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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1924-2-20, Page 2►u erior !P to the finest japans, GREEN TEA. is the best at any price—Try it. 1 4e46 BUYING A. HAT. I went forth to buy a hat. A sin; process, it would seem. When I turned my mind registered despair cherished the thought that sai needed only halos, Oh, the sights Ishe uses to market her product. pee We had a hobby show in our club, eat the members of which are rural wo I men. Each woman gave a demonstra-. nes I tion showing how her exhibit (or I hobby) had been made. The demonstra- saw! I lost all faith in my fellow womae. Think of the mother of six, bearing on her face all the signs and, symbols. of frantic struggles to get breakfast for those six, with a his.' band thrown in for good measure, be:! ing persuaded by a vamp of a sales- woman that she was a Cleopatra in an j azure Egyptian hat with straight,. pieces over the ears, embroidered with wormlike cobras of Pharaonic dy asties! Think of a hatchet face, anaemi and wrinkled, going below the si beaver topper of the gay young Prin of Wales, its curved brim sprouting black silk shaving brush at a raki angle. Imagine a fat and florid fat a bit moist with anxiety, gray h straggling back from thick ears, smi ing at itself in a Rose besot helm high -crowned, narrow of brim, with cascade of tropical palm leav tumbling over one ear; or an of maid's face belonging to the gene tion that made old maids the burde bearers of the family, gazing wit lackluster eyes in a mirror that r fleeted a visored jockey's cap marke off in sections like a cantaloupe, tb colors black and purple. Surely th French proverb should be pasted each mirror, "Search the face w and without optimism, before choos ing a hat." Not only the face, but on'o environ- ment, social activities, type of mind outlook on life'should count. Th wrong choice gives away one's aecre foolishness. Be sure you are coquet- tish before attempting a Dutch bon net. Be sure you look mysterious an a trifle melancholy before attemptin the tiara turban of the Russians; a bi wicked and pagan before accepting the wound turban of the Indian dans er. Remember that you should run from the wing feathers of the African bird as fast as he would run from you unless you were fitted by Nature to carry his plumage. Whether the' feather is' burnt, tortured, glycerined or curled, regard it with a speculative eye. Each of these hats and fancies is ati the top notch of fashion. Every one! of them will be thrust upon you by those who have no conscience. CLUB WOMEN, ATTENTION! If your club is just drifting along, meeting now and then to exchange the latest news, or if the women in your eommunity have never organized, why not develop a home -makers' club? The plan is for each member to teach the other members how to do something in which she excels. In one commun- ity in our county there is a home- makers' club having twenty-five mem-' hers. Regular meetings are held the second and fourth Thursdays of each month; the meetings begin at ten and close at four. Each woman brings a luncheon consisting of sandwiches,; fruit and cake or cookies. The hostess for the day serves hot beverages dur- ing the cold months and iced tea, grape -juice or lemonade at the sum- mer meetings. Some of the demonstrations which have been most interesting included the removal of stains, remodeling clothing, batik and dyeing, basket weaving, methods of serving food, first-aid suggestions, making a dress form, methods of cooking vegetables and food selection for the healthy' family. Iles your club a "hobby show"? If not, you will want one. What is a! hobby show? Just this: Each mem- ber of the club is asked to bring a sample of her hobby and tell how to make it. If she is using her hobby to make "pin money" it is interesting to have her tell some of the methods tons included the making of a set-in l pocket, pillows filled with milk -weed pods, hooked rugs, quilts, Swedish weaving, embroidery, tatting, crochet- ing, china painting, water -color paint- ing, decorated candles, lamp shades, artificial flowers, baskets and'angel cake. The baskets were made of iris leaves which had turned brown. The' maker showed how she steamed the n ;leaves and then showed the method of c' weaving baskets. The closing de- Ik monstration was the mixing of an ce angel cake. Following this, angel a cake and grape -juice were served. sh r So many ideas developed from this show that members of the club plan- ar ned to have these demonstrations be - 1 come a regular feature of their club et, meetings, their club program provid ing for several of these meetings dur es ing the year.