The Clinton News Record, 1923-8-9, Page 6lIie Gift Of
The Gods
Br PEARL FOLEY.
(PolaYlight)
MATER XI.-- (Corit'ela
aavigated ,throngli the dense
sa wave, of :loneliness SivelYe
)avid. Amid the gay crowds he
koe grim ehadow. an a hair-
claY he would without dieilculty
run across hle own kind and
. .
M the festivities, but here in
ilasteen land he was an out.
The .f.rayety floated ;41 around,
I not include him. He wondered
Hee were eneo tho mercy -
s. Perhaps if he lingered about,
e would reward him with either
nse, or an echo of her laugh,
mustiag the thought aide -and,
g himself With ,inental epithets,
olutely pursued hia way to the
Paying no more attention to
moodily. and grimly he
le eyee 'straight ahead,. He had
them perbeps a block when , a
es startled cry burst aboye,the'
lea the merry -makers, Turning
Vac, David made his way to
the scattered throngs were
‘ed in one deese blot againat the
g street. The knots of people
way for 'hint as he aPPeaaahed,
urions eyes were turned on the
ithe foreigner in his military
eded but a glance for David to
the situation. The servants
d to a rickshaw had beceme in -
an a. lively beat with a couple
etvendors and, bad evidently
ut anything but victors. But
vas interesting the crowd was
emateur boxers; but a youug
e girl, Whose scathing remarks
uickly restoring order. It was
ice, hoWever, not the remarks,
veted David's attention. Leav-
horse on the side a the street,
wed his way to the centre of
he girl turned and,faced him
ry flash' in the blue eyes gave
te, pleased surprise. A 'small
ag extended And a relieved
xclaimed, ,"Oh, Captain Mari -
in such a ridiculous plight!"
seem te have the situation
hand," replied David, with a
as startled at first, in fact was
feta," confessed To Hee, "and
saW I must be firm with these
ill, boys. It all started Over
Woes and the runnere wanting
d side of the street,"
s rather an unsettled night to
elliag alone, IVIise.Tu Hee. Per -
00 will let me have the ex -
pleasure of ,accompanyinge, you'
t of the way?"
girl's smile was'answer enough,
outonoreeado, David helped her
e rickshaw, -and .after giving
rse in care of it bright faced
from the front row of enri0118
or, took hie place' beside 'her.
n the sobered runners had. car -
hem beyond :the good-natured,
ing crowd, Tu Hee turned to
paniona There was 0 puzzled
sion in the blue eyes as she
• "Is- it not 'strange, Captain
en? this is the second'time you
eseued me`from-threatened mis-
e!". Then an annoyed pecker
g between hes' brows, she added:
Sheldons Shduld not keep such
ble servants. I shall have to
them against being Imposed
S isn't your equipnimitiathen?"
tied David. -
cioue, no. I arn just returning
roma visit -to iny 'school ftiend.
olt greatly surprised, Captain
n, almost shocked, Is It n6t
ary for ladies to travel alone
country?"
cettainly," stammered David.
thought, but-,youe fame seems
ate if is not proper for rna',,"
d laughed, but' stopped imme-
as Tu Hee's head lifted In-
tly. The light fliciceriag in
e stieet showed a flash'ef,fire
g your, pardon." David bent
s her. Any presentirnent or
t of the future fled in the won -
being alone with her, of sitting
her, near' eneugh to touch the
ldsof her silIcen cloak. The
t alone held him entranced.
•rudonce he shoved from him.
at dared tell you why I laugh,"
ecoftly.
ee'e calm gaze Mallet falter.
het look wee too -serene to
avid. It was speculative, too.
