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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1950-01-05, Page 2King Inspects Bibles—King George VI examines a few of the thousands of Bibles sent all over the world by the British and Foreign Bible Society. He was visiting the Society's bead- quarters eadquarters in London with the queen. THREE CHEERS FOR OUR .SIDEI is the title of an article in she latest teen* of the English weekly, "Tit Bits," to come to band; and we only wish we had the apace to reprint the piece in its en - Meaty, It eertainly says some things that badly needed saying, in these three when almost everybody everts to delight in putting the beats To poor old John Bull, • r "We should be grateful to any- body who gives ns a laugh theee days," writes Wilfrid Webster, "so three hearty cheers] foe Professor A. A. Mavrodin, od Leningrad Und- versity, "It wasn't we who defeet- ed the Spanish Armada, he hoe discovered. but the Russians." "The English ships were made of Russian wood," he has just told the world. "They tailed under Russian sails and were painted with Russian tar. Russia made it possible for the 'English fleet to defeat the Armada." , F M ert. con sure, Professor}' emit - virtue the writer, that the winning edelliral' a name wasn't Francisley Dette meitch? From there, leer. Webster ooce ant to .deal with some more regent pieces of stone -throwing. "Not by Any means so amusingham bean .the attitude recently dsplayed to- 'syar d ua by Ben Hogan, non-play- ing captain od the American pro- fessional golf team which estrus ever here in September. In spite of being auetalned by 600 Meake and other meat which ottr kindly euetoma let them }nvport without fieence, the Tesiting. golfers were 'beaten in the Ryder Chep frlva•somee. * * "'Then they retained the oleo by winning all the :tingles, and all oar sports writers and all our defeated playora paid tribute to the brilliant play of the Ametkene." • * But was Hogan happy/ Not he. en landing back in New York, he eisid he did not like British golf. "British courses," he added, are terrible!" And he didn't mean meat ,ones! • a e Back from Britain in the same chip was Fred Perry, pre-war Wim- bledon lawn tennis champion. 'Nobody can play tennis over there any more," he was kind enough to say,"and the courts are in terrible redition." Equally severe were the com- ments of Evangelist Renee Martz. (In case you don't happen to know, or remember, Miss Martz is nine years old and is widely billed aa The Wonder -Child Preacher), "No matter what 1 ate," commented Renee, speaking of her experiences in Britain, "it did not fill me up. Their ice cream is terrible. I slid not like their candy, The people are threadbare and shabby!" * Not having been born until 1940 .-remarks the anrhor—the little evangelist can hardly be blamed for not appreciating the main cause of our austerity. But surely the two sportsmen should have had some inkling of what has been going on in these isles in the last 10 years. Ae an American, Hogan may be largely forgiven for his ignorance, and so may Perry, for he has long been a United States citizen. 'The fact is that the average .American has very little appre, ia- tIon of the fundamental causes of Britain's present plight, nor does he realize the treenendous strain to which ell our resources (including golf eourses and tennis courts) were subjected during the war, two years of which we endured before the United States was forced into the conflict. Mr. Webetee expiates that this lack of appreciation is not due to indifference, and that the average American is well disposed toward the people of Britain. "It is largely because the facts tnbout Britain are either kept from, or distorted into falsehood. When the instalments of Winston Church- lIl'n eecond war book, "Their Fio- ect Hour," appeared in the Daily Telegraph, we were given the com- parative figures of British and American casualties. The magazine, Life, which holds the United States sights for Mr. Churchill's memoir*, gut out those figures. Life's editor *pared his readere the knowledge that, in proportion to the two na- Clone' population, Britain lost twice ee many fighting men as did the "United States.. He also left out all mention of the 60,000 Bl4tieh civil - lane killed in air raids." 