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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1958-12-17, Page 3OW THE WORLD USES ITS MA 0 R • • AGRICULT1JREe !MB TRANSPORT & UTILITIES C::3 SERVICES U.S.A. I CANADA 1111111Miiirir—Mer"--r-7111 NiMMNS: FRANCE 0 0 -2 sPEit, CENT • JAPAN' ITALY U.S.S.RY MEXICO INDIA Pir", 40 60 80 100 I • 111111 1111111111111 111111111 11111111111111V ,11M 411111111111:, 1111 MR COMMERCE Prei MFG., MINING, CONSTRUCTION 1111111111111110 ItNateS5.l?felllMiel PATTERNS. OF POWER — Newschart above shows how various representative nations employ their work forces in different categories. Highly developed nations are contrasted with those still undergoing transformation from an agrarian to an indus- trial economy. Black bars graphically, tell the story of how man- power is released for other jobs as agriculture becomes mech- anized and requires fewer and fewer workers. Data from United Nations statistical office. 1 Can These fakers Be Licked? To relieve tortured jeints, and crippling pains of some 4,d million Americans suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, doctor* choose from a bewildering a0ert, of medication, ranging from the 'newest, chloroquine, to the oldest soother, plain, ,ordinary aspirin., Which medicine is best? Doc-, tors ::,disagree, -violently,, M coneeqUenee, many of their des., perate patients, confused by the conflicting treatment, have be- come ..an easy million-dollar prey for charlatans. 'Last month, the Arthritis and. Rheumatism Foundation made its first major move toward sett- ling the physicians' • argument and, frustrating the quacks. Over the next five years, the' foundae tion announced, all the drugs whieh have received medical approval will get extensive tests. under controlled conditions. °The study, to cost about $30,- 000 a ypar, will be made by ten clinics set up in large univeri- ties. Each will pick at random twenty arthritic patients who have volunteered as guinea pigs. When a drug is to be tested, a coordinating committee will send the clinics two bottles label- ed "A" and "B" — one, the drug, • one a harmless fake. Which is which even the. clinic doctors will not know. From NEWS, WEEK. $125,000 TREE — A San Fran- cisco store came up with this novel idea for a Christmas tree. It's made of chinchilla, $125,- 000 worth. Model Anita Grimes' chinchilla jacket (valued at a paltry $4,675) competes with the tree. Small, Shy-`And, Big No one wha saw l] Ott, play baseball will ever forget the strange ferocity of his swing. He stood there, r small man in a big man's game, dwarfed by the pitcher and' sometimes even by the umpire. Then, as the ball came hurtling toward him, Mel Ott suddenly grew. Batting left-handed, he lifted his right foot a full 12 inches off the ground, holding the right leg curiously stiff. He lunged for- ward whipping his bat in a smooth, climbing arc. In 22 years with the New York Giants. Ott hit 511 home runs. From the summer day in 1925 when Ott, then 16 and known as Master Melvin, first tried out for the Giants, until another summer day in 1948, when he was fired as their manager of seven masons, the tillage of Ott was the image of a sluggm He weighed only 165 rounds, but the only men in baseball history who, hit more home runs were Bdbe tiith (215 nounds) and ,Timrny Fnxes. (100 pounds). In 1951, Ott's power won him a Mace ifi the Misdeal] Hall of Fame, But last month, when Ott, 49, died in New Orleans seven days' after and 51.110 accident, what peo- ple talked about was riot . the power so much as the qualities that 'Tiede him e man, Ott was so 81W Wheii ho first enrse 1,0 railed all the baseball' writers "mister," Over the years, in a gruff and rugged business, he gained noise, hut the boyiqh... ness end eentleness always re.7, menses'!. 'ere was a greet ertiete" said Eddie Brennirk, the_ 'icon's' trevellue 'se-rotary. "A great artist and a great guy." SMALLEST? -- Mr. dnd Mrs. Victor Franzen, left, above, visit the tiny, 4'/2x7-foot chapel at Wiscasset, Maine, called "the smallest church in the world" by its builder, retired Baptist minister Rev. Mr. Laois W. West, 73. At right, Ruth Drake sweeps out the interior. The building contains seats for two, an altar and a kneeling bench. It is decorated with two of the minister's own paintings. Rev. Mr. West has topped its steeple with a golf ball, because l'there.is. no game in life that brings people so close to God." 4') dicative of the amount of win- ter-kill up to that time. By placing the chamber on various plots periodically through the winter, damage to crops by vari- ous