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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1919-9-18, Page 2Let RKE Surprise 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 or rugs. Every article is given careful and expert'attention and satisfaction is guaranteed. Send your faded or spotted clothing or household goods to On)0,09071.1 .460190 Fence In the Toddler. ! Perhaps the greatest privilege is the wonderful resource of having all'• outdoors, but this is a privilege which! the mother of young children is apt: to neglect. She herself must be in the kitchen or near it during much of the day, and she must have her babies where they are within sight. It often' follows that country little folks spend' most of the time banging drearily; around the kitchen where they are in the way and where the air is not i always good. But what else can the busy mother, do? She can apply to her children, the lore she has learned about little chicks. Fencing will keep little chil-' dren safe from automobile haunted roads, from wandering cows, from, running out of sight of their mother's, eyes. And there is no farm in the country where there is not enough; discarded material of one kind or an-' other lying about to inclose a spot, say twenty feet square, though it: might be larger to advantage. It is better if there is a tree to furnish some shade for hot days, but if there' is none near enough to the house, a! piece of old paper roofing or a section! of old corrugated metal roofing, or: some old boards with odds and ends of . shingles put over. them, will furnish` shade for hot days. ' Little children wish and need to be, doing something with their bodies and hands every minute they are awake.; The problem is to provide then with! something to do which cannot hurt' them, which will help them to grow, and which will not be too upsetting to the regularity of the family life. To begin with, if a load of sand is dump -I ed in one corner of the baby yard, and t some old spoons and wornout utensils; contributed from the kitchen, there will be many hours of every day dur-� table oilcloth. If the:mother is very pentine rubbed en carpets under heavy busy she can simply fasten ,it togetherfurniture and in corners will _keep the at the shoulder and back with safety; moths away. ---Mrs. ,I: J. O'C. pins. I Save old kid gloves for ironing day. Children under four delight in Sew a piece from the left glove on to • climbing, and if -possible provision the palm of the right one, and you should be made for that, A wooden ; will find your hand is saved -from be - box can be set a little down ,in the coming blistered, while the lingers ground, so that it will not tip over,: and back of the hand will be protected and the edges padded with a bit of • an from the scorchini; heat which is so old comforter, so that the inevitable damaging to the skim—Mrs. 3. J. O'C, bumps are not too sev ' re. The small- ing which the fortune of a millionaire est children, even the baby who can - could give the little folks no more not walk, will rejoice endlessly in happiness. pulling himself up over the edge and A piece of planed board can be nail- clambering. down into the box, there - ed upon four stout sticks driven into by exercising every muscle of his three of patriotism that has come out the ground and' another on higher body. of the Great War: sticks put before it, and the little Little children cannot co-ordinate • i Viva la France; folks will have a bench and tabletheir muscles quickly enough to play! which cost but a few cents, and are as' ball with Much pleasure, but if a large.: Franceline rose in the dawning grey, serviceable as the pretty painted ones soft ball is suspended by a long cord, and ha}} heart would dance though which tentimes as much. Potters' they can swing it back and forth to ; elle knelt to pray, cls cost For her man Michel had holiday, clay can be bought fora few cents a each other with ever-increasing skill, Fighting for trance, pound and for a variation from the; and they should have a rubber ball to; sand pile plays, young children will, roll to and fro on the ground. If a: She offered her prayer by the cradle gladly turn to clay modeling. If the two-by-four board is laid on the side, clay is kept where it can be obtained ground the little folks will find mach' And with baby palms folded in hers easily, it is possible that one or more fun in trying to walk along it, and thus lshe cried: • of the children may show some stir- acquire a considerable addition to! "If i have but one prayer, clear cruet - rings of native ability and begin to their capacity for walking • straight i fled Christ—save France!" try to reproduce, the animal life of and managing their bodies. A pile of the country. If the mother has time hay or straw to jump into will saves "But if I have two, then, by Mary's and ability to supervise the play, so, the little gymnasts from bumps and' grace, much the better, but if she is so busy bruises. 9 Carry me safe to the meeting place. Let me look once again on my dear love's face. Save him fpr France!" She crooned to her boy, "Oh, how' glad he'll be, Little three -month-old, to set eyes on thee! A FRENCH PATRIOT. The following poem, "Viva la France," is one of the tenderest pie - that she can only call out from the Nothing in this 'baby yard need kitchen a suggestion to make some: cost a farmer's family more than a little cups and saucers, or a bird's; few cents, nor take but little time and nest and eggs, this will serve very almost no carpentering skill. And yet, well for a beginning. the suggestions madd cover a very If four strips of wood arc nailed in complete outfit for the outdoor exer- the form of a square at one end of the cises of children under five or six. little tt6'le and a pan half full of, Any mother who makes this provision. For, 'Rather than water is set securely down into the for play may be sure not only that square so that it will tot tip overe her own little children will pass another great resource is added to the numberless happy hours, but that play yard. Wilk an apron of oilcloth,' they will never lack for playmates, a spoon and an old tin cup, it is an because their play yard will be sought abnormal child who is not happy and, out by all the little folks :!n the neigh - harmlessly busy for a long time each borhood. day. Any ordinary child a few years' - • Beets Served In New Ways. Beets in Jell;—Boil, peel and chop several medium sized new beets. Let cool and mix with them one cup of cold chicken, pork or mutton, chopped fine. Pour over the mixture one pint of lemon jelly made from jelly powder that has been dissolved and is be- ginning to set. Mix well, pour in a of age loves to play with water in this way and learns steadiness of hand and! sureness of eye which go a long way toward insuring agreeable table man-! ners at an early aged As he grows Older a fleet of boats made cf bits of wood or walnut shells vary the fun.' An apron can be made in a few min-, utes out of a few cents' worth of ; -_a HA I AN'S LETTER By T. C. BRIDGES. mold and let it get firm. Slice and serve on a platter or on individual plates garnished with crisp Iettuce. Place a spoonful of salad dressing on I each portion. Beet Green Salad—Cook in salted water until tender, one-half peck of tender beet leaves with the tiny beets i attached. Drain and cool. Peel the I. I Cartwright wasted no time in carry-, beets and chop the leaves. Mix the Warder Cartwright stopped op-' ing out his threat. At nine that morn leaves with three chopped, hard-boiled posite Cell 77. The broom sticking out I ing Harrigan found himself carpeted eggs and enough mayonnaise dressing under the bottom of the door was al in the governor's office. to moisten nicely: Pile in the centre sign that the occupant wished to! He stood shaking in his shoes while of a shallow salad bowl. Garnish with sp'hak to the warder -in -charge. 'Cartwright, boiling with righteous in- the tiny beets, small balls of cottage As he opened the door, a small,i dignation, preferred the charge cheese and shredded lettuce leaves. beady -eyed man with a queer little against him. Beet Greens Served Hot—Cook as face that reminded one instinctively Colonel Peyton's keen, blue eyes many beet tops as desired in salted of a marmoset, looked up from his; seemed to Harrigan to be boring holes water until tender. Drain and pile slate on which he was writing dili-, in him. He stood, shifting miserably on a platter in a mound. Dress with gently, and Cartwright was distinct- i from one foot to another, and made no melted butter, white pepper and juice ly surprised at the expression of die -i attempt to deny the accusation. of one lemon and serve hot. may which crossed the prisoner's {Have you been in the habit of Beet and Vegetable Salad—Cut two countenance. [ getting letters out of the prison un- cold boiled beets in small cubes. Slice censored?" demanded the Colonel four small, cold -boiled carrots and one "Well, Harrigan," he said, "what do icily. dozen