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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1952-11-13, Page 31 Kips Earned Fortune The girl is charming acid seems to like you? But pause a second, before you embrace her and think of the possible conse- quences, Kisses, however inno- cent, have often brought about the most unexpected results. A kiss may bring you success. Valentine Baker, a nineteenth century subaltern, saw a pretty girl asleep in a railway carriage. Impulsively he kissed her, she complained, and he was court- martialled and dismissed in dis- grace. Feeling this country had .no more to offer him, he joined the Turkish Army, rose to become a general. His skill helped the British to victory in the Egyptian wars at the end of the century. Fox, standing for Parliament in 1784, had good reason to be grateful for a woman'v kiss, One of his staunchest supporters was Georgians, Duchess of Devon- shire, who promised a kiss to any man who agreed to give his vote to Fox. Elis cause became so popular that the opposition persuaded a Mrs. Robert Hobart to copy the duchess's methods, but with far less success. An Australian shop assistant was at first sorry that he leant across his counter to kiss a pretty woman customer, for he was lin- ed £2 10s. Years later, however, he had cause to be thankful for his impulsive action, for in her will she left hiin £20,000, ex- plaining that she treasured the stolen kiss above everything else in life. But kisses can lead to disaster involving not only the partici- pants but those around them. Drafted to Malta with his bat- talion, a young soldier kissed his sick sweetheart good-bye. He caught mumps from her, most of the battalion caught it from him, the infection spread to the brigade, and their training pro- , sh o s Solve JniorFigure For growing girls in that "bean pole" stage is this sanforized gingham dress done in two - calor smell cheek. Six-inch e*ented dust ruffle breaks the shirt line, Ruffles EnhQnce Child -Charm DT EDNA MILES ADULTS are not alone in their figure problems or their 44. need for fashions that camouflage faulty points. Chil- dren have their problems, such as: too -weedy arms, pipe - stem legs, or the reverse side of the picture, a roly-poly body that's the result of baby fat. In recent years, designers have come to understand that children steed fashions that take cognizance of figure faults. Thus, they are giving them fashions that will foreshorten and soften where it's needed, fashions that will cut down bean -pole height or minimize a roly-poly shall girl. STRIPES AND PUFF SLEEVES HELI' A dust ruffle, for instance, breaks a skirt line and thus detracts from the height of a little girl who's shooting sky- wards rapidly, Combinations of solid and striped fabrics ' foreshorten, while puff sleeves soften angular young arms. Added to these fashion fillips is the convenience that lies in cotton fabrics that are sanforized to prevent shrinkage. This is a factor important to mother since she must handle the laundering and balance the budget at one and the same time. It means, then, that a small wardrobe will retain its fit and therefore; its original good looks. Half-and-half is the styling theme of this one-piece San- forized chambray dress designed for the young ]Miss who needs foreshortening and the softening effect of puff sleeves. gramme was delayed for three months. It's regrettable, but gallantry doesn't always pay, A Berliner and his girl friend were involved in an accident when riding his motor cycle, and were told that the fine would be £14. The girl managed to persuade the police- man who called for the money to take payment in kisses, one kiss being worth the equivalent of one and eightpence. The chivalrous policeman took ninety minutes (timed by the man in another room) to collect the "fine." The kisses didn't seem so sweet, however, when he was jailed for "abusing his author- ity." Humans can eat it, and to ad- vantage, but wild rice is prim- arily a food for wild fowl and as such it is becoming widely cultivated in Canada. Because of this in popularity, the Botany and Plant Pathology Division of the Canada Department of Agri- culture has issued a pamphlet giving advice and information on wild rice and decribing the plant and its use, how to plant it, and where. " X, Originally, the pamphlet says, wild rice grew in southern Can- ada but the recent interest has spread it to wider areas. It has a food value equal to the culti- vated cereals although