The Clinton News Record, 1918-6-27, Page 6Be Arthur Henry. Qooden
CkrAI'T1 R VII,—(04n'f;'d,) `rX,izzie'+ et alit she eves Yuiietta, 111
"A lot of ailltesl'd .declared etajeetad self.roliane, a gr'ow'n tvosettet ei'
° ou don't ,end flirting interest.' tones tense oat In' �y buoyant lee
ing?" Why, Uncle J n, I believe eve, di
`If it would only stopat fiirtingl"� know ale yeti" �va
"Mml The /young rscals! Well, ""Lizzie!" he repeated. .There het
no one can • blame 'em for falling in something in his Voice that crugk ltet
love with you," unpleasantly -a hint Of fri .1t,, hinted
Juliette glanced Drake of terror, Tile steps etee sed ae he
• tett g Rttc out atlilzs, came down them. Julietta el rant o t
among the roses, ' g
"Why don't teem fall in love with and extended her land, buthe on y
the tight wonie� t?" site exciairned half stoodstaring` blfln c's, et her,
impatiently, It would save a world "Lizzie,
Lzzie, 'hey? he repented again,
of bother!" L izzie, la it'
Agan) Morrow stirred uneasily, and "Who else?" she laughed, "How's
bit into his cigar, Auntie, Mode ,Tim? Te she teethe?"
"Yes," he seed, quietly, "It'd save He nodded sullenly, His Ilea pert -
a world of bother." ed front long :fon -like teeth fill Whet
Julietta inspected hire, a lazy smile was apparently Intended fora wel»
playing upon her lips, looming smile,
"And what a lot of renaane° would "It's. little Lizzie, ain't It?" he said
"Afteroall,l I supposlm eaid things ares r lady.!'ardHTe held oI ut hisdhando afine
neve
the best. There'd be no struggle, no "Well, well, I'm right gad to see yel
effort, ro—no self-denial; without -Yes, your aunt' to home and I ek-
these .lire would be tame. That's pact .the sight o you will lay her flat
why I like business—there are things with sur prise, He lifted his voice
to be overcome.' She paused. Life in a suden bellow, Hey,' you Jake!
after all, is real business, isn't it? f Come an'toed to the horse hero!"
can't just play. t it. That's .why Another man appeared in the -door -
mere society bores me, Uncle Paul,' way and diouched down the atems,
"Then you regard this visit to La "Come right in, Lizzie!" Wurrell
Villa as business?" Morrow threw turned, took her sultoaso, and lumbers
her an amused look. ed •before her,
"No." She laughed, "But it's Mrs, Wurrell was seated in a rook -
obeying a natural impulse, and I con- ing-chair, nursing one hand in the
aider that as part of the and
of other. She had grown quite stout,
life." Julietta observed' her face was lined,
her eyes dull, 'Vllurzreh addressed her
with a backward nod at the girl.
"Here's Lizzie—come` back," he said
"I'll miss yon," he said with a sigh,
He settled back in the depths of his
chair, and for a space neither spoke,
Suddenly Paul leaned forward, his
face whiter than its wont.
"Juliette," he said quietly, "per ed to waken with the same' fearing
baps you'lt'deepise me for it—perhaps look that had been his. She made no
I'm ridiculous—but I don't care." He motion to rise, but Julietta brushed
past her'uncle and impulsively kneel-
ing threw her arms about her aunt.
"Oh, I'm so glad to see you again!"
she cried.
"Be careful o' my arm!" Mrs. Wur-
rell recoiled. "It's bad."
Julietta straightened up, abashed.
"I'm sorry—"
briefly., . •
The dull ayes of the woman seem -
paused, and under the touch of, pre-
monition Julietta felt cold. - "No not
ridiculous; it's not ridiculous to love,
and—and I—I Love you."
Mere words seemed terribly inade-
quate. There was nothing Julietta
so desired in the world as the happi-
ness of Paul Morrow, but his hap-
piness, it seemed, depended on some- "So you're Lizzie" Mrs, Wurrell
thing she was powerless to give.- She looked her up and down, "Who'd
bit her lips, but -could not check the have thought it—you was that homely
tears that crept to her cheeks.
Watching her intently, Morrow saw
those tears—and understood. He
came to his feet.
"Forgive me," he said huskily. "I
night have known—"
But I—I do love you, Uncle Paul,"
she said tremulously. "I do—"
"Thank you, dear." He spoke gent-
ly, "Of course you love—your Uncle
Paul—"
He turned, and walked slowly into
the house.
