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Flesherton Advance, 16 Mar 1927, p. 2

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ppp^ mm «n Of Interest to Motorists CAUTION RULES WOMAN DRIVER WHILE IN CAR. Women ar* goinK into an endless number of new fields. They are found Ijtcroasingly to be doincr the sort of thing* heretofore eupposed to be re- served for men. Consequently one is not surprised to see feminine charm at the wheel of the automobile. The question which naturally erlsee in this event is whether or not the fe- male of the species will be more dead*- \j at motoring than the male. Certainly the male Is too deadly. The number of accidents which can be checked up against men drivers is more than should be the case. But Slow about women? Are they more cautious than men as operator*? By mature it is claimed that women are endowed with a tendency to caution. If 80, do they exerdse it as motor- ists? The answer is in the afflrmr ative. Most men aro impressed" by the caution which is apparently felt by women who undertake to direct the driving from the back seat of a car. This same caution appears to carry over to the front seat when these wo- men themselves take up actual driv- ing. Wherever statistics on accidents have been kept it has been found that the number of women drivers involved were in the minority â€" so much so that even considering the fact that the proportion of women drivers is less the advantage is in their favor. OBEY TRAFFIC RULES. Observers of women drivers report that they obey traffic rules better than men. They take fen-er chances when touring. They are considerate of other drivers. They are not one- They don't seem to bo so all-tired concerned a.<i men about breaking any speed records in getting where they ore going. There is considerable enjoyment for a woman in taking out the family car during the week while the men folks are at business, taking a little drive Into the country and getting away from the daily routine of house- work occasionally. The woman who knows how to drive makes use of the car for errands, meeting folks at the railroad station if the home i.s in the suburbs, taking the children to school. I.EARNINa THE ART. According to statistics, one womah out of three of those rural families having automobiles knows how to drive. The proportion may b»-less in the cities. But any normal woman can master the driving are with no great difficulty. If no friends or relatives will teach her and if she is not near a good automobile school, which would bo the best place to go, she can engage the services of a good chauffeur, or, better still, a demon>- strator for an automobile service sta- tion, and have him teach her. These men are often glad to do a little of this work, and one should not have great difficulty in finding such a per- son. The best way to make a beginning is to have the rear of the car jacked up and the front wheels blocked so that there is no danger of the car getting away from her. When learn- ing to operate an automobile the first step is to become familiar with the engine â€" how to start and slop it â€" j and how to control the speed. ) Regarding starting the.cpgine, con- sult the instruction book that came with the car and if that is not obtain- able, secure another one from your Ont* oi the Greateat Casei Before the PHv y Council MAP SHOWS To the left Is Alme Geoffrion, of -Montreal, who headed the Dominion of Canada delegallon of barristers. To the right Is Sir John Simon, who hand- led the case for Newfoundland. The Labrador houndarloa dispute has been one of the greatest cases In the history of th* privy council. The actual question askel was as follows: "What Is the location and deflnitlon of the boundary as between Canada and Newfoundland In the Labrador peninsula under the statutes, orders- In-councll and proclamations?" It took five years alone to decide upon the exact wording of this ques- tion. The whole case was In prepara- tion for twenty years, costing the two governments nearly a million dollars. The hearing was fraught with hls- THE AREA WHICH TWO GOVERNMENTS CLAIMED ago. It was part of John Cabot's dis- territory, owlns to the corerles but It remained a no-man's country. After the British conquest of Canada, a southern strip was given to Quebec In 1763. But east of the St. John river the coast was given to New- foundland. Much of the legal argu- ment hinged around the meaning of the word "coast." In 1809 the territory In question was restored to Newfoundland, most of It api^arlng as part of NewfouDdland in all offlclal Canadian maps until the end of the IBth century. Then as now the population consisted of a few hun- dred Indians and trappers. Through- out neither the Quebec nor the New- foundland governments had attempted any effective administration, though the Newfoundland game laws were torlcal romance. The vast I>abrador • enforced wilderness Is thought to have been i With the start of the present c^tury known to the Norsemen nine centuries I