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OR dice 0107 : i: ET a rene i | E and Stone," Ini, New York 'and. Chicago. - A YETTA. © SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1927 | gu SATURDA q MUNICIPAL NOMINATIONS fee acclamation .is assured in the 'of Water Commissioners and probable the Board of Education, public interest 3a re to centr upon. yesterday's nom: mations for the mayor's chair and the City . Douneil "seats, Since the Cedardale Ward urned its quota by acclamation, subject to he three named qualifying, the city at large jill have to' chose its mayor from amongst se-six nominated, and the twelve other al- erm in from thirty-one proposed for the k The length of the list indicates, first, fic. fitious interest, Only & dozen or 'so of men proposers ar seconders of nominees, | B® not subject to' critteism for that { fact; rather, they are to be commended for the interest they did, But it is to be regretted that, under a democratic form of vernment, the important matter of nom- {oi is assigned to hours when numbers jac be busy at office, store .or factory, 'Good men were nominated for all 'offices, of them are outstanding citizens. whose tion wonld bean honor to the eity as well i { ao to themselves, The, question, however, is will they qualify? b= But mention of the outstanding citizen-- ' ghat is to say men of above the average abil- \ fy and talent--is not jntended as a fla vp. on the run-of-the-mill taxpayer has jus 4 much right to seek. office ohiodong 'and, i the final summary, may d Fective service as his rian ¥ Mere brilliancy of i go the people, Character is t Ba God usually looks after the brajns. Civic elections should "be divorced: pom' itical bias, field, the people's representatives must: selected at something of a distance Like finners in a race, they are distinguished only by the symbols they bear, But in a city: such as Oshawa, men are mown to each other, :. There is no question Shere f tariff or free trade except insofar as Either of those policies might affect this city. D nger from either to Oshawa would make the city a unit in demanding relief, %* Oshawa is a growing city, a prosperous ity, and a hopeful city. Its civic Dudisse s 'developing into a mighty 'vohithe, ely is, in fact, 8 joint stock company; Hie January 2, the citizens elect a Chairman and | Board of Directors, | What candidates think about things out- pide of Oshawa should not becloud the issue 'by being given undue prominence, The im- t thing is this; Are they men who ean further the developnient 'of this. city; | foster its prosperity ; protect {68 good name? _ Civic leadership, like all other leadership, stands or falls by twe questions, namely: | Can the leader be ? Can the leader be | followed? The first question hie the kind of 'man h 5. The second implies that he is «..newhere and knows the road. Apply that test to the civic nominees for oe and the City tap be assured that its 'pext Mayor and its 'next Council will be orthy of their posts. : % CEDARDALE'S ACCLAMATION | Cedardale Ward 18 evidently eminently tisfied with the three aldermen : Ald, Clifford' Jackson, and Ald. H. P, Schell, For while Shell id not bef re-nomination, the acc given the': two aldermen and Ex-Mayor | t can be taken only as a tribute to them and Mr, Co- "on those with nothing to do. wy dil In the Provincial and Fed M1 Instruction in how to live is a vital need, according to a prominent piano manufac. turer of Chicago addressing the Civics Com- mission of that city. He contends that most of the troubles of society come from the mis- 'use of leisure and he advocates a professor of leisure in the public schools, Of course, he is wrong, for we are not at all like the' little boy whose childish activities had been so restricted that he did not know how to play when finally he was permitted the com. pany of other children, Besides his idea is not new. It is a varia- tion of the old Lyceum activity of New Eng- land, which was expected to instruct while it amused, Its culture was to a large extent superficial and its amusement was so tame that its appeal was to a selective few, Vir- tually the same idea was behind Chautauqua and for a time it was a success; "circles" devoted to culture being established in many places, But Chautauqua, too, has 'changed, we undestand, and while its programs still are cultural, the trend appears to be in one direction, high class music, which has its greatest appeal as entertainment. There never was a time when folks want- ed their leisure directed for them and now they want it less than ever. What is "good for us" never is what we want to take and that which we do take often is of more bene- fit to us as a whole than what is prescribed. Because there is more crime with greater leisure, the Chicagoan blames idleness, hav- ing in mind, probably, Satan's reputed hold Idleness al- ways is a factor in crime but leisure is not always idleness, even if it is not' spent in improving the mind, Those who made use of