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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1925-3-18, Page 3r.-, The.. Automat le TIRE PIiOGUES Advrncos in automobile tire on • truction tend to, one less tiresome.. Probably one of 'the most important achievements in automobile design in the last year has been made in the realm of shoeing the automo- bile's feet. Fora number of years people have had to be content with riding upon tires that, le order to insure reason- able length of life, needed to be in- flated to a very high pressure. It was a case Of either inflating in topoint g st where the tire did not perform the desirable function of absorbing shock Ir order to get reasonable wear or of procuring increased comfort by what the manufacturers considered under - inflating the tire, This later method resulted in rapid destruction of the tires. Even under conditions of high inflation manufacturers, a few years ago, guaranteed their tires for 3,500 miles of service.., With the tires of to -day it is not unusual to secure 20e 000 miles of service from a set of tires: The balloon tire,, which is the latest development in this field, adds con- siderably to the comfort of riding. This tine may be operated under very low pressure; first, because it has a • very large area of contact with the road. For example, if a tire has 800 pounds of car to suppor"t and the tire has fifteen square inches of con- tact with the road, each square inch would need to support 800 divided by fifteen, or fifty-three and a half pounds, If the tiro is made • larger so that say thirty square inches of contact is made with the road, each square inch would have to support only half as many pounds or twenty- six and two-thirds. This makes it possible to reduce the air pressure in the tire one-half. QUESTION OF FLEXIBILITY. In the second place the side walls of the tire are made in a manner S DURING 1.924, which peratite of much greater noxi- bility, In the older type, of tires'. the t Inanufaoturers ett•essed the point that if the tires were not sufficiently in- flated the side walla would break down, and this would naturally Recur when the tiro was composed of a heavy stiff fabric, , For .example, if you take a piece of heavy stiff carde board and bend it sharply back Sind forth it will very quickly crack, while' a piece of comparatively thin paper would stand any amount of such handling without breaking, "By using the thin side wall in the balloon tire the tire may be used with a very low pressure, which permits of great f flexibility of action without harming the tire. A tire that has sufficient flexibility to keep it in good contact with the ground rather than bumping over ob- structions greatly lessons the liability to skid: ALL TASTES ARE SUITED. While .the balloon tire represents the extreme in the matter of low in- flation and provides the greatest pos- sible comfort in motoring a mean be- tween this and the old type is found in the larger sized regular cord tire that gives greater contact with the road than the previous sizes and thus may be operated at a considerably lower pressure, but not as low as the full balloon type. This tire is being used a great deal in extensive tour- ing. Of course when it costes to the con- sideration of the many cars used for business purposes it is found that many of these are equipped with the oversized cords instead of the largest balloon designs. For all kindsof mo- tor vehicles the manufacturer are constantly studying to improve the quality of tires. Their success in re- cent years has been notable and repre- sents a decided contribution toward increased riding comfort which owners of cars enjoy. KING GEORGE BEARS HEAVY BURDEN NEWS OF ILL, HEALTH STARTLES COUNTRY. Dependence of National Ad- ministration on Hereditary Chief Executive Suddenly Felt by Public. With King George's departure from the realm on a Mediter- ranean yachting cruise, which it is hoped will restore his health after a severe attack of bronchitis, the Brit- ish people have realized, almost for the first time, how dependent the whole administration of the country is on Britain's hereditary chief exe- cutive. Normally the British 'people are in- clined to telce their monarchy more or less f orran d tethey g as h y do most other permanent factors of their lives. It is only when that factor' is put