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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1942-05-01, Page 7t a ,t 11 f. it d an is it it ty s - rd es re of • t;, ur ie ic- nd nd ng ips Jn itil Ing in ,er- t-- i • • • 2; A(r 11100()N01,114„..4 ` �y a g , �[.0 ?EE & . J1AYf 7. Barrietere, $n'iic/torS; Etc"• Patrick». icon {;aa ' ' H, Qlenn I3aya ii ,n.914..I'. TeiephoIne..1:74 . 2298 I Mel~EAN Barrister,, Solicitor, Eto. SlA1!'OR.TH - - ONTARIO Branch Office -- Henson" Hensall Phone 113 Seaforth Phone, 113 MEDICAL SEAFORTH CLINIC DR. E. 4.,McMVIASTER, M.B. Graduate of U.niversi4y of .Toronto PAUL L. BRADY, , M.D. Graduate of University of Toronto The Clinic is fully equipped with complete- and .modern, X-ray andother up-to-date diagnostic and therapeutics equipment. Dr. P. J. R. Forster, Specialist in diseases of the ear, eye, . nose and throat, will 'be at the Clinic the first Tuesday in every month from 3 to 5 p•m- , - Free Weil -Baby Clinic will be held en t{he second and last Thursday in every month from 1 to 2 poi. 2487 - JOHN • A..GORWILL, B.A.,'M.D. Physician and . Surgeon IN DR. H. H. ROSS' OFFICE? • Phone 5-W Seaforth MARTIN W. STAPLETON, B.A., M.D. Physician and Surgeon 1uocessor to Dr. W. O. Sproat -Phone 90;W , - Seaforth DR, F, J. R. FORSTER Eye, Ear, Nose and Threat Graduate In Medicine, University of Toronto. • Late aesti Stant New York Opthal= mei.-and.•Aura1.' Institute, Moorefleld's lIye.and holden Square Throat Hos- pital, London,-iPlng.2 At COMMERCIAL HOTEL, SI&TH, THIRD WED- NESDAY in each month, from 2 p.m. to 4.39. p.m- ...also . at •Seaforth Clinic first . Tuesday of ••each month. 53 Waterloo Street South, Stratford. 1247 AUCTIONEERS yAir CD JACkitoNI. f' ,Specialist in Farm and Household Sales. . i Licenced in Huron and Perth Coun- ties. Prices reasonable; satisfaction guaranteed. For information, etc•; write„ or phone Harold Jackson, 14 on, 861, Seaforth; It. R. 4, Seaforth: ' Vas - EDWARD W. ELLIOTT • - Licensed Auctioneer Fer Huron Correspondence promptly answered. Immediate arrangements can be made for Sales Date at The Huron Exposi- tor, Seaforth, or, by c�lling Phone 203, Clinton. Charges mo Ting and satis- faction.._guaranteed. 3s59 -s2 LONDON and WINCHAM NORTH. A.M. B etep 10.34 Hensall 10.46 fiippeh 10.52 Brucefield 11.00 Clinton 11.47 SOUTH, P.M. Clinton 3.08 Brucefield 3.28 lCippen 3.38 lNensall 3.45 Rxeter' '' 3.5$ C.N.R. TIME TABLE EAST A.M. P.M, -4oderieh 6.15 2.30 H•olmesville 6.31. 2.48 Clinton 6.43 '3.00 ReaLO rth • • 6.59 312 St. Oolumban .7.05 3.23 Dublin '7.12 3,29 Mitchell 7.24 3.41 • WEST Mitchell 11.06 9.28 Dublin 11.14 9.36 Seaforth 11.30 9.47 Clinton 11.45 10.00 iloderich . • 12.05 10.25 C .I . TIME TABLE EAST Goderich Menset McGaw Auburn Blyth .... Walton McNaught Toronto WEST Toronto • , McNaught ....... P.......... Walton a • :-Blyth. .. . i ...••••••••4•••••••• Auburn • iiG4n Y. ,',t,•• Y{ t 'i . i • Monsot dc'flc' a •-.,s-a.em !tea • ,.402ee'w Mi& B 45+YLNi6t oi•:v ee ; a W ti 1 am ` ! 5 amt 'Iva 9 ‘1,42 o Nal 5' mama 4I, EMT x aa maim . we as , a i . a s3 MS A=WOO? q 4 6 B.'w 155 • • GMAlP7` R:X• ' SY,NO1 S Despite Leonard Borland's pro - testa that his bank' account is ample, 'though the contracting business' .in New. York . is Beady • his prety,; opera -struck wife. Dor- l?r' resumes her "career," inter- rupted by her marriage at 19 and the birth of ty,o children. Bor- land known -her avowed purpose, to bolster the family income, is just another subterfuge. Hugo Lorentz, her teacher, always around, irritates him. After Dor- is gives a recital, Cecil Carver, 7. opera singer, phones Borland. At her hotel,Cecil says Doris has a good voice but lacks style. Cecil is to sing for war veterans but hasn't the words of a certain. song. He sings it and she says he has a fine baritone voice. Cecil knows of Doris through 'Lorentz, `ways Hugo is hopelessly in •love with Doris, and that Doris tor- tures every man she gets in her clutches. Leonard ought to wake her up by giving a, recital, she says., "Go get yourself a tri- umph." Cecil demands •paymnent for lessons -kisses. Ha pays but declares he loves •his wife - Hu spends much time with Cecil,-' making good progress. While she is on tour sbe wires him, he sings in upstate recitals, ,makes a hit and she . gets • him .- an en- gagement with an opera company. Again he makes good and . tear." fully Cecil, telling him she loves him, says he oan now bring Dor- is to lois feet. He .refines a new contract. A";movie 'audience gives" Doris the "bird." She says she's no good and,that she loves Leon- • ard. Cecil says a final ,good-bye to .Leonard, warning •him Doris isn't "licked,'.' then meets him un- expectedly owith Doris at Gwen- ny Bla'ir's. cocktail party. . About a. minute after_ that "Doris saw.. Lorentz, sitting there in a cor- ner with his arm around .Cecil, both of them being gay for a' Iittle knot that was gathered around them. I talked along about what a terrible mob Gwenny always had at her Par- ties, but she didn't seem to hear me.,- ,She . kept. watching.. thein. She must have crossed• "eyes with Loientz, because he bounced up and crossed to us. "Doris! • Hello, Mr Borland. Come on over, you two. We want Doris to: settle an argument. Which is worse, a German• tenor sing- ing 'Trovatore' or an Italian• tenor singing `Lohengrin'?"- "i would, have thought you would have come over."' • "Why, Doris! I have!.'' "A IittLe' belatedly, I would say." tliere. With that singing going , on there was as much chance of that as there would be of getting a mouse away from a piece of cheese. After the "Mignon," Cecil sang a little cradle song that's been written 05 IKreis1er's. "Caprice- Vienuois," and then she came ober to Doris. "How was I?" -, "Mari+ellous. I never heard! you better:"' • I thought I was a little off, my- self, but they seem tg I ike it, so it's all right. Do a duetW th. me, Mrs. Borland?" Doris didn't have to ''•be told how decent that was. It was letting her right into the big league park. It was treating her as an equal, and she took Cecil's hand and gave it a little shake. "How abotit 'La Dove Prende'?" Cecil asked. "Oh, not that! I only now the first part, ' aiid-" "Then I'll sing the „second. Come on." ' Wilkins took the piano, and they started. 'It was pretty terrible, Mo- zart has to he sung to•the 'beat, and I think I told you about Doris' idea on" nhythm. I. saw Wilkins look up, but. Cecil dead -panned, and they went on.. Doris could have sung it back- ward..and 'that pair would have car- ried ler through.. It got a hand, and they. had 'a whisper, and did• the ."Bar - candle," from the "Tales of Hoffman." That was a little more Doris' speed, and' a little more that mob's speed,` too, •so i't went over big and they came over to me. Doris' face was all a- glow. • ' Cecil laughed, and., turned to her. "Weld, how was the support?" "I never knew there could be such support." • _. "We showed. 'em." "Even if you do try to steal my men." It wasn't supposed to be a dirty crack. I•t was just meant for a little gag, something that Doris had to get out of her system; 'then •she could forget about Hugo and really be friendly. ' Cecil wineed as if she had been hit with a whip.' Then she looked me straight in .the • eye, the first time she had all day. "Leonard, why did you lie to me?" • "I didn't:" tl"you did. : You let me go to her, you swore you hadn't said a word, you-" She tried to - bite it back. It wasn't what I said, it was the look on Doris' face that stopped her. She • knew, then, what Doris • had really meant, but it was too late. Doris looked, first at Cecil, then at me.. ?lien slyer gave 'a little,"rasping laugh. "Oh -so that was what you were doing in Rochester, and Syra- cuse, .and Columbus, and Chicago, At the first "Si pro," 'Doris sank into a chair. white; she turned gray. she didn't tui u "You disappeared! I've been watching my chance!" "Or for somebody, perhaps, who would' be more of a credit to you?" "Stop it, Doris. She's an old friend. Now come onover and settle the ar- gument. It's deep and we want a real opinion." He 'went back. I felt myself get- ting thick in the collar. "I thought you were through with Hugo." "I am but this is aa matter of man- ners." "How about me "You?" "You?" "Yes, me. A huen:lid does look pretty 'silly when his wife 'picks a jealous row with another man right infront of him." "Jealous? - I jealous of Hugo?" "You sounded like it." They came over, then. Doris intro - P.M. diuced me, Cecil said we.had met and didn't look at me: They went' on with • the ,argument. With Cecil smil- ing at herr, 'Doris was herself again. She won the argument, with an imi- tation of a .German lady who used to sing Brunnehilde pinch-hitting in "Traviata," as a big favor to the management. - Pretty soon Gwesny went to _the A,M• middle of the room, began stamping • 8•.20 her foot, and, as soon as the' mob P.M. got quiet, said Cecil As going.' to 12:04 sing; But when Cecil went over it 12;16 wasn't ,tWlilkins who took the piano; 12i28 }•t was•-4oremtz She sang the Titania softg from `'Riviera" 1 had it alb the More; thla keeling that , 1 Wanted ' get brie out of looking silly?" 