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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1950-2-8, Page 3991.990919691. 91109I Sraa's Revertiga By Richard hill Willchrson "I'm going t� get even with that man if it's the last thing T dol" Ina Carlton's . eyes were blazing, her cheeks flushed, "1 presume," saki Marlene Dale, "that you refer to lloyiston's famous bachelor, Phil Bacon?" "You know very well whom I mean! You were there. You saw hint snub mel Right in front of all those other girls! Oh, I can still see their hideous, laughing fares!" • Marlene sat down on the edge of • the divan. "You're a little idiot to act this way, Ina. And you're not playing fair with Phil, He didn't snub you! He merely treated you as he does all the other girls in town. We all like him, we'd all like to know hits better. The fact that he's trying to stay a bachelor mall he gets his real estate business built up doesn't justify your anger." This from her best friend was small consolation, Ina began to scheme for revenge. Secretly, she Loved Phil Bacon. An idea came abruptly. It took form slowly, but by the time she had reached home, she had formed a definite plan. Early the next morning, Ina en- tered the office of Phil Bacon & Co. Phil, good looking, friendly, greeted his visitor warmly, though with a certain rescue. "Good •morning," said Ina bright- ly. "['re Ina Carlton, Perhaps you remember that we were introduced two days ago at Mrs, Whipple's party. "Indeed l do remember, Mise Carlton. Is there anything I can do?" His business -like tones were dis- couraging, "Yes, there is. You see, we have a piece of property—an old house—out on the Mendon Road. Last night father decided to dispose of it and asked me to drop in and see you about the matter." Phil's eyes shone. "Miss Carlton, I believe T can dispose of that prop - arty for you within two days. • A man was in here yesterday and asked about it, Do you think $10,000 would suit your father?" "I think," said Ina, "that would be fine." Phil smiled. "I'll get in touch with my prospect today." And, he "Don't you see? Father doesn't own this place! It was a mean, silly trick, I'm sorry." looked deep into her eyes, "I'nt mighty grateful to you for thls op- portunity, Miss Carlton." "I'm glad," said Ina, "of the op- portuniti' to help you." Ina left the real estate office and went in search of Marlene. She felt the need of congenial company. But Marlene wasn't home, and so she strolled out on the Mendon Road. Her thoughts were disturbed. The seriousness of what she had done, now that her anger had cooled, began to develop in her mind. After all, she thought, it was only her own selfishness that prompted the idea, By the time she had reached the old colonial house, Ina had about made up her mind to swallow her pride and confess to Phil. She shuddered at the' thought, and then suddenly her heart ceased beating. Phil's roadster was in the drive. Moreover, there was Phil himself talking with a stranger in the front yard. Ina ran up the drive, Phil turned at the sound of her cry, left his companion and came to meet her. "Phil—Mr. Bacon) Don't let him buy! Doh'tl You'll be arrested!" She was breathless. "I wanted to get revenge because you snubbed me, so I—I—" Phil stated at her. "1 don't be- ileveol understand." "Don't you see! Father doesn't - own this place! I merely said he did so you'd sell it and get in trouble with the real owner. It was a mean, silly trick. I'm sorry!" Phil's features relaxed. "Why, I'm glad you told me, Ina—Mise Carlton. And about that snub- bing, too. T really wanted to know you better; but—well, it didn't seem possible that such a pretty girl would be interested in me." "But—but then you haven't sold the house?" "Well, not exactly, I bought it Myself a weep ago. That man you sae up there is my architect. I was explaining to ]tiro the changes that I wanted made." Have You Ever Lived Before? itlillions believe that they have itad a previous existeure on earth— and will live again, There is evi- dence for this belief, There was the case of tate little girl who told fielding Hall, author of that great work, The Soul of a People, of her previous life as a man who ran a marionette show. Not only did she show a remark- able knowledge of the ntauipulatpn of the 'puppets when first given some, but she actually recited por- tions of dialogue from puppet plays which she had neither seen nor read, Far more conyincing was the fact that she described the place where she had previously lived and also some of her former relations and friends, Some of the latter are still living: they confirmed every word the child had said. Vishwa Nath, as a boy of three, described in minute detail his for- mer life in Pilibhit, India. At last his parents were persuaded to take hint there. •He identified relatives and places exactly and immediately and told of his life at a certain school, Infant Prodigies H pointed out his former home, now in ruins, and when shown a group photo of the late owner and some friends picked out by, name firstly the man he said had formerly been his uncle—and then himself its his former life! The mother of the young man he claimed to have been questioned hint thoroughly; he ansewcred every one of her questions accu- ately and without a moment's hesi- tation. In like manner he answered the questions of two men who had been his schoolfellows in his for- mer life, But we do not need to go to the East for such instances, Shaw Des- mond wrote his novel` Echo "From earth memories which I have had since a child of my fife as gladiator in the Roman arenas." Authorities