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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1919-5-29, Page 2"SALAD.." Tea is Pure Tea, Fragrant and of Delicious Flavor, stimulating and refreshing. "Watch fair the Name". on every cienaine sealed packet. • - B571 27 Years in Public Service. crauiiffls lay FREDERICK. WILSON. PART I. t that i think of it, and—" he paused The young znan walked :lowly ; a moment and added, "and you" along the shady sole of :i street. An "Really,a tinge of irony was in August sun eves making the city siz- her voice. "You come here, I sup- z',e and Lake, Even the breeze from pose, when you are tired of other the river came in waves of heat. !places and other people. Perhaps be. In the centre of the block he paus- cause you think Sister and are ed and locking through the gaping lonely. It's a change, she laughed aperture cause by the removal of a softly. "Big houses, country clubs building that had grown too old fur and automobiles must get tiresome even human habitation, allowed his after a while. But," her voice took eyes to rest on the rear winnow on a snore sober and serious note, where bloomed a row of vivid scarlet "do you think she would like it if geraniums. They were the one bright she knew?" note of a dismal neighborhood. He "She? Who? He straightened in had seen these plants when they were his chair. Trow About Your House Dress? Dans are. nes breed carelessness light ores, carefulness. A dark cotton dre,;s catches an retains as much dirt as a light one Don't use your dress as a towel Have a towel a:ways handy near the sink, and wash and wipe your hands frequently while about your house-. work or crooking. Dirty hands are a very frequent cause of dirty dresses. - If you have .t loop on your dish towels and pin one to your belt when cooking, it will always be handy when the oven door has to be opened or hot dishes handled. It is dangerous to use your skirt or apron, and re- sults in unsightly stilutches besides. Train yourself to stand at least an inch away from sink or stove when i washing dishes or cooking. Nothing so quickly sods the front of the dress as the habit of constant leaning ' while at work. . If you are too tired - to stand on two feet with your chest out, rest a few minutes before be- ginning the task. Little aprons, with bibs attached, may be made either to tie around the waist or fasten by buttonholes to !buttons correspondingly placed on 1 the waistband of the house dress. They are simple to wash and iron, causes are understood Tornish is ;' the result of the eombinatam. of the silver from sulphur, but this oceurs cl' only in moist air. 'Tarnish will never . appear in silverware that is kept .• where the air is perfectly dry, A.r contains hydrosulphuric acid, which conies from burning fuels, from cooking, from lighting- gases, and from decaying organic matter. For this reason, silverware should be kept 'out of the kitchen,. as vegetables and meats in the process eef cooking give off.' sulphur gases. Jewelers often use a thin coating. of .shellac on their displays in order • to keep the silver from contact with the' air. Trays, candlesticks, cake and fruit stands, and other pieeS not frequently used may be treated in this way, as the shellac does not chip off easily, Wool should not be used for wrap- ping silver, as animal fibre contains a large amount of sulphur. White cloth is often bleached with sulphur, and will tarnish silver wrapped in it, Soft, bleaching cotton cloth is best for wrapping silverware, which should then be kept .in a dry place. Kitchen Wallet so small that their first sprouting Raising the curtain of the book - green leaves were barely visible case, she drew out a carefully folded iI and since they may be made from After struggling for years to keep the unworn parts of old sheets, house my kitchen walls in good condition, above the edges of the unpainted box newspaper. A paragraph had been! dresses, aprons, etc., a good supply I finally discovered that an unexpen- which had become their home; with a marked with pencil. She held it to-; should be always on hand, fromn dark sive table oilcloth was an excellent rather paternal solicitude, he had wards him. i ones to use doing dirty work, to white wall finish to waiseot. height. The watched them grow and bud and And you never told me—us" she ones to slip on when cooking or when paperhanger put it on for me over sprout, Nothing in the vast con- said reproachfully. "You never gave; the doorbell rings. the painted wall, using the width of servatories on the grounds of his us a chance to congratulate you." 1 For washing, an oilcloth or a rub- the oilcloth, which was one and a father's estate had ever interested He had taken the paper from her bei -lined apron, or one made from a hall yards wide A cheap picture n cast-off raincoat, is indispensable. moulding was used as a finis. In him half so much as this humble and read aloud the notice of the e window garden roped to its shelf of gagement of marriage of Miss Eisiet One cut dike a grocer's apron, with its place a narrow oilcloth borer stone and blossoming riotously in a Gray to James Justin Westwood. a strap to go around the neck and cheerful - handful of earth, "T saw that," he grinned cheerful-' laps to keep it in place over the hips, When he parsed on, his step was ly. and I wondered why they didn't is best. brisker, more confident. The desert print her picture with it and show When scrubbing floors have a thick traveller had stopped at the oasis and the engagement ring on the proper) pad of old carpet to kneel on. It will after five years of wear my kitchen finger. The always do. But she save both knees and clothes. looks well. Many of our friends have drunk of his fill. He swung around y might be used. Above the base we used a white paper to match the oil- cloth. Tlie oilcloth base can be wiped off every week with a damp cloth, and a corner, then another and finally hasn't the ring yet for it wasn't fin - paused for a moment in front of an ished until last night." He thrust apartment building where a sign in thumb and forefinger into his waist - huge black letters announced that coat pocket and pulled out a small suites of from two to five rooms were box of purple velvet. He pressed Let the house dress be simply and becomingly cut, preferably in one piece. There should be no tight waist- line to restrict the freedom of the arms; neither should the dress hang for rent. the spring and the cover flew open. wrapper fashion from the shoulders. The elastic belted stele or He made his way through the open "Isn't it beautiful," she gasped. . the bongo One kitchen eup equals one-half door, veering to avoid the inevitable "It's like a drop of pure water ready low apron type, with adjustable belt pint or two gills. baby carriage of the poor. He tramp- to fall back into the brook it came of same or contrasting material, is Four kitchen cups equal one quart. ed up the stairs, his fcotsteps echo- from." becoming, comfortable and service- Two cups of granulated sugar ing on the iron as he curbed, until ' "So it is," he assented. "I never 'able' equal one pound. he had reached the fifth floor. This thought of looking at it that way. The skirt should be short, and only Two and one-half cups of powder - was not a feat to be performed light- They call it steel -white. There's al- full enough to allow a full-length ed sugar equal one pound. ly by aentlerran of advanced years ways a fascination about an engage- stride. Too narrow skirts many One heaping tablespoon of sugar or a man who measures more about ment ring, isn't there?" times are the cause of falls, incon- equals one ounce. the waist than he does about the(To be concluded.)venienee and embarrassment, while One heaping tablespoon of butter chest but when a fellow is only twee tea wide ones are so much added equals two ounces or one-quarter cup. ty-four and well nourished, even a o-"-_"^" weight and mere dust collectors. Let One cup of butter equals one-half dozer. flights of stairs are as nothing WHO WON THE WART keeping your house dress clean mean pounds when a;; the other end there is—a as much to you as keeping your floor Four cups of flour (one heaping box of geraniums. clean. quart) equals one pound. I3e paused on the landing and rap- Of course, the described costume is Eight round tablespoons of dry ma - ped at the door with his. knuckles. not for barn or garden work. Don't terial equals one cup. use if for such. Don overalls. copied the idea of this oilcloth base with papered walls above. Cooking Weights and Measures. One-half kitchen ;cup equals one gill. The British Grand Fleet, Says Rear - Admiral Sims of United States Navy. Two girls lived on the other side of ••ll.-henever you feel particulariy that barrier; two girls from the grateful that you didn't lose the war, country, fresh -faced and rosy. don't forget the British Grand FIeet." They were living like two campers- This remark by Rear -Admiral Sims out, cooking their meals, taking care of the United States Navy at the of their rooms as only country girls luncheon of the Chicago Association can and going.to their work in offices of Commerce recently, brought a every day except Sunday, and this whirlwind of applause. At other was Sunday. stages of his splendid address the Ad - They had taken these rooms be- niiral paid equally empratic tribute to cause, when one looked out of the the paramount and indispensible prow - windows, one could see Lake Ontario ess of his Majesty's ships. He made gleaming in the