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Zurich Herald, 1925-06-04, Page 7ARE FARM HOMES UNDER EQUIPPED? 'T'he Average Canadian Woman Carries Over a Ton of Water Each Day. leY F. E. TOGGLE. Agriculture or farming, unlike teaching, storekeeping, banking or manufacturing, is a family affair. It is a• rare thing when a single man manages a farm, for profit, success fully and continuously. The wife is a necessary partner in the farm busi nese, She has an equal part in mak- ing " a full and comfortable living. from the land," and in leaving "the farm more productive than when taken," and her's is the major part in rearing a family carefully and well; and being of good service to the com- fnunity. If these statements are true, equip.- netft for living is as important as equipment for operation. Machinery and labor-saving devices have bene- fited the farmer -greatly. Modern im- provements. have entered the :farm- er's home and benefited the farmer's wife relatively to a very small extent. Imagine the average farm home with no modern improvements. Picture the wife rising early to light a fire in a cold kitchen; follow her through the routine of the day's work; bear with her until the children are in bed and the mending done. Now let us bring into play the magic of Aladdin's damp. Give her a modern kitchen and the plain home conveniences. Just those that would be found in any mod- erate city home. A sink with hot and ,_•cold running water, a heating plant, a bath room,: with septic tank for sew age disposal, a lighting plant, pos- sibly a power separator, an electric flat iroii and vacuum cleaner. Now view the picture at the end of the day: The hardest' work has been removed, the work ay has been made shorter. time it is handled, It will be a :ton or more. Second, running water, offers -new opportunities for health, comfort and increased effieiency, Piped to a con- veniently located sink in the kitchen, it wild --.take some of the dread from dishwashing; piped over the tubs in a laundry room it Will take some of the labor out of wash day. It will make possible a plumbing,., -system and a fully equipped bath room. Third, a water system is one of the most economical conveniences to- in- stall and the operating expenses and depreciation are low. A system to furnish hot and • cold water may be had for about thirty dollars and .all the parts may be used later when a more complete system is installed. Before extensive plumbing can be installed in a farm home, it is neces- sary to have_ a heating system to pro- tect it from freezing. To attempt to heat the whole house by stoves would cos much more than with a central heating plant and the house would not be well heated at that. Of the methods of heating farm houses, other than stoves, that of the hot-air furnace is the .most common. Since a water system must precede plumbing, and a heating plant is nec- essary to protect pipes, plumbing must at least take third place in order of installation of improvements in the farm home. -"• The facts that commercial concerns have persistently and consistently ad- vertised lighting plants, and that light makes a better display. than other im- provements, are reasons why many farmers have installed lighting plants before they have water systems, THE REQUIREMENTS OF A GOOD FARMER Someone has given us four requirements for a good fanner., , Fii:•st, the ability to make a full and comfort- able living from the land. Second, to rear a fancily cerefully and well. Third, to be of good service to the community. Fourth, to heave the farm more productive than it was when he took it. 'l Imagine the joy' and ' satisfaction at having somee leisure. thee over and aboye that required for sleep. And what would it cost? A long spell of•'sickness with the incident loss of time would put.in the most import- ant of the conveniences. The price of an enclosed model of . a popular make of small car would buy the whole plant. Egeipmerit for efficient farm living should have equal place if not .prefer- ence over equipment for operating. No farm can be considered equipped for efficient work until the commissary and sanitary departments are on an efficient basis. Let us consider the cost and rala- 'tive importance of what we shall call, "The Big Five" of modern improve- ments, water supply, heating, plumb- ing, lighting and power equipment. "I have $400 to spend on improve- ments in our home. Which shall I put in, a lighting plant, a furnace, a water system, or can I put in a bathroom?" This question was recently asked by a :fanner. Ifany farmers have the same gdestion to decide. The ans- wer will vary in: individual cases. However, in the majority of cases, .after careful • consideration, the ans- wer will be the same. Hot and cold running water in the farm home offers three distinct ad- vantages, First, the saving of labor and strength is great. It would be enlightening to every farmer and his wife to calculate the actual poimds of water handled Mir. clay, including each Chase Dingy -Looking Colors Out of Your "Kitchen. Why not bighten up your kitchen after the dinginess of winter? It can be made attractive for summer by using..paint and varnish, making fresh_ curtains, and possibly getting a new cowering for the floor. Dingy -looking colors are to be avoid- ed in the kitchen. Clean and clear, yet subdued colors, make a much more cheerful -looking and comfortable workshop. Ivory and cool -shades of gray, tan, and blue -gray can be used' for the walls, with a lighter shade for the ceiling. ,;Additional color can be used in the :curtains, the linoleum, or in a border stenciled around the wall neat to the ceilingrCool tones of gray with pink or blue eheck curtains and, white enameled woodwork, or ivory walls and blue painted furniture do a .great deal to freshen up a dail kitchen; Calcimine is a cheap, sanitary fin- ish for the- walls, anegives a fresh, plumbing, or a heating system,. The electric plant melees' ible many electric driven appliances, as vacuum cleaner, electric ,. washer, flat -• iron, toaster, etc. But it is doubtful even when this is considered, whether, from the standpoint of.comfort derived and labor saved, the light plant can be given higher than fourth place am- ong home improvements. The remaining item of the "Big Five" in home conveniences is power equipment. This' includes power wash- ing machine, power driven cream sep- arator, churn, and vacuum cleaner. While electricity is most convenient for -operating these machines, the gas- oline engine has solved the problem on many farms. The gasoline engine has been a great boon for. farmers. It is a self-contained, compact, conven- ient power plant`that may be added in large or small units. From benefits derived and -the low cost, it appears that the first improve- ment to install in the farm home is running water:' The heating plant Must be installed to protect the plumb- ing which comes third, followed by the lighting plant. Power equipment, ndt. being depen'Hen1; on other improve Meats, may be added as occasion ' do- mande. Surely everyone believes that life on the farm should be satisfying, hap- py anddpeosperous, and that it cans not be so without some leisure' time for every member of the family. Then let us determine to provide modern conveniences as finances .permit. !clean -looping surface. This ,finish can lie put on by the Avenge housewife. -Paint is a match more durable finish and it can, easily be washed, but it, is a little more expensive and harder to pelt an. Paper is not practical' for the kitchen,. Refinish i l your o'.11 tables and chairs with a little paint and enamel. These, finished in gray, blue, ivory or green, with a simple design of two or three bright colors. stenciled on them, help to make. an unattractive kitchen cheer- ful. Old coffee and baking powder cans' painted and enameled iii bright colors can be • used 'for cereals and spices; and at the swine time add bright spots to a white kitchen. A plant or a small window box also help to add freshness. Crisp white curtains add freshness and attractiveness to the kitchen. Japanese' toweling, colored cambric or voile, and gingham make effective cur - Wes that aa:e washable, and help to carry the color scheme around the room. My garden marker in made thus: I took a rear wheel from a 211vver and knocked the. iron rim off. Then I drill- ed three -eighths -inch holes in the wooden rim between the spokes and bolted tapered lugs two inches wide by three inches high to it, and Mount- ed the wheel en .a fraise made of one- half -inch gae pipe, similar to a wheel- barrow fr�anve. By wheeling this down. the low I can space my hills or plants six 1nelte.% twelve inches, 18 inches, etc., by spacing the lugs.—h', A rut is the line of least resistance" A NEAT HOUSE -DRESS. Every woman, whether a bride of a itla rack braid But when developed in ealit cliinity, Lightweight muslin er linen, the housewife finds she has :a dress :ready for duty ally time of tha day, Cut in sizes 3e to 48 inches bust. ,Size ere requires 3% •yards. of 26-ineh material, Pattern 20 cents. A "Change -About" Kitchen. Have as many '•things as possibe in your l iteeen fitted with casters; . as, the kitchen table, the stool' on which you sit when preparing foods, the woodbox, the flour chest, the fire- ices cooker, and so on. If you use a coal . oil oi' gasoline stove, have it I fastened securely onto v low wooden platform that is fitted with strong -casters, so you may move it to suit your convenience. All this will not be expensive and will be well worth it. A kitchen arrangement, you see, that i("good at one time of the year may ' be just the reverse at another time, because of light or. heat. - Also the kind.of work you -are do- ing makes a difference as to conven- ience: For instance, when ironing it, is best to have the ironing board and the stove near together, to avoidextra steps. If the ironing board can not be moved near the stove: because of the light, it is nice to be able to roll your coal oil or gasoline stove near the ironing board, so you have only to reach out to get a hot. iron. When canning fruit, or doing any other sea- sonal • work, it may be desirable to move you table or stove. And on wash days you may like many things moved out of your way. This "change -about" plan is emi= nently practicable. If you once try casters on everything, you never again will lee willing towork where every- thing is . stationary the year round— unless yours is a "model" kitchen. • a few weeks or of: mature year's, de- sires to look her best on all occasions. This simple house dress or apron; No. 1066, is easily made.: It has but two pieces, front and back, with .fullness in the skirt, obtained by means of slashes at low waist -line. We illus- trate this pleasing pattern in gingham with plain chambray pockets onwhich are appliqued a simple design. The neck and sleeve edges are finished with Pineapple Vegetable Salad. One -..cup chopped cabbage, 1 cup celery, 1 cup drained- grated pine- apple, French dressing. Mix cabbage, celery, and pineapple thoroughly' with French dressing. Let it stand for one hour before serving, then serve on crisp lettuce leafase Mrs. A. P. JUST - INSIDE YOUR DOOR Your Hall Makes the First Impression on Your 'Guests— Is it Favorable? BY JULIA WOLFE, Pobably your hall is quite smalle and by reflection it will make your and has at least three doors opening from it, and a flight of stairs.. to be fitted in somewhere; not much chance of male look interesting, o fog• a, "hall chair," but all the same I let ». cheerful' .spot,ii can m .�, a. c�wculd not buy one if you have not one already. o sits on them? You don't, your .. does not,and most y family cer- tainly your guests do not. If you must have a chair in the .hall, see that it is :very. plain. A small hall -table is' always con- , venient; one with a drawer that you can keep shoes,.etc., in when you are in a hurry. ,' One , of plain dark oak, oblong in shape -about two feet by fifteen inches, is a good size. Such a table should have no cover and no ornament save a bowl of flowers, and that is where you can bring in an- other bit of color. Get a gaily colored bowl. Pictures, if any, should be black and white sketches or etchings, or else bright colored prints—don't mix them. Never have big pictures in the hall, two or three small ones are brella stand and place it in the most better' inconspicuous corner. The old -fails- You may have a little window t coned hall -stand always had a mirror needs curtains, but do not shut out and you surely should have a mirror, the light. Why not melee curtains yet In orange, or leaf green, it will just suit your hall. Have as few things as possible in the small hall, hall seem very much brighter than before. And. now - you most likely have room it be a dull one. First of all,. it wants d Who• spine color in it. The wales should not be dark red or brown, or even that soft deep gray green you may have in mind as "use- ful." ' Leave such colors for spacious halls with plenty of light. Have your walls cream, yellow, or even a pretty shade of light blue, and then you can have dark painted or stained wood- work to show it up. 'Whether the walls are painted, papered or what not, the small hallmust be light. Your floor covering may be stained boards, .linoleum, or any one of the many commercial floor coverings. But with the two first -mentioned those:.gay oval rush mats are the best things for bringing in a splash of color. One in yellow, blue and grecs, would be a good choice with cream walls. You can buy a plain square um WIth S1RAWBERRIES . BY LUCY RANA.ALL COMFORT. "You are very quiet this evening, Kitty," said Grandmamma Corbin. Kitty sat in her usual place at thir. round table,. where the cheerful light was already so unpleasantly acquaint" ed with the nature of electricity; bur the faster and faster she ran, the more hopelessly she seemed to lose herself o'f the student -lamp fellupon the in the gloomy depths of the forest pages of her geography; but she was The scared rabbits that dashed not studying. She sat staring down across her path