HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1954-4-21, Page 2Dear Anne Hurst: This letter
e0neerns my only child, a sweet
and intelligent girl. She studied
journalism, and meant to go
places—when tete met and mar•
ried. I was happy for her, and
thought I had gained a son. But
he Is mean and selfish, and a
constant drinker,
"They bought a home out of
town, and 2 saw little of them,
Gut thought everything was all
right. Now they have three
children ... One day my Baugh -
ter came home and broke down,
She told me everything, Anne
Hirst, it was terrible to listen to;
some things are se shocking I
cannot write them She has
tried leaving hien; she has talked
to her minister, clone everything
there is to do. Several times she
applied for divorce, only to have
hint come crawling back, crying.
Each time she forgave him , .
"She has tried drinking with
him, and going on parties with
hirn. He insults her in• public,
even accuses her of other men!
So now she goes nowhere, and
spends her time with the child-
ren. Only when she comes to
my home is she happy. She is a
wonderful mother, a good cook,.
and keeps her houseinperfect
order. He couldn't ask for a
better wife.
"Now she is about fed up, and
wants to divorce him: I have
told her she must snake up her
own mind. But I am asking
you, should she Do you think a
man like that will ever change?
The younger children love their
father, but the oldest is afraid
of him. I want to help her, but
I do not want to interfere.If
you will print this letter, with
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her,
"I don't know if there are a
few of you in your place of busi-
ness who read these letters and
laugh, but whoever or wherever
you are, I thank you for letting
me share my burden with You,
My daughter is all I have, and
I do so want'to see her happy,
with a decent home for herself
and the children Thanks
again. A MOTHER.
* It has been my observation
* (and knowledge) over 20 -odd
* years' experence in conducting
* this column, that such a man
* does not change Occasionally
* a miracle happens, but not
* often enough to affect the aver-
* age A man who insults his °
* wife publicly, who doubts the
* fidelity of a girl like your
* daughter hasn't a shred of
* decency in him. If he had of-
* fended her only once, when he
* was intoxicated, she could
* forget it; but to make a prac-
* tice of such eharges indicates
* a warped mind—and what wife,
* with the best intentions in the
* world, can deal with that?
* Your daughter has forgiven
* her husband time and again he
* has taken advantage of her
* grace and generosity He is not
* fit to live with any sentitive
* woman. As a father, he can-
* not be but a .failure, indeed,
*.he is a dangerous influence;
* the two children who still love
* him are under two years old,
* entirely too young to see him
* as he is; the boy, even at four,
* fears him They will have, I
* do not hesitate to say,' a far
* better opportunity to grow up
* normally when he is gone.
* Your daughter may have
* other unrevealed reasons for her
* hesitancy to divorce him. It
* is, as you say, her decision to
* make. This opinion, however,
* is the one which I must hold.
* P.S. Since I left a newspap-
• er of which I was woman's ed-
* itor, my study at home is my
* workshop. Every letter that
* arrives is read by me. I ad-
* mit that a few now and then
* do bring a smile because the
* writer is hysterical over some
* simple s'fitation, or because
* she or he intended to be funny.
* Letters are not shown to those'
• outside the study, nor has any
* of my readers' confidence ever
* been betrayed.
* a c
When a man is mean and sel-
fish, and a constant drinker, it
is his influence on the children
which must weigh with his wife,
They are her first responsibility
In times of stress, write to
Anne Hirst. Address her at
Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New
Toronto, Ont.
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On The Increase
They come early this,,, piing,
as they do every spi gt ghost- '
like shadows winginfeetehtlje way
through snow and sleet -en_ their
nesting grounds acr$"ks'.;Lanada
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er Island.
Crows by the thousands!
* * *
Their' cowing is a raucous
chorus in°the still -naked thickets,
It may he music to same ears but.
to the song and game birds in'
field and forest it means —
murder.
