HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1930-10-16, Page 7Afternoon Tea,Is'
Still Going Strong
Introduced to Europe in 1610
—and Made Fashionable ,
by Queen Victoria
Though tea was brought to. Europe
In 1610 it was far too expensive to be-
ense, "a universal drink for many.
Ware to come, .'and afteintoon tea "did
not become truly fashionable until
Queen Victoria's reign. Then it was
to become: as famous for its gossip as
for Anything else. In time scorn was
heaped upon it as an institution: Tea
and scandal were too closely 'bound.
together, The male eschewed it, Af-
ternoon tea fell into disrepute!
Still, like most fundamentally Mee
institutions, it }las crept back in
again. People, find themselves ap•-
preciating •It in spite of the gossip!
Even the scornful male:tinds himself
appreciating it sometimes,, empbati-
Gaily though he will insist. that he is
mot going to make a habit or it.
Perhaps it is that its gossip is not•
so pernicious after ali; or it has be
oom'e less so. At it worst one fiuds it
.4 mere prattling or chattering, with no.
more referenceto our neighbor's wife
or life than, there might bo at dinner.
'At its, best it proves a pretty rival to
dinner's brightest discourse, though it
will, to match its fare, be lighter in
'texture and treatment. No bad fault,
+that, for; the light touch is indispens-
able sometimes,
Again, for many of us entertaining;
nowadays presents so many 'diflicul-
ties, . financial and otheneise, that :af-
•ternoon tea was bound ;o gain in pies-
-It is, to start with, tht .one meal
yl;ople ale permitted to drop in to: it
foritis'the short respite that even. the
busiest people can afford to .snatch.
And lastly it happens that sometimes
it is all some of is can offer. For these
very reasons, -perhaps ,it has become
again . pleasant'interlride and often a
more elaborate and ceremonious af-
fair.' If it Is all we can offer, then it
shall be as nice as itpossibly can.
Most important .of all, since It is
tea-time,or tea shalt be of the most
'fragrant, blended and brewed properly
—with cream, milk, or lemon to dc -
compel'," it.
'Next, we must offer somt.tiring or•ig-
• foal in the way if fare. If it is winter
the way is easy for us. We may have
thin finger's of anchovy toast or brown
buttered toast spread with hot jam,
or we may have hot linnle-made
scones. If summer, let :t be a brown
lettuce sandwich or a Lawn date and
nut sandwit•h or the c :er welcome
fruit and crest:. Ile :d :i the original
touch always offer brown and white
bread and butter, and if possible a
sandwich or two. Bridge rolls are a
boon to the sandwich maker, and are
always delicious to• eat if only spread
with. a savoury .butter—salt butter
beaten up with cress or a soupcon of
anchovy.
As for calces, they need not be offer-
ed in prodigious quantities. Home-
made cakes are most appreciated,
whether fancy or plain, and two cake
dishes should be sufficient—one large
cake, perhaps, and a dish of small.
Chocolate biscuits are an excellent
standby, particularly as their future
freshness is always ensured if they are
kept in a tin. The hostess who makes
a habit ofaafternoon tea will never
be 'without a tin of chocolate biscuits.
And if you would cater for everyone,
Include a plate of plain biscuis,
As for the setting, the informal Is
beat. Let your guests scatter where
they will—round the lire in winter, in
the garden in summer,—they will be
happier if they are allowed to enjoy
themselves informally.
The afternoon tea hair Is an inti-
mate hours•. Let its etceteras be ele-
gant and intimate. Bring out your sil-
ver; if you have it, and your finely
worked afternoon -tea cloths, Let the
eye be delighted as well as the appe-
tite. And last, but not least, it should
not be difficult to remember, amongst
those you know well, ,at least, who
takes sugar•, who milk, and who lemon,
Remember your guests' likes and dis-
likes. Your thoughtfulness adds quite
the nicest finishing touch to an in
peccable tea-party,
--1s—_—
Slinu ring Made Simpler
The recent rather unexpected heat
wave has had at least ,one good•effect
Lit has enabled a number of people,
who were a bit anxious about their
waist -lines, to get clown to more mod-
erate proportions.
There is an advantage hi this—at
least, so far as girls are concerned--
even
oncerned—even in the economic sense. A busi-
ness woman, who specializes in train-
ing shop -assistants, put it in a nutshell
when she said: "The fact that a girl
follows the fashion is a point in her
favor.• -and it is fashionable to be
slim.
