HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1917-9-20, Page 2Clean Car With Soap And Water
"The hest preparation to use in
keeping the finish of an automobile
looking like new are clean water and
plenty of care," says an expert.
• "It should be remembered that sev-
eral different kinds of finish ate used
in different patits of high grade ca••s,
and that each kind of finishshould
have its owau brand of treatment in the
course of a washing.
"The first thing to do in washing a
cards to give it a thorough flushing
with a low pressure stream from a
hose. The purposeof this is to `flow'
off gently the accumulated dust and
dirt in such a way that the hard parti-
cles will not scratch. In some cases
the mud will stick hard enough to re-
sist the stream from the hose, and
when this occurs the particles should
be quickly sopped off with a wet
sponge.
"The second step is to go over all
parts of the car with a clean sponge
and cold water, to remove and grease
or dirt remaining, Soap may be used
If, necessary, preferably a pure castile
soap.
"Then another thorough flushing
should be administered, taking care
that soap used in the second step of
the bath is not permitted to dry, for it
will leave streaks and spots that are
difficult to remove.
"After all vestige of dirt lies been
remover, the polishing begins. Two
PLAIN 'PALES
Saved Several Lives. MIRRORS OF OLDEN DAYS.
Lance ,Corporal James Welch also ^—
won his Cross via the machine Secret of Glass -Making Originated
OFroute, Ho first entered an enemy With the Venetians.
trenchandkilled one tarn, stampeding a They say that a man's first thought
four others with his empty revolver.- on entering a room. is, "Where is -
HOW EIGHT MEN HAVE WON After a run across the open ho cap- there a place to aft down?" but a wo-
THIE VICTORIA CROSS.
tured them, thee returned to his ma-
chine gun, which he maintained in
operation for more than five hours, re- Whether that has always been
Daring ,Deeds Which Earned For Peatecily going out hi the open expos• man's first though$ is difficult to state,,
Them the Most Coveted Decors- cd to close range fire to search for but it doubtless has been woman's
tion of the British Empire• ammunition and parts which he could ,from time immemorial for from time
use to replace worn pieces of his ownj' immemorial there have been mirrors.
chamois skins should be used; one for Like the wildest tales of fiction read weapon, I It is only since the beginning of the
eadiator, hood, tops of fenders and the stories of how eight mon recently A private may win the "Victoriaisixteanth century that mirrors have
body;the other for the chassis and won the Victoria Crass for remarkable Cross as easily as an officer or a non been used as articles of household fur
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under aides of fenders. The rubbing deeds of daring on the western front, .commissioned officer. "Tom" Dresser.lniture and decoration, and there are
nom, with the chamois should bnom,Where thousands of men are doing did it by carrying important de- few women of the present day who do
panted by frequent rinsing and' more than their duty every day it is spatches from battalion headgparters�=not realize and make use of their ar-
wringing out the chamois so that no difficult to single out those who are, to the front line trenches, although he tistic value in adorning their homes.
rat may possibly scratch the polish more courageous or who take upon was severely and painfully wounded The mirrors of antiquity were prin-
man's first thought is, "Where is there
a mirror?"
ed smfrt . In ru„ bbing a long, smooththemselves greater responsibilities twice on the way, cipally of bronze, highly polished and of Europe so completely isolated from
easy motion should be used. Ithan others to a sufficient degree to' Private Jack White also won the; about the size of an ordinary hand the rest of the world that it is quite
"The top should be permitted to dry merit this honor from the Icing. None; Victoria Cross. He was a signaller' mirror. They were usually provided Possible that many of their inhabit-
before folding to prevent mildew and could doubt that these eight men de- and with other men of his companywith a handle and sometimes were ants are not aware of the gigantic
creasing of the fabric, served it. 1 was crossing a river on pontoons. The mounted on a stand. The principal and deadly struggle that is raging all
"Gasoline should never be employed Lieutenant Robert Grierson Combe two pontoons ahead of his were swept feature of these ancient mirrors was round them, and on which hang' the
in cleaning either the top, body or any received the .honor for conspicuous; by machine gum fire, and every man the design incised on the back. They destinies of the world's mightiest na-
other parts where a lustrous finish is bravery and for the effect of his ac- on' his own raft except White himself belong to the period about 400 to 500 tions. Indeed, it is very few maps
desired. tion upon his men, Steadying his! was either killed or made helpless byj B.O. on which any trace of them can be
"Plain cold water, a judicious appli- company under intense. rifle fire, he wounds. Unable to control the pen- I Duffing the Middle Ages, from the found. But for all that they are very
cation of soap, and plenty of care are led them through an enemy barrage icon, he leaped into the water and by i twelfth to the end of the fifteenth tem_ .important cominunfties in themselves
without rivals in preserving the finish and reached his objective with only means of n length of telephone wire tory, picket mirrors or small hand and can boast of n prosperous exis-
of an automobile, whether it be the flue survivors. Procuring a sack of , towed it back to shore, thereby saving ! mirrors carried at the girdle wore con- `fence which would be a credit to any
top, the leather cushions, the varnish- bombs, die himself set the example for . the life of an officer and several men, sidered a necessary part of a lady's State, especially nowadays.
