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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1931-07-09, Page 3Homey Chats ny „611442ANN, BEST 5 in Id It less But No, 30 How to Spoil Things ^- To spoil steak—fry it slowly at first. To spoil tea or coffee—boil it. To spoil custard—bake it too long. .To spoil house plants -water them too much, To spoil butter—by not working out all the milk. To spoil pan cakes -bake on luke- warm griddle. To spoil a breakfast—Grumble alt the time you are eating it. To spoil scissors—Cut everything from a sheet of paper to a bar of cast- iron. To spoil a wife—Find fault. To spoil children—Humor them in everything they happen to think they want. For An Invalid on a Hot Day Now that summer is coming when the bed for an invalid gets very warm on hot, sultry days, try filling the hot water 'bottle with cold water and clay it in bed beside,the patient, to be. moved around where she feels it is needed.. Twilight Hour Story Chicks and Other Little Friends No. 27 I can tell you, Billy got up early the text morning, for he couldn't thick of anything .but those little kittens of Fluffy's hidden under the floor in the attic. After breakfast Mamma Lady got the hammer„ and a big screw driver b.nd some other tools she thought inight be useful, and they went up- stairs. First thing they did was to get Fluffy and carry her down cellar and shut her in away from her kittens o she wouldn't get excited about all he noise. They had put a big pencil mark on the board over the place where they ieard the kittens, so they didn't need • ;to hunt it all over again. Then Manama Lady started trying to pry up the board. Well, they worked and worked and it just wouldn't budge. You see, Mamma Lady wasn't a very good carpenter. "I don't care if we do break the old board away over here where it is dark. It can easily be nailed down again, but can't get it started,” she said as she poked and worked away at the tight boards. However, if you keep at a thing long 'enough, something has to happen, and all at once it started to move a little. ea ., eaaieeee-Lia.'4 "There, now that I've got the screw driver in, perhaps I can pry it up a little," she said, puffing from the exer- tion. A little was right. That old hoard would only come up about an inch or so. You couldn't see down or put your hand down. In fact it was just as bad as before, almost, "Billy, if I had a match now we could see if they are still here. We don't want to do any moreeif they are over farther." You see, the kittens kept as still as could be, because all the noise so near them perhaps fright- ened them, I guess they thought it sounded like thunder, eh? Billy went down to get the match and was back in a jiffy. It didn't take him long, I can tell you. The board was up just about two inches. Mamma Lady was on one side of the board and Billy on the other. Mamma Lady struck the match and held it under the board as far down as she could. "There they are," cried Billy, as they caught a glimpse of soft fur. "Oh, there they are!" and he got so excited he accidentally pushed his mother's arm so that she dropped the match, and oh, how dreadful, it dropped right onto a little kitty. They could smell the burning fur. "Oh, what will we do?" said Mamma Lady, for it was a long way down- stairs to the water. There was hardly even time to think. All at once she got right down on the floor and said quickly, "Billy, you do what I do," and she bent down and—well, you can't guess what she did. She expectorated through the crack on to the burning fur. Billy spat too on his side, and say, wasn't it a good thing the fire was really out, because Mamma Lady and Billy felt they just couldn't make any more saliva. Their mouths felt all dried up inside. Oh, Manuna Lady and Billy were strong then. They pulled up that old board which wouldn't move before. It cracked and broke this time all right and then when the board was up high enough she reached down and, say, she brought up four lovely little soft, wool- ly kittens, and the little one that was burned was grey. Wasn't it a good thing it had thick fur? Anyway, the fire didn't get through to its tender skin. It just burned the fur. "Billy," laughed Mamma, "we'll call this kitty Bobby Burns, shall we? So Bobby Burns he was. Flowers Dislike Music Loudon -Some flowers are deeply affected by music or, to put it more bluntly, carnations and cyclamen do got like it at any price writes a cor- respondent of the Christian Science Monitor. This is the discovery of a Student of botany here who says, °'Where there is a constant volume lof sound for some hours, certain sensitive blossoms develop a lean - trig tendency away from the direction from which the music comes. Floral ;decorations close to a stand where)t. . dance band was playing were af- ected to au astonishing degree. After a few hours it was discovered That all the