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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1912-6-20, Page 3NOTES AND COMMENTS Sixteen British leaders of thought and political action have, upon invi- tation, contributed to a leading Berlin magazine, North and Sud, candid articles on Ando -German pelations, This discussion is part of the welcome propaganda, of peace. anal understanding which has been carried on since the visit of Lord Haldane to Germany. The contribu- tors—who are to be answered by Germans of like rank and import- ance next month endeavor to show that the British suspicion complain- - of in the kaiser's dominions is natural in view of the aggressive programme of the Navy Lea,guc, the pan -Germans, the expansion- ists, etc. They suggest that this programme be repudiated officially and that the imperial government should satisfy Europe that no terri- torial aggradizement is contemplat- ed, and that the array and navy are maintained for defense solely. Every tourist soon discovers that suspicion of England is a&,univer- sal in Germany as suspicion of Ger- many is in ;Cnglaud. "England is in our way," says the average Ger- xnan resentfully. The popular be- lief is that souse day Germany will have to fight England in order to axotect her rights and interests -- "her place in the sun," But in England the tourist finds that the average Briton charges Germany 'with designs of an offensive char- octer and fears that England will nave to fight Teutonic cncroaeh- zn nt and aggression. Thus Germany is arming herself against England, and England against Germany, An understand- ing between these two great tions would clear the whole Euro- pean atmosphere. It would put an end to futile and insane rivalry in naval expansion. It might even permit limitation of armaments by agreement. The key to great eco- nomies and improvements is the Anglo -German situation. May the efforts to roach an understanding and settle existing differences, if any really exist, prove entirely suc- cessful1 The hands can, be cleansed better with warm water than with cold, but they should always be rinsed afterwards with cold water, as dais. keeps them in better condition. To strach black lawns boil two quarts of wheat b.aan in six quarts of water for thirty-five minutes, Let it cool and then strain. No soap is necessary where this is used, as it both cleanses and stiffens. A good way to wash bottles or vinegar cruets is to put crushed egg shells and warm soapy water to- gether in them and shake well. This will clean the glass well and will not scratch it. O REALTH as&s IVY-POISONIN Poisoning the skin by poison -ivy (Rhus Toxicodendron) is frequent in the summer and the early autumn.. Some fortunate persons are not susceptible, but most are poisoned if they conte into direct contact with the plant. The disorder causes discomfort always, and sometimes suffering. It shows itself within a. few hours, with redness, heat, and irritation of the skin, swelling and the for- mation of small vesicles. These ve- sieges may occur in great numbers. Often many of there coalesce to l form blisters, and they also break and exude a sticky, yellowish senna. It is this fluid that, by its escape, spreads the. disease to the adjacent skin, or to the face and other parts of the body. The swelling may be so consider- able as completely to close the eyes. As a rule, the acute symptoms con, tisane several days, at the end of which time the vesicles either dis- oharge er crust over; and the swel- ling. and redness slowly disappear.' In this stage the itching may be in- tense' and is likely to provoke re- peated seratehing, which may in turn bring about eczema. The best way to treat ivy -poison- ing is simple. The inflamed skin ahoi><ld be copiously washed with lukewarm 'seater and a soap that does not irritate. The parts affect - ad should then be bathed with a watery solution: of permanganate of potash, as hot as can be borne. If the skin is broken, a one per cent. solution should be used; if the skin is not broken, however, the strength of the solution may be increased up to two or three per cent. Treat- ment should begin the instant symp- toms are observed. In mild cases, one treatment is enough. ' Occasionally the poison is more deeply sealed, and the per -1 manganate must be applied for some' time, In these cases, and in the extremely rare instances of syste- mic infection due to the entrance' of the poison into the circulation, a physician must be called. Tho patient must avoid scratch- ing, of course. Bandages are un- desirable, because they tend to spread tine poison over the sur- rounding'skin. If any protector is needed, let it be a loosely applied dressing of absorbent cotton and gauze, changed frequently, and kept moist at all times with warm water containing a Tittle bicarbon- ate of soda. Permanganate of potash discolors everything with which it conies into contact, and stains the skin a deep brown color, but that is a. small price to pay for the relief it affords. The stain will wear off in a few days, or it can be removed by vigorous applications of soap and water. In,i the healing stages of the disorder' soothing ointments may be used.— Youth's Companion. .14 Rice to be a useful article of food should oe stewed with milk, butter or stock, which well supply the wau;; of natural fat. TWO gIIDS OF HOPE EXTANT Every Person. Has a Cemetery ' in Which are Buried Youthful . Expectations 'A. living Hope.—L Peter, i., 3. A dead thope is a, hope which uses expectant words, but which nour- ishes at its heart no eager anticipae ticen. A living hope vitalizes and vivifies, stimulates,. and energizes, quickens and invigorates. ' It pours new life into the mind and heart. It makes ''the whole world glow. It burns in one like a fire. It. tlirtrbs in one like a dynamo. Every one starts life wiith a capa- city for hope. Children are all. hopeful. They love the future. Theyhave a genius for expecta- tion. They are sure that good things are coming—Christmas, for instance, and vacation and other things. As, we grow older the naest of us lose this power of looking for- ward. The yearsbring- disillusion- ment. 'Things do not turn ` out as wefanned. Expectations are die- , p p appointed. • DREAMS COME TO NO'P ING. We attend ` the t e funp s els not only of our friends but of our L ambitions. The result is that many of usbe- come despondent and sometimes despairful; '• We lose . hope for our- selves and also for the world. It becomes, therefore, one of the rnost important of all questions how P to keep burning the flame of hope, and if hope dies down how to kindle it again. The Christian religion 'ves`ithis answer -"See God in heist ,i Keep hopeby keep- ing alive - lee - ing close to God !'' John 1d arbt oo nSymonds s , at the age of t verity wrote home fromOx- ford to his sister this : fine bit' of praise about one of his teachers "Jowett gave me hope, blowing a trumped blast of determination. Such a man was never found, ` so great ,to inspire confidence and to rouse to efforts." But another man has been found far greater than the famous Eng- lish;;teacher to blow a trumpet blast of deteemination. His name is Je- susY He was no superficial opti- mist. HE KNEW WHAT WAS IN MAN. Balm never despaired of man.' He knew .the -power and malignity of, sin, but He'had. hope for all` man- kind. Because the outlook was gloomy He did mot sit'. down and cry-. Even in Samaria, amaria where all seem- ed ed barren' and blasted, He said to His dejected disciples "Lift up your eyesand look an the fields, that they are white already, unto i r..•)I�.... rr ha s est. , Ile had'"e�erytli ng„ to d scuu age Hr m .�but He 'never gave up Men tried their: best to break down His faith,they but did' not �'s ueceed. They did all they could do to make Him bitter, bait His heart remained: sweet. to the end. Under the shadow ofthe cross the light of the morning was still in. His eyes. Face to face with death Ile still had in His mouth the shout of victor-. He would noir be lieve that hate ,is mightier than love, of that death can ever master life. Behold the man'! If you are de- spendent " e- spendent draw nigh onto Him. Let Him impart to you His 'spirit._ In His face sec God: "If God be for us who can be against us?" '>R.EV. C. E. JEFFERSON, D.D. rIIE SUNDAY SCHOOL 1SS0 INTERNATIONAL; LESSON, JUNE 23. Lesson XII.—Teniperance lesson, Eph. 5. 11-21. Golden text, 1 rev. 20. 1. Verse 11. Our lesson contains' parts of two passages in the con- nected discourse f the apostle, The first of these comprises verses 1-14, which deal with the larger theme of the imitation of God in Christian conduct, The -conduct of the Gutta- tiara is to be governed by the re- vealed purpose. of God and the ex- ample of Jesus Christ. This means that the life of the Christian is to be lived upon a high moral and. ethical plane, where gratitude to- ward God and love and charity to- ward, men fill the whole life. Such a fife must be separated from all forms of unrighteousness. Its no- bility and high purpose must be a' constant reproof to the deeds of selfishness and of shame which oharaeteriae the life lived in the darkness of ignorance and ignoble motive. It is this necessity of sep- aration ,ration from evil that is empha- light does not actually change evil into good, but simply reveals its essential character. 14', Wherefore he saith—Or, it, saith, that is, it is said. It has been', suggested that the quotation which follows, may be taken from an early', Christian hymn based on Isaiah' '60. 1, "Arise, shine, for thy light, is come, and the glory of Jehovah.' is risen upon thee." 15. With this verse we enter upon; a new theme, which has been word- ed as "the 'art of thankfulness," and to which the remainder of our. lesson passage is devoted. A scru- pulous carefulness in conduct marks an appreciation of the sacred op- portunities which life affords for spiritual development. 10. Redeeming the time -Taking advantage of every opportunity, The days are evil Fraught with temptation to disregard ,the seri- ous responsibilities of life. 17. Be yenot foolish—Be not ye imprudent. 18, Be not drunken with wine— For ine-.-For sinailar exhortations see Prov, 20, 1; 23, 30, 31; Luke 21, 34; Ronk, 13. 13; 1 Cor, 5. 11; 6, 10; 1 Tisa. 3. 2. Riot --Disorder, confusion, and injury, With the Spirit= -Or, in spirit, The desires and aspirations of the Christian are to be spiritual rather than carnal. Some of the fruits of A SIMPLE GOWN OF FL':WERED , SILK MUSLIN. The flowered silk muslin and shadow lace are particularly effec- tive when used in combination, as shown in the illustration.. The gown • is quite simply made, the trimming eonsisting of puffins of the material shirred on a narrow cord. A rose-colored' velvet girdle en- circles the high waist line. sized in the first verse of our ales son. Have no fellowship—Association, knowledge of, close communion with. Unfruitful works of darkness—An evil life is without profit as well as without light. Reprove them—The separation from evil shall not be carried to the extent of ignoring altogether the existence of evil. It is as .much the duty of the Christian to oppose as wrong to do right. ght: The word translated reproof .ma be nde r y re e edo 'al g s convict,; or bran„ •, to light, " the 'literal a sons©" being . that of ex- posure by mens of publicity, 12. By them—Those who doevil, The antecedent of the pronoun is unexpressed. In secret=Secrecy is the natural protection which wrongdoers seek. 13. All ethings ;... are, made mani- fest by the light—Exposure' throws the light into dark. placesand e - g re- veals what is there. Everything � t th i i ng that is made mani- fest is `light—Soave Greek scholars s� that insist nt at .t the sentence may also be translated ''e whatever r makes.. manifest is liht. ' This rendering, g, if ernsissible ' would snake the pas- sage > p sage clearer, since exposure to such spiritual -mindedness are indi- cated in the next two verses. 21. Subjecting yourselves This phrase introduces a new thought which the apostle amplifies in the remaining verses- of the . chapter. The attitude of the Christian to- ward others .should be that of mod- esty and an appreciation of their worth rather than of his own. APPLES FOR INSOMNIA. People .ought to know that the veryahest.'thing they can do is to eat apples'justbefore retiring for the g niht. ' Persons uninitiated in the mysteries of the fruit are liable to throw up their hands in horror at the visions of dyspepsia which such a suggestion may summon up, but no harm can come even :toa delicate system by the eating of'mripe and juicy apples before going to bed. The apple, proseees this authority, z is excellent brain food because, it has more phosphoric acid in easily digested shape than -any other:_` fruits. It excites the action of the liver, promotes ,' pr oteN sound and:: healthy h sleep and thoroughly disinfects the mouth. This is not all: the apple prevents indigestion and throat dis- eases. Notes of Part. Iiar Interest to c?• e1 F0 ks, DAINTY DISHES, Chocolate Whipped Cream. ---One- half square of chocolate, one-half cup of heavy cream, three table- spoons sugar, one-half teaspoon vanilla, one-eighth cup boiling water, Melt chocolate over boiling water, add sugar and hot water. Cook till smooth, add vanilla. Whip cream; when partly thickened gra- dually whip in choeolate mixture and continue till stiff to bottom, of bowl. Chocolate Cream Calle.--Oneegg' white, two tablespoons butter, four tablespoons milk, one,half cup sugar, three-quarters crap flour, one egg yoke, one and one-quarter tea- spoons baking powder, one-half teaspoon vanilla. ' Cream butter, add sugar gradually and egg yolk well beaters. Mix and sift together Flour and baking' powder and add alternately to Ursa mixture with milk. Add egg whites beaten stiff and bake in' layer -cake pan in a moderate oven. Put together with jam and pile chocolate whipped cream an top, French Fried Potatoes, — Wash and pare email potatees, eat io eighths lengthwise and soak ono hour in cold water, Take from water, dry between towels and fry in sleep fat hot enough to brow a bit of bread in three minutes. Drain on plenty of crumbled brown paper, dust with salt and serve at two eggs, beaten with a spoonful of vinegar. Making Kidney Soup. ---.Bring two quarts of stock or seater to the `boil, add. two stalks of celery, two on- ions, one carrot and one<ternip cut into small !.,loess, add one blade of mace and cook very slowly for two and a half hours, when it must be strained, 1� 'ash and dry a fresh ox, kidney. Remove all the fat from the l,naiddle and cut ap the kidney into half-inch pieces. Put vire heaping tablespoonful of lautter into a.sa�aee- pan, when brown fry the kidney in it, Stir in ono tablespoonful of m flour and. unix well, add one tea - i spoonful of salt, half a teaspoonful, of 'mustard, half a teaspoonful of pepper and one teaspoonful of su, ga:r. \;ow add three cupfuls el water, stir over the fire till they boil, Cook very slowly for two' het rs, stirring frequently, Return ,the strained stock to the pot and add the kidney to it, Moisten: two tablespoonfuls of cornstarchwith 'three tablespoonfuls of cold water, pour it into the soup, stirring till boils, When the soup is ready, if not brown enough add a few drops of kitchen bouquet, Fried Eggplant. --Feel a good- sized eggplant; cut it into slices e a quarter of an inch. Dust with salt and pepper. dip in beaten egg; roll ins. bread crumbs and saute io very hot fat, When they are, brown on one side, turn and brown on the otber, Dry on brown paper, Eggplant may be fried in deep fat, providing the slicer are cut thin, then into halves, and, well covered with egg and bread crumbs. Okrbsa withRice!,--Wash oleo cut one quart of okra into thin slices, peel five tomatoes and cut into halves, or use one can of tomatoes. Plat the tomatoes with the okra 'in- to a saucepan, add two cupfuls of boiling water, one level teaspoonful of salt, seasonsng of pepper and one sliced onion, cover the saucepan, and sinxnnervery gently for one hour, Wash and boil ono cupful of> rice, then drain and dry it well. ti 'hen ready to serve, arrange the rico in pyramid en a hot platter, pour round the okra. _r1' A QEA:INT DUTOJ1 CUSTOM. Boys Sing and Beat Drams oil Moor of Exchange. Of the manyquaint and curious customs, traditions and privileges ` prevailing in Holland none is more extraordinary than a certain privi- lege that has been enjoyed by the boys of Amsterdam .for nearly three hundred years. At a fixed time each summer these boys gather by the hundreds in the great sc,uarc called the "Dana, situated in the centre of the city. Each boy has a drum slung over his shoulder. Facing this square is the Stock Exchange, and, on the occasion in question, just as soon as the day's business is over, as many of the boys as can crowd into the build- ing. They proceed to the floor of the exchange, where pursuant to this odd custom they are permitted to march about, singing and beat- ing upon their drums. The origin of this custom, it is said, is as follows : One afternoon in the year 1622 a crowd of boys playing in the Dam lost a ball in the canal that in those days skirted one side of the square. One of the lads, while climbing in . among the piles on which the build- ing stood, found instead of his ball a boat moored in a dark corner and loaded with boxes of gunpowder. This showed clearly enough what was afterward ascertained with cer- tainty, the intention of the Spanish conspirators to blow up the Stock Exchange while it was crowded, as it was every day, with the leading _. citizens of the city. The boy who, stumbled upon the. gunpowder at once hurried to the town authorities with his news. The. boatload of explosives was quietlysunk in the canal and the Spanish plot thus frustrated. When the burgesses asked the boy what reward he desired far the ser- vice he had rendered the town he replica' that so long as there was a Stock Exchange in Amsterdam the boys of the town would like to be '; permitted to make the floor of the. exchange their playground during. a certain part of the year. The re- quest was granted and so the cus- tom survives. once, 11Maeedoino of Chops. Pour Eng- lish ehops, one tablespoon mush- rooms (if desired), one cup stock, one-quarter cup peas, one-quarter cup carrot balls, one tablespoon butter, one-half cup potato balls, two tablespoons flour, three button, onions, salt and popper to taste, Saute chops slightly its butter, re- move to kw casserole, and add flour to fat in frying pan. Gradually stir in stock, and add the onion, carrot and potato balls, which should be previously cooked in salted water, Stir in peas, add mushrooms and seasonings and pour over chops. Set in hot oven seven minutes. Servo .from casserole. Lettuce Salad --Wash and drain lettuce leaves, dry to remove the water. Rub salad bowl with a clove or garlic. Sprinkle with oil, a few drops at a, time, tossing gently af- ter each addition. When each leaf glistens with oil, shako over a few drops of vinegar, then dust with salt and pepper and a sprig or two of chopped chives, parsley and fresh tarragon, if convenient. Spanish. Crean—Two sticks gela- tin or one teaspoon granulated ge- latin, one egg yolk, one tablespoon cold water, two tablespoons sugar, three tablespoons boiling water, few grains salt, two-thirds cup milk, one egg white, one-fourth teaspoon flavoring. Soften gelatin in cold water, add boiling water and dis- solve. Heat milk in a double boi- ler. Beat egg yolks, add sugar and salt, and add gradually the hot milk. Return to double boiler and cook until it coats the spoon, stir- ring constantly. Add gelatin and flavoring and fold in egg whites. Pour into cold, wet molds to hard- en. Serve with , soft custard or whipped cream, Asparagus Eggs, to Serve Six 'Two cups rich milk or light cream, few grains pepper, two tablespoons pastry flour, one cup asparagus cut in inch lengths, two tablespoons. butter, one-half teaspoon salt, six fresh eggs, two tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese. Make a sauce of the first five ingredients. Add asparagus and when hot slip in the eggs very gently and poach till set over hot water. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, grated cheese and serve on buttered toast. Pineapple Charlotte Russe, for Six—One cup of heavy cream, three tablespoons powdered sugar, one egg white, one-half teaspoon vanil- la or orange extract, one and one- half dozen ladyfingers, one and one- half cups rich cooked pineapple. Beat cream till stiff, beat egg till dry, gradually whipping in the su- gar. , Add extract, then combine with cream, folding mixtures to- gether. Line glass cups with lady- fingers, place four tablespoons of the pineapple in the bottom of cup, and fill with the charlotte mixture; Garnish with candied violets or rose leaves and ,s:e-save very cold. PREPARING VEGETABLES. Cucumbers a la Poulette. Take three large cucumbers, pare off the rind and cut' them into slices of an equal' thickness. Pick out the seeds, and -boil the 'cucumbers ten- der in boiling water with a tea- spoonful of salt, and a tablespoon- ful of vinegar. When done, tab,, theme carefully out with a slice, and when drained, put them into a stewpan with a half of a pint of broth, a piece of butter rolled in four, and two tea 911fuls of eream. Skim off any fat which may rise, 'and boil it gently for a quar- ter of an horn~iii sal. g care that the slices' of cucumber . -are not broken. When redy to serve, stir in the, Fried rice is a pleasing change from the more conventional fried mush. The rice should be boiled in milk instead of water, and season- ed with sugar, salt and a few drops of lemon juice. :Mold as you would' ordinary mush, When cold, cat in- to slices about three ; noises of an inch thick, roll in beaten era t which a little water has beer ad- ded, and then in crumbs: Saute in aeon fat or butter, or brown . deep fat.