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The Huron Expositor, 1940-05-31, Page 6"4441,41k , s''11 0 Window Boxes quent application of chemiealfertil- izer durieg the season. Beale expos. A window box overflowing with ea on aa ejaes to drying ,,viriads. a • 'gellye blooming flowers es within, the, thorough watering on,ce a tiaY of the nage of almost every, Paean. Even window box is advisedi the apartment dweller can have one The bo e painted or stained to • of these. This see of gardening ie -- snatch house trim, should be as long • highly intensive with many those as the window and should be, arnan,g_ plants to the ensure foot than would ed so that the top of it is almost ' he ginaim under ordinary conditions. gesja with the wintloiv alit There This means that very rich seii. should roust be holes. in the bottom, to pro- be used and, in additive a fairly fre-• vide drainage, aa,d also a layer of gravel, cinders, broken crockery or similar material for the same pur- pose, • Along• the front Of windowa baxes are planted trailing, Nasturtiums, Ger many Ivy, Lobelia, 4Alessum and sine, far plants, with Petunias, Ageratums, Begonias, Ferns; Gereei,unas and Other plants especially ream/mended fer this purpose farther back. Shelter from the eun for a day or two should be plevideci• lineal tire plants get es- tab1isbeO, Can Start Yet Even in the warMer sections of Canada it is still possible to have a splendid garden. There are plenty of things te plant which will come on. quickly. Experienced gardeners in recent years have been purposely holditug back a portion of lettuce, spin- ach, carrot and other vegetable seeds so that the 'harvesting season may he extendedjust that much longer. Late May or early June's the idea/ time in most of Canada to plant seed ..atetheseehat.....weathen....thiagraearke melon, cucumber, medium or late cern' and beans. It is not safe in many districts to set out celery, to- mato, cabbage and pepper plants much sooner. • And. of ,course, most started or bee ding plants go in about this time anP ,how. Among the flowers there is still plenty of time te- plant Dahlia, Gladioius and Caine bulbs or corms. ' %Replacement It is it good • plan, old gardeners state. to use started annual flowers for planting among tulips, and other latessatil p&an *Om camel hif Ode add la the blesi, I* Vaal toessite ahould be Wanted friths &Were If kid- neys flu% and teens arie acid refrains, it intlefee the muscles sod jolob causing now:hang pare Tint Anomie pains by tiepin your kidirane in good eantfaion . Take tegolorly Dodtra P,Sts-lar e, half a cesiurythefewslirelsideeyresede Dodds Kidney Pills spring flowering bulbs which will be Past flea' best in it few more week. Sionnethataig is needed to hide drybig foh10go- Then agaia quick grovvang annuals win always be useful for rng in any babel spots in the Peren- nial bed& where winter has „been un- usually sevens. Cultivation Cultivation not only kills weede, which disfigure bode of flowers and vegetables and rob these respectable things of moisture. and food, but it also keeps sal open cio that it wiU remain sweet and absorb necessary chemicals tram the air. Beeterial ac_ ham beneath is also assisted. White a small hoe is almost an es- sential implement there are today other things which will -relieve march of 'the drudgery which the thoe silil represents tn the eye of the growing boy. . A little three -fingered wire cultivator will work 'wonders around end un,der growing flowers sad vegetables, A Teach, hoe whieh is shoved manse about an ineh under the soil will cultivate a, hundred feet Or so of pervernine bed te meta minute. For vegetable rows, there .a.re small cultivators pushed by band which Will cultivate it plot Of 100 by 59 feet in well under half an hear eel thine can .be procured • in, larger size tor borse or tractor. NEXT WEEK—Pest Killers,' Thin- ning. • ' First 'I3lornde: "I shall never mar_ rY,-" • Second Ditto: "Why eyer; First Blonde: "Because a bride never gets the best man." -SS's." • Messrs. Jones and Messrs. Brown both