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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1918-4-25, Page 2c..93g, Arthur Stanwood Pies : Copyright If"nghton eiteetin r:•„mean) I v 7 .octal sra meetlle tt with Thee. Termite ort to -Mien. CHAPTER I.l "Oh, ,just getting: together a lot of There was the usual Saturday six the fellows,' diving them a chance to o'clock crowd in Grady's saloon. But meet him and hear him talk. Say, inetead of being; ranged in a thirsty mother, it's great, ain't it? He'll be double row along the bar, they were eleeted to Congress, sure. And get - grouped at the farther end round a ting close to hill this way now—it's man whose hat, tilted on the bark of a fine start for nee I'll be doing some- his bend, exposed the edge of his thing in politics myself some time.” thick, smoothly brushed black hair. "Well, now, think of that!" exclaim - He was not, like the others, a wurk- ed Mrs. Donohue. Her face shone ingman• he carried no dinner pail; if again, eager'and youthful, as Jerry's you entered late, like young Jerry own; her dread of the saloon was for-' Donohue., and stood, like him, on the edge of the crowd, you could just get a glimpse of this gentleman's striped blue -and -red waistcoat. When Jerry came in the door, he was flourishing above his head a fair white hand on which gleamed a large seal ring. But Jerry arrived too late to get any idea of what the speech was all about. He heard only a sentence, meaningless without the context— with it very funny, for the crowd ex- ploded in laughter—exploded Idteraldy, shooting its units out along the bar. gotten. "Isn't it the fine chance for you; Jerry! A Congressman! I won -I der can 1 get the curtains all washed and the carpets beat and a tidy crocheted to hide the grease spat your head makes on the red plush chair.' And my beet black skirt needs time! ing." "What would you bother with a lot' of things like that for? This is just to be a rough men's party, =them! and you'll spend the evening with Mrs.' Priscoll or SIrs, O'Toole—and some time later he'll come ant and melte "A round of drinks on me, SIr, you a special visit; he declared he Grady," called the gentleman of the would, nothing could stop him from it, waistcoat. , upon his soul, he thought that well Jerry stepped forward, not to avail of your boy." himself of this opportunity, but to ask "Then I won't get to see him next Dave Scanlan who the gentleman was. Tuesday at all, at ail!" cried Sirs,: "John Maxwell, running for tion- Donohue, 1 ress," said Dave. "Don't you know "Ah, well, you might hang about' him by his pictures?" !the house till he comes and then Jerry himself had just come of age dodge out the back door—if you're and in another month would cast his that set on it." first vote. He drew nearer. l Jerry had a desire to talk over the' "That smells like a goad pipe tri-. exeiting prospect with some one else, berm" Maxwell addressed a sons- besides his mother; he had a desire ingman at the bar. "Let's have a to talk it over with the most excite' pull, will you?" ing person he knew, and that was Reaching out, he abstracted the Dave Scanlan's sister Nora, man's clay pipe from his mouth and Calling on Nora was not an unmix inserted it between his own lips. The ed pleasure; for it always meant call-, man grinned rather foolishly; Max- ing on the Scanlan family. Now, well pulled on the pipe, "Fine," he Michael Scanlon glowered at Jerry I Food Control COMOT If there is one phase of food eon - servation more than another that eeme.s within woman's inunediate sphere it is the question of waste. When .she is saving on the little things and straining every nerve to make the most of what site has, wholesale and indiscriminate waste of food -stuffs through hoarding or storing natural- ly incenses her greatly. It has been a sore point for some time past with many women that they have known of cases of waste on a large scale without being able to do anything to alleviate the situation. Even anionic themselves there has been a certain tendency to lay in large supplies of food -stuffs. For in- stance, when it was first intimated that flour and sugar would be scarce these co mudefcs were brought in large quantities and stored in the col- lar, its some eases to go to waste. It is now against the law either to hoard or to waste. The Canada Food Board has put into every woman's hand a weapon to fight against these war -time menaces. Hereafter it will he her privilege to report any case of waste or hoarding that comes within her knowledge, An Order -in -Council has been pass- ed which should be of the utmost sig- nificance to every woman in Canada