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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1920-4-8, Page 2The "Quality" Char ;a to o this brand h . s an International Reputation. eer,f ATrial Packet will bring speedy. conviction BUDDY THE MASCOT By MEADE iVIINNIGRODE. PART h Buddy stood before a tree in the middle of a broad space of grass, gravely inspecting a brightly colored poster. Buddy was ten years old. He was very freckled, his hair was straw- colored, and his eyes were blue. He stood resolutely on two rather grimy bare feet. Seen from in front he ap- peared to be clad solely in a large pair of blue overalls. Seen from the rear, it developed that his costume was further enriched by a faded, sleeveless jersey. He had a novo which continually pointed skyward, he had a mouth set in curves of the gravest solemnity, and his gaze was ane of constant wide-eyed speculation. He rather looked like an angel. Of coarse, he was not an angel at all, but people often mistook him for one. netuahy rruauy was a ausiness man, but we must not pry into the nature of his business until we know him better. The space of grass. in which he stood was enclused by ivy -,.'lad Gothic buileinMs in stately rows. In one corner a spire rose above thetrees. At the other end a vaulted passage, led to :i. great bronze gateway. Across th aeress, like cracks in a window - pence r n little ton e-ataerged rattle. A:nn..• the four borders of the groes theta recr, a Bence with square, flat- tr:np•xl post., and double wooden rails. Tee . treet cars that came to this pin,e were marked •'Co ipus." All these thing's were very familiar to Buddy, and he thought very little o, them. But the posters fascinated him. Every year, as far back as he toted remember, along in June, these Testers had appeared. Most of them bore numerals in tremendous type, and the word "Reunion." One by one, in the night, they blossomed forth, and Buddy knew that they signified the coming of joyous throngs, and the blare of bands, processions and ben- aers. and the costumes. Ah, those testrntes! Green and yellow clowns, and pigtailed Ch:nnmen, and Jack Canucke, alai firemen, and sailors, and once ct :oarless. dancing crowd of sing- ing pirates, with a ship that ran on wheels, and a cannon, There had 'pen joy enough to last a year at the eight of them. And then there was a day when all the bands played at once, and they all marched away to a field somewhere. And in the late after- noon, with the sunset at their backs, they all ease tramping home through the dusty, crowded streets, and one was able sometimes to march for a block or so with one of the bands, and even pick up a hat or a sword, And if they all laughed and said. "We: wen!" as they went by. it meant that in the evening there would he torch- light parades and fireworks on the broad space of grass. Duddy had not the faintest idea what it was all about, but it was ex- traordinarily pleasant to watch those laughing fellows in their costumes every year. and the brass bands mad° him feel delightfully jumpy inside, so that sometimes he almost forgot hie business. But to make things absolutely per- fect he understood that they must win out there at the field, because only then would there be fireworks, Last year, and the year before, there had i been no fireworks, But this year— oh, this year there must be fireworks. They were eminently desirable for: their own sake, and after all. it is per- missible to be an idealist as web as a business man. At the age of ten sometimes a brass hand will interfere 1 terribly with one's .business. So Buddy scanner' the posters as though hoping to find some promise of skyrockets sarong them. And sud-e denly he noticed that that broad space of grass was being invaded from all sides. There were shouts and out- cries, loud peals of laughter, and the sound of feet running along the stone - flagged paths, A medley of bright colors flashed by in the sunlight, The, costumes had come! Budcly abandoned the posters and -transferred• his atten-' tion to the new arrivals. They were swarming in now. In twos and fives and twenties. Here a long bee of clowns were dancing around in a ring. Over there a rote of jockeys were running races on little wooden horses. Some hilarious Turks were riding madly up and down in a delivery wagon. At the far end a gang of convicts were playing leap -frog with some very unorthodox Crusaders, Somewhere hi the distance a band be-, gan to play. Buddy very carefully stood on his head in the grass. The posters were there, the costumes had conte, bands were playing --and he was only ten years old! Then he sat down rather maidenly, arms and lege apart. This year there must be