nobody has tried planting it on arable land, many are interested in es- tablishing stands as food and shelter for adequate fowl and muskrats. Sportmen are prob- ably more inter ested than others since a stand of wild rice is a powerful attraction for game birds. An annual grass, wild rice de- pends on seeds to propagate it- self, but once established, it will drop its seeds into the water automatically. It grows only in shallow (up to four feet) water in slow streams and along shores. There are some places it will not grow at all due to unknown factors. Fresh seed is necessary to start it, usually over winter but dealers manage 11 success- fully. It is sown simply by cast - ting well-filled kernels sink, ing the seed on the water, let - empty hulls float away. Use a canoe or skiff, avoiding seeding front shore. The experts advise using 20 pounds of seed. to an acre of water surface. if conditions are right, the plant will appear the first year, flower and produce enough seed to make the next year's growth denser A soft, silty bottom, generally found in shallow bends or below sand bars. Open shore lines exposed to waves of currents are not satisfactory, nor are locations in constant shade, among dense marsh vegetation or in salt- water marshes and lagoons. 0 0 0 Finally, if sou don't know what the wild rice plant looks like and want to procure seed from existing stand, be sure to get expert advice since it can be easily confused with grasses, sedges and rushes. Send a dried specimen to the Division of Bo- tany and Plant pathology, Sci- ence Service Building, Depart. ment of Agriculture, Ottawa, Ont., for identification. X' d, e N. M. Parks of the Central Experimental Farm it Ottawa says the primary objects in the storage of any perishable food CUR SWORD PUZZLE AOStOSS 1, Gush 6, Statute 9, Guided 12. Name 13. wing 14, Gone bi' 16. Conte in. 16. Odd 18, Corroded 10. Collapsible bed 21. neap hole 22. 'Rind of window 84, )Jeeome less severe 37, Jubilant 20, River (Span.) 10. TOnglteh river 30. Spinning toy 34. Potter state 35. Tear 0. Lets down 23, Seesaw 40. Snuggle 44, Operated 46, Greek latter 40. Pronoun 47. Flvlsion of n bank 60. Cloudless •> 52. Not at home 63. Tavern p4. short rtoney gatherer 60. Shelter 67. /114 tug horse 'OWN 1, Place 2. Piebald 2. Pup -bearing animal 4, gabber tree 6. Kind of hawk 0, Meal 7. Nigh (Music.) 8. Twisted out of shape J. 11gnal light4. l uiltne I, 10. Poultry prodct 60. Lens -shaped 11. Female deer seed 17. Trouble 37. Responds 20, Speaker 39. faucet . L:nlployeen 41.15 that place "1 L:c merry 42, Rent . Insect's e./6 43. Blundered 28, pedal I digit 47. goolof i !division CO. skin 40. Tint 21. Strive 40. Compass point 32 work u, Perm l Answer Elsewhere on This Page PURPLE ;ANINERS -From Countryman's Year, by Haydn S. Pearson THE humble, old-fashioned purple lilac is part of our national tradition, When brought to this country about the middle of the seventeenth century, it already had a long and interesting history. It carne from Persia to Constantinople in the twelfth or thirteenth century, and traveled slowly across Europe to England, In his Garden of Pleasant¢ Flowers, which was written in 1629, Parkinson called the purple lilac "the blew pipe tree." Over wide areas of our nation its fragrant masses of bloom bring cheer in the spring. Its thick deep green leaves hold their sheen through the heat and drought of midsummer. There are clumps of Syringo vulgaris growing in old stow•"wail-lined cemeteries in New England; it stands faithful guard over the sacred spots where courageous pioneers lie sleeping across a continent. As home -seeking sten and women pushed over mountains, across rivers, and through shoulder -high prairie grasses, they carried roots of the lilac with them. No one has a complete record of the things mothers and wives tucked into the Conestoga wagons and prairie schooners, but because man does not live by bread alone, lilacs, peonies, and favorite herbs blazed a trail along the virgin paths to new homes. In Cornwall and Devon the maidens believe that dew from lilac blossoms will bring beauty to those who bathe their faces in it. Legends and folklore have accumulated about it in England's border country, In this nation it is a shrub associated with homemaking and with memorials to those who have gone before. Unpretentious and plain, it grows le gardens and by the corners of old cellar holes deep in woods that have reclaimed their own. Birds nest in its security and small .wild folk seek sanctuary in its tangled dimness. The purple lilac bas been a good companion to man as he has hewed a nation of hones from a wilderness. include prolonging its edible condition and reduction of loss nuring the storage period., The chief causes of shrinkage in storage are moisture losses and decay. Storage, particularly controlled storage, makes it poss- ible 'to hold all or part of the maht crop of potatoes through winter and spring, enabling the grower to dispose of his crop when the requirements of the market demand. 