•re to me is nothing unusual
your laugh, Captain Marsden,
emearee, spontaneous; like -the
of all foreigners," „
Is more than aanatfonal trait,
ime, Mies Tu Hee,"
haps it was the vibration in the
or a look' she saw in the eager
ear her own that caused a blush
e over her cheeks, and creep
igly to the smooth brow,
sing caution to the witids, David
110, of the small fluttering -hands
and said eagerly, "Do you mind
Ring you, Mies Tu Hee, that it
y when I am with you I am
rein of conimon SoOse w, s
slip -
ram Dav0d'8 sbourdel's, Another
afebitoy may he safe -
y need °nth° tender-
nt skirt.
t is wonderfully
ileansing for II tag
Made, faeoe and bode
Ldfn.bitoy bribids 'halo lhanoU.
fill bonny 4kirta,
Lbs9
)
rainnie and ernotion 'would have tossed
it disdainfully ,out of remehe Tbe halt-
itig of the rickshaw,, however, sent
Cupid away fi,owning and announced
that the Weng 'Ioy residence had been
To Hee at once became the alert,
practicer maiden. -Tuaning to David
'elle said an*iouely: "We have reached
the outer, gates of the ceinPeland, Gala
tain Marsden. For, meveral reasons
I think It better you -should not come
inside." „
"But it is some distance to your
apartment, Miss To }fee. I would feel
more satisfied if I sew you right .to
your door,", , ,
."No,,, no, It is kind of you, lent I
must ask you to please' cerne no far-
ther." Parting .the curtainof., the
rielcatinve she galled to the servants to.
wait until her companion alighted;
then turning te David she said'ina
low, almost pleading voice: .,"Please
thina me not ungrateful, but, after
Iasi. night it it better we be seen net
together. I can explain ao more.
Geoff night, my friend."
-A pang went to David's heart ae he
noticed the strained; look In the bine
eyes and he felt it would be unkind
to protest. d As he clapped the hand
she held out to hitn he wanted to tell
her llow much she meant to him; how
drear, how bleak his life had .been
trail she had smiled. on him. But
the words diedeen his lips. It Was as
if Fate had ,suddenly erected a visible
barrier, end the emotion that had Peen
driving him on to exquisite careless-
ness as to the future turned beck on
him cold and shrivelled. ' Slowly his
fingers unclasped the slender bi•oven
hand. His fascinated eyes wandered
from the long gold nail -shield flashing
In the half light to the serene, cairn
face of giri, thegirl who a few
minutes 'before had jeeen ,all smiles
and itill of soft, womanly,' appealing.
eharmbn
,ut was ow a compoeed, emo-
tionless Chinese maiden, whoae eyes
under their drooping lids flashed
oblique glan4s lilce.bltie steel.,
Ile was' too dazed, as he etood on
the road While the huge, gates swung
to, barring hien from the mandarin's
compound; to nOtice a' dark, sulking
torni elinit into 'their shade*, and dis-
appear oin Of sight with the rickshaw,
David was half way home before
reason, banished the 'miserable
poiritment that weighed like lead on
his mind. It wasn't that his infatua-
tion. for the, Chinese girl had abated.
If ,anything it was .keener than ever,
but the feet that he loved a foreigner;
nay,. a -Pagan,' with all the:tempera;
runt and .Old World training .telat
, .
would never' survive niodernism, -Ton,
fronted him, stripped' of all embellish-
ments. But, his' Walk in the night air
cleared his brain somewhat; He was
able to look Matters 'squarely In the
face and marcilosely .cast Out every
shred of hope that clung so desperate-
ly- eeeeolved to' drive out, love
from his, life. The battle was a se-
vere one but 'practically, he argued
with himself, it was better, far better'
to gotheongh life. prosaically in the
calin level paeh'of-reediocrity.than be
raised ,to the seventh- heaven of bile§
only tio be caet deavie again.Love, he
admitted, great as it was, 'eoald ,net„
stiflethe protests of conscience. For
To AGG'S sake he must go away.
David heretofdrehad had fall con-
fidenee in, his will power, hut he. eeal-
,
tzed it was rto longer trustworthy.
