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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1940-10-03, Page 6PAGE 6 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD TIURS., OCT. 4; WO! eP• ,K * * ham •? 'il• ie ^ -Y The BOOK of Common Praer, And Admin ration of the SACRAMENTS, AND OTHER RITES and CEREMONIES OF THE '1 CHURCH., According to the life of The CHURCH of ENGLAND: TOGETHER WITH THE PSALTER O R PSALMS of •DAVID, Pointed as they are to be fang or laid in Churches. -.k CAMBRIDGE, Printed by JOHN ilASKERVILLE, Printer to the Univer6ty; by whom they are fold, and by B. DOD, Bookfeller, � in Ave -Maty Lane, London. M DCC LX ,y (Price Six Sbilli gs aced Six Pew, unbound.) ;� *..:,. fir.,:. .s: . ..,a -*Kt,* ...:, *.te,71E•..A° Inta•':tai?etle*a i Above is shown a reproduction of a form from the Book of Common Prayer, printed by John Baskerville in. Birmingham, England, in 1740, which printing marks the Third Century of the invention pf Gutenberg. —Cut Courtesy. Porte Publishing Company. 1 Read And Write For You (Copyright) By John C. Kirkwood liekemermewer.ww.werdweeArerreverrimi feet defects. So the chances are that I am suggesting to some rich man - or woman - who desires to be re- membered, favorably, for hundreds of years, that he endow an institution, in a big Canadian city, similar to Cooper Union in New York - a school established with the money left by Peter Cooper, philanthropist, over En) years ago. Canada needs a school of the Cooper Union sort. This Cooper Union School - now 82 years old - has an enrollment of 2100 students - all carefully selected or sifted stud- ents. There are really four schools, and this autumn there will be 550 new students, selected from 3129 ap- ! plications. These schools do not growl rusty: they provide new courses in. accordance with modern needs. New courses include laboratory work in painting technique, photogrammetry - the science of making topographical maps from aerial photographs, public speaking, and American literature and American government. There are classes in typography, and in photog- raphy, and in fashion design, I have had, more than once, had something to say about Dahms Fash- ion, a refugee from Paris. A sort of wandering refugee, seeking the kind of home where she may reign with her old -titre authority and adoration. Hollywood, New York, London and Montreal are inviting Dame Fashion to take up her abode in. them. And now I read that Berlin is claiming that Dame Fashion has taken up her residence there. A spokesman for Germany says that style leadership for the future will belong to Germ- any. Listen to him: "The clothing industry must not aim to provide a pampered set of plutocrats with mod- ish frills and furbelows, but must offer the people as a whole the cloth- ing they need and the clothing that pleases their aesthetic sense. To wear such apparel is the right of every German. The inferiority com- plexes formerly attributable to sup- erficial diffences in dress will thus, be banished from the consciousness of the mass of the people. Second only to the supply of food and shel- ter, apparel is the most important article of consumer goods. Paris is out-moded. Her claim to dictatorship over styles and fashions can no long - el' be upheld. Greater Germany will take her place. German taste will become the norm of good taste. 'Fashion' must now be interpreted as signifying, net 'mode', but simply and plainly 'design' What do YOU think? Have you known that Germany is - or was - by far the largest producer of potatoes in the world? Now Germ- any is angry because she alleges that Britain has been raining potato bugs on German fields in an effort to :,terve the Nazis. If Britain has not dons this thing, then it remains a gond idea. What is true is that this year Germany has'a'very big popula- tion of potato bugs, and that they are giving lots of work to farm work- ers and school children, who are as - tinned to the labor o£ gathering and destroying them. There are things other than bombs which can be dropped for the hurt o Germany. It is said that 10% of the nubile have foot 'trouble, and that 804 .bf the men who were called for military service during the last war were re- jected for military service because of you, my- reader, have foot trouble. Here are some rules for the care of feet: 1. Select shoes and hose that fit properly. 2. Shoes should be well supported through the arch of the foot, particularly for children. 3. The growing child should be taught the importance of foot cleanliness. 4. During adult life foot trouble may be a part of general bodily condition where attention should be directed to- ward the improvement of one's gen- eral health. 