HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1920-03-18, Page 2Our Children's Spending Money.
John and Mary were ten and twelve
respectively when I married their
father, and I doubt if there were to be
found anywhere two children with so
little sense of responsibility. Their
own mother died when they were
babies; ' their kind and faithful nurse
was quite incompetent to teach or
train them; and their father admit-
ted that he was unequal to the prob-
lem. Sometimes I think that was why
he married me.
They were healthy, handsome, clever
youngsters, and as good as gold. But
they had the faults that come from
lack of training, and among these a
prodigal extravagance that was al-
ready a source of real embarrassment
to their father. He did not like to talk
about money, and always gave them
what they asked for. lie even allowed
them to charge what they wanted at
the stores.
I began by tall$!ng over with them
the family. finances. They were im-
pressed and sympathetic. I showed
enem what amount had been set aside
to be devoted to each of them; what
could' 'be spent for their clothing,
school books, health conservation,
church and Sunday -school dues,
amusements, and vacation trips, poc-
ket money, incidentals and extras.
'They were delighted, being under the
impression that the sum allowed was
larger than they beer been accustom-
ed to have spent upon them, although
the reverse was true.
I explained to them that we were
trying to carry out a system that was
for the good of the whole family;
that was, to increase our happiness
and prosperity and to aid in preserv-
ing the peace and satisfaction in the
' life of the father they really adored,
ThenI showed them that any kind of
system must be kept perfect at every
point, or the 'whole thing becomes
worthless.
They were interested, and looked
actually thoughtful. . They asked what
they were to do if things they "had to
have" cost more than I had allowed
for them; how about pocket money
if "it happened so" they had to do a
lot of treating? "Or suppose," said
John triumphantly, "prices went up
and up and up?, Looked like they were
going to."
I had my answers all ready. Things
that cost more than one can pay must
be done without; in the matter of
treating one must decide. how far one
can go, and accept. only the limited
amount of hospitality that one can re-
turn; and if the prices go up and up,
tastes and requirements must go
down and down. In case of great
necessity, exceeding of the budget in
one direction must be met ley a cor-
responding cut in some other. For in-
stance, if a friend had to be treated
to -day, one could cut out the expected
trip to the movies to -morrow.
I finished by saying that if John's
or Mary's books did not balance at
the end of the quarter 1 would have
to make up the difference by taking
something out of mine. At this they
protested vigorously.
They found in the system a new
game to play. They Iiked it—liked it
immensely. Of course, from time to
time they backslid. Who does not?
But'they did well on the whole; and
now, at the end of a year, our boy and
girl have learned, among other things,
the value of a dollar; they have
learned how to keep their own ac-
counts, and keep them straight; they
are even happier than they used to be;
and they give every indication that
they will grow up to be sensible and
successful members of society.
Money -Saving Hints, From My
Card index.
As our family is. a small one, I have
always tried. to do my own household
work, with the exception, of course,
of harvest time and the canning sea-
son. .And during our four years of
farm life I have experimented quite a
bit, and have discovered many small
ways of easing labor, saving time, and
dispensing with trouble. Each little
item in itself Is not such a great help,
but taking them ail they amount to
a great deal. And for fear I may for-
get, when once I have proved a little
"helper," I type same on a card, in-
dex, and place in a cabinet, ready at
any time.
I have not space to give nearly all
of these items, but here are a few:
As —41.11 housewives know, when
breaking eggs pieces of the shell often
get into the bowl, and it is difficult to
remove them. 13y just touching the
pieces with the halt eggshell I find
that they cling to it and are easily
taken out.
I always place a small piece of char-
coal in the kettle when cooking, turnips,
cabbage, onions, or, other vegetables
of disagreeable odors. By doing this
the
odor Is entirely removed. Try it
and :eee.
All housewives ki ow how hard It is
to blue the clothes when using hard
water, without the bluing streaking
them. I found that a cupful of sweet
milk added to the tub of bluing water
would always do away`, with the trouble.
Skint milk is all right if not "blinky."
When I want to boll anything quick-
ly, like cider for apple butter, or sugar
water in sugar -making time, I just
place a stick across the top of the ves-
sel in the centre, and it simply can't,
boil over, - .
