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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1920-7-8, Page 6• Beep the Engine Coed. If it be dangerous for an individual to overheat lthnself in the summer, It is equally impoitant that the engine ire not allowed to overheat. Both can overeat likewise, with equally brad re- melts, If the engine gets too meek motor • fodder• there will.be internal indisposition and a high temperature, just as with mere man, Of course, other things overheat the engine, and the novice should learn the why, the result and the cure, During the winter it is necessary to cover up the radiator and even to take the fan belt off to keep the engine warns enough to vaporize the gasoline. • Now the trouble is to keep it cool enough to run properly. Tho ideal engine temperature is to 'ha >e the cooling water Clore to •the boilng point without actually turning into steam. The auto engine ie designed to min better at high temperature. and some do not attain the full hersc- power possible tecauee they aro kept too coal, But the •me,et trouble is with that boiling radiate -I, in the sum - Ie '.s not the mnnw'ntnrer's faalt that a car k inclinca lecte titin tre th e. Semetimeo at may be deo to a spark unduly retardel. This would not ovethat the cniine in the winter, akihcugh it co'ratinee ranch gas which does rot produce rower. but when the mitre ry rises it preemies vctlteating.' This is a my -ter;- to tee driver, l e-' cause everything it ring ,int the mime as it was a little while before j Medi m^nipulet.ian of the spark lever' is ,-squired vita prct nt. leatteey igni- tion tystom;. Meet drivers, when they find the: enr,•ine knocking at low speed, retard: the lever tied for . to advnn-c jt' again when they speed up. It is likely to produce overheatin_. With' magneto ignition the spark cnntrcl ' lever ;would be advanced about three- ftmrt.hs of the full range and left' there far everything except very high' epcees, because the nature of the neck ..h ngee with the epecd of the ereeate aatomatie•ally. linnet Cat'.—es Overeteatleg. Another• car,:eof foverlt:aiin, of the enamor is ,,.lent ora coating of mi --eats in the tarter. This pre vr11e prorer raiacticie A deposit is leee;! of mineral stelotancee in the; water. Lcok at en %! 1 tea kettle and you till flee in tee bottom exactly; to _ ,l.i^ theelly this may be rem:mod ;-y r .,,; tl_ cugh the ceei- tnc; eeetem tutted ealtition of we .: T :n .oda, Put it in anti run the; (net ne for an hoer, or few' seve-rai'! h.r:re. Then Iran it cif and tthnr- oueley float the entire coeliac;' s,.•>tc;•n with a hn.'m cr by ponrine through several tuckers of • water, and then fail with Ireoil 'atitee. With a titeemo-syphon system, dis- 1 connect both ripper and lower hove from the radiator and turn a stream of water into the upper one and It will 1 flush the water jacket thoroughly, Then turn the hose in at the top of !the radiator and open the bottom drip and let it run 0 while. Where you have the ptnnp; systole, running the engine aceompllshee this sante result; I leave the upper connection open, with fresh water hose in radiator filler, Instead of removing the fent belt you will now have to see that it et tight enough to timed the fan as rapidly as intended, Care of Fan Bolt. Remember that grease and oil fly numb teem rapidly- in hat weather and the fan belt will lteeeme. greasy and stretchy, and will slip, The belt needs to be oiled to keep it soft and pliable, but no more, There is an adjustment to Insure its being tight, but as soon as it begino to eteeteh it is Letter to get a new oat, I have a friend who neglected this, and when trouble camo. it was Saturday night and it took bin a long time to find anything which could replace the belt. After a while be found a tailor who had an extra sewing machine belt which would do. Sometimes flywheel spokes form the fan, and there it is necessary to see that the head and drip pan are closed tight z"o the air will be drawn through the radiator, Where such is the ease lifting the hood of the engine does not recti the engine Lecause then there is no suction through the radiator. The radiator must be kept clean, for oil and dust in the air paseages not only dog these holes but they insulate tho radiating surfaces. Do not put too much paint upon the radiator, for the same reason. There must be a cer- tainty that the pump is operating freely. Ordinarily you can tell by tIT the radiator cap while the engine is running. If there is a baffle plate you may have to disconnect the upper hose