HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1955-03-30, Page 3perhaps she had caught a rabbit
and wasn't hungry. So, if you
have a dog that won't eat
watch Out, We shall miss Poor
old Tip. She was excellent with,
cattle and a good watch dog,
Still on the subject of dogs;
Remember ,wiltit I was saying
about dogs being dropped from
passing cars? One of our neigh-
bours actually saw it happen.
Unfortunately he did net get the
licence number of the car. A
car drove by and .a black cocker
spaniel was left on the' road,
The driver evidently went up to
the next crossroads, turned and
came down the road again, The
little dog recognised the car and
raced after it but was Non out-
distanced. The farmer went into
the house for dinner. Next time
he opened the back door the
little dog ran in. Hie wife hadn't
the heart to turn it away so
she fed it, A week later there
were six 'puppies, Three of them
died but the others have all
been promised homes, When the
puppies go, the poor faithful
little mother is to be taken to.
the Humane Society as these
people already have a dog of
their own. So you see that is
just one more instance of cruel-
ty an desertion on the part of
the original owners,
Just ropily I have been
having a field day with books -
English magazines and old
Canadian school readers, the
latter dating back to 1885. Evi-
dently school readers used to be
the same year in and year out
for quite • a long time. In these
books there are poems that I
remember very well although I
certainly wasn't around in 1885.
Far instance I came across a
great old favorite of., mine -
"King Bruce and the Spider" -
in fact I believe that poem help-
ed me to overcome many child-
ish obstacles. "The spider up
there defied despair, he conquer-'
ed, then why should not. I?"
There was also ,"We are Seven"
by Wordsworth. I used to ,won-
der why the man was so stupid
- why couldn't' he understand
that to the little cottage girl
there still were seven in her
family? And there was ,the
sailor from "the Gray Swan"
who returned to his mother af-
ter twenty years. And how he
was welcomed "After Blen-
heim" was another favourite.
Peterkin asks - "Now tell us,
all about the war, and what
they fought each other for." And
old Kasper replies - "Well, that
I cannot tell," says he, "but
'twas a famous victory." An
aged-old question and an age-
old answer, neither one changes
much with the years.
I suppose most of the prose
and poetry in the old school
readers was 'sob stuff' but at
least it appealed to the imagina-
tion and left an-impression that
lasted through the years.
Another article, decidedly
modern, is well worth reading,
Dr. rock Chieholm, in Week-
end Magazine, says the greatest
threat in the world today is
over-population. Feeding the
masses is NOT the answer.
World-wide birth control is the
only solution, He also advises
inter-marriages as ,a means of
combatting racial prejudice.
POETIC GEM.
She what was eonor knew,
And with obsequious majesty
approv'd
My pleaded reason. To the nup-
tial bow'r
I led her blushing like the morn:
. all Heav'n
And happy constellations on-that
hour
Shed their selectest influence;
the -earth
Gave sign of gratulation, and
each hill;
Joyous the birds; fresh •gales and
gehtle airs
Whieper'd it to the woods; and
from their wings
Wittig rose, flung odours 'from
the spicy shrub.
Oft.
rERESA BREWER AND DAUGTER MEGAN: She started singing
when she was barely through pablum, but she prefers the nest,
MAPLE 'SUGAR- - Singer Patti
Lewis flaunts her allegiance to
the Maple Leaf Dominion with
sequined beauty spot on her
left shoulder. The pretty, Cana-
"clian set this* beauty note when
she attended a movie preview
in London, England.
His favorite area was south of
Greenland and south-west of
Iceland, where he watched the
melting of icebergs from, the
north as they came into contact
with the water of the Gulf
Stream.
It was his theory that by
systematically recording the
temperature of the Gulf Stream
he could "forecast the weather
for long periods. He had some
success, but old age finally com-
pelled him to, abandon his an-
, nual self-imposed task,
Making War On
Deadly Spiders
Mexico is to wage full-scale
war shortly against one of the
most vicious killers in the
world, the "Assassin" 'scorpion;
which claims between 2.000
and 2,500 lives annually.
