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This one didn't appear in the points res
cord, but I happen to think that the real
Olympic champions are the Finnieli nation, all
4,000,000 of this 'peace -loving and sports -
worshipping little country's population.
In 1940 the Finns had, with great pride,
accepted the honor of being host to the
Olympic scheduled for that time and planned accordingly, But
then came the Russian invasion and World War II, resulting in
cancellation of the contests and tremendous financial losses. After
hostilities had ceased, Finlandwas linable to accommodate the
1948 games, which took place in England, -
e The work and outlay has been tremendous. For instance the
Olympic Stadium, built at enormous cost, had accommodation
for 70,000 spectators. Nearby was built another stadium ,with a
heated outdoor swimming pool for practice purposes. A new pool,
begun in 1939, was blasted otlt of gecko* .its a pine forest, and
from sheer wilderness became the scene of aquatic contests with,
facilities to seat 10,000 onlookers. These are only a fw examples
of the modern playing fields and arenas sports -minded Finland
built for .the various matches. They spared nothing to achieve
perfection for what proved to be the most sensational of all
Games, •
With the thousands of visitors, Finland faced a real housing
problem. But Helsinki eolved this poser. The Olympic Village
for men consisted of fourteen units patterned after modern ap-
artment houses. The main section contained 1,181 rooms and two
others had 212 and 277 compartments. This was for the athletes.'
And every private home was hospitably thrown open to non -
competing visitor.
Food presented another problem, but arrangements were
made to increase imports from neighboring countries. Dutch
producers and businessmen have offered fifty tons of fresh fruit -
for contestants, and Finnish vessels transported the fruit froni
the Netherlands. And the food in general, everybody agrees, was
wonderful.
There were hundreds of guides and interpreters to accom-
modate, visitors, The press relations were perfect. There wasn't
a flaw in the arrangements for the greatest of all Olympics,
staged by the smallest nation which has in years handled this
mighty,chore. Finland deserves a wreathof wild - olives, or a
gold dtedal, or whatever it is Olympic champions receive.
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by Elmer Ferguson,' c/o Calvert House, 431 Yonge SR, Toronto.
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Mice.That Sing
Yorkshire housewives have been
complaining about a plague of
"field mice" and "singing mice,"
but naturalists say the common
mouse, known scientifically as the
"Mus musculus," is to blame.
It is distinguished from "field
mice," or voles, by possessing root-
edteeth with which it can chew,
and by its long scaly tail. Tt is
about 3% inches in length, and its
tali measures 334 inches,
And sometimes it does sing)
Many people have heard "singing
mice," which emit a song rather
lace that of a subdued canary. Their
song has also been compared with
running water.
Various explanations have been
suggested for this singing. Some
authorities say it is merely the re-
sult of the mouse's breathing ap-
paratus being obstructed by bron-
chitis, or a growth pressing on the
throat and breathing tubes,
Others point to the proved fact
that both rats and mice are at-
tracted by music, and that the story
of the Pied Piper of Hamelin is
certainly not pure fiction, for rod -
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"He just keeps on going out and
yelling for help. He must be tired
after the long season."
ents have been known to come out
of their holes quite fearlessly to
listen to music,
One naturalist who kept both
mice and canaries observed that
The youngest of the rodents tried
to imitate the birds'- song.
The common mouse is often
mistaken for the field mouse, for
It is not confined to houses alone,
but frequents barns, outhouses, and
especially the apace between corn -
stacks.
It is not as prolific as the long-
tailed field mouse, which some
naturalists say is the commonest
wild animal in this country.
Two female. field mice kept in
captivity began tb breed at five and
a half months old, and brought
-about between them 36 young ones
in a few weeks.
The field mouse is slightly larger
than the common mouse, is red-
dish -brown above and white under-
neath, with very long white hind
feet.
It lives in thickets, fields and
gardens, and sinOn 4t .i5 almost en-
tirely a vegetable feeder, it does
great damage.
During the winter months it
lives in a burrow, near which it
buries -large stores of grain, peas,
beans, seeds, so that the unfortun-
ate farmer or gardener has to sup-
port it from one year's end to an-
other.
Its distant cousin is the fluffy,
round -eyed ball known as the har-
vest mouse, which loves the sun-
shine, and is so light that he can
up a cornstalk and perch on top.
He builds his nest among the corn-
stalks about a foot above the
ground, and about .half the size of
a tennis ball.
His staple food is grain, but in
spite of his "wee tinl'rous beastic"
look (which was how the Scottish
bard, Robert Burns, described him),
he is a savage cannibal when given'
half a chance. A fight between two
harvest mice means a fight to the
death, and a horrible orgy of feast-
ing on the part of the victor,
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Got A Rash When
Husband Near
A Mrs, Grace Groat, of Des
Moines, Iowa, when applying for
a divorce, told the judge that she
developed a rail' whenever her
husband was near her. This is only
one of the many curious cases of
allergy. Onesoldier clime out in
spots whenever he put on his uni-
form, and a young wife became
unwell every time she handled
raw flour,
Allergy means a condition in
which a "particular person is made
ill or uncomfortable by contact
with .a substance which has no
evil effect on most other people,
You may say, "I'm allergic to
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you out in a rash.
The typical sufferer from an al-
lergic disorder may be affected in
all or only one of the following
ways: migraine (ole -sided head-
aches accompanied by vomiting
and the seeing of moving lights),
hay fever, .asthma, skin trouble,
joint pains and swellings,
"Astounding"
One person may be allergic to
feathers, another to newly brown.
grass, a third to certain foods, such
as eggs, fish or strawberries, while
many women are allergic' to face
powder.
