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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1950-11-15, Page 7Basil's Dilemma By Richard H. Wilkinson As usual Basil came )souse on the 5:35. It was after dark whets lie arrived in front of his house on f-ligit Street, About to turn in at The gate he stopped dead still, his dyes fastened on the automobile that was parked in front of the water hydrant at the curb, A slow but rapidly mounting auger took hold of him, The automobile was his, and he knew that his wife had left it in front of the hydrant, She had left it there despite his repeated warn- ings and threats and cajolings and promises. Three times Pat Kearney, the officer on their beat, had spoken to isles about the misdemeanor, "Now, Mr, Valentine, sur, I'll be stickin' a tag on that car of yourn, if you go an leave it before that hydrant once more," Pat's good will was valuable. Be- sides, Basil couldn't afford to be tagged. Even a small fine would be sorely felt. And so he had talked to Evelyn. He had pointed out the im- portance of obeying traffic regula- tions, Ids inability to pay fines for her negligence, the fact that Pat had spoken to hint three times. And she had promises). Even though it was the most tonvenient place in the world to leave the car" and she thought Pat Kearney was an "old 'neatly," she promised to be more careful hereafter. An idea flashed across his mind. He'd move the car down town and install it in a garage. Then he'd tell Evelyn that Pat had tagged it and that because he couldn't pay the fine he'd left the machine at police headquarters for collateral. That ought to teach her a thing or two. Grimly he stepped to the curb and inserted his duplicate key into He felt on the ground, found a fair sized stone and without hesitation crashed it against the window. the door lock, His anger was at a high level; he gave the key a vio- lent twist—which snapped it off near the stern. He felt a litle panicky. Somehow he'd have to move the machine front in front of the hydrant, or it meant paying a fine. It would take time to fetch a pair of pliers or calla garage mechanic. And Pat wouldn't listen to explanations—not after the third warning. Basil began to sweat. There was Inst one course open. He'd have to break a window, reach in and unlock the door from the inside, release the handbrake and push the vehicle beyond the forbidden park- ing area. He hated to resort to such a procedure, because in the end it would cost him more than a fine. Still, that was better than hav- ing Pat Kearney's ire aroused. IIe felt on the ground, found a fair-sized stone and without hesita- • lion crashed it against the window. The glass splintered, but didn't break. He smacked it again and there was a great shattering inside, unlocked the door and climbed into the driver's seat. At that moment Pat Kearney rounded the corner beyond Mark Terrence's place. Basi worked fast, He released the handbrake, quickly disembarked and rata around back, He put his shoulder against the spare tire 'and began to shove. The car moved slowly, Digging his heels into the ground Basil continued to heave with his shoulder. Thus it was that his gaze carte into direct line with the li- cense plate beneath the toil light. At first he noticed nothing unusuale but gradually it dawned on him that. something was wrong. And then abruptly it struck him like a bolt from the 'blue. The license plate wasn't red and white, but orange and black! Which meant that the. ear that Basil was pushing wasn't his car at alit Though it resembled his in every respect, it belonged to Some one else; Basil straightened up. There was :•Jaren and guilt and fear in his eyes. Without further thought On 1 he natter, however, Ile started to- trarei his own gate, 13ut at the very moment he would )lave unhooked the latch, he beaux) a shout, Some one had come out of Mork 'rer- rence's house and was racing to - word Dina, and on the heel of this ,mite one Cattle Pat Kearney. Hot School Lunches By The Million The serving of hot lunches to schoolchildren is a much-discussed topic in many Ontario rural com- munities, It is therefore of interest to note the experience of a Middle Westerns state, as described in "Wallace's Farmer," "Junior won't eat stew at )tonne, but you should see him eat it at school," "Elsie never touched whole wheat bread until she started eating hot lunches at school." Similar comments are among the ltearte}ting reports