HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1952-12-18, Page 6"Dear Anne Hirst: Why is it
that mean people have so much
luck? A daugl' ter I know who
didn't visit her old and feeble
mother for years and years has
the best of everything. Why?
"Her four
children love
her. They
know what she
did to their
gr an dmother,
yet they re-
spect her. I'm
not saying they
shouldn't, but
why has she
got everything when she gave
nothing?
"Her mother was the most
wonderful woman I ever knew.
She died heartbroken, over a
daughter who considered herself
too high-class to bother,. with an
old and sick parent.
"Will God pay her back?
That's what I'd like to know.
S.M."
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* In my personal experience,
I have known only two instanc-
* es comparable to the one you
* mention. One' son moved west
• after his marriage. He never
* so much as opened his mother's
* loving letters. and if it hadn't
* been for his wife the poor soul
d' would never have heard any-
* thing of him as long as she
'' lived. For some years he pros -
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pored, but recently he was
striken by an incurable disease,
* and he rages at his "fate."
* Retribution" Perhaps.
y` The daughter of another
wonderful mother not only ne-
glected her parents, but was
actually cruel in her treat-
' ment of them. She lost her
* only child a year ago, and has
• almost lost her mind since.
* She wonders why.
• In the case you cite, this
* mother of da.ighters may in-
* deed be enjoying all the good
things of life. But who can
a predict how her children will
treat her when she grows old
* and ailing? They may turn
* their backs, and excuse them-
* selves selves by remembering how
* she hurt her cwn mother. Of
* course, they may not; often
* one does not live long enough
• td knowvhat retribution
awaits such a character.
In contrast.. the parents of
five married children came
east last summer to visit one
of them. The mother was frail,
* and felt it was. probably the
* last time she would see them
* together, for they are scatter-
'} ed across the country. Every
* one of them visited her, bring-
* ing their children and grand-
^` children—and I know that one
couple had to borrow the mon-
: ey for the trip. She was the be-
"' loved centre of attention and
* they poured out their love and
o gratitude to both parents as
only good children can. Their
visit was a continuous triumph,
and they left with resignation
—and hearts full of thanksgiv-
ing and peace,
*
4;.
a
• When you are tempted to-
• ward r i g h t eons indignation
against this wayward daugh-
e ter of your friend think of
*: the cherished mothers you
* know whose old days are made
* joyful, by the loving reverence
• of their families — and multi-
* ply their number by the
* thousands like them. It is a
* more cheering thought to live
* with.
If your parents are still living,
cherish them while you can,
Their time is short, and this can
be the happiest period of their
long lives IF their children make
it so ... Write your problems to
Anne Hirst, at Box 1, 123, Eight-
eenth St., New Toronto, Ont.
Talked Finances
With His Cat
.A £200 replica of a cat in
white Sicilian marble was un-
veiled recently in an Ilford, Es-
sex, cemetery. It was a monu-
ment to a pet which died two
years ago, ager fourteen years,
four months. Those present when
the monument was unveiled
above the cat's tiny grave inclu-
ded its bachelor owner, a rich
City business man, and sixteen
of his friends and colleagues.
A carved inscription on the
gravestone says: "In loving and
cherished memory of our darling
treasure. In deep gratitude for
the profound love and years of
supreme happiness he gave us."
Mrs. A. Dean, e great friend of
the cat in his lifetime, performed
the unveiling ':tx emony.
Said the cat's owner, Mr. W. H.
Maeer: "When my cat died, some-
thing went out rd my life. t used
to discuss all my big financial
discussions with him as he sat
quietly on my knee. When 1
was in Scotland and rang up niy
home he would sometimes miaow
to me over the line. I -le was al-
most human,"
Mr. Maeer hd, since been given
two kitten. by the s Dis-
pensary
le'
People's
for Sick Animals to help
him try to forget the loss of his
beloved prat.
