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By J. B. Musselman Moderns like to call the closing period of the 19th century "The Gay Nineties". }suspecl they are really poking‘fun at the deâ€" mure girls of the late Victorian Mrs. Blanche Musselman, daughter 0j the late David Bean who also resides in Regina. ure downâ€"toâ€"earth and thoughtâ€"provokâ€" ing. Mr. Musselman is a brother of the I.C‘le D:.m'd' _B. Musselman husband of Eptron‘s Note: AMfr. /. 8. Musselman of Regina, Sask., is a former W aterloo County resident and has been in the West for many years. At 81. he is enâ€" joying life to the fullest, living retired, bat“’m His two articles, the first installment to be published this week, appeared in the Regina Leaderâ€"Postâ€" Struggle the Key MAN‘S SALV ATION SCHATZ COAL COMPANY . _ . Jot Englots Spread Their Wings From $40â€"Million Eagle P adoendl.. & 32c lt 220 uis lall 2 .. STuim "J€tSs 0° 7.1.0. Lagle, the British Navy‘s "stomic * luu.tumun&'q-svdmam--mu. run to their aircraft during exercises in the English AhM-mtvoAuuhnolthtvokcmuu-lhhzkunh.a-u.h.l“lm MM&MMMummnn-hlwmm'm have seven more fattops than in World Wat II. British naval rearmament this year will be the equivalent of over $930 million. LIKE Aa TEAM i i " ai11i1, A 1 CAM pouring out to a football game, fAyers of H.M.S. Eagle, the British Nary‘s " ALLEN SHIRK LIMITED PAGRB TEX HAMCO COKE â€" AGAIN AVAILABLE 14 Esson St. For many months all Hamco Coke has of necessity been diverted to essential stee! industries. Now it‘s available again in all sizes to meet your home heating needs. This is the best fuel news in months, because modern, refined Hamco Coke is by far your best fuel buy. Whether it be for the furnace, range or heater, there‘s nothing better than Hameo Coke and it will cut dollars ffom your fuel bill. Call your fuel merchant and order your coming requireâ€" ments of hard, clean Hamco Coke now. 33 Erb West WATERLOO Fill up {I_Q_W at to LOWEST sprina r That tantalizing "little" came close to the vanishing point in the nineties, when a girl was thought a bit bold if she wore her volumâ€" inous skirt and three supporting petticoats "almost as high as the ankles‘, or showed a tiny V at the throat of her frilly "basque" with "legâ€"oâ€"mutton â€" sleeves" . to thel wrists. But I never knew an eligâ€" era, and the elaborate and plentiâ€" ful clothes that they wore. Whatâ€" ever may be said about the "muchness" of their clothing, it should always be remembered that they knew and obeyed the basic principle of all good taste in young women‘s dress; namely, "to reveal a little and conceal a good deal." J WATERLOO BRIDGEPORT §â€"5813 FW at toâ€"day‘s spring prices / The eighties and nineties were neither dull nor fruitiess. Indeed it was a period of considerable and imfiortant development, well worth knowing abqut; since he who lacks appreciation of the past, is ill prepared to understand the present or to direct the fuâ€" ture. The sometimes irresponsiâ€" bility of youth, its tendency to underrate or to hu.‘{: what the Past has so tediously ®nd painfulâ€" !y achieved, centres in its lack of a past .and tends to make youth fertile grounds for the propaganâ€" da of such wouldâ€"be "saviours" as can conjure "pie in the sky". _ We were still a simple people in the early eighties. E‘rade was light in those days. There wasn‘t much to sell and not much to buy.( Money was almost a rarity and| we were still naive enough to beâ€" | ible young man to be less fascinâ€" ated by a nice girl just because she left something to the imaginâ€" ation. 69 Frederick St. â€"_$23.50 HAMCGO COKLTI NUT ELMIRA We learned early to accept reâ€" sponsibility for ourselves, as big families are apt to; not just for our maintenance but for our tem> pers and our meanness. It never occurred to us to shift blame for We slept on ticks filled with clean, fresh straw, between heavy cotton sheets, of course, supported on a taut network of soft cotton rope at the cost of a few yards of ticking at 12¢ per yard. In cold weather, our cover was a wonderâ€" leve that it moneY were %}enu- ful, we should ail be well off, sutomatically. However, a little money went a long way. . KITCHENER "It weighs 98 pounds and it‘s TUP @AaT$4LO0O0 t The fire began shortly after 1 p.m. and when the press arrived sometime later, a Niagara of waâ€" ter was seen streaming from third floor fireâ€"escapes, the overflow from the flooded top story. Smog enveloped sections of the buildâ€" ing as ground crews played inexâ€" haustable streams of water on the blaze, spectators were quickly crowded between police and fire lines. An employee said "It went that