The greatest thing, inhis life now, the
element that -over-shadowecf,. every-
thing into petty insighificance, was
his love for Tu Hee. He dared 'not
linger in Peking an hour longer, than
was absolutely -necessary. Thetefere,
as soots as' be reached tho hotel'he set
to.ewo,rk ta..put.his officlaibusiness in
such shape that it could be finished
without bia personal supervision. This
was not diffIcult.th accomplish, thanks
to his night and day Worleeof the pre-
vious 'week. Yes, he .admitted
grith-
ly, everything, evaa,..vverking perfectly
to enable' hien to go back to a -dull,
-flavorless jite, which. even the, ingredi-
ent of duti.would be unable to /Idea
to a' bearable level., . • ,a
' There , was one obstacle of .protest
that - avonklaneed catefal, dlploinatic
handlirig. 'He shrank' from facing tho
aniazed-distipneintifient of Grace,'and
hia aunt He recalled now that he had
had no' opportunity' to. warn them of
bus eecall by hie. Government. Well,
thank heaven, the cablegram .would
convince .thern his departure wasn't
mere whine! '
"Leaving the disconsolate Ma Tu to
attend to- the rest of his packing, he
Get forth to break. tho news -to his
relatives.
Ile, found his aunt in en excitable
mood, waving to and fro a Peking
newepaper. She wait a weentin in the
fifties, whose natural proportions na-
ture and good living, had' not stunted
or dwelled. There wasmot the slight-
est outward evidence that ,Grace was
bona of 'her" bone and, flash of her
flesh. Her light blue eyes -were set
rather close together, which, with her
tathor long nose, gave a shrewdeess
to her face that bespoke plainly the
fact that she could manage her own
affairs as well ae those of her daugh-
ter, 'quite efileientleee had it was evi-
dent she waS 'attenipting to do the
latter right now, ,
• "Perseverance, you , call it? What
ninny haan'tperseverance when ae'a
aftee an easy adze?" ' •
"But snother, he levee inc isd I
"I„OVe, bald levee es cany to ea -
quire as 00005, and rearainge as hard )
ti' get rid of, Yee. come in, David.
We don't mind you, You're one of the
family and knoW ite failings, Tell Ibis
giel what you think oa that simpleton,
Bowen Strathmore:"
David geve one &me at Grace's
flashed face, and than fuelling to his
aunt said good-hinnoeedly: "I think,
my dear ;cunt. &leder the' ilimutm,
stanees that would be ermerfinotie.
tO)d Grime already I think he's
one of the cleanest, etraightest,
all sound meet clesieable youths ef
Anterics to-dsy, 1 don't eedd to tield
my eulogy on his brain' efficiency.
Washington has already done that by
sehding him, over here."
(To be contlnued,)
le •
••••
. The great prizes Of life ere for
the cometgeows,,..the datintleas,
the eolaconeldente The
he,siteting vacilatitig man listens,
'to his deubta and fears, dope to
teethe ap his ,nriea ,end, the ,oP.
- parte/illy line pasedl boyenui his
i-eech, Coueege zed sdaeonla
aaneo ilea the geeatest ealeemon
111 the World, Pear and timidity
810 t?s poorest,
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—AND THE WORST IS YET TO COME
Nature s Tragic Comedian
leghtning is ene of Naktre's prac-
tical jokers, and there is no limit, to
the than -lade tricks that it, will play.
I)uring a recent thundetstorni a.wo-
rtiiiinrflised her arm to apse a window.
'There was, an blinding, flash of light,
and; although 110 Injuriresulted to the
woman- lie,r gold slave bangle, disap.
peszed! ,
,Not long ago, in Nata,l, a man was
discovered tied In knote. by lightning:
,
One of his lege, Was- intertwined with
his arms, while the other leg was
twisted ,round his neck. The man re.
— -
covered and the limbs straightened
,
In Norwich'.11glatning cuthalf an..
inch off the rineot an inverled tumbler
on it table and lett' the tumbler sitting
as it was; it wae done so neatly that
the gla.se, might have been cut hp a
diamond. The eleatrietta ,elee set the
harelson the dial. of . the cloelc four,
houri, 10 .advrilee et "the tree fint:e
without etopping the clack.
Lightning played a. dramatic part
a meeting held by,a provincial
preacher, Who'frati 'Just asked hiettuda
onoe: "If 'lightning should strike this
tent to -night; how. many would be
ready for It?" 'There was then a flash
of lightning 'which killed two mon On
the Platform; . injured the preacher,
dangerously, and knocked down a nuni-
ber of the listeners,
Jis South Africa onee several natives
,
were cowering in a kraal during a
severe thunderstorm when ono man
began to chaff others about their fears,
aand feed he would. ahow them ebat no
WIG need be aCrald Itise stood -in
front of a door antl blew two blasts
on his horn, said thie modern Alai,
nothing could injure hem $e he seized
the hoin and, staiteling in the doorway,
blew a -long -blast. The echo hasi, not
died away when ..,a. lightning flash
struck lien ,deadi None of the other
men vireS touched.'
