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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1959-09-10, Page 3they really were. By Sunda, morning, the chastened Perishing eyed the liberators with hostilitt Why were they so few? Was t the end or only the beginning of more trouble? In their minds, the people p( Paris had somehow linked thell own liberation with the end the war. It hadn't, occurred to them in their first flights of on. bounded joy that there might hi another long winter of war, fat to the north and east, Not tt mention the island hopping ant jungle rot and. Karneliazis ball way across the world, Sometime during that Sattxr day night the world had begun to move again. From there on, it moved too fast for most people. After allt who in, this generation was bore to digest the implications and the actuality of nuclear weapons, of two world wars* that didn't seem to solve anything at all? . vision of four loaves of high- crusted home-baked bread, quite likely.oatmeal bread from the appearance, This sort of thing is fun, in a way, I gather plenty of pee- pie in, this world have things to think on which are not so love- ly as loaves of home-baked baked bread, but why four all at once? I stood there with the dauber poised, and wondered why my absurdity couldn't be content with one slice of Qat- :Ileal bread, perhaps anointed with some sweet butter, and then lightly sprinkled with brown sugar? It Was the molasses cookies that finally gave me the tip-off, I conjured up a splendid vision of about two acres of thin molas- ses cookies while I was pound- ing down a couple of persistent tacks in the kitchen rocker, and I. figured out the whole thing. Just before I had this won- derful vision, she had inserted the last of the dishes into our dishwashing machine, and had closed the front door before pushing the button. And the hinge on the dishwasher had made a gently protesting noise, sort of an ernk sound, "You put 'a drop of oil on that hinge and you'd be surprised how, quiet things will be around here," I said, and'then I knew. My mother's ancient Wood & Bishop kitchen range had an oven door which all my boy- hood made exactly the same sound whether she opened or closed it! The realization of what a trick had been played on me occu- pied me all morning. I fondly saw, all over again, the tin pan of custards, an even dozen in heavy crockery mugs, coming forth as I had• seen them so many times before. The cookies were, exactly as they had been. The bread, I could now see; was authentic - for of the four loaves one was a small one. Mother's bread mixer made enough for three big loaves and one small one, so we always had a small .loaf. It was even so. The piea and the cakes, the pot of beans, the cornbread and the• blueberry muffins. Every time the dislhwashing ,machine had ernked, my bringing-up flashed back. "On second thought, I'll oil it for you!" "Getting kind of domestic about this, aren't you?" she said. "I can oil a binge. I just didn't ,hear it squeaking, I guess." I oiled it, anyway. Sort of felt "the ernk was too much of a good thing. No one person de- serves such pleasant thoughts as I was having. It was too rich a diet. Besides, it was becoming critical, for after one hot-day lunch of crackers and milk, she washed the dishes and I had a roast goose 'on my mind all af- ternoon. You can't go on living that "well. By John Gould in The Christian Science Monitor. Drop of Oil Starts Fond Memories "'The Day The Earth Stood Still And They Saw Th© Stars Dance' A drop of oil on a troubled hinge, and the memories of yes- terday fade from the mind, It's es easy as that, I found I was being misled by some curious deflection of thought, and I couldn't figure out what went on, This has been going on for months, Of course, some all-wise Student of the inner recesses of preoccupation could easily have told me, but it was much more fun to find out for myself, It came without warning, me related and remote. I would be sitting here at the typewriter, perhaps, trying to share my natural passion for joy with the multitude and all at once I would jump up with, I sup- pose, a glazed eye and faraway mien, and I would be thinkinc, about a dozen cup custards, nut- meg and gold and their ebullient enthusiasm bouncing off the ceiling. Or, I would be in the rocker by the back window, examining - the erudition of the local edi- tor, who has never been beyond Portland but has some marvel- ous schemes for the perplexing intricacies of the Far East, and all at once I wound have a lovely vision of four blueberry pies. This was disturbing, and I began to worry about it. I get a fair feed here, as those things go, and am not underprivileged in the calorie department, Fur- thermore, the ordinary disci- plines of a stable intellect dis- approve of such big jumps. If I were going to set up some kind of a hanker, in which I would be ruminating on the in- ternal problems of the plumb- ing trade, and decided to shift all this to an unwarranted con- templation of a custard, I would have just one custard. There was a plurality to this thing which baffled me beyond the matter itself. Why custards, indeed - but why a dozen custards? "There's an old pair of shoes in the shop closet that look good enough to wear some more," she had said, and I went and got them and for the time be- ing I was completely absorbed in this discovery. They were, or it was, a pair of heavy Scotch- grain Oxfords I had been fond of, the kind of shoe you find occasionally which never feels" new when it is new, and when', they disappeared I was put out. I never could imagine what be- tame of them. So now I had them, and I pulled them on, and 1, was glad Itb see them, as with an old friend froM away back, and I had one of 'them up on a chair Out in the summer kitchen ap- plying a close of ox-blood pol- ish. This is typical 'of the one- track situation I have been in when the gustatory mirage' ap- plied itself. Suddenly I had a way of the Rue di Bvoli be- tween the shops end the gardens. of Louis the snipers 'began again, But the people joked as they rolled in the gutters to hide, The .raring continued, even into Notre pamo itself?, like a halt', remembered, unbelieveable. movie. In fact? alter 15 years, that's. what the whole long civic up- heaval seems like tQ those who.' were there, On Saturday night, the dream came to an end. German homb, ors ranged low over the city and dusted it for hours, Paris had been an open city, had no ante, aircraft defenses, We hadn't brought any. To the people, the little hand-. ful of token liberators suddenly seemed just as insuilicient as EDITOR'S NOTE: For those who helped to Jtberate. Paris from the Nazis, ,Aug, 25, 1944, Will always be "the day the earth stood still . and they saw the stars dance," say Rich, and writer of the fol- lowing 15th anniversary reminis- cence. Hollander entered Paris by jeep on the morning of Lib- .eration Day with a team of psy- 01010g/cal warfare Specialists, of which he was one. He is manag- ing editor of the Washington Daily News. by Richard Hollander. Written for NEA Service Washington (NEA) - Late summer in France is lovely in- deed. And on this day of Paris' liberation 15 years ago it seemed even lovelier than usual. There was a hush on the coun- tryside as the jeeps sped over the cobblestones to awaken Paris from a past that was dead, to' begin a future from scratch. This countryside hadn't been churned by artillery. Except for the pitted paving and the wreck- ed belfries where German snipers had lingered you might have thought there hadn't beep a war at all. The poplars in parallel rows curved toward Paris. The nearer you came, the more excited the people. In Rambouillet, southwest of the city, the ekcitement mount- ed. Tanks rumbled. Gen. de Gaulle waited in the chateau to make his triumphant entry, grumbling, people said, because Gen LeClerc would get there ahead of him. At the outer gates of Paris the people put on what was left of holiday attire. / The champagne and the cog- nac and the kisses, all the tangi- ble gratitude intended for mil- lions of fighting men, was pour- ed out for the handful of Brit- ish and Americans fortunate enough to be in on this greatest day in the long history of Paris. Suddenly, the speeding jeeps veered into the Boulevard Ras- pail, All was ominously quiet. Behind those blank facades there were still snipers and the whine of the bullets echoed around your ears. The jeeps went faster and then they were swinging in front of .the Chamber of Deputies and heading across the Seine. Bridge that leads.intO the Place de la Concorde. The bridge is called' the Pont de la Concorde, and it was there that an American captain from Cambridge, Mass., hauled his jeep to a stop and began bang- ing away happily with his car- bine at the Hotel Crillon across the Place where a few Germans were holding out. It wasn't until later that the captain remembered that it was at another Concord Bridge that an ancestor had helped fire the shot heard 'round the world. Even after 15 years, it's still probably a good-dining-out anec- dote. That night the boulevards, packed from wall to wall with all of the people of Paris, ex- ploded with singing of The Star Spangled Banner-and God Save the King and the Marseillaise and Madelon and Tipperary. Near the Madeleine, a GI stopped in a doorway to light a cigarette. In the flare of the match he saw a middle-aged couple approach. The man tip- ped his hat and said, uncertain- ly: "You are an American?" The GI nodded. "Then," said the Frenchman, "will you please kiss my wife?" The mood lasted through the next day. There was a parade and de Gaulle went to Notre Dame to give thanks. In the narrow road- A WINNER - Five-year-old Danny Slivka showed up with the broadest blossom and the widest smile at a sunflower contest. Danny's flower measured 17% inches across, THE FARM FRONT PARIS LIBERATION DAY, 1944: "Thcchampagne and the cognac and the kisses, all the tangible gratitude . . ." A tractor and a furnace may not seem to have much in com- mon, but did you know that a tractor radiator normally re- moves' as much heat 'from .the engine as is produced by 'the average household furnace? • * * J. L. Thompson of the Fed- eral Experimental Farm' at-Swift. Current, Sask., emphasizes that, the cooling system in a tractor or engine requires good main.;* tenance to keep it performing at a high level. Dirt, he says, is the worst, enemy of the cooling system - both inside and out. * * Scale and rust slowly close the tubea and plug water pas- sages in the cylinder'head'a-fid block. This coating, besides slowing circulation, reduces heat transfer and, in time, espe- cially under heavy loads on hot days, the tractor overheats. Where water is used as a cool- ant, anti-rust additives are re- commended to retard rust and scale formation. When a radia- tor becomes plugged, it should be cleaned by a shop specializ- ing in radiator repair.' Leaves, insects, straw and soil on the outside of the core may cause overheating. Air pas- sages in the radiator core should be cleaned periodically with an air hose, Fan belts should be .adjusted frequently during the operating season. Thermostats and hoses should be checked when heating occurs, and re- placed if faulty. * * * Anti-freeze is needed For late fall and early spring tractor use. Besides preventing a crack- ed block and radiator, anti- freeze contains additives which keep the inside core in good condition. "Proper care and periodic checks of the tractor cooling system Will prevent delay in the field during the busy sea- son and avoid serious damage to a high priced machine," coin- merits Mr. Thompson, * * Barley kernels and the far- mer have something in common when malting barley is not threshed• properly - they both get skinned. * * Malting barley buyers will riot pay a premium on barley When skinned and broken kernels constitute Mote' than .five per cent of the .eample. When this" occurs malting barley reverts to feed grades. * Agricultural engineers have studied the threshing problem and come tip with a feW sug- gestions that Will reduce dam- age to a Minh/Win. These area L. Set Cylinder. Speed just fast enough to thresh barley froth heads. Adjust concave clearance to properly ni a I d 11 cylinder 3, Keep cylinder aria concaves iri good repair and alignment.. 4. Use• plenty of wind for se- paration of barley f r o m chaff and straw - keep sieve openings free from matted beards that tend 'to clog the Screeens. 5. Keep tailings return to a minimum. B. Operate blower elevator at proper speed. 7. Minor adjustments may be necessary duiing the day to compensate for changes in temperature and moisture content of the straw and grain. Boundary between Sault %a. Marie and Lake Superior; (b) The southern District of. Ontario comprises: those parts of Muskoka ,District and Simcoll County ,lYing west of. Highway 69; 1mi:enteric) County, those parts of tfi4 -townships of Rama,• Thorah; Brock and Reach lying west of Highway 69 and 12, and the townships of Scott, Uxbridge, Pickering, Whitby and East Whitby; in Durham County, the townships of Darlington and larks; and the counties of Brant, Bruce, Dufferin, Elgin, Essex, Grey, Haldimand, Halton, Huron, Kent, Lambton, Lincoln, Middlesex, Norfolk, Oxford, Peel, Perth, Waterloo, Welland, Wellington, Wentworth and York; and (c) The Central District of On- tario comprises all that part of the Province whin is not in- cluded in the Northern District or the Southern District. Open Season For Ducks And Geese DUCKS, GEESE, etc. - Open seasons and bag limits, as an- nounced by the Department of Lands and. Forests. Ducks, Daily limit 6 (exclusive of mergansers, of which not more than one may be a wood duck and of which not more than 4 may be canvasbacks or red- heads). Possession limit 12 of which not more than 8 may be canvasbacks or redheads, Geese, Daily limit 5 - Posses- sion limit 10 (persons resident more than 25 miles from James Bay may not kill more than 15 geese within 25 miles of James Bay during the 1959 .season.) Coots, Rails and Gallinules daily limit 8 -- possession limit 16 - Woodcock daily limit 8, posses- sion limit 16. OPEN SEASONS this year are: In the Northern District Sept. 15 to Dec. 15th. In the Central Dis- trict Sept. 19 to Dec. 15. The Southern District - 12 noon Oc- tober 4 to Dec. 15 except that in Essex. County the open season for geese is from 12 noon Oct. 3 to Dec. 31 inclusive. 1. The open seasons include the opening and closing dates; except that in the Southern Dis- trict the opening season com- mences at 12 noon, local time, on the opening date. 2. (a) The Northern District of Ontario comprises the Territorial Districts of Kenora, Patricia, Rainy River, Thunder Bay, Cochrane and Timiskaming, and those portions of Algoma, Sud- bury and Nipissing lying norther- ly of highway 17 between Mat- tawa and Sault Ste Marie and Northerly of the International * * * To implement these sugges- tions, the operator of the thresh- er will have to exercise consi- derable judgment and may of- ten have to do some experi- menting. * Venus Says No! Venus is signalling. What does she say? She says, and rather rudely; "Keep away!" "Can't you," she cries,. "Leave, anything alone, And have you got no trouble of your own? My flying saucers have described with mirth The kind of thing that happens on your Earth. Why spread your mess and muddle to the stars? I don't want motor-bombs or atom-cars. I.:,clon't want, rocketfuls of crazy kids, ,4IL,ta king poppycock in, planet-lids. life is healthy here: and I am told ;:te41 bring consumption, and the common cold. rife is quiet: but my saucer-boys 'Report that everywhere you cause a noise. And then it's rather delicate -- but - well, They say your planet has a nasty smell - The smell of blood, the smell of sweat and toil, The smell of smoke, and alcohol, and oil. So kindly cancel anything you've planned: No earthian will be allowed to land. I'd have an Englishman or two to stay: But then, the Russians would be here next day." A. P. Herbert Benefits from inclusion of an antibiotic or an arsenic acid derivitive in chick rations may hinge on the degree of expo- sure to diSease infection, it was indicated in nutrition studies at Brandon, Man. Chicks were reared to six weeks of age in cleaned and disinfected b at tery brooders. Supplementation of their ration with an arsenic acid derivative (45 grams per ton of 3-nitro-4- hydroxyphenylarsonic acid) or aureomycin (15 grams per ton) had no influence on body weight gains or feed efficiency. * * * Both compounds, however, im- proved the weight gains and feed efficiency ,of chicks reared on old litter in floor pens, where the degree of disease infection presumably would be higher than in the battery brooders. * * * Arsenic acid and aureornycirt were equally elective and no further improvement in growth was noted when the two com- pounds were fed in combination. It would appear that the growth stimulating mechanism might well be the same for the arsonic acid compounds and the anti- biotics. Further tests are in progress to determine whether the re- sponSe to arsonic acid may be influenced by ration composition. In Hartford, Conn., upon be- coming a U.S. citizen in federal court, Turkish-born Haroutious A. Aprahamian changed his name to• Haroutious A. Abraha- mien. 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Not for tang That week, by Judge Beam's judicial order, the only legal tender acceptable in Langtry W a s counterfeit mov er. 15 19 IS NAV: ite 20' 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 f4' 34 35 36, 37 38 1* 40 39 41 42 * 43 44 45 46 48 ' 47 49 SO 52 T HE . SAFE AFTER E EARTHQUAKE Agroup of residents 'front grin eharri City, Utah peepele(ii to' leave BOZeniarii. afief epehdihd ihe night of Special Crets dee-Miter-lee of Manidnet College near the earthquake disaster. they Were trapped along the MadiSurli the earthquake dammed the' river and eauSed considerable damoatt, 53' 54 55 8,3 AnSWer elseivliere on thiS page