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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1924-3-12, Page 2T TO COWIE ALIGNING THE WHEELS. Tho purchases of new cars are in- frequent enough for us to forget the experiences with previous purchases. It Is inadvisable to be too certain of the correctiveness of every detail of the ear, for sometimes the alignment of the wheels is overlooked, and this detail is not brought out until the costly .reminder of ground -off treads brings this forcibly to the owner's at- tention, Here is a simple method the owner ten use to his own economical advan- tage to check the alignment. Drive the car against the side of a smooth, istraight curbing, not rapidly, but rather glide the ear to a stop with, the right wheels resting closely and even- ly in position, The wheels on this side are then lined evenly, and for purposes of testing con be disregard- ed from further consideration. Use a piece of heavy twine to check the opposite wheels, by tying one end to a rear wheel spoke, and pulling it taut directly across the front wheel, and find which surface comes in con- tact with the tightly drawn string first. It is permissible for the front of the tire to be one-eighth inch in- side the rear edge. More than this must be corrected HARD STARTING. Often a iiivver engine will be hard to start after a cold night. This trouble is caused by congealed oil be- tween the clutch disks, and the rem- edy is to leave the engine in high gear after it has been stopped for the 'ght. This has a tendency to force oil out from between the disks- heavy oil can also cause this i '!ANGER IN TOO MUCH OIL. Too mach oil in a car will cause the c .;ire to smoke; it soots up the plugs, n - etng the engine mise explosions; It emulates in the head of the cylin- i dereacausing pre-ignition and knock- ing; it makes the valves leak and lose compression and power; and makes the engine overheat, which pauses a further loss of Bower, Excessive bluish -white smoke from the exhaust pipe is a symptom of treable ap- proaching, slowly but inevitably, HAT MAKES PACKING. From the felt of an old hat washers may be meds for packing the stuffing boxes of the water pump, These are made more effective if the felt lute been boiled in a mixture of, tallow and plumbago. COTTER PIN INSERTION. A cotter pin, can be worked into a hole much easier if one 'end of the pin is shortened. SIMPLE KNOCK FINDER. An old baking powder can and a piece of three -sixteenths -inch cold rolled steel or drill rod will make an excellent knock detector. The device is constructed by threading the rod at one end for about ono inch and then a hole to receive the rod is drilled In the centre of the bottom of the can, Thread a nut onto the rod and then place a washer against the nut, insert the rod into the hole in the can and fasten into position with another washer and nut. Finally solder the lid of the can in position and the de- vice is completed. Holding the can against the car and the rod against the engine will permit locating the ' knock. MENACE OF TREAD CUTS. Watch for the little tread cuts in tire casings. If the cuts are neglect- ed, the flexing action of the tire will enlarge and dirt, grime and moisture will be forced through by the elastic tread rubber as the wheels revolve. Foreign matter will deteriorate) chafe andweaken the carcass. Kokanee Glacier Park. be scenic beauty of the mountain - districts of Southern British Co- :umbfa has been known to the travel. 'er for many years, but until recently no attempt had been made by either the Brovinofal or Federal Government to set aside laud for the -creation of a park in that area. However, recogniz- ing the need of such a park, British t'olumbla recently created the Koka- nee Qlacler Park, in the Kootenay Die- triot. No better location could have been selected. The Park's rugged lendsoape, its great areae of eternal ice, its beautiful lakes and its magnifl- oent waterfalls make the area one of the Beanie gems of Canada. The park contains an area of 100 square miles, 60 square miles of which are over 7,000 feet in elevation and 86 square miles over 8,000 feet. It 1s literally studded with mountain peaks, the highest being over 9,000 feet. There are seven maim glaciers, the largest of which 1s 8 square miles 1n area. In addition there are thirty lakes about 6,600 feat in elevation, the largest being Kokanee Lake and Kaslo Lake, There are no higher mountains for hundreds of miles to the south, east, or went, while to the north may be seen the high peaks of the Selkirk Mountains and their hundreds of gra. eters. The accessibility of the Park will in ,Ji probability result la a large num- ber of motoring tourists visiting the area, The tourist can leave the City of Nelson and drive a distance of 20 miles, of which 12 tulles are along the beautiful north shore lake drive, to the entrance of the Park at the Molly Gibson Mine concentrator on Kokanee t. ,^eek. It can also be entered from Kaslo and Slocan Lake points, but to avoid delays and inconveniences it is preferable that ono enter from Nelson. Anne In the Park, the motorist will bind excellent roads, as well as camps Ing sites located at convenient points. To the vocationiot desiring to get out in the open and reughing it, Ito-' kanee Park is an ideal place, It is a 8s'Iterman's paradise, The lakes and etreams are teeming.witb beset, trout, perch and other epecles, There is ex. eellent mountain olimbing, both for the novice arid the expert, while the hunter will find here splendid speci- mene of big gams. 