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INGE Ix ;iM
'ere' Gwvndnlir.e L7 C1Arkc
The creek is running; new
gravel on the lane and in the
yard is oozing moisture; the cist-
ern is full; clover is showing
green among the stubble; two
pairs of overalls are flapping wet-
ly on the line; the kitchen roof
is leaking in two places — and
the car won't start. By these
signs you will know we have had
some rain — three days of it.
Wonderful, life-giving rain, pour-
ing down from a dismal sky. We
have to keep telling ourselves
how glad we are the dry spell
has ended otherwise we should
certainly find the sunless days
most depressing. Something like
bitter medicine — hard to take
but often extremely beneficial.
Nor has it been quite the kind
of weather to encourage visits
to the Royal Winter Fair — but
we got there anyway.
Now what can I say about the
Fair that hasn't • been said al-
ready? Not very much, Nor could
one see much that had not be --ens
seen before. But that didn't seem
to matter. Everyone who visited
the Fair knew there •would be,
as in other years, hundreds of
horses shown — and livestock —
and a beautiful flower show. But
yet none of the appeal was lost.
Perhaps we may have seen many
of the horses and cattle last year
— and maybe the year before —
but because of new • entries the
competitive spirit was still keen.
Last year's champion — of what-
ever' class or breed — might not
necessarily be this year's grand
champion. New entries provided
new interest and the all-import-
ant element of uncertainty. And
the flower show . the roses
and the 'mums! We marvelled
again at their perfection, and at
the tremendous amount of time
and care necessary for planning
the displays.
But there were some new fea-
tures at this year's Fair. There
was the Miniature Royal which
included a display of tropical fish,
and also one of butterflies and
other insects, many of them from
foreign countries. I asked the
man in charge if it was his dis-
play. He told me that most of
the collection belonged to his
uncle,
"He must have travelled a lot,"
I observed.
"Well, yes," he admitted, "but
he travelled for that purpose.
Some men take to stamps, or
photography — or even to drink.
My uncle took to insects!"
That remark set me to won-
dering — as I have often won-
dered before. What is there in
human nature that makes one
person an artist, a scientist, a
farmer or a mechanic? As to
that why do I ask unanswerable
questions?
After giving the stock and ex-
hibits the once-over we rested
our feet and feasted our eyes on
two excellnt films for which the
National Film Board was respon-
sible -- the Story of Wheat and
1
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of life. That's when you need mild, gentle
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1 ver bile tM once again
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day into your digestive tract. 'Phis should
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also ibe Royal -Journey. I had
seen Royal Journey before but
anything good is worth seeing
twice, especially in the light of
recent events. Comparing the
dual personalities of Princess
Elizabeth and Queen .Elizabeth
II, one sees a remarkable change.
The nervousness of the princess
has given way to queenly assur-
ance — so that now we see a
happier and more natural expres-
sion on our young Queen's face,
as if the ordeal of becoming a
Queen were not as great as its
anticipation.
After the show we had lunch,
which did not please us too well.
Soup, thin and flavorless; scal-
loped potatoes so raw we couldn't
eat them; peas tough, meat fair,
ice cream and cake quite good;
pot of tea luke-warm. For which
we' paid $1.50 each. The price
was all right if the food had been
good. I could not help compar-
ing this meal with the meals
that Women's Institute caterers
supply at the International
Ploughing Match. Now there's an
idea ... maybe an enterprizing
group of W.I. branches might run
a lunch room at the Fair! Why
not? It is done very successfully
at the Ploughing Match. so I am
sure our W.I. women could do an
equally good job at the Coliseum,
where facilities for catering
would be.. far ..more convenient..
And there should be no question
of their right to be there since
the Fair is fundamentally an ag-
ricultural project. With the W.I.
in charge I wouldn't mind bet-
ting there would be a line-up for
meals halfway across the bal-
cony.
So much for that. After lunch
we went on to the grandstand at
which the RCMP Musical Ride
was an outstanding feature.
Thank goodness that is one form
of Canadian entertainment that
has been encouraged to con-
tinue — and may it go on and
on for years to come. The Moun-
ties' Musical Ride is as tradition-
ally Canadian as the Changingeof
the Guard is British.
