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WEDNESDAY, NOV., glth, 1147
THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL 'LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
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rnpts : and Yanks
Just : few .observations on
life in general, . this week
' have no particular theme in.
mind, but it will probably have
emerBed by the time we've fin-
ished this chore (me writting,
you reading).
It's fashionable to attack the
Yanks, so here goes. I think
they're. giving us a bum deahin.
'merchandise. If l were a politi-
cian, my platform, would .be,
"Let's fortify. the. border!"
Every year, we send them
about 80 percent of our best
people: artists of all kinds, uni-
versity . professors,,,, engineers..
Better known as • • the. Brain
grain. And every winter, we .:.
send then our . rich ' .people,
hundreds. of thousands, to°bol
ster the sagging, economies of
Florida and California.' And
what do: they send _us?' Draft'
dodgers.'
Deer hunting A -plot—of peo-
ple are against it.; Not me. In
fact, if. I weren't a teacher, I'd
take a week off every fall and
join the great slaughter of the
deer.
Slaughter? There. ' are 10
time •as -mar y-people-kIUed-on
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the highways as there are deer.
in the bush. If I' thought the
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species would be wiped out.
(deer, not people), I'd fight it.
But the deer population is in-
creasing, chiefly because there
are so many lousy hunters.
I admit that no completely
sane man goes deer hunting.
Why -wouldanybody go into..
the woods in the worst. weather.
of the year, wind and snow, ,
rain and blow, to wander
through miles of .swamp -and
slash; swale and burn, drag-
, ging; a dirty great musket' and.
straining his heart • to the
bursting point, when he could
be sitting ,at home watching a
football game on TV?
Why? I'll tell you, Because'
it's the only ,place in theworld
where he can escape from com-
mittee meetings, a• nagging
wife, a shrilling telephone, and
rotten kids :with. personality
defects.
It's the only place in the
world where he can, get back to.
the primitive pleasures " of
man: rude 'jokes around . the
fire; a sense of companionship`•
that has nothing to do ,with
money: or position;'the feling
/—battle -against e elements;
the absence of • all stress except
the physical; : 'they ; eating ` of
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half -burned' 'meat; the belching
and breaking of wind, the
dreamless. sleep of 'an. animal
after a day of exhaustion. •
..The.: killing `.of the deer is --
unimportant., He has proved` to
himself, by George, that
there's ;.a little juice in the old
carcass yet, : that he can take, it
;without whining, and that •he's:
liked fon himself,': not because
he can do .something • for some:
body: ,
This brings us, by, ' a logical
association of ideas; .to modern.
theatre: ' It's• .concerned with
the very same thing:` .a man
trying=- to—prove-kimselfv--T
deer hunter would laugh at the
playwright, and the playwright
would laugk at the deer hunt:
•er. Each .would think the other
was emotionally crippled.
I saw a >, play.. last:. weekend
thath: would -have 'made:. my little
'old .mother's •hair stand on end:.
• Even though she wouldn't have
understood. it. •It is. called ' For-
• tune and' Men's Eyes.. Some; of •
the '.language was 'straight off
the walls: of a .public lavatory.:
It's , a play that will 'shock
and sicken some people. And
perhaps this is not a bad idea.
It has pathos : and a . macabre
humor. But lavatory walls are
a part of . life. There's no sand.
to put your head in.: Only the
toilet • bowl:: And, while this is
one way of washing your hair,
it is not highly recommended.•.
This, againby a logical asso-
ciation of ideas, brings us to
hair:; Hair on head is good:
We'll agree to that. The bald-
ing man suffers: The balding
woman " dies "a thousand deaths
Hair on legs is good if you're a
man, bad if you're a girl.. Satre •
with arms. Chest?? No question.
How -about armpits?_.
Armpits take us back to deer
hunters, and deer hunters to
draft:: dodgers, so the circle is
almost 'complete.
And my students, whey I give
them an essay to write,. say,
"But sir, what can • I . write
about?" Answer: if . you want
to be .a writer, write.
The reason I'm a' bit misan-
thropic this week isthat it's
snowing. •I hate snow.
GeisPflof's•License'•
From London Club
Wallace Houston'. spent a few days
with his:'; parents Mr and Mrs..
Harvey Houston: Last week Wall-
ace received his pilot's' license
from the London Flying Club where,
he is employed
Mrs Ray Taylor of Walkerton was
a Sunday visitor with Mr, and Mrs.
Harvey Houston.
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