HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1921-12-08, Page 6Eery Man For Himself
self
By I-IOPKINS MOORIOUS1
(Copyright by 1�Viu' sson Company)
CHAPTER VII,—(Cont'd.)
"And how goes the battle, Cristy?
Who won the Latest bun fight?" smil-
ed Wade by way of making .converse -
tion. "have you persuaded your y g amounts thus squeezed out of the
father---?" you up when I et back a weeks on a cold windy day and. note t e
I have not," interrupted time, Mac. Good night: public treasury, rapidity with whleh it grows light in
"IndeedMcAllister remained standing at the With such an example of folly to summer, they fail to grasp the full
Cristy with an exaggerated pout:>Sha curb 'till Wade's ear' swung out of warn him, it was no wonder that:the significance of such°observations.
looked directly at lien Wade an i sight around' the corner, Then he honorable Milton Waring had told Success or failure seems dependent
frowned, as of the subject were one struck the pavement with his cane, Nickleby and Alderson he would have
about which she would rather not be for it irritated him to be so complete'- nothingto do with their proposed u'p'on the weather and, they do not
teased even by an old . family friend .ur rised. tde knew! How much campaign n fund eontrribution. Nickleby realize that they themselves may cod -
of long and intimate standing. `It d%dshepknow?And how in under the ,must have a pretty strong eonnectkoii trot the matter of temperature.
is too mean for anything! If, as Mr. sun ? � even to dare such an approach; evi
seen that every dainty dish was prop
erly cooked before it was set •before
the King, its inner rawness safely
covered; done up brown. By all means
,let there be lemon filling, but smother-,
ed in a beaten white purity that would
;pass the public censor! Under his
management there would have been,no
tangible evidence to show -that favor-
ed
avoir )>erfectly Baked Bread,
ed contractors, bidding upon public
works, had been secretly advised Few housselceepers seem to under-
e
As a starter I •can promise that the instructed as to the amounts to which plays in bread -marring, In importance
photos of the Alderson Coniti"uctson it was safe for them to raise their it ranks with good' flour anti yeast.
Company's missing eamPaig,•n-fund new tenders; there would have'been Although many housewives""experience
contribution will be delivered to YOU no evidence of election contributions difficult in having dough rise well
personally to -morrow night. X 11 look from these favored contractors forethe y h
About the Flt�,�e
that their tenders were too low, and stand the role which tempex'atu •
McAllister has been good enough to ,,p9edi,, he 'grunted. "Devil take dently he had felt pretty sure of him -
intimate, I am capable of big suet the man. self to go ahead with the plan on his
cesses in newspaper work, isit right He turned slowly and entered the own initiative.
to hold m? hack from the talkeSou' building to his•night's work. Nickleby believed that Ferguson
experience? !'o hear Daddy ' y had the money now. What whnld he Perature. It acts upon sugar present
think I was a little child—" CHAPTER VIII, say if he knew the fact—that the in the dough, fdrming carbon dioxide
"Cristy!" reproved Nat Lawson Aboard the Private Car, "Obaska." money was really in the hands ' of gas which, in attempting to rise' to
quietly. some person unlcnowiz, some person the surface of the mass, is caught and
"Brit 1' ask you, Mr. Wade, is it For many years self -repression had perhaps who was interested in gather- held by the elastic gluten of the flour.
