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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1919-03-07, Page 2A Pled. for Mope and Broome. I Seine of the otter materials which I can remember the time when my; l find necessary are soap, floor wan, broom and dustpan were always I washing •Coda, furniture polish, bath standing in my way in e corner of the I brick, stove polish, and a good scour - kitchen, and the rest of my cleanings ing preparation• equipment, temeisting cf a wet mop, ( Before putting mops and brushes 8scrub brush, two pails, and some I bask in the closet I see that they are tinbeautiful e1eanin; clothe, disfigured ! thorou:ghly clean. Most of them can 'My back porch. Fut years I did my ; be cleansed very well in soap and cleaning with these primitive utensils water. My dry mop I wash occasion- -sweeping, scrubbing, ]`dishing, I ally in washing soda and water. My without realizing that times had dusters go into the weekly wash as changed since my mother taught me l regular as the towels and table linen. the metlrt,dsrandmother had taught! . g I used to dislike cleaning days thor- her; oughly. The strong soap and hot of a cleaning closet filled withThe play that I woke up to the idea. water made arty heads red and rough, con- 1 breathed ,4n dust, and the cap 1 wore t i effective implements was was Iso`: and disarranged my hair. 110W BRITAIN.. SAVED THE WORLD 4ttc.? �t 1. r Y�rti ,?n!!nV.w, �'g4' zi "a l r'•.'ki4k v' crh,.. d 4 ,t k . M?_ :.i .. ..... .! STANDING AT THE CROSS -ROAD IN AUGUST. 1914. Once to every man and nation Comes the moment to decide, In the strife of,,,Truth with F ,leehdod, For the good or evil side. —Lowell. Just eighteen hundred and .eighty- one years after its first most fatal and far-reaching choice of a wrong road, the world, in August, 1914, stood at the Second Greatest Cross -Roads ,of all time, and awaited a lead, writes John Oxeuhant. The decision on which. its fate rested lay with Great. l3ritain. And anxiously the whole world stood watching, and asked, with , batted breath, "What will Britain do?" Little Belgium, betrayed and. stabbed velum, and a ee the i in the back by the powee pledged to a red letter clay. When I decided to No -v 1 r'o about it svetematica y. n uphold her. was suffel•ing red -Hot have a cleaning closet and to fill it a moment 1 ;:an collect all the mat- martyrdom, but was making art unex- with up-to-date equipment, I had be- errals I will need for cleaning. pected gallant fight' for. it, thanks to gun to realize that I was wasting the living room, I dust off pictures, that true and valiant gentleman, her hours of time, and no one knows how bric-a-brac and furniture, and cover King._Albert The world may thank much strength, in toiling with that them -or nut them in another room. God olcl Leopold was dead. The ex- them and mop. I now realize that I Theft I clean the floor with the vacu' plotter of the Congo would have met wasn't really cleaning my house as it should be cleaned. A good deal of the time I was simply stirring up dirt or not affecting it at all. I had the closet built in a reces'a in one corner of the kitchen. It is 9 feet high, 18 inches deep, and 3 feet wide, and is painted white throughout. A shelf for bottles and cans of cleaning material is. built 5 feet 6 inches from the floor, .and the cleat from which the mops and brooms hang is 5 feet 3 inches from the door, The dustpan and some of the shorter brushes hang 3 feet from the floor. All are provided with screw eyes fastened to the ends, for car that was blocked in front of a time only to a very small extent —the h convnient hanging, and all cloths are store with large windows. Glancing grim horror of what lay before her. hung up by means of tape loops. clea On the one hand, War such as the Everything that I use in cleaning toward the windows I zaw the reflec- world had never seen—and honor. On is in that closet. A supply of new tion of a womanie face with the most the ether belief, peace and safety with - cloths is kept in a tin box on the distressed expression imaginable. I in her own island wails—and the loss floor, so that I never have to waste had looked for some time before II of more than tho greatest losses could time in hunting something with which realized that the face belonged to my I ever entail upon her. We, as a nation, to dust and polish. A small tin lard husbands wife. There was not a knew practically nothing of dug ac pail and an old -enamel saucepan are _thing to hurry for, and there I sat commitments towards our neigh - on the shelf ready for cleaning pre-; fuming and fretting, 1 laughed—and bars. That is a thing that must never was more surprised at the difference bo again. Fortunately 'for the world Britain had at the helm of foreign affairs as great and honorable a man as King Albert of Belgium—a man to whom honor was everything.. Si- .Edward Grey—with his eyes wide o = n to conaeeiaeneeer t„. i1 cal.., ' a.,, 'G,..., but nothing to the actual facts.. as by degrees they unfolded themselves in Produce t et