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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1942-06-11, Page 6PAGE 6 THE. CLINTON_ NEWS -RECORD THURS., JUNE' 11, 1942' 'ii LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS (continued from page 3) Wan. Perdue , - 2.00 Reginald• Ball . • 1.00 Miss 1VI. Henderson 1.00 Mrs,Allen 2.00 Mrs. P',Ilearn , 10.00 xf, $r itiuse 5.00 Ilitrold' Crittenden, ,.50 Ed. Grealis 1.00 John Turner 1.00 G. N. Davis 1.00 ,Jack. Gree', 1.00 Ed. Scruton 1.00 Harry Watkins 2.00 ' Mr,, Wm. Esldy „ .35 Manny Ward . .. 1.00 ' Arthur Tyndall 2.00 H. 0, Schellenberger F. E. , Waltoa Mrs. Isabella` Walker Jas. Walker Elliott Bartiiff Miss S. Watkins A. F. Cudmore .. ,.. . 2.00 Fred 'Wallah • 2.00 Jas. Flynn 2.00 Ed. Mittel! 2.00 Shen. Pickett .. 1.00 Frank Wilson 1.00 Mrs. Treleaven 10.001 G. 112. Counter . , .. .. 20.001 A. M. Knight 15.00 Wm. Mutch . 2.00 Miss E. S. Webster ... `. 2.00 ,Anonymous . , 2.00 Jas. Jackson . .. 1.00 Mrs. Janet Robinson . . 1.00 Mrs. Jennie Stevenson 1,00 Mrs. Robson . ...... 1.00 Mrs. Watt 1.00 Adam Canteion .. 3.00 Gordon Cuninghame . 1.00 Miss Mabel Rothwell .50 'Mr. Nickerson . .. , .. , . 2.00 Chas. Lindsay . 2.00 Miss Laidlaw . 2.00 Mrs. W. Tough 1.00 Mrs. .Annie Parker 1.00 Mrs. Jean Kyle , 2.00 Mrs- Annie MoC'ooI . • . 2.00 Mrs. Joanna and Miss Maud Torrance , 10.00 John Prosser . 1.00 Wesley Vanclerburgh . .50 Mrs, Angus Foster 1.00 John Snyder .50 C. M. Shearing .. 2.00 Prank Taylor . .. 1.00 Roy Fitzsimons , . , . 5.00 Ken Elliott' 1.00 Gordon Wright , 2.00 Harold Pickett , 1.00 W. H, Hellyar and daughter Grace '7.00 John Livermore .... • . 1.00 Mrs. Frank Andrews 2.00 Mrs. Annie Bro 2.00 Miss M. Wiltse 3.00 Miss' E. ;Wiltse Louis Peacock „ 2.00' John Jamieson . 1,00 Miss Jaulieson , .. 5.00 Prank Clew • , .... 1.00 William Miller ,.. 5,00 C Connell . , ... . 2.00 George Hanley . , ... 1.00 A. J. McMurray ,.. .. . 10.00 Mrs. A. J. McMurray 10.00 Miss O'Neil , 1.00 John Smith:. • 1.00 Frank McDonald , 2,00 Joseph Hart 1.00 Harry Bartliff. . ......... , • . 5.00 William Bald 4.00 Mrs. F. G. Thompson .. 10:00 Alfred Crozier . ..........'.. '5.00 Lee Fong '1.00 2,00 1.00 'Lee Howard,.. , 1.00'' 1.00 I Mrs, Hugh `h' 'Sillier 1.00 1.00 , Dal. Maltby:. 15.00 1.00 i Mrs. Reg. Smith . . , . ,, 1.00 2.00 -Mrs. Tuck , 1,00 1 00 'Mrs, Walls ,' 1.00 wn .A. Friend 1.00 Rev. A. E Silver , .. 1.00 Miss Pickett, Girl's Club On- 1 aria Street church.,,...., 6.0.0 Mr. and Mrs. Sloman 2.00 Miss Edith Ford 1.00 Art Griffith . .. , .. ..... , 1.00 L. Denomne .25 , Mack Falconer 1.00 Mrs Oliver .. .25 Miss Rands .. .25 Miss L. Brigham. 2.00 Mrs E. Adams , 2.00 Mrs. Geo Carkiett . , 1.00 John O. Radford . 5.00 Mrs. Plumtree . 1.00 Miss Katherine Plumtree .: , 1.00 Jelin Plumtree ! tr a , 1.00 I Mrs.: T. Ashton 1.001 Robt, J. Fisher . . , , .. 1.00 II &lrs, B. Case 1.00 • Itis. K. Seruton 1,00, Wm. Cook 1.00 Isla .Walkinshaw , , 2.00 Luella Walkinshaw . 3.00 Mrs. T. Smith' 1.00 Mrs. Jas. E. Johnston , 1.00I Mr. and Mrs: Chas. E. Elliott 5.00 Mr. and Mrs. C. Shanahan 2.00 Mrs. J J. McCaughey Miss Eva Cluff Miss A. Bartliff Mrs. A ,J' Holloway Mrs. i,, W. Lavis 3.00 L. W. Levis 5.00 Eliz. Forrest . , . ..... 2,00 'Geo. MeLay 5.00. Archie Robinson . Mrs. Geo. Roberton Mrs. Ronald Scott . , .. , Mrs. E. Cook , Miss Helen Cook , 1.00 Mr. and Mrs. W. L, Johnson, , 2.00 H. M.,J1/lonteith 15,00 Chas. Johnson . 1.00 Bert White 1.00 Mrs. B,'MeLennanrt 1.00 John Diehl 2.00 Barrett Taylor..... ....50 John Wa1dion .25 A. D. McCartney 1.00 • Fred McDonald .50 Alex. Inkiey . 1.00 James' Brown .• .50 F. VairEganond . . , .. , 1.00 James 'Taylor : .25 William. Tnkley . 1.00 E. Rumble 5.00 J. P. Manning 5.00- Mrs. .00Mrs. It. A. Henry 2.00 William Plninsteel 5.00 Mr, and Mrs. B. J. ibibn 10 0 • � gs,. .0 A. Brandon ... 