fireworks, and was that burliness of his o at- tend to, u that hehr, I was then t t ..aw them for t the first time. They were Highland- ers with splendid tartans and funny little caps with ribbons, Their bare knees shone in the alit, and they car- ried jaunty little carie. It seemed to Dailey that they were the finest cos - turves he had ever seen. They had E just arrived, and were all tramping by, singing something at the top of their lungs about ".. .Bangl Bang! 1 Bang! And we'll fire off the fireworks to -night!" Buddy clapped his hands together. This was a happy omen.. These fellows knew all about it evi-! dently. Buddy cast a last appraising' ;look at the hilarious Turks, then pat tered off after the Highlanders. They were all filing through a door -I, way into a big room full of seats, row; after row ris,ng from the floor, facing a platform and a blackboard. Muddy' had never seen a room like that be- fore. As the Last of them passed in,I Buddy managed to squeeze himself in after him and concealed himself in a. corner. They were all far too busy' laughing at each other to pay any at -1 tendon to him. Far a while they did: nothing hut sing and stamp their feet nn the wooden floor. Once or twice; Buddy tentatively stamped his own to see what fun there might be in it, but his bare soles made no noise, and it seemed foolish to hini. He hoped they would say something soon about the ilreworks. Then a great strapping fellow got up on the pletfornr, and they all yelled like mads The din in the echoing room was terrific, and Buddy clapped his hands for sheer joy at the noise. The big fellow waved Ids arms at them, and they all began to shout something very fast. Buddy knew what that was. That was a cheer, They always cheered when they had fireworks. Buddy came out of bis corner and went to the edge of the platform. The fellow up there had begun to talk. "Conte on now," he was shouting; "Got to learn this class song. Got to have fireworks to -night!" Buddy be- gan to clamber up on to the platform. "Haven't had any for two years. This ' le the big year and this is the big song that's going to do it. Every time we sing it out teem this after- : noon we're going to make a run—" He was interrupted by the crowd. "Hey, who's the Meer they were shouting at him. "Throw him out!" "Beat itkid, beat it!" The big Highlander looked down ' and saw Buddystanding beside him. Such a ferny little boy do blue over- alls, and very frightened the he seem- ed in the midst of the din. "Make him lead the song," the crowd was demanding, and the big fellow laughed. "Hello, kid!" he said. "Don't get scared. Want to lead the song?" He had nice eyes and he was smiling. The big hand on Buddy's shoulder was gentle. Buddy smiled back at him. "Sure, mister," he said; "an' then you'll tell about the fireworks?" "Never mind about the fireworks," the other laughed, "they'll cone later. Got to learn this song first. Go on, you stand up there and lead them!" He put a cane in Buddy's hand and pushed him to the edge of the plat- form. "There you are," he said. "You: just wave the cane and make them sing with you. Come on, boys, watch the kid! All right, one, two, three—"1 They began to sing and the chorus came swelling up to hint as he stood 1 there solemnly waving his cane, a :lonely little figure in his bare feet and overalls. The big fellow turned to a friend on the platform. "Look at the kid," he said, "Having the time of his life. He'll talk about this for days. Cute -looking young- ster." Buddy could not understand the song, but he knew when they came to the Bang! Bang! Bang! part and stamped his feet. The erowd went wild. Buddy went right on without a stop, ami they began again, good- naturedly. Three times through they sang it for him, and then they stop- ped, out of breath. Buddy looked em- barrassed. He was still waving his cane, but they had had enough. He looked at them hopefully—wistfully, had he known the meaning of the word, It was all over. He looked batik at his friend and then again at the class. Suddenly, in the lull, the little quavering voice rang out: " ...Bangl Bang! Bang! And we'll fere off the fireworks to -night!" Buddy was singing the class song, (To be continued,) ANY WOMAN CAN DYE AND KEEP IN STYLE "Diamond Dyes" Turn Faded, Shabb3r Apparel into New. Don't worry about perfect results. Use "Diamond Dyes," guaranteed to give a now, rich, fadeless color to any fabric, whether It be wool, silk, linen, cotton or mixed goods, — dresses, blouses, etoekinge, skirts, children's Coate, feathers, draperies, coverings—, everything t ry g The Direction Book with each Track. age tette how to diamond dye over any color, To match any material, have dealer show you, "Diamond Dye" Color Card. (- (27270.th 11l1 1-1(pio-17 The Coon of Curiosity Nature has filled the child with curiosity for a purpose. 1t is just as essential to the growing mind as is hunger to the eturdlness of the body. Parents who would not think of re- fusing food to the hungry youngsters often thoughtlessly deny to the devel- oping intellect the very element upon which it thrives. The young mind demands its right to grow into a kaowledge and training that will make life worth while. This ever-present demand is in the form of curiosity; and because of its persist- ence, parents, burdened with other cares, are many tines harrassed into denying it, It is the parents whose child lacks this natural tendency, who should wor- ry, If theeir child possesses not that eager, questioning voice, trembling forever on the brink of some great unknown mystery, as thrilling to him as are some of the big unsolved ques- tions that perplex and lure us grown- ups; if this be true, then these parents have cause for real alarm, A child without curiosity is mentally sick; and should he grow up without gain- ing this gift to pry, he is deemed to a life of inferiority. Happily most children are supplied with an abundance of this quality. Scarcely two months of their life has passed before this trait is reflected in the gleam of intelligence that posses - es the baby eye. From then on till maturity it assumes a multitude of shifting, tantalizing forms that have hidden beneath a system which, puzz- ling as it may seem, will if encourag- ed, work marvelous results when the child reaches adulthood. Nor need parents have a knowledge of the by -ways of child psychology in order to bestow the greatest benefits on their children. They have only to follow the course that nature has viv- idly marked out. Whatever the child's' curiosity leads let the parent follow; and if that curiosity be running in wholesome channels, supply the craved for information, or if unat- tainable frankly tell him so. True, this requires an expenditure of patience; but parents will be re- paid, knowing that ,they are rapidly building a foundation which is stable because of sound training and correct information. Nature has not intended that a child shall always exercise curiosity solely for the knowledge of the moment. No matter how trivial and useless the in- formation sought may seem, the par- ent has but to remember that the youngster is keeping bright for future use that tool—curiosity—which is the only instrument that will open an av- enue to his brain. It is through this trait alone that he learns, and this is the only means by which he will ever learn; consequently the effort he puts forth is worth far more in training for later life than in the small amount of knowledge he might gain, There comes a time in every child's Life, about the age of three or four, when nothing but question marks fall from the lips. All their sentences seem to be equipped with an initial "why." Many of them are unanswer- able and appear to be asked just for the pleasure of asking, Parents are often puzzled as to just what attitude to assume, The writer has known parents to become humiliated at the inquisitiveness of their child. Instead they should have been proud. These questions were but the sign of a bril- liant mind in the making, They had behind them the driving power of men- tal growth. The child was utterly unable to restrain them, This probing trait is found in the youngster at every turn. The child that begs to help at grown-up work, even for a moment, is longing to sat- isfy that subtle power. They have a curiosity to know how it goes to peel potatoes, piek cherries, or cook a cake,: It is work of nature storing up for them rich experiences, The child that has the fortitude to peer into silent recesses, explore a cave, or climb the highest tree is so; urged by nature that he might develop a courage to do the big things of later life. Because of the varying succession of outlets that curiosity employs, par- ents are apt to slight this important trait and think it but a passing whim, It is natural that the activity of yes- terday should be discarded for the one of to -day; for the small mind has ab- sorbed all that is new and moves on to some fresh object. In time, how- ever, after it has grown by further experience, it will return to the old and will then comprehend features it could not grasp before. Concerning Domestic Affairs Boil celery stalks with your Cab- bage, Two or three will be sufficient for a head of cabbage, The celery improves the flavor of the cabbage and lessens its odor. Maple sugar sauce is timely, It requires one-third of a cupful of butter and one cupful of maple sugar. Dream the butter and gradually add the maple sugar. Form into halls over and chill thoroughly, hl , Serve o v steamed rice for dessert, A whole meal in one dish: Fry slightly a thick slice of ham, cover thickly 'with raw potatoes, sliced thin; season with a little salt and pepper, epreneie with grated cheese c ever whole with milk and bake in a mos: n • ate oven for an hour and a halt'. 