HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1954-04-22, Page 2AN NE 141
"Dear Anne Hurst; This letter
concerns my only child, a sweet
and intelligent girl. She studied
journalism, and meant to go
places—when she meet 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 I saw little of thein,
but , thought everything was all
right. Now they have three
children .. One day my daugh-
ter carne home and broke down.
She told me everything. Anne
Hirst, it was terrible to listen to;
some things are so shocking I'
cannot write them . . She has
tried leaving him; she has .talked
to her minister, done everything
there is to do. Several times she
applied for divorce, only to have
him come crawling back, crying.
Each time she forgave him ,
"She has tried drinking with
hen, and going on parties with
him. 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 house in perfect
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 make up her
own mind. But I am asking
you, should she Do you think a
nran 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. I£
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"1 don't knuv, it 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
o (and knowledge) over 20 -odd
o years' experenee in conducting
o 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
o wife publicly, who doubts the
o fidelity of a girl like your
°daughter hasn't a shred of
o decency in him. If he had of-
* ferided her only once, when he
o was intoxicated, she could
* forget it; but to make a prac-
* tire of such charges indicates
y a warped mind—and what wife,
o with the best intentions in the
* world, can deal with that?
* Your daughter has forgiven
* her husband time and again he
o 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;
e the two children who still love
° him are under two years old,
o entirely too young to see him
" as he is; the boy, even at four,
* fears him They will have, I
o en not hesitate to say, -a far
o better opportunity to grow up
* normally when he is gone.
e Your daughter may have
o other unrevealed reasons for her
* hesitancy to divorce him, It
o is, as you say, her decision to
° make, This opinien, however,
° is the one which I must hold.
P.S. Since I left a newspap-
o er of which I was woman's ed-
▪ itor, my study at home is my
o workshop, Every letter that
° arrives is read by me. I ad-
o mit that a few now and then
o do bring a smile because the
* writer is hysterical over some
° simple situation, or because
o she or he intended to be funny.
o Letters are not shown to those
o outside the study, nor has any
o of my readers' confidence ever
o been betrayed.
° ,: a:
When a man is mean and seI-
fish, and a constant drinker, it
is his influence on the children
which must weigh with his wife.
They are her first responsibility
▪ Its times of stress, write to
Anne 'thirst. Address her at
Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New
Toronto, Ont.
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Last Sunday was a big day in
our faintly. David John was
christened, and he behaved him -
sell very well. He wore a long,
lace -edged petticoat, and an em-
broidered christening robe that
were family heirlooms. On the
way t0 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 clothes seemed so very
much out of character. However,
family traditions had to he ob-
served.
When we arrived at the house
Daughter was getting him dress-
ed, and David was protesting
lustily. Then he decided he
might as well humour these
grown-ups with their queer ideas
so he began talking to himself,
although still watching for an
opportunity to do a bit of chew-
ing on his fancy clothes.
The church was just around the
, Cerner 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 lie looked over his got -
mother's shoulder, saw the rest
of us sitting behind hint, cued
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. Thtts was David ehrist-
ened and revolved intn the
Church.
Back home again We got him
out of his long robe and into
smocked rompers—his sturdy
little legs making good pse 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
alone 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
ake. Light snow or rain had beet
forecast foto Sunday but it turn-
ed out to 1)0 a nice day. We
drove ciov. n -to Oakvil'.e and from
there Bob end Joe tool us the
rest of the trey.
How dice) every place looks
Just 'Meuse the spring :mason,
Too wet fat' ralcit'" cls the win-
ter dehrb;'too cold for growth;
Not a sign of green anywhere
except for -a few :•hoots here and
there from flowering bulbs, Yet
we know, given a few days of
bright, warm sunshine and the
miracle of spring nip be with
us 000e again. The robins know
it, too, for last Thursday •I saw,
not one robin but three, two
cock -robins and one hen. Ah, tae,
does that mean that triangle sit-
uations exist even in feathered
families?
There are plenty of the much
Space Man? — A man wearing
a suit of aluminum 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 or foe to the farmer?
Some thinly one way, some an-
other. Even naturalists do not
agree on that point. I like to
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 from
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 hutnan race? What
right have we to criticize, lesser
forms of animal life when 80 -
called human beings experiment
with atomic and hydrogen
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 can have an under-
mining effect upon all we say
and do. To my way of thinking,
fear oI the unknown is enemy
No. I. 11 is also an enemy which
we ran fight and conquer if we
'make up our minds to do so.
So many things are beyond our
scope to control but our mental
putlook, if we are normal, that
we can control.
Well, it's a far cry from chris-
tenings and starlings to 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,
ISE'('E B' — 1954
Clown TO Es
li i Story
Sptieg e 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 for years, delighting child-
ren and adults alike with his
magnificent pathos of panto-
mime—will be that sad -faced
tramp clown, Emmett Kelly.
Actually, it won't be Emmett
Kelly at all—but "Willie." -
"Willie and I have travelled
a long, long way together since
that day when he was born On
my drawing board in Kansas
City," he says. "A whole lot of
it has been done on foot—tramp-
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.
"Tire laughter of children is a
sound no circus clown ever can
forget.. It sticks in his mind 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 story of his "Lite
in Tatters and Smiles" to F.
Bevorly Kelley, well-known cir-
cus author and publicist,
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, blackberries,
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-
tuce, and radishes."
Anyone who has seen the
mournful tramp ambling around
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 stave, piling it on the back
porch where it was handy for
his mother.
"There have been some mile-
stones in my 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 sane thing: it
was my mother standing at the
kitchen door looking at the
woodpile and telling me, 'Well,
you are a fine boy, and you
have done a good job.'"
It was the color, the noise, and
the excitement of the circus
which drew Emmett Kelly away
from the little faun, From the
moment, he saw his first circus
parade, his one ambition was to
be a performer in that glorious
gaudy world. Fashioning himself
a backyard trapeze, he learned
enough tricks to impress the
manager of a small travelling
circus. Froin then on, he trouped
with one after another until fin-
ally he hit the "BIg One," Ring-
ling Bros, and Barnum & Bain;.
Combined Shows, Inc.
How ' Emmett Kelly carne
impersonate the rale of Willie.
the tattered and torn clown, and
how his fame took him all over
North America and. Europe, are
told in "Clown," a. fascinating
story trot 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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butcher's shop at Banbury. It
was bought during the town fair
in 1874 and the purchaser failed
for some reason to collect it.
Present owner of the shop says
that the joint has become part
of his business.
'Tye known this sante joint
sin 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 joint 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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