I always save rolled oats or ether
breakfast - food containers. When
opening I cut smoothly around three
sides of end. When empty they are
fine for packing away the summer's
dried fruit and vegetables, also for
holding farm and 'garden seeds.
How the Planets Were
Formed. •
What has been called the "planet-
esimal theory" is steadily gaining
more supporters among astronomers.
It presents a new idea in regard to the
manner in which the sun and planets
were originally formed.
In various parte' of the heavens the
star -gazer sees patches of brightness
which are apparently fields of star-
dust, enormously vast in extent. It
seems beyond a doubt that they are
composed of meteoric mater. He calls
thein "nebulae."
Long ago a belief was accepted that
our own solar system was originally a
nebula, ' but the plarietesinial theory
offers an entirely new notion of the
process by which the sun and its eight
attendant satellites were brought into
being.
A nebula revolves; The cloud of
star -dust originally representing the
solar system became in the course of
ages smaller and more !compact. It
was a steadily progressive process,
which eventually resulted in the gath-
ering of the meteoric particles about
a few nuclei.At the centre of rotation
the sun was thereby formed. About
other nuclei was gathered the mate-
rial composing the eight planets.
Sun and planets grew by the failing
in of meteoric particles which revolved
in the great swirl of the nebula. In-
cidentally enormous heat was engen-
dered- Thus the sun to -day is a blaz-
ing sphere. Earth since then has had
time to cool. But the four outer
planets -Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and
Neptune—because of their huge size
are•stili hot.
The "rings" of Saturn are composed
of meteoric matter. One may imagine
that planet as illustrating the process
here described still going on. The skies
in our own neighborhood are even yet
so full of star -dust that something like
4,000,000 pieces of it enter- our at-
mosphere every twenty-four hours.
There may have been a time when
the globe we live on had rings like'
those of Saturn. Great numbers of
the'flying particles coalesced to form
little moons. There were. perhaps
tens of thousands of these moonlets,
which finally were gathered together
to form the present lunar orb. And,
say some astronomers, the so-called
"craters" of the moon—many of them
circular plains of great size surround-
ed by, lofty mountain walls ----were
made by the impact of moonlets de-
livered like gigantic projectiles upon
its surface.
MARCH WEATHER
DANGEROUS TO BABY
Our Canadian March weather—one
day bright, but sloppy, the next blus-
tery and cold—is extremely hard on
children. Conditions make it neces-
sary for the mothers to keep the little
ones indoors. They are often confined
to overheated, badly ventilated rooms
and catch colds which rack their
whole system. To guard against these
colds and to keep the baby well till
the better, brighter days come along,
a box of Baby's Own Tablets should
be kept in the house and an occasion-
al dose given the baby to keep his
stomach and bowels working regular-
ly. The Tablets are a mild but
thorough laxateee which never fail to
regulate the stomach and bowels and
thus they relieve colds and simple
fevers and keep the baby fit, The Tab-
lets are sold by medicine dealers or by
mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr.
Williams' blodici ee Co., Brockville,
Ont.
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Must "Square" Dad,
In certain parts of India no girl can
marry unless her father has been
pacified by a gift of rice and a few
rupee.,.,
Ile: not reject an idea just because
people whom you dislike believe in it.
PALE, WAN C
A SIGN ,OF A°
To Have Good Color aiid .Flealth
the Blood Must be Kept
Red and Pure. -
htany women who had good color
and bright eyes in, their girlhood. grow
pale 'and colorless and lose much of
their charm when they become wives
and mothers, Why is it? When the
fading color in the cheeks and lips' is
accompanied by a loss- of . brightness
in the byes and an increasing heayi
ness In the step' and a tendency to
tire easily, the cause is to be sought
in the state of the blood.
