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,'\ t, , ,, i his donkey along
ares}tri tn,t1'ntttirl path in Mott-'
tent),(+a. flehind him sta;gitored
a wntann carrying a Mtge bundle
'Where vire volt going, Dam.
do.'" ,..died a friend.
"My wife's ill. I'm taking, her
to hospital," .he retorted.
In this tiny slate -- now part
or Yugoslavia -- the` okra still
regard themselves as warriors
Ind despise labour, There Is the
,tory of the Montenegrin who
0t short his breakfast and an-
nounced to his wife that he w'ae
;;ging back to bed, explaining:
"I must seep. I need rest
l ad]y. Last night I had a night -
mart: .-- 1 dr'e;t i d that I work -
le a speech at Cetinje, the cap-
ita1, Tito 'ince Said: "We shall
nstail-machinery — everything
will • be done by machines, on
the press of a button. Any ques-
tions?"
"Yes. Who is going' to press
the button?"
A hug's Montenegrin and a lit-
tle Croat shared a bedroom in
an inn. The light failed. They
got a new, screw-in bulb, batt the
ceiling was high.
"I ant small 'r than you," said
Illi. (feat Heist me on your
shoulders, ;and I will screw in
the bulb."
"What'."" roared the other.
"Me! The descendant of a hun-
dred t,e neration.e of warriors,
permit a man to mount on my
shoulder Never! I will sit on
yours:"
With difficulty the little Croat
hoisted him off the ground. A
-91passed. "Have you done
t?" he groaned.
"Of course not. It has to be
screwed in — I am waiting for
iron to turn round and round."
Telling these local stories in
"Unknown Yugoslavia", Bernard
Newman recalls that Monteneg-
ro's last king, Nicholas, had nine
beautiful daughters who were
he great demand as consorts for
;monarchs.
One became Queen of Italy,
another Queen of Serbia; others
Married into famous Russian and
Austrian families. A pompous
diplomat once commiserated
with him. saying what a pity it
was that Montenegro had no ex-
ports. ''You forget my daugh-
itere, " he replied.
The Turks once overran the
3Ballcans — but never Monten-
tgro, where resistance became a
profession. The women worked,
the men fought. Under Ivo the
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Black a man who showed cow-
ardice was dressed in women's
clothing and driven from the
country by the women.
At Galicnik, in Yugoslavia
proper, Newman discovered a
strange wedding night custom.
In the midst of celebrations the
couple were shut in the bridal
chamber together, but the bride
had to stand in a corner all
night. If she did not do so the
festivities would stop and the
couple be in disgrace,
"It is considered improper to
rush," Newman was told.
Another strange story he tells
is of King Milutin who married
Simonide, the Byzantine emper-
or's lovely daughter when she
was eight and he nearly fifty.
As she grew to young woman-
hood he was so jealous of her
that he had a pillar in the
church where she worshipped
hollcwed out and a staircase in-
serted. She was smuggled in and
Climbed to her private chapel
near the roof where the younger
nobles could not see her.
Then there is the octagonal
Fountain of Infidelity in Dub-
rovnik. A ship's captain who was
wrecked returned home after
nine years and found that his
wife had had eight children. She
had a compassionate heart, she
explained, and couldn't bear to
see men suffer. He forgave her
and built the fountain, with a
statue of one of the children
adorning each of the eight
sides and his wife's effigy in a
niche.
When Newnan attended the
Dubrovnik Festival the elderly
Queen of the Belgians was a
guest at the upen-air perform-
ance of "Hamlet." She couldn't
climb the hundred and more
twisting steps to the courtyard,
so six stalwarts varts carried her up
in on armchair on a platform.
"It was wonderfully well done,"
he remarked to a Festival direc-
tor. -"Did you rehearse them?"
"No," he replied. "You see, in
a way, they are professionals.
