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J WW- Ttf 4Cx EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD, Wed, Oct 3, 1962 il jl ( VJEU-VOU SAVE MB MY CHOICE, - DiosrrcHAfj Ask Andy Tf tC EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD, Wti., Oct J, 19fl3 . . tnrnTTm a rMO wak)'" II : WMIPTTP Birds Use Sun as Clock and Compass Andy tends a complete, 20-volume $et of the World Book Encyclopedia to Lisa Bernard, 9, of Portland, Ore., for her question: . What wakn op the birds In the morning? Most birds, it is true, sleep on their leafy pearchei through the night and wake up with a cheerful "Good morning" to wel come the new day. Sometime! they join in a glee club sea lion and sing a few songs even before breakfast. But the old owl with his soft Who-Who is awake through the night and goes to bed at sunup. And sometimes Mr. Mockingbird, the opera star of the bird world, sings an aria by moonlight in the middle of the night. There are a few night-prowling birds like the owl. But most birds make a living, do their chores and attend their glee clubs and other activities during the daytime. Their busy day is done just before sunset and off they fly to bed. A bird, of course, has a feathery blanket to keep him warm through the chilly night and sometimes a parent bird sleeps In a nest which we could call a bed. But as a rule, most birds sleep perched on a twig in the shelter of a leafy branch. Sometimes many birds will choose a leafy tree, often an ever green, and use it as roost night after night. If you discover one of these favorite bird motels, you can watch and see them come to check in at sundown in ones, twos and threes. Each bird dives through the leafy foliage and settlea himself for the night. Soon there is quiet. Each little head nods, per haps tucked under a feathery wing, and the bright bird eyes are closed in sleep. A loud noise, a fire or other upset can Andy awarda sscb day a luU ael of thm World Hook Kneyelopodla for tho first question bo solecta to answer. Whan a second question la anawared a largo world globe or atlaa la awarded. Queatlons are accepted from teen ge ur less-than'teenage readera. Tbay sbould be addressed to tbr Reglstr-Guard 075 High St., Eugene. Andy pre. fera that qustlons be written on postcards, rather than In letter form e7.n.i, nnmmik'trr.t-nintmtvmi immmt waken the sleeping roost but if all goes well the feathery creatures will sleep safely until morning. Scientists leach us that we should never believe a fact unless we can yrve it and this is sensible. Very often they prove a fact which does not surprise us because our common sense told up this was so all the time. It is common sense to say that sleeping birds are awakened by the long, bright rays of the morning sun. The rooster wakes earlier, when the sun begins to drive back the darkness, even before it rides into the sky. A bright light wakes us up from a deep sleep and it seems common sense to say that birds are awakened by the light of a new day. And in this case, science seems to agree with com mon sense. Expert! now have enough facts to be sure that birds do a lot of things when the sun is right. We can be almost sure that the pale light of early dawn wakens the roosting birds. Bird experta have made many tests to show that birds often use the sun as a clock, as a calendar and even as a compass. The feathery travelers may time their migrations on the sea sonal position of the sun and take their bearings from its daily path over the sky. Andy sends a Hammond's International World Globe to Christine Allen, 12, of St. Boniface, Manitoba, and to Paula McDonald, 13, of Pulaski, Tenn., for their question: What cause the colors of the sunset? Sunlight is a blend of rainbow colors, all pulsing along on different wave lengths. The deep blue rays are the shortest wave lengths and the red rays at the opposite end of the rain bow spectrum are the longest. When the sun is overhead in the daytime, its light comes straight down through 1,000 miles of atmosphere. In this distance, the gaseous air particles man age to bend and scatter the shortwave blue rays over the sky. At dawn and sunset, the sun is low in the sky and its light slopes down through perhaps 4,000 miles of air. In this dis tance, the extra air particles manage'to bend and scatter some of the longer wave lengths and we see the sky colored with yellows and golds, pinks and rosy reds. Tourists Aid Britain's Stately Homes WASHINGTON A choleric duke of the old school would doubtless turn purple with rage at the state of affairs these days in the stktely homes of England. Cars and buses fill parking lota in the very shadows of Ditchiey Park, Ash de la Zouch Castle, Dodington House at Chipping Sodbury and other monuments of a bygone age. Queues of curious visitors wind through once-sacrosanct drawing rooms, libraries, pic ture galleries and bedchambers. Some sight-seers even stay for tea at sixpence a cup. Those inexorable twins, death and taxes (plus the death-watch beetle), are transforming the old "great houses" into common property. About 450 historic homes in Great Britain are open to the public, for a fee, the Na tional Geographic Society says. Peers of the realm have thrown open their ancestral homes to the masses because they need help to run them. A young lord who inherits a vast estate may find himself sad dled with millions in death duties. Add $50,000 or so a year for routine maintenance, and the burden is obvious. Special upkeep on a 500-year- old house can be staggering. At the Manor House in Curry Mat- let, Somerset, for example, death-watch beetles are chewing the massh Norman beams in the banqucli.ig hall; woodworms infest the minstrel gallery; fur niture beetles are in the furni ture. And, The Times of London glumly reports, the roof leaks, too. The beleaguered aristocrats are carrying on in the best tra dition of stiff upper lip and all that. Said Lord Montagu of Beaulieu (pronounced Bewly): "Deep in our hearts we hate having people !:uo our houses, but it would be absolutely wrong to run out and give up the fight." To Your Good Health Heat Eases Arthritic Pain By DR. JOSEPH G. MOLNER Dear Dr. Molner: Is a heating pad good for arthritis? It seems to relieve the pains in my arms and back at night and In damp weather. But I was told its use dries up the bones. Now I am worried. A. M. Go right ahead with your heating pad. It won't dry up the bones or do any other dam age. Heat Is one of the universally approved ways of helping arthritis victims. It doesn't make very much difference how the heat is applied by pad, hot water bottle, heat lamp (with discretion), sitting near the fire or whatever. Any method that Is handy ia fine. I hope whoever gave you the dismal mis information about the bones "drying," sees this article and stops passing that story around. It would be too bad if anyone sac rificed the help of heating pads because of such an incorrect scare-stoy. (My leaflet, "Don't Quit Because of Arth ritis," is available to any reader in return for a stamped, self-addressed envelope and five cents in coin for handling charges. Requests should be addressed to Dr. Molner, in care of this newspaper.) Dear Dr. Molner: Please explain impe tigo? Once someone has it, how do you get it out of the house? Mrs. E. R. L. It's caused by the staphylococcus germ, and if it keeps recurring in your home, sus pect a "staph" carrier. Meantime a patient should be isolated in one room, with utmost attention to prevent contamination from spreading. In nursonea where impetigo recurs the cause has been traced to attendants who, al though not ill themselves, carry the staph germ in their noses and innocently spread it to others. As added attractions to the 13th-century abbey on his estate, Lord Montagu has opened a "fully licensed" restaurant and antique automobile museum. The museum honors Lord Mon tagu's father, an early motor ing enthusiast who gave King Edward VII his first auto ride. Woburn Abbey, seat of the Duke of Bedford, Is reputedly England's most popular stately home. It draws some 350,000 person a year. The Abbey of fers a zoo featuring American bison, a merry-go-round, slot machines, a miniature golf course and paddle boats on 14 assorted lakes. For about $95, a tourist can spend the night at Woburn Ab bey a bargain, the Duke says, compared with a suite at the Savoy. The Duke of Bedford, who incurred inheritance taxes of $14 million on his father's death in 1053, shrugs off com plaints about flouting tradition. What I owe to history, he has been quoted as saying, "isn't a patch on what I owe to the Chancellor of the Exchequer." Blenheim Palace, home of the 10th Duke of Marlborough and birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill, attracts visitors more discreetly. Bleheim recently ad ded a motor boat for trips on the manorial lake. "But a small motor boat," it was emphasizzed by the Duke's agent. "We don't want to turn the old place into a fairground." His Grace is aware of his drawing power, however. "After all," he confided, "a duke with a palace tagged after his name has a pretty strong appeal, par ticularly if he's living in the palace." UVPW1VOUi -vfWRItXO, YM-g Y'fl'l CHECKED 1 SH6SAIP: I CONE? SENSE. I'D BlTTtR I j JV 10 afS525?WSr know what! 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