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wie Valuable Mica With the increase of electrical products the value of mica has soared, for it is one of the finest insulators known, Radio tubes con- ta'n mica, If your wife looks inside her electric iron she will find that sheets of mica insulate the element from _the rest of the iron, Curlously enough, 80 per.cent of all the mica in the world comes from a small area near Hazaribagh, in Bihar, India, and as there are few. indusfries in India that can make use of this product the en- tire output is exported. The -big- - gest buyers are the U.S.A, UK, France and Japan. India, of course, buys back a good 'deal 'of her own mica inside the electrical goods she purchases, though she has no use for it in the raw state. Incidentally, mica exists in tiny fragments in coal and other min- erals, and there is a particularly heavy proportion in the "mica clay" of Cornwall; but nowhere else in . the world does it-seem to exist in the transparent sheets' so familia +o all. One little known use for mica scrap, until recently known only to the Americans, is that of ground mica for putting the sheen on cer- tain types of wallpaper. Until A.A.C, Dickson, a mining engineer, invented a grinding process a few years ago, America supplied every roll of shimmering wallpaper. Trips Reds -- Maurice Boyzcum, 19, of Montreal, Canada, above, quit the Boy Scouts when he was 15 to join the Communist Party - as an undercover agent." Maur- . ice, d detecfive's son, is credited with helping authorities to ¢crip- ple Canada's Red movement. Made His Own Teeth Today there are 10,000 different varieties of false teeth being made, ranging from molars with lines . .down them to make them look like natural cracks, to front teeth with gold fillings, so that they will look like the owner's originals. Even black ones have been sup- plied for an 'African tribe whose women consider it highly fashign- able to have all their own teeth drawn and substituted by jet black "false ones, ~ There are several recipes for false teeth making, but the main mater- ials used are feldspar and rock crystal. Feldspar consist of a group of very hard minerals forming part of certain types of rock. Rock crystal is clear, colorless quartz crystal often used in jewel- lery and optical instruments. Mixed and ground into a powder the feldspar and crystal is passed to a specialist, who adds certain chemicals that determine the color of that particular batch. Heavy smokers, for instance, of- ten want their false teeth to look as though they are stained with nicotine. This can be done quite easily. Distilled water is added, and the mixture beaten up into a paste--}-- which is then cast in moulds, vary- ing in size and shape to suit the requirements of the mouth. The moulds are then subjected to pressure and drying, the teeth taken out a passed through a process called "biscuiting," in which statg they can be cut like chalk, Then they are sprayed with a special enamel and heated in a "muffle" or enameller's oven. After 'being exposed to intense heat the teeth are taken out, and there they - are--beautiful for ever. When the sets have been made they are often touched up to match the markings and color of natural teeth. It is possible to have one's old teeth filed to points and new; specially made plastic teeth "cap- _ ped" on to the stumps. A: lot of film stars owe their dazzling smiles to this technique. It is an expensive one, Ivory false teeth are still popular with some people. Recently Mr. T. 'Coughlan, a bootmaker, of New South Wales, having broken his ordinary false teeth, carved him- self a mouthful of luxury ones from an elephant tusk. The job took three months, but the teeth will last for ever. oi © Queer Fish: To attract big «catches 'a Scotsman of Caithness plays the bagpipes for half an hour _ before fishing. He says he gets good results. Modern Etiquette By Roberta Lee Q. Is it all right to send a Christmas card tocsonmeone who is in deep mourning? ; A. Yes, if its picture in some way illustrated. the, birth of Christ of the promise of peace, or if its message be of loving friendly théught. Don't send a gay 'card shouting "Merry. .Christmas and Happy New Year." Q. "When buttering a piece of bread at the dinner table, should one hold it in one hand or. keep it on the plate? Fy 8 A. It is better to hold the bread against he plate while buttering it. Q. - Will you please suggest a good "thank you" letter for a bride to send in appreciation of a wed- ding gift? - A. "Dear Mrs, Smith: The prints you sent us will go just beau- tifully in our living room. It was wonderfully sweet of .you and I thank you more than I can tell you. Hoping 'that you are surely coming to the wedding,' Very sin- cerely, Mary Jones." Q. When a man is dining with man stops at the table to chat for a minute, what should the girl's escort do? A. He should rise and remain standing until the other man leaves. Q. What type of writing paper should a man use for his personal correspandnece? } A. It should always be con- servative. Plain white or cream, or gray or granite, or a deep blue paper of medium or large size, and stamped with his address or his initials or, for social correspond- ence, with his crest, is in good taste. Q. Is it proper to give money to 'a friend as a Christmas present, when one knews that the friend needs it? " i -A. It would be better not to give money. Often such a gift is resented and causes hurt feelings. Q. When carving" a turkey, should the host ask each guest which piece he prefers? A, Merely ask if he prefers -light or dark meat. If there is but one turkey and everyone would request a leg there would be quite a problem. Q. If one has a house guest, who Is in the home on. Christmas Day, should there be a gift for this | guest? A. Yes. And, of course, the guest should have gifts for the host and hostess and their children, or one gift that they all can enjoy. Q. Doesn't the bridegroom and his family: send out some of the wedding invitations? A. No; all of them are sent out by the parents of the bride. To pa. DASHING LOVER "Dearest Betty," wrote Frank, who was hopelessly in love, "I would swim the mighty ocean for one glance from your dear eyes. I would walk through a wall of flame for one touch of your tiny stream in the world for a word from your lovely lips. As always, your Frank. i "P.S.--I'll be over on Saturday night if my toothache is better," MERRY 'MEN AGERIE A) ell, well . . TW 8 bullt-in perch!" { a girl in a restaurant and another - hands. I would leap the widest--| could gain a fall from his pet grap- Ready To Ski-Daddle--~Dagmar Rom, Austrian ladies' slalom and | giant slalom world skiing champion, tries her skill on a ski:bob at Zugspite, Germany, during the opening of the German winter sports season, Miss Rom, a membar of the Austrian Olympics winter sports team, regarded the ski-bob race as a welcome break 'a her hard pre-Olympic training on Germany's highest mountain. The ski-bob is a combination of bicycle and ski. heed He i. sYIAY ARIA int RLS in a A RIN SL ' P . ur Sister Of The Jeep--The new "Aero Wing" is the first passenger sedan model to be built by Willys- Overland Motors since 1942 when the company went into all-out production of Jeeps. The new two- door has a six-cylinder, 90-horsepower motor, and is expected to deliver 35 miles to the gallon. t A SwaITC + * NOX OJ HSIM ¥NO FRANK (Sixbits) HARRIS *¢ Upside-down to prevent peeking. Wrestler Tried "To Cheat Gallows There are more ways of killing a cat than by choking it with but. ter. And there are ways of saving a man from hanging other than by a last-minute reprieve. : At least, so thought "Farmer" Burns, who was a circus strong- man performer; one-time heavy- weight wrestling champion=-of the world, and the discoverer of Frank Gotch, who beat the famous Geor- ges Hackenschmidt in the most dis- puted mat battle of all time. Martin Burns was a farmer's boy wlien he first broke into fame. Sent into town to sell some pigs, he was attracted to a visiting fair, chief item. of which was a wrestling booth. The proprictor was 'offer- ing five dollars to anyone who pler. Acclaimed Champion: urns: 'went on the mat in the blue overalls that:bespoke his cal- ling, He won the match, collected his money and earned from the crowd the name of "Farmer" Burns. After that he decided it was eas- ler to gain a living on the mat than down on the farm He took to pro- fessional wrestling and in time was acclaimed ~ world's - champion = by reason of a victory over the original "Strangler" Lewis. Burns toured the United States, wrestling all comers' with great suc- cess. In the course of his travels he came across Frank Gotch, taught the tough German all he knew, and eventually developed him into a champion. The "Fatmer" was no physical giant, but used his natural strength scientifically and practised physical 2 ALP culture with fanatic zeal. He made a particular study of muscle-control, and one of his favourite tricks of showmanship was to allow himself to be suspended by the neck for five minutes. He would have a scaffold built, stand on a box beneath it and have a running noose. put around his neck. Then they would kick the box away and leave him dangling in mid-air for the advertised time. When they let him down he would perform a front and back somer- sault to prove he was quite all right. - * This speciality eventually caused Burns to figure prominently in a dramatic story. } In Chicago a certain bar - room habitue named Painter was accused of killing a woman. Although George Siler, a wrestling referee, came forward and testified that the "Prisoner was in his company at the time when the murder was com- mitted, Painter was found guilty and sentenced to death by hang- ing. : } There were the usual appeals, all of which failed to secure a reprieve. Finally, all hope of saving the doomed man was abandoned. Siler, who honestly believed in Painter's innocence, chanced to meet Farmer Burns one evening. The wrestler lent a sympathetic ear, discovered that the execution was fixed for three months hence, and asked to be taken to see the prison- er. . This was arranged, and Burns strengthening exercises such as he used himself when training for his famous "hanging" performance. He . had the idea that if they strung the convicted man up three times with- out bging able to break his neck, he would be acquitted without fur- ther attempt. ___Painter_was_ well acquainted--with-- the renowned hanging stunt. Gras- ping at the last straw to save his life, he practised daily in his cell the "wrestlers' bridge" and other special exercises for the toughen- ing of the neck muscles. He became so' enthusiastic that before long he was confident that he could not be hanged, no matter how often they tried. Burns left town before the date of the execution. Returning a month later, he sought out George Siler and asked if Painter had been hanged. : "Oh, yes -- but they had to have three tries," explained Siler, wish- ing to let the Farmer know that his efforts at life-saving had not en- tirely been wasted. "They broke 'two ropes on him and finally hang- ed him with 'a third." "Well, then," countered the wrestler philosophically, "it just goes ta show that if you try some- thing often enough, you're bound to do it in the end." , THE BRUTE A Man with a caustic wit was quarrelling with his wife. After a particularly biting remark, she burst 'into tears and said: "How can you treat me like this when I've given you the seven best years of my life!" "Good Heavens!" replied her hus- band, "were those your best?" LIFE AND HAPPINESS » It is a universal tendency of men and women to marry and esta- blish a home, For we suspect that happiness is made in the home. And we are right, At a deeper level the family is a worksibp "for the art of making love. But this is not the end. The home is but a prepara- tion for family life with God. God 'does not live alone, afar off, in majesty and solemn grand- eur. Itis common experience among us that one who enjoys power and authority, is left to live alone. This is not true of God. Neither is He alone nor does He wish to remain apart from us. For the life of God is a family life, the life of the Di- vine Family of the Rather, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Never before the coming of Christ did anyone guess the na- ture of God's life. Throughout the many wise men came to the con- clusion that somehow* God must have companions. Thus we find the story of triads--companions of God--described in the literature of the East. But these companions of His were always of lesser dignity. There still remained the cold solemnness of God. : We, men and women everywhere, consider loneliness a form of suf- fering. It is a sign of an incom- plete life. But the life of God is perfect, complete. The key to hap- piness, therefore, lies in studying the Divine Family life of God. The human family must be patterned af- ter the original family if it is tb lead to happiness. Its final happi- ness will be fouitd when it be- comes a part of Divine Family life, And thus is the happiness of man completed in the family life of God. This is one of a series of messages by Father V. McGivney, Parish Priest, St. Francis Parish, Pickering, Ont. Yeast -- The F ood Of Many Uses As world supplies of meat and eggs diminish, scientists are seeking more ways in which yeast can be used to save under-nourished mil- lions. = Yeast goes jnto bread and beer, and without it these two items could not be 'made. The tiny micro-or- ganisms of which yeast is built up act like miniature factories; They take in sugar at ope end and deliver alcohol and gas at the other. In the case of beer the alcohol is absorbed by the "wort" (the liquor produced by steeping barley in water), and the gas forms the "head" "or froth, y read only the gas is used. This es tiny holes in the dough so that it comes from the oven soft and ¢pongy. The alcohol evaporates with the_heat of the oven. But yeast can do much better things that make possible the baking of bread and the brewing of beer. It contains. a high percentage of protein, that necessity for growth _which-modern-science-has-found-to-- be so lacking in much foodstuff. Protein is a complex compound containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen, with a little sulphur, It builds muscle and tissue. Without it the human body would waste away. . Some ycasts contain 50 per cent of protein, compared with 26 per cent in cheese, and 17 per cent in beef. Yeast is also one of the richest known sotirces of vital "B" group of vitamins which combat disease, ** In 1943 British scientists 'dis- covered a type of yeast that- will perform miracles of multiplication. A yeast factory was set up in Jamaica, where the raw material for feeding yeast is most readily avail- <able in the form of molasses. Into a vat containing 7,000 gallons ° of ordinary 'water go approximately 125 1b, of yeast cultures, 1% tons- of molasses, and some ammonia. The hungry yeast cells gorge them- selves on this food supply, and in just 24 hours a single small vat produces as much protein values as would be found in the meat from four two-year-old cows. The mixture emerges in the form of creamy paste which is dried into flakes or powder, or compressed into tablets. Once dried it will keep indefinitely. : ' The great snag about yeast as a food is that few people like the taste of it. So now science is busy trying to get rid of the flavour and sub- stitute more palatable ones. "Tis heaven to trust Him and rest on A f. Fergus, .889 Queen Bt. E., MEDICAL 1 GOOD ADVICE! Every sufferer of Rhew matic Pains or Neuritis should try Remedy. MUNRO'S DRUG STORE 3335 Ngin SS $1.25 Express Prepaid OPPORTUNITIES: FOB MEN AND WOMEN BABY CHICKS DOES this mean anything to you?! This year we purchase 4048 R. 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The People Make Their Choice Joshua 24:1-8,14-18. -- Memory Selection: Choose you this day whom ye will serve. Joshua 24: 15a Joshua had come to the end of his life's work. He had worked efficient- ly, first Moses. The people Wéte now settled in the promised--land. All the tribes were gathered to Shechem. The elders, heads, judges and officers presented themselves before God. Joshua briefly reviewed God's leadership of the people from. the days of Abraham. Then he made =the great. appeal of the memory selection. Would they revert to pagan worship, the gods of Abra-" ham's homeland or those of the Armorites,, some of whom dwelt in the borders' of 'the land? In a powerful plea, Joshua exclajim- ed, "As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." Example exerts great influence. The people responded, "God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods. "They pledged to serve the LORD also. Everyone must make this choice. "We are all serving; either Jesus Christ or Satan. Happy is the man who has made Joshua's choice. "The service of Jesus true pleasure affords, In Him there is joy without an alloy; His words, It pays to serve Jesus each day?" sth, QUIT SMOKING--the easy way. Use Te bacco Eliminator, a scientific treatment quickly eliminates the craving for tobacos, rids the system of nicotine. King Pharmaceutical Chemists (Alberta), P. Box 6178," don, Ontario, LADIES' make own hand lotion. Save' overhead. 60c makes 13 pints. #1, brings Formula. Jane Adams, R.R. No. 1, Normal, Illinols. re e TEACHERS WANTED TEACHER WANTED--Manitowaning Coa~ tinuation School (Manitoulin lsiand) re- quires qualified assistant, Male or Female, Protestant, to teach French, Latin Art-- halt time, and Publle School--Grades 1 and 8, half time, Term commencing Jan. 3, 1952. Salary $3,600, Apply stating qualifications, experience and last In tor, to J. 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