HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1950-12-21, Page 6ONI
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\tiouhln'i it be nice 11 t could
look forward to jlst oto' Christmas
without any war worries? Seems
to me' that with almost every (hrists
moo that Coutes turmoil; we • arc
either in the middle of a war; or
grieving about a war just past, or
worrying about a war'that 'tray
materiali'e in the not too distant
future, If we so desired we could
think of little else but war --worry
over it by dcty and dread( about it -
by night -sand after all where would
that get usp 11-orrying about things
absolutely beyond our control never
has got anynue anywhere yet. And
by that I dor't mean that we should
not concern ourselves with the
present grave crisis, But thinking
and worrying are too different
thing;, "Thinking is, or should be,
constructive. Worrying produces a
meddle-heled, defeatist attitude.
The chronic worrier ((takes life
m:serable for himself and those
with whom he is ie daily. contact.
Aed there is no limit to the things .
a person can tind- to worry about
--the high cost of living, what the
government does or doesn't do, the
free and easy way the young fol!:
li5e, the weather, if we get too
:much rain, t'',e dust. if wcr get too
little; pre-cut day education—and
of course, the thretteoing war
clouds—and the atom bomb, Yes,
there is so '.(lath to life we cannot
prevent Int ii we are called upon
to face major problems we can at
least call on our reserve supply of
energy and e rlliitence :.;.d tort let
it get us don. Thor 1)•e times .
when the ,ori,: engem." we have to
face is our own fear. If we cannot
have "peace •i t our tine" theft we
must do thy bust we can w-ith con-
ditions as W.r find tte.i ,
•
Perhaps -garlic a bit "preachy"
eachy'
..but ma- l,1' l am just talk ii g to
myself becam...: oftentimes 1 find
myself worrying when it isn't neces-
sary at all. As, for instance, this
last Saturday. Niece nabs was. to
arrive one the noon bus—and prob-
ably daughter as well. Saturday
forenoon the weather was terrible-
-rain, - sleet. ice and fog. 1 had
visions o: them having an awful
bus ride from Toronto -lot 1 also
knew that in the city they would
not realize •i';lrat the road and wea-
ther conditions would be like in the
country. Se 1 phoned Dabs and
explained toy worry and suggested
it might be wise to postpone her
visit, She tt as quite surprised, (b-
viorrsly dr•appomted and not in the
least alarmed about the trip. 01
course I told her to please herself
and that 1 w onld tweet the bus any-
way. Well, She arrived, despite fog
and road conditions. And the bus
was on time—it was 1 that was
latel f-Iad to stop and wipe off the
spark plugs before the car would
start, i)auglit<et' did not come at all.
She phoned later to say she was
busy papering the hall. tVe have
strong competition in that house of
hers.
Sunday afr•rnoun I;ah, aad 1
started our fora little dive—,lust
up the road to sec how; our new
paved -highway was gcttiug on. It
should Hate been finished by now
but last week's whiter storm made
that impossible so doe!ear our
way we still have a gravel roar!.
And. diff we know it! It was very
,fishy but I 'lid not realize *vital
we had let ourselves in fur 113t11 a
truck came along. As he passed us
the flying slush covet -et" thy poor
little car from roof to robber. The
windshield v1119 completely dostid
and was tic, touch for the 'wipers
to clean •off,;So 1 Moet perforce get
out and clean it with a cloth. All
was well until we met another cru
—abig ear. By this time 1 Ital.zcd
a little English car has its disad'
vantages. It was like a little boy
having his face plastered by- a big
bully --although 1 must admit that
in this ca,c neither the truck nor
the care •could help what they did
--it was the size and weight of
them that was responsible. My poor
little infant didn't so much as splash
the fenders of the other cars. Gabs
and 1 finally ducked •every tithe we
saw a- ear conning' --we both felt
as if the flying mud must sut.iy
come right through the -windshield -
After haif•an-!tour's elrive we were
"Dry" Run—Practicing up for the pie c,atiug contest at a loud
;show are Tl' dthe Ilnff, 8, and Rex Lott, 9, The ntessv coolest
is staged twice daily at the show.
content to come back to out books
and the comfortable chairs we had
vaeatesi.
