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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1942-09-10, Page 8ti nt Each e Fireflies Needed For Research Work, ETtptains The New Yorker Ligon fireflies had no . value in AlePopen ;market• anti/ a couple. of 'weeks age. :when a man named Gilbert T; se/kali-dung Put an ;a,(% zeertiaentent in the personal: col - ulna of The Sunday Tilaes, ot c6'- Js>g .one cent apiece 'for thein, plus Pilotage. We made a rotiline check- up, naturhliy suspecting some sort -• Of prank„ but Mr. SchMidling turn-, .ed • out to be perfectly dead -pan. He does research in the . field of artificial light„,working bye day as technical director of ,the •Fluor: escent . Pigments Corporation, • a• • focal, fires now specializing in In - . n. •urinous • blackout supplies, . and experimenting by night. 'with fire- flies- in the hope' of eventually; tieing aIIe to produce a commerc- • ia1Iy practicalwhite 'illumination fro organie cltenaicafs. The fillet step, 'Itfr, Schmi:dlfng' told us; is to breed a firefly. which will give'a pure -white' light, collie thing .that no firefly in its natural ttate'is prepared to doat present ft may come as a surprise. to you to learn that fireflies- give • off lights of different 'colorer in dif- ferent parts of the, country. Wash- ington, :D:C., fireflies glair` red, for- example- On- the right bank of the Hudson, the 'fireflies' .lights are . 'blue-green; on this side • they're: Yellow -gr e• en. if Mr.' Shine:idling 'is successfulin pro-:• dt cing: as' firefly with a white 'fait- I ght,. h _prilf .them 'switch _•his, og readarche to certain Iumfinilna marine organisms„ which: . are Thirflar titan, .fireflies , to• breed but., y1e;thefr Iuntinons element more reader' After the marine organ- isms comes: synthetic production: M Schmidifng; 2.ipects to bo tied art with fireflies for. another three years at Feast. since, he won't startbreeding them until .1943 and their `life cycle is two years. The glowing .'7d a form: of mating sig- nal', ignal', as..you .probably knoev.s .',!'he eggs are- deposited in the amend; 'the grub .hies in the Fail and 'digs in miff -Spring of its second year., when ':'it• emerges as .a fu11-- ilIov n flreQgkirtb.is state it feeds °actuate' err on snails. (Really-) Then it mates, and the cycle of ' firefly life starts once again. Elie- flies�' grow at . irregular. ?ni eryais, tint the female' or at feast one, ver 'fetir always' takes ; exactly .21 sec- entrby to respond to her„ beano' fEaslr , The firefly's chemical secret IS g combination of air, water, and two diffussliia thermostable com- pounds ompounds mined Incfferin 'andUnci- ferng Aa nearly, as; tine entola- ologfsts candope it out, trio firefly turns hie light on . by shooting moist air through a tube . in his after, or. Itiminaue, part-. Thirty _ years ago a. Freniehmen named Di3liais fl . . gnre(i-ant a way oi' pa,Tt ✓ . . ing two solutions of the grid:ra utr bodies of 'fireflies, one fn. hot water and one is cold, .and mix- ' tog the two to get the same effect the living firefly does when court- • ing That's -as near as science has come to feolating luciferer'and Inefferase • To date; Mr.Schnridling, .fn an j 'aver .ta his ad, has received 943 fireflies, all in, good' working order. life also ,hes a supply of snails living in a terrarium and waiting. • lee be eaten. tree had definite promises of several hundred ad- ditional fireflies from as far' away as . Ohio and Maine. 'one ".man Wrote in excitedly to say that be expected to corner the Ioeal mark- et with a juvenile Fatter' pool: Mr. Schmfdling wrote back and said go ;ahead; he's prepared to bay up to 15,000 fireflies. ' War Costs Canada s ' $7,000 A Minute Some people wonder Why the Government is asking . the. _people . to invest at least 25 cents, a day in war savings stamps, gays the Lethbridge Fterald. Lf every one of the 12,000,000 •people in Can- ada were to folio -w' this advice „it would provide fi 3,000,00(5 a day for the war effort.. P " But that wouldn't', be enough. The tear is costing, Canada $ 7,000 a minute -$168800 an hour,' $4.