The Brussels Post, 1947-11-19, Page 6Not Raining Rain
But Frogs, Worms.
The rain of -tiny frogs which di
versified a recent het wave fur
the Welsh town of Towyn it foe:
one of the many surprises sprung
by the weather clerk when he
bored -with ordinary rain. He ht.' j
been doing h for centuries, A
chronicler of iiut records that
Burgundy there fell a shower of
'blood red rain which ensaugu;r e.i
everything it t,r_ue'.:ed." In the
Island of Rhodes "it rained dust
mixed with blood for three days."
In our own times, Lando:
1913 was visited by an "inkfall"
and the people of East Wiltshire
year later woke to find the rain •
tubs full of black water. One if
these "black rains" was found w
consist of millions of tiny worms
with very destructive vegeteriee
appetites.
Once in a Spanish fold, a ;lc:.-
rafn of what seemed to be pear's
fell, and thousands clocked to
their fortunes—only •o be-
pointed, for the "pearls" were
eggs of insects eat! reit es.
The list of queer rains is, :r fa::T.
almost endless. Only este and dors
seem to be missing. Fre.gs Suffolkinin 1842, pilchards ir. �-
organ in 1359, hazel mats in
in. 1303, hay. in Itlerthstown to tsoc.
snails in Redruth :n ;SOC..
County Clare in 1se5, In
mussels at Paderi cr
white butterflies at Berney, S".t-
zerland, in 1913.
The usual explanoti.m of such.
weather phenomena is violent ver-
tical winds blowing daring unset-
tled weather—a rea=m which. c, -
en if it had occurred to people u.
the middle ages, would have etcee-
ed far to prosaic to 1'e true. To re-
gard them as awful portents was
much more exciting.
Atomic Train
The Atomic Scientists Associa-
tion (Great Britain t, with full cc. -
operation of the Ministry of Sup-
ply, is organizing a traveling -train
Exhibition on Atomic Energy,
which will start at the beginning
of November and tour twenty-six
towns in England. Scotland and
Wales. The exhil.ition is to give
the public the basic facts of atonic
energy an, explain its implications
for war and peace.
STUFF AND THINGS
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Jarvis always serves this way—
he used to be a tennis star/
Alberta Oil
For some time, unofficial fore-
casts have suggested that the de-
velopment of the oil fields of which
Edmonton is a focal point would
be "the biggest thing yet" in Al-
berta, and in economic effects
might well become one of the
Dominion's biggest also
Not only is the oil comparable to
the Oklahoma and Texas products,
but responsible geologists are now
convinced, although they are cau-
tious in going on re:ord publicly,
that the whole area tributary to Ed-
monton will prove es extensive and
as productive as either the Okla-
homa or Texas fields.
Ars Aezeb..
Street Widening in Toronto has caused a shift in hiss l ictcrv, a huge monument e,na-
menloratin,g South African v;t.r battles in which Canadians participated. Inch by inch, the
monument is being moved cn rollers along the path shown by the dotted line to a new
base 21 feet away. ,The monument was erected in 190::7,
The Rainbow
Special
By
T. 5f. RIDER
-I c -min who had been
gazing wistfully at Madame E1uce's
ton, .;thsoiay finally entered and
things— to try CO the
Rainbow Special, Mady Clark's
pleasant senile wavered. That gaudy,
multi-ce!sac i dress with its golden
sash had been displayed because
party time was near and Madame
Elute hi; some girl might like it
for a gay affair. Of course. the
woman was small and thin enough
to slip int, it. Fut she had a sweet
face, the kind that made yen think
of a mother in lavender and lace.
Mutely. Mady showed her to the
dressing room. then walked over to
the sweater conntcr.
A minute later the customer shyly
opened the dressing room door.
"It's rectii,r:u'" site cried- "1 know
Tom ;via remember me as 1 used :0
look. You Lieu' 5 hero husraads are.
They just d:,„ realize a :sei.sn
doesn't grew any.younger with limes,"
So that was the wrinkle. She was
trying to tcc<me a spring chicken
for her husband's sake. Somehow
it didn't sewn richt for a nice cdd
lady. Mady eonldn't help thinking
that some day she might get mar-
ried and she'd grow old, too. Then.
would she here to suffer the experi-
ence this woman was suffering?
Mady walked over to the woman
and said, "I've just thought of a
special dress for madam. A pale blue
creation that would be chic with
costume pearls and matched ear-
rings."
"Pale blue? Oh. no! My husband
loves calors that are bright and alive.
You `see. he's an artist, and a bril-
lia-a rine.
She spoke in a proud voice and
ser :thed the liainbow Special with
SIDE GLANCES
Ineeol
By Galbraith
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V.
Cohn, 1547 55 NEA SERVICE 110, T. 14, 1100 U. 5. PA
"Now that I've graduated from my night school home manage-
ment course, I'll expect a salary!"
LOPII
work -we:, hands. Mady asked 1 .si-
tently, "1 don't mean to pry, but is
your hasiand in? Perhaps a floral
dress—"
"Tem ill? You wouldn't ash that
if yen s. -v lima. He's big and husky,
• and he she 's says my co kingg's
making him frit." She beamed until
she noticed Mady staring u:ondcr-
ingly at he: hands. Then she said
quietly. "I've worked at washing
dishes in a restaurant for the past
10 years and I'm proud of it be-
cause—well. because I'm doing it
for my hustand. But I guess you're
too young to understand that love
means more than roses and kisses,
"My Tom's worth anything, any
sacrifice." the lady continued, and
brushed at her cheeks with sudden
remembrance. 'A e
e "And I ntu.t hurry.
He's waiting outside in the car and
I know he's growing impatient."
That was the last straw! Mady
shook her head despairingly.
"Erma, is that you?" a deep voice
suddenly boomed from the doorway.
"1 got tired of waiting and crossed
the Street."
The woman gasped and hurried
over to a tall. dark-haired man. "Oh,
you shouldn't have, Tom. I was
coming. right out."
Why, the lady was actually quiv-
ering as though she had committed
some heinous crime by making him
wait a few minutest Mady glared
at him. So this was the husky artist!
He was husky enough to swing a
pick and shetel. Well, why didn't
he, instead of making his pitifully
small wife slave for him? If this
was love she'd steer clear of it!
"That new dress does things to
you, Erma!" He placed his huge
hands on her shoulders and held her
off at arm's length. "Ab, those col-
ors, my dear! They're soft, yet
warm and alive. I can't wait to get
hold of some paints and brushes."
"Now, Tom, you shouldn't work
so soon after the operation. You
know what the doctor said."
He nodded thoughtfully and sighed.
"Guess I can wait a little longer at
that. But soy. my vision's improving
every minute. I just crossed ike
street myself. And only this morning
you locked so—so colorless, But
now, I :.Fear you look just—just
•like you did before I went blind ten
years ago, Erma." .... ... ....
Erma's answering smile was as
bright as the sun. Mady felt her
heart begin to pound furiously. The
artist was recovering from an eye
operation and probably would never
see colors normally again 1
Speedy Voyage
Record for the New -York -to -
Capetown run is held by the liner
Queen Mary.
The Queen Mary's log, made
available by the owners, shows
that in March to April, 1940, on
its first voyage from New York to
Australia to embark troops, the
liner reached Capetown in 11 days,
20 hours, 27 mirmtes, averaging 25
knots for the 7,250 -mile crossing
via Trinidad,
ROOMS BEAUTIFULLY
FURNISHED $1.50 up
HOTEL METROPOLE
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British -Built `Brain'
Beats U S. Invention
British invt tiers have
with a net, rine-ton mechanical
"brain" hailed as .5 lints smarter
than its smartest American count-
erpart.
Dr. NI_ V. IN'ilkes, Director of
the Cambridge University \ltthe-
mttical Laboratory, said tie Uni-
versity -built menton_ mcrater was
nearly finished.
"It may make discoveries in en-
gineering, astronomy, and atonic
physics," he told a reporter, "It
may even salve economic and phil-
osophical problems too complicated
for us,
"There are many vital questions
we wish to put to it.
Dr. Wilkes said the machine
could handle 500 nnn>hers ten de-
cimals long. He said the hest Ame-
rican "brain" built in Philadelphia
for the American Army, handled
only 20 such numbers.
The Cambridge "brain" has been
nicknamed "EDSAC," because its
full name, the natural scientist ex-
plained. is "electronic dray storage
automatic calcol:tcr."
Too Healthy
I hear tit u;:,. , very rich.
Does she enjoy gond health''"
"Yes—gloats over it,"
Backache is a friendly
warning from Nature—
urging you to do some-
thing about it at once.
It's the same when your
shoulder is painful, or
your joints become stiff. When other folks
have had these complaints, many leave gat
relief by taking Rnschen, ICn>suhen helps
because it is a combination of several mineral
salts which aid sluggish organs of elimination
thus helping to remove, the causes of painful
backaobo and rheumatic pulse. Health im,
proves and vigour returns. So give Kruschter
a trial in your own caro. Start today and
for tho next month tako Brnsehon regularly.
Simply take a amall morning doer of tgrusehen
in tee, coffee or hot water. At all /relishes;
25c and 75c.
it's the little n orning dose that does it!
Sunday Morning In England -1947
A letter front England to the
N - t' fork llcrald Tribune;
Von probably gc•t 511 Sorts of re-
ports about Britain, but I wonder
lane many you receive front nate of
the "great mtJ<nuw11," such as my-
self
My background is a fairly aver-
age out. A country boy, bride
L,trr, crone to the big city (290,-
00ot for a better job, joined the
army 1030, demobbed and now
ba'I< nu the travel again. My pay
einnurrts to alis ($24) a week; so
now you know my angle on life,
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A complete "scenario" is impos-
sible, hut here's an impression of
today, Sunday, Sept. 28, 70.17, Our
summer is still holding on. This
morning broke fine and warns. The
milkman calls as usual (7 a.nl.).
Two pints for four of us. Can you
i'ti"s'!ne him making that little
tat, tap on the tiled paths as he
drops his bottles all along the street
of little two:storied houses with
enormous hedges in place of rail-
ings? Father-in-law melees the cup
rd tea this morning, which we <lrinlc
in bed, and then turn over till the
paper conies at 9 a.m.
I got up then. I want to check
my "pools results" on yesterday's
matches. You probably know we
have here 1,000,000 football fans
and 3,000,000 who "do the pools,"
Breaitfast and then we get our
daughter off to church. Wife and
1 will probably go this evening, as
it is Harvest Festival, The kid-
dies were decorating the church
yesterday.
v *
This morning I shall ride around
the city on my bike. I've been
here fifteen years, but it still fas-
cinates me. From the top of my
street I can look across the park
and see the gray walls of Port-
chceter Castle that stands on the
creek. And to the left are all the
shiips of Portsmouth and Gosport
Bring 'Em Back
Thousands of Hindus and Mos-
lems in refugee camps dotting the
frontiers of India and Pakistan have
a new slogan: "Bring back the Brit-
ish!"
In Lahore, where a reign of ter-
ror has taken many lives and dest-
royed much property, flowers have
appeared on the statue of Queen
Victoria.
In Amritsar a young native army
officer told an American correspon-
dent that "freedom has brought us
nothing but mob rude."
Harbor, and to the right the long
• ridge of the grecs South Downs.
Up above the sky is blue, the sea
cadets march by in. step with their
bugle band, motorists w•itla5 down
to Snuthsett beach with the last
drop of basic petrol (but after to-
morrow) and there are crowds
wailing• for the hos to take them
over the hill for tt Last picking of
blackberries, Sunday morning in
i uglaild- auttuun, 10.17, Only in
southern Austria, where I spent
two months in 10.45, can there be a
more quietly happy penple. Don't
worry about "crises," it's like water
on a duck's bac!:!
A. 11, BAILEY
Portsmouth, Sept. 28, 1047.
Loyalty
"Oh, I adore Nature," exclaimed
a stout but 001711171 lady at a dinner
party recently,
Grouch° Marx was among those
present. Turning to 1110 neighbour,
he said softl"That's real loyalty
when you consider what Nature
has clone to hy.er,"
Choosey
A bachelor is a man who
wouldn't take "yes" for an answer,
What's the Use?
Just as you think you r}111 Locke
ends meet at last, sonu•bacly moves
the ends,
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