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The Brussels Post, 1950-11-8, Page 3Tried To Tie Knot in Elephant's Trunk I mu.us . merir,n author, Ernes, Ilenthmwal wants to know why the world'!. heavyweight Lazing champion should be 0 utun. " Mit a gorilla?" he writes !u a French newspaper. "riin' the beast break. Why 001 ,Ioe 1,ouis versus 1 grizzly hear!' Such a match would be no more sensational titan others staged be I Ween 0100 and beast in tate. past. Two -town Tony Galenau, who was one of the leading contender., Inr the world's heavyweight boxing championship, and who .trained o0 beet' and cigars, once agreed to fight all octuplla in a tank of water. Somebody managed to tie boxing gloves on to the creature's ten, facies, and with these waving all round 111111 Tony "fought" his weird opponent until the octopus got an- noyed and tried to encircle the boxer's body with four tentacles it once, whereupon Tony- retired, bfost sensational man•wersus- beast contest was that between strong -man Eugene Saudow and a 500 lb. lion. This took place about 50 years ago at San Francisco, and Saudow won. I -Ie managed to get a bear - hug on the lion, squeezing it in a grip from which there was no escape. Then be flung it down and stood with his back towards it. The lion sprang. Saudow seized it in laid -air and flung it over his head. After that the lion had had enough and refused to fight any more. In 1808 another strong ratan, Louis Cyr, accepted an offer of four thoroughbred horses from the Duke of Westminster if he could hold two of them at a standstill, one on each arm. Pulling and straining in oppo- site directions with St, Cyr in the aniddle, the horses did not move and St, Cyr was declared the win- ner. - He sent the four thoroughbreds to Canada, where they were used to form an improved strain. In Mysore, an Indian wrestler, Ram Khasat, tried to tie a knot in the trunk of a bull elephant for a wager of ten thousand rupees. A stockade was built round the elephant's body, leaving only his head and trunk free, but after ten minutes' gruelling struggle the elephant's trunk almost tied a knot in Ram Khasat, who had to be rescued and taken to hospital. SALLY'S SALLIES The X-rays show nothing wrong, Doctor! Now should I consult a psychiatrist?" Reading This May Save A Life "Hi, jimmy! IIi, Teddy! How're my boys?" Frank Peters called from the tractor as he drove up to the machine shed, "Carl we ride?" cried three-year- old Ted and five-year-old jinn. "Nope, too dangerous," answered their dad as the motor stopped. But you can sit on it while I get tate picker ready." "Me first!" cried both boys in unison. Jimmy made it first by climbing ftp one side as Frank jumped ori the other, Mr. Peters went into the shed to check the corn picker, Sooti he was engrossed iu his work as the boys went on with their playidg, jimmy was enthroned on the tractor seat, working the steering wheel back and forth, "Chug, chug, chug! Here I comet" "Let me on, tool" cried Teddy. 1 wanna drive the tractors" "Aw, you're too young," answer- ed Jimmy. "Now look mutt I'm really going to start it." Jimmy touched the starter but- ton, The starter hummed, the trac- tor lurched forward, both Jimmy and Teddy cried out in terror. Frank came running from the shop, With fear in his heart, Frank picked Teddy up from where he had fallen beneath the tractor. But, luckily, neither yolntgster was hurt much. Teddy was bruised from his fall, and both boys were badly seared. Prattle sat 'on the tractor hutch, holding Both boys, He was weak now with the recognition that his ,thoughtlossness might have seri- ously hurt, or even killed, one or both of the youngsters, Right then Frank Peters resolved 111: 1, Never allow the boys to play on tractor or other machinery, 2, Always set the brake on the tractor When he stopped it. 3, Always shift gears to neutral when he stopped the tractor, lve Fall Flower I'robl.s Stray petals from autumn flowers are easily deale with by this efficient young homemaker, who whisks them away as they fall whit her carpet sweeper. T.TOMEMAKBRS who try to bring the beauty of autt,tmn into their homes in the form of flower arrangements often find them•' selves regretting the effort, Stift-stemmed fall flowers are often difficult to arrange, and when they begin shedding, spread petals in profusion all about' them. If you, too, have reached the point where you feel asters and chrysanthemums are better left in the garden or the florist shop, here are some tips that may help you regard them as more pleasure than bother, Use crumpled chicken wire in the base of your vase as a founda- tion for your flower arrangement, First All the chicken wire with' leaves, and then place the flower stems one by one, If your arrangement seems bunchy because of the heavy heads of the flower, include a few sprays of wild grass as background.' These will lend balance es well as