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Zurich Herald, 1920-01-29, Page 2°MODS GPO Directing the Child's Powers of Observation. How we would like to give great ,gifts to our children! There is noth- ing we would not endure to insure :for them success, or fame, or wealth. 13ut here is a gift we may give, if we will make the proper effort, that will insure enduring sources of enjoyment. It helps .us to forget sorrows, losses, disappointments, and provides us with unending entertainment and diver- sion: Many people will tell you that the habit of observation is a gift inborn, which is, to a certain extent, true. But it can be cultivated, just as cheer- fulness, truthfulness, or any of the other desirable virtues.If an individual possesses a love of nature anti the habit of observation, he has within himself a source of en-, „ oy�lent wherever he may go, in what- ever ciretlnnstanees he may be placed, The baby at an early age, can be too �ht to observe :without taxing his ':rain to an_;, great extent. Ile can be, shown the flowers, the birds, the trees,.`a zed gradually he can be direct- ed• to observe the fields, the woods,; and passing objects of interest. Soon he will begin to notice for himself, and his outings will be of more de-! light to him and his mother. Mothers will not find directing the 'child's powers of observation arduous,' or tedious. It is most interesting to; watch the development of his mind, and notice how his habit of observa- tion will ,increase from day to d'ay. He will first be attracted by the larg-' est objects, horses, cows, and people coming in for the first attention, then smaller animals. The wise mother in cultivating her, child's powers of observation will en -1 deavor to train him to see the bright, and pleasant things first: If some mother hesitates to beginP i to teach her child to observe, because' she lacks the habit of observing! closely- herself, let me urge her to begin to cultivate this habit for her-. self. Practice it daily, everywhere you go—when with your child, or alone. . Your efforts will reap a rich reward, for your interest and joy in life will be immeasurably increased. i care before it develops into a perman- ent irritation. If feet or ankles are tender they should be bathed in hot water at night, wiped• dry, and then massaged i with the hands for two nights. After- ward they may be massaged for two or three nights with addition of a liniment. Massage the feet by moving the hands upward front the toes one after the other: This drives the blood up - j ward. The feet shoulbe raised from the ground during massage and not rested on any object. Then move the hand from side to side,, beginning iwith the toes and working outward. A good liniment for the feet is 10 I drops of strong solution of ammonia. 20 (bops of turpentiz-e, 1 ounce of linseed oil, This can be massaged into the feet and will soothe them and keep the skin soft without being too tender. The feet should he bathed in cold water each morning, or if a warm bath is taken, spray ale feet with cold water afterward. For excessively tender feet the fol- lowing foot powders are helpful: 2 drams boric acid, 2 drams zinc oxide, 4 drams starch. Another excellent foot powder can he made thus: 1's dram salicylic acid, , dram calamine, 1 dram boric acid, 1 dram fuller's -earth, 2 drams talc, 3 drams starch. This should be sprinkled inside the stockings each morning, and will pre- vent tender feet from becoming un- pleasantly chafed during the day. Even if your feet give you no trou- ble they should be as carefully at- tended as the hands, for only as long as your feet feel healthy and com- fortable can you maintain beauty of carriage and grace. Children should not be given tastes of "grown-up" food. Their plain, wholesome food will taste insipid and unsatisfying after the highly season- able dishes. Loosen windows that are hard to move by pouring a little *melted lard between the frames and on the sash - cord and roller. Rubbing the window frame with a cake of soap which has not dried out. will prevent the sash from sticking fast. Three scrubbing -brushes nailed in a box so the brushes will rub both sides and the- sole of the shoe when the foot is drawn through the contriv- ance, will be a worksaver for the farm woman these days—if she can get the men folks to use it when they come in from outdoors. When hot