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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1918-09-12, Page 6The Tea ot Teas AiwaYs Goc,d Alike eliciously Dine Black — Mixed or Natural Green 134.12 nt to thg Ordinary. Preserved and Sold only in Sealed Packets— - r rtrz. e (Copy riot) • CHAPTER XXIX. The situation was absurd, but what could be done about it? France was at war, and there would be many who would sleep upon the ground who had s never selpt there before, Many, too, in the ground. Still, thesituation was absurd—that Marjory, with all! her thousands of dollars, should be forced to sleep out of doors. It gave her a startling sense of help- lessness, She had beim before in; crowded places, but the securing of 1 accommodations was merely a mat -1 ter of increasing the size of her check. But here, even if one had a thousand 'eels d'or, that would have made no difference. Officers of the! Army of France were not to be dis- turbed by the tinkle of gold. With' a single gold -piece, moreover, one! could not even make a tinkle. She went into the inn to tidy her- self before supper; but she hurried back to Monte as quickly as possible. Out of sight of him she felt as lost as a child in a forest.' She had no- ibing, to lean upon now but hirn. Without him here she would scarcely have had even identity. Her name, except as signed to a check, meant no- thing. To have announced herself as Miss Marjory Stockton„ or even as Madame Covington, would have left the soldiers France merely smiling. To her sex they might have paid some deference, but to her sex alone. She was not anything ex- cept as she was attached to Monte - as a woman under the protection her man. This did not humble her. Her first clean, unguarded emotion was one of pride. Had it been her privilege to let herself go, she would have taken her place near him with her eves afire —with her head held as proudlyas be here now in half an hour. He was rested by his side in an olive orchard "It is a great pity that madame or a fisherman's hut or a forest or on should sleep out of doors," he said. the plains or anywhere fortune might "It makes my heart ache. But, with take him. By his side—that would monsieur to guard her, at least ma - have been enough. If she were his dame will be safe." woman and he her man, that would Yes, safe from every one but her - have been enough. self. However, Mensieur Soucin It she could only let herself gob As could not be expected to read a lady's she came into the smoky old tavern innermost thoughts. Indeed, it would zoom and he stepped forward to meet scarcely have been gallant so to do. her, she swayed a little. He looked "And now you -wish to be rid of us," so big and wholesome and eager with said Monte as he rose. his arms outstretched! They were "Monsieur should not be unkind," alone here. It would have been so sighed Souein, "It is a necessity easy just to close her eyes and let and not a wish." her head rest against. his shoulder— "You have done as well as you so easy and restful. He would have could," Monte reassured him. "We kissed her hair, and the ache would shall probably rise early and be on our all have gone from her body and way before t,he soldiers, so—' heart. He would draw her close and Monte slipped into his hand a gold- • one or a month or two. Then he would point of view, and yet from anoth- remember that week in which she had er it was little enough. Souein had trifled with him, and he would hate unwittingly made an arrangement for which Monte could not pay in money. "And my share?" inquired Marjory. "One louis d'or." answered Monte • . .... Ile saw that he was disturbing her, and he did not want to do that. "Perhaps in time we'll see," he said. "I have a notion that some day you and I will get straightened out.' "It doesn't make so much difference about me; but you—you must get back to your schedule again as soon as ever you can." "Perhaps to a new one; but that must include you." She could not help the color in her cheeks, It was beyond her control. "I must make my own little sche- dule," she insisted. "You are going back to the farm?" She nodded. To -morrow ,eve shall be in Italy. Theft a train to Genoa and the next boat," she said. "After that?" "In a week or so 1 shall be back where I started." "Then?" She laughed nervously. "I can't think much ahead of that. Perhaps 1 shall raise chickens. "Year after year?" "Maybe." "If you lived to be seventy you'd have a lot of thickens by then, wouldn't you?" "I—I don't know." It did sound ridiculous, the way he put it. "Then—would you will them to some one?" he asked. He was laughing at her. She was glad to have him do that rather than remain serious. "Please don't make me look ahead to seventy," she shuddered. Monsieur Souein was hovering about nervously. He wished to have everything cleared away before the officers arrived, and theyWould any queen. Gladly would she ave solicitous about madame. hold her tight—yes, for a day or two piece. It was too muchfrom her. She pulled herself together. "Is supper ready?" It was such an inane remark! He unblushingly. turned aside like a boy who has been She fumbled in her bag and brought snubbed, it out—the last she had, And Monts, Monsieur Souein had provided in his reckless joy, handed that over bread and cheese, a salad, and coffee. also to Souein. The man was too It was enough. She had no appetite. bewildered to do more