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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1924-01-17, Page 6FOr YourIIealtlt IP Von should buy the beast. is the war, , prepared 8000 Cast rat xca11y' cCi'a 0.y. — r," it, e. THE OVERHELPI+'UL MOTHER. LYE, THE HOUSEWIFE'S PUR studies, a young highschool girl re- Many doctor's bills would be avoid amount cently said, "I've had too much help in ilfoubleeth t is requiredn realized the atol keep th nay French; so I haven't got along homes not only clean but sanitary a very well, You see mother knows germ -proof. •About the liouse The Hidden Hour 1 BY J. 13. HARRIS-RUR.LAND CHAPTER XVII.—(Cont'd.) CHAPTER XVIII. It was impossible either to retreat) het it was odd how that idea lived into the hall or to go forward without and flourished, and grew like the grain taking any notice of the visitor. ro of mustard seed into a great vigorous have done either would have been plena merely to arouse the suspicion of this That night, when Ruth lay awake unwelcome visitor. Ruth smiled feeb- in bed, watching the dying glow of the ly, and waited for "Lady Anne" to fire, the idea grew and began to throw speak. After all it was quite possible out blanches. She no longer asked that Lady Anne would not remember herself why Lady Anne had called, her. She, Ruth Braclney, was still in but why her husband had asked her her country clothes, and Lady Anne to call. had only seen her in a sable coat. ' "Surely," she said to herself, "Alec, ( "Are you Lady Bradney?" queried es a barrister, would not, under ordi- the visitor. "1 was just going to call., nary circumstances, have asked a wo- Pm Lady Anne Westholme." ( man whom he had only met in the I "Oh do come in,"said Ruth. ` "I am course of business to call upon his Lady rad " I wife." He had never done such a ,+ ney: thing before. And if he had wished I- "But you are going out? I couldn't' his' wife to make the acquaintance .of think of keeping you in."I Lady Anne Westholme he would sure - "I was only going for a walk in ly have said to her, "I'd like you to ed Kensington Gardens,"said Ruth, meet my wife. May she call upon of "but"—she: paused and looked at Lady you?" the Anne inquiringly. I Was it possible that Lady Anne had nd " case for me," said the visitor quietly, photograph, and -had recognized the In reply to an inquiry about her FIER. Your husband has been fighting a already been to the tense, had seen a French, and she likes to help me, and: One of the most powerful, econom- "and he has won it --only a little case, face? •If that were so, Lady Anne I've hated to take that pleasure away ical and easy -to -obtain disinfectants We have had one or two cleats to- might easily have said, "I think I from her. But when I begin again in the world is lye. The generous use gether. He asked me to call." ( might have met your wife before. Let next year' I'm going to do it all by 1 of this commodity will prevent the "It's most awfully kind of you," me see—" And then perhaps Ladyn „ spread of disease germs. laughed Ruth "and I'm so lad I Ann had remembered, and not only myself. For cleaning pots and pans and g , ' g the face, Uut the date and the hour The love of independence and the , R,asla. dishes, a weal: solutiola of wasn't t out—only half out, so to {incl the place of the meeting: joy of self-help are inborn in every! lye will make the work easier and also speak."I And.: if that hadactually happened normal person; they appear in the purify the utensils. There is no quick- Lady Anne entered the house, and _no,she did not• even dare to think two- ear -old who insistently refuses er way to poison an entire family the two women walked up the ,great of it. Was she to believe that her Y , to be helped as well as in the young than by using unclean kitchen utensils marble staircase together.hi.sbancl knew that she would not call man who wants to "shift for himself." or plates, cups or water glasses that "We'll have tea in my own little upon Lady Anne, and had therefore What health girl or boy fails to find have been previously used by a person room," said Ruth; "I've only just come suggested that Lady Anne should call zest in 'doing Y all b herself or sufferin., from some malady. The use back from the sea." ' „l on, her? Lady Anne had said nothing ,o lye will greatly wore y ae t 1 lI `caul reduce this hazard. "Yes, so Sir Alexander told me I about' the meeting in the train. And himself, in beginning a task and hang- � Around the bathroom, thorough mean he said you were away. But I that 'would mean that there was a ing on to the.end, even though the way cleaning is macre easier and infinitely had an idea you were coming back conspiracy between Lady Anne and leads through hard