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* SELECTING BY 'vote the one con
eidered, rightly or wrongly, as the out.
standing athlete of the year, male and
female, is a comparatively may chore, for
the reason that your memory isn't over-
taxed in making the selection, It isn't very
difficult to look ovtr your shoulder, 12
mouthe back, and name the stand -outs, because they're still
fresh in your memory.
But suppose you get involved in one of those pointless argil.-
mons,
rgu.mens, pointless because unproveable, about who was the greatest
in any one sport over the years,. not the year, and then your
headaches begin. For instance:
Who le Mister Baseball?
Or Mister Boxing ... or Football ... or even Mister (or
Mrs,) Racing?
What name comes to mind first when the talk turns to those
Sports -the all-time hero through the years?
No man or group has ever given the answer, but the argu-
ments make the best fuel when the hot stove league opens up the
damper.
The greatest names of sport are not always the finest per-
formers. They do, however, combine ability with the most valuable
asset -color.
Babe Ruth not only hit more home runs than any other man,
but every move he made was news. Even to his famous stomach-
ache. The Bambino was probably the most colorful figure ever to
hit baseball. Many declare Joe DiMaggio a greater player, and of
course there are legions who insist that Ty Cobb, with his breath-
taking speed on the bases, his deadly hitting, and his daring,
was in a class by himself. And he oozed color, too. To which
the Ruthians retort that the Babe was a great pitcher, a catcher,
a first-rate outfielder and the greatest home -run hitter of all.
Was Jack Dempsey the top figure in boxing's history?
Veteran ring, fans insist Jim Jeffries was a better heavyweight
champ, Fitzsimmons a harder hitter, Jim Corbett more skilful,
and undoubtedly that hero of the eighties, the mighty John L.
Sullivan was more boisterous. Yet„ no one has approached the
gates Dempsey attracted and few have matched the slashing fury
of the colorful Mauler in the Willard or Firpo fights. Who gets
the nod in boxing?
Since the dawn of football, the fans have fought over their
favorites. They bring up Jim Thorpe, the Carlisle Indian whose
plunging and kicking are legendary. Jim has made virtually every
all-star eleven listed. But they can't forget Red Grange, the Gallop-
ing Ghost; And in Canada they say that Lionel Conacher was
probably the equal of either, and a far greater all-round athlete
than Grange.
Racing has its immortals in Citation, Exterminator and Sea
Biscuit. Yet most racing fans in America start and finish with
one name—Man o' War. The jockey heroes will be Tod Sloan,
Earl Sande and right on down to Johnny Longden and Eddie
Arcaro.
Track and field has produced many great names—Olympic
and world champions. Who comes first? Is it Charlie Paddock, the
"world's fastest human," or Paavo Nurmi, the inscrutable Finn,
or fleet Jesse Owens, the scourge of the Nazis in the '36 Olym-
pics? Or Clarence DeMar, seven times winner of the gruelling
Boston marathon?
What of golf? Is it Bobby Jones, the only man ever to win
the "Grand Slam" or Walter Hagen or today's Ben Hogan.
Tennis and Bill Tilden, wrestling and Frank Gotch or Ed
(Strangler) Lewis.
You wanna headache? Pick 'em yourself.
Your comments and suggestions for Phis column will be welcomed
by Eimer Ferguson, c/o Calvert House, 431 Yonge St., Toronto.
Calver't•EISTILLERS LIMITED
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How Can 1?
By Anne Ashley
Q. How can I shrink dress
goods?
A. Dress goods may be very
easily shfunk by placing it folded
in a tub of cold water, to which a
few handfuls - of salt.have been
added. After a few hours, hang
on the line without folding. The
weight of the water prevents
wrinkles drying in, and the salt
Sets the color.
Q. How can I ,render wood
waterproof?
A. Soak it in a mixture consist-
ing of 6 parts boracic acid, ,5 parts
ammonium chloride, 3 parts sodium
borate, and 100 parts water.
Q. What can I do when cream
refuses to whip;?
