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The Brussels Post, 1961-12-07, Page 7To some historians of magic, who recalled that the first re- corded feat of legerdemain was performed by Dedi in Egypt 5;000 !Fears ago with a live goose, it seemed that the art had gene circle. The stunts lidrtford" again featured fowl. Collectively, ei the conjurers produced some twenty doves, six chickssee end three adult chicken.S. "Pail :try in motion!" one wag punned. Only the Amazing Scalzo, respienden0 in white full dress, produced a rabbit, and that was an imperfect breech delivery, because the . 'full insisted on SIPP'eaiirf.g.elaii; first, "Scalzo washed his hare and couldn't do al•thing with it," it friend quipped "The dollar doesn't go far these days," complainS» , '/housewife., Igo, but what it lacks in distance. It more than makes up In speed. FREE mint Africa set and 5 U S. cord- mems., with approvals. Litho, Box 51, Canoga Park, Calif. TIMBER WANTED HIGHEST prices paid for standing 'elm timber. 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A gray gull gliding over the water gave a harsh cry; a school of minnows flashed silver in the pool, I had started toward the car when Will called, "Az long as a man don't lose hope, an' as long es he's got faith in God, it don't matter how lonely he gits, make it, Tell 'ern that too, son." I waved and started the car up the hill, I wondered what kind of world this would be it populated exclusively by Will Tracys, Probably not much pro- gress would be made, I thought. But I was certain that there would be little strife; much of man's Inhumanity to man would doubtless cease. At Tower Hill, where River Road meets the main highway, I looked back at Will Tracy's place. In the distance it resem- bled a child's play house, sprawl- ing in awkward, tumbling diser- erey.. And beyond the house flow- ed the winding river with its man-made sand bars and muddy water. I nosed the car ahead thinking of the stories I had heard about Will. The landmarks of civiliza- tion were going by: ugly gasoline stations, garish billboards, ornate restaurants and motels. A car, filled. with speed-minded vaca- tioners roared by, the resultant air 'concussion causing my car to veer sharply. It was then. — surprisingly,— that I heard my- self muttering: "Will Teacy, I really believe 'you've got some- thing."—By Dean 'P.'Gutman in the Christian Science 'Monitor. Digging -Ne‘rs - 'NeW-Old ChiCago! Bill Doherty, a crime reporter on' The Chicago Tribune, had a busy day on his beat recently. His, car windows were smashed, he was slugged; and he was chased by an uncooperative sub- ject pointing a gun and threaten- ing: "I'll kill you and yopr whale family," The episode began when Do- herty's city editor, Clayton Kirk- patrick, told him to drop• by the $70,000 home of Sam DeStefano, a shady Chicago cbaraetere, who had been missing from public view for a while. Kirkpatrick wondered idly. what' DeStefano'. was up to: Two months earlier, Doherty had exposed, .DeStefano as the "juice ,man" (moneylend- er) to Chieago's underworld. At that time, DeStefano, unirniefess- ed by free publicity,' 'had 'men- tioned he might impair Doherty's health in the future, So Bill Do- herty was the logical man to check on Sani DeStefano'ihealth. Doherty drove to DeStefano's Northwest Side home, rang the doorbell, and askedfor DeStefano. Clad in white pajamas, the white- haired DeStefano greeted Doher- ty in the liVing room with a right to the cheek, Doherty countered with a left. Thee host scrambled. toward the kitchen, where he kept a loaded revolver, and the guest scrambled toward the door. After dropping his car keys, Do- herty ran to a drugstore; called The Tribune, and asked for po- lice help. Then he walked out- side, "All of a sudden," he told an- -Other reporter later, "a black Chevy pulls up to the* 'curb and there's a gun in my face." Behind the .38, DeStefano snarled':' `going' to kill you—and then I'm going over arid finish off . yder whole family." Doherty ducked into an alley and escaped, Later, hack at DeStefano's with two po- licemen, Doherty found his car. windows broken and his Intee- vieWee raving fee .revenie. ' — The following, day, DeStefano was indicted for assault, with in- tent to commit murder—and re: leased, pending arraigninent. The Tribune carried a two-column, straightforward story on the front page without Doherty's byline. Was he disturbecleby:DeStefano'ee threats? "That giVes a nut," I5o, hcrty said. "I'm not worried." Was he disturbed by .his 'ad- ventures? "Well, it's one way of getting a story on a after- noon.' A snccesdul malt is an drilin, ary person who either had e chance or took a chance, ,_MERRY MENAGERIE,_ ''And hoMe peonte• iibeitit tatitiitt" GRAVE SITUATION Although it looksry like the landmark Of a former Republicanleadeet. this Six-foot-high stone elephant Is dedicated to the trieniory of William P. Duggan, Ai former circus owner, The statue WO* airected'in ettnetery flea. Moultrie; Go BREATHER Glover 'Dale perches amid the ropes 'that raise and rower scenery at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York to take a breather after 12-minute dance by means of an oxygen tank. I like to go crazy sometimes if it warn't fer Smoky.' Hearing, his name Smoky, large, charcoal-colored, cat. bear- ing numerous battle scars, stetched beside the wood stove, blinked greeriish eyes, yawned swieidepely and dropped back off to Will continued: "I been 'round salt water all'my life—in fact,' I was born heah in 1911." He did some mental arithmetic. "That makes me 50, don't it?" Without waiting for agreement, he hur- ried on. "I rent skiffs for oyster- in' or yeller-tail fishin"; I go blue crabbin' an' clammin' an' in win- ter when thar's ice on the river I cut a hole an' epee" eels. Skin- ned eels sell fer 35 cents a pound," he added with satisfac- tion. Then, suddenly, his tone be- came somber. "But things ain't the same since the river got built up," he de- clared, shaking his head. "In July an' August when city folks are heah the river gits awful muddy. So dirty rkin hardly see down six inches: But by Novem- ber I kin spot a dime in twelve foot o'water," Will explained that under /lore mal Conditions NarroW River flows fast enough. to clear itself. During summer months, though, when seepage and oil and all manner of refuse fouls the water, the shellfish are often spoiled. He complained bitterly of speed boats, saying, "They come tearie' up thrti the Narra's, roil up the bottom, an' then when the mess settles back it spiles the oysters an' clam" He rose and mevede to a win= dow. '!Look heah., See that sand bar?" 