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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1929-05-02, Page 2LIMERICK CORNER While the contest is closed the interest has by no means flag- ged as the many letters received testify, but we went to hear from stilt more readers of Limerick Corner, So send along your opinion with any suggestions you may have for the future conduct of this feature to Limerick Editor, Booms 421-425, 73 Adelaide Street !West, Toronto 2, Ont. 1Vtrs. flicks of Niagara Falls South, sends in this very interest- ing letter:— Dear Editor:—It broke my heart when I saw that the Limerick Contest was closed, even temporarily, but my failing respirations revived considerably when 1 saw with joy tit, this week's "Thorold Post" that you had not run out ;of limericks yet. "0 King, live forever!" 1. :for one, vote that the contest be continued. It is last at its height. Boma people, Hubby for instance, are just beginning to take a real Interest in It, We Imre "sold" him "Salado, Tea'' (l have a lovely one for Saida Green Tea) so lie can hardly wait for a cup when he gets in the house for supper. 1t is not only the nice new dollar bills (It is the cleanest money 1 ever saw.) but t do enjoy the good limericks so, Mrs, MacNeil, Norvrood, for "Keen's Mustard"; Miss Kathleen Walsh, Blenheim, on "Christie's Sultanas"; and airs. Harry McDonnel, Clarendon Sta., on "Beecham's Pills"; Miss Bernice Hall, LIR. No. 2, Sundridge, on "Red Rose Tea", and 1\Irs. M. E. Calder, leenelon Falls. on "Shredded Wheat", are the best ones in this week's "Post", (0, Yes and Mrs. Claude Bongard, Norwood, on "Brock's Bird Seed"), in my opinion. \Vhy not hake everybody illustrate his or her limericks, with simple geo- metrical illustrations (In Indian ink of course).. Please forgive me. 1 vowed t would not pester that poor over-limericked editor with any more nousease until he sent out another invitation for lines. But it seems t can't help it. Welt, you did ask for suggestions. I think the "Limerick Contest" is quite the nicest, most "sociable" contest I ever entered. Room for everybody. 1 have been in lots of contsts: I hare won a few, and lost out in more, and In either case, did not enjoy the feeling, either that I was left out in the cold, or that anybody else was, The funny part of it Is, the limericks you have bought are just the ones that have run off the end of my pen without any effort, almost without any thought. and the ones I have labored over to polish and finish, have gone overboard. Yours very sincerely, FANNIE T. HICKS, R.R. No, 2, Niagara Falls South, Ont. R.R, No. 2, Niagara Falls South, Ontario. P.S,—The limericks are getting better. We had many good chuct:lee over the last batch.—F.T.H. A few more prize winners:— .Dromedary Dates A housemaid who called herself Cherry (Her cheeks were as red as a berry), Was fond of spice cake Which weekly she'd bake and of dates she preferred "Dr rnte- dary" Miss al. i'. Kirkwootl, R.R. 1, Terra Cotta, Ont. Bayer's Aspirin A poor man who'd ne'er heard of Bayer's, Had a cold, and could scarce climb the 'stairs, When in popped his wife 'With a smile large as lite itnd said "Now you'll he cured, I've bought Bayer's". Miss Grace Hubley, Arundel, Que. Shredded Wheat The doctor said "Absolute quiet And If you will buy it and try it et Shredded Wheat Biscuit (d know you can risk it) Is fine, when you're put on a diet," airs. E. Miles, Box 397, Elora, Ont. MacGregor Farmers wishing some farm help to hire, Should write to MacGregor, Esquire, Victoria Street, Is where you will meet, These people 'bout whom' you en- quire. Mrs. T. Genoa, Ceylon, Ont. Bayer's Aspirin "lly head's aching awful", said Andy, Said his friend, "I've relief here quite handy, Here's an Aspirin to +alte Its the good Bayer's make So we'll soon have your head feel- ing dandy." Lottie Livingstone, R.R. 1, Powassau, Ont, Old Dutch Cleanser 'There was a housekeeper called Maizie, Who was most exceeding] lazy, But she bought some Old Dutch Didn't use very much Till her house was as fresh as a de ley." Mrs. Mex. McWilliatt, H.R. 2, Srd Con., Dutton, Ont, Phillips Milk of Magnesia The wise and the winsome Patricia, Told this tc her best friend Alicia, ''If your stomach feels sick, You can cure it up quick With a spoonful of Phillies Magne- sia." D. Watters, 40 Hendrick Ave., Toronto, Ont, Veno's There was a young lady of Reno,. Who delighted in playing Casino, She caught a bad cote But she threw off it's bold By using a bottle of Veno. Mrs. J. P. Matheson. Ieentvilie, Man. Simond'e Saws There was a -young sawyer named Spender, Whose Income was known to be slender, Till he let go old saws Choosing Simond's because, The best of results they will render. Mr. W. 3, Cottrell, Box 34, Marmora, Ont. Baby's Own Soap A cranky young kiddie named