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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1952-06-25, Page 64 I 4 =�r 3 fy • • r1: 0{* :4, } 1. • it*AGE six THE LUCxxNQW • SFNTIN ,.Fir cLUritNOW, ONTARIO • WEDNESDAt,,' JUNE 20-bb19x.2;. "THE . SKETCH"' (Continued from page 5;)' AT ,RUGBY O"AME Bpys of ,Grades U, 12 and 13: Lu,ek ow-Diistr-ict_Hi hool ° attended the Western .'- McGill V1203Y game .at ' London on, Sat= • urday, October' 20th,, Those in. at- . tenderise were Jack McKim, Mur dray McNain,• Donald Haldenby, 'Morley Chin, Wayne Johnston, Manny Rose, Murray McDonagh, `DealTZ}oxri�pson . Russell Barr, • Donald. MacNay, 'Donald Stewart,. George Douglas .Hal' • odenby, Donald .Sp, '.th, Bill Baulch. .3'he boyswere accompanied .by . N: B. Anderson; . Cam- Thomipson :and Archie Maclntyre.., • ROBERT BURNS (By Carolyn Gibson) Robert -Burns, Scotland's fore; niost poet, was :born. iris a ;two- .room cottage • in ',1759 : He was the son of a struggling farmer who • was intellectual rather than etieal:.As. Robert was gifted With great . force of mind and harm . impulses, he f ound much life-te learn-and.'to-e loythus Be ;felt that he could trizi, and 'reshape songsor write new songs *to old Taira. Yee succeededby the direct simplicity of his outpoured. ,feeling where more. elaborate pression 'would have failed. The whole .Burns family was unfortunate with farming, though everyone worked hard.. His spare time' was spent in stUdying, writ- ing poetry, and, as he- .grew older, in seeking; society where . his con-. 'versrahtional powers Would be ad trirred. ' • In these .. societies, hard drinking • was regarded perrniss-.. ible . and this. was dangerous, for . a man . who ,plunged into ''whateverr be 'was'doing with Whole -hearted ni�pulsiveness. ',He was' not de ' �ceiv+ed: about himself. He knew bis .own weakness:',` Will..and bow • he gave way to the whim , the mmomernt: Robert: Burns . had very ,lit+tle self control ' „y At the -age of twenty-sevea. he planned' to flee from England to Jarnaica because • of • failure of farming, . but friends , urged hien • . to ptrlblislf +his'poems in 1786.. He received--twoo thousand—, , Aire:shun; sired. 'dollars far :them and became fiamouS throughout Scotland and, Eriglai.- But; soon, many of his • fine •friends 'fell •away and •he, re-. turned' to his unsatisfactory farm=. ing where the old. • f'amili'ar terrip- . tation once anole_sllrrourided.hiIn.-. ' :. Burns obtained appointment in ear-tomswhich allowed hire to keep farming, The : twointerests ed..sand from 1791 he.. relied for a living on his Customs ap- •pointanent. He Was; now, shaping Songs . to fit them to 'old Scottish -._:melodies ` i e customs inspections „led where social drinking was encouraged; Dissatisfied that he` did not get the proniiation that ,he: expected and, downhearted, he gave .way to intemperance. Jae lost his health and died at the. early age of thirty-seven' on July 21st, .1766. • Hobert Burns hada tragic life: If he had,, oris"$..; had a little • more •self-control, and if suitable• Work ' could have been, found for him, his Undoubted genius «night have • grown' and developed. He, had great 'qualities aad nd one has felt, more truly,' the beauty, to be found irn;Poor and simiple lives or has expressed• it with quite such • genuine, clearness and sin- ';cerity, ' No manlier- man . than Burns has ever used a pen when ...he was in his; inspired mood. iRd ert Burns, once, called .him self "a ' poor, incautious, duped, unfortunate fool, ,the sport, the ',iseraible 'victim of rebellious ide, agonizing sensibilities and '.. bedlam • passions". As far as • .it goes this characterization is bit= terry : true " (but it says ^ nothing about the man's warm' and cane- • • panionalble , .nature, ' his virile c'reativ'e or the energy df his int- agination which so ciften trans- mute•d'the base Metals of passion, folly and pain;•intc'the pure gold. of beauty. There is no poet whose transgressions weir ore ‘willinglyy forgivethan we do of Robert Earns, for, with ' 411 his' sins 'and, Weaknesses upon hire, 'he left us ` a precious handful of songs that will last While there . is •hitnian 'breath to sing then i. THE' ,CHRISTMAS DANCE. Prior, to •the close of school for the Christmas hos idays---stadentst. staff, .Board ' members and Some, ex -students held in Christmas. danee- in A the -.4•03,.