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STIRRING FROM LONG SLEEP — The 17-year locust, this time
the 13-year variety, is emerging from a long sleep. The peri-
odical cicada, as it is formally known, this month will stretch
its wings in the area shown on Newsmap. The insect does not
feed on crops, but may harm young trees and vines where it
builds its nest beneath the bark.
cloven hoofs. •
Finally a plastic was found
'and now the major has patented
his invention.••
In addition to overcoming the
shortage of long; straw the mat-
tresses also save labor. With
them there is no daily straw to
remove. The rnattreaes aye -just:.
hosed down, left to drain and
the cows come home from pas-
ture to clean, dry, soft beds.
The •single bed size mattress is
five feet six inches' long and
three feet, six inches wide. It
tapers from three inches thick to
lea inches.
A former salesman had joined
the police force. Returning from
his first beat, the sergeant asked
him if he liked his new job.
"Oh, it's great," the ex-sales-
man replied. "The hours • are
good, the pay is all right, and the
customer is always wrong,"
Foam-Filled Beds
Content The Cows
Straw has given way to foam-
filled mattresses as cow beds at a
farm ner Kidlington, England.
The mattresses are the' inven-
tion of Maj. Anthony Bramley.
When he began using a com-
bine harvester for his grain crops
he found, he had no straw for
bedding down his 80 cows.
The combines, which separate
the grain from the straw right
in the field as they cut it, have
made long straw scarce and dear.
. Short straw is no good.
cows just push it aside and bed
down on concrete. -
Faced with this situation, the
major 'thotight "People 'lie on
mattresses — why nt
The main difficullayieefliidlife
a material• for co:ma:meatteas cov- •
ers tough enough to stancaapp . 9lak
bad to tell him all. about it,. but
to my relief he just .ehuoitletl. •
I. knew Geergie would 'be to
early the next morning, and
managed to be. on hand when he
arrived, X wanted to see that he
spent the penny to the very hest
advantage, Papa must have, said
a word .or two to ,Ocustri. Fred,
for never did a penny stretch as.
that PAO did, 'More, was A licor-
ice whip, of course, and that
alone made a goodly showing,
sticking out of the top of the
little striped bag. But Cousin
Fred added jelly beaps, candy
hearts,. And two big black jaw-•
breakers — a good four cents'
worth, I COtilra' ee that. :Georgie
looked bewildered 'but blissful
as he took the bag and ran out-
side,
I scampered after him in time.
to see him put his hand into the
bag and draw it out with a look
of wonder, He just bad to tell
someone his almost unbelievable
good fortune, and as I was handy
he told me. "Look here!" be said,
his freckled face one big grin.
"All this—and three pennies in
the bottom of the bag!"
"Three pennies!" I gasped, im-
pressed enough to please any-
body, and if Georgie swaggered
a little, I certainly. couldn't
blame him. •"Fred must like
you!"
"Oh, well," said 'Georgie care,
lessly, .ar guess I did something
he liked pretty well, that's all,
Here—want some?"
I did, of course, but there was
something I wanted even more,
and this. seemed a favorable time
to ask. 'Georgie, do you. suppose
you could teach me to bat. with
a real bat?" •
"Instead of that board you
use?" asked Georgie pityingly.
"Girls aren't much good at base-
ball, but if you want to be a tom-
boy, all right. We'll try, anyway."
He fished in the bag again and
brought out an offering that de-
lighted me. "Here," he said •ex--
pensively, "have •a heart."
The Boy Aeronaut
As almost everybody must be
aware by this time, J.• A., 1), KC-
Cwrdy made the first powered
alight in Canada on February
23, 1909, But it was a time when
other daring young men were
trying to hop into the Or in
various dubious deviees. One. of
these was Larry Leah —a four-
teen-year old Montreal glider
flyer. Leah's , flights were not
wholly unpowered. To get air-
borne he like to use a horse or
a boat.
At 13, and living in Chicago,
Lash built himself an Octave
Chanute-designed gliaer win'
,span 16 feet, wing area 125
square feet, muslin-covered, no
tail, total weight 25 pounds.
'Towed into the air by a car, Lesh
'made several 250-foot flights and
brought the glider with him
when his family moved to. Mon-
tree], Here, he kept flying from
a farm near Dominon Park, sub-
stituting a farm horse (ridden
by a friend) for the twoLcar. a
On these flights Lesh often got
up to 100 feet and flew in winds
up to' 25 miles an hour, He was
a dedicated bird boy, with ample
cold nerve. His next project,
however, brought objections
from Chanute, who, was helping
out with expenses as well as sup-
plying designs
This involved a slightly larger
glider, which was equipped with
a tail boom, rudder and stabili-
zer, Control was achieved by
.swinging the whole boom assem-
bly up and down, (or side to
:side) by means of ,ropes, the tail
'being fixed.