places? Tasks are more effective by using lye. In this , yesterday, or I wouldn't have called ; her husband. The idea was absurd, like games: they are no fun if they instance, lye also acts as a disinfect to -day. What a charming room this 'grotesque, horrible. are too easy. rant as well as a cleaner. ,is. It seems just to suit you—a;: if it Yet it persisted through all the To -day there is no spinning or weav-! The nicest way to use lye is with, were a frock you'd chosen. week that followed her return to Lon ing for the, girl, no woodpile for most a mop or brush for heavy cleaning of Ruth laughed, and the conversation doll.. Peace seemed to have again left boys. As Household labor has lessened, floors or walls. The use of lye in this, drifted to more general topics. Ruth her, and fear had taken root in her the high school curriculum has thong- manner keeps it from coming in con- i was no longer afraid of her visitor. mind - the �s was even more terrible ed. The work there hasgrown harder;tact with hands and avoids possible; Neither by word nor glance had Lady than the 'idea wllieli had given birth drying out of the skin or irritations ; Anne shown any signs of recognition. i to her terror. This -the fact that she young people are expected to know caused by lye. Lye attacks grease!,1 She was a very beautiful, charming was not strong enough to resist fear. more. Some wise parents have inet and for this reason, it will absorb oiwoman, perhaps a little, but not very While she had been at South Barton the new conditions sensibly. Many from the skin. Care should be taken, much older than Ruth herself—a tall,'she had said to herself, "Whatever welcome the serious study put upon that it does not come in contact with, graceful, and well-bred woman of thhappens now, I shall be able to put up their children; but some—and their any exposed parts of the hands or. world. Her hair was golden brown, a good fight" And yet on the very anxiety is easily understood and far -face. 1 and her eyes, as she sat there facing day of her return to London she had tried to helpbydein I The art' of making really good, the light, were the color of old brown failed to coxae up to the standard she given—have a strong, pure lye is gained after many,' sherry. Her milky white skin was ihad .set for herself. part of the work themselves. Many many years experience and the older slightly freckled,. She had the most, - And it was not as if anything had mother confesses to hemming for her lye manufacturers usually turn out delightful little nose, tip -tilted and ,,really` happened at all. Lady Anne the best product. piquant 1 West _co. me had not recognized her. R1 th had not even beenput upon She 1 Ruth liked to look at her—liked the , p sound of her voice—thought they her defence. "I am merely the victim might be very good friends. So long of my awn imagination, she kept say- as Lady Anne did not remember. ling to herself. But her fear was none And it seemed as though Lady Anne the less real for that. • had absolutely forgotten. Well, what) A week later she returned Lady. woman, or man either for that matter,; Aril, .s call,_and found her at home in would remember an unknown face seen a e`er,, t^ but very expensive. flat in seven weeks ago?'It was true that she,': Park -]ane: Ruth, had remembered Lady Anne,butl Ruth was prepared to dislike Lady that wasquite another matter. Every Anne on this'second occasion of meet- that of that journney from. Dedbury ing her, but she.' found that she liked had remained clear and indelible. And her even better than when Lady Anne it was even necessary that -she should: had called upon her. There was some relneniber. the faces of her two come; curious charm about the woman= pinions in the railway carriage. something that Ruth herself could not The visitor stayed for an hour and define. And in some way or other then took her departure. Ruth looked' Lady Anne reminded her"of John Mer- ol-t of the window and saw that it had rington not, of course, hi features, begun to rain, The great trees in Ken -:but ina certain dreamy unworldliness. sington Gardens showed up black and; Lady Anne, too, likeMerrington, was ble leafless against a grey sky. It was; growing very dark, and the idea of a of artist, and herse]edgfuto in wrote walla no longer appealed to her. She: poems and she sang exquisitely. Ruth went upstairs to her bedroom, and took the poems for granted, but she Pattern 3x38 su lies these styles. took off her hat. had the . ,pleasure of listening to a It is cut in one Size: Medium. No. 1 At six o'clock her husband returned, song. She could not remember that A young boy came home the other will require ?iia yard of 36 -inch ma- and he too seemed really glad to see she had ever been so much moved by ,ance of an amateur. day and threw his books impatiently serial, and No. 2 will require 11/4 yard. her. He kissed her twice, and said-thSle pe wasljust about to go when there on a chair. "I'm sick and tired of Lawn, dotted Swiss, dimity, crepe how well she looked. "And it's been was a ringat the bell and a few ere lonely here without you, Ruth," he -- mo- ts latr her husband was shown daughter when the assignments in domestic art are heavy or troublesome. Many fathers do the lessons in mathe- matics that are puzzling their children. A young girl,,said recently, "I have a pile of essays that have good marks on them; but when 1 graduate I'xn go- ing to lay them away, tiethem with ribbons, and label them `Mother's Es- says,' for she gave els the ideas for most of them and helped me to write all of them." That mother wanted her daughter to succeed, but she+forgot that it was not a case of making an essay but an essayist. Everyone knows the misguided, overhelpful mother who dresses her daughter beyond the family income. One mother works in a department store that her daughter may dress like a girl of fashion. The girl has an excellent voice, but she will never be a singer because the mother' has taken away her power to do—the ability to hold fast unto the end. TWO DAINTY APRONS. FIFTY MILLION INCREASE IN DEPOSITS REPORTED BY ROYAL BANK OF CANADA Bank Makes Remarkable Progreso. In Peat Fiscal Year. Position hither • Strengthened by Holdings of Short Term Securities. Earnings Well Maintained. A gain of fifty millions in deposits, liquid assets of approximately 50% and cash amounting to no less than 28%, of liabilities to the public are among the outstfinding features of a remarkably strong statement which The Royal Bank of Canada is forward- ing to its -shareholders for the fiscal' year ending November 30th. A $50,- 000,000 gain in deposits is really pren- omenal under conditions that prevail- ed during the past year and must be accepted as unmistakable testimony of the confidence that is everywhere placed in this strong Canadian bank- ing institution. What will make such a large gain. still more satisfactory from the shareholders' .standpoint is that owing to the general character of the •business done by the Hank there are no especially large deposits of any nature. school," he said. His mother had some of the ideas of the Spartans. "I'in sick and tired of housework," was her reply, "but it's my work. Going to school is yours. Go ahead and do it." And the boy who was only a few months ago `sick and tired of school" has done so well at school since then that he is now president- of his class and stands well in his studies. To many, young people life is becom- ing hard because it is too easy. Watch any normal healthy boy or girl; see how a good hard task brightens the eye and brings to the face a glow of interest. Strong, healthy young backs need burdens to carry—not over - heavy, but good hard Latin verbs, al- gebric equations, ' compositions that make them think, and the hundred tasks that are just heavy enough for the young backs to hold without strain but with wholesome exercise. When the parent comes along and lifts the burden, he subjects his child to the danger of flabby muscles, lowered vi- tality, loss of power, unfulfilled possi- bilities. The dangers of overwork have been emphasized until the phrase is in cur- rent and continuous use. Is it not time to thing of underwork and its attend- ant evils? A PRESSING TIP. To iron the placket of a wash skirt smoothly and so the imprint of the hooks may not be seen on the right side, lay the placket, hooks down, on a thick pad or a folded Turkish towel and press on the right side of the .skirt, The hooks will not be bent and the right side will be smooth and fiat. and embroidered materials are attrac- tive for these styles. A pattern of this illustration mail- ed to any address on receipt of 15c in silver or stamps, by the Wilson. Pub- her awn siding -room, and they met fishing Co., 73 West Adelaide Street, the light of shaded lamps and the WOMEN! DYE FADED Toronto. Allow two week for receipt glow of the fire. It was not until half THINGS S NEW AGAIN of pattern, an hour later that she saw him in the full glare of the lighted hall, and then • she noticed that his face was very Dye or Tint Any Worn, SII�Ib- white. "You have been ill, Alec," she said by Garment or Drapery. quietly. "No, Ruth—certainly not. I am never ill. And that's a good job, for I'm terribly busy just now." She sat with him in the library, and he lit a cigar. She told hien about Lady Anne's visit, and he laughed. "Oh, yes," he said, "I asked her to leach 15 -cent package of "Diamond call on you. Rather a jolly sort