Zurich Herald, 1931-01-01, Page 6RING OUT THE OLD
RING IN THE NEW"
A11 Over the 01d Country bells great ed out 1928 and rung in its suecessol
and email will be ringing the. New while huge crowds surged through the
Year in, and though at first the sub- streets outside. Several years ago
feet seem uniuter.esting, Tot there is Folkstone Chureh was particularly
a'eaily much of interest not generally notable, for three woman ringer dict
known about bells and their riugers. their fair quota of the work, one, in -
To , start with, how big are thele deed, handling frequently a 2.4-cwta,
bells? Britain's biggest chimers are: bell—and ringing it well.
Great Paul, of St. Paul's Cathedral, One could hardly expect many
London, weighing 1li?l toes; West- thrills to attend those engaged in
zninster's famous Big Ben, scaling what seems such , placid occupation,
13% tons; the 121,4: ton Great Peter nevertheless, thrills and adventure
belonging to York Minster; and the have occasionally oceured. A tragedy
73% ton Great Tom at Oxford, all, of the belfry oecured to a Sunderland
incidentally, drs'arfs amongst the church official while preparing a bell
world's giant bells --while the babies for the memorial service to Qaeen
of the family are the smallest bells Alexandra. A three-quarter of a ton
In the village churches throughout the enable hireeau tuned uside to muffle the clapper;witlt
n to
land.
Bell ringing itself is au interesting leather wheu, for some unexplaiued
and Align} craft and some of its guilds reason, the great bell swung down
have existed for centuries. Amongst and crushed him to death against the
them are an old British society found- woodeuwork. Firemen and police
ed in 1574, the Scholars of Cheapside were needed to extricate the body
Society, whose charter dates from from its awkward position in the
1002, and the Ancient Society of Col- tower.
lege Youths, incorporated in 1637 and A very curious chance occurred dur-
uow 293 years old. ing the attempt of bellringers at
Amongst "star turns" performed by Leeds Church, Kent, to smash the
bellringers is the world's .record feat world repord of the Ancient Society
of riming the longest peal ever done of College Youths, mentioned earlier,
by one team of men. This was per -
'formed by men of the College 'Youths
in April, 1922, on the church bells of
Appleton, Berkshire, when they rang
no fewer than 21,363 changes which
took them 12 hours 25 minutes without
stopping once. What such an accom-
•nlisltment means can be judged by the
fact that owing to the very compli-
cated changes necessary nothing can
be allowed to divert their attention,
and so neither food nor drink nor talk-
ing was indulged in during that time,
for fear that their memories might fall
and spoil the record.
Until comparatively recent times
bell -ringing was performed entirely by
men, but during the war many of them
went into the services and women
stepped in to fill their places and since
then many of them have stayed and
many others have taken up bellriug-
iug, and many of them have big rings
to their credit.
Thus, in 1927, a team of six men
and one womeut set up a record at
West Deeping Church: Linconshire,
by ringing 10,080 changes in 8 hours
let minutes.
•
by ringing 22,033 changes and better
their rivals bq 670 changes! It was
a tremendous effort and months of
preparation were devoted to it.
The ten riugere were locked in the
h , '
belfry and at 6 p.m. on Baster Mon-
day, 1926, they started the peal, which
was to take them practically 1:i hours,
and to which they were giving the
* *, e
. The lady concerned set up two re-
cords herself by that .feat, first, she
was the first woman in England to
ring for such a long period in any
church, and, secondly, the first of ber
sex to perform £ueces sfuly the 'diffi-
cult feat called "14 methods"
Then again, in at least one famous
church in London --St. Clemeut Danes
in the Strand -woman bellringers toll -
whole of that day. The Appleton
ringers, the record holders, arrived
in the village to listen to their rivals. I Among��ations
But they were not destined to be beat -
Winter Mermaids
Surf cycles are newest in water ilovei'ties introduced at'Miami this
season. They .cannot sink, and can 'go 15 miles per hour. Misses
Dorothy May and }betty Esmond dexne'tstratittg,'the''proper use of bikes.
order for one week, one of the soclall
workers had gained two and a half :
pounds, two hed gained one pound
each, and one adult inaintained the
same 'weight.,
A typical day's menu in tills experi-
ment follows:
Breakfast - Half orange, cresol of
wheat, top milk, sugar, bread, butter,
coffee or milk.
Luncheon—Fish chowder with po-
tato, cottage cheese, salad with dates
and French dressing, bread, butter,
milk, cottage pudding with chocolate
sauce.
