HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1940-11-08, Page 6(BY Oonrtner ROW 000ner
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Zuer Stehe ilii .deeply etched. It was
• Vlit.)4da afternoon; on Uiy cirth-
' '9110r Shoved ray terriers, the rour
totrBiatthers, Akt- in an "instaht I
Iftehod ,away a lighted eigaxette and
Saidadi "No; I've artopped sinok-
ttng." gere was the culmination 'of:
many) nears? resolutions, each too
Weak to stand by itself, but all form-
: hag a basis for Coopers Last Stand.
New I must reither lick the foe or ad -
Mit to being a weakling and a suck-
.
Suddenly. I 'was terrifiect--a snivel-
ing sacrifice on, the altar of resolu-
tion. It was the kind of 'afternogn
Or a fellow to lean back from 'his
•.typewriter, forget ,his, work for a
inconent reed light a
cig—
l3ut 1 hed ,stvearti. off.
'My eraoking had gotten'ao bit thick..
more than 40 years 1 had sucked'
up nicotine Like a filling station
sponge. Even at night I aw,ak,ened
many times, and grabbed fer.a cigar-
ette, And now I stood quivering with
the knowledge of what I was in for,
I didm't even have any help; my wife
was, out shopping. I Was' alone --
Alone! I laughed. No need to
tell anyone what I had done. No
need for braggadocio, or athlete. case
I couldn't stick it out. If I- tailed,
there would he no shame. NohtodY'
could- kid me into Weakening, because
nobody knew.
Suddenly everything was swell; De-
' liberatrelY I put some cigarettes, in
me pocket; that afternoon I fingered
them a hundred times. At last, I
laid them aside. 1 had, lived for
eight hours' without sanoking. Why
shouldn't I be able to liveteight hours
more? I refused to touch, mj
Bette boa' when I went to bed. Some-
, way 1 .reanaged to sleep,only to
a -waken with a horror hen,ging over
me—of something .terrible I'd done --
Then I heard, the Clock strike four.
I'd beenasleep for six straight hours,
something unheard 'ef for years! My
terror passed; .sow t really laughed.
Snapping on the light, I opened the
box and streamed cigarettes, through
My fingers,' exulting over them, "I've,
got you licked!" I gloat:elle "If I can,
stay away from, ylou this: lens, 1 can
stay away forever" • •
Here the state chops short. On
that November day whet?. the Big Ex -
AVM 1.46 710 Orgtell.
roda.€40 JUST LIKE
altbsitent happened I was 20 pounds
underweight. I load no taste for food.
I -had smoker's. throat, a bronobial
cough, smoker nerves. Oats and
spinet—about as rigid as 'a rubber
band. The fingers of both has were
stained a deep walnut. I was asham-
ed to open my mouth because of the
thick nicotines incrustations on my
teeth, to say nothing of the ..lorown
fur on my tengue. I was a ane -man
furnace.
A 'single Month brought about a
great change. My •-• smoker's pulse
which often had pounded along at
120, dropped back to a pleasant 72.
1 could really Mete and enjoy food
for the first time in ten years. The
sneaker's throat, cough and sinus in-
flammation were gene. • Today. if I
don't sleep eight hours at a stretch,,
1 cereal:gin .about it. The only scar
remaining is the wish that Pd done
all this twenty-five years ago.
I , had attempted . it often _enough,
but without the proper pMlosophy.
&wally I told everyone that I was
going to try to atop snaking. Or ,I
began the "tapering -off" teChnique,
and ,all that serif -delusion bilge. In
a few days 1 was smoking like a re
engine again. "How anyone afflicted
with acute----aierv-ous. l?ficatinitiscnn
cut' down on- his intake 'le something
I've never learned. On the eon:friary,
everybody who leo studied the prob-
lem of smoking avers that there i3
only Ope. way to deic.rease the intake.
--and that is to etop altogether, T.
C. Furnas recentty made an exhaus-
tive canvass of smokees; his pried,:
pal finding was that you'll either cut
smoking off :short and take it on the
chin, or you won't cut it out at all!
Prbm 45 of My acquaintances who
have sworn off; 1- have discovered
some rather surprising things. Those
who experienced the least 6difficulty
in quitting were those wet) did least
talking -about it. As one friend put
it:
"If you're going to build bridges
back to smoking even before you quit,
then qUitting is just a pretense.
Yotrre ,going to lay off for a while,
go thirougat hell and high water, start
smoking a little on the sly, then get
back hard as ever; meanwhile lying
your head off about, how- you • really
found out it ,was better for you to
cut down gradually."
011e cigarette is just as danger-
OA1S to an exemloked •aseneodoink is
t� a reformed' drunkard. Actually,:
excessive sleeking is just a form of
drunkenness,. If I had a boy whom
I was tryinn nt. guide, I'd tell him
to take the .ligner ,route retiree than
the tobaccio road. Your doctor Can
scare toti Into quitting drink. 4But
moist doctors will, -onlY Say about
emektitg;. . W41140.`
ter Mt deent"
Yet there *Mists * doubt about
the benefits to be deatived from oat -
ting out Whiten): Of ray file-0dt Who,
have stoppedrnibbliug at nicotine, all
but two or three are feeling far mere
fit. Headaches have natrashed, sintis
troubleehreasedt some instanc-
es, sight ba a been enhanced; others
rasetioi. a keener sone of renekevr
en et hearing. With rnany, there bs
been, a lessening of indigestion and
,biliousniess-, and a greater resistances
against colds oa• fin. Smoker's throat
mod cough have disappeared..While
some have gained Weight, most have
not gained in size. Since I stopped
smiookin.g, I have gained 20 pounds,
6.1m1 can drool easily at the thought
of oysters, 'a sirloin: steak; baked pot-
ato and toe -cream. Yet I still wear
the same size clothes and my 32
waistline is -exactly the same.
This is probably due to an he
creased desire for activity. A , n
pense
feels better, and goes in for more ex-
ercise. The type of flesh which lone
puts on by abstinence from smoking
seems :entirely different from. the in
neritube variety which' attaches itself
to the midriff as a result of indol-
ence.
There Is a common belief that a
drink isn?t much good without a
smoke to accompany it. Thereforre,
one big hurdle is: the social hazard
when everyone is standing around
with cocktails in hand. You think
you'reenot going' in be able to take
that. But it can be done. Merely
say what yoinve always said when
you heven't felt like molding; "No,
thanks." The offering of cigarettes':
is merely a mechaprical social gee-
ture. It is amazing how few persona
notice that you arena in the huffing
and puffing class. One, pule4need be
observed here: always care) match-
es. Oddly enuagh, the more cigar-
ettes you light, for ,others the fewer
times you will be asked to sneaker.
Heavy erolokers become accustom-
ed to irritation: , of the throat and
some sort of taste in the mouth, and
my friends agree that this is telae big
thing to beat in staying away from
tobanto. In times of stress, I sucked
on a ,.menthol cougla-deop or mine
Others have used bard candies: But
stay away from soft candies; you'll
eat the, whole box before you realize
it.
The per•son who stops smoking
must inure himself to the knowledge
that every old association will bring
a ,,teeurrieg desdae. Once this is un-
derstood, however, it is just another
apple in the bag. The desire can be
seise/tatted- by coMpeneateny amonnt
of 'reasoning which makes, the crav-
ing. , ridiculous. This phase grows
weaker the more you laugh about
what a nuisance -smelting used to be..
Soon, the thought of smoking -seldom
enters, your mind.
One association will not bobber
HOG CHOLERA
1111ENACE1
Active Co-operation of every Ontario
Farmer is Necessary to STAMP IT OUT
ONTARIO bas a really serious outbreak of Hog Cholera. This deadly infectious
disease of swine has reached alarming proportions in, the counties of Essex and
Kent, with smaller outbreaks in Lambton, Elgin, Norfolk and Haidimand. If the
disease is not controlled it is certain to spread to neighbouring counties. Every
precaution must be taken. The Ontario Department of Agriculture is actively co-
operating with the Federal Department of Agriculture and farmers in 'their efforts
to stamp out this disease.
If the spread , of Hog Cholera is not checked NOW, every pig raiser in *Ontario
stands to lose. Only the immediatehand wholehearted co-operation of every Ontario
farmer will stamp out this menace to the hog industry.
HOW TO PREVENT HOG CHOLERA
The Departments of Agriculture strongly recommend every pig raiser to take the
following precautions:
1Confine all hogs to pens or yards that have
'1 been thoroughly cleaned and disinfected
with an approved disinfectant.
2ln centres of heavy infection, if possible,- •
" keep hogs away from straw :decks as this is
a place usually frequented by birds each a�
starlings . sparrows, and pigeons, Which 'may
have ,cocee direct from an infected barnyard.
Destroy as -many pigeons, sparrows and starling&
as possible.
3 Keep dogs ont of the pig pen. Keep your
• clog tinder control in the daytime mad tied
up at night. Keep stray dogs off your farm.
4 Burn any dead pigs or bury them 2o deeply
that stay dogs will not dig them Up.
Keep all doors closed and protect the win-
* dews so that no dogs or birda can enter the -
pens.
6 Do not visit staighbottra• )tea penal
Nor allow atsigitsboura to atilt your&
7Always have a pan of strong &sin' featant
* solution just inside the door lo that sumo
entering the pen can disinfect his shoes, AND
INSIST ON ITS USE. .
8 Keep livestock trucks off your farm —if you
" have stock to ship, load up at the end of the
lane. Disease-bearin' g, refuse dropping from the
bottom 'of the truck might easily be gabled. to
your hogs.
9. DO NOT 101111CDABE " y,
VEDDER HOGS"
except from dependable sources within a
clean distiict.
10 Isolate newly purchased breeding stock
for at least three week+ before permitting
them to run with hogs already on the premises.
11 In areas where hog cholera exists be,
extremely careful about breeding outside
sows with your boar.
Where hogs are serum treated, follow to
the letter dructions given by the Vet-
erinary Inspector of the Federal Department of
Agriculture.
33 Feed only' carefully 'balanced rations.
. • Wellzfed hogs have the strong,* reels-
- tame to disenie,-
, /fog Cholera is highly contagious And Call spread very rapidly.
The aboVe precautions, put into praotice, TODAY, will. do .
' 3IiiacI1 to previiiit 64 spread of Ws deadlY disease.
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ONTARIO 44,
NT OF AGRICULTURE
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P. A. Chester, General Manager
of the Hudson's Bay Company,
who has been appointed- Acting
Master General of Ordnance for
Canada's fighting forces. A Great
War veteran, Mr. Chester serves
without charge and assumes no
military rank. The Ordnance De,
partment is responsible for all
equipment and clothing of the
fighting forces.
you: the 'smelt .ot etaxette smoke
,cipposite-effecte the -
longer one stays away from tobac-
co, the ..mere Obnoxious it becomes.
The exhalation from another's cigar-
ette stinks like a dead cat, and re-
vives no memories except unhappy
ones of headache, hacking coughs,, a
haltdead feeling, and hours in which
one sits cussing 'himself forte being
able to do 'nothing but suck On a'
tube of tobacco.
Always remember this: no one ,ev-
er died or went crazy from the lack
of tobacco. Ther worst ,ithat can hap-
pen te„,3roU is annoyance, for which
you 'are repaid by better voind and
pulse, and a mouth which doesn't
taste like glue.
The strange thing about all this, is
that practically no: one looks uton
tebacoo as a vile evil. Some of my
friends ,cle feel, tawnier, that thie
public ,hae been 'high-pressured into
smokinrg more than is good -for it, and
that there are indications of a back-
fire. No matter what the radio pro-
grams say, cigarettes the,
don't
soothe nerves or win 100 -yard dash-
es.
art -Jae who desire to stop sino
ing because of a belief that the hab-
it is harmful, 1 recommend listening
to the cigarette hours en the radio!
Here is a ,cigarnatte that . tells you
that it hontains, no waste material,
dust, •or other terrible things that
rival inglaufaettiteis put into their
product. Another boasts that its to-
hancerarelesrs\int. rmful on the thiroar
A third premises that it Will cure
thataarinoning 'cigarette cough. After
all fou can't accuse your competitor
of every crime in the ,calendar with-
dut being suspected yourself.
To stop smoking de. a real jab,
but it is not as Secrifidal as one
likes tg) pretend. I wish. I could •as -
slime .gigantic • stature and stand, Na-
polelon-like, with a hand in my vest,
while I relate terrible experanices.
But I can enly.say that, like ann. oth-
er abrupt change, ,quitting Crooking is
serious, but not •One must
employ every possible element of
one's Sense of hlumor, whip up all.
the pride that ever existed -h• and
use common raense. . After all, why
fuss and worry about Something that
enables You to wake up rated in' the
morning., restores your mental clar-
ity, and adds years to your life by de-
oreasing your ellen:toe physiCal
breakdown?
An overwhelming desire for a cig-
arette is possibly stweeping, over you
right now. But ,why shetild a puny
piete of paper with 'Some tobacco in-
side it be ,allo-wied ••t o Push 'you.
around?
"The onlybad mistake .1a a (Hag -
nestle that I can r'enleraber," said a
dearer, "was when I prescribed for
'''Incligestiou, and afterwards- learned
that nay patient could easily have af-
forded aPPentlititie."
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- "That, Chicken we bad at dinner
was an incubator chielien." ' -
• "How do you knowt"
"Any chicken rthat had a mother
, couldn't be' that 'tough."
• •
"John said that every time he kien
ed Me it !made him a better main."
"Perhaps so. But there was no
need for him to try to 'get to heaven
all in one evening!' -
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The telephone rang in Boom 106 of
the -Grand Rotel:
Toe Blake tossed:1n his bed, rub-
bed the sleep out of hia eyes and
mannhand throunit hie tousled black
hair. Then easuailY he reached for
the telephone, oh a sm-all table' be-
side the bed. '
"Hello.," he said.
The voice of the desk clerk floated
over the wire. "Good. raornin•g, Mr.
Blake. It's 7:39 o'elock."„--
Canadiens' all-star left-winger re-
placed the receiver and awakened hi
roono-mate, Paul Haynes.
Both players dressed quickly and
went for a 'short walk before break-
fast:, :served promptly at .8 o'clock in
a special section of the main) dirixinn
room. •
Theta bow a typical day begins in
the training camp of Montreal's Na-
tional Hockey League tea,ra.
Building a sextette is More 'than
arithmetic. It taker brae, money and
elaborate organizatien th get a major
league hockey team ready for the,
strenuous winter campaign, leading to.
the Stanley' Oup playoffs. The task
is- almost on a machiue basis and in
this thriving Iittle eity, fifty. miles
from Montreal,' Chaon Dick Irvin is,
drilling his charges with military
precision.
Women Are Barred
Alcoholic drinks are barred,
smoking is not allowed at 'meal time
and wives and girl-filen:ids of the play -
ens are barred from the camp site. •
-After breakfast, which usually con-
sists of .cereal, fruit juice, bacon' and
eggs, theist and coffee, . the planers
trek to the • spacicius ,greuralS, • sue
noureling the moderne arena where
physical training is eel:lido:Med under
the direction 'of ,Captain Jean'Bertle
faunae, of the St. Hyacinthe Regi-
ment.
The limbering and bode exercises
are deeigned 'to take stiffness out, of
museneS, 'which have !been dormant.
all summer. The program ineludee
calisthenics. and running. '
Dick Irvin ia enthasiastic about the
value of. such exercises) but the play-
ers. insist that the P.T. sessions are
the hardestpart of the training grind.
Blake and Lends Trudel were aak-
ed to pose for The Standard's photo-
grapher. "Just talk casually," '' said
-the---man -behind rthe-aens,' "and PR get -
the picture."
"What will we talk about?" Blake
demanded.
"How about dtacu'ssing the darned
P.T.,".. Trudel said. .
"The less said. about that, the bet-
ter," Was the reply and) other players-
whe had gathered around, agreed:
Shovtly after 11 o'clock the calis-
thenics are :concluded, and the . hoc-
keyists are free until 12:30 o'clock.
Many walk back -toe:the hiotel Bar ,a
rest. Others play nine holes of golf
on St: Hyecinthe's picturesque lay-
out • 'or indulge in: scrub softball
gimes.
About five 'minutes „before lunch
tune, Irvin 7posts"pis orders for the
arteriole:on :in' the lobby. The names
of the players assigned to the two
practice „squade. are listed and, the
starting lineups. are given,. • ,
Special Menus
At exactly 12:30 the dining room
doors are aliened and then men scree,
r'Y' to their like hungry Vault -
So L"
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(ply. *Went bunny Montreal
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Stens 4 'a toast, All mends ire plan,-
ned the day bellere by Irvin and are
given lie Head Waltreas. Marlette
Adhaintraallt, special attendee; being
paid to vitialolna and 'ealtirieir. •
At two trcitook 'the pueltmen repiert
at the caeca, 'mina has an eneellent
amtificrial ice plant and accommodar
tion for Mere than 2,599 spectators.
The rink surface is approximately the
same size as that of the Fortran.
For two fita.ears the coach Works with
s players, trying new defence. and
forWard cotmbianitions, seeking to de-
terraine weak /spots, giving amateur
candidates for berths the benefit of
vast experience„ Prior to the
start of a 60-rainate practice game,
112 which all :offsides are, 'called, the
men are drilled in "exerclees, devised
to develop speedy ,actlea on the,iCe.
They leap over Wooden hurdles,
fiasth around barrels, placed .beside the
blue -line and they body -check.
lily% belleores that body-lehecking
has been a neglected art and sti he
is having hie detencemen adinintinter
stiff jolts to speeding forwards'. To
protect the players front serious in-
jury, they wear special protectors', in-
vented by Frank .A. Patrick, Cana -
diens' energetic -business manager.
.Na punched are pulled; by the men
-arnal,---w.henethey..step-tinten-their---fl
National Hockey League game of the
1940-41 season 'against the burly Bos-
ton Bruins on November 3rd, the de,..
fence Will be able to handle its as-
signeueet and the forwards will know
bo vi to avoid 'teary:yr. smasthes inside
the opponents' blue Line.
