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/ \ *" THE ONTARIO REFORMER, THURSDAY, DEC. 14, 1922 PAGE ELEVEN ---- = Aldi CUTTING OFF ONK'S NOSE "On Nov, 6,thk 1860, Abraham Lin- coln was elected president of the United States. All historians since ara, agreed in enrolling the rail- splitter' president among the world's' greatest rulers and bens- factors, Of course his contempor- arles did not know that, and some millions of his" fellow-countrymen were bitterly opposed to his election, During the campaign one fanatical Pemocrat made a vow that, if' Lin- coln won, he would never leave his room again. ' Lincoln was elected, and. the Democrat kept hig vow. For forty-nine years all but one montn he remained a prisoner in his roont. Then on the fist weak of October, 1909, he was earried out of it--dead, "What h fool!" gay you. Of course he was a fool. Any man © who would make sich a vow on the chances of an election is little better than a lunatic. Any man who would keap such a vow made in a moment of madness, is véry mich of a lun- atie, Think of 'a man throwing away his chances of work and joy, ruining his 'usefulness, destroying his life, cutting himself off from all this fair world, immuring himself within four walls for half a century, and dying at last yrgotten even by his neighbors, all to gratify a petty spite. Of course such a man is a fool. # That man was trying to injure Lincoln. He was trying to have re- venge on the United States for electing Lincoln. What did he ac- complish? Nothing. How much harm did he do to Lincoln? None. The president probably never even heard of him, . How much harm did he do to the United States? None. Amid its busy millions of workers " them on a ying basis. the loss of one drone was not even by the petty pride of one petty man. | paying basis noticed, ed were closest all. harmed himself a thousandfold mores than anyone else. Thut was Cutting Off His Nose to Spite His Face, That man was foolish; but the woods are full of people who differ from him, only in the degree of their foolishness. His was an extreme The only persons he injur- himself and a few of his friends. Himself most of | In seeking to harm others hel case; but othef cages only a MNitle less absurd dare about us every day. Kvery man who has to work on pub- lic hoards and voluntary organiza- good has his is soul afflicted elf-conceited, | wht dre 'bvor- lastingly taking tifts and huffs at If they do not get way in everything they tions for the goner patience tried an by the vain, touchy, egotistical people their colleagues, their own pull out in a pet, with it." "I'm done with it." "No; I'm out of it, what happens to it," How often have wo heard some self out of a committee or board and go off in the sulks, because he did not have everything his own way, To have revenge he passed by on the ing that way, For a while people have. patience with such a man, try to persuade him, and even coax him to carry on. But they soon find that he is like [this in all his relationships, He (takos a tiff at everybody; flings him- self out of everything, They find {that he is an impossible man whose touchy pride is always taking of- fence, and always trying to get even by pulling out. ' i As soon as the public discovers {that fact, it drops him. One by one hoards, clubs, societies and church- (es get tired of trying to work with jan egotist, One by one they let him {go his own lonely way, They find | willing to work in kindly harmony {with their fellow men. "1 won't have anything more to do I don't cave would-be petty autocrat fling him- other side without so much as look-| The world! hoped to hurt, with straight and ser- viceable nose," unblemished counten- ance and a smile of-eompassion, passes you jauntily by, Are you sore on some one? Forget it. 