small white onions. Mix and you want?" I "Sure, I've sent a few, sorr," ad- add one cup of cold boiled peas. Dress "It was Mister Conley I was want-, mitted Harrigan in a mumble. with mayonnaise and serve in a bed ing, sort," faltered Harrigan nerv-{ "To whom have you been w iting?" of shredded lettuce leaves. ously. I "I—I can't say, sorr," was the Baked Beets—Clean the required "Mr. Conley has gone to Parkhurst. Surely you knew that, Harrigan?" Ii►ar•rigan's look of dismay deep- ened. "Indade, I didn't know at all, sorr. Ile never tould me he was leaving Moorlands." "Well, he went in a hurry, and per- haps he hadn't time," replied Cart- wright, not unkindly. "But what is it you want, Harrigan? What was your broom out for? Is it the doctor you want to see?" "No, sorr. I wasn't wanting the doctor. 'Twas Ntr, Conley I was Wanting." "As i tell you, he is gone," explain- ed Cartwright , patiently. "Can I do anything for ; -hu?" FRrrigan looked at the warder. "Faith, ye could, soar; but it's afraid I'd be to ask you." Cartwright was a decent sort, and Harrigan bad a good reputation in the prison as a man who did his job and gave no trouble, "No need to be afraid," said Cart- wright. "I shall be glad to help you burst out. "Annything but that! in any way I can." Don't be kaping me in here afther in squares as garnish for meats, fish, two tons to sixty tons. When it was Harrigan paused. Again he stared July. Order me a bashing, sorr, and salads, etc. built it was 'about 480 ft. high, and the doubtfully at the other. I'lI take it widout a cry; but don't be sides were each 775 ft. long. Passages "Would ye post a letter for me, afther kaping me three months How We Do Pt. led to the centre of the pyramid. sorr?" he asked at last. longer." A teaspoon of vinegar added to each .,--- "Post a 'etter for you!" Cart- The misery in the little man's voice gallon of water in the boiler in which' A Simple Cure. wright's voice was suddenly sharp, made Cartwright absolutely wince, white clothes are scalded will whiten "What do you mean, Harrigan?" while even hard old Colonel Peyton them.—Mrs. L. M. T. I The little country inn was pia - Harrigan was all a -twitter with, was touched. If tablecloths, napkins and handk;,er-tnresque, but leaky. Late one night nervousness. "I warned you, Harrigan," he said chiefs are folded a little beyond the, a guest rang his bell urgently, and the "Just that, sorr. 'Tis a letter I gruffly. "Even now, if you tell me to middle when ironing, they will last] landlord answered, a , want posted that I'd not like the whom these smuggled letters were ad- much longer, as it is on the edges of "I say, look here!" snorted the in - governor to see." dressed, I will let you off with loss folds where they first wear, and by dignant traveler, who was still in bed. "What! Do you mean to say you of stage;" folding not on the middle line, with "That roof's letting in the rain, and have been getting letters smuggled Harrigan twisted his fingers to- each ironing they get a new crease. I'm drenched:' out of the prison? Don't you know gether in a sort of agony. His face —Mrs. R. G. "Very good, sir!" remarked the that's an offence against the rules?" worked in the most extraordinary To bleach your 'handkerchiefs a landlord amiably,. as he retired. A "Sure, I know that well enough," fashion. pure white, after washing, let them few minutes later he came with a Harrigan answered in a shaky, fright- "I can't be telling ye that, sorr," he soak over night in water in which a large washtub. r ened tone. "But, indade, there's no moaned. "I can't be telling ye that!" bit of cream of tartar has been dl's -•This will make things right, sir, 'harm in what I'm writing at all. The governor lost patience. solved.—M. A.. P. answer. number of beets, place them in a pan "You will make your offense worse containing one-half inch of boiling by refusing to tell me," warned the water, and bake until tender. Just Colonel. "I should advise you to own before removing from the oven Iay a up fully and freer." slice of broiled bacon and a spoonful But this was just what Harrigan re- of shredded green pepper over the top fused to do. The Colonel warned, of each beet. Salt and pepper to taste, even threatened; but the little Irish- dress with a little butter and serve man was stubborn as a mule. There hot - was no getting a word out of him,, Beet Cups—Peel six boiled beets and scoop out the centre to form cups. Chop the part removed with one cup of white fish—cold boiled or baked— and