HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1919-08-08, Page 7Rest Rooms For Farm Women,
That is the value of a rest room
-in the nearest towin.or village to the
:farm women in the neighboning. eerie-
munities? It would be difficult to
estimate, but 1 have not, the slightest
doubt that women who already enjoy
these privileges would not part with
them for the world, All state they
have many times been repaid for the
time and money spent in their eetab-
lishreent. The country woman,
especially the woman who has ycung
children, knows what it is to get them
'nicely dressed, all looking spick and
span, ready for a drive of anywhere
from six to fifteen miles, to the near-
est town to do her shopping. The day
is hot, the roads are dusty, and when'
they' arrive at their destination, the
children are all mussed up, and the
mother -feels tired, blown about and
nntilly. How nice it is to know that
they can go straighi to their rest
room, have a wash and tidy up gen-
erally, rest • a little while, and. per-
haps make a •.cup of tea, before they
start out to do their shopping and to
'meet their feends.
Even if one is lucky enough to own
an auto, the reit room is none the.
less valuable, as even in an auto one
gets pretty well blown about on a
'windy clay, and after battling with the
elements for even a comparativeli
short distance, one appreciates being
able to get one's hat on straight once
more and the stray ends of one's hali
pinned up. It is also nice to have a
place where one can meet one's friends
and have a chat, instead of having
to stand in the street, or in some
atore. Undoubtedly women will come
to town much oftener if they know
that when they have finished their
shopping, they can go to a nice bright
.cheery room of their own, where they
can sit and talk with others or read
a. magazine while waiting for the
men to get through with their busi-
iiess. This means a long dreary inter-
val spent sitting in the ear or buggy,
if there is no rest room, which de-
tracts very considerably -from any
pleasure which the outing has for the
women: Many farm women say they
had -rather stay at home than stand
around.. • •
Rest remits have a variety of uses.
In most plaCee they are social centres,
where .the meetings and entertain-
ments are had. It is very much easier
to get a good attendance at a meeting
when it is held in a bright comfortable
room where the members are at least
sure of warmth in winter. Dishes are
kept on hand, and as a rule there As
a small stove where a kettle can be
boiled, so that a light lunch can be
served with very little trouble, which
is greatly appreciated.
The establishment of a rest room
is not a very difficult problem. It is
necessary to secure a room centrally
located in the town or city. Rent is
paid for this, met by an -annual tax.
"The next thing to do is to furnish
the room. This need not be expen-
sive. For the ideal rest room let us
suggest a couch, some chairs, includ-
ing a rocker or two, some benches, a
few shelves for dishes and a small
stove, The main idea should be to
make the room' attractive with the
least Possible expenditure. Wonders
can be performed with empty boxes
and some pretty inexpensive muslin.
For instance, an empty apple or
orange box can be transformed into
a washstand, while another -would
make a dresser. A looking -glass,
needless to say, is a most essential
article, as are also a wash jug and
basin. Paper towels cost very little,
and are more sanitary than the ord-
inary kind. Book -shelves should also
be put up, or two or three empty
orange boxes might be put together
draped with muslin .and made to serve
the purpose of holding a library. A
nice linoleum or congoleutie on the
floor will add greatly to the attractive-
ness of the room, and muslin curtains
on windows should not be omitted.
There are women's organizations in
every community willing to take care
of the rest room, though some perma-
nent organization must stand back of
It to see that it is properly equipped,
cared for, and of continual and de-
nendable service to the community.
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IN TEN YEARS
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5o0 Dollars
If invested at 3% will amount to $607.75
If Invested at 4%, interest cam -
pounded quarte rl y, wtIl
amount. to 744.26
Put if invested in our 6/e%
Debentures will amount to, , 3860.20
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My • Veranda..
The old-fashioned house in which I
once lived had a long front veranda
facing the north. But it was little
comfort we derived. from it, for con-
tinually we had to watch to keep the
babies from rolling off of lit. • •
When my third baby tame I deter-
mined
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to alter that veranda, so that I
would have a safe, cool place for the
little folks to play and a comfortable
place for all of us to sit when the
day's work was done.
I had the veranda screened in, a
flower box ,built at the east end and
a Japanese screen hung at the west
'end. Clematis and.honeysuckle climb-
ed up the netting in front. With a
hook high enough on the screen door
to keep little fingers from unfasten-
ing it, I could put the three little tots
out there to play with their toys and
know that no harm could come to
them. Later 1 added a long strip of
matting, porch pillows, a hammock
and a veranda table.
The summer that -the veranda was
screened in I noticed that our living
room was nearly deserted, I tpok my
sewing out on the front veranda, my
husband read his paper while he rest-
ed in the hammock; the hired girl
found the screened veranda the cool-
est place to shell peas and beans An the
morning and to crochet in the after-
noon; in the evening guests always
said: "Let's sit on the veranda, it's so
cool and pleasant here."
