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Looking Down On
A Colored Dawn
It was very quiet, bat light
enough now. Still no one
I stood in the dew and pulled
the propeller) the Aeronca burst
into life. Watchful of the whir-
ring and almost invisible blades,
I removed the wheel chocks and
climbed in, and as I fastened 'the
safety belt 1 taxied out and away
from the hangar, The wheels
kicked up sprays of dew from
the grass onto the undersurface
of the wings,
I took off and rose into silky
smoothness, not a ripple or a
breath of air disturbed my
wings, The aroma of the morn-
ing was strong and sweet. The
village lights glittered, and the
hills were dark and clear, The
eastern sky was glowing with
the hidden fire below the hori-
zon, and the fire was reflected
In the dozen of farmyard ponds
tablets are scattered over the
land.
I looked closely at the ponds,
puzzled, for each had something.
hanging aver it, a small pink
crown, Then, as I gained alti-
tude and .flew over one of thein,
I saw that It was a ring of mist
rising from the surface of the
water in a perfect doughnut
shape, which coiled up and rose
from the center outward, like
a smoke ring blown up from
gigantic lips. They were every-
where; each pond was lidded
with its own pink doughnut, all
at the same height, each fitted in
size to its pond, and all rising up
into the air.
Then the sun came, jumping
over the edge of the world and
a moment latera ray shot across
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the land, throwing shadows aq
it went. All at once the lough-
nuts cliauged color, and were
now white against the dark Mee
hills. While I circled and watch.-
ad, they rose quickly as the
warmth of the sun fell upon
them. They broke up into frog-
meats and faded away, and were
gone.
The village lights were turn-
ed up now, The twin chimneys
on the river bents *belched up
black smoke, Someone down
there was firing the furnaces, I
supposed. Two graceful plumes
rose together into the quiet sky,
and together they curved side-
ways and drifted in the pressure
of the light wind....
Many times since the flight of
the doughnuts I have taken off in
the early morning, either to go
somewhere, or just for fun. Al-
most always it is quiet, the air
of heavy, rich quality,and some-
times strange and wonderful
things are to be seen 'inthe dawn
sky. I have seen the mist over
the ponds in corkscrews, spiral-
ing upward, and once I found a
delicate memberane of cloud, in-
finitely thin and fragile, a sort
of skin. Once, a little blob of
vapor came sailing by, a little
sphere a yard or so across,, all by
Itself, And there is always peace,
and freedom and loneliness, in
the morning sky. — From "A
Sky of My Own," by Molly Bern -
helm.
Tumbling Into Debt
I'"Iead.Over.ileels
A man went into a small loan
company the other day and got
a $180 loan. Seems he wanted to
buy a new TV set, had $50, and
needed the balance. "How much
will it cost?" asked the borrower.
"Six per cent," said the lender,
"to be paid back in monthly in-
stallments of $15,90,"
The loan was negotiated as
thousands of similar loans are,
and the borrower went away
happy. What he didn't realize
was that since he would have
the use of the full $180 for only
a month the real interest wouldn't
be 6 per cent, it would total up
to over 11 per cent. •
A newly married couple went
into the finance company to ar-
range a mortgage on their dream
house. The pleasant fellow behind
the counter said yes, they could
have the mortgage — the rates
were .6 per cent for $10,000 over
20 years. "I thought interest'rates
were nearer 4 per cent," said
the young man, Ile was embar-
rassed, for this was his first big
loan, but he was determined, too.
The pleasant man behind the
counter explained rates have.
gone up — "tight money," you
know.
The young man did some figur-
ing. Four per cent interest on
$10,000 for 20 years would add
$4,500 to the' total cost. of their
dream house. That seemed high
enough, but '6 per cent would
bring it closer to $7,000. This par-
ticular couple decided to rent,
writes Richard L. Strout in the
Christian Science Monitor.
Let's take a third illustration:
The easy-going Smiths suddenly
discovered after Christmas they
were hocked right up to their
necks in installment debts and
needed a quick loan to tide them
over. Smith got credit from a
loan company and borrowed
$200. "The interest?" asked Mrs.
Smith. "Not bad — 3 per cent!"
Smith answered. What he didn't
say — if he understood it — was
that his state has no antiusury
law and he was paying 3 per cent
interest a month, in other words
36 per cent a year.
The American public is tumbl-
ing into debt head over heels.
Most automobiles are so financed
and most buyers seem to have
only vague notions of the in-
terest. The transaction is "$76.50
a month and the old oar," or
something like that,
"The constable gave you the
usual warning, I suppose'?" asked
the magistrate of the prisoner.
"Yes, sir. He said he'd wring
my neck if I didn't come quietly."
CAMERA BOW — Actress Brigitte Bardet and actor husband
Jacques Charrier pose happily in their Paris apartment with
their two-day old son Nicolas. Nicolas, making his camera.
debut, was born in the apartment Jan. 11.
BRIDESMAID Princess Anne, nine-year-old daughter of Brit-
ain's Queen laizabethII, made her first appearance as a
bridesmaid, Jan. 13, at the wedding of Lady Pamela Mount-
batten in Romsey, England. Lady Pamela was married to
interior decorator' David Hicks. Anne's mother, who is await-
ing the birth of her third chdid, did not attend,
HRON, CLFJS
INGEISAR
Gwculd.olime P. Ctoxlit,e
Some weeks ago a minister
addressing a woman's meeting
warned those present to beware
of "the barren-ness o4 a busy
life." His warning was meant to
apply to women who are over-
active in social, lite; who offi-
cially take part in so many
organizations that they have
little spare time to devote to
their families, or to reading, or
to the quiet reflection that is
vitally necessary to all of us _—
if we would but realize it.
I quite agreed with what the
minister mid. I have known fa-
milies — and I am sure you
have too — where the children
are starved for personal atten-
tion to their little problems be-
cause mother is too tired, or
too busy to listen. On the other
hand, thinking about it lately I
have come to the conclusion that
too far east is west; that an-
other kind of busyness can also
lead to "a barren life." That is
to say women who are so ab-
sorbed in what goes on within
their own four walls and have
n o interest o r knowledge of
what goes on beyond the .con -
'fines of their awn home lead a
"barren" life just as surely as
the over -active club woman. The
following• instances will explain
what I mean.
You remember the ice -storm
between Christmas and Now
Year that left thousands ' of
homes in Ontario without hydro
and consequently without heat.
Well, at that time Partner was
speaking to one of our neigh-
bours and asked if her husband
had got back all right from a
business trip the day before or
had the storm delayed him. And
the answer came — "What
storm?" Incidentally thee hus-
band had phonedthat he was
staying over as the roads were
so icy. That was all she knew
about it. Apparently this young
couple do not take a daily paper
and, as far as I can make out,
the girl,. who has two small chil-
dren, does not bother to listen
to the news, either by radio or
television. So,if the hydro had
suddenly gone off around here
she wouldn't have known what
had caused the power failure or
how widespread the trouble. Nor
would she have been prepared
for it in any way,
It seemed incredible to me
that : hs should know nothin
p
'That's so beautiful, loctoi.
Could you read it all againf'
about the storm but 1 came to.
the conclusion that she was a
little unusual. Later, however,
I heard of another family, west
of Toronto, who had received a
long distance call from friends
in New York asking if the fa-
mily was all right. They had
been so anxious about them af-
ter listening to the newscasts
about the dreadful ice -storm in
Ontario. Again the question was
asked — "What storm?"
Wouldn't that set you back on
your heels after taking the trou-
ble to put in a long distance
call?
Well, after hearing of those
two instances I began to won-
der how many people there are
who pay so little attention ,to
the news of the day and to what
goes on around them. Daughter
says I would' be surprised if I
really knew! I wonder, too, how
anyone can be content to live
in such a small world of their .
own making — for it 'must be a
small world where the only in-
terests are those concerned with
housekeeping, `getting meals,
looking . after children and
watching television — all' ex-.
cept the news .apparently. Inci-
dentally' how can a mother keep
pace with the interests and out
look of her growing children 11
she herself does not keep abreast
of the times. Surely it shouldn't •
be toomuch of an effort to.lis-
ten to, or read the news, at
least once a day. After al] in
the case of weather sometimes
to be forewarned is to be fore-
armed. Or could be.
New Year's Day we had a
middle-aged couple here who
were among the many who had
been without heat for two days.
They coped with it by buying a
small box stove which they set
up in the basement, substituting
a stove pipe for the oil furnace
pipe in the chimney. For light
they were fortunate — they had
two Coleman lanterns left over
from the days of country living.
