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The Exeter Times, 1920-7-1, Page 2Yom! 4.11Ro t Misunderstood Parents. ever her enrpk v r or anyone else in We.hear a great devil about Huls- authority found fault with her work. understood children. She dissipated her health in attend- • Itis• suiprieiuts how often one hears ing; bate dinners and dames that rob - the plain, "I cannot understand m3' bed her of needed rest and sleep. child:' She di41 not thunk it worth while to ••r't'e are often compelled to speculate learn any trade or any specialty, such if these little folk they write about as bookiceep'ug, stenography, or type - aren't •finding it quite as difficult to; writlog, because :he'only went inti' underetand these mysterious grown business" as a temporary Makeshift ups known as father and mother. We while waiting for marriage, wonder if the real problem .isn't just! She had false pride and felt se as ni?tclr misuniderstoodparents as huntil:ated that she had to earn her misunderstood children, • i living that she never wanted even her Commands are so often unintellig intimate friends to know about it. Me -to puzzling little minds. It is sol She took an earlier car than neces- nruch easier to say "don't do this" than; sary every morning, going to her place to telt why it shouldn't be done. 1 of business, so as to avoid meeting or Childish joys are so easily turned being seen by anyone who knew her. into ehiltilsh sorrows—very recd nor- She was vain and frivolous and rows too—.childish hopes, childish as-' thought only of the line clothes the pirations are to eaelly thwarted when money in her pay envelope would buy. father and mother don't take time She was a gloom scatterer. to be understood. She was jealous of her office asso- Very good reasons for denying res crates reed begrudged others their just quests may seem to the child merely due. parental whims unless the reasons are She was a silly flirt. explained. She was not strictly honest, or loyal From our observation the most to her employer. sueceesful parents are those who can She was not self-confident. best recall their own childhood. She was stingy with her sort°Coesban she was What a golden opportunity for every and unwilling to do more t _ir n incl mother and father to live their own paid for. sed. childhood over again with their chit- She lacked the educatio pre • dren. paration necessary to a high stmcce•ss To be trusted playmates of their She thought that business should children—to be really welcomed into not interfere with her social pleasures their games—to hear their secrets—' She viited over the telephone at ever to share their jc s and sorrows— oppertun:ty, and wasted her employ these certainly are among the greatest er's time in this -and other ways. rewards that tome to parenthood. ----- Once this relatir>nehip is established Two Culinary Horrors. the misunderstood child becomes There are two culinary horrors— easily understood. Childish impulses, hard, dry, horny scrambled eggs and childish words and deeds are easily watery, mushy scrambled eggs. This accounted for, seems a great pity, as there is ne bet - Little boys and girls cannot be ex- ter or more easily prepared dish for pectedl to view life through the eyes the home supper than a light, feathery of grown-ups. But fathers and moth- mass of golden eggs cooked to just ern have been little boys and little the right degree of perfection in this girls and it sho:;lel be possible for them waY• to again think it the terms of child- Then, too, this dish may be rendered hood. - a very economical one as well, for the Study, the character o your child ,,number of eggs may be •reduced and but study it frame a sympathetic view -i bits of minced leftovers added jutt as point, the eggs begin to slightly thicken in Before you say, "I cannot under-. the pan. Asparagus tips, cooked peas, stand nay child,"—ask yourself the } bits of chopped cooked celery or car- quest'on, "Have 1 given my child a! rot, chopped cooked spinach, minced chance to know me?" I cooked sausage, ham, "beam, meat and I poultry are all specially good additions Why This Business Girl Failed. and may frequently be the means of She was not rareful or painstaking i using up leftovers too small to use and her work showed it. i in any other way. She had an untidy appearance that When the eggs are to be served repelled others. • alone, beat them thoroughly, allowing Her heart was not in her work.1 one for each person to be served. Add She, was lazy and indifferent, la tablespoonful of milk for each egg. She only took a position as a tem- Salt, parsley and paprika may be add- porary expedient for getting a living ed to suit the individual taste. until some man should come along, who But even if tactfully seasoned the wou::i be