HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1951-3-21, Page 3Easy Money
By Richard H. Wilkinson
\\ hen a math'. tial on his icor .
Minis lily Sneaking. I um" u - h'e'll
rake tut': kind of a job, '1 bat'.. ,ns
excuse for playing nursemaid in
Julia Upton. lcalygotu'd • that'
what 'Moe Langdon. her producer
railed tire. 1'0u see. there'd been 0
kidnapping :.carr and Ju1i11 0011.
right at the top of the heap the.
year •0 tempting morsel for ab•
doctors, and 1Iw• figured she need-
ed looking after, Also, lie figured
the publicity wouldn't do her any
farm.
"Aftn all," lie grinned, ':you
were all-'lwerleaii fullback, and
when the public reads that you're
riding herd over little Julia--"
"A swell 11100,1 you are!" 1
snapped. "My pal!" I stopped, Ile
was still grinning, the grin that
-meant It was hopeless for me to
argue. "'tow much will you pay:"
"Two hundred bucks 11 week-
end Avital sweet, east' 1l totter." •
I3e was right, it was sweet, easy
money --providing 11 than didn't
have any pride. I earned every
dime of that 200 •Ludes, I wasn't
used to being ordered around b1 a
little chit of a redhead.
"T'omorroic morning." she'd sac.
"we're going horseback riding. he
at the house at 9." Or; "Tonight
the Retches are giving a party,"
I guess my attitude utast have
shown flow I felt. At any rate,
Julia began taking a delight in
putting me an the spot ---malting
me pose for pictures. snaking me
attend afternoon te•:i, where I'd
he the only man present --,tuff like
that.
There came a time three week,
later when Julia trained to go for a
drive fu the country. We drove
toward Santa Barbara- were half
"Tomorrow morning," she'd
nay. "we're going horseback
rin;ng. ' Oe 14.1 the hon,` at 9
o'clock,"
way 1110,1, 0'•11 it 11:,.ted ,liens,
11110 mind that sir tea, due at tit
studio fur a eeheatsal ;,t 1 o'clock,
nullat tin- rat, she 1.1,11211'1 Lc
there.
1 told her she'd hinter turn
:,round ,11 ,1 head Unci,. She said she
was tired of rehearsal. and sai11
how did 1 extol n, make. bre r.
,Le tie(. 1,'t 00111 to go:
"1.2,, lid," I said, and switched
off the ignition and pulled 1110 the
hake. She nit- furious. She would -
11'1 gtl tau of the driver'- sea'.
So 1 lif led her up in 1151 arm., and
it Ira.. •11101 swell nppn'ltllitj 1
hissed her.
She :tent 5,5 -orcin sus, word.
—and b,eause l knew thus would
end 11y sweet. easy- money job. 1
kissed her again, then plumpe.l
her avow n in thy : e:el and got he -
hind the wheel
1 didn't bother 10 contact \toe.
Instead 1 tamed from my one
room into an apartment, and th1
(text (Ito set 0111 to Lind myself
a jolt.
had expected the papers would
be full of tray discharge from Julia's
employ, but they Weren't Not a
ors.
And this gun un Io thinking that
maybe she wasn't quilt' as bad as
1 thought. As a matter of fact, 1
'got to thinking other :lung. too
mostly ithout Julia.
Two weeks Infer 3,1ot• l ougdou
tailed 11e 01..
":Liston, run doh. Julia's been
kidnapped and it's your fault"k'he;
wail II150,000, .1t''s got to lir de
livered to a rendezvous .. .
There was a guy waiting at 11:'
top of the pas, -when f got there.
lle grinned at 1111• when 1 gave
hint the d0ug11. "\V here's ilia?"
l said. ffe jerked a thumb over
his shonleler. "'Tweo miles hack, in
a cabin, Follow the trail."
I ran all the way to the cabin,
Julia 55110 inside. 40111111 and gagged.
T didn't know the extent of my
relief, and apparently Julia didn't
know hers.
"I could have had jou tired from
your old job," she said, ",Last 111.
way 1 made Aloe Langdon hire you
for my bodyguard. Brat T didn't
want to, T wanted you tes-10 satiety -
your 0111 -pride,"
"'Wait a minute," l said, "blow
about this kidnapping business?"
