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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1918-09-26, Page 6-O Accept no Subst1ute insist upon the geics.tine 11 None other is so economical in use or so delicious in flavour. 8444 Hearts in Ka aki By Claire Wallace Flynn CHAPTER I. Fanny wore her only party frock, a sea -green taffeta, out of which her slim young throat and her small dark head rose es imperiously a.s though it were a cloth -of -.gold costume. No one had sent her bowers. She her- self had gone quietly and with the least little twinge of bitterness, to the florist at the corner of her street and, bought herself half a dozen sun- rises roses, a ruthless but beautiful extravagance. How sweet you look, Fanny," Mrs. Mason said. "Green is becoming to you. Why don't you wear it often- er?" Fanny looked at Mrs. Mason, smil- ing, and asked simply: Where?" Mrs. Mason launched at length into a narration of the different places 'where a person of twenty-four, with no social outlet and with her morn- ings spent doing secretarial work in i do tor's office, might present her- se,f arrayed in all shades of green.; It was in the midst of this that. the car reached the country club, a low building lying like a bright crescent' against the dark hillsides. The breathless summer night caught Fanny up in its warm arms, as she stepped from the Masoe's car, and. lifted her into fairyland. The elubhousc was tilled with young men in khaki. The dawning look of heroes was in theft faces.. Many weeks of training had set their shoulders welt back and had tanned their faces. They looked almost ready for France; they sounded as though they had just come from high sehoel. Everyone was on such good terms with everyone else, that sud- denly green frock and sunrise roses lost their magic and Fanny Billington became shy and sensitive and strange. Mrs. Mason's voice caught her: "Here's Tom Blain! So nice to see you, Tom. Fanny, this is one of aur oldest friends, dear!" With that, Mrs. Mason disappeared, doubtless feeling that she had done all that a young matron could be expected to do for a girl who was proving rather a "drag". IIr. Blain did not cut a romantic figure in formal black evening clothes. The gentlemen in khaki were in the limelight that night. Attached firm- ly and exquisitely to each soldier was a young creature in shimmering net: or misty lace or gleaming silk. 1 "It's the first time in my Life II eser longed to be a kid," Mr. Blain was saying. "They turned me down i at Kingston in the spring on account' cf something the matter with my feet. I Now, it's just potatoes for mine, and' food conservation and wearing a patriotic button." He dug his hands into his pockets and fell to thinking about himself. There was no suggestion of his ask- ing Fanny to dance; yet, in her green frock and ith the strangev ' welIecl radiance in her eyes, she did not look an "undancy" person. They seated themselves in a corner of the big club living room where the dance was in toro ress and threw out a few words each other from time to time but there was no hiding from her that all his pent-up eagerness was with theoun reserve officerswho were v g piloting tintg theirsweethearts around the floor to the enchantment of Poor But- terfly. Soon the little wisps of con- versation that reached Fanny en- chained her attention. "Wellitrenches i be n the trenc to n a month. Daisy, you won't forget—" "Fred's made a record for himself in camp. I heard the Major say—" "Billy, it's too thrilling to have you a lieutenant and—" "It's a great life. I'm dying to get across—" "No, I'm not going to cry when the time comes. I'm not such a slacker as all that—" They would whirl on, leaving be- hind them just enough words to make Fanny realize that their lives were thrilling and beautiful and linked to- gether in an ideal. She clasped her. cold hands in her lap. The flowers drooped a little on her bodice. For all the joy that life had given her, for all the contact she had with the deep stirring currents of the world, the flowers might have been lying un the breast of a dead person. Then the voice of Tom Blain broke in this time with a question that stabbed her quickly and poignantly: "You've got some one going? Is he in camp or did he come along to- night with Mrs. Mason and you?" The girl who had no sweetheart looked up quietly into his face and lied. "No, he isn't here to -night. I wish he were. You'd like him awfully, Mr. Blain." Blain turned around and looked at her. A little color had mounted to her cheeks. "What's he in?" asked Blain. For a moment she hesitated then looking him full in the eyes once more she said softly: "The engineers." "Ah!" said Blain. "That's good .tuff. I hope you're not awfully clut up about his going? A girl has to be pretty brave about it." Fanny gazed across the roomful of dancers. There seemed to be no sorrow abroad in the clubhouse. They were