HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1957-02-13, Page 7By Rev., .Barclay Watrc.0
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furnace of are; there shall bf
wailing and gnashing of teeth.
We must not ignore the Mpg.
dom of our Lord, He will 'hie
uph. If we do not turn from out
sins and love Him we Shall bw
cast from our God's holy pres«
ence to dwell with the wteltet
to eternity.
Perils Of Travel
It is natural that a wife shOu14
get suspicious when her husband
arrives home with his cloths
smelling of perfume. ,Espeoialir
when this happens day after
day,
So there were quite a, ntlinbet
Of suspicious wives in a North
of England town recently-until
they learned the real reason whr
their husbands came home reek,
ing of scent.
The men-clerks, electrician,
miners and so on-all use a cer•
tarn bus for their journey horns
from work. Girls from a toilet
soap firm also travel home in the
same bus, all of them smelling as
glamorous as,„ film stars aft°,
their day's work in the factory,
And of course the smell cling.
to the men passengers becaus•
in the crowded bus they oftelt
sit next to the factory girls.
One happily married man said
that when he first went home in
the bus, his wife looked puzzleilV
while his moths-in-law looked
annoyed. Another man said the"
his wife, after sniffing his coato
asked him point-blank: "Whet/
the girl friend?"
SLOW SUCCESS
Thirty thousand copies at
Handel's famous oratorio 3
"Messiah" 'have to be print
every year. Yet when Han
himself tried to sell it, there
were only 127 customers --- and
the composer twice went bank.,
rupt. i
Matthew 13: 3145, 44-52.
Xingdom Parables for Today
Memory Selection: The king-
dom of heaven is like Unto a
merchant man, seeking goodly
pearls; who, when he had found
one pearl of great price, went
and sold all that he had, and
bought it. Matthew 13:45-46.
Jesus Christ will ever remain
the Great Teacher of all time.
With short fictitious narratives
called parables he taught great
moral and spiritual truths. He
compared familiar earthly pro-
cesses with truths in the spirit-
ual realm.
The mustard seed is very
small but the herb which grows
from it sometimes reaches a
height of fifteen feet. So the
kingdom of our Lord from in-
significant bninnings spread
over the Roman Empire, over
Europe, America and is now ex-
panding to the ends of the
earth. As a little yeast trans-
forming a great amount of
dough so the Kingdom of Christ
has transformed individuals and
nations. The social order has been
changed. Slavery, polygamy and
other blots on society have giv-
en way with the advance of the
Gospel. The sick and aged re-
ceive care. Justice and liberty
are established.
The parables of the treasure
and the pearl illustrate the
value of the kingdom. When a
person realizes the intrinsic
value of the salvation from sin
provided by Jesus Christ he
will be willing to give up all to
obtain it. An agnostic professor
in a Hindu college asked Sadhu
Sundar, "What have you found
in Christianity that you did not
'have in your old religion?" He
answered, "I have I o un d
Christ." To know Christ is life
.eternal.
In the parable of the net and
fishes Jesus teaches that a day
of judgment is coming. Those
who have received Jesus Christ
will be separated from --thbse
who have rejected Him. The
rejectors shall be cast "into the
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LESSON
A Nation's Worth pietism. and accepting ,an, unjust
and unfair evaluation of our-_•
selves, we shall be in grave dart,,
ger of losing our resolution and
with it the vision and creative
ideas the hour now demands
from us.-W. Lionel yraser, from
4 letter in !Pie (!London)..
WHAT? NO TOAST? - A crenmery .turns out nearly four million
pounds of butter annually, aided by this giant aluminum churn.
The churn, scientifically designed to insure rapid production
as well as .high quality, turns out butter in one-ton batches.
Stuck To His Cello
Modest, pipe-smOking Pablo
Casals, the world's greatest 'cel-
list, was eighty on D.F.cember 29th,
and some of the most prominent
Musicians were recently Invited
to be among 100 cello layers-
a for the concert werld,
who staged a special: concert in
his honour;
This Spaniard who has thrilled,
the world by his superb Play-
ing, has used the same 'cello for
more than half a century, He
confesses that his most uncom-
fortable moment was when
someone had inadvertently
placed his beloved instrument on
a hot radiator with the result
that the varnish was rendered
sticky and the tone, to his sen-
sitive ear, was ruined!' Never-
theless, he gave .a' fine perform-
ance with it in that condition.