"It was your own fault," she
said. "You—you weft'so stub.
born. You wouldn't call me ftp. T
had to do, semi:thing."
it wes a gag:"
She didn't say anything, just
stared 'et ate, Well, 1 thought;
what's the user 'I'm destined 10
look after this 001 the rest of my
lift, atnl 1 might as well like it,
Use Live Red Ants
To Sew Up Wounds
\111:11 1" 11., ia.ciui1110n n, '.,111
saksl, lar \L rtakl,It t, 111r 111041x11
:1lor.reau town ,ou.11 of l:arsaLlanra
where AI r. t litlt'rltllt recently went
on holiday for the iiflh tithe:
11r, Rom Land:rtt. v.ho recently,
e.111111 1 the country, calls the first
.:1.1111 of the lunge 1ljen:. el tfna1
=yuan at 1111!11 f I uitlot. r':peri-
There in 111a. 1111.1(tt1. 01 011
llug,s, ant 111 be ween Liar'., ,l.luuclf
slave dancers contorting keit
bodies, tapping the ground violently.
Wailing a sung that :wand- like the
S, sp' of dying heat •
Near thea, i, the snake -charmer,
running frenziedly round itis
eliarges, whose .11eads follow every
titration of their master's Ludy, Tie
left', them, places them round his
neck, on his head and lace, then
opens his mouth and let, the rep-
tiles' tongues shoot into i1.
A few paces farther on are sing-
ers squatting in a cir'c'le, heating
Brutus and tambours, nailing a
foncrat tune.
A blind ratan nar'r'ate, the story
of a saint to a circle of urchins sib•
ting on the ground. Then comes the
medicine -men surrounded by their
"medicine;"; faxes' skulls, lizard
and serpent shirts, cravens' beaks,
codes -comb, leopard's claws, and
bottles of evil -looking liquids. A cus-
tenter approaches, tells of his ail-
ment, is given het/ing powder,
herbs, drops, or merely a scrap of
paper with a magic cu1at0 a word
written on it.
Afarrakslt, 411'. L.andalt says, in
"Invitation to Morocco" 0110 of the
bort travel hooks ever written, has
been for many centuries the great-
est trading centre of the south, the
wonder city of Arabs and Berbers
in search of work, trade, entertain-
ment, and pleasure. To its regttlar
population 01 some 250,000 trust be
added another 10,000 to 20,000 who+
conte chiefly to gaze. spend, and
savour its worldly delights. Arabs
from the northern cities rub should-
ers with peasants front the moun-
tains, black -capped ,fews, warrior
tribesmen from the Atlas. fierce,
long-haired Afauretanians.
The Berbers are dominated by a
belief in magic. 'Their unveiled wo-
men—many of striking beauty—
would rather consult a medicine -
man than a European doctor, and
are addicted to amulets, charms,
taboos, religious tattooing, and
magic potions and powders for at-
tracting a lover or destroying his
love for a rival, ensuring pregnancy.
Add Beauty
uties to Other Chores
IDON'T WMT FOR SPARE SECONDS TO DO
BEAUTY FIRSTS: UTILIZE WORKING HOURS
BY RI1NA. 1%ULIIS
' %OIVIDef who insist they have no spare moments for beauty
routines often discover they can find the necessary Lime by
combining activities.
If, at the end of a long working day, you would prefer relaxing
with a hook to prettying up your hands, you may discover it Isn't
really necessary to make a choice. Do both.
There's no need to sit idle, pouting with boredom, while you give
your cuticles your 'weekly treatment. Do one hand at a time,
soaking your fingertips in a bowl 01 oil, leaving the other free to
tort) I:he pages of your currently favorite novel.
This is a good trick to remember when giving yourself a iecial
or applying cream treatments. Instead of sitting around and count-
ing minutes until the procedure is finished, you might try taking a
nap or even—if you're really intent upon getting full value from
your time—washing the supper dishes.
Discolored elbows, too, can be whitened while you knit or read.
'Slice a lemon in two and'place each half in a bowl small enough to
hold it in firm position.". A. custard dish is excellent for this. Place
your elbows upon the .lemon nand let them bleach 'while you finish
your argyle ox an exciting chapter, '
c:asting out an evil spirit. of punish.
ing an enemy.