weather factors can be evalu- ated. After two 'winters of research, it is known that ice sheets are disastrous to wintering alfalfa. Plots covered by ice toz four weeks showed complete kill of plants by Dec. 20. Plots kept bare during the 1956-57 winter result- ed in complete kill by Feb. 1. Oie the other hand, four inches of snow over alfalfa caused 100 per cent survival of the crop. * During mid - December last year, a warm spell started alf- alfa growing in the fields. A sub- sequent cold snap caused 15 per cent winter-kill. Nearly 10 inches of snow followed and remained all winter. Injury evaluations in February showed no kill what- ever. • • * It appeared the crop, set back by the cold spell at the first of this year, was able to fully re- cover in 30 days under e pro- tective layer of snow. Little frost occurred in the soil with this snow cover. Tests spread over several win- ters will be required 'before 're- sults are considered conclusive. It is not too difficult to leap cut of bed, as soon as the first day of sun touches• your win- dow — that is, if your window faces west. UWECI M0U0 OULI UOWOn 0000 MO 0170M MUMOUNOB MEMO UMW BR= 00E00 000 0000 WOW 00001E1 120110MU MUM NUM OUM MONO 00E0 000E MEMO 0001000110 =CO WO0 0000 WILIM0 000 0000 MOO d IINDAY SOW LESSON Staged Her Own "command Show" Setting the Edinburgh night aglow with flame, the trappings 'of drapery and tinsel Prepared for the fleet royal variety edln, mend performance blazed to the slay. On a stage set in Jewelled splendour as an eastern harern, variety artiste and stage hands fought the flames, their one way •of escape blocked by a 'fear- maddened lion. Lafayette, the Conjurer, .died. that night and his body was found close to the charred re- mains of the beast he had tried to San, The entire back of the theatre was burned out; and with it went the scenery and stage properties stored in readiness for the command performance a few nights later. The royal show was cancelled. It was a strange beginning for a series destined to blaze with glory through the years. A sec- ond postponement was caused by court mourning on the sudden .death of the King of Denmark. But in July, 1912, at the Palace 'Theatre, London, the curtain eventually rose on the first royal command varietere-performance, Twenty-five of the greatest artists of the day were honoured to appear by royal command. 'They included dancer Pavlova and comedians Harry Lauder, George Robey and Little Tich. Yet officials banned ,the greatest star of all, beloved Marie Lloyd, because they feared she would be too vulgar for the great oc- casion. Fully equal to the situation, Marie Lloyd aisle-eared at a near- by theatre on the royal route and put up placards: "Every perfor- mance by Marie Lloyd is a Com- mand Performance by the Brit- ish public." Gracie Fields inadvertently disturbed Queen Mary, who thought it wrong that a trained coloratura singer should risk her voice with "The Biggest Aspi- distra in the World." Then there was the storm that broke out when "Pogo, the Per- forming Horse" was announced for the programme. Although the Queen attends the circus, performing animals at the royal music hall invariably evoke pro- tests from anti-cruelty societies and they immediately attacked the Pogo proposition in full force, Faces were red when it was subsequently announced that the Griffiths Brothers, brilliant ex- ponents in that line, were to be Pogo's fore and back legs. To avoid delay, bouquet pres- entations to royal performers are always strictly forbidden. As ACI10:4S Strong fi.811• hook 6, Culture teeeium 9 Care$g 12, (n(114;10)11( nt 13. Tear delve L4. itii.‘v metal 15, Saudi boat 16. 111insloti 13, Expres!410o of oontooltit 2D Tibetan Meal< 21 toirst 23, Dark binish• 27. i;01.1;;01.e • 22 plots 21. .VIelt 22 rem Ilaini9 31 Thir-fielit,log. nnlmnla 31.1 Mee school 37 f101d-toilitog (11Atr1011O. Sliosrla 39. 'Cu nno.riti 40 C'ritiehiss 42. rorglVe 44. Organ. a .900111 411. 