- And speaking of in;,>1:. --ii you
are planning to give a hook to mot-
or' for C hriatOn, -Son „t a 'nom
sand Barg_" by 1ht'ttta ii Cans
tale i, jest about too,. II is the
story ,.t. ,, hat bite!( o little Eng-
lish emigrant boy when he MIS
Bent to Canada 10 ti -e, gay 90'1. It
is cleat: ,e'.c,tiiill and, of course,
well -Written, lte,ldin the reader's
interest fry, lit 1'70+::1'r O, ea'/1''r.
The 11' 0' uku- ;vertu a sting
popnl:•.r dorm(, tl:c ltecr \Vat' -'-
whicb 1 dimly rentianbn', butt not
as id '. C'0+120 1 gi':e= it. "COWS
soil, duke's ,on, so:: of a millionaire"
is enc' wen-:o't—as against Mr. Cos-
tain's — "Duke's -uta. cook's son,
son of a thousand Linos." I doubt
1t the author's menlc.r;. goes back _
that far but I would very touch
like to know if other old country
people rcntemmber the exact words—
perhaps the chorus was trot the
same all the way through the song,
and tote; hi• ',otli versions are right.
'I he darlings o1 the dormitory!
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Laura Wheeler's, hnpruvud pat-
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so sintole with its chart:, photos
and ccncisr directions.
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ho. k,
Famous Piano Piece
Written For Cash
After his ortiduatiuu aunt • the
Conservatory, Sergei for tit first
flute in Inc life ,vas on his own.
'ibis second-rate Hotel sneri0a at
which he lived was situated on one
of the vtide and noisy boolevards
and
wae used by trtivelim i s31's-
ntf11. 111(11'171 n. and per '011, pf no
eleirrly distilled occupation. 'There.
in the spring of 1(1113, he c t:tpooetl
ills Prelude in (Oskar', muuot—a
p;rec• that•was to equal-1'aderecv-
ski's Minuet in its wide popularity,
and Iran to become so intimately
associated with Rachtn;utius'll"a per-
son that he wets sonatina, ,•ailed
,'.;lir. C -sharp Minor."
\\'hen I .aced Sargei kachutani-
ruff= what inspire] hila to write
his Prelude, hw said shltph: "I;orty.
rubles. \l> tnthlisher oillered toe
tau hundred ruble, for to . short
ces for p1 , :aid tlo,t Prelude
(las nuc of thelia."
Gmgmeratilc• are the stories that
letve been rcmn•oete,i ltd tilsmit this
Prelude—shout the dramatic hacl:
ground that ".inspired" it and the
circumstances iui which it. wits writ-
ten. Sonar•, for instance, com;e't the.
piece with the composer's vision of
Napoleon's iptasiun of Russia:
hrcmliu bells, the Freed( army, the
cruel fate that befell Rus.laiss ett-
dentttcd by the Tsars to walk all
the way to Siberia.
Nothing of the kited was in the
composer's mind. Indeed. as, liacll-
ntaninoff himself repeatedly stated,
the composition has no "p'Cgralti'
a•: its background.
.'1s for any di'ainatic episode
-Lich "inspired" Set_gci to 00111-
1•0.=' this '1'relude, as 1 have saki,
there was none. The five hundred -
rables that Gutheil paid him for
his opera attd two 01210s had long
ago been spent, s(1 when Gtitleo
offered another two hundred rubles
for live short pieces for the piano,•
Sergei wrote tient—at forty rubles
each, the equivalent of twenty dol-
lars. tie (lid not even bother 10
have any of theirs .copyrighted in
his 01011 1111111e. Later, whets he Ie
cam' a world-faninus piani: (, Ise
could not decide whether this urer•-
siglmt had or had not worked to his
disadvantage, On going to eloglatd
in .1908, he learned that alt the
pianists there were playing his Pre,
hide: so were .\timerican Maoists. --
Prom 'l:achntaninoff: A i1!e.1raptiv;
by Victor I. Sero(F.: • -
Longer Locks
Coining?
