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GREENMANTLE
BY JOHN BUCHAN. ■
(Copyrighted Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd.)
CHAPTER XIII.— (Cont’d.) I “Is your morning’s work finished?”
We returned by the long street on 1
the crest of the hill. There was a man i Our morning’s walk?” he asked in
selling oranges on a tray, and Blenk-
iron stopped to look at them. I noticed
that the man shuffled fifteen into a
cluster. Blenkiron felt the oranges, was if to see that they were sound, and that I’ve, some figuring still, to do;
pushed two aside. --------\ ~ .
restored them to the group, never rais- your service, Major.”
ing his eyes. 1 That afternoon, after Peter had
“This ain’t the time of year to buy cooked a wonderfully good luncheon,
fruit,” said Blenkiron as we passed on. I had a heart-to-heart talk with
“Those oranges are rotten as med- Blenkiron.
]arS.” “M- Ly- •
We were almost on our own door
step before I guessed the meaning of
the business.
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MAKING BATIK
never tried that. My line has always
been to keep my normal personality.
But you have, Major, and I guess you
found it wearing.”
“Wearing’s a mild word,” I said.
“But I want to know another thing. It
seems to me that the line you’ve pick
ed is as good as could be. But it’s a
cast-iron line. It commits us pretty
deep and it won’t be a simple job to:
drop it.”
“Why, that’s just the point I was
coming to,” he said. “I was going to
put you wise about that very thing.
When I started out I figured on some
situation like this. I argued that un-,
less I had a very clear part with a
big bluff in it I wouldn’t get the confi
dences which I needed. We’ve got to
be at the heart of the show, taking a
real hand and not just looking on. So
j I settled I would be a big engineer—
there was a time when there weren’t
many bigger in the United States
than John S. Blenkiron. I talked large
about what might be done in Mesopo- I
tamia in the way of washing the
British down the river. Well, that
talk caught on. They knew of my!
reputation as an hydraulic expert, and
they were tickled to death to rope me
in. I told them I wanted a helper, musmi, wuiun ± emoemsn wun a
and I told them about my friend Rich-! wreath or initial embroidered in blue,
ard Hanau, as good a German as ever
supped sauerkraut, who was coming
through Rusvsia and Rumania as a
benevolent neutral; but when he got
to Constantinople would drop his neu- ■
trality and double his benevolence. I
They got reports on you by wire from
the States—I arranged that before I
Xfv So you’re going to be
Woman’s Sphere
in.
SAVING KITCHEN SPACE.
Small kitchens are a blessing in the
steps they save, but there is little
room in them for a table or chairs. I
solved the problem of conserving
space in my tiny kitchen, where the
family like to eat breakfast, by pur
chasing at a secondhand store an old
gate-legged table. This I enameled
white and installed in a suitable place
beneath the window. When not in use
I can drop the leaves and it occupies
very little space. I use it as a work
table also, raising one side to work on.
Instead of the ordinary kitchen
chairs, I bought three folding chairs
that retire to a small place in the
cornei- when not in use. These I dress
up with slips on the backs, made like
pillow slips, of unbleached or white
muslin, which I embellish with a
“I said ‘work.’ ”
He smiled blandly. “I reckoned _you’d tumble to it. Why, yes, except left ’London.
An ironing board hinged to a very
narrow shelf, placed at the proper
height on the wall, is another space
saver. This board when not in use is
raised up against the wall where it is
held in place with a hook. The outer
end is supported by a stout leg that
„ „ is hinged to the under side of the
welcomed and taken to their bosoms board so that it drops down into po-
a . We’ve both got sition when the board is lowered for
use.—Mrs. 3. M. C.
The man instantly Give me half an hour and I’ll be at: just like John g. was> _______
i jobs we can hold down, and now you’re
in these pretty clothes you’re the dead
! ringer of the brightest kind of Am-
erican engineer..........But we can’t goj back on our tracks. If we wanted to
| leave for Constanza next week they’d
be very polite, but they’d never let
! us. We’ve got to go on with this ad-
! venture and nose our way down into
Mesopotamia, hoping that our luck
will hold..........God knows how we will
get out of it; but it’s no good going
I fixed up a lot of connections. before, Tbelieve^n’ an all-wise and
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I "My business is to get noos,” he ! said; “and before I start in on a stunt
I make considerable preparations. All
the time in London when I was yelp
ing at the British Government, I was
busy with Sir Walter arranging
things ahead. We used to meet in
queei places and at all hours of the out to meet trouble
night. I ’ ’ ’_ _____
in this city before I arrived, and espe
cially a noos service with your For
eign Office by way of Rumania and
Russia. In a day or two I guess our
friends will know all about our dis
coveries.”
At that I opened my eyfes very wide.
“Why, yes. You Britishers haven’t
beneficent Providence, but you’ve got
to give Him a chance.”
I am bound to confess the prospect
staggered me. We might be let in for
fighting—and worse than fighting—
against our own side. I wondered if
it wouldn’t be better to make a bolt for
it, and said so.
any notion how wide-awake your In- He shook his head. “I reckon not.
telligence Service is. I reckon it’s In the first place we haven’t finished
easy the best of all the belligerents, our inquiries. We’ve got Greenmantle
You never talked about it in peace located right enough, thanks to you,
time, and you shunned the theatrical but we still know mighty little about
ways of the Teuton. But you have the ! that holy man. In the second place
wires laid good and sure. I calculate it won’t be as bad as you think. This
there isn’t much that happens in any show lacks cohesion, sir. It is not
corner of the earth that you don’t going to last for ever. I calculate
know within twenty-four hours. I that before you and I strike the site
don’t take much stock in your political of the garden that Adam and Eve fre-
push. They’re a lot of silver-tongues, quented there will be a queer turn of
no doubt, but it ain’t oratory that is affairs. Anyhow, it’s good enough to
wanted in this racket. The William gamble on.”
Jennings Bryan, stunt languishes ini T, ' - ,
war-time. Politics is like a chicken-1
coop, and those inside get to behave' °.f the Turkish forces.
there isn’t much that happens in any show lacks cohesion, sir.
corner of the earth that you don’t going last for per
know within twenty-four hours. 1
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push. They’re a lot of silver-tongues, quented there will be a queer turn of
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____ ____ __ ... Then he got some sheets of paper
Politics is like a chicken-; aPd drew me a plan of the dispositions
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as H their little run were” all”"the tion be was such a close student of
world. But if the politicians make1 war> for bis exposition was as good as
mistakes it isn’t from lack of good in- a staff lecture. He made out that the
struction to guide their steps. If : —----- ----
had a big proposition to handle and
could have my pick of helpers I’d
i plump for the Intelligence Department
of the British Admiralty. Yes, sir, I
take off my hat to your Government
sleuths.”
“Did they provide you with ready
made spies here?” I asked in astonish
ment.
“Why, no,” he said. “But they gave
me the key, and I could make my own
arrangements. In Germany I buried
myself deep in the local atmosphere
and never peeped out. That was my
game, for I was looking for something
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any foreign cross-bearings. As you
know, I failed where you succeeded.
But so soon as I crossed the Danube
1 set about opening up my lines of
AN ATTRACTIVE NEGLIGEE.
I a staff lecture. He made out that the
If “l i situation was none too bright any-
- where. The troops released from
Gallipoli wanted a lot of refitment,
and would be slow in reaching the
Transcaucasian frontier, where the
Russians were threatening. The Army
of Syria was pretty nearly a rabble
under the lunatic Djemal. There
wasn’t the foggiest chance of a seri- 42-44; Extra Large, 46-48 inches bust
ous invasion of Egypt being under-1
taken. Only in Mesopotamia did
' things look fairly cheerful, owing to
the blunders of British strategy. “And
' you may take it from me,” he said, I
l “that if the old Turk mobilized a total
of a million men, he has lost 40 per ■
And if I’m
anything of a prophet he’s going
pretty soon to lose more.”
He tore up the papers and enlarged on politics. “I reckon" I’ve got the!
communication, and”l hadn’t been”twol measure of the Young Turks and their!
days in this metropolis before I had precious Committee. Those boys aren’t
got my telephone exchange buzzing, l 7= - -1 —-----
Sometime I’ll explain the thing to you, for sure he’s got sand,
for it’s a pretty little business. I’ve " K1’“ ~
got the cutest cypher. . . . No, it ain’t
my invention. I „.... . ..... ...............
A^ny one, babe, imbecile, or dotard, can
carry my messages—you saw some of |
to set the piece, and it takes a”lot"of! ,Talaat is a sulky dog who wants to
figuring at my end to work out the
results. Some day you shall hear it
all, for I guess it would please you.”
“How do you use it?” I asked.
“Well, I get early noos of what is
going on in this cabbage-patch. Like
wise I get authentic noos of the rest
of Europe, and I can send a message
to Mr. X in Petrograd and Mr. Y in
London, or, if I wish, to Mr. Z in Noo, - -
York. What’s the matter with that^n a ward election,
for a post-office? I’m the best in-'”'1’ “L v
formed man in Constantinople, for old
General Liman only hears one side,
and mostly lies at that, and Enver
prefers not to listen at all. Also, I
could give them points on what is i
happening at their very door, for our!
friend Sandy is a big boss in the best- 1
run crowd of mountebanks that everi
fiddled secrets out of men’s hearts. I
Without their help I wouldn’t have . - ----- ----- — ,
cut much ice in this city.” I gether or they mav hang separately.1
“I want you to tell me one thing they’ve got no grin on the ordinary
Blenkiron,” I said. “I’ve been playing ’ " —
a part for the past month, and it
wears my nerves to tatters. Is this
job very tiring, for if it is I doubt I
may buckle up.” »
He looked thoughtful. “I can’t call
our business an absolute rest-cure any
time. You’ve got to keep your eyes
skinned, and there’s always the risk
of the little packet of dynamite going
off unexpected. But as these things
go. I rate this stunt as easy. We’ve I
only got to be natural. We wear our'
natural clothes, and talk English, and I sport a Teddy Roosevelt smile, and!
there isn’t any call for theatrical tal-i
ent. Where I’ve found the job tight (holy in doing
was when I had got to be natural, and I i
my naturalness was the same brand1
as that of everybody round about, and |
all the time I had to do unnatural i
things. It isn’t easy to be going down '
to business and. taking cocktails with;
Mr. Carl Rosenheim, and next hour!
being engaged trying to blow Mr. |
Rosenheim’s friends sky high. And it
isn’t easy to keep up a part which is
in Germany itself, and didn’t want cent .of them alreadY-
any good. Enver’s bright enough, and
'. He’ll stick out
a fight like a Vermont game-chicken.
..yF11cx. . . . ib a,in l but he lacks the larger vision, sir. He
It’s your Government’s. I doesn’t understand the intricacies of
j | the job no more than a sucking-child,
- ____~__'w , so the Germans play with him, till his
them to-day—but it takes some mind| temper goes and he bucks like a mule.
- rn-1--x -~ - "-y J-y — '_J
batter mankind with a club. Both •
these boys would have made good cow-,
punchers in the old days, and they I
might have got a living out West as (
the gun-men of "a Labor Union, j
They’re about the class of Jesse James '
or Bill the Kid, excepting that they’re '
' college-reared and can patter ian-
I guages. But they haven’t the organ-
■ izing power to manage the Irish vote
. Their one notion
I is to get busy with their firearms, and
people are getting tired of the Black'
i Hand stunt. Their hold on the coun-1 try is just the hold that a man with I
a Browning has over a crowd with I
walking-sticks. The cooler heads in!
the Committee are growing shv of
them and an old fox like Djavid is
lying low till his time comes. Now it
doesn’t want arguing that a gang of,
that kind has got to hang close to- j
Turk, barring- the fact that they are
active and he is sleepy, and
they’ve got their guns loaded.”
(To be continued.)
Minard’s Liniment fc. Dandruff
Nothing is more deep-seated in
American spirit and the American
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ciation of England, and trust in the
integrity and faith of England.—Dr.
N. M. Butler.
The notion that there is something
nothing, which results'
H of Sunday loafing, is
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with boiling water and salt. Let stand
over night. Drain in the morning and
cover with vinegar. Add cloves, cinna
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—Mrs. W. K.
Mustard Pickles—One quart small
green tomatoes, one quart small cu
cumbers, one quart small onions, one
quart cauliflower. Put these in brine
and let stand over night. Then scald
in the brine until tender.
Dressing—Two quarts vinegar, one
cup flour, one cup sugar, six table
spoons mustard, two tablespoons tum
eric (wet with vinegar). Put pickles
into this mixture and can.
Spice Pickles — Wash cucumbers
clean and place in crock. Make a
strong hot brine and pour over pickles
while hot. Cover and let stand for
twenty-four hours. Then pour off
brine and put pickles in cans with
layers of mixed spices between. Then
heat vinegar to boiling point and
sweeten to taste with saccharine and
pour over the pickles and seal. Pickles
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A BACK-PORCH SHELF.
I recently saw a handy back-porch
shelf for the preparing of vegetables.
The shelf was low enough so that the
worker could be seated. In the centre
of the shelf a round hole was cut .and
under this were hooks for holding a
garbage bucket. The shelf was cover
ed with oilcloth so that it was easily
kept clean.
Here during summer all vegetables
brought from the garden are cleaned
and prepared for use without being
carried into the kitchen. When the
work is completed all refuse had been
dropped through the hole into the
waste bucket and there is no litter to
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The Portrait.
Casey decided .to go into business,
so he bought a small livery stable and
had a sign painted showing him
astride a mule. He had the sign
placed in front of the stable and was
quite proud of it.
His friend Finnigan came along and
stood gazing at the sign.
“That’s a good picture of me, isn’t
it?” asked Casey.
“Sure, it looks something like you,”
said Finnigan; “but who the deuce is
the man on your back?”
4425. Foulard is here portrayed
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The Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes:
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Pattern mailed to any address on
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OLD STANDBY PICKLE RECIPES.
Sweet Cucumber Pickles—One peck
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Japan and China like to embroider
colors on materials; Sumatra dyes the
threads and weaves them in; India
stamps the material, and the South
Sea islands paint it. But Java, writes
Miss Minnie Frost Rands in Asia, has
a method all its own. Batik, as the
process is called, is a science, an art,
an industry, a religion, a mystery, an
inheritance and a treasure peculiar to
that tropical island. Batik makers
draw their design in hot wax on white
cotton cloth and then color the un
covered parts of the pattern by dip
ping the waxed cloth again and again
into vats of vegetable dye.
The batiker draws by letting the
hot wax flow from the miniature spout
of a small copper cup, or tjanting,
which is fastened securely to one end
of a short bamboo handle. The Jav
anese invented the instrument, but
whether batik was original with them
or was introduced from abroad is not
clear. All we know for certain is that
the patient Javanese have been mak
ing this lovely cloth for centuries on
centuries.
Uses English Cotton.
The Javanese batiker of modern
times, no matter what her social sta
tion, insists on having only the very
finest weave of English cotton. She
wants a closely woven material on
which she can write as if on paper,
and on which the wax will form a sup
erficial layer instead of penetrating
between the threads. Having bought
the goods, she tears them and hems
the edges with a fine hem. She needs
neither pattern nor scissors. If the
batik is to be a headdress for her hus
band, it must measure each way forty-
two inches; if it is to be a sarong, or
skirt, for herself or for her husband,
it will be eighty-four by forty-two
inches; if it i.s to be a breast cloth for
herself or a sling for binding her baby
to her, it will be eighty-four by twenty-
one inches^ Having hemmed the piece
she is ready to make it mateng, or
ripe.
The ripening process, which pre
pares the goods for absorbing the
dyes, consists in soaking and drying
it from five to ten times a day usually
for a period of from six to twelve days.
The dip used is a mixture of peanut
oil or castor oil and lye made from
the ashes of rice stubble. The treat
ment, which in one part of Java lasts
as long as forty days, gives the pussy
willow, velvety feeling of Java batiks
and changes the original fabric, so
that it no longer resembles calico but
suggests the texture of silk, cotton
and velvet combined. Now the batiker
starches the cloth with sago, cassava
or rice flour. Then she irons it and
begins to lay out the design, using
horizonal, vertical and diagonal guide
lines applied with a stick, or merely
folding and creasing the goods as the
pattern requires. If the design to be
applied is one that she has not yet
learned by heart, she bastes the new
material on the old batik and by
means of the light that shines through
the two pieces’ of cloth as they hang
over her bamboo rack traces in wax
the outline of the principal figures.
The details she fills in free-hand.
When the drawing is complete on one
side she turns the goods over and by
means of the light shining through,
traces the design in wax on the re
verse side. Thus there is no right and
wrong side to a batik.
Long Tropical Hours.
The batik maker, even with steady
application during the twelve light
hours of a tropical day, must squat
for many days on her pandan mat be
fore her easel to finish a wax painting
of fairly intricate design. Of course
she waxes her pattern and boils out
the wax and rewaxes the pattern for
every additional pure color.
In middle Java, where the most
typical. batiks are made, the dyeing
process consists of three steps: the
indigo bath, the soga bath for the
warm red-brown colors and the cream
tinting of the wax-free goods. The
task of dyeing is as tedious a task as
preparing the goods. It may take
weeks. The result, however, is color
that is everlasting.
Batik is a long process, but when it
is finished the Javanese has a gar
ment that after five years of constant
wear will still be beautiful and, if
donned only on festive days, will re
tain its magnificence for a lifetime.
It is not unusual to see a Dutch girl
in Javo wearing a batik that, though
it appears to be in a newborn glory,
was worn by her mother and her
grandmother before her!
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Until recently there was a general
Impression that pigeons found their
way home by instinct and not by sight.
This theory has been disproved, how
ever, as the following incident shows.
A pigeon, released from a balloon
a mile and a half above the ground,
was unable to see the earth below on
account of a thick blanket of clouds.
The bird flew around for some little
time, then, giving up all hope of find
ing its way home, settled down com
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After a time a rift appeared in the
clouds. The pigeon swooped from tho
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