The Brussels Post, 1956-03-21, Page 3Mother Sees
Invention Succeed
Hanged Man Put
Curse on Jury
It Was'home-sewn slip flap-
ping on .a clothes-line that
turned, a Toronto .mother of
three into an inventor,;several
YearS ago Mrs: Audree Brown
designed and made a combine-
tiOn bra-Slip to her own sPeein-
catiens of comfort and utility.
Today that same slip, with a
few alterations, is on sale at a
chain of department stores from
coast to coast.
It all started when Mrs,
Brown's weekly wash caught the
eye of a passerby. He turned
out to be a retail store execu-
tive, But, though 'Obviously in.,
terested, he didn't place an
Order because Mrs. Brown.
Wasn't a manufacturer, How-
ever, the incident encouraged
her to apply fora patent and
to obtain a manufacturer for
her design which she calls her
"seventh rib slip".
The name evolved from a
bridge or insert of fabric across
the seventh rib which is located,
just above the diaphram. The
inventor claims this construc-
tion keeps the slip anchored
firmly and prevents it from
riding or binding.
"I've worn no other slip for
the last nine years even when
waxing floors and washing
walls," Mrs. Brown says.
Although the garment is a
full slip as well as a bra since
the latter is built in behind the
bodice, there is only one set of
shoulder straps. These features
permit it to be worn with a
sheer blouse. When it comes to
straps, Mrs. Brown is emphatic
about adjusting them properly.
"This is so important 'to a good-
fitting slip," she says.
Though the bra-slip now on
the market is similiar in' prin-
ciple to' the design which first
attracted the retail executive's
attention, it is a far cry from it'
in appearance. The aoriginal
model was somewhat severely
tailored in a rather rigid type of
woven fabric, while the latest
version is all froth and femi-
ninity in fluid nylon tricot and
nylon lace.
Since the style dispenses with
a bra and the !fabric is 40-denier
opaque white tricot, the slip
should be well suited for wear-
ing in humid weather under
light summer dresses. A back
zipper has been• eliminated and
two side inserts of rigid elasti-
cized fabric replaced with ' a
more flexible type.
Mrs. Brown's slip isn't quite
,so easy to slide into as the cons
vential type. And she admits
that it is not for women with
broad shoulders. The size range
at preSent is from 32 to 38 in
small and medium bra sizes
with larger ones anticipated. Be-
cause it is more than just a slip,
Mrs. Brown feels it should be
tried on first.
A petite, pretty blond, who
stands only five' feet tall and
wears a size nine, she is the
mother of three daughters, aged
12, 10 and eight. Although her
duties as a 'homemaker have
kept her away .from 'the busi-
ness world most of her adult
life, her inventive mind has
been working on two other
ideas. One is a nylon hair-net
for those who dislike sleeping
on pin curls after shampooing
and setting their hair. The sec-
ond is a new kind of safety
match.
Mrs. Brown has also designed
a junior vet ion of the "seventh
rib slip," which her daughters
wear. They have caught their
mother's enthusiasm for invent-
ing•new articles or perfecting
old ones and frequently ask her
if a particular idea of theirs
could be patented.
YQ-1-1110 Bill Purvis was 10410-
eertt yet he heard, the foreman
Of the jury pronounce him
guilty ass guilty of murder.
lie reeled with horror as the
judge spoke the dread Words of
the death sentence,
"I didn't do it!" Purvis
cried. "You can't hang an inno-
cent man." And pointing wildly
at the twelve jurymen who had
convicted him, he screamed,
"Every one of you, will die be-
fore I do — and die with your
boots onl"
On a drear February morn-
ing in 1894 thousands thronged
the courthouse square of Co-
lumbia, Mississippi, to watch
the handsome young farmer on
the gallows.
Some of the onlookers argu-
ed that he had been axed by
trumped-up evidence and a
biased jury. Otners gloated as
they watched the sheriff's dep-
uty test the trapdoor and the
rope with sandbags.
