HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1951-3-14, Page 3Faithful
Servant
3y Maud McCurdy Welcjt
TI 1.e, acre Laud in the little
'11v1 ii Centerville and Saau Slott
dates. the tr,trn'. only druggist ^ma'.
lndi11at It hard to tnrel itis bills.
t'hc ale factory teas shut (Intro.
oar of the Nuttier utill, had moved
ay ami the collet. otic gas 1'1111
/tall halt tion'.
Sr,u1 :,a- a oido,cer mid lived
cowuu111111 ill t,l'u roo11I0 lu the
ntcli of has slot! He'd rill down
ou tet, „wiser thing., Lot uritis;
i,ept getting "ors!.
dill Itn•ten, 1.110 1,1 5;11 n', good
iricu,'•,
came in one d;.. to tall,
the .iinatir,u mer "The 1E011111"
(kill. yo0" he lull Fan, "Is that
unit not Lusiness-like. Ili,. rats
>on e'sp.ret to run at 11 1111'.. stir
essfulh• if jun do11'1 collect
"\\ leu people are sick they lute:
batt• medicine abetter they rat,
nay for it or 1101," Sam said yea
,oma,! c.
"11111. Sao. you can't tarn di
%thole town on your shoulder,. 1
vu g1. 011 extending yuoi 11
probably lied yourself ill a had
•pot.".
Dill %t rat 10 the duo:. tinned
back ,itis a tort. of triu'nmg. "lir' -
Ivr thiol: it 'tet-, Shill."
Stun sighed. Ile looked tip at
the small tame sign over the 111.
trance doors of %illicit he'd 1.h, ay:
lec11 s0 proud.
"Meadows Drug Store
Twenty-five years of Service"
Bill howt'n was right After all
a 3rnggist la, to tale a snot!
soniewhe,' Ile has to protect him
self,
Sam's irexi rtlnlotner 11as Alar.
Neely t tired looking little tyonete
Saul lysed what site wanted, a pre-
srriptt .lt re -filled for her ittier',
neuritis. "it', bnt(Perin' Ilan :tam(
today," she staid.
Altay's Intsiantl had had a axial
jolt ill Ile shot iaetory, but it had
been some time since 1,1.11 bad a
steady fob.
But Sion lad marts' tgi li- mint(,
Ile threw , pajtt(itl 1,retetlt. "\lag•,
"The trottble with you," Bitt
told yang, 'ors Mat you're not
business -like, now eau you ea -
peel to ,run a business suleesa.
folly 11 you dot 1 • ollect?"
tots all (''v1' m1' thiels -lite dol
lays. it yon could pay for this pre.
,cripliott maybe , ." bur San's
toice trailed oft uttllappity.
Itlar:'s t•y1- were dazed atilt :w1'
prise "I haven't any motley. but
. she In•oke off. "10111 mean
yon . . you non's let m1' nave the
utedirine;"
• Sinn ,s alke,l to the back 111 the
store, nualle to answer. 'Then sod
deftly- he whirled around, Mary eau
gone. Ile hurried triter her.
Hill %%t1. a rung, A 0188 had 10
hart. )aids. A 11tan has ti accept
Iris responsibilities, The health of
the ;wanly in this foto had beet
entrusted In hint. Ile couldn't fail
them. whether they 1 u111 pay or
tiro,
Son ,seta',: 1L,ry anti said,
"Cont,' hack. VII 1111 the prescrip-
idon. 1'11 stud, put up some \ ltauljll
13 for your brother,"
"You t 'n pond man, S,un," A•lary
said ttau•fully,
After that 1111111 111011,' ueedrd
credit, they god it. Same tta. a3
usual 011 call day or night.
hill lion,•n calt, fir e01. him
again. Thi. lime Sam told lite that.
a druggi-t', responsibilities to Itis
rllslilllrl's was as great as that of
a doctor to his patients. Rill tried
to argue Lith hint, bol 511111 sliook
his bead 111111 a1 smile.
