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The Advertiser goes on to further lay emphasis upon the sad lack of judgment in the young man Who enters a life of crime. There is no glory, very little adventure, and absolutely no satisfaction of mind to the boy or young man who thoughtlessly makes the first misâ€"step. The common experience of criminals, the London newspaper says, is Isordid and dreary. They never live at good hotels, and the only plea.- sures they get are absorbed in some questionable night club, or in the slums or the meanest quarters of the bigger cities. On top of this, very few of them escape punshiment and imprisonment. The unfortunate part of it is that careers of crime are chosen by young men at a time when their judgment is undeveloped; and when they once start, it is difficult for them to get back into the straight and narrow path. This draws attention to the value of home training. Early in their lives boys should be impressed with the fact that crime is not only immoralâ€"it doesn’t pay, and it leads to personal discontent unhappiness and everlasting regret. Announcement has been made that the session of the Ontario leg- ~slature is to open on February 9 next, and the expectation has been voiced that it Will be a light session, with few matters of a very con- tentious nature to be discussed. There will possibly be some debates on proposed amendments to the liquor control act, and announcements of tax reductions, but, for the most part, the legislative program is of a. technical nature which will not arouse a great deal of public interest. With this program, the Ferguson government will have little diff- 'culty in putting through its legislation in quick order. This is true, not so much because of the excellence of the program as it is owing to “he outstanding weakness of the opposition. For all practical pur- "Joses, there might as well be no opposition. The minority body in the house is not only so small as to be of little effect in a division, but it is divided in two by the persistence of the Progressive and Liberal for- res in remaining separate. This division is not felt so much in the :livisions of the legislature, as it is noticed in the debates. A divided opposition cannot hope to be nearly so effective as one which presents a solid and united front to the government of the day. I pray Almighty God that the words I write in this house may be pure and honestâ€"that they be dictated by no personal spite, un- worthy motive or unjust greed for gain; that they may tell the truth as far as I know itâ€" and tend to promote love and peaceâ€" amongst men. It is very encouraging to note that newspapers all over this coun- try are beginning to consider seriously and discuss openly the degrad- ed position in which a young man voluntarily places himself when he enters a life of crime. The romantic side of a criminal’s career is be~ ing properly relegated to the background, and editors are holding up the mirror of public opinion to show youthful offenders the true light in which they are regarded by respectable and lawâ€"abiding people. Recently there appeared in the London Advertiser a thoughtful and forceful editorial which showed that criminals, instead of being bold and daring, are in reality mere weaklings, with no initiative, and no courage, and cowardly enough to take advantage of peaceful citizs ens which is only possible through high-powered cars and revolvers. No special brain power is required of a criminal these days. “Occasiâ€" onally,” sayswhe Advertiser, “one man has the wit to originate a new plan of plunder, but he is likely to be followed by a host of imitators. A psychological examination of the criminals would probably reveal the presence of a considerable number of weaklings, who merely follâ€" ow fashions in crime, or are the tools of some leader of real, though perverted ability.” This comment was occasioned by the revelation that the men who were foiled in their attempt to rob the bank of Commerce in Hamilton were under the influence of intoxicants and drugs. Nerve was needâ€" ed to carry through the plan they had devised, or cepied, and the poor simpletons had to bolster up their courage with drugs and liquor, even though they had all the cards stacked in their favor. This lays bare the false “heroism” so often attributed to the perpetrators of such “reckless” hold-ups. In the heyday of youth, in the strength of middle age do you ever stop to think of the old man, or the old woman you will have to take care of some day, if your life is spared. The young sometimes pity the old lady sitting quietly behind the spectacles, or the old man walking slowly and looking at the sky. Pity is not needed when the old man or old woman are independent. There is joy in relief from responsibility and from striving. There is inten- se happiness in possessing leisure to contemplate the earth and human existence and the goodness of the power by which all things here are ruled. There is one simple rule that will bring you to this happy stage when old age comes. That simple rule is: Save as you go. Just as you would save your food and water if you set out for a long voyage across troubled seas. The further you go into the unknown expanse, the more you depend on your fresh water supply. The further you go into old age, the more you depend on that which makes old age what it should be. an age of thoughtful independence. And the thing needed most is money, wisely and safely invested. Remember for the waster, the spendthrift and the idler the road still leads over the hill to the poor house and thousands who thought that it was more important to make a good showing among their friends Will find old age a hateful time of worry and anxiety. The evening of life should mean the age of blessed peace and release from responsibility, but many find it a hateful time of worry and anxiety. Save for the old man and the old woman.