HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1954-08-05, Page 2MARCO LUCK
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A e.rack on the jaw can mean
curtttjrhsfor a boxer, But when
it comes to the question of fight-
ing life's battles a really hard
blow can be the tonic that sets
a man en the road to success.
Too much is heard today of
re)wdyism in boys' clubs. A vast
amount of inspired youth work
is thus by-passed, Dr. Clifford
.Martin, Bishop of Liverpool, was
sCi1l in the callow youth phase
himself when he founded a boys'
club in Islington Green, London,
They began by treating him
"rough". Buying a bicycle on
the :instalment plan, he left it .one
evening on the stairway outside
the club rooms Some bounder
Melo it. Yet , . . "but for the
elu'b and the lessons it taught
me," he said, 'I would probably
never have been ordained."
}Tumour kept shining througb
his ordeals. Once, as he helped to
carry a two -stone barrel of gin-
ger beer up the stairs for a club
spree, it burst. The future bishop
though engulfed in laughter, was
dripping with pop juice!
Yes, examples are numerous
end uplifting of mishaps on the
stairways of first-class careers,
;Flow rewarding they proved,
How free of claptrap they made
men, In 1891 George King ar.
tined in London from the U.S.A.
lite wanted to hop along to that
golden land of promise 'down
under." Australia To further his
schemes, he bribed a deek-hand
10 stow him away on an Australia -
betted boat. But sailing down the
Thames, he was discovered and
dumped ashore at Tilbury
"So that's Australia, that was,"
h«+ ruminated. Now, penniless,
jobless and homeless, he tried to
get work as a dock -hand. But the
(Lockers, hard hit then by unem-
ployment. protested. 'Want no
bloornin' upstarts 'ere!" was their
cry Soon he was in the thick of
a fight, Hostile fists flayed round
his ears. His own were busy, too-
Thf ' courage of young King
impressed a watching ganger, "Hi,
youngster!" he shouted, "I've a
job for you, if you want it" So
Sing stayed in London's Pool,
knuckled down to its ways, did
well and finally larmched his
owe firm. Today that firm, really
rounded through the dockside
tight. counts 1,000 employees, its
'losiness being crane, hoist and
conveyor manufacture. And the
proudest emblem in the direc-
tors' board -room is the hook
used by King as an up-and-com-
ing dock labourer.
Thet womenfolk the world
over should be indebted today to
a Canadian mother's tragic be-
reavenlent may seem strange.
:Etat it is true, The Women's In-
stitute movement owes its con-
ception to Mrs. Adelaide Hood -
Mee, of Hamilton, Ontario.
She lost her eighteen -month-old
son, and through her grief con -
,'r ived the idea of self-help for
isolated countrywomen. The boy
end died because he drank im-
pure milk. He would not have
died, his mother recognized, had
she been more knowledgeable.
Her lecture of February 19th,
'1857, delivered at Squire's Hall,
Stoney Creek, marked the birth
of the first Women's Institute,
Her entreaties turned the 101
women and one brave man who
listened to her into crusaders.
ft was the tragic death of a
child which recently gave the
Abbe Pierre his long-awaited
chance to revolutionize France's
post-war rehousing programme.
For months, this bearded, toiling
crusader had campaigned in vain
against hideous slum conditions
which were causing loss of life,
disease and untold suffering.
SSucceaelve governments sympa-
/hi2.rd, but did nothing.
Then a baby died of exposure
in a disused 'bus, "home" of the
parents. The Abbe, his indigna-
tion finally controlled, wrote now
to the Minister of Reconstruc-
tion and invited him to the fun-
eral The Minister came, was
toeelied by the piteous scenes he
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witnessed, and so set in uterine
the much-needed springs .01 gov-
ernment a e tion to rehouse
France's needy families.
Experience emphasizes that
there is no sort of disaster over
which the human spirit menet
prevail, These, indeed, who pass
through the fire are often hard-
ened by It, to their own and the
world's advantage.
