HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1922-11-30, Page 7LEARNING TO RUN` THE 1v1ACIiINE,
Bweting a car i'e semewi1 at like going the c+ar. When it has become fully
to college, the automobile feee!herim •is enlga +e.'gtezutly'ana with the right grand
about to acquire a tat .of information. only solo the 'steering wheel look back-
he or she never knew 'before and to wand and gauge the directions; by the
einj,ay a good many interesting expex=• ever mrd guard or the reer'wheel, Do
ienees inure or less navel: This lento- not; attempt to steer by wabchang the
mobile world is eo-educational, fon" no front wheels; 'always :look to the near
small nuraber..of women &ravers are when tgoinvg tbeckwand,
seen plating inig moototrs along our high- some cautuoes Which new drivers
ways. And their protpor'tion, aro -Dorn- especially s1 o'ui d (heed are 'First, be
pared with men, is constantly in- some that all levers are placed 'c'o'r-
creasing. neatly before cranking the 'motor.
The - n,eWeonn,ea into ,the realm of Don't twist the ,steering w'he,el4 'wh'en
aubomtative engineering, that is the the ear is standing. Corners, s'htonvl'd
pe'rs'on :who has just 'pineshialsed a car be tuirx ed at a .allow 'speed to salve wear
arid 'doe's not know how to drive has on tires. The brakes should not be
"- gota real undertaking on Uric hands in applied with 't'o'o much force except In
learning .well the fine art of au'tomo- emergency, as it is, bard on tires and
bifie manipulation. The new owner the machine lie general. Don't lei the
whio has driven other 'cars has a less motor labor 'or knock when ascending
difficult poroiblem, but even at that it hi1lis.
is one to take .seriously. _ From the engaged press the 'aocdierator pedal
pedestrian's point of view he would slightly to speed up the m'achin.e. As
do thinetse conolude that a regular -oda aeon as it has attained' fair momentum
wcational- course in desiring a ear release the clutch and at the same
would not come in arise for the weal time let up on ,tile 'accelerator pedal..
seasoned driver, ,judging from what he Change gear lever immediately from
• sees of reckless driving and the way first speed notch to'sesond speed notch
he has frequen'bly to dodge machines and let in the clutch quickly until you
to ewe has life. Few, if any, car feel it take hold, arid then gradually
owners ,ever -reach' the point 'where at the eame i pressing slightly en
they know it all in driving. 6t'"
In ettarting out to learn hew to dirivte
an automobile ' the neophyte 'ahoulld,
first of all, know that the car to be
operated is in goad drivable conditions
- There .shioulid be a good supply of acoelerator lotted, ,should be pressed
gasoline, oil, and water in the proper nightly. Change from second to third
receptacles for such necessities. The always pushing elurtc'h pedal when
fixes :ahowlid be properly inflated, the •gear is shifted, always aecelerating
batteries charged and ' the engine while—clutch is (being engaged.
workable- Do not forget that the dutch is re-
First Acts in Driving- leased when the clutch pedal is pushed
The prospective driver then ,seats down,and that it i's• engaged when the
himself behind the wheel. It is 'a good pedal is allowed to come aback. Run
Idea to have an experienced driver at on the high 'speed gear 'ars much as
one's side until he gets on to the possible, and( when it is necessary to
fundamentals principles of driving. It drive more el'owlly release the clutch
is 'n,ecemetry, of course, to 'start the and app the brake gently until the
envginte. This as 'donne by stepping on car is brought for the desired speeds
the self-starter pedal, or if there '.is If this speed as too slow for the use
o self -'starter, by cranking, at the 1'. gh speed .gear, release the
Before starting the engine, how brake and with the clutch .still di'sen-
evetr, there are a few preliminary and gaged change., from the next lower
important details that need attention. speed notch and let in the clutch. If
For instance, the 'driver sth'owld' place the car has lost much momentum it
the gear 'shifting lever Lin the neutral may be necessary to change to the
position, pot the emergency brake on, lowest ,geatr before letting in the.
retard the spark fully,or, if we12 ac- dutch, ,o'therwi'se: the. engine may he
gwainted with the motor, to point 'twinned.
