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There N1 as something different
about that heat wave we endured
last week from any we had had
before. Did you notice. it? Unless
you were outside quite a bit you •
probably wouldn't. I mean there
was no shade. No possibility of
standing under a tree for a minute
to get away from the scorching
gun because on the trees there were
no leaves, and so — no shade. Of
course, as I write, things have
changed — a few days can make a
lot of difference. Now, the trees,
and shrubs are once again spreading
their - welcome, protective foliage.
How wonderful it is to have trees! •
You know, an Ontario heat wave
without shade makes me think of
_the Western prairie. Hot, blistering
sun —'and for miles and miles, not
a tree in sight. So often out West
I used to long for a tree — just one
tree — where .one could sit .for a
few minutes enjoying the shade and
the cooling sound of wind rustling
the leaves..
Well, we may not have appreci-
ated that spell of unseasonable heat
but Mother Nature seemed to like
it. The newly sown spring grain
came up before it was hardly in the
ground; bare cherry trees almost
blossomed overnight; welcome rhu-
barb made its appearance and was
ready just as we had finished the
last of our winter fruit supply. We
also managed to get our garden in
and I am hoping it, too, will share
in the quick growing season.
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Our garden could have gone in
sooner but I had to wait until our
men were through seeding. Oh yes,
I could have done it myself, except
that any time I tackle the job alone
I never get the rows straight — even
though I measure distances between
rows very carefully and have a
string line to guide me—maybe it
is because the rows are so long.
Anyway, to avoid justified criticism
afterwards, I wait for Partner to
help me, with the job. Now when
the garden comes up I won't hear
s c a thing comments such as —
"Crooked as a snake -rail fence ..
how can you hope to scuffle rows
like that ... if I couldn't put in a
garden straighter than that I'd eat
my shirt!"
So you see what I mean ... Of
course I also prefer straight rows
in a garden but when I get hold of
a hoe to scoop out the seed rows
it seems to go every which -way.
I wonder what would happen if I
had to plough a straight furrow!
Incidentally, our Honey was a.
great help in putting in garden. As
soon as a nice, cool, moist furrow
was scooped out Honey would flat-
ten
latten herself out in the middle of it.
And then, no sooner was she chased
out of it than I would turn round
and find her running off with a
packet of seeds. Reproved again
she would look at us sideways as
much as to say — "Well, what can
a fellow'do?" Probably at that mo-
ment B:ack Joe would appear and
then chasing the cat would solve
Honey's problems for the time be-
ing.
On the whole putting in garden
is a nice job . .. one has only to
look up to see a clear-cut view of
"the mountain" — the sandpits at
the brickyards breaking and intensi-
fying the dense green of the hills
and fields. How we should miss it
if the earth .should suddenly open
and swallow our "mountain" — or,
to give it what I believe is its true
geographical description — the Nia-
gara Escarpment. And then, in the
garden, we have the song of the
birds. We' have so many birds
around here — nothing very rare
perhaps = but because many of our
belong to a coinmon species does
not make their joyous singing any
less pleasant to listen to. Blackbirds
and orioles vie with each other in
song, with the cheery bob -o -link
and song sparrow joining in. Yes,
our birds provide us with a music
festival of the air.
One day as I listened to a bird
singing, I recalled a poem of
Wordsworth's that I loved as a
child although it used to make me
feel I wanted to hide some place
and cry — it has such a lilting sad-
ness. If any farm readers get a
little fed up with farm life at times,
look through any collection of
poems and you will probably find
the one I have reference to — "The
Reverie of Poor Susan". Read it,
and imagine yourself as Susan,
•wa:king through Wood Street, on
your way to work, as she probably
was — and think what it would
mean to hear "in the silence of
morning the song of the bird".
Well, I seen to have run out of
spare — and I had quite a lot to
say about birds — and cats, but
maybe I'll get around to it next
week. For the present I'll leave
this question with you — car we
keep both cats and birds? I say
yes — but only if you love thein
both• 'Bye for now ... more next
week — I hope!
MVO
Standing Guard—Gerard "Smithy" Menuhin, 9 -month-old son
"of Mr. and Mrs. Yehudi Menuhin, seems to enjoy the task of
'watching his famous violinist -father's priceless Stradivarius
and Guarnerius violins, in the canvas case, while his parents
clear• through customs at New York's LaGuardia Field. The
family arrived from London en route to its Alma, Calif., home,
Smithy, ho was born in Scotland. hasmade three transatlantic
crossings„
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Sally Annes Get a New Look—Women of the Salvation Army
won't be wearing those quaint, blue bonnets, right much
longer. The Autry recently adopted a trim, navy blue felt
hat, left. The stiff old-fashioned chapeau was made with a
high arch in back to fit the "bun" of hair women wore at the
nape of the neck. Up -to -date -looking Sally Annes agree it's
definitely passe now.
JTEST YOUR Fr Q.,
Do You Know
Your Vowels
Here's a little -vocabulary Quiz
that you shouldn't find too hard-
-maybe. The missing words in
the following little tale—words
which you should be able to guess
from the context, each contain all
the f ve vowels, A, E. I, 0, U,
jusr once. How many of those
words can you supply?
When through, take a, look at
the correct list, printed upside-down
underneath.
As a rule, a man who oceemies
a (1.—) position of relative
(2.—) is not called in by the pre-
sident of the company in a (3.—)
capacity. John Doe, however, was
an exceptional young man, enjoying
a splendid (4.—) for being up-
right in his (5.—), (6.=) in
his speech, precise and never
(7.—) humorous but not (8.—),
quiet and (9.—) in his way of
life, sociable enough but not
(10.—). Although his parents had
been in rather (11—) circum-
stances John had received. an ex-
cellent (12.—) and soon (13.--)
his classmates in achievements. For
all these reasons he was justly a
(14.—) with all his fellow work-
ers who, after considerable (15.—)
on their part, had finally been able
to show him their trust when they
(16.—) him to speak for all of
them. They knew he would exercise
all posible (17.—) so that the
interview with the boss—who was
inclined to vi e w offenses as
(18.—) — would be conducted
without any (19.—) for either
party and thus the (20.—) of the
unjustly accused co-worker attained,
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Why Don't They
Tell The Folks?
One fundamental principle both of •
good business and of good public
relations is to keep your customers
or public informed in advance of any
change in policies or charges which
may affect then.
Here's what happened to one sav-
ings bank depositor, says a writer
in The Financial Post,
Mystified by a 25 -cent charge in.
his bank book for each, of the last
two months, this depositor asked the
bank to explain it last week. The ac-
countant informed hint that all the
Canadian banks had agreed to a new
arrangement for the service charges
which became effective on Jan. 1,
1949. In his case the charge was
because he went one cheque over the
free limit allowed in each month,
Had he known he could have avoid-
ed this charge. He still has not re-
ceived any notification nor seen any
sign announcing the change.
No one will deny. that the banks
should be able to make a reasonable
charge for their services. But surely
if they change the "rules"—i.e, the
basis for the charges—they should
notify their customers at the time
and post the new schedule promin-
ently in the bank offices. That is
only good business practice. It
would avoid that distasteful feeling
that "They tried to"slip one over."
Modern Etiquette
By Roberta Lee
Q. How • long' before the appointed
date of a wedding 'should the in-
vitations be mailed?
A. From twa`fo three weeks in -
advance.
Q. When leaving, is it better
for a dinner guest to thank his
hostess for having him to dinner or
tell her how much he enjoyed the
evening?
A. Tell her how much he has en-
joyed the evening. '
Q. Should the host and hostess
always provide new decks of cards
for a bridge party?
A. Yes, always, and for a poker
party, too. To throw out a soiled
dilapidated deck of cards would be
about the same as if the host were
unshaven and wearing a soiled,
wrinkled shirt.
Nerve Wracking
The fellow was in very bad shape.
His nerves were really shot. He
went to a doctor and the doctor told
flim he was a nervous wreck.
"How on earth did you ever get
into this condition?" the doctor
asked.
"Well," said the man,, "it's like
this. I work for an orange packing
company. I stand at the end of a
ramp down which the oranges
tome. Each big orange I have to
put on a pile of oranges that are
Lor export. Medium-sized oranges
I put aside for domestic use. And
the smaller oranges are allocated to
the orange -juice companies. And
there I stand all day—decisions, de-
cisions, decisions!"
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By Rev. R. Barclay Warren
Jesus Sentenced to Death
John 19.1-16
Golden Text: "Christ , „ . when
He was reviled, reviled not again;
when He suffered, He threatened
not. I Peter 2:21, 23.
The Jewish religious leaders had
decided that Jesus was worthy of
death because he blasphemed in say-
ing that he was the Son of God.
But being a subject people, they
were unable to carry out the death
sentence. So they led Jesus to
Pilate, the Roman emperor. Pilate
examined Jesus and announced, "I
find in Him no fault at all." But the
infuriated leaders would not accept
such a verdict. Pilate sought to
evade the issue by sending Jesus to
King Herod of Galilee who was in
the city that day. But Jesus was
returned. Then he sought to pla-
cate the wrath of the accusers by
scourging Jesus, determining them
to release him. But that failed. As -
cording to custom, he . offered to
release a prisoner. Whom would he
release—Jesus, or Barabbas, a mur-
derer? To his dismay, they chose
Barabbas. Pilate was troubled. His
wife warned him, 'Have nothing to
I do with this just person, for I-- have
suffered many things this night in
a, dream because of him." He pre-
sented Jesus.tefore them as a harm-
less man, crowned with thorns. But
they would not relent.
In desperation they threatened.
"If thou let this man go, thou are
not Ceasar's friend." Pilate under-
stood. If he did not yield to their
demands, they would report him to
Ceasar. His record would not stand
the scrutiny of the firm emperor. He
had mingled the blood of Galileans
with their sacrifice. He must choose
between Jesus and what appeared to
be his self-interest, between right
and selfishness. He chose the latter.
Washing his hands in professed in-
t nocency, he delivered Jesus to be
crucified. Gentile and Jew had Coll.
laborated in sentencing to death
God's well -beloved Son.
Tradition says that the. Jews ori a
later occasion complained of Pilate's
conduct. On his way to Rome to
answer for his deeds, he committed
suicide.
Some have nought to excuse
Pilate on the ground that he was t
tool of Providence to carry out
God's plan. But Pilate was a ire.
moral agent. His sin was not neces
sary for our salvation. The glarin
fact is that there are Pilates a
about us: men and women and youtls
who are placing self before Jesul
Christ. Jesus said, "Whosoever wil
save his life shall lose it; and who•
aoever will lose his left for my sakr
shall find it." Matt. 16:25.
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