The Brussels Post, 1950-11-29, Page 7Second
Wife
By Richard H. Wilkinson
Life be -dun Eur l,'out'I Ansley
when he stet Cynthia Trimble, Stt••
was the fulfillment of !(!•cams that
were dreausrd shits he .at alone
by his camp lite in the wilderness,
while he It.Uroed to the hosts of
owls and the=creecltes of bobcats,
and wondered if the tints: would
ever conte wino somebody sat !vith
Min by the tire and listened to the
night sounds that lied been his ants
companions since graduation from
the state set 1 of forestry 101
sears ago.
Ile 10(1 C; ntttia when he came,
out of the bush one Jane for a
short vacation. They were married
the day he war. due to start back
into the woods.
The first weds was deliciously
sweet. Cynthra had been a country
girl, and because Lionel was her
first real love, she eagerly looked
forward to spending weeks alone
with hint in the wilderness.
That was before they reached
Woodsville, where Lionel had his
base. There was a big packing com-
pany at Woodsville, run by a man
named Benton, who had a son
named Austin. Fresh froth college
young Austin- had come to Woods-
ville to learn the packing business
(-Mite naturally the place was dull
and boring to one so sophisticated,
Then Lionel and his new wife
arrived, and Austin looked on Cyn-
thia and vowed to know her better.
Austin had that polish about him
that attracts women.
So when Lionel finally headed
his canoe toward Woodsville to re•
plenish their supplies, Cynthia's
pulse quickened a little, and site
kept her eyes fastened on the bend .
Lionel gestured toward the
girl. "Cynthia, meet the new
Mrs. Alnsley," be said,
in the river that would first reveal
the great buildings of the packing
house.
What followed made Cynthia a
little ashamed. She hated to hurt
Lionel, he was so fine attd gener-
ous and kind. And so devoted. She
thought' he'd object to a divorce,
and it was a little disappointing
when he agreed readily.
And so Lionel went back into
the wilderness shortly after the
divorce was granted, and Cynthia,
free and exultant, waited for Austin
to come -to her.
He cane at last and stood near
where she lay in a hammock. It
was night and she could not see
his face,
"Cynthia, darling, why did you
do it? I feel like a cad, breaking'
up you and Lionel like that. He's
a good sort and—well, I meant
nothing by shy attentions. It .was
all—well, sort of fun."
"But, darling, you -do love me?
You do want to marry me?" Mis-
givings chilled her heart.
Austin ran a finger under his col-
lar. "Well, you see, Cynthia—you
see, I can't, that is --I'm already
married!"
Cynthia nearly swooned. When
she again openecl her eyes Austin
was gone. She was alone. Panic
gripped her, then fear. Later she
thought of Lionel, She'd not known
flow to appreciate hint, She'd wait,
ITe'd be out of tate bush again in
three weeks..He'd understand.
It was almost unbearable, that,
waiting, The people of Woodsvilte
looked at her curiously and whis-
kered among themselves. Three
!Meeks passed and Lionel didn't re-
turn, Another week dragged by and
still no sign of thin!,
'Chen, at hist, Lionel came back.
Cynthia, watching from tete veran-
da of tier rooming -house,• saw his
canoe sweep into sight, and her
heart leaped. Lionel at lastl Lia'
net, whom she'd loved and would
love again, Lionel who had loved
her so tenderly. Love like his
didn't die. She had treated him
miserably, but she'd admit all that,
ask his forgiveness,
And then the canoe neared the
shote and Cynthia went down to
tweet it, Lionel saw' her, and waved
a greeting.
Cynthia's heart stopped 'healing.
'there was someone else in the
canoe. A girt,
The canoe touched the shore.
Lionel grinned at her happily.
"'Cynthia, it's good to see yon again.
Hope you and Austin are happy."
