HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1919-04-10, Page 2Its Richness inQuality give3 Tea -Pot results `galled by no other Tesansale anywhere, Black A Careers n Mixed :: Sealed P elzets Onl�*o be applied o warm wood l d t v d nor warm sweet peas,, nasturtiums, sweet sul_1 BABY CLOrl'�T,ES tan, sweet acabibue, snapdragons, $0.bies beautiful'lonk cietlrea outfits, calend tinge, zejnnias, pot Mangold or efavitfy •madtp t$f finest materials, calendula. $14.00 so1Pplete. Maternity skirts and Other good tnniials are: dresses `at moderate prices. Send for Loiv Growing—Pansies, California Lists. peppy, mignonette, petunias, portu- M R.9 . WOLFSON Toronto lata, pinks, druritmond phlox, ver- 67 Yong° St. benas; Medium Height—EverlastinLts, bal- sams, coxeopsis, larkspurs, gaillardia, Paint, Varnish and Repair Time. furs and woolen clothing for the clarkia, salvia, stocks,�spoppes;iuhry lit its well to remember that yarn -1 summer months. Save every hat bag! : Tall Growing irhing should not be done in rooms and paper bag possible, as these area slim, tall larkspurs, nicotiana, salpi- when the temperature is below 70 most convenient things to pack furs glossis, sunflowera. decrees, as such a cold temperature and woolens in because the tops can -- be; tied securely so that moths can- not get in. Before packing, furs and woolens should be hung on the clothesline for a, whole, day—a bright, dry., sun - retards the drying too much. Nor should it be done when the youtils- thon: is poor, as this has somewhat the same effect. Cold varnish should not Brush and shake the fuf ., 'sh t 18 d All surfaces shiny day. '1 ,.i ,3t n live ms s s p ots that t s'� tl � a h everything a� n After { t rf likely varnn o cc woo tobe]d b sandpaper -and be sure there are no grease spots b lieu is ods r be van these for it is on ens the woolens, on ' remov- h all dirt is ed carefully'so that ed anda smoo 1 surface obtained. best. The varnished surface is n e y os been cleaned, h h sanded appearance if brushed, and well aired, pack in hat By MARGARET BROWN. these rules are not observed. sacks and tie securely; ° red .i a m r n or varnish, s Before a Pe yas f PP g1 and chin are firm, and the egos—they are fill all craters and holes• Putt will pepper in Cheesecloth bags p Rne.""'"'tMary, the spare bedroom Y have a rough, or,if you B f 1 t h would be even more sure, sew PART II, trier next letter included her picture doesn't seem just the thing. It does do for small holes, but if they are and many questions about the boy's I rat fit, somehow. How about the big, large, mix sawdust with glue until worlc and plans and the happy ahem'- high north room? We have always it is the consistency of paste, Press auce that they really and truly be -I used it for storing things but we, this compound into the holes and it longed to each other. I can clean it and put everything in will become as hard as the wood The part about herself she did not . the attic." 1 was an itself, find so easy to write, but she launch- Mary agreed that the plan• To make a wood filler for floors, ed 'into it fearlessly. excellent one and was for buying new' "All must be fair and straight be- furnishings. But Miss Cornelia was s' mix 'whiting o then hath nee linseed t wood d aps tween you and me, my son. I al- the wiser of the two. Hers was tI ply ways think of myself as a widow but, real mother -heart, after all. fills the pores and makes a smooth I am not that in name. I am Miss "Just a bed and chair and He may floor that can be waxed, painted or Cornelia Baker. I will tell you about. We don't know his taseHe flay' varnished. it, though it is not altogether easy have a fish net and torng i A good and inexpensive floor stain because I never speak of these things and maybe some strange knives. Just' is made bydissolving of to anyone but good old Mary who a new coat of buff for the walls, and permanganate bate of potash one oneounce quart has loved and tended me for many then let him arrange everythingMary, it of warm water. Wood painted with suit ]tinsel(—Olt, Mary, 's 1 s. this solution dries out a good shade of brown. A coat of varnish may be added, but the floors can be kept in good condition by occasionally rub - year Wifen I was a young woman of can't be really truly true na twenty-three I became engaged to a coming home!" man named Ernest Gregory. He was The short winter days,, slipped e.econd mate of a merchant ship and away and the soft spring skies broodand - had every prospect of advancement, ed over the quickening earth, bing them over with kerosene, ap- \Vc decided to wait until he should almost before one could catch a have a captaincy, and then I was to sharp breath April was in the land. plied with a soft woolen cloth. Re- live with him at sea. He got his ship Then began a great hustling and move brushes from the permanganate in three years but one thing, after baking and stewing, in and about the'; solution as soon as the work is fin - another interfered to delay out mar- old white house, Hot, spicy smells' ished, as it destroys the bristles. rage. One night in an awful storm, floated' up from the kitchen, and al Many homes are still without his ship, the Grayling, was driven soft, clear humming floated down screen protection against flies or upon the Hampstead reef, somewhere from the big north room. Miss Cor -Ii mosquitoes. The most inexperienced nthe illos nd near Australia. Not one was saved. tli'with wistful eyes�vif aanyonenhadl person would find it possible to make "It was years before I could get ed hold of my life again. I could not ever sung him to sleep or kissed him screen frames if metal corners were bear the mention of the ocean or a good -night. It was all strange and used. Measure the windows, then unusual but full of heart -comforting cut p four strips of lxiiii inch woodto fit. Put the strips together. The netting should be stretcher tightly and fastened with small tacks. If a screen, door .sags put stent screw -eyes in two opposite corners and block ue the floor until the sag is removed. Now stretch a stout wire tightly be- tween the screw -eyes, and the door will be held rigidly in place. A screen door which is in constant use sometimes needs, re -enforcing. This can easily be done with the aid of ordinary wooden laths. The laths ship._ "When I read about the good wo- possibilities. man in Halifax I suddenly wanted a (To be continued.) son who was on the sea. The thought -.� seemed to bring me. somehow, nearer BIG DIAMONDS. to hint. Do you understand? All this was twenty-three years ago. five Cotar, Rather Than Weight, Deter- years before you were born. But 1 mines the Value of the %em. think some way, that you will under- The new diamond found in the stand.Jagersfontein Mine, Kimberley. and "Don't forget to send me your plc- weighing 38S1;y carats, is small in coin- ture. Do you have plenty of warm clothing these cold days? " parson with famous gems such as the Miss Cornelia quite forgot that the Cullinan, Kohinoor, Excelsior and Re- " }tannia was cru' M in the south- gent, but more depends for value on them between furs in the paper bags. If packing woolens, place the pepper bags between the folds. Another excellent way to pack win- ter things is to wrap them securely in newspapers, and fasten the ends together with tape or passepartout, making the bundle airtight The printer's ink on newspapers is a moth preventive because of its odor, so no, other is needed. Moths do not like the odor of cedar, and will .not bother a cedar chest. One can also purchase cedar chips at any furniture store, and pack them with the woolens and furs. A tried and true enemy of moths is the mothball. Its odor, however, which is difficult to get rid of on taking things from summer storage, argues against its use. Best Annuals for the Home Garden. Annual flowers succeed exception- ally well in nearly all parts of Can- ada. For the "Home Garden," whe- ther it be in the city or the country, the best annuals are the old favorites which have become so popular be- cause they have fitted in with the needs of a large class of flower lov- ers. The reason for the popularity of the "annual" is that it can be raised easily and grown with but very little expense or labor. A few packages of seed costing five or ten cents each, a garden patch and some- one interested in flowers form a combination which in the space of four or five short months may pro- duce the most delightful results. The old favorite annuals are the best because they have stood the test of time. In addition, they have been improved and increased in size, form and color by the plant hybei dist and by the seedsman so that to- day they have almost reached per- fection. In one hundred years or less they have made as much advance as most other forms of life have made in several thousand. The "poor man's orchid" is the descriptive term for the modern sweet pea and the term is legitimate because the . sweet pea of to -day is wonderful. It is a new creation as compared with the sweet pea of a century ago, The same is true of many other annuals. The favorite annuals are those which can be depended upon to give results. The final resultsrwill de- pend upon: 1, seed; 2, 1. Seed—Some annuals are diffi- cult to raise from seed and, there- fore, the best for the home garden. are those which produce seed that will germinate well. The seed of such annuals can be dealt with in two ways: (a) It may be sown in pots or flats in the house and the seedlings transplanted to the garden, or ('b) it may be sown direct into, the garden. Latitude and climate must settle which method is better for the great- est success although with many an- nuals either method might give good results. 