Odd Ways of Sultans
The medicine -then actually use
large red ants, for closing skin -
wounds instead of stitching Mem.
'I.'hey place a living ant on the
wound, holding the two edges of
the skin together; the ant in-
stantly closes it; powerful mandi-
bles 011 the skin, and is then int off
w'illt scissors, the mandibles remain.
Lug like clips.
Among the "sights" are the
sumptuous Bettye palace and Min -
ant gardens, with lake and pavilion
to which a past Sultan used to re-
tire with his favourite of thc mo.
mein, drowning her in the lake, it
is said, when 110 had t'o'ed of her.
110'. Landau describes visits to el
lilaoui, the Pasha—friend and host
to Mt', Churchill --and his sons. One
of them cxplailed, Ashen he Was
going visiting: "1 couldn't possibly
be less that) half an hour late for
my appoinlli1ent , . . if we .Moors
weren't late for our appointments
we. should have nothing to talk
about when we iirat meet You in
England start with the weather; 'we
spend the first half-hour apologiz-
ing and explaining why 01're tate."
Expert Advice—See Your
Auto Doctor Twice A Year
if Otis I're,l rcj has his wap,
auto mechanics will soon be tem
Mg you: "Pill 110111' gas 1111ic lw'ire
a week and see your :111th doctor
twice a year."
1'reshrey is the lending disciple
of preventive maintenance latilttenan•e 111 caring
for autos. busses and gneiss. Ile
feel., that you tale your body to
a doctor for a check-up, so you
won't get sick. and you should do
the same for join. rat'. \\ith the
proballe slow down of 1(1111110 pro•
duction in the (nergenvy, it's 11110.re
important than ever to keys 1ehiele's
hi top running. condition.
An e tqu' matt with •at quick tut,
(.1fey I I cslrey has don tet crytlling
-in the automotive business 110111
driving can's lc v. riling copy for
auto ads, [[e became convinced that
loo many inexpert experts, calling.
themselves. mechanic,. were tin-
kering with tits nation'. vehicles.
So ice invented a bi;; gadget
made tut of a lot of little gadgets
--he doestet like the coon. gadget
inn admits it's the hest way- t0
describe (hem -- called a Proving
Stand.
It diagnose, 0 tar's ill: seien-
tilioally. .11. d.cs ouch things as
"magnetic particle inspection"--
whieh can sec the slightest bread:
ht material and 11ins anticipates
big troubles. It 11,1'5 formulas like
"rate of change of speed measured
iu feet per s,vottd' per second" •
which is Preshrey's wale of figur-
ing. the exact pick-up of a eau',
The U.S. Arnie is using .Pres•
brey's invention to test some of its
equipment. M'r's Meeh hired by
antlers of taxi fleets and 'Millie,
track.. to Litt• their v.lr.,lcs run-
ning in tpb ...audition, Ile estimates
that proper precenlic1 nr,,iuteuaucc
tall Sart. ally %chicle otener 1211':
per cent 'n service iec11, gas 100n-
smnption. tire wean', batteries and
loss 0f use of the car.
"\Vailing until ionietlilng knit
wrong i, the exprnsdte way to
rut a ear," says l'resbra... -Viten
you gel sore. met•h:niit' Uho uses
thy' '1y-guessand-1,y-Clod' method
- of lixilig it, and you may get it
fixed and may), 1'011 (1.11'1."
11 yon want to mai.1 jun. t:ir
last (auger•- ;rod he think, all rays,
if seventh t nr11ititen.'lllce i, used,
can last douhlr 1110 normal Irnihle-
frce 35,000 wiles -dn this(..
1. Keep, the titer pressor: at the
exact figure 1010 511111•. n0 lc"`.
2. Criss cross tires e•terj .1 o:tell,
os1tlg the ,.tare.
3. Keen speed 1101311 If iodic
driving tat synthetic rabbet'.
4. i1'lals(' surf your tilted, are
aligned pt'opos").
5. Vitt 311th WC. 1:011: 011 5'11 -;til.
111 the lard: 51,1xe4 with the teas, and
air Contain' luoisture 'e'llirh is
harmful to 11 e motor.
b. Arora sure all battery con-
nre•lie'el'. :ye .igi1t and 1orrnsion-
free.
