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10 {independent newspaper published every afternoon except and holidays, at Ushawa, Ea TRIER mid Dally Times 1a 8 Tha Gens of the Cana the Canadian As Audit Bureau of Circulations. SUBSCRIPTION RATES gr eb re Aor 10c a week, By mail: in the ties of Ontario, Durham and Northumberland, 00 a : elsewhere in Canada, $4.00 a year;' ted States, $5.00 a year. TORONTO OFFICE: 407 Bond Bu! 66 Temperance Street, Telephone Adelaide 0107, D, Tresidder, representative. "REPRESENTATIVES IN US. {uwers and Stone, Inc, New York and Chicago, Er MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1928 SH555555 Ep OSHAWA'S PUBLIC LIBRARY NEEDS One of Oshawa's public institutions that certainly cannot be charged with extravag- ance in the past is the Public Library, Year after year as the call for "Economy" has gone forth from the City Council the Public Library Board has received the message in a sympathetic if not in an enthusiastic man- ner, > But this year the Board finds itself up against a very real difficulty, No longer can the work be carried on in the quarters that provided ample accommodation at the time of the erection of the present building 20 years ago, The premises that served a popu- lation of 5,000 have been stretched to the limit but cannot possibly be made to serve a population of 25,000 with anything like ef- ficiency, ! : But the Library Board is still very modest in its request for increased accommodation, It does not propose any startling expendi- . ture for a new building or for a large addi- tion to the present one, Indeed it is a ques tion if the relief proposed by the Board will be sufficient ~en for present needs, But of course it will help quite materially, What the Board proposes is the raising of the roof of the rear part of the building and the installation of a gallery across the rear and possibly extending along the sides as well: the gallery to be used mainly for stack room, leaving the whole of the present main floor available for reading room, office and reference room, It is possible that the refer- ence room may also be placed in the gallery, The total cost of these changes is estimated at $5,000 to $6,000, Certainly no more econ- omical plan could be devised for providing a reasonable measure of relief from the pres- ent over-crowded condition and it is to be hoped the City Council will not raise any serious objection to the expenditure, The City Solicitor, who is also a member of the Library Board, will be consulted as to the legality of a debenture issue covering the expenditure, If the continued growth of the city war- rants further development two alternatives will be open to the Library Board: (a) the acquiring of additional property to the rear of the present building and continuing the two story -and basement plan now pro- posed; or, (b) disposing of the present building for some other purpose and erect- ing an entirely new library building in keep- ing with the city's neds on an entirely new site, In either case the moderate expendi- ture now proposed would seem to be fully Justified, WOMEN IN THE PULPIT "Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof," and the English Church may have enough trouble on its hands with Prayer Book re- vision, but there is a possibility that the church will have another controversy on its hands before very long. It seems that a prominent churchman wrote a book recently which makes a strong plea for the admission of women to the priesthood, : The result has been that the die-hard, dyed-in-the-wool Anglicans have nearly had apoplectic fits at the very idea, The Bishop of Durham, for instance, His Lordship wrote a scathing reply to the sug- gestion, the burden of his song being that the Almighty intended women's natural function to be motherhood, and that the church is specifically guarding her against deprivation of that function by keeping her out of the pulpit. "The world," says the Bishop sentitiously, "does not want female Bishops and priests, but wives and mothers." The logical reply to that is that the world does not want Bishops and priests, but hus- bands and fathers. Although such an eminent preacher as Dr. 8, Parkes Cadman denies that women are more religious than men, it would be hard | to convince the A A that that is so. } / 'HE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1928 Women have many qualities that fit them for the ministry, Provided they get the same training, there is no reason why they canndt preach as well--or as badly--as the average minister, Can it seriously be chal- lenged that they are unsuitable for pastoral visitation? Much of a pastor's time is taken up with visiting the sick, and in doing so he should possess "the bedside manner" of the" old-fashioned practitioner, Who is more likely to possess that quality of sympathy than a woman pastor? Then again, a pastor's duty includes much tea drinking, What manner of man can re- tain his poise in a roomful of women and carry off the occasion gracefully? Only a woman can balance a cup of tea in one hand and a bun on the edge of the saucer, and shake hands with a circle of people without spilling half the tea over the bun and mak- ing it pappy. That must indeed be one of the real prob- lems of a Bishop. ALL "WEEKS" ARE NOT SILLY If there are still men who resent the en- trance of women into the sacred precincts of male dominance, their sense of affront should be somewhat mollified by a recent report of business women, Ladies in shops and offices are not always emphasizing their ladylikeness; sometimes they show almost