coining front parents of children who receive hot school lunches. But there's more to a school luneh program in Iowa than im- proved eating habits filer children. Last year over 20,000,000 meals were served, and total expenditures ran into almost $5,000,000. That's big businessI But it's the kind of big business every farmer should promote. Part- ly because there's no greater satis- faction than feeding hungry child- ren, regardless of the kind of homes they conte from. And partly be- cause many Iowa surplus farm product's are served in these lunches. Last year, 930 schools in Iowa took part in the lunch program. This year, applications have been received for 47 more schools. In the schools this year, there will be only two types of lunches served. Type A is the complete lunch, which provides one-third to one-half of the child's daily diet requirements and consists of the following as a minimum: One-half pint whole milk, 2 ozs, high protein food, 3/4 cup vege- table or fruit, 2. servings white wheat or enriched bread, 2 tea- spoons butter or fortified merger. ine. Type C is the milk program, and is intended as a supplement to -the home -packed lunch, This is gen- erally chosen by schools that have no facilities for serving more ade- quate lunches. Milk is frequently served to the children at recess time. Sometimes the lunch program is sponsored by local groups—PTA, ' church groups, etc. But more and more it is underwritten by school boards and administered by the superintendent of tire school. Do parents like the school lunch program? Last winter, a survey was sent out to a sampling of 100 schools in all counties of the state, Six questions were asked. A sum- mary of the replies follows: "Is your child learning to eat new foods in the lunch program?" 84 per cent said "Yes." "Does he enjoy the association with other children in eating to- gether at the school lunch?" 100 per cent said "Yes.' "Is he making more than nor- mal gains in height and weight?" 53 per cent said "Yes." "Is he any more free from colds?" • 63. per cent said "Yes." "Does he 'clean up' his plate at home?" 89 per cent said "Yes." "Do you notice any difference in his table manners?" 48 per cent said "Yes." ARRIVAL NOTED We have always liked the story about the good woman who hen- pecked her husband mercilessly. She carried her bad temper beyond the home too, and was a terror to all her neighbors. As it mast to all, however, death came one day to the good lady, and several days later her funeral was held. It was one of those dark threat- ening days when a thunder storm scents imminent. At the very minute the sermon concluded the sky was split by a tremendous flash of lightning fol- lowed by a peal of deafening thun- ders Commented one of the mourners dryly, "Site must have arrived there all -right l" Starlet Explains Mak& Applying her favorite oak with a 'brush, Miss Roman will next brush on powder, then pat her face with a cold damp sponge. p Magic f t IRIS who compare their own slapped -together looking '4•7 make-up with the smooth, finished appearance sof movie stars often wonder what tricks they use to achieve Ibis perfection. Ruth ):lomat), well-known filin actress, reveals a few of her dressing -table secrets in these tips on applying cosmetics. For that "portrait look," she borrows a painter's tech- nique, brushing on her make-up. To apply rouge in this way, she touches the bristles of a soft brush to a cake of the shade best suited to her com- plexion and costume, and then gently strokes her cheeks with the brush until the color is wellblended. In the same way, she applies dry powder, using another soft brush reserved for just that purpose, Care should be taken, she warns, to avoid caking powder in your hair- line: After applying lipstick, she finishes her make-up job by patting her face all over with a cold, damp sponge. She' prepares the sponge for this fresh -up task by dipping it in ice water and then squeezing it well to .eliminate extra moisture. A small bowl of water is standard dressing -table equip- ment for Nath. She finds it particularly useful when she is applying eye make-up. A small, slightly -moistened cotton swab is excellent, she finds, for removing smudges of mascara. • To remove mascara smudge, the Warner Bros. starlet finds thea se small, slightly moistened cot- ton atvab stick will do nicely, Tooth Trouble — And Toothaches Are No Longer Necessary Nothing hurts like a toothache! Other pains may be