The Brussels Post, 1949-3-2, Page 7Rockets Aren't New
The first recorded use of rockets
was by the Chinese who used tltetu
in warfare. some 18 centuries ago.
The Chinese also .used rockets ht
connection witlt firework displays.
it was not, however, until early
in the 19th century that the rocket
was used in European warfare,
Developed by Sir William Congre,
an Englishman, rockets were tired
from small boats against the city
of Boulogne, doing considerable
property damange and setting fire
to buildings at distance well be-
yond the range of ordinary gunfire.
It may be noted that the "rockets'
red glare" so familiar in "The Star-
Spangled Banner" came from rock-
ets fired from special British "rock-
et shops," and the "bombs bursting
In air" were their war heads
exploding.
Rockets were widely used int
World War I in signal flares, and
at sea rockets similar to Victoria
Day skyrockets not only send up
distress signals when necessary but
also are used to "shoot" lines to
wrecked ships. At eight the trail
of fire from the rockets is of consi-
derable assistance in tracing their
course through the darkness.
Attempts have been made to ap-
ply rocket propulsion to automo-
biles. Such vehicles, however, are
not likely to become common for
sone time. For one thing, rockets
are not very efficient at slow speeds,
their long suit being propulsion at
velocities around that of sound.
Then, too, rocket explosions from
a city full of such vehicles would
be noisy as a dozen boiler factories
and would fill the air with unde-
sirable products of combustion.
If, however, regular flights to the
noon ever become an actuality, the
craft will very likely have some
form of rocket propulsion, for the -
rocket engine reaches its peak effi-
ciency in "airless" space.
Brick -Laying Test
The Building Research Station of
Great Britain's Department of Scien-
tific and Industrial Research has
been critically examining the meth-
ods of building small houses in an
effort to reduce costs, Its latest
study deals with laying bricks and
blocks of stone, concrete and clay.
Though British materials and prac-
tices alone were considered, Can-
adian builders can learn something
front the findings.
At the outset the investigating
dtgineers found that bricks had not
changed much in size since ancient
times. The standard size has been
9 incites in length by 4?= inches in
width, but the thickness has stead-
ily increased from 16_ inches in
medieval English brick to nearly
double that thickness today. British
bricks conte in two standard sizes.
In spite of edicts ancient and
modern, there is still no real uni-
formity in British bricks.
The Building Research Station
wanted to arrive at a building block
which could be laid speedily, which
would be reasonable in cost and
which would be about as serviceable
as 'brick. Accordingly studies,
chiefly time studies, were made of
workers who were given blocks that
could be laid with one hand or two
hands or that could be lifted only by
two sten.
Wide variations in work consump
tion were recorded for the various
blocks.. The common brick took
approximately four times as long
to lay as an equivalent volume of
large concrete blocks, On the"oth-
er hand, the much higher cost of
concrete and other blocks in Great
Britain more than offset any saving
in labor.
Labor utilization on the site was
low, though not lower than on a
regular commercial contract, Much
time was needlessly lost, Only a
quarter of the bricklayer's total
time was spent in productive work,
another quarter was given up to un-
avoidable delays, so that half of the
paid tinte.was lost.
W, Kinniburgh and L. S. Val-
iance, who apparently had charge of
the study, reached the conclusion
that "the great and more immediate
economy must result from the erad-
ication of notch of the not-produc-
five time on the hnilding site."
SALLY'S SALLIES
'We're not models; we're swim -
mere. So please fire that gun!"
Plenty Of Them
A passenger boarded a crowded
streetcar'atld handed the condtictsx
a $5 bill, saying apologetically, "I'm
afraid I haven't a nickel,"
.'Don't worry," 'the conductor
assured him szissslY. "ht :, tniuutr
you'll have 99,"
Unscheduled Railroad Stops.—These pictures dramatically illustrate the implacable grip with
which recent blizzards paralyzed transportation in western states. The Burlington train in the
top photo was stalled for 17 hours and -passengers, including many children, were without food
for 15 hours. Lower photo shows two steam locomotives, almost completely covered by roof -
high drifts.
