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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1919-05-09, Page 2Things Worth while. 1 waiian Dreams," in fact, no ragtime I have been thinking a great deal, of any sort. So you see it was quite lately about things really worth a while ago. For the most part we 'while. Ever since the young anotherI sang gospel hymns with an occa- wrote and asked the help of some sional patriotic song, Possibly w old readers in planning her work so! sang off key, I know one of us did, as to get everything done, I've been! and perhaps no impresario would speculating on how many of us really' have stopped to the road to listen, plan to do the most important things.I but anyhow we enjoyed the brief Of course, none of us ever get; rest from work and we got some - everything done, whether we are thing which took us through another housekeepers or farmers, or clerks. One woman tells me she never sees a day that she doesn't plan to do just four times as much as any one per- son could do, and while that seems like rather pretentious planning, many of us never see a day that we couldn't find at least four times as much work waiting for us as we ever get done. I have been wonder- seeretly pined to do some special time, thing and never found u the tin , wh y not take a half-hour daily for your of mind concerning it. , Don't some "fad"? It is surprising how much of us conscientious housekeepers see( you can accomplish in thirty min - too much? Isn't that what tires us? 1 utes daily. That 'eans three hours Honestly, is it the quantity of work! a week, nearly a half-day. you have done that keeps you toss-; We lay too much stress on what ing about nights, or the worrying we term necessities. Many of ,the over what you should have done, and didn't do? Doesn't it tire you more to blink about what you should do, than actually to do the regular day's tasks. things of the mind and soul. Re - Aren't housekeepers as a rule solve to `give yourself a daily play especially- if there are children, spell, and you will find the hours troubled with the overwork habit? Don't they spend too much time at hard labor and not enough at play? No one knows better than I that you could work every hour of the twenty- four and still not get everything day in better spirit. You may not care for the "sing." But isn't the idea of taking a half- hour off worth something? Perhaps you would rather read, or get out- doors and walk, or sit down and rock and crochet. Or it may be a nap is what you need. If you are one of those uncounted women who has ing about that feature of it, the amount of work we see and our state necessities are so only in name. We could get along without quite a num- ber of them. And we pay too little attention to the really worth -while spent at hard labor will be easier. What To Do With Cheese. Cheese 'Salad in Gelatin.—Whites of two eggs well beaten, one cup cheese, two tablespoons granulated clone. , But on the other hand, haven't gelatin, one and one-half cups water. you found when you did plan to get Add to the whites of eggs, beaten a little play spell that you worked until stiff, the cheese and gelatin all the better for it? You could dissolved in hot water and cooled. work with a better spirit while pre- Pour into individual molds, and paring for the holiday, and after it when set serve with mayonnaise you came back with quickened wits dressing. and a new zest for the ordinary, Cheese Patties.—Scald one cup humdrum duties. milk, add one-half cup grated cheese, It has been some time since I was one beaten egg, and a little salt and a country school teacher, but I still pepper. Put over fire, and stir until have a pleasant memory of one home the mixture is smooth and thick. Re- in which I lived a year, And the memory is not because of the won- derful cookery or perfect house- keeping, though no one could find fault -with them. It was a busy farm home, with three active ehil- . ;Sen, and we all know that spells work. But every day, rain or shine, haying, harvest, or slack time, there was a half hour for a "sing." Every- one got around the little five -octave organ and someone played while every one sang. There were no Caru.sos nor Melbas in the group, but the singing pleased us all the better bccaure we did it ourselves and we move from fire, and add one table- spoon butter. Moisten slices of bread in milk, cover with the prepar- ed cheese, and bake in a quick oven for ten minutes. Cheese Fingers.