fomentations are needed in sickness, wring a flannel cloth from hot water and apply. Then lay against it a bottle or a' rubber bag filled with hot water to keep the cloth warm. An extra hot fire should be watch- ed, making sure that there is no ex- posed wood work about the chimney or near the stove. Look around and sniff for smoke before you go to bed. Never neglect the faintest smell of smoke, but investigate at once and et the investigation be a thorough one. Strong, Healthy Feet. If we realized haw much beauty of form depended on the health and beauty of the feet, perhaps there would be fewer cases of feet partly crippled by broken arches and other avoidable ailments. Sometimes an ailment of the foot is not noticed because there is no pain until the trouble reaches an ad- vanced stage, and also, too, perhaps, because of the fact that women have )accustomed themselves to the pain of wearing tight, uncomfortable but eashionable shoes, and are inclined to, let slip any irritation of the feet. However, no woman can have a graceful carriage unless she is sup- ported by feet that are strong and in perfect, healthy condition. Shoes too tight or too loose make for all sorts of irritations, and the tiredness of the feet that comes to the busy Housewife who stands most of the day is not a small temporary matter,' 1 but requires immediate attention and Homely Wrinkles. Sounding the Sky. A French astronomer has proposed using some of the biggest guns cap- tured from the Germans as a means of sounding the higher strata of the earth's atmosphere. He would take. "Big Bertha," mount it vertically, and hoot from it projectiles carrying ape paratus for recording the air pressure SWITCH OFF! Put aside the Salts, Oil, Calomel, or Pills and take "Cascarets," Are you keeping your bowels, liver, And stomach clean, pure, and fresh with Cascarets, or merely whipping them into action every few days with Salts, Cathartic Pills, 011, or Purga- tive Waters? Stop having a bowel wash -day. Let Cascarets gently cleanse and regulate the stomach, remove the sour and fer- tnenting food and foul gases, take the excess bile from the liver and carry out of the colon and bowels all the constipated waste matter and poisons to you can straighten up. Cascarets to -night will make you feel great by morning, They work 'While, you sleep—never gripe, sicken, or cause any inconvenience, and east as little too• and other conditions at great alti- tudes. • "131g Bertha" fired a shell yveighing 484 lb„ with an initial velocity of over 5,000 feet a second. Such a shell, fired vertieelly- would travel 258,000 feet into the air, or nearly fifty miles, says "Everyday Science." As our at- mosphere is believed to be only forty- five miles in depth, some highly in- teresting facts might be recorded by the apparatus, provided that the gun can bo fired vertically and that the apparatus survives the shock of the shell's return to earth, when it would be falling at the rate of 1,666 feet a second. The shell would return to -earth, although it did penetrate beyond the limits of the earth's atmosphere.' But. given a "Bigger Bertha," with a muz- zle velocity of 26,000 feet a second, or five times as great, a shell fired from such a gun would never return. It would become a satellite of the earth, revolving round alike the moon. The Greatest Country. ' Two American sailors who had been indulging somewhat freely were sit- ting beside a kilted soldier on the top of a tramcar in Edinburgh. "No doubt about it," said one of them loudly. "We come from the greatedt country in the world." "Weel, was the quick retort of the man in tartan, "ye dinna speak with a pare Scotch accent." "The world always listens to diose who know how to be silent, AN EXCELLENT MEDICINE Y0I, LIT'T'LE ONES Baby's Own 'ablate. arean excel- lent medicine foie little ones. Tbey are a mild but thorough .. -laxative which sweeten the stomach and regu- late the bowels, thus bringing relief in cases of constipation, indigestion, colic, colds and simple ravers, Con- ceri}ing them Mrs. L. J. Chiassou, Pa- ciuetville, N.I3., writes:—"I have found Baby's Own Tablets excellent for my young baby in the case of constipa- tion and colic and it gives me great pleasure to recommend thein to other mothers." The Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by neat' -at 25 cents a box from The Dr, Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville,. Ont. An Island Where Deer Are Safe. " - The deep music of a deerhuud's voice came faintly idown the - wind, shortly it blended with the sharper voice of a hunti ig Atreus ; ' The scream. of a hungry cougar 'r not more terrifying •.0 'the timid .dear of :.he Ilriti,lh C ..n.hli)ia coast glen the bey cf the 1un;i's on the trail.. ---When ! they hear it they get up • and gel -- straight for water. Tia Wale spiko luck, born a few eceleons le.fere on 1The rugged, forest 1-_1 covet elf tile '- ._!c phot/ :i.ee, l 'ted iiir 1 His eyes and h44s-,ea;r:, his i'4 ey e ee di pia; e(i the Thigh tel - son of Iii, ieut nerves. He lobbed 1:11 - to the. forest of the island ou . which he stood, and he saw nothing alarm- ing. Ile turned and stared across the water toward Nelson Island. The only thtug that caught his eye that did not denote restful nature in primitive grandeur was a einuilge of smoke that smeared the horizon and showed that a C.P.R. coasting steamer was out- bound from Powell River. Theri the boom of the hound's voice rolled again across the waters, from Nelson Island. The deer moved nervously, looked all round again—and calmly bent his head to (lite, a mouthful of grass. IIe was safe. He was on Hardy Island. Hardy Island is the city of refuge to all the deer that know about it. Three years ago it was good hunting grounds. To -day it is taboo to men with guns, and hell pops, as the say- ing goes, if men with both guns and dogs appear. It. is unlawful toct deer with dogs in. British Colubut it is still done in certain faints; In spite of law. 'Two years agr perhaps slightly more than thatr. C. J. Leyland of England purchased Hardy Island, a gem of land' situated just off Nelson Island at the mouth of Jervis Inlet. He bought it to .ex- periment' with British trees in the B.C. climate. There were 2,500 acres of rich lands and forests, and there was a . good orchard. He placed a watchman, Tom Brazil, on the proper- ty, and, did no more toward develop- ment, preferring to await the end of the war. Brazil, a lover of animals, caught two of the wild deer that fre- quently swain to the island from the other nearby lands. He tamed them.. They in turn brought other wild ones. Many of them had been run to water i by dogs and took refuge on Hardy Is land. There, seeing how intimate the original tame pair were with the man who controlled the orchards where the luscious apples grew, the wild newcomers gradually grew intimate too. To -day a herd of thirty deer, most of them born in wildness, re- spond to the voice of Tom Brazil when he calls. Some of therm will step for, ward from the herd when called by name. They have no fear at all of man, when on Hardy Island. Some- times they swim to other parts of the coast, and range about a bit, but they come back, often fagged from some fierce run and swim. Toni Brazil's herd is becoming a by- word on the coast, but no dog and no man . dare brave what might happen should he try to hunt on the island of refuge. So the deer are fat, are bring- ing new little lives into the world, and are adding to their numbers by recruit volunteers from the wild ranges where such stifety is not known.—L.V.K. Ai tient Falls of Niagara Found by Canal Diggers. Niagara Falls, nature's American masterpiece, is merely the successor to a grander cataract that, neons ago, shook the forests about the present site of Thorold, Ontario. This opini- on is held by several engineers who have inspected the local excavations for the new Welland ship canal. Here, 10 miles south of Lake Ontario and the same distance west of the present waterfall, precipitous ledges have been uncovered, over which water from Lake Erie is thought to have poured in seeking the lower level. In support of this theory Is adduced the remarkable evidenee of the rocks themselves, these bearing unmistak- able signs of erosion through countless years. '11he peak of Tenerife easts a show dow 50 ,miles long on the ocean, The Invitation to Service "A certain man Made a great sup- per, and bade many." ---St. Luke, xiv., 16. • That supper was the judgment. No - Lod suss iected it,for doomsday s ,� i o dooms 1 �* was the end of the world. But by taking 'an incident, almost at random, from the life of every day and showing' ealth isters public finance and graft makes petty office. a temptat}on. "I have "; ,;,, s,.a da)› ›Di, >e) bought