. A grim alecoVaey' was -made on -the
banks of the Mississippi river after a
terriale. stem. Two small boys- had
set off- to the river with a dog which
they int&ded, to drown: Lightning
strucic these youths', ant when their
'Ilteltsa.bedies, -,aere found the deg,
uninjured, was. Sound standing guard
, psi -hems themost.courleal part evor
by lightning .was that of cook,
A neuehamien apide tree _Was stradlt,
-by ,i,ightning during the, night. . Next
morning, when the ,owner laspected
tli:e tree, he found that all the 'Apples'
had ;been ecoceteca to .5, .turn, and .were
all ready for. beealtfesti
Dulaitig‘ a admen In Taints, tZro Ne-
groes, amd, tw,p Mexicans were sitting
'on a ..beneh. A bolt of lightning struck
aiie" oi the .'Ne.groeee passed over the
Mexican between them, aud strack the
other Negro, killing both inetantly.
A blind man` wae being led by a
horse- along a country lane when a
Saab of lightning strucli'both man ana
beast,. The eightlaseman regained his
vision, but the horse -was blinded, .
Hay Fever..
It was an Englishman. o Die Bostock;
that Ilient- described about. a hundred
„years ago an affeotton. Marked by
- - .
eamealnk,' profuse Watery dleplearge
froth. the nose and cenitindbivitis arid
recurring at about the same time each,
year and always, Meths haying season,
Becense of ite s.ea,sonal occurrence ise
ealled, the affection hey -fever, seice
that time WG have learned tnata
lar anaual visitatien may Come to dif--
.ferent people' at different fieriods, of
dimmer, to -sonee.,early,. to some
late, and. not In all cases, does It coin-
cale with haying. But the name has
been. popularized and will probably' re -
Hay fever, like ninny of. the cases...of
asthrim, is owing to what is- ealeed
"protein idiosyncrasy," though the pro-
tein is of vegetable origin. wheretia In
asthma Itis more frequently of animal
origin, The- malady is caused by tho
Pollen of certain- grasSes. and wee,ds;
some persons are telsoentible to thG
Polle0 of one epecies of plant; some
.are susceptible to .the pollee et °there,
The Ospring variety °they feeer, often
called rest cold, is owing to the, pollen
of various grasses or grains, often rye.
The mote common late summer tort
, is entsed by the windlidewn pollen, of
numerous weeds, most frequently rag-
weed and goldenrod,
TIte attack begins with a tickling
In tnG nose, followed in it day or two
by violent paroxysms of eneeellig end a
profuse watery dleelem ge,At 1110 eame
tune the eyes water, often Itch ntolte-
,ahlY and are •eeneltIVe to light. '1'here
Is Itching also -in the toot of the inouth
and aft the sides of the throat. After
the trouble hes Ittatcd for "some Mine
o troubles,ome'cou,glipa, what larWOrS9,
asthma may follow, The attack can
he prevented if the suiforer,finds of
-
no; in a eplaee where "lita particular
Variety' '01 poilen Is apt present.,
The specific treatment la mach like
thet of edema, Tests aro made with
extracts of the varieus pellense and '
when thc, special offender Is dis,covered
5, vaccine is made from It and Injeoted
Is email doses so as to produce ilia
nannity. tis some ceaes, hrilliant cures
are time effected, but in other cameo
the vaecine hes gaited, possiaiy be,
cense patient wee soneltlee: to
more than one -variety of pollen.
Planet- tiranus•Has Strangest
• • •
•
• •• of Skies •
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'rho -clis tanoe to. the 'eters Is -So .vas
that You could n'et seeany eaeeir eatable
:change In' their ,poiiitiens, evon.,10 you
were to -go to the eartheetplinet• They
• r
Ile • aroundthe solar asystein ", like a
elide wita, this Little family of worlds
In the centee; - and the vast empty
blacknees of space about in an dire°-
.