According'to K. N. Morriss, ex-
ecutive director of the Canadian
Association of Civilian, 'Marks-
men, the crow population of
Canada is increasing,to an alarm-
ing degree, ' This has sportsmen.-
worried because the' crow is a
notorious pilferer; • While -he is
credited with consuming•some
sects, hie his favorite diet is the eggs
of song birds and game birds
like partridges; Prairie chickens
and ducks.
* * *
To keep our game. birth popula-
tion in a healthy state,, M!; Nor-
ris urges shooters to volunteer
theta' services to local'farmet7 to
control the ebony -hued rubbers
of birds' nests. In western Can-
ada good work isalreadybeing
done by such organizations as the
Predators Control Committee of
the Manitoba Federation of Game
and Fish Associations. Last year
this group paid out bounties on
10,028 crows at I0 cents per crow,
In addition to earning extra
money for their efforts, sports-
men were able to enjoy a first
class sport.
Forecasts Of Doom
That Proved Trtie
"You will die with 'your boots
on," said. Mrs. Smith- to her son
George Smith, the "brides in the
bath" murderer, fulfilled rhe
prophecy, "You will die in your
shoes," Mrs, -Carey promised her
son, and eventually Peter Carey,
on his way to .execution, asked to
be allowed to take off..his shoes
in order' to prove his mother
wrong. The request was refused,
so mother was right,
Strange predictions have been
fulfilled to the letter by criminals.
Philip Standsfield, a youth •of
good family, was a • student at a
Scottish University, One day he
went into a'kirk where a descend-
ant of John Knox was preaching.
Standsfield mocked the preacher
and threw a stone ,at him. "My
son," he said sadly, "there will be
more people present at thy death
than there are here now." Years
later Standsfield was publicly
hanged in Edinburgh forstrang-
ling his father.
When Thurtell stood on trial
for his lifefor the murder of
Weare at Elstree, he was horrified
when his accomplice, Probert,
turned King's Evidence against
him. That evidence hanged Thur -
tell, but before he left the court
he glared at Probert for the last
time. "Bad luck go with you al-
ways," lie hissed. "Yes, it is given.
to me, a dying man, to see it, Mis-
fortune shall never leave you and
die you shall at the last—miser-
ably!"
True enough, misfortune dog-
ged Probert who was ultimately
arrested on a charge of horse
stealing. He was, in fact, the last
man to be hanged in England
for that offence.
But the most fantastic case was
that of Or. William Dodd, the
fashionable clergyman, condemn-
ed to death in 1777 for forgery.
As the open cart passed through
the crowd on the way to the gal-
low;, a woman pushed forward,
mocking him.
"Well, our . Reverence," she
jeered, "where is the Lord thy
God now?" The condernned man
glanced down at her. "Woman,"
he said quietly, "you will find the
answer in the seventh chapter of
Micah," His cart passed on.
The verse quoted reads: "—she
that is mine enemy shall see it,
and shame shall cover her which
said unto me Where is the. Lord
thy God? Mine eyes shall behold
her: now shall she be trodden
down as the mire of the streets."
A little later, the crowd pressed
forward, and .10 as efeor t to re-
store order the military charged,
and burled the people back. In
the ensuing confusion, the' woman
who had mocked the condemned
man vias knocked down and
trameled to death.
NOT A LAWYER
A well-known lawyer recently
told an amusing story against
his profession. It refers to an
occasion when Sir Henry Irving
was a witness in a case of street
robbery. The defendant's lawyer
roared at him, "At what hour
did -the theft occur:''"
"I—I-•-think," began Irving.
"It isn't what you think that
we want to know."
"Don't you want to know what
I think?" asked Irving,
"I do not," snapped the lawyer.
"In that case,` said Irving
mildly, "I had better leave the
witness stand. I can't talk with-
out thinking—I'm not a lawyer."
