HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1920-11-11, Page 2Seeing and Rearing.
Modern efficiency sharks are telling
us that we use only ten per cent. of
our brains. If we 'would but exercise
the dormant ninety per cent., there is
no height too high for us to scale, no
depth too deep for us to plumb, ac-
cording to men who go about making
a living telling the rest of us how to
succeed. We have eyes to see, but
west see not, ears to hear but we hear
not, is the crushing ,indictment hurled
at us, and therein lies our failure to
forge ahead.
Everyone :who has ever taught
school or had any experience with
humanity in the mass, knows that the
last statement is true. Announce a
lesson to a class, and five minutes
after the children return to their seats
nine out of ten hands will be wildly
waving and Johnny and Mary will be
asking what to -morrow's lesson As to
be. Probably half of the class will
insist that you didn't give out any.
Make a statement before the whole
room full of children to -clay, and to-
morrow not more than one can give a
correct version of what you said.
Half may be able to give a more or
fess garbled account, and the other
half will swear they never heard any-
thing about it.
Grownups are no better. Who can
tell on Monday more than an occasion-
al remark the preacher made on Sun-
day? Even the announcements are
mixed, Was the social to be on Tues-
day or on Thursday night? You don't
know because you didn't hear. And
you didn't hear—not because you are
deaf—but because only one tiny brain
cell was concerned with listening and
the rest absorbed in something else.
:We don't concentrate on the thing
in hand. That is the real reason for
most failures. Instead of doing the
* thing of the moment and doing it
right, we Iet our attention wander to
the next job to be 'done or to the net
pleasure to be enjoyed.
Without a doubt, concentrating on
your own particular job brings you to
success. Using your eyes to the ey-
tent of their power, seeing, too, what
makes your neighbor forge ahead
while you stay in a rut, this is one big
factor in success. You can use your
ears, too, to listen to everything which
bears on your job. Listen to'sugges-
tions and to criticisms, whether they
are made in kindness or not. One big
help to failure is to shut our ears to
criticiser. None of us really enjo j,
having our faults pointed out, but if
we really want to grow, there is one
of the best • aids known to man. It
hurts, of course, sometimes, but only
the foolish refuse to profit by it.
Listening is a habitwhich mothers
should try to ,inculcate in children.
How much nervous energy we waste
telling them the same thing over and
laver again. T wonder if their lack of
attention is not largely due to our
own? Do we stopswhat we are doing
and insist on their attention when we
give a command or make a request? ff'
Or do we shout it over our shoulder as !
we hurry by them, intent on our job,' T
while they are equally as intent on1
their own? I wonder if we took the r t
time directly after breakfast to have;
the orders of the day given out to s
boys. and girls who were required to I tl
sit still and listen, if we could get
through a day with just once telling?
att least.would
be worth trying a few times a
suited for this purpose. A good
for potting bulbs is composed of
half part well decomposed turfy lo
the remainder well -rotted stable
nure, leaf -mold and sand, Th
sh•o•nld be well mixed together.
The size of the pot depends on
size of the bulbs and upon the etre
desired. As a general rule, for
single hyacinth a five -inch pot sho
be used. For tulips and narcissus
four -inch pot is large enough, the s
increasing with the number of
In potting, place a piece of broken
or some coarse ashes over the h
do the bottom to secure drainage. F
the pots half -full of soil, set the bul
so that the tops are at least one i
below the rim, cover them with s
and press it firmly around the bul
leaving at least one-half inch space
the top for water.
After all have been potted an
labeled they should be well water
and placed in a cool, dark cellar for
few weeks.
Tho secret of success in bulb for
ing is perfect root'develorpmen
Therefore, be sure that the pots a
full of roots before putting them in
a higher temperature. By bringin
in a few pots at intervals of fr
eight to ten days, and placing in
sunny window with a temperatur
from 60 to 65 deg. F. a succession
flowers may be had for months.
Tested Recipes.
Apple sauce is easily made thus
Fill a stone crock with pared an
quartered apples. Pour over them
mixture of sugar dissolved in swee
cider, equal parts. Cover the jar
closely and set in a very moderate
oven over night or for several hours.