masculine common sense, At a convention of building owners and managers in the United States a committee of women in the real estate business turned in a report on certain phases of the man- agement of commercial buildings, Included was a recommendation that building owners and managers strive to educate elevator passengers in commercial buildings to re- frain from removing their hats while ladies are in the car, in order that a uniform rule of etiquette may prevail, Acceptance of such a rule would simplify life for the man who wants to be courteous and avoid being absurd, It is often a ques- tion, entirely aside from the risk of catch. ing cold, whether it is better in a crowded elevator to crush a hat and the ribs of a few passengers or to be crushed under the scorn. ful gaze of homeward-bound typists, This recommendation to educate elevator passengers is a commendable move, Spora- dic obedience to the rule is not enough. An intensive campaign, with a "Keep-Your-Hat- On Week," is now in order, EDITORIAL NOTES Sometimes a floating indebtedness gets heavy enough to sink, : A woman may be as old as she looks, but it is hard to tell it these days. Some people look as mad as if they lived in Europe, In these days prizefighting is mainly a banking proposition, What you think of yourself doesn't count until you prove it, Living a long time takes a great many years and a whole pile of money and philo- sopby, Putting something by for a rainy day is all right, but now is the time to lay aside something for the warm days, | Bit of Verse THE DREAMER Who dreams no dreams can never rise Above the common clay; For him the flowers are only flowers, And day is only day, This unimagined universe With its investured sheen Of glory and eternity Is but a dreamer's dream. The one who dreams sees glories which The dreamless never find; The dream and dreamer always live Above the little mind. Visions of beauty yearn to him Across night's dusky bars; None but the dreamer ever finds A pathway to the stars. ~--James Miller in The Railway Clerk, '. At a Glance You cam bet your last cemt war for the past umpteen cem- turies. : But on the other hand, it looks as if France is fairly safe from further wars if her Draft of the War Treaty is passed, since her plan is "war for defence only", If the other nations stick to the agreement, war is a thing of the past. If your bed happens to be a patent folding one, and it hap- pens to fold upon you when you ave in it, there is positive. ly mo use appealing to a court for a money suit because a judge has rule that like many other things, even folding beds will have their ups and downs. Here come more freak finven- tions. Saturday's press states that an instrument will talk upon ap- plication of the necessary winding up or other arrangements, Now if this kind of thing is allowed to go on, we're in for a great many more alimony, breach of promise and what other legal suits, The method of connection is obviously realized, Try and Look at 1t This Way Poor me, I've had many troubles, but most of them, come to think of it, never really happened, It Used To Be: "Put on your old gray bon- net With the blue ribbons on it While I hitch old dobbin' to the shay." Now It's: "Slap on the chapeau and glad rags, Kid. We're goin' steppin'. The gas eater's ut the curb. This age seems to be dematerial- izing, Believe not each accusipg tongue As most weak persons do, But still believe that story wrong Which ought not to he true. -- St, Maurice Chronicle, "Sinclair acquitted teapot dome case"--headline, We surmise that question received his acquittal for an alleged action resul!®ng from his throwing in a forceful manner a receptacle known in most house- holds as a teapot at the 'head' of another party, We do not infer anything in regard to the strain upon the counsel in the Cobourg li- bel case, but it certainly seems strange that chairs and books should represent actual his- torical places such as were found at Mons, and such as were used by the counsel for demonstrating in the present case, Famous Last Words "This is good home hrew." The End of a perfect day?--! By Renrut C.S.L. WILL INAVGURATE LAKE SERVICE TODAY Montreal, April 22. -- Canada Steamship Lines announce that package freight express service to Toronto, Hamilton and Montreal will be inaugurated April 23, with sailing of the City of Kingston from Hamilton for Montreal and intermediate points, The gteam- er leaves Toronto the following day, April 24, The first steam- er from Montreal to Toronto, Hamilton and intermediate points will be the City of Kingston, leay- ing Montreal Friday, April 27. GEOGRAPHY BY AIR The extraordinary faculty of the airplane for pushing back our horizons was never better exem- plified than in this latest epoch- making flight, the first to span the Atlantic from east to. west. The universal regret that the three intrepid airmen, Von Huenefeld, Fitzmaurice and Koehl, fell short of reaching Mi- chael Field, their original objec- tive, is greatly tempered for the rest of us by the new world which their forced landing has opened up to the imagination. Until their miraculous advent out of an Arctic fog Greenly Island had been a speck on a map, and not even that on most maps, while the conditions of human life in the region, its primitive isolation and bitter warfare with the elements were known only to its handful of inhabitants and a few explorers. Now, over night, its story has be- come the commonplace gossip of the tea-table or wherever civilized man foregathers to discuss the news of the day. , Modern com- forts are enhanced for us as vi- cariously we drop in and out of the clouds on its ice-imprisoned fisherfolk, breast its Aretic blasts and gaze shivering on the grind- floes of Belle Isle Strait. mp oy mio my fort and + Bec sate my pr --Prmlp 135 RICH RELATIONSHIPS -- Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kins- woman.