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possible that this visitor pe a feature in the nigl . Professor Chant of the U Toronto is reported in the Queen City's is giving an interesting lecture on this wisitor to this tiny solar universe, Amongst jother things, he assured his hearers that | 'there was no danger of a collision between | /the placid orbit-following earth and the new comet. {Astronomers always seemed called upon to such comforting tidings, A few, per- \' [haps, seem a bit inclined to view themselves a guardians against such planetary contre- | 'temps, meeting the threat of the smaller comets with logarithms and boldly confront. | ing such monsters as Halley's Comet with the whole Theory of Averages. Men of faith, however, do not need to be comforted when the heavens suddenly dis- 'play a comet's sword of flame, + + Out in that immensity which is space, . there is Eternal Law and inviolable Order, The stars in their courses preserve the peace of infinity. Unseen planets may revolve about a midnight sky's arabasque of suns, and in their journies--as the poets have long believed---they may fill eternity with the music of the spheres, But all obey the will of some unperceived Governor, No star shines, no nebula glows, no constellation gleams without that pur. posefulness of beauty which speaks louder than reason of Him whose sovereignty is de- bated, alone, by man, "AND A LITTLE CHILD ss One of the happiest things about the Cheer Fund Drive this year has the evidence of interest aroused amongst the children, A few days ngo a story was published of a little lad who gave sixty-five cents to the fund and broke his bank to do it. Yester- day, Rev, Dr, Fletcher of the Christian Church appeared at the Fund headquarters with 21 cents given him on the street by a little cherub of his Sunday School's primary ' departmen t. Then, to mske the cy-2 perfect, the whole student body of the King Street Public School got together and donated the hand- some fund of twelve dollars for the high service of making needy children happy on Christmas morning, 'At 8 recent Rotary luncheon, Ex-Mayor and with justice condemn- 1 | Hi 4 1 # TR AAS Aaa Maura ACMA A MWAe a3 AvAWA TRA, Eaaadubn 24, 192 Oshawa and New York ports in summer is but one of many other developments that themselves. Finally, the construc- tion of the St. Lawrence waterway is but a question of time. Oshawa should lose no time in preparing for this coming era of de- velopment. BOOSTER OF BUSINESS Those who find something economically wrong in selling radios and electric washing machines on the installment plan are lean. ing backward, Business of that kind has been going on for many years, and it must have been found profitable for both buyer and seller or it would not have grown to such enormous proportions, Aside from the fact that installment buy: ing helps keep the wheels of industry turn. ing, furinshing employment and wages-- thus in turn increasing buying power--it has been accompanied by unprecedented growth in savings accounts, life insurance and home ownership--the latter also made possible by long-term payment. This seems to be reasonably good proof that the people are not engaged in a reckless joy ride of extravagance, If the public is too thoughtless in spending salary and wage before they are earned, the brakes should be applied. If the craze for volume of business actuates merchants and manufacturers to disregard business caution, credit facilities should be curtailed. But in- temperance in both selling and buying on the deferred-payment plan has its own brakes. Few buyers find it easy to buy beyond their ability to pay and few sellers find it possible to extend credit beyond their own ability ta carry. Canadians are an optimistic people and given unlimited credit and high-pressure salesmanship, it may be ezsily possible to persuade many so to spend their savings in advance that business depression would find many of them unable to meet their liabilities, But the periodical arraignments of install- ment buying minimize this threat by cen tering public attention upon it. Many housewives, newly-married couples, snd others are able to supply their needs and desires in no other way, and the vast ma- jority of them use sense and judgment in committing themselves to future payments, EDITORIAL NOTES Live and learn--=how to live, Government under pesce conditions is not e LONG FELT WANT (New York Herald Tribune) What every motorist secretly desires is a car that will knock a locomotive out of the way at a grade crossing. -- REALLY (Life) Smith: Who is that lady we Just heard call her little boy "Percy Algernon?" : That's Mra. Arthur Ches- ley Kennington, President of the local branch of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals PARIS HATS TABOO (London Sunday Pictorial) It is well known that London leads the world in male fashion, and 1 do not expect the new Paria hats, which 1 have seen one or two me nwearing, will have much vogue in England, They are of very light dove-grey, with bands of blue round them, but in Britain most people fight shy of color-- except perhaps in Whitechapel! 