It seems almost incredible, but we
learn on good authority that this
season hatcheries in Canada and the
.United States will throw away
something like FIVE BILLION
hatching eggs—which is a whole
lot of hen fruit' and no fooling,
Those eggs will either be infertile,
or won't hatch, even though fertile,
* * *
Poultrymen have to pay for those
eggs, either in the form of higher
costs chicks, leo chicks at all, or in
the forst of lower returns for the
eggs that they sell from their breed-
ing flocks.
* * *
And a big part of that same loss
is needless, and can be prevented
by better management of breeding
flocks, and better care of the eggs,
both on the farm and in the hatch-
ery—or at least that's the opinion
of Dr. M. W. Olsen, who should
know what he's talking about as
!se's recognized as an outstanding
expert.
* * *
Failure of fertile eggs to hatch
accounts for perhaps two thirds of
the treutet-dons loss. And while
hatchability is a complicated charac-
teristic that can be inherited, there's
a lot that the flock owner can do
to step up hatchability. The big
thing is to see that his birds get
the proper sort of diet.
* * *
Breeding birds need plenty of
vitamins A and D, riboflavin, cal-
cium and manganese, And they'll
produce more eggs that are hatch-
able on animal proteins than they
will on vegetable proteins.
Hatcherymeu can avoid much loss
by not setting extra large eggs, mis-
shapen or elongated eggs, eggs
s
with poor shells, ontho e contain-
lug blood spots, Eggs should be
held at as near fifty degrees as pos-
sible. Rough handling of eggs will
cut hatchability,
* * *
Infertile eggs account for the
other third of the wastage. Most
infertility, says Dr. Olsen, is due
to the male birds and the way they
are handled, Other causes of in-
fertility listed are frozen coombs, cold
buildings, faulty diets, disease and
bad management,
* * *
Whatever the actual reasons, the
loss amounts to three out of every
eight hatching eggs produced —
more than enough, in 1947, to fill
2450 .freight cars, And that's far
too mans
t * *
Are you r .illy using all your
farm? There's a man named Clyde
Hefner, who owns a 160 -acre farm,
who honestly believes that improv-
ing the land he already has offers
, better returns than buying more
acres, "Many fields present prob-
lents that tan be solved with a little
engineering," tie says, "Drainage is
.the big problem on many, many
fields."
Hefner has put his belief into
practice too. He started two years
ago by removing an old hedge fence
which had grown into good-sized
trees. At a cost of $10 a rod
he engaged a bulldozer to do this
work—to bulldoze the hedge and
pile it for burning. This 'added con-
siderable good soil to the farm and
a neat wire fence now replaces the
hedge.
* * *
About the same time he started a
new tiling project which wasn't
completed till last spring.
One of his greatest improvements
was made in straightening a creek
that meandered across the farm in
many curves, Along its course big
willows grew thickly on the banks,
'A smaller creek also contained many
acre -wasting bends. Last fall this
smaller creek was cleaned out and
straightened,
* * ti
When this was finished a bull-
dozer was engaged to bulldoze out
120 rods of willows along the larger
creek ,and pile then for burning.
This cost $285—tnch was more
money than for any of the outer
work done.
Next, a steam shovel and operator
were engaged to straighten and
deepen the creek. Instead of wand-
ering in curves over some of the best
fields one the place, the new ditch
was dug in a straight line along one
edge of the farm,
* 1 *
"In additions to giving us more
tillable acreage," reports Hefner,
we thick what we saved most on is
the overflow in the spring which
washed all kinds of debris and weed
seeds onto our farm. Now we'll be
able to hold washed soil and build
up its fertiity." Sounds as though
the man really has something!
Curiosity
A woman fainted at a Los Angeles
comer and was carried into a drug-
store. The inevitable crowd formed
and latecomers asked, "What hap-
pened?" In some mysterious man-
ner, word got started that ,the bank
across the srteet was being robbed,
In a few minutes, an ambulance
summoned for the lady came up,
and officers shouldered their way
through the mob into the bank.
Eventually the people began won-
dering why they were standing
there. No one knew.
By this time the lady who had
fainted walked out of the drugstore
under her own power. Seeing the
crowd, she asked what was going
an, "Something over at the batik,"
a hystender said,
Helpful Hants
For Ho ' sewiv s
Try adding a little diced bacon
to hamburger when frying it. The
mixture provides its own fat for
frying, leaving the hamburger more
moist and with a very different and
pleasing taste. We think that four
slices of bacon Is just the right
amount for each pound of ham-
burger,
t, * *
You'll find it's more efficient to
sew the pocket on the left side of
your apron, rather than on the con-
ventional right. Then it never gets
caught, in .the .vacuum -cleaner
switch, the handle of the food chop-
per, and other equipment.
* * *
'Don't lose your temper when you
burn the pea soup. Onion juice add-
ed to it will help remove that
scorched taste, A tablespoon of on-
ion juice of each three cups of pea
soup will be about the right propor-
tion,
If you "wringer -iron" your hus-
band's wash pants, the children's
overalls, and your own slacks, you
can shorten ironing -day chores by
quite a few steps. Wash and rinse
the trousers. Then when they're in
the last rinse water, fold the pleats
of the trousers together as you
would if you were going to iron
them. Place both trouser legs to-
gether, hold them firm and straight,
and run them through the wringer.
For a smoother, nicer crease, put
htem through the wringer a second
time. When you hang them to dry,
fasten by the cuffs without separa-
ting the trouser legs. No ironing
necessary.
* * *
Thimble a little too large for
your finger? Tryputting a
stripof
adhesive tape around the inside to
make it fit.
* * tl
To .sweeten, the .vacuum -bottle
cork, it's a good idea to soak it
occasionally in a baking -soda solu-
tion. If you've ever been frustrated
trying to keep the cork submerged,
you'll appreciate this tip, Just wedge
the cork into a small glass, and the
cork can be covered completley,
* * *
Wltett hanging the hent of a dress,
have the wearer stand on the top
stair or on a landing staircase. The
person who marks the item should
sit a few steps lower. This avoids
many a backache in accomplishing
the task, A sturdy table also will
provide the height which makes the
job quicker and more comfortable.
Julie Was
Nineteen
illy
JdIlieee M. Mitchell
To say that Julie ova- sorely
disappointed when a very plump
woman sank into the front seat be-
side her on the bus would be only
part truth. Julie was toad clear
through. Especially so since a whole
string of slim, dark young Wren filed
on the bus with that careless ease of
men who ]snow how to go places.
Julie thought that she counted
eighteen of these young men but
the plump woinan remarked
pleasantly as Julie craned her neck,
"You don't need to move, my dear.
I don't mind in the least having
someone in the seat next to me• I
always reserve this front seat so's
I can see where the bus is going,
I feel almost as if I'm driving my-
self,"
The last young man was swing-
ing into the bus now and he paused
before the plutnp woman. Poking
her amiably on the shoulder he said
firmly, "I want two chicken legs
for dinner, see? I gotta eat, under-
stand me—I'm on no diet! I, want
mushroom sauce, tool"
"Oh, you do, do you?" said the
plump woman cheerfully. "Scat
along to your seat and eat what I
put before youl I may even give
you liver and bacon if 1 feel like it."
Behind her, Julie could hear one
of the young men singing in low
tortes. His seatmate joined in pres-
ently and they appeared to be sing-
ing a part -song. Julie turned rest-
lessly. She knew the song well.
There were three notes wrong.
Suddenly, she found herself hum-
ming the melody properly,
"Sing it for them, my dear,"
urged the plump woman. 'They're
not getting - fresh. They're my
boys—'
Your boys! Not all eighteen of
them?" asked Julie in horror.
The woman laughed comfortably.
"Well, the one who stopped to talk
is mine. He'a the leader of the
orchestra. But the others have all
been with us a long time and they're
all A-1 fellows. They've put the
music with the luggage and they
won't have much time to rehearse
when we get there. They'll all give
me a hand with the cooking."
"Maybe when they get going,
they can hire a dietician," said Julie
gently.