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But to lessen:this awful moment for the theatre manager.. the Queen Mother asked, "May I have one?" "Your Mhjesty, I should con- sider it a great honour," said the manager. "It would soften the blow," And promptly the Queen Mother accepted a chocolate from his cupped hands and popped it into her mouth — regardless of , carpet duet, With such a big show, things inevitably go wrong on occasion. George Black once planned to illumine a red, white and blue finale with a blaze of 300,000 watts, stage lighting more bril- liant than had ever been seen, At the great moment the fuse blew but critics next morning said that the dimming of the stage while the royal box was in radiance had been "superbly staged!" More recently the Queen un- expectedly entered the foyer by a left-hand door instead of a right and found herslf at the wrong end of a presentation line. i "This must be harder work for you than television," Vic Oliver heard a soft voice saying. "You're telling me!" said Vic, thinking he was replying to an- other performer—then found he was talking to the Queen. Then there was the occasion when. Flo Desmond heard she had been chosen for the show— only to find her name omitted from the final list. In bitter dis- appointment Flo wrote to the present Queen Mother. "There are people who will believe I have incurred your Majesty's displeasure . . . I humbly beg that your Majesty will interest yourself on my behalf, . . ." As a result, the theatre mana- ger heard from Buckingham Palace and Flo Desmond became one of the few modern artists to appear by royal request. In reali- ...Ay, the Royal Variety Show hasn't been a "command per- formance" since the inaugural performance in 1912. It is now an "annual performance in aid of the Variety 'Artists Benevoe. lent Fund," which the Queen and Prince Philip attend. To date over $800,000 has been raised for charity. 20 ...A os.ry 33, silly Ileart eaM4tige 38 Mt. ridge;* 11. VO.riOtto9 42, (it etlid coeid 15, Pother 47. College ,moats 43.ssn Oa Ercbtow ' Inen.!,tire 111, Stinnort.. 52. 'MIN] or '741s ,/,l THERM FRONT. J-06 EASY DOES IT — With Christ- Mas mein rush in the offing, Son Francisco postman Fred: Bidwell breaks in his cart for, heavy duty to come. Carts were recently issued to lighten loads, Lovely Julie Newt-nor displays the latest in timepieces, a jew- eled garter watch, in New York, Julie's ei Broadway chorine, Silent Popcorn l - Noiseless popcern « you .eheW it without A crunch has been developed by sciences It promises to bring back the silent movies in which you .could actually hear the sound track without masti- catory interference, Tint don't expect too much of that promise — yet, The new, silent popcorn is ac- tually a sorghum, not a corn, While it makes no racket under bicuspid compression, its ker. nets expand when popped to only 17 times their original vol., um e. You call this inflation? Not when some modern hybrid pop- corns expand as much as 5 times. Since popcorn is sold by leeilk, they'll have to make pop sorghum more expansive to lend it commercial appeal, Lots of research is going on to improve popcoen, The Depart- ment of Agriculture, Cornell intended),` Purdue (no pun Purdue University and other in- stitutions are working on it be- cause of the great increase in popcorn consumption the last 20 years. Like other maize types, the movie corn is native to the Am- ericas, Indians ate it long before there were white men or theatre lobbies on this side of the At- lantic. They popped it on a hot. flat stone laid over a fire pit. White settlers took it up, but the stuff didn't really become commer- cially important until around 1890. Now, as an outgrowth of the sweets scarcity in. World War II and the introduction of popcorn stands in theatres, it's the basis of an industry grossing many millions yearly. Growers in the midwest corn states harvested 251 million pounds of it last year. In the interest of prosperity for all, we have a suggestion which should get this crunchless munch project off the ground. Why not capitalize on the nat- ural sweetness of sorghum, and peddle the hot buttered pop sorghum as a sweet (as well as quiet) alternate to the popcorn? We make this suggestion free of charge. You can have it for the perfecting. Well don't just stand there. —The Denver Post Small boy's definition of con- science: "Something that makes you tell your mother before your sister does." Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking By Rev it .111 Warren ILA, IlLO. The SignifkanCe of The Savior's Birth Luke 1:46-55S ;1-7, Memory Selection; My soul cloth magnify 010 Lord, and my spirit bath rejoiced In God my Savialq: Luke 1:46-47. . Last year I attended the Christ- mas program at a Teachers` College. The Choir Processional composed of seventy young peo- ple entered singing The First Noel, A. narrator read the Christ- mas Story and a series of tab- leaux interspersed by carols by the Choir or the Choir assisted by the audience was presented. The tableaux showed The Wise Men and Herod, The Shepherds and The Angel. The Manger Scene, and the Adoration of the Magi, Then the audience stood and repeated the Lord's Prayer. All joined in singing 0 Come All Ye Faithful for