The Lucknow Sentinel, 1961-08-23, Page 7WEDNESDAY, AUG. .20,rcl 1901
My, •14 the, city has ')?VP:(i10
wild, wied.PIaCe,• since I lived
lug' as a student, twenty odd
'earsagO,,In those days, it was
;onsidered a lost week -end if you
jaci a few beers in the King Cole
Rom. Once in a while,. we. had
Dionysian revel in the men's
:esidenee,' when •we Were allowed.
Ai have girls.in, on a. Sunday af-,
:eiiipon, and giVe them: cocoa and
raisin 'bread, in the conimon room,
But those days of innocence
nd virtge. have vanished. Don't
talk .to Me about the stews of
Alexandria, the 'bordellos of the
c,Cft. Bank in Paris or the French
Quai'ter of • New0,rlearis, Yr
words_woilld, fall on theindif-
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THE 1:9E1.ONV SENTTNE.J
and
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Bill Smiley
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just emerged from a week,end` of
unbelieveable debauchery hi The
City,. Canadians 'need no longer
hang their heads in shame when
the talk tUrns•to depravity. We're
loaded.,
I know I ,shouldn't have done
it. It's going to he hard to race
my wife, and children. But you
know -bow 'it is'when you're , at
the. dangerons. age. SuddenlY
something, just seems to snap &you're off on a crazy 'wing -ding.* * 44*
• I'd stayed in The City on' the
week -end to study for the exams
coming, up. My intentions were as
pure aa•those of a divinity stu-
dent. But, oh dear, it Was a warin
ferent ears of a man who----haa---soft,surnmer_evening_a_t_i.ct:I_was
lonely all iot',a„ stidden, and
chology j,4 ,,teenwd a
book Of monstrous size and dreacl,;.
fuhdreariness. Sol had one !;,.frf,my
famous little chats with myself.
You have to go, out 'W.: eat any-
way.- A ,c1:144ge ,ia AA 040 as a
rest. You'll gq. ,.queer' coOPed up
in here. You pan, study later. As
sual ,I won the argument.h
Next thig I knew, I was strol-
ling happily up Philosopher's.
Walk, enjoying the sights and
•Somadst .The., lovers lying oil. the,
PUSS, nose to nose; the old lady.
bawling out '�f a black
squirrel because he. wonldn1
cOme out Of the and get his
peanuts;'the *OM, Stretched out,
his overcoat on, but, his feet
to the evening 'snn.'
I thought. I'd 'pat, at mew.
place; just opened. 'Itf'boasted a
50 cent buffet, 'all you an eat,
Just right for my budget. It had
:a Gay Nineties decor. I ordered a
beer and nursed, it through the
entertainment—a fellow playing
a honky-tonk piano/ and a gal
belting out some oldtime songs.
I loaded irg plate at the buffet,
cliuckling. at the way I was beat-
ing the management. For onebeer
and 50 Cents. I' was .getting the
whole show. %An ,evening on the.
town for Maybe 85 •cents. •
The waiter ,brought the bill,
FoOc12—SOol, beer -70c. 'What they
lose on the bananas they make
up on the, pineaPPles. The waiter
was a big, robust dead -ringer for
John, L. 'Sullivan. I tipped him a
quarter.• • , •
DISgrulkted bat 'dig/Oiled, I
walked out; ready 't*.• head back
to the boOks, and brood on the
treachery of mankind., But, Mon-
day's lunch money already shot,
I was cbught PP ha that wild,
devil-may-care' frame of mind
familiar to the crap -shooter who
has lo,st half his pay -cheek on the
way home, Either you try to get
it back, or you go home a failure.
Throwing family ties and Moral
principles ,ow
ut the inclow, I
walked around the corner and
went to a••bad movie, the one that
had "shocked The' City", accord-
ing • to • the, ads, I got, the first
shock when I produced my • '7I5
cents to get in. "It's a dollar and
a half", sneered the young lady.
Well, you_know how it is. You
don't, want to look dike . a hick.
So, muttering."There. goes Tues
day's •dinner" through , clenched
teeth, .1 paid. '
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. I suspected .1 was in' a pretty
avalanche-gUard place the minute
I went, in, beeause people were
smoking,: right and left, in their
seats. 'And 1 was sure ,of it, •when
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sonie' of the' characters in the
film swOre, right out, clear as
anything. Why, they said ,thirig4
wouldn't eyefl 04„Y to MY gWils.
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• Iitit it wasn't until I left the
Movie that I was sucked. into. •
the real whirlpool, of vice, sin,,
mope and gawkerY that has . tux.,;
ed The City into the SodomA•t%
say nothing of Qormortah, of our
time. The first thing walked
past, for example,, was a place
,with people eating•outside, There
they were,''sitting at tables: right
beside the sidewalk, eating away
just as though they were for-
eigners and had /IP' Morals at all_
Just a few doors. down, caught
up, by who'knows What mad hit -
pulse, I' :turned into a •. . I'm
sorry, I can't go OIL When I re
member that I was once presi-
dent of the Young Men'S. Bible •
Class of our church, feel a wave
of something ;going over me.. Be-
sides, Iverun,0* of space.
I may be able to tell all, to re.
,late the remainder of that dread-
ful night. But it Will have to be• '
in next, week's issue. Watch for •
it --the simple, but . affeCting
story: one small -,town Chap's
descent into . the pit that, is. The
City after hours: , .
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KINGSBRIDGE
Recent 'visitors . with , Mr. and
1VIrS. Leo Moerbeck,, were Mr. •&
Mrs, „Jake Moerbeck of California •
and Mr. and Mrs. Chris Moerbeck
of Toronto. , ' • ;'
Visiting Mrs..' Desmond 0,'Don.!
nell recently were Mr. and Mrs. -
Holding • and children of Pitts-
Mrs. Ilitula Hebert. Of 'Detroit-
• • and Son: George'of San Francisco,.
• I California, visited here during the
past week. , •
Mr. and MrS'. Ray Pierson, Ken.,
and Jerry of. Hamilton, Mr..
and 'Mrs. George HallorOn and- - •
children of. Buffalo are visiting
atthe Gilmore home.
Miss Frances Oilnionr returned.
to London after ' a wek holidays. • •
at her home, Nfiss Lynn Halloron.
Who has :spent the summer with
her grandrnother, •returned With.
Mr. and/ Mrs. k gerald
and ,family' and. Mrs. 'Irene: Mur-
,phy are spending their holidays ; •
at : their home here. „( .
SCARFEisS THIX PAINT 1„
FISHING EQUIPMENT I
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The • Courtney family ' held a
picnic at Listowel Park on Sim-
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day: . Those attending were: .
and Mrs. ,Thomas Bryan and , Vi-
vian Mr. and Mrs. Fred Court-
ney and Theresa of Toronto, Mr.
and Mrs. L`eo:Courriey and farn-4
ily; Mr. and. Mrs: COn Hogan &
family and Mr: Ernie Gibson;
and .Mrs. John Austin and fam
ily; Mr. andMrs. Joe Courtney
and ,fatnily.
Mr.and'Mrs Art. Hiber of Cali-.
forni are visiting the latters bro-
thers MeSsis 'Frank and Pat Sul-
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