HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1919-03-28, Page 2,Systematic Housecleaning..
As the heavier part of the clean -
Lig eannot be done,to good purpose
until fires are out for the season, we
will be wise to begin using every
spare moment to get those tasks
done which take so "much time and
can be attended to now as well as
Dater.
First of all, closets should be turn-
ed out, the contents aired, sorted and
brushed. Garments to be repaired
'should all be put in one place by
themselves such as a roomy utility
box. Those to be stored for the sum-
mer must be cleaned and properly
cared for, The cleaning of the close
et itself shouI•d be very thorougly
done, and if any traces of moths
have been found, it should be tightly
closed and .a sulphur candle burned
so :is to penetrate all crevices. Once
the closet is in order again, we are
sure to be surprised and delighted,
even as we are every year to find how
much extra space we have.
Next, bureau drawers and all boxes
and cupboards can be taken in order
one by one, for these are really the
things which take time. It is sur-
prising, too, what a lot of supplies
we will unearth which can be used to
good purpose in our spring sewing
and summer fancy work. One re-
sourceful woman already has laid
aside enough bright materials of
good quality to make knitting bags
for most of her Christmas presents
next December. You see she be-
lieved in 'preparedness.
It is much better judgment to dis-
card things which have outlived their
usefulness than to keep putting them
away with the idea that they may
come in handy. The chances are that
the will 'us barb
inated from the household. by the use
of hotter dish water and the careful
rinsing of dishes in boiling water.
It is not enough that your dishes
merely look clean. The only way to
have sterile dishes is to use boiling
dish water and boiling rinsing water.
But the housewife should take
every precaution to have clean dishes
on which to serve her meals. There
are 'six rules by which one may
achieve the maximum of cleanliness
dish-washing:
First --Carefully scrape all plates
and platters before washing.
Second—Do not allow any one re-
covering from any form of contagi-
ous disease to hande dishes during
washing.
Third—Do not cough or sneeze
while working with the dishes.
Fourth—Have the dish water hot.
Use a dish-mop.Fifth—Rinse all dishes in boiling
water.
Sixth—Use clean dish -cloths and
dish -towels.
When We Visit the Sick.
l To know just when to call, how
long to stay and just what to do and
'say when visiting the sick, requires
tact, judgment and common sense.
The first thing to consider es the
selection of a seasonable hour. The
patient needs regular and periodic
care and the visit should be timed
with reference to this and not mere-
ly to the caller's personal conven-
ience.
Most invalids are better able to
enjoy seeing their friends during the
middle of the day than at ;other times.
Few invalids ca
re to receive` their
friends until the room has been
freshly aired and set in order for the
Y J t or moths and dust. ay, the daily bath and toilet cra-
Give. them away or do something pleted and the doctor's morning visit
with thein which will put them to
work to the best purpose.
• During the summer the fewer pic-
tures and pieces of bric-a-brac we
have around the better, so these art-
icles can all be cleaned, wrapped,
labeled and laid away. Heavy drap-
" eries can be taken down, brushed and
renovated. Lace hangings should be
soaked in cold water until the dust
over. Neither early morning nor
late evening are favoralbe visiting
hours.
Some visitors never know when to
go. As a rule, from fifteen minutes
to half an hour is a sufficiently long
period, for it is far better to go
while the welcome lasts. If the visi-
tor is wise, she will not allow herself
and grime are removed, then lawn« ° be entreated to remain longer .or
ewe
prolong her call by the invalids plea
that she is "not a brit tired."
She is probably more or less ex-
cited though not able to realize her
real feeling until after her guest's
departure.
But more important than all else
in visiting the sick, is the atmosphere
the caller consciously or unconscious-
Iy .carries with her. Conversation,
manner, even the tones of the voice
have their effect on the invalid.
Too much sympathy with the pa-
tient is a mistaken kindness and
often positively harmful. After a
few kindly enquiries, the visitor
should tactfully lead the conversa-
tion away from the patient's ail-
ments into other channels. Diversion
of the right kind is really as valuable
to a sick person as a dose of medi-
cine.
The visitor should carry cheerful
news and avoid all that may be de-
pressing. One's own personal wor-
ries and trials should be left outside.
Entertaining news items, descrip-
tions oe the latest book read and let-
ters from absent friends will all be
of interest to the lonely shut-in.
