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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1924-2-7, Page 2T`IRST TUDOR SEDAN OWNED BY QUEEN 'MARY, The earliest coach and the latest sedan—both Tudors! Queen Mary's was the first Tudor sedan. Creation of the original Tudor se- dan is credited to "one Walter Rip- pen," by Ralph Strauss in his "Car- riages and Coaches, Their History and Evolution." "Rippon's first coach is supposed to have been built for Queen Mary in 1556," says Strauss, "and in 1564 the first `hollow -turning' coach with pil- lars and arches, for Queen Elizabeth, though precisely what is meant by 'hollow -turning' coach is difficult to conjecture. "This same Rippon, twenty-four years later, built another coach for the Queen which is described as 'a chariot throne with four pillars be- hind, to bear a crown imperial on the top, . and before two lower pillars whereon stood a lion and a dragon, the supporters of the arms of Eng- land." "It could not have been very com- fortable," observes Strauss, "and Elizabeth seems to have preferred an- other coach brought out of Holland by one 'William Boonen, who about 1560 was made her coachman, a position he was still occupying at the end of the century. Ek was a Dutchman, whose wife is said to have introduced the art of starching into England, whence followed those huge ruffs so conspic- uous in all the Elizabethan portraits. "Boonei's eoaeh could be opened and elosed at pleasure. On the ocea- si„ n of the Queen's passing through t''ee town of Warwick she had. 'every In and side of her coach to be cued, that all of her subjects pre- y .t might behold her, which most r,i'v they desired.' "This coach is described as 'on four u- 'eels with seven spokes, which are Tarently bound round with thick, r;eei n rims secured by pegs." -Even this coach, however, can not have been very comfortable and in 1568, when the French Ambassador obtained an audience, Elizabeth was complaining of `aching pains' from being knocked about in a coach driven too fast a few days before. "'No wonder,' comments one his- torian, 'that the great Queen used her coach only when oceasions of state demanded?" LIFE. OF TIRE HINGES ON CON- DITION OF VALVE CARE. "A very delicate piece of metal about one inch long, faced on one end with a slight piece of rubber and sur- roundedby a small spring of very delicate nature, plays an exceedingly important part in the life of every automobile tire. It is known as the valve core. It is the little metal strip which screws into the inside of the valve stem. In large pneumatic cas- ings it is called upon to hold back a force of more than 100 pounds which automatically increases with severe road bumps," says "Automobile Di- gest," "A valve core frequently lasts as long as the casing, but tire experts recommend that this little piece of mechanism be watched carefully at all times so that it will be in good work- ing condition and will not permit any of the air to escape from the tube. If I the spring grows weak or the rubber; becomes worn, a new core should be' inserted," WRENCH HOLDS PIPE. A pipe cannot be held very securely in the ordinary type of bench vise, as the jaws permit only a single line contract on each side of the pipe. By using a monkey -wrench, with the jaws placed along the alis of the pipe, the effect produced is almost the sane as that of a pipe vise. The wrench should be set so that it bears on the pipe only on the edges of the jaw. SPARE IS BAD BUMPER. Never use the spare tire on the rear for a bumper. The Idle C=old Piece. When Eyes Tell Lies. Idle money, like idle people, has no A well-known optician recently proper place in the world. Don't hoard 'made the startling assertion that color - y or money; keep it. employed. Put it blindness is usually inherited, and not For instance, when examining the into the savings bank that it may help the result of disease. differential, into which a light cannot along the great undertakings of busi- Sometimes, like gout, it skips a be inserted, a small mirror will be found useful to reflect the light from a lamp into the deeper recesses. • Again, when working in bark of the instrument board, a mirror may be placed on the floor of the car, reflect TESTAMENTARY "Some day," said Perkins B. McGill, "I'll take an hour and make my will. It is a job that I despise, although I know it's' sane and wise, for it reminds the shirking skate that he'll be some day in a crate, and o'er his head the goats will browse, and also sheep and bob -tailed cows, It should be done, I must admit, and .shortly 1".11 attend to it, but just at present, as you; see, I'iini busy as a bumble bee, and I shall let it slide, I wot, until' my work slacks up a lot." While he pursued his useful game a dark blue auto climbed his . frame. He gave a few brief anguished pants, and bade farewell to wife and aunts, and journeyed to that eiiin- ing shore where autos butcher folks no more. And his affairs were badly mixed; to get things straightened up and fixed, ad- ministrators and their clan came in a stately caravan. A second cousin filed a suit, a lawyer looked around for loot, and creditors sprung large accounts, and fakers asked for large amounts, and hungry relatives appeared with claims detestable and weird - And when it was all settled up the widow drew the Airedale pup, and all the balance went to pay the costs—which is the good old way. The widow's busy scrubbing iicors andioing other drastic chores, and as she toils she murmurs still, "if Perkins had but made a will!" Anthem and Antiphon. Most people know that the word "Anthem" comes from the old "Anti- phon," which consisted of psalm verses sung from side to side of the choir, or alternately by men's and boys' voices. Not so many realize, however, how old the term and the style of music for which it was invent- ed nvented are. It was described as being very ancient by Philo, the Jew, a writer of the first century of the Christian Era, and this is confirmed by the study of the old services of Jews and. Greeks. St. Augustine and his fellow -missionaries are said to have entered Canterbury singing one of the Litanies of that time in Anti- phon. The modern Anthem; however, in spite of its name, comes from a much later style of music, and is more like the motet which in Roman Cath- olic Churches usually is sung where, in the Church of England, the Offer- tory sentences occur. Mirrors for Repairs. The last place one would expect to find a mirror is in the auto -repair shop. Yet a collection of small mirrors will be found to be very useful tools. ne: s. That excellent advice comes ' generation. People wlio are color - from the Boston Herald, which tells blind are always supersensitive. There this remarkable little story of a gold have been cases where men of seventy pieee: have hidden color -blindness from their In 1840 an attractive ten -year-old friends throughout their lives! girl, brought to Boston to visit a rich The famous chemist Dalton, a Quak- ing the light upward. .. uncle who had just returned from ' er, who first discovered color -blindness One great advantage of this is that European adventures, received from in himself in 17911, had only three nor- the light need not be held close to the him at parting a ten -dollar gold piece, i mal color sensations instead of six. A face, which not only makes for dis- She kept it as a memento. When she t flower which he was told was pink comfort but frequently defeats its own died fifty years later she gave it to a: looked bine to his eyes, and in candle- Purpose by supplying sufficient light favorite niece, who kept it as an heir-.'; light reddish. ' When he cut his chin temporarily to blind the worker. lean. i one day he saw bottle -green blood It has recently passed into the hands • flowing from the wound! of another young woman, whose fath4 i About a hundred. years ago there ker who could not tell e; a man of a practical turn of mind, lived a. shoema said to her: "That gold piece has been;, brown shoes from black, and always; loafing long enough. We will put it to i persisted in saying that anything pink, work." i was green. And so he has deposited it in the ` Some people are color-blind in only bank, but first he did a little sum.' If one eye. While the right eye may see the original gift had been invested at red as red, the left sees it as black. once at six per cent interest, a rate that could have been obtained during` most of the time that the gold piece was idle, it would have amounted at i A High Style. the time his: dauei,ter received it to ; The ready wit of Henry Erskine, at one time lord advocate of England, has ee sonic twelve hundred dollars: been preserved in many laughable Sing !stories. stor.. Mr. Waiter Jerrold 1n A. Book Why Not Sib • i of Famous •Wits records several of his Anyone can sing, even if they only amusing sallies. One day Erskine met make feeble or gruff noises £n the pro- 1 a verbose friend and, perceiving that cess. In any ease it is surprising how , his ankle Was tied up with a, silk hand -'I tysickly gruffness or feebleness devel- kerchief, asked what had happened. ops luta Blear and pleasant sound by 1. "Why, my dear sir," came the ans- nieaes of a little exercise of the voice. wer, "I was taking a. romantic ramble% It is a good plan to attach handles to the mirrors, so that they may be in- serted into narrow places. Commands That Clashed, Little Billy was visiting his grand- mother, and she was doing her best to give the email boy a good time. The morning atter his arrival she called one of the neighbor's children over to play with him. "There now," remarked grandma, in her kindliest tone. "You two can have a good time together." But the two boys merely stared at each other across the room, and grandma -could not quite understand it."Dome now, children," she said. "Go on out into the garden, Billy, and strike an acquaintance." "But, grandma,' complained the 'lit- tle boy, "mother told me just before I came away not to fight." Bargains. There are no bargains In the counter sales of Life, We think so, bat some unexpected day We find our purchase Is a worn and shoddy thing, So after all in that "long last"—we pay. Experience That comes at prices all too high Is packed so often in the waste of tears, But when unwrapped It will intrinsic value show; Its worth will not diminish with its years. Mastering the Atom. With his entrancing persclnality and his patience with less; olever people. Sir William `Bragg is a scientist who proves that all professors are not, f' as dry as dust" Sir William has achieved a world- wide reputation by his . services to science in connection with K -ray, re .search, and in .1916 was . awarded the., Nobel Prize for Physics. You should have seen him as a kind of "uncle, explaining the atom to children at a recent lecture at the Royal Institution, London. He didconjuring tricks with a dish of sand placed on a beaten drum, 'a- lead ball sinking into the sand and a celluloid sailor bobbing up most quaintly. The children came away talking of the ninety wonderful worlds wrapped up in the ninety different atoms, and of how Sir William. put ping-pong- balls into a tank and 'made them mysteriously race to the centre, to illustrate how electrons form around an atom, Putting Color Into Films. It is good to know that a'Briton, Mr. Claude Friese-Greene, has invented a way of making colored films that satisfy the eye and do not exhaust the pocket. Only twenty-five, he is the son of the late Mr. W. Friese-Greene, one of the pioneers of the film industry, who paved the way for others to make big fortunes but died himself , compara- tively poor. Mr. Claude P riese-Greene, is going to add lustre to an already famous name. There are no bargains In the counter sales of Life, But Time alone can teach us how to choose; Can show us that What seemed a loss is really gain, And where we bought for ii.ttle. we shall lose. - -Nan Terrell Reed. He Had Already Stolen Her Heart. Ellen, the cook, was of a suspicious nature. She distrusted mankind in general and banks• in particular; she never banked her frugal savings. Part of her wages were hoarded in a stock- ing tocking in some obscure corner of her room, Ellen's "gentleman friend" was the neighboring butcher, and as the friendship proved enduring her mis- tress was not astonished when the girl announced her pending marriage. "And I want to ask you, mum," said Elien, "what's the best way to put my money in the bank?" Her mistress regarded her in as- tonishment. "Why, Ellen, I thought you didn't believe in banks!" "No more I do, mum," replied the girl, "but since I'm going to be married next week I kinder feel the money would be safer in the bank than in the house with a strange man about" Room for. an Empire. Saskatchewan has room for another empire north of Prince Albert and North Battlefofa, in which agriculture can thrive well, said the Right Rev. Dr. G. Eaton Lloyd, Bishop of Sas- katchewan, on his return from a six weeks' tour of the limits of settle- ment in his diocese. His trip of 2,400 miles was taken ostensibly to survey the possibilities of further settlement of war veterans from Britain. The country available in the districts re- ferred to could provide bomes and liv- ings for a. quarter of a million, was his estimate. Singing is of great benefit to every in my brother's grounds when, cora body who practises it. Its Talus to : ing to a gate, I had to climb over it, '"'� TH WRIT COMEthe health of the individual by means by which I came in contact with the of its effect upon chest, lungs, heart, tint bar, and have graced the epider- and blood -circulation, is admittedly ' mis on my skin, attended with a slight great. And the pleasure to be had bye extravasation of blood." the singer tram his ever so elementary i 'Toll may thank sour lure stars," trolling of a song or two, is not less said Erskine, "that your brother's gate great Some of the eminent singers, ? was not so lofty as your style, or you and hundreds of those who sing well' must have broken yaur neck!" and give enjoyment to many hearers, began by emitting no more than the thineest stream of sound. Nearly Under His. Breath. everyone has s. voice that can be made 3 Two Irishmen got into trouble at the to sing w' -'-h some or -other acceptance.' factory in which they worked. The If the good singing voice is a rare foreman sent for them. Pat was call- gift, the ordinary singing voics is a' ed into his office first and Mike waited common possession. That shyness i outside. over the sound of his own voice which , After the fateful interview the farm- ao often affects the first appearance of er tante out. alike; inquired how he the public speaker, is repeated in the : lead got on. potential singer who won't sing. It is "Splendid," said Pat. "I simply only shyness, in most eases. which de- told him to go to Hades," tere us. Fortified with fresh courage, -Mike went in to take his medicine. A few minutes later he cnnia out looking very' des; ondent "west'happened to you?" said Pat. T get the sack," replied Mike. "What: for?" 'Well, I followed your example, and seat him to a warm climate." 'Did he hear you?", said Pat, in as toniehment. "Or course he beard me." "Yousilly idiot," replied Psi.. I spoke ander niy breath." It"e takes about, four aid a 'half ars to travel from the Arctic you can't blevae 'ern for con- Ocean ra:t11- of Siberia to the East !line trip that would take i G•eeriar-ti Current, where ,it begins f lef, now?' i .€o ff r- eeeether in England. is at Longing to. "Fly. aviators Say it's quite pas- the North Pole." cut o: Business Woman of .Eighty. Alert and nimble -fingered despite her, -eighty;`yers, l Mrs. F. 4. ettle,,is one of London's most wonderful busi-' ness women. For sixty years she has acted as cashier, in her husband's shop and all day sits at a pay desk in New Oxford Street. Who said .that modern - business is a worry? Mrs. Kettle keeps serene on, living proof that the introdue of women into business is not quite so recent as we sometimes think. Spelling 'Reform Overdone, The famous American.evaugelist, Mr. "Billy" Sunday, attributes much. of his success as a public orator to the fact that he speaks to his hearers in language they are familiar with and can easily understand. "Its no good talking over the heads of your audience, he told a reporter the other day, and es an illustration of his meaning he went on to tell the story of Mr. Curran and Mr. McManus. The two friends- came . to New York to see the sights. Among the objects was a fine new public building. :The feature of this building that appealed mast strongly to Mr. Curran was an inscription cut into a huge stone. "MDCCCXLVIIX.," he react aloud. "Wham does them letters mean, Tim?" "That inscription," replied the cul- tured Mr, McManus, "stands for 1848." "Oh!" replied Mr,- Curran. Then, after a thoughtful pause, he added: "Don't .ye% think, Tim, that these New Yorkers are overdoiu', a bit this new erase for spellin' reform?" Tall Women. - 1 love to watch tall women when they go Slenderly, as they should, and some- what slow— Unhurried, gracious, altogether sure. That they are comely. Yet a shade demure. - Loved women, who know life and are complete In every little circumstance of joy— Who oyWho have quaffed deep the cup and know the taste Of those last bitter lees. . 1 see • them go Raptly, with steadiness and undis- mayed By any small inconsequence of days. High hearted and insuciant, I think Tall women are, and wholly underter- red By trite opinions. I have watched them go Their straight unhindered ways with swinging stride, And lithe and lovely, with a careless pride In their so stately bearing. So I say, Tall women, thoroughbred, intrigue niy eyes With their long lines of beauty, when they go Slenderly, as they should, and some- what slow. —Barbara Young. 4 The Fundamental Beauty, of Music. • Too many persons regard music and its performance as some sort of mys- tery, comprehensive only to those pos- sessed of special training, whereas to a certain extent any one who. has a good ear and will apply common sense to this consideration of music can de- termine whether he ought to enjoy it or not. If music is an art at all it is the art of beauty in sound. We need not tor- ment ourselves by trying to arrive at a definition of beauty. Let us confess at once that beauty has never been successfully defined and that it is en- tirely a matter of opinion. $ut the fact remains that among the cultivated peoples of the world there is a pretty general view that its fundamental beauty is the beauty of tone. If the sounds produced - by instruments or voices are harsh, rough, impure, or, in a word, noises rather - than musical tones, beauty cannot exist. For that reason we may without hesitation as- sert that the chief object of all musi- cal technique is the -production of euphonious tone. Probably that is what Liszt had in mind when he de- clared that three things were needed to make a pianist. First, technique; second, technique; third, technique. What he, undoubtedly meant was that a perfect and inexhaustible technique is essential,,to good piano playing for the reason that without it nothing can be made to sound beautiful, Evensong. The embers of the day are red, Beyond the murky hill, The kitchen smoke; the bed In the darkling house le spread;. The 'great sky darkens overhead, And the"great woods are shrill, So tar have I been. led, Lord, by Thy will, So far I have followed, Lord, and won- dered still. ' The breeze from the embalmed land, Blows sudden toward the shore, And claps my cottage door, I hear the signal, Lord—I understand, The night at Thy command • Conies. I will' eat and sleep and will not question more. R- L. Stevenson. Chatfield said; "HHumaai ty is inrush more shown in our conduct toward ' animals, where we are irresponsible except to heaven, than towards our fellow -creatures, where we are 'con- strained be the laws, by public opin- ion, and fear of retaliation.," Winter Trees. The winter trees have kinship with the skies When the pale sun of February lies Upon the level west and the air is cold; Then the last chilly -rays like splinter- ed gold Come slanting up the fields, and swift they set A torch in •every treetop,—in the net Of naked birches, in the maple brusli A twig or two will glimmer like a rush; And up the apple trunks a pinkness pour, And copper lights areia the sycamore. But soon the sunlight wanes, ands den slips The lovely glazing from the maple tips, And strikes along the evening cloud and glows In richest plummy hues and burnished rose. And now by field and dusky wood_ and lane The trees are faded clown to drib again. Only the upper' branches in the sky Reach for the colored clouds as they go by, Tangle them in their boughs and pull them down And wear them like a soft arboreal crown. —Christine Curtis. Platinum Substitutes. The great increase in the value o! platinum during the last two decades has led many investigators to seek substitutes therefor. It appears that the search has been partly successful. Platinum clad nickel steel wire in in- candescent lamps; wires of nickel aI- loys are now making the cheaper grades of artificial teeth; asbestos threads are taking the place of plate A, num wires in gas mantles, and tuserr quartz were has come into general use in chemical laboratories in the place. of platinum utensils. Yet the intro- duction of these substitutes has not, affected the rprice of platinum. The demand for the metal • seems steadily to have increased in spite of them. Bicycling is the most popular form of locomotion in France. Recent tax returns show that there are more than five million bicycles in the coun- try—many more than there were in any earlier year. Where the mind continues to live every hour of the day, the body will also live in the course of time; and what we continue to imagine our- selves being or doing, without int9- ruption, and with deep faith and.feel- ing, we will finally do and become in reality.—Christian D. _Larson. A Clever Ruse. yC Farmers_whosuffered from the us- ual pilferings of motorists the past season might try the plan that a sum- mer hotel manager adopted. He had planted a flower garden, but the guests broke off blossoms whenever• they pleased and were not particularly careful to avoid .. injuring the .plants Signs, "Do not pick theflowers," had`' little or no effect, but when the pro- prietor repainted the signs to read, "Flowers 'tor sale" the depredations stopped immediately. And Avoid 'Disappointmentt. "Many of tlio mmigrants arriving in this country coma here in search of liberty." "You don'tmean it?'Why don't they take the little trouble necessary*, to write to some native-born American before they set out?