2.00 E. Brown 2.00 W. S. R: Holmes 20.00 Ted. Smith • , ... ,.,, 1.00 Miss D Centelon , ,.., .. . 4.00 Mrs. Dames , ... . 2.00 William Cartel .. 2.00 Mrs: H. Miller .. 2.00 William Match . 250: Dorothy Match , 2.50 Ken. Waters ....... ...... 3.00 James Shearer :.. ..... 5.00 A. Seeley 4.00 Mrs. G. McTaggart 25.00 E. Paterson , . ... , 15.00 N. •Counter , 5.00 Lorne Brown . . , .. . 2.60 W. Walker 2.00` Mrs. Warnick ,• F. Pelvnebaker , ...... J. Benson Cox N. Livermore Ont. St. Sunday School . Miss Paterson , .50 6.00 6.00 .50 5; 00 3.00 Mr. Fitz -Patrick . . , 2.00 Mrs. R. P. Douglas . . , .. 5, 00 Miss Norma Bentiy 5,00 Nelson ,Cole , 1.00 Win. Cochrane 1.00 Lock Cree 2.00 Mrs. James Ford 1.00 Douglas Freeman . 1.00 Leonard Hunter . .... ..,,., 1.00 John Hartley 3.00 Mrs. Jos. Jervis . 5.00 Norman Lever , 50 Alonzo Matthew . 1.00, Gordon Lawson, . 1Y00 Mrs. James Miller ... , 1.00 James McNeil 3.00 Murray MoEwan Mrs. O'Brien CIiff. Proctor ,.....,., Mrs. Ezra Pickard William Robinson . Ernest' Mozell . , ..... 2.00 1.00' 5:.00 1.00 1,00 .26 Hugh Rorke , .. K... 2.00 Henry Steep .50 Miss Agnes Stirling , , .. 10.00 Mr. E. Ferguson 2.00 Clinton Knitting Co, 50.00 lobs. Morgan Agnew , 5.00 Harry Cochrane 1.00 Mr. Fitzpatrick- T. Carta .60 i2URAi ...GIVERS Wni. Moffat . 1.00 Howard Snell . . , .. .. 1.00 M. J. Quigley . , . ,L00 Milton Wiltse 2.00 Harry Plunrsteel ... x.00 Mrs. 1V!. E. Jacob 5.00 Matilda Dittmer . , 2.00 3'. Anderson . 2;00. Norman Manning . 1.00 Dick Jacob , 2.00 Mrs MicHel , 1.00 Mrs. Hann 1.00 Mrs. Clegg . 2,00 Mrs. E. A. Gabel .50 Sam Heddle , .50 A. Wiltse 1.00 Nelson Richard .25 Bobby Roweliffe . .15 Da, Tutor .25 Wra, Ckediton . ,25 1.00 Eldon Gabel . ., .50 2.00 Pearl Gable , .50 1.00 Mr'' Managhan , .50 6.00 Fred Nott 1.00 Mervyn Hanley . ...... 2.00 George Henderson . Miss Wilson Mrs. Lebeau 1.00 1.00 Mrs, B, limwcliffe 1.00 1.00 Wilbur .Nott , 1.00 Robert Freeman 1.00 Theodore Dale Mae. McDermid 2.00 Sheppard Dale'. .. 1.00 James Freeman . ,60. J. H. Freeman ..•, 1.00. Geo. Mann, Jr. 1.00 Ed. H•odge, 1.00 James .Johnston .. .... . 1.00 Joseph Mann - 2.00 Mrs. McKay 1.00 Mrs. Geo. Bayley s 1.00 Frank McDonald 1.00 Mrs. Wm. Hill , .... 1.00 Miss' L. Briekendon 1.00 Loren Tyndall . 2.00 Howard Trew s'tha , , 2.00 Geo. Shipley ,,. 2,00 Jeremiah Noble .. 2,00 John R. Noble 5.00 Harold: Clew 1.00 Albert Glaizer 1.00 Noble }Tolland; . , , , .. , 2.00: Charles: F. Dale . 1.00 Elgin Nett . , .. , Stewart Dale Thomas. Dale................ John Freeman , Race of Supermen Can't .� Be Forged, Twins Prove' Another proof that, you can't forge torace of enpermen has turned up New York, Twith' he -tale deals the lives of the experimental Woods twins, Jim- my and' Johnny. Their first 26 months were spent (five days a Week, seven hours a day) at a child behavior clinic. Jimmy was left to lie in a crib and" amuse himself. Johnny was reared scientifically. At 10 months he had learned to swim, at 13 months he could climb five-foot pedestal, and doubtless e hadan y amazing intellectual m achievements to his credit. j Well, the boys were nine years old, seven years away from the clinic. How do they stack up? 'In '' school, Jimmy, the unscientific twin, Is a grade ahead of Johnny, the scientific .twin. Jimmy's unscien tific ambition is to be a doctor; 1 Johnny's scientific ambition is to be e singing fireman -later he will' probably want to be a radio crooner. Jimmy beats Johnny at marbles and, says his mother, is generally' "more talkative and neater." Of course one. swallow -even twin swallows -doesn't make a summer. But here's a good provisional an - ewer to Hitler. And good news to a lot of American babies of the cur- rent crop -that is, if it sinks in on some thousands of well-meaning parental faddists. What fun to learn that having fun