HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1955-09-21, Page 7CHANGE OF PACE—George H. Clark, 91, takes grandson Bobby
for a ride behind Sally' Ann, Clark's solution to the question,
"What will replace the auto?” Denied a renewal of his driver's
license because of his age,, the oldster, who has 47 years of
driving without a serious accident behind him, purchased the
pony and buggy so that he can visit his wife's grave each day.
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Gwen.dolirvz P. ClaAe
The scene is set by the shores
of the South Sea Islands. The
time is early morning, jog' six
days after the October M1 moon,
Down in the little harbours and
along the beaches their is bust-
ling activity as every available
boat is made ready to put so sea.
In imagination we will follow
the islanders, for this is to them
a great day, A mile or two out
from the shore the boats stop,
and everyone in them dives for
a basket which he scoops into the
sea, As he pulls it out, the water
rapidly drains away, leaving a
mass of wriggling worms. These,
the sole object of this early-
morning expedition, are tipped
into the bottom of the boat, and
the operation is repeated.
The sea is full of these worms,
and the boatmen go on scooping
fOr hour after hour, as fast as
they can, occasionally pausing to
enjoy a mouthful of the curious
creatures, which they regard as
a luxury.
Eventually the boats are
crammed with their wriggling
cargo. The baskets are then ,
dumped on top of the masses
of worms, and the boats are
headed, for home, the catches
providing feasts for every fam-
ily as long as they last. Exactly
a month later, just six, clays
after the November full moon,
the whole expedition is repeat-
ed, the worms then being even
more abundant than in October.
What does all this curious ac-
tivity mean? It is the spawning
season of the Palolo worm—the
Werra with' the, Sense of Time.
Throughout the year this lowly
creature, liveg in clefts and
crannies in the coral rocks sur-
rounding these Pacific Islands,
where it remains hidden away
and protected from its enemies.
Then, as' October approaches,
the breeding instinct lures it
from its hiding-place. Every
worm spawns but once a year,
choosing either the sixth day
after full moon in October or'
the 'corresponding day in No-
vember, the majority waiting
until November.'"" How they
manage always to choose the
same day is a complete mystery.
Yet it has alwaYs been so, and
these two days have been feast
days for the islanders from time
immemorial. They are, in fact,
the two most important days in
their calendar.
Although the Palolo worm is
an 'outstanding example, there
are other creatures that exhibit'
a remarkable time sense. Bird
migration, for instance, often
shows considerable constancy in
its occurrence.
Many animals have a remark-
able clock time sense, some of
their activities occurring at pre-
cisely the same time each day.
There was, for example, the
badger known to a Hereford-
shire farmer that emerged from
its earth punctually at tine
forty every evening; and the
woodpecker that for months on
end retired' to' roost under the
either side of the platform, each
bearing his country's flag, But
you will have heard or read
all about the opening ceremonies
so I won't go into details —ex-
cept to say it was a thrilling
moment when Lord Rowallan
touched the control button giv-
ing the signal for the release of
small bombs that sent aloft para-
chutes with flags of the various
nations attached.
As for the Exhibition, itself
I can't tell you very much about
what it has to offer this year
as we were there only about six
hours . and six hours wouldn't
be too long to spend even in one
building. I specially wanted to,
the Cat. Show — other years' it
has always been over by the
time I visited the "Ex". I didn't
expect Partner to come in with
me, but strange to say he did.
Maybe that was just as well
otherwise I might have been
there yet. I wanted to see the
Siamese cats 'as I have always
had a sneaking fancy 1 would
like one. To my surprise there
were dozens of them. On my
last visit there were only a few.
