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The Brussels Post, 1958-05-28, Page 7PERSONAL • YOU CAN SLEEP TO-NIGHT UR RELIEVE NERVOISNESO 4111111W TO-MORROW! TABLETS SEDICIN® $1.00-54.95 Drug Stares OEM FREE: Requirements for permanent living in U.S,A. Complete, confidential, authentic. U.S, Information Box 2405 Vancouver, B,C. BE A HAIRDRESSER JOIN CANADA'S LEADING SCHOOL Great opportunity Learn Hairdressing Pleasant, dignified profession; good wages.Tfahrovueslaandrasdoufatsausp oessful America's Greatest System Illustrated Catalogue Free. Write or Call MARVEL HAIRDRESSING SCHOOLS 356 Bloor St. W Toronto Branches: 44 King St. W., Hamilton 72 Rideau Street, Ottawa PATENTS FETHERSTONHAUGH & Company Patent Attorneys, Established 1890. 600 University Ave., Toronto Patents all countries. NEW SECRET! Stop Smoking , and save money, Free Information. Esdrat Belanger, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada. $1.00 TRIAL offer. Twenty-five deluxe personal requirements. Latest cata- logue included. The Medico Agency, Box 22 Terminal "Q" Toronto, Ont. :To be happj, end tranquil instead' of nerimus'or tor a good night's sleep, take Sedicin _tablets according to directions. . . , • " saseiss land K s r aft' 10141e ..0aTaa, , io—es4ithiree-EM.VY. psierihrYh ' t ob h ey • iiiiiir:470R._..-.1;irceri."?a • 10111 ii. Tr« # the. Naa _a _'P u • • • lift-'and le thf jun. intenill'hit over .0ott KIDS OF ,ALL AGES—Like the electric train for thritten4,- 'Dad it ,geing to enjoy this new toy rocket launcher'jUit much CiS junior. A hand-operated tridniti!.liftt, the 'edttof "CrOdle and SWingS it to the joWef' .010tothi. The mitorited towers lfitOWKtraCk; tiOns itirit. the rocket' to' the laUtiehing platform lowered ` info ,Ct spring .pdd. ,AS the ,rhotbiized tower• Moves out Of. Like *rery.e, the' count 'down begins en ,the renstife control pdnet and the' s'econd's 'tick away 5,4.3-2.1 -FIRE! Firing button' fe the .tbeleOt bleittt' off. 'The rocket has • polyurethane tbriiii • IMP !.........Wr.NP.I.P.M.FM.=IOP.P.PMII.III,PNIIIIIPII...MM.MMOONOOM.O.n. • CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Dial Telephones In The Country It, suddenly occurred to Me W- 4), that the rural telellPOPQ has again become a Worthy subject of conternplatien, although in different Ways, This came te mind ea the result of :asking for UNiversity 5-2222,41 The operas ter, Who has long since ceased to be a near neighhor and a close friend, is a distant voice in some unknown place, and she asked pleasantly,, "And where is that?" The ancient swat lines have been dialized, You see- And as the dial systems extended, them- selves into the remoter regions, all these synthetic exchanges have been thought tip*and foist- ed upon us, There is no such place, of course, as UNiversity 5. But there used to be a pleasant little community known es Free- port — about 15 miles from us and a town we occasionally call. In its earlier days this may have been a free port, whereas other waterfront localities charged wharfage, but the local, legend Is that the town was named for Sir Andrew Freeport in the Spectator Papers of Addison and Steele.. This is a pretty little le- gend, and deserves our support. We should not lightly dally with a town so charmingly named. The number we used to call most of all was Freeport 124-35, which meant three long rings and five short — a merry snatch of jingling worth the ten cents the call cost, But what became of all that? It says if you look up the number you will save time, so we'look up the number, dial the operator, and say, "UNiversity 5-2222." The operator then asks, "And where is that?" If I am not in a hurry and de- sire to reprimand the telephone company for compounding an absurdity, I say, "I don't know." This is mean of me and I ought to be ashamed of myself, for I know very well it is exactly the same thing as the old number, Freeport 124-35. I hesitate to say "I don't know" every time, because one night I got connect- ed with a woman in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where there is also an exchange named UNi- versity, and I had a time getting rid of her. I think there is another UNi- versity out West, for another time I talked with a man in Al- pena, Michigan. "Hello," I said. "Is this Snookums?" He said it was not. Of course, deep in the tele- phone company is a man who could explain why UN-5 con- nects you with Freeport, and .why UN-3 connects yon with Cambridge, and he might even explain that there really is a university in Cambridge if you knoCsi where to look. But there is no university in Freeport, So goes. Bath is now Hilltop, and Bath sits on tidewater. Brunswick is now PArk View, although nei- ther park nor view will entrance the sight-seer much. There is a presumption on the part of the telephone company when they set up an artificial exchange for a well-known and trusty town of long standing, and then ask the customer to identify it. I made a call recently to LOcust'something or other, and the operator said, "Where is that?" I said, honestly, "I don't know. LOcust is a name your company postulated for its own purposes, and I cannot bound it or describe its natural assets. I ika 4 do not know if it makes shoes or packs fish. It might be east of Eggemoggin Beach, and it might be part of Pripet or Bass Harbor. It is somewhere in Maine." "Do you know, what it's near?" she asked, "I think its. near PRospect, MYstic, and TRiangle," I said I was immediately connected with a downtown St. Louis num- ber and the baby sitter said Mr. and. Mrs. Foster were out for the evening and would be home late. I can explain how• this happens, for I am a student of such things. The operator, not knowing one UNiversity from another, makes a buzz and gets connected with a route specialist. She says, "Route, please, to HArvest-5." Then the other operator says, "Boston 125; plus 2-L, plus, etc." The "2-L" means two letters, which is why they capitalize twice on all exchanges. It, is jest as easy, therefore, to get a wrong number in Denver as it is to get a right one in. LOcust. I resent it very much when the operator implies that I ought to know where these exchanges. are. I think SHE ought to. know, or that the man who made the things up ought. to be kept on 24-hour duty so he, can tell. her, True, telephone, service has been much improved and the rates are healthy and strong. But when I meet a' man on the train and we begin to talk, and we find we have common interests, and he says, "Here .it my num- ber, call me up when you have a hen hot, an' I'll send you some goose eggs,'' I can put his num- ber in my pocket without, having any idea where he lives. When I have a setting rien I OW the operator and say, free ' 7-23451" So she sayt, "Where is that ". I do not know, so I say I do not know. This makes me queer to the operator, who is a rational person and as- sumes that anybody making e call will have some idea as to its destination. "Is that in Maine?" she says. I don't know if it's in Maine Or Costa Rica, to tell the truth, RUstfree is a telephone company place, and has nothing to do with me, goose eggs, hot hens, or ra- tionality. "For all I 'know, it's in, Tlmbuctoo," I say. "Where is TImbuctoo " she'- says. —by John' Gould in The Christian Science Monitor. How Can 1? By Anne Ashley Q. How can remove the col- ored letters from empty flour sacks?' • , A, Rub pure lard thoroughly into the letters and figures, soak in .lukewarm water for a feW days, then put in the boiler with soap flakes and boil. This treat- ment will remove all the letter- ing. Q. How can t soften egg shells? A. By putting the eggs in vinegar for about twenty-four hours, longer if necessary. Q. How can I dry a sweater properly after washing? A. Lay the sweater on a fiat surface, turning from time to ' time. It will not stretch and will be soft when dry. Q. How can I prevent the rusting of mattress springs? A. Rub the springs occastns ally with a cloth dipped into melted paraffin, and they will never rust, Q. How can I make a rubber hot-water bottle last longer? A. It will last twice as long if the steam is pressed out be, fore inserting the .stopper, if it is .never filled more than two- thirds, and never with boiling water, and when not in use, the bag is hung with opening down- wards. Pilots Bale Out, In Sealed Capsules A pilot' of a Super Sabre rip- ping through the thin atmos- phere at 42,000 feet hears a shat- tering explosion behind ...him. His machine bucks,and pitches•like a Mustang,' flames lick along the fuselage — ,a jet engine hap ex- ploded and by ordinary ,stand- arda this should be -the• end of him, for an utterly hostile world awaits him outside .the plastic canOpy when he bales out. The air is only one-sixth the density at sea-level.„ Sudden ex- posure to the reduced, pressure can . cause severe internal in- jl-try. And as. the' oxygen content is 'far below the amount' neees- sary to.sustain„life, unconscious- ,ness and eleath would follow.' The temperature outside his Pressurized cabin is beloW zero, ,cold enough to freezeean un- ,Protected person in a few Min- utes. At his:speed of 600 m.p.h., sudden exposure, to wind-blast. would .alrhost certainly 'prove fatal. Even itne clears the 'plane and survives the slipstream, his life will he endangered by the tumbling and spinning "Which will' ofree the blood away from the heart, as he plummets down. All the odds are overwhelming-' .ly against him. But thanks to modern science. he is surrounded by life-saving aids, Charlet Coombs points out in a fascinating survey of tip- ' to-the-minute flying •teehnictuet, "Stiritival ,in the Sky". ' he has ;to: "follow. the Almost stvitheuts..thielsing. .he has eloteciehit:ehrettle, shut off fuel flow, "switched soft electrical circuits, .in preparation 'for auto- matic ejection, Raising the arrerests of his seat jettisons the plastic .cenopy over 'his 'head. Instantly he is exposed tie 'the: furies Of the .outside at-. Mott:there-the mash leaps away from his face as reduced sure ,causes, his lungs to.expand, biltAuldkly settles back. Decom- pression triggers the mechaidem of his skin-tight' nylon flying Stilt. 