HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1948-12-1, Page 5When the Blind
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LOUIS CUNNINGHAM
"1 must go to him lar -elf.
ri..li. L have so looked forward to
surprising Ilio."
Mrs. Gerald I'tering, home fano
site months in Europe, hall reached
New York a day earlier than she
had cabled her husband. iter maid
hold the young wife by the arm as
they went up the steps, In thooltall
Kitty whispered, "Go up and un-
pack, Parrish. 1 eau find my way
very w'c1l ... just as if . , ."
Parrish soiled fondly at her mis-
tress , , a face sweetly canned by
years 01 darkness and patient
suffering.
"Blindness made you no less
lovely, mad:un." said Parrish. ".11d
you could see nothing finer than
yourself."
Parris watched her feelin:t the
wall to her husband's study,
Gerald Ie'ering moved hastily
away from the woman who sat be-
side hint, IT, pet his finger to her
Her tips went to his,
lips, then touched his eyes to call
to mind that she who stood in the
door could not see them.
"Kitty! You wired you'd be on
Wednesday's plane. And there was
no one there to meet you.".
"I wanted to walk in on you like
this when you were all alone and
thinking of nu," she cried.
The woman moved noiselessly
and stood by the mantel, Kitty
took the place she had left, Gerald,
en uneasy frown ou hie fare, sat
beside Iter.
"It is hue," said the blind girl.
"I knew I would find you alone.
11 ave you been very lonesome for
Inc', Gerald? What did you do while
I was away:''
"It has not been easy without
you." he said.
,.You never cared for anyone but
ate, Gerald, did you:" persisted
Kitty. "There was no other
woman?"
"But Mere was, Kitty , . a year
before you came, 1 thought I loved
her and she pretended to care for
ate. I was just a -young lawyer then.
I had nothing to offer -and she mar-
ried a wealthy alae."
"You ceased to love her then. of
course. Did you never see her
again?" '
"Yes. 1 sacs her . recently'."
"Tell me. What is she like? Is
she prettier than 1? , , ..Tall, per-
haps, with black hair and eyes and
very red lips and a soulless face
, a sort of woman whom it is
death for a nlan to love:"
The woman moved angrily. A
diffr;eut crimson from that which
decked her cheeks flooded her fore-
head. Gerald gazed in wonder. I -Ie
smiled cynically, "She is all you
describe, I?ven as you guess
for I know you never saw her
she is soulless. • She was untrue to
the than who calls her wife, She is
a temptress . . , evert to one who is
strong in an honest love. She came
to ale again and tried to win one
bahlc: But what she offers is dis-
boriorable. I told het' to go, You
were my protection. I never want
to see her again."
The woman looked at hint with
hatred. 'Then she picked up her
wrap by the door and vantsited.
The girl's fingers caressed her
husband's face and her lips Well
to his. Suddenly she pointed to iris
sllotddcr.
"Sec Gerald there is a hair' on
your coat. Wait,. 1 .011 get it."
tic stared in wonderment,
"Tit. Kit! What is this? Ant I
dreaming? You . , . can see!"
"I went to a specialist in Vicuna
two months ago and have some of
my sight back. That was why I
came in sttrpt'isee And oh, I ant
glad that the'lirst thing I saw about
yon is the honesty of your love.
I had been without the use of niy
eyes too long to trust tate value of
what they fh'st showed inc' , , , that
woman with her arm about your
beck. I knew if I were blind I
would be happier, sq I kept up the
pretence and in blttldhcss I saw
what in light I Wright haste missed,"
Helpful Hints
For Busy Folks!
A mite -height mirror in the bath-
room i; convenient i,11' ',mall chil-
dren, and will work wonders in get-
ting 111,1,1 to !whit teeth properly,
wall five": clean, and math hair
nentlt .
• *
Fruit juice instead of water in pie
cru,t gives a delicious flavor. Try
orange juice in the crust of apricot
pie.
* * *
Oil cloth quilt patterns do not wear
or tear like paper patterns nor ravel
like cloth.
* * *
Before taking medicine, hold a piece
of ice on the tongue to chill the
taste burls.
* * * •
Add water to pie crust mixture
with a clothes sprinkler for evert
consistency-,
* * *
A small pad of velvet rubs off pow-
der streaks on dark dresses,
* * *
When someone in the family has a
cold, put a wide, flat rubber band
around Itis drinking glass or cup.
Yott'It find it much easier to beep
the glass—and the cold—confined to
the original owner,
* a: *
Pumpkin pies cook quickly and
evenly when the pumpkin mixture
is heated before it is poured into
the pie shell.
* * *0
Cut biscuits with the acetal ice cube
rack from your refrigerator tray,
and a whole panful of dainty
squares are ready in one operation,
00 * *
A child's sleigh can be made out
of an ordinary sled by cutting off
the legs of an old high chair just
below the seat and fastening the
seat to the sled.
*
•
Coaling a fire noiselessly and with.
out muss is easy when the coal has
been measured into paper bags.
* * *
Overshoes go on easily over rub-
ber heels if a piece of' paper is held
over the back of the heel.
*
Before putting pumpkin or custard
itt an unbaked pie shell, spread on
a small amount of egg white over
the shell to keep crust from getting
soggy,
* *
Roll refrigerated dough on a board
and dredge with powdered sugar
instead of flour. The dough is more
pliable, and browns nicely,
* * *
If curtains hung after fall cleaning
won't drape just right, fasten them
to the sill or baseboard with small
piece's of Scotch tape. It's not
noticeable, and can be removed
without damage after the curains
have "settled,"
Makes The Kid Cry—And Like It—The ancient office of t'ow'n Crier is still staunchly main-
tained in the Old Country, in spite of such modern innovations as radio, television and loud-
speaker trucks. Here Richard May, present title-holder among the English town-cric-rs, is
seen coaching his young son how to "proclaim' announce and advertise".
For Better Letters
From time to time, we hear a bit
of news or we read something we
know , will interest a friend with
whom we correspond, We say to
ourselves, 'When I write I must
tell her that." ,
Then, when we sit down later to
write our friend we wonder what it
was we meant to tell her, or at
/east we are not sure we have re-
membered all the items.
It simplifies the whole business
and saves time if we keep envel-
opes addressed to those to whom
we write't often and slip into them
little memos of the news and the
things we want to be sure to say
when they first conte to our atten-
tion. Newspaper clippings may be
slipped in also.
ate
Happy Thoughts Now
Mean Happy Kids
At Christmas
All you nice people who are Christmas -minded tight now, but also
depressed, by the decreasing dollar. may find a few helpful ideas here.
A needle, thread, scissors, embroidery cotton wool, some scraps of
material all of which may be found in airy Thome sewing basket, is all
that's necessary to snake a pretty little gift for the many children on
your list.
.\ doll's wardrobe, a tiny trunk, made from a cardboard box, a rag -
doll, a personal laundry bag—all of these things can be nutde from
materials on hand,
Young Susan would be happy if her favourite doll received a gay
print dress with panties to match. Rompers for the boy -doll, with a
pert little tans, haven a little winter "jacket," made from an old quilt,
and hound with tape, will keep the puppy warm on cold days.
Ideas for Knitting, Too
If you prefer knitting to sewing, little sweater suits with caps to
match, may be quickly made up. Children love them:
When the wardrobe is ready, it is a pretty idea to pack them. alt in
a doll's truck, thought an attractive box much beribboned and decorated
with seals, which may surround the doll's name, is quite satisfactory.
Very smell boys welcome sweaters in gay color, while those a
little older are pleased with mittens that have original designs, Home-
made stuffed toys, animals preferred, are also acceptable to small boys,
Here is another idea that I have put into practice for several years.
Pieces of gingham, calico, and other material left over from the family
sewing are put aside in the drawer that might be marked "Gilts," but
isn't, as that might excite curiosity,
When a suitable opportunity presents itself, i cut out Bunny rab-
bits. placid dogs, anti demure kittens. In odd moments I embroider
on these cutouts the features of the respective animals, Then I stitch
them up on the sewing machine,'le'eving an opening in each one, so
that they may be stuffed to the' right proportions.
From time to time 1 put into the animals all the clippings from the
household sewing, plus flimsy underwear, no longer fit to wear, frag-
ments of handerkerchiefs, and flimsy window draperies. It means a
bit of work with the scissors but that can he painlese if you do not
try to do it at one stroke,
Ready for Small Friends
Before long, the little gifts are all in readinees for delivery to such
small friend as .I care to remember at the festive season. Soft cuddly
toys that,ulay be taken to bed are always the delight of the little tote
who never scent to have too many of them,
The resotureftll French have a proverb that was often quoted to
me as T grew up: "Take what you have and you wit( never want." I
put it to the test during the long year's of the war and found its vahte,
I expeet to continue its praetiee for 00111.0 (ithe.
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Last week I gave you some hints
on general safety measures around
the farm. Now I hope I won't be
boring you too much if I write
about a different sort of safety.
From now on, with the crops alt
in and most of the outdoor work
done for the season, a lot of my
readers will be doing a bit of hunt-
ing—and far too many users of
guns, whether it be a rifle, a sltot-
gutt or a pistol, fait to realize that
they have dangerous weapons in
their hands, and that one second's
carelessness may mean a bad acci-
dent, of even a fatality. So here
goes for some of the things every
gun user should know.
* *
Arany tragedies occur when
hunters are getting through fences.
The gun should be put through the
fence and placed on the ground be-
fore you climb through or over.
Never rest a firearm against a post,
a car fender etc. It may fall down
and discharge,
* 9 *
No weapon should 0101' on any
account be pointed' at anything you
do not leant to kill. Except when
actually shooting it should be kept
"safety," It is an easy natter to
pull the haulier back, of slip the
slide forward, just before sighting
and pulling trigger.
* * *
.\ smart hunter always knows
exactly where he is shooting', Us-
,ing field glasses, as many big
gun hunters do, is an excellent
plata as targets are thus brought
up close enough for proper identi-
fication. Many a man has fired at
something he was not certain about,
and regretted doing so for the bal-
ance of his life,
* * *
Countless hunting ocelli'
in boats, When a man stands up
to shoot in any small craft it is
apt to capsize with the result a
bad ducking -o' something worse.
* * *
A man who owns both a la and
20 -gauge gun should be everlast-
ingly on the lookout to see that
the shells do not become mixed.
A s0 -gauge shell will slip some dis-
tance down the barrel of a 10.
gauge gun, turning tits weapon into
a dangerous, highly explosive
'bort h,"
Often hunters, without knowing
they, do so, jab ttre end of the barrel
into the ,dirt. Then, whet/ the wea-
pon is fired, it blows up. A good
hunter wilt look through the bar-
rel—front the safe end, of course
—every once fit a while to make
stunt it isn't rfow;rtd,
* t
Beware of using modern smoke-
less powder shells in old guns hav-
ing twist steel or Damascus bar -
rule. It's teribly dagnerous and
doing so is an invitation to dis-
aster. Those guns were O.K. in
the days of black powder and
lighter ammunition—but not with
modern loads. 'They're apt to ex-
plode at any time—so if you own
one: of those "oldtinters"neput it
where it belong.. That's in the
rack over the mantel. Leave it
there.
l don't need t.. tell >ou that any
firearm will give better service if
kept clean and properly oiled.
When the season is finished guns
shoukt have a good going over.
Having guns checked by a gun-
smith during the "off" ' 1100M has
sated malty :0 life.
* *
,\ loaded gum ,horrid peter, an
any acotmn, be carried in an'auto-
, mobile. tetllile. Shooting front a car is not
only illegal in most places. it's
highly dang-t'us too.
Always be careful not to shoot
at any smooth or Hard surare. Tht
shot may. glance oft ami hurt some-
body.
Summing it up the best 00 all
safety devices is plain common
sense. 'rhe man with a gun should ,
never forget that he has a killer
in his hands—and should keep that
gun, and its proper use, uppermost
in his mind every minute. And
remember that it's far better to
missout on knocking off a deer,
duck, pheasant or rabbit Ulan to
have an accident. Human life is far
too precious to risk for any sort
of game, So, those of you who
hunt, good hunting—which means
SAFE hunting
Estimates indicate uranium fa
present throughout the earth's cruet
in the ratio of one part in 1150,050,
With the Movie and Radio Folks
By Grace Sharp
It's years sines 1 listened to
',mos '11' Andy. Just why I. really
don't !:now--'exeept, perhaps, when
you get used to tuning in a certain
program at a certain time, it's herd
t.) get used to a switch. Sante
thing happened in the case of Ozzie
and Harriet. Their show was al -
way; one of my favorites; but when
they changed from Sunday to a
weekday, 1 never could remember
to listen.
* * *
Anystay, one Sunday everting
recently I got quite a shock—of the
pleasurable sort — when those
familiar voices came pouring out of
the radio. And they're as good as
ever—which means just about tops
--although it did seem rather queer
to hear the sound of applause from
the studio audience.
* * *
Back in the days of their 15 -
minute programs—the days when
movie theaters would darken their
screens and turn on their radios be -
rause they knew folks preferred
Amos 'n' Andy to any film — the
boys wouldn't allow even their pro-
ducer, or Bill Hay their announcer,
to be present in the studio when
they were doing their stuff: And
for my part the lack of applause
made things far more real. (Re-
member when the whole continent
was on pine and needles over
whether Ruby Taylor was going to
die, or if Amos would manage to
beat that murder rap?)
* * * 0'
e But when Amos 'n' Andy decided
to expand their show into a half-
hour affair they had to agree to all
the "fixin's"—other people on the
show. an orchestra instead of the
organ moaning that old theme of
theirs, (what was it, now? Oh,
yes. "The Perfect Song.") and an
audience all prepared to laugh and
clap at the wave of an M.C.'s hand.
* * *
It seems to be working out O.K.
—that is judging by the couple of
shows I've already caught — and
probably will, so long as they stick
strictly to comedy. But I doubt if
they'll ever be able to create the
drasnatie suspense of those two in-
cidents I just mentioned, so long as
the presence of the audience in the
studio doesn't let the air audience
forget that it's only acting., not reel
life.
* *
By the way they say those radio
Master of Ceremonies are having a
tough time raising those same
studio audiences to the proper pitch
of enthusiasm at most programs.
Tha people wear a look of lteavy
gloom on their faces, and "ait on
their hands" as the stage actors
phrase it. The reason is that they're
only at such shows because they
couldn't get tickets for some quix
show, where they would have a
chance of getting a washing.
tnachine, or some such, for free.
* * *
Staats Coatsworth, a radio actor
uof 301110 years experience. has some
interesting things to say about that
same matter of studio audiences.
"How can a handful of welt -meals•
ing people huddled into a radio
theatre spoil a dramatic perform-
ance?" he writes. "Easily. There
will invariably be present a healthy
contingent of the younger element
known for its devotion to bubble
gum. There is nothing more dis•
tressing, when you're trying to
concentrate on your part, than to
catch from the corner of your eye
the impassive face of some bobby-
soxer framed against a constantly -
growing balloon that you know wilt
pop right during that pregnant
pause you mean to leave in your
next speech. And sure enough, ie
does."
* * *
"Then', too, there is the diaper
set,, brought along by parents who
prefer not to hire a baby sitter,'
he continues. "One night we were
acting out the touching story of
an aging couple whose childless
marriage was the main stern of the
plot. Somehow they had gotten into
the toils of the law under suspicion
of being imposters. As they pleaded
their innocence and spoke of their
barren life, a small child in the
audience began to cry loudly and
clearly. That must have mystified
millions of listeners"
* * ,
"It seems incredible," he writes
again, "but I have seen folks bring
portable radios to a broadcast. I
can understand the fascination of *
tuning in on the broadcast they're
watching; but I'll never compre•
hand the maliciousness that prompta
some of them to tune its on another
program—and loudly,.
* * *
Which will have to be all for
this week, folks, and thanks to
Staats Coatsworth for the assist.
Sex Stuff
"Hey, Pop," called little David,..
"Remember that dog you named
Bari? It just had puppies, so I re-
named It Ben Hur."
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