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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1925-07-30, Page 2The Autr.no1YllC.' PROPER LIGHTS ON CAR ARE SAFETY AID, A lot has been heard about the , itself to the strongest light- While the headlight problem in the automotivesunlight was sixty times as strong as field and someone has sugted that' the headlights during the day toward the onlyy way to solve this problem is evening the difference between the to pass a law prohibiting night driv- 1daylight and headlight constantly lg his be- ing. Of course nobody is likely to I came less and finally seriously -----__ _ i, a regulation, I began to brighten. MODIFY DANt RQU$ GLARE. When one goes out into the evening the headlights show their whole inten- sity and give the light necessary for geeing the road ahead.- As dawn ap- pears, of course, the process is revers- ed. It is generally considered that the dangerous glare of auto headlights can be considerably modified by plac- ing them under certain teats, as, for instance, when a headlight is placed on front of a white screen or wall about twenty-five feet distant and the light turned on, the bright light can then be adjusted to a certain position which will give the driver a fairly satisfactory view of the road arid the flow of the rays of light will be suffi- best illuminating engineers in the ciently low to reduce the glare in the country have been devoting their skill face of drivers of autos coming in the and energy o the general proposition opposite direction. In some localities of creatingeadiights which will not there are certain laws which require glare and yet at the same time will all motorists to have some such adjust - give se/Ad-ant brightness to light the rent made to their Tights and carry road ahead. LTGIFP EFFECTS ANALYSED. In the daytime when the sun is sh ing automobile headlights may Wined on and yet no inconvenience This is just as important as having a will be caused to motorists who hap- spare tire. The surface of the reflec- pen to meet such a car. Under slich tor on a light should be frequently cireemptances it is easily possible to cleaned so as to produce the best read the license plate on the front of lighting results. For this purpose a the car. This Is due to the fact that soft eleth is desirable and in using the light reflected from the license such a cloth be sure to wipe from the plate to the eyes is about sixty times centre outward toward the rim rather as powerful as the headlight. Of than round and round. In addition to course, as• evening approaches the all this, it is in keeping with good headlights appear to become stronger motoring tactics to inspect the general and this process goes on until daylight wiring through which the electric cur - has entirely disappeared and night rent is provided for the lights to see time has brought on its usual dark- that it is in good shape and also to nese when the headlights are at their inspect the storage battery to insure brig test. During this process the its doing the work required in the eye has been automatically adapting whole lighting arrangement. MaCanada'tiers of civilization and beyond. The s Inventory• inventory of our natural resources Much is heard of Canada's natural goes 'on, however, and it is only when resources—her minerals, water powers forests, fisherte,s and lands, and we have learned to value them highly, says the Natural Resources Intelli- gence Service. They mean everything to this young country. Very few, however, appreciate the Natural Resources Bulletin. difficulties, the hardships, anal, many times, the ,privations under which the The Nature; Resources .Intelligence pioneers in discoveries, labor in mak- Service of the Dept. of the Interior at ing known our wealth in natural re - Ii says: ,s-----' souses: 'The The fruit season is now upon us, The Interior Department has 'just • and berries, cherries, peaches, plums, sent an expedition to the northern .is- early apples, etc., are coming on to lands of the Arctic. The vessel can the market in tremendous quantities, cies a number scientists, who will and in a variety of containers, boxes, report on the resources of that court - baskets, crates and barrels,' with try. Another party is being sent along many shapes and sizes of each. the northern limits of 'the mainland, Some conception of the quantities from the 'Mackenzie terzie to Hudson Bay, required for a season's fruit handling exploring the territory wherein it is is given in a report by the Dominion consequently we are liable to continue with this perplexing situation. From thirty minutes after sunet until thirty minutes before sunrise represent the hours when driving is most difficult and dangerous, While driving at night headlights should en- able the driver to see clearly objects at least two hundred feet ahead, The car should have two lusty headlights when in motion white and of equal strength. Also a tail light, red and visible for five hundred feet. The belief that the motor headlight glare problem is one of, considerable mystery and extremely difficult to solve is held b many leaders in the automotive industry. Some of the a certificate to show -that such tees have been made.. It is very desirable to carry at least one spare bulb for your headlights. the death of afield man on duty is re- ported that any public attention is given to the work these pioneers are doing. l : A partya intr,.ai t d.1'.t, n .climb -i� resting o:. ,:,c ,ank Stone, Mount Edith Cavell Glacier, Park. : �$ a �® S J -WORD- PUZZLE - The Way You Take It. Two women wese talking together. HORIZONTAL. 1 -To plot together 6-A city In Westchester Co., New York- 11—A sentence acknowledging a debt (abbr.) 12_interjection 14—A greasy liquld 15—ate twtst or bend. 17 To sing In a` hearty.' Way 19 -To put ;in some public place 21-A, southern State of U. S. (abbr.) 22—A dwarf ' 23—interjection 24—A burglar 26—A building material 28 -Contraction of "ever" 29—Personal pronoun (neuter) already generally known valuablle re - Bureau of Statistics for 1922. In that 31—A title in. Portugal and Brazil sources in minerals exist. These mea year there were 14,906,892 berry boxes 82—A continent (abbe.) will spend the winter in the North. madetogether with 13,880,021 bas- Ptven in more southerly latitudes ,meta and 1,025,175 crates. Canada has areas in which the work Between seasons practically all this is net easy. In the mountains of Braenormous number of containers has tish Columbia geologists are making disappeared, and a new supply isre- eurvein that may mean untold mil- . quired. True, they are very frail, be - they in mineral wealth to Canada butting made for temporary use only, and they are doing so difficult nips at great in order to produce the most attrac- tislt and often under rcondi.' tive and saleable fruit new containers tions. A recent report from one of lare necessary. the parties states that the work had The interdependence of industries been delayed until late in the season t is very clearly shown in the relation by bad weather, including beiated iof the fruit grower to the forest. snowstorms. In order to overcome the, Practically all the containers used are lost time the party was now working the product of the forest, whether they Prom 4.30 in the morning till 8 o'clock be of wood or paper, In the mane - in the evening, and Sundays have been ; facture of boxes, baskets and crates entirely removed from the calendar. in 1922 there were used 96,560,000 In 1923 a geological party in north- ;board feet of softwood, 14,162,000 itheaters Quebec lost two members of board feet of hardwood, and 7,000,000 s party by drowning. There are no feet of veneer. bridges In the wilds, and turbulent e streams frequently have to be crossed Villains. or navigated often at great rtsx, This spring, at a watering station i A Frenchman was travelling in Ire- 71—A mixture or medicy on a river on which much potential land when he overheard the following 72—Capital of Galicia water -power exists, while the engin- conversation: eers were taking measurements of the "Sure, Pat, it's down to Kiimary I've volume and rapidity of flow, they were been and now I'm going. to Kilpatrick," f Hugo Painting for Oboe's. thrown into the Seater owing to float- "Ye don't say so," said Pat. "Why I One of the largest paintings in the ing cogs being canted under their it's myself that`s been ilmoto Kilkenny, I worlri, exclusive of panoramas, is in straw? _• __ boat and soon I shall go to the grand salon of the Doge's palace erica says „r. bas perfected rn micro- The records of many cases are "'Villains,' muttered the Frenchman, at Venice. The painting is ciglity-four since mariners ceased to. wear that • phone so sensitive that by meanfi of it iu the official government ie- I feet wide by thirty-four feet high, sort of head covering. Probably they you can hear a worm eating an apple. buried , � a is ever heard by the In Norway a girl must possess a _ ._.,•�_._.... diseoceretl what so many others shave As if there were not r•irtigh noises in ports, litil :rf the wont b@ing clone by the certificate of her ability as a cock be- All's fele in 'love and war—and disco-sexed—that the hat is not nearly the world without goi ig in search of • theme es,. eseseaseessesse...-astenea-es4aeassesessaeserseseseasesesesessasseessessesesseassesseresessesaseesesseseessesseesansasse""a=atal .34—Indefinite article 35—Electrical term (abbr.) 87—A theological degree .(abbr.) 38—Bare 41—A famous palace in Paris 44—A what -not 45—Assaults 47—A little island in inland waters 48—A color 60—An outfit, as of tools 51—Girl's name 65'—Not far 57—Murmurs, as a stream 60—Girl's name 63 --Avarice 64—A mountain in Thessaly, .on which Potion was plied by giants 67—Side sheltered from wind 69—Man's name 70—Part of verb "to be'f ©THC INTERNATIONAL SYNDICATE. VERTICAL 1—A domestic animal 2—An optical Illusion ;, 3-A sharp, explosive noise 4-Giri's name (familiar) 5—Pulled in pieces 6 -Part .of an egg 7 -Negative 8—Untanned calfskin 9God' (Hebrew) 10—A collection 13—To lift up 16 -Epoch 17—To make, as an edging 18—To tell an untruth 20 -Man's name (familiar) 24 -Affirmation 25—Small country S. E. of Russia 26 -City of Belgium, destroyed by d Germans in 1914 27—To finish 29—Pertaining to that which Is interior 30 -r -A dish of green vegetables 33—About (abbr.) 34 -Combining form meaning "air" 36—A kind of lettuce 37—The supreme god of the Babylonians 39—American Assn. for the Ad. vancement of Science (abbr.) 40—To steep or soak 42—A river In 3. W. Wales 43—A solemn ceremony 44—A sense, organ 46—Title of a knight 49-A live coal 52—A game of cards 53—Silence by force 54—Man's name (familiar) 56—A stupid person. 58—A kind of cheese 59—Loyal, faithful (Scot.) •60—A lyrical book of 'Old Testa- ment (abbr.) 61—Sick 62—A great body of water 64—Sphere 66—To look 66—A month (abbr.)as70—Part of verb "to be"" " "I'm very sorry, madam, we don't 68—Prefix, same as In plainly the•same rabbit hopping from pay anything here,' was the polite re•. bush to bush, always at no great clic "Next window on the left, tante. Did you ever see a real sailor wear- please." Suddenly he heard the fierce growl ing what we call a "sailor hat" of A man of science from South Am - ed a wildcat, and the rabbit scurried up to within a few feet of hint and cower- Suddenly ower ed down in object terror. The fisher- man fired a few, shots from his revel - sea which frightened the eat away. Then the reboil: disappeared to return Functions of the Sunday " School` Orchestria. Not so many years ego ati orchestra in a Sunday School was an almost un- heard of thing, That, is not the case to -day. With the remarkable. growth of music in all' phases of life during the past Pew years 'has come a borres- ponding' growth in orchestral playing' —al>.d the Sunday school has been, one of the iurIioi tent places where the growOh of orchestras has been tttost noticeable.. And,Irhy, sol? ' Here, indeed, is a. place where the orchestra can be made a very import-. ant adjun,et of wlorsliip, In fact, there are, according to a, well-known Cana- dian. Sunday School °Superintendent, several uses for the orchestra in this particular work. "In this connection," he says, "I would put first a responsi- bility for enriching the worship pro- gram of the school, I shave used. the word 'enriching' with care. It is' not the place of the orchestra to usurp o2• even to dominate this. program. The orchestra is not an end, in itself, but is rather a means to an end. Much distress of mind will be .saved if this is fully understood by all concerned. ."Again, the'orchestra;mey be a valu- able adjunct to the work of the school "It's a mystery to me why I don't on public occas'i� ns in connection with Church services and. the like, and also in connection with social or eutertain. mon$ features carried en by the school. I would make this secondary to the break down. i have so much to con- tend with," said the first woman. She looked worried and fretful, ten years older than she really was. But first purpose stated: her troubles were only the ordinary, 9exations of life—unsatisfactory ser "Still again I look upon the orches - vents, a boy who had been allowed to tra as as extremely valuable aid in eat too much and was suffering from furnishing an..outlet-foe expression in his indiscretion, another boa, whose service. I would put this value at a mischievousness bad, got him