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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1923-07-19, Page 2THE Cb ".EST REE TEA pr ;t deuced in the world is grown ova the snour.4tain slay es of Ceylon and India. These rare teas, specially blended, gave to GREEN TEA H371 a flavor beyond compare —JUSTT \Y rygic Frier' • t s of --BY MRS. JOHN ALMY. PART I. Toward evening, the wind grew stronger, bringing with it a cold rain. Mrs. Lester peered into the thickening darkness. "I'll put another log on the fine, Grandma," Mrs. Lester said, "and. light up a little more so that it will seem, good to the family` to get home." "There's George now," Grand- mother Lester said, her face bright- ening. "Well! Home for the night and glad of it !" IVIr. Lester was tall, spare and white-haired. He laid his hand caressingly across his mother's shoulders. "As soon as Iepped off of the car, I caught the light in the upper tower -room and it beckoned so cheerily that I could scarcely wait to get home. And yet, it's been a great day! I must have waited on at least two hundred freshmen and half as many sophomores. Just being with then makes me feel young, Agnes. Are the children home yet?" "They're coming now, I think. Sup-` per's ready—all of you!" she cried, as Myrtle and Ina, rosy and tingling. with the cold, came into the room, fol -1 lowed by Glen, whose stalwart form almost filled the doorway. Mr. Lester, for years country clerk in a small country town, had moved to the city a few months ago with his family, so that the children might have educational advantages. He had; obtained 'a position as storekeeper for the Physics Laboratory at the Uni- versity, which brought him only a modest salary. Myrtle hoped to enter the University the next year. She had a position in the office of one of the largest stores in the city, Glen, who had just turned twenty, had a position with a manufacturing ufacturing company, and! was saving his money for a four - years' course in architecture. Ina,' fifteen, was attending high school. "Family, listen!" Myrtle cried, as they were about to leave the table. "Mother has asked me to preside •over the decision of an important matter" . "State the question," demanded Grandmother Lester. "It's this: shall we buy that oriental rug that leeks as if it belonged to us?' "Agnes," said Grandmother Lester turning to her daughter-in-law, "if you feel that you would like.to have that rug, get it. I've no doubt that it's worth economizing for, or you, wouldn't even be considering it." " "To be sure, Agnes, let us get it," said Mr. Lester smiling kindly at his wife. "It's a long time since the fam- ily has indulged in anything other than a necessity. To have a thing of real beauty in our home would be worth more than. money. D. get it!" Ina` spoke up with all the. wisdom of her young years. "We Lesters ought to realize that fact. Our house is dreadfully run-down looking and that's the reason these rich people pay no attention to us. It's not fair! I mean to Mother, most of all I sup- pose that they are glorying in the fact that they have dozens of Persian rugs, and floor -lamps, and half a dozen automobiles apiece! But, for my part, I'd a great deal sooner.be as.poor as we are—and be--decent—than that sort of new -rich !" "Ina!" her father said mildly re- monstrant, "you can't judge. Your mother would be the last person in the world to bait for friendship. We must not forget that we are living L the city and that it is not customary for neighbors to be freely neighborly." "You'd better buy it,. Mother, said Glen. "We want to begin to get used to, beautiful things—I, mean, really artistic ones, for, you know, some day, I'm going to build the sort of houses that will need the finest rugs. That is, if I succeed," he added, suddenly em- bi rrassed as he caught the answering glow in the faces about If Sr." .,,'9¢4'A_• Take it home to the kids Have a packet in - your pocket for an ever -ready treat: A delicious confec- tion and an aid to the teeth, appetite, digostion. Sealed in its Purity Package li ^vi` Here 'silo RtimpYou Need SMART9S 'TANDEM CIOCJLYLE RCT/N© Pumps rnoreeasIly,more siilentl and more efficiently than the WI n6 type model which it has definitely replaced Repairs easily made with houseold fools. Can be drained to prevent freezing. Essllyprimed. /,Sat ABOUT IT AT YOUR HARDWARE STORE JAMES SMAIZTPLANT �., B}loCi(VILLE;oN7. Amid? • Holden's, , where Myr Ie- -Wo 'ked,'. carried the largest stock of oriental of them?" This, from aliays e geew THE SUMMER BRIDE'S I ITC1-iEN Do the brides ;of your neighborhood have the various fads that, change and vary as much as the new styles and fashions?' They do inr' oiti^ section; and a fad that is very' popular with them here at present is the enameled drop-leaf dining -tables. :And it is not only brides who are indulging in this fad, either. Many women who only have small families are investing a few cents and a little time in these attractive accessories. Ali of the second-hand ` stores of our town have been ransacked' in search of . theold-fashioned, .di}ing room tables with drop -leaves at the side, and for kitchen chairs • . of, at- tractive design. - _ These are selected in as quaint a , pattern as possible, and are of soft • wood that has been painted, instead of varnished.: , Both the table and chairs,are rubbed with sandpaper, until every sign of the paint or varnish has. -'been. removed. They are then: painted with three coats of paint. • Some use ivory for this, while some prefer white; •but: I. think the most attractive ones, I have seen are of a soft gray color. After the paint is applied, 'a thor- ough coating of 'enamel';of- the same color is put on. Then they are de- corated with -some design, usually a conventional pattern, Rut oe with enamel. If the furniture is ivory, canary yellow and black May be used for the design; while there are no colors that look so well on gray as some of the soft pastel shades. Old blue may predominate. Thevery beauty and attractiveness of such a set as the one 'I hays de- scribed would be reason enough for any bride. to choose it for the main part of her dining -room furniture; but the small cost is an added virtue, • and has an added . appeal to ;most brides who prefer .to start their mar- ried life, living in a frugal way, that it may be easier for the couple; to "get a start."—N. Portrey. House Canada's Love for Gareat. Britain, We love those little rockbound isles Which nestle in the sea, We love her towers and bulwarks grand, --- - -""'""`"r-'10 Their glorious history: A NEAT AND SIMPLE FROCK FOR A LITTLE GIRL. We love Old England's mossy dells, Proud Scotia's mountains hoar, Erin's sweet fields of "living green," Their minstrelsy and lore. Dear Avon's banks, where "free to roam," Sweet songs sang glorious "will"; "Ye banks and braes of Bonny Doon" Where "gab's" ghost wonders still. Where "Irish Nora's eyes grow dim," Where Moore's . sweet songs of love Diffuse their mystic brightness round, Like incense from above. The cities by "Old Father Thames," Whence wealth and culture flow;, The "Silver Forth," "Dunedin's" towers, Their glamor and their glow. 4374. Blue and white dotted dimity is here shown -bias bands of blue organdy form the decoration. This would be pretty in yellow pongee with the 'trimming in white. or in green organdy, with frills of white. , The sleeve may be short, or, in wrist length, finished with ,a band cuff, The Pattern is Oat in 4 Sizes: 1, 2, 4, and 5 years. A 4 -year size requires 21ee yards of 36 -inch material. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 10c in, silver or stamps. factory temporary repair may be effected by applying adhesive tape to each side of the break. , If the glass top of the percolator seems to.suddenly leap from its proper position and cleaves asunder upon the floor it niay be mended with adhesive tape until another may be purchased. When paring any hard fruit or vegetable, protect the inside of the ,thumb and forefinger with pieces of ;:adhesive tape. When ripping seams with a knife or razor blade, wrap the blade with ad- hesive tape to within ae inch of the and to prevent injury to the fingers and fabric. MAKING THINGS STICK.' In case a break conies in your rub - Besides being of invaluable aid in ber gloves apply a patch of adhesive the medicine chest or cabinet, adhesive tape to the underside of the cut or tape may be used as first aid in in ,break. It may be used in the same numerable cases of household ,mere,, anner to mend kid gloves, using a gency.. it maybe made so useful that bit of dye or ink to stain'the patch the housewife should never be with- to match the gloves. out it.: Use adhesive tape to cover the open - After, cementing broken glass or ing in the bottom of salt or pepper china ft may be applied to the out- shaker instead of cork, which is often side to hold the parts. in place antil hard to remove and often slips inside: they become thoroughly dry. L When-;smallcuts or breaks appear When •the• glass in the .uveal•. +1e r i l tahlo orlcIoth they may be mend accidentally gets bioken;„a ve` e.,, see.' ! aeye ii a strr, r of adhesive J,s tape to the r..n erside. rugs in the city. .Mrs Lester had seen Ina. the rug in the window on display and its peculiar beauty had • taken posses- sion of her, "Just as if I had woven it out of myself, telling how I feel towards folks," she thought. 9 like that rug," she had said to ..M Myrtle, Y , „b etter than any I have ever seen be "It was' Mrs. Finley, th.e`+ ,man Ito works for the Hardys, thew'leatherbys and Pettibrooks." "O -oh!" Ina's exclamatith regist-r- ed disappointment. "Hoyt?. did pp slie ha en to come?" �h d' i d t1 Th' uS e rt:g 1 i,, 'terneon afro fore. r wish that we could afford to ut two-b'clock when I thought that have one like that. Find out howlthe'rug had aired long enough, I went much it costs." to bring it into the house. It was gyne. f Mr. I walked all around the house, looking Myrtle inquired o assistant in the' rug department, and everywhere.` I decided to call up the M. Chesney asked to be allowed to sight station. Juofst then, I in on initiate, her into the respective merits that. harpa bit g purple hanging on of oriental rugs. Then she too agreed, a that sharp prong of the gate.k It down witone! n the lot that was there l ere l was i it- the ;street ece ` a looking.way, the gwalked I td to the testers...In case they bought found another piece, just as if it;had been torn out with a jagged fork----" the rug, Mr.'Cheskley'had'inade a sec- "Oh, Mother!" cried. " •" our our and and more reasonable price. „ "We've come to buy our• ru Mr, beautiful rug! Chesney," Lester said,following "I thought a dog ust have torn it y' „, g down. Still, I couldn't find any other the family decision. I m beginning trace of it. I was sick at heart. About to understand why, these • ngs take four o'clock some one knocked at the on's fancy so. They are like some- side door. It was a woman, carrying thing living. This one • looks like our rug rolled uii under her arm, I kindness to tie—like an open fire and could see that she had been crying. hospitality and good friends." She was greatly distressed. She iii-• "They don't suspect that all of. my troduced herself . as, Mrs. Finley, the commission goes with that rug but I woman who washes for the neighbors. wanted her to have a real treasure," She said that her dog had come home Mr. Chesney said. to himself, as he attended to the details of the purchase. That evening,; Mrs; Lester spread the rug upon, the fiooi f Sr the family's inspection e lir twgse, an oblong, not more than 'IV..ard wide, with a back- ground of deep soft blue, over which medallions of quaint flower -forms merged their variegated, jewel-like colors, the whole subdued with a sheen like summer haze across shadow - purpled hills. "It's like poetry," said Mr. Lester. The new rug was laid in the little square room on the ground floor of the tower. It would have beer;: the parlor if the Lesters had needed one last few years. I told her not to worry in addition to their living room. Its but to come right in and we'd talk it furniture consisted 'only of the. rug, over:. We looked at the rug -it might the old walnut cupboard; the hickory have been mutilated -worse. It's in the summer chairs, and the wide brick about an hour before, dragging the rug with him. He was a big St. Ber- nard, though not much more than a pup, and always getting into mischief. "She said she would have got rid of him save that her husband, who is somewhat of an invalid, was greatly attached to him. She knew the rug belonged to us for she had seen it hanging on the railing. She said that she was willing to pay for the damage, though she supposed it would be a great deal, for that kind of a rug was expensive. She went on, then, to tell about her family:. they had had a great deal of sickness and trouble the ICE CREAM SAUCE. For chocolate sauce to be served 'with ice cream, put one pound of light browif sugar into a saucepan with one quarter pint of milk, two ounces of chocolate, grated, and one ounce of butter. Boil until' together it forms g. a soft ball when put in cold water. Take from the stove and flavor with vanilla. To make cannel ice cream, put one quart of milk in a double boiler and when hot add one tablespoonful of cornstarch which has been moistened with milk, yolks of four. beaten eggs, and one-half cup of sugar. Scorch one cup of maple molasses or one-half pound of maple sugar. Add `a little water' to it, then add to the Bastard. When tcool, add one pint of cream and freeze. Leave Me But These. Leave me the kiss of the winds that pass, .The love that is breathed by the whis- pering grass. Leave me the friends that the woods do hide, The joy that the shingle shares with the tide. Leave me but these! Have I not peed thee yet enough? Woulde,t thou my pain make yet m�o2e .., rough And - blind my eyes to the things still dear, And chill nsy heart to a frozen tear? Ah no. not that! Leave me the vision to see more clear These that to me are still so diear God, grant me w'lpd�oni to recognize The love• that is known not to the eyes: God—leave me thes�e1 tower -room notiv. Ian TvlacGregoa. fireplace, above which hung .Grand- "As we talked, Mrs. ,Finley spoke - ._ father's sword. of the neighbors, especially young "Surely no one willthinkthat 1 am Mrs. Hardy who has lost her baby; rt baiting for neighbors, said Mrs, Les- died a few weeks before we moved ter weeks later as she carefully spread here. The poor young mother does no the precious thing ever the railing of thing but grieve. Mrs. Finley also. the verandah. "And yet," she thought' spoke of Mrs, Pettibrook as an ,un whimsically, "how happy I should bei usual woman, 'one in ten thousand,' if this rug was really a charm to draw ' 1 wish I might know her." ' nei •hbor !" �' �,,.. All the next day Mrs. Lester kept o ia rare, crisp autumn day, Mrs. thinking about the neighbors. ' She Lester again hung the rug over the looked across the street, to the third a railing and stroked its silky surface house, the largest and finest. "Such a Itenderlyta It was such aclovely thin lonely girl in such a great house! If and it seemed as if it silently breathe 1 c ld only go to her and consfort a inessasre of friendliness and g'oo he f4, - ; o.,40.srii--� u ase that thAi a� 00 1 -""""ii rig the days passed, Mrs. Lest, s r ny eople who wouldn't are aout longing to show Mrs. Hardy that' she immediate neighbors," she thought, cared, grew stronger, ITowcoul s "but, Inehow or other, having let her grieve alone i In the home friends 1 as iriOn far be a part of me town she would have known how to and I'm getting too old to ehange. t take comfort to her, She must d & wish I did not think so much about 'way now, too. She would 1t i e to iri" think of a way. She pondered and "We had .a caller' to -day," Mrs. Les- then had an idea which she sl%ared ter said, as they sat together at the only with Grandmother Lester, evening meat "I'm so glad that she (To,l ,,, f, be eontlnued o�..,,, .-,, car"01Motheri ,A,t last! Which one 'M1nard'ai,lntmarenf- to wtieawrrl'll art, o: ��23e elle-•-"Lven+ybody seal's you can • 1 and'ly keep your •head above water," lIe "Well, thiat's, only when I'm on dry laud." If you look. for a soft snap, you will florid hard lines. The purple hills of proud Argyle, Loch Katrine's rugged shore, Where Scott writ tales of love and hate, To charm us evermore. In thought we fly to Flodden Field, Whale Scotia's noblest fell, 'Gainst serried ranks- of the- gallant South, As ancient records tell. When tartan'd clans . fierce battle fought, With buckler and claymore, Where Melrose shed her mystic light, Amidst the clash of war. We glory in Great Britain's fame, Brave sons and daughters fair; Her mighty strength, her vast renown, And herprotecting care. Let us, "The Maple Leaf Forever," With loyal voices sing, In union with each patriot's song, "God Save Our Gracious King." —Robert Stark, Brains Wanted, The teacher was discouraged over one 'dunce of a boy in the; class. At last fan order to see what the 'boy would do, he said: "Here's twopence; go and ask Dr, — to give you twopence worth, of brains." The boy, coning back with a dull, dis- appointed look, said to:.the teacher: "The doctor wouldn't give me any brains. _ Will I go back and say the are for you?" Mlnard's Llnimenl, for Coughs & Colds The sun gives' 800,000 tunes i7n,o,,e: light than the moon.'; Light from the Pole Star takes fifty -1 four, years to reach the earth. .406-41 t Lifebuoy may be safe- ly used on the tender- est skin. It is wonderfully cleansing for little hands, faces and bod- ies. Lifebuoy bcbios have beatob hi/smithy skins. Two lines of "The Charge of the. Light Brigade," spoken by the late Lord Tennyson, are recorded On a� phonograph record owned by a South African. EVERYWHERE IN CANADA, silent- but of oqu5nt- MAT I4 ,S n erthe xi red maximum, of helpfulservices .ALWAYS, ASK FOR'. 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