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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1920-08-19, Page 2m O.n QPMt They Paid the Mortgage. Daisy Kisses -4 egg whites, 1% After the sudden death of their par -i cups powdered sugar, 3 teaspoon ,ants in a railroad accident, Alice! lemon juice, 'IA teaspoon vanilla. Beat Tucker and her sister 1VLildred faced' whites until stiff. Add sugar gracl- the world with a $1,500 mortgage on ually. Continue beating. Add vanilla the 60 -acre farm. There were three and lemon juice. Drop from the spoon horses, four cows, a flock of chickens on a baking„ sheet covered with damp and two pigs, The house was well, paper, or on but ered paper. Bake in guilt and roomy. • The girls' equity in the farm was fess than $500 and for a miserable week they almost decided to sacrifice the equity, sell off the stock and go to the city. Mildred was seventeen. Her sister, a trained nurse by profession, would have to be away from the rooms they intended to rent and hesitated to leave her sister so much alone in the large city. The girls "put their beads together" and disregarding the comments of free ;advice givers, went ahead with a plan of their own. The taro horses and such part of the farm equipment as would be used with tablespoons gelatin, 1 cup water, x/z ar team, were sold. This money was cup cold water, 1 lemon, 1 •cup nut spent at once in putting in a bedroom meats. Bail the sugar and water to - and clearing away several unsightly gether until t reaches the soft -ball (buildings. Then a tennis court was stage—that is, until the syrup forms built. Alice, the nurse, made a trip a soft ball when dropped in cold water. a very slow ove for thirty minutes, or until brown. .Sea -Foam Kisses -2 2-3 cups brown sugar, 1% cups water, 2 egg whites, s/ teaspoon vanilla. Boil the sugar and water until the syrup will form a soft ball when dropped from the spoon into cold water. Beat the whites of the eggs very stiff and beat them into the warm syrup. Beat the mix- ture until it begins to thicken and then drop on buttered paper. As the first spoonful flattens, pour a second on top of it. The addition of a nut meat to every piece makes very at- tractive candies, Divinity Kisses -2 •cups sugar, 2 to the city and called on two or three doctors who knew her work, and to them she explained a plan which met with their hearty approval and prom - rise of support. The girls were going to be ready to board convalescents who could afford to pay a good sum weekly for roam and board in the country and attention irons a registered nurse. Before long, six convalescents were Lent to the Tucker homestead. They found a large, airy house comfortably ,furnished. The yard was 'shady and !the rooms cool. There were plenty of ;good chairs and lounges, magazines and books; those who felt strong enough could play tennis. The meals were a constant delight: delicious country hart and chicken, fresh crisp vegetables, home-grown fruit, good milk, cream and butter. The food was prepared by Mildred who ;was an excellent cook. Alice, in white uniform, gave spe- cial attention to such convalescents as needed counsel—or •comfort. The expense of the establishment .was :not large. A neighbor's boy did Then add the grated rind and strained juice of one lemonand the gelatin which has been soaking in one-half cup of cold water for two hours. Beat until it begins to harden, add the nuts, and pour in shallow dishes to cool. When cold cut in dice or heart shapes, and roll in confectioner's sugar. Looking Your Best. Fashion still calls on you to reveal your neck. Therefore give a thought to its appearance. An ordinary wash- ing once a day isn't good enough for it unless it's a real good neck—and, alas, how few real good necks are seen! Take a peep at your own neck. If it's dingy and wrinkled, the chances are that you treat it like the bad -step- sister of the face. But just a little kind care and attention will make it fresh and pretty. The constant daily use of a good lotion whitens the neck and banishes the telltale wrinkle. You can buy these lotions in the drug store, or you can make them right in your own kitchen. Here's one used by a famous Span - old thing that sneaks upon you un- aware. A few good exercises prac- ticed every day will soon send it about its business, Slowly but rhythmically toss your head backward and forward, and then from side to side. Then twist it, still slowly, as far around your body as you can, The too -thin