2. Culture—The culture of an an- nual flower is not a laborious task or trial of skill. Teeultu ai directionstheon are generally printedon d packages. Soil, cultivation and rain- fall are three factors of importance. Soil should be of garden loam qual- ity, and neither too sandy nor too heavy. Barnyard manure will stimu- late good growth. Cultivation will keep the growth vigorous and healthy. Rain or artificial watering not less than once a week in the early stages of growth is almost essential. Annuals are splendid for purposes of cut bloom. Some of the best for this purpose as well' as for garden display are as follows: China asters, rn Pacific; but the boy's next letter color than on size, and this one, being are put over the wire screening in th reminded her and she laughed mere- described as a soft blue and white, is lei at herself, likely to rank high as a valuable find. "Dear Mother Cornelia: As an instance may be mentioned the I ani going to call you that if you porter -Rhodes gem, found in 1930, like it. It sounds sort of cozy. which was valued at $1,000,000, though "And novo I am going to tell you something that will please you. it weighed onIY 160 carats—less than "We have been near Australia for half the weight of this one. two days now, and when I came on The weights of some famous dia- deck yesterday morning I saw the mends are:— water foaming over a long line of Cullinan (Stare( Africa) 3032 carats !oaks that lay lust outside a stretch Excelsior 909 " 800 " 442l/ " 410 388ee " of sandy beach. I heard the captain I ohinoor talking to someone and I caught a Dutoitspan word that made me stop and listen. Regent The captain is over sixty and he knows all the history of these coasts. Present flu "Yes,' he was saying, 'that is Porter Rhodes 160 Hampstead Reef, as ugly a little The Cullinan diamond was cut into stretch as the eastern hemisphere can two—one weighing 516r,•s carats and boast. I suppose it has done as much the other 309 carats, the genie being wickedness as any half dozen reefs, " `Tell us some of its crimes,' I heard someone ask. " 'Well, for one of its worst deeds, it sent the Grayling to her tomb with every man aboard, Captain Gregory commanding. That was twenty—no, twenty-three years ago.' "He looked over at the reef and his voice was softer than I ever interest to the inhabitants of the Is- the shrill "Bob white! Bob whited" 'tear G it was a fine chap. He land of St. Kilda, a favorite haunt of Tall ofeh m to yistisguishd flibetckeren ththe e was one of the most fearless and one that animated oilcan, the fumar. So of the best captains that ever docked rich in oil is this seabird, that the note of the robin, and the squall of in Halifax' I natives simply pass a wick through the catbird to know the birds by sound as well as by eye, as he knows presented to the British Sovereign, and are now among the Crown Jewels. — ANIMATED OILCANS. The Fulmar and the Mutton Bird Car- ry Oil 1n Their Bodies. The price of oil is a matter of no Maple Syrup. How to keep this' delicipus article from moulding is troubling the housewife, or will trouble her later on. "We do ours -up, boiling, in air- tight cans, and yet it moulds'," writes "Whato one. can we a . Ans.—In order to keep maple syrup through the heat of, summer, or for any length of time, boil it down till it weighs 11 pounds to the gallon without the tin can or vessel which holds it, When thus boiled down it is allowed to cool and. put up in cans or receptacles, which are filled to the full and practically airtight. Bottles may be°used if filled to the top and corked tightly. Keep in dark, cool closet, covered with brown paper, and it will keep "good as new" for years. If the syrup weighs less than 11 pounds per gallon, and much annu- aIly made does, it will not keep well through warm weather. On the other hand, if it. weighs more than this amount per gallon, it is apt to crys- tallize into sugar in the bottom of the can. Syrup that has started to "work" can be brought to a very good condition by reboiling, adding hot water at first, if necessary, and skimming all foreign