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The Brussels Post, 1941-12-31, Page 7WATCH ON WEST COAST TYpicel of the stout little vessels which have forsaken the fishing trade to serve the Royal Canadien Navy for the duration as patrol boats is the craft sh own here, bucking a Pacific gale. Have You Heard? It was the firm's annual dance. The junior bookkeeper bad chosen a very attractive partner, "By the way," he volunteered as they danced, "I'm glad our mana- ger isn't here 'tonight. IIe's about the biggest ass of a man one can meet, and not fit for intelligent company." She stopped dancing and stared hard, "Young man," she- snapped ang- rily, "do you know who I am'!" "Not the faintest idea," he add, satsUy, "Well, I'm the manager's wife!" She informed him. "Gee whiz! he exclaimed "Now, do you know ,who I air?" "No," said his manor. "Thank goodness for that!" he replied, as he backed hurriedly for the exit. The husband, after a very tiring day, wag enjoying hie pipe and reading the evening paper. The wife who was poring over a crossword, suddenly galled out: "Henry, what Is a female sheep?" "Ewe," curtly replied her hubby, and that's how the row started: A. Scdt boarded a tramcar carry- ing a very bulky parcel. The con. ductor, noting the size, decided it was above the standard for free carriage, so he said: "It'll be a penny for you, and threepence for your parcel," Angue was stricken speechless . for a moment, and then he stuck his elbow into the parcel and said: "Come oot o' that wi' ye, Sandy; it's twopence cheaper sitting down than for me to carry ye!" "Eternity Is so vast—who can comprehend !t?" said the speaker. Perhaps," said the little man in the back row, "you never bought anything pn the monthly payment plan." A radio actress who had just learned how to drive told Max Mal'cfn, program driector, that she'd give him a lift home after the broadcast on CBS Sunday night. As they came to an inter. section a cop held up his hand. "Hey," he said, "you can't make a lett turn," "What do you mean, I can't make a left turn?" retorted the indignant actress. "I learned that in my sec- ond lesson!" "My wife used to play the piano a lot, but since the chi]. dren came she simply hasn't time for It," "I know. Child- ren are a comfort, aren't they?" There was no doubt about it— the theatrical magnate was angry. "Don't ever mention the name , of that low-down; double-crossing twister of a leading lady!" he said. "I had no idea she was that sort" replied his friend. "Why that girl's so mean, she not only pulls the wool over your eyes, but ft's 90 per ccet cotton!" "Is Mary your eldest sty. ter?' eyes." "And who comes after her?" "You and two other fee lows." MODERN ETIQUETTE BY ROBERTA LEE 1, Of what should one be oare- ful when planning to take a guest for an automobile drivel 2. Should a widow, upon her second marriage, wear the engage- ment or wedding ring of her first marriage? 3. Is it all right for a mother to allow her children to attend a party at the home of someone she does not know? 4. Should one allow his child to stand up or sit onthe arm of his chair in a theatre? 5, Is it permfssable to dip celery or radishes into the salt dish it the dish is an individual one? 6. Who compiles the list to whom wedding invitations are to be sent? Answers 1, See that the car is tidy. Old shoes lying on the floor, packages scattered here and there, soiled rags or newspaper's on the 'Bent indicate carelessness and dieregerd for the guest's comfort. Also, see that the windshield and windows are clean and do not 1n any way obemire the guest's vision of the scenery. 2. No; they should be put aside. 3. Yes, if the party le given for school friends, 4. No. This is a very selfish act, as it obstructs the view of persons seated behind. 5. No; take e. little of the salt in the saltapoon or with the end of a clean knife and place It on the side of the dinner plate, or the bread and butter plate. .6 The bride and bridegroom together, consulting the parents of both. Well Trained Mine Sinks Supply Ship The Germans would prefer to have the people of Norway think that the British are "doing noth- ing." Therefore all news of the sinking of German supply ships by the British along the Nor- wegian coast is carefully with- held, At the official investiga- tion into the sinking of one such ship the Norwegian captain ex- plained that a submarine had ris- en.to the surface, halted the ship, given the crew ten minutes to get into lifeboats and had then sunk the ship. A German officer interrupted: "That is nonsense!" he shouted. "There are no British submarines along the Norwegian coast. You must have struck a mine!" The captain repeated it was a submarine, but the German in- sisted he was wrong. "Very well, then," said the cap- tain, He then revised his account for the records: "A mine came to the surface on starboard side. It halted us, gave us ten minutes to get into lifeboats, then ran smack into our ship, sinking it." Nearly one-third the food now consumed in Germany consists of potatoes. EX FISHERMAN SERVES IN R.C.N. A fishing boat captain, offering the services of• himself, weasel and his crew, Is given a navigational test by two. officers the R.C.N. HOW CAN I? BY ANNE ASHLEY Q. How can I prevent the whites of eggs from falling after whip- ping? A. Add e. Dinoh of cream of tar- tar to the whites while they a•3 being whipped, Q. How can I clean gold or ell - ver lace'f A, Sew the lace to a strip of clean linen and boll in s. solution of one cupful of salt to one gallon ot water. Dry without removing from the linen, and then sponge with a piece of white velvet dip- ped