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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1958-06-04, Page 7• fry SHE SINGS; HE WRITES-Veteran trouper Judy Garland gives it her all as she winds up a song in MinnOcipolis during State- hood. Day ceremonies. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, far right, appears to be missing Judy's song as he concentrates on notes for his speech. the lid on the shelf, dump her kitchen oils in the.. sluice everything •down with some hot water and skimmed milk, and the pig down on the receiving 17nd was fed lazily in a manner acceptable .Charlie, who was intelligently and perennially tir. ed., it wee just as good a rig as. anybody ever had in Narwhl, Indeed, . Charlie's is a much better story, because the pig soon ,fathomed the. source of his benefaction., and would clamber ep in the chute to meet Mrs. Footer more than halfway, She would hoist the cover, and be- fore she could contribute the pig Would run his snout up into the .kitchen and speak al some length about his approbation of -the arrangement. Mrs. Footer would bang him on the proboscis with a skillet and he would re treat. People who At tend certain. social congresses at the Footer home, such as the Friday Circle or the Moon Valley Extension Association, would come away discussing he Footer pig chute with some merriment, but not enough so ward got out to 41; editor somewhere, H.esides, Char- lie was not an astronomer, of: anything like that. •The time naturally came when cne of Charlie's pigs, just as he was big enough to get in but too big to get out, got stuck in the chute. The poor creature called attention to his predicament at once, but was too well in for Mrs. Footer to. help him by ler-. raping hitn on the snout with a plate. For three hours she did her housework in this din. I euppose• editors and laboratory scientists would not know what it is like to have an unhappy pig wedged under your sink ehelf while you are ironing shirts and applying the frosting to a cake. I cannot believe that Noe-. wich, N.Y., understands such things, When Charlie came up from the field he dismantled the con- traption and recovered his pig, but the attendant porcine hulla- baloo was. such that for three Months Charlie said, "Hey?" whenever anybody spoke to him. However, there still Was. no story about intelligent laziness on Charile'e,farm, s • Farmers are the world's finest practitioners of research and ex- periment. They like to spare themselves. • They frequently have.so -many labor-saving ideas they hesitate to let go. They' figure things out soonest. They are past masters at "rigging a scheme." Show them a job, and each will figure out 10 ways to do it easier. Laziness is a farm- er's best asset, a boon, an urge, a drive. No other class of people has ever practiced intelligent laziness with such success and prOfit. But farm laziness was ,never news until a laboratory scientist tried it, and then the reportere came around and said "Oh" and "Ah'. This is a great injustices —by john Gould- in The Christian Science, Monitor. 4411,1' ari00;.•_,,R1 PP 4,„ „SOOOSIONOM 'We got rather tired of television' 9 'Of b7 9 S 9 A M nes a agw./a vd lavdeov) Dodd"-)vs S N 9 0 21 O 3 S 2 9 1. 0 .1 W - 8 S 3 S S A 3 N C a N d a a, d bet this A A , Lazy tamers Art to show you how enslaved e have become to Ibis great mdern mutt of the equation and n' feeler, the isotope and the ill-out, the slide-rule and the :bit, notice this story in a no tonal publication about a labor*, ory scientist in Norwich, New n'ork, who runs a 40-acre farm with 'nntatligent leteinese", t wonder they didn't call it au "agricultural establishment"; or at least a plantation or Osten-. but I suppose they need thorns,. words for heedlines. Anyway, on this vast 40-acre" farm he supplements his labora- tory activity by a well-ordered program of doing things the easy way, arriving methodically so a feature writer singles him out as a phenomenon. Yet his con- tribution is simply that he is (I) a laboretery scientist in the full up-stream surge of modern thrust and push, and (2) he operates a farm lazily. My contention is abrupt, vie: that this lazy farmer did not. receive this attention-because he was a lazy farmer, but because he is a laboratory scientist, and in this day and age laboratory scientists