all thousands of miles away from the fighting; still, on several of the most beautiful and serious of the women's faces the girl caught a shadow of tragedy but it was the kind' of tragedy that laughs. "Oh, of course, I'm terribly glad he's going!! He isn't the kind that would be happy if he stayed at home." She suddenly rose to her feet, It did not seen possible she could stay there beside this stupid man and lie much longer, but she would finish it well. So as she moved toward time big verandah that hung over the hill- side against which the clubhouse was built, she went on with a high little persistence in her voice; "As I said, I'm terribly glad he's going bat, of course, you can't help worrying. He's the kind, you know, Mr. Blain, who would lie wounded on the field and give his last drop of water to some beastly German." Blain laughed. `That's a good kind, anyway," he said. "Do you want to stay out here for a while? I. didn't ask you if you wanted to dance. I Somehow you didn't seem to look as though you did." The slightest shrug of Fanny's shoulders accepted this. "It's all right," she said. "I'd rather not to -night, somehow." "I understand," said Mr. Blain with an attempt at delicacy and intuition, Various groups on the verandah gave up trying to find sheltered nooks and eorners and at last sat openelyI in whole rows talking about the war. The voices ruse and fell and it seem- ed to Fanny, after the space of a few short minutes, that, after all, loneli- ness is often made up of many per- sons and much talking, despite the definitions given in the dictionary. Suddenly a little brass -buttoned boy came out on the verandah with a message from tt Mason Mrs. Mas n to them. "You go," said the girl. "I'll wait here. You'll be only a second, per- haps." No sooner had he vanished like a black moth against the bril- liancy of the clubroom, than Fanny grasped her skirts high above her ankles and fled down the steps of the verandah, around the curving side of the house and into theorchard that spilled its perfume down the side of the hill. It was sweet and quiet there and she leaned against one of the trees and covered her face with her! trembling hands. Thee she hadtot i seemed in a ld way right; it was Fate who made it, wrong by not letting it be true. She; did not cry. She had a ghastly know- ledge of just what she looked like after she had given way to tears, and just what the Doctor would say to his secretary, the next morning when she appeared in his office. The ritual went something like this: "Hello, Miss Billington. There's some boracie acid in the other room. I'd get to bed earlier, nights, after this, if I were you." Alone in the orchard She flinched at the thought. life is not always gentle. Then very quietly a voice beside her said: "Is that you, Fan? What are you doing? Playing hide and seek with some one?" She took her hands down from her face and looked at the speaker. He was young and fair; indeed, he was ridiculously young -looking despite his thirty-two years. Over his sloping shoulders and thin chest he wore a gray sweater, For that place he was a strange figure and he felt her eyes appraising him, "I came up with one of the fellows this nfternoon," he explained, "and we stayed to dinner. He had his togs here so he's dancing with some- body. I'm waiting for him to go home. I't1 rather go bark in his roadster than do it}one in the train." Fanny looked at him. "Yes, I know you would, Cleve, why are you a slacker? Why don't you go home by yourself instead of letting whoever you came with know you would wait like a regular hanger- on just for the sake of going back in his car? Why don't you work' hard and get a car of your own? We not an impossible thing to do. Have you leolted in through the windoly of Don't Overwork the Children. in the country and on the farm children are often " •equit'ctl to work in the field end gardens too long at a time, or to carry Water and other weights too heavy for their strength and often to wort: under n blazing sun. Such early work interferes with growth and development, which is the one great business of childhood. Many men and women, whose physi- esi strength is impaired, might trace their ills to sickness, underfeeding or overwork during the formative years of early childhood. The tasks children are given to do should be suited to their years, and varied by frequent opportunity to rest and to play. At the same time food' should be good and plentiful and there should be long hours of sleep. The harm which heavy work can cause little children can be ill afford- ed at any time, and least of all now. For the children must be kept well and. strong to meet the c}'emands which will confront them when they come to maturity and face the tasks of reconstruction in the critical years to come—work which will demand physical well-being as well as effici- ency and character. Threshing Dinners. With threshing