CHAPTER VIII.
Her Reception At -the Old Home.
To Julietta's eyes La Vina was
much the same, only dingier—the old
hotel, the miserly post -office, the
ramshackle livery stable, the gnawed
hitching posts. Concrete sidewalks
and two flagrantly new buildings—
the La Vina Bank, and the emporium
of Rosenbaum & Kline—alone flaunt-
ed prosperity abroad.
As the train pulled out, Julietta
was still gazing around, when a voice
at her elbow made her aware of a
pair of shrewd pale blue eyes ap-
praising her,
"Lookin' for anybody special,
Miss?"
"Not especially," said Juliette cool-
ly. "Were you?"
The man, who was short and stout
and of an age somewhat past forty,
stepped back and lifted his hat.
"Excuse me!" He smiled with the
words. "Just thought I might be of
service to a stranger."
"Oh, I'm not a stranger, Mr. Burt!"
Burt scrutinized her, frowning.
"No? Well, now, I thought I knew
ail the folks in forty utile--" he
finished with an apologetic cough,
"You seem progressive," said Juli-
etta, nodding toward the bank. "That's
a fine new building you havel"
"Not bad," and Burt grinned slyly.
"You've put one over on ate, I guess
~"Little girls will grow up," said
Julietta lightly. "I'm Lizzie Dare—
used to live at the Wurrells' ranch."
Mr. Burt did not remember her,
that much was quite plain: As he
hesitated Juliette bade him farewell
and started across the road, for the
afternoon was growing late. La
Vine's banker looked after het' dubi-
ously.
"Bm! Old Warren's niece, eh?"
he muttered. "Her looking that
dressed up—like an actress! I won- nearly as large as Europe, with a
der, now, if she knows about---" Ile territory open on three sides to the
shook his head and turned away. ocean, lying in the highway of the
Julietta had hard work to find a
horse and buggy, for the whirr of the World's commerce, and capable of sup -
automobile was in the land; but at porting a population as large as that
length she was satisfied, and drove of the British Islands. Communic-
forth gleefully. How well she re- tion has been established from the
membered that road! With wondering Atlantic to the Pacific by three trans -
pity she recalled how, the last time, continental railways. Railway mile -
1 ter little bare feet had trodden its her. innocent ignorance and; mar -
age has been increased sixteen times
of
dust. She marvelled at the daring since Confederation. The trade of
veling, felt up -surge within her a Canada, which was a little over 131
great wave of thankfulness for 'that millions at Confederation, was more
meeting with Paul Morrow. than a thousand millions in the year
The sun plunged behind the moun- before the war, and nearly a billion
tains, the heated horizon cooled, a lop- and a half in 1916. Whelp the Prairies
sided moots took outline. Cotton- were united with Canada, their a xi -
wood Creek was brimming, The, g
alfalfa fields were under irrigation; a, cultural production was negligible.
long-legged curlew flew away with aIThey are now recognized as among
harsh cry. Standing motionless on the greatest grain. -producing regions
a distant levee was a high-booted•in. the world, and they are only on the
Chinaman leaning on his shovel . his', threshold of a still more wonderful
-- head bent, listening for the gargle of development. At Confederation, Can- year 1907,•will rte the most prosperous
water in some gopher hole. She pass -__of the British self-governing nations.
ed the great.cottonwood tree which oda was regarded as unable to under- First, Canada will, by then, un -
had witnessed the sale of her duck to take even its owe local defence. In the doubtedly be the greatest wheat -grow-:
the Chinese peddler and her good-bye last four years, it has sent an army of ing country in the world. In 1916
to Clay Thorpe, Clayi Her heartrfour haltered thousand mets across the the yield of'tvheat was well over 300,-i
quickened. The tree was larger; Atlantic to take part in a war in Eu- 000,000 bushels, oe snore than four
now, and she smiled in the whimsical' rope. In this respect it has far ex-
1
x- times the yield in 1900. What propos-
Wonder whether it recognized In her eeatled the expectations of any of the '
the little barefooted Lizzie Dare, And tion of the total area of the Domin-
Ito she came at last to Wurrells r-ate,lframers. of Confederation. None of ion niay be suitable for the cultivation'
As she swung around the curve of, us can do more than guess at the pro- of cereals is uncertain, but this much '
the driveway mid sighted the twinkl- cress and achievements which may at least we know—that tabo area at
ing lights of the house where she had fill the next fifty years. But the least present cultivated is only very small
been born, a pack of hounds greeted optimistic of Canadians may reason- fractional pm t of the total, The land
her clamorously, and the uproar gave ably hope that when the centenary of of. Canada is capeble-easil ca able
warning to those within, i,y p
A. door opened and a man appeared Confuder•atlon Is celebrated, Canada __of producing enough wheat to .feed in these clays no elle should attempt
on the veranda, harsh voice upraised will rank among the foremost nations mouth i the British P every hungry mut tt 5 to Otiltivate plants without preparing
in quieting command to the doge. of, the world. Tumpire to fight' pests. Spray pumps anti ma -
Even in the darkness Julietta re- totals should be purchased in advance
QQ and stored where they can be had
ulsion waved over her. Helplessly! , "Any old elothes?" said an old when needed. The kind of spray out-
lie sat in the buggy staring at that' clothes men, casually tnet. to be one o� the chief manufacturing 111 needed depends upon the kind and
orhiddnrg figure. It was somehow "No, I'm wearin my old clothes count iso to well, In no way has the extent of work to be done and Varies
re
myself nowt' said the cram interrogat- development Of Cee t alis been more ex- from the small hand atomizer to the
Who is it? trvurre„ came Out, ed; and then he ueationed the olc�'traol'4itare that in the growth of large and pee/or/id gasolene engine
peered at her suspiciously under his• dlotheir meet "Flow's business?" mantiftt Leri indttstsies, And it and pump. In the small hone garden
bent "What Wye tvattt ?' � '
F'm --•I m Lt ;ric," was all she could The old clothes man threw out , a should be netted that the value of one the cotepressed air knepspck sprayer,
Jlfxyl, . Fot• the moment she roll her- hand mildly wityi it depsecatiitg 11
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10 year's mantiltitsred proittests in 1110 with tepjc holclinlf about three and a
liel'.1 neared T,ierio once again', cowed, wavy. principal iridubtrles ie very ,, ei4 ii,.1 aullons is fairly ea'tisfaetre' ' In
7' ns stri 11
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Y Wurrell sttffcnerl and lits old clothes now aren't they?"
{d Heid smell 'nerve! t
as a child "
"Was I?" asked Julietta meekly.
"I've got a terrible spell o' rheu-
matism, else I'd get up and act -mora
glad to see you. Jim," she added
irritably, "set a chair for Lizzie, can't
you?"
Juliette pulled out her hatpins.
"Don't bother, Uncle Jim, I can
make myself at home. Do you suffer
much, Auntie?"
"Suffer? 0' course I suffer!" Mrs..
Wurrell's voice rose querulously.
"'Pears to me you might have wrote
us sometimes. You might ha' been
dead an' buried for all we knew."
Julietta colored, the voice and tone
bringing back old days again.
"Married?" came the question with
a snap.
,tNp ,
"Where'd you get all them fine
clothes, then?"
"Earned them, of course,"
"Ohl Honest Garnin's I hope," and
Mrs. Wurrell's lips tightened virtu-
ously. "There's some folks nvealee'
fine feathers as can't say they come
by them honest."
'Yes, honest earnings." Julietta
caught'her aunt's eye, and under her
gaze Mrs. Wurrell flinched visibly.
"Where's Maggie? At Home?"
"'Waggle's married," was the curt
answer. Jim Wurrell, whose face
bad suddenly reddened, broke into the
conversation.
"Better have a bite to eat, Lizzie,
afore ye start back."
"I'm not going back, Uncle Jim,
I've come for a visit.
"I met Mr. Burt in town," she said
after a little. A quick, startled look
passed between the Wurrells,
""Andy Burt's mighty slick," observ-
ed Wurrell ponderously. "Makin' a
mint of money too. Ain't never been
married, Andy ain't," He favored
Itis niece with a wink.
"You, Jim!" snapped his wife pet-
tishly. "What you mean, puttin'
notions in the girl's head?"
(To be continued,)
RESULTS OF CONFEDERATION.
Wonderful Progress of the Dominion
'Since July lst, 1867.
How has Confederation succeeded,
and what has it done for us? It has
converted the feeble, isolated, and dis-
tracted Colonies of 1864 into a nation
LOOM•
bg THE
CENTENARY OF CANADA
A M xveltoua .Future Lie> 13eOure Our tlrair Den)ain With its
itla jestio Wi4 �er�va '�, its Untapped Mineral Res oturce.%
OA Wealth Of rie14 and Forest.
