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FRENCH PATRIOT.
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The following poem, "Viva la
France," is one of the tendereat pic-
tures of patriotism that has conte out
of the Great War:
Vive la France;
Franceline rose in the dawning grev,
And her heart would dance though
she knelt to pray,
iF ANIhtAL8,COULD TALK.
_What Stories They Could Tell of C•n-
tury-Old Events.
For her pian Michel had holiday,
Fence In the Toddler. numberless -happy hours, • but that Fighting for France.
Pt.rbaps the greatest ,privilege is' they will never lack for playmates,
her pray'
She offered er by the cradl-
the wonderful resource of having all; because their play yard will be soughttP, Y
side, •
And with baby palms folded in beijs
she cried:
"If I have but one prayer, dear eruct- aro basking there yet, and • in the
-fled Christ—save Fraetee-!" . gees .atill..are whales that frequented
outdoors, blit this is a privilege which Lout by all the little folks in.the neigh -
the mother of young children�,i& pt - borhood.
to neglect. She herself must be in the
kitchen or near it during much of the Beets Serve.: In New Wears. •
day, and she must have her babies
'where 1 hi y are within sight. It often
follows that country -little folks spend severe. sl ne grace,
most of the time hanging drearily cool and mix with thein one cup of
If animals could talk. says Le Pele-
Mele, Paris, they would be able to tell
us first-hand of events that happened
a'hundred years or more ago___.____
The Russian eagle, for instance,
that hovered over the freezing, fam-
ishint soldiers of Napoleon while
they were retreating 'front Moscow
in 1812, still may he living, for eagles
frequently pass the century mark.
Crocodiles which were iu the
swamps of the West Indies when the
first explorer set.' foot on the islands,
-the •&oast of'France when Joan of Arc
Beets
medium'zed w beets. LetBut if I -have • two, then, by .Marrs was a 'trifid, and when, in 1415, Henry
of England, landed in Normandy
with a great 'arniy and seized Hon-
fleer_ These whales., if they could
around the kitchen where they are in cold chicken, pork or mutton, chopper&
:.
Let me look once a sin on MY dear
Carry ,me safe to the meeting place
and 'Where the way the air is not t _ .a.._y .,int. >s
''`• ` ��` ""` °�"• - �r'
always
1 of lemon jell made from felly powder ,
good. Y
•
love's face.
1 and cared t� could tel -1 tie, that in
talk
I that has been dissolved and i$ --be- ' " ' Save him for France!" ..those days , there were largwhale
Birt what else can the busy mother' +
do? She can apply to her children
the lore she has learned about little
chicks. 'Fencing will keep Att1e Chil-
dren safe from automobile haunted
roads, from wanclering cows, , from
running out of sight of 'their mother's
eyes. And there is no farm in the
'country where there is not enough
discarded material of one kind or an -
ginning• to set Mix well;. pour in a she crooned to her boy '`Oh how glad
fisheries
fisheries along the Basque coast, in
mold and let it get/ firm. Slice• and he'll be, - fact pretty generally in. the Gulf qt,
serve on a platter- or on individual Littleset e e on Gascony. For whales live several cen-
three-n2onth-old,,to exes turies, while elephants rarely pass one
plates garnished ith crisp lettuce. thee!
Place a spoonful,oft salad dressing on For, 'Rather than gold would I give,' hundred years; but carp and etows
each portion. wrote he, sometimes live two centuries.
Beet Green Salad—Cook in salted' 'Speaking of birds we may recall
'A son to France-'
water until tender; one-half 'peck of .
tender beet leaves with the tiny beets "Come, now, be good, little stray
attached, ' Drain and cool. Peel the aauterellea
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National Edueatiooa
Twelve outstanding addresses by the best
known public men and wun:ien of Canada,
the United States and England.
REPRESENTATION -is being asked from
every public orgrui.izatiou .in Canada. IP
any organization is being overlooked let
us know. In addltloi;t ample provision is
being made for, incilvidtials who will at-
tend the conference ju, their own capacity.
Address Any inquiries to •
Ts direct public at-
tention to the funda-
montal problems of
e( Jeutional systems
in. c'u+ta:ctri.-
To tionpider educa-
tal1 1n its relation. to
't:;Qian eltIz ihettlp.
.To undortake the es-
t>;.:tli.tlintent of a per-
•3iuent bureau to
supra and assist the
eilu'rti.tlouii.l • thought
of. the country.
that parrots and swan often be-
come centenarians, and it is not un-.
