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Zurich Herald, 1919-09-12, Page 6WornCDs Pence in the Toddler. Pciha e, the greatest privilege is the wonderful resource of having all outdoors, but; this i; a privilege which the mother of young alt l Bien is apt to neglect. the i'ei e ::_cult be in the kitchen or near it during much of the day, and she must have her babies where they are within sial•' It often fellows that country little folks -pend most of the time hanging drearily around 'the kitehen where they are in the way and where the *air is not always good. But what else cnn the busy mother do? She can apply to her children the lore she has Iearned about little chicks. Fencing will keep little chile nren safe from automobile haunted roads, froni wandering cows, from running out of sight of their mother's eyes. And there is no farm in the country where there is not enough discarded material of one kind or an- other lying about to inclose a spot, say twenty feet square, though it night be larger to advantage. It is better if there is a tree to furnish some shade for hot days, but if there is ncne near enough to the house, a piece of old paper roofing or a section of old corrugated metal roofing, or some old boards with odds and ends of shingles put over them, will furnish shade for hot days. Little children wish and need to be doing something with their bodies and hands every minute they are awake. The problem is to provide them with something to do which cannot hurt then., which will help them to grow, and which will not be too upsetting to the regularity of the family life. To begin with,,if a load of sand is dump- ed in one corner of the baby yard, amt some old spoons and wornout utensils contributed from the kitchen, there will be many hours of every day dur- ing which the fortune of a millionaire could give the Iittle folks no more happiness. A piece of planed board can be nail-� ed upon four stout sticks driven into the ground and another on higher sticks put before it, and the little, folks will have a bench and table' which cost but a few cents, and are as i serviceable as the pretty painted ones; which coat ten times as much. Potters' clay can he bought for a few cents a pound and for a variation from the; sand pile plays, young children Will gladly turn to clay modeling. If the! clan is kept where it can be obtained easily, it is possible that one or more p of the children may show some stir- rings of native ability and begin to; try to reproduce the animal Life of the country. If the mother has time and ability to supervise the play, so much the better, but if she is so busy; that she can only call out .-from the: kitchen a suggestion to make some' little cups and saucers, or a bird's! nest and eggs, this will serve very well for a beginning. If four :;trips of wood arc nailed in the form of a square at one end of the little table and a pan half frill of water is set securely down into the! square so that it will Lot tip ower, another great resource is added to the play yard. With en apron of oilcloth, a spoon and an old tin cup, it is an abnormal child who is not happy and harmlessly busy for a long time each day. Any ordinary child a few years of age loves to play with water in this way and learne steadiness of hand and sureness of eye which go a long way toward insuring agreeae,le table man- ners at an early age. As he grows older a fleet of boats made of bits of wood or walnut shells vary the fun. An apron can be made in a few min- utes out of a few cents' worth of table oilcloth. If the mother is very busy :;ate can simply fasten it together at the shoulder and back with safety pins. Children tinder four delight in elitnl:ing, and if possibie provision should be made for that. A wooden box can be set a little down an the ground, so that it will not tip over, snd the edges padded with a bit of an cld comforter, so that the inevitable bumps are not too severe. The needi- est children, even the baby who can- not walk, will rejoice endlessly in pulling himself up over the edge and clamberin* down into the box, there- by- exercising every muscle of his body. Little children cannot co-ordinate their muscles quickly enough to play ball with much pleasure, but if a large -soft ball is suspended by a long cord, they can swing it back and forth 'to each other with ev, r-inereasing skill, and they should have a rubber ball to roll to andr'Nifro on the°ground. If a two-by-four board (is laid on the ground the little folks will find much fun in trying to walk along it, and thus. acquire a considerable addition to their capacity for walking straight and managing their bodies. A pile of hay or straw to jump into will save the little gymnasts from bumps and bruises. Nothing in this babe; yard need cost a farmer's family more than a few cents, nor take but little time and almost no carpentering skill. And yet, the suggestions made cover a very