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Home My WebLink AboutThe Seaforth News, 1919-05-08, Page 6It's Always Best —To rAe h..' ell on the Sale Side w!men. buying Tea, insist on getting t The tea mrith a Quarter of a Century o Unrivalled Public Service. . sea; Mc Ring ad Mc Girl By GERTRUDE ROBINSON. like rather pretentious planning, nanny of us never see a day that we couldn't find at least four times as much work waiting for us as we ever get done. I have been wonder- ' ing about that 'feature of it, the amount of work we see and our state of mind concerning it. Don't some of us conscientious housekeepers see too much? Isn't that what tires us? Honestly, is .it the quantity of work you have done that keeps 'you toss- ing about nights, or the worrying over what you should have done, and didn't do? Doesn't it tire you more to think about what you should do, than actually to do the regular day's tasks. Aren't housekeepers as a rule especially if there are children, troubled with the overwork habit?' Don't they spend too much time at hard labor and not enough at play?, No one knows better than I that you could work every hour of the twenty- four and still not get everything done. But on the other band, haven't you found when you did plan to get a little play spell that you worked all the better'or mYou could t cop d work with a better spirit while pre- paring for the holiday, and after it you came back with quickened wits and a new zest for the ordinary, humdrum duties. It has been some time since I was a country school teacher, but I still have a pleasant memory of one home in which I lived ed a year. And the memory is not because of the won- derful cookery or perfect house- keeping, though no one could find fault with them. It was a busy farm home, with three active chil- dren,and we all know that spells wor. But every day, rain or shine, haying, harvest, or slack time, there was a half hour for a "sing." Every- one got around the little five -octave organ and someone played while every one sang. There were no Carusos.nor Melbas Fn the group, but the singing pleased us all the better because we did it ourselves and we all felt it. We sang because we liked to and the words had a definite meaning to us. No jazz nor "Ha- waiian Dreams," in fact, no ragtime of any sort. So you see it was quite a while ago. For the most part we sang gospel hymns with an oeea- eional patriotic song. Possibly we sang off key, I know one of us did, and perhaps no impresario would have stopped in the road to listen, but anyhow we enjoyed the brief rest from work and -we got some- thing which took us through another day in better spirit. You may not care for the "sing." But isn't the idea of taking a half- hour off worth something?. Perhaps you would rather read, or get out doors and walk, or sit down and rock and crochet. Or it may be a nap is what you need. .If you are one of those uncounted women who has secretly pined to do some special thing and never found the time, why not take a half-hour daily for your "fad"? It is surprising how much you can accomplish in thirty min- utes daily. That means three hours a week, nearly a half -day. - We lay too much stress on what we term necessities. Many of the necessities are so only in name. We could get along without quite a num- ber of them. And we pay too little attention to the really worth -while things of the mind and soul. Re- solve to give yourself a daily play spell, and you will find the hours spent at hard labor will be easier. Things 'Werth While. until stiff, the cmeese and gelatin. I have been -thinking a great deal da'sselved In hot water and cooled. lately about things really worth I Pout into indiv'dual molds, and while. Ever since the young mother wrote and asked the help of some old readers in planning her work 'so as to get everything done, I've been speculating on how many Of us really plan 'to do the most important things. Of course, epee of us ever get everything done;' whether' we are housekeepers or farmers, or clerks. One woman tells roe she never sees a day that she doesn't plan to do just four times as much as' any one per- son "could do, and while that seems PART II, "It is tree. You know it is. us Half. the babies in Denby die because their mothers are toe hard worked to take good care of them, even if they know how. It isn't their fault if they don't, The poor things never have a chance to learn anything but drudgery. -.Oh, I suppose Ito men mean to be kind. They don't realize that a woman needs a chance to live her own life a bit. They think a woman ought to jump at the first chance to be an un- paid drudge. I mean to teach two of -7n them better." 