The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

* much a part of 'life in Java as + is not the question. I take what "Dickenson in.. haus ristian "has also ~been-transtated "into "its | h] Where Bargaining Is Really Keen "Tawar" means to bargain in Indonesian, and bargaining is as fice cream cones are American, For the visitor from half a world away it is a ritual to be learned and a rite to be performed. "Never enter a bicycle taxi un- til you have settled on a price!" we have been warned over and oer again. The toy man trots down Mundinglaja Street blow- ing his Hallowe'en noisemakers and, like the Pied Piper, he has a parade of children behind him, but these children are Indone- sian, Chinese, Dutch, and Ameri- can -- expert bargainers for bal- loons, masks, and kites. One of our Javanése friends complained, "I never bargain if I can avoid it. 1 hate it. It takes too much time in this mod- ern world." But for many it is a sport, a game for sharpening the wits and exercising the hands. One day a university student asked in utter amaze- ment, "But in a democracy, how can you have competition with- out bargaining?" I am a stranger here myself, and to bargain or not to bargain comes with a stoic attempt at equanimity, Every morning my -{favorite pineapple tung, a tall old man wearing shorts, a short-sleeved an shirt, and an old Panama hat, comes to the window I face as I write. First, I hear his call-- "Naaanaaas)"' It comes rolling down the street in waves set up by his tukang walk, a quick mincing dance. His two rounded bamboo baskets, which can carry .a8 much as one hundred and twenty pounds apiece, are bal- anced on a long wooden pole across his shoulders. He stands in front of my desk and the giant "apothecary scale" teeters to rest on the grass. Our Alice in Won- derland conversation begins. Here we are in a free translation from Indonésian writes Donna M. Science Monitor, + A "Pineapple!" he hii loudl until I look up to see his browiy/- 'weatherbeaten face just wi my row of books. . "Are they ripe?" I ask. "Oh, yes," he replies. "They "are beautiful, ripe and juicy, and Jweet -- very sweet. Why don't ou try a bite?" He takes a ife from his pocket and I don't have the courage to tell him that I am an American sissy, shrink- Ing from all unwashed knives. I toon find myself on the front porch munching a delicious tri- angular plug of tree-ripened | pineapple. i "How much are they?" I ask with what I hope is just the right shade of indifference, "Fifty cents," he says -- this FROM BRITAIN --_ Sir Harold Caccia, who succeeds Sir Roger Makin as British ambassador to the United States, has presented his credentials to President Eisenhower, "are their bundles, equivalent in United States cur- rency. "For one:" 1 ask in unbelief. "You state your price," he: counters, "What is your best price" I - askelilse a child saying--No, you ga fist. : "LRifty cents," he states firmly. "That is too much," 1 speak testily,- but not too sharply. 'Oh, but my pineapples are the best. They are the sweetest and the cheapest," he insists. "Fifteen 'cents ~-- that is what I pay at the market," I toss out hopefully, : "Thank you very much," he calls, sliding his shoulder under the wooden pole, "but my pine- 'apples are better than any you can buy at the market and be- - sides I must earn a living. My children need rice, Thank you very much but I cannot accept your price." "But I am unable to pay yours," I echo. Still tasting the warm sweet juice, I add, "Twenty cents for one." "Will you buy five?" he ques- tions, for in this land of milk and honey costs go down one hundred per cent if you buy in quantity. "Four," I answer. "Twenty-five cents is my last price," he cautions. I talk Dutch to myself and say, "Five pineapples for one dollar." He says, "OK" -- boleh in Indonesian rhymes with OK. The deal is closed, our wits supposed- ly sharpened for one day. The tukangs represent a hun- dred enterprises, Some buy old bottles, empty cans, magazines, and clothes. = Some sharpen knives. One is a romantic seren- ader who trills down the street at night pushing .a two-wheeled diners. He sells Chinese noodles and an Indonesian cooked salad made with cabbage, cucumber, green beans, and bamboo sprouts -- always served 'with red pep- per hot peanut sauce. Our most interesting traveling salesmen are the antique deal- ers. They are all sizes and so big white shapeless masses, wrapped and tied at the top iike a hobo's-pack. ~ WHhen--they are opened on the front porch, the world of Asia tumbles out. : Here is a black snake-shaped creese in a golden sheath with an intricately carved wooden handle. "This needs care," I am . warned. "It will give you a lot of trouble if the blade is not giv- en a special ceremony once a year. First, you must cover the. blade with lime juice, then it. must be rubbed with coconut oil for the metal and then with ar- senic for the enemy," he ex- plains, ; There are bells and silver fruit bowls, old batik cloth, and alli- gator purses. Like antique treasures everywhere, they are very old -- hundreds of years ~old. A buyer-would--do-well -to- learn ahead of bargaining time what a Ming vase looks like and how to distinguish old brass from new. Many things affect prices, in- cluding the nationality of the "buyer. Americans pay mort for servants, bicycle taxis, fruit, and night watchmen. They pay more * than wealthy European business- men and millionaire Chinese. Soon after our arrival:-in Java, we were apprised of this situa- tion by a British Government of- ficial. "The Dutch don't pay a - living wage," he said drily. "Am- ericans pay too much for every- thing and spoil things for the rest of us." Then in that uncanny way the British have of being perfect and perfectly willing to admit it, he added, "We British pay just the right amount," Like most Euro- peans, he does not realize that our servants would not accept any other state of affairs, espe- cially since for American fami- lies they work harder and longer hours for their higher wages. : {.8creen from 27. Make perfect light 28, Dispatched 5. Ablde 29. Fit together 6. Night before 31. Rotate 2ZZLE 7. Unbalanced 34. Lay ; 8. Make plump 35, Meadow | 5 Ww Ding plant 37. Siting - . . Ogle tables ACROSS 52. F jishes 11. Minus 38. Fly hefora 1. Little girl 33. Se 19. Frozen the wind 4. Winter DOWN dessert 39. Cut oft [7 vehlels 1. Soak up 21. Not fat 40, Besides | 3. Ps 2. Biblical 22, Luxuriant 41. Hard skin 3 alesent character 23. Surface 44, Operated as get son 3. Unknown 24. Rescues . 46. Ship's record 13 Toa nome person 26. Hanger-on 47. Card game pt Opposite of aweather 15. Moslem | religious teacher 16. State 17. Pedal digits 18. Military - 3 assistant ' 20. Changes 22, Cavalry spear 24. Large knife Hi : . Behold . Blackbird .8cotch river . Gave refuge 6 7 8 0 2 4 5. Impe 6. Worship of idols 0. 1 2 3 to 5. Optical glass 6. Alack 7. Demise 28, Charms 41. Actual 42. Short visit 43. Flower 45. Poorly M8. Constellation #9. Clstern }e Menagerie 1. Lega | document Answer elsewhere on this page. Soldier Hero . Scared by Bee What is your pet fear? Per- haps you think you have none, but if you reflect for a moment you will realizé that there is at least one fear that obsesses you. | All humanity. fears something, say psychologists. who have re- cently been studying the queer phobias of men and women. Many grotesque fears can be ex- plained by psychologists, but some are puzzling, Why is it, for instance, that some people cannot stroke vel- vet without having a feeling of revulsion? Why do flowers have a queer effect on some men? An old 'Artist named Vincent swbon- ed if he went near a bunch of roses." Silk, satin, peaches and spiders occasionally inspire unreasoning fear in some people, Many famous people have feared or disliked cats.© Napoleon would never touch one and Lord Rob- erts was said to be terrified if one came near 'him. He could tell whether a cat was in a'room long before he had seen it. There's a London woman who has a queer "aversion to shoe- laces. She cannot bear to put a fresh lace in a shoe and always gets a friend to do it for her, she says, The experts say. that certain objects are feared by some peo- ple because they are curiously associated in .the unconscious mind with a pdgst,> but forgotten, peril-or moral problem. Many of our fears can be di- rectly traced to childhood experi- ences, A man who had a strange dread -of the open sea traced its origin to the fact that when he was a child he: was forced into the water to learn to swim. A French doctor once described -the case of an ex-soldier with several military decorations for bravery who was always "strick- en with terror" by the buzz of a bee, The philosopher Boyle could, pipe and a well-known author|% ~ shuddered at the sound of all') musical instruments, though. he enjoyed listening to thunder. To-day there are many people who suffer from what scientists . call neophobla--the fear of any- © thing new. Some who could quite well afford to have new clothes have been known to delay buying them as long as possible to avoid the disagreeable feeling of wear- ing them. Dry-Cleaning --Then And Now Have you ever had qualms about requesting "fast service" dry-cleaning for a favorite gar- ment? RUN Actually, it will be returned to you just as immaculate in one hour as it would be in one week. Speedy service doesn't mean a sacrifice in quality. Fast service is made possible by a chemical cleaning agent which, because it is non-inflam- - mable, can be used right on the cleaner's premises. Since gar- ments needn't be_sent out for cleaning, the customer gets his best suit back again in a matter of hours, instead of days. - This comparatively new clean- ing agent is called perchlorethy- lene. Dry cleaners like it be- cause the solvent can be recover- ed easily from the fabric and used again -- a saving in cost 'of cleaning. This also .means odorless cleaning since so little solvent remains in the garment. We're becoming fussy now that chemistry seems to be answer- ing our every whim. There was a time when a dress smelling like a miniature oil refinery was a badge - of distinction. The first dry cleaning -- about a hundred years ago -- was a luxury. . It's easy to see why: Procedure called for the cleaner to rip the garment apart and dip each part separately in bowls of highly inflammable fluid -- usually gasoline or nap- tha. Next, he laid the pieces on a board and rubbed them with brushes and flannel cloths. Fin- ally, when the pieces were dry, he remade the garment! No wonder most clothes stayed dirty! Although: methods of, dry- cleaning have made tremendous strides with the development of modern solvents, the skill of the dry-cleaner still plays an import- ant role. Not only does he have to diagnose spots but he has to identify the various fabrics. These days, with so many new fibres and blends of fibres, this can be quite a problem. You can help your cleaner to. do a better job by pinning a note to' the garment describing the fabric and, if there are spots, stating what caused them. It's not wise to try to remove spots from clothing at home, Trust the job to your dry- cleaher, He has many tricks of chemistry at his fingerprints, heard water running through a/| never overcome the strong fear |; that gripped him every time he A - speclalization. Ten years ago the : ! § STAN TE) < vame al. " fe) AR * MA AT REST IN NEST -- The pilot of this light plane, Dr. David L. Paice (inset), descended unhurt after making this impromptu tree landing. The plane ran out of fuel and he attempted to set it down in what he thought was an open field; but got himself hung up 35 feet above ground. The plane, hardly' damaged, was brosught down by crane. FARM FRONT ohn Russell -has played a part in the growth of the turkey industry. Similar work in chicken breeding has led to the development of better chicken meat strains and higher THE «Canada's poultry industry, if considered on a dollar basis has increased four fold since pre-war days and ranks fifth in agricul- ture on the basis of farm cash income. In relation to products egg production * . of the forest and mine, the value The manner in which the of the poultry industry exceeds broiler industry has expanded is copper, nickel, iron ore, struc- far beyond early predictions. turd material and asbestos, Only Eviscerated and cut-up chicken 5 5, did the value of crude is as much a standard product in etrbleum at the well head ex- most self-serve counters today as that of the poultry indus- sausage and bacon. This expan- » » » sion has presented a challenge to poultry breeders, broiler growers, hatchery. operators, processing plant operators and marketing agencies. Operations are now on a year round basis and specializa- tion scems to be the key to the future of the poultry industry. " The consumer is growing more demanding in all respects and it Is not stretching the imagina- tlon too far to see production and. marketings doubled again _ within the next few years. * * LE] Although the total egg produc- Ing potential of the laying flock is important, the rate at which production is maintained is highly Important to a profitable nine to ten weeks and turkey enterprse, says T. M. Maclnyre, broilers can be handled in ap- Senior Poultryman at the Ex- ee try. There has been a tremendous transition in the poultry indus- try in the last few years. Pro- duction has become highly spe- clalized, processing is now: done on a glgantlec scale and market- ing. methods are recelving more attention than ever before. Broil- er production is largely respons- ible for this recent trend towards chicken broiler was just begin- ning to seriously -take root in Canada. It soon became evident that broilers could be produced in large numbers with a quick crop turnover at a relatively low labor cost. Broiler chickens can bé finished for market in from 60 per cent will produce 15 doz- en eggs per hen in a 300 day laying period. With eggs selling at 40 cents per dozen, this glves a return of $6. If egg production could be maintained at 70 per cent, the average production per hen of this same flock would be 17.5 dozen eggs worth $7. This means an increased income of $1 per bird or $1,000 on a flock of 1,000 birds. The importance. of sustained high production is ob- vious, * * * It has also been found that as production increases the cost of production per dozen decreasesi--{ Experimental work has shown-:- that a five pound hen laying at the rate of 180 eggs per year re- "quires about five pounds of feed per dozen eggs. A similar hen laying at the rate of 200 eggs per year requires only about four and one-half pounds of feed per dozen eggs. This represents a saving of one-half pound of feed per dozen eggs or about 2 cents per -dozen. Based on a flock of 1,000 birds this repre- sents a saving of about $350 per year, Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking NDAY SCHOOL ESSON WARREN, BA. B.D, Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled John 14: 1-14 Memory Selection: Let no$ your heart be troubled: ye be- lleve in God, believe also In me, John 14:1. TE, ¢ People everywhere are loig- ing for peace. It is therefore no accldent that books dealing with personal inner security have {a recent years found a ready sale, We see them in the bookstores written by Jews, Roman Catho- lics and Protestants. Each of these writers is attempting té glve the reading public a formu- la for achieving what men dee down in their hearts want ol namely, peace of mind or peace of soul. Fundamentally this ig what Confucious sought. This ig what Buddha craved. Stoic and Epicurean searched for it. Dante, the medieval Christian, left Flor- ence in 'quest for it. Most present day writers on this theme 'are schooled in psy- chology and psychiatry. They know how the mind works. They are doing something worthwhile in helping people to think posl- tively, Our complaint is that much of this writing bespeaks more familiarity with the work- ing of the human mind than with the mind that is in Christ Jesus, It falls short of being redempt. - lve. Jesus sald, "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, --give T unto you. heart be troubled, neither let {§ be afraid." 14:28. To inherl$ real peace calls for a complete surrender of ourselves to Jesus Christ. He will work a miracle in the life. The mere cultiva- tion of good habits of thinki will fall short of the goal. B Jesus Christ in a moment will. "dispel our fears and give peac As awe walk daily with Him an learn more fully to cast our. care - upon Him that peace will deepen, A vital experience of faith In Jesus Christ who shed his blood for us and rose again the third day as Lord over death will do more to bring peace than all the proximately 12 to 14 weeks. This |- perimental Farm, Nappan;-N.S. means a specialized broiler pro- WEG TOES. A ducer can handle about three and A flock laying at the rate of one-half crops per year. Pe oo 3 s|alN[3El a =| Ho best sellers on peace can pos- OlO|ZEININ|V| LI v[S|H[n sibly do. We need Jesus Christ. A ES] Sv 0 But we must turn our back on AV IHEE S13 dS our sins before He will enter our 1VvI3Iaf SIV Vv heart to reign. He is the Prince SINI3[ al 308d VIH of Peace. JI qEEN 3A VIE 3S Jesus Christ is the Way to WS! 1IN|V|D|V|JE 30/1 N heaven. He is also the Way to A3NSEI3 ONY happiness in this life. SEE MEL Aa - S|3|0| LEA 3AIVEY| || d 3|3(v Chl 1,40 ivi dE al30[sK s| 1 Is] B Drive With Care * * » If a poultry man raises 20,000 broilers at a time he will have a turnover of approximately 70,- 000 birds annually. This repre- sents a total of approximately 210,000 pounds of poultry meat, assuming an average live weight of three pounds for each bird. This production in terms of meat is equivalent to slightly over 1,000 hogs at 200 pounds live weight or 500 steers that put on a gain of 400 pounds each. Poul- try production, as these figures indicate, is no longer a sideline enterprise, * _ * * * Another oufstanding feature which- has made the broiler so attractive from a producer's viewpoint, is its ability to con- vert feed into meat. No other meat animal can compare with the broiler in this respect and although the hog is the closest competitor, it is 20 per cent less efficient. It is not uncommon to produce a pound of live weight on a broiler with 2.6 pounds of feed. * * * Turkey broilers have followed the same pattern as chickens over | 5 the last five to ten years. Tur- a" I keys used to be produced pri- , & marily™ for = Christmas and th 11 Thanksgiving and although the Neb TT big volume is still dt those sea- Rainn eds Sh sons they are now sold more gen- erally throughout the year. The small sized turkey is competing actively with the roasting chick- en and has influenced the trend toward broiler production. This has resulted in a substantial in- crease in turkey-growing in Can- ., ada, bd * Ad Poultry marketings in 1955 were 45 per cent higher than the 1943-47 period -- which up to then was a record -- and egg marketings were up 4 per cent. During the war years large quan- tities of poultry and eggs were exported but today the bulk is consumed on the home market, WE + | Turkey marketings through Canadian processing plants have increased from 18 million pounds In 1051 to 41 million pounds in 1955. The original work done in Canada in the development of the 'broadbreasted bronze turkey iil ; oo 2 Hi I * 237 iE i ets 1s TIN - bes - Society. Here, left to right, are John Molson, half of the Crippled Children, THE ONTARIO SOCIETY FOR CRIPPLED Children benefited to the extent of $1,525 at the Roya Agricultural Winter Fair when a prized Jersey Bull, donated by John Molson, Vice-President of Molson's Brewery Limited, Montreal, was auctioned off and the proceeds turned over to the Carolyn Kerr, who accepted tha money on ba- and John Bull, Toronto, the purchaser. : 4 goopers Ee SX sasddl ties £332 Yet not youg 1 I~ { i Al I)