1957-09-10 — Page 4

THE

HALES

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1957.

In an age that was asking "Can Science be Christian?"

SCIENTIFIC METHOD

was developed in the paddock by an English parson.

In this somewhat down to a heavy stable door, lay a white mare, Over direct manner, the

A man of many talents, his contributions to medicino, physiology, public health and tochnology wore important building blocks for modarn science.

dromatic.

weg's lungs.

Equally distinguished 1 botanical and

both as animal

and

THE commotion In Re-

crude, physiologist, an relive parish nen voyages, for disiling fresh remarkable jest who served the Royal frem eat. water, for preventing verend Stephen Hales'

after the spread of tires, for clinking yard, one December day in the Reverend Hales' head English clergyman was measur- Family in one capacity

hu was born at Harbours, for winnowing corn, 1711, must have attracted towered a glass tube, and ing blood pressure for the first another

time. No scientific mystery Bekesbourne In Kent, England, all of it together combles the attention of his neigh- as he inserted one end of

in 1677, the threshold of the set a plonotring example of way safe from the assaulla of bours. A shock was in it into an artery opened in Hales' curiosity, which could book 'Saileal Ensays

modern age., As his important reientific method.

proved, store for any of them who tho maro's neck, blood be no patient and delicate, as

Its monument in Westinster fooked over his fence to see mounted in spurts to a this experiment with the mare Hales ved at a time when on

another man vild attempt to embrace Abbty commemorates not only what was going on. There column nine and one half was

study pioneering

the all of the scientifle knowledge

the fact and principles that he surrounding him, on the ground, firmly tied feet high.

circulatory system, for instance, extend its bounds on

even discovered, but this memonious Hales devised an ingenious way separate fronters.

widely example of selenuine methed ic musure the rate of blood-

whleli made his own and later advances possible. In the Hald the capillaries of Bow in

Though his studies of the t chemistry, for initanes, circulatory syriem rank Hults Hates prepared the way

oid only to Harvey in Plestley and othere jrr founding the modern science of covered gases by showing how manipulating their newly din. Physiology, Bad Crea nis

be collected nVe criginal experiments in plant gases could

water. And bla fundamental nutrition detailed in Statical contributions to the selence of Ersays retrin their funda-

amounted to physiology mentet importance today, Hale: more than his measurements of is probably best remembered the capacity of the heart In for his windmill ventilator',

the dimeter of blood vesel, According to one story, Hates and the exact amount of blood variety built this artificial ventilator to pressure under a wide

of arcumstances, is establishi clear prisons of the nxious

inc the algnificance as well as oir which he held responsible the facts. of blood pressure. for the drenge epidtinies and Hales Introduced a cançout high denth rates mong which has become the subject prisoners. His device and his of intensive medical investien- hey were laughed at, how ch since the widesprent. cyer, unlit May 1740, when tingle resul's of high blood judges, jurors, sheriffs ind

pressure have been revented. counsellort of The Old Bailey ecurt died of direase ·Infections Caught from prisoners brought

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| Stephen Holes pioneered,

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WAR

ONE of the reasons Grandma Giles took to the North for a holiday with her younger sister because she wanted to be alone with the peace and quiet of the Blackpool sand and saloons--away from

anybody who kept a check on her frequent desires to let rip.

So when the Lancashire police decided to use Blackpool and district to try out their new radar

THE COMIC WHO RIDES THE CHANGES

Les Armour

NOME years ago, somebody launched a Jack Benny con-

or less the sentence "I hate Jack Benny because....

There were 750,000 antries.

Many had to be burned,

The contest was launched by the man who was pleased most of all by the result: Jack Benny.

Henny in hateable in a lovable sort of way.

the singers, the writers and the bands out of his take. He pays his writers an average of $2,500

And, after- words, the cast. san be sure there will be no post mortems.

spced traps and booked Grandm and sister Millle for betting up and down the Central Bench she took It as a personal affront, claiming that her local copper back home put 'cm up to it. When the Sergeant sald ;' “'What's trying to do, lass-bust sound barrier? Grandma's reply was the first shot fired during her holiday likely to stow-up Northern-Soutbero relations for a long time.

As for being 36, it is pos sible that Benny will one day sce his thirty-ninth birthday. unless

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-one of the favourites. JACK BENNY who remains

favourite still

08 somebody "invents the popular Time Machine,

if he had practised a while before that,

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But not in Britain have proved da his shows 近 It is widely supposed

America. Not much humour (Benny hopes), that Benny a week.

He was on the air as soon as really survives the Atlantic is the meanest man in the he could easily have been a lot was in vaudeville for quite a

Benny is moderately rich. But radio got started. And ho crossing; Benny's does, world. He would like his richer

Partly this is because the rools of his humour goes back admirers to believe that he little meanness, For 30 years The mystery of Berny la that to Waukegan, linols, a small really does have all his per- now, an appearance ор the he should have survived as a lawn which is like amall towns

Henny show has formers under contract to to increase the worth of any switch from vasicville to radie rotsca

been enough top name not only through the the world over. The stuff that mow his lawn when they get pentarmer very considerably.

a lough in Waukegan but from radio to television. will probably ruise

Inuigh through throwing him

Both change-overs have taken anywhere, while more sophis lincs,

their toll. Bat Benny goes on "tlɛated humour af· London or frem success to success.

New York will probably bewil- Part of the secret Is that der people outside the city nobody lins ever seen a sloppy ilmits. Benny show,

Partly, too, it is because Quito a lot of top names

Another is that Benny knows Demy is in private life a fairly would bave been glad, from

man, the vain ordinary human being whoso time to time, to appear for that the mean

man, the man who is caught in range of emotions and sense of nothing.

elaborate traps of his own humour correspond pretty much Also, Benny is rated as the maiding, will always be funny to those of other ordinary men. coalest man in the business to provided that certain consi- Benny bas been married to work with. If he schees some- tions cro fulfilled, thing wrong in the show, ho

Mary Livingstong for 30 years One of the conditions is that and the marriage has been cair says quietly: We'll have to the meanness and the vanity and unrusted. fix this," He never tears his must never, Involve cruelty. out ostentation; never appeate hair, berates his employees, or Another is that the situations in the gossip columna, throws tantrums in front of the must never cut too deep-the Hu comings and goings around writers,

comedian must stick pretty the world and he travels a Nor does he make the mis- close to the role of the overage lot-mostly pass with only tako of trying to be a one-man citizen who is just as close with routing notice. He given the show.

his money and over-rates his lie to the theory" that an looks.

entertainer's life is necessarily Ho must never be an out- made a shambles by the publicity right cad.

He also hopes the cus- tomers believe that he really sees himself as the Great Romantic Lover and that he is constantly bewildered by an unappreciative world.

He also hopes they think he belleves that he has just turned 38.

Of course, nobody does think any of these things.

The public which cheer- fully winces

whenever Bonny threatens on the air to play his terrible violin re cently turned out in force in New York to hear him play it in a concert hall.

He knows that half an hour of undiluted Benny would have the customary turning off their

sola by the milions.

Benny's writers aprond the It does not need to be said. laughs liberally; mador, scenes, that he plays it very well in his TV programmes are bullt around as many charseters, BS, Indeed.

Small Town

bounds.

Ho Hves wilk-

Benny does not court publ». city except for his work and t porters make no attempt, to_ox" plait his privato. 156. They know that they can rely on Betiny knows all this instinc- Benny to give them, a courtsour

to Of course, Benny Is a stickler Lively. His jokes may not al- reception,

skawer their Nor does it need to bold sis that, for from being the for perfection, A recent ways be very original, but they legitimate questions, and not to meanest man la, the world, show he did in England for the are always perfectly timed and wreak havoc on their profession Berny is among the most BBC Involved 80 hourant reasonably able. The punch by fooding “exclusive” to generous men in show business, rehearsal for one hour on the line never has to be hammered favoured" Journalists, ma Radio and television shows are; air,

home and the jokes are never it appears that the knăm from commonly bought from their: Thai la average for a big, just silly, July

Watticegan is good for mNELY creators in packages--and the show,.... Nothing goes 'on' uni- As a result, his, humour is more yearsmaven if he itn't S creator: hag: torpey the actors,: Bétny is absolutely entisiei. universal. His recent TV shows any more..