HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1918-12-26, Page 3TI CULTURE OF STRANGE CUSTOMS
THE SILKWORM OF THE ORIENT
DESCRIBED BY A .TRAVELLER
IN JAPAN
Life of This Delicate Creature From
Time It Ceases to he an Egg
Until Making of Its Cocoon.
Few oeupations seem more delicate
and kindly than that of the silkworm
culture. In Japan at First Hand, Mr,
Joseph L C. Clarke gives an unusually
interesting picture of it as Been under
the guidance of a young girl in
gray kimono, who exhibited in a lov-
ing way the various stages of worm
life. First, says the author, the shoji,
or eliding door of a wooden shed, was
Pushed open, revealing a dusky inter-
ior, and a boy came carefully forts"ar"d
hearing a tray out of many seems
seen dimly on racks within, The tray
was about two feet by iota, covered
with. shreddedmulberry leaves and
showing the silver -white bodies of
hundreds of silkworms writhing lazily
among the bright green shreds of leaf.
All seemed one wriggling mass at
first, but the dainty fingers of 0 Suza
San pointed to differences. These par-
ticular worms, two inches long, she
said, were nearing their fourth sleep,
You must not approach too close to
"them; they are sensitive to human
breath. They sicken with a blast of
air. They die of bad odors.
"They take cold," she said.
"Do they sneeze?" 1 asked,
"No, they do not sneeze." Then she
gave me n sidelong glance, as if ask-
. inc whether I meant it.
I noticed that the worms had faint
but pretty marking of yellowish
brown. Ever more of them seemed to
be working up to the surface through
the mulberry leaves, and surely they
did eat voraciously, their little jaws
closing on the juicy scraps like little
pincers. Listening closely, I heard a
faint, low munching sound like a whis-
per of mastication.
"They eat like that all the time for
five days. 'They must be fed with
,fresh leaves ave oi' six times a day
and two times at night. Look, here is
one gone to sleep!"
The worn in question hacl raised its
head until it looked like a miniature
contour of the raven ships of the
Norsemen with their figureheads, and
so it remained.
"There is one that will be asleep ,
in a few minutes," she said.
It was not eating, but was swaying,
lifting and dropping its head.
"And then what?"
• "Then it will be transferred to make,
its cocoon."
It takes thirty-three days for a
worm, from the time it ceases to be
an egg, to reach the malting of its
cocoon, With every batch of worms ,
a certain few of the finest arc seise-;
ted for breeding, These are laid aside,
and the butterfly is permitted to eat
its way out of the completed cocoon -1
which it does after twenty-one days.:.
It is a handsome butterfly, but it
never flies. Without any feeding it is
placed in a little round box an inch
and a ball in diameter, one of many
that are laid hi rows on a sheet of
thick paper. In diose boxes the but-
terflies lay their hundreds of eggs—
little dots—in concentric circles.
"Then they die," said 0 Suza San
with real pity in her tone.
The eggs hatch, and the resulting
little thread-like worms are br'uslied
off with a fine hair brush, placed on
the tenderest buds of the mulberry
and ateenee begin to feed for four or
live da
until
'til i `
�9 e i.first sleep. They
sleep two days, and then repeat the
sequence, a second, third and fourth
time. They grow rapidly, and after
the fourth sleep they are :fed for a
week and are ready to spin.
Then they are placed on mats to
which bent dtraws are fastened. They
climb the straws to the highest point,
and there they begin giving forth
the silk in a fine golden stream that
as it hardens to a thread they wind
about them, He—or is it she?—has
had a grand time for a month, but
that is the end of him—or her, About
the time lie .feels ready to come out
the farmer places him in a lethal
chamber, where he is heated and over-
heated until he gives up his ghost.
But then the glory of his silkiness
begins, for 0 Suza San or sonic other
'line -fingered, clear-eyed daughter of
Japan w illtear off the outer skin of
the cocoon anti, finding an end of the
miraculous glistening thread, will
place it in a little filature machine
invented in Italy, and 'Unwind it all
upon a reel.