800 MILES AN HOUR Chicago Evening Post) Arno Boerner, Dresden, Ger- many, has invented a new moto: which he thinks will send an air- plane 800 miles an hour, It is 30 powerful that an oversized pro peller can be used. The plane can be lifted far and fast above storms. and in the clear air of upper levels, make unbelievable speed. Eigit hundred miles an hour would mean a flight from Europpe to America in four or five hours. We of the earth are mot quite ready for that sort of thing. From- time to time we are reminded that the soul and mind of the aver- age man are not up to the far reaches of inventive genius, We don't quite know what to de with our amasing mechanical progress. TONOPAH AND CHICAGO (Reno Gagette) Down at Tonopah a few days ago a desert character one "Two Gun" Smith, "paraded the camp with the announcement he had $3,000,000 in money and that he meant to give half of it to King George so he could come to this country and live, He was com mitted to the insane asylum by his fellow citizens. Over in Chicago William Hale Thompson paraded the city with banners declaring that he was going to drive King George out of the school books and public libraries, and they elected him mayor, The complex is the same, The difference be- tween the two cities is that Tono- pah knows a lunatic when she sees one, A CERTAIN LAWYER (New York Evening Worid) There is a certain New York lawyer who is noted alike for win- ning his cases and for his high fees. The mere fact that he repre- sents a client often deters others from becoming involved In litiga- tion with him, But as his usual re- tainer is $5,000 he is not annoyed with trivial cases, A Broadway pleture man who threatened with 8 lawsuit wantea to engage him, but the retainer was too steep. However, he did the next best thing, Calling on the famous lawyer at bls office he made this proposi- tion: "It you will let: me tell every- body that you sre my lawyer Jl) give you $1,000 and you won't have to do a thing, My brother-in- law, who just graduated from law school, will do all the work," "WAITING" AND "REACHING" (Glasgow Herald) A friend of mine was interview ing a prospective parlormsid the other day, snd the question of table duties was broached "And do I wait, madame, or do you reach?" asked the candidaté, Total dis- comfiture of the mistress) who, after some moments managed to indicate that she did not "reach", I once bad a parlormaid for many years who was terribly dis- tressed if people did not eat as much as she considered was good for them, or enough of some par- ticularly nice dish. She would band it ingratiatingly and if you said "No ,thank you," would push it a: you once more, with a gentle mur mur of "Now do, m'm. It's very 800d." I always trembled in my shoes lest Jane should be carried away when some guest was here, and plead for another helping to be taken. A FORTUNATE PEOPLE minerals, fish and gruit, but in cli- mate, in freedom from those per- fodic upheavals in nature that leave in their wake so much of , devastation and suffering. This fall, while we in Ontario have enjoying lovely weather, sun shine and bracing atmosphere, other parts of the North American Continent have been visited and CAN'T GO TO BOTH PLACES (From the Stratford Beacon- is glad to have a Cana get this important or- of us would like to see | yails and other produced in the Ojibway plant of the Canadian Corporation, Canadian branch of the United States Steel Corporation." ' Ojibway, of course, ie Included in the group called the Border Cities. Windsor and its immediate dls trict has many industries on ac count of its water facilities and its excellent location; Sydney, N.8. has few. Sydney needs this business pe cause the men there haven't any thing else much to do when tne steel mills have mo orders, If the order had been secured at tie Ojibway plant, Sydney would have been slack, and between the two plants--both in Canada--Sydney and Windsor--we believe Sydney Stands more in need of the busi- ess. THEY FOUND HIM--DEAD (Stratford Beacon-Herald) George McKay a well known cesident of Embro district war found dead at his home in West Zorra. Reports say that it ap- pears as though the old gentleman passed away several days ago due to exposure to cold and lack ur proper nourishment. The discovery of the man's death was made by a neighbor who went over to see if he could get Mr. McKay to help him with some work around his farm. Mn Me Kay lived alone, and had done so for some years and it is stated that he had no relatives, There have been other cases somewhat similar recorded