—Eva Floyd Smith. r A POPULAR EVER SEASONABLE n! STYLE. ht d4 e' o" o e11 e; t a g; t FOSTER HOMES WANTED For, BOYS and GIRLS of 06001 age. Specially se- lected for Immigration to Canada. Further information apply to The Salvation Arany 297 George St. Toronto ISSUE. No, 7—'24. 3971. The apron and house dress are now considered an essential in every woman's wardrobe. Surely the model here portrayed will be much admired for its graceful lines and at- tractive pocket. As a porch "dress" or for garden and kitchen, this style will be very satisfactory. The pattern is cut in 4 Sizes: Small, 34-36; Medium, 38-40; Large, 42-44; Extra Large, 46-48 inches bust mea- sure. A Medium Size requires 4 yards of 36 -inch materia -l. Tho width at the foot is about 2 yards. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 15c in silver, by the Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. Allow two weeks for receipt of pattern. BUILT SPECIAL CUPBOARD. My good husband took a strip four feet six inches off one side of our medium-sized kitchen and in the mid- dle of the strip built spacious cup- boards from floor to ceiling with doors and two drawboards. At one end of this strip he fitted a full-sized door, the newly acquired space here opening into the cellarway. In hero he put a number of cleats full of nails to hold kettles, frying pane, griddles and pails, and in back of the cupboards some open shelving or food, making a sliding door of a window screen, thus keeping out the mice and flies. An outside window gives light and air and its new wide ledge affords a safe place for pies to cool. At the opposite end of the cupboard was put a narrow door into a "catch- all." This space has shelving room for boxes of Caps, mittens, overshoes, sunshades, and much else out of sea- son. A row of short shelves is fitted in here back of the cupboards, and cleats full of hooks lino the rest of the wall space and hold hats, over: shoes, coats, etc,, in season. This room holds.also laundry bag, ironing board, broom, carpet sweeper, boots; over- shoe, and one thousand other things, The kitchen is now very handy, and since my husband has' provided a plate for everything it up to me to keep everything in Its place.—I14', O. A,•darraa HOME -SPUN HINTS, ,1 After dapap or frosty weather we found it impossible to raise our win doves until I hit on the following plan; I gut a tin hex 1x2 inches, diteotly under the task at ene end, A tack held it in pisco, Now I use any piece of tin that will slightly raise sash. Knife blade is O.K. The syrup in pies often causes them a to stick to plate when•cold. Try Put (Copyright Thomas Alton). ting them on stove for halt a minute, patience. --Mrs. lap a CHAPTER KXXXI,-,-(.Cont'd,) angled Trails • •RY WILVAM M4CLEAP MINS and you will save ie crust time .and "If we could be sure she's all=right. But we cetn't." Rose turned on him a EMBROIDERY HOOT>S FOR PIES. wistful face, twisted by emotion. "I Deep . three or four embroider want to find her, Kirby. len her y sister. Slues all I've got, Can't you hoops in your kitchen to set hot pies, do something?" hot kettles, and frying pens on.' They "I'll. try" She noticed the hardening of the lean jaw, the tightening of the inner cles as the back teeth clenched, tlo, One of my neighbors' finds that le finds she ""Dboongged't--,don't anything•.•., rash," Mgnpillow thtu for pod wheillow ntheyTheeir eyesdmel Hei6am edagrimlym' begin tgo show wear, she eaves not ons � Don't worry' Mand I'lletall you g Yup later to -night and report piro. theeostofnewonesbutth are excellent when ono does not pos- sass a zine -covered table. SAVING ON PILLOW SLIPS, e time re- grass, quired to make them. 1 lie walked to the nearest drug -store and used the telephone freely, At the OYSTER' SHORTCAKE FOR SUN-' end of fifteen minutes he stepped out DAY NIGHT TEA. I of the booth. His cousin Jack was doing some eveningwork at the of- w ere he was now in charge of For an oyster shortcake make a flees h rich, light, baking powder biscuit. Cut settling up his uncle's affairs. • in large rounds. Bake quickly, While Kirby found flim there. A man baking prepare the oysters' by dress- stenographer was putting on fits coat ing with cream sauce, which may be dra eslteAve but Jack was still at his plain or have added to it hard-boiled asked, looked up, annoyed. eggs run through the potato masher. Was that you telephoned me?" he Break the biscuit, butter generously, Yes,,, cover the bottom half with the oyster) ""I told you I'd let you know when 1 filling, put top on biscuit and more of I wanted to see you." the oyster over the whole. This is a' "So you did. But you didn't let me not. He killed the boxeres attacice with deadly counter -slows, moving in and out lithely as a cat. The rough. rider landed close :to the solar plexus• Jack winced and gave ground, Kirby's fist got home again. Ile crowded Jack, feeling that his man was weakening, jack rallied for one Last desperate set-to, hoping for a chance blow to. knock Kilby out. He scored a dozen tunes. Lane gave ground, slowly, watchfully, guarding as best he' could. Then hie brown fist shot out and up. It moved sdarcely six inches, etrhight for the college boxer's chin. Jack's knees sagged. He went down, tolled over, and lay still. Kirby found water and brought it back, Jack was sitting up, Luis' back owed a ged ulpsnst or tthe wall. He swal- wo and splashed the rest on his face. "I'll say you can hit like the kick of a mule," he said. "If you'd been a' reasonable human, I ought to have got you, at that, Don't you ,ever stay down?" Kirby could not repress a little smile. In spite of himself he felt' a sneaking admiration for this insouci- ant youth who could take a beating ike a sportsman. "You're some little mixer yourself," he said, know. The shoe's on the other foot "'Thought I very delectable method of preparing was before I b d oysters and extends them economall want to see you." into ou S il' Y now. I m Y l' gim e a hand up. I m nope m TO REMOVE LA BELS. This simple method has proved effi- cacious for removing labels from trunks, bags, furniture, bottles, woody work or other surfaces which cannot "Pm not interested in anything you a bit groggy Yet."" Kirby helped him to his feet, The The stenographer had gone. Kirby could hear his footsteps echoing down the corridor. He threw the catch of ""I can promise to keep you inter - be immersed in .water without in'ur `� ""Some"sarap. Let's go into the lava - water Jack rose. ire wore white shoes, tory and do some reconstruction Thoroughly wet a piece of blotting duck trousers, a white pique shirt, work," he said. paper large enough to cover the label and a blue.serge coat that fitted his Side by side at adjoining wash - and apply to the offending sticker for graceful figure perfectly. "What did bowls, perfecly amicable theyre- ten minutes. It may then be removed, .you do that for?" he demanded. "Open paired as far as possible the daages and you will be pleased to find that it that door!" of war. Not till' they had put on has left no trace of disfigurementpon` Not just yet, Jack. I've come for again their coats did Kirby hark back the article to which it had adhered, a settlement. It's up to you to say to "the purpose of the meeting. what kind of a one it'll be." You haven't told me yet what I Cunningham's dark eyes glittered. want to know" WOMEN! DYE FADED He was no physical coward. Moreover, Out of a damaged eye Jack looked THINGS NEW AGAIN he was a trained athlete, not long out at him evenly. ""And that's only part of college. He had been the middle- of it. I'm riot going to, either." weight champion boxer of the univer- He had said the last word. Kirby Dye or Tint Any Worn, Shah. sity. If this tough brown cousin could not begin all over again : to by Garment or Drapery. wanted a set-to, he would not have thrash him. It was not reasonable. to ask twice for it. And if he did, he knew quite well he "Suits me fine," 'he said. de/That's would get nothing out of the man. If your proposition?" he would not talk, he would not. • "I've been a blind idiot. Didn't see The bronco buster walked b the ]oak and closed the door. immaculate shirt and trousers were spattered with blood, mostly Kirby's. The young dandy looked at himself, and a humorous quirk twitched at the' corner of his mouth, Each 15 -cent