Zurich Herald, 1928-07-12, Page 7Por'' Mothers , Nons.Shatterable
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The ,Baby That Walks Like a Glass
Bear Need Not Ala 'xm The eanupound sheet -glass some -
Its Mother times used in automobiles to avoid
'shattering in case of aecidente, 1s
Like a little bear or tiger, the baby manufactured as follows, a000rdnig to
began to walk, not ungracefully, .on a •eorreeixudent of the St, Paul Novo:
its hands and feet through the union "The' type used in windshields and
station in Toronto. it was a hotj windows of automobiles consists of
summer evening, the baby had been three layer, The two outside layers
erying, the mother was tired, loaded are eilate or sheet glass. The middle
with bundles, nervous, but when. this layer is a transparent sheet of collie
happened she ewept the child into her lase material, !like ce1lu]rlid, vririeh
arms and hurried away. That mother may, in fact, also berused,
did not and probably does not, realize "Tw•o pieces of glass and one piece
that what happened there may/a of this material are first cut to the
opened a new chapter in the develop- exact size and shape of the desired
lug science in anthropology, Since windshieldor window. This must be
the world began. Thousands of done with care, because after it is
human infants doubtless have done. finished Triplex can. not be cut or
the same, and the behavior has
passed unnoticed, •or . at most
aroused comment as a childish
idiosyncrasy. But near this mother.
was seated a gentleman with an eye
for just such things, and an • unsur-
passed background of knowledge with
which to interpret them.
His eyes followed the child with ill -
concealed curiosity, which the mother
obviously resented. She realized• that
there was something "queer" about her
child, and she was touchy about it.
Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, curator of physi-
cal anthropology at the National Mu-
seum of Washington, had hoped to
.question her—to find out something
of the little one's heredity and, prev-
ious behavior. But it was obvious he
would get a cool reception if he ap-
proached her, and that there was no
possibility of extracting any informa-
tion.
altered n size.
"The three layers are laid together
and puttbrough seventeen different
processes, including elaborate deem" -
eel cleaning, 'pressing between huge
presses, which exert rnany •tons' pros"
sure on each piece of glass, heat,
grinding, and polishing, and sealing.
"The three laminations become so
closely welded together that they are
actually one piece. In •thickness, it
is the same as ordinary, glass.
"A vital and interesting step in the
manufacture is the sealing. If you
inspect' a piece of 41, you will notice
a narrow black strip along the center
of every edge. This is the sealing
compound, whiolu is applied to the
outside of the juncture of the three
laminations. It keeps out weather,
moisture, vibration, and all .other in-
fluences which, if they could get in
between the layers, would• in time
eliminate the very safety features
which are essential,.
"Under impact, the 'compound sheet
does not shatter or create flying
fragments, because the flexible center
layer holds tightly to the outside lay-
ers. The whole glass is flexible un-
der strain, as was demonstrated in a
recent accident, where the wind -shield
was bulged four inches out of line
without shattering,
"Under •severe impact the glass
will let a flying body pass through it.
But even then it does not make jag-
ged edges,' and does not lacerate the
body. Its edges are smooth and
flexible.
"Another type is the impenetrable
kind, used to protect against bullets.
This is heavy, consisting of a layer of
glass, a layer of the binding composi-
tion, a middle layer of glass, another
of the composition, and a final layer
of glass.
"The flve laminations may be an
inch thicic. They turn aside machine-
gun fire at fifteen yards."
Probably gossipy neighbors in some
small community already had made
the most of this child's peculiarity to
the poor mother's intense discomfort.
• Perhaps they had nicknamed it "Little
Cat," or something of the kind.
But Dr. Hrdlicka stored away the
4ncideut in his memory. This was
the, second case of "quadruped pro-
gression" among human infants that
:he had witnessed. The first was years
before, among the Indians of northern
.Mexico.
Tho thought came to him now.that
this odd behavior of infants about one
year old might be the opening for a
the likelihood that here was an atav-
ism—a peculiar physical throwback
to some far -distant quadruped ances-
try. He believed that it was rare.
Since then a wide appeal has been
made for information, as a result of
which nearly 100 instances have now
been brought to Dr. Hrdlicka's atten-
tion. Nearly all of them have come
from the better -educated type of Cana-
dian and U.S. families.
"I suppose," says Dr. Hrdlicka, "that
many persons who have seen such be.
havior hesitate to write me about it
because they feel that it might be a
reffectfou on their children.. This is
borne out by the fact that the bulk
of my correspondence has been from
well-educated parents who appreciate
the scientific value of this study.
"It is, of course, no reflection what-
soever
hatsoever upon the child. This behavior
and riot mental, and the child .does
is purely physical and physiological,
not continue it long after leering to
walk naturally on its two feet. Par-
ents have no reason to be ashamed of
these manifestations, for generally the
children showing them are rather
above than below the average both
mentally and physically; and every
lustance correctly reported is of great
value to science:.
"Tito whole subject of physical be-
havior atavisms is an almost untouch-
ed field which seems to have been
tapped by these accidental obseravt-
tions, and no one can tell what may
eventually come of it."
"I have seen a nephew of my wife
travel asmuch as a half -mile on all -
tours when he was about five years
old," writes a Chapel Hill, North Caro-
lina, physician, speaking of a great -
great -nephew of John Randolph, with
eight generations, of American ances-
try on both 'sides. "The sequence of
hands and feet was sometimes a trot,
and sometimes it was much like a fox
trot.'
"I am so glad my 'six monkeys' are
of interest to you," writes a, Tennes-
see mother, "for I always insisted it.
was interesting for a whole family to
run about like that. The children all
ran about on all -fours atter they could
.walk. The girls were slightly more
agile than the boys, except for the old-
est boy.
"The youngest child climbed steps, Labor leaders of Bombay are out to
ladders, bars on doors, chairs, every- create as much trouble among the
thing, 4n fact, before she made any workers as possible. The incessant
effort to walk. She has gone up small activity among the employees is pro-
trees and a posts by literally walking dewing a situation of •acute unrest
up them ever since -she was a small that the papers say may in the near
child."
'�• . .,
Children Gainy
Innovations
Better I -lousing Be ieacial to
All -'Free Dirmer's for
Poor Pupils
Dablin—The G'�overnreent of aeon.
stet Eireann (the Irieb. Free State)
ifro.s done a g'r'eat deal for the 'children
i both directly and indirectly, 'Owlet
'the aattor heading may be placed the
regent of f 600;000 whieh they haves
teat mart to build houses or the spoor,
tt is tho children who will ,benefit
*nest by this. A ..childless couple cart
dive with decency and ooinparati'ra ,
f.,comfart in one largo room. But when,
itas frequently happens, there are
/ eight or nine 'children who, with their
parents, can ,get no better aeeommO
dation, the -case is very different.
!'The £ 600;000 will provide at Least
rI000 houses of three rooms. eac2r.
ay o2 them are already bulli, and
are occupied by large amilies, at a
�ipwer rent than that 'form.enly paid
bier one room•, ing a w2'etGbied "terse^
aoaent house."' But as many thousands
of these houses are still required .:a
great deal has been done by private
}charity. 1 The Linenhall Publics
Utility Society, chiefly founded by
the exertion of the Rev. E. Young
and the B.ev. R. S. Griffin, has been
very successful in providing cheap
faux -roomed and Ave -roomed houses(
in a very poor part of Dublin for the
working class s.
The Government benefits children
more directly by supplying free din-
ners., five times a week, to school
children whose yareuts are boo poor
to spay for them. `
In April, 1927, visits were paid by
the Infant Aid Society to women in
their homes; 29,780 pint bottles of
pure milk were given free to them
when necessary, and to their children
1176 pint battle's were sold at a re-
duced rate, and 972 tickets issued
which entitled each recipient to' a
free dinner.,
A great deal has also been done
for the education of the children, Ate
tendance at school 1s compulsory ' in
Dublin and in many parts of the
country. All the teachers are highly
trained and the school roams are
made as attractive as possible.
There is a large children's library
in Rathmines, a, suburb of Dublin,
with a children's librarian who is-
RUBS books free to over 1:000 children.
The children in the country districts,
unless they happen to live near one
of the Eras libraries, are provided
with traveling libraries which are
highly appreciated.
ROYALITY INTERESTED IN STRANGE SPECIMEN
Prince Potenziani, Governor of Rome, and his daughter Princess Ninan are seen visiting the sea lions --the big
cousins of the clever seal
Sir
Tqjl Liptonthose' days had been brought
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The Exodus of Brains
back to him when he visited New
omas L 1 Qpebec Chronicle -Telegraph (Ind.) i
Tells . Couple "1 had just been taken by a. t g men are leaving In large
York five years ago.
(The brightest of Canadian young
u oftnumber's
at -
Former Boarder at Sir beans. There were a lot of people at
the ship," he said, "and I was full of every year for the United States
acted by the much better salaries
ons SirtT aall uras there to.meetbegahe n to paid by American employers.) When
Thomas'New York Hemel one realizes that the matter of keep -
Would Not Stomach Title sa,ell up and put on frills. ing our university boys and girls at
Then one man stepped
at All Knightly 'Frillshong to serve their
were Lost came up to me. heart of the policy "Lost City" Found
by Aerial Pictures
Fliers Locate Ancient Border
Town of Opis in Meso-
potamia
Aerial ' phobographx has proved
itself an effective means of locating
the ancient border city of Opis in
Mesopotamia.
Photographs taken from the air by
the aid of British military 'aviators
distinctly showed differences between
mounds formed by nature and those
which were heaped up by the ruin of
sun-dried brick homes and walls, con-
quest of invaders, burning and weath-
ering.
Following the location of the city
excavations were begun and some un-
disturbed
n
disturbed foundation stones with writ-
ings were unooverecl giving the expe-
dition an almost certain proof of the
old city._
In wells, rubbish heaps, and ruins,
of the old town Boman coins, vases,
pottery, and many other evidences of
the Babylonian and Assyrian civiliza-
tions were found. More than two tons
of these specimens are now en, route
bo Toledo on a freight steamer.
out
of the homeland goes bo
_ He said, fiscal licy of
crowdandthe very
'Your name is Lipton?' I said it was; the nation, one sees, too, how difficoit
Here. Is the favorite Scotch story of "Sir Thomas Lipton? 'Sir Thomas, the problem becomes; also why it
Sir Thomas Lipton, millionaire yachts, Hell!' says be. 'Ain't you the Lipton should beproblem
a political issue. Any fair -
he
man and world famous sportsman, as used to live at Mick McCorrigan's?' should person s icald grant Athnt there
told it to a reporter. "'I am; I said meekly. He turned must be reasonable protection for
"It happened on a train from Lon- h there industries tees can
don to Ddinbuegh. There was a Scot
climbed on at London. At the first
stop, a few miles; out, h, -.rushed out
of the railway carriage and rushed
back aboard just below the train
started. At the next stop a few
miles farther on he did it again. When again drawn to the distressing a walk -
he bad done it about ten times, each unavoidable fact Mihai the salad sea -„Nice dd xnfor huntinorning,” g." the lunatic.
time just catching the train by the son is once more capon us,
skin of'standhts teeth, anya fellow traveller All over the land, aocording to Mr. "Very nice," replied the huntsman.
edhimt ereasonit longer,is and ask- Gustav Clump hungry husbands are "What's your horse worth?" asked
ed the for his strange Per plodding home from the office, the fac- the lunatic.
tory, the roundhouse and the brew- "Anything from £60 to £100," said
ery and the fields spurred by outset- the fox-hunter.
ing thoughts of corned beef and cab- "And the other horses?"
bago.
coats, tuck napkins into their collars
and cast their eyes over what should
be the groaning board, what meets
their gaze?
Parsnip salad,
dressing!
"This must stop,' declared Mr. Gus-
tav Clump in an exclusive interview
recently. "We are the people and we
must be fed. It is time for the salad -
ridden husbands of the nation to rise
in their wrath, shake off the shackles The Amerman Influence
i d tism and declare
away with another 'Sir Thomas, Hell'.
"I lost all my frills right .y
To Arms! To Arms!
The attention of all husbands
is
but
home industries. When there is not
that protection, those nus can-
not prosper in the face of fierce com-
petition.
NOT SO CRAZY
A huntsman met a lunatic out for
formance.
"'Leak here,' said the Soot, open-
ing his goat. 'Here's my name and
my Edinburgh address fastened in-
side this goat.'
"'What's that got to do with it?"
asked his fellow passenger.
" 'Under the British law,' said the
Scot, 'if you die 'on a train the rail-
road must send your body home. I've
just been to a specialist in London.
He tells me I have heart disease and
I'm likely to drop dead any minute.
So I'm just buying my ticket from
station to station. If I die on the way
home, why should I make the railway
a gift of a full fare when they've got
to 'carry my dead body free?'"
Sir Thomas threw back his massive
d d roared with laughter, Then
Charges Made Against
Indian Labor Leaders
Of 'Causing Unrest
Bombay.—The newspapers here are
discussing the urgent need for sante
form of legislation to deal with the
ever -recurring disputes now such a
painful feature of the industrial life
of Indio, It is becoming increasingly
apparent, they slay, that the extremist
"As a rule," Dr. Hrdlicka says, the the public.
children that develop these phenoinena With the cotton mill strike in a
ars born strong and healthy, have l chronic stage, the •agitators have turn-
ers ample vitality, and. frequently remain ed their a th 1 y and
:above the average in strength, activ-
ity
ctio
ity and even mentality. It is remark-
able that there IS not one really sickly
or defective child in the whole series, put forward demands far the redress
and there is not one record of a child of .grievances, some of which the em -
who has died. pbeyers declare are preposter�oue•.,They
"It seems safe to conclude that it hold out to the authorities concerned'
9s the robust and healthy. child and a threat of &oat action should the
not the weakling or otherivise defer» requests bo ignored.
.five baby that is liable to develop the ----
•peculiarity oR walking or running on Warren 'Hasting's watch, hallmark-
nil Roars, instead of creeping." ed 1744, is reported by its present in-
. • .._._ I heritor, Sir John Murray of 1✓ondon
1 write love stollen, but to be still "hi perfect working order."
It's goad to have money, anti • the
( future cause grave inoonvenietvice to
attention to a railway
municipal workers, the tramway em-
ployes and" the port trust, and in turn
have iruclluced each of these groups to
with mayonnaise
Anything up to 2200.
"How much is a hound
"From £2 to £1.0. "
"And the fox?"
"About half a crown."
"Do you mean to say you've got
about £1,000 out chasing halt a
crown?"
"What about it?"
man.
"Well, it seems you'd better come
on home with me," said the lunatic.
worth?"
asked the hunts -
of mayonnaise expo
th d deuce Quebec Action Catholique (Ind.);
who
b •' ka for eight hours a has become so pronounced that the
sir in.dependence.
"We dogditches for 10 hours Our dependence on American money
mea an a day, keep
ria .
he recalled. his early American expert- day, keep ledgers for seven hours a obervant Canadian can tell, withou
es when, a penniless immigrant day, shine shoes or live hours it day much tear of mistake, when the
or write newspaper colyuuis for two American electoral campaign has
few dollars. a week a half hours a day, deserve bet- oommencecl, even though he does not
New Orleans. ter than chipped carrots with vine- read the American newspapers. Those
He epoke feelingly of the time he •who have suffered from the shock in
lived free in cCorrigau's boarding gar.
M
"Only by organization, however, i Montreal of the New York Stock r
house in Now York --free by virtue ee can ore hope to achieve bur purpose i chauge's somersaults, will no doubt
the fact that he had rounded up 13 and roast beef with trashed potatoes." 1 profit next time by their experience.
immigrants as boarders --and recalled
a dr.'s Carillon
In oonclusion, there is one feature
of which. I desire to make special
mention. It is• the inscription which
appears on the largest bell. In the -.
fewest possible words, the inscrip
tion seeks to •epitomize the purpose
of the carillon as :a. national me
morias, commemorative of the Peace
and of the service and sacrifice whiob
contributed to that great end Il
appears in both English and French(
doubly significant when one recant
the association of the two •peoples in
the Great War and in our country's
story.
The inscription reads:
This carillon was installed
by authority of Parliament to
commemorate the
Peace of 1918
to keep in remembrance
the service and sacrifice
of Canada
in the Great War
"By authority of Parliament," there
is something splendidly impressive in
those words! There is. no •compare'
ble authority in the affairs of state,
"To commemorate" and "to keep in
remembrance," what words more full
of meaning w:11 be found in our
language! To Leonardo da Vinci w
owe much for the portrayal of th
sacrament with which these word
will ever be associated. How full o
kindred meaning they are when a.
plied to the service and sacrifice
our young country, and to a peat
which relates itself to the entir
world! Around the rim of the be
which carries the inscription, are th
words:
"Glory to Cod in the Highest at
on Earth Peace, Goodwill tow
men"
Such is the message of tho •carill
—a message of rejoicing and thank
giving known in Biblical lore as T1
Angels' Song." It was heard fro
the skies nearly twenty centuries. a
by a few shepherds who were wa
ing their flocks by night. Back to t
skies it returns at noon to -day,
the eon() of a mystical train .Ire
on a Judean moor, but the voice
,a nation in thanksgiving and pr
which will s.ouud over land and se
the uttermost parts of the earth,
which, from the place where we
now assembled may yet, in the co
of time, be borne clown the mutt
to oome,-•---The Right Honourable
L. Mackenzie Bing, in "The Mes
of the Carillon."
Great Bell Installed
Brussels.—A great bell, weig
more than seven tont, presente
Amerioan engineers in memor
their comrades 'who fell in the
'has just been installed in the
of the new library` at Louva1A
versify.: �..,, >..•r ` '
"Do you think it is unlucky, to
on Friday?" `Certainly; Why
Friday be an exception.?"
boy, he had slaved and starved for a
k in New York and
don't • believe iii them. --1 iby M.
Ayres.
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bQy= also,, may bo whipped on ' that and make luxe 'you 'haven t lost 414
: t!ter day, --Senator Ilirarn Johfison of things that money won't buy. -lar. Cr..
California. H. !norther.
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