No scram has been found that
is effective against this scor-
pion'se sting, which kills within
a minute,
The scorpion is found mainly
in the Mexican provinces of
Durango, Nayarit and Jalisco,
where • a poison • is being de-
veloped for spraying strips of
the Sierra Madre Occident al
mountains, the breeding places
of the Assassin scorpion.
In the wheat belt of the Cape
Province, South Africa, another
form of war has also been de-
clared-this time against the
Button spider, whose sting is
fatal in about six cases out of
every ten unless a serum injec-
tion is given at once.
Now a poison has been found
which is harmless to animals
and human beings, but fatal to
the Button and other spiders,
he juitt lit* it tuft till
it contest 'head"
MERRY MENAGERIE
Rev, R. Barclay Warren,
B.A., B.D.
The Cross and Christian
Discipleship, 2 Corinthians
Galatians 2:20-21; 6:14-17
Memory Selections: God for-
bid that I should glory, save in
the cross of our Lord Jesus
Christ, by whom the world is
crucified unto me, and I unto the
world. Galatians 6:14.
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LESSON
CONVINCED
An elderly man consulted a
doctor about his health.
"Frankly," said the doctor,
"it's quite obvious to me that
you drink too much. If you
don:t Cut it out, spots will ap-
pear on your face."
The advice and the prophecy
were both unacceptable to the
patient, who, with a few words
of derision, departed. •
In a month, he returned,
wearing the promised spqts. -
"Doctor," he said, admiringly,
"you were quite right after all.
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CHRONICLES
1NGERFARM own. QUAR., P C10,;64
onTtargad,d1140iOrtstagteic?Treirnhta ;away,
,And before, long Tony Pastor's
band came* td town,, needing a
girl vocalist. Teny's ,rnAnager
asked an" •eld.tirne :-clance „band
• leader turned , heeking agent,
Barney RiPp, if, herewere Any
`singers' around Cineinnati.
app Suggested the two kide'on
WLW,
AMU; ses'the Cit:;* 9.isey .'sisters.
censeete Rapp!a effice and sang
for ,P,aster. There. Was„ no piano
,in the &Ace'. It didn't' matter,
the°'two kidsJaloing, and'
'feeh:tlaYs later, '-'wearing the
'hdrnertiade "dresse's' theie grend-
inetiser, /had stitched sip,. :they
werei einging-at-the,Stee). Flee in
Atlantie City,, thOir ' 'Uncle
George went' along' as •a- guar,,
dianls ' -,;es, 7,'
--eRosemary Crooneye$ang with
Pastor's band for *nests:three
-years. sBetty :quit „after e ssvhile
te ,go Je,aek to, schools o r,
Resemaity as only 18'when
she Started With PaStor. She 'had
ha' great - ambitibn 'even then.
' The ~musicians remember her
mostly for her good spirits.
Then • they, played Hollywood.
The stars came fo dance. Rose-
mary spy Ava Gardner and the
others, looking beautiful in their
expensive dresses. Right away,
an ambition was born. And it's
an ambition that's been realized.
Pastor's band made records
spasmodically. On one. session,
Tony and Rosemary did a duet
on a .now-forgotten song. called
"i'm sorry, I Didn't Say I'm
Sorry When I Kiseed You Last
'Night." ,Jos Shribnaan, Tony's
manager- and' now Rosemary%
remembers ^clearly. - ••
"I was in the, -control booth,"
he says. "I heard her sing and
I lit up. Sb did everybody. For
the first time, I guess, we were
really listening to her voice. On
the bandstand, all• we cared,
about was that She was. in tune.
But I knew the minute I, heaed
her she had a big potential for
records." • "
There were a few more duets
with Pastor, then, under Shrib-
man's guidance, she left the
band and Columbia signed her
to a record contract. The first
record went nowhere, Then she
made a thing called "Me and
My Teddy-Bear," as both a pop
record and a kiddy record, that •
is still a kiddy best-seller. Af-
ter that came "Beautiful Brown
Eyes," which was doing reason- ,
this other label, Her fourth rec-
ord was 'Music,' and she's been
rolling since."
New Yorks (NEA) Wile4
Terese•WeWer was two, she was
well started on the ,career that
made her one of the leading
thru.shes,of the day, When
mary Clooney was two, she was',S
just another kid.