ed body or the enamelled fenders. A what men remained to him, inflicted :whose wounds were treated in time to' toilet. One of the most interesting of
on heavy losses on the enemy, managed prevent their dying. The pocket mirrors were small car- those Tom Thumb republics is St,
to collect small groups of survivors calor pieces of polished metal fasten-, Goust, situated in one of the most in -
from other units and finally managed REAP GRUESOME HARVEST. ed in a circular box and covered with'
accessible parts of the Basses -Pyre -
to capture the company objective, to- a lid. These mirror eases were made bees, which, so far as, area is con-
gether with eighty prisoners. He re -1 Spanish Fishermen Grow Rich From of the costliest of materials and were corned, enjoys the distinction of being
of Boats and Craft Sunit. oftentimes 1 the smallest self -governed State 1^
SMALL REPUBLICS
OF EUROPE
ISOLATED STATES THAT ONE
RARELY HEARS.OF
Smallest in Extent is Barely Square
Mile—Smallest in Population '•
Has 70 Citizens.
To many people the fact that there
are a number of independent repub-
lies flourishing amid this world -con-
flagration untouched by the ravages
of the war with all its horrors will
doubtless seem incredible. There are,
however, bijou States in various parts
non scratching polish maybe used
the nickled parts
"Care in washing a car is well
worth while, for it pays a big return
in appearance."
peatedly led his men in charges upon Wrecks avishl d y decorated ad with
the Prussians, driving them before German submarine warfare in the je}vets. The mirrors carried at the in world. It is hardly a square mile
80
H.M.S.MINESWEEPER ing of each other's life stories was so area. Thu population numbers vr-
very complete and the link syn- him, and was killed by an enemy Mediterranean Jias been a source of belt had no cases but were provided souls, who rule themselves mainly ovw
pathy held them. Mary's womanli- sniper while personally leading his enormous profit to the fishermen of with short handles, {ing to the fact that the little State
— ness supplied a blank in the lonely bombers. It was entirely due to his Spain and has offered a means of The method of backing glass ,with is so hard to get at that no one will
BUST ONE OF THE MANY SHIPS one's life, and those tobacco -scented courage and inspiring example that making large sums of money with- metal for mirrors was well •.known int take the trouble to alter its constitu-
sheets she received stirred her the position was carried, obtained and out the expenditure of great effort. t the Meddle Ages, though steel and sal- tion. Perched on a rocky mountain
LOST AT SEA. held.
strangely. Having always been shy
with men in person, this correspond-
ence gave her a chance to reveal her -
A Haunting Little Sketch About a { self. David knew more of Mary in
Lonely Sailor Who Now Rests 1three letters than an average man
would have knoweein three years.
Beneath the Waves. It was after the passing of the fifth
His name was David, budget, when her photograph had
He supposed that it was because he reached him, that romance crept in.
was born beneath Snowdon's shadow. I Both began to dream dreams.
She was called just Mary. The letters grew more lengthy and second wave, charged the position
And the manner of their acquaint -were exchanged at regular intervals. single-handed, killed one of the gun
he ante was in this wise, says an English 3 leave and then— his ed, he'd be having crew bayonet with is ard e of er, ean awes, with
writer. Being confidential secretary!
ned.
abound tot Mary seemed very happy through others. He then turthe weapon
Charged Single -Handed.
