Zurich Herald, 1952-08-21, Page 6his Mara Just Can't
S'tay "On The Levet"
Ile's going clown again ---.the man
who cant stay level. lieto of the
, world's first stratosphere surveys,
Professor Auguste Piccard now
plans a deepe,t•ever dive into the
)Geste.
At a point midway between
' Naples and Sardinia, where the
Ulric Mediterranean is unusually
clear, the tow - headed Belgian
scientist is preparing a divingbell
descent to nearly ;a mile below the
sur:ace, one of the most dangerous
diving trips ever :attempted.
Frogman's Peep
4)tl an earlier shallow dive in the
Gulf of Guinea off West Africa, a
frogman peeped titrougil the port.
Stole of the balloon -shaped bathy-
sphere and found the Professor and
his companion quietly playing
chess. The Professor planned a des-
cent to 5,000 feet ---but then water
leaked into the electric system, the
shell of the sphere was twisted out
of shale, and Piccard cabled home
to his wife: "Too risky, Mama 1"
1 et the amazing Piccard has
been taking risks all his life. Peer-
ing through thick -lensed spectacles
at the highest -ever, lowest -ever tips
of the known world, his scientific
inquiries -he's a cosmic ray specia-
list -took hint to the peak of Mont
Blanc and down into the deepest
coal -mines.
Tearful Farewell
Back in 1930 he was already
middle-aged, a devoted• family man
with a son and three daughters,
when he determined to explore the
highest reaches of the sky. Though
he pioneered stratosphere travel he
personally had everything to lose
and little to gain. He scraped the
bottom of the barrel to finance his
first altitude balloon.
His wife and children wept as
they bade farewell. Then a ludicrous
anti -climax interposed, The balloon
was too heavy and failed to rise.
But Auguste Piccard kept trying.
The cramped, instrument -packed
gondola was re -designed. One sum-
mer morning just twenty-one years
ago Piccard again zoomed skyward.
The event created unprecedented
excitement. Cars raced over the
Alpine roads following the balloon.
The world imagined that the string -
necked scientist was •as good as
dead. If lack of oxygen did not get
him, it was argued, the cosmic rays
would kill.
Terrible Silence
For a day and a night a blanket
of terrible silence fell on the ex-
pedition. Distraught Madame Pic -
card gave her husband up for dead.
Then an Alpine shepherd found
Piccard scrambling down a moun-
tain -side. After reaching the their
record height of nearly ten miles,
the balloon had landed on a glacier.
Fill daybreak the professor and his
colleague, Max Cosyns, slept inside
the sphere, cosy and warm. Though
their scientific findings had been
disappointing, they had proved the
trip possible.
"But never again 1" said Piccard.
Yet he kept trying. Belgium's
Rational Foundation for Scientific
esearch backed, him. Within a few
weeks Piccard had nearly $4,000,-
000
4,000]000 for fresh experiments.
The following year the balloon
went up and in barely three hours
hhe Piccard craft broke another
eight record of nearly ten and a
half miles. This time results were
all that had been expected. As they
neared the maximum height the
cosmic rays increased in intensity
till they could be felt beating on
the balloon like rain. Far below the
balloon the mountainous Swiss
landscape seemed like a flat plain.
And when the balloon descended
the scientists yelped with joy.
Agonies of Cold
The previous year the cabin had
been painted black and had ab -
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BY EsDN,A MILES
TN the transitional days that lead from summer into early
fall, there are many spots of really hot weather. These
are the days for which summer's wilted cottons are not
quite right. Yet, who wants to don a wool dress or even a
crepe, the ad writers notwithstanding?
What a woman really wants on such a day is a dress with-
out clutter, one that washes like a slip and possesses the
smartness of complete simplicity.
Such dresses, offering the maximum in wrinkle resistance,
are to be had for the shopping. In all-dacron or in mixtures
of nylon and cotton, .they take little or no ironing. Since
Upkeep is simple, they're always on hand -fresh and ready
to wear.
Stripes lend themselves particularly well to these end -of -
the -summer standbys and often are worked in vertical and
horizontal combinations.
Aiding the air-conditioned effect created by the sheer fab-
rics are no sleeves or mere cap sleeves. Colors are clear and
sharp -praline, navy, shrimp, blue, charcoal or red used in
combination with white.
An uncluttered dress if or
late summer is this rdaronau ene.-
pieee that washes as readily as a
slip. Navy stripes on white are
used ltoriaontally In the shirt,
• vertically In'the blouse. i3 soft
loll collar .ties at the bank In ax
neat bow.
In 15 -denier nylon -and- --3
eaten, this guess is just right for
wear from late summer Into the
wanrtnsr days of early fall. It
takes a shtick washing and little
or no ironing. ,19. two->ilece de-
sign it Ina.s a buttoned ibodice
with •s huge bow.
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sorbed so much heat that they
emerged part -broiled. With silver
paint, however,the temperature fell
to 64 below and they suffered
agonies of cold.
The climax came as they landed.
Racing to the spot peasants seized
the mooring ropes, then made a
mistake and suddenly let go.
Abruptly the craft shot up 150 feet
and as suddenly crashed down. Only
the queer cushioned wicker helmets
which Piccard had insisted on wear- •
ing saved the passengers' skulls.
"I'm too old for acrobatics", Pic -
card explained, when asked why he
did not make another higher -than -
ever attempt, Behind the scenes,
however, he secretly evolved a new
type of, stratosphere balloon. Just
before the war he was all set for
another attempt when the balloon
caught fire.
Piccard promised his worried wife
he would never go up again .
but he said nothing about going
down. Apart from his sudden bursts
into hectic publicity, his life is one
of quiet, purposeful routine. He
rises early . . . "Telephone me at
six on Friday morning," was one
of his messages to the writer.
Usually he spends three or four
hours in systematic study before he
walks up the hill to Brussels
University, where he is Professor
Of Physics and Natural Science.
Dodging Reporters
His hatred of publicity is genuine.
To escape newspaper reporters, he
once climbed a tree with his books
and quietly hid there reading while
the reporters strolled in the garden
vainly waiting for him to cotyle
home I
For years Auguste Piccard lived
obscurely, a savant among savants,
known only for his brilliant con-
tributions to scientific journals on
molecular physics and radiation.
Amid his intrepid stratosphere
flights, he once refused to fly from.
Paris to London on one of the
rickety cross -Channel 'planes of
that day. "No fear," he said, "I'm
not going to risk my neck 1"
Fifteen years ago, his forecast of
flights from London to New York
"in a few hours" seemed a fantastic
dream. To -day both the world and
Professor Piccard have changed
their minds about air travel. Now,
in his typically suburban home, Pic -
card dreams of the unplumbed
depths of the ocean,
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Score 10 paints for each correct answer in the first six questions:
1. This year's summer Olympic games were held in:
-Norway -Sweden -Finland -United States
2. What elective office did Franklin Roosevelt hold immediately prior
to becoming president:
-Governor of New York -Senator from Pennsylvania
-Congressman from Pennsylvania -Secretary of the Navy
3 Who is said to have playedr: the violin while Rome burned:
-Julius Caesar -Nero -Claudius -Antony -. „ ...
4. The novel, Rob Roy. was written by:
-Tennyson -Scott`s i -Walpole -Lamb
5. Who was Prime Minister of Canada during World War I?
-King-Meighen:': -Laurier -Borden
6 The island of Zanzibar is ell. the coast of:
-Brazil -Argentina -Italy -Africa.
7. Listed below, at left, are :...animal characters from Aesop's Fables.
Opposite them are other characters or objects with which they are
associated. Match them, scoring 10 points for each correct answer.
(A) Tortoise -Manger
(B) Fox -Grasshopper
(C) Ant -Grapes
(D) Dog -Hare -
Total your points. A score' of 0-20 is poor; 30-60,, average; 70-80,
superior; 90-100, very -•superior. '
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& jemdoli.ne P Clare
Now it can be told! For the past`
four weeks we have been very busy):
getting ready for our daughte4;"
wedding. I haven't mentioned it
before because we wanted a quiet
wedding - just the family. But
somehow it didn't .stay quiet that,
way. There were friends who were,
going to be very disappointed if
they were not invited. So plans
were changed and we decided on
having a small\reception. Not have
ing any help r suggested it could
be held at a nearby guest home.
But no, Daughter wanted it at
home. That being so I decided I
would manage it somehow.
Then we went to work, painting;
cleaning -and Partner spent hours
on the lawn, cutting and cross-
cutting every few days. There was
plenty of telephoning - flowers,
cake and refreshments to arrange
for -and a trip to the city to get
myself a dress.
Finally the great day arrived.
The bride and groom and their
two attendants went to our pictur-
esque little Anglican church, stand-
ing high upon a hill, and there they
were married. The only guests at
the church were those who special-
ly wanted to be present; most of
them came to the house to await
the coaling of the bride and groom.
The keynote of the whole affair
was simplicity, with formality kept
to a minimum. And yet there was
a meaning and a purpose to almost
everything that • was clone. The
decorations were pink and white
gladioli, grown by one of our neigh-
bour -friends. The two -decker cake
was all white, topped by a small .
vase of real sweetheart rose -buds.
in a lovely shade of pink. The
tablecloth used was one specially
requested by Daughter because of
the wide lace border, crocheted by
her late grandmother. Of the two
silver teapots that were used one
had'been a wedding present to that
same grandma, and the other a
wedding present to us, when Part-
ner and I were married. The servi-
ettes had written in silver lettering'
-"Dee and Art, August 2, 1952"
-a nice little memento.
A heavy thunder shower blew up
about 2 o' clock but, by the time
the bridal couple returned froth
the church the sun was shining.
As a mother, may 1 be forgiven
if I say the bride was lovely? She
was dressed very simply in a two
pieta white serge suit with a navy
blue shawl collar, and a navy blue
picture hat. A corsage of Talisman
roses was the only touch of con-
trasting colour.
Irrespective of the clothes she
wears there seems to be an aura
of loveliness about a happy bride
that shines .through and around
her as she stands with trusting feet
upon the threshold o,f a new life.
And in this our daughter was no
exception.
The bridegroom was as most
bridegrooms are -proud, happy and
self-conscious. What did he wear?
I haven't the faintest notion. I
only know he looked nice and car-
ried himself well. His parents are
no longer living so the only im-
mediate members of his family able
to be present were a sister from
Toronto and a brother from Ot-
tawa, whom we liked immensely.
Cance: the picture taking, both
professional and amateur as guests
stood alongside the photographer
as he posed us for the group pic-
tures. This over, guests went back
to the house, moving in and around
our rambling rooms, getting to
know each other and chatting with
the bride and groom until refresh-
ments were served.
Ah, those refreshments - they
were grand! I can say that quite
freely because the credit is not
to me but to our Scotch Block
Women's Institute who arranged it
all and did such a wonderful job.
There were plates and plates of
dainty sandwiches to suit every
taste . . a wonderful' assortment
of little cookies and sweetmeats
punch, flavoursome and re-
freshing , .. relish and radish roses.
All this was brought in early in
the afternoon, on covered plates
and silver dishes, ready to serve.
But the ladies themselves did not
stay as some of her Daughter's
younger friends were to do the
serving. We thought it would be
more friendly and informal that
way and they would be happier
having something to do. (1 am tell-
ing you this in detail -the infor-
mation may comae in handy for
other members without help in
the house. I was a little worried
about the tea and coffee problem
until a good neighbour offered to
look after it for me, And then I
knew I had no further need to
worry.
All in alt everything went off
without a hitch -thanks to the
W.I. There were twenty-nine rela-
tives and friends. One person was
sadly missed -a much loved aunt of
the bride who passed away two
years ago. 13ut she was not for-
gotten, Next clay, at Daughter's
request, we took a big bunch of
gladioli to the cemetery.
And there you have the high-
lights of the first family wedding
to be recorded in the Chronicles
of Ginger Farirt,
Dangerous ?rugs
Sold In Britain
A. mysterious 'plane crash in
which five people were killed re-
cently occurred because the pilot
had doped himself with a weight -
reducing drug of the amphetamine
group ... and already fifty million
tablets of the drug have been swal-
lowed by people in Britain this
year.
Vey have caused road smashes
and an otherwise inexplicable bus
disaster in the north of England.
And the police have grave grounds
for belief that the sense of con-
fidence produced by them led, in
one case, to murder.
Even.the truth drugs used behind
the Iron Curtain to obtain confes-
sions are sold in Britain by many
chemists. In a bigamy case the
other week it was revealed that a
wife had obtained such a drug to
put in her husband's tea. She hoped
to discover the truth about the two
homes he was running 1
A radio celebrity who died in his
bath was actually killed because a
weight -reducing drug prevented him
from accurately testing the tem-
perature of the water: A Mosquito
crash in the R.A.F. led to a stern
warning from the Air Ministry to
civil and military pilots. Scientists
are found to have made mistakes
after taking tablets to help them
through long periods of particularly
heavy brain -work.
Danger to Public
Many women turn to derivatives
of amphetamine to help dull the
appetite while on slimming courses.
Students with heavy tasks to face
and motorists on long journeys un-
wisely use drugs without medical
prescription. Says the Director of
Air Services in Canada, where such
drugs are also a menace: "Does
carry the risk of rash behaviour and
impaired judgment." Yet because
they are not habit-forming sr
officially • poisonous, they enjoy
comparatively free s a1 e writes
Evelyn Vaughan in a recent issue
of "Tit -Bits".
Some chemists refuse to sell the
tablets without a doctor's prescrip-
tion, Others seem content to give
the customer a friendly caution.
But the heavy sale of the drug
proves tate existence of a lasting
clanger to the public.
New Regulations Needed
The I{otne Office is apt to be
;tow in listing new or little -knows
elope products under the .I)augeroufa
[)rugs Act. A case in point carate
into the limelight recently after ft
wife was sent to trial for an alleged
aottuetfit.mpt to poison her husband and
another woman with drugs obtains.
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ed from a home permanent wave
Conversely, a husband managed
to .lull his suspicious wife into
forgetfulness by treating her witis
a drug to produce loss of memory,
Although it is usual to have a
doctor's prescription, there are ap-
parently no actual regulations
governing its sale. In view of re-
cent serious developments it would
seent that new regulations are
urgently needed.
A liquid hypnotic, it is sold to
the public at 47'd d. an ounce ... a
swift highway to forgetfulness 200
times cheaper tl.an illicit opium 1
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Egg Shell
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Can Decapper
Gadget opens Large or small these
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5specicilly For Little Folk -Kiddies will have their own special
menus in the Children's Pavilion at the C.N.E. this year, in the
Rainbow Room of the Upper Coliseum they'll find tables, chairs
and food designed especially for them. Typical of youngsters who
will enjoy special kiddies' fashion shows, play equipment and
marionette shows of the Children's Pavilion are group above
with "Big Top" menu,