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HEALTH
THIS MODEST CORNER ts DEDICATED
TO THE POETS
Here They Will Sing You Then Songs—Sometunes
cay, Sometimes Sad—But Always Helpful
and Inspiring.
• LANDFALL
: By sound of water pounding upon
bluffs, `
: By sound of terns, wings blurring sky,
-By salt upon our lips;
By sotuid of lambs bleating on the
moors
We knew that we were home—
'That we were part of the deep Mys-
tery. of coming.
Colors of rocks we might claim,
Spiraled smoke lifting into the haze
of evening might be ours;
Gulls at dusk settling to their nests,
.Sun pointing a crimson shadow into
those deep waters;
'Gray sail skirting the shore at twil-
ight—.
• All this might be given to us again.
.And we, having returned,
'Would find it good. v
—Marguerite Janvrin Adam
THE SIEGE
Where the horizon bends its bow
-Against an ever -marching sun
' The kills this morning shine with
snow
Another sununer's course is done.
The walls of silver are began,
The signal for our world's retreat;
Down road and field the word has run
-Good cheer! Hold circle! No defeat!
-Armored in silence soon will go
The valley and the valiant farm,
The harvest gathered safe below,
The fire, the cattle housed from harm.
I And in the hills against the night
• .A vigil keeper still will show
Chimney smoke ansi lantern light
'Until the horns of April blow.
—Charles Ma'am.
THE LAMENT OF A NEW
SCRIBBLER
Alone in my TOOln for quiet and
peace
So thoughts may flow; my rnind re-
lease
The tangled threadsof varied hue,
' To pull apart and weave anew
A pattern •of realities—
Not superficialties.
But nothing flowed to clear the sight,
So I could quench my thirst to write.
A glimer of the inoon's clear light
Enchanced the beauty of the night.
Free of fear to wander alone
And, as my fancy fled to roar,
I took a favorite woodland stroll,
To clear the dimness of my soul.
My eyes were lifted to the skies
For inspiration to arise.
I saw the thoughts were drawing
near,
At last the vision came quite clear.
A flood of joy within Me poured,
I knew with haste I must mooed
The perfect theme of love and life,
That came from above, void of strife.
Throtigh the lane and up the road'
. Finally reaching my abode,
Only to find the thoughts had fled,
• In place ,a saddened State that led
To utter gloom, despair, and woe.
0 Reader! You may judge and know
If I am doomed to degradation --
victim of predeetination.
—Virginia Ruth Andrews, Akron,
Oheo.
THE AWAKENING OF AN
INTROVERT
'Within a castle she did dwell;
Strange as it may seem to tell
This fortress strong was built iu
thought,
To spare her from the grief that
wrought
Her fettered soul, her heart, and mind,
For love she sought but did not find.
So high and great the castle's wall
It barred the light and sun. And all
Who would become a friend,
Found no time or thought to spend
Ou one whose heart had grown so
cold—
Young in years and yet so old.
The wall at length had come to be
A hermitage: he was not free -
Prom all that she bed feared might
come.
This hum -an foolish plan was one
That brought no joy and spared no
grief,
Forsaking self would bring relief;
Then too, she thought of others who
Had faced greet • peril yet come
through. .
And so aside all gloom was cast,
The heavy wall did fall at last!
Her consciousness was filled with
light
The path to tread was clear and
bright.
Deeply humbled and freed in mind,
I She would endeavor to serve mankind.
I For thew isfound in joyous giving,
The source and secret of true living.
—Virginia Ruth Andrews, Akron,
Ohio.
THE PROMISED LAND
Levees the greatest glory of life,
It truly purifies human- strife.
Like the sea it knows no ebb and flow,
Dark clouds become a crimson glow;
'Tis as a rare and beautiful gem,
Making for women a diadem.
Born of spirit and not of sense,
Without it life is cold and dense.—
For love is based en motive divine
And not an offspring of human. mind,
There is no madness of desire,
But soul and charaeter to admire.
It speaks so clear to the pure in
heart,
No time or space can be it's part;
Love's ladder reaches from earth to
above,
It's, pure and chaste as the white
-
winged! dove.
'Tis the satisfied soul not body and'
mind;
To possess the intangible, one will
find
4 world beyond all human scope—
A rainbow of rapture, the treasure of
hope.
—Virginia Ruth Andrews, Akron,
Ohio.