But velite the appearartee of the
stars -as .a whole is uncbangeable
throughout' the solar -sTsteni, the way
they.set bn .the sky varies from planet
to planet. On Mare the ekies' revolve
much aa theyale oa earth, On Jupiter
they seam to wheel in a tlizzy whirl,
for this great globe turns more than,
twice as rapidly as -the earth, Jupitera*.
pale etar Isi Olie of the stars of- Draea,
and not our familiar North Star, .
e The sky hae the strangeet appear-.
same of all. on, Uranus. Thio distant
globe Iles over on ite aide ae it enine.
Ito north pole paints tta.,,a, !Mot aear
the bieght red der' Alaeberan, For
Ilmanes, Aldebran It the nerth Star, a'
flaming cyntieure 'indeed.
Uranus dIffera from „all the ,ple,nets
Meld@ 'itaaorbet, Saturn, Jupiterelalare,
,tind• the earth and moon, rotate in the
-direetion of their revolittlen. That 15,
fr0111. West ' to Oatii. This ia what
makee.,our sky seem to tu-rn backward,
from -east ta, west. e 'Cruxes aotatee
b ckw.pe I Ss'osss east to west am' eon.
eeetrodely the skiee there, tura from
west to eat.- I/ cOuld go there
you would Flee the heavenly badges.
coralak up whore Tout: earthly., expert
once' had taught y-ou ,that they should
set-. and they -Would sot where yoe
might expeot,to see them rlee. '
-Uranus. rotates ,on fta- axia much
faster' than- th,e earth, One alaY here
Is twenty-four hours long bat on
'Uranus lets oaly Ilfteen, Eight of our
lames, "our usital weeking day, wenid
be -greater tha-n halfnee Braaten day.
Dranue's axis le tilted 84 degeee to
the plane of its .orbit, while the earth's,
is anclined otily2aaa degrees, Ili eon:
I:sequence,. seasonal variatioits 'aie pro,
nounced on ilrepus..,
A world's ,temperatuee is oeually de-
pendent on its owsu constitution, but
Its sunshine depends 'wholly on beiW
it is placed in ite , There' are two
zenee on 'Orange that Might he corn -
pared to our ewe frigia. or Aectic and
Antarctic!, deem,
On eantli these 108' dips eaeond 24%
degr.eea from tb,§ pOle, and in them it
15 six mantle or mere day, and sla
Moathe night. 00.a/ranee Video zottes
ate email of 84 dekreee ratliue, and at.
teed althott te the ettniater. This, Means
that aa the planet "Pareaee ono of Ite
Mtge eighty,Slitetes,riong years about
the eun, half the World will be shroud.
mthroleen gleam, while the Other
elde will havo dEtylight without break,
The largest pyremid---that of
Cheops of the Gizeit group—contains
895600,100 Mibie feet of Masonry, le
451.17eet high, arid the total weight of
the etone hag bbeedeetieuited at over
6,000,060 Iona, '
Ho:1 Mirleestend Yen go, lit Ocr
eittcloer opeets of all kfade.
She: Co in? Certainly aot,
0551 vn• ontdoer &porta:
„Old Glestershire.
lanee ef Gloeterehire ,are weet
W111s liawtheim liloom to -day;
lise Larks aro iitritini in the Wheet
-Where Severe winfle 116r waY
And, andent Mon aro w1-1,0 II fig aeYtlieS
Ere comee the tintof hay,
Oh, Ologierthire'and °allude are many
Miles
But the old'aengs of Glostereblre are
singing in My heart
'The hills el Oloute,islitre ase wisile
Wit4 G15e0 no -w It es eapea,
Where gleaMed the Leglou'e manour
(aotselae,ld Yearlinge j)bay,
And ditley-seangled is the sward _ •
Above the Roman -way.
