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the georgeto hera wednerlay july 27th 1944 the georgetown herald nobvai glut wizxulls stkwabttowtt ashgkovav uixdf atad ntaau cotta actou humptchi boltom subscription batbb statta united slate and overseas 1x00 a year single copies fie advertising rate wol be quoted on appbeatkm tkxbpboin nw s walctl c bibhn publisher garfield l m0ghvra7 mary h hiehn editor mamoet of the canadian weekly newspaper assoefatlbn and the ontarioquebec dtybdott of the cwjfjl the editors corner night blooming cereus an oddity in the plant world the cactus popu laxly known as night blooming cereus creates interest among botanists and flower fanciers wherever it ap pears there is at least one specimen in this district and many people have visited the home of mrs web ster and miss maguire in norval to see the plant in bloom a writer in the ottawa journal gives the fol lowing excellent description of the phenomenum as observed in a similar plant m that city two buds formed on the edges of one of the broad flat leaves and one dropped off the other ma tured a stem eight inches long in the shape of a u was crowned by a bud which measured six inches from base to tip before it opened oval and pointed in a brownish tone the flower began to open late in the afternoon and by eleven at night had reached its full glory it was pure white and shaped like a great cham pagne glass even to the hollow stem the flower was 25 inches around and a magnificent thing by fd night all this glory was drooping and in the morning the flower had closed up the ustem had wilted and hung straight down the plant had had its moment the robot bombers sometimes people are prone to brand reports- of german atrocities as propaganda the most adam ant of skeptics has no reply however to mr churc lull s recent statement on the result of robot bombings launched from the enemy shore this latest manifests uon of the criminal german mind is putting london thru the terrors of another blitz thousands have beea lolled and maimed and mr churchill could give no assurance that thousands of other innocents may not pensh before the anta robot strategy is perfected this indiscriminate bombing of civilians is but one more black mark in a book already overflowing with the crimes of the german war lords it should once and for all silence those who would lighten germany jpunihment when the day of reckoning comes canada has talent too it was a loss to the canadian entertainment world when allan young toronto s bright comic con cluded his radio series for a cigarette firm and departed fo a new job in t stat g winay gfr how on the cbc was an outstanding refutation of the theory that there is no talent m canada- a sort of j6 skelton with talent he u m our opinion much superior to the bennys aliens and cantors of the u s a a fact which is recognized byamerijcan adver tisers who were quick to lure hmv to more lucrative fields across the border however there is still no dearth of first-rate- radio entertainment in canada and while we have lost allan young we still have mart kenney the happy gang andy clarke stan francis and such topnotch features as canadian roundup and ontario panorama as the years go by canada ts building a radio industry whose talent matches in quality if not quantity that of the united states lugger lugguy ludwig in the gnm normandy battle canadians have not lost their sense of humour originating in the camp of a canadian scottish regiment and sung to the tune of pistol packin mama the latest song that canadian troops are singing is titled luger luggm jludwig here are the words chorus lay that luger down lay that luger down luger luggm ludwig lay that luger down kli toy wit the radio a cure for what aik fen n you and me saying things twice i mean saying things twice it u be cause i have just been exposed for a whole day to the radta the radio spelled xad io is a boon to the health of this nation was driven to bed by elephants ramp ing in my stomach and spent the day listening to the outpouring of the air waves the elephants were routed far preferring oblivion to another day of such exposure i am still a little seedy it la true but probably it is not so much the ele phants as all the things ive got to do today the soap ive got to bay for instance the fastwashing quickdis appearing stain removing sexencour aging soap ive got to buy right this very moment without waiting another moment but right this very moment is itself enough to mate a strong man blanch another thing i simply must do to day lor it is a thing which no right riiinung person will not do is go- to a movie called infants blight infants blight will reassure me of the lasting goodness of the real american woman infants blight i must see today so that i can understand why our their doughboys are going through hell it is infant blight dont forget and is when must see it for to morrow