The Brussels Post, 1948-3-24, Page 2Uncle Joe Rules
The Roost
By
M, 3. COLLINS
"By gok wo arut, why don't vntt
pot that book down and conte to
bed?" Uncle Joe had just route
into the bedroom Off the kitchen.
Aunt Martha Was comfortably
seated in a rocking chair by the -
large old-fashioned state, feet on the
oven door, reading a love story.
He olid cautiously metier thu
shirts. "Ouch l It's cold'" he ex-
claimed. "\ly feet are like ice."
Aunt Martha i;emired his moaning
and groaning for a fete second,.
"Dont tell me you watt the old lady
to warm your feet !•' the said tartly.
"At this time of the year, spring.
too."
"I don't .•are if it's the dtnndle•.d
and second day of spsng. The way
the weather is acting up now you'd
think it was the middle of winter,
the ground -hog must have seen about
foto shadows this year! Brrr! I'm
freezing."
"Oh, all right", Anne Martha said
"You're not goin out there with-
out your pants," Martha cried.
resignedly, putting her book on the
kitchen table aid getting up.
"What' s that!" she exclaimed sud-
denly cocking her head to one side.
"Someone's .stealing our chickens!"
-4ont Martha cried excitedly. "1
read about a gang that's doing it all
over the ottntry. Da something,
.TOCP'
"Get the shotgun!" Uncle Jae bel-
lowed sliding out of bed. "I'll show
them!"
Aunt Martha dashed upstairs to
the bedroom they used in the sum-
mer and got his shotgun out of the
closet. When she returned Uncle
Joe was out in the kitchen, still in
his n'ght shirt. He had laced his
boots rn and had an old toque of
Aunt Martha's pulled down over his
ears.
"Where's that flashlight?"
"I dont know, you had it last."
"Get the Iantern then."
"You're not gain' nut there with-
out your pants," Aunt Martha cried,
aghast at his get -op.
"Stand aside, woman. this is a
man's job," he ordered imperiously.
"Ain't no time to fool around." He
dashed straight for the chicken hoose,
his night shirt flying. Aunt Martha,
wrapped in an old coat was close at
his heels.
"There's nothin' in here," he toles
Aunt Martha a few seconds later.
He peered around intently. "Not a
thing," he muttered. "Good gravy!
Scat you! Scat!" he yelled sudden-
ly. There was a crash and the dim
light of the lantern went out. Aunt
lelartha gasped at all the racket.
"Joe! ,1„e! Are you ail right's,
There eves no answer. Then Uncle
Joc cried hoarsely, "Get the flash-
light, Martha, theres three of them
wandering around in here. hurry!'•
Aunt \lartha opened the door
cautiously. A very strong oder :
sailed her nostrils. She swung the
leant of the light all over the place.
Most of the hens were standing or
sitting alt over the straw -covered
floor, itss lantern and shotgun were
there also, "10e•, where are you?"
she called.
"1'm up here."
Matt Murtha swung the brat, up•
rtard. f'tkie oe It perched en the
topn!st r,,,,.rt, hanging on to a rafter,
In the core raoy of about 20 diuh•a: ilt
hens. It t hard to ray a ho h•ahcd
41..e mesa alaemed, Uncle ec or the
hens. :huts Martha laughed l,nui!p,
".All right. laugh," he said sourly
as he climbed stiffly down from his
precarents perch. "What else could
I do? At least I frightened them
away."
"I don't doubt that" Aunt Martha
said, dryly.
"Say, 1 don't feel any ton waren
out here," Uncle Joc shivered.
"Yon better git back to the house
this minute, Jae Quinn, or you'll
catch your death of cold." Aunt
Martha took over the situation.
Uncle Joe permitted himself to be
hustled into bed. As he sat up sip-
ping the hot lemonade Aunt Martha
had made him, he said, "I'm cold all
over."
A short time later she brought to
two old-fashioned hot water bottles
wrapped in towels. She tucked one
at his feet and put the other at his
back.
"There they are," she said sweet-
ly, "That'll keep you warm."
They Like it Cold
While Canada shivered its the grip
of a flow of polar air recently-, e
few people weren't satisfied it was
cold enough and went in search co:
temperatures lower than the pre-
vailing 20 degrees below. They
found them within five miles of
Winnipeg and spent a half-hour
cruising around in 80 -below zero
weather. The group were Trans-
Canada Air Lines research engi-
neers. They took a Mark II North
Star "upstairs" to 32,000 feet to see
how the liquideooled Rolls-Royce
engines and pressurized cabin re-
acted to intense cold. The results
were satisfactory. It is probably
the first time a commercial airliner
has been flown at such temperatures.
