voTH-E WHITBY GAzFrT THE SDAY,ý MARCH 27, 1940 IINT 0F v THE WIIITBY MAETTE. AND CURONICLE Onaio CmmuuWs L.a&" Weekly Publislied every Wédnesday morning*by Times Pub. labing Company o! Oshoma Limited. C. IL igufldy, Presldelt a. R.,floliay, ice-Prealdent; Graydon M. Ooodfellow. Director. êAnywliere in cianada $2.00 a year jin advance: $2.50 a-- year to subscribers In- the, United States or othier forelon countries. The date to whlch the euberIption in paid la lndlcated on the addreaa label. Advertlslng rates on, application. J . H. ORMXB'rON, Editor and Business Manager. office Telephones: ,703 and 416. WIUTY, !SJE8DY, MAROH 27, 194. 77,. Peo pie Have Spokeni With no uncertain voice the electors of fCanada -on Tuesday expressed -a deiire that the Lib eral government -under the Right Honorable Mackenzie King should continue for the next.few years to govern Canada. It was -a clear mandate to engage in a vig- orous war policy which wiIl enable Canada to render the utmost in ser vice to the Emi- pire ,during the present st;ugg1e. It was further a mandate to give to Canada sound, constructive goverument required for a succesaful prosecution ofi the war, and also to prepare so far as is possible for days of peace. Ini Ontario riding W. H. Moore, veteran and outatandlng parliamentarian, was given a renewed vote-of confidence and in- vited ta carry on for a third time in the 1best intereste of the riding which he has for manfy years represerited at Ottawa. The large maJority given to Mr. Moore made clear the verdict of the electors, and we feel surs that he wiýi accept t1bis new man- date In' the spirit In which "it has been tenderedt continuing to be ever mindful of possible accomplishments for the common good. Hsrry Newmnan, K.C., the National' can- didate, Mnade a ereditable showing consider- Ing the. fWc that hia name has neyer prev- Iou8lY appeaied on any ballott. He in ta be eongratiilated on hIsýkèen desire to be ai «^rvle. bd Canada at this -im'Portant and 4dtissI tfne. Ris.delaraà tion, made lin- tiitely,after *the eketon reiuits were wu, lt1lât ho pledges his support toMr *~# 1pÃ"aous Ar effort, 18 Very com- ~g~i~1 i~severa1» aaa were jj,~week aboutthe actual re- Thé'pllngin the federal electilon 4 the CBmPRigRndrew ta a close.- What ed them, same-,aPprehention was the ýP$st.eIectIlon attitude ' ýichth pbi cf.wic polit.al. paty was puedn wa, these same thoughtful citizens see danger for the welfare of the country un- less nasty personal -attack8 are dumped overboard and 'the government allowed ta, pursue its program with criticism based not on personal likes or dislikes, but on a sin- ,ceere desire ta aid the government by help- * ul, friendly suggestions. In a successful democracy, such as Can- aa enjoys, there should be room during war tinie for uch helpful criticism with- out the destruction of a united effort by al citizens of the -country, no matter what political party received their votes. 7the Value of the Personal' Touch Two travellers were talking in a restaur- ant the other day. After ýhe usual com- Mentis about the war, the conversation 'turned ta the ma tter of war work knitting. One of the speakers said: "I don't see much sense in all* this knitting. A knitting ma- hine could do it better. My wife gave it up soon after she started. It seems such a1 waste of time." - "Fortunately," says our esteemfed catem, The Port Perry, Star," few aof our women are like that. They realize that their sons and brothers and beat loved boys are fight- ing for us; and the least the folk at home cani do is ta take a persozial interest in the canifart and weliare ai aur soidiers, sail- ors and airmen. Gradually they are disappeanlng -" tii pies that motiier uaed ta make"; tue soclça that mother uaed ta knit and dam; ,,ýtho peas and corn and beans that mother uaed ta can; and the inuit ah. uaed ta "do up." Lii. is8 maving in a'diffenent groove, and the loving, persanal touch ai famuly Mie ha. fewem avenues ai expression. It muet be admitted that in the. aid days tiie houaewivea uaed ta b. much overwark- ced. Tôday, science has came ta their aid. It must be admitted tao, that théeclothing praduced by those early mothens lacked the grpcefui cut and smart appearance ai the. store gooda'of. today. It would be a bit atartling ta ise. aur tawn men dressed in real home-spun, and wearing big muiflers and heavy red'mittena.