to ascertain that it is working properly. While you are do- ing this keep the hose turned into the radiator. Tulle sure that the connecting hose itself is not a source of trouble. The inner lining of rubber disintegrates in time and either rolls baclt so that it partly cloves the openings or small pieces will come loose and clog the pcnttp or passages. Gaskets used in the water system should be full size and eat block the openings. With the thcrr,ta-syphon system the water must be kept above the top hose opening., The engine should be kept free from carbon in the summer and the valve' push rods must be adjusted close. They mixture should be as lean as possible and the exhaust from the muffler should be free. With these things cared for there should be no trouble with the engine overheating, The Kinag'a Bootmaker. The popular idea that Royalty and the rich nobility rarely wear a suit of eleehes or a pair of shoes male than two_ er three times has been long ex- ploded. With the King it has always been the practice to get the full value out of ail wearing apparel. His Ma. jesty's bootmaker will tell you that bre boots and shoes are sent to be re - Leered like those of other people, The King is, of course, obliged to possess many types of footwear; dif- ferent kinds for different occasions. All are made to measure. Hie Majesty doe; not, however, have to be fitted each time he gives an order, The bcotmatker hollered with the Royal patronage has an exact medal of the foot of each member of the Royal Family for whom he makes, so that when an order is given the bootmaker has only to- take colt filo model re- -quires' to eremite ilte order. The King never attends at the boot- mairer'a in person. Should it be !Hund that mime readjueinert is required, a rein e arrive of the bcntinal.er it- teraL, at the Palace to receive 1-I1s Mtje ty'a ardor=. The princes, het, over, often pane an hour at their ht:,;imaker's. The Prince of Vl'alee, in particular. i;, always keen for inforrtution las regards the why and wherefore eff everything in the workshop, The King is reputed to bevel a par- ticularly well -shaped foot. He takes size sevens and wears a pointed toe, The best leather ;e, of course, used. The prices charged for the Royal footwear are exactly the same as those paid by any casual customer visiting the "King's bootmaker." A pair of patent leather boots for morning wear usually cost about $40; walking shoes or brogue golf shoes about $37.50; service boots—that is, "top -hoots" or Wellingtons—for wear on military ceremonial.occasions, cost about $70. Slippers at $23.50 may ap- pear bigh, but they last a lifetime. In the window of a King's boot- maker in St. James's may be seen a beautiful pair of worked slippers em- broidered by the late Queen Victoria ter the Prince Consort. Tho Room Aware. I1' walls could speak, what toles -would flow Of fools and seers, What wondrous stories they would 'know, For walls have care, Could ceilings speak, they would tell more Than wails apprise, For they lock down upon the score And so have eyes. If floors could talk, much more than all They would reveal, Inc all impressions on them fall, So they moot feel. STAR FART �tc Deedle the fact that elle lived in a Cornish iishiug village, Mary Travers was (menta anti, So, in a different sense, was her father. Yeti will understand from that, that Mary was mod to become 0 screen actress, and that her father was mad because Mary was nmol. "It's all rionsense," Air, '!'ravers said, "and I wish you'd give up the whole ritliculone idea. Just because You haPpee to ire pretty and not alto- gether dn1i, ynu'vn got 0 lotion that you're fitted to Islay big parte on the screen, Bat you're all wrong! You were never meant to be au actress," Maty e•as Rained, but not iIacour- aged. And then the entry into the vil- lage of no less a personage than Leon. ard Ross, the famous picture star, and his company of actors and actresses who were to support hint in tlto melt- ing of that big flint "The Yachtsman's Romance." Almost before Leonard Rows and the othe're had found quarters, the news of their advent had spread through the village, and when it reached our Mary, it threw Iter into a very pleas- ant flutter indeed. It spelled oppor- tunity with a bigger 0 than any printer had ever used. If only she could meet Leonard Ross! If only she could persuade him to give her even a little chalice to figure" amongst the "crowd!" She know that village people wore often engaged to assist filet actors when the latter came to out-of-the-way places, and though