where the spark surely will occur on. - Do not go too albse to the ether
or ;,rafterthe erparle has peened top vehicle' or objects before releasing the
Dance. Open the throttle about one- I'. clutch and applying the brakes, ais the
After getting acquaunted with brakes may not hold as well as is
chane one will find a position ,I expected.
he irhsaottle where the motor all- When desiring tbo`"s'top, select some
els will :tart best. Fut en the . object 'along the -curb ends when stillswitch. If the motor habitually s't rta;•'some (Mebane° from .Lt disengage the
hard, prime the earbu,rabor. After the: clutch and apply the tbrake 'gently and
engine ,starts does the throttle and' get the nam under control so that you
advance the spark about one-half. If • can 'stop ten, feet before the object is
the engine has been stbarted on the reached: if you wish to. Then releasing
barbbery ',and magnetto is. used, switch the brake slliighly, ailltovv the car to
immediately from the battery to the drift until close to the object, then
magneto. Do not allow the motor to,' again apply the Ibreke with sufficient
rase. When running idle it .should force to 'bring the ear to a standstill,
turn over at its slowest speed. with the door diiarecbly apposite the
the atecelera or pedal.
Apply Brakes Gently.
Wien the elitttdh pedal is pushed out
the accelerator pedal sholu1'd he re-
leased; when the clutch is let in the
A MENACE TO THE MAP
The view taken of the Near Eastern situation by a caa•toeutst in the
South Wales News (Cardiff).
Watch Yourself Go Ey.
Just stand, aside and watch'yourself
go by,
Think og yourself as "Ile" instead of
qe
Note cloptely as in other men you note
The bag -kneed teasers and the seed'y
• coat.
Pick flame,. find fault; forget the man
' is you,
And strive to make your estiraarte ring
true.
Confront'yourseif.and:look you in the
eye— •
Just stand aside and watch ,.yours'elf.
go by.
Interpret all your motives just as'
t'h'ough
You looked at .one whose aims you
did not know.
Let undisguised contempt surge
through you when
You see 'you shrk, oh, commonest of
men.
Despise your .cowardioe; condemn
whate'er
You note of falseness in you anywhere;
Defend not one defect that shames
your eye
Jusit stand aside and
go by.
watch yourssel
And then with eyes unveiled to
you loathe—
To sins that with sweet charity
clothe—
Back to your •self -walled
you'll go
With tolerance for all wh
low.
The faults of others t
and Shrink,
Love's chain grow' sti
mighty link—
When you 'with "h
for "1,"
Have stood aside and
self go by.
—Stnickla
Clock Made of GSI
A Bohemian glass' podishere
formed a wonderful feat of p
ing ingenuity. He bas construe
clock which, with the exception of
springs., is made entirely of glass,
The glass: plates and pillars oft
extraordinary timepiece are bolted to
Edmund Burke's Venison.
Mrs. Webster. who for many years
was :housekeeper in the family of Ed --
mond Burke, the great British, orator,
fully appreciated her famous employer
,and once paid him a remarkable teelute.
"Yes, sir," she told a guest who had
congratulated her on beikg able to
.serve such a great pian, "he is indeed
a great man; he -knows and does every-
thing
verything but what is mean and little,"
Neverthelessa recent writer on the
'refugees in England has recalled an
;amusing scene in which the good wo-
man once successfully withstood her
master's too generous .intentions. .It
was in the time of the French, Revolu-
tion, and a refuge for French royalists
and a school for their ohildren had
been established at Butlers Court
chiefly through: Burke's influence and
the generosity of his friends•. IIe took
keen personal interest in the estab-
ments and showed it in a variety
aye.
eaever there was anything nice
larder, such as a haunch of
son or game ` intended for.the
ncl course, Mrs. Webster was' ob-
tto keep watch over the dainty
z improvident employer should
end it to the French people.
es he managed to elude her
;sometimeshe was caugtht
ted.
Was about to send off
nison that Mrs. Web-
to dress for the com-
on him as if upon
he cried. -"I can -
;ch. I cannot, in -
if I lose my
nothing fit for
t
r:
.. Webster, pray
ople-" •
ing, sir, but that
nd course. rive
people, indeed•!"
people have been
ooh things, In their
for one day I think
t them."
sir, do remember there
nd Lady So.and-So and Mr.
