HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1947-11-13, Page 2Street Widening in Toronto has caused a shift in Miss Victory, a huge monument com-
memorating South African war battles in which Canadians participated. Inch by inch, the
monument is being moved on rollers along the path shown by the dotted line to a new
base 21 feet away. The monument was erected in 1905.
The Rainbow
Special
By
T. M. RIDER
the woman who had been
gazing wistfully at Madame Bluce's
window display finally entered and
• +t all things— to try on the
Rainbow Special, Mady Clark's
pleasant smile wavered. That gaudy,
multi -colored dress with- its golden
sash had been displayed because
party time was near and Madame
Bluce felt some girl might like it
for a gay affair. Of course, the
woman was small and thin enough
to slip into it. But she had a sweet
face, the kind that made you think
of a mother in lavender and lace.
Mutely, Mady showed her to the
dressing room, then walked over to
the sweater counter.
A minute later the customer shyly
opened the dressing room door.
"It's beautiful!" she cried, "I know
Torn will remember me as I used to
look. You know how husbands are.
They just don't realize a woman
doesn't grow any younger with time."
So that was the wrinkle. She was
trying to become a spring chicken
for her husband's sake. Somehow
it didn't seem right for a nice old
lajdy. :!lady couldn't help thinking
#I:at some day she might get mar-
ried and she'd grow old, too. Then,
would she have to suffer the experi-
ence this woman was suffering?
Mady walked over to the woman
and said, "I've just thought of a
special dress for madam. A pale blue
creation that would be chic with
costume pearls and matched ear-
rings."
"Pale blue? Oh, no! My husband
loves colors that are bright and alive.
You see, he's an artist, and a bril-
liant one, too."
She spoke in a proud voice and
smoothed the I2ainbow Special with
wor';-warn hands. Mady asked hesi-
tantly, "I don't mean to pry, but is
your husband ill? Perhaps a floral
dress—"
"Tom ill? You wouldn't ask that
if you saw him. He's big and husky,
and he always says my cooking's
making him fat." She beamed until
she noticed Iafady staring wonder-
ingly at her hands. Then she said
quietly, "I've worked at washing
dishes in a restaurant for the past
10 years and I'm proud of it be-
cause—well, because I'm doing it
for my husband. But I guess you're
too young to understand that love
means more than roses and kisses.
"My Tom's worth anything, any
sacrifice," the lady continued, and
brushed at her cheeks with sudden
remembrance. "And I must hurry.
lie's waiting outside in the car and
I know he's growing impatient."
STUFF AND THINGS
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That was the last straw!' Mady
shook her head despairingly,
"Erma, is that you?" a deep voice
suddenly boomed from the doorway.
"I got tired of waiting and crossed
the street."
The woman gasped and hurried
over to a tall, dark-haired man. "Oh,
you shouldn't have, Tom. I was
coming right out."
Why, the lady was actually quiv-
ering as though she had committed
some heinous crime by making him
wait a few minutes! Mady glared
at him. So this was the husky artist!
He was husky enough to swing a
pick and shovel. Well, why didn't
he, instead of making his pitifully
small wife slave for him? 7f this
was love she'd steer clear of it!
"That new dress does things to
you, Erma!" He placed his huge
hands on her shoulders and held her
off at arm's length. `Ah, those col-
ors, my dear! They're soft, yet
warm and alive. I can't wait to get
bold of some paints and brushes."
"Now, Tom, you shouldn't work
so soon after the operation. You
know what the doctor said."
He nodded thoughtfully and sighed.
"Guess I can wait a little longer at
that. But say, my vision's improving
every minute. I just crossed the
street myself. And only this -morning
you looked so—so colorless. But
now, I swear you look just—just
like you did before I went blind ten
years ago, Erma." .... ....
Erma's answering smile was as
bright as the sun. Mady felt her
heart begin to pound furiously. The
artist was recovering from an eye
operation and probably would never
see colors normally again!
Albert;, Oil
For some time, unofficial fore-
casts have suggested that the de-
velopment of the oil fields of which
Edmonton is a focal point would
be "the biggest thing yet" in Al-
berta, and in economic effects
might well become one of the
Dominion's biggest also.
Not only is the oil comparable to
the Oklahoma and Texas products,
but responsible geologists are now
convinced, although they are cau-
tious in going on record publicly,
that the whole area tributary to Ed-
monton will prove as extensive and
as productive as either the Okla-
homa or Texas fields.
Speedy Voyage
Record for the New -York -to -
Capetown run is held by the liner
Queen Mary.
The Queen Mary's log, made
available by the owners, shows
that in March to April, 1940, on
its first voyage from New York to
Australia to embark troops, the
liner reached Capetown in 11 clays,
20 hours, 27 minutes, averaging 25
knots for the 7,250 -mile crossing
via Trinidad,
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<:.rritish-Built `Brain'
Beats J.S. Invention
British inventors have come up
with a new two -ton mechanical
"brain" hailed as 25 times smarter
than its smartest American count-
erpar t.
Dr. M. V. Wilkes, Director of
the Cambridge University Mathe-
matical Laboratory, said the Uni-
versity -built memory monster was
nearly finished.
"It may make discoveries in en-
gineering, astronomy, and atomic
physics," he told a reporter. "It
may even solve economic and phil-
osophical problems too complicated
for us.
"There are many vital questions
we wish to put to it."
Dr. Wilkes said the machine
could handle 500 numbers ten de-
cimals long. He said the best Ame-
rican "brain" built in Philadelphia
for the American Army, handled
only 20 such numbers.
The Cambridge "brain" has been
nicknamed "EDSAC," because its
full name, the natural scientist ex-
plained, is "electronic delay storage
automatic calculator."
Too Healthy
I hear your aunt's very rich.
Does she enjoy good health?"
"Yes—gloats over it."
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Backache is a friendly
warning from Nature—
urging you to do some-
thing about it at once.
It's the same when your
shoulder is painful, or
your joints become stiff. When other folks
have had these complaints, many have got
relief by taking Kruschen. Kruschen helps
because it is a combination of several mineral
salts which aid sluggish organs of elimination
thus helping to remove the causes of painful
backache and rheumatic pains. health
proves and vigour returns. So give Kruschen
a trial in your own ease. Start today and
for the next month take Kruschen regularly.
Simply take a small morning dose of Kruschen
in tea, coffee or hot water. At all Druggists:
25c and 75c.
It's the little morning dose that does it!
LU'IL .
Sun(' ay Morning In England -1947
A letter from England to the
New York Herald Tribune:
You probably get all sorts of re-
ports about Britain, but I wonder
how many you receive from one of
the "great unknown," such as my-
self.
My background is a fairly aver-
age one. A country boy, brick-
layer, came to the big city (250,-
000) for a better job, joined the
army 1939, demobbed and now
back on the travel again. My pay
amounts to £s ($24) a week; so
now you know my angle on life.
* * *
A complete "scenario" is impos-
sible, but here's an impression of
today, Sunday, Sept. 28, 1947. Our
summer is still holding on. This
morning broke fine and warm. The
milkman calls as usual (7 a.m.).
Two pints for four of us. Can you
imagine him making that little
tap -tap on the tiled paths as he
drops his bottles all along the street
of little two -storied houses with
enormous hedges in place of rail-
ings? Father-in-law makes the cup
of tea this morning, which we drink
in bed, and then turn over till the
paper comes at 9 a.m.
I got up then. I want to check
my "pools results" on ' yesterday's
matches, You probably know we
have here 1,000,000 football fans
and 3,000,000 who "do the pools."
Breakfast and then we get our
daughter off to church. Wife and
I will probably go this evening, as
it is Harvest Festival. The kid-
dies were decorating the church
yesterday.
* * *
This morning I shall ride around
the city on nay bike. I've been
here fifteen years, but it still fas-
cinates me. From the top of my
street I can look across the park
and see the gray walls of Port -
cheater Castle that stands on the
creek. And to the left are all the
shiips of Portsmouth and Gosport
ring 'Em Back
Thousands of Hindus and Mos-
lems in refugee camps dotting the
frontiers of India and Pakistan have
a new slogan: "Bring back the Brit-
ish!"
In Lahore, where a reign of ter-
ror has taken many lives and dest-
royed much property, flowers have
appeared on the statue of Queen
Victoria.
In Amritsar a young native army
officer told an American correspon-
, dent that "freedom has brought us
"*nothing but mob rule."
Harbor, and to the right the long
ridge of the green South Downs.
Up above the sky is blue, the sea
cadets march by in step with their
bugle hand, motorists whizz down
to Southsea beach with the last
drop of basic petrol (but after to-
morrow) and there are crowds
waiting for the bus to take them
over the hill for a last picking of
blackberries. Sunday morning in
England—autumn, 1047. Only in
southern Austria, where I spent
two months in 1945, can there be a
more quietly happy people. Don't
worry about "crises," it's like water
on a duck's back!
A. H, BAILEY
Portsmouth, Sept. 28, 19.17.
Loyalty
"Oh. I adore Nature," exclaimed
a stout but soulful lady at a dinner
party recently.
Grouch() Marx was among those
present. Turning to his neighbour,
he said softly. "That's real loyalty
when you consider what Nature
has done to her."
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Choosey
A bachelor is a man who
wouldn't take "yes" for an answer.
What's the Use?
Just as you think you can make
ends meet at last, somebody moves
the ends,
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