'rho opening of the Banff•Winder- mere Highway last July already has had a noticeable effect on the tourist tragic from the prairies and the United States to the Canadian Rockies, During 1821-22, when the road was in• complete, approximately 115,000 peo- ple visited the Rocky Mountain parks. With the road completed and facilities for motorists greatly improved, this number, during the coming year, should be greatly augmented, and as Kokanee Park Is only a few miles off the main highway, no doubt it will be vlslted by thousands of people from the Prairies and "across the line." dui, ultllliriil�l�uUt+,tul1 The Salesroom and its Aces When the Canadian National, Inati- tate fel' the Blind was established early in 1918, it wile laced with the tremendous problem of not only lecat- ing civilian blind scattered throughout Canada, but of laying the foundations for industrial and other forms of training and employment. It' was a eoinparlttiVely simple operation to se- lect from among the Blind those who were capableof entering factories, taking training and remaining for employment, For those who could not be employed in factories, however, Wing to domestic or other reasons, it was necessary to furnish training in those occupations that might be car- ried on la the home, The method of furnishing this training through home teachers has been explained in a pre- vious article. The home teachers be- gan their operations in the summer of 1918 and as a result of their efforts, and the growing skill of their pupils It was found necessary to establish early In 1919 a supply department to furnish raw materials and a sales de- partment to receive and market their finished products, Such a department was organized in the spring of 1918 and termed "The Salesroom." THE SALE8a00M AND ITS FUNCTIONS. For purposes of description and in line with the nature sub -division of the work of this department, we shall consider it under the two headings( lst, Raw Material Section, and 2nd, Finished Products Sales Section. 1. RAW MATERIAI, SECTION AND yrs FUNCTIONS. This section was organized for the purpose of purchasing in quantities and therefore at wholesale prices, those raw materials required by blind home workers and selling to the indi- vidual in the small quantities deeired from time to time .without charging for any administration. This meant that the individual could secure suit- able qualities, convenient quantities, and prompt attention to orders, no matter how small, at prices which were on the average much lower than those that could be secured elsewhere. This represented a great convenience to .the blind individual, since he was not of necessity held up through in- ability to secure the raw materials de. sired at any time nor was he kept in uncertainty as to the quality or price of the materials desired; also he felt that even though he were located in some scattered settlement in the far north, east or west, he could secure his raw materials almost as promptly and certainly as cheaply as 'the iudi- vidual located close to the centre of distribution with the only extra charge to him showing in the larger parcel post, express, or freight charges to his distant home. These latter charges, however, were on the average comparatively small and so represented but a very small handi- cap. Further, it was the function of. this department to stock, or ba ready) to secure at short notice, all materials required from time to time by the blind home worker and to keep a check on the prices and quality of materials that might be available or appear on the market from time to time in order that every possible ad- vantage might be secured for the home worker and thus assist him to overcome to some extent his handicap in meeting the competition of more fortunate sighted producers. 