Apparently there are three types
of Siamese — Sealpoints, Aby-
sinnians. and one other •which
I have forgotten. The Sealpoints
are the most colourful but the
Abyssinians have a lovely soft
coat and seem to have a more
contented disposition. Among,
the other breeds was a white
cat with one green eye and one'
blue just like the kitty had,
when I was very small. I donl
know how true ,it is but I have
always understood that 'if both
eyes of a White cat are: blue then,
the cat is deaf. We saw many
other cats — black cats'and grey,
orange and Manx. Partner said'
our Black Joe and Mitchle-White
could match the best of them
any day of the week,l,
Of course we made a point of
seeing 'the Shell Oil observation
tower and the Arthes "of "the
Provinces. The Tower should
be quite a landmark. We wish
we could say as much for the
Archways., Frankly „we , were
disappointed. From the advance
publicity we expected to find
something quite imposing —
something solid and substantial,
worthy of the „province. .which
each represents. In our humble
estimation, the Arches are totally
inadequate for that purPose. We
hope the proposed new Women's
'Building, scheduled for 1956;' will
not be constructed on the same
pattern. However, taking it all
in all, the "Ex" 'is ell mirth
going to see'and we belie to
make a return journey, seeing
a fetv of the' features we missed
on our first trip.
WHAT A WOMAN IS
REALLY MADE OF
If variety is the spice of life
then last week we had it! First a
welcome change in the weather
which gave us a chance to en-
joy what came after ... a session
with the preserving kettle, be-
ginning a braided rug, visitors
for two days, threshers fbr two
meals, and then the Canadian
National Exhibition . and
more of the same coming up —
except for threshing, that is
over and done with. Not so the
canning and pickling, much of
it still on the waiting list —
and it won't wait too long
either — and more visitors are
with us again. We are glad to
see them, of course.
Partner and I went to the
"Ex" for opening day and we
did enjoy it. We watched the
March Past of the. Boy Scouts
as they gave the Salute to their
Chief, Lord Rowallan. For over
an hour on they came, those
boys, in a never-ending stream
of marching feet. Boys and leac-
ers of all nations; light skins
and dark skins, not all in the
Boy Scout uniform as we know
it, but in the traditional uni-
form of their own country —
the Swiss with their colourful
red skull caps; the Swedes
equally itractive in blue and
white cap's; boys from the Near
East with turbans Of grey, white
or blue, some hanging to should-
er length and of course there
were, all types of , berets. There
were boYs in Short pants of
blue, khaki, or Irish green —
and - the Scots in their kilts.
Some marched' in true military
style; ethers apparently, were
still a little new in training.
Some carried packs. Boys from
the. U.S.A. had red' sweaters or
jacZeti 'slung on their belts; one
carried a suit-case. One' older
boy even managed to sport a
corncob pipe. We wondered
how he managed to get away
with, it! We noticed one wheel-
chair scout in the ranks. Later,
on the a parade grounds, we
counted _no, less:,,than ten, wheel
chairs. .,„..
A number of excellent bands'
gave colour to ,the,LIVIarch„Past,
including the main visittrig.ornu-
sical attraction for thik year's
C.N.E. — the United States, Navy
Band,' with„its .smart• navy and
white uniform., There was an
embarrassing moment, ,fer., the.
Sergeant-Major of one Canadian
band,— whtie threw, his' baton in
the air in the apP'reVed"`spe'C'-
tacular style, rbutlie failed', to..
catch, it on its . way down, The
baton •landed,i in the dust at his
feet!
At' the official opening that
afternoon representative scouts
from over sixty nations marched'
to the bandshell and ,stood it*
According to an ancient and
picturesque Hindu legend,
Twashtri the wise created the
world's, very first woman in the'
following manner:
He took the soft curves of the
moon, the graceful lines of a
creeping plant, the suppleness of
the snake, the slenderness of the -
willow 'by the water and the
emerald lustre of the blades, of
grass on the meadows.
To these he added the playful
lightness of the feather, the ser-
ene gaiety of the sunbeam, the
fickleness of the winds and the
pure tears of the clouds, the soft
velvet of the multi.coloured blos-
soms, the look of the hind, the
timorousness of the hare, the
vanity of the proud peacock, the
cooing of the turtledove and the
talkativeness of the parrot.
Finally, he took the cold of the
snow, the heat of the fire burn-
ing in the heart of the mountains,
the hardness of the diamond and
the cruelty of the jungle tiger.
