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en atid sale ce ie ~ am Bia THE STRATFORD MIRROR z NOW is the time to Join the erth Regt, cmos R, and secure preliminary--training to fit you for any branch you wish to join for Active Service. RECRUITS WANTED Apply THE ARMORIES -- STRATFORD | Shoe Repairing Done Neatly and Promptly! Goods Called for and Delivered SHOE -- 4Geo. Welch xerair 146 St. Patrick St. Phone 1998w Opp. Williams Monument Works Scott, Crane COMPANY INSURANCE - REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS Phones--633 1418 2413J 22 Downie St. Tell the Merchant you saw his advertisement in The Mirror. This will help us to sell advertising! Weekly News Budget F - Written Especially for The Mirror by Robert Williamson, 8 Duke Street, Adelphi, London, W. C. ONE MILLION MAGAZINES A YEAR Britain's Export of Reading Matter Bombs and U-boats have failed to stop the flow of books, magazines and periodicals going overseas from Britain. In the month of February the lead- ing British firm of wholesalers, which handles about half the total trade, dispatched to oversea customers about 85 tons.of reading matter, including 35,000 magazines and periodicals. Britain's revenue from the sale of books, copyrights and so on, amounts to over £4,000,000 a year, and it is striking evidence of the demand for English works abroad that this re- presents nearly one-half of Britain's home trade of £10,000,000. Its value to Britain's war effort is shown by the fact that a book sold at, say, 7/6, costs only 3d. or so in imported raw materials. About 75 per cent. of Britain's ex- ports go to the East, especially India and Malaya; the rest is fairly evenly distributed throughout the rest of the world. All kinds of books, from tech- nical treatises to the latest popular novel, are included. In a typical par- cel now on its way to.Peru, for ex- ample, were "Their Finest Hour," Allan Michie & Walter Graebner's picture of Britain at war; Grey's "An- atomy"; Mrs. Beeton's classic, "Every- day Cookery"; Black's "Medical Ad- viser"; "Aeroplane Studies'; Barthol- omew's "Atlas of the World'; and Sir Bannister Fletcher's "Comparative Architecture." WOOL WITHOUT "TICKLE" British Textile Experts Solve an Old Problem A wool fixing process which takes all the "tickle" out of garments made from it has been evolved by British textile experts. People in countries with strongly contrasting day and night tempera- tures will therefore be able to wear woollen underwear with comfort dur- ing the day and yet have protection from chills after sundown. s The process is also the most suc- cessful non-shrink method ever de- vised for wool, a virtue discovered by the public for themselves; for it was a consignment recently sent to the United States without labels which at- tracted a second order for what they called "your unshrinkables." A more attractive texture is given and there is great improvement in tensile strength and elasticity. Men's and women's underwear, hosiery, knitwear, made from the wool, have actually been on the market for over forty years. The latest advances are due to unceasing experiment over the whole of that time. ONE MILLION PNEUMONIA TABLETS Flown to Greek Army from British Chemists One million tablets of a pneumonia antidote have been given to the Greek army by the British chemists who make it. When the British Minister in Athens learned that the Greeks' sup- ply had run short, he asked for £1,000 from the British Greek Relief Fund to make it good. ' But the chemists would accept no money for their tablets. One million of them were accepted in person by the Duchess of Kent on behalf of Greece, her native land, and the first batch was put on a waiting aeroplane and flown off at once to Athens. Locomotives today haul heavier loads of freight faster with less con- sumption of coal than ten years ago, according to Canadian National Rail- Ways engineers. Attention, Soldiers! Before leaving have a photo- graph of yourself taken at ROGERS STUDIO Friends will appreciate this last--- ing remembrance. 83 Downie St. Phone 1096m Telephone 460 Telephone 460 and have on ELEMENTS That Fit All Types of Electric Ranges $2.10 $2.35 $2.50 $2.70 $3.00 $3.25 $3.75 INSTALLING EXTRA--1 element 40c. 2 elements 60c e or more installed and pay $1.00 per element on each light bill. HYDRO SHOP Telephone 460 Invisible Soling This new method makes shoes look No Bumps No Nails i No Ugly Joints | he For Service, Satisfaction and Money-Back se Guarantee we TRY rom The Old Land like new! 1 Superior Shoe Repair J.J.DuCHARME We Call For and Deliver _ Phone 941 113 Ont ria te THE STRATFORD MIRROR Page 9 JUSTA MONG OURS ELVES a A Regular Department Conducted for Mirror Readers by Ina St. John. ~ JUST AMONG OURSELVES Dear Miss St. John,-- TI have an old problem I would like to ask your opinion on. I live on the outskirts of the town and my boy friend lives about three miles from my home--the exact opposite end of town. Now when I have a date with him, I don't mind meeting him at the Post Office or somewhere and thus save him a long walk. Of course he walks home with me after our date. Mother objects to this, she says if he doesn't think enough of me to come and get me, I should find some- one else. Don't you think this is a narrow-minded attitude? WORRIED. ANSWER: "Your mother is wise, Worried. Every boy should consider it a privilege to come to the home of his girl friend, not an imposition. If you continue to meet him down town, he will think one of two things: that you are too'anxious to go out with him (nothing scares a boy away as quickly as that!) or that you are ashamed to have your family and neighbours see you going out with him. Think this side of the story over, Worried. I think you will see where you are wrong. Ina St. John. Deor Miss St. John,-- My girl-friend says she will not go with me if I join the Army. I want to join and do my bit, but I sure hate to lose my girl. Do you think she means it? ' HOMER ANSWER: I don't think she means it, Homer. Every woman hates to see her loved ones in danger. Probably her threat merely covers her anxiety for you. If you want to go into ser- vice, go ahead. She'll love you in uniform! : Ina St. John Dear Miss St. John,-- working after marriage? My hus- band-to-be has a fairly good position, but I want to work and furnish our home beautifully. My husband doesn't like the idea. He says, too, that I shouldn't hold a job that some single girl may need. What do you think of a girl work- ing for a while after marriage? TILLY ANSWER: It's often said that when a woman goes on working after mar- riage, she works the rest of her life. I am very much against the idea! Your husband will take more interest and pleasure in his home if he pro- vides for it. His idea of marriage is to have a home AND a wife--not a business woman. I hope you will be happy in your new life! Ina St. John. ORE RIOR ET IA TOR Phone 179 84 Ontario St. + CHINA HALL MOTHER'S DAY SUGGESTIONS Cups and Saucers Vases 'Teapots Jugs, Tumblers Plates and Bowls J. L. BRADSHAW CHINA HALL Do you think it is wrong to go on SPCR Tmt ET NS U. S. Foreign Policy --Pro and Con Self-styled "Student Defenders of Democracy" stage an opposition demonstration outside an 'America First'? mass meeting in new York as Charles Lindbergh (inset) and policy. Aftermath of meeting was bergh and the famous flier's subsequen --------= sir corps reserve. others speak out against U. 8. foreign rte api of opinion with Lind- resignation as a colonel i~ -- CRS RE SS IETS OS Keen Values «Mother's Day«Crosier's Sunday, May llth, is Mother's Day .. .- We are privileged to honor "Her" in so many ways. If you shower Mother with _ unexpected, delightful gifts, we invite you to make your selections from our well assorted quality stocks. Sale of Smart Spring Coats All our individual, exclusive coats are featured in this special May Sale. Here are distinguished quality garments, styled to give the utmost in wear and satisfac- tion. Excellent range of colors and sizes. 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