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The Seaforth News, 1957-09-05, Page 3MCJ®. M©L0:,.,[ iAA UllaONI N ©MUM MOUWEUR -MEMO E©bNCII ==MOS©'';., JlEVE. ©WONtIOOI o€ti -�©L' u MWOU M©©: ©KJO©EWIMMEIOLMOM�©B RUIN 'PM0M-W011 kikJrr' ©iiia© ©ON He Broke The Bank At Monte Carlo Millions of people have sung the rollicking old song The, Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo without knowing why it was written. Was there .a man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo? If so, who was he? There was such a man, but despite what the song says he was no dandified ladies' man. He was ,, a seedy English rascal named Charles Wells. Until he "broke the bank" he lived mainly by swindling. He first showed up at 'Monte Carlo in July 1891 with $20,000 garnered from a series of swin- dles in Britain. He had fled the country after being exposed for having sold crackpot inventions of no value to credulous En- glishmen. But at Monte Carlo nobody had heard of him. He made for the •Casino, sat down at a roulette table, put his. money on a number and, if it won, let it "ride." But he never played the same number more than thre times in succession. This was a system which had ruined many gamblers but smil- ed on Wells. The first night, after 11 hours paly, he walked out ' winning $50,000. This is how he "broke the bank." In those days, at the start of each session, each table was provided with $20,000 worth of chips. If a lucky gambler ex- hausted this sum at his table he was said to have "broken the bank." This had rarely been done be- fore Wells came along. He was probably the luckiest gambler who ever stepped through the doors of the Casino. The next morning he sat down and began to play again. And again he broke the bank. His fabulous luck caused a sensation. Other gamblers tried to follow his play to cash in on his luck. People began to follow him, just to touch his coat, be- lieving it would be lucky to them. He mingled with British nobility who vied to get the secret of his "perfect" system. But his sudden fame had its pitfalls. He was pestered by cranks, too. One woman rushed up to Wells as he was entering the casino and demanded $25,- 000 which, sh escreamed, she had lost and he had won. Another time he was concerned by an Englishman who begged for $10,000which he had gambled away. The man said the money was his daughter's dowery. If he didn't get it she would not be able to get married. Wells had to be rescued from this man, who turned violent when • his plea was refused. At the end of the season Wells disappeared, but the following year he was back again. This time he arrived in a magnificent steam yacht, the Palais. Royale, built to accom- modate 50 guests and fitted with a ballroom and music room. His guests overflowed and were en- tertained lavishly at hotels ashore. The guests at one din- ner included five millionaires, four British peers a famous French diplomat and a scatter- ing of high society from the capitals of every European na- tion. At the end of the season Wells sailed for London -and then his fortune turned. He was arrested for extensive frauds, and at Lon- don's Old Baily was sentenced to eight years penal servitude. When he was released he changed his name to Davenport and continued with his swindles, both in Britain and in France. He served two more prison sentences, but finally lost his nerve, both as a swindler and a gambler. He settled down and lived out his life in ' moderate luxury on his iligotten gains. Not long before he died Wells told a newspaperman that he'd had no system when he was so successful at breaking the bank. Any systems he had tried he had soon discarded. The song that was written about him had even more suc- cess than Well's at the height of his fortune. The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo was turned down several times before English music hall star Charles Coburn gave $30 for it. He sang it 4,000 times. It was translated into six languages and remained popular long after the man who inspired it was for- gotten. BOTTLE GROUND -Neatly stacked row on row, a veritable sea of giant bottles covers the ground at Vichy, France, one of Europe's most famous spas. Some '100 million bottles of. Vichy water are sent all over the world each year, and nearly 17 million are stocked in the fields ready for buyers. CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 1 American author 4. M'astleate 8. Stupid 12. Biblical ruler 31. Res Iden tie- 14. Lamb's pseudonym 15. Expressive bodily move- ments 17. ward off 13. Mountain lake 10. 