Bubble, Blade bathing a terrible trouble, His mother In hope Bought Baby's Own Soap Now she has no trouble with Bub- ble. Hugh Mathieson, R.R. 3, Loudon, Ont, Red Rose Tea A. man there was, boorish and spite- ful. His manners were perfectly frightful, He began to drink tea "It is Red Rose", said he And makes me teel simply delight- ful• Chris, M. Forbes, Perth, Ont, Shredded Wheat Two friends one day planned a meeting, And stopped for a chat after greeting, Said one, "I have read It's all in the shred . That makes Shredded Wheat sucli good eating" Mrs. 3, A. Cook, 63 Forest Ave„ St. Thomas, Ont. Primrose 'Linings Over the flat marshes the wind is� blowing --a clean, strong wind fresh with the tang of the sea, The air Is wonderfully clear, with the purity of wind-swept spaces; It is filled with the songs ot numberless larks, pour- ing out sweetness from full throats— myriad tiny sounds forming one great ;paean of joy and praise for the brie elands of the sun. The flat green .fields are intersected by deep dikes which separate one front the other, and form the drain- age by which the marsh land Bae been reclaimed and, made profitable for pasture"' As you draw near the dikes, yoti tree that their steep sides are starred and sown with' prirrtroses,, those gracious yellow fiowers whose per- fume is the very breath of spring. ll+''or here .in the ntarsites, where the wind sweeps across the :fiat country till treee and hedges r+re all turned one way bet Sts torte, the primroses take refuge i1]( the dikes, and grow there in such profuslon that tltelr' leaves and flowers form at green and golden lining to the datk earth. To gather Ochi you must perforce go down bite the Mete yourself, warlii1t' through mud and water, rewarded by the size and sweetness of the flowers you gather. And as you pause in this task, and raise your head above „the bank, your eyes will rest on green flats, broken here and there by little clumps ot trees, sheltering spacious farm buildings, whose brown thatched roofs appear wonderfully soft yet dia. tinct in the clear atmosphere; and far beyond, the horizon where sea and sky nieet in a soft blue line; while the songs of the 'larks will have for a background the deep song ot the sea, foreverbreaking on the •shore,. But that which will remain in your thought Is 'the 'exquisite purity of color and atmosphere. So perhaps you will tinct yourself echoing Kip - Words: ' "I've given my heart to all these three, The Marsh and the: Weald, and' the Down Countries, Nor 1 cannot tell which 1 lova the nitost, 'i'he Wealde or the M-arslt, or the white chalk cdaeit." "Do you believe in long engage? Intents?" "ices, 1 Wiley a couple should snake their happiness last just Here is a group as long as possible," of prosperity Ili New Canadians Embark The new Canadian Pacific 20,000 ton liner, "Duchess of York", on her maiden voyage to Canada from Liverpool, carried a large number of British settlers under the "Families, Boys, and Ten Pound Schemes." These new Canadians from Ireland are seen embarking- from the tender "Robina" of Belfast, to the "Duchess of York." For the Kiddies A TRICK - Have you ever. tried to snake a cork sink to the bottom of a basin of water instead of floating on the top as it naturally does because of its feather- weight? No! Well, just try it this way. Fill a dish with water and float your cork on the top. Then get a glass and turn it upside down, and place this into the dish of water, cov- ering the cork as you do so. You will find that with the immersion of the lower part of the geese the Cork sinks to the bottom of the cish. It's a jolly good trick and one on which you can catch your friend. THE LADDER PUZZLE..: On most ladders is to be seen number denoting the number of rungs in it. Now a ladder has the number twenty-one at the aide and the builder wanted to know how long the ladder was. The rungs were a foot apart, but the builder noticed . two rungs were missing. • What was the length of the larder? Answer — Tho Ladder Puzzle:— Twenty-one feet. (The rungs missing made no difference to the number "t the side. They we e, of course, put in when the ladder was whole.) DOG AND CAT. You can play this game best when there are a lot of y;,ur chums with you, First of all the players are se- lected in pairs, a bog and a girt. Now while the other players watch, the firet pair have to step into the middle of the floor, kneel down, and pretend to growl and hisse at each other, like dogs and cats do. Now all the tee et players must not laegh, even ,smile whale the players are pretending to fight. You may le sure it is a very bard job ,indeed to keep your face traight while this is going on, and any el yer who does smile or laugh must pay a forfeit, which of course, causes mere fun at the end of the game! A COMPETITION GAME. It