as a child is a good way to grow to a sane and intelli- gent manhood! Time Zones Were Idea Of Railroad Companies The various standard time zones were first adopted in this country in 1883, on the initiative of the Amer- ican Railway association, though congress took no action until 1916 when it directed the Interstate Com- merce commission to ' establish limits for the various time zones. The boundary line between the east- ern and central standard time zones ran through Detroit, with all of Michigan in the central zone. In May, 1905, Detroit officially. adopted Eastern Standard time for the whole year, giving herself an extra hour of daylight the year around. Most of the cities in the Lower Peninsula have since followed Detroit's example and given them- selves daylight saving by adopting Eastern time. • In 1931 the state legislature established the Eastern Standard time for Michigan. Most of the Upper Peninsula has remained on Central time, but recently such cities as Gladstone, Escanaba, Manis- tique, also Marquette county, have adopted daylight saving time for the summer months only. Various pro- posals have been made for putting Detroit on Eastern Daylight saving time for the summer months, but it is pointed out that we already have daylight saving and there is some objection to the shifting of clocks that this would necessitate. New Jars for OId... Do you dislike the feel- of e}eam, under your • fingernails when you• scoop a bit of face cream out of a jar? Are you annoyed, too, with the 'deterioration of cream as' a result ••of exposure to air? . Does your thrifty nature revolt at the ideg of not, being able to use all of the' cream in the bottom of a jar? If yes is your answer to the question, you'll be delighted with the new jar top used by a cosmetologist whose creams need no introduction from me. However, the new jar top used on these creams is worth your atten- tion. The top is .really a "triple seal" for the cream and keeps it away from air, exposure and finger- tips. To use as much -or as little -cream as you desire, all you do is to twist a tiny knob and up comes the required amount of cream --'and from the bottom of the jar. Don't ask us the mechanical process. Suf- fice to say, you always use fresh cream and the top can be trans- ferred from jar to jar -on through the years! Swell idea, and one we. think you'll be interested in hav- ing at hand. 1.00 Lost Sweetheart, Found Fortune 2.00 Vido Mati, 24, of Barcelona, Spain, lost his sweetheart recently when he broke a date and because of that 0.00 he inherited a fortune of $250,000. Being a studious student, Vido went 1.00 to the.library to work on a thesis, .50 instead of keeping his date with his sweetheart, At the library he came across the writings of : an obscure Spanish philosopher of the Eight- eenth century by the name of Hier- ro, As he turned the•' pages of the dusty volume he carne across a yel- lowed paper which was the old will of .the writer. The will was to the effect that "ail his worldly goods to go to the first man who should study this book," which he felt "would be neglected by his unappreciative countrymen," The will was ruled as being legal and Mati collected about a quarter of a million dollars. Origination of Poker t poke's', .typical American card game, apparently had its origin. about 10.0 years, ago, but source of word itself is uncertain. The word "poker" was used as early as the 1830s but game as major American "indoor sport" 'did not become es- tablished until after Civil war.' 1,00, From original straight poker,; or 1.00 bluff, have developed a bewilder- , 1.00 ing , variety of games, such as 2.00 "freeze out," "double up," "spit in the ocean," and "barber's itch." Soap, Water 'Scrub -Up' Keeps Health Line Safe Soap and water "keeps" down summer skin