Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-05-05
ssMy Memoirs
Mrs. James u. Christie

thority. She is quiet and hospitabte
to her guests, always solicitous OF
their comfort and almost invariably
has one or more maids at her SER
vice-even women in very moderate
circumstances are blessed with at
least one servant and INDUCES IN
no form of drudgery herself and ap-
parently has the respect of the en-
tire household But there, within
the confines of her home the wom-
ans rights end This social con-
trast is painfully noticeable The
sexes are strangely segregated IN
the outside field of social life. me
man is as free as air and seeks his
pleasures outside the home seldom
accompanied by his wife. He plays
golf, tennis, bowling on the green
and other sports, attends soccer and
cricket matches, the theatre and III
/ fact, indulges in all kinds OF social
activities while his meek little wife
cits dutifully at home. After the
wedding bells have been rung there
is that radical change which both
the husband and wife accept as the
inevitable custom. 1t seemed dread
fully strange and unfair to me who
had always seen equality Of the
sexes in my own country. / fear |
was constant source OF worry to
the males in the community III
which we were visitors as | loudly
and firmly expressed my opinion or
the unfair custom and the selnsh-
ness of the men. The last summer
was there | believe every man In
the town went on his customary va
cationt of a week OF two away from
his family to q sea side or mountain
resort A few took their famllles
for matter of a few days but later
on they went somewhere alone to
spend a. week or two. | had 4
sneaning feeling that the little
jaunt with their wives was an un-
selfish gesture meant to impress
that Independent American lady III
their midst. l really believe
though that the many American
visitors to Scotland as we'll as the
American movies, which are shown
almost to the exclusion of British
films, are having a decided influence
toward abolishing this unjust Gus
tom.
have previously told you about
the lovely scenery in Scotland, SO
/ shall not dwell long upon that SUD
. ject But there is one scene thai
J stands out so vividly in my memory
that | cannot resist telling about 1t
Approximately mile from In
g. verness, a most lovely and histor
) ical city, and the former home @
i Ramsey Mcdonald, the river Nea
forms a series of wooded ISLANDS
t laid out with winding walks anf
|, rustic seats and connected will
: each other and with the river bank!
| by means of gayly painted rustic
: bridges At intervals there are bed:
| of lovely flowers of all kinds ant
/, the trees seem to be alive witt
5 birds, especially the mavis, a swee
/ singing bird. There are coloree
lights strung through the trees al
over the many islands and at nigh
| during the summer months there
( are concerts of all kinds, including
, bands Of pipers, dressed in then
kits. 1t was one of the most faa
: cinating places l had ever seen.
: | still get a thrill and somewha
Y Of a shock whenever l recall Il
5 Kentore, a few miles from th'
| Christie home at Oyne. 1t was
/ magnificent display including thu
; usual aerial stunts in which pas
} sengers are taken up for a fee ant
the attendant thrill. One stun
z which must have required quicl
| thinking and perfect control was
: the paper chase, in which the pilo
released a long paper streamer an
, while it was falling through the all
: downward he cut it into small
: pieces by repeatedly flying through
| it. One most thrilling feat was per
; formed by three pilots whose three
machines are connected by ribbons
: They took off in formation and af
; ter gaining a certain altitude. lool
!. in formation without breaking the
: ribbons. 1t surely must have
. required complete coordination
= by the pilots The wingless 'auto
/ gyro,' a most freakish kind of plane
/ similar to those in this country at
= tracted the most attention. AS
= stood watching and gasping at thu
! treacherous looking stunts, l re
= marked that | just knew that Bot
; had better sense than to go up as &
i. passenger in that dangerous ma
: chine which had the ability to re-
main stationery at great eleva
, ton, at times dropping straight
down for many feet when it would
be again jerked to a complete stop
/ decided | had better hunt for Bob
among the crowd just in case he
didn't possess the rare judgment
his fond mother had attributed tC
: him, when that terrible looking gyrC
| made one mad swoop and landed al
most directly in front of me, and
, out stepped my son grinning from
ear TO ear. There was a big laugh
at my expense but needless to say
it wasn't so funny to me. The pilots
while in fight described their
movements through a radio trans
mitter and their voices relayed by
loud speakers on the grounds Some
Of the best pilots were women, and
one young woman, who was famous
as the glider girl" gave several
demonstrations of gliding, being
towed by an aeroplane. She per-
formed loops and rolls with the
glider while in flight 1t was all
very exciting
Before leaving Scotland I wish
to tell you about another most i'm
pressive sight and that is the Linn
O'Dee. | might explain here that
"Linn" is Scotch word for "a pool
just below WATERFALL SO that the
expression Linn o'Dee" is in itself
most explanatory. Here we see a
broad river suddenly passing
through narrow cleft in the rocks
about 40 or SO feet deep with the
seething water boiling up in hor-