HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1967-03-02, Page 3From My Window
I’ll Never Give Up
My Coffee Break JHH
There really isn’t much harm
less, devilish fun left m the
world if one chooses' to follow
the rules; and precious little
chance of finding any under
modern limitations on eyery-
thing from hunting to Hallow
e’en,
Just like ma, ch lines, most
thinking people do what they
are led to believe is best for
them,
Studies show tihat.smp'king is
harmful, to the health 'of the
nation. Campaigns to, persuade
smokers to “take the cure” have
been successful. Go to any
public gathering you like and
count the number of men and
women who are biting their
fingernails, chewing gum and
nibbling potato .chips in an efn
fort to keep their fingers fag-,
less, ■ •
From every source comes in
formation deploring strong
drink. Advertising in all the
commercial media may speak
of a certain brand of liquor or
beer, but broadcasting .reguki-
t;ions make it impossible to
really sell liquor tor its true
appeal—escape. Sb, the social
drinker who. indulges mildly
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SUGAR
AND SPICE |
by Bill Smiley
'5 Canvassers Gripe Me
, I don’t know whether it’s
the , weather, but certain
species profilerate in this'
country with the rapidity of
rabbits. One is the chairman
of committees. There’s
one for every snowbank in'
the nation. ^Another ,is the
guest speaker. There’s one at
the bottom of every barrel.
And another is the canvasser.
> In some smaller communities,
* there are. more canvassers
than non-canvassem.
, A canvasser is -a weak-
willed person who can be
talked into asking other
people for money for a “Good
Cause,” or even, more popu
larly, a “Worthy Cause.” The
number of Worthy Causes in
this country is only exceeded
by the number of backbone
less birds of both sexes who '
■ allow themselves to be put on
the list of canvassers..
* And I know whereof I
1 speak. In my day I have can
vassed for the blind, the re
tarded, the resort owners', the
Red Cross, the Salvation
Army . and eleventeen , other
Worthy . Causes. About the
only thing-. I haven’t done is -
sell’ cookies'■ ’fer the 'Girl
Guides. ' ■
And I’ve hated every min
ute of it. The trouble is that
the average Canadian" citizen
heartily’ detests the handling
over of cash for an intangible.
At heart he’s a generous soul,
lie knows the Red' Cross does
good work(i that something
should be done for the blind
and that we need a school
tor retarded children.
; But he 'can’t eat them,
smoke them, drink them, or
even attach them to his car.
Therefore, .the fellow who will
fling down a ten in the liquor
store as though he grew the
lettuce, will dourly, heiad
shaking, peel off a couple of
thin one-spots for the Sally
Ann. The housewife, who buys
her weeds by the carton, will
spend 20 minutes looking for
two quarters for the Cancer
Society.
And I know just how they
feel. I’m the same.
Some day, somebody* is go
ing to rap at my door for a:
Bad .Cause: a free crock a
day for alcoholics; a clinic for
potential pool players; a homie
for unwed fathers. And' I’m
going to hand over 820 cash
without quivering an eyelid.
‘ This preamble, as you have
‘ probably gathered, is because
I got suckered once again into
canvassing for a Good Cause.
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This time, it’s a community
swimming pool. A year-round
pool", already. There’s a good-
sized lake within the town
limits. We live‘ on the shore
of the biggest fresh-waterJbay
in the world. Six miles away
is one of the Great, Lakes,.
.with miles of slafie, sand
beaches, But the kids have to
be able to swim in the winter.,
Next summer, I’ll probably
be canvassing for a summer
ski hill, with artificial snow.
For the ldds.
Maybe it was the sheer
audacity of. this campaign
'that grabbed' me. This is no
picking up $800 for the blind,
or $500 for .the crippled child
ren. They want over a quarter
of, a million. The resultant1
campaign .is a combination of
The Night of the Long Knives
and the St. Bartholomew’s
Day Massacre.
What it amounts to is $30
for every man, woman and
, child in town. Non-realfetic,
you say? Nonsense. All it
takes is* enough canvassers,
and they will cowe the citi
zenry into coughing up.
. My first-night out was a
typical.' Six ■ calls -to make/'
First 'place, nobody home.,
second place, no such address.
Third place, a response. A
chap on shift work tottered
down, in his pyjamas and
snarled the party I was seek-
■ ing lived next door. Called
on him.,-“Wouldn’t give you
a plugged nickel,” he said,
but my wife said she’ d give
two bucks.”
At the fifth place, I rang
and rang. No answer. I look
ed. in the Window. The house
holder was lying on the ches
terfield. There was an empty
glass beside him. I threw
snow at .the. window. No re
sponse. I kicked the door four
times.- I left.
But I struck it rich at the
last place. Caught both hus
band and wife at home. A
very modest “home. Gave my
sales pitch with fervor, en
thusiasm and sincerity. They
admitted they had five kids,
agreed they would use the
pool, and looking a bit troub
led, but game, pledged $50
a year, for three years.
Returned triumphant, to
make my 'report. “Oh, yes,
good old Jimmy,” chortled an
oldtimer on canvassing. “He
pledges for everything, from
church to paying his taxes.
Has been on welfare for two
years. Can’t hold a job more
than a week.”
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A century ago, spirited young
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Affluent Canadians are urged
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Last week I read! somewhere
that a popular theory supports
the belief that coffee has an
adverse effect on something or
other—I never did finish the
article. I absolutely diraw the
line at giving up coffee.
I wouldn’t be surprised <
some agency somewhere
launched'a study committee to
investigate coffee. It is possi
ble we will see the day when
coffee is proved, to be a habit
forming nerve wrecking poison
ous, germ ridden brew contrib
uting to incidents of hardened
arteries,' hanging nails, falling
arches, floatihg kidneys and
dandruff.
It matters not, for though I
be scourged and scorned, beat
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battered, as long as there is
breath* in these diseased limbs,
I will not give up my coffee
break. That would' be just too
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