complete outfit for the outdoor exer- . cines of children under five or six. Any mother who makes this provision for play may be sure not only that her own little children will Bass numberless happy hours, but that they will never lack for playmates, because their play yard will be sought out by all the little folks in the neigh- borhood. •Beets Serve; In New Ways. Beets in Jell., --Boil, peel and chop. several medium sized new beets. Let cool and mix with them one cup of • cold chicken, pork or mutton, chopped fine. Pour over the mixture ono pint of lesion 'jelly made from jelly powder that has been dissolved and is be ginning to set. Mix well, pour in a mold and let it get firm. Slice and serve on a platter or on individual plates garnished with crisp lettuce. Place a spoonful of salad dressing on i each portion. Beet 'Green Salad—Cook in salted • water until tender, one-half peck of tender beet leaves with the tiny beets attached. Drain and cool. Peel the; beets and chop the leaves. Mix the leaves with three chopped, hard-boiled' eggs and enough mayonnaise dressing to moisten nicely. Pile in the centre' of a shallow salad bowl. Garnish with! the tiny beets, small balls of cottage cheese and shredded lettuce leaves. Beet Greens !Served• klot—Cook as many beet tops as desired in salted water until tender. Drain and pile on a platter in a mound. Dress with' melted butter, white Tepper and juice of one Iemon and serve hot. Beet and 'Vegetable Salad—Cut two cold belied beets in small cubes. -Slice four small, cold -boiled carrots and one dozen small white onions. Mix and add one cup of cold boiled peas. Dress with mayonnaise and serve in a bed of shredded lettuce leaves. • Baked Beets—Clean the required number of beets, place them in a pan containing one-half inch of boiling water, and bake until tender. Just before removing from the oven lay a slice of broiled bacon and a spoonful of sh:eilded green pepper over the top of each beet. Salt and pepper to taste, dress with a little butter and serve hot. Beet Cops—Peel six boiled beets auci scoop out the centre to form cnps. Chop the part removed with one cup of white fish—cold boiled or baked— and six or eight stuffed olives. Add tivo tablespoonfuls of thick cream, one tablespoonful of prepared French mustard, salt and pepper to taste and juice of one lemon. Ifix and fill cups, GraSEe the yolks of two hard -bailed eggs over the topand lay rings of the white of eggs and a sprig of parsley on the plate with each salad cup. Beet Jelly,—Pour one pint of boiling beet juice oval the contents of one package of lemon iiavored jelly powd- er; acid twa tablespoonfuls of sugar. Pour into mold and let harden, Servo in squares as garnish for meats, fish, salads, etc„ 1 ' How We Do It.' A teaspoon of vinegar added to each gallon of water in the boiler in which : white clothes are scalded will whiten them.—Mrs. L. M. T. 1 If tablecloths, napkins and•liandker- 1 chiefs •are folded 'a little beyond the middle when ironing,, they will last much longer, as it is on the edges of folds where they first. wear, and by folding' not on the middle line, with each ironing they get •a new erease. —Mrs: R. G. To .'bleach your hitndkerch'efs a pure . white, after Washing, .Ie them soak over night in water in which a bit of cream of tartar has been dis- solved.—M. A. P. . For ginghams and other colored cot- tons dissolve and add to every pint; of starch, a piece of alum the size of l a hickory nut to keep the colors bright.—Mrs. J. K. I t4,74 r t st I have discovered that when fannels have become hard and shrtt ' en; they may be restored to their former soft- ness by soaking them a short•time in gasoline.—M. A. P. Cedar oil rubbed ou• the side • walls and under side of shelves int closets is good for prevention of moths.`Ter- pentine rubbed on carpets under heavy furniture and in corners will keep the moths away. ---Mrs. J. J. O'C. Save old kid gloves for ironing day. Sew a piece from the left glove on to the palm of the right one, and you will find your hand is saved from be- coming blistered, while the fingers and back cf the hand will be protectedi from the scorabing heat whidh is so damaging to the skin.—Mrs. J. J. O'C. L R AN :�T Cholera infantum is one of the fatal ailments of childhaod't, It is a trouble that comes on suddenly, especially during the summer months, and unless prompt action is taken little one nays' soon be beyond aid. Baby's 0.am Tab lets are an ideal medicine iu-wnrci.i ig off this trouble. They regulate ..ie bowels and sweeten the stomach and thus prexent all the dreaded summer complaints. They are an absolutely safe medicine, being guaranteed by a• government analyst to contain no opiates or narcotics or other harmful drugs. They cannot po sibiy do harm ---they always do good. The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. The faster cow is milked the more she will give and the easier it will come. Strike a steady pace that you can keep up and stay with it. 1 iri lvficcREmylotts mourn wrii moot n, GANAtlA n„ to a WreketiS n;Ytyws, Osiis muISIWOJt,nO_ r.r rr rO.YR:O. ON( • The universal mouth Antiseptic for Pyorrhoea and sore gums. Heals and hardens bleeding gums at once azLcl tightens the teeth. 1\'IcCRiMMON'S Mouth i rash deodorizes all decomposed mat- ter and makes'the -mouth fresh and sweet. A BOON TO SMOKERS - Iairi&. ON9 fa 'e Aris9@r� ?tv rrA�e. & L, ManuFaclturinc} Chemists aea y. ways '29 R 9c i1MoND ST. E 4 � '! ,p ,svy' ' "t g1 2N �" i � y-., T �s. Male Agriculture Profitable. The absence Of a sound system of development for the economic use of land and all natural resources, and of human resource and energy as a raw ' mater,ial of wealth, has brought us face to face with acute financial and social problems which will not be 1 solved in this generation unless we show ourselves more • awake to the significance of present tendencies and conditions. We.cannot separate town and coun- try, or province and municipality, or manufacturing and agriculture. Their interdependence must be recognized. We must establish confidence in gov- ernment organization under our fed- erad system unless we desire to revert to autocracy; we must ininose more confidence on the base of government organization, wh,:ch rests in the municipality. To promote• industry in town and country we must recognize that pro- duction alone makes or increases wealth,' and that speculation diminish- itaeprcduction, and therefore diminish es wealth. Urgent as are our urban elrobierns, our chief attention needs to be directed to our mural pralems. In connection With the rural problems -we need (1) To plan and develop hand for economic use; (2) To promote closer settlement and closer connec- tion between manufacture and a;ri- cultui'e and (i) To provide facilities for co-operation, rural credit, educa- tion and social intercourse. There is no simple solution of these problems; planning and development will only provide the foundation on which to build. 'We must plan to promote values and methods of pro- i duction as well as to guide physical development. It is folly to force in - r PRINCE AT TORONTO His Royal Highness shaking hands with the crowd at: the 'Unprecedented veterans and their families at the Exhibition grounds. emonstration of creased production from agriculture without making agriculture a better paying business; it is eqt>xi folly to use .government money to increase production and not make it easier and cheaper to produce, nor to take into account the probable increase in pro- duction in other countries. In new countries, self-interest .is apt to be so strong that it prevents people .from realizing the truth that whatever artificial condition is injuri- ous to social well-being, whatever im- pairs health and lowers vitality, is de- structive of productive capacity and proportionately lessens our wealth. We know that natural resource, in themselves are not a source of Wealth, and that the'real source comes from the human energy and skill we ape ply to whatever resources are avail- able. Instances are numerous. where crowded populations live in poverty with ample natural resources at their call, and of others, where a.n`energetic and skilful people have founded great wealth on compai;atively small natur- al resources. Some people seem to think'tliat increase of population and -o"f capital only are • needed in Canada to develop our resources, whereas these things may neither increase wealth nor production per capita un- less we apply more science and organ- ization to develop our resources. Carelessness in Marketing is Costly. Booksellers state that cne of the first essentials in introducing a new novel is an attractive cover. This same consideration holds good. no matter in what line of commerce .t may be applied. Two market garden- ers stand side by side, one has his vegetables washed, neatly trimmed, if necessary tied up in bunches; and in every way presentable. The other has economized in time at home, with the result that his supplies are anything but appetizing. In competition with leis careful and cleanly market neigh- bor he always loses. His rival will secure better prices and will be sold out much earlier. Canada produces more than suffi- cient for the wants of Canadians, One thing is often lacking, however, and that is attractive marketing of the product. In many cases, imported fruits and vegetables are being sold, to the detriment of local products, due entirely to that lack of appreciation of the selling value of appearance. y The green, vegetable season is now at ite height. If this produce is pre- sented Inc attractive condition it will greatly increase the sales, thus re- ducing to a large extent the large amounts which annually go to waste. The results would be worth the effort. Soak the wick of your oil lamp in vinegar for 24 hours before putting in the, lamp. This aids a clear flame. The Great West Permanent Loan Company. Toronto Office. 20 King St. West, 4% allowod on Savings. Interest Computed quarterly. Withdrawable by Cheque. ij 1• % on D6''1 entiiree, • Interest payable bait yearly', !r'atd pan Caplttat , 432,4120% MOM WINDOWS &DOORS g ; kr,IZES to suit your L." ripenings. Fitted with glow. Safe de. livery gseranieed. the tar Trim Lint i I Cut down fuel bills. !esurc winter comfort. tAse &BA6IUDAV C©➢t5QSfia'Y, Limited IL70N FACTORY eIeTRinar•,e CANADA Mr VALUES • iNi fi ai atai"%x.aa tasal Z laalzase :41 salt? !reef! The life is more than meat, and the body' is more than raiment. --St. Luke, xi,i., 23. The tlo?trine of val'c•es here set forth is• one to which all men every- where and at all times would agree, but one which few of them would ever put into control of the^action. At one time Jeans raia- sed the issue by the question, "lI'+`v much, then, is a man better than a sheep?" In the chapter where this text occurs we read of a man who was a successful farmer; indeed, so successful that he had more than he could store—enough for many Years—but he seems to have inlssed the mark, Recently a man on returning to the scenes of his boyhood inn11 ir.ed about a men of great wealth, asking what he was worth, The reply was, "Nothing but money." How fre- quent' that inquiry ---how rare the reply! What, then, shall we say as to measures of life and men? Certainly not possessions, for a man's life consistoth not in the abtm- dance Of the things he possesseth. Yet we are prone to do just that thing. How frequently we seem to rate men. and life by just that standard! Nor by achievement. The success- # ful farmer noted above "had clone his bit" by unusual production. He was h good wartime farmer. In the last five years thousands of heroic and un- precedented achievements have been recorded, but they fail to measure either men or life. .They are valuable indexes, but every man is better than his best deed and bigger than his greatest achievement. • The use one makes of his leisure is often a good index to the measure It of life and the doctrine of value that finds a- lodgment in us. The farmer noted above proposed "to take his ease." This brought forth a rather sharp rebuke. Life is neither a dead sea nor a raging torrent, although these fea- tures may be seen temporarily. It is, however, action; but to be significant it must be rationally directed. A self- directed free person is the highest ex- peeseion of life and character. That which one does when free from ex- ternal compulsion—where freedom of choice is not hindered by authority or circumstances from without—.is the real measure of what we are and of what we would be. The hopeful feature of modern life is that in the last analysis the real struggles in society are for a better measure of life and a true standard of values. Life is more than meat. Men are better than their business. The supremacy of the human spirit ? !nide measuring it by any material standards. Business is a transaction between human spirits. Labor is not a commodity, but a service, rendered by one human being to another. Mat- erial standards cannot control in a world of rational spirits. This dies at the base of all human rights, and hence at the base of all contracts in- volving human interests. WATER TREES OF SOUDAN. Dwellers of Hot Clime Find Good Sup- ply by Tapping Bark. How the natives of the Kordofan and Nuba mountains, of tate Soudan, store their water supply in the re- markable Tebeldi, Baobab or tilan- sonia digita trees, is explained by a writer in the Wide World Magazine. Tlie trunks of these trees, which attain huge proportions, sometimes being 18 feet in diameter for a dis- tan^e of over 20 feet, where the branches begin, aro Hollow. A hole is cut in the tree near the top of the straight trunk, and a native hollows out the interior, until a mere shell a few inches thick remains. Then a basin is formed in the earth near its base, which fills during the rainy sea- son. This water is stored in the trunk of the tree, and remains sweet for long periods. Iaten after two years only a slight discoloration was noted in the water. Natives sell water from these store- houses to travellers. Tenants rent the trees with their lands and store the fancily water supply in them. No- body knows how old the trees are, al- though they aro reputed to bo many centuries old. I�'rom the bark of the trees the na- tives make rope for binding camel loads, building homes, etc. The tree yields nuts of a bitter taste, not un- like almond which are ground into a flour. Tho nut shells are used as snuff boxes, Couldn't Blame the Horse. A widely known Highland drover sold a horse to an Englishman. • A few days" afterward the buyer re- turned to him. "You said that horse had no faults," "Weol, no mairehad he," "He's nearly blind," said 'the indig. nant Englishman. "Why, mon, that't no' his fault--• that's his misfertunee"