Zurich Herald, 1920-10-28, Page 677.7.77.71.1101r,
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A Pumpkin -Time Bazaar. i pies --,little
Seven giant pumpkins set down in each -
an autumn cornfield lighted by a An appropriate autumn entertain -
harvest moon and a myriad of jack -o'- i merit could be given toward the end of
lanterns met your eye when you enter- such an evening, or on the second eve -
ed the hell where the bazaar was held, ning, if the fair lasted two days.
'Upon closer inspection the huge pump-
kins proved to be real booths in dis-
guise.
In each case, a big Wagon umbrella
had been set up firmly, and from the
top, laths or strips of woven wire had I lag' at her daughter not to get mar -
been extended out and down to the; Tied, and what a dog's life a married,
floor to make a ,curved. framework. woman has, and how tiresome house-!
Lengths of orange cheesecloth were work is, and how greatly to be pre -1
then sewed together to form the pump ferred to motherhood—and its atten-1
kin rind, and gathered at the top 1dant reeponsibilities—is a career. We,
around the umbrella ferule, which ini met to discuss "Woman's Part in the,
turn was covered with green to rep- World Re -making," and ended in al -1
resent the pumpkin stem. To it werel 'a' ost coming to blows over wetaan's!
wired one or two big green leaves cutage-old job, having babies and bring -
from cambric or paper. 1 ing them up to become the best sort
The front of each booth was leftof citizens.
open, the orange curtains parting to 1 It was all started by the dierontent-
h , u t r wh: .h. the various, ed woman with a fifteen -year-old•
rouser ones—at a nickel
Marriage •vs. a Career.
We had quite a discussion over it
at the mother's club, whether a moth-
er has a right to be continually "ding -
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akes the Going Hard
It is not the stones which -the way
That make the going stiff.
It is not the work of every day,
It is one small word, "If!'
. . . Heard it, have you? Ever cry,
'Td do it if I could?"
Then wonder why the world goes by;
Why you aren't making good?
It is not the slant of the rising road,
Nor the constant plug uphill;
It is not the weight of your own load—
Not those, old Failure's pill—
He thrives on you, the weaker you,
Who fails, lies down to sigh
Before you have tried your task to do,
Who feebly, foolishly cry—
The chant of the failure, "I would if—"
Or, "Afraid to tackle it!"
No work too hard, no job too stiff
To try it for a bit!
No, it's not the stones which fill the way,
It's the doubts'whichfoolish you
Pick up as you shrink from life each day --
And doubts grow doubts—it's true!
Not the uphill way, the rocks on it
From which soul and life are marred;
It's the lack of pluck and the lack of grit
That makes ALL GOING HARD I-
ofl ares were- displayed. Kitchen tables daughter. There are some woraeni like a confession of failure on herl Golf at Sea.
• I who ought never th marry, or else, t It'strue, too,that a mother
. I b resting .1 lit prt. ,
served as counters, with the lower: ought to marry different men. When
part hidden by a short cheeseclothan aggressive, forward-looking wo-
curtain. man who dislikes being tied to one
The attendants all wore, white, top -i spot, marries a mild, meek -mannered
ped off with little green paper eaps1 man, who is rooted to one job, one
out of which wire handles stuckup; tewn and one house, and who in spite
straight to simulate jack-o'-lantern of his mild manner e is ex reme y
covers. The floor was strewn with "sot," you are bound to have a wore=
corn husks, and cornstalks filled the who thinks marriage is a failure.
corners and bare spaces. That's why this particular woman
Up in a far corner shone the har- came out with:
vest moon, a big circle of orange tis- "1 i Nary not' to be fooled into
sue paper stretched over a barrel hoop
hung in front of a lighted lantern
or an electric light.