is often a puzzle to think of good games suitable for competitions, and, I dare say many of my readers will be glad to know of the following: Each competitior is provided with. two books, a ,.iece of brown paper, as nearly the eamc size as possible, and, in case you have not a lot of brown paper, new..paper would do. t the word "Go" the players start malting their books into a parcel. A certain time is allowed, and all stop at a given signal, when the neatest parcels are ehusen, and the, owners are awarded a small prize. Home made prizes are very little trouble to make, and they certainly give an added interest to any game. A GOOD GAME. The game known • as suggestions is very good one to play, aid it is really quite easy. The players sit round in a circle, and the game is started by one. who acts as leader. He then announces some object as, for instance "horse". The next p,a to then makes known what "horse" suggests to him, for example such as "cart" announcing it in this way: "Horse suggests cart". The next player now speaks up and says. "cart suggests wheels." The next players in turn say "wheels suggest factory," "factory suggest:. piano," "piano suggests music." If this should be the last player the leader then starts to trace back tee series of sug„estions. Thus he begin, with "What suggest- ed music?" The last players then an- swers "pianos suggested anisic." The next player is then asked "what sug- gt sted pianos," and the answer is "factory suggested pianos," and AO on, until the leader conies to "horse" as at the beeenning. Color Schemes in Painting the House Some years back conspicuous eblors on the exteriors of buii,,. ,,. were not popular. but nowadays they are great- ly in vogue, just as are bright colors on automobiles. Nobody will deny that the latter look prettier ire their var ious coloring than they did formerly ixt their all black coats; and it is just as true that houses are more attractive v hen painted in somewhat gay colors There are a few rules which govern the selection of exte eor color schemes, and which will enable one to paint the building in a correct and pleasing manner. First must be taken into con- sideration the size of the house. It is well known that certain color tones make objects appear larger than they really are, and that other tt nes make them look smaller. In general, light colors create the illusion of enlarg- ing the buildings to which they are applied, and .lark colors have a tend- ency to make them look smaller. Therefore one should avoid using, on a small building, such tints as will cause it to appear still smaller, or to apple to a large house colors which. will make it app v,r larger. A great, bulky structure, unless it is artistic- ally planned and built, does not look so attractive and homelike anyway as "t smaller onewhose outward appear- ance is carefully maintained. FOR SMALL HOUSES. Colors which. through actual ex- perience, have beer found suitable for small houses, are yellow, white, ivory, cream, and lighter buff. For large houses, gray, green, and buff are ap- p.opriate. Dark colors have a tend- ency to make any kind of house look gloomy and forbidding, and their use should be avoided except in cases where it is plainly evident that they will serve the purpose best. Light tints may be uses even or, a large house where this is surrounded by a grove, because the shadows cast by the trees checker the color surfaces and. thus help to break up the spaciousness of the structure. Besides, dark colors on a building so situated merge it too FOR THE PARTY Here is ever such a jolly little trick to try on your friends at your party. AU you need is an ordinary walking stick which you must hold lepright on the floor. Now pick out one of your chums and ask hint to cont.) and bend down, se that his forehead is touching the top of the stick. Tell him to keep his head in that po- sition and at the same time grip the stick with his hands to hold it steady. Now tell him to move around in a ci' cle as quickly as he can, without taking his head off the stick. He will be able to do this .;t..ite easily, but when he stands up, immediately tell him to walk in a straight line to the door. Nearly every rhutn yclu try this trick en will lose his balance and stumble about so funnily! Isn't it a good trick. TRY THIS. Here's' a trick yea will find very it.teresting to try yourself. You merely put a' matchbox nn the table, and thea by blowing made it co;te b� wards you. It's no good blowing at the box li eeif, of course. What you have to much with the Shadows and make it Jbscurd, or stuck away in the dark, Of course, where there are wily two or three trees about the place, these will merely enhance the beauty of the house, and this . honld, if it is a large one, bo painted in the darker tints, Many people have the notion that a new buildingneed not be painted right away alter it has been built, but this idea is 'wrong, for a new house without paint always looks bare and unfinished. For the protection of the building, as well as for its appear- ance, it is best to give the house an appropriate coat of paint as soon as it has been con.pleted. TONING IN WITH NETGI-IBORS' HOUSES. In the town or village, one must take into consideration the predomin- ating color tones of the surrounding buildings. It is an unpleasiu g feature to have all the cesider,ces which stance together, decorated in almost identical color schemes. If a person gives the matter a little thought, he c.an give his home a distinctive color plan, and thus make it more original. For instance, if most of the houses in the immediate ;.- neighborhood are white with yellow trim, you can use cream and brown, cream and blue, ivory and blue.greon, or ivory and gray green. This will give the house individuality, without making it so different that it will look ludicrous. With the correct- use of stains and paints it is possitie to achieve very beautiful color combinations on any house. The siding should be given a distin;tive tonality, and the trim color should be such chat it throws this ton. ality into relief. Muddy colors should always be avoided, as they make a house look old and dull instead of new and bright. Further, every building should be painted with due considera- tion of the architectural effect, Over stressing of certain. holdings, corner boards, etc., may give the building an eutirely different ' haracter than its builder intended it to have.—Christian Science Monitor. do is to place your hand behind the box, and then bi v, over the box into your hand. You'll be really surprised t• find the boc actually shoot towards you. Talkies and the Theatre Manchester Guardian (Lib.): 1f theatrical stars are removed from Broadway and Shaftesbury Avenue In large quantities to meet the new de- mand on the "talkies" lovers of the theatre need not and will not despair. The theatre does not live by reason of the men and women who count their salaries in hundreds ot pounds a week. Their absence and the conse- quent absence of their followers would reduce the box-office turnover. without in the least imperilling the art of the theatre. Crushed Oats For Horses For working horses with good teeth there appears to be little advantage from crushing the oat ration, An ex - pertinent carried on at the Expert. metrial Farm at Ottawa with horses doing ordinary farm work showed Beat each group, consisting of four horses, lost exactly the same amount of thirty-five pounds during a period of 135 days hard labour. Commenting on the experiement, the Dominion Animal husbandman points out in his annual report, published by the De partment of Agriculture at Ottawa, that for horses wile defective teeth, or individuals that are inclined to bolt their food without masticating it, there is considerable advantage in us- ing the crushed grain, which is also useful for foals during the period of detention. It is also pointed out that in the horses receiving the crushed oats there was no .uses of colic dur- ing the whole season.•—Issued by the Director of Pubacity, Dept. of Agricul- ture, Ottawa. A Mirror The reputation ot a woman may be compared to a mirror of crystal, shin- ing and bright, but liable to be sullied by every breath that conies near it. —Cervantes. Girls who used tomake make at boys now snake faces for them. "Army" Boy Settlers leads o step oft the Anclo�Ioraldson litter th e ria, ITaittas this Spring and begin the Canada ew. ife NOTHING SO 'TEMPTING! A charming dress of black cartel for afternoons and informal evenings, worn by the smart New Yorker and. chic Parisienne. It also makes up at- tractively iti georgette crepe in Royal blue, Raquin .red crepe de chine, print- ed. silk crepe, black shimmering crepe satin, dull black silk crepe, honey - beige crepe Elizabeth and chartreuse green silk crepe. It features the fash- ionable pointed goi'.ets in skirt, and new higher waistline, Style No. 409 is designed in sizes 10, 18, 20 years, 30, 38, 40 and 42 inches bust. Pattern price 20c in stamps or coin (coin is preferred). Wrap ail, carefully. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write .your name and address plain- ty, giving number and size of such • patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number, and address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, '73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. Patterns sent by an early mail. "Why does shewear such long frochse" "Iter 'stockings ,are silk otlly hall way up." Cleverniess A mart may be tbougbt' clever while he ee seeking for wisde i but ;It :xe imagines he bac found ter he Is a VIOL, I erela'it Pre -Verb,