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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1919-09-11, Page 6Fence In the Toddler. Perhaps the ,greatest privilege is the wonderful resource of having all outdoors, but this is a privilege which the mother of young children is apt to neglect. She herself must be in the kitchen er near it during much of the ng r,hich the fortune of a millionaire' oul I, give the little folks no more apeMess, A piece of planed board can be nail - d upon four stout sticks driven into he ground and another on higher c h e t sticks put beforeit, and the little day, and she must have her babies f where they are within sight. It often follows that country little folks spend most of the time hanging drearily around the kitchen where they are in the way and where the air is not always good. But what'else can the busy mother do? She can apply to her children the lore she has learned about little chicks. Fencing will keep little chil- dren safe from automobile haunted roads, from wandering cows, from running out of sight of their mother's eyes. And there is no farm in the country where there is not enough discarded material of one kind or an- other lying about to inclose a spot, say twenty feet square, though it might be larger to advantage., It is better if there is a tree to furnish; some shade for hot days, but if there! is none near enough to the house, a P paper roofing piece of old a er or a section of old corrugated metal roofing, or some old boards with odds and ends of shingles put over them, will furnish) shade for hot days. Little children wish and need to be doing something with their bodies and! hands every minute they are awake.' The problem is to provide them with ; something to do which cannot hurt! thein. ehieh will help them to grow,i and which will not be too upsetting to, the regularity of the family life. Tel begin with, if -a load of sand is clump ed in one corner of the baby yard, and! some old spoons and wornout utensils contributed from the kitchen, there will be many hours of every day dur-I olks will have a bench and table v hich cost but a few cents, and are as serviceable as the pretty painted ones whieh cost ten times as much. Potters' clay can be bought for a few cents a pound and fist a variation from the sand pile plays, young children will gladly turn to clay modeling. If the clay is kept where it can be obtained ground the little folks will find much easily, it is possible that one or snore fun imtrying to walk along it, and thus of the children may show some stir- acquire a considerable addition to in to their capacity for walking straight and managing their bodies. A pile of hay or straw to jump into will save the little gymnasts from bumps and bruises. Nothing in this baby yard need. cost a farmer's -family more than a few cents, nor take but little time and almost no carpentering skill. And yet, the suggestions made cover a very complete outfit for the outdoor exer- cises of children under five or six. Any mother who makes this provision for: play may be sure not only that her own little children will pass numberless happy hours, but that they will never lack for playmates, because their play yard will be sought out by all the little folks ,in the neigh- borhood. Beets Served In New Ways, table oilcloth. If the mother is very busy she can simply fasten ,it together at the shoulder and pack with safety) pins. Children under four delight in climbing, and if possible provision shoul,l be made for that. A wooden box can be set a little down ,in the, grornd, so that it will not tip over, and the edges padded with a bit of an old comforter, so that the inevitable burros are not too severe. The small- est children, even the baby who can- not walk, will rejoice endlessly in pulling himself up over the edge and clambering down into the box, there- by exercising every muscle of his body. Little children cannot co-ordinate their muscles quickly enough to play ball with much pleasure, but if a large soft ball is suspended by a long cord,. they can swing it back and forth to each other with ever-increasing skill, and they should have a rubber ball to roll to and fro on the ground. If a two-by-four board .is Paid on the rings of native ability and beg try to reproduce the animal life of the country. If the mother has time and ability to supervise, the