The Brussels Post, 1950-1-25, Page 7x�f
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A Doctor
By Richard I1i11 Wilkinson
Ogden turned over ill led, tool..
tired, thea sat bolt Upright. There
tea: a wild, unholy light in his eyes.
lircat globules of perspiration stood
tut on his forehead, Ilit, hands felt
cold and clammy.
For a moment, he .al rigid and
tense. Slowly, he relaxed. '['lieu he
switched on the bedside light. Five
a.m. In four and a half hours, it
• would be over, lie would have en-
tered Mr. Mitchell's office and said
in effect: "Mr. Mitchell, 1 have
worked for you for three years. I
am a -valued employee and feel that
1 deserve more money." And Mr.
Mitchell would' reply—Well, what
would Mr. \litehell reply?
He got out of bed without wak-
ing his wife. It was 5:30 and still
dark. He went into the bathroom
and turned on the shower. At b
o'clock, fully dressed, he cause
downstairs. He put coffee on to
MI, set a frying . pan over a gas ..
jet. cud open an orange, plugged in
the toaster,•
Presently lie sat down to eat. He
ate automatically. Food was taste-
less in his mouth.
He left the house without waking
Helen. During the half hour it took
him to reach the office, The was be-
• set by all sorts of terrifying fancies.
He grew hot, then cold. -Ile
changed his mind twice about ap-
proaching >[r. Mitchell, 1Ie thought
he'd postpone the ordeal. Then he
pictured himself corning hone to
Helen. Helen was proud of him.
What would site think if he had to
admit lacking the courage to fare
a emnm0tt. ordinary man like 1!r.
Mitchell,'
Now, there, was something. \[r.
Mitchell was, after all, nothing but
a common, ordinary man. • Like
himself. Built the saute way. Cap-
able of having toothaches and
stomach aches and- liking his eggs
fried only on one side. Just a man.
"Gond Lord, eau a doctor!"
Ogden tried to picture himself 11;
Isar% Mitchell's position. What
would he do if an employee of three
years asked for a raiser 1/Wet?
Why, he'd look at the matter cold•
ly, impersonally. He'd add things
up and decide whether or not the
employee was ,worth more to him
in dollars and cents. He'd try to
figure out in his own hind ho w
little he could, get away with pay -
in;;.
Ali There was santethuhg non,
if you asked for a raise. act as
though you deserved •It. Give Etre
impression that the llossitsility you
weren't worth more uever entered
your ;head. ft was Merely a matte:
of 'arriving at a figure,
People spoke to Ogden whet' he
entered the office. Then they looked
at • hint curiously. He wasn't the
Bunte. Ile was ill. Or perhaps• he
had a hangover • He seined pale,
His hands trembled when -Ife hung
up his hat. He was sw•eattg. Per
Moss he should call a doctor.
At 9:O5, Mr, Mitchell came in,
nodilhtg incl spcakin to eve-yothe
as he INways,did. Ogden opened his
mouth to reply,. but no sound carte.
11e Wei his lipa, started 10 rise.
sat down again weakly. 11 r. \litcdl•
nil's door opened. - Mr, 'Mitchell
came out. "Ogden!" he yelled, and
his voice had a rasping sound.
Ogden jumped. What had he
done now? Certainly '1. r. Mitchell
acted as though he was gong to
ball him out. Perhaps fire tier,
(,nod. Firing would be a relict. It
would settle the whole problem.
H1• cos Icl tell Helen that 11e had
asked for a raise and Mitchell had
tired him and it was her fault •
11r, Mitchell was behind his desk.
when Ogden entered:
"Ogden, live been thinking about
sons. You've proved yourself valu-
ahle to the fire, That western deal
now. -Yost did a good soh. You have
the sort of stuff we need, in this
organization, I'm the sort of man
who believes in paying a man what
he's worth. Now, 1 need a junior
partner. If you're interested, 1'd
like to groom you for the post.
You'd start at hobble 'your present
salary. Then 111 a year-- 1e.yi Miss,
Ryan! Quick, a glass of water.
Ogden's fainted! (Mod lord, call
a dm•tor1''
SIXTEEN WAFFLE, IRONS
"I have always maintained," de-
clared Chanies, "that 00 two people
tltinld alike."
"1'01191 change your nrittd," said
his fiancee, ' "when yoit look over
our wedding presents."
. World's Biggest,
Craziest Party
Five thousand capering luuatuox,
three dance oreliestras, elle world's
finest organ Jleeleaters from the
Tower of London, lovely assist's
models, squads of pollee and Rug-
ger -playing stewards—that's the
annual recipe for the world's larg-
est, craziest Now Year's party, the
Chelsea At'ts Ball at the Royal
Albert Hall.
Every year London's leading ant
schools spend months in conspire-
torail secrecy constrtteting• the
wagons and tableaux to a given
theme—this time it's "Weather-
cock"—each trying to outshine the
others in artistry and joie de vivre.
Students mid teachers get together
in designing, planning, carpentry
and painting . . . only to have the
structures torn to pieces a few min-
utes after they enter the hall.
last year, in a melee on the floor,
a num dancer was stripped to his
socio suspenders, and a girl posing
as an underclad mermaid on one
of the tableaus was ruthlessly
seized and had her tail yanked off.
The girl herself was retrieved In
semi -collapse. Old-timers deplore
an element of hooliganism that ha-
crept into the Arts Bali. Some of
the shocking scenes of the 1020s
are forgotten.
So many people fell down the
stairways, one year that St. George's
Hospital organized a relay service
of ambulances and treated 15 frac-
tured legs, 79 sprained ankles, two
spinal injuries and scores Of other
accidents.
On one occasion, when the Prince
of Wales was among the costumed
throng, 0 ratan was arrested for
throwing jellies on the dances. Ise
pleaded that temptation was irresis-
tible—and that sante evening more
than 30 women were requested to
leave the floor because their cos-
tumes were too scanty.
Then there was the occasion
when a bevy of dancers elected to
appear in luminous Mack Sennett
bathing costumes. In a scrimmage
the ancient costumes disappeared.
Beneath theist, fortunately, the
dance's wore ordinary costumes.
Another was wvlteu police rein-
forcements were summoned be-
cause boisterous crowds had un-
dressed a couple of policemen, At
a police court hearing the following
day, it turned out that they had
only. been Taneydress policemen
atter all!
Time marches c1u. In 1947, when
the ball was televised, Mrs. Grundy
had a shock when a completely
naked,giri was seen on bite screen,
Newsreel companies who had limb-
ed lien without being aware of it
subsequently had to issue instruc-
tions to thousands of cinemas re-
questing them to cart the film,
The Ball is a costly affair. The
electric light bill and hall rentals
alone exceed 23,000. But revellers
'pay up to £50 for a box to share
the fun—and year by year the talo-
ugs prone that art can pay.
SAIIY'S SALLIES
n\ �.:•.�,.,., ,
"1s this where you Lear up park
Ing tickets, Ottleer?"
Prepare Papal'
Train for Holly,
Year Journey
During` 1(W Holy Yeas, 19DU lea
Plus XFL is aapso4ed to mein, e
epaulet ttatn trip a000s. Italy, It
will be the Pops'e flret trip by teats
and, lit feet, the ifs'et train ride by
any Pops shine 1839. For ties trap,
the Pope will nee a historic, peivaba
Papal traltt, built in Parie In 1898
for Pope Pius IX, The Papal train,
s which ltaa long rested in the Rome
museum, le now being Gleaned and
conditioned for the Pope's use, after
which It will wait in the exquisitxe
railroad station built especially for
it in Vatican City. The ancient train
is magnificently decorated inside
and out. Fine carvings and paint-
ing, of Biblical subjects by famous
artists adorn its roaches. Its uphol-
stery ie of the fittest damask and
brocade. '(`hese pictures were made
as Roman workers went about the
„task of cleaning and Polishing the
Pope's private train for early use.
Inside
the Papal
salon car, a Roman woman cleans around the throne. Door at right rear lead%
to the Pope's private chapel and sleeping car.
One of the three richly -decorated coaches gets a brushing up.
- Note heavy carvings and historic emblems.
One of the cars is open, enabling the Pope, sitting on his throne,
to bless people gathered along the tracks to see him.-
REMINDER
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REMINDER
Otte dap a professor walked by
a large lisle store where a fine catch
of codfish, with months wide open
and eyes staring, were arranged,
He stopped, looked at then,, and
exclaimed aloud; "Heavens,. that
reminds me—I should be tee`rhing
a class at this very iwnrr'
LONG WAY HOME
A distrustrtrl customer "called the
grocer, "t sent my son for two
pounds of dates, and he brought
ihonte ou'ly a pound and a half,"
".Madam," replied the grocer,
"sty scales are accurate, Have you
weighed your 60141"
'Mier"bid you get ally ap-
plause?"
Actor: "lies, It sounded like a
caterpillar, wearing rubber shoes,
crawling over a Persian carpet,,'
Glamor.Go- oundThls "merry-go-round" number is olio di!' rhe
features of a'spectact lar new review titled "Middle of the Ceti,
tory" at the 'Paris nightclub, the Bal Tabarin, Riding mech-
anized stage props, the chorines go through their routines as the ,
nier'ry-go-round rifer from the, floor,
Dirge From
"Cynibeline"
Fear no snore the heat o' 11t' sun,
Not' the furious winter's rages;
Thou, thy worldly task has done,
Hoare art gone. and ta'en thy
wages;
Golden lads and it I
d g 14 all must,
As chimney -sweepers, conte to dust,
Fear net more the frown o' th' great,
Thou art past the tyrant's stroke;
Care no more to clothe and cat;
To thee the reed. is as the oak;
The Sceptre, Learning; Physic,
mast
All follow this, and conte to dust.
Fear no more the lightning -flash,
Nor th' all -dreaded thunder -
stone;
Fear tot slander, censure rash;
Thou hast finished joy and noon,
All lovers young, all lovers must
Consign to thee,,and cone to dust.
No exorciser harm thee!
Not',tlo witchcraft charm thiel .
Ghost onlaid forbear tleeel
Nothing ill come near thee!
Quiet consummation have;
And renowned be thy gravel
FAIR WARNING
Every light suddenly went out
at the Hawkins place and Pa and
Ma went down its the cellar to ia-
vesti,,ate, "Put your hand on that
there wire, Maw," commanded Pa,
"and tell the if you feel anything,"
"Nothin' at all," reported Ma,
"Good," said Pa. "Now just don'ttouch the other oine, or ye'II prob-
ably drop dead," - x '
"My wife says that if T died, seta
would remain a widow,"
"Evidently Aa thinks there's not
another man ]Pica you.",
"No, slhe's afraid there is."
History of Man
Written in Clay
The Story of Pottery comes very
close to being the Story of .Man-,
kind. Pottery was one of the first
of the great crafts and today is the
only one of the great industries
which is still a craft. The other
crafts of the past exist only as small
units to produce `for the few, or
have become mechanzicd industries,.
Of the various materials which
man has used for purposes of utility,
or to give hint the satisfaction of
beauty, none have served him so
well and so long as ]las clay and its
finished product—pottery, ,
Do you realize that of all the fine
works of art produced in the Greek
civilization of twenty-five hundred
years ago, only the vase looks, just
exactly as it looked when the Greek
artist took it from his kiln? So also ,
does the pottery excavated front
civilizations which preceded the
Greeks back into the hazy past five
thousand years before their day.
Not only does the clay itself re-
flect by its response to the skill .of
the hand and the knowledge of i'orm
and design all that the man of each
age and race was esthetically ea-
pahe of doing, but it is also a test
and a measure of his technical and
scientific knowledge. '
"Ile first of, the technical tests
carte in the burning of his pottery,
in his ability to construct kilts and
control high temperatures accurate-
ly, Next calve the exploration for,
the adaptation of other colored clays
and minerals to produce polycltron
decoration. ']'hen the invention of
glazes, both of transparent nature,
and of those which were opaque and
colored in theutselvee.
'Elle infinity of effects possible` by
using tate simplest of processes, oc
a combination of urian, has never
bean exhausted,
BIT CONFUSED?
A woman boarded a train and
took the only empty seat, next to
a harmless -looking traveller. Soon
she opened a map of Manchuria and
began to study it,
The traveller gazed at the map
for a while and finally addressed
the woman in an interested tone:
"Sure you're on the right train?"
Ambulance Corps •
Does Fine Work
L)urilrg' the first C `u m ,uric,
1949, nearly 4011 mot,t accident vi..:
time were treated for injuries
varying degrees by St. John Ambu-
lance personnel at highway first aid.
poste throughout Ontario. Its addt,;
tion another several hundred, alio
injured in motoring mishaps wear
given first aid treatment by trainer[
personnel in two ambulances which
are maintained on .Ontario's high•
ways for this purpose by the .A5.0•
ciat
Thisiou.
worthwhile program of high-
way first aid was instituted by the
St. John Ambulance back in 1917
Today there are 67 highway first aid
posts dotted along the highways of
this province at carefully selected
points. These highway posts are now
jointly maintained by the Ontario
Motor league, the Canadian fled
Cross and tate St. John Ambulance.
These organizations also jointly
Maintain ambulance patrols oat these
same highways, from April to Def. --
ember earls year. These ambulances
are manned by trained St, John
Ambulance first aiders, who fte-
quentl> are senior medical students..
In addition to helping victims of
traffic accidents, these -patrols ie
specs the highway first aid poet.,
replenish the first aid c.gslipnient and
supplies at these posts and conduct
first aid training for residents of
local areas.
This is just one please of an ex-
tensive program carried ois by the
St. John Ambulance for the welfare
of the Canadian public. Other ac-
tivities include training and service
its first aid and home nursing, bluo'l
grouping, child welfare, public duty
and training of the St. John Cadets
in secondary schools. All of those
services are given voluntarily and
without remuneration.
The work of the St. John Am-
bulance is financed solely by public
subscription and the 1950 annual
appeal for funds will be conducted
in tttarin from February 6 to 25.
Other Papers
Pull Boners Too
C'mon In and See
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Received: Neo shipment or
Navy field jackets and ratan}' nth,!`r
stilus too hunlornu< 10 rnentinrh
Advertisement 11 1'a' a Ne.;..
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Custom-built Antiques
A sign on an Albuquerque shire
reads, "Antique, Emote an,r ..
paired"
New Club Idea -
Mrs. M.S. was the ,guest oi'liar
howling tem) at a breakfast on
Saturday morning. --S. it trron 1 ono • -
ty News -Shield.
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Off To A Bad Start
31rs. 11, skt,sed Lire wedding•
starch from Lolheugrin for the pro-
cession. --Reno State Journal.
Embarrassing Moment
The mother of the bridegroom
was attired in a soft, blue, lace
dress which fell to the floor. —
Raleigh News and Observer.
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Oompahl
The regular weekly bad concert
will be held Wednesday night—
Ginnell Herald Register.
New Contact ,Lenaee-."br, William Peinblootn is about to- piaci
a contact lens weighing little more than a postage stamp over
the right eye of Adrienne Goldstone. Plaster and unbreakable,
the news .leans is based on a newly discovered princaple'of suc-
cessfttliv moving the control area onto the cornea, instead of
ante white of the eye, This says Dr. Peinbtoom, eliminates dis-
comfort.
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