'Has some one wropged you' Forgive him,' even as God' for Christ's sake, has forglven'you. Then the beauty of a healed spirit" will shine from a face unscared by bhit- terness and ungnarred by revenge. Be Unprecedented This year's building aétivitios in Oshawa 'huvd been 'utiprecedented, which no doubt accounts in a large measure for the prosperous condition of the citizens of Oshawa, Up to De- camber 1, building permits to the value of $1,112,630 were issued at tho office of W. C. Smith, Town Engl- neer. The total number of permits issued during the first eleven Imonths of the year was 201, with an average value of $3,000, There wore many permits issued | for buildings 'in excess of $10,000, |A lew of these follow: W. A, Luke, | King Street. East, one for $12,000; | Fred T. Storie, Simeoe Street North, $10,000; The W. E, Phillips Mtg, Co., #20,000, During the year the | Housing Commission erected 104 | houses, of different materials from | frame to stucco and cement, whose Itotal value, according to the permits, (was $343,000, Although the general {average of the permits issued is hut $3,060, a large number of fine resi- dential structures have béen ereéted during the year, A HUMAN INVENTORY, i Literary Digest) | Once a year, or oftener, the business 1s thus able to know the exact condi: tion of his business, He finds out what Activity Shown COLLEGE 8T, TORONTO. Dear Mr, Editor,-- Realizing that the trend of public opinion is swinging more and more cowards the - equilization 'of the burdens which sigh must bear, tht the helping 'of th who are unkble to help thomael¥es occupies a much larger place in our minds, may I draw your attention to i the fact that this Hospital is accom: lishing great things in a fleld that : Sotouched by any other organisa tioy . ") Liv f BA. Little children from all pirts of ha Province, Irrenpective of cliss or reed, 'children "Who are sickly and 'aimed, come here and are made trong and healthy, Is not this in tself a wonderful work? The kervice and the duty of the Hospital is far-reaching, As well as sersonal attention, hoth surgical and medieal, for all the tiny patients, doctors and nurses are also trained 0 qxtend the mission of healing to the uttermost parts of the Province. The entire function of the Hos. pital must commend itself to you and your readers, It i8 a CHILD WELFARE work well deserving of 'he support of your subscribers. Of late a4 new and unfortunate factor has added to the respongibili- | ties whieh the Hospital must assume, You have noticed, no doubt, the | slarming increase in the number of motor accidents throughout the | Province in the majority of which | ttle children are the chief sufferers. | Many of them are little waits of the 'poorer sections where the streets ire the only playgrounds. Here are the average day's figures lor 1922 attendance: Cot patients .» 256 Outpatients , . 199 The carrying out of this great vork Is your responsibility as well i that of the people of all Ontarlo. |others toake his place who are man takes inventory of his stock and! ivery contributor to the Hospital is friend, indeed. to these little mites f humanity, and has the satisfaction {18 too busy to spend much of its time | Sections or departments are yielding of knowing that the result of his petting and cajoling cranks. The | Bool returns, and what departments ndividual contribution is bringing {public 1s too big to be much harmed [need special attention in order to put | ¥ into at least one home by assist In the end he harms only himself. He has Cut Off His Nose to Spite His Face, It is. poor policy. It brings no pro- fit. If you try it, the less will be yours' on both sides of the account. | The nose is yours, and you lose it. {The face is yours, and it is dis- figured. Yours is the amputation {and the pain, the injury and the ill- looks. Mean-while the man you had REP AI EA 2 Pk ; y > « ) Jr If a yearly {Inventory is so important in business, how much more important is it, ask; {Good Health (Battle Creek, Mich.) |that we should regularly examine the | various parts of our bodies to see if {they are working properly? We read: |.."Health, like the high road, 's abundantly marked with" sign-posts, if you are not travelling too swiftly and | will take pains to slow up and read them. 4 "Once a year, at least, go to a com- petent physician and have a complete physical examination made This means a systematic medical survey of the individual, including both mental and physical aspects, and taking inw consideration his living and working (conditions, habits, recreation, income, | personal an dfamily history, etc, If there is nothing the matter with yon. (there is no greater satisfaction than tknowing this fact. If, en the other hand, some part of the body is out of | repair, learn what is is and what to jdo to_build it up and keep it from | growing worse. "The Human body. is the only machine for which there is no spare parts. Learn to use rightly those you 2 to care for somebody's child, The service of the Hospital de. 