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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1926-12-15, Page 2WEDNESDAY, DEC. 16, 192e, Here anclThere • THE BRUSSELS POST The third great International ex- hibition of leather paeele will be held in Milan, Italy from J tnuary 22 to - 29and promises to be a greater aucceee then ether of the former exhibitio t:+ herd to Europe, I sines tt n tt ,d damn,.: the first two exhibitions amounted to over a:13,0tal,U00. Ali taxes formerly required to be add in Italy on hotel bills, baths and medical attention in health re- sorts, have been abolished, accord- ing: to recent information ;given out. by the Loyal Consul General al Lely. Such information will prove interesting to tourists oontetnpiat- ;sg a visit to that country, Quebec—What is satrl to be a re. ord shipment of eels, Ida tons, left this port for New York recent - the last of eight crrtsignmente einee the beginnime of November, ;ill for the saute city. New Yorkers have acquired a partiality for the eel from the re,ien below Quebec, and the trade is grew ;nor each year. One of the largest fawns salve in several months to a single Muni - grant family was recently effected in the purchase of a 720 -acre. tract five miles suuth-east of Brandon by n Lutheran farmer and firer sons; the purchase price being $28,800, According to 1)r. A. T. (unnell, the farm is well equipped with stock and buildings. Sheep from the Prince of Waive' Alberta ranch, south-west of Cal- gary, are superfine, according to Walter Charles Priddy, of the Cor- riedale Sheep Co., - Gridley, Cali- fornia. He has just purehaerd forty head of imported Shropshires from the Royal ranch, as well as fifteen from other flocks in the district. .. Asbestos waste as a soil strength- ener is the latest in the line of by- products. Early this year the De- velopment Branch of the Canadian Pacific Railway undertook an in- vestigation and inaugurated a se- ries of experiments in the use of this material. Macdonald College actively co-operated and results so far show that this material has a real value when applied to certain soils. A valuable consignment of twenty- six silver black foxes valued at ap- proximately $20,000 was handled by the Canadian Pacific Express Com- pany in Montreal recently. The ani- mals were shipped directly fret.. the Meritt Silver• Black Fox Ramat at Meritt, B.('., and will be fur - warded to Messrs. Baullon and Paulin, Grenoble, France, to a new fox ranch of which this Brit- ish Columbia shipment will be the nucleus. ' Completing the first 3,200 miles of a ten 'thousand mile journey from Liverpool to Osaka, Japan. thirty canaries valued at a hundred pounds sterling, arrived at the Canadian Pacific Express Company sheds in Montreal recently and left from the Windsor street station for Vancou- ver. They came over on Canadian Pacific liner Montroyal to Saint John and although they had ex- perienced somewhat of a stormy crossing, were in fine feather and singing ut the top of their voice. Completing a two month visit to Canada during which he has tra- versed the Dominion from Quebec to Victoria, returning through the United States, C. C. E. Young, in charge of first -,loss booking office of the Canadian Peci'ric Railway in London, Eng„ seen at headquarter.: of the system in Montreal recently, declared that the country had been a revelation to him, fully explainin:e the great attraction it is increasing- ly exercising on tourists. "The great facility of travel, luxurious- ness of the hotels and the oppor- tunity for seeing practically virgin territory make up a combination of advantages that are perhaps not to be found elsewhere in the world to- day," he said. Greece is importing A,meriean. strains of poultry to improve her native stocks. Will she athnit Enodo Island Beds? Wiry earl anyone a goose when a goose knows enough to fly south when winter conies. While waiting for a eheoese some - ono else, may take it. • ,tk light fill salt ..horrid go well in slippery weather, 0'•' TIM BEACH "IItrw lona; brave yen been a . . life -eaves'?" "Ever since ti small buoy." WIIII4�L IZM � LI t.0 o L _ oo ts r t `'1 O "a� ZU12.