But the slump girl needn't despair.
As a rule, ahe is of a mor'e.'placid and
equable disposition than her slimmer
sister, and good temper is a business
asci, Certainly it is fnu; t.1 by to
l'recrueet' too drastically. f And there
.are signs, too, that "curves" may be
returning to favor.
THE BOR
iihe blackbird singe a lovely song,
And so do thrushes, too;
'put big brown owl the whole night
long
• Can only say "Too-whool"
—Jack and Jill Adair.
THE ANAEMIC GIRL
Who Has Lost Her Charm and
Beauty
• "She seems to be losing her looks."
This remark is; often heard about girls
who were once noted for their spark-
ling eyes, their rosy cheeks and.. their
vitality. The cause is not tar to seek
—they have become anaemic that ac-
counts for the pallor and the loss of
charm. The anaemic ,girl, if she neg-
lects her health,' may be a sufferer'. all
her life, _
„Take heed, ,youpale, succinic girls.
Plenty of fresh air, nourishing food
and rest willhelp you, but 'what you
need most Is good blood. Those
wretched headaches; that fickle appe-�
Me and those terrible heart palpita-
tions can only be banished if the
blood is rich, red and pure.
Good blood—the hind that brings
good health, is created by Dr. Wil-
liams' Fink Pills, The, whole mission
of these. Pills is to build rich, red,
health -giving 'blood. The Pills are
sola by all dealers in medicine or by
Mail at 50 cents a box from The fir.
Williams' Medicine` Co., Brockville,
•Ont.
Barter
"Count with me the thia,gs I sold
For r stranger's paltry .gold,
Pleasant things ;that made my
heaven—
To a stranger's keeping given!
"The foul' walls that shut -In loves
And the sturdy roof above;,
Homely things that were all mine,
Braided rugs 1n quaint design,
Friendly chairs, and firelight's glow,
Gleaming dishes in a row';
Swaying curtains shining floors;
"Windows, whose out -locking showed
Garden, field, and winding road;
Thriving plants upon the sill,
Money -musk, and daffodil;
:Scented herbs, and tower -beds,
Roses, nodding lovely heads
Over curving pathways, set
With marigold and mignonette;
Clover patch, and garden wall,
Song-hird'a morning madrigal;
Cricket's song, and bum of bees,
Hymn of the whin in bending trees—
All sweet things that made my
heaven,
To a stranger's keeping given!
"Now another hand than mine
Soon shall train the trellised vine,
Alien eyes shall watch unfold
Buds of crimson and of gold.
Oh, little home --how well I know
That no one else' can love you sol"
—Edith D. Osborne, in the Woman's
Magazine.
Early Attention of Doctor Cheats Owl Laffs
Dread Infantile Paralysis of Vfctirns
Parents Warned to Note Early Symptoms and to Call Doctor
immediately—Delay Is Fatal
'If there is one disease more than
any other whose very name strikes
dread into the hearts of parents," says
a Iia.mphiet. recently ,published by tho
I1.eeftis bepartineht of the Ontario GoV-
ernnient, "it is Infantile Paralysis". or
"Poliomelitis."
To -day I want to tell you about this
dreadful destroyer of young lives, but
I'do not want to alarm you unneces-
sarily. Portunetoly, it is possible for.
me to promise you a message of 'gen-
nine hope insofar as this disease is'
concerned, For medical science has
recently learned a great deal about
fighting it ,and so, while, warning you
against it, one 1s also able to tell you
how to protect your children from the
crippling and death that so often fol••
-
These Vmethods of protection differ
from those employed in safeguarding.
human rife and ;health from any other
disease. We know how -to . prevent
smallpox, and we know how to pre-
vent diphtheria, but our doctors have
not yet learned how to prevent the
erlppling that follows the disease.
That, of course, is most important.
For while the disease is a serious and
dangerous affliction under any circum-
stances, it is :robbed of much of its •
terrors when parents know that they
can :practically assure their children
ultimate and complete recovery from
it.
There are, however, some things
which' must be borne in mind if this
happy conclusion.' is to be reached on
behalf of the little sufferers, and it is
those .things which I would like toes-
pecially stress now.
Sn the first .place, speed is ,essential
In diagnosis and in giving treatment.
