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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1925-6-10, Page 2Thp :Automobile BALLOON TIRES 'PROVE COA4FORT IN HARD TESTS, That balk/en tires have come to stay AVYANTAORtf Aar: URN. as repreeeeitina advance in comforts There also is the advantage of crush /Or meterie'te s generally conceded. { a caz' being less liable to skid oe However, there are some new *endow.' slippery highway than with the cord cies pertaining to the use of balloon time, and there is much less danger tires which obtain ns n result of ex- of the balloon tires picking upnails perishes in their use during the last and getting punctures when they are few months. Consideration of these more highly inflated than in the for - tendencies should enable the auto- mer low -inflation method ' Of course, mobilist using balloon tires to prolong the greatest benefit which comas from the life of this important factor in the increased inflation is found in the motoring, and to secure more general' fact that tires which have been in- fratisfaction from the standpoint of flitted will last much longer, end tiding comfort. therefore the tire expense to the Ino - While the natural tendency has been torist is considorab}y reduced. for owners to do nothing but sit backs It i$ now considered that about and enjoy the velvet-like, ahockless thirty pounds is the best pressure to eaae that came with balloon tireet use in tires on an automobile weigh - other owners have heen making 'wing around 8,000 pounds, Cars which gtudy of how to get the best possible are heavier will need some extra air results from using them, and menu- in the tires to secure the lanae gen faeturing'coneerne heva.bad their ex•Ieral effect in riding. A full balloon tents at work figuring out the best tire carrying a load of about 1,000 Methods that would give the greatest pounds is considered over -inflated at; anything over thirty pounds. And for a 6.20 tire, one of the manufaetur-, era recommends twenty-four pounds Visitors to Montreal find the famous old church of Bonseoours one of the as the minimum inflation for such a interesting landmarks. The church isdedicated to all seafarers. which has been discovered is that at car around 1,000 pounds, first there is a tendency to under- Another important consideration is inflate balloon tires. It was found that inasmuch as the ntunufacturer$, that with a very low air pressure the have carefully tested the tires they Dint of giving satisfaction to automobile owners. PROPER INFLATION FOUND. One of the most important things amount of shock was greatly reduced., make from the stand, The fact that under eueh circum-; the greatest service possible, the own- stancesthe balloon tires were still er should carefully follow manufac- able to give satisfaction from the turers' recommendations as to ores - standpoint of continued service indi- sura. He should be careful above ail catos the strength which manufaetur-•things net to overinflate, and it is al -I ens put into these flirt designs of most as important to be sure that the tenger tires. After wine savesti a -• tires are not under-iniiated• T his I ' means that the motorist should take ed that under -inflation does net tion, however, it has been demothe trouble to test the air in his tires t give iv the best results in the long run and frequently to see that they are kept at about the proper pressure. that in using the balloon tiros the par p p r ( should not sag when driving along Car manufacturers have been im-1 the highway. In fact, there is a lie- proving the designs of steering gears,, finite tendency nowadays to put more springs and other units which are sir in these tires, so that the shoe''affected by low pressure tires, so that; etanda up in much the same way asal there is now a perfect adjustment be•} cord tire. ;tween these factors and the new type! of tires. This adjustment, however,) Of course, even under these circum ,needs the proper pressure in the tires, stances, there is a large: contact with inn order to be completely satisfactory( the road when using balloon tires, and it is found that even one or two; This is due to the larger rdimensionswIteards one wayor the other makes' of the new tire