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Last Sunday was a.big day in
our family. .David John . was
christened, and he ,behaves
self very well. He- were a long,
lace -edged petticoat, and an em-
broidered christening robethat
were family' heirloonts. On the
way to Toronto I thought of
David in his, long robes • and I
had to laugh because David is
all boy—to put him in embroid-
ered baby cleteees seemed so very
much ,out of character; However,
family traditions hal to be ob-
ps with their queer ideas
gen talking to himself,
itv to do a bit of clten•-
The church was just around, the
corner so we walked over. There
were- three other christenings, a
• little wee baby, a small boy
about two years old, and Robbie,
a little older than David. the
son of one of Daughter's friends.
Robbie was crying most of the
time but David was much too
interested in what was going on
to even think of crying. He
watched the dimmed lights; he
looked up 'into the minister's
face and smiled, and then he
made an unsuccessful grab at
the clerical collar. Back in the -
pew he looked over his god-
mother's shoulder, saw the rest
of us sitting behind him, and
promptly began Laughing, talk-
ing and generally making him-
self heard — much to the em-
barrassment of his mother and
to the delight of his grand-
mother. Thus was David christ-
ened and received into the
Church,
Back home again. we got him
out of his long robe and into
smocked rompers—his sturdy
little legs making good use of
their' restored freedom,
Of course there was a small
christening party afterwards,
with one of the prettiest cakes
I have ever seen for such an
occasion. A spray of pinkish -blue
icing rosebuds with green leaves
along one side of the cake and
in the centre "David John, 1954."
But of course,. David John didn't
get even a crumb of his pretty
cake.
Light snow or rain had been
forecast for Sunday but it turn-
ed out to be a -,nice day. We
drove down to Oakville and from
there Bob and Joy took us the
rest of the way.
How drab 'every place looks
just before the spring season,
Too wet for raking up the win-
ter debris; too cold for growth.
Not a sign of. green anywhere
except for a few shoots here and
there from flowering bulbs. Yet
we know, given a few days of
bright, warm sunshine and the
miracle of spring will be with
us once 'again, The robins know
it, too, for last Thursday l: saw,
not one robin but three, two
cock -robins and one hen. 4h, me,
does that moan that triangle sit-
uations exist even In feathered
families'
There are plenty of the much
served.
When we arrived at the house
Daughter was netting him dress-
ed, and David was protesting
lustily. Then he decided he
might as well humour these
grown -u
so he be
although still watching for an
opportun
ing on his fancy clothes.
Space Man? - A man "wearing
a suit ofalumin'uni foil walks
the streets of London on his way
to a demonstration of factory
equipment. The suit is said to
withstand temperatures up to
2300 degrees centigrade.
maligned starlings around these
days. .I wonder . . - are they
friend orfoe to . the farmer?
Some think one way, some an-
other. Even naturalists do not
agree on that point. I like td
think they are friends because
it is a cheering sight to watch
them on a sunny day splashing
and hopping around in every
puddle of water they can find.
I can understand why people
want to drive them away front
public buildings in towns and
cities but surely in the..country
we can accept them, taking their
less desirable qualities along
with their benefical insect -des-
troying activities. After all., the
starlings live according to the
laws of nature. Can we say as
much for the human race? What
right have we to criticize lesser
forms of animal life when so-
called human beings experiment
with atomic and hy dr o g e n
bombs? Not. that we are fright-
ened for ourselves. In view of
the devastating qualities of at-
omic weapons alarm from a per-
sonal viewpoint would be little
short of ridiculous. However, we
do feel that even for those far
removed from the actual effect
of atomic experiments, there is.
another kind of chain reaction
that is quite possible—a reaction
of fear --that cah have an under-
mining effect upon all we say
and do, To my wayof thinking,
fear , of the unknown is eneiny
No. 1. It is also an enemy which
we can 'fight and ednquer if we
make up our minds to do so.
'So many things are beyond 'Our
scope to control but our mental
outlook, if we are normal, that
we can control.
