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The Brussels Post, 1951-5-9, Page 3tl eil Padw''AJ Boy 8y Willard Olsen Parsing lvly bends cauls no shoulder high, I didn'1 think the 1:1,1 would use the gun intentionally, but scared and cold as he was his haul .shook so mutt that 1 was now- than a little worried, 1 wasn't et,iog to startle him into wuking any of the townspeople. They would Sind out pleuty soon enough that 1 had been caught flatfooted by this teen•agr badman. Otto was standing behind the counter, his hands resting easily on its scarred top, 1 couldn't ure it, but he was half sculling at the wild-eyed, boyish face that - was half covered with a dirty white handkerchief, - 'Sure, Sou," Otto was saying, "I'll give you the money, after f fix _you a Lite to eat," The kid', ryes lit up iur a 1110. went, then he frowned and said, "You're trying to trick me into taking off .the mask:" Otto shook his head slowly. "I'll put Solite sandwiches in a sack so yott can take them with you," He turned his back 011 the laid and went to work at the sandwich board. They seemed to have forgotten me, so 1 started edging around be- hind the youngster. I figured that Otto was why ll t w,t stalling, but 1 had moved wily a few inches when he stopped me - "Take it easy, Joe, you're apt to titin his appal ie," At these words from Otto, the kid spun around. I was staring at Otto, trying to figure out 11bat in the world he had in ntittd. There wasn't any writing on the back of Otto's neck, and it was too deep for me, so I hooked a stool with my toe and pulled it out where 1 could sit clown and still see what was going tai, Otto turned around with a ham• burger in his hand. Ile reached across the counter and handed it to me, "Maybe this will keep you ' out of mischief for a while," he said, grinning at my bewilderment. After all, he was the one getting robbed, so I decided I might as well go along with whet crer he was trying to do, All L stood to lose was maybe my job. "This is the first time you're tried this" Otto was asking the kid. The kid's heart nodded quickly, dtett he frowned and said, "What difference clots it make? flurry up with those hamburgers, I was checking the kid's descrip- tion again to see if there was any - "'This the first time you've tried this?" Otto was asking the kid with the dirty handkerchief over his face. thing 1 had missed, He had brown eyes and was waving a Luger pis. tot at us. ilis hair, it any, was bidden under an old cap pulled down over his ears. I was still trying to figure out how much slack there was in the bulky oyer• ells when Otto dumped the cash drawer oto on top of the counter. Ile counted the atones into a paper sack and placed it a couple of feet from the sac]: of hambur- gers. "Thirty dollars," he said to the kid, "not much pay for the chance you're taking," The kid reached out and scooped the two sacks together, using both hands, ills right hand with the Luger cane to rest a few inches from Otto's stomach. Otto slammed a huge hand down over the kid's band and gun„ 111mltint them to the counter. I started to yell at Otto, if that gun went off. he wonldn' have 0 chance, "Talc it easy, both of you," he told me and floe squirming kid, "That glut isn't loaded," '1'o me he said, "I'm surprised you couldn't telt by looking at the extractor." I didn't have am answer for that, "That thirty dollars is your next two weeks wages,' Otto told the kid, "and you can have all you want to eat:" He slipped the gun dist of the kid's fist and placed it cut of sight under the cooper. The kid was still scared, "Aren't you going to tell the cops:" Otto grinned and pointed at ate, "Thais them San," The kid paled and wiled. That tools all the fight out of hint, 1 stared at the kid for •a ntlauic, . then stood1 up and headed for the dos 'Cine to make ins, rounds," 1 said "Otto, gnu should hire some young fellow to help out in here, yfrtt're gelling too old to do it all "Guelder" Country Of HoX!and A I)utelnutu is rightly I.ron,1 of b1' thi'r'•, ,,I hi. p II 1. cord ni ht.. fete Latton,. liooss,•t, it 111 wide; trutirularty to .silos off his 1,11 11•' 10 tt ,•!ran;t'r, h,• Ira•I•• hint into the tnu'blyr 0n111try. II 1 a t'" tt try of !vette slopes, fr h streams, aged it , anti 11011 e!otw-flotvi,g, sinuous rivers, 'Mimi are plenty of hills, and the scenery i" evet-,'I:a rt'l lig; it is lm - hill and downhill work all the 11111e; nine hili are more than 3011 feet Well tool the a ;ion hos therefore been manned "The Dutch Switzer•. !.aunt.' '111 Dutchmen who <•au afford to do so mutt, to speed their holidays it, the (Mettler country. 'Pints, in the region there is a .nniltttude of hotels, of villas and of castles. S�uceu lb'illulmiva, 10 set an ex- nlltple, spent as much of her time as possible in lirr property at Loo, near Apcld,:,ora, It lies on the edge of the Soeren forest. Iltit the Guelder parks no lunger pride themselves on hot -trees in mosaic designs, with beds packed with short -stalked flowers such as one saes in the artitiriat gardens of the Gooi country or in Friesland. The trees are tall, the woods 000 thick. There are vast and irregular stretches of lawn, and bushes of 53ringes aod_privct cast a perfume. The roads are lined with bushes. Those, which line the 11iddagallee stand out, resetnlrling columns of jade,. and the castle stands in the fthewoods its depths 0OU(1' hC;l]itll 1t. [ s moats, url resembling a fairy- tale ilytale palace. There are water -mills 0,1 the rivers . , . 'These mills did' not saw wood nor did they dram canals like those of the Zaan or the Rhitte- laud; they crushed linseed, oil -cakes, Ns Neil were consumed by cattle, and especially paper pulp, which is made from rags, Mat magnificent hol- land paper especially reserved for luxury editions. The hoose, the village, the press and the old bridge have been reverently preserved in the heart 'of this country; The parte shelters among its copses of elms and pines the iC1•ol- lev 'Museum. The rich art galleries of The Hague, of Amsterdam, of Haarlem and of Rotterdam possess their masterpieces of the great cen- tury, But -the inland towns also fried to assemble a wealth of arts in accordance with the stage of prosperity they had reached. whilst they built their working-class set- tlements, their fine schools. their factories. Eindhoven, the Philips' city in llrabatt. and Enschede, the spinning -town in Overijssel, have each their =setup of modern paint- ing. The Guelder country at Otter - loo has 117 paintings by Van Gogh. "Yes, but nacre you seen the Guelder country?" the Dutch ask anyone who speaks about Holland. And one understands the affection they hold for their country, when WC meet sumptuousness and rigid simplicity side by side.—from "The Netherlands," edited by Dorti Og- t•izck. Text by Suzanne Chantal, IDENTIFIED A confirmed bachelor and an elderly spinster found themselves seated side by side .at a concert, The selections Were apparently un- familiar to the moan. Bet when Meedelssohn's "Wedding March" was played be pricked up his ears, "That sounds familiar," tic ex- claimed. "I'nt not very strong on classical Pieces, but that is very good. What is it?" The spinster cast down her eyes. "That," she replied demurely, "is the `Maiden's Prayer'." Sprightly Colors Dance on Spring Carpet Scene White Synthetic Faros Dye Beautifully BY JEDNA. 1IULES 117J'1ETHER you're living in a new-uaotonoarow dl'easu borne or keeping house with hand-me-downs from somebody's attic, there's a carpet this season to suit you. New yarns and new weaves have made it possi- ble for carpet manufactur- ers to offer an extensive va- riety of patterns and colors. Particularly important this spring are .synthetic fibers, which are being used in 100 per cent nylon or rayon car- pets, in various combina- tions with wool, or as plastic reinforcements. • Since the synthetic yarnsare pure-white 111te cotton and take dyes equally well, the same clear fresh colors are available in these carpets that homemakers have come to expect of cotton rugs. One interesting all -rayon car- pet features a new weave of vari-length interlocking loops. This makes for a heavy, luxuri- ant pile that offers eye -interest as well as foot -comfort. It is available in four color combina- tions—all of which are in the Either modern or traditional furnishings take on a bright out- look when complemented by the fresh flt,rat natlern of ihiscarpet. This young woman attends to her household mending, lounging in comfort with feet ouisiretched upon a fuscous, deep -pile carpet of 100 per cent rayon. soft muted tones so popular this year. The textured effect which con- tributes so much to the beauty of this carpet is one that Is achieved in various ways in many new designs. Both weave and pattern are directed toward converting today's carpet from the flat, plain floor -covering it once was into a handsome room accent that beguiles the eye. Even Sorals have undergone a change. If you like Sowers abloom on your floors all year long, you need not duplicate grandmother's parlor -rug in your living room. One design that fits particularly well with today's easy living scatters its blossoms around In "beds," thereby avoid- ing the monotony found in some repeat -pattern Sorale. This fresh design by noted American designer Edward. Wormley adds a note of bright cheer to bedroom, dining Croom or wherever you wish to use it. HLL&2N 1ION At last, folks, somebody has had the entrails to speak up, in no un- certain totes, for the farmer. Our own papers have been so busy with headlines regarding Rita Hayworth, General McArthur and the like that they •couldn't be expected to notice anything so unimportant as farming and its profits—if ally. But when 1 saw that Charles F. Brannan, Secretary of Agriculture in the United States, had said that "FARMERS ARE EARNING LESS FOR TH1?IR LABOR, IN- VESTMENT AND MANAGE- MENT ABILITY THAN ANY OTHER CLASS IN THl? COUN- TRY" I sat up and started to pay attention, And here, in part, • is what Secretary Brannan told the folks down in Washington. And if Washington is anything like Ot- tawa, ITC', Brannan probably Wright have saved itis breath to -Olt, what's the use? Anyway, here's the report: Ranter than being overpaid, the secretary told the House Commit- tee at Agriculture, farmers' earn-, trigs for 1951 average around 90 to 95 cents an hour, This is well below current estimates of hourly eai'niugs of all- factory workers which in February amounted to $1.56. w * a Committee members praised Sec- retary Brannan sfor his statistical analysis of current farts economics. They agreed that he had given tltetit valuable information with which to defend the nation's ;0,000,000 farriers wlteil the subject of farm prices and income and their rela- tionship to the price of food and the w;a ,�.w��ay.x�,a. x.n�: e.:: ar..s�w�•.xawaw, .