"Ieween,Glos•terfar)re veal Canada VG4
waters rise end 'fall, '
But a cuckoo calls at sundowielts 015
familiar call
great ships come into Gloater-towa
And sife at anchor lie,,
And little boats with sells of brown;
And eeakulle wheel ,ana ,cry '
APOGIld the eniree , of Gia,aterehire
When wind atal wav-e ttee -high,
0 ' Gecaterehire ,in .,Canada thy dill-
' dem 'tbitik of- thee,
And' heart- Is heart is callisig acrofie
. the noethern sea.
How Hiawatha' Made His
Dia 11:ever occur, to you that- fire
malting le a comparatively Modeamare
—that is, modern'. compared with' the
existence of Irian on this ' klObeaa
Old, old legends, handed dewn'ereab
the dial and distant past, tell Of'a time
whon man had mo fire. He lived .atuf
roamed and -ate hls food jeet as the'
anlinals 9f the foreets and Plains'
Then sotto ime diecovered the
✓ ale° ef fire Evd G means' of keeping
'warrn, lighting enemies end later acoola
ing :feed. . And -a new era of human
life IV AA opened up. -
But at that time fire had to be takeu
'from Nature—froin volcaneeee light -
rang -arid at a few s,pots. 'possibly from
flaming crevices in the 'rocks...Once
started, .the ceale had, eo be
earried and kept, allye year,efter year
if this great boon to .human 1110 was. -
to -be spread 'any great distance eee.na
its erigthal source. This hed d strong
lendeney to cause people to mcime to -
gather In groups . or communities, so
as to be ablethe better to keep the
fire cones
It was countless ages after this, that
man .finst learned how to Make fire:
'Phis was a great -step forWard, andwas.
probablY,the most im,portant Inv-ention
-50 that. age.. It released man erten 'the
dieeessity of in villages,. and
again he 'startbd to wander: ' PerlrapS
it was at flint time that -lie first erni-
'
grated to continents and islands Where
tliere were no active volcano,e.'s -and no
. .
Ianovvn sources. of fire. •
Thefire-making apparatus of the
American Indian when the -White, min
first- arrived- did not differ vary Much
front taut Nina in other parts, of the
Weald. When Hiawatha wanted" to
make a• fire he first found a piece cif:."
dry looaOlbred,wood and, soine,bits of
eat, pateny, .inner bark of.'earee tree,
soch as,the willew •or the birch. Tama'
by rapidly whirling between his palms
a bard, pointed stickpressea into a
hole in .the softer stick, a-nd having tho.
tender' bark • close in touche enough
friction was created to tinallY hring.
forth a geow :Which canal beeblowai
a. flame, •
,Thlawas it hard Job andtsome 'tribes
, .
developed an improVement on this ap.
Patatus. Instead -of twirling the stielt
between the Denims, a bow with
loose etring was used, By taking one
ortwO turna of tee string around the
shaft oe ISa. fire stick, the bow could
be made to whirl the stick very rapidly
when Moved back and forth, .,
So, whemfou thoudhtlessay strike a.
match or two anti get a buret- et fiame-
'without effort' Pause to think of the
tremendous etriclee we lutve -made in
bhp develimMent of solence &Mee 'fife
days. of the lire stick 'and the fin., '
, 'Safety First or Never. • •
, .
, While so Much is -being &add:about
safetyrrules for factories, mines, Street:
Croton -Ile in , the oltfes, on children's
'playgrounds, ete,, why •ien't it a goosi.
time for fainters to coleslaor. accident.
prevention? • ,
Every Sunnier the 'OGWGpaptiTti• re-
port aocideate caused by farin • intv
e hinery whiala hal street( etuniles'
boulders In 'efirelcie . that are'
plowed, or neltivated, or cropped. .A
farmer living near me almost lost a
Inc when Ills' mower guards taught
on a- low, hidden stump in the kraee.
ean artery WOG eaveredaad he had- a
narrow escape. ,
cif course, the stump .should hare
been untrIced in the early spring befo're
tlie grass became high enough to hide
it. Better still, it shonicl have been.,
blasted oat Lunt gotrid of forev,ete,a
1 Laet suramer tin elderly maa, Wee
killed, by being thrown off his binder
againet, atranstnieseen chain. ,whIch
caught hla .'clething and drew him'
litto Dia. Machine, The .accident waa
ceueed by a belittler egainst which the
binaer etruck, .Atter the accident the
dad wits 'cleared' of Lotonos. F. el. I -I,
Her Eceentricity.
