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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1951-7-25, Page 3r4, Meng And Riled lly Richard H. Wilkinson 'Of course it was wrong for John- ny to kiss her and it was right for Jinny to slap his face. They stood there with the desk chair between Ilient starlug at each other for n full. moment Jinny recovered first, She turned ntvay and walled to the door -with her head, high and went out. Johnny sighed and sat down at his desk. He was amazed and dis- gusted with himself. Ten minutes - ago he had been the practical ex- ecut;ve. I°Ie had rung for tis secre- tary, :tfiss Alyne, and a girl with titian colored hair and blue eyes had appeared instead. "I'm Tinny Alison," she explained matter-of-factly. "Miss Alyce is ill today and. I'm taking her place." She had stood looking at hint front the other side of the chair, and without saying a word he had reach- ed out and pulled her toward hint and kissed her, and she had slapped his face, Sitting at his- desk Johnny won- dered why he hadn't noticed Jinny Alison before. She must be new, he told himself. He gestured angrily. What a•fool he had made of him- self.. 1 -Te didn't believe in mixing busi- ness with—well, with. things like that, And, he told himself fiercely, he wasn't going. to begin now..Miss Alison would have to be dismissed, He couldn't have a girl around whom he'd kissed and who might think of hint as—well, in that way. He stood up, grimly determined. The smatter hail better be attended . to at once. Half way to the outer office he stopped short. Suppose Miss Alison had already quit? Prob- ably she had. The possibility that this might be the case brought on a sense of panic, He rushed to the door and opened it, was vastly re- lieved to discover a titian -colored head bent over a desk close by the door, He went back to his own desk. Well, she hadn't quit and he "I'm Jinny Alison," she ex- plained matter-of-factly. "Miss • Alyne is ill today and I"m tak- ing her place." wouldn't fire her. No, he decided to let her stay and ignore her en- tirely During the remainder of the morning he Put Miss Alison from his mind. When he had letters to dictate he rang for a stenographer in exaggerated unconcern. And when prim Abby Nathan appeared Ile told himself he was relieved. That night Johnny went to sleep putting' Jinny out of his mind. Tim next morning he reached the office before nine. At 9115 he opened the door of the outer office and breath- ed easy again when he saw that Jinny was at her post. At noon he looked toward her desk on his way out, caught her eye and felt strange- ly sick when she turned coldly away. During lunch he became pret- ty grins, admitting to hihlself that he was making rather a mess if his resolve, Milia Alison world have to go, There was no use, Ire just couldn't concentrate with her on Itis conscience. It would solve the whale problem to have her out of. his sight, His Hirst am on reaching the office was to call Miss Nathan and ask her to send in Miss Alison, Jinny, notebook iu hand, entered and stood looking at him tronm'the other side of the interview chair just as she had the clay he had kissed her, "Miss Alison," he began and stopped. He cleared his throat importantly, "Miss Alison, I've called you in to—to apologize for what happened the day before yes- terday." "Oh," said Jinny. "1 don't want you to think," John- ny went on, scarcely recognizing his own voice, "thal 1—er—kiss— er—act that way with all -- with other stenographers." "Oh. T i on't," said Jinny, her eyes wide. • "Tit fact," said Johnny, "you're the first one, T meats, well—" He stopped, desperate, panicky, angry, "Miss Alison ,miere fired!" Olt!" said Jinny, Johnny !miner, "No, 1 don't mean that; What 1 mean is, I can't 1•onrelttrate unless — ti lletn -- we have an understanding Oh, the devil! That wasn't what 1 intended 10 say at all, 1 metro, Miss :11`=nn• would you file to gn out h» cunei ith mc'" • °Tt might he tire;" Amy NO'4Trl Til , Ft, 'PEEN Foram Smit 1 Hybrid delphinium are lacking.in a0 too many gardens. Six-foot stalks that are now lined for half their length with two and one-half to three inch blossoms in blue, purple, lavender and white make it a challenge to try growing some front seed, These stately hybrids are not too difficult to achieve in the most average garden. True, there are hazards, but so there are with a good many flow- ers, The root rot, crown rot, black spot and red spider that may at- tack even the expert's plants can be combated successfully. A pack- age of 100 seeds may produce fifty full-grown plants, Even twenty- five good ones are worth the effort for they will make a magnificent showiug. * * * Seeds sown 111 July. or August this year will have two to 'three foot stalks of bloom in June and' July, 1952, and again that fall. These sante plants wilr be full grown by 1953 and then produce magnificent six and seven - foot spires. Some of the year-old plants will winterkill, hut this may hap- pen also when they are older. Enough delphinium always survive to stake then a worth -while per- ennial. The two essentials, for success- ful delphinium `are good seed and good soil. The seed may be ob- tained from one of the half-dozen hybridizers who•. specialize in this perennial or, when it is fresh, from