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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1919-10-23, Page 6.puramuv Wixai axy Kitche Economy If you consider its body-building powe`°rs Bovril is probably the most ccofeomeical food you can buy. No other food, no matter how high its price, has been proved to possess Bovril's wonderful body-building powers. Bovril saves butchers' bills and is a great economiser in the kitchen. err,: � .:tel®a.r •.. .-,.-,ave .. .,. ,,,u, s .m, Tt-E SWALLOW By MARY RAYMOND SHIPMAN ANDREWS. V, That night after dinner but it was calico eupeer—the colonel and I went into the big, airy log kitchen with the lake looking .in at three windows and the ;sorest at two doors. We gun- ned over with the men plans for the next day, for the most must be made of every minute of this precious mili- tary Holiday. I explained how pre - cions it was, and then S spoke a few words about the honor of having ars; our guest a soldier who had conte from the front, and who was going book to the front. For the life of me I could not resist a sentence more about the two crosses they had seen on lids uniform that day. The Cross of War, the Legion of Honor! I could! not let my men mies that! Rafael had' been quiet and colorless, and I was disappointed in the show qualities i es of my show guide. But the colonel beam -1 ed with satisfaction in everything and everybody, and received my small introduction with a bow and a flourish worthy of Carnegie Hall. "I am so happy to be in this so charming camp, in this forest mag. a f sent, ou those ancient mountains," crated the colonel floridly. "I am most, pleased of all to have Huron Indians as my guides, because between Herons' and hire these are memories." The men were listening spellbound. "But yet. I had Huron soldiers serving ie my regiment, just now at the western front, of whom I thought highly. They , were all that there is, those Hurons of mine, of most fearless. most Skil- ful One among them was pre -min- uet. Sine of toll may have known sere 1 rr. i eite say that I never Inns' n:- emee, mit enema his tee r.: i ll_ care of J Ii.i r rri,:r that ii ere one gee as a s,'al- Ic • glee to a fool- nh h a.- ;, asha not to be fol cr c i lien was m; Hirondelle. And yet this swift bard rtes in the end ole down." At this point in the colonel's speech I happened to look at Refuel, hack in the ehadows of time half -lighted hig therm J-Iis oyes glittered out o; the dimness like disks of fire, his face was st:r ivied, and his figure bent forward, "Ile must have known this chap, the Sv al ow." I thought to myself. "Ji.st lu pe ibly a son or brother or nephew 1 of his. The colonel was going on, telling in fluent. beautiful French the story of how Hirondelle, wrapped i i f it beet, had rescued him. The men drank it in. 'When those guides are old, old fellows, they'll talk about this night and the colonel's speech to their great-grandchildren," 1 considered, and again the colonel went on. "Have I in'sieur's permission to ra- center a short story of the most amus- ing which was the last eseapade of my Hirondelle before he was killed?" a M'sieur gave his permission eager- ly, and the low murmur of the voices d of the hypnotized guides, standing in f a ou before re the colonel, added ' d its b force and set him smiling. }v "It was like this." he stated. `;My s Hirondelle out' was in No Man's Land ed ere a night, strictly charged to behave ii in a manner comme ii faut, for he h was of a rashness, and we did not wish r. to lose him. He was valuable to us, It and beyond that the regiment had an affection for him. For such reasons a his captain tried—but, yes—to keep ' him within bounds. As I say, on this eight he had received particular orders n to be sage. So that the first thing the ca fellow does is to lose his comrades, far which he had a penchant, one at Jno ws, After that he crawls over that ed accursed country, in and out of shell- it holes, rifle in his teeth likely ---the gl good God knows where else, for one h need be all hands and feet for such s crawling. He crawled in that fashion I till at last he lost himself. And then; th he was concerned to find out where', an might be our trenches, till in time he — heard a sound of snoring and was well) content. Home at last. He tumbled no into a dirk trench, remarking only en that -it was filled with men since he Th left, and so tired he was with his lex adventure that he pushed away the N man next, who was at the end, to gen lif space, and he rolled over to sleep. But hu that troublesome man next still took too much room, Our Hirondelle plant- ha ed him a kick in the middle of the fi back. At which the the man half an waked and were at him in German. we And dr ed ,off to sleep again with de• kyle leg a pig stung across Hiroo- by delle's chest. At that second a star- h &hell lighted up the affair, and Hiron- de defile, starling with much interest, be- An Neve me saw a trench filled with my sleeping Boches. To get out of that ed. a equietly as might be possible was for game--nest-ce-pas, res auris? But not for Hirondelle. leis 'My colonel has a liking for pi -is- p overs,' he reported later. 