play, so much the better, but if she is so busy that she can only call out from the kitchen a suggestion to make some little cups and saucers, or a bird's nest and eggs, this will serve very well for a beginning. If four strips of wood are nailed in the form of a square at one end of the little ttefile and a pan half full of water' is set securely down into 'the square so that it will not tip over, another great resource is added to the play yard. With an -apron of oilcloth, a spoon and an old tin cup, it is an abnormal child who is not happy and harmlessly busy for a long time each day. Any ordinary child a few years of age loves to play with water in this way and learns steadiness of hand and sureness of eye which go a long way toward insuring agreeable table man- ners at an- early age. As he grows older a fleet of boats made of bits of wood or walnut shells vary the fun, An apron can be made in a few min- utes out of a few cents' worth of 1 HARRIDAN'S LETTER By T. C. BRIDGES. 1 Warder Cartwrigl.t stopped op- posite Cell 77. The broom sticking out under the bottom of the door was a sign that the occupant wished to speak to the warder -in -charge As he opened the door, a small, beady -eyed man with a queer little face that reminded one instinctively of a, marmoset, looked up from his slate on which he was writing dili- gently, and Cartwright was distinct- ly surprised at the expression of dis- may which crossed the prisoner's countenance. "Well, Harrigan," he said, "what do you want?" "It was Mister Conley I was want- ing,' sorr'," faltered Harrigan nerv- ously. "Mr. Conley has gone to Parkhurst. Surely you knew that, Harrigan?" Harrigan's look of dismay deep- ened. "Indade, I didn't know at all, sort. Ile never tould me he was leaving Moorlands." "Well, he went in a hurry, and per- haps he hadn't time," replied Cart- wright, not unkindly. "But what is it you want, Harrigan? What was your broom out f or? Is it the doctor you want to see?" "No, sort. I wasn't wanting the doctor. 'Teas Mr. Conley I was wanting." "As I tell you, he is gone," explain- ed Cartwright patiently. "Can I do anything for ,;cm?" Harrigan looked at the warder. "Faith, ye could, 'sorr; but it's. afraid I'd be to ask you." Cartwright was a decent sort, and Harrigan had a good reputation in the prison as a man who did his job and gave no trouble. "No need to be afraid," said Cart- wright. "I shall be glad to help you in any way I can:" Harrigan paused. Again he stared doubtfully at the other. "Would ye post a letter for me, sorr?" he asked at last. "Post a 'otter for you!" Cart- wright's voice was suddenly sharp. "What do you mean, Harrigan?" e Cartwright wasted no time in carry ing out his threat. At nine that morn- ing Harrigan found himself carpeted in the governor's office. He stood shaking in his shoes while Cartwright, boiling with righteous in- dignation, preferred the charge against him. .Colonel Peyton's keen, blue eyes seemed to Harrigan to be boring holes in him. He stood, shifting miserably from one foot to another, and made no attempt to deny the accusation. "Have you been in the habit of getting letters out of the prison un- censored?" demanded the Colonel icily. "Sure, I've sent a few, sorr," ad- mitted Harrigan in a mumble. "To whom have you been writing?" "I—I can't say, sorr," was the answer. "You will make your offense worse by refusing to tell me," warned the Colonel. "I should advise you to own up fully and freely'." But this was just what Harrigan re- fused to do. The Colonel warned, even threatened; but the little Irish- man was stubborn as a mule. There was no getting a word out of him, and even the stern governor had at last to acknowledge that it was hope- less. "Very well," he said at last. "I have pentine rubbed on carpets under heavy. furniture and in corners will keep the moths away,—Mrs. J. J. 0'C. Save oild kid gloves for ironing day. Sew a piece from the left giove on -to the palm of; the tight one, and you will find your hand is 'Saved from be, coming blistered, while the fingers and back of the hand will he protected from the' scorching heat which is so damaging to the skin.