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fection, |fnonnce of even the simâ€" plest health rules and worst of all, willful neglect. From reports we are told that when she arrived at this warâ€"time hospital fortyâ€"two per cent of the men were dying but a short time after she had taken oomr.l:te charge, only two per cent of t wounded proved fatal As she worked day and night amonget her soldier patients she was ever a shining example of unwavering courage and unfailing energy. Her nightly custom was to pass down the aisles and corridors of the sick and wounded with a lamp in her hand in order to see that each ome was as comfortable as human hands could make him and because of this From her frequent visits to the London hospitals, Florence Nightâ€" ingale became more and more deâ€" termined to travel to the continâ€" ent to study. This she finally did and in a few years went back to England with a burning desire to improve the conditions in the hosâ€" pitals there and to impart muchâ€" needed knowledge for the treatâ€" ment of the sick and wounded. Just as she became busily engaged in this the Crimean War broke out. Reports came surging through to England of great numbers of solâ€" diers dying because of the neglect of an ignorant medical service. In a very short time this brave nurse had called together a little band of faithful, trained nurses and at the head of thigssmali group of about forty women she set out for Scutari in the Crimea in 1854. When she arrived at the scene of warfare she found conditions were much worse than she had ever even anticipated. Not only was there no semblence of any saâ€" nitation but also carelessness of inâ€" (By Chronicle Correspondent) May 12th 1947 has rolled around and how many of us paused in this fastâ€"moving world to pay homage to the founder of our nursh:f proâ€" fessionâ€"Florence Nightingale or, as she was familiarly called, "The Lady Of The Lamp". Perhaps no more fitting tribute has ever been penned to her memory than those lines written by the great poet, Longfellow, in one of his most faâ€" miliar poems which, I think, can always bear repeating: "So in that house of misery, A lady with a lamp I seeâ€" Heroic womanhoodâ€" And fiit from room to room and Slowly as in dreams of bliss, The speechless sufferer turns to kiss Her shadow, as it falls upon the While the tax branch of the government is busy stripping the shirt from our back, other branches of the Government are just as busy figuring out shorter hours and larger rate of pay for government emâ€" ployees. Shorter hours for these people, who are already only working about half the time they would if employed in private enterprise, means that there has to be more people employed by the government, and the more they employ, the higher the upkeep of the government, and you know who is going to foot the bill According to the annals of hisâ€" tory, Florence Nightingale was born on May 12th, 1820, the child of very aristocratic English folk, whol ived in a real palatial English home and who desired that Florâ€" ence be sheltered from the hardâ€" ships of the world. But from her very earliest childhood Florence had displayed a keen interest in nursing and long before she was old enough to be allowed to visit any of the hospitals, etc., she spent day in and day out nursing her dolls and testing her skill and ingeâ€" nuity on the treatment of their imaâ€" ginary ills. â€" 0 It was her parent‘s great desire that she be presented at court and when she reached her teens they took Florence to London for this, as they thought, the great social event of her life. The easy life of society held no appeal whatsoever for Florence Nightingale and every time she could find a chance inâ€" stead of visiting those of her rich class she slipped away to visit ho:pital patients and to see and study how they were beâ€" ing cared for. She was appalled at the conditions she sawâ€"uncouth and untrained nurses pretending to minister to the ills of the sick and with no system whatever of direcâ€" tion. This bothered a girl who had that inborn genius for nursing as she knew that training was the greatest essential. and song, * A light its ray will cast From portals of the pastâ€" A lady with a lamp shall stand In the great history of the land." The present trend towards a lowering of prices will do a lot of good, provided of course that it does not lead to lower wuges for employees and lower dividends for shareholders in private enterprise. Actually the lowering of prices generally would increase the purâ€" chasing power of the ordinary working man to the point where he would probably be content to work at present wages without the thought of strikes for more money creeping into his mind all the time. While there is no doubt that high prices of commodities result in unrest and a desire for higher wages, probably the main factor is the shearing that every individual takes at the hands of the benevolent Canadian Government, who seem determined that no man or woman shall take home even enough money to live on decently. darkening walls. _ On England‘s annais through The long hereafter of her speech The Canadian Government is already large enough to govern about half the world . . . provided they had the intelligence to do so. The sad truth is that they even make a poor job of looking after the small population of Canada. What would they do if it was necessary for them to show the same amount of intelligence as even a small business man has to have? Pay Tribute to Florence Nightingale The plain truth is that the Government takes not only money from us, but also goods and services by depleting our pay through taxation to the point where we cannot afford to pay for them. Will Lower Taxes Mean Lower Wages? THE BEAN PRINTING & PUBLISHWING CO. Owners and Publishers Subscriptions Payable in Advance $1.00 per year in Canade; $8.00 per year outside Canada. * _ Single coples 5 cents. Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottaws. Sb %% Waw genu-dve powers she finally got ohn to come out to America as a missionary to the Indians. He came and for twelve from 1839 to 1851 he hborur!:i’thfully as the ‘luperingr.ldent of a mission and the chapiain for Fort Garry, which we now know as the city of Winâ€" ‘nipeg. Then he took a fi back to England where he visi for a year and found his sweetheart still determined to make nursing her g.f:-time profession. Sbeh.dl':ze‘l'le ining at Kaiserwerth on Rhine river and at Maison de la Province in Paris and aiso had been superior of the Harley Street Hosâ€" :lul. London, but now she received er call to the Crimea So John Smithurst, unable to persuade her to marry him, returned to Canada ‘m this time 2&% Ontario. He brought a lasting reâ€" membrance and reminder of her frlendlhipâ€"cletolthmpke.of communion silver, two of which are still being used in St. John‘s Angliâ€" can Church in Elora. On the underâ€" side they bear the Latin ln-crmum m-m translated n-h“;- t " as agent or r for mcoft?h‘nnem Hall gives as a gift this set of communion silâ€" ver to Rev. John Smithurst, a very mmmmk and the presentation of silver was the closing link in the romanâ€" tic llfedl’lavncellmn-h. There may be other ils in the story of her romantic life which we will never know but it is felt that mudh-:.mwl&:h‘:: for the establishment of Nusses training schools In the past war years, perkaps as never before, we At the close of the Crimean War a sum of money amounting to about $250,000 was collected to be given as a gift to Florence Nightingale. She thanked England for the gift but used it to found the Nightingale Home for Nurses which proved to be the first of hundreds of such training schools. England disâ€" patched a manâ€"ofâ€"war to bring her from Scutari and planned a wonâ€" derful welcome and reception for her but as always not desiring to either seek the limelight or be in it, she I%;.‘fieuy slipped off and returned !to gland unceremoniously and unannounced. dear friend, in grateful recognition of his many km A.D. 1852." We, in this generation, know that * So much for the life of this great humanitarian. Almost everyone of school age and older has read with love and admiration of the kindly acts and deeds performed by ‘"The Lady of the Lamp" but until a few years ago there were but few who knew there was a romantic side to her life history. Since then it has been learned that Florence Nightâ€" ingale and a former minister in Elora, who now lies buried beneath a white cross in the Elora cemetery, were at one time engaged to be married. In this same connection hangs a tale of how a beautiful set of communion silver still being used in St. John‘s Anglican Church, Elora, found its way from the hands of Florence Nightingale to this litâ€" tle town in what was then known as the New World. \ Afe\vyennafi:\monpublished a chronicle of history and in this was found the name of John in brioannt Tonala on urst $ on September 9th, 1807. In his early years he was employed with a firm who manufactured machinery for the spinning of yarn. It was about this time, so the story unfolds, that John and a cousin of his, both fell Although she never sought meâ€" rit she had the honor of beingntihe first womman upon whom the er of Merit was conferred and this was ‘bestowed upon her by the late King Edward the 7th. in love with the same girlâ€"Florâ€" ence Nightingale, who was also their cousin. But John Smithurst llvyosn out and for a time he and lorence were engaged to marâ€" ried. But the latter‘s hflfl?