her father, who was a retired naval captain and something of a "swell" in the district, was so antagonistic to the idea, Teary was more khan ready to ap- pear if need be as a fisher -girl and just "stand around.' She could scarcely sleep on that night, and was up and about quite ear- ly In the morning. She went down to. wards a -rocky cove where the brown - sailed fishing boats were bumping softly against each other, and, on a path that wound down towards this cove, she met Leonard Ross himself. There was not We slightest doubt as to this tall, lean -faced, expressive - eyed man's identity. Mary had seen him a more of times on the screen, and had done much secret hero-wor- shipping. As she looked at him now, striding towards her, bare -headed and with a big bath towel slung across his should- ers, she whistled up every,bit of cour- age that she had, pushed aside all those irritating, conventional nraxiums whleh had been drilled Otto her from her babyhood up, and addressed him. Icer face was flushed; her hands were working nervously where they hung by her sides, and there was something of nervous excitement in her blue eyes. But when she spoke, Icor words caste cannily and distinctly enough. "Good morning!" she said. - "Good morning!" said Leonard Ross, and gave her a good natured smile and a look which, held in it something of courteous and quite genuine ad- miration. Mary halted and said what she had longed to say. "You are Mr. Leonard Ross, and you're down here to make a big pic- ture? I—I hope you won't think mo dreadful, but when I heard yesterday that you had come, I made up my mind that I was going to get to know you somehow, and to ask if there was any chance of my being able to do even the smallest thing in the picture down hero. My name's Mary Travers, and my father is Captain Travers, who has that white house you can see over yon- der on thhe hill, "Please don't think me horrid, or forward, or anything like that, Mr. Ross, but for a long time I've been simply crazy about the cinema." Now, Ross was not altogether un- accustomed to being approached by pretty girls with a request similar to that which Mary had voiced, but there was something about this particular applicant— something of freshness and charm which made an instant and strong appeal, • "My dear Miss Travera," he said, 'please don't apologize, Of course, you understand that I have brought my entire company down, and that there is no part vacant, even for a trained screen actress. Have you that training, by the way?" She smiled a little morally, and shook her head. "No," she answered, No, I wasn't thinking of that. I just wanted to go along In the crowd. I thought you'd REG LAR FE .I be *ageing a lot orf fishermen and lisher'gi'ti, and- . . She paused ttuue, and he regarded lie: more ,.booty than before. "As to that," he said, "1 wee mean - big to make inquiries and arrange- ments this ni0i'ning, dhtdoubtetlly 1 shall want a crowd, as yeti say, tend 1f yen will bo content to be nue of the women standing on the beach meeting th0 yacht, and, later, weeping as you ee the local lifeboat go out, why, cer- tainly you shall have that much show la the picture. Perhaps you will came to roe me at the inn where I ani stay. Inge about noon, awl we will fix the thing up. And now, you're going down to the cove, or aro you, pe1liapw, going back to the village" "ten going back to the village," said Mary, and did se in his company, What happened when Mary went untie and ('ante $se,l things t0 her fattier, ir'of scarcely any interest, It is, perhaps, sufficient to say that the girl was trembling with excitement, tied that the retired R.N. captain was Wit with indignation, But he lot 11or have her way at last, Ile thought, you see, that a little bullying and actual ex- perience would allay her fearer, and, possibly, kill altogether her longing for cineinai. fume, Well, she was cured, but it wee in this way. when the picture was some two- thirds completed, Ross called Mary aside one afternoon and spoke to her certain grave and importaut weeds, "Look here, 14llss Traver,;," he said, "I know that you are capable of hand- ling a small sailing -boat, and that you can swim, Now, Miss Manning has, as you know, fallen ill, and I have been thinking that perhaps you might take her place in that scene where 1 rescue ler in the bay. You won't be seen close up, so that the slight difference in appearance won't matter. If you like to risk the thing—for there's al- ways a certain rise, you know—we'll try the scene over to -morrow. It means a pretty thorough