—Beat to a stiff ing my own kitchen I "can:tonal for their worth: "Kitchens are built smaller now than formerly, In the ideal kitchen the cupboards are built in the walls. PRINCE IS A QOOD LANDt.ORD. Heir to Throne Interests Himself in Duchy of Cornwa•I1 Tenants, Since his return to London the Kitchen equipment. earl be placed to Prince of Wales hag displayed the the best advantage in an oblong kit- greatest personal interest in tho Lon- chen with windows on two sides. The don tenants on the Duchy of Cornwall' woodwork should be plain and fiat, estate. 1 -le has expressed his inten- witliout panels. In choosingthe tion to become acquainted with thein color for the walls the housewife' all, and, following a visit to them re - should be guided by the position of ; cently he, accompanied by Princess the room. •A north room •needs a Mary, spent another afternoon with warmer tint than a south xoom. The' them at the Old Tenants' Hostel. best floor covering is. hardwood oil The Prince remained a long time linoleum, which should be Varnished, with each tenant, all of whom had had once a year, and oftener if there is relations serving in the forces, and in- mueh wear, Electricity is the ideal quired particularly into their ex - fuel, but if this is not available, and periences. One of the tenants with wood or coal must be used, provision whom he chatted is sr.id to -be the old - should bo made to use kerosene or. est living clown in England; though gasoline in the summer. The use of 79 years of age, he appeared at Drury a fireless cooker saves fuel. Lane Theatre this year.. Important schemes for the develop- ment of the Duchy estates are under froth two egg whites and fold in lightly a scant cup grated cheese. Season to taste with salt and a dash of red pepper. Spread lightly on long narrow crackera, and brown in the oven. These are very dainty served hot or cold. Cheese Relish.—Take one package of cream cheese, mash it with a fork and mix with whipped cream, mak- all felt it. We sang because we liked ing it to the consistency to be rolled to and the words had a definite .in balls. Make into rounds, then meaning to its. No;lave nor "Ha- roll these balls into finely chopped nuts. Serve With salad. rEla,TY.X,XZER Ci ARDENS. LAWNS, FLOWERS. %•-;rop]rte Fertilizer. Write George rtevans Peterborough, Ont. o 4 1 mercer 1TEON Ft33ND ?ready Roofing, .asphalt Slate Shing- les, Wall Board. Building Papery. Roof Faltits, etc. W'tlte for prices and samples. Save honey by buying direct. a4GD . tt'ttUL BROS.72 Toro31 1 o13t. VARICOSE VEINS? Wear This Non.Elastio Laced Stocking SL`NXT.31a1., is they may be washed or boiled, AD3i7£I:tABL:31, laced like a legging; always fits. COiVSTORTAEI.z, made to measure; light and dur- able. Coca., contains No Rubber. 1,500,000 SOLD ncoN01,7:x0An, cost $5.50 each. or two for the Fame limb, $3.50, postpaid. 'Write for Catalogue and Sclr-dearu.wnent ]clank. Corpse Limb Specialty Oa. 324 Now 5i1rks Mag. 1lCornt;:eaa, P.Q. e to FARMER INVEST YOUR MONEY In an Ask your LUMBER DEALER For Plans and Prices. A Ilomelceeperr' Profession. I consideration, and will be carried out I ani a woman sixty-five years old j when a return to normal conditions —or rather young, for I won't be permits, The housing scheme upon the called old until I'm useless. I own London property of the Duchy, which my own house in the town where: was interruptel by the war, will be my children were born, and I have ` resumed, and ,in the Meantime many an income that, with painstaking of the larger houses are being eon - economy, would suffice for rely. actu- dented into tenements. al needs. i In Cornwall the natural resources But I wanted to do •something that! of the Duchy estate are to be explored would occupy me more than my lit- I and developed. A diamond drill is to tle housekeeping and social visiting i be set up in connection with the wal- would do, and also perhaps bring mei tam mines, and, where mineral re - a little money, so I hit upon this ; sources are found, full investigation plan: I told my acquaintances who • will be made to ascertain whether by o. solei n had children that I'd take care of th the applicationf modernti' c children for them when they wantedmethods they can be worked with to go out in the afternoon or even-; profit. The oyster fisheries, near Fal- ing. They were only too .glad to mouth, revived during the war, having take up my offer, and I soon had to proved very saccessful, are to be much refuse requests for my. services. I extended. On the land a co -partner - charge 50 cents for an afternoon or 1 ship scheme is to be tried, the workers evening, and 1 often make $6 or $0 f on the large farms being given a fixed a week, besides having my Meanings' wage and a share of the profits, while to myself, and time for my .own so- cial calls. The work is very congenial; 3 have not loot any caste on account .of it— every one in the town nowregards me as the teacher -guardian -grand- mother of the children. And some - for those who prefer to be more inde- pendent small holdings are to be es- tablished. It is proposed to plant trees on the eastern side of Dartmoor upon about 250 acres each year, and it is hoped b3^ establishing small holdings nearby to times, if I do not feel like going out, provide work in the winter for small the children come to me. I am quite holders. Nothing can be done at pre - happy, and I believe that many other sent owing to the difficulty of provict women of my age would be equally happy in doing the sante thing: , A Bit Behind. The strike was on, and _walking home was "the only way." When Joynson arrived at his suburb in the far north in the small hours of the morning, he seat a wire to the office: "Will not be at the office to -day. .3in not home yesterday yet." • Step -Saving Hints. For years I worked in a large kit- chen—in a—kitchen which was even larger than our dining room. It was need for almost everything—as a meeting place for the men who were waiting for their meals, as well as for a- laundry. When we had saved up enough to fix over our house, I determined that I would have the kitchen the way I wanted it. It would be my work- shop and not a place to do general chore::. I duaided to adopt the effi- ciency measures used in business. If time and. cneagy could be saved by routing work in an orderly and sys- tematic manner in factories, why not in my kitchen? My new kitchen should be arranged so that steps would not have to be retraced. So now my husband has an office where the men wait for meals, and the laundry work is clone in a sep- arate room provided for that pur- pose. Both the men and I find this arrangement much more pleasant. I use my kitchen now almost ex- clusively for the work for which it was intended --the preparing and clearing away of meals. In the at- rangement I followed a plan recom- mended by a domestic science spec- ialist whom I know, and I have found it a great time and step saver. In preparing a meal the raw food and utensils arep laced to the left of the stove. The serving table used for assembling the dishes for the dining xoom is to the right of the stove. The soiled dishes are brought from the dining room to the right side of the sink, where they are washed. They are drained on the left side of the sink, The cupboard for the china is tear the dining room and the Looking utensils are placed close to the stove. This same specialist told me the following important points about kitchens in general, and es r follow- ed most of the suggestions .in build- ing the necessary the small holdings will be offered to moor, knowledge being regarded as in this district. —�4 — "Who would succeed in the world should be wise in the use of his pro- nouns litter the You twenty times where you once utter the I."—John Hay. buildings, but when are established they the people of Dart - of local conditions essential to success t ers Wanted :iighost prices paid for best grade now goose, .duck, ehioken and turkey feathers. Geo. R. Rees, Son iii Co, Ltd. 276 Da'enport Road, Toronto Anticipating the Break, Pat and Mike were working on a new building. Pat was laying bricks aucl Mike was carrying the hod. Mike had just conte up to the fourth floor when; the dinner whistle blew. Ilis lunch was on the ground. "I hate to walk dawn after it, he said. "Take hold of this rope," said Pat, 1 "and I'll let you down." Pat let him down half way and then let go oe the rope. Mike landed in a mortar bad not much hurt, but ter- ribly angry. "And why did ye let go of the rope?" he demanded, "I thought it was going to break," said Pat, "and 1 had presence of mind enough to let go." MW ® P tale ...ices are genuine "Dominion" Tires, made in the famous Do- minion Rubber System Factory -- by the same experts who perfected Domi- ni on Automobile Tires —the most popular tires in Canada. „It is their superior quality which. shows in the easy riding, the sturdy wear, the extra mileage of Dominion Tires OMINW RUBBER of "Unquestionably the Best Tires" Sold by the Leading Dealers i 9 .,,y�:i'a•e-.,,d#?iruy��. "? 