He gestnrcd toward the girt, who
had turned to stare. "Cynthia, meet
the new Mr's, Ainsley,"
THESE CARS, AND THEIR DRIVERS,
HAVE TO BE REALLY TOUGH
Ahmi st ally day now Charles
Cooper and his cut joint will watch
the hundredth car they have trade
being pushed out into the yard of
their garage 11 Surrey, That event
trill be a turning point in the story
of an adventure that began as a
hobby four years ago, and has de-
veloped into both a new type of
motor industry and 0 rapidly grow•
ing sport --500 c.e, !motor racing.
The story really goes back ser.
eral years before the war, to the
time when Charles, then a racing
mechanic to Kaye Don, made a
miniature racing car in which his
seveu-yecu•-old son John drove up
and down a cul-de-sac near their
home,
The plans were put away in a
drawer in the workshop and for-
gotten through the war until, in
1940, \lr, Cooper senior picked up
11 paper and read that a group of
aircraft workers in Bristol had
adapted their knowledge of aircraft
design by budding light car bodies
round motor -cycle engines, and
were having great fun staging hill
climb trials in theist.
Key to New Boom
He thongltt of the -little car lie
' had designed for his son and sud-
denly realized that he held the key
to what night prove a new otitlet
for the speed bug that infests most
young then,
At odd tttomen10 between attend-
ing to his garage business, and far
into the night, he pored over his
drawieg board, devising ways of
getting the utmost speed from a
tiny 3:b lt.p, engine while giving
safety in sturdiucss and freedom
from sway,
For mouths the work went on,
The first Cooper car was ready to
race. But there was no race for it.
Five -hundred c,c, racing had not yet
become welt established as a class.
The only events open to it were hill
climbs and short speed trials for
light cars.
They deckled to enter a speed
trial for light cars being held on
the front at Brighton. The Cooper
"midget" was easily the smallest
entry, Its appearence created more
ammusentent than genuine interest,
but John Cooper won the race with
it writes Jeffrey Wyndham in "Tit
Bits",
The following week -end he lent
the car to his old school friend, Eric
Brandon, who took it to a meeting
in the Midlands, and it won again.
On the Monday morning Brandon
was back at the garage: "Will you
matte one for me?" he asked.
Brandon and Cooper "cleaned up"
in so many hill, climbs and speed
tests that orders began coining in
for more cars, Other firkins began
building car bodies round motor-
cycle engines, and soon there were
so many 500's in existence that a
special racing class was formed.
Silvertone Test
There were setbacks, of course.
The tiny engines, driven to excess,
often blew up. It became apparent
that for short sprints of half a mile
or so they were excellent and pro-
vided all the thrills of racing in
miniature, but distances of five or
seven miles were generally beyond
tttem.
In this respect the Cooper held
a long lead. With their extra
knowledge and research, they built
ftp a virtual monopoly of first pla-
ces in club events all over the
country.
The big test came when, to cele-
brate the opening of the Silverstone
circuit two years ago, a 500 c,c.
Grand Prix was instituted, over the
phenomenal distance of fifty miles.
The Coopers had a double satis-
faction. They provided the first
- four cars hone, and found justifi-
cation for their policy and belief
that ability to finish was of even
greater importance than mere
speed.
Enthusiasts had discovered a new
FIGHTING A DEADLY
ENEMY
Wm. Russell Stewart, who has
been appointed Field Seem-
. tory of the Ontario Division of
• the Canadian Cancer Society.
The new Field Secretary
will work tlurottgltout the Pro-
vince of !Ontario organizing
new units of the of tate Cancer
Society and wnt•lcing with the
2ti existing units in the
Province,
and relatively eitesp way of taking
s. practical part in motor -racing
For 0575 anyone could be a racing
motorist with a made -to -measure
car that would clock 108-110 miles
an hour.
