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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1951-11-14, Page 3By Richard Hill Wilkinson Roy wa., correcting his English IV mid -year book reviews and the whistling annoyed hitt. It came from the alley beneath tl.e window at the end of the hall. It had begun early that morning, a ;fright, cheery whistle, measured, 1.4411 -pitched. Presently he could - stand it no longer. IIe was not a violent man, but as he descended the back stairs there was a grimness about his mouth. Roy emerged into the alley and headed for a high board fence, front behind which came tike measured whistle. Be went through a dpor in the fence and stopped short, A voice said: "Hi, kill" Suspended from a peg in the fence was a cage and in the cage was a parrot, As Roy stared at it the parrot emitted a shrill, piercing whistle. Roy was in the act of opening the cage door when someone shrieked. He turned to see 0 girl with red hair and blazing brown eyes rushing at him, "Don't you dare touch that cage1 Who are you? What are you doing bere? You were going to hunt Bertha!" Roy blinked, "Yes," he said calmly, "I was going to wring Bertha's scrawny neck. Bertha's whistling annoyed me. It was driv- ing riveing me crazy. All morning long I have been trying to correct my English book reviews. If the book reviews aren't in by tomorrow I'm apt to lose my job." The girl's eyes brimmed with ' tears, "I'm sorry," said Roy. "Unless you remove Bertha from her pre- sent location I shall insist on bash- ing in her stupid head." The redhead gasped. "And I'll bet you would do it, tool It's only "I'm sorry,' Roy said. "Un- less you remove Bertha from her present location I shall in- sist on bashing in her stupid head.,• on bright days that 1 place Bertha outside. Otherwise, she has to stay in where it's dark. If you don't he- licye me, come and see." Roy realized that she was appeal- ing to his better nature, if any, He permitted himself to be led into the house, The room, where abode the girl and Bertha, was truly a gloomy place. "I concede the point," Roy ad- mitted. He stared at the girl close- ly. "I should think on warm days you'd want to get out into the air yourself" "I do. I spend nearly, all my time looking for a job. Today I stayed home so Bertha could have a sun- ning, Tomorrow she won't bother you at all." "Tomorrow'," said Roy, "1 won't be here to mind." Ile scratched his chin. "Look here," he said, "What kind of work are you looking for?" "1 used to• be a librarian", said the girl. "A librarian!" exclaimed Roy, Would you like a job correcting English IV book reviews?" The redhead's eyes grew round, "Do you mean --• why I'd adore such a job!" "13y the way," he said,, "I haven't asked your nine," "It's Roberta Cameron, And if you avant these papers tonight, 1 think you'd better let me get to work on them." It was in October that Bertha had first aroused Roy's ire, Two weeks before Christmas he asked Roberta an important question. She shook her head. "I couldn't marry you, Yon don't like Ber- tha," "But I've really grown fond of Bertha!" Roy cried, "Why, if it weren't for Bertha, I'd, never have met you," The day after this, Bertha .caught a colds, if was Jmriglit and warm'in the morning and Roberto. -left the bird outside while she went to town, At noon it turned cold and began to rain, Attracted by a series of hoarse shrieks, Roy rush- ed into the alley, seized the cage and returned indoors, Bertha died the next. clay. "1-1 suppose," said Roberta, "1 shouldn't have put her out,' Roy stared. A thousand thoughts galloped through his mind, But he had the good sense not to mention them, instead he picked] up inn-' berta's hand and Roberta smiled, "Sandy Cockpit Of Ferocious Fighting" Tine Sudan 18 darkly in the news -perhaps more ominously than at any time since that waste was the sandy cockpit of some of the most sensationally ferocious fighting of the nineteenth century. To the old the names of the chief participants in the turmoil of the Eighteen IEighties and Eighteen Nineties. trust still ring a challenging alarm. To their children those names are still dynautir,;,-•with the romantic dash and glamour about them of a boy's novel by G. A. Henry. "Chinese" Gordon, that titanic zealot, massacred at Khartum be- cause of one of the imbroglios of colonial politics -plus his determin- ation to crush an abominable slave trade—was one. The M'andi—an- other great and fiery zealot, a pri- meval chief and holy man—was another. Sir Herbert (later Field Marshal) Kitchener, stalwart proto- type of British military vigor, was a third. As background was the' mass of Sudanese dervishes, intre- pid, fanatical warriors, whom Kip- ling immortalized by the generic name of "Fuzzy-Wuzzy"--"u pore benighted 'eathen, but a first-class fighting man!" All this would seem merely re- miniscent, something out of a fairly dint historical past. were it not for still another name — Winston Churchill. For Churchill, a member of that terrific cast of characters, has come down to us intact. He was at the battle of Omdurman, Kitclt- ener's final triumph over the