'My captain on orders were to conduct oneself ttem eoenme it font. It is always memo it fent to please the colonel. Therefore my it seemed en regle to take a prisoner. giv I took him, Le v'la.' "There were two Germans," spoke the voice out of the shadows. The colonel, too astonished to ans- wer, stared. The voice, trembling old, went on. "The second man w and one wits obh.ged to strangle h also. One brought the brace to captain at the end of the oarabin rifle." Can Your Daughter Earn Her Living? Last June your boy or your girl i:tu'ssed the High School Entrance. School In the country is done. According to your ideas, school is done with for good. The child now has a •great deal more hook learning than you ever had, and you've got along and made money. There's' no sense in sending children to high school unless they are going to teach. You might send a boy if he wanted to take up a profession and juet wouldn't stayon the farm, m, but a girl *ked — 'hat's the sense of her going to am l high -school or college and getting a the lot of liighalutdn' notions that just e-- torn her head and make her feel above her family? Ire she would go on and do something afterwards you might do et, but she'll only get married and there's all that money thrown away. This is your line of argument. But what of the child? Is your child per- fectly contented with the very, very °litt4e bit she knows? For the work in ed "In heaven'•s name, who are you domanded'tho colonel. From where old Rafael had been, bowed and lenp in his humble, worn clothes, stewed et a stride a soldier, head up, shoulders squared, glitters eyes forward, and stood at attentl It was like magic, One hand snap; up in a smart salute. "Who are you?" 'whispered the e onel. "If the colonel plea•see—I'Hir dello." I heard the colonel's breath co and go as he peered, leaning forty to the soldiierly figure, "Nom de Ci he murmured, "I believe it is." Th in sharp sentences: "You were r ed killed. Are you a deserter?" The steady mac age of a soldier dr ped back a step. "My colonel—i o." "Explain this." Rafael—YHirondelle—explained. He had not been killed, but captured and sent to a German prison -camp. "You escaped?" the colonel threw in. "But yes. may colonel." The colonel laughed. "One wou know it. The clnmsv Boches cou net hold the Swallow" "But no, my colonel." "Go on One went to work before Iight, canine -1, in that accursed prison -ramp One wee out of sigh+ from the gua • a moment, turning a corner, that on a morning I slipped into so bit:rhea and hid in a dugout—for was an old camp—all day. That ni I walked. I walked for seven night and lay bid for seven days, eating, m colonel, very little. Then, v'la, I in front of the French lines, "You ran acroas to our lines?" "But not exactly. One see that was yet in dirty German pris clothes, and looked like an infantr man of the Boehos, so that a poi embed at me with a bayonet. I b ieved then that.I had come upon German patrol. Each thought t' other a Hun. I managed to wre rom the poilu his rifle with the b onet, but as we fought another s n1e—in the side." "You were wounded?" "Yes, my colonel." "In hospital?" "Yes, my colonel." "How long?" "Three months, my colonel." "Why are you not again in th rmy?" The face of the erect soldier, Hiron elle. the dare -devil, was suddenly th ace of a man grown old, ,ill, a roken hearted. He stared at the sta art, French soldier, gathering him elf with an effort. "I—was discharp m colonel, e Y as unfit. His ilea n, its old felt hat dropped into hi ands suddenly, and he broke beyon ontrol into sobs that shook not onl im but every man th The colonel stepped forward and pu n arm around the bent shoulders Mon Heros!" said the colonel. With that Rafael found words ever a 'hard task for high. Yet they me with gasps between. "To be cast out as an old horse -- the moment of glory! I had dream all my life of fighting, And I h —oh, my colonel—I had it! Th ory came when I was old and knew ow to be happy in it. Not as a bay ho laughs and takes all as his right was old, yes, but I was good to lcil e vermin. I avenged the chiddre d the women whom those savages My neople, the savages of th wood; knew no better, yet they hav t done things as bad as these vii es who were educated, who knew erefore 1 killed them. I was old t I was strong, my colonel knows ort for nothing have I lived a hard e. On a vu de' la misere, I hare nted moose and bear and kept my muscles of steel and my eyes of a wk. It es in niy blood to be a g'hting man. I fought with pleasure, el I was troubled with no fear. I s old, but I could have killed man riIl more, And so I was •shot down my own friend after seven days of and life. And the young soldier- etar discharged mous unfit to fight. d so I came home very fast to hide self, for 