interest began to be aroused In the timber and power potentialities. The owntrsWp became a wrangle. Finally, the fed- eral government standing behind Que- bec, the case was taken to the prlry council. Libraries and museums were ran- sacked and expert witnesses were sum- moned not only from the countries concerned, including the United States, but also from Norway and Sweden. The- testimony was collected into eight stout volumes, containing over 4,200 pages. The actual coastline was not dis- puted belonging to Newfoundland. But Interests in Canada have been anx- ious to acquire, no matter the de- cision, some part of the coastline. The negotiations for sale were entrusted In 1924 to Premier Munroe. who re- presented Newfoundland at the im- perial conference. a What is a European? Paris Opinldn: (What Is meant when one speaks of a "good Euro- pean?" One must (list of all define arm drivers. And they know how to ^ „.,. ^u.. ...,,..... ......-„.. ,„.. Kuropean. And before we can do that driv<s-that i.s how to stop start, turn | local dealer. If they cannot furnish ^^.^ ,„,,^^ ^^^^^ ^ ,j,j^^ ,^,,^ g^^. around, back up, and the like. If you with one, write to the factory they have an outstandini; fault it is and give them the motor numlKfr and that of going at too slow a speed. I where you bought your car. Planning a Small Garden. The ideal small garden Is a deliglit fill outdoor living I'oom shut off from 'tain, her position is a pet iiliar one Europe, ope la not the same as Europe, the geograplilral entity. North .Africa and Algeria are largely European. Much of the njilkans Is nut. Uussla Is Oriental. rniH.sia once used to be called HorusslH). As for Clreat Brl- On view, plannM for continuous bloom, several counts she Is part of Kurnpe; urrniiged to give an impression of as l on other.'* she belonRs to that sixth muc'li lipace as possible, and with com- 1 part of llie world which is culled the fortablo furniture place<l In inviting | British Empire. It Is this amphibian nooks. 1 character which lias frequently, and A Hot Medium. "She's a hot moilUini, 1 hear." "You don't say bo?" "Yes sli^ raises Cain nnd the Devil 'most every night." .J, Sacred Mountains. Mount Ararat, the mount iiivon which the ark of .Noah rf>«ted, and which overlooked the graves of a ruined world. Mount .Morlah, the mount upon which Abraham offered up bis son Isaac; where, aftorward, Bolomon built the temple. Mount Sinai, the mount upon which ' the law was given to Moses. | Mount ilor, the mount upon which Aaron died. Mount I'iHgah, the mount upon which Moses died. Mount Horeb, the mount where Moees saw tho burning bush and where Klljah fled from the face of Jezebel. Mount Carmel, where fire came down and consumed the sacrifice of BUIJah, and where he slew the prophets Df Haai. and from thi^Kiiiiuiiil of whi<'li he prayed for rain, and was answered. . Mount Lebanon, the innuiit noteil foi Its great nnd beautiful cedars, etc. Mount ZIon thn literal .Mount 7Aon was one of the hills on which Jerii- culem wa» built, and htood near .Mount Morlah, where Aliraliain offered up his son Isaac. Mount Tabor, the mount upon which Christ was transllgured. Mount Olivet, ths mount wher* Christ prayed, being in agony, and say-' log, "If it lie p(i»Hlli!t«, let tilts cup pass from me," clc. Mount Calvary, the mount where Jesus was cruclHed. Vines offer alluring possibllllicB for the gainlen enthusiast In search of quick results. The old fashioned morning glory Is a rapid grower. To- gether with the annuals desirable for Uift Impatient new gardener, biennials and perennials, which do not mature the sHiiie year, should be planted in ad- dition for their permanence as well as for their l)eauty. The small garden must be planned to give an iinpresfilon of space by ar- rungliig vista .offccts, even thougli dwarfed to miniature. This may be accomplished by nothing moro than an uiifoUlmcnt ot'groen lawn reacliing off through an Irri-jrular lane of trees and shrubs. Perhaps a little path will curvei beckoninniy about the hou.se, carrying life eyo pleasantly beyond the foreground. 'I'lio protecting wall may give Iho effect of distance by means of a lattice panel doviHoil to pro- duce the Ber.iblance of perspfw-.tlve. Small-sized garden furniture may be employe^l, <ind tho farther ixiints may bo equipped with very small pieces in- deed, BO that tho eye Is deceived Into iM'llBviiig them farther away than they really are. la the planning of a small garden, care must bo exerclHed not to break up the ground area Into too many units, either by paths or flower beds. It Is lietter to have one iiialu path wide enoiigli for (wo peiiple to walk abri ast, than a iiiinibf»r of iitiiiecessary llltlt) ones that em-roach upon the available working area. Such garden paths as there are should always ar- rive at speclllc i>(iiiit« of Interest. They should never end suddenly at nothing In particular. , quite wriiiigly. laid lier open to the '• charge of perfidy. When the British, 1 after the Great War, ajipeareil to de- I sort their .Mlies, It whs no case of ' treachery. It was merely that, after ' having for four years acted In tho ; characti r of Kuroppans, they once more assume;! the character of citizens I of llie Umpire. That Would Help. Ut Hug "Is Mr. (jras«hopper In- J Plicated?" â-  2nd Hug- "Well, he's full of hops!" - «•_ Slouchiness. Trnmiis and loafers and the slovenly slouch along the highways and byways of life becaiiRo they lack that solfro- spect which braces a man's shoulders and Inspires others to say of htm, "Mo'a no slouch." 