•usual_fora long -k aked__heron_to reach
other --- - -
1 ,
lying -about 1 of
_-- $ beets and chop the leaves. Mix the For we re going .by -by . to thy papa 60. Geese and pelicans live half a
' leaves with three chopped; hard-boiled, Michel,
',.might be e
larger advantage. i
rtoad n e. I s
t �' •,� iit�e�,:. ' eons �-..can canaries.
g tag sees, :40 t wb i ar s
-K, ,. eg+gs •t�nd.a+enbrt8 r".rrracyu>rina<ise,drressing.: Bur;. Il -aot� sem'r!'4i�>at'thot��ly P g
better~ if there is 'a tree ta• .ftirnrsli`i l
l •� ��ilt tell •tr1_ :l?ct.ilct�el:s alien rrctr•h .3n
••' l • rn the ce t
• ,Parti,idge, pheisants�,•�nightingales, and
larks live nominally from 15 to 18
years.
saytwentyi
feet nate though t
s9
century; the humble sparrow frequent -
o mots en nicer- e
some shade for hot days, but if there ' '
y of a' fhallvw al< td •bowl. ' Gaasaigh with . Littre. -proem, of France ,
is `none near enough to • the `house, a of
tiny beets, small balls of cottage ,
piece of old paper roofing ora sectionSix days leave and a year between!
of old corrugated metal roofing, or! cheese and shredded lettuce leaves. But what'would you have? In six
Beet Greens Served Hot—Cook as
some old -boards with o�lc a and ends of!
days clean,
shingles put over them will furnish' many beet tops.. as desired in salted „ WORLD'S SMALLEST RAILWAY.
Heaven -was' made said France:line,
. "Heaven and France."
' shade for hot days. water until tender. Drain and pile '
I
on a platter in a mound Dress with
Little children wish and need to be
Miniature Line in North-Western ca -
Little butter, white pepper and juice She came to'the town of the nameless nada is Profitable Enterprise.
doing something with their bodies :Ind i of one lemon and serve hot, , name,
hands every minute they are.awake, i Beet and Vegetable Salad —Cut two To the marching troops in the street The grand Island'
The problem is to, provide them with cold bailed beets in small cubes. Slice she came, stretches from end t
Railway, which
o end of an island
something to do which cannot hurt. four small, cold -boiled carrots and one And she held high her boy, like a
in. the Athabasca river, is probably
thein, which vgill help them to grow, dozen small white onions. Mix and taper flame the smallest in the world.. Then -
and which will not be too upsetting to add one cup of cold boiled peas, Dress Burning for France. tire length of the track is a quarter of
the regularity of the family life. To .with mayonnaise and ,serve in a bed a mile, and the rolling stock com-
begin with, if a load of sand is dump- of shredded lettuce leaves.
ed in one corner of the baby yard, and Baked Beets—Clean the required
Fresh from the trenches and grey prises two well-worn lorries.
with grime, Merchandise is taken to the island
Silent they'. march like a pantomime; in boats or scows, transferred to the
'But what need of music? My heart railroad and shipped again by water
beats time— at the other end. Cgstomera load the
Vire la France:,.
•-where
owner says his enterprise returns
is he?
"There is dust in my eyes, for I can-
not see—
Is that my Michel to the right of thee,
Soldier of France?" '
Then out of the ranks a soldier
Borne old spoons and wornout utensils number of .beets, plat 3 them in a pan
contributed 'from the kitchen, there containing one-balf inch of boiling
will be many hours of every day dur- I water, and bake until tender. Just
,nv whish the fe rt11ne of R m�llie!iaire : ,fi.ro rc,»��+? it Qin ,r•:
- .:b ._ts(Z. ,e.e ii•ett itis •a'
abaci give the little folks no more slice of broiled bacon and a spoonful His regiment comes Oh, then hand power across the island. The
happiness. of shredded green pepper over. the top
A piece of planed board can be nail- of each beet. Salt and pepper to taste,
ed upon four stout sticks driven into dress with a little butter• and serve
the d danother h' h h
groan an on hi her ot.
sticks put before it, and the little Beet Cup% -Peel six boiled beets
folks will have• a Bench and table and scoop out the centre tceform cups.