'He pointed 'a thick finger toward the far river banker I nodded. "T'warn't thar last month. Couple weeks ago they was ' flat- fish seviminini in that spot. Now' a gull's eettin' on it, That's' be- cause the summer people lugged in tons °teach sand an' spread it along the shore, Then, first good storm we got, all the sand washed down an' made a bar. Pretty soon the rivcr'll be filled With sarid." Questioned about great storms iii recent years he said: "The '88 hurricane was worst of all. I set right heck an' prayed all day. Houses On the lowlands was swept away like match boxes, but this. old place rode 'et Ott fine. Then in '54, when that Carol Storm toree (Hueriearie Carol), the House enapped. I Wes Sure she'd 'split in two, but it was just the patch that let go, Guess'' it's still a little rocky,'' he added apologetically. "I Ain't never tried to fix it none."' It Was time to leaVe. Will took my arm, pointing to the river, "Ain't she beautiful?" he said ihnost reverently. "Makes a fella think, don't it?" His blue eyes CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING MEDICAL. GOOD RESOLUTION . EVERY SUFFERER OF RHEUMATIC PAINS. OR NEURITIS StriQVI,P TRY PIXQN`S. Rgmgpy. ,MUNRO1 r DRUG STORE 333 Et.GIN. OTTAWA 4140 gaprosa. Collect. ••••tit COMPACT (AIR)CAR--A flying machine for suburbanites is o possibility for the Avian 2 /1 80 above. Built' by Avian Aircraft of Canada, it combines features of both a gyro- plane and a helicopter. With its rotor blades rotating freely as in a gyroplane, it can take off like, a conventional fixed- wing aircraft. Forward motion is provided by a propeller in the duct in the rear. 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Rhode Island's South CountrY where 4 lo n g, ;sanely beaches meet the Atlantic; a winding strip of water — called Narrow River — makes inland, crooks around tideswept mud flats and,sand bars, .qurls north- ward through Narragansett and South Kingston, terminating aft- er six twisting miles in wide pool inhabited: chiefly by fiddler crabs and' minnows: - High, above,: the , pooh Will Tracy's Weathered, gray-Shingled cottage overlook's e sagging pier around which, scattered in des- , elate abandonment lie sections rusty c pipe 'and meat, pulleys, bits of rotting rope and— piler .ODIrierent lobster pots, their wooden ribs bleached white by salt air and a merciless sum- mer sun. In this nondescript set-, ting, (,Will Tracy' :ioriieliowe men- ages to wrest a living from the 'river. .z -For,soene tlaiee had planned, to meet Will. If possible, 1 hoped tee:write his story. South King- k stows naives had assured ire that "no man in hie right mind would live so, alone, exposed to everyestorm b l.o, w i n' :off the ocean. Why, he, don't even have electricity -- still ` uses an oil lamp!" Colorful anecdotes concerning the* eccentric' fisherman continu- ed to reach me, until one day in mid-August, curiosity thoroughly piqued, 1 found myself gingerly mounting shaky, wooden stairs leading ',to a porch which listed sharply, like the hull of a beach- ed 'ship. MY knock was answered presently by a man of middle 'years. "Mr. Tracy?" He nodded, eying eree closely, I introduced myself, explained my mission and was waved in- side,,where strong odors of mixed smoke and boiled 'cabbage clung tenaciously to the atmosphere. The room was filled "with mar- itime souvenirs. A highly polish- ed ship's compass, evidently the piece de resistance, was display- ed on a table placed squarely in room center; yellowing, plaster- ed walls were adorned with faded photographs of sailing vessels and' seafaring Men. A huge lobster, its claws bigger than a man's ;hands, wase mount- ed over the piano. „, Will was eager to talk, speak- ing in colloquialisms similar to the vernacular of 'the northern New England states, Answering m/question he Was saying: "I beerie alone in this house since '49. Livin' heeh haS its good pints -- an' bad." He sighed, "It's nice t'be free, but as a man gits older, liktin' alone gits harder. I ain't never Married, FARM HELP WANTED — MALE Winston Wasn't A .Model Scholar As student At Harrow from. WOO to 102, young Winston. Churchill displayed no •great, love for the •school, and evens, less respect for its authorities. A story • PPS ,that• the head- master once summoned him .and. said; "Churchill, I. have very eeriella reasons • for being chs, pleased with you," "And 1, sir," Winston replied, "have other reasons, equally serious, to 'be displeased • with you," In later life, Sir Winston stayed .away from the old 'school for 40 years, But his memories of Harrow ap- parently mellowed with age, and • last week — nearing his 87th. birthdays -'Churchillmade what has. become an annual pilgrim- age to the .school for its songs ceremony. With a smiling Lady Churchill at his side, and with. the cheers of some 600 students ringing in his ears, the ex-Prime Minister joined in a round of. sentimental songs, one of which ran: "Nor less. we praise in ster- ner days the leader of_ our pa- lion, and Churchill's name shall win acclaim from each new gen- eration." Amateur Magicians, On .. Loose. • The .... 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