"Bless your heart, Jon makes
three thousand 'e week clear," she
said in her pleasant fashion. "Sing
the song for them, deariel'
Julie half turned in her seat and
with blushing checks sang the mel-
ody in low, clear notes. The others
in the bus joined in. The one called
Jon came to stand beside his moth-
er's chair,
"If you had a wardrobe — and
wanted a job — I could put you
on tonight," he cold Julie, "Just be-
fore we started I had a telegram
front our soloist and site's in some
hospital with tonsilitis Bad luck for
her but she can't sing for months,
Well, do you want the job?"
"I have an amethyst strapless
chiffon," Julie told him.
Jot turned questioning eyes to
his mother. "The 'silver drop behind
her, Mont?"
His mother nodded. "Volt didn't
mention the salary to her, Son,"
'r a week to
"We'll saymd ed
W a ht
start Jon Gardner's Swing Or-
ceatra is the name — in case you
don't know."
11EIDTEVIE
PAINS
f�..:
'•Anti --. MO.. 301(5,- Die L4- ran,
ton," said Julie.
"Oh, y':_,, but we'll add cuur stare
of the radio proceeds. We have a
profit-sharing stunt antnngi.t Our-
selves on that," said joie tias•dnee
casually.
And Julie, looking tip at bion,
dropped her eyes. She didn't waist
to acknowledge so 5onit just ]now
much she liked him — now! And
even at this moment site could int
agine Joe's shining eyes and his,
"Aw-gee Sis!•' when he learned that
she was to be the soloist with Jon
Gardners Swing Orchestra. In a
fashion Jon reminded Iter of her
brother, Joe. When a girl of nine-
teen goes maternal, she is falling in
love. -
Julie was nineteen.
Sounds Like A Show
Really Worth Seeing
Travelling by train, bus, plane
boat and car, sportsmen and lovers
of the out-of-doors from all parts of
Canada, the United States and even
Great Britain, will invade Toronto
on March 18 for the second an-
nual Canadian National Sportsmen's
Show which will be held in the Coli-
seum from March 18 to 26, Indica-
tions are that it will be the finest
springtime exhibition ou this contn-
ent.
Among the many highlights will
be Canada's largest boat and marine
show, sports demonstrations, a fash-
ion revue, Indian and Eskimo vii•.
lages, a sportsman's international
competition and exhibition of out-
door photography, a conservation
exhibit of all forms of Canadian
wildlife, two one -day dog shows,
obedience trials and a cat show.
There will also be a sensational
stage and tank show with 14 of the
most outstanding, acts available on
this or any other continent. Un-
doubtedly the most thrilling feature
of this phase of the Sportsman's
Show will be Sharkey the sensation-
al trained scat with acrobatic, music-
al and juggling talents.
Sharkey, now 13 years old, travels
in water at a speed estimated at 70
miles an hour and can leap five feet
above the surface of the water if the
tank is deep enough to afford a good
"take -off."
Other acts on the program of the
stage and tank show include bath-
ing beauties, retrieving dogs, high
and trick diving, log rolling, roller
skating, canoe tilting and another
animal act starring Rosie, the Holly-
wood bear.
Warninh
lir :\,,;oa prearlier had -.1c., a•
fully , --, o algid the rnct that tie
had s.•rred aterns in prison, but
years of upright living had not de-
stroyed his fear of exposure.
One Sunday, on rising 10 begin
his sermon, his heart sank ou see-
ing in ohs of the front pews a form-
er cell -mate. Quick thinking was
necessary. He fixed his eye on tete
stranger and delivered himself slow-
ly and impressively:—
"Alt take mah text dis 'no'nia°
frons de sixty-fo' chapter an' de
hundre'th verse —oh de Gospel ob
Saint John. which says, 'Dem as
sees use an' knows me an' says
nothin', dein will Ah see later.'"
Militant Landlord
The Rev, Wallace J. Murphy,
honorary president of the Prop-
erty Owners' Association of
America, who roused a storm of
protest in announcing the mass -
eviction notices mailed by Tulsa
property owners as a protest
against renewal of rent controls,
looks over his mail while in bed
in Tulsa, Okla. Physicians or-
dered the minister to bed after
a mild heart attack, but Murplyy
promised to carry on his crusade
agalnat government rent controls.
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