MAIL TRIBUNE, MedforJ, Oregon, Tuesday, February 24, 1959 3
Magnesite,.a mineral, which
resembles white marble, is
used to line furnaces. It is
able to withstand tempera
tures of 5,200 degrees F., in
addition to having other prop
erties. An annual production of
more than $500 million worth
of paper and paperboard
boxes and containers is re
quired each year to package
various kinds of merchandise
in the U. S.
By radioprinter United
Press International transmits
news dispatches - including
the news in Spanish - from
New York to clients in 51
Latin American cities simul
taneously. . Cauliflower, which was
around as long ago as the
6th century B.C., is called the
aristocrat of the cabbage fam
ily because of its sensitivity
of climate, difficulty to grow
and relatively high price.
There is now one vending
machine for every 48 persons
in the United States. The Na
tional Automatic Merchandis
ing Association figures that
each person puts S11.89 a year
into the machines.
The so-called "lead" pencils
contain no lead at all. The
core is composed of a form
of smooth - graphite that is
mixed with clay in a propor
tion of about ten to.. seven
parts. ' "
.Between 12 .thousand and
20 thousand of Liberia's 1.5
to 2.5 million population are
descendants of former slaves
in the U.S. who went back
to Africa after they were
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Small Worlds
Around Us
By Lynn M. Watkins
A Dog, One Terrorized.
Nertr Got Orer It
Darkness had been com
plete for an hour. Three men,
equipped with long handled
nets and flashlights, had wait
ed out the tide that exposed
miles of mudflats, where stone
crabs had their burrows. The
ebb tide left many tidal pools,
where several inches of water
stood.
They were a long ways off
shore when one of them yelled
to his friends that he heard
a peculiar noise up ahead.
The others had heard, too;
they converged on where the
whimpering sound seemed to
be, sweeping their flashlights
from one side to another.
Suddenly the beam of a
flashlight centered on the
mudflat where there was a
small black and white dog,
in a state of near exhaustion.
It was an eerie place; dark
ness, strange gurglings, and
whisperings of the now in
coming tide, and a living dog
on a mudflat.
Picked Up Dog
One of the men picked up
the dog, slogged through the
mud and water to the shore,
where he wrapped the little
dog in . a couple of burlap
bags he found in the back of
the pickup truck. One of the
men took the dog home, fed
him warm milk, and wrapped
him in a warm blanket.
The man wondered where
the dog came from; how he
got on the mudflat, and how
long he stayed there in the
dark and the water. He won
dered what passed through
the little pup's mind during
the hours before its discov
ery, as the tide rose higher
and higher.
It is possible the dog had
to stand on its hind legs for
hours in order to keep its
muzzle above the water. The
dog's condition when found
would indicate it had been
on the mudflat for days. It
probably had not the courage
to wade or swim ashore; may
not even have known where
the shore was.
He Recovered
The dog recovered and the
man kept him for seven years,
until he mysteriously disap
peared recently. During all
that time he would have noth
ing to do with the man. He
had a wild look in his eyes.
The man never was able to
lay a hand on the animal. No.
one could approach within a
cane fishing pole distance
away. Because the dog was
untouchable he was untrain
able - so he was named Silly.
During his seven years on
the little farm Silly never
growled, or barked. He would
never sleep in any building,
always curled up in a tight
little ball under a bush. Al
ways he was looking back
over his shoulder at the phan
tom or perhaps the image of
a real person, that pursued
him.
Alone, Afraid
Perhaps someone hurt Silly
cruelly. No one ever will be
able to say what happened that
night on the mudflat; what
preceded it, or where he came
from. Maybe the nighl, the
tide, and perhaps persons un
known, combined to terrorize
him.
Silly, of course, never will
be able to express himself on
the subject. But his eyes and
his actions tell us a story of a
terror past. And whatever he
is now, we know he is alone
. . . and afraid.
(Released by The Register and
Tribune Syndicate, 1959)
The Family Council
Editor's nota: The Fmil Council conr.Ists of a judge a psychiatrist,
three clergymen, a newspaper editor a women's editor and two writers.
Each article is a summary of an actual report The Family Council does
not give advice: it merely reports on problems that have been dealt
with by responsible agencies ana counselors.
Dorothy S. -When I look
in the mirror, I run away
screaming.
Mrs E. S. -I don't want her
to get hurt.
Uorothy am one oi
those most miserable of all
creatures-the ugly duckling
in a handsome family. My aw
ful looks would probably not
be noticed in other families,
but in mine I stick out like a
sore thumb.
People used to look at me
sadly and say in effect, "Don't
worry, darling, you'll out
grow it all . . . you're just at
the awkward stage." Well, I
am nearly 17 now and I have
not outgrown it. The braces
are off my teeth and I've tried
a zillion different hairdo's and
makeups. But I still look ab
solutely rotten. Sometimes
when I look into the mirror
I feel like running away
screaming.
Well, all I want to know is
how can a girl like me lead
a normal life? Don't bother
with that line, "It's what in
side that counts." I hate to
see the inside if this is what
the outside looks like!
Mrs. E. S.-My husband and
I are so unhappy about Dor
othy we hardly know what to
do. It is true that she seems
to have more than the ordin
ary share of facial defects.
Yet I won a beauty contest
when I was young, and my
husband was known as the
best-looking boy at our high
school.
I have tried everything pos
sible to help Dorothy improve
her appearance and become
less self-conscious. I was even
willing to go through the ex
pense of letting her have some
facial surgery, but our family
doctor advised against it and
said we're exaggerating the
problem.
However, I don't believe in
taking a thing like this light
ly. This is a very important
iperiod in the life of any
girl. I don't want Dorothy to
get hurt so badly that she'll
bear the scars for the rest of
her life. How can we help
her?
The Council: There is little
doubt in our minds that Dor
othy is reacting less to her
actual lack of attractieness
that her mother's disappoint
ment in her. -
No normal individual is en
tirely devoid of physical at
tractions and no real-life per
son is without so-called de
fects. This is true of the most
beautiful of actresses. We can
all dwell endlessly over our!
own fine points or flaws. But j
what a waste of time and en- j
ergy!
We feel that Mrs. E. S. j
has the real problem in this!
case. Her overemphasis on the j
physical "perfection" repre- j
sents a real personality defic-
iency. Apparently her own
beauty as a young girl gave
her air enormous sense o f
power, making up for some in
ner weakness she felt. She
would like to have perpetuat
ed this power in her daughter.
She now feels defeated and
afraid to let her child enter
life without the weapon of
beauty.
We don't doubt that Mrs.
E. S.'s fears for her daughter
are deeply felt, but are they
reasonable? A reliable out-
.JJkUV. , .III. MWblSl, U
lieves that Dorothy and her
mother are exaggerating and
no drastic action is called for.
Possibly Mrs. E. S. would like
to discuss this with another
trustworthy outsider. We are
fairly certain the answer will
be (the same.
Dorothy has received the
worst scar of all in her reali
zation of her parents' disap
pointment in her. It is time
for them to conquer their own
fears enough to realize that
their daughter has many
strengths, many potentialit
ies, and it should be their
job to help her discover these.
When she does, she'll look
and feel more beautiful -and
she will be only moderately
interested in this fact.
(Copyright 1959. General
Features Corporation)
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