The Seaforth News, 1947-12-11, Page 2The Runaway
Boy
By
SHIRLEY RAY
Someone was canting down the
stairs. The still and darkened house
seemed to amplify each soft foot-
fall
ootfall to Rhoda who hoped the sound
of her own breathing would not give
ber away.
Now the steps, still guarded and
cautious,were in the hall, and then
only a few feet from where she
stood. There was the sound of a
band on the doorknob and the door
swung open. A small form slid past
her. The door closed again and the
sudden return of darkness stirred
Rhoda into action. She grasped
the knob and Hung the door open.
"Where are you going, Jimmy?"
she asked sharply.
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The small boy stared at her from
the bottom step. He lowered his eyes
Inexpensive Gifts Can e:,
Made With Christmas Cards
IL/10ST of us have stored away in attic boxes and desk drawers, Christmas
1 cards from last year and the year before that we just couldn't bear
to throw' away.
These cards can be transformed into charming Christmas gifts
with a little ingenuity and a tnininnutn of time on your part.
Lampshades are always welcome. — and here's .a novel idea
for designing a special gift for a special person. If your friend is
partial to floral arrangements, town or country scenes, cats, dogs,
or whatever, select the cards accordingly. Take a plain parch-
ment shade, brush entire outer surface with clear shellac and
let dry partially. Meantime •brush the back of the cards with
shellac and expose to air for several minutes until shellac reaches a
sticky consistency. Apply cards to appropriate spots and, press
and scraped the me of his shoe in
the soft dirt.
"Going'ttway," he mumbled.
'Come sit down, Jimmy," she
said. "We may as well hate a good-
bye tall."
Jimmy sat next to her. his be n-
dk in his lap.
"Now," said Rhoda. "Where are
you y ane?"
"Going to hitch -hike to the city."
Ins eyes met Rhod is for the first
limo- "Pinky Duggan hitch -hikes all
over." he informed In•c.
"Pinky Dng;:au?" she repeated.
"You know Pinky's mother," jim-
my said.
"Ole. yes, 1 know;' Rhoda replied.
"Pinky lives in the city. Ife goes
to the movinc every night," Jimmy
Y
continued. "In this old town we have
only one bleu i,;."
Rhoda tta: thinking i,f saying ex-
actly the sone thing to jimmy's
father that Jimmy was now saying
to her.
"There's t! i n to do to this
small town. Jim 11"a doir't even have
a choice of two iunc'iec."
His voice filled with enthusiasm.
Jim went on.
"There are tall buildings and big
electric signs that go on and off and
double -deck bus.," and everything
in the city."
"I tell you, Jim, this pokey town
drives etc era^y. I'm used to the city.
I like the bright lights and the traffic
and the noise!"
"Pinky says only jerks live in a
town like this," Jimmy declared.
"1 cam feed the hayse.ed stickingout
all over me. 1 saw Kay Duggan to-
day—we used to work together in
the city—and 1 rcaliced what a bum-
pkin I alba"
Rhoda sighed. "Yes, Jimmy, the
city is nice." She felt helpless. She
was this boy's' mother. She should
know what to say. what to do. But
she was at a loss for words.
There was a long silence,
"Mom, Pop doesn't let me do any-
thing."
"Jim, felt not old. 1 want to go
places, do things, get out of this rut."
Jimmy reached into his pocket and
brought forth two shiny cubes.
"Look. lfom, Pinky swapped 'em, for
my Boy Scout knife."
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eTaylic it was the sudden chillin
the breeze. Maybe it was the sight
of the white dice in the small hand.
Suddenly Rhoda did not feel help-
less any more.
"Jimmy," she said. "I used to live
in the city 1 an apartment, the same
kind that Pinky. Duggan lives in
now. There are -lots of families in
one big building. You can't run
through the house or turn the radio
on loud or make any noise. You
can't even have, a dog, Jimmy."
Iis eyes were wide.
No dog?" the boy repeated.
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The two sat in silence. The night
was bright but not cold. There was
a half 'moon and a few scattered
but bright stars At last the little
Loy rose and started np the stairs,
"Still going to the city Jimmy?"
"1 guess not, Mom."
Rhoda sat for long time Then
she got up and went into the house,
Her hand groped in the darkness
Until it grasped the handle of a suit-
case. She was glad that Jimmy
hadn't asked her why she was up,
fully dressed, at this hour of the
night.
EVEN THE FIRST . . Since the .first Christmas card was made,
they have been saved anti, utilized for the making of artistic gifts.
During and since the war the demand for the cards for those in hos-
1 petals has reached a new high. Our wounded have been supplied with
thousands of cards which they use in making gifts.
down. Brush entire lampshade surface, including newly applied cards, with
the shellac. Let dry. The shellacking process may be repeated any niun-
ber of times as each application serves to increase the durability of the
lampshade. Pierce holes, about an inch apart, around top and bottom
'edges; lace with ribbons:
Wastebaskets, too, make attractive gilts. The cardboard variety, either
oval or square in shape, can be secured in your local 5 and 10 or depart
,meat store. Cover with plain paper or gift wrapping. Shellac, mount
cards, Re -shellac --as with the lampshade.
Another trick! Select three cards of uniform size and theme -either.
'religious, scenic or peasant, ete. Place them in inexpensive cardboard or
wooden frames. Take a long strip of heavy satin ribbon with sewn -on bow
at one end. Attach frames to gibbon in Victorian manner, f. e., one over
the other. Then sew a hook on back of bow so ribbon may be hung from
the wall.
A useful and colorful gift for the men of the house—especially if he'
happens to be a pipe smoker—is the large box of kitchen matches ertisti-'
Cally "camouflaged" so ?Mother won't object to its presence in her newly
"done over" living room. Cover all surfaces, with the exception of the
sanded striking area, with strips of colorful designs taken from Christmas
cards. Paste the cutout Christmas card designs on one or both of the
large surfaces—shellac, allow to dry, and repeat process.
One of the simplest to make, yet most effective small gifts, is the
bookmark. Cut out, in rectangular shape, the Christmas card design of
your selection. Then tape a ship of good quality ribbon -either satin or
grosgrain—to the back of the card so that the ribbon extends about three
or four inches beyond its bottom edge. Scotch tape can be bought at most
stationery and gift shops in colors, now, and it lends a more festive air than
the usual transparent tape. It's a good idea, too, to give the card a coat
or -two of shellac so it will resist fingerprints and smudging.
• Two blocks of wood, painted in pretty pastels, mounted with Christmas
cards and shellacked are just the thing for the guest room bookends. In
similar fashion wooden boxes can be "dressed up" with cutout floral
Christmas card designs to serve as cigarette conteincrs.
Should Mothers Model?—The young lady posing so sedately
above placed 3rd at the 1947 Royal Winter Fair, just a month
or so after giving birth to a family of six. Last year she was
acclaimed "best of all breeds" and her record at Dog Shows
and -Field -Trials on both sides of the border is highly impres-
sive. "S,farlite of Iiarrimoret" is her official name.
Shepherd Dog
Scores `Perfect'
In Show Ring
Most people dream of winning an
Irish Sweepstakes Grand Prize with
the very first ticket they buy—but
it's an experience which doesn't
come to many. While the compari-
son may be is little far-fetched,
George Taylor of 215 Brock Ave,, a
Toronto milkman seems to have
done something rather similar. in
his first experiment at training a
dog for the show ing.
"Starlite of Barrimor" is the of-
ficial name of this beauty, who also
bears the distinction of C.D. after
her name—meaning Companion
Dog. She is the daughter of an
American Champion and started
her impressive string of Show Ring
'victories at the age of ten months
by rolling up a score of 98 points
at the Port Colborne Show last year.
A month later, at the German Shep-
herd Dog Club field trials at Clark-
son she again topped a large field
with a perfect score of 100; and at
the 1o•t0 Royal Winter Fair she
was acclaimed hest of all breed
with a mark of 90.
In March of this year, at the age
of 11 months, She utas top dog in
her class at Detroit, placing second
a few months later at the Buffalo
Show. In her first trial at Compan-
ion Dog work she got slightly over
190 points Out of a possible 200, de-
feating alt dogs. This year, at the
Royal Winter Fair—Ord was, the
best she could do—but the reason
for this was no doubt the {act that
she was less than. a:Month in train-
ing after raising a fancily of six
puppies. Altogether: Mr. Taylor's
experience with this dog has been
one to encourage the small breeder.
"Starlite of Barrimor" is the first
shepherd Mr. Taylor ever owned
or trained and is a great credit to
both dog and trainer.
Headed by a 10 -ton, 200 -horsepower all -wheel drive truck„siulilar to the above oh the left, two
"flying columns" will be used by -the Ontario Highways Department this year to hit the snow -
blockade in the southern snow belt Included in the column will be a rotary blower as shown
on the right which will be used to widen the hole punched out by the 10 -ton truck.
Want A Wife?
Here's A --Tip
Most of the lovelorn advice that
we've ever seen (and we've seen
plenty of it) was addressed to the
girls, whereas it has long seemed to
us that the bays are in far more
urgent need of such advice. So we .
will introduce a novelty at this point
by offering the hardest -headed and
most constructive tip we can thinly of
to the great majority of young nien
contemplating matrimony; to wit:
The thing to do, according to an
article in Collier's, is to look around
for a demanding, ambitions, ener-
getic and goodnatured young woman,
fall in love with her, and marry her
as promptly as you can.
She needn't be beautiful, though,
of course, beauty helps. She needn't
be wealthy, because the above-men-
tioned qualities will almost guarantee
that both you and she will be plenty
well off in due time.
If you are the typical, rather in-
dolent, happy-go-lucky, not too ener-
getic male, this gal will furnish yen
tate - inspiration_ to effort that you
need. She wdiff: lead you into an
easy life; htnt` slie- will mainspring
you into an-extitiitg and satisfying
one if you'll just stick along with
her.
ft was demanding, ambitidus and
generally good-natured women who
stimulated the pioneering of this
country from tate Alleghenies to the
Pacific—and who today stimulate
American men to keep bringing _
home to the, wife and family- more
and more of what it takes. That is
one of the biggest factors in our suc-
cess' as a nation to date.
So if you're the easy-going type,
as most of its melt happen to be; just
find yourself an up-and-coming
young woman and marry her pronto,
Leave the clingers and the droopers,
the dumb beauties and the spoiled
darlings to the exceptional self-
starters and go-getters who can push
ahead under their own steam ex-
clusively,
The Arc de Triomphe was built
in Paris in 1800 to commemorate
the victories of Napoleon.
Relieves DISTRESS Of
Cold
deeps
s/Penetrates &'Stimulates
deep Into Bron• chest and beck sue
chlal tubes With faces like a warm.
special soothing Ine.comfortinp
medicinal vapors. Poultice.
This effective special pene-
trating -stimulating action
works for hours during the
night to relieve distress of
colds while your little one
sleeps. Results are so good
often bymorning most misery
of the cold is ;t pi 0
relieved.Try l f
it tonight) VVPoRus
Wedding Gift—On Princess Elizabeth's wedding 'day the final shipment of food, part of
Toronto's wedding gift, left Toronto for England. Dock workers loaded 150 tons on the
freighter, City of Toronto. Three hundred tons had been shipped previously. Cash donations
reached the :$25,000 marls with a gift of more than $2,000 from the Federation of Civic Em-
ployees' Unions. Food crates standing on the dock ready for loading arc shown here.
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By Margarita