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The Brussels Post, 1958-05-21, Page 7
Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking TEXAS SHELL GAME-You might-know a Texas hen would do it. Linda Dallas, Texas Christian University student, compares a giant egg with an average one. The big egg was laid by a hen owned by W. L. Gatlin, of Grandview, Tex. It measures Vs inches around the middle, 10 inches the long way and weighs seven ounces. The smaller egg was rated "extra large" by normal standards. .. ,,.., ,..,. , , , r*%044: . , ' ir-v:t: ' . "-A.:;- -...,,,. '",'"Olitgke, sifill 4. ............................ a.. IN Fula "i1lLOOM,46iti. the, ;tulip's arid thi..youngiteri teent to.. be I baSeinatif. window Of 0iiii :home; at they 401 i..aetii-Up. look- end thriataplier :iota., P ,;r7 often edect rtrit3." rimer lager moos aper, aries due. Bey- )tury hese: Mine at is tinily rela- tepee. Mess ?ears. col- tuiet, dean Men. rank bors, The The ness, /S0111, iver- ation the This i the • teen- .e its ac, and ' wary 1 by d by lager - so I its- their limS- s. It. ough. igton 01 of that Attlee rgian f the the gath- Went iews- lager -and- From iould r the er, now trter- mid- ager, oked sat coy- nute„ wit, res." =en SUll right Sheet laidt Hard Tops---Big 'Top Circus Battle On. The great battle of the Circus 14 on, B's a battle of the ,Modern Hard Top versus the traditional canvas Big Top, Spring hes come, Arid the opening salvos of roaring circus "atomic" cannons, with their 114- Mail missiles, have boomed and reverberated across the Hudson River for a month er more, Now, as Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey move from Madison Square Garden, on the New York side of the river, to Boston Garden, the Clyde Beat- ty tented circus leaves Palisades Park, .N,J., and prepares to in- vade territories which, the Great- est Saw on Earth has aban- doned, When in July, 1956, this show folded its tents in. Pittsburgh, and John Ringling North tersely announced that "the era of the tented circus is over; it is a thing of the past"-(and two or three others closed)-many got the sad and mistaken notion that circus days had ended forever. Not so.. Today, circus business is going very well. About 30 shows are currently touring the country-the roster about evenly divided between the tented vari- ety and those using permanent arenas, colosseums, ball parks, and fair grounds. Indoors or out? A building or a tent? Each has its points. To those nostalgic parents who dote on relating to wide-eyed young- sters the thrills of watching cir- cus trains roll in at dawn, the unloading of the horses, wagons, and elephants, and the trek to the circus grounds where the canvas Big Top was being erect- ed-today's circus is "just not eircusy" any more. But, those same parents also could well decny the replacing of old-time vaudeville and the "flickers" with night-club per- formances, color and sound movies, drive-ins, and television. Time and progress bring many changes. But tradition says the show must go on. And circuses today are still the home of the "real thing"-live shows %here there is no film, or flimflam. Cir- cuses provide one of the few remaining phases of show busi- ness by live performers. Although the biggest circus has moved indoors, there's still the opportunity to see, hear - and, yes, even" smell - the ele- phants. Today's circus business is split -half indoor and half tented- right down the middle on battle lines which sharply divide in the opinion of sponsors, publi- cists, and• the public. Many favor one type of presentation; many the other. Those hailing the indoor cir- cus point to the obvious advan- tages of clean buildings, comfor- table seating, and the indepen- dence from the vagaries of the weather. Advocates of the- tented circus still cling to tradition. But history points out that the very word circus, itself, stems from the Latin, meaning 'round,' and that it found its use in the rings in hippodromes and the Circus. Maximus and the Circus Flaminius-huge buildings erect- ed in Rome before the Christian Era. Later, in England and France, there were the ring-and-stage amphitheaters of Philip Astly, and others -roofedsover build- ings erected in the early 1800's. The first American circuses often were presented in more or less permanent structures or in the open air, with at best a fence or a temporary enclosure of can- vas siding for protection and se- clusion. Rain, wind, and hot sun were hazards for audiences and performers, alike, and the first round-top tented show set out in 1830, changing, at that time, the whole course of American circus history. Today, there seems a tendency toward swinging back to build- ings. Circumstances forced mo- PUZZLE .. ACROSS • I. wood-cutting tools 6. Musical in-Struinent 7-Sigh in the 'Scale ....... .121 ..Aslt earnestly 3. Spell:en • 1 4 .motem i) 15,.Helnit 16. ItitOrination. 17, Ton card 16. PlaVor„ 211..Ttirried o 22, Reverse etirVe 24 'Mali 26. Rini eWaY 116. White alit 31. Fold 'O'er 12 1' 'lolly Of tune Siounirt, (11't 81. Lofty molts tains . P.Ifiehe AO, Auto shelter 43. Gained the vietor;0 44 Incenttte. Ie Telegraphed 10.,Flit54ear 51.:, Large budgie 19,,Only 54, Three hie*, two Paradtker, Vt.. Cretan' mt. Marry CI Huge wave' . DOWN' 1. LOW •geltee. mentous changes, Motor 1.z ed equipment replaced horses, and some of the bigger shows travel- led, trein. 