When four o'clock rens around the
players 'are exhausted and the day's
work is ended. Back, in'the dressing
aeom they are treated by Trainer Bill
O'Brien for minor • cuts and bruises
and, after a shower,. they deem
NO Gambling Allowed
As no . gambling . is allowed—dice
and Poker are strictly prohibited—
bridge games are organized by some
of Les Oana.die•ns while ,dtbera adjourn
to the grill and sip soft drinks.
• After supper Moine of the men go
to .the show. Others loll armind the
lobby for a •while,•and then retire. All
players must be in bed by 11 o'clock.
' It Costs the club .5,000 to operate
the training camp. This sum includes
.tnanspertation fon rominentown play-
-ernehetet eacterttmodation, -rink • -ren-
tals, cost of equipment and medical
supplies, salaries and numerous rids -
c ellanebuis items.
- The training camp is the foundation
on which the whale winter puck
chain- reStee Add the 'coach who
rilds a team successfully willerenne
lay see it blaze into greatnesee, yet'
as a great teanal Its average life will
.be four, years. So wiser managers
-begin Major Changes ,befere the
creek -up occurs.
Replacements Needed
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Constant replacementare nieces-
sary to keep a National - Hockey
League .team at anything approach
ing top term, and as les ,Canaidiens,
under the former inanageinent, , neg-
lected to construct an adequate farm
rystem, Ievin faces a difficult task
isa arlotilding a contending, squad.
At St. Hyacinthe the new coach is
closely watching- his veterans for
Signs of .weakness and he is sizing up
new material for algae of potential
merit.
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Having silent nearly a nientth with_
his „regulars., and the new Men whops
he hopes will be alblet to fill regular
spots in the rebuilt machine. Irvin
aPtAmatatia. . that tita
olub will finish mo worse than bluetit'
in the seven teen], loop. r
While awaiting the opening whistle
six ether teaso are ziptiting threingb
similar workouts, 'from. winitipeg,
where the. c.hanmion New York Ram'
ger' train every year, to Hershey,
Pa., where Boston Bruins are work-
ing out with their minor league farm-
hands._
The fight for top place in the Na-
tional Hockey League is expected to
be a to -way battle between the
Stanley 'Cup holders and the Bruins,
who led the league last seaSon. for
the second year in succession.
Both squad a • are standing pat on
their Rumps and se Coach. Prank
Botieher :ancl• Manager Art -Roes have
few of the , worries which donftiont
Irvin,
. Tight Race Seen
Even .the keeheet experts, who
have delved* deeply' into the records
of Past rperformanees and have sift-
deall-ansilable statistics, axe, notable
to make definite predictions as to
the most likely threat among the
other- five teams.
Favorites to occupe-C e third spot
in. the final standings...b.:to the Toron-
to Maple :Leafs, who open: the treason.,
against Rangers in Toronto on No-
vember 2nd. .Ait this tussle throws
together the victor and vanquished
in last year's Stanley Cup series, fire-
works are expected.
' Canny Smythe,' fiery Leaf chief,
who onee appeared ran the bench lit
morning clothes "bo give the game
more-eolor," vowels, to avenge the de-
feat of last Spring.
Canadienswill present a reyisect
lireup of veterans and rookies .and,
*Idle they *are plot expected to usurp
Rangers and Bruner,. they seem to
havedeveloped an rautfit capable at
edging out Chicago, Detroit and New.
York Amenicarts. Thee teams will
he closely bunched.
In Tommy German, who once pilot-
ed teams to twigs successive Stanley
(Dupe isa Chicago end Montreal; Frank
,Patrick, w1c 40 getteeally regarded- as
one of hockey's greatest executhrea,
and Dick Irwin, who stamped himself
a shrewd -handler of men during .his
terni of office with. Lees, the team
has ,probably the beat board of stra-
tegy in the league. -.
enrater ,Raymonct; president: the
that it may take two
or three years to 'complete the re -
Wilding process new under way at'
St. Hyacinthe and, based on this pol-
icy, youthful players will be . given
every chance 40 make good this yearn
It's a new deal:for Montreal fans. •
""Wittiat's your name?" the grocery
store manager asked the young ap-
piican't for a job.
"Scott," replied the lad,
"And your first name?"
"Walter."
"That's a pretty well known name,
remarked the manager, with a smile
The boy loiiked pleased.
"it ought te be," he replied. "Fee
been ,delivering groceries armind -hene
fiir-prcr-yearre."
BR1TAIN'S BLACKOUT ,WILL NEVER BE COMPLETE
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