which cost but a few cents, and are as Chop the part removed with one cup
serviceable as the pretty painted ones I of. white fish—cold boiled or baked—
which cost ten times as. much. Potters' and six or eight stuffed olives. Add
clay can be bought for a few cents a two tablespoonfuls of thick cream,
pound and for a variation from the one tablespoonful of prepared French
fell—
"Yesterday—'twes a splinter of -shell—
And he whispered thy name, did thy.
poor Michel,
sand pile plays, young children will mustard, salt and pepper to taste and Dying for France."'
gladly turn to clay modeling: If the f juice of one lemon. Mix and fill cups. The tread of the troops on the pave
clay is kept where it can be obtained! Grate the yolks of two hard-boiled ment throbbed
easily, it is possible that one or more eggs over the top and lay rings •ol Like a woman's heart of its. last joy
of the 'children may show some stir-
rings of native ability and:begin to
try to reproduce the animal life of
the country. If the mother has time
and ability " to supervise the play, so
much the better, but if she is so busy
that she can only calf out from the
kitchen a suggestion to maker some
little cups and saucers, or a bird's
nest anti'' eggs, this will serve very
well for a beginning. •
If four strips of wood arc nailed in
the form of a square at one end of the
little table and a pan half full of
water is set securely down into' the
'square so that it will Lot tip over,
another great resource is added to the
play yard. With_an apron of oilcloths.
s spoon and an old tin cup, it is an
abnormal child, who is not happy and
harmlessly busy for long time each
day. Any ordinary child a few years
of .age loves to play with water in this
way and learns steadiness of hand and
sureness of eye which go a long way
toward insuring agreeable table man-
ners at an early age. As he grows
older a fleet of boats made of bits of
wood or walnut shells vary the fun.
An apron can b_ a made in a fcw min-
uses,, out of a le
table oilcloth. If the mother is very
' busy she can simply fasten it together
at the shoulder and back with safety
'gins. .
Children under four delight in
climbing, and if possible provision
:. - CP be made for that. A wooden
can be set a little down in the
hd,. so that it _will. not_ tip over,
the edges padded with•n bit of an
the white of eggs and a sprig o
parsley on the plate with each salad
cup.
Beet,Jelly—Pour one pint of boiling
beet juice over the contents of one
• package of lemon flavored"jelly powd-
er; add two tablespoonfuls of sugar.
Pour into mold and let harden. Serve
in squares as garnish for meats,. fish;
salads, etc.
How We 'Do Ik.
robbed,
�s she lifted her boy to the flag, and
sobbed:
"Vive la France!"
thousands of dollars a :year. and he.
claims that his is not only the small-
est, but the most profitable, railroad
in the world.
A wooden spoon is best for cake
-because the round handle'does not tire
tie hands.
Alfalfa is the cheapest home grown
feed to produce milk. There are 212
pounds of digestible protein • in one
ton and the average yield per season -
is three tons per acre. Alfalfa, by
•adding nitrogen , to the soil, gives as
much as it takes.
Minard's Liniment for sale everywhere.
SIMIEfflerIMMINENIMMEMINI
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HIS BIG TRICK
• AN ENGLISH SEASIDE STORY.'
A teaspoon bf vinegar added to each
gallon of water in the boiler in which! -
white clothes are scalded will whiten ' I.
them.—Mrs: L. M. T. Even when the holiday season is at
dh
li tableclottis,_naplcins an andker-
chiefs are, folded a'little beyond the its busiest, the -tittle seaside taws �
when ironing, they will last Brimport .is never more than comfort-
middlerriuch lolig T 3[t. it #s -ted- the edeas of' ably full, so you may at once discern
where they first wear, and by that it is not a really fashionable re-
foldsfolding not On the middle line, with so
'
mark -
each ironing they get a new crease. None the less, Brimport fords
—Mrs. R. G. ed favor with a particular section of
To bleach your handkerchiefs a the populace, which, if small, has the
trick of being' conspicuous. Strolling
pure white,- after washing, let them performers, wandering elocutionists,
soak over night in water in • which a nomadic fiddlers, and street acrobats
bit of cream • of tartar has been dis- —all such members of the ragged,
solved.—M. A. P.
w cents' worth of For gitighamss an�c outer colored cot -
readily t'i't'tessioTial art wit! always
tons, dissolve and add_to:_every pint readily champion th a merits ort g ttn-
I.
of starch, a piece of alum the size of p°'
a hickory nut to keep the colors) And yet never do they linger there,
bright.—:ors. J. K. t for the place, is far too small to sup -
I have discovered that when flannels port a stationary horde of entertain -
have, become hard 'and shrunken, they i era.