out of gear that the full extent of the load resting on the shoulders of the ICing is appreciated, and crowds waited all day long outside Bucking- • hast Palace for news of his progress toward recovery. • ' This was illustrative of the nation's i concern over. his temporary break- down under the heavy burdens of state, The bulletin, signed by three royal doctors, which first disclosed the gravity of King George's i:•Iness was coincident with the recommendation that he spend his convalescent period on his yacht Victoria and Albert as soon as he is able to travel. This brought his 'subjects sharp against the discovery that probably the hard- est worked man in his country searce- ]y ever takes a vacation, MENACE SEEN IN CLIMATE, As a London newspaper pointed out t in commenting on the King's trip, "there conies a time in a man's life when England's winter climate ceases, to be a bad joke and becomes a definite e menace to health," Although Icing e George for several years past has been e subject to winter colds, he has never followed the example of his grand- mother and father,' Queen Victoria and King Edward; both of whom regu- larly visited the south of France or the Getman resorts during the winter. Since his accession to the throne al- most fifteen years ago King George's absences from the country have been few and far between. Early in his reign he visited .India, but since then, aside from his visits to France during the war and his state visit to Rome a couple of years ago, he has never been abroad. The brief vacations which he allows himself from the business of state have been spent shooting in Scotland or on short coastwise cruises in Eris yacht. During these trips, of course, he is able to transact the business of state, The present generation of English people, therefore, are only now being educated in the constitutional lore that necessarily comes to the front when the King is scheduled to go traveling. With the improvement of communica- tions the formality with which royal absences used to be invested has largely disappeared, but at the same time the King's absence from the country gives a jolt to the :Mr -mai ad- ministration which steps must be taken to meet. That elusive but important body known as the Privy Council in partic- ular comes into the limelight on such occasions. The executive, government of this country, although exercised in- practice mpractice by a committee of ministers known as the Cabinet, whose existence s.dependent -upon, the support of a ma- jority in the House of Commons, is vested nominally in "the King in Council." FUNCTIONS OP PRIVY -COUNCIL. This means the Privy Council; a body of the most ancient origin, insti- tuted in Saxon times by King Alfred to discharge the functions of state now confined to the members of the Cab- inet. In the Middle Ages the chief advisers to the King who were per- manently about him formed the Privy Council. Now the membership of the Privy Council—with a total of more has 800 persons—in most cases is merely an honorary distinction. _ The Council, however, still is tech- iically the country's executive. All dministrative orders are -signed by the King in Council." The members f the Cabinet must be Privy Council- ors, and a bunch of councillors there-. AAAA... _..AMENNEEI. 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HORIZONTAL 1—Customs .6—Boss 11—Part of verb "to be" 12—Shanty 14—Mineral earth 15—Pen '16—Choicest part 17—Motor fuel 18—Before 19—Urge on 22—Black .sticky fluid 24—The spikenard 20—First steamship to cross the Atlantic (abbr.) • 28—System of worship 29—Color 30—Praise highly 31—Long for 32—Liquor 34—Willingly 36—Also 37.—For 38—Suffix to -form feminine nouns 40—Boy's nickname 43—Fertile desert, spot 45—Parcel of ground 47—Self 48 -Earthen pot 49—Anger 50 -Mantle worn by Turks i+ 51—More kind V ERT !CAL, 1—Hurry 2—Skill 3—Turkish title 4—Definite article 6—Only 8—Measure out Y -Liquor. 8—To dress up 9—Period 10—Place for recreation 13—Polson 20—Urchin 21—Wonderful 22:. 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Pub- lic interest over the question of put- ting King George's power in commis- sion during his convalescence cruise stresses the closeness with which he has stuck to the job. Solution of Last Week's Puzzle. 