are news. whereas lazy farmers are not. This is a severe rebuke to . our way of thinking, and goes to' show, If somebody had wanted a really good story about a lazy farmer, without emphasis on his status in the scientific world, it could have been provided long ago and it' would have been a much better story. We can only conclude that journalism, has deserted certain principles, and is trying to be popular with the ascending physicists and chem- ists and mathematicians of the new era.,A lazy farmer who is nothing .lse except lazy farm- er wouldn't have a chance. Yet the fact that this man in Norwich).:N.Y., is a scientist first and a lazy farmer afterwards has nothing to do with the matter., Comes to mind, for instance, Amos Dolluff over at Purgatory Mills, who never had his name in thee paper until. now. Amos always cut his firewood in eight- foot lengths. Most cordwood comes four feet long, so Amos thus saves himself one complete cperation per stick. This was in- telligent laziness just as good -as any in Norwich. • After Amos got his wood home, instead of sawing it in atove-length chunks as other people did, he permitted his in- telligent laziness to continue, and pMed it in the shed so it pointed, at the 'kitchen door. His 'wife could step out in the shed and get wood, bringing it in the way. Anybody would carry a flagpole, and she .would steer it into the side door of the range about the way a knight of olden yore ran hys lance into ye ringe on ye string to edify ye cheering throng. Then Mrs. Dolluff would rest the nether, or handle, end of the eight-foot stick on a chair, and as fast as her fuel was con- sumed she would move the stick And the- chair nearer the stove, You could tellefrorn the position of the chair hew. near done the beans were. But poor Amos was -no laboratory researchist, was. never interviewed for the press, and .his numerous instances of in- tellectual disinclination to labor were of purely local fame. This man in Norwich,, N.Y., has a special hopper for his hogs, and gets hie name in the paper` because he fills it only once week, proving that laziness pays off. But nobody ever did a story on Charlie Footer and his hog chute, which was born of equal aversion to effort but which had no scholarship or degrees to embellish it. Charlie cut a hole in the kit- chen sink shelf and built a chute out through the wall to the pig- pen, His wife could thus lift A(;1{088 tp :4i.opo4 S.(n1dc11sh 11.1",oitve . nrx an Px1110 , 0 14.11Gr 13. '!•thare' 1s I is I: 18. rohg' $0. I 'n 110( k'eI g ^1. inrow'o bete i.adin tr hannlat o nuyl telt, fr; Soho!' 71)111)t, oho 081y 1.30, 1'110100 Insysee 22. PoVelivar nand Iss Light 1.'iroik 1 I ng• -41. Sin '42. Haunt 148. i,,tiniatioiTti, Ago ;46.. Artiotti ;47, sm o ra •41., Ne:I 52. 1,1frioo evinitese• se.:easel-elf DOW a t.rrn rtc 111g1,01 —From Newsweek.• HOYT HIM. After holding out one winter for twenty-five thousand dol- lars, Waite Hoyt decided to go up and see' Jeke Ruppert, the fabulously wealthy Yankee own- er, "Well, Hoyt, so l'm going to have trouble with you, too." old Sake greeted him, Noting that Hoyt was looking at all the pies tulosO,on the wails depicting the various Ruppert properties, Iltto- pett ekpanded, "Some properties, - eh?" he chortled,"eThat one there—My country .estate, cost nib $600,000. Nett iS building en Forty-. teeelid.Stteet, eneet hie $1,000,000. See, that brewery, $2,500,000. NeRt tny place' on 'Fifth Avetitte,, 1500,000," Then they started iris oto the office arid Ruppert asked 'Hoyt what fie wanted. Hoyt told hint "Twerity;fle thousand'?" ioar- ed Ruppeiti "What do you think I iiiiilionniket* Editor's Note: The following article, written by the Farm Editor of the Christian Science Monitor, refers to conditions be- low the border. But I think that a good deal of it should provide food for thought to many of us Canadians as well. • • • Most Americans agree that since we all depend on farmers to produce the food and fiber we need, we must somehow keep enough farmers in business 'to meet this need. 4, • This general recognition of the farmer's essential status has fos- tered wide belief in two theses which possibly merit acceptance but which, considering present economic pressures on the citi- zenry, seem to call for fresh scrutiny and evaluation., Much of the political