"Well, dear," said Mr: Blair,
after tea had been cleared away,
"what are you planning to do
this evening?"
Mrs. Blair shrugged her shoul-
ders. "Nothing special," she re-
plied. "I'll probably write a let-
ter or two, read, listen to the
radio, and son on."
"I see," he replied. "When
you come to the so on, don't for-
get my shirt bnitons."
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and I could eat and enjoy my meals again. 1
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Thousands who suffered such distress, due
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ISSUE 50 -- 1952
'Geniuses Have Giant
Appetites
The idea that poets, writers
and musicians are pale, sickly
people who moon about all day
and dine off a lettuce leaf and
a few rose petals is a mistaken
one. They number among therm
some of the heartiest eaters ie
history,
Dante Gabriel Rossetti wrote
lovely, romantic verse. But the
effort took so much out of hila
•that in order to restore his ener-
gies he used to breakfast off
half a dozen or more eggs with
an equal number of rashers.
The legend has come down to
us that Mr. Gladstone, the Grand
Old Man, chewed each mouth-
ful thirty-two times. In 1939, in
a speech to the Darlington Wo-
men's Club, Lady Violet .Bon-
ham -Carted dispelled that illu-
sion, As a girl she watched Mr.
Gladstone at dinner. "My eyes
were glued to his jaws," she re-
lates. "1 began to count. To my
horror he seemed to be swallow-
ing every mouthful whole. On
my way home I told my father
that we and everybody had been
under a delusion. He bolts his
food like a wolf."
How painful it is to have our
illusions shattered as Charlotte
Bronte must have when she met
her demi-god, Thackeray. He
ate so much and kept thrusting
such enormous quantities into
his mouth that ultimately she
was forced to cry: "Oh, Mr.
Thackeray, don't!"
Thackeray was fonder of his
food than his friends. His fa-
vourite dish was broad beans
and bacon. Once, when due to
dine out, he heard that this dish
figured on the menu of his club
that night, so penned a little
note to his host: "1 am dining
with a very old friend and can-
not tear myself away."
Tennyhon, too, was earthly in
his tases. "I like my mutton
cut in chunks," he used to say,
adding the afterthought, "large
chunks!"
Joseph Haydn lived for music
—and food. "Without adequate
meals," he complained, "I can't
compose." And as he wrote 104
symphonies, twenty-four operas,
and countless masses, overtures
and quartettes, his meals. were
correspondingly enormous. When
he travelled abroad he invari-
ably sent a man on ahead to
order meals for five. Once, after
an unusual bout of composition,
he ordered dinner for twelve.
When he came down, mine host
asked: ' "Where, sir . are your *
guests?"
"Guests?" roared Haydn, tap-
ping his ample. waistcoat, "why
—they're all here!" And he sat
down. • and demolished twelve
dinners.
So don't imagine that a deli-
cate touch on the piano, or the
ability to turn out ethereal verse,
means a finicky appetite. •
Sinister River
Two British scientists have left
England to spend three years in
"The Country of the Blind," a
stricken tract in the Northern
Territories of the Gold Coast of
West Africa, where at least 100,-
000 natives are sightless through
disease.
They are determined to find a
way of eliminating the source of
the disease — •'L river fly which
what the native:- call river blind -
ness—and which works it. way
to the natives' eyeballs. There i i
no known cure for the blinding
disease it causes.
The scientist, anticipate dine
cultly in persuading the natives
to surrender even a blind eye
to help thein in their curative
work. Victims are superstitious
and hate to lose an eye even if
it has gone blind. It is possible
that they will agree, however,
to having glass eyes fitted.
The scientist•,' expedition is one
of the greatest healing missions
ever undertaken There is a real
danger of the disease spreading
along the rivets to the more
populous rentres of West Africa,
and even to South Africa.
The last census in Northern
Nigeria showe-x that one person
in every seventy was blind and
one in seven suffered from dis-
eases of the eye The scientists
are convinced that at least three-
quarters of the blindness is pre-
ventable. At present the inci-
dence of blindness in the area
is by far the highest in the world.
•
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