ducking, of course, but there will be boats near in case of any accident. Will you take it on?" Mary's eyes were shining. "Will I take it on?" she repeated. "Why, Mr, Ross, there's nothing in the world I'd love better!" Sho was in love with him by this time, and when he laid a hand on her shoulder for an instant, the touch of his fingers thrilled her. "Good!" he said. "But I know how averse Captain Travers is to your do- ing anything of this kind, and you had bolter get his consent first—in fact, without it I won't lot you play the part. "I-1'11 persuade daddy," she said, and ran off hoarse in a most mighty state of excitement. But she did not persuade datS'dy. Daddy, on the contrary, was in his most truculent mood. He raved; he stamped; he swore; called Leonard Ross dreadful names, and threatened to lock his daughter in her room un- less she passed her word that there should be no rescue at sea incident so far as sho was concerned, Feeling bitter against the whole world, Mary gave the promise, and that night fell asleep only after she had been weeping for a matter of hours. And this is how the promise was broken. A couple of- days later, Captain Henry Travers, standing on the jetty at Polgrath Harbor, with a snappy wind blowing about him and bringing water into the eyes which looked out towards the little cream -crested waves swirling around the headland, saw a boat fitted with a lug -sail, come into view. The only occupant of the boat was his daughter Mary, and that she was in grave difficulties, was evident enough, On a sudden, a treacherous swirl of wind caught the frail craft, and, with- in a matter of moments, the sail dap- ped over, and the little boat followed. it. Some fiercely burning incident was thrust into t.ha deeps• of- Captain Travers' being, IIis dimming eyes saw a head bobbing In the racing cur- rent; his ears heard the faintest cry. Instinct sent his fingers to his double.breasted jacket, as lie raced madly towards the end of the jetty. But before he could leap from it on his gallant, but suicidal mission, he heard his name spoken; felt a. strong hand on his shoulder, "Leave this to nue, sir," a voice said, with admirable 00110, "i'm better fitted for the jab than you, and, with God's kelp, I'll bring her back solely," Past him, teen, there stepped Leon- ard Roes, his coat off; Ho paused to untie and fling aside his shoes, and S" -.fay Gene $yrnee R ppthh hg y Welt Mason _AL Viewing With Alarm. I tltuuglat, when nations were at bay, that when the war wee ended, we'd all get busy baling hay, with dilig01100 quite eplon- did. 1 thougllt we'd lay nettle the sword, the shotgun and the sabre, and try to earn our bed and board by sane and useful labor, It never oficeeccurred to me that wo would all be dotty, that from the useful testis we'd ileo, for pastimes vain and naughty, And when 1 saw the country crazed, I ventured to defend it; I said, "By war we hove been dazed—a inontli or two will end it" A ntontli or two then rolled away, and outer menthe soon follow- ed, and still the country wae at play, and in its orgies wallowed. Tito speeding months aro retaking tracks, and into years they're growing, and still wo don't get down to tacks, or mako a decent showing. Ono needs a searchlight 1f he'd find the man who works with ardor, avho has declining years in mind, ae Ito digs In the harder. A joyride life the boys would lead, and blow in all their winnings; in vain 1 rant and preach and plead—the sports must have their knntngs, then, water expert that he was, polled himself for a uiontorlt, and dived. An agonized, elderly man stood quivering as he watclted the other, and so was the witness or a very gallant fight for life. It turned out later that Mary had hurt one of her lege when the boat had capsized, and that swii7tming was, for her, a matter of dreadful Pain—al•' most an impossibility. 13ti.•t '-to`§ fought the waves as he hill newer fought waves before. Tf firs something driving trim on, ail, e' ving him strength which, even ten minutes before, he had not suspected to have any real place in his being. But, as he battled his way forward, yard by shuddering yard, he knew that if Mary Travers was drowned, then, for him, life would become an empty and undesirable thing. 