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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1919-4-10, Page 6In infusion is worth every cent of its cost, the flavor is Delicious and the strength Abundant. Beyond Ari Question 6541 The: Most Economical Tea Obtainable Anywhere, Me 'Black Cat's By Lawrence W. Booram. uestions A Drink of Water. 1 fruit. Alternate until the dish is "Good morning," said the old-faeh-! full, using plenty of" berries, as the ioned mother, pushing open the door 1 cake will absorb a quantity of the of the young neighbor's house. "Why, .juice. Cover with a plate, and place what's the matter?" she gasped. "lel a weight upon it, Let it stand sev- the baby ,ick?" 1 oral hours. When colts, turn it out "Sick"." echoed the young mother., of the mold, and slice evenly. Serve "No, indeed. Doesn't he look well?" I with cream. ''Yes," answered the elderly neigh -1 Steamed Cherry Pudding—To one bor, "but what are you+giving him' pint of sifted flour add two heaping medicine for ?" teaspoons baking powder, half a tea - "Medicine? Oh, this is not modi-; spoon snit, and one heaping table - eine," the young mother laugheda spoon sugar; rub in one heaping "I'tn just giving him a drink of tablespoon fat, and acid enough milk water." ' to make a stiff batter. Grease cups "Of stater? Well, I never! Who and into each one put a layer of ever heard of giving a little baby batter, then one of canned cherries like that water? Doesn't he get water drained of their juice, and so on until enough in his milk?" the cups .are three-fourths full. PART sure there were any pearls?" I in- "Of course, he gets a great deal of Steam for thirty minutes. Serve 1I. 1 •water that way. But there are tines with a cherry sauce made with one She took us out to the barn. I quires, "Maybe this is just a joke." when he is thirsty and nothing but cup cherry juice, one-fourth cup looked at the rat; it was rather "No," she said definitely. "The Water will satisfy that thirst, You sugar, one-half cup water, and one crudely done, but I could tell what it par':s are somewhere." know how it is, I'm sure. Does milk heaping teaspoon cornstarch. was supposed to represent. The "Whoops!" yelled .Toe excitedly. or any other drink relieve your thirst Raspberry Foam—Cook two heap - painter had evevione himself on the es have it! We're just an hour, like a glass of pure, sparkling ing teaspoons prepared fogless in eyes. They looked just like the eyes ahead of time. Remember the sett- ?„ of a cat in the dark. I almor` shiv- . water • one pint raspberry juice until tapi- ered, and I heard Joe mumble under it the elorks up an hour all over o, I can't say that it dues, But oca is clear; add a pinch of salt, and his breath: "`Evil eves!" The eat 1.00040. 'Wouldn't that throw us off, a baby is different. I never gave my sugar if needed; remove from fire, was sitting up and its ears were laid Lias? He died last March, you l.now, babies water except when they had back. For a person who is super- l,1fare the time was changed. colic. Then I gave them hot pepper- stitious, the picture would have made "I should say it would," I replied.1 mint tea:' him feel—well, just a little uncum- "You deserve a medal for that bril- 1 "Yes, I know. Sonny has had one fortable. slant thought, Joe. I repeated the first question: '•Do' 1 glanced at my watch. It lacked, or two spells of colic, and I have I look out of my right or left eye'?" ten minutes of two o'clock, which in given him a hot drink I added a few "Say, boss," interrupted Joe, rea'.;ty was only one o'clock by the drops of anise to the water. But "you'll want same ladders, won't sun. When the hour was exact, I usually he takes Isis .water cool— "you'll I nodded my head and Joe set uP the cane and again marked, boiled and cooled." went off in search of some" Present- where the shadow fell. "We've got "Boiled? What new-fangled idea is slion aladderreturned wh which dragging adjustedan tten- and to find the pearls this time," T ex_ that?" The visitor was always get - leaned against the side of the barn. claimed. ting surprises at her young neigh - I went up and began examining the I would not permit even Joe to dig bor's house. cat's eyes. for I thought only I could find them. "Nothing new-fangled," the moth - The left eye had a very small hole Soon I struck something; after pry- er answered, giving the baba* his last drilled where the pupil should have ing and digging I got it out of the spoonful from the cup. "One can't be and while hot fold ,in the