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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1918-1-3, Page 64 Derive Used by British Cleverer:emit Lo Promote Growth. Details of how te htiritieh governs Ment is working OR large eonic to stimulate the growing of crops by electricity have just been received bY HOW' THE "EAR !direction, The centre of the body's 11 eery sense of balance FOItS TM FOE not functioning correctly th,• neves- c um, DIRT AS FOOD SUI3STrytITE. ALLIES NOW LOCATE mu. America, The English department of. BY SOUND. : Using The Car in Winter, your hood and leave it on at rugI i . ,t a gldeulture has talcen oyee a large In Shea 'frantic search for new food When your motor starts let it lie idle : area near Hereford, where installa- she found Little Sister Ulli1;111g COI' her, with us. Many motoriets are laying for two _to fidve minutes to heat up I tions have been set ttp for t.he use of •• , t R ye d m ga_ , et the oil ow Off pro- n mac agi c re xper s un et .se MegO- 'Germans have made the shining -eyed Lind expeetrd, • Little I Professor Wi..141ilt.11131alckenian1 osts o e r Again the celd weather bugaboo is the enemy. 1 an In the lattm clOUt , . I perly. . Do not race the eng ne, perial College 'Science and Tech- nology, : '4' ' oftthe PM-. 141.8714:es Surround Plats. to De- discovery that so-called edible eartli Sister's eyes. were observant ae well . ieexaisruticiiiipiinows,eiongtsbuovteGleolamtianney,talianceb as shining. She had ll"tieed the big up their cars. Others are battling thoroughly an g Llowing I to i I problems offered by ,wintee. Frem ! it is important to keep your battery I: In the 'Hereford experiment high 1 Special clutiee quicken. our senses to in making it known trial, the eating of and Slater LB was alweS's generou0. tier bud 1 ef t behind, says an expert, I have studied the 1 • Keep Batterv:Cherged of tem 'Enemy Aircraft. box that the ca this study 1 offer those who brave the , fully charged, Use :your starter as • tension alternating current is being undeeamedsof efficiency. Safe-craCk- earth is by no means confined to ceig But the actMien in Little Sintmos cold suggestions to make the fight ' little its possible, and drive as much' used, The method adopted is to ers develop 000000y deftness of tourib, thin savage tribes of New Guiana and eyes would have been just es great easier, .1 as possible in daylight to charge its 1 etretell over the field to be treated a theh• constant practice enabling them South America. 11 was a highly es- had therebeen no box, for Sister Lil circulation syetem. !cold weather. More current is re , thing like low telegraph wires, but by the mere spinning' of a safe's knob. Thirty Yeers War, and also in the adOrable being in all her small World. most beotitifel and First—Protect your radiator and , farther. chemical , action is slow iiii Dumber of thin wires on poles, !some- tO discover an Unknown combination teetned delicacy, they say, during the Wee to her the Second—Take care of your battery. • gaired in turning; over your engine. , high enough for loeded wagons to This war has taught men to use "lean yeaee" between 17 0 mai 1733. "Oh!" tittle Sister ceded, "Wag he Third—Install some kind of good , You burn your lights longer and gen. . Layers of Edible Earth in German-, ikali Bohemia, • :::::e7s7::::7-i.7•37.6.7.ir.' • . , The Mirror. When Sider Lil emu luta temn the get°, where elle hod been saying good- bye Lo a mita:Witty departing, pass underneath, The wires are sup- their ears far snore delicately Layers of edible earth, it is stated, -*mother one?" Priming device. •I erally call on your battery for much i ported by high-tension insulators on and skillfully than civilians can ima- i have been located on the mse ooof Sister Lil laughed and rumpled Lit - Fourth — Watch your oil and more Service. Hence it is it qu e es- I posts in long parallel spans thirty feet ' gine. Neceseity is the mother of tal- Lemberg, near Koenigsberg, hi the Ile 'Sister's Curls. greases; lighten them. I sential that it be kept fatly charged. • „sort. 1 ent and the French engineers, with the valley of the lower Vistula and in the You absurd puree!" Fifth -33e perticular M the care of By all means test itsat least ouce al i -'' "The charge fizzes off from the :Gallic quickness of education, have Grand Duchy of Besse, whim the Aus- Little Sister drew a long, wistful your tires. we to see its needs. Then supply v ! wires," says an account given in the made themselves remarkably proli-' trians, it is announced, have their own deposits of edible 050111 near Eger and breath, 0101 her brown oyes grew more Sixth—Heat your garage; those needs. , Electrical Experimenter, "with a cient of em. adoring than over. "0 sister, do you Seventh—Buy