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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1960-04-28, Page 2.,*01 A . KIDNAPPED — This is a recent portrait of Eric. Puegeat, 4, who was kidnapped in Paris and later returned unharmed. He is the, grandson of auto magnate. Jean-Pierre Puegeot. "You'Pe -.charged with throws, ing your mother,in-law out thirdefleor window. Guilty or not guilty?" "Guilty, your honour, I did it without thinking," 'What's no .excuse You might have hit somebody -on the head," Cross-Stitch Beauty 753 --fjo Pretty, practical! A variety of arrangements and sizes are given- for this colorful cloth. Easy 6-to-inch cross-stitch flowers create a gay setting. Pat- tern 753: charts, two 61/4 x 17» inch motifs; six 2 x Tiee four corners 7 x 7; four sprays VA x 41/2 . Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted', use postal note for safety) for this pattern to LAURA WHEELER, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Print plainly PAT- TERN NUMBER, your NAME and ADDRESS. New! New! New! Our 1960 Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book is ready NOW! Crammed with exciting, unusual popular de- signs to 'crochet, knit, sevr, etre. broider, quilt, weave — fashions, home furnishings, toys, gifts, ba- zaar hits. In the book FREE 3 quilt patterns. Hurry, send' 25 cents for your copy. THE' POS MA AEFT a .. N tt his Hai in the section of Londoh, • How Los Angeles Battles the Smog To anyone flying into Los An, 1 00e; the sight at a vast pillar lot yellowish. Smog hanging over the city is unforgettable. To the people Who live there, Los An- &glee recurrent layers of smog ere also unforgettable. On some oat the hottest summer days, An- gelenos drive with their car win- doves closed rather than breathe threat,searing air. Wags walk 'up street and d o w n, sniffing from tanks labeled "Pure Air," end a downtown department store once displayed an, asbestos fire-fighting suit, complete with glass-enclosed mask, as a "Smog Suit." A 'few years ago, a LoS Angeles hen laid an egg, watch- ed the smog tent it green, and kicked the egg out of the nest, Oa the worst days, as the Titer- ky mass descends on the city, the switchboard at City. Hall lights up with hundreds' ofcalls !from irate citizens. Once, a Los Angeles resident scrawled a note to, his wile, ", . . Try to live where there is plenty of fresh air," walked into the next room, and shot himself. For decades, Les Angeles and other California cities have been trying to do something about their smog (which is created by a peculiar photochemical mac- lion that occurs when hot sun beats down on thin smoke in still air). Los Angeles ordered incinerators scrapped and made it a misdemeanor for industry to burn oil from May through. Octo- ber, when natural gas is avail- able. But the masses of autos—puff- ing out, exhaust-rethained be- yond the reach of enforcement authorities. In L o s Angeles County, for example, some 3 million automobiles and trucks pour 8,000 tons of fine carbon .and smoke particles into the air every day. Last month the Cali- fornia Legislature decided the state had had enough of this, end it passed the first law in the nation that requires all ,cars and trucks to be equipped with anti-smog devices. As soon as possible, a special board will test and certify at least two acceptable devices out of the twenty types that have been proposed (most re-burn engine exhausts). Thereafter, motorists buying new or used• cars in the state must install, such a device within a year. Present owners of commercial vehicles will have two Tears to do this, while all car owners Must conform within three years. The cost: Anywhere from 140 to $150, depending, upon the make and type of car. Only exceptions are motorists in counties whose boards of super- visors rule they have no smog problem (expected to be about Easy, Easy, Easy 1 PRINTED PATTERN Sleek, simple, swrpr TO - SEWd No waist seams, fitting. itteolilethecitch waist with igiaceitil tie. Whip up spring's favourite: scooped. sheath in Iltiid ghatitting, airy cotton, linen. Printed. Pattern 4625,' Mi.sseai sizes 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 0,• 81.zo' a6 takes 3 yards 39-iheh f Arid. Printed directions on each Pat, tern 'part., tasier, edentate. Send FibkTY dEN'it (starnps tannot lye ateepted, 'Use postal 4ote for safety). for this pattern Please print Plainly 817,1', NAME, ADDRESS, STY! • U612 VR, Send Order td ANNE AP tox L 123 Eighteenth lfectrotitei,• dti 14 per cent of the state's 7 mite ligrr vehicles).. N. all goes well, said S. Smith OrisWeld, air-pollution COMO] officer of LOS Angeles County,. sunny southern. California will, within ,five or StX years be clear and sunny again, from NBW.S.WEEK. Old Mystery of, Famous. !Mountain