Canada will be fifty-one yene+s old
on July 1, 1918, The gueetiom arises,
Whet Will Canada be Iiik4 when she
is one hurl ren ears ._ old? . says a
Writer in `Tyjroma bar Weelel , The
qt � y
sootier to allot query "flee au the
)(nese of! the godalt But 11 le, at any
rate, no extravn ant stretch of fancy
to imagine thatr.by that time) Canada
may welt be both the mesa populous
and the most prosperous of ,the self-
governing Dominions.
It was Lord iltxathecne who pro-
phesied that, b the end of the pre-
sent oenturyt abs population of the
Dotnlnloq wQtrld be 80,000,000, Wltit
Sottish dautton, he probably named a
coneervabive Attire, it Is not fantas-
tio, tit all events, to believe that in
the year-1907—the centenary of Con-
:federation—the inhabitants of this
country will number well over 00,000,-
000, ',Chat is a logo: population than
that of the United Kingdom to -day,
And there are many 'reasons for.
4hinlcing that the population of the
United Kingdom le not likely to M-
oreno much in the future, not the
least of the said reasons being - the
undoubted fact that already It is too
big for the country to support, and
that the British people, in ever-in-
creasing numbers, aro becoming con-
scious of the fapt,
Canada's Century.
The growth of the United States in
the last century was regarded as more
marvelous than that of any other
country of which the world holds re-
cord. But, in more senses than , one,
Canada may be said to have begun
where the United States left off. In
the early days of settling the United
States,, the population of Great Bri-
tain—as of continental Europe—was
considerably less than now, and the
emigration therefore immensely less
than at the present time. Then the
voyage to this continent was slow
and arduous. Now it is quick and
easy. Further, the United States had
no well-settled neighboring country
wherefrom to draw settlers. In 1914
Canada drew over 100,000 settlers
from the United States, and with the
population of that country increasing
in density with` almost incredible
rapidity, as it is, American {emigra-
tion into Canada may certanly be ex-
pected to increase by leaps and
bounds.
In any consideration of the probable
growth of the Dominion during the
next fifty years of the present century
—which, we have it on high authority,
is "Canada's century" -the figures re-
lating, to the growth of the United
States during the last eentuty—which
was that country's century—must
have great significance. During the
first quarter of the nineteenth century
the immigration into the United
States was of very slender propor-
tions. In the year 1825 the immigrants -
numbered only 10,000. For the ten
years from 1831 to 1840, they number-
ed only about 560,000. In the years
1918 and 1914, on the other hand, the
immigrants into Canada totalled over
throe -quarters of. a million. So that
if by the year 1869, the total popula-
tion of the United States rose, as it
did, to 85,000,000, it would not seem
at all an extravagant estimate, hav-
ing regard to the tremendous differ-
ence in our favor as regards immigra-
tion in the first quarters of our re-
spective centuries, to assume that by
1969 the population of this country
will number well over 50,000,000. The
population of Canada in 1910 was, it
should be added, just about the same
as that of the United States in 1810—
about 7,000,000.
Extraordinary Development.
As regards commercial prosperity,
it is a fact of which it would be dif-
ficult to overrate the significance,
that the trade of Canada, with a pop-
ulation of under 9,000,000, is already
worth as much to the other nations
of the world as eves that ofathe Unit-
ed States at a time when the popula-
tion of that country was over 50)-
000,000.
0;
000,000.
Of the many evidences of Canada's
extraordinary rapid growth and de-
velopment since the beginning of the
present century, only one or two of
the most striking need be mentioned
here, Comparing the year 1914—the
year of the outbreak of war—with
1900—it may be noted'that the amount
of freight carried by steam railways;
the amount of life insurance in force;,
the amount of deposits in banks; and
the external trade of the country;
were all alike, three times as great in
1914 as in 1900.
Three Prime Factors.
There are three prime factors for
the contention that Canada, by the
ly blessed. This country possesses
practically unlimited ivater power —
sulllclent, It bac been computed, to
run every machin) working in the
world to -day.
Vast ,Natural Resources,
Thirdly, there is the fact that Can-
ada is directly bt the highway of the
new trailic between Western. Ameri-
ca and Eastern Asia, It is to the
cities with their face» turned to the
Ocean •that this trade Is des,
tined to come In ever-inereesing vol-
ume, during the next hall century,
Nor, in attempting to gauge, how-
ever inadequately, the jiossibilitles
ahead of this vast Country, must
mention be omitted of its 'mineral
resoureos. Canada possesses all min-
erals and metals that are used The
mineral resources have been hardly
touched as yet. - The greater part of
the Dominion has never been pros-
pected, and even in.the older district
very little development work has been
done.
in 'Ontario, we possess the most
valuable nickel deposits in the world,
The amber Mica deposits In Ontario
and Quebee are very extensive, and`
constitute the only large supplies d
this mineral known to exist outside
Ceylon. Canada is third among the
silver -producing countries of the
world—In 1914 the sliver produced
was of the value of. over 515,000,000.