13y this he can avoid marketing at a time of over -supply and low prices. X' 0 X' Successful storage of potatoes depend° on factors like tem- perature, numidity, circulation of air, exclusion of Light, sound- ness of tubers, freedom from soil, 'surface tnoi.'ture and depth of tubers in th bi'1. 6 4 X Potatoes to be stored should be fully mature free from severe bruises and any apparent dis- ease. dry and free from excess soil X, 4' ,. For seven to 10 days following harvesting. potatoes should be held at a temperature of around 60 degrees F to permit cuts and bruises to heal. After this heal- ing period the cellar or storage should be cooled to 41 degrees F'., a6 !soon as possible. The temperature at which po- tatoes should be stored for table use is 40 degrees F. Two weeks prior to usir,g, they should be placed at a temperature of 60 degrees to 70 degrees F. A tem- perature below 40 degrees F causes a !'eversion of the starch in potato tubers to sugar, result- ing in sogginess, a dark colour after cooking, and a sweet taste, Potatoes fur seed purposes should be stored at MI degrees to 77 degrees F. a 4' X' High humidity in potato stor ages is necessary if slu'inkage of the tubers is to b' "educed to a 80 per cent is recommended, minimum. A relative humidity high enough to retard shrinkage and low enough under average conditions tt proven: tromation • of free moisture on the surfer' of the tubers, At St. Augustine, Fla„ a thou sand alligator's were washed ' with soap and water so then would "look right" for a rho tion picture being made there, Six Hundred Feet In A Glider The Wright brothers took many glides that summer. Some were good. But many times the glider wouldn't stay up at all. They changed the curve of the wings, and tried again. "You are getting ahead," I said one evening. "Maybe it will take 'nen only fifty years to learn to fly," I smiled. Mr. Orville shook his head. "Go ahead and laugh, Bill," he said. "Something is wrong in the books we've been reading. The men who wrote the books didn't know much about gliders. We've got ' to find out about gliders for, our- selves." "I'm about ready to give up," said Mr. Wilbur. "Maybe some- body will find the right answers some day. I don't believe we ever shall," "Third time never fails," said Mr. Orville. "We'll give it one more. try." Wilbur and Orville Wright event back to Dayton to their bicycle shop, I didn't hear a word from thein all winter. "I think they've had enough of flying," I said to my wife. But I was wrong. They came back in 1903. I met them at the shore. "Do you think you are going to fly this summer?" I asked. "We believe so," answered Mr. Wilbur. "We made a wooden box, about six feet long. It had a glass top. We blew air through the box with et fan, "We hung glider models on a string inside the box. We watch- ed what the gliders did when the wind blew, We tried fiat wings and curved wings. We used thick wings and thin wings. We made glider models with one wing and two wings and three wings. We put a tail on some of the gliders." I went over to Kill Devil Hill the first good day. Mr, Orville lay down on the bottom wing of the glider. We pushed him off into the wind. And that man did glide! I -Ie stayed up %whole min- ute. He travelled six hundred feet! "We've got it, Wilbur," he shouted from the feet of the long frill. Mr. Wilbur took his brother's place. He sailed away into the (lir. He moved the tail and the glider went to the right. He turn ed the tail the other' way. Then the glider went to the left. I couldn't believe my eyes. 1 couldn't say a word at first. I knew that nobody else in all the world had clone what they had done. I turned to Mr. Orville. "I've laughed at you," I said. "I've made fun of you. Now I take it all back. You were right and I was wrong, You men can fly. And you are the first in the world to do it," Mr, Orville was very quiet about it. "I was sure we had it this time," he said. "But we can't call it flying yet. We have to take