'hilly! cried her mother again, • "I mean it," asseiated the girl. "Fa- ther is a well-to-do farmer and could snake life easier for you if he would. Perhaps he would if he once under- stood. I've decided to tell him to- morrow what I think about some things.' Then I'm going to ask him to let me take the ;+400 Grandfather `aTeetherwex left me and go to the nurses' training school in Toronto," That was to get your wedding tine •s dilly," protested Mrs. Viuol. "I'll not need any weddeate things; not yet a while, anyway, mother. I'm notmon to marry a mo'b - just e cars he lakes my w ffl,,.. "Messing is hard," begets the older n -n Ilya -isn't the e.tien. mother. 11 week harder then if I were to marry Arth a• ii;*t Ili lief he o.rn- cd ince a piece o: mac''=7incry. IT lad 7 iv own life. 1l y" im nderoci a veice below. its, dorm. lit warts the milk - pees washed and gruel fixed for the calves," "I'll Mil tis time, but that's a man's work and neither of us is going to do this sort of thing forever.' An hour later Milly was in her own room. The door opened and her mo- ther walked in. She began without any preliminaries. "I've been talk- ing with your father. He agrees. • that perhaps you need a change." It was the girl's turn to be amazed. She dropped the long plait of hair she was braiding.- "Mother! You don't mean that father is willing for me to go away and use the money and not marry Arthur?" Her mother smiled indulgently. She looked younger than Hilly ever remembered to have seen her. "We talked things over. You needn't say anything to hien about what we were talking about. this evening. He says I am to have a hired girl and Cousin Amanda to help. He's sorry for Arthur. though, and so am I. Maybe you'll change your mind about him?" Hilly shook her braided head de- cidedly. "He doesn't really care. He hasn't even given me on engagement ring and we've been engaged three months." "Have you told him yet?" "I think he understands! He ought to. Bet I'll write him when I get to Toronto if I don't get a ehancc to tells With him hefore I go. Good- nip'ht, mother:" Bete days later John Vinol drove his daughter to the station. He said good -by with his usual ti'citurnity, hut Hilly noticed as they rounded the curve that he had halted the horses wed. wee watching the train out of sight. Five miles farther on it stop- ped at a water -tank. A solitary buggy wee waiting at the crossing, Hilly, gazing out of the window, recognized a brown mare with a black mane. Perhaps after all Arthur had taken his own way to see her off. • He had not called or; her nor sent any word since the evening of .his re- buff. She had hoped to get away without talking with him, It would he much easier to write. Still, she felt surprised and a trifle hurt that he should ignore her so entirely. It imus -probably a mere coincidence that' he was waiting at this particular crossing for her train. He might not even know she was going away from hone, Just as the train etarted sometls ng same whizzing through the open window into her lap. She looked down, startled, upon a small, sguai'e, white package, She under stood intuitively that it came from 1 Arthur. Her first impulse was to throw it back to him, but she was too late. The buggy hail wheeled and was rat - i Ding hurriedly down the road, its unseen occupant already out of ear- shot, She tucked the package into her bag, resolved to mail it back to her udarr.ous lover rte soon as she got to Toronto. For a while she 'looked out of the window, interested in the unfamiliar panorama, unfold- ing itself before her; but the thought of the mysterious package obtruded. Finally she opened her bag and took I the tiny .package in her hand. It looked very enticing. She picked cautiously at the string. Suddenly, almost without volition on her part, the little box lay open in her hand. She drew aside the covering cotton. In the nest lay a shimmering ring. Sapphire rays from the entre stone flashed in her eyes. Three translucent pearls surrounded it, With a cry of : delight she held the pretty bauble up to the light. "Kind of pretty, isn't it?" drawled a voice twee her shoulder. With a 'start she looked un into the face of Arthur. Nonchalantly he slidinto the .e ;seat beside her. 1 "I thought maybe the wrong girl I might have gotten that ring," Arthur said, as be sat down b • her side, "so i• I had ZeYokeTl mroiw drive n off tli • horse eE ose an i Iswim:: on the train." aim- mem. +-bite. She mast -have it out" with him now. "The wrong girl tilt': f,es it. Aithut. I don't think it would be right fo • g h me to !slurry you, Being engaged was a mistake. 