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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
MjII Tribune 10. 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Jin. 17, 19S3 (Thunday)
Medford Attorney Paul W.
Haviland has been elected
president of the Creator Med
ford Community Chest.
. Many wells In Jackson
county have probably been
contaminated by flood water
during the past four days, ac
cording to the county health
office.
20 YEARS AGO
Jan. 17, 1943 (Tutiday)
Elmer Cliildcrs elected to
fill vacancy on Medford city
council created by election of
C. A. Meeker as mayor.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "This
region still needs an ark with
diving suits, for natives un
able to get Into it." ;
SO YEARS AGO
Jan. 17, 1133 (Thursday)
; Mass meeting attended by
1,449 persons, gives vote of
confidence to Jackson county
officials.
Bud Lindlcy and Bill Knlps
tar in their last game with
Medford High school basket
ball team.
Cooking a Frosty Morning
The Rogue Valley, with its fine spring and
summer days, and balmy fall afternoons, is an
ideal place for outdoor cookery. Many valley
residents are looking forward to the weeKs aneaa
when the patio will be the living room.
But the other day, we ran across a recipe for
an outdoor dish best cooked on winter days, n s
called a Frosty Morning.
It's a beautiful dish; liked by some who
thrive on such delicacies; and much disliked by
others, who'd just as soon the discoverer hadn't
discovered it.
CERTAIN ingredients are essential to make it
the delicate dish it should be, and most times
is:
. Clear skies, preferably with a bright, full
moon, and twinkling stars.
Bits of moisture, gently condensing on
blades of grass, rooftops and automobiles, and
brown, uninteresting flowers from last summer.
And cool temperatures, preferably just
about 32 degrees or a little below, Fahrenheit.
, ,
THESE ingredients should be mixed slowly and
quietly for several hours, in still air, which is
arranged to slowly decrease in temperature to a
noint auite cool! After mixing, let set for a few
more hours like you would let bread rise.
Before Mother Nature brings her furnace
over the eastern hills, step outside and view the
end nroduct. It's beautiful, it's brisk, it's like a
winter morning should be. Take a deep breath
and a quick walk for a breakfast of frosty delight.
There are certain precautions, however, which
must be taken to avoid disasters in brewing up
a good Frosty Morning.
Make sure the sky remains clear; clouds
simply ruin a good Frosty Morning; they prevent
the temperature from adjusting downward to the
desired reading.. , . . . . . , i ,
DE SURE, too, there is no -breeze. You know
what happened here r.ot long ago a slight
breeze kept the air moving so moisture couldn't
crystalize on things, and the Frosty Morning that
day was pmpletely-ruined.
Another precaution is makinjr sure the upper
air is as cold, or colder, than the air on the valley
floor. If the upper air is warm, cooking up a
Frosty Morning could be somewhat fogged, a
condition which has been experienced in this
area several mornings in recent weeks.
For those o you who cave to try this recipe,
there is one move thine to remember it's rather
difficult to gather the required ingredients during
tne summer months, and tne days on wnicn tney
can be Gathered in the spring and fail are some
what limited. . .
40 YEARS AGO
Jan. 17, 1923 (Friday)
P. L. Campbell, president
of University of Oregon, to
apeak at UO alumni banquet
In Medford.
Prcprcscntalivcs of Alex
ander Hamilton institute pre
dict 1923 will be a "prosper
ous year," in talks before
Medford Forum luncheon.
SO YEARS AGO
Jan. 17, 1913 (Sunday)
United Stales postal Inspcc-
tor arrives in Rogue valley to
search for items stolen during
series of post office thefts In
this area.
W. F. Aranl, supervisor of
Crater Lake National park,
states many more roads need
ed in park to allow full de
velopment of scenic attractions.
"Stop Tht Racket I've Got A
Party-Splitting Headache"
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In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Kroosh, In Berlin:
"The Soviet Union will not
go to war to bring about the
victory of communism in any
country. But I shall shout
HURRAH when capitalism is
buried." . . ?
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I think he's whistling in the
graveyard - to keep his cour
age up.
East Berlin - along with all
of East Germany - is a grave
yard of communist hopes and
boasts. A system that - In
order to keep its people from
running away from It - has to
make of itself a PRISON, sur
rounded by high walls man
ned by guards who shoot to
kill whenever a member of
the system seeks to leave it,
can't survive In the world of
today.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nina or ten correct it luperior;
even or eight it excellent; five or
1. Docs the moon always
remain the same distance
from the earth?