He measured them judiciously
and mixed all these ingredients,
and from the mixture 'he model-
led the first woman and' was
satisfied with his work, the leg-
end concludes,
When pests invade a crop,
people and things have to move
in, a hurry if the 'crop' is' to be
saved' from destruction. A delay
anywhere down the line of ac-
tion could result in disaster. 'An
example of this• was demonstra-
ted in the prairie provinces re-
cently when the barley aphid
plague broke* out.
*
Now, a single aphid is a
harmless looking, hardly-visible,
insect which feeds off the 'plant
by sucking its juices: There are
usually aphids on most plants,
but when they are present in
epidemic -proportion, a field ^ of
grain can' tie :stripped. in about
four and- one?,half hours. Their
reproductive powers 'are prodi-
gious and if climatic conditions
are just right, they can sweep
across the land in a single season
with the speed of a prairie grass
fire. And conditions in Manitoba,
Saskatchewan and, Alberta this
summer were ideal ;for aphids
to propagate.
* * *
The insects were first noticed
near Winnipeg. They were soon
reported in eastern. Saskatche-
wan. In a little more than a week
they, appeared in -epidemic pro-
portion in Alberta. With the'
barley crop in the three provin-
ces totalling about 7;500,000
acres, there was indeed cause
for alarm.
Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking
A good geisha, never speaks
except when spoken to, Eske;
lund , states in a delightful ac-
count of his' recent - visit to -Ja-
pan! "The , Emperor's • New
Clothes, she's' ready to dis:7
cuss anything. "Of,„ course we
learn that the men are always
right," Aikofu said, Sniffing.
When she had completed her
echicatien she had to pasS a sev-
eral hours! test before, four
geisha ,special.ists,: then work for
twelve years ,without' salary to
pay.her debt to the owner of the
hetise. Later' she became a
"White' Chbrsanthemurn"' free-
lance.
"But it isn't 'like that any.
more," Nakomura interposed.
The Americans• ,macie new laws
forbidding, the training of girls
befOre eighteen, so "it had been'
rediited 'to four' years, and they
had Only to work four years to
pay off their debt to the owner
of the house.
Buying clothes for an appren-
tice was, terribly expensive now,
and' she needed at 'least twelve
different outfits, one for each'
month of 'the Year.
Asked how she spent her day,
Aikofu said she took lessons• in
tea ceremony and flower 'ar-
rangement every morning, for "a
geisha can never learn enough:1
In the , afternoon she read the
paper and went to the movies,
since' she had to know what peo-
ple were' talking about.
'It took her two hours to pre-
pare her dress and Make-up for
the evening. She seldom went to
bed before the small hours, and
around 'the~ Japanese New Year
her' bbSiest time, usually worked
until dawn. "I love m'y' work—
itis my art, my whole life," she
said.
Later, Eskelund learned that
-she was married, with a daugh-'
ter, also a gefsha gitt'Some of
l{' colleagues were ,grariclmoth-
ers. ,
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BACHELOR' HONEYMOON
D. C. FIREFLY? — That's right,
it's not "see the firefly?" The
"fireflies" which adorn the hair
of model Dolores Greer are
strictly a production Inasmuch
as' lightning bugs can't live in
the California climate, a Uni-
versity of California professor
designed the blinking decora-
tion Dolares wears, which is
battery powered,
* *
Because of strict government
regulations, pesticides on 'the
Canadian i-narket can be depend-
ed upon to do the job they're
meant to do — if directions on
the label are carefully followed.
Hawsers, a German bach.,
elor, was jilted at the last, mo-
ment, by his fiancee. All arrange-
ments had been made, not only
for, the wedding but also, for the
honeyrrioon, for -which Hausers
had, paid a large, Surri*of money
to a travel agency,
,Nate ally enough, the wedding
could not take place,. but with
the honeymoon it was a different
matter, "One can console oneself
for losing a fiancee," HauserS
slid, "Mit -not for !doing money:'
-And he proceeded to make the
honeymoon journey from one
town to another, on his, own, ,
*
BLit by a miracle of close co-
operation between entoiriologists,
farmers, industry, customs and
agricultural authorities, millions
of acres of ,barley crop were
sprayed.qarmers reported aphid,
infestations to their local agri-
cultural representatives — and
they had to do it within a mat-
ter of hotirs or the insects would
have had' the upper hand. Ag-
ricultural representatives went
to pesticide firms to see what
chemical was available and
were given the answer: the new,
and powerful aphicide, rnala-
thioa.
Was it available in Canada?
Some, but not enough, Manu-
facturers were in the eastern
United States.
Telegrams and long distance
phone calls Went back and forth
between Winnipeg, Montreal and
New York City, Special planes
Were chartered to fly trialathion
concentrate from New Jersey to
Western Canada, In about 10
days time over 7(),060 pounds. Of
material was flown in, In the
meantime all available supplies
at Hamilton Were rushed via air
to the west, Traffic representa-
tives of industry and government
customs inspectors, in Winnipeg
stayed up all night for severs]
nights to rush the Material
through customs. The western
distributors had their staffs
Working around the clock for,
and shipping the
Sectieide to aphid plagued, di-
stricts. Agridtilttiral lanes' arid.
ground sprayer's were pressed
into Service and worked over-
time CO apply the MalathiOri.
Thousands of kits' of aphid
infested barley Were saved by.
thiS cooperative tibia action
On the part of all Concerned.
HeavY rains Which came later
also helped and saved :Part
the 'crop ' by, 'knoCkiiii the dea,
StrtiotiVe Plant lide, to till
ethind, ii it' oil
itiee' the introduction. Of oho.
rnicals for controlling insects,
plant diseases and' 'undesirable
plants-and, animals, the public is
somewhat confused as to the
meaning of the general terms,
describing these products.
J. Q. Hastings, pesticides man-
ager of the C-I-L agricultural
chemicals, department, •attempts
to clarify the situation by say-
ing that all such chemicals could
be classed as pesticides and gen-
erally fall 'into four main groups.
*
(1) Insecticides. — control in
sects. Examples DDT, male-
thion,'Aldrin, lead arsenate, ben-
zene hexachloride, rotenone. di-
azinofi.,
(2) Fungicides — control fun-
gus and other plant diseases.
Examples — Captan, copper Sul-
phate, ferbam, sulphur, and a
variety of seed treating chemi-
cals.
(3) Herbicides — control
weeds and other undesirable
plant growth. Examples — 2,4-D,
2,4,5-T, polybor-chlorate.
(4) Rodenticides control
rats, mice and other rodents
that might have become pests.
Examples — AntU, Cyanogas,
Pival, Warfarin.
Some pesticides, Mr. Hastings
says can be formulated to have .
both fungicidal and insecticidal
properties vvhich when applied
will control both plant diseases
and insects which attack the
plant, for example, Deecop dusts
and wettable powder for spray-
ing, all purpose garden dusts and
sprays, Troxide, Cucurbit 3-5 dust
and Merge/nine C seed" treat-
ment. Great care' however must
be taken to ensure that all
4, chemicals are compatible and
that no injurious reaction will
result.
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To Learn, Prof sslon
r iTenildesn ice jglaa Pe:Pt
ese
:s
niesman
wants to give a ,44$t
ha krause'
and rents a reonl.-,••trlie,,,,4,Wner
shows him a catalegtie of the
union he deals with-for geisha
girlS now have their own unions.
He makes his choice, stating for
how long they are wanted, and
the owner books them by 'phone.
The most popular girls may at-
tend several parties in one night,
singing and dancing for the
men, conversing and drinking
with them.
Travel-author Karl Eskelund
went to "The House of Drearily
Thoughts" --, low and wide, with
a lantern hanging at the en-
trance to its little garden. "All
the geisha houses look like that,"
explained his guide, Nakoreura,
boss of the "White Chrysanthe-
mum," one, of Tokyo's largest
geisha unions. "There is always
a pine tree and a black fence."
Eskelund asked: "Don't the
girls get tipsy? "No," Nakomura
replied. "A geisha knows how to
make the customer drunk but
stay sober herself — when you
aren't looking she'll pour away
her saki."
The door opened and in came
a, lovely, faintly—perfumed wo-
man whose small, bare feet
seemed to glide over the, floor.
Her kimono was' apricot, with.
blue, yellow and black patterns.
She 'knelt to greet them, then sat'
doWn next to Eskelund, smiled,
and filled his glass. Her name
was Aikofu.- — -
"Guess how old she is," said
Nakomura. "Thirty-five," he
gueSsed. "Add eighteen, then
you'll be right," Nakomura cor-
rected, adding that the oldest
girl in the union, and one of the
most popular., was fitfy-eight.
Aikofu ("Flowering Happi-
ness") said she was apprenticed
,to. a geisha house at eight. The
owner had' practically adopted
her as her parents couldn't af-
ford to support her. The train-
ing then took twelve years. At
night' she would wait on , the
guests;. during the day she was
taught reading, writing, flower
arrangement, the tea-serving
ceremony; singing ,,and dancing,
history and- poetry.
When 'Worms Spawn Islanders' .'Feast
• eaves of a bott.$9 At Pre*
three-thirty-five ,in: title lifte,'":
noon, no ;natter Whether it wan,
.bright 4411, raining or tine. .,
Domestic animals sometimes
acquire: an acute sense. .of. tirrittIo
especially where meals, are in-
volved. Act interesting story is
told of a. ten-mule plough team,
On A Californian farm, Thee.
Animals knew almost to. a min-
ute that mid-clay and six o'plo.f.k.
in the evening were times 10,
cease work and make their Wee
back to the farm buildings, .for
•
a meal, They would go: Ost
steadily pulling the plough. nn-,
tit these times, Then, if work
,had not .already been stopped,
they would suddenly cease
big, began to, bray and become,.
restless. •
Birds Know Time
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,.;:r,;," ' One of the most intriguing
examples of clock time sense is
exhibited by certain herons of
Eastern. Australia that regularly
fly out to the Great Barrier
Reef at low tide, where they
find an abundance of shelf fish
and other marine' life. Except
at low tide the parts of the reef
where these birds feed are un-
der water.
How they know the exact
time to leave, so 'that they ar-
rive just as the corals ate break-
ing through the falling water, is
a complete Mystery, In Many
places the reef is thirty miles, or
More from the Mainland, so
they cannot peOsibly see before
they .tot out that the corals are
becoming uncovered,
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FISHING SMACK
Harold Rinelt, an entliusiestie
angler, was proud of the large
fislt-hd had ,caught, arid put it in
a bucket of water On the front'
seat of his car
During the drive home the flail)
made a frantic 1460, out of ihe
blfeket ilaiiped about on the
seat itirick, the . crtiliel`
grAb04. bjA his .brite.exhlbit kit
iniSSed.grah caused him to
lose'C' 'Orifier of the car and he,
crashed it into a tree.' PaSSers,.
by' Went to the rescue and Setif ".
him .Oft to hospital..
Mere Families With „
Children At Heine
An estimated 2,410,60 families
had children 24,Years of age and
•
under living. at home at ,the 'start •
Of .tune last year4 . 8106- more
than' On the same date hi 1951,
Families, With no 'children at
home titiintitired 1,1/50. alt
increase of 37,000.
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What Makes their clock sense
so much more remarkable is
that the actual tithe of low tide
is • never the same two days
running, being each day nearly
an hour later than On the pre,
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36 38 39 37 U% Of Rented Heiner iet Oft . tarnished and Unheated
A PBS sample atirVeY taken
last September shows that 64'%
of an estimated 1,078,000 Can,
adiaii households rented for cash
were let unfurnished, arid itti4
heated, Slightly More than tl%
were heated end ftirnithect,ibent
.BO% were heated only, end lei!!
thee 1% Were ftirrilshed Only,.
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