‘l veâ€" ry restless at this time as she seemed ):o hl‘if" lbm onegz)i;eâ€"tg pursue her lifeâ€"long ami an to devote her life to the nursing profession. Using her very great an 1 of mercy and often the menmgned her shadow as she passed by. As one writer has said, "It is a curiousthing that her nam : just contains enoug:l letters to make the sentence "Flit on cheerâ€" ful angel", and truly it can be said to be a fitting designation for one with so noble a soul. 16, 344 have been brought face to face with the full realization of the true and inestimable value of those noble sisters of the nursing profession. We have read many heroic tales of valiant heroism portrayed by nursâ€" ing sisters in warâ€"torn countries as they tried to alleviate human sufâ€" fering. The need is still geat and no nobler profegsion can chosen by our young women. f One of the dealers claimed that dealers from al lother large centres, including London and Toronto make regular visits to Sarnia, and pay two and three hundred dollars over the selling price for new cars, and until this condition is wiped out by increased deliveries, prices will remain fih Evidently these new cars, bought in Sarnia are not resold as new cars, but with the mileage gained b{ driving them home they are sold on the black market at much hi}ha prices than could be obtained if they were sold as new. This was the subject discussed 131 Mr. Grant L. Kalbfileisch, Chief emist of Baxter Laboratories of fi:tnada L.unite‘dt,h:cvtlon, before v'ihe mee of ellingtonâ€"Waâ€" terloo S&ltigm of the Chemical Inâ€" stitute of Canada, on Thursday, April 17th. ‘ Pyrogens are chemical materials Mr. Kalbficisch gave a review ;)efc thed htinu:x]e on t.h‘bm'e subâ€" t and spoke at length on meâ€" thods of testing for pyrogenic maâ€" terials and the means of eliminatâ€" ing them from pharmaceutical preâ€" parations. . Prices quoted loenllLlnclude $1,â€" 150 for a 1941 sedan in exceptionâ€" ally good condition, and $100 more than the ceiling price for 1946 moâ€" m«d' ed by some types of bacteria. materials produce fever These materials produce fever when injected into the blood stream of mammals, and must be excluded from any pharmaceutical prepared for injection. brought a most in meeting to a close. Burdmrewnt‘nd Comâ€" pany Limited, Acton, were hosts to the visitors, serving a dainty lunch. duate nurses take the Nlfihtiniale pledge on the eve of their graduâ€" placed squarely on the shoulders of irdividuals selling their own cars, by automobile dealers here. Dealers indicate that used car deals a:le;y carried on ;iflvau‘lgdang at grea increased ces *43 we want to remain in business we have to pay those prices in order to have cars to sell." ation. Truly the life and deeds of ‘‘The Lady of the Lamp" should be an inspiration for all time and we rightly pay homage to Florence Nightingale, the founder of our nursing profession, PYROGENS IN PHARMACEUâ€" TICAL PREPARATION Blamed On Private Sales High Car Prices Toâ€"day we know that all our gra SARNIA.â€"The blame for the inâ€" IN OUR TIME cope. 1947, King Festures Syndicate, Tnc, World rights sesorved. _ &1 J "I don‘t know her, either. Let‘s go over and break the "Yhnow â€" my Ed was just saying the other day he dossn‘t know uwaznmwnm:-&m- of keen discussion | The rei poisoning effects ‘of DDT make possible to deal much more effi ely with infestaâ€" tions of insect getu of importance to public health and hygiene than ‘in the past. This is fiodflly true in the case of those all too prevaâ€" |lent species, the house niand the ‘bed bug, writes Dr. C. Twinn, ‘Division of Entomology, Dominion and costs or two months in jail. Poâ€" or proper d:lpoul' of fly breeding material, could largely dispose of the fly nuisance in whole commuâ€" nities, if carried out on a sufficientâ€" ly general scale. Cockroaches are another: pest that can be eon':fletely eradicated from infested buildings by the effiâ€" cient use of DDT. Formulations containing both DDT an:lcd)yreuh rum are particularly effective for Mosquitoes are even more susâ€" ceptible to DDT than house flies, and minute deposits of the chemiâ€" cal left on indoor surfaces by treatâ€" ing them with a residual spray may remain poisonous to those insects for many weeks. DDT an oil soluâ€" tion, emulsion, or water suspension applied as a fine spray to vegetation and other resting places of the adult mosquitoes at a rate of eight ounces or less of DDT!peram will give considerable relief from the atâ€" tacks of mosquitoes outdoors. About four ounces or less of DDT per acre, properly dispersed on the breeding places, kill the larvae of lice furnished 41 betting slips found lice furnished 41 betting tu‘g: found on his premises showing that $214 "While on the raid I_took down several bets on