'Blank. Doming; and without
g of that kind I shall get into
sG disgrace. No, ne, sir, I can -
rt with my haundh•of venison!"
was, any oratory of the great
sufficient to persuade her to do
wished.
doubt the poor refugees would
have appreciated the venison, but no
dou rt they got' along cheerfully with-
out. it. They tried gallantly to make
the beef of things in a land of exile
the ways :of which: were strange to
tbiem One of the group, Cazeles, the
very morning after the arrived lifted
his fork and, curiousiy scrutinizing the
bit of toast served hen at breakfast,
inquired with much interest if it were
a specimen of that famous viand of
which he bad often heard. the "rosbif"
of old England,?
The driver 'should then .pace the Object needed and the car close 'gether with glass: screws. The dial -
left foot ,on the clutch pedtal and press enenvgh to the curb to Lansaw /amen. Plate, hands, shafts, and cog -wheels
hand rte .re' -tease the disetah. Keep it gens to alight on the 'sidewalk. Shitle are of glass, and glass wedges and
piers the right d'is'srivge
a'3 wiufbe with the hand to neutral, apply , emergency pins are used for:fastening-the TS/T11-
eines gency brake is released and , brake 'andi dhow up the engine by alas' ous parts of the coning gear.
the gene lever is slated from neutral beg the throttle.All the parts are ground to the aver-
ts the first speed notch. Then with I Be careful that the tires do not age proportions' of the metal parte of
the right foot_ press the accelerator ' sora'pra along the eurb, a's this is_vexy
pedal gently until the motor speed damagting.
is inoxe-'':d a little and at the same In reneareing the machine bring it
tine with thie istt foot alilenv the clutch to a standstills, then with the clutch
pedal to come back very slowly se drat • released place the gear lever in the
the clutch will engage without jerking reveirae notch. Allow the clutch to
When Your Neighbors
Are Sick
When your neighbor has the mister -
tithe -to have eicknese• in his home
what -do, you do for him? Or. putting
it conversely,- if a member of your
family should'unfortunately be stricken
with illness, what would you like to
have your neighbors do for you? When
easy of. -your neighbors are unhappily
visited by sickness you have an oppor-
'thane to show your kindliness of heart
toward them. For if ever sympathy
and assistance are needed, 'it is in.
title of sickness.
It is not enough that you call up on
• tate phone and inquire as to the condi-
tion, of the person whe is ill, or that
yiou offer to assist them, When you
say': "If there ie anything that we Can
do, let us know and we'll be glad to
do it," you put mix neighbor in the
position of asking you for favors, if he
wants them. Many times he willnot
feel warranted In asking for ytour belp,
although he may need it.
A better way le to do things more
direotly. A trained nurse le not alwaysi
obtainable in the rural districts'; and
if one is obtainable, other reasons may
preveart, her from being employed, It
it is ,nteeeseary that sone one remain
up all night to administer medicine to
the trick person, keep fires going, at-
tend the sufferer's, wants, e•to., go to
your neighbor's honlo and announce
that you have one prepared to re-
nnin up all night ministering to the
person who is ill. Quite likely your
offer will be gratefully accepted, for
probably the -'ineniberrs of the family
are tired out spending sleepless nights
and caring for the afflicted person cure.
Mg the daytime, Even -if your help 18
not needed, your friends carr have no
doubt of the genuineness of your offer
if it is made in this manner.
Various articles of food, ready to be
-served (not only thedelicacies pre-
pared especially for the eick person,
but also food for the other -members of
the family) help out greatly at such a
time. Of course, your neighbor has a
cellar full of provisions and does not
need the food itself but the ready -
prepared dishes help to relieve the
mother from a part of her duties and*
allow her to give more time to the sick
person. , She is probably worried
enough by sickness without thinking
about the preparation' of food, .Using
your good judgment in the proper se-
lection of foods, take them directly to
the home of your Neighbor without
calling up and asking, "it thtey want
them." • Not only will this relieve them
of some work,' but it will do much to
restore them to a more cheerful state,
of mind, knowing that they have the
eympathy of kind neighbors, who are
anxious, to do anything for there that
they can.