That's hew thrushes are .et es"
ated - in many ways,
Teresa irewer's career was"
started for her by her pasente„,..,
She sang in her home town of
Teledq, Os when elie was bare;-
ly .through with pablum. By the
time she was five, she was a
regular with one of the Major
Bowes amateur She's;..!
been singing professionally ever_
since.
Rosemary Clooney, op the.
other throat, MOM., 02 less St1.1111";,',4
bled into. her ,career. When she
was 1.7,.,end hee sy.ounger sister
Betty, .Was 14, they started cA*..
one day fiorri, their home in_
Maysville, Ky.,- to• go sWionine'
On the .way; Betty mentioned'
that she'd read that - the. big Cin-
cinnati radip Station, WLW, Was.
holding auditions. . ...•
The sisters. had sung around..
home, and they'd talked some
About doing it for money. But
it was a hot. day, and Rosemary
wanted to go swimming. Betty
said they might as well get an
audition". Rosemary held out
for the swim. So they tossed a
coin. And it came up a star.
* *
Canada won, the World Chain-
Pienship in Hockey. Canada
against Russia • .Canada -,
five to nothing! What headlines
What a victory Even peo-
ple not usually interested in
sports Will be delighted with
the result of that hockey „match,
We needed a little good news
like that to boost our morale
after all the dire predictions
about the effect of too intich
atomic activity. And then the
unpleasant weather we have
been having just lately. Last
week we had everything -
wind, snow, rain, sleet, fog and
a thunderstorm. But then it's
March; we should expect almost
any kind of weather -- and the
chances are we won't be disap-
pointed! Last year we had much
the same variety around this
time. Actually we ought to real-
ise how lucky we are. Think of
the floods in Australia and the
snowstorms in the British Isles.
What have we to grumble
.about? Nothing really - but of
course we grumble just the
same, just as naturally as the
sparks fly upward. Anyway, the
sun is shining this morning .„ .
"enjoy the pleasant smiling
hour," Let's do just that. Why
not, when Canada won the
Hockey Championship?
We had our own worries last
Week - sick dogs.. Honey has
practically recovered but I am
afraid poor old Tip is. finished,
We tried to bring her strength
with brandy and raw eggs but
her aging heart is giving out.
In all our years of farming she
will be the first dog to die a
natural death. The others were
either shot by accident or intent,
or run over by cars, except in
one or two cases when we had
the 'vet' destroy the poor things
_ for viciousness or some other
bad habit. Apparently there is a
terrific -lot of sickness among
dogs just now. In some cases it
is a virus infection; in others, as
with Tippy and Honey, tit-
Some kind of flu. The vet, doped
them with sulpha drugs to
which 'Honey reacted 'quite
favourably but I imagine Tip
was too far gone before we real-
ized she was ,sick. The first sign
was a' refusel to eat. I. thought
*Under Glass
The very first planting lel? Will
net be in the garden.outdoors $
all, but in the ,hot bed or special
fiats placed in bright winciewl
indoors. A hot bed is simply 4
glass covered yard or so of
special rich fine soil, heated with,,
manure, electrically or some
other means, Where• as lot of
plants are to be started the hot
bed is the ideal solution and one
is advised to get a Government
Bulletin on the subject and fol-
low the directions. Where only
a few dozen started plants are
needed one can sow seed In fine
sell in a shallow box and PlaCe
in a sunny window. Where this
is not pessible or practicable one
simply purchases the started
plants later on from any ,seed
store or nurseryman,
In this indoor planting it Is
important 'to use fine rich soil,
mixed with a little sand or leaf
mould. One should not plant
more than a few weeks be,fera
it will be sale to transplant ,out-
doors. If these, things start to
grow too early they will get too
tall and spindly to stand the
shock of transplanting well,
Keep it Informal
The simplest design is usual-
ly the most effective in garden
layouts and for the non-profes-
sional it is also much the easiest.
Except, of course, along walks,
walls and similar fixed features,
it is best to avoid straight lines
both in the flower garden and in,
laying out shrubs and trees.
The experts urge planting in
clumps, with two 'or three or
more of each plant a group.
