HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1947-9-17, Page 3TEEN -TOWN TOM
By BARRY MURKAR.—
"Where do you think you are
gulag?" asked atom, as I prepared
to Rtake a get-
away out through
the hack door,
"I'nt
going
fishing with Susie
down to the
"deep -hole," I re-
plied.
'l'ilac's what
you tltinkt What
have you got. in that bag?" Mon
opened the ice box door and then
made a lunge for the hag. "Give
Rte that," she snapped — and
snatched, "Half ley chocolate
cake gone and guests coming for
dinner tonight, honest -to -good.
"less Barry, you'll be the death of
cue yell Now get that broom and
get busy sweeping the front
steps. After that I want you to go
to the store,"
"Gee whiz," I protested,
never get fishing with all those
jobs to do."
"1f You hurry you'll have plenty
of time for that," mother shot
back. "You never bring Hone any-
thing anyway, unless it's a couple
of dirty old mudcats,"
Well, I finally finished these
chores : nd was free to go—with-
out Ole chocolate cake. Bound•
ing up the front steps of Susie's
house, I btnuped into her moth-
er."
"Well, Barry," she exclaimed,
"1 have 'welt oinking for a stroltg
Mail like yot'. I need someone to
help put up the venetian blinds.
Susie's faihe" is worlciugTate to-
night and my lrt'1lge chub is conl-
iTi t get those 'h.`rru✓' �N
thi, afternoon"
"Poul—," I started to argue,
"I've never put up venetian
blinds,"
"'Mere': absolutely nothing to
it," cause the reply, "The direc-
tions are with the blinds, Susie
can help you,"
I Was cornered again.
Susie looke 1 the perfect picture
of dismay. Like two rats in a
trip, we stared at the six boxes
o'f blinds piled in the corner.
'Well, •et's get cracking on
them: things," I growled. (Not
loud enough for Susie's mother
to hear).
1'he blinds each had two ropes.
One wrapped around each end. In
the middle of the blind was a
package of thingamadoos, These
were supposed to be screwed on
the window -casing and also to be
blind.
"I'll leave you two to go to
work," said Susie's mom, "I have
to go and nlalce sandwiches."
First of all, we had no ladder.
I tried standing on a chair, but
couldn't reach the top of the win -
clow, Next I stepped on the win-
dow sill which brought a blast
from Susie:' 'l'+et your dirty feet
off those clean window sills or
maw will kill you,"
So what, 1 thought, Taking off
illy shoes. I got up again. The
screw driver slipped from my
hand and landed in the goldfish
bowl on the table below ate.
Water splashed on the new wall- •
Paper and two fish went slither-
ing across the hardwood floor.
Susie and 1 madc a mad dash for
the fish, knocking over chairs,
upsetting a .able of books and
finally cornering the little fellows
under the dining roost table.
Susie's moil came screaming
from the kitchen; probably think-
ing a cyclone had hit the joint.
When this excitement quieted
'dow'u, we triad again. The first
two blinds were hanging . at ralc-
ish angles and had to be taken
down and straightened. My hands
were blistered and bleeding in
several spots where the screw
driver bad slipped and gashed me.
Ott the last window, I made a
valiant effort to hurry the job.
This was a mistake. Trying to
balance a Mind on illy head, as T
screwed let one cud, meant defeat.
The blind slipped. I slipped. The
blind went out through the win-
dow with a terrifying crash and
landed on the verandah. I went
toward the center of the roost
with a terrifying yelp, and land-
ed on my you -know -what, right
in an old fashioned straw govered
rocker, With my you -know -what
protruding through the bottom of
the chair, I made an effort to
stand as Susie's mother entered
the -loom, As I stood; the chair
carte up with me,
Susie and her mother stared at
the open window with its jagged
edges and then back at ata
"I-1---1," came the gasping,
choking sound from my throat.
"Yon' --You'" they chorused,
They were stuck for words, To-
gether they made a leap at me,
I
jumped sideways and made
for the front tloot', taking the chair
with me. 'The arta of the chair
caught on UtJ door handle on the
way through, leaving the chair
behind and part of my panus with
it,
Scooping tit tity fishing pole
off the vtarttndalt as 1 went flying
by, 1 ran all the way to the "deep
heir."
I haven't ben over to ,(Mate's
place for over a .week,
Moose With a Taste for Tea — It1oose Man Joe La Mountie,
the self-styled "Mayor of Gowgancla," Ont., says Ise knows all
about moose. But even he was surprised when one of his young
moose developed a taste for iced tea. Joe and his moose are
shown here on a visit to the Canadian National ]Exhibition.