If you can think of any way to help
out, do so by all means. Don't ask if
you may; or offer to do certain things.
Simply go ahead and do the work that
will relieve them of part of their
duties. Sympathy and kindness are
never more needed than In a home
where there is serious illness. The
best way to bestow your sympathy and
aesistanoe is to do, on your own, initia-
tive and aa unobtrusively as possible,
those things which your good judg-
ment tells you will be of realhelp to
the afflicted family,
A bui1ding,esite, in Regent Street,
London, for whioh a ground rent of
£26 9s, has been paid since 1818, has
recently been the subjeeta Dof a new.
lease at a 'gronncl rent of £2,000 et
year.
other clocks of the same size. • The
teeth of the cog -wheels are cut with
minute exactme s. Only the balance
wheel is heavier than it world be in
the case of an ordinary clock.
Like the clock itself, the key with
which It is wound is made of glass;
Many of the parts had to be made
over and over again- some as often
as forty times—before a clock that
would go and keep time was produced.
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,,heart is hungry for the beautiful;
1311t not for Beauty, Far too proud
and high
That goddess walks, and very poor
and dull
She finds aonupanionship . of such
as I.
I'3ut for a' hundred little beauties
blown
From simple things, as mist is blown
From spray,,
For all the humble beauty I have
-iteowoi.
t find my heart is hungering to -day.
Small things that I have loved --a peb-
ble white
And still as daybreak, lying on the
sand,
A tree that stirred with tremors of de-
light
When kissed by wind; a small and.
wrinkled band
Whose quiet comfort eased a weary
brow—
These are the things for which I hun-
ger now..
--Helen Franzee-Bower,
Electrical Machine Makes
Eleven Million Codes.
It Is written in the chronicles of the
American. Civil War that a code mess
sage Sent by General Grant to Wesla-
iugton has not yet been deciphered. It
is known that be the naval engagement
off Jutland, . in the World War, the
code system was discarded after the
first hour of use, and some of the code
messages' were not deciphered for
three days after that first hour. In a
recent sham battle off San Diego, the
records show that it was nearly six
months before some of the code mes-
sages sent during this naval "engage-
ment" were reduced to understandable
English. That is to say, the code as
used in written messages during a
war of 60 years ago, and the radio
codes used during the late war, were Press Woman Honored
not always; nor uniformly, successful. Mrs. Elizabeth C. Ascher, a cornea -
For this reason, unusual interest at- pondent of The Standard, St. Cathar-
taches to patents • recentlyissued to a I me, a well-known Niagara Peninsula
Californian, Edward H. Hebern, of i newspaper woman, has been decorated.
Oalrland, for a code -sending and re- with the Polish decoration, Polonia
ceiving machine; for use with either Restitutia, for her work among Polish
wire or wireless. This machine sends
its messages in a code which is cap-
able of 11,881,376 changes, so that it
is possible by working all of these al-
terations, to obtain and use on this
one machine a practically unlimited
number of different codes, the key to
any one of which is not the key to any
other one. The operator of the send
ing machine writes his• messages in' Tigers are not merely overgrown
plain English, on the. keyboard; just type- cats that, at an =guy word or gesture,
he would write them on the will turn tail and run. Most people,
writer. By means, of a "master wheel,„ fortunately, are willing to believe as
or "key wheel," tbbese messages are much, But Chinese coolies, writes a
sent, by wire or radio, in a code which British official, think otherwise. The.
this wheel writes.
The receiving mach ee at the other
end—sending and receiving apparatus
being combined into one machine
smaller than a typewriter :receives
the wire or wireles messages in code,
and presents them to the operator at
that end spelled out on an illuminated
keyboard, in plain English again. That
is, the message is written into the ma-
t
soldiers during the war, and Polish re-
patriation. The presentation was
made by the Polish Consul -General for
Canada, Dr. Strassewski. She is the
first to reoeive the decoration in
Canada.
"Scatting" the Tiger.
coolie goes .kis way ser„enelythroug
the tiger -infested jungle with a song.
in his heart and a "scat” on his lips
—
a happy attitude, truly, but an atti-
tude that has resulted in more than
one tragedy.
