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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1955-04-20, Page 3When A Cat Almost Ruined The Fashion Hints S' 5. THE FARM FRON K, Barclay Warren, BA., OM. Aszva RELIGIOUS Kuronmff 2 Chronicles Memory Selection. The Lord Is with you, while Ye he with him; and if ye seek him, he Will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will for- sake you. 2 Chronicles 15:2. The kingdom of Judah ,had drifted from GOO, It is written of the first king, "When Reit"- bOam. had established the king, dom, and had strengthened him- self, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him." His son, Abijah, walked in all the ways of his father. Then Ass of the next generatiOn ascended the throne. He. "did that whit was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God." The era Of warfare gave way to 10 years of peace and prosperity. Then when . Judah was attacked by Ethiopia, Asa enlisted God's help and the LORD smote 'the Ethiopians before him. Theft Azariah, the, prophet, encour* aged Asa to .carry out further reforms by putting away the abominable idols out of the land and renewing the altar of the Lord. See part of his message in the memory selection. Asa heeded and the work was cli- maxed by a great gathering in Jerusalem which "entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul." Never were leaders of state more perplexed than they are today. They need the encour- agement of ministers who ought to be prophets of God. The needs are much the same today. While gambling and prostitu- tion and other evils are openly tolerated we can hardly expect GOci's blessing to be richly up. on us. Where Sunday' sports have gained an entry 'pressure is being exerted to have the field, widened. In TorontO the sport car racing promoters want to ,get in on the .money. '01 course a camel is never satis- fied with just , gettirigrhis',head in the tent. Are the 'clergy bold enough to denounce these and other evils? Can they coniniand sufficient support that our lead. ere would be encouraged to de something about it? We need a cleansing of the indral eonao“ science, The clergy should lead the way in promoting it.‘ Bible Society Fund Goes Over The Top The Canadian Auxiliaries have exceeded their objective for the Third Jubilee Fund, by over $75,00Q announced the Rev. Dr, A. H. O'Neil at the meeting of the national executive of the Britian and Foreign. Bible so, ciety some weeks ago. $443,539 has bene raised during the past three Years for this fund which commemorated the beginning of Bible Society work one hundred and fifty years agq. In addition contributions from Canada dur- ing 1954 have made is possible to send overseas fer ,regular world-wide work the ,record sum of $330,180, an increase Of $60,000 •over the subscriptions of three years ago. There were also special gifts for work ',in Austria, West Germany, cen- tral Europe, East Afriea, Korea and, India.. ' Over 15,000,000 , Bibles, Tes- timents and Scripture portions have been distributed in this country during the past fifty years by, the British and Foreign Bible SOPierY Dr. O'Neil told the meeting. Unrecorded millions of volumes Of the Holy Scriptures were circulated by the various Auxiliaries prior to the federa- tion in 1904 which resulted in the formation of the Canadian Society. More then a million and a half copies have been presented to New Canadians at ports of en- try., Whenever possible these have been Gospels printed with English and the recipient's own language -,• in parallel columns., .1,316,422 New Testaments and Bibles have been given to men and women in the armed forces since the beginning of World War I. Over 16,000 special Bibles were given to Grade VII school children throughout the country last year to mark the 150th anniversary of the found- ing of the British and Foreign Bible Society. King Of Fashion When activity on the stage ceased, Alicia (Markova) 'was Mg „tom enjoying the company usually to be found in her &M- at Pierre, her only intimate friend in Monte Carlo, Pierre was the theatre cat, Alicia miss. ed the companionship of her Sisters just as ,she Missed the affection of the family cat, She suggested to GuggY that they might buy a kitten, but the idea was soon dismissed. Alicia was soon consoled, when she met Pierre, It was a case of love at first aight. Often she would find Pierre sitting outside her dress- ing room `awaiting her arrivail„ He had a saucer of milk in the corner of the room, as well as a cozy bed made nut of the lid of a hatboxx and a badly worn Pair of tights. Ususally Alicia '; would choose fish for her mid- day meal, so that she could take a scrap to Pierre, which he en- joyed on his bed while she was dressing for the, performance. As I passed Alicia's door I would, often hear a liVely flow, of con- versation as .she chatted, , Pierre. This friendliP With theatre "° cats became a' ,joke. In ,each, theatre Alicia sehmed to form an. attachment for the cat, which invariably took up residence in her dressing ,room during.: our stay, - It was Peter, the stage-door cat at His Majesty's Theatre in London, who caused an/order to be issued concerning the rela- tionship between members. of the Diaghileff Ballet and pets of the feline world. Like Pierre in Monte Carl, Peter fell in love with Alicia, and all went well until a, certain performance of Les SylPhicies. Alicia was danc- ing one of the Miseries, as they are called in the ballet, one of the coryphees who dance two or three steps more than the corps de ballet and thus imagine them- selves on the ,*ay to stardom. The orchestra was playing, the dreamy prelude. Grigorieff cast a final glance at I the dancers grouped on the stage ready fin' the rise of the curtain. To his horror, he saw Peter's head peeping around a piece of scenery in search of Alicia. With Only a split second of time, he dashed across the stage, and the'offend- ing animal wasoinder lock and key before . the static dancers melted into,, 'member's' ,motion. After tha 'member's''of the corn- .' panY,' 'were discouraged from making friends with theatre pets lest their appearance on the stage should wreck an entire ballet. So Alicia had to seek consolation elsewhere — From "Alicia Markova," by Anton Donn., AN ALL-WEATHER coat of smart simplicity cut with an eye for rain or shine. Fashioned of Phaeton Flannel, an acetate-blend fabric that banishes wrinkles or muss 'when it's damp and drizzly. Handsome silver buttons highlight the front opening and turn back cuffs. .5 ?lir grey squirrels to what should be done about the three and one half million wild ducks 'which feast on the farmers' crops in the prairie Provinces each year, * The conference attracted al- Most 1,000 wildlife enthusiasts from. Canada and the United states who generally agreed that there is a great need for continu- ous sound management of the extremely important and abun- dant wildlife resources of this country. *" * Delegates a the conference, therefore, received with enthu- siasm an announcement by Dr. Ira Gabrielson, president of the Wildlife Management Institute, to the effect that Canadian. In- dystrie,s ..(14q4) Limited has latinched' a new conservation program which provides fellow- ships and grants to Canadian students for field research pro- `JecWiri ''Wildlife management. r , * * Dr. Gabrielson pointed out that with Canada's increasing population,, demands on wildlife resources are also • increasing Which, in turn increases the problems of thewildlife Manage- ment authorities. * * * While the C-I-L program un- doubtedly will be of great value in providing additional trained .men, to meet growing conserva- tion problems, its success in lerge measure is dependent upon the understanding of the public. Canadians, should have a sympa- thetic appreciation of the aims and aspirati6ns of the profes- ..sional wildlife managers and be ready to assist them in every way possible. ' * All ,of us 'should know, for examPle,'that wildlife conserva- tion zis a long range program dealing not only with bag limits, but with soil, water and, forest resources; with the study and control'of wildlife diseases; ciVer" and under population of wildlife; carrying •capacities of forest, field and stream; migration of birds and animals; insects'affect- ing wildlife, and many other aspect's. * * Professional wildlife managers are working for all of us in, this generation and for those in fu- ture generations. But, any plans to be succeisfill must enjoy the SUP*POrt and co-operation of all Canadians;' 'whether they „,be hunters, anglers or birdwatchers. Tax on Horsepower WAY OVER HIS READ A stern employer was reprl, mending one of his clerks. "Mr Smith, I understand you've been going over my head." "Not that I know of, sir," ven- tured the timid man. "Humph," snorted the boss. "isn't it true that you've been praying for a raise?" Do you agree that the ugliest thing about a woman is her knees and that she should always hide them? Well, French .fashion, designer Christian Dior does. But then he has also said: "No fashion is ever successful unless it can be used as art instrument of seduction." Tubby, brilliant Dior (height 5 ft. 2 in.) is today the world's undisputed king of fashion. Mil- ions of women obey his do's and don'ts. He's a very rich man — and, believe it or not, a very shy man, with a pleasant, soft voice and sensitive hands. When Dior shows a spring col- lection in London at' least 1,200 beauty-conscious men and wom- en sit enthralled as they watch a parade of the most elegant clothes in the world. Most clostly dress at his, 1950 spring show, Was worth 700,000 francs ($2100) and took nearly 300 yards of material. Dior thinks out many of his finest creations while strolling beneath the trees on his fruit farm in. France. Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking man ODOM 00P 1900 nomoomma INWOOD ODOM AMBOONDOO HUD DOOM IWO 000 OD WEI MHO MU moon owo M000 DEPH ©MOM ®©EOEIMUOM WW 019115000 smomounns eon uonon sno I want (who does not want?) a wife, Affectionate and fair, To solace all the woes of life, And all its joys to share; Of temper sweet, of yielding will, Of firm yet placid mind, With all my faults to love me still, With sentiment refin'd. —John Quincy Adams. In a month to six weeks the new lawn is usually ready for its first mowing. This should be done with a sharp machine which will cut clean and not pull out the tender grass. An an- nual application of commercial fertilizer, rich in nitrogen, will usually keep a lawn healthy and able to crowd out' most weeds. The rest can be removed with a spudder or by spraying with one of the chemical weed,killers applied carefully according to directions. To build and maintain a good lawn requires some care but it is more than worth any effort and the moderate ,expense. With- out a centre-piece of fine lawn as foreground for shrubbery, flower gardens, trees, and the home itself, no garden layout, no matter how costly, will be a real success. Cultivation Killing weeds is only one of the reasons for cultivation*. The big gain is the improvement in the texture of the soil. Cultiva- tion lets in air, breaks up the clay lumps, makes the soil more open so that it will absorb and hold more moisture. Even where there are no weeds, regular cul- tivation, say once a week, is ad- visable in most gardens up to the early part of July and long- er if the weather turns unusual- ly dry because this working of the top soil conserves the mois- ture. A Head Start One can start a few tender flowers and •vegetables weeks ahead by providing extra pro- tection in the form of paper or plastid caps or sheets of glass until weather gets warm, Moat seed stores carry these aids and they are not at all expensive: They are excellent' to cover a few extra early tomato plants or an odd hill Of cucumbers or Melons. They will furnish ample protection against even quite severe frost and no ventilation or watering it required. C The frantic race of auto manu- facturers to put out engines with the most horsepower has beeh drawing unhappy com- plaints from the traffic engin- eers. From C. F. Kettering, 78-year- old sage, qnventor, scientist and General Motors executive, comes the 'amused comment that much as. horsepower of, autos is in- creesing,,,it is .increasing faster • 1 the minds Of those trying to "sell horsepower" than in the 'engines 'themselves. Take; for instance, a car that claims 250 h.p. engines- this year. The Claim isn't,exactly misrep- resentation, Kettering says — "you 'can get that 250 h.p. out of your engine, but you have to drive 135 miles an hour to do it." *' What de- we heed the added horsepower for? Well, "allow- , ing .for liberal misrepresenta- tion" in. horsepower claims -- a figure he „sets at about 50 per cent—an additional 600 million horsepower will go on the roads NAME'S TO BLAME One of , the' most .astounding coincidendes in literature came to light in connection wit h "Quinney's," which Horace An- nesley Vachell—who recently died aged ninety-three----consid- ered his best.play. The dramatist rather prided himself on having invented a .uniqUe name for his chief char- acter, but* imagine his chagrin when the theatre received, a furious letter from a real (en—, ney, asking what it meanliy using his name as a label for an imaginarY character. .ir , The- coincidence consisted in the fact that the living Quinney was a furniture dealer, like the „ man in the play! MILITARY MINDED "' "And what' did you learn in • scripture lesson, dear?" asked the mother., "bh,, all' 'about the Ten Coil ririlindhs," replied Tommy. Inc66iiiraling:arfarthe insecti- cide should be shaken directly on the ant hill and an area around , it. For pests such as, centipedes, ' crickets, ticks, army worms' and sow bugs, one pound of the ma- terial shaken over 800 square feet results in good control. In gardens, the recommended „rate of application is one. pound. Or 500 square feet, The inseetielee should be raked into the soil to' a depth of three to five inches before planting seed or setting out, transplants. For grasshopper control, the ant and grub killer, should be applied directq'- on ornamentals and grass margiiis around the garden at thepsate • of one potind for every 8,000 square, feet. * * itql""v Recently the twentieth North American Wildlife Conference came to a close in Montreal. Some 60 papers- were givRA on subjects ranging from the social `behaViour and management of The Lawn Good grass seed is of vital importance both in establishing new lawns or repairing or add- ing to old ones. In most cases mixtures of several varieties are used. Some of these grasses come quickly, some do best late in the season, some have richer colour and so on. These are blended to- gether to produce uniformity of texture and colour throughout the season and for various reg- ions of Canada. Seeding 'should be done early, before the hot weather, or after it in the fall. Before sowing, of course, the ground must be made level and „fine. If possible, it is best to cul- tivate several times at intervals of a week or ten days so that any filled in portions of the ground will get a chance to set- tle. This pre-seeding cultivation will also encourage any weeds ,to sprout and the more of these. destroyed before the grass goes in the easier the care after- wards. Grass seed prefers a fine rich, ,well drained, soil, Sowing is best done on a day without wind and to make sure the seed goes in evenly, experts sow both ways, once up and down and- once across. Seed is covered by raking lightly one way only. To keep birds away one may cover with some light brush if that material is handy. S. Country In 27. Encounters 29, Size of coal 30:Shelter 38. Unity ''.411'.1.,tri pitch Inlet 45. Sebondhancil 4G. Turns hay 47. Bellaire 48. Fish eggs 49. Feminine name 50, Of that glr/ 6IJ Period of time 62. Umised J: eiountaln' . bre I 9. Eceentrid Asia. evolving part revolving 11,-ootor. , 21, Desiree MERRY . MENAGERIE this year, We already have 6 ,billion. The new addition will enable ,us "transport every man, wornan and child across the country and still have 'three seats left over." What, other advantages are there? Well, the traffic engineers have pointed them out—we can kill more people, build bigger ears for our crowded parking -.places and streets and highways and pave the way for the car With the 275 h.p. engine. What's the answer, seriously? The manufacturers are going to build what the public will buy-, and they apparently will buy more cotorittli longer, fa'ste'r ears no matter how little sense this makes for. safety or for parking, A Journal reader. suggests that •,a tax onhcirsepa *Or (Britain hag this) might, bring a change auto engineering:'_ It might. And how about a tax oil length, toe?-14iittiatikea Jetirtiai. CROSSWORD PUZZLE 'r ' : . 10: .eeee--.-. —.1.4. Baseball tole], ACROSS . t: gotibo, • 16. Malt drink 1, goddess of , 4, No. Att*ith 19. FeWl. the harvest Weight. • 20,1,OngS for 4. rtaw,i4r1 ' ii; Senree Of 22, Animate 9—Wheeled . Metal, e, ., ' -,23..Bankelerk vehicle fl. JitinbledAYrie 2S. LlOtildated 12. Mythical. bird 13, Create ' - 16, Chide 17. 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The gown, described ai a "dedarri light blUe net' With. finely and deliccitely shirred liOdiie and Modelled 6y tit taroa, pretty television pantomimist; who it Shovirrabove posing celebrated New 'fork artist Stephen Ballet Of Captide den es, also created a new danda in Bono,..,' of the"'ttgitiit COMM tal'fr train; bit sa' INCURABLE The 'old ton fatner'S 'grandSon wanted to go college and be. come a doctor so he could Spa-, cialize in obstetrics, but :Grand- 'pop was against it, "Why, 'sure as Shootin'i* dared "the old Mari, 'he'll Spend all that tittle learniri' all about hOW to treat them there Obstet4 Kea and then itiniebOdy'll find a curel" "It's not •that / CAN'T rernent• bet faces—it's jest that I don't WANT tot" 1,-AnsiviP 'elietittere ' lalsteet, " Mrs. Gush ;7- ThSt dreSS is the most perfect have ever Seen. Mrs. 'Chargit Then YOU should have, seen the oil's my htieband.had ,when he got I.141 P'41 " rt • tilDAY SCHOOL LESSON e1' • , While a Plant•IS subject to. At- tack from a host of insect pests and diseases in all stages of growth, it has two strikes against it If it receives no pretectien while it is still in seed stage, According to experts, crop yields generally can be increased by 10 per cent if farmers treated their seed with proper disinfect- ants before planting, At little extra cost seed that has already been treated can be purchased. * * Major enemies of seed are wireworms, various smuts, seed rots, root, rots and seedling blights. * * A marked „increase in wire- worm infestation has been no- ticed in the past few years which has resulted in greater damage to cereal grains, corn and beans. While wireworms feed on plants at all stages they also attack seed in the soil. Seedlings are injured and often"completely destroyed while larger plants are stunted after" wirevitirins have consumed,their small feed- ing roots, Light wireworm popu- lations, 'Usually not noticed, cause thin stands resulting in lighter yields. Heavy infestations can 'result in a total crop logs. * * * The seeding of grain diseased with sniut spores results in smal- ler yields and dockage penalties. Smut organisms carried by the seed develop with the growing crop and attack the opening grain by destroying the kernels, leaving the head full of smut spores, All types of grain: are affected. * 4 *, Seed, rot, root rots and seed- ling blights are caused by bac- teria and fungi living in the soil. They infect both the,germinating• seed and young seedlings, taus; ing them to decay aixtrot. They are' inost active dtiting cold, wet springs and may result in a com- plete crop failure,. "A hew ant and grub killer for control of destructive soil inha- biting injects, has been introduc- ed for Canadian gardeners. * • * * -Using.PAldrin" as its active in- gredient, the, product, if ,' used properly, is said to be highly effective in' destroying antd;'car- rot rust fly, wireworms, cabbage, turnips and onion maggots, cut- worms, white ,,grnbs and the tuber flea beetle of potatoes. It may be used with Safely around small fruit trees, grape vines and cane frnits,rEarthworms are :un- affected. .the treatment. 4 /K GREEN THUMB eopdom Stalk 11.