Still protesting his innocence,
Bill Purvis climbed, the scaf-
fold steps. "If it be Thy will,
stay the execution„" prayed the
chaplain.
Then the black hood was
slipped over the. condemned
man's head, the hangman's knot
was expertly tied . . and 'Bill
Purvis plunged to darkness.
He had been legally hang-
ed. Yet he did not die. And
when he opened his eyes he
was being carried through the
streets on the shoulders of a
hysterical mob,
By a millionth chance he had
slipped through the noose —
but trouble still lay ahead.
Though lawyers argued he
had undergone due punishment,
the governor, believing him
guilty, refused to commute the
sentence.
For ,two years of 'appeals and
petitions, Purvis. clung to life—
and in those two years two
jurymen died.
Then the youngster just
twenty-one years old — again
found himself in the condemn-
ed cell, once more reliving the
dreadful night when he was
dragged from his home.
A planter had een murdered
by the White-Caps, a Ku-Klux-
Klan organization . . . and hav-
ing taught a fleeting glimpse
of • a face hidden in a thicket,
rival clansmen swore that Bill
had,firecl the fatal shot.
Vainly relatives and friends
testified that he had been sit-
ting in hii own 'kitchen at the
time of the crime. His,' • 'fle, 'it
was proved, had not been fired
for weeks. But 'Bill had for a
brief spell been. a member of
the hated White Caps and in-
exorably the law demanded
vengeance.
Even while he awaited his
s econd hanging, however,
events took a strange twist.
A third juryman was 'killed
in an accident. Like the others,
he died with his boots, on.
Their consciences awakened,
a band of citizens staged a mid-
night raid on the jail, trussed
up the guards and carried Bill
Purvis to freedom.
For months, despite a $5,000
reward on his head, he remain-
ed at la- ae in the hills. Then' a
new governor, was elected,
pledged to commute his sen-
tence, and Bill gave himself ties
But not before a ,fourth juror
had a heart attack, falling d-"d
with his boots one.
The death sentence was com-
muted to life imprisonment.
Two years later a juryman, ter-
ribly injured in a railway ac-
eident, pleaded with his dying
breath for Purvis to be freed,
The man they could not hang
returned ,,at last to his farm-
stead, married and raised eleven
children, Every Sunday he
went to church and gave thanks
tot saving his life.
But over Bill Purvis there
still toothed the shadow of
suspicion. It was twenty years
before another fernier confess-
ed on his deathbed to the White
taps murder,
Vindicated at last, Bill Pur-
vis fought for a free pardon and
cohipeatation for hanging. A
niggling legislature awarded
him $5',000, the price that had
once been set on his bead,
By theft a sixth juror had
died stilideliisa his boots still
laced , jest as the fterizied
Men iti the clock liacl foretold.
Purvis always said he
had not meant to put a curse
on the jurYtten, But when he
himself lay dangerously ill in
hcispittl in, 1938, reporters de-
cided to check 'the fate Of the
tWeive.. Eleven, they found, had
died -- not one in his lied.
Bill'Plirvis was POW deSper,
ately ill. The doctots despair-
ed, then a friend irientibnesi
that the' twelfth juryman, Itie
dare Cribles was atilt alive and
Well and Bill staged a startts
in g receVely,
DOctore had not dated tell
hint the astonishing truth, tout
days earlier Isidore Oriok had
changed from slippers to boots
to gO for 6 Walk and atoo.,,
oa. 'stead,
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"wounded, for our traustressioam,
he was bruised for our inktell-
ties; the chastisement of eV
Peace was' upon him; and •Wilk
Ms stripes we are healed. Isaiah
53:5.
The lesson gives us some 01
the details with respect •t•
Christ's suffering, We see
lierOd'S mockery as he arrayed
Jesus in one of his robes, Ws
see the faltering, of Pilate, He
admitted Jesus was innocent but
he didn't have the courage to
acquit him. He feared for his
own fu,ture (See John 19:12)
and, so he delivered Jesus to be
crucified. We see the rudeness
and, mocking of the soldiers and
of the thief on the cross. But we
also see how Jesus spoke peace
to the repentant thief. 'We see
how the centurion was impress-
ed, glorifying God, saying, "Cer-
tainly this was a righteous
man." We see also the kindness
of Joseph who gave the body a
decent burial in his own tomb.