Sports — And 0 e
or Another
13y FRANK MANN HARRIS
("A Sixhit Critic")
The following letter brings up a
point that has duui Hess, intrigued
many-tattB"peper readers; and we
pass ,it 'along 'Without comment, in
the hopes that our guardians of the
law may be induced to look into the
mystery. "Dear Mr. Sixbits;' it be-
gins, "I take it that you are interest-
ed in racing, deducting this from the
way you misuse race -track language
in your writings, and also from the
fact that yott are generally about a
month overdue for a date with your
barber and wear fringes instead of
cuffs on your trousers, these being
unmistakeable signs of the deep
student of racing form. So I ant
writing yott about a matter that has
long been puzzling me.
* * *
"No doubt you have noticed;" the
epistle goes on, "tlte large number
of chartered banks that have been
informally entered of late; in fact
such bust -ins are getting so common
that I understand some of our pa-
pers are thinking of listing them no
longer as Crime News, but under the
heading of BUSINESS OPEN-
INGS. You will also have noted
how, in iti search for the culprits,
The Law invariably conies across a
number of citizens possessed of
large sums of folding money which,
they are always careful to explain,
they won by betting on the races,
* * *
"Now I would be the last to doubt
the veracity of such people," the let-
ter- concludes, "tubo are no doubt
worthy citizens whose word is as
good as their bail -bond, So I want
you to use any influence you possess
to foul out something for me. As a
turf investor who hasn't had a win-
ning- day since the afternoon 110-
ROAIETIIR copped the King's plate,
I ant eager to know what system
those guys use for picking the hors-
es they play so profitaltly."
(Signed) ANXIOUS,
* 1: *
11 teas the manager of a self-serv-
ice gtocery establishment who told us
of the two very young housewives re-
cently observed scanning a large dis-
play of various -soaps and washing -
Powders, apparently trndccidrd be-
tween two different brands, bolls
making .the claim CUTS .)'OUR
DISH -WASHING 1N HALF. "1
/')tow what flit going to do,' finally
exclaimed one of the youthful mat-
rons. "(11 buy a package of bout
kinds, and the darned old dishes will
do themselves."
* * *
Decision of the Ontario Govt, to
cut itself in for a small slice of foot-
ball gates comes as no surprise—the
only surprising feature being that it
waited so long to do so. We may
be sure, too, that what the Provit-
ciats have begun the Federal lasts
will not he slow in following up;
and when they start in with their
chisels and gouges, the wails of the
sufferers are liable to be heart-rend-
ing indeed.
However, the football amp;uis may
talcc what comfort they can front the
thought that they have nobody but
themselves to blame, For years they.
have oracle small effort to hide the
fact that they were professionals in
everything but name, with bigger,
better and more frequent gates their,
principal abs, So if they arc loolc-
ing for sympathy, they would do'
4 better hunting tinder tie letter "8"
' in the dictionary than among their
cash cllstoniicl's,
d, * *
The really interesting point is (Itis
--flow that they've started in on
football, will the same thing happen
to amateur hockey? That. great
Winter pastime can ill afford to wrap
the mantle of sitnon-purify about it-
self and point the finger of scorn
elsewhere; nor are those football
folks of a type liable to hold still
under as. probe of the faxing -lancet
'while hockey escapes with a whole
skin.
hhig
Furthermore, should hockey come
to be taxed, just where are they go-
ing to stop—or start—in a sport
where there are junior clubs with
vastly greater receipts—and expend-
itttres—than any senior otnfit can
boast? It's all very confusing; and
to a neutral observer it looks as if,
before it's over and clime with, Ath-
letic Commissioner Apps might be
wishing he'd stuck strictly to those
Maple Leaf centre -ice duties of his,
4: * *
That human nature is difficult to
figure out is by no means a novel
observation; but ee'c had a new and
beautiful nrattplc of its queerness
the other day during a call from a
tniddle-aged Englishman NOW visit-
ing Canada. Asked about !tis count-
ry's rugged c.rperienrrs during the
Tear, he ;rode light of dtr;l; and of
last Winter's austerities, and the
strict rationing and controls imposed
by the Government since, he had
little to say except that Chef' caer'e
probably necessary.
* * *
But at one point in our chat he
became extremely hot and bothered,
indignantly exclaiming "One of
these days those Socialist blighters
will go too fart". ll''hett we heard
hint, we felt reassured that 'there'll
always be at England.' For his out-
burst elute soltrn sec told hint of
mewls post arrived—to the effect that
Princess Elfaabelh's honeymoon trip
had been ordered curtoilydl
C
I WNICLES OF GINGER FARM
By
}wendoline P. Clarke
Ladies, would you like a sew-
ing machine that will run over
pins without breaking the needle;
that will stake a non-stop trip
over the tltirlcest seams with no
thought of stalling; that will sew
bacicwards and forwards without
tate necessity of raising the press-
ure foot; and that can Ise u,etl in
the same rot in as a sleeping infant
without fear of disturbing his slum-
ber. If you would like such a
machine It is yours for the ask-
ing, (Correction—it is yours for
the buying—which isn't quite the
same, is it?) incidentally all the
newer and better machines work
more or less on the same prin-
ciple regardless of the trade name
they carry. 'Then again if you 5re
interested in alt electric illacltitte
it isn't necessary to scrap the old
stand-by you have had for year',
If it is still in good working con-
dition it is possible to have a
small motor attached, also a head-
lamp to throw the light directly on
to the wotc that the machine is
Bitching and which I attt sttre
would help trOtnenrlousty. No
more biting the end of the thread
time after time—no more sliding
the thread this side and then that
—anywhere but through the eye
of the needle,
* * *
How do I know all this? Well,
I've been to the Exhibition. Yes, I
finally succumbed to a mild form
of mob hysteria even though I
went by myself. Yes, I was alone;
I went where I liked, saw what I
liked, ,and came away when I lik-
ed. My day began in the Govern-
ment Building at 9.05 a.m. and
lasted until 6.45 p.m., at which
time I left the Exhibition to Sheet
Daughter clown town and spent
the night with her All in alt I
had a very satisfactory, albeit a
very tiring day at our National
Exhibition.