©3°3`aCAMOS ' Copyright, 1910. by American Pres Aaaelttlon, WHAT kind of a tree is a Christmas tree I'rn sure all you children and I will agree That it isn't an orange or plum or pear, Though all of these fruits it is likely to bear. THE Christmas tree is a popcorn tree— A fact that a Sleepy -Eye Kid can see— For look at the popcorn balls and strings That hang from its brinches, 'mong other nice things. SANTA CLAU-3 REA:Y ; 0 START, ?I_ ARES FOR SOME QUEER RIDES! By UNCLE BOB. lCnpyright, 1900. by American Press Asso- cie-tion.l UME along. now. children, and your Uncle itub wilt give you a ride. What kind o: a rids would you like hest of all? What -aeroplane? Mercy. no: That tnacalne that tiles up Moto the sky ant; over rivers and fields and towns is tot. dangerous fur children. It will be u lottg Lime before the men who invent things tilt build OD nerol,lane safe reeled 'erre little ones like you For the la'tr,ent you'd just better stick to the earth and not try to go dying away into the ale. 8o we won't think about takingean aeroplane ride yot. :Automobile' did ren say? Well, Lncle Bob has no au tt,mobile for you today, but be has something that's lots more fun A pony? Reil. not exactly that, but.it's something that walks. Wait till we get the bridle on. There -take the reins and guide hitt. Why, what it funny bird: Yes, he's an os- trieh, You Dever rode an ostrich, did yon-: Some ostriebes are too bad tem- pere•il foe children to ride. but tine one has been tamed, and he's all right. You don't need any saddle on him. Jost sit on his sboulders, with your legs down along each side of his neck. 'cars Oti'rtttt'B Ittl)t Nn runt• 11 is feathers Itt Itt• 't 1.11•e >rof1 'g.ent for volt. Ile is a ver} s,r nag bird anti ra.11 may have 1• it Imre ou rhe rents ,vbru you weer ,a. ;:nht•• tee, Would you tike 1.l hat.. ati (sir: •it •'•.'.r a 1'ilrisernac Irr,•:,•ta! 7 11 e11 per :airs a 11111,' tweet of nue of the e, dee trito tat;: lee I belt you ran with ;fella! and n creel, ,Age d salt yin it t - 1,•r An usirich thlrr n: Ira.11.'1 to dt:!t:' a bui;ry or ear* 11 tre:.em '•r of 1, b.r.•'. vesl:.i tarn 1111'! I'm yr,nl 1 ne•:,r nL to pap. (istrir I!^a ore rent give ^.. 'nl they come hill in this 1:101.) if yon thank the n -.curb to Im, 111 age --andmaybe he t.. with tits long leas n, ri stalky atilt -perhaps ymt'd tike It ride nn the hack or a Ileum, betel h it rntlld ha difllr•ntl rn ser 01:' or i11.,se mita for a oto.' •110111 gift and still ,liffii on rt, acct, it alive and wen hr• Coir, fi Stale, The Ilantn 15 11 ,a't rd' au+ael•ii,:e mritttal tint Crow's 1 Smith .1a,serk,'a It con live only here the eimiate Is moderate "loo 111.11 mild 1- ltd for the Ilam. in 'aehe f,111 nuti sentherti regions of Teemit Anne: ea this very inteeestiug eatmet lives and thriven, There are tunny thntserntltt tt( them, Jitet 55Y"flttg•it r•' tunny Ihonaanda Of cows in the f''t itr,l stater. Te,, South Amerirnn poodle ase the easels, n01 rally PIM their milk and Oen I nr': ni .n r I f l t ir. 9 beasts .,f hut•' len. rho 1111.na tal,ett ibo place (Jr 1110 t•'•;'an In tatmo of the mantra.".tlntt0 re• wan; of ('ere and other Rooth Amer. lean countries, .lie clan earry a pretty heavy land and travel for tong dis- tances without getting vet'y tired How would you like to have Santa Claus put in your ctockleg---ah, dear. 110. that's not large enough-ptt. down alongside the fireplace a nice big, fat wart bog or Wild boar for one of your Christmas presents? Ugh: Wen, L don't blame you fru' feeling that way. but all the snore there ie curb a thing 4 0531` • A IITntlid A LLAMA. as a wild pig to use as a pony. though pigs are not rery popular in that way. There are many hinds of wild hogs. Colonel Roosevelt knows a good deal about them. tie hunted the wild boar in Africa, also the wart hog, and down in Texas be Ono hunted the peccary, which is a sort of pig•aiso, though not by any menus so mural like the kind our father may have in his pigpen as the wile boar and the wart hog are. The peccary doesn't really took pig- gish, but he Is a pig all the same; he belongs' to the great hog family, which is widely distributed aver the world. Now and thea n wart hog or a wild hoar is caught and tattled, so that a brave young num can ride him, The war' hog belongs to Africa. The wild ;,r,'tr used to be rery numerous in Eng- land, but that was many-, wavy yeers BUT listen to grandpa's wise old talk. He tells us that popcorn is. grown on a stalk. We'll have to believe him, and so, you see, a popcorn tree. That it really isn't HE Christmas tree is a candle tree, For candles all over it all of us see. They're red, white and blue, and we'll light 'em tonight, For candles are meant to make candle trees bright. NOW listen to grandma (please leave us alone 1)— She tells us that candles are molded, not grown; So we've got toPgive up with a sigh, you see, The notion that this is a candle tree. CHRISTMAS TREE FRUIT IS RIDE. HO! FOR CHRISTMAS SPORTS OUTDOORS, By UNCLE BOB. (Copyright. 1910, by American Press Assn. oiation.J ID you ever wear snowshoes?. Maybe not but they're great fun if you know how ro use them. Of course If you live in southern California or Florida or other really southern places you needn't ever hope to enjoy snowshoes unless you THE Christmas tree is a spangle tree, For spangles are dangling all over it, see? Spangres of silver and spangles of gilt, It's surely a spangle tree Santa has built! BUT listen to daddy—he says, says he, There's no such thing as. a, spangle tree, For spangles, says daddy, are made in a shop, So this nice idea we'll have to let drop. U THE Christmas tree is a candy tree - I'm sure now we have it! Let's holler with glee) There's candy in boxes and candy in bags, Let's mark it with "THIS IS A CANDY TREE" tags! iBUT here comes your mamma, who says, if you please, "Who ever saw candy that GREW upon trees?" So sadly we've got to surrender such whims, h may be this candy was TIED to the limbs ! NOT TUB 1,1bt8T BIT AFRAID. go a long way north, but it is interest- 1 ing to read about them and know some- 1 thing about them anyhow, 'Chere are 1 states in this big 00unn'y where 8u0w• 1 shuelug<is popular -away up In J11r11- , gait and iVieconsitt, for tuslnnee..tvIere the snow lies deep on the evened for mouths at '0 tune. Over in Norway, far across the AtitinNt neon, Is the 1 place Where suoveshoes argue in the 1 01001 handy, for !hut Is It hind et deep snows and Ioug winters. The Idea of, the snowshoe IS L0 keep you trout breekitg through the top crust of the deep snow• Old Ica ,1011 skIru grntel'ttily twist• the'whit 1, surfnee. Snowshoes are much used in the big forests. 