But the results are considerable difference in the satisfac-I more satisfactory. It le now the usual tion derived from balloon tires. thing for motorists to Barry from five Ordinarilys a tire should not lose• to fifteen pounds more air pressure in more than four pounds of air pressure' their tires than, was the rase twelve in a month, provided the valves are' months ago. ;kept tight and the caps are given al As a matter of fact, in many cases tight twist. In some Instances, under; tho air pre.eeure has been doubled. these conditions, the pressure will re -I Where a year ago some automobile main practically constant for several! owners were tarrying only fifteen weeks. The owner of the car usually1 pounds in their tires, they are now can ascertain in a short time how: carrying thirty pounds, and several; rapidly deflation takes place and cant manufacturers are recommending adjust his schedule of renewing air twenty-five pounds for the rear tires pressure in his tires accordingly. and thirty pounds for the front ones.: It is estimated that balloon tires While ibis does not give quite the have greatly reduced the number of feather -bed effect of the low inflation,' punctures, so that it is not uncommon it does give a riding comfort which is' now for a driver to go 6,000 miles very satisfactory an'l murh in ad-' without having any tire trouble, These ranee of the cord tires. This makes tires are not so soft ae to drag up for better mileage and enables the foreign matter nor so hard as to farce driver to get more rower from the nails and other sharp articles into the engine. tread. The First `Black Maria!' I Listening to Music. Now that London's last real "Black! Listening to music with intelligence Marla"- the home -drawn prison van -1 demand's from the listener more than has been relegated to the scrap -heap, / is demanded from the votary of the it Is interesting to trace the manner; other arts. The lover of painting or of by which it came l,y ite name, { sculpture may stand before the pic- The common theory is that it was;ture or the statue for as long as he named after h muscular negress of likes. The lover of literature has Boston named Maria Lee, and there 1 available to hint the books of ble' aeems to be no other candidate. It authors. Those arts net only provide was said that "!hack Merin' was so for their lovers permanent records of I, powerful it was always necessary to i their beauties, but some ot them en - obtain a conveyance in which to take able those who study them to bring' her to prison. The first prison vans into play the healthful activity of cam.; were, therefore, named after her. parison. Thus, the person looking at The name, "Black Maria," is one of a picture or a piece of sculpture In-. the few respectable terms in the stinctivoly measures what they repre-R langnage which the Oxford Dictionary sent with the reality in so far as he omits to recognize. Will the phrase has seen it. Music, on the other hand, 1 disappear now that the "Black Maria" bas no such aids to its effect upoh lte { becomes a motor instead of a horse bearers. Tieing merely Bound, and yyy' vehicle? Quite possibly it map sound that is as fleeting as it is intang- though the slang dictionary is a very ihle, its effect must chiefly be instan- eonservativa instltutlon, tactical effect, For that reason, lis - 1 tentng to it, if it Is to be intelligent, Artificial Silk Popular, listening, must be far more concen- Lock° England, the Arai silk centre trated than intelligent looking at a1 to take up seriously the production of picture or intelligent goading of a artificial silk garment; hes been :-o back need he, successful in the change that. Is per- Way L' Which Are You Living? °enra9 eat of e. of unemployment tbo si i.; rise I'M - There Is a tremeorleps difference he - est P h silk in; us r . of n district o f i t S eat any tween living life indifferently, without r- par u... orand livingtt triumph -1 v trial asi There is no ng nes inmar- T r plan. n riages. According to some people, antler with a definite goal In view. --j every marriage is a trial. ; O.S.M. f CROSS -WORD PUZZLE mma L..r 1D ®err` .imo in : fir : r r�r®erre Amin �r Immo r s2Za r ire a ..r r r r :�0rrmz rs �. f,. ®�I®rr � ®rr - ®rix®®rrrMr �":,� . se rrrrrrr ®err ro T�h�$ � '` 'iaY: lt7 MON It ,t,o111 r�1�_ -.r� MMM � Mil µ0 UMMUUII sr' 111 O THE INTERNATIONAL. SYNDICATE. SUGGESTIONS FOR SOLVING CROSS -WORD PUZZLES Start out by filling in the words of which you feel reasonably sure. These will give you a clue to other words crossing them, and they in turn to still others. A letter belongs in each white space, words starting at the ripmbered squares and running either horizontally or vertically or both. HORIZONTAL 1—A vegetable 6—Of more recent date 10—In the year of our Lord (abbr.) 11—To analyze according to gram- mar 14—Division of the army (abbr.) 15—Rahway (abbr:) 17—To strike out 18—Note of the scale 19—One who loves extremely 20 --Perches 21—Footless animals 24—To take firm hold 28—Highest card 29—Variety of pork 32—Exclamation 33—City in N. E. Massachusetts 36—Prefix, Toward; to 37—Everlasting 38--Blacic and red bird of U. S. (p1.) 39—Abbr. for name of a Western State 40—Covered with dots 42—Bone (Latin) 43—A dunce 45—Used in billiards 46—Made an error 49—Slips sideways 151—Variety of domestic fowl 63—One who paints 55—Abbr. for a thoroughfare 56—A vegetable 59—Civic Engineer (abbr.) 160 ---Toward ;61—Plural of that 162—Prefix meaning "in" 164 --Gyrates f9.5—To be Indignant at VERTICAL 1—A throng 2—Mother (abbr.) 3—Loves extremely 4—Musical entertainment 5—River in Venezeula 6—Looks at maliciously 7—City in State of Washington 8—A large cask (abbr.) 9—Dried fruit 12 -,-Man's name (familiar) 13—N, Central State of U. S. (abbr.) 16—Measure of length (abbr.) 1E—A thoroughfare (abbr.) 22—A fastener 23—Attentive 25—Proportion 26—In front 27—A spring Hower 29—Party to a marriage ceremony 30—Tint 31—Stout 34—Short sleep 35—Before 41—Charge made for instruction 43—Bigoted 44—Physiclan 47 Ties again 48—Abhor 49—Dote 10—More rational 52—Man's name (abbr.) 54 --Southern State of U. S. (abbr.); 57—fibbr. for a New England Stat 50—A bone (Latin) 60—Same as sl (musical) 103—Point of compass (abbr.) Keep Your Piano in Tune, if it is important that the piano in the home beP kept in tune—and who will deny that it.=hou1it? it 0 a great deal more uper rm rtant that the piano in a pnleiic or nems -public place be kept i in tune. Such a piano, upon a single hearing, • ? Into the- n With the Boyle. Illiteracy in Conesie, Some people let theniselvoe grow illiteracy In Gtrnnda ie not confined old, ethers grow old gracefully, while to its frontline and dower terrlto ies, ethers Malty vil'.ustraktvnattafte otg�Qlhtttold, 12oilning illltoracy as inablaty. uftex° . . the age of ten years to read or senile hevo acme to light, in rocent lettere to anyian ua o, an analysis of tho ' esources Intelligente ian la imagine Qlt lsinlgl k,n d great At In ec g g Se Natural Ii 'pita dancers census atatistica of 3921 shows tlrxt Service of the )rJ able nu a the'In- have gone from the bnilroosn; .cite 0,10 per cent. of the population of tenor, A remarkable ;lumber of eu• lounges and decks are deserted save Canada is illiterate, Of the provinces,'de t e a azo being r line from gess- fon the ooC"Iaaa1 p101111sg of the ship's Dntari0 has the lowest illiteracy, 2.00 , dents across the line far information policeman, loon only aou011 are theyy per cent„ and New Idruoewick tops the concerning canoe routed and camping awlah of the ocean dad aha mighty, list with 7,07, per cent. illiterate,' cendttione in Caneda, rilnf[11 pulsing a tate eughses as Manitoba comes second to New Brune- thoso portions where en n furca this 80,000-tou mass, of atoel and Wick with an illiteracy o£ 7.08 per! would undertake the ,:::::::1::111, Jrou through cite dads waters, cent, In that province the high per-, denAt kpthe laneet at the ma of North. Apparautly all but rho ship's crow tentage is doe in great mgasere to western Ontario will indicate the vaetjara at rent, 13u1 if we make our way the largo itnmigrunt population In network of lalcea and rivers, the to the bowels of this leviathan we shall anionilliteracy is much hhef than And a scene of feverish activity lite Canadian born, Of the foreign' greater portion of which have never opnnoatett with the navigation of the born in Manitoba 20.'72 per cent. are, or. at least rarely been traversed by vessel. 