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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1958-04-09, Page 3CAN'T BE TOO CAREFUL - As every sports car owner WOWS, people just love to put their hands all over the interesting little vehicles. So Lt. Col. Nicholas J. Rifkin had this special sign made up to hang on his MG-TC. It means that only qualified mechanics can poke into the car's inner workings. ors, and three-fourths owned automobiles, * To maintain the income that will assure,continuance of these things that so quickly became necessities, many, farmers* are haying to make the adjustments already indiceted. These adjust- ments are' counted as one email PIK. Of the whole great pat- tern of progress that moves people forwApd in the continu- ing effort to better their lot, Such progress is not without its pangs, Sometimes it comes hard, in terms of human values and the human displacements involved, But it appears to be inevitable. Publicity Stunts Despite a century of gastro- nomic renown, a famed Paris restaurant was no match for the twenty-year-old gourmet w h o 'selected a splendid three-hour meal, determined that his con- noisseur's choice - and the se- quel - should get his name in the headlines. With the prettiest girl he could find, he ordered wines and dishes 'with superb discrimination. Two dozen snails were followed by three lobsters a l'Imperiate, three chickens and flaming crepe suzettes. Then he politely con- fessed he couldn't pay. "Give me a chance to make money to play," he begged a magistrate. "I'm expecting a for- tune from a gramophone record," And all Paris laughed, for Fern- dy Poulenc was drawing atten- tion to a new disc he had re- corded, which might otherwise ])ave been lost among the scores of new issues, Something similar happened when handsome Bob Lewis, baker's roundsman, was found stowed away aboard Mayflower A bucket of pig swill and a tub of water followed him over the side. But maybe it was worth it, for that evening baker Bob was singing on TV. You can't always tell where fame will follow. In France a theatrical agent discovered a priest strumming a guitar in Dijon cafes, accompanying his own hymns and spirituals. The agent persuaded him to make a record of "Lord, my friend," and it became an instant suc- cess. The sequel was that when Father Aime Duval, the singing priest, appeared at a Paris thea- tre excited teenagers stormed the doors and filled 5,000 seats. The Father's records sell like hot cakes. His earnings are in the top class. Yet he still feeds frugally on fruit and crusts and keeps not a penny for himself. He has taken a vow of pov- erty and all his earnings go to his religious order which in turn passes the cash on to the poor. Obey the traffic signs - they are placed there for YOUR SAFETY. towns to apartment living in crowded cities, on the grounds that living in one's own house close to the out-of-doors held social values that families-and the nation-could ill afford to give up. * * The position of small family farms today in some ways is like that of small businesses which have sometimes had to struggle to keep their footing during the era in which industries have grown into giants and given the little fellow some rough elbow- ing. Yet despite problems, many have survived and prospered. Most observers expect that fam- ily farms will, too. But it will not be the family farm of 30 years ago. * * * And some that remain family farms in character may lose that classification by definition. Some family farmers are choosing to keep their operations small, and are supplementing their income by -taking off-the-farm jobs in nearby industries. These, by of- ficial classification, become "part-time" farmers. Each farm family is having to work out for itself the plans that best solve its own problems and provide the income it needs. * * The farmer's compelling urge for income comparable to that of other citizens, stems in part from the delightful taste of prosperity he had during World War II. With incomes zooming then, many farmers enjoyed for the first time luxuries and con which had become commonplace to urban dwellers, Farmers have, in fact, im- proved their material standards of living as fast as they have improved their farming tech- niques. In 1956, reports the De- partment of Agriculture, almost all farm families had electricity and mechanical refrigeration in their homes, two-thirds had houses with running water, half had telephones and television sets, two-fifths had home frees- Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking DIUMEFEBEI tomaa LE111151 4:111012110 ®0001E1100 -- 11511i16U1011:11€1 CAM 13€11r41117111ACICIE/ 1111111111210 $-IEICIECEP LI EI 012111i2111111:11T, ociamon EllIBIZIG1121 1E1E1E1E2' GIEllE1 MULE 111E21111M EICIEr €10111:1111 ATTENTION-GETTER-This elaborate shoe, faihionable in 1680. gets a lot of attention in Offenbach, Germany. Part of the collection in the town's show museum, it's made of several slices of leather glued together and nailed to the shoe, Well, of course, they re looking at the shoe! CANCER. "CURE'"? - Major eventual breakthroughs envis- ioned by scientists may lead to better understanding of the nature of cancer, and may open paths to drug cures and point the way to widespread pre- vention of cancer through im- munization. So says Dr. Leroy E. Burney, U.S. surgeon general and head of the public health service. He cautions that the ultimate cure of cancer will not be found overnight. While some spokesmen are be- wailing the "disappearance" of the family farm, others are stout- ly insisting that the family farm is holding its own in the chang- ing economy. Which is true? The discussion of this question will be better understood if the term "family farm" is defined. A composite definition would describe the family farm as one in which the family depends on the farm for most of its income, carries the management respon- sibility,,and does the work, ex- cept for occasional hired help at peak periods. .0 Many such farms are included in the U.S. Department of Ag- riculture's classification of com- mercial farms, whose sales range annually from $1,200 to $25,000 or more. Not all commercial farms are family farms, but ob- viously, a large farm family can swing a big operation. While family farms have been increasing in size ever since the tractor replaced the mule, they have 'been decreasing in number, although it is reported that they are remaining in the same pro- portion to the whole farm popu- lation. The Department of Agriculture estimates that 4,855,800 farms were in operation during 1957 - a 2.3 per cent decrease from 1956, or 17 per cent under 10 years earlier, representing the loss of a million farms in a dec- ade. To those nostalgically inclin- ed, these statistics have over- tones of sadness. 'They embrace some individual failures and tragedies. Yet it is the steady trek of workers away from the farms into industry that has made possible the tremendous Output of modern conveniences that have transformed Ameri- can living habits - including those of farm families, Everyone seems in agreement that the family farm-epitomiz- ing the wholesome environment which Americans like to feel nurtures men qualified to be- come Presidents of the nation- must somehow retain its iden- tity in society. But can it do this? "The trend toward largee commercial farms has been viewed with apprehension by many who fear its effect on the family farm structure," states an Agriculture Department re- port on "Family Farms in a Changing Economy." "In creases in farm size ere taken 'by some persont to for: bode an increase in the use of hired labor in farming and an associated increase in a farm population without equity in fent' ownership or management With long-held social values of the American people, who re- gard the fatrilly farm as one of the bulwarks of a stable arid prosperous rural economy." Actually, the report shows, en- largement of a farming opera- tion nowadays is usually ac- torripahied by mechanitetioh Which sennetiniee enables a fam- ily, that formerly had to hire labor, to handle the work them- selves-thereby earning ciessift- datieti as a femily farm,. States a writer In The Christian Sci- ence Monitor. 4i any case, economists hold that, the tide of technology that has revolutionized. American Wining overnight deritiet stemniecl, Orie might as well have tried to oppose the darliet trahafef Of fathilies away from eiesiiitig their houses in Metall Let. The Public Know The Facts The ftcst step toward Solving the problem of hooliganism in the schools is to recognize it openly. Nothing is ever accom- plished by trying to.minimize the facts ... It is normal enough for school Principals and other adminis tratoes to try, to hush-hush un- pleasant thiegs. This attitude, as- sumes that any trouble tends to give a school a bad name. But whenever school people are prepared to act aggressively on their problems we see no reason to be afraid of letting the. Public know the facts. The facts show that the great majority of school pupils are de- cent, law-abiding young people. A small, ruthless minority has caused an increasing amount of trouble. The trend is national as well as local. It reflects on the schools no, more than on other departments of govern- ment. In fact the schools might have- a just compalint that they have been left to solve a very difficult problem with little help froin law enforcement officials, courts and parents. The schools are no more responsible than others for the sentimental the- ories that aren't solving the na- tional delinquency problem. The spotlight is on the schools particularly because that is where the teen-age delinquents are required by law to spend five days a week. That is where the problem is concentrated. If it is to be solved, the public must look to school leadership for a strong course of action. -Kansas