2. During whose rcimt did
the Isrcalito Kingdom become
n Empire, ruling all the
lands from Egypt to Euphrates?
3. What are the natives of
(he Philipinc Islands called?
4. Which planet Is consider
ed the most likely to have
forms of life?
5. What Is the principal use
of lung oil?
6. In what animal would the
American Berkshire associa
tion be most interested?
7. What great disaster oc
curred in Japan in the year
1923?
8. In shipboard time does
an even number of bells de
note the hour or the hull
hour? 9. For which country was
Muscovy the ancient name?
10. What is (he name for
the art of forming pictures by
pasting bits of paper and
oilier material on a common
surface?
Aniwern 1. No. 2. David's.
3. Filipinos. 4. Mars. S. Paint
and varnish drier. 6. Swine.
7. Earthquake. I. The hour,
t. Russia. 10. Collage. "
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T'HIS particular dish is suitable for only certain
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People with tendencies toward cold blooded-
ness may find a Frosty Morning somewhat dis
tasteful; those who desire whole food may find
the dish somewhat lacking in nutrition, an item
of necessity in the growing process of the human
body; still others may find that Frosty Mornings
don't agree with their bronchial conditions.
But there are remedies that can be taken, for
those who feel it is necessary, to prevent adverse
results from exposure to too much of a good dish.
A variety of clothing, such as gloves, heavy
coats, long "woolics," and boots (some of them
tur-linecl), help prevent' the chills, which quite
frequently accompany such fine cookery. Llcc
tric blankets are often used during the cooking
process, when some of the ingredients could seep
into the confines of an abode. These keep the
prospective Frosty Morning partaker warm as
toast, usually in a reclining position.
DEOPLE who can't cope with the ingredients
have the opportunity, too, to relocate in an
area where the ingredients are seldom available.
1'i'om what we hear, though, those places are
pretty well occupied, and from reading reports
from other areas of the country, these places may
have another influx of people who find Ole' Man
Winter too much of a burden on the shovel
handle.
Frosty Mornings could be served as hors
d oeuvres, followed by a main course which might
include blustery north winds, drilling powdery
snow, and mercury readings much below the lev
el desirable for a delicious Frosty Morning.
ur n coiuu oc used as nors u oeuvres in a
situation whose main course might include pear
blossoms, growing grass, budding rose bushes,
and other delicacies served in temperatures far
exceeding those desirable for a Frosty Morning.
N HIS State of the Union
A message, President Kenne
dy pointed out the merits of
a DOMESTIC Peace Corps
He said:
' "The present Peace Corps is
a success overseas. As the
idealism of our youth has
served WORLD PEACE, so it
can serve DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY."
TWENTY -four hours later,
three rural California coun
ties announce that they are
likely to be soon greeting the
nation s first citizen volun
teers in a DOMESTIC version
of the Peace Corps.
Farming communities in
Tulare, Kern and Kings coun
ties, deep in California's great
Central Valley, announce that
they are setting up plans to
use the corpsmen in an effort
to solve some of the most vex
ing health and education
problems of migrant workers.
"As I have pointed out be
fore, the legislature should
point toward YEAR-AROUND
use of costly school plants.
Generally, our school plants
are idle more days than they
are occupied. For most com
munities, we can no longer af
ford to be bound by schedules
which were derived from an
agrarian economy."
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New days - NEW WAYS.
There are so many things-
so many of them pleasant -that
we can no longer afford
in these days of the abundant
life - which costs so FAN
TASTICALLY MUCH in the
way of taxes.
Hated Ulbricht Seems Secure in Post,
Despite Economic Failures in Country
LA3U
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Nawi Analyst
Whatever Niklta Krush
chev may think about East
German Communist boss Wal-
ter Ulbricht
privately, pub
licly the goa
teed Ulbricht
scarcely could
have asked
for more. "Ul
bricht is the
carpenter and
I am the joint-
M.w.on, er," said Khru
chshev. "His friends are my
friends." '
So, for the moment at least,
Khrushchev, arriving for the
sixth congress of the East Ger
man Communist party, set to
rest speculation about the fu
ture of the man who has been
rumored ready for the Krem
lin ax more often than any
other satellite leader but who
has outlived them all.