of that period speak of it as amazingly accurate, though the author had not at that time studied old Rome in any book. The same astonishing knowledge of a vanished age was shown by Joan Grant in her novel Winged Pharaoh. Shaw Desmond himself has ex. autined several such cases, and writes of a child of five who was taken to a city hundreds of mass away, to which it had never been in its present life. "I have lived in that city," the child had' said. On arrival he led his parents through a maze of streets to the house he had so thin• utely described. Still more astound- ing, people who had known the child in his previous, incarnation testi- fied to the accuracy of his mem- ories. Then there are the prodigies such as Mozart, who composed and play- ed at the age of five, Yehudi Menu hie, who went only eleven astound- ed Toscanin[ by the depth and ma- turity of hls playing, so that the maestro said that he knew no vio- linist of any age to surpass hire. Most amazing of all was two- year-old Andre Lenoir, who multi- plied in a moment any five -figure number by any other five -figure number before the astounded pro- fessors of Brussels. All these children demonstrated abilities which they would simply not have had time to acquire in their short lives. From where did they bring them? Perhaps more convincing than these few instances of remembered past lives—there a number of multi- tude of others—is the number of •eminent thinkers through the ages who have believed in the theory of reincarnlition. Plato and Pytha goras, Hegel and Hume, Sir Hum- phrey Davey and Alfred Russel Wallace, and the great psychologist Cesare Lombroso, to name but a few It is the very. basis of Buddhists and Hinduism, and was taught by many Fathers of the Christian Church. A number of Roman Cath- olic .ecclesiastics, including Arch- bishop Passavalli, have accepted it as true, L ping Up—For Dry Bread—In Athens—Small boys front the Athens, Greece, "Children's City" lite up for a slice of bread, part of some 2200 loaves made from the millionth ton of Western 'Nation aid to arrive in Greece, The flour was made into bread by Greek army- and distributed and distributed to relief agencies sponsored by Queen :Fredericka. There is evidence, too, that Christ Himself both accepted 1 and taught it, He did not rebuke His disciples for suggesting .that a certain man Wright have been born blind as a re- sult of his own sins, and said of John the Baptist; "If ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come." (Matt, xi, 14). But for many present-day believ- ers in reiucarnation 1 is neither the evidence of people such as Vishwa Nall nor the great weight of authority which is decisive. They believe because it is so reasonable a theory, If the universe is based on order and justice it seems to be, indeed, the only theory that fits the facts. It seems unjust that a child should be born suffering front some physi- cal, mental, or social handicap. There is no injustice if he is so handicapped because his previous conduct has made such a lesson necessary for him. Or it may be that previous experience has so strength- ened his character that he is ready and able to face such a test—and triumph over itl Irfay life not be, in fact, a school? We continue to return until we have been through every class and learnt alt the lessons thoroughly—till we are strong enough to endure both advartisy and prosperity. Promo- tion is only on Merit: none can learn our lessons for us, A Grim Theory? There are many who find it diffi- cult to accept the teaching that for perhaps fifty years of evil living— however bad —a just God will con- demn erring human beings to an eternity of torment. There is liter. ally no proportion—between offence and punishment. For the reincarnationist, however, there is neither reward nor punish- ment. A man reaps that alone which he sows, If he puts his hand into the fire he gets burned, until he learns not to play with fire. Yet there are few who can learn this lesson in one life. Moreover, if this is the only life, there are evidently many who can and do play with fire without getting burned. At first sight this may seem a somewhat grim theory, yet it is not so. There is not one of us who can- not eventually learn by experience the laws of God and nature by which matt may live a happy and useful life—whether on this earth or elsewhere. It is only by learning through experience that we really make this knowledge our own. So for each one of us there is in- finite hope; there is always a chance to do better. Have you ever said: "I wish I could have my life over again?" Well, maybe you cant A man is known by the company he dodges. Silence isn't always golden. Some- times it is just,guilt, For Mine Safety—At the New Crosshands Colliery, British coal thine, the inventors of a power -operated support to guard coal misters from cave-ins resulting from boring of blasting ex- amine a scale -model Named the Tromit, the steel -arched safety device is operated by remote Control. Granted New Canadian Patent Acetylsalicylic acid has proven to be one of the most reliable and effective agents in the treatment of rheumatism and arthritis over the years. The best known acetylsalicy- lic acid preparation is sold under the trade name of "Aspirin" in Canada. A recent development for the treatment of rheumatism and ar- thritis has been the combining of a hitherto little -used compound, calcium succinate, with acetylsalicy- lic acid. This compound, calcium succinate, renders the acetylsalicy- lic acid non toxic, allowing large, prolonged dosage to be taken with no harmful side