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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1927-03-03, Page 7lin LARK ON SAINT PATRICK'S DAY Fun for All the Family. BY MIGNO N FLEMING. This party has been planned to pro- vide the greatest possible .amount of fun with the least possible amount of work and expense. It,will appeal to old and young alike for it is based on the world -old principle of competition which is the life of recreation as it is of trade. The matter of invitations comes first. Cut brown paper into the irregular shape of an Irish potato, maldng th eyes of the potato with a black pencil The following note is printed in it regular letters on the back: e • 4 "I hope my Eyes may see you at (give address) (state time) Mrs, is, going. to give a St. Patrick's Party and she wishes all us green vegeteeles to be. there "Yours truly, "A SPUD." Decorations will' not make much int- pieeston upon a crowd of people who are havinga bushel of fun and excite- ment but for the sake of having something distinctive, feature green, *tett good Irish color, in crepe -paper festoons, green lights, green ahem - rocks. Potatoes strung on heavy cord may festooned here and there. Bare boughs of' trees, covered with tiny bits of green tissue paper, will sug- gest the' coming of spring. They m'igh't be stuck up in corners. The entertainment, consisting as it will of contests; necessitates judges and a score -keeper and some person to announce what the contests are. IRIBII PAIDIILIee. As guests arrive they are presented with soiree distinctive badge of green and told' they belong to 'one of several families. This immediately divides the guests up into groups. Thre are the Giihooleys, Mur hies O'Briens P , , Flanagan.. (Avoid having more than four groups.) Each fancily has its own insignia: The. Gilhooleys ivear green band) of green 'crepe paper about their heads; the Murphies wear Iarge green ruffs around their necks; the O'Briens have tall green hats; the Flanagans wear green bows under their chins. Each member of the family has a name such'es Grandpa, Grandma, Pa, Ma, Baby, Pat, Mike, Nora. Care should be observed in see- ing that each group has a grandpa, baby, pa, ma. The Moment a guest Is presented with a headband, hat, ruff or. bow and told jrc• is Grandpa Gilhooley or Baby Flanagan, he sets off to find the rest of his fancily. Thus the very moment the party begins, there is an air of fun and excitement that does away with all stiffness. As soon as the families 191 are grouped together (end it would be wise to give each faniily a room or a certain corner in a room), tell ahem that the entire evening is to be given up to contests to eee which is the smartest family.. The first stunt announced is that Baby Gilhooley (usually the biggest mean in the party) and all the other ear."babies" in each.group; will introduce everybody in the family to one . an- other. The family finishing first wins five points. This will result in much laughter and fun. Next comes ten points for the hand- somest group. They are each given one minute to arrange themselves iii a family group like a photograph. Best Irish song by entire group, ten points. Each family may retire to another room so they may practice in private. They are allowed three mine utes to practice. Sing only oneverse and chorus.' Thus fir, eniy group stunts have been given for .the •reason that it takes a certain amount of time to work up enthusiasm andive courage ge to different individuals to go into stunts •by themselves. Four people are now chosen. from each group. Each one is to tell a A part of an Irish anecdote, not an original one. This story is to last not. more than one minute. Best story wins ten points. The entire group may retire to prepare for this stunt but the floor manager selects the ones who• are to.tell the etory. Thus Mike, Grandma, Nora, Lizzie, from each groupmust do it. Be thus designat- ing_ the players, everybody gets a -le chance to perform before the evening is over. They tell the' story thus:. Mike says, 'The other day Pat Was walling down the. street , . 'Grandma immediately continues, "He Saw a man carrying a hod of mortar." It is taken thus from one to the other till the entire story is told:. r Best thiel' jig, ten points. One per- son from from each group. SUITABLE RACES. Y1' A Potato Race: Choose a man• and a woman from each group. Give each pair a potato and a paring knife. The man takes the knife and the woman, the potato. Each puts the left hand behind the back so it can not, be used. At a given signal all four couples be- gin to pare the potato; the 'woman turning it about while the mitts peels it. The couple 'getting the entire po- tato peeled first wins ten paints,: Shamrock Pace: Choose four people from each group and have them line up, facing the. goal, one behind the ether•,TIeb makes 'four lines of four players each. Each of the first three persons is given a leaf of a ehanrock and a pin; the fourth player gets the stem of 4 shamrock. At a , given signal the leaders of the eons lines run forward to a sheet pinned on the wall ahead of them. They pin th shamrock leaf to the sheet 'and r hack to tag the next player. Th