HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1921-12-22, Page 6Ventilate Your Garage.
Oc id weather °'dosrt'.ts" of the past
have been increased this year with a
new one by the ventilation experts,. It
is that you intake sure your gavage is
properly ventilated or yew' relatives
may have to taall an undertaker, Dead-
ly carbon monoxide, a poisonous gas
given .off by 'automobile engines in rno-
tion, has taken a big toll a human
lives in the past in the case of chauf-
feurs or car owners who failed to
realize that working in a poorly ventil-
ated .or closed garage with the engine
running was really as foolish as
"blowing out the light" in the good
old days,.
New discoveries of the virulence of
carbon monoxide recently have been.
made by Prof. Yandell Harrison and
other engineers working to solve the
problem of ventilation for the pro=.
posed vehicular tunnel under the Hud-
son River. Among their tests was one.
to show the effect of the gas when it
Is confined in closedspaces. A sum-
mary of their observations, with par-
ticular reference to garages, appears
in The Journal of the American) Medi-
cal Association.
It is shown that if the quantity of
caribou monoxide in air did not exceed
three parts in 10,000 no physiological
effects were produced. Between three
and six parts to the 10,000 the effects
were hardly perceptible. Aibove that,
headache and nausea were induced, in-
creasing in .severity with the rising of
the ratio anti when it reached 15 to
the 10 000 life was in jeopardy;
Motor car owners and operators are
warned that an ergine emits a square
foot of the deadly gas a minute when
in motion, and in three minutes the
aim in a closed garage is surcharged to
a •sufficient degree greatly to imperil
human life. The victim .falls u'ncoi -
scious'be/ore he realizes he is in peril
and death is the outcome unless he is
speedily rescued and brought into the
open air,
Brake Adjustment,
When the car owner has iins•talled on
his vehicle a winter body of any type
he should remember that he has added
cronsiderable weight to the vehicle. For
this reason it is necessary that he
carefully adjust the brakes .to care for
the added bur'clezn. Neglect of this ob-
vious precaution causes many minor
rear -pend collisions in city driving and
may contribute to serious accident,
Hints for Driving in Cold Weather.
"Winter care of the motor car is a
pertinent subject of the season," says
an expert. "With the approach of the
time when winter weight underwear
makes its appeal, motor cars, too, call
for heavier clothing. Many devices
for keeping the heat in and the cold
out are available to the automobilist.
Radiator and bonnet covers and shut=
ter devices for the cooling systems'
are to be bad in: various states of
elaborateness. They can be had in
cloth, leather and metal, ac oid'ing to
the demand of the temperature and
the pocketbook of the car •owner.
"Another winter precaution is taken
with the cooling nthitures. Water
aa'one will freeze, therefore it is neces-
sary to add alcohol and glycerine to
the radiator's contents. If caleiu:rn
ohlloride its used it may be dangerous
to the metal in the radiator, as this
salt will set up a chemical action.
Draining the radiator and putting in
a supply of alcohol, glycerine and
water will stop freezing"
The Empire's Greatest Sea Story
The Old Sea -Warriors, Whose Daring Made Britain "Queen
of the Seas," Newer Did Anything Finer Than the
Glorious Feat of Stopping Up the Bolt -Holes of the
Enemy Raiders During the Great War.
One of the: most splendid, desperate, very different story to tell regarding
and; truly British feata"of the Great l the fate of the Vindictive.
War is vividly dealt with in a recently
published volume, whtoh gives to the
Admiring woaid en, out n c .. a eo
af'the blwcking .Zee�02�` �' b ` �•
r� .
In 1917 the submarin;»_biockadewas party or seamen.stormed o the Mole.:
going strong; raids by light craft on Their tothe business was to secure the.
our •ooasta;1 shipping and seaports were ship the wall boseingt� of heapp heavy
annoying if not successful; moreover, auchors.wl But,. oavintg to lhen envy
the enemy had their depot ready to swell, Hence,ft o answer their pue
hand -the occupied Belgian ports of affair it bad t -o b isle whose
Zeebrugge and Ostend, affair, the Daffodil had to hr:'_d file
A svgges�tiart had been tlictive in place.
put forward The high outer wall of the Mole,
for the blocking of Zeebrugge in the
previous year. But it was, not until
the end of 1917 that the plan was de-
finitely formed and passed by the
Lord's of the Admiralty. They laid
down a well -thought-out scheme for
the bottling of German craft in these
harbors, and ,closing them against the
entry of others•.
The Armada of 1918. On the inner sidef
a the 1Icle was,
Destroying the Viaduct,
Immediately the gangways which
bei, beau., Drovided. rwere in _nosation; ;
towering above the upper deck, now
prateoted the hull of the vessel from
gunfire. The Vindictive's guns in her
fighting -top were directieg a murder -
nue fire into their special targets, chief
among which were the heavy gun bat-
tery on the broad part of the Mole and
the lighter battery- on the iighthous,e
esten•sion.
The whole story of the great scheme berthed a German destroyer, immedi-
is fully told by Captain Alfred F. B. ately abreast the Vindictive, and our
Carpenter, V.C., ]?..N:, who commanded grins riddled the German vessel
through and through.
H.M.S. Vindictive during the heroic
operations. It is impossible in one
single article even to deal with it brief- Tiie Vindictive's fighting -top re
ly. But the part played by H.M.S. ceived great attention from the enemy
Vindictive epitomists the spirit of the gun's and presently a tremendous
deed, crash overhead told that a heavy
Altogether 162 vessels took part in
bad m'ad'e havoc there. It had wreck -
the raid. Among them were the Vin- j ed the whole fighting -top and killed all
dietive herself; submarines loaded i te save both
personnel severely wounded.
with explosives to blow up the railway
viaduct leading tb the Mole; block- The only survivor who was not cons -
ships full of cement, whieh were to be pletely disabled, without a thought for
sunk in the channel of the port; mo- his own wounds, carried on the fight
tarboats• to operate the smoke screen; t with the remaining gun until a -second
monitors to bombard from the sea; , shell put hie gun and himself complete -
and all sorts of craft to help in as IY ,out of action.
many different ways as there were Howitzers in the Vindictive now be -
vessels. i gan their work, directing their shelle
upon the enemy's batteries less than
Even the heaviest guns on the
northern flank of our armies in Flan -1a mils away.
dors were to be used, to stimulate the; A few minutes after the storming of
opening of a land attack. ; the Mole had commenced, a, tein+ific
All this, great Armadas successfully explosion was seen away to the west-
approcihed one of the strongest coast; ward. Nothing could be heard of it on
positions, of the enemy, and carried ; account of the terrific noise of the gun -
out
perha.ps the most daring plan ever' fire and the shells exploding in and
conceived. around the ship.
Victory in the Balance,
"One can picture the situation as
seen from the Mole itself," metes, Cap- party had attacked the railway viaduct
tain Carpenter, "A :hostile venae] suds; leading from from the shore to the I
ieirtly looming out of the fog at iodate.! Mole. The flames shot up to a terrific
blank range, the intense excitement height; the viaduct was out clean ,
table/ resulted,• the commencement of , thrn•ugh.
fire, the tburstieg of shells on the waii,1 Within ebout half anhour after mid -
the ardent desire to hit something as night the Vindictive had completed
rapidly and es coon as possible." , the greater part et her mission, the
At one minute past mid'nilght the diverting of attention from the block -
Vie ictdve actually arrived alongside ships, But the ship was still being hit
the Mole, the force of the bump being eontinuaugly and her inferno showed
taken by the specially constructed no signs of abatement,
fender on the port bow, Udder a per- Every available space cinn the mess -
feet storm of fire; she lay there wait- deck was occupied by caeuazties,
Yet
Ant for i?er a:ssfstant, the taffoe% to so great was the spirit of the mien that
push her closely eg+altest the Mole and when Captain Carpenter shouted out
hold her there. to them drat e thi
Then the landing parties received
the long-expeeted order; "Stern the
Malec" p'lanre•throwere, were to have
helped to clear the men but they met
•
s
Dnly a very small, portion of powder
should be necessary if the toilet of
the nose is regularly taken care of,
6
EIL most prominent Rand distin-
guishing feature of the face is
undoubtedly the nose,: and yet
3t is one that is apt to be moet, neglected.
Where is really no good res 'en why the
akin of the nose should nr}t be kept
fs fine and clear as the:rest of the
ace, but in many cases anotherwise
pretty and attractive face is utterly
. spoiled by unsightly nostrils, enlarged
jpores, superfluous hair er a nose that
lis excessively red, shiny,'dily, or other-
wise .disfigured. ''In most .:oases it can
be overcome by a little• daily care,
Tn infanoy..:a. i oox9:,v
aha�.
ose.can
^ be- .xn�ouleod..inta4!sperte ,mb.-4i+us.
