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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1952-12-04, Page 7Bring On The Rain When the sky opens up and the rain pours down, few of us tare whether the rainfall is one. tenth of an inch or three inches. If we are out in it, all we really care about is keeping dry. If a raincoat does what it is supposed to do, all well and good. If it leaks, however, there are many people—besides the wearer— who are interested. Chemists and manufacturers are continually studying just how much water will, or will not, penetrate rainwater and other fabrics, Water repellants—there • are several types—are quite different from water proofing materials A coating or waterproofing which can be applied to fab- rics to make thein entirely waterproof, stops the fabric from "breathing" and therefore makes it hot and uncomfortable to wear. Water repellants, on the other hand, cling to the fibres of the material, thus making a sur- face which sheds Water without sealing up the tiny air holes. Commonest of these is a wax emulsion which gives excellent protection until it is removed by cleaning or washing. It requires only a simple process to put it back, however, and most dry cleaning firms will re -treat any garment in this way. Incidentally, manufacturers of the chemical repellents say there is no reason why any garment can not be treated satisfactorily. If anyone is dissatisfied with such a job they suggest return- ing the garment to the dry cleaner. The newest and most efficient water repellant has to be baked on the fabric at the textile mill. It stops the fibres from taking up moisture without sealing the air holes and, in addition, it will stand up to an almost unlimited number of cleanings or wash- ings. This water repellant was first brought out just prior to the last war and was used mainly for raincoats and other outdoor clothing. The armed forces put it to wide use for clothing and * Yuletide Tree Crush Pushing her way out from under a pile of Christmas trees, Mrs. Ruth Malens gets help from her husband Walter. The couple were among the first to receive a load of Yuletide trees for the Christmas market. They unloaded 2000 of them in the Great Northern 'freight yards, will put them on sale for the holidays, all types of field equipment. To- day the services have everything possible made water repellant and are also making extensive use of chemicals that perman- en ly moth -proof wool. he adventages of these ap- plications to the things civilians wear and use are just as ob- vious. Outdoor clothing for both children and adults will stay new looking, be more comfort- able in wet weather and wear longer with even the simplest application of water repellant, the manufactureres say. They also recommend treating indoor upholstery, rugs or any fabric to protect it from splashes and mothe. Here's some real news for farmers with beef cattle to feed —and especially for those of you who may be a little short of food material. Two years of beet feeding tests at the North Da- kota experiment station prove that you can stretch your winter feed, both for breeding cows and young stock, without harming their health or --what is just as important -- cutting your calf •top. • There was practically no dit- ierence in the performance of two croups of cows, even though one !;roup received one-fourth less ted than ter ether The standard ration was tens !sounds of native hay and thirty hounds of corn silage per head' daily, whereas cows on the res- tricted ration got only 71/f pounds of hay and 221/2 pounds of silage. AU of the tor.: t:,e eneedard ration just about kept up nor- mal winter welehts, though some lost -a little. Those on the lower ration lost more weight, but the birth rate, death loss, health and vigour of the valves were almost the same for both bunches. ,i ,. Eight -tenths of a pound of soy- bean oilmeal cage a day added to the regular ratan, and six -tenths of a pound to the restricted ration made little ditTc•rent'e in the re- sults. All the colts got a two -to -one mixture of sat' and bone meal, The calves ,;salved that they could get by en less feed. too. Calves averaging 425 pounds were fed for 190 days on a nor- mal ration of 2519 pounds of corn and grass silage, a few pounds of crested tedeeet grase hay, and two pounds o'1' eats per head daily. lfame Oats --Sally Ann Dunn, 5, of left, and her sister Deanna, 9, run oats through their fingers in their father's barn, The oat harvest is a true cerified oat seed which will market in the spring for about $1.10 per bushel. It was grown by their parent, Donald Dunn, who won the farm lost May in a national contest. Valued at nearly $75,000, the farm was graded, planted, and the house built in one day through the help of Moses Lake merchants and contractors. They gained tour fifths of a pound daily. When the silage was cut down to 181;z pounds, hay left about the same, and eats out out entirely, they gained only about half as much. 1-ioa•ever, the r•alves that were on the low rations during the