well tomorrow just probably won t dawn if i don t see infant s blight today and thats all there is to it the name of the picture is infants blight then some time or other today ive got to see my grocer and my druggist and if possible my psychiartrist the shape i must be in through not having eaten cudsy wudsles all these mornings mp me stagger to th about cudsy wudsles obviously were meant for little men like me spelled ctidsy wudstes for cudsy wudslee spelled in case you ve forgotten in these last split seconds cndsy wudsles give you that confident feeling that mate you not just ready but eager to face the coming day and as for the dentist well i really doubt if ni get up courage vo see htm or any dentist ever again t east not until i ve used sparfter the jungs that must be lurking behind my teeth after all jiese years without sparker make me want i replace hem all with a nice sanitary set of fase ones aa for those ants and things nestling down in jie gums hat only sparker can get at whv they must be some thing terrible sparker is every den ttst s companion but rm going to get one of those double size family cubes and use every bit of it before i even set foot in a dentists office sparker is what rm to get in a family tube i mentioned a psychiatrist back there but the more t think of i he more i worry you see i hlnk there must be something different maybe alsbut my brain perhaps tm rmnw coo quickly or something at least well maybe 17m not normal those news flashes and bulletins that kept itwning in every 15 minutes or so tm sure i heard most of them en tones yet each time i hear them the man said they were hot right into his studios off the wires from normandy r spain and he must have be rigto because when he d open his door nj could then theres the little playlet that bom you how good ttie soap mans soap is and then theres the soap man who cornea right oat and admits his soap is good and then there a the or gan music and then theres the an nouncer who says here cornea the tra gedy and then theres the organ music and then there s the man who tells you how tragic the tragedy has been for the last four days and then theres ne organ music then there s the tra gedy and then theres the organ nnl sic and then theres the soap man spelled soapman and t there- s the soap mans playlet atoput his soap ana then theres the soap man and then there s the organ mustc and then theres the ate system and then there a the organ t w then there s xya station f how is a man to repay all these wonderful people theres the and soap that is good because it has suds and there 3 the atldless soap that is good because it doesnt waste its che- mical effort in g suds there a the soap that makes a shirt white and there a the soap that makes as new and i mean it makes a shirt new and there s the soap that leaves wtri a lovely perfume qtu4 theres m soap that leave no trace of washing smell or any smell whatever how am i to pl all these thoughtful peo ple who have been so concerned about my merely white shirt i mean theyre so thoughtful and theyre an the whole damn crowd ofthem from cudsy wudsles to the watch man who spells the same word 40 mi a day theyre all so much a tribute to their age and our intelligence i wonder if i could give them my line gang r obvtoosl how fast is fast- next time you go shopping for dry goods be sure to specify i want a fa bric that is fast to light or a fabric that is fast m washing or whatever the particular article should be fast to advises douglas waiklngtan in the current issue of cil ovax j it is cot necessary hat a piece of uoth be fast o everything to hot pressing light perspiration rubbing dirt washing sewater and wear inn an evening dress is not handled in the same way as a bath towel and he aptness equlrement for drapes are different tram hose rar work and sport cloth an evening dress is sel dum asked to stand much sunlight and is never washed with soap and water but the color used should not change shade to any extent in artificial light should be fast to perspiration and capable of withstanding the solvents osed in dry cleaning filing suits must be fast to sunlight and salt wa er cotton dresses must not change shade tinder a hot iron a spring suit or fimmif dress must be fast to light while sport clothi should resist light perspiration and either washing or dry cleaning an elaborate system of tests has been set up to d the various fastness lamps known as fade- ometers give similar reaulta to sun light exposure but in a fti shorter dme p is stimulated by j treatment in salt and acetic add ah i he regu washing bleaching and one la gptnerttr dp next hbsjswer i am tsnchng up wal and etui aure and kicking theweattmis has bean very poor tor tb last eoopls of weeks with r ram tat one again it is starting to clear up and i hope ifcoon- i havent seen any of the town bay for about three monttuvj i get the- odd letter from fere