â€" In regard to the tips which are so plentiful in these days of popu- lar speculation it might be said that most of them are whispered from the house-tops . Will Rogers, whirling his lasso, remarks: “All I know is what I see in the papers,” and everybody laughs. Why? Will Rogers has aparently secured a very adequate practical‘ edUcafim‘; in this way. He passes for a wiser man than many college graduates and not. a few professors . AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT RICHMOND HILL THE LIBERAL PRINTING CO., LTD. J. Eachem Smith, Manager Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association. Subscription $1.50 per yearâ€"To the United States $2.00. Covering Canada’s Best Suburban District. Advertising Rates on Application. PAGE TWO THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1928 CRIMINALS ARE \VEAKLINGS THE ONTARIO LEGISLATURE THE LIBERAL Established 1878 TELEPHONE 9. OLD AGE The trouble is that you don’t know anything about the game, and are a little afraid of venturing. “The wicked stand in slippery places,” says a well-known authority. Curlers are apparently able to do the same thing without an effort, but you do not come under either heading, so far, and you are naturally a bit nervous. The soft weather of the early wintâ€" er threatened the success of the seas- on of the great Scottish national game but the cold snap over the week end came as a relief to addicts of the “roarin’ game and this week they have been “hard at it.” This is the time of year that your curling friend refuses to talk anything but “curling” and as he talks to you he wonders what kind of a forlorn and unfortun- ate human being you are anyway that you don’t curl. So many of your friends curl that you feel that perhaps it might be a good idea to have a go at it. They seem to have all kinds of fun and to win all manner of cups, tankards and other vessels of convivality. N 0 use to you, of course, but it might please the Wife to bring one home occasion- ally. She could use it for her ferns or geraniums . Well, curling isn’t as hard as it looks. If you follow the advice given here, Written especially by an expert for the guidance of the novice, you will be a curler, even 3. Skip, in no time. The implements required are few, and easily obtained. Just a pair of stones, or “stanes” which may be procured from the nearest tombstone merchant, and a broom. The broom is usually purloined from the kitchen by the beginner. In the case of the experienced player (whose wife keeps the broom hidden), it is customary to ‘get down to the rink a little early and obtain some one else’s broom in as lanonymous a manner as possible. Young players are often inclined to think that they could do better With a carpet sweeper than a broom on the ice, and numerous attempts have been made to introduce it. There is little doubt that it would improve the game but the curlers as a class are hard old crusted conservative sportsmen. They take no note of the march of progress. 1 Little remains to be said of the ac- tual play, which is simplicity itself. .The language, however, presents some difficulties. You will probably run across some acquaintance and he I will be wearing a tam o’shanter with a lred bulb on it, and he will say to you: ' “A Wee bit slaw, but a bonnie shot I ma braw laddie.” There was once a curling club of young players in a town in Western Ontario. Hydro was more of a nov- elty than it is now, and an attempt was made to do away with the use of brooms altogether, and utilize an elec- trically driven vacuum cleaner. “Let Niagara Falls soop ’er up,” was the slogan. The innovation, sad to relate, was a complete failure, and the broom reigns supreme. The beginner is often puzzled by the words used by the players, for cur- ling has a language of its own. “Soo-p ’er up,” means to sweep the ice. The House is a circle drawn at each end of the rink, where the Skip stands. It is most important to remember that the Captain of each side is called the skip. The Hog is simply a line drawn across the ice 9. little way down the rink. The two terms are often confused by the novice. He is told to sweep right up to the Hog, and he keeps his broom going like mad till he bumps into his Commanding Officer. You will see, when you read later about the skip, how important it is to remember this distinction . You are now'ready to commence to play, which you do by grasping the handle of your stane and propelling it along the ice in the general direction of the skip at the other end. During the first few years you will invariably fall down as you _do this. Even old f players do so regularly. Great care should be exercised not to fall forward across your stane. It retards its pro- gress along the ice, impairs your di-J l gestion, and infuriates your skip. Much better simply to lie quietly on the ice behind you. This is Scottish for “Attaboy.” It will take a good deal of time and study to master the language, and a useful scheme for the novice is to commit to memory some easy phrase which can be used on all occasions, such as: “It’s a braw bricht moonâ€" licht nicht the nicht." Curlers alwaYS dress in such a man- ner as to conceal their identity. Con- setjuently, if a broom gets tangled up with your legs and upSets you and you crack a couple qf it will be THE LIBERAL. RICHMOND HILL, ONT. “The Wicked Stand In Slippery Places" â€"But ,50 Do Curlers. i’ Beson and Stane Wise to put a check on your feelings, and be moderate in your language. That hard looking citizen in the red sweater standing near you is probably the minister of the biggest church in town, and the seedy individual with the mackinaw coat as likely as not owns a big busineSS down town. You can never judge by appearances on the curling ice. A safe rule is to be civil and polite to everybody until you are promoted to be a skip, .and then reverse the process. Doris McDonald, the 20â€"year-old woman under sentence of death for the murder of a Montreal taxi driver, blames her terrible downfall on two circumstances â€"- first, when she was a child she was adopted in afamiâ€" 1y where religious training or belief of any kind was unknown; secondly, good times, gay parties and wild nights. A terrible beginning and the logical end! The ambition of every curler is to become a skip. The beginner, through all the years of his apprenticeship, should keep this goal before him. The Skip is King, an Emperor, :1 Ser- geant Major. His word is law. You must put up with his rebukes, his sar- casm, his abuse in humble silence. Grin and bear it. You too, will be a skip some day. T0 Canadian Investors : J. R. HERRINGTON, Investment Securities Richmond Hill Would you recommend the purchase of the following securities ? 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