Still short Of sixty, Mr. Stan-
ley Swash, managing director of
Woolworths Ltd„ ranks 50 one
of Britain's most highly paid ex-
ecutives. Thirty years back he
started worked in the firm's Ox-
ford Street store. And meteoric
as his climb proved, from assi-
tent to manager, from area su-
perintendent to director, the
driving force behind it drew
power from an earlier ordeal
and triumph,
While fighting in France during
the 1914-18 war he was wounded
and blinded. Even surgeons
thought it improbable that he
would ever regain his sight. But
he did!
Through sheer will -power, he
fought his way back to clear vis-
ion.
The bursting of a blood vessel
in one of his lungs proved the '
escape route for a struggling
draper's. apprentice. It launched
him on a lifetime of titantic lit-
erary labour, which imprinted
his name on the world's mind,
and on history's enduring pages.
For, as 11, G. Wells himself said,
"I had -an exceptionally hard
time of it when I was trying to
gain a footing in journalism. I
could get very little printed . ,
A lung went wrong and while I
was lying on my back it was
imperative that I should write
articles and sell them or go to
the parish infirmary."
Had H. G.` Wells lived in a
modern welfare state, would he
have been so goaded?
An accidental setback turned,
too, an athletic young chap into
a prodigiously successful and
world-famous cartoonist.
Millions know Robert Ripley's
"Believe it or Not" series. Yet
for all the incredible facts he dug
out and cartooned, his greatest
"Believe it or Not" story was him-
self
A scratch golfer, first-class ten-
nis player and useful boxer, he
was also a brilliant baseball
pitcher. But one day he over -
pitched and broke his arm by the
throw. The accident sent him back
to the drawing -board, a school-
boy hobby of his. Slowly, he be-
gan to prosper, then through a
happy thought he decided to re-
title a series of sports oddities
called "Champs and Chumps."
That's a good heading, he
thought, but "Believe it or Note
is better.
It is often best to be born with-
out a silver spoon in your mouth
if you're going to fight your way
to success like John D Rocke-
feller did.
His critics described him as an
aged dodderer, paralyzed by
chronic dispepsia, living in dread
of his life, and condemned to a
daily diet of bread and milk, If
that's millions, they said, give me
dimes. But the picture was a lie.
Even aged ninety-eight, he had
remarkable physical vigour and
dined out on anything but bread
and milk!
As he once preached to a Bible
class (all his life he remained a
devout Baptist): "1 believe it is
a religious duty to get all the
money you can, fairly and hon-
estly, and to give away all you
can. What is success? It is mon-
ey? Some of you have all the
money you need to provide for
your wants. Who is the poorest
man in the world? I will tell you.
The poorest man I know is the
man who has nothing but money."
True to his creed, he gave away
a clear £160 millions before he
died in 1937. He was a man, fun-
damentally, after Billy Graham's
own heart,
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Reaching Skyward — David Spinney has a bumper corn crop
in his back yard. Given the seeds last Hallowe'en, David planted
them early In March with this seven -foot -high result. Despite the
excellent results, five-year-old Dave would rather be a pilot thon
a farmer.
Every fIumlhouses should have
w downstairs bedroom, is the
contention of Dr, Paul H. ?luck,
writing in the Farm Journal he
has some interesting things to
say on the subject.
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My triend and patient, Dan
Foster, was full of house -building
plans. At Last, after ten years
on the farm, the Fosters could
have a new home. Dan and
Martha asked me out to dinner,
so they could show me the blue-
prints.
Dan hung over me, pointing out
the details: a playroom for the
youngsters, picture windows, a
dishwasher sink, and storage
closets galore, They'd thought of
everything—almost!
"Well, there's the castle!" Dan
crowed, waving the plans in my
face. But right away he detected
a flaw in my enthusiasm "What's
wrong, Doc?"
I was remembering other times
I'd visited the Fosters -and not
for dinner. The time Dan sprain-
ed his foot jumping off the
tractor; those two months we had
to put Martha to bed before little
Dan was due; the spring the kids
had mumps and gave them to
their dad.