2. FINISHED PRODUCTS SALES SECTION AND ITS FUNCTIONS. It was found that many home work- ers could dispose of their products' locally and without difficulty while others found but small demand in their particular locality for the art. icles that they were able to produce. It was therefore necessary to organ- ize a central agency which could pur- chase from home workers tholes pro- ducts for which there was not suffl tient local demand. From this initial start, the sales agency developed along advisory lines as well since they were in a position to ascertain just what the public wanted and to keep' the home workers informed as to the articles which were most in demand and 'therefore could be disposed of most readily at advantageous prions, for the worker. The functions of this; branch gradually multiplied until fin -I ally it has become a most important factor in the work -a -day lives of homer workers. It secures orders of vary -I ing sizes from firms, organizations and individuals, distributes these orde. ers to blind people in their homes, who are thus enabled to produce con- tinuously and in wholesale quantities. The blind home worker ships portions or completed orders to the Salesroom for which, following close inspection The Wind. Of all the phenomena of nature the wind seems to be the one that is most ' strikingly endowed with personality. Sunlight, starlight, moonlight, thunder and lightning, rain and snow—there Is Imo wide range of expressiveness in any of them. But the wind has moods. and a many-sided -character; indeed there Is no human emotion, no virtue and no vice of the human soul, that does not and its representation or its symbol in the blowing of the wind, says a writer in Youth's Companion. The ineane, deetructive tory of man.. kind at war has its counterpart in the tornado and the hurricane. Violent gales, though lose demoniac in temper, show occasional outbursts of brutality corresponding to those that human be- ings sometimes exhibit. Then there are the mean-spirited, ill-natured gnats that do spiteful, malicious things and play disagreeable practical jokes; ex- periencing them, we feel that the wind is at heart a vindictive bully. At other timee it is better disposed, not yet quite amiable--boletcrously humorous, usually at the expense of people who dislike boisterous humor- But even those people will admit that now it has got rid of its malice and is merely prankish and not above playing the clown. When the wind ceases to be aggres- sive it becomes gentle, confiding, sym- pathetic, affectionate; it soothes and Travel. It is not the mileage to and fro, hither and yon, that entitles a man to regard himself as a traveler. If he goes, as Shakespeare would put it, with his eyes open but their sense shut, he might as web stay at home for all that he will think and all that he will truly see. "You must see not merely with the eye but through the eye," said a sage counsellor of young man. Round and round the globe and over and over the seven seas, trains, boats. and airships are transporting some people who are little better than ani- mate packages of merchandise so far as their reaction to their panoramic environment is concerned. They tell us they have been many times to this place or that; but it does not appear from what they say or from what they seem to be that they were richly educated or profoundly influenced in any way by the experience. When you see how little some peo- ple have done with the chances they had, you feel what a pity it is that others, who would have made much of them, did not have those chances instead. It is extraordinary how cer- tain persons who stayed home and studied know Europe and Asia to -day better than certain others who yielded to the wanderlust and roamed afar. He who uses his faculties for all they are worth can snake the tour of the block and come back with the ma- terial out of which a genius like 0. Henry could make a short story, The same things were there for everybody else who came along; but everybody else passed unnoticed. One of the most fruitful exploring expeditions any man can conduct is in the devious bypath(' and the hidden fastnesses of his own being, caresses, it stimulates and refreabes. It seems then to have the most agree- able personality of all the forces in the natural world. '1'o the post's imagina- tion it becomes a lover murmuring en- dearments to hiss lady, or a mother singing a lullaby to her babe, or an old nurse crooning softly to a child. The wind is like people; it cannot always be at its best. And however much. we may object to it and denounce it or long for and welcome it, of one fact we may be sure; we can never do anything about it. Novels in a Nutshell. Much has been written in critloism of 2ingllah, French and Hassan novels, but never have their essential natures been so crisply described as in these paragraphs of anonymous origin: An English novel is a book In which two people want each other in the flrat chapter, but do not get each other un- til the last chapter. A French novel is a book In which two people get each other right in the first chapter and from then on to the last chapter don't want each other any more. A Russian novel is one in which two people neither want each other nor get each other, and round that fact four hundred and fifty profoundly melan- choly pages are written. Hudson Maxim, noted inventor of the famous Maxim machine gun and high explosive&, is still very active at the age of 71. It is said that be 1s working on a number of new Inventions that will revolutionise warfare. et workmanship, etc:, he receives cash, The Salesroom then applies the neces- sary finish in the way of 0081001, Paint, stain, varnish, and disposes di• r'eotl1 or takes into stock for future disposal, In this way the quality of workmanship, appearing in artilees produced by the blind honie worker is kept up to standard and the finish which may be required by the trade possesses an excellence which cannot be surpassed on the con- tinent. The demand for these pro- ducts is constantly growing as the. public become, educated to the fact that blind people can produce excel- lent products of a utilitarian char- acter and that these articles possess the necessary splendid and durable finish. In its service to the blind, this branch felt that is build up permans ent connection and demand, it was necessary to lend every effort toward the secure' of attractive finish. RAN MATERIAL SECTION—HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT. This section, from its small begin- ning in 1919, has now developed to a point where its monthly salesof raw materials amount to nearly twelve hundred dollars. On the average overt one hundred and twenty-five blind people purchase raw materials direct- ly and steadily through this source. From the small beginning in: 1919 with but a few sizes of reed for bas- ketry, yarns for knitting, and cordage for string bag making, we have now reached a point where over thirty lines of materials and articles are stocked, including reeds, willows, rat-, tans, yams, cordage, thread, self - threading needles, needle threaders for machine work, bases for trays and baskets, etc., basket models, etc. Be- sides this, we have also secured stocks of Braille watches for men and wo- men, typewriters especially adapted, Braille writing machines, tools and other appliances necessary to blind people in their every day life, FINISHED PRODUCTS SALES SEOTION AND -ITB HISTORY,. This branch, from its early start int 1919, with a few consignors, has now reached a most important stage. Dur- ing the year ending March Slst, 1920, products to the approximate value of four hundred dollars were received from home workers. For the year ending March 81st, 1921, these had reached a value of eight thousand dol tars; by March 21st, 1922, seventeen Dusan dollars, and for the year ending March81St, 1928, thirty-three ►'iatural l�+ OeourCe8 Sulletin, The Natural Resources Intel. e Depart-, Meete Service of of the Interior hat Ottawa Says: The Sudbury nickel mining area last year prodeeed 61,440,- 000 pounds of nickel, valued at $18,488,000, This was three times the quanity taken out in 1022, and the largest output ever attained eXcept during the war years 1916-1918, when in 02,007,298 he record production wasctturn d out, There are only two other places in Canada where nickel hue been reported as of commer- cial importance, both 1n Ontario, at Alexo, about 150 miles north of Sudbury, and as a constitu- ent of the Cobalt ores at Cobalt, near St Stephen, N.B., but sit aitsis not of commercial value, The chief competitor of Can- ada in the nickel markets of the world is New Caledonia, an is- land in the Western Pacific ocean, 700 miles east of Queens. land. Ontario, however, at prime. ent produces about 80 per cent, of the world's nickel supply, the easier mining and the larger available supply being the chief factors in enabling this country to secure the market. The close of the war left the nickel companies with large sup- plies of the metal on hand- As the principal use of nickel has been as an alloy in the manu- facture of armament and pro- jectiles it was necessary to find new uses and new markets. This campaign has been gradually se- curing results, as the increased output shows. The development of malleable nickel has also add- ed to its range of uses, permit- ting it to be drawn into tubing for chemical processes and lab- oratory uses. Nickel is but one of the econ- omic minerals of which Canada has largely a monopoly, and the manner of its discovery and de- velopment makes a fascinating story for those interested. in the development of Canada's na- tural resources. thousand d iia , y Lucky Wedding Signs. dl Which is the luckiest day on which thousand amides were received with to getmarried? a value of twenty-eight thousand, six in France, the first Friday in the hundred dollars. For the present year month ie considered the luckiest day the value of these 'articles will, it is on which to celebrate