The caller should dress attractive-
ly. Only those who have experienced
much illness, realize what a positive
refreshment a caller's champing toil-
et may be nor with what delight the
tired eyes take in every bright de-
tail. You must remember that what
is merely an episode to the caller
is an event to the patient.
Just what to take a slick friend
may be a problem. Flowers, fruits
and jellies are customary gifts. If
your friend is supplied with these
dainties, a new book •or magazine,
will be even more appl'etated as
bringing a fresh element into the
sick room.
Any Little novelty that helps to
break the daily monotony will prove
attractive.
dered. This will give them a much
better color than if put into warm
water. In fact, many a handsome
pair of curtains has been nia;de gray
and ugly by plunging them into
'warm water.
Everything is now in readiness
for the cleaning of each room when
*the time arrives, and it is not nearly
so tiresome a task to do this when
'there are no small things to handle
and .no accessory cupboards or draw-
ers to clean.
Before beginning the remainder of
the cleaning, have everything in
readiness—ammoniabrushes, cham-
ois, furniture polish, stepladders,
pails, rubber gloves and cleaners. Do-
ing housecleaning systematically robs
it of its terrors and makes it much
less tiresome and disagreeable.
Disease Germs in Dishwater.
Be careful how you wash your
dishes if you want to avoid typhoid
fever and other serious diseases.
Investigation made following an
epidemic of typhoid fever showed:
that each dinner plate as it leaves.
the table in the ordinary household'
harbors from 30,000 to 90,000 bac-
teria. Most of these were harmless ,
bacteria; still, if the plate were such
fertile ground for harmless bacteria,
it would make a rich culture for dan-
gerous disease germs.
Next a long series of experiments
were carried on to learn how many
bacteria were left on these plates
after they had been washed.
The average dinner plate, when
washed in lukewarm water and dried
without rinsing, was found to hacve
on its surface 250,000 bacteria, or
almost five times as many as it had
when brought soiled from the dinner
tablet
This statement may seem amazing
and improbable; but a little thought
will show that it is logical, and the
result what might have been expect-
ed. What are the necessities for
rapid bacterial growth? Warmth
and food. And what does the house-
wife give to those bacteria when she
puts a lot of dinner dishes in luke-
warm dish water? Warmth and
foodl
Ths rands of housewives are still
washing dishes in water no hotter
than they can bear their hands in. It
its not hot .enough to kill bacteria; in
fact, it encourages them.
"So they multiply and increase,
and the cliches that are taken out of
this water have on them five tunes
cis many germs as they had when put
into it.
This source of danger can be (eime-
The Airplane Chicken.
Aviator—"Here, take this chicken
away—"
Waiter ---"what's the matter with It,
sir?"
Aviator—"It's all wings and ala-
ehinery."
Accepts His Advice.
Sufferer—"X have a terrible tooth-
ache and want something to cure it."
Friend—"Now, you don't need any
medicine. T had toothache yesterday,
and I went home and my loving wife
kissed me and so consoled me that the
pain soon passed away. Why don't
you try the trick?"
Sufferer --"I think I will. Is your
wife home now?"
PROBLEM OF TR.
"RELIGIOUS SP:
WHO HELPS TO SPREAD THE
BUDDHIST FAITH.
An American Missionary Working in
Japan Describes Methods Adopted
by Propagandists.
All the world, is familiar with the
military spy. but the religious spy is
something new—at least to °the Occi-
dental world. It has reinaiued for the
B"udVists of Japan to develop and
perfect the religious spy systelni, Ac-
cording to Christian missionarie's in
that country, Buddhism Is spying' out,
as it believes, the strong points of the
Christian religion es presented at the
missions and adapting theta to the
spreading of Buddhism.
Buddhist girl spies coznlpitting
Christian Sunday school lessons and
gospel hymns to memory, heathen
preachers using Christian sermons
verbatim except for substitution of
the name of their god, for that of
Christ, pagan religions attempting re-
vivals along Occidental lines—these
are some of the curious phases of the
life of Japan today as told by Semler
R. Vinton, a missionary home on fur-
lough.
"As•4induism is trying to fight back
the concjuering armies of Christianity
in India and as Mohammedanism is
attempting a like task in Africa, so
the devotees of the religions of -Japan
are waking up. And just as Japan
copies western industrial and govern-
mental life she is trying to adopt our
religious methods," said Mr, Vinton.
Revivals in Pagan Religions.
"There is a Shinto revival , and a
Buddhist revival. The first nailed is
an attempt to substitute patriotism
for religion. It is a huge experiment
in national psychology. If it succeeds
it may have the same result as a
similar plan had in Germany --Japan
may out-Prussianize Prussia.
"As to Buddhism, we have a proverb
in Burma; where I was born an lived
eighteen years, "The dying frog, gives
a last kick."
"The Shin sect of Buddhists has two
branches in Japan, the Nichi Hong-
wanji and the Higashi Hongwanji, The
Nichi Hongwanji is the progPessive
denomination which is conducting the
revival movement. Tl einent
has had an unhappy e•
funds were collected and t es re
used secretly by some of the insiders
for speculation on the Tokio 'Stock
Exchange, The result was a huge
scanclaI. The Japanese newspapers
printed indignant articles and the
government finally took over super-
vision of the budget. This Buddhist
budget last year was about $10,000,-
000, of which $6,500,000 was credited
to the Hongwanji.
"The Nichi Hongwanji is establish-
ing Sunday schools throughout Japan:
It has a big church and Sunday
schools in tile• Hawaiian Islands, and
I was surprised to see when I visited
it that the church building bore a cer-
tain type of chrysanthemum in its de-
coration, which in Japan can mean
only that the enterprise using it en-
joys imperial patronage.
A Buddhist Sunday School,
"I visited a Buddhist Sunday school
in Japan with a lnissidylary friend and
was cordially received. The Buddhists
eagerly showed us all over the build-
ing, and then they began to ask us
about American Sunday school meth-
ods. My missionary friend gave the
information desired freely. He told
pie later he did this because he was
determined to bring these Buddhist
leaders themselves to Christ, knowing
what a great victory that would be.
"But the Buddhists do not always ,(�
get their information in this open �i A R• D L N S • LAWNS, b'LOWERS.
Comlalete Fertilizer, Write George
way. For instance. a young Japanese Stevcus, Peterborough, Ont.
girl professed conversion and became
an active member of one of our Sun-
day schools. She was one of the or-
naments of the church, and they were
quite proud of her.
"Six months later she disappeared.
For some time no trace of her could
be found. Then we discovered she
had been sent to learn all our meth-
ods. She had gone so far as eoiumit-
ting our best hymns to memory. To-
day she is back imparting these meth-
ods for the glory of Buddha.
"The Japanese now have regular
Buddhist institutes for training leen
with all the methods used in our
American Christian training schools.
They have taken over our methods in
every phase. They study in these in-
stitutes our church Services and Sun-
day school activities,
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our Methodist high schools. It was an
opposition school, and having un-
limited funds, it is now graduating
more pupils,
"In many ways this Buddhist school
isr excellent, but I thought I could de-
tect in' the faces of the girls that it
was not turning out the fine type of
weemanhood we were. A curious de-
velopment, however, is that this school
is becoming less and less a Buddhist
institution every year. The Budclhist
side is disappearing. Perhaps some
clay the school may become Christian."
A Calvary in Flanders.
Surely no shrine is higher
Or worthier Canada's son,
Than this grave 'mid the thorn and
briar .
On the hill -top we had won. -
But common and mean and shabby
Beside these living walls,
Were the crypt of England's Abbey
Or the dome of great Saint Paul's.
For he lies in God's own chapel
Under a tangled screen
Of boughs where the sunbeams dapple
Aisles of untroddeu green.
And naught but this greateCommance
er's
Victory -cross adorns
His Calvary out in Flanders
On a hill -top crowned with thorns.
Save soft tissue paper for polish-
ing lamp chimneys and mirrors.
EEnTrnazza
Competition in Education,
"Solve of the young men in training
come to listen to our sermons, com-
mit them to memory and then preach
these same sermons in Buddhist put -
pits, only substituting Buddha, for
Christ whenever the word occurs,'
"Another side of Buddhist compete
tion with Christianity is in the
schools. " A wealthy man set up a
splendidly equipped high school for
girls in the neighborhood of one of
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Astronomers Busy.
Astronomers are busy making pre-
parations for their trip to the Tropics
to observe the big total eclipse of the
sun which is scheduled to take place
on May 29th. The eclipse will involve
a big area of the earth's surface, but
the total phase will be confined to a
narrow zone, across the centre of
South America, through the Atlantic,
and then across Africa below the
Equator to•the Indian Ocean. A num-
ber of stations along part of this zone
on land will be occupied by astrono-
mers from various parts of the world.