4.35 4.41 4.49 4.58 509 5.21 5.32 9.46 1t8'9 12,4 1214 and-" "Don't give me that foolish story again, about looking things over. 'I've followed her! I,ye followed her in the newspapers, -'I know every place that she's sung, since -she was in all those places!" Cecil kept cutting in, trying to smooth things over: "Mrs Borland, will you believe me when I 'say I've never meant a - tiring to' your hus- band?" People were looking now, and try- ing not to look. Doris levelled it right at Cecil: "Miss Carver, I' -don't believe yen_." • If that was what eheasaid, 'I think I could have stood it •But fiha,t wasn't it, What she rea11y said was, "From Polly -achy;" and gat the dumb, ignorant way she proanounced that word - something in me , praeked. All the rotten, phony, mean, cruel stuff I had taken from Doric' and all the stuff I. 11ad' taken from.'Ewenny and her kind,; came swelling up in my throat. I turned to Ewenny: "Since you ask me, •I think I will." I went into the," dining -room and found Wilkins. He hadn't heard any of it, "Feel like playing for me?" "Sure. What'll it be?" "How about the `Prologue' and 'Pagliacci'?" ' "The 'Prologue' it is." We went in and there was a laugh and they all started to whisper. He started• the introduction, and they looked at me, and looked at Doris. They were her friends', remember, not mine. 1 Cecil came over: "I wouldn't, baby. It was awful,•,but-x wouldn't. You'll regret it." "Maybe." • She went away, and 2I started to sing. At the first "Si puo," Doris sank into a chair. ,She didn't turn white; she turned gray.. I went on. Maybe some of the big shots in opera can do it better than );,.did it that day,, but I doubt it. They couldn't take the interest in it, you might say, that I took. I rolled it out, and my head felt light 'anddizzy, because I could see every note of ,it going like a knife into her heart:, 'When I -got to• the andante I gave it the gun; and when I reached the high .Fi hat. I step- ped into it with a smile on my face, and held it, and swelled it,,,.un.til the robin began to shake; then I pulled it 'in, and cut. I closed it out solemn as I knew. Wilkins played the finish and wait- ed. Nothing happenedA, They sat there as if. they were. frozen, and then they began to talk, as if I wasn't there. He looked up at'me, as if he was in a madhouse or, something. . I 'smiled at , him, and bowed tthree ,times the Tway I was taught, center, left and' right. ,Then I went over and poured myself a drink. When T,turn- ed around, Doris was _leav-ing the room. She walked as if she had just gone blind. I don't know how I got- out of there. Birt . pretty soon. I wan' lldiwn on .the twelfth floor, where you change from the private_ elevator, which runs up tq the penthouse, to the main cars. Cecil was there,. _with Wilkins. When they saw me they stopped talking.. We went down,, and on,the street a ca -b came up. Wilkins offered us'- a lift; but he had a dinner date up- town instead of down, so I told him to take the cab, and I sent the door- man after another one. He went off, and I stood there looking Cecil up and down, and decided sthe was what I wanted in the way of a woman and' that I was going to hook up with her "ter the rest of my life. .Maybe the love part wouldn't be so hot, anyway on my part, but I had had girl want- ed of that. She was'. decent, and you could stick to her and, not feel you had a viper on your cheat every time you put your arms around her. I Cecil closed her eyes, opened them again, grabbed for the one last thing she could say: "We saw quite a lot of each other, that's' true. We could hardly help that. We were singing together. We were singing in the same opera company, and-" •• Doris gave a shrieking laugh, •and half the room stopped talking and turned around. Gwenny came up. Doris r'put her,, head an her shoulder and kept on with that laugh. Then she turned' to them all. -"Oh, my - 'Sul that funny?, If they took a trip together -I don't mind. It means nothing to me --let' them enjoy life while the'y're young. 