As the Kremlin's overseer
for East Germany, Ulbricht
has been somewhat less than
successful either in restoring
the East German economy or
in winning friends for the So
viet Union.
His regime depends upon
the presence of Soviet armed
forces.
The Berlin wall, of which
Ulbricht reportedly ' was a
chief architect and which was
designed to halt the mass out
flow of refugees threatening
the East German economy,
also proved less than a suc
cess. - In the last year more than
12,000 East Germans risked
Communist bullets to escape
across it, and the economy
nosedived to even greater
depths.
The potato harvest fell 43
per cent lower than in 1961,
sugar beets 32 per cent, maize
37 per cent and wheat 24 per
cent.
There were 46,000 fewer
head of cattle and 1.3 million
fewer pigs.
Yet for now Ulbricht is the
best that Khrushchev has,
Matter of Fact
By Joseph AIsop
(c) New York Herald Tribune Syndicate
AJmp
rTlHESE communities plan for
a siuait unit oi only ju
corpsmen to help them tackle
their migrant worker problems.
Selected for ingenuity, im
agination, TACT and special
skills, the service corpsmen
will be trained at a university
center for a six-week mini
mum. When their training is
completed, they will work
with local community agen
cies In the farm towns - and
always under local direction.
Their main goal will be to
develop a measure of stability
among hitherto rootless mi
grant families. They will
help launch day-care centers
for pre-school migrant chil
dren. They will offer element
ary courses in nutrition,
health and family budgeting.
They will provide stepped-up
vocational training so farm
workers can qualify for a
wider variety of agricultural
jobs In an era of glowing
farm technology.
the
ith
flHEN served as a main dish, however, tl
Frosty Morning should be concocted wi
the finesse which onlv the light touch of winter
air can produce. It should be crispy, clear and
delicate to touch.
For those of you who want to try this recipe,
the days in which the ingredients will be avail
able in the Rogue Valley arc becoming numbered
this year, and to reallv get the recipe down pat
takes several practice sessions.
We are sure, however, there arc outdoor chefs i
m the area who don't care especially to concoct
a Frosty Morning, but prefer a menu which calls
for a Summer Afternoon. E. 11. A.
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1 EFORE scoffing, consider
" the antics of our young
people as reflected in the
news. It gives us the shivers
sometimes.
Why do they do what they
do?
THE REAL TAX STORY
Washington - By common
consent, the President's mes-
sace on the State of the Un
ion was the
best that has
been heard 1,4
a long time,
being temper-
a t e, meaty,
and eloquent,
all in one.
Not unexpect
edly, the meat
iest part of
the domestic
half of the message was the
program of tax reduction and
reform.
In broad outline, the Presi
dent's proposal was about
what was anticipated. Indeed,
the $13.5 billion over-all re
duction in rates, the $3.5 bil
lion of recapture by loophole
closing, and the resulting net
revenue sacrifice of $10 bil
lion were all forecast in some
detail in this space over a
week ago.
Butjt is still very interest
ing to sec how this particular
result - this bold proposal put
forward in a cautious and pru
dent manner - was finally ar
rived at.
rpHE TAX program is a func-
tion, as the mathematicians
say, of the complex interplay
ot auicreni economic view
points and theories, different
Administrative angles of vi
sion, and different views of
the practical politics of the
problem. But what was the
nature of the interplay?
For once in a way, to begin
with, the tax program, which
results from a conflict of
ideas and judgements, was
not accompanied by any con
flict of personality. This is
rare in government, but in
this Instance Secretary of the
Treasury Douglas Dillon and
the chairman of the Presi
dent's Board of Economic Ad
visors, Walter Heller, really
did manage to differ without
acerbity.
Possibly this minor miracle
resulted from the fact that the
Dillon-Heller difference, even
at the outset of the tax argu
ment, was one of emphasis
rather than basic approach.
Among the Treasury staff, to
II may be because thev have
NOTHING BETTER to do.
This program might give
them something better to do.
We can't afford to scoff at
it.
terms rather than in terms of
pump-priming.