This time young Lesh (it was
August of 1907 and he was a 14-
year old veteran of the air) pro-
posed to get off the ground with
the aid of a motorboat. The
,glider had no undercarriage ex-
cept Lesh's sturdy legs.
Lesh's airport was a concrete
dock on the St. Lawrence. The
,glider was hooked up to the,
waiting motorboat with a 300-
foot towrope. On signal, the
boat headed out into the river.
As the rope began to pick up the
• _slack and tauten, Lesh gathered
his glider around his waist and,
°applying full boy-power, sped
.along the dock. After a short
run he was in the air.
With a 15 mile an hour wind
in his face, young Lesh flew'
downstream. His seat in the kite-
like craft was a sort of trapeze,
his joystick-Was a rope, instru-
ments he had none. As the mo-
torboat below chugged with the
current, Lesh flew past the Mon-
treal waterfront, past Dominion
Park. At times his glider skitter-
ed in rough air.
Finally, seven miles away, off
Pointe aux Trembles, Lesh sig-
nalled his escort to slow, down.
His idea was to cast loose the
towrope and make a nice landing
,on either land or Water. The
motorboat driver 'misunderstood
the signal. The boat made a
sharp circle and stopped before
Lesh had a, chance to cut loose.
His power plant thus thrown
into reverse, Lesh came down to
25 feet and abandoned the glider.
Luckily, he could swim well.
His heart afire with love for
the great sky, Lesh then went on
to powered flight and became a
famous barn-stormer and air
ace? As a matter of fact, no. He
•got into radio and became, a res-
pectable business man in Florida.
WHERE THERE'S A WHEEL
THERE'S A WAY
Drage. Brankovic and Boza
Marjanovic are keen tandem
cyclists and frequently enjoy a
trip through the streets of Osi-
paonica, Yugoslavia.
Brankovic is paralyzed and
cannot use his legs, while Mar-•
janovic. is blind; but on their
tandem cycle the paralyzed man
steers while the blind man sits
on the rear seat and pedals.
CROSSWORD
PUZZLE
A new three-year wheat
agreement relacing the, one
which will expire on July 31 has
been .drawn.„up, by the United
Nations Wheat Conference 'which
was attended by representatives
of all the major wheat exporting
and importing countries Of the
world and was one of the most
successful UN parleys ever held
at Geneva. * *
The two salient features of the
new agreement are that it takes
realistically into account the
wider needs and changed cir-
cumstances iaf-the modern world
and that the aUnited Kingdom,
which declined' to join the two
previous wheat pacts, now will
participate as a wheat importer
in the new agreement.
* • *
During the protracted negotia-
tions it was 'realized by all the
participating countries,that an
international .agreemnt
which Britain, the largest buyer •
of wheat in the world, was, not a
member, did not make sense..
* *
The new agreenient differs in
several important aspeets from
the previous one. The mecha-
nism which has been worked out
is expected to achieve stability
in the international trade in
wheat which had previously
been lacking. Moreover, it intro-
duces the element of competition
which had also been absent.
Most important of all, the objec-
tives of the pact have been
widened considerably and the
International Wheat Council
now will have an opportunity to
play a constructive and valuable
role in the years ahead.
Objectives of the agreement
now include the promotion of
expanded trade and the securing
of the freest possible flow of this
trade in the interest of both ex-
porting and importing countries,
the overcoming of the effects of
burdensome surpluses and crit-
ical shortages, the encourage-
ment of_the use and consumption
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of wheat, and the , furtherance
of international cooperation gen-
erally concerning wheat prob-
lems:
For the duration of the agree-
ment the minimum price is to
remainunchanged at $1.50
(Canadian) per, bushel and the
maximum price lowered from $2
to $1.90 (Canadian) per bushel
at the insistence of the import--
ing countries.
'T h e International Wheat
Council will, have increased pow-
ers and functions and will be-
come a World'forum for wheat
problems, It is 'charged with an
annual review of the world
wheat situation in the light,. of
information available in relaticip
to national production, stocks,
prices, trade, including surplus
disposals and special •transac-
tions, and other' relevant facts.
* * *
In the new pact the previous
concept of individual guaran-
teed quantities he's been aban- ,
&med. So• has the procedure of
put -and call. Instead, obligations
are generally on a global basis,
so that trade can now flow more.
freely:
* x * '
Importing countries undertake
to purchasea percentage of their
total commercial imports from
the exporting members. Export-
ing countries which now, in ad-
dition to the United States,
Canada, Australia, Argentina,
France, and' Sweden, incliide
Italy, Spain, and Mexico, under-
take, on the other hand, to sup-
ply the commercial needs of the”
importing countries.
