell scored another vith equal reason as in his favar ~to Gua Knows what end, : "I can't understand why you Mill men let them go ou," Mary cried, with a sudden outburst of feeling,' as she finished her story, "You could fight for the women and children during the war, Whenever there 18 a shipwreck the papers are always full of the heroism of the |men who ery 'women and children ldrst!" Why can't some une think 'of the wonien and children in these strikes? They are just as Innocent 'as the women aud children of Bel- iglum, Why don't you talk on the Istreets and hold mass neetings and drive Jake Vodell aud that beast McIver out of the country?" ; "Jake Vodell and Melver are both hoping that some one wiil do just that, Mary, returned Captain Charlie, "They would like nothing (better than for some one to start ia riot, You see, dear, an open clas] wculd result in bloodshed--th troops would be called in by Mc Iver, which {is exactly what h: wante, Vodell would provoke an attack on the soidiers, some one would be killed and we would have exactly the sort of war against the government that he and his Yrotherhood are working for." The old workman spoke. Charlie | 8 right, daughter; these troubles pwill never be settled by Mclver's yay nor Vodell's way, They will {e settled by the employers like [lohn getting together and driving "he Mclvers out of business--and "he employees like Charlie here and ' lot of the men in our union get- z together with John apd his wd and sending the Jake Vodells ael to whatever country they ame from." When her father spoke John's name, the young woman's face col- ored with a quick blush, The next' moment, unable to control her overwrought emotions, she burst nto tears and started to leave the room. But at the door Captain Charlie caught ber in his arms and held ber close until the first violence of her grief was over. When she had a little of her usual calmness, her brother whis- pered, "I know all about it, dear." She raised her head from his shoulder and looked at him with tearful doubt, *You know about-- about John?" she said, wondering- ly. ' "Yes," he whispered, with an en- couraging smile, "I know---father and I were talking about it before you came home. I am going to leave you with him now. You must tell father, you know. Goodpight, dear--good-night, father." Slowly Mary turped back into the room, The old workman, sit- ting there in his big chair, held out his arms. With a little ery she ran to him as she ad Zone tof him all the years of her lief. | When she bad told him all--how, John that very evening on thei way home from the Flats bad ask- ed her to be his wife--and how she, in spite of her love for biw, bad forced herself to answer, "No," Fete Martin sat with his head bow- ed as one deep in thought. Mary, knowing her father's slow way, waited. ; When the old workman spoke at last it was almost as though, um- conscious of his daughter's pre- gence, he talked to himself. "Your molther and 1 used to think in the old days when you children were growing up together that sometime (perhaps the two families would be wnited. But when we Ww !Adam getting richer and saw what ihis money was doing to him and to ibis home, we got to be rather glad {that you children were separated. (We were so happy ourselves in our own little home here that me en- vied no man. We . did not want wealth even for you and Charlie when we saw all that went with it. We did not dream that Adam's suc- 88 could ever stand in the way of pur children's happiness like this. But I guess that is the way At is, daughter. I remember the Interpre- miserable because no man could be miserable alone." The old workman's wolce grew still more peflective. "it was the new process that made Adam rich. He was no better man at the pr Hil Ol Fe Y, MARCH 27, 1928 besich than IL 1 mever comsidered him as my superior. He happened to be bora with a different kind of a brain, that is all. And he thought more of money, while | cared more for other things, But there is a good reason why his money should not be permitied to stand be'ween his children and my children. There is a lot of truth, after all, in Jake Vodell's talk about the rights of men who work with their hands. The law upholds Adam Ward in his ons, I know. And it would uphold him just the same if my children were starving, But the law don't make it right, There should be some way to make a man do what is right--law or no law. You and John---" "Father!" cried Mary, alarmed at his worde. "Surely you are not going to hold with Jake Vodell about such things. What do you mean about making a man do what is right--Ilaw or no law?" "There, there, daughter," sald the old workman, smiling. "I was just thinking out loud, I guess, It will be all right for you and John. Run along to bed now, and don't let a worry come, even Into your dreams." "I would rather give John up a thousand times than have you like Jake Vodell," she sald. 'You shan't even think that way." When she was gone, Peter Mar- tin filled and lighted his pipe again, and for another hour sat alone, Whether or not his thoughts bore any relation to the doctrines of Jake Vodell, they led the old workman, on the following day, to pay a visit to Adam Ward at hls home on the hill, (To be continued.) 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