For -the centre and foreground
nothing is better than a real good
lawn. On city lots this may only
be a few square yArds, The grass
sets off the whole layout and it •
should _read up to the ,flower gar-
den with possibly shrubs or
trees or a vine covered trellis
or fence in the background, or as
a division between say a kitchen
or vegetable garden plot at the,
rear.
Shrubs and flower borders are
also used to line driveways and
fences. Against the house •itself
but at least a foot or so in front,
one can plant groups of shrubs
or taller flowers,
In the flower garden or bOrder
the informal or clump Planting
is continued, Rather than set-
ting out in rigid rows, one should
plant groups of various flowers
with the little things like alys-
sum, dwarf nasturtiums, lobe-
lias and so on, in front, Taller
things like zinnias, petunias, as-
ters towards the centre and real-
ly tall flowers such as cosmos,
marigolds and delphiniums at
the rear,
Wait Until Ready
It's a great mistake to do an
general sowing or cultivating
while the ground is the least
muddy. Heavy soil is injure(
and later trouble results whet
it is dug or worked too soon, I
good test isito take a little eart1
and squeeze it in the hand. E
when released it crumbles his
does not pack, it is fit for tin
spade or plow. If it doesn"
crumble, it is best to wait a feu
days longer. There is no gain it
rushing the season.
ROSEMARY CLOONEY: Holly-
wood gowns stirred ambition.
That odd sound is Tereea'S
trademark, It's best described
as what a kitten wquld sound,
like if a kitten could sing. With
it, Teresa can rip into any kind
of song ---,from a plaintive bal-
lad like " 'Til I Waltz Again
With You," to the brassy "Jilt-
ed."
Her kittenish voice and, her
kittenish looks - she's a cuddly
95-pounder - have led her to
popularity in night clubs, TV
and Hollywood. The only limit
to her activities is her prefer-
ence for home life. s
She's married to a construc-
tion company executive, Bill
Monahan, and the .Monahans
have three daughters - Kath-
leen, 41/2 , Susan, 3, and Megan,l.
(The older two sing just like
Mammy, and delight in imitat-
ing her.) They live in New
Rochelle, and Teresa turns
down many lucrative offers in
order to stay, home.
This is one thrush who pre-
fers the nest,
ably well until it was overtaken
by her next record, "Come On-a
My House." It made her a star.
Then came, a procession of hit
records, capped by the pheno-
menal two-sided hit, "Hey,
There" and "This Ole House"
which sold more than 2,000,000
copies. Hollywood called her and
she married Jose Ferrer and a
flip of the coin on the way to
the swinernin' hole sure changed
a gal's life.
Like Rosemary's "Come On-a
My House," Teresa Brewer
traces her stardom to one rec-
ord, too. A was the bouncy
little novelty, "Music, Music,
Music."
Between her Major Bowes
days and "Music, Music, Music,"
life wasn't too easy. She'd come
to New York, and was singing in
a 44th Street cafe, but she was
discouraged and was just about
to go back to Toledo. Then a
manager named Richard Lasella
walked past the cafe while she
was singing and -
"And I heard this odd sound,"
Lasella says. "I went in and it
was her singing. I signed her up.
The big record companies -turn-
ed her down, but I got her on
Fish Predict
ice-Age Coming?
body to death for the purpose
of protecting the weak, at once
he wins our admiration. The
cross of Christ claims the best
in us, for there we see suffer-
ing love at its highest." Let us
proclaim the cross by word and
action.
Upsidedown to Prevent Peekint
And Isarn praying. God on high,
And I am • praying Him night
and day,
For little house - a house of
my mien -
Out of the wind's and the
rain's way,
--Padraic Colum
CROSSWORD
PUZZLE
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11, 80, African fox 18. Mend
17. impi•esses 40, MuSlett,
with wonder_ Instrument
19. Chnrsh festival 12, Punitive
23, Agt. 44. Monkeys
26. rate 45. Nearest
211. Rolland 46. Set of three
commune 44: Calamitous
27, Operated 50 Ft ',phone Ilan 28. Little girl e 4.
