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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1916-7-20, Page 2fa' A '1* For Preserving, Use LILY WHITE CORN SYRUP 'One-third "Lily White" to two- thirds Sugar, by weight. "Lily White" Qom Syrup pre- vents fermentation and mold— brings out the natural flavour of fruits and berries—and makes much more delicious Preserves, Jams and Jellies than you can make with ail sugar. In 2, 5, 10 and 20 pound tins —4t all dealers. THE CANADA STARCH CO. LIMITED, MONTREAL. 278 4`. fi• FA it5 "il. 0 r.0 17? ; (!i g 'tAititegocV %NA, *4 AINVIiS.. .. :.4. ••••=t1trt"....Oteorett•ortotrolkop THE LAPSE Or ENOCH WENTWORTH By ISABEL, GORDON CURTIS, Author of " The Woman from VVolvertons " CHAPTER VIL—(Cont'd.) Before the middle of October all the Parts were in rehearsal except two, An Englishwoman, Zilla Paget, was crossing the Atlantic to play "Mrs, Esberbrook". Oswald refused obstin-. ately to give "Cordelia" to and actress that Wentworth suggested. "We must close with somebody mighty quick," said Enoeh, when Os- wald had turned down Katherine Dean. "Miss Dean is not even bo be thought of," answered the Englishman decisively. "She's beautiful, but where's her feelmg, her intelligence? I sat watching her face—the light fell strong upon her while you talked. There's absolutely nothing to her but beauty. "She can act," insisted Wentworth. "I've seen her act. It isn't acting we want in 'Cordelia.' The woman who plays 'Cordelia' must have feel - tender, compassionate understanding, dignity, with a young face—not a face into which youth is painted." " 'Cordelia' must have beauty," "We may get both. I am not search- ing for 'Cordelia' among the stars; I have hopes of finding ber among the unknowns." I "That's a risky proposition," said Wentworth impatiently. "'Cordelia' is a big part. Why, it's almost lead -I ing business—it ought to be in rehear-. sal now." "Wait a few days," suggested Os- wald. "Now, tell me, when is Merry to show up? He should have been here a week ago. Can't you wire him to -day ?" "I'll do it right away." Wentworth tossed his hat on his head and left the office. He drew a long breath, when he stopped orb on the sidewalk, and looked anxiously up and down Broadway as if hoping to see Merry approach withh is nonchalant stride. He paused for a moment to light a cigar, then started at a brish gait down the street. He was accosted here and there by a friend. Each one offered congratulations. He was in no mood for that sort of thing. A block further ahead he saw Phillips of the Herald in the moving throng. There would be no escaping him. He jumped on a downtown car, and a few minutes latir he was at the Battery.° He stepped off and crossed the square. The tide was coming in and a stiff breeze blew off the ocean. He seatql himself on a bench and watched the spray dash over the pier. Throngs came and went, but Enoch did not see them. His mind was cen- M SO at 0 w in w ag se th in pe ho He Os an p1 br tra Enoch as he had been amonth ago, With the man who bad aged suildenlY, who was growing morose, fretful, un- communicative and impatient over trifles. Day after day she saw less of him. His plea was hard work, so the girl was left to her own devices, She had few friends in the city. She spent the fall days in long, solitary walks, and her mind dwelt constantly on Merry. Her brother scarcely men- tioned the play to her. She read news of it in the papers. Through them came the information that Enoch had relinquished journalism and was work- ing on the production of a new play by a new author. She drew a long breath of relief over that announce- ment. She felt sure Enoch would do full justice to Merry when the b arrived. She was too proud to questions. Her brother had alw taken her completely into his co dence; she was certain he would d again when the toil and worry w over. Wentworth watched her closely, realized how she felt his reticence change of feeling; her every gla told it. He woralered frequently w the thoughts were that she did put into words. In every woman had admired for beauty, intellectual heart qualities there had been mm fections which were temperamenta time ask ays nfi- o so ere He and nce hat not he or per Ily feminine. Dorcas was different. So times he fancied it might be cau by her seclusion from bhe world d ng girlhood. Then he remembered few of her girl friends he had m In each of them he had seen so petty deceit or frivolity which, nia Ike, he accounted a typical femin vice. Dorcas was different in h and intellect. She resembled stalw men he had known. He sat with his eyes fixed on cean steamer moving majestically he harbor. When her whistle shrie d in response to a