5. When standing for long periods, place the feet 2 to 4 incbes apart, and point them straight ahead and support the weight on the outside of the foot. 6, in stepping forward the weight should fall first on the heel, whereupon the body is carried forward over the foot, weight being applied along the outside of the foot from the heel to the small toe, and finally across the forward part of the great toe. 7. The toe nails should be cut straight across and not too short. 8. Frequent cleansing and careful drying of the feet, together with frequent changes to dry hose. and shoes, may aid in relieving ex- cessive perspiration. 9. Prompt care of all wounds and blisters on. the feet may prevent serious conse- quences. 10. Fallen arches are the result of weakened leg muscles which allow the main or lengthwise arch in the foot to sag. 11. The feet should be bathed at least once a day with soap and warm water, and then thor- oughly dried. 12. Exercise the feet, The arches may be strengthened by bending the toes - best accomplished by picking up small articles, such as marbles, with the toes. These rules for the care of the feet may have immediate and special value for men in or about to enter' the army. One of the islands offered to the United States by the British as naval bases is Coco -s Island, situated about 300 miles off the coast of Costa Rica. It is a tiny -island, containing only 16 square miles of ground, but is in a strategic position to guard the Pacific approaches to the Pan- ama Canal. There is rain in thi, island for nine months in the year. The island's permanent inhabitants are descendants of the cats and pigs left by various ships. Thus far the. island has never been colonized, though it has been visited frequently by treasure -hunting parties, who be- lieve that: pirates and buccaneers buried their treasure in this island. These short-term visitors have plant- ed and have successfully raised cof- fee, sugar and vegetables. The ad- jacent waters are good fishing waters Has this rain island, uninhabited, in the tropics, with cats and pigs for companions, any appeal to you as a place of escape from, a fretted and fretting world, where one roust labor hard to live? I suppose that most pipe smokers have decided preferences in regarcl to the charade): of the pipe they use. Some like a clay pipe; some a briar pipe; some a meerschaum; a corncob is the preference of some smokers, and some like a porcelain 'pipe. But pipe smokers may soon be offered a pipe made from a plastic - in col- ors, ranging front a transparent pipe to a deep blue, or red, or yellow,' or a delicate pink or apple green pipe. Pipes may become very gay things. Meerschaum, if ,you want to know ANCIENT BOOK OF CAXTON IN BOSTON Autographed Volume OnceBelonged to First Great English Printer— Valuable Acquisition The Boston Public Library has an- nounced acquisition of a volume be- lieved to have belonged to William Caxton, the first English printer, examples of whose work rank second only to the Gutenberg Bible as book collectors' treasures, The book bears his autograph on three pages, prob- ably the only surviving specimens of his handwriting, The book is made up of . several manuscripts. The two outstanding are Honore Bonet's "The Tree of Battles," on international law, and a 15th century English poem, "The libel of English Policy," which strikes a startlingly modern: note by advocating English Channel defense and strict blockade, of hostile na- tions. The other pieces are of mis- cellaneous importance. The first autograph, written in sprawling Latin on the opening page, states that the book belonged to "William Caston," who gave it to William Sonning in 1471. There are two others like it: "Caston" was q common enough spelling trf Caxton" at that period; and in that very. year William Cax- ton left Bruges, where he had been governor of the English merchants. At such a time he might quite natur- ally have made a parting gift to a friend. The binding—FIemieh brown calf, blind -tooled with small heraldic ani- mals—has been shown by Dr. Robin Flower of the British Museum to have been done probably at the Abbey of St. Peter of Hasnon, be- tween Valenciennes and Lisle, about 50 miles from Bruges. DID YOU EVER WONDER What "Pearl" Buttons Are Made Of The familiar pearl -buttons are made from mother-of-pearl, a sub- stance which lines the interior of shells of pearl oysters and other molluscs. Mother-of-pearl, is essentially the same material as the pearl and has much the sante lustre and irides- cence. The precious pearl and mother-of-pearl are both supplied by the genus Pinctada Margaritifera or pearl oyster, found in the East Indies, the north coast of Australia, the Persian Gulf, the Pacific Coast of America andin tropical regions in all parts of the world. For sup- plying mother-of-pearl expressly, the genus Margaritifera Maxima, which may be a foot in diameter and weigh up to 10 pounds, is