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Because of its high quality and superior durability, it will prove the most economical for you to use, 134 1.9Mrrt.L GREENSHIELDS ..VENUE, Ela MONTREAL. wiao4 .1.04111 i The Devil's Dice. The discussion grew animated as Edward McLean and his brother Ro- bert discussed the arrest of a noted criminal who had made 'an apparent- ly foolish oversight in covering up his trail, Edward maintained that it was nothing but sheer carelessness on the part of an overconfident Crim- .... inal grown bold in crime. Robert m'ainta.ined that it was the Nemesis that follows all wrongdoing, and held that the odds are against every crim- inal because the' world is arranged for moral ends and ,must in the end frustrate evildoers. They appealed to • their father, who had been an inter- ested listener to the debate. "It is a significant fact, boys," said their father after pondering a mo- ment, "that they are very few suc- cessful criminals. It nearly always happens that a great offender is caught by his own carelessness. If you saw the situation staged you could almost scold him fax his fool ishness. But the fact that he does not take precautions against his own carelessness argues that we are here dealing with something like a moral law. It seems to be one of the peculiar qualities of evil to delude the wrongdoer. The Bible says that God gives up the evildoer to believe a lie,. "We believe -that the three angles of a triangle make two right angles, that bodies fall downward, that na- ture abhors a vacuum. We need to believe just as surely that justice is as inevitable as gravity. Let a man believe that by his sharp wit he can elude or defy a moral law, that he can transgress a nigral law with im- punity; then in his view of life virtue may be a mistake, wrong may get the upper hand and all things may, work together for the good of the ungodly. But in such a universe, life would he intolerable. The world is against the wrongdoer. That is what is meant by the old proverbs, 'The devil's dice are always loaded,' and 'He who sups with Satan needs a long spoon.' "Do you remember what Emerson said about that? It runs like this: 'The league between virtue and na- ture engages all things to assume a hostile front to vice. The beauti- ful laws and substances of the world persecute and whip the traitor. He finds that things are arranged for truth and benefit, but there is no den in the wide world to hide' a rogue. Commit a crime, and the earth is made of glass. Commit a crime, and it seems as if a coat of- cnoi fell on the ground, such as re- veals in the woods tho track of every partridge and fon and squirrel and mole. • Yon cannot recall the spoken word, you cannot wipe out the foot track, you cannot draw up a ladder, so as to leave no inlet or clue: Som damning circumstance nl eys tran- spires. The laws and substance of nature—water, snow, wind, gravitas tion --become penalties to the thief.' "You are both right. It is careless- ness on the part of the criminal. 'Sut that very blindness is' part of the moral order of the universe. `Tho stars in their courses fought against Sisera.' They fight against every- one who does wrong. That is the tragedy ,of every eviideer: he is fighting the stars." -- --_ -.. Improve Permanent Pastures. The next few months is the desire able time of the year for the im- provement of pastures. Large arose of permanent pasture would respond to proper methods of improvement which might include the following: Keep the pastures clean by cuttit]�' off brush, briars, and weeds. Large stumps, stones, and dead trees should also be removed. Those areas used for pasture that would permit harrowing and dishing at the time of reseeding, applying Eine, fertilizers, and manure, etc., may be greatly benefited.' In some sections terracing may be practiced- with satisfactory results: The application of lime, acid phos- phate, and manure can always be re- lied upon in most sections as a means of adding the necessary increased fertility. Reseeding, particularly in the bare spots, is to be recommended, As a ride reseeded pastures :should be lightly grazed the first year. At all times it is advisable to keep the cat- tle oft the grass in the spring until well started. Closer grazing during the rest of the season may be practiced where this has been done. It is also advisable to turn cattle off the pas-' ture earlier in the fall than is tom - trimly practiced.. One pound of sheep's wool is cap - ,able of producing one yard o:f cloth.- In folding down the autornobilo top be careful that none of the cloth is caught in between: the bows where the metal parts carne together. The cloth will bo worn through and the appearance ruined.