7, l-'heel:,-ilCats c'" every 1(1,(100
miles.
8, 11avc complete dung, of
grease in the tear end and trans-
,11issieni. 1w 11.‘e a t ear'.
9. Tito e • a chassis lubr11001 011
every 51100 utiles.
10 And ha,/ a e'mplet1 .'hrt•k-
rat til ice a year•.
Physical Exam Ih0i, Cra-�- '.Til A't'gvingg Stand helps the doe-
for diagnose the antcllnol)i11031 Ills With agentifit'' prevision.
What Goes? — Seekitlt, 110. t'
horizons is tiny, curl-toppe 1
Tony 1''ai•dell. :His dad, fat
Bardell, got this wide -eye 1
VieVc the hale peeled oyer
a pillow to find out what lite
grown-ups, were `loin{;'.
They Had Suckers
In Olden Days Too
Itrpurt•- o' rases of •fraud which
appear 1otstaetly in our ne'nr.pauers
make one mart el at the gullibility
apparently 1.ne1-headed 5lti,eus.
(int ii jolt ti ant even more 11't, 11-'
i,,lLnI1g iit,'uwces you have oulj to
glance back, into history whirr. t
would seem. sly thing that had
rcligiuu tsocialiou was accepted
wi,ltopt nits shun, no matter how
improbable it Wright he
\t t'auterbury, for instance, there
li-e(1 to he a lump 0f the .•lay iron,
wheel, :1d:ri was made and shun
',bees of Aaron's rot. while at Itis-
hop,bouruc• there ,vasa piece of the
stone on which the Archana;e1
Gabriel stood :c, -aline the Vitain.
1 felt beadr;d tears 0,0, Ila
11lntrrlt was, ala, meetly ;"t e1 10
trickery. Thr church at Iloolcy pos=
tossed a swan figure of SL Rurn-
hold, the special property of which
Iai in the tart that it could only be
ltf.cd by j11 15'. wbn had 1e,.r
sinned against chastity. Any one
nhu had transgressed might tug as
the' aright, but 11," Lig tee could not
he bulged.
Henry Butt explains in his tle-
11gh,1u1 new hood:. "English Leg-
ends" that the ('11igj was fastened
from behind the wall against which
it stood by a ',soden pin. 11 the
priest was well paid he would re-
move the pin. but for others who
trere 001 5111.1 10 111C racket the
l gore remained 'immovably- and it
i, r1'rorded that "5faty chaste vir-
gins and mites went :may with
blushing face:'
1:11 en some of the saints we're of.
such eharacier that one wonders
why they ever becaute eaiottized.
l'akc lir rase of S'. Thomas "leek
et tvho, wince at C)tfnrd, in Kent,
was so annoyed by the singing of
nightingales that he solemnly cx-
rn•cis ed liienl from the parish, where,
it is said. .they have never Item
beard since. 0
Mr. Belt', book abounds 111 sunt
t':'strut:ting teles of the past.
Safety Tip: There wouldn't be
nearly as many pelc„tt'ian pat.1011cs
If the:` Macre more patient pedes-
t1'Iilii0.
A .15111111111 0r :so ago 1 trade
reference to recent developments
in the search for a frozen milk con-
centrate that would "stand up" un-
der ordinary marketing conditions.
As everybody who has given the
matter a bit of study agrees, such•
a product would probably prove to
be tbr'greatest boon the dairying
industry has received in a long,
long time.
3,3',•13, it mull seer, that this
concentrate has 'definitely rouse
past the experimental stage. a<• -
cording to late.• word received
from Boston. (1 might explant be-
fore going into detail,. that this
column ha, in he prepared a bit
in advance. and ria: "March First"
is still a couple of clays away-as1
write 1111..., S1.. 1.015, here'• 11011,
1,11111'• AIM. as of then
1 price drop of tv. 1, tu, or 111111
a (1mn•1 i- 10 he.',nne r(fccticr om
March first for teary tr,iih'nts o1
I (;realer L'usn r. drgrit+• an an •
tinuneemcn; I ram ti:e 1<0,1• rat :\1111,
[\{art 111 .ldntini'tra',.; that fluid
milk prices to producer; vvi:1 remain
unchanged on that date.
the I1, ' 111111, 1;111 r :u_ -
W111b :.ring, 0 1111 is all ad'li,1011:11
,ay Lug of 5.111. 111111 4, rc'ril;elatt•r
slot legl 1pact i" 011111; 1.0-4111c 115
1115 11111'0,lnutiou ill Iluslou, fur th1
1,r,• time in any ec1ior 0it3, e•1
I rest, ,t tole mill. in t!, 'telt 1111
cru rand li'11112 form.
