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About the House.
THE DANGER IN INK.
A. wise woman once removed the
babel "Poison" from an empty bottle
and pasted it on the family ink bottle.
"Why, mother, ink isn't poisonous,
and besides, no one ever . things of
drinking it."
"I know; but, if the label leads us
to give a second thought to what we
write, it will serve its purpose. Ink,
my dear, has often proved to be a
deadly:: poison to the affection of rela-
tives, to friendship, to love. It will
kill every affectionate impulse if used
indiscriminately."
If it were possible to gather statis-
tics on such an intimate subject, it
would be found that seventy-five per
cent. of the letters in the postman's
bag are uninteresting, stupid, unneces-
sary, and are read only once by those
who receive' them. The letters of
sweethearts and those of children to
their mother do not come into that
class; but even they are not above
criticism, for the sweethearts write too
many, and the children too few.
When you are away from home
what kind of letter pleases you most?
Here is one received by a woman
many miles from her kinsfolk and set
aside as the one letter received in six
months that did the most to make her
heart glad:
Dearest Big Sister, We miss you
very much. This morning I wore my
blue and white gingham to school, and
the teacher admired it. We had waf-
fles for breakfast. Mrs. Sparks' tiger
lilies are in bloom. Oh, what do you
think? You could never guess. Min-
nie's gray cat has six kittens, and Min-
nie's mother says I can have every one
of them. Won't that be just grand?
Last night when we had lemon pie
Father, said you ought to be here he
cause it is your five e ind.- Healr�S
a new hat. Mother is in the dining,
room mending a hole Uncle Jim burn-
ed in the table cloth with his cigar.
Mother didn't say anything. I guess
she wasn't glad about it. Auntie Green
comes to wash to -morrow. Mother says
I can put my doll clothes in. The new
family across the street has a girl
my. age, and a baby. Mother says
maybe they will let me take turns in
wheeling the baby. The baby buggy
is light blue. I think I shall be busy
with my kittens. I haven't told mother
about them yet. She seems too upset
about the table cloth. It was her best.
The one with the poppy pattern. I
have on my blue hair ribbon. Father
says I look like a butterfly. The kit-
tens' eyes are shut. With love and a
big kiss. -Alice.
There were letters from other mem-
bers of the family. An older sister
told of a party to which she had not
been invited and the letter was in the
nature . of a wail; mother's letter,
Dusty hands are
germ -carriers
Everywhere, every day; the hands
are touching things covered with
dust.
Countless times those dust -laden
hands touch the face arid the lips
in the course of a day. '
Consider—dust is a source of in-
fection and danger.
Lifebuoy Protects
`Cake rio chances —• cleanse your
hands frequently with the rich,
creamy lather of Lifebuoy. Life-
buoy contains a wonderful health
ingredient which goes deep down
into the pores of the skin, purify-
ing them of any lurking infection.
The clean, antiseptic odour van-
ishesin a few seconds, but the
protection of Lifebuoy rateable.
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TORONTO Lb.4-58
beauty of nature,' Met merely the indi-
vidual marks of her heraldry.
A bright small boy land been tenethe"
at' school that tile' ` crawfish iris an
invertebrate. He showed ,little enthus-
iasm about the fact, but when he was
taken to a stream and the queer Flay -
Gelled home of a crawfish was' pointed
out to him, when he saw the way the
crawfish has of moving backward,"the
strength. of its pincerlike claws: its
waving prehensile k,eard filament and FART I: 1 and gaited, and 110 one else was one
its strange surroundings, he became "Yam ,�viil be all right llow pU- kiere, Unclewhit the wiser.
to
greatly interested and on his return l+xed,,, the boy ,asked. He looked at; his watch, He would
though dear, was devoted, `sugges-
tions to the recipient for safeguarding
her health. l'ather's letter was a
homily on the need of saving her
money; brother wrote three lines;- two
of then about a new baseball mitt.
Only one letter contained the news
that her homesick heart.:.longed for,
and that was written by a'cliild of ten!
Guileless, sincere, loving,' newsy, it
was an ideal letter.
"I laughed over it, and I cried over
it. .I read it when I was depressed,
and I read ft when I was happy, be-
cause of the steadying influence it had
on me. I really felt that I could not
do anything that was not generous and
kind, because of the influence of that
letter. It visualized home."
