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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1960-11-17, Page 6& lei The MasseKre to 'l:nlltK that the viti,tt„ e last was one day be ante a figure of dosing? It ,, ,s true the boy was a iit- t',, wild. Some said he was too bort of ;.teeing the girls. Well, what eotwtry boy wasn't when eovereci the Russian neeecs w'th greenery and the see:rmeivans wandered am - the valleys? There were rumours that the led had magic powers, evil pews re. Others told how he cured a ;,ill of fever; or of the old- t• ldt, . �ntan who, bedridden for :tis, had though hie prayers n .sliced to clutr'n onEaster Day mi blessed him as a messenger rem God. - What was it that made hint saint to some, a devil incar- ate t,) others': Was he a vil- .ege tool or an inspired diplo- n: t who almost • saved Russia it'onn revolution? (1,e ori Yefinovitch --- later to become notorious as Rasputin, "the orad monk" --• was born e :mall village in the Tartar tiSedl.et of Russia in the middle ear,: of the nineteenth century. He t. as a lot brighter than his fe;lew:, and had le:.;rned to read ed nr te, an achievement for v.,rr!tln clAss bey in those 11Clrigeri was only 1:1 , father died and he 1.c.: cane a carrier, driving the m :i! vars. Iii, was twice charged c. °t; • minor crime,: but was never ,_,.,nrr,•tad, and eventually, after ,tin: a w•andoring holy man reals, went to live in a lery tucked away in the unla!ns, . ,': Yefinovitch entered the . riotous ne'er-do-well nosy ri a miracle -worker he soon became the storm cennv 0 hatred end of ectian in his native vile tge. Tare were tales of miracu- lous core; there were also ru- e OLIN ,;f drunken orgies and t' ...'ni'I in;! psrtie.a. Me-eawhile, hundreds of miles away, in the gay rend turbulent eity (d St. Petersburg (now Len- ingrad e the Tear of all the Rus- siae r. _ living surrounded by a scheming and plotting and de - A. dent court. The Tsar was well intentioned his wife, a hysterical tt omen, surrounded herself by :fortune tellers and charlatans who traded on her possessive love tor „er son, the Tsarewiteh, who eeee!red from an incurable dis- u into this situation, al- rea,, fraught with danger, that l sari was thrust when one of schemers seeking to ,"her brought him to St. Super -.iffy Knit t, .oras., handsome for school or spostel When wintry winds blow, rI il rr converts to a hood, :0t.,per Speedy -Knit -- use jum- 1,,, needles, 2 -strands knitting see -steed for hooded,, zip -front jacket. Pattern 890: directions ir!tA'= size;; 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, in - 5e 1,d THIRTY-FIVE CENTS :aa,rips cannot be accepted, use po' 1+,t mote for safety) for this part,, n to LAURA WHEELER, ilea I, 123 Eighteenth Se, New Toronto, Ont. Print plainly PAT- TERN NYIIVIIIER, your NAME aura ADDRESS. dt ST OFF THE PRESS! Send rims for our exciting, new 1961 fie:edle•eraft Catalog. Over 125 dredges to crochet, knit, sew, ern - t, melee . quilt, weave •-- fash- ions, tintncfiienishings, toys, gifts, taza,ar hit:-, Plus FREE ...- in- elrce tx,n> for •.ie smart veil caps. hove y, s nd 'i;it ne,u1 Petersburg l l rsb urg to be, or eo they thought, their willing tool, ,• The blood disease from which the young Crown Prince suf- fered was haemophilia. The.kast s:'r:itch could bring death since 00 way had been found to -stop the bleeding. One Slay the worst happened. A fall in the royal gardens led to internal bleeding and within a few hours the boy was dying, The doctors could do nothing. The miracle worker's at the Court had failed. Then Anne, the Grand Duchess, whispered the magic name of Grigori into the Tsarina's ear. "Let him be fetched at once," the Tsarina demanded. They. 'found the man a little drunk and certainly very hilaxious, in the midst of an orgy. In the holy name of the Tsar they ordered that he accompany them to the bedside of the dying Prince. A startling change came over the company. The gypsy violins became -silent; the dancers ceas- ed their wild gyrations; the mad monk, as he is now known star- ed with dark luminous eyes into the faces of his visitors. "The boj' will live. I, Ras- putin, have willed it!" With these words he followed them to the royal palave. No one knows whether Ras- putin was a hypnotist, a holy ratan, or an unscrupulous black- guard seeking a n d findit:g strange power. All that is re- eerded is that from the mo- ment he uttered these words, the boy rallied and soon recov- ered from an illness his doc- tors had diagnosed as fatal. • This incident set the pattern for all that was to follow. Mir- acle .ollowed miracle and the peasant boy from Siberia soon became the virtual ruler of Rus- sin, Many sought to overthrow him, in fact twice they succeed- ed in persuading the Tsar to ex- pel him from the Court, but each time the sudden illness of the Crown Prince led to panic, Rasputin's immediate recall and the Crown Prince's immediate recovery. • Another illustration of Raspu- tin's strange powers occurred when Anna, the Grand Duchesee who had plotted against him, was badly injured in a train