The usual products of a country.
timwill e ignor.
fair were on sale in enticing form.1
hebed
Froin the first booth waved a Uniongoing to see she is educated and fitted
;
Jack, and under the sign "Soldiers'i to earn a good living, and use all my
and Sailors' Comforts"iwere gathered nfluence to keep her from tying her -
gifts for the array and navy lads. Un- self down to a home and a Me of
as o ea
wishes to do her full duty by her chili
dren. But who is to say that if she
carried out her own desires she would „
be any better off, or the world wouldi
be a whit improved thereby? Many al
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The Cunard liner Aquitania owns a
golf -course on board, and recently a
number of well-known players com-
peted thereon for the "Championship
of the Atlantic."
The game was in progress while the
veseel ploughed her way through mid -
mother neglects her family because; ocean, and dr-ivee were made out to
she thinks she hag -a higher duty to 1 Eaa. Unfortunately for the competi-
humanity in carrying on some pet tors, owing to water -splash, the judges
scheme of her own. But heimanity a
• -t I were unable definitely to determine
large never knows that particular wo- I the length of the players' respective
man exists, and often the humanity
getting maineied. The minute she does! she is trying to reach would be better 1
i It only remains, therefore, for some -
she'll be chained hand and foot, shut! satisfied if she'd let them alone midi one to devise a really practicable way
up in a kitchen nine -tenths of the I spend her energy in keeping her chil-1 for golfing enthusiasts to pursue their
time, and at least two-thirds oE the dren mended up. 1 favorite pastime on board ship to
e r wishes
I tempt them for ever from the land.
A sister ship of the Aquitania, the
Stealing the juielJge's Watch. imperator, has also provided a new
filled comfort bags and the articles of
equipment for them, little jars of jam
and marmalade, tin boxes of preserved
drudgery." •
Now Mary is distinctly the marry-
ing sort, more like dad than mother, a
ginger and flagroot, and packets of home -loving sort of girl, but immense -
home -made candy were on sale,
ly popular. She never has to worry
In the second booth, fancy
work and! for fear no boy will invite her to the
crocheted articles were assembled,' class paries, her chief worry is to
I decide which one of them she'll honor.
under the heading "Advance Christ -i
Inas Presents." ; If she were left alone she'd grow up
in
The third booth contained apronsto a happy, contented woman, and
holders, sweeping caps, and other take. as keen a delight in cooking a
family dinner and polishing. the silver
household utilities; the fourth sold
home-made candies; the fifth, canned
as her mother does in writing a bril-
ruits and vegetablesnd the sixth, hant -club paper. Everyone in the club
f; a
ice -cream and sponge drops, to be knew her mother's nagging was be -
eaten on the spot.
ginning to make a little. impression
The seventh hoeth, which stood off on Mary, and this day her speech
,
hy itself, was placarded as Peterstruck fire.
"O., s
Peter Pumpkin Eater's Houee. Inslead I don't know," said the =thee
of a ::eunter it had, covering the en- of six. All women aren't unhappily
tranee, a complete curtain. terrifying married, and ail professional women
inits resemblance to a jack-o':lan-
aren't happy. Ihn sure I look as young
tern's face. i
as any business woman of my age, and
my life is a good deal easier than any
Peter himself stood outside the door
singsonging a variation of the well-
working girl's. Think of having to
known old rhyme to attract eostum-
get up and drag off to work in all
ers:
sorts of weather, no matter how you
Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater,
Had a wife and couldn't keep her,
Put her in a pumpkin shell,
Where she tells fortunes very well wishes are always respected. I don't
Nearby Peter's House stood a wig- know as your boss ever asks you
'a -am of cornstalks which seemed to be whether you like things done his way
feel, and of keeping up to the mark
for eight or mine hours. I ,can work
hard a couple of hours, and then drop
down for a rest. And I'm sure my
the centre of a crop of baby pumpkins
growing on trailing green vines among
the corn. The Indian girl who lived in
the wigwam readily picked a pumpkin
and gave it to you on receipt of five
cents. Thereupon you discovered that
the. pumpkin's orange crepe -paper
skin covered a two-inch ball of cotton
batting, which concealed a surprising
little "grab."
