HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1958-01-01, Page 7TO EARN A POUND
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LABORER WORKED
IN 1919,,,IN 1955
45 MINUTES 19 MINUTES
RELATIVELY, MEAT A evitAp
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Making Way For
'The Parlour Stove
Along ,this time of year, wheel
the chillier air worked through
the walls, a great rural indoor
Inert was setting en a stove -e-
erie' that, toe, has passed. I heae
no complaints, although setting
up a stove left memories to
cherish.
We know now that the old
parlor heater was an inefficient
machine, 'doing poorly a job
that modern itriewleclge has
made precise, But it was also far
ahead of the open hearth, and
for this reason was frequently
plugged, into a, header in the
throat of a fireplace or was fed
into a bricked-up front on the
fireplace --- although it could
also go into a thimble in the
wall where no fireplace had
ever been.
This laet arrangement some-
times set fire to the wallpaper,
or at least brought creosote
down t9 make interesting pat-
-terns. We had one pattern, in
an upstairs bedroom, which
looked just like the old prints
of Lincoln's Cabinet, beards and
all,
The severe and unadorned
lines M modern functional de-
vices make me wonder ,what
perversion of thought led to
some of the ornamentations on -
the old parlor heaters. There-
were smallish airtights which
came plainer, but for real style
you had to have one with
bunches of grapes and draperies
held back with bows-all done
in cast iron. The stove was in-
tended to heat the room, but it
would sit there beautifying the -
parlor at the same time.
As the season drew on, the
women would rearrange the
furniture and make way for the
stove. There was usually a sheet
of tin, sometimes decorously
etched with ferns and filigrees,
and you, had to move the rug
back. On this tin would be plac-
ed four glass cups for the stove-
legs and then the men were told
to bring in the heater.
The stove had been taken out
of the, parlor the 'previous
spring, when the weather had
warmed, and this gave more
room for family affairs when the
parlor was used much less often,
During the summer; unless it
rained, ,we'd be outdoors, or off
in our own rooms, and we "sel-
dom used the parlor. It was in
winter,, when the rest of the
*time, ,except the kitchen, was
cold that we needed the -parlor.
So the, stove might just. as well,
really, have Veen left set up all "as a work of art talks to a
painter„"
gsing a combination of
shrewdness, energy, and what
his competitors called "infernal
luck," Oppenheimer struck out
on, his own in. South Africa.
With Mugge, backing, he term-
ed his Angle-American Corp,
Prospected for gold in, the Far
Zest Aarid-where everyone was
convinced there wasn't any
and soon struck it rich, After
World War I, he gained a foot-
hold in the diamond. business by
winning a contract which gave
him a one-man monopoly, as
exclusive marketer for all the
jewels mined in the former Ger-
man colony of Southwest Afri-
ca.
Oppenheimer was now ready
to tackle De Beers, the giant
,syndicate founded by Cecil
Rhpdes, which, controlled the
flow of diamonds to the world
markets. Oppenheimer proposed
even stricter' restrictions and,
when De Beers directors would
not listen, got enough backing
to buy 20 per cent of ?the stock
and take over as chairman,
From that p,pint on, Oppenheim-
er exercised rigid control over.
95 per cent of the diamonds
mined in the world-and he al-
ways made sure that supply
never quite caught up with de-
mand.
In later years, Sir Ernest (he
was knighted in 1921 for ser-
vices to the empire during
World War I) invested in every-
thing from railroads to copper
(more than half Rhodesia's out-
put) to breakfast foods. But
diamonds remained hie first
love. Once when a stone of su-
perior value was crushed in the
mining process, Oppenheimer
told his engineer: "Your ma-
chines have destroyed one of the
noblest things in nature."-From
NEWSWEEK.
UNDAYS01001
LESSON
summer.
But that wasn't the way of it,
When the gto.-e was taken out,
we had to thump the sections of
pipe behind the barn, and brush
out all the spot. We had to clean
out the wood ashes and see if
the grates were all right. grates
failed now and then, usually
because the asbee betilt ep under
them and they got too heit. A.
clear stove burned brighter and
grates lasted )(eager
Anyway, when we got the
stove all cleaned fog summer
storing, we would anoint the
stove with sweet oil, using a
rag and a ,smell brush. The stove
would presently shine as Aaron
did when. the ointment ran
down, and it would smell -like
an Arabian boudoir Then we
wpuld lay a cloth over it, pueh
it beck against the shed wall
and leave it until autumn.