—Mrs. J. J. 0'C. A FRENCH PATRIOT. The following poem, "Vive la France," le one of the tenderest pic- tures of patriotism that has come out of the Great War:, Vive la France; Franceline rose in the dawning grey, And her heart would dance though she knelt to pray, For her man Michel had holiday, ' Fighting for France. She offered her prayer by the cradle side, And with baby palms folded in hers she cried: "If I have but one prayer, dear cruci- fied Christ—save France!" "But if I have two, then, by Mary's grace, Carry me safe to' the meeting place. Let me look once again on my dear love's face. Save him for France!" She crooned to her boy, "Oh, how glad he'll be, Little three -month-old, to set eyes on thee! For, 'Rather than gold would I give,' - wrote he, 'A son to Fiance " Beets in Jelly—Boil, peel and chop several medium sized new beets. Let cool and mix with them one cup of cold chicken, pork or mutton, chopped fine. Pour over the mixture one pint of lemon jelly made from jelly powder that has been dissolved and is be- ginning to set. Mix well, pour in a mold and let it get firm. Slice and serve on a platter or on individual plates garnished with crisp lettuce. Place a spoonful of salad dressing on each portion. Beet Green Salad—Cook in salted water until tender, one-half peck of tender beet leaves with the tiny beets attached. Drain and cool. Peel the beets and chop the leaves. Mix the leaves with three chopped, hard-boiled eggs and enough mayonnaise dressing to moisten nicely. Pile in the centre of a shallow salad bowl. Garnish with the tiny beets, small balls of cottage cheese and shredded lettuce leaves. Beat Greens Served Het—Cook as many beet tops as desired in salted ,water until . tender. Drain and pile on a platter in a mound; Dress with melted butter, white pepper and juice of one lemon and serve hot. Beet and Vegetable Salad -Cut two cold bailed beets in small cubes. Slice four snail, cold -boiled carrots and one dozen small white onions. Mix and add one cup of cold boiled peas. Dress with mayonnaise and serve in a bed of shredded lettuce leaves. Baked Beets—Clean the required number of beets, place them in a pan containing one-half inch of boiling water, and bake until tender. Just before removing from the oven lay a slice of broiled bacon and a spoonful of shredded green pepper over the top of each beet. Salt and pepper to taste, dress with a little butter and serve hot. Beet Cups—Peel six boiled beets and scoop out the centre to form cups Chop the part removed with one cup of white fish—cold boiled or baked— and six or eight stuffed olives. Add warned you that your refusal to speak two tablespoonfuls of thick cream, will make your punishment the heav one tablespoonful of prepared French ier. You will take three days' cells! mustard, salt and pepper to taste and and lose stage and three months' re- juice of one lemon. Mix and fill cups. mission. That means that instead of I Grate the yolks of two hard-boiled being released next July, as would, eggs over the top and lay rings of. ordinarily have been the case, you will l the white of eggs and a sprig of serve till October." 'parsley on the plate with each salad Ilarrigan's queer little face went; el -IP. ashy. An expression of the most Beet Jelly—Pour one pint of boiling piteous display showed in his small beet juice over the contents of one eyes. package of lemon flavored jelly powd- "Annything but that, sorr!" he' er; add two tablespoonfuls of sugar. burst aut. "Annythin.o; but that!' Pour into' mold and let harden. Serve Don't be kaping me in here aftheri in squares as garnish for meats, fish, July. Order me a hashing; sorr, and1 salads, etc. • I'll take it widout a cry; but don't be afther kaping me three months How We Do Pt. longer." A teaspoon of vinegar added to each The misery in the little man's voice gallon of water in the boilerinwhich mads Cartwright absolutely wince, white clothes are scalded` will whiten while even ha:.1 old Colonel Peyton' them. Mrs. L. M. T. Harrigan was all a -twitter with was touched. Jf tablecloths, napkins and handker- nervousness. "I warned you, Harrigan," he said chiefs are folded a little beyond the "Just that, sorr. 'Tis a letter I gruffly. "Even now,' if you tell me to middle when ironing, they will last want posted that I'd not like the whom these smuggled letters were ad- much longer, as it is on the edges of governor to see." dressed, I will let you off with loss folds where they first wear, and by folding not on the middle line, with each ironing they get a new crease. —Mrs. R. G. To bleach your handkerchiefs a pure white, after washing, let them soak over night in water in which a bit of cream of tartar has been dis- solved.