into trou very high point. It is 'an additional ole at school avenue of expression M a field in "Don't worry," said her companion. which we have discovered, so lar, all "Life is worth living, if you take it too few. - Every'young person who that way." s gives his service in the orchestra as a The second woman had real trouble result should be more loyal to the —a husband who could not snake a liv- work of the church school than if that ing, grinding poverty, a crippled child veung geesen., •was simply receiving —but her_face expressed cheerfulness instead of giving, and courage, and she looked ten years ""How may the orchestra enrich the younger than she was. worship program of the school? Out. She ava� not a learned woman. of an experience as church school Doubtless she had never heard of Epic- Superintendent, I offer the following tetus and his wise words: "Externals suggestions: are not in my power; will is in my "By having a proper balance of suit - power." It is even probable that Whit able instruments and by wise module - power." uia oemb Riley's beautiful way of statin;; tion. An over -noisy instrument or an her point of view was unfamiliar to orchestra, too loud as a whole, does her: not contribute to the worship values "When God sorts out the weather and of -a program. Wind instruments have sends rain, this hurtful effect. A saxophone play- Wby, rain's my •choice." ed as in a jazz band has no place in Perhaps she had heard Henley's stir - such an orchestra; if, however, it is ring lines: played quietly, ,reverently, its mellow "I am the Master of my,Fate, give a rich volume to the lax am the probably she my Soul!" many. The effect of quiet harmony But more probably she hadnot:' should be sought as over against mere 'Nevertheless, from her own expert- volume of sound. trice, she had worked out.,a wisesand "To enrich. the worship program, practical philosophy of life. Site would fit its own iiot let misfortune sour' her or worry, the :orchestra will need to her. She forgot her own troubles in work into the spirit of the hour. If living courageously and cheerfully. She there is an opening overture it should took life in the right way,and made it contribute to the quieting process tie - w worth- living. I sirable in opening a school. "In the matter of the singing, the orchestra should accompany rather than read. It is more commonly used as an aid in leading the singing, wit. the result that quite often there is very little following. Frequently, un - leas the leadership of singing is well done, the ached' stops singing, in whole or in part, and lets the orchestra do the work. When this happens the orchestra may become a hindrance rather than an aid." I How Bunny Foiled the Wildcat. While a friend of mine was walking recently through a stretch of wood, bound on a fishing trip, writes a con. She Moved Along. tributor to the Youth's Companion, he Old Saruin. Two miles north of the town of Salis- bury, England, is an enormous heap of ruins which once composed the an- cient town of Sarum, now known ae "Old Sarum, a rotten bore." Sarum was founded by the Romans, became a considerable city and had a great bish- op's castle. War came along and re- duced the city to ruins, and, everybody departed. In 1825• Lord Caledon paid sixty thousand pounds for the whole thing, and from that time the "rotten boro" regularly returned two members to Parliament, tho elections taking place on the field where the city hall once stood. She bad been standing in front of was astonished to see a rabbit hop la- the receiving teller for over a quartet' to the, road and follow along a short of an hour and he seemed quite un- distance behind him: At first he aware of her presence—at any rate, he took no notice of her at all. At last she became too. irritated to keep quiet another moment,- and, rap- ping on the window to attract the tell- er's attention, she caustically remark- ed: "Why don't you pay attention to iiie ?" thought that itmightbe sick or wound- ed, but when he tried to approach it the little oreature made off into a thicket. ' As he continued on his course he could still hear it picking its way through the undergrowth. and after he reached the brook and began to lish he frequently caught sight of what was 4 ply, i1Dlia no more. Civil Servants of Canada ot, the Encu- fore she is allowed to marry.. they are alike in other so com£ortab o as i oo t MUTT AND .JEFF—gay Bud Fisher. MUTT. 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