When it came ray turn to entertain
the missionary society they voted to
have the meeting on the big front
veranda. When I needed three rooms
for entertaining a large crowd one
summer evening the screened veranda
made the third and was the most pop-
ular of the three. Banked with flowers
and green branches at both ends, it
certainly did look inviting.
My veranda became so popular that
the next summer there was quite an
epidemic of screened -in verandas in
our neighborhood,
Sandwiches, Delicious and Dainty
From the Garden.
. The most delicious of all the sum-
mer eandwiches can be made right
from the garden.'' Nothing Makes a
more acceptable lunch for a summer
day than a vegetable sandwich, with a
crisp, cool filling and a bit of mayon-
naise and a glass of iced tee. Cut
smaller in fancy shapes this is an
ideal menu for the porch tea also.,
Lettuce sandwiches have for a labg
time been favorites. To make thena,
pick the lettuce the night before, wash
thoroughly and put in a cheesecloth
hag on the ice. When ready to use it
will be very crisp. Vegetable sand-
wiches are always better made just
before using, as the dressing softens
them. If this be out of the question,
they may be opened and the mayon-
naise or cooked dressing spread on
them.
An,other good sandwich is made
from'ripe tomatoes simply sprinkled
with a bit of salt. The tomatoes are
cut very thin, and either brown or
white bread is used. A particularly
dainty and delicious sandwich for a
refreshment sandwich is made frdm
cucumbers. Try to pick them all
about the same size. Peel and crisp
on the ice, Cut small eireles of bread,
a little larger than the slices and put
one slice between, covered with a bit
of mayonnaise.
If a more eulestantial sandwich is
desired, a supper sandwich for ex-
ample, make a potato salad with chop-
ped chives, cut large slices of brown
bread, spread with butter, put a let-
tuce leaf on each slice and fill with
the salad.
Another sandwich that is popular
With the masculine side of the family
is an onion sandwich, Cut the onions
into very thin slices and, let them
stand for some time in cold salted
water to extract some of their
strength. Spread thinslices of brown
bread with butter and a thin coating
of mustard. 'Season with paprika and
salt.
A vegetable club sandwich makes P.
splendid emergency luncheon. Toast
two slices of bread for each person
and broil one slice of bacon. Have
ready lettuce, tomatoes, and cucum-
bers sliced. Put on half the slices a
large leaf of lettuce, tomatoes, then
the bacon and cover with cucumbers
and more lettuce. Add a spoonful of
mayonnaise and the second slice of
toast and serye at once.
A very good Sweet sandwich is made
by mashing berties; gooseberries and
currants should be cooked a bit, sweet-
ening them and spreading between
slices of white bread when cool.
Unusual sandwiches for a garden
party can be made by picking nastur-
tium, clover or rose blooms and pack-
ing them about both the bread and
butter to be used in an air tight tin
box the night before, Wrap the lent-
terhin a cloth. When the sandwiches
are made they will have the flexor and
odor of the flowers used. Serve on
sandwich plates garnished with the
flowers.
Naval Officer as
C.P.S.0; Manager
• A particularly interesting naval ca
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veer lies behind Commander Thomas
Fisher, who has just taken up his new
appointment in London as General
Manager of the Atlantic Lines of the
Canadian Pacific Ocean SerVices,'Ltd:
The very broad field of valuable na-
tional work in naval, shipping and dip-
lomatic circles during the war cover-
ed by Commander Fisher specially fit
him for the onerous duties of direct-
ing one of the greatest passenger and
mercantile fleets in the world.
Commander Fisher was born in Bir-
mingham in 1883, and underwent his
naval training at, Dartmouth on the
old wooden battleship "Britannia." He
spent four, years in China during the
period of the Boxer Rebellion, and
then having passed all his examina-
tions with flying colors, he received
very rapid promotion, and at the age
Of twenty washnade a Lieutenant. He
served for some years In the Mediter-
ranean on H.M.S. Bacchante, flying
the flag of the late Admiral Sir Bald-
win Walker, Bart, • and later 'on the
same ship under Admiral Sir Henry
Jackson, the 'late First Sea Lord. .Af-
ter having qualified as a gunnery spec-
ialist Commander Fisher served for
a short time on the staff of the
Director of Target Practice. Later he
joined H.M.S. Bellerophon as Gunnery
Officer and when in 1912 Mr. Winston
Churchill introduced staff training in-
to the Navy Commander Fisher was
one of the first batch of officers to
take the Staff course, ultimately being
selected to remainen as a lecturer at
the Naval College at Portsmouth.
When war broke out he went to sea
with •Admiral Sir Alexander Bethel,
the then president of the War College,
as Flag Commander in the Reserve
Fleet, He was associated here with
the important work of safeguarding
the passage of the Expeditionary
Force to France, and was present at
the landing of a small force of Royal
Marines at Ostend in September, 1914.