make shoes—sloes exactly similar in quality, and style. Messrs. Jones do not advertise. Messrs. Brown do, ,and sell a very much greater quantity than Messrs...Jones in consequence. Who pays for Messrs. Brown's advertising? Not Messrs. Brown—becattse their profit --on the quantity sold—is Messrs. Jones' .profit multiplied many times. Not the public—because they get, for $4.00, shoes of a quality for. w,hich Messrs. Jones charge $4.50. Not the retailer— becap.se the profit is the same in both eases. , No one pays for advertising. It is an economy—not a charge. It does for the operation of selling what Messrst. Brown's machinery does for the operation of making shoesspeeds it up, and multiplies its efficiency. It makes possible big -scale production and so reduces COMA. ---11 Paps To Advertiso----- Huron • McLEAN BROS., Pablishettif SEAVORTI1 Deeause the deolocrable way ks the 61/413' war forthdrn, Aatizro Toscaninl has reneeneed two of the things that wens moSt Precious to him: the an- nual Wagner festival at Bayreutivand more seem*, las native Italy. Tosearike iregarded conducting the Wagnee masiedramas in the theater that Wagner .buUt as the artiotic sum- mit of his 'career. Re :never took a .Pfetealig of pay at Bayreuth. "I cunt," he explained, "It's like tak- ing m0007 fsoM. Wagner."- But when' Hitler eitruck savagedy t. artieta and othets because of their race, the lit- tle maestro wiles the silver rim of 'hair, thepatelcian features', the slight body and the flaming spirit did not hesitate. He quit in empthatip pro- test. Italy, to 'Tosoanini, e home.'' its bates, it landsioaaes, its very odors are dear 'toe him. Last summer.. for the that time in •decades, he did ebt go home. • • Toscanatimi 'has been 'called "the First Musdelan of the World." Such eminence invitee legendee Since he never bothers to ecneeet or deny ev- en the •most fantastic tales, they 1:Ds •Philosophy of Me is clear, yet .he is regarded as a rum, of mystery. Actually, Ilescananni tho.co the sim- plicity Of children' and of the truly great. Making music, he tan be an unconnpreraisinig terant.• It is the musical autocrat wrourad whoa the legends cluster: the t iuctor, who when- he does not get at he wants, throw sr baton at his players, smashes hie• watch, tears up scores,* stamps end storms and swears.. There la a beat for these -tales. Toicarani thimself sayS he is two men, One . of whom the other cannot control. The other Toecaninti, the man his friends know, is 'anything but forbid- ding. He levee a gay ,party or an ev- ening Of quiet conversatitin He does not carry on about -music like the bighbrows. Indeed, he is fond of a spot of swing. He was 'surprised one day in his studio, playing "Heigh -ilea beieletio, it's off to work we go" on the 'swelatto while les five-year-old grandclaugater Istelded a baton,. "Her beat was canreot," grandam boasted. There is the legend •of Toscaninia' aloofness,- But actually he is gregar- bola. The. Nate/eat Broadcasting Oompeny provided for hire a lavish suite carefully secluded from the tur- moil of Radio -City. But Toscanini wenn ese it, excerit tio -change clothes. Instead, he wanders erou,na the build- ing, visits Other offices, • talks vrith everyone. siPhe more telepluorte visitors aria, general bedlam, taesbet- ter. Toscaninea love for the pulse of life has much to feed on at home. In, 4bis Riverdale houee overlooking the Ilielson River, Vitality spills over. Friends, relatives, even. •hangeneen, surround him. He does his work, reads, Studies scores and, rehearses in the midst of a vertex of noise. Oc- casionally he rises in wrath and pro- tests. He is heeded for a few min- utes, thee the thubbub builds up again like one of the maestro' magnificent • Climaxee,. ToscaninS el'eeps badly, but long ago -be quit fighting insomnia. His bedside table Se ipiled high `with beaks. and scores. When he awakes, he takes up ' a, volume,' holding it close to, hie face because of his near, sightedniess, 'Itoking like e wise and ageless asnaph. 