one of the general seed houses. The soil must be suited' to the specific needs of delphinium by the addition of humus, peat moss and sand. In other words. if a planting is to be permanent, soil must be rich and light and have good drainage. * * Delphinium seed may be started in either a flat or a coldframe. The soil should be a preparation of one- third humus or compost, one-third sand, the mixture sifted through quarter or eighth -inch mesh. Shak- ing the seeds in an envelope con- taining a pinch of cupricide, are- san or semesan will avoid loss from damping off. * * * From one-eighth to one-quarter inch is deep enough to sow del- phinium seeds, and they should be spaced an inch apart in a shallow groove made with the point of a pencil. Clean builders' sand sifted through window screening and pressed down with a block of wood is the proper covering. A strip of clean burlap is laid over the soil and the bed is sprinkled copiously through the fabric. A burlap or lath shade is then set directly above the seed bed to shade it from the hot sun. * * * Since the bed should always be moist but not soaking wet, the soil should be examined by turning .up a corner of the burlap every,; day or so. In ten or fifteen days the little seedlings will be pushing through the soil.The burlap then may be removed, but the shade kept over the bed for a couple of weeks except on cloudy or rainy days. Meanwhile, to allow more circula- tion of air, the shade frame may be lifted higher .on blocks or bricks. - If any of the little seedlings start to topple over front damping off, they require more air, less water and spraying with cupricide. d 5 5 Some growers leave the seed- lings in the coldfrane over winter, but if grown in flats they must be transplanted and spaced out i11 a protected area where they are not subject to hard winds or to washing by rain. Light, rich soil is essential for these little seedlings. It may be fortified with manure water or with superphosphate as a side dressing. During extremely dry weather througt the fall regular sprinkling will be necessary. 5 5 5 Winter covering consists of a cup or a pint of clean builders' sand on the crown of each plant Old Masters an Needlepoint Bring New Beauty to Home Weis 'manly is given Ube Loins by famous paintings reproduced is negdlepo(ut. "Blue Bey," from the painting by Sir Thomas Gains- iotro{igli, ilia "Pinkie," from the paisting.by Sir Thomas Law- rence, pair well for wall arca above a table. * * * %i j * t4 Figures Embroidered by' Experts, But You Can Work Out Background RT isglt necessarily something that's to be viewed +311y1'4. rttrt Vieltsto museums. It becomes more meaningful if it's something that's lived with, that has a part in the familiar pattern of life. , Few people can afford original paintings by great masters, but: that's. no reason for shutting yourself off front these classics. Repro- ductions are the answer. one well-known firm, recognizing the desire of many people to hang copies of the world's beat paintings in their homes, has recently introduced an "old masters" series in needlepoint. THERE'S appeal in this series not only to the artistic leanings of homemakers, but also to their creative instincts. Although the central figures of such paintings as "Pinkie," "Blue Boy," "Age of Innocence" and "Boy With Rabbit" have already been worked ,on canvas by skilled Madeira craftswomen, the background is left lo be finished by purchasers. "Old Masters" kits are available in two sizes—full-length and minia- ture. The larger kits include antique gold or mahogany picture _frames. The smaller ones -include, in addition to the frames, mats, glass panes, and enough yam to complete the backgrounds. The large pictures are.planned to be used in pairs; the miniatures, it's suggested, are attractive when hung in-groups of four. after the first hard freeze. Coarse salt hay or small pine boughs are also good, but not leaves or a heavy material that will pack down. Even the experts, lose as high as 20 per cent of their plants over Winter front various causes. This is trivial considering the large nitnber of beautiful plants that sur- vive. Small green leaves push through the soil in spring as early as daffodils do, is * * Sometime in April or May, the little plants are moved again. This time they are set a foot apart, again is light soil that has been enriched to a depth of about one foot with compost or well decayed manure. If needed for drainage, a quart or more of sand may be, mixed with each pailful of the topsoil. The yotfFlg plants should be wa- tered carefully. When they are four to six inches high. the spraying schedule begins. An application of rotenone and pyrethrum mixture should be given every two weeks until flowering starts in Jette. * * * Few hybrid perennials are ever- lasting, and delphinium are no ex- ception. Three or four years is about the life span. Theft the root system disintegrates. For a full display every year, it is advisable to start some seed each summer and to keep new seedlings coating along. Getting `-Into That Garage Of Yours Our new automobile is wider than the old one, which could be driven into the garage with ease. Driving in the new car is a different matter. We saw right away that it would be no trick it all to rub paint off the fenders, simply