1 -le brought her ashore at last, and toppled, swooning, beside her, where she herself lay senseless on the sand. A couple of hours later, however, while he was sitting in the inn, mak: ing a cigarette, and drinking a mix- ture which the landlord had brought him, he was made award that a visi- tor ltd called. Presently rho visitor stood before him --en elderly man grown old. "Mr. Ross," Captain Travers said, "What can I say to you? You saved my girl's life at the risk of your own. Nothing can ever repay that, but I have come to you now to ask you to do something amore." Ross had seldom felt less at ease. "Fate's a funny thing, Mr. Travers he said. "It seems that your daugh- ter and I were meant to have that rescue scene, alter all, However, I'm proud to think that I've done some- thing for her, and for you, who are her father. What is it I can do for you now?? it must bo something very small?" "It is something very big!" the other said. "My daughter is not out of danger. The doctor says that the next few hours will mean life or death for her, Sho—she's not quite herself, Mr. Ross. She's rambling, as they say. She wants to see you—wants you to promise to give her a star part with your Company," The tooled egos filled then, ,and Ross felt his own throat go dry. ile hesitated, and the older man spoke again, "I know, and you must know," he said, "that Mary is no actress; that she would not make a success in the cinema world; Mit if you will come to her now, and promise her this part, then it might be the means of finish- ing your wonderful job." "You mean?" "I mean of saving her life," And so Leonard Ross went to Mary Travers' bedside, and told her that she should be bis leading lady; that she was to have the sar Part in his next production, And Mary, listening to him, with a smile on her face, fell in- to a sleep from which she Wan awak- ened refreshed and eager for the life to wbtclt she had so nearly said good- bye. It was almost a week before Rose saw her again, and when be did so, Ataxy had become rational—knew that the star part which he had promised was not to be for her. But when they stood, these two, in an arbor in the captain's garden, Ross took the girl's hands in his, and said: "Mary, my clear, I've got to go away to -morrow, but I want to tell you something before I go. 1f I never 30e yea again, at least I want you to know that I lave you, If you don't care like that for me, then this is good-bye. But 11 you do care, and could be happy ns My wife—why, then—" She put a hand on his shoulder, and the eyes that looked into his were filled with the wonder of love. "Then?" she asked. "Then, you will leave the biggest star part of all. You will be my. lead- ing lady throughout the rest of my life." She did oat answer him in words, but sho answered him! No Taxes at Ascension ISlan , The Island, of Aseeneion in the At- lantic, belonging to Great Britain, is of volcano formation, eight miles by six ,in size, and has a population of about 450. It was uninhabited until the confinement of Napoleaa at St. Helena, when it was occupicl by a small British force. et is 250 milds north of St, Helena. Vast numbers of turtles are found on the shores and it serves as a depot and watering .place for ships. Ascension is governed by a captain appointed by the British admiralty. There is no private property in land, no rents, no taxes and no use for money. The flocks and herds are pub- lic property and the meat is issued as rations. So are the vegetables grown on the farms. When an island fisher- man isherman makes a catch he brings it to the guard Croom, where it is issued by the sergeant major. Practically the entire population aro sailors and they work at most of the common trades. Th.e muleteer is a jack tar; so are the gardener, the grooms, the masons, carpenters and plumbers. Even the island trapper, who gets rewards for the tails of rats is a sailor. The climate is well-nigh perfect and anything can be grown. The Deadly Toothbrush? A scathing indictment of the tooth- brush is made by a writer in the Now York "Medical Journal." "The toothbrush," he says, "was never used so much as at the present time, and yet the teeth of 'mankind were never so bad. The toothbrush was originally a•pollshor, but more re- cently it has come to be used as a cleanser of the teeth, "Once decay has taken place, how- ever, the rase of the toothbrush is about as unscientific a procedure as could well be imagined. The brush is rubbed vigorously over decayed sur- faces, and then just as vigorously over tooth as yet unaffected. "We know that tooth decay is clue to bacteria, and it is easy to under- stand that once there was even a slight cavity in any of the tooth sur- faces, rho brush would become thor- oughly infected with bacteria, and eat. ry these all around the Mouth, Where - over there was a crack in tha enamel, bacteria Would be rubbed in. - "Once there is an• infection in the mouth the toothbrush carries it all over, and particularly rubs it into the edge of the gusts Alt where, because. of the pressure of tate jtoott itseit, cir- culation may be s`ji>r,1ttlY interfered with, and resistive vitality is lowered. fr'g%:W!5 rilA. MP— 9! 