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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1917-10-25, Page 6" I pli iy+?a ujflun i ii i y ' fik /OSe•,o) 12eA2,? - Author of "An for a Scrap of Paper," "Dearer Than Life" etc Published by Hodder Stoughton, Limited. l'.ondon and Toronto CHAPTER V,—(Cont'd.) Tom had just heard that he was to go on duty at the front trench again, pend at Brunford, bat in vain. It seemed to him as though he was sur- rounded by something fierce and ter - PROTECT CROP SAVERS. Our .insectivorous Birds S1 ould Not Be Slaughtered, On September 10, scare eheads in the newspapers announced that frost had caused damage In the United States to the extent of probably $50,- 0Q0,000, the grain markets became ex- cited, and prices advanced, Why? Itpcause it was unusual, Every year in the United State $800,000,000 loss occurs through the depredations of insects. This is a conservative estimate, made by ex - when passing along by the canal to- r•ible; was it a premonition of death, parts, Such an announcement, how - wards one of the officers' ding -outs h° lug wondered? ever, creates no interest either in the saw a staff officer talking with the Again he called to mind 'what the Y, Major of his own battalion. Tom M,C,A, man had said an the night be- grain market or newspapers. Canada lifted his hand to salute, when the fore they started for the Front. IIe suffers proportionately. It is but an - stuff officer turned and spoke to him. had advised them to pray, and to put other of the enormous wastes which "Ah is that you, Pollard?" their trust in a loving God who had we are content to put up with, as we "Yess, Mr. Waterman—that is, yes, been revealed to them through Jesus do with the heavy fire waste, and feel sir," stammered Tom. Christ. that, with aur bountiful harvests and "I hope you are doing well," said He still tramped the bit of trench rich natural resources, we can afford Waterman, which it was his duty to guard, look - "I I am still alive, thank you, sir," ing eagerly into the darkness as if to to be extravagant, and then he passed on. discern the outline of an approaching "He's got a safe job anyhow," enemy, "If I only could pray! thought Tom, "he'll be at the Divi- thought Tom, "if I only could!" sional Headquarters I expect; well, But he had not prayed for years, he's a clever fellow." the very thought of prayer had gone That night when Tom returned to out of his mind and heart; but oh! the first line he was put on sentry how he longed for something to con - duty, • It was one of those silent, fort and steady hintl windless, starless nights, when under Well, why should he not pray? It ordinary circumstances a solemn hush could do no harm, it might even do prevails. Even the trenches were him good, silent that night. On both sides the Lifting his eyes towards the inky - guns had ceased booming; it seemed black sky, ire tried to formulate a as though a truce had been agreed' Prsyer, but he could not, his thoughts upon, and yet the air was tense with mild not shape themselves, his mind doom. could not helpfeeling it as he Red ciiedd �"O°Gail!+ a opened his lips a Nature provided man with grains bowl to rise for three hours, in a warm That was all; he could think of nu- containing valuable nutriment neces-I place, free from all drafts about eigh traversed that part of the trench in saryto maintain life. Man, which his especial duty lay. Un- thing else to say, but he repeated the craving,ty degees Fahrenheit in temperature, imaginative as he was, his mind work- words again and again: luxor ury., discovered a process of milling Noon_ meold into two loaves, Place in ed freely. He called to mind the en- "0 Godl-0 God! -0 Godl from the grans, the meal B whichis made wto rise tor onased e houans and return Bake n an oven ace gagement of a few days before, re- That was all. He had asked for no- into white flour, which is a process of of 325 degrees Fahrenheit for fifty membered what he had seen and heard. thing, he had indeed hardly thought refining much f the vital element is minutes. Remove from oven. Brus Again and again he traversed the of anything. Nevertheless he was removed. , the tops of bread with melted butter, cutting in the earth, his rifle on his comforted; the words he had uttered then la on a rack to cool. shoulder, and bayonet fixed, How meant infinite things, for at the back The vitamins and mineral elements y silent it was! Not a man's voice was of his