4 * But this is all we can quote from s very ably written article. This iv supposed to be a column about sports, and it was the rental -Ire of Shoge two noted "sportsmen," Bon Hogan and Fred Perry, which first ought our eye. a e e `kci11, thinking it over again, per- haps they just furnish further evi- dence of tate growing tendency of n whole lot of athletes and sports figure, to take themselves much, mush too seriously. W4 don't need to confine ourselves to golf end tennis to see glaring examples of this tendency—or to travel south of the border to find it, either! Double Scrubbing — New York's water -saving campaign put both little Madigan kiddies in the tame bath tub. Maureen, age�2V2, took it nicely, hut Jimmy, age 4 months, seems to say, "What's going on here?" Mother, ;'firs, Dorothy Radignit, serutto Away wing as little wetat as possible. Baa,pww0asa asmeA meaaetemoseleloaeleima:z=ami R ` : ,,,,,, -„ ria Chink In The Armour d l poet Stacy by Glees Plummer 'Dims wee a legend In the remote Susses( village of Cattylvby. It was known throughout the length and breadth of the country—and, indeed farther ntield-the legend of Lady Catesby of Catesby Manor, a lady bountiful par excellence. And now, though she was dead, the legend would never die. It seemed to Martin Gregory, wandering son of the village, that nothing bad changed since he had left many years before. Even the tramp w'hont he and Bill Daley, the factor's son, bad christened Sunny Jim, was sitting there by the lodge gates in his dirt and his happiness, cooking a .stew identical with the l'orrible concoctions he had brewed all those years ago when Martin and 13111 had been lads together. But now the estate had passed to the National 'frust and the long line of the (•aieshys was finished. It was with a kind of melancholy pride that Bill Daley led the first party of visitors from the gate- house, lip the drive, and in through the great fodrin doorway. For a 70017007, Martin Gregory stood end teetclled. Th C11 lto glanced at Slimly Jim, who stared back. It wa.•n't often Jim spoke. but the ltapiriness which glowed from hint needed no wards. Now he spoke slowly, as if its voice were .it instrnnlent rusty through lack of 7147' '"i'd go, too, if 1 wits you. sir," he wheezed. "Nitre to 'ear tell 'boat 'er Ladyship." Martin grinned at him. !All right, It's years since I've been in these parts. i thought I'd like to Bee the leaves before they fell. Sentimental. I suppose." He paid leis money at the gate- house, took his ricket, and crept into the great hall as Bill Daley was warming to his theme, Solite \shim prompted him to keep in the background of the party where he wouldn't be noticed. "And that, ladies and gentlemen," Bill was Saying. "is the portrait of Lady Cateshy herself, painted a short time before she died," The party lifted tis eyes from the fireplace with its armorial bearings to the picture above, and stared en reverent silence at the painting ---of a woman somehow lacking in humanity. 'The famous artist ;.tad succeeded in slrowing no more than he bad been able to die- eover—a beautiful, empty shell. "She was a very wonderful wom- an." Bill went on. "The village will never forget her." There was an expression of devotion on his face 'fire almost trance -like look was now reflected in the eyes of hie listeners. They, too, had read of the legend in their newspapers. As Martin listened, the old spell began to fall on hint. It was true, every word of it—the houses she had budit in the village, the well- equipped schoolhouse, the prize herds, the femme beech woods, the model farms. And yet, it secured there was more happiness in the grimy face of the old trwnsp—t se proverbial poor man an the gate—than in dun of Irene, Lady Cateeby. But if there were doubt* in Mar- tin's mind, there were none in Bill's. He, like Martin, had been througth the war, but it seethed to hevo Ieft him untouched, as if in the core of hie being there stilt remained thee vision, this faith in a legend. Then he directed his hearers' gaze towards the picture which hung be- side that of Lady Catesby, of Rog- er, her husband. Here, too, was perfection, A beautiful love story, cut short by the death of his lord. whip. He was drowned on his way we join an expedition to free some obscure European country from the yoke of another, Bill Daley's geography was ie unreal as his grasp of life, but there was no mistaking his sincerity as he told x story of deathless gel. lantry. The audience sighed nostalgical- ly. Not even Hollywood had con- ceived anything like this• And now it focussed its gazed on the next portrait, of young Jeremy Catesby, their only son. And here, again, was that lustre of heroism; for he had loot his life on a climbing ex- pedition in Africa. It was then, es Bill's voice went on eulogizing, that Martin's clear doctor's brain began to question. Why had young Jeremy—whom he had known as a quiet, gentle lad, a bookworm et heart—goneoff into a dark continent that could have held no attraction for hien, and died in e. teat of physical endurance for which he was utterly unsuited? And more strangely stili, why' should this father, a conventional 1EDisglisll gentleman, have sacciffeed himself in a cause whiclh eoutd not have touched hint in the very leae¢? What was the chink in the er- ntor?'Why was it that somehow the story seemed to ring false, As Martin went over the house, he was again caught and held by the spell, and his imagination wee still dazzled when, at tate end of the tour, he went up to Bill and made himself known, "it's grand to see you here still, old than," he said. warmly, '`I re- member how you loved the old place." Bill gripped his outstretched hand. "Gosh, Martin Gregory, by all that wonderful! Yea, it was a bit of luck being kept on here, It's meant so much to rte, "1 read about the estate being Oaken aver, and I felt I'd like to see the beech woods again," Martin told hint. "I've dreamed of 'eat fu the most outlandish places." Gill -smiled understandingly, Then his voice tilled with emotion, "it's a year almost to the day since her Ladyship died. But it doesn't scent possible she isn't with its still, there .are so aunty signs of her goodness ke erywllere." file two Wren walked slowly (town to the gatehoua., where an- other party of eights,. es was be- ginning to collect. "It aea'nta as if ice were still kids together, you and I and young Jeremy," Bill . continued, "Such s tragedy he went, too. But then, It was a fitting end for a Catesby." 1 -lc lit his pipe and pointed. "]even old Sunny Theis Here to wel- come youl Queer how he turns up every autumn, 12 member how he'd always arrive in time to see the leaves turn? Then he'd dis- appear again." lie laughed awk- wardly. "i expect it was only co- incidence, really, You'd hardly ex- pect a tramp to care," "No, hardly," Martin agreed. When the last of the visitors had gone and Martin had supped with Bill in his quarters at the manor, he sauntered down to the gatehouse before turning in, for a last look at the house in the evening light. Sunny Jim was still sitting there, and Martin held out a plug of to- bacco to him. "Guess you'd rather have a chew than smoke," Ile said, with a grin. The tramp took the tobacco and stowed it away in some dingy inner recess. He pointed up to the trees, "Kinder pretty," be remarked, Martin nodded. Then, impulsively he said, "They're lovely, too, in winter, when they're bare. You'd like 'em. I expect things'll loosen up a bit now her Ladyship's gone. Maybe you could find yourself a corner somewhere around, where you'd .be snug and dry. There's a gamekeeper's shack in the woods that hasn't been used for years, so Mr. Daley tells ale." Sunny Jim's face broke into a delighted grin, showing broken teeth, "It's an idea, sir," he said. "I'n'k sure 'er Ladyship wouldn't have approved, but now, 1 guess 1'11 give it a try." Then something flashed into Martina mind—suddenly, like a voice speaking that wasn't his CIVIL 1 -le ewung open the gate,. and with a gesture that was ie no way ironic, he swept off his hat, and said: "Welcome home, my Lord!" For a moment the tramp regard- ed him without a blink, Then with dignity, he collected his few ludic- rous belongings and moved slowly through the gates. When he spoke, his voice had changed. "She was a maniac for perfection was Irene," he stuttered. "And in the end, it would have driven me ntad. I suppose the boy couldn't stand it either. She was never meant for this world. She's much better suited where she's gone." Now there was a ghost of a smile an his weatherbeaten face. "I tried to keep away, all those years. But—it was the beech woods that drew me back. I loved 'em, you know—always shall. He raised his battered hat iu salutation. 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