.
while thebonY Part is still s='nd eves
In maturity a great improvenaent
can be
made by il' practical regular'massage,
provided there is no deformity, in which
case a reputable surgeon should hecon-
sulted. .
Among the most common afflictions is
that of an unusually, red nose. In many
oases this can be traced to a faulty di-
gestion.. either over, or under • eating.
When the stomach' is empty the nose le
apt to become very red; therefore it is
well to immediately take someinourish-
ment when this condition is noticed. A.
glass of hot water or hot milk will be
'found most beneficial.- Also strict atten-
tion should be given to' the diet,., Plenty of
beef, mutton and fresh vegetables should
he eaten, but only a small supply of
sugar is advised,
Upon the •condition of the nasal pass-
age depends to a great degree the qual-
ity of the speaking voice, the nose being,
a very important factor in tone produc-
tion. If the nasal passage Is not kel t
free and open the result is an'.unpleasat t
tone known as "nasal:'
t
r
ue
Upper—Fre npress the nostrils to ether With file
fl '.tly '
P g finger'"i<ipa of their]
have a :tendencyto become broadened.. Lower—Use a good astringent
before applying the vanishing cream, which will refine the pores.
a teaspoonful of table salt added to a
tumbler of warm water.
The thorough cleansing of the nose,
particularly in the morning, is really
more important than the face. The
neglect ie often the cause of catarrhal
troubles, while the daily washing with
salt and water strengthens the mucous
lining and clears the head. If one is
afflicted with catarrh, water should
never be sniffed up the nostrils, the gen-
tle use of an atomizer being better.
Exercises for nose breathing are of
great value. The following is very sim-
ple and should be practised at least four
times a day, in the open air if possible.
Put one finger over one nostril and in-
hale slowly through the other•; then
place the finger over the other nostril,
exhaling through the nostril that was
first closed.
Broadened nostrils are also most un -
An excellent daily nasal douche is ha f sightly and with daily care may easily
- to a connected account of the fighting ,
on the Male' itself."
For the Glory of the Fleet.
But the gallant crew guessed at
once, and rightly; that the submarine
very ng was going
splendidly, and that the blonkships had
passed 111, they cheered.
On the Mole itself the landing
parties were fighting grandly. `.1'here
with rn•ieforttlmie, The supply pipe of they had against them a highly -per -
ate, was sovered somewhere below by feote,d system of trenthes and barb
the ,explosion of a s'tebl; but this was wire. "The terrific raise • ed
ness; the bursting •o. ' the dark
g f. shell and hail of
machitre-gun bullets maid it exceed.
ingly difficult for any ons indi'v1 r
d ia,l to
make arreli observations, se. woattid'lead
Oat noticed until many gallons of high-
ly inri]ammabte oil had been squirted
ever the decks; If a spark hadiset
fi .te. this there vraV►dlr bane beer a
The blockships had been fitted with
explosive charges inside the bottom of i
the ships. Each of these s'hipe-••there
were three—knew the position she `P
was to take up. Then the crews were
ordered to take to the boats,: and the , fi
bottom of the blo•ckships were blown
ort. leaving them with their lead of
solid cement to sink in the channel i
in such a way as to block it.
• Irt the whole fury ,of death and
is e
very countless deetle of heroism
a
and self-sacrifice were performed. •Life
was held cheap so long as the `great n
plan succeeded No Han theught o1
J.
be remedied. Close the nostrils at libel
base with the finger tips and breathe'
gently through the upper part, exhaling
in the same manner. When there is a
tendency for the corners of the moytk
to settle at the base in the little creaser'.
the face should be gently and regularly
massaged at the base of the nose to;
eliminate the hard lines that are apt to
form from the nose to the corners of the
mouth. If the nostrils are thick or too
open gently but firmly press them to-
gether with tho finger tips.
Enlarged pores may be overcome first'
by using a good cold cream at night and.
washing the surface with warm water
in the morning. Before applying any
powder use first an astringent, followed
by a small quantity of vanishing cream.
This will make a. base so that only a
sniall.quantity of powder is required and
at the same time the skin is being nour-
ished and refined.
began her gallant retreat. In all, site
remained at her post for one hour and
ten minutes.
Steaming away at topmost speed,
with flames. pouring through the holes
n her funnels, the ship had every ap-
earance of being on fire.
Captain Carpenter tells ane little
tory to illustrate the intensity of he
ring while they lay alongside the
iVIole.
