Zurich Herald, 1951-02-15, Page 3Some Honest Folks
Still In The World
To! .1 t;tr a�,nu• l,t ,,I,1P talk, yent'•d
think that if they Inst got their
handl •.o,a a d ,tl tr hill the) wouldn't
r•vc wh,.rc it .cn1at• i,'r,m, But when
;inn see the %Nay they act, tve•11 -•-
1n 1J ctnphi., ']'ennr sa,�., the other
clay, a young filling .station em-
ployee lost a roll of bills contain-
ing $132. He did not discover the
loss until ,considerably later. Mean-
while.. the wind began blowing the
nottty around, and people at a
busy 'intersection began surprisedly
picking up $1., M(1, and $20 hills.
'A newspaper learned the story
wvhen Billy "ilinshew placed a
classified adzrrtisentent• about the
money. Next day finders of the
"bills had returned $131 of the $132
to Billy. The missing $1 may still
be blowing around.
It reminds a person of the story
told a while ago in the Reader's
Digest about a blind veteran who
.operates a small restaurant in
• Charleston, S.C. He had asked a
customer the denomination of a
bill for which he was to make
change.
"Do you ever have trouble with
people giving you ones and saying
they're fives?" the customer asked.
"No, sir," the• veteran replied.
"The only trouble I have is with
people who give me fives and tell
me they're ones."
More Than They.
argained For
The Texas farmer, who bought
surplus military equipment for
$6.89, and later sold it to the Gov-
ernment for $63,000 is not alone in
having reaped unexpected profits
from what appeared to be common-
pIace purchases. Here are some
similar, if more modest, cases.
Investment .— $L90
Included in an assortment of
goods bought by Mrs. Lilian Nel-
son of Seattle, Wash., at an estate
auction three years ago, were two
cans labeled "soot cleaner." On
opening the cans the purchaser
found $7,720 in currency.
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Investment -50 cents
In Denver, Colo., a man bought
an old slot machine in a junk yard,
intending to set it up in his recrea-
tion room. as "atmosphere." Open-
ing it out of curiosity, ,he found it
still contained $73 in quarters.
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Investment—$15.00
In Nashville, Tenn., Clyde Dur -
seer bought a dilapidated old car,
circa 1928. When he went to work
Ito put it in running condition, he
found a sack containing twenty.
Ave $10 gold coins under the floor-
board.
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Investment --$7.50
A vagrant purchased a pair of
old shoes in a rummage shop in
Chicago and in attempting to don
then, in the shop his toe struck an
obstacle: a wad of fifteen $5 bills.
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Investment—$7.50
At an auction sale in Worcester,
Mass., Leon Langlois bought an
old wall safe, sans key or known
combination, then had to enlist the
aid of a locksmith to open it. In-
side were $500 in coins.
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Investment -50 cents
Killing time between trains at
Los Angeles, David Wilkins of De-
troit, Mich., bought two old vol-
umes in a second-hand book stall.
One subsequently proved to be a
rare first edition for which he re-
ceived $150.
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Investment—$1
A case of supposedly empty
liqueur bottles, bought from a•
truckman in Miami, Fla., by
Charles Schwartz in connection
with his hobby of snaking lamp
bases from such things, turned out
to be filled with a rare imported
liqueur which gave the purchase
a total value of $108,
MC EDNLIi VELUM
'OT since the invention of the bobbypin has milady's hair mash
had it so good.
Home pertrianents, chignons, improved shampoos and home dry-
era have -all come to the rescue of the woman uttering that orisons
eompla1rat, "I just can't seem to do a thing with my hair."
Yet while beauty experts have seemingly given their all to that
business of giorify'Ing the tresses of the fair sex, one problem Dias
received virtually no attention, the impossibility of getting (Iressedt
without ruining a carefully groomed coiffure,
At long last, a solution has been found—a zip -up, step-in dress.
While the step-in dress is by no means a revolutionary idea, it
may weIl. be the 'forerunner of a fashion trend. The creation not
ou]y permits the missus to get dressed without getting so much as
a wisp 02 hair, out of place, but also eliminates the exasperating
struggle to fr.nd sleeves while the dress is pulled up over the head.
At right, model Joan Skelly, her hair in perfect order, demon-
strates how easy it is to step into the dress with the zipper pulled
open to just below the waist.
Seconds later (at left), she stands fully 'dressed, her coiffure im-
maculate—truly a quick and painless change.
-The cotton chambray step-in creation should have no trouble in
winning applause from those women who have had their hair
mussed up during a desperate effort to dress quickly, or, from the
many others who have groomed their hair after dressing, only to
find telltale. strands of loose hair marring an otherwise neat ap-
pearance.
Investment—$3.50
Thirteen years ago Albert Camp-
bell of Savannah, Ga., bought a
mirror at a rummage sale. Recently
it broke and in its back he found
$1,900 in $100 bills.
Investment -20 cents
In Hartford, Conn., a man with
a hobby of collecting old trophies
picked up a cup once awarded to a
"champion checker player" and
found a $20 bill secreted ;n it.
Mdern Etiquette
13y Roberta Lee
Q. When passing the plate for a
second helping, should one hold the
knife and fork in the hand or place
them on the table?
A. Neither, The knife and fork
should be left on the plate.
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Q. Who is supposed to furnish
the flowers for the maid -of -honour
and bridesmaids at a wedding?
A. The bride's parents.
Q. I have received an invitation
to the wedding of a very dear
friend. However, I do not know
the girl he is marrying. Would it
be all right for me to send my
wedding gift to him?
A, Never. Wedding gifts must
always be sent to the home of the
bride-to-be, and addressed to her.
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Q. Is it proper to take a spoon-
ful of ice cream at the table and
then take this into the mouth by
degrees?
A. Never. Take just enough ice
cream on the spoon as you can
comfortable take into your mouth.
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Q. When a bride is extremely
busy, isn't it all right if she waits
for two or three weeks to acknowl-
edge her gifts?
A. Never under any circum-
stances. Each gift should be ac-
knowledged promptly, the same
day received if possible.
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..Q. When you are talking with
someone whose name you cannot
remember readily, and a friend
joins you ,should you make any
attempt at an introduction?
A. Yes, it would be even more
embarrassing if you did not at-
tempt an introduction. Simply say,
"I am very sorry, but for the mo-
ment I cannot remember your
name."
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Q. How much room should be
allowed for each guest at a din-
ner table?
A. A space of from sixteen to
twenty inches. This is called the
"cover," and each cover should be
definitely marked with a service
plate.
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Porter's Painting Interests Critics ---- W C. Johnson, a porter
on the Canadian Pacific Railway running out of Toronto, arous-
ed the interest of art critics with a pastel painting, "Retired"
which was exhibited at the Simpson's recent Homemakers'
Show in the Amateur Art Gallery, in Toronto. Self-taught,
Mr. Johnson started his hobby using ten cent cans of ordinary
paint and old window shades for canvasses. His interest
in pastels stems from the ease in which he can carry his mater-
ials, especially in his constant travelling as a railroader. His
painting "Retired" was an instant hit at the exhibit and showed
a cotnnionplace scene of clothes draped over a chair, their
owner obviously "retired" for the night.
Leo Ellis is a pian for whore
chickens are a major source of in-
come. A year or so ago, after due
consideration, he decided that roosts
take up far too much space in a
hen house. So he proceeded to do
away with all the roosts in his
two, 24 by 60 -foot laying houses.
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"I won't put 'em back, either,
he says. "There's a lot more room
in here now."
Doesn't this add up to a pretty
filthy layout? Not at all. Deep lit-
ter, good ventilation and natural
distribution of droppings leave the
Itter dry and clean.
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Ellis starts his deep litter with
six inches of ground cobs. Then he
adds about an inch every two weeks
all winter. The houses are cleaned
out completely once a year, in the
spring. * * ,#
Each cement -floored house is
divided into two 24x30 -foot sections.
And Ellis follows an unusual as
sembly*line system - in both build-
ings. Here's how it works:
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Chicks are brooded in the laying
houses, stay right there until the
following spring. As they grow,
Ellis merely removes the brooder
stoves and the low partitions used
to separate hovers. Later he moves
in the nests. Litter stays put for
a year, with a new layer added
every couple of weeks.
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Come the next spring, old hens
are sold or moved to one of sev-
eral older- houses. Then houses are
cleaned and disinfected, and a new
bunch of chicks is started.
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With wars and rumours of wars
threatening on the international
front, here's good news for the
housewife on the home front—the
disagreeable job of "cleaning the
chicken" is on the way out. With
the increasing use of eviscerated
and ready -to -cools poultry in Cana-
dian homes another housewife's
chore will soon be struck off the
list * **
Today in many Canadian com-
munities the consumer has the
choice of buying an attractively
dressed whole fowl, a half, a quar-
ter, a leg—and if she likes, she
can leave the wings for those who
want them!
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Turkey steaks have caught on
and are proving popular on some
markets. Because of its better fla-
vour and quality and the elimina-
tion of much unpleasant kitchen
labour, ready -to -cook and eviscer-
ated poultry is finding increasing
favour from coast to coast.
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To maintain an optimum balance
between production and consump-
tion, poultry producers realize that
not only must the product be at-
tractively presented, it must have the
highest quality and flavour possible.
E. D. Bonnyman, poutry marketing
specialist in the Department of
Agriculture at Ottawa says that
while it is important to produce
a bird with good flavour, it is
equally important to retain thtit
flavour right tip to the time it
reaches the consumer's table.
* * *
Research work has shown that
one of the best ways to achieve
this and avoid "off" flavours and
visceral taint,'is to remove the en-
trails soon after the bird is killed.
This, of course, must be combined
with up-to-date and approved pro-
cessing practices such as are fol-
lowed in the registered grading sta-
tion program in Canada, where
emphasis is placed on sanitation,
efficient processing, cooling and
freezing.
When everyone is interested in
cutting down costs, Mr. Bonnyman
points out that when cutting up and
evisceration is practised at the ini-
tial shipping point, a considerable
saving is made in freight as the
eviscerating shrink has been esti-
mated to be about 22 to 25 per
cent. On long hauls this saving in
freight has been found to approxi -
`'date a cent a pound. Considered in
terms of the millions of pounds
shipped in Canada every year, it is
readily seen what an effect this
would have on the whole poultry
neat industry. And if this saving
in shipping might be passed on to
the consumer,'then it is conceivable
that the present 23 pounds annu-
ally consumed per capita might be
increased to the benefit of all
concerned.
Some dvances That
Scientists Predict
l ifteen papers written on expect-
ed scientific developments by the
leading authorities in several fields
of science and technology consti-
tute a symposium, "Science—and
Tomorrow," which appears in the
current issue of the Journal of
the Franklin Institute,
Dr. Harold C. Urey of the Insti-
tue for Nuclear Studies, in describ-
ing advances in the field of chem-
istry writes that "somewhere in
the future, whether it is the re-
maining years of this century or
years to follow, man will have an
understanding of the origin of life,"
Dr. Jerome C. Hunsaker of Mas-
sachusetts Institute of Technology
predicts that the helicopter may
ultimately supplant the airplane for
short feeder -line flights; that turbo -
propeller airplanes will serve nor-
mal intercity traffic and that trans-
continental and transoceanic flights
will be in very fast high-altitude
turbojet planes. Dr. Hunsaker also
believes that a cruising speed of
600 miles an hour is not unreason-
able.
The use of radiant energy with
the production of carbohydrates as
a principal source of our heating
fuels, foods and combustion engine
fuels is expected by Dr. Wallace
R. Erode, Famous mathematician,
Dr. Norbert Wiener, believes that
a device can be invented which can
be attached to the mechanical leg
of an amputee to "feel" an object
in its path. He also suggests a de-
vice that will register the right
dosage of some drug given in a
heart attack.
Overheard: My husband promis-
ed me a fur coat for Christmas, but
now he says he didn't say which
Christmas.
Claim The "Comic"
Unfair To Cats
With cats, either you like thent
or you don't it seems to me,
Opinions are as definite as they are
about peppermint.
Hardly ever do you run into the
person who can take them or leave
them. Personally, I'd leave therm
if I had a choice. Now dogs—hut
that's another subject.
All of which leads into a matter
dear to the heart of the Empire
Cat Club, Inc., in Nc".c York City.
The club is deeply ntm-ed by au
apparently insidous and perlunis
subversive anticat campaign i'i
comic books and motion pictures.
The eat; it says, is all too often
the target of the pen and film
cartoon, "whereas he is in reality
of great service to mankind as well
as an affectionate and loyal friend."
Which leaves no doubt 'as to
their position. But, as 1 say, gi.e
me a cocker spaniel or a collie
any day writes Robert M. Hallett
in The Christian Science Monitor.
Bringing the full weight of '1'he
Empire (as the club describes itself
at one point in a release) behind
efforts to end discrimination against
felines, the organization is initiat.
ing "an agressive campaign to oh-
tain a more understanding treat-
ment of the cat in comics and
motion pictures."
At its Jan. 12 meeting the club
passed a solemn resolution and
addressed •a pointed letter to each
of the picture and comic strip
producers.
And there was the threat of
sterner measures to come if reme-
dial action does not satisfy the cato-
philes.
"The club feels," the release says,
"that at this time it is net neces-
sary to take more aggressive steps
to achieve a more friendly portrayal
of cats, but . . . The Empire is
prepared to take action at the
censor board, exhibitor, and news-
paper publisher levels if the co-
operative approach is not produc-
tive of this end."
There was no hint of what these
sanctions might be. Could it mean
cats on picket lines in front of our
movie houses?
Another of the club's efforts will
be to hold a conference with film
representatives during the annual
rat show it sponsors.
There is no doubt that cat lovers
are numerous and apparently are
becoming more articulate and in-
fluential.
However, this very fact niay
cause a counter-move against the
infiltration of the pro -cat faction
into the field of American culture.
For certainly some agree with Og-
den Nash, who wrote:
The trouble with me 'kitten to
that
Eventually it becomes a cat.
HARD TIMES
New Missionary: "Did you know
Mr. Hopkinson?"
Cannibal King: "Oh, yes! He
was the pride of our island."
New Missionary: "Why did he
leave?"
Cannibal King: "He didn't, sir.
Yon see, times got so hard that we
had to swallow our pride."
Two Young Fishing Enthusiasts, 12 -year-old 13ruce Christie and 15 -year-old Jun Whitefield
learn the proper technique of casting from Elizabeth Telfer in preparation for the Canadian
National Sportsmen's Show being held in the Coliseum, Toronto, from March 9 to 17.1l1 three
are members Of the Toronto Anglers' and Hunters' .A.ssociatiott. sponsors of the Sportsmen's
Show.
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'RUCKS,WHY WORRY.,YOU
KNOW WE CANT PLMt
BALL WITHOUT ONIE
Mruinrimni
ISN'T 1-M A
BEAUTY?! FOUND
HIM HANGING FROM
THE GARAGE
CRAFTERS
By Arthur Pointer
2
GEE MOM, WE DIDN'T
LET IT LOOSE..JITTER HEARD
US SAY WE N5EbED A BAT/ ,_,,.
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