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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1920-4-8, Page 6Care of Auto Chains Aids Safety on Road There is a right way and a wrong way to apply chains as well as a right and a wrong way to use them. They nay' be made to ruin the tire or to do it a minimum of harm. All these the motorist should know, for chain's aro just as necessary in sum- mer time as in the Winter, although used less frequently. A heavy rain makes the'roads just as dangerous as icy weather, so that ane or more chains should always be carried. A chain for each wheel and one spare should be carried by the tourist, for chains do drop off occasionally. If five chains are prohibitive on ac- count of the cost use as many as you like, but supply the rear wheels first and the front ones afterward. If only one is used put it on the left rear, so as to avoid damage at the curb, If two are used install both on the rear wheels. Before putting the chains into ser- vice go over them carefully to see if any of the cross links need replacing. Careful drivers replace these that are almost worn through. Others wait until the break and carry extra links so that they may be installed on the road, Where one breaks a space is left on which the tire can slip, caus- ing a great strain on the next link. If this is weak it will creak, throwing a still greater strain on the next, and so on. In this manner several links may break and the chain drop ori'. To prevent this the chain should be gone over asd very other worn link replaced with a new one. "Now?" asked Nancy mvery doubt. u lly, "Right away." lie affirmed, The next ntlttitio Ile w:t:a Kt:OW.01; 'Core a plump, hill,:olt d with Nancy left firmly in +Ito rear. "11y name's Tom 5 7, rtutut. he aid with a little rim in his VOlt'e, It is unecessary to jack up the wheel or to lay the chain out on the! ground when installing, It takes a skilled driver to hit it right, and if it' is laid out ,in the stud it is far from pleasant to handle. Turn the points of the cross links out so that they! will not dig into the tire. Then drape the chain over the wheel with the' clamps toward tete rear, hanging down so that they just toneh the ground. Bunch the rest of the chain under the front of the wheel, Then run the car forward just enough to bring the ends out at the rear. By having the clamps at the baek they they are drawn around with a wiping motion that tends to keep them closed. If ap- ple: 1 the other way they have a tend- en,.y to open. Never use a tool to tighten the chains or they will cut into the tread and ruin it. If a chain cannot creep, it will wear continually in one place. As soon as the roads dry the chains should be removed. When they dig into the soft earth they do not do so much damage to the tread. But a dry road causes the tire to yield more, increasing the wear. Broken links may be removed on the road by the use of the repair tool, which should always be carried, as well as a supply of extra links. The chain itself need not be removed. A Little practice with the tool will soon make you proficient. When not in use chains should be hung up and painted with a mixture half cylinder o:1 and kerosene to prevent rusting'. They should last several years with occasional replacement of the cross links, NANCY'S EXPERI- MENT. By Marjorie sawyer. Nancy Hendricks. banker's (laugh ter, stnetl at the irtait of the hay;,:c:d cheeks flushed and eyes shining. Her hands proudly guided the str.:dniug team, as they tin•ehed up the ascent to the hare. clattered across the bridge, and drew no trinii t ltantly next to the hay -tit, Tt.:'n iu turned to her friends well 1te•rd thr, wn. !melt and arcus cut -Clan;;. "I tl tui the I:0,m ,:,i22 eleeei lesee it the t.`t, Id werl ole "Tha's ber,uec yet le'n't have to lar^ a •'l 11," ,-:',t•itat'::te .L wily sourly. Sally, by sit•_cr , ^rvet':;ity of nature, w':rtted to bel'zntgrr;lT in a city ;Aloe, and in-!eu: tl. here ,h was keep- ing hens.-, for brother, who, never. the'.t c: r to her. Tt , now,- vcr, ed at Nancy with his heart in i:':. eyes. in the dint barn R :-h:rt. of light carne sliding clown through ;t 1-t,crihote, filled with golden dust -fairies, which came and rested nu her wavy hair, turning it to gold. too. Outside, a group of oaks left dark hinc;r.., :n blots on the golden land- scape. Here was peace—not stag- nant. but a live, glowing, active peace! Natuy answered the look in Tom's eyes: "I, n't it wonderful?