1 -fill 111111 oil and Mimeo collide('
wadi 'Com Sharer, the yotteg rn-
shicl 111.11), hand:. Sian) runt tilling
a prescription for a shabby young
nmd0 in metal's, Ile charger) it tont
a: dehr young marl starter) to (lave,
Sant gay, him at doll for his little
girl,
'Thee :+all .aid, "\\'eli. Tann,
whal', 011 >otic 10111th"
'1'mn Shaver grinned. "lust wain.
ed you to lama, - the old town's
walking Igo. SItnr tactOry..1"•111
11181 w t'el,,! furniture factory t'oi'l
ing itt and list mills going In riot
full lime. There'll be jibs for eeery-
botlt 111111 the people aoIi'I firgat
you, Sant." Tarn went to the noon,
stopped under the Itei11 sign. "1
thlitl, I'm going to change utast or
read, "1.1'ttcnt, li%e tear: of lea1ttt•
fal service "
Sant '111111 11 ,Itilu„ Ile trio. rr-
nientberl,g a favourit' 111101 ,t-:1
„fol' w1' ((all( by faith, not lav
sight."
Bing Sang A $5 Million Fortune
Broke In 6 Months If He Stopped
By I RS1<INE JOHNSON
11C).i.1.Y\1'UOI).-Tire fortune
bruit its 40 years by Ring ('soshy
from starring roles in 43 movies,
radio progiattllittys, the sale of tete
million phonograph records a year
and sIt,,'vd investments Inas been
estimated as Wel as $5,000,000.
Iris actual worth duttm to the
last Lincoln bead. tna,v uefrr he
made public.
His income i11 1931 will be dose
10 $1.060,000.
But the income utx le pays ogee
prompted flop 'tope to crack:
"Crosby just asks 3 ttcle Fant
I/011 11111E11 he needs."
That 00 per curt at ttlarr tax
rap in 1(146 fur t'atnple, was a
Stagget'ing 5177,0011,
lie is reputed to have earned,
from all sources, 81 2.000,0011 its the
17 pea' -'song 10,1.1 to 1950. Ire
has leen a Lig nage carnet' for
2(1 years Inn only nue of those
year, were the'dear death claysMa tows
About Crosby's hush-hush for.
irate and complicate(] capital gains
Crosby' Tnrestniett Corp., formed
in 1942 but ,chick stilt keen:, !tint
in a high (about 82 per cent) in-
come tax Lrackct, you last to take
Lfotber Larry's word for it:
Says Larry- •
"Ming is worth sinntt I1.000,00n
and that's 'nod all in rash. 11,',
:dttays behind the eight ball ou
income tis, 11 he stopped 'working
tomorrow -tile tray he end' Dixie
and the four boys live -he'd he
broke in six: uncut;"
• -ling say, al,nut his eteutual
retirement:
"I'll gait as soon as 1 tau get
financially independent witicln 1 ant
urd..l'tl certainty not going to work
any longer than 1 have 10. Besides,
i
believe in ti -!tat. George AT Col,au
once told rate. Ile said
"'Unu't slats- on tau long. tato!
it heti you rats still Lear die ap-
plause."'
nut's the only direct financial
word you rant get from the Crosby
111. 'Knox 11,1cept for a rough break-
down of Bing's auntie( personal
hteom1—Itr, Paramount Motion
pictures at 5150,000 each, 5400,000
a year from record royalties. and
5195,000 )roan 111. tveeklr radio
prctgratnute.
Only the t rushy elam the boor:
experts and Uncle Salts !mow his
annual iucowe from investments,
'81111111110 and fax -exempt securities
—and they're 1101 talking. Crosby
pays a tax expert $3((,0011 a year;
!'itch, Sam's snoopers spend two
months a year going over Itis books,
Ta 1945 Bing ;old his interest in
his Del Mar, Calif., horse. racing
tract: foe ;481,0(16, It was rumored
111003 1.l this went far hack income
taxes.
Ile', a Iii per cent otttier of the
Pittsburgh - Pirates le tcball leant,
which cost !tint $215,0(10, owns stock
in the ]Hollywood Stan's baseball
team, and another ball club iti
Billings, Mont. The t:rosby Invesf-
011111 Corp. has produced two mo-
tion pictures. "The Great John
and ''Abie'sTrish 1lase," which ass
a flop.
As fling's business manage(, Ev-
erett Crosby draw, a salary of about'
550,000 a year. Until bis death sev-
eral mooch; ago, "Pop" ('rosby
arrived daily for "wort;' at tete
outer at 16 a.m.. left promptly at
noon. ,
The haute ',i Bing Crosby ap-
pears o11 many commodities, from
frozen orange juice in . a ftlnted
television series. "Fireside Theatre."
