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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1920-10-21, Page 6Delicious 10 .die has AO equal for quality and flavour. you have not tried Saladl , send aro a, post card r a free sample, stating Opp p ytt e y p Y andi� l use Black, Green or Mixed Teas dlaciress,tSalaata, Toronto -"-'n 1 The Making of `dal'. Pierce By CONRALeRICHTER. IV, "It'p your mountain as well • as mine," assured Val, smiling inanely with relief. The boy approached. with a simplic- Ity that Val instantly liked. t`I generally✓ come over here from the path evenings," he explaihed ly r`I like to look at North moun- tain, That's her up there", His bas- ket, indicated the towering wedge- shaped ,mass. +"They say, from the to you can see Williamsport, Pei go- ing to'Williatnsport some day." His oyes-. were fixed on the mountain as of -reflected in.ite crest he could see his :city: of dreams. "Listen!"he said suddenly. "Hear that?" . Val listened intently and made out it3he. faint baying of a hound in the. avialley below. "That's George!" said the boy proudly. "The best rabbit dog in any of these valleys. He can chase fox or coon just as easy, 1 wouldn't be scared to take him along for squirrel or turkey. I'm going to miss him a lot when Y go to college." Val glanced at the boy with renew ed respect. "Good idea, college. Going to be doctor or a lawyer?" ' "Business college," explained Dave proudly. "I'm going to get a job i some good business, and then work til I own it myself, so I can get ni things for Ma and Mol." Val said nothing. He felt destine tively the contrast between himself • and this likable youth, who wi steady faith was setting his face to ward a city job that could not hold fraction of . the promise of the on that he had spurned. "Mister," he heard the boy say shy ly, "I'll have to be going now. 1 wa wondering if you'd like to come clown for the night at my place. Ma's no going to have anything special fo supper, just fried rabbit, potatoes an huckleberry preserves. But Mr. Ione said you used to run an automobile in one of the big •cities. T- thought mayb you wouldn't mind to. tell us abou it. We've` never been any place mucl but Rockville'. The ivistful'invi'tatiori -botched Val enoonronly, He felt drawn toward this lonely valley home with its fire side and mother. His mouth watered at, the thought of -a fancily tablecloth laden -with home -cooked food, "You're sure it'll be all right?" he questioned doubtfully. "Ma said I was to try to bring you long ago," answered the boy, "but I didn't get an excuse to ask before." Together they went clown the grade. al north side of Sunset mountain, fol. lowing a deep ravine wooded with dense hemlocks and carpeted with moss and fern, a primeval wilderness of dim recesses, brown rotting logs, huge wet boulders and thick copses of painted bramble. Twice' grouse. start- led Val with.their abrupt roaring flight, and once a young buck,• with velvet horns barely showing, stood agiiivering in the path ahead as they came around the bend, only to. leap the next moment like a jackknife into a thicket of''birch and witch hazel. As they broke out into the welcome light of the eleared land George came bounding to meet them, a mixed fox- hound and a. beagle,. white, black and tan loosetiing his tongue an stirpnis- ingly mellow music. "ISa calls him my supper bell," said Davey, bending to fondle the long silk ears. As they approached the log house, painstakingly whitewashed, its porch covered with flare -Colored Virginia creeper, a figure appeased, then sud- denly popped inside. "That was Mol," said Davey, gr. - ping. "Bet sire was excited when she saw somebody was with incl' Val felt the simple pride of the boy in 'bringing him to his remote dwell- ing, and it ineffably warmed ltim, Davey held the beme•rnade screen door open far him to enter. A gray-haired woman in a faded dark these- rose guiltily from the iioor beside the stove. "Don't bother with that, Ma," said Davey. "Titre is' Mr. Jim Barth. He w•on't mind:a little dirt aside the wocd box." "Mr, James, David'" reprovea hie mother, bowing to Val with the same shyness that was characteristic of Davey., "Where's Mel?" clomancled the lat- ter exuberantly. Then at his mother's reply, "She's in up, I' bet. That's what she is! Wait till she comes dawn!" "Davey!" protested him mother gently. A dear opened tint! a slight eeniinfte fsis t Mitered The twilight was too thin for firilil judgment, but Val was immediately interested. "Let's have sone light," jeered the boy, ?'and see how yen dressed up!" ".Davy!