„ she breathed. Sally slid down the Itay--load with a grimace and went outside to see to tate Kelley rope. Then Tom jumped down too, and reathed out his long brown arms to his golden -haired divinity, who descended demurely from her throne, but could not evade bis grasp. "Would you be satisfied," he whis- pered, "to live en the farm, here with me?" Nancy looked all around the place as if cogitating, hut dimpled at the little shake he gave her, and brought her gaze back to his eyes. "I'd just—love—!t," she answered. A few minute's later Sally's foot- steps resounded hollowly over the barn floor, "Say," she called, "when are you ltaop'ie going to get that team out here?" And Tom and Nancy same ].tack to earth, Xt was evening, after a long walk and talk together in the maple lane, when they hroaohed the subject to Sally, She was sitting on the porch, grazing at the moonlight which made shadow -lace on the carpet of grass before her. There was something teetiess, ass of unsatisfied longing, about Sally-, and to -night, as they ap- proached, there was something wist- ful, too, Tom thought. Then they broke the news. "Ansi it's going to happen quite, quite so0a. Sally- car," said Nancy, laying her ii.ati i:n iter friend's knee a moment, ..and you can snake plans for your old ,,n:merciai course right away'," -Do you really think you can man - see tee work. Nancy?" asked her friend -lowly. "The work!" eried Nancy, "why dear girl, there's work anywhere and everywhere! And I am young, and strong, and why shouldn't I do it? lltte could I help but succeed with Toni here?" He gave her hand a quick pressure. "But --your iolks—" continued Sally. "I'm going down to see them right. iaway. and I know they won't object, !'They never hove refused me any - 1 tither yet." she added, bubbling with laughter. Sally only sighed and shook her head. But Tont and Nancy were un- dimmed, and she went home with high courage. lie waited a long time for her let- ' ter, however; but at last, after weeks it seemed, he held it in his bend— : h'a first love letter. His tanned face glowed with happiness as he read her simple words, But a page farther he commenced to frown, "I can't understand the folks," he read; "they don't see my way at all. Father and mother both say I know nothing whatever about the teem but its romantic side, and that the work would be too hard for me, 'n'every- thing. They say I can't cook—which is only too true, I'm afraid, boy dear --and that I simply don't know what Fin up against. But I don't care, Tom, I would do anything--" and here Tom was able to smile a little once more. Thinking it over afterwards, how- ever, he was chilled by the finality' that seemed back of it all. So he de- cided to go and see her father about it at once. That evening the train set him down iu her city, and Tom walked boldly up the unfamiliar walk and rang her door-bell—or, more properly,. her father's. And the next minute he held a surprised but eostatic Nancy in his arms. "Tole! How dirt you happen to come?" she whispered, "I cadre to see your father," he an- nounced, "My father?" she asked, her eyes widening in surprise, "Yes," he said grimly, "where is he? Lead me to him," His voice was hard. tC PeN PIK"( SOY 11.1 -CHIS CLASS tkOOts1 icLL ME WHAT e%4 Ap1ECbOTE And then a long. earnest conference followed, "1 can't see It that way, guy boy," Bald the banker, tapping his glasses on the polished table. "We have to look unt fur iter happiness, and site was not brought up to be a farmer's wife. We have no objections to you, though, none at till. If you would go into S0111.0 other business, now--•" His eyes swept ,)ver tate six feet of lean manhood, taking in the firm jaws and clear eyes; --"a position in the bank, now—perhaps I could, manage that for you?" The young man's eyes narrowed. He could see in vision the bank clerk's cage, and as that picture faded, dim purple ]tills rola before him, and golden ileitis, splashing brooks, and soft -eyed cattle. And there tumid the fields was joy—freedom, independence. He turned to the older man. "I'm sorry, sir," he said quietly, "butI can't give up my work," And he turned and left the room. "It's all coning out right, Nancy dear," he said later, pressing her tear- stained face to his shoulder, "but it all depends on you.' He held her at arm's length and looked her straight in the eye, "rise you a sticker, or not?' he questioned. "Remember, all the world loves a sticker," She laughed once more, and shook her yellow head, "Your courage is— superb," she flashed at him, "And so is my faith in you," he