days come thresh- ing dinners. Now, a threshing din- ner does not mean the same to every- body—nor even to every farm woman. Some fret and worry over the prepar- ation of the meal, while others appar- ently enter upon the work with as much pleasure as if the task were that of preparing a picnic lunch. The viewpoint, the ability to manage, and 1 the cooking and refrigerating facili- ties have much to do with these dif- ferences. Then there is the item f help. System comes first whenever any unusual task is to be looked after, and this is especially true of i preparing the threshing dinner. One woman has chickens kilted and dress - 'ed in advance, if chickens are to be served as a part of the meal, while another waits until the last moment. Nor is the latter woman necessarily to blame. Probably she would have prepared much of the dinner in ad- vance had it been practicable, Per- haps she had no ice to keep fresh meat and other highly perishable foods. With ice, half the dinner may be started or made ready the day be- fore. Even where ice is not used regularly it will pay to have it at threshing time. As to the dinner, it should be plain but good and served in an appetizing manner. Men who handle pitch- forks or do other heavy irork all day want something more substantial than "fancy fixings." This does not not imply, though, that boiled cab- bage, fat meat, and other heavy foods, important as they may be, are all that is required. There should be a variety. In such seasons as this, when vegetables are plentiful, threshing crews often get practically the same things day after day until their stomachs rebel. Under -these circumstances it is a wise woman who provides at least a few dishes that are different. . Ofcourse there mu be RS the a must basis of every threshing -day dinner plenty of good meat, preferably two kinds, and an abundance of bread. If one of the meats can be such as is not commonly served i, the country it will be all the better. Something sweet in the way of preserves or jelly is a good addition to the meal,al, appealing as it will to the delicate eater or to the man who is "too tired to eat." Desserts need not be heavy, but a carefully prepared do :cry is desirable. Promptness and cleanliness are im- • A FEARLESS HERD. Cenadiaui Chaplain Brought in Five Wounded Men Under heavy Vire. The following despatch from Fred James, official correspondent' With the Canadian forces in the field, has been /r received: �,, ✓ l The men coming ou1. from tho battleline in front of Arras ate tell- ing stories of individual heroism and self-sacrifice. To -day I heard of a Chaplain, or padre, to use the more portant in serving the threshing tiro- affectionate name, of a Quebec unit, i tier. The men must not be kept who made five trips into No Man's Land in broad daylight under e habil of fire from the enemy's machine' guns and artillery, and brought bade thence .to our lines five helpless wounded men who had been struck down while they were reconnoitring ahead of the main forces bf their units, This padre saw the men fall, and unhesitatingly advanced cautiously to where they lay. The first one be half carried; half dragged, back to our line, and placed him in good hands has designed a simple but coin Back he went again, ignoring Farmers' Acc numt Book which wi danger and death that literally sent free to bona -fide farmers wh on you, but at an early age foster in rained all about hon, and soon re- press thou intention of keeping h h f initiative. turned with another. 'Three times waiting, nor should they, while eat- ing, have to fight flies. If it is neces- sary to set the tables out of doors instead of in a screened dining -room, everything should be covered so far as possible and fly brushes should be kept going. 'Training Children. Study your children, Develop in them emotional control, unselfish- ness, an alert interest in the world around them, Keep them from be- coming morbidly self-centred. Do not let them `become too dependent Tutt aN N �nASt:'� 1o0t. gt,oltIAN BUCCCSS soul.ono safe. am Indust,. Food Control Corner Iilaiist'hrilderl= t9� Blame if ilugt ;1up}ily Fails. The f.'ttnada Food Board in tt state- ment just issued Places' riefinii�el upola householders i�esponstbilfty Ir y r so limiting domestic consumption of sugar, as to ensure tt sufficient sup- ply for preserving, The Board urges that a family of two should not use more then an aggregate of one quar- ter of it level cupful of sugar }ler day tor cooking, table use and all other , porpo:we except preserving, and for -a;s other families 'eunsumption should be Iimited to the same proportion. "There will not be suil'leient sugsc if it is consumed in other ways in the homes to the same extent as in former years, or if people eat up in the names •sugar which has been saved by regulation of ,ngnut'actnr- ere," the statement says. The Board adds that it has imposed very considerable .hardships on piece manufacturers, Inc the sake of :1 be securing sufficient for the household- er, ex et', and that it is now the household- er's plain duty to discontinue extra Many va.gant use of sugar, they "Candy manufacturers have had it is their allowance of sugar reduced to one half of the amount used by them last year. Cake and biscuit makers have- been piaaed on a rigorous ra- tion basis and are now using syrups and other available substitutes to a large extent. - Jam manufacturers are even using raw sugar. Bakers are not permitted to use any but yel- low or brown sugar in making bread and only a very small amount even at that. Glucose is being used ex- .tensively as a sugar substitute. No manufacturer can obtain sugar to- day except on presentation of a sugar certifieate and under no circum- stances to a greater amount than the allotment made by the Food Board. "'But even these far-reaching re- gulations cannot save sufficient su- gar to provide for canning and pre- serving requirements unless the householder, too, will make some sacrifices. If all the people of Can- ada would use only one teitspoonful of sugar in their tea or coffee in- stead of two, the aggregate annual saving for preserving would be fifty thousand tons, or more than three tunes the amount of sugar now al- lowed to all the candy- and confec- tionery manufacturers in the Domin- ion for one year. "Public eating paces .have been put on a ration of two pounds of sugar for ninety meals for all purposes, and ,.Ili • it is the duty of householders to ob- serve a similar ration in their homes. There simply is not enough granulat- ed sugar available to meet usual domestic consumption demands and also to provide for ramming 'and pre- serving. Not only must household- 'ers reduce their use of all cane sugar but part of their honor ration should be brown sugar instead of gran.ul- tated." Among the ways in which the 1 public are asked to conserve sugar, in addition to observing the honor/ ration of not more than two pounds, per person, per month, are the follow- ing:— Use white corn syrup in part in f canning and preserving. fl Use no more than one level tea- spoonful•of sugar in sweetening any cup of tea, coffee or other bevera:'""g' Discontinue the making of rich pastries. Use no more sugar in canning and i preserving than is absolutely neces- sary. P g Y nec s sary. The making of heavy jams and pre- serves f5 not necessary and should be stopped. "The greatest waste of sugar does not occur itt the manufacture of candy, or in commercial uses, all of which are now under drastic regula- tions. Instead i is found in t c unneces- sary and excessive use of sugar in the homes," says the Food Board. "The time has come when the people of Canada must understand that sugar consumption must be reduced. With P reasonable -conservation there will be sufficient to take care of preserv- ing requirements, and to meet the necessary demands until the end of the year when the now crop will be available, but • this can only be as- sured by reduced domestic consump- tion. Ii; extravagance is continued in the homes, shortage is unavoidable and the blame will rest with the householder." tem the spirit o' cords of their farm work. mop's he made his perilous return farmers do not know whether trip. Only Providence can explain ere making or losing money till bow he or the wounded men escaped too late to avoid financial failure. death, When he had delivered the Remember al'Ivays the old saying that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. An. Outdoor Bed Built In. The delight of sleeping out of doors, and -of sniffling the fresh, clear air during the night, is deaiied many peo- ple because no sleeping porch is practicable in their home. To build such a porch is often both inconveni- ent and expensive. A way to 'combine an indoor and an outdoor bed has been devised by a large school for boys and is so simple and feasible that it might 'Tribunal .nudge ih•ges Farmers to well be adopter} in private homes, as ]peep Books. it is possible to build it into any Bookkeeping by farmers to show room. just what their farms are g The bunk is built into a corner of producing and if they are materially increasing the room, below a wide window. A their outputs, was advocated recently similar window separates the bed by bit, Justice Masten, in addressing from the room. Both windows may his exemption tribunal at Toronto. be raised or lowered by means of pul- lie pointed out that the keeping of ley ropes at the head of the bunk. such, would be of great value The youngster gets out of his day- to the farmers if, on the expiration of time clothes and into his snug sleep- their exemptions, they appeared -again ing suit in the warm room. When before a tribunal to seek further ex - he is ready to tarn in, he lifts the tensions of time. window between the room and his The Commission bed, slips into the bunk and lowers, the inner window again, He then 1 reaches up and pulls the rope which raises the outer window. He is out- doors, yet protected by the warm walls of the bunk. During the day an; attractive couch cover transforms the sleeping bunk into an inviting window seat. last of the live to the stretcher- bearers, to whom and to no one else did he intimate what be had done, he quietly turned his attention to helping in whatever way the could, consistent with' his calling, the troops in action along the main line of the attack. FARM BOOKKEEPING. Accuracy First.. of Conservation California irrigates 3i1,3fid fa covering 2,604,104 acres.- MiKEe'tREf a Ia 5 tiIiUTE5 Eliminates all gums r7ork. Makes light, tvl,ola9 a bread, rolls, etc without •trouble. Saves 00111 and helps conserve the Nation, food supply. Convenient, quick anti clean—d.h danoitouch dough. Delivered all charge' Paid to your home• o ah,nugh your dealer— four loal o ler-- fourloal sive 52,15. eight loan sire 53.25. E. T. W Rib/4T CO. HAMILTON CANAOA Accuracy is one of the first essen- - tials of successful canning. Do not look for short cuts for there are none. Always follows a reliable guide and rememlar t] in canning nnin b , there is that a onemethod, best which will ill ensure uniform success year afteryear. The thermometer and clock are in- dispensable to canning operations.' F fullinformationasthe time For to and temperature required in the pre- paration of fruit and vegetables write to the Canada Food Board or any of i isP rowincial committees for booklet, entitled "The canning, drying and storing of Fruit and Vegetables." En- close five cents for same. the clubhouse? Have you. seen the men in there? Every one of them panting to get over to France and into the fight. Why aren't you do- ing- something even if you weren't eligible for the draft? That's no reason for slacking. "Plenty to go without me," said he. "Besides, I've got Joan to look after. A sister's an obligation. Then there's my brother Arthur's wife. She's giving Arthur no end of trouble. I don't feel like cutting and running and leaving Art to ,go through anything like that alone." IIe found a tree near her and lean- ed up against it. A horrible feeling of spiritual helplessness fell upon the girl "They are good excuses," she said, "but that's all they are. Cleve—" she moved close to him and put her hand upon his arm, "Cleve, I can't bear to think that you don't care en- ough about yourself to strike out for the stags all along the line," (To be continued.) Little Things. It was only a little camp fire, but it blackened that beautiful spot; It tens but a little match that burned the farmer's lot; 1t was only a cigarette, so the tour- ists say; It was only a little spark, but you and I had to pay. PUT IT OUT—PUT IT OUT. Crowded strawberry plants mean n poor ,crop next June, Thin 'em out' "Where was the Magna Charta signed?" asked a school inspector who was conducting an examination in his- tory. ".At the bottom, sir!" answer- ed one of the boys., WHAT "DOUGHBOY" MEANS. Old Term Dating Back to the Mexican War. The tern "doughboy" as a nick- name for the American infantryman is a very old one, dating back to the Mexican War of 1846. In that year the United States regular soldiers first made acquaint- ance with the houses of mud -colored, sun-dried bricks that are seen every- where, even to -day, in New Mexico, Arizona and the southern part of California. These bricks are called by the Mexican adobes (pronounced "do- bies") a term also applied to the small, squat, flatroofed housees built with them. When the American invadersen- tered what was then Mexican terri- tory, the infantrymen found these dwellings—mostly deserted by their panic-stricken inhabitants—handy as billets, and promptly occupied them as such. But the cavalrymen who had to be near their picketed horses Out on the open prairie, were unable to avail themselves of similar ac- commodation. Partly in envy, and partly in good- natured chaff, these christened their more fortunate eonrades "dobie- codgers," aftet'ivards shortened to "dobies," a good, round -sounding nickname that was bound to stick, and which in course of time became corrupted into "doughboys." Scotland hat a mill making 200 tons of paper weekly from sawdust. ��. M. Connolly & Co. (Members Montreal Stock Exchange) 105 Transportation Building, Montreal Mi:in 1345 Buy your STOCKS and BONDS NOW. Prices are low and returns high. With Victory in sight in France the prices are sure to work higher. Why delay? Avail yourself of our Part! el Payment Ial for investing even $5.00 a month in any gilt edged security. Write for explanatory Booklet. NECIIMESCSIFIMM A Picture with Each Purchase Each time you buy a package of Ingram's Toilet aids or Per- fume your druggist will give you, without charge, a large portrait ofaworld-lamed motion picture actress. 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