"Odd creature, isn't she?"
"Oh; tereibly sof Why,' She OW116
right tip, that the reek= tliey haven't
o motor her i be.eanse they eaneot
afferd itla
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Not. the Piece fe Thern.
Niece: That I) 01118 gallery Would
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wcre sortie inerleeS Ineeent.
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TRY a Ta -DAY
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lificitatie6th
WHEN SWEET CORN IS RIPE.
The housewife who call go into her
garden and pall a dozen .ears of ripe,
succulent sweet coma bring her anotla
'directly into the kitchen and in less'
, time than it' takes to tell thestory
phor, ene ounce; boiled watek, four
ounces. Apply several times a day
and at night,
A lotion which is sail to whitee the
skin eormiets of equal parts of spirite
of caniphor, lemon -juice and boiled
have the delectable, tempting ealt in, avatar. Apply 01 night alla Several
the,- kettle, boiling foidinner, is in- tbn55 dn4ng tha day. Thr- Pr"a':a-
-deed fortunate, for theta ie no other .tion can be used on the throat end
vegetable hav6 rde't which res-'ne;ik‘telien
s.7'eotillltaasn71otnhrtohaa
et faiece. sallow
ponds so delightfully to quick pie
Paraetvi°ern pile earsrhits'gee
atohn6rinn,he othe,'
gi'r1141AirallY' will blench them.
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Nor is. it advieable to try such a
course. The olive -skinned girl would
if it must be kept for any length a
time, for thie indfices fermentation 1 present a wdrd appearance with her
which; while not noticeable peraap; brunette tinted face and a snow white
when the coin Is cooked, has the effect
of changing the auger and making
the corn insipid and flavorless, Do not
husk it, either, until reidy to cook, for
the husks help in retaining the sweet-
ness. If the ee.rs 'must be kept over-
night place them in a. cold cellar or
in the refrigerator, carefully spread
over a large stirfaes so that they do
'not touch one another.- .
Roast corn is et) good and Makes
such a tempting delicious, picnic din-
ner that it oust be given first con-
sideration. ,Freshly gatherede.roast-
ing ears arei of .course,' a first essen-
tial; the next is a good wood „fire,
which, w -hen burned out, leaves a
plentiful supply of ashes. Husk the
-corn clown to the last layer, then
spread this open slightly and remove
the silk; now wrap the husk about
the ears again, then bury in hot wood
ashes, taking care that ',there are at
least two inches ,of ashes beneath and
One inch oVer therm , Of courie, the
first must have 'Turned out before the
corn is cooked, Leave for,fiftedn minutes whila other preparations , ere
made, then remove from the ashes,
bintah well, peel off the husks, paint
with plenty of melted butter and'
powder with salt.
To be perfect sweet corn shorld be
boiled in the h'usIcs, for this method A P1/73‘Y, P.141. Stjsi-L-
would preserve all its sweetness, but, .4875. Per,cale.in -a meat pattern of
oeitwomte
would hot
eears
ntainilthher,mo,vblleCerniefthhe blue and ,white witbanding's of hlua
silk fr
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d diked before it lt-aimb
a also w
0'Pleaasa-inused1'.gin c°1e-t°this nr.tmdoac12(:":
s
ss sweetness; aelt or linena
To
o.
The Pattern is cutIn 4 Sizeet 2, 4,
rapidlye wears bailing ata'
tinteahusk and Bilk the cern, then place it, 6 and yeare. A 4 -year dee reeuires
a f
attractive development of this woeld
',
of 3Ciainch material. A very
o
,have added a cupful or 'two of milk be mustard colored crepe, with blue
and a tablespoonful or More of sugar.
w'hbieler at 0 1 awrhgiechkeyttolae 2 ai yards
and -brown cross stitcbing. .
Never add salt to the water in which Pattern mailed to any addres.s on
corn is- cooked. There should be just receipt of 15e in sibier or stamps; by
enough milk to.make the water cloudy.