'His curiosity is en- ormous end las mind restless. He • gods over mores ,that i*•inay..not eon - duct for years, juat.. -renewing• ac- qualManee with old friends. He''Seads poetry, novels, adventures anddie. dussione of world affatre. . The. tales of hie fabuleas memory axe true. He .has been known to Tema a 1.164. 09311*w .fmr :Sleets bones and 'conduct it without hearing at the scare. Recently he pleyed frim memere al of itleardelsedlees •"Sersargri Without . Wends." He had not seen the scores for more than half a century. 'Music thee beep his wilaele life. Born in 1207, he entered the Conservatory t. PS -ma when he, was nine. His Maxie subjects were cello grad piano, but be 'ale* showed promise as a composer. At 11 he to/aerated one of nes .•own weeks before a private audience. His masters urged him to specialize in.....comtposition, but the boy 'would note eite felt • be Could never write music to Meet his, own severe standerds. Young Arturo took on odd jobs as a cellist in theater orchestras and oc_ easionapy in a cafe. . When he was 19, he joined a touring opera corn/rarer and landed in Brazil. In Rio de Jan- eiro the conductor- dropped out just 'before a performanee of "Aide." it seemed that the phew *kid have to be called off until someone suggested that ,lintle Arturo who sat among the 'Oellos and 'studied scores incessantly Might 'do. Toseambel directed a rat- tling good 'performance — entirely froter raismary. When the company rearmed to Italy, he was 'retained as Comduatone At home he knocked Mound tn small theaters in the proyinces. Whenever he worked, be gained ad- mirers. dead when he was 31, be be- came tenductoe of 03,0 famous La Scala Opera la Milan, which an an older man wauld have regarded as bigh elimiax to • 0.. career. He came to the Itleepopoiltan• Noma In 1908 - and remained untit..1015. Then in 1924 he took "otter ,the New York Phither- Monie for lt° Seasons. He returned Ittf027 for the .1sI130 Orchestra, or- ennized for Mei tift, a 'cost of be/I- dea& of •thotuandle-of dollars. While still la school, Arturo fell, in love nith Ida de "Martial, a singer •Thee txran4erl 'Rod have had fent ahillidiren. Onto died Very young. The three, married and thrivi,ng, are Wally and Wanda-ati nam - d after characters in •operas by Cat. Silent who was Tescaniniee friend and Cennabler. Tossanitee rough treatMent of oth- er ittueleions ban been much 4:nigger- atie/ lt Is Wile Vint he canna en - din!. atuptialty., Dirt ?it is also tree that • he .dOes not &tee ibis ideas ort ThuMotanvtInne-Ventatien • he - re- Plaiti•etunk,y, iltUd' 06101H, 'biSfrie ita .the hint re- hearsal 'of a new, concerto, Tostranind showed him ifte ware in which -he had reerkedi ell the, flugerIngs. Platt-, eiarsay laminated, then asked cautious- ly' Whether lasearnigail 'would maid If he used hie tear fingerings. "Why no, nay boy,"" he said. any you like. I worked theee orit to amuse IA:Owelt. You see, I used to be a 'cel - The men who play 'under his baton forgive tap eabausiting demand and his tantrums. On Teseapinii's land ,hirthday last year, .Astbur Rodzinaki was ashen -sing the NBC Orchestra. In the, middle of the seesdon, the. con- °1333as'brought in a • telephone anPZia it on. the Odium, "Gentlemen," to 'said, "I'd like to suggest we call up Mr. Toscaninl and play for him." ' • ' The maestro was 'called: on the Phone, and the greet symphony mole estra. of 100 men played and sang "Happy Birthdey, dear Maestro, Hap- py Birthday' to you." Their &MAY suffered, but it wag fun and came from, the heart. Toscandoi was amus- ed, and ;deePlY touched. Sometimes Tasmand feels his bat- on 16 tinstletraate. At such moments he trips to hela the oreheitra along by Alinteng with it. He shrielvs the melody in an awful falsetto voice-, at- tempting to sting in the octave of the instrument playing the lead, be it a peep 'from the piccolo or the cello's bantam.. He snipe completely una- ware of his habit. Once, in Salzburg, canine a triblee dress relielkrical, his own voice howled out above tbe in- strainer:rat. Amazement crossed his face.' He halted the °mantra: "Fpr the love Of God! who