The Seaforth News, 1919-04-03, Page 2itt an!iit1Oolt is worth every cent at its cost, the
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flavor is1Iel,icicalls andth'� strength Abud is .
A Drink of Water.
`'lissom horning," said the old-fash-
iened ntether, pushing open the door
B541 of the young neighbor's irotrse. "Why,
Beyond what's the matter?" she gasped. "Is
'rhe Most Economical Ciao baby side?"
"Sial..,?" echoed the young mother.
Question— . Tea Obtainable Adtywhereo "No, indeed. , Doesn't he look well?"
," "Yes," answered the. elderly neigh-
- - - bor, "but what aro you giving hien
medicine for''"
"'Medicine? Oh, this is not medi-
cine," the young • mother laughed.
"I'm just giving him a drink of
water."
"Of water? Well, I never'. Who
ever heard of giving a :little baby
bike that water? Doesn't he get water
Jost your magaaine to -day, Miss( none, got her. courage up •sufficiently enough in his milkee
Cornelia." to write the woman in Halifax, tell- "Of course, he gets a great deal of
"Not a single letter, Mr. Damp-, dile" her briefly
that she was not a water that way. But there are times
star?" mother but that she wanted to be one when he is thirsty and nothing but
to some orphaned sailor boy, water will satisfy that thirst. You
A delicate blush rose in the thin face) Both women dreaded and yet long -
as the postmaster shook his head. ed for the reply,
der Drca
PART I,
Canic Truc
By MARGARET BROWN.
1t teas ,ttvo days before Mies Car -
Then the little figure in the gray{ "!It would be something to think
know how it is, I'm sure. Does milk
or any other drink relieve your thirst
like a glass of pure, sparkling
gown resolutely sot its bonnet i about," said Mary, wistfully.
straight and with a determinedly{ "And yet," said Miss Cornelia,, water?"
cheery 'G'ood afternoon, Mr. Demp-1 thrusting
array liar embroidery "No,I can't saythat it does. But
steal' sallied forth into the open sun-' frame. do you know, Mary, some- a baby is differenI never gave my
shine times I ani afraid, just plain afraid'. babies water except when they had
The postneeter looked thought -.lit seems almost like tempting fate.
fupy after her and addressed '.him-; The sea took the best of any life
self to the empty general delivery; away.'
boxes. i Mary nodded understandingly.
"That niece of her ought to writes "But it isn't that way, honey.
oftener. She doesn't know what her What comes from the sen this time
letters mean to the little old lady."' will be making it up to you,"
New Miss Cornelia was not exact- Miss Cornelia looked et her doubt-
ly old. This harvest marked her fully but said no more.
fifty-first autumn and she was still At last the expected letter arrived
sa young that her epirits were not and Miss Cornelia carried it home
long damped by the lack of the look- w;th •t wildly beating heart. She
ed -for letter. She ensiled as a blown laid it before Mary, her throat too
squilr•el thicked into view, laden full for words.
with a sample at his whiter stare. Mary drew her silver rimmed spec-
, She stepped carefully to avoid the tacles down to her nose and squinted
springing eriekets that dotted the at the address. The romance touch,
walk. And when a,1e entered her own ed her too.
garden, she stooped to gather a few • "Mrs. Cornelia Baker. I 'sponse she
bright -faced pansies. thinks you're a widdy"
She put t1 a flowers into n crystal Miss Cornelia flushed a little. "And
bowl in her sitting room and seated ani 7 not, Maly?"
herself to enjoy her niagaeine, but "'Deed, yes, honey, you are. Let's
her thought: wandered. ' open it and find out."
Her gave traveled over the trineThere spilled out upon the table
garden into the watery sunlight of Pram the en,iiosed letter a slip of Pa-
the empty street. Then she looked per. Thy both looked down at it
around the I-aeurious little room and and then at each other. It bore the
sighed involuntarily, She stepped to mule b"'f a man and the name of a
the" drone; marl door and called: ehip. Mary put her arms around
'Mime? Mary, bring your note Maas Cornelia and a few tears of joy
tee' :n here to peel." t : were shed on the ample shoulder.
Mary came obediently, with two )`recently they read the kindly ]et -
pans and a paring knife. She etas' ter together, and Miss Cornelia went
used to these requests. She seated) away to write a reply of gratitude
herself by file open sire. ; that. a little astonished the earnest -
woman who helped motherless
lttt'e then her gaze traveled to the boys and be,eless mothers to fid one
empty street again. i another.