campaigning on farm issues now building toward November congressional elec- tions centers around these two theses. The first-is: "Farmers are en- titled to their fair share of prof- its' in the nation's economy." I * The second: "Because the 'ram- Hy farm xepresents certain moral values which have contributed to America's greatness, it must, at whatever cost, preserved in its traditional entity." • 4. At the risk of sounding brutal„ honesty demands a second recce"- ° nition before the theses can be evaluated — the recognition that America is struggling not only with a surplus of certain basic crops, but also, with what some economists define as a surplus of farmers. The technological fact today is, that fewer farmers than ever before can produce what Americans need, and still have HAPPY .j60.-An, 01-yeo r ,O let WidOwer-,. laser von tuskovic of Milwaukee is a happy man- eaffee 5.2 years., He plans `to go ti Sweden iii June' to Matey Mee s Aritiee Appleauitt e. of 70JoeoWeiited -rno-rty- Arihn 1906,. .b.ot her tattier • said Shii volt too young,. enough left over to supply some world needs. * I This recognition, involving drastic changes in the agricultur- , al structure, is hard, to face, es- pecially for farmers who, be- cause of.lack of capital or know- how, have been unable to keep up with the all-out mechaniza- tion that has taken over Ameri- can farmlands with incredible speed. They need •help. But what will help them most? • * • a, Considering the first thesis: 'Just exactly what is agriculture's "fair share" of the nation's prof- ilts? (Think of the imponder- ables involved,— such points as: Should everyone's share be the same? Or should personal effort and success be takin into ac- count? Who is to decide such fundamental questions?) If 500 farmers -- or perhaps 100 — can today. turn .out as much •as 1,000 could produce SO years ago, should government subsidize the thousand just to perpetuate the way of life they are used to? This leads into tht 2nd thesis, concerning the family farm which today is generally defined as a farm where the family makes all management decisions and does most of the .work. With all the mechanical help now -available, some family farms have become big Operations bear- ing little resemblance to yester- day"s few acret worked by man and a mule and a plow. Many others have remained too small to prosper, and their plight does indeed cry out for aid. But manly people are now ask- ing: To What extent should all citizens be taxed to keep un- successful farmers on the land simply because that is where they happen to be and because' Americans feel sentimental about a romanticized but some- what-out-of-dote picture of "the family farm" as grandpa knew it? We have yet to heat' anyone question what would happen to the -moral values usually asso- ciated with the institution known as the family farm if that insti- tution could be preserved only by the federal dole. Would it be better for the farmer and the whole nation if government should confine its role to providing disaster itietir- ance and to offering something like industry's unemployment in- surance for a designated period to help struggling fat -hers find jobs in industry or adjust their operations to more profitable methods? It is not the purpose of this column to try to allsWer these big questions, nor to support or re- fute the thesis, it is Meant only to urge study of these tieteial issues, Whiell Will In some tetetit be decided'.. iitt 11 Americans go to the polls titOt tall, end Vote' into office Men who do ardently Stutert or fetal to seees these elee0 premiseS. Heart Operation On Television, "Five of our cameramen hack- ed out of this because they felt too squeamish," said Milton Rob- ertson, executive producer of Du Mont Televisitn's Station WASP, taking time out frein supervising New York city's first live telecast of a heart opera- tion, "In all, we had a 25-man technical crew.spend three weeks of intensive work, reading up on heart surgery, watching color films, and attending an actual operation," Robertson fussed 4bstracted13 at his green surgical gown, sim- ilar to those enveloping his as- sistants and the ten-man surgical team which was mending the de- fective heart of Mabel Chin, a Chinese-American girl aged 3, at the New York University- Bellevue Medical Center. The