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Dad Past CI R. H. WILKINSON A inian ithf a past is at a dis-~ ,iavtage witb heworld. .ohnny, Mýartinr rea-lizedl this niow more thani H1-e foit once more lu. his insidej cotpocket anid then searched throu1ghaJlhbis thier pockets. But the enlVýope conitalining the money that Fred Carson h lad given hlm to bcbig to th]e bank wa;ýs gono. Fýor porbiaps five minutes Johnny s;tood On the cornler of Main and H-ili streets tryinig to decide whatài to do. Fredl Carsoni, despite- the fact that he had neyer questioned Johnny about bis past, wonld won- der when told that the money was lost. Fred might look into his past. He'd be sure bt find ont about that six months lu jail. Six months ago Jobnny bad hit Hiliside, He liked the town, Be- twoen it and the scene of his past life there were almoat 2,000 miles. He got a job) as helper with Fred Carson, wbo rait a'tree nutrsery. Fredl Carson was miiddle-aged and ft and lkiîndly. H-e fadnl't asked ar sigequestion, except ýwhlat Johnn1ty knwabouit trees.; Thon thiere was Junle Straftord. She- was poal more reasoni than any ,why Johnnily liked IHilýîide and wby ho wan -'ted to stay. ,-He regret- ted now lthat he'd put offteln her aboujLt f liself about hIl at T'oo late niow. Shie'd find ont f romi Freod Carsoni or sýomoone lse, and thoný thercod be nlo use tryînlig to r.la1kc lber innd(er.stan(. Onîy, a hiaîf- houir ago Ihe'd imet hiec at tie pos t- office, and tbey'd talkýed of the picnic tbiey'd pIanned*for inext Sunday. Sunday-l! By that timie Johanny could be hnrd of miles away. It would be iin easy ihing to do. He, could taike a)-buts up to Avon, then hop a Down the street jobnny saw a big blne-graty Avon b)us coming tow-ard hlmii. He was so u!sed to ruinig away, Automaltica'ïlly lî;e begýan tio make ibis planis, l; lsed across bis mmdii( that mcaybe thlis was tlie cauise of all alasrun aa.Becanisoe neyer had tLhe criurage to face a--tbïin;g d nto ivo itcdownl. The Avon ibus came roaril, to thecornier,its cdriver Iooking qusinigyat 'Johrnny, _BtJohn- ny shook blis hea'd, ltnrned resolute-, i-y ard headled back towýards the nur sery. Diiriing fthe15 inuteLiý,s it took hlm to get thercie he deîddvhat he wa going to (do. First of ail he w,as going to tceil about lsigthe onley, Then be)foce Fred CI arson ,ýcold do any'IViuvýestîgaitinig ihe was giug tooî1 aIl aibout 'b-is past and ,he six moniths he'd spenùit ilu JaýI. Fred w\as i l thesbop. Jhn stopped shor)it at the look iin bis oniloyr'seye. Terewals som1e- thfing aotFo' xrs ithat prvke pprehenlsion., ÏLo!M c arsonl," C JohnînlY, sad Ilostthtm eyItogt it :aslumyinsideP pocketù, but when I Cardle to take it ot the enveloe!po a gonle." FrodI'sxpes sionhardnod."Thee's omiething elsiuwaned to [tell you too." Jonyrushied on. "lits abouti me. J houild 1have itold you lonig ago,. bt, wel,1Iguoiss 1 idnf't Ihave thle couirage. I-I spenit somo imeýil i ail onjce. Wheu wasila;kid. For reainig ad nttngmIv ben ryinig to live itdonee sibuit it alwys senisto catcl- nip wilith me, Anidnw ifyo don't want a jabmrd worikng for you-" Fr(I*s face hlad undergone a cagTheu hardniess disappeared. "So thats it? Andl, me just fixin' to bawl y \ou )ont for mailing that noy \,instoaeýd of delivrîn' it. 1 oas iu a mitd to do il, too, onl acýount of the lroset i a wole double row of i dlnsLast 1nîght, Why, shucks, the miiouey gotto dueank1 al rig'htTom DaPivis icalled 1Up) and said 1ilws cayfor sen]dinjg lbuse buils tIII',th mails thataway I figure(] youli usa metJonc Staf- ford- someheIire land maiied thec envelope sos you could talk tro hec, Johnniiy npe. An 0w thal ',ou kowabout e-? Knwaboui l u!Whshucks. sonny, 1've knloweAýd sinmce twoV(3 lter y\ou caime to0 work fýor ime, Jue kn îsto. A feleur cornle through) "Do f arm anuimals aand bouse pets eer9et1polio? And eau sý ucb a-1î mais tranite dread 1disease te These are qu1estid-s of gr.eat i'm- por'tance(-; anld boeaýre somîi e an- swers froini Miss Leo B1arach, ofi Founidation for IfnieParýaly- Duriný1g tb sumorwben the greatest ntumber of pîocssare ceported, people .tre oftonÈ conicerro cd about animaIs carcyving polio. ThF fanmer who may hiave a variety of, livestock and severai eilîdreni is parlicularly iuterested in the cela- lionsbip between animal diseases and polio. At one tue], fan animaIs 0er snýspectod polio carriers, Mrhof Dimies-,snpp)orl-ed sinitalect tb every c c t may j iead b oa method of cuolngthîis epîdemic disease, set 'ont te determine if the re -was an,,y relationisbip between anmal paralysis and humi-ran pa- ralyvsis from ,Polio. They fudthat s evecal animal diseaýýss ook sus picionsly like polio. Scienîists 'watched cîkeswitb, range paralysqis sagcarcond only to fal wilbtiff e, aralyz- cd legs or droopin, pî.owerl-ess, wings., They noted theL remar-kable rosemblance 10 polioparlyss i people. After careful stud, it waS determined that the patholoigical changes produLce;d luchces lt Irange pacalysis are--not fthe sainie as jthose occurring lu oma nervous systom as a sutof ipoio . and the two diseasesvec eprt Domnestic rabbits maygtsati p)tlaalysis - head o n dses1 whichlookslike oiBu-abt are c-clycr hngven or cured lu týis imnple way, Catîle aiso-)sufrerfon sera kinds of paraly- ses that look lîk bunilan polio. Proantcows O-) proteins and asl. Dpst fh 01, cve nth'ebaks f cw cao pa ralyz e b eno1[tailg ith, ccliog 1ï:ýthe e1 gs. Since- th c;cse t poîio i, nonto ho---a viupolio ýis uouwayrelte to tese prlss These are just afweape of the many aimial dsae n vestigated by scelst.Ale n tensive stucly they coolued ta animnIs (do not get a id(îcanuol ltr'ansit polio to pul.Terce searc intsto 1ma11Inisoîf 1ias the imor carrier o olio drus. wh1icbi î uow stîîkng aav;jerage oumber o2 ý)f 130U,W00 i1(ldre(n and - young adlts (each ycc. ut great mani -\fa rt-s areuowkoov-n about IbiS disease andithere 1 more substantial oeta a to prutect peoplu wagaiustpaayi froni polio mnay soon ho foutd. it 1 known today thiat not-, eveýrynne who is infected with pobo virus gets the paralyzing fon oi the disease. Scieotists ostimato that for every one -person who de- velops a diagoosed case of polio, there are about une hluodred people wbo carry the virus wtb no icharmý t10 themselves but wmay raosmFiiit It1 to, others, It is througb snicb mid in.fections with the virus th]at mnost people are able to hiîdid u a ce- slstaucc to polio. S:gn1ificand, ofalreported casse cii y ar, f ull 0%rce over have muinor impairnicots Ibat do flot seriou4-y interfece witb Iheir file 1Paýral 'ysis pro vdes us witbs simpflC eprcautions to helpproec heaýltlï riuring epidlemic periods. The;rrccon ndtospertaiuiiiing Cotneassocýiation wthybur ownfrindabutavod akiing new contlacts (durýing polio ubras Onice poiýo bhas appeared lu -a com-' munIIity, s-cienti'Sts say theCirus probably is wdesrea. ou and your neighbors may have cornie in contact with it already artd devel- oped a degree of, resistance ta, the v-irus prevaleut in your area. Keep dlean, wasb, hands thor- oughly before oating. Hands may carry polio infection lto the body through the mouth. Don't got chilled 'from b athing itoo long lu cold wtewor-kiug or Doni't got oetrdfrom hard play, steuuvork or trýavel. Re- search b'as indîcatted that cbilling and i-hyý s icalý exertion sem to loweir rosistanice to- polio virus once àt las entered the body. VW'eed Ilngsonmnrce Soli for cliatoThe main ur poeis tuput the sou lu c ondition thiat favors gowhof ithe flovers anild veetalesw plant. AMost Sous, especialy the heavmersorts, if left ucut îJtd Ilpaàck down s0 ha-rd tha panseihe goo(d or, bad ihave uittle cane o flouirish. Cultivai~n keps the i pe, brak's u"p the fhard 1lumps and let i nc- essary air. I-p lme, c',ultivatiou alone wMIlgreatly lprove the l4«lure of soulogb tileadtin huu aud ftertjlizeLor wil speed the pro cesýs. Exers sually cultivate their gartdonls, both fiosýter an"d Vegetable, once a wokdur-ing te lmain .gro0w-. ing season., that is firom thie 6tue tde saoil a fittoswo n jnte spring until, say, mdJl.Thirs teekly culitivalion is niot muich of a cebore alter Ibe- first cdiggîn-g o lwu 'lu thiespring. Mchof It Calibe a. cltiv'ator (elher baud or tra.ctor poweced) over: the ground lighty. Weeds do nol get nmuch of aý cbance- 10 grow big iii a wek, tbough tbey wuill ho a lot tougherý to haudie if left ndishturbed mucb,(ý longer than that. It is ceally amnaz- ing bow growlh sprîs long alte a good cultivalioni. EspciýalyiiýÏ- this true if ihe job is doie -after a A Nose For CIûes--In a deep re- flective mood, Jimrmy Durante cheWs a cigar under his' Sher.. Iock Holmles hat just before Ieav- ing Southampton, E n g 1 a n d aboard the Queen Mary. ýAfter- a series; of stage appea.rances in Bitain, the famous comledian was reported to have an- nounced thot everythinýg was "elemientary, my dear Watson.", shower.Te it nlot only loosens the ground but î)itiaiso) very mater- ially conserves sn oisture by cbeck- iflg evaporation,-. A Healthy Garden in pioncer days, it is truc, so far ,as gardons -wero oneced hece wev(roflot neaýrly as manty 1hulgs, lurkýing around]( as is the c case tco- da;y. Thlese ting inrea a th Couintry openleduIp, and if Lthey didn)'t originlate in aaa hysoon% 'literally surconed by l socts o th]inIgstbat ýiH llïuikly rava-ge th gardlen uneilss we are on--the ialert. But ; i ot dlilficublr [10 haýve finefows anid cipvegetablesC, oven iwith a0i, their entemiies, h first care csblould be, to kcep thle gardon in b-eltjuyconitiîA well- c#sltivated, well-fertilized pLlt ;p the first and niuaîn defense, 0f course specific bu)tgs a-ncd di. seases will require specifid. counter-, measures. Fortunately mod)(em iýsci- ence bas !kept wl bes fti IIOw troubles. Careful ga-rdencr î. will always be on thewatch fùr any attack, wileamneaniy dk-. mage ike wiý-ltedl or partially-vdesý- troyed or Oeateu Ieaves, will re-gard4 witb suspicion ýany suddieu cb3(ek Careful gardeners veil aiso aup- ply tbemselves wihome sort of a duster or sprayer and the propýe materials to go witI b teni. Thlere is ail sorts of' equipmenit aalb and for the amalgaidrdon'i is nt necessary 10 spend more ithan ac dollar or two. As a genecal cule, isects Éthat eat the foliage are attacked with a poison sncbi as DDT, arsIeatC4 lead, etc., wile those that sutck ouýt the jirices like apidýs and othee plant lice are controlled ,vith 'pr- parations inicorpocatinig niicotine ore tobacco solutionsi, lime,.slphr o special soap. Fineîly grounld sulphurl dnst is an ex_ýcellenjt eetv o diseases likerust. e e * TýOUgh Below The Border TOO-The high cost of building is a sb jeeDt which inrterests - well, 'most eaverybod-y teedaiys; and alhug he figures given in these photos and picto-charts rfr taý conitions in fthe !U.S.A.,wfeel that mcîny Canaodian i-il bc ineetdin seeing that our neighbors south of the Border, fced ihthearblmof building a homve, are - up aas a roui prLIOpsition.-"'even acs you anld i Why Roof Is Raised On Building Cots-lncredse in wages in tuei building industry is one of the important factors iii h-e high col of housing today, according ta the National Associaion) of Nm Builders. Newschart aboveshows average woge raýtes f four representative building i'cades, and how they have increased fo December, 1939, ta February, 1952. N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N '1 N N N N N N k- N k, N N N N N N N N k, N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N k', k' N N N N N N N N k-, s N k' N N N N N N N. N N N N .5 N N 5.5 N N N t N f __ BUILINGAHOUSE STILL COSTS PLENTY, COMPARED TO THE "GOOD OLD, DAYS"f ýn-d-liDIQ-Ft--7-1 =11ià