Old Mary'e keen Dash eyes did not{ The first letter from the good ship
miss the movement and her voice Britannia was a never -to -be -forgot -
Was deep wale tellerl.e.e wheu ;the {ten event in the life of the little
spoke, !white house set in the gay little gar -
"Whore in your heart honey ?" I Lien- Mass Cornelia read and reread
Miss Cornelia started g m iti)y, but it, and then read it aloud to Mary
answered frankly: whose eyes glowed as she listened.
"I think I ant lonely. Marr, I know , '18
it is weak, but, oh, Mart, if I hadj Dear Monther;
only had a little of life. If only a, When 1 got•your letter, I wondered
and had been left to mel Little. if here at last was someone who
feet to patter along the floors—mud- really belonged to me. Do you want
dy iittie feat, and burned little ting-, us to rattily and truly belong? It
era to tie up e-ith vaseline, amid torn' isn't just make believe, is it? I don't
little clothes to mend --oh, Mary, think from your letter that it is.
1eIary! I I will tell you about myself as you
Her eaape"1 lands tiaiiCcred in her i asked me to do. There isn't really
lap . After a little She went on quiet-. Hutch to tell,
ly. My parents both died in a fire in
'But I ani ;ao .mid foo all of ihat' Halifax eighteen years ago when I
What 1 want net ie a arr•ong young' was only a few months old. I was
Sent to lean opo t. And who knows found and put into an orphan asylum
Marv?" ]ler f ice tit wi.h a wildly I where I grew up. From the time I
happy thouplrt, "1\fayhe aye n right was a little fellow. I have always had
to -da}, we might tee making wedding
clothee!"
Mary laughed tenderly and Miss
Camelia raced on with imaginaryde-
HU from the dressing of the bride's
a hankering for the sea. There was
a teacher in the orphans' home that
was good to me and helped me out,
and after a good many ups and
downs, I got into the navy. It isn't
colic. Then I gave them hot pepper-
mint tea."
"Yes, I know. Sonny has had one
or two spalls of colic, and I have
given him a hot drink; I added a few
drops of anise to the water. But
usually he takes his water cool—
boiled and cooled."
"Boiled? What nett;.fangled idea is
that?" The visitor was always get-
ting surprises at her young neigh-
bor's house.
"Nothing new-fangled," the moth-
er answered, giving the baby his last
spoonful from the cup. "One can't be
too careful with a tiny baby, and
water may contain germs very dan-
gerous to an infant. Boiling kills
them all, and makes the water safe.
I also sterilize bis cup and Spoon.
"How much does he take a day?"
"The quantity varies, but I see
that he takes several ounces. I had
to increase the amount I was giviug
him, for I found that his diapers
turned red after exposure to the air,
and that is a sure indication that his
system is not getting enough water."
"Is that a fact? I never knew
what caused the change in color. It
often worried me when my babies
were small."
"Yes," putting the baby in the
basket. "Sonny's never change color
now. I always give him a few tea-
spoonfuls the first thing in the morn-
ing, too. Taken before his first feed-
ing, the water helps to flush him out
and stimulates his bowels. He's feel-
ing refreshed and happy now. I'll
have time to finish this dress of his
before another feeding time."
"He's certainly a healthy, happy
boy," said the neighbor. "But he
ought to be with all the care you take
of him, Boiled water, sterilized cup
and spoons Regular feedings'. Yet I
guess it's about as my husband says,
'These modern mothers spend a heap
of time sterilizing and systematizing
their babies, but they don't spend half
the time you mothers used to, walk-
ing the floor night and day, rocking
by the hour and constantly dosing
sick babies.'
"Yes, you , happy little fellow,"
putting two fingers out for the baby.
to grasp, "you're worth every bit of
trouble, and stronger ler it, too."
heir to the calor of flowers an thejust what you would call an easy Desserts From Home -Canned Fruits
breakfast table.life but it is an interesting one. We
She tame back to 01`1111 as lightly learn a lot and we see a lot but it When the family begins to tire of
tie a straw -Flake. laughing at her awn gets swfuIly lonesome sometimes. canned fruit, or when a company des-
extravagances. There's a pretty good share of us seri is desired, try combining with.
It is all very foolish but it did haven't ally hone at ail.• A fellow other materials some of the fruit
me good," and she settled to her let me read a letter frenl his mother you put up last year. A simple and
magazine with renewed zest, while once and I cried like a baby over it.
inexpensive substitute for whipped
old %Talc's eyes brooded upon the lit- I'm five feet, ten and a half, mo- P pp
tie gray figure and 'looked beyond it, ther. How tall are you? I've just cream to serve with desserts may be
to a brighter figure, ieshfng out of the kind of got an idea that you're little made by whipping the white of an
long ago. Miss Cornelia interrupted and sort M dainty and move quick, egg until stiff, adding one table -
china closet anew and made spring
meal times glad meeting times.
Spring came to ouxt:bedroom: we
renewed bedding and covers; added
dainty totiebesa of''''gaiety and color
to diessei and weshstana, for we
Mean to' awaken blithely' to the -call
of the new days.' '
Spring came to our living room:
we put away the heavy rugs; used a
lot of paint, oil' and varnish; gave
fruit. Alternate until the dish lo
full, using plenty of berries; as 121e
cake will absorb a quantity of the
juice. Cover with a plate, and place
a weight upon it. Let it stand sev-
eral hours. When cold, turn it out
of the mold, and slice every. Serve
with cream,
Steamed Cherry Pudding—To one
pint of sifted flour add two heapingteaspoons baking powder, half a tea-
spoon salt, and one heaping table-
spoon sugar; rub in one heaping
tablespoon fat, and add enough milk
to make a stiff batter. Grease cups
Ind into each oneput a layer of
batter, then one of - canned cherries
drained of their juice, and so on until
the cups are three-fourths full.
Steam for thirty minutes. Serve
with a cherry sauce 'made with one
cup cherry juice, one-fourth cup
sugar, one-half cup water, and one
heaping teaspoon cornstarch. R
Raspberry. Foam—Cook two heap-
ing teaspoons prepared tapioca in
one pint raspberry juice until tapi-
oca is clear; add a pinch of salt,' and
sugar if needed; remove from fire,
and while hot fold in the stiffly
beaten white of an egg. Serve cold
with cream.
Pineapple Whip—Mix together one
cup canned pineapple cut into small
pieces, one cup cold boiled rice, and
one-half cup sugar. Whip one cup
cream, and fold fn lightly. Serve in
sherbet glasses, and garnish with a
preserved cherry. a ea
dusty hooks and magazines b t-
ing; hardened our hearts to cast out
winter's useless accumulations; re-
potted our plants,
Spring danced all around outside
the house; we put up new trellises
for old vines and set out new vines
for old trellises. The dingy walls
laughed in new tints and the buzzing.
flies bumped in vain against newly
repaired and painted screens.
Spring danced on the lawn: we
seeded bare spots, raked untidy spots,
repaired the fences, rehung the gates.
Spring hid in the flower garden:
we uncovered the perennials and set
out the annuals and kissed the baby
buds on the "laylock" bush.
Spring beckoned to us from the
The Coming of Spring.
Spring came to us; we put away
winter wear and dressed ourselves
for new work aid a new gladness.
Spring came to our kitchen: we
forestalled the first fly and greeted
the warm sunshine with screens and
paint and fresh shelf -paper.
Spring came to our dining room:
we moved the table nearer the win-
dows and set our table with the light-
er, crisper food for which spring ap-
petites clamor. We dressed our
her thoughts.
and your laugh -I can almost hear spoonful of powdered sugar, and
man t whosfinds mothers for mt other- your
...0 u end you h. my funny,
as sot? folding in the mashed pulp of a ban -
less $Alice bora She gives a boy and as I can find one, and will you send ana.. Do not prepare this until just
a mother each other's address and before serving, as it turns dark if
nee yours? I want to know just how
the
they
to
2leovimsits his adop-i'O° look and not do too much guess- allowed to stand too long.
ing. And I'd like to know just a Peaches and Cream—Place upon.
little hit about your life. I have kind each serving plate a round piece of
of an idea that you are a widow. sponge cake or any plain cake. Lay
You will write again soon, won't on each slice half a canned peach,
you?? hole side up. Whip a cup of cream,
Your loving son, flavor with vanilla, and sweeten.
Ray Durkan. Cover each peach with the cream,
This letter also was addressed to and garnish with a bit of currant
Mrs. Cornelia Baker
to old Mary, elm sat looking thought- Blackberry Loaf—Bring a quart of
ted mother."
Mary's face lit suddenly. hut she
saw that the thought had not entered
Miss Corrientes bead. She hesitated
a few minutes before she suggested:
"There's a chance for you. honey
—I think you could be malting some
sailor boy happier."
"But, Mary, I and not a mother."