some of the well tried' Winter driving requires thinner oils sound which is sometimes audible, and ! Dr, G. R. Burgess of the United Feanzenebt,_i_n 13o.:lie_n_iia. • warming devices for personal cora.: and greases. Figure out just What ! with a glow which is visible in the States bureaa of standards, recently i . - fort. 1 oil is best for your particular car in dark. Anyone walking: about below 'returned from an extensive study of , How To Buy Food. The most important thing to do is to winter end stick to that as long as the wires can sometimes feel the effect the scientific progress of France in , The following general principles see that your radiator has a non -freeze results are goads TOOthin oils are i on the hair of the head, as a cobweb the war, reports that the Gallic army fsohooduldbguodvgeertn: thei:outlay Spend fiiihoemfamoilyfie mixture. The best for weather which as dangerous as too heavy oils. Cons; on the face, The electricity does not has secretly brought the science of is not colder than man five below zero is sult your serviee on 13 this ..-°111t. act as a fertilizerEt but as a substitute acoustics to wonderful pitch of per- ' fifteen pee cent. of alcohol, fifteen per This applies' not only to the engine, for sunlight. The current is only fection, being able at the present, day . fourth to one third of your food money cent. of glycerine and seventy per but to the dutch and transmissionused in the early Morning and in to detect the position of distant en- for bread, cereals, macaroni and rice. at least from a third to half a cent, of water. If it gets much colder If you have heat connected with, cloudy weather." !easy batteries by the sound of the q2MiBituyof milk a day for each member increase the glycerine and alcohol five ',your garage see that it is turned on, The initial cost of the apparatus for ' shells whistling or bursting over the of the family. 3. Spend as much for per cent, each. You should renew these cold nights. If you have no tweaty-four acres is about $1,500, and poilu's trenches. • vegetables and fruit together as you this now and then, for alcohol will heat you should arrange f or it. It the annual maintenance is about $300.do for milk. If you use half a quart By keepingthismixture at the pro- trouble and keep your ear in running ization of atmos h . 7 bot f 1 p me is o secant - Camouflage has made the spotting Far as Medium of Detection. evaporate and you must allow for that, will save lots of work; worry and The engineers believe that the ion- of milk for each member of the family, per stege you will save many times its condition. In the ram or snow , my importance and that the main „es of artillery an exceedingly difficult that may not always he possible, but and the clear, childish voices reached 7 feet is noticeable in the nitrification thing and the eye as a medium of spend at least as much for vegetables her easily where she sat putting a cost in avoiding repairs en your radi- windshield cleaner is essential.. Me ator. good ones are on the market at MO of the soil essential to the well-being detection has rapidly • given place to and fruit as a third of a quaat of milk fresh bow on a pEtrty gown. suppose I can be like you when I gra* up?" "You'll be lots nicer," Sister 1.11 deL dared. "Do you want some candies for a party? You miry have some Eva, ,too, Here, you 000 have the cover to held them ." She poured the hellbent: into the cosc er and then ran singing into the house. Little Sister, holding her treasure carefully, started for Eva'c, but met Eva herself at ,the gate, and the two went back to the shade of the big It happened that the big =Pie Ives under Sister [sirs window, In addition to .the mixture in your erstte prices. They make it possible of plant life. 'loons mid airplanes are not so suceess- , the ear. Observers iron captive bat- a day costs. 4, Spend no more for "Isn't Sister Lil lovely? She al - meat and eggs than for vegetables vsays lets nee have some (1f her candy. the sky, and offering a deadly mark colder climates I also would suggest ly. Look them over and see that all guns, and the reliance upon the train- eggs can be decreased with less 'harm her!" to the enemy, munition WagfrOTIS were the use of a hood cover as well. These. broken links Etre repaired. The Essential of Many 1Mportant and ed ear of the men who waits in the than the quantity of ally of the other 77Lovely!" Eva agreed. "I think eon:ling up at 1 trol., awl thc• snout batteides woke to life t1 1111 one by covers hold heat within the engine For' comfort a number of devices Valuable Inventions. trench is rapidly becoming the thing foods mentioned. The amount spent the's ever so pretty! Is she going to far meat may decrease as the amount. college • Y -'s t ' 7•'' when you stop for e. short time and may be obtained Ett your dealers. I What is the value of nothing? Who o ie . spent for milk increases. There had not been five /ninnies g ineke starting easier. If you do not would surely suggest a heater to at- will buy it? Nobocl - surel Experts in the matter of acoustics 011, nor•Little Sister replied. "No, one. of hercitation. The dune • began to a care to purchase a hood cover you tech to your battery or exhaust. Then Yet `somethin 1 ' ' Y. ' g less than nothing . crouch in the first line ditches, listen- - - --S7*--- — indeed! she beset time. It takes magnificent and furious mosicl ners, who, crouehing in I h .ir ghetto" el eners attached so that they may be ' the fingers. The feet and the hands , ; • A vacuum, from your point of view . ' bodin" of the discharge the pitch of don't get taken out, and ptople won't held in position. I suffer most from winter drivingsg PrO- • ' the shell's whine as it shoots over- A drainage inspector in a Canadian come t 1, . s i shelters, wounded. peelrm 4, had smi- ! or mine, is less than nothing. But it '• o see you. m going o ic clergy rieen in beroie fury to launeh If you do not want to go to this tet thern. - , • . is the essential of many impost ant in- t • head• they can tell the size of the gun Province once visited a. cm:tam sarmer . . , - • and found him not onl t in masession 1 1 I don't expect to study ' •`• just like Sister Lil when I g•row up. ,• - : 0, 0„y th 'rig then' 111111,1 CPbOltS ! The clermane ;ma - glued thee bad 11 01 the oteel of expense you will find starting on a: Winter weather is Et terror to tires.. . l ventions ' ., m n a 1 i ions o co ais dr •1 ni'll- f 1 11 • bs the sound of the shell s hmeting 1 and they can detect the angle from of a good house, with modern senitary ON THE FAMOUS LADIES' ROAD PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OE A "NEN CU RITER, incident in Battle ol' the AlsnrWlien the Uneouguered French Showed liercis SPirit• The victory of the French, whereby in the early clays of November they woe the. long., long battle of the Mena, make* particularly topical an Mermen!: - article in The World's Work, dealing, with the persooal experiences of a -French writer during the battles on the famous Ladies' Road, Hidden in dug -outs, resting from repeated charges, French soldiers feared that the. whole of the 'gime .. ranged. on the crest of the hill had been wined out. Munitione had been brown up, elielters were pierced, and uo living man emerged from the ars tillery positions. They hoped that the enemy would not attack that night; bot he did. A rocket flew up—the signal rocket aek- ing for barrage. The appeal was res p,eated from all the hills. 'Alasl the response was pitiably feeble! In place of the usual thundere, we heard the timid quachmple bark of a single battery which had survived. and wee trying to do the work all alone. The rockets flew up again, urgent and essalmerated. I- gazed into the darkness at the 'spot where so manY guns lay silent, as if dead. Suddenly a lightning flash issued from the hole, A gun had fired! Another flash, then another and another! ator cover is quite essential. In the will need to use your chains frequent- 'VALET OF A VACUUM. fol as formerly in placing groups of and fruit. The quantity of meat and She gets such a lot o cant y out, On the crest, standing ont against rariator I would say the use of a radi- to drive with comfort and care. OU should use a robe over the hood. 1 there are _electrical attachments to may be worth a lot of 111,011GY. There • • f Bs to th s hattemes. How One Farmer Kept His Boy on time to bus t tinge ant ma p y They can locate the distance beset:lee gowns and all, and if you don't you guns! and •sellant grin - Oh! good have seen a number of robes with fast- fasten on the steering wheel, to warm tnay be a 'Tortnne in it. • The Farm. cold morning easier by priming your Give exile tale to y i .. . are invested. car and heating the intake manifold ! all cuts Etre promptly Jilted and keep . i These inventions coyer a great Ill- 1 which the projectile has come by the with a rag soaked in hot water. If ; out 'sand, dirt and water, as the riety fabric ! of industrials, such as the me- . noise of its flight. Their ears can re - you have electricity in .your garage; is more easily eatenp 110W than in • i ser serving of food., tanning, bleaching cognize the caliber by applying intri- u you might install a small he!h ater under i summer,hardening tone and mal ing wood; cate rules of flight to the noise above ._. _ —_-___imperathable. "seasoned" offhd by by will scream in a certain them. A small shell hurled from near Winter Air. voice, a Heat Value of Wood. equipment, but he and his family were enjoying