seemed panthers, or at the red -and -black pattern of the ,}calves; ,the harmless little striped• ' table cover, with her chin resting in snakes that writhed themselve'i into the hollow of her hands. rocky crevices became, in her startled "Yes, grandmarnma,• I am quiet," eyes, rattlesnalres or poisonous adders; said Kitty, with a sigh. - the dense hemlock woods grew darker, "Are your lessons hard' to -night?" and:: more tangled; and, although it "It isn't my lessons, grandmamma," was • scarcely more than sunset, the said Kitty, with a big sob in. her darkness of twilight had settled over throat; "it's my conscience." everything, as the rain began to pat- "What on earth does the child ter down in swift, glistening sheets. mean?" said Grandmamma Corbin, Just at that moment, when Kitty peering over, her spectacles. • • was about to sink down in despair, She was a nice old lady, in a black convinced that she had lost her way In dress and a white' lace .cap, with a the tempest, a cheerful red light string of gold beads around her neck streamed through the: stormy dark- -just the sort of grandmother to go ness. The sound ofa human voice to, in any sort of trouble. So Kitty struck upon her ears. jumped down, and ran`to hide hei face "Little: girl! little girl!" It said on the old lady's shoulder. "what is the matter?" "You said our consciences were like "It's •the fairies!' cried Kitty, alarm "'clocks, grandmamma," said breathlessly. Kitty, "and mine keeps striking, strik- But it was no fairy -palace that she Ing all the while. •Oh, grandmamnla! saw. It was a little log -cabin, built I've been a naughty, wicked little girl! there beside the brook, in the thick I` ought to be eaten up by forty bears, forest, where lived Indian Nita, the like the children in the Bible, or else basket -maker, and little .Trudy, her thrown into a lion's clen!" child. "Tell me about it, my dear," said And the next moment, Kitty found. old• Mrs. Corbin. "Perhaps it isn't herself seated by a bright fire et, pine so bad, after all." legs, with Trudy wiping the rain frons "Oh, it is!" said Kitty; "itas awful her hair and face, for the little ging-' bad! You know old Nita, the Indian ,ham sun..'bonnet hod somehow poti basket -maker? She lives up in the dost in the general confusion. forest—I don't know where—but she . . "Don't cry," said Trudy. "Yee are comes down here sognetimes, with lost, but it's dry and warm here. I'lt mats and baskets for mother. give you some supper, and when it' "I know there is such a person," stops raining I will show you the way! said old Mrs. Corbin, home. You are Kitty Corbin—I•know "'Well," pursued Kitty, "her little you!" girl Trudy came to school to -day. Oh, At this, Kitty cried more bitterly she was •dressed so funny, in a red than ever. cloth shirt, embroidered with white "Yes, Indian Trudy," said she, "T beads, and black leggings and her hair am Kitty Corbin. I am the naughty braided in a long tail down her back; little girl who laughed at you yester-1 and she hasn't any' shoes or hat." day, and called you bad names, and; "1 hope you were kind to her, my threw water over your poor little feet! dear," said Grandinamma Corbin. Oh, Trudy, I am so sorry and asham-) "No, grandma, I wasn't," confessed eel! You would serve me right if your Kitty. "They all laugned at her, and put me out into the rain again. Oh I among the rest. We pointed at her, Trudy, will you please forgive me?": and called her names, in the recess, "0f course, I will forgive you," and I threw a tin -cup r.f water over said Trudy, patting her cold handse her bare, brown feet." "And here comes Mother Nita with' "Oh, Kitty!" - the milk, and we'll have some supper.). "Yes; I told you it was dreadful, Do you like strawberries and milk?" grandma!" sobbed Kitty. "But the "But I—I've lost all my strawber-; other girls laughed, and it seemed as ries, and the basket, too!" if it wasn't me at all, but a mischiev- "Never mind," said cheerful Trudy., ous, evil spirit inside of me, urging "I'll give you more strawberries. Il me en, -and then she cried, and ran picked a lot to -day, and Mother Nita away into the woods, and said 'she will lend you a basket to carry them "', never wanted to come to., school any home in.'