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. ,_ THE MIRROR a PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT THR PLETCHER JOHNSTON PRESS, 123 9N- TARIO BT., STRATFORD. PHONE I15w PLETCHER JOHNSTON, EDITOR ac SUBSCRIPTION RATE $1.00 A YEAR Stratford, July 8, 1927 WAYS OF IMPROVING THE PARKS Stratford's beautiful park system continues to be greatly admired by all visitors to the city and is being made use of to a greater extent by the cit} zens each year. Only the other day a newcomer to the city expressed in glowing terms his unqualified admir- ation of the park system. He de- clared it to be the finest he had ever seen and he is a man who has travel- led considerably. Interested to know that it has been created out of a mud- dy stream anda frog pond he offered practical suggestions for -further im- provement. In connection with the bathing beach he suggested that sev- eral carloads of gravel and sand but particularly gravel be placed there to improve the bottom. Also that it would be money well spent for the city to go out into the country and ar- range to link up streams or springs to provide a greater flow of water and thus keep the water in the lake fresh. This last is a particularly apt sug- gestion and it is one that might be urged on the attention of the Park Board and the City Council. It is a matter that the Park Board can do lit- tle with out of the ordinary appropria- tion but if the Council would assist in the financing undoubtedly some- | relieve suffering. He has no use' for the uurse who has taken up such work because of the income it will af- ford or because it offers an opening easily attained. Success in nursing,, he maintains, "depends upon the equal functioning of mind and hand and heart'; and modern nursing, he fears, is declining in efficiency, not- withstanding its high degree of intel- ligence and dexterity, because the modern nurse more and more forgets or refuses, to put her heart into her service or perhaps has less and less of that factor to use in such a way." ABOUT HIRAM BROWN I had a neighbor Hiram Brown Who worked from sunup to sundown Who saved the cents and doilars too The way all Scotchmen used to do And then he paid the mortgage off Rt poverty assayed to scoff ; And when he'd done as he should do He shortly met his Waterloo. His cousin on a nearby lot Had built a little wooden cot And in it placed a small machine That moved about by gasoline And every evening he would go Past Hiram's gate and foghorn blow And Hiram when he heard it hum Said he would have one too by gum But now that Hiram's mind was bent He felt he didn't care a cent A hundred bucks weren't here nor there So long's he made his cousin stare A sharper horn a louder hum So everyone would know who'd come Was just what Hiram had in view When he set out this thing to do. Now Betsy had been thinking that As finances were getting pat : And Dobbin travelled slow to town 'Twas time Mister and Mistress Brown Should find a quicker way to go Nor let the neighbors think them slow For who could drive a motor car And fell cost less than they by gar. Upon the farm they put a plaster -- Signed by Mistress signed by Master Paid the money for the wagon Nuff of it for all to brag on Filled it up with air and water Gas and oil just as they oughter ONTARIO ont | Rave valued this farm $1,000 less than I would if clean of this weed" The actual evidence of loss in value of weed-infested farm land is shown in the extract from the report of an inspector valuing a certain farm for loaning purposes. Here is the evidence: "It is badly infested with sow thistle--as are all the farms in the neighborhood. I have valued $1,000 less than I would if clean of this weed.' This $1,000 represented 12% of the value of the farm. Many inspectors would dis- count the value to an even greater extent. What is your weed crop costing you? Fight weeds as you would fight fire. Help your neighbor--help yourself. Every occupant cf land and every Owner of unoccupied land is required to destroy all noxious weeds before their seeds ripen. Municipal councils are required to destroy all 'noxious weeds growing upon the highways. The Department of Agriculture Province of Ontario - Parliament Buildings, Toronto THE MIRROR THE QUALITY OF SLEEP (By William Patten) Instead of being the waste of time and the necessary evil which some people ignorantly think it, sleep is more important than _ food. Men have gone sixty-three days without food, and a week without water, but they usually die in less than ten days if totally deprived of sleep. The vic- tims of Chinese torturers, who are not allowed to sleep, rarely keep their reason after the fifth of sixth day. We eat to sleep, but we sleep to live. We now know that the final trans- formation of food into tissue if effect- ed during sleep--that the finished product of digestion is finally con- verted into new muscle, brains and nerve cells. This explains the fattening influ- ence of sleep, and shows why the die- titian, in attempting to reduce an overly-corpulent patient to reasonable proportions, first cuts down the hours of sleep. ' The deeper the sleep, the quicker the recuperation, and the more effec- tively all the vital processes of repair The lighter and more disturbed the sleep. the slower the recuperation from fatigue and the are carried out, longer it takes to effect repair. This explains the differences in the quality of sleep something that every- one has. noted. It explains why some- times a little sleep of an hour or two under conditions of relaxation will accompiish more actual reconstruc- restiess, tion than a. whole night's dream-wracked sleep. and at the time he was introduced in- to the story had read the whole work through twice and had reached 'D" on his third reading. "The character of, as well as the amount of sleep my patients get, has come to bulk so large in my practice," says Dr. G-------- of Toronto, 't'hat in many cases I personally inspect the bed-room, the arrangements for and the amount of ventilation, and assure myself that the bed, spring and mat- tress are such as will ensure the pa- tient sound refreshing sleep. Turn- ing back the bed-clothes I often find a thin, apparently worn-out mattress, { or perhaps a weak or sagging spring or one that is too rigid and unyield- ing for the patient's requirements. Unfavorable physical factors