With the termination of this work in
the winter of 1914 he joined the trade
Division of the Naval War Staff at the
Admiralty and was there in charge of
that part of the organization set up to
deal with questions relating to neutral
shipping. These were the early days
of the blockade and neutral steamers
were doing their best to evade the
Naval Patrols and carry supplies to
Germany via neutral ports. Com-
mander Fisher took a prorainent part
in devising and carrying out the sys-
tem of supervising the movements and
cargoes, etc., to neutral vessels by
means of control over their supplies
of bunker coal at ports at home and
abroad. This system, when in full
working order, materially lightened
the arduous task of the cruisers em-
ployed on blockade duty, because it
was one of the conditions that all
ships bound to or from countries ad-
jacent to Germany should call volun-
tarily for examination at a British
port. .
Commander Fisher's services in this
matter have recently been recognized
by the award of a C.B.E.
In 1916 he was employed as techni-
cal representative in the various ne-
gotiations for the use of neutral ship-
ping by the Allies. This work was of
vital importance to France and Italy
and indirectly to this country also, in
maintaining supplies during the most
difficult part of the war. Incidentally,
Commander Fisher gathered a valu-
able knowledge of the shipping in-
terests of Europe.
During this period Commander Fish-
er served on various Government Com-
mittee's dealing with commercial and
shipping matters, including amongst
others the Coal Exports Committee
presided over by Sir Douglas Owen
and the Board of Trade Committee for
the Conservation of Coal, presided
over by Sir 'William Marwood, It is
not witlibut interest that the latter
Committee, on a motion by Command-
er Fisher, supported by Sir Richard
"Redmayne, passed a; resolution which
ultimately led to the introduction of
the Daylight Saving Bill by the then
Honie Secretary,Mr, Herbert Samuel.
In the summer of 1917, soon after
the United States came into the war,
a liaison officer was appointed to link
the British Ministry of shipping with
the American shippingloarcl. Sir
Thomas Boyden was first chosen for
this important post and he was follow-
ed 1»' Commander Fisher, who ilfied
this difficult and responsible position
with marked success.
In America Commander Fisher had
an opportunity oi examining al first
hand the shipping and transport pro-
blems of the States and Canada and
in connection with his duties he visit-
ed all the principal ports on the At-
lantic seaboard, including the Cana-
dian ports of Montreal, Quebec and
Halifax,
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PERSIAN
POMP AND WARFARE.
Warfare was a spectacular, as well
as a bloody enterprise, in the days of
antiquity. Plain khaki and sirmile,
businalltailiceaakcoutrementswould not
have suited- the ancient Persian sol-
diers.
Silver altars, surrounded by priests,
chanting sacred songs, were first in
line of march.' They were followed by
365 youths dressed in purple gar-
ments. A chariot dedicated to the sun
was drawn by snow-white horses, led
by grooms wearing white garments
and carrying. golden wands.
Ten chariots embossed with gold
and silver preceded the cavalry of
twelve nations, dressed in their vari-
ous costumes and carrying their pecul-
iar arms.
Then came the Persian Immortals,
10,000 ia number, wearing golden
chains and robes embroidered with
gold and glittering with precious
stones. Following at a short distance
came 15,000 nobles, relatives of the
king, dressed in garments wonderfully
wrought.
A company of spearmen preceded
the king. 'He rode in an imposing
chariot, and wore robes of surpassing
magnificence, and a costly miter on
his head. By his side walked 200 of
his most noble kinsmen: , Ten thou-
sand warriors, bearing spears with
staffs of silver tipped by heads of gold,
followed the royal chariot of Xerxes.
The king's horses, forty in number,
with 30,000 footmen, ended the proces-
810Ani some distance followed the
mother and the wife of tho king in
chariots, accompanied by their ladies
on horseback. Fifteen cars carried
the king's children, their tutors and
nurses, and 600 camels, guarded by
archers, bore the royal treasury. The
friends and relatives of the ladies fol-
lowed, with the cooks and servants.
Light -armed troops brought up the
rear.
When a king of those days looked
upon his troops and saw their strength
and splendor, it is to wonder he felt
proud and wished to lead them to bat-
tle. Such an army was not meant to
stay at home, where only their coun-
trymen could see them. Other nations
must linzy homponrful a king bio
Was. So he olid his'followera marched"
away, and wars for conquest began.
Peoples were forced to give them-
selves up to a life of war, either for
conqueet or defense, and tha great
highwaks, which peace would have
dedicated to commerce and prosperity,
became military roads over which war
took its cruel way.
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Productivity of Sea.
The sea is infinitely more produc.
tivo than the land. It is estimated
than an acne of good fishing will yield
nore food iTi a week than an acre o
the best land will yield in a year.
