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OUR OPINION

Prudery and the flush toilet

The idea that the two greatest inventions of the Victorians were prudery and flush toilets is more popular than accurate. Prudery is a cyclical manifestation, if history is any guide.

The principle of the flush toilet, on the other hand, is almost as old as civilized man. Excavations in ancient Crete have brought to view Minoan palaces equipped with toilets using the flush system in bathrooms having a startling resemblance to those of today.

The fact that prudery is in a period of decline has made it possible to discuss publicly the desirability of the flush toilet and its- relationship to modern problems.

The modern flush toilet guips up to six gallons of water with each flushing. This flood, constantly expanding with

the population growth, places immense burdens on sewerage and treatment systems.

In a world facing a population likely to double in 35 years, claims that the flush toilet is outmoded and must be replaced are likely to be listened to.

Engineers are experimenting with toilets that use less water. Others are trying to reduce water use by using forced air to move wastes. The Swedes are trying to produce a home system that converts wastes to compost for each home garden.

The flush toilet - that symbol of civilization -is also becoming a symbol of a growing human concern about water resources, water pollution and other aspects of environmental

preservation. - The Province

Enjoy the lull

What to do? not only with the left over turkey and the mound of gift wrappings in the basement, but with the extra time on hand during the after-Christmas lull. The long four day holiday has left many with a less then enthusiastic attitude about getting back to work. Not necessarily a bad thing, f or leisure time and what comes of it in personal gain, is as important as business and financial gain that results from the 9-5 grind each week of the year, Should one feel guilty if the call of the alarm clock does not sound like a clarion call to battle in the realm of competition and success? Has anyone thought of the benefits other than

health gained from sleeping late and -

lazing around the house with a good book and a more tolerant attitude towards the kids.

The frantic yearly pace that reaches :

December 25th draws nigh and drops off as the tree lights are extinguished and .ashtrays are emptied .on Christmas night often leaves one with an empty ‘feeling, nagging doubts of

whether the Christmas ‘spirit was ©

enough in evidence this year, was all the rushing worth it, and how to make the rest of the holiday season

. Mess

meaningful in terms of ‘‘fun.” The concept of fun is dubious. Does it mean drunken hilarity, loud music,

- and revelry about which one is usually

embarrassed the following day? Does it mean spending pocketfuls of dollars on clothes and babysitters in order to make it to the party that never quite . gets off the ground? Tosome, fun may - mean those things, but those who find it impossible to be stimulated by these kinds of-activities should not be led to believe that they are ‘‘out of it’’. Funis a personal thing. Spending hours gazing out of a window at the snow can be fun. Letting the house.remain a big for a day instead | of conscientiously cleaning it up after the

guests have left can be a real treat for

a tired housewife, and the most “fun” she had’ over the entire holiday,

Discovering that life really does go on - “(

even if you don’t take an active part in

-it for a day can be a truly enjoyable - discovery.

On the traditional list of New Years

resolutions why not include a promise . ..to. yourself to’ look into your idea of

“fun” and if ithas been as satisfying as leisure activities should be in order to compliment the success aimed for in business life. ;

. 1 fool-so feelish

Drive, ‘don't drink

7 If you feel like this over the holidays... don’t drive oo - Starkle Starkle little twink : : Who the heck you are'I think I’m not under the affluence of incolhol | » Although some thinkle peep I are |

“1 don't know which isme ‘The drunker Isit here the longer reek.”

THURSDAY, DECEMBER ha 1971.

*. alone, , : something. -anything...to

PATON TURAN.

“Pm not very hungry — Trudeau's ‘eracking down on eabinet leaks and U had to

memorize and swallow the minutes of the eabinet meeting!”

Your opinion

Biblical views on hair

New home for old?

To the Editor:

As the old Prince Rupert Hospital is still standing empty, may I make this suggestion?

Why not turn it into a -

chronic hospital which we are badly in need of in the Terrace, Kitimat and Prince Rupert area?.. It would be central enough for us to visit the ones we love.

Why should we have to send our dear ones all the way south to

Vancouver? It: certainly. does .

‘not improve their condition to be moved so‘far.

Since there seems to he, residences for older men, part of the hospital could be used as a-home for elderly ladies or couples who still need each other. They could go to the

dining room for their meals so there would be no need to cook

- in their rooms,

The hospital is a nice part of Prince Rupert with a good view of the city and the beautiful harbour. I am sure a lot. of people-in Prince Rupert would be interested in such ‘a project and visit the place. —

As I sit here and write I can think’ of sa many elderly. people living with their families that this” building’ Would: be a Godsend to. |

I think a very good ‘name would be Sunset Home.

_ Mattie Frank Aged 8 Terrace, B.C.

Editor, . Terrace Herald

Dear Editor:

For nearly a decade, since the Beatles first started the trend, the world has had to contend with a new custom associated

‘with a four letter word known as

“hair’’.