British expeditious having chosen the
island of Principle, near the coast of
Africa, and an elevated station in
Brazil, about 50 miles inland from
Atla.
The fact that the great crop rec-
ord of 'Kansas during the war was
increased by a million and a quarter
acres was due largely to the use of
the tractor.
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ME QUSTON OF
ROYAL MA 1IAGE
PRINCESS PATRICIA'S CHIL.
DREN WILL BE ROYAL
Will • Enter Succession to Throne
Although the Princess Has Be-
come a Commoner by Marriage.
Although Lady. Patricia Ramsay
who entered Westminster Abbey on
her wedding day as a Princess ,of
the Blood and emerged therefrom as
a carizmoner, has surrendered her
place in the line of succession to the
British crown, along with all her
royal immunities and prerogatives,
yet the rights of any children to
whom she may give birth will in no-
wise be affected by her renunciation.
For the most eminent jurists of the
United Kingdom and of Continental
nations of Europe are united in their
contention that parents have no pow-
er to sacrifice rights of their chil-
dren, minors or as yet unborn.
It is on the cards, therefore, that
a descendant of Lady Patricia Ram..
,say, though she and her husband are
now commoners, may yet become
ruler of the British Empire.
The Line of Succession.
Next in dine of •suecession "to -the
five children of George V. comes his
sister, the widowed Princess Royal,
whose two children are the young
Duehess of Fife .and the still unmar-
ried Princess Maud. The Duchess of
Fife is married to the Duke of Con-
naught's only son, Prince Arthur,
and they have a little boy and girl,
'both commoners in the eyes of the
law, although the boy bears the cour-
tesy title of Lord Macduif, next in
the line of succession to the crown.
Then there is the Duchess of Fife's
younger sister Maud; after her
comes King George's unmarried sis-
ter, Princess Victoria; then his
youngest sister, Queen Maud of Nor-
way, and her Little boy, Crown Prince
Olaf; after them the four daughters
eT King Edward's sailor brother, the
late Duke Alfred, sovereign of Saxe-
Cobourg-Gotha, and their children.
Next are the Duke of Connaught and
his only son, Prince Arthur, already
dealt with, as the husband of the
Duchess of Fife. Afterward come
Prince Arthur's eldest sister, the
Crown Princess of Sweden and her
children and finally the offspring; yet
unborn of the newly -married Lady
Patricia Ramsay.
Marks a New Era.
If Lady Patricia Ranlsay's mar-
riage to Lord Dalhousie's sailor bro-
ther, Capt. the Hon. Alexander Ram-
say of the royal navy, has been se
readily sanctioned by King George
and has been welcomed by the people
of Great Britain, it is because the
unionee of a nature to emphasize tho
emancipation of the reigning house
of England from the foreign doc-
trine, according to the terms of
which royalty can only mate with
royalty, and scions of sovereign dyn-
asties are debarred from marrying
any but members of other dynasties.
This had the effect of restricting
English princes and princesses in the
line of succession to the British
crown to the choice of consorts
abroad among the non-Catholic
reigning houses or else to first or
second cousins among English royal-
ties, to which there were manifest•
objections. There will, of course, be
no more British royal marriages with
Germans,
GIANT BRITISH. CRUISER
Powerful Warship Now in Course of
Construction is 90(e Feet Long.
Details of the biggest and most
powerful warship which is being
built on thee. Clyde for the British
navy can now be told. The ship is
His Majesty's Hood, whose designed
speed, the representatives of the
London Daily News learn on o.fecial
authority, will be 32 knots, and
which may be increased during her
trials to 35 knots. -
Details of this vessel hitherto have
been secret. She is a battle -cruiser,
and her iength will bp 900 feet, or
only one Peet less than the Aquitaria,
the largest of the British liners, The
Hood is expected to be in commission
within six le mills.
Since the keel was laid down,
'several striking innovations in
naval shipbuilding have been made,
chiefly as the result of the lessons
learned 'by experts during 1918, and
these have necessitated alterations
in the ship's internal arrangement,
She will be mine and torpedo -proof,
her hull being surrounded by a "Wes-
ter!' ted'. or outer. cushion, and there will
be steel -armored walls inside the ves-
sel, which will be an additional safe-
guard.
A heavy fall of snow in Alberta
will add to the limited moisture in
the soil, and has thus relieved aux.
lety es to spring seeding conditions.