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H. GORDON
GREEN
Going up Toronto's Yonge
Street one Saturday night re-
cently I was accosted by a, young
man who not only shoved a pam-
phlet into my hands but who
seemed anxious to talk to me.
Which is not an unusual occur-
rence at allfor that part of Yonge
Street where the hippies and
young rebels congregate by the
thousands. (Only a few minutes
previous another young man had
urged some literature on me
which invited me to sample the
exquiatte relaxation offered by a
certain nearby massage parlor
which featured exquisitely
beautiful girls in their under-
wear.)
But this young man who stood
in front of me now was obviously
a different sort' He was, first of
all, wearing a tie and he was
clean. He also gave the impres-
sion of being very serious and in-
telligent. But when I looked at the
pamphlet he was holding out to
me, I saw that he wasn't nearly
as intelligent as he should have
been for he was a purveyor of
Scientology, the weird cult which,
for a fee, is eager to instruct you
in the so-called science of `diane-
tics'. And through dianetics you
will be able to clear yourself of
worry and past suffering. The
fee'! A mere $4,500 if you go
economy, but you may spend
$15,000 or even more because as
the missionaries of Scientology
will point out, there is really 'no
end to knowing.
This strange group of people
will also tell you that thought has
mass, whatever that means, and
therefore,. it has resistance to
electric .current. And with this
principle in mind they use a
galvanometer hooked to a bat-
tery and a couple of soup cans to
analyze thought. They call this an
E -meter, and profess to believe
that this device can locate hidden
subconscious memories which
soli disturb all of us. Mind
you, these subconscious memo-
ries might be those left over from
some previous existence of ours,
because the Scientologists tell uS
thatan individual may have li
many times before this and
m y-'other•'pIaces. '"
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And would . you believe that
there are sane people in this age
of scientific enlightenment who
are actually paying hard earned
money for the privilege of ab-
sorbing more and more of that
kind of garbage? And would you
believe that Scientology enjoys
the status of a church in this
country?
How many Scientologists are
there in the world? Millions of
them. And as you might expect,
their leader lives the good life
that God seems to set aside for
the great religious practitioners
of our time. Billy Graham may
have his jet plane, Oral Roberts
his university, Rex Humbard his
"Cathedral of Tomorrow" with
the $100,000 drapes and Garner
Ted Armstrong his Rolls-Royces
and Cadillacs. But L. Ron Hub-
bard, the former science fiction
writer who founded the Church of
Scientology lives aboard a 328
foot yacht in the Mediterranean.
Indeed he has four ocean going
vessels which not only help him to
live the life of a potentate but
serve as training schools for the
cult. It might also be noted here
that Hubbard is lucky to have
those ships for quite another
reason too. In 1968 he was barred
from Britain as an undesirable
alien, and that meant that he had
to relinquish the manor in Sussex.
which had' previously been -the
seat of his unique kingdom.
The question prompted by all
this is indeed a serious one. What
is there about this time when
knowledge beckons from every
library and newsstand and Logic
is supposedly taught in every
school that makes some of,us still
gullible enough to believe in al-
most any theory which, in the
name of God of course, piously
ignores both knowledge and
logic? And what is there about
our time which makes so many of
us ,feel insecure and inferior and
forever in need of somebody
else's magical ministrations?
Why has it become so hard to
convince a man that, all claims to
the contrary, he is still the
world's greatest ' authority on.
-himself? .
Agricultural Tidbits
With Adrian Vos
Those people who are down en
Agriculture Minister Eugene
Whelan for his statements that
Canadian food prices are a `bar-
gain, had better do some re-
search before offering criticism.
Food prices everywhere in the
world are higher than here in
Canada. Of course this is small
consolation forthose on low in-
comes, but the tact remains.
It appears from here that a
great many lower income fami-
lies have the same problem as
those on high incomes, they often
have their priorities wrong. What
should come first, food or recrea-
tion? It seems that in many cases
recreation comes first, or the
case of beer.
It makes me tired when I see an
interview on television with a
color set in the background of a
room with small children and a
woman whose husband has left
her, crying that she can't feed her
children properly. ` I believe
everything she says, but the
problem lies not with high food
costs. It lies with low income,
coupled with a lack of household
management skill. Usually this
woman looks fat, probably
because of a wrong diet, such as
potato chips and soft drinks.
One can ask: "Why shourdn't
the poor have a right to a bottle of
pop?" And I can ask: "Why
shouldn't it be a home mix type of
drink, or better yet, a glass of
milk?" If the income is too low to
buy nourishing food, the income
problem should be remedied. If
household management is at
fault, this should be corrected. If
priorities are wrong, social ad-
visors should advise them.
But Whelan is right, food in
Canada is the greatest bargain in
the world. Not only does it cost
less here than anywhere else but
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it also takes a lower percentage
of our income. In most countries
it takes well over 50 per cent of
their income for food, while here
it hovers around the 20 per cent
mark. Let's be grateful and ac-
cept the probability that for the
time being our standard of living
will not further increase.
The only way I can see to keep
some of the cost of eating down, is
to prepare more food at home.
The cost of labor in restaurants is
going up, together with the labor
costin packing houses and retail
stores as well as the cost to the
farmer. If subsidy is the answer,
we farmers don't want it. We
want a fair return for our pro-
duct. Maybe labor in other parts
of the food chain should be subsi-
dized.
YOU CAN FIX4T
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Goodbye, Ants!
One effective method for get-
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place flower pots over the ant
hills, as in the illustration, then
pour in about a teaspoonful of
carbon tetrachloride. The fumes
will sink and surround the ant
hill, shutting out all oxygen.
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CHESS TIME
What
makes for
success?
By JOSEPH MILL BROWN
In 1906 the Memphis Com-
mercial Appeal reported the
visit of a Frenchman who ac-
cidentally stumbled .into a
chess tournament and an-
nounced, with some horror,
that the 'atmosphere resem-
bled "a congress of maniacs."
Of course today, in . some
quarters, chess as an occupa-
tion still ranks one or two
notches above butterfly -
catching, and chessplayers
considered a breed of homo
sapiens only one or two Steps
ahead of the man in the white
coat.
At the 1946 Hastings (Eng-
' land) Tournament -- the first
bigagne after..Wor1d trip II --
a minadavas,susidenhy' .washed
ashore by the English . Chan-
nel waters, and came to a
menacing stop in front of the
playing site. Not a single
chessplayer even bothered to
look - convinced, no doubt,
that death from exploding
mine could not possiblybe
more horrible than alost •
game from a winning posi-
tion.
The assumption that chess -
players are not really like you
and me, but more like men
from Mars, is often responsi-
ble for the, liberties taken by
blockheads who would or-
dinarily hesitate to proffer
their opinions to, say, heavy- '
weight wrestlers. •
The 19th Century English
star, J. H. Blackburne, who
made a living bashing 'ambi-
tious potzers, was nettled by a
kibitzer who hovered over
him as he went about clobber-
ing an amateur reckless
enough to have bet on their
game.
As Blackburne pocketed the
money, the kibitzer sneered,
"How can you enjoy playing
such a noble game for filthy
lucre?"
"It's not the filthy lucre I
Object to," snarled Black-
burne. "It's the filthy looker-
on."
Perhaps because there is
this need to prove himself, the
chessplayer is exhorted to
overachieve, just like any
other garden variety genius.
"To gain a tournament first,
mastery is not enough," pro-
claimed Russian theorist A. S.
Suetin. "You must dare; must
take risks" - which is what•a
professional chessplayer does
every day of his life. (4
ptrominent example is . ubo -
mer Kavalek, an ex -Czech
olt)51e,A a tJ I; ,14135•'
p ;: opgiulotfor€, p9hf1 .
e chessboard frequently re-
sembles a trapeze act. See
gal°ne helow.) �. '
Truth of the matter is; the
single-mindedness thought to
be mandatory for success in
business is child's play com-
pared to . the slave labor nec-
essary
esessary for the proper prepa-
ration for a chess tournament.
Such routine was described
with quiet agony by Soviet
veteran Alexander Kotov in
his book, "Think Like a
Grandmaster.
"Suppose you have to play
in a tournament with 20 com-
petitors. You have to prepare
separately for each one. This
involves looking through at
least 30 of his games ... (or)
over 600 games. Spend a half -
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6 - Take place
11 - Encourage
12 - Turku unit of
weigh
14 - On a voyage
15 - Compass point
16 - Spinelli ladies
19 - Beholdl
20 - Grinning
22 - Roman 1100
23 - Mus ical mte
24 - Tenet
25 -College degree
27•- Conceit
28 Pronoun
29 - Plower part
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35 - Either
36 - Austere person
37 - Pkonoun
38 -Transmitter
40 - culmination
43- One or the
other (abb.)
44 - Collection of
information
45 - Wtzaxtt of ..
46 - Conjunction
48 - Preposition
49 - In the direction
51 - ihminieb
53 - In reference to
54 - Admonishing
57 - College degree
58 - Melody
60 - Word element
meaning
"mountain"
61 - Indigo plant
63 - U.S. seaport
64 - Nullify
D OWN
1 - Billiard shots
2 - Cain's victim
S - Compaas point
4 - Belonging in
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5 - Close mental
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7 - Dance step
8 - Correspondence
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9 - Lampreys
10 Mother - in - law
of Ruth (pose .)
13 - Sudden end of
a fight
17 - Printer's unit
18 - Sloth
21 - Deb fired
24 - To list
26 - .barraas
28 - Two pairs in
ancient Rome
30 - ... the mark)
31 - Compass po i>it
33 - Playing card
34 - Permit
38 - Beetle image
39 - Roman 501
41 - Negative
42 - To impede
47 - Roman emperor
48 - Exclamation
50 - Preposition
52 - To torment
54 -Patine
55 = Medical man
56 - Prevent free-
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59 - Exists
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hour on each, you need 300,
hours which at six hours a day
works out at 50 days. What
about the conclusions ... and
the preparation of an opening
... the hard work of finding
new moves which may well
prove unsound? Yes, there is
real hard work for you."
Even with such prepara-
tion, success is not guaran-
teed. Chess is soinexact a sci-
ence, so much an art form,
that it contains few guaran-
tees of anything. It's easier to
list the things that don't make
for success in chess. •
One of them was pointed up
to account for the flop, a few
years ago, of an Italian mas-
ter in a tourney at the Adriatic
resort of San Benedetto del
Tronti.
"Signor Primavera," a
chess critic scowled in print,
"was seriously handicapped
throughout the tournament by
the presence of his beautiful
wife." '
CHIS IGO ,196.9
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(Washington, D.C.)
Ken Smith
(Dallas, Texas)
SICILIAN DEFENSE
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7. NxN
8. P-QB4
9. Q -K2
10: N -B3
11. P-QR4'
11. P415
13. N -Q5
14. B -B2
15. RxP
16.RK1
17. R -R3
"18. R-KN3
19. Q -N4
20. B-R6ch
21. Q -B4
22. R-QR3
23. B -R4
24. BxB
25. R-QB3
26. B -N5
27. Q -R4
28. NxP
29: NxR
30. NxPch
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Q -B2
N-QB3
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P -Q3
N -B3
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N -Q2
N -B4
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B -Q1
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BxN
- but Black then resigned.
Q. What is a good formula for a
whitewash for interior walls?
A. Mix one pound of powdered
glue with one gallon of water.
Then mix 20 pounds of hydrated
lime with two gallons of water,
stirring carefully until all lumps
are dissolved. Combine these two
mixtures, and stir until smooth.
Finally, thin with water to a
suitable consistency.
Q. How can I perk up lifeless-
lfooking cloth artificial flowers?
A. By dunking them into a
starch solution. You might add
cake coloring or dye to the starch
solution and, after dipping the
flowers, hang them head -down to
dry.
Q. How can I clean stained kid
gloves?
A. Ordinary cleaning fluid will
usually do a good job, but if none
is at hand, you can use some
cuticle remover.
Q`a How can I make a better job
Of repairing loosened legs on
chairs or tables?
A. By adding a small amount
of sawdust to the glue you're
Wing. fluids better and lasts
longer.
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What ls wroe th oothortheil
sentence'?
1. I have two "other ,sun*
side this ana, Increditibie
air tlsi* may seem.
2, Are we going to .1 o this
evening,, or bavewegotto
stay at home?
3. When wit cam' to 111 030114
climbed down the ladder
And jollied with uas.In our
search,
4, In politica, I diliitr from
you, and I shall dirt .a
letter to you regarding
this..
5. Thi* i4, all exceptionable
opportunity for any
young man tograbonto.
What are the correct .pronun-
ciations of these words?
6: En route.
7. Truculent.
8. Liturgy,,
9. Inveigh.
10. irreconcilable.
11. Tertiary.
Which six words in the following
group are misspelled?
12. Dissatisfy,. disseminate,
dissintegrate. jubilee,
judicatory, juliene, retro-
grade, retoric, requital,
allusion, alloted, el-
usion, irritable, irras-
clble, illimitable, hal-
cyon, halelujah, haras-
sment.
ANSWERS
1. Say, "I. have two other suits
BESIDES this one, IN-
CREDIBLE as this may
seem." 2. Omit "to go," and
say, "or MUST we stay at
home?" 3. Omit "to" and
"with," and say,' "When we
called him, he CAME down
the ladder and joined us,
etc." 4. Say, "In politics,
I differ WITH yoti, and I
shall WRITE (or, AD-
DRESS) a letter to you re-
garding this." S. Say, ",This
is an EXCEPTIONAL op-
portunity for any young
man to GRASP."
6. Pronounce ahn-root, accent
second syllable. 7. Pro-
nounce truck-yu-lent, accent
first syllable. 8. Pronounce
`hitt-er-ji, accent first syllable
9. Pronounce in-vay, accent
second syllable Pro-
nounce ir-rec)copn.rile-*tbl,
with principal accent on
fourth syllable. 11. Pro-
nounce tur-shi-eh-ri, accent
first syllable.
12. Disintegrate, julienne, rhet-
oric, allotted, irascible, hal-
lelujah.
Modem Etiquette
By Roberta Lee
Q. When serving tea to dinner
guests, is it considered proper to
serve a cup with an individual tea
bag in it?
A, NO'.'Much better to put the tea
bag in a teapot, pour Moiling water
in, let the bag steep properly, then
pour the ria into individual cups.
Q. When we arrive •early for a
church wedding and find desirable
seats on the aisle, must we relinquish
these seats when latecomers enter
the pew?
A, Certainly not. If you were first,
you are entitled to keep those seats.
Merely rise and give the latecomers
room to pass by you.
Q. What do you think about
women's smoking on the street?
A. 1 don't like it. i can't explain
WHY, but this is generally con-
sidered unattractive. Ask any man
what he thinks of a woman who will
walk along the street with a
cPgarette, and you will see what 1
mean.
Q. Just when is the proper time
for guests at a church wedding to
leave their seats after the ceremony?
A. Not until the very end of the
recessional, and after the parents of
the bride and bridegroom have been
escorted up the aisle. It is very poor
manners to leave before this.
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