This in a way explains why a largever mirrors were almost exclusively, St Goust has such a steep descent
element is pro -German, made so by { used. Small convex glass mirrors ! that when anyone digs it is quite im-
Company Sergeant Major -Edward riches reaped from'the seas and also' were made m Southern Germany be- 'possible to have an ordinary funeral.
Brooks was fortunate enough to sur- through receiving German money ens' fore _the beginning of the sixteenth A coffin could not be carried down
vive the fight n which he won the Gov -1 rect in an effort to complicate an al- century, but it was in Venice that the the mountain side, and consequently
cued deco! atfog• He was in the sec- ready complex political situation. making of glass mirrors en a commer- the inhabitants have cut a groove in
and wave of an attack. Seeing that In addition to Darning money for tial scale was first developed. the face of the rock, and the coffin is
the first wave had been checked by a I help," the proceeds of wreckage from l , The Venetians guarded. their secretand for about a century made fast f5 a rope and allowed to
Prussian machine gun in a close post -I coast havegrun into hundreds ofs along the panish ! thou- aleuslY
a half that enterprising republic ens
tion, he leaped from the ranks of the!eyed the monopoly
sands of dollars The majorityof P Y of the manufac-
HUN an PARTY
SOON DISPERSED
THRILLING ADVENTURE BY A
CANADIAN,
Visit to Hi nlar!d in Broad Daylight
With a Present in the Shape
of a Bonib,
When we peered over the edge of
the trench, judge our astonishment on
seeing half-a.dozen Huns having a
quiet game of cards!
You know the boys are always
pager for a bit of sport, writes Pte.
Robt, Norton of Prince Edward Is-
land. Well, the clay came round, and
the score of us selected for the job
set out under an officer who was a
top-notcher at this sort of thing, and
we trailed out behind. bite as full of
good spirits and confidence as need
be. A matter of several hundred
yards we' had to go, or rather crawl.
It was "snake in the grass." all the
time, or, rather, rats in the shell -hole;
but through all the craters and past
all the little rises of earth we crept
successfully, and soon we: found our-
selves, breathless and expectant, at
the very gates of the enemy.
We had a "breather" for a few min-
utes, during which our officer, al-
ways first and foremost in anything
oil -the kind, did a little bit of scout-
ing on his own. We saw him vanish
for a little and waited his reappear-
ance and his signal, in a state of sup-
pressed excitement. A moment, and
the signal came—frantic, joyful! We
moved up.
And then over the edge of the poc-
ket's parapet we scrambled stealthily
and. looked over. And what do you
think. we saw'? Half -a -dozen Huns
having a quiet game of cards!
Out For Live Fritzes.
Astonished! That's a mild term!
We were almost as paralyzed as if
slide down to the cemetery in Ossan disaster had overtaken us. And the
Valley below, where all baltisms and Fritzies were absolutely oblivious of
{ marriages are performed. The Presi- our presence. It was up to our officer
ships which have been sunk by sub- tare. By their statutes any glass 1 dent of St. Goust, who, by the by, is to decide the next move. We simply
marines in the. Mediterranean havemaker carrying his art into a foreign also tax -collector, assessor, and judge, left it to him. He didnt hesitate, but,
been attacked along the Spanish coast country was ordered to return under is elected by a council of twelve, who my word, he was a cool customer the
often in Spanish territorial waters, pain of imprisonment to his nearest are chosen for five years by the pea- way he want about it.
and within sight of the coast, and no
d wrote.
the April days, and surprised her ed- against the Prussians and later car-'
see the letter David wrote. It im-; , { sooner a shipo
pressed the chief, and it more than; iter by blushing when he asked her, Tied it back to his own lines. doped in sinkingg conditlo byis shat!:
impressed Mary. Her heart simply' casually, if she ever wrote to 'that Sergeant Albert White also won the than Spanish fishermen rush to crew the
ached. Ilone chap on the minesweeper."For Cross for his action against a machine P
"You see, sir," the letter ran, "I'm f a woman whom the office had begun to gun crew, although he deliverately spot like sharks. As a result the i -
all alone in the world, and it makes a label `"old maid a blush was surpris- gave up his life in doing so. An at- habitan s of the Spanish coast towns
chap feel out of things when the other ing• tack had been ordered. Sergeant and villages are pro -German.
fellows hear from their wives and "The End." White knew that a certain machine While it is impossible to estimate
gun, which previously had been locat- how much money the Germans spent
sweethearts. I've never had a letter May came in, and with the month ed, was almost certain to check the in Spain in organizing ,secret bases
since I've been out on this old tub,! should have arrived his next budget, advance, Without instructions from to supply their submarines, wireless
for there's nobody to write me a line. which he'd promised for "when we get an one, when the char a was ordered stations to signal the movements of
I'm not good at making friends easily. back to port after two weeks out" he dashed directly at the machipe gun vessels and "zones" in secluded parts
' I wish, sir, you could put me in touch' But no letter came,ngsre.eof the coast where cases with oil,
with a girl who'd correspond." And 1 - An inch -length announcement in
position, ddled with bullets,tbut so fierce and gasoline, explosives and spare parts
then David went on to say how he'd i the daily papers that one of H. M. sudden had been his onslaught that a for submarine engines could be an -
heard the call in the heart of Mexico Minesweepers had been lost in the whole drum of ammunition was arae- chored just below the water, some
and had come over to do his
bit for North Sea, together with the bald fact tical!, expended and before the ma- idea of the money made by Spanish
the old country he hadn't
he was a boy.
"Chapter 1."
that the next-of-kin had been inform- chine gun could be made effective fishermen from beach combing may
ed
wonder ng and caught Mary's
waiting. while
That para -!death and destroyed t ! again his companionshe erew.ad nged his be gatheeed from the of news in a Madrid newspape towing item
relatives, and if he disobeyed this
command he was followed and slain,
Notwithstanding these ciisum-
stances the knowledge leaked into
France and French mirrors soon ex-
celled in quality the Venetian pro-
ducts.
From then on the secret of mirror
making became generally known and
soon spread to other countries.
OUTWITTING THE S1ARK.
Divers Are a Match For the Sly Fish
When Not Taken Unawares.
Persons who know the coastal ab-
original of Australia say that he is
not greatly afraid of a shark—that he
is indeed a match for the big sabre-
toothed fish when he is not taken un-
awares. He may lose a leg or an arm
A pity our Lonely Soldiers' and
graph haunted her, but still she putt "According to news from Badalona or he maybe carried off bodily;but,
a David in her prayers and listened Attacked With Bayonet,
Sailors Bureau is closed, eh?' said p ` y (a fishing village near Barcelona) , in any event, writes Mr. Norman Dun -
the editor. "I'd like someone to write eagerly for the postman's knock. Corporal Edward Foster won the the proceeds of the sale of gasoline, can in` Australian Byways, the dam -
to that chap. He's genuine." I It was a fortnight later before she! Cross' for action. against .won
oil, .greases and other goods picked age will be owing rather to the eun-
It was then that Mary asked if she remembered that uncertainty might , machine guns in a village street. Dur- up by fishermen since the begin- ning approach of the shark than to
might have the letter. ; become certainty by seeking informa- !ing an attack the advance was held up ning of the month and belonging • to the limitations of the diver. Fairly
"I'd like to write to the poor boy,' tion from the Admiralty. But the re-! in a village by two Prussian machine some ships torpedoed in the neighbor-, warned, he will dive -To the bottom,
she said. "Ile seems so very lonely." ' velation of a name only confirmed that guns, intrenched and strongly pro- hood amounted to $20,000. The feast roll the water, and thus elude the at -
"If you would," said the editor with' of which her heart was sure. It was tectee by wire entanglements. Cor- of their patron saint, St. Peter, on the tack; and if he is pugnaciously dis-
relief. this "old tub" that had gone down, and poral Foster, who was in charge of 20th of June will accordingly be cele- posed at the moment, he. will fight.
her little romance over.
grey
g a
cr avfi h to ne ihevsurface, all who was tat inonce
found himself in a furious engage-
ment. It was incautious of the diver
to have a crawfish in his possession,
for the sharks are inordinately fond
of crawfish; and this indiscreet diver
came out of the encounter with a la-
cerated thigh and one arm missing.
then pushed home successfully. Not her husband, of course. Though Another story that seems creavble,
although I cahoot vouch for it, having:
Corporal Julian Howell won the she loved him, had no means of authenticating it, is
Cross before the eyes of his entire To her womanly eye it was plain' as follows: A black boy, swimming,
naked and abstracted, close to the
reef in search of slugs, awoke all at
Mice to an amazing situation. It was
Not her son. She excused all his not that the shark was near, not that the State without payment.
it had turned and was darting, but ,
Now the day was one ofand e i e n was
gold, when svreet-scented mimosa was I
sold at the pavement's edge and the
two Lewis guns, succeeded in entering brated with greater solemmity."
the trench and engaging the enemy • -
guns, but one of his own weapons was., THE PERFECT ONE.
wintry sun sank like an orange ball.
Care of the teeth is more and more lost. Foster went forward alone and —
Mary, befog an impressionist, revelled ;being recognized as an important bombed the Prussians who had cap- She loved three men in her lifetime—
in the sunset and the flower scents,' measure bearing upon health. Begin tared the weapon, regaining posses- Her father, her husband, her son;
and spent a shilling en what she call-; early with the children and keep it cion of it. His men joined him, both And one she considered perfection.
ed "soul food" instead of taking home'
something sensible for her supper. In'
her little home that night she wrote'
a Iong letter to David, and if the mi-;
mesa helped her pen, you need not
wonder. "Soul food" inclines to septi- n
menu. Anyhow, the budget was ad -
up; they will then learn to do it for Lewis.guns were once more turned
themselves. upon the enemy and the Prussian gun
Opportunities are neither lost nor crews annihilated. The advance was
found; we make them for ourselves, or
they come to us unsought. If we do
of take the proper advantage of them,
they go to some one else who will. It of the enemy were likely to outflank comings;
the battalion, Howell climbed to the
parapet of the trench and, exposed to
rifle and bomb fire, began pressing
back the enemy along the bottom of
the trench. When his bombs were
gone he attacked the Prussians with
his bayonet. When he was severely
wounded enough time had been gained
for the battalion to press on, safe
froin the flank attack. The corporal's
ter -writer wants is ninety- eight cents action, witnessed by all the members
to pay shipping charges. You'll never of his command, so inspired the men
see the silverware, or le you do it will that the heaviest fire from rifle and
prove to be doll stuff of no value. machine guns failed to check them,
I1•M. Minesweper —,
somewhere in the North Sea. And
thus the acquaintance began.
After "a fortnight out" that letter
was very welcome to the lonely one.
Ho devoured its six pages of fine writ-
ing, and, at the first opportunity, sat
down to open his soul to the writer.
What the chance to do so meant to
him only a starved soul can know,
Romance Begins.
By the time the fourth fat budget
had passed they exchanged photo-
graphs. By that time an understand -
Now which do you think was the
one?
battalion. Seeing that a strong party That he had many faults and short -
will never do to ignore an Opportunity
because it seems small to us; we may
mistake its importance, or its power
of development.
If some kind generous concern
writes you a nice friendly letter say-
ing, "We are holding subject to ,your
order a 'beautiful set of silverware
which you won by correctly answer-
ing a puzzle," don't bite. All thelet-
WI -Le, ID 0iories
And often they gave her great pain.
ple, the little republic having been I saw him unsling a bomb and wait.
ruled for more than two thousand We were in a fever by this time. The
years though a "Council of Elders." card gama. went smoothly on, and
Standing Army of 1,100 Men just as one of the Huns was about to
About 150 miles from St. Goust is finish it with, I suppose, the German
to be found the republic of Andorra, word for "trump," our leader rose,
an almost inaccessible State of about and hurling his bomb, shouted: "I
7,000 inhabitants, situated in the go nap!".