the occupation of the: best rooms in the house. On being asked why he did not live in the kitchen like his neighbors, and why be looked so much after the comforts of his home, . , Everybody realizes the foot ;het Two pounds of seasoned wood is aP -I exhausting the air from it and then slisshtly larrer shell fired from ten he replied that lie wanted to keep Lumber is asi freeh air is necessary to maintainipioximat e y equal to a pound of coal forcing hot, dry air through it tokilometers further back will sing a his boy on the farm, and that he could good health, and almost everyone ibneehortbyalui e. bA cord of hickory, oak, ' carry oft the moisture it contains.' different song, but only different to the expert. A large shell fired from provide him with home comforts equal not expect to do •so if he did mot knowe that it is just as needful in the' elm ol'r ciaerersusaihardf maple, ash, Wood is artificially colored Isy using a. mammoth gun still farther in the to thoee enjoyed by people of equal winter as in the summer time. , It 1 a tan of meal. saanmeuhe aloe which Etre then replaced. ssdth solutions distance will have a coarier, lower means and rank of life in the city. eavta lu,e to , a vacuum to withdraw its fluid juices, is a reciegnized fact that the freoh exists in it cord and a half of s,szesca- containing pigments. In this way or- Ucte' • / These is more sound philosophy in the method of that farmer than is found more soft maple or hemlock, or in two Dr. Burgess' description contained au, catalpa, base wool ed and made to serve as a eubstitute, • -7 scientific between the covers of many text books aia we get during the cold. season isdinar - nine may be beautif illy ethin- cords of pop' •-" ' .17 7' - m a reeert issue of the more invigorating than that which we , or white pine as in a ton of coal, aca !for rare and costly woods, Monthly says that Frame has several on rural depopulation. ---- --e------ - • cording to experts ou the subject. 1 . Evaporated eggs, dried by a vacuum systems Of applying this auditory BRITISH PRISONERS STARVED. get in the summer But the fear of the discomfort caused by the cold is Farmers mag cut wood foi. them-: process, are sufficiently familiar. The skill and has achieved marked success math that we do not consistently and salves or for loCal markets through materials -Nem which fruit syrups for 3 • ' i 1 the svork , persistently carry out our good re- the winter, thus using spare time for ' the soda fountain are derived undergo 7 Paris Protected by Megaphones. Men in German Camp Had Only Food Sent From England. ., seltiliong to get 2 rthemselves and their' hired men. Wood" ektraction in vacuo, to avoid the, )1e cites further the nation's adept- • day at 10114 cot. Canada is full of e that is now wasting away might thus! spoiling of their flavor by high tem- nese in listening for sappers and min- ' self-styled "fresh air fiends" who open displace much high priced coal. i perature. Coffee extract is obtained el -a By means of wires thrust deep their bedroom windows a stingy half Woodlots can be cleared of waste in the same way. into the earth before the trenches Es - inch on ordivarily cold nights, and wood at a profit and be improved in 1 vacuum processee are largely an- teners are able to tell just where min close them entirely when the thee - - addition. Some trees Etre old and dee ployed in the salting and pickling of ; ing operations are going on end may =meter comes within ten degrees of crepit, and others like beech and maple -meats, the latter being shut up in meet thr-, enemy's subterranean activ- zero, are spreading in growth. Useless 1 chambers from which the air is with- ' ities with a counter mine. Why do we not keep up a never -re- themselves for lumber, thrscrowd out drawn, in order that brine may be Around Paris the use of reversed laXing endeavor to get all we can of thrifty young tees or pi vent seedl- forced iMo them under pressure, megaphones is made to catch noise of this cold, clean; delicious air at the ins from starting. When such weed time we need it most? Deep breath- ing practiced during the walk home at night after a long hard day spent in the factory, behind the counter, or in the office chair, will do more to dis- pet weariness than hanging on to a strap and breathing the vitiated air of the street cars. Housewives may do 11 great deal of their work with the windows open, babies may sleep and : children may play out-of-doors dur- ing the greater part of the daYs and everybody can get six, seven, eight or nine houia of let 101 e14ry night by sleeping with bedroom windows Open: With primer bed -clothing the coldest -blooded person may sleep with comfort in absolutely unheated rocans with windows open, and:in time they will