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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1917-5-24, Page 6r as n *sins* OR, A DECLARATION OF WAR, ..1 CHAPTER V. I pr'ovements" to lend !aim en undivid- A year later the question of how I ed attention, this was no great sacci - they would"pull togethez:: was beirrg j ice, : I3eticezxce was 'far niers iratureil partially answered Tlurin this Yearf tb blur ihan expansion, which had, lir a good inany prosaic facts had poked;fact, been only a passing phase, artifz- their plain faces right through the rase -colored veils of illusion hitherto shrouding. them. Things had not turned out just as Ella expected, John's social eduea- tion1 draggedsadly. particular, sadl . Curiously enough, he had not yet be- gun to grasp the extent of his duties both towards herself and towards his own position, It was all right, of course, his devoting himself to his ministry; but did his duty demand of him to be at tb.e beck and call of every rheumatic 1 woman f armile • u' saround, d, who i"as too stiff on her legs to come encs fetch the spiritual consolation she. imagined herself in need of? What strength could he have remaining for' the real, urgent calls, if he exhausted himself in those purely optional ones —for this was a parish of widely scat- tered crofts, and many a mile of rough walking was entailed ? It was for the sake of his work itself that she pro- tested, she assuzed him. As for her own claims, she did not wish to put them forward, though it was rather, lonely sometimes of an evening, and, tiresome too, to have to wait dinner at least four times a week. Once or twice she had hazarded a gently re- proachful remark in. which the word "neglect" had been playfully inter- polated; but he had looked at her with ,' so naive an astonishment that per- force she held her tongue.. And this blindness of his held good with regard to others of her wishes. Theoretical- ly, she had of course been aware of the existence of all these humbly sit- uated blood relations, but had not doubted that they could be "kept in their place" by judicious treatment. And so they could have been, if only John would hear reason. As matters stood, they acted as a dead-weight to the soarings of social aspirations. The neighborhood of the quarries was in itself a grievous trial. What was the good of carefully avoiding every reference to them, when John on all possible occasions plumped out with some reminseence of his own work- ing days? And that ubiquitous slate - stone, from which there was no get- ting away, in the shape of door -steps and seats, and even queer, irregular palings, just as though it took a special pleasure in provoking Ella by reminders of the sc<e subject! If John, on his side, was only indis- tinctlyaware of something in his mar- riage which fell short of his expecte.- tons, xpectstions, it was principally because the marriage itself had never been to him the event which it had been to Ella. If gradually he dropped out of the habit of discussing his work with his wife, whom he found generally too much occupied with domestic "im- t cally provoked, With scarcely a pang he returned to his former exclusive self -communions. Occasionally, aashe viewed the "im- provements" Ella ssured him were essential, amild bewilderment would conte over him, The white cap and apron which the maid -of -all -work was rigorously 'compelled to don before opening the door, the dessert plates and the finger -bowls (out of which he had began by trying to drink)— there were things so strange to him as to be almost disquieting.etinng Gently, sits Y, r but firmly, he had been trained to change his coat every evening, and had got used to the silk blouse in which Ella sat opposite to him aesha dispensed the roast mutton, without quite realising that the increased smartness of her appearance belonged to the process known as "dressing for - dinner." Though unable to see the necessity of these things--ancl even at moments uneasily aware of something that jarred between them with his private conception of his life -task ---he never actively resisted them, partly because they did not seem to him'of enough importance, and partly because rebellion would have appeared to him ungrateful. Could he, in justice, re - preach Ellawith wanting to beautify her home and his --with striving to minister to what she took to he his bodily wants ? Because, personally, he happeiiid to bee born ascetic, supremely independent - of creature comforts, could he therefore fail to be touched by her efforts to do things which she evidently considered ought to -please him ? At the end of that year the situation might have been summed up as a mutual but not yet acute disappoint- ment, conscious on one side, subcons- cious on the other, and here still veil- ed by the concentration . of mind on what had remained the chief object right through tate episode of marriage. To say that Ella had entirely cooled towards her husband would be unfair. Her admiration for his person per- sisted, but of her enthusiasm for his work there remained but the ashes. The social drawhiacks of her surround- ings hopelessly outweighed the de- lights she had expected to draw from their picturesque elements. The very picturesqueness was not o'the sort which .appealed to her,' except in theory. All that rugged grandeur was too high and broad—in one -word, too big for her personality, whether of mind or body. The peevish twitch of the lips began to predominate, betraying a growing fretfulness. The excursions in the mental balloon afore -mentioned had likewise been resumed. 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The vision caused more. than ox flood z i o of tears to rise to her. eyes during those idle days spent per- force upon the sofa iii the much -im- proved sitting—no, drawing -room, That even the prospect of becoming a father should have changed John so little was; in Ella'a opinion, the worst sympt"om of all, Prue, hehad bearu- ed.at the first intelligence, and thank- ed God upon his knees for the favor; but his renxarks.upon the conning event. only too clearly betrayed the subjec tive place it tock in his mind. ' "If it were a boys . Fila—oh, if it were a boy!" had been almost his first words. "Whathappiness to, think. that perhaps some day he may be able to take up the work I shall be forced to lay down!" Upon which Ella had' only smiled a little faintly, while inwardly register- ing the wish that it should not be a hoy A daughter would be in many ways preferable, if only because she would be more exclusively given into. her own hands to be trained up in the way she would consider fit, It was in favor of her wish that the balance of Fate inclined. The news met John six miles from home," and under circumstances which remained in his mind for many a day to conte. ,He had been out of the house for twenty-four hours, summoned 'to a dying woman in the wildest part of the hills. His task had been done ere nightfall, but a violent thunderstorm had kept frim prisoner all night in the distant croft • Even by daylight the smaller burns, the slippery rocks nude progress slow and difficult, As he tramped through the wet heather beaten all away by the violence of the past downpour, he was thinking a good deal of Ella, and hoping that his absence would not have distressed her; but he was also thinking a good deal of the old woman whose eyes he had closed last night and of the mar- vellous way in which the lines of care, drawnbyeighty Yyears, had b1 en smoothed out in a few minutes by the hand of Death. (To be continued,) What the Doctor Orders. Often the doctor will say, "Give the baby barley water. Easily said, thinks the mother, but how does one make it? Or, worse still, she doesn't think at all and hurries home to cook up something that is far from the healthful thing the doctor intended. Here are a few recipes for foods fre- quently used in caring for the children.. Barley Water, -Two tablespoonfuls of pearl barley, one quart of water. Boil continuously for six hours'; as the water boils away, add more, keep- ing the quantity one quart. Strain through coarse muslin.. It is well to soak the barley before cooking it. Barley Water with Prepared Flour. —One tablespoonful of prepared bar- ley flour, twelve ounces (one and one- half cupfuls) of water. Boil twenty minutes. Oatmeal. Water:—One tablespoonful of oatmeal blended with one table- spoonful of cold water. Add speck of salt: Stir in one quart of boiling water. Boil. three hours, adding water as h boils away. Strain through fine sieve of cheese -cloth.'. After the sixth month, either barley or oatmeal water may be used in preparingthe infant's food, instead of plain water. Barley water is, to be used when there is looseness of 'the bowels, and the oat- meal when the tendency is toward con- stipation. Barley Gruel:—Blend two table spoonfuls of barley flour with a little cold milk, and stir into one quart of scalded milk. Cook in double boiler two hours. Add a little salt and sug- ar. Strain. Oatmeal Gruel.—To three cupfuls of boiling water add one-half cupful of coarse oatmeal and one-half tea- spoonful of salt. Cook five hours in double boiler. Dilute with hot milk, and strain. Farina Gruel.—One tablespoonful of farina, one pint of water, .one' tea- spoonful of sugar, one-half ,teaspoon- ful of salt. Put info one pint of boil- ing water the salt and farina; cook for twenty minutes; :strain, and add suf- ficient milk to obtain the desired con sistency. Rice Water.—Wash two tablespoon- fuls of rice. Add one pint of cold water and •a little salt. Cook one hour, Dilute with boiling water, and strain. Toast Water. — Toast sufficient bread to make, when broken into small pieces, two cupfuls. Add to this one kitecictlists Tell How To Strength y,.n Eyesight -50% in a se's eI to Pre° :Prescription. You Can Have Filled and TXse at Home. Boston, Mass, -Victims of eye strain land other eye weaknesses, and those who wear glasses, will be gladto know that Doctors and Eye Specialists now agree there is real hope and' help for them, Many whose eyes were f..ailing aay they have had their eyes restored .nd many who once wore glasses say they have thrown them away. One xnan says, after using it: ''I was al- most blind, Could not see to read at X11, Now T can read everything ,with out trey glasses, and my eyes do not hurt any more. At ,night they would Pain dreadfully. New they feel fine all he time. It was like a imraele:to me." !a. lady who used ft says: "The atmos- phere seemed 'hazy with or Without glasses, but after using this prescrip- tion for teen days everything seems clear. I can react even fine print with- out glasses." : Another Who used it says: '1: was bothered with eye strain caused by overworked, tired eyeg which induced fierce headaches. T have worn lasses for se''ret•al years, both for dis- tance and work, and evitbout them' I ceuld not read my own name on an,. envelope or the typewriting' on the ;machine before lire. I can do both now, and have discarded my long disttcnce Tasses:.altogether, I can count the Puttering leaves on the trees acro:ie the street;ewer which for' several years have lbokeo like a dice green blur to tne, 7, cannot express my joy at what 'It bee done, for me." St fe believed that thousands who "Wear glasses can now discard them in et reasonable time, and multitudes more 'v111 he able to s engthenheir eyes 'So as to be spared the trouble. and ex - $)ens° of ever' letting glasses. 1lir, Beck, an aye apeciallst'of, nearly twenty years practice, nays: "A patient Crime to mo who was suffcrin„ from tlephctritie 'Marginalis t4 i lh sat the eoncomifant symptoms, as rooming agglutination of the lids, chroti3O Leo~ 3unctivitis end ephiphora. Her eyes when not Congested had the dull, suf- fused expression common to such cases. Having run out of her medicine a friend suggested Bon-Opto. She used this treatment and not only overcame hen .distressing condition, but strange and amazing as it may seem, eo strengthened her eyesight that she was able to dispense with her distance glasses and her headache and neuralgia left her. In this instance ,I should say her ,eyesight., was unproved 100%. 1 have since verified the efficacy, of this treatment in a number of cases and have seen the eyesight improve, from 25 to 70 per cent fn a remarkably short time. I can say It works more quickly than any other remedy I have pre- scribed for: the eyes:" Dr, Smith, an oculist of wide experi- enee says: I have treated in private practice a number of serious opthalmle diseases with Ben -Onto andam able to report 'ultimate recovery in_ both acute and chronic cases. Mr. B. Came to my office suffering' with an infected eye. '2lie condition was eo serious that an cperation for enucleation seemed im- perative. Before resorting to the opettetive treatment 7 prescribed 13on- Opto'and in 24 ]fours the secretion had lessened, infamnratory symptoms be- gan to subside, :Led in seven days the e3"c was ctired hand retained its nor - Mal vision. Another case of extreme convergent strabismus (cross ee-cs) escaped the rurgGon's knife by the timely use of your collyrium; The tightened external muscles yielded to the soothing and anodyne eitects oe Boit-r.)pto, .1. airways instil Bon=C)pto. sfttr 'removal of foreign bodies and apply it locally to all burns, Ulcers and spots on the eyeball or the lids for itt: therapeutic effect. By cleans. ing the lids of secretions and acting' as a tonic for the eyeball ° itself the vision is rendered more i+eine, hence the nurnhsr of cases of discarrie0 gltesee.' T,r, Conner rays: ''A2y eyes were In bad condition OWIbA' to 'the -severe pint of boiling water, and let stand one hour. Strain through cheese -cloth, Serve hot or cold. Flaxseed Tea. -Wash carefully two tablespoonfuls of whole flaxseed. Add four cupfuls of cold water (one' quart). Cook slowly one hour. Add'a .little lemon -juice and sugar. Dilute with hot water, if necessary, and strain. Plain Tapioca.—Add to one cupful of scalded milk, in double boiler, one ane one-half tablespoonfuls of gran- ulated tapioca, two teaspoonfuls of sugar, a little salt, and a dash of nut- meg. Cook for, fifteen minutes. Plain Bread;Pudding.—Scald one cupful of milk. To a beaten egg add one tablespoonful of sugar and a pinch of salt. Pour on this mixture gradual- ly the scalding milk, . Add one cupful of stale bread cut into half-inch cubes. Bake in buttered pudding -dish, in moderate oven, until custard is set. Serve with milk. Albuminized Milk:—Beat up the white of an egg till light; add a good- sized pinch of salt, four ounces of fresh ,sterilized milk, and sugar if desired. Beef-Tuice.—Chop and broil slightly lean meat from thaaarearid. Squeeze by means of small hand -press or lemon -squeezer into a warm cup. Salt and serve immediately. One pound of, round steak usually yields from two. tothree ounces of juice. Beef Tea. -Cut in small pieces one pound of round steak from which all fat has been removed; cover with one pint of cold water; let soak one-half hour; put into; a preserve -jar, and cov er closely. r The jar is placed in an- other vessel containing cold water. Heat this slowly. Cook for two or three hours, strain and season. Value of Cheese in Your Diet. Canadian women have long regard- ed cheese merely as an accessory to the diet, and not as a staple supply- ing real food value. . In fact, most women believe cheese, when used in large quantities is indigestible and harmful. Experts of the Department of Agri- culture have gri-culture-have found that cheese is sel- dom a cause of physioi'ogical distur- barices, and may easily be used as the chief source of nitrogenous food. When cheese is served as a sub- stitute for meat or other staple—and this has been done very successfully- housekeepers should regulate care- fully the other part of the same menu as they now select vegetables accord- ing to the meat; they intend to have, as green peas with lamb. ' With cheese crisp, fresh vegetables, as lettuce,. celery and water cress, should be used, with or without dressing, Fruits, plain or in salad form, are also very good. It is not generally known that any. Instances •.cheese has nearly twice as much pro - strain arising from protracted micro= scopical research work, Bon-Opto used according to directions rendered a sur- prising service. I found my eyes re- markably strengthened, so much so I have put aside my glasses without dis- comfort: Several of -my colleagues have also 'used it and we are agreed as to its results. 7n a few days, under my observation, .the eyes of an astigmatic case were so. improved• that glasses have been discarded by the patient:' - Eye troubles of many descriptions may be wonderfully, benefited by the. use of Bon-Opto 'and •if' you want to strengthen your eyes, go to any drug store and 'get a bottle of Bon-Opto tablets. 10rop one Bon-Opto• tablet in a fourth of a glans of water and let it dissolve. With this liquid bathe the eyes two to four tunes daily. You should notice your, eyes clear up per eeptlbiy right from the start, and in- flammation and redness will quidltly disappear. If your eyes bother. "you even 0, little it is your duty to take steps to save them now before it is too late. 2,iany hopelessly blind might slave saved their sight if they' had cared for their eyes In tune, Note; A city physician to whom the above article was submitted, said: "yes, 1lon•gpto 1s a remarkable eye remedy. Its constituent in- gredients are Weil known to eiilnent oyo spe- cialists and 'widely prescribed by them. I terve esed It very sncecssfnlly in my own practice on. patients Whose eyes were stealned through over- work or misfit glasses, 1 can highly reconimen,r. 1t In case •b1 weak, ivaterv, aching, c,mai•ting ii:Ohle , hnrnhrg eyes, rein lids, hlilrr00 vlelon oe for eyes Ingrained from exposure to smolco,: sun, d,nst er wind, It is one of the very few prevent- -11011S l fool should he kept oa hand for regular use in almost every fsrnlly.” lion:Onto le riot a patent medicine or secret remedy. rU itt are. ethical preparation, the forntola being printed.en. the package. The "nenufucturers guarantee it to strengthen eyesight GO per cent to oke week's Clue in many fnsl:tncee or refund the money. Itis Mg.' itensee by all good druggists, lhcludin general Sthrie a•lee by G.'yalnbtyn and r. Thatori & Co., Toronto. tern, weight for weight, as beef, and tl_at its :oodvalr_e is more than twice as great." It contains 25 per cent. more protein that, the same weight of porterhouse steak as. purchased, and nearly twice as much fat. Biscuits. Things to rem.einber in biscuit.mak- • nig: Select the best'flour. Have flour thoroughly sifted. Have liquid chilled. Have shortening just soft enough to. rub in wit tips of fingers. r1� After ening liquid, handle as lit- tie and as' lightly possible. Baking Powder Biscuits. -2 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking g powder, 1. teaspoon salt,'1 .cup milk and water (half each), 1 tablespoon butter, :1,_ tablespoon lard.,, Sift the flour, salt and baking pow der together twice. 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