tagging releases the next playerh runs,forward with his shamrock a tries to pin it so that it will begin, make, the entire shamrock. He, turn, tags the next player who coni up with,the third shamrock mid pi it on. The last when tagged, ru forward and attaches the stem. T side getting the moat perfect sham rock tri the shortest time, -wins points. Bubble Mace: Choose two player from each group. Four clay pipes e distributed; together vulith a cup green soapsuds. Each ene.of the two players is given one minute .to blow soap bubbles, For: every one thrown on the flooe•, five points is. scored'. As the four groups are competing. all at ',once, much care must be observed' in Watching the bubbles. The soap bub- bles will be made much tougher by putting glycerine in the water, Dinner Pail Race: Take a ten - pound lard pail and fasten it securely !to a heavy board so it will not tip Lover. This may be done by nailing • the' bottom of the' pail to the board. Choose three players from each 'group. -Arm then with four small potatoes each. Each player is given one chance to try to get all four in the pail. For every potato thrown in the pail, Ave points are scored. In this game the players in each group must follow one another, Irish Race: Pin a large sheet of tar paper to the wall. A blackboard is better. Choose seven players from each group. Line them -up one behind the other, in four groups. Arm' the leader with a piece of chalk. At a given signal, each player in turn is to run forward and write one of the seven words, "There's clothing , too good for the Irish." When the first player has written "there's," he runs' back and gives his chalk to the next player who runs fomtvard and writes "nothing" end: so on till the hist word is written. The group getting the entire sentence written first -wins fnf- teen) points. The concluding stunt is' ten points offered for the best, Irish yell given by the entire group. They may re. tire into am adjacent roam to prac- �tice for two minutes. • Now comes the final announcement iof the score (it should be announced rightealong during the contests to I keepn r x - e crtemen and d the.presen- tation re e - 1 ) p s n tation of the prize. The: prize may be a handsome potato tied with a ribbon or it may be et toy pig which is hol- low inside such as may be obtained in a 'ten cent store. This pig is filled with. small candies. Refreshments are now served to -the different "fancily getups" who will enjoy talking over the.contests u they eat. By the time such an even Ong of activity is over, the guests wi be good and hungry. • If the Hostess is capable of making a delicious Irish stew, nothing is better, providing it is served piping hot and in a paper cup or a timbale shell so it will not look mussy. A stuffed Irish potato or scalloped potatoes, sprinkled with parsley, would be delicious served with this. Hot rolls Made into the three, leaves of a shamrock. with a stem of green geranium and sprinkled with green sugar would be a. fitting complement to the stew and potatoes. The green color scheme is carried out wtih pickles and green tea. If the evening is warm and the guests thirsty, a St. Patrick's Punch could be served, consisting of lemon•, grape fruit and pineapple. Just before departing, it would be a most delicate attention if the Gil- hooleys would give a parting cheer for the Murphys, the Murphys for the Gilhooleys kind the other groups, the same. This St. Patrick's party could witt- ily be adapted to a community, the, only difference being that the groups, competing would he larger.' Mangels for Feetl eir un is w The Useful Snow Man'. Clumsy man Made of 'snow, What are you good for We'd lie to know. What are you good for? Tell us that, Man of snow With an old straw hat, o It had taken John and Mary quite red 'a time to make the snow man, for they had made up their, minds when in they began that.this should be 'no es ordinary snow man, but a good' big tins area.• ..When they made his lege, they ns rolled them back and'forth in the he snow until they were very large, strong logs: Then they ttood his legs term aide by elide, and they rolled a allow ball till it was as large as they could ,s lift and wherethey had put two snow re earms on that large snowball end lift- ed it up onto the snow legs, the snow man was' already taller then John or Mary though he had no head, When they had rolled .•another snowball to make a head for the snow man, it was quite a question hoer they were going to put the head on him. And the Only way they could put his head on him was to get the step lad- -der 'from the barn, When he was finished he was a fine snow man. He was almost twice es tall as Mary or John. . Our snow -man's eyes Are black as coal: For lumps of coal Are they. He has a snowball Fora nose - Until it melts Aivay. He wear's es hat that used to be Our father's Summer hat. But what's he good for Now he's made? How care you Answer that? "That's a great'snow man all right," said John. "But]I wish we could make him do something." "I've got an idea," said Mary. "Do you suppose he could hold a. basket?" "If it wasn't" very heavy," said Jahn. "But what would a snow man be holding a basket for?", "There's an old basket in the been thatemight be just the thing," said Mary. "We can hang it on his arm, and put bread crumbs in it, and then he,11 stand here all day feeding the birds." �, I see -what you mean," seed'John: "You go get the basket, and I'll go ask cook for a lot of bread crumbs." So Mary got the basket, and John got the crumbs. It was a fiat sort of basket, and,they scattered the crumbs all over the bottom, and hung the basket on the snow man's °lire.