Theft. are big trust funds for
C:rosby'n lora' sons --Clary, who will
be 18 in ,lune; Phillip and Dermis,
Olt' Iwins, who will he 17 in July;
and Lindsay, who was 13 011 Jan. 5.
Lately the boys have been sing-
ing with Bing 011 records and on
his air show, "to pick up a little
change." But there are no $100 bi11a
sticking out o1 the boys' blue jeans.
Gary, for example, spent nuc sum-
mer picking thistles on the Crosby
Nevada ranch at $1 a day.
The ranch, (0 utiles from Jalo,
Nee. --where ling is honorary
mayor -•--is a 25,0011 acre layout on
which Crosby runs 2,0(10 bead of
cattle for profit, shoots deer and
pheasant for fun and sings by a
camp fire t,1 "get away from it all."
.The 1'rosbps seldom entertain in
lit,llrtrt",d style but espouses .are
heavy.'
17tt•rr arc salaries for employees
of the (:rosIy Investment Corp.
'l'hei'e's the cost of raising and
educating the four boys -all attend-
ed St. John's :Military leadenly i!t
Los ,Angeles before heir entrance
,into the ktellernian Jesuit hoarding
School at San Tose. Calif. And
thewe's the maintenance of lour
Routes --a 17 morn Colonial intui-
tion, in Brentwood, Calif., a home
at Carmel, Calif. (fling's favourite
golf course is nearby1. tie Necada-
t3ttt•l operation anti a tisltittg' share,
ill 'Idaho.
l ifttrn lee! tent of /ling'. y early
Meows guns to charity.
Ile is an artier Catlnda and. as
Lar"rc recalls, "I tweet• rc tdirt'd sa
111813 churches needed financial sup-
port until Itit4 made 'Going buy
Way.' ' 1:01 tis yews all the profits
Of Ring', recording of "Silent
Nigel" went I1', tttri,tts religions
rhaoiiies -am estimated 5250,000,
And there', the Crosby Research
Foundation ie, encourage inventor,
and alien lists ill their work
.atrotdiag to legend. Bing las
the Adidas touch, just ear,'' lure
on any I;iud of ail 111,•'snurtl, Ile
Crippled But Still Game - picture slam s one of the cerebral Mals}' patients of the Clntariu
Society for ('rippled Children. The picture was taken at Variety Village, Toronto, whence,
cerebral palsy Patients are tranbferrerl front \Yt tttleden, Loudon, during the summer months.
The Society's annual (':aster Seal, campaign for funds is February 25 to March 2:.
told Inv •
"1'; r Incl }drily 01 wane : in!
Oil oculi. and rat's horses. I'll hate
to tell you what We lost Producing
Abif s It isl, Buse.' 'There was '3
tidy little 5500,(]110 written m rets
ink in ,t three-year drouth nn a
rattle ranch at .Los Banos. ('alit.
the had toy share of 'turkeys in
a lot of things - icdudlag 8 atria
rands 'they all tied."
(End of a series.)
Bon Vivant :\r i.cintg in New \:'ot'k'fot' et ti6il in 10451, Bing
kisses S'it's, ('cedar ._ the former Dixie Lee --- for the cameras.
Modern Etiquette
By Roberta Let
Q, Should a business man rise
when a woman visitor enters his
office?
A. L'Ilsy though he alight be, the
ratan doll certainly afford the cour-
tesy o1 1.6i114 when a woman visitor
enters Itis office, Re urges not rise,
however, if the Wonsan Is 511 em-
ployee of his company.
•
Q, .Ts it proper, when dining in
a public place. to wipe off the
eating utensils with the napkin? • -
A. [ever! 11 one notices that
the utensils are not perfectly clean,
nee should always call the Stten.
tion of 111e waiter to this and have
then' exclaimed for (-!raft noes,
Q. Is a ratan riding in an elevator
with women expected to remove his
hat?
A. (4113' in hotel or apartment
building eletaIors,
CHERRY PITT
R to A QH5fARY..
PITTER FROM ABOUT .20''0 OATHP N
SHAPE THE WIRE AS 5H WN; HA', 1'I
15LUN10-ER ENCS AND EI( � • $ NOT
Q, Would it be ail right for a
hostess to cancel an evening of
bridge if she finds out an hour
or so beforehand that one of her
guests 5annot come?
