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The Brussels Post, 1960-08-18, Page 7BONE-ANZAI — Jill, a New Malden, England, Dalmation, guards what very well might be the biggest bone any dog ever had, 29 3,} 33 36 19 4 Tilt victim's head all I the way back to open air ; paisage, Try to keep ' head lower than the rest i of the body, if possible. if chest does not in 3 flute et first cittempf, quickly clieck to see if throat it blocked by fors tied articles or tongue. Foal; Sunday Laws In Great Britain The shOP's inspector was en- joying an afternoon stroll .down the village street when he saw et small boy emerge from a cafe sucking an ice cream cone and Clutching a packet of tea. ",rust bought that, sonny?" the inspector asked sternly. paid the boy. "We've got Com- pany and Mum's run eut of tea." "You shouldn't buy that on Sunday, you know. The.cone's all right — but not the tea." So a small boy had his first lesson in the mysteriee of the chaotie Sunday trading laws, and a woman shopkeeper was prosecuted, Though she was le- gally open to serve meals and the shelves were packed with merchandise, at least three-quar- ters of it she was not allowed to sell. Farther along the road was a big hospital. At the gates stood a mobile shop doing a roaring trade in candy, biscuits, and ci- garettes. Now and then a cus- tomer was served with deter- gent, tea, bootlaces — anything on the packed shelves. This was not illegal. A case in 1958 proved that a shop is a permanent structure. The laws about shop trading on Sundays do not apply to shops which . move around. Isn't it high time that such a ridiculous situation was ended? Let's sweep away all these silly laws and bring Sunday up to date. At present we might as well be living in t h e Middle sages! Though our fantastic laws ..bout Sunday activities are so involved that virtually, everyone i.reaks them there are do's and don't's which only a lawyer can remember. You can buy a meat pie and mashed potatoes in a cafe but not fish and chips in a chip shop. You can sell partly cooked tripe but not raw liver. You may buy a can of clotted cream but not a can of fruit to go with it. Fresh mackerel may be dis- played for sale before and after the times of church services, but not while they are in progress. The chief reason why moun- tains of ice cream are sold on Sundays is that a court back in 1916 solemnly decided that ice cream was not meat so its sale was legally in order. But if you run out of methy- lated spirit for the picnic kettle don't try to buy any. The sale is banned from 10 p.m. Satur- day to 8 a.m. Monday, and in- fringement of the law carries one of the biggest of all Sunday trading fines — 4100. If Sunday turns out wet and mother yearns to keep her fin- gers busy with some knitting she must not attempt to buy wool. The knitting pattern, so long as it is in a periodical, can be legally bought, but a 600-year- old law forbids "the showing of wool for sale" on Sundays. The repressive laws about drinking and eating, buying and selling, meeting for games or discussions, were made for poli- tical reasons quite as much as from religious motives. They were designed to curb freedom way back in the seventeenth century. No one worried very much that the Sabbath of the Bible was the seventh day — Saturday — and that biblical rules did not apply to the first day. A law is bad when even the law-abiding innocently break it. The most blameless maiden aunt regularly runs the risk of ape peering in court for her mildest of Stinday activities. If she travels out of her par- ish and plays croquet with an- other old lady she has broken the law and. could be fined 3s. 4d. You can indulge in sports and pastimes on' Sunday, but only sfes ••••• in your own In the Oily of London, where parishes are small and congested, a caretaker of one of those blocks of ofnees could play bail with his child on one side of a courtyard quite legally, but if he crossed it to pick the ball up he would be committing an offence, If you travel anywhere except on your own two feet on Sun days you will need counsel's opinion to make sure you are still a law-abiding citizen. The law of 162'7 was designed to pre., vent journeys of any distance, but fortunately railways, cycles, cars, coaches, and buses had not been invented, so they are not mentioned as illegal traneport. But if you take a trip round the bay, enjoy small boat sail- ing, try your hand at punting, or put your children on the boat- ing pond in the park you are liable to a fine of £1. The act bans travel by boat, lighter, wherry or barge. The boatmen of the Tharness were so worried about this that an act was passed permitting "boating on the Thames — the only river in the country where it is now a legal Sunday acti- vity. The only way to hold shows like regattas, motor rallies, page- ants and sports meetings is to let everyone in for nothing. Ad- Vance bookings or. token pay- ments are against the law. Though the Football Associa- tion has now decided to recog- nize Sunday football the fact that no money can be taken makes the project financially impossible on any large scale. Sport thereby loses badly needed finance, charities miss thousands of contributions, and the public is deprived of recrea- tion available in virtually every other country in the world. Since 1932 Sunday