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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1920-1-29, Page 7Starting Car on Cold Days. There 'tire three main reasons for difficulty in starting the motor .in gold weather: 1. Poor gas mixture. 2, Reduced efficiency of battery, 8. Stiff motor. An intelligent understanding of the changes brought about by a lowered temperature on the carburetor, elec- trieal equipment and oil will help overcome your individual trouble. The functioning of the carburetor is to vaporize the liquid -gas and mix it with an adequate proportion of air, which, under compression, constitutes the explosive mixture. Heat and cold have very definite influences on she oarburetlon of the liquid gasolene, Gasoline is a volatile liquid and eas- ily vaporized under the influence of heat, being less susceptible with a de- crease ,in temperature. The gasoline vapor is just as easily reduced back to liquid form under the influence of cold. Thus a cold brush of air through the carburetor on an •already cold jet of gasoline will result in n very weak mixture of air and gasoline vapor. Therefore .it follows that Hee must be adjusted to` give a stronger or richer mixture when start- ing the mote( under cold weather con- ditions. The only part of the electrical equipment influenced by the cold is the battery, which provides both tl`ie power to rotate the starter and the current -which induces a spark at the plugs. When called upon to rotate the motor by means of the starter the battery sets free all its stored up energy to be used without re- straint. However, a battery, like everything else, has its limita)ions And can only 'store up just so much energy, Furthermore, it is true of an electric storage battery that with a lfiwering of the temperature its effectiveness decreases. So it follows that in cold weather the starter is less able to do •its work because of deriving less power from the battery than under normal weather conditions. Heat causes oil to become thin and flow easily. Cold causes it to congeal and berotne viscous or sticky. It is readily suscepeiblefto either influence. The moving parts of the motor are covered with oil, which becomes con- gealed if the motor .fa left to stand idle at a low temperature. If it be cold enough the meter will 'Royally become frozen. And it is sh . in cold weather that the starter i .:.died upon to perform its work. Lubricating oils are obtainable in varying degrees of viscosity or thick - nes at normal tomperetares, usually termed Arctic, Hglit, medium and Tricks of the Trade Carefully heavy Vedette Arctic being the thin- ner, This Arctic grade should be Guarded by Moving Pic. " used during cold weather, SECRETS OF THE CAMERA -MAN FACTS. ABOUT MAKING OF FILMS. It is obvious that warmth Is desir- ture Producers. able for atal'ting the motor easily .` Trick effects have been exposed Ilowever, for those who must etarL time after time, but there sena to he their motor cold we suggest the fol- au unwritten law among movie came. lowing: ia-man not to reveal some of the com- l.. Equip' the ear with radiator and mon,' everyday camera tricks that are hood jacket. to be seen In moat picture plays. 2, Put the following anti -freeze Suppose the character lies asleep solution in the radiator: in a chair; the soul removes itself A -mixture of denatured alcohol and from the body, walks about the room glycerine in the following quantities as though through air, and finally goes Alcohol, one and one-third gallons; back into the body, This situation is glycerine, half a gallon; water, four, Rimed twice on the same piece of ne- gations. battery to charging stationpose, On the first! gative, malting the two images super - and have it charged and checked over. expo, showing o 'spirit" figure, the film is unclund the under - 4. Have electrical equipment thor- oughly exposed, thus giving a shadowy trans- parent look, The second exposure a competent mechanic—preferably at causes wails, furniture, etc., to stand an official service station—to insure up boldly, completing the illualoq. there is no wastage' of currentdueAnother effect is that in which the to bad terminal connections and in- I players fancy a ghost 1s In their midst„ satiation. I The actors must remain perfectly 6. Have carburetor adjusted at ear- still, which Is very hard 1f emotional vice station to suit weather condi-1 work is called for. These scenes are tions. I rehearsd carefully, and the exact path 6. Drain oil from motor and trans- the "ghost" takes Is marked with mission and refill both with a high chalk, for the "ghost" must also know grade thin or arctic oil, his bearings if his actions are to tally. 