stiffly beaten white of an egg. Serve cold with cream. Pineapple Whip—Mix together one cup canned pineapple cut into small pieces, one cup cold boiled rice, and one-half cup sugar. Whip one cup cream, and fold in lightly. Serve in sherbet glasses, and garnish with a preserved cherry. The Coming of Spring. Spring came to us; we put away winter wear and dressed ourselves for new work and a new gladness. Spring came to our kitchen: we been. It was so small, a pin would ground. It was a small steel box too careful ttrth a tiny uaby, and forestalled the first fly and greeted hardly go through it. However, I and after many trials T broke off the water may contain germs very don- the warm sunshine with screens and did manage to get one through to tell lid gerous to an infant. Boiling ]tills where the hole was from the inside Behold! It was filled with the them all, and makes the water safe. of the barn. largest and most beautiful pearls I T also sterilize his cup and spoon. We took the ladder down and set had ever seen. "How much does he take a day?" it up again inside of the barn. I I glanced toward Miss Slnrr• and "The quantity varies, but I see went onsiderablee ladder again, I and after found 1 found her looking et me with part -to thaincreast he takesthseveral I was gounces. I iving where I had stuck the pin through ed lips. When she saw me looking him, for I found that his diapers the bole. I knocked it out, and look- at her she drooped her head with a turned red after exposure to the air, ed through the small aperture. blush. When she looked up again • With my eye very :Ione I could see her eyes were like diamonds. And and that is a sure indication that his system is not getting enough water." "Is that a fact? I never knew what caused the change in color. It often worried me when my babies were small." "Yes," putting the baby in the basket. "Sonny's never change color now. I always give him a few tea - to where 1 could see nothing hut theiuftnential newspapers make mistakes spoonfuls the first thing in the morn - rock• That, I decided, was the ob in quite a large space in a plowed field. the diamonds were my reward. and of course could not tell exactly (Tug ethyl what the cat was supposed to be looking at. The only thing that I SO MUCH FOR HISTORY. considered was a large rock that could plainly be seen in the field. I --" drew my head farther away from Curious Errors That Appear on the the pin hole, so my view became Pages of Newspapers. smaller; and finally it dwindled downIt is surprising how often staid and i.i hi,tury, says a London writer. The g, too. Taken before his first feed- ject of the left eye's gaze. That other day, a newspaper, published not ing, the water helps to flush him out 1answeredlorth the question; here do a hundred miles from Fleet Street, and stimulates his bowels. He's feel- ?" eel - Aber I had started to go out and spoke of King Charles signing the ing refreshed and happy now. Ill have time to finish this dress of his before another feeding time." "He's certainly a healthy, happy boy," said the neighbor. "But he ought to be with all the care you take of him. Boiled water, sterilized cup and spoon! Regular feedings! Yet I look at the rock, I realized that 1 Magna Charm, had forgotten to measure and find That paper must have lost its head the cat's height. So again we had to as well. fix the ladder up against the outside How is this as a sample of Bible his - of the barn. Miss Morris got us a tory? line with which to do the measuring We hear of men who send their and we started to work. I didn'knt d only sons to the Front in the spirit of my be done exactly utylltbegan osv r nl whwere the ucat Isaac c the Patriarch, who laid his first- guess it's about as er Husband says, born nn the altar," `These modern mothers spend a heap Yet that actually appeared in the of time sterilizing and systematizing leaded type of an important leader in their babies, but they don't spend half a paper quoted all over Europe. Isaac the time you mothers used to, walk- ing the floor night and day, rocking by the hour and constantly dosing subject for the next Royal Academy! The Irish correspondent of a great sick babies.' " " London paper wrote lately of districts "Yes, you happy little fellow in a certain province of the Emerald putting two fingers out for the baby Isle where "Protestants are In an overwhelming minority" He might have added that Irish bulls were much in evidence there also. But the great paper printed it without spotting the mistake! Another great daily wrote In its lending article of certain forces in the war area as "moving backwards and forwards like pawns in a game of chess." That sounds all right to the non- chose.player, but even a tyro at the game knows that the pawn is the only piece an the board that cannot move at all unless it moves forward. There Is but a step—and a very lit- tle one ---between correctness and er• ror" The Bravest Village, was sitting, measured to the top of its head, and found the height to 'be exactly three feet. It was beginning to grow dark then, so wo could do no more work, and we started to walk hack to the city. But Miss Morris overruled my objections and took us hack in her machine. I promised to he back the next day at twelve o'clock. Next morning I purchased a small cane fishing pole and cut it off until it was exactly three feet long—the same height as the cat. Then at the proper time we purposely started to walk out to visit "The Black Cat" again. It was as I expected and hoped -•Miss Morrie net us in her machine and took us to our destina- tion. After we had gotten there we went out to examine the rock. In the exact centre of it there was a deep indentation that did not look natural. We waited patiently until one o'eloek rolled around, and I put the three feet of cane pole in the indented spot. The sun was just right to pro- duce good shadows and I told Joe to *nark exactly where the tip of this shadow fell. After he had done that, I sent him up to the barn for a spade and shovel. When he returned, I started dig- ging where the shadow had fallen, and I said to Miss Morris: "Here came your pearls now." But I dug and I dug, panted, sweated and puf- fed. But nary sign of a fortune. Then Joe went through some genu- ine hard work; but he found no pearls. While resting the second time, I speculated.. My reputation was at stake with Miss Morris. "Are you IHCYCLES Now is the time for the heat bar- galete. Buy now Wriave itundvedenof good bad BOY0 lcyci e at priests ranging from $14 to $21. 110c,ulars. IL G, McLeod, g S Write inr pt eet West, Termite. It is Interesting to read that the little village of Golspie, in Sutherland - shire, England, claims an usually big number of military decorations in proportion to its population, The number of decorations received by the inhabitants is thirty, and the village population 1s 1,660. Altogether, about one-fourth of the population served in the forces during the war, Is this a record, or can auy other village estab- lish a superior claim? Why It Was Dear, "How mucin. for a 'Kaiser Bill' uni- form?" demanded a young olticer of a London oostunllor. He was arrmrg• Ing the hire of Costumes for a fare. well concert in camp. "Three guineas," replied the costumier with implacable finality. "Every soldier show wants it, and it always cornea hack like a rag•hag!" to grasp, "you're worth every bit of trouble, and stronger for it, too." Desserts From Home -Canted Fruits. When the family begins to tire of canned fruit, or when a company dos- sert is desired, try combining with other -.materials some of the fruit you put up last year. A simple and inexpensive substitute for whipped cream to serve with desserts may be made by whipping the white of an egg until stiff, adding gone table- spoonful of powdered sugar, and folding ,in the mashed pulp of a ban- ana, Do not prepare this until just before serving, as it turns dark if allowed to stand too long. Peaches and Cream—Place upon each serving plate a round piece of sponge cake or any plain cake, Lay on each slice half a canned peach, hole side up. Whip a cup of cream, flavor with vanilla, and sweeten. Cover each peach with the cream, and garnish with a bit of currant jelly. Blackberry Loaf—Bring a quart of canned blackberries to the boiling point. Place squares of fresh cake in a square granite pan. Cover with generous spoonfuls of the hot black- berries and juice; add another layer of cake, packing it in well, then more Tho highest telephone cyatetn in the world is installed in Sonata, Bol- ivia, 15,500 feet above the sea level., Lodger (facetiously)—"This steak! LI like a cold day in June, Mrs. 13ord-1 em—very rare." Landlady (crust-' ily)•---"And your board bili is like March weather•-•,titlways unsettled;; EAGLE -moron lArlotto tQ•"••d..arf toe anter nig r&R.7',1i CATAliteerGUZ•' showing our fall lines or mucks ,or Meq and woman, l;,ys and 0,51., gi2TO1l OYCIES MOTOR AT i'AQliiiliteiT°i 'flees, C t r llrt 1,ea tl ,sea. I ,ser Pubes, g.nmp Ti- Cyclo„ l.c a , n 111 - I -quip• meat and 5'11 r f 1 n cl s. 1 , -, bay your still lies [min 51st 11 101. oie, p5 os.:, T. W. BOYD Re SON, 21 Nero Dame Street West, Montreal. paint and fresh shelf -paper. 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R. Cranwell Company Youge 6t. Arcade suigdiag TORONTO - OAT. china closet anew and made spring meal times glad meeting times. Spring came to our bedroom: we renewed bedding and covers; added dainty touches of gaiety and color to dresser and washstand, for wo mean to awaken blithely to the call of the new days, Spring carne to our living room: we put away the heavg rugs; used a lot of paint, oil and varnish; gave dusty books and magazines a beat- ing; hardened our hearts to cast out winter's useless accumulations; re- potted our plants. Spring danced all around outside the house; we pttt up new trellises for old vines and set Jut now vines for old trellises. The dingy walls laughed in new tints and the buzzing flies bumped in vain against newly repaired and painted screens. Spring danced on the lawn;' we seeded bare spots, raked untidy spots, repaired the fences, rehung the gates. Spring hid in the flower garden: we uncovered the perennials and set out the annuals and kissed the baby buds on the "laylock" bush. Spring beckoned to us from the s x� All grades, Write for prices. TORONTO SALT WORKS G. J, CLIFF TORONTO vegetable garden: we sowed and sat and raked and made rows, casting up accounts meanwhile, for Spring, the maiden, soon is Autumn, the matron, end there'll be cans to 011 and cash to count, if we make our garden ac- cording to Maiden Spring's best orders. Spring came with a rush to barn and stable, coop, corral and pen: we welcomed and housed and cherished every new young life and— Before we fully knew Spr'ing's glad face, tan-eheeked Summer was upon us. A field marshal of the British army* never retires, but remains on the active list and draws full pay until the day of his death. SEHD I'6 EXPERTS R3 Parker's can clean or dye carpets, curtains, laces, draperies, gowns, etc., and make then look like new. 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For the first time in the Company's history new assurances paid for exceeded Fifty Million Dollars. The growth in size, strength and prosperity accentuates the Company's position as not merely the leader among Canadian Life offices, but one of the great insurance corporations of the world. The Company's financial .power is emphasized by its large Assets, income and Surplus. Dudes the year $7,460,000 was added to the Assets, which at Decernber 31st, had reached the huge total of $97,620,000. The income is now $21,651,000, while ;he undivided Surplus is $8,027,000. THE RESULTS FOR 1918 ASSISTS Assets ns at 31st December, 1918 Increase ever 1017 INCOIiL Ce' -h income from Premiums, Interest, l:eats,•etc., in 1.018 - Increase over 1017 PROFITS PAID OR ALLOTTED Profits Paid or Allotted to Policy4hoiders in 1918 - - - SURPLUS Total Snrpins :)1st December, 1918, over aa11 liabilities and capitol (According to the Company^e Standard which is more severe than that laid down by the histamine Act.) TOTAL PAYMENTS TO POLICYHOLDERS Death Claims, Metered Endowments, Profits, etc. during, 1018 Payments to Policyholders since organization - ASSURANCT,S ISSUISI) DURING 1918 Assurances icaried and paid for in cala during 1918 - tuereano over 1017 111181.14I455 I21 Ito12C>±; O9 t;3 8.1 Life Assurance in force 81st December, 1013 - - - 340,809.N:6.11 increase increase over 1017 FRE COMPANY'S GROWTH $97,620,778.85 7,405,54,61 21,051,009.09 2,001,102.01 1,616,607,16 8,027,878,55 9,708,504.29 78,882,881,15 61,691,392,0 a,7i0,5t106 r set INCOME /MELTE 1071 . . ,-• $ /da 210.7,1 5 90 401.54 1858 27A8&,60 ?1 87015 7500 - 1,240,474,12 4,5111,57080 57705175100 1008 105111)2,&l 15,205,570.44 r,6r 1M1.5n 0015 17, 6 4. ea t5 t 34l ist - 202,800 080 51) 15111. , . 21. Go) 5 84 6 .. 27.828 grit .6.1i 840.51 06 t ao,00 1.155 05555511029 at, 101152 8.770,00(1.06 t; 1,001060,05 G 7,0,005.,5 1871 ‘ r fid' Mt7�. • ^�'l.�(f ci'`"1 i5 ��7aty✓ HEAL Cif l ib;[ NY iI~1"1'P1:AL. '1•, 13. MACAUI,AY, President 8 1919 THE SMALLEST POILUS. French Woe Dogs Were Often Men- tioned In Despatches. In the France military kennels you will find dogs from "every walk in life," of every size and of nil colors and all breads, They aro )rice little fellows, these canine pulius, says e writer, as peace loving and as care- free as lltoir master comrades In arms. The terrifying fuss they masse when you approach (heir kennel is nothing more limn an incitation to pot them. That had to be explained to rte the GDR time I visited a cantonment, for as I was led to where some forty were chained the rnekeL with which they greeted mo made we doubt their In- tentions. Now I tutderstaud thoir French better. Daring the trench warfare, when the sten were living in dirt and lllth 'e much of the time, rats not only en- dangered their health but also des- troyed thoir stores. Nearly every company had its rat etttclier—a dog that was au exi,ort in dispatching the !troublesome rodents: and then, of course, there were Lha Red Cross doge • that could find wounded men, trot back with soma article of clothing, and guide help to the disabled soldier. Sentinel and liaison dogs wero of the greatest vatule. The former went into' advance posts with his master, and was trailed to give the alarm by a low growl when anyone approached: Ills ability to hear an advancing man at four hundred metres was of great value at night: The liaison clog car- ried messages from one of itis two masters to the other, It took about three months to train dogs to travel as far as three kilometers in this work. Many dogs could be relied up- on to carry messages in both direc- tions. A. liaison team 'bonstetcd of two dogs and two trainers who always worked together. Real poilus they were, Lao; no em- busques among them! .They shared all -the hardships and the dangers of the front line. and they shared, too, the military honors. When their re- giment got the crotx de guerre, so did they; and often they were mentioned in despatches. One day 1 visited a small, fuzzy - haired, dirtyyellow•and•bluek, tailless dog called Bouee. Three times le had been cited for itis services. The last citation was received in a day of heavy action, wltan all telephone wires had been destroyed and nouee was the only means of communication between a commandant and his three, It read: "Donee No. Hite. 1375A, "Liaison dog of the first order; ful- filling his duties in a perfect manner. During a very violent bombardment, at each shell the animal crouched to the ground and immediately after- wards continued his way to his deist!. nation. Remarkable for his regularity and itis quickness; nor does Imo allow anything to distract him when he is given his ditty." But with all his military honors Renee was modesty itself. As I sketched hie portrait he seemed actually bored. — --^— — WIIEN TOWNS TOBOGGAN Landslides That Have Caused Dam- age to Life and Property. Three mountains are moving in Wales, and especially at Victoria Village, near Ebbed Vale, the damage is terrible. Houses collapsed by the dozen, waterways were blocked, and floods filled the lower ground. In Victoria alone sixty houses wero de- molished. Many people are under the impres- sion that the trouble is caused by earthquake. It is nothing of the sort. Rain is at the bottom of it. This is a very wet district; the rain sinks into the ground and lodges in the different strata or layers of rock until at Iaat one layer gets so spongy and soft that it begins to flatten out and everything on top of it slides forward. All around the British coasts you can see samples of the same sort of thing on a smaller scale. Only the other day there was a big slide on the North Devon coast, between Lyn - mouth and Ilfracombe Part of the main road fell into the Bristol Chan- nel. At Lymne Regis a strip of cliff, three -quartet's of a mile long, 240 feet broad, and 160 feet high, went crashing into the sea. The two womb landslides in mod- ern times were the fall of the Ross - berg in Switzerland and the great landslide at Naimi Tal, a well known Indian health resort. The Rossherg is made of sandstone and "conglom- erate." The whole thing went sud- denly, filled a large valley and in- stantly buried three villages and 900 people, At NainnI Tal they itad 25 inches of rain in forty hours before the big fall. Now, 25 inches of rain is about as much as fallg in the East of Eng- land iia a whole year. The steep hillside above the lake melted like treacle, and went roaring into the lake, carrying hundreds of victims to their death, The Commonplace House, 1 thought it dull and commonplace, The little house beside the way, Although its windows faced the dawn, Its door stood 011011 to tho day, On countless morns and eves I passed, And never thought it bright or fair, Nor saw 1 nnythhtg ai ail To each or hold my fauey there, Indeed, I navel. might have known How near to Heaven a house May be, But on one tnitorgotton morn Acn'058 lhu hedge you looked at nae,