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as "He Float Through i 8 The Air With..." Britain's Magic Circle "Ostilt --Eommittée recently offered £1,000 to the first person. who "levitates _ a human body by 'other than nor- mal 'means.' An Italian spiritualist named -- Donna Bitocei ought to- put in a claim, or it is said 'that one moon- dit evening she. transported her husband, ying at full length in > v : . mid-air, through the window of one Ps 7 house and into the next. "Levitation--raising "a body in the air. without mechanical aid--is<a phenomenon known thgough all the _, ~ ages and to all religions. Waving A Starfish It is said to have been practised ° by witches, sorceres, fakirs and | saints. And, though it' goes against : all known scientific laws, there is plenty of evidence that is hard to i - = dispute. Most amazing levitationist of all was St. Joseph of Copertino, known as the Flyihg Monk. He was able to perform the feat of levitation more than "seventy times, and on several occasions' his performance took 'place in front of reliable wit- nesses, including Pope Urban VIII _ os : Sometimes - St. Joseph's levita- Lh tions "occurred in . circumstances more comical than edifying," ac- : : \ cording t& his biographer. For in- : ! "starice, pne day in the refectory he was seen floating a few feet from the ground waving a starfish about. Another saint who became. fantous for his levitational feats was Alphonsus - Maria Liguori, ; whose first performance occurred >is; i tn 1745 while he was preaching a 4 sermon and found himself standing. 5 : on fothing. SEE ~~ His last took place when he was Yo 91, when he is said to have floated * tip more than a palm's length from his death-bed. i Hundreds of witnesses swore that they had seen Daniel Douglas * Home, famous medium of the Vic- torian era, . raised conipletely from . the ground. On December 16th, 1868, at Ash- ley House, London, in the presence of the Earl of Dunraven, Lord Lindsay, and Captain C, Wynne, Home floated out of one window and into another seven feet away-- 70 feet from street level. * Writing an account of this amaz- ing incident, Lord Lindsay stated - that there was not the slightest foothold betwéen the two windows, Pa Fashion Idea ; ANSWERS TO TEST YOUR . i INTELLIGENCE 1 -- Montevideo. 2 -- food. 3-- § -- Clermont, 7 (A) Chicago; Philadelphia; (C) - Boston; Pittsburgh. . or) (B) (D) q Two New, Kitchen Aids Expedite _ Summer Meal Preparations a ys eX Er PEAT $s ce Te eT rR lh Tis N the heat of summer, a? gadget that will make gdet- Aing a meal more pleasant | and efficient is welcome. Among the newest are a portable, hand-operated mix- er that's really inexpensive "and a wall-type coffee mill. The mixer handles various jobs around the kitchen in _ down the hours spent over a hot stove. It will beat four egg whites stiff in 45 seconds --fast enough for anyone! Further, all of the litjuids are drawn into its counter rotat- of blades so there's no ashing as you work. There are exira attach- BY EDNA MILES A 3 ing a fast créam whipper and a beater. All of them are easy "to clean. "Lots of men like the taste of freshly-ground coffee but get it all too rarely. They can have ijt every morning now via a new coffee-mill that, once attached to- the wall, grinds beans coarse or fine and shells out enough for 12 cups at one time. To release the cup, sthe housewife just presses a but- ton on one. side of the mill, then snaps it back on ready for the next round. And a breakfast, the whole family sits down to the kind of cof- ----Rabelais.-4--boxers. 5--25,000 miles. ments for this mixer, includ- fee grandmother once served. SrA a wae ee Coffee mill turns out freshly.' ground makings for 12 cups of "coffee It hangs on a wall and comes with a convenient trans. parent, graduated cup. Non-splashing 'mixer beats --> four egg whites piift in 45 sec- onds, It's easy to clean and extra beater and whipper are avaliable. and that he actually saw Home, . floating in the air outside one of them, <. "The moon was shining full into . the room," he continues, "my back was to the light, and I-saw the shadow on the wall of the window- sill, and Home's feet about six inches above it. He remained in this Josition for a few seconds, then a Indian Paks - An account by his friends and .~medical adviser, Dr. Thomas Hawksley, describes how one sum- mer evening Home gave a déemon- * stration to a certain baronet whose -. name - Hawksley withheld, The . baronet stood on a heavy - and' immediatély both rose in the ~ fakir, speciality was to poise himself in ° x ES table, air a distance of eight inches from the ground.' ; ; Hawksley said: "I stooped-down and swept my hand freely between the castors and the carpet. I had ended all the investigations I could give the problem, tle table came down to the floor and Sir-- - descended from his elevation." In 1936 photographs appeared in the newspapers 'illustrating the amazing performance of the Indian~ Subbayah Pullavar. His no ' support but - a mid-air with _cloth-covered stick on which one hand rested | RR . ~~ Home canning is ndt difficult, but directions should -always be followed accurately--and 'here are several steps that should. insure success, For fruit, the boiling water" bath is probably the best for can- ning because of thé rapid heat pen- etration to tlfe center of the jar, It maintains "accurate. and temperature throughout processing. * * * atone Select fruits -and vegetables for canning that are firm, ripe, and-in exactly the best stage for table use. Check your canning equipment; use only Jars that are manufactured for canning, -and check k sea surfaces. * Jafs. You PYY Discard LT you find nicks, rough surfaces discard. the jars. Bent or rusty lids or warped bands . should also be discarded. . * * * © Wash jars in hot, soapy water; rinse and cover with hot water until ready to fill. Wash fruits and vege tables, being careful not to bruise (it's best to work with a small "amount at-a time) and drain. * #3 ni A Prepare fruits and vegetables ac- - cording .to recipe used and, when filling jars, leave %4-inch head space -{some vegetables and meats requife" a l-inch space). Cover with hot lighid; run knife down inside jar to remove air, Wipe rims with - clean, damp cloth. Secure lids ac- cording 'to manufacturegs' instruc- tions; glass-type fids showld be put loosely for processing; self- sealing lids with screw band should be put on tight. 'Place filled jars in canner - con- taining boiling water. Add boiling water, if needed, to bring to 1 or 1% inches over jar tops. Put cover on canner and count canning time from time water returns to a rolling | --boil.- Remove jars-from-canner- angi] complete seal if glass tops ate yged. Stand jars out of draft several inches apart for 12 to 24'hours. Remove 'inside-out Tent Keeps Storms Outside--This new-type tent, built , inside-out 36 blizzards won't blow it away, will get a field fest "* next sumnier when members of the Arctic.Institute of North Amer- ica visit the Penny ice-cap on Baffin Island. Designed by Jeffrey Lindsay and Ted Pope of. the Fuller Research Foundation, it con- sists of an aluminum tubing exterior framewerk frem v/hich is hung the tent. There are no interior support poles. 'demonstrated at Montreal, Canada, can be erec'ed by two men The tent, in 25 minutes. constant "Cracks, or- 1 TABLE TALKS dane Andrews 4 screw bands from self- sealivig jars, _ Test for seal. -Label 'and store in cool, dark, dry place to preserve color, texture and flavor. * * » One manufacturer has developed a wide-mouthed, tapered jar that is easily filled and cleaned and can be used for either canning or freezing (the smaller size makes a good re frigerator jar too). * 0 Canned _ Peaches (You'll need 25- 30 pounds for 12 quart jars.) Wash peaches and dip in boiling water for about 1 minute, then in cold water for the same period of time, Peel and cut 'peaches in half and remove pit. Pack in the clean, hot jars and cover with hot syrup (medium or medium heavy is best) to within ¥4 inch of jar top. Follow directions given above for. the can ning. : * * * Apple Sauce Wash and drain fresh, full-flay- ored, tart apples. Cut out ends, slice and core. Cook until soft, add- ing "water if nceded to prevent sticking. Put cooked apples through strainer or food mill 'to remove. skin. Sweeten to taste (about 4 tablespoon for each apple). If apples do not have a good flavor, add lemon juice. A sprinkling of cinnamon adds more flavor. Relicat sauce to boiling and pour into hot jars. Tighten lids. Process 15 min- utes in boiling-water hath. iS BERRIES (Blackberries, dewberries, young- berries, loganberries and black raspberries.) Berrics that hold hier shape well" may be cooked before canning to overcome shrinking and floating in jars. Wash, drain and measure firm- "ripe berries; put into kettle in lay- [8 ers, alternating with sugar. Use from ¥% to 34 cup of sugar for each quart of berries. Cover and let stand 