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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1952-07-17, Page 3rt si' .1*F!,p. r, ;L. ,td „A G9 Val Lova By R. I•l. WILKINSON "If you are losing the affection of the man you love, pretend in- difference," confidently wrote one authority, Helen4aughed bitterly. That looked well in print, 13ut how about a woman who had been married to a ratan for 10 years and loved him now even more than the day of their wedding? IIow about it when you try and try to make yourself .interesting to your hus- band, knowing all the time that you're playing a losing game be- cause grey streaks are showing in your hair and inevitable lines are appearing in your face? From her bedroom window Helen could• see beneath the trees that surrounded the lodge, down as far as the lake. And suddenly she stif- fened/ Roger was coining up the path, carrying a canoe paddle and Laughing down at a slim girl by bis side, The lines about Helen's mouth hardened. The girl, she knew, was Sally Burton. She was staying at the lodge with her folks. Watching the carefree progress of the couple coming up the path, she said aloud: "IIow can I stop it, before it's too late. How can I combat youth?" There wasn't any answer even in the story books to that one. Five minutes later Roger came into the room. At 34 he had lost none of his good looks, nor his boyishness and eagerness of man- ner. there, kiddo t Say, look We're planning a picnic up at Birch Island tonight. Two canoes of us are going. There'll be a noon and we'll cook steaks. How about it?" Helen's blood froze. He acted almost as if he hoped she'd refuse, yet was resigned to having her with him. "I'm sorry, Roger. I've a dread- ful headache. You run along wtih the others and let me stay here and rest" "Do you mind if I do go?" he said, "It's the sort of thing I like doing, you know." "Of course not, darling. Now if SALLY'S SALLIES , ng . Reil, rrMmmM "II paid for parking an hour yes- terday and parked only 15 min* Utes, Can't 1 use the rest of it, today for nothing?" you don't mind ---.I'd like to go to bed," Not until the sound of picnickers had died away around a bend in the lake did Helen give way to her emotions. "He wasn't even concerned about my headache ... He was thinking only of the chance to be aolne with Sally Burton , . . Oh, what's the use? What's the use of trying to cling to something you know -you've lost?" How .long Helen lay there she had no way of knowing. She must have slept, for when she opened her eyes it was to have them blinded by lightning. Sharp, deafen- ing thunder followed. Rain lashed against the building. Terror seized her. Ever since she had been a child she had been afraid in electric storms. 13y now, even greater than this instinctive fear was fear for Roger. She slipped from bed and ran to the window. A flash of lightning showed her the lake in a wild tur- "I'm sorry, Roger," she said, "I've a dreadful headache." moil. She thought of the two frail canoes that had left earlier in the evening. She thought of Roger and Sally Burton . A sound at the door brought her head around sharply. The room was suddenly flooded with light. "Roger!" He stood just inside the door, dripping wet. "Hi, kiddo," "Roger—you didn't—not in this storm—?" He nodded. "The others are safe —at Bailey's camp. They decided not to risk the storm." He carate toward her, placed a hand on either of her shoulders. "I—knew you were always afraid ofthunder storms, and—and it was the first time you'd ever refused to go any place with me. It made me won- der." • Helen -knew she,. was -trembling. Even though she wanted she could not have stopped herself from ask- ing the next question. "And—what of Sally?" He stared at her blankly, sur- prised, puzzled. How should I know? She wasn't with our bunch. "Not with—" Helen broke off abruptly, feeling suddenly very foolish, Then Roger's arms slipped about her, and the old familiar sense of security swept over her as he held her close. "There's no answer to this," she whispered half to herself. "No an- swer at all—except real love." Bald rnen were found to have 40 per cent more male children than men with full hair or with receding hairline that had not developed into full baldness, according to a study made by a Fullbright fellow. 'Miss Universe"—Screen actress Piper Laurie places d crown that belonged to Russia's Catherine The Great on the head of Armi i(uusela, "Miss Finland," who wan the "Miss Universe" beauty pageant, The 18 -year-old Finnish beauty' triumphed over lovelies from all over the world, So You Think YOU'RE Hot ! -- So You Think YOU'RE Not!—If you think the heat's got you down, chum, how would you like to hold down one of the jobs pictured below? Not so hot, eh? Or much too hot! Heat -frazzled folk in those jobs probably give out with a bitter laugh when they hear someone moaning about the current heat wave. Or maybe you think your job is worse than these. ''i`�'ry tsaU 'Y i`!e smirks When you say you're perspiry!• He works At a blast furnace fiery! If you have labeled The heat "dadratted," Pity models sabled And muskratted! As unstarched As soggy dress is this parched Flat work laundress Your scream Would be far more wrathful If steam You sold by the bath -full Farming used to be considered a muscle jolting occupation, a job for people with plenty of brawn. The,,,plain ,tedious labor and long hours of half a century ago likely helped to fill up our cities just as much as the promised rewards of' in dustry. * * * Then carte the mechanical revolt on the farms. Combines, tractors and machine milking made major farm operation easier, quicker and more pleasant. The small chores were still a lot of work. * * But many fanners . have made these routine, time consuming dut- ies easier by using the tractor as a substitute for muscle. - This mobile power plant can do more than pull plows, disc, haying machinery and combines. With its power take -off and its belt pulley, a tractor is equipped to handle all sorts of chores. d: * * Fence building is a job that often takes weeks of muscular efforts but a post hole digger attached to the power take -off can drill out a hole in a few seconds. * * * The posts themselves can be pull- ed along on a light trailer and a post can be dropped off at each hole. The hardest labor is done by machines and the whole job is completed in jig time. * * * Belt pulleys are used to power circular saws, feed grinders, as well as hay and grain loaders. Water pumps can be run off the belt pulley, but the speed of the pulley must suit the machine it is run-, ning. Grain loaders or circular saws can wear out quickly or be difficult to operate if run at excessive speeds. * A tractor blade can be useful in a number of ways. In winter the blade is used to clear snow from the farm road to the highway, pre- venting the isolation so common in many areas. The blade is used to clean man- ure out of pen type barns, as well as moving dirt into soil depressions and doing shallow excavations. Some farmers use it to grade roads on the farm. * * Tractors are -handy machines to have in a garden or orchard. They draw cultivating tools to till be- tween rows, yet modern tractors are so manoeuvrable small, odd shaped plots can be worked. • * * * Some tractors have the power to drive a high capacity "speed" sprayer by power take -off through an orchard, Boons can be mount- ed on any tractor and insecticide sprayed uniformly on orchard or garden, An irrigation system can be laid out by plowing a network of dit- ches and furrows. Here again, the tractor with a plow can dig out straighter flitches in a shorter time. * * * „ Tractors arc often used to draw the rough work in clearing a field. Fallen trees or huge boulders can be chained to the drawbar and pull- ed to the side of the field, * Stones can be removed by at- taching the rock picker to any two or three plow tractor. This machine operates rather like a rake. After it has gathered a number of rocks, the tines can be lifted hydraulically and the rocks dumped into a bucket at the back, * * * The bucket can hold two tons of rock and dumps hydraulically. The rock picker will gather every- thing from two iurh stones up to 400 pound bounders. * * * Silage pits can be made by run- ning a cultivator or plow through a given area of ground, then remov- ing the loose dirt with a tractor mounted scoop, A survey by the National Office Management Association reveals that cuspidors are still in use in 20 per cent of firms. Seventy-five per cent allow shirtsleeves at any time, 13 per cent permit, it in summer, 2 per cent never allow such attire. "Retired" From Life For 60 Ye What Was The Lady's Secret? W }t en Lord Cliften's lovely daughter, LiIah, swept into a lilt- ing waltz other couples stood back from the floor to watch. She danc- ed divinely, with her gracefully slim figure and fragile beauty, 'Brilliantly witty, she was' the most popular debutante of her day, and when she married a former Lord Annaly, her happiness seem- ed assured. Yet, for some sixty years, until her death f n 1944, Lilah, Lady Annaly, lived in sha- dow in a suite of rooms in Hol- denby [-louse. Northampton, un- seen even by many of her dearest friends, When George V and Queen Mary, the Duke of Windsor as Prince of Wales, and the 'Duke and Duchess of York, visited Hol- denby House, this strange woman never saw them. Winter 'and sum- mer, she remained behind drawn blinds, and her relatives could not explain the riddle of her extra- ordinary existence. Some strange and sad desire for the most complete retirement touched her life. Acute in political knowledge, famous