Soon there were further develop-
ments The Coopers produced a
1,100 ac, model, substantially the
sante except that two engines were
combined in the form of a "V." The
car was so designed that it could be -
run as either a 500 or 1,100 c,c,
model, All that was necessary was
to take out one engine and substi-
tute the other,
Beat Big Rivals
A few weeks ago, Ken Wharton,
driving, one of the "twins," easily
won his class in the Shelsley Walsh
hill climb, and, in fact, put up third
fastest time of the day in competi-
tion with cars two and three times
the size of his own. When the
event was over, ire took out the en-
gine, installed he smaller single 500
c.c. unit, put the car in a plane for
Holland, and Iron a race there the
following afternoon"
John Cooper tells an amusing
story of the time he was testing
a car manufactured "for export"
For two or three days he tried it
out on the Kingston by-pass, where
two motor -cycle policeman always
followed to ensure that he did not
get to a dangerous speed,
Ont morning the car and the two
policeman were held up together at
traffic lights, When the lights
changed there was a cloud of black
smoke caused by the frieSon of the
tires as the car shot away at high
speed and disappeared in the dis-
tance.
Later, two mystified policemen
presented themselves at the gar-
age, asking, "What have you put in
that engine of yours this morning?"
Not until they were shown the
works did they realize that there
.was a twin engine where a single
unit had reposed before.
On the competitive side, more
and more drivers are being attract-
ed because once the initial expendi-
ture has been overcome they cost
little more than motor cycles to
maintain..
At 100 m.p.h., the driver gets
much the sante thrill out of speed
whether he is in a large car or a
small one. The Italians have tagged
them as "Juke boxes," why, no one
seems to know. Because of the
lightness of the cars, there is rarely
any serious trouble, and any dam-
age can be put right in next to no
time.
At one meeting a S00 c,c. driver
hit a protective straw bale so hard
that he bent his front axle almost
six inches out of true. But he
could still drive it, and the car
looked as good as new two clays
later.
Even punctures seem to !take
little difference, Stirling Moss, the
well-known 21 -year-old driver, felt
something wrong with one of his
front wheels half -way through a
recent racer but he curried on and
won. The car lurched badly as he
came to a stop, and only then did
he discover that the valve had been
torn out of the tire, Air pressure
had been maintained by centrifugal
force, which meant that he had been
driving on a puncture at well over
60 nt.p,lt!
Have to be Tough
An extraordinary spill occurred
at the Goodwood meeting at Whit -
sun. Three cars going into a bend
together at 90 m.p.h. became inter-
locked. John Cooper was on the
outside, and describes it tluis:
"I saw that the machine next to
me was apparently taking off. Two
wheels carte up and rode over my
wheels, so that I could see the
crank -shaft and underparts of the
car I thought the best thing I
could do was to turn away in case
he went over, Its doing so I went
off the track and bit a concrete
post."
By all the rules there should
have been a bad accident. But there
wasn't, Cars and drivers alike are
tough, Probably competing some-
where this week will be a car and
driver that recently were concern-
ed in one of the most spectacular
of all post-war motor -racing craslh-
es.
While racing at Blandford, a 500
c.c. car flew off the tracts—liter-
a1ly. It took to the air and landed
on the roof of a shed!
NEW USE FOR ROADS
Outside Russia roads are used
for walking or driving. Inside
Russia—now that is a different
story. _
Here is what the Soviet paper
Sotsialistichslcoie Zended elle re-
cently reported:
"The broad and even highway
between Mosccow and Raizan
stretches for marry kilometers, her
the second year already the kol-
kitoznilcs of Lukhovitsy use one side
of the asphalt - covered highway
for drying grain. hor• tens of kilo-
meters the asphalt is covered will: a
dein layer of grain,"
The paper recommended this
method of drying grain to other
kolkhozes. The only trouble is that
hard -surface roads are extremely
rare in the U.S.S.R. Perhaps now,
that a suitable use fol then: has
been discoered, nt„'e will be
made, -
"One -Carrot” Ring—Wayne \it'icklander got a ringer when he
dug up this carrot in his garden. The carrot, seen enlarged in
inset, had grown through a badly -tarnished gold ring. The
stone, possibly a diamond, was missing.
Memorable Sayings
By Bernard Shaw
Success: "The secret of success is
to offend the greatest number of
people."
Art: "Art is the magic mirror you
snake to reflect your invisible
dreams in visible pictures. You use
a glass -mirror to see your face;
you use works of art to see your
soul."
'Writing: "Journalism eau claim
to be the highest forst of literature;
for all the highest literature is
journalists."
Praise: "Woe onto me when all
then praise me!"
England: "It takes an Irishman
years of residence in England to
learn to respect and like a block-
head, An Englishman will not
respect nor like anyone else."
Truth: 'The truth is the one
thing nobody will believe."
Christmas: "When you find some
country gentleman keeping up the
old English customs at Christmas
and so forth, who is he? An
American who has bougltt the
place."
Laughter: "Oh, do .trot make me
laugh, Laughter dissolves too many
resentments, pardons too many sifts
and saves the world a many thou-
sand murders."
Love: "Sir: there are two trage-
dies in life, One is to lose your
heart's desire. The other is to gain
it."
Marriage: "Every man is fright-
ened of marriage when it comes to
the point: but it often turns out
very comfortable, very enjoyable
and happy indeed, sir—front time
to time."
Progress: "All progress is initi-
ated by challenging current con-
ceptions, and executed by supplant-
ing existing institutions,"
Poverty: "We, after the terrible
experience we have had of the ef-
fects of poverty on the whole na-
tion, rich or poor, must go further
and say that nobody must be poor."
Doctors: "Is it possible for a man
to go through a medical training
and retain a spark of common
sets:?"
flaldier: "Soldiering. my dear
madam. is the coward's art of at-
tacking mercilessly when you are
strong, and keeping nut of harm's
way when you are weak."
Conversation: "The ablest and
most highly cultivated people
continually discuss religion, politics
and sex."
Experience: "We learn from ex-
perience that Wren never learn any-
thing from experience."
G. B. S.: "Shaw is an incorrig-
ible and continuous actor, using
his skill as deliberately in his social
life as in his professional work is
the production of his own plays.
He does not deny this 'G. B. S.'
he says "Is not a real person: he
is a legend created by myself,' "
Scientists Can't
Teti Why It Ia
•
The geographer looking at fit#g
,tap of Europa is baffled by the old
gnetion: Why do men who look
on the sea differ so much from
sten who look ou the land? here
is Western Europe, with the sga
everywhere present and all coun-
tries maritime countries, here is
Eastern Europe, a vast plain
stretching eastward to the shores of
the Pacific.
"Why should the monotonous,
influite gray line of the horizon at
sea suggest different trends 01
thought to the human mind than
the landlocked horizon?" asks Jean.
(Iottntamtt in his recently published
"A Geography of Europe." Pcrhapti
it is because the sea offers so many
opportunities for trade not only
with neighbors but with distant and
different civilizations. Western Eur-
ope discovered the world and
planted its civilization everywhere.
"l'he geography of Europe,"Gott-
ntan adds, "is largely conditioned
by history, but this geography also
conditions to a large extent the
future of our world,"
* * *
The geographer finds no physical
barriers that would account for the
present division of Europe, The
barriers are spiritual. Differences
of religion and language, memories
of old wars and fear of future wars,
a complex of emotions and ambi-
tions inherited from "the dark back-
ward and abysm of time" lceep,the
barriers in place. Race is no longer
important and, in fact, the races
of Europe can no longer be clearly
defined.
Language plus religion equals
race, as the geographer sees it. Yet
the sharp division between East
and West Europe has existed for
centuries and seems destined to
continue, What has happened in
our time is that Eastern Europe
has reached out and drawn large
areas of Central Europe behind its
Iron Curtain. Spiritual barriers
which have always existed have
been increased to almost impene-
trable strength by the great East-
ern European Power. The barrier
]las also been moved far to the
west, so that on the snap Western
Europe looks like a small broken
peninsula attached to a huge solid
continent,
5 5 5
The geographer recognizes but
does not fully explain the divisions
of Europe. The historian can ex-
plain more. He talks of the Graeco-
Roman heritage of the West and
the Byzantine heritage of Russia,
of the long struggle of the Empire
and the Papacy, the Renaissance
and the Reformation, the French
Revolution and the Rights of Man.
On the other hand, he talks of the
peculiar Byzantine attitude toward
the West which Moscow Inherited
while c•Jaiming to be the 'Third
Rome, Professor Toynbee explains
the Byzantine attitude a$ a kind
Of Inferiority complex, the result
of tate Roman conquest of the old
(reels states, If this course of rea-
soning is correct one might say
that the policies of the Kretnlin are
the unfortunate consequence of the
fart that the Romans !tappet to
have administered a decisive defeat
to the Monn armies at the
Rattle of Pydnaceda, 168ia11,1
Next Thing Will Be
Atomic Submarines
Even though a submarine can re•
stain submerged with the snorkel
breathing tube for far longer periods
than formerly, it is still tied to the^
surface because its diesel engines
must be supplied with air. The
atomic submarine could cruise com-
pletely submerged for periods limit-
ed only by the air requirements
of the crew. If the hull design had
the right characteristics, thc sub •
marine speed would be even greater
than the surface speed for the same
amount of power, Full -speed undcr-
water operation would be possible
for days, and not for minutes, as
at present. All surface vessels would
be within range. '
The submarine of today is a spider
waiting for the approaching victim;
an atomic submarine is a wolf that
that would pursue its prey.
Reduction in Weight
Instead of increasing the amount
of machinery, atomic power may
reduce it, with a consequent reduc-
tion in weight. The dead weight
of atomic fuel for an extended
cruise would be negligible. Even
the heavy shielding needed around
the atomic reactor for protection
of the crew might be less than the
heavy fuel tanks and batteries in
conventional submarines.
The ratio of time on patrol to
time in the water is so high at
present that fewer submarines
driven by atomic power could take
the place of a large number of the
diesel type. This is important when
we remember that the U.S. sub-
marine fleet comprises 170 vessels,
that of Soviet Russia at least 350.
Moreover, it takes an average of
two years to build a fleet -type
submarine.
The reactor that is now being
developed by the Knolls Labora-
tory will operate at high tempera-
ture, The heat generated will be
transferred front the "fuel" to ie
liquid metal in a closed low-pressure
system, then to a boiler, where
steam will be generated to drive
steam turbines. More power will be
delivered to the shafts than is now
possible for fleet -type units. No.
tangible products of combustion will
be released,
NEW SURPRISES IN SANTA'S BAG OF TOYS —
Santa—working closely with the toy manufacturers—goes all out to keep abreast of the kiddies and thus ahead of the tinges.
Here are some of the shiny new items that the old gent will leave under Yule trees of good little boys and girls come Dec. 25.
ft fix.
The 1951 bicycles are as shiny as next year's autos. It's import-
ant to get the right size, ranging from the 16 -inch junior (for
age 4 to 6) at left, to the 26-incher "for 10 to 100." Inset shows
detachable balance wheels for tiny tots.)
Fire
When
Ready.
The six=foot
telescopic
ladder of a new
tractor -trailer
fire truck
fascinates
Peter Vega, 7.
It's a
new item for.
Santa's pack,
guaranteed to
make any
juvenile fire
department
into a first-class
fighting outlt.
Wt
A junior atomic scientist oufit will appeal to the young genius
its the family, It comes complete with Geiger counter, cloud
chamber and a fluorescent screen to show radioactive material
disintegrating. No . , . fro H-bomb yet,
New twist in saving is this three-way bubble gum -basketball
game bank combination. Put a penny in the slot, ball of gum
rolls onto a spring shooter inside the bank. Make the basket'
and the gum rolls out for chewing,