Africa's highest mountain, Kil- imanjaro, is in Tanganyika. But nobody knows why. The great mountain, glamor- ized by the 'Ernest Hemingway novel and, later, by motion pic- tures and on television, is one of the world's most magnificent 'tourist attractions. It is a geographical fact, how- ever, that the boundary between Tanganyika and Kenya is a straight line all the way from Lake Victoria to the Indian Ocean — except for the sudden northward bulge which brings the mountain into the southern territory. When the boundary was drawn Tanganyika was German East Africa, and the story is still prevalent that "Queen Victoria gave Africa's highest mountain to Kaiser Wilhelm as a birthday present." Yet, historians do not like this story. They iioint out that Wil- helm did not become Kaiser un- til two years after the boundary had been fixed, in 1888, Great Britain had certainly made an effort—by its agree- ment with Germany in October and November, 1886, respecting the Sultanate of Zanzibar and the opposite East African mainland and their spheres of influence— "to use her good offices to pro- mote a friendly arrangement of the rival claims of the Sultan and the German East African Company to the Kilimanjaro dis- tricts." Did Germany. insist upon hav- ing Kilimanjaro and was Great Britain forced by a grave inter- national situation—by the suc- cesses of the Mandi in the Sudan and by the threat of war with Russia — to agree? asks Steve Libby in The Christian Science Monitor. Was the decision ire'luenced by the treaties which had been ne- gotiated by Dr, Karl Peters of Gerniany it 188,4 and 1885 with the chiefs, including no doubt theechief of the Wachagga, the important mountainside tribe.? Did Great Britain agree out of kindness of heart, as is suggested by the birthday present story? Or again, did nobody worry very much about which side of the boundary the mountain came? No one seems to know. The facts are that the border was made by agreement between Great Britain and Germany "re- specting boundaries in East Af- rica from the mouth of the Um- ha River to Lake Jipe and Kili- manjaro." The agreement was signed at Berlin on 'July 25, 1893, and de-. tailed "the boundary between the British and German spheres of interest in East Africa »from the Indian. Ocean to -the northern side of the Kilimandaharoe On the northern side of "the Kilimandsharo" the boundary has remained. Tanganyikans are very happy about it. Modern Etiquette By Anne Ashley Q. Are the dessert spoons or forks placed on the table at the beginnhig of the Meal? A, No; these utensils are brought in with the dessert' course. Q. What can a bridesmaid do When she has been asked to wear (and pay for) a dress whose style and color are definitely unbe- coming to her? A. This is not an unusual situ- etiore But there is nothing the bridesmaid can do about it 'ex- cept to Wear it, and later per- haps have it dyed and remodel- ed, If she consents to serve as a bridesmaid, she must accede to the ,bricle'e, wishes, Q. IS it really proper these days ,for a Man to remain seated. In a public conveyance while Woinen stand? A. According to the accepted standards of today, a man has a perfect right to ,retain his seal' in a public conveyance unless a WoManw standing is Old, infirm, pregnant, or holding e baby: .fielecting inane- gratiinied 'handkerchiefs tot' man or woman, which initial tialheidd be Seleeted, that Or the first Or the last ttame? A. Fer a titan, it it always• the last. For a woman, the lest is etistornety, but the firtt IS Per- Q. When passing salt and Pep- per shakerS at the tablet doeS One band them directly tit the per- son who asked for their), Or dciet One put therm down on the table within the reach a the other person? A. It t bettet to place them on the, table as close as' can to the -othitt Penal erld tat him pick theta tip. You just can't win with the weather. Friday I mailed a let- ter to a point 70 miles north of here saying how glad I was the snow had got away so nicely: And then, coming back from the post office I ran into a small blizzard! By the next morning the ground was 'well-covered, even here.' What would it be:like where my letter had gone? And today, just look at it — bright, warm sunshine. once again. Friday night the weather didn't stop Dee and family corn• - ing in after shopping, the boys greatly excited because they were bringing presents for Grandma's birthday. Dave had .a big parcel in one hand (an L.P. record) and in the other a small white candy bag. He was giving me the candy bag first. Daddy, thinking he was making. a mis- take said, "No, Dave, ,the other parcel is for Grandma."' Poor little chap, his mouth dropped and he was ready to cry. I realis- ed he probably had something in the little, bag he wanted to `give me and came to the rescue. was an all-day.sucker! The boys, had been given a' nickel each to buy candy. Dave had spent his on Grandma. He wanted to choq'se my 'birthday present for himself, And then Eddie began to have ideas. "I want you to come to Our house," the said. 