'Browns bread 21. Drying 'cloth 23. Sewed joint 24. Russian sea 25, 1'radd 2D Nominal vaina 38Formal dance,. 31 Rillce of cern 52, ilreerl of cattle 14. 1 nstanre 35. Large tubs 36. Man's name 37. f'alm 40. Transported 41. Raking.. chamber 42. 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HE'S "CULTIVATING COURAGE -Gardening is a challenge rather than a chore for Fred La Mura, 8, at a day camp near Pearl River. The blind lad•must feel his way in learning to hoe a straight furrow. The gardening activity is one facet of a two-year program in which sighted and sightless children participate jointly. Its purpose; to develop a near-normal life for the blind youngsters and give sighted children insight into their fellows' problems, TllL1M?1F2ONT' "Farms to Sprout Skyward?" is the intriguing title of a .re- cent e- eent article in The Christian Science Monitor, and the pos- sibilities of this system of grow- ing crops without soil seemed to me so interesting that I am passing them along to you. « « * Farms may some day grow skyward like present-day, mo- dern business buildings. For one of the most persistent handicaps to "tray agriculture" is believed to have been overcome. This tremendous stride in agricultural science can be cre- dited to that familiar room air conditioner normally seen in the windows of homes or offices. The room conditioners are a vital part in a packaged green- house now being used in Texas and other parts of the South- west to produce between 350 and 500 pounds of feed daily in an area only eight feet square. Water, • or soilless, gardening is the growing of plants without soil in a medium such as water, sand, gravel, or sawdust to which nutrients have been added. It is a method which has been known to agricultural scientists for more than 100 years as an aid in studying plant -life processes. However, it was not until 1929 that experiments were conduct- ed solely to determine the feasi- bility of using this process to grow commercial crops. One of the most serious deter- rents to commercially feasible hydroponics has been an inabil- ity to control temperature and humidity, which are essential parts of the growing method. 0, « Now, however, the H. & M. Manufacturing Company, Inc., has developed a greenhouse which by using room -type air conditioners maintains positive temperature and humidity con- trol. # « • « The H. & M. greenhouse, which.it calls the Meadow -Mas- ter, consists of double -glass win- dows mounted ,in large metal frames. It includes 72 trays ar- ranged in six tiers of 12 trays each.. Seeds are placed in the trays. They are fed chemically fortified water daily to acceler- ate growth. Each basket may be harvested every six days, which means that 12 baskets daily are usually harvested and replanted. Any kind of cereal grasses can be grown in the trays. It takes only 55 to 60 pbunds of grain each day to produce 400 to 500 pounds of cereal grass. « « « The crop from the trays is e combination of fresh, green, suc- culent grass, six to eight inches high, the cereal grain from which it sprouted six days ear- lier, and the roots of the grass. This forage is grown entirely without soil and thus is clean and palatable and can be eaten in its entiretyby the animals. Forced growth of animal feed in green houses is not new, ac- cording to H. & M. It has been done in Europe for many years. The company's founders, Louis A. Howsley . and Roger A. Ma- lone, say that the European greenhouses would not work in : the United States because of temperature extremes. They modified the method to include sir conditioning. ' Engineers of the Carrier Corporation were called in to work out a system of air conditioning. « * The air-conditioning unit is mounted outside the greenhouse. Its carefully regulated a i r is piped through a duct into the greenhouse•and blown across a 100 -gallon vat of chemically treated water which is used to feed and irrigate the planting. The tanks a r e uncovered to maintain the humidity between 70 and 80 per cent. Optimum growth. temperature is between 68 and 70 degrees. To maintain the temperature at this level, the conditioner recirculates the air every 80 seconds. # * i The daily output of the air- conditioned greenhouse is enough to supply supplementary feeding for 24 dairy c o w s, 50 feeder steers, 150 hogs, 200 sheep, 