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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1931-04-30, Page 6Housecleaning The annual or semiannual upheaval known as housecleaning is a very ancient practice, known . 'to many nations and so ingrained into the na- ture of the housewife that it is almost an instinct. Soft spring breezes, the bight light of the sun, the call of the robin, these stir lila age-old lure anti milady lies awake nights planning what she will tackle first on the next ' day. -,She loves it. . But her ardor Is not sufficient to prevent the backache; leg cramps and foot pains which: come from an, over- dose of it, seen as her enthusiasm which our grandmothers used to ad - and Um proverbial absence front home minister sulphur aud molasses. of ker mate are likely to induce, Here There is a tendency to overcook are some rules fol making the periodic vegetables. They are better if cooked debauch the easiest possible`. win the least possible water, a little nit, and rapid cooking, Rhubarb is a delightful spring food. Storing Galoshes , bags to match andmake the ensemble effect. Printed aud plaid silks are used much for suits combined with plain fabrics. Small fur neck pieces will be worn with the suits which are quite the rage this season. Spring Diet More fresh leaf lettuce, radishes, raw onions and carrots and plenty of tonic greens, with their vitamins and. mineral salts; and less of proteins and heavy' foods—these compose the ideal diet to avoid "that tired feeling" for Keep dirt out of the housa by clean- ing walks, screening windows, and insisting that muddy clothing be cleaned- or left outside. Lessen the number of dust collect Ing places, as grooved and carved woodwork, rough finished walls and superfluous draperies. Clca-t frequently and systematically and do not let the dirt accumulate, Take the dirt away, donot scatter it to settle again, Use oiled dustcloths instead of fea- ther dusters. Do heavy cleaning a little at a time. Have a good supply 'of cleaning tools. Use cleaning agents sparingly lest you spoil finishes, or weaken glue; or cement, Be on the lookout for pests and get rid of them if they appear. Make alt the family help by leaving things where they belong and in good condition. -- Moving Moving Day Probably you think there is no '+eeeler way" in moving,, but fore- thought and wise planning does help to reduce the effort and strain. To have the house into which one moves thoroughly cleaned, from attic to cel- lar, and including both, goes. far to a'tdnc•v tate agony. Then it is only unceesary to "neve the furniture in and put things in place and it saves the tearing up siege of housecleaning.. 1- •'a hope you leave the house you ntore from clean and a credit to you. As mach of the packing as possible should be done in advance, to prevent the hist minute rush, but be careful not to pack away such, articles as will be needed and will be sure to beto the bottom of the box. Music, books, ht•it••a-bra• , pictures, best dishes, guest bedding and "company" supplies gen- crrlly ,-an be earliest packed. In pack - In book'. use several small wooden itt'., rather than one large one. mercy on the movers. i': -e plenty of newspapers, crushed, b +ween delicate'thiugs, and cover all goo+i turuiture with •newspapers. Do n to had dresser or desk drawers ateay. r Put itt them soft cushions or cur- tains, ,tr such things as need room but are Iight itt weight. Put all bottles in a container which will be kept right side up, a tub or a wash boiler or wooden box,: Large p.iter cartons, such 0s -you can get from your grocer, will serve for every- day clothing and many articles which will not break, Tn make a ,list of the contents' of each box or barrel is a great con- venience" It should be put on top, 7.9 have an inventory of the boxes and pievee is wise, and to check up on these later may save you loss. A good hearty, hot meal in the 'fire - Iasi cooker or thermos basket saves strain and fatigue in the day, of mov- Choosing Weil -Paper Wnilc are the immense spaces in our reams aud upon their treatment de- pend the making or marring of room beauty. They may set off the furni- tnra t, good advantage or make It leek awltward aud uncomfortable. Plant walls are more restful and quiet in effect altd give a dignity and. beauty to a room, but papered 'walls look ce";y-and clean and many desire them for variety. Papers with large figures, distinct patterns, and strong colours seem to fill a room, leaving no space for the furniture nor the people. 