"011, aren't you, though? An' who
is it the kiddies are tagging along fully at the envelope. canned blackberries to. lite lrozhng
file street, and tiro big boys tipping I must tell him the truth, Mary. point. Place squares of fresh cake
their hats to so gentlemanly, and the; in a square granite pan. Cover with
big girls hurryin to eateh up with? There must be no deceit between me
You've no born children, honey, •but and—my 50111"She dwelt lovingly on generous spoonfuls of the hot black -
you're all mother." the word, with a dreamy smile in her berries and juice; add another layer
Miss Cornelia's face lighted but she eves then she tucked the letter into
o cake packing Senting it in well, then more
Cite bosom of her dress and went out
When she had finished reading it jelly,
,
said dubiously. "I am afraid--
th great bowls of cosmos and
"Try it an' see," encouraged ehrlsanthemum to set about the
Maly. house.
11P›
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-"wa THE SMALLEST POILU9,
French War Doge Were Often Mets•
tioned In Despatches,
In the French military, kennels you.
will find dogs from "every walk in.
Lite," of every size and of all colors.
and all breeds,' They are nice little,
fellows, these canine pollus, says a•
writer, as peace loving and as caro•'
fracas their Mester•bomrades'in"tlill8,
The terrifying fees they make when.
you approach their kennel is notliiliq
more than an Invitation t6 pet them.
That diad to be explained to me the,
•first time I vleited a cantonnente:1011
US I swab led to where sones tdf'ty •w`ere
chained time racket with which they,
greeted 1ne made me doubt ali'eir-in-
tentions. ' Now I understand) their
Pamela better.
• During the tr�j lch warlare, when
the amen were 11. lig in dirt and frit
much of the tinge; rats not oply nee,
dangered their health but also des.
troyed their stems. Nearly evert-
company had its rat catcher—a dog
that was an expert in dispatching'i;9g
troublesome' rodents : and' then, 'ct,e
course, there were the Red Cross 'doge
that could And wounded men, trail
back with some article' of clothing, an,
guide help to the disables soldier.
Sentinel and liaison (logs were of
the greatest village. Tho former went.
hlto'advance posts with his master,
and was trained to give the alarm by
a low growl when anyone approached.
IHis:ability to hear an advancing pian.
at tour hundred metres was of great
value at night, The liaison dog car-
ried messages from one of his twee
masters to the other. It took about
three months to train dogs to travel
as far as throe kilometers in this.
work. Many dogs could be relied up-
on to cater messages in both direc-
tions.
irecttions. A, Baleen team consisted of
two doge and two trainers who always•
worked together.
Beal poilus 'they were, too; no eml-
busques among them! They shared
all the hardships and the dangers of
the front line. and they shared, too,
the military honors. When their re-
giment got the Croix de guerre, so diel
they; and often they were mentioned
in despatcllee.
One day I visited a small, fuzzy -
haired, dirty-yellow'ancl-black, tailless
dog called Bouee. Three tines he sed
been cited for his services. The last
citation was received in a clay of
heavy action, when all telephone wires
had been destroyed and Flonee was the
only means of rt nmmrii.ta lo;a between
a anion idant and his force. It react:.
"13oue" No. Mls, 1375A.
Metafson dog of the Drat order; ful-
filling his duties in a perfect manner.
During a very violent bombardment,
at each shell the animal crouched to
the ground and immediately after-
wards continued his way to his desti-
nation. Remarkable for his regularity
and his quickness; nor does he allow
anything to distract hunt when he is
given his duly." '
But with all his military honors
Bouee wj3e modesty itself. As 1
sketched his portrait he seemed
aetually bored.
vegetable garden: we sowed, and set
and raked and made rows, casting up
accounts meanwhile, for Spring, the
maiden, soon is Autumn, the matron,
and there'll be cans to fill and 'cash
to count, if we make our garden etc -
cording to Maiden Spring's best
orders.
Spring came with a rush to barn
and stable, coop, corral .and pen: we;
welcomed and housed and cherished•
every new young life and—
Before we fully knew Spring's
glad face, tan-cheeked Stemmer was
upon us.
__----+v---•—
A field 'm'arshal of the Britiah
army never retires, 'hut remains on
the active list and draws full pay
until the day of his death.
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Splendid Recor ti• Achieved
during 1918
THE year 1918.was for the lousiness of life 7.cssurance a year of supreme achievement.
Owing to the combined effect of the war and the influenza epidemic death claims
were unusually high. The payment of these claims enabled the Companies to
render an unprecedented measure of public service, and to fulfill to a more noteworthy
degree than ever previously the beneficent purpose for which they were founded.
The record achieved during 1918 by the Sun Life of Canada was one of particularly striking success.
For the first time in the Compeny'e,history new assurances paid for exceeded Fifty Million Dollars. The
growth in size, strength and prosperity accentuates the Company's position as not merely the leader among
Canadian Life offices, but one of the great insurance corporations of the world.
The Company's financial .power is emphasized by its large Assets, Income and Surplus. During the year
$7,460,000 was added to the Assets, which at December 31st, had reached the huge total of $97,620,000.
The income is now $21,651,000, while the undivided Surplus is $8,027,09
THE RESULTS FOR 1918
ASSETS
Assets as at 31st December, 1918
Increase over 1917
INCOME
Cash Income from Ptemiums, Interest, Rents, etc,, in 1918 -
merease over 1617
PROFITS PAID OR ALLOTTRD
Prolts Paid or Allotted to Policyholders in 1918 - -
-SURPLUS
Total Staples 31st December, 1018, over all liabilities and capital
(According to the comp ny a Standardseers than that laid
dews-hy the Insurance Act; ..
TOTAL PAYMENTS TO POLICYHOLDERS
Death Claims, Matnredindowlileuts, Profits, etc, during, 1918 -
Payments to Policyholders since organization . " -
ASSURANCES ISSUED DURING 1918
Assurances issued and paid for in cash during 1018
Increase over 1917 BUSINESS IN FORCE
Life Assurance in force $let December, 1918 -
Diorama over 1917 THE. COMPANY'S GROWTH
70080
INCOME
058E16
$97,620,378.85
7,460,204,81
21,051,099.89
2,862,192.01
1,548,807.18
lire ASSURANCES
IN 00000 -
0572 .
30e3 .
1898
1918 . . , .
1918
$ 48,218.73
274,965.60
1,240.488.12
8,980.189.60
13,998,401.94
21 891.089.88
a 91461.96
785,940,10
4,001.770,00
16,008,776.48
65,726,843.82
97,820.375 C6
a 0 9,6 99
60
27,704,757 00
78691,189.00
202,808.090.00
340.809,856.00
8,027,878,58
8,708,564.28
78,882,881,15
51,591,892,04
8,778,824.66
340,800,656.18
28686,71(;42
N IfilftVouum
Klf OE /
AN
HEAD OFFICE MONTREAL
T. B. MACAULAY, President
x87i
zc)ic,
WHEN TOWNS TOBOGGAN
Landslides That Have Caused Dam-
age to Life and Property.
Three mountains are moving in
Wales, and especially at Victoria
Village, near Ebbed. Vale, the damage
is terrible. Houses dollapsedsby the
dozen, waterways were blocked, end
floods filled the lower ground. In
Victoria alone sixty houses were de-
molished.
Many people are under the impres-
sion that the trouble is caused by
earthquake. It is nothing of the
sort. Rain is at the bottom of R.
This is a very wet district; the ruin
sinks into the ground and lodges in
the different strata or layers of rock
until at last one layer gets so spongy
and soft that it begins to flatten out
and everything en top of it slides
forward. ,
All around the British coasts you
can see samples of the same sort of
thing on a smaller scale. Only the
other day there was a big slide on
the North Devon coast, between Lyn-
illouth and Ilfracombe. Part of the.
main road fell into the Bristol Chan-
nel.
At Lyme Regis a strip of cliff,
three-quarters of a mile long, 240
feet broad, and 150 feet high, went
crashing into the sea.
The 'two worst landslides in mod-
ern times were the fall of the Ross -
berg in Switzerland and the great
landslide at Naini Tal, a well known
Indian hea1111 resort. The Rossberg
10 made of sandstone and "conglom-
erate," The whole thing went sud-
denly,; filled a large valley and in-
stantly bui'ied three villages and 900
people. •
At Naini Tal they had 25 inches
of'' 133 .in forty hours before the big
fall. Now, 25 inches of rain is about
as much a5 falls in the East of Eng-
land in a whole year. The steep
hillside above the lake melted like \,
treacle, and went roaring into the
lake, carrying hundreds of victims to
their death.
The Commonplace House.
I thought it dull and oornnlonplaco,
The 111110 bowie beside the way,
Although its windows faced the dawn,
Its door stood open to the day.
On countless morns and Svcs I passed,
And never thought' it bright or fair,
Nor saw I anyllieg et all
To catch or hold any fancy there.
Indeed, 1 never might have known
How near to Heaven a house may
be,
Bat on one unforgotten :n10171
Across the hedge emu looked at Inc.
i