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TODAYS CHILD
BY HELEN ALLEN
To. OntoT elegram Syndicate
Ann Landers
Differentiate between right and wrong
DEAR ANN' LANDERS: In
is age of conflicting
ilosophies, shifting standards,
an the emergence of what some
chose to call . The Niw
Morality, please tell me how a
person can differentiate between
right and wrong.
Every day I am beset by new
conflicts. I'm frank to admit
that. I am utterly confused. Can
you give me and others some
words of guidance? — DARK
SIDE. SOF THE MOON
DEAR D.S. MOON: Several
weeks ago I heard a sermon by
the beloved pastor of The
Peoples Church of Chicago; .Dr.
Preston Bradley. He discussed
this ,very subject and in
conclusion- quoted Dr. Harry
Emerson Fosdick's six -point test
for deciding right from wrong. I
asked Dr. Bradley if he would
send me his distilled version and
he did so. Here it is:
(1) Does the course of action
you plan to follow seem logical
and reasonable? Never mind
what anyone else has to . say.
Does it make sense to you? If it
does, it is probably right.
(2) Does it pass the test of
sportsmanship? In other words,
if everyone followed this same
course of action would the
results be beneficial for all?
(3) Where will your plan of
action lead? How will it effect
others? What will it do to _you?
(4) Will you think well of
yourself when you look back at
what you have done?
(5) Try to separate yourself
from the problem: Pretend, for
one moment, it is the problem
of the person you most admire.
Ask yourself how that person
would handle .it.
(6) Hold up the final decision
to the glaring light of publicity.
Would you .want your family
and friends to know what you
have done?_ The decisions we
make in the hope that no one
will find out are usually wrong.
the money at once. Thelma has
informed us that she is of legal
age and will do as she pleases.
This isowhat she iias been doing.
Last vyeek Thelma bought a
motorcycle and boots, two,pairs
of pajamas which I'd be ashamed
to sleep in but she has already
worn in public, thtee wigs at
$11& each, and a dozen dresses
which I thought were blouses,
they are that short.
Todayshe is going down to
lbok at 'a second-hand Cadillac.
This girlquit college after dime
year because she "couldn't learn
anything there." She has been
running with a bunch of bums,
working part time. Thelma's jobs
have to be from 4 p.m. til
midnight because she can't get
Up in the morning. She has never
paid us for room arid board, in
fact we've had to pay some of
her bills.
Her father is. disgusted and
says now that she has come into
all this money she must pay for
her room and board or get out. I
say our daughter is spoiled
rotten and it's our fault so we
should put up with it and not
make matters worse by kicking
her out. Please advise. — MOM
DEAR MOM: First, someone
should make it •clear • to the
"heiress" that she, inherited
seven thousand, not seven
million. Second, I agree Thelma
is spoiled rotten but it's not too
late to set up some rules. -If you
permit . her._ to continue this
parasitic existence you condone
her irresponsibility and promote
her sense of worthlessness. Now
is the time to tell Thelma to
shape up or ship out.
AY
Eric is a handsome, chubby little fellow, almost two -
and -a -half, with big dark eyes, 'brown curly hair and,dark
skin. His background is- French Canadian and possibly
Negro. Though a big vocabulary is not expected at this
age, he is beginning to talk, :understanding whateveris said
to him in either English or French. Eric has always, been
a healthy boy, progressing normally both mentally and in
motor development. He is an- independent youngster and
very determined. Until recently he's been a loner, but
lately has learned to play with other children. He needs
a home where he will be the youngest or the -only child.
To inquire about adopting Eric please write to Today's
Child, Department of Social and Family Services, Parlia-
ment Buildings, Toronto 182. For general adoption informa-
tion ask your Children's Aid Society.
James Richardson Sons Ltd
Serving The 'Feed Dealers of Western Ontario
PHONE 524-8388, GODERICH
DEAR ANN LANDERS: Our
21 -year-old daughter inherited
$7,000 'from an aunt.
Unfortunately she received , all
SUDDENLY
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OF THE NIGHT
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Let s
spredr "'
Sometimes we shoot an ar-
row in the air, which comes to
earth we know not where. At
others, we drop a pebble in_ a
pool and the ripples made are
really cool.
Something like this hap-
pened recently to my father-
in-law. On our last visit to him,
inspired by. who knows what
hidden emotions, he flabber-
gasted us by quoting, verbatim,
hundreds oflines of poetry he
had learned in public school,
Some little while ago. (He is
78.)
This was an entirely unex-
pected facet of. Grandad's per-
sonality. We gawked with ad-
miration and he lit up like a
neon sign with modest pride.
Most of us can't remember
an eight -line poem fol• two
weeks, after memorizing it.
How many can remember hun-
dreds of lines after almost 70
years?
But one thing bothered him.
He couldn't remember all the
stanzas of an old favorite, "The
Village Blacksmith." It had
one verse in particular which
he wanted to get straight, be-
cause it was a solace to him in
his loneliness, since the loss of
his wife. The smith had lost
his wife, too, but was pressing
on. -
Most of you middle-aged and
older folk will remember the
poem, or at least a few lines,
as I do: -
"(Inder a spreading chest-
nut tree
The village smithy stands;
The smith. a mighty man is
he,
With large a n4 sinewy
hands:
And something, something
,something arms
Are strgnp as iron ands."
Grandad is a man 'of great
persistence, and he determined
that he'd remedy the lack. He
wrote to a farmer's magazine,
the Free Press Weekly, and
asked if anyone could help sup-
ply the missing verses.
He was overwhelmed, almost
physically, by the res$onse.
Approximately 1$0 letters
came pouring in. People from
ten years' old to those in their
nineties wrote him. Some re-
membered studying the poem
and chatted about the good old
days of the one -room rural
school.
Others sent the whole poem.
Some wrote it laboriously with
rheumatic fingers. Some had it
typed. One lady had torn the
poem from an old reader (a
school reader, that is, not an
old, person who was reading
it). One customer went to the
trouble and expense of having
photostatic copies made.
What really delighted Gran-
dad, though, was the kindness
of the notes and letters that
accompanied the poem. One
lady sent a long list of other
poems from the old Grade
Three and Four readers. And
the letters came from as far
east as Nova Scotia arld -from
B.C. in the west.
Thus my father-in-law
learned of the power of the
press, something I, learned
years ago. But I also learned
that the ,,term. is misleading.
FOR YOUR
FIRE INSURANCE
See or Phone
MALCOLM MATHERS
GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT
-LIONS'
PEANUT DRIVE
OCTOBER 9
kindness
The, people who plan and ore,.
cute editorial policy and new
coverage for the daily papers
have the hilarious idea OS
they have tremendous power,
that they influence people's
thoughts and actions.
It is to•laugh. Elections 'are
surest proof Af this. ,The dai-
lies 'could be unanimous in
supporting one man for a cer-
tain position, and as likely as
not the Canadian people, with
their own sense of when they
are being pushed , around,
would elect his opponent.
No, it is the little things that
'demonstrate the'power of the
press something which touches.
a chord or a nerve in the read-
er and rouses him from his
habitual apathy, to heights of
kindness or fury. -
I've recently had a good ex-
ample. Not long ago, I men-
tioned here, in one paragraph,
a woman who is struggling to
raise a family of six, decently,
on welfare. A good and kindly
woman ,,f Riondel, B.C., read it
and responded. She wrote and
offered to send a box of cloth-
ing.for boys.
It arrived today, and. I've
just had a call from the woman
on welfare. She was terribly
excited. The whole family said.'
it was "Just like Christmas."
There is a lot of warmth in
the world, still. Let's help
spread it around, in a genera-
tion that needs to realize it.
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