- Ahl that is admitted - but the fact ne- mains that iamily lii. was in days gone by, and la naw, founded on personal setvice. And national lii. ai a worthwhule type la founded on weil conducted familles. Personal wonk, in which s0 many fine Whitby women are now engaged, wiil keep before aur people the seriousnes ai the. great struggle in which we as Canadiana are engaged. Neither knitting machines non any other machines can talce thie place ai the. personal touch, tii. kindly individual intereat in those who are prepared ta make sacrifice even ai lufe itiseli for aur saiety. New Hope for the Mentally Ili Because ai the. location in Whitby ai one ai tii. largestsand best equippeci mental hospitals an the continent, caring for close on two thousand pati ents, the address ai Dr. T. A. Sweet, ai the Hospital staff, given ta Whitby Rotary Club, last week, dealing witii the successini treatment ai patienta af a certain type, is ai more than ordinary interest. . Dr. Sweet, speaking ai the. aucces achieved in the tmeatment ai patients. gui- fering frani dementia precax, with metrazol pointed. out that these patients for tii. moet part weme young mon and women, many of tiiemi, 35 or under, that a goad, per centage oi tiien aiter a period ai treatinent were able ta leave the. hospital, cuned, and able -tOý e. mî#ns whlch rendered theni self- M ï* them ad-dane xtep- tiona'l lwel, it wuasatated. This kcd la encaunaging, for wiui mentýj l lneés ai onedege.or another la peeniar toaail ages, it is mare tragice in the livea ai young men and womon facing lufe with ail ita *posaibilities. For themi a return ta the. realm oaireality, as Dr. Sweet put it, must be a glad and jayaus expenience. How 'in- portant, therefore, it muat be ta get these hands ai such mon as are ta be iaund in Whitby and other hospitals af the province. SScience and medical skill, working hand in hand with tii. higheatý degre. ai human kindness, sympathy and understanding, are -graduaily removing the. dread and restoring the spirit ai hopefulnesa in aur mental in- stitutions. l ýFutile Sacrifices An ancient philosopher declared that if h. had a lever big enough h. could bit the. earth. Another that he could lift an axen. Ho did. Ho started with a caîf and daily ho lifted the. animal and wiien it waa ful grown he .p.niormed the extraordinary feat. Sometimes we think ai the sacrifice on calvary as being the supreme test and 50 it was.. That the. temhptations in the. wilder- ness were all thaftheii Redeemer ai men had. But He' was being tempted daily, and every day He pass1ed thraugh tii. furnace and emerged unsc 1athed. It was the. Apostié' who deciared: "I die daiiy." Sa It was with the-Master ai Mon. H1e was being cnucified and when in the Garden Hie declared: "Not My Will, but Thine" it was just putting. forth that 'ofered deliverance toa ah man- kind. Was ever a ýsacrifice so futile? They- wagged their' heada as' they pass.d. 'He saved others, Himseif He cannot save." gue ai Canada accupies-a-uique place. Its work la exclusively for the* sailors - the ,men who are serving their King and the Empire on the high seas. Tii... defenders ai aur ahanes and aur large export trade are in the British Navy, the. Canadian Navy and the Merchant Mar- ine Services. TheY expenience hardships that few landlubbers could stand._ They face dangers at which mont men" would quail - day and nigiit. In its efforts ta alleviate the discomfort ai these men and ta encourage them in every way passible the. Navy League ai Canada is penforming a very special service. The League maintains salons homes in Ocean ports, it looksa ater mon disabled at sea, it gives: aid ta the. dependents aiý the' shipwrecked. In a score ai ways it carnies on a noble wark, ane in which the citizens ai Ontario should have as~ great a stake as those who liVe in aight ai the sea. We awe much.ta this gaîlant badY ai mon upon whom the safety and proPertY ai the. Empire s50 greatly dependa. Governmenta Are Criticized Criticisms ai governraents are not con-, fined ta, Canada, aPparontîy. In France the governmont nesigned because the majomitY ai the chamber ai deputie8 refused ta vote confidence in its mannen ai conducting the war. In England the gavenment has been criticized because ai the bombing ai the What iild Me 'have to show for mis sacri- fice?7 -Nothing. -,Ko funda i the. treaaury, aH ie i low.rs had faro* lm and f led as wIld be*ais t their haumts in Gallie.