• "He looks as if he: were -going to market," said"John. "Do yon suppose the birds will find hint?" '•'We'll have to wait and see," said Mary, "but I guess they will." And half an hour later, when they s looked out of the window the snow. reran was feeding quite a fleck of 111 birds, • Grit from the First. The Experimental Union result for 1926 show that mangel types dif- fer but little in productive capacity,, The eight year average yield as rep- resented. by an outstanding variety of each type gave the following: Sut- ton's Mammoth Long Red 29.7 tons per acre, Yellow Leviathan (O,A.C. No. 2) 29 tons per acre, Keith's Prize` Taker 28.2 tons These varieties rep- resent very fairly at different type of mangel, feat the long, second the in- termediate and third the globe. A co-operative experiment wes con - deleted this year for the first time in thinning maingeis at different dis- tances apart in the rows. The yields. from the different thinnings follow: Mangels thinned' 8 inches apart, 17,5 tons per acre; mangels thinned 4 inches apart, 17.4 tons, mangers thin- ned 12 inches- apart, '16.8 tons. • Sugar Man:gels: This class of roots which is also known as stock feeding sugar beets is intermediate between the mange] and true sugar beet. It. has been grown considerably of recent years as a feed for farm stock,.espe- cially dairy cattle. In 'the average of 12 years' results in which there were 62 goodreports were ,received, the variety Rennie's Tankard Cream gave. an average yield of 25.2 tone per acre, and Bruce's Giant White Feeding an average of 25.0 tons per acre. After five or six years of experi- lence i have found the following a great success in starting young thickens: I leave thein en the nest until they are from thirty-six to forty-eight hours old. The first two or three dayeeI feed one pint finely ground 'corn meal, one-half pint second-grade flour, one-half pint good white sand—the sort used in glass factories --all mixed with sweet milk. I have ,also tried the .brown sand used for making concrete, but this is not as good.—I. S. B. Many farm boys are ',efficient. -A calf had broken one of its hind legs. A couple of boys on the farm put some splints on that calf's leg, bound it up and when it got well the calf I had quite •a leg. Our hats are off to boys like that. qW, THE CANADIAN HOMEMAKER ark series tic was y arleits Overfly PLANNING , BUILDING . FINANCING DECORATINQ . FURNI5HINQ . GARDENING �'+ -- CopyrvdreiC r�za. VgatVEARW tri stat is ).40)i74/ yH milcDonaLn 4 N,A,Clayoort Asetwicc7s 1_DMof1 ors ALMA. A YEAR ROUND ROUSE Bic G. 11. MacDonald & 11. G. Magoon, Architects. here is an example of the type of he an easy ]roma to ]seep warm and house which with the smog of winter cosy during the severest weather, or the foliage of summer for its set Tho rear bedroom, linen closet, and bathroom open from an inner hall which is entered through the living room, whir& the front bedroom may be reached ddrectly from the living room or through the adjoining 'bedroom. The kiteheu is replete -with those devices which make cooking a plea- sure of not too long duration, aid con- tains a range with hot water boiler, table, refrigerator, sink and cupboard. The rear entrance is combined• with stairs to basement, making access to laundry either from drying yard or kitchen equally convenient, ting, looks edlually'attraetive and com- fortable.- It is a sensible little house, the exterior obarm of which depends on simplicity and good pronontions, aided by proper planting and a small area of goad turf. The plan is commendable for its compact arrangement to include three 'Closets, two bedrooms, kitchen and bathroom, together with practically all the articles which tend to make house- work easy, and- recreation enjoyable, upon one floor size 28 feet by 25 feet. Being almost a perfect square it would Electricity Eases Plowing.. By putting in the plowshare a charge of negative electricity experi- menters at the Rothaciasted Station, England, have found that the plow runs through the soil much easier. The share draws to itself a film of water from the soil even • under the ground. Thus constantly lubricated, its resistance is decreased: The cur- rent d ur-rent• for charging the plowshare may be derived from a dynamo driven: by the tractor that pulls the plow. Andrew II. Berding, England. I have a large maple tree on my lawn with holes in it where limbs have been cut off. These holes were full of brown -tailed caterpillars and eggs. The woodpecker got to work; and cleaned them out as clean as a; new board.—F. W. MECCA FOR CHAMPIONS_ The above photograph was taken. at the Chateau. Frontenac, Quebec, mil allows, at the: rlght, Leila Brooks of 1ikeronto,,holder of practically all Cinnadian womee't speed reooa'tle and meaey world's recerde. At Lha left is leder McCullough, another prominent Toronto speed skater. Between these two young ladies is another champion, a' ohaanpiort of the norther'fi trails and no ie other than Mountie, thelead dog of the Chateau Frosrtenac dog team. Mountie has a long 'record of service with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the north, and always wine the hearts of the guests attire Chateau Frontenac. It will be noted that the living room, In common with every other room in the house, has windows on two sides and is thus assured of good lighting and cross ventilation. A cheery sight indeed, would meet the homecomer as he ,entered from the vestibule and was greeted by the fireplaceblazing out warmth and cheer; and meals, too, would be taken in its flickering light, Well lighted and roomy, the base - 1 merit extends -under. the whole house, ;and is divided into a laundry which is equipped with tubs, coal bin, and a large. apace for heating and general storage purposes. The basement walls are concrete below the grade and stucco above, while from the ground neer u the walls are stucco on frame. Air alternative which would give a de- lightful effect would be to use shingles above the window heads. Clare has been taken to have the fire- place, range, and furnace flues run up together and so forme a substantial Molting chimney, an arrangement hav- ing the additional advantage of a sav- ing 1m cost. The cost of this home may be ex -I peoted to approximate $4,000. Reoders desiring further information regarding the plans and a>treclficatlons of this houseshondd communicate with the architects direct. Address Messrs. G. M. MacDonald & H. A. Magoon, Teg- 1er Building, Edmonton, Alberta. Surnames and . 'heir Origin WOLF Variations—Wolff, Guelph, Wolfington. Racial OrIgi n—Teutonic. Source—A clan name. There are ao many difiderent elsan-. net's through which the fancily names in the Wolf group may have come down to us that it is impossible to Het the racial origin as anything more definite than Teutonic, or the source as anything more definite tban a clan name. Of course It all traces backti1thmatedy to the name of the animal. The an- cient Germans and Anglo-Saxons, how- ever, had given names based upon this animal name. They also lead semiclan or tribal names, based either upon the name. of the animal or upon the given name of some chieftain who was named after the animal. Tlieae ancient Teutonietribal names, coinparativelyfew of which have come down to us as family names, generally hone the termination "hag" as signify- ing elan. Pence we get the form \'oif- ington as the ancient fortress of tate "Wolfing's • in England. The double "1" in Wolff indicates a German origin of the name, whereas the single 1" -might be either of pure English extracted or an Anglicized verCh sion of e German name. The form Guelph, is U f continental Teutonic development, showing the influence of the some linguistic tendency wilier,.made the word "guerre" out of the same root from which rho English language has developed "war," for the French word is of Teutonic origin, ASPLIN. Variation=Aspland. Racial Origin—English. Source—A given name. You might guess interminably at the origin of this family name without ever hitting it, if you confined yourself, to mere guessing, even though you had a full knowledge of the linguistic ten - denotes of speech through the. ages. Yon might even guess 'unsuccess- fully after you had been assured that the fancily name is the development of a given name. 1 and yet these same mothers had .no real sympathy with the children. They would work themselves almost to death to supply material needs, but they never considered the needs of the mind and heart. It is often the children of the well- to-do whose parents are the least sympathetic. They sea their children so seldom that the little ones grow up almost strangers to thein, A child is happier with fewer things and more love. Nothing can ever take the place of sympathy. .A. tiny mite ones made the remark, "Oh, Mother,I said mylace without a P mistake and you were not there." It was as if the joy of success had been almost spoiled because "Mother was not there," to share it. We are fortunate if our little Ones feel that way. Let it not be said of any one of us in later` years: "My mother never cared." It is in the power of every mother to become It parent of whom her child will say. ?'My mother understood and always sympathized with me." New Ways I Use My Muffin Pan. My muffin pan is altvaya on duty, I use it every day, almost every areal. Hot bread is only one of many foods I- bake in it, It is haedy to use for setting gelatins or custards; they take less room in the ice box or oven and this saves the many handlings of separate molds. Cottage cheese and pineapple can be packed in the but- tered tins to shape before turning on a lettuce leaf. Fruits in lemon jelly, served with whipped cream mayon- naise, or chopped fowl in tomato jelly are salad' combinations I mold, Patty shells and cases are easy to. make in a muffin pan. Bach little holder is lined witha round of pie' cruet patted in to