Casals was once stopped by a
proud mother as he was leaving
a concert. She introduced her
daughter to him, saying: "When
my daughter gave 'a recital on
the 'cello recently, the critics
said that she played) the Brahms
sonata as well as you do." *
Casals shook his head, sighed
and replied: "That's. not 'nearly
good enough!"
This marvellous old man is
still at the height of his powers,
according to many critics. Said
one recently: "His nobility of
character and sweetness of na-
ture are as remarkable as his
monumental artistry."
Casals has always believed
that to be a good artist it is ne-
cessary first to be a good man.
He is so modest about his own
accomplishments that, althOugh
he has composed some excellent
music, he has forbidden its pub-
lication until after death.
Hanged First,
Married Later
If you visit the Oxfordshire
hamlet of Great Tew they'll tell
you of Mary Smith who, many
years age, got Married three
days after she'd been hanged for
murder. And they won't be pul-
ling your leg. The story is true..
Mary Smith was just an ordi-
nary country girl. She met a
dashing young man who pro-
posed marriage--and suddenly
disappeared when it became
plain that Mary was going to
have a child.
Overcome by shame, the dis-
tracted mother stifled the child
sop after it was born. She was
found guilty of murder and con-
demned to death.
After the hanging, the execu-
tioner cut down the body. The
chaplain said a last prayer. She
was then taken in a cart to the
mortuary where two doctors
certified her dead and then went
home, leaving the corpse to the
silence of the mortuary.
One of the two doctors, how-
ever, returned to collect some-
thing he'd left behind. While he
Was there he thhught he heard
a sound. He glanced around, but
could see nothing- except the
shrouded corpse. He was about
to leave when he heard a groan,
unmistakable this time.
'Thinking someone was hiding
there, he made a thorough
search and while he was doing'
so, he was shocked to see the
"corpse" sit up.
Mary Smith was still alive. By
a miracle she had survived the
grim ordeal oftbeing hanged.
In those days, if a murderer
did survive execution, he or she
was often given the benefit of
the doubt.
After medical attention.-Mary
was given wine and a good meal.
Her neck bore all the marks of
the rope, but it had not been
broken. Whether her heart had
actually stopped beating for a
few minutes is not known. This
sort of thing has .happened since
then, and it may have been
something of this kind that de-
ceived the doctors who had
signed her death certificate.
Two days later the ex-mur-
deress was formally pardoned
and released. She was met outside
the jail by the man who had
wanted to marry her before the
dashing lover appeared on the
scene. He proposed and was ac-
cepted, and next day the couple
were married.
Mary Smith lived -happily for
the rest of her life and became
the mother of several children.
We do not need to pay regard
to what President Nasser thinks
Of us, nor indeed do we have to
care much that it is acclaimed
abroad by those who seek to pull
!us dew that British Influence in
the world is zero, that we are
finished and Se on.All that will
change, It has been like it be-
But what dismays me is the
View, which appears to gain in-
creasing acceptance by too many
in our own country, that this
low assessment is justified and
that we are in fact a second-rate
nation. . My opinion is that
quite the contrary is the case,
end that we shall do well to re-
sist this mesmerism with all our
might.
If we review our achieve-
ments and our contribution to
world affairs, we are brought, I
believe, to the conclusion that
they entitle us to first-class
ranking. In the economic field
pur record speaks for itself.
More than one-half of the
world's trade is conducted in our
currency, sterling. The commod-
ity markets, insurance, shipping,
money and exchange markets,
and the international banking
system are linked together in
the' City of London and provide
the 'most efficient service of its
kind in the world for all to use,
a friechanisiri, a technique, which
is unrivalled.
And it is not sustained by
mere wealth. It is based on trust,
mutual confidence, and the
power of good judgment and
sound common sense. It is the
moral worth of a nation which
matters more than anything
else and there is no doubt that
our sense of fair play and inte-
grity of character still form the
true foundation of our entire
social and economic systems.
In engineering, nuclear ener-
gy, aircraft design and construc-
tion, art, literature, and many
Other spheres we more than hold
our own, but my object is not
just to chalk up our qualities. I
am merely trying, in all modes-
ty, to show that we have much
to offer which, the world needs,
if we will only allow our incor-
rigible and superb optimism and
confidence to reassert them-
selves. The tasks ahead are tre-
mendously difficult and they ex-
clude complacency or lethargy,
but, sunk in a bog of self-depre-
SHAGGY CAT STORY
fractory beast by lighting a fire
under his belly. The farmer did
this, and the gag-line was that
the animal moved just far
enough ahead to burn up the
wagon. I doubt,
myself, if this ever
happened, but on the' basis of
"what I tell you three times is
true" the thing became a peri-
patetic clipping, a classic of,
American journalism, true be-
cause it was in print, and some-
where along the line a law pre-
venting a recurrence was added
to the story. I suspect the nai-
veté of editors toward .certain
topics accounts for the wide cir-
culation of such items.
• • •
And I think politeness to hens
Is another such. The word polite-
ness' is added to the story after
it leaves the poultry expert, for
the poultry expert doesn't ex-
actly mean that. I first heard the
thing around 1920 or so when I
was a 4-H boy with a flock of
Reds. My father paid for the
feed and I sold the eggs, and I
never did better in my book-
keEePaieilhg.fall we had county con-
tests and• hen shows, and always
remarks from poultry experts.
Prof. 0. M. Wilbur, the head of
the hen studies at the University
of Maine, got up one year and
told of his ,experiments with
noise around poultry flocks. If
you yank the door of the pen
open and barge in swinging
pails and baskets, the hens will
clamber to the rafters, scramble
under the nests, bunch up in the
corners, clobber each other, and
go into a molt. Hens are like
that. But if you stop outside the
door and whistle, cackle friend-
liness, call out hello, or just
knock, the hens will turn and
face the door inquisitively and
won't take fright when you ap-
pear. s •
I know that I have put this
into previous dispatches; and I
know that since 1920 I have
never gone into a hen pen with-
out, first knocking and Stating
with, elocutionary dignity, "New
is.the time for all good hens and
true to come to the aid of the
parity." This is a mild witticism
between me and my hens, and,
while it amuses them a great
deal it should not be scrutinized
too much by htithans.
So, the thing is nothing which
makes news at this late date, and
certainly Michigan State Univer=
sity has no special claim on it.
It is tandy for filling odd corners
of short columns, and possibly
has an amusement value to city
scribes.
Not that ibkinattera too rnuch.
A great Many kind folks con
tinue to send nee clippings, each
thinking f may find grist therein',
and my gratittide is shown by
the' feet that I usually do, inclu-
ding this One.
CANDID CAMERA CATCHES COPYCATS' COOL CAPERS :-- Herd
are two of those irrepressible creatures up to their pointed ears
in 'other people's, business. They're copycats, all right, but. In
different categories. The "copy" with which morose-looking'
"Nosey", below, is concerned is newspaper copy on the editor's
desk of,a newspaper. Nosey must be reading of a cat-astrophe,
to• judge from his expressiorb "Freshie, above, shows that
. though you may no! be able 'to teach an old hound 'dog new
tricks, a cat's hep to mimicking a certain guitar-belting Singer
who is enjoying a measure of popularity these days. Freshis
kept things moving at fhe Empire Cat Club Show.
START SLOWLY
An unsigned communication
from a New YOrk City reader
brings me a clipping I have seen
many times before. This clipping
is now "making the rounds" and
is prompting all manner of edi-
torial comment here and there.
That it appeared in this news-
paper January 8 is significant
because I firat Vovered the sub-
ject matter here at least eight
years ago.
Thia clipping says the poultry
expert at the University of
Michigan says politeness to hens-
makes them give more eggs.
Hens respond to thoughtful and
considerate dealings. This is
something the poultry farmer
kneW many long years ago and
which: the "expert" at Michigan
couldn't have advanced at all
recently if he expected it to be
news,
Clippings like this are an in-
teresting bit of journalism. Years
ago a clipping began making the
rounds to the effect that, "Maine
has a law forbidding setting fire
to mules." The 'first time I saw
this it seemed an amusing nug-
get of curious lore, but after it
began being printed and clip-
ped, prined and clipped, and ap-
peared in any and every publi-
cation I picked up, I began to
wonder about it.
I couldn't 'find 'that Maine had
any such law; Maine has arson,
and vandalism laWs, and laws
forbidding cruelty to' dumb ani-
mals, and setting fire to mules
would of course be a crime in
our courts, but 'any state 'cer-
tainly has the same provision,
and there is nothing specific
about it as to mules writes John
Gould in The Christian Sciende
Monitor.
* *
Indeed, there Is little logical
likelihood that Maine would
have such a la*, because the
state ,hes never been much of a
place for mules, I can remember
only two pairs that I've 'Seen in
my time. A fellow from Ala-
bama inherited his uncle's salt.,
Water farm lip here, arid when
he came to take over his prop-
erty he brought two aged mules
with him, which were something
Of a novelty. And I know of an-
other pair, years agO, ' over in
either Bowdoin or Litahfield-,-
I used to 'see them on my way to
visit Uncle Niah's folks.
Other than that, I daft' knew
Of any other mules" in Maine, al,
though of ,course there, haVe
been others. TO enact
tion specifically fOrbidding ig,
tilting Mules would therefore
seem to be laViah attention to
something almost nonexistent:
I. did consider the chance that
"mule" in this context meant a
spinning menthe, of which we
have many in our textile- mills.
But other than general prove-
sloris against deliberate tOtribtia-
tibil of anything not -properly
burnt, I couldn't find anything
got eying this kind of mule.. A'
Couple bf lawyer friends got hi-
teregoo In the thing, and off and
on they' looked thrbtigh their
books,. and they told me the
item had tie; tahcithg.
there was always: a "hick
Character" yarn in folk litiniOri.
Used in vaudeville' and
ShOWs, about the farther Who.,
had a stubborn animal. Depend-
int Ott where the story got, told,
it Was a herse, mule, Mt, yak,
(idtidedr, or whatever, , and Th.
atety was that satneboilY told,
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COCKTAIL SUIT-After-five suit,
above, matches the color and
formality of a lady's cocktail
dress. Designed by Brioni of
Rome, it ,feaures an iridescent
mohair jacket in burgundy red,
with. Roman cuffs and lapel
edgings of Dupioni silk in a
paler shade of red. Mushroom
pleated white shirt, slim black
mohair trousers and black calf-
skin shoes• with throat banding
in pale red silk round out the
ensemble.
Biggest Bell
Was. NeVer Rung
Into the doctor's surgery
rushed a distraught woman cry-
ing: "Doctor! Please come
quickly. My husband has swal-
lowed a mouse!"
"Hurry back to him," said the
doctor to humour her, "and try
waving a piece of cheese in
front of his mouth. I'll be along
as soon as possible."
When the doctor reached the
house ten minutes later, he
found the husband lying on a
settee with his mouth wide
open, while his wife waved a
kipper close to his face..
"You foolish woman," said
' the doctor, "I told you cheese."
"I' know that," she retorted,.
"but I must get the cat out'
fir§t!"
FOR WINNIE - Pictured is 'a
Tiffany-designed, gold medal-
lion, first award, ever made by
the Pilgrims of the U.S., which
Was presented to Sir Winston
Churchill, Obverse -side :(top)
shows a pilgrim, flanked by the
American eagle and British lion.
Reverse side hails Churchill as
one "who has done more: than
any man in history to advance
the unity of the English-speak-
ing peoples".
A proud'-father was talking
,about the intelligence of his
son.
"You know, dear," he told his
wife, "I think he must have got
his brains' from me."
"He certainly must have
clbne," replied the wife.
still got Mine."
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It was a teenager's first visit
to a perfume counter. Her eyet
roved uneasily over the lurid
trade navies : Night of ,Passion,
Mad Etribrade,
Vitally, she mustered though
tentage' to approach a saleslady..
"tketise she
E' but have you ahythite
able for fora beglitherl,"
!Most Men have twO sides to
Oriii the side their Witted
knew, and the Side they think
their wives don't knoVisi
The ringing of church bells
-is,a4ainiliar sound at Christniat
or Easter. But bells have sig-
nalled many other events. They
have roused garrisons of threat-
ened towns, signalled victory in.
war arid given, Warning' of fires;
earthquake's and !ether disasters.
But the world's largest bell,
Weighing 200, tons and cast
1723, has never been hung nor
rung 1<notim at Tsar Italoicol,
King of Bells, as :it was broken.
While editing alter jeWeiSi gold
plate and ornaments had been
thrown into the Melting ore by
the Empress Anna's supersti,
tietta subjects in Moto*.
The bell still stands there to=
day, and is used as a chapel. It
is 16 feet high and 68 feet round
the heae.
Early hells were Made Of
plates riveted tOgetifer. Catil=
lona contain at least tWeitty,
four bells and the world's finest
in. the USA:, all of british
inerinfacttite.
Omer a period of forty yeara
a woman collector Of bells, MISS
Hazel Hicks had assembled 20
rare SPecitheria, 'They include a
i,000 year-old SerWegiati. Co"-'
bell and a Mekitaii bell Made
of•Pure lava
Oldest firm of ijell-fotifidera
in Eritain 'was begun in 'White,
chapel, London, In 1570 and hai
Made bells' ever 'Shide..
Centuries ago: there 'Waif a.
general belief. that. the 'ringing
.nt church .heliS "banished the
devil! and disper'se'd lightnitit
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