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Rev. Warren,
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Psalm pli; 8-13; Isaiah 40; 28.$11ti
Inatthew,t1:91); Jelin 4;23.24; 100
NenterF Selection; God is *
Spirit, and they that worship
him must worship him In split*
and in truth, John dal,
many tillleS does she wish she
could examine the product in-
side- How many times is she
influenced by a colourful label,
a brand name, or a low compara-
tive price, and fails to note
whether the label bears the
word Fancy, Choiee, or Stand-
ard, All canned fruits and veg-
etables packed for shipment
from one province to another
in Canada are subject to in-
spection by the federal Depart-
ment of Agriculture. The pro-
ducts are segregated into 1st,
2nd, and 3rd quality grades and
labelled respectively as Fancy,
Choice, and Standard. The
grading is based on such factors
as nature and uniformity of
colour, texture, and flavour, and
on freedom from defects and
foreign matter. Products which
are labelled "Fancy" may be ex.
Pected to exeell in all the above
factors while "Choice" products
can lack top quality in one or
more aspects. 'Standard' can-
ned products may be expected
to show pear quality in one or
more of the factors although
they must meet the require-
ments for human edible food.
*
We:become like the gods wet
worship, ;Mythology tells us of
the gods of the ancient Greeks
and Romans. They were jealous
of each Other, capricious and
underhanded In their (lea*
with other gods and with men.
They were in constant conflict,
dealing Out vengence of one
sort or another, had illicit love
affairs with each other and with
hum an s, became intoxicated
With the drink of the gods, and
such like. The worshippers Of
these gods became like them and.
fell into moral and physical de-
cay,
Carson Reber, a former arny
chaplain says that we have out
gods of power, meney, personal
gain and pleasure, with equally
calamitous results, N e r v o us
breakdowns fill our mental hos-
pitals, drunkenness arid divorce
are breaking up the home, sex
crimes are on the increase, and
juveniles are becoming more
lawless and bolder. With all
our military might we have less
security than ever before. This
is but a little of what comes
when we burn incense to other-
than the Lord God Ahnighty.
The god of the Bible is dif-
ferent. He is pure and holy,
merciful and gracious, benefi-
cent and forgiving. Christ, his
divine Son, is the "express im-
age of his person." When we
yield our lives to his He will
completely forgive us our sins.
We 'will love him and our great
ciesitOril be to serve him. Thus
we, will become like him.
This is the way of happiness.
"He giveth power to the faint."
Without Him we are weak, baf-
fled anfi; frustrated. We need
God. ,Let us seek Him while He
may be' found and call upon
Him, while He is near. "To them
that have-no-might He increaseth
strength.
ON THE CARDS
Writing in the Agricultural
Institute Review, Dr, K, W. Hill
summarizes tests made with
Various synthetic soil centlitiOns
era in a number of locations
extending from Vancouver Is-
land to Nova Scotia, The ob-
jectives were to learn the effects
on the yields and quality of the
crops and note the physical ef-
fects on the soil, *
More than two dozen individ-
ual experiments were made dur-
ing 1952-53 and in 'two cases
significant advantages were at-
tributed to the treatment with
soil conditioner. Nappan Ex-
perimental Farm, the yield of
marketable potatoes on dyke-
"land soil was increased 11 per
cent as a result of adding 2,000
pounds of conditioner per acre,
and at Normandin Experimental.
Station, the yield of silage Corp
was increased 83 per cent follow-
ing treatment with 1,000 pounds
Of conditioner per acre. In the
remainder of the tests on oath,
sugar beets, wheat, corn grain,
barley and potatoes — except
at Nappan — no significant dif-
ferences in yield could be as-
cribed to the conditioner. * *
In other tests it was found
that soil conditioners had a
measurable effect on soil prop-
erties. Generally they tended
to improve the crumb structure
and the rate of percolation of
water through the soil was
speeded up.. The total porosity
and the non-capillary porosity
was higher in the treated than
in the untreated, soil. *
' Results of the studies do not
indicate that soil conditioners
at present available have a place
in general farming practice in
Canada. With current costs of
about $1 a pound, conditioners
could not reasonably be used at
recommended rates except. on
very small plots or extremely
valuable land. Clearly evident
changes in certain physical
characteristics of the soil due
to treatment with conditioners
have been noted consistently but
these benefits have not been re-
fleeted in higher yields.