cinemas and concerts have been legal. But while you may watch, say, Peter Sellers with a 'false mous- tache on the screen you must not see him on the stage with any make-up or props, or in a play even without them. Of course, if you dress up actors, half strip showgirls, give your comedians red noses, and fill the stage with props for a Sunday show, this is quite legal so long as you let the audience in for nothing. You are, of course, producing a TV show writes George Kay in "Tit-Bits." Who are the people who fight every move to make the Bri- tish Sunday a time when physi- cal recreation can take its place alongside spiritual activities? Certainly not the leading re- ligious groups in the country where modern- views are that forced religion is a travesty of belief. The obstinate and bigoted Sab- bateeians w o insist that the majority must acquiesce to the minority are, grouped in the Lord's Day Observance Society founded in 1831 by a Bishop from India. The L.D.O.S. used to be helped in, its campaign, though it did not use" the `method itself, by a money-making racket open to anyone, who "told tales" about illicit Sunday activities. ThiS -was the reward paid to a Common Informer. One man was alleged to have made £1,500 by taking proceedings against shopkeepers, sports organizers •and so on. In 1951 this profitable regard for a gloomy Sunday dis- appeared when the law was changed. Today the, L.D.O.S., by con- tacting the local police or au- thority when Sunday, fun is an- nounced has prevented hundreds of events, often for charity, from taking place-- and it has stop- ped efforts to alter the law. When, in 1953, a Bill was pro- moted in Parliament to permit theatres, variety shows, and sports meetings, the L.D.O.S. 50 YEARS — The insignia of ' the Camp Fire Girls is carried an this stamp which will go on sale in New York City Nov. 1 to mark the 50th anniversary of that group. A' halfsmillion girls are members today. organized a petition and encour- aged members to write to• their M.P.'s. The result was a defeat for the Bill. A further attempt in March, 2958, to get a Select Committee to, study „the .anomalies of our Sunday IkWs came to nothing. It's time our legislators took positive action' about Sunday lawi. Everyone knows that they don't and won't work in the mid- twentieth .century. He's Free But For How Long? "Put any one of them in a room with me — I'll come out." With a matching look of scorn for the eight men in the dock of a Boston courtroom, Joseph J. (Specs) O'Keefe proceeded-in cold, incisive tones four years ago to give the evidence, that sent his associates in the great Brink's robbery to prison for the rest of their lives. Last month, as the gray, 52- year-old-informer walked out of the Massachusetts jail where he had been since trial, there was considerable speculation as to how long Specs O'Keefe would remain a free man. The state of Pennsylvania wanted O'Keefe on, an .old burglary charge, and the underworld was equally, interested in "The Bos- ton Songbird" for violating its unwritten code. Specs claimed he had been justified in turning state's evi- dence. Although he had taken his share of the risks in the Brink's robbery, and supplied his share of the, skills, he had been "shorted," as he put it, out of his share of the loot. Like his confederates on that night of Jan, 17, 1950, he had donned a Navy pea jacket, leather gloves, and a Halloween mask, and staged the raid on the Brink's headquarters which net- ted $1,219,000, biggest haul in American criminal history. But less than six months later, Specs Was picked up by Pennsyl- vania police on a firearms,charge and jailed for three years. When he came out, the $95,000 he had left with associates was gone. Stolen, they told him. So, four days before the statute of limita- tions ran out, Specs sang to the FBI, Strolling out of 'East Cam- bridge jail last month, Specs said he had only 11 cents in his pock- et but was not concerned about his future. He had a couple of offers, one from a Hollywood produce. to serve as technical adviser for an upcoming picture on the robbery, another for tele- vision. Ahd, in his own words, he Was "very, very happy," But there was one flaw in Spets' rosy picture. The under- world would neVer forget; and the Brink's robbers who are stilt inside the jail all have friends on the biltside. As Garrett H. Byrne, prosecutor Of the Brink's ease, put it: i'SPects is a sitting duck for murder." Men who give in if wrong are wise; aims who give in if right are married.• ISSUE. 32. 1960 • - •.; 49/ 4•Nhb.„ A new insect pest is causing some concern to livestockmen in eastern Canada and. United States. * * * This pest, known as the face fly, is a close relative of the house fly and has been common in Europe and Asia for many years. It was first found in North America in the province of Nova Scotia, in 1952, and since then has spread west into Ontario, Il- linois and Wisconsin, and as far south as Virginia. Face flies congregate and feed on the head, and especially the face of livestock, causing ser- ious annoyance to the animals. - 1, * According to D. G. Peterson of the Guelph entomologist lab- oratory, many chemicals (insec- ticides and repellents), have been tested on this insect, and al- though a few show some prom- ise, further testing must be done both in Canada and the United States before specific recommen- dations can be made. * * Face flies are active through- out the summer, becoming abun- dant in clear, warm weather, and are troublesome to stock only in the daytime. They feed on vari- ous secretions from the bodies of cattle, horses, sheep and other animals. Since the eyes and nose offer the most constant source of food, the flies are commonly noticed on the .face. Annoyed animals attempt to evade the pest by standing huddled to- gether or tossing and shaking their heads. • * * The adult face fly is similar to the house fly in both size and appearance but their habits are quite different. The face fly Is found on pastured animals but not on those 'in the barn, as it seldom enters buildings during the summer. Eggs are laid, in fresh cow manure and develop Into adults in about two weeks. • • Persons feeding garbage to swine are required to comply with certain regulations under the Animal. Contagious Diseases Act. Dr. K. F. Wells, Veterinary Director General, points out that all garbage and kitchen waste collected from commercial estab- lishments and fed to swine, must be cooked, and all persons col- lecting such garbage for swine feed, must be licensed by the de- partment. Q. How can I remove machine grease from clothing? A. Add a little ammonia and soap to cold water and apply it * • * to the fabric. Ammonia in which Periodically, federal veteri- salt has been dissolved will also narians check local hotels and remove the spots. HER SECOND WIMBLEDON Maria Esther- Buono, left, wins eetrarid adrisedUtiVis Wimbledon tennis choWri by defeating South Africa's Sanded Reynotaii right, 8-6, 6-0,• in play at Wienbto- ciOn, Englcinda UNDAYS0001 LESSON ley Roy, 11. it. Warren, OA., • God Yearns for lils Wayward reePie IIOSea Memory Selectien: Bt ho1dv What manner of leve the Fae flier hath bestowed upon US, that we should be called the eons of God. 1 John 3-1. When 1 think of `love' lr Zink of 'God,' For "God js loves Saw patient. He was with the 'Israel- ites in bringing them o'mI d Egypt, His steadfast love is eyes more manifest in His' dealings with them during 40 years the wilderness and the final set- tlement in Canaan. But in spite- of His love, in the days of Ho- ' sea, they have become a way- ward people. They have turned to the worship of images. Still God's love is extended to them, God's love is not weak and anaemic, It goes forth in power to subdue rebellious hearts. But, remember, God does not trespass on man's own right to make his moral choices. Man must open his heart to God's love. He gnus* consent if he is to be converted from his evil ways. Like the prodigal, he must turn from his sin to God, We must not forget that Gold is just. Despite His expressional of Love in this lesson, He pro- nounces severe judgment upon Israel. "The Assyrian shall bet his king, because they refusedl to return. And the sword shall abide on his cities." The not* of Divine judgment has bee* dropped from many pulpits but it hasn't been dropped from the Bible. Let man say that there is no hell, if he will. The fact of hell as revealed in Scripture. and by Jesus Christ Himself, re- mains. If we are wise we will accept God's word without disc puting and govern our lives ac- cordingly. God's yearning love is ex- pressed in such strong expres- sions as, "I drew them with cords of a man, with bands o2 love: — "How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? How shall I de- liver thee, Israel?" How sense- less and ungrateful it is to tura our backs on God's love. It is dangerous, too. Israel's plight to this day is evidence of the folly' of rejecting God's love. altered, as the ceiling of ice brings twilight to 'the corridors and open spaces. But as when a, stage ,is darkened while new scenery is moved into place, the returning sun will once more shine through a glassy window and send its subdued rays in a submerged forest where a small bass swims about. — From "Be- yond the Cabin Door," by Walter Collins O'Kane. Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking HOMO BOOM MOM anon 'Gunn nag ulna mummy ono mammon . MOEMEO OMOE unarm nnn MEM mama annum EEO ME© NEEME MEEM CEEMOO MOMMEM MEM mumonmen num MEE N000 MOE NOM MEMO SMOG Blow through nose or 2 mouth; making tight seal over both with lips. Or blow through mouth only, closing nose with fingers. . • . . Inflate chest about 10 4 timesl a minute--inhale `while the victim exhales. Placa d handkerchief on the mouth, if desired, 53 50 An Arctic Owl From deep in the woods new came a sound which commanded my attention. It was a cry 1 had never heard before — nor have I heard it since. In quality it was like the flat quack of a duck but had back of it the power of a larger creature. A was given at regular intervals, and obviously its author was coming closer, for lt grew stronger. Others awaken- ed in the cabin at the unusual sound, and questions were flash- ed back and forth, but none could identify the voice. The cries were now coming from a point very near the lake, high in the treetops. I hurriedly dressed and found a flashlight. Next the call was directly over- head. The creature, which must be winged, was perching in our tall white spruce. I slipped out the door and made my way down the shadows, atremble with ex- citement -- nature lore offers no greater thrill than the finding of a new creature. Soft but pow- erful wings whirred directly over me, and against the starlit sky I saw a bird of tremend- ous size. Uttering again its epele cry, it alighted on our boathouse. I worked my way toward it as slyly as possible and then sud- denly caught it in the full ray of the flashlight, For only a mo- ment I saw it — it took wing at once — but what a marvelous sight it was. A pure white bird, obviously of the owl family. I gasped in admiration as it spread its great wings and took' to the air. Out into the night I traced its flight by the rhythmic harsh cry: for a moment it paused on the Island, again at Brown Hill; I could hear it in the swamp be- yond, and faintly on in the di- rection of Seven Mile Lake. I am not yet sure of its identity but believe• it to have been the great arctic owl, which occasionally is seen this far south. — From "Na- ture's Messages," by Sam Camp- bell. The Little Bass And His World In a quiet cove of the pond, a small bass, swimming about in the midst of pondweeds and waterweeds, lives in a world en- gagingly different from our own. The leafy stems of the tall sub- merged plants are his forest. Within it there are no trails that we could recognize, but the lit- tle bass has his preferred path- ways to food and safety. Over his treetops a glassy surface, like a strange kind of window, sepa- rates his realm from the distant sky. the sunshine that reaches him Is tempered, and the shad- ows that it casts are subdued.. The- clouds that drift overhead are soft and vague. His leafy forest is a place of translucent vistas. Within his world he moves freely hi every direction, up. and down, right and left. He may linger in the crowns of his small trees or may visit their base, rooted in the ooze. In all of this he moves with effortless ease. If he so elects, he may thrust his head through the glassy window above the treetops and glimpse a different world. When cold weather comes, when seeds are detached from the waterweeds and sent float- ing upward when the submerged forest silently bows to the in- evitable cycle, when the surface of the pond becomes a locked door, the world of the little bass does not cease to exist. In the deeper part of the cove his life goes on. His forest landscape is CROSSWORD PUZZLE 'ACROSS I. Some time ago 5. BOW .9. Increase 12. Unwoven Cloth.. 13. Nota 14. Support for fiumitUre 15. Very eager 16, Being added as Increase 18. Domestic fowl 19, Deilltes. 20, Plower 22. ThIgrave„ with add 26. rine Silk „ netting 28. Brown;o 30. Bratillitii coin 31, Character "pier f4Viit" 83. Wanderers.._. 35, witigilke"Pt of a fitti ... Before 118,NerreW 88. 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De- partment• of Agriculture. These precautions are impor- tant in the prevention of hog cholera and certain other swine diseases. restaurants to 'find out how they dispose of their garbage. Oper- ators receiving such refuse are instructed on feeding regula- tions, and licensed, premises where collected garbage is being fed to swine are inspected at least once a month. For the past 45 years persons collecting garbage for swine feed have been licensed under the Animal Contagious Diseases Act. At present there are 650 licensed persons collecting and feeding garbage to swine. * * * Ever have a bout with food poisoning? It's an unpleasant experience and common enough to stress the need for proper processing of meats and non-acid vege- tables, and' the careful handling of left-ovens, says food tech- , nologist George Strachan. The only safe method for can- ning non-acid vegetables and meats is by pressure cooking ac- cording to recommended times and temperatures, * * Left-over canned vegetables quickly become contaminated with the ever-present house 'hold micro-organisms, and un- der favorable conditions they in- crease rapidly to produce poison- ous or toxic substances. Storing contaminated foods in a' refrig- erator does not eliminate, the danger. Low temperature merely retards the development of mi- cro-organisms. Left-over meat and vegetables should be used only for -dishes that require high cooking tem- peratures warns Mr. Strachan. • Precessors do not recommend refreezing vegetables after thaw- ing. Frozen food is not neces- sarily sterile when packed, al- though micro-organisms if pres- ent, are inactive. However, at mild temperatures, organisms originally in the food or those introduced through contamina- tion, will begin to mutliply and cause off-flavors or off-odors. Others may cause illness if not destroyed by subsequent cook- ing. When only portions of froz- en vegetables are to be used they should be removed in the froz- en state and the unused por- tions immediately returned, un- thawed, to the freezer. * • * Under most conditions there is little danger of the acid types of fruits and vegetables spoil- ing, but occasionally they will ferment or become mouldy. This type of epollage is rarely, if ever, toxic. BREATH OF IIFE Rescue, breathing — the use, of a person's breath to revive Someone who it tin able to breath for hitnieitif the olcleet and most effective ferret of resuscitation. Alt itapreseed technique is shown in sketches above and is teconi, Mended by tha Red Cross and medical erdanitaiione. 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