a piece of ground:' "I have bought a yoke of oxen," "I have mar- ried a wife!" And the wife is no dif- ferent. The women have the card party, the shopping trip, the dress- maker, their huMbande, their guests, men what was going to become of their children, and therefore they ean- them ultimately in what they were not come, Even the children are not making of themselves daily Jesus free. What they have to do is an • gave them to see that every day is i easy excuse, with their own disin- judgment day. No throne is set, no i clination and the indulgezice of their judge • appears, no hooks • are opened; . parents, for exemption from the lit - but the eternal assize is gm, and in tie they might: lender. the thought. the Word, the deed of I • The Joy of Service, this moment we are on trial ,before. ' Well, they have their way, and then God for a verdict that shall stand `what ? They pay. "Go- into the -forever } { and 1 1 Hach the men of the parable been streets anes, the highways an hedges and bring in hither the poor How Health May Be Built. The very foundation stone of health is Sleep and for that reason the Habit of Sleep should be built first of all, For the first three months of life the healthy baby sleeps (if allowed to) eighten to twenty hours out of the twenty-four. A wonderful thing happens. That baby doubles its weight in three months, something that never happens again in all its long life. A ten -pound baby can gain a pound in one week during his sleep period, •a gain of ten per cent in body weight. Think what a miracle is hap- pening before your very eyes, just as the result of sleep and a little food reminded of this, what defences they' and the maimed and the halt and the and care, could have made! They had accepted and For none of these Was your baby cross and restless an invitation and then declined to go.' 1, a shall taste of after it was born? My first guees ? " loon which .r ere i 1 ( as to the cause is that you worked But why? 13e(j 1! . of more import- my supper." H�'hat_ inspired the par - art mzttt('3 (lh.ive b iu'rht a Niece , too hard before Baby came, and now able was Jesus emcee s to getting mien of grog :tl.' the ''EP11 business man; ,,l" should have helped Il m—the not only you lose sleep as a cense- "1 have '�li' it• f+'.? yoke al' rD :en,' the ,:;,, �+ ,� .., +. „ 1 i.nence but your preciall' One also late:,i!'r t c'1 (:' 1• '`] h^[ " I'?;14'rle(1 iDdd 1 t1,..i eC (: 0 tt5•(;> = n' loses it. When yen lose :sleep and get t ., I-, it:-• t ?e r•it•h ttni' :l" .cerin. Ac- r a 1 f i i . ? J. t ,l�anri, Aticl Y n r , _ tl]`C rt, then e; a:ire the heby •attired 1' `., 1 - •- c1 ,lc,'<. 4'n 6' �l.c.d 131:, 1' 44 �,'1 1+ kin t.t: idl'e ;1:1 . , i, ;1 e....14?ln, lt;it milk" and th ,n it gets restless and dem of eerrlee with the lowly; the i1S V :.111. ' �`: !1:?d to 1oeli afi:er. y, cannot sleep e tk its wakeitllneso pee the •( i` -es . '.l;he e 1;..111 le (.heir their hit" 37e t;,. -.l �' , .:'nl'li, their fain- ' 40rll; you awake still mere and so .,.1-. iii lrl?s.4 ]iab:.'(7 (.l;^ �.•.,t;itl al R. olid li't.,^, hut ?` rt v ::t:'.li:ti them to ., , ,„ 4o 1 tr(':Ld the ViC'ieus circle. I hope et rr..I i h Jay 111:11 t:1444 . nli ,pCl ' C,aO e . cry ;nether "h' '.' „n•_ th. , -2-Tow, it is much ,leeee who has done this will if •.'.e can,n: l ::e have (Erne (Air '•r,• .. i;,+. a `.•life t'Ilat• `-ll•s could save ti l•�'w.lf nevc•h was rl;r tf r " ,,j -� 11- d1lt;' - v• i ' of men 1:1.'41 ,l y- and her bob['---- int 1S the hoop{- , • ,flet?;, ec>nlpin: mss and i alfa:•e of til whole fans- -._ i to .. 4i L_?i5 was nothing lar „ ,y,,,, happier�. g•Icri fin been. , _ , 1t % [_ have -r. eio ...e, and '.... a never tree a ?15---•l�.- t -:(kin.; time t`> reel-, and that .l . t 1 n , e ha, ic.ie „ v „' , come,nny, :.ne. we?? tine 'ES:sr+t9r pu all tinea ;hila': 'Alien are commanded 1� 4 she will not re: (:dt this mistake Mil- all We it the only 11 V t•r 14't" -f-1113 In limo; of older ,eotheh"s will join nie you ear. We re tt?.nr0 11 .bio ser- vit4iion to think of others. to hncon- Vante' 1["e have Lane that which was > n 11 rav!n T 1:.')i R;i': a yourself of sleep ven:ence one's self for one's reign our duty. to (lo." t } ,r ,,i :"!