the great Brant estimated, reach the approximate re- but in other countries Friday Is re- cord mark of forty thousand dollars. Yarded as a most unlucky day. Can anyone gainsay this evidence of In soottand superstition concerning the necessity for our setae provision ,wedding- runs not so much to the day or the unqualified co-operation and as to the various deeds which augur industry of blind people?well or ill for the married couple. A Our next article will deal with the Soottlsh bride may look for,happinese home worker and his viewpoint, also if she is carried across the threshold the larger opportunities he has been of Ler new home, after an oatcake .has enabled to grasp through the medium beenbroken over her bead, But woe of the Salesroom and its connections betide her if the oatcake should be as operated by the Canadian National' broken by mistake --or foul designee- institute esign)—institute for the Blind, 62-64 Baldwin over someone else's head.. St., Toronto. Branch Salesroom acti- In the Highlands it Is considered un - villas are now being developed at lucky for a dog to pass between the Halifax for the Maritime Division of bridal couple on their way to the the Institute, at Winnipeg for the -church. The bride should be driven by Central Western Division of the In- grey horses) and her bridegroom stitute, and at Vancouver, for the should wear no buckle or fastening on Provinces of British Columbia and his lett shoe, Alberta, in order to provide larger Formerly there 128 a custom 00 connection with the trade and relieve shoe.throwing which was supposed to shipping expense for blind individuals, foretell who would be the next couple The Perfectelentleman. to celebrate their wedding day. After Johnny, having reached his teens, parents. Mother was at first doubtful tote arture a bride and was invited out to dinner without his groom the single men and girls termed into groups,depando1 when the shoebride• was thrown form one group vras tiro first whether or no she should allow her member of the opposing group to son to go. She was afraid that, with catch 1t who wan destinedit to bo the out the influence of the maternal eye, next victim of Cupid's toils, he might disgrace himself. d "Now, be very careful," she said, Pencils for Patent Leather. having at feat given way to his en. Ordinary black pencils are made in treaties, "Mind your manners, and say how nice everything is," Seated at dinner Johnny was served with soup, Raving tasted It be re. marked, iatending to be gallant: "This ife pretty good soup, what there is of it," He was greatly disocncerted to see a dark frown on the face of his hostess and he hastened to remedy his blunder by remarking; "And there's plenty of 1t, such as It is," Cultured Pearls, riots on polished ntotals, porcelain Tho Chinese produced "cultured" p t shot or mother of pearl into alias ot pearls years ago by Inserting smart ol,rlotlt, an oven patent leather, Ill each case the lead is made an that the mark eau be easily rubbed out, more than fifty vedettes) 'hard and • soft. The variety of pencils made with different colored leads is also very considerable. But apart from. these the pencil manufacturer tamue& a variety of pencils made for quite special purposes, Since they are used for trade pur. poses, these are rarely seen by the general public. The furniture dealer usually mark& the price on a mirror with soap, but he can purchase a pear ell whioh will Write legibly on glean, There are pencils 'made for marking freshwater mussel!" which they kept) Among the most intsresttng pencils In tanks. 1 MEY MriNtti 15LM'MOMYOU Vie; }3A 'CHARGE_ OP `ME titAreWQ1`1rlt4'S r.XCHfiNGE.1' w w,C rth IN RABBITBORO SHE SAID "THAT PAFe.MEFt DEWLAP CAME. U4 'TEM 011-R pfd FRCH A oLt�oW- ho HE 5i PP D M �tFx ii , A A'C tr4� >✓iGCIA/5'.N G I'. •^-1 �" H 5 `'S i5 rr1iS THE WoMAN'S %CH�NGE?""`�E5 SHF SAYS - N WEL ,ARE YYOU 7riE, Wry„OMFIN , , SHE. 5A`15 i .�— 1 VHEN 5pt'-{5 NE. -" W E- ia'Lt. GUE58 1' U. l(b.fy P ce MOLLj ! made is ono used only by surgeons. " For marking out Rues or divisions on. N the surface of a patient's body before performing an operation the nee of,e pencil is sometimes necesesary, end as { the ordinary pencil la useless, a ape• cial one is made which marks' the skin as clearly as an ordinary lead pencil a will mark a sheet of paper. f•--- ., Utilizing Sewer Gals. An Australian engineer has intf;. sewer gas to work driving an oliglne, He built a sixteen horsepower plant and collected the gas which emanated from the septic tanks of his,cwn town of Perra.n'atta to ,iso an fuel tor his en- gine, The supply turned out to be Oh nthre that the plant ten be left to run. for days at a time without sal"atteiw sign, in F,hls' partiettler installation the work is merely to Pump out the sew:, $@iia Meal but jleve_t elees it 05004 She snit of the goat.