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Radio Record, Volume VI, Issue 42, 28 April 1933, Unnumbered Page

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Interesting Myths. 7. Also known as Poseidon, Neptune Was the son of Saturn. We was gud of the sea. 2. Niobe was the daughter of Tantalus, and wife of one of the IXings of Thebes. She was so proud of het twelve children that Apollo became very angry and slew them all, and henceforth she was portrayed as weeping for her children, [yentualiy she was turned into a stone, 3. Pan was the god of shepherds and sheep, Who amused himself with hunting and playing his pipes to the enjoyment of nyinphs, +. Mythology claims that Pandora Was the first woman on earth. being shaped according to the dictates of Zeus, so that her beauty and charms should bring misery to mankind. It Was she who opened the forbidden box and allowed all the multitudinous troubles to escape, only shutting down the lid in time to prevent the escape of Tiope. > Vulcan was the Roman god of fire and is often depicted at a forge, surrounded by his tools, G6. Pluto was the god of wealth and also of the lower regions, Ile was always found in the company of his three-headed dog Cerberus, 7 Venus was the Roman goddess of love, being born out of: the foam of the sea, She was the wife of Vulcan. Ask Your Friends, 1. Trams, buses, and some — trains have floors that are not tlat but ridged by sets of laths. This is done for the comfort of passengers on wet days, when water and mud accumulates ou the floors. It sinks down between the

wows ce FE US tee laths and so is out of the way of the passenger’s feet. 2. The answer most people will give is Dresden ‘china; yet no valuable china was ever made at Dresden, The beautiful statuettes and pieces we call Dresden should rightly be spoken of as Meissen ware. 3. The buttresses of a wall or supports of a fence are always erected on the side where the owner lives.’ 4. It is a circular growth of fungi, not necessarily mushrooms, which can often be seen in grasslands. The reason the growth takes the form of a ring is this: A root of fungus starts in i suitable spot and soon puts out young plants. Almost as ne the old plant dies. This process of age giving place to youth goes on ‘put the fresh life always takes up its positi® in fresh ground, because the uyl ground has lost the required nourisiment, There is thus an outward movement of the fungi, and, as it proceeds everywhere at much the same rate, the shape at any particular time is a circle. 5, Newspapers often report eases of poisoning as a result of eating fungi. The usual deduction from such incidents is that the unfortunate indivyidual mistook a poisonous fungus for an edible mushroom. As a matter of fact, it is possible that an ordinary mushroom caused the trouble, but that it was stale. When not fresh they are often highly injurious. 6. It appears probable that- the homely but necessary potato was {taken into Europe from South America, where the Spaniards discovered it. in the neighbourhood of Quito, early in the sixteenth century. It bas therefore been known and cultivated for nearly four centuries, It is mentioned in the "Cronica de Peru" of Pedro Cieca (Seville, 1553), as well as in other Spanish books of the same date. 7. It is a curious fact that most wild animals have a very good knowledge of what to do when they are ill. Instinet bas assisted them ina measure far greater than it has human beiugs. An ape with a smashed paw has been known to amputate the festering lim), while numerous cases have been recorded where an animal has selected some herb to cure its ailment. 8. The strands of a‘spider’s web consist of two kinds of thread, sticky on and dry ones. The spider knows dry ones and keeps to them. where: other creatures cannot tell the diff¢ience, 9 None, It is a fish, 10. The metallic chemical element known as radium was discovered by Pierre and Mme, Curie in 1898, when working in their laboratory with the uranium mineral pitchblende. They named it radium (from the Jatin ‘radius"’-a ray), on account of the intensity of the emanations or rays which it gave forth. The action of radium on human tissue was accidentally discovered by Professor Becquerel, who, when carrying a tube of radium in‘his waistcoat pocket, sustained a severe burn on his body. 11. It is the act of turning a man out of the Stock Exchange when he has failed to meet his obligations,