- 032,000 a day, So that . even' if every man, woman and child in Canada 'in- cluding the babes in ar'm's were to invest 25 cetrts a day in stamps eve `would still be over million dollars short of the daily cost Canadians have :' undertaken a tremendous job, and they're going . _ to seeit through. ' It will mean. Tong •hoursof work. a Lower standard' of living', 'stein •saving to provide the money for the war: Anyone who isn't foIIowing such a r me is guilty of a • bit of slat ing. ' We wouldn't Iike til be considered slackers in,,the eyes of the boys in uniform are giving uniform d�' their all. The George-Washingtery Bridge across the Hudson River Varies 30 inches in length between the year- ly. extremes 'in temperature. a V ei s ane P'Iant's *Daily Out •- of . ti®., it raft Guns.. A pretty sight for'American eyes is this symetricai line-up of Bofors anti-aircraft gums --covered and ready . for. 'shipment -a typical day's production at the Firestone Tire and; Rubber Co. in Akron: Now lin rout aSsernbly line production, the 'plant turns out 30 or more of these weapons .dally. Have You Heard "Sure, and what a night it is!" said the Irishman at a party. "It's simply pouring." Yoe can't go home in .twat downpour," remarked the host. "You had better stay the night with us." The 'Irishman` disappeared and. returned Some timelater soaking, I• "Where have you been?" asked the host. "Homefor my • pyjamis," re- plied, the Irishman. • THE Germans have ordered all copies, of Shakespeare's works -to be pulped.. Before the war they acclaimed him as a true Aryan dramatist, but now, as a humorist pats it, tlmy've discovered he isn't really Hitreratore_ s • The - very irate golfer stalked' up to the woman who was surround- ed by her offspring. - "Yon must take your children away from here, madame," he. said; "this is no place for them." "Don't you worry," replied the woman pleasantly, • "they can't hear nothing new. Their father was a sergeant major?' Bobb: "A little bird_told , ose what kind of a lawyer your father is." / Johnny: "What.. did the bird say?" . "Cheap, cheap-" "Well, it, ••duck , told me what Find of a doctor your - father is!" Tlie • following' taken from a petty cash hook, ' is surely the world's shortest' novel- Advert. for typist, 2s.; typist's salary, £2; 'flowers, 5s; choco- lates, 7s. 6d.; typist's salary, £3; • sweets . for , wife, 6d.; Winnie's salary, £4; dinner and theatre for Winnie and self; £10, I0s.; fur coat for wife, £150; advert. for male typist, 2s.. , Magistrate:. Yon 'say you " were arrested while quietly attending to your business. What is . your business? , Prisoner: I'm a burgiair, sir! Hitler was interviewing his, troops, and stopped to talk to one • - "How are ,things with you?" he asked. "Oh, I' can't complain, sir," an: steered the soldier, 'say you" can't,' . agreed the Fed -up salesman . - I'm sorry, madam, but we bays no shoes which are small on the outside and large on the inside. What . Science Is Doin • GEOPHAGIA Many a homesick ' or sardonic -- Northern Negro, writing to South- ern friends, says, "Ship • me a bag of good dirt to eat,'? Time ob-. serves. - Soneetimes' he means it.. Even in the Yazoo -Mississippi delta, Negroes : and whites send requests to their; utreotinfty friends for re bit of red clay, declaring that black delta soil is "right. bad''eat- ing." In certain parts of Missis- sippi, poor whites will walk miles for a spoonful of dirt from a 'favorite bank of clay, because it "tastes sour, like' .a lemon." In Other sections of the South, some top their meals with a savory \ tablespoon of dirt, believing that it is "good for them," despite its constipating effects. What makes people eat •dirt? Two scientists at Mississippi- State Col -lege, Doctors Dorothy •Dickins and Robert N. ' Ford, (thinkthey know why: lack of iron i4 the diet: Science News Letter re- ported some results of their in- vestigation among 207 Negro school children in Oktibbeha Coun- ty, Mississippi_ At Ieast a quarter of the children admitted' eating dirt. Most of the dirt -eaters had less of the iron -rich food, each as Molasses, mustard. greens, liver, in their diet than did the non - dirt -eaters. Andas fait as the scientists could' find out, the cra - . ing„ for .dirt (known as geophagia) .' has nothing to do with hookworm, .as many doctors firmly believe, for hookworm is very rare in geo- phagous Oktibbeha County. Gals and Guns ---Good Combination 6 ^ Girl• workers in the "driver's seats"- of Bofors anti-aircraft guns, made at Firestone plant in Akron find the complicated weapons are easy, to handle. Company employs hundreds of girls in assembly , and precision work on the gting. MODERN ETIQUETTE By Roberta Les 1. Is it correct for an em- ployer•'to introduce his secretary to a caller' by. saying, "Mr. Jones, this is my secretary, Miss Brown," or shouldn't he give the woman's name filet, "Miss' Brown, this is Mr. Jones?"' = 2. What should be done with the, knife afterusing it for 'cut- ting food? 3, Should a guest ever join in a family argument? 4.. Is it absolutely required that a person give the reason for declining an invitation? • 5. Is it proper for a man to smoke a pipe at a :formal affair? 6. What is the meaning of "elite," and how is it prionOuneed? ANSWERS 1. In the business world, the most important person .is mention- ed first, "ltgaritlessof sex. ,2. Place the knife• at the upper right hand edge of . the plate, • and on the plate,.. never with the handle resting on the table. 3: Never. The guest mast not take sides, and if he can do so quietly and without notice, he should lease the room or walk away. 4. It. is not obligatory that one do so, but unless it is a very intimate reasor one should explain why, and With regret. Otherwise, the hostess might resent a curt "Sorry, I cen- not accept." - 5. This ,is some- times done, brit it cannot he cal- led good form. 6. "Elite" is a noun, meaning the choice our se- lect part; especially a group or ebody considered or treated as so- cially superior. 'Pronounce a-Iet; a as in ate, e as in me, accent last syllable. I HOW CAN 1? By Anne Ashley . Q How can I save sugar when making white cake frosting? A When making plain white frosting for a- cake, add . about two tablespoons of cornstarch] and use less sugar. This, saved sugar, and the frosting will re- main thicker and softer. It is especially good for fruit cakes. Q. How can I repair a small • leak in a water pipe? A. Li the water pipe leaks just the least bit, wind around the leak with some adhesive tape and brush over this with shellac. A small leak can be very success- fully mended inthis manner. • Q. How can I tell the differ- ence between boiled eggs and un- boiled ones when .they liave be- come mixed? - ' A. Spin the eggs on a table. Tlie boiled dues will whirl around, fast, but those that are raw 'will make- only one or two turns. Q. How can I' remove small pieces of soap that have worked themselves down into the sink drain? A. Pour down some boiling water to melt and wash -the pieces of 'soap away. Soap will not clean waste pipes; use washing soda for that purpose, as soap will clog the pipes. • Q. What tail 1 do to furniture that hasbecome so dried that it refuses to take a polish? A. Applywith a` soft cloth a ^ solution made of three parts lin- seed ° oil to one part turpentine. After this, wipe with a cloth which has been dampened with a•1- cohoI, and let stand for a few, minutes. The Brit:sh Perue .:Minister, who his is First lord pf the Treasury, recehhe A salary of £ 10,000 a year. British Bomber Pies To Canada Four -Engined Lancesters Te Be Btrilt in Canada l?irst of Britain's •mighty four- engined bombers to come to this. continent a giant gyro Lancaster Landed at Dorval airport, Montreal, last week after a trans-Atlantic flight:. ' - Fresh from the production lines of a British factory. the lomat-tit- er casw er anwas flowzl. from , England for demonefration in C da where the lastest edition oft this multi - motored bomber will soon be built in quantity far the Royal Ale Force. Captain of- the ` aircraft was ;Clyde Aangborn, Well-known 'Am- erican long-distance flier. He and, his, crew' were Welcomed by Air. Curet •Marshal' Sir Frederick 'Bow- Bill, ,officer'• commanding the'Hoyal Air Force ferry command in Mon- ,E;uns Losci'•ed'. ' The Lancaster delivered to Can- ada carried full. armament - the most formidable yet fitted in..;any' bomber and capable.. of ' dealing with at least two enemy fighters attacking simultaneously- Canadian versiort, of the Lan- caster" will embody •improvements represented in the latest model Capt.' Pangborn praised the Lan - easter he .Piloted to Canada, say- ing: • "It handles beautifully -like a munch lighter aircraft. It is very manoeuvrable, andit, takes off and lands very easily " He Said `-tire : Atiantic. `trip .was uneventfrie The . aircraft, carrying • special •freight, . left Britain with a mali- mum load of more than 60,000 pounds and no, attempt was made to achieve an unusually ,fast crossing. - c ,' Top' Speed 300 Miles According to recently published statements, the Laneaster carries a bomb load of eight tons. The bomb compartment, 1I.II33 . feet long, can take. the ` biggeist , bombs yet devised. it has a top speed of around 300 nines an hour • while itsrange is 3;000 miles:; The Lancaster' is 'a mid -wing, all -metal monoplane, powered by four Rolls-Royce Merkin• engine producing 1,250 horsepower 'at • 12, 250 .feet with low gear super- charger and 1,175 horsepower at . 21,000 feet with a high gear sniper charger in operation.• It has a wing span of 102 feet, ismore than 69 feet long and. '20, feet high. • . Armament ie formidable. It has 10 machine, guns in four turrets in the nose, mid-upper and mid - under and in the tail.,' The four tan guns are fed by ling ammgni- tion tracks ,extending alongthe side of the rear jpselage. All vital parts of the plane are covered by • half a ton of armor plate either as integral parts of -the-structure-orr-as -additional--prpo--• tection. - g ' Bison' Roam Forest Areas In Poland Bison are usually, associated with the Canadian praifieei but• there-. are forest areas in Po- land where not onlythe bison roam,^ but where wolves and wild- cats live in tehir wild state says 'The Windsor Staff. When the Nazis ordered Amore trees from PpIish , forests, Marshal Goering stepped in to preserve the hunt- ing areas ' from the woodsman's • axe: Ile still likes to take time off from the war to go •shooting... Not only are the Nazis denud- ing Poland, but the Germans are trying to destroy the Polish race. Families have been broken up, with some members •being sent to work in one part of Germany,' while others are put at forced labor in other parts of the Reich. The Germans have never for- given the Poles for taking over „ some of the most valuable mineral - arers of •Germany after the fast war. The plan todestroy Poland and the ' Polish people its an ef- fort to prevent that happening again. ,4' j e6nes &tress MIAMI NOMI L. FEMALE WEAKNESS Lydia E. Pfnkhaa)'S vegetable Compound not catty helps relieve monthly pain but arse wenn; nervi- otil feelings -clue to monthly func- tional dlsturbanices.It helpsbuildtup resf_'tance against dlstre;,s of "diffi- cult days." Made in Canada. . GROWN IN BUNNY, SOUTHERN ONTARIO Ex -Lake Boat. On1 War Assignment Detroit ;sane, an airplane terrier for 'they first time ]stat.. week, when e the IJ. -S. S. Wolverine, once the longest liner -on the lakes, Steam- ed proudly' up the river to her; as- 'signment' in the 'war. When 'she ;was the Seeandbee,, of the Cleveland .& Buffalo Tran sit Company, the 500 -foot ship carried >as many as 2,30.0 pas- sengers in a cruise to Mackinac Island, Duluth and Chicago_ Now her staterooms and pro- menade decks'were gone, replaced by a huge flight deckthat extend- ed at least 100 feet begyond the water line astern, and ]almost es far forward of the how: Her four funnels and the, bridge had been Protect soar BOOKS cad CASH frogs FIRE cad ' THUMBS- We. have s else and type of 'sate, or Cablaet, for . ■aypurpose- Mut a� or write eel grit :es,' ete, :* . nom..► aro r J.6cJ.TAYLDR uMrr o TORONTO SAFE WORKS I45- Prost St.. E., 'T'oronto • Establlahed 1 moved to (starboard, leaving bili flight deck clear. As she passed Detroit, answer • - ing 'salutes , from craft on, both o sides of the• river,, three training • ptlaneii were. in line' ,on' the, deck and inany,more were -in the hold. `Ilio• Wolverine probably is the • „only ,Side -Wheel aircraft .Carrier in• the World: • It' will. tie Used' to train thousands of • Navy airmen' • in carrier. •tactics. { FARM MACHINERY SALESMEN * Yon em still make wood money ever if war prl oriden are makl.g It i n- perodble for ;ala to get d elivery of your Line. This advertiser' wants a good represent him as -local distributor is several choice territories. The job, Which can dovetail with your present connection, is selling, to deniersa nee- =_ its,g ii e.... --::e . s -� ;� farm . machinery , equip- meat vchlch retails at EIB to $25 per unit Y,.0will find . this n very, interest- ' lag, proposition:. Write ' Box 31), 73 Adelaide St• W-, Toronto. 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