1t to the printers' shop,and anybut the native Indians, Into this p illiterate, In the three Western terate i'Fo-, the next morn1ng'a Atlenttc newspaper vincea there are 60,63e illiterates and area the coming season, in increasing !e being put to press. of.,theee 81 per cent. are foreign born numbers, lovers of nature, children of and 19 per cent. Canadian and Brit.! the open, trail-breakore, or by what Keeping In Touch With the World, ish born—a condition which should other appropriate designation these Many of the great Atlantic liners make us, as Canadians, think, Come' delvers into the wilds may be known, publish daily nowapapers while at sea. puleoty education laws are doing will be packing their canoes and out- ,publish was until recently purely a,•)3rt' much, but, in spite, of these, many tits: tis'h enterprise, but now the United Canadian born children of foreign From the tenor of their letters States bas followed auit by installing parentage as well as many children manyof these men must be past mid- an up-to-date printing plant and an Canadian illiterate parents are per- die iiia, but the fascination for the editor. on the largest United States petuating their family names in the wild still holds its power over them. able,ranks of illiteracy. For instance, Each recurring season sees their faced The most important publications on 89.46 per cent, of foreign born Ukrain- turned .toward the great unexplored the British alliesare thoseproduced. fans in Canada are illiterate and 9,65 areas, and they refuse to recognize on the three largest Cunard liners. 013 of their Canadian born children pan that time is passing; while their hair each of rheic alr$vs is au editor from neither read nor write! Illiteracy, may take on an iron -grey shade, the gleet Street. These jouraallate travel . with heart remains young,—they crave the as first-class however, must not be confused passengers, mingling' " inability to speak English, Ties iS freedom ofthe open, and refuse - to . among the social life of the ship each another problem and a serious one. In grow old. div, until it Is time for them to olsange' Saskatchewan alone over 40,000 Citi- One of the letters asking for maps their dress clothes for garb more: suit zene cannot speak English. and canoe routes, which the Natural able for contact with printora' ink, On A much lower urban than rural tit Resources Intelligence Service is pro- the smaller vessels the reale of errata?, in. Canada, even among for- viding to tourists, is so enthusiastic ing the paper le in the hands of the one the lineso between the t readin grs rho excellent purse e botn, demonstrates cin o gbub.- Collecting 's just that tie writert can feell liahe .the ws. work. that is being uceomp d by Ne night schools, bring over in his eagerness to agan g o ply the paddle: or shoulder the pack -1 Editing a Paper at sea has many tif- Field Marshal French. sackHe says; "Last summer my' Acuities, chief of wields So that atmos - sixteen -year-old sen and I spent aipberias and static interference, over Whatever place may be Rnally wonderful vacation 'r. the Bunter's which man bas no control, often in - assigned the Earl of Ypres in the his- Island country, next gunner -we want` tempt the enrolee& service of news, tory of Britain's part in the World to go either to Nipigon or French' limey seas, top, mean troublesome War, no subsequent revelations can Rivers." ! times for tho printers. The bulls of rob his name of the lustre that at - The old spirit will not down, and the news by wireless Lames from Eng - tolled to his supreme effort on the the coming season is to see many o£t land, the principal source beteg the battlefield from which his titin was these erstwhile staid business men and newspaper's head orifiee in Loudon. derived. Lord French was the fore- their sons from all over the United] The British Foreign (Mice else seeds most factor in the creation of the States and Canada answering the call; out daily services of news covering e as th Thousand," undyed1 n n a Iivon and whirr 1s k ow s "Firsti d heart world events, anises o e i nucleus of that greater force whoso of the.wild into the p firm stand on the Continental fore- of the continent. "British Official," As the liner nears shore saved the day far the Allies and 1 the American coast the editor cannot 'depend wholly upon radio from Eng for embattled civilization, Natural Resources Bulletin• 1 landbut as' substitute he has an When French's great service wast The Natural Resources Intelligenca, t American service. performed, it was undoubtedly well Service of the Dept. of the Interior Tisa flow of press messages to the for the further conduct of the British' at Ottawa says:— liner's wireless room is intermittent offensive that the supreme command; Canada's crops are now in the' I during the day,' but at night the four o was intrusted to Haig. But in a years ground, and the annual questioa,' ♦virele3s operators are kept hard at and a half of intensive warfare he'"What will be harvest be?" mast re `wank transcribing the thousands of had justified the faith reposed in him, maks unanswered for some months.; worda of coda messages telling of as the brilliant tactician of the South i The result will now depend upon Na- ' events in the world without. As soon African war. As Lord Lieutenant of ture. 'Sunshine and moisture have the as a iuessage is completed it Is cm' until the Home Rule Partition ' final say as to the outcome, and in; veyed to the editor. who reads it, Act became effective, he served the this connection it is well to recognize' veyed its value ,incl then arranges t, Imperial.cause V:ith-courage and firm- our dependence upon forces entirely, Judgfor eta ilt vel er. it ness in a critical juncture. I beyond our control. 1 Whatever policies of statecraft ori Canada, fortunately, is blessed with i It may be news of 80010. lsastea to manoeuvres in the field may continue a climate that produces the very best' that case he may deem it worthy of a to be controversial iesues in the ap- of staple food supplies and that ran contents pin. Another printer, there - praise] of his career, he set dawn to be depended upon. It is well for the fore proceeds to set the bill and print his record so much that was for the world that such is the case, otherwise; it. 11 is all just as a Fleet Street °P - indisputable advantage of the cause `many countries would be hard pressed, Ace; there Is the same complete et- in which his sword was drawn that he for enough to eat. Canadian wheat in i Aclenc.Y from the point of view of both is entitled to a place high in the list its raw state is now going to 20 in-' men and machinery. of soldiers who have ably served the dividuai countries while Canadians' Passing the' Pages. British commonwealth, wheat flour is being used upon the The news servic _o cozskinuos thus for tables of the people of 132 countries. many hours until tbo lest message is e Canadian oatmeal and rolled oatsare brought hot from the wires. There Is Obstinate, +" going to 20 countries, while meats of little time to lose if the paper is to be Mother --"Now, cbiidreu, don't quare all kinds are being provided Por a ready before breakfast; so It is set up res, What's the snarler?" great many populations. at 'lightning speed. All the propel hav- �TrillJe—"We're playing airplane, and Canadian farmers have a responsi- hag now been passed by tree editor, the Mamie won't jump out the attic win- ,bility which has 'probably never be- "trainee" are clamped tight and Anal dew with your umbrella, fore been placed upon the shoulders proofs are pulsed for a laet look. They Punish Owner oof the ling, of any group of men, The United are "O'ic, d." States has practically ceased as a At a signal the electric button oper- When a dog barks at nigbt in Japan . yvheat exporting nation, and the eyed sting the printing press is touched and the owner Is arrested and sentenced of the world are being directed to next lilsiant the paper is being -printed to work fora Axed time for ills neigh- , We have the land, we have to pass Into the waiting hands or the bora whose slumbers may have `open theclimate, and we have the men meth uP for their copies. Within half an ship's boys, who are already queueing disturbed the ability and will to meet the 'de - mend, and within the next few years hour hundreds ot copies of the six - Solution of'last week s puzzle, this country will occupy a position nage paper, with its 15,000 words oP never before occupied