0©0700 000 ©MM00 00©0 00 0© 8000 ©© 000000000 OM 000© UU[id ©M©0 ©QO© 012200 000 Doo© 0 0 © DOM 0 510000000000 0 ©00© 0 © 0 000© D MO 00©00 .0©©0 0000 OMENS 000© 00 0©©000000 OO 0000 0M 00 0000 ©©00© E0© 000©© Charles's parents had moved from the city to -a farms. Their nearest neighbor was an old lady who still used a coffee -mill. Calling on her, one day, Charles spied the coffee mill. '"What is that—a little talking ma- chine?" he asked. $500 -a -Week Dog Film Stars. Dog dais are prosperous days in fihnlaud, judging by the popularity of the loading canine screen performers, Rin -Tin -Tin, Strougheart, and Peter the Great of whom it can be said that, unlike other stars, they are neither jealous of each outer nor of the lime- light. turning of chair-legs—exactly the seine All three are of the Alsation wolf- ; ttype of tools used hundreds of years dog breed, and their .intelligence is ago when the industry began. positively uncanny, as those will agree A primitive pole -lathe is used, the who see "The Silent Accuser;' in . peculiarity of which is that it requires which Peter the Great stars, no flywheel or crank to drive it. A [springy ,pole, or even a young sapling, Peter is able to reason; there can is bent over the head of the worker, be no doubt of it, because he is seen and a cord connects this to the treadle• to put his head knowingly on Rue side On Its way frons the pole 10 the and study the situation before taking treadle the cord is wraped once or action, especially In a scene in which twice round the piece of wood being lie has to convince the heroine, who turned in the lathe. Thus, when the has disappeared under the bedclothes, treadle Is pressed down the piece of that he Is not a burglar. wood revolves, and the sharp turning The story is artificial melodrama, tool held in the hand of the worker designed to show off tine abilities of rapidly cuts away the superfluous ins- Peter, who is the dumb witness of a terial. murder for which his master le wrong- When the treadle is released, the 1y couvictedd and imprisoned. Peter. pole pulls the cord up again, and the getting on the right side of the govern• work revolves backwards. The tool or, attends his• master in prison, Cott- is .withdrawn during this period, as it Dives at his escape, anis finally at- cuts only while the work is running tacks and "denounces" the real mur- in a forward direetiou, deter, whom they encounter across The lathe --and the hut which covers the frontier. it—is moved to the place where the The great difficulty in training a most suitable trees are to be found, dog for the screen ie to teach him to and although modern power -lathes take au order without turning his have been tried, their work has not head. One way of doing this is to been satisfactory, and they have been. place him In A roost walled with mir- discarded. rors, so that he can see his master front any position. Gradually he We should be enjoying life, living learns to obey a spoken order without with the truly great, the noble poets the accompanying signal. SUPERSTITIONS ABOUT INFANTS When children were born to the Days," so It Is a pretty told tale. But. ancient Hebrews, the first duty was ifenei the Greeks being bound by such to Mb them all over with salt, It was credulity! a religious duty. Salt was the accept-) Another old'world belief was that a ed symbol of life, and is application to! child born with teeth would soon grow the 'infant's body lead the reputed up to be a man of either Herculean Dower of insuriug vigorous manhood. strength or of uncommon mental la I3ugland during the eighteenth ability, It is said that medical history century a similar Idea prevaltod with records only about fifty cases of child - regard to mud, and few sten enjoyed • ren having teeth at birth, but from the suet notorlet3' as "Dr." Graham,' of prominence weiolt title superstitlonen- Pell .Mall, the famous quack, who 1 Joys •in folklore we may be certain amassed a fortune by expounding its that , many, cases )lave eseape1 the virtues and the various methods• of ex-. chrgpiclers'' notice. • treating them. 1 Louts XIV, was one of the femme It wee also n ou e sooat emo ly believed in persuuugea who had this distinction, former times that if a cbild on Drat Ile had two' teeth when he was born, leaving its mother'sroom was not Bigot, the celebrated'phllosopltor, was lied upstairs before it was taken down- another, as was also Boyd, the poet, stairs, It