'nds on the continued support of he public and the conversion of dol- ars into health and strength will, I m sure, meet with your approval. 'ach minute of mercy costs over 'ifty cents, =o you will see that much oney is needed to carry on this 'REAT MOTHER CHARITY. Every Jay sees a large number of Iditional patients on the Hospital's gicter. Owing to the advanced costs f surgical and medical appliances iintenanece is mounting until now wrly twice the usual amount of woney is essential for the fulfilling f our cuty With the anproach of *hristmas, may I place these facts Yefore your readers in connection vith the 47th Christmas appeal of the Hospital for Sick Children? Faithfully yours. I. E ROBERTSON, Chairman of the Avuo2z]l Committees Hospital for Sick Children |E citizen of Canada * Canadian Poets King Street Methodist Epworth Leéagie on Mondd¥ vevening were privileged to én: interesting address: by Mr; Olver. Hezzlewood of "Torotito, The program was iv charge of the Citizenship Commit- tee, Mr. Hezzlewood gave a short review of Canadlan poets and their works; 'explaining how anyone could get 'iin touell with good Canadian poetry, or. i He gave an Interesting. aceount of the Nfe of Dr, Wiltred Campbéell, an Anglican Church minister who wrote "The Dread Voyage," "The Caravan" and "The Vanguards," pointing out how the poet's mind changed in each of the three pgems, He algo point- ed out how it was possible to judge the character of the man by his writ- ings, The speaker touched upon many other Canadian poets, includ- ing Joseph Seriver and Isabelle Crawford, The address was in- structive and heartily appreciated by the league members, MADE HIS OWN DOLLARS, A Yankee, who coined his own dollars, was Josiah Sprinkle, Sprinkle lived during the early part of the Nineteenth Century, in one of the roughest parts of Kentucky. One day he appeared in town with a buck- skin bag full of silver dollars of his own make. Everybody accepted them upon the assurance of Sprinkle that they were all right except that they were not made by a United Sta- - a was an owl, and on the other side a six-pointed star. 'The ed were smooth, The coins were connider- ably larger than the United States coin, Finally. Government agents heard of the matter and went to in- brought into'edurt. But the dollars vestigate, Sprinkle was arrested and were proved to'hé pure silver, worth in fact a triffec more thew one dollar each, Sprinkle Was acquitted, and he continued to make the dollars until the time of his death, He had said that he had a silver mine in the West, but refused to divulge its lo- cation, Ewer oN MONKEYS SORT COINS: IN SIAM The maker of counterfeil coins has small chance of growing rich in Siam where apes are used to sort good coins from bad. The Siamese have always heen fond of apes as pets, and the creatures hecome very intelligent ow: ing to the close association with hu- man beings, They are trained to do many wonderful things, but coin-test- ing is the most wonderful of all, In almost every shop an ape sits beside the merchant, Rach coin is handed to the animal, who tries it with his teeth, If it is good the ape throws it into the money box. If it is bad le throws it on the floor, making weird noises to signify his anger. The apes never make a mistake, Even the most carefully made counterfeit coins do not pass thelr inspection. A curious. fea. ture of this business is that no white man has been able to'discover how tht animals are taught to tell good money from bad. The native 'merchants re- fuse to disclose their secret, Hope is a delusion; no hand can grasp at a wave or a shadow.--Vic- tes mint, On one side of the coin tor Hugo. To look actions, To worry ours ity when makes thé pr THIRTREN MISTAKES OF LIFE. To attempt to set up your own standard by right and wrong. 'To try to measure the enjoyment of others by your own, To expect nniformity of opinions in this world. A To fail to make allowance for in- experience, 4 To endeavo tions alike, ; 'Not to yield in unimportant trifles. for perfection in our own h es IR VR VOR NN elves and others about what eannot.be remedied, Not to: help everybody. whegeve: however, and. whenever. wo Can To 'eonsider everything ght that; we cannot qurselves perform To believer only .what. our: fini minds can grasp. " Not to make allow weaknesses of others: To estimate by some outside qual bead LAL WIRY, Whic! r to: mold ail disposi. LEY gsi! ance for th. witk Ir-------------- A EE A iii de dd Ld ddd "GIFTS THAT LAST" | The rent obtained for the plot is em- ployed in purchasing the Bibles, which {must not cost more than 7s. 6d. each. Originally dice were thrown on the rd This handsome Mantel Clock will run ei days with one winding. Strikes the 4 5) rg Tg dds = ROE RRE ~C communion table in accordance with the terms of the will, but the practice was discontinued some years ago, and | now the dice are thrown on a talje! erected at the chancel steps. Tae lJegacy also provides for the payment lof 10s. yearly to the vicar for preach- | Lour and half-hour on cathedral gong, and 2 an Al timekeeper---guaranteed such. Our stock of Clocks is large, contapfing all the newest and most up-to-date Come in and inspect them yourself. thave. ( --- designs as well as all the old standard sé¥les. | GERMAN WAGES BASED ON BREAD BIL. in Smoker Sets Portable Electric Table Lamps eep Christmas with a KODAK The falling valu: of the spark, ing a sermon._on the occasion of the | {along with the constant rise in price | piof commodities, makes it very diffi- cult to fix wages in Germany. Not long ago the doctors of a disfrict of Saxony made the price of bread the basis for fixing the amount of their fees) In Berlin a-still more remark-! S$ iable method of reckoning prevails. | { Teachers who give private lessons | ( yin music and languages have decid- | ae (ed that for each lessoa they are to} ™ be paid three times the price of a | BL | cubic metre of gas. Bread costs 40 marks and gas 10 marks. The price {of a lesson, therefore, is 160 marks. | | Bread-and-gas--food, light and heat | f---is a very elementary basis of life, but rafile. "l was congratulating myself that I had passed the winter without catching a cold, when I got one at the beginning of last May. It was because I was run down. Being rum down I had some trouble in getting rid of this cold. I was a mervous wreck. | | | These are one of the most useful articles in a home, saves the house-keeper many steps and stops that careless habit of drop- ping ashes anywhere on the floor. Newly designed stands in Mahogany. Artistically urned and finished. Priced at $2.50 to $10.00 Brass Stand and Tray .... .... savas n $6.00 & We have these with Metal Pedestal, Metal and Glass Shades, or Mahogany Pedestal and Silk Shades. a All Metal Pedestal and Glass and Metal Shade, $12.00 to $20.00 Slik Shade and Mahogany Pedestal . ... $12 w $20 These lamps are all artistic in design, finish and appearance and will set off any room to advantage. Boudoir Lamps These have ivory finished 'pedestals and Silk Shades. Priced from $4.50 to $10.00 We have a number of Silk Shades in all the popular colors. Price $2.00 to $3.50 many people in Germany and'| fa (other countries have almost got | tdoyn as low as tat. There have | fap becn cases of wages being reckoned lon the basis of tram fares, while an | a | excellent basis is the taxicab fare. In Berlin the taximan # now paid Micight times what the taximeter BS shows, and that is a very fair es- | timate of the rise in the price of living. I would wake up regularly momn- ings feeling that some terrible calamity 'would take . place. Although we were comfortably off, I felt sure my husband was going to lose everything. The children worried me. If they made the least meoise, | would get into e terrible temper. 