These mutual obligations are
tied to the price range which is
defiined as excluding the maxi-
mum price. At the maximum
price, the duties of exporting
countries are no longer to sup-
ply all commercial requirements,
but are limited to a definite
quantity of wheat, which is
based on the average volume of
purchases by the importing
countries from them over a re-
cent period of years.
*
At the same time, if •the price
reaches the maximum, import-
ing countries are freed from
their percentage obligations so
that they may 'seek to obtain
their commercial requirements
during a maximum price period
from any source, although they
may if they wish take Up their •
rights against exporting coun-
taies.to the extent of the definite
quantity.
A Scottish counsel Met' his
match in a witness of Ilia oWil•
nationality. The case concerned
a suit of clothes., 'Counsel 'argue
ad that his client Was, entitled
to three months in which to pay
' his bill.
"Now, sir," said cetitiaelate the
Witilesa, "had T ordered the suit
instead of my aliefit i would you-
have summoned Me to cotitil"
'IVA" was the reply
'"Arid why not, pray?" 'asked
counsel With a triuitinhailt
because, ;yeti stet I
should }nave wanted 'dealt down'
.from Yeti."
A fight is truly' seldom Weil
By persons Who begin it;
When everything is said and
done,•
ft hurts both people in it,
Penny Candies
In. Papa's Store
Qf all the fascinating place;
in. Papa's store, undoubtedly
the most popular with Deer
Forest children, was the candy
counter, with its wide choice
of delectable Items,
The thriftiest selection: was
perhaps the large cup of jelly
beans which made a goodly
showing in the small red and
green and. white striped bags,
even" for one cent. Little girls,
though, were likely to choose
the small frying Pane which
contained a yellow and white
concoction supposed to look like
a fried egg. We all knew the
imitation eggs left much to be
desired in the way cot flavor,
and moreover were almost im-
possible to dig out with the tiny
unreliable tin sigma which ac-
companied them, but the pans
were very useful in our play-
house furnishings,
The boys of course disdained
such obviously feminine gad-
gets, preferring the longer-last-
ing bittersweet licorice whips
or the big, hard, round, black
jawbreakers which, carefully
stowed in one's cheek, lasted
longest "of all.
Papa allowed me a god deal
of latitude at the candy counter,
and I allowed myself somewhat
more. The only forbidden ob-
jects were the beautiful choco-
late creams with pink and yellow
fillings and walnuts or pecans
on top, which cost two cents
each. Candy carrots, marshmal-
'low bananas, cocoanut biscuits,
small pointed chocolate drops,
white end pink hearts' inscribed
with tender sentiments were
mine' for the asking, or even
better; the taking.
No one in our little Wisconsin
community thought of such a
thing as an allowance in those
early days of the century, and
spending "money was not plenti-
ful; but most of the children
had an occasional penny or two
and spent it. with the careful
deliberation such an occasion
required.- Papal seldom dealt
with these customers, whose se-
lections required time and deep,
concentrated thought, but young
Cousin Fred, our clerk, seemed
rather to enjoy *them, and wait-
ed on them with ',patience, of-
fering counsel when necessary.
I used to wish'that my friend
Georgie could come in oftener.
His mother was' the town dress 7
• .'maker, and a very good one.
AliPagot fifty; cents for making
atCadiess, or pqhaps a dollar if
'it were especially fancy with
many tucks and ruffles, and, she
had,. to manage carefully to
stretch this over the needs 'of
her little family. There were
f'e'w pennies left for candya
But though Georgie '•didn't
have many pennies to spend, he
had a great fund of ideas that
'made' him a most desirable corn-
Paniona Indeed, I was only too
'glad tolshare occasional contents
of my striped candy bag with
him, fot I enjoyed his lively
company; I even hoped he might
some claylteach me to hit a base-
ball with '=something more close-
ly resembling a real bat than
the wide board I was obliged
to use if I wanted any success.
But Georgie 'preferred the
company 01 boys who could
really play baseball, swim,, fish
in our little river, camp in Hel-
geson's Woods, and do all those
things that made life around
Deer Forest so enjoyable for
little boys and which were not
considered ladylike occupations
for little girls, writes Alta Sal-
verson Seymour in The Chris-
tian Science Monitor,
Most of all, though, he longed
to tage after his olden brother's
crowd—big boys thirteen or
'fourteen who had wonderful
adventures like going to Hat-
chet Lake on spring evenings,
building a bonfire, and actually
popping corn or roasting pota-
toes. Sometimes even still older
boys like Cousin Fred went
along and we could hear distant
sounds of singing. No wonder
Georgie wanted to go. I'd have
liked to go myself, but when
IN DETROIT — If you drive,
don't walk, is the moral. Driver
dozed; auto took to a pedes-
trian tunnel in' the motor city.
said that to him he laughed
heartily. There wasn't a chance
for me, and I knew it, but Geor-
gie was resolved to try.