six or eight stuffed olives. Add two tablespoonfuls of thick cream, one tablespoonful of prepared French mustard, salt and pepper to taste and and lose stage and three months' re- juice of one lemon. Mix and fill cups. mission. That means that instead of Grate the yolks of two hard-boiled being released next July, as would eggs over the top and lay rings of ordinarily have been the case, you 'will the white of eggs and a sprig of serve till October." parsley on the plate with each salad Harrigan's queer little face went cup• ashy. An expression of the most Beet Jelly—Pour one pint of boiling piteous dismay showed in his small beet juice over the contents of one eyes, package of lemon flavored jelly powd- "Anny-thing but that, sorr!" he er; add two -tablespoonfuls of sugar. Pour into mold and let harden. Serve and even the stern governor had at last to acknowledge that it was hope- less. "Very well," he said at last. "I have warned you that your refusal to speak will make your punishment the heav- ier. You will take three days' cells gold would I give,' wrote lie, 'A son to France.' " "Come, now, be good, little stray sauterelle, we're going by -by Michel, I'll not say where, wilt tell, Little pigeon of France! "Six days' leave and a year between! But what would -you have? In six days clean, Heaven was made," said Franceline, "Heaven and France." She came to the town of the nameless name, To the marching troops in the street she came, And she held high her boy like a taper flame Burning for France. Fresh from the trenches and grey with grime, Silent they march like a pantomime; 'But what need of music? My heart beats time— Vive la France!" For But to thy papa for fear thou His regiment comes. Oh, then where is he? "There is dust in my eyes, for I can; not see— Is that my Michel to the right of thee, Soldier of France?" Then out of the - fell— "Yesterday—'twas a splinter of shell— And he whispered thy name, did thy poor Michel, Dying for France." The tread of the troops on the pave- ment throbbed • Like a woman's heart of its last joy robbed, As she lifted her boy to the flag, and sobbed: "Vive la France!" • The Great Pyramid. The greatest monument inthe world is the Great Pyramid of Egypt, which was built nearly 6,000 years ago, It was built by Cheops, King of Egypt, who, following the example of pre- vious kings, wished to have a mag- nificent tombstone, so that he would be remembered. He is remembered, but not at all as he would have wished, for it is certain that the thousands of men who were engaged in building it worked under the lash. The result is Cheops is always put down as a tyrant. According to Herodotus, the ancient Greek historian, 100,000 men were at work on it for twenty years. It covers an area of thirteen and a half acres, and contains 7,000,000 tons of mason- ry. It was built in layers—over 200 in number—and then the edges were filled In to make the sides smooth. The Atone used varied in weight from ranks a soldier he said, still amiably. "I'll just put "And it's not myself would be ask.. "Take him away, Cartwright!" he For ginghams and other colored tot- this on your chest; then, when its ing you to do it for nothing," he added said curtly. "Perhaps twenty-four tons dissolve and add to every pint full, ring the bell, o' shout out, an hastily. "It's not a dale I can give hours' quiet reflection may induce him of starch, a piece of alum the size of I'1] have another empty one ready!" ye, boat I can make it worth your to change his mind." while. This put the finish on it. Cartwright, who was young and zealous, was furious. "So you'd bribe m6 to `traffic,' Her- rigan? Upon my word, this is the limit! I shall report you at once," • He slammed out of the cell, leaving Harrigan in a state of collapse. The punishnieh-cells are below ground. They have double doors. There is no bed—only a mattress on the floor; no books. The walls are padded, and the implements of rub- ber. Harrigan, consigned to one of these, lay face downwards on the mat- tress, and sobbed like a hurt child, (To be conclt.ed.) a hickory net to keep the colors • ... '•**• briOlt .-71i;rs. J', K. Alfalfa is the cheapest home grown have diecu;;erea that when iii, „,tile feed to produce milk. There are 212 have become hard and shl unke.e, they pounds of digestible protein in one may be restored to their gorier soft- ton and the average yield per season ness by soaking them a short time in is three tons per acre.' Alfalfa, by l gasoline.—M. A. P. adding nitrogen to the soil, gives as: Cedar oil rubbed e:, the side walls much as it takes. and under side c." shelves ie closetsis good for pree option of moths. Tur-Mitterd's Llninrant for seats everywhere, .Lttiont Educatioii Uo Cooldepuce Twelve outstanding addresses by the best known public men and werMen of Canada, the United States and England. RIIkI,bENgAr ION is being asked from every public orgenizatioil. in Canada. If any organized= is being overlooked let. us know. In addition ample provision is being made far individuals who will at- tend the conference in their own capacity. Address Any inquiries to The Convening Committee 505 ELECTRIC RAILWAY CHAMBERS. THE A I M 'JC,mendirecttalproblepubllems at -of tendon to the funds educational systems in Canada,. To consider educa- tion in its relation to Canadian oitizetiship. To undertake the es- ta.blishment of a per- manent bureau to wofidetiie anticountrassist the educational thought y. Writ i pe •S October 0-2 22 • IF ANIMALS COULD TALK. What Stories They Could Tell of Cen- tury-Old erntury.Old Events. If animals could talk, says Le Pele- Mele, Paris, they would be able to tell us first-hand of events that happened a hundred years or more ago. The Russian eagle, for instance, that hovered over the freezing, Lam- ishiug soldiers of Napoleon while they were retreating from Moscow in 1812, still may be living, for eagles frequently pass the century mark. Crocodiles which were in the swamps of the West Ilidies when the first explorer set foot on the islands, are basking there yet, and in the ocean still are whales that frequented the coast of France when Joan of Arc was a child, and when, in 1415, Henry V. of England, landed in Normandy with a great army and seized Hon- fleur. These whales, if they could talk and cared to, could tell us that in those days there were large whale fisheries along the Basque coast, in fact pretty generally in the Gulf of Gascony. For whales live several cen- turies, while elephants rarely pass one hundred years; but carp and crows sometimes live two centuries. Speaking of birds.. we may recall that parrots and swans often be- come centenarians, and it is not un- usual for a long -beaked heron to reach 60. Geese and pelicans live half a century; the humble sparrow frequent- ly sees 40, while pigeons, canaries, storks and peacocks often reach 30)• Partridge, pheasants, nightingales and larks live nominally front 15 to 18 years. WORLD'S SMALLEST RAILWAY. Miniature Line in North-Western Ca- nada Is Profitable Enterprise. The Grand island Railway, which stretches from end to end of an island in the Athabasca river, is probably the smallest in the world. The en- tire length of the track is, a quarter of a mile, and the rolling stock cam - prises two well-worn lorries. Merchandise is taken to the !eland in boats' or scows, transferred to the railroad and shipped again by water at the other end. Customers load the cars themselves and propel them by hand power across the island. The owner says his enterprise returns 'thousands of dollars a year, and he claims that his is not only the small- est, but the most profitable railroad in the world. Minaret's Liniment Cures Dandruff. A wooden spoon is best for cake because the round handle does not tire the hands. e tmrt Ail grades. Write for prices. TORONTO SALT WORKS {L J. CLIFF • - TORONTO "The right PAINT to PAiNT right" MEANS: Less frequent painting-4AMSA 'S Paint 17 can be applied by anybody' For SaErm by AV eaters We will make them like new again. Our charges are reasonable and we pay ex- press or postal charges one way. A post card will bring our booklet of household suggestions that save money. Write for it. PARKER'S DYE WORKS, Limited Cleaners and Dyers 791 Yonge St. - Toronto I• b,,"T T fmn.,a'•N'...i i'h:ix:- Save on meat bills by serving "Clark's" Pork and Beans. More strengthening than most meats., ---•— less, __._ enjoyd by all. Save work, fuel er. worry. Purlitiy guaranteed by the Govern=: - „ • I menr Legend on every can. i ?Ir Tomato, Chili or Plain Since. sold Everywlzete.Y �.- i W, CLARK, tlmtiad, WIRELESS 'ONE IN TEES OF PEACE THE MOVEMENTS OF ZEPPELINS, F' f_LO WED. *ERE EA si LY U Success of $yetem Proved Under War .Conditions Holds Great Promise For Future. IA The utility of the wireless telephone and of the system of direction' finding by wireless instruments (recently de' mimstruteti at the Marconi works at Ch .lmsford, England, has been pro�edd,,,_.1 to ha very groat in war. It is' hop©o and confidently anticipated that their uses in peace will be equally great. Therefore the widest publicity for their systems is desired by the Main coni Company, who have been unable to speak publicly during the period of hostilities concerning the progress of their investigations. Re is now com- mon knowledge that by means of stations, placed in convenient parts of the French and British coasts, the movements of Zeppelins were follow- ed without difficulty, A Zeppelin cross- ing to England during the night would speak to a German station by wire- less, perhaps asking for its position. As soon as the wireless came into operation all the British shore stations could get the bearing of the hostile craft with respect to their own in- strument; these bearings were im- mediately passed on to the Admiralty, where the bearings were plotted on a map, and in an incredibly short space of time the position of the Zeppelin was accurately located. By that means also his course and probable intone tions could be estimated. Loceted Enemy Submarines. Nor was this the sole use of wire- less direction finding in this area. A submarine coming from its lair on the Belgian and German coasts could be located by the same means, and given a sufficient number of "positions," and the open passages through the Ger- man mine fields could be found—for where the Hun submarine was there the mines were not. For artillery work in the field the portable variety of wireless telephone was extremely useful, even ontelee western front, while in open war ar where vast distances have to be cover- ed, as in the Near East and on the northwest frontier of India, its poten- tialities satisfy the most exacting of military requirements. The smallest guaranteed range of the telephone station over normal fiat country is sixty miles, but it is capable of carry- ing much greater distances in Lava able circumstances. It can be trans- ported rans ported either on four pack -horses or on a vehicle, and requires at most six men to work it. Steel masts thirty feet long are carried, supporting a single horizontal aerial, while the transmitting and receiving apparatus can be permanently set up inside the vehicle. The generating set consists of a two -cylinder petrol engine driv- ing a high frequency half -kilowatt alternator. Now that the inventions of war' time are being utilized to further peaceful ends, a long vista of useful purposes to which wireless telephonic and direction finding instruments cane be put is opened up. Already ex- perts have said that directional wire- less is the key to successful commer- cial flying through its capacity for overcoming obstacles to navigation provided by unfavorable weather. - Useful in Sparsely Settled Countries. In the same way shipping will re- ceive external assistance in finding the whereabouts when necessary, and in. the wireless telephone will find a cheaper method of communication with the shore and with passing ves- sels than the permanent maintenance on board of a skilled wireless opera- tor. Again, for work in countries of long distances and vast areas thinly populated, as for instance China, South America, and Africa, the Mar- coni Company anticipates a great de- mand will be made on their resources, as the possibilities of wireless tele- phony are more fully realized. At their works at Chelmsford be- tween 600 and 700 workpeople arei"rtin• ployed on the making of instruments. Many of the larger parts are procured from other firms, as• in the case of ere gines, but in the series of workshops it is possible to see transmitting and receiving sets in the process of manu- facture from start to' finish. In one shop --the carpenters' --the heavy solid cases in which the delicate lustre - meats are afterward to be fixed are put together. In another, screws of various types are made.-- Tn. still an- other, the parts are classified and stored, to be issued out later and as- sembled as a complete instrument, either by one skilled man, or by sever- al girls who have been trained under the supervision of foremen to do each a special part of the wort.. Finally the instruments are fixed Into their cabinets, either for use in aircraft, or on ships, or in the field. All the time the shops aro being kept free from dust by a series of vacuum cleaners which are in constant operation. • A Tasty Occupation. Ma, what is dad's business? Why, son, he is a tea sampler; he samples the different kinds of tea, Ma! Yes, my son, • Do you know what I want to be when I row up? No, What, my boy? A pie sereeler. •