by any country. pea - matter, including advertisements, will Instead of being, as it now is, "the' have been' distributed among the pas granary of the Empire," Canada will be the granary of the world. With. the advantage of• a beneficent nature and the aggressiveness and energy of Canadian farmers, Canada, as a world ,. sappier, will make good. can disgust a *hole roomful of people. Not one family and a few neighbprs, as in the 0058 of a piano In the home, but many families. And yet the majority of panics in 1 pizhne places are neglected. Is this not worth a thought on someone's part? riLITOEILI{3135 CEICIEUUCIINi ooa©r, ®o© o . C oQ©©CHION E ... rl®� . 11' �' ME IDIOM 17t�7� .1., s E n: Tp ,-"r t'�©© ©Li © "OppQ Q©t7©© vhidircuaamwX- u11111 11 "...- � -- '$ G, MY [ARbt. \. �, �`''`) `dpaL✓ �1J ` 1013 -� i °x {:i:Si:212.,.M (. Nei'NIN .''.' f;%p MADAM,lt'' �%1- )"----,.. NOTHING.' ' • •'7 _ ':-`'...--...:._. �., �.i;? r ' . - . -, a lk , r q .r +G1 �. L, r W •' r,✓/ , ` 1tiJ, p. ,•7 S. t r F. -,y g.1 El ISM V45'ii', ;r �-y. - { �.. .-.7..,,. !" ___..-.__.•t A "�?.X it Mp� til© .• Q S� an, r • p e r • • • %h, ! ©hili l c 4 ®D0 1 ' 011iaLsOO t ,fes© © op r ,r r r. . N �% r, 1 rJ' ,n B a s ®0 f (IT i ANI) .IFI' F—By Bud Fisher. PRESS DAY AT SEA. sengers. ' A sigh of satisfaction•escapos the editor, His workels done for auother night: He looks through the porthole and sees the roseate dawn touch the boundless sea to gold. It Ye n picture; which would hold the city man breath - But B t The re Busy. hies u u awns andtum Y Y s Th editor s 'los , e Y that 37 per cent. of It is estimated orf to bed. v themselves haven't those who pit, t e es much else to do, Take Good Aim, rr---- - new Mark Twain gets paidfor look-, To•dny Z heard .atoIa Only the dentisti,e story: A wamau---antic: as a nagging ing down. in the mouth. Romance Enters the Little Fellow's Life. MY POOR ID GGIE: Cj_O- d-O-�I ViE.LCy t OH bees. t'.o ' I CAN'T eEaR l n LooK. -. , : - i''"f 0°01n''TlIC- -- _ STRG--CTS /hRC = v... IC 'TEraPISLY t � DN, KIND 51R, yov s -..- a c- u: of -' My PRC -ernes. How --; rev rapacious: •`_ /Bt�i" '(OL, we2Fso B2A•�r<:. ,,,,- „,-: Nfitzc IS tete {ARO- Yov - '''yyy , �fNAfvK S,�. (NVti h�Cc-'Y MY SRoTri[K, P��AsuRC S -r-': �•• f,f •.''='�' "^�" . %%''"''' CAN r eu62 REPAY`"''� ° 'IOU? He WILL (Id PLCAsen TD Meet A HCR° etItG.You: ALL AA an - MA DAM" rNlte ` DiLLKNEN >K. vhidircuaamwX- u11111 11 "...- � -- '$ G, MY [ARbt. \. �, �`''`) `dpaL✓ �1J ` : _ ..- [� -� i tib (Ili,iF (. Nei'NIN .''.' f;%p MADAM,lt'' �%1- )"----,.. NOTHING.' ' • •'7 _ ':-`'...--...:._. �., �.i;? r ' . - . -, a lk , r q .r +G1 �. L, r W •' r,✓/ , ` 1tiJ, p. ,•7 S. t r F. -,y g.1 -- , f • 'r r^**Ol 'C'ws',,a _ •t �' , .V1. . N07ifjlill (litlilIItL.. `3 ' '1.--....s.LmC- _ m �, ..00..-.. .:- �l oYa rty, n "y✓ i{' •3':.. V45'ii', ;r �-y. - { �.. .-.7..,,. !" ___..-.__.•t A "�?.X `-..J- ....•�� I I 4 u Ply Muir (/ �l r1 `>c',':__... r.. /;"rl N. t ' - '^" / r�•t _ .6 A -Mt • yrr' w t k ' r`r ( .o✓ _..-.- r <, ��` __ .` -�-i5 f.. F _ T - a +x = . _ a'r l(ililt 11 - =`rr rf , .T �t ; � g frn,, .s r�'„n :' ..w. �r / 31� ys sl f' + ""✓ ti ja- ^i- e 4 « = t, ,;t as.'aF.yrx -. � . ...s' •rju . ,E r H�01Z '7 (a ,...,.•�_'� - `tl J\j J s `. , is toh i•.v I. iGt tuvk .•a - wile --and also as a great bore, ap• preached Mark Twain cue evening at a banquet --- "011, 1(10. Clemens," she- exclaimed effusively, "1 ant going pray? Do you blink my husband will miss mel" "If 00 does, leiadasn," responded the great anther, "no should never be trusted tvitlt Are am"is agate.' Vienna's Many Trees. fie ti1n streets of Vienna there are trees 000110 to make a 5141011 Wrest if they were pleced'stogetiter on ane OM of land, According to the latest figures of the munietial government, they number 58,006. Only a 1Wemory.• Ialtleriy lieiree (gladly) NO rife, Tones, my heart Is dead to the tender paseion, The only man 1 eS°er loved, or could ever love, was killed at tho battle ot•-00•---'•' ° Isar. 101188 (tlisappo1nted, and roach• ing for his hat)—"Waterloo?" The Coldest Temperdture, Absolute aero, or oldest posalble temperature is nihlus 478 degretee. The to)tiest medium need In industry is llquld ail which is 818 degroea leahrouhelt below zero, ,