.' more.'' So alae two Little girls ate their "I do not wonder at that," said old supper side by side, and when the Mrs. Corbin, gravely. summer shower was over, Trudy went "And, oh, my conscience does 'ache down the mountain path with Ifitty, And smart so!" said Kitty, dolefully. until they came in sight of the Cor- "Grandmamma, what shall I do?" bins' farmhouse.. "If you knew where she lived, my "Now, good-bye!" said Trudy. "I: dear," said Mrs. Corbin, "you might must run back to help Mother Nita go and ask her pardon." gather rushes far the Baskets." "But I don't," returned the child, Iiitty looked wistfully at the Indian piteously. child. "Then you must wait patiently until, "Won't you kiss nee, Trudy?" said some opportunity offers itself to -set site. matters straight." I Trudy kissed incl. hinged her right "Do you think it will come soon?" heartily. said eager Kitty --"the opportunity,11 "And you'll come to school on Mons mean." "I don't know, ihy dear," said Grandmanuna Corbin. "It isn'•t often that we can atone immediately for our faults in this world." The, next clay was Saturday, a bright, sunshiny day, and Kitty re- Kitty ran home as fast as she could, solved t9 go strawberrying, up at the and related the story of her day's mountain, hat "The Rice children are going, and all so are Ruth and Phoebe Hull," said of she, "and Mr. Smith's boys. 1'11 take "And, oh 1 didn't I feel awfully ashen:. my dinner in a basket' and stay all ed of myself?" day. I can bring home the berries in "Ah, my dear," said Grandma Car - the dinner basket, you know. Phoebe hin, "your 'opportunity' has come Hull says the fields are all red with sooner than_I thought it weulcl." them, up beyond the stone quarries." Tacks ac Talk.And so Kitty Corbin started off, 'in her little gingham sun bonnet and Many accidents occur which could calico dress, singing gaily as she went, easily have been prevented if someone But either she took the wrong path had taken time to tack carpets, rugs by the stone quarries, or else she had and other floor coverings properly. misunderstood the arrangements made Small rugs thrown loosely over other by the other children, for when be. carpets to prevent wear should be reached the sunny pastures, high up firmly tacked in place. Otherwise some the mountain, where the wild member of the family is likely to strawberries blushed berieiith their stumble over them. A few tacks will l-, if the whole field (1w -eat; s strewn also do away with the repeater' ad- witheave reas cis jewels, eller r tvas no one justntent of such ruga, since they will there. stay where they are put. "After All, I dlittle Don'tittyerre. "I m•ucphan," saidpick doom ate lvr;i not be tossed about and p Pieces of carpet used as outside berries by myself, and I can think .of lr;olvn away if securely tacked at the ail the fairy stories I ever read. I :four corners.. Shoes can also be more don't suppose there are any facies up firmly tacked in place. in these mountain rock:, but if there. To .;•eau Ante!.teAnte!.bottles or vinegar should be" (gazing wistfully around) cruets put some faces and crushed I "they'll be a deal more likely to come eggshell's into them, then add strong out and talk to me, all by myself, than soap suds and hake vigorously. After if there was a lot of nosy children they'are rinsed with Blear water they independent shouting and screaming around!" wilt look like new. i1 Hoseever, the fairies did not Cottle, It is task to remove 4protraein ;' but biitty picked her basket nearlvtacks than to mend tears or heal full of fragrant, delicious Strawberries before she perceivedthat the Sky was clouding clerkly over, and a certain mysterious hush had descended upon the solitary scene as if all nature waa holding its breath and. waiting for -a sone 'signal. ' "Olt, dear!" cried Kitty, dropping. the basket of strawberries ' h • day? I'll keep a seat for you close to me, and no ene will dare laugh at my friend." Trudy promised she would conte, and, what is more, she kept her proms ise when the time Came, adventures. '.`Wasn't she a dear, good little Trudy, granchnamtna?" said she. but not the old --fashioned stand. A plain' net? It gives you privacy, plain oval or oblong one, framed admits the maximum of daylight. wood to match the umbrella stand, is much better taste than an "oxydized" one. If at all possible, hang it op- posite the principal .source of light, scratches. Soo to it that tacks not tisefullg {employed d•, not get into reieciik 1. in et• cons sternatiot ; "there's going to be an �` awful thunderstorm! And the big pine se tree by the brook was struck with lightning the last stb,,n we hail•- •«nd --•ole, dear! what shall. 1 do?" She started to raze headlong down :in Like x Dove. qhe Prie E ,. -les Stan ing bosiio Admiral 1ra se eek' wled��es path "she's ince o �y'a , , tl �, ,,. 1 ys ao g the-;:t.t,elt of the ittottntain-sire, "Stele a severe .girl • ds s'+�:tile beers from the rtuat'tcr,deek of 1•I.M S. itepelse, voyc.ging •along. •the coast Of her nilly Mee heireg to gest as far as as a'dove." Africa, with a, 'lrisft :to South Anerica to follow. possible from the big pine tree, which "And pigeon-to,ed, too," R: