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SUNNY, SANDY AND SONNY — Ail the world's a grand sandbox, Paul Arms, 5, appears .to
be saying as he relaxes on the warm sands of the Mojave desert. The best part of all this
undulating, shifting stuff is that,' for -the moment, it's all his.
some sewing for you. Bring me
a dozen of the gowns!" Another
willing worker is a lady close
on eighty. "My eyesight isn't too
good but I think I can manage
six gowns." Still another, always
busy with church work, offered
Ito do a dozen. A few agreed to
hem bandages — "that's nice,
easy work." But as I have 46
gowns and six dozen bandages
that leaves me with a lot of un-
placed work. Yesterday in des-
peration I sat down and made
six gowns myself and eXpect to
do more. I'll never ha v e the
nerve to hand the sewing back
unfinished. That, I feel, would
be a reflection upon the women
of our community.
Yet I am not really blaming
ihem. Mothers of today are busy,
there isn't a. doubt about it. But
• sometimes I feel we have our
sense of values a trifle mixed.
If we feel harassed and over-
...worked isn't it time •to take
stock of our activities and figure
just what we are doing with our
time and whether we are using
it to the best advantage? Get
to the bottom of why we are so
busy. Are we too fussy about
the house? Do we spend too
ALL'S WELL . . . Buffalo Bill
Mathewson's well located near
the old Santa Fe Trail has been
saved from destruction by the
re-routing of a road. Once the
site of a trading post, it has
been given a redwood top
similar to the original one.
New Way To Teach
Save Driving
A San, Francisco safety engi-
neer has perfected a graphic
1-WW method of teaching Motor-
lets hew to drive safetly,
Millard W, Petersen "ehad-
ews" aeeident-proof professional,
drivers in a helicopter and, then
uses a movie camera that liter-
ally catches them in the act of
keeping out of trouble,
Detroit automotive firms and
several insurance companies are
studying Mr. Petereon's visual
system of teaching safe driving
by demonstrating and adopting
proved techniques under all road
conditions as practiced success-
fully by truck drivers and bus
operators with years of uninter-
rupted safety records,
Mr, Peteeson's teaching meth-
od reverses the negative Madi-
son Avenue campaign to "scare"
motorists into eaf e driving
through billboards that depict
lurid highway crashes and by
such grim roadside reminders as
simulated tombstones and dis-
plays of wrecked cars.
"If you want to teach anyone
how to play golf, there's no bet-
ter way than watching some pro
like Sammy Snead lee off and
hit a perfect drive straight down
the middle of the fairway,"
argues Mr. Peterson. "Y o u
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wouldn't waste time taking
1 movies of solve duffer slicing oft
into the rough,"
The San Francisco safety ex-
pert contends that professional*
who have been, driving for years
without en accident aren't just
lucky,
"Very often," he says, "they
seem to operate their trucks or
buses instinctively, and their
Methods of success are not easily
transmitted to others in spite of
the great amount of literature on
the subject,"
If some Greyhound pilot with
a row of safety medals on his
jacket can't explain what makes
him a safe, on-time driver, nor
some grizzled driver of a mon-
strous highway trailer rig who
drives night and day in all kinds
of weather without. even denting
a number plate, Mr. Peterson
says the next best thing to sit-
ting behind the windshield with
him is to shadow him from the
air.
The expert has produced a 12-
minute documentary film, com-
plete with color and expository
sound track, which gives viewers
a bird's-eye idea of an old pro's
effortless safety rhythm through
the evening city traffic rush and
the open interurban highway,
writes Harlan Trott in the Chris-
tian Science Monitor.
The Peterson safety film is
entitled "On Target," and ap-
propriately enough, the "watch-
me" driver's rig has a target
painted on the roof so that the
aerial camera can keep visual
contact with him as he threads
his way smoothly and unevent-
fully through the stream of
traffic,
It's fun to watch the old
smoothie on Mr. Peterson's 12-
minute who-dunit-right visual
trainer. The safety engineer's
running interpolation introduces
a new safety terminology.
One of the basic principles of
safe driving which must be ob-
served and which the Peterson,
"on target" method illustrates
is to maintain a "safe space
cushion" around the vehicle at
all times—no matter how fast
or how slow the traffic flow.
You see the old pro effortlessly
keeping the same safe distance
from the vehicle in front or in
back of him.
The sound track imparts a
good many practical wrinkles in
highway navigation such as
when the unruffled but wary
pro begins to pass a vehicle but
detects its left front whe,e1 begin
to angle in toward his lane, and
so discreetly drops back and lets
the out-turning driver clear out
of the way.
Something Castro
Didn't Start
Each prisoner Castro holds
bears a price tag for freedom--
a Caterpillar D-8 tractor. Other
historic ransoms:
Third Crusade — Richard the
Lion Heart, held in Vienna by
Emperor Henry VI for 150,000
marks.
Hundred Years' War — John
the Good, captured at Poitiers,
was held by the English for 3
million crowns.
Spanish Conquest —Atalmalpa,
the Inca of Peru, paid Francisco
Pizarro a ransom of a chamber
full of gold and silver, estimated
worth at least $3 million
French-English Treaty of 1780
—One admiral could be redeem-
ed for 60 sailors.
U.S. Civil War — A general
(from either side) was valued
at 60 privates,
World War II — Nazi. Heinrich
Himmier, through Adolf Eich-
mann, offered a million Jews for
10,000 trucks.
DRIVE CAREFULLY — The
life you save may be your own.
What a frustrating spring this
has been — especially for home
gardeners, Warm weather for
two days, then cold winds, rain
or snow, depending on where
you live — and always the dan-
ger of frost. And yet in spite of
the changeable weather growth,
although slow, has been steady.
Last week, for instance, from
our windows we had a clear
view in every direction. This
week we get only a fleeting
glimpse of movement through
the trees. One thing is certain,
it has been good weather for
getting new trees and •shrubs
well established. W h.a t we
bought from the nursery, and
the small trees Partner trans-
planted a few weeks ago, are all
doing well. It might have been
a different story had we had a
spell of hot, dry weather. So
you see there are always two
sides to every problem, even in
nature.
Two sides to a problem . . .
why do we always say "two
sides?" In my experience most
problems have four or six sides,
especially in family affairs, so-
cial or organizational activities.
Why? Because everyone is so
busy. In spite of shorter work-
ing hours and a five-day week
most people have far less time
to take on extra work than they
had a few years ago. What is
the reason? Is it that we get
involved with too many inter-
ests, promise mare than we can
manage, or is it the natural
stress of modern life? It is hard
to find the right answer but I
am sure in many instances that
have come to my attention the
parties involved are heading for
trouble unless they somehow
manage to curtail their activities.
This has been brought home to
me quite forcibly during the last
few days as I have taken over
the sewing convenership of one
small section of our community
to work for our local hospital.
I was given enough sewing to
accommodate about twenty
workers — it was mostly babies'
gowns and triangular bandages.
I accepted the convenership
quite willingly without anticipat-
ing any trouble, But when I
tried placing the work I really
gat an eye-opener! There seem-
ed about a dozen reasons why
the women I contacted couldn't
undertake the work. A few con-
fessed to little knowledge of
sewing — all they could do was
ordinary mending and darning,
Or the children had been sick
off and on for weeks and they
were away behind with their
own work, Or what with church
work, Guides, or Home and
School activities, they had all
they could handle, Sarre also
spent an evening or two every
week bawling, swimming, play-
ing bridge or going to evening
classes of some kind, Others
gave no specific reason tot not
helping but simply said they had
no spare time at all.
Now, Would you like to know
wile did agree to do some of
the sewing? Well, I'll tell yoti.
One Wes a young married worn-
an Who Works away from borne
from eight until four. She keeps
a spotless house and spends a
lot of time in the garden. But
she said "Yes, sure I'll do
i8Stlii; 24 044
an u c h time on the'telephone,
watching television or reading?.
Have we got away from good,
plain living? Instead do we con-
coct fancy dishes that take up
'too much time and energy?
Only you can answer these
questions as they concern your-
self — and then only if you are
holiest with yourself,
And now, I must confess, I •
'too, need to do a little soul-
searching. I, too, find I am a
little too busy for my own peace
of mind. I would like to be one
of those women who has time
for everything. And believe it
or not, there are such women—
unhurried, well-adjusted and
with a serenity of purpose that
can accomplish miracles. With
them it is more a matter of tem-
perament than anything else. In-
cidentally I was interrupted in
my ,typing just now by a tele-
phone call from our daughter.
During the course of oonversa-
tion she said — "By the way,
Mother, don't forget there are
three little boys here who will
need six pains of homemade
pyjamas in the fall!" I guess I'd
better start on that soul-search-
ing right away,
Modern Etiquette
By Anne Ashley
Q. Is it proper fdr a girl to
give her fiance a robe for his
birthday?
A. Since he is her husband-
to-be, this is entirely proper.
Q. How many salt and pepper
shakers are proper for the din-
ner table?
,A. The most convenient place- .
ment is a pair •at every other
plate.
"There's a comedian in every
family . This one is
my husband."
Young .Bottoms.
Not To Be Tanned.
Lord Chief justice Hugh Lister
Parker — normally a. mild-man-
nered Man.— had fire in his
eyes. • Rising from the front
benches in the House of Lords
• one evening recently, he looked
across - .at • the 'Lord Chancellor,
:Lord Kilinuiri who was, wearing
A black tall-coat, knee-length
.silk hose, and buckled :shoes, In
:exactly 90 seconds the Lord
Chief Justice made it clear that
in his opinion— the. Weightiest
in all British law circles — the
government was talking non-
sense,
What riled Justice Parker was
the government's opposition to
"beating a boy wirtn. a birch."
Appalled by the juvenile crimes
otf violence in Britain, Lord For-
reps had offered an .amendment
to the 1090 Criminal Justice. Bill,
permitting magistrates to order
The cane for second offenders up
to the age of 17. Best the govern',
nserst opposed the amendment an
'the ground that young criminals
can be more effectively dealt
with at psychiatric training can-.
tees. "How squeamieh," growled
the Lord Chief Justice. s„
His face reddening under his
wig, Lord Xilanuir snapped hack
'that the government's policy was
a sound one, based on detailed
studies. "Is it 'to go out from
the House of Lords," he asked,
"that our young people reqUire
,a punishment which no other
E u r op can country believes
should lise given to . young people?
That 'would be an astounding de-
cision."
Those opposing him recalled
that 'canings hadn't shattered
'their young lives. "Father used
to boast about the number of
times he had been beaten .at
'Eton," Lord - Raglan recalled,
"But it was obvious the punish-
ment was not a deterrent or fa-
ther would not have kept coming
back for it." Lord Ferrers gave
facts and figures; In 1938, he
said, there were only 2,721
crimes of violence in Britain; in
1949 (after the abolishment of
,.corporal punishment) there were
5,235. By 1959 the figures had
risen to 13,876.- "Terrifying," his
lordship said,
The majority, however, agreed
by 88 to 31 that return to cor.
pone punishment wound "set
Britain back 100 years." As Lord
Stoneham - put "You can't
improve people's minds by bang-
ing their bottoms."
Dog Trapped Six
Weeks — Yet 'Lived
While chasing a fox in Corn-
wall recently a cross-bred alsa-
tian named Rebel disappeared.
Days and weeks went by, and
then a farm-worker happened to
look down the disused shaft of a
tin mine. He saw Rebel crouch-
ed on a ledge thirty feet below.
The dog was rescued by a fire-
man—alive. Yet he had been
there for twenty-four days with
no food. Presumably there was
enough moisture in the shaft to
keep him going.
It's wonderful what hardships
dogs can endure — and live.
Scruffy, a rough-haired mongrel
terrier, was accidently locked in
a South Wales garage. It was
forty-three days before the ga-
rage was opened and the animal
discovered,
How had he survived? Possi-
bly by eating insects and an oc-
casional mouse, and by lapping
rain-water which seeped under
the door.
An unpleasant experience be-
fell Lassie, a small collie, in
Suffolk, She went out rabbiting
and never returned.
A week later a man heard
muffled barks, and traced them
to a giant oak. Lassie was in-
side the hollow trunk, had by
some means reached a ledge fit-
teen feet up and was afraid .to.
temp down.
"She was _quite lively when wp,.
found her, and seenu'd to have
suffered no ill effects,' soid.o.o
ins pector,
Another D/ACta
a similar remark about Patch, a
mongrel which had been trapped
in a ,disused water-main in Lan',
eashira.
The dog's frightening ordeal
lasted thirty hours. Several men
worked all night with a bull-
dozer and a. mechanical digger,
anti .acooped away eighty tons -of
earth before Patch was extri-
pate&
From France comes another
remarkable missing-dog story.
When Chouqui„ the faithful two»
yearsold alsatian of farmer Mi-
chel Andre disappeared from eh*
snowbound farm at Nantua, his.
master searched everywhere..
After three days he gave up the
quest as hopeless, and resigned.
himself to the loss of the dog..
But though Chouqui had disap-
peared, he was only a few yards
from the farmhouse, He had.
been buried under a heay fall of
snow from the roof.
A week later farmer Andre
was in his yard when he was
astonished tosee two black paws'
and a muzzle appear from a vast
mass of snow. And slowly
Chouqui emerged.
The dog had been buried for
seven days and had slowly and
systematically tunnelled nine
feet through densely packed'
snow to freedom,
Married bliss is over when her
girlfriends tell her she • could
have done better.
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