their leisure in that way ever were a lim- ited number and the percentage now prob- ably is as great as it ever was, We choose to continue to play in our own way, without any director' or professor. : LOS ANGELES CIRCUS From over two-thousand miles away, one pictures the most notorious California City in the throes of a man hunt such as no mod- ern community ever saw before, The object of all this effort was a young man believed * to have been the slayer of a 12-year-old girl, The efforts to find him were laudable, but the character of the search--in view of the al- leged thousands of policemen, detectives, and aeroplanes engaged in it--struck a note of wierdest unreality, One felt like including a petition for all 17 year-old young men in California in the day's Litany, That none of them 'have, at least, been run down by the hurrying police cars (one pictures them going four abreast and at movie speed) speaks volumes for the California climate. The worst part of it all is that the agonized public is going to be cheated, The interest is already shifting to the alleged murderer, His "wavy brown hair' has doubtléss already made its deadly impression on unlimited numbers of criminal court matinee addicts, All they need now to. deluge him with Christmas presents and proposals of mar- riage is a fairly permanent address. Now begins the next chapter of the farce. His age will probably secure him a certain immunity under juvenile law, If that fails, the good old Chicago Brotherhood of the "You're Crazy and I am Crazy" Order will rush to his defence, ; Sob-sisters will write columns of stuff (rightly nemed for once) about his mother's tears, his Grecican profile, and the clocks on - his socks, All this will serve to divert pub- lic sympathy from the murdered child. It's the same old Circus. The blare of the band from the Big Top merely indicates that the sideshow performance is about over, In- side will be found Justice, cock-eyed as an attack of delirium tremens, holding a papier- : mache sword in one hand and a rubber brick- bat in the other. The result? No one can predict further * than it will be something worthy of the slap-stick capital's best scenario writers. : NOT IN. VAIN If I can stop one heart, from bresking, Lishall not live in vain: wid 1 chal wot, lve n. vis --Emily Dickinson. '|years, has tried Esprit de corps--you should spit out the core when eating an apple. Anno Domini--A game some- thing like Mah Jong, played with oblong containing spots. CHEERING PROSPECTS (Buffalo Courier Express) The Goddess of Mischief put on the first beauty show, and one judgment was enough for Paris But Paris was not in the advertis- ing business. Some shrewd show man put on Atlantic City's firs! beauty pageant, and only after seven years of the commercializa- tion of whatever beauty was will ing to exhibit itself has Atlantie City begun to question the worth of it for adverising purposes. Well, one can learn a lot in seven years, If Atlantic City has learned that advertising of beauty shows doesn't pay, other resorts no doubt will learn as much, The prospect is cheering. WHAT OTHERS SAY WHAT OTH LESS DRINKING (Brantford Expositor) Sir William Soulshy, who has been private secretary at the Man- sion House of fifty two Lord May ors of London, says, 'the drinking habits of the old days have entire- ly disappeared. At our dinners nowadays the consumption of alco- holic liquors is less than one- third of a bottle per head. Fifty years ago heavy wines were drunk with lamentable effect,"" One does mot need to have had such an experience to realize that every- where as well as In London, there has heen a vast change In social habits as to drinking, Those who can in this country look back no farther than the early years of Confederation know how marked has been,the growth of temper- ance, ATTRACTION OF THE MONGREL DOG (New York Evening World) When Irene Castle. announced her championship of the "mutt," the dog without any pedigree and careless concerning this lapse, she struck a responsive chord in many and numerous hearts, . Every mother who has had in- timate relations with her offspring can tell of her troubles in this connection. Every he-boy, at some time in bis irresponsinle to sneak home with a mongrel of dubious ances try, but perfectly agreeable to the adoption which seemed immiment, Asa matter of fact, some canines have "It" largely developed, and tion of '"pooch" pulchritude od a strong appeal to the healthy youngster, The dog stores near the Penn Station, on Fifth and Sixth Aven- ues and elsewhere, at any time of day, have a longing and admiring audience of lads peering in at windows, snapping their fingers and giving vent to coaxing noises toward the puppies, who "yap vociferously, claw at the glass and plead in their best puppy manner to be taken from their confine- ment out into the great outdoors. The doggie pleadings are pathetic. The collies, terriers, bulls and pear bulls are frantic for loving owners--=all, 'maybe, except a Jew