'They make a room look noisy and . confusing, Patterns in wall -paper should be soft colored, cloudy and indistinct and • shall, Large figures make a room look entailer. Up-and-down stripes add to the seeming height of a room, Choose wall -paper in daylight and do not look Merely at one roll, but spread out several Trolls side_ by side. Do not in- spect the pattern when close to it, but stand-off and judge of the whole effect. If you plan to paint the walls, select neutral or grayed tone. Primary Solara are too strong. Fashions,. Fads, Folblea Necklines are doing new tricks, Ono these is to acme higher. about the ,goat, In a scarf -like style. Beach pajamas are of summer •flan • 61, really keeping out chill winds from the wet skin. Various shades of yellow and orange are favorites, with 'pink aud blues for the dainty blonde Colored enamel belt§ call for Mesh To put away your galoshes so that you will not be afraid to ran your hand into them next season, or will. n t find them dirty and moth -infested, first brush them thoroughly, both iu= side and out then put them in a large paper sack . and fold' the top down two or three times, and stick it with gummed paper. To make precaution doubly sure, put the two sacks, each containing, one galosh, into a large paper box and seal the box. A label o:- the outside will prevent some curi- ous member of the family from open- ing the box in mid -summer to find out what is in it Stuffed Eggs Cut six hard-boiled eggs lengthwiee, remove the yolks and mash with cue teaspoon vinegar, mustard, salt and pepper to taste, aud three teaspoons of cold minced ham, or shredded dried beef. Refill the whites with the yolks, place in baking pan, cover with white sant: and heat in the oven about ten minutes. Spring Young Spring stands on the hilltop Against the morning gold, And his song is hurled Across the world Till man no more is old, Young Spring stands on the hilltop While I—nty heart's .aflame! Young Spring waits on the hilltop, And calls—my name! —Edna Mead. • Business Man Leaves $1,333 333 To Nation Copenhagen—Tice sum of 5,000,000 crowns '($1,333,333) has been willed to Denmark by Lauritz Andersen, a business man, to be used for various educational and relief purposos. The King of Denmark has appro' ed of the following arrangements which will be carried out by the Board of Guardians. 1 To give aid to worthy cases in Denmark and to other Danes in for- eign countries, for tate purpose of relief. 2 To develop natural sources for business In Denmark, to give more employment. 3 For technical and scientific in- vestigations. 4 For inventions and developments of practical value. 5 The development for' a wider horizon for trade and industry, 0 luvestigations for the export of Danish goods. - 7 Help for the education of young engineers, mechanics and tradesmen, in training, traveling expenses and Practical work in other countries. The main object of Mr. Andersen's bequest is for the development of Denmark's trade, and for agriculture and fisheries.' The fund will be known as the Lauritz Andersen Fund tate administrative board will he free to aid suitable applicants. Boni Blind -Now Sees Light Twenty-two years spent in darkness and then light. Earl Mussel - man. (right), Philadelphia, now sees friends, whom be does not re- cognize. Musaelmau was born without pupils iu his eyes. Dr. G. H. Moore (left), specialist at University of Pennsylvania, in first opera- tion of Its kind, opened falso pupils in youth's eyes. • The Tree Bark of a Hundred Uses (By Burton Davis in the Scientific American) When the dry sot•occo sweeps ue off the Mediterranean and blows its hot breath on the Latin lands to the north, there is one tree that remains gaily green. That tree, the soak oak, is protected by nature with a thick layer of the finest natural insulation in the world. Through at least 2,300 years cork has been used by man, but now it has of keen industrial interest. Huge Plants are being .built for the quick freezing of meats and vegetables to be retailed in packaged form, hard frozen, and kept at zero temperatures in refrigerator cars, trucks and storage cases. All this will demand cork- board in huge quantities. Scientists are trying to develop a satisfactory substitute for cork, but at present the task seems hopeless. It has seven unique properties:. (1) The cork cell has a geometric form of 14 faces. Lord 'Kelvin discovered, years ago, that units of 14 faces solved the problem of dividing all space, without interstices. Obviously a sub- stance, the cells of whici1'fit so snug- ly, is nug-ly,is going to baffle the l assage fluids, and be moisture proof, (2) Bach cork -ell is more than half filled with air, making it one of the lightest of solid substances, (3) The cell walls are of tough, highly elastic material—much more so even than rubber—hence its resilience and compreasibllity. In a laboratory a one -inch cube ot natural cork was put under a pressure of 14,000 pounds. The sidewise spread under that load. was only a quarter of an inch, Released, the cork in a few hours regained between 90 and 05 per cent. of its original height. The secret appears to be that only the air in the cells is compressed, •hence the lack of side spread and unequalled re- gain. (4)- Since dead air, in finely divided spaces such as cork cells ie, next to a vacuum, the best insulator known, cork will keep heat in or "keep cold out" (5) For the satue reason, vibration, and is therefore widely used M absorb sound and act as a corrector Special Air System For Mersey Tunnel Liverpool.—Exhaustive testa into the problem of ventilating the new three-mile vehicular Mersey Tunnel, which will need upward of 400,000,000 cubic feet of fresh air every minute, were announced to the Liverpool Traf- fic Club in a, lecture by B. H, M. Hewett, engineer in charge of con- structional work.. It has been found, he explained, that the best method is to blow tite fresh air into the duct underneath the road- way and exhaust it through the space above the roadway. To let the air pass front the niah ventilating duct into: the main traffte space in the tan- ned, portsare provided at close -in- tervals leading to an expansion chain-: bar formed over the curb, so that the air would flow into the tunnel MI exactly equal volume for every foot of length. When the full 4000,000 cubic feet' per minute was being 'delivered the air would passthrough the main. duct at 40 or 60 miles per hour. Necklets :made of large fur beads were among the fashion novelties re- cently on show in London. of acoustics. It is used in radio and sound film studios, aud in faotories 1 h to insulate large machines against the transmission of vibration and noise. (6) The chemical inertueaas of the walls 'of the cork cell =plains cork's uncommon resistance to deterioration. (7) When cork bark is sliced cleanly, a surface is created exposing tens of thousands of hexagonal open cella to the square inch, each acting as a tiny vacuum cup. Tltis gives coric a gripping and polishing property now widely utilized. Plate glass mirrors and windows, fine glass and crystal, and optical lenses are polished on Bork wheels. Leather and rubber both wear slick iu short order. In a testing room, ono -inch squares of 'cork,' belting leather, and rubber, all designed for the same use, were equally weighted aud placed on au inclined plane. When the plane was inclined 18 degrees from the horizontal the leather slid down, At 28 degrees the rubber went coasting. Not until the plane was slanting 42 degrees did the cork creep down. Fascinating applications of cork that derive from these• seven tracts range from the tiny pieces in the pincers of pince•nez eyeglasses to the acres of corkboard, up to 12 inches in built-up thickness, in the walls of the quick-freezing meat packing plant; from the cork -lined cap of the tooth- paste tube to the newest and most uncommon use of cork in a plane- tarium. Portugal and Spain lead the world itt the,. production of cork. Algeria, France, Tunisia, Italy and Morocco conte next in order. When, part of a grove of cork trees. has attained an age of about 20 years the expert cutters start to work, mak- Ing careful cuts, with a tomahawk - shaped Hatchet, around the trunk lust above the exposed roots. These they connect with two vertical cuts, fol- lowing the biggest natural cracks. All. this is done with the finesse of a jsurgeon, for any injury, to bite inner j barer, or phellogeu, which builds up the cork, results in a scar area over which no new cork will ever grow. This first cutting will sell for a low price, to be used in the rough for florists' baskets, arbors, ternaries, and to be ground into low-grade granulated Bork. Many a real complexion travels un-, der false Colors; New Sport Dangling at end of a 200 -foot tow rope, Elmer Peek, aquaplane, artist and holder of world's endurance record of 24 hours, success- fully introduces thrilling new sport of "blimp -planing" at los Angeles, Calif., using. dirigible' Volunteer, which flew at 00 miles an hour.. Nine or tenyeas later, the; cutter's Irish "Lassie" Returns wilt ,be back in that lathe grove, re- moving .the' ne* growth, of cork, of finer grain and la every way ; more valuable. Each crop atter the first is progressively better until tits tree Is. about 40 years old. Thereafter: it may be expected to produce fine cork until it dies,at from 100 to 150 years. The cork buyer is an important personage, for on his judgment profits are made or lost. Arrived at a'' certain stand of cork; in. advance of the cut- ting season, • the buyer . sends ` his sampler through tho grove on a bee- line, With a' cylindrical punch, the sampler outs outia disk of cork front every 6th, 10th or" -20th tree and jumbles these in"the huge'•saok on his bank On their averagethe buyer will' base his bidding for perhaps the stripping -of a whole mountainside' of cork oaks. The stripped cork bark is piled np in the grove and left a Pew days to dry. Boiling the curved slabs in large vats fired with dead corkwood softens the bark so that the rough, creviced, outer layer: can be scraped oRby hand with a flat tool. This process removes about 15 per cent. of the weight and also makes it possible to dry the slab flat. After•being roughly sorted for quality and thickness, the dried bark is loaded on sturdy burros, which