„ The girlish voice was ex- asperated. If you light the lainp I'll matte you wish you hadn't:—•after—". 1eGuteds I hadn't ,better," grinned stile bay, then to Val proudly, This ie 11' told you about."' "Mnfly, l)av-1d," corrected hie " oily, then," agreed the boy, His i ,ea enlaced. at Val, "You got to •atoh Mit what you any to her, She n fight like a eleanieunt, She pick- r" n.. r 00 :Atoll Wet ,� par„ f 'huckleberries � q o -terra 'sdnrrtei.:anrl cold them through the grip over in Smoke valley. Shc can been Ifek nue" ie1ltat isn't very much," 'teed his Iietnr, built diedaditful • and •blltshiitg. 1 lie affsred her hand to WI in ashy their tient , •estnre thardiy to ha ex- t,�eiferlaf' a mountain berry- irking An'iaaion. Luer ferns was slant but eierdy ami well knit. tie the dusk iter, eyes seemed alive with light and ;the features fair. Later, when the paper - shaded oil lamp was lighted, Val look- ed across the platter of Browned rab- bit, the pyramid of steaming fried po- tatoes and the sliced pile of flaky home-made bread and savr an evenly tanned slain, a glimpse of soft dark hair and a face which, except for a scarcity of freckles, resembled Dav- ey's own. That evening they popped corn on a blue hickory fire. Later, as they plucked the white crisps, buttered, sugared and, and salted, in "hungry handfuls froth a deep yellow bowl, Val answered questions about the city, its trolley ears and automobiles, its apartment houses and batlirooine, its department stores, its office buildings and elevators, its water,' food, prices and stroke, and ,its millionaires. That night he.lay down beside Davey under the sloping redolent roof. Husked corn and blue mountain tea hung over- head from the rafters. Through the open windrow came the scent of apples on tha ground and yellowing forest _ leaves. He lay quiet without sleep for a a long time. He felt now'like a leopard in a shephord'e cottage. His body y seemed to burn the marls of Cain into the, blankets and pillow wherever he 1 touched them. Only toward morning mc was 11e nterolfulliy" permitted to fall asleep. Next merning the trio of Davey, Mol and George showed him the log barn, wit the boy's beloved collection of rusty- - ja-wed traps, the extent of the cleared a land, the iron spring and finally the e half mile of their mother's swamp land. "This is great!" Val exclaimed, s - lookin up in genuine admiration at the virgin timber, deep -girdled, lofty i limbed, • forming massive coluptns, ✓ roof and rafters of an incomparable d cathedral. Dandy place for' boons, I tell you!" s said Davey. "With this'' declared Val, " you and e Miss Molly 'bath- ought to go to col- leges", The girl's face lighted up with etaltled eagerness,- but Davey shook his head. "Soule and ,Sauce, of Rockville, of- fered Ma forty dollars." "Forty dollars!" repeated. Val in anger. "Tbey know we can't sell it to any- body else on' account of the moun- tains," said Davey simply. "They own most of the timber amend here. They're going to put a narrow gauge in from White Springs some day." (Continued in next issue,) 1 • Faulty Construction. Uncontrolled fire le no respecter of persons, places or surroundings. Fire is a good servant but a bad master. Having to cope vita such an agent the subject of fire prevention neces- sarily covers almost illimitable grounds, as we must study it from as many angles as produce the menace. Defective flues, broken and crooked chimneys or those surrounded with woodwork are dangerous and fre- quently cause tire, Your life is in jeopardy from such conditions, espeoially'at night. Shingle roofs are the cause of most conflagrations. "A spark from a'ehim- ney on a shingle roof, if it is curled, moss covered and dry -will quickly cause a lire. Out where you have no real way to light a fire and where a_iire usually Means a total' loss, take no unneces- sary chances, With the existing tendency 'toward careless sued Inefficient workmanship in general life the observance' of close Supervision in all building work is imperative.' Oontraotore, architects and builders should use their influence to compel efficient and careful inspec- tion during construction, not .only as a safeguard for the owner and the oecu-' pants,` but for their own business