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of the play. lie one Said. "Hu1119,
bow are you?" The salutatien.
was "171.4110.,, what's the. score?"
And in how many homes, stores,
farms and Offices. was .the same
thing happening? To say nothing
of the 27,000. who. actually at.
tended the
And now to close, here is a
hint for those who do their own
sewing.. As I said I was making
' 'pyjamas —. for a man who falls
through .the jacket long before
'the rest of the garment is worn
out! ,So here is what someone
told me to do and I am passing •
the tip along to you, Make the
back with double ..material. from
the neck to the waist, It makes.
a neat job and should surely
prolong the life of the jacket.
And much less work than Well,
ing afterwards.
Grandma Moses
Starts Painting
I always liked to paint, but
only little pictures for Christ-
mas gifts and things like that. I
painted for pleasure, to keep
busy and to pass the time away,
but I thought of it no more, than
of doing fancy work.
My husband Thomas never
talked about my painting; he
thought it was foolish. But one
--night, a few weeks before his
death in January, 1927, he came
in, it was after candlelight, and
he asked, "Who did that paint-
ing'?" It was one I had just
painted .
"Oh," I said, "that isn't much."
"No, that's real godd," he said.
The last few weeks, when I
started to do a litle painting, he
was right there watching, and
- liked it so much.
He never knew that he was
going. And yet he made some
very strange remarks that fall.
Once he said, "I don't mind
dying . . . but I can't bear the
thought to go and leave you here.
But if there is such a thing as
coming back to this earth, Pwill
come back and watch over you."
When I had quite a few paint-
ings on hand, someone suggested
that I send' them down to the old
Thomas' drugstore in Hoosick
Falls, so I, tried that. One -day
a Mr. Louis 3. Caldor of New
York City, an engineer and art
collector passing through the
town, saw and bought my paint-
ings. He wanted to know who
had painted them, and they told
him it was an old woman living
down on the Cambridge Road by
the name of Anna Mary Moses.
He wanted me to paint more.
He came back several times, He
bought the pictures and paid for
them. He took them down to
New York to show in the gal-
leries. Then, in October of 1940,
I had the first exhibit of my
paintings.
I am not superstitious or any-
thing like that. But there is
something like an overruling
power.. I never know ho* I'm
going to paint until I start in;
something tells me what to go
right on and do.
It is just as though Thomas has,
had something to do about this
painting business. I have thought:
"I wonder if he has comp back, I
wonder if ho is watching over
me." -- (From Grandma Moses:
My, Life's History,)
At college reunions yoU find
'that your classmates have gotten
SO' stout and bald they hardly
recognize you. "
—General Features Corp.
ISSUE 52 — 1956
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A newly married ouc'enritant
decided to set up Az OlAtier4k
business-like household budget,
"Here's a hundred dollars,
dear," he said to his bride, "And
here's an account book, Now it's
really very simple. I want you
to write down how much I've
given you on one side of the,
page, and on the other side write
down what you do. with the
money, Then at the end of the
month we'll be able to see where
every cent has gone."
On the last day of the month,
the young bride proudly handed
the ledger over to her eager
spouse, Everything was done just
as he had specified. On one side
of the page was written:
"Reiceived $100.00."
On the opposite side of the
page, carefully printed, were the
words:
"Spent it all."
A charwonian was telling a
friend of her prowess in polish-
ing floors.
"When I started to work here
the floors were in bad shape,
but since I've been doing them,"
she said with quiet pride, "three
,ladies have fallen down."
Journal
"pea,:: Anne Hirst; Whet (lees
a girl do who still loves her
husband but who is slowly go. trig crazy because he isn't the
roan she thought he was? When.
We were dating, he was always.
So kind and Indulgent that I
thought he was perfect. But af-
ter two years of living with
aim, he turns, out to be a jeal-
)us fiend who is slowly killing
the perfect love I had,
"I was a young widow with
two shall children when we
married. He as wonderful to
them then, but now he is only
jealous. My elder boy, five, is
his pet hate; the child can't play
in the same room without hay-
!ng my husband yell at him or
punish him — though the boy
lever was any trouble before. ,,
"My husband is always cast-
rig up to me a man I was en-
faged to before we met; he
won't let me visit my mother be-
muse he says I'll meet the for-
"ner fiance there! He frowns
m card parties, anniversary
:elebrations, or anything else
that brings me in contact with. Droll New Friends
WOODLAND MONARCH — Two-year-old Ona Caine points ex-
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through an overflow pipe to the
--outside. When we had. 25 head
of cattle the odds were even,
Now we have more water than
our few head of cattle can use.
However, Partner thinks he has
thought of a way of dealing with
the situation to prevent the
formation of a lake at the back
of the barn. Well do I remember
what happened some years ago
when the outlet pipe froze solid
and Partner was crawling around
on the ice on his hands and knees
until he had the pipe thawed out.
