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The Exeter Times, 1921-3-3, Page 6^1, QIMRt • -testae sseaseette Anticipates its exquisite flaybur. Scnd us a postal 'for l're $anwpite. Please state the price You. now pay ancli .whether Liolack9 GreeFkor Mixed Address Sa/adac, ro.rorito. "na Luctri g3nW CIPlardert By J. GRACE WALKER. Above the coutinuous din of half a dozen sewing.inachines and the se- cempanying clatter of tongues, a single seatence reached Mrs. Wierse- ma's ears where she sat making row upon row of beautiful buttonholes— her stint in the day's work of the Ladies' Aid Society, • -"It' eeems as if some of us ought to go down there lore she, goes, and give her a piece of our mind!" The speaker was Mrs. Ezaa. Shoe- I inak-er in the full tide of righteous indignation. Mrs. Wieesenia hitched I her chair round until she could touch' Mrs. Bailey on the sheolder with her thimble. "Who they talking about, Mary? Who's going, and where they going to?" "Why, that Lakin girl that lives kitty-corner from siou. She's going to leave her father and them two little half-brotheis and go back to clerk in the store at King's Mills where she was before they come here," exclaim- ed her friend. "All 'tie, she hates to do house- work," Mrs. Shoemaker went on. "She don't like to scrub floors and such, and she's going to keep her hands out the wash water if she has 16 leave that poor helpless family to starve' to death. I say it's a imenia' shame. and o. ght not be passed over without hcr knowing how respectable people fool about it." "Some folks hate e housework worse than others, little /virs. Thorns ad- mit:ed. "Now I love it, scrtibbinand I all, hut I've got a cousin—" • -She'd ought to do her duty by her Sani'las regardless," put in Julia But- ler. "Nobody could hate to scrub worse than 1 do—seems to me I never get done—when 'tain't the kitchen 'floor It's the baseboard in the dining r00111 or the pantry ceiling—,but I'll say this for myself, I do my duty by that house II I am skin and bone in, con- sequence." "Yes, you do, Julia," half a dozen assured her. ..---ts'Ocurse--21alioda Lakin ain't but, seventeen," Mrs. Thome added after 51 moment of silence. MTS. Shoemaker turned on her a reproving face. "Candace Thorns.," she inquired in a londi„ecandalized voice., "do you mean to say you think seventeen's too young to know right from wrong and do it? Why, every lady of us here was a member of the ehurch before we was sixteen—" "What I want to know is, who'd she tell ? Mrs. Wiersema put in unex- pectedly. "Sounds to me like hearsay. To my knowledge there ain't a soul , goes there, and she ain't a girl, from her face, to talk much to folks she don't know. I think she's lonesome, that's what I think." "She's likely to be lonesome the best part of her life if she leaves her plain duty," Mrs. Shoemaker said se- verely. "It seems she was next to Elvira Shoemaker in the bank this morning," Mrs. Bailey exp/ained in an under- tone to Mrs. Wiersema. "Elvira noticed she'd drawn ,out all the had in —twelve dollars,—and said, 'km must he goin' into the city to shop vith all that.' You know lio* young ' folks will speak, even when they don't know each other. And this Rhoda, it seems elm threw back: her head and says, 'Yes, I am; going away from this town to -night. • back to King's Mills. And I -wouldn't come' back here to live if I W28 to •be drawn by wild horses!' Course Elvira flew honie and told her mother, and she thinks the girl ought to be spoken to by a committee." Mrs. Wiersema's face settled into linos of grin anrusera.ent. "I'm not one to want to serve on that committee," she asserted. A stir among the ladies round the dining- room door announced the com- ing Of refreshments. Ravelings were 1bruehed to the floor and laps smooth- ed, preparatoxy to the passing of nap- kins •and plates. Mrs. Wiersema was thotightful while she stirred her cof- fee; she gave but slight attention to the sandwiches and scarcely noticed when the began on Mrs. Pestle's vel- Vety angel cake. Mrs. Bailey under- ,a,lek to rally her and received Only a blank eye im returns Finally Mrs. Wiersema glanced down at her plate. "'Goodness me, have I eaten ray cake? I've a mind to ask for another piece." s Ten minutes