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"<The Mirror's Reflection is Always an Attraction" g Mies _ €Xercises are. "STRATFORD, ONT., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1924 Health And Good OMe: * Heyes Front ! _ Head Upward! - _ Head Backward! _ Arms Backward--Stretch ! Arms Downward--Stretch ! For a time one morning a week the boys in the public schools, and in the afternoon the high school boys obey these commands as well as a lot of others ofa similar nature. Sergt.- -Major Macdonald is the effi- Cient instructor. No one can watch. these pupils go through their drills without realizing how valnable these They mean a better, Stronger and healthier youth, -- The object of the founder is to "improve the physical and intellect- --Ual capabilities of the children by -- > inculcating habits of alertness, or- derliness and obedience. > Physical culture t-nds to develop 'the co ordination of the mind and body, as the right) physical poise * has much to do with the right men- > tal poise. Parents can scarcely do ~ a@greater good for theiy children as than to keep them interested in these 'Splendid drills. The pupils and schools are to be congratulated on having such an experienced in- structor. It may not be known to everyone just how this work in our schools first Originated, but it was prowg ie about in this way: In the winter of 1908, while ona visit to England, Sir Frederick Borden had occasion to mention to Lord Strathcona the steps which -had recently been taken'in Canada with a view to the introduction, in- to the public schools of the Domin- ion, of a uniform system of physi- cal and militar y training. His Lord- ship's interest was at once aroused. 'As the result of further conversa- tion and subsequent correspondence he donated, in the month of March, with a view to supplementing the efforts of the Dominion and Provin- cial Governments in this direction, Jas. Pequegnat & Son fi OPTICAL DEPARTMENT In charge of C.R. Nimmo, D>Opt. | Registered Optometrist Phone 584~ ast elors and old maids today? Reads As A Denunciation. Of The Modern Flapper _ People Always Said The Same About Youth--Like The Squirrel In The Cage Their Ideas Keep Going Around. "Why ate there so. "many bach- Per- haps one of the reasons lies in the. education of our modern girls and the fault must lie with their moth- | érs. Consider the life of the aver- 'age middle-class girl from the age of 18to 25. Thisisa careless, sel- fish, irresponsible epoch in which the daughter studies her own con- her mother foolishly aids and abets her in all this. She may lie late in bed while she reads a "'new" order of fiction. Then, per- haps, some young man' of-modest means comes along and offers his 'of the pleasures of her life, does not appeal strongly to the maiden, teaches her to love herself more than anyone else, the "young map probably is not received any too en- thusiastically. Another class, fed by the "new" plays and "'new"' novels, sees a skeleton in every man's past, she rushes in. where angels fear to tread and the pure, woman love, coming froma fresh, innocent heart, is denied her lover. If girls see their mistakes in time "as venience and pleasure solely, and | letter of the hand and heart to the; daughter. - The prospect, with its loss of many and as the way she is living only | have availed themselves siuce a 2 happy. aed asevel life may. still await them. What is needed to sabe the girl of today. fresh and desirable, | €ver, must come fromthe teachings of earliest childhood." Reads like a denunciation of the modern " flapper,' does it not? Now, stern mothers and fathers who are so wont to criticise the }modern girl, what have you to say? The above extract was taken from a magazine over three decades. old, just the time when many of the citizens of the city; who see the younger generation going to the '"'demnition bow-wows," were from 18 to 25 themselves, It proves one thing most graphically... The girls of Victorian days were criticised as ate their daughters now. Criticism of the younger generation. is un- doubtedly a sport of which elders the beginning of time and which. will never be discontinued. It Shows that the healthy girl of today is per- haps fully as good a young lady as her parents were. It's riot easy, of course, for them to remember how good or how bad they -were, but maybe it's just as well. = oS foes sum of $250,000.00, which he "desired shoutd be placed in Trust for the encouragement of the physi- cal and military training of the children attending the public schools of the Dominion. Hence the formation of the "Strathcona Trust for the Encouragement of Physical and Military Training in Public Schools."- A few weeks afterwards, Lord. Strathcona supplemented his. prev- ious donation by an additional $50, - 000.00, making a total sum of $300- 000.00, which has been placed with the Dominion Government, who- pay interest thereon at the rate of four percent. per annum, giving an annual income of $12,000.00 for } the purposes of the Trust. Lord Strathcona has since don- _ated a further sum of $200,000.00, making a total sum of $500,000.00, "and théreby increasing the income & of ae Trust to Ens? 099.00 pee an- e Broke Collar Bone. Arthur Walker, 134 King street, chad the misfortune to fracture his collar bone the other day..-He tripped while playing striking a hydrant. Arthuristhe kind of a boy who pays little attention to hard knocks. In fact he told The Mir- +ror that his shoulder was just cracked. Again Resides At Ancrum Brae Dr. Steele, who has resided at 183 William street for some time, has taken up his residence again in Ancrum Brae hospitals -To have a-resident doctor at the institution 'will make it much more desirable | for the patients. Dr. Steele has made a special study of nervous troubles and this together with the new and expensive equipment re- cently installed, as well as the beautiful surroundings gives it a place of second to none ofits kind in the province. how-- and Have About Closed Dea The Old Waterloo St. Risk Will _ Soon Be a Thing of The -- Past. Final:: srraupeliones are = is about completed whereby the Clas sic City Arena company have pur- chased the Rink company, Th Mirror, understands that this in- formation is authentic, and if so will meet. with the approval of | th : citizens generally. ee Final arrangements are awaiting the endorsation of both concern: in conversation with "Bob Easson-to-day he verified the pu chase deal with the modification -- 'That there is many @ slip twixt the cup and the lip.' aera The construction of the new Arena is progressing favorably and when the president of the company Dr. Lorne Robertson returns' from the Old Country the building will -- be about completed, and organized ice sport in the city be under the control of the Classic City Arena -- Co. During Dr. Robertson's ab. sence Ex-Mayor Greenwood j is. the president pro tem. The-good financial standing 'of the Arena company is demonstrate by the fact that they are in a pos tion to arrange the full purchas price of the Rink Co.. This com pany are fortunate in having @ good management, and credit as well must be given the Rink Co. ~ for the service it has given the © public. B Montreal Bank Improvements © Manager Wnitman, of the Bank _ Montreal, is always on the Jookout for ways and means of giving more efficient service to his patrons. Re cent changes made in the interior "of the building admits of muc more. floor space.and greater con venience for the staff. Love is the embroidery on the fabric of the imagination. | FRANK NK O'DONOGHUE Plumber and Electrician Prompt Attention to all orders Phone 1191 _ 45 Argyle St. f