win- ter dict better nn grass during the summer. They gained three - tenths of a pound more than the ones on full ration. What's the gue, 01 these tests? Well, if you're short of feed -- the cattle are going to have to get by on less nyway. But even if you have -enough feed, you can make ii stretch further in the winter If you have plenty of hay. you can feed more of it in place of supplement, and cut the cost of feeding by as much as $20 per cote If you're short of • hay, you • can still carry cattle along opt about a fourth less feed without hurting them, then shoot for higher summer gains on pasture. Some folks •;ay that it doesn't pay the average dairyman to milk three times a due instead of two. But Lawrence Stene, Worth County Iowa, says that it pays him during the wittier. Stene is a tenant farmer with 35 cows. He wasn't too busy with regular farm work last winter, so he switched over to milking three tines a day -8 'a.m., 4 p.nt. and ntidnieht. 11. Produelion went up from 800 pounds of milk a day to 1,000 from the same cows — a 25 per cent increase. The only additional expense was feed. since he lends according to production, He ::ay, the unusual milking tinter didn't bother him a bit, but it did throw the rest of the family a bit oil schedule. He ;witched .back to twice daily milking when heavy spring work started. He says that it's easier on both himsel! and the fancily during the summer, 44'uufd he try three' -time milk- ing again in winter? Sure, says Stene. He makes better use of his labour, and, as he puts it, how else can you get 25 per cent more profit without laying out a penny more for cows? \Vett, folks, it's an idea any- way. TM report 1 saw didn't say whether tell. Stene etayed up for that extra milking, or made the alarm clock do double duty. But you can figure that part of it out for yoursel •'es. I'll be think- ing of you, 'long about midnight, if I'm not ton sound asleep. te,1'GI-1TER, $:iMA.RE,l A New Hampshire termer had three beautiful young daughters. The oldest found herself a hus- band and moved to Twin Cities, Minnesota.A. year tater she had twins. The second daughter then got married and established her home at Three Rivers, Ontario. Sometime later, she had triplets. Finally the youngest daughter tante to the farther and said that she too was going to become' a bride, "I wish you all the tuck in the world," -said the father, "but take my advice and don't let that man of yours march you off to live in the Thoueanci Is- lands." By Rev, re B Warren. B.A.. B.D. Jesus, The Oreat Teacher Matthew 13:24-$5, 53-54 Memory Selection: Whence hath this roan this wisdom, and these mighty works? Jesus taught many of the deepest truths by telling simple stories. Some of these parables, as they are called, are accom- panied by a further detailed ex- planation so that the meaning cannot be mistaken. From the parable of the tares and the wheat we see that wrong and good will exist to- gether in the church until the end. of the age. If one special- izes: in tare -pulling he will up- root some wheat, too. The church here cannot. be made perfect. The angels will do a better job in' making the separation at the time of the great harvest. Then those who do iniquity will • be cast into a furnace of fire. There shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. From the parables of the mus- tard seed and the leaven we are assured that the Kingdom of Heaven, though small in its be- ginnings will finally triumph, The mustard seed is very small but the plant may grow to af< height of fifteen feet in Palestine. The yeast, . working silently, works through the meal till all is leavened. So cheer up, Chris- tian friend, you are on the wine ning side. Longfellow express.•,; ed a great truth in the followe4 ; ing words: "7'here is no peace on earth 1 said; "For hate is strong, And mocks the song Of peace on earth: good wilt to linen:'" '.Chen pealed the bells more toed and deep; "(od is not dead: nor doth He sleep! The Wrong shall fail, The Right prevail, With peace on earth, good will wit) to men!" "lyl1ONE3."' — IT'S IRISH The majority 01' people asso- ciate the exclamation "phoney" with Canada or the United States_ Well, ---it's Irish! The word derives from Fawney (Erse, fairne—a ring). The ring, most times imita- tion, was employed in the crook- ed "ring -dropping" trick; and the gullible began to associate the trick with something crook- ed, imitation, "fawney." Highballing—A new "high hall" service has been inaugurated by the Canadian National "Railways to speed up the handling of less - than -carload shipments. Distinc- tive placards with a green ball on a yellow background, such as the yardman is affixing to the car in the photograph, are making their appearance across the country an CNR cars carry. ing LCL merchandise. Cars bear- ing these placards will receives priority handling at stations, freight sheds and distribution points across the system to pro. - vide foster service for this traf- fic between Eastern Canadian cities and over transcontinental