Yet despite the difference
In emphasis already noted,
the two principals, Dillon and
Heller, entirely agreed that
BOTH tax reduction and tax
reform were important. This
meant a mixed package, such
as the President offered. A
mix of bold rate reduction
and medium-bold loophole
closing had been broadly
agreed upon and approved by
the President rather early in
the autumn.
The work on details then
began. But one exceedingly
important base had yet to be
touched, in the authoritative
person of the chairman of the
House Ways and Means Com
mittee, Rep. Wilbur Mills.
This was done when the Pres
ident met with Mills on Dec.
12.
YTILLS is not a do-or-dic,
".year - in - year - out budget
balancer, but he was much
disturbed by the massiveness
of the Federal deficit that the
contemplated rale reductions
were likely to produce. He
set, as a kind of upper ceiling,
a Kennedy deficit in the first
year that would be definitely
less than the highest deficit
of the Eisenhower years
close to $12.5 billion in 1959.
Going further than the top
Eisenhower deficit, said Mills,
would be bad politics in the
country and would invite de
feat in Congress. Mills further
insisted that the link between
tax reduction and tax reform
must be solid: otherwise, he
said, there could be no hope
of reform.
The main Mills contribution
to the program, nonetheless,
was the decision to offer the
tax reduction in slices - $6
billion of tax cuts the first
year; further tax cuts and lax
reform in the second year;
and still further tax cuts in
the third year. Thus the im
mediate incentive-impact of
tax reduction was somewhat
lessened, from fear of an ex
cessive budget deficit; but
this lessened impact was com
pensated for, or at least so it
is hoped, by the stimulating
anticipation of more tax cuts
later on.
and, besides, Khrushchev had
other fish to fry.
And, as he keynoted the
opening of the party congress
in East Berlin, ulbricht obe
diently picked up his cue.
China, he said, violated the
doctrine of co-existence when
it attacked India without con
sulting or even informing its
Communist allies.
China Jind Albania are ori
ented toward war, which "has
become unrealistic in the set
tlement of any dispute . . .
disputes must be settled
through negotiation."
As for Germany:
Berlin tensions can only be
settled through the West Ber
lin city government, not by
Bonn: direction negotiations
must take place for creation
of normal relations between
East and West Germany.
There probably is not a
more hated man in the whole
of Germany than Ulbricht. He
scarcely would seem to be the
man to carry on successful
negotiations.
But West Chancellor Kon
rad Adenauer, an adament foe
of any settlement short of
German reunification, now is
a lame-duck chancellor.
Khrushchev may hope Aden
auer's successor will be easier
to deal with.
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condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters
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contrary is often the case.
Deer Shortage
To the Editor: I received
the Oregon State Game Com
mission Bulletin recently and
got quite a kick out of John
McKean's article which start
ed out: "Will hunting continue
to be one of Oregon's most
popular sources of" outdoor
recreation, or will human
pressures reduce the wildlife
resources and hunting access
until hunting is no longer at
tractive to the average citi
zen? This is a question that
every citizen should ask him
self - not the Game CommiS'
sion, or the legislature, or
Uncle Sam - for the answers
rest largely with the hunt
erf." I have been a member of
several Sportsmen's clubs for
years, and have, hunted all
parts of Lake and Klamath
counties since 1932. But since
the first doe kill way back in
the '40s the deer population
has been diminishing every
year, 'regardless of what
propaganda the Game Com
mission reports.
Sure there are going to
be fewer deer when the Com
mission sells deer tags for
four or five different seasons
running from August to Janu
ary. I don't believe you can
kill off the old does and fawns
along with the bucks and still
expect more deer. That sounds
about as silly as a stock farm
er killing off his herd of cattle
and starting all over each
year with a few old cows and
heifers.
I don't know how many
petitions I have signed in the
last 20 years asking the com
mission to stop killing docs
in the Lake and Klamath
areas, but every year the doe
kill gets larger and now we
have a shortage of deer. No
wonder.
I don't believe it is up to
the people who hunt nearly
as much as It is to the people
who are managing our wild
life. Every time they fool
around with Mother Nature
the worse off they are except
financially. It seems to me
they do a fair job of raising
money to do a poor job of
managing our deer herds.
E. O. Gillings,
1031 Winchester,
Medford.
"Man's World"
To the Editor: Reading your
editorial in Monday's paper
on the cancellation of tele
vision programs, I agree
whole-heartily and regret that
"It's a Mans World" will be
dropped from view.
