The Sidney herald., 1956-06-07

tnelr teeth from a uapexe "a
make like Japanese butterflies.
When / got out of high school
l entered Allegheny College at
Meadville, Pa. Allegheny was a
Liberal Arts college and /, COM
pletely naive, believed that all
colleges were; therefore / became
a teacher almost before / knew
what was happening. Not that be-
ing a teacher is unpleasant, but
l think / might have enjoyed
Drama, Speech, or Journalism if
I'd found out about them in time.
When / transferred to Syracuse
University with its many colleges,
/ had so many teachers credits
that it would have been folly
to change courses. So, in due time,
| emerged a fully accredited
teacher of English, Latin, and
an a pinch-French. That year
the popular profession Caught
in the college of Fine Arts) was
Interior Decorating. AT least half
of my classmates had chosen it
as their life work and all of them
were eager to start doing over
Park Avenue apartments and re-
decorating theatre Hobbies. One
friend actually got a job at the
famous Sloan's in New York. She
worked at it, too, until her feet
swelled so badly that she got
married and stopped worrying
about other peoples furniture.
Dell, in her younger years,
planned to be a waitress; lately
she has been thinking seriously
of nursing as a profession. AS re-
Gently as last year, Sans ambi-
ton was to play professional
baseball Or be a cop -" a pri-
vate-type cop that tangles with
spy rings and gets rewards"
And / mustn't forget Edwin: he
still dreams of growing up to be
Indian chief.
I'm telling you all these things
just to show how wide is the gap
between what a person plans to
be and what he finally becomes.
In a way it's rather a pity that
so few of us attain our hearts
desires. On the other hand, I'd
hate like anything to be hanging
by my teeth right now - jap
anese butterfly or no japanese
Last year at this time our house
crawled with rope (Edwin's
work.; this year we are enduring
a barrage of pencil" balloons
(also Edwin's work.. These bal
looms are long, thin affairs, deli
cate in the extreme, terrors to
initiate, and startling to sit upon
which l am forever doing. /
really think I preferred the rope
.
I saw some CORY pictures of
The Harder They Fall in an old
Life april 16), and they nearly
kept me from reading the Budd
Schulberg book of the same. I'm
glad they didn't because the book
excellent - no doubt the pic
ture is, too, if you don't object
to a little blood along with your
The story is of FL Toro Molina,
a huge, awkward peasant, who
is brought from his native Ar
gentina by a gambling syndicate
and is given a phoney build-up
as a crackerjack prize fighter.
somewhat on the order of that
given Primo Carnera). Eddie
Lewis (played by Humphrey b.
CART in the picture) is the cynical
press agent who, too late, sees the
error of his ways. A tough book
about a tough racket, written by
an ace reporter.
l also read B~onjour Tristesse
by FRANCHISE Sagan. 1t only took
ne fifty-eight minutes or l would
have considered it a waste of
line. The only words I can think
If that apply are "decadent" and
'inconsequential.'
Took Edwin to see On the
of Space the other
lay and it frightened him so
BADLY that he had to sleep with
lis father.
Rockets, free falls, and
parachutes
Aren't fare for a little fellow.
L find it's better to see
Puss in Boots
Or Disney's Cinderella.