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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1924-05-22, Page 2For every wash -day method INS0 is ideal for any wash -day method you flee. You do no ofour usual F. change an A ve to c 8 YY steps—gust use Rineo where you used to use ordinary soap, If . you like to boil your white cot - tone, Rineo will give you just the safe cleansing eude you need in the boiler. If you use a washing machine, follow the advice of the big washing machine manufacturers -- use Rinso. Juat soaking with this new kind of soap loosens all the dirt until a single rinsing leaves the clothes clean and spotless. However you do your wash, make it easy by using Rinso. Rinse is sold by all grocers and department stores einsilitlieneonseassesimesse if you use a Washing Machine, soak your ' clothes in the .Rinso' suds as usual. 1n the morning add more Rinso solution and work the machine. Then rinse and dry -- you will have a clean sweet snow - white wash. LEVER BROTHERS LIMITED TORONTO R -tete esealosamexclearemasami For the _ Boys and Girls i RUDYARD KIPLING—SCOUT- MASTER, It was because of his Interest in. the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides of England and the Boy and Girl Scouts of America that Scout Master Rud- yard Kipling recently made into a book the stories of tenacious purpose, endurance, and high -hearted courage, printed, many of them for the first time, in "Land and Sea Tales." In the preface he gives his young friends this yard stick for measuring success: Now, though your Body be mis- shapen, blind, Lame, feverish, lacking substance, power or skill, Certain it is that men can school the Mind To school the sickliest Body to her will— As many have done, whose glory blazes still Like mighty fires in meanest lanterns lit: Wherefore; we pray the crippled, weak and Be fit—be fitt In mind at first be fit! And, though your Spirit seem uncouth or small, Stubborn as clay or shifting as the sand, Strengthen the Body, and the Body shall Strengthen the Spirit till she take command; As a bold rider brings his horse in hand At the tell fence, with voice and heel and bit, And leaps while all the field are at a stand. Be fit --be fit! In body next be fit! Nothing on earth—no arts, no gifts, nor graces--- No races—No fame, no wealth—outweighs the want of it, This is the Law which every law em- braces— Re fit ---be fit! In mind and body he fits LUCK AND PLUCK. John and Fred each had the same problem to solve before the algebra class met the next day. After school, Fred sat down to look it over and when it refused to un- tangle after several trials, he threw down his pencil in disgust and went out to play ball, "That old thing is too hard anyway," he told himself, "I will have Sis show me how to do it to -night. She always was a won- der at working examples." Sis obligingly did as requested, and Fred handed in the solved problem as his work. John didn't find the problem easy either, but he was not in the habit of letting things get the best of him if he could possibly help it. After sev- eral failures, he, too, went out to play ball. The problem was never quite out of his mind, and after supper he tried it again and again until he had what he was sure was the correct solution because he could now see it all so clearly. "Well," he said with great satisfaction, "that was a tough one, but I got it just the same." And he might have added with truth, "I got it. It didn't get me." So it went on, Fred slipping and sliding over all difficulties in any way that was the easiest and the least ex- ertion for himself, while John met and overcame each new obstacle More easily because he had conquered the last. Fred never seemed to realize that hard work is the mother of good luck,. and that no one who neglects the little details of the work be has to do 'can go on to bigger work and expect to do it any better. Many- times some difficulty which John had overcome, or sonic knowl- edge which he had gained in a small undertaking, reached over and helped him out in more important work with- out his realizing it. It is work that counts even more than genius and as John was always at it, he went steadily ahead while Fred was slowly slipping backward. Years later, Fred with run-down heels, shabby clothes, and a general feeling of injury and disgust at the way the world had treated him, stood on the sidewalk and watched John, his former schoolmate, radiating suc- cess and prosperity, ride along,in an automobile of expensive make, "Well," Fred could have been beard to exclaim enviously, "what do you think of that'? Some people have nil the lack." -May Dittmar, What is "Bayer 205?" What is "Bayer 205?" Three years ago sleeping sickness was the scourge of the Tropics, and no„speeiilc was known for it. The credit of the discovery of what is call, l "Bayer 205” belongs to a German chemical firm of Bayer, and in the lat- ier part of 1001. the British Govern- went gave two German scientists pet- mission- to make ectaoelve ehiieri mente nn patients euhering from; thio terrible sickness in Northern Aceta, '}'lie resell has proved that the new remedy greatly surprises any other In effectiveness, end while it is too early to say that itis0 permanent and in - •variable cure, it is not saying too much to declare that it represents a great advance fit that direction. " Neatl,v" 1 we hundred: natives . have coinee observation. awl expert-; inent,jtnci the results, hate .been., re''. markable. One British ofiileir was in. the Tet • stages of the,disease, and miLst•i,,ay.e soectintbe 1 to it h tri ha net been; t. e rted with ayes 200" at the 11 mhur„ fnetitul. for Tropical,:t)i5- casts, Not only vme he cured, but at the prt;cnt time he la iu normal heli th, Only au eighth of an, inch in length, this "smallest dictionary: in the world" contains 14,000 words. Marking Time Through the Ages. Time waits for no man, and It is very interesting to study the different ways in which men have marked' the fleeting moments. Primitive peoples Axed a pole or stick in the ground and drew a lineabout it, representing the course of the shadow it oast from sun- rise to sunset. In other parts of the world in the same stage of development, people used a kind of hemp or grass rope which they dampened and knotted in regular spaces. When this was light- ed, the slowly and regularly creeping spark told of the flight of time, Alfred the Great had wax candles, twelve inches high, marked in notches to tell of the four hours that each candle burned. Some of the Malays to -day use a crude apparatus which has probably been in vogue for almost 5,000 years. It is called the water- clock and Is simply a small dish or round bowl with :a small hole in the bottom. When this is placed in a tub of water, it gradually becomes full and sinks. It always takes the same length of time for .this to occur. The ancient Egyptians; knew the water- clock and the British Museum possess- es one inscribed with the name of Alexander the Great, The great sun -dial of Ahaz, men- tioned In the Bible, must have been used as early as 713 B.C. No one knows how old the sand -glass is, :it probably originated in one of the des- ert countries—Egypt or Babylonia. Often the folks who seem to have the least to be thankfulforare hap- pier and more grateful than those who are more favored, The ORANGE PEKOE QUALITY makes o finer tea d more of et ra Does It Pay to b Faucet'? Dorothy Dix Points Out Cases Where Endurance is a Vice. Not long ago 1 made a long journey. mothers who make doormats of them On thetrainwas a woman with a big; selves for their children, but these are strong child who fretted and cried and not the mothers who produce fine sous whined until there wasn't another pas- and daughters, . The men and women senger,who didn't feel like getting up who amount to something in the world and spanking the youngster^ have not had meek, patient mothers,. They have had mothers with grit who set certain ideals • before then and held their offspring to them, They have not had mothers who overlooked every fault and condoued every weak- ness. They have had mothers who would not tolerate any foolishness, Mothers who pointed out the road of duty and righteousness to them and drove them along it when they failed to go'aloag it of their own accord, Whenever you hear a child talking All except the mother. She exhaust- ed herself trying to amuse the child. Size played games' with it. She told it stories, Still the fretting, and the whining, and the crying went on,yet never a cross word nor a black look did she give it. "Isn't the patience of mothers the most wonderful thing in the world?" said a man to me. "It is,"I replied, "and it ie also the most idiotic thing in the world," impudently to Its Parents, whenever The Mothers That iiiatter. L you m see a girl flout her other's opinl- �� ons, and a boy treat his Lather with The man looked surprised, Ton have been admiring that woman for I contempt; whenever you' see hulking,. her patience with that bad child," I lasy young people who let their par- ents toil to support them, you behold went on. "Has it occurred to you that if she had been an impatient woman, with a strong right hand, she could with one spank have saved herself and ne from the annoyance that has made this journey a nightmare? Indeed, 11 she had been an impatient mother she would not have had publicly to correct the child, for she would have brought ;mother decently, and that she really it up to behave itself and consider the enjoyed working her fingers to the comforts and rigbts of other people. We are always lauding patient the work of a patient mother. Before they were three months old they knew that patient mother would walk them till she dropped If they howled loud enough, By the time they were twen- ty they were convinced that it was a waste of politeness to treat patient Great Value to the Nation Canada is well favored, not only in the products of the soil, usually con- sidered the great food crops, such as wheat, barley, oats, rye, corn, pota- toes Held roots and garden vegetables, but in the fruits which can be grown in great variety and of such high ex- oeilence. These fruits, while of a cer- tain food value, serve another pur- pose, mainly inthat they are used to give zest and relish to the chief food dishes of the people and thus, whet- ting the appetite and creating plea- surable.sensations, the general (health of the .community is maintained and improved. It le, therefore, generally admitted that fruit is a very necessary part of our diet. While the settler, in time, grows the varieties of cultivated fruits which he needs, he does not have to wait until he develops his garden to obtain his fruit, because he has two other sources of supply, namely the woods and Gelds, where he can obtain native fruit for the picking, and the markets, where fruit is sold in great variety. Numerous and Varied. The wild fruits of Canada are num- erous and varied. They are found in abundance in practically every part of the Dominion where the settler is like- ly to go. bruits such as the currant, gooseberry, raspberry and strawberry grow wild almost or quite to the Arctic circle, the flavor of these native fruits being unexcelled, for the most part, by that of the cultivated varieties. Over a large part of Eastern Canada the blueberry grows In great profu- sion.and is considered one of the most delicately flavored of all fruits. The cranberry is found 'wild over a very wide area and the high -bush cranberry or pembina makes an excellent substi- tote where .the low -growing species does not grow. In addition to these there are many other flne wild fruits, such as the saskatoon'or Juneberry, particularly valuable in the Prairie Provinces, the choke cherry,:of vary tine flavor though somewhat astrin- gent, the pin or bird cherry, making excellent jelly, the buffaioberi'y, also of the Wild and Cultivated a useful fruit on the prairies, and, more limited in adaptation, the black- berry, salmon -berry, and cioudberry and several other fruits of less import- anoe. The wild Canadian plums are found all through Eastern Canada and into the Prairie Provinces. These vary much in size and quality but aro excellent for canning, jam, or jelly. The wild grape, while not an import- ant mportant fruit because of its • small size and the fact that cultivated varieties can so readily be obtained, is very hardy and is found native throughout East- ern Canada and as far northwestward as northern Manitoba. While, as has been Stated, there is an abundance and great variety • of wild fruit in Cahada, the climatic con- ditions are such that cultivated or im- proved varieties of most of these and other ]finds are grown in enormous quantities, commercially. Incertain great fruit disticte the bulk of the crop is grows for distribution toall parts of Canada which can be reached in a reasonable time by railroad and steam- boat, Much fruit is sant overseas also. Then in many home orchards and gardens in nearly every part of Canada, where there is settlement, fruit is grown to supply at least part 0t the needs of the households. Commercial Fruits. Commercial fruit growing is by no neans confined to a few large districts, but it is carried on in many parts of Canada, especially near the cities and towns. Some° of the' great,'fruit cen- tres, beginning in Eastern Canada, are the Annapolis and adjacent valleys to Nova, Scotia; southwestern Ontario, especially the Niagara peninsula; the Okanagan valley of British Columbia;. the lower mainland'. of British Colum- bia, noted for the small fruit industry; and the southern, part of Vancouver island also important small fruits. Re- turning to the province of Ontario, there are great areas devoted to apple ercharding along lake Ontario and in the Georgian Bay district; while the strawberry is given special attention in the vicinity of Toronto. Within fifty miles or so of Montreal, inthe pro - Species—Their Distribution. vince of Quebec, the Famause andMc- Intoslt apples, which here reach a high state of perfection, are being made a specialty. The great range in climate in Cana- da makes small fruit an attractive oc- cupation in districts where the tree fruits am not grown in large quanti- ties. For example, when the straw- berry season of southwestern Ontario is over, in eastern Ontario this fruit is just in its prime, and when the sea- son is nearly over In eastern Ontario there are parte of the province of Que- bec where it is just beginning. Thus the seaton of"etrawberriee, which has begun early in June in southern On- tario, ends in August along the lower St. Lawrence in Quebec and on Prince Edward Island. Developing New Varieties. The Dominion Government is doing much to assist the fruit industry of Canada and at the Experimental Farms, with which the writer is con- nected, one of the main Mines of work is to test, originate, ared introduce new varieties which will be better than those already on. the market, which in some districts will be hardier than those generally grown, and in others that will lengthen the season of good varieties of a particular kind of fruit. Especial attention has been paid to the development of hardy apples for the Prairie Provinces, Some of the new fruits introduced by the Experi- mental Farms; f and which have won popularity, are: Apples -Melia, Lobo. Raspberries—Count, Brighton, Black Currants—Saunder:^a; e1langits Climax and Kerry. Strawberrie„ Portia and CassaHun` r ndra, d eds oP other varieties, many of which are exceedingly 'promising, aro being tested out bya large num: ber of experimenters and will be. gradually sifted out as the verdict of the unbiased grower is passed upon them and only the best introduced: Thus Canada's resources in "fruit. are very great and the production of this important food product need be limited only by the demand end by the profit in it. one of the steps in the intensive cultivating of pineapples in Hawaii is• the covering of the beds with paper, me of the types of machines used is shown laying the material, whilesmall quantities Of dirt are placed on the margins to hold it down, bone in order that they might live In idleness. - And patient wives get the same sort of reward as the patient mother. Did you ever know a patient wife who had a husband who really loved her or treated her decently? 'You never did. The patient wife never reforms a bad husband, It is the impatient wo- man with a heavy hand and a rough tongue who makes the slaelcre go to work, because the knows that shewill throw hint out of the house if he doesn't. It is the impatient woman who re- fuses ie tolerate drunkenness, who would drag a philanderer into the Di- vorce Court, who braces up weaklings into behaving themselves, because they are afraid of the strong woman, at hone. It is the impatient woman who demands her share of the family in- come who gate it, and her husband's respect into the bargain. So 1t gees through life. It is the im- patient people who will not endure tyranny who make themselves free. It Isthe patient people who never get anywhere,• who never have anything, who never achieve anything, • Where. fore I say that patience is not a yin,.l tue; that it is a vice!. Mother. There must be trillium now within the wood And star flowers too; The email white vloiete by the pond's deep rlui Are pearled with dew. And ferns unroll their feathery fronds again From sphagnum bed, And rosy twin flowers fn lir-wood nook Their splendors shed. I can go back and find each sweet aur - prise Of springtime grace Juet where last year and every year behind I knew each wildwood place. But those soft hands I tilled with early flowers Wait meno more. Dark are her windows and grans- grown her Paths— Grass by the long -closed door, 0 hands beloved, fragrant with kindly deeds • Through all :life's ways! ' Sha11 I not tweet your pitying touch again Some day of days? It is a faith which life were poor with. I Ont (Grace for' dark horn's) That I shall find them heckoning me ' amid Eternal fliowei's, —Bertha Marie Cleveland, in Youth's Companion, Preparing to Run, ' "The President lets nothing Inter- fere with his morning walk." "Well, just as a man has to creep before he can walk, he has to walk be- fore he can run," .i33IUE No, 21-'24. 'Protecting Canada's Food Supplies J Knee the greatest resource of any nation is the efficiency and initiative of its people, the national. health upon which these qualities are based is of the utmost importance: ,hi safeguard - lag the physicalwell-being of, the ,pee- Mo At Canada, the Department of Health operates in many different di- rections. Ooo of the most important lines of its activities is an inspection and regulation of food supplies to en- sure that the quality of the food sup- plied to the consumer is satistaetory ae, regards wholesomeness. Although there is an abundance of the best food' produced in Canada it is necessary, in order that the consumer may be as- 'slued s-cured of the quality of these products, that regulatory measures be enforced, 'Phis work is divided into. three class- es, namely:--- (1) Inspection of foods which, may become daugero"us to public health 12' contaminated. (2) Analysis of food suspected of wilful adulteration. (3) Protection of the consumer from fraud by misbranding and misleading, labels,, The adulteration of food and drugs and the fraudulent labelling of these. products aro not practices brought about by our present civilization.'' Nor are they characteristic of Canada alone, From the earliest tlnies' alt civilized countries have bad todeal with food adulterators, However, food adulteration bas now become "a cora- plicated owplicated art practised in same cases ender skilled and scientific advice, To cope with such a situation it is neves- spry. to have well-equipped laborator les staffed with experienced chemists. Act of 1875, Canada early took action in respect to the protection .of the food supply and in 1875 an Act to Prevent the Adulteration of Food was passed: In 1906 it was followed by the Adultera- tion Act, both measures, withtheir amendments, serving a useful purpose.' The sections of the Adulteration Act dealing with food and drugs were re- pealed iu 1920 and the Food and Drugs Act passed with a view to malting the legislation more complete, The ad- ministration of theActwas placed un- der the .Federal Department of Health and forms one of the important func- tions of that body. In the organization of its forces the Department ofHealth has divided the Dominion into twenty-six districts with a staff of as many Inspectors. The main laboratories are at Ottawa, while branch laboratories are main- tained at Halifax, Montreal, Winnipeg and Vancouver. There are senior in- spectors at the five cities -above named and at Toronto; and food and drug in- spectors .at Sydney, St. John, Quebec City, St. Hyacinthe, Toronto, Hamil- ton, Guelph,.. London, Sudbury, Fort Williams, Brandon, Regina, Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton, Nelson, and Vic- toria. Provincial and municipal health authorities, which deal with supplies of water and milk, and the Department of Agriculture, which to primarily concerned with the produe. tion of food and its prenetration for market, co-operate with the Depart- ment of Health in the solution of com- mon problems. Work of Inspection. The amount of work performedby inspectors and chemists may lie real- ized by an examination of the follow- ing table which comprises investiga- tions for an average month:— Premises visited by inspeetors:— manufacturers of food, 34; wholesale grocers, 62; retail. grocers, 548; manu- facturers of drugs, 52; retail drug- gists, 282; general stores, 52; confec- tioners, 22; butchers, 116; total in- spections, 1,182. in the month under review there wero 16 complaints received, 78 warn- ings given, 83 importations held and examined, and 4 importations destroy- ed, These latter consisted of 11 bags of nutmegs, 74 gallons of orange pulp, 14 6 -gallon pails of pickles, and 91 hags of walnuts. During the month samples of the fol- lowing articles were collected. and ex- amined: butter, beans, caramels, cot ire, cocoa, eamphu::it-d. oil, caned stars and herrings, cream, cider, cloves, diabetic flour, ginger, glycerine hydrogen peroxide, headache powders, 'honey, jam, .lime water, molasses, me ,sated wines,. maple syrup, °file 011, heed, pepper, sausages,` seidlitz powders,t'1pineral, water, sweet spirits of nitre, treet.ure of iodine, vanilla extract,-,� In the turtheraned'-e lilis work the Department eE, Health is iike.,to the co- operation of rho public. A ineretktte deficiencies in the quality • of food should be hrought to the attention of the Inspectors of food, and drugs, who so far os 'possible, investigate every complaint received. Not only is the food produced' in Canada subject to, careful Inspection but equalvigilance is shown with imported.foocls, . bhlp- milts, coming into Capella',if found defective, are not ollowed' to enter. The aim of .the ,Federal Department of Health is tosea that the ivality of the food snpplfed to the people of the Donilnibn is unsurpassed by that cif any other country and that Clinadlans. are not defrauded by the purchase of articles of food through misrepresen- tation. Olio in nine of the 1.7.0,000,000 citi- zens of the United States 'owns a motes, car. In Canada the' booii is ahared by one person in eighteen. In England, Scotland, and , Wales the figures are 'something lithe ,1. in 100: