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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1953-3-25, Page 3Modern Etiquette Q. Is 11 all right to use the knife for vetting one's leItece salad? A. There was a time when this was eansidered improper. But good sense now admits it is almost Impossible to cut some head JeLtece with just the fork. Uses the knife to separate it slightly into sections, then discard the knife and use the fork for eating. Q. Some men ineecly touch the brim of their hats when greeting women on the street, Is this considered all right? A, No; tike is unmannerly land lazy,. The hat should be lifted slightly from the head.. Q, 15 it really neeessary that a woman use her title "Mrs." or "Miss" when signing tier name to a hotel register? A. Yes, this is required in or- der that the hotel attendants will know how to address her. Q. Is it permissible to lean across oiie person to shake hands with a third? A. It IS usually better to to avoid this, if you can. But if the other person- seems bent on shaking hands, be sure to beg the pardon'of Are person across whom you are reaching. Q. Bow long before the church wedding ceremony should the pu'reuts of the bride' and bridegroom arrive? A. One or two minutes. Q. When a dinner guest "is not sure whichh, piece of silver to use, uvhat should lie do? A. Watch the hostess and ob- serve which piece she uses - follow suit. Q. When a girl Is attending church with a young man in, his church, should she make her own contribution when the collection is taken? A. Most certainly, Failure to do this would show lack of cour- tesy and good manners on her part. Q. When a double - decker sandwich seems too big and un - Knitted Look is a Must DX EDNA MILES ONE fashion idea that's taking an important bold for spring is the knitted look, This means that dresses, basic suits, even cravats, are knitted, i;roche.ted, or intuit woven, oil as knitted themAnn es evenJlcombining them with clathese sic casmeres in some instances, She has used monotone er multicolored tweed - ribbon collars, cuffs and belts on eashmere sweaters and matched this trim to woven ribbon skirts and jackets. A skirt of band -woven ribbon 1.11 a red, white, and blue check was shown with three versions of the navy cashmere top. One black cashmere with three"quarter-length sleeves and scoop neckline kept company with a black, hand -knitted sills skirt dotted with large, hand -knitted poppies. For the first time linen yarn is crocheted In an Irish laee pattern and cut into •a dress -top worn with a matching hand -loomed linen skirt, For a pant -knitted sweater -dress, the designer uses dusty pink,flame, and wine for a triangular top and pairs it with a Skirt in solid wine, The hand-woven ribbon material has been adapted to men's cravats. Women like to buy ties that snatch their own dresses and give them to their husbands. These have banded details or solid stripes, Ann Fleischer designs an elegant hand-woven ribbon -tie, In —es, white, with a contrasting band worked on a slant, Flits is one 01 the cravats she shows will, her tailored knits for husband and wife style harmony. The dress combines a cashmere pullover and hand.u'o en black and white ribbon -skirt. collar and eutfs. wieldy to handle with the fingers, isn't It all right to eat 11 with a knife and forks? A.' No; this type of sandwich must be picked up. Only on the "open -face" sandwich do you use a knife and fork. • ::Q, Should a woman remove her gloves when attending a lunrheon patty?? A. Yes. Q. When a woman is paying her first call on a neighbor, how 'long should she remain? A. From 15 to 20 minutes should be long enough. Usually a woman who has just moved into a new home has plenty to do, and she might resent too lengthy a visit. TIIEFARN IRONT Jot Soon all the snow will disap- pear from the Canadian scene. Ploughshares will be biting, into the moist soil. Many kinds of` seeds will be planted, always in high hopes for a bumper crop next fall, * i t+ But before the crop is harvest- ed, a seed must surmount numer- ous obstacles and fight off hordes of enemies. Let's take a wheat seed for example. Its fight for survival began last fall„ after it was reaped and stored. Rats and mice could have eaten it up. Poor stodge may have caused it to freeze 'or sprout earls. Insects may have rendered it useless for reproduction. Once planted, it is open to the attacks of toll -borne insects such as wireworms. Rept rots and seedlings blights may prevent the young plant from maturing. Bird or animal predators could LSe 11 for a Lender snack. Grasshop- pers or cutworms may destroy it. Weeds will try to choke it out. It has excellent chances of being infected by rust and loose smut. It it manages to get anywhere near maturity, adverse weather may prevent it from ripening. And it is harvested and stored, the fight tor survival ,•tarts over again. r 4 Fortunately for humanity, a seed has much more than a 50- 50 chance of bearing fruit—some- thing it didn't have 'Years ago.. 'Phe chemissal industry has played some part in this improvement. Powerful fungicides have been developed to destroy soil and seed borne diseases. e Chemicals meals are available to curb practically every inseet attacking cur plants. Selective weed killers control weeds without harming the crop. New poisons have been develop- ed for successful rodel,t control. In addition, scientific storage nlethods have been devised. Man is even trying to control the weather—by seeding clouds with frozen carbon dioxide to produce rain. The Colorado Potato Beetle is found in every province of Can- ada and is often so abundant that a large part of a potato crop can be destroyed unless prutected by insecticide sprays or duets writes J. A. Oakley of the C -I -L agri- t'ultural chemicals department. A d X, For many years after they were first Lound in 1924 on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains in the U.S., .Colorado potato beetles (potato bugs) fed on a weed known as buffalo bur. When settlers moved westwards and brought the potato plant with them, the beetles deserted the weed for tl,e potato. They pro- ceeded to trove eastward until they reached the Atlantic mast. in 1874. Injury to the potato is caused, by the larvae feeding on the PUZZLE CROSSWORD A4'noss ! 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When fully grown, the larvae burrow in the soil and form oval pupal cells from which the adults emerge. v o o - The Colorado potato beetle is easily controlled by such stom- ach poisons as DDT and the ar- senicals. Applications should be made as soon as the first eggs hatch„ In'seasons favorable to a serious infestation, several insec- ticidesticide• applications should be made at 10 to 12 day inter- vals. Insecticides may be in the form of a wettable powder or emulsion for spraying of as a dust. They may be applied al- one or hi combination with a fun- gicide fpr control of potato dis- eases. Since DDT carne into use in 1946, it h urs:proven to be the most .useful insecticide for pota- toes because it controls other insects as well. In view of the marked 'increase in the use of nitrogen as. a top and side dressing on many crops in eastern Canada, agronomists of C -I -L's agricultural chemicals department point out that use of high nitrogen complete fertilizer is often preferable to straight nitrogen such a s ammonium nitrate and sulphate of ammonia. Since plants require a balanc- ed supply, high nitrogen without adequate potash and phosphoric acid favors soft growth which 'causes plants to lodge (fall over easily). In the case of fruits and vegetables, slow ripening and poor -keeping qualities are com- mon results. P a 5 When extra nitrogen is being applied during the growing sea- son and any doubt exists as to the adequacy of the mineral plant food in the soil, needs of a crop can, be safeguarded by using a complete fertilizer such as 10-10- 10 (Triple -Ten) on medium to light soils and 10-8-4 on medium heavy to heavy soils, 'the recom- mended application for average fertility conditions is 300 pounds per acre. Triple -Ten was used extensive- ly last year on winter wheat, corn, sugar beets, Soybeans, can- ning crops and pastures, and for the treatment of stubble and corn refuse being plowed under as or- gains mafler. Grower,: report ex- cellent results. e f _. { Forty years aro it took 36 man.. hours to produce an owed of corn 1 folding 26 biehols Through im- proved cultural methods' and the proper use el fertilizers and pest control chemicals, it took only 17 elan bound per ' acl'e with a 211 - bushel yield iii recent yetis 41040.51). To produce 100 buerzeis of corn 40 years ago, it required 136 man- hours of labor, To produce the sante amount 10 recent years only. 45 man -hoot's were taquired: But --says you --the men to put in the hours axe fairer too. KNEW THE PLACE i According* to a Hollywood )oul"nal a tinentadtl'atile .was in the process of getting married for the Lith or sixth time. The 11iofficiating clergyman, flustered by all"the publicity and glamour, 1 dost itis place in the ritual book 'Pit+ Aar yawned and whispered, "Page 84, Stupid,” or Siring Finery now Not To Win, Friends A third official protest from Canada to United. States in less than two years, this time expressing "serious concern" at certain vexing trade restrictions, ought to remind certain American con- gressmen of the dangers of passing laws to protect special interest groups without considering the possible effects abroad. Source of Canada's irritation is a provision added over then President, Truman's strong protest, to the Defense Production Act of 1951,.which expires this June. Section 104 provides that whenever