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i t m < r « « f -I â- Â» 4 * f â- 0 t ff 4 f Special Occasion It was a wet night â€" a bad night for the Plume of Feathers. In tlie , saloon bar tliere were just the three of tlieni. The young couple who had come in at nine and the man who had been sitting in the SKme corner chair, siient and , gloomy, the whole evening. For a time the young couple didn't notice him. Just as tliev hadn't seemed to notice the rain. They were lost in a privaie world of their own. When they stopped laughing and talking they looked into each other's eye.*. They did not hear the man's heavy sighing breath that came e%'ery few min- utes. They had no time to notice the misery in the lines rcund his n'.outh, the pain in his eyes But when the boy started to order a second round, the girl nudged him and whispered. He hes- itated for a moment, then smiled and nodded. He walked across the bar to the man in the corner. "Excuse me, but won't you join rs? I mean," he added, shyly, "well, seeing there's just the tiiree of usâ€" â€" " A thin smile struggled on to the man's lips. "That's ven- kind of you but " "Please, no 'buts.' As ^ matter ot fact, this is a frightfully special occasion for us. We want some- body to drink with us. We shall be really upset if you don't." "-â- ^11 right. I'm poor company, I'm afraid. And mine's onlv a bitter." "Sure?" "Quite sure." â- The three glasses of bitter made their appearance. The barmaid re- moved herself along the counter to the more lively atmosphere of the public bar. "Well, then, here's to your spec- ial occasion I" said the man, making another valiant effort to produce a smile. He was really verj' little older than the boy â€" at the most seven of eight years older. But hap- .piness was taking years oflE one face and gloom was adding years to the -Other, so that they might have been father and son. The erirl laughed 'self "ouiciously, Almost a giggle. "Thanks. You're y- the first. I hope you feel duly hon- oufed." The bo}' grinned sheepishly. "You see, we got engaged about an hour ago. On the top of a bus. So we didn't get ofif it â€" stayed on till the end of the journey. Then . we came in here. I expect it all sounds mad, but it's how v/e felt." "We just had to ask somebody to drink â€" to our future," the girl added. "Rather! â€" only once in a life- time." said the boy, heartily. â-  The man fumbled in his pocket, found his wallet. For a moment they looked anxiously at each other, frightened he was going to em- barrass them with the offer of a present. But he handed them in- stead a tiny photograph. The girl caught her breath. "Why she â€" she's lovely!" "Yes. \'ery lovely." Plis voice was toneless. "I was engaged to her for three years." He fumbled in his trousers pockets. "Ah, there it is. Yes, that's the ring. She gave it back to me at five-thirty this evening. That's why I've been sitting in here since sixâ€" drl.iking. Funny, isn't it?" His voice was still toneless. "Oh, I say, we're terribh sorry â€" "If we'd realized we â€" we'd never have butted in " He shrugged his shoulders. "I'm not feeling as bad about it as I was at six. Sunk quite a few beers since then. It helps." ".\nd now we've made it worse for you," said the boy, giriltily. "No, for Heaven's sake don't imagine that. Talkiug-^-once you get startedâ€" helps as much " as drinking." "Were you very nuicli in love with her?" asked the girl. He paused. "Well, the idea we were going to get married one dav was a mental habit." "Perhaps she'll diange her mind again. I think long engagomeiits are awfully difficult â€" especially (or girls. We'd have been fusraged Canadian Fighters In Battle Against Cancer â€" Throughout Canada there are some 70 highly trained groups of research workers carrying on scientific research into the cause and cure for cancer. Perhaps one of the most unusual research teams is to be found at the Medical School of the University of AX'estem Ontario. Dr. Lee Fmser Bertram, a graduate of \\ esteru Univer- sity, and her husband EAvart Bertram. M.Sc, a graduate of the same college are working to- gether on cancer research under the guidance of Dr. ilurray Llewellyn Barr, another Western graduate. Dr. Bertram entered the field of medicine by a rather circuitous route. Daugliter of a Port Elgin doctor. Dr. Tames E. Fraser. she studied music at Alma College and attaiued her degree before fnially deciding to enter the medical Sch ool at Western. Ewart Bertram is a graduate biologist and after his marriage to the brilliant young doctor in the fall of 1949 they commenced their research career together. Dr. Barr, an RC.