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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1960-01-14, Page 3Snake Venom Mcly Save Babies Australia's scientists are wag• ing a war against "Golden Shaph'" a dot -like rieroscopio orange -yellow body known - to doctors as Staphylococcus Aure- us, which is the cause of many skin infections such as barber's rash and impetigo. New-born, babies are ,especial- lyy prone to its bacteria, Original- ly penicillin was an effective remedy but now "Golden Staph" has become penicillin-resistant. A chance discovery recently ' made in the serum laboratories at Melbourne may lead to a new treatment, however. Research workers used the venom of the tiger snake in an ;experiment de- signed to spread a rapid infection of "GoldenStaph" through the bodies of mice, But far from streading the disease, the venom had the opposite effect, It re- leased agents in the blood which knocked out the deadly staph, bacteria. Now this piece ofleek is be- ing exploited, Soon,pathologists hope, it will lead to rapid method of countering the danger of staph infection in hospitals. DRIVE CAREFULLY — The life you save may be your own.. He Makes Suits For Famous Men By WARD CANNEL - N>!A Staff Correspondent This is the case of a Sicilian tailor named Angelo Lltrico, why he left Sicily to oome to Rome and what happened to him there. ' "You must understand," he said. "I love my home -in Sicily. But I was 26 years old and had 24 younger brothers and sisters. And besides being crowded, it was quite nervewracking to re- member everybody's name, "So I packed my scissors and needles and tape measure and came to Rome to look for fame, fortune and a job. That was five years ago." Now, as everybody knows, the s city of Rome 1 owned by a number of Italians who have sublet it to American movie producers, writers and stars. So it was not long before ;young Litrico got an order for a sunt from Marlon Brando. It was heady success for any mitten of England — one suit, one waistcoat, President Nasser of the Unit- ed Arab Republic -- one suit, two shirts, 10 ties, one foulard, two overcoats. King Hussein of Jordan—two suits, 15 ties. President TIto of Yugoslavia -- one suit, two shirts. President Kubischek of Brazil Four suits. Now actually, Litrico has never seen any of his. clientele. "I am only a tailor," he said, "while they are busy wtih much more important things. 'Consequently, their ambas- sadors give me the measure- m e n t s and perhaps a photo- graph. Then I build a mann- quern and make the suit on that.,. And so accurately that even a causual observer in Litrico's workshop on on the Via Siciliana can pick Khrushchev's torso out of the crowd. "Of course I am accurate," Litrico snapped. "I have been COAT-AND-SUITER LITRICO: tailor. But for a Sicilian it was a new Roman Empire at hand. Lltrico finished the suit,' made up' a few samples, packed and went to Russia. He was back within weeks— with an order from ' Nikita Khrushchev for 4 suits, 2 coats, 4 pairs of shoes, 4 hats and 50 ties. Total cost to the Soviet tax payers: one million lire. It was outrageous success, And if Itworked in the east,. it should work in the wset. Li - trice made i-trice-made a few more samples and left for Washington. The best he could do, 'how- ever, was one overcoat for Pre- sident Eisenhower (which turn- ed out to be a gift). But well worth the expense. For there followed bona fide orders from: Prime Minister Harold Mac - A sort of little ambassador. in tailor shops since I was seven. 1 charge .$140:for a suit. I can- not afford to have any com- plaints. ' "And nobody has complain- ed. Not Nasser. Not Macmillan, And Khrushchev wrote me a letter of praise. "Of course I know what I'm doing when I fashion men's clothes." And so it is not surprising 14- trico said, that embassies are following home policy and jour- nalists ournalists are following their news sources. The shop; has_begunto fit so many diplomats and news- men that there' is hardly any time left for the movie. stars. "You might say," Litrico said in flawless Sicilian, "that I have become a sort of little ambas- - sador myself " iCROSSWORD PUZZLE .. E. Sheet of 26. 27th Klass President 1, Uoddess of 27, Ufa main mischief road 10 Through 91, Sooner than 11, Stupid 86, Bright .... person 87. floes with a ACROSS 68 2nd smallest. 14, flarestratned nut 1.nacreo state fah.) revelry 89.Bake Ina lain' 41 Muse the ' e79N 4 In what way 45 Pulpy fruit' 44. Lal nrrl•a 4.. I• orrVer 46 nrna rJ 4; 0r nmrnt .Alongside DOWN 18, Salutation 8, Pettier 1, Verily 21. Mettle 12, Impair 2. Scotiandmeasure 13. Changes into 3 lnurnov,nt _ 2'l, Vertatr steel 4 Armed -sl rife 84.Intnuluocd 10, Nigh In the 1 winter peril 21, rtenern scale 6. Rmn14 , 10. Lawyer's singing hlrrl Instrnrl lun fees 7, tightest 25 r'..nvrntu 17. Russian river 19, Female. rabbit 20 Hindu deity 22. 