2 hours. Bring gently to boil- * ing point, stirring only enough to keep from sticking. Boil about 3 minutes, Pour into hot jars and, "process for 15 minutes in nhoiling- water bath, -------- * * . If you want to. make preserves or jam, from 3/4 to 1 pound of sugar is needed for each pound of peeled, pitted fruit, For the sake of . good color and flavor, they should 'bg made in small amounts. . | * a Peach Preserves Wash, drain and pee) hard-ripe peaches. Cut in.quarters and dis- card pits, Weigh fruit and use from 34 to 1 pound sugar with 3/4 cup water for each pound of peaches. Boil syrup 2 minutes. Add peaches and cook until fruit is clear, Cover kettle .and let stand in cool place overnight. Reheat to boiling point and pour into hof jars. Seal at 'once. Note: If syrup gets too thick - before peaches 'are clear, alld a little boiling water. : * * ' PeacH Butter Scald, peel and stone freestone peaches. Cook to pulp, using very little ~ water. Press pulp through «trainer. To each cup of pulp add pS After. --~order.-to- Star Gazer--Visitors to the first « "Progress Show" in Paris inspect the exhaust section of "Veron- ica," a one-ton rocket. A sister- rocket zoomed to heights of over 40 miles in experiments at' Co- lomb Bechar testing grounds In North" Africa. The radio-guided missile' speed. is estimated ot 300 miles per hour. > 1 V4 cup sugar. Cook until thick and clear, stirring frequently, Pour into hot jars and scal at once. : * » - Peach Marmalade 6 large peaches 1 orange 1 lemon Sugar Wash: and dry lemon and or- ange and run through meat. grinder. - Peel peaches and: cut into. small pieces. Combine quickly; measure and' mix with an equal" amount of suger. Cook over medium heat un- til transparent and thickened to marmalade consistency, stirring oc- " casionally. Pour into hot jars and seal at once. T ake It It Easy * Durihg' a pardentirly hot day, we noticed a gentleman, of at least fifty years, run.more than half a block in catch--a streetcar, aboard the tram he wobbléd to a seat and sat- down, mopping great _ gobs of 'perspiration from his red and' strained face. Small wonder, we thought to our- ves, that every lLeatwave brings 'with it a list of fatalities from heat prostration--and-, watchinge him and imagining the 'pounding of his overstrained heart caused us to slow our own stride perceptib'y. y i Classical Music -- a piece which you think will have a tune in it any minute now---and never does. -Once- exhaustion, Just Terrible Handicap -Didn't Stop Him "How often do "we see people afflicted with some physical de- formity and subconsciously register a feeling almost of pity? It hap- pens every day. And, yet, states Dr. Ear] 'R. Carlsen, our pity is wastedy even the most handicapped - ¢an be useful to society. Juéti 'how useful, he sets out to prove in-an intensely inspiring and "human" book, "Born "That Way". Dr. Carlson is a specialist dealing with "spastic" - children -- children suffering from a stiffness of move- ment. : Carried by the Wind The "affected limb moves as a solid member; the hand in attempt- ing to grasp an object may remain rigid in a fixed position" and can only be relaxed with difficulty. If the rigidity affects the legs, w alking may be impossible, 'The author, ~ Jiimself born with "such an affliction, walked with a 'scissor-like movement,-and even in later ycars often had to leave theatres or concerts decause. one "leg would start an uncontrollable jerking. : - A sudden gust "ot enough "to scind him Once a particularly violent wind blew him across the street, where he was picked up by a friendly- policeman, On subsequent occasions when the two met, the policeman would bellow, jokingly: "Remember when you were so badly off that L had to pick you out of the gutter?" wind- sprawling. - Passers-by hearing the semark had the false impression that the sufferer was a hardened drunkard, and would shrink away in disgust. Another time, Carlson was drink- ing a glass.of milk at a refresh- ment counter-- when the attendant, in a hurry, threw the change to him, Carlson attempted - to catch the coins . . . the hand holding the milk flew up and the glass crash- ed to. the floor. So embarrassing were the stares of the othér cus- tomers that he hurried from the shop. ' * Social gatherings were night- mares at first. with the inevitable overdoses of sympathy; but closer acquaintance proved that the sympathy was out of order. Spastics get "along much better. if they let the other fellow know about their handicap, and induce him to laugh at it instead of offering profused : sympathy. An amusing - incident occurred during Dr, Carlson's student days, "when the laugh was against him and his fellow. students. A small child was brought uncoriscious to the hospital The patient was EAE placed on the examination table and various possible causes for the in- _ sensibility _were_discussed. "The case. was puzzling . . . until-ome of the students happened to lay; a hand - oi the child's distended #hdomen, The patient promptly responded by 'beitig violently sick; and that supplied the clue to the trouble. + A simple case of dead drunk- --enness {It trandpifed that the! "small lad had drufile too liberally of some red wine stored in his father's cellar before begging the ride. "Born That Way" is an. absorb- ing book, and it supplics the an- ° swer to those who want to know what faith can do in:a "hapeless" _ case. ¢ 1} "Killing" "Their Gen Jobs Last week Canadair withdrew the re SubsARLAT contract it wags about to conclude 'with Ford of Canada for thé production of wings for the new T-33 jet trainer. The sole reason for this action was the inability of Ford to guarantee delivery on schedule. Behind that inability lies the dispute with the local labor union over the question of whether seniority riglits would be éxtended to the aircraft project. This is not the. first time that Ford has lost business, Ford workers have lost employmént, and the 'City of Wilfdsor has. lost important "industry, simply Hecause the labor union leaders concerned - failed fo pat the teal welfare of their members first. Instead they have permitted, if not actually encouraged, a whole rash of wildcat strikes; plant destruc tion-and other production interruption 5, the net result of which was lees business for Ford and lass work and wares for Ford workers Fr The Financial Post. ° © as 'mental patients, A however, ~ impulse created by .was his 'mother. «she said: moan he Was "moon." Does The Moon Make Criminals? _ Were the ancients right in as- cribing certain forms of mental: "derangement 107 the ifiiiEnc [3] the moon? They had a name for it, "lunacy" (Latin luna, the moon). 'I'hat word has formed part eof our'danguage for centuries. Nor have experts in mental disease sought to *cliange it. . ) : true" that in recent times" the nanjes of 7 cértain inst tutions have becn changed' from "lunatic. asylums" to: mental hospitals, and "lunatics" are ndw often described Phat change, concession tf sentiment, ' There is another word of signifi- cance in this regard. It is "moon- stuck", defined in the dictionary as "affected by the moon; lunat'c, crazed." ; The question raises the important question as to how many persons- It. is is a mere are brought before the courts and . sentenced for crimes to which they were induced by some irresistible the influence of the moon. A long experience of crime and criminals has led some to the con- clusion that this influence is very real -1t-is being proved--over and over again; and it raised the ques- tion as to how far, if at all, should' "a person be punished if it be shown that the offence he. has committed was due to impulses over which he had: no. control? - If the moon can move the mighty oceans and cause the tides to ebb "and flow with rhythmic and un- changing precision, on what ground can the probability (or even the certainty) of its power over cértain types of mind: be ruled out? Take some facts. Some time ago I was in the famous No. 1 court at - the Old Bailey. I saw a young man =~ sentenced to death, He had cant fessed to the murder of a girl three years before. It was "on his niind," he said. He wanted to "clear his : conscience," and went to the police. A Pathetic Mother wis a plea of the jury rejected. There insanity, which Before sentence was passed, a pathetic. fig- witness-box. It And this is what "When there was a new used to be terrible. I don't . know why. I used to get people to: stay with me because 1 was' frightencd® of being, alone with him. At all other times he was quite norinal and very kind." That young man. was hanged. Shortly, afterwards, I read 'this in the newspapers: "MOON MAN DIES. Armed police surrounded a house in New Bridge Street, Knigh- ton, Radnorshire, to corner. 45- years- old Arthur Davies, who in full-moon "frenzy had wife and shot P.C. William Paines. Davies was found dead with shot wounds. Mrs. Davies said her hus- band was violent at cvery full ure stood in the As 'a young |Dbarrister, 1 was briefed in a case in which a highly respected man was charged tith wounding his wife, of whom he was very fond. The crime scemed inexplicable. ; - "One day while he, his wife and young son were having lunch, he attacked his | se Viol nt, _other seven -alienists, Suddenly left the table, weng to the everely battered his wife. He was "ater found roaming in a wood ® mile away..It took three policemen itchen, brought-in, a- hatehet-and==-= to carry, him, raving, into a van,' 1 went fo sce him inprison and was shown into the - governor's roomy, He told me, and the solicitor imslpuccing me, that we could not «the nian, He was "strange" and "We musts wait for moon to wane," he said. A week passed and [ went to see him again, He was calm and sensible; with a look of terror in his eyes. He kept saying: "My poor wife. 1 love her dearly. Why did I do it? I couldn't help it." ' At the trial the wife said he was an ideal husband -and father. But at regular intervals, about a month apart, he became silent and funny." He was given a stiff sentence, at which his wife shouted, "He didn't mean to do it"--and collapsed. Often, in tases of assault and of 'applieations for separation orders before the "magistrates, women have said in=much the same way that their husbands were normal and kind "except when the moon is at the full" And 1 have person- ally come across a great number of instances where * wives, knowing what their 'husbands 'would be like at that phase of the moon, have taken the precaution a the phase was over." A few years ago a man appeared in the dock charged with a very serious offence against a wonian, From the dock he -said: "I had served a sentence of seven years ~ and asked them to keep me in pris son" until' the' moon had gone. I knew I should do it again if they let me out." And he did--with an- years' sentence as a consequence. : : ~ Broadmoor Opinion the . of leaving home. for a week or ten days until T well remember that in one of the Home Counties there was a very brutal attack on a young-wom- an. The assailant was not detected. A month later there was a similar outrage, Again 'the offender got away. When after the lapse of an- other month there' was yet an- other similar attack in the same areca, the chief. constable thought ~ "the man might be * 'moonstruck." A strict watch was kept after the lapse of a further month, .and the, man was arrested. agreed with the view of the chief constable. | I have discussed this matter with prison govergors, judges, coroners and medical officers at mental hospitals. Most of them -ac- cept the theory that the moon has <a most powerful influence on con- duct by certain types of persons. A former medical" officer at Broadmoor told me that he had observed that in 'many of the pa- tients there the regular outbursts of extreme restlessness, often cul- minating in violence, coincided with "certain phases of the moon, mostly "at the full." Doctors - If, as I believe on sound' videnite. thee wise men of old were right in their belief that a state of mind often involving grave crimes, be 'due to the moon, then some- thing should 'be done about -it. --From *Lit-Bits." "Wet Jet--Designed to crack the world 'water + speed record is the iet- -propelled speedboat "Crusader","a model .of which is shown "in London, John Cobb, British holder of the land 'speed record, wil pilot the boat which measures 31 feet long and 13 feet wide from pontoon-to pontoon, . MM £: TL TEST YOUR INTELLIGENCE | Score 10 points for cach correct answer in the first six questions: The capital of Uruguay is: -- Montevideo -% 2NAn epicure would "be -- Sao Paulo" terested in: Buenos Aires -- Andorra \ -- locomotives - --hooks food -- poctry J. Cargantua's adventures were written by: © -- Dickens Dalzac -- Moliere -- Rabelais 4. The JVdward ]J. Neil Memorigl trophy 4s awarded to: © golfers Lewinimers ~-npirksmen --boxers The circumference of the carth i Sabot? : --50,000, miles Y35,000 nhiles 25,000 miles 6. 'Robert Fultén's famous Strnaihont was the: E " -~Merrimac, ~ Clermont ~Monitor --Congress - 7, Listed below, at left are four-famous baseball parks and opposite them .the "tities in which they are located. Match them, scoring 10 points for each correct answer. x : : (A) Wrigley Field Roston (B) Shibe Park ' --~ Chicago (C).Eenway Park -- Pittsburgh (DD) Forbes Field ~ Uhiladelphia ' Total your points. A score of 0-20 is poor; 30-60, av rage; 70-80, cuperior; 90-100, very <aperior can _ ' belee!