inflammations; in hos pitals and receiving wards, it is mandatory to employ a generous soap "scrub -up" and a change of uniform by nurses passing from one communicable case to another; in a recent experiment in dishwashing, it was proved that when dishes were subjected to hot, but clean, soapy water "few bacteria survive ex- posure to soap water." Mothers whose children have to pass the teacher's daily -health parade in school should' not be neglectful of children's neatness and cleanliness when home for vacation -"hands washed" before eating should be an automatic rule. Today, all over the country, there are local campaigns' for clean dishes in restaurants and cafes and clean, glasses at soda counters; in our nation's capital there was recently started a soap -and -water campaign by local parents and teachers; at an important educatofs' congress it was stated that if children were taught to keep their hands clean, 60 per -cent of respiratory diseases could be controlled. When America goes on wheels- stopping at tourist homes or camps, at roadside eating stands, at motor comfort stations -do your share to keep such places at high stand- ards of cleanliness. Remember, in your home -or on the road, that cleanliness pays - `and 'that personal hygiene is the best prophylaxis 'against disease. Protein Holds Secrets Of Life, Science Hints Science every day is drawing closer to the secrets of life, accord- ing ccording to Dr. 0, L. Sponsler, professor of botany at the University of Cali- fornia at Los Angeles. "We are on the threshold of important discoveries -discoveries about protein structure which may tremendously increase our under- standing of the factors which con- trol life. "All of the physical sciences, chemistry, physics, biology, are co- operatively engaged in this study, for each complements the .study of the other fields and makes greater understanding possible." Dr. Sponsler points out that any changes in the structure of the pro- tein can cause great changes in the body. Colds, cancer, warts are the result of such changes. "To picture the protein molecule, thii$r of dividing a piece of beef- steak miilioris'of times. Eventually you come to the smallest particle which is beefsteak, and an attempt- ed division would only result fn the beefsteak disappearing into 300 smaller pieces, each an amino acid. "The millions of life forms which we have come from varying the ar- rangements of the 300 anima acids. Since any rearrangement of the acid chain, either moving one acid to an- other position or rearranging an en- tire •chain,•°wi•2Vgise••irsea new •pros, teen, an, almost limitless number of life combinations can be made." Radio History .. The manufacture of radio receiv- ing sets commercially began in1922; up to that`.time•inost people bought theparts and assembled their own sets. The New International Year Book for 1922 says that in that year manufacturers whose plants were fitted for quantity production of amateur sets were overwhehned with orders. One of the early manu- facturers was Atwater Kent, who in 1922 received an order for 10,000 radio headsets and suddenly real- ized that his plant could build com- plete radios as easily as supply parts to others, Some cars were equipped with radios at that time, but the commercial manufacture of car radios was a later development, The Detroit News station, now WWJ, commenced its daily broad casting on August 20, 1920, and ac- cording to Lee De Forest, is "the real pioneer of all existing broad- casters." It has been in continuous operation since that date. • Tri -Color Motif I Designer's have given decorators something new in wallpaper this season. They have worked out a. scheme for papering an entire apartment in the same three colors, using the tri -color motif in a differ- ent way in each room, to achieve a harmonious whole. For instance,, a living room inay be hung with gray paper, patterned in green and yellow. To match it, the adjacent dining room will be done in the same pattern reversed, using, gray and green on a yellow background. Reversing the pattern once more, you find the bedroom hung with gray and yellow print on green. There is unity and also variety in such a plan, and more than that, there is good common sense. • • Created Hundreds of Songs. Henry Clay Work, Connecticut Yankee printer, created hundreds of popular songs: Sentimental lays, war ballads, temperance and eyan-. gelical compositions, many of them based upon old Negro melodies, fol- lowed one after the other (some are sung to this day), including "Draft- ed Into the Army," "Kingdom Com- ing," om-ing, " "Wake Nicodemus,'.' "Baby- lon Is Fallen," "Father, Dear Fa- ther, Come Home With Me, Now," bale," and "Grandfather's Clock." •,, Atomic Power Use Awaits Some, Great Invention Prof, Ernest 0. Lawrence, the University of California's cyclotron inventor and Nebel laureate, says that the harnessing of atomic power -which would make possible such feats as driving 'steamships across oceans on a cupful of fuel -is in somewhat the same stagetoday as the future of flying was 50 years ago., Speakingata recent Stanford uni- versity fete, Dr. Lawrence said that the use of atomic power awaits some greatinvention or the unveil- ing of new laws of nature. Dr, Lawrence reviewed experi- ments oil the smashing of the atoms of uranium, the heavy element on which science has pinned its hopes of obtaining atomic power. He said that when this atom is split enor- mous 'amounts of powerare re- leased, millions of times more heat per atom than is given off when or- dinary fuel is burned." However, he pointed out that ura- nium is made up of several types of uranium atoms . which are hardly distinguishable. Only one of this family of atoms 9s usable in produc- ing 'atomic power. Dr. Lawrence said that there is no practical large. scale way in sight for ' separating this atom from the others, and that it is doubtful if a way will be found. The scientist said that the har- nessing of atomic power may await a deeper understanding of the forces that hold together the nucleus, or central core, of the atom, which contains nearly all of the energy of the atom and forms almost all its mass. Dr. Lawrence said that the giant 4,900 -ton cyclotron, or atom -smash- er, now being Constructed on the Berkeley campus, may shed further light on the problem of harnessing atomic power. Vitamins in Workers' Diets Prove Profitable The past winter has proved the dollars -and -cents value of vitamins in the diets of 'workers. A number of companies have been supplying the vitamins in capsule form, to em- ployees free. , A group of employees in that de- apartment of a stove manufacturing plant where different shades of white porcelain must be matched, were fed vitamin A, which is par- ticularly helpful to vision. The re suit was that rejects were reduced from the usual' 3 per cent average to 0.3 per cent -and the .company saved $5,000 a year! As a result of this treatment, many workers who had worn glasses for years found they were able to discard them. One worker who formerly had headaches and burning eyes after a day's work found that these symptoms disap- peared -and he gained weight! A Minnesota machine tool com- pany started last winter to feed its workers vitamin capsules, and ex- pects the project to pay for itself. Each morning, every worker re- ceived a capsule in a. paper cup with it health message printed on it. 10 it' est 1/dted'• that the 'cost. of.oap- sules, cups and printing will not exceed $500 for the three-month pe= riod'covered. And manufacturers are not the only ones taking advantage of this miracle of