of consid- erable importance. Mother-of-pearl is used to consid- erable extent in the cutlery trade for handles of knives and forks, and in inly work ie wood. However, the largest and steadiest demand for mo- ther-of-pearl is in the button trade. In the making of buttons, small cylinders are first cut from the gleaming interior of the pearl oyster by means of a tubular drill The cylinders are then split into wafers or discs, which in turn are shaped, drilled with the required number of holes, and then. polished. The polish- ing was long done with rotten stone and soft soap; but, more recently, ground charcoal and turpentine have been used. For years the pearl button indus- try in the Unit&States was at a dis- advantage because the shells had to come from great distances; but about half a century ago it was discovered that a certain Mississippi mussel could be 'used as a substitute for the oyster shell, and since that discovery the industry has madegreat gains. what A is, is a silicate of magnesium found chiefly along the Red Sea coast. Of corncobs there are sold yearly 50 millions. An alternative name for a corncob is "Missouri Meerschaum". The briar pipe is made from the root of a Mediterranean shrub. The heart of the root pro- duces the straight -grained lood eag- erly sought by smokers, who believe that it gives a sweeter smoke. Printing, the Mother of Progress, Celebrates its 500th Anniversary • (Continued from Page 3) West Coast in 1858 when the rush for gold was on. Four newspapers were started in Victoria within six months, of which one, The Colonist, still appears. The invention of modern printing machinery is a story in itself which cannot be told here. One rather astonishing fact is that no substan- tial changes in the original mechan- ical operations were made during the first four hundred years after its in- vention. The manufacture of print- ing machinery is comparatively re- cent in its history. It has now reach- ed the stage of a large-scale industry' and printing machines are known to be both as precise and as complicated as almost any modern industrial machinery. But prior to 1865, printing was largely a hand eraft. There were rather crude power presses for news- papers, but all type had to be set by hand. Presses for the production' of commercial work developed is the second quarter of the nineteenth century. The first rotary press ap- peared in ppeared'in America in 1865. The Lino- type machine for casting and setting, type was invented by Ottmar Merg- enthaler In Baltimore, 1885, and put into use the following year by the New York Tribune. The Monotype machine, also for type casting and setting, was invented . by Tolbert Lanston, in Washington, 1887. Front the primitive large thread screw press, operated by hand, there was code a faster screw press. Then op- erating levers replaced the screw, and iron frames replaced the wooden frames. Horse power was added to man power; then mechanical power replaced the horse. Sterotyping be- gan early as 1812, with David Bruce, and lithographing, a process discov- ered by young Alois Senefelder, about 1800. Photoengraving (1880), and modern lithographic processes however, are quite recent develop- ments. Modern printing machinery tell its own story. The printing and publishing in- dustry has so extended its services in the communityy that it occupies a place of primary importance in the economic life of the country. In Can- ada, in 1938 (latest figures avail- able), 2,273 printing, publishing and book -binding plants, representing an investment of $118,243,293, employed 87,459 men and women, on a pay roll of $50,564,938, with a gross value of production, totalling $117,592,784, Has glycerine a place in your kit- chen? The answer is likely to be 'no'. Yet glycerine is a distinct aid in keeping foods fresh, and it helps to produce a smooth texture. English bakers use glycerine extensively, holding that it keeps cakes fresh and moist, and that it prevents icing from cracking. Custard mixtures to which glycerine is added are smoother and richer -seeming than ordinary' cust- ards. Beaten egg whites with an in- jection of glycerine remain on their toes for hours, and the flavor is not perceptible. Here is something you, a housewife, can do to prove the use- turns of glycerine: start a caramel custard in the usual way, with the browning of the sugar in 'a frying pan. When it is a good, uniform, light brown in color, it is added slow- ly, and carefully because of As high temperature, to scalded milk. When the sugar is melted in the milk the moiture is added to eggs which have been beaten with salt and two table- spoonfuls of glycerine. Flavored and poured into a baking dish which has been rubbed with glycerine, it is set in a pan of hot, not boiling, water to bake in a slow open until