AS LONG AS
As Ling as English, fielde lie green
Beneath an, Dnglish sky,*
And men and women toil and pray,
And larks go singing ley-
Aes long as Ehglish homes reach out
To cheer the weary one,
Who feels the scorch of tyranny—
The skein of life undpne;
As long as, Eeiglish minds, tecall
The Battle of Dunkirk,
The shining deeds' that wait their test,
No one will ever shirk.
At long as, English hearts respond
To all that honour gives,
No one on this- wide earth can doubt
The soul of England, lives.
.--Caroline Grant Farrill, Nov. 1940.
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Look Out! A Sick
•Ever is Dan erous
Do you have persistent headaches and
backaches? Are you tortured by rheu-
matic pains in muscles and joints? A
faulty liver is clogging your whole sys-
tem. Serious ill health may result.
• Your liver is the largest organ in your body
and most important to your health. It supplies
energy to muscles, tissues and glands. If
unhealthy, your body leeks this energy and
becomes enfeebled—youthful vim disappears.
Again your liver pours out bile to digest food,
• get rid of waste and allow proper nourishment
to reach your blood. When your liver gets
-out of order proper digestion and nourishment
stop—you're poisoned with the waste that
•decomposes in your Intestines. Nervous
• troubles and rheumatic pains arise from this
poison. You become constipated, stomach and
.'kidneyscan't work properly. The whole
i
system s affected and you feel "rotten,' head-
achy, backachy, dizzy, tired out ---a ready prey
for sickness and disease.
Thousands of people are never sick, ird have
won prompt relief from these miseries with
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"Always In Pain, Now
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I suffered so
badly from rheu-
matism and nett.
ritis I could hardly
walk upstairs or
close my hands.
After taking
Frult-a-tives for
four days the
swelling left My
hands and I was
able to climb a ladder. 1 have no
more 'bother wIth rheumatism or
neuritis and advise any person
suffering as I have to tMe Fruit's,
dyes. They give quick relief.
William, J. Tracey, Toronto, One.
"Sick For Years, In Hosotte.-
Now Fine"
I had a bad case
of biliousness and
constant head-
aches and back-
aches. I became
so Ittihad to go to
O hospIMI. Noth-
ing 1 tried would
helpuntillstarted
taking Fruit -a -
dyes. Ish a 5017
deem time my troubles dissii-
peered. Now 1 have 110 more
headaches or backaches and can
do my housework Without help,
• itgra. At Dodson, London, Ont.
Tested •
Recipes F
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HOT DESSERTS FOR COLD
WEATHER
By Katharine Baker
On crisp winter days there's noth-
ing like a substantial steamed pudding'
to add the crowning touch to meal-
time. Its nourishing- goodness ie ideal
as a luncheon dessert, yet not too
heavy to top off the big meal of the
day. It'e hearty, dessert with a el/eel
ial appeal for the mell et the faralle.
If you don't possess a steaming out-
fit there's- no reason why you should
hive to deny your family this type of
pudding. A deep kettle or pail may
be used if it has a tight cover. In.
the bottom of the kettle or pail place
a rack on which to stand the molds.
These should be thoroughtly greased,
filled one-half to two -third e full of
needing 'mixture and placed on the
rack. Have boiling water halfway
up around molds, Then cover tightly.
There should be enough water to last
throughout the beet hour of steam -
big. Later ,if any has to be added, it
should be boiling water. The water
should boil the entire time.
Hunter's Pudding
1% cup finely -sifted cake flour
teaspoon soda
%teaspoon ginger
% teaepoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon.einnamon
y2 teaspoon cloves
le cup suet, chopped:
1 cup seedless raisins
% cup sour milk
3. egg, well beaten
9.1, teaspoon salt
Sift flour once, measure, add soda,
spices and salt, and sift together three
times. Add suet and raisins and mix
well, Add molesses, sour milk, and
egg. Beat well. Turn into well -greas-
ed mold or baking powder cans filling
2-3 full, Cover tightly, Steam 2%
hours. Servg. hot with Yankee Sauce..
Serves 12.
Yankee Sauce
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'that -Christ was sympathetic with
as Hen, and that later Peter went out
et doing His seevice. If we have up till
er now been ashamed to speak for
it Christ let ua. ire/1).e die t el y
..piek up that etiek (et
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In this part of the Country -our ther-
momentere do not often register
low as acs degrees below zero but y
We would be extremely cold if eith
we hadno wood, or else we had
and did not put it on the fire,
Fortunate are those people 7
happen to live on a farm where oil b.
been struck, Striking oil is no e
job by when the initial work is
on it the supply as, a ride goes
veer after year, all one has to de.
te 41131 the Wed apply a flame, b
burning wood itri 41to011er differe
proposition.