more severe, but none 'strikes so many people more often and harder than does the common toothache. It's- a pain that makes strong men cry. It's often a child's first real pain, kite one that makes hint, certain there must be punishing witches. It's a pain that can lead to facial disfiguration, expensive dentist hills, and in some cases, even miserable lives. No one is naturally immune to tooth decay. It can start its ruin- ous course shortly after tlae infant's priinary or first teeth appear, con- tinue into adulthood, and last as long as you have a tooth left in your mouth. Decay destroys the. hard enamel surface and dentine, or bonetike structure, of the tooth, Unless it is checked, it may go, on to invade the pulp or nerve. This is the point at which you know you've got a toothache, writes Warren L. Anderson in Successful Farming. For all of the misery of tooth- ache, it is one of the most unneces- sary pains known to mid -twentieth sciences Its abolition calls merely for common sense, the stuff of which most good health is -made, Frequent dental examinations, -early preventive treasures, early treat- ment of cavities, proper care of the mouth, and sensible food habits —those are the specific things of which dental health is made. The first step toward better teeth is early and frequent examination. Take your .children to , the dentist sometime between their second and third birthdays, or as soon as all 20 of the primary teeth are in. "The first appointment," recom- mends the American Society of Dentistry for Children, :'should be made pleasant for the child. The important thing is to prevent fear, Dental care should be considered a routine ,part of normal living.", The sooner it becomes a twice - yearly habit; the better." A new discovery which is prov- ing its- worth in curbing- decay is fluorine, one of the chemist's 97 elements. A few years ago den- tists noticed that people living in particular sections of the country itad less tooth decay than tate nation as a whole, The cause was traced to drinkingwater that contained fluorine. . Unfortunately, this element's presence in drinking water is limited by geography. It is found only in certain spots and it is in these specific localities that tooth decay is at a minimum. Experiments have shown, how- ever, that when, fluorine is applied to the surfaces of, the teeth as sodium fluoride, tooth decay gften can be markedly reduced. But in order to ensure best against caries SACK STUNT • A BACK HEW:. OPEN WITH A STICK is EASILY PILLED. WRAP EDGE OF EAGt< MOUND STICKAND HOLD WITH ONE HAND, WHILE OTHER HAND HANPiE$HQUh (your dentist's name for decay), this preventive treatment must be started early in life. The American Dental Association recommends a series of four applications of so- dium fluoride for all children, pre- ferably at ages 3, 7; 10, and 13. The procedure is a simple and painless one. The teeth' are first thoroughly cleaned. Deposits and stains are removed; the teeth and gums are examined for cavities and disease. Carious teeth are filled, and any disease — such as bleeding gums or trench mouth—is treated. When the mouth is in good re- pair, the dentist will dry the teeth immediately after cleaning them and gently swab them with a solu- tion of sodium fluoride. He'll dry and swab then again every two to seven days until four applications of the fluoride have been made. Exactly how this remarkable chemical works, no one is certain. Researchers believe that fluorine hardens the enamel of the teeth and makes them more resistant to acids which form . in the mouth. In most cases where children have been given the -fluorine. treat- ment, reatment, tooth decay has been reduced by as much as 40 to 60 , percent. The younger teen-ager who now has seven cavities Would"have odly four if the fiuorddb treatment had,, been available a decade -ago—when he was only. three or -four years old.. The Council on' Dental Health has gone on record as recommending that the fluorihc'trcatmeu't1e'flied routinely' in titivate dental oflites. • and in school and community den- tal health programs. It's worth ,your tine to inyestigaate,the ,treat,, ment. One of the reasons at least 90 percent. of.us'habe so'miich•trduble " with our mouths is that we 'don't keep them clean. Not enough.. people ,use toothbrushes, and of. those who do, too many use theta either incorrectly or too long: A• recent survey showed that' four out of five toothbrushes in use':,shouttl be