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TIIIIA1ThI FRONT JokoaissTit Farmers gave themselves a workout when they came to Chi- cago for the national convention of the American Farm Bureau Federation, .They tussled with the, problem of finding a way to control the current crop sur- pluseswhich threaten their in- come • and at the same time re- tain their freedom. No easy an- swer was forthcoming. * * e How serious they were in their efforts to find a better farm pro- gram than the present one could be read in their facesas they sat, listening to the economists they had invited to address them. If you looked over the audience you were struck -by their ,expressions --, intent, sometimes critical, but always absorbed in the learned papers of such speakers as a Fed- eral Reserve Bank economist and a Purdue University economics • professor. ' * r * Not a few of these commercial farmers have studied agricultur- al economics in college. Charles B. Shuman, farmer -president of the Farm Bureau, has a master's degree in this field, as have some other fanners here. Others have not gone beyond .high. school in their studies, but they come here bent on learning' more. All haye ideas of their own and many are ready to move to the microphone and argue with the experts. "I'd like to see you folks give us -a simple answer," a ' young farmer from North Carolina said to the panel of speakers;at -one session., "I don't want to go home by way'of Hong,Kong." "I'd gladly go to Hong Kong if I could find a simple answer; ' there is none," ,an economist In the group retailed,' The critical farmer, . W. A. Mc- Farland, . of Durham, N.C.; said he, figures that the free market is the best means for controlling surpluses. His philosophy is that if you've got "aburning desire to be a farmer" you can make a • go of it without government help — and interference. After the session this corres- pendent found out how he came by this philosophy. He started farming with a four -acre tobacco allotment, found it wasn't suffi- cientto make him a living even if he sold his crop at 100 per cent of parity. So he went to a localbanker and told his story.• The Banker looked over young Mr. McFarland's assets and told him cheerfully: "YOU'VE got. about. $200 Tess than, nothing." But hemadethe farmer a loan, \knowing what kind'' of a man he was dealing with. Mr. McFarland proved a good risk. Today he farms 700 acres planted in a variety of crops, feeds 50 head of cattle, - sells certified seed. He says a man's goal should not be security, but opportunity, writes Dorothea Kahn 'Jaffe in the Christian Science Monitor. o * 4, Moderator of the panel at this session was another farmer who believes in reliance upon the free market, Louis A. Rozzoni, president of the California Farm Bureau, came to this country from Italy at the age of 17 with 50 gents in his pocket. When he recently became president of the California Farm Bureau he turn- ed over to his sons the manage- ment of 3500 acres of vegetable cropland, along with a herd of livestock. Blond, broad -shouldered Mr. Rozzoni, speaking wth a trace of Italian accent, made an effective plea for less government regula- tion, "Why does a man want to stay FROSTY' FACE — His foce mask covered with frost, photog- rapher Warren Joan -ion mans his movie camera at an Antarc- tic research station. on the farm today when, indus- try offers him so much? It is the freedom he has there, He is still able to make his own decisions," * a 8 When you make a wrong deci- sion, economic law catches you up fast,, He told of a time when he bought cattle mainly because his neighbors were buying. Re paid too much, When prices fell and left him withcostly cattle,. ho stopped buying. "1 didn't have to have a law to control me. I was told at the market place I had no business to buy," Mr. Rozzoni admitted that a solution of the farm problem based on return to free markets would not be pleasant, hie fa- vored helping farmers make the adjustment in extreme cases. In an open meeting of the resolutions committee the pros and cons of government control were freely argued. One young, man, James Boyd, went so far as to quote Patrick Henry re- • garding liberty, and he got a hand. Other farmers who spoke and looked like city businessmen in- sisted that production control is necessary because production in- creases faster than population and new uses. They contended that other segments of the econ- omy — labor and business — re- strict output and held that agri- culture alone cannot move along the path of no control and remain prosperous. Hangover Cure —Walk Into River! Does Friday the Thirteenth -- hold hold terrors for you? For hun- dreds of years thirteen has been regarded as an unlucky number by millions of people. But not the Japanese. It is not that they aren't super- stitious — far from it but for some reason thirteen has no sinister significance for them. Their unlucky number is four. "Four" in Japanese is shi, and this word also means "death." The Japanese don't worry about walking under ladders, opening umbrellas indoors or spilling salt. Black cats mean nothing to them. But ask a Japa- nese to be photographed stand- ing between two other people and there's a pretty good chance that he'll decline. It's unlucky. So is spending too much of one day facing the north-east, or ly- ing in a bed which runs from east to west instead of north to south. In Japan it's unlucky to drink hot tea poured on top of cold — condemned murderers used to do this in olden times; it's unlucky to see a snake unless you hastily mumble aburawakasu kasasabu- rendo. What does it mean? Noth- ing. But it is supposed to save you front disaster! If a Japanese has a hangover. or is prone to headaches, there is an excellent superstition which is deemed to bring relief, He simply puts on a straw hat, cov- ered with Japanese symbols, and wades into the nearest river. When he is in deep enough for the hat to float away, he emerges and his headache should have disappeared. The secret is in the symbols, which mean, "Head- ache, go-away!" The conversation at a party was about dieting. "Yes," said a guest, as he tucked into a large meal, "I've eaten beef all my life and I'm as strong as an ox." Said another, "I've been eating nothing but fish for six months and I can't swim a stroke." 7kI1NMY SCIt00l LESSON By Rev R ftut'r•tay Wttl'relt B.A. 1i tt Strengthening New Churches Acts 14:19.28 Memory Selection; The Lord direct your bents into the love of Crod, and into the patient wait- ing for Christ. 2 Thessalonians 315. The real testing of a soldier is not on the parade grounds but in the heat of the battle. There his worth shows up. Paul and Barnabas were persecuted in. Antioch of Pisidia and nally ex- pelled. At Iconium many be- lieved in Jesus Christ but some Gentiles and Jews plotted to stone them. So Paul and Barna- bas went on to. Lystra. After the healing of the cripple there, the people wanted to treat them as gods. But Jews of Antioch and Iconium who had opposed them came and persuaded the people to stone Paul. Then they dragged him out of the city believing him to be dead. But after a time, while the disciples stood around him, he revived and got to his feet. One might expect that Paul would probably keep going east to his home in Tarsus. Hadn't he had enough of this treatment? But, no. He went back into Lys- tra for the night and the next day he went on to Derbe. After ministering there, he came back to Lystra, Iconium and Antioch, the cities where he had estab- lished churches but from which he had later to flee on account of persecution. He met with the new disciples in each place, strengthening them and "exhort- ing them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the king- dom of God," He ordained elders in each church, prayed with fast- ing and commended them to the Lord on whom they had be- lieved. With a leader like Paul, it Is no wonder that the Gospel spread throughout Asia Minor. Here was a man who counted not hia life dear unto himself. He la- boured in faith. To present Jesus Christ was the great passion of his life. Those who became dis- ciples he counted as his spirit- ual children, He loved them. His spirit toward them is described in 1 Thessalonians 2:7.8: "Wq were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children: so being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gos- pel of God only, .but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us." We need more men and women today who are committed to Christ as Paul was. ISSUE 2 — 1960 Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking 7 a 3 A N 3 b•b N. 3 A a• 9 l 3 S 9 21 1,•3 Ida -L V 21 9 7'1 9 1 1 3 W 9 N n V N d N 9 3'3 7 0 S 0 tr 3 dA 3 A ,b S31b 9/0V N11 b' FEATHERBEDDING — Folks In Grand Rapids think Bill Hamilton has the softest lob in town, Bill is feather -blender for an upholstering materials firm. He stones waist•deep in his work* mixing fluffy combinations of duck and goose feathers with a wooden pitchfork.