1Otte the snow falls several fret deep • and then gots 0 frozen 00181 travel on suowshtes. The little boy in the picture certainly looks as if his fa- ther had taught hitu bow, for he doesn't appear to be the least bit afraid. His smile shows that he is enjoying the Snowshoes are not real shoes, of course. You -must weer your real shoes and stockings to keep your feet warm, then fasten the snowshoes to your soles, They are really very much like little sleds, only that you have a sled on each foot instead of the "belly buster" that you use in coasting downhill. You can climb hills on snowshoes. a.nd•you 0011'1 do that on a sled, as you know. That's where lots of the fun comes In. In nartboru Mlehigan and some Other parts of the north the little boys and girls sometimes get a pair of snowshoes from Santa Ctaus,ekll111 they prove to be a rery enjoyable Christ- mas present. "Skates will do for me." says Susie. Oh, very well. Then we'll have Santa Claus leave a pair of skates for you beneath the mantel. They're too blg and awkward to pot into your stock- ings, and you want all the rpom there is In your storkintw for candy and other smaller gifts, anyhow. Every boy and girl Who loves the outdoors. --and what child doesn't? - wants to go skating. You'll agree to that,won't you? Of course. if you live tar south. where the creeks and pondd (lou't freeze over. you can't ex- pect tae akatiug. bat then there are THE Christmas tree is a CHRISTMAS tree Is that not sufficient for you and for me ? It's full of good goodies that Santa Claus wows, And WE shouldn't ask how they got there, 1 s'pose, AJOAuD A- w4LD TIOG, 1t to —long before trite present elvitizn• tion got the upper hituil in that island Itut perhaps a sled would suit you better time a wild pig? Very well. this Christmas your Utu'Ie Bob won't. to ad you broken try f t a i h o t to tht• y y nit 1r u t ! bridle, but w 1t see f be can't make b Satan Clans bring you 0'*'sled for filtristmns. tfomotitnee a sled runs Itway anal throws yon, but it never lite: i d6drr r.. r�. At iiia titre it Y Ofltltnnilnnfi 0 ra "50(51115 Foie mita' Deva 0115991 opal' the surface that w111 hold up any body on snowshoe's, but would` let a person wearing ordinary shoes or boots break throt •h I al t and 1(ou r .e' 1 d t about u J. to Up Ms arms' pet'I1tl la. 1 1 With n pater of snowshoes sectored to pour feet you eon travel fast over the snow cl'119t-if you know how. It titkt% ratite11 little Im' chic to team Mite to 113111 TOIIONII 15 A 'raBIC'Oe roller stoups, 011111, pellet skates don't really suggest Clu•IsImlls A fair of lh•m is 11 weieonae gill from Santa Claus. la tt bot nr a i;trl, but it is the ic• skates that tankp u0 (high of C11 lemmas bene Nowadays ,Ian l ee are nave end cheap- er than theca we timed to 11111e, say. thirty years age 1 1 11113 al' you boys and aisle (wet i tt rt 11111.1' of the Clumsy lotting %vendee eial•'s with steel run. IM's tile, I1 your 1sthpt•ri tneeri to wear bcfrre Ih,' 1111 uletrr1 abates ennu',hnte lnsP Ran? 'rhos„ u'onth'11 elia(1) were etrepte tl in heel mill ler -1., 11 ml plates Or Int r11nl:ps h; 1110,e daiys. 13th they very nighty Land dish's all the Burr nod pint hrtl'nt' elljnyotl thein Iwo 1s ❑loch ae ,11111 •giro}' she high. I:r nonslip() ilieltelpd beauties which Sante Clans may [Pare 1^r yon this l'11'I1a! a ,s l lrrr 1t hillu'o er tete CJitrt,bnas queen, the rynet'n nl' nnitlent' sports in wittier ,1 nu will arc• t hat' ole tit: thrssed 1113 warmly, which is as sic el!bn1d tie '`or she Is etantliug In at tree - lop her 1lir me, yon know 11111 11 111051 be pretty vilely ftp there when the wind blows Bat ,Tots will notice) also that the Christina,' queen has wings, so she oto de mower and join her subjects, rhe other boyo n1d girls, in skating, snovsh in g o - n o SLin gd0wrrdownhill. The queen In this, case Is' not a fairy, as yo11 may 1mo i11e, but a dear little 1,101 "made op" o piny the part at .11 ('iu'I.at,mtrt totrrnatnOni that tooit plane In tut English 10%M past ;gear, d • ay