I saw the older boys walk by
one spring evening, Georgie's
brother Ronald among them,
and Cousin Fred went out to
join them. Before long, I no-
ticed Georgie walking quietly
by, a well-judged distance be-
tween himself and the other
group.
This looked so interesting, I
slipped out myself, trusting, as
Georgie was no doubt doing, 'to
the gathering dusk to keep from
being noticed. But our long twi-
light, had a way 'of lingering.
The older boys had undoubtedly
caught sight of Georgie, for they
came to a halt. I dodged quick-
ly into some bushes beside the
road, for if Cousin Fred saw me,
I knew I'd be sent home.
Georgie came to a halt too,
but 'when his brother called,
"Georgie, you go home!" he
didn't answer a word, just stood
as still as we did when we were
playing "Statue." •
The group ahead went on .•
again, and Georgie went on
'also, dragging his feet a little,
but making steady progress. I
followed,- riot that I had the
slightest hope or even intention
of joining the bonfire-Makers at
Hatchet Lake, but I did want to
see that Georgie got there.
° Once 'again' the 'boys stopped-,
and this '•time Ronald shouted
dire . threats at his. little ,brother
—threats which ,had no effect
whatever, for Georgie just wait:
ed until the boys went' on again;
then quietly made' his own way
forward, • • •
I heard Ronald say impatienta
ly, "He'll just spoil everything
— that, kid! Mother wouldn't
want him out with us'. I'll have
to take him home."
But Cousin Fred seemed to
have a better idea. He walked
back, holding out his hand. "I'll
give you a penny if ,you'll go'
home, Georgie," he said.
Georgie hesitated. Pennies
were rare and precious. So was
an evening with the big boys at
Hatchet Lake. But perhaps he
pictured himself at that desirable
candy counter, for after a mo-
ment he reached out and took
the penny.
"Good boy! Now scoot!" said
Cousin Fred and hurried back to
his group,
Georgie turned, but it seemed
he couldn't quite bear to give
up. Once more he turned to fol-
low the boys.
"A bargain's a bargain," they
all shouted, and Georgie at last
started home.
Papa was already closing up
when I ran into the store, for the
farmers were too busy to come
in to trade on spring evenings.
"Where have you been?" he ask-
ed, looking surprised, for I wasn't
allowed to run out alone as a
rule after supper. So of course I
Just How Alert
Are The Bees?
Bees are able to adapt them-
selves to etrettnaStaneea, howeveg,
and will set about finding a :new
supply of nectar or pollen If for
some reason the one to which-
they have become accustomed
should fail. A bee, in fact, seems
to be much more elastic In her
behaviour than most insects are,
and she will even switch from
nectar-collecting to pollen-col-
lecting if there is a real shortage
of Pollen in the hive.
Only a minority of bees go and
find sources of food for them-
selves—most of them are depen-
dent on information which they
receive from older bees, Even so,
they must still recognise and be
attracted to the right flowers
when they come near them, At
one time it was "aubtecl whether
bees could discern colour, but
'von Friach, the great German en-
tomologist, carried out some ex-
periments which prove quite de-
finitely that they can. First of all
he placed a few drops of honey
on a piece of blue paper and
waited until some bees bad fed
from it several times, Then he
removed that piece of paper and
substituted for it another piece
of blue paper and a piece of red
paper. Neither had honey on it
and so was not in itself attractive
to bees. The bees, 'however,
showed no hesitation. They ig,"
nored the red paper completely
but swarmed around the blue
piece, settling on it and return-
ing, to it again and again as
though quite unable to believe
that there was really no honey
there.
Some people objected that this
experiment did not prove that
bees actually saw and rernem-
bered colour. It was possible,
they argued, that the bees only
recognised different degrees of
brightness. Von Frisch accord-
ingly devised another experi-
ment. This time he used a blue
paper and a large number of
grey papers of different shades,
ranging from light to dark, one
of which was bound to be of the
same degree of brightness as the
blue paper. In this experiment
also, the bees picked out the blue
paper without any difficulty,
thereby showing that they really
do recognise colour.
It has also been shown that
bees recognise and remember
scent, and Was the scent of a
flower, rather than the colour,
which attracts them while they
,are still some distance away.
When a bee comes a little nearer,
however, 'she then becomes
aware of the colours, and it is
this which now 'attracts her sa
that she comes and ,hovers oyez
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ISSUE 23 — 1959
NO 15OVEy NE — PeacOck irrorS the world's curiosity 'cis her
ri:eeTt through rOieket fence at Ike Pedals des Nations in GeiieVcii
Switieritind, Where the gig43tilif' foreign ministers are trieetingi,
The trta one several cvlittit inheibIl the isdiece droutidi,