Long hair. has- become a symbol of youths rebellion, and as such is fiercely defended by them. When criticized, many, . argue...that. Christ. wo Gye 8 .. hair, ‘therefore’ there” nothing wrong with it.. While it is true the artists have visually illustrated Him so, the Bible teachings of His day do not

unmistakingly condemn - long hair on males, In the | first -book of

Corinthians, chapter 11, verses

1415 and 16 we. have the follawing quotations:

-14- Doth not even nature itself

teach you that if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him. ee 15 - But if a woman have long hair it isa glory to her; for her hai is given to her jas a i Bub Spt re syn cern i any san see bem i9.be a he sueh

etd ious, we have

custom, neither the churches: of

Yours truly, L, D, Sommerfield

New Year's resolutions seem rather pointless, when one looks back over the past year. and realizes what a mess one made of it.

But hope springs ‘eternal in the human beast (note to ed. -

.. that's. beast, not breast), and

most of the time I feel as though

- Ym still still animal, though I-

have a lot of- calcium in the

wrong places.- not. teeth, but

- elbows, knees and. stioulders + and there are- moments when I feel pure vegetable, mayhe a

= «, withered turnip. So here goes.

- The very first thing I'm ving to do in ‘72 is get my rake and * lawn chairs out of the backyard :-and ‘into the basement.. Provided 1 can find them under the snow. Same’ goes for my wood pile, which lias been sitting ‘there, “drying: out", - since August, —

Thesecond thing: I'll dois stop ~. listening to my. wife and make * her start listening to me. She is eternally -ge:ting into jams because-she ‘won't listen to me

.. because she never has because

‘she thinks she knows more than 1 about practically anything you “can'name, And she ig forever getting: me into jams because 1

listen to her because she’ thinks .

F Bill Smiley

Pm going to give up late nights, They take a terrible toll

on a fellow. when he must work .

next day. No more of those, Except on exceptional cases,

such as Friday and Saturday. nights and anytime we go toa -

party or have one. Or anytime I

really. feel like staying up: - Pm going te put a stop to my”

daughter falling in love,.

assignments. I just get nicely

adjusted to the fact that she’s - ©-

deeply in love and settling down when I get word that it’s off with the old and an with the new, and this time it’s “real”.

In the past year she’s been in

love with an English professor, an American ¢imagine!), student; twice engaged to the same guy, name of Joe, and is

currently head-oyer-heels with,

a sculptor... How much does a struggling sculptor. make? .

don’t really care, . but..I eon't fancy the old idea that two can live as cheaply. as -one, if

what technique. rn use-to stop her, but Y’l<come up with something . fiendish : that. will guarantee’ her:* a. spinsterhood... "-. *

I'm going back into the arms’.

This. - will be one of the trickier -

a paylng the bills... I-don’t know

long

support the. claim, but

Pastor ’s Pen

BY JOHN

BALZER.

As we stand on the threshold of a New Year, we may ask what will this year bring me? . With many uncertainties facing us, their is a danger of frustration entering our lives, of worry filling our

minds. and robbing us of the joy we ought to’ ‘experience, But how can I, ina world torn by wars’ and hatred? For the answer, I would like to share.’~

with you the following poem.

A YEAR UNTRIED “A year untried before-me lies,

What it shall being of strange nice, Or joy, or grief, I cannot tell; “But God, my Father,. knoweth well:

"TD imake it no concern of mine, ’ But leave it all with love Divine.

Be sickness mine, or rugged health, . - Come poverty to.me or wealth;.° -.. ~

Though lonesome I must pass along;

| Or loving friends my way may throug; > Upon my Father’s Word I rest. le

Whatever shall be, will be best. ” No. ill-can come but "He can cure, ‘His word doth all of good insure; = =. . . He'll see me through the journey’ 5 length Oba "For daily need give daily strength —

: ‘Tis thus 1 fortify.

my hear, -

- And thus do fear’ and. dread depart.

‘The sun may. shed no light by. day, . - Nor stars at-night-illume my. way, . My soul shall know, no

affright, :

"Since God is ‘all my life’ and: ‘light.:'

. Thdugh all the earthly:

lamps grow ‘dim, :

He‘ walks in light who walks ‘with:Him ©:

“0 year -untried, thou hast.for:me .

of

‘ watchers’

: ‘steadfastly -

Ss Si g

‘By! 5. Johnson : “This ia the ‘time of year when. .

“. people begin to ‘maul New

Year’s resolutions oover in their | heads, none of which they, have -

any intention of keeping...thank’

goodness.,.ar we'd all perish of boredom.

Pondering what it is that sets- this mind-expanding illusion intomotion, I heartily suspect it has something to do with that first scrumptious * ‘slurp of “Moose Milk’’.on New. Year's . Eve...(if Moosg Milk isn’t your © bag, Seotch on the rocks will do as -nicely), / With each

progressive ‘sip of whatever Om

divine nectar you prefer, comes | the . convincing - inward © kniowledge that YOU, and you can - do.

change the: polluted ., tide ow’ human. affairs;. to save the * universe from self-destruction, etc, And as the-night wears on, and more of your lipstick wears off, a consuming love for your fellowman. (thumbs down’ to Womens’ Lib.) -. begins. to.

- bubble it’s merry way | to the top .

of.a constricted throat like a volcano about to explode; which

_ in fact actually happens before

the sun comes up, if. you manage to crawl. to. the washroom in time. Insert:

Never serve rum ‘in’ large quantities to wives or husbands

~ with cloudy dispositions...

No...it is not in this-hour of trial that the New Year's resolution - - really sinks it's roots; it is later on in the day when you awaken with an-ice

._ bag of sorts slouched over one

eye,.and try desperately to remember what it was you so

- rudely snapped off. to one of

your favourlte friends that you t apologize for today on bended knee. That is the moment of decision, You make a New Year's resolution.

You decide to join the weight- “Streamline-or- Bust” Club stat,, even if you are condemned to wear the “piggy’s bib” for the first two weeks, and run around in circles, plaintively crying, “Oink,..oink,..oink.”

Further to this, you resolve to

attend: church services at least

ten Sundays out of fifty-two, in spite of the fact you have not seen the ‘inside. of those formidable walls” for fifteen. ‘years, and feel that your

.. repens. are none. ih this fie ; pin ‘ani er pas. a it fe bu net

at! tr itt” "y . 5 Gi nt : Then,--.of, course, ithe. ‘most. commonly: broken’ resolution: of

all springs to mind. You will

_ quit smoking. After two.dozen

years of. continuous inhaling

‘and exhaling of noxious fumes, this idea now stands out in your

nicotine- befuddled-iy-not- . duddled brain as the ultimate sacrifice to the cause of justice, Somehow, ~ you. “-convince yourself’. -that- even _ your

- husband, - however much he.

looks like a ‘grizzly bear today (and he does), :will loyally and. ‘follow: :..your,

example: “(conveniently

- forgetting that the only. reason

he began smoking cigarettes .in

the first place was: because ~, ¥OU: smoked...

On. second thought, “that” idea’ ‘is’ not too

_ practical arid you shakily light - up-a fag whilst considering. a. --More appealing alternative. -

Ah; yes, Silently, you promise

tt ‘to become 4a most attentive . » listener” in- future; to stop “talking se “Interrupting other people when “It's their turn. This is the least! "compromising resolution of all: “Since: your voice, box, is out: ‘of

much, and

commission .at any: rate, and

“Sounds similar, to the last croak * ofa ‘distressed raven with: a * plugged’ larynx during, mating

season. ":- While: daydreaming in. ‘this e.haze of smoke, a sudden “flash recall" comes to you-of _ those”.'nasty’. words you: “30 unwittingly. flapped: off at thé miéuth; the Eve before, Surely. twas. "not YOU, who had flatly asked’ your: -Ariend,..“Have ow ‘plastic’ everyt ing becoming - these days?" ..a5 e proudly displayed her new et of gleaming, white dentures, which instantly reminded you of aplanoke God heavens,

bed-clothing. ‘the phone to make amends for. your’ insensitivity.

en : That vill clear a a ‘ot of ike fuzz’ in our domestic air, I know.”

. You ‘think .that's. like ‘a: mouse bragging ‘that: he's’ going to. _atraighten out an elephant. And . “it is, But it's algo a fact that we _ mice have been known to panic: 7 a ‘whole ‘herd ‘of * elephants. ° . Anyway," it'll bé: fun trylng..:

That old spirit of adventure, you

know.; Even it if does-cost me a “broken noae ora ‘couple of thick

ears another thing I'm going to’

1a stop worrying. I'ma:terrible: | ye worry: wart... Some weeks ro uan wotry. ‘a’ total” of twenty-seven’

. Malnutes, . about ®.’ somet ng i -, the:

» cat «do - a a thing ane 7

of the church for.a long: ‘awalted — (on her. part) embrace.: -I.am~ ‘steadily growing more. siniul, | just like the reat of you, but It's ’ time to start. straightening the" accoimts.- | «

_ Naught: but my ‘Father’s eye can see?’ Nor canst thou bring me ‘loss or. gain, “Or health or sickness, case or pain, . ..But-welcome: messenger. shall prove. :: # - From Him ‘whose name to me is Love...

|) AS we face the unknown, let us trust the God ‘who. | is in control of the future. As.we place ¢ our faith. and, : trust“in the unchang neing God, our lives: willbe eaning full. Joy will our day, for we know God. -< will never. permit something'to‘come intow our life ober “where His grace-will not be sufficient,: :- aA

‘As the great fe, “Ny. grace: is: sufficient’, :. My

Jésus said:toh x prayer is that you ‘to-will Mexpericn God's grace in

She is very understanding, Yes;

). gat on-‘the wrong foot rself,-one New ‘Year's Eve;

nks’ to lier “husband and‘a nana peeling-he deliberately let slip which: was. supposed. to be a grand joke (ha, ha, ha)-on he’ Old. Lady: ‘but which acktired: when.she. wound up r-elhow. ina cast, ete:,

—f Ts EITHER! PEYTON N PLACE OR : SOMEBODY'S MISSED A PENALTY |

apoatle Paul éxperiences, in his life, ce O- pm. ‘make utlons in the fir-

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