9l spa ou erg £ ofeeer ,A1 "That Which Abidetlh •" In times of world believe, when all ntanklnd 15 afflicted—especially in Unice of national oriels, when every day and every hour are making We.; tory tend carnal inoklci is may turn the; whole coarse of the fuure---it seems as if life ought to be serious, not t0 say dolonm; as if merrymaking and, rejoicing, even diversion In thenl4 selves harinless, were appropriate, It emus as if men and women should be grave, even sad—not gay, light and trivial. Nevertheless, the entire mitres oe' history proves the contrary, Wbeer mations are on the verge of rule, they arra apt to melt amusement in trifled and frivolous dissipation, Wlton meet are threatener) with appalling ;edema ty, instoaei of giving themselves up to distress and despair, they often turn to extravagance, to folly, even to vlee, Ono of the striking facts about great visitations of the plague in old days is that people with death at their doors flung themselves madly into feast and revelry and dance and song, Such extremes point to an indisput- uble truth of human nature. Men can- not keep their wills always an the rack, nor to it desirable that they should. A serene and cheerful spirit performs all duties better, Stern tasks are more easily accomplished If the heart is allowed and even encour- aged to turn from them occasionally to indifferent and even trivial pleb. sures. But there are better things to fend our souls with than what fa indifferent and trivial, and it is wholly worth while to keep those things before us when the fierce tumult of immediate misery threatens to shatter all de - 1101 and all hype. Foolish extrava- gance and riotous distraction should be avoided, but we should resort with double enthusiasm to the pure and quiet consolation of books and thought, of art and music, of sweet and grad - 011/4 friendship and society, Above all there Is one source of di- version and delight that never fails, that costs nothing, that leaves no weariness and no satiety—the beauty of the natural world. Whatever oleo fails, the blue sky, the cicada, the stars, the flowers, will not fall us: They will survive the struggles of man, his passiobs, his wickedness, even his suffering. After reading the newspapers and deluging our souls with horror, to -take a quiet walk in the fields is like entering heaven. For enjoying such distractions no one can reproach us. The greatest writer of Germany said many years ago, before I'ruseian miiitarismn hall become monstrous, "The fashion of this world passeth away, and I would fain occupy myself . with that which abideth." Playing Safe. There is something inciting In a boy whose tendency in games and sports is, in the vernacular, to "play safe." Is anything more repugnant to the hall player than to be told by the captain as he is going to bat that he must lay down a bunt? What boy would not always rather take a healthy swing at the ball in the hope of lining it out? And the circum- stances in which a player is called upon to bunt are always those that would cast over a clean hit to the outfield a special glory. Similarly, the young and ardent tennis player lobs the ball only when he is in such a peigh.t that he cannot do anything else with it; he much prefers to try swift passing shots even though three times out of four they fail. In golf the boy who would rather practice putting than driving would bo an abnormal sort of boy: To take risks is to sow the true spirit of youth. If a boy does not take risks in his games and sports, he not only never experiences the utmost -ex- hilaration anal joy of sport, but be is only half a sportsman. He may have the satisfaction of beating his oppon- ent, but he will not have the satis- faetioll of feeling that he has "greatly dared and greatly won." The best athletes aro those wile are tool and cel'dulsting, yet who aro willing, if need be. to put the game to the hazard of a single brillieutt etroLe. The consistent policy of playing safe never advances a boy beyond utedi- _oerity in any branch of sport.. Every boy who is a -real boy donga to ad- vance beyonsl rnecl!aerity and is im- patient of v,ietories over adversaries who axe merely second-rate. 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