- On-Calvary IHé died wlth -erininala but Ho emerged a new pesonality. It wasý the myatery of, myaterie.,- igcwardly fol- lowera are suddenly ispro it nwIs af 1f., not because of thoughta ai finan- cial r.ward, not for any honours beatawed by the banda of mens One of His. desdIet enemies, and the moat Inteflctual Persan ai hi'a ti*ne, cames under the influence ai thie cmuclfled Nazar- ene and la impregnatecj with ii doctrine and he makes the. ahameful cross- the centre afi us theology. They imprison this man and keep hlm half starved ln the filthist ai dungeons continually ciiained ta four soldiera wiio are alwayé being changed.. esa influences hua captors that tiiey too catch th. religion that he teaches and becomne known as thie "Saints ai Caes- ar'is iouaeiiold." Can you imagine Nero, tiie Enperor ai that tume havlng saints in connectiono with hlm?7 Tii... sldiers were sent ta the fartheat outposts of Rani. and apread -the. doctrines ai Chriatianity whenever they were statianed. This lis anather ai the unexplainable mystenies ai Chrlstianity. Tii. leaven of tuas strange religion waa working ita in- fluence through theni. When we read ai marvellous exploits ai olden timea when a nman named Gidean cauld turn a tnained army inta a rabbi. when it ineets it with a band ai 300 men anzned wlth a lamp apiece.and a pitcher. 0f a lad witii sling and fuv. pebbles routing the best equipped zilitary ai hua day -and causing them. ta, fiee in ternor. Christianity and that faith- ig built an thie sanie-foundations. W.. nead daily af terrible doinga in Eur- ope; ai tyranta astalking through the land; of the. Chechà being depmived ai their land; ai Polind being devastated, ai Finland being dyed red with thé blaad ai her alain and we wonder. A day af reckonlng la camlng. The sacrifices -being enduned are anly for a tume. Tiiey are nat £utile. New races are being bomu. ITua ald eartii is being purged. Ais the seed drapped into the eamtii bas ita identity in the ýýaaM> znner ,wll the. new replace the aId, Th*re la pruned ta be the. better equlpped ta bear fruit in the future. Tii. present turmail and strife will cost, and cost iieavily too. W. shah b. cali- ed upon ta sacrifice, but out ai it ahl a ne* and botter world will corne. The Christian religion in aur only hope ai saivation. It alan. can point the. way. AU other cuits are failures when it cames ta reforming If those hardy, healthy and peace-loving Finns want ta migrate ta Canada, the people of this county would surely give theni a welcome. Premier Aberhart took a long count but he is still in the ring. Social Credit will -probably go in for another period of train-. ing. Besides being a first ciass judge his honor D. B. Caleman, of Whitby, is a firat class bridge player. To uini and Peter Draiman we extend congratulations on win- ning the Canadian National championship at Toronto on Saturday last. A news report froni St. Catharines that the McKinnon Industries will participate in the- nine million dollar "contracts" for mechanized units awarded ta General Matons and the Ford Motor Company, leads one ta suspect'the units ta be made by each company are identical. Being manufactured ta British specifications there is -reason ta believe that ail parts, are simular and perhaps interchangeable. Dunbartan people should be happy ta one of their residents will represent On- tario riding at Ottawa. It was just like flipping a penny with a iiead on each side, Dunbarton couldn't lose out no matter which candidate was defeated. ARL5 A A N » AL .TKA NtataMaFag Ot., BZalO aaU& n»r»M te poi~mnts byuuu mjUton. To Erajnp$>, Guelldt, GoIuSICI Own ouni, Ioutlipton, and aU htter. modiae poit yond Bramnpton. To Meatort, MNidlmd Psetang, Ni B ay U am U l nereiaepointsbeyon4. barde, ParrySouad, urwask4 $,çLblL*, LOngine, Geraldtoci, Jellicoe, Bepr&lm '7 Tickets slo sold Suoca Étationu bet*enBeilVeviie *WhitbY lcuIve. Sechanbils or uh arI<~1ar S JOeCUre Inormation IDolE Agents. naval base at -Scapa. Behind al criticisme, it must be remembered, is public -opinione whether.It be major