in re- cent wedks, where people, advanec- ed In years, living alone, have died from various causes, with no per- son to render assistance, secure a doctor or give them any of the care and attention of which they were in need. It is probably natural that some people, either from preference, or force of circumstances, should live by themselves, but it does appear to be an unwise thing for a per- on of advanced years to do. The people in West Zorra are noted for their fine hospitality, It they had known that the late Mr, McKay was sick or in want of assistance, they would have at- tended to it, but the chances are that they did mot know, ADVERSE BALANCE IN GERMAN TRADE Berlin, Dec, 21,--Germany's for- elgn trade balance for November was unfavorable by 377,000,000 marks, according to Government statistics published tonight, This j2 the biggest deficit since August, That =] .iegistered im Accordance with the Copyright Act THE SHAPE OF THE CHEST Some twenty years ago I was much surprised to read an article trying to prove that the tubercu- lous chest was round instead of flat, As my teaching had been that tuberculous chests were flat I was naturally much interested. The point the writer made was that tuberculous people were weak and allowed their shoulders to drop forward, thus when you looked at them from the side viewpoint, the chest appeared flat, In other words it was simply an optical illusion because when the shoulders were drawn back, the chest really was round in appearance, The other point he made was that the tuberculous chest was simply an undeveloped chest, a baby shaped chest in fact. A baby's chest is about as deep as it is wide, but as the child grows the width increases to a greater extent than does the depth, so that at the adult stage, the proportion 4s about 10 in width to 7 in depth. 'Dr. A, W. Weisman, of Minnea- polis, has been working on this, and made an examination of nor. mal and tuberculosis adults and children. There were 140 tubereulous » |aduits, 166 normal University stu- dents, 61 tuberculosis children, and 99 normal school children. Jn the tuberculous adults he found that the depth in propor- tion to width was about 7% to 10, whereas in the mormal Uni- Egil ii He Crisp Comment Wives of great men all remind 'us of it.--Life. Banana-hued dresses are being worn in New York. They ought to be easy to slip on. --Sault Star. -- When a men falls in love be quits laughing at other victims of the disease.--Chicago Dally News. The trouble with the coal indus: try is that it has too many hands for its pockets.--Wall Street Jour- nal, If father ever received a pair of slippers that felt comfortable on his feet, ,he'd have a fit.--Detroit News, The old-fashioned girls who used to go in for frills are now coming out strongly for thrills,.-- Arkansas Gazette. So presentable is the new Ford model that people hesitate to call it a Lizzie, It may have to be Elisabeth,--Hamilton Herald. Some theatrival producers evi- dently believe that plays have to be obscene to be appreciated.-- Toronto Saturday Night. Henry Ford is going to stop his newspaper, the Dearborn Indepen- dent, but the new car is expected to go on forever.--Toronto Tele- gram, : The modern girl does not hide behind her mother's petticoats, On further thought she does not hide zehind her owan.--Toronto Sat- 'urday Night. Paul Polret's attack upon the American knee has had no visible effect. At any rate, there was no rush by shorts to cover.--The New Yorker. What we intended to ask especially about the new model A is whether a young sprout can drive it with his left elbow nang- be out over the running board.-- roit News. American might be interested enough to guard again future Mis- sissippl floods if the river were in Armenia or somewhere like that.-- San Francisco Chronicle, When a man marries a girl she is all the world to him, But he soon finds out what a small world it is after all.--Toronto Saturday Night. "I suppose," supposed Miss Feil cia Fewclothes, in one of her sup- posedly supposing moods, "that love is what makes a girl think her young man has a heart of oak when all he'really has is a wooden head.""--Detroit Free Press, REMBRANDT SOLD Warsaw, Dee. 21.--One of the three Rembrandts remaining in Poland has been sold to an American purchaser, whose name is withheld, according to reports published -here today. The picture in question is a portrait of Rembrandt by himself, and it is the property of Count Tarnowski, A GIFT 00 Win Panatro Christmas Jo Lasts throu The Entire Musical Soale WW. INSURANCE ©. E. HEPBURN W. A. Hare Optometrist 8 King St. W Phone 838 Oshawa Luggage a SaywellédSon BOND ST. WEST Felt Bros. TheLEAD! ING JEWELERS lished 1886 12 Simcoe St. South THE WHOLE FAMILY WILL ENJOY L 9 ' hout the Years tha pe NHRISTMAS morn at your home... 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