salute, We worth rose with a start and glanc harply about him. He felt that so ne was watching him. His eyes m he gaze of his sister. She sat on earby bench staring at him, a new aper in her lap and her hands clas d Iistnessly over it. "Why, Derry! How long have y een here? Did you call me?" "I did not speak to you," she a werea quietly. "When I laid do y paper a minute ago you sat there He did not offer to take a place b de her, tho,igh she moved to mak om for him. His face flushed ho ywhen his glance fell on the hea nes of a paper that lay in Dorcas me - sed Ur- a et. me n- ine eart art an up k- nt- ed me et a s- p- ou NV71 .11 t- d - 0 e b m si ro 111 red desperately upon one anxiety: la erry must be found. He had felt certain that the actor might appear Y° any moment that he had allowed sweld to think he knew where he im as. He reported him half -sick, try - g to recuperate, and hating the orry of a lawsuit with an agry man- or, which Oswalt' was trying to ttle out of court. Ile assured him at the comedian was latter perfect his part; all he needed was to ap- ar at late rehearsals. The strain, wever, was telling on Wentworth. had grown nervous and irritable. wald saw traces of it, but laid it to xiety over the preparations for his ay. Dorcas realized the change in her in other and felt it keenly, She con- a stet' the care -free, generous, go tru un ba gir has br or oth wa yos you eve pily I had P - "Have you seen the story abou urself in the Times?" "Of course 1 have," answered Rime patiently. "It was not my dein swald insisted on it. Every pape clamoring for news. We repro ce the play the first week of Decem r." "The paper speaks of you alon erry isn't given credit for even sug esting the plot, His name is no entioned." Wentworth's brow 'wrinkled into an ly scowl. "How could he be men ned? He can't be found—any 'era" 0 is du be lil g in ug tio wl h g. r e. d ISRINHISIgamgmgoaalalaarireemm The best sugar for the sugar bowl is Its purity strid, "fine" granulation give the highly sweeten- ing power. It dia. solves instantly in your teacup or on yOUThreakfaat Cereal. 2 and Cartons Pure lCane "TheAll-Purpose Sugar" 'Mr. Oswall said yesterday he was the Catskills, ready to come on a moment's notice." 'I wish to God he were!" crie entworth desperately. 'Why don't you tell Mr. Oswald the th?" 'Dorcas, you're a.child. You don' derstand that I am up against rder proposition than I can meet.' 'It seems to me, Enoch," said the 1 slowly, "if you had not—" She did not finish the sentence. She I turned her eyes away from her other and stared at the multitude craft in the bay, jostling each er as vehicles do on Broadway. 'Had not what?" he insisted. he met his eyes calmly and they vered before her own. "I mean if had not made a false start—if bad gorse into this honestly— rything would have come out hap - Wentworth did not answer. I can't feel, Enoch, that Merry has fair play." The man stamped his foot impa- tiently. "Help MO to find him, then. Things will straighten out if he puts in an appearance. Come, let us walk home.I It's too chilly for you to sit here." Dorcas rose ancl folded the paper, which lay on her lap. She kept up with her brother's long strides through , the cruwd that thronged 13roadway.1 After a few minutes' silence he asked suddenly: "How did you happen to' see Mr. Oswald yesterday?" 'Ile called at the house." "Aboat what?" "On business. He has asked me to play 'Cordelia,' " "ft tnighb have occurred to him to consult mel" Wentworth stopperl for a second, Damao was not bolting at hint—her eyes were turned straight ahead on the bustling' street. "Why didn't be speak to me first'?" he persisted. don't know, 1 can't decide what Private Prince Henry Who is His Majesty's third son, and a private in the Eton O.T.C., the rem - carnation of the old Eton College Volunteers, for which O.E.'s who were in them ose primitive dayshad a pet name that was more expressive than polite. Prince Henry has also I recently elected to pursue the amphi- bious existence of a Wet Bob. We do not know whether the ancient mariner who used to rescue aspiring oarsmen, from the watery depths of Father Thames is still alive, but we hope so.I His nom de guerre used to be "Gin- ger," so far as memory serves us. to do. X would say 'yes' if I could tal it over with Andrew Merry." "I have told you point-blank yo are not to go on the stage." "You know how I feel about, it. Dorcas spoke quietly. "You remem ber, I told you it was the only wor I ever cared to do." "When did Oswald suggest this?" "Several weeks ago. He has talked with me about it more than once.'' "He might have taken Inc into hi confidence," snarled Wentworth. "He knew how you felt about it Besides, Enoch," the