Dinner—Scoleh barley soup, meat
balls, potato, sweet and sour cabbage,
bread, tea, fresh fruit salad.
New Year's Day
en, for after 4Se hour's of Pinging the
crashing bells suddenly stopped. The There are four very widely ob-
A New Year Resolve
Of a Schoolboy
While the Year is young, we, one
and all, examine ourselves, and many
are the good resolves we make to
hate a fair, clear record when :tete
New Year shall have become old.
If 1 were aboy, tether warm, health-
ful ,glow, eagerly longing to do good—
and Who can tell? perhaps some great
things, <too -I should resolve to culti-
vate kind and polite manners, and use
them at home.
A New Year Carnival
Celebrate New Year's Eve with a
carnival this year,
Decorate a booth with carnival
colors, red and white, and serve Prorn
it the usual outdoor. refreshments:
small bags of popcorn, peanuts, pink
lemonade, taffy candy wrapped in
pieces of oiled paper with twisted
ends, and "hot dog", sandwiches,
Of course you will have circus acts
and games with a gallant young man-
ager in aered-and-white dawn suit or
the top hat and frock .coat of a circus
dignitary. When the guests are as-
senibling let him lead them one at a
the "
a •a'itst each other in urerry-ao-
round." Two girls eau play at one
time, Blindfold thele and station them
at opposite ends of the room. Turn
them around rapidly three times, and
tell them to walk forvsti'd and shake
hands with each other, When they
have succeeded in this they are told
to part company and touch the piano,
or some other object that they have
previously located. The one who has
not lost her •sense of direction will
reach it first and win her sandwich.
Balloon Give -Away, Choose three
guests from each side and give each
time into the various side shows sep- of them a •balloon on a long string.
Grated by a °nrtained doorway:
A Dancing Midget. A girl with
shoes and stockings on her hands
''stands behind a table. Another girl
site on a high stool just behind her
with a robe across her shoulders that
]lidos everything except her head and
hands and the other girl's hands, do-
ing duty as dancing feet. If you can
get it right, it is very effective.
The Smallest Dog in Captivity. Put
a sign outside to this effect, and in-
side place on the table a platter con-
tainging the smallest sausage you can
find.
The Fat Lady. hind the thiuuest
girl you can, and if she is not sensitive'
about it persuade her to pose. After
everyone has come, let the clown
divide the company into two equal
sides for games. To one side let him
distribute badges made of red crepe
paper, and to the other, white badges.
Pop -Corn Venders. Mark parallel
lines on the floor with chap: or with
tape, as far apart as possible, and
halfevay between them lay a row of
I should try to deal very gently withsocks filled with pop corn, half as
the little sisters, though I didn't care many as there are players. The play
ers must stand oil their own goal lines
te
two strawsanc 'couldn't
their denies n kit -Essig each other. At a given signal
with and couischi yhou pran annoyed the firer player in each lines runs to -
with their mischievous pranks. ward the first sack of corn, trying to
And then I should try to help secure it and return to his goal line
mother, when slie• looks so tired and without being tagged by the other
wore; If her arms ache from carrying player. If successful, his side keeps
the "teething baby, it would not be the pop corn; if he is tagged, the other
ringers bad made some mistakes and I served. New Int 's Days: these .of amiss to coax blur away for an hour side gets it. He has two chances
rung some wrong changes—so the at- Christendom, Islam, Hebrew and or so. to secure the prize: he may get the
tempt fell through. ,Chinese. Christendom is the only one Right here conies on another vie- sack and return untagged to his goal
similar attempt in1928 to ring a' to celebrate January 1. tory—conquering your own spirit and tine or he may tag his opponent when
The popular feast in England eon- love of ease. he is carrying oft the seek, Both
sists of turkey, cluck or goose, with players are y
world's record peal of 22,096 changes
at Ileptonstall Church, Yorkshire,
cant to a bitterly. .1 •., _ rointing end
Do I mean that I should forget to
'trying to do the sante
e plum pudding which is generously i thing—eget the pop corn and retut'.0
flavored with branc,y' in work, wear a longface and forget untouched. 'When the first two
After months of practice, dieting and
actually ringing for 10 hours 31 min- l In France and Spain the New -Years to laugh? players have contested for the first
dinner would consist of turkey, capon
utes incessantly, out of the 13'!.k houl•s (, No, indeed; and I should not for- sack of pop corn the whistle blows
tlecessary without eating, drinking or pheasant, and you would be sure get, when a man, that "all work and again and the two player's next in line
to find truffles•
, chestnuts and as.,. • no ,play make Jack a dull boy.' try for the second sack, and so on
They must each try to give it to some
One who wears the opposing color.
This is done by trying to hit the other
person's balloon with 'hers. When a
player has done so, the opponent must.
take both balloons and .try to pro•
tett them both while the girt who
has succeeded in getting rid of her
balloon retires' from the game, Ob-
viously it is harder to protect two bal-
loons than one, and the unfortunate
one will find most of the opposing
players upon her heels. Her team
mates must come to the rescue and
try to get rid of their balloons. If
she mates a bit, she rids herself of
both her balloons at once. A hit does
pot count if tale person hit is attack-
ing you at the same time. When
only two are left on the floor, one
must dodge and then take up the of-
fensive. The side that, disposes of
all its balloons may be treated to
Pink lemonade.
Chariot Race. Bring out two wooden
horses such as those used by carpen-
ters, one wearing a large bow of red
crepe and the other a large bow of
white. Call for voluuteere to ride
these horses to victory. The rest of
the company form a line and root for
their colors. The riders do not get
astride their horses and canter to vic-
tory. They must get under the wood-
en frame and keeping their heads
against the front crosspieces, work
their horses sidewise toward the goal.
They may lift the (rout part and then
the back part, but must not have the
entire frame off the floor at one time.
The Clown Bands. Allow each side
to enter its best musicians in the
clown -band contest. Give them combs
and paper upon which to play, the
small horns you sing through, blocks
of wood to be used as a drum, and per-
haps tiny bells. Allow the bands tc
c "jaunt for practice and then to play
in turn.
Rain Checks... Sometime before the
dawning of the new year have the
clown announce that he stands ready
to give rain checks to all who deserve
them. If any person can show just
cause 'why he was unable to win the
prize he covets, the clown will give
:trim a rain cheek calling for it.
The Tight -Rope Walker. If you can
persuade one of the bays to put on a
frilly skirt over his clothes and wear
a . fluffy fiat with gibbous tied under
his chin, he may make a sensation as
a tight -rope walker. Lay a large rope
on the floor after you have announced
the renowned "Lady Mary Straight -
toes" and Uhl of her exploits with
gusto. In spite of the jeers of the
audience when the rope is laid upon
the floor, the tight -rope walker par-
ades back and forth on it, using a
child's umbrella to balance with and
doing all the tricks performed by pro-
fessionals. You can have a lot of fun
if the boy is a good actor.
be a real, Iive boy, spend all the time
talking or smoking, the 183;: cwt. important ingredlents of the dress
teuor bell became to stiff to ring and a T I should talk with parents and teach -
the attempt failed. All for the lack in, •of the New -year's fowls. In marry ers about the lives of successful men,
places snails waned be served, and• endeavor early in youth to findof a drop of oil on its bearings. The New -year's dinner iu North
ized millions—hitherto
Broadcasting has recently familiar Arica would have cons -cons an its
unacquainted central dish. This consists of wheat
with it with bellriuging by transmit- prepared like fine grains of herice,
ting famous peals. Amongst those steamed with lamb or mutton, and
+h.. rendered familiar to myriads are veg etables. Cooked locusts are often
out What I could .do best, and learn
to use my eyes, ears, brains and limbs
to some advantage to others as well
as myself.
I should feel that, if I could not
the famous peals of Crowland Abbey, . served in that eonutry. abe the King, I could. be an holiest
: near Peterborough, and since theirIn Central Africa, the feast of feasts woodcutter, doing the work so deftly
aerial debut, the annual visitors have I is a roasted elephant's foot. and well that double pay should he
1 increased over ten times.i *Tibet, that strange country that mine, and my labor would be in de-
:onomy
__--_ _ .__._ _.___ __..- __ only lately we have known, finds the mend.
The article, written by hiss S. Etta populace eating raw yak neat and And then, early in youth is just the
Sadow, Director o the Bureau o a Mug' hurtful habits, beginning with
- e - cid butter.
me f P f drinl lug atron� tea priced with van time to begin self-denyings and shun -
home >• couomu•-' of the Boston Ferret
Brown Bread. 1 ated Jewish Charities, presents ai A favorite New -year's dish in Japan
Two cups Indian meal, one cup rye model grocery order for a week which is a big baked red snapper. You
meal, one-half cup flour, one cup mo -1 will give the minimum of food neves- would also find the most character -
lasses, two cups milk, one cup trot F sary to nourish a family of five, This istic of Japanese edibles---'iiicklecl
water with one teaspoon soda dis- minimum order takes into considera- chrysanthemum petals.
solved in it. Pinch of salt. Put in tion differences in occupations of in
covered tin and steam in kettle with dividuals as well as bodily requite- Sanctuary
hot water just below top 01 the
Russian Dressing.
meets of different age groups. The I know a spot where budless twigs
$10.12 grocery order was worked .out
in Boston and may vary slightly in Are bare above the snow,
tiler cities. And where sweet winter -loving birds
One tablespoon lemon juice, elle cup Flit softly to and fro;
The use of this minimum menu with There with the sun for altar -fire,
stili mayonnaise, two tablespoons chili satisfactory results is, however, tie -
sauce, one tablespoon Worcestershire The earth for kneeling -place,
of any good bottled sauce. Add lemon Sadow points opt. "7t Presupposes The gentle air for chorister, juice to mayonnaise, which should be Will I adore Thy face.
very cold. Just. before :serving stir in
sauce=s.
Baked Indian Pudding.
Scald one pint of milk and stir in
four tablespoonfuls of meal. Cook
until thick. Cool and add ane -half cup
molasses, one-half teaspoon cinnamon
, ancl Balt, two eggs well beaten, with
one -halt cup Sugar, and one pint cold
sweet. milk. Bake two hours. When
it has cooked one hour pour in one
cup Vold milk. Do not stir.
Scotch Shortcakes.
One cup butter, r;; cup confectionery
sneer (atld gradually), 2 cups bread
hours r;j teaspoon baking powder, ?:i,
teaspoon salt. Sift dry ingredients,
vii:c as you would pie crust. Roll out
ti inch thick and cut with cookie cut
ter. Bake iii oven 34u :100 degrees for
amiuutes, Sprinkle with sugar be-
fore putting in the oven. Makes theses
very- alti'activo in appearance. And if
c'ut wi1lh the heart. diamond. club and
spade cookie cutter- they are d Helots
lair Fi. inlfh' . Iva.
saying, "No!" to tate schoolmate who
ehouid ask me to read the tras'tiy
books, full of impossible adventures
for the youths, instead of mastering
the dry arithmetical problems, though
the teacher might not be looking and
the 'boot appeared interesting.
Another resolve will prove a diffi-
cult task; but I certainly shouldn't
sleep late in the morning, though the
blankets be ever so soft and warm
and the air stinging cold.
Such a victory the sleepy boy gains
over himself who "springs" from his
warm couch, gets a little wood and
water for the kitchen, and meets with
that all members of the family are in —Alice Brown, in "The Road to a bright face the family at breakfast.
good health and that the mother has Castalay" "Ite.the list of self-denyings and help -
enough knowledge of foods to be able ful habits I place "learning to care
to make, the correct selection, so that
proper amounts of milk, fruit, vege-
tables, cereals, and so on will be in -
chided in the dietary. It presupposes
a knowledge of the seasonal variation
of foods and prices so that the mini-
mum amount of money provided will
cover the cost of items which help
to make up a balanced diet."
In planning her menu, Miss Sadow
sought variety as well as quantity in
food, Breakfast ordinarily consisted.
of fruit, a cereal, toast or bread, and
coffee or milk. Soup was served three
days during the week for luncheon
together with a vegetable dish of a
salad, Oatmeal cookies, gingerbread,
and. turnip fluff were features on the
noonday list. Dinner was a three -
course meal, having either fish, meat
or salad and vegetables as its priucie
pal course. A day-by-day menu,
together with recipes for each dish are
included in the article in The Family.
Salt -Cowl Dinner.
t'..,. it a pilled of .salt cod in sold
for t.v.;) i,h• th,•,--e 11011N, then
I,;'11 in f.ri»ser water until tender.
11e'.ir a nest 01' iv'sil..,F•1:-.nned mash -
ea se ato"'a „u a planer. Make a
:t h r-anee and 116(1 1110 fish, picked
ep Flt in shall pier(:;. Pitt this in the
venire of the nest and cut three hard-
boiled eggs timely over the whole. Put
11 row nl: ;slimed picckle!dbeets around
the .outside of mashed potatoes. I
Aire the beets with a corrugated ant-
i and it adds to the at.tractivenit:ts
Feeding Five
ITow four healthy
setief'actorily during
p: riment for a. total
iu 1110 currentissue
of the _dish,
:=:
$10.42.
adults were fed
I
In order to test the practicability,
Palatability, and quantity of the Mini-
mum Grocery Order as outlined by
7,11,15 Sadow, au experiment was con-
ducted by a group of four social work-
ers who lived on the order for one
week. These four adults were select-
ed as having caloric needs set for the
dietary of the etaudard family of five,
consisting at a man, a woman, a boy
of thirteen, a girl of seven, and a child
of three.
It's the hardest kind of work to play for the pennies' and taking care of
e. winning game. personal property, clothing, . toys,
"Three meals a day were prepared
by the dietitians in charge of the
experiment, writes Miss Sadow, "and
all food was purchased ite one of the
poor disttricts. The food supplied suflts
cleat calories, protein, fat, carbohy
drates, minerals, and vitamins, to pro-
vide good nutrition. No food was
a. •ova-weet .ex- eaten between meals •�]uce the ade-
of ;10.42 ,is told ri lacy nncl ,satisfying 0H'octs of the diet
of tht, "l+'aluliy" were being tested."
Alto living'on tate . 10,42 grocery,
until all have been out. Then the
successful ones on each side divide
with their unfortunate team mates.
The Trained Seals' Balancing Act.
Ask a boy from each side. to volunteer
for this act or number the players on
each side and draft two._ Give an
empty vinegar jug . to each boy. The
clown then auuounces that his famous
trained seals will tilt their jugs upon
the rims, sit upon the jugs held so,
cross one knee ovor the other and in
this position keep their balance while
they turn themselves completely
round. They must keep their arms
folded. Give the -one who accomplishes
this feat first an order upon the re-
freshment booth that entitles him to a
"hot dog" sandwich. He will deserve
it. If anyone feels envious, he may
challenge some one on the opposing
side to a similar contest. Try to find
some boy who can balance a, book on
his head while he is turning round.
Merry -Go -Round. Pair the girls
books and the like.
Boys should know the money value
of comforts and luxuries, and to early
help themselves to be just, but not
miserly,
It requites resolution for both big
and little boys to p: es windows full
of tempting candies and fruits, or
beautiful marbles and tops, when a
few pennies are saved until a suffici-
ent sum is gotten together, a good
Athletes Commemorate Emperor's Death
Student4 of colleges of Tokio, ,japan, appear in mass drills as part
of nation -11410 celebration on ecpa,ian of observance of death of late
Emperor. M0i'tji Se'tsu 131 Bledji Shrine otFi4itlm
t:.
paper or interesting book can be or-
dered, which is • a constant delight
and helper toward future benefits.
Our Canadian young people are ac-
cused of lacking veneration and re-
spect for the aged. A boy seeking
to turn over a new leaf upon New
Year's Day cauunt afford to forget
this point..
Courtesy and •od manners are
often the means of smoothing the
whole lifepath of tthe boy and man.
By good manners I do not mean fop
pisirness, but a manly, respectful bear-
ing and deference paid to the wishes
of others. The aged should claim
attention first, It is only the savage
who "shelve" the old folks when
their usefulness is over.
Assumed courtesy is easily detect-
ed,
etected, There is only one way to wear it
as a well -fitting garment, and that
is to treat well every man, woman and
child, and I must add the dumb' ani-
mals. These latter learn quickly what
good treatment means. By so doing
the kindly feeling becomes second
nature, and the outside courtesy easy
and not strained.
To curb the hot, quick temper, and
restrain bitter, biting words when an-
gered i _ wounded, is an up -hill, diffi-
cult task, and many failures must
occur before the haughty spirit can
be ruled; yet perseverance makes this
resolve possible,
No! The boy I have pictured is not
amuff; his laugh and shout ring out
loudly in baseball, tag and hunt the
hare; he wears out the knees of his
trousers and is continually out at the
elbows.
In the autumn his thoughts turn to
popcorn, nutting and wild grape excur-
sions. In the winter, snowballing,
skating and coasting claim every mo-
ment of his spare time, Indeed, the.
keeping of one-half his New Year re-
soaves costs him an effort. So much!
the better; it proves that he is In
earnest, and no weak, half -Way boy.'
Little by little he gains the victory
over self, While having'a genuine good
time and gaining a store of strength,
both physical and mental, which will
enable him to run well the race that
before himt
Edi