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GU1ett.dolit.e P. Ctoxke
Last Sunday Morning three of us
Went to Mallon airport, Two of us
came bark. At 8:10 a.m. Cirely
took to the air, on the first lap of
her trans-Adautic flight. By 0008
next clay she would be in England,
even though she had six hours to
wait in Montreal. As f watched her
plane disappear into the blue it
seemed impossible that she should
be here one day and at home the
next. But so it is—and her visit,
like all good things, has conte to an
end. Now the hens and chickens;
cats and kittens, all look at Ire in
surprise when 1 feed their because
Cicely had taken then over com-
pletely. What her pet cow, Jane,
will think of her desertion 1 don't
know—and I aur not likely to find
out because it is Partner, not I, who
has taken over Jane again.
* *
Last week we really had quite e
hectic time, crowding. in as notch
as we could in the little time that
was left, and of course there was
regular work to be done as well.
We managed to get a bushel of
tomatoes into jars between gadding
and entertaining..
One day we went to the "Ex"
and, as far as 1 know, it was the
only thing in Canada that Cicely
didn't like. She said it was too
noisy, too commercial, too untidy
and too colossal. I was disappointed
at her reaction—and she certainly
didn't see anything worthwhile be-
cause the noise and the crowds
worried Iter so much that she
wouldn't stay in any building long
For Those who Worry
About Their Hearts
A well known San Francisco
physician some years ago wrote a
letter to a heart patient—a letter
which has since -come to be con-
sidered as a classic. "No drug will
enable you to carry on as you did
before," it said, "but let me outline
a regime which will help immensely
if, after complete menial, physical
and emotional rest, it is followed
conscientiously."
The advice given in the balance
of the letter is sound, not only for
heart patients, but for those in com-
paratively good health. It may be
briefly summed up as follows;
1. Bring your weight down to
normal for your height and age,
and do it slowly, not by reducing
drugs but by modifying your diet
and by graduated exercises.
2. Cut down extent and speed of
physical activities. Don't run for
trains or hurry upstairs or try to
park a car in a tight place. Also,
'refrain from physical effort just
after eating.
3. Do mental tasks only when
your mind is fresh. Stop them
when mentally fatigued.
" 4. Curb emotional reactions.
Blood pressure can jump 60 points
almost instantly after an outburst
of anger" If a business problem—
or any other—starts to make you
orad, let yourself go limp all over.
5. Try to be cheerful under all
circumstances. Low moods can of-
ten be lifted by concentration on a
pleasant thought.
6. If you're a snooker, stop smok
ing.
enough to find ,tilt what there was
to see. So we cache }tonne— by train
--a lot earlier than had been our
original intention.
Of course there is no denying
the fact that the Exhibition is ter-
ribly noisy and the litter all over
the grounds simply appalling, but
stiff the fact scnlains there is
plenty to see and much to learn
if we can but shut our eyes and
cars to what is undesirable. Next
Wednesday some of us hope to go
again although Partner is showing
signs of barking out already. Ile
says she is afraid to leave the farm
for very long because the horses
and cattle need so much watching
and watering with the continued dry
weather—and there is always the
danger of fire of unknown origin. A
neighbour had a grass fire start
in his lane the other day—and no
one knew how it started. Fortun-
ately they soon had it under con-
trol. But supposing everyone on
that farm had been away to the
Exhibition!
* * *
Cicely and I had one day in To-
ronto that she enjoyed. It was part-
ly business, to cheek on her plane
reservation. When that was done
we had tea at the Arcadian Court
because I wanted her to see that
Toronto could put up something
better than a hot-dog lunch counter!
Then we went to Locw's to see "A
Date with Judy", It was quite
light but gond and we enjoyed it.
Then we were shown over a To-
ronto Conservatory of Music and
listened to several violin solos. \Vc
also visited with my sister and
nephew until late and then, because
we still had time to kill we looked
over the Royal York. I wanted to
show Cicely what Toronto had to
offer in the way of first class hotel
accommodation and, if my memory
can he relied on, I believe the Royal
York can match or surpass the
Ritz, the Cecil or the Carlton in
London.
* * *
Finally we .wended our weary way
to the railway station and at 2 a.m.
we arrived here at our local station.