They are all undertakers' em-
ploy ee ,"
Yugoslays are so honest, New-
man say.. that un all 111:: jour- -
neys he never lot a thing. Ai
Boletade ho decided i,, leave be
hind a pair of trousers which
had been dins„ed when he rock
down the Drina river on a fog -
raft. -- an adventure he vividly
describe:.
Some minute- atter he arrived
at 1}:e air terminal in a taxi ;+
hotel porter came running with
his trouser.,, ITc wa.• delighted
when Newman said 11e could
keep them, and trotted away in
glee. Ten Illinute3 later he was
back again. A belt had been
lift in the trousers Was this a
mistake or intentional?
These are -tete lighter. aepeci.:.
of -a highly 'informative Survey
of all sides of Yugoslav life,
"Life i; vers 11113111 like Christ
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Partner and I were on out
way home from Hespeler — we
had been making a sympathy call
at the home of the young lad
who met such a tragic death the
week before. We had come -
through the village of Campbell-
vilie when Partner suggested we
'take the Kelso Road and maybe
see something of the new dam
being built by the Conservation
Authority, "Do you know where
the road leads to?' I asked.
"Not exactly,” admitted Part-
ner, "but it will come out some-
where just above Milton."
So we went along the Kelso
read. After a few miles there
were warning signs - "Narrow,
winding road," and farther on
"Steep 11i11 ahead." I began to
get uneasy.
"Oh dear," I said at last, "I
believe I know where we are
coming out." •
"Where?" asked Partner.
"At Rattlesnake Point:"
Now for the information of
those who don't know the dis-
trict Rattlesnake Point is the
highest point of land in Halton
county. It is part of the Niagara
Escarpment, its hilly, tortuous
road flanked by a precipice of
huge jagged rocks and trees.
More than one fatal accident has
resulted from a fall over its sleep
banks. You Have often heard me
speak of the "Mountain." This
was it — and we were on top
of it! Just as I became aware
of my bearings we came to a
"look -out" spot on the side of
the road. From it you can see
for miles around, even to Lake
Ontario over twenty miles away.
These look -cuts are necessary for
other reasons than to see the
view. Two cars cannot possibly
pass on this road so one of them
must perforce back up until it
reaches a look -aur. In England
they' call rhe same kind r;: thin;;
o "lay-by."
Well, there we were on top
of tihe "Point." Round the lie xt
bind wee the beginning of the
steepest part nf the it i 1 1. We
couldn't turn round and en baok-
we had to go clown. With env
he -art in my 11100111, my foot on
the brake ;111(1 the automatic fr.
row gear, we began the descent.
I prayed the brakes would hold
and that we wouldn't meet a car
ceiling up. Partner sairl thin.
was nothing to worry about
theta wnu Idn't be any ea re
Nn?" I said, "how do you know
someone else mac' be (i a j '
"suppose
r 0suppo e the hill is aboin a
rile lone. It seemed like five.
We were within sight 111 the
rr,ain road when 1 saw a trui k
((ATOM; up --- tl barn white -wash
lrl11 trot',. 1.11 that time we we-iC
nr a t.',":11. r stretgh of rood ane
all, 1,. null t" 15 sale ao:.
,el the, hack -:'u by.
Alter tee
W013. ;4i1.-Iy ll1'VII I sot mad
and gat(' cent to my feelings --
11 Patina "L cotme -- -for FtIN
csting we take the Kelo, Roar
g51(1 -For not !1cin11 able to dries'
dotvevcl, it is tan late for Part -
to
t -
to lou, n to drive now. And
ay'be at r,_' incl as well he can't.
We might gid into worse Jiro.
+1,831 we do at present nt a., I t dor:.
love to get off the beaten track
That was Tuesday', Not ember -
of course out- next ordeal was
I, -renin[, t0 Ira- U S, elosUar. re-
turns. hour alter bola: limn;
- 1te.r weary hour, we listened. d.
1 11."0 we went te, -b0:(1 -un;
,oral time, (]ul'na's the mall
li 0)0 1 turtle,' on the little
,'.- radio. At 3.30 f 11100(1
to Inst; hot not quit,: c, yle
the ciceii(n. :And uc.tc
1;,•1' what conte; •n(:xt?