To get to the topic of the les-
son we must consider the me-
mory selection. Here as in the
epistles written by Peter, Paul
and John after the resurrection,
we discover the meaning .or,
Christ's suffering, "He was
bruised for our iniquities." Here
is the very core of the mean-
ing of redemption. Jesus. Christ
gave himself an offering of our
sins. He bridged the gap be-
tween a holy God and sinful
man. As the Son of God he war
the only one in the universe
who could do it. As the Son of
Man he could properly and ade-
quately represent the human
family. His suffering and death
emphasize to us the enormity of .
Our sin. His resurrection fur-
nishes indisputable proof that
his offering was sufficient. He is
able to save us from our sins.
"We may not know, we cats-
not tell
What pains he had to bear;
But we believe it was for us
He •hung and suffered there.
"There was no other good
enough
To pay the price of sin;
He only could unlock the gat.
Of heaven, and let us in."
record, On the other hand, eX-
ports will be considerably be-
low twenty millions, * s 4
The figures tell an impressive
story yet the Vegetable Grow-
ers' Association of America has
sponsored the following resolu-
tion:
"Whereas, imports of vege-
tables and fruitS competing
with American grown vege-
tables and fruits have proved
destructive in the domestic pro-.
duction and development of a
stabilized industry;
Wherda s, experience has
shown that the tariff does not
offer an effective, means of
dealing with the import prole-
lent and assuring an orderly
Marketing system which would
be beneficial both to domestic
producers and foreign export-
ers of vegetables and fruits to
this country;
Whereas, the regulation of the
flow of imports is essential to
the health of the domestic in-
dustry and;
Whereas, the strong economic
condtion of the domestic in-
dustry is essential to a sound
market condition and therefore
of equal concern to' foreign
growers;
Therefore, be -it resolved:
1. That the Vegetable Grow-
ers Association of America lend
its support to the establishment .
of important, quotas as a means
of regulating the flow of vege-
tables and fruits into the Uni-
ted States.;ti
2. That the Association adopt
as .a basis of its support legis-
lation being prepared for in-
troduction in the Congress dur-
ing the coming session, subject
to perfecting modifications de-
signed to, adapt, the bill to the
conditions and needs of particu-
lar industries." • s
It's all part of • a piece. Wit-
ness the National Peach Council
of the U.S.A. seeking, through
the U.S.A. Embassy, standardi-
zation by Canada of the 3/4
bushel basket used by U.S.A.
Shippers. Canada normally buys
about twenty million 'pounds of
U.S.A. peaches each year. But
this isn't enough so our South-
ern friends would further com-
plicate a container situation al-
ready in a hOpeless mess be-
cauge each country, working in-
dependently, has its own ideas
of what containers should be
used. Canada has enough
trouble now securing, agreement
lsetween the, various provinces
on containers without having
our, ,U.S.A. friends suggesting
what is good for us or for' them.
And the container situation is
thither confused by OttaWa ac-
cepting for entry into Canada
produce carried in any kind, of,,
container and, then tossing the
responaibility for maintaining
order in the field of standard-
ized containers upon the pro-
vincial authorities. Standardi-
zation of containers has long
been regarded as essential to
orderly marketing. Otherwise
all 'the container regulations
could be wiped from the Fruit.
Vegetables am' Honey Act ancl i,
from the Farm Products Grades
and Sales Act. * 9
At a time when our exporte,
in nine months, dropped $1,-
739,099 whilst our chief corn-
petiter increased sales by $5,-
518,023 the proposal by the
V.G.A. of A, that embargoes are
essential to the prosperity of
the. U.S.A. fruit and vegetable
induetry leaves but one conelu-
sion -- our friends are still wet
behind 'the ears.
