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Page Two THE NEW BERN MIRROR. NEW BERN, N. C. Friday, October 23, 1959 KENNEL KAPERS IN KANGAROO LAND ■iillllllUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIllllWIHIIIlim^ Hello again, There were a few more com ments I wanted to make from last week in regard to the Royal Show, the equivalent of our State Fair. I had said there were over 170,000 attending the day we were there and they all must have been pres ent at the same time. Once a very dangerous situation almost developed when a tight al ley about 30 feet wide and 100 yards long in front of the side .sliows became too tightly packed. Most people in the alley had stop ped to watch the old “come-on” stunts by strip teasers, sword swal lowers, snake men, etc.; and peo ple had continued to stream in either end of the long alleyway in- W. C. CHADWICK GENERAL INSURANCE Clark Building Telephones: Office ME 7-3146 — Home ME 7-3432 creasingly compressing the crowd in the middle. Jean and I were caught in the middle. For about 30 seconds the pressure from both sides had me caught so tightly that 1 could hard ly breathe; and besides worrying about Jean and Robbie, there were a lot of little kids who must have been almost suffocating. It was the first near dangerous mob I had ever been in, and my main dread was that someone might scream and start a stampede. Luckily the police had seen what was going on and had relieved congestion at either end in a wise move. Jean was lost in the crowd, so I fought my way to one end of the alley and waited for her. After about 15 minutes, she' came down with the crowd like a twig in a stream of water. Never have I seen anyone who looked more bewild ered and thrown away than she. I really felt sorry for her and all the little kids when I saw her, but the independent rascal thinks that I didn’t look as if I fared so well either. Only after thinking about it a while does one realize how all those mass stampedes in theaters and crowded streets occur in which we read about people getting trampled to death. One of the more pleasant aspects of the show was the price of most things. Food was easily less .than half what we’d have to pay in Ra leigh, and the same held true for most amusements. Why, entrance to the main arena was free! An idea which I have never seen before is the selling of “sam ple bags.’’ Over here this is an in stitution, and show time means “bag” time. A sample bag consists of a gaily decorated bag filled with various odds and ends which de light children. These bags are put out by different advertisers, and the decorations on the bag natural- DON'T SETTLE FOR LESS THAN THE BEST Robertson's Welding Service 1107 N. Pasteur Street Dial ME 7-6909 Night: ME 74S20 Visit Us and See Our Stock of Antiques ... and Our Excellent Buys in Furniture LOOK TO YOUR HEART'S CONTENT . .. 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Jean commented that some of the children spent quite a bit of money on bags, but ! can remem ber when I’d probably spend that much and conre home with nothing at all to show for it. I’ve commented before on the Australian women and their great love and skill for knitting. Well, the handicrafts exhibit confirmed my suspicions that they are gen erally good all around with their hands. Likewise you’ve heard about the delicious food we’ve been eat ing. In the cooking and handicrafts exhibit were projects of patience and care which staggered us. Many times at home I’ve seen beatuiful hand works, but never have I’seen such consistently fine work by so many. Over here it is not just the old lady who paints “master pieces”, bakes, or knits; they all do. This “knowledge of the hands” seems to be a definite part of every girl’s dowry. (Not that I’m disap pointed with Jean, either—she’s picked up a few neat tricks over here.). Well, I have about run out of things to say about Melbourne’s Royal Show. As I’ve said before, it is quite similar to our State Fair, mainly due to the simple, basic people who are the backbone of a fair. Although we were so tired when we arrived home that we took a two-hour nap, we enjoyed it immensely. I still want to see a game of ...fo- five lit oml &VB € IT W . ... vaAu flight I Famous Name Brands in the Newest Styles & Fabrics CENTER Downtown Now Bern Your Center for Finer Fashions "Tambourine Liaie' A London thoafor eo»hlor by Iho name of Lizzie, who loarnod from Gypsy performers how to play the tambourine, introduced the familiar instrument to The Salvation Army, One night she followed a Sal vation Army group as it marched out of Hyde Pork, joining the drummer with her tambourine. After conversion she led Solvation Army marches through the streets of London, where she become known os “Tambourine Lizzie.” good ole football! Do you know that they’ve never heard of pecans over here! Last week I made a speech to a Rotary club at a beach resort nam ed Rosebud. While there I was in troduced to the world famous track coach of the famous Herb Elliott. His name is Percy Cerutty. the self-proclaimed eccentric who be lieves you must first break a man like a horse and then make him a good runner. His training tech niques are odd; but as he points out, they work. Just look at John Landy and Herb Elliott. He has in vited me down to his famous train ing course on the sand dune for a weekend (actually this is quite an honor around here.) Next week I should like to tell you about him and his odd methods—also a little about Elliott and Landy. Cheerio! Robbie The acquiring of culture is the developing of an avid hunger for knowledge and beauty. —Jesse Lee Bennett. Advertising is one of the few callings in which it is advisable to pay attention to some one else’s business.—Howard W. Newton. 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