7. Carry in your car a strip of wood , Acting With Himself. with which to prop open the clutch. The actors are first of all Rimed, 8. See that priming cup taps work easily and freely. 9. Fill a small oil can with gas and keep it in a convenient place on the `ear. The above are general principles to towards the unexposed and sensitive best in putting your car ,in the side of a positive print. The process hest condition for easy starting. Here is repeated through the rotary es are some further provisions to be ob- chine with the second negative, alter served at the time you stop your car wells the ghost is next permitted to do all his stunts alone. After the two negatives are completed, one at a time is placed in a rotary printing ma- chine, and the negative film is turned which will make it much easier to get the motor going again when you want to use it:. 1. 'Before switching off motor pull clown front flap on the radiator jacket. 2. Race the motor for a few sec- onds, then switch off, opening up the throttle at the same time. which the positive print is developed in the ordinary manner. If a player"takes a dual role and he is needed on the stage in both parte at the same -time, the scene is divided up into two component parts with the aid of a thread. A piece of bleak card- board is attached to the front of the camera so that only half of the lens 8. Push out clutch and prop open Ss exposed. The camera is placed do with suitable strip of wood before the exact middle of the scene, and motor is switched. when the action 1n one half is corn - 0 4. If the motor has been left long pleterl, the other half is attended to, enough to -become .icy cold, squirt after removing the cardboard to the gasoline into the priming cups beforeother side of the lens. cranking. Perspective is well looked after, for Do not waste all the current in the if the hero and the villian are one and battery by uselessly cranking motor the same, they must be kept at the if There is no response. With a stub- same distance from the camera. If, born motor wrap hot rags amend the for instance, the hero was allowed to remain in the background, while the vililan was near the camera, they would appear respectively as a pigmy and a giant. In taking "close-ups," the lower part of the body is concealed from view, so it is very simple to lay footguides on the floor. These are six-inch strips of wood, from sac to eight feet long, held upright by braces, and are arranged in V shape. This method ensures per- fect naturalness on the part of the players in taking their poses. Worked With "Masks." The keyhole, or magnifying, effect, ds technically termed a "mask." A rectangular -shaped metal plate, the size of which is one inch by three- quarters of an inch, is attached to the lens of the camera. Inside the first mask another mask is fixed to corres- pond with the shape desired. The dissolving in and out of the sceeies is far superior to the old, ab- rupt method, and is especially effective in visualising people's thoughts. A lever is attached to the diaphragm and is shut off at the conclusion of a scene. The first exposed film is wound back to the camera's upper box, and the din.phragm is almost closed when the exposure of the second scene is com- menced. A vision in a corner of a scone is obtainer) by it mask in the lens shade. The shape of the mask depends on the portion of negative that has to be un- exposed, so the scene is taken with a mask that tallies with the previously exposed portion. To complete the ea fect, the film is run back in the top . box and exposed for the second time, when a mask that corresponds with thR previously -exposed portion is used, "Palmy Days." carburetor and inlet manifold. This latter, however, should not be'neces- sary if the above pointers are carried out. A Thrilling Sport. i The tubagatuine r •thuelast will tell you that no man can 1.iuw what sport really ie who has not felt tan madden. Ing exhilaration of rushing down the Crosta Course, The Cresta Course at St. Moritz, in Switzerland, is, as every tobogganer knows, the longest, finest, and speedi- est in the world. It is 1,000 yards long,. drops 200 feet, is built in the snow, and has an iced surface as smooth and polished as a mirror. But what makes it dear to the heart of the tobogganner is that it has nine sharp corners, three of which are nearly right-angled turns, which none but a man of consummate skill and iron nerve can negotiate without risk to life and limb. Down this steep, zig-zag course, ly- ing fiat and face down on thin boards, with stool ll runners, the cleverest racer; from all parts of Europe com- pete for the championship of the world; flashing down the mountain. side with the speed of an express train, and skimming round' the cor- ners, at every one of which death lies in ambush, with the graceful swerve of a swallow. Faster and yet faster they fly; near the "Church Leap„ the pace reaches fifty utiles en hour; swifter and swifter still, down the long, straight run known as the "Shuttle- cock," the speed is seventy, eighty, nearly ninety miles an hour, and with a final ;eels the toboggan rums sheer up a hill -side, and, with its breath- less, but jubilant passenger, finally come to a standstill in"the village of Create. What theThree Feathers Mean Tim personal crest and motto of'his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has a codons and interesting origin. At a distance•the insignia might easily he mistaken for the French Rour de 19's, but in reality it consists of throe ostrich plumes, at the head of wltich Is an antique menet, pendent from which is a scroll with the motto Ica DIen, "T serve," The crest and motto originally 00m - prised the insignia of a King of 130 - hernia who was slain in the village of Crecy or Cressy in the Department of the Somme, northern France, on August 26, 1346. The English were then the ellen-dem of the Frnoh and the King of Bohemia was one of thousands of other gallant knights who allied with Ring Philip Vi. against England. At that battle Edward the Black Prince, se named because of the black armor he wore, who was the leader of th English armies, took both Leathers and motto Froin the helmet of the fallen King of Bohemia aud adopted them as his own, The title Prince of Wales dates back to 1284, when Edward the First made a promise to the Welsh people that Ire would give then a prince free from blemish, Queen Eleanor, tite first Eil- wsrd's spouse, was expecting the birth of a second son and the Icing sent for her at once. The Obeid, a boy, was born at Carnarvon Castle in Wales. It. was in this way that Edward made gpod his promise to the Weish'peiple and in time the three loathors and' coronet, the insignia of the Black Prince, wore adopted for the Prince of Wales. The origin of the phrase arises from a custom of the ancient Romans. A victorious gladiator received a palm. branch as a symbolic reward for his ' breve deeds. CROSBY'S KIDS 64, THE NOT6'TEACAEle WROTE TO WILLII'S FATHER Clemenceau, the Joker. People who write about M. Clemen- ceau nowadays give him the conven- tional airs that tradition accords to heavy statesmanship. But M. Cle- menceau 114 to big a man for the "pose" and "side" and air of profundity and mystery that are necessary to the second-rate diplomat, There is in his nature a vein of waggery, the spirit of Gavroche (the Parisian street Arab), that' has more than once asserted it- self on solemn occasions, At ons time, many years ago, writes Mr. Arthur Lynch in the Pall Mall Gazette, M. Clemenceau, by his frolic- some spirit, lost for a time his ebancs to rule the destines of France. An election for president of the Chamber was pending, and the fortunate candi- date would at once be in the running for the presidency of the republic. The votes for 111, Clemenceau's party were in the majority, and his support- ers were assured of his success. One of the party was a queer old fellow, whom we will call Mouffler— a snuffy old gentleman who had hit on' an economical plan for getting his lunch. Remised to go to the buffet and order le glass of beer, and while wait- ing for It he would take two or three sandwiches and deftly slip them into the tail pocket of bis long coat, and then, carrying oft his beer to a corner, he would quietly enjoy his frugal re- past. M. Clemenceau knew of this trick, and one day, when he saw M. Mouffler slipping the sandwiches into his tail pocket, he quietly took them out again. M, Mouffler retired to his corner as usual, but presently he was observed searching his pockets with an expres- sipn of bewilderment. Then he looked up and caught 141. Clemenceau laugh- ing with three or four friends who had seen the whole monceuvre. M. Mouffler was furious. When the voting for president of the Chamber took place, M Clemenceau lost by one vote. M. 114orrffier had turned the scale against hint, It was some fifteen years before M. Clemenceau was intrusted with power. Notes'on Nails. Lead-aoloted nails denote melan- choly. Red and spotted nails are said to Indicate choleric, martial men, who delight in war. Very pale nails, we aro told, por- tray infirmity of the flush, and tate owners are reckoned liable to perse- cution by neighbors and friends. Narrow nails, we have reason to be- lieve, belong to the ambitious and quarrelsome people. Broad nails are considered a sign of littleness of mind, obstinacy, and con- ceit. Large nails are said to evidence a hard worker, or one with an inventive turn of mind. Round nails denote liberality of sen- timent and love of knowledge. Square nails indicate love of tree - 6001, and an inclination to ou tdoor pursuits, Stumpy nails are saki to indicate heart trouble. "Thumb -nail" drawings, centuries old, may be seen in China and Japan, the collections being specimens of the most remarkable pictures in the world. The artist allows his or her left thumb nail to grow to at enor length—sometimes as long as. tech inches, and it is then pared down to a pen -shaped point. 