A. Try adding the white of an
egg to it, Let both cream and egg
be thoroughly chilled before at-
tempting to whip.
Q. How can I prepare better
gravy?
A. Use water in which mild
flavored vegetables have been
cooked, for the gravy, rather than
fresh water. A finer flavor will be
the result, and it is also an economy
as the water contains valuable min-
erals.
Q. How can I remove marks
from atone steps and window sills?
A. Rub with a piece of coarse
sandpaper. After rubbing, dust off
with a cloth or duster. Stone clean-
•
ed in this way stays white much
longer than by using water.
Q. How can I remove kerosene
spots from cloth?
A. If kerosene has been spilled
on cloth, scour the spot with tur-
pentine, then with soap and warm
water.
Q. How can I treat hardwood
floors that have become scarred
with dark marks from rockers or
furniture casters?
A. Rub the marks with very fine
steel wool, dipped in quite soapy
water. Rinse with clear water, and
then apply a good furniture polish.
Q. How can 1 increase the
quantity of soup on hand without
weakening it by adding water?
A. Keep a box of bouillon cubes
on hand for this purpose. Add two
cubes to two cups of water, to in-
crease the quantity of soup with-
out detracting from its flavor.
Q. How can I blacken tan
leather?
A. • Try rubbing the leather
thoroughly with the inside of a
raw potato. Let dry and then
polish.
Q. How can I make frosted glass
for a window? -
A. Clean the glass with gasoline,
Then cover with white tissue paper
which fits exactly and apply clear
waterproof Varnish thinned 25 per
cent with turpentine. The varnish
soaks through the paper, sticking
it to the glass, and thus effecting
a frosted window.
Hippo Swallows Hippo? -1f looks as though Bongo is swallowing
his roommate,' Pinky, but actually they are both just begging for
peanuts In the zoo, Wonder how many bushels it would fake to
fill those yawning caverns.
Great Partnership
Of Free Nations
The rise of the Canadian dollar.
to full parity with the American
dollar on the foreign exchange
market Last week was more than
merely .another fluctuation 00 the,
financial exchange, Economically it
represented a well -justified recogni-
tion of the enormous productive
gainsmade by our great northern
neighbor. Symbolically it repre-
sented confirmation in the econo-
• mic arena of what has , long since
been true in the political field: the
equality of Canada with the United
States in the great partnership of
the free nations. Whether taken as
economic fact or u symbol, this
parity must have brought a feeling
of pride and accomplishment
throughout Canada, a feeling well
merited by the facts.
No one can read the saga of
Canada's economic progress since
1940 without being impressed by
the energy and resourcefulness of
the Canadian people and the wealth
of their land. From an overwhelm-
ingly agricultural country Canada
has been transformed into one of
the great industrial countries of the
world, having both the raw mat-
erials and plant capacity justifying
its evaluation as one of the major
arsenals of freedom. Under Can-
ada's soil, it is now evident, -lie
some of the richest deposits of iron
ore, petroleum, uranium, nickel and
other vital commodities available
anywhere. These have been de-
veloped swiftly in recent years by
Canadian industry and ingenuity,
aided in no small measure—though
far from entirely — by essential
capital from this country. The
latter inflow is clearly one of the
key reasons for the strength of
Canadian currency.
We in this country can only be
pleased by Canada's enormous pro-
gress. Geography has linked our
two nations inexorably. History
shows a record of friendship, harm-
ony and understanding between us.
Now the need for preservingfree-
dom.and the cold fact of economics
have made us interdependent part-
ners of the gigantic effort 'to pro-
vide sinews for defense. The parity
of currencies on the, exchanges is
not the only evidence that in this
effort we march together with
common progress, ,ideals and hope
for the future.
—From The New York Times.
Science Beaten
By The Wasps •
Wasps have won a seven-year
battle against all the resources of
modern science in New Zealand,
The German wasp first appeared
at an air station in 1944, and it is
thought it may have been imported
from England in a consignment of
aircraft parts. It spread over the
whole of the north island and has
appeared in the south island.
The government battled the in-
vader for several years. A bounty
of threepence each was paid for
queen wasps collected, and small
boys made money hunting them
down. But the wasps continued to
spread. DDT powder was supplied
free. Posters were displayed telling
how to kill the pests.
But the wasps won, and now the
government has abandoned exter-
mination efforts. Now they are
concentrating on how best to pre-
vent the wasps from robbing bee-
hives in the autumn. This .is the
,most serious damage they do.
Are You Burning
Up Good Money?
How to save $283.00 on every
100 acres of crop land is told here
by G. R. Sterling, Supervisor of
Soil Conservation, Alberta Depart-
ment of Agriculture. It's simple,
and can be told in three short
words—"Don't burn stubble."
You have heard that before, but
do you realize what happens when
you set a match to your stubble?
We know that there's mote straw
than usual this year, but that's all
the more reason why you should
save it, Your district 'agriculturist
can tell you how to handle heavy
stubble.
But here's where the savings
come in. Nitrogen bought as com-
mercial fertilizer costs lla4 cents
a pound in its cheapest form. An
average crop (and it's more than
• average this s year) .produces 1500
pounds of straw to the acre, and
1500 pounds of straw contains 9.15
pounds of nitrogen.
in addition to the nitrogen con-
tent of the straw, another 15
p ands of nitrogen can be produc-
ed' by the soil bacteria if the straw
is left on the field for them to
work on. This means that from
1500 pounds of straw you have a
total of 24.15 pounds of nitrogen,
At 1134 cents a pound, 24,15
pounds of nitrogen is worth $2,84
—$283.00 for one hundred acres.
If you have so much money that
you are not interested in this sav-
ing, don't think that's all you are
focing, You can't dispense with
trash rover if you value your land
at all. Trash cover holds moisture
in the soil where you want it,
Plant cover is nature's way of
l,tiidin and maintaining the soil•
,..'t y:li think of a better way?
Treat For -Dog lovers Someof the.most outstanding dogs in
Canada and the United States will be seen in -the Coliseum, To-
ronto, during the two clog shows being held in conjunction with
the Canadian Notional Sportsmen's Show, March 19 - 20 and 21
22, for the benefit of the Toronto Humane Society. Here Sheila
Watson, with a prized Yorkshire Terrier, gets ready for the' big
canine exhibition.
Don't Overcook
Those Vegetables
Fresh vegetables are year 'round.
favorites, and especially so this
time of year, and now we like to"
make the most' of them.
Cook only enough for one heal
unless you plan use of left -over in
salad next day. Reheating reduces
vitamin content.- Don't use too -
much water when boiling, it also
reduces precious minerals and vita-
mins,
Vegetables parings should be
paper -thin. And the best way to
accomplish this is with trick parer
. quick too. Don't soakvege-
tables. Prepare just before cooking
if possible, or else . keep in . 'frig,
out of water with exception of
potatoes, until time to'use them.
Start cooking with boiling water,
then add vegetables bringing quick-
ly to a boil. Keep lid tight on pan
to shorten. cooking time, save on
vitamins. If you must keep cooked
vegetables hot a few minutes after
draining, set pan in pan of boiling
water,
Vegetables are best when cook-
ed until tender crisp ... as a rule
don't cook them as long as you
think you. should.
-Legalized Robbery
'No matter how thin it is sliced,
inflation is legalized robbery.
Selected, groups can be protected
against it to some extent by parity
programs or escalator wage claus-
es. But the advantage of these
groups merely make it tougher for
the non -sheltered groups. The cost
of- parity supports or wage escala-
tors' conies out of the hides of
those on fixed incomes, unorganiz-
ed workers, and stockholders.
As I have said, limited- applica-
tion of such protective devices
does not necessarily mean inflation.
It is merely robbing Peter to pay
Paul. But we are asked to believe
that throughsome kind of financial
skullduggery Paul' can be paid
without robbing Peter. The only
source of new purchasing power
in the amounts that would oe re-
quired for this kind. of financial
bootstrap lev'itatiop, is the govern-
ment, -
Those on fixed incomes, the un-
organized workers, and the owners
-
of the tools of industry would stili
be behind the eight -hall. The bur-
den of an inflation on the scale
required to supply everyone with
enough dollars to keep up with the
rising prices would accelerate the
tempo of currency depreciation and
long before its value had reached
zero, the debt would be repudiated.
Then, at long last, would be ter-
minated the cycle of deceit and
fraud which began when govern-
ment initiated, and the people ac-
cepted, the policy of public benefits
beyond their willingness to pay. No
scitrine of currency depreciation
and inflation can disguise the in-
exorable truth ,of that elementary
fact of economic ljfe—There is no
Free Lunch. -
-Harley L. Lutz,
Professor Emeritus of Public
Finance, Princeton University.
CENSORED
A German in the Western Zone
was worried for fear his letters to
his son in Warsaw were being
read by Communist authorities, so
he wrote hini that be was putting
in the envelope a hair which would
fall out,if the censer opened it, Hie
son replied that there was nothing
to worry about. 'The hair was still
there. The Western- Gerittah'noW
had the information be wanted, He
had not put a bait in the original
latter.
"Genuine" Mermaid
In Goldfish Bowl
Judging from what's in store
for the more than 200,000 visitors
expected to turn out to Canada's
annual indoor show for the out-
door fans, the wily denizens of
forest and stream are in for a
shock come open seasons in the
big battle of brains versus instinct:
Hard at work all winter, in-
dustry has come up with some
bright new gadgets for the tackle
box and gun room plus a few for
travel over land and water.
All these will glitter at the
Canadian „ National Sportsmen's
Show, coming up fdr its fifth
straight year at the Coliseum in
Toronto's CNE grounds. Open
season. will be March 14 to, 22
inclusive,
With new and different enter-
tainment features, though the
perennial Sharky, a trained seal,
will be back, 'it all adds up to
what Prank I•f. Kortright, presi-
dent of the Toronto Anglers' and
Hunters' Association, sponsors of
the show, calls. the biggest and
best show yet.
Here 'are a few of the lures that
will attract sportsmen, sport deal
ers and the general public by the
thousands:
—A "genuine" mermaid in 'a
goldfish bowl. •
— The latest thing in fish lures;
a dead- minnow preserved and
encased in pliable plastic. It's
durable, waterproof and utterly
life -like they say.
—A salon where visitors can
take photographs of models, get
tips on photography, courtesy the
Photo Finishers Assn.
—Mechanical tuna fishing. You
can hook, play and land your fish
under realistic conditions in this
setup,
— A British Jaguar model car
which features a "convertible"
top. It converts from conventional
canvas to hard top for :cooler'
weather driving.
—Worm - dope, At 50c,. e.g., a
bottle you can Brop a little on a
worn hole and the worm will
"come rushing out like mad," ready
for scooping up by the prospective
angler.
Along with the complete range
of the latest in sporting equip-
ment, there'll be such other at-
tractions as a talking crow, a dis-
play of antique guns, put on by
the Province of Ontario, and a
four-day dog show, said to be the
biggest in. Canada this year. Cana-
da's Army and Navy will be out
in force. So will the, experts and
champions with rod and gmr, to
demonstrate the proper techniques
for such things as "spinning,"
fishing's latest innovation.
It's expected that some 178 ex-
hibitors, exclusive of concessions
will take about 120,000 square feet
of floor space in the building.
Salad Dressing That
Doesn't Add Calories
GoOd eating news _for calorie
conscious persons in the form of a
new dressing recipe that observes
a person's wishes to keep their
weight dowit, '
Mlx one-quarter cup salad oil,
one-quarter cup cldil sauce, eight
ounce' can tomato sauce, one
tablcspoott finely diced onion, one
cup cottage cheese (eight ounces),
Place all ingredients in a deep
bowl. Beat together with rotary
beater until smooth. Serve over
lettuce or !nixed salad greens.
ISSUE 10 — 1952
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