replaced. According to the t,experts,. "A satisfactory brush is one with .a small head with two or three rows of bristles, all the sante height. One good way of using it is to brush the upper teeth downward; lower- it teeth should be brushed upward. Work the bristles between the teeth on tate inside and outside. •Clean the biting surfaces with a scooping, sweeping motion." Chil- dren should start brushing their teeth by the time they're three years old — and sooner if they'll co-operate. To prevent decay, brush your teeth immediately after a meal. If this is impossible, rinse your mouth out with waren water. Experts on the subject say the greatest amount of tooth decay takes place within the first 15 minutes after eating, a time when tiny bits of food are still in your mouth. Re- cent studies taken by the Iowa Department of Health with school children showed that tooth decay was eat 50- to 60 percent. when the children brushed their teeth imme- diately after eating. The ammoniated den trifrices now on the market give some pro- mise of reducing dental caries. They apparently act by neutralizing the acids of the mouth which dis- solve tooth structure and by killing the bacteria that cause fermenta- tion. However, as yet, there is no definite proof that ammoniated dentrifrices are more effective In preventingdecay than good neu- tral cleansers. Decay doesn't heal like ordinary cats or sores do. The only way to get rid of cavities is to fill them. Your dentist can see many of the cavities on the exposed surfaces of a tooth, but an X-ray examina- tion is the only way he can tell what's going on between the teeth and below the gums. It should be a regular part of any dental health program. The sooner cavi- ties are found and repaired, the less expensive, painful, and time consuming is the process of tooth restoration. Xtray examination is the only way to check carefully on the condition of your teeth, the only way to find out whether you need your dentist's help. If your teeth have reached the point where there simply isn't en- ough left of them for your dentist to fill, it's time for a denture or plate. In some cases this will mean the replacement of only one or two teeth; in others, all 32 'permanent teeth will have 'to be substituted Uy false ones. This isn't nearly as. bad as it sounds. False teeth arc ;nage to- day 'that look more like your own than the original' ones did, And getting then isn't nearly as painful as it's cracked up to be. Your dentist ivan excellent mouth sur-, geon. With the wide range of local,and-genezak,lnesthetioshe has at his command, extractions are less and less the trying ordeal they were only a decade ago. A sensible diet little sugar, plenty iof nNk and other dairy pro- ducts; meat; fruit, and vegetables— is essential. for .normal tooth devel- opment and dental health. If you eat' a great'athount of sugar, and conitbh'tlp sabstitvte coffee or tea for 'your. quota of milk, you're headed for.trauble"with your teeth and gena Pyorrhea - an infection. of the bony structure and soft tissue ,. around' *the' t teeth' -roots which causes gums to recede and teeth looses. — Naples countless .thou- -'sands of persons after they pass 30. Its .cause may be due in part -,to a`"lack of calcium and other minerals and vitamins in the diet.' Once'.pyorrhea starts in your • mouth, it may be treated, but when far advanced there's not much youe "dentist.,can do ,fbr you except pull' your. teeth..There's no known cure for it - bu%' there may. be a pre- ventive. Dental authorities have encouraged' good nutrition for years. They agree if you will drink at least two glasses of milk or the equivalent a day, your chalices of getting pyorrhea will be greatly reduced. Your teeth are made to last a lifetime. With proper care and your dentist's help, they will. Your dentist, like your physician and lawyer, is one of the highest trained wren in your community. He Inas a scientific background and a mechanical skill without compari- son. His working area is often less than a quarter of an inch square. Within that space — and without his intervention—may rest the makings of a painful and un- necessary toothache. Stop it be- fore it starts. See your dentist every six months. You'll be money, time, and health ahead, DIAMOND DUKE OF MANS- FIELD, GA., has smoked a sack of tobacco every day for fifty-five years. Laugh And Grow Fit A Los Angeles' policeman re- cently arrested a 69 -year-old man for laughing loudly in a cafe, after a Justice of the Peace who happen- ed to be there had complained that the laughter was "somewhat be- tween a howl like that of a hyena and the braying of a jackass." A Superior Court judge found its favour of the laughing man. He was obviously aware' that laughter is a cheap medicine and harms no- body. A doctor declares that a really hearty laugh massages the dia- ohri' ote anti tones up the stomach muscles. "If you want health and 4,4 Itae, get the laughing habit," he says. "I love to see a patient chuckle. Why? Because mirth kills disease. And laughter is the best of all breathing exercises because it fills parts of the lungs poorly ventilated by ordinary breathing." MAN OF MEANS Barely had he paid off the mort- gage on his house when he mort- gaged it again to buy a new car. Then he went to a loan broker to borrow money on the car so that he could build a garage. "If I do, make this loan,"' asked the ' broker, "how will you buy gasoline for the car?" "It seems .to -tae," the ntait.,re- plied in dignified tones, "that if a fellow owns 'his own house, car and garage, he should be able to get credit for gasoline." Angry Bird: A duck in Grand Rapids, Michigan, "fought itself to death" when -it saw its reflection in a Mirror. Some Useful Tips About Mending Socks Two years of life in the Jape- nese Oecnpation with maids to day the housework,' plus another' year with my mother-in-law who, while we Jived with her, did all the darning for our family of four, left me aghast at tine ever -swelling bag of hole -filled socks, when the whole job was up to me writes '11.I -LM" in the Christian Science Monitor. Now, several months later, the bag diminishes quickly in size and. 1 realize that the blight has gone 'from this continuing household chore. How? Not by an calculated at- tack, but by a series of small dis- coveries. First a friend was going to teach a patrol of my Girl Scout troop to darn at her )souse. She enumerated the things they should bring, adding, "They won't need. a darner because 1 just use an electric light bulb—I like it bet- ter." My goodness! I hadn't used any sort of egg or -darner since the days I was being taught to mend. She likes it—maybe I would, too. No sooner thought than tried, and it does help, A bulb is dark under light socks, light under dark 'ones. Then one day in the ten -cent store while looking for embroi- dery needles, I found a package called "Cotton Darners." I blush to confess to any experienced housewife that this was my first encounter with theta, crewel needles having filled the bill so far. These are neither long enough. nor are there even enough of .the larger -eyed variety. So—the "Cot- ton Darnera" are now bridging his ]toles easily. Somewhere, also, I picked up the fact that embroidery cotton wilt outwear ordinary darning cotton by a long time. What is worse than darning darns, when the painstak- ing weaving has itself worn through before the rest of the sock? Another advantage„of this thread is that it can be easily pulled out double, or treble for larger darns, or even to all six strands fox heavy socks. A box of assorted colors of regular darning cotton will take care of the varied hues of your bobby-soxer's collection, Our son uses white athletic wool socks for gyne and wears thent through regularly. The little pack- ages of wool wound specially 'for darning are too thin for these. So I purchased a ball of white sock yarn, and the holes Ilii :in quickly (especially with the new long needles) and wear well. Mending would still be a horried chore, unless—, This "unless" de- pends on the rest of the family. If they will spend an evening now and then reading aloud, to you, while you refurbish their footwear—then mending can almost be fun. Pablo Paints And "Potters"—Pablo Picasso, high priest of surrealistic art, modestly averts his eyes as the camera catches him with a few of his new creations showing. At his home in Vallauris, France, the artist has been polishing several new ceramic and pottery styles, as well'as finishing new creations titled, "The Man With the Lamb," "The Bull," and "The White Flower," These "objets d'art" are reportedly made of such materials as bicycle Handles, shovels and similar items of hardware. SOMETIMES GOLF ®ALES ARE LOST NERD, I'LL BUY YOU BANANAS FOR ALL YOU FINDS viciW/ NLY • FbusomiaTIFULS By Arthur Pointer Sag HES TRAINED THAT MONK TORSO Z'EM URI f WOSLDN'r Betteve Ir IF !' NAbNT sefe NIM Do Ir.