6,000 laying hens, 2,000 turkeys, or 5,000 guinea pigs, ac- cording to Mr. Howsley. Between 70 and 80 tons Of feedmay be harested annually from the greenhouse at a cost of $10 to $20 a ton, or less than a cent a pound. e « « One turkey raiser reports that increased profits through the use of green forage supplement paid for his greenhouse unit in seven weeks. A cattleman, in a 60 -day trial period, reported his steers gained an average of 4.3 pounds a clay as a result of the dietary supplement. « « « Developers of the air-condi- tioned greenhouse say it will be- come a regular part of equip- ment on progressive farms, ranches, a n d dairies. It will, according to the developers, be of special benefit during drought periods, when stockgrowers are forecd to cut back their basic herds because of lack of ade- quate grass. It alsowill turn out a green supplement regu- larly during the cold winter months. Odds and Ends Swiss authorities in Bern, have started to fluoridate milk destined fpr consumption b children. The new method is said to have produced excellent results. * * * The word "cedar" is derived from the Arabic "kedr" meaning worth, and "kedrat", meaning strong. The definition aptly de- scribes aromatic red cedar closet lining, which is best known for its durability and ability to repel moths. Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking UNDAYSC IOOI LESSON By Rev. R. Barclay Warren B.A., B.D. Josiah; Making Needed Reforms 2 Kings 22:1-2;;''23: 1-5, 25 . Memory Selection: I am a com- panion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts. Psalm 119:63. It seemed like dire tragedy when 24 -year-old Amon, king 4t Judah, was assassinated ' by hl$ servants. Actually it turned out to be a good thing for the coun- try that he was destroyed. Hls father, Manasseh had led the. people to be worse than the heathen, whom the Lord had destroyed before the pepole of Israel. When he was carried captive to Babylon and was in affliction, he besought the Lora and humbled himself and pray- ed. He returned to Jerusalem and began to undo the evil he had done. But Amon ' learned nothing from his father's experi- ence. He trespassed more and more. Fortunately his reign lasted only two years. Josiah was only eight years old when he ascended the throne. When he was 16 he be- gan to seek after the God of David his father. At 20 he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem. While the temple was being re- paired Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the Lord given by Moses. The reading of this in the presence of the king led to a religious awaken- ing among the people. God still speaks through His Word. Billy Graham begins his numerous quotations by, "The Bible says." The Psalmist said, "Thy word have I hid in my heart that I may not sin against three." It isn't enough to have the Bible on the table. We need its truth in our hearts. There is no flattery in the Bible. "All have sinned," said a French court preacher, Thea he caught the angry eye of the king and hastened to add, "At least most have sinned." Men should declare the whole coun- sel of God without fear or favot. Miss Sara Gregory writing in Arnold's Commentary tells of -n traveler in Australia noticing d young lady reading . a Bible in the railway coach and asking if he might look 'at it. When he turned to the flyleaf he saw that the usual notice, "Appointed to be read in the churches," had been changed to, "Appointed till be read, everywhere." Are you a diligent student of the Bible? A convenient HOLDER F011 A BALL OF TWINE can be con- trived by nailing a plastic mea- suring cup to the wall. Run the twine through a hole in the cup handle. A small town is a place when the news gets around before tin newspaper does. -,Hal Chadwick. HOW 'PET PROJECT' PAYS OFF ... kittenish -looking, most minks are spiteful... Leash on his future . ... Too often, the bite the hand that feeds them .. The youngest mink farmer in England, 16 -year-old Michael How has seen his "pet project" turn into real high finance. The teen-ager has been breeding the animals`for two years, and ' now has some 200, valued at "$1 ' 000. Although he complains that the irascible mink often bite the hand that feeds them, he's goir.J to continue his profitable career, which has al- ready paid off irta new Mink stole for h:s mother. Mike, who enjoys taking the little fellows like "Chippy; left, for a stroll, raises them in the garden of his London home.