October 26, 1977 - North, Shere News

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| ws 2 nei cnn ee RE oS neg ae goin into the bistery: books

It seems. that Sam repeat- So: Sam; ‘in extremis, rose’ (and. on ‘to. collectors shel-°
edly asked the bailiff, with ‘and. tip-toed to.the mens’ ves).

feature; “is: ‘still: well
“accepted: by.consumers, the
"cost: of handling and. break-.
age has. simply climbed too.

There are occasions:

when I trot happily into’ increasing urgency, for per- john.... AND WAS FINED A The Sheaffer Eaton Divis- high, fs to Permit its ; continued
the Holy confines of the © mission to head at a brisk HUNDRED AND» . FIFTY ion of Textron Canada Ltd., , | |

editorial sanctum... and largest

depart, a broken and -
guilt-ridden soul! The
reason?

canter to the mens ’ john. The BUCKS! one. of ‘the. world’s
bailiff refused. - _ __ manufacturers
Sam then raised his hand, : s
tremulously and with . great
courage. The.other hand.was.
' presumably - clutching: “the
- area where. things were:
rapidly becoming URGENT!
- Sam appealed, piteously, to .
: . Sg EE the judge.... who told him to.
. Let me explain: There. he | a ee a = “KEEP QUIET!” te
sits, in Editori Splendor, ._ Some. of today’ Ss youth ; ae a
commander-in-chief of ‘an. view the:Law’as an object of | ‘HELL! ‘SAM AS"
army which . would have disdain and ridicule. It is. a AFRAID TO SNEEZE!
brought envy “to Alexander concept not without a certain
_ the Great. Numbered in tens basis in fact...because when
of thousands, they are his the Law ignores logic (upon.
troops - THE READERS. which it should be based), it
. risks inviting ridicule. Let me ~
....But, as with all the dig into ancient files and
generals of history, should sapisine
their ranks be decimated his .

head ‘will rest quickly and * — Several years ago 2 a judge

_- briefly on the- chopping ‘in Vancouver: ordered a |

-biock--after a. short. and © woman from his courtroom... _-
painful discussion with the- BECAUSE SHE WAS..

Publisher! Oo DRESSED IN. SLACKS!" -

Which, in. 1 leisurely. fash:
explains td Editors |
‘there “is - a

manufactured in Pvc rather “
than: glass | bottles. oY

= ‘According to to" vice presid-
ent. and general manager

William: Gardner, “Sheaffer.
ts one of the last: maior :

aw wasw 7,

marketers of ink to use:a that’ they're
” ; they're ‘not ..

glass bottle.’’ He continued, “being sold. S

“while the Sheaffer Skrip.. old: 2 bo tie onto that _

_ bottle, with its ‘unique top

| Iti is not good to see a
- grown man ery!

and. nS Dickens was right --
"When -he wrote:

Canada’ s conan

‘Thus the Editor (as the . - have the sad thought. that,
‘saying goes) works his butt th

off, praying desperately. for - e distinction in the judge’s .

both d ti mind was that she was,-
pot Day am inspiration: as unfortunately, a member. of.

an ancient profession known
approaches! in the newspaper world as
. _ “A Lady of the Night.” a
‘> And then O}’ Bill wanders . ay
in, waving another story or And I have the further
two for the Back Porch. The -whimsical thought that Mary |
Editor shakes his head in Magdalene, dressed in rough
disbelief and assumes an homespun, might have fared -

_ expression akin to a hound little better in that particular
_ dog which has just backed _ courtroom.

into a thornbush. It is story — oe oe
Number 184, which (by : |

.- Simple arithmetic) works out a,
tg one every 2 or 3 days. A

pee 5

, - Sime task, really. a “Tittle gem, buried 3 in the Big

“Paper. recently, wherein: a-
juror in Denver, Colorado,

explanation that the Editor ‘uttered a problem generally

usually lowers his head upon referred to in the. Prairies as
the Sargasso Sea of paper) «<7 TROTS!”

which covers his desk and
sobs bitterly into the yellow |. .

copy paper and chewed = The j juror was named Sam
fingernails. + which is quite irrelevant,
inasmuch as the ailment can
aeiatitinded : strike prince and pauper.
alike and, hopefully, judges
Therefore, today’s column . upon the bench!.

is dedicated to all Editors.....

and reveals A SECRET!

It is at this point in my

~~

TRY IT

It is simply this: A MIND os
Pa FURST!

RELAXED AND AT PEACE
WiLL SEE A STORY IN 4
FALLING LEAF OR. A
CHILD AT PLAY.

rand T i igger,
Harrassed and under pres- cn, |
sure, it will not pause long -

enough to see the story!

Poo

F’rinstance, let us turn to
Charles Dickens, one of
whose loveable characters +
created the immortal phrase:

- “The Law, Sir, is a
H’ass!”’

As with all truths, it is
today as sound and healthy
as when it was written, over a

’ hundred years ago. This is

because the object. of its
- - tidicule and satire has made

: ac | Vee | a our ad in Friday's _
 itso..... and will sustain it for ee ie | . _
- liga song he | f —— NorthShore paper

Which often seems primarily es | So ae
dedicated to getting a hand 1 . 8

in somebody’s pocket, sus-
. tained in perpetuity by a
legalistic nightmare that
breeds new legal conun-

- drums -with the spawning A FINE WHITE
ability of coat-hangers din ‘MOSELLE
dark Closets. FROM RUDOLF MULLER

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