package of "Diamond Dyes" contains directions so simple that any woman can dye or tint any old, worn, faded thine new, even if she has never dyed before. Choose any color at drug store. — n Discontent. Contentment is a spiritual grace, and a very ebarming one. It. is not produced by outward circumstances, as we are all well aware. You may have riches and luxury and friends and success and still be abominably dis contented. Some people are born contented. You see it when they are babies. They 1 will coo and chatter and laugh over a c self-inven ted to or even Y a ray of sun- . shine when others whine with all the what was right before my eyes. reckon you've had some laughs at ne Well, I hope you enjoyed 'em. Ther aren't any more grins comin' to you. Kirby spoke coldy, implacably; hi voice grating like steel on steel. "Meaning, in plain English?" "That you've let a dead man' shoulders carry your sins. You hear us blame Uncle James for Esther Mc Lean's trouble. An' you never sai a word to set us right. Yet you'r the man, you damned scoundrel!" Jack went white to the lips, the flushed angrily. "You can't ever mind your own business, can you?" I want just two things from you The first is, to know where you've taken her; the second, to tell you that you're goin' to make this right an see that you do it." "When you talk to me like that 've nothing to say. No man living an bully me." "You won't come through. Is that t?" "You may go to the devil for all 1 me.," Their stormy eyes clashed. "The girl you took advantage of asn't any brother," the Wyoming an said. "I'm electin' myself to that ob for a while. If I can I'm goin' o whale the life outa you." Jack slipped out of his coat and. ssed it on the desk. Even in that ment, while Kirby was concentrat- g for the attack; the rough rider ound time to regret that so good- oisedd and youth, one so gallantly gracefully graceless, hould be a black -hearted scamp, "Hop to it!" invited the college an. Under thick dark lashes his' acs eyes danced with excitement. Kirby lashed out with hie right,' and and straight. His cousin duck - with the easy grace of a man who as spent many hours on a ballroom oor. The cattleman struck again, ask caught the blow and deflected it, the same time uppercutting swiftly r the chin. The counter landed flush 1 Kirby's cheek and flung him back! the wall. He grinned, and plunged again. A riving left caught him off balance I his hotel. A special delivery Qtette e.: was in his box. It was post.marke e Golden. As he handed it to him the e clerk looked him over curiously. It s had been some time since he had seen la face so badly cut up and swollen. "You ought to see the other fel- slow," Kirby told him with a lopsided d grin as he ripped open the envelope. Before his eyes had traveled half - d way down the sheet the cowman gave e a modulated whoop of joy. "Good news?" asked the clerk. n Kirby did not answer. His eyes 'were staring in blank astonishment at one sentence 'in the letter. The , note was from Cole Sanborn. This is (what Kirby y read ini Yit: Well, old-timer, there ain't no trail so blamed long but what its got a turn in it somewheres. I done found Esther up Platte Canon and every - ,things OK as you might say. I reckon you are wondering en n h g osvcome this to be postmarked Golden. Wel], old pardner, I'm sure enough married at last but I had a great time getting Esther to see this my way. Shes one swell little girl and theres only one thing I.hate. Before she would marry me I had to swear. up and down I wouldn't touch the yellow. wolf who I got her into, trouble, But she didn't say nothing about you so 1 will just slip you his name. It 'wasn't your 1uncle at all but that crooked oil brok- er nephew of his James Cunningham, If you can muse him up proper for very meal. Cteonees mouth nod teeth suet little+ dlumedon. Renewer that over eater' teenage and acid mouth. Its I-a-•t-t-l-all-tl flavor Do Wales the crawling for sweets. Wrigicyas is double value to tete -benefit sad Pleasure it provides, Package.. ifs Pgdty w'S nee youll sure be doing a favor to yours respectably, Cole Sanborn, P.S. Esther sends bushels of love M Rose and will write to -morrow. I'll say lin going to make her one happy kid, Cole. Kirby laughed in sardonic mirth. He had fought the wrong man. It was James Cunningham, not Jack, And, of course Jack had known it all the time and {teen embarrassed by it. He iiad stuck loyally to his, brother and had taken the whaling of his Life rather than betray him, Kirby took off his hat to Jack. He had stood pat to a fighting finish, He was one good square sport. Even as he was thinking this, Kirby was moving toward the'telephone booth. He had promised to report progress. For once he had consider- able to report. (To be continued.) The Country of the Cam- Isards. • Are travelled in the print of olden Wars ; Yet al] the land was green; And lova we found, and peace, Where fire and war had been. They pass and smile, the children of the sword— No more the sword they wield; And 0, how deep the corn Along the battlefield R. L. S: Minard's Liniment for Dandruff. On a long journey an elephant can daverage eight miles an hour. apparatus of cunning entertainment o about them And the tame disposition persists through life. Those content- ed persons instinctively make the best h of things. If the sun. shines, it is of en course delightful. If it rains, well, j somebody's garden probably needs a t wetting It is natural that they should be contented in prosperity, but even to adversity loses most of its annoyance; la when you do not recognize it as ad- varsity, There are good points in lo poverty, in weakness, in age, in fail -,p ure; and if you are naturally con• s tented, you find them, oven without taking any great pains to look for ea them, bl On the other hand those contented people rarely get anywhere; that is, e anywhere else than where they are. h Why should they when where they are fi is good enough? It is discontent that J makes the world go on, says a writer at in Youth's Companion, Discontent Is fo responsible for all our progress. If o men had been everlastingly contented, to they would still be eating acorns It v content that made whole and d window glass, made letters and arts and sciences, make the richness of the civilized world and its wonder and its beauty. It was discontent that edu sated us politically. It its the greatest of all magicians But It should be wise discontent, intelligent, enlightened, not whimsical, querulous or restless. Charles Lamb had often the quintessence of wisdom as well 08 of pathos in his light and frolic thoughts. He summed up the whole business of discontent in the charming, paradoxical description of himself as "contented withlittle yet wishing Mr more." IMlnard'e Liniment Heals Cuts, t as dis OUR FREE BOOKLET Our little book describes our work and our excellent toilet preparations and contains many hints on the care of the Skin, Scalp, Hair, Hands and Com- plexion, For over 30 years we have been successfully treating Eczema, Pimples, Blacicheade and other skin and scalp troubles be' mail, We re. move Supar6uous Hair, Moles, WOO, etc., forever, by Electrolysis, Write H13COTT INSTITUTE 610 College e Toronto and flung him from his feet. He was up again instantly, shaking his head to clear it of the dizziness that sang there, It came to him that he must use his brains against this expert boxer or suffer a knockout, Ile must wear Jack out, let him spend his strength in attack, watch for the chalice that was hound to come if he could wea- ther the storm long enough. Not at all loath, Jack took the Offen. sive. He went to work coolly to put out his foe. He landed three for one, - timing and placing his blows carefully to get the maximum effect. A second time Kirby hit the floor. Jack hoped he would stay' down. The clubman was a little out of con- dition.. He was beginning to breathe fast. His cousin had landed hard two or three times on the body. Back of each of these blows there had been a punishing force. Cunningham knew he had to win soon .if at alt, But Kirby had not the least inten- tion of quitting„ Ho was the tough product of wind and gun and hard work. 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SMPowidelWARE "AFdoa of Porcelain and a Heart of Stool" Tttrea 9niahat Pearl War. two coats of pearly too enamel tnslde and Gert, Ware, Ware, three ,eats, Hatt blue and white enfold*, white Ilntns. Coat, rratstwith war., ltoyal lthreenue coats, ,damsmi . re white tnalde and .v,4.r 'se °HISHEET METAL PRODUCTS Co,etnimin MONTREAL TORONTO WINNIPEG' EDMONTON VANCOUVER CALGARY Its VITAL STATISTICS OF THE DOMINION Aeeording to the returns of the Do. minion Bureau of Sfatistics, covering the year 1021, the birth rate' 01 the eight provindee of Canada, excluding Quebec, was 26.8 per thousand of the population, • Nlttultobn had Ibe high• est birth rate of the provinces with, 80,3 of population, The next higbeat suss Saskatchewan with 29.7 per cent. Ontario's rate WAS 25.8, and Brutish Columbia was the lowest with 20,3 births per thousand p1 Its population, .[•Intl Quobee,-which compiles Its own statistics, been Included, however, Manitoba would have had to cede the palm to the French provinee, .as the. birth rate there in the previous year was ,84,7 per thousand of population. The death tato aCanada luthe rime pealed was 10.6 per thousand of Dominion population, a decrease In total deaths being registered in every Province and lowering the average from 12,3 peg thousand in the pre- vious year, New Brunswick had the highest death rate in 1921 with 18.9 per thousand, whilst liritisb Columbia with 8 per thousand had the lowest. The rate in the • Prairies Provinces ranged from 7,4 to 8.4, whilst in On - taxies the death rate was 11.8 per thousand There Is a probability that the Quebec figures for 1921 would be lower than, the average of the pre- vious year of 11.9 lind bring it some• what nearer tate Dominion rate for the year. The Prairie Provinces Outatanding, It is Interesting to note that the highest birth rates and lowest death rates in the Dominion are registered by the Prairie Provinces, where the more strenuous phases of agriculture are pursued and where the closest ep proximation to pioneer conditions still prevails with huge farming areas and few large industrial centres The Pro• vince of Manitoba 'also held the re • cord during the year for marriages with 8.7 per thousand ot populatiop thi entering s state, whilst the lowest rate was registered by Prince Edward Island with 6.8 per thousand of popu- lation. It becomes doubly interesting to compare Canadian vital statistics with such as are available for other court. tries of the globe The birth rate of Quebec 1s, as far as can be discovered, bigber than that of any country in the world, and probably of any part of any country. Taking the figures over the past three or four years, few countries exceed Canada in the proportion of births Canada's 26.3 per cent. Is slightly higher than that of the United States, which of late years has ranged between 23 and 25 per thousand of population, The only eouetrles which actually register a higher rate in any year than Canada are Spain with 29.4 and South Africa with 28.9. Strange. y, the only other countries which op - proximate the Canadian figures are of e British Empire, England and Wales with 25.4, Australia with 25.'? nd New Zealand with 25,1, The Canadian rate is substantially greater ban that of Italy, Germany, and France, eaa 1 th a t The Dominion Leads. - One country, Now Zealand, shows a lower death rate than 'Canada with 10 per thousand of population 09 against Canada's 10.6 Australia's rate at tho last showing was the same as Cana- da's, and that of the •United States 12.8, The ',only other countries whose low death rate approaches that of the Dominion aro South Africa wlth 11,1 per thousand of population and Eng- land and Wales with 12.4 Taking the principal cities In the various provinces of Canada, a uni- formly high birth rate is found, ex- seeding in nearly all cases the Do- minion rate, 1t Is highest, in an ag- gregate of cities, in Calgary with 36 per thousand of population, closely fol- lowed by Winnipeg and Montreal with 33 per thousand each, 32 in Regina, SD in Vancouver, 80 in Halifax, 29 in 8t. John, and 25 in Toronto In a fiat of the twenty largest cities of Europe and including New York, it is found that the highest average birth rate !s 28 per thousand, at Glasgow, Scotland, which Is surpassed by e11 Canadian cities except one. If these figures indicate anything, it is that the Canadian race la a healthy race and Canada is a good country to live in, it is often pointed out that the Canadian climate and general. Canadian conditions are conducive to the production of a strong, vigorous and virile people, and if figures count, the foregoing should furnish the most concrete evidence of this, O She --"They any it's love that maker the world go round." Ho—"Yes—if the ghee; nolo test" ing," .11