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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Citizens News, 1958-04-16, Page 3WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1958 ZURICH Citizens NEWS PAGE TSE The Needle -Point (MRS. NORMA, SIEBERT, B.A. Woman's Page Editor) Those whom you can make like themselves better will like you very well. O � A Plea for Patience The following letter, by Miss Louise Laing, Bogota, Colombia, recently appeared in the Family Herald. I felt it worth passing on to you. Recently I have read many articles and letters in Canadian publications criticizing new Can- adians for not speaking English. The gist of most of them is: ".After all, they are making their living in our country, why can't they speak our language?" Canada is my home and nat- urally I feel there is no place to compare with it. But one of our biggest faults is that of not being able to understand the problems of newcomers, and particularly their problem of learning a diffi- cult foreign language. When I arrived in Colombia six months ago, knowing not one word of Spanish, I decided to learn the language as quickly as possible. I had heard that Spanish was one of the easiest languages to pick up and I looked forward to be- ing able to converse fluently in about six months. Well, here I am, with only enough Spanish to keep from starving. I just don't have an ear for languages. But I find that the local people happily go out of their way to understand what few words I know, and do their best to teach me one or two new ones. They feel it an honor. Have you ever noticed a new Canadian go into a store, in an the majority of newcomers to effort to buy an article for which he doesn't know the proper word? I have. We stand around, either laughing to ourselves at his ob- vious difficulty or grbtmbling a- bour his lack of English. Dominion Hotel Good Food. -1t\ ell Prepared Specializing in SUNDAY DINNERS -4.00 to 7.30 p.m. Dining Room Closed Every Tuesday Evening PHONE 70 ZURICH "You Are a Stranger But Once>e We Canadians must realize that Canada are desperately trying to get a working kowl.edge of our language. Many spend at least one evening a week studying Eng- lish, and almost all of them work where they must listen to English all day long. Can anyone blame the new Canadian for speaking in his native tongue if he happens to meet a fellow countryman? Of course, they must learn English, but give them a chance. Put your- self in their boots and let's get rid of the smugness that is not at all becoming to citizens of one of the finest countries in the world. MISS LOUISE LAING, Bogota, Colombia. i I can readily sympathize with poor, bewildered "Jak Jonson" in his amusingly exaggerted use of his new language, as appearing in the London Free Press recently. Onerred Sir. i am a knew Kan- adyan and 1 would bee veri happi if u wood doo mee th onerr of reeding a poim tht i have ritten. i red in ure paypur abowt sum wun whoo wantz to chnje our spel- ling. Awl i kan sai iss that thee ideer shaw "stinks." And that gi writz abowt a "sheer wayst off thyme." Everiwon shood spell hees wurds eni way hee thinks rite. Then we donut kneed too lurn to spell and everibodi happi, partik- ularli the childrun at skool! Here iss my poum— Sprink iss heer! Oh, buetifool sprink! The knites are getting shortur, the daze are longur! Soon the flours wil bee kumming owt of the urth. The beez wil bee humming throo the garduns. Bye Jorj! I am happi know. The may - pull trees will be running wid shugar sirrup. The kuntree roadz wil bee ruff wid mudd and ruttz. The burds will bee psinging from the bows. No mor wintur! No more coffz and koldz. Sprink, booriful spring! I want too laff and psing too! Tankz too much! JAK JONSON. Among the much discussed changes needed in the curriculum, I hope a revision in spelling will be included. Recently, while sup- plying in a small classroom, I found three dictionaries in use, each spelling the same word dif- ferently. What could be more confusing? Then too, words like "colour" are taught so. but many of the text -books used by the students are American which spell it "color." How can one explain to the confused little Grade 1 child that enough is sounded "enough", while through is sounded "thro- ugh." Personally, a more simplif- ied method of spelling based on sound cannot be introduced soon "enuf"'to suit me. How do you feel about it? By the way, are you reading all the articles that you see on "Edu- cation?" It is a subject under much discussion in the current magazines. SAVING YOU MORE EL SERVING YOU BETTER SERVING ZURICH & DISTRICT WITH LOW, LOW PRICES Open Every Day Friday and Saturday Evenings SPECIALS—Thursday, Friday and Saturday DEL MONTE CATSUP 2 11 oz. bottles 35c MAPLE LEAF SOCKEYE SALMON tin 45c DEL MONTE FRUIT COCKTAIL . . 20 oz. tin 33c BEE HIVE SYRUP 2 lb. tin 31c GOLD MEDAL PEANUT BUTTER 2 jars 57c SAL. A.D DRESSING . .... 16 oz. jar 39c REDPATH SUGAR 10 lb. bag 99c MIXED COOKIES ...,,. 2 lb. bag 69c Feature Special This Week Cheery Morn Instant Coffee LARGE 89c 6 oz. jar PORK BUTT CHOPS, 49c lb. BACON, Sliced Rindless Ends 49c 113. Hoffman's WEINERS 2 lbs. 89c FARM FRESH DELICIOUS POTATOES Limited Quantity 50 Ib. bag $1.49 per bag PIN EA PLE 12's 4 for 99e AGENTS FOR MID -TOWN CLEANERS Monday — Thursday — Saturday PHONE 1.40 C, H. THIEL 0 Spring Painting So you are planning to paint the living room yourself. Per- haps these suggestions might help you. Before painting the ceiling, re- move the pendant light fittings (first switch off at the main). Spread newspapers on the floor and cover any furniture in the room. You may think you won't splatter, but it is much easier to be safe, than to try removing paint spots later. Be sure to scrape off any old paint that is flaking. If you paint over flaking paint, the new paint will flake too. Cracks must be smoothly filled. Mix a reliable, powdered filler with water to the consistency of clotted cream. Brush loose plaster from cracks and press in filler with knife blade. When dry, smooth with fine sand -paper. Before painting, protect doorknobs, locks, and hin- ges by coating them with a little petroleum jelly. If woodwork or walls neeed sanding, dust a small FOR amount of fine pumice on the sur- face to be sanded. It will in- crease the abrasive action of the sandpaper and make it last long,' er. The surface must be clean. Wash the walls with a weak sol- ution of soap or detergent but work from the bottom up, to avoid streaking. Next wash with clear water, this time working from the top to the bottom. Before you start to paint, run your fingernails over a cake of soap. Then after you a r e through, clean your hoods with bacon -grease. When painting the ceiling slip the handle of your brush through a small tin foil plate. This prevents any paint from running down the handle. If you are applying two coats of paint tint the first coat, slightly lighter than the final one. This makes it easier to tell where you stopped painting at meal times or -at night. Paint the ceiling first, then the walls. A tiny nail polish brush is perfect for touching up little spots and corners. NORMA'S BEAUTY SHOPPE For Appointments Call TEL. 223 — ZURICH MORE CORN per acre PLANT WARWICK HYBRID SEED A Canadian grown corn especially developed for Canadian climatic conditions. 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