stood high in the estimation of
fair--" h ing evidence that would up.e the
The yeast used in making light
bread is a microscopic, one -celled
plant requiring for its growth air,
moisture, food and a favorable tem -
As more gas is formed -within the
"Your father knows best,
He probably had good reasons
"I do not approve of you working game of poker, which he had condes-
on the night staff. I must ask you . cended to play of a Saturday after -
not to refer to this matter again. We i noon in a corner of the deserted corn -
will not discuss it now, please." I posing -room, - In those days of his
"Allow inc to give you another cup • early newspaper experience the. ink.-
of cocoa. Mr. McAllister?" I daubed denizens of the "ad -alley" had
"Thank you, but I must be getting, paid -with hard-earned wages for' many
along," said McAllister, glancing hurt, a fancy vest' and expensive cravat
rigidly at his watch, "I have stayed which the paper's star reporter had
later than I intended, thanks to the worn with such aplomb. And when
side-tracking of yon railroad eresi- he had adventured afield into wider
dent." } pastures more .in harmony with his
talents,where the cards were not soil -
"I'11 run you down to the office in ed nor the an pungent with printers'
the car for that, laughed Wade, also 1 ink and benzine, he had taken with
rising. I'm going out of town for, him a tendency •to quiet tones of
a couple of weeks, Nat; 'but the next, s cech .and quietness of movement.
time I see you I expect to have some pBeing a believer in rubber -heels and
news that will interest you, And I'll a coot `head, therefore, the secretary
give it to you in advance of pence -
to the President of the Canadian Lake
tion," He slapped McAllister on the Shores Railway went about his' duties
shoulder and they bade their host and with his customary assurance After
hostess a jovial adieu. the first excitement of his startling
But once Wade's limousine . was discovery had passed" there was no-
speeding down the street the mag thing in ,his manner to indioate the
nate fell strangely silent. He passed fires which burned •within. To one
a cigar to McAllister and lighted one who knew hint well;, perhaps, it might
for himself. For fully five minutes have seemed that foe the two weeks
he. did not speak a word. Be listened which followed the mysterious dis-
in a preoccupied way to the editor's appearance of the tan satchel he was
opinion of the new city parks by-law even a little quieter than usual, a lit -
and to that gentleman's surprise in- tle more restrained in his talk, and a
terrupted him finally by a statement little more alert in movement. Beyond
entirely irrelevant. - this he gave no indication of the keen
"Cristy Lawson is a remarkably disappointment and mortification that
clever young woman," he said, gazing possessed hien.
thoughtfully at a little electric light It had been the biggest stake for sail;
in the roof. of the car. which he bad yet played. He had
my child. Hughey Podmore as a g resent Government? 'There was only
cultivating He had first learned the p y sponge 'or dough, the gluten stretches
th f 1GIr. Podmore to do now
one ing or and t'he entire masse ands and 'be-
value of it in many a clandestine XP
that his own pet scheme had failed; comes "light,"
Like most plants, was to keep quiet as to :his
own ambitions and stick to the three -p , Y ea
st thrives best
handed game which he was supposed at a certain temperature, Although
to be playing with Nickleby and his it is quite active between 75 deg, and
henchman, Alderson; for Nickleby 95 deg. F., it produces 'best results at
was worth tying to. from 80 deg. to 85 deg. F. As the.
a be continued.) t m r tore is the activity
(T t' d) temperature lowered,
0,—
of of the yeast becomes less until growth,.
Trees. ceases at about 50 deg, F. Although
Iii the Garden of Eden, planted by God, inactive below that point, it begins
There were goodly trees, in the spring to grow again when a favorable tem -
time sod— • perature is restored, Above 95 deg.
the action of the yeast is lessened by
Trees of beauty and height and grace, the activity of other organisms pres-
To stand in splendor before His face. ent in the dough or by the products
of 'same. At somewhat higher tem -
Apple and hickory; ash and pear, peratures the yeast is actually killed:
Oak and beech and the tulip rare. :- A favorable temperature, therefore,
will have much to do with active and
The trembling aspen; the noble pine, healthy fermentation: Furthermore,
The sweeping elm by the river line;; by regulating • the temperature ,one
niay control the rising of the dough,
Trees for the birds to build in and sing, hastening or retarding it almost et
And the lilac tree for a joy in spring. will. In general, however, doughs
shoulld be kept as nearly as possible
Trees to turn at the frosty call at. the same temperature throughout
And carpet the ground for their -ford's the process and not subjected alter -
footfall; • nately to heating and chilling.
But how may the housewife,control
Wood- for the bow, the spear and the the temperature of the dough? The
flail, • simplest way is to• provide herself
The keel and the mast and the daring with a "sponge boy," which is a simple
box or cabinet, capable of holding the
dough, and which can be warmed by
means of hot water, a hot stone, a
small lamp or en electric light bulb
"For once I can agree with you en-
tirely," nodded Manistee, flashing a
quick glance at the other's upturned
face.
"I don't blame her for getting sick
and tired of .vetting' your pink tea
items. Why don't you give her a
chance at bigger game?"
"You heard what her father said?"
"I did. - I want•to make sure that
you did too."
"What do you mean ?
"Whatever you like," snapped Wade.
"There are some jobs that even' a
clever woman has no business at-
tempting, that's all,"
"Why talk in riddles, Bert? What's
on your mind?"
"This wonderful graft exposure
stacked the cards with particular care
till, so he had thought, all element of
risk had been eliminated. But for
this his natural .caution would have
deterred him from the 'attempt. What
he had completely overlooked. was the
possibility that some one • else might
decide. this wee any man's money who
was clever enough to acquire it. Figure
as he might—and he had. spent hours
in deep thought—even his keen mind
had been unable to solve the situation
to his satisfaction. Somebody had
stepped in and walked off with this
money in front of his nose in spite
of the most elaborate precautions.
Who had done this, and how? It had
been done so' cleverly that not a single
which you are planlsirg to spring on clue as left for Podmore to work on
—once he had proved beyond question
an unsuspecting public." He rounded that Clayton had not 'double-crossed
on McAllister and looked at him
gravely. "How much of it have you
told Nat?
"I have said nothing about it to
anybody," replied the editor, plainly
puzzled. "Why?"
"My advice is to keep right on say-
ing nothing about it. "The less you
say the less you'll have to take back?'
"We'll see about that in due course;"
chuckled McAllister. "Do I look likes
a fool?"
"Appearances are often deceptive.
Clayton had taken the first
train for Chicago; but not -before Pod-
more
od
more had third-degreed him into ab-
ject fear, No, Clayton had had no
hand in it; that was certain, and with
that once established, the identity of
the arch -thief remained a mystery
which baffled investigation—especial-
ly when the .situation called for the
utmost circumspection.
It was a problem which Podmore
was foreed,to sole without consulting
I once knew a fellow who got so slick anyone. He could not go boldly to
at gumsHoeing that he sneaked up on his supposed partners with his diseov-
his own shadow and made a fool cf exy; for thereby he would reveal to
himself!' Nickleby and Alderson his own at -
"G t married -' t high noon, tempt at double dealt es. That he had
0 nIe ICU a t,. G(i , a
ps"
Hughey
Mac, seriously, I. want you to
promise ine that you won't spring
anything without giving roe twenty-
four hours' notice. It's an unusual
request, I know; but 1 ask it in your
own interests:' There was iso mist There were moments, therefore, when
taking the earnestnese vrith which he the cautious Mr. Podmore felt qualms
spoke, and McAllister stared at him. which though not born of a troubled
"You have some inside information conscience, -were nonetheless disagree-
to justify it?" able. Conscience in the case of Hughey
"Yes. I cannot tell you the details Podmore, if it. had ever existed, had
just now. I warn you that if your been a stunted affair which because of
malnutrition longi
0since
attempts is the so-called exposure
n
ehad given
paper a tea p sup
which you have in mind without my the ghost, Its place had been pre-
co-operation you'll regret it bitterly.
muted by Argus -eyed regard for all
I can help you and will be glad to; matters affecting the preservation of
but only on condition that you warn Mr. Podmore's precious epidermis— started by a woman, Priscilla Wake -
me when you are ready. Do you prom -the safety of his own skin. And field, at Tottenham, near London, in
ire?" Hughey Podanore was well aware that 1789,' It- was for children, and was
The limousine had stopped opposite a large contribution to campaign followed by one for adults In 1804.
the Recorder building and McAllister funds by a construction company
to be very careful what he did, Mr.
Podmore realized,—very care-
ful indeed. For this mix-up held many
possibilities for personal misfortune.
In fact, the situation suddenly had be-
came fraught with positive dan er.
He made them of every grain and girth
For the use of man in the Garden` o1
Earth_
Then, lest the soul should not lift' her
eyes
From the gift to the Giver'
On the crown of a hill, for ?l
God planted a scarlet maple tree.
-Bliss Carman.
of liquid for each "standard" sized
loaf of bread, with the requisite am-
ounts ,of flour, salt, sugar and so forth.
If 'a temperature of 85 deg. V. be
maintained throughout the process,
this dough should be light the first
time in 11/2 hours, the second time in
11/4 hours, It should then be molded,
and after rising in the pans one hour
will be ready for 'baking. Allowing
10 minutes for hancilirig the dough
between risings and about- ei of an
hour for baking, the bread should be
out of the' oven within 5 hours from
the first mixing: In practice, there-
fore, a housewife will find that by
beginning at 7 a.m., the dough should
be ready for the oven at 11.15, pro-
vided it has been kept at 85 deg.
throughout the process. At 12 o'clock,..
when the •noon meal is ready, her!
Bread will be out of the oven and no;
extra fuel or time in the kitchen re
quire(' for.its baking. Should the
dinner hour be at 1 o'clock, the dough i
might be started at 8 a.m. At 80 deg. 1
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riiHE postman and expressman will
bring Parker service right to your
F. the time for the first rising would • home. We pay carriage one way.i
be 2 hours, for the second 11/z hours Whatever you send — whether it be
and for the rising in the pans about household draperies or the most deli-:
11/ hours, making a total of 1 hour cate fabrics—will be speedily returned'
more than with the higher temper- to their original freshness. When you
ature. Hence if the dough be mixed think of cleaning or dyeing
at 7 a,m. aiid kept at 80 deg. F., it think of PARKER'S.
should be out of the oven at 1 o'clock.
With the, overnight straight -dough, porker's
less yeast and a lower temperature
should be employed than with the Dye works
quick method. Using 1 cake of corn -
Limited yeast for six loaves, and
'united
keeping the dough at 70 deg: over -1 Gloaners,and Dyers
night, it should be quite light in the • 791 Yonge St.
morning. It should then be kneaded; ' Toronto.
down, and moldocl for the pans and ��zss=
placed where. it may be gradually --
brought up to 85 deg. In 11/2 hours
at this temperature the loaves should
be light and ready for baking.
When dry ,yeast is used the sponge
process is the one most commonly
employed.' _ Ordinarily such a sponge
will be light in 10 to 12 hours. This
time, however, is also dependent upon
the temperature, which should be be-
tween 75 deg. and 80 deg. F. If the
temperature` of the sponge has been
only 70 deg: F., however, fully 13
hours will be required for the mass to
become thoroughly light, while at 60
deg. F. 161/. hours will be necessary.
The housewife may, therefore. plan
to have her baking operations fit in
with her other duties in the home.
' Mixing, kneading, molding and baking
On an extremely hot day the cabinet may be so adjusted that they will not
may likewise be cooled by means :• of conflict with other matters, and the
cold water or ice. The thermometer, bakin, • especially may be arranged to
by means of which the temperature is g
come during the time that: her pres-
ence in the kitchen is required' for
other reasons as well. Nor need she
spend the entire morning in the kit-
chen mainly to "watch the dough."
Knowing the temperature of the
that of maintaining the temperature dough and the time required for ris-
of articles placed within it. If, there- wing, the houmay calculate just
-thesi her dough will need attention.
regulated, is one '• of the most import-
ri things; in 'connection with the
sponge ,box.