They had only themselves to
worry about as they are a child-
less couple. So, although they
were caught unprepared that
one time a similar occasion will
find them ready to cope with
the situation as soon as it oc-
curs,
However, there are some near -
disasters which are impossible
to foresee. This is what Daugh-
ter had to contend with last
n.;;ht. She had put the dog out
for a run just before bedtime
and was straightening up the
kitchen when she was suddenly'
conscious of a strong odour of
skunk. She rushed to the front
door but the damage was done.
Honey was there all right but so
was the odour. Out came the
tomato juice but Honey is ad
and catches cold so easily it
could not be used too generous-
ly. For the same reason Honey
could not be sent down to the
basement. The only advice I
could offer was to leave Honey
at home Pt they came to see
us during the next few days!
Opero $road:trcasts
Then And Now
One wintry -day 50 years 'ago,
tenor Enrico Caruso stood on the
stage of the Metropolitan Opera
House and opened up with an
aria from "Pagliaeci." Sixty-four
miles away in Bridgeport;' Conn,
a pioneer radio ham pressed the
earphone' of his primitive radio
set tightly to his head and with
great difficulty made out the
opening bars of "Vesti la giubba."
This was the, first opera broad
cast In history. In the half
centili'ysince,the Met's radio au-
dience has grown from a hand-
ful of wireless owners to a loyal
band of more than 12 million.
While other more popular ,shows
have long since disappeared from
the air waves, the opera, whicn
became a permanent fixture in
1931, retains its faithful follow—
Ing.
In New York recently, com-
mentator Milton Cross, whose
round and resonant "Good'after-
'non, opera lovers across the na-
tion" has introduced '564 opera
programs, reminsced about some
of the more curious devotees of
the Saturday afternoon broad-
casts now hear on CBS.
"Take the horseman out West
who strapped a portable radio
to his •saddle before riding out
on the range each Saturday,"
said the burly, ruddy -faced vet-
eran of 28 years of Met broad-
casts, "He was one of the real
zealots, But there are others. For
instance, the gentleman in Lub
bock, Texas, who 'after hearing
that the Met was installing new
seats had one of 'the old ones
shipped to his house. And then
there was that little old lady in
the Middle West who had a glo-
ttal black velvet dress which
she put, on every Saturday. It
made her feel as if she were sit-
ting right there in the Diamond
Horseshoe.
"Even though the people out
there.' can't see what's going on,
I'm sure .that the' power of the
music enables them to feel the.
same things that I do sitting
there in my little' booth on the
Grand Tier, I should be tired by'
now, but opera still affects, me
emotionally. For example, when
1 • heard Birgit Nilsson he a
'Tristan' rehearsal) she was so
magnificent that -s broke down
and wept. Opera has always
affected, me this way and I'm
sure it always will."
-From NEWSWEEK.
Keeping Flowers
In Bloom Longer..
Gift plants such as poinsettia,
cyclamen and chrysanthemums
flower brilliantly but briefly.
Given care, however, the bright -
blooms will outlast the holiday
season, According to G, R. Sny-
der, of C -I -L's Agricultural
Chemicals, they can be coaxed
to remain in flower for about
eight weeks.
The large scarlet or white leaf-
like bracts — that's what the
botanist calls theme— of the
poinsettia will cheer your living
room for some timeif you pay -
attention to its needs. You must
give the plant good light and a
temperature of about 65 degrees
Fahrenheit. The soil in the pot
should be kept. moderately
moist. If the roots becomedry or
it is subject to drafts the bot-
tom leaves will turn yellow or
fall off.
Cyclamen does best in a
slightly cooler location. The tem-
perature should he from 55 to
00 degrees IP'., and the plant kept
well watered. Don't be alarmed
if the tuber 'appeara above the
soil. This prevents the leaf and
flower stems from rotting,.
Both these plants require am-
ple feeding. Usually they come
well fertilized from the florist's.
Iiowevet, in addition a dilute
solution of we.'ter -- soluble•plant
food may be given them every
three or four weeks.
Chrysanthemuuns forced in the
greenhouse for gift plants are not
as hardy as the outdoor outs that
flower in the fall. They need lit-
tle attention, but usually, only
last about four weeks.
Q, Are all plates removed from
a dinner table before serving
dessert?
A. Yes, the table should be
platelese, Salt cellars, pepper
pots, unused fiat'silver, are taken
off the table, and the crumbs are
brushed off with 'a folded napkin
onto a tray held under the table
edge.
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Becoming surplice line ideal
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sure -of -fit. Easy -sew.
Printed Pattern .4952: Half
Sizes 121/4, 141/2, 161/2, 18%, 201/2,
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ISSUE 5 - 1960
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