A. No. this would be inconsider-
ate to the oilier guests sylia have
already mail,• arrangements to at.
lend. She should try her best to
find a substitute. and if she fails
•ill this suggest a game of hearts.
t'tttitrtty'_ canasta. m' some others en-
tertainment..
Q. When a dinner guest finds
at dessert time that he already has
eaten too much, should he apolo-
I gize and refuse the dessert? _
A, Neter. Tse would be exhibit -
lag much better manner, if lie ar-
vented the dessert and at least made
i some effort ;t, eau some of 11.
Q, Is it necessary for the hostess
of a house-warming to write "thank
yon" notes for all gifts brought
by the guests? •
A. Yes. - It %%mild be rtule and
nwgtprecialive 1101 to do so.
Q. What would be an appropriate
letter of appreciation to write to a
good friend who was very thought-
ful at the time of one's bereave-
ment?
'A.
Just be ser.' simple anti sin.
eine, as, "11 het Mother passed
away, you were very kind, Mrs.
Barnes, and I Want to thank you.
Cottle to .see lee 0 hest you find
time,"
n
Q. What is a suitable tip to give
a bellboy for paging you Ht a lu,al?
A. fiasco; t„ satiny• five rails
.1 .,1.1 1 1, , i•, ,tit.
T.Z., FARM FRONT
a �•% a
11. 1' to 14 rite Von,' \loll" jsnl
the most cheerful subject in the
w'rid 1 I n 1.c Stilt, id's far lrette1'
to jaeli the fact:, and have your of
lilts. i11 propel order in good time
than to regret baring neglected
doilt(1 so when its too late. 1 don't
ktoy. 11 fonts out in the rural di0-
trims are more negligent in this
la:gau'tl than city p^_oide. But 1 du
hum of IAel.tc of farm families
that have. Leen broken up and ttn'tt•
eel into litter enemies just because
of un will, or til a 'trill that wasn't
rlecuir glade.
So, will, no further apologi'•-, I'm
pass'ug along to you some calnteble
hilts front a tyc•il known authority.
(int of the basic pritI iplcs of
our social sy1tyutt-die says—is a num or wutta11 11, privileged
to ;last. how lir 0r site wishes to
dispose of money or property a'
cumulated in his c1.• her lifetime. It
it oue historic right 0e still po-yes,
- - tine tight to direct Rote Otis
properties shall he divided triter
one death. It must be kept in mind,
M cotu•se that the tax collector
is not idle ill this particular field.
Before art estate can pass from the
deceased to the object of iia
bounty, the Government steps in 10
claim its share in the form of
Succession 1)ttties. llotcerer, autd
Succession dirties notwithstanding,
1.'e still have the right ---and the
they -- to Make our wilt..
11 a titan or uoluan titres oil L..
on: a till—he goes 011 10 state --
the authorities and relatit es hare
great (BOictt1 n determining
where property and assets are to
go, \'at•ioils leg i.latiuln concerning
,such instance,. exists in eat! Cana-
dian province. \\'ler'• no relatives
call be touu(1, usually the Crown
takes over all 111(• assets—as may
be -(10111 ill the case of a waiter
who, nu his death, left an estate
valued at ower 817,(10(1• 1511 will
has been found. and if no l elative,
appear to claim the stoney, it trill
be Immo(' „rer to the fiotet'ntt,,' t.
'fu, touch intpartauc, canine he
laid on the necessity, in making a
1,ill. of using peon, straightforlard
language, ill tn'tler to swirl t•01i1•
plaiuis front reltntjfes who believe
Ila; they bare not been fait'ly-
treated, and tvhu ate likely to rots
lest the will or have it set aside
completely. "In At riling a will. use
pen, ink and paper. love the com-
pleted di -eminent witnessed by two .t
people who are not mentioned
it. It is also hest to appoin, an
exeyllt a1'."
•
The legal aspect, of making a
hill are paramount and retaining,
the services of ,t lawyer i, recnul
nn 1001. r, :h,•1', sass no, Je
neglect [heir will. .idspl, be j
rause 11113 Ihjnk that they are `
iditio •,I to me a lan,vel. (h1 the
contrary, there is no law 10 pre-
vent you doing the jolt yourself,
Ii yon use ordinary. reasonable
English. the Courts will try to
tarry out your intention, even
though your language i$ that 0i an
amateur rather than that 0f a'pro-
fessiouat. As far asctthe require-
ments are concerned details of a
will made without use of legal
phraseology should be s'ta'ted sitar
ply as possible and—as said before
—must b1' witnessed by two per•
sons who derive no benefit front it,
and should include the name of at
'cast one executor, to rarer net
its provisions,.