off, and then come down on ground as high as where we started. We need an engine and a propeller. Then we shall really have a flying machine." -From "Yesterday In America," by Har- old B. Clifford, On The Invention Of Lithography In the early nineteenth century when pictures in books and ma- gazines were reproduced only by relatively slow and cumbersome processes -from copperplate en- gravings, from woodcuts, or by some similar method -engravers and publishers in Europe and in America were beginning to ex- periment with a new and simpler invention. This new process era's called lithography (meaning "writing on stone"), and it de- pended on so simple a principle as the natural antipathy between grease and water. Lithography had been invented around 1795 by a Bavarian named Alois Senefelder, It was introduc- ed in France in 1816 and was being used successfully in Lon- don in 1822, Meanwhile this in- genious new idea had already reached the United States where, in 1819 or 1820, the painter Bass Otis, a pupil of Gilbert Stuart, was making the first American experiments. Senefelder's invention, like many other brilliant ones, was remarkably simple. It demanded, first of all, a special kind of soft and very porous stone. The stones used by Currier & Ives were of calcareous slate, imported front olonhofen, Bavaria, and bought and sold by the pound. The stone was cut in flat rectangular blocks to the required length and width and a couple of inches in thick- ness. A soft yellowish gray in color, the stone was then Pre- pared for the lithographer by grinding. .A very thir layer of sand was spread over it, and it was ground smooth by another stone rubbed over it with a cir- cular m a t i n n, This process, known as "graining," gave the stone a fine, velvety surface tex- ture, so delicate that a touch of the fingers could damage it. The stone was now ready for the design, which would be sketched on it with special litho- graphic crayons made of water - repelling substances. The crayons varied in width from the delicate "diamond" size, used for letter- ing, to coarser grades one and a half inches wide, As the design was worked on the stone, the crayons were supplemented with brushes and with an alpaca pad for shading. The work was ex- tremely delicate and required faultless accuracy, for no erasures were possible. A line could be re- moved, but no proper line could be put In its place without re - graining the stone. The stone, with the complete design now sketched on it, was given a bath of gum and acids. Those parts of the stone not pro- tected by the crayon would blab- ble up under the acid, and when the stone had been washed clean with another solution the crayon design, hardy enough to resist the acid would stand out in low relief. The stone was now a plate ready for printing. -From "Cur- rier & Ives," by Harry T. Peters. THE REASON Mr. Morrel was driving his wife and girl friend front Mt. Vernon to Stamford. The girl friend asked, "Why does your husband always put his hand out when he's driving?" Mrs. Morrel answered, "I suppose it's because the worm is getting ready to turn." MERRY MENAGERIE "It's called a woman cut!" Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking NN 1:1 3 V -1. 3 ., S3Nsid S el 3h\ O d O 1 3 0 11 'c0 CI 3 0 -d dVH3 NVtl 31331 elI4 N©AV Vl 13'- le.1 ii O t] bi3.LN3 3 1 1 1 L -lACdS Cold Weather Comfort -Practical for growing youngsters, a light- weight warm snow suit that is adjustable to growth: made cf hard-wearing washable nylon, 2 I 5 4. 6 +' 2 S /6 /7 /0 " < /9 20 'CNP. 8/ sliS 25 26 22 23 24 :' 34 29 _T :`a>, `fir' :° 27 20 31 32 1e � diC 33 '3e 37 f/t+y'..L ¢ Y 39 40 4r 42 43 SE 40 . • ic, day 53 99 c%+ 5 . � 50 s/ 0/ Answer Elsewhere on This Page PURPLE ;ANINERS -From Countryman's Year, by Haydn S. Pearson THE humble, old-fashioned purple lilac is part of our national tradition, When brought to this country about the middle of the seventeenth century, it already had a long and interesting history. It carne from Persia to Constantinople in the twelfth or thirteenth century, and traveled slowly across Europe to England, In his Garden of Pleasant¢ Flowers, which was written in 1629, Parkinson called the purple lilac "the blew pipe tree." Over wide areas of our nation its fragrant masses of bloom bring cheer in the spring. Its thick deep green leaves hold their sheen through the heat and drought of midsummer. There are clumps of Syringo vulgaris growing in old stow•"wail-lined cemeteries in New England; it