modern science. The St. Louis Cardinals baseball team 'in eluded vitamins in its training camp diet, Cartel Means Control Cartel, in the economic sense, de- notes a combination of corporations or firms operating to control pro- duction, prices and marketing of a particular commodity. Cartels may include only national corporations or firms or may be international, in- cluding corporations or firms of dif- ferent countries, or including car- tels of different countries having the purpose ef'controlling the interna- tional market.. An international cartel will have the support of governments and usu- ally must be based on legislation or an act of a government. When gov- ernments act in unison in an at- tempt to control a commodity, it usually is called an international agreement rather than a cartel, but the present tendency seems to be to extend the term cartel to include government .agreements. i• Water Cleanser A new kind of cleanser which may be carried in the purse and is grand i for traveling, has been introduced by a noted beautician. It comes in transparent wafers that look like pale pink or blue cellophane and is used in place of soap. A single wafer washes the hands clean and leaves them soft and fra- grant. It does not matter how hard the water is the disc dissolves quick- ly and turns into fine white lather. It is a boon to travelers and is easy to use on trains, planes or mo- tor trips. To use, west one hand and place wafer on it, then wet the other hand and rub Mims together tightly until it produces a fine lather. It makes a novel gift, small enough to slip, into an envelope. Mo-non-ga-he-la Mo-non-ga-he-la (accent on "he, la" commonly pronounced "hayla") is name Indians gave, river flowing -northwestward to meet the Alleglie• ny and form the Ohio at Pittsburgh. In Indian dialect "lvienaungehilla" meant "crumbling 'banks. Canal- ized in 1836, Monongahela river to- day ranks with Suez'.: and Panama canals as freight carrier. 4 Bandits Now More Polite; Courtesy 1s Their Motto It may be scant consolation if your wallet was just lifted by a guy with a mask and a gun, but the fact seems to be that the bandit `frater- nity is getting a sudden rush of po- liteness to the head. A bank robber in Tolono, Ill., lock- ing up four employees and making. off with $1,000, apologized that "he hated to cause this inconvenience." A Baltimore bandit, snatching a girl's purse, murmured softly, "I'm very sorry.' And four restaurant robbers in Chicago passed out chew- ing gum to their victims -to calm their nerves. When a St. Paul holdup man's vic- tim dropped four packages in her fright, ,the brigand muttered- "I`m sorry," and picked up the packages before•, continuing with his work, When a barmaid fainted during a Chicago tavern holdup, the gunmen stopped,: revived her with a glass of water, .'and got her a chair. And a Moble, Ala., girl who was held up reported that her assailant "was a perfect gentleman: He, spoke in a cultured manner -even when he threatened to kill me." A bandit in Hollywood addressed a filling station proprietor: "If you will beso good, sir, as to fill that sack --with money, I mean, and be brisk if you please." And a New York burglar before rifling a cash register, meticulously rang up "no sale." But, of course, someone always has to go arid spoil the record. A Memphis holdup man, collecting only 13 cents from a motorist, edi- torialized disagreeably: "People with only 13 cents shouldn't have an auto." Blind Man Is. Skilled Trainer of Guide Dogs One of the most skilled trainers of "seeing -eye" dogs for the blind is Otis Gathright of Los Angeles, who is blind himself. Gathright uses a special tech- nique and trains a dog in about four months. He has trained 10, and now is at work on Prince, a tawny German shepherd which he rescued from the pound as a pup. "Prince first had to learn that I was blind," said the trainer. "I would step on him purposely and then have someone else avoid him as he lay down. Thushe soon caught on to my condition, "I use a close chain, with which to teach Prince to stayon my left side. Thus I can carry my white cane in my right hand and hold the dog with my left." Pride spurs the dog to learn his job. The dog learned that his life work is to look after the blind mas- ter. Only about one in 50 German shepherds is fitted for the task. "Prince already can guide me around with only elementary train- ing," he said. "He stops at all intersections - which is something many automobile drivers can't seem to do. When we cross a street he hurries me along to get out of the way of cars." Gathright said it "takes a lot of courage" for a blind person to go out upon a city street at first. But with a white cane and a "seeing - eye dog the hazards vanish and the blind acquire an amazing self- confidence. Honorable Garter The garter has long held an hon- orable onorable position in the history of the state. Everyone knows the Order of the Garter, the highest Order of Knighthood in England. These are two versions of how it started. In one King Richard T 'is said to have caused some of his officers to tie leather thongs around their legs at the siege of Acre to distinguish them from the enemy. Another says that, during the reign of King Edward III the countess of Salisbury dropped her garter while dancing and the king restored it, after putting it round his own leg in the midst of much jesting, with the Words, "Honi soft qui mal y pense. ("Shame be to him who thinks evil of it.") a.. 'Boiler Kid's' New 'Lung' Fred B. Snite Sr, of Chicago, who has lived in an iron lung for five years, was in Dayton recently, to consult technicians who are build- ing him a new type portable respira- tor 'expected to give him greater freedom. - The new device is planned to re- place the 40 -pound electric appara- tus Snits has used in recent years while exercising outside of the big iron lung, His present portable res- pirator operates on household elec- tric current. It is understood the newly de- signed device will be made of plastic instead of the metal used in the old apparatus, and will operate on bat- teries. Human Experiment The 80 -year-old son of a Canadian physician has offered to become a "guinea pig" for medical science in an effort to develop a cure for a rare formof infantile paralysis closely resembling that which claimed the life of Lou Gehrig, not- ed baseball star. The offer was made by Herbert G. Chatham, whose father has con- sulted medical authorities through- out the world in an effort to find a cure for the. youth. He was stricken three years ago and hasbeen con- fined to his• bed since last January. The disease causes wmiiccular etre- phy. Gloves Originally Were f, Worn Only by `Gentlemen" The story of gloves is a long and, romantic one. From time imme- morial the glove has entered his- tory "to dramatize incidents and mark, in one way or another, the: gentleman or the .lady. Covering`. the hands probably began through is practical need for protection in! early struggles for, the necessities of life. According to historical ren-' ords, gloves, originally, were worm only by men, and than principally, on state occasions such as special. military or royal ceremonies. By, such discrimination they were con- fined for the most,part to the highest, ranks of dress, where they were of, primary importance in affairs of chivalry and coronation of sov- ereigns.' ' Before the Thirteenth century- there enturythere was some use of the mitten, for women, but no finger gloves; the first of these being made o:5' linen about the period of the Resto- ration Following this period, gloves