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The Seaforth News, 1953-08-13, Page 71. 1 A few hints on Safety, in and around the home, might not be amiss, And although I know you've probably heard all these hints and warnings before - still, the precautions you took yesterday won't keep you from accidents if you neglect them to- day. 4: Falls on stairways result from (1) faulty personal practices 'such as running up and down, carrying objects which obstruct the view, tripping on long cloth- ing, loose fitting shoes or high heels and (2) hazards of the stairways, such as missing or weak hand -rails, loose rugs at top or bottom, worn treads or covering, objects on stairs, steps coated with ice, or inadequate lighting. To minimize the danger of . tripping, make sure that all stair treads are in good repair, Imme- diately replace worn or broken boards and covering, Permit no- body to leave laundry, jars, Waste baskets, brooms or other tripping hazards on the stairs. When going up and down stair- ways keep the hand nearest the handrail free to grasp the rail. Objects should be. carried so your view of steps is not ob- structed All stairways - including porch, basement, upstairs and attic - should be constructed with normal and .uniform step riser (714s"), adequately wide treads and sturdy hand -rails. The hand -rails serve old and young alike, because they afford a firm hand -hold when ascend- ing or descending, They should extend past the top and bottom steps and be about 32" high, Stairways over 44 inches wide require a hand -rail on both sides. The uprights of the ban- nisters should be close enough together that a child cannot slide through, 5 5 44 A white strip painted on the Talks to Himself -James .1. Suth- erland is a walking radio sta- tion. His wrist -watch -size radio transmitter broadcasts to the plastic -cased portable radio he is carrying. The miniature de- vices were constructed by an electronics firm to demonstrate potential application of transi- tors, tiny devices which eliminate bulky tubes and circuits. edge 01 each step, or white top and bottom steps, improves visi- bility. Two-way switches should be provided at top and bottom, and .the lights located so they illuminate all steps. 4, 4 4 Steps built like a cut of pie, in oreder to make a turn, should be avoided in favor of landings and straight runs, Winders may have eye appeal and save some space but they are a built-in hazard, Never sacrifice safety -for ap- pearance. If there are more than two steps to the porch or entrance - provide a handrail, Above ground porches also should be enclosed with a good railing. If children are in the habit of playing on the porch, train them to pick up their playthings, just as carefully as if they were in the house. Toys strewn around a porch or entrance cause many serious falls. e, a ... In cold climates, provisions should be made for protecting outside steps and porches front rain, ice formation, snowfall and snow slides from the roof, 'Make sure that eave gutters are pro- vided for roof slopes that drain on outside steps, Down spouts • should carry rain water away from walkways. 0 44 .. Outside steps and porch floor- ing of wood are subject to weathering and rotting, Fre- quent inspection should be made for signs of deterioration so that repairs can be made before someone is injured. * * * Little aids like grab bars over the bathtub, non -slip material for the floor and a rubber mat in the tub help prevent serious bathroom falls. Have a holder for soap and keep floors dry W * 5 Keep a night light in or near the bathroom to light the pass- ageway during the night. Good housekeeping in the bedroom, as in other parts of the house will reduce the chances of a fall, Shoes and other articles of dress, left on the floor, present stumb- ling hazards. Keep all passage- ways clear and see that small rugs are anchored. 4: 4. In the kitchen where most home accidents occur, cleanli- ness and orderliness are impop- tant, both from accident preven- t tion as well as health standpoint. When it is necessary to reach high shelves, a sturdy stool or short step -ladder is much safer and far easier to use than boxes or chairs. 44 * w Disorderly housekeeping, poor furniture arrangement, slippery waxed floors, worn floor cover- ings, unanchored rugs or carpets, neglected repairs, spilled liquids or food, and dark or obstructed passageways are other fall haz- ards found in many homes. u * a Short cuts and so-called"tilne- savers" frequently lead to acci- dents, The time saved is insigni- ficant compared to the cost and time lost from an accident. �algitc Numbers 1, Put down the number of your ,. house, 2. Double it. 3. Add 5. 4. Multiply by 50. 5. Add your age, 6. Add 365. 