stands faithful guard over the sacred spots where courageous pioneers lie sleeping across a continent. As home -seeking sten and women pushed over mountains, across rivers, and through shoulder -high prairie grasses, they carried roots of the lilac with them. No one has a complete record of the things mothers and wives tucked into the Conestoga wagons and prairie schooners, but because man does not live by bread alone, lilacs, peonies, and favorite herbs blazed a trail along the virgin paths to new homes. In Cornwall and Devon the maidens believe that dew from lilac blossoms will bring beauty to those who bathe their faces in it. Legends and folklore have accumulated about it in England's border country, In this nation it is a shrub associated with homemaking and with memorials to those who have gone before. Unpretentious and plain, it grows le gardens and by the corners of old cellar holes deep in woods that have reclaimed their own. Birds nest in its security and small .wild folk seek sanctuary in its tangled dimness. The purple lilac bas been a good companion to man as he has hewed a nation of hones from a wilderness. include prolonging its edible condition and reduction of loss nuring the storage period., The chief causes of shrinkage in storage are moisture losses and decay. Storage, particularly controlled storage, makes it poss- ible 'to hold all or part of the maht crop of potatoes through winter and spring, enabling the grower to dispose of his crop when the requirements of the market demand. 13y this he can avoid marketing at a time of over -supply and low prices. X' 0 X' Successful storage of potatoes depend° on factors like tem- perature, numidity, circulation of air, exclusion of Light, sound- ness of tubers, freedom from soil, 'surface tnoi.'ture and depth of tubers in th bi'1. 6 4 X Potatoes to be stored should be fully mature free from severe bruises and any apparent dis- ease. dry and free from excess soil X, 4' ,. For seven to 10 days following harvesting. potatoes should be held at a temperature of around 60 degrees F to permit cuts and bruises to heal. After this heal- ing period the cellar or storage should be cooled to 41 degrees F'., a6 !soon as possible. The temperature at which po- tatoes should be stored for table use is 40 degrees F. Two weeks prior to usir,g, they should be placed at a temperature of 60 degrees to 70 degrees F. A tem- perature below 40 degrees F causes a !'eversion of the starch in potato tubers to sugar, result- ing in sogginess, a dark colour after cooking, and a sweet taste, Potatoes fur seed purposes should be stored at MI degrees to 77 degrees F. a 4' X' High humidity in potato stor ages is necessary if slu'inkage of the tubers is to b' "educed to a 80 per cent is recommended, minimum. A relative humidity high enough to retard shrinkage and low enough under average conditions tt proven: tromation • of free moisture on the surfer' of the tubers, At St. Augustine, Fla„ a thou sand alligator's were washed ' with soap and water so then would "look right" for a rho tion picture being made there, Six Hundred Feet In A Glider The Wright brothers took many glides that summer. Some were good. But many times the glider wouldn't stay up at all. They changed the curve of the wings, and tried again. "You are getting ahead," I said one evening. "Maybe it will take 'nen only fifty years to learn to fly," I smiled. Mr. Orville shook his head. "Go ahead and laugh, Bill," he said. "Something is wrong in the books we've been reading. The men who wrote the books didn't know much about gliders. We've got ' to find out about gliders for, our- selves." "I'm about ready to give up," said Mr. Wilbur. "Maybe some- body will find the right answers some day. I don't believe we ever shall," "Third time never fails," said Mr. Orville. "We'll give it one more. try." Wilbur and Orville Wright event back to Dayton to their bicycle shop, I didn't hear a word from thein all winter. "I think they've had enough of flying," I said to my wife. But I was wrong. They came back in 1903. I met them at the shore. "Do you think you are going to fly this summer?" I asked. "We believe so," answered Mr. Wilbur. "We made a wooden box, about six feet long. It had a glass top. We blew air through the box with et fan, "We hung glider models on a string inside the box. We watch- ed what the gliders did when the wind blew, We tried fiat wings and curved wings. We used thick wings and thin wings. We made glider models with one wing and two wings