�.'t n , ,, l (]o(: Ila( ih,\y," We bat , o a beyond ,:; n. n; nt�.. When Pelby- is able to toddle around, Haw no •,1'e tieasiire Up? ' in the I):ln:l, is an in i`')tun to a feast. i Judged bythis standard, how dot And those who decline. in the interest i tuc t]I r tl rn "er period comes. The v ) A ., V.T.c g•• 1, • h 1 1 .17114, iid(...ih,1, ,lrl v en with the urge of We measure rip, s citizens re c:. other thinees that r?i1 profit thein;gctting; housework clone, wants to get content with doing merely the things. more have not the eyes to see that ; first one thing and then another out we 'are Obliged to do—pay our taxes,' there is no good like the good of do- i of the way before she takes care of keep the laws --and letting it go at ing for others, having a hand in thiel the little one's bedtime needs. Then that? The peril of the Canadiiln cam-, achievements that gladden 'nen s mmnity is the honest. law-abiding Citi-; lives. i [:heel she gets around ntput Baby zen. who fails to recognize that the! At this the beginning of a new age, 1 co •bell, etchild here is a crying sptofall l bel public welfare demands more. This; a certain man makes a great supper, 1 cause the once orselse oshe has tired t fallen is how it happens''that politics con-' and bids—YOU AND ME. --Rev. J. aslep in a pathetic little heap in a trols the city, incompetence admin-' B. Werner. corner and hes to be waked up for necessary undressing and bathing. • ( TONIC FOR 'HIE i � Cheese a bedtime hour far each Cleaning the Street Lights. A newspaper correspondent relates one of the children and then stick to it. Let it be too early rather than an amusing experience that he had while attending the Peace Conference The OnI Real �7eTV',_'Ji`tnic a too late. A baby tires very easily at Paris. He was walking through an yand needs d aihy short rest periods unfamiliar part of the city one day • -during the day and• a twelve-hour Good Supply of Mich; Red• sleep at night. Even though g your Blood. 'one -year-old baby will not fall asleep, every period of, so-called crossness is "If people would only attend to a signal that the child is tired and their blood, instead of worrying them- needs to See put into crib or on the bed, if only for five minutes or until it gets good-natured again. Remind yourself that "baby tires so easily," and remind others of it too—even its father. Get into the habit of taking a keen . loop at the face of your sleeping child. 111 health always shows on the sleep- ing face. The sound, dreamless sleep. of the perfectly healthy baby is one of the most beautiful, sights oa earth. I feel as though I should get down on my knees in adoration before it. Loss of sleep injures, first the nerv- ous system, then the digestive sys- tem, then the blood system. After misery, and it all comes from starved that you may have any kind of an nerves, ache or pain. But you can keep your Doctoring the nerves with poisonous health by taking your full allowance sedatives is a terrible mistake. The of sleep. only real nerve tonic is a good supply - ?and had stopped to rest beside a lamb] post when a little man who carried a pail of water and a scrubbing brush came along. He set down the pail and touched This hat to me, writes the correspondent. "Pardon monsieur!" selves ill," said an eminent nerve he said.. "Bon jour, monsieur!" I re- specialist, "we doctors would not sae plied. our consulting rooms crowded with "Pardon, monsieur!" he repeated. "I must be about my work." "Well, go ahead!" I said, laughing. "Who's stopping you?" nervous wrecks. Vlore people suffer from wotry than anything else." The sort of thing which the special- ist spoke of is the nervous, run-down -" he said with condition caused by overwork and the "If monsieur insists a shrug of the shoulders that ought to many anxieties of to -day. Sufferers find themselves tired, morose, low Kaye led me to believe that he had an unpleasant duty to perform. Then he spirited, and unable to keep their dipped the scrubbing brush into the minds on anything. Any sudden noise hurts like a blow. They are full of pail of soapy water ancl began to wash groundless fears, and do not sleep off the bottom of the lamp -post. It well at night, I•Ieadaches, neuritis and was perfectly obvious to any thinkin>°r, other nerve pains are part of the person that he nad been sent out to clean the street lights, but he was washing them at the bottom instead of at the top! He scrubbed the post thoroughly for about three fent from the ground, of rich, red blood. Therefore to cure and then he picked up