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Page Six This, That and the Other Mrs. Theo. B. Davis Though my electric range will have its thirteenth birthday before long, its inside workings are still mysterious to me. I have not the slightest idea of what to do to it besides turning those little knobs across its front. And none of its mysteries are more profound than that which has to do with the moalßly bills for current. This, however, is invariably true. The months which bring the highest charges are those when I had marie up my mind to save electric ity; had watched the oven care fully, turning off heat before bread was quite done and letting it finish cooking with the unit off; boiling everything on “low” after the process had well begun; and all the other little savings econo my teaches. Then, when I hope fully open CP L’s next envelope it is to find we owe them more than the months when most of the canning and preserving were done. I am not complaining. It is just one of life’s little mysteries. In looking for a certain quota tion last Sunday afternoon, I read all of Shakespeare’s “King Henry the Eighth,” and no new best seller has ever given me more pleasure; and T mean to go over a good many of them again. It is good to renew speaking ac quaintance with passages that first were memorized when studying Harvey’s English Grammar “Farewell, a long farewell to all my greatness”—“l charge thee, Cromwell, fling away ambition. By that sin fell the angels,” etc. And never before had I realized how the Bard of Avon played up the good qualities of Anne Bo leyn; “Bullen” he called it. Prob ably this was because Anne was mother to Queen Elizabeth. Not having read this play since I was a child, it had for me overtones and undertones never known at twelve. A good letter from Charles Hor ton at Westminster Choir College, Princeton, New Jersey, gave me some information about Kipling’s “Road to Mandalay,” and what that poet meant by saying the “dawn comes up like thunder outer China, crost the Bay.” Charles heard a member of the English faculty of Princeton University say he asked Kipling himself what the line meant; and Kipling replied that because of the winds and the climate in Burma there are fre quently racks of thunderclouds that suddenly fill the sky; and he 1 merely used a contraction of the j expression. The English teacher '■ said the line had defied interpre tation. It never bothered me es- j pecially. I had an idea he meant! Insurance Insurance Is Protection Against your wont enemies —Fire, Storm, Accident. See D. D. Chamblee The Insurance Man the dawn came so swiftly and with so much color it was a sort of vis ual thunder; being to the eyes what thunder’s crash is to the ears. Another proof that one does not have to understand poetry to enjoy it. Not that I like all of Kipling’s verses. “If,” and the “Recession al,” are, perhaps most loved of his writing. I might be admitting something wrong in stating I also like “The Women”— or is it “The Ladies”? Anyway, I have heard that this poem cost Kipling the ap pointment to the position of poet laureate of England, which Queen Victoria had meant to give him. She did not like at all what he said about the ladies; and I guess he also “learned about women from her.” Many of his ballads are dreary reading, but no matter how often they’re hanging Danny Dee ver in the morning, you may count me among the chief mourners. Going down to my son’s home late one afternoon last week, I found the little granddaughter still sleeping and remarked that she must have had a long nap. Her mother said Ann was worn out when she lay down, “exhausted WENDELL THEATRE Sunday Shows 3& 9 p.m. Weekday Shows 3 & 7:15 p.m. Matinee Adm. 15c & 35c Night Adm. 15c & 40c Saturday all day 15c & 35c THURSDAY and FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16-17 Alan Ladd Donna Reed Chicago Deadline SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18^ Eddie Dean Prairie Outlaws Ellen Drew Richard Denning Rhythm Hits Ice SUNDAY and MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19-20 Bill Williams j ane Nigh Blue Grass of Kentucky TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21— Wiliam Holden Nina Foch Dark Past WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22 The Bowery Boys Blonde Dynamite William Elliott Law Comes to Texas THURSDAY and FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23-24 Glenn Ford Nina Foch Undercover Man WAKELON THEATRE - ZEBULON Weekday Shows: 3:15, 7:15, and 9:00 pjn. Sunday Shows: 3:15, and 9:00 p. m. SUNDAY, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19-20 Story of Seabiscuit Barry Fitzgerald Shirley Temple TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21— It Ain't Hay Abbott and Costello WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22 The Hatchet Man Edward G. Robinson Loretta Young King of Rocket Men Chapter 6 THURSDAY, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23-24 Prince of Peace The Life of Jesus Christ Ginger Prince Millard Coody Shows 3:00 7:00 9:00 p.m. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25 Shadows of West Cases of Pimple Street Adv. Wild Bill Hickok Chapter 3 The Zebulon Record from bossing the little Fiddner boys,” who had been her dinner guests that day. Since one little Fiddner is three, Ann’s age, and the other one older, I asked in i surprise if they let Ann boss them. “Well,” said Selma, “they will I stand it for a while and then they rebel. But she m ver quits try ing.” Something, my conscience maybe, asked whether this trait came byway of heredity from her grandmother. But I’m keeping quiet about it. Wakelon seniors put on a well acted play last Friday night. They must have had good coaching, for no group of high school pupils could have done that well with out careful training. I think they were wise to select a farce instead of tragedy, which is often beyond the grasp of actors so young. And most of us prefer laughter to tears, unless there is real need for weep ing. Dr. Chas. E. Flowers Physician and Surgeon Office Phone 3311 Residence 3901 Dr. L. M. Massey DENTIST Office Phone 4281 Residence 3181 Certified White Leghorn Cockerels for sale each week S4OO per 100 Masseys Hatchery Power to get ahead... Technical Sgt. Jones O. McNeelj tion. In the U. S. Air Force, ambl of Greenville, S. C., had the finest tious young men earn while they of job training from experts of the learn and their opportunity for U. S. Air Force Airplane and En- advancement is unlimited. Per gine Mechanic School. Now he’s haps you, too, are qualified for a well launched on a successful ca- career in aviation! Get the whole reer in a field with a future—avia- story today see your recruiter. U. S. ARMY AND U. S. AIR FORCE RECRUITING SERVICE 118 W. HARGETT ST., RALEIGH, N. C. TROUBLE Poor Reddy Kilowatt all tied up in the double socket and extension cord problem! Many homes that were built several years ago have this problem of inadequate wiring for present day use of electric service with resulting inconvenience and below av erage operation of lamps and appliances. However, there is a remedy. A competent electrician can install additional circuits and outlets. Make your home ef ficient electrically and pre pare for the new appliances you will want in years to come. CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY*) Friday, February 17, 1950
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