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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Citizens News, 1965-10-21, Page 6PAGE SU, ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS ...0••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••0011 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1965 Vpi Ea -11111111111 r,4 111111111111111111111101111t UG AR and SP CE By Bill Smiley ;1.0,11 unini assisted by half a dozen slaves. Underwear was of silk and the brassiere was just ,coming The milk bath was common and wealthy gals who were tray - ening brought along their own herd of cows to be sure of a •decent bath. Bathrooms as today, were lit- tered with razors, scissor s, soap, perfume, .oils, powders, hair brushes and all that muck. No wet nylons, though to hit you in the face. Hair styles were fantastic. I've been reading a fascinat- Like us, the practiced birth ing book about the ancient Ro- mans. Meditating on their econ- omy and social customs, I couldn't avoid comparing them with ours today. Like us the Romans of the Golden Age were nuts about highways. The Roman Empire had over 60,000 miles of thru- ways. Italy alone had about 400 major paved roads. These enabled Caesar to travel 900 miles in Eight (lays. A messen- ger sent to ,announce the death of Nero made 300 miles in 36 hours. Today, it takes almost that long to get home from the cottage on •a holiday week -end. Like us, the Romans were in- terested in things that worked. Unlike the Egytians and the Greeks, who built massive, or beautiful, but useless structures like the pyramids or the Par- thenon, the Romans were great boys for waterworks and sew- ers and stadiums. Like us, they were in the toils of the bankers, with all their diabolical inventions: sav- ings books, travellers' cheques, money orders, interest and mortgages. Like us, they had a hybrid government, half socialist, half capitalist. It froze the price of wheat and plunged into public works to solve unemployment, but did nothing about slum landlords, exorbitant interest rates and shady used -horse dealers. Sound familiar? control, and abortion was com- mon. Unless she was hard up, a Roman woman who had had a child got rid of it immediately by turning it over to a wet - nurse, then to a Greek slave governess, then to a Greek slave tutor. We don't have wet - nurses but we do have the bot- tle. And we don't have slaves, dang it, but we have the baby- sitter and the public schools system. Like us, they divorced each other indiscriminately. Caesar had four wives and was un- faithful to all of them. Their entertainment was much like our: horse races, the theatre, variety shows, gladia- torial contests. And just as to- day, the chariot drivers, actors and gladiators were idolized and paid 8,000 times what they were worth. Of course, the Romans were cruel. After the city was almost destroyed by fire, emperor Nero blamed the Christians, and had •the whole lot, or so he thought, thrown to the lions, all. 1,000 of them. We'd never think of do- ing that today. It's too vicious, too flamboyant. Today we quietly stuff six million Jews into gas chambers or incinerate 100,000 Japanese with a big blow torch. The ladies will be glad to know that Roman women were just as silly as they are, about their looks. It was three hours every morning over the hairdo, VARNA NEWS Laymen's Sunday will be ob- served in the United Church next Sunday, October 24. Don Barker, of King City, will be the speaker. A men's choir will assist with the music. And they had some great parties in those days. They began at four in the afternoon and last far into the night. Not like our stodgy affairs, which commence with cocktails at five and last far in the morning. At their parties, •or orgies, the air was perfumed, flowers were everywhere, there were two servants for each guest, and the host would offer preci- ous gifts to his guests. They hit the grape pretty hard, and go ill on stuff like thrushes breasts, but slaves passed reg- ularly distrubting emetics so that everyone could throw up and then go right on eating. I sure would like to get in on a good old orgy. Why does a fellow have to be born 2,000 years too late? Rev. M. Morrison and Rev. H. Currie, of Hensall, exchang- ed pulpits on Sunday last. James Grassick, of Exeter, visited friends here on Sunday last. Charles Keys, of Nashville, Tenn., called on friends here during the past week. Mrs. A. Parker, of Bayfield, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Heard over the week -end. 111.11111111111111111111111SIMMINNSIMINMEINIMMINI BUILDING CONTRACTOR • CUSTOM CARPENTRY 0 YOU NAME IT . . . . . . WE'LL DO IT! No fob is too large or too small for us. DICK BEDARD DIAL 236-4699 — ZURICH Call Us for Free Estimates migairsmEmEmINIENIEMINEW :54 Expert Watch Repairs • Trophies and Engraving DIAMONDS - WATCHES - CHINA Anstett Jewellers LTD. CLINTON — WALKERTON — SEAFORTH • •]:.,`, INS EN PRESENT 1966 GALA SHOWING OF THE ALL-NEW '66 CARS! THURSDAY5EXETER FRIDAY OCTOBER ARENA 21,228 Pam PROFESSIONAL ENTERTAINMENT Free Refreshments ADULTS 504: BEAUTY CONTEST FRIDAY NIGHT Roses For the Ladies Door Prizes CHILDREN UNDER 12 FREE If Accompanied by Adult . .* Plan now to get all those jobs done this winter. Things like having the lawnmower fixed, and the screens mended; having the car tuned up and outboard motor checked; having the drapes cleaned and the rugs shampooed; having the furniture re -upholstered and the electrical appliances repaired; hav- ing all those repair and renovation jobs done which can call for a long wait come Spring, but which can be handled. quickly, efficiently and easily during the winter season. Ask your bank about a low-interest NHA Home Improve- ment Loan. Plan ahead. Be a Winter - planner now. Everybody benefits when winter work is increased Issued by authority of Hon. AIIan J. 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