-- Prov. 7:4. ! PRAYER---Gracious is the Lord | and righteous, Yea, our God jis merciful, J this means that the gentleman in| What Others Say more popular than dancing schools there are going to be a heap more successful marriages. A LE REMUS (The New Yorker) It strikes us that a pretty good way to get along in the world or at least in Ohio, is to be a happy medi- um--too crazy for execution and too sane for the asylum. YOUR NEIGHBOR'S CAR (Fergus News-Record) Don't laugh at her boys! She may be old and decrepit, her galt wobbly and her breathing uncertain but half a dozen years ago, when she was new that car was somebody's pet. HISTORICAL POINTS (Toronto Globe) Elgin Historical Society will erect road signs direeting travellers to historical spots in the county. Here is ae laduable work which could be undertaken all over Ontario, We urge tourists to come; but they want to see something besides the interior of hotel bedrooms. ---- SEEMS NECESSARY (Hamilton Herald.) It seems to be necessary for Sir Arthur Currie, who is bringing ah action against W. T. R. Preston, for having defrauded him, to submit to an inquisition into all his past life in order that it may be ascertained whether he has any reputation to lose. ' ONE MOVE CAUSES OTHERS (New York Evening World.) Lancashire cotton spinners using $350,000,000 worth of American cot- ton annually are combining into a single purchasing agency in place of / \& ABBEYS the hundreds who mow bid for cot- in the American market. The agreed upon by the various munici- palities. ASKING FOR A CIGARETTE (Liverpool Weekly Post) The other night I was walking back from seeing the Charlie Chaplin film, at the New Gallery, to my own flat in club land when, in a quiet street, a middle-aged lady, advancing towards me, said: "May I trouble you?" I was taking no notice when she continued, "I only want to ask if you could give me a cigarette." On this I paused, and she added, with a smile: "Oh, I am not one of those who bother men; and I don't want a cab fare. But I have been to the St. James's Theatre alone, and I left my cigarette case at home. I am not on my way to the Tube; but I am famished for a cigarette and, owing to D.O.R.A. T cannot get one. So as you were smoking yourself I thought I would venture to ask for one." I produced my case, which contained four; she took one, and when I pressed her to have more accepted a second one. I gave her a light and then she made me a graceful haw, thanked me, and went towards the Piccadilly Tube. I wonder whether the Commission now investigating would have considered this innocent request accosting."It is unique in my London experience, and may be re- garded as the latest manifestation of the cigarette craze, ' FOUR STEAMERS LAND 1,122 AT HALIFAX PORT Halifax, pril 22.--Four steam- ers alnded 1,222 passengers at the immigration pier from British and continental ports over the week ed. Four special trains of the Canadian National Railways con- veyed the passengers west. ALDERMAN 18 DEAD Fort William, April 22.--A, WH. Dennis, an Alderman of Fort Wil- liam, and Mayor of that city in 1920 and 1921, died yesterday, following an operation for appen- dicitis. He was 56 years old, and Durable! Fire Safe! Beautiful! BIRD'S "ART-BLENDE" TWIN SHINGLES A roof that will last, weather safe, fire resistant, proof against repair and replacement cost. A real economy for new construction or for an over-the-old-roof job, BIRD & SON DIVISION BUILDING PRODUCTS aren of 3 IRD Them Best. 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Modesty forbids, Newspaper men prefer to do their work quietly and unostent- atiously, They leave results to speak for themselves, Those results are tremendous, But there comes a time when it is no longer dutiful to sacrifice truth to modesty. If the day of "personal" journalism is gone--the day when editorial opinion was' almost as pow erful as the edict of a king--the day of absolute dependability upon News is here as never before, and more than takes its place. Of all humao - institutions, the Daily Newspaper Press is still supreme. W rruour the Daily Newspaper society could not function, could not' prope as it does to-day. There would be national paralysis. The people would for lack of , Corruption in municipal and national life would abound. Justice would be throttled. Power would be centred in the bar 's of the few. Stock Exchanges would dwindle to nothing . Business would perish of t WO confidence. Foul rumour people snsemia. Suspi would encircle the land and chill the hearts of the usurp the place of faith and jis supreme importance, every civilised i 5 re ago gave freedom to the press. Brcauseic so efictively lubricates the wheels of Business, Business has in the Daily Ni its most ally. Because of thie influence it wields with ch public Kdveing in Daily Newspapet yields a rich and certain reward. Honest and advertising is the greatest auxiliary any Business or Industry can have. A NEW DAY is dawning for CANADA 'The radiant beams of ity are already well above the horizon and illumine the land from coast to coast. By planting the seed of Advertising and legitimate > Canada's Daily Newspapers NOW, Business and Industry are sure of a steady _-- harvest, measurable only by the limits of human needs. Commm-- TN A! oh ------------ |