pick their way carefully down the mountain trails to the railway station. Arrived at the warehouse and manu- facturing centre the crude bundles are opened and the rough edges trimmed off the slabs. Another grading for quality takes place, dividing the cork into about 26' classes. The bark for export is baled and loaded into the hold Or on the aleck of a steamer. ' Once arrived, the best 01 the baric Is punched into bottle stoppers. The Punched-out strips are ground into flour for linoleum or granulated for making cork composition. The coarser cork is ground Into larger granules to be pressed, at high temperature, into cork -board slabs, Natural cork is used for pistons for plunger fountain pens and for wind musical instruments, bulletin boards, cork composition, may be used in as many as_ 50 places, most of them un- suspected nsuspected by the owner. Despite -modern industrial advances, cork holds its own as one of the most uspful of natural substances, still one of the most mysterious after 2,300 years of use.—The Reader's Digest. What New . York Is Wearing BY ANNABELLI'WORTHINGTON Illustrated Dressmaking Lesson• Fur- nished te-ttis)ted l'Pith Devil, Pattern'' A rnurn.ng dress you'll love because of its ;youthfulness and simplicity, And isn't it smart?' And it's the Most comfortable dress imaginable, It's c'esigned to give the figure slinnress, partieulariy through the hips. The partial belt breaks the breadth through the ;waist, It ties youthfully at the back. The panel front that extends into the skirt gives height to the figure. And it's so easily made, and takes only 2$i yards of 39 -inch material with 7$%% yards of binding. It's most effective as sketched in white novelty corded cotton fabric printed in French and navy blue, with navy bindings. Pique prints, pastel lustrous :finish cotton broadcloth, men's striped shirt' ing and cotton shantungs make up lovely in this model. Style No. 3024 may be had in sizes 36, 38, 40, 42, 44 and 46 Maws bust, HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plain- ly, giving number and size of such patterns 89 you want, Eitclese 20e in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap itcarefully) for each number, and address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto - Miss Maureen O'Sullivan, film star, `featured with John McCor- mack in "Song 0' My Heart," re- cent Broadway hit; returns to America abroad liner Olympic. Miss O'Sullivan is Hollywood- bound, where site will make an- other picture, Canada Conquers Vast Distance C No Other Nation Faced Willi' Such Obstacles Speaker Declares . Toronto.—In discussing' "Canada '' East and West" in a recent addresa here Prof. Chester Martin, head of the history department of the Unlver-, sity of Toronto, stressed the vast area and distances agaiust which Confeder•' ation had been struggling for 00 years,: Such a Contest' "No modern nation has had suds: a -contest -t0 wage against the barriers of physical geography," he, said. "Not only, the political' federation but the Physical association' 'of, the Canadian provinces have been in. defiance of nature.` In 1867 the prairies were tom- pletely cut off from the other British communities on the continent and lay directly' in the pathway of United States expansion westward. British Columbia 'could be 'reached, at that time, only by half circumnavigating the world. There are still five Politi- cal climates across Canada, with no national press and no massed public opinion to compare with that of Great Britain. We have been building giants' causeways across the coati- nent and the task of building a sen- tient nation has just begun." Teach Use of Leisure "The school should teach people how to spend their leisure time in three ways—self<infprovement, service and recreation," said II. G. Lockett, of the Hamilton Normal school, addrese, ing the supervising and training de- partment of the O.D.A. school associ- ation traiuiug ground 11fe Under recreation irefor listed ." rarteadingna of worth -while books, music, - tura study, gardening, debating, games aud handiness around the house. He declared that rho school must en- deavor to awaken interest along these lines by various studies and activi- ties. "Games are splendid character - builders," said Mr. Loikett. "There la a danger of laying too much stress on athletics, particularly in secondary schools and of the individual pupil campiug too much, but this is good . training, too.' business man should be able to carry a hobby as well as his work.n The speaker thought elementary schools, particularly moral ones, do not devote enough time to games. Officers were elected: President, Dr. J. M. Field, Goodrich; vice-presi- dent; Dr, F. A. Jones, Ottawa; secre- tary,' Inspector Wilkiusou, Toronto; treasurer, H. G. Lockett, Hamilton Normal school, Independnce of Nations Loudon Financial' Times (Ind.): Disastrous as have been the effects of the present trade slump, some good may yet come of