effects. This combination of acetylsalicy- lic acid and calcium succinate has become one of the widest used me- thods of therapy in the world for the treatment of rheumatism and arthritis. Dolcin Limited of Toronto recently were granted a patent in Canada for the use of this com- bination en the treatment of arthri- tis and rheumatism. Scientific Facts About "Hangovers" It isn't necessary to suffer that "morning after" feeling --at least it isn't according to the Danish bi- ologist, Dr. Erik Jacobson, who has been conducting a scientific in- vestigation into alcohol and hang- overs. He has written an exhaustive trea- tise in which he describes how a person (if he feels that way and his hank balance can stand it) can drunk and never have a hangover, become drunk and never have a hangover. He also explains that it is quite possible for a person to get delirium tremens ("D.T,") even though he may be a strict teetotaller. * N, * It seems that if you are content with a single whiskey or a glass of beer every hour and a quarter, the alcohol percentage in your blood will neither rise nor fall. Though it would be a futile tiling to do, you could go on drinking all day long at that rate and remain sober. Your liver would be getting rid of the alcohol as fast as you swallowed it. But what can be done to avoid the hangover headache? The secret, according to the doctor, is to eat while you are dninlcing, preferably something rich in protein such as meat. Drinking on a full stomach will also reduce the chances of a hang- over and retard the intoxicating effect, Drinking on an empty stomach can snake you dizzy within a few minutes, because the alcohol then passes almost directly into the blood stream. And the more concentrated the drink the more quickly it its absorbed, • Soda -water, so innocent and harm- less when taken by itself, acts like a super -charger when mixed with al- cohol; it speedo tip absorption. A hangover headache is caused through the increase in pressure of the fluid surrounding the brain. With most people a good prevent- ative is to take one or two aspirin tablets after the party and before going to bed, Hard drinking is not always the cause of delirium tremens, It is what doctors call a '`deficiency di- sease" resulting form the lack of Vitmnir 11 The confirmed toper finds, that nest of the energy he needs to carry on drinking and keep alive comes from the calories contained in the drink. He is inclined to eat much less than normally. What he does eat is seldom rich in vitamins,ebut because he gets no vitamin B he develops "D. T,s, Alcohol has a paralysing effect on the r ervous system. The centres governing self-restraint are first at- tacked. People drink because they find alcohol relieves them of tension. In fact, some "advanced" thinkers have suggested that alcohol in mo- deration is the only effective medi- cine for people whose lives are bound by fc ustration and mono- tony, How To Wax Camera Prints Most amateur photographers, particularly camera club photogra- phers, wax their prints. Generally after the prints are mounted. The print is placed on a level, solid surface. A piece of cardboard or an old print is placed against the sides and edges of the print and wax, such as simonize automobile wax, is applied with cotton. A light coat should be first applied in one direc- tion. It should be left to dry for about 30 minutes and then lightly polished with cotton. Then a second coat should be applied its the direc- tion opposite. This gives the print greater depth, luster and quality. Canadians Chart Worms' Behavior Until Drs, A. P. Arneson, R. A. Fuller and J. W. T, Spinks, three Canadian research scientists, came along last month with a communica- tion in Science, not much was known about the movement of worms in the soil, There was noth- ing for it but to dig up the grubs or larvae and note their positions at the time, Drs. Arneson, Fuller and Spanks hit on the idea of making the worms radioactive; so that their movements above ground could be followed with a Geiger -Muller counter, How were the larvae of the worms to be made radioactive., Feeding theta with radioactive food was not practicable, It was decided to insert a radioactive cobalt wire into the body of a worth. Surviving cutwor'm's and wirewortns behaved normally after the wire had been inserted. There was no loss of movement. The wire was shed with the skin et the right tints, Nor were bad , effects from the gamma rays noted. For lack of enough radioactive cobalt wire the Canadians fixed a speck of radioactive cobalt metal in the tail notch of grubs with some plastic. There was no difficulty in following underground movement's. This method made it possible to tell where the larvae were in a hori- zontal plane. But how deep wore they? And how could their move - up and down be noted? The Cana- dians calibrated their instrumento for varying soil depths, Theirs is the first recorded method of following both horizontal and vertical move- ment at the same time. The Cana- dians promise to find out how under- ground grubs respond to tempera, term, light, soil moisture, soil type, soli firmness and various foods and chemicals, New House -Building Method Promises Better, Cheaper Homes Nearing completion in Norfolk, Va., is one of the world's most unusual housing projects. Spon- sored by Nelson Rockefeller's In- ternational Basic Eeonotny Corp- oration, the !rouses are built of con- crete and are themselves not dra- matically different from the run of small, concrete, modern houses; but their • method of construction is startlingly different. Indeed, they may, as the sponsors hope, open a new era in low-cost house con- struction. For the central point of departure in these houses is that they are erected with the sweep, cost, and machinery with which great highways are built. The "Norfolk hooses, which are expected to be the prototype of much larger projects in other parts of the world, stem from the draw- ing board of Wallace Harrison. When 1 visited him the other day in his Radio City office, he said his first thought had been about a more or less conventional house. something built of wood and full of gadgets like automatic dishwash- ers, writes Robert A. Mullen, is The Christian Science Monitor. Then, during the war, had followed his phase of thinkingof houses as a "machine for living." During this period, he had explored with a ma- jor airplane firth the idea of apply- ing aeronautical experience to mass house building. But after the war, lit became clear to him, and to the Rockefellere, that the world's most urgent need was not for gadgets, for aesthetics, or fancier ways of living. The need was just simply for plain houses to protect from weather and provide a minimum standard of comfort. Then, one day in Venezuela, the bright idea came. The Rockefellere have extensive projects is Vene- zuela, and at one point needed a couple of houses for executive per- sonnel, Mr. Harrison discovered that to erect two rather modest prefab houses of United States de- sign would cost about $20,000 per house. By coincidence, at the same time he wanted 22 acres of swampland filled in as a site for a warehouse. He asked a local contractor who was building some roads for an oil company what it would cost to do the filling job. The contractor looked at a near -by hill and opined that with his big earth -moving ma- chinery, he could cut the hill down and fill the swamp for not more than $20,000. In other words, you could move a mountain in Vene- zuela for the price of a five -room house! In this vivid fashion, Mr. Harri- son was reminded of the widely ac- ceped fact that the cheapest sort of construction known to modern man is road building. His thoughts inevitably roamed in hat direction, coming up with the question: Why not use road -building machinery to construct houses? Back at his Long Island estate, he began a series of experiments all aimed at using giant road -con- struction equipment to build the world's best cheap house. He was very glad to settle on concrete, It has many advantages, especially in tropical climates where destructive insects gittickly spoil soft woods and In regions where vermin and rod- ents are a hazard. Moreover, by use of certain kinds of aggregate, it cart be made a superior Insulation. Also, it is proof against fire and requires little pait't and otherwise minimum upkeep. More to the point, sand and gravel are among the most universal of the globe's materials. Road -building equipment, likewise, can be made available, Ile laid out a highway, coo. posed of a series of concrete slabs. Skipping the first square, or slab, he would place a portable forth or mold on the second. Title form would comprise the inside and out- side walls of a four -room house. He would fill this form with con- crete, let it set, remove the form. Then he would go hack to the first elab, lift it by patented vacuum lifting device means and place 1 on top of the just -completed room sec- tion to forth the roofl Mr. Harrison built two houses at his Long Island place, working out technical problems. For instance, he found that the corners tended to crack and found a way of making them thicker and stronger by using nylon -rubber tubes, inflated with air to act as corner fortes. When ready to remove forms, all he had to do was deflate the corner tubes. Getting the steel wall forms to slip off easily was a problem until a workman remembered an old -coun- try trick of washing the surface with a tannic acid solution. At Long Island, he used s. gantry crane, but at Norfolk he found that a bomber crane used during the war to clear air fields of crippled bomb- ers was ideal for lifting the room form and roof section. Of course, this still left & need for actual field experience, and especially cost experience. At Nor- folk, an especially acute housing shortage existed. So, at the request of a Norfolk businessman, the Rockefellere built 200 houses, meet- ing all federal housing administra- tion requirements. This job has shown that they can build a good, five -room, con- crete house, having automatic heat, good plumbing, but no gadgets, that will rent for $45 it month. If the house were to be sold, it would sell for approximately $5,000 to $5,500, land included. The house is roughly comparable, except for the attic, to the new houses one sees in suburbs selling for $8,000 to $11,000. Of course, "roughly com- parable" is a relative term and might not meet with universal agreement. It is true the houses are not especially pretty. They suffer from the sante fate as most modern con- crete houses in that they are square and squat. Yet they have a full- length window and a certain amount of shrubbery-, which goes with the house, may offset some of the angular uniformity of the group. However, these Norfolk houses were a pioneering effort, to lead the way for thousands of even more austere units in places of the world where any sort of roof is better than a leaky tent, or rat -ridden mud hut, where sanitation and protection must necessarily come before charm; and where a good, cheap house is just about the most hu- manitarian itent that can be offered. 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