As one drives, through the country
as it.
asy I Then we eari invita sone the to g
O. o,
on with O Hie House.
on How often We go to
is church knowing that we shoulcl give
at an invitation ter some one to go with
ut ' us? Do we live a life that would
Ishow to -our neighbours that we are
a follower of His. Rev. 0 H
there are are two kinds a wood to
seen. The thrifty farmer has cord af
'ter cord piled in rows while the shif
less one does well if he has, a pile
his bent yard semewhat resernblin
a hay stank. The different wood pil
gives us plenty of room for stu
Well kept piles as a rule started: wi
the sticks going miss' cross so that th
wood will not slide, It is said that
fanners woodpile indicates what kin
Eloifteza }cananses7 the faien: That ma
or may not be true, "eircumstanees
Those who live on a berm realiz
thaI that wood pile did not get the
of its own accord. It represents
great deal of hard work. In the win.
ter the men. of the family may b
seen wending their way over the snow
to the bush where certain trees, are
picked out to come "under the axe".
As time goes by they can tell just
how many trees. will be required for.
the years supply. The tree is cut into
certain lengths and then hauled to
the barn yard. As a rule now, a
buzz saw is eMployed to do the final
cutting. When the pile is once star-
ted the younger mentbers of the
family usually do the piling. If th
pile were not started, properly. it woul
not be long before the sticks of wood
were sliding down at both end of th
pile and the pile would: lose it
straightness, M other worde its dig-
nity, ' •-' ' - , •
There is very little in this- world t
which we cannot compare our live
ncl it is indeed interesting when w
make a study of it. Take for instanc
pile of wood. Unless we start i
roperly we are going to have
gly looking job. .After all the woo
las to be put -on, in some way and i.
might just as well be done right in
the first place.
When we have once started, it brae. -
ed with CASS moss sticks at the one
nd then it M so much easier to keep
he pile straight and- furthermore we
ill take a pride in keeping it
traight. We can start the pile eithm
ight or wrong and se it is in life
be ' geon once said. "I realized thatGod
- could save the world without me, but
t- when. he told me that I might help
in aim praised Him for the honor and
g the -privilege." Do we ask Him to al-
es low us to co-operate with Him. If we
dy, have not clone so let us do it at once,
th
a
Let us determine to. put on wood.
The world never needed workers
more than it does today.
Although we /nay riot be trained
social service workers yet there is.
Much we can do along th et line, There
are mane. homes Would be glad of the
e help which we can give them. Thew.
re I are childeen in homes where they re -
a Liceive no training in- the care of the
e particularle in the city, children are
- 'home. It is true that in. m -any schools',
taught Household! Economies. Why
not let them conte into our home and
practise what they have learned'. That
may be an opening for us to lead, that
child to Christ. Women need not be
alone in this for the men can act as
big brother to some boy.
Be sure and see that our own wood
pile is. right before we take time to
look at our neighbors. If we do that
we will fine that seldom get a chance
e to see the wood in anyone elses yard.
a Take every opportunity to speak
against what is wrong, and. when we
e are speaking go close enough so that
s interested, parties -will hear. Do not
stand off in the distance arid whisper
to ourselves. Let is be known just
o where we stand-, A. Roman, lad, once
s said "Father my sword is too short".
e "Well," said the old- warrior, "add a
e step to it." Otre sword of protest is
t of no use unless it will reach the en-
-n emy, At the present time one of the
d importa.nt things we must protest is
t the liquor problem. Many mothers
and fathers today are bewailing the
use of liquor for soldiers, but in many
mstances net till it was brought home
to them did they- realize the import.
mice of it. When the time came to
vote simply- said, "That is a question
!which each one must settle. This is a
free country."
Many of our young people today
are taking the wrong road. As we
!preparing fuel fin our fire by helping -.
a
% cup brown sugar, firmly packed P
Dash of salt •
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 cups- water
1% tablespoons vinegar
Combine sugar, cornstarch and salt -
add water and butter. Cooke() minu-
tes. Add- vinegar. Serve hot. Makes t
2 cups sauce. If desired, % cup rats- w
ine may be cooked with sauce.
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CHOCOLATE DRINKS FOR SPORTS
DEVOTEES
By Katharine Baker
At this time of year sports enthus-
iasts are busy enjoying the many and
varied winter sports which mu- ro-
bust Canadian winter offers. If youx
house is being invaded. with laughing,
hungrey skiers, skaters, or the young-
sters bringing the "gang" home after
sleigh -riding you'll want a plentiftl
supply of hot nourishing drinks to ser-
ve with their sandwiches the cake.