11 Is 'indoubtedly true that thf (loiicli hi.'ti'i'. Is often a mental attitiid*. It h a habll of mind as wnll us of body. And reflects slack thinking and slack aiuKLl.a from self-coddling Indulgence • nil a bent and twisted philosophy of life. CofFee. ^ It Is rather remarkable that the two chief products of tlie West Indies, namely coffee nnd silKar, are both na- tives of the Old World, and liavo lioon acclliiiutized in tho .\'ew. "Coffee, as its name imparls, Coffaea Arablca, is iudlgonuiis to Northern Africa, and was Imported Into Kuropn as a curlo.iity. Not much more than a hundred ami llfty years ago a single layer of two slips was taken from Hol- land to .Martlnlque.aiid It throve ho well that it fiiriiiKlind it supply for ths wholo of the West Indies. There Is a romantic story connected with Its introduction. A Frenchman, named Oesclleiix, had charge of the plant. On the voyage the vessel fell In with a series of storms, and all on hoard were put on short allowance of water. The heroic Prendiman divided his share of water with the coffee-plant. "And Martlnico loads her ships With produce from those dear-sared slips." It belongs to the useful group of Clnchonaceas. Bven the leaves poi- sess many of the qualltiM which msks (ho seeds so useful. A bottle thrown overboard from a British steamship about 760 miles south-east of Africa was discovvrsd thres ysars later off th« coast of Chile, faav4nf ira\^l«d oMtrly 9,000 raf At the Gallery. "IKin't you think it u great exposi- tion of female figures?" "In tlie sense of exposure, yes." Jewish farmers have during the present century increased their Am- ericaii holdings to about a million acres. They have increased in num- ber from 1,000 to 75.(HX), says a re- The Mother Heart. I never touch the wonder of her hair â€" Her golden nimbus, like a sunlit mist â€" That curls of other children are not there, Wee heads unkempt, unklssed. I never feel her small confiding hand, Slipped softly, like a flower, within my own. But other little ones beside her stand Unloved, untaught, unknown. I never bend above her rosy sleep. Or km-el in gratitude beside her heti. But other babes In outer darkness weep, Unwatched, uncomforted. O little daughters whom no mother tends! wee lost lambs that stray In stony ways! How shall we find you?â€" and how make amends For our child's happy days? - Robert Kmiuet Ward. 1 â€" ^ . â€" The Supremacy of the Intellect. Winnipeg Mberte (Ind.) : The cult of the intelligence, and tho preference given to spiritual values over worldly things has always been one of the most striking characteristics of the French race and the reason for its widely-dif- fused Influence throughout the world. The energy and prestige of the (French) Canadian soul deiieuds for the most part on the satue cause, and to lose our taste and respect for the things of the spirit would be worse than decadence for us. It is a crime against the IVench Ideals which It Is our duty to defend and protect in this country. Now What? "Son, don't you know that a rolllug stone gathers no moss?" "I agree with you, father, but what In the world would I do with any Rosewood is not the wood of any kind of rose tree. It is obtained chiefly from various Brazilian trees, port of the Jewish Agricultural So- j The name is due to the faint smell tf [one's own littleness.-- -CharlM ciety, Inc. roses when the wood Is freshly cut. ley, in "Two Yea?s Ago." For Next Day's Colunan. If IjOVo will oivly lead us We should not ask the way. Or It It's wild with Winter, Or blossom flown with May;- If thorns - we should not heed them; If blotsoms, well a-day! If Love will o\)ly lead us We need not ask the way. If lx>ve will only lead us â€" WiU hear the prayers we pray. In even the darkest midnight Our souls win dream of day. The thorn will know the blossom. The night the morning's ray; If Love will only lead us We need not ask the way! â€"Frank L. Stanton. Appreciation. The tlrst time that one ii«e« a glori- ous thing, one's heart is lifted up to- wards it lu love and awe, till it seems near to one â€" ground on which one may freely tread, bec^iuse one appreciates and admires; and uo one forgets the distance betneen Its grandeur and Klngs- P^apvinf to Swann. It Is the splrtt'of the hlra that flxM the hour of the grmt auusl aacrlftc* to the genius of the race, . . . wbea^ we And a wbol» peopio, who hare at-' talned tiis topmost plnacle of pros-' peritjr and power, suddenly abandon*' Ing, to the generation to