I said: "This plan doesn't show
a first -floor bedroom, A bedroom
downstairs melees a mighty.handy
sickroom."
Dan bristled up. "Look, Doc,
we're planning a home. not a
hospital."
"Even so," 1 said, "you need a
downstairs bedroom—for guests,
and for a daytime nursery,"
(Martha's new baby was schedul-
ed for April.)
Dan argued: "What's wrong
with using one of upstairs rooms
if anyone gets sick?"
Stairs — that was what was
wrong, I told hien, "Just because
Martha's been used to running up
and down for ten years, to tend
the bunch of you, doesn't mean
she should go on doing it. No
wonder she has varicose veins.
And what about my legs? A
doctor ought to charge a double
fee when the sick room is up -
eters."
1 won my point. Dari and
Martha crossed out "Den" on the
first -floor plan and substituted
"bedroom" there and then. (They
switched the den to One of those
upstairs rooms.)
My next bout was with Al, ,,he
architect. "What's this I hear
about: Dan's den being changed
to a bedroom?" he demanded 1
had a tough time convincing him
that a downstairs bedroom—pro-
perly planned to take care of sick-
ness—was necessary I told him:
Even the average healthy per.
son is laid up three to five days a
year -. with colds some throat,
diarrhea, and the like. To say
nothing or mothers coining home
with hew babies, patients coeval -
eyeing from operations, and child•
ren going to bed with everything
from the chicken pox to sour -
apple tummy ache.
13y BOW, Al was shouting:
"Hold it Doc! That's why people
carry hospitalization insurance --
so they ran be.: Me in the hoe.
pit.al,,,
"11 they're sick enough," I
agreed. "So maybe I send Dan
to the hospital with appendicitis.
In five days, they ship him home.
That insurance you're talking
about keeps hospital beds in de-
mand, Nowadays you're expect-
ed to convalesce in your own bed-
room."
So we got down to business,
We cut a door from the convert-
ed den into the hall bathroom,
and we gave that bathroom a
closet for sickroom accessories—
bedpan, heating pad, hot water
bottle, rubber sheets, even extra
bed linen. We also planned e
special medicine cabinet—with a
lock—in the bathroom wall.
We widened the bedroom door
to 38 inches, so that it could ad.
mit an ambulance cot of a wheel
chair, And we relocated the tele-
phone, handy to the bedroom and
on a long cord, so Dan could talk
business while convalescing,
1 held out for a big, bright ceil-
ing light. When the arehitect'de-
murred, I asked him: "How can
I spot measels at midnight ---by a
bed lamp?" He threw up his
hands. First time he'd ever had
to mix measels with blueprints!
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Martha nearly blew up when 1
meddled with her furnishing plan.
I ruled out a broadloom rug,
flossy draperies, and the big
double bed. But when they in-
vited me out to see the finished
room, she and Dan were as pleas-
ed as if it had been their idea
Twin beds provide for patient
and nurse (or soother). They're
not hospital beds, but they can
be elevated on blocks during ill-
ness. The rug is washable, and
Martha put up good, plastic draw
curtains as cheerful as chintz.
That downstairs, homey guest
room has already done sick duty
several times. But in spite of
waiting on flu, measels, and the
slipped cartilage in Dan's knee,
Martha's varicose veins have im-
proved.
What's more, Dan's mother,
who- hasn't walked a step since
she had that stroke, paid them a
long visit recently. She wheeled
her chair comfortably in and out
of that bedroom a dozen times a
clay. Upstairs, she'd have been
cut off from TV and the tele.
phone—and Martha would have
had to carry up meal trays,
Even Al, the architect, now
agrees that nothing (except may-
be an automobile) can save as
many steps as a well-planned
bedroom -- downstairs!
?QU)DEJI1N ART
The night porter of the house
where artist Salvador Dali, the
extreme modernist, was staying
while in New York helped police
catch a burglar by remembering
the man's appearance and snaking
a quick sketch of it.