[ alt Car! ruthers / orchestra; supplied .. the music and Cameron MacDonald APRs knaster O f ceremonies. A •spot dance was won by . Dori - aid Hlaldenlby: and Betty Johnston and the elianination dance ,by. Laurine McNair and Donald Ste- wart. Refreshments were served to conclude a pleasant evening; ' • COMP.ElRISON OP, HITLER. AND MACBETH (By Jacqualeen, Hedley) "Vaulting: ambition Which' o'er - leaps itself, and falls on thh' • other side" This was the' greatest characteristic'. • • comrm'on to both. .Hitler and Macbeth. Each was over -ambitious and each lived' to see his ambitious hopes and plans !trampled to`the grow id and him- self:a ,hopeless, deserted creature. with "curses, not loud' but deep, mouth haneur 'breath; which the poor -heart would4airi: •deny, and dare not". ,.. . Adolf Hitler, like Maribeth,dis- covered leis gifts of • ;leadership and • organization while serving in a war for, his country. He public-,. ized Aryan racial superiority, as; Macbeth (believed in the superior ity of 'the Scottish race. Both Hit ler °and Macbeth became symbols: of:''enforced .submission and en- forced obeisance • , to a dictator, Hitler's fi tapo may ibe: coiripar ed to Macbeth's . ,spies. Ori (both kingdoms,. • all ` •personal liberties were .gene .and • earsh . • of the re gimes,becaane• totalitarian; utterly. arbitrary in its aims, pagan in. its philosophy and brutal in its - Methods.• ' Hitler, like Macibetli; was ruth- less, Cruel and unfeeling. During the last attack of Berlin, he• dis- oovered that the: Russians• might be able to .advance .through an aim of the Berlin ' subway. He' agave ord'ers'. to' have • .thetine flooded. "Mein Fuhrer", protested a general, "awe .' have several.. .'thousand sof -our, wounded in that•: "tube ---"..Hitler interrupted . iiim With a. 'snail: "Flood the tube!!" !" Children, . forced,.: to_ fight .during. the attack were ,piled . in heaps a througlwut'• the city. These . caloi.s °deeds might be compared to •Mac- beta's unfeeling nnirder of .Lady Macdutff and ,her '.iEaimiTy, and` to his, other (brutalities towaar°d the.' people;' of Scotland. Hitler threatened severe ' pen- • ties -against kga-gers h tried to evade their obligations and hanging to shirkers in battle, just as. Macbeth tried to' "enforce ley, `aity�-a�'oivg•--Tris--sub►jests-=-•mby th eatts of ` punishment. • Macbeth. was arnibitious' to . become- king af. Scotland.. Hitler , was ambitious t� becoine.. the world leader. Both were over -confident=; -"Security is mortal's chiedest enemy".. Mac- beth drew his assurance'. from the prophecies of the .witches, : while. Hitler rested on the assurance oof. his own brilliance. and. strength.. Bath •were , responsible to rio one except. themselves; Hitler's boasts ,have•i become . a. parody .40 a free- dom -loving world: In 1940"What ever may come,' England' will break: ' down". In 1941 "We can have no doubt thatthe destiny of Europe for• the next 1000 years' has _.(been ..decided". and. in • 1942 "Under no circumstances will we 'ever • Capitulate, That they ever will beat us is impossi(ble, and out of the question", •And yet,,'mom- ents after the most confident of his boasts, Hitler was haranguing •his ° subjects for three ' houlrs, shouting "I`• -have ,been, betrayed• —You' are traitors all of you! Dogs, of traitors!" Dere, indeed, he' felt `his title 'hang loose about •hini, like a gian't's robe upon a., dwarfish thief"", and Macbeth, too, saw ^ h°is • su(bjeets desert hie arid join .in battle against hiin. Peat .this point in his career,, no doubt ea& felt that life was merely ''`a tale,told/ by, an idiot; full of sound and,fury, signifying nothing'' and each • welcomed death,' for to die, to tiler would be a Mitch easier thing than to live, •for each had forfeited those, things by which mew by ROSEMARY THYME Strawberries ripening in every- body's. patcih now .. , and.' every ,body: , praying for rain, , so that they'll , keep on . coming. • Isn't it wonderful that as the various fruits and.. ••vegetables creme in season, that's 'just the food ;that; tastes the,best 'at anything to us! Anything An ore delicious, . than .. m fresh strawberries • right ,now? N.. ,They.can:'t be nicer than serv- ed e with just, sugar' and cream. But 'sometimes -we like to •gild the lily, and dress them up bit, make' a -shortcake: with. whipped cream perhaps; or Make a gela- tine dessert, or a 'sherbet. ` • Fruit sherbet: 1 cup 'Mashed strawberries,' .1 ,Large ripe mash- ed •ibanana,.ju'ce of 1 orange, juice of 1 .lemon,' 1 cup . sugar, 1 cup Op 'milk. Beat all ingredients 'to_; gether `untilthoroughlyblended.' Freeze in ice cube trayone riot-. Retrieve -ash- cr et__fro freezing• compartmelit 'and stir. Return to frig foranother hour, - •: , Strawberry.. Bavarian .dream: 1 box strawtberry. • gelatin. powder, 2 cups hot water, ;'1 cup. top milk, or • one cup heavy .creani whip- ped,. 1 pint • • sliced : strawberries.- Dissolve the... gelatin' in., hat or .boiling water, • according to *dir- ections on the. rackaage Let gel- atin stand . until begins to thicken, then whip.. Fold in the Whipped cream and . sliced ,'straw-• berries.' Turn into Sherbet glasses: and chill. Serves six. • Strawberry Puff:' Coinbine 11/2.•. • cups grahann cracker crumbs, 2, tbsp. sugar and % cup melted butter. Press into 8 -inch; square pan.Beast. 4 egg whites u• ntil soft -peaks form. Foil in 1/2 cup sugar '. gradually. Swirl . beaten eggg. whites over crum.. _ mixture. Bake in ' moderate .ov, n`' 20 min. Top with siweetened whipped-•--or-eam and. strawberries. Here's a tip ,en making your summer drinks, :m, orangeades, look extralerefresonadesh- ing. Fill '.ice `cube tray half full of water. Freeze partially' solid, place a cherry and a mint leaf, or two, on each cube. Fill' wirth. water and finish freezing. And a novel way to ,ahape rolls Put, •smooth iballsof dough 'into •greased'rnuffin tins;• cut in half with the points of the Acis- sors; snipping 'almost through to the bottom ofthe roll, then cut almost through the ' other way, so that you have quartered the roll. 'Makes a "different" looking top. . v • * . * ;� •# In my work:,latel I have been working a .great. deal • with •a young woman who 'has •recently moved to the •vicinity from a dis- tant city. Her husband has bought a farrn nearbyi. their first ---Ven . ture in farming, sand I think their irss; ' experience 'with' country life. Ile had spent. part .'of ;his 'vacation near:here' last year, and•: since then, according to his wife, he • has : been able to talk of no- thing but the beautiful' .country hereabouts. ; . • There is Something 'so refresh- h ing about • a city:.' dweller's ap= proach to • living in the country: T am always interested, and some- times aaniused'• by ` their. reactions to the things ,that' are novel :to' thenri and7ratter-of-course to'us. FLORIDA TRIP DESCRION,p, AT PARAMOUNT . W. I. 'The June meeting of. Para. mount . Women's Institute waa held at -Mrs. 1 "-NTehoLson's with 18 ladies and four children pres . ent • ,Mrs: Or,.land..._,Richardsg ave a report of the diatriot, meeting' At Ninoardine. It was • decided to look into a sewing class for, the young girls. Mrs. Wm. Porteous gave a very interesting talk on, their trip •to Florida. Mrs. •R. Reid gave ,the' topic .onhistorical re- •search, The meeting closed , with, "God . . Save ,The Queen". A dainty lunch . 4 was served by the hostess. The September meeting will be • held at the home of Mrs,' J. Render-. son. Today we were speaking of our. gardens and the ,great need for rain. "And, oh dear!" she said, • "the bugs! . there's a bug for . everything. The ..potatoes, and the tomato plants ' ..., and the birds are • eating ; the • lettuce.. What do you do with the bugs?" �. told her • what most :of us do with potato burgs. "But wait", I said, "until .y'oumeet up. with the 'cucumber beetle and • the ,. squash ibug. They hide . on the, 'under Side ' of the leaves -and •you have to . really 'get down . under to cope with there. She didn't think she wouldargue with them • at all. 'Then 'she wanted to know :'all about -parking-' foods forfrozen.; lockers; so I've been going thru magazines for. information: ,May.• • be some of you housewives Might, be interested_ too. • • �...;..; Holiday week -ends. Lre peri ds of extra::hazard:. -Nand added congestion on the ' highway.: These -conditions- ►s- 2 -will -a ntir oe- �-->�es t n -aF debts_.. ' unless offset by patience,: forethought and alertness on -the -part -.-of all;_highway users: Thousands of visiting ''touris'ts andchildren on vacation addto already. crowded highways. " The need for eztra are is obvious A :teaffiic deli& k ft needless death. You risk your life wtten you drive 'too fast for. conditions—fail to stay 'in your own' traffic lane: orfail to obey . signs' and 'regulations designed- for : . your protection—or, when on foot, you fail to take necessary precautions. -n. E jo y your. week -end. Make it safe --one you will•. • •re iriember, happily. GEO. H. ' COUETT - MINISTER 0 NVZ V% ®‘c.Q VSC\ \ \ ©\ %%\\\ ks E�. 04VC�.•.\ \ EA