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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1954-03-04, Page 2At a recent tea-party one woman proposed the question: "Who is the meanest ratan in the world?" Another spoke etpt "The one who won't give his wife an allowance!" There was It shout et approval. AU the women present received allowances, but each .knew at least one other wife who didn't, The answer was well matte, One reader I quote today oitea her predicament, and I am afraid • she speaks for countless others; "Before I married two years ago," she writes, "I always had sufficient spending money. But since then, it is a rare day in- deed when I have even a little change in my purse, "Several times I have spoken to my husband about this, but he always evades the question. True, I am never in want, but when I am out with my friends it is very embarrassing, "If you think I have no com- plaint to make, I will drop the subject, I shall be watching for your advice," * This wife has one of the * gravest complaints against her * husband, He is one of far too * many men who, well-to-do, and * fair on other ways, withholds any money for his wife's per- * sonal use. He probably pays * all bills without question, un- doubtedly he carries cash in * his pocket for his ow use, But * he will not understand why * his wife needs any money to * entertain her friends, to go to * the hairdresser or a movie, or * use at will for the dozens of w little things, a freedom that * spells the difference between * independence and• severity. * Business women are access- * toured to handling their in- * comes wisely, and other girls usually have regular allowance Very, Very Easy` • 4514' / WAIST .4'.-32 itye O.NI YARD WONDER! 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What * a come -down it le for both * when they find the men they * married dole Out dimes or dol- * lays grudgingly, demanding an it explanation o r accounting' * "Doesn't he trust me?" is their * first routine, and each repe- * tition deepens their resent- * meat, * Maybe the men feel that money * in a wife's purse promises too * much "freedom"; maybe they *. glory in the sight of her grow- * eling for a bit of change; or * perhaps they are just plain * mean, Whatever the excuse, * they are insulting a woman's * intelligence and layalty, and * they should be ashamed of * themselves. * More divorces than my read- ers guess have resulted from * this injustice, Few self -re- * speeting wives can be treated * like irresponsible c h 1151. r en * without coming to despW "their " husbands. * TO "A. T.": When 5'ou mar- * ried, I ant sure you thought * this otherwise kind and * affectionate Man would offer * an allowance without being * asked; it - must have been a * shock to learn that his attitude i, was deliberate You can t suggest taking a parttime job * for spending money, or finding • ways at home to make it -- * and how either act would * shame him! +' If he reads this opinion, he will see himself as he is, and * hasten to regain the respect he * is fast losing. •t IL is not, of course, the am - ,r. Dunt a wife receives for her personal use, it is the acknow•- * ledgment that she is a sett- * respecting individual in 'her * own right who is being sub- * jetted to ignomious treatment "' by the man who claims to love * and honor her, Many a wife can ]ianclle the whole family income more wise- ly than her husband can. The lease he can offer Is an allowance to spend as she pleases. . .. Anne Hirst is here to turn to in any argument, 'White her at Box 1, 133 Eighteenth St„ New Toronto," Ont, Blind Mon is Champion At Darts At 89, Charlie Monteith, popu- lar member of the Brixton, Eng- land, Darby and Joan Club, is one of the best dart player's, in the country. He is also a ventrilo- quist ancrconjurer in great de - 'mend at parties and socials, where his skill and cheer- ful personality keep people in roars of laughter. But it is as darts thrower of uncanny aim and accuracy that Charlie has won most fame, as well as, more matcher' than he can count, All this is rather remarkable •-- for Charlie is totally blind. Councillor Mrs. ]Mary Marock, genial, hardworking organizer -of the club, says, "Charlie is a truly marvellous man. He is captain of the club's darts team, which frequently goes on tour in the neighbourhood, and his cheel'ful- ness and energy are. an example t.o its 1111," Challenge Match Recently, the daughter of a . well-known darts player who 1 has the full use of his eyes laughingl3: challenged Charlie j to play her father. "If you beat daddy i'.Il present your club with a new darts board!" The match was arranged and blind Charlie soundly beat his opponent. The club got the dads board. Now Chiu Inc;,; fame has spread. A well-known darts team, 1 the Eight Bells, of Saffron Wal- den, Essex, who boast they have never yet lost a match, have chane named Charlie's side. Charlie is delighted and •hopes to lead his mate to victory. • false Alarm --Pretty Jan Prince doesn't want to set the world, or these seat covers, on fire. She's merely holding a cigaret fo the fabric to demonstrate the fire-resistant qualities of the :seat covers at a show. Self Service — There's no need for sales personnel in this de- partment store in Moscow's Red Square, according to official Soviet sources. The customers select merchandise on display in the showcases, but they are unable to handle or closely examine the items. Identification tags corresponding to numbers on the ' displayed merchandise are taken from a rack in front of the case. The tag is given to a cashier who makes the sale and hands the customer the purchase, already wrapped. ONICLES IIINGERF* dolieve ;�' What e •week . . snow wind and zero temperatures. Early on I had been looking forward to winter but my views on the subject have modified consider- ably. As 1 have said before I think of wiptet' as a good time to get extras work done •— sew- ing, knitting, reacting, writing -- and so on. This winter -- so far — it has kept me busy get- ting ordinary jobs done, plus the extra work that cold weather always brings. Of couree our train Wal'l'y has been the lane — high winds and drifting snow can fill it in so quickly — so we 'went to bed each night wondering if the milk truck would snake it in the morning,. There was one day it wouldn't have made the grade except that a heavy dual -wheel trunk was in ahead of it and broke the lane 'open. Were ere thankful! Of course. our poor little car just sits ,in the garage and waits for• better weather. If I tried to take it out the under -carriage would drag on the; snow, the ruts are so deep, By Friday of last week I was beginning to wonder what we were going to eat and how we would get it. And then one of our truck -owning neighbours offered to bring out anything we wanted from - town. That saved the day! I might have got a taxi and gone down to shop ex- cept that I would have had to walk down to the road, and there was a very good reason why I didn't want to. It was this way. There had been five or six inches of light snow the night before that had sifted in everywhere. Partner was shoe - Oiling snow away from. the barn door, and from the wa, '`- trough, so I thought I could do my' good deed for the day by cleaning off the front step, Fine that was easy. Then I look- ed at the deep snow from the house to the lane and became more ambitions. The snow, be- ing fine and light, I thought it would be no trouble at all to shovel a pathway to the lane. So I went at it -- and T made a good job of it too -- right clear to the ground. I was even enjoying the job. And then Part - ter carne along and saw what I was doing. "have you gone crazy?" quoth he, "you'll pay for this, mark 017 wards." "Don't be silly," I answered scornfully, "I'm not hutting my- self, It's ftul — and ne effort at all, the snow is se tight." Well, ,there wasn't any more argument because Partner tank the shovel away from me end finished the job himself± All went well. for the rest of the day I went to bed that night, slept well, and every- thing was fine. I3ut, oh brother, the next morning when 1 got up! I'm telling you I could hard•. ly get out of bed. 1 dici, of course. That was three days ago and I'm still 11ot able to straight- en up properly. And what does Partner say? I'll leave you to guess. One tiling is certain he hasn't said anything yet that it pleases tern` to hear. Anyway you eat` sow • underrtanrl why I didn't want. I:o walk through heat'} 8110W to any taxi wait- ing et, the road. Alt, that road! .In a 118,9 it 1s grand to live alongside a pro- vincial highway be<'auee yam know it will always be kept Paper Doll -- Joon Rawlings dis- plays the form that won her the title, "Miss Headliner of 1 954" during the recent International Printers Week. She wears a fit- ting "crown" made from a news- paper. open in winter. On the other hand after bad storms such as we have just experienced, it is rather galling to watch from the window and see cars speeding by as if it were the middle of summer, knowing that between u:: and that bare highway there is a formidable barrier —• our own snow -blocked lane •-- to say nothing of the snowbank the plough leaves right in aur driveway, Of course our lane is no ex- ception, all farm lanes are pretty much the same, some a little worse, some better Part- ner has snow fence along the worst places, and the centre of the lane is pretty well built up 'so we- get along quite nicely if the snowfall is • not too heavy. We never have: the lane plough- ed out if we can help it because a ploughed lane filly - in far quicker than a lane that hasn't been touched. Conies' a second storm and you've really had • ,Just before I started this col- umn I thought to myself, Inas it really been so cold, or is it that we just can't take it any more? So 1 looked up my col- umn dated February 15, 1934 and here is what I found "Our worst problem has been getting the children to school. Twice this week they have start- ed their one -and -a -half mile walk with the thermometer standing at 20 below. Some- times we were in doubt as to whether' it was wise to let them go --- but were warmly clad, under protest, I admit -- and so they got through each day without being any the worse for their journey." (What! 00 school bus? Not in '34!) More extracts froth '34, "The spew ie the back lane i$ level with the fences; S . the chil- dren have made themselves three igloos, with a tunnel con- necting all three ... I am lull- ing to melt snow this week to do any washing — the soft wa- ter pump le frozen solid," The goad old days] Wanting Snowman Ten Feet in Height Terrified) People On Canadian island December . 2151 was the anni- versary of the most terrifying experience that ever happened to the people of Grindstone Island. A snoWtnan'jhat walked and moaned would be sufficient- ly frightening' anywhere. To the islanders, who meet it in the dark and saw it only by the light of flares, it was horrifying enough to give women hysterics and bring men to their knees, Grindstone Island• is one of the Magdalen Group, situated in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, On Decem- ber 15th, 1872, one of the .worst blizzards in living memory struck the island and brought all work to a standstill. When the blizzard abated slightly some of the young boys slipped out to throw snowballs and slide on the ice. They were absent until dark, and the first thing their parents knew of any- thing untoward was the batter- ing of small fists on the doors and screams to be let in as quickly as possible. The boys all told the same story. Playing games in the snow, they eventually reached the beach where they found the wreckage of a ship. The shore was littered with cases of food and timber from the wreck, and the boys collected as much as they could carry, starting home- ward just as it began to grow dark. They were leaving the beach when they saw, in the shadow of a tree, what looked like a giant snowman at least ten feet high, Tliey were moving closer to examine it when they heard weird noises coming from its head. Terrified, the kids bolted for their homes. They were laughed at, of course. The adults put it down to a huge owl, or possibly a polar bear which had been blown to the island on an ice -floe. They were much more interested in the news of the wreck and, the following morning, made their way to the beach. The wrecked ship was the Calcutta carrying mainly a cargo Of wheat. All day the islanders worked, salvaging the wheat and loading it on sleds, It was dark before they had !unshed, On the way home they joked about the story of the snowman until, suddenly, one of them let out a long -drawn howl. . Shuffling towards them with a stiff -legged movement, so slight that only because the whole body slewed forward with each shuffle was movement per- ceptible, came a giant snowman. It towered above the tallest of them, The arms were at a stiff, unnatural angle and very faint noises—weird, inhuman and un- intelligible — came from the enormous head, The fathers were no braves than their sons. Leaving their sleds they raced as fast as they could away from the apparition. Gibbering with fear, they all made for the house of Father Boudrealt, priest of the island parish. All that night no one slept. Doors and windows were barri- caded and, while the women alternately wept and prayed, the men sat with loaded guns across their knees, From early morning until dusk, ]Father Boudreau and twelve of the strongest islanders searched without filleting any- thing, But as they were return- ing home ---with the priest more certain' than ever that his flock had been drinking too much — they stumbled across gigantic footprints a foot wide and almost two feet long. Led by the priest, they follow- ed the prints by the light of torches to where they ended at a secluded part of the beach by a large mound of snow. Moving closer, the priest saw that the mound was roughly human in shape. Brut it could not be human for it was nine feet in girth and about ten feet long. The priest touched it;. It was solid, frozen snow. Then, as the men huddled round fearfully, holding their torches high, Father Boudrealt saw human eyes deep in the snow holes and a human moan carne from the strange mass. Incredible as it seemed there was, inside a solid bake of strew and ice at least a foot thick, a living Itultsan being. Father Boudrealt and the men placed the living snowman on a trestle and it took the combined strength of them all to carry their burden to the priest's home, Then carne the miracle that is still talked about on . Grind- stone Island. The frozen snow was chipped away gently. Then the coating of ice on the skin was removed by applications of cold towels. The man remained conscious throughout this painful ordeal and told the priest that his name was Auguste le .Bourdais, and that he had been first mate on the Calcutta. Clinging to a spar he had been* t the icy sea for twenty-four hours before he had been washed up on the beech. After a period of unconscious- ness he woke to find himself completely frozen. As he stag- gered about, falling and picking himself up again in the blizzard, more and more snow stuck to his body. Nor were his sufferings over. Frostbite had so seriously in- jured his legs that the priest de- cided to amputate them to save his life. There was no -medical kit on the island so the amputa- tion was done by holding the man down while the priest sawed through flesh and bone above both knees. So strong was Auguste that he survived this dreadful ordeal. The following May he sailed away on the first ship to touch the island He was taken to Quebec, where further opera- tions were made on his legs, and surgeons and doctors from all ever Canada and the United States came to see "the miracle man," as he was called, Eventually, he recovered com- pletely and learned to walk on wooden legs. He never forgot the kindness of the islanders and, as soon as possible, Auguste went back to Grindstone Island and settled there for life, PERFECT SQUELCH Pretty as it dell and just as dumb, she floated through the cocktail lounge with a fuzzy poodle under her arra. She seated herself, and as a waiter prepared to take her order. baby - talked the dog into exasperation. Trying to comfort the fidget- ing animal she cooed: "There, there, now, Mama's itsy-bitsy baby—nobody's going to hurt 'oo. " The poodle settled after a while, and the girl turned big blue eyes to meet the icy glare of the waiter, who asked, cour- teously but bitingly: "Your first dog. madam?" "No. I wouldn't say hes mean, but he keeps his money in his right-hand ' trousers navies s and he's' left-hanciccl!" Itch A R n tl'M'i i n n 1, Wtch Was Nearly Crazy Until I d(5eoverrd Dr. D. U, Dennis auutzlugly hist rr11c1--D, 1). D. 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