is singing here? Who ever it is will please Shut up!" Taseanitire siimpacity eon-sett/nes seems ahnost naivete. He was taken one evening to New York's widely ballyhooed in • Casino. The place was jammed. Tbsccanini sat at his table enraptured, watehing the entertainers, drinking In the excite - meet. "Marvelous! Marvelous!" he exeleinzed, card then in a confidential whisper, "Tell Ine, how ,citta you fied out about this place?" . . , Toseanini does not regard himself as a 'septuagenarian. Virheari a friend started .to leave a large party at mid- niigbt, Tosearnind protested: "Wait whine; soon •the old .people go and well 'have fun!? And -lie means fun. He is inordi- nately fond of practical jokes, does pot band being their victim. , For a •dimmer- patty , to 'Since/tot at a frigeres home, a young wornen •ged herself out as a slatternly maid: During the meal, the pseudo -maid nudged the maestre, swung her hips at thine brushed .his elan with the ice oreau Finaliryhe Pineved into Tose canines lap. He sputtered, seemed about to explodes when she disclosed be,r identity. Moths later the ma.e- etre was still telling • the story with gusto, giving a detailed and flavor- some amount of the vixep's be/ea-lathe His notion of relaxing is - to turn on the radio and listen to the flow of prom:am. He takes in stride , enEc syinebionies,. jazz, balladry. Virhe- then he Tikes or debases. What he beans over the radio, he keeps on 'listening and talks back at the ma- chine-. He will beivil out a bad per- formlance, retvire a conductor, ,sput- ter at a tenon 0/lace-he tuned in on the middle of 'a syMphortereeSdlob bad," be obserired to the People in the room. -"That fellow haa a feel, ing for tempo. The phrasing is goad." • Wheal it ended the arepouneer said, "You have been listenclag to reeord- ing of the Pastoral Symphony con- ducted by, Artaro 'Posicatani." • The maestro snapped off the aa,dio. feree- tousle and gave it a swift kick as h4. steamed out of the roma, ebegrined net to have reeogmized hie own; read- ing: • Toscanini seems a einature of im- eulse. Hib impetnesita, Ilionever, is rarely touched off by petty Minim Usually his troubles bave arisen from. bits refusal to 'conipromise where ar- tistic ceneciente is involved. Often hi's quick decisions are manifestations of undierviatieg courage. Once for filre long, Yens Toscanini did not work at all. He hada dispute with La Scale Opera and quite suddenly, saying that Che would not conduct there . again During this period of tinetivity, with funds ,runining low, he heard tliat La, Scala was in &anent - ties.' He promptly made go .anony- mous gift of 100,000 lire. There is a plaque en. the eipera house commem- orating tbe gift from the nameless donor. To this,, day the Italian pub- lic hes-not been told who the gener- ous friend was Totem:Pint le profoundly iddalliitic. He bas never used perste bo agrandize unmet ire ,peneees his work of re- creating the comeoser's masterplecee With the self-effacement of a Votary. Re approaches the task not as an horuor that he content on composer or public, but as an incomparable Privilege, _ At one rehearsal, failing tine and againsto get just the, effect he wanted from a trumpet, he worked into one of an rages, int which he humiliated- tbe ludas/as trutneeter. Afterward, the ether players protested. The man. wita ,competent, they reminded .the eondizetor, a veteran, a meslcianiof integrity and character. "Yea are right. I am much to blame. I am sorry," said hire re- moreeflid Toscana* , At the neon rehearsal, he apologiz- ed abjectly be- the trumpeter, 10 tett of the ensemble. But as...he. talked, the memory of the upsatittfied. ithiM- eal Meal rose again and overWhelared hint "Phe trouble is," he cried, "Ged teltn me bow Ile wants Ibis Music Arid you—you get in His way• !" A Inas who has that feeling vtill net tmeilde 10 timesomiu ,./ta oinesie ar In affairs 'Of state. ,' Suer an ideal- ist, hi it Werld of :dictators and RealPoliter;seefius tO 'bebatre alike a legendark. eharacter. , But . to Own :ohs 10/0,Y7 Mtn, who