'I Lest now will. cunrcutr.pe. 4 I
to retain the flasottr and entl•itioual
earn,• ,.f orclinary fluid milk in otic
111ird tlm vlluule. 1111 be placed
011 sale in certain store, and v, ill also
be sealable through hrane delivery.
A tieutnusttati('1; of the 'fete 1n'o.
due: 55 as suede at a luncheon ,meet-
ing hr the Hotel Surfer.• None M
the our hundred aid fifty guests -
including food expert,. Lome econ-
omists and dairj officials --could tell
the water -added prodnet from the
hes, nrdivarj mill. thcj had ,ver
taw..
11,•1 eloped 11:1(17' 0(1)11 ytat, 0f
inleusi.e reecar,l in special labor-
atories. the new product Is fresh.
whole milk fecal, nide!, most of the
wearer Lae bcru renews. It is then
ltotuugenir.ed, forth'', d tviti. \ ;iambi
1).and pasteurized.
".1 (nusunter test panel 01 the.
Minket! and fifty families 1ded the
Concentrated Atilt day in anti day
011) Mr wore' than a month," said
Dr. Lauren liitchroclt, 5,1,0 was 01
charge of the Motet Stoller demon-
,tratiou. Of the individuals gnes•
tinned, 94—or 7 per cent liked it as
well as rcgalar mill.• while many
mei. preferred the new product,
'l !, .m. en :...ed vii;, i. Iv 1
m:11ktfed in two apes of paper c0h-
Miners --a 011c-tltudquart size that
„Ill r .,,l •, rl''a flit: , ,l -•.111'..,
is added, and a core -quart ,ire
which Make: three quarts of Rind
mill
• W .
'1'111',10 paper cartons 4055around
two cents each. and officials of the
dairy company iuroived in the
production say that it i5 planned to
pass this ,acing; together with other
savings in distribution, along to
the consumers. The latter, of roar„
will also benefit by sating in re-
frigerator storage spare.
A=ked what the retail selling, price
was to be, spokesman for the com-
pany said that something around 57
events a quart was the likely hurt
for chain stores. By adding two
quarts of water, the price of a quart
of the nen product—diluted to equal
fresh. whole utilk—would be 111
cents 0r thereabouts.
11'1,111. ;111115 111..t111 1111 i:.nu lria
11011 al 1.11.1,0, at present about con-
centrated milk—hut as soon 1s 1
run acro..- news of further develop•
meat, I'll pass saute along, as they
undottl.tedh moan a et holt' lo:to
the chilly
Envier• whcl remember 1 b ur+
113111110,'), piadl of five or six jeer,
ago at again taking thought a5 to
their mi,luuiral implement,: anct
alt11rmgl. right noir. the situation
s„ rat as gloomy as it did
then. l.'s :,Iwai: well to loos. ahead.
:tuck here arc a, few tints --some
front farmer, and some front dealers
--01,lcil IttiO br worth pour 110131111,
"\l'itl, ,•,n...l care the i.ife of 111:1
,finery is a lot longer than most
of us realize." says Hugh Clarke,
a practical farmer, "Our newest
tractors were purchased in 1944
and we hadn't planned on trading
yet. \\'leen you consider the de-
predatir, you have to take in trade..
Mg a tractor every five ;years, keep»
Mg it in goods repair really pays ofd'.
t'wo lmmlrrd dollars or so will•
,':erhanl tlo average 11actnt' and
tett in good- repair."
-0
smotin•'- farmer. Ray Callaway,
•t:r•. (ane` of proper grras.
Ing. ''I :bath!. if mord beat'inga
uu'd 1101) all da; on o.40 gteas-
il ,ass, "czrept far well•
c11s1o,cd roller hearings, lad fact
ttn1rr t shaft rut in a budtidg, it
ural 114ft b ,Id grease for more than
,':,, nr three hours."
C allalva; Ms.., advises greasing of
afi :'thin befoo. patting a ma-
chine au 1y, minimise rust may get
ii. and Karl a Learing to cut, Ex-
posed part- subject to rust should
he ,fevered will, a heavy grease, or
painted with ono or the '-.eve rust-
p•eaet, U , '"1lpltitld5.
m
"11's ars,. , good id, a to 'watch
your mad:1.110'j closely and whet.
you see something wearing, fix it
before it breaks." he gees on to say.
" ficrauoe „ -1 101 it does hre-ak, 11
brats , na,h.n„I,•tlhtlg 01011.'
brier ('m'ltct ,er0112, the motion
0t0111 not 111.110114; tuachinery.
"Owe•loarl+t.g a lrat'hine cecina-
a111 mean. 1.1<;1lia;e,” he say'.., and
hr st,onld knoll ,chat 1110 talking
ah0ut an be 1,a, 1,ro 19.5 tractors
that Marc clone a world of work.
After the first rear he changed their
14 x 30 tire- fee 1.10(1 (me, "'i ile+e
e:enle tire„ ,.. Ifthderl ,.,nee, arc stilt
nn the teat l'l (Inst 1 :top, and
11,ms 0, 11111.11 (410:1.11 , eoncron
tan :rain a tier ie'rc. 1111.111.1:, dint
alino;t anjtting t I:r:.,, _-1, kit!,
.111,; late t urate l leen. ,.
Sr. let's all gi,e 111:10 mot. .,.
1. udutr 11,1111 tt-nal tit out 1,14,.11111(n.
nlang .aro worp.s rte(: .'ac,, \1'r
do 0111' enaitirl a service 3'. Cause
eery 'II:tel:il'e :hat i- unshod is
in, that vtnrl, more ,trai :t on our
tot (urzcl<1''
Time Confusion
Again
15
time confusion for Canada. There
1.10111+ little Lope 05 11111 111iiicr111typ
throughout thy country ou (la'9ight
saving, thoegli it,ilt1211tll, 1 .,'t.era-
Lan n.., the 1,ati of municipal, prnv•
Mend and federal author;tie, could
hay, settled .Iii• matter pr1iltan
entre long ago. Teter =.e;,, proven
daring the last vitt I.I,c•u ti 1,1 vas
t atiatil'tl.
0`nc•. tllc.:. Mean,, of 11' rcluc.
Luke of the different authorities
ro
1.111d :u1t resn(5,,,ibilit: 1114104411
saving 1rry Lewin) a local matter.
taI'yiiig frt ui nhe (•t,l,ltilrllil3' to an-
other, not only in the area 1overeet
but in tit trates it start- and ends.
'.114 resulting confusion - adds
',ominously to lite problems of any
widespretnd ttl,iness, and 'pr•cially
Irannportatil',' companies 1111'1 the
l itizt15 who use 111e111. it 1,a1(011
thiuc- more difficult for the tour
I.1 and ah110st everyone cls` C)110
seldom can lie sure of the exact
time in_ the nest town, All setts of
illlpottailt api.plttttllent, al,, ntds,ed
and hours are wasted.
'Chis sort of confusion is had
enough awl inexcusable enough at
toy tinge, blight now with the coda-
try st11t1l ing MI defense production,
it is not excusabl1. Ottawa might
s oll consider taking over this mat-
ter on 'e national Nasi: emit again,
• -The Financial Test
"Do you really love leer?"
"Do I love her? Why, :f worship
the ground her father struck oil
on,"
12apid Delivery—TIv-r ,Inatlrni,le't• :eery clel.•.,'red at the tine
til lase •: r :'I;," :r io _?' t... old 111.: hoer:•^t I':i1.1 Pelt,:n'd
• Papa., 2P. 11;11 his last name proud in becoming father of the
iwt, l.oy,. Meter by nurse Laverne l(eselt, and the two, g'i1.111
held h: 11th',,, 1.1••••. 11111"•e,.tt. -
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