murmured, But after he had gone home, that faith began to ebb slowly. Her let- ters were growing cold, it seemed, Was the pressure getting too strong for her? Was she Ioeing faith in her- self? Or was he too far away? Yes, that must be it! Later on he wrote that he was com- ing Sunday. Soon after he got a tele- gram: "Don't come now, Explanation fol- lows." "She isn't playing fair," said Sally fiercely, as she peered over his shoul- der. "Hush, Sally! She must leave tome good reason,' he responded. A letter came, but no promised ex- planation. "I couldn't see you just now," it said. And Tom was sick at heart. But he kept on bravely, writing of- ten in spite of Sally's remonstrances. Gay, gentle letters—letters full of the spice of summer apples, and the gold of harvest -fields and wayside blos- soms. But the answers came fewer, and fewer. And at last one came which shattered his hope into bits, and his faith, too. "I am going away," It said. "It is useless to try to write me, or to find me," "It just isn't fair," sobbed Sally, her arms around her brother's neck, "It just isn't fair!" '"She niay have her own reasons, Sally," he repeated patiently. "I wouldn't stand it," burst out Sal- ly indignantly, "She means she's jilt- ed you, but wasn't man enough to come out and say so," "Love doesn't work that way, Sally," was his sober answer, "And her father wanted you to give up the farm! Give up our father's term that he got with hie own world" "Why Sally! I didn't know you cared so much for the farm!" Her hands clasped and unclasped. "Yes--I—care," she said. No answer to hie next letter; nor the next. Then one day carte a postal—a stingy pool l card: "I aur staying with one of father's friends," she wrote. "I ant near Mansfield, but tiru't try- to write to me," And Tom waited again. Vfliy did she write at all? Did elle care for him a particle? Was she trying to test his love for her, or maybe, hers for him? What was it? At last, in October, came a letter, a thick one, cod in it one cherished sentence. "If you really case for me, Tom, enough to marry a hired girl, perhaps you had better meet ins next Thursday in B.' It didn't take 'Som long to go; no, indeed; and quicker, it seemed., than it takes to tell it, and yet very slowly, the time came when he was sitting opposite her at a little flower -decked table, "Not now," she said, when he asked for leer explarral.lt n "not until after lunch.' When they It td finished he leaned forward t xpt et irtlr She toyed a gli.ss ttitlt aq,t% i hr ger.. "Well, 1 utc '." he 111tast i t <,11, loot I've hem; working t -t a farm," bite ttty ibut cod it bit-U!t,i=s• i It her (.110,,hg 4'11111,011. 1r cu'Vi Ir it r' as hlinlmd. She borsht d thole to watch the tmazeineut bit bits lace. "1'1.0 been working on a fares. 'rent, is a hired girl." I He Iii i'];oned Ler It:awls swiftly', "Tell me about it," he temenattded, the old look in hie eyes, "Well, you see--" She took a long breath and stared again. " mother didn't "You see father mid Illy el believe my going onto tt farm was anything more than n mud impulse. And they said 1 couldn't stied it. i didn't know what any housework was, I touch lens farm -work. And 1 would ' be lonesome, and home -sick, I said I would," she added with shy co- quetry, "If I were away from you. No, stop! And at last 1 Bald I would try farm -work for myself, and see how it was. And finally they agreed. Tom made an inarticulate answer. "Father know some people in the country," she continued. "They were good, respectable young people, he said, and if I were bound to work out it would be a good place. Meantime I nest stop writing to you." At the hurt look in his eyes she said slowly, "That was hard on me, too, Tom." Then, continuing, "In the house there were Mrs. Sanders' and her husband, and his brother, and the baby. And I swept, and made biscuits, and wash- ed the separator, and scrubbed the back steps, and it wasn't hard. It wasn't harder than at home—just dif- ferent, that's all, Then Mrs. Sanders got sick." There was a pause. "What did you do then?" asked Tom, in a curiously strained voice, "Everything," she dimpled. "All I had done before., and more, too, ii'Irs. Sanders had a fever, and I had to carry a drink every two minutes. And then the baby would cry. I didn't do much housekeeping during that time. If it hadn't been for Mrs. Sanders' brother I don't know what I would have done—he was so kind! What did you say?" "Nothing," growled Tom. "And when Mrs. Sanders got a little better the threshers were there. So altogether I thought I had a real taste of farm life, Tom, and I love it! That is—I'd love it ander some conditions, Tom. And if you want to ask me again to marry you—I don't think—I shall say—No." "I shan't ask you again," said Tom gently, but triumphantly, "for we were engaged all the time, Nancy—all the time; and we shall be married at once. It was the faun against the fates, Nancy—and the farm had to win. You know that, too!" Litter Travel in Madeira. Of all civilized parts of the world, Madeira is the most difficult to get about in, This is because so much of its landscape is, as it were, sot on edge. Once upon a time a volcano broke loose in the sea -floor where Madeira is now located. It built up an enormous mountain, which presently emerged above the surface, and then kept on at the business until four lofty islands had come into being. Two of these are even now uninhabited, The larger of the other two is called Madeira and ie terrifically mountainous, with many rugged peaks, the highest of which has an elevation of nearly a mile and a quarter. Much of the coast is an ir- regular line of lofty precipices, The islands, built of lava (the group is called "the 113acteiras") are so rug- ged; with steep hills and deep ravines, that travel by any ordinary means is bardly practicable. Ilence tourists who visit them and well-to-do resi- dents are commonly carried in litters or drawn in curious sled -carriages by bullocks. The Madeh•as belong to Portugal and are 300 miles west of the coast of Morocco. To keep the rich soil from being washed off the mountain sides, incredible labor has been expended in the making of terraces. No wine of its kind approaching in quality the Wel- tints product of Madeira has ever been known; but, about seventy -flue years ago, the vine wore well-nigh destroyed by a fungous disease, and the output since then has been of markedly inferior excellence, All the world's a fruit basket and the big fruit is always on top. "REG'LAR FELLERS"—By Gene Byrnes "(ES TEACHER 1 IietWC►'44 l'C tt RT UNN ( TALE se uppli $` WiLVn/yq' The Teacher.. 11E teache'r's ]s the noblest stunt a mortal can pursue; and yet today we see her hunt far something else to do. She loves her high, uplifting trade, and quits it with a sigh, but she can't live 00 what she's paid, and can't afford to die. For years she studies night and day, to qualify to teach! and we behold her on her way, and say site is a peach. We hand her nosegays when they're cheap, and call her Buttercup, and say the blessed schoolmarms peeps our bulwarks right side ftp. 11'itltottt her this enlightened age would sadly bo bereft; she guards the priceless heritage our well known fathers left. We hand her taffy with a spade, but when site makes complaint about the measly wage she's paid, we sweat some blood and faint. We may confess to spendthrift ways, hold miser greed a crime; but when the schoolmarm asps a raise, we're tightwads, every time. And so she's going from the school to seep some other trade, to carve her way with some new tool, a corkscrew or a spade. She cannot thrive on nosegays sweet, or flourish on hot air, for she must have a prune to eat, and decent rags to wear. Joys of Life. flow full of joy Life is! The winds that gently send the trees, The birds, the flow'rs, the hamming bees, The grasses, skles, and clouds—All these Forever say: "How full of joy Life is!" How full of joy Life is! The winds rejoice e'en when they sigh, The twinkling stars, clouds scudding by, And gay bees bumbling, tell that I Should ever say: "How full of joy Life is!" How full of joy Life is! All Nature stakes me feel this true, But, by the stars in Heaven's blue, It's the most holy soul of you That makes me know Ilow .full of joy Life is! Hide and Go Seek, An aviator tells this true story of his training In a Southern camp dur- ing the war. He and a conuade were sent on a rather long trip in a dirig- ible as ae part of their training, and while they were in the air they be- came confused and lost their way. Accordingly, they descended until they could see a laborer at work just below them. Shutting off the engine, they waited until they were within hailing distance and called out, "I say, where are we?" "You can't fool me. You're up in that there balloon," was the unexpect- ed reply, Old Loaf of Bread, The discovery in Sweden of a loaf of bread made from pea flour in the time of the Vikings has disclosed the fact that peas were cultivated in Eu- rope mare than 1,000 years ago, Buy thrift