�rsw:x:.snaa .«n;e:•stri Portrait Of An Old Soldier—Hero is a new camera sitttly of (tencral of elle Army Douglas MacArthur, the "old soldier", I t svnc taken as the general surveyed the throngs gathered to greet him in \W'ashing'ton, 1)•C. defense stabilization program conies up for debate in the I -louse. ar s: z: Sect:etary Brannan said that at hour's earnings in a factory may buy less of some things now than it has in the past, but it will buy more food, The witness picked over the ,con- sumer's market basket item by`itetn to show Congress that this was. so. Average returns from an hour oI factory labor will buy about as many loaves of bread now as- it would in 1949, one-fourth more than it would in 1939, over one-half more loaves than in 1929, twice as many as in 1919, and 2% times as Many as in 1914, Mr, Brannan said, * a All hour's factory pay, he added, bought almost as much round steak in February as it did in 1949, and only a sixth less than it did when beef was selling 'at bargain—base- ment prices in 1939. An [tour's work in the factory bought as mucic butter at the start of 1951 as it would in 1949 or 1939, and also will buy more milk, eggs, oranges, potatoes, and bacon than it would in 1949, 1939, 1929, or 1914, Mr, Brannan said. t M C, Speaking of milk, Representative August H. 'Andresen (R) of Min- nesota said he thought some of the propaganda representing farmers as profiteers originated among people • who did not quibble about paying '60 cents for a cocktail, but kicked like a steer at paying 24 rents for a quart of milk. * a: Secretary • Brannan said that "if we had been satisfied with the same kinds and_quantities of food we bought itt 1935-1939 with 23 per cent of our disposable incotue, it would have cost tis only 18 per cent of our 1950 income," a M A, But Americans are eating a high- er quality diet than they did in that former period and they are eating about an eighth more food per per- son, Mr, Brannan said, and buying more services along with their food —.better processing, better pactcag- iag, all of which costs money,. The secretary of agriculture told. the committee that in 1947 fartn people were getting two-thirds as 11111015 income per capita as nonfarm people, but in 1950 farm people got Ditty about half as much as other people, n, V: He said that the rise in farm prices over the last year, if tuain- tained, will mean a substantiae in- crease in farm earnings, bringing them( back to about what they were in 1947. Rapid as the rise in food prices has been since April, 1950, the wit- ness said, farmers' prices did not catch up with the prices of steel products until January of this year. Go Easy On That Scrubbing Brush! Now that Mom is about to cap- tain the paint -up, clean-up squad for springtime house cleaning, specialists from the New York Ex- tension and Experiment Station are offering a word of caution. Paint is trot impervious to all soap Preparations. If you get too busy removing the dirt, the paint may come off tool If scouring of painted surfaces seems necessary, one of the best aids is finely powdered whiting, inexpensive by the pound, and procurable at paint, hardware, and often at drug stores. It is an abra- sive, but one of the finest varieties. If you plan just to wash the paint, a mild neutral soap should be satis- factory, but even such soap con- tains some alkali that will eventu- ally affect the paint if left on it. Directions for commercial paint - cleaning preparations suggest no rinsing is needed; but this is a misapprehension as the alkaline content of soap does weaken paint surfaces• if left on then(, Just be sure to rinse carefully every arca you wash, 1'o be sure of doing this it is wise to wash only a small area at a time; then rinse it well before moving to the next area. Another caution concerns rub- bing your paint surface overmuch while using a cleaner with which you are not too familiar. Paint is softened by some cleaning solu- tions when it gets wet; then rub- bing can damage it. For this rea- son it is highly important to use only the amount of cleaner sug- gested in the directions so that the paint won't get too soft for rou- tine rubbing, "Sticky Business" New adhesives made from syn- thetic or artificial resists are elim• inating the use of thousands of rivets per aircraft, and are sticking together even metal components of our latest civil and military jet planes. They arc reducing the weight of the aircraft and increasing the pay- load or weight that the plane can safely lift. They are leaving the wing and fuselage surfaces stream- lined and unblemished by rivet heads, enabling the onrushing air to slide smoothly over them, thus increasing speed and reducing fuel consumption, These synthetic resin glues are so strong that two metal parts joined by theta will not break until a pull equal to two tons has been applied. Some are hardened by heating, not by cooling, as with animal gine. They are applied under pres- sure at a high temperature, Microscopic examination shows that a continuous filen is formed between the two surfaces being joined, and that this filtn penetrates deeply into the pores, producing the special adhesive effect, The synthetic resin process is being used in the building of the turbine -powered Brabazon 2, the new Britannia airliner, and the twin - engined Bristol 175 helicopter. Free From Trouble These modern glues hear 110 re- semblance to the messy substances we use occasionally for household repair jobs. They are made imper- vious to humidity, water, germs, climateyt.insects and white ants. Aircraft on which they have been used have given trouble-free beha- viour itt climates ranging from the intense heat of the Sahara Desert to the freezing tundra of Northern Canada, Before the last war we were using glues which had not changed in essential composition. since the days of the Pharaohs. They were made front by-products of industries deal- ing with skins, bones, and animal tissue. The action of steam on the in- soluble matter found in these by- products • produced animal glue, This is still used in woodwork, for gummed and abrasive paper, and for book -binding. Another type, marine glue (made by dissolving rubber or shellac in naptha or benzine) is still used in ship build- ing because it resists water web. • But between the two World Wars the Germans discovered how to make synthetic resins with mira- culous "sticking" properties, /VCGREEN Goidon•S'nttl:'h GARDBZ NOTES Order of Planting Aiwa garden things itt Caned& divide themselves into four gvupal hardy, septi -hardy, septi -tender and tender, lit the first are those that go iet just as early as possible. Frost will net hurt there at all, may in fact do them good, In this tough ctasryy are sweet peas, nursery stook and grass seed, also practically any- thing else of a perennial nature. The second group includes those that like to grow early and will stand some frost, These are mostly vegetables like lettuce, radish, spinach, garden , peas, perhaps a short row 00 two of beets and carrots, and the first potatoes. One can risk the first sowing of these about as soon as the soil is fit to work, True, a real hard frost wilt damage them, but a few degrees will not. In the this'd category are plants that will stand some pretty cool weather, even a degree or two of frost, but they don't like it. They should not be risked outside until practically all danger of frost is over. In this group will be most of our annual flowers—costnos: zin- nias, marigolds, petunias -- and. beans, potatoes, core, cabbage, or perhaps even a few tomato planter among the vegetables, Last of all we have the really tender things. Frost is fatal to these and they don't like and wilt not thrive in cool weather or coot soil. Among the flowers are the canvas, gladioli, dahlias, and in the vegetable category: cucumbers, melons, squash, peppers and such. When the season is ready for these it 14 also the best time for the mails plantings of corn, tomatoes, Must Have Room A most important job, after tate plants are up, will be thinning anti spacing. This is vital work and applies to either flowers or vege- tables. Crowded flowers will grow thin and spindly, will not bloota freely and the biggest plants will topple over itt the first storm, They should have hall as muck room between as they will grow tall. Titin means about 5 to 5 inches for things like nasturtiums, less for alyssum, much more for tall mari- golds, cosmos or spider plants. With the smaller vegetables, a couple of inches between plants is sufficient. This applies to leaf la- ttice, early carrots, beets, etc. Beads and peas should have from 4 to 6 inches between plants, and as all the seed usually germinates it should be planted about this far apart, Rows should be from 15 inches to 2 feet apart. Corn is usu- ally planted from 3 to 6 seeds to a !till, about 18 inches apart each way, or rows 2 to 3 feet apart. Tomato plants require at least 18 inches each way: melons, squash and. cucumbers three plants to a hill, and hills about 2 to 3 feet apart. DoublingUp—Russell, at left, and Ralph Logan, six-year-old twin found their double persuasion ineffective against the double stubbornness of these twin donkeys. The boys needn't be too surprised at their failure, for they were up against a special pair, The owner of the animals stated they are the only twin donkeys in Texas. • JITTER Bx Ar i1 . UP SO HE waft III( COVES DADDY d ZX y= IP ,. . coo( colo s. zr.. D A„ F / T i ....ty i .. I , ,.� a. f \ �,,,.,, s 9 Y ,,yr .., 9 Y�oW. .. + c a l " L ` . �. . va.