The petty -officer of one or our 6-
icli. guns, when a,skecl afterward;, what
pages he fired at, said that he reckon-
& he opened lire at about 200 yards,
lid he continued until close to the
Tole..
"How close?" he was asked.
r "'R.eoiconing from the gun muzzle,'
himself -a11 were for the glory of the
he replied, 'I should say it was- about
Fleet,
three
- The motor -boats shot here acid there,
regardless of gunfire, on, their errand
of rescue, saving the men from the TO -morrow.
blockships and from the submarines Men say: "To -morrow I will do this
'which had been blown np to cut the
viaduct.
About fifty minutes after the Vindic-
tive first struck the Mole the, order
was given to make the retirement sig-
nal. The Vincliotive's syren had been
stet away. Her searchiigltte were
out of action.
An order was passed to the Daffodil
to sound the recall on her syren, which
"spluttered and gurgled Thirst emit-
ting a veritable shower-bath,':but pre-
sently•b•egaan to show signs, of being
useful. A low groan developed into a
growling note which in tinny gtraclualily,
travelled up the settle.
Success and—liomel
"Thee storming parties, commenced
to return to the ship almost, at once.
Many of the ship's, company, officers
and men, assisted in carrying the.
wounded on board: One marine car-
ried a disabled man on boat4, placed
1119 charge en the deck, kissed him on
both cheeks, an:d was heard to re-
melt:
ent<el t: "I wasn't going to leave yeti,
Bill,,,
Within ilfteen minutes -et the sound •
-
ing Of the signal Iireetioafly all the
storming parties had returned, Viten,
at last, the Vindictive •catit loose and
tb ing,"
Heedless of ruin on its whirlwind
way;
Forgetting that To -morrow's reckon-
ing
Is with To -day.
High heels, of exaggerated propor-
tions, may cause curvature of the
spine aridother ills,
i The :greatest problem in the
fine :art of livfstg is to get out of
the human machine the maxi-
mum of service with the mini-
mann of friction; and this can
only be done by so disbipling the
mind that; we can relax or turn
an and off our brain -power at
will, and concentrate it with all
the energy of our being u>on the
thing in hand; Concentration is
the key to power, the secret of
aehievemeat but the mart •w•'io
cannot concentrate an play :1';
well as an work; has not master-.
od the secret of real living, or,
for that inatter, the secret of
Marimuni excelleil,ce it • Torre.
When the Japanese Prince •
Swims.
Stories of Famous People.
here as -'a true story,,al,trsigilt from,
bouthainptou. Air 4.merica i Govern:
merit official went on board a btg itner
the other day made 'a tour of inspec-
tion, • an,il fell into conversation with
one of the passengers, Tire passenger
was so interesting that fill Arneriean
official asked him, dust' before Ise l"eft:
"What's your line of business?"
"Oh, i'nt In the Navy!" replied the'
passenger,
Thee American came ashore, the slyip
departed, and the American :askd a
dock official who, had becu near by;
whether he knew the name of the pas-
senger.
"Don't you know?" calno the lepiy;
"That was Adimral Beatty." •
Perhaps the American bad some ex -
ease, Mast famous men are modest.
v * * w*
Lord Beaverbrook has writteri a
book on "Success," which is certainly
good value for its -piice of it quarter!
But can we learn to be successful from
books? We are told of a boy who
scrapped advice and became a Cabinet
Minister; and of another who took ad-
viee and ended his days stickir ;
stamps on to envelopes. And itir.
Justice Darling, in his speech an .Nov-
ember 9th, said that today, even as in
the days of old, some of the people
who counted most couldn't write!
Evidently Lord Beaverbrook be-
lieves strongly in health as au aid to
success. Among his aphorisms are
these: -
"A man without a digestion is likely.,
to be a man without a heart.",
"The Lord Chancellor has the prices
less asset of the moat marvellous con-
stitution in the British Empire..."
"No Haan is more careful of himself.
than the Prime Minister."
A. famous doctor once told a patient
that, if he wanted to be successful, he
u:ust be healthy, and if he was healthy
he wouldn't care whether he was sue.
cessful or not!
* * * '0 *
Lord Beaverbraok's reference to Mr.
Lloyd George and to the care which he
takes of his health lend;- ccler to a
story I once heard about the British
Premier, which I did not believe. Per.
haps I do not believe it yet, but it tal-
lies, at any rate, •with this aspect of
Mr. Lloyd George.
He was suffering—so runs the story
-from a severe chill, and instructed.
his household that he was only at
home to his doctor and his Icing.
Next day, feeling slightly better, he
said that Cabinet Ministers could call.
On the third day, his improvement
being maintained, he was ready to
meet ordinary M.P 's.
On the fourth day, his indisposition
having dwindled to a slight cough, he
intimated his hope that anybody with -
reason would soon be admitted;
Getting wind of this, a Labor depute
tion called at No. 10 on the fifth day.
But the guardian of the door was
ready for them.
'I regret' Mr. Lloyd George cannot
see you to -day," he announced solemn-
ly, "He has a snuffle."
* 0 * *
When Marshal Feeh arrived in New
York he travelled to Kansas City by
special train to attend the convention
of the Amerioan: Legion. There were
many incidnts along the way.
For example, there was the woman
at the station platform in a little town
in Indiana. Sho had mauaged to get
awy up front near the observation end
of Foeh's special train. The train
paused less than a minute. But she
rushed past the policeman and the
secret service men to thtrust into the
French eoidier's hands a potted ger
anicun.
"My bey died near Soissons," she
told the Mars•hat. "Will you plant this
tlawer•.when you got back none? Ile
was a gardener and raised beautiful
raninms."
hat night someone . moved the
tares= into the baggage car. Pooh
sed it In the morning and tirade in -
ries. •
Fetch it back," he ordered when in -
mad that it had been taken out of
way. "I shall attend to it myself
r because I intend keeping it alive and
- planting it in my own garden for that
a' woman's boy."
The Crown Prince of Japan, now ge
regent on account of his father's ill,- T
Hess, has one thing in common with gP1
the Prince of Wales --he is fond of me
sports, and by a course of careful qui
physical training, in spite of his
slender build, has developed a strong for
physique. his
The poor health of the empero
caused the greatest experts and spe
cialists of the land to reap out
course of physical training for hir
which army and navy officers we.
bidden to see was faithfully carrie
out. So the prince has learned to be
come a good rider, a fencer in the
Japanese fashion and a swimmer.
Of course, when he went swinlmin
it was en affair of state, and so, espe
cially when he was learning, it WASrue uncommon thing to see a nlrnrller
of 'middle-aged men of high deice
standing up to their waists in the sea
holding a rope round the place where
the prince was to swim so that the
hope of Japan might not get beyond
his depth. It is not related what pre-
cautions were taken when he was play-
ing tennis or baseball, two sports of
which he is said to be •fond, but when
he was at the bat in the latter genie
the pitchers' lot must not have been
a happy one. One fears that curves
or twisters must have been taboo for
fear they might hit they royal head,
The Crown, Prince is also -a wrestl-
ing fan, frequently visiting the great
contests at the Kokugi-Sfwan in Takla,
which is evidently something like the
National Sporting Club in London.,
where the Prince of Wales goes to see
big' boxing bouts.
He sure yon ur tch is out. Pinch.
it before you 'throw it away.
r1,
rd i The Oldest University in
The oldest university in the world
I is in China. In that country, says a
- recent writer, scholarship was held in
high regard in the days when Eur-
opeaal nations were just emerging
e front say.aeery.
The White Dee Grotto University
in Kaangsi province, four hundred
miles up the Yangtze River Vevey was
founded in 960 A.D. and antedates
Salerno, the oldest European univer-
sity, by some time. Asa school it was
opened about 900 A.D. It received its
risme from a famous poet, Li P'o, who
early in the eighth century calve with
his brother to the lovely spot where
the uttiverstity 'wasp, o,fter-wa.rdsibuil t;
Li P'o had a white deer that ,earned
far him the name of Peh Lu Sieh -sen,
or White Deer Gentleman, He and his
brother made their home in aa. cave
that' has been known ever since fir Peh
Lu Dong, the White Deer Grotto, !In
the fourteenth century an mage of
the deer,; hewn out of stone, was placed
there, and there it remains to this
day.
the World.
One of the most encouraging state-
ments that have came out -of Europe
since the war is Premier Briand's de
claratien that; "This Government (the
French) has confidence in the Govern -
insist of ]fir. Wirth', The. undertakings
made by the prosent German Govern-
ment have bean fu i111stt,'
Proof Positive.
"Yes, said I,•
lawkins, who had :puri
chased same old silver at an aretioui
"this is the old Havvilcins family Irla'tew!tf
"Inclose" said hie ,gest. . t'11u i
surely this is an `A' erg °
,, ,.ow/ailed) ati'itt`
is it? Oh—or---yes, a:f Jou
original 'Awki r
Tile orig uses woe
you katowl"