fast you couldn‘t tell the time". A loud:pelker-et‘uipped rolke cruiser warned onlookers 0 "keep back". At the front of the duilding an ambulance stood vtitlni' to conâ€" vey injured workers to the hospiâ€" man |‘ . By Don Williamson KITCHENER. â€" One of the most spectacular fires in this city‘s history broke out Friday afterâ€" moon in the third floor sprayâ€"room of Dominion Electrohome Indusâ€" tries Limited, at Edward and Breithaupt Sts. Claiming the life of 68â€"yearâ€"old Adolph Scharlach, and suffotating and injuring two others workers, the blaze was fought by Waterloo, Kitchener] and Preston Fire Departments. Chronicle Rerorter Gets ‘Onâ€"Theâ€"Roof‘ Coverage Of Big Electrohome Fire The Waterloo Junior Theatre is having the third of their Studio Nights in St. Louis Parish Hall at £.30 pm., Thursday, June 5th. This "Studio Night" will differ from the rest in that the general Junior Theatre To Hold Studio Night June 5 PSA Tib y whinirvaide 4 4155 10310 best under the stimulus of uncerâ€" tainty, that his struggle to achieve security, for now or hereafter, has fathered about every true adâ€" vance that man has ever made; and that man‘s salvation Hes not so much in the enervating ease of a visionary and unattainable "se curity" as in his neverâ€"ending struggle to achieve it. . below warning pedestrians to stay back from the building, which poâ€" lice thought might erxplode at the apex of the blaze. This article was prepared by a Chronicle reporter who was one of the few: press members to abserve the flaming Electrohome building from _ the roof. Standing beside Chief Albert Pagel of the W ater loo Fire Department, the reporter made his own onâ€"theâ€"spot observaâ€" tions. During the time spent on lhe. roof, we could hear police cars ing for our vanished childhood. Utopia knows neither past nor resent. A neverâ€"ceasing longing for "security" has been the heriâ€" tage of every age. We are slow to learn that the human functions Eus@l2lc a l mep ue lnoy 1 1 ob o iss en oo el SE w the sewing machine come into common use, and that was indeed a boon to mothers of families. The period brought also the telephone, the typewriter and the big "arc‘ or_carbon electric street 7ight. I _ was through | Berlin High School and in my first bookkeepâ€" ing job at $5 per week before the eighties ended. As late as 1895 when I married, my salary, in an executive position, was $12 ver week. Rent for a sixâ€"room brick nouse was $8 per month, milk at the door was four cents per quarti and beefsteak 10 cents per lb. We saved 30 percent of that salary. If we were poor, it was a comâ€" fortable kind of poverty. Our enâ€" tertainment was our books, our inusic and the church with a conâ€" cert now and then by Toronto taâ€" lent. Life was neither dull nor empty. , I nostalgia for the "good old‘ times" is chieflly a belated yearnâ€"| ing for our vanished childhood. | Utopia knows neither past norr Lresent. A neverâ€"ceasing Inmuins e ECCCE DCIED+ }uu phenomenon that has come within the view of the unaided eye in my lifetime. Strangely, it carried its multiâ€"millionâ€"mile tail in front of it It aroused in my young mind an interest in things celestial that doefily affected my thinking in later te. In ‘81 came the first selfâ€"bindâ€" ing reaper. It was a great labor saver and really an epoch-mnk-] ing achievement. A bit later saw the sewing man»;,. _ _2°C" SaW In ‘82 came "The Great Comet". by far the most magnificent celesâ€" tial phenomenon that has come within the Iy‘iew of the unaided bVo in sew brgcarc d 22 is cl eable to somethi that our hr::amr did to us, or f:‘led to do, in early childhood. It was strictly up to us whether we were triende and coâ€"operative and happy, or irritable and selfish and miserable; and it was good to lnrn. _!‘)_m! early in life. our imbalance on "the houu.':a shortage". We expected to be we were as decent in the old crowded log house as later in our new and roomy brick residence; and certainly no one owed it to us to provide us with homes. Psyâ€" chyiatrists had not yet taught us mtkour lu.:k_ of emotional balance going to meet a tall, dark at $250,000 _ Climbing to the roof, we were impressed with the courageous efâ€" 'lorh of the Waterloo Fire Departâ€" ment. A huge hole was burnt in the roof not ten feet distant, and the smoke and flame resembled a miniature volcano. Firemen ocâ€" casionally ran to the edge of the roof for a breath of air as smoke and tarâ€"fumes became thicker. "Have you any comment?" nked} the Chronicle of Waterloo‘s Chief Albert Pagel. In reply the chief identified the difficulties as "It‘s this dâ€"â€" tar stuff burning" indiâ€" cating that tar and pitch greatly hindered fire control. By p.m. most of the fire was out, as a black smog shrouded the building. Damage was estimated Holes had been chopped in all floors to allow water drainage and {the water had seeped down onto | the first floor. A secretary pleaded ‘Jwith a worker to check her tyge- | writer at the peak of the fire: "See |if my desk is closed", she requestâ€" {ed, as water on the ground floor rose to almost oneâ€"half inch in Jdepth. ! In spite of this. water did take ?ls toll; many were situated in pools which ruined them. Workmen on this Aoor were somewhat indifferâ€" ent to the scene of confusion. "Guess there won‘t be any jobs for awhile," one commented, while another shrugged his shoulâ€" ders and said "Guess I‘ll go colâ€" lect‘_my pay." 1 On the second floor highlyâ€" polished cabinets of choice wood were piled up on elevated platâ€" forms to prevent water damage. In tal | _The evening will be made up of two oneâ€"act plays, "Cupid‘s \ Bow" directed by Ron Hastings |and "Snoops Scoop" directed by |Sam Levene. Both are good enâ€" | tertainment. There wil} be added entertainment items. ‘ IRATIE BRITON TIES T1AX DOOR SHUT ON STAFF HITCHIN, Hertford, England.â€" Although there has been reports of "reprivals" against the tax deâ€" i SoV NORF i Tost sonediteitran: 14 Since the start of reâ€"modelling the City Hall this group and the Waterloo _ Players comprising some 50 to 60 people have no home stage. The Junior Theatre is therefore grateful to the St. Louis Church authorities for the use of their Parish Hall and stage on this occasion. public is invited. No admission fee will be charged but a collecâ€" tion plate will be placed at the door so that the audience may give whntkthey wish upon leaving. Mo ubbete‘ mublon Bsce ENC With a Summer Air Cool captivating cottons, crisp Iim, rustly shantungs â€" these are the dresses you‘ll wear and wear and wear â€" with a dash â€" ait Summer for . . . and always feel dressed up. $8.95 to $25.00 In pastels, navy or black PLAID CHAMBRAY â€" TISSUE GINGHAM PIMA BROADCLOTH PIQUE LINEN SHANTUNG for 43 Years in white or pastel rayon Sizes 10 to 18 DRESSES Fashions â€" 3rd Floor Open All Day Wednesday At Goudies 9 to 17 10 to 20 16%4 to 24% reâ€"modelling SVUITS $18.95 The other accident resulted from a collision at King and Morâ€" ley Streets intersection when two cars operated by Waterloo men were proceeding north on King Street. _ Apparently the cars swerved to collide resulting in minor fender and bumper damage to both. }{ &t Kin’foand Erbh Streets intersecâ€" tion. lice indicate that another vehicle, a pickâ€"up truck driven by Edward Hoachbigring Street, collided with the oppel vehiâ€" cle from behind, brake failure givâ€" ;_r;sas the cause. Damages toufled . \ Miss Groff pulled across from Kâ€"W Hospital proceeding toward Waterioo when another car, operâ€" ated by Art Clayfield, 53 Dunbar, ‘allafie«fly attempted to pass the Groff auto. Minor fender damage was done to both cars. Two minor accidents took place on Friday. A vehicle operated by Warren F. DeCoppel, 257 Hazel St., proceeding south on Kinfi Street, stop(fed for a traffic signa at King and Erb Streets intersecâ€" Ave Three accidents, all of minor damage, occurred in this area since last Wednesday. The first involved a vehicle driven by Floâ€" rabell Groff, 17, of 44 Bricker 3 Minor Mishaps Occur in Waterloo This, he told the I'udge, was "so ‘J'xey couldn‘t defraud anyone else." «He was fined $10 shillings for being drunk and disorderly. ‘Lot of Figuring Needed _ _ | To Determine Suit Victor William Newwham, 65, was sore about the income tax he had to pay. So he tied up the door of the local tax office, imprisoning the staff inside. Eartment in Ottawa, a man in ritain decided to "square things between the tax department and himself." The actions were started after a car driven by William Seeds, of Doon, in which his brother, John, was a passenâ€" ger, collided with a car carryâ€" KITCHENER. â€" It took a lot of arithmmetic on Friday to figure out which party came out on top after a deciâ€" sion was down in a pair of damage suits. gabardine 114 King 8. Lloyd Schweitzer Sizes â€"5 to 8 .. 8% to 12 12%4 to 3 "BUNNY FOOT" Saddles Sizesâ€"5 to 12 rerrmprrerecercerens 12% to 3 ... WE SPECIALIZE in CHILDREN‘s EiTTINGs "KOOLIES" After the â€" mathematical breakdown, â€" the _ Henrichs owed the Seeds $620 and the ‘;)rothers owed the Henrichs 655. Court costs were awarded to both on the Supreme Court scale and just about balanced each other. ing Mr. and Mrs. Philip Henâ€" rich. IN MANY COLORS AND STYLE COMBINATIONS by Savage IN BLUE AND w 415