One problem we didn't have
last week was how to get tickets
for the Grey Cup game! You
don't need tickets to follow the
game on radio or television. But
it was really funny. I was busy
making pyjamas and Partner was
putting on storm windows when
I turned on the- TV. Partner
would come in, go -down cellar
for a window, bring it up,. set it
against a 1 Pall and then sit down
and watch the game until there
was another score. That would
keep him satisfied for a little
while so away he • would go, put
on his window, come back and
repeat the proceedings. I, too',
was dodging back and forth from
the sewing machine to the living
room. That is, until the last:
quarter. Then we stayed with it.
I don't understand a thing about
football but it didn't take long to
catch the spirit of the game. Bob
and Joy got here in the middle
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old friends. I belong at home,
where be can keep tab on me
(he says).
"He Can be darn sweet to Me
and the .boy when he Wants
something, but once he gets it,
he is on the rampage again. I
cannot please him in anything I
do, He keeps me in a dither, and
with two active children and a
young baby to keep up with, I
can't hop around as I did. I am
tired all the time — tired of
household drudgery, tired of his
excesses (he's worse when he
drinks) and, Heaven help me,
I'm even tired of the children.
They are sweet kids, but my
nerves are so shattered, I want
to scream at them, One thing
helps — my husband makes a
good income and is generous—
except he refuses to hire a baby-
sitter,
"What do you think? Can I
ever make peace between my
husband and my son? I want
the friends I miss so much! I
could never love anyone else as
I still love my husband, but I'm
afraid I will stop caring for him
altogether. He is neither just
nor kind, and I am at, the end
of my tether.
EXHAUSTED WIFE"
* How a girl in love can be
* mistaken in her man! When
* you two were going together,
* he thought everything you did
* was so right, was kind to your
• children an d your family.
* How could you believe that
what showed then was not
* his tzue nature?
It may be that jealousy alone
* accounts for all his prohibi-
tions. He is still bitter about
* the man you once loved. NOw
* he has projected that appre-
* pension to all those who love
* you—your family, your friends,
* even your little boy. To jus-
* -Lily himself, he has to keep
* you on the defensive. Spiritu-
* ally and, alas, physically you
* are on the verge of a break-
* down. You had better face him
* with the truth.
* Either he conquers these un-
* founded jealousies and trusts
* you to enjoy a normal life, or
* you are through, Remind him
* that he has always had your
* love; if he hopes to keep it
* he must be fair to your chil-
i dren and not interfere with
* their training, He must be
* made to see you are over-
4 worked and that if some help
is not provided, you risk your
health, If he will not give you
the respect, the freedom, and
the affectionate faith you de-
serve, then you married a man
you did not know and you
cannot keep on living with
him.
* You have tried valiantly to
* live up (or down) to his de-
* mends. You find it impossible.
* It is he who can save your
* marriage. If he will not, you
* will have to escape through
* divorce or, perhaps, a trial
• separation.
* I know this is not the solo-
* tion you wish, but from all
* you tell me, it seems the only
* one that can move him. You
• have my sympathy. a a a
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Now. Music Helps.
Handicapped Kids.
Oy Frances Horse!'
I arrived at my class for ment-
ally and physically handicapped
children one day to find the
youngsters terrified,
"We're to be inoculated 'With
Salk polio vaccine," they told,
me. "We're scared,"
X allayed their fears in a simple
way. I had them act out in
pantomime the motions of giving
needles to one another, Then
had them do their play-acting
in time to music on the piano.
The whole event became a game,
They calmly accepted the vac-
cine when it came.
This is one illustration of how
I've used music therapy in the
last six years to help over 1.00
Toronto mentally and physically
handicapped youngsters aged five
to 18,
I'm a Cobalt, Ontario - born
graduate of Toronto's Royal Con-
servatory of Music, and associate
therapist of the U.S. Association
of Music Therapy. I'm also one
of the few teachers in Canada
equipped to use music therapy
in aiding either mentally retard-
ed children. (over 300,000 Cana-
dian youngsters have an I.Q. of
less than 100) or physically han-
dicapped tots.
These youngsters are bedevil-
led by the feeling of "being dif-
ferent." Music therapy helps
them feel self-confident.
I have them begin in a musical
group by clapping their hands,
stamping their feet in simple
rhythms. Then they may sing as
a group; perform as part of a
little orchestra. Without any
previous training, they may play
drums, bells, triangles.
Acting as conductor of a minia-
ture orchestra may do wonders
in strengthening their bruised
ego. I remember eight-year-old
Johnny, an intelligent child. He
suffered polio. He used to sit
tied to his chair, his head droop-
ing listlessly. He felt very much
an "outsider."
"How would you like to con-
duct the band?" I asked him. "Do.
any tune."
His posture straightened. His
gloom changed to joy. Being ac-
cepted as a leader made it easier
for him to become part of "the
gang." Soon he was ready to
accept, too, the leadership of
others.
Then there was Josie, an alert
seven - year - old. She suffered
cerebral palsy. She could not
make her hands meet.
"Here," I said, offering her the
cymbals. "Try clanging these to
make a gay sound."