Eastern Pyrenees. Andorra was de- Lord, what a stenei The crash, the
Glared a free State as long ago as the smoke, the yells, our rush into the
ninth century by Charlemagne. The trench, the startled, smothered curses
republic is governed by its own re- of. the Huns, the hurrying back over
presentatives, who constitute a sou- the parapet, the lightning escort of
ereign council of 24 members, which the captives to our lines—it was all
council elects a President every four over, neat as a ninepence, in seconds!
years. Oh, yes, there's an explanation of
The chief occupations of the Ander how we managed to get any Huns et
ranos are agriculture, cattle breeding, all after the bomb was thrown. The
trade in wool and charcoal, and smug- officer knew what he wanted, and• he
gling. At the same time they are knew how to get it. We were out for
good natured, hard-working, hospit- live Fritzies. It was not worth all
able people, and, needless to say, are the rehearsals and risks we had un -
devoted to liberty, which they are pre- dertaken to merely wipe out half -a -
pared to defend with a standing army dozen Huns. So, when he flung his
of 1,100 men. bomb, he fixing it wide, more to scare
- A Republic of Seventy _ the card party than apything else.
The smallest republican State in Some of them got a chip or two, but
regard to population is Tavolara, a nothing serious. They got over thdir
little-known island about five miles sores, I fancy, sooner than they got
long with an average width of half a over their astonishment, judging at
anile, situated, off the north coast of least by the looks they gave us be- •
Sardinia. Matey maps and geography fore they were handed over to the
books totally ignore the existence of powers that be. I guess they thought
this -State. Yet it is a free and in- we were uncanny chaps, and no mis-
dependent republic of about 70 inha-
bitants, who are their own rulers.
The people of Tavolara declaeed
their independence as recently as 1886,
the island having previously been
made over in 183 by Ring Charles nerds in the retreat,and were hur-
Albert et Sardinia to the Bartoleonf redly entrenching, or, rather, adapt -
family. None of the Great Powers ing a captured trenelrat a point where
objected when the island threw off the'they intended showing fight. Sudden -
yoke of monarchy, and during the last lg there came swooping towards us a
peace with the world. They elect pe years the inhabitants have Ieloo ist a huge German aeroplane, with its
.
President every six years, and a coun-
cil of six members, all of whom serve
take. Anyway, we'd succeeded.
A Battle in the Air,
One day we witnessed a thrilling
air fight. It was during the time we
were fighting the Hindenburg rear -
great iron cross painted big and black
upon its wings.
That was a devil of a moment. We
foibles,
Indeed she oft fancied Inc failings were sure he was out to clear our
But ne'ertheless knew then as such, that his head was actually in the Why do some folks so dread raking trench, and. inatinetjvely, we dived
shark's wide-open mouth. The black up the rubbish. in the garden? Wee for cover. A second or two passed,.
boy acted sharply: he withdrew his men sweep the floor every day. Isn't Not a bullet had fallen. What eduld
Were what made her love him so
much. head in a flash, having at the some
'Twas her father. Though others
might flout him,
The daughter no blemish could see;
And often she wondered why other
Men weren't so perfect as he.
time punched the shark to distract its
attention; after a brisk tussle he res-
cued himself, and lived to prove the
adventure with a scarred cheek.
A farm paper is the farmer's pee -
serve jar.
it just a matter of thinking it, a fine
thing to do and then going right at, it?
Ie not this what we Want --to. be
safe with a security that is not cow-
ardice or palsy, to be alive with a
vitality that is not wearing us out --
safety and progress ? — Phillips
Brooks.
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look up, • and, lo and behold, right be-
hind the Gorman machine was a Bri-
tisher) A battle in the ah•! And a
great one, too.
We had recovered our fright by this
time, and were fascinated by the
spectacle. The German was only a
few hundred feet from the ground,
the Britisher a little above and be-
hind him. 'The Hun made a dizzy
swoop down to what tee -inert. a few
feet of the earth, straightened out,
and flashed upwards. The Britisher
kept steadily on, firing all the time,
amid uld hear his gun rattling out,
and although we could not, of course, "
see the bullets striking, We could sec
the Hun planes actually becoming tat-
tered in front of our very eyes.
What a riddling that chap got,
and yet how lie squirmed and soared
and dived. All to no purpose, Sud-
denly ono of his wings fettled up, and,
with a swirl, he dropped to earth. The
British slid over him very low, and
then, evidently satisfied, climbed into e
the heavens, And that stns all,
The cattle tick alone is said to
cause mere than $300.000,000 lose
oath year, -
Treat the seed wheat for smut. Ono
pint of :folerialin, 440 seili.sns of water,
will do the wont,