later she made a glass f wale):iy,Ksw.p3to follow her ostess ihe kitchen. "T know it ain't mihnere to eat and ren, Mrs, POStle," the explained he - bind ,the doer, "but I've just recollect- ed something I got to tend to, so sinwe to leave early. I'm taking is t „bundle of work along and 111 turn , 1it in to-mberow: Clan 'VT go upstairs the back way to get -my things? If one goes early, it always sets tie rest of 'era of, and it appears to there's lets of work yet to be done" "Take buttonholes!" Mrs. Postle urged. Mrs. Wiersema looked through the trees to the town clock before, she turned in at her own back gate. It was barely half past three. In the house she stayed only long enough to search out a seed catalogue that had come the day before. Atter that she lacked the door behind her, stiffened her shoulders and made straight for the Lakin house across the street and up to its screened front door. Her knock resounded ,through the house, In the silence that followed she could hear the drip -drip of water from a loose kitchen faucet; but there was no answer. The two little boys were still at school, and if there sis- ter was at home she made no neve. But Mrs, Wiersema kept on knocking, and after a while there was the quick sound of an impatient step, and Rhoda. Lakin came out of the front bedroom and stood looking through the screen at Mrs. Wiersema out of dark, hostile eyes. The room behind her was spiek and span, but inthe bedroom beyond dresses hang over a chair, and a suit ease lay in plain sight, spread out on. the bed. This Mrs. Wiersema took in with a quick glance •befone she said: "1 know, you're Rhoem Lakin, lint I don't suppose you have the ghost of an idea who I am." The girl only looked coldly at her visitor and said, "No, I don't know . . • • "The more shame to me then," said Mrs. Wiersema briskly. "I'm your neighbor across the street in the house with the blinds. Your little brothers play with my Jimmy—Jimmy 'Wierse- ma " The girl continued to look at her with tig-hteed lips.. MTS. Wiersema's eyes twinkled. "There's one thing Pm not," she de- clared whimsically. "That's a book agent." A glimrnex passad over the girl's face. "I beg your pardon!" she said dryly.id Of course—come in. arm rather busy just now, but if there's anything—" She led the way into the front parlor and with an un- gracious hand indicated a chair. '(Concluded in next issue.) OTIC E eAgentri, wanted 'everywhere to intro - (Alice Sell new Auto Acceesory, 1 Well net bLg returns to' yen. Small capital reufliL For partieula,sei tutte J. s, 'otHITFISLD . s felarehel , Toronto Vr'd. Fiftieth Anniversary of Sun Life. The year 1921 marks the fiftieth an- niversary of the Sun. Life Aesuranee Company of Canada, which in the half century of its existence had grown to be one of the largest and most sue- ceesful life insurance companies in the world. One year after it was orgized an , in 1872, the company's income was $48,000; its assets, $96,461; and it had written policies for a total of $1,064,- 850. By the year 1880 the income had grown to $141,402 with assets $473,- 682,and insurance in force of $3,897,- 189. From this time onward the C.,e- velopment of the company, net only in Canada, but in stretching out to many other countries of the world, proceeded at a rapid Pace, as the tables for the next four decadeindi- cate: • 1890 Income .... $889,000 Assets .$2,473,000 Insurance in force. $16,759,000 1900 Incorne ........... $2,789,000 Aseets .. .. . $10,486,000 Insurance in force. $57,980,000 . 1910 Income ...........9,575,000 Asetts .................$38,164,000 Insuran.ce in force.$143,549,000 1920 Income . . $28,751,000 Aseets ....... —$114,839,000 Insurance in force.$486,641,000 Details of the financial statement of this company for the past year appear' elsewhere In this issue, and -will be studied with more than usual interest in this its, Jubilee year. 44 Perfume of Wood. The North-western Izedthane nearhy always made their totem ,peles out of Weetern red cedar, but this choice -vvaes probably clue 33101,6 to the fact that the woad is easy to work and extreme- ly • durable rather thart to lie frag- rance, it may be taken as a very good general , rule amft, Weeds that are scented are resistant to decay and in- sect attaek, arad have good cabinet A Neighborhood Club That Won Success. e Looking back over twenty YeIars' experience in a alai), the member -el -lip of -which is composed of women of different ages incl nationalities, I have found that the best programs were those in which every one teak part, and the poorest programs were those which gave most of the time to an outside epeaker. No*. We have settled down into a routine in our club, and this is the way it works out: We make every effort, to 'shave our meeting begin on tithe. The meeting is called to order, and we take turns around, the circle giving quotations of prose or poetry, reporting some current event, or re- counting a housekeeping experience, and we emphasize the fact that a failure may teach more than a sue - cess. The program committed 'deter- mines and announces a Subject for discussion at the next meeting. We have one invariable; rule—that every member must at some time dur- ing the year take a leading. part; and at every meeting during the year must take at least a minor part. Failure of any member to respond helps: to fatten the pig—a bank in the shape of a pig which, when fall, is made to disgorge for the benefit of the flower fund. The member who ha to pay a forfeit is the object of attention -While she puts her small coin into the pig, and s'ne is thus encouraged to overcome her shyness. A program is determined -upon for each year and the general subject is subdivided. Every member is respon- sible for a special part, and must either prepare or have some one else prepare to discuss the topic assigned her. Reading of a pafer is prohibited. We have seriously discussed the problem of money -making projects fon women., but household problems interest us most. One year we had the house as Our subject and -took the different rooms for each program. We gave two days to the kitchen: We had plans made by individuals, and used,. provincial college and govern- ment bulletins as text -books. We have found that bulletins may be secured on enough topics to pro- vide textalsooks for several years. A bibliography of bulletins giVes re- quired information. When we have a fanners' institute, we send for a com- plete list of bulletins and hang them around the room. It is interesting to See /nen and women look them over and note down the numbers. - When Our girl members marry, we give them loose-leaf cook books— those made with rings for holding the leaves. We first distribute the leaves ainong I,the.members and each member writes upon her leaf her best recipe, which must be signed and dated. The amount each recipe' makes is also noted for convenience in cooking for two. The leaves are then assembled in the loose-leaf covers and the bopk is given to the bride, and our brides treasure these books for all time. When one of our neighbors lost her house by fire, we met and made clothes for her and her children, One of ,the members had everything cut readyfor seWing, and two other mem- bers brought their sewing machines, so that the day showed a good "stint" ofswork done. , Mothers always bring the small children 'to .the afternoon meetings; but sometimes we meet in the even- ing. Then 'whole families come and bring with them well-filled hanchetin baskaest baskets. Hbe club been worth while? The following incident is only one of Many which prove that it has. When. cam of our members lay upon her death -bed she -sent for the secretary and eaid: "Tell all the club sisters toed -bye' for me. Tell them I have had a better home life and a -better heart life for having joined the club." Paper Bowls A new idea in fingerlaewle has been Patented by SI•iraoa s Bergman, of New York. It Is made of paper, aird en the inside of ists bottom is sprinted an ad- vertisement in inyialbIe irk. When • water is peured into the receptaele, the -4. printing appears, "-f-teq'e The haveitior says that•the Printing Homely W,rinkles. - Remove caked n ud, fron the men's working clothes and the horee blank- ets by rubbing the spots with a dried corn -cob. A good beating should fol- low; and by the way, woollen chit -he should always be beaten before they1 are brushed, as- the beating removes most of the dirt, and is aot so hard on the cloth. Washing windows je scold work in mid -winter. Try cleaning the windows with prepared chalk dissolved in enough water to make a thin paste Rub this on ,window -panes and leave until dry; then polish with a dry, clean 'e1:1th until' the • chalk is removed. You will have a shining glass in one- third of the time usually epent 111 palishing. T-Iorseradish, the most wholesome of condiments, cans be grated without a tear if put through the food chop- per. A large quantity ean be pre- pared at one tine and will not lose its strength if ChVered with cider vinegar and put in a tightly sealed jar.iieTake w cied forthoet;abtherse le, andplaceasadcieina covered glass or wide-mouthed bottle. Library paste .'?iee.ded by the chil- dren in their school work can be made at hoincupful thus: Mix one cUpf1,ef flour, wheat or iye (the letter is better) and one teaspoonful of powdered alum', with one-half cupful of cold water,' and bait until smooth., Then add two tablespOonfuls of lime -water, a few dibps of oil of cloves,, or whiter green, ' and tw6 cupfuls of boiling water. Pour the water in slowly, stir- ring all the while. Set the mixture on the stove and 'stir until it boils, then put it in a dauble boiler, or set the vessel 'containing It in a kettle of boiling water and cook for half an hour, stirring" often. Pour into cov- ered jars and cover the top with melt- ed paraffin. With tise 'wee& a the World to chooSe from One can easily arrange -whole scale of scerrts from the Sweet- est and most delicate et perfurnets at , ono extreme to 'rank and -overpower- - ing seders at the other The.steres of the perfumer's shop will not yield a greater 'variety ,than one canfind in weede . Baby's Acivice=- Don't use metlicatecl soaps Unfess your shin is sick— , ond•rion't nit'set it sick, by using strong soaps , pigments, or by neglect. ' Use Balsy' Own Soap freely with wanniWater; rinse eflend dr -s), carefully, and the most clelicate sldn will be kept soft and white and • 'HARD SKINS Will become softer and whiter. •• 71 21 ?Jotir tet ' A Subway Bakery at Verdun. :An "undergrohnd baltery, -says' the Journal of Home Economics, furnish- . es ell the bread used by the refugee population in thhe ruined city of Ver- dun,: No other building was sufficient- ly weatherproof to housc a bread -bak- ing ,establishrnent'for the returning townspeople, and .the authorities were forced to ,requisitien the great ovens underground in order to turn out the pninciPal food of the, toilers Several. times eachday the bread is brought to the mouth -Of the black cavern beneath, the great walls, Where lines of people await their :rations. * The bakeshop is a 'part of the ram- . ous umiergro.urel city et Verdun,,,built , , aftertthe war of 1871eand designed to house thirty theueand persons during an attack. During 'the Great War thousands of soldiers arid. a few re- fuge,ee liVecl , in this subterranean 'abode while the city was under; fire for four, years. The -bakery was in operation all the while. Liniinent tor Burns, etc. should become vi,ribles with a slew de- Yelopinent, so that a perdu using the finger-hoswl will nostiee tho g.reduel an- Ilearsing af tho advertioeinent, and thereby have his attention directed to it, The eame idea may be applied to a paper ice-cream saucer OT a paper druilsrag cup. Women! Use ‘4Diamond Dyes." Dye Old Skirts, Dresses, Waists, Coats, Stockings, Draperies I' Everything. Each pacgage of "Diamond Dyes" contains easy dire'etioris for dyeing any article of -wool, stilt, cotton, linen, or mixed goods. 13eware! Poor dye streaks, spots, fades and ruins ma- terial by giving it a 'dyed -leek."- Buy "Diamond 1)yes" 'only. Druggist has Color Card. A Nasty, Rude Boy. -Johnny had been u‘sing s-onie very uniparlianientary language, ntuch to iii.mother's distress. "Johnny," else cried, "do etoP using erneh dreadful expreselons. - I can't imagine where you pick them up." "WeAl, mother," replied Johnny, Shakespeare uses them," "Their don't play with him again," commanded his mother; "he's"net a fit companion for you, I'm sure," , ' „ e Minard's Liniment Relieves Coldsietc. rorirrilorkArl'Or It lakes a joint of beef to make a bottle of Bovril. ,RIL NEVER PROFITEERED Has not changed singe '1914 Same Priee, Same Quality, Same Quailtity WHY LOOK OLD? When 'one aPplica- tion of rtnitoras Nair Restorative every 2 months keeps the hair natural. No oil, no dirt; the bair earl be washed when desired. Try it. ,Black or Brown. Frio°, $2.90. Sent prepaid to any address in Cnnacia, ' E. CarnOchau, Powell Ave:, Ottawa COARSE SALT LAND SALT Bulk CRTIOtS TORONTO SALT WORKS C. J. CLIFF TORONTO ts At Yic ottr Serve Wherever You Live. The womari In town, or 0013.111:T7, has the r &amp advantagen as her sister i the seitY ill expert advice from the best-Innown: firm. of Cleaners . and Dyere In Canada_ Pereeie from the counte7 sent by ]aiall or. ettprose receive the seine easeful attentionas -wk.eirdelive-red. personelle,. Cleaning and Diatein I "Clothing_or Household. Fabrics. , For years, the name at ".PlarIsatessslias signified perfection fn this work of reeking old things look like new, whether ,personal garments at even the most fragile inatesial, or house- hold enetains, draperies, 'rugs,. etc Write to us for further partioulars or send your pareelS direct to • i*Y wage orks, Limited Rif DYers Toronto - „sass:set:a eseess rait- a -ss assassassta •SeastasSeaSSIWIssissass.--SasaissassitsWiSsWarass 1871 HEAD OFFICE MONTREAL JUBILEE YEAR 921 ALF a century has elapsed since the Sun Life ASsurance Company of • Canada issued,its,first policy in 1871. The figures submitted herewith indicatethe size, strength and outetanding position to which the company has attained among the life assurance institutions of the world, as a result of its operations during those first fifty years. SYNOPSIS OF RESULTS FOR 1920 Assets as at 31st December, 1929 ; . . . Increase over 1919 .. . . . . . . s • . , INCOME ' Cash Income from Premiums, Interest, Rents, etc., in ,• 1920 . , . , • r • • Increase over 1019 . . . . . . . PROFITS PAID. OR: ALLOTTED PrOfits Paid or Allotted to Policyholders in 1920 . $114,839,444.48 9,127,976.21 • . 28,751,578,43 . • 3,047,377.33 . 1,615,64.5.64 Total Surplus 31st Decenaber, 1921, over all liabilities , and capital . . .• •,. . • . . . 9 8.364,667./5 , (According to tho Company's -Standard, viz., for • assurances, the Om (5) Table, with 33•4 and 3 per cent. interest, and for annuities, the 13. 0. Select Annuity Tables with 33- per cent. interest). ' 'TOTAL, PAYMENTS TO POLICYHOLDERS Death Claims, Matured Endowments, Profits, etc., during 1920 $ 10,960,402.00 Payments to Policyholders since organization . , . 102,187,934.30 ' ASSURANCES ISSUED DURING 1920 Aetnerances issued and paid for in cash during 1920 Increase over 1919 . . . . . • ' BUSINESS IN FORCE Life Assurances in force 31st December, 1920 . Increase over 3919.• . . . ; THE COMP.ANY'S GROWTH • 9106,891,266.23 . 20 342 416.79 . 9486,641;235.17 • 70,282,773.12 , "eerie siecomn , ASSMIS ' Laar, ASSORAgCES IN voitor, _ 1872..„ ........ 1880.. :........ 1800.........,. 1°00.-4-- , 1010. ... , . .• ... , 1920..... 4 • • 4 • + , 9 48,210.93 141,402.81 880,078.87 2,780,228.I12 0,575,453,04 28,751578.43 , . , 8 00,481.05 , 4710132.03 . 2,473,514.1018,759,855'.02_ 10,480,89117 88,104,700:37 114 839 444 48 - $ 1,004,350.00 3,807,189.11 57,080,034.63 ' 148,540,276.00 486 64,1 235.17 , AT.,;r:Anu,,xattat-- PLUM-ETICKINC ON OSTRICH FARM "ALWAYS LEAP YEAR HERE," SAYS MANAGER Food Bill at the Farm is Sixty Dollars a Day, Yet Birds Seem Always Hungry. • It was plume ,epic ng .day a,t the Pe, I i trtell fr,331- A 04011$ terowd St•ced'oll'te sini(1:,n-te.haeptrejurialilltgh8ealntudg:abtleAh'tleide• aHroe IlIdnO•gd s.„t,1,.• • 1, ,it by qutekly uttat,ing blid and beibil- .„ in g its neck witliadne hand -while with theqatileer-he clapped a black hoed ifeer its h,eael. When the birds liad, thus, been blinded, lie easily pushed them into a small pen where other men cut, the "ripe plumes" PrOin their bodies. rriNe plumes ale picked Qvery nine , months at the farm, where .two hun- dred and ninety-six birds are Corra,led. An ostrich is first picked when. less than a year old, and then every nine, 11102TNTS th-TOUghatit its. life. The 'older It is, the better the feathers, and many of the birds live to be steventy or se-venty-five years old. - s„ The moat valuable pluni,ets QOM& from the wings, which yield twenty-- four feathers each, sometimes twenty- seven inches' long. The tail yields - about seventy-five smaller feathere;e, All the snow-white plumes conic from . -- the, blackest birds and always from. the Males, On the .earticular farm of which we speeds, which is the largeet. and oldest of its kind in the United Staters,there are ostriches of two dis- tinct varieties, the South African.os-- trieli, which has bluesiabletek flesh, and. - the Nubian ostrich, which bas pink: flesh: Ttb3 birds have remarkable, strength,' a -treniendous stride anch speed, and, though S'OnletiMOS Cowards - they often fight each other -furiously., Kickine forward they strike -their op- ponent in to' eechest with a." thud that. somide like a slic,t in a .0=61. Of' course the fighting birds inust be sena- " rated at once, but as no keeper dares. risk hiss life amang them at thoee mad. moments, some cue rolls, a dozen. oranges into the enclosure. The en- tire flock Ey at the fruit, and the quar- rel is quickly forgotten. Flights oocur only in the courting pen, Lor at all' other tithes the bird's dwell. 'in their. sepasrute small enclosures. Can't Teach ,Ostriches Sense. "It is always leap year at oar place," said the manager, "fox it is the female that does the choosing. There are no domestic difficulties for thoee. stately St$PPillg creatures. They mate ,for life. Only once inethe history of this, farm has there been a tragedy. lilajor, McKinlee--a regal fellow—kicked his mate to death because sho would -riot - sit on their eggs in the daytime, though he sat upon them dutifully ael night. Day after day he was seen remonstrating with- her, driving,her toward the nest in the centre of their lot. Finally he literally kicked her to death, despite our best efforts to save her. Soon afterwards, whea he was put again into the courting pen, an- other one promptly chose him; .and will Mrs. No. 2 he has been 'living happy ever after.' They are funny - birds., hilt they seldom show a grain of seseste aind we cannot teach them any- thing." ' ' . You would expect a load, raucciue voice frefia a creature whose head le all Modal and staring eyes; but:the only noise an ostrich can make sounds like a man clearing his throat, or -like , the dull cough of an exhaust piiisd".-e Balch pair is given its own bigh- fenced lot, sufficiently laTge for them to exercise in; and in the centre the male bird digs a helle in the ground for a nest. There in the bare dirt the EPTS are laidb . • Each eee- Weighsfive n ' pcusds--more-than three dozen hen's eggs weigh. Itis the father's duty to keep the -nest clear of all trash and to sit upon it every night.; but as soon as thse chieks are hai:itectit:ls4t11,1ye.' paiaenini9t ds walkbiraway in utter unconcern. Indeed, no card is e baby bird, whicsh is as large as a small hen, oats nothing for three Or four , days, then swallows a quantity of peb- bles and is soon readr y foits fir,st taste of alfalfa or gratin. The food bill at tiles farm is sixty dollars a day, yet the oetriches seem always hungri. - • Remarkable Dream .Warnings , • In 1912 a confession that a dream , prevented him from sailing ill the Ti- tanic was niade ' by the Ilan. J. d. ,1... ,. • middaethn, vice-president of the Akron,. ' Caeten Railway. or Ohi.O, U.S.A. " • - "I booked my cabin on March 2.3rd, he stated. "I felt una.ceountably de- preseesd at the. time,- and en April 3rd I dreamt that I saw the Titanic cap- eize in mid -ocean. .. . "The following night I had a aimilar dreams The next day I told „my wife and 1 several of my friends, and et -cattle -11V. , I decided to cancel xnY passage." ' Readers will xemember how the il'i- (ante struck an iceberg on her maiden ' trip and Sank with enormous lose of life. • , ' It is about skate:en ye,are ago that t113 Brixliam fishing Smack Lyra was Tun down off the Devolishit'e coast with the loss of five men On the Sao - day night previous t.o the disaster one of the inert, named l'arsneanx, dreatit ' of the, svreels and related his expert - erica ',edits wife, "I would not go tcl sea," ho 82 id "if I could get etnneenS, iticinpecc-ticTiii)iiiey, )aillavetei.110' mO.,cfnetettiorshoi.8thgartavwesla yoaataeeitgotteet coslue'era 9.:,e4,11 7:u1....d ,,,lt,ubLi. ss • sss s.-• s- ,,s. ••••,- •„•.„.. • • •------------------------s s' ' "' " 11'1 94