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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1951-4-18, Page 3tins 3a t Wins By Richard 11. Wilkinsol When " Suickrr" Soy.), •, ,, t set - managet' of lite Whirlwind 1.0,1t,all club, signed on at ucii player, h': always banded the nevotmcr a sheaf of typewritten paper, and told him to read every lits. snicker teas SO years old and had been affi- liated with baseball and baseball player's all his Ole, The game had certain fundamental rules, certain regulations that Snicker felt no rookie could pos>]hly acquire on either a home -town or a college team. Therefore he had written them all dnn'n and he made each new player read them. When jock Dudley wits handled the sheaf of papers he seared at it blankly and grinned. Snieket' sail sharply: "You read 'cut, young feller) Every Banged (cord." Butch Garrison, Snicker's head scout, had fount) Jock. Butch was enthusiastic: "The kid's a natural," he told Snicker"Ile plays by in- stinct," "Instinct be daunted!" Snicker said sarcastically. "Sonne players are naturally good, but, by guar. I've been in the game long enough to know you gotta learn the fuuda- -mentals or you get no place!" Three days later in the bullpen Snicker watched the new rookie throwing a fete to old Dutch Fever - ell. Snicker flew off the handle. He could tell by the tray jock was throwing then( that he hadn't read the typewritten sheaf of papers, He called Jock aside and laid into him, But a week passed before Snicker was sure that Jock had read the - typewritten rules. 'elven he %vasu't satisfied, "Maybe he read 'ent,"• he snap- ped at Butch, "but they didn't do hint much good. He ain't polished yet." "He don't need to he polished," Butch says, "I tell you the boy is a natural," 11101s, however, are facts. Joel( pitched In 10 games that seism anti won thrill all: - "You're crazy! That still's for books. It clon't happen." "lt is happening," said Butch. "The ]cicl's throwing 'em and he's bitting 'cur, \Vhat more do you want?" "Polish,' said Snicker, "lie's got to do better," Facts, however, are facts. Jock pitched in 10 games that season and won then( all, Snicker wasn't satisfied. He wouldn't admit that Butch was right, Vet at the same time he did confess that Jock was a profitable addition to the teats, Perhaps Snicker %vas right in his insistence. At any rate, through- out the wittier•trai Iiug, Jock steadi- ly unproved. He had acquired more polish. Snicker was almost satisfied. "See!" he said to Butch. "\Vhat'd I tell you The kid's been reading my rates, it's helping hint," "You're balmy," butch replied "The kit) don't need rude.," And so the two old crones con- tinued to disagree throughout the summer, Jock Dudley brought laurels to the leant Snicker \vas happy. !le took all the credit for Jocl<'s fame for him. self. The only thorn in his rosehed was Batch, lin telt insisted that Jack's greatness was due to no one but himself, "You're so'c,," Snicker told hint, "because folks are giving Inc the credit, Everyone knows it's then fundamentals 0 -thought up that put lock where -he is, instinct! 'Nuts!" Butch was fed up, ile got sore. He told Snicker a few things about himself that Snicker had never heard before. "If you were any- thing but pig-headed," .Butch roared at hint, "I'd have told you some- thing long ago," 'Tohl me what?" yelled Suickcr. "I'm always villin' to listen to sea• sou," "1f the reason lits in will' your ideas you are," Butch yelled back, "I'd a told you this long ago only I knew the kid was a nnlnral. but you're so thick-headed you'd a thought he tt'ouldn't make the grade unless he read your rules." "IIe did read 'ent!" "Like hell he did! 'That kid that you'r's so sure got places because of yam' charged old fundamentals Can't read or write! Ile never read sour paper because ire couldn't. Now what do y011 think of that?" And Smeller didn't Snicker.. Great Days Of Gold Are All Over Now • 'fits day •. et gold are ons., Eve:, the sovereign or tads dollar gold - piece, is now a String, of the past. 1.\ -bat e strange contrast it is 10 fuel kWh ihrnuglt lite years and find what vary odd said amazing 11,'e' this preeiou- metal has been p111 to. In the setenteteitit century, for instance. well to-do household:; pos- sessed a gohl,o whistle, This; was used to ,.unmtou the scrvauts, anti wa* often quite it latish piece of weekmatiship, The few which are still in existence are collectors' pace, sten More remarkable use for gold wa, found by as Mexican •-- \loulc•ztuna--who had an artificial garden made from precious metals. J'lauts and bushes were wrought in gull, while a variety of jewels com- posed the hlessonts. The pas•iuu for gold which [cont, po,.rsscd in the past is demonstrated by the Danish as- trcnnomer, 'Tycho [1rahe. who lived in the sixteenth century. lie once had his nose severely can in a duel. and remedied the defect by fixing • to his face a nose of gold, Around the seventeenth century was the golden age of beds, One King of !Nance who lived in that period haul 413 beds of the most sumptuous soul extravagant type, t was the fashion then to decor- ate beds with gold and silver and precious stones, and some are still preserved which are worth for- tunes, 'I'he famous great bed at Ver- sailles had crimson velvet curtains on which tits. Triumph of Venus was endibroidcred, and so touch gold was used that the velvet scarcely showed. In ancient times %t'e find that gold was used its 0 very lavish manner. One fatuous Egyptian king, for ex- ample, was buried in a coffin of gold which weighed 200 pounds, But that was a mere detail coin- -pared with the gold used by the Incas of .('cru when they erected their giant snit temple at Cuzco. This building was called the 'remote of Gold, because so mucic of the precious metal laud been used in its decoration. A wide hand of gold urs. set in the walls and went right round the building, This temple was the house of tate Sun Worshippers, and on one wall they had a representation of the sun in the form of a huge cllsc of pure gold. Even the priests who lived an the building wore costly garments oI gold] thread Avoven by' the virgins of the' temple. Perhaps ire can understand the fad of an aucietlt king wino, being enable to write his name, traced it from four letters cut in gold. But it may he a little more surprising to iearu that in the sixteenth ccutury Spaniards int the West Indies used gold dttst to salt their meat. And if gold had been a stronger metal at modern 1101e might have been struck by the mention of a bicycle made of gold. "Diamond Jim" Brady spout ntottey recklessly and once ordered ttvelce cycles made of gold, It was found. however, that the metal would not carry the weight required, and he had to be content with gold-plated bicycles. "Cam anyone tell ere what a mandate is:" asked the teacher, ''An appointment with your boy friend," replied Elisabeth, 4 STAR LUNCHEON LOAF .... Sure lire table tall(. is a savory. mouth-watering luucheen loaf that always sets conversation in motion and activates -appetites, A hollow' ed -out bread loaf, toasted golden brown and then tilled in with a creamy smooth oyster mixture, is the perfect recipe fon' those who avant to serve the, "unusual" but elso stay within a time and money burget Its the star-shaped bread slices on top that give this dish its neon haute "Fuer-Star luncheon :Loaf" —and it rates at least that number -for starring performance. The oy- ster mixture combines tomato sauce with oysters, diced pence, and seasoning for an almost uu- forgetable result. Encircling the loaf and adding'• a hearty totwh are hard -cooked eggs, smothered in Ole oyster mixture. The seasonings guarantee top taste . , . and it is At.cent (pure monosodium gluta- mate) that brings out the best in al! ingredients. 4 -STAR LUNCHEON LOAF 1 large loaf unsliced bread Melted butter or margarine 12 oysters Evaporated milk 1 8 -oz. can tomato sauce 6 tablespoons butter or margar- ine 1 green pepper, diced 4 tablespoons flour 1 teaspoon salt few grains pepper s teaspoon Accent" '':!si teaspoon rosemary iii teaspoon savory 6 hard -cooked eggs. Remove top of loaf in 1 thin slice: do not remove frust s on sides and ends. With a shrn'n knife remove centre of loaf in 1 piece. leaving a shell about a ?{- inch thick, Cut centre into cubes and toast golden brown in moder- ate oven, \'Vith n star -cookie cut- ter, cut 4 stars from ton slice, Brush shell and stars with melted butter pr margarine and, toast in moderate oven, Measure nester liquor; add euotgh evaporated milk to make 2 cups: add tomato sauce. Niel) a tablespoons hotter or inargt rice cools green pepper in this until soft; blend in flour, salt, pepper and Ac'cenl. Add evaporated milk mixture: stir over low heat until smooth and thicken- ed, Add oysters, rosetnary and sav- ory; cover and cook over hot water 15 minutes. Add toasted ):tread cubes, Place toasted bread shell on platter; surround with halves of hard -cooked eggs. Fill case with oyster mixture; cover eggs with re- maining oyster mixture, 1'lace stars on top. Serve at once. 'Yield: (i servings.. (pure monosodium glutamate; Queer Things Happen A 1951 Scarecrow is being tried out by an English farther. It ]vas a length of rope that smoulders for 8 hours and every 20 minutes a fire- eork explodes, the arms wave in the air, and clatter back into po- sition. Pickpockets in Alexandria have their own trade union, the president receiving "royalties" on all business done, Magic Touch: British pilot with Danish Airlines made a carpet and entered it is a competition. Ile woe first prize—a free air trip to l.ondol, Penalty: tiiauciero itunoceute and his sweetheart, Rosa Ruggero, have been sentenced to three anonths'iu1- prisonutent in Naples, Crime? Kies - ins; 1t1 a cinema. Successor: Ezra Henry Lenny has retired from management of a South African fruit farm, He is sncceedcd by his assistant, Charles 1'falfpetuty. Rare and Refreshing: Peaches with walnuts instead of .stones are growing on a peach tree which grafted itself on to a recently fell- ed walnut tree in the Orange )tree tine ye a dollar, Jeff." Don't listen to anyone who tells you a man and Itis wife have differ- ent aims, He wants ail he can get. She wants all he can get. # £ 4 * s .4 +d q 1 u WHY YOUR WICKET IS WHENEVER you ride a train, the TT conductor punches your Ltelcet to caneel it. Now, no Leo of these ticket punches are the same. Each Punch, Illce a Unman ttng:er'ptint, loaves a n'ar'k that has no dupla- , oath. This variety in punch nutlike is part of the Canadian National's accounting system. The hole the conductor punched in your ticket today may make the outline of a lady's head, a high button shoe or a top hat, In any event it will be unique, identifying not only the conductor but also the section of the CNR's lines over which you were traveling when the ticket was punched, There are 2,000 different punch marks in use, The railway will never run short of these punch marks, for while there are 2,000 in use, the company has 1,500 more dies, Punch marks include the letters of the alphabet and animate and inanimate objects such as a star, a mushroom, a halff- moot, a hatchet, an anchor, a fish, a trowel, the fou' symbols of play- ing' cards, a horse's head and many others. As we have said, they have a direct bearing on the accounting 5351001, They are a factor in prov- ing that a portion of a ticket; is refundable. The railway doesn't ex- pect a passenger to pay for more than he has received, If you have used only a. portion of your ticket, the cotnpatty is prepared to return your money On the remainder, However, to make refunds possible, the railway anus( Maintain an an - emetic tally of the tickets and parts of tickets that have been honored on its trains. The punches by its conductor's provide this tally. Let's suppose you bought a ticket from Montreal to 'Winnipeg and that for some reason or other, you left the traits at Capr'ool, Out Of Montreal and Ottawa the con- ductors will leave titeit' punch marks (a diamond and horseshoe) II ; i X. or PUNCHED - to indicate that you travelled the distance of their nuts, that is, Montreal to Capreol On return to Montreal, you apply for a refund from Capreol to Win- nipeg, Your applieatitn and ticket are forwarded to the auditor of passenger accounts office. There, by consulting the records, it is found that the diamond belongs to eotduotor Smith on the Montreal - Ottawa run and that the horseshoe puncta mark belongs to conductor Jones on the Ottawa-Capreol run. By checking the daily ticket report it is determined that these con- ductors were on duty when you made the trip. Hence the putrclt marks on your ticket when checked against the records show that You travelled only from Montreal to Capreol, Therefore, the Capreol- Winnipeg part of your ticket is refundable. Since putsches play an important role in making refunds, they are issued with care, When a conduc- tor receives a new punch, its par- ticulars are filed with his superin- tendent and with the auditor of passenger accounts, At the latter's office, an additional record for each poach is aitaintainecl. It is called the Record of Ticket Punches, This record contains all the transfers made of a punch until it goes out of service. Something of a master record also Is kept there and is used as a ready reference. This record lists all the punches in IMO and names tate conductors to whom they have been issued and the runs on which they ars used. .A11 the records bear the marks of the punches so that when a. conductor turns, in his ticket report, his punch mark 15 his signature, 7. Y t S w at 1 I 1 II to Il* WN THUMB COrtioN Smith GARDEN NOTES Faster The Better 'Co get quality in most vegetables growth must be hurried along. Really tender vegetables are those which are growu fast, that have never known a setback and are picked when they are at their best and quickly put into the pot or on the table, When a vegetable stops growing for any reason—lack of .attention, over -crowding, drought or just plain maturity—they start to turn tough. The wise gardener will help growth along by thinning properly, cultivating frequently, adding some good fertilizer if nec- essary and soaking with water if the weather turns really dry. Grown that way one gets a fresh and ten- der quality that no nieney can buy. 0 Big Show—Little Work For the lazy person, or perhaps it would be more diplomatic to say, for one who is too busy to spend Hutch time, certain flowers are guaranteed to give a big sl'ow'ing for a -minimum of effort. Cosmos, giant marigolds, sin - pias, petunias, pnrtulaca, nicotine, calendula, alyssum, nasturtiums, etc„ are in this class. They are easily grown alms st anywhere in Can- ada. Some of the huger flowers can actually he used in the place of shrubs. Seeds should be started early and in fine soil. Plants are transplanted to permanent quarters when they are well established with several sets of leaves. Ready -started bedding plattis can be bought front greenhouse people. For husky growth, cosmos, gladioli, dahlias, giant marigolds and zinnias should have about two feet each way—pe- tttulas treed about a foot of roost. Once established these flowers will look after themselves and bloom for mouths. c 0 i Avoid These o of the commonest mistakes of the average gardener arc to plant too deep and too close. This is not only a waste of seed but it also encourages went: or poor growth. Generally speaking all plants re. quire at (east ]calf as much space between then( 05 they are high at maturity. With carrots this means ;Ally nbou 2 inches, with corn or Malted tomatoes, 18 inches, On the seed packet will be given the proper spa ring. With Rigger seed like beans, peas, corn, etc., spacing will be easy, but it is much more difficult with the fine seeds of carrot, lettuce or alys- sum. Such things call be spread more evenly by mixing with a little dry sand and sowing the -mixture.. In any case 110 matter haw care• frilly we sow some later thinning as the plants develop tv111 he advis- able. - Pr'oper depth in plattting.is also important. The stile here is about three times the diameter of Ole seal. With tiny seeds like poppies, alysstuu or turnips this meat's merely pressing the seeds its the sail, with big things like gladioli, bulbs, potatoes and dahlias it means from 4 to 8 inches, with heels; beaus, etc., about an itch of cover. `The psychologist explanted )tow easy it was to judge a man's chat'• actor from his clothes, "Socks show a man's tempera• punt very clearly. They tell wile then he is generous or avaricious, nervous or phlegmatic," he anaottltr cd. "'They also keep his tett warm," cluttered an unbeliever. Dangers That Lurk In Everyday Life Lamps, Insecticides Are Hazards Denise,. Int'k, it, etes slat life 1. - day its ecr and ;tv 11 species! urnd• There', at, „talent. pot.ou hazer+) it, soma ly'p'" of Nu'mesrc"' lana[•. te Mak!, nose stride. gss des! wa.ht'?. '(11'tI' may et en lie pis it in 1141e ,hop::. .lint int, rill;r hnu.,r'.t if, (ting: at, old ftuore•s'nt lamp into tine dos'. hbt 11110,s are of the ria: to Ir•' self, her 1 hilrireu__ar;,l tt g,tr- bage nisi. The risk, is, so real 11,at 1'.r, aline- aro actually required 10 wear glover and proteetit,• goggit s w'Ili'u titer take doe It a wore -out lamp stud di -pose of it. los New 1or1s the sanitation au- thorities handle iluore-rent lass cards with the greatest cars press- ing them Brines lido tnarslc ground with bulldozers. The danger is bertilhan, a Poi- soned, metallic substan a often used in dee internal phosphor coal- ing of fluorescent lamps. There is no risk with such a lamp when ht - tact. Trouble comes %%-lieu our i= broken. The broken glass may 1,, coated with poison. ".Do not pick up the piece's whit the lingers." warns the interna- tional Association of Fire Chiefs, "Get out of the room until the <iust has settled. Then the broken glass should be swept with a brush and pan. If possible. wet it drown, 'Thers wash up the floor with a rag --and throw the rag away." In one case a youngster fished an old fluorescent frets' a dosshin and decided it would lie sun to use it as a bat. At the first whack, of course, the lamp smashed. A fragment of fly- ing glass made a tiny rut on his neck which caused no alarm at first, Weeks later, however. the cut stub- bornly refused to )real and the boy became progressively ill. Isis whole system was infected with beryllium. Troubled by such rases, repu- table fluorescent lamp manufac- turers have agreed to stop using beryllium. But some old stocks were sold to the public—usually without warning on the wrappers. Many of these gleamingly cfiicieut tubes are now ending their remark- ably long lives. As some electricians have discovered, the broken .lamps can "cause a rash" but they are unaware of the real perils. Is this unfamiliar danger kept secret even from the trade? Why r,n 11,.. ,,. ,v'tuttcnt -n•1 r i 1epante etd, costing '*11,171111 n .i., Issued Irp raufiort% 4 rites 1•. '..1g11.10 qts t.Ao- la, ' w'irking ilu danger, of atpnon,ted oily aa'er ,,n,; ectr,t.or. Fate people ;,Ireo,i;- iii:'.'' ,l;,d front the effects of _ Int„ ,Milia liquid il,N.O.C. drug ,s ialowu 1) couttet'act the ;11(.1'1 0; this anti -pest poison once ekseetn•d incs the human body. But the e„s.°ttia1 risks are still largely wtinoten. '1 Se manufacturers' war'n- ing oil the kd"d is often erased by tains or tear; before use. Recently, two men died even though they had 'item ;rained in spraying and issued ith protective masks and clothing. 14'hat of the Nisi:;; to the amateur gatvh'nert What of the crops. taint- ed by certain compounds? Though there may be no immediate risk of food poisoning, the possibility of it should be carefully stained. Urals. the other day a spokesman the medical profession attacked a third clanger in everyday life. :-ray machines in shoe shops, it v, a- alleged, may expose customers to dangerous radiation rays. Al, umsary customer might go front sirup to shop for a l'or'rect shoe iittiug. ignorant of the danger in the ray machines. Declares the British Medical Journal: "In one shoe-fit,ing of twenty seconds, doses ranging to llbr (roentgen rays) have been recorded. The ex- posure may be repeated immedi- ately- it; the same shop and again in other situps, and it is- clear that large doses might be given.” Perhaps you weren't aware of the risks? ilanufacturecs shake their heads and say that the cri- ticisms are ballyhoo, and it is only fair to point out that X-ray ma- chines have been in use in the larger shoe shops for thirty years. Or is this another case of a very real danger, ignored at your peril by neglectful officialdom? The Negro parson had gathered his flock to pray for rain.- From the 'pupil he gazed sadly meso Itis con- gregation. "The iaitls of some of rots is de- plorable," he said. "Here we is, gathered together to pray for rain, and not one of you has brought an umbrella." On The Trail Of A Deadly Enetny — Kenichi K. Ilisaol.a, a graduate of. the 0 diversity of Alberta, isworking under the direction of Dr. Helen. Battle, of the Department of Zoology, University, of Western Ontario, studying the aetinn of cancer producing agents on tate developunent of the fish embryo. In this experiment eggs of gine zebra fish are being used because of their transparency and because of their availability. These scientists are studying the effect of urethane—a common narcotic—on the devlopmetltal processes in the fish. The treat- ing of the fish with urethane during early developmental stages results in the proclttctioll of various contorted embryos, and among these are predominately found an extreme enlargement of the heart cavitytland other body cavities, it if known that urethane induces lung tumours in miec. and rats, but despite ifs uit.rt=-pr :lx!cin ' quality in this respect it retards the development of some certain tumors, and is used in the treatment of leukemia. a fatal hloodl disorder related to 'cancer. Kenichi K. Ifisuolka's work at the (?nit crsity of Western C)rlt'ario• is titade possible through a grant from the rational Cancer Institute. Funds contributed to the April campaign of the Canadian Cancer Society will be ttscd to support more titan 75 such research projects in Canada. Contributions should be trailed to your local unit of the Cancer Society or to Ontario Headquarters, 191 College Street, `1'circtuto.