dairy imports threaten "domestic production, marketing, and storage or price support' programs," the Secretary of Agriculture shall im- pose upon these imports quotas to protect American dairy producers. Whether there is a legitimate need for protection or aid to the dairy industry is' not the whole question. There is more than one way in which the government might supply that need. A related question is whether the benefits to the United States from this form of aid out eigt thedamage ge done abroad to America's reservoir of good will. Canada's reaction strongly suggests they do not, And it is wotth remembering that Canada has given strong support to the North Atlantic Community. A drive among Canadian business and farm interests for better protection from foreign competition, including American, as a reply to dairy quotas has reached protections that make it a threat to the entire machinery of Canadian -American defense cooperation: Haw much longer the Canadian Liberal government can con- tinue to resist a growing feeling that Canadian policy merely echoes that of the United States, to Canada's detriment, is a warm question in Ottawa, where the government is expected to face an election this year. Only Congress can, give real assurance f0 America's friends on matters such as this, which have troubled Denmark, France, and the Netherlands as well as Canada. Most to be desired would be a repeal of Section 104 before the entire act expires this June. Lacking that, Congress might at least take caution against hasty adoption of any more "cheese amendments:'—From the Christian Science Monitor, Boston. 1k UNDAY SCJIOOL LESSON By Rei.' H Barclay Warren B A., B. D, Jesus is Cruicieecl, Matthew 27:32-44, 54. Memory Selection: God coin- lnendetli his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners. Christ died for us. Romans 5:8. Crucifixion was a Roman mode of execution usually reserved for slaves and the worst criminals, To this shame our Lord and Savior was subjected. The execu- tioners shared his garments and gambled for his vesture. In these fateful hours Jesus Christ acted like God. He showed no resent- ment against his mockers. He prayed for his enemies, made provision for his mother, bore our sins alone and finally, of his own free will, gave up his spirit to the Father. Truly his greatness never was more clearly seen. The cross was an allots Jesus Christ did not lose his lite. he gave it. • The cross was a pulpit. Here Jove was proclaimed. herr was the final proof of the great con- cern of Jesus for men, There vas nothing he would not give. The cross is a window into the heart of God, At the cross the sin and the pain and the need of the world mounted up end reached the very heart of the eternal. God not rely beholds eternal, Goth not only behold our 1 l our sorrows, but is one with them. The cross was a throne. Even from the rude and bitter throne he rules. Before he died one of the malefactors trusted him as King and Saviour, crying as his spirit took its flight, "Remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom." Not unattended did the:L• ord pass into the unseen. He tools with hien a faithful subject, the first of an innumerable com- pany. among whom we may be counted. The cross is an ending, a con- elusion, one of the great ful- filling moments of time. "I have glorified thee on the earth," Jesus said on the eve of his passion. The one thing left for hint to do or suffer when he uttered these words was to die upon the cross. Having thus fulfilled Itis purpose, 110 cried in triumph with his last , breath, "It is finished:' The cross is a great beginning, i It is the starting 'point of the r world's most important activities. It is the fountainhead of the ' sacrifices which have gone forth to heal humanity. It is the birth- place of the only hopes which cheer human life today. 1t is the opening of the doors of the great- est experiences possible to man- kind. Thuupll poetry may wilt a sweetheart it seldom wins high royalties. The chances are about 11 7.000 to 1 of Li, poem garnering "decent" royalties, ,lames Whit- comb Riley. did alt right, though. With his "An Old Sweetheart of Ming" which netted him royei- ics of 5500 a word. y LEN '1 / tM + ly CsoWdtt 5tnitIA l(eep It Simple It 1s usually a mistake and espetiaily so where space is Jing ilei 10 be too formal in planting' about the house, Straight rows 01 flowers, shrubs and trees look stiff and artificial. Flowers pars ticularly wi11 make a better show if arranged in clumps with the smaller . sorts in froth and the „ larger ones grouped to the rear. The same is true of shrubbery. Unless the grounds are very large, one should be content With only one or two trees. The Main idea is to screen a bit of the house and the fences here and thele but not to hide the lines completely. With shrubbery and trees it is important. to remem- ber the full size at maturity and allow plenty of room. Big things planted close to walls will have no room to develop properly. The Lawn There are only a few funda- mentals to bear in mind, in the handling of a lawn. The first of these is good quality seed espec- ially prepared for lawns, not just some cheap, coarse grasses which will soon become ragged. The seeond point is to realize that grass is a plant and needs food and care just the same as a flow- er or a vegetable. Grasses thrive best in cool damp weather, therefore it is most important that the ground be prepared and the seed sown as soon as possible in the spring, and in any case before the really hot weather commences. 1£ this is not possible one should wait until early fall. Because lawns are permanent, it is much easier to get the soil well worked, fine and level be- fore seeding than afterwards, For obvious reasons the seed should be sown on a day when there is no wind and it is best to go over theof 7 twice,r Pb oadcastin g one way, then the other. Because the plants are tender, at first espec- ially so, it is advisable to cut" with a very sharp mower. Well rooted manure, and chemical fer- tilizers rich in nitrogen are rec- ommended for lawns and also an occasional application of bone meal. Well fed grass will crowd out most weeds. The rest can be handled with some of the new 2-4-D chemical sprays, To Seve Time One of the quickest ways to produce flowers and vegetables is to use started plants. These canout i o g outside almost as soon as it is safe to sow seeds. If handled carefully one can have flowers and new vegetables at least two weeks ahead of usual in this way. Another trick is to sow some seed of each packet a week or two before the normal time and then protect the young seedlings with paper caps, panes of glass or upturned flower pots until the weather really turns warm. Some people start a hill of melons, squash or even corn • in a berry box indoors, then plant box and all outside without dia • Curbing roots. Spread Tllein Out It is a mistake to plant all the vegetable seed in one afternoon. Far tuore satisfaction will result and much larger total yields as well as finer quality, where each packet is roughly di'lded into three parts, The first and smell est of these parts is 50W11 on ilia early side and if they coma through without serious frost we have some extra early vegetables. The second or stain sowing goes in atthe regular time, then front a fortnight to three weeks late1 we make the last sowing. With some quick maturing things like beans, carrots and beets, one can make even more sowings at in•• tervals of a fortnight, In the warmer sections of the country' It is possible to go right on plant- ing most vegetables up to early July. By spreading out in thio way we not 0111y get a continuous supply' of vegetables but we get that supply right at its best qual- ity, To extend the season still further experts adopt the practise of sowing two or three different types of the main vegetable, aux early maturing sort, a medium one and a late one. This Is a par- ticularly sound policy with suck things as garden peas and corn as the former must go in fairly early to get a start during the cool weather and the latter is not safe much before danger from the last frost is over. Real Speed! Jet plane speeds of X0,000 miles an hour—fifteen times as last ' as the earth rotates— are possible within the foreseeable future, Prof. Frederick N. Teichmann,. told a Cooper Union audience last week. He based his prediction on the expectation that jet engines of 500,000 pounds thrust and equal to 125 times the power of today's aircraft piston engines will be developed. Speeds of 20,- 000 miles u demand auto- matic uta-matic controls because nobody can make a decision in a split second. So we may expect the invention of electronic guidance systems that tat will "thinly" and decide what to do 10,000 times more rapidly than can the Truman, brain. The fully autdmatic air- plane of the future may be crew - less if it is to fly mail and trans- port cargo across the continent and the ocean. Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking 6 N29 a Mad 15s1� a 5 V 21 N an -loss Id LOo2f sa90N®1 la 121f4 NO 11dS 1 1 11y y B t3 2i'D 9lV 9 S3db1a dNaddV z� p ECHO OL70©ERIn121 . ROE riJ©©1 DUOS_ ©iL'J'. •MOO 1 t.incolo Gets Ringside Seat --One of London's most famous statues, the figure of Abraham Lincoln, is getting a protective covering as co safeguard for Queen Elizabeth's coronation,' The Royal proces- sion will pass through Parliament Square before the statue. Stands hove been erected in the square. • JITTER r 012,0g, ,... LOOKS L1k[ THAT CADDY YM'Y•VRA 10 to TRou91,5 r cores NOON ;TELL • _ /Me 140W ,MANN OP 'MIS t• x.. � , MAN'S r'4ACNF.S You 1 tt • 0 ,cofc 56Y CAN PAY NJM! By Arthur ?ointer