The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 14, 1947 Page: 7 of 10
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THff TAFT TRIBUNE^ THURSDAY.
AUGUST 14, 1947
Kathleen Norris Says
Gramma
snAKnr.
BETTY ZANE WATSON
Have You a Dictator in Your Home?
Bull Syndicate.-WKU rtaturm.
ptrU r.turu. lo t*«»V
...paper ”,MI »y w*
tIi. .her l*r« >'*'«
tufflai»i»**»d In Kit »U-
J)>rr... a ad |< upset l« learn
llldd ** Ms coa»ln. Bill! Mas
' u»a, te be * weakllM He
tl »l« (r»»d'"®l,,M Jrnnlffr
ka bus uesal arbascaieq*** Bim
teraaa* nf bei MUeeasu al
•I te> aaasbler »• Jobnuy’s
llnei te refute I® *®mc
4 W uulld a park for 'Be cbil
>an out I® Marilndale I® aef
nalker and make a peironal
II saraestaess faker Ili» Butler
i iad Be allow, him Ini® the
»rnl times up toward Marilndale I
thinking of the prowler he had eeen
there, but teeing no one now he
walked on toward a little hollow at
tiie north of the field
When he re.irhed it, he tit down
on one of the huge rock* that were
ao common in that lection of the |
country. The familiar night of th.-»e '
old surroundings brought a feeling I
of nostalgia to him Memories were
ih»n security Her mother
proven tha, theory and if* ,
hot to be forgotten.
What'i wrong. Kit? *re
ss "• - ""
^rald? Afraid of what?"
answered defiantly.
Perhaps of—yourself?"
"No. Johnny Im not afral
“ 0r *h*' 1 m'*ht »e thinking,
and ,! ‘ m *n«a**<» «0 Basil . . .
lorxlli '7^r,ant ,0 m* Very Im-
iTde h!m ny Sh* ,,00d b«
^nk you’re m lev.
her W anting to find the
r«al answer
f you --
',UM Straight Thinking
,h* About Drinking
LESSON text TOR Alto
Proverb. 20 1, S3 19-21. »3T,
aatea toil.
MEMORY SELECTION-Be
with wtne, wherein is exce.i
tilled with the Splrlt.—Ephesla
managed
BEFOll TOO STAMP ee»
plainin' «1>out in-lawn, try t» *•»
mom ter that jrou'm on«.•
WHBf AVMT AGATHA
her oakaa and pie* to bo eSw
good, she wont use mithi*’ M«
Tobhs-Crede margarine. hr Hte
boot bakin', »be uet, you gotta «*»
• shortenin' ttrait taatea gi-%%,
Taste yer shortenin’ tbo MM
time you boka.
tj0>
THERE AHM-T XOtSDr gdte
ao feeble as tb« lough of Hump
•on who’s Just, heard tbo Joke Mg
been waitin' to UH .*
_ obr-
THESI TWO WOXlM--r?«iM»
Oride"~#ur* toll a heap o' Gibs**
bout Nu-Mold MarraHno. tSl
Nu-Mald iUu-gartne Ta mads ’spe-
cially *fer the table. Aa Boa &
spread as money kin buy.
*$£
m erftl bo paid upon publtee
Hen to the first contributor eui
each accepted saying or Mm fiw
"Grandma Spe*kK7 Addswtn 1%.
Maid Margarine, Cincinnati X O.
CHAPTER HI
nswered him .. a; BY WILLIAM ( ri.BERTSOV, D D.
nswered him as di- 01 Tke Moos, Bible lasuiute. Cb.rata.
o asxtd her. *1 rn p ■ ^
in love with Ba.il )' 1 'HE Increase 'n the drinking
know him. Johnny. *'*biti of our nation is a source
generous and corR'ern. tiot only to the forces of
m.” She held her r”oral|ty. but to the liquor interests
|her and took a few ’hem,elv*s- How strange It is to
have the purveyors of a commodity
urge moderation in its use!
Codoobtedly the Bible’s answer
lo this whole problem is the only
right one. The Word of God has
many strong things to say con-
cerning alcoholic beverages. Wise
Is the man who heeds the Injunc-
tions of Scripture.
I. Liquor—a Description (Prov.
20:Ij,
WHAT a striking text this isl
Think of Its implications
"Wine is a mocker.” It grasps its
victim In a vicelikc gup. and then
taunts him in his Inability to release
himself. The drunkard is a victim
of his own appetite, helpless to re-
sist the temptation which
M room lost its fascination for
l Immediately picturt- alone
al out, erasing all ehe from his
PL for after twenty-three years
guy Davis was at last looking
I the eyes cf his mother.
|yw long he stood there was Im-
tejble to say; long et ';»*>. f ■>*'•
te, to know her. to r> alire that
D. hsd not imagined her beauty
J toursfr It was all a part of
I psint-ng, a* surely a beauty
| been caught on the vbs so
| her great understanding and
All right. Kit You're a good
kid and 1 Just don't want to see you
| get any wooden nickels. Dad thinks
j jhe worid of you and. well, so do I.
I K" He put his hand on her shoul-
dir ar.d turned her around to face
him again.
"So you both feel sort of respon-
sible for me—is that it’" She looked
at him smiling
He looked at her for a minute be*
fore answering, searching her face
for his reply; finally he said. "Yes,
I guess that's about it"
IVell. J. L). is an old dear and
«>' are you for worrying about me.
but you can stop beca ise Basil will
lake awfully good care of me. he
promises."
They started to walk together in
the direction of the town then The
moon was still riding fast through
a bank of clouds and Johnny look* ,
ing back saw the mansion of Mar- i
tindale abus e them silhouetted !
"She ®<*«f him u hut hit t ml try u mi. mnj nudJtd her hemd mud imid. Tbmt t
mnnunh.'
By KATHLEEN NORRIS j --------
owned by tt woman whom be
calls ''Mother.” She reared
him affectionately, educated
him and gave him hit present
excellent situation. Unfortu-
nately, she net'er adopted him
legally, so Ward has no solid
claim to any inheritance.
Now the old lady, "Grand-
ma" Grant, who has been bed-
ridden fur two years, has de-
cided to leave the business and
all her other property to her
nurse, This nurse, a Mrs. Hen-
derson, has given Ward to un-
derstand that when she takes
over he will have to follow
orders or get out. Ward has no
claim on anything, the family
lawyer bos told him—even the
house in which they are all liv-
ing.
Frances Grant writes that she
and Ward are "frantic with
nervous apprehension." Mrs.
Norris replies that she doesn't
see that much can be done
about the situation. She advises
Ward to look for another fob
right now if be can. If Grand-
ma Grant realized that Ward
was ready to quit, it might far
her into a change of heart.
vi# not sure when the butler
If opened the floor; t,c only knew
■) when he final*;' ) >' Kf-rJ away
let *Jie portra)*. -f 1 • - mother.
L ican wa* standing <*t the cn-
Let of the room into wh.ik he
■ disappeared, and beyond him,
pttnf further back in b r -m,
b Jennifer Mir:,:.
bit* was a slight \v-.;i with
fee hair which -vl.e w>r»: : • as
totur on ivr he«id Sho v. a-
feted in blank *:• a styic* that
ensnares
him.
The young person who takes his
first drink for sociability la indeed
deceived, in lhai alcoholic liquor
never reveals the possible cost
which It exacts from the one who
Ukes that first drink. The better
part of valor Is to leave the stuff
alone.
The Word of God says further
tha* “strong drl-.k is a brawler"
| <A.S.V.). All of us have probably
seen how the drunkard enters into
conflict entirely without reason. Li-
quor seems to make a man sense-
less to danger and quick to express
anger,
II. Liquor—a Warning (Prov. 23:
19-21).
1 k 'HE admonition of this passage
* is that we should not be found
among drunkards and gluttonous
men.
Solomon here tells us of ont of the
results of drunkenness and gluttony
—poverty. The drowsiness which is
the result of both of these sins does
indeed clothe a man with rags.
If, therefore, we have no higher
motive than that of oelf-rospect, j
1 ; than that of having enough of this
world's goods to make a present-
1 j able Appearance, we should avoid {
company with those who will lead
1 us lute the same excess that chsr-
* acterteea them. How important it
' j la that we guide our hearts In
God’s way.
! | Let us understand, of course, that
there are far higher motives for
| ! right living than those involved
’ here. However, if we can come to
the conclusion to avoid drinking on
i the basis of a lower motive, how
1 much more important it is to come
I to the same conclusion on the basis
| of a higher one. As Christians, that
higher motive concerns our testl-
! mony before men, our living ». life
> that will cause others to want to
know Christ; in short, our living for
the glory of God,
i HI. Liquor—a History (Prov. 23:
j 29-35; Eccles. 19:17).
j TN THE Hut of these Scripture
* passages we have what may be
i called a history of drunkenness.
.This sin leads to woe, to sorrow, to
‘contentions, to wounds without »
. cause.
But that is not the end. Look care-
;fully at Proverbs 23:32 and stress
; the first three words, "At the l»st.”
movies
■ qarer. and
'■birttiiy »rr.*.v.i f.i -
Bsnty to hrr
jBt tnomer: as she
SfiBy SS» III tier eye
It was one A '
■Ml when time sect
mm the players on n
9m rasper;.:..;-.
Mrt seroii-.1 Ar: !
■ted the #(» k t.f :
» Marl.r. «*.•: w,.;
I tad the thin i:n>
ton her h.mds t
b Her gr.u-.cisrc
Bfte peth.-.;.t k --j
I »l» purely ;;r :,c,
I there was ,- cr. • g
tote bt: b.iv.r,c.-.
Dili sop nt h r dangi.-
I l»-.i» she a..,-, |v
i aot as her g: iruii
«a of Johnny lav i
Nfiur. the butler
id the d'or i.dv :
kauwr, that had h i:
t»!i rooms still hi !::
to thread
Bff. Martin will i
If man It ;a most ,
oorr iff a mi
saw wum rou m
Blqbi atm it ih* tin* to
rttplacn tbe.t old wora
blade on your bow or
back mw. Tbo BnaluMaa
Blade it aaMjagh' InU...
baa tlse speed a! • 2-«aa
mw . . . seiooth cutting
. . . stays ahasp Ueujwr.
3 type*, teajtiu 24,30,
36, 42, aad 4S sack.
AT ICAOIMft
MAKOWARR STOM6
I first knew him,” writes Frances.
"It isn’t a very large business, but
it brings us in a good income now.
and if Ward inherited it he could
consider himself a well-to-do man
His mother draws what she wants
from it, always in the neighborhood
of three or four hundred a month,
which some day should mean a very
handsome addition to our resources.
Ward and his mother always have
been affectionate and close, and the
girls and I make a good deal of
Grandma. We have always lived
together in the old Grant home.
Hendy Takes Over.
"About two years ago Grandma
Grant had a slight stroke, and she
has rarely left her room since, ex-
cept perhaps for an occasional drive
and once or twice for very special
occasions, weddings or reunions of
old, old friends. We have one faith-
ful old servant in the kitchen, but
she could not give Grandma the
care she hud to have, nor was ali
that the girls and I could do enough,
so we engaged a practical nurse, a
plain woman about 40. who has now
been with us more than a year. At
first Grandma didn't like Hendy at
all. nor did any o( us, but she is ef-
ficiency itself, and we very swiftly
felt that having her in the house
was a great help.
"After a while Grandma grew
more and more to like, and finally
to adore Hendy. It has reached the
point now when even Ward dare no!
go into his mother's room without
her consent. She continues agree-
able and helpful enough when she
comes downstairs, but for 'die rnosl
part the two women live in their
own rooms. Hendy has set up a
tittle kitchen there, and often ap-
pears only long enough to secure
provisions from the kitchen.
"Grandma quotes Hendy, looks at
her lovingly, laughs at her jokes,
tells us how wonderful she is. A
few days ago she told Ward that she
wanted all the details of the family
business explained to Hendy, and
Hendy went over to the plant and
. inspected everything, and Ward
says asked a thousand questions.
She asked him what his salary is,
ar.d nodded her head, he said, and
said That’s enough.’
"That afternoon Grandma
changed her will and left everything
she possessed, silver, books, house,
business, to Mrs. Henderson. Hendy
herself just said to Ward amused- 1
If, "Oh, let her have tier whims.’ I
but the family lawyer was simply j 1
outraged by what went on. we know j 1
>li. knew inn thal Johnny hji go-
ing to kis* her and knowing, slit- did
not stop him.
j sat down, breathin ' ■..!!) her fright.
| "S .rry, K.t I • > you knew
j I was licfc " He 1 ed arid (hen
j added. "But if j. .id known I
! was here you woulun t have come,
j would you’" He leaned against the
I rock beside her.
I "Well. I'm not in the habit of
' fallowing strange young men to
J their hideouts, i'll admit.”
The moon touched her hair with j
almost miiglc deftness. She looked
up a! J ,hnn> and he suddenly saw
her full beauty She had seemed
j lovely to bin hofore in the office but
now in this quiet setting and the j
moon throwing a bright spotlight on
her tin- D lures he knew how truly
i lovely she was
He stood li,- king a! tier without j
saying a -s ard until the silence grew |
loud in his ears -.rid he fell that |
conversation was necessary.
that, and when Ward went to him
he indicated that matters were as
bad as they could be.
He Has ho Jtighte.
"Ward went to ask what his rights
were as a son. but the bad thing I*
that Ward isn’t Grandma's real son,
he is not even adopted. She just
took him because he reminded her
of a son she had lost; It was ________
I knew he was ‘adopt- !
u.i • Hut
c between
«*wc© ram MV*
I • JO N. K*u*.r Ate* CMsa «e 30
never
made legal,
ed,’ but not that it wasn't a regular I
adoption.
"Our Sawyer feels that in ease of
Grandma's death, as things are |
now, we would have no claim at all. i
"Ward doesn’t like Hendy, and I
she obviously dislikes him, so that ■
hiu position a3 manager of the j
works would be precarious indeed j
if he had fa S.old it under Hendy. !
"My girls are 13. 15 and 10, just j
at the age when they need social i
•ecureness. 1 am simply frantic at j
the idea that this smug, quiet worn- j
an who comes and goer as she !
pleases, can wreck al) our plans in i
this way,
"S have no idea that you car, sug- I
gest any possible solution, but if !
there is anything we can do, please i
help us. Both Ward and I—and the j
girls, too—are frantic with nervous
apprehension.”
un.'u 11- uy. and
« H<--.n, John-
walkfi freran th«?
of u- r.vay hi*
• t',‘~ 'he/'* por*
!? UK.’V COllt*
**m‘ t Jn icc<*p on
Qiaur.' h 111
a Lonely Gnu
te he was aim..*!
Johnny Reveals Slis
Visit to Martindale
' Good boy. Johnny! See you're ‘
filling the old man’s shoes all right." j
lit- threw his hut to the wall hook ,
ard missed a* usual. "Remind me
ch»»,ge to UfftUlA
tor Vm fat**
... — *I.i'-M ;
j* ®»d grown ,;,rk
"* “ted the figure tr,.
WmguishabU- And ,,
14 ,ro'® the fig-,re • u ;,.i
p that he was -m* r
«« he walk, d o ..
ithjst whoever " f > j •
hte tn the mt
w»«M hear . atchmg
I to* day- be? rc : /
MIS UtlSuccehffui VI,-;!
r: J 0 ’*•'* called out of
r®*»* ^ a short fane
1 Wi *trangcly l„: ,.u.
* Helps nanw fit*... mat
»il ihe sunu-al Imkhi «f yum
smile,
St A spsstaf ingradteos
*rnc»ur»ge* mgMtor ouumge...
*k«tlMISI{(llX e Aua OtH go iw
...helps ixuthea tkesn fe-m And
rosy. Took ^ <u»iil»,..s»i<*
Memte m tmmma McKmta hhramriat,
lti ten pMrM*tiMi(o4 AmwAue
mimi and he hesitated for a mo- drinking tv. 35), and inability to
meat, not knowing how best to tell ! avoid succumbing to the same
•tebpMtner, w,rk.,:« mfn.
Jr CIari01i 8fttu.g ba*k
. -»-s again, but the evenings
flnd ^UiH- J-hwiy felt
J8 w™ home town
rrv*M» «irr.e« sum men the
‘ to. utk Kit Wilieti L
hn u SrJ r**°hitioii faded
Bujd came far ,,,-r re-
T iJiiosi each night. They
■e fast friends duri:,,; the
* »*«- dura g J.
lbt",ni^ ih*>®
® *«»wnoo w ,th „nt ...
()im j temptation ali over again <v. 35).
“Dad—" He looked across at I J* it any wonder that the admoni- \
tion is “Look not thou upon the wine
'• Yes ion”’ J. D. always knew i when It to red, when tt tparkleth tr,
when there was something impor-jthe cup. when it goeth down
tant cotn'n* from Johnny as he al- | smoothly." Although man still has
w.,vs addressed- him as "Dad" j# scmblm.ee of right thinX-mg, the
rather than the familiar "J. D.” temptation to great enough to de-
■ While you were gone I got thelceive him es to the consequences,
brilliant ides at going out to Mar- j se view af sach resolts, is H tty j
tindale He rubbed his chin with j wonder ifeia same Preawher any* i
his hand. I ta Ecetealastea Mill that the b*l
'-And so—” H was hard going, ; b Meaoed wbesi Its raleru eat »mf
knowing how interested J D. was «ri»* for •trength and n#i far
“n what he was saying. He con-! drunkaasM*.
tmued as best he could. "1 went j u gtai to true that righteousness <
6W Wtac Ojiear* Sett
A stroke of luck, good looks and j
» "’nice voice" raised famj Lynn, i
21-year-old rerue ami flbn singn- |
tram Pms&ic, H. J.. to iwr first op- i
era tic ml*. 3t «** “SemW»” i» !
Richard Strauss’ "Dw HoMnlmttet* )
Bwr” the royal opera Ixnsm, Co- I
vent Garden, sn Undon, England; j
Mto.» Lynn, w!i«> first public- sms- j
te»* wo* achlevsd ‘,d her bm l
town, won the coveted Mipnimi j
sod a cob tree" *ft*r ?,s :
vitiich grew out of » tisaac* reessa- }
mends tion.
ill
src,-a«» *»
faswtisSteS "»
*sr so wv»«»
fiantaa,- tsMn
urn imvsm
jRsRktotuw* 1
mem swa
sm «•«
&.*m
*“ 0f-f of these
■nr lould find r
■ dec.ded be w.
evenings i
user toe
*SF> beta three tetthtge daughters.—*
is
ASPIRIN
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