Sud- anese tribesmen. How many battles Churchill has since been "at" even his own biography might hardly total, But here he is, alive and vigorous, well over fifty years since he rode with Kitchener to Khartum. There is no question about Churchill as a battler—he has been at it a long time. In those early days he must have appeared to his contemporaries the:pure example of the Kipling hero, the officer and gentleman, debonair and dauntless, His own story ("My Early Life") tells the graphic tale. He first bore arms in a Spanish Army against the Cubans in 1895. Presently be was translated to India. There, captain of his regimental polo team, he battled to an India -wide champ- ionship, one arm (he had wrenched it coming ashore at an Indian port) strapped to his side. Presently, a small border war having burst forth at quite a distance from his post, he practically took French leave to get to it --and did. Among Churchill's histories is that of the reconquest -of the. Egyp- tian Sudan. He called it "The River War," As a report of the colonial warfare of those days it is unsur- passed. It has other fascinating ele- ments. The introduction to a new edition in 1933—thirty-five years after it was written—for instance, gives sidelights of current interest. 1n those distant days," he writes, "The world was tranquil and our country relatively rich and power- ful. The Royal Navy was more That equal to the nest two or three navies put together. England Was largely the world's manufactrer, and London was its unchallenged financial center. * * "In spite, however, of the wishes of many of the statesmen of both political parties, England was drawn into Egypt. After * * * 1881 * * * we became to all intents and purposes the paramount power. The marvelous work of creating good government and prosperity for the • r:. Thar's Uranium In Them Thar Hillsl—First discoveries of uranium in Chile's fabulous "Valley of the Moon," above were announced by President Gonzalez-Videla, Geologists of the Atomic Energy Commission, working with the Chilean Development Company, made the important find. Large- scale investigations will follow in this mineral -rich northern desert area which produces 500,000 tons of copper a year,, Photo shows South America's biggest copper mine at Chugvicamata, in the Valley of the Moon, Egyptians * * * was soon in full progress. * * *" But Churchill, in 1933, had some- thing further to say. This is it: "The pacification, restoration and orderly development of time Sudan is a story in itself. It repeated in another form far to the southward the successes which our administra- tors had achieved along the Lower Nile, The Sudan because an un- breakable link between Great Britain and Egypt. Neither can ever relinquish respective rights and in- terests there. * * * "I have always been in favor of preserving both the British relation with Egypt and the Egyptian rela- tion with the Sudan, f trust both British and Egyptian stalestnen and administrators will work together with goodwill and for the ronnnon advantage for c e n t u r i e s to come. * * *" And, finally, hoping that his book will encourage readers to maintain confidence in "the destiny of Britain in the Orient," he writes: "They may learn from it how mach harder it is to build up and acquire than to squander and cast away." —Fromm The New York Times A WINK THAT HELPED Unhappy, depressed, a young woman on her way to a teaching job in East Chicago, Indiana, read a newspaper announcement of the annual scholarship competitions at Chicago School of Music. Yielding to a forlorn hope. she arranged for an audition, Waiting her tort 15 the contest, she was dismayed by the highly professional vocalizing of her com- petitors. When finally her summons cane from Edotiardo Sacerdote, celebrated operatic coach, she ap- proached the piano With f 1'r and trepidation ' As she launched into her song, the youthful singer's voice quaver- ed, She cast an anguished glance at Sacerdote, He looked at her and winked! It said to her plainly: "You're doing great. Don't be afraid. Everything come out all right." Instantly her hopes soared, her fear was forgotten. And she won the scholarship! Thus did a friendly wink change the life of a frightened young woman. Irene Dunne had started up the ladder of fame. He's Got A Job To Do—There are 5400 bluish -tinted Windows In this glass -brick skyscraper, and you Can bet the lone gent (circled) won't have tis do them all by himself. It's the United Nation: 'cretariat building in New York City, one of the most modern buildings in the world, According to Dean C. Wolf, of the Iowa State College—as report- ed in COUNTRY GENTLEMAN —skim -milk feeding can make you savings up to a quarter of the regular cost when used on calves from birth to the age of four months. This skim -milk feeding plan has been tested at the afore- said college, and the calves used in the experiment grew just as well on a diet relying on reconstituted dried skint as others did when fed whole milk. * * * Tests showed that whole milk is not needed after the calf has had colostrum in the first three or four clays. Reconstituted skim milk made by adding water to dried skim can then replace whole milk, at about half the cost. Surplus skits milk could be used. * * * Reconstituted skim milk should be mixed at time rate of 1 part to 9 parts water initially and gradu- ally increased during the first week, In the second week tine ration should reach 1 part skim to 6 or 7 of water and fed at the rate of 10 pounds per hundred of body weight. At 60 days of age all tnilk can be taken out of the ration. :e * * This feeding plan is for the dairy- man who watches calves closely. Scouring may be more frequent owing to the higher level of lac- tose in the ration. however, this nutritional -type scouring did not affect weight gains in the tests. If scours appear, the amount of skim milk can be reduced, or it may be desirable to feed whole milk for a week or 10 days and then gradu- ally, replace it with the dried skim. * * * Skim was fed in more 'concen- trated forth in the tests, At the rate of 1 part of skim to 4 of water it has as much energy as whole milk. By cutting down to 1:6 or 1.7 there should be little of the scouring normally associ- ated with low-fat, high-energy ra- tions. Gain:',.may be slightly less than if whore mills is fed, * * * During the first month, the skim should be fortified with extra vita- mins A 'incl D. Calves need about about 15,000 international units or USP units of vitamin A daily and about 300 of vitamin D per 100 pounds of weight. Fish -liver -oil concentrates are excellent sources of vitamins A and D. * * * A simple grain mixture also is used in the low-cost feeding plan. It consists of 40 per cent cracked corn, 30 per cent crushed oats, 28 per cent soybean -oil steal, 1 per cent steamed bone meal and 1 per cent iodized salt, Calves grew as well when fed this simple mixture from the end of the first tveelc through the seventh week as when fed various complex grain mixtures. The amount of high -protein con- centrate in the mixture can be re- duced after calves are four months old, the level dependieg on the quality of the roughage fed, * * * Norman L, Jacobson, Iowa State College Dairyman, says calves should have access to high-quality, green leafy legume hay after they are two weeks old. Silage may be fed after they reach four months or the calves may be turned on pasture if it is available. * * There are two types of dried skim milk, Either will do the job, but Jacobson thinks the spray type may be better for farm use. It is powdered and is easier to mix than the flatly rolled skim milk, Eskimos Advised To Conserve Game Time popular book choice among Canada's Eskimos this season has been a thin volume of sketches, illustrations, and advice on almost every phrase of Northland living, ranging from how to spring-clean an igloo to 13 reasons why a baby cries. It has the pretentious title, "Book of Wisdom for the Eskimo," and was produced as a result of years of research by officials of the Northwest Territories and Yukon Services. Despite their rugged adaptability to the most trying conditions and their intimate, knowledge of the bitter Arctic wastes, the Eskimos have advanced slowly in regard to personal care. The wisdom offered by their white guardians in the yellow -paged hook is simple and unassuming. It seeks to protect them, maintain their livelihood, and lead them to a better regula- tion of their affairs. The book, in its childlike prose and clear illustrations, presents an intimate glimpse into the daily rou- tine of the Eskimo, and his constant struggle with the elements. It con- veys without adornment the ex- cessive rigors of that existence, and of its intensity in recent years as a result of the disappearance of game in many areas. The essential lesson of the book is the cotseryation of game. The mark of progress is distressingly evident in the North. In the old days, hunters used their spears and bows with great skill and took only sufficient game to satisfy their immediate needs, Now, equipped with rifles which have reduced hunting to almost a minimum of effort, the Eskimos are inclined to Bunt indiscriminately, As a result, the caribou and walrus have disappeared from many parts where they were plentiful. The seal, too, has suffered. It was found to be easy to shoot a couple of seals for dog food, Also, numbers of seals were lost because they sank immediately after being shot, whereupon the Eskimo the Eskimo simply leveled his sights at another. The "Boole of Wisdom" 'urges thein to feed fish to the dogs and to return to the use of the harpoon when sealing so that carcasses can be hauled aboard without delay. In speaking of fish, the book adds that not only should the Eskimo feed his dog fish, but that he also should cat more himself. It is sel- dom difficult to get fish in the North, and the Eskimo is advised to build up a cache of fish for use when other foods are short. Food, Clothes, Drugs A11 From Seaweed The argent need for new sources of food to. feed an ever-increasing world population has encouraged scientists to explore the ocean forests, where monstrous species of seaweed grow to a height of 200 feet above the ocean bed. Around the rugged shores of the Falkland Islands, Tristan da Cunha, Gough Island, and hundred, of other islets rising from great depths, are vast potentials snnrces of food and industrial raw material. The fleshy stems of these marine growths rise sheer from the bottom for hundreds of feet, breaking the fury of the waves far more effec- tively than could a massive break- water. The smoothness of the water which results would be a great advantage, according to the scient- ists who plan to harvest the huge marine growths. Mechanical sea- weed harvesters already exist, but can only be operated in fairly shallow water, where the sea is calm. They are being used in Southern California. It is now planned to try them on the seaweed forests surrounding many islands in the Pacific Ocean. There is a great future for sea- weed. It is already the raw materia! for an astonishing variety of things ranging from clothes, food, medi- cine, building materials, chemicals and rubber substitutes, to fireproof fabrics. Plastic for raincoats are being made from it, as well as bandages and imitation wool. Round the coasts of Britain thousands of miles have already been surveyed and checked for potential harvesting. The Scottish Seaweed Research Association has been adided in this task by the R. A.F., whose aerial 'photographs re- veal the best areas for harvesting. Scotland's coasts are rich in sea- weed and from her under -water harvest comes seaweed meal for cattle. This has been imported at $350 a ton from Scandinavia, Mexico and Erie, but it will be manufactur- ed for $85 a ton at a factory to be opened near Nairn on the Moray Firth. It is thought that in a few years Scotland's seaweed harvest will be worth $50,000,000 a year. Crofters are now receiving from $4.00 to $6.00 a ton for dried weed, and a recent test at Oban revealed that three men in a small boat can harvest a ton and a half per hour. Hard-working Bees As many as 37,000 loads of nec- tar go into making a pound of honey. Even where flowers abound, this requires a combined flying dis- tance of more than twice around the Equator. In desert regions, bees have been known to travel 300,000 miles, on wings that beat 11,400 tines a minute, in gathering the nectar for a single pound of honey. Foraging bees from one hive may visit 250,000 flowers in a single day. No wonder that, at the height of the nectar season, honey- bees wear themselves out and die in six weeks. The way things sometimes look in Paris is like this: Question: "What is the differ- ence between a wealthy American and a poor Amrican?" Answer: "A poor American washes his Cadillac himself." UNDAY SCHOOL LESSON By Rev, R. BARCLAY WARREN( B.A„ B,D. Laws for the New Nation Exodus 19:1-851 23; 1-13. Memory Selection: All that the Lord hath spoken we will dot Exodus 19: 8a, The children of Israel, having safely crossed the Red Sea finally arrived at Mt, Sinai. For nearly a year they encamped there. Monet received at the hands of God the laws by which he wanted Israel to abide. Moses in turn gave theta to the people. Many of them con- cerned their manner of worship and are called ceremonial. These were to prepare the generations for the Messiah who would come. They are of interest because they fore- shadowed Christ. But ,the moral laws are abiding. They form the basis of true morality today as they did then. "The law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, foe the ungodly and ofr sinners." 1 Tint, 1: 9. Paul said, "I had not known sin, but by the law." Romans 7:7. Again he writes, "The Law was our schoohnaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith." Gal. 3:24. So the lave performs an important function in teaching men what is right and wr Wlong.men Jesus was asked, "What is the first commandment of all," He did not take any of the numerous prohibitions, nor did he take one of the ten commandments. Instead he selected two positive commands, one from Deu. 6:5 and the other from Lev, 19:18, They are, "Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: and thou shalt love the Lord Thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all strength" and "Thou shalt love thy strength" an "Thou shalt love they neighbor as thyself." If we have this love of God in our hearts then' it is natural to keep the other laws of God. If we love Him -we won't have other gods before Him, wor- ship images, take His name in vain or profane the Sabbath. If we love our neighbor we will not mur- der him, destroy virtue by com- mitting adultery, steal, lire or covet. God's law of love in our hearts wall enable usto keep all His moral laws. -MERRY MENAGERIE "Boy, they're sure getting tricky latelyl" BY • HAROLD ARNETT MAKE REMOVING DRAPES FROM SHALLOW CORNICES MORE CONVENIENT BY HINGING THE FACING, BOARD oP THE CORNICE. arrER JirratiOot,SNTSNOW /HAT TRilie PAYE'S drNN* c' A RfWAR11N* MAne NINd.T s otNGeT MAW ORSANixkD *CAR41 You WOULD pro me To Sur TM CA4' M0,* ARO We 6CNrd6 '4D TAY FOR ITS Ir' A ONO ALL WB Skit TO Do It '11546 a MONk!Y ANP man CSLt.r0T T'NE R1111ARD Ey Arthur Pointer t91NNY wsaea 'nor MONK wnNT• r HAVE A HUNCH Fki 14N& PAit, AWAY