City (Mo.) Times. STAMPED OUT Guilty of appropriating, state monies, and faced with the pro- spect of a visit by inspectors, local postmaster Seiichi Higash- izawa, of Kodara, Japan, de- cided to cover his losses by drastic measures. He burned down the post office. HOOP-DE-DO--A three-ring cir- cus is nothing compared to the show that Navaho Indian brave Eddie Yazzie puts on, The tricky gyrations with hoops are part of his tribe's devil dance. Eddie traveled from his native Arizona to display it at the annual festivities put on by the Chemawa Indian School. Studious Worm All we know about Dr. Jack Arbit is that he's with the U.S. Army Leadership Human Re- search Unit, at Fort Ord, Cali- fornia, where anything is pos- sible. Dr. Arbit, a grass-roots researcher, has been studying the learning 'habits of worms - specifically an earthworm called Lumbricus terrestris. He finds that worms learn better in the evening. What Dr. Arbit's earthworms were up against was this: how to find the right way to some Wet earth in a glass beaker, Where it was nice and dark, and a worm could relax a bit. It the worm went the wrong way, he found himself wriggling over a piece of sandpaper, If lie per- eisted in his error, Dre Arbit tickled him with a slight jolt of electricity, A worm got a passing grade if lie reached his destination in seven eetitectitiVe tries without, being shocked. Oh the average, it took a worm 32 attempts before he passed,, when instruction was carried: on between eight in the evening: and midnight. But worths studying between eight in the rilotning and noon re qUired sivetage of 45 lessons, ' The exact connection With Aritiy, Leadership may not be' too elder, but one thing is oh- ItiattS: the average worm just doesn't bounce out of bed itt the Morning, bright, smiling and alert.-From- Imperial OilWays. to Give Delinquents A Calf To Raise! grt UNDAY SCI1001 LESSON Somebody used to tell about a novelist who was asked by a doting Mother what her boy should study in school to make him a writer, He geld, "Teeth him to read Homer in Greeks" The mother, of course, backed away thinking she'd been given, et flippant, answer t9 a serious question, but the novelist sim- ply felt the boy would accumu- late certain judgments and per- eeptions Along the way until Greek would be merely the ex- cuse for general equipment. I think it was a good answer, al- though not the only one, So, I was thinking about these wayward boys who are causiee the ruckus in the city schools, and I would like to suggest they be taken out into the country somewhere and given a calf to raise. The calf would be an exs tellent probation officer, and during his growing up would inculcate certain virtues. Calves come in two styles- bull calves and heifer calves. The latter led to Eph Prout's Old remark that "a' heifer calf is better'n none at all," to which he added, "but a bull calf is worse." In the actual raising, it doesn't make much difference, although a heifer calf who shows a straight back, thin tail bone, and other optimistic traits will become a permanent member of the herd and y o u favour her somewhat. The veal calf, whose tenure is short is another thing. There are various times in a boy's life when he measures up and advances. When he could stand in a bushel measure and hold two bushels of meal he was supposed to be a man. When he got big enough to leave t h e horse-rake and build load he was that much ahead of the time he could just rake; and when he could come down off the rack and pitch on, he was really get- ting somewhere. All these moments were im- portant, but none was any more important than the day his fa- ther said, "Well, Son, there's a likely - looking crittur, how'd you like to raise him up?" If in later years, some board of directors should say," "How would you like to be president of the company?" it could scarce- ix mean more. A calf to raise! fellow was really growing tip! A' fractious high-school stu- dent who is yanked frOm his de- linquency to nurse-maid a bull calf will at once be amazed at By Rev. B. B. warren, 134., B.A. 47,17.7.111," God's People in Bondage Exodus 1:7.22 Memory Selection: The Lord Is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me? - Psalm 118:6. TIIEFAIM FRONT 612=41 The seventy souls of Jacob's family which went down into Egypt in the days of Joseph had become a multitude. The Shep- herd kings who had ruled Egypt • in Joseph's day were not real Egyptians but invaders from Asia with their capital in ths north east part of the Delta, They were expelled about 1500 B.C. by a native Egyptian, the first king of the 18th dynasty, This new line of kings tried to curb the growth of the Israelites but every attempt failed. Harsh taskmasters forced the Israelites to bear heavy burdens in build. ing two treasure cities for Pharaoh. "But the more they af- flicted them, the more they mul- tiplied and grew." The midwives of the Hebrew women were bidden to kill the male children. That failed because the hardy Hebrew women were delivered of their children before the mid- wives arrived. Finally, in des- peration, Pharaoh charged his people, saying, "Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive." But one of these very male children, con- cealed in the home for three months by his parents and then put in a little axes in the flags by the river's brink, was destined to be ieund by the Tyrant's daughter, raised and educated In the Egyptian court, and later, under God, to lead his people out of their bondage in triumph over the Egyptians. Of him it is written, "And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the leuRD knew face to face, in all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land, and in all that mighty land, arid in all the great terror which Moses showed in the sight of all Israel." Deuteronomy 34:10- 12. Men who defy God and His laws of truth and right always lose. Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin have had their little day They have left their trail of blood but have finally gone down in shame. The path of the Christian it not always strewn with roses Neither was the path of our Sa viour. Why should we complain Let us bear our cross and fol low Him. We shall triumph al ways when we are on God' side. '41 the animal's precocity. A newly arrived calf doesn't waste time languishing and being waited upon. He takes over the cote- piste operation of the world, and bases his whole career on food 1-te can at once outrun the wind, outpull the tide, and outinaneus ver a jaelsrabbit. A boy, pitting bull strength, against bull strength, soon finds he is in second place. By the time a bull calf has jerked him the length of a tie-up he will decide to exercise cunning and strategy, He should begin to ace why delinquency is unapplaud- ed. Standing on one end of a rope, the bull holding the other, and both boy and bull depicting obstinacy with their eyes bulg- mg like cucumbers, will soon strike the boy as a poor way to pass the time. The boy will see that brains are superior to force. The boy will thus take a turn of the rope around a stanchion, which will make the bull calf do a flop-up, and after two or three such manipulations the bull calf will tend toward docility. The boy will also learn to grip the bull calf by the nose and steer him, and will thus learn what a bull's nose feels like in the gray quiet of a country morn when the question of who's boss is in dis- pute. One morning the bull calf stands for you and you have won a great decision. A boy with a new bull calf is better than a circus act. The family usually assembles to watch, and laughs and carries on as if it was funny. When you start for the mother cow with your calf, and wind up by being slapped against the wall until all the harnesses fall off their pegs, the hilarity of . your rela- tives seems unkind - but it does determine you to avoid such awkwardness the next time. A purpose is inculcated, and yeu greatly- enjoy that pleasant morning when they come to laugh, but see you walk slowly down the barn, your calf will- ing and clever at your side ane the halter rope loose and dangl- ing. This is a tremendous mo- ment. Teaching a calf, next, to drink from a pail is exciting. You put some warm skimmed milk in a bucket, stir in' a handful of calf meal, and hope for the best. A calf doesn't,know what a bucket is, so you put two fingers in his mouth and deceive him. Gently you lower your fingers into the warm, glutinous mess, and if he keeps sucking and gets a taste you may wean him in- stantly. More often he will blow, which throws milk and meal up your sleeve under your armpit, and makes you feel sticky. Then he will slat his head, which douses the interior of the barn until the beams drip. You wouldn't believe one quart of warm milk could make such a mess. Then you go to the house and mix up some more. Weaning a calf often means weeks of living in an atmosphere of warm milk and wet mash, and teaches patience. Your overalls will dry in the shed while you're in school and flakes of calf meal will drop off them until the floor is brown, But one day you've won again, and the calf cats from a pail, even chews some hay, and there is much satisfaction when Father ob- serves, "You're getting some heft onto him, no doubt about it!" This is success! It's fun to go to the barn and see how he's coming. You come in from school-that is, you used to - and change into your barn clothes, and rush out, He knows you, of course, and runs his snout tip your chest, and you scratch his ears or rub the little buttons where his horns are coming. Then when you get old- er you think back on all the things he taught you, and you think maybe more boys ought to raise a 'calf. - by John Gould in The Christian Science. Moni- tor. CROSSWORD PUZZLE Atl.t032 2', Largo town 1. Tax 3. StriireeS of 5. Cribbage. 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