One day, says the writer, I witnesa
ed one of those tragedies in the Malay
Peninsula. I had taken some police
out to help me track a tiger that wag
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chine, put into code by the machine, responsible for the lose, of many lives,
transmitted in code, decoded by the From a distant eminence we soon
receiving machine, and presented to caught sight of a Chinaman siawly
the receiving operator as originally strolling along and sucking a piece of
written by the slender without post- sugar cane. Out sprang the tiger, but
Jollity of error. If any machine yet de- he missed has mark, which was the
vised can think, this one does, orseems
back of the man's head. Without walks
so to do. In appearance, it is not un-- ing any faster, the coolie merely with•
like one of the eavly phonographs, re- drew the cane from his mouth and,
cords for which were made an was waving it at the tiger, "scatted" him
cylinders, instead of on flat disks. away
There is, however, no wax cylinder, Concealed in the jungle, however,
composition disk, or other recording the creature silently followed along -
attachment. Whatever is sent into the side the path and at one of the turns
machine is buried within it, as soon farther en made anott er and accurate
as the master wheel has coded the spring. This time he carried the
message 'and sent it on its way along Chinaman with him into the jungle.
the wires or through the ether.
The secret of the invention is in the
master wheel, a small spool, not un-
like
nlike that on which typewriter ribbons
are wound, containing 26 apertures, in
either side, and a similar number in
the rim; the whole wheel being about
3 inoires in diameter. Each letter is
wired in combination with other let-
ters, the whole machine being electri-
cally operated, and it is in this wiring
that the secret of the instrument lies.
The receiving operator has racked in
front of him any number of these
spools• or wheels, wired to correspond
to a similar number of other wheels.
Letters common to two spools are
first sent; by these the receiving oper-
ator knows- which wheel is being used
to send, and drops into the machine
the similarly wired spool from his
rack• Only two Spools similarly wired
will work together,
Where Women Wear
Trousers.
In the Balkans, where women tend
goats and cattle in the mountains, it
is necessary for them to wear trous-
ers; skirts, would be too cumbersome
among the •rocks, Iir Albania, how-
ever, women wear trousene in accord-
ance witch. an old custom.
An Albanian woman takes' pride in
wearing trou's'ers as' volumino:ue as
possible, and as a result the garments
do not in the least resemble the or-
dinary ma,sculine attire with which we
associate the word, bat appear like tre-
mendous, full, heavy skirts,
The richer the woman, the more ex-
tensive •are the trousers, and it is not
at all unconnmon to see women wear -
leg ;trousers that are uaade of ninety
feet or more of elatli.
When use Albanian girl is to be mar-
ried :all later relatives contribute to pro-
vide her With trousers as roll as with
the full costume: of an. Albanian wog
roan, including caps adorned with gold
and pearls, . The campiete dress
weighs more than Mete- pounds.
Wireless for the Deaf.
Wireless is being used to relieve
deafness. People who are hard of
hearing usually have one ear worse
than the other, so that all the work
falls' upon one organ, causing strain
and breakdown.
Far some time ear specialists have
been trying to relieve deafness, by re-
educating the weak ear so that It can
catch oaftside sounds. This has been
done bye a machine fixed to the ear,
which . makes simple sounds which
gradually impress: themselves upon ,
the ear -drum, and so bring it bank in-
to use.
Now, however, wireless telephony is
being used. The headpiece is the or-
dinary receiver, and its use brings the
sound of the human voice to the dull
ear without straining the other. Af-
ter some time the dull ear gets used
to the sounds and becomes service-
able again.
The "'slowest" crop in the world is
the giant 'bam'boo of India. It blos-
soms only when it reaches its thirtieth
yeair, and then dies. In the meantime
it bears' an enormous quantity of seed,
Which is gathered and msec as grain
by the natives.
ty e J
The disproportion between the
sexes varies greatly throughout Eur-
ope, but tasty country that has been
•iv'ai' has a largo surplus of w'omens
On, the whole continent of Eutope, ac-
cording to Eiglish statistios, there
as an excess of twenty-five manikin
woonien.
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John D. Rockefeller, Ir„ says',
"Labor and capital are partners, not
enemies. Their interests are comniott
interests, not, opposed, and neither
can attain the fullest measure of
payoaperyity at the expense of the
othov."
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