Chocolate drinks are always the fav-
ourite and here are two recipes
Which will- be a Sure-fire suecees and
will make the crowd want to °erne
back to your Imam for "eats."
Hot Chocolate
2 squares iumweetened chocolate, curt
in pieces
Dash of salt
3 tablespoons sugar
1 cup water
3 cups milk
Place chocolate and water in upper
part of double boiler over tiered) beat.
Stir tuvtil choeolate is melted and
blended. Add eaa and sugar. Boil 4
minutes ,stirring constantly. Place
over hot water. Add inilk gradually,
stirring aonetantly. When hot, beat
with rotary egg beater until light and.
frothy. Serve immediately. Sm•ves
6.
Reception Chocolate
% cup magar
2 tablespoons flour
Dash of salt
2 squares- unsweetened chocolate
cut in pieees
4 cape water
4 cups milk
Combine sugar flour, salt, chocolate,
and water in upper part of double
boiler. Place over hot water, add
milk end coolc 10 minutes, stirring
occasionally. Beat with rotary, beat-
er until light and faelthy. Serves 10.
we come te years of understanding
re realize that we must make a
choice. We must begin to make a
foundation. We can make that found-
ateion either on Christ or on, the
World. We can miss cross our sticks.
and have a good building Wise or we
can just throw the sticks down and;
let them fad a resting place ear them-
selves.
One reason why we would not do
the latter is that we are taking up
much more ground space. We are
using up room which otherwise might
be used for some good purpose. As
foe as our lives are concerned we
should pile our good works into as
small is space as possible. These
things ehould not be seen by the
"Trhkien when we have mu. foutulation,
stick by sticic we should pile up our
deecle of Christian Service.
People from time to tirrie pass the
remark I do not make friends. I just
live by myself and then I do not get
into trouble. " Is it tight for us to
take that attitude on life. There is
something radically wrong when a
person has no friends." Christ came
into the world and brought love in
order that we might be friendly. If
we are not friendly -with ova- fellow
beings then we cannot be frieedly
with Christ.
Now when we have made s. proper
foundation with, Christ as, our base let
us go on. 7ith a determination trepile
on deeds of kindness. One might go
on indefinitely piling ore what these
sticks represent.
Do we know seine one who is ill,
either friend or foe. A visit to them I
carrying Hie Message might well
mean. stick. It may be we are timid
about speaking to them about Cheist.
Why should we be? If any earthly
person did for us what Jesus did- we
Would be mom than pleased to tell it,
but so often we are ashamed to be
nowt as one of MIs- followers. Like
Peter we follew "afar off." We axe
so pleased by the later record of •
er, e came back to Christ and
Christ received him. We so often
vvish that the talk of Peter and His
Lord, following the resurrection, had
been recorded. We a.ssuredly know
t eel to do what is right, A word
from us may mean a great deal ' in
Ifect it maY Mean the saving of that
• young life for Mist.
Our proper foundation is built upon
' our acceptance of Him; our reading
!earnest prayer to Him for guidance.
and understanding His word; and in
bur working hours should be filled
with Christian seevice for Him.
There is no finer service or happier
Iwork to be found in the world .
"With Mingled! hope and fear
We pass the portal of the year;
Itt faith we courage honor,
To meet the unknown morrow,
In living or in dying
tOs God alone replying."
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COLOUR PICTURES BY
VVIRELIDSS
For Every British Cinema After the
War
Television two colours may be
a regular feature in every British cin-
ema when peace comes, as the result
of private research work now beitg
done in war time by Mr. J. L. Baird,
the Scottish pioneer of televieion.
Colour television was first shown
by Mr. Baird in public to the British
Association in 1928. He employs a
process like colour printing, super-
imposing the three mimary colours,
Ted, green and blue on one another.
The British Association picture was
only a few inches square, but., after
ninny experiments the inventor was
able, ten years later., to send by wire-
less a large pietere (122t. by 9ft.) in
colour -television front the Crystal
Palace to an audience of 3,000 people
in the middle of London.
His latest apparatus transmits at
the rate of eight and one-third col-
oured pictures a second. Elmeri-
ments are now being- -made in both
three and two colours and it is pro-
bable that it will begin with a two-
colour system over the whole of Great
Britain.
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Uncle Sam Measures
Clothes to Fit Children
Children hereafter, will wear
clothes that fit them, if the U. S.
government has anything to sae
about it. Until now manufacturers
didn't use patterns that were accu-
rate, aside from skirnping ma.
terials. As a result the outfits they
turned out were either too big or
too small for the boys and girls
they were supposed to fit. But Uncle
Sam has corrected all this. 'With
the aid of meaufaeturers, state me-
versities arid ober agencies, the
goveeement recently completed the
inthaurentente of more than 100,000
ehtleren to tied out just what a dress
ex a pair el pants for a certain age
should be in terms of length and
hreadth. These officials measured
the youngsters from all describable
angles and from all this laberious
work arrived at a set of standards
that should make things easier for
fathers and mothers who have to
buy thildren's clothes. The survey
was conducted in eight states, with
about 12,000 youngsters sealed in
each of thes4 states. The measure -
Merits have been filed away in the
bureau of economics, a branch ol
the department of agriculture and
are now available to manufacturers
who are willing to co-operate with
the government in seeing that Amer-
ican children are dressed with the
right fitting clothes.
Innerspring Mattress
Greatest Improvement
Did you know that we've done
more to improve sleeping equip.
merit during the last 100 years than
was done in all the many centuries
preceding? Bedding authorities say
that the 100 years since 1841 have
seen the evolution of the mattress
from a bag filled with cornhusks to
the znodern innerspring.
The cornhusk mattress was fol-
lowed in about 1875 by one ffiled
,with excelsior from the sawmills ol
Wisconsin, Ten years later, moss
from the marshes of Georgia and
'Alabama was introduced as the best
!possible of mattress fillings.
Cotton mattresses didn't come
into popularity until the turn of the
century. The biggest step forward
came during the World war when
the innerspring type was intro-
duced, although it was not until
the early twenties that they were
marketed generally. Since that
time it has been the coznfort ideal
of most sleepers, though in eastern
states hair mattresses, not popu-
lar elsewhere because of the heat,
are considered very fine.
Airplanes Are Different
Airplanes are 'opposite from other
things in many respects. An auto-
mobile is supported by the road
underneath it, whereas the airplane
is lifted, or supported, by a reduc-
tion of sur pressure on top of its
wings. Most tools and missiles are
pointed at their front or working
edges, whereas the front or leading
edges of a propeller as well as ol
the wings and other parts of an air-
plane are blunt, while the back oi
trailing edges are sharp. A land-
ing is made—by trying your best to
keep the plane from landing! After
you level off, just skimming the
ground, you endeavor to keep the
plane flying, to hold it off the ground
as long as possible --until you have
lost all flying speed and the rria.
chine just gently settles the last
foot or two. Last, when in clanger
on the ground the rule is "slow
down"! But the rule for safety in
an airplane is—when in doubt 10 -
crease your speed.
Peacock Still Common
The native home of the peacock
is the wooded hill -country of India
and Ceylon, and it is still common
there in a wild state. It Was the
'fattorite bird of Surto in Roman
mythology, tuid the White variety is
held sacted by totte castes in Italia.
Although it was dotnesticated at a
remote period, it is uncertain when
this bird was introduced into Eta
rope mid other continents. A fossil
form was discovered in California in
1908, showing some kind existed in
America. Literature has many allu-
sions to the peacock. Aristophanes
referred to the Persian peacocks,
and Suidas termed it the Median
bird, Pliny mentioned it as a table
delicacy, In his Reeve's Tale,
Chaucer said, "As eny pecolc he was
proud and gay." Shakespeare had
Thersites describe Ajax as "Why,
a' stalks up and down like a pea-
cock . . " in Act III, Scene 3
of Troilus and Cressida.
Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan, the first cir-
cumnavigator of the globe, distin-
guished himself in the military serv-
ice of his native Portugal and later
fell into disfavor with his king be-
fore he went .to live in Spain. On
September 20, 1519, under the
patronage of the Spanish king,
Charles V, he set out with five yes -
sets and 270 men to find the western
toute to the Indies.
More than a year later, after
crimhing a formidable mutiny, he
sailed through the tortuous strait
Whith now bears his name and
reached the vast ocean he named
"Pacific." Despite desertion, star-
vation and scurvy atnong the crew
he was undeterred and sailed on to
the Philippines. Here he was killed
in ,a conflict on April 17, 1521. His
lieutenant, Sebastian dee Cam, in
the soee remaining ehip and 31 men,
reached home three years after slate
ting out.