U.S. has a president-elect who
is full of confidence. Youth is
on his side but is youth a great-
ar asset than experience? It re-
mains to be seen, We in Canada
cannot afford to be indifferent
to what takes place in the States.
It is bound to affect us one way
or. another. So we had better
keep our fingers crossed and
hope for the best.
Wednesday I was on the road
again, This time to stay over-
night with Bob and Joy — baby-
sitting while they attended a
Masonic banquet, It was an ex-
periment. Joy does not leave the
boys very much as twenty -
months old Cedric is a little shy.
But he evidently approved of
his grandma and wasn't the least
bit of trouble. We had a grand
time especially with both boys
in the bath at the same time. We
had water all over the floor but
that, of course, was a mere de-
tail, By eight o'clock they were
both in bed. Cedric went right
off to sleep without once asking
for his mother. It was Ross who
stayed awake but fortunately he
wasn't any trouble either.
And do you know what? We
have finished painting. Actually!
Except for a few touch-up jobs
here and there. Am I ever glad.
But still jobs to do — cleaning
out drawers and cupboards, find-
ing forgotten treasures — today
it was a good pair of sun -glasses.
Have also been dividing and re-
potting houseplants. Also resur-
rected an antique pine wash-
stand to use for a hall table. It
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No Illiterate
Freshmen Wanted 9
The University of Illinois an-
nmulved this weak that uu illit-
erate freshmen need apply.
Maury eitlzens will be surprised
to learn that such an announce-
ment was nece,sat;y, but all col-
lege faculty members will un-
derstand. With the exception of
privately - endowed colleges
which have been blessed with
enough applicants so that they
could afford to enforce adequate
entrance standards most Ameri-
can institutions of "higher learn-
ing" have been struggling with
many students who haven't yet
learned to read and write,
In the worst plight have been
the state-owned schools which
are under pressure to accept any
kind of kid who has a 11Igh
school diploma. Faulty methods
of teaching reading, lack of in-
sistence on regular theme -writ-
ing, tolerance of misspelling, etc.
have produced a large number of
practically -illiterate high school
-
graduates.
The answer of the universities
has been courses in "remedial
reading and writing," i.e. an
effort to do in three hours a week
during one semester what the
lower schools should have done
over a period of years. It was
this course, described gently as
"Rhetoric 100," which the Uni-
versity of Illinois has just thrown
into the ash can.
The decision was made after
statistics proved that ineompet-
would be lovely if it were re-
finished. But that requires more
energy than I possess at the mo-
ment,
And now it's quilting , . , just
got a call from Milton . , , W.I.
wants help with a fancy quilt,
Guess I'll put in my two cents'
worth tomorrow. Never a dull
moment around here!
11111'e in 1311(1ing and clpnposititta
til steadily increasing alnong
t'Alltuol:; 111tali :,ehool Elrxcln;atas.,
to than 1 tint of '1 of 111:3
trb inrollung 31"'oltnll'.n w'1')'.
m ,h3lt0 in handling their own
language that they were requit-
ed to lake 1-lhetoric' 100, and 1! -
11101)111 it was a 111 11 school lev11
eouree 20 per cent !hulked it flat:
and another 23 per cent 11t:,d, the
pas,11114 but no -credit gunk of 1).
So the Ilnivvr'slty !tats decider!
that it is too busy. . to teach high
- sellout 5111(1 it bus thrown the
,lob back at tin' High school prin-
cipals of Illinois, The 'reason, as
,itscribed by Professor Charles
W. Roberts, is not that the uni-
81I'SIty wishes to be cruel to stu-
dents, but that is wishes to be
kind.
Lott see, s 1)01' Hobt•rts,
the shufeutays tv!u1011can't write
clearly not only has difficulty
passing examinations, but he will
find difficulty later in life in
(—pressing himself. Worse yet, he
rallabiy won't read with com-
prehension. He may be natively
hri,,ht, but his ability to absorb
and transmit Information will be
crippled. So wily kid the poor
youngster by letting him into
college and later break his spirit
by flunking him out?