Well, it's a far cry fromchris-
tenings and starlings t6 atomic
weapons. But that's life—a little
of this and a little of that—and
we have to take it all in our'
stride,
ISSUE 17 --1954
World -Famous
Clovis Tells
His Story
Spring's in the air—the circus
has taken to the road again, And,
tramping along with the Great-
est Show on Earth ---just as he
has f0r years, delighting child-
ren and adults' alike with his
magnificent •pathos of panto-
mlme:--will. :be , that'.. sad -faced
tramp el0v,m, Emmett .Kelly,
Actually, it won't. be Emmett
Kelly at all—but
"Willie ,and I have travelled
a long, long way together since
that day when he was born on..
City}'y drawing
ysiioA whole lotin oas
f
it has been done pn foot-tranlp,
ing thousands of miles around
the oval. of the, circus, hippo-
drome, over and over again,
nine to fifteen miles each show,
twice a day, rain or shine. `
"The laughter of -children is a ,;
sound no circus clownever can
forget. It sticks in hismind and
he can still hear the echo warm-
ing his heart when he has put
aside the makeup and the motley
and quit trouping."
Emmett Kelly . put aside his
woebegone. makeup.long enough -
to relate the etory of his "Life..
in Tatters and Smiles" to F.
Beverly Kelley, well-known cir-
cusauthor and publfeitt, '
It's the simple story of a
country boy who made good in
the great world of make-believe
—a boy whose farm • home in
the Ozarks of Missouri boasted
of "huckleberries, )2lackberries,,
raspberries, and grapes. There
were peach trees, pear trees, and
two kinds of .apples as' well as
hickory nuts and walnuts:, . , We
also had cabbages, onions, let -
time, and radishes,"
Anyone who has seen the
mournful 'tramp 'ambling araunur
the circus ring, munching deject-
edly on a cabbage leaf, might
have been tempted to offer him
a penny for his thoughts. Em-
mett's thoughts strayed frequent-
ly back to those boyhood days
on the farm, where he had to
cut log chunks for the heating
stove and split wood for the
cook •stove, piling it on- the back
porch where it was handy for
his mother,
"There have been some mile-
stones inmy career as a clown
—times when my spirits rose
at the sound of applause or,when
I had been complimented by
people in high places, and it
was •always . the, same thing: it
was my mother standing at the
kitchen door looking at the
woodpile and telling me, 'Weil,
you ate a fine boy, and yotx•
have done a good' job.'
It was the.dolor, the noise, and.
the excitement of the circus
which drew Emmett Kelly aveaq
from the little farm, From 'the
moment, he saw his Bret circus..
parade, his, one ambition was to.
be a performer in that gloriods
gaudy world. Fashioning himself
a backyard trapeze, he Iearned'
enough' tricks to -impress the"
manager of at small.. travelling
circus. From thee) bn, hettrouped
with one after` another until fin-
ally he hit the "Big One," Ring-
ling Bros, and Barnum as Bailey
Combined Shows, Inc.
Ilow Emmett Itelly came to
impersonate the role of Willis,
the tattered and torn clown, and
how his fame topk him all over
North America rind Europe, .are
told. in "Clown," a fascinating
story net only of this master of
pantomime, but of the circus It-
self, with all its romance, adven-
ture, comedy, and tragedy,
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For nearly eighty • years a leg
of mutton has hung in a
Butcher's, shop at . Banbury, It.
Wait bought during the town fair
is 1874 and the purchaser failed
#or some Beason to ' collect it,
Present owner of the shop says.;
that the joint ,has become part
of his business; '
"I've known this same joint
since I started'at the shop as an
assistant, It would almost seem
like parting with my own leg to
get rid of it now," he declares,
Originally the j:ol n t weighed
13 pounds. Now it is much
smaller; having shrunk as its 'age
lengthened,
• It is hung well away from the
saleable meat, of , course, and .
isn't at all. objectionable.
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