*
When a food. shopper buys a
can of fruit or vegetables, how
The grade requirements for
each crop are set out in the Meat
and Canned Foods Act. For e,x-
ample, the regulations for .can-
ned peas include the following
specifications:— * *
Fancy--Prepared from young,
tender ,peas, practically free
from loose skins and splits; shall
be tender 'end- have a • normal
flavour; shall bnuniferm in col-
our and maturity; the, liquor
shall remain clear. •••. • *
Choice,—Prepared from fairly
young, tender, peas, 90 per cent
free from loose skins and splits;
shall be fairly 'tender and have
a normal flavour; shall be 80
per cent uniform in- colour and
maturity; the liquor shall remain
fairly clear.
*
Standard Prepared f r o m
peas not necessarily uniform in
colour or maturity or -free from
loose skins and splits; this grade
shall be 90 per cent free from
hard ripe peas; the liquor need
not be clear. ,
"Pasco-BOble is the name France Davies has given her evening
design. A Strapless sheath, its hip drapery ends in voluminous
back fullness. Fabric is a blend of acetate and viscose. The
flecked pattern gives the fabric a textured, tweedy look. Thli
is one of 44 styles, featuring Canadian fabrics, presented at the
first American showing of the Association of Canadian Couturiers
of the Hotel Pierre, New YOrk City, December 7.
They dragged hint off to
warehouse and left hiM there,
Belt as. Soon as they 1000.4 the
door on him Catnerell struggled
free, ran to .a shUnter'S cabin",
raised the alarm and Salted the
whisky,
In 1951, British Railways
adopted a precaution which has
since paid dividends-- the pre',
vision of steel grille ;Oxidate
alengside s luggage vans, so
screening Off the Van's contents
"Very effectively from petty Pil-
erPP.s. But the fight never re-
laxes; and "alrs fair" in this
unseen battle of, the tracks and
sidings, Police disguise them-
selves as porters, holiday-
makers, ticket collectors, shunt-
ers, even business men, clean-
ers and, waiters in order to
watch suspects, or investigate
saline of leakage,
Goods Trains "Milked"
in Scotland, a law months
back, a shady coal merchant
entered into league with some
gangsters and, for a time,
ed" goods trains so craftily that
dozens of truck-loads of best
quality house coals, were divert-
Ad into his yard. He never Paid
a Penny for a single consign-
ment.
In Wales, a gang greased the
tracks along a stretch of steep
gradient. -They selected moon-
less nights for their van-bust-
'ing operations. Then, as train
was forced to stop while the
crew sanded the rails, they
struck, bursting open the goods
van with crowbars to whip, out
everything within reach into a
Waiting lorry.
But sometimes the rail gangs,
responsible for sixty per cent.
of all thieving on our railways,
catch a Jonah or one of Chief
Officer Richards' "plants."
A rail 'tee hid himself in a
wicker hamper inside a goods
van at Camden Town. It was,
he;,imagined, a perfect observa-
tion post. But judge his surprise
when the thieves he, intended
to watch pinched the,hasket and
carried l him laff,i along With other
stolen ' goads, ,to "n.,,,peky
warehouse off London's docks!
He popped up through the lid,
and by sheer Jack-in-the-box
shock tactics collared his kid,
flappers.
Again; 'through Spreading
false information at haunts
popular with goods thieves, the
railway police dangle a bogus
carrot before the gang's noses:
Then, instead of a vanload of
tdbacco or nylons, the crooks
open the van's doors to , find
waiting police. ,
Policewomen,-too, act as de-
coys and tackle the risky job Of
detecting and arresting those
respnosible for assaults on, wo-
men passengers. These girls in
railway blue, or plain clothes,
often find their mirrors handy
for watching a suspect's move-
ments,
Juliette Pialat, a Parisian
fortune teller, was not a little
surprised to read in the cards
that her dear husband would
suffer a heavy blow in the near
future.
That the cards were right was
beyond doubt; but as time wore
On and the prophecy wasn't full.
filled Mm. Pialat began to won-
der. Had she slipped up? It was
out of the question; perhaps the
mystic power needed little
encouragement? She supplied it
— a hefty whack on her hus-,
band's head with a heavy club.
Hubby didn't approve, so the
fortune teller ended up in
court.
Corresponding descriptions are
given for other products,so that
the consumer, by simply noting
the grade on the label, can be
guided as to the quality within
each container. Often, the price
differenges between "grades is
very small in comparison with
the differences in qualig. The
discerning customer ,can often
'purchase Choice and preferably
Fancy products to better advan-
tage than the Standard products.
