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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1920-10-21, Page 2Mark Weli! Your-saeguardTis the name B720 This is the genuine `tea of all teas'. If you .do not use Salada, send us a post card for a free Samplle, stating the price you now pay and if you use Black, Green or Mixed Tea. Address Salada,Toronto R that± F ' By J TIIEL CHAPMAN HARING. y r.1 "Teddy!" she cried, and submittedy From her sheltered corner of the with ecstasy to hie embraces. hotel verandah commanding the finest "Good old girl!" the man exclaimed view of the glacier and its surround- in a big, out-of-doors bass. "The Por- ing peaks, Ruth Goodnow lamented that romance had passed her by. Here she was, engaged, almost married, and! in all her comfortable life she had ex- perienced not one real adventure to look back upon with a' thrill. Her fiance was a serious-th'nking, slow-moving man of thirty, as safe as a government bond and just about as exciting. His very mine. Hiram Babbitt, was unromantic. Babbitt was well enough, to those who knew the excellent family it indicated, but Hiram! Not everyone was aware that he had received it in honor of the grandfather who had laid the founda- tion of the family fortunes by manu- facturing automobile tires—Hiram, King of Tires, he was facetiously known to the automobile world. Most of the younger Ilttate's energy aert into the inherited business, which re- turned him interest as e. good business should; the rest was spent in a mild and steady devotion to herself. He took her to symphony concerts and to plays which came to town with the original casts. To quite half of these entertainments his mother and hers accompanied them—as on the present holiday journey. Adventure just didn't connect with Hiram. Not even the war could bring it. To do him justice, he had tried his best to get into the service, but his nice blue eyes were of no par- ticular use to see with, and he had - t een rejected for the officers' train- ing camp and the Canadian Army. Of course Ruth loved him. But like every other woman in the world, she had come of cave -dwelling ancestors, and an old ghost of cave -day memor- ies flickered at the back of her brain and had not yet been laid by an ex- perience with what she thought she craved. She wanted her man to be more cave -manly. She did not con- sider that eave-age emulations are sel- dom abet with n civilized life, that eave-man characteristics would hard- • ly qualify Hiram to conduct the busi- mess which made their financial pros- ; pests so pleasant. Least of all did she consider what a very poor consort site herself would make for a cave- man. But she was just as unhappy as if her discontent had sprung from ' some valid cause, and as her wedding day approached, this lurking sense of disadvantage grew. Shas looked past the hotel gardens to, the old bed of the great ice river whose melting body became the white ■tream issuing from the bluish mouth of the glacier which yawned a mile up the rock-strewn valley. Just op- posite, the mountain sides were rich with the spring verdure which comes /ate in the Canadian Rockies. Next above was the sentinel strip of dead evergreen. Above the timber line, vast and dazzling from a recent snow- fall • lay the source of the ice tongue ct awl -n g slowly down. Highest est of all the mountain tops of brown splintered rock pierced the blue. Here and there, bursting like a white, tangled plume from a green velvet cloak, foamed a mountain brook; snow -fed. Advent:are ought to develop in an atmosphere like this, but it wouldn't. They had been at the hotel a day and had taken the usual walks; another day and they would have taken the usual drives and finished the place. That wits the way things happened d aollealenneattareeallitain managed them. He was bargaining agew with the bandit who owned the ltery pzivilege for a rig h m The be used that afternoon. T e cos- veyaaice woulti.'be the best obtainable inn rho driver the safest. They would return agreeably hungry, in plenty of time for dinner. She hoped he would get back in time for the event of the hotel day, the train which brought a fresh supply of tourists. She looked, at her wrist watch. Goodness, it had stopped again! Still, it was a pretty ornament, and Ruth was not the girl to discard a decorative watch merely because it refused to run. A'faint whistle was tossed back and forth by the mountainsides, and a toy train curved into sight. At Ruth's elbow a well-dressed woanan who had frequently consulted a littlle crystal: watch for the last quarter hour leveled a tortoise lorgnette at the tugging train,. Rah made,a amental note to get a collar -and -cuff set like her& for that apple -green silk of her trousseau. . The customaay group of tourists de- trained. Part of these, after bustling' past to"•register at the office, took a !tasty giance at the glacier aeon the verandah, and, apparently deciding that it would wait, went to their rooms to follow its example. The rest, nerv- %sly determined to make the most at every minute; immediately hurried tat to get a line on the place beaore the noon mcal. All but one, sl stalwart young mean dropped his Gladstone bag on the gnats and with a flying leap cleared the verandah railing, ana landed at the side of the robust Matron with the lorgr'{,te, estry Department gave nee five days off, and I found that if I traveled four of 'em I could connect with your itin- erary. And it was so long since I'd seen anything from the old town— even a parent—that I took the hop. You must have got my wire." He patted her back in filial fashion, looking over it the while at Ruth, who turned away with a blush at be- ing caught looking and listening, and then set her down gently, but definitely in the steamer chair from which she had risen. Then he included the gla- cier, the peaks, the valley and the bystanders—particularly Ruth— in one quick and comprehensive glance. "Slick spot.Knowanybodyhere? he e. If so, for heaven's love save my life by introducing me. It seems a thou- sand years since I saw a real girl." The mother followed his eyes dot- ingly, while Ruth strove to look un- cansciouS. "There's only one really nice -look- ing girl at the hotel," she murmured, "and I haven't met her. But—" "Well, by all that's lucky!" her son interrupted her, staring now beyond Ruth and striding in her direction. "Excuse me, Mother—if there's not Hiram, King of Tires!" and reaching out his brown hand the grasped that of Ruth's fiance, who had just come around the corner•. It appeared that Hiram's firm had had mutually satisfactory dealings with th.e young man's father, in whose office they had often met before Hast- ings had found the city too stifling and had "taken to the woods." "I wanted to get out and buck up against nature. Well, I've had my wish. Mother, the third generation of tire kin Hiram kings, H an Babbitt; NIr. Bab- bitt, Mrs. Theodore Hastings of To- ronto." Mrs. Hastings smiled with elderly Y coquetry, and Hiram beamed and introduced both strangers to "Miss Goodnow, my fiancee." Hastings acknowledged the intio- duotioh with a rueful laugh. "Fiancee? Ludcy man! Wish I had one here! There are more of your party, tfien•?" Hiram nodded. His even reply con- trasted with Hastings' impetuous ex- uberance as his high forehead and benign expression contrasted with the aggressive nose and snapping dark eyes of the other. The two were Rea- son and Romance. And it is a path- etic truth that while Reason has its points, picturesqueness is not one of them. "Our mothers are resting for the drive this afternoon. I've just ar- ranged for a buckboard to call at three to take us to Inspiration Point and the Lakes in the Glenda." The other permitted his admiration for Ruth to become perfectly open. "Well, she'd need two chaperons— n hwere en- gaged I bothofthn et r..te gaged to her," he said. He regarded Hiram's mild, spectacled eyes with a twinkle in his own.But the situation puts me out of luck. Mother's not up to walking, and I had hiss Goodnow all cropped out for a tramp and the trip to the glacier this afternoon. I hadn't Whet her yet, but she looked good to me, and that could have been arranged. Another dream dashed!" and he wrinkled his pugnacious nose hunhoroti sly. "Not necessarily," said }thane with cordiality. "0f course, she's seen the glacier once, but she might prefer see- ing it twice to going to drive. Glaciers are rarer than mountain lakes. If Mrs. Hastings isn't a good walker, she could take Ruth's place in the buck- board." Both men looked at Ruth, "Haying your lord's permission, will you go with nie?" asked Hastings, his black eyes snapping. And Ruth, looking from one to the ether,' accepted with thumping heart —the adventure at last! (Continued next issue,) Why Egg -Cups -For Eggs? The average man or woman, when eating a boiled egg, uses, of course, an egg -cup in which to stand the egg, But there is a simple ;device where- by the egg -cup can be done away with and yet the egg enjoyed without the fear ea the egg upsetting, There 10 no need to hold it with the fingers to keep It upright; as one would imagine, It is only necessary to break the egg-sbell at the side and not at the top, After taking the first spoonful You will dud that the egg will ot overbalance at a11. This idea was a discovery Of our soldiers in France, when 'egg -cups could not be expected, and it should ,prove a ,boon to picnic partial Minard's Liniment Relieves Colds, Eta The Hardest Task of All. Stepmothers are apt to think theirs is the hardest lot in creation, 'because of the general attitude of the public toward second mothers and because the very word itself seems a reproach, but the wife and mother of little chil- dren who must take care of a ciochety elderly person ,:n a small house on a limited allowance certainly has no competition when it comes to speaking of difficult jobs. At one and the came time ahe must try to be a good wife, a good mother and a good rela- tive often under difficulties that would try the patience of Job. There are women who are successfully doing these very things, and they certainly deserve more than they get at the hands of both families and the on- looking public. In our community is a young wo- man with four little children who has with her her very old father, The old gentleman adores and spoils the chil- dren, yet when he wants these to be quiet he expects them to obey instant- ly. Of course, they do not and then he reads the mother long lectures about what children did when he was young, and how there is no respect shown now for old people, together with pessimistic reflections on the hard fate of elderly people in general. He becomes irritable with his daugh- ter and the children and refuses to be pleased with every effort she makes to pacify him. To make matters worse he tells outsiders what a hard lot he has, how little consideration is shown him, then they come and "labor" with the young woman as to her plain duty. And in the midst of it all she must try to make a good home for them all and do all the work for the big family. The other day I heard a lady saying unkind things about a neighbor be- cause the neighbor's mother wore such soiled and worn clothes. "Mrs. H— is young and able-bodied," she remarked severely, "and I should think she would be able to keep her mother looking decent. Her children always look well and she does, too, hut she lets that old lady go looking like a tramp." Now, as a matter of fact, the old lady stubbornly refuses all efforts to get her into clean, whole clothes, though she knows it worries her daughter a great deal. "These things are plenty good enough for me," she says stubbornly. "I'm not so stuck up as the rest of you." So the poor woman not only has to be ashamed of the way her mother goes about the house' but she must bear the reproach- es of the neighbors as well. It is easy to say, "0, well, every- body knowns old people and their whims, so why worry?" People who have had experience along that line never say such things. The woman who has had to hush down her chil- dren until they dislike home, to keep the house quiet enough for some elder- ly invalid, who has had to listen to the hints of neighbors, and who has done her best only to find herself criticized, knows that it is a task from which it is impossible to divorce worry. It sounds very well to say tact and patience and sympathy will solve the problem, but in dealing with peo- ple whose physical and mental powers are waning, all the tact and patience and sympathy in the world will not avail on occasions. Of course, they are not normal but that fact does not make them easier to deal with in their whims. In our community lives a woman who simply had to keep everything under lock and keylest aged fath- er here g would carry it away to give to children or anyone he met, but people Y criticized her severely for not having patience enough to watch him without going to such measures. Watch him! Why, a detective could not have kept track of that mild mannered, bland old gentleman, So if anyone wants to know who is the real heroine tin the community just east about for the young woman who is a good wife, a good mother and a good relative to some cranky old per- son. 0f course, if the elderly relative is normal and in possession of every faculty things are different, but when the "childish" period comes trouble is sure to come with it. Blessings on the woman who can sweetly and serenely keep the peace and allow her children enough freedom to make them happy without making the elderly person un-: happy. There ars rich rewards in store for every woman who bravely; does her best in the face .of difficui-; ties, but I think the brightest stars will be saved for her who successfully holds three hard jobs down at once' and makes husband, children and aged relative happy and content. A Box cf Sardines. The best sardiras in the worid are found off the northern coast of France. The scien'ifhe nanhe of the little tisk is Clupeg, piicherdus, and it ie the practice of the best French packers to select the sardines with care and to pack thea- in a good grade of olive oil, All the eo-called Sardines from Norway, Sweden, Russia, Moine and the Pacific ,Coast ars really young herring, Clepea harengus, near rola- i tives of the alewife end of the true sardine. They ate so numerous Gait they tat be :mid cheaper Iltrtn 1''ron:h sardines, and !h v are e uttl'y p,c!,etl with fess attonlian to aAhp1arar,;.c and in cottonseed or peanut oil instead of olive oil, There are three things about the outside of a box of sardines that the discriminating houselceeper will do well to notice; first, its general ap- pearance; second, the way in which the box is sealed; third, the condition of the label, 1. The top and the bottom of the box should be either flat or slightly concave. If the contents !have been thoroughly sterilized, there will be a partial vacuum in the box, and at- mospheric pressure will force the cover inward.g, Bul ed or convex cov- ers, on the other hand, usually ,indi- cate imperfect _ sterilization and the presence of gas that has inflated the can. To eat the contents of such a box is to run the risk of ptomaine poisoning, 2. A drop of solder on some portion of the cover may mean tbat the box has been resealed. Unscrupulous deal- ers sometimes prick swollen boxes to let the imprisoned gas eseape, and then reseal the boxes with drops of solder, 3. Examine the label of the box. If it looks bright, elean and new, you may be reasonably sure that the coh- tents are fresh. The appearance of the solder should also furnish a clue to the age of the box. If you are still in doubt about the quality of the sardines after you have bought then, place the box in a basin filled with water and puur& a tiny hole in the cover with a sharp awl. If gas bubbles appear, the con- tents should be destroyed. To determine whether the fish are genuine sardines, note the position of the dorsal fin. In the sardine it is in front of the ventral fins; theta is no raised ridge on the ventral fins; the slain is glossy and bluish on the back, the scales having been removed dur- ing cooking or washing. In herring the dorsal fin is slightly behind the ventral fins, and there is a weal - defined ridge there. The skin on the back is brownish colored, and covered with a network of fine lines. Minard's Liniment For Burns, Eto. 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A ntan may spend the Whole of lass life In Loaulon and yet never set oyes on that wonderful' underground city which stretches its maze under the "Babylon of bricks" will). which he is familiar, says a London writer. He has, In fact, without realizing it, been walking over a buried city, f miles of ' of scares 0 with its networksc streets. And yet this silent subterranean London may be explored by anyone who will take the trouble to get the necessary permission. We descend to our underworld be- neath ''Holborn Viaduct and find our- selves in a well lighted vaulted pass- age, with a well -paved floor and wails faced with white bricks. Beside us run the pipes of the gas and water companies, troughs containing the wires of the Electric Lighting Com- pany, and the telegraph wires of the General Post Office. Overhead run the pneumatic tubes through which the written telegrams are blown from the district offices to St. Martin's -le - Grand. As we wander on we find passages blanching off to right and left, each labelled with the name of the street above it. Thus, walking westward along Fleet Street, we see Shoe Lane leading off to our right, Whitefriars and Bouverle Sth;eets to our left, and 00 on; each familiar London street having its duplicate in our subterran- ean city, and each house above hay - tug its corresponding number below. At intervals we find shafts communi- cating with the upper world, admitting light and air; and through them we hear the tramp of feet and the rumble of wheels. A River Underground. Now we hear the muffled rush of a train beneath our feet; again through a grating we see a busy station far below us. If we wish to carry our exploration farther wemust equip ourselves in a rough smock, sea -boots, and a sou'- wester, With candle in hand, let us descend into the dark depths beneath Farringdon Street, and make our first acquaintance with the historic Fleet River, which once flowed through green fields from the heights of Hamp- stead. Now we find ourselves in a vaulted channel four yards high, through which the waters of the Fleet River flowsiviftly towards the r is nes • As we proceed the sound of falling water grows loud in the car, and soon we are looking on a cascade which pours Rs waters with a roar into those of the Fleet. A waterfall beneath the hurry- ing traffic of Ludgate Cirens! But the most remarkable part of un- derground London still remains,to be seen—the gt'eat, far -spreading system of sewers. The sewers of London are so long that, in a straight line, they would stretch from Liverpool to Rome, These sewers have a capacity so enormous that they will carry away daily the contents of a lake as large as Hyde Park and three and a quar- ter feet deep. Some of them Have a diameter of over twelve feet; their fall ranges from two feet to fifty feet in a mice. A Dip in a Roman Bath. Nor have we yet exhausted the won - dere of hidden Loudon. Deep below the city run hunelresd ofi m les of normo a enormous gas and water mains; and in between, at different levels, is the most. wonderful network of under - There are wine -vaults which con- tain thousands of casks of wine, Be- neath St. Paul's Churchyard there is a spacious, well-equipped restaurant where hundreds take their meals daily; and this is but one r -f many un- derground eating -houses, while there are bakeries which daylight never en- ters Nar the Strand you may have .a dila i.en an underground bath into which Severus may have plunged seventeen centuries ago, Seeing Lightning,Strike. One July a scientist had the unusual fortune to see a bolt he lightning strike an isolated cottonwood tree about a quarter of a mile away, says a New York paper. The flash appear- ed .as a superb column or a; v.tt of light about four bemired or five hundred feet high and eight to twelve inches In diameter, perfectly straight, verti- cal and steady. The shaft was white, With its base 'tinged with' red, This column yeomen to stand between two diverging trunks of the tree, and last- ed about two seconds. Afterward the scientist found that one of the two irunits of the double tree had its bark stripped off in the shape of a ribbon six Maims wide and two yards long. The dear trunk showed two furrows beglnntug ten feet above the grouna. They ,looked as 1f they had been ploughed by a piece of steel. There wee 110 sign of tire. French shipbuilders Mita converted an out -of -data warship into at cargo vessel of modern deea, n t1,At1 equip- , a trent, I'1