and three wings. We put a tail on some of the gliders." I went over to Kill Devil Hill the first good day. Mr, Orville lay down on the bottom wing of the glider. We pushed him off into the wind. And that man did glide! I -Ie stayed up %whole min- ute. He travelled six hundred feet! "We've got it, Wilbur," he shouted from the feet of the long frill. Mr. Wilbur took his brother's place. He sailed away into the (lir. He moved the tail and the glider went to the right. He turn ed the tail the other' way. Then the glider went to the left. I couldn't believe my eyes. 1 couldn't say a word at first. I knew that nobody else in all the world had clone what they had done. I turned to Mr. Orville. "I've laughed at you," I said. "I've made fun of you. Now I take it all back. You were right and I was wrong, You men can fly. And you are the first in the world to do it," Mr, Orville was very quiet about it. "I was sure we had it this time," he said. "But we can't call it flying yet. We have to take off, and then come down on ground as high as where we started. We need an engine and a propeller. Then we shall really have a flying machine." -From "Yesterday In America," by Har- old B. Clifford, On The Invention Of Lithography In the early nineteenth century when pictures in books and ma- gazines were reproduced only by relatively slow and cumbersome processes -from copperplate en- gravings, from woodcuts, or by some similar method -engravers and publishers in Europe and in America were beginning to ex- periment with a new and simpler invention. This new process era's called lithography (meaning "writing on stone"), and it de- pended on so simple a principle as the natural antipathy between grease and water. Lithography had been invented around 1795 by a Bavarian named Alois Senefelder, It was introduc- ed in France in 1816 and was being used successfully in Lon- don in 1822, Meanwhile this in- genious new idea had already reached the United States where, in 1819 or 1820, the painter Bass Otis, a pupil of Gilbert Stuart, was making the first American experiments. Senefelder's invention, like many other brilliant ones, was remarkably simple. It demanded, first of all, a special kind of soft and very porous stone. The stones used by Currier & Ives were of calcareous slate, imported front olonhofen, Bavaria, and bought and sold by the pound. The stone was cut in flat rectangular blocks to the required length and width and a couple of inches in thick- ness. A soft yellowish gray in color, the stone was then Pre- pared for the lithographer by grinding. .A very thir layer of sand was spread over it, and it was ground smooth by another stone rubbed over it with a cir- cular m a t i n n, This process, known as "graining," gave the stone a fine, velvety surface tex- ture, so delicate that a touch of the fingers could damage it. The stone was now ready for the design, which would be sketched on it with special litho- graphic crayons made of water - repelling substances. The crayons varied in width from the delicate "diamond" size, used for letter- ing, to coarser grades one and a half inches wide, As the design was worked on the stone, the crayons were supplemented with brushes and with an alpaca pad for shading. The work was ex- tremely delicate and required faultless accuracy, for no erasures were possible. A line could be re- moved, but no proper line could be put In its place without re - graining the stone. The stone, with the complete design now sketched on it, was given a bath of gum and acids. Those parts of the stone not pro- tected by the crayon would blab- ble up under the acid, and when the stone had been washed clean with another solution the crayon design, hardy enough to resist the acid would stand out in low relief. The stone was now a plate ready for printing. -From "Cur- rier & Ives," by Harry T. Peters. THE REASON Mr. Morrel was driving his wife and girl friend front Mt. Vernon to Stamford. The girl friend asked, "Why does your husband always put his hand out when he's driving?" Mrs. Morrel answered, "I suppose it's because the worm is getting ready to turn." MERRY MENAGERIE "It's called a woman cut!" Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking NN 1:1 3 V -1. 3 ., S3Nsid S el 3h\ O d O 1 3 0 11 'c0 CI 3 0 -d dVH3 NVtl 31331 elI4 N©AV Vl 13'- le.1 ii O t] bi3.LN3 3 1 1 1 L -lACdS Cold Weather Comfort -Practical for growing youngsters, a light- weight warm snow suit that is adjustable to growth: made cf hard-wearing washable nylon,