superciifous "high hat" and "up- stage Pekes,'" who seem to realize their pecunigry standing. Here is where: the "mutt" has it all over the kenmel output, He is free. Wide open spaces are at his command, A canine sixth sense warns them of the human "mutts" who would plant a kick in the ribs, snd they ars experts at avoiding these "la savotte" ama: teurs, Yes, the "mutt" seems to haye an "edge" on his fellows in do dom who cen yelp knowingly con- cerning known parentage. He can make his selection of masters, use all his blandishments and winning wiles, drawing blanks mostly, but ever and anon wriggling himself to a permanent location on some hb, CE A INE WIAD. ; Tr un Registered in accordance with the Copyright Act. (By Jas. W. Barton, M.D) . | A SERVICE STATION FoR THE Someone has _ put a ttle while ago, that the physician is one residing in a distant planet, to be called on only in the momen* of emergency, of. pain; or suffer ing and disease, and then asked in the light of such information as he can spéedily' gain; to brin' relief and satisfaction and to pro long life. However, as you know. the phy sician of today lives: right .éw' the same planet as his' patients and their families. He is a part of the everydar lite of the community. However, there are still a grea' many folks who will not call ¢ physician until the last minute. A pain attacks them during the' day {s present with them during th tirst hours of the night, and the" about 2 or 3 o'clock in the morh ing, when they are exhausted with vital forces at their lowes' they hurriedly send for the doc tor, Others are somewhat more ser sible than this and when they hav any pain or ache, they consult th physician so that if any help | needed, the physician will be ab' to give it immediately, But there are others who sho more sense than either group. One of the possessions the value is their motor car, To kes it in good running condition the go to the regular service statior and in addition to seeing thr there is a supply of gas, oll, an. water, they have the service m- go over the engine, tires, 'batter battery connections, brakes, bod in fact every part, and thus kee it in its best possible condition ' all tines. They not only have the ear ' this shape but they have the pea of mind that such knowledge give And yet that car of yours is nc in anyway as valuable. te you r that body of yours. What is my point? That you should not of cou delay in having any pain or oth body disturbance investigated, b should also go to your family ao tor and have him overhaul you r least once a year, Don't go to him for repairs a ter some trouble arises, but go t him as you would toa service sta- tion, have him examine you thor oughly and outline diet, rest, exer cise, and other health habits, that will enable that body of yours to go along day by day . doing its best work for you, OUTLINES FRENCH NAVAL PROGRAM Minister of Navy Longo Discusses Proposed Building Paris, Dec. 24.--Minister of the Navy M, Leygues yesterday out- lined the French naval building program which the Senate definite- ly approved, 2 "We have decided to build a 10,000 ton cruiser of the aype of our Suffren," he said. "Besides, we will have six destroyers of 2,300 tons, capable of making 37 knots, and a fleet of submarines capable of going anywhere on the high seas, "We wil Ihave one 760-ton mine- laying submarine,. two. 2,000-ton speedy warships destined for the colonies and equipped with every- thing to permit the best possible conditions Inasmuch as our offi- cers and men are obliged to live there, These boats wil lhave 1,600 H.P. Diesel motors and carry a plane apiece." Naval experts, watching the ef- forts to raise the American sub- marine 8-4, realize that France | must profit by America's loss and] find a way of saving sunken sub- marines, Branches also at A Dollar is Saved when it is in the Bank ND the sooner it is de- posited in the Bank the greater the assurance of its being saved, or FE. | narily slips through one's 'STANDARD BANK OSHAWA BANG E. © dims, Misr The Officers and Staff of the @enral Canada Loan and Sabings Company Wish You a Very Merry Christmas aud a Yrosperons New Year Todd MANAGER, OSHAWA BRANCH DE VALERA SEEKS IRISH FREEDOM New. York, Dec. 24.--Ireland wants to stop the emigration of her young people and to discover means of keeping her 'strength at home. Eamon 'De Valers, leaaer of the Republicans of that nation said when he arrived here last evening on the United States liner " many problems eluding Baal, i -- Christmas 1927 4 SPREE EEE PLE CETL PORE Yuletide Wishes We thank our many customers for their generous support during the year and wish them all a MERRY CHRISTMAS -- and -- HAPPY NEW YEAR, Ontario Piano & Music Co. 92 Simcoe St. North ote Phone 371-J Tomine aE--_-- | | A: picid eek] Leviathan. He admits his nation is | & We extend our sincerest wishes. for a Merry Christmas and a Bright and Happy New Year FELT gue = Phe Leading Jewelle, | "asmb = WHERE ATLFACTION A CEATALIFY Ra i ipk * * ki