.........—
California hat designers, lila
1, r:rlhiterl4 eveywltere, apparently
1 t,r'litet that women will he wear -
11. 111 hair ailonger in 11)61. ill
the 11(. w 1(i•• ,1 ear lung hats
emphasisw ns i •.rod .
un tN oll rte
t
eta Wag' at hncic to allon )u,"
lour er;i•,eks and for the io-tcrea=iup±.
l' not talar chignon.
Teats were posed well Ior ward
throughout the l'olleetin l', with-
out actually c'ov'ering the hairline.
Much was dine with delicate flow-
ers, Lather theft the bulky flower
trim of hast seasons, and veiling
too was on the dainty side. Ribbon
ac'cnt, espeeitdly, velvet, was hiolts
lighted, and three was e011Ficlerttbte
7155 of fitly rhinestone or imitation
jewels.
Straow, A'rt's -howl( in greater
variety -that. for several seasons,.
ranging from smooth to rough,
and colours tr.o raft the gamut front
vivid to soft, with the atauve 10
lii;w tunes looking particularly new.
Trains Trim Moose
By 118 to 0 Score
'I'1c1 strtutgest ..-:end llltlet per-
plrsittg-• •problem faced by ,Alaska
111111oad crewmen is ... the 1(11)01'.
Often weighing nearly a ton, this
huge it( utke for grant
cul that his is ho gest priority
'-to the railroad right. of way.
1115011: ?they a slaughtered
inoo,r.
'NO dvwciopmcut,, howcrcr, pro-
of.e to solve the "1111101' problem."
Oise is an oscillating crossing
warning light. Installed ;drove the
"oto csci etcher" of tite locomotive,
it thtorws out a powerful lwam of
light that whirls like a pinwheel,
'the to ginirn' can switch it from
:visite to ted. This device has been
sleet -.tl -etr1) in tl'tytime - in
scaring moose 0IT the track.
The ether r eveloptttemt i, a
"moose
carpet-" lir sheets of alu-
n,inunthuid tlotwn over the ties of
trestles tool bridges. This prevents
?Ir, \inose, frost stepping betWeee
the ties and injuring'ilcci..i1.
Whet. lit r1( -c do become casualties
....often iru111 charging the locotnn.
tire--tly rine dressed on the spot
lw train crew,, The !teat is given
to :11as1ea Native Service Schools,
5':!:ere ;1 berouses strat'.s and
"1a0o=ehmryets."
In for stiulcr mf 1917 48, 118
moose w'cr' destroyed in "Moose
Alley," lift mile: northward front
• Anchorage. 1 a,t winter only a
(town were struck along the en-
tire railroad. -
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"(Dear Anne !ter'( lr, lite, life
io tont ono hap plchlctu 1 to
20, .not Inter. bec011te ellg tgvd 1,/
a !lee, ys'tclg 1115(1. 1l was, a lase
ria e of love at first
sight (or so 1
thuugh11 and
naturally 1 ac'•
ceptect his pri,.
posy!.
"For w
the intim:, lctol:
ed• bright. We
were very much
t , ° in love. His 111 -
toffy are wonderful and I'm Very
fond of then(, es he is of mine.
"lint lately he has grown cold,
\4e used to (late several nights. a
Week, 11011 it's only Saturdays. Ile
doesn't write or call rue as he used •
to, 1 !:now there isn't .anyone else,
lett 1 •sin so worried and (mixed
tip 1 don't itucise (what to do.
"Ile thinks he can treat 111e tory
way he likes and get away with it.
I've taken just about- all 1 can.
It. hurts when the pile you lore ,
1 inconsiderate, and even mean to
you.
Ile fusses continually about
everything. He takes me places he
wants 10 go, never where t prefer.
1 give in, t0 save these angry
svenes he throws when he is cross-
ed. Vet 1 cannot see 1,01 10e '1 leave
dour ;olyticing 10 OffellZ 111111.