Which, 1 think. should he suffi-
cient al,ont Wills and the like for
the tint. being.
Nov 'u1' something that 1 hope
will he of interest and ratite to
(lose of you who go in Mr alfalfa,
and are tempted to keep certain
fields close to your house in that
crop ttt'arly all the ti11te. There's no
doubt that this practice is rnnveni
out for both hay and pasture
ii may cost you rnusirleral.l; In
crop leads.
A 1
Ahalfa lasers a lot of a .ort frons
the soil. Continuous alialfa is liable
to result in short alfalfa rrops and
also --if you plow it tinder and plait
rorn—in burned coria, This has been
fully proved by both experimental
station wnrlt and by farmers' actual
experience.
According to one ''nit ersity
pert it takes about 800 tons of water
10 make a ion of alfalfa hay: white
only 350 Ions 01 water ate needed
14 make a tori 111 row trop. He Wats
speaking particularly of e1'^urea( No•
hraalia, where he says that five to
seven years of alfalfa wilt retnoou
ali the available moisture 1,1 a depth
1.i 30 to 40 feet --a moisture deb •
'limey that t'ili not be restored 1.,
out nta.u's natural lifetime larder
statural rainfall and ordinary trop
ping. Figures for 111031 1.t Ontario
would probably not be as large as
these ---bat still big etlough, to he
worthy of attention.
• Bank ill the thirties farmers out
Iowa way began wondering why
their second and third crops of al-
falfa were so much smaller (11511
they ir.rnterly had been. Short
tropa showed lip 1,ac•icelnely M, old
alfalfa stands. -
Something else bappe„ed too,
'('Jte old alfalfa fields ;,warted crack-
ing open—ocrasiataily with rracko
wide emongh to admit a horse'a
leg, making the fields unsafe for
grazing. On ,ensue of Otos( raid al-
faife fields the first ,'top of torts
Iva” a complete 1'ailule, sod the
second crop greatly helot par.
These small sego,: rant, it, the
late thirties. wren rainfall was re•
Lovering to normal levels. Old ale
Ulla fields were badly' Itit. whin;
other fields prodttred almost normal
crops
harmers 1110, tlttg pusthoirs -t1.
the hurtled -tip belch gttithis fonud
the reason for crop failures. 'I'Pe
subsoil was Looe -dr, as the mois-
ture from the sm.i'a(e nese ."met"
the moisture from },nun's
Su it i, we1J for you to etitemttet
t1,r heavy use of water by alfalfa
when planning your crop rotations,
and here are some suggestion, that
may help your crop yields
Avoid reseeding alfalfa on ma'am'
fields. This is especially imports/4
when you leave alfalfa down ('oue or
five years—or as long 101 ie wit!
last.
r,
Leave alfalfa for only One tie two
years on upland t"telds—and siayrb!F
on some level fields as well. Ano
when the land is seeded again. plana
some other legume.
Give all of your fields a ,Lance 01
gran alfalfa, When the nater de
urands of the alfalfa crops are spread
over your entire farm. no tietds will
reads open from rou,t,leteh !hied
tan iul,soilt.
Perhaps yotire wandering ii such
a program will pay you for the in
convenience of hauling Lay greater
distances and pasturiug animals on
the back part of the tarun. Perhaps
it wouldn't have back in the clays
when 10030 (ray was Hauled with
horses, But with modem tractors,
and balers or rltoppers, harrying is
less 1.i a problent now, And as far•
as the animate are concerned ---pigs.
especially --they star d': (,tetter on
completely dry ground.
Sitio:Mug it all 1.F, .Bali: -is
properly used --is a benefit 10 your
soil, It supplies org'anic matter and
nitrogen. The big root, make opetr-
ings in tight subsoils. ft only does
harts whet, grown too long on ay}
same field especially during dr},'
periods.
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boat, displaced
at recent Bat
Shoo' was
11{tPd 171 to
prominence by
1,81 lt' Rita.
1st Heli, queen
of the show.
\' eigiting only
48 potutd?, the
craft is ideal
for hunting,
fisting, racing
and those
fa tit
camping trip,
that find
hubby 1un
tired Ii, make
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