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The Brussels Post, 1952-9-24, Page 7To Cherish By Richard Wilson They had been friends since child- hood, James was two years older than Betty; in their li:ay he was always the leader. It remained so when they reached maturity. She looked up to hint, depended on him, trusted him, But she never refused his challenge, When they were children he,re- sented this. Girls were not supposed to be as agile or as physically adept as men. Btty never susgected'•his resent- ment, As they grew older it gave way to a certain grudging respect; later to frank admiration, lie came to understand her purpose: She. loved the things he loved, she loved hint, she felt that winning and main- taining his respect was the first step toward winning his devotion. Without ever mentioning it aper- fect understanding and cdntenunent came to exist between then. Following graduation Janes en- tered a brokerage office. Two sum- mers later he joined his family at Granite Beach where they were spending July and August. Betty's folks lived in the next cottage and Betty was there with then, the current` was stronger than James realized. ]3e was beginning ' to tire, There canie a day in fate August when they sat together on the beach and watched the westerning sun dip toward'the horizon. Suddenly James sat upight. "Look," he said, "let's swim across the bay to the headland, cut through the vacant Jot and ride home with Dad from the golf club." There was a challenge in his voice! For an instant Betty hesi- tated. Few there were who had the strength to swim against the cur- rents caused by the outgoing tide in the bay and reach the headland in safety. It was a dangerous feat at best, She looked at James and smiled. "All right," she said, "let's." Of the few who could accomplish that feat James stood head and 'shoulders above the rest. It was second nature with trim to thus challenge, it was equally second nature with her to follow, They raced clown to the water and plunged in. "Last one across is a crooked banana!" he yelled, then struck out. They had beet swimming most of the afternoon, The second plunge is always the coldest. In addition, the water had a decided chill to- day. Before they had covered 50 yards Janses.rcalized that the cur- rents were stronger than he had at first supposed. But' these obstacles only gave zest to the undertaking that caused the blood to course 'in the veins. He traveled another E5 yards and then looked back Betty -was farther behind than Ile expected, He trod water awhile, waiting for her to catch up. \Vhen she drew near he saw that her lips were blue; that her stroke larked its customary vigor. She smiled at hint and came on. "What are jou waiting for? Scared?" Her voice, ton, bad a forced gay- ety to it. ITe frowned. A sudden ' thought crossed his mind. It was followed by another and theft a fozcn more. ;\ feeling akin to horror took possession 'of I1tm. Betty swam abreast. She was • 'cry close. 1 -Ie could see that her .tett were chattering, ' "Look," he said suddenly: "We'll lave to go back." She stared, "flack? You fueau "I've got to quit. Being cooped _ tp in an office all day long lilts 'obbed me of what it takes, 1 Ness." He managed a snsile. Betty darted to say something, but ladles urged and headed for the beach. Fifteen minutes later, when both tad recovered their breath, James aid: "Betty will you marry me? : mean, right away? This fall?" "This fall?" She laughed, "Of :nurse 1 ,will, James, if you think t best," He kissed her. lie felt greatly rc- ieved, happier. it hadn't made any Iifference. She was still the same, still ready'to -follow wliever he led. Out there in the bay he had a prom- rnf of panic, Por the first' time he had realized the frill responsibility of ger trust, Tt was, he decided, lontethfng 'to- cherish,' never to for- get, Your Skeleton Tells Everything Given the -skeleton of a human being scientlits can quickly tell its sex, race, age, and height Iron an exatnination of the skull and plain lint;, bones, They can frequently Iliseoi'er what disease tite person suffered front during life, and some-, times even the.'cause of death. Years of burial do not hamper their analysis, for bones are amongst the most durable objects on earth. There are over two hundred in the human body, from the large demur itt the leg' to the tiny stirrup bone in the ear. But scientists do not need the two hundred in their investigations, From the skull alone they can usually tell the 'sex. The capacity of the female skull is two hundred cubic centimetres less than the male, while the brow ridges are less prominent. Racial characteristics show clear- ly in a skull. The nasal structure in a white person's skeleton, for instance, is more highly developed than in the negro. Disappeared The age of any skull is disclosed by the sutures which hold it to- gether. After twenty-one these sut- ures or divisrvns disappears as the bones of the skull knit together. This fusing is .universal. The three on top of the head start to. link at twenty-two, twenty-four and twenty-six years, At' thirty-five, forty-two and forty-seven they have disappeared entirely. Information based on scientific facts like these has been accepted in the courts. In Oklahoma some years' ago oil was found on a tract of land which was registered in the name of an Indian youth who had disappeared when he was eighteen. The father insisted that, as the boy had been killed is Arkansas while riding on a freight train, he was sole claimant to the royalties, a claim which was contested be- cause of lack of proof of the boy's - death, The court ordered tlie exhume - tion of the body in Arkansas, and. scientists said that the skeleton was that of an Indian youth, eighteen or nineteen years of age, five feet .seven inches in height. Proof of Death This and other information cor- responded closely with the record of the missing' boy,' and the court arcepted it as proof of death. • Avoid Facial, Wrinkles With Foot•ease'Eicercises BY EDNA M[1LES X"OUB feet are your surest method of getting' from one Once to another. All day long, they take you shopping, walking, hove you quickly about bn your household duties, then sometimes take you dancing in the evening. In return, youshould give Omni. the utmost consideration and care. When your feet hurt or ache, your face ;quickly reflects the pain. To dancer like Allyn effeLerje, now appearing in 'the Broadway musical, "Desert Song," tired lines and sag ing facial inuseles would be disastrous. Here, „then, are her expert tips on eeping In good shape b5' exercise. tt. To strengthen her arches, she likes to spread se towel on the floor, sprinkle it with marbles And: then attempt to pick up the markleas t%flh: her toes; Practice makes perfect and you'll get better es you,go along.' You will also acquire stronger arches, the better to support you, as you acquire skill at the game;' A;aecond'important exercise from Allyn McLerie's beauty notebook is good for toes, *hes and for toning up leg muscles as well. To do it,.alternately stand; on your tiptoes on two piled up telephone books, then slide back on your heels. Do this foir 20 counts each day, When you take your nightly bath, brush your feet ;briskly. ',hat's. an aid to circulation. Massage your feet with o11 or.?ream several times ,aweek. You'll find a mentholated cream is soothing to aching feet. • , Be sure that your stockings fit properly and that they allow enough room for your toes to wiggle easily. It's preventive care such as this that will keep away severe foot aches and pains that women frequently develop in their middle years, Graceful actress -dancer Allyn MoLerie demonstrates her favor- --a. rte arch -strengthening exercise. Scattering marbles on a towel. then retrieving them with her toes tones up foot muscles, makes. them aehc-free and comfortable even after her many dance routines in Broadway musicals. A single leg bone is enough to find the heigl.t of a skeleton, the data being based on a special formula. When the 'scientists have a com- plete skeleton they can almost write a life history. A skeleton found in. a well was believed to be the re- mains of a' Marine, John Ellison. Anthropologists judged the skele- ton to• be drat of a left-handed map of military bearing. Giving their estimation of Isis age and height, they also reported that he had suf- fered froiir"'pyorrhoea: The left-handedness stemmed from 'the left. humerusuja hone in the upper arm) being heavier thon the right. The erect spinal column indicated,, a"military career,` while pyorrhoea Weis -obvious in the den- tures. Sex was ba'se'd' On the 'skull but confirmed by the pelvis, age front the sutures, and height from the femur; bone, . Ellison bad been murderd, but ,after identification his "killer was found. TCiaABLCtE TALKS Nothing like a good chocolate cake to make the family happy. When made :with economical,now. fat dry milk, it carries first-class nutrition at a lower 'price. When covered with coffee frosting, your cake will have even further appeal., Nonfat dry milk, Which is milk with only the fat and water, re- moved, is- an `excellent source of protein, calcium, riboflavin and lactose, A . One -pound package yields five quarts , of nonfat milk •tt' a very ceoitoinicef price. It will keep almost indefinitely on a cool, dry shelf it the`,package is closed'rat•hilly aftei tacit using. Coffee and take make a delicious snack -time combination, especially whet, the rich, dark coffee flavor is repeated in smooth cake frosting. Serve' :this -mouth-watering ensem- ble to your guests dropping in on a Sunday afternoon. Better yet, whip tip this delicious icing and surprise friends With e coffee -iced - cake and hot coffee' after an even- ing vening at bridge or the theatre. - CHOCOLATE CAKE (Makes *two 8 x 11,4 layers) , , l z cups sifted flour 14 cup non-fat dry milk 1 teaspoon salt teaspoon baking soda 34cup cocoa cup shortening 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 eggs, slightly beaten , 1 tablespoon vinegar 1 cup water ' Sift together floitr, ' nonfat dry milk, salt, baking soda and coma. Cream shortening; "graddally add sugar.; and, cream -until light and,. fluffy Add, vsnilla.and,eggs; beat until hell"bkpdei?. Combine vine- gar dila water, ctiriing only enough - afte; each addition to 'blind' welt Grease and lint with .waxed ,paper, two 8 x 1 /-inch ,Mayer pans. I'our- mixture into pans, 'Bake in moder- ate oven 1350 degrees F,) ahnut 30 minutes usilli'elfko'dpiitigs back` when -lightly pressed with 'finder. Remove layers from oven; allow to coot, in pans 5 minutes. Turn onto cooling reek. COFFEE FROSTING % non-fat dry milk 2I cups sifted , confectioners sugar 1 tablespoon instant coffee t!,' cup butter 1 teaspoon vanilla ' 1- tft,2 tablespoons, water •- Sift together nppfat dry milk powder,''I;ugd4' and doffec. Crean butter,''Gradtitlly sett its half of dry ingredients, Stir. its vanilla and 1 tablcspopn water Stir in remain- ing dry ingredients.,, Add remain- ing water" if jt'bddcd to give a good spreading' consistency. Beat hntil fluffy. Fortune for a Watch Four years ago, M. Dargier de Saint Vaulry, a French fuse ex- pert, tired of winding his wrist- watch every day. Applying This knowledge of electronics to the watchmaker's craft, he; decidedthat a new motive power could be sub- stituted for the old-fashioned main- spring. Inspressed by his idea, a French pfirm of watchmakers 'placed their resources at his disposal. In se- crecy Saint Vaulry and the firm's technicians went to work. As the months went_; by the piles of calculations grew. Then at last a prototype machine began to take place on the benches behind the locked doors of the laboratory. But its component parts were On such a minute scale that each had to be fashioned under a powerful' magnifying glass. Eventually they were assembled, and the first electronic watch was ready ,000. for testing. It had cost Recently exhibited in London, the ,pew timepiece, in appearance' just another wristlet watch, is powered by the world's smallest electronic generating set. The gen- erator itself is tinier than a piece of confetti, while, the motor is no bigger than the finger -nail of a new-born baby. Runs For. a Year Its winding coils. of . insulated wire, one sixth tide thickness of a human hair, measure 10;000 'feet) Current equivalent to one seven - millionth of one horsepower is suf- ficient, Replacing the conventional main- spring, this: Lilliputian power sta- tion will keep a watch running for a year. No winding is necessary and accurate timekeeping is as- sured. Tests applied in France's National Observatory of Chronom- etry have proved its margin of error over a period of, months to be less than one second, When the` generator is exhaust- ed, it can easily be reproved and a new one fitted by any qualified watchmaker.. Costing something Ike $20,000 to manufacture at present, the new electronic watch is to go into quan- tity production as soon as factories have been tooled up. When it reaches the market around 1954 115. Saint \"aunty's non-stop time- keeper may sell at a price no high- er than that of any* good quality watch. ONE -AND -ONLY' JOE Joe Frisco, the stuttering com- edian, is an unending source of stories for the hard-pressed col-untnists, One of the latest chroni- cles the touch he made from Char- lie Farrell, the ex -movie star and present hotel magnate in Patin .prings. "It's only a hundred _d -d - dollars," pleaded Frisco. "T need it for a new set of teeth the dentist is making f -f -for mc." Farrell gave him the venture note, but three days later Frisco was back asking for more. "What did yott do with the hundred .1 gave you Tuesday?" asked Farrell suspiciously. "I had b -b -bad luck, Charlie," confessed Frisco. "My t -t -teeth finished sev- enth!" • Another Frisco story had hint lost in the fog while driving his roadster from Palin Springs to San Bernardino, There was a car ahead of him picking its way through the enshrouding` hist, and Friedo de- cided to follow closely behind it. This labor-saving device worked fine until the car that Was gttiding hint stopped short—arid Frisco's runabout smashed into its rear buntper. The excited comedian jumped to the ground and hollered, "Why don't, you s -s -stick your hand out wltett you t -c -come to n stop?" A voice` hollered back, "Why shettid T --in my own garage?" TUFT FRONT Great interest has been shown by potato growers in a recent press release about the possibility of us.' ing zinc sulphate and other zinc salts to increase potato" yields. Perhaps more was read into the re- lease than was intended, for the work on which it was based is still experimental. It is not recom- mended at present that growers use zinc sulphate as a seed treat- ment, or as a supplementary fertil- izer, In reporting more fully on the work being done at the Charlotte- town Experimental Station, L. C. Callbeck, says that the studies de- veloped as an interesting off -shoot in testing new potato fungicides. It had been observed, for example, . that one organic fungicide, excel- lent for controlling fungus diseas- es on certain vegetables, seriously depressed the yield of potatoes. On the other hand it is frequently re- ported that zinc -containing fungi- cides encourage increases in potato yields and observations 'indicated that there may be some justifica- tion for ,these claims. The increase —if it is assumed that there is an increase, may be induced from one of the following'; (a) zinc -contain- ing fungicides are less phytotoxic (less poisonous to plants);, (b) the zinc in the fungicide ' Stimulates growth or satisfies a minor element deficiency; (c) a combination of both factors. At present zinc is the only metal other than copper that has found its n -ay into Prince Edward Is- land's commercial plantings, reach- ing them chiefly in the form of zinc sulphate.. For this reason the t element zinc has been given prior- ity in this new phase of fungicide re.eareIt, * * * 'Pedis have been' conducted for two years and although small in- creases in yields have resulted front treating the seed pieces in. zinc sulphate solations, from