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THURSDAY, MAY 2nd, 1940. BEST \X/ISHES TO THE LIONS CLUB Designer and Constructor of Above Twenty-Oneâ€"Jewelled Watch Box 254 BEACON BRAND SMOKED FISH SUPERCHILLED FISH FILLETS 30 Yonge Street THE F. T. JAMES CO., LIMITED 29 CHURCH STREET, TORONTO, ONTARIO From the Producers of Graduate Canadian Horological Institute WATCHES and CLOCKS of All Descriptions REPAIRED â€"AND-â€" JERRY SMITH Richmond Hill, Ont. Designer and Constructor of above Eight-Day Chime Clock Phone 66 Because we pray consistently for something which never comes to pass is no reason to lose faith. We are very finite mortals to say the least of it, and our minds are very seldom in tune with the Infinite. Let us therefore open up our minds and hearts to the good things of this lifeâ€"Faith, Joy, Friendship, Sympathy. Let us take down the shutters so that our blind eyes may see these things, and not allow Envy, Hatred, Malice, Uncharitableness, Worldliness to fill our lives. Because we have striven hard to attain some objective and failed is no reason for us to give up or lose heart. Conceivably it may be that the thing we worked for‘wou‘ld not have been good for us. That may sound like “Sour grapes” but it still holds true. It is just like every other part of our being, that we call our body. If we lie up for a considerable perâ€" iod, our legs do not function prop- erly. If we do not exercise the muscles of our body they get flalbzby and of little value. So it is with these other parts, for such they are. To function in the right way it is necessary for them to be exercised. The reins of this world are in- the Hands of a Driver Who does not make mistakes, strange though some events may seem to us. The old say- ing still holds goon “Man proposes but God disposes”. There comes to each of us a time when we cannot see the way to tra- vel; which is the best road for us. Trouble is one~of the earthly ills that comes to each member of the human family. It may be sickness, death, wayward children, financial, mental or spiritual worry. Even to those with an abundance of wealth comes worry; the worry caused- by the responsibility of handling a sup- erabundance of this world’s goods. “Yet' in all the sundry changes and chances that come our way, there is always at our command if we will use it, a Faith that “All things work together for good”. If we will only exercise this Faith we shall surely end our worries, and follow the path that we should travel. In every human being there is a God given quality that permits the exercise of this supreme Faith, if only he or she will make use of it. The trouble is that we get so taken up with, and surrounded by, the (‘ \rthly thfngs of this world, that we do not give our inmost being much of a chance to have an innings. Evâ€" ery day happenings loom so large in our’consciousness that our inner self lies dormant. The guide books correctly assure you that English is spoken in the leading hotels, shops and railroad stations. Also the college students usually speak beautiful English. And certainly the population in general speaks English much 'better than most English speaking people speak any foreign language. Yet get off the beaten tourist routes, and you find that, linguistically, you and your hosts have little in common. As I had been to Scandinavia pre- viously, I naturally represented my- self as an authority on all things re- lated to travel when my Lioness and I recently had occasion to visit Den- mark and S\veden-. Besides my cour- age and a rather poorly-working knowledge of French and German, we had a Swedish-French dictionary. Norway, Sweden and Denmark have, until April, been undoubtedly among the finest non-Englishâ€"speak- ing' countries in- which to visit. The scenery is magnificent, due to the mountain vistas, the countless lakes, carefully preserved forests, and hun- dreds of miles of beaches, islands and fjords. The climate is moderat- ed by the Gulf Stream which flows down the Norwegian coast. The peo- ple are wholesome, friendly and happy. There are no slums, such as are ever present in many European and American cities, to prod yOur social consciousness. And the food is so far superior to that found else- where that it defies description. But A Swedish Handbook that we had gave translations of such helpful sentences as “Will you pass the snuff, please.” A typical example of the difficulty you encounter was when we started off on an all-day excursion, being assured in answer to our question put in all four languages, that we could get meals on the boat. The correct informa- tion was, of course, that we were supposed .to take .our-own‘ meals'and' I do use the term “non-English- speaking”! We are too ready to destroy, and THE LIBERAL, RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO 0n Talking Scandinavian All In A State Of Mind (By Lion “Dick” Edmunds) (By Lion Frank Hogg) Our hearts shall walk a Sherwood track, . Our lips taste English rain, We thrill to see the Union Jack Across some deep-sea land; ‘ Though all the world be of rich cost And marvellous with worth, Yet if that island ground were lost How empty were the earth! A song for England? Lo, every word we speak’s a song for Enghnd. We learn, with regret, that the Misses McLean of Yonge St. have left our midst, taking up residence with nephew John at his recently purchased farm near Unionville. Their house has been leased by the Norman Cooks. What is the virtue of that soil 'That flings her strength so wide? Her ancient courage, patient tOil, Her stubborn, wordless pride? A little land, yet loved therein As any land may be, Rejoicing in her discipline, The salt stress of the sea. Let us do it; first by setting our thinking- straight individually; sec- ondly by having faith that we can; do it; and thiraly, (lastly, by work- ing for it, for faith without works is of no avail. Our hearts go by green-cliffed Kin- sale Among the g'ulls’ white wings, Or where, on Kentish Iorelands pale The lighthouse beacon swings; Our hearts go up the Mersey’s tide, Come in on Suffolk foamâ€" The blood that will not .be denied _M0ves fast, and calls us home Our hearts now walk a secret round On many a Cotswold hill, For we are mixed of island ground, The island draws us still; Our hearts may pace a windy turn Where Sussex downs are high, Or watch the lights of London burn, A bonfire in the sky! My wife‘s chief Swedish accomp- lishment was to learn to ask for a glass of fresh water â€" and hence guard against the national custom of retarding water as a designation for a noxious aerated beverage. But of course you never starve in a res- taurant, as you can always point to something on the menu, and hope for success. The element of surprise is appetizing, in countries where raw fish and reindeer meat are staple foods. In all, on reconsideration, there are worse things than the difficulty in understanding. Some years ago I visited with an eminent Swedish scholar who started by suggesting, in French, that he supposed (cor- rectly)’ that I could speak no Swed- ish. Would I prefer to talk in Ger- man or French, as his English was poor? In the ensuing long converâ€" sation I murdered the German language, and used, when necessary, English or French words to help bury it. Imagine my consternation on learning' later that my host read, wrote and talked fine English, but was too shy to talk English to En'gu lish-speaking people. 0n the whole, it is probably better to stick to the celebrated custOm of frequenting only “English-Spoken Here" places, and assume the well known tourist attitude that if you repeat a question ofiten enough, and loudly enough, in English in any country, you will? finally-‘b'e answered. not prepared to work to build. It is easy to pull down and hard to build. It is our opportunity and privilege, in this our day and generation to build a structure that shall be the envy and the hope of all 'peoples, in this Canada of ours&a Dominion that stretches from sea to sea. A song for England? Nay, what is a song for England? er aleâ€"thoughtfully previded to wash down the food we had not brought. 0r again, “If you go to Hven, you can get frequent boat service to Sweden" when what you were meant to learn was that “If y0u went to Even, you could learn whether you could get freduent service to Swe- den”. And you go, and learn that you can’t, and so come back and start over. eat them on the boat. The result was a day’s diet of coffee and ging- THE ISLAND -Christopher Morley. 0E0=O=l01 o=iOI=o=01 Makers of Denver Sandwich Bar William Paterson Brantford, Ontario Compliments of Limited IOEOI {0:01 [0:0] [0:0] [0:0