A Rieman with a big tray circulated
among the crowd, hawking pumpkin
or not."
So the battle was on, and while
arguments for and against were being
advanced, I kept wondering if any
mother has a right to give her daugh-
ter such a biased view of marriage.
True, lots of marriages are failures,
but that isn't the fault of the institu-
tion. It's the fault of the two parties
entering into that particular contract.
And when a woman is forever decry-
ing marriage it sounds to outsiders
Marvels of the Brain
It is generally computed by scien-
tists that one-third of a second is re-
quired to produce an "impression" on
the human brain, and the brain is con-
stantly receiving and recording ine
pressions during every waking mo-
enent of a peessm's life. Therefore,
assuming that he has slept one-third
of the time, a man of fifty years has
veborded in his brain cells no less than
3,155,760,000 separate impressions.
These impressions are as permanent
as photographs, and not one is ever
lost, though it may be misplaced, eo
to speak, and that is all that happens
niorhen something is "forgotten" The
mpression is safe enough. In the brain,
if one could only put his bands on it,
Poor memory is simply the result of
a bad filing system.
The average Weight of the male
brain is forty-nine and one-half ounces
Ond of the female forty-four entices.
Tlae Woman's brain has a. higher eaeoi-
AO gravity. The man has a large
brain in proportion to stature, but
*Oman's brain is larger in proportion
SA her weight. The difference be-
tween the weight of brain in man and
womaa is much more marked among
civilized than among primitive races,
and is most marked in the Caucasian
race. The female brain begins to lose
weight after the age of thirty, but
that of a man does not do so until teu
or fifteen years later. Tho loss in
woman is very slight, however, and
she keeps up a high brain weight
much later—until seventy—than does
a inan, so that In old age the dif-
ferefice in weight is reduced to its
minimum, which is a little over. three
ounces.
When a brain falls to a weight of
thirty-seven and one-half ounces in
man or tnirty-two an on.e-half ounces
in a woman it is called microcephallc,
and the general rule is that below
these limits idioey exists. There Is,
therefore, just five ounces less amount
Of brainra atter needed to'keep a Wo-
man from idiocy than is needed for a
man. The clear inference is, there-
fore, that the woman's forty-four
mince brain is quite se good as the
inan's
RHEUMATIC PEOPLE
Can Only Find Relief by Enrich.-
ing the Elood.
Rheumatism is a disorder of the
blood. It attacks people when the
blood is overcharged with acid and
impurities, thus eeiting up inflamma-
tion in the muscleand joints. Wet
weather or cold weather may start the
tortures of rheumatism, but- is not the
cause. The cause is in the blood and
the blood only. Victims of this males'
dy have every reason to fear the first
du11 ache in the limbs and joints, fol-
lowed by sharp pains through the
flesh and muscles; these are the symp-
toms of poison in the blood which will
shortly leave the victim paiuracked
and helplese.
There is only one way to cure rheu-
matism, and that is through the blood.
Liniments, hot applications, add rub-
bing may give temporary ease, but
cannot possible- root the trouble out
of the system. That can only be done
by the rich, red blood which Dr. Wil-
liams' Pink Mils make. This new
blood drives out the poisonous acids
and impurities, and the rheumatism
disappears. If you are a sufferer from
this painful malady begin the use of
Dr. Williazus' Pink Pills and see how
80011 the pains and stiffness of the
joints fade away, leaving behind new
energy and new 'walla.
You can get Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
from any medicine dealer or by mail
at 50 cents a box or six boxes for
$2.50 from The Dr. Williams Medicine
Co., Brockville, Ont.
Unequal Losses.
Frederick was, sitting on the- curb,
crying, when Billy came along and
asked him what was the matter. -
"Oh, I feel so bad 'cause Major's
dead—my nice old collie!" sobbed
Frederic.
"Shucks!" said Billy. "My gram'.
mother's been dead a week, and you
don't catch me crying."