than bow ae he She took much more satisfaction in might before a prince and princess. watching Monte and in pouring his Monte led her up the incline through coffee. His honest hunger was not the heavy -leaved olive trees to her disturbed by any vain speculations. couch against the wall. It had been He ate like a man, as he did every- made up as neatly as in any hotel, thing like a man. It restored her with plenty of blankets and a pillow confidence again, for her head. "Souein lent a mattress, which I "If you wish to retire et once," he have arranged just the other side of said, "I'll go back to my side of the the wall. That is your room. With wall." plenty of blankets you should be com- She hesitated. The wall was man- fortable enough there," he said. high and so thick that once he was "And you?" she'inquired.- behind it she would feel terribly "I am on this side of the walk" he alone. replied gravely. "Or better still," he suggested, "you 'What are you going to sleep lie down and let me sit and smoke upon?" - here. I'll be quiet." "A blanket." It was a temptation she would have If it had been possible to do so, resisted had she not been so tired she would have given him the mat- physically. As it was, half numb - tress and slept upon the ground her- ed with fatigue, she removed her hat self. That is what she would have and lay down between the blankets. liked to do. (To be continued.) "It's no more than I have done in the woods when I couldn't make camp in time," he explained. "I had hop- ed to take you some day to my cabin near the lake." She could think of nothing better than another inane remarks— "It must be beautiful there,'' He looked up. "It always has been, bat now— without you—" "You mustn't let me make any dif- ference," she put in quickly. "Why not?" "Becauee you mustn't. You must go on just as if you had never met nie." "Why?" He was as direct as a her. 'Because that's 'best. Oh, I know, Monte. You met trust me to know What is good for you," she cried:, "I don't believe you know even 'What is good for yourself," he ans- wered. - "I-1 know what is right," she falt- ered. Hebrew University at Jerusalem. On a site purchased before the war at Mount Scopus, near Jerusalem the ceremony of laying the foundation - stone of a Hebrew university has taken place, says the London Times. The ereatiou of this university is an important part of the Zionist pro- gramme. Tho ceremony was attended by General Allenby, officers of the French and Italian detachments in Palestine, a representative gathering of Palestinian Sews, a deputation of Egyptian Jews, and the heads of other communities. Twelve tones, symboli- cal of the Twelve Tribes of farad, were laid, the first by Dr, Weizmann, the others by representatives of the various brandies of Jewish life in Palestine and the Diaspora. Chairs Will be created for all arts and solences, and will include one for Arable. poirrrs TO OBSERVE IN BUYING FISH. Bad fish may be a very dangerous should have one teaspoonful of s It ti food and has the faculty ot produc- ing a complete knockout, of some- times $everal days' duration, in these ()eye, when the cost of living is high, housewives are looking for meat that will be inexpensive, and naturally think of fish, because of the comparative cheapness of this article. But what may appear cheap and good may prove to be very expenSive# if sickness be the result. Because of the absence of bone arid skin, fillets are easy to prepare for the table. It is not very difficult to tell if a whole fish is fresh, but when cut into fillets it becomes much hard- er. Fillets are frequently cut from fish that.have been dead from ten to fourteen days, that is, from fish left over when all shipping orders have been filled. These fillets are then 'waked in annato for a long time to take away the bad smell, which gives that yellow color which is supposed to be due to "smoke." To tell the difference between a fresh and stale fillet of fish is very simple. Fillets front fresh fish may sometimes appear "sweaty," that is, moist 011 the surface. They are, however, always firm to the touch, are not easy to break, and will leave the fingers clean. Those taken from stale fish, on the contrary, are always soft, easy to beak, and when handled will leave the fingers sticky. Take a small piece between the finger and thumb and if it leaves a sticky feel- ing, that fish is not good. Then, if there is the least sign of a green - colored streak, it is a sure sign that the fish was either stale when cut into fillets or had since been kept too long. This variety of fish will keep for only a few days when put up un- der the best conditions, and, if expos- ed t.o air in a MUM place, will quick- ly develop small white maggots. How To Can Tomatoes. Select fresh,. ripe, firm tomatoes. Grade for size, ripeness and quality. - They will cook better if the same de- gree of ripeness and quality, and will look better. Wasli, scald one-half to one and one-half minutes or until the skins loosen, but do not break. Scald means to immeree in boiling water. Cold dip but do not allow them to remain in the cold water. Cut out the stem end, taking care not to cut into the seed cells or the seed and pulp will later be scattered through the liquid. Remove the skins. Pack the tomatoes whole in the jars, doing one jar from the begin- ning to placing in eterlizer, before starting on another. Shake down well, hitting the base of jar with palm of hand, and also press with a tablespoon, but avoid crushing. Do not add water. Hot tomato pulp may be added, otherwise add no liquid whatever. Tomatoes are an exception to the general rule of hot, water for vegetables and hot water or hot syrup for fruits. A large part of the tomato is water. It is not necessary to add anything but one level teaspoonful of salt to each quart, mid if liked, one-half tablespoonful of sugar. The tomato pulp for home canning, made from large and broken tomatoes, cooked and strained, eadi quart, and should be Dumf.( into the filled jars, allowing it to 0(i' 'tem' the spaces. Put on rubber and top, adjust top bail Or Ser,eW top 00 with, thumb arid little finger. Sterilize 22 minutes in hot water bath, or 16 minutes undo - five or ten pounds' steam pressure. Remove, tighten, seal and e001. Waste No Sugareln On account of the sugar shortage.; certainly no excese of sugar should be used in jellies. If these are made, the following proportions will be' 'found succeseful: For one cup of currant juice, use one cup of sugar. For one cup of green grape juice one cup of sugar. For one cup red raspberry Alice, 080 three-fourths cup of sugar. For one cup of blackberry juice, use three-fourths cup of sugar. For one cup of sour apple juice, use three-fourths cup of sugar. For one cup of crabapple juice, use three-fourths cup of sugar. - Too much sugar gives too soft a jelly. Too little sugar gives a tough jelly. No amount of boiling will cor- rect a fabure due to wrong propos tions of sugar. If the jely fails to set, more juice, which will add more pectin, may be added and a second cooking may correct the mistake. This, however, will not be as satisfactory a jelly as it would have been if corrects ly proportioned the first time. - The sugar is addedhotto the juice after it has been boiling a few min- utes. It is added hot so as not to caol down the temperature and thus prolong the cooking, and it is added after the boiling has continued for a few minutes, in order not to waste the sugar by frequent skimmings or by the chemical Change resulting from long boiling with acid. Swap Secrets. "Come over and help me to -day, Mrs. Brown, and I'll be with you to- morrow. We'll get along in great shape then." This is a very sensilefe way of going about the business of canning. Two women can get along faster than on.a. Mrs. Brown helps Mrs. White to -day. To -morrow Mrs. White helps Mrs. Brown. Besides, Mrs. Brown knowns a few tips that Mrs. White does not know and vice versa. For instance, she knows that beets will turn dark if exposed to a strong light and also if they are allowed to stand in the jars without water for any length of time before being canned. Beets should always be prepared with expedition to get the best results. THE COAL SITUATION. How Consumers May Assist in Pre- venting Coal Shortage. Prior to the war, coal production usually exceeded consumption. Con- seettently, considerable reserves were built up at strategic shipping points to meet local, current demands. But the more or less acute fuel situation of the past two winters has witnessed the consumption of these reserves. No one speaks of building them up agaiu until the war is over, when transporta- tion. industrial and labor conditions will have returned to normal. All that the fuel authorities expect of the mines is to produce a year's supply in twelve months. It, therefore, follows that all orders for even 70 per cent. of each consumer's annual supply cannot be filled at once, so early in the season. Early orders will naturally receive precedence however, as well as tend- ing to prevent congestion in transpor- tation. During the timing, the output of the mines in the United States was not reassuring, This has been steadily improving, however, and there is reasonable grounds for hoping that the supply, for household purposes at any rate, may be sufficient for the de- mand. Of course in war -time things may happen over which even govern- ments have am complete control, which May Cause at least a partial falling off in production, or difficulties in get- ting coal distributed. Prices too, may be reasonably ex- pected to „be higher than in former years, as in the case of practically all other Indispensable eonnneditleet Por these reasons, therefore, if for no other, consumers should obtain substitutes, such as soft coal, wood, peat, etc,to as great an extent ao possible, At the eame time, efforts should be made to cut clown actual requirements of duel to a minimum. It is quite needless In many instances for whole houses to bo heated through - mit the winter, By comparatively in- expensive changes in plumbing during the summer, romns that are little used or unused during he winter months, could have their heating appliances arranged so as to be turned on or off at wlll. Or, if this be not feasible, radiators in sun rooms and unused attics could be carefully wrapped so as to conserve heat, while preventing freezing of the radiators, By suds reasonable precautions the desire to criticize the heads of the Fuel Boards next winter may largely vanish, Rural Life Problems. "Get together" is a useful and worthy motto for the farmers of Can- ada. Many of the disadvantages that have handicapped rural progress in the past have been the result largely of a leek of co-operation among farmers themselves. Local suspicions and jealousies made mutual trust, the keynote of all co-operative effort, im- possible. Happily, they are now many agencies at work that are each accomplishing something in changing these conditions. Among these, the Rural Community Life Institutes in Ontario give promise of being of great service. These are really ex- tension work of the Department of Rural Sociology of the Ontario Agri- cultural College. A series of confer- ences is held at strategic points throughout the province each year at which experts in agricultural work and conditions discus with rural Min- isters, teadiers, loading farmers and Others the methods that experience has shown to be most valuable in bettering rural conditions, The inter. et shown in.these meeting.s indicates that these community leaders recog- nize the existence of rural social prob- lems and are anxious to find the wisest solutions for them, It will be a great day for Canadian agriculture and for the country generally when farmers will get together for the Andy of their common problenis and, without malice or suspicion, work to- gether for the common good. Food Control Corner •••••1., Conservation Measures. Among the measures already taken by the Camilla Food Board to make available larger supplies of essential foodstuffs for the Allies, are the 'fol- lowing; Waste of food has been made on offence subject to heavy penaltiee, and municipalities have been given wide powers 10 checking stub waste. Bakerprolinets have been stand- ardieed and the amount of essential ingredients has been limited so as to prevent extravagant use. Manufacture of certain products in- volving an excessive use of sugar or fats has been prohibited, A very great saving of wheat has been effected by licensing and regula- tion of the trade in package cereals, dealers -being required to substitute i considerable portion of other cereals for wheat in the manufacture of their produCts. Flour has been standardized and the milling extraction of wheat has been increased twice. Canada Is now using 7G per cent, of the wheat berry in its standard flour. In cases where it has been found that dealers have been holding exces- sive quantities Of food commodities required Oversee, the Food Board has' required the sale of such -excess. Public eating -places have' been re- gulated' in regard to the use of cer- tain essential foods. The resultant saving of meat, wheat, and dairy products for shipment Oversee has been large. Hoarding of sugar or flour has been made an offence subject to heavy fine or imprisonment. The amounts which may be held in private house- holds or by dealers have been limited, so as to ensure equitable distribution and, in the case of flour, to provide as large shipments as possible for Oversee. Control over importation and ex- portation of foodstuffs is exercised in the interests of the people of Canada and the Allied Nations and has proved a valuable instrument in obtaining trade concessions and in reserving for Great Britain and her Allies products which otherwise would have gone to neutrals or even to hostile countries. Use of grain for distillation of pot- able liquors has been prohibited, and the use of malt has also been closely limited. Feeding of grain to live - stook in stock yards has been regulat- ed and much waste has been checked. Waste of food through preventable detention of cars has been checked and reduced to a minimum. Use in part of substitutes for wheat flour by bakers, confectioners and public eating -places has been requir- ed. Arrangements have been made for an abundant supply, for Eastern, Central and Western Canada, of fish at reasonable prices, as a substitute for meat and other foods. 23 VILLAGERS IN CELLAR. a, Found by French Troops in Recent Advance. In Villeneuve, occupied recently by advancing Allies, the French found twenty-three villagers who virtually had been German prisoners for,ahnost two months. They all slept in the same cellar for protection and during the day would not associate with the Germans, even refusing to oat German food. The villagers, all of them elder- ly, with the exception of a seven-year- old boy and anolghteen-year-old girl, had a stock of flottP, canned goods, chickens and vegetables they had raised themselves. They worked in their gardens all day, encountering the Germans only when going to the vil- lage pump for water. When the French came to Villeneuve they found twenty-flve wounded or dead Germans on dots in the village church. Several of these apparently had died of starvation, so hurried was the German retreat. The Germans hail been using the church as a hospital, with sixty iron beda, all German made. In another village the Gerinans had the church filled with mattresses taken from the homes of the people. There were great piles of brass and copper and church vestments, all boxed, ready for shipment to Germany. Tho brass and copper apparently had been assembled from other village'and in- cluded kitchen utensils, faucets and other articles. A man is worth what his idea are worth. „soileeeitrrel , Ait2eetelle" a -Toe:, lgurnfrorn,Coaa ,to Fit$PAPHGacc.'11.1glea *Mrs 03.0.00 $ t' m MAK alifigliD241 se'Ifi;‘1,41;11,11E8'1.'!" flintionce all gotta tIktrk, Make! light, , wholorome wend, ete, withoot troultle, Savo flour And help, roomy< 2 the Nation't food 7t.I'Yu'ient, quirk and clean -hand. do uot touch dough. 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