Hooray for the University of
111111ls! If we're ever going to
meet the challenges that face •
the oncoming generation Amer-
. ice's high schools are- first of all
going to have to get down to the
no-nonsense business of teaching
their students how to handle the
English language. —Tulsa Trib-
une.
Modern Etiquette
85 Anne Ashley
Q. Is it ever proper to tip any
of the personnel of an airplane?
A, No,
Q. How far in advance of the
church wedding ceremony should
the parents of the bride and
bridegroom take their seats?
A. One or two minutes.
Belgium Headache In Congo
Relieved By Royal Marriage
by Rosette Hargrove
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
Brussels — A fairy tale will
come true for Belgium on Dec,
15 when a royal wedding will be
held in this little kingdom by the
sea.
This will be a marriage that
the Belgians feared would nev-
er take place. For nine years
since King Baudoin ascended the
throne following the forced ab-
dication of his father, King Leo-
pold II, rumors of the mari-
tal plans of the young King
abounded, But nothing ever hap-
pened.
At least 25 princesses at one
time or another were said to be
the future queen of Belgium.
Then it was believed that Baud-
oin intended to go into a Trap-
pist monastery, leaving the
throne to a less popular broth-
er, Prince Albert and his wife,
Paola,
But in September, when BeI-
streets of Brussels like any other
Belgian mother,"
- Queen Astrid died 25 years
ago; King Leopold later married
a "colnmoner," the governess of
his children. The second marri-
age received reluctant acceptance
because many Belgian women
questioned a king's right to re-
marry.
Fabiola also is a commoner.
Her late father was one of the
wealthiest landowners of Spain.
The Belgians do not seem to
mind that she has been practi-
cally unknown outside her na-
tive land.
The future queen, at 32, is two
years older than Baudoin, An ac-
complished pianist, Fabiola plays
the guitar, too; she is versed in
Spanish, German, English and
French, one of Belgium's two offi-
cial tongues. (The other is Flem-
ish.)
Fabiola is a good-looking,
slight brunette whose quiet and
conservative manner of dress
BAUDOIN and Fabiola: How they met
gian Prime Minister Eyekens an-
nounced the engagement of His
Majesty the King to Dona Fabi-
ola de Mora y Aragon of Spain,
till doubts were dispelled.
The Belgians were caught com-
pletely by surprise. The engage-
ment was known only to King
Baudoin's father and stepmother
until ' the nrinouncement was
made. But the people were over-
joyed.
The announcement came at a
time when Belgium was torn by
internal strife over the coun-
try's policies in the former col-
ony of the Congo, The King's
engagement called an armistice
and many Belgians were relieved
to turn their minds from sorrow
to happiness.
There are many tiring which
please the Belgians about the
queen -to -be, Fabiola. She re-
minds theta of •King T.,eepold's
first wire, Queer( Astrid, "the
snow princess, vtlio used to
"wheel her baby buggy along the
is a secret,
also appeals to the Belgians. She
had a beaked nose which hamp-
ered her early social life. But
a few years ago, she had it re-
modeled by a 114adrid surgeon,
Her brother, Jaime, said later:
"Fabiola had the same kind of
Bourbon nose I have. For a num,
this does not matter, But for a
girl it could have been tragic,"
Fabiola met King Buudoin af-
ter her nose was remade How
they -met "is a secret I ant keep-
ing for my children," the King
says. -
But Belgium Is not lookin;
into the past: it is facing the llt-
ture marriage in Brussels with
heads held high and frngers
feverishly preparing for the oc-
casion.
This is the first time 111 150
,-cars that a European nuntn'ril
has •married for the first time.
while ter. non,,, Baudoin will be
the first rnilaning ilelgian 'ruler
to marry ry since the dynasty was
founded,