lave him not, on., II for Me Masteelyntit but. for his %Man saniness, • Taniatifid,10 more ,than alegend; he la a Than anterie „Pea Shipyards Are Rooming While cppe# BUS CS its New Naval Pessels. Life has come hack onee more iit flanadtee shipyrarda. Thousandss ot worker e there MOW' contribute their share in the,$50.000,0tttO le1.4P•eAmatru45- tion (prime= which Hein. C. D. Rowe, head a the Department of Munitione and SaPPla, azeeotlY annalisleed. Work la now contigueue in this 10 - so Ahead -hit by depression dayt,e, , Each man enteloYed there seems to realise. that he le doing something, lin hie owe way, to help in the's/Iranian-than of the deffelee of Giamatti and its Allies. The vessels actuaiffy being ,built in the 15 Cana: dian shipyards, are resigned' tor anti- suisararitte warfare and minesweep- ing. A tour at Vickers, in Montreal, shows how re,adrily the busenen is leardled an this side of -the Atlantic. In that shipyard abase, more than 900 worker's are proceeding at an umemal pace to -build the ordered craft. The considerable activity observed lir ope of the shipyards may, in a way, reflect theactiyity going on in the othens. Ships are jawing built raPidle- Speed is neeesolary for this two -your '-Pnagram which includes or - .401:a for a tataleof 100 craft 'compris- ing 64 .patrol boats and 26 nine- sweePers, ,. Four Ships Ata Time Wickert/tackled the. ,problem of fest •buildeng- by starting •-the construction, on four boats at a time ina slip where formerly, the job of laying two keels side by side was coastdered it remarkable perfonnanee. The neon sites of this war made that impera- tive. Experts refund enough' space, somehow. The four hulls are grille clbse together, but the shipbuilders find ample teem to move about each berth, when banging, heavy steel plates accurately coot:re:lied by the operation of overhead electric cranes. Easily Rehabilitated The men, man.e•of wirote had been ton direct relief in the' past few months, are experiencing an ,easy re- aclaptation. machMeits and tools, Every one brings beck tO the plant the joy- with whieh the ear- penter lays hand 'once •fariore on his hammer after a long period *f idle - nes. Areund the bulls they have er- ected heavy wooden staffolds which support the men working on' the ships - Metal workers are busy in the slips parching rivet holes and cut - ape plates to shape. ()there,' are al- ready laying the finished deck plates for the forecastle. A furnace at the back 'of the slip keepe a. enre more of sturdy -angle-senithe busy 'with the constant production, of steel. frames which must be bent to fit in bhe ehip's ' lieea or stliapas .The furnaces throw vivid Stelae in tbe • ship whiob, is already.. illuminated by tire sparks of the welding torches as nem a mighty Thor's, thammar striking hard en white-hot metaL • • No,Hustle Whatever rapidity may be sarticed there no ,bustle, preelpitation is toler;ited. Work advances trickly, bute.good care" is takee that .every- thing should be done the tight way, and the shipi-taite- ..:.ferro„-frem-elay: to day. , • Pneramatie riveting. maehines parry • deaferenrie Mean all over the num- 'emus shape of • tine busy yards. No, "where else in 'Canada Ch.11 011e 'have an ....idea, Wore- real; non/ direct, of the significance of • the words so ••eur- rent', today to . Canada's ."economic front" and `,:war effort." The Ship's Engines • In a plait -Dna- the ship building berths may be seen tfaoie •wilao are manufaetaring'Usa .akip's engines, ao-: cording .to, the, most modern tech- nique • - Giant -electric iathee involve, cut- ting nibe main shafting, the connect..ing .reds, -the thrustshaftand nor - mg cylinders. Espert men go ebout with instruments for measurements to-J.:dented:nail exactitude. . ?oilers are • set up. Boiler shells made of one and threentuarters. reek easel plates, are mirved in by roller's and given their precise diameter. Powerful cian'es are" lifting up such castings as the 10non 'base- !of the engine which m a huge single piece of east iron. Elsewhere, men are boring out propeller brackets. The various works must be constantly followed up to aVold ' the slightest Mistakes.. , Slight 'rniecalculationt may affect eke stains performance and im- pair its reliability and effectiveness as an effective War WILK. Wholesale 'Launchings Launchings at Vickers should oc- cur soon. and Will: like& be shnultaie eous for tae fame 5hipa Once tide flotilla is afloat, the slip - will start once more on its now habitual work, and -four more ships will be Nine As a mattee 01 fact, the essential parts for the . laying of the, four other keels are already manufaCtured. On the whole ahrfaceof the grounds in the shipyard, 'there is hardly an inch that is left uneoVer- ed by tools,. sheeheof Metal in pre- poxartioo or bk the. tills on which cir- culate, theavIlY loaded Wager's teed- forithotancospealetione„from ;sue and of the alip to, the other, of all, the material. .. • • At noon, the sirens draw themen iirem their work but bring, them back SI one o'eloclOtharp.. , The' ishiP hen- etruction program halt- already ed frOni the deMerniiiing inertia or idleness, hbodrede or dime men. At Malawi:net:rye many of . thee, mostly yontha .bin .also several exPer- belied men, who lad been employed 10 constneCtion work -Miring the vloe irafr,„have come back to work at Vie, bere. Canadian and British ettpertet are eeen ea the. Spot, Viaffing thereirghlir ea* part of the different Work awes and studying the' Plane and Wee - Mints PrePelleil.jy.the, designers of these Veneta , Secrecy Nina:nark • DiSeretion10 manifest everkeVisire at Vlefterir. ,I4Othhig�f Whs4.' &OS( iusr use Gilleit's Pure Mao J Lye regulguly. and inu-911 keep sink drains Cie= and nal- • ning freely. It will not baan. enamel or plumbing. Banishes unpleasant odors as it deans - Lye makes light work of dozens of hard cleaning tasks . saves you hours of drudgegy.. Keep a tin always on hand! , FREE BOOKLET -- The Gramtes Lye Booklet teffshosir thiopowesfultlesasee clam, clogged drains . . iteePs mot - houses clean had oacreessbir destioirint the co/an:Its of the cleat how it performs dozens of tusks. Seed far a free copy to ihaselsord Bassids 1Ltd., Proses' Ave., sad. Lalsesty &rect. Toronto, Ont. .NOer dissolve lye in hat swam. Vice , action of the ie itself heats the water - en Oxide. the' yawl or i,. the other Vents is allowed to transpire outside- Auth•oriSations to visitors are seldent given. ° • Not only Must the asereits or • the construction be closely kept, but there must be peasant 'guard, against :sabotage. Every worker entering Om Yards must bear his 'admiesion num- ber well in evidence on his coat, or on the suspenders of. this overalls. The genemat manager has his owa number on the lapel or.b.is con. Ev- en those.who (haat) nbtained authoritjr to visit the plant are .ofteir (restos- -eci eni the nature of their brestmese as they proceed an their loam. • Access to VielterS has never been very •easy. In this industrial plant. situated in the eantern part Of Mont- real, 25 submarines were built" daring the • last war. The tradition or the shipbuilder is maintained there, wi.t.k, keyonen carrying on the main week.' Tbe yard le working at full capacity.. Oyertirae work is being done, and the men contribute to Oils great task eff the defence of Cann* with au their energy and their skin.- • Ant old fanner went to the Stereitiet to have' an aching molar removed - The operation was eampleteds ante the, patient then instructed the dant- ist10 lamen-e the nest one. . isn't necessary," explained thet dentist- "That one only wawa int sl'mParthne "Yank it °station," growled, • the fanner.. 'Dar n such sympathy as that." "Fru writing io the landiead, ear to ask for a new range and a. balk" said .Mrs. Robinson. "I else want two rooms re -decorated. TO vanes shall I addeese my letter?" "Satuta Clans." euggetsted her how- beit& LONDON and WINGLIAN NORTH Exleter Herman ElePen Ices . 1 • 10.40 10.fin Brueefield ....I.• ... , ... . 2.1.0(4 Clinton 1.1.4Z Londesbere • Myth Belgrave Wing/3am Winghan: . 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