Nobody liked to set up or take
down a stove. It was heavy and
tricky, and either full of soot
or covered with oil. There were
things known as stove casters,
and if' you owned ea set you
could move it around'nicely. We
never owned any, and always
lugged. Going through doors
was a real maneuver. Most door
jambs, between the parlor and
the shed, had chunks out of
them where stove legs had
struck.
True, yQU could knock the
legs out of their sockets and
handle them separately, but
then you ran the risk of setting
the stoye down with your fin-
gers in the way. A man who was
moving a stove and found him-
self pinned to the floor by his
fingers was usually a voluble
and expressive character even
though at other times he miglkt
appear taciturn and bashful. The
man who had moved a stove
could be told by the full flavor
of sweet oil which surrounded
him. It clung.
When a stove was being set
up, the pipe was always-a ques-
tion. It might go together easily,
and it might not. A pipe which-
fitted exactly last spring seem-
ed peculiarly reticent about it
in the fall. But it would eventu-
ally ,fit, and 'next camera ,.small
fire to burn off the oil and check
the draft.
This filled the hceeee With a
. characteristic aroma belonging
to ori'ce4-year iehings, and sw,as
not so pleasant as some other
aromas. Sweet oil, all but ablaze
is not so sweet. This stench was
immediately added to by the
chore of blacking the stove
for which a cake' of patent shine,
was dissolved in a saucer of
vinegar. I do not know why
vinegar was used, but it may
have been to neutralize the
sweet oil, the Way you might
burn down a house to remove
the paints The liquid blacking
was swabbed -on and burnished
with flannel rale, and it would
sizzle on the hot stove and bring
tears to eyes • away_ out' in the
barn. I don't knew why they
couldn't black a cold'stove, but
they couldn't.
Thee winter would set in and
ethe parlor won't& be het. Some
stoves • cooled down ,as fast as
they got hot, but the ornanient-
ed ones would keep the heat
icing after the fire had dwindled.
But never long enough to last
'the night. In the, morning the
parlor always had a' left-over
atmospheie of gloom and stale
popcorn, vinegar and sweet oil,
cold wood ashes and contraeted
cast iron, and• it was cold. It's
been many years now since I've
heard anybody call, "Hey! Come
give us a hand with the stove!"
-By John Gould in "The Chris-
tian Science Monitor"
By RAY, R. -flatctay Warren
.03,0..-Ae"`
The Church's One•V; atime
Memory Selection: WI. this
head of the body, the Church:
who Is the beginning; the Ante
born from the dead; that in all
things he might have the pre.
eminence. Colossians 1:18, I
The general subject for thie
lessons for this quarter is, "Net
Testament Teaching AboutTh4
Church," We shall study the
origin; nature and mission of the
Christian church. i
Jesus worked with his foster-
father, Joseph, in the carpenter
shop. But during the course 'o,
His shore' ministry He said, "le
will build My church," He ve
not thinking of a building
wood or stone but of that grea
body of called-out ones wh
*would believe that He was the
Messiah, the Son of the living.
God. He is still building. People
of different races and colour are
believing on Him as Saviour and.
Lord and becoming a part Of the
church.
What is the foundation of the
church? When Simon Peter
made the great confession, Jesus
replied, "Blessed art thou, Si-
mon Barjorce: for flesh and blood
hath not revealed it unto thee,
but my Father which is hi
heeven. And I say also unto
thee, That thou art Peter, and
upon this rock I will build my
church." The Greek word for
Peter is petros and the word for
rock is petra. The first is mas-
culine and the second isefemin-
e. Petros is a rock or stone
whereas petra is a reek, a" crag,
a ledge or shelf of rock. Peter,
was a fragment of the great
foundation. The rev elatio ft
which he had received from the
Father concerning the identity
of Jesus qualified him to be
part of the foundation. This
harmonizes with the other re-
ference to the foundation in that
leson, "The foundation of the
apostles and prophets, Jest.
Christ himself being the chi
corner stone." ,
The keyg are the symbol
authority. In Matthew 18:1
they were conferred upon,
the apostles. They were give*
power to bind'and loose signal
fying to forbid and to allow.
God was to endorse the dee-1s
e sions of these holy men of got.
ti It is encouraging to note th
when Jesus said, "I will bun
my church," he added, "An
the gates 'of hell: shall not pre-
vail against it." Communism if
advancing and some tremble for
the outcome. The Builder weet
confident. Fear not, the church
will triumph,
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BEAUTY AND THE BUCKET4-Obviously not cow' ed ,b,y the reek 'at hand, pretty Barbara David
is quite a handy girl to have` around the' farm: ' The 19;year-old displayed ,.enough farming
ability to be named "Queen of the Agriculture pernweffmed Dance",
King Of Diamonds
On a hot summer's day in
.1902, a young, slightly-built
stranger showed up in the boom-
ing diamond-mining town of
Kimberley, South Africa, After
meeting him, a local diamond
man sized him up: "I don't think
very Much of him . . . He's ter-
ribly shy and he doesn't seem
to be very bright." Before he
died at 77 last week, the stran-
ger had 'buil=t 'a econ-
omib complex. His name was
Ernest Oppenheimer; his, title,
the King, of- Diamonds.
Though et his death his per-
sonal fortune was estimated at
$183 million, publicity-shy Ern-
est Oppenhehner was very little
known outside South Africa.
Born in Friedberg, Germany, hi
1880, he decided early that there
were few opportunities in his
native land for the` sonof a
Jewish cigar merchant. He emi-
grated to Lon tlen ,et 10, landed
a'' job with diaeniond broker,
and soon became an expert at'
appraising the prepieuee stones.
"Diamonds talk to me," he said,
Canada isn't the only plaee
where the farm, problem is
troublesome to the powers-that-
be. In the United States tie'
latest idea designed to stem
over-production is to put entire
farms - not just certain un-
productive acreage - "on the
shelf." The following from
Washington will give you a bet .-
ter idea of what I refer to.
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The administration badgeeed
b
,
Y continued farm surpluses, is
prepared to resort to extraordi-
nary measures to reduce -farm
production.' •
It would remove whole farms
from production by paying farin-
ere to turn their entire crop-
land over to government conser-
vation projects.
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra
• Taft Benson, in his secondesen-
sational press conference within„
thepast fortnight, has announced
that the, program 'is being 'put
into effect on a trial basis in
four states - Illinois, Maine,
Nebraska, and Tennessee.
The unusual feature of this
new, bold "attempt to beat the
costly- and uneconmic surplus
problem ise that farmers will,
name the price at which they
are willing to, enter into this
contract with the government.
"Bids,' they are called. The -
Department of Agriculture, may
accept or reject these bids, "on
the basis: of the lowest acceptable
offers."
This differs from past practice
in that under .the regular con-
servation reserve protedure,
farmers have no opportunity to
suggest a price, but are offered
specific per-acre annual pay-
ments for land put to conserva-
tion crops.
There is no doubt that the new
. plan was prompted by the fail-
ure of the soil bank to pull any
large amount of lend out of pro-
duction and reduce surpluses.
The all-out effort now will be
to concentrate on the long-rangee
conservation program as the bet-
ter solution. Making it worth
while fOr the farmer to put his
whole farm to conservation crops
will remove the incentive to
turn remaining acres over
price-supported crops already in
ettrphis.
Secretary Benson's announce- •
ment dt the fonr-state "trial pro-
gram" followed a-similar Pro-
posal by the Committee on
Beale:mile Development, The,,CED
estimated that the cost., of retite
ing whole farms'would be costly,
but less costly, •the' long ten
than the present program;
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If ,the trial prograin proves'
sneceeefti4 it Will be derterided to
other states: To• mike` elle; offer '
rieciecy'ettreetive, the. goverenient
will increase its maximum•paye
Merit from: $5,000 to $10,00„9 tine,
dee the 'new "bid'' procedure
"thus .eriablilige larger fertile `to
Peetieipete With 'ell eligible
land." • .
Secretary Bensen feels that
'While the new petigkein is on a
very tentative, "trial" basis, that
it offers teal-proMise. .
The prograin, in essence
eeen:.al representi
y
one of the
inOsCreVeltitionad ventures in
egtieulttire. The 'effort eto take
whole farms out of crop produce
Lien appears t6 corroborate the
often-repeated claim that the',
basic problem it one of tree ninny
farms and 06 inarie farinete.
*
The administration already leas
taken initialsetene in this direoe
lion through the etitel dery op
mint :program, designed to help"
,'unsuccessful' farmers find'
time or parttime work in nearby
cities. •
"The whole program," as Sec-
retary Benson. put, it, "is aimed
at reducing the size of the agri-
cultural plant and preserving it
in a good state of conservation
until such time as additional
crop prodUction may be needed."
The Agriculture Department is
preparing to re-aPpraise the soil
bank feature '131 the, farm pro-
gram, which expires in 1969,
with a view to terminating it
even sooner if it seems feasible.