grace. As the season wears on, and autumn blossoms become scarce, try using fruit and vegetables as centerpieces. Such homely kitchen provisions as eggplant and squash have rich color tones that can add decided beauty to your home. Much of the shedding of chrysanthemums can be avoided if care is taken to place them in a spot where they will not be brushed against. Bruised petals are the ones that tend to fall, When shedding starts, it helps to apply a drop of wax to the base of the loosened petals to hold them in place. This is done by holding a lighted candle over the crucial spot and allowing it to drip. To keep stray petals from marring the appearance of your home, keep the litter cleared away as they fall. Carpet sweepers etre excellent for quick clean-ups without back -bending, New models, which function efficiently without arm pressure from the user, make this a near -effortless chore. The trick is in the improved brush action which adjusts automatically to short. medium or long nap carpets, ell THINGS TO MAKE for CHRISTMAS Dusting mitts and apron. One-third yard of plonk's cloth makes a pair of handy, washable dusting mitts. Before cutting the cloth, stitch twice along one length of it, one inch from edge. Pull several rows of colored cotton yarn through just above this stitching, To do this, join the one colored yarn length to a monk's cloth thread; then pull mitt thread, and yarn will slide into place, When the trim is in, fringe the cloth edge to the stitching. This makes the lower edge of the dusting mitts. Now, fold one end in 8 inches and trace around band, with little fin- ger side resting along the fold. Cut out, allowing 54 -inch seam. Stitch cut edges three times, Turn right side out; embroider. Follow the same steps for the other dusting mitt, Dusting apron is made from yard of plonk's cloth. Using the same method of inserting colored yarn trim, draw 12 rows of trim, starting 1 inch above one selvage edge. Turn selvage up and stitch it. Now fold bottom up, forming an 8 -inch pocket. (This brings yarn trim to middle of apron skirt). Di- vide pocket into 4 handy sections for dusting materials by stitching down at equal intervals. At waist- band, add as much yard trim as desired. Face underside for the draw -string casing. To form bib, cut in on both sides of apron 8 inches and up 13 inches above waistline, Sew top edge to keep front raveling and draw bands of colored yarn through 2 inches below edge. Turn plain band under for top draw -string casing. Sew twice around outside of bib acid apron eel inch from edge; then fringe sides to stitching. Use braid of the colored yarn for the two drawstrings, Christmas sock, " Bright for the fireplace, fun on the tree, this gay stocking is cut with pinking shears from 1 yard of green felt. Before stitching the sock pieces together, cut and sew on diagonally 2 yards of ball fringe for trim. Sew a small felt tab at the upper corner of the stocking for banging it on mantle or tree. Burlap place mats, Sntart's the word for easy -to - make burlap stats trimmed with a metallic cord. Each requires a bur- lap piece of your favorite mat size. Stitch along the sides % inch from edge. Weave bands of metallic cord inside this stitching. Do this by tying the metallic cord to burlap strand; thus when the burlap strand is pulled out ,the metallic cord is drawn into place. Fringe edges to stitching. Finish top and bottom edges by turning 136 inches under for hem, * * i, Santa slipper, Here's a gift to be stuffed with candies and toys for a young man's delight Christman morning. Begin by tracing the child's foot on paper for sole pattern. Add 33 inch all around for seams and cut a pair of soles from green felt. Make each red felt boot top about 7 inches high and a bit more than twice the length of the sole. Fold this piece in half crosswise and shape boot with pinking shears. Stitch boot front, then turn inside out to sew boot top to sole. Turn again and add green turnover band and a narrow tab to top. At heel point, stitch on white felt heart, * * * Clothespin bag. Cut two 24 -inch squares of fabric (each a contrasting color). Stitch these with right stiles together, leav- ing just enough 'space for turning right side out. Hand -finish open- ing after turning, At each corner, sew on a 9 -inch tie made of one of the two fabrics. Bow -tie these through the holes of a metal ham- mock hook. * * 1: Lounge slippers. One-half yard of ticking makes these clever and comfortable "cozies." Cut a piece of ticking 24x9 inches. Fold in half crosswise (fold will be slipper back), Now, holding material with folded edge toward you, measure 7 inches above Alm fold along the right-liand edge and cut straight toward center for 5 inches, Shape toe from this point toward upper left -band corner. Sew toe section together on wrong side. Sew to within % inch of straight 011 /N{ A i" - SOTTLE CAP TENT STAKE REFLECTORS «SCRAPE LACQUER MOM BOTTLE CAPS AND USE THEM AS REFLECTORS. ON TENT -ROPE STAKES part, Now turn slipper top down and hem on the wrong side; finish the edges of the opening, too. Make buttonhole on each side of lower slipper opening. Cut soles from extra ticking to fit foot (aver- age is 10 inches). Stitch slipper to sole on wrong side, turn and press with hot iron. Make ties for slipper by hemming strip of ticking 12 inches long, 2 inches wide. Slip through buttonholes and tie, * 1: 5 Vanity Case. With pinking shears, cut two felt rectangles of a size that will accom- modate your favorite lipstick and compact. Decorate one with color- ful felt cut-outs edged by pinking shears. Now machine -stitch around three sides, allowing a %-inch seam, Divide the case by double -stitching from top opening to bottom edge, The overlap of the green strips forms the opening for the purse top. Make buttonhole in top center of outside green strip and sew small red button to inside strip. * * * Peasant slippers, For your pattern, fold a sheet of paper 8xll inches in half, length- wise. With fold toward you, marls a rectangle 1 inch above fold and 5'4 inches from right-hand side. Cut out this rectangle and you have shaped slipper back and instep. The uncut end of the fold is big -toe point. Put paper over stocking foot and press it to floor around outline of foot. Trace around foot wih a pen- cil, Fold paper again on original fold. Cut along penciled outline of side showing widest mark. Place • pattern on the fabric allowing an HOW FASHIONS IN NAMES HAVE CHANGED Fashions in first names change, just as they do in dresses and clothing; and it is of interest to note the relative popularity of some favorite names oyer a 52 -year period, as evidenced by birth registrations in New York City. 1898 Mary Catherine Margaret Annie Rose Marie Esther Sarah Frances Ida 1898 John William Charles George Joseph Edward James Louis Francis Samuel GIRLS 1928 Mary Maria Annie (or Anne) Margaret Catherine Gloria Helen Teresa Jean Barbara BOYS 1928. John William Joseph James Richard Edward Robert Thomas George 'Louis 1950 Linda Mary Barbara Patricia Susan Kathleen Carol Nancy Margaret Diane 1950 Robert John Michael Richard William James Joseph Thomas Paul David thus making a compartment for compact and one for lipstick, * a= * Child's purse. A "cutie" a little girl will love to carry treasures in. Cut it from felt with pinking shears. Cut two red hearts of the size you wish and a green felt strip as wide as you like, but long enough to go around the hearts. Cut a second green strip of similar width, but of a length that will go just across the top of the hearts. For the handle, cut a third green strip (this should be of a width that can be doubled), Then fold the handle and finish, On one heart, blind -stitch a bright flower; cut from bits of contrasting felt, Then, starting at the heart point, sew the longest green strip around the heart: As you stitch around the top, slip one end of finished handle in between heart and green strip. Stitch the short green strip across the top of the second heart, slipping the other end of the handle in as you sew. Now sew hearts together with green strips between them. The long green strip should be on the outaide, Starting at least N. incldi above point where green strips over- lap, stitch all the way around to the sante point on the opposite side. (O.K. WOODY, WNtttt� 1 err STARTRD RUNNING 'IOU LAUNCH IT. extra %-inch seam allowance. Sew back seam and add binding to all edges. For soles, trace around foot on cardboard. Cover this cardboard sole with slipper fabric and bind. Top- stitch binding of slipper top to sole, Embroider top with colorful yarn, * * * Pie -tin pretty. A cheery, effective addition to anyone's kitchen is a tray that doubles as a decoration; this is nothing more than a shiny, bright pie tin enameled with colorful pea- sant designs. * 5 * Hot -dish holder, Cover asbestos pad completely with unbleached muslin. Then, start- ing at the outer edge of one sur- face, hand -sew on circles of brush- ed cotton fringe. * 1' 14 Rolling pin pot holder. For a pert, handy holder thata no trick to make, outline your hand size on mattress pad material. Bind pad top; then put it between the print mitts and stitch around out- line, leaving hand opening. Bind all outer edges with bias tape. * * * Jingle -jangle ear muffs.., Fun to wear, fun to make, these ear muffs are special for teen-agers. Cover a ready-made set with green and white felt. Use white piece on outsides; decorate with Christmas tree cut-out of green. A sprinkling of sequins adds extra glamour to the tree. Sew three little bells that tinkle at bottom of each muff. * 4' * T:eothbruslt set. A prize for the youngster's 011 your list --a plastic tumbler and matching little toothbrush. Oil -paint child's name on surface and finish with simple, freehand design. * * 4 Holly lunch cloth, A square yard of dark green In- dian Head makes the cloth. Turn tip 1 -inch hent and stitch on outside to give tailored look Applique holly leaves and three red berries on one corner. For matching napkins, Item 12 -inch squares and top -stitch to finish, * * .. 19. Tumbler tray, Paint a muffin tin with an all- over base of ceramic paint and add colorful, little freehand designs. This is a handy beverage carrier. * 8' * 20. Heart sachet. This is a quick -to -make stocking stuffer. Cut two white felt hearts with pinking shears. Embroider one heart with simple center design. Then stitch hearts together about eft inch from edge, leaving small center opening at top. Fill the heart with sachet and finish with bow and loop. * 1, * 21. Holly apron. Complete the lunch set with a hostess apron to match. Gather a yard of Indian Head to a 2 -inch - wide band, Stitch on a chartreuse double sash. Add a square pocket piped in red. Applique on char- treuse holly leaves and bright red berries. * 22, Plaid pillowcases. One pair of these pert plaid cases requires 2ee yards of plaid gingham. Cut fabric in half. Fold each piece in half, lengthwise and hem around two sides, leaving one open end. Turn this under for 2 -Inch hem, Applique an 8 -inch initial with bottom of letter just at edge of open end. 23. Luncheon c• loth, To a yard -square remnant, simply add a contrasting band, 2 inches wide when finished,. Make napkins to snatch the band. 24. Compact case. Another quickie cut from colorful felt with pinking shears. Cut two .squares of required size. Then tache contrasting flower to one square. Sew squares together, stitching around three sides about % inch from each edge, * 25. Kitten bean bag. A rough freehand pattern's all you need to go by. This one's cut from polka-dot scraps, measures 5 inches tall plus 3 -incl. tail. Cut two fabric outlines. Sew these wrong sides out, allowing an inch opening for turning. Turn right side out and fill with beans. 5 * 4, 26. Reversible place -mat set. Cut two pieces 13x19 inches, one corner of pique, the other eyelet, Applique maroon leaves in lower corner of pique. Make double ruffle 13e inches wide of maroon to go between materials. Top -stitch close to edge of mats. Cut 12 -inch nap - 1. Fire At Last Out After 160 Years A flame which had burned in a rough stone chhtnneyplace in mountain log cabin near Saluda, N.C., since the days of Georg& Washington has finally been pef-' allied to flicker out. The fire had burned for 160 years as a symbol of the devotion of a young pioneer couple, John and Sarah Morris. It had been kept burning all these years by their de- scendants, It was known as the Morris .Dire and many thousands of visitors to this resort town in the western North Carolina mountains made a trip to the mountain cabin to see the fire, The last keeper of the fire Mrs. Hampton Owens, had to lock the cabin door and let the flame flicker out when she recently went to live wiith a son in Spartanburg, B.C, The story goes that when John and Sarah Morris carne into the wilderness to live, they chose a hollow in a cove about three miles from what is now Saluda, to snake their home, Mr. Morris felled trees and hew- ed logs for the house, The job done, he brought his powder Thorn and his flint -and -steel and struck a spark to the shavings he had placed on the first hearth he called his own. The young couple knelt before the Barrie, and resolved never to let it go out. Since then, succeeding generations kept the fire, The cabin which stands today is not the original cabin, The first 'cabin stood until 1822, Theis a larger house was built a short dis- tance away. The fire was scooped into an iron kettle and carefully transplanted to the new hearth- stone. When Mrs. Owens, because of advancing years, decided to go to Spartanburg to live with her son, H. W. Owens, etnployee of a knit- ting nI - ting trill, there was no one else left to take care of the fire that had burned so long. • . A daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Cot - tins lives about a half mile from -the Morris cabin but her home duties precluded her snaking num- erous trips to the cabin to keep the fire burning. Merry Menagerie -ay 'Boy, you can always telewhen it's Saturday night!" kins and sew around ;;4 inch inside all edges. Fringe each edge to stitching. 27. Stuffed elephant, Another cute trick for the cradle set. Using a bold freehand design as pattern, cut two thicknesses from gay striped percale. Stitch wrong sides out, turn, and stuff. Add bright little yellow button eyes. Heir Came by Air Mrs. George Terrill and her baby son relax after a hectic race with the stork from Cairo, Egypt, Mrs. Terrill, wife of an airline employe in Cairo, wanted her son to be born on 'Amer- ican soil. Her plane beat out the stork, and little George was born in .a hospital at Rockville Centre', By Arthur Pointer