Fried potatoes. with eggs make a
hearty and economical dish. Slic
cold, bailed potatoes, fry in hot drip
pings until well browned, season with
salt and pepper. Beat two or thre
eggs slightly, add salt, and pour eve
the potatoes. Cook until the eggs are
set, and serve very hot.
Mock olives can be made of small
green tomatoes. Pack in a big crock
or jar one-half peck of the tomatoes.
Sprinkle through them a pound of
salt and two ounces of whole mixed
spices. Put a weight on them, then
cover with cold water. The tomatoes
will Ise• fit to use in two weeks or will
keep indefinitely if kept under the
pickle.
To ean apple sauce, which can be
made of winclfall apples that would
otherwise go to waste, core the ap-
ples and cut in quarters. Reject all
imperfect parts, Steam the apples
until soft, then rub through a colan-
der and separate the pulp from the
skins.' Place the pulp in a saucepan,
return to the fire and heat thoroughly.
Pack while hot in sterilized jars, seal
at once and process ten minutes in a
hot water bath. Sweeten the sauce
when about to serve, adding sugar to
taste, and heat until the sugar is dis-
solved, then cool and serve.
Pickled cauliflower is much liked.
o make, cut up two cauliflowers and
three red sweet peppers, from which
he seeds have been removed, and add
ne pint of small white onions. Dis-
olve half a pint of salt in enough
ater to cover the vegetables and let
hens stand in this brine over night,
ext morning drain off the brine, then
dd four tablespoonfuls of ground
ustard to two quarts of vinegar and
eat until it bails. Add the vegetables
nd boil for fifteen minutes, or until
e cauliflower is tender enough to be
erced with a fork. Place in jars
d store in a cool, dry place.
Did You?
id you ever eat a school lunch that
was cold
And lay on your stomach like a
load of lead?
Di
you ever try to study after that
And find there's 'nothing working in
your head?
d you ever watch your father heat
the food
The pigs, and cows, and chickens
had to eat?
d you ever stop to ask the reason
why?
Did he answer, `Boy, they gotto
have some heat!"
d you ever get to thinking kids
might have
A need of something warm, like
pigs and cows?
u didn't? Well, we youngsters
have, you bet.
nd we can tell you growvnups alI
just how
keep us well and help to learn and,
do on
ur work at school with -vim and
strength and punch,
e us a stove, some dishes, grocer-
ies, too,
nd let us have at noon a hot
school lunch.
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ed I After the hearth fire muses lift
a Songs of the joys to be;
After the workaday world's asleep,
c- She by the fire and I,
t. In the dream a whole time, when
re fairies • peep
to And gladness goes dancing by.
fro • And this is the strength that the ile-
a tion boasts,
And this is the nation's pride,
of And these are grander than panoplied
hosts
And ships on the sea beside;•
The lullabies and the - hearth fires
bright,
And the cribs where the children
lie,
Armies of "' a
After tho tea tillaige are eat •j',
After the paper is read,
After the noise and the ,oeres�ol' day,
And the youngsters ere_abed;
After the prayers alnd the,goocl-night,
kiss;
She by the .fire and I,
And the winds may blow, bur I'm glad
for this, ''
And the dreams that go rinliiing by.
After the children's time"f r play;
After the voices of care"
Have echoed in distance and died
away
And night with its peace is fair,
After the little stories areillal
And the lilt of the Julia!!
The day seems dross by the evening's
gold
And the joys that go laughing by.
After the crib and the trundle bed
Are canopied high with dreams;
After the last little curly head
Is shorn of its golden beams
By the snuffing out of the candle's
light,
When she by the fire and I,
And I'm glad for the stillness and
peace of night ••i
And the hopes that go gleaning by.
After the gnomes and the goblins drift
a And the dreams of love t hallow
the night
And the faith that goes 'ling by.
Superstitious e.
that
smiling
Sense.
e Ask the average manif he is super-
stitious, and he will give a snort of
negative contempt, but well, he pro -
e tests too much. He has his little super• stitions all right. • ;=>d+i:
We all have, and the more'we have
the wiser we are! Superstitions hold
sense. The superstitious will not walk
under a ladder. That's excellent wis-
dom, really, for thereby they ,escape
the brick that might have dropped on.
their head, or the spots of ;r, that
would have ruined yheir die
the bit of 'lithe that would have alien
into their eye and caused them' :half
a day's agony, or worse.
The superstitious will not sit"down
with thirteen at table. Excellent -wis-
dom again. Thirteen is an odd num-
ber. When conversation develops on
pair lines, as it generally does, then.
someone has to be left out — or
brought in as a third. Further, if thir-
teen at table means that one is to die
before the year is out, isn't it wiser
to live? The cost of dying is as much
up as the cost of living.
Then there's the salt-s:pilling super-
stition. It's unlucky to spill salt, but
the ill luck is cancelled if you throw
a. handful over your left shoulder.
Sound wisdom again. The carpet will
have to be swept, for one thing. It
probably needs it. Servants are not
what they were.
And as all "Home Hints" books put
on record, there is nothing like salt to
prevent moths getting Into a carpet.
Then there's the horse -shoo super-
stition. Sound sense again! If you
pick up a horse-shoe a child cannot
fall over it. Nor a cyclist be thrown
by it. Nor a tire be punctured with it,
And cast horse -shoes, in a good state,
are worth money these days.
All superstitions rest on sense, The
above are just instances. Test the
bulk, and you will find them up to
sample.
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It is not yet too late to pot bulbs th
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Nearly All Ills Due to Poor,
Watery Blood—flow to Im-
prove Its Condition.
To be in a healthy condition the
human body requires a constant sup-
ply of new, rich blood. Nearly all the
ills from which people suffer arise from
one cau:;e—poverty of the blood. If
the blood is rich and rod it absorbs
nourishment from the food - 'which
passes into the stomach and distri-
butes that nourishment to the brain,
nerves, muscles and all the organs
of the body. When the blood is weak
and poor in quality it cannot do its
natural work of feeding the brain and
body, and the result is weakness and
disease.
Headaches and backaches, loss of
appetite, poor digestion, nervousness,
pimples and unsightly blotches on the
skin, all indicate that the blood has
become impure—that it is not doing
its appointed work. If this condition
is not remedied it will grow worse and
worse, and a complete breakdown will
eventually occur. To bring about a
healthy condition of the blood no
medicine can equal Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills. Their one mission is to• make
new, rich blood, which reaches every
part of the body, bringing with it new
health and increasing vitality.
Thousands have testified to the bene-
fit they have found in the use of Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills when run down
in health. Among these is Mrs. Ber-
tha Kendall, Darling Avenue, Toronto,
who says:—`In the summer of 1918 I
was in poor health. My appetite was
variable, and I was weak and unfit for
work, and I suffered a great deal
from nervous headache and palpita-
tion of the heart. A lady friend re-
commended Dr. Williams Pink Pills,
which I used with splendid results, as
by the time I had taken six boxes I
felt like a new woman. I think Dr.
Williams Pink Pills are worth their
weight in gold to every nervous, siclt
woman, as they cure quickly and save
doctor bills."
Dr. Williams Pink Pills may be had
from any dealer in medicine, or by
mail at 50 cents a box or 6, boxes for
$2.50 from The Dr. Williains Medicine
Co., Brockville, Ont,
Football in Armor.
The footballer clothes himself with
armor more -varied than any knight
of the days of'the Crusaders.
First o all,. he proceeds to bandage
any" part' o$, his body hat may be
specially weak or liable to accident.
Around each ankle or wrist he winds
a narrow bandage of silk or cotton,
binding it as tightly as is consistent
with comfort and flexibility, in order
to prevent dislocation of the joint.
His knickers are strongly made of
stout fustian, moleskin, or same simi-
lar fabric, with a thick, quilted lining
of cotton -wool or. somapadding equal-
ly ,light and elastic. In addition to
this quilting, the knees, hips, and
other vulnerable parts are further.pro-
tected by thick padding,
- The jersey or jacket is of similar
material, sleeveless, and thickly lined
and padded_ to protect specially vuI-
nerable parts of the body.
Inside his 'shoes, which are entirely
made of the best leather, and which
lace high, he wears anklets of leather,
and over his stockings he adjusts a
pair of strong shin -guards of leather,
strengthened by•piecee of cane, and
attached securely around the calves
by straps.