neck and shoulders can be improved by massage with a heavy nourishing cream., and by deep breath- ing. Anything that aids ,in building up the general health will have a good effect upon the neck. You seldom see a woman of vigorous health with. a scrawny' neck—now, do you If you .powder your face•, put a little on your neck, Then the line were the powder ends won't show, and; the skin will look pretty in a natural' way And, as I said before, a pretty "neck goes far in aiding you to look., your best. For a neck that is darker than the face, or discolored by furs and high .collars, there is a wonderful bleaching cream: the errands, milked the cows, fed the isli beauty: To the white of an egg pigs and went to town for supplies. add an equal quantity of strained The first year proved very success- lemon juice. Boil thein to a soft jelly, fuI from every standpoint. The girls and apply to the neck in an upward made money and the convalescents and outward motion. Of course you were full of praise for the enterprise. know that all motions in beautifying It was not long' before there was a waiting list. must be upward and outward, because as the years slip by the muscles sag Part of the profits of the first year inward and downward. Let this lotion tewere used in improvements. The house stay on all night, and wash it off in as painted and two new bathrooms the morning with cold. water. The "`were put in. A man. and his wife were lemon juice acts as a bleach, while the u` iixed to do the hard work. The man oboes the work on the farm and puts an a large vegetable garden which cuts rdown the food expense. His wife does !the cooking under the supervision of Mildred. Last year, there were twelve guests all summer, and before winter came, `the "Tucker girls" drove their car into town and, at the bank, paid off the 'mortgage on the farm. The free ,'advice givers have nothing to say and gall their friends rejoice. Have Some Summer Kisses? The following recipes will give you three of the very nicest summer kiss- es, warranted to melt in your mouth and not to cause either heartache or Just because you're thin, don't con- etomache ache after indulgence in gratulate yourself that you will them: escape the double chin. It's a mean egg is an astringent and irons out the wrinkles. It's not only in your kitchen that you can find cosmetics- for your. neck. Step into your vegetable garden. The Mice of those ripe tomatoes will beau- tify any neck. Or else pick a cucum- ber. Cut it in pieces, cover it with cold water, and slowly bail it down to a pulp. When this is strained and cooled you'll have a delightful lotion. It can be used on a• refraetory i fee, too. There are preparations to remove liver or moth patches from the nedk. Peroxide or a paste of borax and water faithfully used for several nights may lighten them.. Exciting Moments on Ships Afire Common enough are smouldering fires on board ship. In many cases !they are comparatively harmless. 'They arise mostly from spontaneous Xiombustion, caused by piling large quantities of coal in close quarters. It is said there is not much danger rem such a fire; hardly any on an Iron or steel ship. The lirst protective easure is to exclude the air, so that e fire can ouiy smoulder. Then the tanker is flooded with water, which 5tsualiy serves to extinguish the fire. Dven in wooden ships the danger rom smouldering fire is not half so lgreat as has been pictured by lands - pen. This is illustrated by the ex- irpgriouce of the captain of the Twin, r 3rothers, engaged some years ago in ,he wheat trade between San Francis - :0o and Liverpool. The vessel was re. ;Itatrning from the latter port with a ',thousand tons of coal in the hold as allast, Just after she rounded Cape orn it was discovered that the coal has on fire, There was a steam pump on board, ;end after closing the lower hatches i •hme crew flooded the hold until the 1•. Si111IllER COMPLAINTS KILL LITTLE` OINES At the first sign of illness during the hot weather give the little ones Baby's Own 'Tablets or in,8 few hours he may be beyond aid. These Tab- lets will prevent summer- complaints if given occasionally to the well` child and will promptly relieve these troubles if • they come on suddenly. Baby's Own Tablets should always be kept in every home where there are young children.. There is no. other medicine as good and the mother has the guarantee of a government -analyst that they are absolutely safe. The, Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co, •Brockville, Ont. Hymn -Boal Humor. Hymns have provided some ofthe richest jokes that ever raised a laugh. A lay preacher, acting on a request made to hint just before the service began, asked the morning congrega- tion to join in singing hymen 986. He was alarmed when he cliseovered that the first line of the hymn was "The • day is past and over." But his discomfiture was not so great as that of a minister who, on the Sunday after his marriage, unthinking- ly opened a service with a hymirwhicli reads, "Oh, woe is nie; what tongue` can tell my sad afflicted state?" Even the sanctity of the chau'ch could not restrain the merriment: casioned when a preacher who had uat consciously sat down rather heavily upon a box of matches in his coat-tail pocket, rose to announce the hymn, "See how great a flame aspires,", while '. all the time his coattails were burn- ing. • On another occasion at a Sunday - school festival, it was arranged that the children, after parading the vil- lage, should march into the church as the service was beginning. The scene would have been impressive had not the wrong opening hymn been select- ed. The first verse of "Hold the Fort" had been sung and just as the school. superintendent,. at the head. of the children, was walking down the aisle the congregation was singing "See the mighty host advancing, Satan leading on." An unhappy choice was that of a deacon who, called upon to fill an un- expected gap at a harvest festival ser- vice, gave out the hymn "Lord, what a wretched land is this." The selection of hymns for the mar- riage service has often led to fun. The bride-to-be who selected "Oft in dan- ger, oft in woe" for her marriage ser- vice was under no delusion as to her future prospects. Less confident was. the girl who requested that "I know not what's before me; God kindly veils my eyes" should be sung. ship had settled about four feet lower in the water. No rine was frightened and every one was confident that the ship would be safely brought into port 1 at San Francisco. Call was made at 1. Valparaiso, but net a man deserted the ship. The vessel was seventy-two days in reaching San Francisco from the 1 Horn, and all that time the coal burn- ed, and little streams of smoke could be seen coning through the cracks in i the deck. Arriving at San Francisco 1 the Twin Brothers sailed out on the mud flats and was flooded until she settled almost even with her upper deck. This extinguished the fire. The appearance of the vessel after all this was pretty fair 'evidence of what a ship -may survive in the way of fire damage, In a dozen places the bottom had buirned through, and all that was between the crew and the deep sea was the thin sheet of copper bottom. The weight of the coal and the pressure of the water kept about equal strain on both sides of the cop- per sheeting, and It had not broken through, although it was little thicker than an ordinary tin pane J. Bun: "We've got to get him up or he'll have us down!" Germany must be saved in spite of herself. That is the fact borne out by the recent decision of the Allies to reduce their claims of indemnity against Germany. But perhaps for sheer cynicism the selection of a bachelor minister takes the •palm. Asked to officiate at a wed- ding ceremony, he chose as hymn, "Delrzded souls who dream of heaven and seek to find it here below." �a a1se's Isle for Tourists. Robinson Crusoe's cave may soon be converted into sleeping quarters for globe trotters, according to Prof. W. A. Bryan, vice-president • of the Hawaiian Historical Society, The Chilean Government, Mr. Bryan said recently, is considering creating a na- tional Park and tourist resort on the island of Juan Fernandez, famed as the abode of Daniel Defoe's literary character. • Modern hotels and other attractions would be erected on the island, ac- cording to plans being considered. The beauty and verdure of the island, Mr, - Bryan says, is similar to the oldest park of the Hawaiian Islands. Two nights were spent by Prof. Bryan recently in Robinson's Crusoe's cave. The professor is at present in the South Seas seeking proof of his theory of an immense submerged con- tinent in the Pacific. • Mexico has had sixty revolutions in sixty-one years. 1 0 Cord or (Fabric T' EPENDABLE tires, likeood roads, always pay foe themselves many times over. , Partridge Tires have a supreme hand -built dependability w h i c la makes them savers of dollars, time and in- convenience. They are: quality from tread to the inside of the casing. G meds ibe rli me 129E ese-seta, yams erase a' p utty A ,� ,. .. ..x .< The BEST Chewing Tobacco Best selected leaf -- Skillfully manufactured ---delicious flavor— Ever fresh and lasting ANCHOR PLUG Ir019 deeS4144140Q<Ieseeleafelalta< Ear U V Health Don't Give Children Under Twelve These Foods. The following 'Reds should never be given to children under 12 and are not advised for ,older children: Stimulants—Coffee and tea, These have no food value, but stimulate the heart and leave serious poisons that inure 'kidneys, liver, stomach. and. nerves, Condiments—Pepper, mustard, cat- sup, vinegar' and pickles. These ir- ritate the delicate fining of the stom- ach; they over -stimulate the appetite; they have no food value, Too much acid takes needed mineral from the body. Meats --Pork roasts or chops, ham, sausages, meats ;Ond fish when canned or a ecT, corned beef, and kidneys. All are difficult to 'digest. Pastry—Pies, tarts, dumplings and cream puffs. The combination of fat and starch snakes these hard to digest. Rich foods—+Rich cake, pudding's, sauces, candy, ice cream and jam. Too much sugar or fat over -taxes the di- gestion and also spoils the appetite for simple, wholesome food. Fried food—Fried meat, potatoes, or eggs, fritters, doughnuts, waffles or pancakes. Fat combined in this man- ner with starch or protein delays, and prevents digestion. Starch requires longer cooking than is possible in fry- ing. Fresh baked food --'Such as bread, rolls, muffins and cake. These should be at least twenty-four hours olid. Rolls or muffins may be served warm by reheating in the oven. Fresh bread. or cake forms a sticky mass, very difficult for the digestive juices to dis- solve or penetrate. There are still other foods which are hard to digest and which should not bo fed to children less than six years old. This includes popcorn, soda water, ice cream cones, peanuts, baked beans, rusks, grocery cookies, cu- cumbers, cabbage, whole nuts, cher- ries and berries. Ten Years to Write a Poem. Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" occupied some thirty years of diligent study and close work. Each volume took two years in the actual writing. It wasa life work, and was undertaken as such, the author fully realizing the magnitude of the task he had set himself. Although. Herbert,Speaner's, eystena • of philosophy Is developed in books bearing distinct titles, • yet from his "Social Status," published in 1850, to his' "Man Versus the State," issued in 1880, the idea. was the same, that society is au organism subjeot to evolution, and his eight books on the subject are really one. It is said that "John. Inglesant" took its author, Joseph Henry Shorthouse, seven years to complete, and it would therefore take rank as the most labori- ous novel ever written. Many gems of verse have been writ- ten in a few minutes, but Tennyson was writing "In Memoriam" at least ten years. He practically re -wrote it thirty-two times.... But, for its length, Gray's "Elegy" beats Tennyson's record for careful work., It only consists of 128 lines, yet it occupied the poet seven years of careful Composition. Of ' course, the most remarkable book in this category is the Bible it- self, for although its continuity is com- plete, its compilation was spread over at least a thousand years. By way of contrast H. G. Wells con- fesses to have written 10,000 words be- tween. breakfast and bed, while Sir A. Conan Doyle once wrote a 12,000 -word story without leaving his desk. Stev- enson, although it Is said lie would re- write a page for the sake of correct- ing one word, wrote "Jelcell and Hyde" in n days. Dumassevefils could and did, over a considerable period, produce a novel a week. L a it Econoimi se You Can Practice. One man with a 28 -inch horse-drawn plow can accomplish 70 to 80 per cent, mare work than with a single -bottom plow. One with a 28 -inch plow drawn by a tractor can cover 30 to 35 per cent, more ground in a day than with six horses on a horse-drawn plow of the same size. A man with a two -row corn culti- vator, when it is practical to use one, can cover twice as much ground in a day than 'he can with a one -row machine A. corn binder is 50 per cent. mere efficient than, Fran labor. A hay load- er increases efficiency 25 per cent,, compared to than power. To remove a cold pudding or jelly from a mould, wrap a hot cloth round the outside of the mould for a minute or two. To remove a hot pudding use a cold clogs. ri^