Penty of 'T,'resit Air 1s Goold Health
Insurance.
Do not close up the house the first
cold day. •
The best protection against colds
and influenza }s plenty of fresh aif•.
Open all the doors several times a
day and thoroughly air the whole
house,
Fresh air is more quickly heated
than stale, hence it •saves fuel as well
as bealbh to have good ventilation.
All winter leave at least one screen
in a window in each room. Cover it
with muslin—an old flour sack is ea-
celient for this purpose, In this
way fresh air is eeeured tvllhotit a
draft and dirt is kept out.
Sleep at night iWth the windows
open, Tho body roll?,arses the waste
of the day during the alarming hours
aeel fu sty o.1' ttcygafi ih its fust aid.
WAYS OF THE EAST STRANGU
TO OCCIDENTAL EYES
1'ersiaits Object to 'Type -Setting and
Employ Lithography for Pro •
-
duction of Books. •
Mohammedanism is as much a so.
tial system as a religion. The mosque
is no more like a church than it is
like a clubhouse. People do not con-
sidor it improper to eat or sleep in
it, to discuss secular matters, or to
read books or newspapers. It serves
as a refuge for .homeless stranger$
and as a meeting place for the folk of
the town.
Sometimes the mosque sees even
stranger sights. In this relation un
American tells of a curious incident,
On the last day of Ramadan, or
the period of fasting, a tumult arose
in the town where he was stopping.
It might have had a serious conse-
quence, though the cause of the dis-
turbance was absurdly trivial.
A mini who belonged to the heret-
ical ViRihabi sect was in the mosque
while some persons were visiting the
tomb of a prophet who is supposed f
to be buried there. These visitations
consist in standing in front of the
vault and reciting a long salutation.
By the Wahabis they are held to be
d olatrous.
A Strange Riot.
This man started to declaim against
the custom and attracted a consider-
able audience, one of whom, a Meccan
Arab, a learned man, put an end to
the sermon by hitting the preacher
on the head. The governor of the
city, who happened to be in the
mosque at the time, observed these
indecorous proceedings and ordered
the arrest of the Arab without
troubling to make inquiries.
Nothing further happened until eve-
ning, when a crowd began to gather
in front of the Government offices and
demanded that the prisoner be re-
leased. When the crowd began to
assemble the American was under the
impression that they had seen the
new moon, which marks the end of I of letuning devote years to its a0•
the fast and is aiwaYa an occnainn fol..' qua'omettt and Clear best days to mak-
rejoicing, ing artistic ooplv'; of classical worlcs.
IIe at oneo sallied forth ie nee what Although this art is to a certain ex -
might be going on, and :.o c;ul, 0,1xe.! tent dying out, owing to the cheap -
up with the crowd just ❑s the row ening' 0f lithugiitphy, a man may even
began. Tife crowd limb, open the door yet In Persia become as famous for
and 1'uslled luta the building, from the 1115 writing ae a poet is for his verse&
balcony of which it strong lunged A curious contrast is thus present -
meter addresseci t11em. ed by the Persians, who cling to writ -
The arrival of several companies of ton bouka, while elsewhere in the East
infantry put an end to his special; the there is a rapid spread of type printed
soldiers retunlc the building and drove bootee, printing, i•ookselling and jeer -
the intruders out. Ruenfnrcclnents itali:mt in the Orient in the last twenty
miming lip charged the crowd, The years or me leaving developed to a
people retaliated with :rtieks, stones comparatively high degree. Both
and anything else that came handy. Cairo and Constantinople possess ex-
Sevexal were injured, hut alone seri- cellcat printing presee;', which turn
on ly. out nuniberiesit brei.: and journals.
T11e troops threatened to fire, but Gambling in India.
fortunately fol' the crowd, olid not do
an odd form of gambling has de -
so. At midnight, the whole place 'be- ve1ope•l iu India, fro' which the New
ing in an uproer, the Governor gave S,or1c cotton market is indirectly re -
way and released the prisoner, who si,,nsihie. Five quotations from the
was carried hone in triumph and amid
Now York marc:et are mauled to India
amoral enthusiasm. The American ovcry day, and the natives conceived
this to be a direct invitation to them
to establish a simple hat none the
lege absorbing form of gambling.