Frederick gave his. eyes and nose a
swipe with his hand and, looking up
at Billy, sobbed, despairingly:
"Yes, - but you didn't :raise your
A gentleman once Zell asleep on al peace -time innovation for the interest grandmother from a pap." -
train from Bournemouth to London. I and pleasure of guests. She is the
When he arrived at Vauxhall he found I first vessel to carry a conservatory .
that his watch and chaia were gone. 1 tint may vie with many at Kew Gar -1
The complications that followed make! deas for honors in horticulture.
an interesting story, which Montagu! nehip's gardener has been engaged
Williams tells in his book, Leaves of for the purpose of tending this con-
a life. The gentleman's sole cern- servatory, and fresh -cut flowers will
be on sale to passengers during the'
voyage: The palms and other plants
aboard will also receive attention •
from this expert.
His opinion is that, of all flowers -or'
paniou In the carriage was busily en-
gaged reading a newspaper.
"Has anyone entered this deilipart-
ment while, I have been asleep?" asked
the gentleman, turning to him.
"No," was the answer. plants, hydrangeas are the best sailors '
"Then, sir, I newt request you to and resist variations in sea tempera -I
tell me what you have done with iny ture better than most other blossoms.
wateh."
The other traveller protested hie in-
nocence and said he had seen no
watch and that he knew nothing about
the matter. When the train arrived
at its destinaticu the suspected man
was taken to the police 'court, where
a charge was laid against him before
Sir James Ingham. He was remand-
ed until the next day.
The next morning, when the prison-
er was put in the dock, the prosecutor
entered the witness box. The latter
wore a very dejected appearance and,
before any questions were put to him,
said he wished to make a statement.
"I do not know," he began, "how to
express my regret for what has oc-
curred, but I find that I did not lose
my veinal after ail. I communicated
my loss by telegram to my wife at
Bournemouth, and she has written to
say that my watch and. chain are safe
at home."
Sir James dta all he could to throw
oil upon the troubled waters. -
"It was a me- remarkable occur-
rence," he said. -To show, however,
how liable we all are to make these
mistakes, I may mention, as an extra-
ordinary coincidence, that 2 myself
have only this morning been guilty of
precisely the same overnight as the
one in question, 2 was under the lit,.
pression when I left my house at Ken-
sington that I put my watch into my
pocket, but on arriving at this court
I found that 1 must have left It at
home by mlsake."
When the business of the court was
over, Sir James Ingham wended his
way home. On entering his drawing
room, he met one -of his daughters,
who exclaimed, "I suppose you got
your watch all right?"
"Well, my dear," replied the chief
magistrate, "as a matter of fact, I
went out this morning without it."
"Yes, I know, papa," his daugher
replied, "but I gave it to the man
from Bow Street who called for It."
There had been an old thief at the
back of the room who heard Sir James
giving his experience. He had slipped
out, taken a hansom and driven to
Sir James Ingham's residence, and,
representing hienself.to be a bane, fide
messenger, obtained the valuable
watch, which Was never heard of
again.
The mile in 'tussle is called a verst,
and is 1407 yards long. The longest
mile is Sweden's -11,890 /eras; land
tho shortest, China's -706
A Slieht Error.
A pretty little young tidy of seven
had memorized several of the stories
in her fairy -book, and. was fond of pre-
tending to read them.
One night she was seated upon the
lap of a visitor, affecting to read one ;
of her favorite tales about some wood- !
en dolls.
She was proceeding wit s great en-
thusia.sin for several moments, when
the guest interrupted her by saying:
"But, my clear child, I don't see any-
thing about dolls on that page."
"I know it," she said, promptly and
sheepishly. "I was reading on the I
wrong page."
Then, turning over several pages,
she concluded:
"It's over here!"
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Chronic Rheumatism.
A lumber of the condidions that
effect the joints, especially of persons
in middle and advancing liab, are
variously called chronic gout, arthritis
deformane and chronic rheumatism.
Even physicians do not always dis-
tinguish clearly between these differe.
.ent diseases, for their symptoms are
very much alike. •
That condition sometimes follows -
an attack of the acute form, called
rheumatic fever, but more often it
exists as a chronic disease from the
etart, Although acute rheumatism
may occur at any age, it is more com-
211011 in -adolesecnce or in early adult
life; chronic rheumatism is essential-
ly a disease of later life. It often at-
tacks sailors and outdoor laborers,
who apparently bring on the malady
by exposing themselves to cold and
wet or by overworking or failing to
cat nourishing food,
When it occurs as an independent
disease, and does not follow an acute
attack, the beginning is usually grad-
ual. The jointa become somewhat
stiff and painful, and gradually in-
crease in size as a result of the effu-
sion of fluid. The trouble is confined
almost entirely to the joints, there is
seldom any fever, the.appetite is gond
—sometimes too good—and the pa-
tient feels well.
After a longer or shorter time the
local symptoms =beide and the joints
return nearly to their. normal size;
but they are net as good as before—a
little stiffness remains, and there are
occasional twinges 02 paha The stiff-
ness and pain are worse hi cold and
damp weather, and the sufferer be-
comes a living barometer, able- to fore-
tell storms with greater certainty
than the Government forecaster.
After a time the trouble ratlines, the
joints stiffen and swell again, and
after the attack subsides the disability
increases.
So it gees on until little by little tile
patient bee:axle's a thronic invalid and
more or less crippled. The smaller
joints—knees, elbows, wrists and
fingers suffer the most, and in addition
to the stiffness and swelling there are
often little pea -shaped enlargements
on the finger joints that increase the
deformity.
Treatment of chronic rheumatism is
very unsatisfactory; no actual cure is
known, and the most that can be done
is to relieve the pain and stiffness
during the attacks and try to prevent
or delay their recurrence. Unless the
pain is so bad as to call for an ano-
dyne, made comfort can be obtained
by rubbing and massage and the ap-
plieation of a hot-water bag. -to the
joints. Far constitutional treatment,
in addition to internal antirheumatic
remedies, benefit sometimes comes
from a sojourn at a mincral-speing
resort. The patient should have a
simple, nourishing diet and should
avoid exposure in cold and damp
weather.
New Types of Motorized
Ordnance.
Three remarkable pieces of motor-
ized ordance, practically the advance
I guard. of the coming era of horseless
armies, have now been produced by
American military eagineers. One of
them is a three -ton tractor with 'the
agility and speed of a galloping horse,
another is a self-propelling 3 -in. gun
mount of amphibious power, that
fords a stream until its top is awash,
and the third is a motor mount for a
6 -in. gun, using both kinds of treads
and weighing complete only 22 tons.
The three -ton tractor, of the endless
tread type, is peculiar for the spring
suspension of its idler wheels. In
each tread chain four rollers bear
against the ground side, and four
against the top, all hung en the ends
of cantilever ,springs pivoted to the
frame. The tread -snakes its way over
almost incredible obstructions, while
the upper rulers take up the shifting
sack caused by contour changes be-
low.
Spectal waterproofing is the feature
of the 3 -in. gun mount, aud is later to
be added to all the other motorized
equipment. The eight -cylinder engine
exhausts under water while fording,
and the electrical including
spark plugs, distributor, and ignition
apparatus, are burieti in waterproof-
ing campound. The air intake is a
vertical pipe running up to the top of
the machine, and while its end is out
of water, the engine will run.
Four large wheels on each side dis-
tinguish the larger gun meant, and
they make the endless tread highly ef-
fective in climbing over :obstacles:
Thus equipped, the machine is steered
by pulling a lever that releases a
clutch on one side, and throws on a
brake, each side having its own lever.
Fer read use, however, the endless
tread is removed, the two inner
Wheels of each side are drawn up by
hand cranks, and the machine is
steered with a wheel.
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