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Zurich Herald, 1942-10-29, Page 6Modern Ed to By Roberta Lee 1. Is it customary for a house guest to bring his hostess some kind of gift? 2. Would eight or 10 persons be too many to stand in a receiving line? 3. Is it necessary for a man to thank a woman for a dance? 4. What would be the very small- est menu one should bays for an after -theatre supper? 5. Does a bridegroom usually give his bride a wedding gift? 6. What is a good fruit course to serve for luncheon? 7. What would be a good toast for a man guest to offer to his hostess? .ANSWERS 1. Yes it is often done, but not absolutely necessary. The bread- and-butter letter is really all that is expected and required. 2. Yes; there should not be more than four persons in the receiving line. 3. Yes; at the end of the dance. If it has lasted only one minute, or 30, the man should say, "Thank you." 4. One hot dish, such as chicken a la king or creamed oys- ters, a nice salad, and coffee. 5. Yes; it is customary for him to give her a gift of jewelry. 8. The most popular fruits are grapefruit, melon, or a mixture of fruits cut into small pieces. 7. "Ladies and gentlemen, I give you our hostess, the wife of a very lucky man." HOW CAN 1? By Anne Ashley Q. now can I keep the bird cage Olean? A, Place five or six thicknesses •of heavy white paper, cut to proper shape, in the bottom of the bird cage. Each morning a paper can be lilted out, leaving a nice clean floor. Q. How can I make a good paste? A. Take one-half teaspoonful eaoh of starch and fiour and add a little boiling water; Iet stand for a moment, add more water, and stir and 000k until thick. This paste will spread smoothly, stick well, and will not mold or discolor Paper - Q. How can T keep kitchen knives sharp? A. Knives that are to be ketpt sharp must be stored properly. Fit them into a grooved box. Knives become dull if they rub against other articles. Q. How can I make poached eggs firmer? A. Add a tablespoonful of lemon juice to the water in whioh eggs are to be poached, and it will make them firmer. Q. How can I wash mirrors so that water will not get behind the frame? A. Be sure not to wash the mir- rors or glass with a very wet cloth, or some of the water may pene- trate back of the frame and injure the glass, Just use a good, damp chamois for this purpose. lind Helping Build Bambe °s Some Turn Out More Work Than Sighted Employees Blind workers are helping build fighting and bombing planes at the Lockheed Aircraft factory, and their boss says that in some re- spects they are better than sighted employees. Eleven blind men and two sight- less women have been engaged in a placement test in the Lockheed plant for more than. a month, and some of them now turn out more work than their fellows, due to higher power of coacentratiou. "On some of the more difficult operations the quality of their work as above average," staid C. L. Pei. ton, Lockheed superintendent of fabrication, "In every Case witth- in a few weeks the quantity of their work equalled or exceeded that of sighted persons on the same oper- ation," • Guide . dogs bring the sightless workers' to the plant each morning, threading their way thrott.gh the intricate aisles and buildings of the main Lockheed factory, There the doge doze '(all day beneath their Masters' benches. Miss .Hazel Hurst, sightless pre- sident of a foundation for training blind persons at Monrovls, worked at every Joh before selecting a blind worker to be planed In lt. The number of lobs they can per. form with safety will always be limited, she said, BBC Warns France To Be Prepared The BBC warned the French again that it was important now as never before for every French- man to be prepared for opera- tions by the Allied air forces, navies and armies. The French were advised to keep away from German headquarters and bar- racks, rail centres and repair yards and the fortified coastal zones. Nazis Desert On Journey To Front The Polish Government in London said it had received con- firmation of desertions by Ger- man officers and men from trans- ports crossing Poland to the East- ern Front. It said these desertions have become so frequent that the Ger- man authorities have been obliged to organize a special control sys- tem. Deserters who discard their military equipment and buy civil. ian clothes are said to reach Ger- many by applying to German labor offices recruiting workers for labor in the Reich. WHAT SCIENCE IS DOING ICE iNpICATQR ON PLANE$ There's a little gadget which has just been perfected that likely make next . winter's hying easter for the boys who pilot Allied bombers. It's an ice .indica,tpr, ' It isn't impressive -looking. It weighs about five pounds and looks like a handful of telephone. cord conuectiug two email black boxes, a dial and a plastic disc, It does these things; 1. It tells when ice starts to form on the plane. 2. It tells how thick the ice is. 3. It can switch on a de-icer. In short, it means the bomber pilot has one less thing to worry about. It sounds very simple. But ac- tually the young scientist who In- vented the gadget, Dr. Waldo Kiiever, put the complicated new science of electronics to work to make it. It's the first time anyone has ' been able to measure the rate at which ice forms on a plane. Until now, the co-pilot has had to do the worrying and trust hie own judgment. If you've ridden a sleeper plane, you've seen him at night come back into the cabin and throw his flashlight beam along the leading edge of the wing. He was looking for ice and trying to determine how thick it was. The indicator starts with a small disc set into any surface of the plane which wants watching. TMs dlae is linked to a dial on the pilot's dashboard. When ice forms, the dial's needle swings to the right, and as it swings it indicates just how much ice is outside on the wing. It isn't a gadget that measures dropping temperatures like a ther- mometer. It doesn't touch the ice. It simply registers "ice" because the ice changes the character of the electrical "field" around it. SOLOMON ISLAND HOT SPOTS 3Adit9 OLENUt3A FLOR/po t U. S. POSITIONS aISIAKO �; : ;t ,;� y ,4,6 hit JAP POSITIONS TULAGh-oft, • �.: • MILES TANAMIOGtld 001 46 VI GAVUTU s mo 0 20 $eolork Channel wssT CAPE vwr�au.tirrc xv ar io=: �ASUICA fi UAPALCAlY,�L SLAt+lD liV A Neil a1� aesee PAPUA tib. d'Pe. RABAUL 14,4 �MP BASES BOMBED BYAMERICAN AND AUSTRALIAN FLIERS •seJAP ATTACK fA� PACIFIC OCEAN 'I's 3UKAb-= LAZE NEWS SO'Is ALAMAUA UGAINVILLEI O S11owitANIDo CUT SANTA , ISABEL ey'. r4t) !LINA • G1Z0` et et:* �i zzzo 440 A LNE 4fO'PFag1, SAMARA, Ilb DALCANAL% sao, CRISATOOM. 1 The maps above show where critical action is developing in the Solomon Island area of the South Pacific, The top map shows the northern shore of Guadalcanal Island, where the heavily reinforced enemy is massing for an all-out attempt to recapture the vital air- field at Lungs. The lower map shows Guadalcanal in relation to the Solomon group and other action in the area. Australia Making Own Optical Glass Australia is now making its own optical glass, urgently needed for such instruments as range -cinders, field glasses and other types of eye -aid used In modern war. Three years ago Sydney dealers said it could not be done because good optical glass was a trade secret handed down in French and Ger- man firms, Now a large Australian works is making on a mass scale optical glass which experts pro- nounce "equal and in some respects superior to" the best optical glass made in Europe. • Russians Using Wooden Bomber Russian fliers are using a low - speed light bomber made of wood and fabric for accurate night at- tacks upon Axis positions around Stalingrad, accooding to the army newspaper Red Star. The plane is en improved model U-2, with a speed of only 60 to 90 miles an hour, Red 'Star saint, it is repented the Germans used to laugh at the type, which they called the woodpile, but that mockery .had turned to fear. Iced Star ,said the U-2 could take off anywhere because of its light construction of woodwork and lin- en, raid silently with • more precise ion than a chive -bomber and land on a field illuminated only by a flashlight. The crews were declared able to bon ho ees held by the Germans without hitting neighboring build*' Inge in Ruestan handa. Royal Mint Strikes Million Coins Daily With war bringing a big demand for more money in Britain the Royal Mint Is very brisk these days. Over 1,000,000 new coins are being struck every day, including every coin in the currency except one of the most popular — the penny. The minting of pennies was banned over two years ago to eco- nomize in the use of copper metal, and the brass three penny piece is helping to make up for the lack of pennies. The silver three penny piece, although seldom seen, is still be- ing struck, although 'tltemajority go to Scotland where there is a big demand for them. Before the ban there were about 2,000 million pennies in Britain, an average of 40 per person., `BLUE COAL' RAISES STANDARD OF HEATING COMFORT Thousands of families will tell you that 'blue coal' is the best coal you can use in these days of careful spending. Teat is because this dependable, even -binning an- thracite gives you Wore heating vaino for every fuel dollar you spend. It burns slowly, steadily and economically. •It fills your home with uniform heat and saves you Worry, trouble and dollars over the heating season. Let your near- est 'blue coal' dealer tell you how easy It is to heat your home the 'Me seal' way and ;gave honey, i:oo. Phone him today. Have You Heard? The landlord of offices ten,. anted by a firm of Scots lawyers whose lease was about to expire wrote to ask whether they were going tp continua in occupation. Their reply was: "Dear Sir, 'We are, Yours truly--" Not appreciating this effort in economy of words—and paper— he wrote again -to demand whether or not it was their intention to remain. The answer was: "Dear Sir, We remain, Yours truly" The landlord is not trying again. A milkman inducted into the army wrote back home from camp: "Bessie, I sure do like this army Life. It's so nice to lie abed every morning until five -thirty." "On the day on which my wed- ding occurred—" "You'll pardon the correction but affairs such as marriages, re- ceptions, dinners and things of that sort 'take place. Only cal- amities occur.' You see the dis- tinction ?" "Yes, I see. As I was saying, the day on which my wedding occurred—" Teacher (pointing to deer at the zoo): "Johnny, what is that?" Johnny: "1 dont know." Teacher: "What does your mother call your father?" Johnny: "Don't tell me that's a louse!" "Are you positive that the de- fendant was drunk?" asked the judge. "No doubt," growled the offi ter. "Why are you so certain?" "Well," replied the officer, "1 saw hits put a penny in the patrol box on Fourth Street, then look up at the clock on the church and shout: "Gowd, I've lost 14 pounds." Candidate: "How did you like my speech on the agri- cultural problem?" Farmer: "It wasn't bad, but a day's rain would do a heap more good." The musketry • instructor was giving a squad of recruits their first lesson on the rifle. "Your rifle is your best pal," he told them. "Treat it as you would your mother, your sister or your sweetheart. . . rub it over with an oil rag every morning." "I hadn't been talking to the fellow for more than five minutes when he called me a fool." "What caused the delay?" Things Are Really Getting Very Hard Brother, things are really get- ting hard. Shortly, there is to be no more steel for springs in beds, chester- fields or over -stuffed chairs. Presumably after a night of sleepless tossing in worry over the slump in steel production, one of the experts of the Munitions De- partment decided that the metal which bad gone into his bed- spring might better have been us- ed for guns or tanks, Actually, there was no ban yet on the use of steel in springs, ex- plained a Munitions publicity man, because the order hadn't been signed. No signed order --so no news, was the way he looked at it, with an eye to protecting the sanctity of Munitions' thousandth or so press release. "Anyway," he asked querulous- ly in after-thorght, "do we have to have chesterfields, and with springs':" Over 850,000 pounds of sun- flower seeds were shipped from Uruguay in a recent month, 4! Canadian Courses For Canadians Across Canada are thousands of Shaw Graduates who have attained to Eno, well- paid positions and noteworthy successes in Business, through Shaw training. Shaw Home Study Courses provide Mae, Coal, thorough and efficient instruction, Stenographic GenoralAceountant(C,G.A.) Secretarial Stationary Engineering Bookkeeping Higher Accounting Cost Accounting ShortStory Writing Chartered institute of Secretaries (A.C.1.S.) WritsjorCaialoque,,?Mw Schnots,Deat, 16 33ay and Charles Sta. 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Instead of brass,. a hat badge made of a plastic will be standard issue in a few weeks. John Eaton of Toronto, director-general of the general purchasing branch, hold- ing a sanLple, said "it is black in color, neat as a pin, and so tough that even a strong man could not BOOKS ON ALL SUBJECTS MEDICAL, ROMANCE, HUMOR, EDUCATIONAL, PSYCHOLOGY, Best Sellers, etc.! Rush stamp for catalogue, WESTERN DISTRIBUTORS, Box 24 TB, Regina, Sask. break it with his hands," The metal parts of the web equipment will be steel, coated with a blaok finish, "As for the tunic buttons," said Mr. Eaton, "a final decision has not been reached by the services. The buttons must match the belt buckle, and the buckle will be made of a plastic, or of the same black -finished steel that will go into the web equip- ment. Officers as well as N,C.O.'s and men will be affected by the new ruling. 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