444 ratiread costs also mounted tremendously for the Ringling show, up from,. $1.54,900 in 1940, to- more than $.590,000 by 1956: forcing it, to close and to drastically reorga, nips, writes gverett M, Smith in. The Christian 5eience Monitor,. Since the earliest claya of ensing, size has been A premium, Just how big is big? Today, Ilinglingis is still, by far "the biggest"-so immense, • in fact k that it had experienced growing, difficulties.: in finding lots lerge' enough to contain its "14-acre city in itself." Housing and industrial devel- opments, along with new SOW- ban. shopping; centers, forced .the show to move farther and far- ther •from railroad yards, Public transportation to these show. grounds was not always avail- able, and frequently for was no parking space for circus- goers' cars. As these changes have taken place, new 'construction in the auditorium, stadium, and arena field has continued at a rapid pace, Municipalities are voting bond issues, architects are draw- ing plans, and contractors are pouring concrete in cities all across the country. Coliseums, gardens, and con- vention .halls are springing up everywhere, All are large enough Tor the growing list of automo- bile, boat, and aviation shows, for home-building, sportsmen's, and ice _shows, for hockey, bas- ketball, rodeos, ande-a three-ring circus the size of Ringling's. . The traditional circus season,. from early spring to late fall, also has been extended to an all-year-round proposition, Even the Clyde Beatty tented show, which recently closed a month's successful run at Palisades Park, had arranged to heat its canvas Big Top for the comfort of cus- tomers. And now, with Ringling's defi- nitely an indoor circus, the smaller tented circuses, have set out determinedly to claim for their own the areas once domi- nated by "the big one." Snow Dwarfs Haunt The Alps Mysterious dwarfs are report- ed to be haunting the Alps. But they do not inspire awe in the Swiss peasants who live, quietly in the valleys below. These dwarfs, whether hiding in crevasses or sitting carefree on the edge of precipices, are credited with supernatural pow- ers. Holidaymakers may shudder in fright when, on a hot summer day, thunder suddenly bursts upon the Alpine ranges, or, in mid-winter, a violent snowstorm rages. Yet the peasants are not alarmed, believing that the ice men are merely beating their drums or dancing. The dwarfs, they believe, are, graciously disposed towards all honest men and women. But wrongdoers have reason to stay away from this lovely district. A story, passed from family to family and still retold with abso- lute conviction, features a reck- less young peasant who, living in Rofental, fell in love with a girl in the neighbouring valley of Schalserthal. He swore eternal fidelity to her, but later, lured by riches, transferred' his affections to a wealthier girl. The crisis came when the deserted sweetheart met her faithless lover and his bride returning from their wed- ding. They had to cross the Niedrjock bridge on their way back to the Rofen valley. But even as the girl wept an ice dwarf intervened. With a loud crack, the bridge collapsed, pitching the bridal pair into the- swirling torrent. But this calamity gave the broken-hearted girl no satisfae- tion. and she died of grief. Aussie Farmers. Battle Hoppers Australian fanners, are .bettis ing ,another invasion by the hOppers in thgoontback" of New South Wales And ARtleeriSland, These marsupials, . rank With, the, rabbit and the. dingo (Aug. tralian wild- dog) as the great- est animal pests with which the Australian land. Qwrier must contend, Far from being a b41"11.11e4 OltriSt attraction the kangaroo, the terms typiCal, wheat farmer is a ''flaniin' nuisance" --and in Australian terms, that's serious, The cause of the- animal's downfall is its hunger, and, its. propensity for satisfying it by nightly forages into near-ripe wheat crops, For years, farmers have spent thousands of pounds building kangaroo proof fences, which, are about as effective against the high-hopping beasts as rob, bit-proof wire is. against the rebbit. Bitter experience long since has taught farmers that kan- garoos can jump. practically any fence just as easily as rabbits can burrow under it, Fence, the necessity of night- ly vigils on thousands of farms by boys and men, lying full length in the middle of their wheat crops.. Their weapons are loaded wartime .303's. Nothing else will stop a kangaroo, and even then, the bullet has to hit the head or heart. Maybe they'll wait for three hours. Then, a shot or two and the 'roos bolt. The result of the night's work is one, perhaps two, dead animals. The farmers figure it's worth- while, One night's relaxation of such guard duty could mean acres of trampled, devoured crops. Kangaroos are not getting scarcer. No longer do tribes of Australian aborigineecomb the bushlands after their fa'vorite . meat. The primitive hunters, a dying race, stick to their , reserv- REUNION BOUND-Ursula king. 22, of Bremerhaven, Germany, poses on the ship's rail as she arrives in New York. ,She will join her husband, Capt. John King, at the Redstone Arsenal. ations, working. for pay and food in more civilized com- munities. Further/mire, scientists have been unable to find a sure-fire• killer for the 'roos, as they did with rabbits. The virus fnyxo- rnatosis decimated Australia's rabbit population, but the tough- er kangaroo -has defied every- thing scientists of the Common- Wealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization have tried. The average city dweller nev- er thinks of the kangardo as a pest, but rather as a treat to be seen occasionally on a Sunday drive. But the plagues of the last two years have brought them right back to , city door- steps. A red kangaroo, biggest of 'the species, has been seen in recent , months hopping happily - around garden- bushlarid in a euburb less than 420 miles froM the heart of Sydney Veacefnl,. ,the garoo,1` if trapped ten attack • with its hind leg claws and, iron- bar tail, inflicting bad Wintricis. ALIAS JOI1g DOB • Lefty Gomez watched a rookie pitcher *Aided, a gopher ball with the bases full. As the rookie Walked to 'the showees, he Skinned in !rent of Left bCori "Tell nee, Mr Gomez," he said,• "Itti* *Mild Yon have pitched that ball?" "Under an assumed name,' 0.0,1111 Systox, one of the more recent chemicals tested by Science Ser- vice, Canada • Department of Agriculture, for the control of the green apple aphid in apple orchards, appears to be highly promising. 1 A. Hall, of the Sim- coe ScieneeI:'Seryice Laboratory, reports that:3)10o years of test- ing, a single application of Sys- tox gave excellent control throughout the season. Other materials such as Guthion, Dia- zinon, Malathion, Phosdrin and Parathion, gave good initial con- trol but a second application was frequently needed to control mi- grations of the green apple aphid from other orchards. * * • Although the green apple aphid attacks pear, wild crab, hawthorn and possibly other rez, fated plants, it is most common on apples. The insect occurs throughout all of the apple growing 'areas of North America but is usually more abundant and persistent in orchards where pruning, fertilization and culti- vation are practised to excess. The green apple aphid infests the leaves and tender shoots of terminal twigs and water sprouts causing the leaves to curl and the shoots to become dwarfed. =Sooty fungus develops in the honey dew secreted ,by the aphids on the leaves and fruit. Contaminations- with this sub- stance imparts an unsightly ap- pearance to the fruits and it be- comes unsaleable. This aphid passes the winter in the ,form of oval, black, shiny eggs on the small twigs, espe- cially around the buds, These, eggs' hatch at the time buds be- gin to'break open in the spring. Life cyclesare short and several generations occur each summer. The peak infestations usually occur during July. * * s The green apple aphid is the most commons aphid on apples In the past few years outbreaks have become more frequent and more persistent. * * e H. J. Maybee, Head of the LiVestock Products Division of th0 Canada Department of Agri- culture,, reports that the hew grade of beef "Canada Standard" established, last January is un- dergoing .active 'observation and ,appraleal in the trade; Standard is the atiality, of beef which foe- lowsCheice, and deed: It cothea. from Young 'Steers and heifers Mid is leaner than Choice IV Goode Some retail 'chain storea Canada have ' OtiIita&Sed interest hi "Standard", beef and it e'dein3 Probable. that beef in this grade will apOar in verietig places at the retail level dnring the next months. The Department Defente Production and some institutional 1310'611 Site itig to "'Standard", to satisfy, the deinand tor- yoting pal atableteef Without too Mitch fat.' With respect to consumer pref- erence for certain types of beef, it is interesting to note some of the comments made at the recent Annual Convention of the Ame- rican National Cattlemen's Asso- ciation,„held recently in Okla- homm-Ggy. The Unitel States Farm 7loth-sal reports that res- taurant and chain store repre- sentatives "pulled no punches" in telling the cattlemen what the public was looking for in the way of beef. • • * "Isn't there some way you can produce good-eating beef with- out' 'so much fat?" challenged Larry Hilaire, president of the National Restaurant Association. • * * "We're catering to the whims of calorie-counting customers - men as well as women," Hilaire explained._"They abhor fat, and the restaurant operators, who serve more than 80 million meals a day, are getting tired of pay- ing for suet they have to leave in the kitchen." • • John A. Logan, president of the National Association of Food Chains, -echoed Hilaire's plea. "We have just completed a sur- vey in which we interviewed meat buyers for 52 companies operating 8,700 supermarkets and stores. Their No. 1 comment: Akk cattlemen to produce beef that eats well but has less waste fat," . . • During the first three months of 1958 be Canada, the inspected slaughter of beef showed 22.6 per cent Choice, 17.5 per cent Good end 8,8 per cent Standard. SAME SHADE A man had been complaining that he had chosen a wet spell for his holiday last year, when It fried Interrupted: " It can't have been sci bad you came back sunburned!" "Sunburn, nothing," he re- plied: "that was rust!" You Yawn More Than Grandmother believe it or not, ladies and gentlemen, you're yawning more often than your grandparents did-hut no one knOWS why, That's the view of a team of investigators who have been checking up on the Yawning habits of men, women and chil- dren, On the whole they think the extra yawns are a good sign, for yawning relaxes and re- freshes you. It tones up the sus- clef of the mouth, the chest and the back, Because he found the subject of yawning fascinating, a United. States scientist made a Rim of an attractive girl pretending to yawn as she, stretched herself Out comfortably on a settee. The film was shown in slow motion to thirty-five medical students, The girl's fake yawn was so realistic that twenty-five of the students viewing the film in a darkened room yawned fre- quently while doing so. The other ten reported that they "felt like yawning," There are few superstitions about yawning, but the artist, Val, C. PrinceP, R.A., tells of one he noted when he went to India to paint the Durbar, a twenty-seven foot long picture containing 150 portraits. He was completing one of a prince named Holkar when "he suddenly got tired of sitting for me and yawned. Immediately, all the members of the court stand- ing round snapped their fingers to keep the devil from jumping down His Highness's throat," Princep revealed. FAIR QUESTION Pretty as a doll, and lust as dumb, she floated through the cocktail lounge with a fussy pbodle under her arm. She seat- ed herself and, as a waiter pre- pared to take her order, baby- talked the dog into a state of exasperation. Trying to comfort the fidgeting animal she cooed: "There, there, now, Mama's itsy-bitsy baby -- nobody's going to hurt 'oo." The poodle settled after a while, and the girl turned her big eyes to meet the Icy glare of the waiter, who asked, courte- ously, but bitingly: "Your first dog, Madam?" 01950 UMEEI QUO 00122 MEM HOD ©kA U UWOU KM 0tf101510 E/12111f!IM 000 ©000A U EMINO USN WOOHM DOW MOO DifIGIUDEIgi 60120510 00151 EIZICHNIM 01EIEl0a ©ND OBOO 001510 BOO WOOD mann VDU D-OM OMB SON By Rev, O. Barclay Warren B.A., B.D. ir.dving God's X,42WI Deuteronomy 6; 1.3; 11:1g.210 26-28. Memory Selection: He a 0 Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: and thou shalt, love the' Lord Thy God with all thine heart, and will all thy soul, and with• all thy might. Deuteronomy The ten commandments were regarded as of such importance that the, stone tablets on which they were written were stored in the ark in the Holy of Holies. These commands form the basis of the moral law. When Jesus was asked by a lawyer which was the great commandmentk He quoted from our memory selection, adding a second like commandment f r 0 m Leviticus* 19:18, "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." He saidk "On these two commandments* hang all the law and the pro- phets." (Matthew 22:40), Only as we receive the love of God in our heart through the forsakin of our sins and believing On Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, can we properly observe that moral law, We must be trans- formed within before we can keep the spirit of the law. The adulterous look and the hating of another are breaches of the law in the sight of God, Israel was commanded to keel, God's commands constantly be- fore them and thoroughly teach them to the children. They were a subject for conversation whiles travelling, sitting and eating. Moreover, the lessons were re- inforced *by the promise of a blessing to those who obeyed. and the pronouncement of a curse upon the disobedient, It still is a fearful thing to ignore God's law. Yet many are doing it. The taking of God's name in vain, dishonouring of parents, stealing and lying are common sins. A third of all men and a third of all women, who marry in the U.S. have beers married previously. Most bit them (66 per -cent) hoe forms Spouses stilt living. No wonder 'that athird of the prescription* iii U.S. are for tranquillizing &WO. "Be Dot deceived; q94 not Mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also, reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap cor- ruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting." Galatians* 6:7, 8. It is vital to• real happiness in this life as well as in the life to c o m e, to remember God's commands and keep them. Obey the traffic signs - they are placed there for YOUR SAFETY 40 I:Position 14. Vermont 9. Auditor CROSSWORD ing• town 10, Tear 31. Had a Obeli. . 11.; at1ddesa ot 39. Soued Ins' to- thiethlef .s. gether 11 „ Third , 41, Tennis 2I,'Tlit ea Ring Of ' 42. Shirk • . . ..„ - iiidili ' 45. Colony in „. .„. ... .. 2. Time Hod is n 3, Small Masse:4 22• orgehs of s ight 4, Method of prbeedtire 27. Mine sillceto N. Coat scuttle IS, Ratified 11. Street urchin 29, Male sheep 7, Regarded 33. inexPerleneed ••, Italy. (1tteell of flowers' 48. Other 49. 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