\F veteran, is in charge of the research project which concerns the struc- ture of cell nuclei as it may relate to the cancer cell. Dr. Barr's project is financed by the Na- tional Cancer Institute and the Xattona! Kesea rch Council. He is also assisted by H. Lindsay. Part of the funds raised during the April c arapaign of the Canadian Cancer Society will he used to assist this and similar research projects in Canada. Contributions may be sent to any local unit of the Society or mailed direct to Ontario Headquarters. Postal Station "F'. Toronto. ing myself. Just because they'd shoved my money up to e.ght quid a week " 'How much?" He a 1 xn o s t shouted. He stepped back as if someone had hit him and the rem- nants of beer in his glass splashed on to tiie floor. The boy flushed. "Eight pounds." he said, curtly. The man flung the gia.54 against the bar counter. "Eight pounds â€" e'ght quidi My God, that's what they cut u:y money down to!" He reached the door laughing like a madman. The young couple lookej at each other. When tiiey looke<i round again there was just the door swinging violently. "And wl-.at's up with liim. I'd like to know," exclaimed the bar- maid, looking angrily at the floor. "Glasses cost money!" â€" From "Tit Bits". eighteen months ago but I wouldn't was. A hell of a chap I was thmk Now we shall only be engaged for ' a few months. Dick didn't like me being obstinate, but I'm sure it was right." "Well, it's been the same thingâ€" we've gone about together every- v/here," said the boy, quickly. "Yes. but because we wanted to. Not because we felt we had to. That's the big diflference. .\nd it wasn't really possible to think about getting married before. Now Dick's had a rise â€" well, it's a good deal simpler." She smiled almost distantly. She was still in .her ow-n private world. The man sighed. "Yes, I know all that. Waiting â€" this year, next year. Money, money â€" always blasted money! People say it doesn t matter but, by Heaven, it does! Weil, you two are all right. Stick to it. I hope you'll get a devil of a lot more rises. Big ones. My ruddy firm's in the wrong sort of trade for these days â€" they've just cut my salary." They looked at him with sudden understanding. "Was that why â€" ?" "Yes, that was why. .\fter three years of waiting â€" and now smashed to pieces. I suppose I can't blame her. It was a pretty big cut, blast them! Only it was all so nearly possible. We'd have had to be care- ful, of course, but, still, it wouldn't have been all scraping and watch- ing every farthing. Oh, I can't blame her. They haven't left me enough to offer any woman." "Pretty tough luck!" The boy gulped. "Makes me feel a pig. 1 mean, I got my rise this, morning and you " "Don't be a fool, man' If any- body ought to fee! a pig it's ine â€" shouldn't have said a thini, about it, ought to have just drunk your healths. Spoiling your great day for you â€" ought to have known bet- ter. But it was a kind ot coinci- lience and I suppose I had to get it off my chest to somebody. Been diinkin' anyway â€" makes you say things you shouldn't , . ." "We were thinking too much about ourselves, anyway. I know I * f f mi « * * « V No, No. Not Again! The year is only I liree luoii th's i>Id. but already the flagpole sit- ters ai:e at it. I'irst to jiimj) the giui on the summci silly season is Odel! Stnith. ex-Mar- ine paratroopttr, of Atlanta, G«., shown ascend- ing to his perch, lie plans t* bust all pol«- ^ittinjf record* by squattitif up there for nine months, voiniii| down Christ t How The Donkey Got His Bray Waterloo was a large black don- key. In tliose days donkeys were the usual means of transfortatiou in Jerusalem, and people rode don- key-back ou their business rounds and even when paying social calls . . . Our Arab nurses told us the story of how the donkey got his bray- when we were little, foleiunly assuring us it was true. Wheii Koah was collecting the animals for the ark, Mr. and Mrs. Donkey came early, but lingered a fev minutes on the green turt for a last nibble of grass. They did not notice tlie gathering clouds nor t!ie first huge drops ot rain. I hen Mr. Donkey looked up to sec that the door of the ark was closed! He was terribly frightenej. What i' he and his mate were left, be- hind? So he lifted up a loud voice and called: "\oa-ahl No-abl" The rain beat and the lightning flashed and the thunder tore, and suddenly Noah opened the door of the ark to them. AJr. Donkey was so relieved to sec Noah that his shouting sub- s-ided into ".\h! ah! ah!" and that is how the donkey got his brav, and the reason why it is so loud, for he had to raise his vt>ice abo\c the downpouring of the Flood. The story is much better told it A:abic, where the cries of Noah sound exactly like the donkey's bray. W c ^liildrcn had glorious time! tidii'K Waterloo, lit was big ;in<l strong and could carry several of I,- ;it one time .\n ingenious con trivance of panniers made of two ipholstered kerosene bo.tes -.vas slung on either side of ar, .\rabic saCdle. on which was fastened, throne-like, a coffoe-shop stool ut>- s!de down with one rung cut out to make a chair. Plump and cheer- ful John Whiting sat in this, his sister Ruth and my sistei Grace in the kerosene bo.Kes, and we older children walked or ran along- side. . . . We often went donkey-back to Ein Farrah, and in im- parents' letters are many mentions of pic- nics ill this wildly picturesque aad rocky gorge near Anathoth. the birthplace of Jeremiah. . . We liked goiu^ to Ein Farrah early, to avoid travelling in the summer heat, and generally ar- rived by sunrise at a certain plaiti '.vhich we children dubbed "The Plain of the Rising Sun,'' for we loved giving names to pLices. On this plain was a Moslem shrine or "weli." and we noticed that all the donkeys lifted up their voices if u tremendous bray as they faced the first rays of the rising sun, which was usually just as we were approaching the weli. Beiause of the .-Vrabic tale of tlie donkey aad his bray, we called the shrine "Noah's Tomb." .\ few years ago I gave a tca- jarty to a group 01 Biblical stu- dents visiting Jerusalem. Tiey were late, and in their apologj- rt^entioned that they had been taken to see Noah's Tomb. I questioned them, tor I knew there was no tomb in Palestine that could possibly at- tributed to Noah. To my amusement 1 found they had been taken by one of our old "donkey-boys," now graduated Into a dragom.-vn. or guide, to our shricc en our "Plain of the Rising Sun." both named by us wlien we were children. So does fantjsy get handed down to become a "radition. â€" From "Our Jerusalem." by Ber- tha Spafford \ ester. Imagination "Mrs. Cohen." said Mrs. Nathan, "what's the trouble: Vou took worried." "Ves, yes,'" siglicd .Mrs. Colien, "my husband is always sick.'' "Your husband is just a hypo- chondriac," said Mrs. Nattiau. "He isn't sick. He just thinks lie's sick. Take no notice of his complaints ard watch him get well." A month later, the two women met .-igain. Mrs. Cohen looked even more worried. "Your husband no better?" asked the friend. "Worse." .'aid Mr,* Cohen. "He thinks he's dead." How To Build A Barbecue Grill Naturally you'll need fir«t to se- lect your building site. Choose a spot where there is shade in the late afternoon, if this is possible You had better get the whole family to- gether to decide on this, because although the grill can be moved, it is unnecessarily hard worlc. Then you must place your order for con- crete blocks. It will take 63 whole blocks and 12 half ones. While this order is being filled, you can use this time to find the article* you will need in order to start work. They are few. A hoe, a spade, four pegs and some string, a level and a trowel will do. Stake the pegs and stnng tliat you have to the ground to form the outline of your pit. T»ke some sharp instrument and mark this outline otT so that the strings may be removed. Then you start to dig because you must have a base for the grill that will not allow it to sick and become unlevel. You ac- complish this by sinking tne blocks their full 8" in the ground. The base is completed. The remainder of the work is placing th.e blocks in order to build up the sides and back. No cement is used. The blocks are merely stacked one on top of the other. The sides of the firebox are built 3 blocks high from t!ie base and are jV. blocks deep. In order to keep your wood in a dry and order- ly fashion, a wood box is built on one side of tiie iireboi. The walls of the wood box are only two blocks high, but are the same depth as the firebox. This wood box also serves as a table during cooking operations. Now take two and one-half blocks and place tliem on the top of the back wall of the firebox. On top of tliese you place two more blocks and anotlier one on top of these two, so tl'.at you have a simulated cliimney in the back. All blocks should be placed so that they inter- lace, since this lessens their chance cf falling. Since no cement is used, tlie blocks may be replaced easily should one crack from the heat. However, chances are you won't have to worry about this for sev- eral years. The building operation can be completed in a day and your grill finished except for tliree items. 'The wood box needs a top, the firebox needs a grill and the base of th« firebox needs to be built up about eight incl'.es so that so much wood need not be used for the fire. The base of the firebox may be built up with either concrete blocks gravel, cinders, or old bricks. Th* grill must be obtained and can either be made out of iron rod* about Vz inch in diameter, or any suitable grill that can wvithstand great heat. The top of the wood box will look best made of concrete. Thia means that a frame the exact siae of the top must be built. The ground may serve as the base of this frame. The concrete must be moxed in these proportions: 6 coal buckets of gravel. 4 of sand, and 2 of cement. Water m.ust be added to form the correct mixture of con- crete. Mixing concrete ts heavy work and you may need s-.me help en this. -After it is poured, the top must be smoothed with :: trowel t:nti! there are no lumps or pieces o€ gravel left on top. The concrete must be left to dry for at least !♦ hours and must be sprin-iled with water several times during this dry- ing period to prevent cracking. Then with help, a great deal of help, because this concrete block is very :iea\-y, the finished slab is placed oa top of the woo«i box and the ba.'-becue grill is complete. Comeback A wealthy widow a.arrii.-d a man of slender means. The honeymoon had scarcely ended before she be- gin reminding her husband that "t was her money which wa> paying the bills. Even when friends drop- ped in and admired the newlyweds' home, the wife would remark, "Of course, if it weren't for ::!y money, Henry would not be able to afford a place like tliis." One cay the hus- band bought a television set. Hi» wife examined it and said: "It's beautiful. Bu: I don't ha.r« to remind you, Henrj", tlut it it weren't tor my money, it wouldn't be here." "My dear," replied the husband, quietly, "I think it's time to tell you that if it weren't tor your money, I wouldn't be here either." And then, of course. t;:ere waa the optician's daughter. Tito glasses and she made a spectacle of herse!f. are Warp and Woof of Fashion â€" Snug as t\\ dogs ii: .. "Fancy Dapper Dan," left, police bloodhound, and "Merry Windjammer," champion Surrey English cocker spaniel. The dogs sutfered through the fitting of their new "rug-ed look" hats for a special benefit fashion show. Hats get that way being made of carpeting. Leper Mission Beginsâ€" Xavy doctor Gordon C. McXeilK, uich hfe daughter. Miriam, 4, left .\lanieda. Calif., bound 'for an 18-monih tour of duty in the leper colony on Tinian Island. Dr. McXeiliy volunteered for the hazardous assignment be- cause he felt it his "Christian duty." Also accompanying hita u ere his wife and another daugliter. 4 month? old. on ttnas. JITTER By Arthur Pointer t