matter from the top. This clarifying may be has- tened by adding a smell cupful of milk to a gallon or so of the syrup while et is boiling; for a minute or so it will look as though the whole mass was ruined, but gradually as it boils the milk will eerily the syrup nicely, and all the scum will be gathered into a thick mass easy to remove. "I shall have to ask you for a ticket for that boy, ma'am," insisted a conductor, speaking to a quiet -look- ing little woman. The woman declined to pay. "You'll pay for that boy, or I'll atop the train and put him off," lie persisted. "All right; put him off," she said. "You ought to know the rules." "How old is that boy?" "I don't know. I never saw him be- fore." form of a lattice are placed from eight to ten inches apart. The whole is then painted or stained to match the color of the house. This makes a durabie and artistic door, greatly im- proved from the original ready-made style. s "CANADA IN YPRES" Memorial Building Wilt Include Relics of Gallant Defence of city. An officer of the Canadian head. quarters staff interviewed recently, said that the Canadian memorial building at Ypres would include a museum of relics -connected with the Canadian defence of Ypres, also a library of everything published con- cerning the battles of the salient; says a London despatch. Models of trench- es, pictures and official photographs. i dead tat Canadian ad roster of all the and a would also be Included. "Such a building would be to Can- adians what Shakespeare's house is to visitors to Stratford•on•Avon. When the transfer is effected we popose to convert this ground Into a veritable fragment of living Canada amidst the ruins by planting maple- trees and Canadian shrubs and flowers. "Cana- da In Ypres" would, I think be a good title for what we propose to effect here." Open Their Ears. Ears were intended to be useful as well as ornamental and Johnnie and Susie hear a lot of things that were never intended for their cars! Empty pitchers yawn to be filled so we must teach the children to hear interesting and helpful things,. Where are there so many interesting sounds ps on a faetn, from chanti- cleer, who boasts loudly each morn- ing, "Cock-a-doodle-doo! I'm up be- fore you!" down to the musical chirp of the crickets, and the "katydids, so impolite, contradicting in the night"? Open the ears of the boy. Say to him, "Listen, son! that is a quail calling," as the old farm echoes with "That was all I heard but it made its body and use it as a lamp, me feel proud of the man my mother The oil is also one of the things loved, and, as we passed the reef, I exported from the island, It is found took off my cap to him ,who had in the bird's stomach, is amber -color - faced his death there so long ago. ed, and has a peculiarly nauseous "I like your Acture. You are a lot like thought you would be. Here odor, The old birds are said to feed I comes mine. It was taken a year the young with it, and when they are ago and I am some heavier now. I'll caught, or attacked, they lighten them - have some others taken when I come selves by disgorging it. home, Home! A real home with a In St. Ru}tla it is legal to kill the fireplace and a flower garden and a fulmars only during one week in the chicken yard. And you told me I year, but during that week from eigh- eonld put rings and a punching bag to teentwenty thousand birds are des - in the big basement, Five more whole months! toyed,e "I have some little things for you, The mutton bird of the Antarctic seashells and some little things made also carries its oil in the stomach, and of hareboo and a Iittle ivory lion and can eject this oil through its nostrils Something Else. I Will not tell you what till I come. And there's a Bom- bay shawl for Mary and a piece of pottery from Algiers. You mustn't tell her though. "There ere heaps of things to talk over together. We will talk together, about everything, won't we? Some fellows don't seem to feel the need of some one to talk to, but I do. My 'vacation begins in April, and I can spade up your flower beds. Won't it be fun? "The other day the captain walked over to where I was working' and whistling away (work seems to ga so much faster these days) and he stood looking at me a while. It bothered me like the dickens and I guess I blushed and he laughed and -sift, "Have you adopted a mother, DurkanI' 'I guess I looked astonished and I stammered, 'Yes, sir' and he laughed and walked away. Now how do you suppose he knew?" Miss Cornelia_ read into this inci- dent ea intrest on the part of the captain thatmade her happy. "He mast be a little snore than usual," she thought. "And his pie. Lure tells thebaine. The mouth and as a means of defence against ene- mies. the whistles and calls of his boy friends. Call the children's attention to the voice of the little brook that dances down cheerily through the meadow: "By day its voice is low and still— A charming, dancing little rill; But when the silent night is here; Its voice is beard so loud and clear And yet so sweet, it often seems As though this brook brought pleasant dreams." Help unstop these young ears that they may learn to love and under- stand the voices of the birds and brooks, insects and animals; that they may not be deaf when the soft winds whisper to them rin the tree- tops—it may speak to them of God. Do not preach to the children; call them• attention to God as the source of all that is beautiful and good. Speaking of sounds for young ears, is the Bound of Mother's voice and Father's voice music or discord to the ears of the child? Are the tones harsh, impatient, nagging? Or are they patient, soft, musical? Long, long years from now the tones of year voile will echo and re-echo in the memory of that child of larger growth, Will the memories be tender and lovely to them? Remember the Moth. Do you expect to use the same hat and coat next year that you have been wearing this winter? Of course we don't expect prices to soar any higher, but they may retain their present beeight=in winch case' few of us can afford many new furbelows. All of which it preliminary, to ad- vising to careful packing : away of Envy. When Satan sends'to vex the mind of man, And urge him on to meanness and to wrong, Iris satellites, there is not one that can Acquit itself like Envy. Not so strong As lust, so quick as fear, so big as Irate— A pigmy thing, the twin of sordid greed— Its work all noble things to underrate, Decry fair face, fair form, fair thought, fair deed, A -sneer it has for what is highest, bpst, For love's soft voice, and virtue's robe of white. Truth is not -true, and pity is not kind, A great task done is but a pastime light, Tormenting and tormented is the mind That grants to Envy room to make Its nest. —Jean Blewett, — --C-----•--- "The slave works because he is compelled to; the artist because he loves to; the fool does unnecessary work because he is a fool. The wise man is he who strives to be all three in moderation."—Prof. Andrew Mac- phail. TERMONDE BURNED BY GERMAN ORDER All grades. Write for prices. TORONTO SALT WORKS G. .1. CLIFF - TORONTO wall am• yep a roum P.m 'n°.nt d lakt 4,aaa5a— u con w..e 1 rm on pppppp0n of diamond.. hey .n nl lb, dkmo0dm Wad e0 diamond luny and am ',wowed fart broad. nw't lad t • penny. Simply foewad your den. and .ddaon w our bautnui kataloo .f PapOu Pa, l ,y. Gist at.,. ,.e d.ab.. dfW .'..nnt'de. d.al. it rea,Wif tl�I yon m.mmaaalcvnal.man,n. lyy id a. aM mnN, p•o'tr'"e of eegn- the n.IWdke or drMme of antunn Send to d.Y, . Wa, , beroa You dttWe �• buy, Pesal.m.nonden , .a,.a,egl, B 140Yontc51,Sorontn st tql Nip `P�lir3� Asa rem Port 3oAP G, �rto r' its Pua'e Cleans •sIfksyClosets Kills roac hes, rats s, mice Dissolves digt,tknt nothing else wilt move. • .. 7,000 WRETCHED BELGIANS NOW LIVING IN RUINS. Let PARKER Surprise You � R p PARKER'S know all the fine points about cleaning and dyeing. We can clean or dye anything from a filmy georgette blouse to heavy draperies or rugs. Every article is given careful and expert attention and satisfaction is guaranteed. Send your faded or spotted clothing or household goods to PARKER'S We will make them like new again. Our charges are reasonable and we pay ex- press or postal charges one way, A post card will bring our booklet of household suggestions that save money. Write for it. PARKER'S DYE WORKS, Limited Cleaners and Dyers 791 Yonge St. - Toronto On Sept. 4, 1914, General von Boehm Ordered. Destruction to Terrorize Ghent and Antwerp. "This afternoon I went, to Termonde with two Belgian gentlemen," writes the American Red Cross Commission- er for Belgium in a regeet despatch from Brussels. I was reluctant to go because I bad seen all the ruins I wanted to see, and I was afraid of raising false hopes hi the minde of these people by iuy visit; but went. At Essohe, where glad that I we left the main route, Mr, Tibbaut pointed mit a large, house on the main. street, number 249, and said that the Belgian who lived there was compell- ed to house some German officers the day before Terme-ado was burned. The Germans held a consultation, and he heard them say, 'Termonde must he burned.' We found the village of Sant Gilles-Lez-Termonde, on the