But the most fearsome part of our
footballers' armor still remains to be
donned. To protect his nose, he en-
cases it in a shield of indiarubber, per-
forated to allow free access to the air;
and to the nose -shield is usually at-
tached a similar shield, also perfor-
ated, which is gripped by the teeth
and protects .the mouth, Each ear is
protected by a circular piece of
r leather, perforated and padded, and
kept in position by a strap which goes
around the head.
Then the knight of the football
ALWAYS JN THE HOME or die!on to the field prepared to do
Popularity of Air gravel. •
19S OWN TABLE'S
Once a mother has used Baby's Own
Tablets for her little ones she always
keeps a supply en hand, for the first The growing popularity of the aero -
trial convinces her there is nothing to plane as a means of travelling is re -
equal then in keeping childrenwell. markably indicated by the steady in -
The Tablets are a mild but thoi ough crease in the number of passengers
laxative which regulate the bowels carried between Paris and London in
and sweeten the stomach, thus driving the months of the year ended on Aug.
out constipation and indigestion, gelds 31, as the following table shows: --
and simple fevers and .making teeth- Plights.'Pass engers
ing easier, Concerning them, Mrs. January, 1920 .. , . 63 35
Saluste Pelletier, St, pumas, 'Quer, , February " .... 85 102
writes:—"I have used baby's Own March
Tablets for the past ten years and am April " . 170 198
never without them in the house.
They have always given the greatest
satisfaction and I can gladly reeona
May r, .... 265 450
June " ....
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mend thein to nil mothers of little ,Jlauigustly " 304 985
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es." The Tablets are said by medi- During tlt'e ,ear there has been or..;
�e dealers or direct by maii at 25 one accideint,
cents a box from The Dr: Williams
Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont,
Ocean Depths,
The greatest known depth so far re -
Lemons will not"slkrivel if kept in corded is 30,930 feet, near the henna.
ange twice a week. dee Islands in the south-west Pacific,
cold wwatel • Ch
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Ten. Golden Rules For School Children
A health expert on investigating
conditions in rural districts found that
country children are less healthy and
have more defects then •city children.
Teeth defects, diseased tonsils, aden-
oids, eye defects and malnutrition are
common.
He recommends •that every school
child should have yearly health ex-
amination. Then defects will be found
and remedied before the child's health
is irreparably damaged. The county
unit of,,organization for health should
include one full-time health officer,
one or more school or district nurses
and a community health centre.
Warns lunches, attractive rural
schools, effective health teaching, are
already doing much toward giving the
country child his rightful heritage,
good health.
He sets forth ten golden rules of
health for school children as follows:
1. Play hard and fair -be loyal to
your team mates and generous to
your opponents.
2. Eat slowly. Do not eat between
meals. Chew food thoroughly. Never
drink water when there is food hi the
mouth. Drink water several times
during the day. .
8. Brush your teeth at ]east once
a day. Rinse your mouth out well
with water after a meal.
4. Be sure your bowels move at
least once each day.
5. Keep clean body, clothes and
mind. Wash your hands always be-
fore eating. Take a waren bath with
soap once or twice a week; a cool
sponge (or shower) bath each morn-
ing before breakfast and rub your
body to a glow with a rough towel.
6. Try to keep your companions,
especially young children, away from
those who have contagious diseases.
7. Use your handkerchief to cover
a sneeze or cough and try to avoid
coughing, sneezing, or blowing your
nose in front of others.
8. Study hard—and in study, work,
or play, do our best.
9. Sleep: Get as many hours in bed
ch night as this table indicates for
our age. Keep windows in ,bedroom
ell open.
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attractive, and. to make the world
etter place to live in.
There are many .reasons why co-
rative creameries and cheese fac-
ies should handle the patron's but -
and eggs. No additional equip -
it is necessary; there are facilities
storage; patrons can save time;
ltry supplies can be purchased col-
tively for patrons; eggs can beupped in same car as dairy products.
Gather bacteria now to inoculate
inns next spring. Soil containing
me bacteria, if dried and stored
at Ieast a year, will produce nod -
on the next crop as well as fresh
taken from the field. The man
ning to seed soybeans or sweet
er for the first time next spring
Id get his inoculating soil from
e neighbor's field this fall. Soil so
cted may be put into bags, and
wed to dry in some convenient
age. A pound of soil for each
aid of seed is mere than enough.
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THOSE WHO
APPRECIATE
when I was a girl, 1 have seen my
Aunt Mary, whose bed was in the
kitchen, sit with her feet in the oven
and read Tennyson, Burns, and good
magazines, while the canary trilled .]n.
the south window, Mother knitted on
her counterpane, and we -children
played "school" with the. chairs and
drop-leaf table. Then toward evening
my mother would take a shovel of
glowing coals from the stove, transfer
then to the stove in the sitting room,
lay some bigsticks of wood on, and
soon a brigh blaze would illumine the
room. Clearly I remember that room:,
mother's bed in the tomer with the
trundle bed under it; the black wale'
nut bookcase; the cane seated chairs;
the walnut centre -table with its chen-
ille cover and. a fine coal oil lamp on a
red and green crochet mat, and the
pictures of Queen Victoria and grand-
mother in their walnut frames on the
wall,
We children would play in the fire-
light while Mother and Aunt Mary
spread the drop-leaf table and pre-
pared the supper. Father's coming
was announced by the fierce stamping
of snow on tho doorstep and by the
cries of delight with which we ehil-
dren greeted his return.
Perhaps it is selfish to judge of our.
own comfort and comparative peace
by the awful situation, of others, but
after all, only by contrast can we
measure. I am gratoful for many
things, among them, for the ability to
perceive beauty and happiness .in the
midst of what are called poor circum-
stances. I wouldn't "take a farm" for
the memories of our old kitchen with
the bird cage and copy of Tennyson..
It is something to be a descendent of
people who knew how to make a kite
then bloom with intellectual charm.
These simple things have always
been my stock -in -trade. I thank God
as I grow older I can again find heart
to be grateful for them. Much of the
world seems lost to the simple joys
that give real flavor to life. I believe
what made my mother and her friends
so exquisitely humorous and keenly
alive was that they were not tired of •
talk and reading and sight-seeing.
The world of nature and of people was
not worn out for them. Life looked
at them with meaning in its eyes and
every bird and flower and animal and
person and :circumstance was impor-
tant.
The great responsible job of life lid's
in the day's work at home, in the fields
and in the workshops. It consists of
doing well . and gladly what we call
common things, that` is doing them
"to the glory of God." It means some-
thing very real, something which the
shallow ambition of life' and society
helps us to forget.
When we try, by the work of our
hands, to shelter, to educate, to inspire
those who make up our household, we
are doing a beautiful service. It is
this that glorifies what I have called
the domestic sense, the sense of joy in
simple necessaries, The war may
have shaken a little sense into us
about the actual value of some things
we have held cheap or taken for grant-
ed, among them the chance to have
something to cook and to have some-
thing to eat, in a free kitchen. Life
may get down to a simple human basis
again and teach us how to value what
we have. Surely somebody will al-
ways be conning at twilight to feel his
heart leap at the sight of firelight and
the fragrance of something being
cooked by someone who is not un-
happy •at having to esok it,
The people who say that everyday
life is stupid are people who have not
been tired and hungry and sleepy in
the right way. It is not a feather in
anyone's cap that they need sight-
seeing' and entertainment to keep tri mm
from stagnating or getting nervous.
The domestic sense is not a dull con-
templation of domestic duties and d.' -
tails but rather a sense of apprecic;-
j tion of home privileges, of waren
rooms, good rids and appetizing
meals; of household interests, good
reading and pleasant companionship;
of memories and day dreams, friend-
ship and love. These make up home
life in its beat and fullest sense.—
B. B. K.
Japan's New Steel Plant.
A new steel plant, considered the
largest in the Orient and one of the
Six: largest in the world, has just been
• completed at Yawata, Kyushu, Japan,
ion I at a coat of 4,000,000 yen. This plant,
ave which has a production capacity of
sof- .. 100,000 tons of steel plate per month,
eed ` l has facilities to manufacture plates
o ls0 ! 160 feet long and 11 feet . wick,the
in- ''largest ever manufacturers td Japan.
Mail boxes are so expensive now
that it is worth while to protect them
by an occasional coat of paint, Ovd.ht.
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• ary house paint answers the purpose
vor;v well, but for boxes finished in
a Japan, stove enamel makes a very
good refinish, It imparts is brilliant,
glossy black, and stanria exposure
splendidly.