willing to marry and sup- eggs can be ruined in the cooking. port her. ! Let a tablespoon of bacon dripping She always expected extra favors, melt in the frying pan and when it special considerations on account of sizzles pour in the egg mixture. Let; her sex. the degree of heat beneath the pan; She thought it was beneath her to! be moderate, for if too hot the eggs; dress like a business girl, and wore will brown on the edges and the rest'_d. clothes better suited. for afternoon will turn to "curds and whey." teas and party occasions than for an Now the usual procedure is to taker office. a kitchen spoon in a tightly clenched: She was so sensitive to criticism fist and stir with might and main to: that she would fly all to pieces when- produce the scrambled effect. Don'ts de it! Ilse instead you, meat gentle' skiff -fa and sk touch. Lift the Booked `'` piecesthe un � part in large and let -, . ,,...�,......63' ° m°� ^r es cooked part run to the bottom of the: pan. Continue this shifting and lift -j ing until the whole is a light, creamy mass and serve immediately. The same rule of one tablespoon- ful of liquid to each egg holds good when different liquids are combined with the. eggs, and tomato sauce, catsup, stock and gravies are all good.; Chicken giblet gravy is delicious with; - a small quantity of chopped chicken, I catsup with ham or sausage and a . piquant brown or highly seasoned! cream sauce with the cooked vege-! tables. { Three eggs with half a cupful of Ieftovers will serve four persons gen-1 i erously and it is recommended that; the "scramble" be served on buttered; toast slices, thereby improving not; only the appearance of the dish, but! securing a convenient service of the' principal course as well as the bread course of the meal. 'ttH,I''CO1rOnfiafs-mow iCW1t'8 i4i S,RW E WIN alp iEOpr JUST IN TiME The (liri ithc hie Neglige By HELEN DEAN WHITE. PART II. • The conversation seemed to be as miming a rather personal trend, and ' he hastened to take advantage of it. Y Almost before either of them realized - it, they found themselves exchanging confidences as to their views and opinions; and she met his with a sym- pathy and understanding that he had never found before—or since— in any woman. The situation was 'so piquant, so thoroughly delightful to both of them that they wanted to prolong it, and they both felt a shock of surprise that the time had passed so swiftly, when the 'girl, with a sudden start, called attention to the fact that the moon had almost sunk and in a very few minutes they would be in entire darkness. "We must have talked two hours," she said guiltily. She gave a musical little giggle. "Talked to a burglar In the dead of the night two whole hours, attired in a blue negligee!" "Does its being blue make the mat- ter any worse?" he inquired flippant- ly. • "It's really not a joking matter, i after all," said she, sobering a little. !{ "It's almost pitch dark in here now, i and you honestly must go right away." I He moved a little nearer. "And not see your face?" he asked in a low voice. "Can't 1 light the gas just once—just for a minute?" "No, no! Please!" She caught his hand as it went to his pocket for a match. . "Why not?" he begged. "Just one little glance! I know you're pretty as a picture. And this talk with you has been so wonderful—it's meant so much to nee" His voice sank to a tone that many a woman before the blue negligee girl had found danger- ously seductive. "Can you 'blame me for wanting to see you? For wanting to carry the memory of your sweet face with me?" • • . R'fo!'i said the girl in an agitated voice. "I don't mean 'no' to the last. question, but to your request. I don't want you to see my face any more clearly than you have or to know my name or—or—anything! And I don't want to know anything about you, either. This has been wonderful to me, too. I've always had such a hum- drum, . ordinary kind o£' life; and I want this to seem always a mysteri- ous, exciting, wonderful adventure. It will spoil it if I know your name and exactly how you look. Our futures can have nothing in common. You're romance—and mystery for me, and I want you to stay that way." Stirred by the excitement in her; low tones, the perfume from her hair and her silken negligee, and, most of all, the unusual situation, he felt his: pulses throb. Her speech, too, ap-1 pealed strongly to his own sense of ronmanceand advIn.ture. He drew I nearer and laid his hand over -hers. "I must go then?" he murmured plaintively, "without—" But he did not say what it was he must go with- i out. He had been drawing her slowly' toward hien as he spoke ancl, finding! that she did' not resist, he ended his sentence with a kiss. "This is good-bye," she whispered;` and she put her arms around his neck suddenly and gave him back his kiss. So had ended the most romantic of his adventures—the one which gave him, in his later years, a sort of chuckling pleasure as he remembered pit; and above all his other escapades, the one which Marjory ---so charming, so lovable, co limited and conventional -must never know., The blue negligee girl had been only a pleasing memory for more than thirty years, when a crushing disaster came upon him which, for the time I A perfect zhav e 9.!`'.'t r s • A Gatc trop Razor ser- vice. Stropping and cleaning without taking anything apart, without even removing the blade from the frame is an exclusive AutoStrop feature. And the quality of 'the shave is the kind you are craving for! Your dealer will demon- strate the AutoStrop Razor to you. 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For his teeth seem for laughing round an apple, There lurk no claws behind his fingers supple; And God will grow no talons at his heels, Nor antlers through the thickness of his curls. - -Wilfred Owen, M,C., An English soldier who was killed in action Novetnbor,, 4,-1018, at the age tax . twenty-five. - being, shattered all his plans and fox. all;time crippled his life's happiness. Marjory was killed in an automobile accident. The blow was so sudden and his loneliness and grief sa complete that it was weeks before the bereaved husband gathered strength to go through her papers. It was a task at once sweet and sad.. He found all the let .rs he had written do her before their marriage, tied with the tradi- tional blue ribbori,'in a drawer of her 'desk which was dedicated to her special treasures. He remembered that she used to say laughingly that her desk was the one thing in the house that was really hers. She never allowed any one to use it. Near the letters he found a little cedar box about which he had sometimes teased her—she had kept its secrecy deter- minedly inviolate; end he now opened it tenderly, feeling sure it contained various little trinkets of their court- ship and their children's babyhood. She had been such a perfect wife and mother! That he would find any relies of a past to which he did not belong never occurred to him. She had told hint before they were married that she had never had any other sweetheart or even fancied herself in love with any other man. Thus, with no forebodings, he lifted the lid of the little box she had treasured so carefully, and smiled with a sad satisfaction as he saw a tiny baby shoe and 'a little white baby cap: He took th-ern out tenderly and 1 the tears sprang to Itis eyes when he found underneath then/ a little kodak picture of himself and a pressed flower—also a memento of him. Other hings he found, all -marking some , phase of their married life or of the development of their children, and all, to him, deeply touching. At the very 'bottom of the box he discovered a small rag•of silk and two slips of paper. On one was the date of that long ago night when he had told her that he loved her and had won her confession of love in return; and underneath this date was written: "Love came to me to -night." He lifted the paper to his lips and looked at the other slip. The date on this one was August 5, 1880; beneath, in his wife's delicate hand, he read: "The most wonderful night of my life." August 5, 1880!—a fuII year before she had even known him! His first sensation of shocked in- credulity was succeeded by a throb of jealousy. Why had Marjory never told him of "the most wonderful night of her life"? Who had helped to make it so memorable? The record had stayed unchanged even after the sec- ond slip was written'= -•even after he 1 had told her that he loved her. What r ; did it mean? Did Marjory, too, have •a past of which he knew nothing? Inti -1 possible! Dazed and unbelieving, he -mechan:tally Rieke d up the bit of blue `rink in one corner of the box; .and then, with heart beating to suffoca- tion and every nerve in his body throb- bing madly, he remembered what had happened on August 5, 1880. For he saw that the sick ivas a faded blue and he read, on a scrap of paper pinned to one corner, "Aug. 5, 1880. A piece of the bine negligee I wore that night." (The End.) • Nellie Was Practioal. It was NelIIe's first visit to the museum, and she was• acoompani.ed by her mother. Room after room they passed through, till at length they stood before a knight in alibiing ar- mor. "And this, Nellie," said the fond mother, "is a suit of armor which used to be worn by the knights of old. What do you think of it, dear?" For a. few seconds Nellie regarded it thoughtfully. Then she shook her head. - "P'r'ops it was all right," she said, doubtfully. "But don't you think, mother, it Haunt have scratched the furniture awfully?l' - Practical Cilrl. "They say that stolen. hi:sees are the sweetest," he said, ea they mat en the piazza, looking at the moon, Indeed?" she said. "Yes. What do you think about it?" "Oh, 1 have no opinifori at all, hut It seems to me If I were a young man X wouldn't be long in doubt wbetbee they were or not." - t:cop Minard's Llnlarient Irl the house. ' the Diamond How 'big Is a one -carat diamond? l Perhaps the . best way to answer that ciuection is to say that a pound of diamonds represents exactly 2j270 carats. A cubical box two and one-half inch- es be diemeter .will bold just that ciu.antity of diamonds. Nino pounds of diamonds will fill a quart measliro, Diamonds wore never really 'found in quantity until the South African deposits were opened •up, at Ktmber-. ley. Nearly all of the world's supply' now comes from thet source: It costs $9 a carat to produce the stones, for. which you must pay $200 to $400 a carat, because the output is controlled by a single British company, the'"I3ar, Hato crowd," of hitch Solomon Joel Is the head. The South African diamonds are found in volcanic "pipes"—that is to say, in conduits through which long ago molten metal flowed out from the bowels of the earth, This material contained considerable carbon, which was crystallized out by the enormous heat, forming diamonds. The South African diamond diggers, in .order to obtain less than a pint of diamonds, are obliged to handle enough material to fill 12,000 of the. largest coal cars, or twenty-four train- loads. To get one pound of diamonds (2,270 carats) a washing plant at ItimberIoy must treat 14,500,000 pounds of rock. The deepest diamond mine at Kimber- ley has attained a depth of more than half a mile, and there is no sign of ex- haustion of its wealth in precious stones. - We have a lot of'i e 1 1V-lilitary `yenta, Government standard, with pegs and poles. 'Price, $30. Order Now THE D. PIKE CO. Sp!seting Gods Rouse 123 Klee' St, East, - Toronto Tal! Ties. . "Reveal!" eveasl!" . - said the American, "Cues , 'you can't talk to me about horses, 1 had an old Mare, Maizypop, who once licked. our best express by a couple' of miles an a thirty -Huila run." "That's nothing," said the Canaellani. "1: was out on niy farm, one day, about fifty miles from the house, when a frightful storm came up. I turned the pony's head for home, and, .dol you know, he raced the ,storm so close. for the last ten miles that I did;'t;feel a drop, while my old dog, only ten yards behind., had to swim the whole dis- tance." 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In times of calm weather the waves which break upon the shore will not. average more than two or three feet in height, and if the sea is very smooth they may not be more than from six inches to a foot high. When tb.e waves are running three feet there will be considerable aurf, and bathing ' is most enjoyable when the waves are about two feet high. The roughness of the ,sea, so far as ships are concerned, depends not so much. upon the height of the waves as upon the distance between, wave crests. If the waves are very•long it does not much matter what their height, as the ship will move up and down Iong, easy grades; but if the waves are short the ship will plunge" and pitch. Waves are rarely less' than a. hundred feet front crest to crest, unless the sea in extraordinarily chop- py, and may be any distance up to a half mile, when great swells are run- ning after a heavy storm. An Expert. - Hew he ever happened to do it, heaven only knows, but Jones really brought home a small box of candy and gave it to his wife with a lordly and gracious air. Mrs. Jones managed to overcome her astonishment suffici- ently to thank him, but evidently Jones olid not regardherexpressions of appreciation as adequate to the oc- casion, for he observed: "I happened to be with Smith when he gave his wife a p,es xesterday. Now there's a womanztreaily show a man that she appreciates a thingf - Her express ions s of-`thainks were really charming." "Doubtless, but consider how ranch practice she has," Mrs. Jones re- sponded sweetly. Minard's Liniment used by Physicians. J. CLIFF - TORONTO Appear At Yoiur Best—Instantly If you receive a sudden caller ores. unexpected in- vitation you can feel con- fident of always 'appearing„ at your best. In but a'few moments It renders toyour,, skin a wonderfully pure. soft . complexion that is. beyond comparison. 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There are Fleet Foot colored shoes,for work, and white�oxles for real and pleasure: Ask your dealer to slow you some of the Fleet Foot Shoes for mere, wonien and children. Fleet Foot Shoes ore Dominion Rubber System Product. The Heart` Shoe Stores Seli Fleet Food • t 't s • GERMANS MUST VIEW MEMORIAL AT THE ALLIED CONFER.. - ONCE AT SPA. k. Belgian Patriot's KiUUing is Re- called by Beautiful Tri • Bute to Memory. When, the German delegates to the. Spa conference approach the Villa la - Fraineuse, where the Allied Supreine Council will hear the German explana- tioufor 'allure to obey the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, they will walk or ride through the Avenue A.me- dee Hesse, which the. Belgians have built to perpetuate the memory, of a heroic victim of German hatred, says, a Paris despatch, Along the tree -lined highs y tablets are placed which tell the story of M; Tiesse's patriotism anti of how during the early days of the war, he haunted: his beliefs before the German occu• pants of Liege, evading for more than a year their effects to catch bine. Also they tell of hes. numerous 'successful: espionage campaigns'. - M. Hesse placed con'flclenee in i'L cora mail spy, whom he "believed. to be an Belgian., in 1915. Whis enemy obtained proof of his, d.irectrn of an extensive campaign for the Allies. M. Hesse was arrested and faced a firing' squad, condemning the invasion of Belgium' as the shots rang out. in a Picturesque Spot. The selection of the villa, which overlooks a boantiful lake, maintains the allied diplomatic custom of seek- ing the most- charming sites for the peace deliberations regardless of cost. The villa is the property of M. Poltzer- graux, formerly Mayor of Spa, and is of the style of Louis XVI, with digni Bea salons and replete with marble Pillars and walls. The French delegation bas been as- signed to the Hotel Britannique, which for a time served tee the general head- quarters of the German army, and in' the dining hall of which the German Crown Prince declared with more- solemnity than sinceritythat his. august parent would n vel• renounce the Prussian throne. - 'With a queer twist of fate the Bel- gians were assigned the Villa Neu- boise, where the Kaiser; in, Oct bet,. 1912, nervously awaited news of. U' Ludendorff's last stand and where s: received the warning that the German forces were no lodger able to oppose Marshal Foch's steady advance. Villagers still recount tales of how se he Kaiser, when the Hindenburg line was captured and the news reached him that. the revolution fives growing n Germany, raved like a madnna1 .¢• through the villa's hails uutll issiA --- night, cursing his aids anal defying; hem to approach him with their "in- incere, cursed cousolaticn." Inquiries for Delegates. The Italian and the Japanese ciele- gates will be lodged at farms near the 1 Villa la Fraineuse, while the Americana ! delegation, If President Wilson de- ! aides to have the customary "el- server," will be lodged In one of the luxurious' hotels with. which the fa - i mous watering place abounds. The Belgian Government is making extenalve preparations for the enter- tainment of the delegates and news- - paper correspondents who will report from this out-of-the-way village what may be the most important of the Su- preme Counc'il's conferences. Even *the thermal establishments have been taken over for the visitors and aro be- ing furnished to-., accommodate the foreign newspaper correspondents, who will have the choice of either hot or cola showers at all hours of the day, according to the tenor of the.news de- velopmonts or the festivities of the previous night. Big Doors of St. Paul's. Tens of thousands of Londoners pas„ daily the biggest pair of one-piece doors on earth, and do not know it. The doors in question are "at. the west entrance to St. Paul's Cathedral, and the reason. why they are not, no- ticed mare than they are is that, ex- cept in the hot summer weather, they are nearly always closed. There may be larger doors, but not all in- .one piece Iike these. Each of the two leaves , is of solid oak, they -stand about thirty feet high, and their weight is enormous. They are, built without a nail, the various crosspieces and panels being held together by means of bronze bolts, with, bosses at each side. • The. doors are nearly as old as the cathe- dral itself, and have upon them the .,.,o, initials of the barpenter who made N them. Tho hinges are, of coarse, im- mensely maselste, the main pairs. at , top and bottom being deeply sunk into the solid Portland stone of - which the great structure is built, These 'doors are only opened on state occasions, such is, a visit by the King or the Lard Mayor, or—as has already been mentioned—to air the in- terior in.hot weather, and the opening and shutting of them Is anything but child's play. On one occasion when a gale from the west was blowing up Ludgate Hill it took a, squad of twenty sturdy ~policemen tb force the great leaves ba.ek Into place against the presaure of the wind. An opener to remove taper cap;, from milk bottles which "iso serveb a$ a handle to tat a . ri'a't'ra :las beets invented. -