come, their wealth aad their palaces; their homes and the fruits of their labor; them- selves content to encounter the hard- ships and perils of a uew and distant country. . . . They wlU not leave at a moment of despair; or desert with sudden and wild resolve a home laid waste. . . . No, the exile has long been plaaned, and the favorable hour patiently awaited. Were the hive poor, bad it suffered from piUage or storm, had misfortune befallen the royal family,' the bees would not forsake it. They leave it only when It has attained the apogee of Its prosperity; at a time when, after the arduous labors of the spring, the Immense palace of wax has Its one hundred and twenty thou- sand well-arranged c^ls overflowing with new honey. . . . Never Is the hive more beautiftil than on the eva of its heroic renouncement. In Its un- rivaled hour of fullest abundance and Joy; serene for all its apparent ex- citement. . . . As the beautiful day advances with radiant and tranquil steps beneath the trees, its ardor, still bathed in dew, makes the appointed hoar seem lag- gard. Over the whole surface of the golden corridors . . . the workers are busily making preparation for the journey. Each one will first of all bur- den herself with provision of honey sufficient for five or six days. . . . Absorbed by the cares, the prodlgtous perils of this mighty adventure, they will have no time now to visit the gar- dens and meadows. . . . It Is the fes- tival of honey, the triumph of the race, the victory of the future; the only day of joy, of forgetfulness, of folly. . . . They exult, they cannot obtain the Joy that Is In them They come and go aimlessly â€" they whose every move ment has always Its precise and useful purpose â€" they depart and return, sally forth once again to see if the queeu be ready, to excite their sisters, to be- guile the tedium of waiting. They fly much higher than Is their wont, and the leavee of the mighty trees round about all quiver responsive. They have left trouble behind, and care. They no longer are meddling and fierce, aggressive, suspicious, untam- able. Man, â€" the unknown master whose sway they never »ckTiowle:lge, who can subdue them only by con- forming to their everj" law ... on this day approach them, can divide the glittering curtain they form as they fly round and round in soiigful cii-cles; he can take them in' his hand and gather them as he would a buncli of grapes; for to-day. In their gladness, possess- ing nothing but full of faith In the future, they will submit to evei-ything and Injure no one, provided they be not separated from the^ queen who bears that future within her â€" -Maurice •' Maeterlinck, In "The Life of the Bee." -^ ADAMSON'S ADVENTURESâ€" By O. Jacob«»on. Character. "l.'ns-table as water, thou shalt not excel." The pronounc-eraent of the dying Jacob upon his eldest son Is an indict- ment that forever runs against those lacking In character. Now, as in the day of the shepherd patriarch, the ulti- mate test and estimate of an individ- ual depends upon character or the lack of It. Character does not exempt one from the difficulties of life, but It enables Its posscs.sor to meet them more confi- dently nnd overcome them more read- ily. In natural consequence, chara» ter Inspires the confidence of others. For even those who fail to apply It have faith In the precept, "This above all: To thine own self be true; and !t must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man." No other quality will stand the in- dividual In so good stead; no other en- dowuieut is so worth conferring upon one's children. But he who would build a life so that character will be e^er at command must choose his ma- terials well. There may be other ] sources of materials, but none so tried I and sure as religion. Whoever relies ; uiHin that source has this testimony and guaranty found in the Thirty- seventh Fealm: "The law of his Hod i» !n his heart; none of his steps shall slid$." ♦ A Handy Man. The term "handy man" would seem to fit a certain resident of a town In England, for he advertised In the local paper as follows: "James Wi.llia:ns, parish clerk, sax-- tone, town crier and bellman, makes and sells all sorts of haberdasheries, groceries, etc., llkewi.se hair and wlg« drest and cut on the shortest notics. N.D. I keeps an "evening school, where I teach at reasonable rates read- ing, riling and ilthmetic and singing. N.B..-- 1 play tho hooboy (hautboy) oc- casionally, if wanted. X.B, â€" My shop Is next door where I bleed, draw teeth uud shoo horsos with the greatest soil (skill). N.B. Children taut to dancs If agreeable at 8lxi>enco per week by me. J. Williams, who buy and seU old Irln and coats boots and eSioes cleaned and mended. N.B. â€"Look ovet the door for sign of three pidgeons. N.H, - I sell good ayyle and sometimes cyder. Ix)dglngs for single men. N.B., â€"I teach Jografy, algebry and theia outlandish kind of things. A ball oa Wednesdays and frydays." 1 -

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