girl's voice trembled, "besidea--lately I have no known whether you cared anything about my affairs," Wentworth did nob answer until they turned into the quieter region of Waverly place. "Don't sit in judgment. on me, Dorry," he pleaded. "When the trol- ley gets swung back on its pole and things begin to run without constant saitching, I'll return to the old rou- . little faith in nae. I have nobody in the world except you." Dorcas flung away the paper which0 she was carrying and tucked one hand eIt's the bread line. Had you never seen it before?" "No. Who are the men?" "God knows!" answered the Eng- lishman, with n thrill of compassion in his voice. "They are a lot of half -frozen, starving, human wreck- age, who have been waiting there for an hour to get a loaf of bread." (To be continued.) THE LITTLEST LIEUTENANT. Russian Officer, Aged Thirteen, Wears Two Decorations. " I should have put him down as ten, but an officer's word is not to be doubted." So wrote a correspondent of the London Times who recently shared a k railway compartment with Lieut. Mis- ha Turukhanis, aged thirteen, wound- ed in the shoulder, wearing two de- corations for valor, and on his way to Petrograd to join his mother—an army nurse—because the orders were k that " all women and children serving in the army" were to be mustered out. "No smoking here 1" In the crowded station, awaiting the start, the correspondent saw a big s Cossack drop his cigarette and come hastily to the salute. • " The order, shrill, incisive, seemed to come from somewhere near my al- t bow, and, looking down, I saw beside me on the crowded platform a trim [little figure in the uniform of a Cos- sack officer. It was not much more - than four feet high, and its boots 1 so lier s arm. "Iles a bargain?" he asked, looking "It's a down ater with a smile. bargain," she answered. "About 'Cordelia,' Dorry. do as You please. I cut loose when father planned my future, and did what I wanted to. A girl, I suppose, has the' same rights, especially if she's a girl who can be trusted—implicitly." When he unlocked the door, Dorcas passed in before him. As he shut it behind him she threw her arms about his neck and kissed him. Wentworth helsi hcr for a moment in a close, af- fectionate grasp. On the hall table lay a note addressed to Dorcas, also a telegram for Wentworth. He tore it open and stood for a minute deep in thought. 1 "Enoch, I have an invitation here from Mr. Oswald to see Nazimova to- night. Do you mind if I go?" "No. Give Oswald a message from Inc. I sha'n'b have time to see him before I leave." "Leave for where?" "For Montreal. I put a detective on Merry's track. Iie has almost laid his hand on him. Tell Oswald I will bring Merry back with me in two days, at the latest." ed o come nearly up to where, on its breast, two GeongeS glimmered in the sun. The station gong struck i twice ; the voice shrilled again, 1 Come, children P The burly Cos- P sacks who had been lounging about Eili e i»ig Out Gras Feed. "Oat - 2, From the results of the three years' work, it is evident that low- grade grains may be made to bring the producer a higher price per bushel sold through steers than will high- grade grains sold through the eleva- tors. 8. Hay, green feed and straw any be profitably fed at home. 4, From experimental work conduct- ed with grain plots at this station, a valuation of the manure produced through feeding cattle at $1. per ton applied is warranted. The fertile soil of our Western prairies will not retain its fertility indefinitely without a return of at least a portion of the deumictsitoitnilecItsf e rdoipagwn fro mit in the pro - 5. It is not necessary to provide an extravagant equipment in order to be able to undertake the satisfactory feeding of steers for the production af beef in this climate, 6. Bankers consider the lending of money for the purpose of feeding cat- tle a safe loan. 7, From the figures submitted • it would appear wise for the breeder to be a feeder also and market his pro - duet in finished condition. Natural grass pastures provide the cheapest and best feed for all ani- mals, except horses that are expect- ed to clo heavy or fast work, but an addition of oats, bran or even more concentrated feed will bring paying results in nearly all eases and most decidedly when big production of milk or quick fattening is desired. All cattle, from the calf to the steer ready for finishing., need forcing to keep up with the demand of the present day. Lambs may be satis- factorily finished on pasture if clover and raps are aside dto the natural grasses, but better speed can be made if a little grain is added to the ration, It is doubtful if any of the recent milking records have