I felt it was one of the best
shows seen locally. It is a
shame something can't be
done about it.
Beti Zawadzke
532 J St.
Medford
be sure, there were some who : .
considered tax reform all-im-j 'IMIE TAX reform part of
portant, and regarded net tax I - the program has yet to
reduction as unimportant and ; be worked out in detail be-
even hazardous.
MORE NEW
stuff:
PROGRAM
4MONG the staff of the
A Board of Economic Ad
visors, by the same token,
there were a good many who
wished to junk tax reform,
as being politically difficult
and therefore likely to 'm
node tax reduction, which
tween Secretary Dillon and
Rep. Mills. It can be said,
however, that it will include
an attack of sonic sort on that
super-sacred cow. the deple
tion allowance granted to the
oil and other natural resource-
Industries. And it must also
be said that the Senate will
Toy Box
To the Editor:
Dear Grandma, get the toy
box, Please, we stay Inside
today.
The weather is getting cold
er, and we can't go out to
play.
We won't make too much
noise, when you have a bad
headache.
And jump so very lightly,
when we know you're baking
cake.
Daddy's working overtime,
Mommy's working too.
With brand new house, and
brand new car, there is noth
ing else to do.
We know you raised your
kids grandma, while grandad
worked outside.
They were met with cake
or cookie. From school, a tear
was often dried.
Grandma, we hear a lot of
talk, about the progress of
our land.
Wc would rather live, the
way you lived, than have new
things, on every hand.
So grandma get the toy
box, please, we stay inside
today.
The weather is getting cold
In his message to the newly
assembled Oregon lilli.1 legis
lature. Governor Hatfield,
who was an educator before
he went into politics, said:
Mills is being very conscrva
live in his public statements
but it Is a two-to-one bet that
the President will have his In
dispensable support.
Secretary Dillon has also
defend the sacred cow to the done wonders, already, in ral-
they held to be afl-imporlant. death, even if the House ap-. lying support for the tax pro-
uic , proves tne allacK. j Kram from all quarters of the
These men also took
straight Kevnesian, economic! Even if the attack on the
pump-priming line. Whereas drplelion allowance is un
at the Treasury, even those i successful, however, the prcs
who favored tax reduction i ent prospects are for an over
thought of it in Incentive-1 all Presidential success. Rep.
American establishment, from
labor on the left to the bank
ers on the right. What the
establishment wants, general
ly gets voted In the end..
cr, and we can't go out to
play.
Paul F. wnson
107 Sixth St.
Ashland, Ore.
Not Equally Guilty
To the Editor: I think you
wrote without full knowledge
of the facts when you said in
commenting upon the Jcan
nace Freeman case that "in
justice has resulted, when two
women, equally guilty . , ."
are sentenced to different
punishments.
Both women were found
guilty of first degree murder,
one by her own admission,
another by a jury chosen to
try her. In the case of the
first it was up to the judge
to determine the sentence. In
the case of the second it was
up to the jury.
The jury determined Miss
Freeman should die. The
judge, who acted instead of a
jury under Oregon law in the
case of Mrs. Nunez (Jackson),
found considerable difference
in the degree of responsibility
for the crime.
I attended both trials, each
session of them. I have read
transcripts of both since that
time. I have studied the
pleadings in the cases, and
the court decisions. I speak
with some degree of knowl
edge, then, of the circum
stances of both cases.
Under these circumstances,
the judge found the two
women were not equally re
sponsible for the crime. I
think his finding was correct.
If you accept the idea they
were not equally responsible
- and the judge, the prosecu
tors, and others connected
with the case have agreed this
was the case - your statement
that simple injustice has been
done is simply wrong.
Bob Chandler
Bend, Ore.
Shirts, Apples and Taxes
To the Editor: 1 think I can
guess at the answers Arnold
Eugene Jenny asks for. I
haven't traveled as much as
he has, but I've been around.
Most men like their cotton
shirts to be hanging in closets
where they can grab them
easily, but it is more work
for the laundry to put them
on hangers and in a bag, so -more
cost.
A dress shirt is always
folded away in a suitcase or
drawer, and if delivered, is
easy to carry.
Whether it is doctors, den
tists or who else - they must
have a certain amount of
money for monthly expenses.