would never rise in the world, Richard III. was a fourth. yWitere there was' no upstairs to the Only the other week twin'b'oys were horse the general practice was for the bora at Bordeaux, eeeeeo, or whom pei,s•on who carried the little new- one had all his teeth, while the other comer to step over the threshold of the started cutting when he was but. roost on to a chair, which predtiCe was twelve days old. From this it may be supposed to serve' the same purpose, , presumed that France has little t•ea- It was also considered unlucky for son to despair of her future genius! the child if the mother went out of To be born with a caul Is preferable doors before going to chureh to have to being born even under the luckiest her'baby christened. It was mainly star, as readers of Charles Dickens fitr'this reason that children were bap-, will not need to be reminded, tizedwlten tbey were but a fortnight' To make one's entrance to the world or so old. The sooner the "naming" while the clock Is striking, especially, was over, the sooner the mother was , if it be sounding the midnight hour, is free to resume her normai life. Ito be blessed with the gift of second To weigh a child was a further sight, to have the power of seeing and stroke of bad policy, for such a child 1 smelling the wind, like the pigs of was sure to die young or grow up sick- Westphalia, and to possess tate ability ly, To rock an empty cradle was to Ito discern all manner of evil spirits rock a new baby into it. And to let a le their secret lairs. child sleep, On one's lap was a certain With so many gifts and graces de - Way of bringing misfortune on the in-. Pending on the contingencies of our noceet victim. Hesiod alludes to this ' advent, the pity surely is that we have latter superstition in his "Works and ' such small choice in the matter. Natural Resources Bulletin. The Natural Resources Intelligence Service of the Dept. of the Interior at Ottawa says: Until 0110 sees the actual figures of production it is hard to credit the amount of material being taken out of the forests of Canada. The variety of product and the quantities are enor- mous. A statement just issued by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics of the lumber industry in Canada for 1923 contains some figures that will be a revelation to many, even of those who are more or less familiar with the development of this great Can- - adian natural resource. Mere iy the latest photograph of huud Rasmussen, famous Danish ex- plorer, photographed on his return to Copenhagen, after his recent Green- land trip. An Old-fashioned Industry. There is at least one industry which remains unaffected by scientific pro-' grecs. It is carried on In the beech' woods of Buckinghamshire, England, and still employs fur its work—the and philosophers, and thinkers and Itin-Tin-Tin draws a salary of $500 discoverers,; with the inspired leaders, a week, lives on steak, vegetables, wit11 the gay wits and happy lovers. milk, and eggs, and has a daily bath,T. • . Culture is the answer to the man his own utotor-car, bank account, and who would enjoy this life.—E. Haide- filnt contract man Julius If you are approaching a crossing and cannot get across safely, shut off the gas. If you don't, the train is likely to shut off your breath. "What style of ear do you drive?" "A detouring car." Why doesn't some inventor come forward with an automobile shock ab- sorber that will make things easier for the pedestrian. An undertaker who puts up near a bootlegger is as wise as a doctor who lives near a railroad crossing. It fills a man with a vast sense of importance to get about the streets of a city all day without being run down. THE WOMAN MOTORIST. When a wild and pop -eyed driver Shoots his auto down the street, He can make the public step about On light and nimble feet. He can make the bravest tremble, He can make the boldest quail, But they say "the female driver Is more deadly than the male." What a difference fit the speed of a man's car when he is bragging about it to a friend or lying about it to a judge. Nowadays it takes two licenses to marry a girl—marriage and auto- mobile. Of lumber alone nearly three and ADVICE TO MOTORISTS. three-quarter thousand million board 1, Don't run over small boys; they feet was cut by the sawmills, the Wright have nails in their pockets. value of which was $108,295,563, 2, Always sound horn when cross - Of shingles and lath there were 3,- ing railroad tracks. 