his bucket and jj nervousness and run-down health Dr. started on, i Williams' Pink Pills should be taken. "Hey, monsieur!" I called feebly, 11 These pills actually make new, rich for I was almost helpless from laugh- blood, which strengthens the nerves, ter. "Wait a minute!" " improves the appetite, gives new"Monsieur?"Ito said as he stopped strength and spirits, and makes and waited with great respect. hitherto despondent people bright and `:How long have you been on this cheerful. If you are at all "out of job?" I asked. sorts" you should begin curing your - `•Job? What is job?" self to-dey. by taking Dr. Williams' "Work," I explained; "washing Pink Pills. these lamp -posts. Yon're a new Wren, you can get these pills through any aren't you?" dealer in medicine, or by mail at 50 "New than? What is that?" cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 from •"1• mean you're new on the job," I The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., began, ahid,tlien when i daw the was Brockville, Ont. not catching my meaning I asked, "How long have you been doing this work?" • "Six years. monsieur." "And have you been washing the bottoms of the lamp -posts for six years and never once cleaned the glass at the top?" I exclaimed. "Yes, monsieur." "And in all that time has nobody ever told you that you were doing the thing all wrong?" "No, monsieur." And with that he picked ,kip his bucket and trudged down the street to the next lamp -post, Jews of the World. The Jewish population of the world is 15,430,000, according to David Trio- tsch, the well-known Jewish statist - clan. Poland and the Ukraine each have 8,300,000, while there are 3,100,- 000 in the United States, '900,000 in Russia, and 300,000 in the British Isles. ire Chinese Sweet Potatoes. e The staple crop of China is said to be sweet potatoes. There is no part which does not raise them. Modern Eskimos to Have Igloos of Concrete. It is a matter of governmental re- cognition that the Eskimo Indians of the Pribilof Islands are rapidly gain- ing in sophistication, as the prices of the sealskins and blue and gray fox pelts they sell mount higher and higher. Those bits of frozen land in Bering Sea, whose total area is less than 70 square miles, have only about 350 inhabitants, yet they bre being as- sailed by all the aspirations of pros- perity, and are beginning to buy the most interesting items the mail-order catalogs offer. So united States en- gineers are building them igloos of concrete, thus substituting the most substantial of materials for what seeing, from. the temperate -zone view- point, the most ephemeral. It is to be noted, however, that the builders are careful to adhere' closely to the native style of architecture. We should avoid personal extra- vagance if we would escape national poverty. Chicks Reared in Bacteria - proof Incubator. Upon the old question of whether or not vertebrates can live without the companionship of the "benevolent" bacteria which ordinarily populate their digestive tract, penetrating light is thrown by the recent experiments of a French bacteriologist. He is able to report that This bacterialess sub- jects have developed vigorously, and at maturity have actually displayed unusual resistance to cold, thirst and hunger. Placed among untreated fowl, they have easily withstood the inroads of common bacteria, As laid out on the laboratory table, there is first a cubical antechamber, about 37 in. on each edge. Ilere the scientist washes the eggs in antiseptic Bola - tion, and performs other manual opera- tions. Communicating with this ante- chamber by an air -tight door is the cylindrical brass incubator, about 15 in. long, where gas jets keep the eggs at constant temperature, until they hatch. Zeparated from this chamber by a cloth curtain is a likewise air- tight cylinder of glass, 00 in. long, where the chicks live until their transfer to an unprotected chicken yard, or their death by chloroform at the end of a determined period, Two substances, alone, are admitted: Me tared air and aseptic food. Water Is condensed from the air by a refrigera- ting coil, which drops it into an in.' clined gutter, and thence into the drinking tub within reach of the chicks. Prolific Egg Layer. The female turtle usually lays at night in the sand, depositing from one hundred and fifty to two. hundred and My eggs, which she covers with sand.