or minor. area and that they were around there- for, nearly an hour and a haif. ThefIact that, considerable damage was flot done was due, to the inefficiency of the, Nazi bombera and> not because British fiera were not on hand ta give aerial battie, It waa reported. It appeara as if *Britain waits until Ger- Many strikes firat and thon comes back v«ha wallop. This doea nat please the Ini England the Air Miniatry admitted ýthat-there wore 14 bombera in the Scapa British people, and thoylare not afraid ta say so. In fact Dr. F. W. Routloy, who recently returned from England and France told the membera ai the Rotary Club here recently that the press and the public rip the' government from top ta bottomn every day. Perhaps it dopa some good. The criticisme at least keep the leaders on their toes. And that is something. Citizens Can-Help Fight* Outaide Competition The closing'recently of the oldest bakery in Bowmanville throws ten people out of work, while another ten or a dc>zen citizens are dependent on the first group, the Cana- dian Statesman records regretfully, as it laya the blame at the door of outside bakers and the, citizens who patronize them. This calamity, if it may be termed such, brings close home the undesirable conditions which exist in many smail towns, and which we have discussed in these columns before. Commenting on the Bowmianviile 'inci- dent Bride Broder writing in the Globe and Mai], has thia comment ta make: "la this, we ask, ecanamic wisdom? W. doubt if there is any wisdom in the matter so far as the invading bakers are concern- ed. There certainly cannot be custom for haif, o0 for quarter the number af. firme aeekin;ta skim the cream of Bowmainville's bread-using population. At the same tume Bownianville's merchants have twenty people less able than they were beffore ta buy variaus commodities, and the level af prosperîty ail round has been appreciably lowered. We are not blaming the firme that entered Bowmanville froni outside with their warea - if they chose ta gamble on alini sales that lae theïr affair. It le the citizens of the town wha have don. a foolish thing, just as the citizens tif many other amall townsand villages have done foolish things .of the same *o rder. They have-killed the goose that laid the golden egg. They have put out of business sanie- thing that waa a cause ai pride ta the town and, also, something that brought it good, sound, honest money." i. Eitoral Ntes E CANADIAN GARDEN- SERVICE 1940 The Soil Expcrienced gardeners caution against rushing the acason. It doca sal na good ta be dug whlc stili too wct. 'It sla hable- to become lumpy, later, perliapa. ta bake liard. With-hcavy dlay sait carly worklng ,ïs particularly dangerous. A good test la ta look at ones shoes. If these became muddy after a tramp through the gardcn it la boit ta go back ta the fire aide and read a secd catalogue or a book.. 8011 ready ta work crumbles, neyer squqeézes into mud. Texture of bath. heavy and liglit soit wIIl be immenaely improved by the dlgging lu of well rotted manure decaylnv, leaves or other garden re- fuse. This sort a! thlng adds humus and moisture absorbing pow- ers. to llght sol, nmakea the heavy klnd more amendable ta apade and fork. Rock Gardens Pr1marilyý rockt garclenis are uscd' ta transform same difficuit portion o! a gardon i to a spot cf unusual beauty and charra.. Wherc the gÉound saopes away 80 rapldly that raina wash away thc sali and grasu wlll not grow, thc ncw klnd cf gardcning helpa, and it also forma a pleaalng connectian for rougli land leading up ta waodland at the back c f the garden proper. But it- la really fot necessary lb have auch. anexcus and against wa]Is, at thre edgcs of lawns or at the back cf the lot anc can always make a rock, garden. These apeclal plots are made to resenible- minIatuire alpine -ranges, and l.ýi theni alpine flowers are' growb., suchiar usualy tiny ahort sprawly thinga, that require Uittle meoisture durlug most cf th*. year. They are spclally lsted ln the bet- ter secd catalogues. To hold the sharply aleping sail, fair asze rccks -of the rouglicat passible nature, pre- f crably weathér beateu bouiders, are burled ta about two thirds their depth Irregularly througliout tife slape. Oood pocicets c f sandy sali are arranged betwcen the rocks. Thi, flowcrs f md a foothcld hereè and trail over the boulders. Shrubbery aM trees'are arranged as backroun or these rc« gar- dens. An odd 1~ or bush rëar the middle wUl do, o hsxm as im051 cf the rock plant are aecutomed ta sanie shade. Growlng Sercens- Stralght narrow fenccs,. abrupt and cramplng corners around gar- age or hause, narrow stralght aide walks; al. unduly emphaalzc the canfining lmits cf amail lots. These howeýer, eau b. made ta appear inany tmes more spaclous If the fences and wafla are partlly ccv- ered wlth -vine-s, If . corners are scrcened« with ahrubbery, lcadlng down ta tail aunual flcwers. A curve lu the walk, or'drlvcway will make It actuaily lntrlgul1 ng and will fiat add more than a few sec- onds ta navigatlng tibe, betwecn front doar and thc roadway. if we put ln these curves, hawever, we Must be sure ta, make a reason foi them, otherwlse the whole effect wl11i . art-icI1.-At he bnd.- TEE SKUNK AMONG FLQWERS It la lu ful bloom, naw, thc Skunk *Cabbage. We scarcecx-, pect flowers at-thls carly date, and yct thia stramige outcast o! Uic world- af botany la iiw at'its be&t. - But for ail It la bloonmlng, you might caslly pes i by; for thc Skunk Cabbage a Ic hemost un- flower-likc of ail flowers. As a smoath bulglng, flcshy hood wltm a long curved -palut, it has fcrced its "ay through the grcund penliaps -ner a melting siowdrift. A strange shape -for a floweri surelyl Yet It doca not lack calor. Sornetimes it la vlvid ,green; 'ýomctimes ricli winc- purplc-a most unusual colon lIn vegetation sa carly lu Uic Yeau. The shape o! Uic hood reminda mn. ot the "park ,"we 4o ofteu me PACIFIC on-the wlnter clothlng o! the school à bldren now-a-days. In fact, many parkuam araso purpie lu color verp mucli like that of thc Bkunk Cab.. bage.11 liut this protecting liood - or "spathe" as the botanists- tern i t - la fot the true flower, any more ttian, the "parka" la thé persanality of the littie hunlan person withjn. Peep into the long openlng on one sIde of the spathe and you wiUl see a littie round knclb bezret with yel- 10w dots. These are called "pollen grains', whio'lis the élement neces_ sary ta brlng the flower ta mature seeds. But there! We are gettlng into the teclinicalities of botany naw. It ia euough to sa y t-at he truc flawer ls tic roupd knob with its yellowiapecks inside the purpie hood, Just as the true person is_ the littIe round-faced bcing - with yellow frcckles, If yau like- Inside the purpie parka. Where do we find tbscurlous plant? About the anlW lace wc could flud any plant ln flower an _&a-March day, - away down in the warmcat. most ahcltered glen, where thc trickling atreamicts trom the niclting ssiow of thie hULsde have formcd a delta of ricli. warm mud. At first glance. we sec no Skunk Cabbages: , Thon. here and there, ail about. we find the curly, purpie hooda, stlcking through the wet .carth and wlthý thcm thc green cônes of the tightly-folded leaves. Later lu. the scason,, should you- visit- the same spot, you wl find no more purple haod-flawers. These have wilted away. This la now the time o! the.lea-ves. Thne whole floor of thcelIttle glen has become a Patch of huge- green Leaves growing luxuriantly lu the soul. In the thlck,_ fleshy. purpie h0od of the S5kunlc Cabbage we are cer- tainly remlndcd of! "cabbagc." for w. -have ail seen purpIe cabbages ou thc markct. And later on. the; liuge. thiçk, succuent icavés recali thc homely vegetable. But why "Skunk" Oabbage? Néxt time you are near Uic Skunk Cabbagc haunts, juist step over and break thc littie purpie hood of the flowe?, or tear off a piece of tie nearest leaf, and you'il soon leaMn At once a strong. f etld odor arifes. whlch las more like a- Skunk lu ail his fragrant gloryý than anything cisc I know o! lu- the Canadian Woods. Extensive tests are caniod out bY the Division cf Forage Plants, DO- m±nlou Experimental Farina Serv- Ice,. ta determine the valeties O! grasses, clavera, alfalfa, corn, sOY- beans. sunflowers, field roots, and other forage plants, both of old es-, tablshed and new varleties. best suited ta fthc different agricltural zones cf Canada. .jNEXI TIRE GO BY MOTOR'COCHI PAR Es ARje 8LOW ]ROUM DTnPi GUELPH *$3.41 NORTH BAY* $1030 T1c«ets and Irwomuoaa uns. G. DREW Phono 6m < tii -I 'I A CANADIAN- MAÂTI9NAL *14