been made on pasture alone and most of the good dairymen use soiling crops and grain or millfeed to keep up the milk yield of the whole herd, Hogs, have as a general thing been . denied pasture to boo groat an ex tent, some people refusing to let them have a run on grass, even for exer- cise; but the other extreme should not be jumpd to if beat results are desir- ed. Hogs at all ages may be kept on pasture to their advantage, but "kept" must not be taken to mean maintained; or improved. A run on clover or rape plus milk and some grain, will grow the animal satis- factorily to within a few weeks of butchering, when they should be pen ned, not too closely, and finished on good hard feed. Ab present prices for hogs, a great deal of wheat can be fed to advantage in the pro duction of pork, but judgment must be used re- garding the size of each feed. Ground wheat alone cannot be considered a satisfactory grain ration for hogs; as it is likely to bring on digestion trou- bles, but mixed with other grains it gives good results. Horses and colts at pasture make their best and quickest growth when some grain is fed with the pasture grass and it is generally understotsi •that the coltshould be encouraged. to eat oats, preferably crushed and mix- ed with bran, early in his lifetime. When it comes to the feeding of horses that are at hard work for long hours as are farm horses during near- ly the whole of the summer season, it is necessary to increase the amount of grain fed, to double or more thin ° double the amount fed for ordinary maintanence. The amount prescribed in such a case by the Dominion mai Husbandman, is 1U poundsnperm m 00 lbs., of horse, of a mixture of 85 er cent. oats, and 15 per cent. bran. To keep the work horse in good health, t is also necessary that he be fed a ran mash at regular intervab, Sat- rday night being the time best suited or this, on account of the day's rest Requirements of a Good Animal. An animal is like a machine. A good machine requires that each parb be of good material and just the right weight and strength. The good ani- mal must have its parts developed in the right proportion to make the type desired. The adaptability of a ma- chine and the proportioning of its parts can largely be determined by looking at it. However, the make of the machine is the guaranbee as to its possessing or lacking quality. Like. Wise in the animal a good deal can be determined as to its type by looking at it. Its real quality, however, can not be determined in this way. To get at this it becomes necessary to go further back. The quality was put into the animal by its parents, its grandparents, its greatgrandparents, etc. This makes it important to know that all these parents had qual- ities that would contribute to the making of a good animal of the type wanted. A, predigree is a scheme for eeping track of th eparents of en ani - al. It is a guarantee of what is ack of the animal, of what has con- tributed to its make up. It is this act that makes the pure-bred ani - al valuable.—North Dakota Eperi- ent Station. --- Windbreaks Pay Dividends the platform climbed into third-class 1 carriage, and as the train began to b move, the amazing little person swung u himself aboard at the tail of the pro- f cession and followed his 'children' into their stuffy quarters." He was travelling with his "child- g ren " because they liked to have him , t with them; but later he visited the fl first-class carriage in which were the s correspondent and some laclies. a "For all his dignity he was of quite t a friendly disposition, and he was s soon free of all the compartments in 'm our carriage. He knew his world, too, I t and the iron hand of discipline that t had been in evidence on the platform w of the way station was now appro- b priately concealed in the velvet glove. h The sweets an admirer gave him he s duly handed to ' ladies first.' Only in f the dining car he was a little per- la plexed by the variety of cutlery. But t he would not resort to natural WenP- st ons, and when I ventured to come to 13 his rescue on the pretext that his th wounded shoulder put him at a dis- 0±advantage in the struggle with a stub- fr born drumstick, his ready abandon- ment of the unfamiliar knife to me as betrayed no consciousness that any- ad one might suspect the possibility of w that follows. a Turning out the work horse to rass, on Sundays, work all right if he grass is not too soft and if the ies do not trouble the animal. This cheme works well with 'horses that re given to stocking up when kept in he stall for long after hard work, but uch a condition should by rights be ads impossible by a treatment, for he benefit of the blood. The idea of trying