by putting the car away for the night writes "L. H, V." in The Christian Science Monitor, The question of driving into the garage at almost exact center was simply solved in the following manner, We hung ropes from the roof so that they dangled at the exact center of the garage at three-foot intervals from the front to the rear, the rope lengths being deter- mined by the need In our case, we cut them so that they lung to within about one foot oc the hood decoration which is centered on the front of the car. All we have to do now, when we put the car away for the night is to watch carefully and make sure the hood ornanitent follows. the straight and exact course indicated by the row :1 dangling ropes, Go- ing in or coming out of the gar- age ,the ropes provide reassuring guide to the driver. Result: no ceraped fenders and no worries about getting any, tai . ? sessir i. ";•.tea BY • HAROLD AR NETT IMP Jo/Alm Off' EXTENSION WITH CELLULOSE TAPE BEFORE THPEADlNG YOUR CURTAINS TO PREVENT NT SNAGGING ON THE JOINTS, I:LPAIN FRONT Most of us are agreed that'fartn- ing is a fairly tough life. Now, from statistics gathered by the National Safety Counicl, we learn that it's •a fairly dangerous one, too. And—this is worth noting—in con- trast to such occupations as mining, construction and transportation, farm injuries are mounting rather than decreasing. * * * While the increasing use of machinery may be the cause of the rise in the accident rate, farm ani - .mals are still a major hazard to the rural worker. In one report they are at the top of the list with horses causing the most mishaps. Cows and bulls come next. A third of the farm casualties are among children due to the fact that they are allowed to ride or be close to operating machinery. * * A One cannot blame fast machin- ery for being the major cause of the mounting rural accident fre- quency rate. Axes and pitchforks take a sizeable annual toll and they have been used for centuries. * * * There is no doubt that when one analyses the cause of farm acci- dents, carelessness, will be found to be the chief reason behind them. Manufacturers of modern farnt ma- chines are careful to place safety guards on them. These are re- moved when repairs are being made and often are not placed back. Safe- ty instructions on pesticide contain- er's are disregarded and since many pesticides are poisonous, death or Painful illness could occur from carelessly handling them. * * * While industry has well-develop- ed safety campaigns, the farmer is usually on his ott71 and suffers most when he is laid up front an acci- dent. It is up to the individual farm, therefore, to organize its own safety progranune and conscientiously fol- low it. * * It's 110 ltCW'n to 111051 of tis that a well. ventilated barn is conducive to healthy livestock. But did you know that a clahw cow breathes approximately two .cubic feet of air every minute—which is a whole heap of air, especially if it happens to he stale or foul. * * d' The oxygen in the air is absorb- ed and warns, moist air containing carbon dioxide is 'exhaled, The daily moisture from a dairy cow is between 10 and 15 pounds; while that from a hog may reach as high as six pounds. * * * Cinder these conditions the air in a barn would soon become foul and the humidity would rise to an un- suitable height unless replaced by fresh air from outside. a.. * * Although two cubic feet of air a minute is all that is required by a cow for actual respiration, 60 cubic feet of air a minute is nor- mally t•equircd'to ,:cep a barn rea- sonably free front • objectionable odours. Moreover, during relative- ly, mild weather as much as 150 . cubic feet of air per cow may be needed to remove excessive mois- ture from a dairy barn. Two methods for providing the necessary air in a barn are in general use; the natural draft or flue method of ventilation, and the mechanical or fan method. Both of these methods are explained fully along with construction details in a new publication of the Depart- ment of Agriculture, Ottawa, "Prin- ciples of Barn Construction," by \Vm. Kalbtleisch and J. W. White, agricultural engineers with the Experimental Farms Service. The insulation of farm buildings is also explained in considerable detail. The bulletin may be obtained from the Department of Agriculture, Ot- tawa. Ask for Publication No. 859. * * * Government entomologists will soon be out in the forest areas of Ontario snaking an egg count of the 1952 "crop" of tent cater- pillars—an insect responsible for defoliating several thousand acres of Ontario bnshland and fruit or- chards thin year. V M: * According to J. A. Oakley. isa- tonmologist of C.LL,'s agricultural chemicals is pertinent, the egg masses can be recognized by theit• presence at the junction of two small. branches, or around small twig.. F.ach mass is about tln•ee- nuarders of ;to Melt long and half an inch wide. and Inas a brown varnishy appearance. ft is usually laid in August by the adult Wroth of the tent caterpillar and hatches out in May and June of the fol- lowing year. There are several hun- ched eggs in a single mass. * * * "The time to plan an anti -cater- pillar control campaign is after the egg count is made and before• the hatching starts," Mr. Oakley ad- vises "individual orchardists, wood - tot and sunnier resort ownere might even make an egg survey on their own property to determine the degree of infestation." By doing this, they will know just how big an assault 011 the^ pests should be planned for next year. TAKE NO CHANCES At an old-fashioned revival meet- ing in the South, a penitent sinner was impressed by the eloquence of the evangelist• but he also had an eye open for the practical results of his confession. "Friends," he said, "i do want to repent, and I want to tell you how bad I have been, but I don't dare do, it while the grand jury is in session." "But the Lord`w•ill forgive you," shouted the revivalist. "I know," replied 11.