'But, darling Singing together! In the sante. - I ean'.t stand - it! Imagine Leonard- singing-ha-ha-lin-ha eonard--sinng-ha-ha-lin-ha (latently decided to play it funny She lalt'ghed, too, A: few others laughed. 'Then she decided to get Witty. "Perhaps he'll sing us ,some- tllittgi- tioin pagl'facei!" Loyal citizens do x4.41. hoard. They buy only for their im- . me'riate :needs. They cheerfully adjust their standard of living, realizing that their country's needs must come first.-':: They do not try to gain unfair' ad-: vantages over their neighbours. Aire you a hoarder or a loyal citizen? Are you hampering Canada's war effort by un- necessary buying? Or are you_ In cases where it is advisable for you to buy in advance of your immediate requireme, xtt.-such as your next season's coal supply, you will a encouraged to-do so by direct statement from responsible officials. ,People .who buy more, of any- thing than they currently weed, and merchants who enrSourage them to do -0, -at sabotaging the war effort and are therefore public enemies. co-operating to the best of your ability to save Canada from st ch horrors -as Hong Kong? It Canadians do their duty, there will i' no moxa "hoarding: Everyone will get a fair share of the goods. available.- More food can be .sent to Great Britain. More raw materials - more manpower - will be, availahle for making guns, tanks, planes and other armaments to back up our armed forces. • WARTIME PRICE'S AND TRADE BOARD OTTAWA • . hooked my alien in hers and 'pressed it. , The doorman came, riding the run- ning board of the cab, and I put her urn. I fished in my pocket to tip him and heard ,the cab moor 'slam• I' look- ed up, and It was moving away and all I could' see was • a gloved hand waving at me from the window. In another second it was. gone. • I started down the street. Then I wondered where I was going. Here I had just made a decision that was to change my -whole life, and now it seemed to have evaporated into thin air. I . crossed., Park Avenue and Beaded for home. My 'legs telt .queer and I couldn't seem to Walk straight. I remembered I had had four drinks. Then I heard myself laugh. It wasn't the four drinks. I let myself into the -house and the hall was dark, and upstairs 1 could hear Evelyn crying. I opened my mouth to call, and nothing came out of it: I groped for the switch. Then. I heard a rustle bethind and ' I half turned, and felt something hor- rible coming at me. It hit me. She was panting hike an animal and struck at my face with both hands at once. Those claws raked me.. All the time she was talking to me, not loud, but in a terrible whisper: "You would do that - to me _ . • you 'beast . • . you swine . . . you can have her . , . what do I care wife you have . • • but that • .: but that • . • Get out of here . • Get out of here! det out of here!" Her voice rose to a scream' at- that and upstairs 'both children began- to wail, and I pushed her away, got the door open; and staggered down the steps to the sti>,eet. I spent that night at the nearest hotel. I had some dinner and I didn't know what I was eating. Then it was nine o'clock and there wasn't anything to d9 but go to bed. I turned: off the Tights and tried to• sleep. I didn't seem to 'be thinking about anything at' all. But every tine I'd drop o . I'd wake up, dream- ing- I was standing there beside Gwenny'S piano, bellowing at the top • len of 30, 40,"51 EP, �.'GO A. rM' :.. 'Want atormal , of my lungs, and' nobody would even turn armed and Ibok at me. Zlhen one time this horrible thing was com- ing at me in the dark, and I woke tip moaning. (Continued Next Week) You Roll Them Better-Wtf1 OGDEN'SCUT C/GARETTE TOBACCO A bitter. -pili to swallow was the defence role that had to be assumed by the lst Canadian Oorps oversea 'but at no its' arrival in: the Old' Cotattitry lids the Corps lost sight of glib leading part that it is ttnquestiohably destinedoverseas, ,. jplay when lIri invasion of the, continent -takes place. The• Corps has been h. t into an. immensely two way .fightii,ng machine,:the: hard;,'gi'ueJ rnI trainit hak-had -has made rt,.setoncl to:hone. as a •'def�ensi as well as dint iffensi- a forte, .°,Th, trbolts, itelh °Away `try' te, , tliS ilii; onto the enc 'si Soil, are daily adding to their' knowledge`` ffensivo �... a it At e . is shoeltuoer in£an%i`elannth . orik.e light is ,.nne ,CoO • .."'•0t�lilts ut �:anda�Donor,richt 1�e� an idea the intensive tanY ��� t�e. #eg 6 a,b,,,�'fe�6463O - �I