I had tole! Bob not to meet us as we
did not know how or when we
should get home. That sounded all
right by daylight but at 2 ant. the
fact that if no taxi showed up we
should have to walk over a utile
didn't seem such a good idea. But
we were lucky. A taxi-driver pass-
ing by saw the train pull in and
on the chance that he might pick up
a fare he waited. He got his fare,
all right.
* * *
Partner just informed me that a
' light sprinkling of rain is snaking
itself felt. We hope it pours and
pours. The drought is awfully
hard on both beasts and birds.
Yesterday I noticed two. pairs of
bitterns circling and circling around
here, obviously looking for water.
As for the cows they have dropped
off in their milk tremendously-.
Farmers on a milk quota naturally
have to feed their cows in tine barn
—or buy more cows. And water ...
there is a trucker in this district who
is busy all the time, trucking water.
We bought a thousand gallons our-
selves last week and dumped it
into the cistern. For what's the
good of a bathroom if the water-
works run dry?
Pancakes Coming Up 1 -Mrs. Leslie Dallas of Toronto is the
very spirit of concentration as she busily stirs the batter in a
recent pancake -malting contest.
Not The "Floradora Sextette" But Even Livelier.—Thee fetch iIig Lundie- of silver and dark gray are chubby Norwegian Elk-
hound poppies owned by Garth Gray of Ifanlilton, 1 I1t, 'Hwy are said to he rare on this continent and six put, s are considered
unusual for the breed. 1Whctt grown they will look much like police do;,r-, Lot only about half the sire.
With the PilovIe and Radio Folks
�..__... ... _. By Grace
Opinions as to what constitutes
real humor differ widely, of course,
and maybe you'll find a laugh in
this—if you look hard enough. Any-
way, a Hollywood press agent
thought it funny enough to send
out; and if enough of us movie
columnists use it, he'll have got what
he was after.
* * *
Anyway, according to said P.A.,
recently Fred Astaire was resting
between dances on a set for his new
picture "The Barkleys of Broad..
way" and told of a conversation
he'd overheard between two of the
extra girls in the picture. "My
fiance," said the first "has been
going around telling everybody that
he's going to starry the most beau-
tiful girl in the world." To which
the other promptly replied, "What
a dirty shame—after all the years
he's been going around with you,
ny clear."
* * *
I think, myself, that Mr, Astaire
would do better to stick to his danc-
ing, which i5 a lot snappier than his
alleged humor. However, it all helps
to fill up a section of yawning space,
and l'111 sure the Press Agent would
like me to mention that Ginger
Rogers will be Fred's dancing part-
ner in this coming opus.
* * *
On a recent Sunday evening I
heard, for the first time, the "give-
away" radio show called "Stop the
Music"—the program, in ease you
don't already know, which cut down
Fred Allen's listening audience by
two-thirds almost overnight. Pve
already written several times about
what a menace such programs are
to legitimate air entertainment, and
by the time this reaches you they
may have been banned, or had their
wings closely cropped, by the pow-
ers that be.
* * *
I listened to this particular one
simr:y because I happened to be
at a Noltthern Ontario resort where
our portable one -lunges- would only
bring in a very few stations. And
my personal feeling, after hearing
it, is that the sponsors—the omen
who pay the freight—must he very
liberalm-inded men, who don't care
much if they get value for their
money or not, or, else have a very
, great deal of cash that they're try-
ing to get rid of.
* * *
What I am trying to get at is this.
"Stop the Music" has -or had—
various sponsors, one for each 15_
minute slice of a one-hour shote.
Now, after less than a week, 1 can
remember several of the prizes that
were being given away, such as a
2 -year supply of frozen food for a
family of four,—a thousand dollar,
or maybe it was five thousand, dia-
mond ring and things of that sort.
And I can faintly recall that the
sponsor for the opening and closing
quarter-hour periods was a certain
well-known brand of American cig-
arettes. * * *
But for the very life of ore I can-
not recall what products were ad-
vertised on Periods Three and Four.
I rather thinlc that one of them was
some sort of soap powder and the
other a bracelet of some kind, but
their name's have entirely escaped
one: And if that's good advertising,
I'll take vanilla; or Jack Benny; or
even "Life Can Be Beautiful".
* * *
In England the movie folks seem
to have plenty of censorship troub-
les too, only over there it's even
worse than it is on this side of the
water, as each !municipality has its
own board of "eagle eyes" and
what may get by in one city or town
has to be drastically cut before its
showing is allowed just a few miles
away.
A good example of what goes on
is 'teen In tate filum tided "No Orch-
ids for Miss Blandish",, which was
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RELIEF FROM ECZEMA
A Lady missal had Eczema break out on my loo
and bled almost everything, but It did no good.
Then 1 tried Mecca and got relief from the manner
and Itching. I cannot speak loo hlahly of Mecca.
CCA" 0IN1MENT
Sharp
passed by the British Board of Film
Censors. Then the London County
Council asked for ton et three
"cuts" amounting to about three
minutes of film.
* * *
Eastborune Town Council prohi-
bited the show entirely.• Croydon
Town Council decided to allow it to
be shown, although elsewhere in the
same county it was banned. Bristol
asked for two more lines to be dele-
ted, but Beckenhann approved it "as
is". Birmingham asked for three
short cuts, but agreed to the inclu-
sion of a couple of scene; which
some of the others had refused. And
The Watch Committee in Neweatle
laid it down that no child under six-
teen, whether accompanied or not,
could see the film.
* * *
Sounds a bit screwy? Then listen
to this. Sir Cedric Iiardwicke was
planning to play the part of Judge
Jeffreys in a new film, But the pro-
flucers were told in advance that it
would not be passed by the British
Board of Censors because "it show-
ed British justice in an unfavorable
light" Yet any good history boolc
will tell you plenty—indeed more
than plenty, regarding Jeffreys, bet-
ter known as "The Hanging Judge."
* * *
But the one I like best of all has
to do with little John I-Ioward
Davies who plays Oliver Twist in
the picture of that nacre—and does
a nighty sweet job of it, too. Nine-
year-old John cannot even go to sec
himself on the screen—unless ac-
companied by a parent or guardian,
If you can add that up and arrive
at any sort of a reasonable answer
your mathematics are a lot better
titan mine!
Answer Pays Off—While she
was malting chili sauce Mrs.
Gordon Thomas of Chatham,
Ont., was called to the phone.
It was aT.Iollywood prize con-
test M.C. on the other end, and
when she gave the correct
answer to the question asked,
Mrs. Thomas won an award of
an all -expense trip through the
United States.
;f. —
Recently Unveiled
Little Oscar, whose family had
recently moved into the commun-
ity, was playing with some of his
new-found friends in the back yard
of a neighbor.
The neighbor, a genial, friendly
woman, looked out of her window
and called out to the newcomer,
"Hello, therel Isn't this a new
face?"-' -
A deep red suffused Oscer's
freckles.
kilQu41LL
It's probably no news to tell you
that Canadians who grow apples on
a commercial scale have real reas-
ons for dreading the severity of our
winters. For instance the extra
cold weather in the winter of 1833-
34 dirt so Hunch damage to orchards
in Ontario and Quebec that pro-
duction chopped more than a mil-
lion • barrels. That a whole lot of
applesauess and no joke barmier'.
* *
But Canadian experts in the culti-
vation of fruit trees have been work-
ing on the problem for years, glow-
ing new varieties which they expect
will help commercial growers to
battle the winter kill—something
which will have the effect of push.
ing still farther north our apple -
growing areas.
* * *
Russian varieties of trees produce
poor quality fruit by our standards
—but when Canadian varieties were
budded on hardy Russian types the
apples were all that could be de-
sired, and the trees proved to be
extra frost -resistant, \lore than
that, these trees seem to be immune
to the collar rot which is such a
plague in eastern Canadian orchards.
* * *
The most successful of these new
apples is called Mattis Robertus No.
TEST YOUR L Q.
Hcrc are the beginnings of some
famous quotations, together with
the names of the authors or sources,
You are to try and give exactly the
few words that follow. When
you've done this, check with the
correct answers you'll find printed
upside down below.
1. KII'L1NG--"lf you can keep
your head when all about you , .."
2. SHAKESPEARE — "T h c
quality of mercy is not strained .. ,"
3. THE BIBLE—"Pride goeth
before destruction "
4. TENNYSON —"Sunset and
evening star ."
