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Page Four THE COLbv/RNE EXPRESS, ^THURSDAY, JANUARY 4th, 1945 Confidence and a Golf Ball By FRANK H. WILLIAMS. 1921, by McClure Newspaper Syndicate. "Down in Hah-wah-ya, Where the lovin' is free, A red-headed girl Made a wreck out of me. And there never was a wreck Like the wreck she made of mee-e-e!" The voice that gave utterance to this thrilling sentiment was deep and full. And the man from whom the voice came looked about as much like a wreck as a dreadnaught just off the ways. He was somewhat over six feet in height, had a Jack Dempsey chest, a tanned face, blue eyes and engaging smile. His name was Howard Folwell. He was singing as he strode back and forth in the basement of the Riverside Country club waiting for his companions to array themselves in golf attire and sally forth with him to whang the ball around the course for an hour or two. But though he sang and though he seemed carefree and happy, there really was a cloud on Folwell's life. The cloud was the fact that Beatrice Jackson, holder of the women's championship at the Riverside club, scorned his advances and smiled sweetly upon Lem Wheeling, rival of Folwell in love, in business and in golf. Just the evening before Beatrice had told Folwell in no uncertain* terms that she never, never, never could care for a man who sliced his drives and was a dub witl^ a putter. Which was pretty hard on Folwell since he was all that and a little bit more. So it wasn't surprising that Folwell, In singing about the girl who had made a wreck of his career, put a depth of feeling into the ditty that tailed forth groans and yelps from the assembled listeners. "Say, old top," exclaimed one of Folwell's friends, "if you put as much time and effort into trying to cut out your slice on your drive you'd be a Whirlwind." "As a singer you're a wonderful golf player and as a golfist you're a knockout as a singer!" exclaimed another of the men. Whereupon Folwell turned toward the lockers with the intention of messing up things a bit with the playful maulings of his two-ton paw, When through a window in the base-ment he saw Beatrice pass by with hated Lem Wheeling close beside her. At this sight wrath rose in Folwell's heart. He saw red. He had an intense desire to seize Lem by the neck ©f his fancy silk shirt and rend him asunder. And with this feeling governing his actions, Folwell hurried from the basement out into the hot sun. By this time Beatrice and Lem were at the first tee prepared to drive off. Beatrice, turning back toward the clubhouse, saw Folwell scowling at her. "Hello, Hod," she cried. "Watch this!" •Gracefully, efficiently, Beatrice addressed the ball and then socked it down the course for a good 200 yards. Folwell watched her sullenly. It had been many a long day since be had made a 200-yard drive. "Now if I could only do as well as that, or better," sighed Folwell to himself, "there'd be nothing to it; she'd be mine before the week's over. But It can't be done--a dub like me can never get good. I wish something weuld happen, dawgone it!" Perhaps Folwell's wish was responsible for it--who knows?--but at any rate something did happen just a moment or so later, something which had a deep and lasting effect on Folwell's future. As Folwell stood gazing disconsolately after Beatrice and Lem, he became conscious of the fact that his favorite caddy was standing close to him, watching him with keen eyes. Contrary to the usual situation, this caddy* idolized Folwell in spite of the latter's poor playing. Always the caddy prophesied a brilliant future for Folwell at the ancient game of golf, provided only he could get the proper amount of confidence in his own ability. Now the caddy came close and whispered to Folwell mysteriously. "Say, you can beat out that guy. I got the dope. My brother's an Inventor see? He's invented a vacuum golf ball. It's almost as light as air. ItH go a mile if you hit it an easy swat. You use this ball. Show up this Wheeling guy. Win the dame. See?" . "Huh?" gasped Folwell, in great astonishment. "You hold me--you hoid me!" exclaimed the caddy. "I'll tee it up for you. Then you hit it--just nice an' easy. Don't strain. Just watch It go. Nobody can stop it." The caddy's excitement and enthusiasm communicated themselves to Folwell. In intense hopefulness he watched the caddy tee the ball. Then he gripped his club loosely as the caddy straightened up. He heard the caddy yell "Fore" and saw Beatrice and Lem about 250 yards ahead of him turn and look and then laugh, as though amused at the mere thought that he might drive that far. The caddy's confidence, the acorn of Beatrice and Lam, nerved lit a great effort SQUARE MILK BOTTLES After a year's trial, the innovation of square milk bottles in quart? and half-pints at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and other cities in the United States, has proved a success. Basis of the change from round milk bottles was the desire to conserve cold storage space and to increase truck loads. It was found that about 45 per cent more milk could be stored and considerably more milk carried in trucks by using new cases, more compact and lighter in make than the conventional type. These cases require about one-third less space inside the truck and save much work and time to the driver. Grocers and retailers say that they can put 36 square - quarts on refrigerator shelf that held only 25 round bottles. - V - COUNTRY STORE SALES JUMP , Country store sales in October of this year increased six per cent in dollar volume over October, 1943, and were 74.6% higher than the average for the five years from 1935 to 1939. Aggregate figures for the first 10 months of 1944 are 10% higher than for the corresponding peiiod in 1943. - V-- Cheese is an important source of calcium. A MAN'S PRAYER TEACH me that sixty minutes make an hour, sixteen ounces on pound, and one hundred cents one dollar. HELP me so to live that I can lie down at night with a clear conscience and unhaunted by the faces of those to whom I have brought pain. GRANT that I may earn my meal ticket on the square and that, in earning it, I may do unto others as I would have them do unto me. DEAFEN me to the gingle of tainted money and blind me to the faults of the other fellow, but reveal to me my own. GUIDE me so that each night when I look across the dinner table at my wife, who has been a blessing to me, I will have nothing to conceal. KEEP me young enough to laugh with little children and sympathetic enough to be considerate of old age. THEN when comes the day of . darkened shades and the smell of flowers --make the ceremony short and the epitaph simple -- "HERE LIES A MAN.' ---V---- NO LONGER RATIONED Sorghum molasses, sorghum syrup, apple butter and maraschino cherries have been removed from the list of rationed commodities requiring D coupons. - V - Buy more War Savings Stamps! IMPROVING, PROTECTING HEALTH OF ANIMALS JACK PEACH Flight Lieutenant John S. Peach, R.C.A.F., has returned to England to join the North American Service of the BBC. The former Vancouver producer and commentator went to England in March of 1941 as CBC correspondent and joined the R.C.A. F. "over there" in the spring of '42. He served in London at head of R.C.A.F. radio public relations until his return to Canada this summer. Announcement of the first measures to be adopted by the Ontario Stockyards Board in its policy of proving and protecting the health of animals passing through the stockyards and being returned to the country, was made recently, in the form of a free service to protect cattle against shipping fevei. The announcement states that upon application by any owner, or his agent, of cattle purchased at the Stockyards to be returned to farms in the country, these cattle will be treated, free of all cost, against shipping fever. The Board has employed a veterinarian who will be in attendance at the Stockyards at all times. The cattle, if the owner so desires, will be given a double treatment, with both serum and bacterin, which combined will give a goodly degree of protection against shipping fever for a period of from four to six months. The serum for this free service by the Stockyards Board is being supplied by the Federal Health of Animals Branch, while the Board will supply the bacterin and the services of the veterinarian. In order to make this service fully effective, purchasers of cattle at the Stockyards should immediately get in touch with their NEED FOR SPEED Proper handling of fresh produce is an important step in the preparation of a high quality dehydration food. Sweet corn, peas, and spinach, for example, are so perishable that they should be processed within a few hours after harvest. In the case of unavoidable delays, they will --V-- NEW RATION BOOKS Persons discharged from the Armed Forces are entitled to their civilian ration books imemdiately. They should apply to their nearest local ration board, taking along either their Department of National Defence discharge papers or a letter from one of the Armed Services certifying to the discharge. agents, if they are not to be present at the yards themselves, to make sure that application for treatment is made. This is an entirely new departure in the way of free health of animals service, and it is in keeping with the intention of having the Stockyards Board take an active part in the work of livestock improvement. The service will be available in the Stockyards before the end of the present week. Jo younq VnoiMM s whose problem is caring for a Baby . . *. Many Nurses Are Required Here is a very typical Hospital patient--a premature baby. Tt must be fed with an eye dropper. Its care requires half the time of a qualified nurse. And it is but one of a hundred or more patients which must have special handling. A hundred and one pxtrn services are necessary in this type of Hospital. No Guesswork-- In our dairy, we daily prepare the feedings for several hundred difficult infant cases. Precise accuracy is the watchword. Scrupulous cleanliness must always be maintained. Half an ounce too much or too little might endanger a precious, tiny life. So double checking Is necessary, though It co its money. NO-ONE but a mother can know the tremendous amount of work involved in satisfying the needs of an infant or a young child, for even one day. Attending a sick or injured child for a day in the Hospital for Sick Children demands still greater effort . . . painstaking . . . patient ... alert . . . ever-watchful. In addition, it requires the greatest possible degree of medical skill and nursing efficiency. Multiply this one-day effort by 17, which is the average number of days each Public Ward patient is treated. Then multiply by 8,200, which is the number of patients admitted to the Hospital during one year. The result is a staggering total, measuring as eloquently as cold figures can, the tremendous volume of personal effort demanded from the Hospital Staff. Despite the fact that the treatment and nursing of children requires such a high. degree of proficiency from every angle, the costs of the Hospital for Sick Children are kept at very low levels. Even so, the Pro* vlncial and Municipal grants and all other revenue are inadequate to meet the cost. Unfortunately, too, we have no large group of patients who pay high fees -- 400 of our 420 beds being in Public Wards. An annual deficit cannot be avoided if proper care and attention is to be given needy little ones. It is because we believe you would not want us to turn away any child, broken in health or body, that ws appeal annually to the public to make up the deficit. This year, we must raise $70,000.00. * We appeal to you for a donation -- as large as your circumstances permit -- 25c^ $1.00, $2.00, $5.00, $10.00 -- no amount it too great . . . none too small. Why not send along your donation now? All you need is a piece of paper and an envelope. Write your name on the paper, pin cheque or banknotes to it and fold silver inside. Acknowledgment of all subscriptions, large or small, is made in the columns of The Evening Telegram. We do not share in the funds collected by the Toronto Federation for Community Service because we admit patients from all parts of the Province. SEND YOUR DONATION TO THE APPEAL SECRETARY HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHIIDRrT) 67 LUHgRt no COLL-E-Gt child khocks in vain" STReeT TORoriTo. 2