HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1959-08-26, Page 7WEDNESDAY, AUG. 26th, .1959 •
Sugar and spice
By W. B. T. Smiley
Every year,, in our family,, we
spend more time talking 'about
our holidays • than • mostpeople
would if theywere planning ' a
trip around the world..
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If the.. vacation • was for ' a
month, three weeks, or,•even two,
there might be some point in all
the ,talk. But the. entire deal•
Consists of one . week, ' And .one.
wee '.» holiday is about. -as bene-
fi
•cia' }'l 1 a s.one drink for an alco
,
holie., It merely gets the recipi--
e#it upset, and instills a mad .dem
sire •'-for more.
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Some years we'. have 'attended
weekly newspaper conventions
pri
our holidays. They are usual-
ly held about . 7000 miles from
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home.. The holiday involves.
weeks of discussion about ward-
robes for both hot and ,cold wea-'
tiler, half a dozen firm decisions
that we can't afford ,it, and, end-
less fulminations toplantthe
kids with somebody.
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• In the end, wedeelare roundly
toeach other that were only
young once, and take 'off in, a•
great • flurry of last-minute re
servations and irritations. And
what with, all the social events,
the late hours and the long trip,
We arrived home completely.
fagged and e4ually broke,, the
last two bucks having been spent
on presents •for the kids, :grab-
bed at the 'cigar, stand' in Union
Station, on , the ( last lap. !of the
journey home.
One.., year, , we decided to just
stay. home. I was going to paint
the trim on the shouse, On- that
occasion ' 1. learned two :things:
that you •can't get • much • trim
painted when you knock off
every half hour for refreshments;
and., that II am. constitutionally
unable to. work with the Old
Lady as straw :boss. That 1ear,
I' ; got two and . a half windows
Painted, and they sat like that -
for about three •years, • until
they faded back into the shabi-.
ness` of the rest.. of the •trim.
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Each year, : during the fall,
winter and spring, we have long,.
amicable, and ' reasonable talks
about our holidays.. My wife ag-
rees that it is only sensible that
a man who has a mere week
should get away 'from his wife
and •family, go on.'a fishing trip,
or . get off with some •'male
friends. .
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And each' year,.. "hien my
week's holiday looms, she stops
being a logical human being and
reverts to being a woman, She
is not orpii-ig to be stuck at home
with the kids.' while HER, hus
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band goes larking off for a week
with the boys, enj oying.:h,imself
thoroughly,
It's .my firm belief, stated .on.
many ..occasions, that a ..man'
should get away from his family
once .a year And every .hot, dis-.
gruntled, irritated male tourist I
see walking a horde of demand-
ing youngsters and a cross,. per-
spiringwife i , merely confirms
this: opinion.
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Mind you, I think .a woman
should get away from herfaro-
ily once in a while,.. too. Every
three • or four years a 'wife should
be allowed :to , go and visit her:
.mother, or one '.of hersisters,
for two car 'three days. As long
.as .she leaves plenty of 'baking,
lots of clean laundry; Mid .doesn't
Want to spend any money while
she's, away.
Seriously, ,though, my Old Bat
ileaxe . agrees • with ' me, about
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men getting away for .a change -
on ,, their holidays. In theory.
What burn's her up is that mens
appear to have a wonderful time
when they go on a holiday with
other men, and women are just
not interested in going on •.a
jaunt with other women. It .is.
one of the manifold unfairnes-
ses,, though why it is so, she
can't .quite, explain. My sugges-
tion that women are eternally
fascinated by men, and men can
take women or leave them alone, •
fails . to strike a responsive chord...
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At `any rate, .weakling •that T
am, .I have given in again this
year. We.have taken a cottage
nearby for two week.. I'll corn-
mute the:.first week, end, the se-
cond week I'll have a' peachy
holiday sitting watchingthe kids
while they swim.
**;
Oh well, I've got ,her pretty
worried, anyway. I'll be staying
in town for lunch 'every day that
first . week,. and a fellow 'can get;
into,,a • 'lot of hellery at lunch-
hour, if he putshis mind to it.
`'•CULROSS CORNERS
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Congratulations ' to Mr. and
Mrs. Donald Thompson •(nee
Beverley • Ashton) who. mere.
married recently,
•Billy Wall, Walkerton,:. ik
spending some ..time with Boil.
Wall... •:
We are sorry to report that
Mrs. Mary 'Wall (.Grandma). of
the 14th Concession and .Mrs.
William . Wall (who makes her
home, with Mr.. and Mrs. John •'
`Sahu acher), Were both;' admit--
ted to . Wingham `iospital pu .'
Saturday. ,
Mrs. Frank ,Brown and • Reg
spent Wednesday . evening ..at .the•
home. of 1V,fr. and . Mrs. Ron:
Stanley, Kinloss. .
'Mrs Ethel Wilson and Mr.
William Kidd • have returned to
Toronto. > .
.1/1r.,. and.. Mrs. John Schumach-•
er , spent Friday evening at
Browns.
Misses BeverleandLai ,
y s Wall
Spent ' last 'week in Walkerton.. at
the hone' of Misses Karen and
Donna • Wall, .
' ' .Miss Elda Wall is assisting at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. David
Ireland, • Teeswater.
Mrs; Ray,' Starr and Mr. and
Mrs. Harold D'Aray, and .son Roy
of Big Rapids; Michigan, -:spent
the. week -end ,with: Mr. and IVIrs. •
•' Jas." Wraith. • . .
• Mrs. Frank Brown and • Reg •
'accompanied by Mr. and Mrs:
John Schumacher motored to
Tobermory • on,. Sunday,
10, f -.X.titekiliovv,
HONOUR, TEACHER OF
FORTY-ONE;. YEARS SERVICE
Miss Verna 'MCLaughl1h of
Wingham was honoured at the '
annual .dinner of the Federation •
of ' Women's: Teachers' , Associa
tions of. Ontario last week.' She
was One of 'five retired teachers
in .Ontario receiving honourary•
memberships.. .
Miss .1VIct,aughlin retiredlast
year after•.41 years in- the teach-
ing profession, • 23 years of which •
shewas on the• Wingham `Public
School staff.
Miss ,McLaughlin taught at St.
Helens in, the. early part., of her
teaching career. • '
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