T e bbel ventriloquist,
entanoq het, m ne
may be restored to their former soft- strel in his dingy finery, alike reai:ze
Hess by soaking them a short time in that, what with the limited number of
.gasoline.—M. A P
with approval. A score of yards
away, a talented gentleman was free -
himself from a compliieation- of
knots, closely watohed by a marvelling
audience. A little further away, the
twanging of a banjo was earning pro-
fitable attention for_&. musician with
1•-a blackened face Ind a frivolous man-
ner. The professor, rejoicing in these,
symptoms of holiday benevolence, be
gan to prepare for his own perform-
ance,.
Into the sand he stuck a , shabby
banner of red -arid -white glazed calico, .
whit -h• proclaimed him to be "Professor
Busco�- thg_1Korld_!$.. Greatest ,Magi--.
cian." Smaller lettering hinted at,;
without ,affirming, Royal patronage.
On either side of the banner the pro-
fesser placed two tall, spidery tables,
telescopically -constructed of brass and
crowned with small, red plush plat-
forms.: The premier necromancer of.,
/the universe then doffed his hat, pas-;
--sed his hand through his Silvery' !!oak -s,
and was r2arly far his perforrnance to
s`,art.•
'
pre: ently the knot -defier -succeeder' •
in shaking h;maeif free -of the fina.
loop cf roue, and. fllusherl and triumrh-'
ant, teak :-�-y of- h apeetatcrs. -Then
:he. re : ; r .-d
• 't•i.t 'r,i: i created. and the ,l':t::e •crr,wd
round, is -n transferred their patro^aire
to the jir,fessr. -
•
Pr,m.• the begit r.ir, ' c°.'his F,..„ a;�; •
_Prof - - -or 1'•;'use,,o i ::d favor .:t }.
is'.'.. e. The cilearr. ",t I.
the r 'e of 7.,. fr. , i ,
,i , 'a'..art.c-'! ... .iy' i,` }.1 1•.3 „1•.
Cedar• ooh rued on the side walls visitors and -the constant' stream of
comforter, so that the inevitable and under side of shelves in closets newly. -arriving artistes, there is not
Ips are 'not too severe. The small- is good for'prev ention of moths. Tur-' enough patronage to go round if any
i children,-e♦:en the 'baby who can- ' pentine rubbed on carpets under heavy of them tarry in• ? he town.
walk, v► •ill 'rej'oiZe endlessly in furniture and in corners will keep the So that rarely Goes any, performer
ling, himself up over the edge and moths away.—M>s. J. J. 0'C. , sojourn in Br'mport for more than a
S :. Piece
- .g, - e1 r, and- itt' nightfall - ne plisses en,
belting down into the boli,_ -Cher,.- e• ironing day. �-
.. ,l - 1 zr- ole! l.id ' .urea for
_ Sew 5 iece from the., left an't tet l -e' is e..t '1Yttetlt le Q -"i
j exerci�_:,�,_ every mu,�cTe of h:s • P gjore on to . ._- .
abbd'y. ' !the' palm of the right one, and you 'For the cnarnt of Primnort for these
Little chi::-Iren cannot co-ordinate ,�t-ijl find your hand is saved from be people is not f.banetal,-hut ger
segrarhi-
their mu!es quickly enough to pias '• coming blistered, whi:e the fingers cal. Brimport is the :first link ilii that,
ball with mt:ich pleasure, hut if a large and back_oi-the.hand will be protected chain of . eas.tte -o,, ,,?z, ,,,• and .mall,
soft ball is strspetided by a lotto cord • from the scorching heat which: is so which str_t -hes a!er- .he :coast for
they •can swirg it' back gni forth to c:arna';'irg to the sk n --Mrs': J. J. 'Q'C' forty rn
At Br:'- t ' rr. Y'; r-
' each other with ever-increasing skill, ex;;c
and •he• should have Tubb ball ' ier►ced -e a , : --r - r 'r,c trios
roll to and fro on the' grouted. AIf -a A 'Simple Cure. ' 1-t
two-by-four hoard • .is laid • on' the Th: little errintry .inn -was 'Pic.kn�r:ler'.:
routld. the little. folks. Will find much -ture3que, but leaky.. -Late cne night hti
iz
fun in tri :r L• to walk along it, and, thus , a guest rang his bell ::rke.nt!y..and the '
acquire a cor.sid'erable addition to landlord- answered. . , ;, , t
their capacityfar w :lr:inrg straight. "1 Fay-, look. Aare.•'• •aborted the' in- 13
and mi4nagin•g their 1' i : A p'-ile ei; ignant traveler. whir wt•s-still in bed.
hay or straw • to jump into will' save 'That raof's letting in. the; rain, anti+
the little '';. rtt.:t=;3 frr,ni amts ar.'.i i'in-dr�:rr•ht`�d." '
trill . e e • - ' . .� ' 7-1.1 e r y � �. rf. sir. r r -'a ai7 ;` :T" n _,
• hotrt.;ng in- glitz !;au y-ar,i need lrtell:.>rcl au.ihtriy. es l,r. •1*r" ,+1: A
• cost a fare.e:'• '•,;,..".y m:,e than a fah- r:;nutr• i it _. 'Le: t ..:.
ft' •'.- C l'rl.. r'.'' .• `:1.}it' ., . , , tt.1C time an,''. :Tt2•% «�a':i 'el.
,
- _ _ - - - -` - - _
plauded, and made UP their mind§a to
contribute liberally to his eoFlec±tn, f
and yet, vaguely, an underc'irrent of
sympathy for -him stirred continuous='
ly beneath their.holiday mood.
The professor, having exhausted the
possibilities of a pack of cards as far;
as he was •able, began the manipula-
tion of three billiard balls, essaying'
their appearance .and disappearance
at his will. But here his hands had
lost- their -dexterity, and net once ' orT
twice, but many times, did the balls
slip from, his finers and fall. on 'Mat-
tiny-
a'r
tiny- squar ,;o ,l h - a
y t e f ill i~lot � h:°cit" he hi►ni'=
aisly .:i io] li t' al pat
His audience, , , G
tending around him
in a wide ring, began to feel move
and more sorry for him. They felt
th the end of his performance would
come as a 'reliefto them; the'
spectacle of ,his departing- skill strain-
ed their sympathy a little too tightly
for it to be -comfortable.
The professor himself seemed -aware
of the kindly tolerance with v,hich l4e
was being watched, and it appeared to
unnerve him still more. His efforts
with the billiard balls. failed more,Aand't
more signally, till at last he sorrow-
fully apologized to the throng for his '.
clumsiness, andpassed on to the next;
And now some of -the vanished -ex-
He• did
returned to him.
item on his program..
P
amazing things with coins, making
them disappear into the breeze, re-
covering them from the trimming of
ladies'hats, and finding them on the'
tips of little boys' noses, in gentle -
me
n s pipes,and`nmanner
allother
ef-urif%kely-ptaees. (, -
He w as ' working •,more confidently
now. For his su,t c eding feat he bor-
rowed a' gentlernan's hat, and from it
he pibduced an astonishing variety of
articles—paper fans, imitation flowers,
'national flags, and such like things,
ini:ongruous to the interior of a hat,
(To be concluded.)
Perfume--ef Wiiite Flowers. ------
According to the 'investigation of a
lutanist, out of •4;300 ,apec,es of flow-
i, tltitivi=t i'r1' 1+t..F..t eoi,te"ortly 420 os
with -Wli:ta' or cream -c lor.etl 'p'etals,
Q
we are told, are more frequently 'odi-
ferous than others. Neat in order
collie the yellow flowers, then the red,
then the blue, and finally tho_ violet,
whereon only thirteen varieties out of
the 30'3 give off a pleasant perfume.
In the whole list, according to -this
authority, 3,380 varieties are offensive
odor, and 2,300 have no perceptible
melt, either •
good or bad....
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' Write 'it on your heart that^'every
day' is the best day pf,the year.—Em-•
erson.
All • grades. Write for prices.
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WIRELESS PHONE
IN TIMES OF PEACE
THE MOVEMENTS OF' ZEPPELINS •
WERE EASILY FOLLOWED.
Success of System Proved Under War
Conditicns Holds Great Promise
For Future.
The utility of the wireless telephone
and of the ,system of direction firidiii*
by .wireless instruments .(recently de-
n onstratecl at the Marconi works a't
C'lielrasford, England, has been proved
to ba -very great in war: it is hoped
and co,iticfetitly anticipated .that 'theirr•
rises in peace will be, equally great.