grow less cold-blooded. Bed and personal clothing suitable for winter months are necessarily rather expensive foe many pursers, but malts an effort to get the best, and, if. need be, do without the fine iaiment. Any esoman who would pot willow plumes and imported gown before pinir cheeks,sparkling eyes, and a total absente Of headaches, does not deserve &id health. except just have boys come to see me, It's lots the most fun. And then by and by I'll get married and have a our cannon and crushed the hearte. of these men. . . . Not so faet! Anil we, who were :detente Iwo 1114 grand wedding." e darkness, confronting than, miler's:I "But what will you do after that? Eva persisted. ., the tension of our eg• • es a by A 201'-. midahle peal of lamelge a The Beebe "Oh, you don't have to think about had once mere broke:, hie teerh on that!" Little Sister said confidently. the Chemin des Ihgnes. -'id 0111.' rront "Sister Lil never does. It isn't ha - remained infect. portant at all I know; because if it Rest After Vis- was Sister Lil would say something about it, and she never talks about The next day WC VO? , 1,1 ii -1. 1,O. anything except beaus mid dress and might. at last withdeesa. Ths eheie.• dancee, and things like that." of the hour was left , s es, and ‘ye Up in her room Sister Lil's work chose the brief inters -1 '- •••. the can - had slipped from her fingers. Was nonade dies deem. V:: 7 ei the lines that what she seemed nice to other cm we had eorne to thse, 7 ,,.• 1,ight. •gus people—and to little sisters? we had come in the es s Mg towards darknees. ...:.•eerere, aal the unknown. We were gging to warts BIG AIR RLID.' DUGOUT. dawn and rest. . ' The fli 111004' of a merah. luesseseer, According to released Englishmen England Uses Railway Tunnel Accom- is always silent; the leeriest •when a who have arrived from the camp for modeling 20,000 Persons. .- regiment starts is alweess eritical, British civilians at Ruhleben, Ger-, The biggest air raid dugout in Erg- troops defiling are elwaye yuleernbla. many, no food had been provided for land has just been opened to the public To get to the rear, they meet nlways them by :the Germans in the last three for use during air -raids: It will. ac. traverse a zone of tiro. We wart Months. They were entirely dependent commodate 20,000 persons. The -dug- lucky; n few big shelle ea:ale:fed as on the parcels sent out froth Great out is really an .unfinished railwaytnn- we left, a few scattered bombs root Britain. - nob 100 feet undergrouud, cm which the air over Moulins without hurting' Most of the prisoners at Ruhleben work was discontinued at the begin- anYone• are suffering from stomach troubles ning of the war. At dawn we creased the .S1sne, and owing; to the fact that they have Min- It is electric lighted and seate, have the marching songs began. We no- - - aPProaching German airplanes. The trees are removed, young seedlings • Enemies On .All Sideo. fact that PEtris has been able to 010 - spring up naturally and soon grow into timber of value. A Leaky Shingle Reef. A leak in a shingle roof, caused by one or more split shingles, can best be located by getting on the under side. of the roof as discolorations will appear 013 shingles and sheathing where the water comes through, When the leak is located, drive a nail through the roof there eo the leak may easily be found from the outside and Rumania to our side; and this their description. of the roof. N t tinainted on year six more countries, ranging from The ear of the airman, while deaf- eipally had to live on canned food. As been provided for 2,0(10 persons bead that 'While we had been in the When Germany threw kern the tact itself from the invaders from the '' • a result. of the monotonous character battle winter lied fled. Th.. 1,0,ks reel. gauntlet of war to Russia on A.ugest sky has been due to the celerity with _ In thousands from the aseen paetu,•es let, 1914, she little dreamt that within which the listening guards have of the life there all inmates are men, towards the blue firmamsot; the three years elle would have four-fifths caught the hum of propellors and have tally abnormal, say those who have Carrot Soup. .---__4-_-- Heat one cup of milk, 01. mills and pleaearet, challenging lireab er the Gel - of the entire world arrayed against spread the alarm to the waiting air- been releaeed. lie bird mounting to the sloe 1 s • seem - her. Before that historic month of men on guard. August had come to its •lest day she The megaphones catch the sounds and her allies had no fewer than seven ,and carry them into a sensitive sound nations, with an aggregate population chamber, where they -are magnified of over 800 millions ---nearly half the and made clear and intelligible to the people of the earth—for enemies-, ears that wait. The following year-1915—added . Some remarleable methods for hade is raised the Rs_ sleepere. If the s ------07- e drunk with life aad liberty, dropping Italy and. plucker. little San Marino to teeing to submarine activities are in light inay Waken. one too early, yet their number. 