In writing a letter put yourself in
the position of the person who will
read it. If you are: writing to one
who is resentful or quick-tempered,
avoid jokes; never make comparisons;
leave out all criticism of the recipient
or of others who are common acquain-
tances. Never write, "Burn this." It
is a long way to the furnace down-
stairs. Never write, "Don't show this
to So -and -So." If you must give a
confidence, don't label it as "secret,"
"private" or "personal." Slip it in
casually, as you would slip in a com-
ment on the weather.
Never write your troubles; the read-
er may have greater ones. Do not
mention your ill health; it may cause
needless anxiety, and you may be bet-
ter when the letter is received. Never
13Y WALTER E. GROGAN.
p l the class
l hers ne wlyded his
and ter him Right as rain" the man answered have ample time for the run home.
Wlthosati looking up. He sat propped bad dispersed after tea.
With luck he would arrive before the
marvelous knowledge. againstit granite boulder. Beside bilin
Enthusiasm is the very marrow of toile]. He rather wanted to catch• Parlby, his
in nature's storehouse the more your "Then • I'll. run down to Coombe had made the previous evening. Parl-
nature study. And the more you delve Were a hand camera and a sa secretary, and dictate a few notes he
enthusiasm grows, As you point out Regis` and get some more plates. He by would think he had evolved them
scurried off "across the moor iii the di- that afternoon. He, chuckled, think -
re'
etion 'of the 'valley. ing of his astuteness in conveying a
Two men stood on the edge of the can of petrol secretly from his own
cliff. Below thein a rough and broken place. So it would appear that he had
i
but perfectly negotiable path led to a not gone more than twenty miles --if
any one were inquisitive enough to
pry.
,Upon the quiet ,of the cliff head,
somnolent beneath the afternoon sun,
came the sudden loud noise'of a hu-
man sneeze.
The Political Magnate jumped as
though the report had been that of an
automatic. The blood forsook his
rather florid cheeks. He peered round
in an alarmed way. , Tile landscape
was still empty of human life. Not a
soul in sight—if you deny souls to
the humbler members of the animal
kingdom. Yet the sneeze was unmis-
takable, a very human evidence. And
it sounded close, quite close.
(To be concluded.)
the things outdoors that are strange
or beautiful the child well take them
into its mind and repeat them without
much appreciation. But . by and by
appreciation will come, and presently tb
the -child will conceive new and suie scrap of sandy beach buttressed on
prising ideas and startle you with an three sides by the eliff. On the beach,
original train of thought. run ii above the high water line of
"Were all these shells made in a ,seaweed,: was a small dinghy. Behind
shell mint?" asked a little girl. diem was the : desolate furze and
"What put that into your head?" heather of the moor stream with gran -
was the reply. ite boulders. One was a Political
"Well, you told me that dollars were• Magnate,' the other was the represen-
made in a mint." tative of an allied nation, a general
A mighty mint indeed evherein the whose much -photographed features
world was cast; a mighty Sovereign` were 'well known to the pictorial
whose seal is stamped. thereon! press -loving British public.
"It vas not a bad choice of a spot,
Church Incense Comes from General," the Political Magnate said,
"
Cannibal Isle. waving a hand toward the moor.
"Socotra, isolated island off the Quite deserted."
north-eastern point of Africa, where a • "Admirable," the General agreed.
lighthouse keeper 1s rumored to have ";"Yoe can manage the path?"
been the victim of cannibals, has al- "But, yes." He exercised his arm
way been associated with much pleas- playfully. "I shall be what you call
anter thoughts than man-eating sae- stiff' when I reach the yacht. It is a
ages," says a bulletin from the head- long pull."
quarters of the United States National "You are sure that no one on board
Geographical Society. the :yacht guesses?"
`:For it is the Isle of Frankencense' eNo, no. It is lucky that I am
from which once came most of the known to have a mania for sea fish:-
pleasant
ish=pleasant aromatic gum burned as in fag." -He smiled. "I am a -what is
cense in the churches and temp'iea of it? --oh, yes, a crank. They will laugh
both the west and the east. It is even at me when I arrive with nothing: I
possible that one of the gifts of the, was so certain that there was red mul-
Magi to the Infant Jesus. 'came from 'let... 'I left the yacht the other side of
Socotra, for in the past the island wasthe head. She is anchored. There is
almost the sole source of this highly n; band and they will dance. They will
prized gum. give me no thought."
"The -suggestion that there are can- "It 'Is lucky that I can drive a car,"
nibals on Socotra is somewhat sur- the Political Magnate mused.
prising. The island people became at•, , "You stay. far, from here?" The
least superficially civilized ages ago General wasbeing idly polite.
through the influence of gum traders.. "Thirty miles. Beastly roads. I
They were at one time Christians, but came alone—I speak in the House to -
since the seventeenth century,>have morrow night, and if they are intern -
write a criticism. You might say the been Mohammedans. They are 'ruled
samething with a disarming smile, by a Sultan under British protection
but the smile doesn't appear in the ink. Nor is the island small; it is. nearly
If you have won a great success, only
mention -it when you write to your
mother. If you ,have failed, say no-
taking about it..: Never seek praise or
y through the mails—or in
any other way.
Don't write too many letters. If the
recipient -unless it be your mother—
is able-bodied and has had a good
education and fails to answer your
first letter and your second letter, take
a lesson in pride and de not write a
third. If your letters are welcome,
they will bring replies.
When -jou fail to receive a letter
don't blame the postman. The govern-
ment is not interested in keeping your
mail from you. When you read a let-
ter that hurts put it away until you
are in a more philosophical frame of
mind. Never go near the ink bottle
when you are angry.
Don't make excuses for not having
written before. There are few rea-
sons for procrastination that ring
true. Devote no space in your letter.
to disappointment because the recipi-
ent waits so long to reply. Perhaps
there is a reason you do not guess.
Answer promptly the letters from
your father or mother and those of a
business nature. Do not glory in the
number' of your correspondents; limit
the list to those you sincerely like, and
who you know sincerely like you. To
reckon your popularity by numbers is
a childish thing.
'Remember that
old
friends are more interested in the lit-
tle intimate affairs of your life than
new friends are. If a married brother
does not write, do not blame his wife.
When a man marries he sometimes
shifts the duty of
tives to his wife's
not want to take
ter like this, but
less she writes to
writing -to his rela-
should :rs. She may
his place in a mat -
she learns that un -
his family= they will
half as large as Crete or Porto Recce.
"Socotra is not often visited by west-
erners, but this is rather because of
the religious jealousy of the Sultan
than because of any danger from the
natives. The latter were described a
few years ago by a visitor writing for
the National Geographic Society as
'a kindly folk, hospitable and quite
harmless'."
Continuing, he wrote: "Hadibo, the
capital, or Tamarida, as the Arabs call
it, from tartar, the date fruit tree, is
a collection of flat -roofed white houses
scattered among the palms.
"The Sultan's 'palace' is a large mud
structure with flat towers, and the
two prayer houses are suggestive of
the graceful Arab mosques only by
contrast. The poorer population,
chiefly of African descent and nhuch
older In the history of the island than
its Arab aristocracy, lives in huts of
thorn and plaited grass, invariably
overrun with luxuriant gourd vines.
"Surrounded by tiny gardea plots, in
which tombac, or native tobacco, len-
tils, melons and yams grow abundant-
ly, they are more picturesque outside
than inside.
"There is not much to be seen in
Hadibo. The principal amusement af-
forded the visitor is that of being seen.
. "Nothing could be lovelier than the
sight of slender Socotran cattle graz-
ing knee-deep among the grasses and
palm branches that line the banks of
Hadibo. lagoons near Clouds
massed above and mountains near be-
hind; long shadows dappling the
Water, and the sun turning to gold the
tawny flanks of the cattle make a pic-
ture of pastoral beauty rare to behold
in this part of the east.
"Socotra exports nothing except ghi,
a rancid butter, made from goat's milk
and highly prized in Zanzibar. The
inhabitants number about 5,000, and
the bulk of them are of African des-
cent, though, Bedouins live in the
mountain caves, and the ruling class
is Arab.
"The language is distinct in itself,
never hear. Respect her for her at-
tempt to make up for his omission.
There is the paper; a clean sheet of
paper; There is the pen. There is
the ink. And there also should be the
label on the bottle in red and white in six days' • time." They shock hands
"Poison" For ink is poison unless though possessing many Arabic and smilingly.. "Good fishing, my Gen
you write in a spirit of helpfulness Mahn' words, it has a wondrous eral''
wealth of gurgles and impossible „ „
and understanding.Na engine trouble, Monsieur.
noises in the throat. There are no The : Political Magnate watched the.
words for horse or dog, because these The
scramble activly down the
animals are not found on the island. path, 1114 the -dinghy ;;down •the beach,
aA fine breed of camels and donkeys, pathaming in thousands on the in- jump ' it, settle himself on the
sses roe the tamed sons of the wild thwart °:and commence'' his long pull
Tains are the beasts of bur-
Z.
ur back to the' anchored yacht, A hun
terror plains,
scull and". waved , a hand. The Politi-
Who Found America?
While Columbus is usually credited
with the discovery of America, it is
certain that Cabot, sailing out of Bris-
tol, beat him to the mainland, and it
has also been claimed that -the Norse-
man, sailing via Greenland, had reach-
ed the. American coast some centuries
before that.
A new theory, tothe effect that it
Was the Irish who discovered America,
has now, however, been advanced by
Father Devine, a Canadian antiquari-
an, and Monsignor Evers, of New
York. '
According to Father Devine, maps
discovered in the Vatican show that
the whole coast of North America,
from Nova- Scotia to .Florida, was
known as Ireland the Great in the
year 1000. him-
self
Evers, also basing him-
self on Vatican records; ascribes the
gent enough to guess at all, they will t discovery of the New World to St.
imagine that I wanted solitude in Brendan, the navigator, an Irish bish-
order to fashion my speech. The car op of the ninth century, who, he says,
is hidden in a coppice. Even if any passed down the New England coast
one stumbled on it, which is very' un- as far as Delaware in the course of a
likely, there is nothing in it to betray, missionary voyage.
lily identity. . 1 -thing we•have arrang-
ed it all very . circurnspeetly." , The
Bolrticel"Magnate's smile was eloquent
of self-satisfaction.
"Very," the General agreed. "This
meeting can be known only to our two
selves e 'e * For my part I am en-
chanted , ter have been able to come to
so complete an understanding with
"Yes., It is a gain. To be able to
speak freely unwatched by a multi-
tude of ;censorious eyes." He laughed
shortly. "I wonder what iniquities
would' be credited to me if it were
known. How hotly the opposition
would take up the scent, what a bab-
ble when ; they gave tongue! The
Minister, meets the most blatant mili-
tarist ,.of theallied representatives!
The Minister is .embarking on an en-
terprise that is as deadly as it is
secret!' Imagine the questions in the
House, my friend! Imagine the lead-
ing articles in the opposition press!
Imagine the nervousness of the public.
Yet . it ;was necessary to meet. We
have ;spent . a profitable hour."
"It was most necessary," acquiesced
the General gravely. "Now when you
oppose`rne.atfirst I shall understand."
"And you will marshal your argu-
ments in the sequence I have indicat-
ed? If'.:I can appear to oppose, and
then reluctantly bow to the force of
your, overwhelming logic, I shall carry
Supporters • of the new theory ,also
`point to the similarity of the famous
Round Tower at" Newport to the : an-
cient towers' in Ireland.
Just the Thing.
Shark--"I'ni thinking "of going into
some kind of business•."
Fish—"Why don't you go in the real
estate game?'"
For Sore Feet—leinard's Liniment.
Discretion.
A sergeant was instructing a squad
of recruits in the use of the rifle. He
had been explaining- to them the
course taken by a bullet when flied et
an object some distance away.
"Now, Private Doolan," he said,
turning to one of the rear -rank ni.en,
"perhaps -you'll answer a -.Pew ques-
tions. Supposing I was standing a
thousand yards away, by yonder farm
my public. I can. say 'Only the con-
viction that .the. General's attitude i3 house, and a body of men were firing
the correct one,. only the knowledge at me from here, and you were half
borne ,.in upon' me ` at the last hour
that the General's arguments are in-
vincible,;,copld induce me to pledge my
country to this further effort' "
I shall deal roughly with you et first,
my General,"
"Monsieur, so long as' we under-
stand 'each other, what does it mat-
ter?"
"Weeeeeet again at the Conference
OUTDOOR STUDY.
The best kind of outdoor study is
contemplation. Get a notebook, a
book on botany, a book on birds, if
you will, and pack your mind with
fixed and irrevocable fade. ljut do
not teach your child on that principle.'
A curious ignorance, gilded with .a
happy enthusiasm, is better than the
labeling, pressing, analysing knowl-
edge that plays a large part in modern
"nature study,"
Let the children "run Wild" without
at first teaehing them evert, rudiment,
ary truths about the trods
, ga ss
s
flowers, birds, animals or fishes. Teao'i
them one or two things at a time aria
encourage theirs by letting them see
that you ,appreciate their m mitres
When they •repeat the next "tiay what.
they, have learned about outdoors. Do
not let them Memorize >liames only,
but teach them 'to .meimrize sensa-
tions, Teach them the reness and
den'dyed yards out the General shipped a
'cal Magnate waved back.
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Gunners of the Insect World.
There are few animals• better known
than the skunk. Every woman has ad-
mired
dmired its handsome fur.
In its wild state the skunk roams"
the whole of. North America from Can-
ada
anada to Florida, and although it walks
about in broad daylight is rarely MO -
lasted. The reason is that, if annoyed,
it can discharge from a• special gland
a spray, the odor of which is ektreme-
ly obnoxious.
The writer speaks from experience
when he says that there is nothing
else to compare with it, and that .a
whiff of it will make any human be-
ing deadly sick. A sporting dog, if
"skunked," is useless for days, losing
all power of scenting game.
There is a small beetle' known as
the bombardier, which defends itself,
when attacked by discharging en acrid
fluid. But this beetle's ammunition is
not only offensive ;it is also volatile,
and actually explodes with a sharp
little report when It meets the• air. A
bombardier can fire a dozen charges
`ef this kind in succession:
There are other insects. which have
this peculiar habit, one a kirid of ant
lion of which a specimen can be sees
ire the London Zoo. The spray is
formic acid, and the range is about,
twelve Inches.
Another insect gunifer is the peri-
patus•, which is something between' a
scorpion and a worm. It is about
three' inches long, and has legs and
powerful jaws. Crawling up to its
prey, it shoats out a pellet of intense-
Iy sticky stuff which renders its vie-
tim %incapable of .movement
Minard's Liniment Heals Cute.°"
An Alpine \tillage.
Their world stands all on end; no glace
at all
Is .left for even the little -fields to lie
That they have bung aloft like tapestry
Upon the granite reaches of the wall
That towers around them. ` There they
cling and crawl
And still contrive between,, the earth
and sky
To reap the fruit of their brief indus-
try -
Before the snows and the swift silence e
fall.
way between us, what would happen:
to you?"
"Why, sergeant," replied the recruit,
"the bullets would pass over nay
head!"
"Quite right; andwhat would hap-
pen to me?" asked the sergeant.
"I scarcely know," said Doolan, with""',
a grin; "but I think you'd be doclgin'
behind th' house!"
Parts Wanted.
Irate Customer -"I bought a car of
you several weeks ago, and you said if
anythingwent wrong you'd supply the
broken parts."
Dealer—"Yes."
Irate Customer --"I'd like to get a
nose, a shoulderblade, an dee big toe,"
Moths do net usually attack dyed
German Traffic bangers. The Political Magnate turned his * N *
Street traffic is :stated to be moreback t.:.othe sea, The rrioor stretebed Exhibition Notice
dangerous to pedestrians in Berlin miles th front of him and beyond `a
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is due to the lack of proper Police con- our -Vfylteelliig eurle rs, there Was no fine' ;display :of the latest designs, in
trol and to the "roadhog" manners a' sign of: rife. The ni'eetutg had been the Manufacturers' Annex Building,
German motorists. adroitly arranged and most success- under the Grvand Stand, Booths 16 and
full carried out. He had arrived at RS. Speelel,prices• on -all goods sold
y during the Exhibition. If .not coti-
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p better than ever. �1,siy other inPoriva-
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No oihe,.;ki7ew., There Was not a single, gladly supplied either by mail of not
if sol treat her to a meal at Mumby's prying "eye that had Watched, not a, the exhibit;
Dinieg Room, west end of Grand Stand, single Sensitive car that had heard.1/ W. p, eerie Slcetrio 5uiipiy Co.
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Then in the church the meager women
pray,
And in the huts the patient 'cattle
sleep,
And earth the vow of her white peeet
fulfills, - : ,
And heeds them not who with such.
passion pay
Into her icy breast the faith they keep `.
And still lift up their eyes unto those•
hills.
—Anne Goodwin Winslow.
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