872,885,000 pieces cut, 2,718,650,000 The most important nut on an auto - shingles and 1,153 735,000 lath. There were 4,886,932 railway ties mobile is the fellow who drives it. sawn in the mills. This does not in - elude the millions that are choppedTR THIS DISH. by tie contractors in the woods. Box Take one reckless, natural-born fool, shooks numbered 3,393,218; pickets, two or three big drink of bad liquor, 3,124,900; telegraph and telephone) in liquor, place in car and let go powered, fast motor car. Sea poles, 138,124, and slabs and edgings, s in . 339,161 cords. g ' foolAfter due time, remove from wreck - Spruce still holds the lead in quart- age' place in black satin -lined box and City cut, although Douglas fir is al garnish with flowers. close second, and white pine third.; Some people's brains are like em - There are 26 individual species of3ergency brakes—they never think to wood used for lumber, 1species nseal use then, 8 ' for lath and 6 for shingles. Spruce is; thoughh such ch hardwoods ase principal wood used for la rt nha, pa e1- 1 The purchaser of a new auto ut o usual - Ibeechashbirch elmwere sawlni1Y buysa feather duster andgoes over for lath. the ear' a dozen times today—then ' Cedar almost held a monopoly of the loses the duster. shingle cut, but spruce, white, tine 1 hemlock, balsam, fir and even poplar "Daddy," said his weeping little were used for small quantities. More daughter, "a naughty an broke my than one-half of the shingles were cut new sled with his automobile." "Did in British Columbia, although 26; he, cried her father, jumping up. 802,000 were cut in Ontario Where is he?" Oil, you'll easily 538,401,000 in Quebec and 239, catch him, daddy," said the little one "Two men just carried him into a drug store." 460,000 in New Brunswick, The Prairie provinces cut but few shingles. Alberta and Saskatchewan each pro- ducing only 830,000, from spruce and jack pine. It would be difficult to estimate the number of trees required to provide this sawmill output, but even large 260 Miles An Hour as it is, authorities advise that if fire can be kept out of the forests natural Aeroplanes. increment will replace the commercial In s, determined effort to win back tnTi seems a small price to the Schneider Cup, the international pay cutiforg. such an important result, yet trophy for air marine craft, which the toll being taken by forest fires is was won by the United States at equal if not in excess of that used Cowes two rears ago, craft are now by industry, being constructed to represent Great A town that is too poor to afford a "white way" hasn't much to brag about its traffic problem. Boot; are cleaned and polished at lieved, will be capable of a speed of the rate of three a minute by a newly invented machine. By meatus of a' between 260 and 270 miles an hour. running belt they enter a tunnel dirty One of the racing craft now being to emerge again clean andpo;}spec] builtt secretly is the developn met of Britain which, it is confidently be - MUTT, OUR. seoRR%BS ABou-r Tee MICE ARE: AT AN CNb= TIIAT bot,LAR You GAUe•ee - HAS boNG Tele 'Mad lb yolf Bu' A 1)ottAR'S Iuofe`M 0v Mouse loot Z PAIb TEN CENTS POR cHCEse Atvn NINGiY-c8NTS Colt CAT•` -a Lei's Look AV 'RtG C Meal AGE THIS CAT MUST BE A VEGETARIAN—By Bud Fisher sr.. a type tthicb, during "Miall, hush" trials last antutnu, attained a speed or 215 miles an hour with t11t' throttle not frilly open. With a very small spats. and stream- lined SO that there are no "bumps" 111 Um fuselage, this racer, which will be equipped with floats for landing on water, will look lilte a tieing Millet as it goes hurtling through the ail'. One of the secrets of its speed will be the specially constrnctsd engitle, let into the fuselage to minimize eincl resistance. This is a developnl,•nl of the Napier Lion engine, but the new Iypo will de- velop nearly 600 h.p., and by the 1n- troduetion of a dlrert drive weight will be reduced by nearis 25 per rent, "r"But Pity—" Hale is desert waste and dry, Where uo good thing ran grow, • Where there 1a nevera cooling wind 1 Ot' ltleesanl Tatem•. flow, Itut. 'Pity is a garden place Where Love and 'Kindness Eve. And all who walls the Ilaihs Viet e1tuew flow Sweet it is to give, --Ilebecca lleIntan,