1 am ashamed. I am finish - The fighting and the glory are me no more." The colonel •stepped back a bit and face framed. "Glory!" he whis- ered. "Glory no more for the Hir dalle? What of the Croix de Guerre?" Rafael shook his head. "1 haf heard colonel who said they would have en me—me, the Hirondelle_.the war -class. That now is keret, too." an 9u public school is really not even a els drop in the bucicet. Is she perfectly satisfied *with the future you have on- mapped out for her—to stay at ]tome and help mother until some boy asks Bier to marry him and she goes into a home of her own? Or has she ideas a£ a life a little fuller than one con- cerned merely with material things, money, clothes and' food 7 Does she love books, pictures, music? Has the a mania for taking care of sick folks and animals? Has she been "nagging" you to send her to high school so that she may be able to do the thing the likes best? Is she ambitious for something outside the kitchen. Of course, we want her to know all about home -making, but does she crave something more? And is her expressed desire for higher education based on a real de- sire for knowledge, or does she just want to go because her churn is going mY and they can have a gay time in town, are, free from parental eyes? If she is so! sincere in her desire, what are you me! going to do about it? Are you going it! to arbitrarily refuse her the oppor- g'hti tunity, because you never cared for s such things yourself, or are you going waY to give her all the help you can to iimprove her God-given talent? Are I you going to let her be herself, help I, her to be herself, or are you going to on; force her into a mold of your liking, 3'-i a life of material things the making tai of money, cooking of food, things - entirely of the earth earthy? ]rel Is she to grow into the sort of wo- g' God meant her to be or`the sort ay- ! of woman you think she ought to 'be:? het, Isn't she entitled to a choice of the sort of life she'll live. After all, she will have to live it. You may die in five years, during whieh time you have spoiled her life. Will you die more cheerfully knowing that her life long thought will be, "If father and motfiner had only let me follow my natural bent how much better life would have been." The idea that because a girl is to marc and become home -maker, a ore -m - aker h er education is wasted, is really so ab- surd it should have died long ago. But like all bad things, it dies hard. Isn't it true in your case that the more you learn about everything the better you are able to' do your own line of work? The broader your knowledge t the greater your success. And doesn't • it follow that an educated woman is better fitted to bring up the right sort of citizens than the uneducated one? Would you rather your son would marry a girl who left school at the. third book, or one with a high school ad education? Wouldn't you feel that the e last girl would, other things being equal, make him the better helpmeet? Hasn't your prospective son-in-law a • right to demand that you do as much 1 for his wife as you want someone to n do for your son's wife? e Is a woman a poorer mother be- e cause she can select the best in books o and music for her ohildren? Will it , be better for the children to hear Bee- r thoven or ragtime? Won't you feel • prouder to have your gn'andchildren choase such works as Shakespeare than to have them turn to "Deadwood Dick"? Is money wasted which hellos a girl to make better men and women out of her children? If you want a more practical rea- son, there's the very good one that every girl should be able to earn her own liming before she is allowed to get married. If she could, there would me rd el " r en epoa't- op- Id Id e e 1- a s d 71 • "What the fellow did was to wait ` ti•Il .the Bache next door was well fel asleep, +bheii slowly remove his rifle, Fr teen fasten on his throat with a grip mo which 1:•lirondelle .unclerstood, and fin- the t stip to overpower the Bache till he was of ready enough'to crawl out et the muz- an file of Hirondelle' rifle." for Leet!" The colonel's deep tone viae 1 of: this vibration -which only a emelt voice carries. With a quack vement he unfastened the catch held the green ribbon, red -striper] own cross of war. He tanned d pinned the thing which men die an the shabby coat of the guide, - There wasa stir in the Iittle group of guides, and from :the shadows Ra - ties voice spoke. "Mon colonel—pardon!" ' The colonel turned sharply. "Who is that•'?,,, Then he kissed him on either cheek. "My comrade,' he said, "your glory will T kitchen. The crackling of wood that 1 never be old." here eves deep stlelice in the camp fell apart, the splashing of thcs'wave,s be fewer widows left stranded. Jus a typical instance. There's the college woman who teaches Latin in our school. Her father ;thought it was all nonsense to send a girl to college, or beyond the fourth book, she'd only get married. But this particular girl