the Reces- sional. The principal commented on the beauty, dignity and a sac- redness of the program. The em- phasis had been on the birth of. Jesus rather than on; "What gifts will Santa bring to me?" Let us keep the story of Je- sus' birth central in our thoughts at Christmas. In the rush and buying and figures of Santa Claus on every hand, let us not miss the great wonder of Christ- mas, the Lord Jesus Himself. Mary has the next most import- ant place in the Christmas story. She was blessed above all women in conceiving a child by the Holy Ghost. There is a renewed effort to shake our faith in the fact of the Virgin Birth. Borne clergy are saying that it is scientifical- ly impossible and argue that Jesus and Paul never mention it. We grant that it is scientifi- cally impossible but with God all things are possible. Those who will not believe the ac- counts by Matthew and Luke would not believe it if Jesus and Paul had given detailed accounts. Jesus said, "I and my Father are one." (John 10:30) Paul said. "God was manifest in the flesh." (1 Timothy 3:16). These and many other sayings of Jesus and Paul can only be fully under- stood in the light of the Virgin Birth. Let us keep Jesus Christ cen- tral in our thoughts. Remember it was Jesus whom the Wise Men worshipped, (Matthew 2:11) not Mary or Joseph. We will only fully appreciate Christmas as we realize that Jesus. Christ was the Son of God and He came to rec- oncile us to God by bearing our sins and triumphing over death. Let us worship and adore Him. An M.P. flung down several typewritten sheets before his new secretary. "Don't use such long words in my speeches," he said. "I want to know what I'm talking about." - Science has come up with a new protection for plants dur- ing the growing season — a poly- ethylene plastic mulch. Use of straw and manure mulches on plants during the winter has long been an accept- ed horticultural practice. These mulches have also been used during growing seasons to re- duce soil compactness and evap- oration of soil moisture, to im- prove fertility and to control weeds. But using organic mulching materials during the growing season has meant applying nitrogenous fertilizers to decom- pose straw, the introduction of weed seeds in straw and man- ures, and the reduction of soil temperatures when heavy rates are used for weed, control. • * Indications are these disadvan- tages may be partially, overcome by use of polyethylene plastic mulch, says Horticulturist W.. E. Torfason of the Lethbridge, Ex- perimental Farm. Preliminary teats showed early-season soil temperatures were increased under the plas- tic mulch. ;eater, when plant foliage covered the soil, 'tem- peratures were comparable to those in unmulched soil. * * Tomato plants grown on plas- tic mulch were more vigorous and prbduced higher yields. This is attributed to higher' soil temperatures and greater use, of water- due to reduced evap- oration. Soil compactness was not in- creased by mulching and weed growth was not a problem when black plastic mulch was used. Under clear ,plastic, how-- ever, weeds grew rapidly and the mulch was punctured and lifted out of place. * • 4, Mr. Torfason suggests that gardeners, interested in using plastic mulch, do so with the object of controlling weeds and conserving moisture. Benefit of higher yield will be realized. in most seasons,' as a result of re- duced plant competition and more adequate moisture, rather than as a dfrect result of the mulch. Plastic mulches cannot replace organic mulches for winter pro- tection. * * Like professional criminals, Canadian winters destroy all pos- sible clues after playing havoc with perennial crops. It has always been difficult to pinpoint what it is about winter that kills plants, since es- timates of damage are made in the spring after the evidence has been wiped clean. * But tests are under way at the Central Experimental Farm that may throw some light on the subject. Canada Department of Agri' culture field husbandry experts' are reviving sample plots of field crops from winter dorm- ancy by placing a small, bet- toneless growth chamber over th em. Heat. and light are supplied artificially. Snow and soil thaw and the plants begin to row, The regrowth and vigor are in- SCOURGE OF GRASS.. Johnson Grass, a parctsitit weed an- known to Midwer farmers a decade ago, threatens to spread its deadly growth over a wide area of the breadbasket, Farmer Charles Cassoutt examines the sword-like grass growing mere than 10 feet high. the American Farm Bureau tend Soil 8gterr, • Sion Services arir letittlien to get rid of it. 11!