In a recent issue of The
GreWer there is a, most striking
article about the trade in, fruit
and vegetables between Canada
and the United States. It was
written by Mr. M, M. Robinson,
Secretary of the Ontario Fruit
and Vegetable Growers Aseo-
elation, — a man who knows.
What he's talking about — and
states some facts that should be
of interest to every Canadian —
including some in Ottawa. The
article is too long to quOte in
its entirety but the following
excerpts will give you an idea. a *
The story of trade in fruits
and vegetables as between Can-
ada and the United States can
best be titled "The Trickle vs
'The Torrent," This observation
is prompted by the resolution
passed by the Vegetable Grow-
ers' Association of America at
their annual convention and by
statistics for the first nine
months of 1955.
Before we examine the reso-
lution of •the V.G.A. of A. let us
check the, statistics. In the first
nine months of 1955 Canada
imported fresh fruits and vege- . tables to a value of $86,973,273,
a gain of $5,518,023 over the
'same period in 1954, In the
same nine months Canada ex-
tables to a value of $10,621,457,
.a decline of $1,739,099 over the
same period in 1954. The gain
in the adverse balance was
therefore $7,257,122.
Further examination of the
records show that imports of
fresh fruits declined $740,360
whilst the imports of vegetables
increased $6,258,383 for a net, in-
•crease, as given, of $5,518,023.
It is obvious that when the
statistics for the complete 12-
month period are released, im-
portations will exceed one
hundred million dollars — a
SURPRISE — it's a toss-up as to whether this' mother penguin is
more surprised by the cameraman or the newly hatched chick.
An Adelie penguin, she's one of some 10,000 formally garbed
inhabitants of the rookery on Ross Island in the Antarctic's' Mc-
Murdo sound.
flowers has been revived. And
we can do this easily and at lit-
tle cost of we have a cutting
garden somewhere out with the
Vegetables or at the back. Here,
in regular rows, we grow those
flowers which are especially
beautiful for bouquets or cut-
ting, and we can cut generously
without marring the show of the
flowers in the regular beds out
in front. Here too, we grow
things like sweet peas and glad-
iolus, the foliage of which is not
especially 'attractive •for the reg-
ular beds. Many gardeners
make a regular practice of sav-
ing a little flower seed from
each packet and planting this in
or along the edges of the vege-
table garden for their •bouquet
supply, and a few flowers along
with the vegetables, of course,,
add beauty in themselves.
rilK, GREEN
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Big. Change
In 'flowers and vegetables,
just as ,with cars and radios
there has been steady improve_
ment over the years. Our grand-
parents would hardly recognize
some of the things that they
would see in the gardens of to-
day. They may have thought
they had brilliant blooms' in
flowers and mouth watering
quality in vegetables; but there
is just no comparison with the
range and quality available
now.
There are all sorts of new and
vivid colourS. We have blues,
reds and whites that were un-
known even a few' years ago.
We have really stringless beans
and celery, *coreIess carrots,
sweeter corn arid crisper lettude.
And we have more than that.
We have certain vegetables and
flowers today that will grow
and mature or bloom well be-
fore frost in Central and even
Northern Canada that a couple
'of decades back we would hard-
ly have dared plant in Southern
British Columbia, the Niagara
Peninsula or the Annapolis Val-
ley. We can thank the plant
breeders for this. As they have
given us faster growing or
'quicker maturing varieties' they
have steadily moved gardening
farther and farther north.
Take corn, or melons or tome-
toes,' for instance, or apples,
roses or lilies, With the only
varieties available 25 or 50
years ago there was not a chance
of growing these things except
in the very -mildest parts of the
country. Now the hardier va-
' rieties of these can be grown
over a wide range of Canada,
andgrown well.,
First Operations
Aside from plans and orders
for seed and other stock, and
those pleasant jobs can be done
at once regardless of what the.
'thermometer says, there are
,some other operations which can
start almost immediately. First
of these will be the preparation
of a hot-bed or window flat in
which we start things like zins
nias, petunias, asters, tomatoes
and so en for later transplant
ing outside. March is the month'
for this sort of gardening in
most parts . of Canada: Then
there is shrnishery and tree
plants. The sooner these things
go in after the frost has left the
ground, the better. In the same
category will be the planting of
sweetpeas, If we can find a spot
fit to dig In March or early
April, the more bloom We are
sure to get later on,
invite The Birds
Almost all birds are the gar-
deners' friend, and we would do
well to' attract them not Only as
protection against insects but
for their <own beauty. Invite-
tame there aro in plenty. Shrubs
and trees, bird houses, feeding
stations and waterifig or bathing
pools, all will help to bring
wrens and orioles and tobinew
But we can do mote than this.
There are certain bright flower's
that have a apecial appeal fot
huitinitig birds. There .ate ail
sorts of shrubs with bright and
edible fruit or seeds that Will
invite Cardinals, It pays well
to study the special likes bf the
bitals, to plaint things that Will
produce food and shelter lit Win.
ter as 'Well be in 'See-Meet%
Cutting taitich
fit retent years the fine old
etistein Of filling our homes'
With 'eit abitildance of 'fresh
'..,,sestassseSea
Windy Stuff!
He 'watched his wife go to the
door of their house to call in the
dog as it was raining heavily,
when suddenly — whoosh! ---
she went •sailing into the air. And
the husband, who lived in Wor-
cester, Mass., never saw her
again!
Another man recovered con-
sciousness to see, through, the gap
in his house where a wall used '
to be, a tree, stripped of leaves,
its branches broken and festoon-
ed with bits of broken furniture,
torn garments, twisted steel pip-
ing, fragments of what was once
a cart
Fantastic? Yes, yet common-
place enough in the United States
, after a tornado has thundered by,
spilling destruction• in its path.
Nobody' can foretell exactly
what a tornado will do as „it rips
across the countryside at up to
500 miles an hour. A. farmer,•
noting the fearful, noisy ap-
proach of "the twister" as it is
called, dived into his cellar for
shelter. It was early evening.
Subconsciously he noted his flock
of chiekens were roosting in their
usual tree, When the tornado
had passed he left the cellar.
There, on 'the tree, shivering,
were his chickens -- plucked
clean of feathers but otherwise
Unharmed.
Much the same thing has hap-
pened to people caught in the
open — the tornado momentarily
has enveloped them — and then
passed on taking every stitch of
clothing with it!
Cows don't fly — except when
a tornado strikes.. Lots' of stories
relate how cattle have been
whisked up into the air and de-
posited sometimes miles away—
yet unhairt, A "'twister" picked
tip an 83ston steel, railWay coach,
With 117 passengers inside, and
deposited it eighty yards away
without hurting anybody or do-
ing any damage!
A tornado will suck wells and
ponds dry and even momentarily
dry tip a stretch of river, In
May, 1954, a 35-foot excursion
boat was chugging on the Lake
o' the Ozarks, Missouri, When,
Without warning, a tarried°
swooped down,'tossed the boat
Upside down and sent it lb the
bottom. Six passengers were
drowned.
At Gitytown (Natal) a tor-
nado lifted a train tight off the
line' este day ill jaituatsr, 1966,,
tore the roofs off houses and 'flat-
tened the crops — all in a few
dreadful Minutes, Another tot--
bade snatched a heavy freight
locomotive train the tails •end
dePosited it scitterely an the ad:
jeteht ttack — but lattig it 'the
opposite direction.
SALLY'S SALLIES
seeptisa4
"I'm an executive secretary
now, Aunty, so let's have a
man-to-mas talk."
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buses .are taking to, air — air
spring, bellaws,-,that is. Placed
between the axles and body of
4:1 vehicle, the' bellows form
,cushions of compressed air that
absorb jolts, making for a
smoother ride; designers claim.
`Edith• Cox is shown above form-
ing a spring bellows. She works
dt a Firestone plant which
Makes the spring that resem-
bles several small tire's placed'
On top of each other.
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