Three Faiths

Last week hundreds of Irish Hospital Sweepstakes ticket holders were looking forward to rich rewards from the Grand National. In Midland, Ont.. a pious Protestant churchgoer named Mrs. Charles Fenton tore up a ticket worth $4,950. Her husband had bought it in her name. Mrs. Fenton thought this was plain gambling, and Mr. Fenton, gloomily agreeing, spent some of his own hard-earned money cabling the Irish Sweepstakes to keep the $4,950.

A smart Toronto reporter asked a Protestant, a Jewish and a Catholic divine what they thought of Mrs. Fenton's act, revealed the following replies:

Rev. W. A. Parks of the United Church of Canada: "She is quite right."

Rabbi Samuel Sachs: "She did not have to tear up the ticket, but since she felt it was proper, she was certainly right."

Monsignor Michael Cline: "Life suffers more from monotony than from adventure. Risk is only censurable when it is too big for the one who undertakes it. ... The lady in question failed to draw the line between a legitimate risk and a foolhardy plunge. ... My opinion of the lady is that expressed by Wordsworth: All too good for human nature's daily food."

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