Many causes may contribute tb the
.condition of the blood known as anae-
mia. Care of the home, overwork,
lack of outdoor exercise, insufficient
rest and sleep, improper diet, are a
few of them. The important thing is
to restore the blood, to build it up so
that the color will return to the cheeks
and lips, brightness to the eyes, and
lightness to the step. To do this,
nothing can equal Dr, Williams' Pink
Pills. They begin at once to increase
the red corpusles in the blood, and
this new blood carries strength and
health to every part of the body. The
appetite improves, digestion becomes
perfect, and energy ailed ambition re-
turn: Proof is given iu the statement.
of Mrs. Alex. Archambo, Cornwall,
Ont., who says:—"Two years ago''my
health began to fail. I was suffering,
from headaches, pains in the back
and sides, and a constant tired out
feeling. I had used a lot of inedicine,
but instead of it helping me I seemed
to be growjg weaker. My friends
urged me to try Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills, and while I felt disheartened at
my experience with other medicines,
I decided to do so. To my great joy
I soon found the pills were helping
me, and their continued use for a time
fully restored my health. I feel that
I would be ungrateful if I did not give
my experience with Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills, in the hope that it niay point the
way to health to some other poor suf-
ferer," '
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills can be ob-
tained through any medicine dealer,
or may be had by mail, post paid, at
50 cents a box or six telexes for $2.50
from The Dr. Williams' 11edicine Co.,
Brockville, Ont.
•
• World Short of Catton..
Cotton plays a great t i>rt• lifethe
lives of men: ,Even if in'tlrese kilter
tlnres.cotton has beert.xnore of a hand-
thelelen than a king, it Pias recently
turned out a very haughty -sort of
handmaiden and.iiaciined to be exceed-
ingly self-assertive.
Two years' age England look note
of.such possibilities and has. -since had
a committee looking into things. This
committee now points out that the
world is short in cotton, if -needs are.
measured by the capacity•.of pre-war
machinery, and the shortage is in-
creasing; that the shorage is great-
est in the kinds of cotton that go into
the finest kinds of cloth; that Eng-
land is getting 85 per cent. of its cot
ton from the United States, which
each year uses more of its own crop;
and that the British Empire can itself
with profit produce the cotton it needs,
Egypt, the Sudan, Uganda and India
are parts of the empire in which, ac-
cording to the committee, cotton grow-
ing can be greatly extended,
It seems the committee believes
that to extend cotton growing in the
British Empire it will need funds—
something like $500,000 a year. This
amount it proposes to raise by levy-
ing a -tax of twelve' cents on each bale
of raw cotton imported into England.
The Value of Milk.
There can be n�i doubt that there,is
great lack of knowledge'by the people
generally as to the importance of
milk and other dairy products in the
diet. There is no substitute for milk,
and its use should be distinctly in-
creased instead of diminished, regard-
less of cost. The value of milk
cannot be estimated on the basis
of its contents of protein and energy.
Even when measured by this standard
it compares most favorably with other
foods, but it has a value as a protec-
tive food, in improving the quality of
the diet, -which can he estimated only
in terns of health and efficiency.'
Milk is just as necessary in the diet
of the adult as in that of the growing
child. Milk is our greatest protective
food.
•
Spending Angus's Money For Him. •
"How did ye earn the thrippence,
Angus?" asked a mother of her hope-
ful son, who was exhibiting proudly
his wealth. -
'
"A lady gied it me for carrying her
bag," replied: the boy.
"Weel, Angus," said the father, lay-
ing down his newspaper and fishing
In his pocket, "here's anither penny.
Go along and get your hair cut, there's
a gelid laddie!"
Canada to be Imports . .
119,
Fur Market.
Canada is now exporting to other
countries, according to Dominion.
Government figures, $14,000,000 worth
of furs and skins in the course of a
year, and a number are brought back
into the country, purchased by Cana-
dian dealers at. foreign sales and re-
sold to Canadians. The value of furs
and skins exported during the fiscal
year 1918-1919 was $133,737,021. Of
these $9,743,464 worth went to the
United States, $3,763,955 to Great Bri-
tain, and $230,202 to other countries.
Some extent of the values to which
these exports have risen can be ob-
tained from the fact that the value of
the export of furs and skins in 1917
was but $5,S37,383. During the month
of March, 1919, the value of these ex-
ports was.$2,030,704, as compared with
$1,420,168 in the corresponding month
in 1918. It has been estimated that
eighty per cent. of the silver foxes 'of
the world come from Canada.
For nearly four centuries Canada
has been one of the largest and most
productive fields of the fur trade, and
it is impossible to estimate the num-
ber or the value of the costly pelta
taken from the traps of. the Dominion
in this period. Yet, until quite recent-
ly, the fur trade was hardly organized
on a business basis, and beyond the
trapping and taking of the furs the
various phases of the industry passed
out of Canadian hands. Traders
bought from the trappers and then the
raw materials went to the large for-
eign markets.
There has gradually dawned a
realization of the money lost in this
way, hrawever, and in future Canada
will market her own furs and' Mont-
real become one of the most important
fur markets of the globe.., For years
London, St. Louis and New York have
been the selling centres to which
Canadian furs have travelled and St.
Louis had the world's premier fur
mart. The auction at Montreal will be
conducted by a1 ge company capital-
ized at $5,000,000 and will be largol,
co-operative in nature. It is the
tention to hold three auctions a year
The opening of a Canadian fur mar-
ket is a natural development of arts -
ficial breeding and fur ranching. This
industry is fairly general throughout
Canada, and in Prince Edward Island
the industry which has been in opera-
tion for more than thirty years, has
assumed very important proportions.
In 1914 there were in the island no
less than 250 fox ranches with nearly
4,600 foxes.
Canada has 32,000 antumoblIe,;,
d. London iron claims to have -dis-
covered a new beam of light, that will
penetrate even the densest fog,
SSE EYES
1134;°-
CURED
I have cured
hundreds of
cases, and all
without pain,
chloroform, and
'• >� `-% in nearly every
case, in one visit
to' my office.
Write to MISS
R KNORR, 97
Joseph Street, Kitchener, Ont, 'one
of my recent patients. Ask her about
my skill. (Enclose stamp for reply.)
,If -you need my services, call orwrite.
Only an overnight trip from Ontario.
DR. F. Om CARTER
Eye, Eat', Bose, Throat
23 YEARS ON STATE 6TREE.T
120 S.Stete St.,Cl'IiCAGO, ILL.
(tours 9 to 8 Sundays 10 to 12
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Tires, Coaster drakes, Wheels, Inner Tubes,
Lamps, Bells, Cyclometers, Saddles, $quip-
nrent nndflaerts of Bicycles. You can buy
your supplies from us at wholesale prices.
T. W. BOYD & SON,
27 Notre Dame Street West, Montreal
Nothing pays a bigger dividend on
a shall investment -than politeness.
Now is the time to think of next
winter's egg supply.
vuN'T LOOK OLD
FROM HERE UP
A little, "Danderine" checks
ugly dandruff and stops
fair falling
Get a small bottle of "Danderine" at
any drug store for a few cents, pour a
little into your hand and rub well into
the scalp with the finger tips. By
morning most, if not all, of this awful
scurf will have disappeared. Two or
three applications often. remove every
bit of dandruff and stops falling hair.
Every hair on scalp shortly shows
more life, vigor, brightness, thickness
and color.
ACUTE ECZEMA
ON ABY HEAD
Faee9Neck Arms, Terrible
Sight, Itched And Burned.
Cuticura Heals,
Wow .ronalsranai
00 Baby was two months old when
1 noticed little pimples on her head.
They kept getting worse and spread
till her head, face, neck and arms
were onemass of eruptions, burning,
itching, and bleeding. I was told it
was acuteeczema. I had to sew up her
arms and legs in linen. She was a
terrible sight. For one year I had
no rest night er ay.
"We got Cuticura Soap and Olnt-
ment. In less than two weeks she
began to mend and in a few months
she was healed." (Signed) Mrs.
Boorman, 243 McDonnell St., Peter -
hero, Ont., April 19, 1919.
Stop the use of all doubtful soaps.
Use Cuticura for all toilet purposes.
Soap 25c, Ointment 25 and 50e. Sold
throughouttheDominion. CanadianDepot:
Lytp_ins, Limited, St. Paul St., Montreal.
Cuticura Soap shaves without rung.
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Convalescence,.
Following the outbreak of respira-
tory diseases, the market is usually
flooded with many types of "cure -alis,"
tonics, stimulants and other prepara-
tions of unknown value recommended
by patent -medicine Interests for con-
valescents:, This Tebject is brought
to the attention of 'the pu1;jlc at the
present tinfe because there is a pre-
vailing belief that some drug is need-
ed as a tonic or.stimulant .during the
convalescence stage, of influenza dr
pneumonia. Some commercial firms
are ever ready to take advantpge of-
this
fthis belief and place upon the market
some preparation which they claim
will bring back lost energy.
It is true that a tonic may ,lie need-
ed during convalescence, but such
medication should be taken only on
advice of the family physician. It
must be remembered, however, that
health cannot be purchased in a medi-
cine bottle. The best builders of
flesh and strength are good food, fresh
air, sunshine and rest.
It is necessary at this time to warn
against the evil of careless medica-
tion. The physician who has carried
the patient through his or her illness
is capable of carrying him or her
through the peetiiod of convalescence,
and any stimulants which may ,bo
needed should be prescribed by the
doctor.
Convalescence from influenza may
be delayed by reason of the toxic ef-
fect of this disease: Patients should,
therefore, not be discouraged, nor
should they be influenced in any way
by exaggerated and large -typed ad-
vertisements of quick remedies and
cures.
Tonics and stimulants are only ac•
cessories to the natural means of re-
gaining lost vitality, namely—fresh
air, s.Inshine, rest and nourishing food,
German Asks France to
Buy War Art.
Evidence of the astounding post-war
commercial mentality of the Germans
is furnished by a letter received by
L'Illustration from one Steinhausen,
of Cologne, says a Paris despatch. The
document, which calls for no comment,
is worthy of reproduction in full.
"Herewith I beg to draw your atten-
tion to a matter which is well worth
your while.
"One of our best known water -color
artists was attached to the staff of
the German army during the war and
has as his duty to paint most pictur-
esque views of the French towns occu-
pied by the German army, both before
and after their destruction. He has
asked me to interest a French pub-
lisher 1n the matter, so that his water-
colors and drawings, which are of un-
usual beauty and delicacy, may be re-
produced.
"There are about 150 pictures of
towns and villages on the Meuse, in
the Ardennes and Argonne, such as
Bethel, Apremont, Cambrai, Charle-
ville, Grandpre, Chatel, Varennes and
Lille. The paintings show these towns
before and after destruction. They are
really an inestimable treasure for the
French people, who would find In
them a precious souvenir of towns
now entirely or partly destroyed.
"I write to your firm about the mat-
ter, knowing that you are best fitted
to reproduce these paintings artistical-
ly and maintaining all the originality
and effect alined at by the artist, who
was responsibie for most of the draw-
ings in the Gazette des Ardennes (the
infamous treason -sheet published by
the German staff).
"We think it will be best to publish
these drawings in a portfolio with
French captions. It would have xt
great success and be sold by the hun-
dred thousands, I particularly draw
your attention to the fact that noth,
ing in them recalls either Germany's
soldiers. or her army.
"I consider the matter so important
that if necessary I will go to the
French minister of fine arts about it."
New Diamond Field.
A waterless, treeless, virtually life-
less desert near Taungs, in Bechuana-
land, South Africa, is likely'to be the
scene of the greatest rush to stake
diamond claims in all South African
history. Amazing stories are . told of
the richness of the new field, which,
it is reported, will be opened to miners
about March 20, and from the Cape to
the Congo men are preparing to ven-
Lure everything on the race for claims.
Tailings is about a hundred miles north
of the great Kimberley `nines,
'A Diplomat,
A student was up for his examine: -
Lion for medical service in the Navy,
Tho Admiral beamed upon him genial-
ly and proceeded to question him.
r'Whieir do you regard as the three
finest British sailors?" he demanded
at length.
"Er—Nelson, sir,---er---Drake, sir•--•'
a,'d -ei -1 beg your pardon, sir, but IC
did not !unite catch your `lame when 1
Caine in."
Passed,