^ sinner, "but He ain't on that grand juryl" Caused Sensation By Wearing Bloomers Otte clay in June, 1851, there appeared in the heart of -London a spectacle that put the excitement ofl the year—the Creat International Exhibition—nmontentarily in the shade. A hundred years ago ladies wore dresses that trailed in the mud, and - hustles big -enough to carry a fair- sized tea tray, Ankles were never sten or, if seen, caused females to frown and brave Wren to flinch. The reader may well imagine the sensation that followed upon the appearance in public of Mrs. Amelia Bloomer, editor—did you ever?—and wife of a highly -res- pected American army officer. Mrs. Bloomer, outraged at the absurdity of the fashion of her time, and in particular revolted by its unhygienic aspects; sat down in the editorial office of Iter journal and designed soniethitg that ap- peared to her to be more in keeping with the logic of the human form (female). Pictures Potting Fun So much ridicule has been pour- ed upon this worthy lady for a cen- tury so many pictures poking fun at her invention have been pub- lished, that it is not easy - to dis- cover just what Mrs Bloomer diel invent and what she looked like as she took the air along Piccadilly en route for the Crystal Palace in the Park, ;\u:elia's' answer to the critics tri the time was: "Mine is an attempt to substitute fur the sura. ltrous, inelegant, end in tttany other respects objectionable dress which now prevails, one of a light, con- venient and graceful character." This was not nonsense, but good sense. 'Nor was Mrs. Bloomer a crank. She was merely ahead of her time. Ladies cl.•siring to adopt the Bloomer fashion were free to wear what they liked above their mid - (Iles. But below, to be a true Bloom- erite, dress had to he in strict keeping with its inventor's design. Hear what the dear creature sap on this: "\\e would have a skirt reaching down nearly halfway be - 1W e:11 the knee and the ankle, and not made quite so Rill as the pre- sent fashion. Underneath this skirt, trousers moderately full, in fair, mild weather, coming down to the ankle (trot instep), and there gath- ered in with an elastic band. The shoes or slippers to suit the oc- casion, For winter or wet weather the trousers also full, but coming down into a boot, which should rise sotite three or four incites above the ankle... " In America, Mrs. Bloomer's dress reform won considerable support but few women adopted the dress and those yam diel had to run the gauntlet of witless sallies. In England, Mrs. Bloomer got together a band of enthusiastic young women who were sick and tired of tight lacing, bustles and countless trailing petticoats. But everywhere it was the same story. ttsar'_ was the yardstick to be applied And what was a woman, who showed her ankles at . the peril of her reputation, to think of a costume which shamelessly ad- mitted, by displaying them, the hard fact that women had legs at all? But Amelia fought hard for her dress reform. When her "bloom- ers" were criticized on the ground of immodesty, she replied that personal hygiene came before mock modesty. Yet the Bloomer Costume did not take on. Time had topass be- fore general recognition of its use= fulness and sense trickled into the feminine mind. It Still Survives It did not die out, for all the ridicule poured upon it. It sur- vived, in modified forst. It still survives, wherever schoolgirls and young women play field gatnes. For the truth is that the familiar cos- tume of our girl teenagers is the direct descendant of the Bloomer Costume. How delighted Mrs. Bloomer would be could she know. But what would she think of girls rushing madly- after a hard ball armed with hockey sticks? Of girls astride motor -bike piliotms? One can almost hear her words; "Unladylike! Immodest I" Visitor's Day. In Walla Walla, Wash., visiting a friend at the state penitentiary, Roy Weldon was recognized, arrested an t month- old larceny charge. Windows With A Built-in "Crash"—This special window is designed to reduce hazards of flying gloss during a bomb attack. When hit by blast pressure, the window's four triangular sections, sealed together and hinged io the frame by a glass -plastic laminate, automatically give way. Top window has broken apart, minus any flying glass fragments. Bottom window has been repaired after crash by use of a fastening bolt at center. Adhesive tape. putty or chewing gum will serve the same purpose. G'6LLYlr3 11071 THAT NEAREST FOUR •SOME' Is 7911111(15 sAct„111 OOtSG TO swIMSLTOReraY GET0E8E! Vommuldi FOR'HEAYEH's sum, A par cooto lzEe WEN1INs PANTS AND AOteERTEP 0011 0A5. IT5 LIKE 111195 TO A MYSTERY STORY!