TV screen before Robertson showed him — and an estimated 2.1 million New Yorkers — the deft hands of two surgeons as they worked with the precision of 'a corps de ballet en a pulsing, living human heart. One of the rubber-gloved hands pointed to the heart, The voice of the chief surgeon, Dr Jere W. Lord, explained: "Here is the problem. A short slender tube called the ductus arteriosus is connecting the aorta and the pulmonary artery. It should have closed' at birth. It didn't." As Dr. Lord began to tie off the duct, with surgical thread, Robertson said: "You know, I don't think the public would be able to stand watching 'a color telecast of this." The unspoken corollary bothering Robertson, of course, v)as: Would the public be able to stand watching even a black-and-white telecast of a heart operation? "Although 250,000 Americans have had successful heart opera- tions," said a spokesman for the New York Heart Association, in explaining the •association's spore, sorship of the television show, "another 300,000 who need oper- ations are holding, off because of fear and ignorance. We feel that a live telecast will show them how safe a heart operation Is." The association's faith on this score had been considerably bolstered by the recent ,success of two other live telecasts in Detroit and Seattle. "We hope," The New, York Journal-American's TV santie, Jack O'Brian, had bristled on the day of the telecast, "that, the *ming of "Live" bet. °nue- 6eese tioni mt television nut Jl trend". Next day, however, critic O'Brian rewarded the Heart As- sociation's faith by changing his mind: "The performance . • was astoundingly impressive, a vast and tender visual ad for the Heart Association's stubborn progress.' —From Newsweek, "Fine! I've always' wanted to meet your bossit" TrONDAY SC11001 ft› LESSON Itev It„ Li. id'arrett, O. A Peoltie Must Choose Joshua 11:16-20, g4:14.1$ Memory Selection: rot •avow the strange gods which are among you, And incline Your heart unto the Lord. God of Israel. Joshua 34:23, The coliquest of Canaan took place quickly. God rniraculous.y stopped the flow of the Jordan when the priests hearing the ark stepped 1%0 the waters. Joshua set up twelve stones in the bed of the Jordan and on its west- ward hank as memorials, Then he renewed the rite of circum- cision, The fortress of Jericho was taken in a manner which notably demonstrated the power of God. Then came a setback at Al because of sin in the camp, Earnest prayer and punishment of the culprit. brought God's favor again, A g r oup of five kings led by the Xing of Jeru- salem met Joshua and were de- feated. Another group in the north were similarly overcome, Some mopping up operations One may incline to be sorry for the Amorites. But their ini- quity was full. Genesis 15:16. We therefore bow to the justice of God. Later when the Israelites continued in their . rebellion against God they were taken from this land by the Assyrians and Chaldeans. Nations, as, the individuals of which they are composed, are accountable to God, • Joshua's farewell appeal was an urgent religious appeal,. "Choose you this day whom ye will serve . but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord," It is refreshing when a political and national leader un- ashamedly acknowledges God and calls upon his people to serve Him. Joshua had set the right example and would con- tinue to do so. He spoke for his family, too. Happy are the par- ents who are serving the Lord. Happy are the parents who see their children following their example. In this day of world tension and lax morals we need sober, God-fearing leaders. We need men and women who will lift up a righteous standard by precept ,,and •example. God bless our' leaders at every ]levee of gov- ernment, KELLEY GREEN Lefty Gomez once got involved in an argument with Jim Dykes on how to'pitch to a hitter with two men on base. After a heated, discussion, they decided to gel Mike Kelley, one of the most respected technicians in the game, to settle the argument. The pair found. Kelley in bed. "Wake up, Mike," Gomez yelled, "we want to ask you a question." "Go away," Kelley replied. "Wait till tomorrow." Upsidedown to Prevent. Peeking CROSSWORD - PUZZLE 8. Pile .1. :In"tell 5. Entlf`fi V (1r , ii. l'i'0,1):11 ell to plant 7 el moy b 0 0. 8, Rost L learning .01), 19. nisclrse.• 11, belies 12, "rtomarry 16. Theme moan- . Mg' thiree 19. 'Golf club 21. Nect011Y weeds' 25. Athi•xl ,,qtii net 77. Nirn"Chet 26. goals 01:1 Y 32. pdoyole pro- - „;olfer 38.-13oxing ring. 24. Iteghinn 3;1. lltatridyi 36, nortatIr 77, MO.1co itsu p, 40. Tirane:A 43. loo reran, 'run -i 1:info 41, 1111 11*I. dole 47. ny 48, f!.-arty 3L 31yao 53. "O'n, Who Was First? Who first made element 102„ the tenth synthetic: substance man has created out ul :Cranium,.• element 92? • • It has been generally agreed that the honor belonged to a team of Swedish,t3 nglish, and Ameriean scientists,. : July. they renorre4" they had produced "30 or 40" atoms of element 102 in the accelerator of Stockholm's. Nobel Institute They They ripened it Nobelium, Recently, at a nuclear meeting in Catlinburgs ..scientists ' from the University of Cali- tornia sounded a politely dis- senting note when they claimed "the.. definite discovery" of No,, helium, As Dr, Albert Ghiorso reported it, the California re- searchers repeated the meticu- lous Stockholm experiments and found they were unable to create 1.02 without changing techniques: drastically. The reaction of the original 'discoverers was one .pf stiff up- per lip, Dr, J. A. Milsted of Britain'a Harwell . atomic station. said; "I would like the scientific world to keep an open mind,... until we have had an oppor- tunity to recheck our work.' In Chicago, Dr. Paul R. Fields of Argonne National LaboretOrY added uncertainly: "We are still not sure whose report is correct, but I am, certain science will come up with the right answer," Canadian Comics Make New York Hit A little fellow with wildly rolling eyes and a nattily draped toga asked the bartender of an ancient Roman bistro for a "Martinus" in a skit on "The Ed Sullivan Show". "You mean Martini," corrected the togaed ask for them," replied the little- ask for them,' replied the little fellow snappishly. The audience roared and the madly irreverent take-off on "Julius Caesar' car- eened on for 14 deslirious min- utes. Its creators and stars were two exceedingly funny Canadian types named Johnny _Wayne and Frank Shuster. The first talent ever signed to a 26-appearance contract' by Sullivan, Wayne and Shuster are the favorites north of. the border and the happiest thing that has happened to. U.S. com- edy in many months. "In Canada, we've been sacred cows for years. (25 On radio and TV)," the pair admitted. The, Wayne and Shuster specialty: Slapstick sketches with strong literary overtones. Both gradus ates of the University of. Toronto with half a master's degree apiece, Wayne, 39, and. Shuster, 41, teamed up to produce Boy Scout shows in their teens,- have been together ever since. Their second go at the classics on U.S. television, was a take-oft on Baroness Orzcy's story of the French Revolution, "The Scarlet Pimpernel", which in the Wayne and Shuster, version on the Sul- livan show recently was entitled "The Brown Pumpernickel". "Every time an aristocrat is whisked away a large loaf of brown bread -is left, in his place. This thing requires 500 .1oaves of bread. We have a friend who's a baker." Speaking of bread, the sort of thing that has made Wayne and Shuster the toast of Caanda is their satire on the Trojan War which required a "very expen- sive" wooden horse large enough to contain six men. "Nhen Menelaus is wounded," the com- edians explained enthusiastically, "he staggers up to the horse, puts his head inside, and yells: 'Is there a doctor in the horse?' 'That's our favorite line. We . had the horse built just for that one line." The Canadians have found no need to tailor their material for other nations. However they did confess deleting one character from their U.S. Julius Caesar :"He was a Roman sales- man who is trying to peddle a used chariot that had been driven only by an elderly vestal virgir. We weren't •sure we should use 'thee Word 'virgin' on 11,S. TV." —From Newsweek, TWO-LEGGED TANK-Stopping shotgun blasts at point-blank tonge, o reinforced plottic Suit of Ottrior is tested -at the pittei nein& of the Detroit` police deptitterient„ The 'suit, 66 Othincis, also stops pistol and machine gun slugs, protecting frorit. tind siddi of the wearer, the bottery-ptivvered llghfs ctrl OiOunted Oh the head` teatitirO The department has orderedi 'tour wilt, e