in alcohol, Q. How can I mend holes in enameled ware? A. Use equal parts of soft putty, table salt and sifted- coal ashes. Cover the holes well and heat on the stove until the cement is hard, Q. How can I skim grease from the top of roup? A. Take square sheets of clean white tissue paper, lay one sheet at a time on the surface of the soup. and all the grease will adhere to the paper. Q. How can I remove soot from wallpaper? A. Use cornmeal far removing soot from wallpaper. First, brush off as much of the soot aa pouible; then rub on the cornmeal until it bdcomes soiled; brush off. Brave Patient Amazes Doctor Don't Englishwomen aver oryr' unmixed with astonishment, not unmixed with irritation, a Gorman surgeon who dressed the wounds of a etewardess aboard a raider in the South Pacific which had peaked up survivors from the liner Rangitane it had sunk. He had discovered that +?a pa- tient, Mrs. Eliasbcth Plumb, of London, had been suffering for nearly nine house from serious wounds, received when a shell buret in front et her as she was leaving her cabin. She had then staggered up on deck, guided pass- engers to boat stations and when all had been taken aboard by the raider refused medical- aid until everybody else had been attended to. To add to her suffering, when the captives had been landed on the island of Emiru by the Nazis, - anxious to be rid of them, see con- tracted tropical ulcers. The story of her heroism was pieced together by a son, a muni- tions worker, in London, from frag- mentary letters from the mother, messages tom the steamship com- pany, and finally by a citation from Buckingham Palace announo- Ing that the British• Empire Med- al had been conferred on her. ialrs. Plumb is in Auckland, New •Zealand, with one of her sons, who is in the Army. A third son is an air gunner in Iraq. A fourth, an air pilot, was killed last year. What Science Is Doing SOAP To make a batch of soap re. quires from three to seven days. Joseph J. Jacobs of Brooklyn Poly- technic Institute cuts this down to fifteen minutes, Soap is usually made by treating fats or tallow with a )weak solution of lye in wa- ter, just as the ancient Egyptian' did. Mr. Jacobs uses no water, Pat is dissolved in kerosene and solid lye added, Tho mixture Is then heated to a temperature higher than Is now possible- The lye reacts with the fat 1n less than fifteen minutes to make soap. This hot mass of soap and kerosene Is then sprayed into a va'cuusn chamber, Here the kerosono and sottp, vaporize oft, leaving a dry, granular, porous, quick -dissolving soap behind. The kerosene and glycerine are coudeused and sep- arated. Tho kerosene can then be. reused for a new batch, The heat coats aro about ono -twentieth those of premed methods. Indus- trial soap and high-grade toilet soaps can be made. Treaty Protects Migratory Birds Signed Twenty -Five Years Ago ey Great Britain and the United States Tile Migratory Bird Treaty be- tween the United States and Great Britain had its twenty-fifth "birth- day" on Dec, 8, segued by the two natione to protect migratory water- fowl and other forms of wildfire going back and forth between Canada and the United States, the treaty was proclaimed by Presi- dent Wilson-bn Dec. 8, 1916, "It is no exaggeration to call this treaty the Most significant advance in the history of wildlife conservation in North America," Secretary Ickes 02 the Interior De- partment said of the anniversary, "In 1337, a similar treaty between Mexico and the United States was coneumated to protect migratory birds and game mammals going back and forth between these two countries," " "Discharging our federal obliga- tions under these international agreements Las made possible one of the most sucessful wildlife con- servation programa in history," Secretary Ickes added, "Not only doers the Department of the Inter- ior carefully regulate the hunting of the specie" affected, but it also maintainsea nation-wide system of refuges to protect and encourage the migratory birds. The resulting increase in birds is today the best Doesfbe evidence of the import- ance of this international cooper- ation." Read The War News Carefully Som. Very Sound Advice Offend By The Ottawa, Journal A British M. P. complains that statements of British "official spokesmen" prior and during the Libya attack were "too optimistic" and wants an explanation. At the same time Mr. L. S. B. Shapiro writes from Washington:. "There is much comment 1n the oapftal and not a little criticism, oQ London's handling of the story oC the fighting in Libya . , - Most of the argument resolves about Mr. Ohun•chill's original announcement. It is claimed that the Prime Minister's assessment of the situ- ation after the first day of the battle was much too optimistic and that It promised a quick and smashing victory over General' Rommel's forces." This is what comes of people re- fusing to read war news carefully, and refusing above all to study the tett of official statements. Actu- ally, Mr. Churchill made no predic- tions about Libya, held out no Meets, was neither optimistic nor pessimistic. What he did, and all that he de'I, was to explain the pre- parations for the battle, tell of the advance of the first days, compare the conflict. to Blenheim, and any that its consequences would be im- portant He certainly promised no victory. Read The. Texts Further: Going back over Cairo's dally official statements since the beginning of the Libyan battle, one finds them extremely conserv- ative; onserveative; completely objective. In no single case did they promise a vic- tory, or make extravagant claims. Whatone wonders is: Del the average reader read these .reports? Or did he prefer the highly imag- inative stories of special correspon- dents, most of whom could not Pos- sibly see more than isolated frag- ments of the battle or grasp its tactical significance? The Journal has all along advis- ed people to read the war news more carefully, and above alt to read the texts of official reports, and the texts of Mr. Churchill. It is only by such reading, with the aid of maps, that ono can follow this war. Never mind the "experts" and never mind, most of all, the eoonemiete-•-the people who prs eternally winning tits war by dew covering that .tile enemy is aiaort 02 aemethiull. The battle in'LtiYa is not yet over; may yet result in s vete! victory, to the meantime, while its result is being determined let us not blame Mr, OburclaUl's wpeech for making us too optimistic, The fault was not with Mr. Olturohill; it wes In the sllpebod way in weigh too many people read Mr. Claw - Three 1"R's" Defy Blitz In England The idea that education would he the first casualty of the war in Britain, and that children would not be able to carry en their studies, has been dissipated by the President of the Board of Education, In an interview that was broadcast from London he said that education was being carried on not only to provide for the future and build up the minds and charactere of the boys and giria to lead the Empire, but also because it 1e one of the im- portant sources of supply to the ministry of manhood production, "Today more than 90 per cent of Britain's children are getting full-time education," it was stat- ed, "School buildings have suf- fered damage, and in one city 60 per cent of them were bombed out in a single, night, but all the children were in school within a week. We have a large ,measure of humanity in the life of the children which has been invalu- able in the upkeep of morals. Health of the children has also been looked after and there is no reason why it should not improve during this year. From 60 to 90 per cent of the children receive milk," said the speaker. How Mr. Churchill Won His Captaincy Mr. Churchill has been ap- pointed colonel of the 4th Queen's Own Hussars, the regiment which he joined as a subaltern in 1896 when it was under orders for India, The Commanding Officer, then Col. Brabason, war an old friend of Lord Randolph's; he told young Winston that he was a clever young man but could do with discipline and that a good cavalry regiment was the place for him to get it. Would he, therefore, promise not to leave the regiment till after he got his troop—that la, his captaincy- Winston said that he would not commit himself to that, but he would promise not to leave the regiment until it had won the Indian International Polo Cup. Colonel Brabazon, knowing that no regiment had ever won the cup before it had been three years in India, said that that was good enough for him. But the 4th Hue - ears team, of which Winston Churchill was a member, won the cup in its second season, and the war correspondent and Prime Min- ister -to -be was free of his prom- ise. Bundle For Britain A brunette, twenty, rather streamlined and a Chilean, with 400 hours solo flying and 800 English words to her credit, Mar got Duhalde, joined the W.A.A.F. in London last September and is now engaged ... ferrying Spit- fires from factory to airdrome. Some bundle for Britain! QUICKLY elnta',ntin naktrolidhtmltchl'i Imaalhtnrtaatutctana+tmus'hln . ala Beebe et drupetr6 prover it or mueq bosh Place Australia On War Footing Prime Minister John Curtin an- nounced stveeping emergency mea- sure. to draft all available man- power into the armed forces and place the entire nation on a war footing. Single men from 18 to 46 and married men from 18 to 33 will be required to register under the new draft laws. Veterans of the last war were being mobilized for guard and coast defence duties. Tho cabinet laid plans for drastic gasoline rationing and checked fuel, coal and clothing etocka and air raid precautions, Women rushed to answer a call for volunteers for the auxiliary services. Army Minister Francis Michael Fordo announced all militia met had been called up for full-time training. Factory Cooking Leonard Toddings, a Bermuda editor -proprietor, was much fes. pressed by an English tank fee - tory he visited . He talked to a furnace hand during the dinner break. But was it a break? With a piece of red-hot steal as a hotplate and another piece of armour plating as a grill pat he made a. perfect welsh rarebit from his daily cheese rations lift. ing it off with his tongs as slickly as a chef. In the intervals he pro" eoeded with his contribution to the next tank, Press Censorship English newspapers are attempt. ing to operate with press censor- ship such as described in tint story from Newspaper World, London: "Once upon a time there was a ministry _ of information carrier pigeon, And as it was flying leisurely to its destined it was jostled by a second p which bawled: Get a move en. I've got the denial!" One Way To Win "There is only one way in which we can win—mobilize the, conscience of the world, fortify our own spirits, meet blood and iron with blood and iron, carry the weight of material to help the best men in the world; gather our power in all its strength and strike-" — Leonard W. Brocking- ton. Aggravating Gas When stomach gas seems to smother yea, and you can hardly take a deep breath, try ADLFJIIEA. FIVE carminative' to Tara and soothe the stomach and expel gas, and THREE laxatives for geode, umiak bowel action. At your Drug Store. 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