'erve with corn bread and cabbage salad, ! Many peo;.le have the habit of tell- ' ing and re -telling the mishaps of the 1 east, They seem never to be ,able to let bygones be bygones. Long stories of struggle and sickness roll off their tongues as though they enjoyed the thought of unpleasant experiences, When we learn clearly the old, "Suffie- '!ent unto the day is the evil thereof," we will be prepared to do our life work sweetly and to some fine pur- pose. Hew have your children liked their cold, sometimes frozen and usually un- appetizing school lunches this winter? Have you thrived on them? Wouldn't you feel more content and less selfish as you sit down to your good hot dinner at noon if you knew your boys and girls were also getting something hot to eat? Not only would you be happier, but your children would do better school work, would grow sturd- ier and have fewer colds and spells of sickness if you make the little effort which is necessary to get a hot school lunch started. The children will like it not only because their noon lunch will taste better, but also because they can form a school lunch club and take turns in cooking the hot dish. It does not require much money and if there is a will there will always be a way to get the little equipment that' is needed. A Ribbon 3o Gay It was only a bright gay ribbon the new teacher revealed when she took off her coat that rainy morning in the dingy little schoolroom, but it seemed .to scatter gathered rays of sunshine among the assembly of county child- ren clad in typioal rainy -day gar- ments. Because of the rain it would seem that each mother had dressed her child in his oldest, darkest, least becoming clothes, with the result that a gloom seemed cast on the school- room from within as well as from without. But the new teacher was pleasant to look upon. Her black skirt and white waist were relieved by the bright red ribbon tied at her throat, and the children, noting the addition, smiled and forgot the rain. Perhaps the teacher, too, felt the effect of the bit of color; at any rate, her cheery air was even more pleasant that morning. Now, rainy days must come occas- ionally everywhere, but they need not be days of gloom. Why send your children to echool in their drabbest "duds"? If ever cheerful hues are needed it is on sunless days. Think of that when you awake to the patter of raindrops on your roof. Dress a bit! more carefully yourself that morning, think up some especially well -liked dessert for dinner, don't clutter the: house with disagreeable odd jobs, but; endeavor to make the least cheery! day out of doors the cheeriest of them! all within. And help the district teacher keep tihe little minds under her alert by dressing your children in. sunny calors, to make up for the ab- sence of the sun's rays. . S The Troublesome Ground - Hog. Nearly everybody has heard of the ground -hog. It is too bad this mar- mot has to be mentioned as a farm foe, because farmers have always placed absolute confidence in his ability as a weather prophet—so much so that they almost sacredly looked for his appearance February 2 each year, Unfortunately, as is sometimes the case with people, unlimited confidence has made this friend presumptuous. He is taking far more than Just eom- pensation for his services as a weath- er expert. His inroads upon garden and truck crops are devastating. The damage due to 111s burrowing in mea- dows and cultivated fields 1s enorm- ous, for the burrows hinder farming operations and often start gullies down the hillsides. After pillaging gardens and feasting indiscriminately on beaus, peas, cu- cumbers, cabbage, forage crops and other tender plants during the sum- mer, it is not surprising that the ground -hog is able to put on a thick layer of fat to keep him warm while he sleeps through the winter until Candlemas day. His long sleep af- fords an opportunity to make °rope and fields safe for next year. Take a piece of cotton or moss, saturate it With earbon.bisulphide, place it down in the burrow and close the openings. The groundhog will not see his•sltad- ow on Candlemas day, and according to the old proverb, which says that in such cases "Winter is gone for all the. year," there will be an early spring, Then the burrows can be filled with the assurance that they will not be dug out again. Her Army, "There's one thing I've always want- ed to ask you about your life in Trance," she said. Fr s s , "Yee?" prompted the ex -buck tremu- lously, "What lid you anti the colonel usutil- ly talk about at meal time?" ' Seep Dflnar`d+e LflWneat In the hones, Kicking Over the Traces. A man may feel that lie in merely Jo .r;ing along day after day in rho shafts, hell up by the harness—•yet to be a faithful tractor, alone or as a yokt•foilow, is meritorious, and the ad J.,rtive "tractable" is soot the worst th t can be beetowocl. The tractor pulls, and the tractable is passive and t nc uresistaut; but whether one leads et' is led, if the going is in the right lir,re tlun, all is well. The world Is not so usefully served by the suddenly eccentric persons as by the safe and sane majority. In. sp!rations and surprielug inventions are not to be decried, though coinnton- ly those who have thought out new things have been pilloried and stock- ' ed. We need those who dare to toll unwelcome truth, who possess and ex- press their souls, who speak out with neither fear nor favor when Clio cru- ' tial hour strikes. i But those who do the extravagant and spectacular sort of thing merely to advertise themselves by "the noble inoise they make" area different breed, The great, humane works of relief per- formed In wartime have by no means been free from those who masgnerad- edin the splendid game for the sake t of headlines and men's praise, Before we kick over the traces, be- , fore we abandon the careful routine I wherein we prove, let us Le circum- spect and make very sure of what we I are doing, ! You do not like the work you have, perhaps. You think it engages the ' least part of you. You believe your employer has a blind eye on the side toward your merit. The lament of being misplaced or not appreciated is as old as human toll. You look about j and the labor market seems to bristle with opportunities, and everywhere i are hands that becItou. Any place looks good to you but the ane whore you happen to be standing. The dis- tance lends enchantment, and the sin- ployement and employers seem con- genial because you do not view them at close range. But before you fling yourself out of your post in a springtime spirit of insurrection it is wen to bo calm and consider. Not every change is for the best. The development of our abili- ties to their highest and finest estate comes by steady toil in a poised tran- quility and not by restlessness. s Chinese Buglers. The rank and file of the Chinese army can outbugle any army of the world, Nathaniel Peffner, in writing of the two buglers to every squad system of China's doughty fighters, says: "One thing the Chinese soldier does do. He bugles. The one great, in- satiable, unconquerable passion of; the Chinese army is bugling. I have never investigated, but I venture that , one out of every three men Las a bugle, that one out of every two hours he blows it, and that not one time in three thousand does he blow it to the resemblance of any recognizable call or tune. "He begins at 3.30 am., he being now used collectively. Ile plays the same note, he now being used In- dividually and each he playing a dif- ferent note, till 6 am. Then he switch- es to another. He stops for meals and for a few hours of sleep—that is an. "When a regiment moves into a town foreigners living in It resign themselves to insomnia. • The Cbinese don't. Noise to them is one of the normal and pleasurable phenomena. of existence, the more deafening the More pleasurable. A Smooth skin in arty weather :--- Wash well in warm water using absolutely pure soap: by's wn Soap --rinse well—auti dry carefully. In the interest of your skin, use Baby'sOwnSoap. "Bert for Baby and Berlfor You." Sold everywhere. Albert sorra llmlted, moa„ a1onWlel, iso "But don't jump to conclusions. The Chinese is no coward. IIe has proved again and again in his long history that he can fight, and he w111 so prove agaiii. Even the professional soldiers are not cowards, They aro only the victims of a rotten system, a system that has corrupted the whole army down to the lowest private, exactly as it has the rest of the Chinese goer - eminent, and everything else it has touched. Of some units this ie not true; those are the 'show' units sta- tioned in Peking and other big cities where foreigners can see them," v From Salt to Vinegar. It is a rule with the Mohammedans to begin a meal with salt and Web with vinegar. If they begin with salt they think they will escape tho con- tagion of 70 diseases. If they finish with vinegar, their worldly prosperity will continue to increase. Minerd's Liniment used by Physicians. 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The rat le a great nuisance, but not a necessary one, He can be got rid of by concerted action and can be fought and kept within Yimits even by individual action, If means for the control of the poet are not taken, the rat's fecundity, combined with an increase of his food supply and hiding places as population becomes denser, will mast certainly result in his be- coming nothing less than a nattonai menace. Indeed, he ie that already and rats do an incalculable amount of damage wherever food 1s produced, stored or transported. The various means at man's dispos+ al for combatting this cunning and prolific rodent are: A. The encouragement of the rat's natural enemies. (1) Domestic animals, e.g., eats, terriers and ferrets. (2) 'Wild animals, e.g., owls, hawker snakes, weasels, ata As to eats, the ordinary pampered house pet is useless as a rat catcher, while a semi -wild eat is liable to be dangerous to game, poultry and small insectivorous birds. Nevertheless, the fact that the cat has been associa- ted with ratan since the days of ancient Egypt shows that, on the whole, It lies been found more beneficial than harmful. Terriers are commonly used by professional rat catchers and can be trained to be exceedingly expert. Female ferrets are used --the males being too large --to enter the holes of .rats and either drive them forth or destroy them there. Farmers' Friends. It is strange that, though man har- hors the cat, he should generally show such an antipathy to small wild carni- vore, Few creatures are more bene- ficial to ratan than the owl Ile preys principally on rats, mice, gophers, squirrels and other noxious rodents. The damage he does to poultry Is negligible, Even the hawk, though he does take a chicken occasionally, sloes infinitely more good than harm. Only the Sharp -shinned and Cooper's hawks and the Goshawk aro excep- tions to this rule, The weasel and his congeners may indeed worle sad havoc in a poultry house, yet, if proper pre- cautions are taken, they can bo ex - eluded and their bloodthirsty inclina- tions turned against vermin. As to snakes, the common species found in Canada are all non-poisonous. They certainly destroy many field trice and, if given a chance, there Is no reason why they should net be valuable allies against rats. B. Traps. Rats are exceedingly cunning- crea- tures and no trap nus yet been de- vised which Itis been Mere than tele- porarily successful 10 uny one locality. No doubt many rats ctrl be caught with them by a slcbful man. bet, as a means of extermination, they are not to be seriously depended 00. C. Poisons, e,g., arsenic, strych- nine, squills, etc. Mr. E. G. Boulenger, Curator of Reptiles, Zoological Gardens, London, states that, to kill rats, he has obtain- ed the most satisfactory results with squill poison, which. in the small quantities necessary for rat extermina- tion, is harmless to domestic animals. It 1s best used by soaking bread in a solution of the poison nixed with milk, Barium carbonate, of which lee to 2 grains Trill a rat, though 10 to 16 grains are harmless to a ehickeu and 100 grains to a clog, is next best. It- should t"should bo mixed with tallow and smeared on bread as it mattes the rats thirsty. It can be used effectively with squills. After it has been put down, bowls with squills and milk should be placed where the rat will go to drink. Other Means of Extermination. Strychnine is too dangerous for general use. Phosphorus and arsenic are also very dangerous, and are less successful than squills and barium car- bonate. Since the war, tho suggestion has been made that poison gas should be employed against rats. No doubt this would prove very effective in confined spaces, such as cellars and the holds of ships. D. Bacterial cultures. fit Denmark, where a vigorous, na- tional campaign has been waged againet rats, a virus discovered by Dr. Neumann, of Aalborg, has been found very etltcacious, Cultures of Neumann's bacillus aro put up in tins under the name of "ratan," It is simple to use and has been found to be an attractive bait, Its harmiese- ;tees to domestic animals has been denionstrated. Among rats, however, except in isolated instances, it pro, duces a. virulent opidemto, with ti very high mortality. Experiments with this culture in Scotland, Dermally, and India ere also reported to ;rave proved sntlstartery, Britain exports about two million pounds worth of furs tacit year. A single female potato beetle is capable of producingbotveen 1,800 and 1,900 eggs during its life. During midsummer it takes a little over a month for these to develop into adult beetles. nonce if they are unmolested they increase in numbers enormously.