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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1952-12-3, Page 3Bring On The Rain When the sky opens tip and the rain pours down, few or ns care whether the rainfall is One- tenth of en inch or three inches, X we are out in it, all we really care about is keeping dry. N a raincoat does what it is supposed to do, all well and good. If it leaks, however, there are many people—besides the wearer --who are interested. Chemists and manufacterers are continually studying just WAY much water will, or will ' not, penetrate rainwater and. other fabrics, Water repellants-.-there are several types -are quite, different from water proofing materials, A coating or waterproofing which can be applied to fah. ries to make them entirely waterproof, stops the fabric from "breathing" and therefore makes it hot and uncomfortable •to wear. Water repellents, on the other hand,' cling to the fibres of the material, thus making a sur- face which sheds water without sealing up the tiny air holes. Commonest of these is a wax emulsion which gives excellent protection until it is removed by gleaning or washing. It requires only a simple process to put it back, however, and most dry ,cleaning firms will re -treat any gement in this way. Incidentally, manufacturers of the chemical repellents say there is no reason why any garment can not be .created satisfactorily. If anyone is dissatisfied with such a job they suggest return- ing the garment to the dry cleaner. The newest and most efficient water,iepellant has to be baked on the fabric ;at the textile mill. It stops the fibres from taking up moisture wfthout sealing the air holes and, in addition, it will stand up to an almost unlimited number of cleanings or wash- ings, This water repellant was first brought out just prior to the last war and was used mainly for raincoats and other outdoor clothing. The armed forces put it to . wide use for clothing and Yuleti.e Tree Crush Pushing her way out from under a pile: of Christmas trees, Mrs. Ruth Malens gets help from her husband Walter, The couple were among the first to receive a load of Yuletide trees for the • Christmas market. They unloaded 2000 of them in the Great Northern freight yards, will put them on . sale for the holidays. * . • all types of field equipment, To- day the services have everything possible made `water repellant and are also making extensive use of chemicals that perman- ently moth -proof wool. The adventages of these ap- plications to the things civilians wear and use are just as ob- vious. Outdoor clothing for both children and adults will stay new looking, be more comfort- able in wet weather and wear longer with even the simplest application of water repellant, the manufactureres say. They also 'recommend treating indoor upholstery, rugs or any fabric to protect it from splashes enc mothe. TIILPAIrn FRONT Jokz; Here's some real news for farmers with beef cattle to feed —and especially for those of you who may be a little short of food material. Two years of beef feeding tests at the North Da- kota experiment station prove that you can stretch your winter feed, both for breeding cows and young `stock, without harming their health or what is just as important — cutting your calf ,•rap• There was practically no dif- ference in the performance of two groups of cows. even though one group received one-fourth less feed than th" other. e 4 4 The standard ration was ten pounds of native hay and thirty pounds of corn silage per head daily, whereas cows on the res- tricted ration got only 71/2 pounds of tray and 221/2 pounds of silage. All of the cows on the standard ration just about . kept up nor- mal winter weights, though some lost a little. Those on the lower ration lost more weight, but the birth rate, death loss, health and vigour of the calves were almost the same for both bunches. * * * Eight -tenths of a pound of soy- bean oilmeal cake a day added to the regular ration, and six -tenths of a pound to the restricted ration made little difierenee in the re- sults. All the cows got a two -to -one mixture of sah and bone meal. i 4 * The calves snowed that they could get by on less feed. too. Calves averaging 425 pounds were fed for 190 days on a nor- mal ration of 251/2 pounds of corn and grass silage, a few pounds of crested' wheat grass hay, and two pounds of oats per head daily. Tome Oats ---Sally Ann Dunn, 5, al left, and her sister Deanna, 9, run oats Through their fingers in their father's barn. The oai harvest is a true verified oat seed which will market in the spring for about $L10 per bushel. If was grown' by their parent, Donald Dunn, who won the farm last May in a national contest. Valued at nearly $75,000, the farm was graded, planted, and the house built in ono day through the help of Moses Iakd merchants and contractors. They gained, four•fifths of a pound daily. When the silage was cut down to 181.2 pounds, hay left about the same, and oats cut out entirely, they gained only about half as much. However,the calves that were on the low rations during the win- ter did better'on grass during the summer. They gained three - tenths of a pound more than the ones on full ration. 