are - mentioned in various ways as, sym-, bols of rank, retirement, champion- ships, or sovereignty. Many other - notable roles have been played by the romantic glove all through the. ages, among the most oommoniy. recognized being the presentation oft a glove as a pledge of security;' a, gesture of defiance made by flinging; the glove across the cheek of an op- ponent to challenge to a duel; as. token of faith between betrothed,. and' as a tribute of honor. Since then till now the glove has. been an important apparel requisite. for the lady as well as the gentle -- man. Gold May Become Cure For Rheumatism Ailment: While your Uncle Samuel buries. his gold in the hills of Kentucky, a few hard-working doctors in this, country are planning to sink a few grains of that metal fn the muscles of the thousands of persons crippled. up with rheumatism. Gold, often denounced as a major: cause of the world's woes, thus may. become the first definite cure or beneficial treatment for an ailment, that takes breadwinners off pay- rolls and painfully knots up the mus- cles of an estimated six millions in America. This remedy may sound to the doubting like something an ancient alchemist dreamecL p, but the truth is that experiments conducted in the United States and abroad, lead sci- entists to assert they are very much. on the trail of a treatment they be.. lieve will be effective in at Least 30 per cent of the cases brought to the doctor early enough. Another 30• per cent probably can be improved. Gold, or just plain gold salts in a water or oil solution, injected in the muscles, followed by a series of treatments, does the tricks French and German doctors be- gan prospecting for gold as a treat- ment for chronic arthritis, one of the most painful and dangerous types of rheumatism, back in the 1920s. ,Medical men in the United States remained skeptical. They had seen too many "cures" trotted out only to flop. 'A Dog's Prayer-' "A Dog's Prayer for His Master," by Capt. Will Judy, is as follows: "0 Lord of Humans, make my mas- ter faithful to his fellowmen as I am to him, Grant that he might be devoted to his friends and family as. I am to him. May he be open- faced and undeceptive as T am; may he be true to trust reposed in him as I am to him. Give him a face cheerful like unto my wagging tail; give him a spirit of gratitude like unto my licking tongue. Fill him. with patience like unto mine that awaits his footsteps uncomplain- ingly for hours; fill him with my watchfulness, my courage and my readiness to sacrifice comfort or life. Keep him always young in heart and crowded with the spirit. of play even as I. Make . him as. good a man' as. I am a dog; make him worthy of me, his dog." 'Brass' Now Good English A synonym for "impudence," "brass," which not so long since was. considered slang has now made the lexicon and may therefore be con- sidered accepted. In the progressof legitimacy of "brass" --and in its story -is exhib- ited a common characteristic of col- loquial usage and the way it grows: That is, to double back on the• figurative meaning of a term and give it new applications. "Brass" for "impudence" is such a play upon "brazen." Meening "made of or "like brass," brazen came into use to describe a hard, immodest or cheeky aspect, as a "brazen countenance," and be- fore long the source word itself was. being requisitioned for the same pur- pose. Mold Inhibitor Science has again come to the aid of the housewife -this time wit' a development that effectively re tards mold in bread and other bake goods, cheese and dairy products It is known as a mold inhibitor, de veloped by E. I. duPont de Ne moues & Co. With the new development, th mold inhibitor -in chemical la guage, a propionate salt -is intr duced into . baked goods and odair products as an ingredient.