The total production of gold in Can-
ada for the fifty years since Con-
federation has been about 5350,000,000
In value.
Then there Is the vast forest
wealth of Canada—nearly 800,000,000
acres are covered with timber of
merchantable size, while the value of
one year's forest products is not far
short of $200,000,000, There are the
valuable flsherles. There is the im-
mense farm production of the country
—the total value of farm products,
exclusive of field crops,. came to
about $400,000,000 in a single year,
The above constitutes, of course,
only a cursory and hasty glance at
some of the substantial reasons for
the soured confidence we all feel in
the material_ future of Canada. A
country of rich illimitable resources,
of,such uniglse situation, and of such
phenomenal progress and development
of recent years, will surely be at once
the most populous and the most pros-
perous of the self-governing nations
now under the Union Jack. That
proud position will be hers unfailing-
ly—it is carved for her by the hand of
destiny. And, as I believe, it will be
iters within the next half century,
There is just one rock ahead—only
one big one, so far as I can see. There
needs to be greater care exercised as
to immigration if we are to make a
great nation of this half continent.
The war and its attendant circum-
stances have shown that it is the im-
migration from the British Isles
which, in a time of storm and stress
like the present, when men and na-
tions alike may best be known, can
best be trusted to play the role of the
goad citizen.
WHO PAYS DELIVERY CHARGE?
Needless Waste of Money and Labor
In Retail Merchandising.
The cost of delivering parcels is
approximately four per cent, of the
total sales; and about one-half of
these sales are delivered. Sales of,
say, $35,000 per annum would, there-
fore, have a delivery cost of $1,400,
the delivery customers paying $700,
though receiving no service therefor.
The carry cuatomers, however, are
doing more than this. IIad all the
parcels been delivered, the delivery
cost would have been doubled and the
delivery customers would have had a
delivery charge of eight per cent. add-
ed to the original cost of the goods.
Under the delivery system, the ser-
vice rendered and paid for is as 'fel-
_
The carry customer receives $1
worth of goods and pays $1.04.
The delivery customer receives $1
worth of goods and eight cents worth
of delivery service—•$1.08, for which
he pays only $1,04.
Another phase of delivery cost is
the number of small orders delivered
to one customer, If the .cost of each
delivery, which averages six to ten
cents, were added to each small order,
the customer would object. Cense-
quietly, it is added on a percentage
basis, and thus the enstomer who
groups his wants and places an order
of larger amount is mulcted in the de-
livery cost of the service supplied to
the less considerate customer.
Thus, under the present delivery
system, a sur -tax is placed upon the
customer who carries his parcels and
is considerate in ordering, while the
customer who requires delivery ser-�
vice does not pay for the service re-
ceived,
Cmtada is suffering from s shortage
of man -power; all available help is
required for production. Deliveries
should he restricted to one per day;
ail parcels of reasonable weight
should be carried home, and, so far as
possible, co-operative deliveries should
be established,
•
HINTS WHICH HAVE .MADE MY :HOUSEWORK &ASIEI't.
in washing shirts and overalls 1 large oval, succulent leaves make
-sab a little soap paste, which is good greens when coolted and, the
bought for the use of the hands, on young, tender ones make delicious
the dirty spots, then rub this with a salad, for their flavor Is more mild.
scrubbhig brush, and it will remove Mustard is often used to give flavor
the dirt snore easily anil gtticicly than to mild greens es beets and lettuce,
any otl'�or way Pokeberry,—.The young •shoots are
To wash windows put a little kero- similar In appeclrauee to asparagus.
sena in warm water and wash all the These aro usually boiled and served
windows in the roost. When the win-
dows are dry rub with a soft cloth
and they will be clear with little work,
To make the stove look nice, with-
out blacking it I rub it with a piece of
soap while the above is hot then. I
rub it with a wet woollen cloth.
To 'keep the mattress clean I made a
bag from sheeting to slip over the
mattress, I placed strings about
every foot across both edges of the
top of the bag, and when the mai-
tress le slipped ht these are tied. This
cover is always in place and the mat-
tress Is not torn as when a sheet is
pinned on. It also keeps the springs
from making rust on the mattress.
When putting washable collars on
woollen dresses, if ane will sew a
piece of bias tape along the neck of
the dress and sew clasps on the col-
lar and dress it can be fastened and
unfastened in a few seconds and need
not be basted on, , Five clasps will
do for most any collar.
When doing your own papering
sometimes sumo of the paste will gab
on the right side of the papas•, spoils ingg'• the looks when it dries. To avoid
this add about three or four table.
Altoona of powdered alum to a quart
of flour.
When putting rosettes of ribbon on
bonnets, baby dresses, white aprons
or any washable materiel sow a clasp
on and it need not be ripped off nor
the ribbons spoiled by repeated wash -
A, trap-door made in a cellar way is
very convenient, as there can be
shelves made along the side, The
boiler and lots of things can be hung
there out of the way and dry, but ono
must be cereal to have it 'always
open, then there will not be so much
chance of running in and;falline down
stairs, It is impossible to reach
very high in most cellarways which
are high.
Sonne Common Greens.
Dandelion.—The leaves of the plant
ate very popular for greens. The bit-
ter principal they contain is a. stimu-
lant to the appetite. The most deli-
cious part of the plant is the crown
with its unfolded foliage and buds.
When well balanced this portion
makes a good salad. The plants are
often covered to exclude the light.
This not only blanches the leaves but
makes them more tender and extracts
some of the bitter principal.
Dock.—The leaves of the curled or
sour variety are one of the common
early greens.
Purslane.—The fleshly stems are
used for greens. They are also some-
times pickled. The roots of one
variety are boiled and eaten. These
plants are very popular in France as
greens.
Wild Mustard,—The comparatively
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setateastMearireeriaiema—
with young, toiler leaves as greens,
The root is said to cause serious 111- THE "DOMINION OF
ness,
Plgweed.—The plant is called wild
beet, or careless weed, and is com-
mostl used for greens,
Wild Lettuce.—The leaves may be
cooked as greens or served raw tis a
salad. -
]lam'b's tjuartsr,--Lamb's quarter,
often called pig -weed, is much used
for greens. It is related to spinaeh and
beets, r
Sorrel,—This Plant is related to the
dogk, It finds use es 'flavoring with
mild mons and valuable t i
'Watercress,—This is a valuable sal-
ad plant.
Cultivated Greens
'Spinach,—This is a standard crop
for spring and fall greens. For home
use it may be had during the summer
by successful sowing in rather cool
and moist ground, -
Beet Tome—Seedling beet plants
make a very tender, delicious green.
The plants can be used until roots are
an Inch or more across, cooking leaves
and roots together.
Swiss Charcl,—This garden vege-
table makes excellent greens, coming
in at the end of the spinach season in
the spring. Use the :foliage part for
greens and prepare midribs like as-
paragus.
Kale.—.Fiala is the most tender and
delicious of the cabbage family and is
valuable for greens throughout the
summer.
Turnip Tops,—Turnip tope are used
for greens when very young.
Kohlrabi,—Kohlrabl is a member of
the cabbage family and is grown for
the fleshly stems.
Mustard,—The cultivated variety is
referred to; it Is very much like the
wi ewhich has already been mention -
e
Horse Radish.—The leaves of the
plant make excellent greens, either
alone or in combination with milder
ones.
g isn eR acls,
Baked Potato Dent's.
The Irishman claims that the only
thing better than a good baked potato
is two baked potatoes. Here are
some baked potato dont's:
Don't have your oven too hot.
Don't have different sized potatoes.
Don't delay in getting them into the
oven—they will not hurry when the
time is short.
Don't fail to allow from forty-five
minutes to an hour for a medium-sized
(six ounce) potato. '�
Don't select potatoes that are too
big.
Don't put them into your oven drip-
ping with cold water,
Don't forget to use thein with the
first course in a lunch or supper.
HEROISM OF
CANADIAN A [JRSES
THESE MET DEATH WHEN
BOMBS STRUCK HOSPITAL.
Had to Wear Gas Masks for Some
Hours While Carrying on Their
Work of Mercy. .
A remarkable story of the heroism
of Canadian nurses is contained in a
cable received by the Department of
Militia and Defence from overseas,
which tells how women of the Do-
minion had to wear gas masks for
hours while carrying out their gentle
tasks. The article was written by Ro-
land Hill from War Correspondents'
Headquarters, France, and was cabled
to Ottawa by Sir Edward Kemp, Min-
ister of Overseas Forces.