4 * ,' What's the gist, of these tests? Well, if you're short of feed— the cattle are going to have to get by on less anyway. But even if you have enough feed, you can make it stretch further in the winter. If you have plenty of hay, you ' can feed more of it in place of supplement, and cut the cost of feeding by as much as $20 per cow. If you're short of hay, you can still carry cattle along on about a fourth less feed without -hurting them, then shoot for higher summer gains on pasture. x * * Some folks say That it doesn't pay the average dairyman to milk three times a day instead of two. But Lawrence Stene, Worth County Iowa, says that it pays him during the winter. * 4 4 Steno is a tenant farmer with 35 cows. He wasn't too busy with regular farm work last winter, so he switched over to milking three times a day -8 am., 4 p.m. and midnight. Production went up from 800 pounds of milk a day to 1,000 from the same cows — a 25 per cent increase. The only additional ostense was feed, since he feeds according to production. 3 4 5 He says the unusual milking limes didn't- bother him a bit, but it did throw the rest ot the family a bit eff schedule. He switched back . to twice-daily milking when heavy spring work started. lie says that it's easier on both himself and the family during the summer. * 4 4 Would he try three -time milk- ing again in winter? Sure, says Steno. He makes •better use of his labour, and, as he puts it, how else can you get 26 per cent more profit without laying out a penny more for cows? 4 5 • * Well, folks, it's an idea any- way. The report I saw didn't say whether Ms. Siene stayed up for that extra milking, or made the alarm clock do double duty. But you can figure that part of it out for yoursel.'es, I'll be think- ing of you, 'long about midnight, it I'm not too sound asleep. DAUGHTER, BEWARE„ A New Hanipshire farmer had three beautiful young daughters. The oldest found herself a hus- band and moved to Twin Cities, Minnesota. A year later she had twins.' The second daughter then got married and established .her home at Three Rivers, Ontario. Sometime later, she had triplets. Fittally the youngest daughter came to the farmer and said that she too was going to become a bride. "I wish you all the luck in the world," said the father, "but fake my advice and don't let that man of yours march you off to live In the Thousand Is lands." tt Coo1ery Hints When roasting pork, slit the surface at intervals and insert slices of =peeled tart apple. The apple cuts the grease and gives the gravy a delicious flavor. * * Adding one - half tothree- quarters of a cup of boiling water for every pound of hamburg when mixing meat loaf greatly improves the texture: it is lighter and snore tender. This addition in no way affects the amount of milk called for by the recipe. + 4 c When cooking cornmeal to be molded and fried, add a little flour to held it together :and a • bit of sugar to make the mush brown more quickly, A small amotmt will not sweeten the mixture. 4 4 4 For delicious tarts in a hurry, forget about pastry and try these: Scoop out English muffin halves and fill the centers with a while - fruit jampeach, apricot, straw- berry or cherry, file an unsweet- ened meringue over the top:. and place under broiler or in the oven to brown lightly. 4 4 To vary pleasantly the :flavor of bread or rice pudding, instead of : raisins, . use tiny bits of pre- served ginger, with little of the syrup. . 4 * Set thin slices of fruit cake in lemon jelly and serve with cream or custard sauce. o 4* To serve with a fish salad, add a little chopped celery and a bit of. horse radish to the inayon- noise. t 4 4 Delicious topping for a cho- colate pie made with ready - mixed filling is almond -flavored whipped cream sprinkled with browned coconut. r. 4 To vary cream toast, add one= half cup of stewed tomatoes ors one-third cup of grated cheese to the cream sauce. * 4 5 For a nicely browned top on custard pie, add two tablespoons of melted butter to the milk be- fore it is scalded for the filling. * w 4 A different and delectable spread for toast is made by com- bining two parts of jellied cran- berry sauce with one part of or- ange marmalade and blending well. 4 4 * When making succotash, add a dash of nutmeg for new flavor * 5 5 For a different French toast, spread thick red jam=raspberry or strawberry—between two thin slices of bread