A Proud Daughter.
Rebecca, age 8, was very proud of
her father's rank as a first lieutenant,
and grew quite indignant when a
neighbor boy called him "captain."
"I'll have you understand that my
daddy is not a captain," said she, "he's
a lieutenant."
"Oh, it doesn't matter," replied the
boy, "he is an officer."
"Indeed he not an officer," she pro-
tested.
"Yes, dear, a lieutenant is an offi-
cer," interrupted ReEecca's mother.
"Well," persisted Rebecca, still de-
termined to maintain her daddy's dig-
nity at all cost, "he's not much of an
officer."
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Health
Foods That Children Should Not Eat.
Just because a food is eonnnon is
no reason for believing that sit is easy
to digest. Any number of ordinary
everyday eatables, which may 'be quite
all right- for grown-up Stoinachs, are'
too rich or too heavy or too upsetting
for children.
The following foods should never be
given to children under twelve years
of age and are not ad-vised for chil-
dren of any age,
Stimulants; Coffee, tea, beer, 'wane.
These furnis'h no food value but stim-
ulate the hearttand leave serious poi-
sons that injure kidneys, liver, stoma
ach and nerves,
Condiments: Pepper, mustard, cat-
sup, vinegar, pickles, horseradish.
These are irritating to the delicate
lining of the stomach; they over-
stimulate the appetite; they have no
food value. Excess ofeacids extracts
needed mineral from the body,
Meats: Pork roasts or chops, ham,
sausages, canned or dried meats and
fish, corned beef, sweetbreads, kid-
neys, game. All are difficult of di-
gestion.
Pastry: Pie, tarts, dumplings, cream
puffs. The combination of fat and
starch makes these difficult of di-
gestion.
Rich foods: Rich cake, puddings,
sauces, preserves and conserves. Ex-
cess of sugar or fat overtaxes the di-
gestion and also spoils the appetite
for simple wholesome foods.
Fried foods: Fried meat, potatoes,
eggs; fritters, doughnuts, waffles,
pancakes, French toast. Fat so com-
bined with starch or protein delays,
even prevents, digestion. Starch re-
quires longer cooking than is possible
in frying.
Fresh bakes (less than twenty-four
hours old): Bread, rolls, muffins, cake.
Rolls or muffins may be served warni
by re -heating in oven. Fresh bread
or cake forms a sticky mass, very dif-
ficult for the digestive juices to dis-
solve or penetrate.
Not permissible for children under
six years; all difficult of digestion:
Popcorn, soda water, ice cream
cones, peanuts, baked beans, rusks,
grocery cookies, ucumbers, cabbage,
whole nuts, cherries, berries,
(Some physicians also exclude all
cake, candy, ice cream, jam.)
Dollars In Old Iron.
On almost every farm there is a
scrap heap of old iron, or wornout
tools and machinery which would be
worth dollars when collected and sold
to the junk buyers in town. Nearly
every town has someone who buys
iron scraps, and since the war has
increased the demand for iron, prices
paid have gone up. In my town the
price has ranged from $10 to $12 per
ton, Enough of such scrap has been
collected and sold by the farmers of
this community during the past few
months to make up six carloads. It
has returned a good many dollars to
the farmers' pockets that otherwise
would have been wasted. Then, too,
such old material can be melted down
and Converted into new machinery or
other necessaries to help supply the
nation's needs, so one is really per-
forming a patriotic duty.
On nearly every farm worn or out-
of-date machinery has been pulled
aside and replaced with new machin-
ery, while the old is left in some out-
of-the-way spot with the idea that
some part, if not the whole machine,
will some day become useful. • How-
ever, the old machine is seldom used
because the parts to it do not fit the
new machines, Even the bolts and
nuts An the old machines are not as
useful as one might think. Most of
us have had the experience of losing
a burr off a part of a machine, then
when we try to fit another of the same
size, the thread is different. If we
try a new bolt, it may answer the
purpose but probably won't fit. Each
manufacturer seems to have taken
special pains to make every part of
his machine, and even the bolts and
nuts, a little different from all others,
Purely a trick to increase his sales.
This is a condition remediable only by,
appropriate legislation, Farmers
would save themselves a great deel of.
trouble and annoyance SY demam-ling
that their representatives pass a law
requiring manufacturers to use stand-
ard rods where possible, and uniform
bolts with threads cut with standard
diee.
So the junk heap is of little ma-
terial value on the farm. Add to this
the unsightliness of old wornout ma.
ebinery cluttering up the premises and
eye have ample reason for making s
clean-up day. The old machines hay(
done their work, so now kt us cast
in on the ealvage,—P,•E.
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"What is' waryfirg
"Oh, nothing much," replied the
man who is perpetually pensive. 1
aril merely trying to figure out what
has become of all the daylight I saved
since we set the clocks forward."
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