may be directly induced by the patient's in- ability to relax sufficiently and fall into a deep and refreshing sleep." The very fact that a patient has to try and go to sleep naturaily prevents the patient's. getting a good night's rest. This is not a suppositious case, or an unusual one. It is unfortunately all too common an example of what the physician has to contend with in combating illness... An uncomfortable bed will have the same effect as a squeaky, noisy bed. If the springs are a series of hummocks and valleys that do not fit any part of one's an- atomy comfortably, if the mattress is "lumpy" and uneven, sleep is likely to be ocy, fickle, and nard to' win. If there is any squeak or rattle in a bed--the nerves are startled to semi- activity. Fuming and fretting, and dreading lest the wakefulness become habitual, leads to the conviction that one cannot sleep--and sleep is indeed banished. Recognizing, as so many physicians now do, the great importance of sleep in their practice, it is not going too far to say that in the future the physician will be as solicitous about the quality of a patient's sleep as he now is to keep his surroundings sterile, or to treat his sysmptoms, He will not allow so important a part of his treatment as sleep to be made ineffective by faulty conditions of equipment or environment which he can control. The Herneskir. OAL ANTHRACITE COAL POCAHONTAS, Egg Size Red Jacket, Egg Size Solvay Coke Cornish Coal Co. Phone 44 nr ---- TO THE Al A CONTRIBUTION .T OF LIVIN 3 Lessons In Summer Contentment <a aR meee ce ineetiteieeeeeeen nema tren -- - HON. JOHN S. MARTIN W. B. ROADHOUSE Screwed on numbers back and front Minister Deputy Minister 73 To worry over the possibility of not Pressed the switch began the stunt. The One idea of bliss is to swing | softly in one of those reclining padded back Hammo-couches ----the kind that adjust them- selves to the occasion, as it thing could be done. It is recognized that a large flow of water is the one big essential to a better river and lake and the only way to get it is to go out in the country and see what can be secured in that way. The Lit- tle Lakes might possibly furnish a supply or some other creek or creeks. It is worth considering, -- Wedding Gifts Our assortment of wedding gifts is far superior to anything we have ever shown, and lar- ger. Youcan mentally jot down any make or design of silverware and feel confident you will find it in our stock and at very reasonable prices as well. i i 3-pi including the new iful Kroehler 3-pieces, including Teste ""Coxwell'"' chair if you prefer ed « EO EE a a A ir, sah Chesterfield Suite ii: cee ea ctra figured coverings, inner con- struction 'has the famous 2 Kroehler "Hidden Qualities. GENUINE MOHAIR CHESTERFIELD SUITE 3 pieces, Arm Chair, and Fireside Chair, figured mohair seats, plain backs and arms, reversible cushions, shown in the furnished Bungalow, 2nd floor .$145.00 ideal state of mind is not to bother one's head about it, to lie down ha- bitually at @ given hour, compose one's self to sleep with assurance, and then wait its coming without so- licitude. Some people will say this is not easy to do, but habit and suit- able conditions make it easy. There is a proportion of people who do not fall to sleep without having gone through a certain amount of me- chanical intellectual work, during the course of which they feel themselves "sradually getting off to _ sleep." Writing proves too absorbing an oc- cupation, and stimulates the mind. Some people find a game of cards just before going to bed takes their thoughts off business and worry. Reading is better, but an exciting story may keep one awake for hours.; Sir William Osler's recommendation to have a volume of a classic author beside one's bed to be read for a few minutes as a preparation for sleep, is an excellent remedy ,for the milder forms of insomnia. In one of his books, William Black, __*" the British novelist, drew the picture 3 of an old man whose recipe for get- ting to sleep was to read the - En- cyclopaedia Britannica. He began at 80 Ontario St. the beginning, read straight through, pie t The many trials of high and low Of steering backing fast and slow Inflations oil and gasoline Would take too long to write I ween Enough to tell with heavy sigh The waggon always went in high And Hi went in the Waggon too As owner have a.right to do. were. Your Lawn Mower Called for and delivered. Now is the time you should have it sharpened and repaired. W. E. McCARTHY Phone 781J Wellington St. DR. S. H. SUTTER C8) 8. Ss, DENTAL SURGEON Specialist in Prosthetic Dentistry Having struggled with the lawn mower or worked up a ruddy countenance after a game of tennis, how heavenly does a long, cool drink taste fresh from the refrigerator. 7 NURSES SHOULD BE TRAINED IN NURSING SCHOOLS SAYS DOCTOR Dr. Worcester, who is Professor of _ Hygiene in Harvard University and a Physician of many years' experience, has a number of ideas on the subject of Nursing, with which his recent book deals that are not approved by Some of his brother professionals, Says The New York Times Review. "For instance, he has been entirely convinced by his observation and ex- perience as a family physician that 'nurses should be trained in nursing schools that are entirely independent of hospital control. While he be- lieves that the nurse should be well é _ versed in all the technical knowledge | & E needed for the practice of her art, s les" mm he thinks that no amount of this DIAMOND HALL training can take the place of a gen- ' fis _ tle, kind and loving heart that. finds ere ee s its deepest satisfaction in helping to a Majestic Apartments, 93 Downie {OrFice 602 Aowes. icett RESIDENCE 1051iw Se eR NEMS or - GOOD VALUES.IN NEW SIMMONS Walnut finished Steel Beds in 2- inch continuous post style, heavy 4 Qh fillers--(Bed outfits complete * with spring and mattress $19. up And I know another one!-- Sunday afternoon in one of those long wicker lounging chairs with the foot rest ex- tended and a cushion under| "Old Shoes Made Like New 4 They're always happy -- when they have their repaiaing done at > ' Superior Shoe Repair THAT GOOD SIMMONS MATTRESS What a world of comfort there is packed in its thick, soft, yielding centre, and yet it is so "'springy" that it never looses its shape. 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