routes. Coronation Preview: 2 Peeresses' Er Eine Next June Will Be Rabbit Fur • By ROSETTE HA.RLGI1OVE NEA Staff Correspondent LONDON—Already the 800 or ao peeresses who will be com- mended to attend the coronation of Elizabeth II next June are planning the robes they will wear for the great ceremony. No definite directive as to cere- monial dress have as .yet been issued by coronation headquarters in Belgrave Square. But it is pretty certain that so far as the peers and peeresses are concern- ed, there will be no departure from the traditional crimson velvet robes trimmed with "min- iver" (ermine) which were worn for the coronation of King George VI and Elizabeth the Queen Mother. The only difference will be that the old -tithe silk velvet and erm- ine will be replaced by artificial silk velvet and "mock ermine" -- shaved rabbit. "How many • peeresses today can afford to spend over £400 -- around $1000—for an ermine - trimmed silk velvet outfit which will probably be worn once?" ex- plained Peter Russell, one of the 11 members of the Incorporated Society of London Fashion De- signers. "As it is, the robes of artificial velvet trimmed with mock er- mine cost over $600. There are, of course, a certain number of the nobility who have kept theirs from the last coronation, and these are already being taken out of storage and brought to us to -freshen up." A peeress's coronation robee t'onsist of a "kirtle," a sort of col- larless redingote with short sleeves, fastened at the waist and widening out towards the hero revealing the front of the dress beneath it. Over this goes a court train which starts from under a deep cape in white fur and is fastened at the shoulders in front with gold braided tassels. It is by the number of rows 01 black fur "tails" that you recog- nize the rank of the wearer. A baroness ranks two, a viscountess two -and -a -half, a countess three, a duchess four. Both the kirtle and train are lined with white satin and trim- med with a wide deeply scalloped band of fur on the kirtle and a straight band on the train. The dress worn beneath it is usually the a g e l e s s, slender sheath type, with a generous de- collete, fashioned either of ricb white brocade or satin heavily Coronation Robes for peeresses have a redingote -like "kirtle" and a court train in "Robe Red" velvet trimmed with "mock ermine,' Both are lined in white satin. Underneath is worn traditional sheath -type gown (inset), this one created by Peter Russell in rich, embroidered pearly white satin. embroidered. The Queen and the Royal Duchesses do not wear the kirtle, only the court train. The latter has to trail four yards on the ground. the former two yards. The British Color Council has already decided what the "Cor- onation Colors" shall be. But to quote Peter Russell, who has dressed the Duchess of Gloucester the last 18 years, "everybody is waiting for the London and Paris Spring showings before selecting the gowns for the national and official functions which will fol- low the coronation." There will be two state ban- quets on June 3 and 4 at Buck- ingham Palace as well as a Court 13a11, and the Queen will attend a gala performance at Covent Garden on ,haze 8 for the first performance of Benjamin Brit - Delia ate Arts go into coronation uniforms. 1-lere 60 -year-old Elsie Pickles, a gold embroiderer for 45 years, works her "dying art" r•• that cuff of a Life Guard Field Officer uniform. ten's new opera, "Gloriana," on the romance of Elizabeth 1 and Essex. Besides these festivities, there will be much formal diplomatic entertaining, all of which will fall for sumptuous evening gown' It is probable that next Spring's fashions will find inspiration in the robust, virile Elizabethan era in details rather than actual line, Corselets, stifl'eeed lace collars,. ruffs, tiered and beaded sleeves as worn by the Virgin Queen, jerkins, beaded caps, flat. velvet XVIth Century pages' berets, feather -trimmed Henry VIII hats will appear in a modernized guise. These colors will be important in the English picture next year: "Queen's Purple," the actual color to be used in the velvet robe worn during the coronation at Westminister Abbey; redder than Royal Purple and much l•ed-- der than King's Purple. "Robe Red," actual color al the robes of peers and peeresses who will attend the ceremony. • is a light Bordeaux red. "Coronation Grey" symbolizes the silver metal in heraldic em- blems and is a natural comple- mentary shade to "Robe Red." "Or," from the French color used for gold in their heraldry is used in combination with put-• ple and also with deep red. "Emerald," from the precious stone is sparsely used in British. heraldry. "Tome," one of the heraldic color:; always associated with British historical occasions: often appears as the color of the lion on British coats -of -arms. It is alt orange version of tan, or tawny. "Peacock Blue" is used occa.- :.ionaliy, ueually with ''Or" in herelclt:y. "Coronation While" is a white: with a slight green cast as ro Christmas roses. Next Week: ,iewei.s tor the Queen.)