Correcting Cross -Eye
Condition in Children
I Cross-eye can be corrected in the
large majority of instances if cone
petently treated early enough. Vol
the parents of children who have
this condition—and there are many
of them—this fact should be reassur
ing. That the condition can be ethi
tified is, of course, a challenge te
the responsibility of parents. Cross.
eye is no simple eye disturbance
which can wait indefinitely for treatl
ment, or whith corrects itself iti
time, Dr. Herman N. Bundesen,
president of the Chicago Board oi
Health, recently stated.
If cross-eye is recognized in the
child in his early years, it may
possibly be corrected by the use oe
proper glasses and exercise. ru
some cases, operation is necessary,
But if the condition is allowed to
persist without anything being done
about it, cross-eye becomes more
difficult to treat, and the chancel
for correction are not so good. •
To see properly, we need both
eyes. Normal eyes adjust them.
selves, so that the two together see
is single image. Automatically;
each eye tate in toward the object
seen. When both eyes together are
iotable to see a clear image, then
the child learns to use one eye only,
The other eye is the crossed eye,
It moves up or down or sideways.
In time, unless treated properly,
this eye 'gees out of use entirely;
and it may even become blind.
Cross-eye is usually detected when
the child is about two years old.
American Made China
Among Finest in World
American-made china and dinner.
ware is rapidly taking its place
among the finest • in the world. -
China factories that ran half caw-
ity up to the last few years are
now running 95 per cent capacity.
Two years ago 51 per cent of the
dinnerwarwased in this country was
iraported; now only 21 per cent JO
imported. Inexpensive English din
nerware has almost disappeared
from the market, for that type oi
American-made dinnerware is now
equal to the English hi quality and
decoration. ' Well-known English
makes, of course, such as Wed*
wood and Spode are still in de.
mand, but the cheaper "everyday"
dinnerware on the market is now
ahnost entirely Americanenade.
At least seven factories in the
United States are now making china
—really fine china. One of these
factories is using the molds and pato
terns from Limoges, France, so that
it is not difficult to duplicate or to
fill itt the fine Haviland patterns oi
30 years ago.
Learn Musto With Feet
Whenever learning can be made
into an exciting game, the pupils
go ahead very quickly. With this
thought in mind,, Arthur C. Zahorik,
music teacher in Milwaukee, Wis.,
recently rigged up a large electrical
device that lies flat on the floor and
resembles two octaves of a plane
keyboard, with black and white
keys. The right note sounds When-
ever a key is stepped on. The pupils
call out the chords they are going
to play, recite the different notes tend
then step them off on this device,
hopscotch fashion. Although the feet
do most of the work, pupils tread.
ing the keyboard train their ears
to detect discords. With this device,
Zahorik says, a whole class •ean
learn in two weeks what might
otherwise take tvvo or three months.
An electrically charged brass strip
runs along, the outer eclge. Beneatb
each key is a brass pin that sends
current to a small electromagnet
when the feet press the over -size
keys. That forces another pin
against the tuning bar, sounding o
note.
Extreme Heat Not UnhealthY
If an extreme heat of 160 to 180
degrees Fahrenheit is the most that
the average man can stand for any
length of time, then the men who
work in the Corestock silver mines
in Nevada—the hottest reities in the
world—are to be pitied.
The shafts and galleries of these
rnines are over 250 miles long, more
than 3,000 feet deep, and at the 2,700
foot level the temperature of water
is 153 degrees and the air is 126
degrees. In another shaft the tem-
perature rises to 170 degrees, and
the men can work in it for only 10
or 15 minutes at a time.
The temperature in Death Valley,
California, runs up to 140 degrees in
the shade—just a nice place for one
of these silver miners to sit down
and cool off.
But one of the hottest jobs be.
longs to stokers on ocean-going
steamships. They shovel coal close
by a thermozneter dila indicates 160
to 180 degrees, and in addition they
get the shriveling, direct heat from
the furnace's mouth. Yet they do
not seem unhealthy, and thousands
of them tnake a business of cross.
ing the Atlantic earning their liv-
ing in the boiler room.
Dachshefill
The dachshund (from the German
dachs, badger, and hund, dog) has
been valued as a working dog`eirice
the Middle ages. It was bred with
very short legs so that it could work
its way easily into and out of lox
and badger holes.
The dachshund is affectionate,
playful, intelligent, and courageous.
The sleek, Muni coat does not shed8
and, as he does not have B. 0.,.the
queer little creature snakes an Meld
house dog. -