it if it enforce a clearerrealization of the interdepend- ence of the nations. The lesson needs t t be learnt not by one but by all—not a'ways for the same reason. Trade, for instance, is in essence an excha.,go of goods, but if one producer, while making every endeavor to expand his own sales, is equally assiduous in ilia efforts to cut down the extent of pay- ment In kind, he will be helping to throw the commercial machine out of gear. In order to find the money to pay him, his customers trust find other outlets for their' own wares, and thus competition among them, will be inteu- sifled. Ultimately it will react upon the obstinate selleras well as upon hie unfortunate customers, and when the position is considered as between na- tions, many of them pursuing the sante self-centred Policy, the confusion be- comes worse confounded. Sir Campbell Lured By ` Buried, Treasure London—After setting a new world land speed record Sir Malcolm Camp Pell plans to ,dig for treasure, The Cocos ]:,laud, off the western Akron Will Be World's coast of South America, almost due Most Formidable Air Machinewest of the Panama Canal, is to be tete scene of this anomer', soarclr, Washington.' Lieut. Commander Sir Malcolm 'returning to carry on a Charles D. Rosenthal was recently work hestarted a year or so ago. appointed commander of the new navy According- to Sir Malcohn's notion, .dirigible Akron, which will soon be there is upward of 300,000,000 to completed. He will assume his duties 3190,000,000 worth of treasure buried in July and make test flights, on Cocos iu three separate ,places, The craft 18 expected to be the most he believes, by looters from <Peru, formidable fighting machine in the who despoiled the Incas and later world. She will carry numerous ma- their Spanish conquerors. chiue guns and storage place for live Sir Malcolm ,claims to have a le- aeroplanes which can be used for g'eudary report, purporting to conte attack or defence: Every safety de- down. from one of the associates of vice known to alr•seience has been the cutthroat wito buried the trees - built into the nuichine, urs. The booty is supposed to con silt of gold and silver in jewelry and statuettes. Various other expeditions have searched Cocos in vain, and a German - named Geissler lived there for some time, digging untiringly but to 110 avail: . How Did , She Know? She was telling her husband the troubles 'of the clay, "You 'know, serf," she said,, "Mrs. tl'est has a very nasty habit" "What's that, dear?" lie asked par tiently. She turns round and looks back every limo we pass her in the street," leis wife replied, "Reallyl " Aud how do ,. you know, dear?" he responded softly., Use of Aeroplane In Northern Canada Ie the past, travel and transport in Northern -Canada,has .been, .at least, a slow aud laborious business. Access to the coastal areas has been easy by sea and during the open season of navigation the river and lake steamers ply on. the larger lakes and the Mackenzie River and Yukon River systems. - Beyond this, however, the sole method of travel till 1920 was tile' dog -team in winter and the -canoe or. pack -train in sum- mer. The advent • of the aeroplane wrought a remarkable change, and to- day no district in continental Can- ada is more than one, or at the most two days' flight from the end ot eteol. Travel and transport by air through- out the North are now organized so that access to its remotest corners is safe, comfortable, and epeedY. Mtniug activity has made this 'pos- sible. The converse is equally true, for aviation has trade possible the extension of prospecting, geological surveys and . preliminary develop - meat work into areas hitherto al- most inaccessible. Canadian aviation has always been closely associated with the develop- ment and conservation of our natur- al resohrces. When aricraft for'civtl uses became available after the Armistice, the forester, crying out for bettermeans of transport and ob- servation over the northern forest belt, eagerly adopted the seaplane as a means of increasing his efficiency,. and the surveyor early realized the possibilities of the aerial camera as au aid to rapid mapping. The geo- logist .and prospector followed their example and adopted air transport immediately aircraft suitable for their purposes were produced. Pon - est protection and aerial' surveys have been developed very largely as Governmeut services Air trans- portation, on tine other hand, has been almost wholly a commercial venturer and Canadian transport services are unique itt that they are .self-support- ing and depend on no GoGverniueut subsidy. This is almost altogether due to tate demand for flying from mining and prospecting companies He—' have rt you jus one 11 t1e ' kiss to spare me?" She—"Well T meet admit ' I'm rather short of theist this week. I ve given a whole lotaway already" Knowledge of divine things for the 'most part, as Heraclittis says, is cost to us by' incredulity.—Plutarch.