'This odd nail -pen is then dipped into beautiful vermilion or sky -blur Ink— the only kinds of ink used in v hand mons sigh. these 'sacred" drawings—and the work is gracefully outlined BRINGING UP ATH • 1 Ani the Conqueror of Preventible Disease I am3 stronger than all the nations of the world. I ali'i the co-worker of medicine and surgery. I sa\'a thousands of lives each year. I restore children to their parents, I banish plague and pestilence. I convert the fever ridden jungles into health resorts. I prevent sickness, disease, suffering, I add years to the lives of thousands. I am on guard at all tines, my vigilance never ceases. I bring cleanliness, good cheer,. and wholesome living. I make mankind happier, I bring prosperity. Towns spring up and grow under my protection. I am necessary for the progress of the world, Trains and ships move under my protection. I watch over the children in the schools, the soldiers in the camps and trenches, the sailors on the sea and the people at home, I AM SANITATION. ' THE CENTURY . OF INVENTION MARVELS OF PERIOD OF 1820-1920. Past Hundred Years Crammed Full of Epoch -Making Discoveries. The end of the year brought to a close what Is likely in the future to be called the century of invention. It began with the discovery of photo- graphy in 1820, That was an epoch -maker sure enough. "To fix and perpetuate re- flections such as a mirror returns to the eye"—this was the problem which had puzzled many a thinker long be- fore it was finally solved by Niepce and Daguerre. The last 100 years have seen great- er progress in mechanical invention than was achieved in all the previous history of the world. Mankind, as- suming the role of Aladdin, has rubbed the wonderful lamp, and the genie of science has brought into being a mul- titude of marvels undreamed of a cen- tury ago. Matches and Shorthand. The first lueifer snatch was struck in 1827. Eight years later the elect- ric telegraph was invented. Short- hand writing (originally Bailed "pho- nography") was given to the world I in 1887 by Isaac Pitman. Elias Howe I patented the sewing machine in 1554. The first passenger elevator, or "lift," , was installed in 1864. The elevator was an epoch-making invention, for it rendered tall office buildings and lofty apartment houses possible. But the first "skyscraper" in New York city was not erected un- , til 1881, In 1876 the typewriter was exbibited as a curiosity; it did not begin to come into use until 1883. Our boasted civilization in 1880 knew not the tele- phone, the mechanical typesetter, the cash register, the "safety" bicycle, the electric light, the electric street car, and the numerous industries which to- day as based upon the utilization of electricity. The self -binding harvester, which saves the labor of hundreds of thou- sands of men, did not come into being until 1880; and practically all of the marvelous inventions in the way of agricultural machinery have been evolved in the last thirty-nine years. Westinghouse was only twenty-one years old when he applied to Cornelius Vanderbilt for help In introducing the alrbrake -- a contrivance destine( wholly: to revolutionize railroading The ghat man laughed to scorn the idea of "stopping trains with wind,' and dismissed biro, saying that he hal no time to waste on fools. Canned Foods a New idea. A century ago there was no such thing as an adhesive postage stamp l:ricssou's screw propeller, of course came a long time afterward, Canned foods are a new idea, relatively epeak Inge Likewise cold storage, and arta ficial ice. The intention here le merely to mention a few of the things, now deemed commonplace and necessary, without which the world was obliged to get along not many years ago. With- in the last forty years mechanical pro- gress has exhibited an enormous ac- celeration, and we have witnessed the arrival of a bewildering series of mar- vels—the automobile, the submarine boat, wireless telegraphy, etc. One le naturally tempted to ask whether mechanical progress is des- tined to keep on at such a rate. Pos. sibly it will. But human ingenuity has its limits, and one may venture to think it at least probable that the period covered by the last 100 years will always hold its place in the his- tory of mankind as par excellence the century en of invention. ,, i IRELAND, The Prince of Wales has been a - Pointed Colonel -in -Chief of the Lein - ser Regiment, Several lockouts and strllies, nP ' ceding several hundred mem have taken place in Kildare, The Right Hon, L. A, Waldron liar, been elected chairman of the Dublin United Tramway company, The death has occurred at Liston-. nan, Dervock, County Antrim, of Samuel Allan, M.A., LL.D. Thomas Francis Q'Rahilly has been appointed to be Professorship of Dish in Dublin University. Legislation has been introduced in the House of Commons regarding the treatment of the blind in Ireland, Captain Noel N. Purcell, 7th But - talion. Leinster Regiment, • has been sworn in a solicitor of the High Court. 11 Ely Warren, Dublin Technical Committee, has been appointed ale rector in the 'place of the late Dr. Ryan, r Major F. Thine Kelly, J.P., Glonea- ra, Mellinger, bus died at a nursing home tit Putney, aged seventy-nine. The death has taken place et Bally. money, County Antrim, of R. C. Mar- tin. solicitor, a native, of Ballybogey, le J. Smith. IP., City Commissioner . of the Belfast police, has been appoint- . ed Deputy Inspector -General of the Royal Trish Constabulary. The Comrades of the Great War in Ireland have passed u resolution ask- ing thal poets now filled by girls should be given to ex•service men. In answer to Lieut -Col. Malone, the Chief Secretary stated in Parliament that the Army of Occupation would • not be withdrawn from Ireland. The Lord Lieutenant has approved of the appointment of Lieut. J. 114. Hunt, Royal Regiment• to a cadetship in the (loyal Irish Consta- bulary. The ltonurary degree er LL.D. was conferred on Viscount French, General ' Sir Henry Wilson and Iirig.•General Carey Ju-llieue by Dublin University. Captain \William Lnntbard Murphy, R.A.,M.C., has bceti appointed a direc- tor of the Dublin l ;cited Tramway Company. While re melt:.g on pawl duty from Kilfenora, two Royal Irish Constabu- lary constables were fired on and !seriously wounded. When tate Lord Lienienant was en- tertained by the Pruvost and Fellows of Trinity College, Dublin, he paid a tribute to the work of the college in the war. A Volcano at Close Range. • How it feels to be close to a live volcano is told its en aceoaat by Mr. Ilerbert J. Spinden, who was (present at an eruption of the volcano vi San Salvador. When the phenomenon was at its best, says, Mr. Spinden, we climbed almost four thousand feet up a steep read through maize fle13s and coffee plantations to the riot cf the crater. The thickly peopled valley ! rolled out before tis as we ascended; far below in the distance war Lake Tlopango, itself a large crater, and mountain ridge upon mountain ridge beyond that. But the sight that we saw from the riot of the erater almcat j overwhelmed our senses, Largest a Their Kind. The three tallest trees in the world are believed to be a sequoia near Stockton. California, which is 325 feet high, and two eucalypti in Victoria, Australia, estimate) to be 435 and 410 feet respectively. The lake welch has the highest ele- vation of any in the world is Green Lake, Colorado. Its surface is 10,253 feet above the level of the sea. In some places it is over 300 feet deep. The greatest depth of the ocean is 27,830 feet. The Iargest sheet or pane of glass in the world is set in the front of a build- ing on Vine Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. It was made in Marseilles, France, and measures 186 by 104 inches. At Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, there was recently rolled a steel spring six inches wide, one-quarter of an inch thick, and 310 feet long. It is the largest coiled spring ever rolled. The order was tendered to all the large European ironworks, but none of them would undertake the task. Look over the dahlia tubers and see that they are not withering from too much heat or rotting on account of dampness. The Russian New Year • New Year's Day in some parts of erod and where greetings are ex- changed. Needless to say, this cus- tom is subject to changes wrought by Bolshevism, but under normal condi- tions this is the usual method for the exchange of New Fear greetings be- tween the peasantry and the nobility. It is quite possible that this year the parlors of the nobility are not favored with equestrian guests, in fact it even may be up to the peerage to drive the family horse to the huts of the peas. ants. The next ceremony takes the form of another procession, in which the village cows, oxen, goats and hogs are the chief participants, each scrubbed for the occasion and festive with evergreen and berries. They are not, admitted to the parlor, however, but are led past the house by children, whore they are approvingly viewed from the windows by the nobl'eman and his fancily, The origin of this oustont is said to go back to Biblical times, rural Russia Is ushered in with a1 unique custom, welch authorizes the juvenile population to proceed from house to house strewing wheat chaff upon their friends and flinging dried peas in the faces of their respective' enemies. At daybreak the youthful bands, each armed with a pocketful of chaff and peas, begin their pilgrim- ages from door to door, which are al- ways left unlocked. This wholly genuine performance is followed by a custom fully as unique and demonstrative, After breakfast the prize horse of the village, with glistening trappings and resplendent decorative affects of evergreen and berries is led to the house of the noble. man, followdtd by the peasants and the wheat and .pea shooters of the early mornThis qingu. aint procession, including the horse, is admitted to the parlor of the nobleman, where his family is gath- ..ve® nags of a grc:,t. xun- net, more than a mile in diameter rind a thousand feet deep. The wail were banded rocks, dull red and dui ;;,ay in color, which showed the riege of growth by which the volcano here built up its cone. Clinging to the shelves and sheer cliffs were vines and trees silvered with ash. In the dc.:ty c,a:;tee of the dried-up lake was an o;.! el:,g like the mouth of a sunken tube..rad from this opening a black gel lee cf cinders and lava fragments shct tee at intervals, with a throaty noise, w',ae the earth trembled. When the black geyser had i'orend • itself to a height of perhaps four hun- dred feet, the stream burst out-':, lets of pure white from the poieee Cinders rained doer, and lave I,iis fell like the crinkled ash of buret pa- per round the mouth of the tube. Col - unmet of white steams almost blotted out the background as they blestancd into clouds and nee high above the rips of the crater. At this time there still were pools of violently agitated water, near the margin of the old lake, Later, when these were all consumed, the steam turned to smoke, and at night there was a marvelous display of fireworks, The Art of Tea -Making. It is in Thihot that the art 02 milt- ing tea is really understood. To begin with, the tea Goch in bricks, fetched by caravan from ilium. Mixed in with the leaves are m:uakly a few small twigs, width help to prove that it is the real stuff. A piece is broken from t ground to fine powder in a mors Ir ;rid boiled with water for five Mintdes,a. little salt being added. The fluid is then poured through a bamboo s valu- er into a wooden churn. A drunk of butter and some parched barley meal are contributed, and the mixture 1s churned for a minute or so The tea is now poured into 1a ta.pet and is ready to be drunk. noel( ,r,•r- taker draws from the boson of his gown a wooden bowl, to serve 101 a cup, and when 11e Ives emptied lt i,e licks the bowl c:0:1 1 h .fcro re i r; it to its proper 1)1''5, No snake, frog, toad, or linard iaas ever been 80011 living wild In New. foundland, MA4G1i It PHONIN' 1 woliceR WHAT 1T 18'AL1. AOOUT? 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When the black geyser had i'orend • itself to a height of perhaps four hun- dred feet, the stream burst out-':, lets of pure white from the poieee Cinders rained doer, and lave I,iis fell like the crinkled ash of buret pa- per round the mouth of the tube. Col - unmet of white steams almost blotted out the background as they blestancd into clouds and nee high above the rips of the crater. At this time there still were pools of violently agitated water, near the margin of the old lake, Later, when these were all consumed, the steam turned to smoke, and at night there was a marvelous display of fireworks, The Art of Tea -Making. It is in Thihot that the art 02 milt- ing tea is really understood. To begin with, the tea Goch in bricks, fetched by caravan from ilium. Mixed in with the leaves are m:uakly a few small twigs, width help to prove that it is the real stuff. A piece is broken from t ground to fine powder in a mors Ir ;rid boiled with water for five Mintdes,a. little salt being added. The fluid is then poured through a bamboo s valu- er into a wooden churn. A drunk of butter and some parched barley meal are contributed, and the mixture 1s churned for a minute or so The tea is now poured into 1a ta.pet and is ready to be drunk. noel( ,r,•r- taker draws from the boson of his gown a wooden bowl, to serve 101 a cup, and when 11e Ives emptied lt i,e licks the bowl c:0:1 1 h .fcro re i r; it to its proper 1)1''5, No snake, frog, toad, or linard iaas ever been 80011 living wild In New. foundland,