sun. This was some- the fact unmistakably evident that to thing to see in a city where almost r ; ..sn sea -power alone the world everything is stone, iron and steel owes the defeat. of the Hun. and where even the people grow to be A touch of chestiness in view of as hard and callous and unfeeling, what their arms have accomplished sometimes, as the metal and stone of is surely pardonable on the part of the Britons. We have waited for our American miilitary and naval chiefs to pay the well-deserved compliment which their city is built. Because there was not an immedi- ate answer this impatient young fel- low knocked again, this time peremp- to the triumphant instrument of vic- torily, after the manner of folk who tory for civilization. Once in a while have been born and bred to believe they come along, as Admiral Sims did, that their bodies have been molded and, in the midst of their glowing of finer, clay than the rest of man- praises of the fighting and conquering kind. Yanks they say a significant word for At the second knock the door open- ed widely, a cheery voice said, "Hello! the real winners of the war. Come in." He obeyed smilingly. "You've caught me alone," said the girl, after she had closed the door. "Come, sit by my garden." She led the way to the window. "Six, all ,in a row," • she laughed, "and at home there ere miles and miles of them— too many, I guess, to be appreciated. Isn't it always the way with every- thing? Etta's gone out for dinner," the growth of fanaticism on any sub - she ran on. "She's found a place jest. But on the subject of British where you can buy things that are sea. mastery, which he came to know ready cooked and so we're going to so thoroughly, the Admiral cannot re - give the gas stove a rest and have strain a touch of enthusiasm. While a jubilee." Britain's critics were thousands of He had been there many times be- miles off, Sims was on the spat watch - fore. He knew well the table so ing her "carrying on" and helping her bravely hidden beneath a white and in a very substantial way. What he flowing cloth. was nothing more than saw opened his eyes to the supreme a reconstructed packing box; that the truth of the world struggle. As he bookcase, cheerful in flowered chints, said in his address: "it (the fleet) had originally held canned tomatoes. was the great silent force upon which He knew that the money he dribbled the cause of the allies rested." away in one month would more than Admiral Sims, back from the real have duplicated everything within those four walls. He knew that the girl who was witting opposite him was different from other girls and other warren. "It's very comfortable here," said the young man. "If one were all alone, the view from the window would compensate, I think. and be comforting, Somewhere off there," he waved his hand comprehensively, crone would know there were forests and fields and running brooks. There are times. When I am somewhere else Rear -Admiral Sinus' sparkling ad- dress is the report of an expert who was close to the zone of battle, and who was privileged to scrutinize the inner workings of the colossal me- chanism that throttled the Prussian, Sims is a cool-headed, matter-of-fact, keenly observant veteran. whose long experience has developed a slight strain of cynicism that would prevent "front " and knowing the inwards of the great game of Kaiser -crushing, grins amusedly as he hears the dough- boy or his superior officer emitting brags about America winning the war, There should be no ill -feeling in the matter, he thinks; but neither should there he any misunderstanding of it among friends and allies. Above all, there should he generous appreciation of Britain's part in the victory. Because, without Britain, says Ad- miral Sims, there would have been no victory --except for the Hun! Proportions to Remember. Springtime Dishes. Four eggs .to one quart of milk Dandelions—Gather only young, for custards. One teaspoon of vanilla to one quart of milk for custard. Two quarts of gelatin to 1a', quarts of liquid. Four heapingtablespoons of corn- starch to one quart of milk. One even tablespoon of baking powder to one cup of flower. One tablespoon of soda to one pint of sour milk. One teaspoon of soda to one pint of molasses. One teaspoon of baking powder is equal to aa teaspoon of .soda, and one teaspoon of cream of tartar. freshly grown plants. Wash thor- oughly and boil until tender. Drain, chopafinely, and mix with the follow- ing sauce: One fouritih., cup vinegar, one-fourth cup water, one tablespoon butter, one tablespoon flour, one scant teaspoon salt, and a dash of pepper. Garnish with hard-boiled egg slices. Baked Rhubarb—Bake as for plain baked rhubarb, adding two or three layers of raisins or some stoned dates. Raisins or dates must be washed and stoned, covered with boiling water, and simmered till the water is almost absorbed, before adding to the un- cooked rhubarb. On top sprinkle stale bread crumbs or chopped nuts and cracker crumbs. Candied orange or lemon peel or ginger may be used in place of the raisins or dates. Asparagus Soup—Boil one quart asparagus, cut in inch lengths, in one quart water until tender. Rub through a colander, and return to the water in which it was boiled. Heat one pint of milk, and thicken it with one tablespcon butter rubbed to a cream with one tablespoon flour. Season with salt and pepper, and pour .into the asparagus. When boil- ing hot serve with toasted bread sticks. Springtime Carrots—Dice eight young carrots, cover ever with boil- ing Drain, cogk Dslowly until tender. rain, savhig the water for the sauce. Mix together one table- spoon butter with two tablespoons flour, and add one cup meat stock. Season with pepper and salt, and add one cup of the' water in which 1 the carrots were boiled. Let it come to a 'boil, pour over the •carrots, and serve hot. Eggs in . Spinach Nest—Boil six eggs hard the day before wanted for use. Drop them into the vinegar with beet pickles to color. Cook the spin- ach in the usual way, drain, season with salt, pepper, and lemon juice; place on a fiat dish, and arrange the eggs on it. Rhubarb Custard Pie—Beat an egg with three-fourths cup sugar and one tablespoon flour. To this add one cup rhubarb, chopped or cut fine, and one-fourth eup water. Bake with one crust. When done, cover the pie with the beaten wh.:te of En egg, flavored to taste, and let it brown in the oven. How to Keep Your Silver Shiny. It is not ;such a difficult matter to keep silver frcni tarnishing if the In preparing for baking mix dry materials in one bowl and liquids in another, combine them quickly and put at once into the oven. The oven for baking bread should be hot enough to brown a teaspoon of flour in five minutes. For biscuits it should brown in one minute. Rubbing a piecrust with butter a few minutes before it is time to take ;it from the oven will make it crisp. Blackboard Charades. A new variation of the familiar game of charades requires for equip- ment a wall blackboard and some crayons, cards for the players, and slips of paper on which to write the Dames of songs, poems or books. It creates a great deal of fun, as ama- teur attempts at . drawing always do. On the cards place a row of num- bers, one far each song, poem or story. Give one of the cards and a penc..l to each player, and let him is draw a numbered slip of paper that bears the name of a song, poem or story. The player wha draws No. 1 goes to the blackboard and makes the first attempt at illustrating his song, of course without letting the others know what the song is. As soon as .he has finished, the players write down their guesses opposite the figure 1, and the next person takes his turn at the blackboard, and so on. If, for example, a player receives a slip that bears the words "0 Can- ada," he may either attempt to draw a reap of Canada, a picture of Jack Canucic, or anything that will indi- cate the song. In illustrating "Where Oh 3Vhere Has My Little Dog Gone," the amateur artist might show the tracks of the dog, and at the end of the board a few inches of his tail. Following the custom of such games, when all the songs have been illustrated the players exchange cards and mark the guesses as some one reads the correct title for each number. In Memoriam. Only a slender maple tree I planted for his sake; There every day before niy shrine I beer a prayer to make. His every deed my rosary, • I enunt them as I kneel; My heart is sore, my eyes are dim, Because his pain I feel. 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You can buy your supplies from us at wholesale price.. T. W. BOYD & SON, A7 Noire Dame Street Weat. Montreal. My Garden Faire, Planted some seed in my garden fair, .And watched it with eagerness, Nor grudged the measure of time and care Bestdwed thereon, if it did but'bea'r Return for my toil -and stress. And in the soul of a youth was sown Some seed that might germinate, But I watched pot how it had later grown, ET2113,1) BY . " ORS-. ADVENTURE IN A RIVER IN SRI- TISH GUIANA. While Rescuing a Dog Mr. Robinson,. The Noted Traveller, Has Narrow Escape. While going to the rescue of a pet dog in a river in British Guiana IIr. C, 11. Robinson suddenly found luuself' surt'euncled by alligators. He tells in the Wide World how he managed to escape from this unpleasant situation, One afternoon I had returned from the field,-sayo Mr. Robinson, and was about to indulge myself in a siesta in Nor seemed to think of it as my own, my hammock when Barclay, a strap - Till I found it was all too late. ping negro boy, came ranging excited - Shall plants and gardens be more than ly luta my room to tell me that a flock a youth And tended with constant care, And he with a soul of wondrous worth Be left to himself, while things of • earth Are counted beyond compare?' 0 Soul, grant not that niy garden's share Be all that my eye can see, But symbol rather of what were fair That I should render those in my care, For time and eternity! sof ducks had alighted on the lagoon about half a mile away. Hurriedly snatching up my gun and cartridge belt, I made for the spot, accompanied by the boy, and had gone some dis- tance when I became aware that a small dog, named Dally, a pretty Swedish terrier, was following me. Dally belonged to a fellow overseer, by whom he was lnucll prized, and in- deed he was a great pet with the whole household. I did not wish hint to go with me on this occasion, how - Women helve- been permitted to ever, for I feared that he would scare pradtice law in Denmark e,ince 1906,. tho birds. I tried to drive him back Imports into Canada from the Un-' again, but lie was not to be. denied; . and sd I allowed him to follow. ited States, for which payment must be made some time or other, continue. I reached the piece of water and, al- to be on almost a wartime scale, the' ter a little stalking, managed to shoot Canadian Trade Commission points two ducks, one of which was only wounded and fluttered away some twenty yards, where it floated and struggled. At that moment Daily jumped into the water and swam toward the dis- abled duck. The brave little dog had reached it and was returning with it. when Barclay suddenly out: "Look, Baas! A 'gator! Going for Daily!" Sure enough, about fifty feet away was an alligator swimming rapidly to- ward the clog. "Quick, Barclay!" I said, "Jump in and frighten the brute away!" But Barclay objected. "No, bass, I 'fraid!" he said resolutely. There was no time to be lost in ar gument. The reptile wos approachin,,' the game little dog, which, burdened by the flapping duck, nearly as large as himself, was making slow progress. Dropping my gun, I jumped into the water and, half wading, half swini- nring, soon reached the dog, and then, placing him, cluck and all, under my arm, I started to return to the shore. The only point on the bank at which I could land for some distance round the lagoon was immediately behind the evil -looking brute; so 1 splashed the water and shouted at .him, but without effect. There he continued to keep watch and ward, and it dawned upon me that he intended to make a dash for the dog if I ventured to ap- proach him. Poor Dally by now perceived his enemy. and was evidently terrified, for he sat up a piteous howl, I am bound to admit that I was beginning to feel. somewhat apprehensive my- self, for I had never known an alliga- tor to act with such boldness before, and my uneasiness increased when the boy on the bank shouted: "Take care, master; whole lot 'gators dere behind!" I glanced round and saw at least four or five of the uncanny reptiles swimming in my direction, doubtless attracted by the howling of the dog. For the first time I was thoroughly scared, and am ashamed to say that for a moment I entertained the thought of flinging Daily to the brutes and securing my own safety. I was at a loss to know how to act circumstances. But Barclay, who had been gazing open-mouthed and Enac- tive at the scone, suddenly pulled him- self together and, seizing my gun and ramming in two cartridges, let drive both barrels at the eye of the sentinel alligator. The result was instantan- eous. With a loud hiss and a great swirl, the brute sank out of sight, leaving a gradually widening stain of bloocl on the surface of the water. Malting a slight detour so as not come iu contact with the body, I das - ed for the bank and, to my enexpress- sble relief, scrambled out to safety. CLA X31 LFINO LEAR c7g. kg CO i 1 w 11 LECZ104 EST t24 'QRO� CUMANTEES mTT W. CLARK LIMITED MONTREAL roM 13 Beautifies and preserves woodwork th t is subject to exposure F©r Sae y all ealers. Lit PARR Su `"pvi e Vo PARKER'S know all the fine points about cleaning and dyeing, We can clean or dye anything from a filmy georgette blouse to heavy draperies ar rugs. Every article is given careful and expert attention and satisfaction is guaranteed. 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But there is no vice, except it be drunk- enness, which can so utterly destroy the peace and happiness of a 'home." —Helen Hunt. The , Trade Commission is taking up a polio which may be ,stated as follows: Finest, to encourage consump- tion in. Canada of Canadian produce and products to a much greater ex- tent; second, to increase the exports, i:artiau:arty of manufactured articles.