smash. She lay unconscious, life was slowly ebbing away, as Rasputin gazed at her and commanded her recovery. Once more, in spite of doctors predicting death, site lived. The Tsarina stood by her friend's bedside and saw this happen, Seizing Rasputin's hand she covered it with kisses. He looked at her, then called out in a loud voice for all to hear: "While I ant alive and with you, all is well, but if I die your son will die. your throne will totter and Russia as we know it will cease to be". The climax came swifter titan any had anticipated. Rasputin's power exceeded that of any statesman in Europe or Asia. His word was law and the Tsar- ina saw him as almost the em- bodiment off divinity itself. His enemies grew in numbers ar.d strength and then •came the fetal night in December, 11115. Army leaders, diplomat; and members of the Russian aristoc- racy worked out a skilful plot to poison Ilssputin. Prince Yns:a- poy, scion of the Royal House, posing a Rasputiti's friend, was to he the assassin, But, atter drinking •enough poison to kill ten then, Resputin w•as .,till alive!. His assassin thert felled•tho monk with a round of revolver shots. • Half an' hour dater, Rasputin rose to his feet and struggled to escape from the basement room in the Princes palace to which he had been lured. At sight of the man he had be- lieved to be dead, the Prince panicked and, after further shots, finished off his victim with a rubber truncheon. He then pushed the body through a hole en the ice -covered river. Tint the scheme failed. Ras- putin's body n^t: found a few days lel r His n •,sin was ben- hed from court and kept a prisoner on his country estate. ilasputin was given a state fun- eral by the Tsar that was the last word in magnificence. Rasputin was dead and soon the Crown Prince was to die and ills parents, the Tsar and Tsarina, were• to he tnct.<sacred by the butchers of the Revolution, He, Rasputin, had foretold it all. Was he a madman pursuing power, or a man of wisdom who tried to save Russia from the Revolution that engulfed her? Today's inventive pace has linked up with history. Experts and collectors of Civil War relics insist there is an increasing flow of Civil War "souvenirs" coming from hurnpe. • ISS D E 46 •-• 1960 tittle girl, left, carries the Winkie Doll by its handy loving -cup ears. Mother and daughter, right, are caught in the craze. Dolls cling to anything; eyes "wink" es light strikes them. The doll delirium is spreading to other products. One of them is this blanket, decorated with o likeness of the Winkie Doll, Latest Fad From Japan Spreads East Japan's latest fad took over that country faster than Asian flu. The subject: An inflated black plastic "dakkochan" (embrace- able( doll that clings to its owner with stubby little arms. Now the "dakkochan" or Winkle Doll is being copied over here. Likened to a baby Martian, the doll itis loving -cup eats, a red '0" of a mouth and a little plastic skirt. Its wink is an illusion that oc- curs with every change in the angle at which light hits its plas- tic and cardboard eyes. � s�►� a1I��,,.s ; .d oL-f ' e P. C t t'k A familiar figure is lost to the rural section of Ontario - Mr. Moses Zeller, of Toronto. Even as far back as 30 years ago. far- mers living within a radius of 50 miles of Toronto, and who kept poultry as a sideline. would think something was amiss if they did not get a call front Moses Zener several times •dur- ing the year. Mr. Zener was a gentleman of the Jewish Faith who binr,ht end sold live pool- tt-y - and I do mean g ntieman. He was a shrewd businessman always ccur-u2ou,4 lid oblig- ing - even if he did try to make you hcliore he was lowing money by cfTerira to bur her, at the price he otTered. Hnv::ever. when he made you an offer you could either take it nr Ictve without giving offence. And another thing in his favour - if Moses promised to come on• Tuesday- -he came, If not lie would phone and let you know. •And he cer- tainly knee; hot- to judge and 'handle poultry. Many a deal we had with- Mose Zeuer this -melt the years and we were always more or less satisfied. We could hardly blame him for low prices if the market was giut.ted with poultry nr if we happened to be selling at the wrong time. • And now poor old Mose is dead, killed in an accident last week on Highway 27, involving a car and the pick-up truck he was driving. We were truly sorry to hear it We lilted Mose Zener and we foturd hint inter- esting and well-informed. He told us many things about Jew- ish customs and gave us a first- hand account of the wedding when one of his daughters got married, If I remember rightly it was a three-day celebration. If it was cold waren Mose called he would 'often come into the kitchen to get warm and have a cup of tea. In summer he would stand around in the barn and talk as long as we were willing. I em sure many farmers besides ourselves will feel badly that Mr. Zener met death in such a tragic way, When he used to come to our faint he sometimes had an oldish man helping him - an Englishman whom he called "Happy" but radio' reports did not mention anyone being with hint at the time of the accident. Well, I've got Olte more room redecorated since I last wrote . , the den. It is finished all ex- cept the deep, wide cupboard - which is first cousin to Fibber McGee's hall closet. It will have to he clone but I quail at the thought! 'Null said at the pres- ent. - What you should find more in- teresting to read comes from the pen of Vance Packard, in his latest book, The Waste Mak- ers." So far I have read only the review. Actually he doesn't tell us anything we don't already know - if we stop to think about it. What he does do is point out the foolishness of :d- iming ourselves to be influenced by advertising, to the extent. of buying new gimmicks when what we already have are prob- ablyfar more satisfactory. Mr. Packard says manufactured goods today are not meant to last. Potato peelers to refrigera- tors are put on the market in new styles- just to induce peo- ple to buy - to keep up with the Joneses. Don't we know it? Keep. in fashion or you night as well be dead, sort of thing. I find there is another way in which everyday living is more or less governed by advertisiteg -that •is, by supermarket week- end specials. What I would like to know is why all chain stores offer the same "specials" on the seine days. What one has to offer the others have too, whether it's beef, lamb, or .poultry. So your week -end roast isn't always what you choose but what the stores want .you to buy, Housewives with a deep freeze don't have to worry but for small families without that luxury it's a case of take what's offered,• If you have a freezing unit in your "frig" you can get around it keeping more than one kind of meat on hand - but there is a limit to what a freezing trait will hold, What I would like to know is how this saneness in "specials" comes about. You find the same thing in department stores. Does each store and supermarket have its own secret agents or is it a combine where each store agrees on what shall be put on special for that day or week? It all savours a little ton much of the custom of holding a carrot before the donkey. And of course it is the public - you and I - who are the donkeys. We are los- ing our independence to the supermarkets. It is different on a farm - or it used to be. When visitors were expected it just meant killing a couple of chick- ens and enjoying their savoriness without regard to week -end spe- cials. Well, what do you know , . . there is white stub falling out- side. Our first snowflurry of the season, Got your car winterized? I just got under the line. Surveys have indicated the In- terest in television viewing dropped sharply during the de- bates between the presidential candidates. There is a solution - the campaign managers should insist the rival candidates wear cowboy outfits. LADY IN WAITING - aiding her time with a big bouquet of roses, 7 -year-old Felicity Leybourne waits patiently for Sen. John Kennedy to appear for a campaign address in Cheyenne, Wyo. He arrived, and Felicity had her big mo- ment. S't at'lan s To Blaam. For Tragedy ? hinrtbu and Ida Abate e1 Quin- rcy, filar a filth. tier cw1- eiknlr1. 'I'hc'y wire the ()illy par- uts who wont to Boston's Logan, .airport a few weeks ago to ac a their 18 -year -gild eon I u'deriek off to Ms.rine Corp:- recruit trebling in Parris I.dand, S C. "We joked about it with Fred," • Aare. Abate recalled later, "laughed about babying Iun1," Fred and fourteen more r.!. (emits, Chong with 52 other pas`-- •: ngors and 0 crew of five, i:eardtd ),astern Airlines Fligiet a sleek friar -ergine prop- jet Lockheed Electra bound for Philadelphia, • Charlotte, N.C., 1rccuville, S.C., and All::note 111e airplane taxied out to Una - way 9 and, as the Abates wae'l- ed from the airport observatient deck, took. off over Boston I-lrr- hout• at 5:48 p.m. Moments l:uer,- ilame erupted itt the port in- board engine and the plane slow- ed sharply to the left, nosed over and plummeted into 8 it -t of cold and choppy water to Pleasant Park Channel. Rescuers swarmed to 1 h rr scene 111 small boats from rivet yacht clubs that line the shore. Skin divers plunged into lee muddy water, fast deepening with the incoming tide. They picked up oil -drenched end chill- ed survivors, some of them st,it strapped in their floating se,t:e. Others they plucked trona the sunken wreckage, burst to htts by the impact. The work con- tinued htto the night under searchlights mounted on tate beach. • Later, the rescuers ran ttp the sad toll: Sixty-two dead and ten living. Fred Abate was not one of the three surviving Marines. Nor was there a surviving pilot to talk to Gen. Elwood R. Que- sada, the Federal Aviation Ad- ministrator, who arrived. early the next morning to see what had caused this fifth major crash involving the ill-starred Electra. The first discovery •by FAA investigators was a number ;,f dead starlings littering the sur - lace of Runway 9. Then ere -w3 lifting the wreckage out of the muck found bits of feathers stilt sticking to parts of the plane. 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