EVery moment of delay in calling the
family physician when suspicious
symptoms manliest themselves, is a
moment of added danger. If you would
save the life of a sufferer from infan-
tile paralysis, you must call to the doc-
tor early. Delay is fatal. In order
that you may understand why this is
the case, let me tell you something
about the disease. It is caused by an
'I am going to the ball game."
'What for?"
"Just to kill time."
"Why waste your ammunition when
the umpire is there?"
In a small village in Ireland the
mother of a soldier met the village
priest, who asked her if she had bad
news. "Sure, I have," she sold, "Pat'
has been killed." "Oh, I am very
sorry," sail the priest. "Did you re-
ceive word from the War Office?'
"No," she said, "I received word
from himself." The priest ' looked
perplexed and said, "But how is that?"
"Sure," she said, "here is the letter,
Road,it yourself." The letter said:
"Dear Mother, I am now in the Holy
Land."
inflammatory agent which attack's and
destroys the spinal nerve 'cells which
supply motive power to the muscles,
The early symptoms (it is most im-
portant that you note and remember
these symptoms, so I am going to say
them over very slowly). The early
symptoms are: . Fever, Vomiting,
Slight' Diarrhoea, Listlessness, Un-
usual 1 l etfulnes sand' Drowsiness.
Later; and more characteristic symp-
toms are: The Appearance of Weak-
ness in any extremity, Skin and Mus-
cular Sensitiveness, Spinal Pain, Ap-
parent or Real Rigidity of the Neck
Muscles.
•
Now, physicians have developed a
substance known as"Convalescent
Serum." This serum is actually taken
from the blood of individuals who have
recovered fiord the disease. As I indi-
cated ,it cannot prevent the disease,
but if given during the critical period
of forty-eight hours after the onset of
the disease, it does euablethe body of
the sufferer to flight off and prevent
the crippling.
Why does it do this? It has been
proven that veryvery rarely does this
disease recur in thesame individual..
That is because the blood of one who
successfully.recovers from it has de-
veloped an immunity to the disease. It
has beenfound that if a very small
quantity of the bloodofa recovered
patient is injected into the blood of
one who is just contracting the dis-
ease ,the new sufferer will quickly de-
velop the same iminunity that exists
in theblood of the recovered patient.
How you see why 1t is so important
for parent; to memorize carefully the
symptoms of this disease. And why
it is se necessary that the doctor be
summoned immediately, upon the first
suspicion of their presence.
It's all a question of speed—if the,
doctor' gets on the scent within forty-
eight hours after the first symptoms
begin to manifest themselves, he can
save the child from crippling or death.
Otherwise the serum is useless, for it
has been proven that once the crip-
pling begins to set in, it is too late for
the serum to work.
Doctors Don't Like Aircraft' �YY� Mies
the man in the street sees r
only cause for congratulation in the
way in which aircraft are now annihi- Are Sickly Rabies
lating distance, medical experts are J
becoming a little alarmed at it.
They are pointing out that transport
SO rapid as this is destroying one of
the safeguards against the spread of
disease.
For instance, two of the most dan-
gerous diseases of the East — plague
and cholera—are now held in check
by the efforts of health authorities at
the world's ports. If a man infected
by either of these diseases boards a
steamer, the trouble hds developed.
during thevoyage selliciontly to en-
able it to be recognised, and the port
authorities can take the necessary
steps. But aircratt are quicker—and
an infected man may land in a new
country before the disease has de-
veloped.
Another clanger is that mosquitoes,
bearing the germs of malaria or yel-
low fever, may "stow away" on an
aeroplane and be carried from one
part of the world to another by air.
Clergyman (to Mrs. Jones, whose
little son has just been christened):
"Oh, Mrs. Jones, I have never seen a
child that has behaved so well at a
christening." Mrs. Jones: "Well, you
see it's because my husband and I
have been practising on him with a
watering eau for a whole week!'
Larkins: "You see things in a differ-
ent light since you married, do you
not?" Harkins: "I ought to. _Chore
were seven lamps among the wedding
presents."
Minard's Liniment -gives quick relief.
"A man who tau derive no enjoy
went out ' of doing something is old,
no natter what his ,years are.'—Wins-�
ton Churchill
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DIGESTION
WHAT most people call indiges-
tion is usually excess acid in the
stomach. Food hat soured. • The
instant remedy is an alkali which
neutralizes acids. But don't use
ads helm. Use what your doctor
would advise.
The best help is, Phillips' Milk
of Magnesia. For the 50 years
sinoo its invention, it has remained
standard with physicians, You will
find nothing else so quick in its
effect% so harmless, so efficient.
One tasteless ,spoonful in water
neutralizes many times its volume
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in acid. Tho
results are
immediate with no harmful after-
effects.
Once you learn this perfect way
you'll never deal in any other
manner with the headaches, gas,
bloating, nausea, dizziness, in-
digestion, biliousness, ell.,- due
to an over -acid stomach and bowels.
Be sure to get genuine Phillips'.
It is always a liquid; never made in
tablet form. Look forthe name
Phillips' on the bottle. All drug-
stores -50c.
The well child does not cry — it is
only the sickly baby who cries. The
well child is laughing and happy.
Baby's cry of distress is his way of
tolling the mother or nurse that he
is ill. Therefore, if your baby cries
do not delay in looking for the trou-
ble.
Baby's .Own Tablets are a safe and
efficient remedy for .hildhood ail
ments. They are a mild but thorough
laxative which through their action
on the stomach and bowels banish
constipation and indigestion; break
up' colds and simple fevers and pro-
mote healthful sleep. They will make
baby happy and keep liim.happY• They
are sold by medicine dealers or by
mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr,
Williams' Medicine Co,; Brockville,
Ontario.
Climbing the Hills
"Far over the steep hillside it wound
The path where his feet must go,
The road that summer knew blossom-
sweet
Now covered with ice and emu.
And he sighed, this lad, as he strove
to set
His feet on the Ice -bound track,,
'01, the hardest part of climbing a
hill
Is to keep from slipping back.'
"I thought, as I watched him trudge
along,
Of the hillswe all must climb,
Whether the pathway be blossom -
starred
Or white with the winter's rime,
And one and all we shall find this
true,
As we follow the upward trach,. •
That the hardest part of climbing a
hill
Is to keep from slipping back,"
-I'loredce Jones Hadley, in the New
Outlook.
The biggest screen triumph of the
Fall' will be taking them down without
tearing them to pieces.
Wedding Guest —. "This is your
fourth daughter to get married, len't
it?"
MacTight "Ay; and our confetti's
gettin' awful gritty"
The professor knows of an absent -
Minded flapper who powdered her
knees and pulled her skirt up over her
nose.
Nephew—"Uncle; when are you go-
ing,to play football again?"
Rich Uncle -"I don't play football.
What makes you ask me that ques-
tion?"
Nephew—"Well, father says when
you kick off we are going to get a
motor car and a house."
David said in his haste all then are
liars, but it would have been equally.
true if he haft taken his time in say-
ing it.
Mabel—"Could you suggest some-
thing suitable for a girl friend's birth-
day?"
Clerk - "How about these book
ends?"
Mabe!—Just the thing! She always
reads the ends before she does the be-
ginnings,
Did you hear about the Scotchman
who wrote to this newspaper that if
they didn't stop printing Scotch jokes
he waa going to read some other paper
the next time he went to the library.
The best school of experience is
co-ed, too.
It may be unpleasant to play poker
with a bad loser, but its' a lot better
than playing with any kind of a win-
ner.
She may be the whole show to her
mother, but she's only the intermis-
sion to me.
fie Wr•'e'you ever vaccinated?"
Her 'Why, yes,"
He—"I don't see the scar,"
Her—"You're not going to, either."
Why didn't you walk home from
that auto ride last night, daughter?"
Daughter—"We went too far, ma-
ma."
The bootlegger has many tempta-
tions but few, trials.
Teacher—"Who can tell me why we
should always be neat clean?"
Iiathleen — "In case of accident,
teacher."
A beautiful young lady and her bash-
ful suitor were alone in the parlor.
After several minutes of silence she
finally said:
She—"What are you thinking about,
John?"
He—"The s-s-ame thing as you are."
She—"Oh, you bad boy. I've a good
notion to slap you."
A man has to be very good to keep
out of jail—or very rich.
Mother—"After all, the boy is only
sowing his wild oats."
Father—"I wouldn't mind, if he did
not mix in so much rye."
A merchant's biggest boosts are the
knocks of a competitor.
Running from creditors is a very
unmanly way to take exercise.
Gent (as he paid a small newsboy
for his paper)—"I see that you are
putting up a Soca many new buildings
in your town."
Boy—"That is the only kind we put
up here, sir,"
---
Visitor:` "Where's the other wind -
Mill gone?" Native:` "We only had
wind enough for one, so we took the
other one down."—New Goblin.
The verger of a village church died,
and it was decided to appoint, as his
successor, a wise and worthy mem-
ber of the community. He was offer
ed the job at $250 a year; but then it.
turned out'that he.couldn either read
nor write, so it was giver to another:
However, as a consolation $100 was
presented to the other man. With
this he bought bananas anC a barrow
and soon was making pots of money.
This he deposited from time to time
in a bank. ' One day the bank man-
ager wrote suggesting that, as his
fortune was so large it might be ad-
vasahle to invest it. But Ise got no
reply.' Finally he. went to see the
Banana King, who explained that hot
could neither road nor write. "Good
heavens" exclaimed the bank manager,
"if you've made all that money as it
is, just think how snick You would i
have made if you had learnt to read
or writs." "I will tell you exactly',
how much," was thereply. "Two
Itemised jird fifty dollars a year!"
What is the oldest settler in the
west? The .Sun..
MVItrard's,Liniment has a hundred uses.
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His wife began to laugh at him.
"Yon silly," she said; "fancy being
superstitious after all these years!
Why, do yon remember the first time
we met? We walked under a ladder,
and you said you were sure some-
thing horriEe would happen to you."
"Well?" said he.
IN YOUR CELLARII
WANTED—Persons to grow
Mushrooms for 03 in cellars.
Barn upwards of 003 weekly-.
iliuetrated Inoklet free.
Canadian Mushroom Co., Toronto.
A Shaving Lotion
When mixed with sweet oil,
Minard's serves as an after
shaving lotion and antiseptic.
Soothes and freshens the skin.
WHY SUFFER
FROM YOUR
LIVER?
Why be handicapped with unsightly
blotches on the face, eyes with yellow
tinge and that tired and languid feel-
ing? This indicates a torpid liver
Headache, Dizziness and Biliousness
surely follow. You must stimulate
your lazy liver, start the bile flowing
with Carter's Little Liver Pills.
They also act as a mild laxative,
purely vegetable, free from calomel
and poisonous drugs, small, easy to
swallow, and not habit forming. They
are not a purgative that cramps or
pains, unpleasant after effect follow-
ing, on the contrary a good tonic.
All Druggists 25c and 75c red pkgs.
if baby s
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never harm. It is the sensible thing
when children are ailing. Whether it's
the stomach, or the little bowels;
colic or' constipation; or diarrhea.
When tiny tongues are coated, or the
breath is bad. Whenever there's need
of gentle, regulation. Children love
the taste of Castoria, and its mildness
makes it safe for frequent use.
And a more liberal dose of Castoria
is always better for growing children
than strong medicine meant only for.
adult use.
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Wonderful relief from pain
Backache is one of those wearying
complaints which bind all their victims
together with a common bond of
misery. And when any one sufferer
from backache finds a sure remedy,
fellowship prompts the quick report
of that discovery to others. Here's a
woman who has her friend to thank for.
knowledge of a remarkably successful
treatment. Now gratitude compete.
her, in turn, to pass along the good
news to you.
" I am writing to tellyou of the great
heneet I have received from Iiruscihen
Salts. ;11y friend, Mrs. H., had received
so much benefit that she begged me
to give Kruschen a trial, although at
first I was doubtful, because I had
tried so many things. At Last, however,
I tried some of her Iuuschen, and,
feeling hopeful, I purchased a bottle,
and 1 can honestly say that before I
had finished the bottle my backache
was gone. X have suffered for years
with kidney trouble and dreadful
headaches, and now to be free frons
the pain altogether is wonderful."--
('.-rs. C.)
-'My daughter Catherine is
fifteen years old. She was very
irregular, often sick at her
stomach and had to stay in
bed two of three days at a
time. One of your booklets was
sent to us by mail so I got her
a bottle of Vegetable Com-
pound. Catherine has been
taking it regularly and she is
gaining in weight and every
way. I told the neighbors and
four other girls ate taking it
with good results." -Mrs. Clar-
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Ice, Ontario.
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