As to the time of boiling; cooks dif-
fer, and,this is only reasonable, for
the corn itself differd In quality and
age, Young corn, freshly pulled, has
been cooked perfectly in five minutes;
as it becomes more mature it will' re-
quire front eight to ten minetes, but if alWaYs „had some- queetion 10 adiattle
a longer time than twelve minetes is &ator that had nothing to do with
15511 own teete.
"peolot," eta said on, title CICC,SlOn,
"OGG you tell me why it 15 that acme
050 born d-uinh?"
The doctor thought for a moment,
4Why hem! ceetainly." he re.
plied( "51 15 ow,Ing to the tact that they
.0eine into tha world witaont the Sao
ulty o/ sp,eeela."
The old lady gazed et hint In adinie
"Thore, now," die remarked, "Now
just see 'what Itemeens to. have had a
physic . education. I asked Thomas
meae then a hunared • limes, why it
WOG', and all he could eaY was, 'Caus,e
theY
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throat and chest. Dail complexions
can not be inade fair, .but the skin
may 'be se treated that it will take on
the emoothness and clearness of tex-
ture for which tae early Greeks were
noted. Eaery coloring hoe ate own
dieted, appealing to various tastes.
The texture and condition of the skin
are highly important, for either
blonde or brunette,
1375
the neon Publishing Co., 78 Weal
Adelaide 01., - Toronto. Allow two
weeks .for receipt of pattern.
. ' • •
' Ignorance.
The doctor was callingon olde
Canny. Site wee not very ill, bat she
required then the corn is really too
old for the table. As soon as it le
tender remove at' once from the boil-
ing water, DraM Well and place on a
napkin, folding the ands over, it to
keep the steam from escaping, and
send at once to the table.
FREGICLEISa SUNBURN AND TAN.
Those of oar readere who wish to
use' ammoniated mercury for freckles
will be .able to obtain it in ointment
form from any well -stocked drug
store, if you ask for ammoniated
'mercury ointment, II,. S, 'P. Apply a
small quantity of the ,ointment at
night, tubbing 10 in 'quickly, then dust
with a good ,talcum powder. If after
O few applications the skin ehoulcl
burn and itch, oinit the ointment for
a while and lase the talcum powder
alone. The ointmeet'efillSeS the skin
to peel and the freckles come ofe with
the peeling of the skits, reterniug
when -the new skin is exposed to the
pan, ' Other remedies foe the removal
oe frocklee are buttermilk, applied tvvo
tee three times a day, On applicatioes 1 - Up-to-lante Store,
,of glycerine and lemen-juice,'"equala Department Stave Manager: Why
parts. Still atiother remedy Mills foe are our casemate's leaving us So fest? '
one ounce of lemon -juice and. Mita a laleerwalkar: Cara'aal luta Metalled
dram each of powdered borax and e shooting mite° for the ladies and la
sugar. Nix wellepat into a glass jar giving prizes for the best shots,
or bottle° mut allow to stand for, sev-
eral elaye; apply several times daily
with a catnelas-hair lernsh.
As freckles are .1iltelyato` follow ex-
pedite to both Wind i and sun, it is evell
to guard agninst expoenre, A broad -
brimmed hat will afford protection
agelnet the Stln'a rays, a veil protects
against beth Sun and wind. Still an,
other method is to apply a good lo-
tion or cream and cover thiti with,
powder. .Hyen a thin coating of
cream mid 'powder will help.
The -name precautiops may be Used
againet tan end etabdth. The
leg lotion iterecommended for the giel
who teat; leettevatere pvl-
Veeleed bera pna,audf ounce; Ionian
juice (straltled), 'ono ounce. Ifte tp
tion :teeth after beleg exposed to the
• A toritedy reeonsmended for both.
tan...and freckles conslets ef rosewater,
515 mamma glycerine, one-half OUnce
bitter ahead water, two and one -hal
drama; tincture of benzoie, tWe 501
one-intl± dreme; bores, one end one.
half deatee. Rtia the berax and gly-
(melee together, gradually adding the
rose and almond,watert, then add the
benzoln and mix weB Apply night
and morning.
Annum lotion 'fey surdiurn requires
glyceriee, Ono ounce; epirits of cam -
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