'Oh — why?" "So we can give you a birthday cake." Maybe this all sounds very in- significant. Actually it was not Little incidents like that are real- ly highlights in a child's life and shouldn't be treated lightly. They point the way to character development and can well be a guide to parents as to which way a child needs encourage- ment to bring out the best that is in him. Sunday our Junior family was here — first trip out for Ross time his bout with pneumonia. He was greatly excited because Joy had baked a cake for Grand- ma —but I wasn't allowed more than three candles on it! And now here is a touchy question. Do any of you have any over-Weight problems? I'll bet half of you have whether you know it or not. If you do, and take the matter seriously — hotild—you.ere probably as you $ teal ekpect tee Much of the early treetmerits, Medann" trying to cope with the situation. Perhaps you think you are a' small eater. So did I. But you may get a shock.if you,start,cal- orie-counting, as I did, 1200 cal- ories is the ;limit „for a reduc- ing diet. The only way to 'find out how many calories you are consuming' is, to take a typical day's Intake and • honestly ap-, praise the' total number of cal- ories. Being a little hazy about , how many calories are contained in various foods I hunted up a little diet book that I knew was somewhere in my home library but which I had almost forgotten. t got such a kick out of it I read' it over and over. It mentions many battles you have to fight when you, Have finally managed to take off =a few pounds. (1) Your husband, says he doesn't like thin women, (2) Your sister says you look odder. (3) Your friends say don't lose another 'pound — it doesn't become you. On the other hand it mentions one woman who got so fat her husband threatened to get her a set of freight scales. The book contains much good but whimsi- cal advice. This for instance: "Remember, you will feel ,good in your little heart if you -resist temptation to over-eat. When ,you don't you won't feel good anywhere." The author •gives a number of reducing menus and ends by saying — "Finished but not Famished*' Joking aside any thinking per- son must realize there are far too many over-weight people around — especially if they are living a sedentary life — driving more than walking; sitting more than 'moving eround, But even among active people you find oven-weights. On earms, for 'in- stance, beCause 'farm women are noted for being good cooks, mak- ing cakes and pastries that lit- erally melt in your mouth, And. you know it „is, an absolute fact that the more you eat the more you want. Ono time I was at a hairdres- ser's down town. There was a woman there who 'must have weighed 300 pounds. I don't ,knew where she cattle from but she' Was in a•great hurry to get home, Said she was hungry and intended to .have a good, big steak for her dinner and a wedge of homema4 pie, I felt sorry for the poor misguided soul. She must have been an awful bur- ' den to herself:, A little more and she would need a derridk to get her on to a streetcar. According to the latest ideas' of reducing there Is ho heed 16 go on a diet, Just eat legs of everything — although it ,does help to figure out What loodS give the Most or the least cal oriel. r or instance one Wedge Of pie accounts ler 800-350 calories. That doesn't leave Muth fee Other foods en a 1300 reducing 18strk Ever Heard Of Napoleon Comeau? For a long time, nt,w, I have had no good answer for those who burst upon my country read ing with stylish literary ap- Keaches and say, "Oh' have you read Folly' by Paddy Capueci?" I never had, Over the fleeting years I've read quite a bit, and can often astonish everybody with the variety of lore I can lift from my literary limbo — bat some- hew it always turns out that whatever the 'current "Dolly's Folly" is, I've missed it. Never having read a book merely be- cause it is popular, I know I've let that develop into a pattern— I resist. Let two or three people speak of "Dolly's Folly," and there's a book never read. It happened with ' Anthony Adverse." I've never read "An- thony Adverse." There was a time everybody was reading it, and five or six times a day somebody would ask, me if I had. I'd say no, and they'd sneer. That was the era of the round-shouldered reader. One man boasted he was so strong he had read it with one hand. You couldn't get sugar at the store unless you had read it. I wouldn't have read "Anthony Adverse" then if it had been the only book in print and beguil- ing the time was my only duty. At the, time I read "Rollins's History," an eight-volume con- densation of everything, and a twelve-volume vituperation by somebody called Brann . the Iconoclast. 'No." I would say to these people. "But have you read Brann the Iconoclast?" This was no good. 'Nothing I had read could complete with the pre- valent "Dolly's Folly." And after this goes on for year after• year, it gets •ridiculous.. The cumulative evidence is that I've never read anything. It might just be that I have read a great deal more than they have, but it doesn't count. 'It isn't impressive. It' isn't in style. Well, I now have the 'answer. Toss at me any current model, and I will toss back "Napoleon Comeau." Have you 'ever read "Napoleon Comeau?" I imagine it's the man's name. Somehow it stops book lovers •in their tracks and teases their minds off their present emphasis. I am grateful to the man who in- troduced me to "Nepoleoh Corn- eae," for I now am able to turn .aside deftly,- immediately, and with total effect every disciple of every "Dolly's Folly." The man was Dr. Armand Al- bert of Van Buren, 'Maine. I had dropped in socially to watch him tie a few trout flies, at which he is good, and during the visit he said, "Have you ever read "Napoleon Comeau'?" It sound- ed just like the usual ,-literary opener, but its coming from Dr. Albert made me pause. It Wasn't likely. Dr. Albert is a special person. He makes you think of those old "vrais honnetes- hommes" of the French Philoso- phers who, studied affairs and their causes, and detested the specific. Dr. Armand would not be one to read a book merely because somebody else had read it. He is a "character" in the good senses 'of the word, beloved, in all northern Maine. He studied medicine at McGill in French, and came down to Maine to take his state boards in English — something of a stunt if you dwell On it. Passing them, he set up shop in remote Van Buren and has been there unto retirement, passing his time now in reflecting on all things and making -trout flies, permit- ting the unrelated to pass by on the other 'Side. Corning from him, "Napoleon Comeau" didn't ,sound like a "Dolly's Folly." The upshot was that'he loaned me his precious "Napoleon Corn- eae," and I have now read it. Napoleon, a hundred years ago,, was a French-Canadian boy growing up in the rugged wilds on the North Shore of the .Sault bawrence laver. He never heard flglis1). Vail he was. in his teens., and his only formal schooling occupied ten months at •TrOta, Rivieres where his morality was enhanced m .9 e by • stealing melons than by the books, While stealing melons,, he W4 4 apprehended by . the owner, minister, .and brought into the minister's personage where he was stood 'in his sharne before two beautiful, daughters about his own age--•- a wonderful op, portunity 'had it occurred under other circumstances. "I would introduce you," the .minister said to his lovely daughters, "but this young .man 'hasn't told me his name!" Out of this, Napoleon learned a great lesson, and sayS so, But schooling was short, and he went back to. the Indians, where he became while still young "guardian" of the fisheries, a pat he held always after. He trapped, fished, hunted, and ee- plored all that great region and became one of the truly great • Canadians. One day he would trail poachers, the next he would guide British aristocracy on sporting trips. lie represented kludson's Bay, was an agent of Canada. As custodian, judge, missionary, guide,. explorer, and everything else he became a legend in his own time, and has been likened to Dr. Grenfell. His education became enormous, thoroughly, catholic, and as a naturalist and biologist he has no peer in Can- ada. And . his name was Napoleon Comeau. I think it's the name as much as anything that stops peo- pie. Then,- after the name, I rip off some small anecdote of his, and the "Doily's Folly" .folks veer off. Such as his camp, far up, where the/y had no stove .and built around an open fire with a hole to let out smoke, and how the aroma of baking bread at- tracted an owl. Housewives, surrounded today with conven- iences, buy bread at the market, and this yarn makes them think. "And the book is in the smooth- est, simplest, most wonderful English prose, a kin& unattain- able by many great . writers. I am indebted to Dr. Albert and Napoleon Comeau. They have proved my answer to those Who, invade my rural, reading habits with ,.the ."DolIy's Folly" ap- proach. = By John Gould in the Christian Science Monitor. DRIVE CAREFULLY -- The life you save may be Yea, Own, JUDY AND .HUSBAND •-• one.Of her first public appearances since an illness;, Judy Garland arrives at a Hollywood film preview with hel,hy,slaapcl,Pci Luff.