7. Subtract 615. You will find the number of your house in front of your age. C OSSW k �� D PUZZLE ACROSS 1. Infrequent 6. Past 8. Stack 12. Part of a kitchen stove 18. Blunder 11. Biblical garden 16, Finest Id. Lugo wave 17. Try 18, Vegetable 20. High mountain 22 Peer Oynt's mother 23 Pull apart 94 Artist's stand 26. Pointed kill 87, whole 28, 80 be It S1. Inhabitant of (86114x) 82. InS(an.of Tim ra del Fuego 33. Curved atruotttre 86. Fasten 38. American humorist 29. PI,e blak •• 41. Bird's beak 42. Arttoio 44. steep flax 46. mast horse 47. Departed 49..Devoured 61. Manufactured 62, Surface 53, Old soldier. 64. Small 1sl6.ad ' 85. s;urepean 56. Age 67 A,' DOWN 1, Automaton 2, Broad street 3. Clive up 4. Within (comb form) 2 12 4 0. Roman bronze 32. Cereal seer,( 6. Lubricate 83. Stink 7. Papal scarf 8. Favorite 0. Conceive 86. Acrid 10. Something to 26. Put in a bo learned container 11. Como in 37. Sewing 18. Notthis or implement that 88. Book of maps 21., Seedsntau 40. Depart 26, Exist 42. /tear 28, Nervous 46. Among twitching 8. Label 20. Entangle 0. C. •eelt letter 34. Heavy outer garment 5 13 6 7 5 10 15 exs 16 7 18 23 27 28 19 24 vas 25 20 21 2930 22 26 38 43 39 40 4 42 44 45 46 Answer Elsewhere on This Page They Needed a ►t1ase nnan . . .... And Here H Is le 9 The Donald P. Brown family was one shy of having a complete baseball team. When it became known that another baby was on its way, dad, mom and their eight sons voted for a boy - a first baseman was needed. Along came eight -pound, 13 - ounce Thomas, fulfilling the fam- ily wish. He is a fine, black -hair- ed lad, but he's a little weak on his footwork around the in- itial sack and can't be approach- ed by scouts until he has gradu- ated from the bassinet and for- mula feeding. sip 0 O 0 Played Accordion,. Tamed Wold Tribe "Fawcett rue .Dreamer" -was what his fellows called the late Colonel Fawcett. Perhaps they were right, But the substance of his dreams was built upon reason and he spared no effort or sacri• fice to turn theory into fact. A brilliant explorer whose name is legendary, he disappear- ed mysteriously in a heroic at- - tempt to justify his belief that somewhere, hidden in the hostile fastness of the Amazon jungles, are relics of a high order of civ- ilization -older even than that of the Incas. It is left to his son, Brian Faw- cett, to edit and present with deep and lasting significance the manuscripts written by his father describing his journeyings into Bolivia and Brazil. And after reading Lt. -Col. P. 11. Fawcett's "Exploration F a w c e t t" little doubt is left in the reader's mind that he is sharing the adventures of a brave explorer and a Man. Hardship, privation and brav- ery are accepted; self-sacrifice is the predominant quality. Arriv- ing by canoe at the mouth of the River Verde, Fawcett and his companions, together with their peons, paddled upstream as far as possible into the area graphi- cally described as "Poisoned Heli." Leaving the canoe, they pro• seeded on foot. Provisions soon ran out. They were starving, but staggered on; their voices sound- ing ever fainter and fainter to each other, for the deafness of famine was upon them. Their dogs, which had somehow man• aged to fend for themselves and keep going, curled up in 'the grass, went to sleep, and never wakened. The peons were bor- dering on mutiny. "A miracle saved us," records Colonel Faw- cett. At the last gasp, he prayed for assistance, His prayer was an- swered, 'as he somehow knew it would be, for within fifteen min- utes a deer came into view, As Fawcett ,stared through the sights of his rifle, trembling, a hoarse whisper came from be- hind; "For Heaven's sake, don't miss, Fawcett!' The deer drop- ped, and typical of the great loan was the note in his writings: "What a pity the dogs had not survived a few days longer," The explorer knew no fear, and whenever possible tried to make friends with the savage tribes he met, One, the Guarayos, had a bad name, and Fawcett was repeatedly warned against mak- ing overtures to them. Despite these warnings, when his men and craft were peppered with arrows, miraculously without casualty, he ordered them not to retaliate. Instead, he requested one of his companions, a versatile and expert accordionist, to !Hake his way to a log snared in the mid- dle of a sandbar -just beyond dangerous range -and play. This the musician did, squeez- ing out tune after tune, while other members of the party sang at the top of them voices. Dodg- ing the arrows showered upon them, they sang "Daisy, Daisy," "Knocked 'Em in the Old Kent Road," and "Onward, Christian Soldiers." Fawcett's contribution to the glee club was "Swanee River. At length the Indians stopped shooting, and friendly relations were established with them. In the Chuncho country, on the Pyrene River in Peru, grows a mysterious plant, the juice of which has the astonishing power of softening rock until it is as plable as paste. It was used, an Englishman