fit. If larger cases are needed I turn the pans upside down .and fit the dough over the out- side of -the holders. If the dough is pricked with a fork it keeps the air from pushing the elle]) out of shape. My funnily like little cakes baked in muffin tins for dessert. I break a ' ake in three or four pacts and put ; t together loosely on the dessert plate and cover it with a fruit sauce. This auce penetrates the cracks and gives a delicious flavor. Individual short ekes of short mixture are more at-. ractive-than the usual square slices haft get soggy with juice. The crust' of the small Bake ;keeps the _fruit. juices from being absorbed. Ginger- t breads are also nice baked in muffin tins. A delicious breal:fast'dish is made y putting a'. strip of bacon inside- ach muffin cup breaking an egg in- ,I ide that, then bathing until the egg s see For supper we sometimes I have huffy omelets baked in' the in- lividual tins. Two muffin -cup one - lets may be stud: together with jelly, cheese, creamed meat or tomato sauce. —Mrs. B. F. SYMPATHY WITH CHILDREN BY MRS. ' NESTOli NOEL "Bother! theret axe the children home from school," wsa a remark overheard one day es a group o>' ,happy children carpo running down the lane, The children, certainly, were glad to be home again. Couldn't the meat then have shared their gladness' and welcomed then :eagerly? Of :course, abe saw an interruption in her tastes, she saw the rest of the afternoon, eel it seemed to her, pe'actleally wasted, I aometisnes wonder -why some women have children; they have tip little sympathy with them. - A tidy house is a pleasure, but I'd' rather have a house a tittle leas tidy and have the greater joy a children in it, A childless house is 'alwayt" lonely, There are women who never seem to have an ounce of feeling for their children. If the little ones get hare ownthey say, "It's your on fault; you're always in the way." "You haven't any feeling for your mother," I have often heard a woman say, and when I've heard this, I've thought to myself, "You never have any for your chkldren." It doesn't make a child over senal- tive to stop in your work for a minute and "kiss the place to make it well." Nor dloes it take from your dignity to join your little ones in e game, nen? and then. I have seen mothers study pam- phlet an phlet after pamphlet in an endeavor to find the right kind of diet for tl'ol" babies. I have seen them Make slaves of themselves, cooking over hot stoves, It Is only by tracing the name back c through the records of different een-mi ties and through the changes of spell- ing tlu'ough which it has gone during s those. centuries that you get back to the original. ' c Aeplin is simply "Absalom." Transposition of letters is met with t frequently hn the development of the English language; se witness the change of "thocpe" into "amine" "tiros" "horse" etc. Tuns the Bible name of Absalom, popular, like most Bible names, In the b Middle Ages, became "Apsolon" on the e bangues of the medieval Dngl'isb, and ... then variously "Aspatore" "Aes•pc- lencl,'' "Aspeiond, "Aspelan" and 6n- adly Asplhi and A.oland. Willows for Ditches. Did you ever try planting willows along sonic of those ditches that take so• much'of your field? This other- wiso worthless ground may be used to grow part of your supply of wood. In the spring -sometime in April is. all right—take your ax and cut some willow poles or sticks. Gut them three or four 'feet long and an inch or two in diiameter. Take these to the ditch and wherever you think a tree is needed driveone of these wil- lows down into the ground, leaving aiiout a foot, above the grotitid, Slant the top upstream so that running water will tend to straighten it. it is ar good plats to place a row of these across the ditch at dif''erent places: Almost all of these will' grow and in a few. years you will have at row of trees. The roots will prevent the ditch from washing any deeper, while the trunk and top will help to catch the trash and to fill up the ditch. They cannot be used in is pasture where cattle can destroy them,—G. G. L. Overdone. • A sad -looking womatn of mature Years appeared In the streets, pushing a baby carriage In w'hicit a fine, heaitbylaoling infant was howling lustily. A friend approached. "Why, Mrs, Lufklna, • she ejacie Wed, "what ct darling baby. But :you have no children. Whose is. it?" "You're wroing, my dean" replied' the sacltfaced one. "This is my husband; be went too far with the gland core." It is, said that the porcupine is the slowest and most stupid animal in lube woods. Our Scratching Sheci Two years ago we built is scratch. ing shed for our winter layers,. With- out the scratching shed our flock of 1200 Write Leghorn hens averaged 50 dozen of eggs per week. •Since building the died we now average 60, dozen per week. The material which we used cost $24, or about the price of two cases of eggs. Since we have furnished the hen with aP lace to work for their. fee the death rate is much lower than ill used to be when they were idle, Clean, fresh oat strew is given the; hens each week. If the straw is, til.: lowed to become snodly and peeked together the results .are sure to be bad. --P. W..0 i.