before dipping in egg mixture, then fry as usual. Sprinkle lightly with powdered sugar when serving. New Drug Hailed As Leprosy Cure Hope for the early conquest of t h,e ancient disease, leprosy, borne by the discovery of Sul- fones. This hope is now rein- forced through the ust of Nydra- zid which has recently been so successful hi treating tubercu- losis, was reported recently at the annual meeting in Galveston, Texas, of the American Society of Tropical Medicine, The report was read by Dr. Fernando La tap i, ' prominent leprologist and dermatologist who, together with his colleague, Dr. Jose Barba Rubio, conducted a nine months' clinical trial of Nydrazid oft fonrteen lepers at two Mexican arspitals in Mexi- co City and Guadalajara. Each patient received an oral dose of 200 to 300 milligrams of Nydra- zid daily. In thirteen of the fourteen cases the lumpy nodules under the skin, and the sores in nose and eye areas which character. ize leprosy, were reduced sub- stantially in size and number. In some cases tht.se signs disap- peared almost completely. Lab- oratory examination of tissues samples after treatment showed a reduction in the number of lep- rosy bacilli present in infected tissue. None of the patients exhibited serious toxic manifestations from the use of Nydrazid, and in only half of the cases was the charac- teristic lepra reaction, often a serious problem following chemo- therapy in leprosy, noted. In these cases, moreover the lep- ra reaction was mild. Mycobacterium leprae, the or- ganism which causes leprosy, be- longs to the same family of ba- cilli as Mycobacterium tubercu- losis, thetubercle bacillus, AIthough comparatively rare in the United States and Canada, leprosy is still a grave problem in many parts of .the., world, especially in tropical countries. ft is estimated that. about 8,000,000 people are afflicted with it. I Chewing guns can be removed from dillorcnt materials by ' soaking them in turpentine. Dry ice can also be applied to the gum which will then chip off. NDAYSCIIOOL LESSON By Rev. R. B Wallen, B.A. B.D. Jesus, The Great Teacher Matthew 73:24-35, 53-54 Memory Selection: Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? Jesus taught many of the deepest truths by telling simple stories. Sonie of these parables, as they are called, are accom- panied by a further detailed ex- planation so that the meaning cannot be mistaken, From the parable of the tareS and the wheat we see that wrong and good will exist to- gether in the church until the end of the age. If one special- izes in tare -pulling he will up- root some wheat, too. The church here cannot be made perfect. The angels will do a better job M making the separation at the time of the great harvest. Then those who do iniquity will be cast into a furnace of fire.There shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. From the parables Qi the mus- tard seed and the leaven we are assured that the Kingdom of Heaven, though small in its be- ginnings will finally triumph, The mustard seed is very small but the plant may grow 10 h height of fifteen feet in Palestine. The yeast, working silently', works through the meal till all Is leavened, So cheer up, Chris- Vett friend, you are On the win- ' ning side, Longfellow express- ed a great truth in the follow- ing words: "There is no peace on earth," said; "For hate is strong, And mocks the song Of peace on earth; good will to men!" Then pealed the bells more loud and deep; "God is not dead; nor doth lie sleep! The Wrong shall fait, The Right prevail, With peace on earth, good will will to men!" "PHONEY" — IT'S H;.ISH The majority of people asso- ciate the exclamation "phoney" with Canada or the United States, Well,—it's Irishi The word derives from Fawney (Erse, fairne—a ring). The ring, most times imita- tion, was employed in the crook- ed "ring -dropping" trick; and the gullible began to associate the trick with something crook- ed, imitation, "fawner" Highballing -A new "high bail"' service has been inaugurated by, the Canadian National Railways: to speed up the handling of less. than'carload shipments. Distinc" tive placards with a green' ball on a yellow background, such as the yardman is affixing to the car in the photograph, aro making their appearance across the country on CNR cars carry- ing arrying LCL merchandise.. Cars bean. ing these placards will receive priority handling at stations, freight sheds and distributiots points across the system to pro.. vide faster service for this traf fie between Eastern Canadian cities and over transcontinental routes. Coronation Preview: 2 Peeresses' Ermine Next June Will Be Rabbit Fur By );ROSETTE IHARGROVE NEA Staff_ Correspondent LONDON—Already the 800 or so peeresses who -will be com- manded to attend the coronation of Elizabeth II next