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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. 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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 • EARLY NORTHERN YELLOW CORN (Quebec grown) The earliest yellow flint corn in existence, Supplied on cob only, quantity limited pad, 40c, 2 lbs. 78o, 8 lbs. $1.75, post- . EA2Sai.7r+S EilliZZ STO3511 300 Dorolioster St. West Montreal, Que. 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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. 513E* CORN Address' m.a. Z. GRAHAM - Windsor, Ont. Essex County RABBITS BR ILERS Better quality preferred. WRITE FOR PRICES STANFORD'S, Limited 128 Mansfield St. - Montreal klIMILIMSZZIZZEIMIZOMMI VEEP YOUR COWS W PRIME CONDITION Cowe being fed for fat and hav- ing a slow, timid nature, easily succumb to pain. and are far more liable to contagious diseases than more vigorous animals. A good tonic, however, will do a lot to- wards improving your cows' con- dition. Dr. A. C. 11,6.MiEL'g cow urvzGbita cit will prevent abortion and 'the re- tention of afterbirth; will give them strength while calving; Pre- vent Diarrhoea, and Scouring in cows and calves; overcomes bar- renness; 1norgase the quantity and quality of the milk and will quickly cure garget and caked udder. Elvery• cow owner should USG this won- moism=woommaammommg=s derful tonic. Price, coo. 11z'.;H..6t.7/3auieia L3anitedl Big book on .A.nirnal Ail- ments sent free. write for a YZItowlto*, x'.Q. copy, 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.