told Fawcett, by the Incas for shaping stones, This man, whose integrity and reliability were accepted, told the explorer of a nephew of his who, when his horse went lame on hint, left it in a neighboring vil- lage to walk the five miles to his own camp. The dismounted rider was wearing four -inch spurs with rowels the size of a fifty cent piece and when he arrived at his camp after walk- ing,,;through the bush, he dts- coveeed with amazement that contact with the plants had "eaten" spurs and rowels away until nothing but mere spikes were left. In Peru or Bolivia, the ,Hale topic of the day is treasure. Everyone lives in hopes of one day unearthing some long -for- gotten hoard, Conversation is serious, but on occaston the "dis- covery" of a fortune can be amusing. A couple of workmen were repairing an old house in Are- quipa, and during the course of their labours they noticed a hole in the wall with a cavity extend- ing beyond it. Hopes and excite- ment ran high. Feverishly, they explored the darkness and were thrilled when silver dishes came to light. Spurred on by this wealth they delved deeper, until, their groping hands lighted on warm food on a plate -and their quest was brought to an abrupt end by the angry shouts of the lady living next door, whose larder they had ransacked! The Colonel never treated lightly the occult powers of the numerous races; the occult in- terested hila greatly, Near Fele- chime, in the village of Curve, live the Indian gypsies of South America, the Brujas (witches) or Calahuayas. They wander all over the Andes and are credited with astonishing occult powers. Short Letters The world's briefest correspon- dence contained, apart from ad- dresses and signatures, not one word. . Victor Hugo, the famous UNDAYx.,1.001 LESSON By Rev. R. Barclay Warirent, B.A., B.D, Christ Pre-eminent, Colossians 1:3.20. Memory Seleetron: And Ila 11s before all things, and by Bina all things cotnsist. Colossians 1;7, There are malty denominations which profess to be Christian. Perhaps the simplest way to de- termine whether or not they are truly Christian is to examine their creed for their teaching c'Dncerning Jesus Christ and their conduct for the demonstration of His precepts. If Christ is not accorded the place of pre-emin- ence in faith and practice the group is not Christian. A religious group once sought to disturb a meeting where I was in attendance. The preacher asked the leader of the disturbers: "Do you believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God?" In anger and with a stamp of the foot the an- swer was, "No." That answer clearly identified the group as not Christian. I shall not forget the gusto with which the congre- gation soon sang in affirmation of their faith; "My hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus' blood and right- eousness; I dare not trust the sweetest frame, But wholly lean on Jesus' name. On Christ the solid hock I stand; All other ground is sinking sand." Christ is exactly like God, for He is God. He was before crea- tion for by Him were all things created. Through His death we have redemption, the forgive- ness of sins, He is the first to rise from the dead. He is the Head of the Church which is His body. He is pre-eminent. He will tolerate no rivals in the human heart. He must have first place. The love of money or pleasure or fame recede when He is enthroned. Buddha, Me- hemet and Ramakrishna are dead. Jesus Christ is living, He is the incomparable, the Godman, unique, eternal, supreme, the beginning and the end, "the end of all principality and power." In Him does "all fullness dwell," French author, had just had a new book published, and was anxious to know how it was sell- ing. He wrote to his publisher: "? Victor Hugo." Not to be outdone, the publish- er replied "1" Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, actor and producer, sent the fol- lowing brief letter to an aspir- ing dramatist, who had submitted a play for consideration: "My dear Sir, -I have read your play. Oh, my dear sirl- Yours faithfully, H. Beerbohm Tree." Early in the 19th century the Duke of York sought Church patronage for a friend in a letter that he wrote to the Bishop of Cork. It said merely: "Dear Cork, - Please ordain Stanhope. -York." Came the reply: "Dear York, - Stanhope ordained. -Cork" (Upside down to prevent peeking) 0 3 3 0 1 ;;, �.'4 21.3 '; 9 2 3 9 3191 ,13Ai v321V 6OVw ..31V 14 37 24 3 7 ns 3 H 1' 13 3r; 3 a V +> 3 vN• 7 r Vit: w v �r a QmIN ©' 9 h 1 39V 1 V;';9N 0 1 N U 2. 9 3 ' V 3 S; 1.939 N 3 0 21 21 3 .ltd 3 A 0 3 1 I d:'',o9V, h3 21 'da Snip and Stitch -The sound of snipping shears and the hum of a sewing machine may be strange sounds to many UN units in .Korea, but not to these fighting Canadians. Pte, Edward Larnhart, left, and Pte. Maurice Sabourin practice tailoring t0 keep their gear in shape.