The gambling consists in guessing'
''what the five figure" would amount
to and the persons most nearly ap-
proximating the right. amount wins,
So fascinating. did this game prove
that the authorities became greatly
worried over the indulgence of the
poorer class of natives in it. Efforts
had been rather roughly lmndlea dur-
ing the Pantile, in which he could not
avoid taking part.
Lithography in Persia.
Type printing is unpopular in Per-
sia. The straightness of the lines of-
fends the Persian's artistic :sense, and
he feels that in printed books the
character of the letters is entirely,
lost.
Persia is to -day largely dependent
upon lithography for its own produc- .have been made to leesen it, and it
tion of books, Naturally these are is believed that at last some success
very scarce. At the beginning of the hear been attained by those who are
nineteenth century a,press with mov- unwilling that the poorer people
able types was set up. in Tabriz, and should squander their scanty funds in
a certain number of books was print- this pastime.
ed. The effort met with no encourage-
ment, however, and had shortly to be
abandoned.
The same taste which makes a Per-
sian esteem so highly the great ralli-
graphists makes him deplore the ab-
sence of character in a type printed
book. What delights him most in this
relation is a well written manuscript,
and lie takes the same delight in the
copyist's work that we take in the
touch of an old master. Failing this,
he contents himself -with a lithograph,
which is usually a facsimile of the
writing of some fairly good scribe,
and has, at any rate, a human element
in it.
-It is hard for us to credit the vast
dement of attention that is paid to
calligraphy in the East, where men
f
ti
Over 10090009000 People
in Europe Face Starvation
Reliable Experimental Station tests show that
Fertilizers have increased yields of grain, potatoes,
etc., 25% to 130%.
The 1917 Repoli of the Board of Agriculture,
England, records the fact that in a general report
from English farmers who undertook to grow more
food, 40% of the farmers made special mention of
the great service rendered by fertilizers.
You can help stave off famine and make profit
yourself by preparing to fertilize your spring crops,
and to top -dress your fall wheat next spring.
Write for our Free Bulletins on Crop Increase.
THE SOIL ANO CROP IMPROVEMENT BUREAU
OF THE CANADIAN FERTILIZER ASSOCIATION.
1111 Temple Building - - - Toronto
Under Allied Flags
Immediate Help Needed to Relieve Starvatiolh and
Suffering --Cannot Hold Germany Responsible NOW
There is pressing need for our help in Belgiufn
today,and there will be for many months to come.
As our troops occupy the evacuated
territory, untold misery stares them in
the face. Emaciated children, hollow -
checked women, roofless homes,
clothing so worn it offers no protection
from winter's terrors—miseries ,,,,,that
cannot wait but MUST be relieved at
once to avert DEATH!
Need you be reminded how Belgium
was the first to jump into the breach
and so make our Victorious Peace
possible?
Don't let it be said WE let
Belgium starve. Let us cable
over your offeting to the mothers
and Children rof Mane Lilacs
Bclgiuxn AT ONCE I
Matte cheques payable and send contributions:to
iw
O
y1
tOoglstered under the war Charlltes Act)
t�7
to your Local Committee, or to •
Ontario Branch --`Belgian Relief Fund --95 Ring St. '4V., Torottjo
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PO YOU GPM THEM RIGHT?
Various Causes Why Proper Nantes
Go Wrong.
There is nothing a man is more
particular about, and at the same
time nothing he is more careleea
about, than his own name, and with
those of others also. Ilow angry we
become when we continually receive
mail clearly intended for us, yet with
our names spelled every way except
correctly.
There may be various causes for
this. It may be the correspondent
spells the name the way he has heard
it pronounced, and many crimes are
thus committed.. phonetically. Bis-
marck, Germany's Iran Chancellor, so
runs a story, refused to accept mail
sent to him when the writer left out
the "e." We fume at the inability of
others to get us rlgh chirographical-
ly; then we register at a hotel in a
hand no clearer than the signature
of our business letters, and this lat-
ter is seldom written so it can be
• read, evidently being intended only
as a mark of identification, custom
ers becoming used to the outline
and associating them with the nam
of the signer.
A printed talk to guests of one o
1the large hotels in the country cover
the hotel offence clearly. The gist of
I the talk is that a hotel can not give
I good service unless the guest writes
I his name so plainly that there can be
1110 mistake. Right at the guest's ar-
rival careless writing starts an end-
less chain of troubles. Mail is de-
layed; the information clerk reports
"not here" to friends who call or
phone; everything goes wrong for
both the guest and the hotel. The
guest has written his name so often
that he can see in his signature no-
thing except what he intends. But
how will it look to those not familiar
with it? It is all sound argument.
We introduce one business ac-
quaintance to another. We have
known both of them for months, per-
haps years. But we forget that
neither
e is familiar with the name of
the other. Yet our enunciation is
often a mere mumble. For instance,
eve introduce Mr. McRoberts and
Mr. Brown. Instead of saying: "Mr.
Brown, Mr. McRoberts" distinctly,
we pronounce the "Me" as a mere
catch in the breath, Mr. Brown
catches only the Roberts, and days
or weeks later, maybe at once, Mr.
McRoberts, who is particular about
his patronymic ,funds it necessary to
tell Mr. Brown that his name is Mc -
,
not Roberts, •
In introducing some of us, when we
fail to understand the name, pass the
lapse, trusting to luck to determine
the name later on. It is better to
halos oneself considered inattentive
by the query: "Pardon me, but I did
not understand the name?" than to
trust to luck or have to cover the ,
failure of the introducer to make him- !
self understood when we find it neves- 1
eery to pronounce it,
The Weekly
Fashion'
:J 11043.x1.
What a fa::!inntiny little design fort
the kiddiel The fulness at either:
side of front and back may be smock -I
ed, shirred or tiny -tucks used as 11-
lustraled, McCill Pattern No, 865(1,1
Child's Dre's, In 5 si::es. 6 months
to 6 years. Price, 15 rents.
An entirely new idea for a house
dress. The belt and pockets are in
s 1 one, being connected with the back
s : belt. McCall Pattern No. 8637,
Ladies' House Dress. In '3 sizes,
f small, 34 to 36; medium, 38 to 40;
s large, 42 to 9:4 bust. Price, 25 cents.
These patterns may be obtained
from your local McCall dealer, or
from the McCall Co., 70 Bond St.,
Toronto, Dept. W.
It was cheese that; put 0anada oil
the map no far as dairy productsarc
concerned, We are just At the be-
ginning of a butter era in this Pro -
vince,—Prof, Dean,
For the protection of poultry u
Michigan man has invented a hollow
perch, through which ,germ -killing
solutions flow from a11 elevated reser-
voir.
"'Trust men and they will be true
to you; treat then greatly and they
will show themselves great, though
they make an exception in your favor
to all their rules of trade."—Etnersoli,
When mating plea for a change,
fill a pie plate with sliced apples sea-
soned as usual, or apple prepared as
for fry'leg, then pour over it a thin
corn or johnitytake batter, and bake
a+,...-.,
eelnaed'r l,intinant Cttrdp Dinhtitbria,
... xw rrr�--
t ,01;Senoettolgerefet
x
Han been Canadi'e favorite yeast for over a
quarter of a Century; Broad bakbd with Royal
Yeast will keep froth and motet longer than that
made with any other, so that a full week's supply
oan easily be made at ono baking;, and the tent
loaf will be just o.9 good as the first.
4AAPO IN CANADA
E,W,GILLETT COIPANY LIM/TED
'mttaNtrao TORONTO, ONT. 1 oteen
To the Sleeping Heroes.
For you who answered duty's call
We deeply grieve to -day.
You, who went forth to win or fall,
Yours was the warrior's way.
Where'er you lie 'tis honored dust..
Of you be truly said:
Our comfort is the, old -thee trust,
God rests his own brave dead.
Tonnage Lost During War.
The world's total losses of merchant
tonnage from the beginning of the
war to the end of October, 1918, by
enemy action and marine risk was
15,053,786 gross tons, according to
official announcement issued in Lon-
don on Der. 8th.
During the same period vessels ,to-
talling 10,849,527 tons were construe.
ted, and enemy tonnage totalling 2e.
And now at last the dove of peace 392,875 was captured, making a net
O'er no her pinions spread, loss of tonnage during the war of
Our thanks to you shall never cease, . 1,811,584.
'Twee victory's fires you fed. s
-.---._-.,,..._..-...., 0&Lnard'a Lini neat Cores Distemper.
I stand's Liniment Cures Garnet is Cows "A true friend embracer our ob-
jects as his own. We feel another
mind hent on the name end, enjoying
it, insuring it, reflecting it, and de-
lighting in our devotion to it."—
Quite a Feat.
A sergeant was drilling an awk-
ward squad.
"Companyt Attention, company; 2 Channing.
lift up your left leg and hold it
straight out in front of you!" MONEY ORDERS.
One of the squad held out his right, The safe way to send money by mall
leg by mistake. This brought his ' is by Donli:non Express Money Order.
right-hand companion's left leg and
his own right leg close together. The
officer. seeing this, exclaimed angrily:
"And who is that blooming galoot
over there holding up both legs?"
Mix salt and pepper ten to one in a
large bottel for kitchen use,
POR RALE
A double boiler should have a good %.�yiI.t. EQUIPPED NEWSPAPER
and lob printing plant !n nets tern
large base, so that the water will not Ontario. tneurance earrled 91055. Wm
boil away quickly. 10 for 01.200 on eulek sale. Box es,
W11e n Pvbltahfne Ca. Ltd.. Toronto.
Tho Hospital far Sick Children
fORONTti
War Laid Heavy Hand on Children a
Charity.
Dear Mr, Editor:—
UJKEELY NEWSPAPER PQIO SALH
In New Ontario. OWrier going to
I'rerre. Will sell 02,000, worth double
that amount. Apply J, H., cio Wilson
Pabltahlns Co„ IAmtted. Toronto.
STOBM TTi
WWOWS FOB SALE.
GET 0i711 MICE LIST SHOWING
annual report of the Hospitala15e tRoaallay" Coarp neycomDa,ireteia8
for Sick Children, Toronto, marks a Hamilton
new record, despite the heavy handi-
cap the war placed upon its work. a dxscS'GY.A2CEovtt
The task of ministering to the sof r/yl scccER. TUMORS, 1.17stt+y, ETC-.
fering youngsters of this province was ‘../ Internal and external. cured with.
no light one in view of the Hospital's cut pato br oar home ttogttnenL Enrico
splendid response to the national call CO., Limited, Collinuwoodd.elOnt. Medical
25 doctors and 42 nurses from its
1forces have seen service overseas.
Yet the number of patients treated
is 6,048, or 1,308 more than Last year.
Of these in•patlents, 759 were from
266 places outside of Toronto.
The tireless efforts of the staff
made possible also a reduction in the
average Length of stay necessary for
the little patients from "4 days in
1914 to 14 this year.
These results show that the Hos-
pital has again pail to the children
rich dividends of health upon the in-
vested kindness of Its supporters.
There has been careful stewardship
of the funds entrusted to the Respital,
There has been saving—almost scrimp-
ing—in every direction except where
it would prevent the Hospital's Rooth.
ing the suffering or shortening the
sickness of one child. The daily cost
of operation was held at the lowest
point which would still allow the
children entrusted to the Hospital to
get the best medicine and the best of
care.
And yet so high has risen the cost or
every item in the Hospital's budget—in
Iabor, in fuel, in food, and. above all,
in medical supplies—that the mini.
01)1111 expense of taking care of one
child for one clay has risen from $2.34
back in 1914 to $3.21?'d in 1918. Of
that, $1.689.—the amount per patient
per day that the official Government
greats do not cover—must conte from
voluntary contributions.
During the past four years debts
were incurred to the extent of $100;
000, which the Trustees felt assured
would be wiped out by the public se
soon as the ivar drew to Rs close, and
those heavy demands cease which
have been made upon the generosity
of the loyal people of this province.
The time has now come when itis ne-
cessary to make known the hospital's
dire need of financial assistance.
If this 43rd Christmas appeal fails
to rally the friends of this Charity to
Its support, it will be necessary to
mortgage its land, buildings and plain.
By the bounty of the late John Ross
Robertson that property has ,just been
cleared of debt for the first time since
It began its ministry of healing mercy.
Little children have lost 0 blg•
hearted friend, and the province a
noble benefactor. It is for the public
to decide whether his Ilfe•work shall
be shadowed with a mortgage within
less than a year of b'is passing.
What think you?
Send your answer as soon as pos-
sible to the Seeretary.Tre.aeurer, hos-
pital for Sick Chiidren, College Street,
Toronto. Meanwhile the Charily will
"Carry on," trusting in your support.
IRVING E. ROBERTSON,
Chairman of appeal Committee
Nothing finer has come out of this
war than this line from an epitaph in
a British graveyard in France: "For
your to-mcrrow they gave their to -
qty,
"
I was cured of Rheumatic Gout by
MINARD'S LINIMENT.
Halifax. ANDREW RING.
I was cured of Acute Bronchitis by
MINARD'S LINIMENT.
LT, -COL. C. CREWE READ.
Sussex.
I was cured of Acute Rheumatism
by MINAI2D'S LINIMENT,
Markham, Ont. C. S. BILLING.
Lakeflelcl, Quo., Oct. 9. 1907.
"Heroism is the brilliant triumph
of the soul over the flesh—that is to
say, over fear; fear of poverty, ,of
suffering, of calumny, of sickness, of
isolation and death. There is no
serious ,piety without heroism. Hero.
en is the dazzling and glorious con-
centration of courage."—Ainiel,
*Siaara's tinlment Corea Colics, kr.
Canada is n land of motor cars,
holding third place in the number of
automobiles in use. In 1917 there
were 199,302 cars registered in Can-
ada, all increase of 47,705 over 1916,
while the number of new cars regis-
tered in that ybar was nearly 76,000.
The increase for 1918 is expected to
be on a propoltionifte scalp. One Can-
adian in every 40 owns a car, and
roughly speaking, there is ono auto-
mobile for every eight families.
ACHES AND PAINS
QUICKLY RELIEVED
You'll find Sloan's Liniment
softens the severe
rheumatic ache
Put it on freely. Don't rah it in;
Just let it penetrate naturally. What a
sense of soothing relief soon follows!
External aches, stiff:ices, soreness,
cramped muscles, strained sinews,
back "cricks"—those ailments can't
fight off . the relieving qualities of
Sloan's Liniment.' Clean, convenient,
economical, blade in Canada, Ask
any druggist for it,
30c., 60c., 11.20.
Cutism PPonb es Beauty
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It' the Soap is used for every -day
toilet purposes assisted by occasioti'al
touches of Cuticura Ointment to first
signs of pimples, redness„ roughness
or dandruff. Do not confound these
fragrant super - creamy emollients
u'it11 coarsely medicated, often dan-
gerous preparations urged as substi-
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ISSUE 51—'I8,
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Hotel Del Coronado
Coronado Beach, California
Where the balmy yet invigorating climate hakes
possible the enjoyment of outdoor sports throltgh-
out the Winter mouths,
POLO, GOLI'', TVNNIS, MOTOIUNG,
PT DING, DAY AND WAIF EATt 'l'N5.
Write tar Winter Folder and Golf i'rog'gitxn,
JOHN J. HE?R,NAN. - Manager