Some medical authorities are of
the opinion that rheumatic fever
and nephritis (inflammation of the
kidneys) are manisfestations of an
allergy caused by the germ which,
in most people, gives rise to a sore
throat only.
The astounding thing about it
all is that -although a tendency to-
wards allergy may be inherited
from your parents, you don't neces-
sarily react towards the same sub-
stance.
How can you treat your allergy?
The best thing to do is to find out
the substance which has such an
uncomfortable effect on you.
That's simple enough, if it's
something like gooseberries, but
not so easy if it's food that's nor-
mally eaten at every meal, like
wheat.
You may, by experimenting with
your diet, be able to trace your
particular allergy. If you can't,
then the doctors usually can by
making a series of tests. They
will ask you questions about what
you've been doing and what you've
been eating just before an attack
of asthma or nettle mash.
Then they will perform what
they call a scratch test.
A scratch less than a quarter
inch long will be made in your
skin, without drawing blood. A
Beauty Queen Of '53—Neva Jane Langley, 19 -year-old talented
lovely who won the 1953 "Miss America" contesf romps on the
beach after winning the coveted beauty title. The shapely lass
from Florida, who entered the national pageant as "Miss
Georgia," won a $5,000 scholarship, $4,000 in cash, and an
automobile.
glass rod will be used to rub in a
minute portion of the suspected
substance. If in ten minutes you
have developed a weal or consid-
erable reddening"of the skin, that
particular substance is the one
which is doing the mischief.
Should you prove to be allergic
to something with which you simp-
ly cannot avoid contact, such as
horse hair .or pollen, then it is
sometimes possible for you to be
desensitised.
Allergy is not an easy trouble to
deal with; individual treatment is
needed, and patience on the part
of both sufferer and doctor. Each
year, however, new discoveries
hold out farther trope, and soon
true allergy may be a thing of the
past.
Bullet
Only
Bruises
Through
Armored
Vest
Sgt. Raymond
F. Chenette's
bullet-proof
vest soaked up
a I?urp-gun slug
during fighting
in Korea and
thus only
bruised instead
of punctured,
the sergeant
lives to fight
another day.
Pointing to the
bullet hole,
Sergeant
Chenette said
he also took
five shrapnel
bits out of the
vest after taking
it off.
Wolves That Solved
A Water Shortage
One of the oldest customs is
that of tipping, .The surreptitious
passing of "thanks" from hand to
hand is usually. carried out with
the neat efficiency of au expert
sleight-of-hand conjuror.
The practice is invariably hush-
hush; the giver saying nothing, his
silence is respected and a. whisper-
ed word of thanks orperhaps a
gesture by way of acknowledge-
ment is received. The exchange
over, no one else was interested
or knewanything of - the transac-
tion,
The' procedure varies in Persia,
and a ;tip, or present, for services
rendered is relayed to all and sun -
'dry;, it enhances the character of
the dollar,
Freya Stark, in a new edition of
her chronicle, of }rare and enthrall-
ing journeys in the less accessible
regions of Persia, "The Valleys of
the Assassins", relates an incident
in which she was mildly taken to
task for the unobtrusiveness of her
tipping.
Gifts to the Arabs
Atter a stay in the village of
$hutur Khant Freya Stark decided
to continue bee journey. With the.
village a few hundred yards behind
her, she not!ced that something was
weighing rather heavily on the
mind of one of her native follow-
ers. He eventually came up to her
and asked whether she'd given a
present to the Arbab's servant.
"Yes," she told him.
"PIow was it that we dist not
see it given?" queried the mean.
Replied the donor: "it is our cus-
tom to give these gifts as quietly
as possible, , .
Azid admitted that it might be
a, good custom in her country, but
not in his. He set about putting
matters right. Hailing a passing
hillman the two spent quite a while
chatting earnestly and seriously to-
gether, Rejoining the waiting
party, Asia explained: "This man
will tell the. Arbab, and you Will
be fairly spoken .,of among them
all."
At 'Aamut the traveller happen-
ed to hear the call of the cuckoo,
and commented on the uselessness
and wickedness of the bird, grow-
ing as it does in a strange nest,
The man to whom she addressed
her remarks didn't agree.
"Is that so?" saaid the. "If your
eye is diseased and you smear oint-
ment made from the euitoo's eyes
upon it, it will heal Allah mikes
all things useful."
Castle Beseiged '
Visiting the remain? of the As-
sassins Castle of Lamiasar, Freya
Stark records an interesting legend
attached to the building. During
earlier days, especially in times of
siege, a difficulty confronting the
defenders of the castle was the
water supply. To help conserve the
precious fluid, ' numerous cisterns
had been cut into the stone. The
other source of supply dropped
from a rampart, via a covered
river, This passage was called the
Gurg-u-Mish, or Wolf -and -Ram, c
Apparently at one time the in-
habitants of the castle were in dire
need of water. By some means
rams were herded into the tunnel
with skins full of water tied under-
neath their bellies. Wolves were
let in behind them. Terrified by the
pursuing wolves, and with no es-
cape from the. narrow way, the
flock rushed up the slope and pro-
vided the castle with water.
Weeping Bride
Pity the bride the author met
at Garmrud. In one corner, apart
from all the festivities and feasting,
completely hidden under a pale
blue veil, stood the bride. She re-
mained motionless, hour after hour
while guests streamed by, unable to
sit because the chief guest request-
ed her not to. Freya Clark, lifting
the veil to greet her, was horrified
to see large tears roiling down her
painted cheeks. She was weeping
with fright and fatigue—a veiled
image at her own wedding feast.
The bride would not appear in
public again for twenty-one days
after the wedding.
"The Valleys of the Assassins"
is an absorbing book—a classic of
travel. - -
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