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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1946-11-15, Page 7'k t (Conti!ntt fzom lest;Week).;, -$e'thatIntl* When w he ' awoke it -seemed: to 'Win teat their :Brag• r'auee of" i,enaahale.. ii}led the; roam Fie recalled that he hid not been Bone for more than' -a year. At the first opPertunity lie would take a few days Oft and would visit his perms. He . would speak to the '• city editor 'about it at once. He would go home within two weeks. The thought braced him. Be began to dress briskly. He . stepped out •nto• the hall and looked over the mail: There was a• letter- for him' from his father; butt it was bulkier than usual. It-.contained'a New Year's card, That very evening ;the Hebrew New Year • (Rosh Hashouoh) would be ushered In kis letter Aaron expressed his and Masha's' regret that Emil could not be with them on this holy day. The other children would be there Clara, her husband and their children, his brother Harry and Ms family. a There was,..' Mite ' appeal,- however, ,won't a pathetic note of resignation, as if Aaron knew that his wish could • not be granted. ' The Hebrew felicitations on the New Year's card brought back to Emil his childhood in the old world and the 'awe which. the New Year then inspired He had long since outlived that awe. Darwin, Spencer, George 'Mendes had played havoc with the . faith of his fathers. Rosh Hashonoh, however, had its human side, and that appealed to Emil. In the SSynagogue -(there "was a synagogue in Spring Water by this time) all the people "her knew would be gathered, that ,evening and the fol- lowing morning . • Lena would be there— An instant decision flashed: through his brain. He packed: his bag and hastily made for the office; LEGAL, McCONNELL & HAYS Barristers, Solicltori, Etc. Patrick D. McConnell H. Glenn Hays SEAFORTH, ONT. Telephone 174 A. W. SILLERY Barrister, Solicitor, Etc. SEAFORTH - ONTARIO Phone 173, Seaforth MEDICAL SEAFORTH CLINIC DR. E. A. McMASTER, M,B, Physician DR. P. I- BRADY, M.D. Surgeon Office hours daily, except Wednes- day: 1.30-5 p.m.; 7-9 pin. Appointments for consultation may be, made in advance. JOHN A. GORWILL, B.A., M.D. Physician and" Sur eo IN DR H, H. ROSS' 'DICE Phones: Office 5-W; Res. 5-J Seaforth MARTIN W. STAPLETON, B.A., M.D. Physician and Surgeon Successor to Dr. W. O. Sproat Phone 90,W , Seaforth DR. F. J. R. FORSTER Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Graduate in Medicine, University of Toronto. Late . assistant New 'York Opthal- mei and Aural Institute, Moorefield's Eye and Golden Square Throat Hos- pital, London, Eng. At COMMERCIAL HOTEL," SEAFORTH, THIRD WED- NESDAY in each month,,, from 2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. .._..... 53 Waterloo Street South, Stratford. JOHN C. GODDARD, M.D. Physician and Surgeon Phone 110 - Hensel' 4068x62 DR. F. H. SCHERK -Physician and Surgeon- - • Hensel) Phone 56 AUCTIONEERS HAROLD JACKSON Specialist in Farm and Household Bales, Licensed in Huron and Perth Coun- ties. Prices reasonable; satisfaction guaranteed For information, etc), write er phone HAROLD JACKSON,' 14 on 661, Sea - forth; R.R. 4, Seaforth. PERCY C. WRIGHT Lk need Auetloneer Honeehold, farm stock, Imrlements and pure bred sales. Special training and experience enables • me to offer you Welt .service that Is most effici- ent and •Satisfactory. PHONE 90 r 22, Bengali. Wi s!. 0/NEIL, DENFIELDD ONT. LIceniteti Alletlditeer'` - Pare bred'"•sales, it1:o feria stock end imp ementS,l Otte , tier cent, charge. Satiettottion, guatanteed. rot' eaie date*, , ildind4 X 71. Wanton,• .lit It The , city editee•wondered wbat broeght :shit down•.so -early ". Hatt''.he a.' morning assignment? No. Set he bad 'ate urgent..ca'lll to come -honied- • "Sickness," Witte stammered, ag he perceived .the dubious look in, the 'city edi'tor's face. He got the desired. two. days leave. The Witte family- wag sittihg.about the table upon which towered a five - branched candlestick. Aaron addt'ese- ed himself constantly to one or . to the other !o1 - his . children. He looked especially after his little grandchil- dren. Clara had two boys, and Harry a girl and a boy. One of Clara's boys bore a close resemblance to his bro- ther Simeon, and Aayan- occupied himself with this grandlson constant- Clara onstantClara mentioned Emil's name. She wondered ,•where he was at that hour and whether' he, was working on the holy day. For an answer Aaron tug: ged at his mustache. 'Masha slunk back into the kitchen and stealthily wiped away a tear. The 'conversation at the table was becoming animated: Alex, was making jokes at the expense ofHarry's wife, Hanna. A lively• repartee arose be- tween them: It was,,brought tit, a halt by a knock at,the door: Sefore••Masha had time to rise from be Chair, the door flew open, and Emil stood be- fore them. _ Had Emil been the sole survivor of a ship that had gone 'down'fin mid - ocean ,he Could, not :'-have been given a more pathetic 'welcome.. Masha clasped her arms about him'and again and again kissed his face. Aaron himself was nigh unto tears. The evening meal lasted until near- ly ten o'clock. Not in years had the Witte home seen such a delightful eV - ening. Masha was all excitement and happiness. Aaronsat•liatening to the happy' chatter of his children with beaniing face. Alex was the leader in the conversation. As a former Chi- cagoan he questioned Emil - about a tnousand different things and places: Then came the news of Spring Wa- ter; Clara was telling that. Emil lis- tened to a lot of irrelevant things, while his mind was searching for something else. Clara turned on him suddenly. Had he heard that Lena Rosen was going to be married:?' And to whom? He could not guess in a thousand years. The girl was engaged to . the middle-aged Mr. Bobrick, the owner of a department . store in a neighbor- ing town. It was, of course, Mrs. Rosen's doings. Bobrick wasworth close to half a. million dollars. Poor Lena was simply a puppet in-, her mother's hands. As Clara was speaking about Lena, Masha watehed ... Emil's face from which all cheerfulness had fled. Her son's evident pain communicated it- self to the mother's heart- , In Spite of the fact that Emil had never confided his feelings toward Lena to any one,, his mother knew what these feelings were. She had guessed them from the visits which Lena had been making to the Witte home, the slip - pressed eagerness with which the girl inquired ..about Emil— With the news of Lena's engage- ment Emil's visit to Spring Water seemed to have lost all meaning. He wished himself on the train again, and in Chicago. Instead, however, he took the candle from his. mother's hand and went upstairs -- His_ room wee_ unclhanged,_,s_.if__ii had been waiting for him all this time. The books were standing, in the bookcase precisely, as be had left them. On a shelf lay bundles of com- positions and themes — the themes which had first 'awakened in him the desireto write. He stood for some time looking ov- er the books and tablet's, trying • to decipher 'here and'^ there his own note*, to read his • own 'writing. A strange loneliness came over him, and a feeling of .futility. ..Of what use was all this studying and hard work? Why bad -he wasted his youth poring over books? Was it, only to be unfitted' to gain the sweetest prize in life—Lena? He had no bitterness against the girl. Had she' not• given .hirci ample evi- dence of love? It• was 'he who ceased writing to her because he did not. feel equal to the task of settling down, be- cause of his job, which was like shift- ing sand, because , of the work for which he had been fitted by these books and study—work that is' unset- tled and uncertain. He sat down at the edge of the bed and surrendered himself to torturing thoughts. Everything:ahead of him seemed hazy.. What was the meaning of his struggles and hardships? Lena would never be itis- • He groaned.. His• mother's footsteps --he had no difficulty in recognizing them — be, came audible. Masha walked in and sat down beside him on the bed. He did not stir from his place. He could -not bring himself to utts,r a word. R was his mother who plied him with questions':. , Was his room comfortable in the city? Were his meals regular? And was he sure that .night work was not injuring his health? Ah, those Amer- ican customs—whoever heard, of peo- ple working at night instead of in the dagtime! She went over to more serious and intimate questions. Had he already attained the things he aimed at? Was: he. secure in his place now? Would he be able to settle down' soon She would so like to see him settled. It was time. Harry had married when he was several years younger than be.' All of his schoolmates were .new married, Several of them had babies, Mrs. Witte stopped in her quest tees and waited for an answer. ,Bait no an- s'wer. dame. I]m11 gat there Pressing the ,palms of 'ilia hands against, hie fad. Ardiety seized her. Was he ill?, She leaned :triter .closer to the berii; Point of ,her son arid perceived the au'(rpre'ssedlsteav'ing 6f .Itis shoulders, EYnll . Wkept,:... - is ...Renew Lena. in ;WIe: Synagogue the next morning,, jolt had no opportunity to speak to her until after the ;ser. Vices. She wast,. hemmed in between Mrs,, Rosen and a man in the forties, who, had at least sixty pounds of ex- cess Hash on his. body. The man- was evidently very warm and was con- stantly wiping his red apopletie neck and forehead with a handkerchief, It was Lena'a fiance, Mr. Bobrick. „.They met near the door •aitd the first word Lena spoke to Eptil was to ask him to come over that afternoon. It was .plain that this was foremost in her mind. She had hardly finished her sentence when Mrs., Rosen was at her side •with Mr. Bobrick. Mrs.. Rosen greeted Emil with seeming cordialifty, bather eyes were not friendly. Lena did not introduce her fiance ,;to Emil, and in fact avoided looking. in his di- rection. Mrs. Rosen • at once' introduc- ed Bobrick to Emil with that lack of formality toward the latter which might have made her Emil's aunt. Witte paid no attention to Mrs. Ros- en and quickly surveyed Mr. Bobrick. The department store owner .had a good-natured and apologetic smile. It was evident that he was aware of his shortcomings. He spoke English not only with an accentsbut ungrammati- cally., As Lena's older brother, or uncle, he would have been in place. As her Toyer; her fiance—he was a travesty., Witte was too much absorbed in his study of the man for words. Bobrick, en the other hand, did not know how to start a conversation with the young man, who had the advantage over him in- refinment and ease of , manners— Mrs. Rosen put an end to the embar- rassment of hair intended son-in-law by bidding Emil good day and starting off, flanked by Lena on one side and. by Mr. Bobrick on the other. • Witte was astonished; •to find Lena so unhappy. He had never believed thather smiling eyes could acquire such a crushed, lifeless look in them. Her face was thin, and altogether she looked as if she/had been through a severe illness. On the way home Emil acquainted his father with his own ' plans and problems: The road which he had chosen, the road to a literacy career, was no easy one. It was a life of un- certainty,. There was no likelihood: .of his being in a position to settle down for a good .while,; for years perhaps. Aaron listened to everything his son said without answering. There was nothing he could say. Here was a case where he was powerless to help his child. His heart was bleeding .. - . Emil •did not go to the Rosens" in the afternoon. Now more than ever he could not alter the, situation. If it were madnesssix months back to propose to Lena to marry him on twenty dollars •a week, it would be greater madness now to put his trif- ling, unstable income as a newpaper man against the department store owner, -Bobrick. The following afternoon he took a train toChicago, He arrived at mid- night and wentstraight to the Re- porters' Club, The menfrom the morning papers were straggling in one by - one. He pushed a button. "A Swiss cheese sandwich and a glass of beer," Witte ordered, with out lifting his face from the table. "Yes, sir," the waiter answered, and eyed him queerly. A DROWNING WORLD -Now that he could no. longer think of Lena in'termS of endearment, night became •a torment to him. How fill out the hour between going to bed and actual falling asleep without thinkingof his awful • loss? Mrs. Bloch, whom. he visited on his first day off, found) that he looked bad and began .showering Witte with so- licitous questions about .his health. Assured that there was nothing the matter _with him, she insisted that there must be something wrong with his room. 'Anyway, why should he live so far away . from them? She knew a young.•eduple' who had a splen- did room to rent. He would feel at home there and it was only around the corner from them. The caressing, motherly talk of .Mrs. Bloch acted like a balm. In her pres- ence he felt as if he were nearer to his home, to his parents. He went to look at the room she recommended. It was a splendid room. The people were friendly. There was no board- ing-house atmosphere about it. The newness of the furniture, the fresh- ness of the linen and curtains sooth- ed his 'aching nerves. He took it, • When her told Sommers' a few days later that he was .now .living in the ghetto, the latter grew enthusiastic... "It is a great idea," he said. "There is lots of atmosphere there—real in- formation. I• always maintained that the trouble with us newspaper men is that we are such infernal snobs. We do riot mingle with the masses. That WHEN IN TORONTO Mak• Your Homs. 1111 Enid ani rtry LOCATED on wide SPADINA AVE. At Canoga Sleet :.. RATES .. Meals $1.30-$3.$o Double $940-$7.00 Willi raw limier ':WsAdrf ib'Reerf!atian A 111lI0t1 DAts 9I0itt.3srj, o R*11N IWAlliilllIO:bl1?ANCE A. M. PO AU. rtreiewl Italal�1a1„'but nit it �4j � the � fie, sol; a a ,O #i "with Ba ht ot11 ,r:,i i n 1 h11a We 4.�iiifa' �+Iub .1���4=tl+iet1f11�ili',g Tate ` 4t lar n nt; tntei ti4 ,, l e., Tucltet'an,►1tl;i `Ia ie ^' was z .at tb{e rbc a° f s. p�xt ;.*7014 A y W+edil,esday, Prov g tit x5 member•..R. e�„ telir t�a?.fittorf ' itnd nt e '0114 /4 Prhsa ,opt, With the Preslldent pi radii , :the meeting; 'peened.' by n gtpgr tie' i eufng ale,•!'ollowed by th• a i,otd"s: Wa.ck Joe'' was tile):• sung, Sud' the seergtary and' treasUr- ex's reports:' were given .and' elate ot.. efjeers' tot' X947 read and approved- The roll call. Was 'answered by' gifts:; for uP etortll, and. the bale was pack. ed at this meeting. It was `decided 'to invite, the Stanley. Olu'b toea hart)._at. the school on Friday night; Net 'i5. The meeting closed by all repeating the. Homemakers' Prayer, after wl>.ie Mrs: Erlin Whitmore conducted a, name contest. ,nsr cli�u4is or circles otki ' i6,0 .0 neXeF get chetlee 49,4,01I out a rl .a deaelkt 1, 1 xnenn. d1I Oct coven• Orin, whit, I 'P,espl lave a i•�WV Sts we path o i1 Th+e peepie Wve det are detache. homeless 3ndlif 4Uala, with wear eoulaan;d a cynli al outlook upon iif Sbntrrielp, roan ,fo;r the welter, 4nd; 9ontinzedl r "WO all oti refarmavernemt5; With all our spa;smgdic interest in the People, we' ha.vve not said a new thing about the masses is years. Tie New. York Sun printe';a $tory about...,peop* on the •East Sideltel ng •their bath tubs for coal -bins, and•every city editor efts Chicago • demat; ds • torn his' reporters Just such storieey.•:Iegardlese Of truth.. We are .not'sent'•out to study the' peo- pie, but to get •a story, ,If the paper wants a sob story,etve must sob; and if the paper want* ;a meek story, 'we mock the people. "The same trouble," Sommers, eon- tinued, "extends for the greater part of our .$resent-dayliterature. We tel dom paint real people. •Most of our present-day stories seem made to or- der, manufactured."' Oa• a dull Sunday afternoon ' the fol- lowing's:pring,; Witte, while waiting for an. assignment,` 'sat down ,at his type - Writer and wrote a eolUmn story. He had conceived the idea for the•story the previous 'evening. As he was walking home through the tenement streets shortly before midnight, he was confronted with .a strange pic- ture. The streets„ were deserted, dead. Every tenement hallway, how- ever, framed the bodies of a boy and a girl. Screened by the veil of night the children of the poor, in locked embraces and with ' -passionate kisses; were dreaming love's ever -young dream." Whimsically Witte wrote over the top page of the story the title, "Lov- ers' . Lanes of the .Tenements," and laid the manuscript on the city edi- tor's desk. He was called a few min- utes later. "There is no news angle to the story,” the editor said, "and I cannot use it in .the Ledger. But why don't you take it to Mr.::Manning, the Sun- day editor of the;Star? He buys stor- ies. ' This Is just the' sort of •stuff he wants." The following afternoon Witte stood in the private •office of the Sunday editor of the Star, Near a table strewn with manuscripts sat a man of forty, his feet, body and, shoulders humped together in the chair. With- out changing his position the man looked up and asked, "What is it?"• .. For an instant; Emil thought that perhaps he had made a mistake, and the individual in the chair was not the Star's Sunday editor. He had heard Manning spoken of with a kind of awe by newspaper men. He recall-' ed, however, stories that were' circu- lated about Manning's eccentricities as :well 'as his genius, and decided that he must be in the presence . of the famous editor. He handed bite the manuscript. Manning glanced at the heading, ate his eyes into the first page, turned it over and glanced 'at 'the second page, third, and tossed the story upon a heap of manuscripts to one side of the table; the entire -process taking less than a minute. "I'll use it," he said, casting a rapid glance at the man `before ' him and reaching out for another manuscript. During all this performance hehad not changed his position in the chair in the slightest. Witte stood motionless. He was de- lighted. He wanted to, say. something, to talk to Manning.. But the Sunday editor seemed oblivious "of -the fact that a man was standing in front of him. His eyes . were on . the manu- script into which he was jabbing, his` pencil. Witte slipped out of the room. His "Good day" had not been answer- ed. He submitted: "stories regularly to -M-anning thereafter- • "Working any place?" Manning turned upon him once as he laid down a manuscript. "Yes, on the Ledger," Witte re- sponded. On another occasion Manning spoke to him -somewhat longer. One morning Witte found a note from Manning, asking him to conte and see him. "Would you like to go to work for. Us?" the editor asked, ignoring Witte's "Good morning." And before Witte , hadframed an answer he began inquiring about his. education, experience, the• books he read. He did not ask about his na- tionality. But he -asked how old he was when he came to America. ,'Teen years," said Witte. "You must have a pretty vivid re- collection of the old world then," Manning presumed. Without waiting for an answer from Witte the editor began to dilate- on the subject of Witte's job with the Sunday Star and its opportunities. "Our work here is different," Man- ning said. "You are pretty much your own boss.. You will- be required to give about eight•hours a day to the paper. The rest of the time you can use at your own discretion. There are no definite hours for work. You can came and'•go as you please." The editor took it ler granted that Witte had ambitions to become a mag- azine writer. He could see this, he said, by his stuff., It was not of course perfect 'writing Witte was turning in. It was in fact far from being up to the standard of the Sunday Star, But he, Manning, knew that Witte could come up .to the standard, That is wiry he was hiring him. A' for Witte, this was his golden opportunity. Worh on a Sunday •paper was leading directly into the magazines. It would give him a style and would open up vast stores of material for him. Saying this, Manning smiled. It was the first time Witte had seen him smile. It was a whole-souled smile like that 9,,f a child. Witte felt that Manning was a man to trust. Ire could not conceive of his taking advantage of one: The Sunday editor then casually -brot ght- up the question •of salitry, How nluLth was Witte getting? Twen- ty a weal:;? '°Manning. etipposed as muche Witte' was, not ih'''his present state worth more than tWl'entte dollars a week to the Sunday Star, ,1lowevir,. in order .to make it Werth trh}le, flax- andialiy`, for h£in to leave the Ledger, he weiild,give filth. $2 'il','i •x (G6nti11te d ,Next Weed) • : r,u. .'U •A b..,.v, UK Mq. �, � Offieers for 1947 , are as follo*s: President, Mrs, Erlin Whitmore, Vee,e President, Mrs,. Walter Pepper; trees - neer, Mrs. John. Turner;', secretary,, Mrs. Edwin Johns; assistant secre - tary and treasurer, Airs. Howard Johns; press secretary; Mrs. Warren Whitmore, . Mrs, Leslie Lawson; pian- ist, Mrs. E. Crich; assistant pianist,. Mrs. - Rogerson; Hower committee, Mrs. McGregor, Mrs. Wm, Pepper; social committee, MI's..Fear, Mrs. Sel- lery, Mrs, Leslie Pepper, Mrs. Bert Garrett; buying committee, • Mrs. Jno. Turner, .Mrs. Roy Pepper; - sewing, Mrs. James Landsborough; ,.. quilting, Mars. F. Walters, Mrs. E. Crich, Mrs. E. O'Brien. ELYTH:: Mr.:; and Mrs. Carman Hodgins had a thrilling experience while returning home one evening recently. Near Winthrop their 'car was • hit by an on- coming vehicle which„•failed to ;stop. Hodgins gave chase for about 15 miles: As he neared the other car the river crowded him over to the side of the road, .Examining the car and finding it not too badly- damaged to proceed, he took up the chase again and succeeded in securing the license number, and then . brought the driver of the other car to . a halt. Not being. able to get any satisfaction, Mr. Hod- gins proceeded to Blyth where he se- cured • the services of County Con- stable Charles Salter and they set out again- to find the offender, who wait in difficulties on the road between Walton and Seaforth. Charges will be laid against the offending driver, it is understood. CROMARTY Personals:” Mr. and Mrs, Cockwell, Sr., and Mr. and Mrs. John Cockwell and family, Dashwood, with Mr. and Mrs. Otto Walker; Mr. and 'Mrs. An- drew McLellan, Egmondville, with Mr. and Mrs. "'Duncan McKellar; Mrs. Percy Adams and .children with their parents, Mr. and 1VIrs. George Wal- lace; ,Mr. and 'Mrs. John _Hodgitton, Mildmay, with his mother, Mrs. Wm. Houghton; Mr. and Mrs. Malcolnl,Mc- Kellar, Seaforth, and M°rs. Black, To- ronto, with Miss Sarah McKellar and Alex McKellar; Mrs. Bruce Armstrong of,Kippen with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. McKellar; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Blacklock, Sebringville, with Mr. and Mrs. George Wallace; Mrs. T. L. Scott and young son have returned home from Scott Memorial Hospital, Seaforth; Miss Grace Chalmers has ipturned home from London; Mrs. Lloyd Sorsdahl has returned home from Filmore, Sask, where she visit- ed her parents; Miss `Isabel Bigham, Seaforth, with Miss Betty McKellar; Mrs. Tom Laing and Mrs.- William Houghton attended the Women's In- stitute convention at London; Mr. 't'l 'e, tEiat,>n ,t "L'llit-THE-'S:POT"spring .free: till" capitals of the' world through iaeiesive C. 414 a, t�2t�,a NEW YORK' TIMES FOREICN NESS SEltilif k :f. 4.14 ski By :cable, telephone, short wave radio, 44 foreign Cori espondents of die'fnaad is "Navy York" Times stiff 'bring the worio)'s news to you every 'morning in The. Glob' a and MaiL And this ai r'ii coverage of wend news is only: toff of the ezt you enjoy:. 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Mr. Justice Dalton Wells has been directed to enquire' into and report upon (a) the producing, processing, distributing, transporting and market- ing of milk including whole milk and such products of milk as are supplied, processed, distributed or sold in, any form; the costs,•., prices, price -spreads, trade practices, methods of financing, menage- rrient, grading, policies and any other matter relating to any of them but not, as' to restrict the generality of the foregoing, the effect thereon of any subsidies or taxes paid or imposed. , (b) the scheme contemplated by the provisions of The Milk Cohtrol Act, R.S.O., 1937, Chapter 76 as amended, and the administration thereof by the Milk Control Board. To facilitate the work of the Commission it is requested that written submissions by interested persons be submitted to the undersigned NOT LATER THAN 21st NOV. 1946. Sub- mission may be in the form of briefs, but in any event shall be furnished in ten copies. 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