Jet Pilot," said one officer. "And it won at odds of betâ€" ter than five to one." Death To Insects In Home by DDT article in Scientific Afiku]tnre on "The Newer Insecticides, Repelâ€" lents, and Rodenticides of Value in the Field of Public Health." The application of DDT residual sprays to the interior of buildings of all kinds wherever flies are trouâ€" blesome, plus the periodic spraying STRATFORD. â€" Several Stratâ€" ford residents supported the Kenâ€" tucky Derby Winner, Jet Pilot, on Saturday, but never get paid off. The reason being that the bets were James Cheyne pleaded guilty to a charge of keezin( a common gaming house and was fined $100 to places where the bed bug hides, or where it must come in contact with the insecticide, eliminates the nest and prevents reâ€"infection for many months, and does away with the necessity of expensive, inconâ€" venient, dangerous and only temâ€" porarily effective fumigation. this purpose, of mosquitoes. Fleas and lice are readily destroyed by DDT. recorded by a provincial police anâ€" tiâ€"gambling squad. Tb;polloe anâ€" swered the phone while raiding a local "bookie". Department of Agriculture, in an The simple but thorough applicaâ€" uonofDlgTinlpnyorduntwm had been wagered on 115 horses. breeding places, kill the larvae of both culicine and anopheline forms Bet Placers Win, But Not Paid Off The simj Oy Mowie Hume have gone to the gas chamber, BRANTFORD.â€"On the jgo for one month as Brantf@rd‘s dog catcher, Charles Robinson, thinks he has one for Mr. Ripley. He believes that strays dogs have come to recognize his truck, and to disappear as soon as he gets anyâ€" where near them. â€" "As soon as I appeared, they scatâ€" tered and disappeared. When I had gone they all came back, and I got .m«nmm.w* Robinson has now swi from his truck to a car, and finds the d%dun‘t spot him as easily. more than a dozen owners have yet reclaimed dogs from the Reports of sales of fluid milk and cream for January, 1947, show conâ€" sumption being maintained at about the same level as a year ago. The increase in consumption thn: was apparent throushout most 0: 1946 is no longer evident, states the Current Review of Agricultural Conditions in Canada, and indicaâ€" tions seem to be that there will be some small decline, with a larger reduction in the sales of fluid cream. The lming of restrictions on cream will probably have the effect of increasing cream consumption, says the Review, but it is not exâ€" pected that this increase will bring. foun sales very much above those Brantford Dogs Smarter Than Most In its monthly report on emploÂ¥- ment and payrolls, the bureau said the combined working forces of 17,425 reporting employers stood at 1,853,195 at March 1, exceeded only by the 1943 and 1944 totals for that point. The Dominion Bureau of Statisâ€" tics reported that on March 1 inâ€" dustrial employment in Canada was at its third highest level in hisâ€" tory for that date. * A e weekly earnings of workers Â¥n the reporting firms stood at $35.58 at March 1, against $35.03 a month earlier and $32.44 a year Claim Employment At High Level One wellâ€"aimed blast of his shotâ€" gun netted Herbert Drennan, 19â€" yearâ€"old youth of Ashfield Townâ€" ship $70.00â€" in wolf bounty from Huron County. He stands to colâ€" lect an almost equal amount from the township. Erskine that thé'bountz' had been paid for an entire wolf family. Treasurer Erskine said: "Drenâ€" nan‘s cleanâ€"up will be a great savâ€" ing to Ashfield Township farmers rext fall." One Shot Bags 9 Wolves history of County Treasurer A. H. Drennan shot a female wolf and then located the den, and systemaâ€" The den was discovered near Kintail, 16 miles north of Goderich on the Bluewater Highway. tically dispatched 8 cubs. The male animal is still at large in the disâ€" It marked the first time in the ic 44 FLUID MILK SALES a call the other day and in A The last snow disappears from the hollows.. . the streams rise, sink, run clear again ... buds sprout and burst .. the land driecs...field work starts again ... spring plowing, harrowing, seeding ... ‘ Spring work calls for labour and money which will not yield returns until harvest In the meantime the Royal Bank is ready with seasonal loans to pay for labour, seed, fertilizer, equipment and improvements to land and buildings. Your local manager is always glad to see you. T HE ROYAL BA NK O F C A N A D A WATERLOO BRANCH â€" " he said irst Cburch of Christ, Scientist Cormer Water and Francis Streets, Kitchener CHURCH SERVICE AND SUNDAY SCHOOL: 11 A.M. Wednesday Evening Meeting at 8 o‘clock when testimonies of Christian Science healing are given. Christian Science Reading Room in the Church open daily, B to 5.30, except Sundays and legal holidays. D. S. McKAY, Manager