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The Seaforth News, 1957-12-12, Page 3Bear Arrested For Stopping "Traffic There is a bewildering choice of hairdressings for men these days, and it is difficult to decide which is best. This wasn't so in: Victorian times when men re- :ognized only one superior dres ring - bear grease. And if youwere in the habit of being attended by a really, "West End" barber, you `would know that he prepared his own supplies. Large numbers ofbears were broughtto this country in those days for sale to better -class hairdressers. . One such barber, in order to attract customers, madea great deal of this side of his activities. Phree times 'a week a van drew fp outside his shop and a large :age was unloaded. Then a no- tice was hung outside the shop saying that another bear had ar- rived and when he would be , killed. Meantime, it was turned loose in an area beside the shop, in full view of the passers-by. All kinds of bears - black, brown and grey - spent a•day or so here before going to their doom. These bears were a great at- traction for the' children of the neighbourhood, ; who used to come along and feed them through the railings. On each afternoon following the arrival of a bear, a large crowd would gather for the ex- ecution because, although they were not allowed to see it, they heard plenty, Shortly before the appointed time, the poor vic- tim was driven in from the yard. Then, after a short inter- val, the ' most blood -curdling screams and groans came forth. The barber and his assistants must then have worked fast, for, within a very short time the head and skin of the bear was exhibited in the shop window, with an announcement that an- other bear had been killed for grease. Then a van would draw up and the empty cage would be brought out, to be driven back to the docks to fetch another bear, which would arrive on the folic'ring day. The barber used a lot of bear grease; trade was good, because clients knew they were getting fresh grease. , - This went on for years, but the childeen who came to feed the bears knew something that ORATOR -"And in conclusion, let me say' .. this cat seems to be shouting as it gestures dramatically. The amusing study won a prize for photog- rapher Dr. B: F. Ferreira of Bombay, India, in a Popular Photography magazine contest. they kept to themselves. Each bear, no matter what its colour, had only one eye, its coat in variably had a moth-eaten ap- pearance, and it had a• broken tooth -always the same one. And in spite of the barber's contention that they were all savage, requiring elaborate pre- cautions when he fed them with meat held on the end of a long. stick, the children knew that en fact they were all quite tame, butvery hungry. They had no fear of putting their hands through the railings to feed them. Then, one day, the secret was out.No bear :had in fact ever been killed in the barber's shop. The old half-starved brown bear in the yard had been there for years as the innocent stock -in - trade of the barber's regular de- ceptions. But what of the death screams and groans? These, is was learn- ed, were made by a fishmonger appropriately named "Leather - mouthed Jeremy" because.gf his incredibly powerful voice. It was Jammy who gave the game away when for some reason the barber refused to pay him his customary fee of five shillings! For centuries, travelling en- tertainers with performing bears were familiar figures in all the cities and towns of Europe.Only when the public conscience be- came aroused against cruelty to animals did they gradually disappear. On one occasion, two French- men showing a large brown bear in Britain got into trouble with the police and were sentenced to one month's imprisonment. Now, although it was quite easy to lock the men away, the bear was a bit of a problem. He reso- lutely refused to be separated from them, so for the first night all three occupied the same cell. By the following morning Lon- don Zoo had agreed to look af- ter the bear until the men were released. After a great deal of trouble the bear was enticed into a bus specially chartered for the put- . pose, and was chained and muz- zled. But the bus didn't get far, for the bear in desperation had broken a window and climbed out. He couldn't get completely away because he was still on the end of the chain, but no one dared approach the roaring beast. Finally the owners had to be fetched out of jail to take their bear to the Zoo under escort, after which they returned to complete their sentence. During 1891 and 1892 a small brown bear was regularly ex- hibited in the streets of London. It became very popular and great crowds would often collect to seeit, completely blocking the street. As obstruction is an offence against the law, the po- liceman on duty in the vicinity had no option but to arrest the bear and its owner. Together they would spend the night in a cell, and in the morn- ing were brought before the magistrates. Occasionally a fine was deemed necessary, but us- ually the' pair were dismissed with a caution. The bear, an extremely like- able creature, had already won the hearts of all the police at the station and on one occasion the constable responsible for ar- resting him even made a collec- tion for his benefit! HAIRD TIMES EVERYWHERE. Bill: "I can't imagine what Joe does with his money. He was short yesterday and he is short again today." Fred: "Is he trying to borrow from you?" Bill: "No. I'm trying to bor- row from him." • CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS . 1. Wing • 4 Parc,tof ground R. Silent 13. Clamor 12 Artificial language 14. Variety of i111a 1.12 1'S, Flier 17. 7''ass, as time 15, (tonal Repot 111. 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Shelter QOWN 1110111111 O®®®®°'••'®®®4WOMMEMIr®®.® AgammapSinfilag MMINIMPAEMOMM WEMMedeinIMM ®®■® MU, is-; ®®( aim Answer elsewhere on this page. TWO SCENTS' WORTH -Just the right size for a fragrant inspec- tion of floral beauty are !hese half-pint flower -fanciers in Rome, Italy. The giant chrysanthemums were on exhibition. They're traditionally dedicated to the dead in 'telly. Farm housewives, like their city sistres, take some tall "sell- ing" to be convinced that food prices haven't gone skyrocket- ing. In fact, it's doubtful if a persuasive illuminated display ' entitled "Food Is a Good Buy" made any converts at all among the farm women who sat around it in a hotel lobby here where their own organization, the Illi- nois Agricultural Association, was meeting. * * * This was not the fault of the display. It was an effective piece of promotion, Beautifully color- ed transparencies showed tempt- ing peak chops, platters of fried eggs, golden brown fried chick- en, and alter edibles. * 4 Attached to each was a legend telling how many fewer minutes of labor it took to serve the dish to a family of four in 1956 than it did in the 1945-49 period, using the same type of labor as a measuring *took. For example, the display said it took 25.9 minutes of work to buy the . chicken in the earlier period, but only 14.6 minutes in 1956. Pork chops were 18 minutes cheaper in 1956, eggs 141 minutes cheaper a dozen, Dorothy KahnJaffe, spe- cial correspondent of the Chris- tian Science Monitor writes from Chicago. w * But every farm woman to whom this reporter spoke was of the opinion that grocery and butcher -shop prices are too high. Some protested mildly, some vigorously. Some blamed exces- sive packaging, some too much middleman profit. Some argued that if farmers got better prices for their hogs, rising retail prices wouldn't matter; the trouble, they said, was lack of balance, * * 4 But whatever the reason, it was plain that farm women are disturbed about the rising costs of meat and groceries. Costs of clothing don't seem' to concern then much. Most farm women can handle' a sewing machine, and when store clothes are too high, many of them make their own.' You might think they could do the same with food - pro- duce their own when store prices are too high but it doesn't seem to work out that way. * * Mrs. Della J, -Barr of -Benicia,. 111., here with her husband for the convention, discussed this matter in :9 hotel lobby .con- versation. "I suppose the farmer is some- what omewhat to blame for paying high prices in the stores when ne could produce more himself," she said. "Farmers used to milk their own cows, Now we go to the store and pay a high price for milk. "But on a farm like ours :.t wouldn't pay us to have a few, cows. We would have to install such expensive equipment if we were to pasteurize itand meet ,requirements for selling Grade A milk. We'd have to put in what they call a "milking parlor." We couldn't afford to do that. So we buy qur milk in town. All the .. same, there's too much difference between the farm and the bottle." e Other comments on the rising living costs by persons attending' this convention: Mrs. Howard C. Locke, of Fair- view, 111.: "What do I think about the cost of meatand groceries? You couldn't print what I think. We are paying too much for fancy packager. We know what it costs to produce food of dif- ferent kinds, and it's bard to go to the store and pay for the labor that went into boxes and vrappings when all we want is the food. Now we are getting meat wrapped for the refrigera- tor or freezer. I tell my butcher I want to buy meat, not paper. "Five or six years ago we de- cided we weren't going to spend se much for processing and pack- aging so we began butchering Our own hogs and calves. We got a freezer and now we process our own meat. But we're still spending a lot for the things we buy for the home. I'm working to add to our income - chief cook at the grade school." a * 4 Mrs. Aon Maulding, Casey, Ill,: "The dollar doesn't go as far as it should. You have to pay so much for staples, the' things you just have to buy, such as sugar, flour, coffee, and tea. There's too mach difference be- tween what you get for your wheat and what you pay for your flour. "Now when it comes to clothes it isn't so bad. I was a 4-H Club girl and I learned how to sew. Now I make shirts for the twr boys in school, and clothes for the two little ones at home, also my own dresses. This way ye. can really keep down costs. "But when it comes to farm supplies, there's nothing you can do about it. Th: cost of machine- ry and parts especially parts - is terrific. et doesn't balance out with what you get for your crops and livestock," * 4 4 lefr. and Mrs. Clarence Buch- man of Fairfield, III., both in- sisted prices were too high. Mr. Buclvnan. had this to say: "We can't keep up with the price of machinery. Every time you turn around the cost of steel goes up and machinery with it. Food is high in comparison with the prices the farmer re- ceives. We sell our wheat and coin and buy it back in flour and breakfast food. We sell it cheap and buy it at a high price. ' This ought to he better bal- anced." 