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SPARE MOMENTS PAGE who go out and daro.

SCIENCE TRENDS:

DANDELIONS MEAN MORE RUBBER!

war,

RUSSIAN dandelion became a major factor in winning the Most of the rubber on which the Red Army rolled into the Reich come from the milk in the roots of thin plant;

I is called "Kok Saghiz." On the steppes of Siberia and in the farm-

of Innds of the Ukraine, hundreds thousands of acres are nown with the "Kok Saghs" dandelion. It is grown In Towe like sugar-boot. When it is ready for harvesting, the Rusalan farmers cut off the tops- which can be used as good cattle- food and boil the roots to produce the milky "index" that is processed into rubber. The carbohydrates of the root can then be fermented to produce alcohol as a

by-product.

By selecting and improving the. plants, the Russians are getting yields up to 250lbs, per acre. That's much more than the yield of seven- "Kok year-old rubber trees. And Saghlz" can be harvested at one to two years

old. So the Itussians gained rubber independence in time for the German invasion-by developing their rubber dandelions ten years ahead,

1.000 Plants Tested

In 1931 the Kremlin ordered an examination of every wild plant in the Soviet Union. In the next three years more than 1,000 possible rub- ber plants were tested. Nearing the ond of their expedition, the rubber house in explorers rested in Eastern Kazakstan, near the Chinese they accident border. Quite by

plant growing in the noticed a window-box. The owner told them It

and called "Kok Saghiz" was

moun- came from the Tien Shan tains. Inside the root was more rubber than in any other plant they had tested.

[FROM WAR

TO PEACE

LAUGHING :

STOCK

MAIDEN'S BLUSHI

The only time you see a bluching bride nowadays is'when the doesn't show up.

SAFETY

"Do you drink?" "No."

SHORT STORY:

SECLUDED PACIFIC ISLAND

HERE'S the sense, I thought?

markets. Under-the-counter, Con-; trols. Mustn't do this, mustn't do that. Income tax. Coupons, Dockets, Save poper. Don't spend. Don't waste, fuel. Beer like water. Mest ration that you wouldn't have given the dog, once.

W Queues. No cigarettes. Black

Are You Adventurous?

By WELLS CARR

PETE will play sale every timet

and perhaps he should, for

he's easily discouraged."

that

The chances are, however, Pete won't get very far nor be re- membered for outstanding achieve- ment.

Wome

J

3. Have you licked a friend in a

new venture? <

4 Do you like to go to nuctions

and second-hand stores?

-5. Have you frequently accepted

a blind date? -

6. When near a stranger, do you make the frat friendly over- ture?

7. Even if others diapprove, will.

you undertake a new venture?

The prominent men and in history are the pioneering adven- turers who dared the unknown to conquer new worlds or search for broader horizons and a better way of life. Many of us won't attain. Not for yours truly. I said. I've such goals, but we won't be failures

If we have rich experiences had it, chum!

pave the way for others.

Civilisation? Paht

So I got talking to the skipper of a tramp.

"Where are you off to this trip, skipper?" I asked, pushing a pint his way.

"South," he replied Inconically. "You wouldn't know of a nice groumlittle island, uninhabited, with planty of fruit, sh, came and things, I suppose?

He reflected. I filled up his mug. "Then please hold my glass while Didn't quite get him going, but the approach was right. I repeated the dosc. He spoke at last. 1 x my ile."

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SAVING GRACE

"Know the very place." Father: Your school report

"Where?" shocking.

"Southern Arithmetic bad, history poor, dictation bad, and conduct bad. Son: Yes, dad, but I got an ex- cellent for health.

SUGGESTION ADOPTED

Uncle: It's about time you should

settle down, my boy, and take

п

wife.

Nephew: I'd like to, but I don't know any wives I'd like to take,

TOO DIVINE! "He treats his wife like an angel." "I should say so. He doesn't buy her anything to wear."

INSPIRATION

He thinks she is inspiring because gets every time he is with her he fresh Ideas.

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HOLD UP

five

Pacific. About square miles. Landed there once,"

"What's it like?"

"Quick. Not a soul. Nice climate, Plenty of fruit, good shing, wild pigs-very

tasty.

"How much to take me there?" "Fifly quid."

"I'll give you a hundred-all I've got Shan't need money any more. Coing nolive."

It was all in the day's work, for him.

Any "We're off to-night. luggage?"

"Not a thing. Walt a bit, though -I'm fond of musle. Just a port- able gramophone and some desert Leland disco.

We made a rendezvous.

of I mode a careful selection records. Something for all moods, Fats Waller and Poulshnoff. Joc Loss, and the London Phi. Sinatra

When the Jops cut off British and American rubber supplies, Russia sent us Kok Saghiz aeeds. But the Western Allies were concentrating on "synthetic rubber" made

from

"Jim was held up by two men last and Challopine. Britain petroleum.

tonight." agreed America's malting it all, and so the US, now has a capacity of $00,000 tons a year and is using Kok Saghiz as a standby. Germany had "Buna" a synthetic rubber made from cool.

Far Eastern Plantations

Britain has now discovered that her Far Eastern rubber plantations have suffered very little damage by the Japs. Apart from the clearance of only about 10 per cent of the land for food growing, the trees are even better than before the Japs took over. Very few of them were topped during the occupation, and they will give big yields after the long rest they have had. The rub- ber plantationa will produce 1,000,000 tons a year.

was

Through rubber trees, dandelions and coal and petroleum by-products, the world will soon live in plenty as far as rubber is concerned. It all there industries continue, experts. have calculated that the rubber flood will be at its peak in three years from now, when there will be more than enough rubber to manufacture everything for which rubber used before the war.

Apart from

some of the rom that, excess will be taken up in making available to you new uses of rubber that have been discovered during tho war. One of these a

thin transparent wrapping materiai called "pliofilm will be largely used in food storage. It is odourless and tasteless and keeps food moist and fresh for a fortnight.

-CHAPMAN PINCHER

Are

Sure

1. What are the meanings of

these commercial abbrevia- tions....

(a) Ex-ris, (b) ex-diy, (c) ex-in?

2. Patagonia' is a part of

Cuba, the Argentine, Uruguay, Ecuador, Brazil?

3. One of these orders, though highly coveted, carries precedence--

Merit,

Garler, Thistic, Bath..Distinguished Ser

vice?

4. What Is Chiang Kai-shek's

official position?

5. In cricket, what was original "googly?"

6. Two spelllag mistakes

.here---

Quadrupel, machinary, restaurant,

purposeful,

preliminery?

7. The seas they do by two and two they must pay for one by one" was written by

Shakespeare, Belloe, Kip- ling, Oscar Wilde, Bernard Shaw, St Paul?

8. An anaglyph is—

.

A -form .of rtandular disease, ลด ornament Worked in low relief, Greek fairy, ancient writing?

9. If Monday'n child is fair

chitap

of face," what is

Friday's

10. What was the CBT theatro?

(Answers on Page 7)

"That sot Where?"

"All the way home."

DREAM OF LOVE

the I saw I went mad when island. Swaying palms. Surf gently lapping at golden sands. Fruit that made a pre-war Covent Garden look like a coster's barrow. Fish that on your plate. Bacon running about wild. Chickens with very wringable necks.

"Did she close her eyes when you almost jumped up klased her?**

"No---mine."

TRUE SCOT Donald and Mary decided to adopt a child, and asked at the orphanage. A little girl was produced, and Mary was about to give her appioval when Donald topped her on the shoulder. "Mary," he whispered, "let's have a boy. Hao ye forgotten the cap we found in the train?"

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TENNIS

The sun's upon the level grass,

The gentle zephyr woos. What a lovely day for tennis,

If I had any shoes!

The velvet shadows purple, deep Upon the mountains sprawl. A lovely day for tennis,

·If-1∙ had got balll

In wondrous splendour Nature now

Her richest beauty flaunts. A lovely day for tennis,

If the moths had spared my

pants.

I looked up the position on the skipper's charts. The nearest land reck- was two-hundred miles off. oned could forget stom-bombs.

"O.K., Skipper," '| said. "I'm staying. Don't say a word to any

оде

back!"

about, me. And don't come

watched the tramp over the horizon, and gave three hearty cheers.

It was heavenly. It put me in the mood. I wound up the gramophone and sorted over the records. I thought Delius's "Walk In A Pora- dise Garden" just about right for the occasion.

By the way, if any of you are ever round about lat. 20 degrees S. and long. 120 degrees W., you might give me a call....

No I don't want to come back. But I'd like a box of gramophone needles.

According To

I forgot them.

LESLIE E. GILMAN.

Culbertson

(Copyright, 1946, by Ely Culbertson)

The East player in to-day's deal had nerve, but very little judgment!

North, dealer.

Neither side vulnerable.

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had to discard again, and still again when South got in with the club queen and cashed the heart, eight, so South not only made la re- doubled, contract, but an overtrick worth 200 points,

"Why didn't you bid your hearts, partner?" East moaned, more sorrow than in anger.. "You the last one to speak-I passed it to

you."

in

were

West's reply was too bitter to be coherent, so I'll take over for him. True, East had "passed the redouble around to him, for his decision," but what a gall that required on East's part! From West's point of view the opportunity to play against

no trump, redoubled WAG heaven-sent! South's one-notrump response and North's acceptance thereof meant that each had a few cards in the heart sult, but-and here was the point-East's pass of the redouble, since he must be short of hearts and consequently had to ex- Breater West opened the ben of hearts, pect that lead, was all the but when he followed up with the evidence that he had real strength Icing he was in for a rude shock in the other suits. Obviously, He made the best shift, to a diamond, didn't have any such thing, and that but South held up the acc, won the ho should have given West the third round of the sult, and then alightest opportunity to accept the knocked out the heart queen. East redouble passes all understanding.

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If you are a timid stay-at-home,

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Can you enjoy a trip or sightseeing expedition alone?

9. Are you reluctant to go away

from home?

10. Do you dislike routine?

If you score between ten and 20, you practise the motto, "nothing riuked, nothing gained." You may Score 0 for "no;" 1 for "some-not have achieved great material times" or doubtful;" 2 for success, but surely you enjoy a rich.

full ilfe. "yes." Then total your score.

A total from three to nine reveals your ideas frequently you're too caulious and too conven- shack conventional people? tional.

Would you bluff a little if you felt adequate to handle - new work?

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If you're under three, you always play safe because you lock the spirit of adventure. Isn't lite a bit dull?

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