There are many more people
on Long Island than in this
community; they can charge
half price there and be sure
of getting the necessary wage.
In Medford, they must charge
higher prices to gain the same.
and sometimes do not, Tve
been told.
I agree with" Mr. A.E.J,
about the New York apples
being tops. It is my home
state, but if he will get a box
of apples from Washington,
he will find very good ones.
In N.Y. we made cider and
fed the pummace tb the hogs.
I've never tasted pork like
ours in any other state.
The high taxes that hit us
are a "must," because they
have been raised everywhere.
How can we climb onto the
moon without the help of you
and you and you?
That, raises some more
questions that even a smart
aleck like me cannot guess at;
like "What for? Why should
wc?" and all the other
thoughts along that line.
. I think Rogue Valley Manor
must be lovely. I see their bus
pass nearby every Thursday
while the Senior Activity Cen
ter Orchestra is practicing at
601 East Jackson.
Would you like us to come
up and play a few old time
tunes for you someday?
Pearl Spackman
Jacksonville, Ore.
Many Helped
To the Editor: We would
like to take this means of
thanking publicly our neigh
bors, the employees at Rogue
Valley Memorial Hospital, the
Dorcas Societies of all the
S.D.A. churches in the valley,
the Red Cross, and all our
friends, known and unknown,
for the wonderful way they
so generously responded with
gifts of food, clothing, house
hold goods, and money when
we were left without any of
the material things of this life
due to the loss of our home
and possessions by fire Mon
day morning, Jan. 7.
There are no words which
can truly express our deep
feelings of appreciation. All
we can say is a sincere
"Thank You," and may God's
blessing rest upon each one
of you.
Martha and Robert
Blank and family
575 Fourth ave.
Gold Hill, Ore.
No Ridicule
To the Editor: I cannot un
derstand why people must re
sort to ridicule when they
doubt the statements of other
people!
In regard to the AH-LAN
incident, eating light bulbs,
etc. - this just goes j prove
the old and well known fact
that "when you gotta glow,
you gotta glow."
N. E. Jahn,
Route 3,
Medford
Strictly Personal
By Sydney J. Harris
(c) Field Enterprltes, Inc.
PERSONAL PREJUDICES
The worst companion in
any venture is an incompctdnt
enthusiast; for every one per
son in whom enthusiasm is a
virtue, there are a dozen in
whom It Is simply a substitute
for knowledge.
The tame quality that at
tracts us to a mate is often
the very quality that even
tually ropels us: a woman
marries a man because the
thinks he it dominating and
then learnt he it merely
domineering: a man marriet
a woman because the it
fluffy and then learnt the
is merely pulpy.
It Is a vast over-simplification
to suggest that poverty
"creates" crime; what would
be truer to say is that the
man with the least to lose is
most likely to take the great
est risks, in any direction. It
is so-called "respectability,"
rather than honesty, that
keeps the bulk of people from
taking to illegal pursuits.
Just at standing waters
become poisonout. to a
mind that does not change
and flow freely becomet
noxiout from itt own flag
rant I d e a t: propaganda
from the outtide' c'oet not
poiton minds nearly to
much at their own lack of
activity.
The last paradox that man
ran grasp was expressed by
Proust, when he said: "The
universe is true for all of us
and different for each of us."
All of ut are believers in
free will when w are iuc
cetsful, and believers in de
terminitm when we fail)
tuccett makes ut over-estimate
eur own powers, and
failure makes ut overeili
maie the blind forcet of
fate.
Speaking of success and
failure, isn't it this polarity
which determines whether m
refer to someone as a "slight
acquaintance" or an "old
school friend?"
The fulilily of giving id
vice wat piercingly exprei
ted by George Macdonald,
with hit utual pungent
brevity, when he wrote!
"When people teek advice,
it it too often in the hope
of finding the adviter tide
with their tecond familiar
self inttead of their awful
tint telf of which they
know to little."
Impatient romantics should
be cautioned that a daydream
that comes true before we are
ready for it can seem like a
nightmare; to meet one's
heart s desire before one is
big enough or strong enough
or steady enough to handle it
maturely is the most devas
tating experience.
Man't fall is perpetually
tymbolited in the fact that
nothing at we get older
tattet at good at eur first
taffy-apple.