1916 brought Portugal use, but official censorship prevents verlically into the furrow like a fall - ventilation ,is . absolutely necessary to Bees are Yen interestin • T 1 Y g. 1 oeo Ing mbthe white stock, add three-fourths of a ed to to„, sons of Gatti :Ind soldiers of • To Stop the Flapping. cup of finely chopped carrots:, one when the sash is raised .and the shade a teaspoonful of sett and one-eighth France, to echo the proorl woecle et the ancient Brennus: "I time nealing 'ett The flapping of •the window shade tablespoonful of butter, one-fourth of of a seaspoonful of peppev, Conk the fall of the skiee." Smiling lowered is a serious annoyance to rier- 4. fraternal, WO hailed the symbolic .vous people, who are generally light in a double boiler, sparrow It black Eme-ls in snnee, both sides, and cut as many !drips as you need into 4 x 7 inch: sizes. When a split shingle is found, pry up the butt aol l' stripof 1,1 tin1 r the shingle the full seven inches. This gives an inch lap on the shingles that were given six inches exposure. Then slip another strip of tin over the split shingle and tinder the next course above, and the repair is completed. This is cpsite simple, but entirely ef- fective. China and the United States to Cuba 1 and Panfuna; are leagued in war against her. To -day the position is thie. Ger- ened to noises outside 1118 01101 ma- chine, thanks to the terrific humming of his motor, is becoming sharpened and bettered by his reliance upon it health. ..way to prevent the flapping is Mauirice Maeterlinck, should obtain - who have not read "The Bee," by &l:p0- nu:rie(xielninlet,d) ,,,,th, 1114,1 13 1_14 very .simple. Screw two little brass• a copy from the nearest !livery, It (Jewell" '''' , inde al,i Dm reen; ly .11 cup hooks, one on each side of the will not only be found intereeting, but roadside were thrust lig eat raga.git win.dow frame, opposite each other the seeming intelligence of these sew- thYral whi.ch ‘-ve flowor Alt ''11,',1 about a foot from the sill. At night della' ineleneiteisdisis:gill4obenalz-\tthioifiive tot eeau: o they 11/1 11. 1,1111 illation of 156 millions, are waging clouds or at night. dow. from one hook to the either, as ' t t t' 'V Screw a third war agains seven een Oations, with When the stars and the earth 'clis- sailors sey, ' au . 't : diem meal half cup molaeses, one tea- bi,oting she saws, es ins se leviers, at, As if the soil of F3'11111.0 V.''.`1'0 se'es cup n- , an aggregate population of 1,814 mil- appear to an aviator he must rely en- hook In the molding ' below the 1111, ' 11' the countryeicie wcre rinaing w t - • spoon salt and one teaspoon ginger - ' i 1-1 side up aral to give hint his sense of Pull down the shade civet' the tape in the centre, blossoming apple-treoe genie teed their I lions, tirely upon ;his ears to keepshim right exaetlY ofeieer—What do the army regula- tions make the first requielte in order the Hosannas of reouregetion, 1..11'3 1 a little tuipen ne n o i ow clown and. tie the cord to the lower hook. The shade NVill 130 help firmly in place When washing white woodwork put direction. If ho has faulty ears he is that a man be buried with military , 1 1 i s 1 'honors? Private Caeey slle must be -- .rata, posa,s on 0111' Sh0111,1, l'-', WA eve : • ti i t flying water and likely to fin 1 nise w=cerretrscrrxrrmmmr.m.... " " and a Peaceful night's sleep is assured. dead, Mir. passed. it will be a great help. or elaining perilously in the wrong --Akt 4islo 33 (a /am Ism 11-a.t5E9 one of the project5 outlined by the 5.,4,101N4V.V.KT4 WarsTime Plants, e, S onnnitthes on botany of the National Research Council of the United States is the :march for wild plants; which may be need as wartime ,substitutee Co the more costly mein plants. Dur- ing the Amerimin civil war Dr, ,Toho Porcher, a southerner, published a book giving' a list of wild plante of the South Aids could be substituted for much-needed food and drug plluite, The Americem Botanist, Joliet,' Ill., proposes, with the aid of its readers, to compile a similar Bet. Information is sought as to any plants not ordim- arily cultivated which have edible fruits, seeds, rooto, etc. It is suggeete ed that Yaluable'knowledge on thie subject might ie bte;sied from hunt- ars,trappers, :woodsmen, farmers, Bs - (Bans and the foreigners who pick UP conAlderable feed from the count -fa- cade, sironor information is desilod eta:morning plants 11111 can 110 used in Med lane.