FALLING OUT OF FAVOUR
After Jean Coupe, the famous
French paratrooper, jumped 22,-
965 feet in 143 seconds before
pulling the ripcord, and thereby
setting a new world record, he
was arrested by the army, au-
thorities and put in the guard-
house for eight.days for violating
regulations which • forbid para-
troopers jumping from heighte
exceeding 9,842 feet without car-
rying oxygen equipment.
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Surplus disposal programs
have 'defeated their own ends,
under this formula, by boosting
price eupports and enconraging
more production.'
For some time the administra-
tion has, advocated• an end to
acreage allotments for _corn and -
the li
vestock
of all grains fed
to livestock as one commodity.
Otherwise, land taken out M
corn production has simply been
sown to other feed grains, creat-
ing new surpluses.
*
All this is obviously part of a
vigorous attempt to revamp the
farm program, and• approach
Congress with new recommen-
dations for cutting back persist-
ent surpluses and at the same
time keeping a steady floor un-
• der farm income.
Secretary Bensdn is almost
certain to ask authority for
more 'flexibility in the adjust-
ment 'of price supports, now
limited to a range of 75 to 90
per cent in most Major crops.
The regular conservations re-
- serve program will be continued
-- that is, the retirement of land
to conservation crops at the gov-
ernment-set price per acre. Un-
der the new "bid" procedure
designed to encompass entire
farms, contracts will call for
diversion of crop land to trees
and conservation gains.
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SLAPSTICKERS-Veteran Hollywood writer-producer-director Hal
Kanter thinks there's too much talkyetelky comedy in the
movies, go he has come up with "Once Upon a Horse", a, zany
film reviving the old whang-bang-socko slapetiek technique.
Here's Kanter, background, clowning it up between scenes with
cast members Dick Martin, left, Martha Hyet and Dan Rowan.
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Avoiding Strokes "Yes," said the explorer, "once
I was so hungry that. I dined off
my pet puree."'
"What was it like?"
"Oh, veryenice."
"yes, but what did it taste
like?"
"Oh, turkey, chicken, wild
duck, plover . - that'bird could
'inflate anything."
It starts as calf on range, is
later shipped to a corn belt
farm:,,
PIGEONHOLED -- Taking n o
chances with any of their total
of 54 lives, six precious felines
play it safe in lockers'at a
FrankfUrt, Germany, railroad
station. They were en route to
She Seventh International Cat
Show in the city.
How reliable are the anticoag-
ulants (blood-thinning drugs) in
preventing coronary attacks and
brain strokes? ,
At the annual clinical meeting
of the American Medical Asso-
ciation in Philadelphia last
Month, groups of doctors in
corridor conferences agreed teat
these anticlotting compolinds,
taken routinely, lessen the se-
, verity of second Weeks. In
most cases, the drugs are, able
to prevent blood stoppage in ar-
, teries that have been narrowed
and constricted and, in this
way; ward off new seizures. But
in patients Under severe stress
and strain, the doctors said, they
cannot be expected to give full
protection.
Up to now, the role of the
anticoagulants in Orterenting
strokes, oiled the artery has
been blocked, has not been
completely understood, The or-
iginal theory was that this treat-
Meta could "recgiiat" the block-
ed , atterles
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that is form a new
channel eer bleed to flow
thfOttgle. Reeently, however, b)t. ,
With laboratory mon-
keys' with small ''windows" in
theft head's have given new elites
as to he* anticoagulants iii the
animals' brains help to combat
the circulatory troubles that
cause strokes. Thstead of re-
canalizing the block& erteelee,
Bosten researchers repelled, the
anticoagulants del their job by
keeping both red arid White
blood cells from sticking togeth.
aid imening diets. In thie Way,•
the blood flows normally into
the brain arteries.
1 arn:itteirrisrsef it may consume over
of feed befdre sale,
F ells 00-lb. steer for
about 25c/lb. to pecker ...
. . competition determines
price of these expensive cuts..
This has, direct bearing on
number di cattle fattier will
raise next season.
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chart above elid"liletaty of a efeek fro
iirOeeSsi tattle, Sheep and 'Wine tetiVert leitg
is nutritious -and ItaYorful' and' a ttSliteiliftite
Atiierican homemaker is spending' a entailer
income for moat (see Centre bete)., While marry'
slaughtering, processin g, di -W.16014Th arid' rata
`i3 doing CI competent and efficieht jo b
fen asked by Mts. Florrielitaker. But ti's lie*,.
m range to frying pais is a long and eeperielVe
e quantities of grain and grees into Meet which'
d source of protein *rid energy. ActUally, Hi
and entailer percents ' Of her d'isposable
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