6. LONGFELLOW — "Life Is
real! Life is earnest! ..."
6. MILTON—"They also serve
7. BROWNING — "Grow old
along with mel . "
8. McCRAE—"In Flanders field
the poppies grow .
8. KEATS—"A thing of beauty
is a joy forever . , ."
10. GRAY — "Tine ploughman
homeward ploughs his weary way
11. SCOTT—"Breathes there a.
man with soul so dead who never to
himself hath said . "
12. SHEL.LEY — "I -Tail to thee,
blithe spirit N. . ."
ANSWERS
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nurserymen for extended trial un-
der conlmcrcial conditions. It is
a very hardy apple and likely to
prove of real value to our grow-
ers; so it would seem that some-
thing good. in addition to borscht,
can come out of Russia after all.
* * *
Down in Massachusetts, where
they really know the value of good
pasturage, records show that the
more progressive farmers of the
state are applying an average of
$18.64 worth of chemical fertilizer
to pasture and hay crops for every
head of livestock old enough to
graze. A number of leading dairy-
men go even further than this, using
as much as $32 worth per animal
unit during 1947.
* * *
Although maybe it doesn't exactly
belong in a farm column, here's
what might be real news for those
who, like the writer, have been not-
icing "silver threads among the
gold" on top of the old noggin.
(Matter of fact I've brvn noticing
sante since World War One, until
now the- "silver" represents about
66 per cunt of the crop).
Anyway, according to observa-
tions made by three doctors at a
New York college of medicine,
common table salt helps check
graying hair due to lack of certain
vitamins. Waiter, push over an-
other salt -cellar! As for you bald
heads—nothing to report as yet,
although I did see an item about
a 1111)11 win tried rubbing honey
on the naked pate and thea letting
a dog lick it off.
* * *
Now, something for the poultry
raisers. According to those who
should know about such things, it
it of the utmost importance that
the laying house should be thor-
oughly cleaned and disinfected be-
fore moving your pullets into it in
the fall. Droppings, litter and other
material should be removed with
shovel and scraper and the walls,
ceilings and floor swePt with a stiff
broom.
* * *
.liter that the floor should be
thoroughly soaked• so that any re.
maining dirt can be scrubbed off.
This should he followed by scrub-
bing .walls, floor and fixtures with
a solution made by dissolving one
pound of lye in thirty gallons of
liot water. When this is dry, 'it is
wise to apply a good disinfectant,
such as lye in two or three per cent
sohuion, chlorinated litre in the
proportion of six ounces to each
gallon of water, or one of the many
crmnercial, preparations available.
Cracks and corners should not be
neglected, as these may provide cozy
hiding places for parasites and dis-
ease germs.
MR. PILE SUFFERER
tylmt a vast difference there Is In the
modern wry to treat Plies. Tho neenasity
of removing the real cause is only plain
('arum, sense. Tam new PCL'I`ONE treat
moot (a Heald token by mouth) goes direct
to (the inside muse. SPcrinl gums, plant
mantels that twin nature rebuild those
delicate tissues. I'I'LTONE Pile Trentment
(5 aeleaee'a nnarrrr, 81 ICON sort se ns.
factory results with a nue horde trial IV
Wen refunded at come at all modern
druggists,
Oppose Compulsory
Sickness Insurance
Advocate's of Coniptrlef.49. tl^.kltesa
insurance for the most Prot, con.,
Fist of politicians and lire {troops
with a record) of supporting 0191 and
all proposals which are L,belled
"social prnpress," regardlc-r ,+ lion'
merits. On th$ othpr hand, the vast
majority of medical men t: Is' have
tcstdtied on it have VIM', d real
strong opposition. In Other
the real experts are near-llml nilno119
in I lieving ilia t it would lead to a
decline iu medical s-tauula•d,, and
approach the economic Strauo-ldu•re
in cost. Voluntary prepaid tor die:4
and hospital'plans which are open to
all are rapidly eliminating aur' argu-
ments advanced for compulsory
government medicine supported by
payroll assessments. The people
should remember that when the
sub-
ject conies up for discussion again.
— Salida (Colorado) Daily Mail -
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