Crops% rcv=�oa� entreneenr eat um cleaner and dry mop. The kitchen the challenge very differently. No is even easier, and altogether cleaning man, not even the Kaiser, would have is one of the least strenuous and most been able to taunt him with saying His satisfactory of my duties as house' soul! keeper,—R.M. B. France was girding herself for the death`struggle. The Russian Colossus How 3 Cured Myself of the Worry. was mobilizing her partly -armed and Habit. unarmed hosts, All these, unprepared Sped:deg of haw he broke off smoking, a friend said to mo: e'I for so gigantic an onrush, must have gone down before the barbarian made up my mind. not to be mastered hordes. AP by anything that couldn't talk:' A Fateful Decision Later, when I was wrestling with the Britain stood at the Cross-roads and worry habit, I renienrbered that. looked along the ways. 'Om her de - I had worried until I was under the cision the fate of the whale world doctor's care. Then, one day, my husband and I were riding on a street rested; and she knew it, and the world knew it. She knew also—but at that parations which must be mixed in them. A basket for carrying mater- ials and small brushes conveniently hangs from the shelf, and a chamois for polishing metals and glass hangs in its place beside the oiled dust' d'id wonders for me. I became happy cloths and enthusiastic about it. And when - A hand -power vercetairemeteier, with, everr; I found myself worrying or wiggle. I can clean walls and furniture ° th•inkmg :unhappy .. thoughts, ' I sat as well as floors, is the most import -:down and read an interesting article the laugh made in my appearance. Then and there I resolved to be master of the thing that couldn't talk. First I joined a gymha'sium, and it n en ex amm stox or zmompiattit � 1 r «4 iw"'�°°ww�a..'umaa,+�aa•,arnar HE Rennie Catalogue for 1919 is brimful of informa- tion and suggestions on the growing of flowers and vege- tables. Beautifully illustrated in colors, this catalogue is truly valuable as a gardening guide. It shows you the practical re- sults obtained by planting test- ed seeds, and it proves to you the best kind of seeds to buy. Use the RennieCatc og as a Ready Reference Make your selection of seeds frost' it -- thee go to your deafer end have him fill the order. If he cannot supply you with all yon require write us direct. To safeguard our customers all Rennie' at Seeds are tested at our trial wound. This insures that buyers of kkeonie's.. Seeds get nothing but the very best. If yore haven't received a cojly of our 1919 Catalogue, write for one to -dart TI�z.`.• �� �' COMPANY WILLIAM * .- .4L ITED ICING AND MAQKET STS. TORONTO ?LS0 AT MONTRnAL WINNIPEG werecoU•van i3 Health •a�a..`a�:iY'St+'t;•Y%'n•�•.''1"���,��"`cm�r°''.5."Wz'r „&�+'�"'"� Chronic 13roncbitis. Chronic itroarchitis is an infittei mi- tiou of the membrane that 'lines the bronchial tubes; it is leas violent than the acute form, but it continues foe many weeks or month.., or even for the Teat of life, according to the sea- son of the year and the state' of the. person's general health. It ordinal: ily begins with a succession cf at- tacks of acute bronchitis,` e v h a little more protracted than the last; the intervals between the attacks bee^.n'le less and less fres from a little baric- ing cough, until finally there is e continuous bronchitis teat- cesea.sicf]t- ally becomes more severe. A comanon name of chronic bron- ehiti's is ``winter cough;" for in all er- cept the worst cases the cough, ie really troublesome only during the cold season. In the 'summer there is merely a ]little` hacking cough and a • raising. of phlegm. in the morning. The disease attacks chiefly persons who are at or -past the meridian of • life; younger persons do not often sufferfrom it unless they are con- sumptive or are the victims of chronic. Bright's, desease or of mitral disease of the heart, The chief or only symptoms are cough and a more or less profuse ex- pectoration. Physicians recognize three varieties of chronic bronchitis, In. the first, or dry, 'form the expec- toration is very scanty. and consist of little whitish or greyish =sees that the patient raises with sonde dif- ficulty;• the cough is very trouble- some and paroxysmal in character, the chest is sore, and there is short- ness of breath. That Corm of bron chins occurs sometimes as one of the maniferrtations of the gouty diathesis, and yields anly to the dietetic and hy- gienic measures that physicians nee in relieving the other symptoms of goutinese. In the second form the, cough is persistent but easy, and the patient raises the phlegm without dif- -`' ficulty. The third foian is what phy- sicians call bronchor:hea. It is mark- ed by a very profuse watery or glairy expectoration that causes severe and exhausting paroxysms of coughing. In almost all cases of chronic bion- clritis there is a loss of vitality and 'a lowering of the general health, but the latter :is more correctly to be re- garded es the remote 'cause of: the bronchitis than as its consonance. 