of Dyes" contains directions so simple woman, don't you think?" Ruth was loud in the praises of that any woman can dye or tint any Lady Anne, and then she suddenly old, worn, faded thing new, even if she continued. She was touched by the note of into the room. pathos in his voice. He had cone up "Ah, I thought I'd find you here, KITCHEN CANS AND CON- TAINERS. I have the gayest and prettiest set of kitchen containers that I have ever seen, and they are home-made too. I saved all of the cans containing coffee, tea, and so on, that came to my kit- chen and then interested friends in saving for nae, so - I have a variety both in sizes and styles. I removed all paper labels and gave each can two coats of white enamel guaranteed for metal work. Next I cut from magazines, wallpaper books seed catalogues and such things all otl stopped short, as a curious idea came )has never dyed before. Choose any the pretty flowers, butterflies, birds into her head. color at drug store. and border designs that took my fancy. "She is a widow, I suppose," she ' ft pause.She left no card mond Dyes ago. Call loat►s total $46,372,51&' 4t►fn- pared with $48,610,020 last yet' Larger Business :Handled, In the many fields of Industry and commerce served by the Baak there has evidently been a demand for in- creased accommodation, This is re- flected -in a gain In current loans, which now stand at $264,722,987 against $242,937,776. During 1923 the balance due to the Dominion Govern- ., ment of $17,461,750, reported a year ago., has been entirely paid off. Growth In Deposits. In the large gain of $50,000,000 In deposits it is to be noted that those in the Savings Department now amount to $311,759,127, as compared with $277,595,882, an increase of no less than $34,163,245 for the year, Earnings Well Maintained. . The earnings for the year were well maintained, profits having amounted to $3,909,316. This compares with $3,- 958,469 in the previous year,. The profits added to the balance carried forward from the preceding year brought the total amount available for distribution up to $4,916,830. This was distributed as follows Dividends and bonuses to 000 shareholders ............... $2,856, Transferred to Officers' Pension. Fund , , 100,000 Appropriation for Bank 400 000 Premises • • , Reserve for Dominion Gov- ernment Taxes; lnelilding war tax on Bank Note 475 000 circulation .. , leaving an amount to be Carried for- ward of $1,085,830, as against $1,007,- 514 at the end of the previous year. General Position Further Strengthened The general business of the Bank i continues to `show an expanding ten- den.cy. Total assets are now $538,358,- 554, 538,358;554, as compared with $479,362,366 for the previous year, or a gain of about $59,000,000. Liquid assets are $233,- 125,474, as compared with $216,048,331, while cash on hand amounts to $81,- 604,539, against $71,935,920 a year ago. In the liquid assets a number of other large increases are shown, the prince• pal being a gain in short term govern- ment securities. Dominion and Provin- cial Government securities now stand at $28,783,050, up from $22,950,224, and Canadian, Municipal and British, For- eign and Colonial Government securi- ties, other than Canadian, amount to $15,900,363, against $7,901,927 a year The principal accounts in the statement of assets and liabilities, as com- pared with 1922, are as follows: - 1923 1922 Liquid Assets $233,125,474 $216,048,331 Total Assets 538,358,554 479,362,366 Call and short loans . 46,372,574 48,610,120 Deposits not bearing interest 109,575,137 94,408,078 Deposits bearing .interest 311,759,127 277,595,8$2- Total Deposits 421,334,265 372,003,961 Dominion and Provincial. Govt. Securities 23,783,050 22,950,224 Canadian Municipal Securities and British, For- eign and Colonial Public Securities, other than. Canadian 15,900;363 Current Loans and Discounts 264,722,967 Deposit_in Central Gold Reserves 11,500,000 Notes of Bank in Circulation 31,226,541 Balance due to Dominion Government 7,001,927 242,937,476 8,000,000 26,645,902 17,461,750 Ruth," he said with a smile when heI had shaken hands with Lady Anne. "I' rang up the house and Fletcher told me that you were going to see Lady Anne." He turned to his hostess. "Am I too late for tea?" "Of course not. I'll have some fresh tea made, for you," and Lady Anne rang the bell. Ruth noticed that a faint tinge of rose color had come into Hit ace andeyes her white fthat her seemed to sparkle more brilliantly. She did not talk very ankh. It was Sir Alexander. Bradney who, slid most of the talking. He seemed -quite at his ease, but Lady Anne had become rather absent-minded. When Bradney asked for a second cup of ten, she filled the cup with hot water and did not discover: her mistake until she . was pouring the milk into it. They both laughed over this inci- dent. But Ruth did not smile. She These Y trammed closely, following the said after a s design with a pair of very sharp for her husband. ate n s e e n a m o ®1 A n fl ' shears so that there would be no "Oh, no, Lady Anne has never been is El I rough, unsightly edges, and glued married." tgp ,ti 1. . �:,, El I them onto the cans that they best fit- I don't understand, Alec."ImiI n1 dM� ,ted, being careful not to get too large "Nor do L A -woman like thatl , rr as theas sizeandOne would think—"_., .,., a design 'forshape of my' can. It is great fun fitting and pick- "Oh, I don't mean that, Alec, but 1e Ul ing the designs before gluing and try- surely I ought to have called on her, el ing different effects by holding the first, Didn't you know that? Un-' 159 MImNC STOCKS 'We specialise ifs the shares of all Northam On- tario :Mining Companies, having special facllittos for the ereetution of orders, wtrloh receive the Prompt and careful attention et i. Member of the Orin, lnfornr8tton concerning any Ce,epany smiley turnisihed, 71fArlret slimmer" free on request. Establlshed 1890, HERON & 00 Members Toronto Stock exchange 4 COL90i;NE S1', TOi3ONTO IAA lit No. 2---14. MATCHES Themore,yywrjs ' them -the better you'll dike than/ cut-outs against the cans: harried girls I ills isii 13 someIrh SI with large letters, some with the laugh. Then he rose from his chair,II II word running straight across the can, and flicked the ash off his -cigar into Acme with a die enol `effect others the fireplace, and stood there with Inc g fl a After these were in place I Iabeled "Oh, one would hardly call Lad y se each can, some with small h h ll 1e tter and Anne a girl," he interrupted with a ON SALE IEVERYWBERE IN CANADA ASK DOR teem BY rtaug 3. with one letter above the other. These back to his' wife. Suddenly suspicious, I traced on very delicately with gra-' she glanced at the little table by the ' 's the chair he had oceti ied, , 3 phlte paper, such as is used for china side of justp painting and then ' filled in the letters I Yes. there was certainly an ashtray carefully with blue enamel, using a.on the table. There was no need for Child's water -color brush so that the him to have got up and flicked his hgar a u10 ash " t the re etters were smoot, ci One especially pretty can was treat "Still an unarried woman, Alec," ed with a spray of cherry blossoms she persisted. "And it isn't as if she and then lettered with Japanese let- didn t know the right thing to do." ters. When every can was done I went "You're talking rot, Ruth," he said over it with a very thin coat of clearl sharply, as he turned and faced her, shellac and let it dry thoroughly. I "Do you think people have time to The sight of my shelf with all of worry about all that sort of nonsense those gay things in a row is guaran-in theee days?' I asked Lady. Anne' teed. to chase away the worst case of_ '40 call because 1 thought she was the blues I have ever had and my hug-. I kind of woman you'd like. I don't sup - band declares that things taste better Pose she worries about etiquette." when they come out of such pretty) , "Of course not, Alee, said Ruth packages.--- C R. umbly, "Row silly of me, I ni hope- cF hitssly. middle-class, I'in afraid: And 1 Minar,i'e Liniment Heade Oat`, like Lady Anne very' much." SAVE. TIME 'AND WORK ESE MORE- Condentratetl beef•goodness, .easily imparted to dozens of dishes lnal+^ing thein More tasty and nutritious. 1n tint of 4,10, SO and 100 was thinking of what her husband had said to her—about Fletcher. Shee had not told Fletcher that she was going to call on Lady Anne Westholme. She was quite certain of that. Her hus- band had called on. Lady Anne, expect- ing and hoping to find her. alone. And Lady Anne was rather upset by the• � meeting between husband and wife. (To be continued.) No Admittance. . A busy man tacked the following an- nouncement on ,the door of his resi- dence: "No admission except on busi- ness. No business: transacted here." 'The notice on the hack door read: "Please do not enter without knock ing. Please do not knock." Minard's Liniment Tor- Dandruff. BRRND NEW Horse Cover or Stable Blanlice& Tho outside of the horse cover or stable blanket Is made of - waterproof brown cottonduck. lined with a along, heavy blanket material, extending from under the hem to the edges, Size 70 inches at bottom, 04 inches at top, depth of neck so 1-2 inches, depth of beck end 33 inches, Two s tingles, each three inches wide, strongly stitched and reinforced. It Is the genuine oracle—strong. durable, warm and will fit any fair sized horse. 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