1 would scold them so that I am sure they hated me. 1 would be mad with myself after it was over and make up my mind never to let it happen again. The Kodak starts right in on Christmas Day to keep a record of the happy events. First, father has to take pictures of the children and the toys and the Christmas tree. And that only starts the fun. Even now father and Uncle Stan are renewing their youth\in a 8 snowball fight--and that is another picture. be i : 3 BS ITHE QUEER LITTLE SEA-HORSE. " -- Fine Ruby Jewelled The sea-horse, 2 small fish much fay | resembling the "knight" in the sBame of chess, having a head like a NS 'snake's, has a curious fashion of car- fi fine for its eggs. The wale carries them around in His "vest pocket," a isort of pouch like a kangaroo's, un- til they are hatched. And even when they are hatched ' {miniature charger, and a tail like a | Ry and begin to think and picture dread- ful things which might happen to me and my family. I would 1a awake for hours, sometime: until daylight, until I was so weak that I could scarcely raise my head. I would waken next day just as tired as when I laid down. After This new design rectangular Ladies' © engrayed. Wrist has 2a White Gold Case, beautifully The movement has 15 fine Ruby Jewels and is a fine example of watchmakers skill time-keeper $30.00 Wa and guaranteed a fine Gentleman Dress Set Here is a very suitable gift for a3 gent- leman. A pair of plain but neat, Silver and Pearl Cuff Links and Buttons to match in a leather box. Priced at We have a lange stock of White Gold and White and Red Gold combination in Cuff Links. $3.50 to $6.00 out, the young | | | a while I got so that I dida't at $30.00 what happened ! { itake refuge in the paternal pouch when alarmed, continuing this prac- tice until they are old enough to for- vage about for themselves. There Age | really is little about the sea-horse to suggest that it is a fish. At times it swims around upright through the water with the aid of its single IX back fin, but usually it remains at A { BE rest with its tail curled around a i i | MR bit of seaweed to keep from being ] » B , . swept away. Sea-horses are found Kodaks and rownies = {ib Rearly a in nearly all of the warm and tem- Ja | in the aquarium at Belle Isle, De- his is the latest and most up-to-date de- in a Ladies' Wrist Watch we have to offer and will make a lasting and much appreciated Xmas gift. In Solid Geld $6.00 to $15.00 can recommend $2.00 to fs a Gold Filled we Cuff Links with initials engraved. make a well planned gift. selection so we will 10 engrave them. Kodak is a gift that slips out of the holida box into the spirit of Christmas. . { = | a | 1 There used to be a few [ = i jtooit, but they died. and now the lag ' } Biaquarium has no specimens of this LS 4 3 {curious fish. which looks like some . : PY PR strange pigmy steed out of fairy- ll 4 {lana | We are showing a large assortment of | Table Smoker 'Sets. These come with Tray, Match, Ash, and Tobacco Holder. Ash Tray wih Match Holder and 3 stacked Individual Ash Trays $2.50 to $5.00 . Our Special Watch Offer Phone 189 40 King Street West "¥ i GAMBLING IX CHURCH La Tausca Pearls The famous French make of finest qual- ity and durability. Some have fancy stone se clasps. : Priced from $10.00. to $30.00 We have a jange vange of other Pearl Strings Toom £ ok. > aa pa n aa Boy Scout Rings : These ave Sterling Silver and 3 he Rexall Price $1.50 pl The new Novelty' Ring of Sterling Silver Enameled on the top in different colors. Priced at $1.00 wp "GIFTS THAT LAST" Dicethrowing is a game which one fl would hardly expect. 10 find dn a . RY church. but it is carried un every vear -E in he uh of St. Ives in Homing: , ; ip F£ pe | donshive. very year sl vs and Pair +4 ok Bi ; Bh girls in the neighborhood ave -lhosen | COUTse he is prejudiced. 1 dt By ra \ fores fa by the wicar to cast lots for six Bibles. seve Ihave a merve jn my y <r AER provided out of the interest fram a - A : nbs 3 TH : > sum of money left for the parpase Carnol is sold by your druggist, " 2 : 8 [nearly three hundred vears age. Tae| and if you can conscientiously sar. "To. Jury & Lovell F. W. Thompson re originator of this strange casio was | after you have tried 'it, that it BR § i dd i |2 certain Dr. Robert Wilde, who died [ [in 1678 and bequeathed fifty pounds to. ' invested in a piece of ground. which is still known as Bible Orchard. Sald hy Wa. Fe H] £ R | | | « « . « . « « Zz - - 5 Te o . " e « . x) & a &, hy h, 2 gy |