"Carry on" has been the motto of
Canadian nursing sisters since the
enemy airmen bombed their hospitals,
and their courage and steadfastness
has gained them the admiration of
all British, French and American
aoldlers who have come under their
care. Night after night for over a
week two of the largest of our Can-
adian hospitals worked steadily, al-
though they were in the very centre
of ono of the heavily bombed areas.
Several of the nursing sdstetrs were
killed and wounded, and several of
the stall were wiped out.
"We Will Carry Ott."
Tho colonel of Otte hospital de-
cided to send the blue -gowned girls
to le distant hospital oe the coast,
practically immune from raids, A
few were started for this, haven, then
from the others came n g%eat protest.
!We will carry ort," they declared,
and the colonel permitted thorn to re-
main.
Each night the sisters on duty were
aerved with shrapnel -proof =table to
wear under their uniforms. Emergency
operations were carried through with-
out a hitch, and many a soldier's life
was saved, although the surgical hub
rocked with the force of the explosions
from bombs that dropped only a few
yards off', In other huts, when the
raid syren wee blown, those indomit-
able girls from Canada wont through
thelx wards and gently lifted helpless
patients to the floor, where,` under the,
shelter of the sandbag barrier that
deed the hut, they were eoitiparative-
i nsefe from flying shrapnel, Titan
d only then they sought shelter in
ttakll
he bhrnbwprvbi shelters. It ani y
a ward Was hit by a bomb, one of th,e
fi!'st to rush to the rescue would bo a
horsing Meter as coolasshe was coutr-
ageous—a wonderful tend for tiro
Spray as a Preventive.
But Canada is almost certainly des-
tined, not only to be the chief wheat -
growing ammeter in the world, but also
cogniged the tall, gaunt, stooped fag -t He Foie the War, Too.
fk b Jim Wurrell, and a sudden re -'i
opt sae
p o C guess evcrybodyws wearing their q amount of p lasso? ado
e usti to the total 'moun ea its,
invested in WOO indtwtrtetir. This mal^
t bring* one
tot e n to the ee
egond of the
three prime factors for the contentiell
r. , i e' "r and a commercial
e !
t
:Pin:Piii thrust ott't. '"I'l"h4 t 1110416 rfetid s a ante arra andpomp mount -
In h s harsh the til r a rd the It d 1 the ad 'wheels i t berecommended,
voice was a
tie?' i e o ♦ r t n e sunrrne u, a on v► eo a s o reeemnion e
ptartled hake.that atrrprfsed icor. ' Dict ebotitee sttuutzerit While on large . isiantatlotts a power
"Liege are," returned Julietta, "A.lt the voun> idtibws lsave gone that Canada's prosperity Is destined tO eutAt may be the most economical in
Per poise sWe tt heels, to war" he Airlift "ttiet't the Worst be boundless, That is the question on! ... •
1 . ., at also tenliemi-� r 'tt' rat of q the saving of labor and m gettrng
glared bots tri reality She was tot anything'," waterpower. Herein WA are singular- the, work done et the right time.
t
CANADA TO -DAY
I1A8 MADE GOOD 111011 CLAIM '1'O
NA'i'iONHO()D.
Canada's War Services Have Woo
Confidence of Allies and Com-
manded Respect of hoes.
Nearly four years ago Canada
stood at the parting o:f the ways, -a-
Upon the fourth of August, 1914, she
was faced with an immediate decision
upon issues pregnant with the welfare
and destiny of her people for enera-
tions to come, But the Instinct of the
Canadian people ran unerringly true.
Spontaneously and unanimously,'
tfirouph the voice of her representa-
tives in Parliament, the Dominion
elected to stand by the Motherland.
Canada chose war.
For almost four years she has 'fol-
lowed unfalteringly her self-appoint-
ed path. Once committed, into the
' world war she hes thrown her full
(weight of men, money and resources.
How, then, has Canada fared? Has
she gained by active participation in
a conflict so stnpendons—or has she
lost? Has her prestige among the
nations of the earth been enhanced, or
has it declined? Have iter military
efforts, tremendous for so young a
country, exhausted her; or does she
give evidence of sustained economic
strength? In a word, is the Canada
of to -day a stronger or a weaker na-
tion than the Canada of four years
ago?
What Canada Has Gained.
Most emphatically, Canada has
gained by the war. Patriotism has
yielded its hundredfold return.
From the broader- national view -
paint she has gained immeasurably.
Canadian statesmen have demonstrat-
ed to the world their ability to deal
decisively and courageously with is-
sues of momentous significance. Cana-
dian leaders in all departments of
life have successfully grappled with
crises men never faced before. Yes-
terday they tended to think in terms
of counties and of provinces; to -day
they think in terms of the Empire and
of the world. Canadians have proved
their capacity to clearly distinguish
between right and wrong, between na-
(tipatil honor and national dishonor,
They have shown their adherence to
(the highest ideals this civilization
holds. Theirs also is both the nobil-
+ity and the bitterness of sacrifice.
Great has been the price in treasure;
but Canada has paid. Greater still
has been the price in blood; that, too
she has ungrudgingly mot. Ouz
Young Dominion has played the more
courageous part; and to Canada, the
nation, is universally conceded the
high meed of praise the world eves
accords a people which etaunchly
stands by conviction. Canada to -day is
a Canada which boasts a new-found
prestige.
In no sense of the word was the
Canada of four years ago a military
nation. But with true Western enter-
prise she mobilized and organized het
resources for war with a rapidity, ef-
ficiency and strength that startled the
world,
What Canada is Accomplishing.
shell-shocked men who were in her
care.
Faced Daily Death.
In the Canadian casualty clearing
stations closer to the lines girls faced
daily death and possible capture with
an ever-changing front, More than
ono hospital has.- been heavily shelled
during a 'battle when the rush of
wounded was so continuous there
could be no thought of evacuating the
place.
On some occasions during .the
March -April offensive the hospitals
were drenched with enemy gas, and
the sisters had to wear gas masks for
hours doing what gentle tasks they
could with such a handicap. When
forward casualty clearing stations
were swept away little hands of these
brave girls starched with the retiring
troops, occasionally getting a lift on
an ambulance until they reached some
other overworked hospital, and there
they would forget their fatigue and
join their comrades in the work of
mercy, Some Canadian sisters who
carne through that ordeal actually did
duty in as many as five different hos- ,
vitals in the week, scores of miles
apaIrt.
n the big base cemetery alongside
the graves of hundreds of the Em-,
pire's bravest are the little white
wooden crosses that mark the resting
place of those heroic Canadian sisters
who died on duty, "Killed in action" ,
is the simple inscription, and mothers •
and fathers in Canada can be proud
of it, for it is the servo as that which
the fighting soldier earns when he
falls storming an enemy trench. They I
are of the same breed, those tender
valiant sisters from overseas.
Airmen WhoAreWattled,
Only youngsters of perfect phy-
sique,
hysique, of matchlees bravery, and of
extraordinary quickness of brain can
have any change of distinguishing
themselves in aerial warfare in 1018,
says the British Air Minister, Elder
airmen say the same. One, no longer
in the Brat 'fiueh of youth, did a six
woke' spoil of flying over the moony
front. Then, one day, as Ile new over
a reliwey embankment 'at 600 fest,
he felt the bump badly, and grew
weary. They marked his papers
"good, steady pilot," and cont him
home for rest. nut lis know he was
nob going hack, "They stood better
than good, steady pilots out there,"
said the veteran,
Canada at war has performed the
well-nigh impossible,
Who could have dreamed that a
population of a scant eight millions
could raise, train, equip and maintain
a host of 400,000 men, by volun-
tary enlistment, more titan double
the standing army of the whole
British Empire at the outbreak of
war? Canada has done it. Who
could have thought that after a few
short months of trebling. her boys
fresh from the plough, the: factory,
the counting -house and the school
could have exchanged blow for blow
on equal terms with the legions of n
war machine the mightiest the world
has known? Ypres, St. Julien, Festu-
beet, St. l loi, Lens and Vimy Ridge
have nvritten a deathless answer. Who
could have guessed that 1' 'I;,da'a in-
fant ntanufac•.teries could halt turn-
ed out shrapnel and high explosive
shells in numerous millions and min-
utely accurate to tate last thousandth
of an itnch'1 'fhe resourcefulness and
initiative of Canada's captains of in-
dustry have matched the courage of
her sons overseas, Canad:tem at home
have produced war equipment to the
value of many millions of dollars, And
what of the Canadian farmer? Gould
he, too, =ewer the call for production,
production altd yet more production?
He did—with an =orgy and efficiency
tint won from Canadian farm, Or-
chard and garden vast stores of food
for the starving millions of the world.
Cieutda, in truth, has played a not
unworthy part in Armageddon. Her
services have won the confidence and
gratitttde of her allies; they have com-
manded the wonderment and admira-
tion of n5utrals; they have compelled
the roped of her foes. The tlanada
oL to -day has made good her claims
tnationhood.
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