mind he had a confused belief so very necessary for human struc Rye Bread to be heard. He know that sentries that God saw, that God listened, that ture of teeth and bones and bodily wel- Two and one-half cupfuls of water, were all around him, but he could not God understood, and the thought fare are lost, two medium-sized potatoes. Peel the hear a footstep; he knew, too, that changed everything. The human body requires sixteen potatoes, then cut in thin slices and 1 many of the soldiers lay in their dug -I "I wonder what Alice Lister is doing elements for its daily well-being. boil until soft. Rub through fine sieve. sleeping as peacefully as though' naw," thought the boy presently. ere These elements are found in mother Now cool to eighty degrees Fah- outs,athey were at home. And yet he felt did not know why it was, but somehow nature the earth, the grains and the renhait, . This amount should measure I all alone. "Where's Jim Bates now, God seemed more real when he vegetables. The loss of any one of two cupfuls. Place in a bowl and.add t I wonder, and Arthur Wedge, and Bill thought of the girl who had promised these plays havoc with the body; by two tablespoonfuls of sugar, two tea- c Perkins, and George Wilson? they; to pray for him, discarding several more, their loss is spoonfuls of salt, two tablespoonfuls y, were killed, but are they really dead?" plainly seen. of metled shortening, one yeast cake, ez he said to himself. He had known CHAPTER VI. Now is the acceptable time to return two cupfuls of white flour, one and these lads well; in fact, they had been What was Alice Lister doing on the' to the foods of our granddads, name- one-half cupfuls of cornmeal, Place M. els of his, and he wondered what had night when Tom y, to eat whole meals. Bread made ingredients in bowl in the order d`g prayed? If it had from whole wheat forms an ideal ra- given. Beat well, to mix. Set sponge ecome of them. Were they still been a night of wonder to Tom, it had tion; it furnishes protein, carbohy- to rise for one and a half hours in a alive? What had they felt like when been a night of decision to Alice mates, some fats and mineral salts, Place about eighty degrees Fahren- in: they had to cross the deep, dark val-. Lister, who had to face another crisis and a portion of the bulk that ha3 an hent, Then acid three cupfuls of rye syr' ley? What was death? ; in her life. While Tom had been of- exceedingly good effect upon the inter- flour. Knead well for fifteen minutes, ke He thought of his old Sunday -school fering his almost inarticulate prayer tines. Return to place and let rise for two days, thought of his old beliefs. "Ay,"in the trenches in the Ypres salient,' The absorbent qaulities of whole hours. Mold into loaves and let rise mI. cried Tom aloud, "if I could only feel Alice Lister sat alone in her bedroom. wheat make it necessary to lessen the, for forty-five minutes. Bake in a that Christ was wi' me now I shouldn't More than a year had passed since flour when makingbread. moderate oven for fifty minutes. care a bit; but I gave Him up the Sunday afternoon when she hadi Rye flour contins slightly less Caraway seeds may be added if desir- months ago. Alice Lister believed in told Tom that he must make lois choice gluten than wheat flour; this gluten ed Him, ay, she did an' all. I wonder between her and the life he seemed is of a tough character. A portion of Gluten Bread where Alice is now? Does she ever determined to lead. What it had cost wheat flour is necessary to produce One cupful of water eighty de - think about me, I wonder? does she her to do this I will not try to describe,' a good loaf. In many parts of Europe grecs Fahrenheit, one tablespoonful of pray for me as she said?" for Alice had truly cared for Tom. It it is the necessary staff of life, and is sugar, one teaspoonful of salt, one- „. . He thought of what the man had was true that he did not quite belong known as black bread. In the old half of yeast cake. Mix in the order t 1 said in the Y. M. C. A. hut on the to her class, and it was also true that country the bread is frequently baked given. Crumble in the yeast cake and night before they set sail for France. her parents had done their best to in batches sufficiently large enough to add sufficient' gluten flour to form a f He told the soldiers that they needed dissuade her from thinking about him; last a family from six to eight or from thick batter that will drop from the ow,; a