out- sltirtsoyed. of the city, almost entirely des - "I confees.I was not quite prepared for what I found at Termontle• I have seen the destruction along the lines of trenches from Rheims to Neunortt, both hack of the French, British and Belgian trenches and bath of the Ger- mini trenches. I have visited virtually all of the destroyed places in Belgium, Vise, Chappelle, Louvain and others not so widely known, but I do not re member seeing any place except on the fighting front so completely des- troyed as Termonde. It does not look like Ypres or places which have been fought over for years. It belongs to that class of places deliberately des- troyed all at once, Industries Laid Waste. "Before the war Termonde was an Eastern Flanders town of 10,000 per- sons. Half of thetas were engaged in industry, making blankets, ropes, cables and things_ef that 'kind. 'There, was a. well-to-do rnlddle class, ninny persons worth 56,000 or $8,000, ;and a half a dozen who were worth $100,000,, which was rich in a country very cheap in which to live. The working class was unusually intelligent. There was never a strike. Skilled labor got from $1 to $1.20, unskilled sixty cents a day. The town was the centre of a. rich farming district. "The Germane burned Ternnonde September 4, 1014. The .responsibility was on General von Boehm. The Bel- gians say it was done to terrorize glient and Antwerp. it. was a very horrible affair, but only three or four persons were put to deata..Mr. Ver- niersein said one man who had his oyes put out was his clerk, Of 1,400 bousee in the town 9.4.00 were burned Strips of linen soaked in naphtha were placed in boles cut in the ceilings and Deere to set as wicks for the flames. 'Only one factory ante spend, the Es- caut-Dendres shoe factory, from which the. Germans sent all the shoes and leather into Germany, "The Bequinage; a kind of lay re- ligious order of slaters, each one 00 - copying her little house, all opening on a beautiful common, was spared, but not the church. The Grand Place stands in ruins, still beautiful and dig- nified. The town ball tower is stand- ing and the walls of many of the buildings, but the inside of the build- ings are entirely burned out. It is true of the linen market and of the "great solid Porte de Grand, 7,000 Living in Ruins, "About 7,000 persons are living in these ruins. It is a city full cif home- less and unemployed. One house I visit- ed was made by roofing over one of the rooms in a ruined building. Until last week it was occupied by eight persons. Then another family of eight came back from France and all were taken in, so that now sixteen persons live there, sleeping on chairs and the floor, I went back to my automobile and brought them robes. It was just a mite, but I felt'et little better for it.' "We took prompt action foe Ter- monde while I was there. At a meeting of the Burgomaster, the Municipal Council and two deputies, they asked for $10,000 to buy wood available in Antwerp, to bring it to Termonde iu two or three barges on the Scheldt and build fifty two -room houses in a month with their unemployed laborers. I told them the American Red Cross would give immediately $10,000 as 'an expression of the sympathy of the American people for Termonde, simp- ly to start the thing going. "'We realize,' I said, 'that this is hardly a drop in the ._ bucket compared with your need. Moreover, it is not ' our job. The government intends to do the work of reconstruction. We go into the thing just enough to shelter people in this transition period. The money will ba available to ybu im- mediately through Ponds du Roi Al- bert. You will not have to wait. You have made a definite concrete pro- ject which means giving work to these men, and shelter to some of these homeless families, and the American Red Crosti is with you, in it.'" s The oldest reigning dynasty is that of Japan,' said to have been founded by the Emperor Jimmu Tenno in fi00 B.Q. Great Britain will ,eend twelve war- ships to tour South American waters. The fleet will leave Europe as soon las the peace treaty is signed. HOT PANCAKES Tp�y� � - ,, What are pancakes worth without }6 F syrup? It is the syrup that gives the flavour; end there is no other syrup that lades lust as good as For hot pancakes, hot biscuits and muffins and dozen other Table and Kitchen uses, housewives with the widest experience use Crown Brand every time—the golden syrup with the cane flavor. For Marmalade and other preserves, we recommend our LILY WI -111'E Core Syrup Sold by Grocers everywhere, is 2. 5, 10 and 20 pound tint. Tie Canada Starch Co. I imilidi - Boatrcal