re• putation. • • • Help Miss Ontario. every school room In the Province should display in a prominent place, • Dopy. of the attractive poster, litho graphed in colors, representing "11isa Ontario" pleading with outstretched hand for "help" to stop the terrible fire waste that is impoverishing the country, in her left hand she ie herding the shieldof. the Ontario Fire Prevention League to guard against the "sword of ]rule" thrust at hon by the eery dragon who is snortfhg destruction, suffering and death. The dregou is shown pouring Into his insatiable fiery furnace human lively merchandise and buildings as a result oe "carelessness" of the people, In the right hand corner it money bag is burning, depicting the monthly Toss of one million dollars In Ontario, Beebioss men May obtain the "hangers," to. put up in their.steres and factories, by applying to the Chief of the Fire Depe.etilront,Toronto; Buying Feed .Wiseb'.. High prieee for Toed .`till saiig like es bank of Maude over the housekeeper, but rifts in the &Dud's are beginning to appear,, The ,first iniprovereent ill the situation is the feet that some articles oe food --potatoes, for ex- ample—are less expensive than they were last year at this tine. Tho see- med rift is 'a very small one: the av- erage 1amiily expenditure for food has decreased in many p'l'aces, although in some it hits increased. • The third rift, and .the real silver lining to the Bleeds, is the foot that many wernen have become eager to learn more about foode, since the ad- vantages 'of. buying wisely have Made it worth while. To feed her family as well as she fed them in the pant, without spending much more, means that the housekeeper meat know what she is doling: One who understands what foods are worth in nutritive valbue can q£tet substitute something cheaper fox something more expen- sive. Even seven per cent. more knowledge will counterbalance seven per cent. of increased cost. If the shopping list of foode is ar- ranged in the form of food groups, and the quantity that is 'needed of eaolt group is. taken as a general guide, a good beginning will have been made toward adjusting' the fam- ily table to changed•food costs, So long as eadh group is represented every day by the right amount, and so long as there is a reasonable variety, it makes little difference. what mem- bers of the group are chosen. laareao Food Groups. 1. Vegetables and Fruits—Vege- tables and fruits differ somewhat, among themselves. Some contain more iiron, seine more Lime, some are mere laxative than others, and se it is well to have a variety; but in- gen- eral they are interchangeable in the diet and may be -chosen according to cost. Some sof the leafy vegetables, such as spinach or other greens, cab- bage and lettuce, should be included two or three times a 'week. So far as possible fresh fruits and vegetables should be used, but canned fruits and vegetables are far better than none. Dried fruit- can be used in place of part of the fresh fruit. One pound of dried fruit should be reckoned as equal to six pounds of fresh fruit. The average adult needs aleept two and one half pounds of vegetables or fruit a day, but he can use much snore with safety and usually with benefit. 2. The Milk and Meat Group—"Let no family buy heat until it has .bought for five persons three quarts of milk a day," is the saying of a wise man. Of course , it must be inter- preted according to the'respective ages of the family, but even' the adult should use from one quart to one-third of a quart of milk a day. There is no substitute for milk. Meat, fish, eggs, cheese, dried beans and peas, and -peanuts, the other chief members of this group, like the yogi - tables and fruits, are more or less interdhangeable. A -certain number of eggs are needed to insure enough iron; indeed, eggs are sometimes classed with milk and Leafy vege- ta11;ICs as protective foods, 'because if one uses all three of them freely there is little danger that any necessary element will be lacking in the food. Cheese is. especially valuable for its lime salts. There is little difference in the food value of the different moats, except In the. stmount. of fat they contain, and for the healthy adult one may be used as well as another; or fish may be used instead. Indeed, meat is not necessary at all.'Milk, -cheese, eggs, beans and nuts will supply everything needed from this group, so far as health is concerned; 'but .meat adds flavor, and every housekeeper knows that if some of it is used it is easier to provide an acceptable menu. Too much of the family money usu- ally -goes for the foods of this group, because the quantities that tee bought are too large. Besides milk, five- eighths of a pohn-d a day is enough for an adult, and, for every additional cup of nvilk one-eighth of a pound +less r of others of the group can be used, 3. The Cereal Group includes the f grains and their products -wheat, bread, macaroni; corn meal and hoe: g tiny; oatmeal, -'ice, barley, rye. Here, again, . each one of the members dif- li ,fers -a little from the others, some a containing a little more starch, some a little more fat, some a little more 0 protein; but there is so little differ- ence that one -can be substituted for annther, especialiy if there is variety s front time to time. The whole grains ,a alioulld be used when for any reason f there is not an aibundance of vege- m tables, fruits anti nbillt, • Cereal` are the least expen`tive of d our foods. ' The more cereal food the u meals contain the cheaper they will It be, although too much makes an un" d attractive diet. Ten ounces a day is is a falx -amount. As little es -six ounces P may be used, or' as smelt as sixteen, to That means dry cereal; one pound of s bread counts' as three-gt artoes of a ' pound. •g 4. The Sugar Group, besides sugar, ea candy, molasses, syrups :and ' ]coney, tit includes cakes, cookies and sweet fie dried fruits, •such as raisins and dates. All the sugar. that the body really needs could probably be obtained from fruits and vegetables; but -be- eautse we use 'it for Bator, sugar has td Ce mine 'a necessary to most people. rent tins group •a quarter of a potted day or less is °rough for one per- son.. G. Fats ---In this group belong: baconsalt r r perk, chocolate and the more oily nuts, as well as butter, cream, the ittaugarines, the vegetable Oils and lard. Butter has certain, act- Vantages over the margarines beeides ;.-ter,-,�<;,�...•,..v,-�at, ,-.r ing powder and the other food asi- elssets' that hlrve• ne nutritive value, bleb that are used to melte footle more Palatable. Trad'itibn and prejudice frequently lead°housekeepers to buy 1the more expensive qualities of arts. 'cies in We group when the cheaper qualities woied do just as well, The women who pians her meals and does her buying. -with the aid of such 'a list, arranged according to groups, can cheek up prices and, noticing when any £nods fall in price, can 'buy thein le place of more ex- pensive things in the' same group without ,being afraid: that she is mak- ing a serious mistake, That is not, of course, the whole secret of careful buying; for a housekeeper may have bought so unwisely in the past that it will be •eheaper for her to -day to buy some food the price -of whieh is rising than to -continue to buy those var- ieties that even .ata low price give a small return for the honey. For the Business Girl. Let nee give you.a few suggestions which I have learned from try' own exPerience and from my observation of others, Write the gist of thein in the cover of your note-heoic; or any- where you'll be sure to see thein every day; anndlearn to apply them. For in the daily practice of those sugges- tions lies the secret of pleasing and satisfying • your employer—and of winning that increase in pay. 'First, make yourself attractive— both in appearance and personality. First impressions are bound to greatly influence your employer's opinion of you, and the girl who is simply and attractively dressed, and whose hair is neatly arranged, has scored an im- portant point at the start. I have heard men say, "She doesn't look as if she had brushed her hair for a week." Remember, too, that your hands and nails should be absolutely clean, but don't polish your nails too highly, Somehow; if a girl's appear - anice shows care and neatness, the thouht follows that her work will display these traits, too. If the first impression is created by your appearance, the next is created by your personality. That's a broad word and includes a good many things, every one of which is very important, For instance, no matter how attractive a girl may be in ap- pearance, what would your impres- sion be if she gave you the tips of two or three very limp fingers as you tried to shake hands -with her, if she spoke so indistinctly you couldn't understand her, and giggled nervously throughout the interview? You wouldn't care about working with her day after day—would you? Med it is a fact that, in spite of the importance of technical skill in shorthand and typewriting, the expression of a pleasing personality is of even great- er importance. I have often heard business men say something like this, "I need an assistant who has horse sense—who knows' how' to use her brains—who can see what needs to be done and can do it without being told." 'Washing Dainty Lace. When washing tatting, hate it on a Turkish towel, wash and leve until dry. Lace may be wound round a glass jar or bottle filled -with hot water- and left to dry. Crocheted edges allways look better if pulled into shape instead of ironed. If the pat- tern is an intricate one with pointed edges, it may be stretched ran , pinned to the cover of the board or to a towel. 'Washable Iace yoke nwash- able dress may be -ea cleaned by placing a folded towel he yoke and applying a thick f white soap, using a soft brushscrub- bing gently, then rine several waters a.ppliedewith a • Pacemakers. ry e s a a w u h d s on u ally ardor t lather o and ing in Moth. nous Dyed s. %n on an hour, a orally, fastest nod, co sixty mil 1 Cheat er spec lla speed act had with au Plain registered ail was tl se, the droute- hlvetl with his surprising for ed miles in a the porpoise est, though uo spend are oU• ver, race the dnlrnals, the t are the most former average and 'the lat- r • Willie Is blessed with seven eters of a more or loss mature ago, Ile was asked at school to write ar short assay on "Girls," oaks' this is . what he Wrote: "Gurls are feininlne geaeee, arid• they wear frocks. They on'y havo.one ocleet which they can't p Y find, They're Y awfully fond of grown-up tellers, and can tell when their Chins is rough in the dark, Sarno gurus le funny. They will 'oiler ltud jump in a chair when they eau a moose; but they Is `wittily strong when they givos a little feller Ince ins a hiding; Gurin sometimes have Idea teens, and their they shins giggles, iust to show 'ant. Guile like Sisltln',, but slot puttlisg worsts oil the hiesiks." For speed, other anis beside the horse might be employed for the aumseinent of racegoer on Kee won this year's Derbyaverage of thirty-four miles anracing ecoid, yet horses, gen aro far rove being the world's ani- mals. Antelopes, when pro's ver the round at the rate of s es per our, while the Afrlim all can ttaintain an even great d for a Bort time. An Americanturallst Who desired to obtain records f various animals, on an in- ei•esting i'aee in a car anto- ope across tura Mongolian.s. The peedonteter on his car red an verage of thirty utiles hour for orty-five mile`, so peen the ani - el on evading captiu•e. For endurance, of Cour ary takes first place, ngaiuly gait it is hot lm to cover one uranin ay. Of ocean dwellers, undoubtedly "tire swift ellable records of its finable, It can, hove wiftest steamer. • Among the smaller reyhound and the rabbi pid rtlnnbrs, tire' fort itytwo Willes an flour r forty, U F n A recently invented tshanogrmpli th uses eieltel' cylinder retouch of eight Melted dosimeter et the regular ditto or reeards, while the eyliiider that cos. urea the former aloe serves its the ani;ptllifying hares, at ee llavot; but.t1f elleugh whole lit le used, the eheaper fats can bb substituted. Three ousmee. of bnbtar its oquivate/it a'day is enough for no parson. A sixth grolfp may be 1514140 of tea, coffee, sisices, flavoring eyctractge Tial.•• Now You Know. Moo- and the worst its yet to come Ittlefuxio. vnlas•Mddo. Gloves , Overalls $c Shirts A‘a, wer,!.4 tee, The Right of Way. Count life as a Held, With a path for each one Of the children upon it -- Each daughter and son. Don't ask for your heritage, Faintly and low, But earnestly, honestly, Modestly go— Claiming the right of way, Making the right of way, • Taking the right of way, Whether or no! The way may be rough, And the people 13e rude, For you are but one 01 a vast multitude; Don't rail at the sellislinese, Often revealed, But let it inspirit your Never to yield— Making the right of WaY, Taking the right of way, Over the field. Though thousands may stand To dispute you the way, Go fearlessly, calmly, Right onward each day; The password is "Energy." On through the throng, Go modestly, pleasantly, Pushing along— Cleinliug the right of way, Making the right of way, Taking the right right of way, Singing your song. The meadow is broad You are starting to cross, Go ready for danger Far sorrow and loss; Then, room on the thoroughfare, Rooni on the lea, And way for the resolute . Army we see— Claiming the right of way, Making the right of way, Taking the right 01 way, Merry and free! Trafalgar Square is Busy Spot. i1 sfaigar Square, one of tite best known traffic centres in London, 1s also .one of the chief traffic danger spots. 'There are six lines of very buey vehicular traffic crossing the square, and, although there are numerous street ratans for foot passengers, there is not one subway. Recently, at1i,on, a representative of The Daily Mail took a careful count of the motor omnibuses, motor cars, taxicabs, and trade lorries which daring one minute passed through the square. The result was: Motor onsnlbuees, 38; taxi- cabs, motor ears, a10., 128. Orator: "It's knowledge we want! .Ask the •av'ridge man when Magna Charts was I{ing el England—an' 'o carni tell yen!" cov whi furl be tate that It c ant not Pot larg the very thin outer sold be re- moved. This may be scraped off in- stead of beteg pared off, thus saving the waste. --M Rim Adjustment. It is very important after a tire has been changed that me riot shall be properly replaced. In this connection It is not good practice to tighten each lug fully before going on to the next. The proper way is to tighten one lug a little, then the one opposite a little, and so on until they are all snugly in Place, 11 each hug is tightened all the way the rim is likely to go on a little askew, and this makes for squeaks and general looseness, perhaps to the extent of the rim's working off. Bob ,Long Saya:-- rand osslorltuble.andmadecape ieily for farmers, i desigtted, them with the Idea that you aright want 10 stretch your sums and legs occasionally., BOB LONG GLOVES wilt outwear any other make of Glove on the market, because they are made by skilled work - mon from the strongest glove leather obtainable. Insist on getting Bob Long Brands from your dealer— they will save you money R. G. LONG •8e Co., Limited Winnipeg TORONTO Montreal BOB LONG BRANDS known from Coast to Coast 145 M's Mean BadNerves. at handwriting is a direct index ur bealth is the theory of a well n 1reueh physician. ogle who have a tendency to In lines slanting upwards from to fight suffer trampliver care- ts, according to his system of osis. contrary ,,s,,ymptoni is •observed in ass of siotuacll disorders, whose s writs with a descending slope. u suspect your,nervous system of out of order, watch your capital A tendency to write a capital itt of unusually large sire is said to be an infallible indication of nervous de- rangement. Capital letters of exaggerated size denote a hypersensitive temperament, and people who stiffer from tate mania of persecution have a tendency to sue round their signature with flourishes, as if to wall it in, Should one receive a letter in which the signature Is placed unduly to the left on the paper•, it is said Co be e sign that the writer is liable to sulce dal tendencies. A little boy whose father once re. proved trim for playing so much, and doing nothing else, answered: 'But, daddy, play is my work" sa:3''-,,tt_Ct'a`eiti r n» .cw • IIMIIMeZrelleelfiOWegeXi Y " eta OTHING but the tea reaves ieftT6 - tell mit r`tune by, ch, Dot?" "Well there's no sugar left anyway, Harry I can see good fortune in that. You make the money, and I'll help on the savings by using Lantic 1t certainly takes less." As fine as the silver, es snowy white as the -men in homes of refinement yet its thrifty goodness earns for Lanttc a hearty welcome to the humblest home. Mulhpty your saving of sugar to each cup. at each meal; by 363 days, and the yearly saving by using Lanhc becomes considerable - Write for Untie Library Three new Cook nook, oa Preserving, Cala and Conlin and Dewuts Bent t REE (Of a Rent telt Trade•,hark, et, from o 00111 or hem the top gamete. Lenge codon W. me to: ahem today because its In 2 -lb and 5-1b. cartons 10 -lb 20 -lb and 100 -Ib, bags v : g sva •. ;i kn elf: 511 you are out all day in the cold, keep warm by wearing STANFWLWS "Red i,abel" Underwear It is heavy wool underwear —thick enough to protect you against the piercing cold` -easy and comtfortablo because so carefully made. We make all weights suitable for met, woman and children. Semi for free sample Goch. STIthHHELD'S LIMITED 4• Truro, N. S. . 52