personal Saviour, and that that but Alice had been fond of Tom;'eight to ten weeks, spoon. Beat well for ten minutes, ee f Saviour was ever waiting, ever watch- something, she knew not what, haGraham flour is flour made from then set to place of eighty degrees vee ing, to give them help; that He would drawn her heart towards him. She whole wheat. The outer coat and some Fahrenheit for one and one-half hours. r d', be near all those who stretched out had believed in him too; believed that' of the bran are removed. It finds Beat for five minutes with spoon. Pour fie their lame hands of faith towards Him, he was possessed of noble qualities' favor with many persons who dislike in well -greased pans. Set to rise for and help them, strengthen them, coin- which only she understood. Then as entire wheat bread. one and one-quarter hours. Bake in See . ” fort them. It was very unreal, it she saw Tom drifting, she knew that Gluten bread is made from whole- hot oven, 350 degrees Fahrenheit, for e,. seemed a long way off too. And yet her decisive step must be taken, and' wheat flour. The starch is removed fortyminutes, reducingthe heat to d `' . was it? Was Christ there just as' she had taken it. i by washing. The residue is then 300 egrees during the lst twenty mi- nte the man had said? i Afterwards, when she was told how dried and it is finally prepared into notes. "Boom!" The sound came from an Tom had risen in the great crowd at flour. It is used in special cases of Milk may be used in place of water enemy's gun, but he heard no shell the hall in the Mechanics' Institute diabetes, kidney, liver and intestinal in the above recipes. screeching its way through space, saw and had gone up to the platform and troubles. In northern Europe barley flour is • no light of explosion. It was not re- volunteered for active service, herWhole-Wheat Bread used in making bread. Try using one peated, although he wafted, listening heart had thrilled strangely. She did Two cups of water, one tablespoon- and one-half cupfuls of barley flour en tensely. Minute after minute pass not understand much about the ware ful of sugar, one teaspoonfuls of salt, place of all -white flour. The bread has ed, still there was silence; evidently but she felt that Tom had done a' two tablespoonfuls of shortening one a delicious nutty flavor and is parti- • the English gunners were instructed noble thing. In spite of the fact, too,! yeast cake, five cupfuls of whole- celerity healthful bread for children. not to reply. that he had left her to walk out with! wheat flour. Dissolve the sugar and If unable to obtain the barley flour m: What was the meaning of it? The Polly Powell, she had a sense of pos-! shortening in boiling water. Cool to meal, use the cream of barley cereal; silence became so tense that it seem- session; it seemed to her that Tom be -i eighty degrees Fahrenheit, then add first' cook it into a stiff mush, Add ed to make a noise; the air was laden longed to her more than to this highly; the salt, yeast cake and flour. Knead two cupfuls of this to the bread with gloom. colored buxom girl who had taken for fifteen minutes. Put in greased sponge. "I wonder what it means," said the him from her. boy, and a great fear possessed him; Then something happened which set How To Save The Fats. , would be a wholesome economy and a he felt as though he were on the brinkthe people at the church she attended From now on the menu will require scientific advancement to prepare all of a fathomless chasm, a chasm which talking freely. The young minister; much care and forethought to have it cream sauces without the use of but - was as black as ink. was a bachelor, and it was evident he properly balanced, if one is to keep ter. Minute after minute he waited, and was enamoured with Alice•' he paid' down expences and eliminate waste. In order to thoroughly explain this still no sound broke the silence. her marked attention, andeagerly Fats, at this season of the year, are method, it will first be necessary to He tried to comfort himself by re- sought to be in her company, among the mast valuable food units. classify cream sauces as follows:, membering pleasant things that hap- (To be continued.) They furnish heat and energy to the Thin cream sauce, such as is used in body. But fats are also scarce in the cream soups, purees, au gratins, etc. markets and cost the housewife a pro- Medium cream sauce, such as is used portionally high price, for vegetables, fancy sauces, ets. Waye to Utilize Heavy cream sauce, such as is used Carefullytrim off all for molds, cutlets, etc. pieces of fat The Proportions that accompany meat. Cut fat into small pieces or. put it through the food It should not be necessary for the chopper. Place in a saucepan con- housewife to turn to a cook book or a tainmg sufficient cold water to cover recipe each time that she wishes to and cook slowly until the fat, when prepare a sauce, if she will place this pressed in a sieve, will yield no mots- recipe on her kitchen cabinet door, ture, Strain and stand the liquid next to the flour bin. aside to cool. When cold remove the One and one-half level tablespoon - cake of hard white fat on top. This fuls of flour for thin cream sauce. fat may be used in place of butter for Two and one-half level teaspoonfuls cake and cooky making and also .for of flour for medium cream sauce. frying. Beef fat may be combined Five level tablespoonfuls of flour with other fats in proportion of one for heavy cream sauce. part of beef fat to one part each of to each half-pint cupful of milk or mutton and park. Melt it and then water. • strain. This an be used for Ivy- ing, etc, Do not waste a single bit of fat. Personally cverseo the food before it is stored away. Remove all the surplus If some moans existed to overcome early frosts, no time would be lost in putting them into effect. Not so, however, with the continued loss by insects. Our insectivorous birds, far from receiving protection, have been promiscuously and continuously slaughtered, to the detriment of our field crops. Canada and the United States have recently passed enabling acts giving effect to the Migratory 'Bird Treaty for the protection of insectivorous birds. To many this protection is looked upon as a curtailment of lib- erty. In reality, however, it is a means of putting money into each citizen's pocket, and everyone, both by example and influence, should do everything possible to protect our feathered friends, "No two thingsdiffer more than hurry and deepateh, Hurry is the marls of a Weak mind, despatch of a DOMESTIC SCIENCE AT HOME Fifteenth Lesson—Rye, Graham and Health Breads. INVALID SOLDIERS' LEAGUE. Convalescent Soldiers at Edmonton Form Model Organization The Invalid Soldiers' Welfare League is a newly formed organiza- tion in the Edmonton Convalescent Home which promises to become a Model for similar leagues in all the convalescent homes of the Military Hospitals Commission. There are many phases of life to be carried 00 in the homes, and the pa- tients here hit upon the idea of form - ng an organization which would pro- tide machinery for promoting ath- tties, social life and maintaining a anteen, as well as a bond of interest =men to all the men in the home, The membership is constantly hanging, of course, as cases are dis- ;harged and new ones come in, but very lean while he stays belongs to so league. The aim is simple—"For ie welfare of the men in the con- ileseent home and hospital" -.-and the )peal is direct. The returned Toni - lee like the idea. :There are three ,chief committees; o is in charge of athletics and ar- 1ges games, field days, and all bits;;' the social committee has hl'ge of all the picnics, concerts and ries; and the canteen committee of smokes, refreshments, etc. e supreme proof of its usefulness s when it lends money, to the lint of $400, to any man going out civil life needing a lift, if he can proper security, and every dollar act to date has been repaid, his is a boor. to the man who lived 1 salary before he enlisted and o family used up his small sav- in hie absence, the Edmonton Fair the boys cleared $2,000 on a show they staged. Each man who worked was paid $2 a day; and ten per cent, of the profits were turned over, as is their custom, to the widows and orphans fund of the Great War Veterans. GAY HALLOWE'EN. Among the wigwam shocks of corn, I met the crisp October morn. With pumpkins high I piled my load And thought of children as I rode. T saw instead of yellow piles, A wagon -load of saw -tooth smiles, With glowing eyes and fearsome flare, And candles gleaming everywhere. I saw a laughing, motley crowd, With Jacks held high and shouting loud. I heard the calls of girls ,and boys, And smiled at thought of coming joys, The jolliest crop of all the year,— Gay Hallowe'en at last is herel Rubber Comforts Dangerous. The sale of rubber comforts is pro- hibited in France because they en- danger the lives of infants. Regular feeding, frequent drinks of boiled wa- ter, and clean, dry clothing make a pacifier unnecessary. Better allow a child to cry if you cannot discover and remove the cause than allow him to form this filthy habit. Upset diges- tion, adenoids and crooked teeth are a few of the evils attributed to this one Cause, • A factory in which radium is being produced leas been opened in Scot1(and by . a Scotch chemist, An alectric egg candler has been i,vented for use in ppbllc planes where the freshness df an egg can be demon- steated, , How to Prepare the Sauce Use a saucepan that is absolutely clean for making sauces. The outside of the pan is as important as is the in- side, for if heat or scorch marks are fat. Persistently dram all fat from apparent on the outer surface of the the pans used for sauteing (frying). pan this will h ve a tendency to Use a spatula tc remove it as much scorch the milk, when large quantities as possible, are cooked, Set aside the saucepan and kettle Place the flour and cold milk in the containing, the water in which meats saucepan and now take a wire beater were cooked, Let the water cool and'` or egg whip and beat the milk and then remove all the fat, Clarify it by !flour smooth, Place oe the fire and placing it in a saucepan containing an bring quickly to the boiling point, beat - equal amount of water and one -guar -I ing hard all the time that the sauce ter teaspoonful of bicarbonate of sada, is cooking, Cook for three inmates Let this come to a boil. Boil for five after the boiling point is reached at a minutes and then strain and cook. very low temperature; that is, if using Lift the cake of fat/from the water the gas, turn it off and let the sauce and put it in a cool place until needed.' cools on the hot burner for this length This fat may be used fm pastry, cook- of time, les and frying. Now the constant heating has blend - Eliminate the use of butter in sauce, ed the flour and milk into a rich Butter is a fat that is not suitable creamy sauce that would be impossible for cooking purposes. This is because' to obtain under the old,mothod of es the butter, when heated to a tempera -I ing butter, flour and milk, and then turn that will cook food, berate, thuslust stirring it until cooked. Renzem- setting up a decomposition in the fatty her that the secret le the constant beating. Try this method and eliminate all the fats from sauces and gravies. By this you are doing your bit in helping to conserve the food element which is particles, which renders It unfit for food purposes, and if it is used it will frequently products intestinal disturb- ances. Butter is not neressery in the mak- ing of saucee In July, 1014, the Culin- important to our nation as are our ai7 Society of Paris decided that it soldiers, our sailors and our gums, II sl Old Tea LOoks All' i ht' Old tea and fresh tea, poor tea and good tea, all look alike. No wonder a woman often gets a bulk tea she doesn't like. n' Red Rose Tea in the sealed package is always fresh, always good, always worth the price on the label. Kept Good by the Sealed Package rift. ttikr 044 DREAM UNFULFILLED. Though Germany Has Gained Much She Has Lost Still More. Three years ago Germany began this war for the conquest of Middle Europe. What has she gained? What has this gain cost her? 1 She has gained by her arms the ter- ritories of Belgium, Luxemberg, Serbia, a small but rich section of northern France and parts of Lithu- ania, Poland and Rumania—a total of a little less than 204,000 square miles, She has lost: Except for an insignificant corner in southern Africa, all her colonies, over a million: square miles. Virtually all her shipping not bot- tled up in Bremen and Hamburg, a loss estimated in tonnage at 8,000,000. Of the flower of her youth, more than 2,000,000. In cash, nearly $20,000,000,000 to be ,added 'to her national debt. Before the war, though unpopular as a people, Germany was honored among all nations for her intellectual sdholarship and her industrial schol- arship • and her industrial efficiency. She has lost irretrievably this respect and won in its plea the mingled hat- red and contempt of the civilized world, Scarcelya considerable neu- tral nation is left except those whose safety compels their neutrality. 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WEATHERS AND THE WAR IIOW STATE Ole AT?4OSPEERE AFFECTS THP AIIMY,. Sun, Rain, or Snow ---Some Section of the Fighting Forces is Al- ways Pleased. • Every soldier, be Ise general or pri- vate, takes a been interest in the weather at the front, and it is not al- ways the bad weather, as we know it, that he criticizes, It depends on what unit of the Army he represents whe- ther he will revile or praise. A thoroughly wet day to the air- man is often a blessing; it gives him a rest from the strain' of flyhsg, though on occasions even the rain does not stop him. It stops the Ger- man fliers, too, and thus gives a rest to the "Archie" artillerymen on both sides, Infantry's "Bete Noir." A wet morning, on awakening at dawn, is blessed by these gentlemen, fm it means extra time in bed—a great boon when you know that "Archie" has to be up always before the sun and never retires from his vigil of the sky till nightfall. In the early summer months this means a nineteen - hour day. For the infantry it is a different matter. Trenches are never too com- fortable in the finest of weather, and a downpour of ram is one of the worst things that can happen to the men who occupy the trenches. No natter what the weather is, there is no cessation here, and slip- pery clay, wet feet, and no way of es- cape are just causes for the infantry- man's righteous anger. The field artillery dislike rain, for, although it may give them a rest from their labors for a little while, at any moment they may be called to settle a little account with Fritz across the way. And in most cases during bad weather it is a case of "blind" firing, for it is impossible to observe without aeroplanes or balloons,_ Even the "0 Pip" observing officer in the front line trenches cannot see. When a Storm is Welcomed. The Army Service Corps men, driv- ing and riding, learn also to hate the rain, for a three -ton lorry is not an easy thing to drive on a greasy, wet French road, as witness the unfortun- ate vehicle that has skidded into the ditdh. It means hours of uncongenial work in the rain trying to get it out again. To men who are about to return from leave in Blighty to France, stormy weather is just the thing they like, if the wind has made the sea suf- ficiently unrideable. With the leave boats not running on a day like this, the men on leave get an extra day in Blighty, while the men waiting te' come over from France to England do not lose any -of their leave, for their ten days' holiday does not start until they are actually on the transport. From the general's point of view, I suppose, none but fine and sunny days are desirable, for the success of any big move or push will, of course, depend greatly on. this. Still, the stop -the -war weather has its minor advantages, as will be seen, not the least good point about it be- ing the fact that the baby -killers of Germany cannot carry out their bomb- ing operation on England at such times, CORN AS WHEAT SUBSTITUTE. Has a Larger Proportion of Nitrogen, Starch and Fat. Wheat bread is made either of whole wheat or the white starch - of the wheat. In the economic scheme we must consider these two kinds of bread. Whole-wheat flour will sustain hu- man life with -its starch, bran, pollard and phosphate of lime, while we would starve to death on white bread made entirely of the starch; therefore, those on a very restricted diet, such as pris- oners, etc., aro often dependent upon bread. They should have the flour containing the whole wheat. White bread however, when taken with soup made from a good stock that furnishes the nitrogen and earthy salts, is a cheaper food. It is also full of nutritive, when combined with fat, meat and a little soup the base of which is soup stock. Therefore white - flour bread with a general diet is cheaper than whole-wheat bread, A further conservation of our pre- sent supply may be found by observ- ing morn` moderation in the quantity of bread field biscuit eaten. Most peo- ple eat too much starch. Those in charge of children seem to be under the impression that wheat bread made of white flour is the "staff of life," This is a mistake. When • children have to depend largely upon white bread they are apt to be under- nourished, shown by their soft and flabby flesh. Maize, or corn, has a larger propor- tion of starch than wheat, and a}llttle over, one-half more of nitrogen. Corin is much richer in fat than is wheat. . Corn can be served in many palat- nhlo dishes, These are generally known or can be obtained from books on ;cooking. Shim has been added to the list of thot haste officially adopted tris system. ,