knew how to handle her father and she got her education. Then the got metaled, just as he said she would. But shortly after the arrival of her only son the husband contiiacted Wber- culosis. If father had not educated hie daughter he Bin would have had the three to care for. A•e it was, the young wife went into the school room, cared for her husband until his death, and is now sending her boy through the Uni- versity. Father admitted several times that his judgment about educating - girls was not of the best. If your boy or ,:glirl shows talent, help bring it out. Give them their chance now, rather then an inherit- ance later. We can't take material things into the Beyond, but the things of the spirit live always. That is part= ly what Ohrist meant when he •said, "Lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven," When Setting the Table. It is not necessary to have trained servants to set the table correctly and to serve the meals nicely. Any house- wife can do it, and with no more time and energy expended, of she will but train herself. Setting the table correctly three times a day is an art, but it is one which everyone may acquire. Sim- plicity is the keynote in all table decorations. In no other point is the taste and culture of a housewife- so observed as in the table service which she offers her family and friends. The table ;should not appear crowd- ed, and, as far as possible, china, glassware, and silverware should armonise—that is', they should all adhere strictly to the note of sim- plicity. The arrangement of the plate, glass, napkin, and silverware for each per- son is called the "cover." Each kind of meal has its own particular pieces of silverware necessary for it, but the same general rules apply to all. In all eases the plates and silver- ware should be placed one-half inch from the edge of the table. The din- ner knife and fork are always placed nearest the plate. The knife, with the blade turned toward the plate on the right of the. plate, the fork with tines up, on the left of the plate. The other pieces of silver ere placed en the order in which they will 'be used, beginning with the outside. the spoons are placed to the right of the knife, while all forks are placed to the left of the dinner fork. The butter spreader may be placed either on the butter plate er at the top of the "cover," with the point toward the fork. The glass has a correct place at the tip and slightly to the right of the knife. The napkins are laid at the left of the fordo, with the loose edges parallel to the edge of the table and fork; or it is rolled ,and placed in the same position. The butter plate is placed at the tip and slightly to the left of the fork. The table linen may vary for the different meals, as a lunch cloth or doilies for breakfast and luncheon, and a tablecloth for dinner. These should bear out the sane keynote of simplicity as the table decoration. Fruits of Experience. There are different ways of remov- ing scorch. One is to make a paste of cornstarch and water; hang near the fire after applying he paste to the scorched part. Some people are successful in removing scorch stain, if they dip the place in cold water immediately, and lay it out of doors on the clean grass to bleach. If the scorch ' is deep, use Javelle water as a bleach.—Z. I. D. To Avoid Odors of Cooking Vege- tables.—When cooking cmbba.ge, on- ions or cauliflower,. to prevent the odor from permeating the house, place a good eized piece of !bread in the bot- tom of the kettle in which the vege- table is coolcing. When Stitching,—I£ the belt on your sewing machine is a little loose and slips when operating the machine, rub the belt thoroughly with a piece of resin.—F, F. W. Oil the Machine,—S'ometinies• my owing machine becomes gummed, and efuses to move, so I pour coal oil into e oil holes, take the thread out of e needle, and run the machine. The al oil soon cuts the dirt and gummed Then I wipe off all the coal oil an oil with a good quality Trim/line This knowledge has saved me ming for the repair man a number times; it also has saved me much e. It is a very simple thing, and t many women neglect it.—F. R. Economy in the Use of Lemons: merge the lemons In hot water d let them :stand Inc five or six nutes covered'` Then use in the ternary way and your will find that n e ill get almost twice the amount Mice and flavor as when they are d v ithout the "hot bath," This ,1 c! i PIN1 nee ul v'hen time lemons i+7h i and dry..,sIf only lccL j.. j,•i' are needed. of the lake on the pebbles by, the shore r were the only sounds on earth.. For th a long minute the men stood as if rooted; the colonel, poised and dram- atic, and I, stirred to the depths of ee my soul by this great ceremony wheel oil had come out of the •skies to fits a humble setting in the forest—the men oil and the colonel and I, we ell watched ,se Rafael. Ana Rafael slowly, yet with the .iron of tenacity ,of his race, got backs iris eon- , trol. !