20, I.joyal ''It. s'o, 5
31. Mal 'd lade 82. Greek letter
12. Crafty 54. River Island .
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Curve
Creeks. 4. Sever
1. l'ablelitiid 7..St nries
11. Channel' E. Animal'i
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16 Cathie tuber
16, 'ti1sc.110
19 tro-br.iilighe'
animal
211. Stilek
21, Porn
22 Valley
24 Weight or
India
16 Robbers
Pe,rties
11. Arrow' '
94. help
26. Vile!
97.1:Hotted
39,'Numrier'
41. Rrieelt
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winning tontesfa.
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CiuUhlity 6'41 ilk.
Scientists and meterologists
all over. the world are puzzled
by recent reported, changes in
the unpredictable Gulf Stream
-that warm and mysterious
current which runs like a vast ,
blue river from. the Gulf of
Mexico across the cold, green
Atlantic.
Following statements by fish-.
ermen that the Gulf Stream is
shifting and seems to be leav-
ing Britain's western shores,
the meteorologists are planning
early this year-to carry out spe-
cial research to find out just
what is. happenibg,
Cornish fishermen report that
the warm-water - fish, the pil-
chard, had almost disappeared
from around the western coast-
line and the cold water• fish, the
haddeck, ,has become more
plentiful, • -
No one has yet discovered ex-,
actly where the Gulf Stream
does go, But we do know that,
apart from affecting the move-
ments of fish, it plays a great
part in prOviding Britain with
warm weather and compara-
tively mild winters,
This warm water flowing
round the coasts helps the warm
Britain up. But for'the Gulf
Stream, ports would be blocked
by ice every winter, And one
expert tells us: "If the Gulf
Strom were tooled by as little
as 15 degrees. England, Scan-
dinaVia, Northern France arid
Germany Might revert to foe
Age conditions,"
A proposal to divert the Gulf
StreaSn'terthward by damming *
the straits of Bele Isle, thus
raising the mean temperature
of eastern Canada, was triade.4,
to the Canadian Govettimerit in
1923 by a Piunanian engiliett,
He said this would prevebt ice-
bergs from Oreeplazid finding
their Way to the tAtlantic ship=
ping routes, get:lib-1g Otte of
the idea,
The Gulf Stream starts With
e tednieticlotie Voluble of Settler,
moving at the rate of about 25
tottlioit. tons' per eedond. The
water travels eVerage of
72 Miles a daY.
Far Many yeArs a Swedish
Meteorologist- spent his arintial
holfeltiy in a little boat ori the
Atlantic, drifting with the-cur=
rent, ineetttringi the. drift and
taking the' tettitietattire of the
atilt Stream. Answer Ctse Here; bn this tiagt,
The cross is central in Chris-
tianity. Omit it and Christianity
is no longer Good News. Even
the ethics set forth in the New
Testament loses its power if
Christ did not die for us. No
Paul wrote, "I deter-
-mined not to know any thing
among you, save Jesus Christ,
and him crucified." 1 Corin-
thians 2:2. One wonders if mod-
ern emphasis on the psycholo-
gical aspect of religion is tend-
ing to obscure the central truth
that Jesus Christ died for our
sins. Yes, we need to understand
ourselves better. But -rthis will
not Save us. Only as we cling
to Jesus Christ as our Lord and
Saviour will we find deliveraiice
from silt Let us not shy away
from those hymns which focus
our attention on the blood of
Jesus Christ thats Was shed for
us on Calvary. Salvation 'is in
Him and Him alone. •
Paul speaks of his -0W11,cruci'-
fixion with Christs' also of his
(Aver crucifixion to the world
and the world to him. This
more that the forgiveness
of our sins.. It involves a walk-
ing iii the way that Christ walk-
ed, We are to he like Chris-
tianity is a life to be lived des,
by day. It is, the path of self:
renunciation ,and consecration to
all the will of God. No longer
do We' titVe for self, but Christ;
riot self-centered but Christ-
Centered.,
The ekoss has influenced
all more Wail We realize. J. P.
Gregory writing in Arnold's
Commentary says, "There is
nothing stronger in life than
vicarious 'suffering. - If; we
think of a soldier as One vtliose
htieineee is to kill, we recoil
from hint in horror, If we think
of him at one writ; expoSes Milt
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