Not Wanted Here—Leader of
the Communist Party in Great
Britain, who has been refused
permission by Ottawa to enter
Canada for a series of lectures
in April, He was also barred
from the United States last
June.
FUNNY BUSINESS
By Hershberger
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"Wilfred has been Coming home like this evey day since we
got the new deep-freeze
One Corner of an Artist's Paradise—Emily Carr, known to her Indian friends by the name of
"Klee Wyck" found inspiration for her paintings in scenes like this in her beloved British
Columbia. Her life and achievements are vividly portrayed in a National Film Board release,
"Klee Wyck"
The lives of our Canadian artists
frequently make interesting sub-
jects for filing, especially since the
filen can do the double job of dram-
atizing the artists' lives and port-
raying some of their better ,known
works.
An its to re -ting case in Pitt t 15
"Klee \\-ycle", a National Film
Board colour production based on
the life and work of the ceirbrated
British Columbia artist, Emily
t'arr, whose works rank with the
hest our country has produced.
Now ot- the rural circuit filet pro-
grammes in Ontario, "Klee Wyck"
(the name the Indians of the west
coast gave to Miss Carr) is the
fifth in a series devoted to Canad-
ian artists,
Emily Carr's life was one of
contrast, She was born and raised
in the English colony on Vancouver
Island, a colony which had striven
to reproduce England in this
country. Houses, gardens and
parks were purposely [designed to
make the settlers feel that here
was a piece of tite old country
transplanted to the new.
But Emily Carr, even as a little
girl, wandered forth from the col-
ony into the vast, towering rain
forests and the picturesque villages
which characterized the British
Columbia coast. Her urge to paint
soon expressed itself in the colour
fol watercolours and oils of these
Indian villages, dominated by giant
totem poles, :mal hemmed its by the
sea and the high nmomttain rouges.
As time passed, Miss t'arr travel-
led widely. and began to paint the
magnificent forests themselves. At
first her work was realistic, with
painstakinb accuracy Inc the small-
est details. As site grew older, her
work took on a symbolism and ab-
straction which enabled her to put
into these nighty landscapes all
her feeling of love and awe for her
native province.
The film "Klee Wyck", in illus-
trating the high points of the art-,
ist's life, gives many startling views
of her hest known canvasses, and
compares them with photographs of
the originals. One of the most
striking scenes is that of "Cathed -
Use Horse Sense
If Out In Blizzard
An Ltdian got off a train one
night a few weeks ago at a little
station in Alberta, and set out in
a snowstorm Inc his hone on the
reservation. His body was found
later in a snowdrift, He had be-
come hopelessly lost.
Variations of this story are re-
ported every winter. Lives are
lost in most of the severe storms,
If the unfortunate travellers don't
lose their way, they become tired.
Those who have been out in such
storms say the temptation to lie
down and rest becomes irresist-
ible, But if they do, they will fall
asleep and never waken. Elderly
people succumb in this manner
more readily than others, for they
are more easily fatigued. Some-
times they become utterly exhaus-
ted and can't go on. But more
frequently it is just mental fatigue,
just a desire to rest and sleep.
:r * 5
A strong will and a strong licitly
will see the traveller through to
his destination if he has a fence
or a road to follow and knows
exactly where he is. But the per-
sc.t who strays out in a blizzard
away front roads and fences has
little hope. Indians are much more
weather-wise, much more at home
in the outdoors, than white men
are, but even they are no match for
such a storm.
The most dangerous feature is
a loss of sense of direction, with-
out knowing it. The weary plod-
der through the snow has no idea
he is lost until he conies upon his
own tracks or until he realizes he
should have run into that certain
fence long ago. No longer has he
the slightset idea of direction. Us-
ually he has forgotten to set his
mental compass by the wind before
he started ottt, and if it, did not
forget, then like as not the wind
shifted,
Farmers know that animals
never lose their sense of direction,
and if the traveller has a horse he
is lucky. ITe is almost certain of
surviving the storm if be simply
bundles tap tight, sluts his eye,
and hangs on to the saddle horn,
or if he lets his team have plenty
of line. The horse will go home,
Western Canada la full of stories
of people out in blizzards who
unwittingly tried to snake their
horses torn from the right road
or direction, and of farnncre who
owe their lives to a her>e taking
theta saf,ly through a storm.
Six Puma Reported
In New Brunswick
Six slinking eastern puma, rem-
nants of a cat family believed extinct
for nearly a century, have been track-
ed in the wilderness of New Bruns-
wick bordering on the Bay of Fund -
ay.
