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The Seaforth News, 1924-02-21, Page 2or One Cent you may obtain. 3 cups of la4eat Ask for a trial package today. Delicious I Econonxical I About the House MEMORIES. In the morning there shall be not a doubt, But a song- and -glad laughter all about. ;Let us think it; let us dream it, if emit please; Let us live it so 'twill be memories. Memories! We make them now going on Through the rich and radiant ma- mmos of the dawn, Let's determine, then, to know every day Happy moments that shall glow by our way. Then, when gray and full of years, we can smile, Living over happy days, afterwhile. And at evening there shall benot a doubt, But eternal promises all about. —Jay B. Iden. AN APRON SHOWER, When casting about for material for a shower to bless the engaged girl with, decide upon aprons and see what a prolific shower they will make. If the girl is likely to do a lot of her own work -and that's what most of our friends are happily planning for —we may as well begin at the bottom and tell about the aprons of our ac- quaintaltce, from the humblest to the highest. First there aro the lowly but neces- sary gingham. After making sure of her favorite color, buythe half-inch plaids instead of the old fine plaids; then embellish the border above the hemi with cross-stitching on the white squares ie the color of the dark squares. Repeat the design on the pockets and on the centre of the belt. Make the ties three inches wide and long enough to tie in a square bow in the back. Say three gingham will be enough. Then buy enough organdie of her most becoming color. to make, after a good pattern, two long-sleeved and high -necked aprons that button down the back, with white organdie collars, cuffs and pocket trimming. These are Sunday -supper aprons to slip right on aver a pretty dress. Next buy enough sheer India linen, or lawn, to make two long, straight aprons with a four -inch hens at the bottom and wide long ties. These aprons are to slip on at serving time or when getting a light supper, and are very useful and not quite as bus- iness like looking as the friendly ging- ham. Crease the gathers in the old way and gather twice to make them lie well in at the belt. The aprons must be sheer but have no trimming. SOMETHING FOR EVERY OCCASION. The fancy -work apron is made of unbleached canvas, having three deep pockets at the bottom instead of a hem, made by turning the material up and puttinga narrow hem at the top so that it is right side out and stitching down between the pockets with featherstitching. The apron may be embroidered with flower motifs in the centre of each pocket. Through a casing at the top a ribbon three inches wide may be run for ties in the color matching the embroidery. An apron made of asbestos cionto use when working around the stove is cut after the fashion of the butch- er's apron and is bound with tape. It has a neck loop of tape and ties of the same. Rubber=lined material may be purchased by the yard, and an apron made en the same lines as an asbestos apron will keep the wearer dry when doing her laundry work. It is also good to wear ;when washing the dishes, The little ticking apron with pockets for clothespins is another handy possession. Every girl who is to have a home in the country will need a garden apron made of pretty cretonne after the pattern of the Sunday organdie FOSTER y} HOMES WA ,.•tTED For BOYS and GIRLS of school age. Specially se- lected for .Immigration to Canada. Further information apply to The Salvation Aran. Y 297 George St. Toronto apron. There must be a sunbonnet and a kneeling pad' to match to make the set complete. For silver -cleaning days there is a newcomer that is convenient and a silent helper. Make a gingham apron long and wide,and cover it with a thin flannel apron the sante size. Then lay in the centre, after the two form- er 'materials .are gathered, a large- sized chamois. The latter is fastened to a tape belt of its own, then tacked to the apron belt, from which it is easily detached when it must be wash- ed and dried. In holding the silver pieces on the lap the flannel is soft and does not scratch, and any mois- ture is not likely to go through, and the chamois polisher is right at hand, A small white woolen glove is excel- lent to use for applying the paste. Fudge