In place of the sponge. .box a fire-
less cooker may be used: The .prin-
ciple underlying its construction. is
Imperishable France.
Those who thought that Prance,
"bled white," was doomed` to ,perish;
must marvel at the power of the na-
tion to revive. Returning tourists
Who have had a good time there' na-
turally see things in a favorable ]iglu,
but official accounts also are cheerful.
For example, Le Temps reports that
there were 623,000 marriages in 1920,
or twice as many as in the sums
period before the war; the births were
44;000 more than in 1913, and the
fore, a sponge or dough be mixed so
that its temperature is correct, then
placed inside the cooker, this temper -
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Dark, close streaks in the crumb of . Holland's Many Wheels
bread are often •due to unevenness in Two million bicycles are ridden in
ature will be maintained. On a cold temperature during rising. Particular- Holland, a country with a ,population
day it is well to have not only the ly when a dough has 'been chilled and of 6,000,000 persons,
liquid but also the flour slightly fails to rise properly the housewife is -
warmed. The radiator .or soapstone tempted to place it where it will be -
warmed.
Liniment for Gorget. in Ci�vA+s.
come warm rapidly,' either at the back
of the fireless may- likewise be wariiled , of th
e .range or in a pan ofwarmHope is an eager, living wish that
until just comfortable to the touch. ! water, Without the aid of a they- what we desire may come true.
In warm weather, especially if the �._ ,�.„„�
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dough is to stand a considerable urometer at -i difficult to gauge the
.0 fewer, That does not length of time, neither the flour nor the Temperature, ani mere
liquid should be 'warmed, and certain -
dough
yeast cells in th
make for race extinction; neither does ly the radiator should not. Again a dough most exposed to the heat may
the 88 OOO,A00 quintals of wheat her- thermometer should be used,for how be killed, Although blended later with
vested this year in spite of : the can one guess accurately : by "feel" the rest of the dough no expansion
drought; a crop that compares well when the liquid is Bike warns? Dif- of this portion takes place, ani close
with that from a much larger area be ferent individuals vary greatly in streaks in the finished drumb are the
fors the war:
is danger that
deaths 56,00
at portion of SUCCESS
their sensitiveness bo heat and guess- result,
An Interesting Flight. work may •cause great error in gauging Gould the housewife but realize the
One of the most interesting, flights
ever made by man took place recently
in Germany in the soaring and gliding
competition for motorless flying ma-
chines. One of the aviators remained
In the air thirteen minutes, "circling,
turning and balancing like a soaring
bird." He travelled six miles be-
tween start and finish and at one time
was at a height estimated to be at
least three hundred feet.
The First Savings Sank.
The first British savings bank was
alighted slowly. Then he reached in
through the open door and shook
hands. ,
"All right, Ben. You're the doc-
tor," he decided,
"Good. You, can count an me, then.
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would be a smatter of immediate sus-
Minard's liniment for Colds, etc,
picion among opponents of the Gov-
ernment if it became known, Such
things had got people into freebie be-
fore this. w It had been one of the :
things -which had landed the famous
Honorable Barrington hives in jail—
and others who were involved.
Hughey Podmore knew all about
that strenuous period of political.
chaos. Twelve years ago he had been
an eager -eyed young reporter with a •
large appreciation:of newspa er'sen-
sations. His skill at ferret ••z into
hidden recesses by unser -ermines
methods had made hien a valual'c man
for a paper which was willing to ig-
nore certain time-honored traditions
of the lire's. Under editorial stiniulus
Hughey had blossomed forth among
the flowers of the journalistic proles-
Edon as a yellow chrysanthemum.
"Muni" became the word wherever
Hughey showed himself! His reputes.
tion finiilly had ostraelsecl hien into
other fields of endeavor.
Those lead been the days! if only
he and 'hives had been working to-
gether! If he had been nianaging
Rives' campaigns there would have
been no crude ntrstakes to lend the
"people's •idol" behind the bare, War
big or no Waring. He would have
15 Ib for Wool
That's, what you pay for it when
you buy a suit. What do you get a
pound for it when you sell the woo]?'
Canadian wool has to be sent out
of Canada to be prepared for the.
spinner. A pound of wool bought
from the farmer is sold from one
Commission merchant to another,
stored, shipped by train and: boat;
stored in Engiatid, sold and ..re•ship-
ped until eventually it gets back to
the mills in Canada at many times
the price you got for it. There Is.
no place hi Canada to prepare Wbol
for nie? the worsted spinner. 'Isn't it 'a
slig
A ;mill is now under consideration,
in 'Toronto, to eonvert.raw wool for
the spinner. Wlsen wool can be
Sent direot to the mill for .eombleg
and gold direct to the spinner, then
the fernier will get • the full price.
If triis IS, of interest, to you, Mr,
Wool Grower, write Dominion ]fie,
veloement Corporation, Limited,
701 Centinental Life Bldg., '.Parente,
and get the full plats.
the temperature of liquid or radiator.
Two general methods for making
bread are practiced largely in this
country, the "sponge" and the.
"straight dough." - Bath of these may
be divided into the short or quick and
the long or overnight process, depend-
ing upon the amount of yeast usedas
well as upon the temperature main
rained. Besides using less yeast in
their preparation over night, sponges
or doughs are generally kept at a.
lower temperature than those made
by the shorter •daytime process. In
very warm weather especially the
dough is likely to become sour over
night unless it can be kept sufficiently
cool. ,
In order to learn definitely what
time is required we will consider
some of the recipes for malting bread.
A popular formula calls for one-half
cake' of compressed yeast and one cup
importance of knowing the temper-
ature of the dough she would not be-
grudge the investment of a 'dollar or
two in a simple dairy or chemical
thermometer, Through its use guess
work is eliminated, the operations of
bread -making may be adjusted to suit
the -convenience of. the housekeeper;
and bread or hot rolls may be provided
fresh for any meal. Moreover, the
flavir, texture a.nd general quality of
the: product are almost mire to be
excellent.
Oh, Captain!
Young Lady --"Dear me, captain,
what do you find for tite sailors to do
when you are out at sea? Aren't the
men very idle?"
Captain—"No, lady; I steeps them
busy.ho.eing the sea w.eeds out of the
ocean current patch. '
EUROPE AND SOUTH- AMERICA TO HAVE
ZEPPELIN PASSENGER SERVICE
T -he project 01 an aerial line con-
neeting the continent of Europe with
ing the continent of Europe with
South. America by+gigantie Zeppelin
passenger ships is -being worked out
in Germany, .Doctor Hugo Ecker, one
of the chief directors of the Zeppelin
works, Germany's most famous pilot,
and for many years a co-worker of
Count Zeppelin has just returned
from a visit to Argentine and Spain,
Dr. Ecker has spent several inonths
in those countries. studying routes and
landings and assisting in the organ-
ization rof the company. Ile says that
he foetid Southern Spain ideally lo-
cated for a: European air bather and
as a 'port for a trans-Atlantic Zep.
perm liner The other end of the line
will 'be• near Buenos Aires, where it
is declared that weather and wind con-
ditions are very favorable.
He estirn-aces that a Zeppelin with
150,000 •cubic metres gas capacity has
a •speed of 115 kilometres an limit',
with forty passengers, ran make the
trip from Spain to Buenos Aires in
ninety hours. One hundred hours will
be required for the trip to Europe on
account of less favorable wind con-
ditions.
As the peace treaty places aliment
insurmountable obstacles in the way
of organizing and operating air ships
from Germany, the organizations will
bo exclusively Spanish, with 'Germans i
in charge of all operations. ;
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