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TOP 0' Int i ORNIN'!
0 St. Patrick was a' gentleman,
Who came .of decent people;
In Dublin town he built a 'church,
, And on it put a steeple.
Then luck to bowld St. Patrick's fist,
He was a saint so clever
Be gave the frogs and toads a twist,
And banished them forever. '
-Henry Bennett.
This is St. Patrick's Day, Tuesday,
Mar. 17th, and, as the majority of my
grandparents came from the Emerald
Isle, and as I have in the heart of me
e great tenderness for that hapless
land, I cannot but feel for its people,
:even when I am burning with indigna-
' tion at the foolishness of them.
It has suffered, few peoples more,
' from misunderstanding and from sheer
selfishness, too, it must be admitted,
on the part of the "Home Govern-.
tlient'' I can very well understand
how resentment must have burned
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in the 'hearts and minds of the pep-
ple for.generatiois, but,I cannot un-
• deretand just : why in this modern
• day they cannot put away such re-
sentment and work and live for the i
betterment of all.., I ani glad for this
reason that nay grandparents came
away from Ireland and forgot her
' •wrong's and put hate from the heart,'
if indeed, they had it.. It is certain
' that while they loved the Green Isle
they were loyal to the end of life to
the Empire and to the flag of Bri-
tain. But why Ireland, north and
south, cannot realize that they are
'-separately bound up with Great
Britain, that her best success lies In
.-making the moat of that bond; why
she cannot forget old grudges, white
' standing up with all her might for
her rights today; whys she eannot
cone out of the clouds of the bad,
t, sad past and build up a new country,
in a new way of mutual trust and
•co-operation, I cannot understand.
But I have never visited the dear
land, I only know her from meeting
the people who eome frdm her
'Shores, and from the stories heard,
".inostly in childhood, from these same
grandparents, who were born within
her borders and who never lost the
love end the longing for the Ould
Sod. But with all nly heart I wish
for Ireland' a better future; I wish
for her unity and peace, prosperity
and -the power to forget hate and to
cultivate love,
Oh, Ireland, 'up from my 'heart of
hearts,
I wish ye the Top o' the Inornin..
Rock Garden Plants
(Experimental Farms Notes)
A great.many rock garden subjects
require special conditions, such as
those of soil and aspect to respond
with satisfactory growth, and until'
their needs are ascertained and sup-
plied unthrifty looking patches are
often in evidence, The free use of
plants which are less particular will
render these less conspicuous and
give a furnished appearance to the
rock garden.
At the Morden Experitnental Sta-
tion the following list of plants has
proved' to be of rapid growth ,hardy
and tolerant to drought.
Among the stonecrops are Sedum
spurium, and its variety coecineun, S.
kamschaticum, and the variety var-
iegatuin, S. Elia-combianum, S. Mid-
: dendorffianum, S. Sieboldii and S.
spectabile.
1 The Moss Pinks (Phlox sbulalta)
provide drifts of colour in early
spring, and while the type plant is
worthy of a place it is excelled by the
varieties Vivid, Daisy Hill, and alba.
Other Phloxes are' P: divaricata and
P. Duglasii, the former of loose
spreading habit and the latter 'a stiff
and tufted one.
The bellflower family is represent-
ed by Campanula carpatiea, C. Turbin-
ate, C. Glomerate and C. garganica.
There are many Milfoils, but only
two are mentioned as being distinctive
and useful, naively, Achillea tonien-
tosa, for its yellow flowers and vel -
Edited by Rebekah.
vety green foliage, and A. ageratoides
with white blossoms and grey -green
leaves
Interesting at all times,' but of
fleeting beauty, are the native Cac-
tus), Optuntia polyacantha, 0. fragilis
and the pincushion -like Mamillaria
vivipara. The last named has bril-
liant rose-coloured blossoms and ed-
ible fruit.
The maiden pink -(Dianthus del-
toides), and the Cheddor pink (D.
eaesius) are indispensable members'
of 'a large family.
Some of the earliest flowers are
produced by bulbous plants, such as.
Scilla Sibiriea, Fritillaria pudica and
'. pallidiflora, while Ixiolirion mon-
tanutn blooms in June.
t ra our' i •is ev-
eninghe miss lens s an e
ening primrose, which opens its large
water -lily like blossoms all day and
all season. .
Thymus serpyllum, Alyssum sax-
atile, Iberis' sempervirens,• are of a
sub -shrubbery nature, and Daphne
Oneeruln.is a true shrug, dwarf, ev-
ergreen and fragrant of bloom.
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` CARE OF THE MOUTH
The teeth are part of the body 1
t and, as such, they reflect, to, some
• extent, the health of the body as a
whole. Particularly are they affect-
ed by the condition of other parts `of
the mouth, most notably the gums
and jaw -bones.. Healthy teeth wiII
not be found set in diseased bones
or surrounded by gums that• are full,
• of pus.
Aa. is the case with other parts of
the body, proper use of theteeth'
improves the health of the mouth.
The eat of chewing, particularly` of
the coarser foods, cleans the teeth
and massages the gums. There are,
however, sheltered points which are
not rubbed :clean. by mastication a;nd
which may easily escape the tooth -
Leah.
Suchpoints become covered with a
sticky insoluble material' from the
saliva, ta`which particles of food
stick. The sugars and starches in
the food are biokefi down by bacteria
" which are always present in ',the
mouth, and • lactic acid, is formed.
The acid, if allowed. to collect, eats
into the tooth sti;ucttule and so dental
decay occurs.
Despite the.elaiins advanced '•for
certain productsthe month cannot.,
be sterilized—bacteria cannot be elint-
,Inated from the mouth. The mouth-
wash cannot replace the toothbrush
• as a cleaning agent . any Move than
-,perfume ear, . take the place of soap
• and water,
Sugars and starches eannot, nor
should thoy be, eliminated front the
'diet. There is much to be said, how=
ever, in favour of raw fruit rather
than a sweet to finish- the meal. In
all cases, we have to rely upon the
proper use of the toothbrush to reach
those points where food collects, 'be-
tween rather than on the exposed
surfaces of the teeth.
The dentrifice, such as precipateJ
chalk, is ;used to aid in the mechan-
ical cleansing of the teeth without
causing damage to the enamel at the
same time. Alkaline dentifrices can-
not keep the whole mouth alkaline.
It is not the general acidity of the
mouth which leads to decay, but the
acid which is concentrated at one
point.
The value of any dentrifice de-
pends open the efficiency . of 'tite.
tooth -brush which applies it. The
mouth -wash is a rinsing solution, not
a therapeutic agent or an antiseptic
treatment, 'A teaspoonful of ;salt In
a pint of water to .which is added a
pinch of baking soda provides a good
mouth -wash.
'The tnouth should be kept clean as
apreventive measure, and by period-
ic'visits to the family dentist,
regular check should be maintained
as to the health of the mouth.
•
Questions concerning health, ad:
dressed to the Canadian Medical As-
sociation, 184 College St., Toronto,
will In answered personally by letter.
"THIS WAY, MR. STEVENSON"
1(continued from page.$)
son's, after all. Let her enjoy hor
holly and her Christmas good things
as long as possible.
"Mr. Stevenson, will you come this
way, please?"
The secretary was holding a door
open for him. Jim threw back his
shoulders. He walked with a crisp,
confident step.' Sara had done this
much for him. By some miracle she
had managed to get Mr. Grain to sec
him. Well, then, he, Jimmy, would
do the rest, He simply wouldn't take
a "No." If he had to go down on
his bended knees for it, he'd go back
to Sara with a job in his pocket.
"Ah, Mr. Stevenson! Sit down,
won't . you?"
Jimmy did as he was bid, and
found himself being carefully scrut-
inized by a pair of hawk -like eyes.
"I was going to write to you," said
Mr. Grain next, and Jimmy broke in:
"Yes, they told me that, Mr. Grain.
It's awfully good of you to let me
come along instead, You see—"
"As a matter of fact, I asked you
to give me a call in my letter," Mr.
Grain interrupted in turn. "Your ap-
plication for a job with ns appealed
to me. We are short-staffed in the
clerical department, and it seemed to
me that you might be the kind of
man I'm looking for."
Jimmy never quite remembered
what happened after that. He sup-
posed he must have answered Mr.'
Grain's questions intelligently, for be-
fore he left the room Mr, Grain was
telling him:
"I'll expect you to start the day
after Boxing Day, then, Stevenson;
report to my secretary, and she'll
take you along and show you the
ropes."
Then he had wished him a Happy
Christmas, and .Timmy found himself
running all the way home to Sara.
She was perched on the top step of a
ladder' fixing holly along the picture -
rail: He looked up at her; she looked
down on him. They didn't have to
say anything. They knew it was
going to be a marvellous Christmas.
-London "Answers."
Care of Children
Household Economics
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heat again, serve piping hot with
minced parsley sprinkled over the
top.
4. This is our favourite potato
soup. Take three cups of the water
potatoes Were boiled in, a good sized
onion chopped' fine and let boil for
five minutea,_then add three caps
rieed potatoes and two cups of milk
and 1-2 cup of cream, season with
salt and pepper..
Try this Potato Stuffing for Fish:
2 cups rieed potato,
i4 cup chopped onion,
2 tablespoons chopped bacon,
t!i teaspoon poultry seasoning,
teaspoon salt,
1 tablespoon chopped' parsley,
35 teaspoon pepper, •
1 tablespoon butter. -
Prepare potatoes, add other ingred-
ients, Book for 5 minutes, then fill
fish and bake.,
The potato, to moralize a little;
night teach us a very good lesson.
When you bring up a basket of them.
from the cellar they are dirty, e'er -
thy, but when the refining powers of
Dear Rebekah Yon were wonder -water, fire and trouble have worked
how I used 'the yolk of eggs or if I on them, what a difference. Take a
wasted then after using the
whites. Well, here are some
ways I use them, when I make an ic-
ing using the whites I often use the
Yolk in some other dish, or maybe T
cook eggs and some one finds they
have a double yolked egg or I chop
it in a dish of hot water very care-
fully, boil till hard and use .it for
dressing up a salad or a sandwich,
or again I may put it in a cup, add
a little milk, speck salt and stir to-
gether. I am sure to need it in some-
thing, or egg yolks will keep nicely
if chopped into a cup half full of cold
water, so you will see I don't waste
thein.
Today I am taking you at your
word and sending in my potato reci-
pes. First, here is a
POTATO DINNER
Tomatoa'tizer and Potato Chips.
Roast Fowl, Potato Dressing.
Gravy, Turnps, Grape Jelly,
Potato Cases with Green Peas.
Mashed Potatoes.
Lettuce with Potato Mayonnaise.
Bread, Butter.
Potato Pudding, Carmel Sauce.
Potato Mints.
Or you might like a fish dinner:
Soup:
Baked fish, Potato dressing, lemon.
Baked notatoes with carrots.
Creamed onions.
Sliced Tomatoes, Potato dressing.
Potato lemon sponge pie, cognition of her talent. She went
Potato candies. through' some hard tinges financially,
Or perhaps just a sandwich and but never lost the faith and optim-
glass of milk and a cookie, try po-
tato either as directed or made up
in rolls, seperate colors, and sliced
thin, put together with sweetened
whipped cream and frozen, they are
delicious.
THE LITTLE FARM
Just a little farm whose acres
Bask beneath a summer sky, •
With its meadows sweet with clover'
Stirred by winds that wander by;
With its woodland where the shadows
Shift beneath the spreading tree,,
Where the- silence is unbroken
Save by birds and droning bees.
Just a farm along the lakeside
Stretching to the shadowed shore,
Where in summer time the swallows
Softly skim the waters o'er;
Where the boatmen idly waiting
Spend a happy holiday;
And life's problems all forgotten
Calmly dream the hours away.
'list a little farm where springtime
First its early visit pays,
Followed by a smiling summer
That so late its blooms delays;
And where autumn in its splendor
Passes with its radiant train,
And the winter coming after
Whitens every ;hill and plain.
Islet a little home, a haven,
Which we entered Lang ago,
With high hopes and visions tender,
With ambition's fire aglow;
Sweetest memories will linger,
Wheseso'er our footsteps roam,
Round these radiant, sunny acres
That for years was "Home Sweet
Home."
-Helen B. Anderson.
Barley is Canada's third largest
grain crop. It follows wheat ,and
oats, but the barley production is
usually 'lese than ono -quarter that o±.
wheat. Barley contains mors staci
and more crude fibre than wheat, but
a bushel of barley weighs only. 48
Pound's as' against .60 of wheat. The
straw of wheat and of barley are sim-
ilar in comopsition• •
potato, wash in water, bake in fire
and crush and what a savoury odor
and what a white heart is revealed,
or again subject them to water, Brite,
fire and how lovely, to that odd force
and what a white mass, also add a
little milk of human kindness to the
beating and more and more the
beauty shows up. We very seldom
are so up against it that there is no
one to offer us milk of human kind-
ness but do we reveal so lovely a
heart or show up so white and beau-
tiful?
—Farmer's Wife.
Farmer's Wife has sent us some
nice menus, which we are sure some
of the Neighbors will like to try, also
some recipes for making various.
dishes. We have. a number of othere
which we shall use from time to time.
There were too many to use all at
once. She is partial to potato recipes,
We shall run her paper, given at her
W. I.- as soon as possible.
Dear Rebekah: I had not seen a
notice of "Wilhelmina Stitch's" pas-
sing until the comment in your in-
teresting page, which certainly helps
to keep us up -to' -date. When she
was in Toronto fi few years ago T
saw a good deal of her and found
her very interesting. Like a num-
ber of good writers she had to leave
Canada in order to receive proper re -
Potato Cases with Green Peas:
Peel and shape potatoes as eases
and soak in cold water an hour, dry
and fry as doughnuts, then fill with
cooked peas, put in oven for 6 min.
Here is a good recipe for
POTATO CHIPS
Slice peeled potatoes rather thin,
then soak in cold water an hour or
longer, dry on towels and cook a few
at a time in deep fat at a tempera -
tire in which an inch square of
bread will brown in 20 seconds, take
out and drain on paper, salt, and
serve, or they can be heated up a-
gain. It is very fashionable now to
serve these chips before a dinner
with a 'titer made of tomato juice.
Some serve their chips with a sliver
pf cheese on them or 'a clash of pap-
rika.
POTATO. SOUP
I am going to give four soups so
You may take your choice:
1. You may use a cream sauce
made with half potato water and
half nulls., thickened with flour and
seasoned and potatoes added to give
flavour.
2. 2 clips 'mashed potatoes; 1 qt.
milk; 2 slices onion; 3 tablespoon
butter; 2 tablespopn flour; 1 tea-
spoon salt a little celery salt, pep-
per and parsley, scald milk with the
onion, then remove onion, add milk to
potatoes, melt butter, addto dry in-
gredients, stirring' until well blended,
add to mill: mixtuve, boil for one ox
two minutes. _
3. This is a favourite European
dish and as . such I :give it:
2 cups diced potatoes,
7 cupful boiling'water,
7. teaspoon salt,
1 thin'y sliced onion,.
1 teaspoon pepper,
2 caps sour cream,
Minced parsley.
Cook the potatoes for 15 minutes
in. boiling water with -salt, onion and
pepper, then stir in the cream, .let.
ism that made her writing such a
blessing to many discouraged ones.
Now a little recipe. My cheese
straws are said to be particularly-
good.
articularlygood. 1 use one cup ofgrated cheese
and two cups of pastry flour,
seasoned with a dash of salt. Mix
these thoroughly in a pan, or bowl
and then mix in shortening as for
rich pie crust. I like to use one third
butter to two-thirds lard. Bake in
quick oven. Be sure to use the best
quality of well -matured cheese. Old
half -mouldy scraps, or new cheese is
no use.—"BELINDA.'
Thanks, Belinda. I'm sure those
cheese straws will be nice. And I'm
glad to find someone who so thor-
oughly appreciates the work of Wit-
helmina Stitch. When I readof her
passing my first thought was, "we
shall have no more of her sweet and
encouraging little rhymes"—my se-
cond—'But, we still have what she
has given us" It is something to
have left such a heritage. Hope you
will conte again, Belinda.
THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED
TO THE POETS
Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes
Gay, Sometimes_ Sad— But :Always Helpful
and Ins pining.
MARCH:
In the dark silence of her chambers
low,
March works out sweeter thing:'
than -mortals lnlow.
onwith
ply
' less looms:busy
Her noiseless
care,
Weaving the fine cloth that flowers
wear.
Out of a bit of sky's delicious .blue
She fashions hyacinth's and harebells,
too.
And from a sunbeam makes a cowslip
fair,
Or spins a gown for daffodils to
wear.
She pulls the cover from the crocus
beds,
And bids the sleepers lift • their
drowsy heads.
She marshals the close armies of the
grass,
And polishes their green blades as
they pass.
And all the blossoms of the fruit
trees, sweet
Are piled in rosy shells about her
feet.
Within the great alembic she distils
The dainty odor which flowers fills.
Nor does she err, and give to mig-
nonette
The perfume which belongs to violet.
What natter, then, that wild the
March -wind blows?
Bear patiently her lingering frost
and snow.
For all the sweet beginnings of the
spring
Beneath her cold, brown breast Ile
fluttering.
"PLEASANT TO LIVE WITH"
"Blessed are they who are pleasant
to live with." Blessed are they who
sing• in the morning, whose faces
have smiles for their early adorning,
who camedown to breakfast accom-
panied by Cheer, who won't dwell on
trouble, nor entertain fear, whose:.
eyes senile forth bravely, whose live
curve to say, "Life! I salute yon.
Good-mornow, New Day!" "Blessed
are they who are..pleasant to live
with." Blessed arthey who treat
one another, though merely ;a sister,
a father, a brother, with the very.
same, courtesy they would extend to
a casual 'acquaintance; or decirly .bo-.
loved friend; who choose for the tel-
ling encouraging things, and choke
back the bitter, the sharp word that
stings. '`Blessed are they who are
pleasant to live with." Blessed are
they , who give of their best, who
bring to the home bright laughter,
gay jest, who Brake themselves
charming' for no other reason than
charm is a blossom for homes, every.
season! Who bestow love on others
throughout the long day—pleasant to
live with and blessed•'are they!
—Mae Riley Smith.
the
WINTER •
In rigorous hours, when down
1500 lane
The redbreast looks in vain
For hips and haws,
Lo, shining flowers upon my window-
pane
The silver pencil of the winter
draws.
When all the snowy hill
And the bare woods are still;
When snipes are silent in the frozen
bogs,
And all the garden garth is whelm-
ed in mire,
Lo, by the hearth, the laughter of
the logs—
More fair than roses, lo, the flow-
ers of fire!
—Robert L. Stevenson.
WINTER THOUGHT
The wind -swayed daisies, that on
every side
Through the wide fields in whis-
pering companies,
Serene and gently smiling like the
eyes
Of tender children long beautified,
The delicate thought -wrapped butter-
cups that glide
Like sparks of fire above the wav-
ering
awering grass,
And swing and toss with all the airs
that pass,
Yet seem so peaceful, so preoccupied;
These are the emblems of pure pleas-
ures flown,
I scarce can think of pleasure with-
out these.
Even to dream of them is to disown
The 'cold forlorn midwinter rever-
ies,
Lulled with the perfume of ..old hopes
new -blown,
No longer dreams, but dear reali-
ties.
—Archibald Lampman.
Its disc of radiance to lend her,
And in her veils a myriad stars were
caught,
To magnify her splendor.
Silent, majestic, grim,, she ruled
alone, •
Nor reeked that in t he days there-
after. •
The very skies would fall about her
throne,
Atsound of ApriPs laughter!
-Trudy Man,
• WITCHES' GOLD
I, shall fill up my purse with the pop-
Tars' gold—
For every round '?oaf is like coin
from the mint—
Then I'll find the peddler whose
wares are sold
In a wrapping of rainbow tint?
For with gold like this one may buy
strange things,
Fantastic and precious, priceless
and rare;
Moments all strung on the wind's
harp -strings,
And sleep shaken free from care.
This peddler travels afar from the
• 'WWII—
And he carries rose -berries and
brown fern -seed,
With silken white milkweed and sil-
ver• down,
The little grey field -nice need.
I will rifle his pack whatever the
cost,
Of some blue wood -smoke, and the
lace of a dream,
Or it may be the essence of new hoar.
frost,
And cobwebs where diamonds
gleans.
I will bargain with him for the
glimpse of a quail,
And for what the last whip -poor -
will's song may be worth,
I Or for ragged pink asters beside a
fence rail—
And the dark deep scent of the
earth.
But ah—there is beauty of which I
can't tell,
And the little gold poplar leaves
never can buy;
The intangible loveliness hunters
know well
When their own golden moon is
high.
—Visna Sheard.
Saskatchewan has the largest num-
ber of horses of any province in Can-
ada, naively 32 per cent of the total
for the Dominion, followed by Alberta
with 24 per tent, and Ontario with 19
per cent. The first horse imported
into Canada arrived at Tadoussac, P.
Q., on June 20, 164'7. In 1665, twelve
more horses were sent to Canada by
Louis XIV and presented to farmers
on condition that they feed the ani-
mlas for three years, and in case of
loss through carelessness the farmer
to pay 200 livres (more than $1,000
today) to the King's Receiver.
QUEEN WINTER'S TYRANNY
Upon the vivid earth' she spread her
hand.
Stark -white, yet flashing like a
jewel,
And at the touch shrank back the
stricken land,
As from a death -blow cruel.
With silver heel she trod upon its
breast
To halt the hurry of the river.
And all the winds werestilled at her
behest,
That setthetrees a -quiver.
Curving the earth's low rind, the pal-
lid sun,
By winter shorn of .half his power,
Shortened' his span of daily duty run,'
By many . a dim -lit hour.
Yet for her brow the moon at night,
had brought
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