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the tribune stouffville ont thursday june 22 1950 the youth in the flophouse by lewis milligan several readers have taken exception to my recent article entitled mind your own business in which i referred to a series of articles in a toronto paper dealing with the human interest side of the unemployment situation in that city the words mind your own jjusiness were addressed to the reporter by a youth with whom he tried to sym pathize when he overheard him sobbing to himself one night in a flophouse in my comment i said somehow i admired the lads blunt independence it was his business he was going to see it through he wept but he did not whine the reporter told of other young men who had come to the city seeking jobs on the construction of the new underground street railway he said that he found that some of the unemployed were shiftless and content to sit around in the employment offices and blame everybody but themselves particularly the government and social system for their position my article concluded as follows it may well be that we are run ning into a brief period of unem ployment and everything possible should be done to prevent it and assist those who are honestly seek ing work we have all had our hard times and can sympathize with those who are passing through them but there is no cause for alarm if every canadian will mind his own business and mind it well as the above cited cases show the problem is largely an individual one li was to this paragraph that my critics took exception gordon norman of bridgetown ms accuses me of being callous and aloof and he concludes i would solicit another article con taining a true account of his my struggles and hard times referred to which led him to sympathize so deeply with those who are passing through them well that is a large order and like the lad in the flophouse i feel like replying mind your own business but i detect a touch of sarcasm in mr normans request as if he doubted whether i ever had any struggles or hard times i can assure him that i have had plenty of both and would be glad to match stories with him but i long ago learned that people are bored with hard- luck stories because they have enough of their own and want to forget them i recall one instance of this very many years ago when i was telling a friend of a particularly raw deal i had handed out to me before i got to the end of my story i suddenly realized that my friend was not listening his mind was far away and i felt that he regard ed me as a grouch there is no greater bore than the man who goes around with a grouch and no more futile person that the man who nurses one so i have tried not always successfully to keep my grouches to myself and to distil poetry from the bitter and rotten fruits of life it is a delightful pas time laugh and the world laughs with you weep and you weep alone wrote ella wheeler wilcox and she distilled that from experience one of my own first youthful attempts at poetry was a long effusion entitled mans lot it was for the most part a melancholy affair but it enabled me to think through the sorrows of mankind and it finished on a note of triumph over them all that is what poetry and religion do or should do for us dante descended into the depth of hell but ascend ed by purgatorial steps to the heights of vision in his paradisio life on this earth is like that if we accept it as a journey and face its hardships with faith and cour age and keep right on to the end of the road we dont have to wait for the next world for heaven or hell they are both within us doctor samuel johnson summed up the problem of human happi ness in these few lines how small of all that human hearts endure that part which laws or kings can cause or cure still to ourselves in every place consigned our own felicity we make or find markham organize horticultural society committees were appointed and projects for the summer months outlined at a meeting of the newly organized markham horticultural society last night paul angle richmond hill was guest speaker president russel wideman- said membership now totals more than 50 committees appointed were nick schouten roy crosby and a g shea projects h rolph cf todds mrs t w whetter and n schouten flower show b newell miss e reesor and 0 r staler program miss k craig mrs c chambers and mrs russell wide- man refreshments miss k craig charles chambers and john whetter membership iouj6st price big bargains mr automobile buyer ctdi at the railway crossing on main street olvr stouffville i cctf at that fine selection of used cars at lwwlx charlie wards used car lot ictckll to the prices charlie can quote you on lid i lm these beauties never before have we been able to offer stouffville district such a fine 1 array of outstanding automobiles read this list 1950 meteor sedan done small mileage as good as new far below list price 1950 morris sedan practically new 1949 ford coach black finish its spotless 1949 pontiac coach sunvisor radio air condition ing loaded with extras 1949 chev sedan black finish a lovely car and priced right 1949 austin sedan gone 6000 miles save 250 1948 ford coach its a beauty low mileage 1947 chev sedan two good ones in stock 1947 chev fleetline sedanette a beautiful streamlined model 1947 pontiac sedan with radio and heater 1947 chrysler sedan windsor a beautiful maroon finish with blue plush uphols tery heater and radio 1941 chev coach a very popular model 1940 pontiac coach with radio and heater 1940 chev coach special deluxe real good 1940 mercury sedan sound and good throughout 1939 ford convertible this is real smart yellow with black fenders leather uphols tery see it 1936 chev coach runs good bargain price 1936 chev convertible with a snappy paint job 1936 0ldsm0bile coach runs good no reasonable offer refused 1932 ford coach lovely appearance and cheap transportation 1929 ford a coach an old reliable model a v ii6ks 2ton pickup like new 1949 chevrolet 2ton panel real good 1949 mercury vston pickup 1948gmc 2ton pickup 1946 g m c 1941 ford station wagon chas ward stouffville local representative for maple leaf auto sales 999 danforth toronto