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The Hard Way ® "Well, my good man, what brought you here?" asked the sym- pathetic visitor to the prisoner. "Borrowing sir," replied the prisoner. noncey, "Borrowing money!" he echoed. "But surely they don't put people in prison for borrowing money?" "I know," ansicered the prisoner, shrugging his shouders unhappily. "But you see, I had to knock the man down three or four times be- fore he would lend it to me." SIDE GLANCES a : "II bet the author + of that article you just read about to do with your spare time 'never raised a family!" pon what This fellow weighed about Poison Ivy Can Spoil The Picnic Every year the holiday scason advances, reports become frequent of a day's outing being spoiled by - contact" with poison ivy. Particular- ly is this so in the cases of family picnics, where one of the pleasures of the day is the anticipation of finding an ideal spof on which to camp for the day. Danger is far- thest from their thoughts, bui exe perienced-pienickers- know that "one of the first things to be dole on arriving at an unknown spot is to explore it and the surroundings for possible presence of poison ivy. + * EY Poison ivy is one of the worst, if not the worst, skin-irritant plants in North America, and it grows under a variety of conditions, wet or dry, shade. or exposed, 'and in any soil from fine sand or rocky ground to rich soil in the woods. It is scldom found in cultivated land but it may be plentiful in unoccupied areas, or in secluded nooks and dells which children love to, explore. Poisoning is the result of contact with any part of the plant -- leaves, flower, stems, and roots--or from clothing, boots, and tools that have the juice of the ivy on them. * * + If it is anticipated that poison ivy may be met in the day's outing, it is a good plan to carry a piece of strong laundry soap in the equip- ment because washing with this kind of soap in rimning water immediate- ly contact-with the ivy is suspected and. before the oil of the plant can penétrate the skin, is the popular and effective treatment, In the event of poisoning, the initial stage is a mild itching sensation, followed by -blis- ters which. on breaking become painful oozing sores. In that case medical aid is advisable, x, # The extermination of the poison ivy plant has always been a tough job. During the war, the plant was killed around the military camps in Canada by _the use of ammonium sulphamate, and now the new won- der weed killer 24-D is being used, but cven with: this devastating chem- ical it takes two applications to com- plete the cntire destruction of the obnoxious poison. ivy pant. In the use of the 24-D weed killer, George Knowles, Weed Control Expert, Field Husbandry Division, Experi- mental Farms Services, advises con- siderable _ care, particularly. when tear vegetable or flower gardens or ornamental trees. Spraying should be kept well away from them and should-not-be-carricd out on a windy day becausé the fine spray carried by the wind niight be carried some distance. Seek Expert. Penman An expert penman is being sought to inscribe on vellum: the wedding license for Princess Eljz- abeth and Lieut, Philip Mountbatten. The problem has arisen because the craftsman who formerly pre- pared the royal licenses has passed "on and the art of beautiful pen- manship is becoming rarer. The marriage license * for the late Duke of Kent's wedding was a sheet of parchment nearly a yard square with: every word written by hand wifh a quill pen in Old English block lettering, Whether the Princess' license will be similar has not yet been decided. One of the difficulties 1s that few. persons nowadays can write in the Old English charac- ters. 60 'Mosquitoes' Preserved In Plastic Cocoons Spray guns are hissing and air- craft workers again are busy in the former RCAF hangars at the muni- cipal airport near London, Ont, as the lid is scaled tight on an $I8 million treasure chest 'of. fighting planes which were built too late to see fighting action. In the biggest operation of its kind ever undertaken in Canada, some 60 Mosquitoes are being. enveloped in protective cocoons for long-term storage. Thirty-six others will have their engines sealed in the unique rubberlike plastic while the airframds arc tagged for the scrap pile. It is claimed that not only is this the first major "application of the war- discovered cocooning to Canadian aircraft, but it is the first instance on record of its use on wooden air- craft. During the latter part of the war, London's airport was a base for RAF Transport Command. Mos- quito bombers, fighters and trainers, built in the de Havilland plant north of Toronto, were flown there for "shake-down" tests, modification and final check before the long hop to the battle-fronts of the world, When Japan collapsed in August 19- 45, almost 100 machines were at London ready for ferrying abroad. In Temporary Storage - The authorities hesitated to scrap these aircraft which represented close to 30 millions of the tax- payers' dollars, Many more Mos- quitoes rested in the parent factory at Toronto, some complete; others in various stages of production. Central Aircraft. Ltd., which had operated an aircraft repair plant at London during the war and thus had experience with these Britsh-de- signed aircraft, was assigned to shel- ter this vast flock of grounded war- birds. } ) The sleek warplanes were wheeled" into the hangars: for storage. Rolls-- Royce engines were oiled and in- hibited. Plastic canopics were shrouded with heavy paper. Stream- lined airframes were muffled in tar- paulins. Wheels were jacked clear of the floor. ~~ For almost two years these sur- plus fighting craft have rested thus in temporary storage while a constant check was made upon ghem for signs of deterioration. Theiréfinal fate re- mained a mystery until recently when orders went out from Ottawa. Hangar doors yawned and aircraft workers once mores swarmed about the planes, this time: to prepare the $300,000 "NMossies" for long-term hi- bernation. . Cocooning involves enclosing the aircraft in a water-tight -rubber ma- terial so that it can be stored inside or out for an indefinite period with- out deterioration. : Process of Cocooning After the aircraft has been strip- ped of all excess equipment, the out- er surface is cleaned and all open- ings are scaled. Fine, spider-web cloth is stretched across larger aper- tures such as radiator vents, cannon ports and: undercarriage wells. Then the spray guns start spitting and the tough, rubber skin is blasted on from - propeller hub to tail light. Only the wheels and the feathered" propeller blades escape the enveloping spray. The cocooning plastic is a new de- velopment in the aircraft industry and so far goes only by a formula number, Thousands of surplus air- craft have been "put in the cupboard for a rainy day" by the United States Army Air Corps, but the process is new to the RCAF, A few samples were treated -at No. 6 Repair Depat" in. Trenton before the. London con- tract was undertaken, A workman demonstrated how the material builds up "across crevices more than an inch wide by $preading the fingers of one hand and spray- ing it. Slowly fibres. wove across the openings between his fingers; gradually thickening until a strong, solid sheet covered his hand. In this manner the "cocoon" forms. across openings, around flaps, doors and controls, ' Tree coats are required to cocoon one aircraft and on a plane the size of the Mosquito; about 200 ponds of the plastic is applied. The dif fer- ent coats are pigmented so that even and complete application can be guaranteed. The first layer is yellow, the sccond red and the third silver or black, depending on whether the craft i{ being stored inside or out. How ong planes' will last in- side the moistureproof 'bag is not known for certain, but offcials esti- mate that after five years of co- co0i. storage, a plane could be ready to fly in a few hours. _overshadowed even 'my presence, Arnold. and before she died told enough money so she would not "have to work any more, her John Grahame would take eve- ry. penny for himself, so 'after thinking about it I Judge- Arnold and: the doctor. when he heard Lucy was to receive - a hundred dollars a month. Then he - started I can buy a decent car," he ex- claimed, ignoring the fact, as I knew he would, that the: money was Lucy's. ,"A hundred every month, "The money is to be paid to. your- wife, Lucy Grahame, on the first day of every month--" he paused impressively--"as long as she lives." . John sat down heavily. "You mean if she dies the money stops." "Honey," John'cried. T'll wager that was the first time he had called her "Honey" in a long time. "You- 're fine, aren't your" low, terrible," she faltered, "I'm so weak and tired." ¥ isn't it, doctor?" John asked anx- icusly, \ "Tell right," at the doctor's answer, "Your wife will need the utmost care in the For Lucy By MAUDE NORMAN When John Grahame brought a wife home from England, every- one in Glencove wondered how long the marriage would last, I had known him ever since he was a spoiled" youngster who thought it was fun to see his dog chase my cat. But after I had caught him out in back of the woodshed. one day, preparing to sct fire to one of my cat's kittens he had dipped in kerosene, . he left me and my cats alone, because I picked up a stick and gave him the thrashing he deserved. John must have told Lucy some terrible tales about me because she acted scared to death, of ne at first. But she soon foimd out [ wouldn't bite and we became good friends, That is, good as could be expected with John dis- liking me. She would run over senictimes when he swasn't home. When 1 went over there, 1 would sit by the front window where 1 could see him coming and duck, out before he reached the house. "I wasn't afraid of him, but 1 didw't want him hollering at her. She had it hard enough, poor child. Judge Arnold's , mother - had cone from the same place in Eng- land Lucy was from and they be- came good friends, Lucy could not spare time from her sewing to go away very often, so old Mrs. Arnold would come every week to visit her. Lucy always asked me to come over too. I'd take a plate of cookies with me so there would be something to serve with the usual cup of tea. That was onc time John did net object to my being in his house. The fact that the richest woman in town was a friend of his wife Lucy lay back against the pillow, looking very wan. I had been taking care of Mrs. she was leaving Lucy me 'she I didn't dare upsct her by telling went to see At first John was speechless making plans." "Now dollars Oh, boy!" 3 The Judge cleared his throat. The Judge nodded gravely. "But you're well, aren't you, Lucy lay' back against the pil- looking" 'very wan. "I feel "But: that's because of thc flu, ker. she'll be all I held my. breath, then relaxed future, Mr, Grahame," he said so- berly. "She must not do anything that will tire her under any con- sideration, "Ill take care of her". Johu ex- claimed, "Anything you want dope Honey, just tell we." The doctor's face remained per-- fectly blank, but if the ela had been a less dignified man, 1 would have declared he winked at me, I enjoy sitting watching John cut grass and do chores Lucy had fone for so long. She insisted he make a garden and keep it in order, He treats her very ferently than he did before. He watches her "like a hen with ope chick, She understands his solici- tude, He is afraid she might die .and he would lose the hundred dol- lars a month. But she enjoys have ing him wait on her, Sometimes TI wonder what he would say if he knew Mrs, Arnold had left Lucy the money in a lump sum, I don't believe he would ap- preciate the interpretation we give the will. The first medical record was pro- bably written 3,000 ycars ago by Im- hotep, physician to the Pharoahs. dif Canadian Forests Must Be Restored In Ountario, three and four and five generations ago, they destroy- ed the magnificent hardwood and * pine forests 'to get 'at. the land, Where the pine was convenient to water transportation, it was mar- keted, The hardwood was mostly piled up and burned and little was retrieved from it except the potash in the ashes. The land was broughtyunder cultivation, Now, in Ontario, they are bring- - ing back the forest and- for three specific purposes, to provide the materials for a dwindling industry, to enable the farmer to stay on the land and to control the spring flood-water, which i$ getting out of hand. Major-General Howard Kennedy, chairman of the Ontario Royal commission on Forestry, told a pulp and paper industry con- vention at Petawawa of his plans for reforestation over the next tweaty years, British Columbja has a refores- tation problem, too, .but not so much for flood control and the re- storation of farmlands--though it will do both these things--as to "restore the forest for its own sake, We must restore the forests if we ard to retain our largest and. most profitable industry. y 8:330A% yo 3g nots Four Die as Plane Hits Furnace--I'our socially prominent Massachusetts residents died when their chartered plane crash- ed into this 40-foot high brick furnace at Everett, Mass. Here a crane lifts the burned remains of the fuselage from inside the cauldron. Dead; who had been spending a vacation in Canada, were identified as- Thomas Mandell, 55, Boston broker, his daughters, Ann, 22, and Harriet, 19, and John Nelson Borland in Large or Smali?--In I: Pell, 32, pilot. gypt you get your soft «ly m ¥ 4 Wap hd inks on ie street. _Here Miss Ida Abdel Maksoud of Cairo buys a drink of Earkoos, a beverage somewhat like iced tea, from; vendor Mostafa Mamdol), POP-<Hey! Hey! - roy SUFPRLE TUGULDN'T HAVE ASKED THEM IF THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A NEEDLE --- By J. MILLAR WATT