144-00661.1rt Oxygen' 'shitiots through the limp 'bladder§ tees ning along his arms, legs, eideS, and as they All, the suit souee:i.ds hII'i'l =with an \artificial tares:Aire that, the thin ,atmosphere,' doesn't' "proVide * ,,l4OW he britee§: hi'a body arid egeinee the, seat's back aaesC resses a trigger 'and.both he 'an scat are ,shot trite the ale,;:,'" the jlainirik: tail ,otit-th4 'llaShes 'Ott beneath hint: .slipstream SilisShe ligailiSt hill '1, helmet and be Shia ,tirriblimt.' Then the pilot itebehee' self from the, seat and for near- ly two minutes "free-falls" down, through 30,000 feet. At 12,000 feet, when the denser air has lessened his descent to abput 130 m.p.h., within the safe- ty limits for Parachute Opening,. a device in his parachute pack, teiggered, by the higher pressure, releases the parachute and he drifts safely down to .earth, A miracle of life-saving sci- ence, indeed. But Coombs re- cords even more advanced meth- ods. Future aircraft will operate at extremely high' altitudes, and the pilot ma,aav then have to bale out at supilonic speeds in a sealed capsule. Several have.been devised and tested on dummies dropped from 'planes flying at various speeds and heights, others are being prepared. One design is made of light, strong honeycomb fibre- glass The pilot; wearing a para- chute and survival gear, sits partly inside the capsule in his usual seat. It, has clamshell-like doors which open and elbse ra- ther like a parrot's beak. Apart from baling out, many other modern wonders are des- ' cribed in a book that will parti- cularly engross • all air-minded youth eager to understand or play a part in our supersonic future. Starlings Taken For Enemy Planes New experiments with super- sonic sound devices inaudible to the human ear were made re- ' cently in vain attempts to break up enormous flocks of starlings, often numbering 25,000, which roost nightly aan tall buildings in London and some midland cities. The birds have become a serious , nuisance: Stuffed owls 'were also used to try to scare the winged invaders. The starlings were not deceived; they,,knew the 'owls were faked. Many showed their contempt by perching on them. The starling population has been soaring since the end' of the war. The 'rate of increase has amazed ornithologists. "One 'flock ' which flew over a south country village was so large that some villagers at first thought it was 'a fleet of enemy aircraft and told the local constable. Massed flights of thousands of etarlingt have become one' of the modern "sights" of London, They settle on the ledges of big build- ings' at dusk after manoeuvring in' the sky with .extraordinary precision. Some experts describe the cheerful starling as a roistering swaggerer among birds. It loves ,therescempany, and can adapt its habits to life: in modern cities. The starling is also a clever . stealing phrases from blackbirds, curlewse•• lapwings and many others and often imi tating mechanical sounds, such as the tinkling 'of a bell. 'ing shortage, pulled' into, Uwe in a hurry„,te alleviate •a pitch et three in the ',morning. SincsSe ot_aWpw sp[Ap4NoT TOLL The Dedgee, rookie, 'brought :up his orders: were to report irfe- mediately to the Manager, he asked the night elan for Unc.'al Robbie's rorn and Went tip and knocked en the manager's ciders After' a long interval ; Rebbic 'Opened the door. , was tousled; 'his eyes : half-closed: "Who, are you?" he:ye:Weed. the new 'ball'. player front Minneapolis." Robbie gasped, .But he kept control, What Oaf, he thought; but might as Well have toifie Ain with him. "Look; eon," "1 Want 'said, 'yea to report to•tevery player On the Hoer. Then Calle back and tell metallet 'flits, said .tto you.", th kid left. A halt-hour later. ;he was bad14.' Rebble Said, "tithat thok `they saY.4cr Yeti?" • Nothing,, the "What, do' you snaiMecf • itebble: • 111r; holornAoil;". the - took* gulped, oh6hdo Stolen Kiss. Started War '' a 11, _fashionably dressed, wearing diamonds but thickly veiled, a slim young woman drove to a prison in Philadelphia, U.S.A., and announced that she Was a cousin of a young man who had been imprisoned for a jewel theft, "May I ace him, just for a few moments?" she begged. She was permitted to speak to the Prison- er through the bars of his cell. What words passed between the couple may never be known, for the warden stood beyond hearing, On taking leave of the convict the woman lifted her veil and imprinted on his lips a long, Pas- sionate kiss, The convict turned, staggered to his bunk and collapsed upon it, his face buried in his arms. Sobbing bitterly, the visitor covered her face and was ac- companied to the gate by the sympathetic warden. She drove off in a limousine, The warden returned to the cell to find the man dead on the floor. Between his lips was a piece of discoloured cigarette paper. A doctor found that this was impregnated with a deadly poison. Its effect had been practi- cally instantaneous he said. That "murder with a ki*SSic — the only authenticated instance of its kind in the history of crime in the U.S.A, — took place in 1923. The woman has never been traced. Why she gave the man the fatal kiss and who she was remains a mystery which has baffled criminologists for thirty- four years. Kisses have sometimes proved very dangerous, if not always fatal. When a German was on trial for "killing his wife with Os- Jug," medical evidence was call- ed to prove that it was possible that passionate kisses showered incessantly on the girl affected her very weak heart and caused her death. But the husband was acquitted. In the Balkans in 1936, an army colonel was bereaved by a kiss. He was embracing his pret- ty young wife before setting out on manoeuvres wken his revol- ver went off acci?lentally and killed her. Another fatal kiss, given by Ferdinand of Bavaria, Germany, in 1703, led to the loss of many lives; fOr it precipitated a war. He was horse-riding on an es- tate'many miles from his palace when he saw a beautiful girl walking in the spacious park sur- rounding the palace of his royal neighbour. So bewitched was he by her lovely face and figure that he kissed her impetuously. What lie did not know was that she was a princess of the royal fam- ily and that her fiancé had seen the • stolen. kiss. A duel was fought and both men were wounded. This led to a war between the two kingdoms which lasted,many months. Biggest Diamond? The actual tools used by ex- perts to 'split the biggest dia- mond. in 'the world, the 3,024. carat Cullinen, were shown to the Queen and the:Duke of Edin- burgh when they visited 'Hol- land recently. This wonderful blue-white gem of lovely citsality was 41/21n. long, 21/41n. high and 21/2 in broad. An overseer in a South African mine owned 'by the late Sit Thomas N. Cullinan was doing his rounds one day in January, 1905, when lie noticed something glistening in the half-light. Scratching at the ground near the rim of the 30-foot crater with his pocket- knife, he was amazed to find that it was a diamond thtee times the size of any previously discovered: It- was insured for $4,000,000 end later bought by 'the Trans- vaal• Government fol pretenta- lion to King Edward VII as a birthday paesents The king had the* diamond splitairi Arbsterdani into nine'stones. He called the. " biggest diamond '"Star of Africa' and had it embodied in the Royal' Sceptre, The • next three in size, all large ..gerns, were named "Lesser State Of Africa". The biggest of these tvae ie- ebtpcitated .in 'the impetial State Crown and the other' two in the late Queen Mary's Crown. The final five stones and a nuMber of the' small brilliantaavvere used to niake"..a. diamond collar for' 'Queen Victorie which;. years ;titer, was handed On tee Otieen Mary. Sonic .diamond experts of to, day to an 'old belief that the original Cttilirinh PlainOnd Was, because of • its flataaided shape;. the broken half Of one eriormotta gent:: 'When this idea . was first,, put „ 1.610'ard,•searati parties backed,.; by'ea by Syriclietites tried, te•flrid the so.catled"ornisSing half-_, Orle tytift istifit itrittid.that.itbad beenliettli(add ."-hidden - by' 43 oiativa. ;MU:idea ..nativesweire, toiled by police for 'weeks:. On -One' Odeasion `a 'OettetiVe t roM jblianneibiti4 AGENTS WANTED GO INTO BUSINESS, for yourself. Sell our exciting house. wares, watches and other products not found in stores. No competition, Prof.• its PP to 500%, Write now Or free, eateur catalogue and separate corl, dential wholeSale prier) sheet. 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You can 50 depend on Dodd's. ROE "ON RYE The venerable Preacher Roe had a dry sense of humor to go along with his wide assortment of "stuff", and could handle any situation that came along. One afternoon the Phillies started belaboring him, They scored four times in the first inning and were bouncing hits all over the 'outfield in the second,• when catcher Al Lopez called time, Lopez plodded to the mound and asked, "Feeling all right, Preach?" Roe deliberated -a moment. "Waaaal," he clrawel, "I ain't dot, no pain—I ain't got no fatigue—. and, 'by golly, I ain't got 'a thing on, the, ball!" ISSUE 22 -- 1958 FRENCH RIOT IN ALGIERS—Righ'wing riders cverturn a car during violent demonstrations in Algiers in protest against' any compromise in the struggle with Algerian rebels, A mob of more than 50,000 French men and wimen gathered in a square while young rioters stormed the U.S. Cultural Center and occupied the French Civil Government headquarters. a a' 4It