The Seaforth News, 1954-02-18, Page 7UEFA R14 FRONT
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The wooden plow was used for
almost 8,000 years without a
change. The sickle, for centuries,
was the best harvest tool. The In-
efficient cultivator, made of two
pieces of wood bound with hemp,
was a back -breaking tool for hun-
dreds of years in Egypt,
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While •these early pieces of
farm equipment have been re-
placed by tractors, combines,
steel plows and many other pow-
er implements, the farmer's bat.
tie against weeds, weather, in-
sects, plant and animal diseases
oontinues. There are some 880,-
000 species of insects in the
world and their total weight is
estimated to outweigh the com-
bined poundage of every human,
animal, bird, reptile and fish by
three to one.
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Insects take a $350,000,000 bite
Out of the annual Canadian crop
which indicates that they are a
formidable enemy indeed. Plant
diseases too take a staggering toll
of our props, the loss being esti-
mated at $700,000,000 a year. A
recent book listing plant ailments
runs to 1192 pages of fine print.
Some plants are attacked by as
many as 300 different disorders.
An example of what a single un-
checked disease can do may be
faund in the invasion of potato
late blight into Ireland in 1846.
As a result, 1,000,000 people died
of starvation and 1,500,000 emi-
grated to North America.
Fortunately, scientists have
come to the rescue of the agri-
culturists, Their tools are not
combines, tractors or root -tillers
but beakers, crucibles, centri-
fuges, geiger counters, spectro-
photometers and other laboratory
equipment, With these, scientists
have developed chemical weap-
ons which the farmer has found'
of immeasurable aid in fighting
his enemies. They have develop -
ad chemical plant foods for re-
plenishing hungry soils. In the
last 40 years Canada's farm pro-
duction has doubled in the face
of a one-third decrease in farm
population. Much of this increase
is attributed to the increasing use
of agricultural chemicals.
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Although there are still many
serious problems on the faun
front, we can be confident that
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Casual -Simulated leather lends
a casual look to chis suit. Collar,
trim and sleeve tabs on the jack-
et match the skirt. Skirt pockets,
in torn, are trimmed with jacket
fabric. Matching jockey cap corn-
pletea the outfit.
Infants' Sleeping
BY EDNA, MUM;
TO your baby, the right kind of
clothing is just as important
•s the right kind of food. Pedi•
atricians say that restricting
clothing Is unhealthy.
They add that clothing should
be loose enough to permit baby
to move around (easily, particu-
larly in his sleep.
One safe and comfortable gar-
mrent designed for fust such e
purpose is a sleeplog bag that
provides lots of room to wriggle
and kick.
At the same time, it protects
baby from drafts and prevents
him from crawling over the side
of the crib.
This sleeping bag hes a long
zipper that allows mother to
change baby's diaper without re-
moving the garment. And there's
additional safety 'in the zipper
tab closing, which can't be
opened by small fingers.
Best for the budget, this gar-
ment grows with the baby. The
same sleeping garment right for
a baby of three months will also
Bags Provide Ample
Cor .fart
Protection from drafts and Lots of room for kicking are provided by Ods sleeping bat; for babiere
be right for a beby at the age of
three years.
The secret lies In the double
line of stitches at the barrel bot-
tom. They let out for a total of ter weather; cotton flannelette or
12 inches. The sleeves grow, too, blanket cloth for chilly weather
This bag comes in fabrics for and cotton plisse for wards
all seasons: heavy wool for win- months.
our scientists are working un-
ceasingly towards their solution,
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Fanners and Y their sons and
daughters who want to keep their
target eyes sharp are better off
today than many of their city
cousins. Housing developments
have so gobbled up favorite
shooting grounds for the target
shooter in metropolitan areas
that it is difficult for the average
city dweller to find a suitable,
safe spot without getting into his
car and driving through heavy
traffic for many miles.
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The farmer who eau aim his
,22 at a rabbit any time he feels
inclined to do so is in a fortunate
position. But there are times when
he could benefit by studying
the plans made for less fortunate
city dwellers. When the tempera-
ture drops below zero it's more
pleasant to aim at a target in-
doors. So, Dominion Marksmen
have published a new booklet en-
titled, "How to Build a Rifle or
Revolver Range." It's full of
plans for rifle ranges starting at
the simple bullet stop which you
can build in your own basement
right up to the community hall
or theatre range.
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While written primarily for
city target shooters, the plans
contained in this illustrated book-
let could also be adopted in farm-
ing communities.
Directions include those for
Crossed Snouts - Two newly arrived anteaters at the Vincennes
Zoo in Paris, Prance, enjoy a strange supper. The antless diet con-
, sists of milk, raw eggs and meat. Their original home is South
America,
building steel plate bullet stops;
bullet traps; indoor -outdoor com-
bination ranges; moving target
gallery; bench rests; shooting
platforms and target carriers.
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A general section lists data on
standard lengths for indoor
ranges, lighting and information
On shooting contests. •
The booklet is available free
of charge from Dominion Marks-
men, Bos 10, Montreal.