people con- stantly sought her views and friendship, yet she suddenly became almost afraid of meeting strangers. Icer shyness drove her to aston- ishing lengths She shut herself in her room until everyone else in the house had retired at night, and returned there before the first ser- vants were about in the early morning. Alone With Memories Through the dead hours of night she roamed the stately home where King Charles had concealed himself before Roundhead roughriders bore him away to face execution in Lon- don Concealed in Lady Annaly's' life was tragedy, the Memory of a twin sister who had died. Alone with her memories, she trod the spacious corridors and entered the ancient and historic rooms of her home only after every other light had been extinguished. 'Tier husband was meantime steadily making I-Ioldenby House smaller and smaller. To adapt it to modern condition, Sir Charles Al- lom was called in for architectural ad,}ce. He had heard the strange story of Lady Annaly's "retirement," and much to his surprise was told that she would see him in the shall hours of the morning, long after everyone else was in bed. Peerage Mystery Lord Annaly led the way and tapped gently on the door. "It is I, Lilah, with Charles Allom," he announced. • A silvery voice bade them enter. In a corner of the room, in a soft and becoming light, sat Lilah, Lady Annaly. As the old French clock on the mantelpiece ticked away the hours, she eagerly questioned her visitor as if she sought to touch the excitement of the human world outside. Yet, she never emerged from her strange self-imposed imprisonment, although her husband entertained brilliantly both at Holdenby House and in London. When royalty were her guests, she had to be excused her duties as hostess. She became rs— no less beautiful with age, though pale from lack of sunlight in herr life. E'ven the death of her husband! did not break her solitude. A. personal maid brought her news of the outside world; and through this sole companion Lady Annaly performed much good, un- seen, She paid doctors' bills and arranged for entire families to take seaside holidays. She equipped young men for careers in a world site had never seen. The strange secret of this beau- tiful woman's bizarre existence re- mains one of the greatest mysteries of the British peerage. When Bridesmaids Carried Guns Time-honoured custom in the wedding of most June brides is the appointment of bridesmaids. The duties of these daintily -at- tired attendants seem to have.. changed over the years, for at one time the bridesmaids, reinforced by "bridesmen.' used to form part of the bride's bodyguard. They ale. carried weapons, tan, in case any romantic but rejected knight should decide to abduct the fait lady on Iter way from her home to the wed.. ding. • Noisy Weddings The duties of the bridesu;aids are thus a survival of the- -early primitive practice of marriage by capture, when the lady's friends resisted attempts to seize and carry her oft. Traces of this custom may still be found at some English village weddings, where a mock contest be- tween the friends of the bride and bridegroom forms part of the day's proceedings. Up to the beginning of this cen- tury in parts of Durham County the bridal party was escorted to church by men armed with guns, which they fired again and again close to the ears of the bride and bridesmaids. At Guisborough, in Cleveland, these guns were fired over the heads of the newly married couple all the way from church. This was survival of t'he fighting which really (happened in the days ' of marriage by capture. Again, instead of being mere - graceful ornaments at the marriage ceremony, the bridesmaids of olden tithes had strict duties assigned to them, Every one of them had to take part in dressing the bride on her wedding morning, and if any- thing was forgotten they were pun- ished for it. Important duty of the first brides- maid was- to stand by the bride throughout all the restivities, which often lasted a week, Much strong mead and wine was consumed its toasts and pledges, with the result that the bride often needed a help- ing hand when it was time to re- tire. Of an estimated 20,000,000 cats in the United States, .about 40 per cent board with families, 10 per cent try the luck of the road, 50 per cent earn a living as ratcatchers in barns, factories, prisons, res- taurants, churches, ships, etc. End Of The "World"—Scientists hove predicted many ways that the world might be destroyed, but none of them thought the end would come in the form of a sledge -swinging workman. The world, in this case, is the 12,000 -pound stone -and -steel globe located in the Ford Rotunda. It is being destroyed to make room for a new display. JITTER ALL Rt6tt> •,Von iWd PUTTHF KNOS IN ND rAic EM our V* x oN 'HANG 001' TNS WASNING!