Ther- the widest aubli ..y for
Therefore
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their systems .is desired tY;t'io Mar-
coni Company, who have Lia:t ratable
to'sheak publicly during the 'Oriod„ot
hostilities concerning the progress of
their investigations: 5It i.. r -ow com-
nion knowledge that 1.,• rtietns of
stations, placed in conve.t:e...-t';;arts of
tlio French and British coasts, the
movements of Zeppelins were follow-
s ed -without diiliculty. A Zep lin; cross-.
,England during the night- would..
speak
ould--
speak to a German /station .by wire-
less, . perhaps asking for its position.
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craft with respect to their 'own, in-
strument; these bearings were im-
mediately passed on to the Admiralty.
where the bearings were plotted on a .
map, and in an incredibly short space
'of time the position of the Zeppelin
was accurately located. 13y that means
also his course and probable inten-
tions' could be estimated. '
Located Enemy Submarines. -
Nor 'was this Jhe sole use of wire-
less --direction finding• in this -area. A
-submarine coming from it:, lair oir the
I - Belgian and German coasts could be'
located by the same means, and given
a sufficient number of "positions,” and
the open passages through the Ger-
man mine flelds•eould be found—for
the mines were 'not.
-Fur artillery work in the field the
portable variety of wireless telephone
was extremely useful, even on the
western. front, while in open warfare
where vast distances have to be Cover
ed, as in the Near ,East and on the
northwest frontier of India, its poten-
tialities satisfy the most 'exacting of
military requirements. The smallest
guaranteed range of the telephone=
station over normal flat country is
sixty miles, but it is 'capable of carry-
ing much' greater distances,' in favor
able circumstances. It can be trans-
ported either on four hack -horses or
on a vehicle, and requires at. most six
men to work it. Steel masts thirty
feet longe are carried, supporting a
single horizontal aerial, while the
transmitting and receiving apparatus
can tie permanently set up inside the
vehicle. The generating set consists
of a two -cylinder petrol engine driv-
ing . a high frequency ' half -kilowatt
alternat5r. ' .
Now that the 'inventions. of war
time are being utilized to further
peaceful ends, a` -long vista of useful
purposesqo which wireless telephonic
and 'direction finding instruments can
he put is opened up.. Already ex-
perts have said that directional wire -
i less is the; key .to successful commer-
cial drying tti-rough-its capacity for . ' -
overcoming obstacles to,navigation
provided by unfavorable weather.
.J&
'Useful In Sparsely Settled Countries.
In •tire same way shipping will re-
ceiv:e external aselstance• 1n finding
the whereabouts When necessary, and
in the wireless telephone will find a
cheaper method of communication
with the shore and With passing ves-,
sels than the `.permanent maintenance
rodbo .. •.�•, •- .�•
Lor. Again, for wart in"countries of
long distances and -vast areas thinly
populated, as for instance. China,
South America, and Africa, the Mar-
gin! 'Company anticipates a great de,
mend will be made on their resources,
as the possibilities of wireless -tele-
phony are more fully realized.
At their works at Chelmsford be-
tween 600 and 700 workpeople are em-
ployed on the making of instruments.
Many of the larger parts are procured •
from other firers, as in the case of en- •
;cities, lint in the series of workshops
it fs •Tmssihle.to see transmitting' ami
ret•c•it nig 'sets in the process of mane- -
fieture (ruin start to �inisch.^- In one
s3toi,-,-1 i a rl4-ens' h .t a hiwuy solid-.- -...-
'•:,chs eauv:hirh the delicate. instru-
ments tire :+11r_rr,iird to be fixed are
•Pitt together. in ariot.her, screws of
v;►'rirnt;; types. are made. 111 i'till an-
ether,. The Parts ",are classified and
,r,'1, to he out- later' and as -
aha a r1 as R complete instrument,
one sl i11et1 tn;tri, or by s:wf•r-
al girls va ilo have bean trained tinder
• the fail., rt•i . n of fnreni n 10 do each
;i ;la is+l 1::,1t of the• •work. i''inally
t: i;:- ''eta ,tare 'fl xe+l into their
c';tii0:,f,,r1n aircraft, or•
• and `;11!T'•a et' in th+' avid. ail the time
tl'r' .:iii,;;: ::i;;;, being kept free from
.r1+tF1 ay a t'ri•ris cif v.cc•uum cleaners
t',',ic h ,.re i;:t,c,per:ttion.
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