the cus•- turd is set. Newspaper advertising is the cheapest and most effective of all. It reaches everybody who is reached by every other kind of advertising and many who are reached by no other kind. THE PRINT SHOP TOWEL When 1 think of the towel, That old-fashioned towel, That used to hang By the printing -house door; I think that nobody In these days of shoddy, Can hamme out iron To wear as it wore. The tramp who abused it, The "devil" who used it, The "comp" who, got at it When those two were gone; The "make-up", the "foreman," And "editor"—poor man, Each rub some grim off As they put a heap on. In, over, and under, 'Twas blacker than thunder, Thicker than poverty,. Rougher than; sin. From the roller suspended It never was bended, But flopped to the wall Like a banner of tin. The Flying Doctor There are instances in Canada where a doctor has flown to visit a patient in a remote part of the coupm, try and has on occasion brought the sick person t� a centre of hospitaliza- tion, but Canada has no established service of the kind, such as, for ex= ample, is found in Australia, where in Queensland, the `saga of the fly- ing doctors is taken for granted. At the present time more than a million. square miles of territory and up- wards of 3000 people are served by six doctors whose wings carry them on a 400 -mile radius from Hedley, Cloncurry, Broken Hill, Kalgoorlie, Wyndam and Alice Springs. The calls come from the 600 wireless stations scattered over this large area and last year 37,554 called for medical help. Dr. Alberry of the Cloncurry base, who was reported missing last week, has himself circl- ed the earth six times in mileage in his flights to aid people in remote areas. Risk Lives for Patients—To land where there is no landing ground; to risk his life to reach a patient; to go where no white man has gone before are part of the flying doctor's job. There have been times when the wing of the plane has been the roof of his surgery; when, forced down in unknown territory, one or other had to use all his skill to save his own life or the life of his pilot until help came. The service has been the dream of an Australian Presbyterian Min - THESE FEATURES MAKE COOKING FUN WITH A itS OVEN is extra -big, and has two Even - Heat elements. Simpli-Matic switch for oven has three heats: baking, broiling and pre -heating. 6 different mo- dels, including models- with built -h, coat or wood heater. ,THERMIZER cooks a whole meal at once ... or you can use it for small baking jobs, so you' won't need to use the oven. • COOK -MASTER oven control permits you: to put a whole meal in the oven, go out for the afternoon and when you return it is perfectly cooked! 9 ELEMENTS have 5 different heats— each one design- ed for a certain cooking task. Easy Terms to ill Model 8-60 Sutter & Perdue, Lef Us Show You These Other Advantages: Cabinet all -porcelain, inside and out High-speed broiler Warming drawer Utensil drawers Heavy oven insuiation, Thrifto-Matic switches for automatic cooking Automatic Time -Signal And many others! Clinton MADE BY THE WORLD'S LARGEST MAKERS OF ELECTRIC REFRIGERATORS ister in Cloncurry. He is known as "Flynn of the Island", and at the moment he is moderator of the Pres- byterian church in Australia. He must be a proud man to have lived to see his dream come true. The cost of the six bases alone is More than 25,000 pounds a year and of this sum the commonwealth and state governments contribute nine thousand pounds. The rest comes from trusts and private donations, Australian Aerial Medical Service —The flying doctor service last year became the Australian Aerial Medical Service. Thanks to the flying doctor and his plane, much of the loneli- ness and terror has gone from Aust- ralia's outback. They are covering the open spaces of the Island with a mantle of medical safety. How much better will be the fut- ure reputation of "Flynn of the 181- and" sband" than that of the dictators of Europe who apparently live only to kill. It is gratifying to know that Dr. Alberry and his plane were "found" after a search of several ' days somewhere in the spinifex desert, ' The Canadian. Way of LIFE Thehome Depends Upon the HOME TOWN NEWSPAPERS The progress and prosperity of Canada has been made possible! to a great extent by the constructive and unselfish efforts of its weekly newspapers. BUT who knows or truly appreciates that fact? Let's Talk About Ourselves for a Change For years the weekly newspapers of Canada Have devoted. mil- lions of dollars worth of space boosting every worthwhile civic, provincial and national business and welfare movement. NOW in. this world -revolutionary era it is timely tliat at least one week be set aside to point. o'it THE VALUE of WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS to CANADA and your home townie: