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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1924-07-31, Page 601. T I br Flavor insist oz 135159 -Always fres 1;.L lead : ,etre. — Sold only in, walled altunrninurrk pact eta. iFut the House Brothers Under the Skin. BY EUGENE JONES. PART I1. The end of the week found Cameron on edge. He had driven, he had threatened, he had even discharged one or two of the most flagrant of the laggards, but a comparison of pro- gress with Robertson's records showed him that he was accomplishing even R less than his predecessor. Cameron knew the job. More, he knew he knew it Cameron was just, asking nothing unreasonable; yet a spirit of sullen unrest permeated the -entire a camp from the fat, black -mustached Cook to the thin, cigarette -smoking youngster who took charge of the tools. When Cameron called together his foremen to award the promised bonus he discovered a singular situation; Whether by accident or deliberate de- sign every gang had seemingly ac- complished the same small quantity of work. In answer to his close -clipped re- quest for an explanation, Mike 0' - Grady, red-haired, short of stature, with the arm and temper of a gorilla vouchsafed: "We ain't workin' fer no bonus, Mis- ter Cameron; our wages is enough." ..m— '_ SUMMER CARE OF THE BABY. It is well to pour the desired gnan- Summer time is danger time for tity of milk into, the pan and let t young babies. Everyone knows that set a little while with the sugar to babies feel the cold, but it is not so dissolve it. Also have the rennet tab - generally realized how very sensitive let dissolving in a little cold water; they are to heat. crush it well and have the molds Food—Unsuitablefood and unsuit- ready, set in the place where they are able care of good food help to cause to chill. Moving them about is apt to the digestive troubles that kill so break the junket and spoil its appear many babies every summer. The only ante, safe food for a young baby is mother's With this foundation, there is no milk. Most of the babies who die in end of flavors one can use to make the the summer are bottle-fed, It is very dessert really interesting. When cher- important that the mother should not Vies are stewed, chill and drain them wean her baby during the summer of their juice, place a large table - except on the doctor's advice. If the, spoonful in the bottom of each dish, baby is bottle fed, be sure to keep' and pour the junket into it. When the feedings covered and on ire. Al ready to serve, add another table - homemade ice box is easily ,made as spoonful of cherries on top, or, if pos- follows;—,• I slble, whipped cream, Cantaloupe Get from your grocer a deep box scooped out and chilled, set firmly on about 18 inches square and put 3 plates and filled with junket which inches of sawdust in the bottom.' has been simply flavored with vanilla, Place two pails in this box, one a i is excellent. smaller pail, inside the other, and fill A few pieces of chopped canned the space between the outer pail and pineapple with a tablespoonful of the box with sawdust. The nursing shredded cocoanut also combines well bottles filled with milk are placed in, with 'vanilla. the inner pail. This pail is then filled, Flavored with lemon extract, a des - "But your work isn't enough!" snapped the engineer. "I said last week I wanted results, and I meant it. My future hangs on this job; yours doesn't,. I want to see a railroad here; you want to draw your pay. That ought to be a fair exchange, but you don't seem to think so. Why, you did better under Mr. Robertson, and that, was far from satisfactory." "Oi'm thinkin' .there was a mon!" muttered O'Grady. Cameron's eyes darkened. "Axe you insinuating I am not one?" The foreman rolled his cud of to - with cracked ice, which surrounds the' Bert is quickly made with chopped bocce across hos tongue storing it bottles. The inner ' peanuts spread thet after it tan cover. Nail several thicknesses of hay set• newspaper on the under ssrface of fuel A very good chocolate junket is cover of the box. This ice box should made by adding two tablespoonfuls of be kept covered and in a cool place. 1 cocoa, softened in a little milk, to the The water from melted ice should be', vanilla pudding end adding a few poured off and the ice renewed at least chopped nuts as it sets. once each day. I If the whites of two eggs are beaten In hot weather less food is required very stiff and two tablespoonfuls of than in cold and the mother should melted currant juice folded in with a not expect a rapid gain in the weight little sugar, plain almond, vanilla or of the baby. In fact she should be' lemon junket can be made very at - content if the baby does not lose 1tractive by serving with tinted weight. Though the appetite for food mounds of meringue. Instead of dust- a man, step out here." is less, an abundance of cool, boiled ing the top with nutmeg, try a little Just why O'Grady refused the chal- -"tter should be given between meals.' ground cinnamon. Or serve the jun- lenge was known only to. himself. At he first sign of diarrhoea stop kets with fresh sliced peaches or Cameron waited a moment. Then he ail should have a • P over op p carefully in his cheek before replying: "No, sor. 'Tis me privilege, though, to be proud of mo old boss." "Listen, Mike O'Grady and the rest of you, I'll give you another week. If you don't change your attitude, work with me instead of against me, Pll fire the whole bunch of you. That's not a threat, it's a promise! And another thing, Mikebe careful of that tongue I of yours. don't like your way of expressing yourself. If you have any doubts about your present boss being all feeding, giving as much cool, boil- ed water as the baby will take and consult the doctor at once. The sooner the doctor sees the baby, the sooner will the baby be cured. The Bath—In addition to the baby's daily bath, it is well to give a cool aponge bath two or three times a day in hot weather. If the baby has prick- ly heat, sponge several times a day with a solution of baking soda made by dissolving a teaspoonful of baking soda in one pint of water. Clothing—The clothing should be light enough to avoid perspiration. In hot weather, a diaper, thin shirt and mullelin slip are enough. In very hot weather take off all but the diaper. Flies are Enemies—Flies are ba- bies' enemies. They carry disease germs and must never be allowed near the baby nor upon anything that touches him. Use screens to keep flies out of the house, kill those that do get in and cover the carriage or crib with white mosquito netting, COOL DESSERTS FOR HOT DAYS. There are no simpler and yet en- tirely satisfactory desserts for sum- mer than those made with milk and rennet tablets. Most cooks think of junkets only in relation to sick people ackberry preserve The secret of making this simple dessert seem extraordinary is to leave it undisturbed while chilling, adding the final touches only just before serv- ing. CLEANING SUGGESTIONS. Coat collars.—To one tablespoonful of ammonia add salt to make a paste. Spread on soiled streak of collar, let dry, then brush off. If the collar is not thoroughly cleaned, put on a sec- ond application. Gilt frames. --Brush gilt picture frames with water in which onions have been boiled -three or four to a pint Apply liquid with soft flannel cloth and touch lightly Straw matting.—Wash the matting with clear warm water and dry at once with a soft cloth which will ab- sorb the moisture and prevent colors from running.—L M. K. SALAD HINTS. Cubes of lemon gelatine are both appetizing and economical in either it was his first big job, his chance to a fruit or vegetable salad. I come through. The future suddenly Fruit juices are nice additions to appeared pretty black to Cameron. salad dressing, used on fruit or gels- After a while the officials at Mon - tine salads, treal would recall him as they had recalled Robertson; but he would not have the excuse of age. He would simply be a failure. IIfs hands clench- ed under the blankets his jaw set turned his back on the group and entered his tent. Far into the night he lay consider- ing the situation. IIe had taken hold with able hands; he had seen in im- agination the completion of the road and had been thrilled by it. If only these men could discern something of the wonder and the glory of work well done. If only they possessed am- bition. But they were worse in their way than the Mexicans. He forgot when all was said and done that sullen as they were, he could count upon a fair. fight. No knife slipped between the ribs while he slept; no shot from some apparently deserted hut. He forgot these things as he cursed them for a heterogeneous collection of scum. Out of the bitter- ness of his thoughts came the mom- ory of Stanley Robertson's words: "Don't drive them!" Good heavens! What would become of the road if he didn't drive? Why, under the most severe driving they were accomplishing little enough. And Lettuce that is intended to be eaten and they fail to appreciate the possi- in a salad should be cut in ribbons bilities in using them in place of the with a pair of scissors. The quickest puddings which take so much longer way to dry lettuce for a salad is after, to prepare. washing to toss it lightly in a colander! Nol He would make the gang work • To make a good Junket, the milk and then wipe with tissue paper or should never be heated above low paper towelling. blood warmth—simply take off the Sour cream makes a nice, rich and shill, but never heat to a steam, economical dressing for cabbage salad. It should be flavored with cinnamon or nutmeg. All salads are nicest served ice cold after every meal Cleanses mouth and teeth and aids digestion. Relieves that over- eaten feeling and acid mouth. Its 1 -a -s -t -i -n -g flavor satisfies the craving for sweets. Wrigley's is double value in the benefit and pleasure it provides. Sealed in it. Purify Package. SSthe flavor lasts ISSUE No. if he had to thrash every one of them separately! The next morning Cameron arose determined to bring matters to a crisis. And that was the nerve -smashing part—no crisis came. The men toiled Parsley flecked with a sharp knife on sullenly, without the vigor which is the daintiest garnish for potato' would spell success, but also without salad, Grated hard boiled egg is pretty on tpmato salad. Shredded cocoanut adds sweetness and richness to a fruit salad. Creamed cheese makes a good stuff - the open mutiny he had hoped for. Cameron could not knock down a workman, for carrying a three-quarter shovelful of dirt instead of a whole one; he could only order the foreman to see to the matter.' And ten minutes ing for peppers, tomatoes, cherries, later the man would go back to his dates and prunes used in salad. three-quarter shovelful. It was nerve- Celery salt will take the place of racking. It was insidious. fresh celery to give a salad a pleas Being at his wits' end, the young ing flavor. engineer doubled his bonus offer; but The liquid from mustard pickles is if this had any effect it was to retard good in the dressing of meat or fish the work. Two weeks passed and salad. Cameron could find no logical excuse To make a"salmon salad from one for discharging his foremen.They can of fish serve more than the usual were polite to him—as politeness goes number of people, cold cooked green in a construction camp. They listen - peas and cucumbers may be mixed ed to his suggestions and apparently with the fish and,; also, a little of the put such suggestions to trial. heart of the lettuce: But nothing came of it. He Cam - Cold slaw makes an appetizing stuff- ing for ice cold tomatoes. Pears, canned or fresh, with nuts and cheese, are an especially nice lun- cheon salad. The place with the shortest name in the British Isles is Oa, in Scotland. -- For„e-s-re Feet—Minard's liniment, eron, who had been noted for his abil- ity to make a Mexican_ greaser earn at least half his pay, realized that so far he had proved a fiat failure on this particular job, What was wrong? What on earth could' be wrong? And then suddenly Mike O'Grady gave hint the answer 10 a most unexpected fashion. The incident occurred about the middle of Cameron's fourth week hi camp and between the hours of twelve , and one in the morning." The engin- eer being awakened abruptly by a variety of noises emanating from the direction of the bunk houses, pulled on his trousers and his boots and went to investigate. Henever forgot the scene which greeted him. Somebody had thoughtfully provid-� ed light in the nature of a gasoline lantern; somebody else was forcing the tune of Turkey in the' Straw with variations from a reluctant and part- ly clogged mouth organ. But Cam- eron coming into the circle of light, paid scant heed to -details. It was the main performance which flabber- gasted hila. . On top of a slanting bunk -house roof was Mike O'Grady, attired only in his red flannels. Nor was Mike content to passively display his inti- mate costume. Miraculously keeping his balance on the rough boards,, the foreman was executing a buck -and - wing dance to the intense enjoyment of the entire construction gang. Now and again he would pause, bow low, and then once more catch step with the music, Below, the crowd cheered and clapped and roared with laughter; above, Mike ' O'Grady, solemn of /ace, his red hair on end, continued to entertain. Cameron felt inclined to laugh, too, at first. But in a moment he recog- nized the appalling nature of the of- fense. During the week the men turn- ed in early tired out with the day's work; and on Saturday night alone were they permitted to burn lights as late as they pleased. At no time was liquor allowed in camp; yet before his very eyes a drunken foreman had thrown down the gauntlet. It was open rebellion at last. Cameron, who had been at a loss how to handle many a situation of the last few weeks, knew his ground now. He had witnessed such booze parties before, had broken up a hundred of therm in Mexican camps. If ever Paul Cameron was to control the construc- tion gang of the C & W. he realized his chance had come. ('Po be concluded,) A Poem You Ought to ,now. In the following poem there is no high literary Merit, but itreiiiains pos- sibly the most complete list of ob- servations of the signs of coining rain in the language. It was written by Dr. Edward Jenner, the discoverer of vac- cination, The hollow winds begin to blow, The clouds look black, tate grass is low, The soot falls down, the spaniels sleep, The spiders Time their cobwebs peep:, Last night the sun went pale to bed, The moon in haloes hides her head; The boding shepherd heaves it sigh, For see, a rainbow spans the slcy. The walls are damp, the ditches smell, Closed is the pink -eyed pimpernel,, Hark how the chairs and tables crack; Old Betty's joints are on the rack; Loud quack the ducks, the peacocks cry, The distant hills are seeming nigh. How restless are the snorting swine, The busy flies disturb the kine; Low o'er •the grass the swallow wings, The cricket, too, how sharp he sings; Puss on the hearth, with velvet paws, Sits wiping o'er her whisker'd jaws. Through the clear stream the fishes . rise, And nimbly catch the incautious flies.. Tho glow-worms, numerous and bright, Illumed the dewy dell last night. At dusk the squalid toad was seen Hopping and crawling o'er the green; The whirling wind the dust obeys, And in the rapid eddy plays; The frog has changed his yellow vest, And in a russet coat is dressed. Though June, the air is cold and still, The mellow blackbird's voice is shrill. My dog, so altered in his taste, Quits mutton -bones on grass to feast: And see yon rooks how odd their Rlgh�t, • They imitate the gliding kite, And seem precipitate to fall As if they felt the piercing ball. 'Twill surely rain; I see with sorrow Our jaunt must be put off to -morrow. Mlnard'a Liniment••Heafe Cuts. Had Been Convicted, Too. 'Do you think that fellow has ever been open to conviction?” 'Yes—and been Convicted, tool"' .,e Ilnlinet Iurn l 11 Mem f)SlAesama Soaking takes the place of nth ing TUST by soaking the clothes in the suds Ji r of this new soap,dmrt s bendy loosened and dissolved. Even the dirt that is ground in at neck- bands and cuff -edges yields to a light rubbing with dry Rinso. Not a thread is weakened. The mild Rinso suds work thoroughly through and through the clothes without injury to a single fabric. Rinso is made by the makers of Lux. For the family wash it, is as wonderful as Lux is for fine things. All grocers and department stores sell Rinso. LEVER BROTHERS L!M!TED, TORONTO R-4-za 4 A "Clean" Town. The village of Valdese, in North Carolina, which is the home of the only Waldensian colony in the South, boasts that in the thirty-one years of. its existence no inhabitant ever has been convicted of an offense against, the law. Shrine to Goad of Babies. Of the thousands of shrines lei ICioto the 'quaintest and prettiest is that' dedicatel to Jizo, Wha is the god of babies. Nurse Plays Big Part in Developing Character. Quite an interesting boolt could be written upon the indebtedness of fa- mous mer in their childhood to the influence of some old nurse.. Lord Shaftsbury, for instancce, to whose in- fluence and perseverance so many of the social reformers of the -last cen- tury were due, owed almost everything to the religious influence of his nurse, writes F. C. H. in "The Homiletic Re- view." His mother was just a fine society lady who apparently cared more about being a beautiful hostess than a faith' fel mother. He traced the beginning of his Christian life to the influence of that simple Christian woman. She it was who taught hips to love his Bible. She was indeed his only guide. Throughout his life he prayed the prayer that she had taught his youth- ful lips. to speak. Shaftesbury shared this iudebted- ness to some simnple serving women with some of the foremost men of the nineteenth century. Archbishop Tait's another died whilst he was quite a child. He owed some of life's most wholesome and abiding influenoes to the nurse who presided over his youth- ful destinies, Dean Stanley was similarly indebted and in the mid -course of his,''eareer refused a royal command to dine with Queen Victoria that he might attend the funeral of his oldnurse. Men are not supposed to rofuse such royal com- mands—once received that becomes the day's supreme engagement; but after all there are other engagements of loyalty and of gratitude. Robert Louis Stevenson affectionately sent a copy of every new volume he publish- ed to an old servant. Turncoat Words. A Pagan was originally a villager, a villain was a farm laborer, whilst e. boor was a cultivator of the soil. The fact that i?eopie in these humble cir- cumstances were -id ttu,es past usually in a state of ignorance at:mints for the later meaning of the words. They became expressions of contempt. The word "clumsy" meant numbed' with cold. Thus, clumsy hands were cold hands. But as benumbed hands were uaeiess for delicate work, the word "clumsy" came to mean awk- ward, and unhandy. The word "copy" has undergone a change in meaning. It used to mean abundance, but when a great many examples of - the. same; thing were pro- duced they •came to be called copies, and ono of these "a copy," or speci- men. Similarly, the word 'gazette," which mow means a newspaper, used to mean a small coin, but when papers camp to be Gold for a Small coin the name of the coin was transferred to the paper it bought. "Pomp" originally meant a proces- sion, but as there were generally very splendid the word came to mean -any- thing splendid, whilst the adjective, pompous, has come to mean a mere semblance of splendor, To say to -day that a man has a pompous manner is an insult, — f• Voices of the Air. But' then there • conies that moment. rare When for no cause that I can find, The little voices of the air Sound above all the sea. and wind. The sea and wind do then obey, The singing, singing double notes . Of double basses, content to play A droning chord for the . little throats— The little throats that sing and rise Up into the light with lovely ease, And a kind of magical,'sweet surprise To hear and know themselves for these— For-these little voices; the bee, the fly, The leaf that taps, the pod that breaks, - The breeze on the grass tops bending by, The shrili quick sound that the in- sect makes. Katherine Mansfield. To Be Helped By Us—No Doubt. The child of active mind begins ear- ly to inquire into the riddle of the universe. Prof. George H. Palmer of Harvard University likes to tell a story that illustrates that truth. A little boy and girl of my acquaint- ance, he says, were tucked up snug in bed when their mother heard them talking. I "1 wonder what we're here for??" I asked the Iittle boy. The little girl remembered the les- sons that had bean taught her and re- plied <sweetly, "We are here to help i others." The little bay sniffed. "Then what are the others here for•?'t What Wheat "gets." A tan of wheat takes away from the soil' forty-seven pounds. of nitrogen, eighteen p.ounds of phosphoric acid, ands twelve pounds of potash. %'HEN THELIES CAMERA 10 most pbotopiays, and particularly in big spectacular productions, it i8' now a common thing to see imposing architectural backgroend, such as an old feudal castle, withaturiets and bat tiements;.a great cathedral, or asolos- sal Egyptian temple cantaisiing amass - the pillars and wonderful carving. It isa,fairly general idea also, that for.such settings the producer has either to take his company to the act- ual spots whore the "real' thing" is available or have reproductions, of the `. originals .built to size on the studio let, Occasionally, of course, one of these assumptions may be right..Bute veryoften a good part of some snag iiificettt and solid-looking building seen on the screen is nothing more than a clever painting on a pane of glass about six fent spears Painted on Glass. For instances, all interior sets,euch as living -rooms, halls, ball -rooms, and the like, aro constructed of three sides only, andwithout ceilings. The fourth side is left open for the camera, which "cuts" just beneath the ceiling line. Now, it is desired to photograph e non-exietent ceiling. The first step is to fix the camera securely in position, and then place, a few feet in front of the lens, a pane of glass about six feet square. Looking through the glass now, everything above and beyond the walls of the set, such se platforms, lights, and other things, can be plainly seen: These; however, must be hidden by a ceiling, and so ono is skillfully paint- ed on the .side of the grass nearest to the camera. Not only must the ceiling snatch the three walls, but, when view- ed from the position of the camera, the aarne•rs of the walls and the cor- ners of the calling must be in perfect alignment. When the pliotogr::ph is falcon with the painted glass in this position it is impossible for an unprac- tised`eye Lo tell that the room really bad no ceiling at all: A Forest in an Hour. The sante principle Is employed for getting exterior scenic eifeots. A large building, instead of being built to its frill height, may be constructed up to the first story only, From this point a glass' painting will be eised to compiato the illusion, thus saving an enormous amount in time, labor, and money, In ''Robin Hoed," for exaili_slo, a good deal of glass work was uaahl, though several huge sets were actual- ly, constructed. Many, of the towers, turrets, and battlements were painted. •on glass, lint the work so 'skillfully matched the rest of the act thatit was impossible to distinguish the paintings from some of thetowers that had really, been constructed: In another recent picture, showing the Cathedral of Notre -Dame, Paris, only the three front doors of the fa. nous cathedral were constructed on the•company's studio lot la California. A miniature glass painting in front of the camera completed ,the rest :of the. building, Glass work also enables a whole range of snow-capped mountains, lakes ' or forests to lie 4sroduced in a few hours' by scenic artists. Look at the saving in Lima and money. Don's Be Too Sure. The work, of, course, is by no ,nneans easy,' and calls for a considerable amount of skill and technical !snow - ledge, The illusion must be perfect in every way, otherwise there is e1 - ways the possibility that some asite youngster in the front row in the theatre nsay detect diecrepanoles. In conclusion, a word of caution is necessary to those who, after reading the above, may think that they can tell whleh parts of a film set are "glass work." The roof of a building may he the -tight to be just a painting till some- one appearing on the top of it proves the supposition wrong. Or a hoose may look solid enough because a man is seen crawling in through a window. But only the span and the window - ledge may be real, and the rent a "painted in" scene, solid though it ap- pears. For, even when we know that much in the movies is clever illusion, there is very little hope of the movies being able to "spot" with any oertaintr where the trick begins! • TER PUMPS F Keeps Them Cool In Summer;and' No:Freeaing .in Winter. REGULAR PRICE $7.00 WHILE THEY LAST $2.95 POSTAGE 25c. Ail complete with belts. Can be In- stalled In 15 'minutes with an ordinary '. wrench.- MOTOR "TRADE SUPPLY CO. 105 CHURCH ST. TORONTO, ONT. Man -Eating Sardines Found in Panama. Aside from the 'white" Indians brought back to New York from the Panama jungles "by the Richard 0. Marsh expedition,scientists are, in- vestigating other zoological and botani- cal mysteries unearthed by the expedi- tion. Mr. i3reder, the naturalist with the expedition, describes 3...k.!piranha, a species of man-eating sitids`11ti" so vicious that a school of them quickly devours any one who falls overboard. Ile himself, bathing, felt hundreds of nips on his legs and body, and his -ef- forts at splashing to frighten the as sailants served only to make them concentrate their attack. He tells of a fresls-water flying fish three inches 'long, as thick as blotting paper; and of an armored fish the na• tives cook in its shell, and eat much like a crab. "No philosophy ,has ever improved upon the Golden Rule, and the most gorgeous tapestry of trickery looks like': a rag alongside tine simple beau- ties of a square deal." •