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If after this my gallantly for peace to the very last. meant untilI acquired my vacuum mind switched back to gloom,' I tried But his efforts were useless. .The teeth of the barbarians, girded her cleaner, and even at that it probably memorizing a short poem. barbarians believed their Iong-pre- loins with her then scanty girdle, does not do the work as thoroughly The plan worked. It has given me pared for• Day had come, and right and called her children from the ends of as a power cleaner would do it. f so many pleasant things to think reason had no part in them. They the earth to her help, seized the keys A carpet sweeper `aloes tip,surface about that onlyorarely nowedo I have were possessed of the devil, and ant of all the seas, and put all her re - dirt, crumbs, lint, and thread from 1 to hunt up something new, unholy greed for their neighbors' poi sources at the disposal of her Allies, "Far from the sriaddetring crowd sewing, etc., when I am An a hurry Then I established in my home a sessions. "For us—or against us?" the knell of the Bandit Empires of it broke down, and, with his thoughts and do not want to use the vacuum; w eys w spot," fixture still ise and al- Midctle Europe was sounded, and with goodtiva s will be a fixture there. It' con- was their demand. • busy with other things, the dentist cleaner. A corn broom does i Y Sir Edward Grey gravely answered, it the knell of militarism and despo- got out and got under. Then, as he good service, although it isn't in use! books—cheerful and happy ..Against! "—and the great die was tism everywhere and for ever. fixed his tool to an offending nut, he xt third u� orae,` as .� used �� , a....; untAnd tivhhe taskwnfot be -ousk cast, and the Honor of Britain and the In `base first black days Britain fixed his a whisk broom is often handy. Two: until it seems there will not be hours Life and Soul. of the World were saved the world. Talk it over quietly "Now this is going to hurt just 'a good camel's-hair paint brushes of enough in the clay for their accomp- saved—though the actual completion` with the men who were at Mons and little." different sizes help me in cleaning the Iishment, when I find myself becom- of the work of salvation lay unbeliev= Landrecies and Le Cateau. and later �-- tel i/'i311D`.t�r-ri St",..•Y'tf�SL (a!rM/r. �1� - k The Wrench. The dentist was taking a day off and having a joy -ride in his car, which he had just released from its wartime internment, ,r• d h • n fr north west of Paris, when von Kluck 11 voe. fele brushes find a thing to another, when a fit of the ahead, was sweeping down upon it, and they crevices inmy good furniture and m„ nervous an =lyingfrom one ingly more than four dreadful years hundr•eduses.e blues seems imminent—I simply drop I use a dry string mop, oiled, for everything and fiee to my refuge to the bare floors in niy dining room, read myself calm.—S. L. living room, and bedrooms, and a wet -'----� `----' amp for kitchen and porches. A mop YPRES AND VIMY RIDGE 'wringer fastened to a pail saves nie the unpleasant task of wringing out Stories of Canadian Heroism. Told in the .mop with niy hands, and saves Histories Just Issued. was good. Against overwhelming odds strength besides. I save old under- The De rartrnent of Public Informs- it held the red ways valiantly while clothing particularly for mop cloths, other help was gathering. And. the tion at Ottawa has received from the Fleet was ready, and aid at once and Canadian War Records Office in Lon- perfectly what the world expected of, don the first [instalment of the histor- it as it has done ever since. Without ies of Canadian battalions which have the British Fleet and. Mercantile Ma - served at the front, The consign- rine the war could never have been gent ` consists of the stories of the won. And all the world gratefully ac - tenth thirteenth, twenty-eighth and knowledges it. It is not any purpose to go into the details of the great The Empire to the Rescue. Once the word was said. all the re- sources of the Empire—scanty in some respects for so sudden and treacher- ous an onslaught—were flung into the breach. But, if our Army was small compared with the German legions, it because it is soft and absorbent and not linty. A stiff scrub brush and two galvan- ized iron pails are also included in the outfit. For dusters I use a soft cloth that does not shed lint. I find old silk clothing makes excellent dust- ers. To make these dustless I oil Pr'incess Patricia Battalions in pam- them slightly, putting a little oil in phlet form, which will be available on one corner of the cloth, rolling it application at the nominal charge of tightly, and leaving it a few minutes fifteen cents. for the oil to spread through. Too The histories follow the fortunes of much oil is apt to give a streaky ap- the four units from their formation pearance or to darken woodwork. My in Canada up to the operations at dustpan is a long -handled one that Passchendaele in October and Nevem- has a trap which opens automatically ber, 1917, although in the case of the when I set it in position on the floor, Thirteenth Battalion the history ends and closes without losing a serap of with the taking of Hill 70. dirt when I lift it up. - The stories are written in narra- An ordinary dish mop with a wood- tive form and make very interesting en handle helps nee to clean out dif- reading, the first attack at Ypres ficult corners and small spaces, and .a and the gallant fighting of the Cana - small stepladder enables me to reach diens in that bloody battle, the the high places. When cleaning I Somme operations, the taking of wear heavy denim aprons and rubber Vimy Ridge and the subsequent gloves, and these are kept in the' fighting around Lens, the spectacu- closet also. Several tools which I am lar capture of the famous Hill 70, and constantly needing when I am clean- the splendid work of the men from ing I keep in a box with my cleaaiing the Dominions at Passchendaele are materials ---A tack hammer, a screw dealt with in detail by the writers in driver, a tack puller, and an assort- possession of all available data, Rud anent of nails, screws, and tacks, who have themselves seen servioe czi On the shelf are a collection of the the Western front. cleaning liquids washing powders end polishing materials that I use in It pays better to drain the cow cleaning. A supply of kerosene, am- yard than to stand the loss of calves taouia, alcohol, and linseed oil is kept through the mother slipping while in pint jars plainly labeled. she is carrying thein. will quietly tell you that they were helped in those most critical times. How and by whom they know not. But they know that the Germans could. and by, all the laws of war ought to have, walked right over them—and did not. Why—they know n0 more than the Germans themselves, who say the same—that just when they expected and intended to trample our men un- der and reach the sea and Paris, some mysterious power interposed and with- held them. And so I claim that it was Britain, plus Something beyond our ken, that saved the world in those terrific days of 1914. And, as we look back along the ways by which we have been led world struggle, Others better quail, through this dreadful Valley of Shad- world will do that. • ows, the hearts of all who feel with I join with me in a most fer- When Britain cast her lot against tee wil dishonor, flung her gauntlet into the vent and grateful "Te Deum!" for help so timely given. And in the unforget- able remembrance of it we shall sure- ly, one and all, strive to live more worthily of The Giver, and to the full height of The Gift so timely bestowed. o vies Fertilizers 'qtr Profit Keeping BusY. House Painter (who has just enter- ed railway carriage discovers among- st the other occupants an artist)— "Fine day. I see you're a brother painter." - Artist (sarcastically)—"Yes, I sup- pose I am. Do you go in chiefly fox figure or landscape work?" "No. Architectural is =air in my line, I was oot in the country the day whitewashing a barn. Are ye busy yersel'?" "Yes;. I gave the first coat to a castle; second coated a little village, a. few fir trees, a hillside, and firdehed a flash of lightning." "Ma conscience! But ye'll be hav- ing a big contract, shairly.r, SPRING MUSKRATS' We pay the best price for Spring Muskrats Send any Furs you have. You are assured of satisfaction in price and treatment. ABBEY FUR COMPANY 310 St. Paul St. W., Montreal, Que. 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They react like a joke. , Short and toathe point is the first article of the Russo-Turkish Tre:;ty of Constantinople of 1379, "Peace and friendship shall henceforth exist be- tween the two empires." The Treaty of Vienna of 1366, signed by Italy and Austria, presented the same sentiment in many'more words. 11 sprung at the right time they would cause a laugh. Article one here reads, "There shall be, from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty, peace and friendship between His Majesty the King of Italy and His Majesty the Emperor of Aus- tria, their heirs and successors, their states and their respective subjects in perpetuity." These "scraps of paper" seem to re- peat the words of a forerunner. The Treaty of Zurich of 1859 between Aus- tria and France seems almost...'. copy of others. It states that there shall be future peace and friendship between "their respective states and subjects forever." In 1913, following the Bal- kan War, the Treaty of London was signed by Turkey on one side and by Greece. Bulgaria, Serbia and Monte- negro on the other. This states that there shall be peace and friendship "between their heirs and successors, their respective states and subjects in perpetuity." The Treaty of Bucharest of 1913 between Bulgaria on one side and Roumania. Greece, Serbia and Montenegro on the other, is more modest, simply saying that "there shall be peace and amity d. 8 e between their heirs and successors' The Treaty of Frankfort between France and Germany of 1871 omits all mention of Mitre peace, as does that signed at the end of the Spanish. Ameriean •War.