blossoms had deliber- ately turned their backs on the 'Source of the music. Even when they were placed facing the stand $t was not long before each carna- tion bloom reversed its position. Al- though little is known at present of this phenomenon, there is no doubt bat blossoms of several kinds are affected by the vibrations which are pet up when music is performed." :The • phenomenon certainly seems to linvite further investigation. If .flowers do not like jazz, will they tolerate Bach or even show their ap- preciation of Beethoven by gracefully bending toward the source of melody? ',A, new type of musical critic may have been discovered and "trying it out on the carnations" may become recognized criterion for music pub- lishers. Houses These are the things that houses will remember: The covetous, swift rain Beating its futile hands through gray November Against the windowpane— And dawns—with April all herself re- vealing When the first robin calls— Her frail bright spirit magically steal- ing Within four sturdy walls— Lost footsteps on the stair—lost laugh- ter drifting— Whisper of pain and tears— Intimate moments fraught with beauty lifting Out of the lonely years. And shrill sweet music of young voices blending— An dthe one hour which brings The old -new dreams—and love that has no ending— These are the things! —Catherine Fomenter. Canada's Forest Land According to the Forest Service of the Dept. of the Interior commercial forests can be grown on. 555,000,000 acres of Canada's domain, and that on 182,000,000 acres the forests are either at present inaccessible or are of value mainly for their ameliorating effect on climate, the control of water flow, prevention of erosion or their scenic attractions. MUTT AND JEFF— By BUD FISHER „ ____ J6 FF 's BEE- PiBit GooFY SU CE 'NAT FOSS STCPPeu ON lits NeAt - BuV me DOC SAYS liE'S DAILY,'l.s. 'DROP i IN 014 NIM; Sunday School, Lesson a,•aaP• July 19, Lesson 111—Social Service in the Early Church—Acts 4:32-35; 6;1.4; 2 Corinthians 9:1.7. Golden Text—He said, it Is more bieseed to give than to receive.—Acts 20;35, ANALYSIS I, VOLUNTARY SHARING, Acts 4: 3245. IL SYSTEMATIC SHARING, 6;1-7. ISI, SERVICEABLE SHARING, 9; 36.39. IV. INTELLIGENT AND WHOLE -WARTED SHAPING, 2 Con 9; 1-15. INTRODUCTION—The early Chris- tians were like members of a family. They were the Brotherhood. The Holy Spirit, which is the spirit of their Master, was now in them. It began to reveal itself in their attitude toward each other. • Holds Records Miss Edna Rudolph, 1$ -year-old St. Louis stenographer, recently established world altitude re- cord' for light .planes -15,200 feet. I. VOLUNTARY SHARING, Acts 4: 32-85. iv, INTELLIGENT AND WHOLE -HEARTED .57IARING, 2 Cor. 9: 1-15. The Corinthians were to give with a mil ; God loves a cheerful giver, so doe the collector. Does v. 32 tell of a short-lived ex- periment in Communism? Dr. Mof- fatt's Translation helps one to an an- swer: "Not one of them considered anything his personal property, they shared all they had with one another. There was' not a needy person among them, for tin se who owned 'lands -or houses would sell them > andbring tJ'j rev proceeds of the sale, laying the mune,,, dei r before the feet f the apo stles; nt was then distributed according to each in- dividual's need." The right to hold property was unquestionable, for ex- ample, Joseph Barnabas, v. 36. An- anias (5:1) was condemned, not be cause he did not turn in all the money, but because he pretended that he did. The Brotherhood included many poor people—"slaves and washerwo- men," as they were contemptuously called. A Poor. Fund was created. The people counted it a privilege as .well as a duty to help the unemployed and the poor. It was considered unworthy for a man to hold for himself more than he needed, while another was in want. Some of the poorer members were known even to go without food` for two or three days in order to give to some one poorer than theulselves. While modern Christians abandon: tithing because it means too inn h,: these early Christians abandoned it: because it meant too little. That spirit still lives here and there. Fritz Kreisler, perhaps the world's greatest living -violinist, said: "I never look upon the money I earn as my own. It is public money. It is, only a fund intrusted to my care for proper dis- tribution. . . . istribution.... I am constantly en- deavoring to reduce my needs to the minimum. In all these years of my so-called success in music we have not built a home for ourselves. Between it and us there stand all the homeless in the world." What would happen if the spirit of Christ had a similar chance with all of us? II. SYSTEMATIC SHARING, 6:1-7. At first the apostles preached, taught,' adrninisteredAthe fund, attended to at• tr<. work of the Christian community:. As the number of believers increased, so did the number <of. the .poor, and widows. The apostles found them- selves involved in too many activities. At the same time the Grecians, those. Jews who were foreign -born and spoke Greek, complained that their widows were being neglected in the daily "dole." The Hebrews, the native-born Jews who spoke Aramaic, perhaps held the view that "our own people should be attended to first." There was prob- rbly some jealousy between the two groups which gave rise to the trouble. The Church, at the request of the apostles, appointed seven men to ad- minister the fund. To avoid any pos- sibility of discrimination, they selected them from among the complaining Grecians. The names of the seven are Greek names. One was a proselyte, a convert from outside the seed of Abra- ham. A "foreigner" was thus recog- nized as a "brother." The Spirit of Christ was beginning to obliterate racial snobbery. This was the begin- ning of organization in the Church. III. SERVICEABLE SHARING, 9: 36-39. The Church has room for varied gifts. Tabitha, whose Greek name was Dorcas, is the type of the Chris- tian woman devoted to good works. Others could pray in public; she could s w for the poor. Unostentatiously she worked and gave. On the day of. Lord Shaftesbury's funeral the poor of London 'lined the streets, paying their tribute of love to one who had been their friend. So, when Dorcas died, the widows whom she had •be- friended gathered at her home. "Look at the dress she gave me," said one, pointing to the dress Lite was -;rearing. "And mine, too!" said another. "And minel" She was always doing work like this," they told Peter. fat New Yor Is Wearing k BY Ax 1EBELL8 WORTHINGTON Illustrcctsd Dressmaking Lesson Fur - nM ed With. Every Pattern Here's a jaunty wrapped model that solves the problem of what to wear for mornings aad'.,aports. It is slim, and straight. A plaited inset provides the important flare without interfering with the slender- ness of the silhouette. The vestee with a rolled collar but. toned down the front adds a sportive air. It s'icilitary blue candy stripe silk shirting wiih.plain white vestee. Style No, 2660 hay be had in sizes 16, 18 :years, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust.' .' Silk pastel; pique cotton, pique print, pastel fiat crepe shantung and linen are suitable smart fabrics for its de relopment. Size 36 requires 8% yards of 20 - inch material with %a yard of 27 -inch ,contrasting, HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS Write your name and address plain- Iy, giving number and size of such patterns as Van want. Enclose 20e in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully for each number, and address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, ! 3`West Adelaide St., Toronto. The lazy man makes much ado about nothing. Happy Days aYln Ila itouse a decorated is re, oomznended as one way of curing de- pression. The parlor's in utter confusion, Huge trestles encumber the hall; If you're apt to feel faint at the odor of paint Don't enter the kitchen at all. The room Haat I commonly work In— Though later it znay appear posh-- Is forbidden to me, since I don't want to see The way in which wash. whitewashers The landing and most of the bedrooms Are dressed in a similar guise, And it's useless to seek an escape' from the reek Of varnish, distemper, and size, To make the ascent of the staircase le treading a perilous path, And I'm taking my drink and my food at the sink And have made up a bed in the bath, But Jane, who decreed the upheaval, Is deaf to my every appeal; There's reproach in her eye whenso- ever I try To tell her the things that I feel. She tells me I'm hurting her badly And filling with sorrow her cup When I won't understand that the work has been planned With the object of cheering me up.. —Theda (Humorist). Anaesthetic Used By Hospitals Tested O;.tawa.—A decided improvement in the quality of anaesthetic ether used in Canadian hospitals is noted by the Department of Pensions and National Health following a survey by depart- mental inspectors. Of all samples taken only eight per cent. were in- ferior as compared with 65 per cent. in 1925, 26 and 25 per cent. in 1927-28. According to a report issued by the department, all the larger hospitals in Canada were visited and 257 samples taken for analysis. The in- spector:, also investigated the system of purchase and methods of storage. Two leading brands constituted 93 per cent. of the samples and of these eight packages were found to be inferior. Of the remaining 19 samples, repre- senting seven lesser known brands, 11 were inferior. Samples of ethyl chloride were also taken, and the product found to be ex- cellent in quality. "Recent fatalities during anaesthetia caused suspicion to fall on ethyl chloride as being respon- sible for the trouble," the report states. "This led to a survey of avail- able supplies. The collection consist- ed of 10 samples of English, American and German brands. 3t is a pleasure to be able to testify to the excellence of every one of these." • Anticosti Island ':.•. Anticosti Island is situated in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and has aan area of over 3,000 square miles or one and a hall times the size of Prince Edward Island. It has been owned for some years by the Menier family of France, and was recently sold to the Anticosti Corporation, Limited, for its pulp and paper re- sources. It is capable of providing 350,000 tons of newsprint paper a'!f'- nually In perpetuity. The island was discovered by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and was visited later by Roberval, Champlain, and other French explorers. After the cap- ture of Canada by Wolfe, in 1759, the island became British territory. Brazil's Economic Condition Improving, President Reports Rio de Janeiro.—The economic con- dition of Brazil "is on the sure road to betterment," President Getulio 'Var- gas said in a recent interview. "We have reduced the government's administrative expenses by the equiva- lent of $40,000,000 and increased re- venues more than $30,000,000," the President said. "This makes a total difference of about 800,000 contos, which, I believe, is considerable in view of the present world situation." A scientist says that the mosquito is capable of very long flights. The trouble is, whenever he looks down on a bald -head runway, he is tempted to :and for refreshments. Anecdotes Visiting Rudyard lfiplinK .at .irip home is Sussex, It"iusey Pelle, AU. actor and playwright, discovered a large deal table, which' had evideaitily, been planed down to ensulre'.a Avery smooth surface. "On this surface," he calls (in "eau - died Peel"), "I saw xumerous scraps of writing, notes and scribbles in pea- eil---the entire surface was almost covered, I noticed that Mr, Rudyard Kipling used this table as his writing block, and I presume that when. it was. 'covered entirely with his writing It was planed down again for further use, Told by Anatole Prance; A certain learned man had the re- putation of being the most skilful cartographer (map maker) in Eng- land, ' He had publisb.ed a universal atlas and knew the Globe like his pocketbook. One evening, having drunk a glass or two extra, he Iost himself in a wood close to his native town. "What!" cried his harsh -tongued simpleton of a servant. "You write about the whole world, and you don't know where you are three miles from home?" Napoleon said to Pinel, his doctor: "Between a genius and a madman, there is no more than the thickness of a two -sous piece." Then he added—declared Anatole France: "I must take care not to fall into your hands." Reflections of an old woman out side the Abbey Theatre, Dublin—the home of the Irish Players—set down by L. A. G. Strong in "Dublin Days," "In this theatre they has plays On us, and high-up people comes here They'd run like hades from in the slums." What undoubtedly is the .shortest letter on. record was written by Victor Hugo, who was always impatient and impetuous, On the very evening of the clay on which one of his new works was published, he could not re- sist the temptation to inquire how the sales were going. So he wrote to his publishers as follows: "? Victor Hugo." The publisher was equal to the oc- casion, for his reply was: ft f Elinor Mordaunt, globe-trotter and novelist—her last story is "Gin and Bitters," written under the nom de plume, "A Riposte," tells of an ad- venture dventure in Constantinople. It seems she was constantly followed by a Turkish gentleman. After two weeks of this he approached her one day, andall of a. sudden, out of a clear sky, as it were, proposed marriage. Mrs Mordaunt countered with: "But why don't you choose a Turk- ish woman?" "Oh," said the gentleman, airily, "I have had nine of them already, but never an Englishwoman." Grass Heritage (From Harper's Magazine) How many ages did my lean fora bears Stretch limbs along warm grass, when food was done? How many youths dreamed dreams of love where none But nibbling sheep could watch, them icing their prayers Upon the wind—or by the whirled, red flares Of camp -fires heard old battles lost and won? How many women, hoping for a son, _— a__ — NOISE IS BANNED FROM BRITISH BUSSES London—Crooners, whiskey tenors and players of such instruments as the ukulele, the banjo and the bag- pipe no longer can practice their tunes on British busses. The regulations prevent passeng ors from annoying others by "using or operating any uoisy instrument or making any combine with any other person or persons to make any ex- cessive noise by singing, shouting or otherwise." Jeff is Almost Normal A.gain. Fotu'oie Lone Ot° M1Ke, JeFF, `rid NAT ARE DOING' 'M i't-i pAN se,LE w ) - -. 01: • \NI -to - Me? \ I 1 I ! I !%se - it IIIUI I I lli (l IlliIDlilll(' �I Y/�/I//� fr