4 u Mrs. Orville Leischner of Gif- ford, Ind., said she thought farm women were wearing their clothes longer because of rising living costs and the decline in hog prices. But they manage to keep up their appearance by buying good quality garments, she said. Through home demon- stration work they have learned much about judging quality in merchandise. This helps them to get more for their dollars. She added an optimistic note: `Women have more household appliances on the farm than they did formerly and in many ways are living more comfortably, I guess we shouldn't complain. We're better off than we were years ago. Now if we only got a little better price for our hogs ..:'t * Practically all the women at- tending the convention gave the impression of being well dress- ed and up to date, as did their husbands. Despite the rising costs, they appea_ to be manag- ing their dollars well. First 8 -Hour Day In most of the western world September 1st, or the first Mon- day in September is celebrated as Labour Day. In New Zealand, however, this celebration occurs on the first Monday in October, and the reason goes back over a century. On September 17, 1839 a sail- ing ship left London for New Zealand, carrying as a passenger Samuel Parnell, a ,carpenter by trade, who was bitterly opposed to the long working days then prevailing in England. When he arrived in New Zea- land, the agent of a British ship- ping company asked him to build a storehouse. Parnell agreed to do the job on one con- dition -that he would only work eight hours a day. The agent argued, Parnell replied to the effect that eight of the 24 hours should be devoted to work, eight to sleep and eight to recreation -"take it or leave it." In due course the eight-hour day became established in New England and elsewhere. This is the occasion celebrated in New Zealand every October. Upsidedown to Prevert Peeking ©© ©©d •©F IiJ1210 1©SCI© EIIIII©0121 El©0r' ©©QDEI EI©MUIM � ©®©©© ; U0 lil©P© til < k0® ©hIII�I� • II JIIII VIfu®' 1: ©connect. Engem 19E1©�oo0_11 OREIPM1111 ®o®oeoo ©®��� DOIIIIL I®n0 11111E11511 1,01EI L 1 UNSAY SC1O 1 LESSON By. Rev. R. Barclay War ea B.A., B.D. That I May Know Christ; Philippians 3:4-14, 20-21.: Memory Selection: I count all things but loss • for the -excel- lency of the knowledge of, Christi Jesus my Lord. Philippians 3:8. ' It was another car accident. The youth 'was thrown 80 feet: During the weeks in hospital ho did some serious thinking. HO tells it this way: "I saw life dif- ferently. I thought about God and His purpose in sparing my life. T can't say I'm a Christian but I'm doing a lot more think- ing hinking about Christianity." As this young man thinks and talks about Christianity he is coming to know more 'about Christ. There is a difference. To know Christ we must submit t19 Him. Saul of Tarsus entered into fellowship with Jesus Christ when, on the way to Damascus, he humbly said, "Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?" We only come into the knowledge of Christ as we receive Him as Lord of our life. We know Christ by wholly trusting' in Him. Saul no longer boasted of his being a descendant of Abraham and of his blameless observance of the Mosaic law. He counted all things but loss for the excellency of the kffowledge of Christ Jesus his Lord. Saul's commitment to Christ was only the beginning of as ever enriching experience. Whilst he treasured the memory of the experience on the Damascus road, he was ever on the stretch to know more of Christ. He 'learned much through suffering. He was willing to die for his Lord, He was always looking forward to completely fulfilling the task tO which God had called him. lip livedin a way that made men think of heaven, He was strengthened by the hope Of meeting his returning Lord in the glory of resurrection. It is a great lesson. The read- ing of it lifts the soul. If we follow Paul's example it will not be said of us as is true et most people today: "The world is too much with us late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste ons powers.' -William 'Wordsworth Candles are a traditional panof the Christmas season, but 11 dripping wax is a problem, here's an easy way to get arount the difficulty. Just give thl candles a coat of clear nail polish They'll burn beautifully withou! mess. YOU FLUNK -These are rubber surgical gloves being tested fat leaks at the University of Michigan Hospital. The glove in the foreground is a dud " which leaks and will be discarded. H:indreds of gloves are tested onthe machine daily. eesnrw�:as.«.'aa.,wlcx+�ec° ..n�ewwra+.•. •. ..••, w-,-�._.- .:h,•• ATOMIC APPLES? - A normal apple, left, is con trasted with two deformed ones from an orchard in Hutchinson, Kansas. Orchardist Earl Stoughton reports that the fruit from all the trees bore some irregularity in shape this year, anis one tree produced apples which :tonged ' from twins to quadruplets ,on one stem. it's the first time in his 30 years at the orchard that anything like it has happened, says Stoughton, and he suspects that "fall -out" from atomic bomb tests may have something to do with it. •