* * *
One of the things I wanted
most was to be among those pres-
ent during Mfrs. Aitkins' broad-
cast, Even so I wasn't sure wheth-
er I was in the right place or not
until„ looking a little to my right
I noticed a jolly looking sort of
fellow walking around munching
a sandwich. He was tall, had a
mop of reddish grey hair and
was talking to a little boy. Some-
how I couldn't help an answering
grin when he looked my way and
I took the liberty of saying to
hint—"You are Mr..Lapp, are you
not?"
"That's right," he answered,
after first taking another bite
from 'tis sandwich, "I always list-
en to your broadcast," I informed
hint, "so 2 ant sure you can tell
me better than anyone else wheth-
er I ant in the right place to hear
Mrs, Aitkin?"
"Sure," Ice answered, "stay righ
where you are—we sly 'I be on the
air inside of ten In',Itteu.'
So I stayed and ery soon these
they were -The f...dy of the House,
Horace and Art—one of Our most
popular radio trios in the flesh,
* * *
IXow well they work together
and how splendidly they carry
their audience along with tltentm.
Of course it is just a commercial
but yet it gives one a nice friend-
ly feeling like meeting someone
after a great while with liv11ots1 one
has had a lot in common. It must
be eight years since I sat in on
one of Mrs. Aitkins' broadcasts,
but 1 noticed she had lost none
of her vivacity and, charm.
But we had better move on a
bit, I found the handicraft exhibit
very interesting, particuraly the
spinning and weaving of Angora
wool, Theft there was the silk
worm industry which took me
back to childhood days when my
bother and 1 kept silk worsts in
a shoe box, I remember hose
thrilled we were with the yellow -
white cocoons but that is about
as far as my memory goes so I
imagine tate cocoons turned into
moths and thus put an end to our
silk worm hobby,
* * *
Of course I had to give the mo-
tor show the once-over and while
the cars were admittedly grand
looking affairs it seemed to me
one 'car was much like another, If
Illy son reads this I tnay possibly
be told a few things to farther my
automobile education.
By this time I thought listening
to the bated might not be such a
bad idea especially as I had .al-
ready discovered that the benches
were not roped off—it was only
the chairs one had to pay for,
. Indian Newsprint
India, long an importer of news-
print, is now to produce her own. A
modern plant, designed by a Can-
adian engineering firm, will have a
100 -ton -a -day capacity two years
from now.
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"Some bad boys shot the
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A e'1ttl1,3 bleep manOfanluring outfit,
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Pallets, ab• , worn, 53,000: a bargain for
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Pint Sale Fairbanks -Morns 25 11.1'. Diener
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POR SALE,3-8 Heavy DutY Hanson Shovel
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belt sole, 1 new µ'ettlaufer-Welker cement
block machine, plain and rock -face Mateo:
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GOOD hears' used Military Wagons, imitable
for farms, cumbering, mining and contract-
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Write for particulars. Percy J. Rorbridge.
206 Plaza tilde., Ottawa.
MALCOLM McGregor, Polled Hereford breed-
er, l:randuu, Manitoba, will (told a sale of
approximately fifty head of rogtatered cattle
on Monday easter n0 at 1:Oo P,M,
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Graduated ndjuouuents on 1)0010tn foruseing.
Brings mile to 350 feet. w'eathel'pt'oof. Lea-
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utrio,
S1'11INGEER Spaniel pups, six months. Pedi-
greed stock, bout colors and coxes. L. rpm -
burner, liuntherotone, Ontario.
SEMI trailer booster brakes fifth wheel brake
control. 25 X 520 tires (2 news 11 ht. with
melts, dentes and all steel construction. Mane
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TILE ESTATE of the late Janes Turner.
Carrot. Manitoba, twenty mitre south of
Brandon, will, on Saturday. October 55. al
1:00 P.01 standard time, Menem the ,,eiat-
ered hood of pare bred Aberdeen Angus came
comprising about fifty hent. These cattle
are all the descendents of the [name Karmen
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A Lady mites, l hod Eczema brook out on my lea
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