Deli was so impressed that,
when his own olnce was robbed
soon after, he observed the ban.
dit who tied him up, and later
did a painting of the man, which
he gave to the police. Guided by
the sketch, the police promptly
rounded up two hundred people,
a home, a hearse, a ('11Jary, a
pair of crutchc0 nisei a Sovi.v
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DAY SCHOOL
LESSON
Re Rev, lt, Barclay Warren.
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Choosing The .Best
b4lliattlrew 0:80-33; Philippians
1:9-11; 4:8•
Memory Selection: This 1 pray,
that your love may abound yet
more and more in knowledge
and in all judgment; that ye maY
approve things that are excel-
k'ut.-1Phllippians 1:9-10.
Canadians have a standard of
living second only to Ottr neigh-
bours in U.S.A. Our homes,
automobiles, clothes, TV sets and
innumerable luxuries classify us
as a prosperous people. This is line,
However, when people become
absorbed in the getting of
things their lives become off-
balance and they are unhappy,
Jesus said, "Seek ye first the
kingdom of God, and His right-
eousness; and all these things
shall be added unto you.” These
things refer to food, drink and
clothing; the things which Our
heavenly 'Father knows we
need. Here is a gracious and
comprehensive promise. If we
take this way then our worries
forthe present and future are
over. It is a simple recipe. ,Put
God first in your life, Let His
,grace make your life right and
then do your best that others
may know Him, too. Life will
take on its proper perspective,
Paul prays that our love may
so abound in knowledge and
judgment that we may approve
things that are excellent, There
are many good pursuits in life.
There are many good books to
read. Let us choose the best. Let
the geed give way to the best,
Our mind should be a garden
of beautiful thoughts. Here we
should entertain only the true,
the honest, the just, the pure
and the lovely. Then our speech
and Our actions will be beautiful
toe,
When we yield our life to
Jesus Christ, confess our sins
and believe in Him as our Lord
and Saviour, we have chosen the
best. Then 1t Is natural and easy
to choose those things which
please Him.
dd Honeymoons
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Boneylir0on is a worn which
eau mean vastly different things
to different people. Last year the.
director Of a firm specializing in
sports -diving equipment attended
to an engaged couple:
They bought a diving outtit.
With this they planned to go to
St. Ives and catch lobsters under
.the surface of the sea.
Other newly-weds have been
equally energetic, After their
marriage On t o p of 8,000' toot
Swuaw Peak, in California, one
bride and groom skied to the bot-
tom, She wore her wedding dress;
he a dinner -jacket,
Sometimes one of the newly-
weds has had to honeymoon in
hospital, A Northumberland man,
injured at work, had to return to
his sick bed by stretcher. A Wilt-
shire bride went straight from re-
ception to hospital, having been
given four hours' leave for the
ceremony.
It's n0 unusual thing for couples
to be parted practically the second
the knot has been tied. A young
Portsmouth soldier, absent from
his 'unit without permission, de-
parted from his bride with the
pollee.
Voluntary partings on the wed-
ding night have occurred. At a
Devonshire court last year it was
stated that a young soldier had
waited until his bride was asleep.
Then he had crept out of the
house to commit a burglary.
On her wedding night one
American b r i de had to go in
search Of her husband. He was on
his Own, downing two bottles of
whisky won from friends who
had bet him he'd never Marry.
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There's No Cease -Fire in Farmers' War With Nature — Despite
drought early in the growing season which threatened wheat -
belt crops, a bumper harvest is combined at the Kenneth Do+..q-
las farm (above). With wheat -belt farmers expecting a more than
bountiful harvest, acreages for 1955 plantings will be cut sharply
by the U. 5. Department of Agriculture, to reduce a further
increase of grain in storage. Failing to knock out the farmers
with drought, Mother Nature has sent her insect army into
the field. Waiting to get in their licks, the advance guard of a
horde of grasshoppers perches on wheat stubble In a field
before going on to more tasty cornfields and gardens. Fruit
growers fear a ravenous invasion of peach and apple orchards,
and have started spraying as a control precaution: