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>â-  * f A- » f T >â-  «C 41-- m- m •r 1* ^ : r 5 U A ^ « « r t Have You Ever Lived Before? Millions believe tliat they har« had a previouj existence on earth â€" and will live again. There is evi- dence for thii belief. There was the case of the little girl who told Fielding Hail, author of that great work. The Soul of a People, of her previous life as a man who ran a marionette show. Not only did jhe show a remark- able knou-iedge of the manipulation of the puppets when first g^ven •ome, but she actually recited por- tions of dialogue from puppet plays which she had neither seen nor read. Far mgre convincing was the fact tEat she described the place where she had previously lived and also some of her former relations and friends. Some of the latter are still living: they confirmet" every word the child had said. Vishwa Nath, as a boy of three, described in minute detaQ his for- mer life in Pilibhit, India. At last his parents were persuaded to take him there. He identified relatives and places exactly and immediately and told ot his life at a certain school. Infant Prodigies H pointed out his former home, BOW in ruias, and when shown a group photo of the late owner and •ome friends picked out by name flrstly the man he said had formerly been his uncle â€" and then himself in his former lifel The mother of the young man he claimed to have been questioned him thoroughly: he ansewered •very one of her questions acca- ately and without a momeat's hesi- tation. In like manner he answered the questions of two men who had been his schoolfellows in his for- mer life. But we do not need to go to the last for such instances. Shaw Des- mond wrote his novel Kcho "From •arth memories which I have had â- ihce a child of my life as gladiator ia the Roman arenas." Authorities of that period speak «f it as amazingly accurate, though the author had not at that time •tttdied old Rome in any book. Th« •ame astonishing knowledge of a vanished age was shown by Joan Orant in her novel Wliic«d Pharaoh. Shaw Desmond himself has ex- amined several such cases, and writes of a child of five who was taken to a dty hundreds of miUs •way, to which it had never been 1b its present life. "I have lived in that dty," the Ail<* had said. On arrival he led Us parents through a maze of streets to the house ha had so min •tely described. Still more astound- ing, people who had known the child fa his previous incarnation tcstl- i«d to the accuracy of his mem- ories. Then there are the prodigies such a« Mozart, who composed and play- Ad at the age of five. Yehudi Menn hin. who went only eleven astound- •d Toscanini by the depth and ma- turity of his playing, so that the maestro said that he knew no vio- linist of any age to surpass him Most aniazini; of all was two- year-old Andre Lenoir, who multi- plied in a moment any five-figure Bumber by any other five-figure number before the astounded pro- fessors of Brussels. All these children demons'rated abilities which they would simply not have had time to acquire in their short lives. From where did they bring them? Perhaps more convincing than these few instances of remembered past lives â€" there a number of multi- tude of others â€" is the number of •minent thinkers through the age^ who have believed in the theory of reincari-.ation. Plato and Pytha goras, Hegel and Hume, Sir Hum- phrey Davey and Alfred Russel Wallace, and the great psychologist Cesare Lombroso, to name but a few It is the very basis of Buddhism and Hinktuism. and was taught by many Fathers of the Christian Church. .\ tjumber of Roman Cath- olic ecclesiastics, including .\rch- bishop Pa?sa\-alli. have accepted h •s true. â- â- â- â- P Lining Up â€" For Dry Bread â€" In Athens â€" Smaii boys crom the Athec;. Greece. "Chiidrcr. 5 Cinv" line up tor a slice of bread, parr 01 some 2i00 loaves made from the millionth ron of Uescern Xation aid to airive in Greece. The flour was made into bread by Greek armv and distiibated and distributed to relief agencies sponsored by Queen Fre'iericka. There is evidence, too, that Christ HimjeSf both accepted it and taughr it He did not rebuke His disciples for suggesting that a certain man might have been bom blind as a re- sult ot his own sins, and said of John the Baptist: "If ye w^ill receive it this is Elias, which was for to come." I Matt. xi. 14 1. But for many present-day believ- ers in reincarnation it is neither the evidence of people such as Vishwa Kath nor the great weight o: authority which is decisive. They believe because it is so reasonable a theory. If the universe is based on order and justice it seems to be. indeed, the only theory that fits the facts. It seems uajust that a child should be bom suffering from some physi- cal, mental, or social handicap. There is no injustice if he is so handicapped because his previous conduct has made such a lesson necessary for him. Or it may be that previous experience has so strength- •ned his character that he is ready and able to face such a testâ€" and triumph over h! May life not be, in fact, a school? We continue to return until we have been through every class and learnt all the lessons thoroughly â€" till we are strong enough to endure both •dvertisy and prosperity. Promo- tion is only on merit: none can learn our lessons for us. A Grim Theory? There are many who find it diffi- cult to accept the teaching that tor perhaps nfty years o: evil living â€" however bad â€" a just God will con- demn erring human beings to an svemity of torment There is liter- ally no proportion â€" between offence and punishment. For the reincarnationist. however, there is neither reward nor punish- ment. A man reaps that alone which he sows. If he puts hit hand into the fire h« gets burned, until he learns not to play with fire. Yet there are tew who can learn this lesson in one life. Moreover, if this it the only life, there are evidentlv- many who can and do play with fire without getting burned. At first sight this may seem a somewhat grim theory, yet it is not sa There is not one of us who can- not eventually learn by experience the laws of God and nature by which man may live a happy and useful life â€" whether on this earth or elsewhere. It is only by le.irniii» through e-xperience that we really make this knowledge our own. So tor each one of us there is in- finite hope; there is always a chance to do better. Have you ever said: "I wish 1 could have my life over again?" Well, nwvbe vou can! .\ man is known by the company he doLges. Silence isn't always golden. Some- times it is just guilt. For Mine Safety â€" .\t the New Cro*sh»nds Colliery. British «»al mine, the inventors ot a power-oper«t«d sup{>ort to gtiard coal miners from cave-ins resulting from boring or blktting ex- ".nnine • KBle-model Natned the Tronilt, th« tttel-trehed safety device iit operated by remote eontroL Granted New Canadian Patent .\cetyiialicyiic ac:d his proven to be one of the most reliable and effective agents in the treatment of rheumatism and arthritis over the years. The best known acetybalicy- lic acid preparation is sold under the trade name of ".Aspirin" in Canada. .\ recent develo-pmen: for the treatment of rheutnatism and ar- thritis has been the combining of a hitherto little-used compound, calcium succinate, with acetylsalicy- lic acid. This compoond. calcium succinate, renders the acetylsalicy- lic acid non toxic, allowing large, prolonged dosage to be taken with no harmnil side effects. This combination of acetylsalicy- lic acid and calcium succinate has become one of the widest used me- thods of therapy in the world tor the treatment of rheumatism and arthritis. Dolcin Limited of Toronto recently were granted a patent in Canada for the use of this com- bination in the treatment of arthri- tis and rheumatism. The coa-armed toper fin.is that most of the er.erg> he .leeds to carry on drinking and keep alive comes from the calories conraincd m the drink. He is inclined to eat much 'esi th;in normally. What he does eat is seldom rich in vitamins, but because he gets no vitamin B he develops "D. T 5. .\Icohol has a paralysing effect on ttie I ervous system. The centres governing eelf-restraint are first at- tacked. People drink because they find alcohol relieves them of teiLsion. In tact, some "advanced" thinkers have sug,5es:ed that alcohol in mo- deration is the only effective medi- cine for people whose lives are bound by frustration and mono- tony. How To Wax Camera Prints Scientific Facts About "Hangovers' It isn't necessary to suffer that "morning after" feeling â€" tt least it isn't according to the Danish bi- ologist. Dr. Erik Jacobson. who has been conducting a scientific in- vestigation into alcohol and hang- overs. He has written an exhaustive trea- tise in which he describes how a person (.if he feels that wa.v and his bank balance can stand it^ can drunk and never havtr 1 hangover, become drunk and never have a hangover. He also explains that it is quite possible for a person to get delirium tremens ("D.T.") even though he may be a strict teetotaller. • « » It seems that if you are content with a single whiskey or a glass of beer every hour and a quarter, the alcohol percentage in your blood will neither rise nor fall. Though it w^ould be a futile thing to do. you could go on drinking all day 'otig at that rate and remain sober. Your liver would be getting rid if the alcohol as fast as you swallowed it. But what can be done to avoid the hangover headache? The secret according to the doctor, is to eat while you are drinking, preferably something rich in protein such as meat Drinking on a tuU ;tomach will also reduce the chances of a hang- over and retard the into,\icating effect. Drinking on an empty stomach can make you diszy within a few minute*, because the alcohol then passes almost directly into the blood stream. .\nd the more concentrated the ,iriuk the more quickly it is absorber. Soda-water, so inncKrent and harm- less when taken by itself, acts like a super-charger when mixed with al- cohol: i; spexrds up absorption. A hangover headache is caused through the increase in pressure of the fluid surrounding the brain. With most people a good prevent- ative is to take one or two aspirin tablets after the party and before going to bed. Hard drinking is not always the cause o^ deUrium tremens. It is what doctors call a "deficiency di- sease" r<«!ulting (onr the lack of V'ka"'." 1> Most amateur photographers, particularly camera club photogra- phers wax their prints. Generally after the prints are mounted. The print is placed on a level, solid surface. .\ piece of cardboard or an old print is placed against the sides and edges of the print and wa-x. such as simonize automobile wax, is applied with cotton. .\ bght coat should be first applied in one direc- tion. It should be left to dry for about iO minutes and then lightly polished with cotton. Then a second coat should be appWd in the direc- tion opposite. This gives the print greater depth, luster and quality. New House - Building Method Promises Better, Cheaper Homes Canadians Chart Worms' Behavior Cntii D-s. A. P. .\mason. R. A. Fuller and T. W. T. Spinks. three Canadian research scientists, came along last month with a communica- tion in Science, not much was known about the movement of worms in the soil There was noth- ing for it but to dig up the grubs or larvae and note their positions at the time. Drs. .\mason. Fuller and Spinks hit on the idea of makmg the worm* radioactive, so that their movements above ground could be followed with a Oeiger-iluUer counter. How were the larvae of the worms to be made radioactive. Feedmg them with radioactive food was cot practicable. It was decided to ii-.sen a radioactive cobalt wire into the bodv of a worm. Surviviog cutworms and wireworms behaved normally after the wire had bt'en inserted. Thire was no toss of movement. The wire was shed with the skin at the right time. Nor were bad effects from the gamma rays noted. For lack of enough radioactive cobalt wire the Canadians fixed a speck of radioactive cobalt metal in the tail notch oi grubs with some plastic. There was no ditficultj- in following underground movements. This method made it possible to tell where the larvae were in a hori- zontal plane. But how deep were they: .\nd how could thetr move- up and down be noted- The Cana- dians calibrated their instruments for varying soil depths. Theirs is the first recorded method of following both horiiontal and vertical move- ment at the same time. The Cana- dians promise to find out how unde" ground grubs respond to tempera ture. lignt. soil moisture, soil tyt>e. soil firmness and various foods an J oheniicals Ksaring complecioa ia yorfolk. Va. i« one of the world's moet unj^soal housing pfojects. Spon- sored by N'elson Rockefeller's la- ternational Basic Economy Corp- oration, the houses are built of con- crete and are themselves not dra- matically different from the run of small, concrete, modem 'nouses; but their method of constru'Ctioa is startlingly different Indeed, they may. as the sponsors lioce. open a new era in low-cost house con- struction. For the e^atnl point of departure in these 'nouses is that they are erected with the sweep. cost and machinery with which great highways are bailt. The Xorfolk houses, wliicn are expected to be the prototype 01 much larger projects in other parts ot the world, stem from the draw- ing board of Wallace Hirr:.s<3t:. When I visited him the other day in his Radio City office, he said his first thought had been abour a more or less conventional house, something bail: of wood and fuil ot gadgets hke automatic dishwash- ers, writes Robert .\. Mullen, in The Christian Science Monitor Then, during t.he war. had foUowerl his phase oi thinking ot houses as a "machine ror living." During this period, he 'aad explored with a ma- jor airplane tirm the idea of apply- ing aeronautical e.xperieoce to mas> house building. But after the war. it beca^ie clear to him. and to the Rockefellers. tiiat the world's most argent need was not for gadgets, for aesthetics. or fancier ways oi living. The need was just simply for iilain houses to protect from weather and provide a minimum standard of comfort. Then, one day in Vene-uela. the bright idea came. The Rockefellers have e-xtensive projects in \'ene- luela. and at one point needed a couple of houses tor executive per- sonnel Mr. Harrison discovered that to erect two rather modest prefab houses of United States de- sign would cost about S'J'XO'JO per house. By coincidence, at the same time he wanted 22 acres of swampland filled in as a site tor a warehouse. He asked a local contractor who was building some roads for an oil company what it would cost to do the filling job. The contractor looked at a near-by hi'.l and opined that with his big earth-moving ma- chinery, he could cut the hill down snd fill the swamp for not more than $20,000. In other words, you could move a mountain in \'ene- zuela for the price of a nve-room house I In this vivid fashion. Mr. HaAi- scu was reminded of the widely ac- ceped fact that the cheapest sort of construction known to modem man is road building. His thoughts inevitably roamed in hat direction, coming up with the question: Why not use road-building machinery to construct houses? Back at his Long Island estate, he began 1 series of experiments all aimed at using giant road-con- struction equipment to build the world's best cheap house. He was very glad to settle on concrete. It has niany advantages, especially in tropical climates where destructive insects quickly spoil soft woods and in regions waere vermin and ro4- enu are a hazard. Moreover, by use ' of certain kinds of aggregate, it caa be made a superior insulation. .\ls«t it is proof against fire and requires little paint and otherwise mirimuni upkeep. More to the point sand and gravel are among tie most universal of the globe's materials. Road-boilding equipment. Hkewise. can be made available. He laid our a highwa;. . com posed of a series of concrete saba. Skipping the first square, or s!al» he would place a portable form or moid 00 'the second. This form would comprise the inside ani out- side walls of a four-room house. He would StI this fonr Aitii con- crete, let it set. remove the form. Thee he would go back to the first slab, lift it by patented vacuum Kiting device means and place ir on top of the just-corapieted rtiotn set- ton to form the rooi'. -Mr. Harr.son built tv.o itccses at ;is Long Is'and place, worfn^ out technrcal problems For instance, he tound that t'le comers ter..'e<i to crack and round a wa.<- 01 maluni them thicker and stronger bv nsing nylon-rubber tube*. in'Sated wrrh ait to act as corner :orms. W:ieo ready to remove forms, all r-e had to do was defiare the corner r-jbes. Getting tiie steel wall forms to sli^ off easily was a pcol)iem unril a workman remembered an old-coua try trick oi washing the sur-'ace with a tannic acid solut-or.. .\f Long island, he used 1 g-antry crane, but at Norfolk he toand that a bomber crane used during the war to clear air rtelds of crippled bo-nb- ers was ideal for lifting r'»e room form and roof section. Of course, this still ie:: 1 need tor actual aeid experience, and especially cost e-xperiecce. .\- -N'or- iolk. an especially acute housing shortage existed. So. at the retiaeat of a Norfolk businessman, the Rockefellers built 24W houses, meet- ing all federal 'nousing administra- tion requirements. This job has shown that they can build a good, five-room, con- crete house, 'naving aatomatic heat, good plumbing, but no gadgets, that will ren; tor S4i a month. If the house were to be sold, it would sell tor approximately S5.0OO to S5.5W. land included. T'ae iiouse la roughly comparable, e-xcept for the attic, to the new houses one sees m suburbs selling for SS.O<X> to $11,000. O: course, "roughly com- parable" is a relative term and might not meet with universal agreement. It is true the :iouses are not especially pretty. They suffer rrom the same fate as most moder:; con- crete houses in that they are sq-aare and squat Vet chej- have a ruU- length window and i certaia amount of shrubbery, which goea with the house, may offset some of the angular" tmitormity of the gtoap. However, these Norfolk house* were a pioneering e5ort. ro lead the way tor thousands of even more austere units in places of the world w-here any sort of roof Is setter than a leaky tent or rat-ridde:i mod hut, where sanitation and proteccioa must necessarily come before chartn; and waere a go«d, cheap house is just about the most htn manitarian item that can be offered. VOUS 5i M SECTI ' Tot Takes A Trafl5c Ticket â€" In a joking ttKxxt. the Bcrltti truAic cop gives a ticket to Karin Weniiler. /, tor driving without a license. The car is not a toy, but can do most anything a nortnal- sized auto can. Karin aiuazes Berliners ridiing thnmsrh cty stretts in Gertnatn'-i <rttalle<t auto. JITTER By Arthur Potnttf i