—M. A. P. For ginghams and other colored cot- tons dissolve and add to every pint. of starch, a piece of alum the size of a hickory nut to keep the colors bright.—Mrs. J. K. I have discovered that when flannels have become hard and shrunken, they may be restored to their former soft- ness by soaking them a short time in gasoline.—M. A. P. Cedar oil rubbed on the side walls much as it takes. and under side of shelves in closets is good for prevention of moths. TUT- Minertro Liniment for sale everywhere. "What! Do you, mean to say you have been getting letters smuggled out of the prison? Don't you know that's an offence against the rules?" "Sure, I know that well enough," Harrigan answered in a shaky, fright- ened tone. "But, indade, there's no harm in that I'm writing at all. "And it's not myself would be ask- ing you to do it for nothing," he added hastily, "It's not a dale I can -give ye, but I can make it worth your while." This put the finish on it. Cartwright, who was young and zealous, was furious, "So you'd bribe me to `traffic,' Har- rigan? 'Upon my word, this is the limit! I shall report you at once." He slammed out of the cell, leaving Harrigan in a state of collapse. ,.. (To be concluded.) of stage." Harrigan twitted his fingers to- gether in a sort of agony, His face worked in the most e:ctraordinary fashion. "I can't be telling ye that, sorr," he moaned. "I can't be telling ye that!" The governor lost patience. "Take him away, Cartwright!" he said curtly. "Perhaps twenty-four hours' quiet reflection may induce him to change his mind," The punishmen-cells are below ground. They have double doors. There is no bed—only a mattress on the floor; no books. The walls are padded, and the implements of rub- ber. Harrigan, consigned to one of these, lay face downwards on the mat- tress, and sobbed like a hurt child. "Come, now, be good, little stray sauterelle, For we're going by -by to thy papa Michel, But I'll not say where, for fear thou wilt tell, Little pigeon of France! "Six days' leave and a year between! But what would you have? In six days clean, Heaven was made," said Franceline, "Heaven and France." She carne to the town of the nameless name, To the marching troops in the etreet she came, And she held high her boy like taper flame Burning for France. Fresh from the trenches and grey with grime, Silent they march like a pantonine; 'But what need of music? My heart beats tiine— Vive la France!" His regiment comes. Ob, then where is he? "There is dust in my eyes, for I can- not see— Is that my Michel to the right of thee, Soldier of France?" Then out of the racks a soldier fell— "Yesterday—'twas a splinter of shell— And he whispered thy name, did thy poor Michel, Dying for Franco." The tread of the troops on the pave- ment throbbed Like a woman's heart of its last joy robbed, As she lifted her boy to the flag, and sobbed: "Vive la France!" ti The Great Pyramid. The greatest monument in the world is the Groat Pyramid of Egypt, which was built nearly 6,000 years ago. It was built by Cheops, icing of Egypt, who, following the example of pre- vious kings, wished to have a mag- nificent tombstone, so that he would be remembered. He is remembered, but not at all as he would have wished, for it is certain that the thousands of men who were engaged in building it Worked under the lash. The result is Cheops is always put down as a tyrant, According to Herodotus, the ancient Greek historian, 100,000 amen were at work on it for twenty years. It.covers an area of thirteen and a half acres, and contains 7,000,000 tons of mason- ry. It was built in layers—over 200 in number—and then the edges were filled in to make the sides smooth. The stone used varied lin weight from two tons to sixty tons. When it was built it was about 480 ft. high, and the sides were each 775 ft. long. Passages led to the centre of the pyramid. r•.�vaucr .!�.,0 cr, National! EduItiooa1 Co fe °n ee THC AIM ''ro direct public et- .tenti,o3h. •to the funda- inentttl' problem/ 'et educatibpa"inyetents .dh Wattle,'" 550eqn filar educa- tion in its relation t,0 Cansk00ll. oilleenehln To undertake the es .l' tmeDshmont p1.,a�,per nutrient On roan to. gable and desist the., edueaUbnel thought ' 01 the country. t - welve outstaudiuc addleghes by the best known public men and women o8 Canada, the United States and England: IORRESENTATION 1s being asked from every psi111he organization in Canada. If any' organization is being overlooked let ue,know,. Lin addition ample provieion is being made for individuals who will at- tend the conference in their own caliacity. Address Any Inquiries to The Convening g i'eC flIl Committee 505 SLECTRIC.'RA!LWAY -CHAMBERS, Whmilbeg, Oct er 24P-04-22 IF ANIMALS COULD TALK. What Stories' They Could Tell of Cen- tury-OId Events. If animals could talk, says Le Pe1e- Melo, Paris, they would be able te. tell us first-hand of events that happened a himdred'years or more ago. The Russian eagle, fo5 instance, that hovered over the freezing, fam- ishing' soldiers of Napoleon while they were retreating from Moscow in 1812, still may be living, for eagles frequently pass the century mark. ' Crocodiles which were in the swamps` of the West Indies when the first explorer set foot on the islands, are basking there yet, and in' the ocean still are whales that frequented the coast of France when Joan of Arc was a child, and when, in,1415, Henry V. of England, landed in Normandy with a great army and seized Zion fieur. These whales, if they could talk and eared to, could tell us that in those days there were large whale fisheries along the Basque coast, in fact pretty generally in the Gulf of Gascony. For. whales live several cen- turies, while elephants rarely pass one hundred. years; but carp and crows sometimes live two centuries. Speaking of birds we may recall that parrots and swans often be- come centenarians, and it is not un- usual for a long -beaked heron to reach 60. Geese and pelicans live half a century; the humble sparrow frequent- ly sees 40, while pigeons, canaries, TORONTO storks and peacocks often reach 30. q. J. CLIFF Partridge, pheasants, nightingales and A Simple Cure. •- The little country inn was pic- turesque, but leaky. Late one night a guest rang his bell urgently, and the landlord answered. "I say, look here!" snorted the in- dignant traveler, who was still in bed. "That roof's letting in the rain, and I'm drenched." "Very good, sir!" remarked the landlord amiably, as he retired. A few minutes later he came with a large washtub, "This will make things right, sir," he said, still amiably. "I'll just put this on your chest; then, when its full, ring the bell, or shout out, and I'll have another empty one ready!" Alfalfa is the cheapest home grown feed to produce milk. There are 212 pounds of digestible protein in one ton and the average yield per season is three tons per acre. Alfalfa, by adding nitrogen to the soil, gives as larks live nominally from 15 to 18 years. _ WORLD'S SMALLEST RAILWAY. c Miniature Line in North-Western Ca- nada Is Profitable Enterprise. The Grand. island Railway, which stretches from enol to end of an island in the. Athabasca river, is probably the smallest in the world. The en- tire length of the track is a quarter of a mile, and the rolling stock com- prises two well-worn lorries. Merchandise is taken to the island in boats or scows, transferred to the railroad and shipped again by water at the other end. Customers load the l them and propel by cars themselvesPe hand power across the island. Tho owner says, his enterprise returns thousands of dollars a year, and the claims that his is not only the small- est, but the most profitable railroad in the world. as Minard'a Liniment Cures Dandrufr. A wooden spoon is best for cake because the sound handle does not tire the hands. All grades. Write for prices. SALT WORKS TORONTO "The right PAINT to PAINT righty" MEANS: Less frequent painting—RAMSAY'S Paint 17 can be applied by anybody For Sale by ABN Dealers WIRELESS PHONE IN TIMES OF PEACE THE MOVEMENTS of .ZEPPELINS. til WERE EASILY FOLLOWED, • Success of System Proved Under Wer. Conditions Holds Great Promlee For Future. The utility of the wireless teloPhono and of tho .system of: direction finding by wireless izxstrumonts (recently de-• Mo'iistratotl at the :Marconi works at, Chelmsford, England, has beenPreyed- toh3 Very great in war. It le hdeied. Mid confidently anticipated that their lls08 in aucliieJly at. Theloforepe, thce wille widestbe publicity grefor their systems is desired 'ny• tho Mar-• coni Company, who have been unable. to speak publicly during the period of hostilities concerningthe progress et' their investigations: It is now com- mon knowledge that by menus ofd stations, placed. in convenient parts of the Preach and British coasts, the, movements of Zeppelins were follow-• ed without difficulty. A Zeppelin cross-• ing to England inuring the night would speak to a German station by wire- less, perhaps asking for its position. As soon as the wireless' came into operation all the British shore stations could get the bearing of the hostile; craft with respect to their own in- strument; these bearings were im- mediately passed on to the Admiralty,. where the bearings wore plotted on a. map, and in an incredibly short space• of time the position of the Zeppelin was accurately located. By that means. also hie course and probable intone Bons could be estimated. Located Enemy Submarines. Nor was this the sole use of wire.. less direction finding in this area. A submarine -coming from its lair on the . Belgian and German coasts could be located by the same means, and given a sufficient number of "positions," and the open passages through the Ger- man nine fields could be found—for where the Ilan submarine was there the nines were not. For artillery work in the field the portable variety of wireless telephone was extremely useful, even on the western front, wbile in open warfare where vast distances have to be cover- ed, as lin the Near East and on the northwest frontier of India, its poten- tialities satisfy the most exacting of military requirements. The smallest guaranteed range of the telephone station over normal flat country is sixty miles, but it is capable of carry- ing much greater distances in favor- able circumstances. It can be trans- poried either on four pack -horses or on a vehicle, and requires at most six fir men to work it, Steel masts thirty foot long are carried, supporting e single horizontal aerial, while the transmitting and receiving apparatus can be permanently set up inside the vehicle. Ther generating set consists of a two -cylinder petrol engine driv. ing a high frequency half -kilowatt alternator. Now that the inventions of war time are being utilized to further peaceful ends, a long vista of useful purposes to which wireless telephonic and direction finding instruments can be put is opened up. Already ex• ports have said that directional wire. less is the key to successful comanor. cial flying through its capacity for overcoming obstacles to navigation provided by unfavorable weather. Useful in Sparsely Settled Countries. In the same way shipping will re ceive external assistance in finding the whereabouts when necessary, and in the wireless telephone will find a cheaper method of communication with the shore and with passing ves- sels than the permanent maintenance on board of a skilled wireless opera- tor. , Again, for work in countries of long distances and vast areas thinly populated, as for instance China, South America, and Africa, the Mar- coni Company anticipates a great de. mend will be ]wade on their resources, as the possibilities of wireless tele. phony are more fully realized. At their works at Chelmsford be- tweein 600 and 700 workpeople are em- ployed on the making of instruments. Many of the larger parts aro procured from other firms, as in the case of en- gines, but in the series of worlcsliops it is possible to see transmitting and receiving sets in the process of mann, facture from start to finish. In one shop—the carpenters'—the heavy solid cases in which the delicate instru. moats are afterward to be fixed are put together. In another, screws of Various typos aro made, In still an- other, the parts aro classified and stored, to be issued out later and acs' ambled as a complete inetrumont, slther fry one skilled man, or by sever. al girls who have been trained under the supervision of foremen to do each a special part of the work. Finally the instruments are fixed into their cabinets, either for use in aircraft, or en ships, or in the field. All the time the shops aro being kept free from Aust by a series of vacuum cleaners which are in constant operation. A Tasty Occupation. Ma, what is dad's busineas? Why, son. he is a tea eanlpier; he samples the different kinds of tea. Mal Yes, my Son. Do you know what I want to bq when a grow ftp? No, 'What, my boy? A pie sampler, E3dra.'t3e,� "4.5h"4�$1�'"-ertrxeaaa-�sm�ana J 1. 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