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re ------------ | | Tl A -------- A TEE HE EERE Divan 07, Sen i 4 vet. By mall: ta the $4.00 a year; a a 0 ee or roa REPRESENTATIVES IN US. Powers and Stone, lac, New York and Chicago. FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1928 THE GOLDEN AGE OF BOOKS Everywhere more books are being sold and read, according to reports of publishers, booksellers and libraries, In France success« ful books today have five times the circula~ tion attained before the war, England, too, - gives better support to popular books than it did a decade ago, The spring lists of pub- lishers, the announcements of the societies selecting books monthly for thousands of readers, reports of libraries, book advertise. ments and the growing number of book shops are an index to the great amount of read- ing done. ' While it is pleasant to think of the great increase in readers all over the world, it is sad to think of writers whose works are not being bought, and perhaps not even pub- lished. More book-buyers would provide re- lief, no doubt, The authors who have little to say, but that little worth saying, are forced to pad out their kernal with sufficient words to make a book, or no publisher will take it. If some one could be induced to take up this Job as a specialty, the booklets might be sold in great numbers at a low price, and every one be pleased, If no one else would read them, the pamphleteers could read each other's works, There are more book readers and readers bre reading more books than ever before. Moreover, the percentage of good books has increased appreciably, Here are three sources of deep satisfaction for publishers, authors, booksellers, educators and those who trace many of man's shortcomings to lack of proper reading. GAS STATIONS "It looks as though Oshawa 1s in grave danger of being deluged with oil stations and their coming has stirred up trouple. Whereupon it has become necessary tor the Council to pour oil on the troubled waters, #0 to speak, In other words we are going into the oil (and gasoline) business, Last year at this time there were two *drive-in" service stations of this kind on the Provincial highway within the city lim- its, By the end of this year, according to present possession and immediate future prospect, there will be seven, There are now three in operation, two others are in course of erection and two others are seeking locations that will be suitable to their needs and acceptable to the City Council. And there's the rub, A gasoline station may be very populsr when the gas tank is dry and we are ten miles from home. But the same gasoline station is not nearly so popular when it raises its head next door to our front veran- dah. It's architectural beauty, flower garden and neatly gravelled driveway are all ad- mirable by the tourist who pulls up for gas and information, but these same festures lose much of their attractiveness when un- der the eyes or noses of the people who live in the neighborhood. To say nothing of the noises of the day (and night) that are necessarily attendant to the operation of even a thoroughly up-to-date gas station. But to come to particular cases: An ap- plication is before the Council for 8 permit for a gas station for the corner of Ritson Road and King St. This application has been temporarily disposed of but must be dealt with in 2 definite manner at the next meet- ing of the Council. The question is whether the corner referred to should be reserved for residential purposes or possibly for business purposes less objectionable than 2 gasoline service station. It is 2 vexed question. On the one hand we have to recognize that gas stations will naturally desire to lo- | | --Martin Panzer, in N. Y. Evening World. cate on the main highway, also that the in- L Road is a natural business location, There are only two north and south thoroughfares ia mo doubt this 'fact that influenced the City Council of last year to restrict the sec. tion east of Ritson Road, Just why the sec- tion west of Ritson Road was not dealt with at that time does not appear clear, However, that was not done. And the present Coun- cil must deal with it, The situation is a difficult one and re- quires the most careful consideration and doubtless the City Council will use its best . combined wisdom in giving its answer to the oil company and the property owners in. terested. In the meantime representations should be made to the Council, preferably in writing, by any or all of the parties con- cerned, 50 MILLION TOOTH BRUSHES Someone with a mania for figures has estimated that Canada and the United states consumes over 50,000,000 tooth. brushes a year. Also that if every man, woman and child on this continent used a tooth brush and used it regularly the pro- Dental hygiene is one of the most import- ant branches of health education and cannot be too frequently and eloquently stressed for the benefit of both children and adults, It has only been in recent years that the public has realized the vital importance of sound teeth and the grave danger in defec- tive and diseased teeth, In a way, the tooth is considered one of the vital organs, At least, with many persons it requires and re- ceives more attention than those other or. gans the physiologists class as vital, To the teeth, because of defects or disease, medical science, has traced heart disease, rheumatism, neuritis, kidney disorders, gas- tric and other organic and blood conditions which frequently prove fatal, Everyone should have a dental examina- tion at least every six months and parents should consult the dentist as freqeuntly as the family physician. Dentists would be do- ing their patients a service if they would notify them when their teeth are due for an inspection, ! EDITORIAL NOTEf Two-pants suits just increases the diffi- culty of remembering where that key is. The man who knows a good thing when he sees it should seize it if he wants to be sure of getting it. One shudders to think how many things there will be to spend money for 50 years from now. Out in "the sticks" are people with dirty finger nails, but they don't call themselves Bohemians, Two can live as cheaply as one if you don't count the shoe leather worn out by collectors. Civilized state: One in which many inert, indifferent people profit by the intelligence of a few. Bit of Verse NEXT A book to me js.like a girl; I cannot do without it Until I know each little thing There is to know about it. The covers first attract my eye; They're almost always pretty. I wish my questions'd stop right there-- They don't and more's the pity, I'm driven to solve the mystery Of all the unread pages; And as my interest is inflamed * My ardor for it rages. Until at last there's nothing left To satisfy my greed For knowing--then I try to find Another book to read. | At a Glance And th Why soon rival that of yobberies cont! three different amounts Probably some say Canada ia slow. 's reputation will i these big Siterent Bi hi ne Ye § Zn Mink if they od amount it will dis from duction of brushes would have to be doubled, ald a that Oshawa has a Chamber of Commerce with a real crest, good leaders, and po did backing, watch Ja dust", We -y hy of one man who has given up the idea of farming against such awful odds, and taken on the business of pull- ing people out of the mud. He ia quite succeasful, too, but advice is hereby given that anyone travelling his road, and getting stuck, haa better carry a two dollar bill, You can stay stuck if you haven't, The advice is probably for all muddy roads, . . . . It's all "off with George Young for the next marathon now. Johnny Walker, his train. er, fell downstairs and hurt himself. It is mot probable that he will he able ig exert | himself sufficiently to remew training operations for George, Well, oy was a Yio day--des~ pite the fact that it was too cold, that the sun was half-a-minute late fn rising, that the wind towards evening made it uncomfortable to go outside, that it looked lke snow would come, and that clouds obstructed the view of the sunset, Yos, considering--it was a fine day. . . We mortals are not the only ones living who have been deceived by the weather, Here comes a great number of hirds back again to mate and build nests, and no sooner get settled than it begins to snow again, ve | If we had known what this Spring was going to be like, we would have put little mit. tens and mufflers on our tulips Inst Fall, LJ LJ LJ ' When a criminal is convicted and sentenced, it's all over but the appeal, and delay and final! acquittal, --Dally Star, LJ * LJ For You, Brethren To those who help the world along, To those who work for just a song, To those who keep away from coming roast pork, (From the Galt Reporter) Don't knock the town yom live in. It may be the only town that has ever heard of you. PDISCOURTESY AT AT A DISCOUNT (Toronto Mail and Empire) Hon, W. D. Euler, Minister of National Revenue, has called at- tention to the fact that discourte- ous customs officials will no longer be kept in positions which bring them in contact with the gemeral public. The tact and courtesy of the great bulk of these officers are ing numbers visit Canada, and the warning may be considered as ad- dressed to the odd official here and there who is not qualified by tem- perament to discharge his exacting duties. BRITAIN'S SURPLUS (From the London Spectator) In spite of the present paralysis of the "industrial North" of Eng- land new industries have sprung up in the South and Mr. Winston Churchill has a total revenue of nearly £843,000,000 to deal with. It may be that the new industries, which largely account for the con- siderable spending of money which one can see everywhere and in all classes are not findlmg permanent foreign markets. Obviously they will not survive on a mere home consumption. We must hope that they will retain what markets they have discovered abroad, and that even if they do not rise above their present level they will remain pros- perous enough to help us along un. til the heavy industries have re- covered. PAM NEEDED, BEFORE CANAL (Le Devoir) (The Government should erect a dam to protect Canada against the flood of lewd American litera- ture.) . The flood has heen pouring in for months, if not for years. It is growing, and spreading from town to town, from province to province; it is one of the great Americanizing influences in Can- ada. The evil is not so mueh that the. publications are American; fit is that a part of this press of these periodicals--those with the widest cireulation here---are spreading among our people what is most objectionable and most de- plorable amoung our neighbors, where sociologists, moralists and critics regret the existence of these publications, their influence, whe- ther frivolous, doubtful or demor- allzing, What aggravates the evil is that they do not seem to per- celve at the Canadian Customs that it is necessary to erect a dam at the frontier against this trouble- some flood, ROAST PIG IN OPERA (Stratford Beacon-Herald) Lady Holmes, a British compos- er, has just completed an opera inspired hy roast pig. 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As it takes practically 100 h.p. to produce one ton of newsprint per day, this great advantage of elim- be welcomed, but when not so it Stifling the squeals of a pig would or might assist the harmony. ing out long sentences with every word beginning with the same let- ter? ter 8 to start each word, but you can make up your own, and who- ever composes the best paragraph will be the winner of the game. ter Susan sat sewing swiftly, Squire Samson's Seward's son Sam stroll- ed smoking, sad Susan slouched slowly, ers, started screaming. gapk slowly, sighing "So sea sick." seeking Sam so sea sick, she said, ing salts." of the flames, the sizzling of the roasting meat, even the drip of the gravy, all are depicted by string instruments." The fact that the work is based on Charles Lamb's immortal dis- sertation on roast pig might in- dicate that it is a light, not to say a comic opera but it is pos- " |sible that the. preliminary killing of the porker furnishes the ele- ment of tragedy that lets it into the ranks of grand opera. Grand is commonly distinguish- ed from other opera by the fact that someone is stabbed or shot or strangled, and if dramatically, arranged and preferably off-stage, the slaughter of a pig ought to make a suitable substitute - for sacrificing the tenor, soprano, bari- tone or contralto. Killing a tenor may sometimes the flow interrupts of melody. SIBILANT SILLINESS (From the Glasgow Herald) Have you tried this game--writ- It is good fun sometimes. Here is an example with the let- Sweet Sarah Sawyer's sickly sis- sorrowfully seeking sitting sewing. Sam stealing sunflow- scaring sweet Susan. Susan "Sam stop stealing sunflowers; seek some stale sandwiches!" Sam seized several, swallowed seven, Sweet Saran sauftered slowly; "Sister Susan sprinkle some smell- WALLPAPER IN CHINA inating expensive est power ever generated. don Sun. long distance transmission lines has enabled the industry to use some of the cheap- The Chicago war monuments as- sociation will have some difficulty marking all the battlefields--Bran- dealt hountifully with . jeffect when pasted on a wall. AYER -- Returns wn'c Thy (From the San Francisco Bulletin) The Chinese, who save every- thing and waste nothing, have found a mew use for American newspapers. in the garbage can, pass them on to the junk man or stuff them jn- to the kitchen incinerator, the @s- thetic Celestial pastes them over windows or uses them as wallpaper. * Glass is too expensive in the in- terior of China, and paper, especi- ally if slightly greased, serves to keep out the cold and let in the fight. 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