Her face lit up the first time
she succeeded. She tried over
and over,.until she could accom-
plish the feat regularly.' Her
hands, now better co-ordinated,
can also be used more ably in
doing 'daily things, like tying her
shoe laces.
Maladjustment was the prob-
lem facing Alexandra, She was
a chubby-faced nine-year-old,
with laughing eyes. But she was
tense and aggressive, always •
scrapping with her playmates. •
Four years ago, her parents were
shocked to learn: "Alexandra is•
retarded and emotionally dis-
turbed. She won't be able to
cope with work on the public
school level."
There was only one interest in
Alexandra's life then: music. I
suggested piano lessons. Once
she began, the world seemed to
change overnight for her. She'd
sit for hours at the piano, com-
posing pieces about-her toys, her
friends, her fears, her sad and
happy thoughts about the rain
and the wind.
Through music, I tried to or-
ganize her work better. To in-
crease her attention span, I de-
vised rhythm exercises. She
would concentrate on certain
musical beats, and react with a
happy swaying.
As her work in music progres-
sed, so, too, did her school work
markedly ithprove. She seemed
less tense. Her self-confidence
buoyed up, she was able to re-
spond in play with her pals.
Today, Alexandra is about to
enter Grade. IIII work,
So many handicapped young-
sters have to forego sport and
strenuous games, they need the
substitute activity of music, I've
found they all have an instinctive
feeling for rhythm, an impulse
to croon, a willingness to act out
their sorrow with song, Partici-
pating in music can be a real
source of courage as they face
t h e frightening adjustments
ahead of them, If you are the
parent of a handicapped child,
I Suggest you let him grow Up -
With a love for Music, arid let
music "become a part of his life,
from Liberty Magazine
MEOW !
Pour very dear friends Were
lunehing at 8ehrafft's, "NO des-
'Serf for Said one of the girls
Piously. "I have' to watch my
waistline: "
"Aren't yea fortunate, darling,"
purred One of her cronies, "that
WS' right out there where you
eat&
Shown here are 'some of the
vets/ telorfa greeting cards the
United Witiont Children's Fund
(UNICEF] ' sold to provide food.
medicines arid public health
equipment for. the ,world's: 600
million tick.atiii needy children.'
As in, other ..yearS, designs are
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left card,jet=block bOt§o boots
bear's Indicin Maiden doe6d,
In jevyel,brighf robet, The Other
Shows d trurivetitig blue ele.
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.queeado clothed.. Card at Hdliti
by cirtist Joseph Low. depiCti.
Italian Children. in a gay-donkey'
tart,• en route ib a fiesta.
It would seem that early winter
finally caught up with us — and
in no uncertain way.. Gale force
winds battered on the doors and
windows last week, in many
cases protected only by screens,
which, until the day before, had
been necessary to keep the flies
out, so suddenly does our weath-
er change. One day you couldn't
keep the furnace low enough for
comfort; the next day it was
inadequate against the cold
winds. There was no serious
damage done around here except
to knock our entire telephone
line out of commission. It was
two days before it was working
again — which raises an inter-
esting sidelight. The last two or
three years there has been a lot
of work done on telephone lines
in this district. The old party
lines disappeared. We were
changed over to a dial system
which was a great improvement.
New poles were erected and
miles and miles of wires and
cables strung. We noticed these
cables were hung very loosely,
not taut from pole to pole the
way the old single wires had
been. This was meant to be an
improvement of course — and
apparently is — until something
goes wrong. When that happens
the troubletakes longer to find
and entails more work. As one
man put it — "it was easier to
work on fifty miles of the old
lines than five miles of this."
There must be factors on favor
of this type of wiring but if it
takes two days to fix one short
line, what then? What will hap-
pen in real bad weather — in
ice storms, for instance? How
long will it take to fix the lines
under such conditions? Could
it be that cables are not satis-
factory for the wide open spaces?
Naturally •this is a matter that
concerns everyone, telephones
being such a vital necessity in
this day and age.
And here is another sidelight
on present day problems. An old
tatty pensioner, living alone,
needed new firebricks in her kit-
chen stove. Four years ago She
had a similar job done and it
cost her $12. Last week, the same
job, on the same stove, cost her
$20! In other words, half of one
month's pension gone to pay for
one small job. And riot a thing
she could do about it. It wouldn't
have been safe not to have the
stove liked; she naturally couldn't
do it herself arid there Was no
hope of getting it done cheaper
elseWhere, Doesn't it make• yoLt
Wender how people with small
incomes ever get along at all?
Well, I sttppose We all have our
problems wherever we live, On
some farths, for inttance, it it
lack of water. On out'' farm We
now have too much. That is
because we have one overflowing.
Well Without 'a puttip, the water
flol,virig' by natural gravity
through 6 pipe to 6 tank in the'
stable and then to another tank
in the barnyard Mid irotri thence
1.66K MA, ONE HAND ..—..; -- The graceful statue in Rockefeller
Center appears to have no trouble supporting a huge Christrnas
ifee, the,64-4Oot white spruce Was being raised into petition'
by crane whe n the photographer caught tree arid 'Statue in this
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