qhaplln and r under stand ozayt bradley is in franc tbm last letter x had from pent n march so i dont know where he la right now i had a letter from bert tuck a short while ago and he said both he and bill are one and enjoymgl everything bert tor a sgt now i receive quite a btt of mail which comes quite regularly and only today i was the recipient of a box of lama seeotds which were sure tasty only dont last ions enough i was also able to bay afcflansdlsn chosolate bars the other day for ftp boh app l20 whkflk was a ba hi fact one doesnt se ethem in those quantities aver here very often imp s jin wffl print oils utter as 1 a to s h to a my of your papsc i wlsfaihem all t of took ohexrio and man thanks for a me the paper tour sincere friend and feqow c ihe pick of tobacco it does taste in a pipe -e- directory f r wat9dn djxr mjdm oface hours 9 to 5 thursday aflfftitwfr dr i burns mblne dkntax subgkoif georgetown dr clfffordreh ltlff mus dentist phone 410 afam street l veres slugging jerry left and right having- lot of fun til one night we caught him right now hes on the run we beted tou on the beache chime a you through the town youre not aaie li we reach you 4r that luger down yotj crow the rfrer i dw sau of grain lng away like anything now they wouldnt send things to his stu dio all the way from normandy iti that ut they had sent them to him two hours earlier so well you can see what rm worrying about father rm just plain craxy and imagine i hear those items before they come hot off j the wires in which case i should be locked up or maybe rm psychic or i something and if that s the case im i a danger to the state and the censors should get after me maybe im full of war secrets tins is horrible only weu there s one big reaaon why i don t want to see that psychla i trist and be kicked up today and thats because rve promisetr to listen in to- 1 morrow to three terrific tragedies i niean the man told me i absolutely must in one i left two ordinary white folk about to sneak up an and beat the tar out of fifteen wild r in another there was a scandal break- his open between the village school master and the parsons daughter in the third but no i cant write here of the tnthnate secrets that i know about the girl whose husband is over seas they are far too much to bear and i dont wonder that the anaoon ears voice cracks and goes all lumpy in the throat what with the sad or gan music and au that it wouldnt be so bad if theyd just gtre you those tragedies nice and quick 10b and get it over with but instead of that you are kept an waiting and tense for stmpry ages first there s the organ music and then there s station xyx identification and then theres the organ music and then theres the aba system identifica tion and than theres the organ musk and then thews station xyx welcoming you to another that wtth the wonder ful tragedy then there the organ mo de and then theres the soap man and drycleaning operations are repeated many times hi sueoesaian it should be r that fast ness is a relative term nothing is ab solute and if drspes for tp axe tt gr tn the bright itiaump day after day some lightening of shade may be expected but only after an extended period b ueuaqv pays to bay more exp goods if a guarantee is given to tn our mao bag btocm fte h sf hoare s coy ltacom weqand begt c a o t t dear editor i have just been over a few letters and checking up an sum haven t written in a long time its surprising how time fllea without one realizing it i have been receiving the herald quite frequently the pact cou pie of months although there was quite a lull in service of papers before thai its always pleasing so read what ti3e local n is on different matters i would hke to tiff rnrwj this is only a suggestion that you start a public opinion 1it for something to- that effect and have some one give their opinion on some matter of either portance it might prove very tntereat- ing not only for reading material but it would grw some of the local tahaca- tants a hutw to ex winy outside of council meetings 1 social ewenlngs at wrights or mechhbana ik m even inert ai your ctrcohitlon however as z said before it is merely v stsjgwsuuu and i would hate to ban anyone take ofzeooi at that things are moving pretr feat c here and its hard to know just what you 11 wish youd never beard of the normandy cs lay that luger down lad you harent got a chance lager luggm ludwig yootw aw mai 4 tjp in france elmer c thw nsscbazfcb httvu fire anns l11 c p railway and allied phone lisw or j monuments pollock a ingham oalt leroy data kc m sytj b nh ra nielsen the chiropractcmt mat year of practtes latdy ftttataffaat horns 2 s 89 pm closed thursday ovist dounfxoar arosui dr s w magwood 11 office be dhrhdon onort dezka office and the saw municipal tiflthttg- at the oer- oer of main 1 mm streets oakvdxe monameot works radio repairing we sp b this work i wmsm i rf lfrihningtafttfi