'we'd better stop now while we can. I --I am going away for a long time. I'm to study nursing and be free and able to support myself. You—you'd 'better hod some other girl who is meeker than am and who will make a proper farmer's wife." She fired her words in a hurried, accentless torrent at the silent man beside her. She looked straight ahead. She could not bear to meet his gaze. It seemed that he did care, after all. Tears came to her eyes but she was none the less resolute. She was aware that he was regarding her quizzically. Presently she tied up the little box and put it in his hand. lie came to himself with a start. "No, Hilly. That ring was bought for you. I was going to give it to you that last night in the kitchen. No other girl will ever wear it. I wouldn't have you marry me for the world if you don't care far me in right way, and I guess from the way you act maybe you don't—yet, I guess maybe you need to feel free for a while. But Pm always ready for you, lliilly. You just put the little ring away, and if ever you think this is a mistake and you do want me, you put it on and give me another chance. I'll me waiting, dear," he finished solemnly. Tire train was pulling up at Dorset. He gave her hand a mighty squeeze, snatched his hat from the rack, and walked to the door. A second later his sturdy figure swept by her win- dow. She looked down in perplexity at the engagement -ring box. She had meant to avoid complications, and here was a terrible one at the start. Moreover, there was an intangible something about Arthur that made lace apprehensive. He was a force to be reckoned 'with, not scoffed at as of old. Presently she put the box away and fell to reading the letter from the nurses' school she was to enter the, next day. After all, she thought, she had made a sensible chore for a girl of her temperament. Perhaps at Christmas time, when she,' was to have a vacation, she could' make Arthur behave sensibly ands take back his ring. The next few months in Toronto; passed like a whirlwind. With her school work, arduous training, the I newness of city life and oceasionalI jaunts to the stores and theatre, she; had little time to consider any per -I .1411 The Earocaay a.ethee of isi, BABY'S OWN SOAP softens +y, and whitens,'refreshcs and deli- pi cately eromatizes the skin. Albert seats Limited. Mira, Mammal 4815 sonal problems. At Thanksgiving time she urged her mother to visit a buxom cousin for a long visit. Per- haps Arthur might mend his heart by the time she was home again. (To be continued.) Difficulties. Johnny and Jimmy were at a. party. and, being away in a corner at sup- per -time, they were not looked after very well, They managed to get some jelly and bread-and-butter, but no spoons. "How shall we eat our jelly?" ask- ed .Timmy. "Balance it on our bread-and-but- ter," said Johnny. "I tried that," retorted Tommy, "but it won's stay on; It's too nervous." When boiling fish remove all scum quickly as it rises to the top of the water, as it deadens the flavor of the fish if allowed to remain in the pan. The ease of the great Napoleon was one of the few on record of a person whose first finger was long- er than his middle finger. What To Do With Cheese. Cheese Salad in Gelatin.—Whites of two eggs well beaten, one cup cheese, two tablespoons granulated gelatin, one and one-half cups water. Add to the whites of eggs, beaten ;lee PO= awI SO E°nj Fag,- Soap a rot "-" 0 r, rt' id's Pure Cleans sinks,cVersets Kills roaches. rats aenece Dissolves dirt' 4haa nothing ., else will shove ..... when set serve with mayonnaise dressing, Cheese Patties, -Scald one cup milk, acid one-half cup grated cheese, one beaten egg, and a little salt and pepper. Put over fire, and stir until the mixture iii smooth anti thicklRe- Move `'Train 'fire;' and add one table- spoon butter, Moisten slices of bread in milk, cover with the prepar- ed t„heese,,and bake in a nuick oven for ten 'minutes. Cheese blingers.—Beat to a stiff froth two egg whites and fold in lightly a scant cup grated cheese. Season to taste with salt and a dash of red pepper. Spread lightly on long narrow crackers, and brown in the oven. These are very dainty served hot or cold. Choose Relish.—Take one package of erenni cheese, mash it with a fork and mix with 'whipped cream, mak- ing it to the consistency to be rolled ,in balls. Make into rounds, then roll these balls into finely chopped nuts, Serve with :salad. Step -Saving Hints. For years I worlbd in a large kit- chen—in a kitchen which was even larger than our dining room. It was used for almost everything—as a meeting place for the men who were waiting for their meals, as well as for a laundry. When we bad saved up enough to fix over our house, I determined that I would have the kitchen the way I wanted it. It would be my work- shop and not a place to do general chores. I decided to adopt the effi- ciency measures used in business If time and energy could be saved by routing work in an orderly and sys- tematic 'manner ha factories, why - not in m 7 itc en .n Mynew ew ki schen h should be r arranged so that steps would not have to be retraced. So now my husband has an office where the men wait for meals, and the laundry work is done in a sap •arate room provided for that pur- pose. Both the meii and I find this arrangement much more pleasant. I use my kitchen now almost ex- clusively for the work for which it was intended—the preparing and clearing away of meals. In the ar rangetnent I followed a plan recom- mended by a domestic science spec- ialist 'whom I know, and I have found it a great time and step saver In preparing a meal 'the raw food and utensils axep laced to the left otf the stove, The serving table used for assembling the dishes for the dining xoom is to the right of the stove, The soiled dishes are brought from the dining room to the right side of the sink, where they are washed. They are drained on the cleft side of the sink. The cupboard for the china is near the dimming room and the cooking utensils are placed close to the stove. This same specialist told me the following important points about kitchens in general, and as I follow- ed most of the suggestions in build- ing my own kitchen I can vouch for their worth: "Kitchens are built smaller now than formerly. In the ideal kitchen the cupboards are built in the walls. Kitchen equipment cams be placed to the best advantage in an oblong kit- chen with windows on two sides. The woodwork should be plain and flat, without panels, In choosing the color for the walls the housewife should be guided by the position of the room. A north room needs a warmer tint than a south room. The best floor covering is hardwood or linoleum, which should be varnished once a year, and oftener if there is much wear. Electricity is the ideal fuel, but if this is not available, and wood or coal must be used, provision should be made to use kerosene or gasoline in the suntimer. Thetuse of a fireless cooker saves fuel. A Homekeeperrt Profession. I am a woman sixty-five years old —or rather young, for I won't be called old until I'm useless, I own my own house in the town where my children were born, and I have an income that, with painstaking economy, would suffice for my actu- al needs. But I wanted to do something that would occupy me more than my lit- tle housekeeping, and social visiting would do, and also perhaps bring me a little money, so I hit upon this plan: I told' nay acquaintances who had children that I'd take care of the children for them when they wanted to go out in the afternoon or even- ing. They 'were only too glad to take up my offer, and I soon had to refuse requests for my services. I charge 50 cents for an afternoon or evening, nail I 'often make $6 or $6 a week, besides having my mornings to myself, and time for my own so- cial cal'Is. The work is vary congenial. I have not lost any caste on account of it— every one in the town now regards' me as the teacher-gaardiansgirand- mother of the children. And some- times, if I do not feel like going out, the children come to me. I am quite happy, and I believe that many other kY4 }4n • 3p� off o . x;9114. y 41T1.7.-1dsaug ,fitmo •same flung+ PRANCE IS A GOOD LANDLORp. Heir to Throne Interests Himself ip Duchy of Cornwall.Tena'nts. Slnoe his return to T ondon the Prince of Wales has die layad the greatest personal interest in the Lon- don tenants on the Duchy of Cornwall estate. I3e has expressed his Mien - Lion to become acquainted with them all, anti, following a visit to than, re- cently he, accompanied by Princess I Mary, 'spent another afternoon with them at the old Tenants' Hostel. The Prince remained along time. with each tepa,nt, all of whom had llpd relations serving in the forces, and in- quired particularly into their ex- periences. One of the tenants with whom he ohattod me said to be the old- est living clown in England; though 79 years of age, be appeared at Drury Lane Theatre this year. Important schemes for the ,develop - meat of the Duchy estates are under consideration, and will be carried out when a return to normal conditions permits. The housing scheme upon the London propertY of the Duchy, which was interrupted by the war, will be resumed, and in the meantime many of the larger hohees are being con- verted into tenements. In Cornwall the natural resources. 'of the Duchy estate are to be explored 'and developed. 'A diamond drill Is to be set up in connection with the 'wol- fram mines, and, where mineral re- sources are found, full investigation will be made to ascertain whether by the application of modern scientific methods they can be worked with profit. The oyster fisheries, near 'FaI- mouth, revived during. the war, having proved very successful, are to be much extended. On the land a co -partner- ship scheme Is to be tried, the workers on the large farms being given a fixed wage and a share of the profits, while for those who prefer to be more inde- pendent small holdings are to be es- tablished. It is proposed to plant trees on the eastern side of Dartmoor upon about 250 acres each year, and it is hoped by establishing small holdings nearby to provide work in the winter for small holders. Nothing eau be done at pre- sent owing I to the difficulty of provid- ing the necessary buildings, but when the email holdings are established they willebe offered to the people of Dart- moor, knowledge of local conditions being regarded as essential to success in this district. Apple Blossoms, Apple blossoms pink and white, Swinging censers in the light, Storing honey for the bees, Decking all the orchard trees, Say the meaning of your beauty— Is it joy or is it duty? "Soy and duty both are ours, Fruit must follow after flowers; Ours the wistful rains of spring; Ours the bud, the blossoming, Ours the gladness, ours the giving That fulfils the plan of. living." E Can be preserved at a cost of 20 Par ikz®i3 with Fleming 1Hgg preserver as - ply St. Just tall It e td ueran- teed -to •steep eggs rrenb' for nine rnent'hs and long-er, A Sec bout will de 30 dozen eggs Get it from your dealer or send 60c to Fleming Egg Preserver Co. We Craig et. W. Srontseam All grades. Write for prices. TORONTO SALT WORKS Cr. J. CLIFF - - TORONTO LADIES ..Tp. ,qo, /yl Di, WORK wok et humo decd pay: slob at tn'ipeeeen'Veeme le^wet tae pertfetmiere. Atreoehr3tegleSr eilaC k'nitmrtixihi o 1i`01.1ea-o Street Toronto Aijifui atinp the liretik. Pitt aittl Mike' were We/icing on a nate building. Pat was laying bricks and - Mike was comreeng the hod hlhbse; iiad just cone upte the fourth item.when the dinner whistle blew. His' lunch was on the pl•out,d. !'I hate to walk down after it, ho said i - "Take bold of this rope," said Pat, "and I'll let you down." i at let him down half way and then let go of the rope. Mice landed in a mu rter heti : not much hurt, but tor- q j ribly enema. "And why diff ye let go of the rope?"' ' ho demanded, eI thought it was going to break," said Pat, "anti I had presence of mind enol] h to let go." • "Who would succeed in the world should be wise in the use of his pro• nouns Uttei the You twenty tithes where you once utter the I." --John. Hay. Write toedaa• Baa• caw bi5f FREE CATALOGIng g Showing obr full lines of nieyeles for nue sad Women, hays and Girls, MOTOR CYOLes i60OTOit ATTACINFACNITS Tires, Coaster Brakes, wheels Inter Tubee, ramps, Bells, Cyclemeters, Saddles, Equip• meat and Parts of ''nieyctce. Ton can boy Tour supplies from as et wholesale pricer. T. 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PARKER'S DYE WORKS, Limited_ Cleaners and Dyers 791 Yonge St. - Toronto OF ei)ii6 i KI rl AbL-RAIL ROUTE POSSIBLE I�'t THIS, Ill EAIi FUTURE Tunnels 17nder tk Hench Chanthgll wild lloeporus W'ou'►d Pave Way For 'Maryelloas. Railroad. By the time that trains are rim-- ning under the British Channel, cf- neeting Lnndon with Paris—Whigs ought to be within hilt q cion Yeives. tm lu, noly-there ms iii.ely'to be a. unnel beneath' 'time Bosporus; With' these' ,two borings accom- plished, ccom - ll hed i p s t will be entirely pract'tcahle• to establish an all rail route from London ter pf 'EA�Ati slope„ •running clear across Europe anti the ywhole length of Africa. Cecil Rhodes's. "Cape' to Cairo" dream may far outdone by aecemplas'hed fnct., Suggestion has been made of a. tunnel beneath the Straits of Gib- raltar; but it ought to 'be obvious, that such a scheme, while extremely expensive, would have lio compensat- ing value. Its only important useful- ness would be to connect France with her African possessions, and, to ac- complish this, the would be obliged to pass through Spanish territory. 0n the other band, the Bosporus. route would go by way of Mesopo- tamia and Palestine, running at all points through thickly populated re- gions, making Jerusalem an import- ant junction and traffic centre, and thence striking Cairo with a jump over the Suez Canal. Eighteen Miles Across IBesporus. The Bosporus might be called a natural canal, luckily fashioned by geologic forces in such a waav as CO sailtitht the'-Sea'oi'1iI"a"rmora with the. Black Sea. It probably represents' an ancient "fault line" in the earth's crust, where Asia was broken off' fromEurope incidentally some big terrestrial disturbance. It is a narrow strait eighteen miles long, at one place only 800 yards wide, but nearly 400 feet deep in mid -channel. Thus the projected tunnel will have to be dug far down to pass 1 ass under its bottom. --hi view of the further possittility that the. rock structure beneath the strait may prove broken and unstable (owing to the "faulting" above me„ cioned), it is possible that it will he found ex- pedient to bridge the Bosporus— difficult though -the problem would be —rather than to bore under it. The scenery along the strait i; un- surpassed in beauty anywhere in the world, the wooded heights, on either hand sprinkled with picturesque vil- lages, while on the European side are mammy palabial residences of citizens of Constantinople: semmeme ANTWERP DIAMOND TRADE. Recovering Its Activity Through Re- turn of Refugee Craftsmen. Antwerp, which lost its extensive diamond cutting trade while it wos oc- cupied by the Germans, is rapidly re- covering its place through the return of thousands of diamond cutters who sought refuge in England amid Holland. When the city fell into the hands of the Germans, diamond merchants, brokers, cutters and polishers fled to England and IlolIand. Most of them were Jews. They were quickly ab- sorbed in the diamond trades of the countries to which they fled. In Lon- don they settled at Hatton -Garden, set up business and quickly became prosperous. With the armistice many of them returned to Antwerp, but others re- mained, and this finally aroused the Burgomaetsr of Antwerp, who wanted the industry restored to its old basis. Tempting offers were made, but mus- ters and men among the Sews declined all offers unless they were recognized as of Jewish nationality instead at as citizens of the countries in which they were born. The question went before the authorities in Brussels, and the de- mand of the men was granted. It is stated in London that diamond merchants and workers of all nation- alities, except Germans and German Jews, are now to be admitted to Ant- werp, and hubdreds of them are hur- rying to the city, Their former houses are to be restored to them and the furnishings end equipment carried off by the Germ xns are to be replaced by the aioltrhe U':'hw. ar the Saturday night boat from Harwich to Antwerp was crowded with London brokers and merchants, their pockets filled with money with which to buy Antwerp dia- monds. Sunday and Monday would be given over to bargaining, and Mon- day night would sea the same crowd on their way back, their pockets filed with diamonds instead of money. it will be several months before shipping arrangements will be such as to permit Antwerp to entertain buyers in considerable numbers, but diamond authorities are of the opinion that before autumn comes the city will have firmly re-established its profit- able premier industry, "Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; and, with' all thy getting, get understanding"--. Proverbs Iv., 7. In folding down the automobile top he careful that none of the cloth is caught ha between the bows where the metal parts come together. The cloth will be worn t, ergh and the appearance ruined.,