"Iaecpl that I refused to be n
wife pi him when he demanded
that, lee insists it isn't +wrong, since
we plan t0 get (tarried, -
"I aim tempted to break our en..
t a(emcnt. 1 tum desperately un-
happy as tiring, are. 1 can't beta'
to give him up,-- I. there anything
1 can do to help him be as kind
as he used to he*:
I,' It: 1WIL1)FRED"
if you marry this man RS ire is
now-, I'm afraid your fife would
be miserable.
(1
may be that your refusal
SNOW FOR THE TREE
Tr:mining the Christmas tree 55 lib
flttffy 511011 7'5 east' if y1311 e151 5(212!
flaie.s. 11 won't melt either.
here's !Tow it's done: Use titres
or foto'- cups of soap flakes to one
cup of warm water. Beat with elec-
tr:c herder or !ternd beater until
smooth and fluffy. Then spread im-
mediately over branches 0t- tree,.
scattering it on with hands..
For sparkle. spread 011 50111r arti-
ficial glistening snoiw.
Cake Walk—The new Mr. attd Mrs. Joseph- Cinlino, Jr., kiss
beneath the six-foot arch of their wedding cake followwing their
marriage. The giant cake wweiglied 500 pound s and fled 901,
guests at the reception,
to give lair, a liusltancl's pri..
vii ges hes angered hint to such
t degree that be is, at this lath
• dote.::bowing ids teal nature. Ile
0, acts like a spoiled child, insist-
" ing tepofn doing as he pleases twit!,
lit, regard for .your wishes. Don't
* you realize !tow impossible he
* would be as a latesband?.'Then yelp
* would have 110 Choice hitt to
yes !tint daily, subdue all your
'•' own pleasures to share his, and
* become the historic doormat that
* such a luau wants for a wife.
• Have a plait( talk d'itlr hien.
* It may be that he does not
realize hots inconsiderate he is .
* being, how self-centered and
t' domineering, Once 'loris eyes are
., opened to the truth, he will try
* to Control these traits that dis'•
* please. you and become consider-
*' ate, and protective—if he really
* loves you. He seems to love only
* himself lust now, but perhaps Ice
* does pot realize it. lizplaiti stow
t' you feel—and tell him to go home
and think it over, -
Your pleasure, y01117 desires;
* your preferences, should rate first
* with him. The lutsbaud who
11' mattes his wife happy is the
* one who thinks first of her, and
'1 in (bah finds his true •content-
* ment. If he does not, you will
n' knots he is not the titan for you.
Don't see Rini for a while. A
* little separation ntac wake him
* 11p.
If your fiance has changed 11'
little separation may make Mine
realize it. Ask Anne Hirst whether
this is indicated in your ease, Write
Boit 1, 123 Eighteenth street, New
Toronto, Ontario.
And the
RELIEF is LASTING
Nobody knows the cause of rheuma-
tism but we do know there's once
thing to ease the pain - . - itis
INSaatwaaNE.
And when you take INSTANT=
the relief is prolonged because
INSTANTINE contains not one, but
three proven medical ingredients.
These three ingredients work together
to bring you not only fast relief but
more prolonged relief.
Take INSTANT/NE for fast headache
relief too . - . or for the pains of
neuritis or neuralgia and the aches and
pains that often
accompany a cold.
Get instentine today
and always
keep It handy
12 -Tablet Tin 25mm
Economical AB -Tablet Bottle 694
ISSUE 51 — 1950
(Nn noun( uefenc. (Indio).
Relnetnbratt'ce .Day :Isar Away---0flic'ers Inuit men from the Canadian destroyers Cayuga and Athabaskau and members of the
Canadian colony in Hong K,ottg observe two minutes silence during a Remembrance Day- ceremony in Sai Man military cem-
etery, near Tlong Kong. The destroyers paid a semi -operational visit to Bong Kong in November and on Rtiueml;1'ance Day
held a special service in the cemetery where 281 Canadians wtto died in the defence of Hong Kong in T)ectlllter, 1941 c t'1' berried.