Stolen Hamper Was
Policeman's Hiding Place Upsidedown to Prevent Pee sing •
An ex-Walker Opp captain,
Wing-Commander Meddle" Lu-
cas, recently went round the
Sandy Lodge golf-course
folded. Though creas-,winds and
driving rain harassed him, his
score was 87, only 15 above
scratch, He lost only One ball
and his average drive was 230
yards,
A realy skillful golpher can
play a good game, however
weird his handicap. The begin-
ner tends to invest in clubs of
all descriptions, yet a man with
real ability at the game can get
round with only one,
At the Royal St, George's
Club, Sandwich, some years ago,
an over-confident player was
challenged by another member,
who offered to use only 'a cham-
pagne bottle. The winner was
the one-bottle man,
Golfer's "Birdie
Perhaps the most brilliantly
unorthodox golfer of all time
was the American John Mon-
tague. Once he picked, a bird off
a telegraph wire with a golf .ball
at 170 yards, and was said to be
able to sink a 20-foot putt with
a rake,
He numbered many, film stars
among his friends and for £40
he wagered that he would beat
Bing Crosby, no novice at the
game. Bing would carry his
usual clubs, while Montague
would use a beseball bat, ,a
shovel and a rake.
Montague's inintial stroke was
with the baseball bat. Com-
mented Bing, "Boy, what a
drive! Three hundred yards al-
ong the track, we made it."
The ball landed just off the
green, so Montague, taking his
shovel, placed it near the hole.
Then, with his rake, he holed it.
The handicaps imposed by
golfers On themselves have . at,
times been extremely odd.' An.
1912, the popular,baritone, Har-
ry Dearth, bet another player
that lie would beat him, even
though wearing a suit of ar-
mour. Dearth only just lost and
his defeat was ascribed to ex-
haustion, for the sun was beating
down on his armour-plating.
'Plane Sailing!
Once there was a golf match in
which clubs competed against a
fishing rod. In Wellington, Som-,
erset, Rupert May challenged fly ,
fisherman J. D. Mackinlay; the
latter taking 102 strokes to his
opponent's 87.
Stranger still was the contest
between A. J. Yoting, the pro-
fessional at'Sonning, and a pilot
called Pennington. 'Young play-
ed with his normal clubs' while
the pilot dropped cloth-covered
balls from his 'plane. The latter
took only .29 "drops' and com-
pleted the course in 4 minutes.
Young finished an hour and
twenty minutes later.
Greatest handicap in the Tam
O'Shanter Tournament played
in Chicago last August must
have been the knowledge, of how,
much was at pieke., The prize
was £35,000 and an exhibition
contract,
Watched by is40,000 • people, a
golfer called Earl .'Stewart stood
On the 72nd green „with only a
13-foot putt tax Play. If he suc-
ceeded there would be 'a tie
and a play-off, and each foot of
his putt would Ve worth about
£2,700. But the strain was too
much for him and the winner
was Bob Toski.
Warm Reception—Storekeeper 011
the Rue Tronchet, - in Paris,
France; installs infrared -heaters
over his display window, in
hopes thatwindow shoppers will
pause long enough to thaw out
both themselves and ,their poc-
ketbooks before, going_ on to
some other store.
Seen in the Mirror
Perhaps the most inspired use
of a mirror was made by e po-
liceman disguised as a porter
at Crewe.Glancing into a slot
machine's mirror, he saw a man
fidgeting with his braces. Hav-
ing undone them — he was hid-
ing behind a pillar — he turned
slowly round and round as if
winding himself up. The polite-
man moved over to investigate.
Instantly, his man hared off
down the line. But, with his
braces unfastened, he was a
loser from the start.
As expected, his trousers slip-
ped down. "All right, it's a fair
cop," he grimaced, sheepishly.
What interested his pursuer was
not so much his embarrassment
as the coil upon of tobacco
twist he had wrapped around
his middle. All of it was stolen
from a goods van crate.
S
Crook's Hunting Gromid
Scotland Yard co-operated
with the railway police in track-
ing down and suppressing one
of the worst rackets of "recent
times. Waterloo. Station, London,
was the crooks' hunting ground.
Here, in a six month period,
nearly £50,000 worth of parcels
vanished. Eventually, the plot
was unmasked,
The chief stooges were two
dishonest porters, Picking out
likely looking parcels, they
stuck fake labels on top of the
existing ones, thereby consign-
ing the parcels to stations on
London's outskirts. At the same
time, they marked the packages .,
"To Be Called For,"
Accomplices then drew up in
their cars and collected the
spoils. Much of this enormous
loot found its way into a Soho
flat, exhibited as a trade stall.
Here, at bargain prices, the
booty — ranging from first-class
• golf bags, fishing sets and
whisky cases to ladies' under-
wear, frocks and cameras — was
sold to disicreet customers. When
the flat was raided the police re-
covered £624 worth of stolen
goods, a small proportion utn
fortunately of the the total Of
the gang's filchings,
Railway police .often show
Outstanding courage. Orie, Rob-
ert Ca meron, recently saved a
£4,000 vanload of Whisky and
Was awarded the B.E.M, — most
deservedly..
i-To was on his Usual beat at
Burton-on-Trent when he saw
a gang jump inte a lofty which
had whisky abeard. Dashing for
Ward, he grappled with• one of
them and -managed to immo-
bilize the Vehidle. Mit, a solitary
palfeethith, he NiVaS inatch fok
a whole gang of determined•
thugs. They hammered irito him
and; as they trussed 'him up
like a turkey, he feigned tin-
consciousness,
4Concealed in a inggage van
Of the• Manchester to Landau"
night express, two railway po-
licemen recently saw a pair of
thieves creep into the van and
break open a mail-bag. As one
of them plunged a hand inside
it, he gasped with astonishment.
For two nearby mailbags had
suddenly come to life — and out
popped the policemen I
With an authorized establish-
ment of 3,842, the present - day
strength of the British Trans-
port Commission's Police Force
Is 3,365 policemen and 113
policewomen. This is a sizeable
squad, the biggest single dark
blue force outside the civic po-
lice in Britain.
It shoulders no light burden.
For, as the Force's chief officer,
Mr. William Richards points out,
it has to guard 51,000 miles of
railway tracks plus huge termini,
dockS and inland Waterways,
Broken Bottle Attacks
Since the introduction of
guard dogs to Glasgow sidings
and, goods. -yards there has been
no record of a' railway 'pilfer-
ing gang mauling or assaulting
a police °Meet. Previously, sev-
eral Officers were beaten to their
knees and badly injured by as=
sailants armed with broken bot-
tles and crowbars.
At Hull docks, the first port
ta be dog patrolled, an officer
had to grapple with two roar-
ing 'drunks. One bit his ears as
the other seized him. It seemed
he. Must be hurled into. the
Water, but hiS Whistle brought
a police dog into adieus, and
Seen both Men Were completely
Subdued.
The dogs, bred and trained at
lull, operate now In docks
along ,the northeast coast, ,111
railway depots and sidings both
in Scotland arid London. Ala
tuns, they can smell any irkter-
16Per lurking hi a van or tunnel.
What a Racket • . •
Cricket is another game in
which difficult handicaps have
often been imposed. The great
W. G. Grace once agreed to use
only a broomstick. Despite this,
he made 35 runs, the second
higheit score in the match.
Another well-known cricketer,
R.E.S. Wyatt, knocked up the
highest score in a match in India,
although facing M.C.C. bowlers
and constricted by werneri'i
clothing, His garb included a
tight pair of stays, a ground-
length skirt and an -enormous
hat crowned with fruit and
flowers.
" You would not expect cross-
Channel swinuffers to take extra
risks by handicapping them_
selves, but not long ago a Dutch-
Mari neatly .achieved his objec-
tive while handcuffed, A York-
sills-611'1mi made the attempt with
his legs chained together.
In a football Match at Vichy
recently, 'both teams handicap-
ped themselves by introducing
a .bull to the ,ground. It
charged quite iinpartially as
they tried, to, Scare. ,
doubtful *he Was'' handl.
capped more — himself` at his
opponents' when ..a Colonial
official used to play pOlo in Nair-
obi.. Fox a, mount .he used a
zebra trained, by himself.
Tennis' hag freqUently been
played in difficult Cirottrnitandes,
Ari, Irishman won his Match,
thoUgh lie used a Sada-Water
syphon Instead. of a raolteC
Once at Brighton a couple play-
ed,mOunted on horseback; while
,the. Anstralian McLeish tronsit.'
ed ejaptinetit 6-2, 6-9 using
instead of a racket a frying-,
pan!
"Now Mkt Christmas is over,
what about New Year's Eve?"
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