to save grain by pasturing the orking horse over night, -should not e considered and it is aquestiol'5 12 a does as well outside, as in the table, even if fed his full ration be - ore being turned out. With this et mentioned practise there is also he extra work and time f tl er to be considered, and the horse is kely to get better treatment during e work if the man who drives him artj off in the morning in a satisfied aAnleco0o21, niclienadn stable, screened so to keep out flies and regularly dis- ected with a wholesome -smelling ash, will make the horse more corn- rtable at night, than will the aver- ge pasture field. Windbreaks are usually more or less ornamental on a farm, and add to the contentment of the owner. Bub it is not generally known that windbreaks actuaily pay d' . It must b. dmitted that windbreaks occupy pace that could be profitably devoted to agricultural crops, and that the roots of the trees and their shade render a strip of ground on either side of the windbreak relatively un- productive. Yet in spite of these drawbacks, efficient windbreaks do more good than evil. The windbreak reduce's the velocity of the wind, and, consequently, .the loss of soil water front evaporation from the soil surface and from the fiald crops. Thia is equivalent to ad- ditional rainfall, just as "a dollar sav- ed is a dollar made." It seems that the greater yield of field crops and ap- ples behind the protection of a good windbreak is enough to warrant every farmer in planting tvindbreaks.—W..1. Morrill, in Farm and Dairy. A Suggestion. another reason. " Re has been on service in Poland and 'with a child's facility had mas- ered Polish so well that he was able o give lessons in that language to he colonel of his regiment. This at- ainment gave him a decided advan- age over his brother officers with he ladies, chiefly Poles, in our train." From Misha himself and the other fficers the story of the two Georges n the boy's breast was elicited, The rst•George he had won—and with it is promotion—by a singularly dar- ng and clever escape from six uhliins ho had taken him prisoner while re- onnoitring. He had shot one of hern, searched his clothes, and cap - red important dispatches. The econd medal he obtained when he led forlorn hope in the taking of a re- oubt, and was wounded in two places. It was a record of which any W- ei- might be proud ; but the ques- on of discipline still lurked in the rrespondent's mind, despite the "no okinging " episode. He ventured licately to inquire : "How do your mon like your mak- g them throw away their cigar- tes 1" " Well, you see," answered Misha, mply, they couldn't be expected to ind a little boy like me if I were thing else; but I ara en officer." Simple Enough. "When do you think peace will me?" "When some of the belligerents nd it, an invitation" fo , a ' t "Ohl" cried Dome radiantly, "then t everything will be righted!" I t "Everything will be righted," ae. t peated her brother, CHAPTER VIIL "Miss Wentworth, what does 'Hilda fi it 'The Master Builder' mean to you?" h asked Grant Oswald during the first i lull of quiet they met after leaving w the theatre Their cab bad been held c up in a Broadway blockade and the t street became suddenly still. "She tu means something. Ibsen, first, last, s and all the time, deals in parables, a Six people, have six different inter- d pretations of 'Hilda." I am curious to know what she stands for to you." di Dorcas turned her candid gray eyes ti to his. 10 "X see only one thing—conscience. sm She appears when the 'Master 13uild- de er',, by ono cruel, unjust, selfish action, Is bound to go down to the depths. in Nothing can Skye him but his con- et science. 'Hilda' is his conscieneo, of course." 81 "That is my interpretation exactly, m It is a wonderful play!" , no "It is a wonderful play." She point, od to a crowd on the sidewalk, "What is that string of men?" she asked. Their cab had been moving step by co step' for half a block. Again it eame to a stanist11. • 50 Points in Cattle Feeding At the end of the third year of fattening steers in the open air at Lacombe, Alberta, Mr. Hutton, the superintendent, draws the following deductions: 1. Three-year-old steers seem bet- ter adapted to. straight wheat feeding than are two-year-old steers. A. politician *who was seeking the votes of a certain community thought it worth while to make mention of his humble origin and early struggles. "I got a start in life by serving in a grocery store at $3 a week, and yet I have managed to save," he announc- ed. "Was that before the invention of cash registers?" Apply (Iso Remedy. "I see yen no loager call your place idle Hour." 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MANY TRADES ARE TAUGHT TO WOMEN SEVEN MILLION AT WORK IN BRITAIN NOW. 375,000 Filling Places of Men Who Have Been Called to War. It is estimated that the number of women now werking in war and peace jobs in Great .11ritain exceeds 7,000,- 000, writes 'a London correspondent. Nothing is more noticeable in the aspect of the streets than the dia. appearance of the youthful and mid- dle aged civilian, and next month will probably see a marked riminution of even khaki clad youngsters. Then thleewewalkillinremain only the oldster arid.s The wholesale withdrawal of men from the commercial and industrial ranks has resulted in a huge substitu- tion of female labor for the purpose maintaining the industrial output of the country. Many hundreds of women are training to become milkers and dairy hands. In Scotland and North- umberland this sort of work.is being regularly undertaken by women, while in Devonshire and other counties milk- ing is being done even by young girls before they go to school. Women are at the lathe in overalls \ and cap, in the powder shed, working twelve hour shifts on the motor buses or fashioning metal, timber and leath- er, carting, driving and distributing. Before the war it used to be said that every Tack had his trade. The same can now be said of every 1111. Women in trousers are becoming more and more numerous, they are donning them in greater numbers every day, in order to cope with work where the skirt is found to be a hind- rance. They do not dislike the change and it cannot be said to detract in any way from their native grace or car- riage. Napoleon Favored Trodsers. Napoleon, it seems, was a great be- liever in arraying women in masculine attire in time of war. " Dress does not make the man," says the proverb ; but Napoleon found that it made the woman, and that putting her into trousers made a world of differenceto her work and strength. Reliable English minion is inelined to encourage women to adopt mascu- line attire for what, after all, ought to be men's work, convinced that so dressed woman will give as god an account of herself as her absentanata. Many thousands of women and girls are serving the nation as munition workers. The Ministry of Munitions considers every case thoroughly, plac- ing the workers not only according to industrial fitness and home locality, but also with thought for the lives women have previously led and are likely to lead after the war. Many of the women engaged in munition work are art students, musicians, embroid- resses—girls who had been engaged in the fine arts and hope to be again. Once drafted into a factory, the work- ers are specially looked after by the Ministry as to hours, accommodation and rate of pap:neut. The wages are $5 a week as a minimum, and fit work- ers are soon able to earn $15 to $20, a week by piece work. • The Ministry of Munitions has es- tablished nearly seventy free training centres throughout the country, and at these centres learners are prepared for the lighter varieties of munition work. In the newly organized Air Department, in the various Govern- • ment offices, in banks, insurance of- fices, and commercial establishments thousands of young women are now struggling with stacks of official documrtsr; m loyments for Women. The withdrawal o many men from all trades and the transference of a large body of female labor from the staple industries to munition making and various other avenues of employ- ment has led the Home Office and the Board of Trade to issue a series of pamphlets pointing out in detail the branches in which women can be em- ployed—what relavation of the re- quirements of the factory acts is per- mitted and what arrangements are necessary to be made in factories to meat the introduction of female labor. The industries and trades dealt with in this way so far are : china and earthen ware, india ribber, wool, cot- ton, woodworking, pottery and brick, color, paint, varnish, papermaking, hosiery, heavy clothing and others. The estimated number of females engaged in work in substitution of male labor is as follows : Dec. Feb. April 1915 •1916 1016 All trades ..267,100 309,200 875,900 Under this cateory the main in- creases are as follows : D10e1c5. April ' 1916 Engineering trades... 70,300 117,400 Chemical trades „ 0,600 15,200 Textile trades .......57,000 73,400 Clothing trades '30,400 42,300 Boot trades 29,500 35,000 Paper, printing trades 22,500 23,000 Wood trades 11,400 17,400 Other trades 27,000 87,000 --al.—a-- Better Than Shakespeare. How silly of that Shalteapoate" id the girl, "to drown Ophelia and till MamMt. Why they ought to lave married!" • ain t no g t brow critic," the OtIng man agreed, "but that's hoW I'd a fixed it" , • 80