Dr. A. W. Banfled, resources de-
partment ntamntalogist said that dis-
covery of the • cougar species, last
reported in the eastern halt of
North America more than 60 yr ars
ago, is "the most spectacular find in
recent years."
The resources department had been
aware of the find for more than a
month but kept muni, fearing the
sure aim and tracking of New
Brnnswid: hunters.
"Only six are known to exist,"
said Lr. Bonfield, adding there was
little the resources department could
do to protect the rare animals.
The eastern puma's relative, the
mountain lion, is fairly common in
the Rocky Mountains, but was
thought to have been eterminated in
eastern Canada long before the turn
of the centers-.
There are approximately 20,000,-
000 dogs in Canada and the United
States,
Foery, itching
Tees and Feet
Herr Isclean, stainless antiseptic nil
that wltl do more 1a 11.11, you get. rid of
TOM. trouble than anything you're ever
used.
Its hello,, 1s ss potverfulkv penetrating
that the Itching Is euleklr stepped: and
ten n short thee Sou are rad of that bother-
some, fiery torture, The seam Is true of
Barber's Heil, Solt aurum, Eezen,n—
other Irritating unsightly skin troubles,
You eau nbtaln alnone's Emerald 011 1n
the original bottle ut noy modern drug
store. 0. is sato to nae—mad failure In
ons or these ailments la rare Indeed.
ral Grove" with its heavy foliage
barely pierced by the glowing sun-
light, which is then compared with
Miss Carr's interpretation of it.
The artist's life was not an easy
one: her wanderings around Van-
couver Island and theemainland in
her trailer were halted every so
often by financial difficulties. Run-
ning a boarding house and work-
ing in handicrafts for the tourist
trade were worked into her life 10
supply her with the necessary funds
to continue her painting.
Her death a few years ago
brought to a close an artists car-
eer w'-ich had come, over the
year;, to express itself — in the
words of the film — with "vigor,
certainty and a sense of freedom,"
...THE GREEN THUMB...
By
Gordon L. Smith
Avoid A. Jungle
In spacial gen rnment bulletins
on the subject and in t ;uvulitn Fred
catalogues will he listed a lot of
vital information for the garclenet' in
addition to descriptions of the flow-
ers and vegetaldcs. Experienced
gardeners would riser think of
planting vegetables, flowers sir
shrubs without some of this vital in-
formation. Without it even the
best of titan would be creating a
jungle rather than something tidy,
beautiful and most satisfactory. And
a jungle is something far different
from an htfornu,l layout loew ex-
perts would advocate a formal gard-
en with all the flower: in print rows
or squares, but neither do they suet'
gest broadcasting seed in every di-
rection, planting little flowers be-
hind tall cones or putting clashing
colors side by tide, In the vege-
tables, too, the\ urge more roosts
Inc big tall thing; like corn, cucum-
bers and potatoes than for narrow -
growing lettuce, bats and carrot,.
Give Them Room
Generally speaking, all plants re-
quire at least half as hutch space
between them' as - they are high at
maturity. With big trees this means
from 20 to 40 feet, with carrots it
means only about 2 inches, Again
the proper. depth to plant seeds is
about three times the diameter.
With tiny seeds like poppies, alys-
sum or turnips this means merely
pressing the seeds into the soil, with
big things like gladioli, bulbs, po-
tatoes and dahlias it means from 4
to 8 inches.
Cultivate First
Either in the frill or early spring
the- garden should be thoroughly
dug or ploughed. This will turn in
manure, rotted visitable material,
etc., destroy it lot of weed seeds,
pests, etc., and put the soil in con-
dition for further rand fine working.
It will als , mix top and immediate
sub -soil and tend to more evenly
distribue natural fertility. At this
Bine it is advisable to work in all
the old dead weeds, vegetable tops
and may manure that has been ob-
tained. The lit 'N gardener is too
inclined to burn c.11 rubbish and
leaves or send it away with the gar-
bage. This is a serious mistake.
Anything that will rot in a reason-
able tithe, and there still be few
things that will not, should be dug
in, Such improves butte light and
heavy soils, opening the latter awl
making it less liable to hake and
cake, and adding much needed
water retaining hutatuc to sand and
light soil,
Not Lost or Found
The teacher was giving her class
of young pupils a test on a recent
natural history lesson.
"Now, Bobby," she said, "tell me
where the elephant is found?"
The buy hesitated a moment, then
Itis farce lit up.
"The elephant," he said, "is such
a big animal it's srareely ever lost,"
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