in- corporating zinc sulphate in the sail, and from including zinc sul- phate its the copper spray mixture, •-no real conclusions may be drawn front the results, of these experi- ments. The tests were conducted in the Laboratory plot arca near Charlottetown and it is conceiv- able that the results might be quite different if the tests were tarried out on other soils. Tests in other areas have been set out tit;, $eason. , * * * I a conclusion, Mr. Callbeck em- phasizes that these studies arc still itt the early stage of experimenta- tion; that considerable research -will have' to be done before defin- ite conclusions can be reached; and that it is not recommended that potato growers use zinc sulphate as a seed treatment, or as a sup- plementary fertilizer. Rattier, he suggests they should "wait and see." * * * The decline its the sheep 'pomp. lotion of Canada during the last three yeses has become less mark- ed indicating a halt in the reduc- tion of flocks in the near future. however, the building up of flocks will likely lag behind the building up of beef cattle herds Width ' is already cutter way, so that pros - pacts for lamb prices relative to beef prices appear favourable for the next few years. is Per capita consumption of lamb and mutton in Canada has dropped very appreciably since pre war years, but due to the increasing husitan population, total civilian domestic consumption has not de- creased as rapidly as per capita consumption. In 1951 total civilian' domestic consumption exceeded the estimated total weight of sheep and lambs slaughtered in Canada for tate first time since 1939, and Canada had a deficit of some 305,- 000 pounds of mutton and lamb. It appears likely, even if the pre- war per capita consumption level is not regained, that there will probably be a good domestic mar- ket for a large proportion of the lamb and mutton that is likely to be produced in the next few years. * * * Farm income from the sale of wool in Canada has • usually been of secondary importance to income from the sale of sheep and lambs for meat, Wool from western range sheep is usually of finer quality than that from sheep rais- ed in the East, and farm income from wool production in the West constitutes a larger percentage of "total farm income from sheep and lamb operations than it does in the East, In the ten years 1941 to 1950, income from the sale of shorn wool in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes averaged 16.7 per cent of the total farm income from the sheep and lamb industry in that region. The comparable fig- ure for the Prairies and British Columbia is 21,9 per cent. Thus although sheep are raised primar- ily for meat, especially in Eastern Canada, faun income from the sale of wool constitutes a valuable ad- dition to the total. * * * The sheep industry ht Canada has been faced with serious prob- lems, some of them problems of production, others problems of in the reduction of the Canadian sheep population to a very low level, But there are indications that fife reducti,n in sheep num- bers may be coming to a. halt, and that prospects for lamb prices in the next few years may be rea- sonably good. UND, Y SCIIOOL LESSON " REV. R. BARCLAY WARREN B.A., B.D, Davids Religious Contribution 2 Samuel 7:18-19, 25-29; 23:14 Memory Selection; Serve Bhp Lord with gladness; come before hie presence with singing, Psalm 100:2 No ,Hatt has contributed so vain - ably to the world of poetry and song as David. Though nearly thirty centuries have gone DavId's psalms are sung the world around. He wrote in varied circumstances and moods. He wrote when fleeing from mad King Saul, when smit- ten by conscience for his own silt, and when in a state of rejoicing. In all his ways he sensed that God was o'ershadowing his life, 1t12 theme was always the Eternal God. If he climbed into heaven, there was God. If he dug down to hell, God was there, too. There wasn't room for him to hide front tate ' Lord in the world, or in any world. The stars weren't just stars to hint —they were God's lamps. The hills weren't just hills—they were God's footstools. If he saw the deer pant for water in the desert, that was flow his heart panted for God. He did not confuse God with nature but he saw God everywhere. Nature was his handiwork. David wanted to build a temple. When this privilege was denied him he took the disappointment with great grace. Of course he should have, for at the sante time he was assured of a far greater honour. Of his seed there would come one, the throne of whose kingdom would be established for- ever, Yes, Jesus was of the seed of David. Today He reigns in mil- lions of lives. The great climax of His triumph is yet to copse. The sick enjoy the psalms, Tlsey are truth in music, They echo the needs of the soul and portray' the God who can abundantly satisfy who played Isis harp before the king came to well deserve the name, the Sweet Psalmist of Israel. Her Grievance — Madge—"Your mother wouldn't like it if she saw you in that skimpy bathing suit" Marge—"Wouldn't like it! She'd be furious! It's her suit." "If it's all the same to you, Davenport, I'd like you to break them like all the other boys!" 3ittin' And Lion -19 -year-old Barbara Logan shows' that when she tames a lion, he stays fantod. Shapely Barbara, a televis'on singer, learned to tante the big tats when she was only 14 in he' California home.