and should lay on her shoulders a cer- tain sense of responsibility, for it puts her in the position of bringing within the grip of the law any firm, dealer or individual whom she knows to be hoarding or wasting food -stuffs. We are a nation of spenders rather than severe. Our prosperity is the !result of the natural /*lice of a new country rather than the outcome of thrifty living, It' is calculated that 00,0o0,0oo a year is a conservative estimate of the waste in food-stuffe that has gone on in Canada in recent years, Waste on the European Con- ytinent, in times of peace, has been a mere bagatelle as compared with the waste on this side of the. Atlantic, i True, four years of war have made a difference. Infinitely less food ihtds its way into the garbage cans to -day ithan in 1014. The persistent preach- ; ing of the gospel of thrift and the in- creasing gravity of the food situation i in'Europe have made the women of !Canada vigilant fur the email chaun- inels of waste that drain a country's resources, Nevertheless, there is wnste both on a large and small scale and there is hoarding to a certain extent. But both practices are now illegal and heneeforth any person guilty of &Oi- I er offense is liable to a heavy fine or imprisonment, iCEREAL ACREAGE IN BRITAIN. Three Million Acres ih Addition to Ante -War Figures Assured. The agricultural situation as re- gards cereal craps is very satisfac- tory throughout Great Britain, Three million acres added to the acreage which was cultivated before the war le practically assured. It is expeeted the extra acreage of potatoes will be only 000,000 inetead of 1000,000. Farmers have been asked to increase this. They have been discouraged to some extent ow- ing to the lateness of the Government announcement in regard to tatting over the surplus of last season's crop, ' That announcement has now been is- sued, and it fixes the price on and af- ter May 16 at $36 a ton. The action taken by the United States in withdrawing shipping from the Argentine for the purpose of send- ing more wheat to Europe is regarded in England with the greatest satis- faction, The Food Controller has ordered the registration of bakers. Flour dealers' returns giving details of their business will enable the Minister to ascertain the requirements in'every area. It is understood that this action is taken as a preliminary to the institution of a scheme for rationing bread flour in the near future, A Song of Victory. This is what the Prussian found When he marched on stolen ground: England's sword and Belgium's lance And the Rainiing spear of France— And to -day he grows aware Strong America is there. Kaiser, you shall matte retreat Till you stumble in defeat, For—with never sound of drum-- God rum—God Himself has also come, And He proves, when tyrants full, Master bowman of us all, Stephen Tracy Livingston. Flour sacks make good dish towels. said, "fine! I'd like to get some of over his newspaper and muttered a that." He returned the pipe to the greeting so faint that it perished int owner. "What's the name of it,. the thicket of his black whiskers; and' please?" ' Mrs. Scanlan, gaunt and shrewish,' "Red Boy." t, opened at once with a note of envy "I'll just put thatelow•n, so I won't and derision in her voice. I forget. Thanks ever so mach." He' "Weil, I hear you're in leek, Jerry, scribbled in a notebook. 1 what with a politician taking a shine When he glanced up, his eyes fell on' to you, and little enough you deserve Jerry; and Jerry, suddenly embar-it, for spending your hours in a bar-, rased beeause he had been staring, so room. I"s a good punishment to Dave' hard at the gentleman, turned away' thee it wasn't him that was picked on., and "A beer, pled ea e." he said. and ten -land nethe bar. ' Thought him is more it lfthan 1 van have =nsee" Grady waved it back. - I said Jerry. dered a coin in payment, "It was just a chance ;hut, I guess.", "I's on Mr. Maxwell," said the tear-, "I've no• reason to sul,pese it could keeper. 'have been anything else,' replied Mrs. "I'll pay for mine." .;aid Jerry. Seanlan; her indignation was causing In are.ther mamma - the teuedidate her to melt vigorously. had approached. " llow silly you are, both of you!" -Grady tells me yeti wouldi't come Nora looked from one to the other in on my imitation." with mischievous eyes. "He liked: "I didn't see. why you sin ,uld I'aub Ji ry'.e looks the hest. t, and that was all for my beer." Jerry was more reel there was to it. Going to invite me with eraharraesment then c•, r• e t:; the patty, Jerry?" Maxwell laughed. Shel.o hands, ' "I'll invite you to come anti peek in he said. -Can I have a few words through the window, That's what with emit where?" nu,he•r ie going to do, I'll watch a' In Grant' book roomea" chenee t i elip you serne ice cream." "Pretty much at ,tome here. eh?" • „'That s a nice kind of an invite - "I know any way round." tion.' Gredy's leatic name we.- un cull ed; erlI invite you to come eget and nevertheles , Maxwell talked in " coif-: have a soda with me." lident.ial undertone, ' That invitation ehe was willing to nerept. It was only by the employ- tia _tell rn n t the 1 ne eel h,.te% m nt ,of suelr artifices fleet Jerry was Te y s hand wernelo In tell view of r e . r aide to enjoy her society alone. ,..he amriter,wor k!a men, elm eeemed This evening he felt he vvas especially renate upon the incident over fortunate o often of late, when he ' had stopped in at the Scanlans', had toe , it, ' �1 d ,.ar , •1 in bio mite- be feund Charley Corcoran, of Cor - mobile, thecrowd slowly eeltvergedcoran'.e Drug Store, seated there. apon Jerry. i • So they walked down the street to - 'What'd he want? What'd he tell; gether, he a stalwart six-foot figure of you?" clamored Dave Scanlan. ; a young man, honest -eyed, clean -lip - "Ah, go on. ,Terry pushed his peri, straight and strong; she a slim, way through to the door. He Net est, yeung girl, with dark eyes that shot me to be his seereCy in Washington— merry glances and a voice that made and I turned him down,' I every syllable she uttered music in Jerry entered his house whistling; Jerry's ears, from the kitchen his mother'= voice Jerry escorted her to Bum}yt, Drug greeted him. . Store, not Corcoran's. "Ah, such a good supper us I have (To be continued.) for you to -night, ,Terry, and getting ,•-- cold this fifteen minutes, What IiEIGHTS OF HEROISM. makes you so late, ehild?" _ "Stopped in at Grady'.s for a drink," attained by British and French Sol - said .Terry; he strode. acro„ the room, Sol - seized the small woman, and kissed diers at Verdun and the Somme. her, James M, Beck, former Assistant She did not respond his kiss; the United States Attorney -General, de - with vivacity, last their blue sparkle, eyes that had welcomed hint ,bright Glared in an address in New York re - the lips that had been laughinl,, droop centdy that he was violating no pledge • ed; she sat down at the table humbly,in stating that the British caste:ace silently, a dumpy, dejeeted little per -I in the battle of the Somme 1419t. year son. numbered 000,000 and that the French "Alt, tut," said Jerry. "Don't be lost 240,000 men killed at Verdun, vexing yourself about me, mother. c'The liekl east of Albert, where' I'm all right. Try a biro of the. steak. they are battling now, le probably' IL's good—even if you did cook it.' "I wish you wouldn't go to Grady's,.the greatest graveyard in all the; Jerry." world," he continued, "and never be-! "Not for a glass of beer after the: fore in the history of warfare ha•; day's wort at the mill?" 'heroism reached such heights e.5 h) PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS OF CHILDREN An important fact that the mother oral salts and v'tamines present in must keep constantly in mind is that these foods are essential for making the growing child will require' certain bone and teeth structure and also for foods for 'making bone and tissue, furn,shing the life•giving elements to This must not be confounded with the the blood stream. Occasionally a requirements necessar,; for the re- piece of chicken or an egg may be gular upkeep of the body. This nee- used in place of meat for the sake of essary material may be found in milk, variety. This menu will answer very eggs, fish, cereals, chicken, meats and well for the average child from three legumes, to twelve years of age. A large por- When planning a breakfast for the tion will be necessary for the older child of from three to sir- years old ,childten. Supper may consist of fresh fruit should be placed on the omelet, potatoes au gratin, lettuce, menu. This should consist of the cold cereal with fruit sauce and milk juice of an orange or a baked apple, or cocoa. preferably. It is umvise0o give the Boiled fish, broiled chop or a slice small child berries, bananas, peaches of medium roast beef, mutton or lain]) and the like for breakfast, may replace the omelet. A well -cooked cereal conies next, Tomatoes, cucumbers, radishes, pork with plenty of good milk. Do tint give and fried foods have no place in the. the ehildren skimmed milk. They child's dietary, The English custom I have urgent need of the butter fat, of serving the children before the ad-, Children from seven to twelve years ults in a separate room has much to' old who attend school and indulge in commend it to the wise mother. By active play will require in addition to this method it is possible to give the; the mattierial needed to build up the child feed suitable to his require body, an additional amount of fuel ruents. material that will rebuild the tiestie To bring the baby or small child to',, that they have expended in their ac- the table and let him eat the foot] that fico play, is suitable only for adults is nothing' This explains why the healthy child short of criminal. will sometimes complain of feeling hungry: one and one-half hours after mealtime. He has consumed his fuel and nature calls for more. These children should have for breakfast fruit, cereal and good milk, soft-boil- ed egg or medium chop, bilked potato, toast and milk or cocoa. Do not give the children fried foods. When they are hungry between meals a dish of cold oatmeal and stewed fruit in the form of a pudding, or two slices of whole-wheat bread and jam, will satisfy them. Sufficient cereal may be prepared in the morning and set aside until. ee- quired. Mold in cups and when ready to serve simply unmold and cover with !stewed fruit and serve, Cereals in bulk will be found to cost les, than those in packages, 'Where time is 'the object these foods will be found to be an economy of time, fuel and strength, but to the woman who stays at home they will add to the cost , without giving any additional bene- : fits. Where time must he considered an important factor, the fireless coop- er will prepare cereal to -t turn. Oatmeal, barley, cornmeal, natural rice and hominy may be prepared over night in a fireless cnoker, tieing the proportion of one cupful yf the cereal to three and one-half cupfuls of boiling, water, This amount will furnish sufficient ,meal for a family V four. One cupful of oatmeal will weigh two and throe -quarters ouncee and cost approximately one and one- half cent:. Or half cupful of milk is the, usual allowance for adults; three-quarter.: to' one cupful fur chil- dren, with an additional ore -half cup- ful Inter. flue -quarter cupful of cream in place of the milk may be used, or a frult whip made of un; gl t:ter& of ,jelly 141111 the white of one egg. Whip into a stiff meringue, This him uiditional value of requiring no sugar, the necessary amount being present, in the ,jelly, Dinner for children should be in the middle ,f he day. Theehildren may be served with eream soup, toasted croutot.t, basked potato, small pieee of meat, spinach or :mashed earrots, let- tuce, junk4 ttuce,junk4 of plain gelatin and cocoa or milk. it is vitally necee ary that tlmi child ho tan;;hl ter ext abmclnla4 of green foods. A treeh vegetable and t s lad are e ley to obtain am! require little time to prepare, The abundant min-, "Yon might have it here at home.". thi❑ year of 101R "Oh, you don't be,rudge me the.. bit I e a; privileged to :pend four of a soclnl time with the hove. T t, v3 „it.h the British force.: nn the was grand lurk I dropped into C a t lv'' )41r eleeeetet eeee there Von v eecu e - tern front and I saw them in ac-; his picture 11 otei the pee.,e. hint teen. I have witneeeed the. French that's running ire C n rens. IIche u el lice,+, and I hat': }.,eel among the fine man; I e e11:ed will. Intra. Ire .t:elc- Beitieh and French people during their' ed Ire emil,l lie hold a perlur rally aer atest, hone: of t.iial, They de not. hero nett Tuesday night." boast, they da not promise, they do "A parlor r rilyl Wh"V5- thud ?'r not ery € re! whine, If it may he call-' col boa: ting, the F reneh people have; made but one declaration, They ehalt not paee'" More email towns in Norway ,ase electricity than in any other country, r water owing to the abundance of r a er power. Te, cultivate a email garden is not a task --it is a pleasure, and the de- velopment of the crop is a study that is in itself interesting. Many who this year will cultivate that little piece of ground around their homey will be surprised at -the amount of food which can be secured from a feet/ square feet of land, L F titKWH STOVE POi ASAI W111 fi ' '°':" Easy not �� to a h Burn .ani,'' :� ar ,•re�.I'�, Use :luny children who are irritable and; cross would be made smiling young -I eters by a carefully chosen diet served at proper hours. Remember that - -- coffee and tea are strictly taboo in the child's dietary, jakticslit .roteicvn. je'ramt.attoe team& R. G. Lena TORONTO CANADA �;°'e . v�,c,,^ern"J6%'•t5,'F��•SF.f%Lti'�;�^.i Vinegar will soften the bottle of dried glue. To prevent a lamp chimney from breaking, make it etronger by put- ting it on the fire in a vessel filled with cold water. 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Government engineering party build- ing the new railroads in Alaska;" brings back an interesting account, He says: "I met Captain Allen on the boat coming out. IIo owns the gas -schoon- er Elsueno, operating between Alas- kan ports and the Herschel Islands and from 800 to 1,000 miles away from the islands where the recently .discovered Indian tribe live. Captaiu Allen, a trader and trapper, knows much concerning the so-called blond Eskimos, for he has had dealings with them. These blonds are found on the north shore of Victoria Island, in the territory of Franklin, one of the most northerly points ever reached by white men, "With this strange tribe there is no trace of their origin to be found in their speech, as they use the same language, even to root words, as other Eskimos. They, cut their parkas swallow -tail fashion, the same as an- cient naval officers affected, and pre- sent a strange appearance, both men and women, as the fashion in dress re- moves a great deal of the parka's utility as a cold -weather protector. .t Strange Blond Race, "Captain Allen believes there are about two hundred of these blonds on the islands, He says they have brown hair and lack the pronounced cheek. hones. of Orientals. Some have blue eyes, Captain Allen told me, while if the men and women of this tribe were not subjected to the great discomforts of far -north weather, he says their akin would be much lighter in hue. "Some time ago a party of explor- ers lost their dogs while in the land of the blond Eskimos, and ordered the Indians to take the places of dogs in the sledge harness. This the Indians did, but when the white men struck them with whips, then the Eskimos rebelled and killed their drivers. Ar- rest followed, but the Canadian Gov- ernment subsequently released the blonds. "Captain Alien further informed me that in that far-off island he found two stone buildings, and when he tried to learn something concerning their builder he found that nothing in the Eskimos' lore went back flu• enough to touch them, It may be, suggests Captain Allen, that Henry Iiudeon and his crew, who were at one time marooned in the far north, built the stone houses." The hardships of the. arctic country are vividly pictured in the story Mr. MacDonald tells of three men who "broke camp" and tried to "seep a new environment." They found plenty of it, to judge from the following: To Limit of Endurance. These three men, residents of Mita. rad, decided they would leave that camp, where their' claims were "peter- ing" out, and seek a new environment. They travelled by foot, horseback, and boat, finally by raft before reaching their destination, Talkoetna, They left Iditarod in August and arrived in Talkeetna the latter part of October. The trip took them across mighty swamps and skirted the gigantic base of Mt, McKinley They started fully equipped, but ended their 'journey without impedimenta of any kind. These men walked through swamps covered with thick Alaskan moss that dragged out their very souls, Their shoes wore out and the hardy adven- turees proceeded barefoot. Wonderful game country was tra- versed, and eo few were the humans who ventured into that waste that ells, deer, moose, and other game scarcely took the trouble to wallc out of the way when the men advanced. One of the party weighed 260 pounds whon he started; when he reached the des- tination he weighed . a scant 100 pounds. Long before reaching the end of their journey the "grub" gave out anti the horses were almost in"; of course there was plenty of game, but subsistence on game alone was not without its trials, "Nature was double-crossing us," was the way one of the adventurers expressed the condition of his party, From exposure and other hard- ships the travellers began to grow stupid. Then came a time when the trio were too weals to "buck"' snow any more, so stopped to matte skiffs; That was October 1.2, and on that day they killed a lynx and ate it with relish, for by this time they were out of the good -game country, Then the mon grew deaf, which, afterward they know to be a symptom of starvation. , Finally they reached a river and took three days to build a small raft, that, had they been stronger,ta half day would have sufficed to build; but t o w , food had given but, so they were eonpelled to slay their faithful dog and eat him, On the raft, and too weals to navigate it, the men were lashed by 1116 etfrrent and lost everything)..- Oen to the hoarded deg -lanai food. ._9i, last, more dead than alive, the three men reached their destination, but it was a long time before they re- gained their strength.