June are planning the robes they will wear for the great ceremony. No definite directive as to cere- monial dress have as yet been issued by coronation headquarters in Belgrave Square. But it is pretty certain that so far as the peers and peeresses are concern- ed, there will'be no departure from the traditional crimson velvet robes trimmed with "min- iver" (ermine) which were worn for the coronation of King George VI and Elizabeth the Queen Mother. The only difference will be that the old-time silk velvet and erm- ine will be replaced by artificial silk velvet and "mock ermine"— shaved rabbit. "How many peeresses today eau afford to spend over £400— around $1000—for an ermine - trimmed silk velvet outfit which will probably be worn once?" ex- plained Peter Russell, one of the 11 members of the Incorporated Society of London Fashion De- signers. "As it is, the robes ot artificial velvet trimmed with mock er- mine cost over $600. There are, of course, a certain number of the nobility who have kept theirs from the last coronation, and these are already being taken out of storage and brought to us to freshen up." A peeress's coronation robes consist of a "kirtle," a sort of col- larless redingote with short sleeves, fastened at the waist and widening out towards the hem revealing the front of the dress beneath it. Over this goes a court train which starts from under a deep cape in white fur and is fastened at the shoulders in front with gold braided tassels. It is by the number of rows of black fur "tails" that you recog- nize the rank of the wearer, A baroness ranks two, a viscountess two -and -a -half, a countess three, a duchess Sour. Both the kirtle and train are lined with white satin and trim- med with a wide deeply scalloped band of fur on the kirtle and a straight band on the train. The dress worn beneath it is usually the age 1 e s s, slender sheath type, with a generous de- coliete, fashioned either of rich white brocade or satin heavily Coronation Robes for peeresses have a redingote -like "kirtle" and a court train in "Robe Red" velvet trimmed with "mock ermine." Both are lined in white satin. Underneath is worn traditional sheath -type gown (inset), this one created by Peter Russell in rich, embroidered pearly white satin. embroidered. The Queen and the Royal Duchesses do not wear the kirtle, only the court train. The latter has to trail four yards on the ground, the former two yards, The British Color Council has already decided what the "Cor- onation Colors" shall be. But to quote Peter Russell, who has dressed the Duchess of Gloucester the last 18 years, "everybody is waiting for the London and Paris Spring showings before selecting the gowns for the national and official functions which will fol- low the coronation." There will be two state ban- quets on June 3 and 4 at Buck- ingham Palace as well as a Court Ball, and the Queen will attend a gala performance at Covent Garden on June 8 for the first performance of Benjamin Brit- DelicateArts go into coronation uniforms, Here 60 -year-old Elsie Pickles, a gold embroiderer for .45 years, works her "dying art" on the cuff of a Life Guards field Officer uniform. ten's new opera, "Gloriana," on the romance of Elizabeth 1 and Essex. Besides these festivities, there will be much 'formal diplomatic entertaining, all of which will call for sumptuous evening gowns. 1t is probable that next Spring's fashions will find inspiration in the robust, virile Elizabethan era in details rather than actual line. Corselets, stiffened lace collars, ruffs, tiered and beaded sleeves as worn by the Virgin Queen, jerkins, beaded caps, flat Velvet XVlth Century pages' berets, feather -trimmed Henry VIII hats .will appear in a modernized guise. These colors will be important in the English picture next year; "Queen's Purple," the actual color to be used in the velvet robe worn during the coronation at Westminister Abbey; redder than Royal Purple and much red- der than King's Purple. "Robe Red," actual color of the robes of peers and peeresses wins will attend .the ceremony, is At light Bordeaux red. "Coronation Grey" symbolizes the silver metal in heraldic em•- blems and is a natural comple- mentary shade to "Robe Red." "Or," from the French color used for gold in their heraldry is used in combination with pur- ple and also with deep red. "Emerald," from the precious stone is sparsely used in British heraldry. "Terme," one of the heraldic colors always associated with British historical occasions; often appears as the color of the lion on British coats -of -arms. It is an orange version of tan, or tawny,. "Peacock ':Flue" is used occa- sionally, usually with "Or" in heraldry. "Coronation lillsite" is 0 white with a slight green east as in Christmas roses, Next. Wseitt )'et:els for the Queen.)