JERRY KERN ST
TO FA E
MED HES WAY
Young Jerome Kern pricked
up his ears. "Here," said his
father, handing him a slip, "run
up to this address in Newark.
They've got two pianos for sale
- that's something in your line."
Jerome Kerte former student
of the New York College of
Music, had not been allowed to
pursue his bent because his fa-
ther said there was no future
in music.. Old Kern bought and
sold anything. He also had the
concession for watering the
streets of Manhattatt, to was
able to provide a comfortable
home for his fancily. But he in-
listed that Jerome should en-
ter the farilily business.
When young Kern reached
Newark he was delighted. His
eyes lit not on wto pianos, but
sea of thorn He sat clown at
one aiter another and strum-
med. He fingered their polished
surfaces lovingly and peered in-
side them. 'Fine." ine," he assured
the suave, fart talking s rlesman,
"I'll. have two hundred " Then
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he sat down and wrote a cheque.
When he got home his father
nearly hit the ceiling. "You'll
never make a business man," he
groaned. "Fancy letting him sell
you 200 pianos! Perhaps it's
better that you take up a musi-
cal career."
And that's how, because of ti
youthful blunder, Jerome Kern
entered the world of music and
made millions happy with his.
songs and music.
Incidentally, his bulk -buying
of pianos was not such an error
after all, for his father managed
to get rid of them at a substan-
tial profit.
Rut. that may be put down to
the uncanny instinct that Dern
had for doing 'the right thing at
the right time. It brought lain)
wealth and fame and 31 se:d flirt
from disaster.
As he became fan eie and his
balance at the bank grew, Jer-
ome Kern too k to boot: col-
lecting, although be had little
knowledge of rare book: unci
first editions. I3e simply trusted
the booksellers! As he walked
down the street, bookshop own-
ers used to mutter, "Here corms
sucker number one" - and sure
enough he would go out with
an expensive bock under his
arm.
Theft. in 1928, thes.' same
book -sellers fought like wild
animals to buy back the books
they had sold him, because rare
books were booming. And Jer-
ome Kern unloaded his -collec-
tion for (3,000,000 -- more than
double what they had cost hint.
Unlike Oscar Wilde's cynic, he
seemed to know the value of
everything, but the price of
nothing.
Had he on for another
year his collection would have
been worth less than $150,000,
for the financial crash hit and no
One had any Spare money.
It was the sarne instinct that
made Jerome Kern abandon the:
stock market in the spring of
1029. He. suddenly grew tired of
speculation and sold all his se-
curities at top prices. •
He was a smell marc: modest,
honest and shy. His smooth face,
soft voice and spectacles made
hien look like a professor rather
than a num who had, fought his
way to the !'runt in the inten-
sively competitive worlds of
Broadway and Hollywood,
After leaving his father's busi-
ness he became a song plugger
for the Lyceum Publishing Co. of
New York, at $10 a week. Then
he came to London to work in
the offices of Charles Frohman,
where he composed those little
pieces for the theatre that are
played as the audience is coin-
ing in. The theory is that it
doesn't matter whether they are
any good or not, since most
people don't listen to them any-
way.
But they did listen to Kern's
--and in the old copies of Lon-
don papers one finds praise for
the early work of this unknown.
Tin, Pan Alley was stiff with
composers who did not know a
note: but strummed out little
tunes and got men who could
write music to jot them down.
Kern, however, was a trained
musician. When in 1910 he got his
firs( job, to rewrite the score
for a show called "Mr. Wix of
Wickham," his songs were so mel-
odious that a leading critic, Alan
Dale, wrote: "Who is this Jerome
Kern, whose music towers in an
Eifel way above the average pri-
mitive hurdy-gurdy accompani-
ment of the present-day musical'
comedy?"
Flit first really successful song
came three years later, when for
"The Girl from Ulah,,, he wrote
"They Didn't Believe Me," a de-
lightful song that is still very
popular.
Once, when asked the secret
of los success, Kern replied: "I've
had some lucky breaks." Ilut a
composer needs more than a few
lucky breaks to compose scores
for a hundred successful musical
can,rv!iea, packed with songs that
Deer:_ (Milled audiences for 40
big;rest -success was "Show
[1,x,1,•' 10 the old days the book
01-ci musket comedy was merely
at( :^,e'113e' for stringing together
tumnil gongs, arranging lavish
131 '1' ry and having t) chorus of
giel v.ltlt lovely logs.
So, when Kern approached
Edna Herber with the suggestion
of turning her novel into a musi-
eal, she wrote in her diary: •'I
thought tie was being fantastic."
But "Show Iloat" had a story
one could believe in, and its tune-
ful songs like "Can't Help Loving
Dat Man," "Why Do I Love You?"
and "Old Man River," had audi-
ences applauding with delight.
Kern was a tremendous worker
as his output proves, with an
ability to concentrate so intensely
that he could ignore a blaring
radio when immersed in compo-
sition, .Above all he never lost
the con -whoa touch and popular
appeal. .........,.., ..e....
"LITTLE WILLIE"
Al the butcher's Will, the blister,
Made mincemeat of his utas sister.
When scolded he sold, "Never mind,
She's all a port of tiro daily grind,"
HANDY MINTS FOR
INDOORS AND OUT
Save space in a crowded closet
by hanging small girls' dresses
from a multiple skirt hanger.
Clip dresses by shoulder seams.
Each hanger will hold at least
six dresses.
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Cushion a creeping baby's knees
with foam rubber, Stitch a pock-
et to the inside of Baby's cover-
alls at the knee. Slip a thin
square of foam rubber into the
pocket; remove before launder-
ing.
Prevent scrapbook pages from
sticking, after you have pasted an
item, by inserting a sheet of wax-
ed paper between pages.
* * *
Avoid water splashes at the drain
end of your washer hose with e
narrow plastic bag, opened at
both ends. Attach bag to hose
with a rubber band, and place
near drain.
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Button children's mittens to their
coat -sleeves, so they won't get
lost. Stitch a button loop of
matching elastic thread on the
outside edge of mitten cuff. Sew
a button to correspond on inside
of coat -sleeve.
* * *
Save bits of crinoline from ad-
hesive bandages to use as rein-
forcement in cuffs or openings of
garments when you hammer on
gripper snaps.
Bake date -nut bread in an empty,
sterile fruit or vegetable can.
Cool bread in the tin. If you want
to freeze bread, wrap freezer pa-
per around top of can and fasten
with a rubber band,
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Keep food grinder parts together
by hanging them on a metal
shower curtain hook, inside cup-
board door.
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Place a rubber pad in the seat of
a very young baby's high chair
to keep him from scooting down
in the chair when you feed him.
Make a child's jig -saw puzzle
board. Nail, on a piece of ply-
wood, a narrow wood frame
(quarter round) with inside di-
mensions the size of completed
puzzle. The child Carl carry the
puzzle about while it is being
assembled, without disarranging
pieces,
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Make a guide to help cut bias
strips by placing masking tape on
the bias of your material. Cut
along tape; then pull tape gently
ori.
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LESSON
Ila Rev R h Werrcn. B.A 8.1)
Can This Be The Christ ?
John 7:$7-44; 8:111-19,
Mamoru Selection: I am the
light of the world: he that fol'-
loweth was shall not walk is
darkness, but Ahab hate the
light of life. John 8r12.
John reports much of the
teaching of Jesus concerning the
Holy Spirit wheel He would,
send after His ascension. On the
last day of the tenet of taber-
nacles Jesus said, "If any one
thirst, let him come to me and
drink. He who believes in me,
as the scripture has said, 'Out
of his heart shall flow rivers of
living water.'" The life of the
Christian, who is filled with the
Holy Spirit, is abundantly fruit-
ful. Rev. W. A. Smith made this
clear In an address to 500 mis-
sionaries of various denomina-
tions at a Kodaikanal Hill Sta-
tion in South India on eWhit-
sunday, 1953, He said in part,
"What was a normal experience
of the first century church has
now become a rare thing, We
hold the Spirit of God in our
theology, but we accord Hina
little room in our claily experi-
ence. Our lives too often re-
semble the rivers of South In-
dia, rivers of sand, Recently I
camped three day in the Goda-
vari gorges, During that time
a Launch struggled in shallow
water to cover a distance of not
more than one mile. Our spirit-
ual rivers are empty or shallow.
Small wonder there is stagna-
tion in many Christian lives!
Perhaps one of the most thickly
populated areas in the world is
a small plain in 'West China, the
Chengtu Plain. Twelve million
people dwell in that amazingly
fertile plot of land. If any place
in the world is self-suffieient it
is that plain which is perennial-
ly green. Years before the time
of Christ a Chinese with vision
devised a sbnple system of lock
gates. Through them the watere
of one of West China's major
rivers was diverted into the
countless irrigation canals and
carried throughout the whole
plain. At a set time the gates
are opened and the water starte
to flow, quietly and steadily
carrying life and fertility where
ever they go. Upon the act of
opening the gates the life of the
whole plain depends. So the
river of the Spirit of God is
flowing. Ile will flow through
our lives, but we must open the
gates."
PRECIOUS FLUID
Back in the early days of Missile
ssippi River traffic, a paddle-
wheel steamer went partially
aground on a small bar. As the
wheels churned wildly, the mem-
bers of the crew held their breath
while the boat crept slowly from
its precarious position in the shale
low? water At this moment, the
occupant of a riverside cabin ap-
peared at the shore to fill his pail
with water. As he turned back
with his pail full, the ship's cap-
tain spotted hien.
"Say, you!" bellowed the cap-
tain. "Put that water back!"
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(Upside clown to prevent peeking8
A PIcusirrg Sign Ballard Kelly4 owner of an Indit3napofil; cafe,
paints a sign on his window advertising coffee at a cent a cup„
A customer, B,D. Edwards, smiles his delight at seeing such
bargain. Kelly is fighting a price war with a drug store, (ouch fo
the pleasure of Indianapolis coffee drinkers,