and tea aprons are made of linen embroidered in any way liked, but if giving a tea the hostess will wear little silk or crepe de chine aprons or little butterfly things of lace and cambric. A MOVABLE DRAINBOARD. In kitchens without running water it is sometimes a problem to dispose of dishwater after every meal, with- out having to carry several heavy dishpanfuls out to some outdoor drain. A woman who was anxious to make her kitchen snore convenient, solved the question by getting her hus- band to make her a movable drain - board with a hinged support et the lower and. This drainboard had a band about two inches high running around three sides to prevent water from being spilled about the kitchen. It hung by a large hook on the kit - I ehen wall when not in use. When it was time to do the dishes this house- keeper set up the drainboard with one end on the table, the other end resting on the hinged leg, the whole eloping toward a tall tin coffee drum which received the water, When the dishwashing was over, the water was removed in one trip out of the kitchen, instead of the numerous journeys for- merly required, and the drainboard was hung on the wall again, A COMFORTABLE SUIT FOR TRE SMALL BOY. Pattern 8711 is shown in this illus•,; tration. It is cut in 4 Sizes: 8, 4, 6 and 6 years. A 6 -year size requires 8%. yards of 27 -inch material. If made as illustrated trousers and collar will require 1% yards of material and blouse 13f yards. I A pattern of this illustration mailed to any address on receipt of 15c in silver, by the Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. Allow two weeks for receipt of pattern. SPOTLESS MAHOGANY. A neighbor of mine, noted for her' spotless and shining mahogany, once told me her secret. In' a bowl on her desk she keeps half a cream nut - Brazil nut—and when even a slight' scratch or mark appears on the wood she rubs it away entirely with the cut end of the nut, polishing later with a soft cloth. The oil in the nut com- pletely restores the finish. OLD VELVET MADE NEW. For those who still use wood or coal ranges or the hot plate over gas stoves, we can recommend an, ideal wa,y of renovating velvet. After brush- ing off the top of, the stove, lay a large cloth wrung out of water on it and over this the velvet, right side up. As the steam rises brush the goods with .a soft brush until' all creases disappear. If " necessary dampen the cloth more than once. Minerd's Liniment for Dandruff. @SJUE No. 8•—'24 By DOROTHY ETHEL. WALSH. Tall Furniture for Low Rooms. Lines and their correct use in rtteooratlod have been discussed' in these columns. We have advocated perpendicular wall paper for tbe•iow eel1inged-room. We have admon- tahed our readers to so design the window draperies that they willem- phaslze.those dimensions lacking., In Quantity. The general - public,is cognizant. of .the fact that lines can remedy, the ehortcomtngs of many room's, leek et. height would; have rooms, but atterthe. wail paper 15 chosen.wlth.au, .eye to such service, atter the draperies are hung In ivat. the, correct:' fouls necessary to the. emergency, the furniture is allowed to undo the good work Bo carefully planned. The -samerules which - govern. the foundatio:5 decorations should gevorn the selectionof furniture. ' Where It Is planned to purchase new, articles study the room for which they are destined. To -day's sketch shows a high secretary which Wan ,placed Ina low sellinged room. Wad the home makerused instead a low table of horizontal linos the room's lack of height would have been emphasized, but with the lilglt perpendicular linea of the article shown emphasis as erveh to height promised to be •noticeable le and the defect' In the loom which made. negative. TheHidden ��dden Hour BY J. B. HARRIS-BURLAND CHAPTER XXIII.—(Cont'd.) see that portrait. And I often lock the "What do I think of it?" queried door, Merrington. I don't like anyone Merrington, "Well,. I think this, Ard- toy see my work until I have, finished niton. I doubt if I can ever do any- itThey left the house by the door that modesty." thing so good again."opened on the paved garden,crossed "Nonsense, old chap. That's s your the lawns, and passed. through an "Whoever slashed up that canvas," archway in the tall hedge of clipped Merrington continued, "was not right Yew. Beyond the hedge the ground in the head. Is there anything queer rose in wide shallow terraces. On the about Bradney?" lowest one there were great and old "He's not an artist, of course. But yews clipped into the shapes of birds he's got his wits about him. Get your and beasts. On the one above this solicitor to brief him in a case, and was a formal garden laid out in the you'll find out what his brains are Jacobean fashion of "knots", and little worth." hedges and green and white palings. "I doubt if he has much taste" Above that, again, were the tennis "I don't know about taste. I've been courts, and to the left of them the tures in his house."• told that he has some very good plc high red brick wall of the kitchen(garden, And then there were the Merrington was silent, He stared at woods shutting in the garden on three the portrait and shook his head. 1 sides, and forming a background of "You see, old chap, it's like this," tender green leaves, through which Ardingtoncontirrued. "It's a fine plc-' as yet one could see Sar in among the tore, but it's not Lady Bradney." trees. "Not like her, do you mean?" They did not pause until they had "I wouldn't go so far as to say it's reached the edge of the wood by the not a good likeness, but Lady Brad- tennis courts. Then they turned and ney?—well, look at the eyes." looked back at the house, red and "They are the eyes," said Merring- mellow -in the suniight.- ton, slowly, "pf a woman who is in' "I wonder that you have never mar - love." ried, Ardington," said Merrington "Yes, and perhaps that's the after ho had gazed for a few mo - trouble, Merrington. It's possible that ments in silence. "This is a house to Lady Bradney was not in love with which one would be proud to bring al her husband." wife." Merrington laughed. "Oh, I see," he "I dare say she wouldn't care for replied. "You think—oh, well, I know it. She might call it dull. And I do I nothing. about that. No doubt I paint- not care for women, Merrington. You ed what I saw. Do you mean that ought to know that by now.' you know Lady Bradney is in love Again there was silence, and then with someone else?" in a trembling voice Merrington cried "I don't know it, Merrington, but out: "Paula would have loved this, people talk. Of course, Bradney won't She loved everything that was beau - admit why he disliked the picture. In , tiful. And, above all, she loved the. fact, he curses himself for an idiot,' youth and he stirring life of spring. and falls back on the statement that She was like the spring herself, Ard- he lost his temper because he could ington." see no likeness to his wife." 1 He flung himself down among the "Yet he comes to me again to bluebells that covered the ground paint another picture?" under the trees, and lay therewith his "Yes. He's changed his opinion, I face buried in his arms. Ardington suppose. Men are like that, you know, looked across the terrace at his beau - especially if they have not been train- tiful home. There was a hard look ed to judge pictures. They have no in his eyes, and his lips were tightly final ideas about art. I think it's a pressed together. magnificent portrait but I've never 1 ° 4.. o * seen Lady Bradney look like that." I Peters, the under -footman, standing "H'm, how often have you seen in the hall, saw his master leave the her?" house by the door that led into the "Three times—that's all. Once in paved garden. The hall ran the whole her car outside Trehorn's house, and depth of the building, and had win- -oh, well, once in London, and she elms on the north and south sides of called here the other day with her it. The studio, originally the old kit - husband." ellen of the establishment, faced north Merrington rose from his seat, took and looked out of the garden. the picture off the easel and set it Peters was alone at that time on with its face to the wall. that particular afternoon. The old hut - "I'll have to forget this," he sail ler was upstairs asleep,and the head "This time, Ardington, I promise you footman, off duty, had gone to meet that Lady Bradney will look as though a girl in a village three miles away. she were incapable of love—as though The maid -servants had nothing to she cared only for her clothes or her bring them into this part of the house own loveliness. By the by, I suppose at this time of the day. sheds really a beautiful woman?" Peters walked slowly to one of the "Yee, Merrington—a very beautiful windows at the back of the hall and woman." watched Ardington and Merrington, "I thought so. I do not flatter peo- until they had reached the second ter-; pie as a rule—or I did not, when I race. Then Ire took a key from his , painted my last portrait. That was a pocket, unlocked the door of the chap in the city—a very successful studio, and, entering, locked the door man. I tried to paint the secret of behind him again. From almost' any his success. He didn't like it at all." part of the room he could keep his Arlington laughed heartily. "You'd eye on the garden. He went up to better come out for a bit, old chap," the portrait, which had arrived in a he said. "It's jolly in the garden." can barely two hours ago, turned it. They left the studio, and Ardington round, and looked at it -out of sheer locked the door behind them. curiosity. There was nothing to be "Why do you do that?" queried learnt from looking at it. Mr, Crust Merrington, had seen it several times. Peters "Oh, well—I :thought that perhaps smiled, and replaced it in its original you wouldn't care for the servants to position. "Wonder why he always keeps this UR door Inked," thought Peters. That OG9NpR®;I(T had' puzzled him from'the very first, Our little book describes our work and He had learnt from the other servants our excellent toilet `preparations and that it was not until recently that contains many hints on the care of the Ardington hadlocked the door of the Skin, Scalp, Hair, Hands and Com. studio. "Getting a bit faddy," 'the old plexlon. For over ,80 years we have butler had said, "like his father .be - bean. successfully treating Eczema, fore him. His father was a bit of Pimples, lilsokheads and other skin an artist, and couldn't bear anyone to to what he'd' paint.ecl."' and scalp troubles by mail. We re- move' Superfluous rfluous Hair, Moles, Warts, etc., forever, by Electrolysis. Write `H1OCOTT INSTITUTE 610 Co,ijege EL • Toronto Was that the explanation? Peters wondered, Under ordinary circum- stances it might have been 'the ex- planation., But just now -Peters glanced through one of the tall win- dows, and then began hie swift exam- inetiotr;,of' the room. He scrutinized the longi wide oak table where Ai'ding•. tea,: worked, glanced at •his •,rows• of gieaming'tools, set in such wen'derful order,in.their mahogany racks, opened ,the, drawers in the table andfound them full of plans and designs and tracings on oiled-' paper. Then he turned lits attention to the material of Ardington's craft -the beams end planks and'quarterings of old oak, the plaster oasts of many an old boss and moulding and fragment of lace-like tracery. He moved swiftly and meth- odically like a trained expert, ;but he never let even so much as a quarter of a minute' pass without glancing out of the window.- At . - At one end-of'the' long; lofty'rooni there was the wide recess thathad once contained the great cooking range of the old kitchen. Above it rose the: huge shaft of the chimney. More than a hundred years had elapsed since the smoke of anyfire:had escaped through this opening to the sky. The •chimney had, in : fact,; been whitewashed: from ton to bottom, and, the steak had been covered; in to .keep out the cold and drought. The room. was heated, with radiators,. and there was no ventila tion except suchas came through the door and windows. Peters examined this ,chimney with interest, though he was no antiquary, and did;. not know that it had once been the chimney :of the, great: mon- astic kitchen. ..He noticed that the iron door ofan old bread oven had been openedsince he had last looked at it. He had once tried to open it himself, but had been unable to do- se. "A likely place for a man' to hide anything," ho had said to himself, and then—drawing a bow at a venture, so to speak—he had fastened a thin piece of silk to the catch so that no one could open the door without break- ing the. thread, The, thread was broken. Once again Peters., tried to open the. iron door, but he could not move it a quarter of an inch. And then, as he looked. out of the window ho saw Ard. 'neon returning to the shouse alone. When Ardington entered the hall he saw his second footman standing by one of the south windows and star- ing idly down the drive. • CHAPTER XXIV. "How do you feel about it this morning'?” queried Ardington at breakfast "I am interested," Merrington re- plied gently. "But not excited, eh?" "Not at all, Ardington." "Ah, that's good—excellent. I was afraid you'd feel a bit nervous. Well, I wouldn't keep her too long this morning, old chap. I expect you'll find you're not quite up to a long sit- ting." 'L shall keep her just as long as she'll stay," said Merrington, "I ex- pect she'll get tired before I do. Eleven o'clock did you say?" "Yes, eleven sharp." After breakfast Merrington went into the studio, lit his pipe, and made all the arrangements for his work. Ile decided exactly where he would place' the "throne" and where he would place his easel. He moved a big Iacquer screen so that it would cut off the light from one of the three great win- dows. He examined his 'brushes, paints, and palette,. At half -past ten he went out into the garden and walked up and down the path that lay close to the edge of the wood. And he was not thinking of Lady Bradney at all. He was think- ing of Paula, and wondering whether, after all, it was not cowardly of him to remain at Dedbury and refuse to return to the flat where he had known so many days of happiness. At ten minutes to eleven he went back to the studio and warmed his hands on one of the radiators. He was standing.. like that, with his back to the door, when the door opened and Ruth Bradney, was shown into the room. Her husband followed her. (To be continued.) The Pup. Shy on wisdom, We confess; Just a lump of Foolishness. Roll and tumble All the day; Full of friendly Harmless play. ®Aj`tei4 eve A pleasant and nameablesweet'and,,-ti' benefit as, well. /or teeth.: ,ter ee t8a3 . and divesictonf, Manned the. net ciao; bustle isettegf. R2'l Advice. If you stop to find out what your. wages will be And how they will clothe and feed You, -Willie, my eon, don't you go to the Sea, For the Sea will never need.. you. If you asl, for the reason of every com- mand,. And argue with people about you, Willie, my eon, don't you- god on- the Land, For the` Land will do better without you. If you stop to consider the work you have ddne, And to boast what your labor is worth, dear,. Angels may come for you, Willie, my BOIL, But you'll never be wanted on earth, dear! Rudyard Kipling. Bootlegger, of Course. Visitor—"Did you say that stylishly dressed woman was your most pro- minent bootmaker's wife?"' Native—"Of course not! • Our most prominent bootlegger's wife," Minard's Liniment Heals Cute. Everybody's Doing It. "May I ask what's the big idea, try - Ing to swallow that thirty-foot snake?" clucked Mrs. Biddy Hen to her hus- band. "Publicity, m'dear,''he replied, with an eye to the papers. - Just a clumsy Yappy mutt; Always getting Under foot. Hate to see him Growing up; Funny, awkward Little pup! WHEN BAKING FISH. Place a sheet of waxed paper on the bottom of your pan before baking fish. This keeps the fish from the pan, andtthe paper can be removed after baking without trouble. The idea is to make the washing of the pan easy, and thus remove the objectionable part of baking fish. I• Nor ties of blood. A smile ofttimes endears; a pressure,o1the hand—and we are friends. --J. T. W. WOMEN CAN DYE ANY GARMENT, DRAPERY Dye or Tint Worn, Faded Things New for 15 cents. After Dishwashing! CAMP, {. A'S ITALIAN ALM is simply wonderful for keeping the hands • beautifully white . and _ soft and smooth. Positively pre- vents redness and chapping, Use it at once after washing dishes, and note the improvement of your hands. Keep a bottle handy by the kitchen sink JIG-SAVIT PUZZLE rota THE -CHILDREN. Just— Send four trappers from .CUBES To Oxo Limited, 232' ,maim, St.. MNonttee6 To supply -the. steadily increasing demand.for Don't wonder whether you can dye or tint successfully, because perfect Roane dyeing is guaranteed with "Dia- mond Dyes" even if you . havo never dyed before.Druggists have all col: ors, Directions In, each package. EATING FORJ-IEALTH The human body needs fuel to sup ply heats to keep, It„warm and -to giver it energy to do work. I,t=needs build ing,materials .to make it,,grow in youtl and .keep it in repair after "it 14, grown. a In additirtt to fool • and building ma- terial,' the body requires certain regu lating substances to maintain good health, .. Ono of the more iinportant regulat- Ing'substances which we need in our daily food is called, bulk or roughage., This roughage consists'of the coatis Mire, cellulose of seeds, the frame- work, of. leaves;: stems, roots and tubere.and in beththe framework and li ane of 'fruits. It Is riot digested in, the body ex sept when it. ie young and tender and its, usefulness• lies in the fact that it aide in stirnulating .the muscular walla of the intestines,'thereby"causing food to move along'the' intestinal tract more. 'rapidly. and preventing abnor- nisi fermentation and absorption of deloterious"epbstances resulting there- from. As has been :previously stated, cel- lulose is found in the branor coats of seeds: It is therefore important that" the diet contain' some cereals contain- ing the outer layers of the grain—such as oatmeal, whole wheat, GrahamHour or water -ground corn-meal,,elthor as a breakfast .cereal or in muffins or other breeds Not only does this bract furnish roughage, but it contains other 'substances which act se laxatives and which tend to keep the intestines free, from waste products' which are poison- ous If retained too long In the body. In addition to the outer layers of the cereal grains, the diet should contain soma of .the leafy vegetables, such as cabbage, lettuce, twpinach or other greens, as well as turnips, garrets,beets and onions. All of these give bulk and laxative salts to the diet and aid in keeping . the digestive tract clear and the blood in good condition. A third important source of rough- age Is fruit, especially fruits such as figs, dates and prunes and those fruits, the ekius of which may be eaten. The aolds in fruite.are also especially valu- able as:laxativest Plants, such as lettuce, cabbage and' celery; that •contain little celluloseor that are quickly.grown, may be eaten raw. All foods that can be eaten raw should be served raw, for it. not only saves time and fuel, but none of the food -value la lost in the cooking pro- oese. In the coatings of cereals and in plants of slow growth, the. fibre• , is thick and tough' and, inasmuch as ` It encloses starch and sugars, it,ta necee-' eery to cook it thoroughly in order to soften it and thus free the food which it encloses. Unless. this •fs. done, the food material thus surrounded passes through the.body unused and, is almost a• total loss. Therefore, such foods should be well cooked to sgften the cellulose. This 18 especially true of the whole cereals. In the case of in- valids and very young children, foods containing much fibre or bran should nitt be used, since In these instances.the. membrane lining the digestive tract is very delivate and may be un• duly irritated by foods containing roughage, Lukannon. (This Is the great deep-sea song that all the St. Paul seals sang when they are heading back, to their beaches in the summer. It Is a sort of very sad seal national anthem). I met my mates in the morning (and oh, but I ani old!) Where roaring on the ledges the sum- mer ground -swell rolled, I heard them lift the chorus thatdrop- ped the breaker's song:. The beaches of Lulcannon--two. min• lion voices strong! Tho song of pleasant stations beside the salt lagoons, The song of blowing squadrons that shuffled down the dunes, TiT' ongof midnight carless that 'churned the sea to flame— The bead. es of Lukannon—before • the realm camel 40 I ni•et my ma. e , in the morning (I'll never meet''them more!) They came and went In legions that darkened all th'o"shore, And through the foam -flecked offing as far as voice' could reabh•, 'We,.hailed the landing parties ahel we sang them up the beach. The beaches of Lukauaon—the winter ` wheat so tall— The dripping, crinkled lichens, and sea -Log drenching all! The platform of our playground, all shining smooth and worn! The beaches of Lukannon—the. ,home where wo were born! I meet my nates in the morning, a broken, scattered band. Men shoot us in the water and club us on the land; Men drive ,its to the salt house, like silly sheep and tame, And still we sing Lukannon—before the sealers came. Wheel down, wheel down to south- ward; oh, Goovbrooska go; And tell the Deep-sea Viceroys the story of our woe; Ere, empty as the shark's egg the tempest flings ashore, The beaches of Lukannon shall know; their sons no morn! —Rudyard Kipling. •