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The Seaforth News, 1923-12-27, Page 6ou,., ..,-* R478 you will realize the difference between "Salad " "j.last; Semote" About the Hous "SUCH A G OOD BABY. He is such a good baby—just It and sucks his thumb." How ofte have you heard that remark? And th poor little fellow, who substituted hi thumb for the want of proper nourish ment or simply contracted the habi through neglect, grows into a chil with a will of his own and a habit that his parents have a terrible time break- ing him of. All babies do not contract this habi because they are being undernourish ed, but a great many of them do, an wise mothers who find their 'table sucking their fists or their thumbs will investigate the babies' weight recon to 'see if they are getting enough t eat. If they are gaining nicely th it is simply a habit or maybe the lac of water. The evils of thumb sucking are n always realized, In the first place the mouth is very frequently deformed in this way, and the teeth are un sightly, pushing out from the lip Then the thumb which goes into th child's mouth may not always be clean —is apt not to be, in fact. Babies and young children may be broken of this habit by having muslin mittens pinned over the hands and fastened to the clothing is such a way that they cannot be removed. The mitten should be of thin material so that the freedom of the hands is not interfered with. An egg-shaped alum- te The M fl en Hou` The• Same Boat:: • One who crosses the Atlantic on a great modern'-steamship.:cat1, hardly.: Pell to be impressed by the' community of interest among' the passengers, whether they admit it or: not,; There are social distinctions observed by the separate classes to which the' varying. BY 3. B. t-iARRIS-BORLAND % 'rates of fare have established a title: CHAPTER XVI,—•(Cont'd "A r'ehorn What make " asked Crust. "li«A sincere," replied That' sounds bad you s friend, Mr. Ardin h, yes! T of hint? meet and h, indeed, ecu his es sir,". "And what n?" great and he Mr.� Cx'ust laughed immoderate) "In short, Kane,"g he said, "this Ded- bury is a very simple, beautiful vil- lage, inhabited by honest folk and jolly landlords and great artists. I wonder what poor Dutton thinks of them now, if he can think at all?" He rose to his Land as much a part of the menage as feet and looked at his watch, "It's ea the home itself,—.J. J. O'C. half -past nine," he said. "Would it "Yes, do you make of Mr ingto "A artist, sir. I went house, showed Inc some work." .) the man• had! Of course, if Crust h do you Who might hknownave to be a danof ger, even Kane it. Were only to frighten them, Cr Have would certainly have been more gton?" pitch, The fact is," thought Kane, " Ards friend Crust_ has made a mountain e molehill." '' That was it, of sou to his Crust had seen, or had thought he of his seen, someone very like Ditton on London road, And Crust had let imagination have full play. "And perhaps," thought Mr. Kano, "this old inn has had something to do with it. It is the sort of place that a novelist would choose as the scene of a crime." Ho looked round the room with a smile, The blackened ceiling, the panell wails, the sloping, uneven ' floor oaken boards! Could a Ivan of ination wish for anything better? A knock on the door roused' M Kane from his silent criticism of S erintendent Crust. "Come in," he said sharply, and Mrs, Jurby entered the room. Her face was very pale and there were dark rings round her eyes—eyes that seem- ed extraordinarily brilliant in that dull, weary fate. "I hope you've everything that you want, sir?" she queried timidly, "Everything, thank you, Mrs, Jurby.'.' ' If you'd like anything to drink, sir, I'll bring it up before I go to bed." "I won't have anything, thanlc you," said Kane with a smile. Mrs. Jurby edged a little farther into the room. "I likes. to go to bed early, sir, my self," she said in a monotonous voice, "I don't sleep very well, and I has to Who get up early in the morning." "Yes, of course, Mrs. Jurby: Lorean, vont that's' the right way to live, isn't it-- „ early to bed and early to rise?" f "It's very `hard on'a sick woman, and sir having to get up so early," she the continued. "I work my fingers to the bones.Jurby, he do put everything on me.- Jurby Inc a good time, he ?las." kfep_She paused and snffed, s• I "What on earth does the woman Pe to-Ixedto himutht atiperhaps Mrs. JAnd it u by bed - Iliad had a little too much to drink. And then he said aloud: "I should like the to be called at seven o'clock, Mrs, Jurby, and breakfast at eight." "Yes, six," she replied, and then ad and Spartan simplicity, if not actual qne discomfort,. 411 the.;steerage. In the if floating city or palatial marine hotel flat there 1s't reproduction on a small ex- scale of the communal existence on the land. It is recognized, that In egrl oux•'tain hands authority is placed, and of - there are laws by which the entire: rse: had' ship's co mliany must abide:' : , th�] Whsn i't is Plain coiling in fair his Weather, :existence is simple enough: and contentment: is general, In tluie of storm many are the victims of a malady which is no respector of per- sons and does not ask how much the paseenger has paid for his accommo- dations. When actual disaster occurs ed and the voyagers must take to the of boats or wait precariously while the Incg- wireless summons aid, the distinctions between shipboard neighbors vanish r. like the crests of the waves. Then it Su be too late to call on ar, Ardington?" , el CHILDREN'S TASK TIME. "I don't know, sir. Artists do keep late hours, don't they?" ` is ] I have a schedule of tasks for thee ' "Well, I think we'll Chance it,Kane." - children that works very well, writes!, "There's nothing against r. Ard- t a contributer. int children used never' Ing"toit, sir?' d to have spare time to do all the.thingstills � "Of course not, unless poor Dittos, they wished, but now they play for, was coming up to town to tell us any- ] an hour after school, after which they'tkhl • A But it seems to Inc that . rdrngton xs the one leaky intelli- know comes task time, when they are gent person in this village and that it t expected to do the evening chores and would be useful to hear his views ou whatever else may be necessary. Task' the death of Mrs. Merrington and.Dite a time comes, again on Saturday morn -ton's disappearance." s ing, when they are occupied with home "Mr. Ardington is out, sir," said the duties, for each child helps to clean" sleepy manservant who opened the' ds his own room. door to them. ° Avery important thing is that I. "When do you expect Mr. Ardington to return?"queried Crust. the have purposely; taught my girls and! "I don't know, sir. We don't sit up It boys what seems to 'me to be an im- for him." taut thing—to exchange duties; of then when one is ill or away the work. . goes on just the same. There ares times' in everyone's life when son,or� husband must help to do a woman's ed s, worlc, and the other way round. e J>.tet as regular as task time is So playtime., Saturday afternoon is an ca established half, holiday for us all, in -1 eluding my husband. Then we all go. w on a jaunt, either on foot or in the sU motor car, to a picnic with a camp! to fire and a meal cooked out of doors.! n "Ah, he is often very late?" "Not often, sir—but sometimes, hall I say. called, sir?" "Oh, it doesn't matter. I'll loo gain. I was just passing and I w a drink—that's all. Good nigh Crust walked down the drive ined Kane, who had remained in r. "Out, my dear Kane," he said. as afraid of that. These artists ch irregular hours: I'll look the w up later on—next week perha ust go back as far as`Maidston ght, - I'll drop you at the inn." When Mr. Kane returned to his tong -room' he poked the fire' into aze and held out his hands to loin cover. for the hands, with tapes fr that tie round the wrists, is sold for this purpose. Two weeks is usually izmg enough to break the most. stub- born case. With older children, however, some other method must be used, as they , can remove the mittens. The using of bad -tasting medicines seldom helps, since the effect is soon gone, and it is doubtful if anything except an appeal to a child's sense of pride will have any 'effect. Bribes are effectual at times, but are a bad thing to start with children, The best way to over- come any bad habit with children is to nip it in the bud :and never let it take root. Given his own way, it is quite likely that a child would choose candy as the principal part of his diet. And it must be confessed that many. parents seem to be of the same mind. Such a con- dition is deplorable, becausesweetsare hard on the teeth as well as the digestion and spoil the child's appe- tite for nourishing foods. Sweets should form a part of his diet, of course, but a piece of candy or two given to a child after meals each day is much better for him than to buy him a sack and let him sit down and eat the contents in a half hour. His love of sweets may be satisfied' iso by giving him raisins, dates or figs when he asks for candy. Dates are especially high in food value, and all three fruits may be given to chil- dren past three in moderate quanti- ties. It has been noticed that the child who eats plenty of fruits and vege- tables seldom has the doctor's ther mometer in his mouth. --Velma West Sykes. MY MEAT .CHOPPER—AN ECON- OMIC TREASURE. I look on the meat chopper as my it no longer asked who is rich or poor, who is proud and who is humble. On the sea of human life 'we ars fellow -passengers, faring :from the sante port to the ammo haven. We are. "all in the same boat" for a little time together, and bound to show each other the kindness, the generosity, the mutual respect and tolerance that make fife bearable for the feeble, the timorous, the less fortunate. The boys help to prepare the luncheon with as much enthusiasm as the girls,I si Tasks become habit and should have bl armth. "Crust is half cracked," he sai mselr. "He's overworked and bit foolish." He had a high epi their. allotted time. Children called'w om play to do an errand will con -i plain about it, for it upsets their reas-hi enable plans and they revise the old tie adage, "Work while you work and'ce play while you play," until it reads: for Play while you work and work while in you play; most valued kitchen pet. It is trul a friend in need. It has helped 1 out of many a tight place and enable Inc to serve quickly and in appetizin forms the odds and ends of meats th otherwise would have gone to wast This almost indispensable uteri can be quickly set up in same conve 11 le o e d to r, a lit- after a pause, Ido hope. as you don't mind sleeping in this room, sir?" ''lion i "Not at a11, A t jolly comfortable •00111 I- call it." - "It isn't everybody as would like to leep here, sir—after what has hap- ened." "Has anything happened here?" "Oh, well, sir --poor Mr. Ditton— nd a nice gentleman he was too, sir." "Don't worry. about Mr. Ditton," aughed the detective. "He can look a ter himself all right.'' The woman clasped her hands on er breast—her thin ,white toil -worn ands with the fingers locked tightly. ogether. "Oh, sir, if that were only true," she •ied hysterically. "If it were only ue, I'd sleep better of nights—indeed, would, sir." Close the door," said Kane sharply. She did not move. She only stared him with piteous, wide-open eyes. e went to the door and closed it, "Now, then," he said sternly, "what e you talking about?" "I do think of him," she sobbed. "How can I help thinking of him?" "Look here, you've got something to tell me—something that's on your mind. Don't be frightened. Just calm yourself and tell me. what's the trouble." • "I've nothing to tell you, sir—no- thing." "Yes, you have, and you came in here to tell me all about ib. Look on axe as a friend. The police are not aid going to hurt honest men and women. e11 -I And you're an honest woman, aren't eh i yell ?» ly f "Yes, sir, I hope so. But I haven't d told Jurby yet." at1 "Haven't told him what?" th ! She fumbled in the folds of a blouse !that seemed too large for her frail n tbody and pulled out a crumpled ere n ve]ope. a I "About this, sir," she said' in a low ye voice - he I (To be continued.) I % the superintendent's abilities, but it r tainiy seemed as though his super. officer had wasted his time in aim -'s g to Dedbury. !p That is the way +O grow grouchy to gray, weou A VERY ATTRACTIVE HOUSE liar FROCK. mi Inc 'Keep this in mind," Crust had said him as they were drivingebackfrom! dington's house. "Poor Ditton never a t by that train at all, Try to find t who is the liar, and if there is no -1 try to find out who has made a - f stake, and why the mistake' was de. Keep .a sharp look -out for h ghosts. Don't worry about, the Mer- h rington case or the woman. If we can t find the man who has murdered Ditton i we shall find the man who murdered et Paula Merrington. Watch Trehorn tr and your .genial landlord, and get in I touch with' Ardington—make friends; with Ardington if possible. And don't! get the idea into your head that youatare surrounded by simple-minded,_hon-; H est villagers. You're not. Very likely! you're in a nest of hornets, and they'll ar sting you to death if they're afraid of you. Don't ask any questions about the stranger who said he'd walked from Folkestone and was walking on to London, We'll see to all that." The instructions were clear enough, but Mr. Kane, when his hands were thoroughly warm, wrote them down, almost word for word' in his notebook. And when he had written them down he read thein through very slowly and,; carefully. "It all amounts to nothing," he sa himself. What was the good of t ing. him to make legends with a ani artist like Mr. Ardington? It simp couldn't be done, As for Trehorn an the landlord, did Crust imagine th either of them had anything to do wi the disappearance of Ditton? No doubt when Crust had spoke about Ditton's ghost on the Londe road he had meant that he had seen man just like Ditton, and that possibl this was the man who had left by t early train and had been mistaken fo Ditto Well, perhaps there was some - g in that, But tvhy had Crust been 1 eculiar and, -mysterious about it?, hadn't he said straight out, "Dit- got a double, and you can see! that means." It was almost as ust did not like to commit himself definite a theory. was all very vague incl unbusi-- Y, 4;102, Blue or black sateen with hin ne white dots, and with trimming of so p d white linens, would be pleasing for Why g this style. It is also nice for percale ton's at and gingham. !what e•I The Pattern is cut in 7 Sizes: 34,'nf Cr s11 ;;a, 38, 40, 42, 44, and 40 incites "bust to so n It ike, thought Mr. !Cane. That was, lent part of the kitchen and is read for business immediately and at a times. Scraps of meat, tough or tel der, can. be readily converted into th most appetizing forms of hash, de lightful - croquettes or meat balls varying. size, Ono can thus utilize every partici of meat down' to the last scrap. So, too, crackers, dry toast ar stal bread can be quickly turned int crumbs, and in this forma utilized fo dressings, gravie,, stuffings, scallops etc. - Nut meats run through the choppe are neatly and expeditiously prepare for cakes and salads.' Quinces run through are in good condition fol marmalade, also the ingredients fox chopped pickle. It is, indeed, the greatest help for all forms of table waste, and saves for the careful house- wife a great big percentage of th cost of food for the family. It can be purchased' for about a dollar, is fool -proof, a•arely gets out of order and „can be thoroughly, easily and quickly cleaned. To ole, it le ,an economic' necessity - measure, A 38 -Inch size requires 5 nese. yards of 40 -inch material, To trine as illustrated will require ;e yard of 332 -inch material. The width at the foot is 2?fa yards:. Pattern mailed- to any address on receipt of 15c in silver or stamps, by the Wilson' Publishing Co., 72 West: Adelaide Street, Toronto. Allow two weeks for receipt of pattern. o' a a' nnn,� see- -•-Couldn't Fool Him, e Dealer "This coal, sir, is first up his class!" a -soli , Custontel•---"Don't believe it --you The can't fuel 'me!" and h China's new President is 00 years sethink a. ch of age.: Thirty-eight years ago he was think 1 a common soldier. The Mlnard's Liniment for Dandruff. �Gcod o the worst of Crust. When Crust had worked alone he had done brilliantly,' But he was no good now he had been promoted—that is to say, be was no good as a superior officer' to give ord- ers. Ile was a dreamer, ,, man of imagination, and, with all his talk of "ghosts" and "instincts," he was like a spiritualist—one of those fellows who try to mystify an audience Then there was that automatic pis tol. That, at any rate, was somethin 'tangible. Crust bad handed it over t him when the car had stopped 5 yards away from the door of the inn j "You might want it,"Crust had said le "One never knows. There's a full clip of cartridges. The pistol was a fact and not a theory- But then again, no doubt Cruet had merely wished to make an impression. With so much talk of murder and ghosts and hornets' nests Crust I'ad thought it de i x ble to beck theories with what seemed like d fact, co pistol on in Mn bane's Heckel e had ire, . told to keep it there, ur `ol e has very likely been ed, f t had said, "and they Son : r I ar.-ted: 1.et diem so 1' 1 the1 etter fee us?" y, ' earth weer they-'? Id Crust, Whet an imagination Bible In Translation. The Bible Is far in advance of any other book In the number of its trans- lations, for it has actually been ren- dered in, whole or in part into 770 languages and dialects and the end Is not yet in sight. The translation is still progressing at the rate of one complete book of the Bible in a new language every six weeks, a speed re- cord which has been maintained for over twenty years. 4r= The new electric generator apt Niagara is said to be the largest in the world. It will produce 87,000 horse -power and light 2,500,000 lamps. The .Toronto 'Iloepltnl fog -Incur. abtom..fn• senile -troll with $ellevao and Allied Hospitals. New York Cttt', offers a three years" Course of Train. togP to young Women, having the re - (faired. education. and desirous of be. coming flurries, This Hespital has adopted.: the elg;,t-hour .system. The !Mulls receive uniforms uniforms of tno School, rex ensearlto and Lrom New rk, Ftravelling or rertt:rr information apply to tho en nor me nd,�n t.. - - Tracks. Snow covers up the tracks of furry things, That- helter slceiter run _across the wood; Never a fox goes through_ the' neigh- borhood,' But snow obliterates his prints and flings A wall of white between each tree and shrub; Never a ferret hurries from his lair, A' mink or rabbit pities out of air, But in the dark the frost begins. to rub. THE PERIL CT BAIL COMPANY JlSn is not a 'sheep-killing'dog. In feet. so sel'11pulons is lie, owing. no doubt to his training and to his cow ing from a long line of sheep -herding ancestors, that he will not eat mutton even though his roaster offers it to him. Yet for several days Jim has been limping on a bandaged foot -shot as a sheep killer. It was a stray half-breed hound that started the trouble, J'Ini was under a tree asleep on the lawn when the' stranger appeared. A few minutes later the two were crossing the mead- ow together; then they were in the woods, barking. Before long they had treed an opossum, Jhu was enjoying himself; you could tell that from the way he blu•ked. Latera neighbor saw the two dogs in a st etc iii ° ' x hof woodltyratfi''tyyo mrles`�•. from home: thseeother dogs iittd join. y'''-,. There is a time when there is no ed thein,, Before long two more joined ground seen,' the le which was led by the erre- And fields are coveted and no iC;�si sound. river's soiled �u' O •; pugs front home the leader led Drones in the night, only soite w]' Me into an open ell' •. R fi c where between ' l xr'-were grazing. Straight for the , The leaning bushes whispers to the le( creatures he rushed. J Jim ground. i topped, and the other clogs swept by Now the swift deer may run, the senile him, It was wrong for him to kill rels lean sheep. It was wrong for. any dog to And safe as moles that' borrow un -kill sheap1 derground, - Irl "'a' dash the strange dog had. a e—Harold Vinal.n lamb down. 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Famous cuisine serving variety of restaurants, from Main Dining Room to Grill Room and Cafeteria. Centre of the city's social life. Comfort and hospitality. Vernon 0. Gerdy. Manager Dlresotion: United Hotels Company of Amnion { Biggest One He Knew. o "We're gonna have a big gobbler feel 0 dinner at our house on Christmas.' i know who he is. It's Fatty • IloInc,"• . His Busy Season. A man with eelthe earmarks of a laborer was smoking thoughtfully and Watching a large building in ploc,ue of cons•tructiou. ,:1 fot•enem ahptcacii- .,l and asked: -Rey, want a `job?" "Yes," was the reply, "but 1 cen.euly' \cork mornings." "Wily cageyou work all day?" - "Every afternoon I gotta carry a banner in the unemployment parade." 1 kllnars'a Liniment Heals Cuts, ISSUE No. 52-'28, r rd r ur 17arm: elp Now IN VIEW of lthe great demand for fare he p exittine m Canada the Canadian Pacific Railway will contun o its I+anZn Help Service during 1924 and will -enlarge its stile re to to - elude women domestics.and boys. i THE COMPANY is in touch with large nunnbe;s of goo,.ifarm laborers in Great Britain, Norway,Sweden, Denniark, It 'once, Holland, Switzerland and other European countries and theouyh its widespread organization can promptly f:11 applications for help received front Canadian formers: In order to have the help reach Canada in time for the Spring operations farmers needing help should arrange to get their applications in early, the earlier the better, as naturally those applications which are received early will receive first attention. Blank application forms and full information regarding the service maybe obtained frorn any C.P.R. agent or from any of the officials listed below. THE SERVICE IS ENTIRELY FREE OF CHARGE'. HE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY Department of Colonization and d COMPANY WSNNIPLG,...45 E. Thornton, Superintendent. of Colonization T. S. Acheson, General Agricultural .Agent SASICATOON.—w. J. Gerold, Land AAgg ott H. F. Komar, Special Colonization AgentCD-T.0. F. Timer,AgeetoSupt. of Cblon$a tfor .1r0NpoN.-3. Btllcr, Land Agent BION-TABAL.--J. Coogan, Gonaral Agricnitupal -Agent 4: LR Rao lianvopd, Lend Agent e. WRIT!, 6, :S, worms, Aaaisieut Cotunxleslonor, C1olof Contntiseioner- the cur and, springing, seized hint by the throat. At that instant a rifle cracked near by, and the mongrel went limp in the sheep dog's jaws. The rest of the pack. scattered, and Jim started for the woods. He had almost reached cover when the rifle cracked again, and he lurched sidewise. Fortunately, the' undergrowth: was thick, and he managed to escape, . It was a dejected and humiliated dog, that returned home late the same day. But it was not the pain in Jim's foot that caused his bead and his tall to droop—no, it was the way in which he had received the injury; shot at as a sheep killer! There is no doubt that the faithful dog had learned his lesson: to "shun evil companions." A Scared Heron. Lon Haley and Alvin Plummer were hunting ducks' on the Scarboro marsh- es. They bad walked several miles without seeing a single bird when they discovered at some distance a big flock of ducks feeding on a shallow salt pond. They approached-daxttious- ly and for the last four or five hundred yards crawled on their stomachs through the tall' grass and bayberry bushes, At last they reached a bird cover, where'they hastily concealed themselves, The little shack was com- pletely covered with bushes and sea- weed; the back was open, and inside were a seat and places to rest guns. Tbe. hunters had just got comfort. ably settled in front of the peepholes when a gigantic heron that had been feeding on tho edge -of the pond stroll- ' ed toward the shack and prepared .to take a nap` in the: lee of it where the aun shone warmly. After looking care- fully round, he tucked his head under his wing and, drawing up one foot, went to sleep. Wheu, he was settled Alvin leaned forward and said in a low voice, "You are too near!" The heron looked up quickly but, seeing nothing, went to sleep again. Again Alvin spoke, this time more loudly. "You're too near!" And again the big bird awoke and looked about and then went to sleep again. First ono hunter' and then the other repeated the words until they had the. old fellow fairly dancing on his long legs; but he would not leave the place, because Inc'could see nothing to be afraid of! Just then something start- led the ducks,. and with a great flutter and whirring of wings the whole flock tools to the air, Both shotguns spoke at once, and the second barrels blazed forth later. The guns were pointed directly over the heron's head, and the shock wits much for him. Closing iris eyes, he sank down on the sand, apparently lifeless; his 'wings drooped and his long legs stretched out. The hunters rushed forth to secure their game, and presently, talking and laughing, they started back, carrying ing or five line ducks'apiece. b$ When the heron heard them he sloe ly opened one eye and then got relict aptly on his feet as if he were aston fished at iinding.himself still alive, Heshook himself, and ab the hunt -era came nearer be slowly spread his great wings and sailed away, Ile had half a narrow escape! Difficult Extraction Ahead. Friend—"Having palled all Smith's teeth I suppose you're through With him?" Dentist—"Not yet -the bill hasto be extracted,' you know," There are two monuments in the. world erected to birds, one in Italy and theother in Salt. Lake City.