stamps. Saw Kangaroo As Kind of Bird. A nnturttllst who accompanied Cap- tain Cook on his famous voyage around the world mistook for a bird the first lcaugaroo he saw. This is not likely to surprise any- body who has seen kangaroos in their native wilds, for their leaping powers are so wonderful that at full speed they really loop as It they were flying. A scientist, apeniting of this matter to the writer, said: "I chanced to come across two 'old -men kangaroos, huge creatures, In the Australian bush, and measured the leaps of ono of them. Thirty-two feet the tape lino showed for each jump, taking it from toemttrk to toemarlc, "It is marvellous to see one of those great marsupials streaking across country in immense bounds, literully throwing Itself into the air with its nighty hind limbs, and hardly seem- ing to touch the earth in its flight." A Marvelous Gift. A truly remarkable veil, a gift from the embroidery works of Belgian Flanders, is owned by the Queen of the Belgians. The most famous of Belgian artists designed it, and the most expert workmen reproduced the design. It is perfect in every detail. Twelve thousand ]rause at work were required to snake it, a French publication says. It contains not less than twelve million points. It dis- plays the almost unknown art of light and shades, a diffeu]t effect and one of rare beauty,, and it solves for the first time, perhaps, the problem of Perspective. Yet the entire piece weighs only four and one half ounces. In the centre of the veil are the Bel- gian arms, and in the four corners of the central panel the arms of the cities of Ypres, Nieuport, Poperinghe and Furness The four side panels re• present the industries of weaving, fishing, hop picking and dairying. Walk Properly ad Have Sport It may never have occurred to you to think of walking as a sport. If you observe the people on the street—the girls and women particularly—the rea- son for this will be plain; nearly every one in taking steps puts her heel down first. You have probably read the direc- tions for correct walking, or have heard them in the gymnasium—"Car- ry the body erect, the chest well for- ward; swing the legs from the Sipe•; bend the knees but slightly, step squarely on the ball of the foot with the toes inclined outward; relax the ankles as you put the foot down," The most Important part of these directions is: "Step squarely on the ball of tete foot" The chances are that you have tried walking in this way for a few yards and have 1n the end fallen back into your habitual gait. Make up your mind that walk- ing is as much of a sport as golf or tennis and try it again. Just as you must practise to get a straight drive or an accurate serve you must prac- tise to make the correct walk seem natural and easy. At first it seems too springy and un- certain, You tend to walk on tiptoe, NOW CAN YOU SENTENCE w114 THQ WORD ANECDo_ 1 N VI - That is, of course, because you are trying to break the oltl habit of step- ping heel first. Keep at it; after try- ing the correct walk for halt a mile or so you will find that it begins to seem natural. Your heels complete the step almost instantaneously and motion becomes pleasurable. There is no doubt that beneficial ef- fects conte from stepping on the ball of the foot. When the correct step is taken the body is necessarily held erect, and there is much less jarring of the spino and much less misdirect- ed energy. The correct position of the body brings freer, deeper breath- ing. If you cannot have an automo- bile or an airplane adopt nature's own provision for an easy, buoyant, ex- hilarating means of locomotion, Walking in the right way gives you a feeling of lightness that is a real pleasure. At first some of the muscles in the calf of the leg feel the strain. That is because they are me used muscles, but they ought not to remain idle. Before long the fatigue disappears, and you can walk a great distance without feeling weary. To feel wholesome, refreshing mus- cular fatigue is good for you, '"bye- ens s i`4.1 UH1.- R AggtT HAS AN ONE. AN i` C Ro`I e _ _ A Little Carelessness. Sometimes people permit tbetq selves to do oerelaes, stupid things just because it le easier thstn to talc$ a few extra moments and perform the task, whatever it may be, in a worlf- maelilce manner. Sometimes it Wright seem to be tbotaglttlessltess, with per. haps a tinge or laziness, and that is reprehensible enough. But when one permits herself to do things in such tK way that others are endangered, them it becomes more titan thoughtiessueds and borders on criminal selfishness, Let me give you a few extunplos, Only a short time ago a mother wished to use some gasoline, She looked about fora bottle in which to put it, and finally found a good-sized one which had been psn'chtt::etl full al a sweetened summer, think, She rinsed the bottle out, had it filled with gasoline, used part of 1t, and set the remainder back au the shelf. Now, It would only have been a reit' minutest wc>rlc to soak off the label which tie - dared the contents to be Pineapple Punch, and to have posted a plain white label un marked "Gasoline." Or if her haste had not been too great she could have pasted the new label over the old one, or at least have set the bottle away where it would not be mistaken by anyone not knowing the contents, Her small daughter came along seen and remembering the flavus of the beverage took down the bottle, and being thirsty, drank freely before she was warned by her taste to stop. At last reports the attending physician said she would probably die. The driver of an automobile who found it necessary to leave his ear standing a moment, thought it un- uecessary to put on the brake. He was delayed a few moments longer than inc had expected. The car railed slowly down a curved driveway, gath- ered momentum, and struck a baby carriage left for a few moments by the hedge. The child was spilled out and received a hip injury. The pros- pects are that it will be a cripple fur life. A bottle of stroeglecel was set on the very end of a narrow- shelf iu the bath room. Directly over the bottle was the chitin which pulled on the light of the electric fixture just abort; A small iioy going into the bath mens after dark reached up for the chain. Isis groping fingers touched the bottle, which was !onsets. stoppered. It top- ped over into his face, burning him and injuring his eyesight. Now none of these arts of tant-te,:- nesa, which might be multiplied in- definitely, were in themseives of Ihs slightest malicious nature. They were simply thoughtless. stupid acts which any Intelligent person could have avoided with a little thought. The old plea, "I didn't ]gnaw it was loaded,' is rightly met web. ha - Patience, and there is small reason to excuse 0117 carelessness which either inconveniences, or exposes others to unsuspected clanger. Depths for Planting Sec4.3. In a fine sandy soil seeds slimed tee planted deeper than in a heavy clay and in a dry soil deeper than in a moist soil. Try to strike a happy medium. Have the soil worked into a fine seed bed and follow these dlree- tions for the ordinary soils: Plant these seeds ono inch sleep: Strlug beans, beets, sweet corn, en- cumbers, melons, squash, pumpkins, onion sets, beets and spinach, Plant these half inch deep: Car- rots, kale, lettuce, onion seed, pars- nip, radish, salsify and turnip. Plant potatoes and pest three to four inches deep and Parsley once eighth inch deep. If you make an outdoor seed bed for tomatoes, cabbage, cauliflower, celery or eggplant, do not cover the seeds more than half an itch. It the soil is mellow, first it along the rows before planting the seeds and then press the earth down with a hoe over the seeds, Dances of the Nations. The Bohemian national Glance is the "redowa." The English national dances are the "hornpipe" and "lancers," The French national dances are the "contrednnce" (country dance), ''mill. lion" and "quadrille." The German national dances are the "gallopade" and "waltz," The Irish national dance is the "jig." The Neapolitan national dance Is the "tarantella." The Polish nattnial dances aro the "mazurka" and "kraltovleck." The Russian national dance is fire "cosset." The Scotch national dance is the ,"feel." The Spanish national dances are the "bolero" and "fandango." Peddlers of Parrots. Novel to the eye of a stranger visit- ing Argentina is the parrot pe• slier, often seen on the streets of the towns, who carries his feathered stack -Ire Undo in cages, or sometimes prmo,l en his iters,,; dee shoulder's. That :, 'uittry, of °clit"Je, 1" '• •' south to have native parrot::, 1n;:1 meet of the birds are imported fr.rn it nail. Argentina mean" "0:eo.y." m' Lend of Sliver, its p;"i'tcipal !bit, taut me of the grealeat in the world, is called the 'Ether of Silver, "plata" being au, ether warn for the sante :Hotel: The Warnes time hos-towed owe their aright to tete teat 'that early explorers along the ltlo de la Pitta frond ntnCit ittlee1 in site by the abot'igines for persotiCtl ornament; Suy Thrift Stamps,