HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1916-07-07, Page 3NOTES AND COMIVIENT5
The uprieing in Arabia against bhe
Ottoman rule which has been reported
from Cairo is not unexpected. The
dissatisfaction of the Arabs, variously
manifested on several occasions since
the establishment of the Young Turk
regime, has been growing, and there
has recently been reported great ac-
tivity of British and Russian agents
among some of the more powerful
Arabian tribes.
Ottoman rulers have had reason
ever since the wane of their power
to mistrust the loyalty of the people
of the desert to the empire. The
Arabs have never looked upon the
Turks as the true gums Jeans of Is-
lam or the Sultans at Constantino-
ple as the head of Mohammedanism.
Mecca to them was the heart of the
Moslem world, and the restoration of
the caliphate to this holy city has been
their great ambition
It is thus but natural that the Arabs
should take advantage of the pres-
ent war to throw off an allegiance
that they have hated and to seek their
independence. There is no hope for
them in a German power cooperating
with the Turks; but there is a chance
for the restoration of temporal pow-
er in the success of Russia and Great
Britain, the two Governments under
which lives the greatest Moslem popelation of the world. There is, of
course, no proof that either of these
nations has made any overtures. But
at the same time it is evident that in
their present campaigns on the Eup.
hrates and in Asia Minor the Russians
and the British could hope for no
greater assistance than the active aid
of the Arabs against their enemy.
Against the success of the revolt
is the afct that the Turks, who must
have been aware of the disaffection,
are able to send against the revolt',
tionaries a considerable army and
also that the Arabs have ,so long been
torn by internal tribal strifes that
United action now seems difficult to
secure. But a revolution that may
• involve a million warlike people with
a motive both temporal and spiritual
injects a new and startling element.
into the world war,
An American photographer who has
.been engaged in taking pictures of
• the European arrnies in action has not"
ed an interesting exception to the
well-known rule that seasoned soldiers
pay little attention to the sights• and
sounds of battle which civilians find so
impressive. "Everywhere one goes,"
he remarks, "there is the roar of artil-
lery. The men in the trenches get
used to the firing and pay no atten-
tion. Every clear day, -boo, the air is
full of aeroplanes. Battles in the
air are a daily occurrence, but every 1
one still looks up to watch the flyers
battling."
t
The time may come, of course, when
• the rattle of machine guns in the sky
-will receive from seasoned soldiers no c
more attention than they give to the I
fire of artillery to which they are not 1
destructively exposed. But that ad-
justrnent of the nervous system has
not yet come. The aircraft is still c
the Cleopatra of war, from whom the p
unexpected is expected. To the most
seasoned soldiers "age has not with- t
eyed, nor custom staled, her infinite
Varkty."
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About the
House
• Useful Hints and
General Informa-
tion for the Busy
Housewife
Marmalades, Preserves, Pickles. ,
Pear Marmalade—Peel, core and
weigh the pears, then allow 12 ounces
sugar to every pound of fruit. Put
the pears in a saucepan together with
a little of the sugar and enough water
them with salt, and cover with cold
vinegar, previously boiled up with
spice. The cauliflower can be quickly
parboiled in salt and water before it is
put in the jars, if you find the raw
vegetable hedigestible.
to cover, bring to a boll gently and Pickled Cucumbers.—Choose samall
then simmer slowly until the fruit is and perfect cucumbers without any
quite soft. Rub through a sieve and
return to the saucepan, bring to a boil
and add the rest of the sugar; stir un-
til completely melted, allow to come to
the boil and then simmer until of the
right consistency.. Great care is re-
quired during this second cooking as
the mixture is very apt to burn. It
can be flavored with either lemon rind,
ginger or spices. The flavoring should
be put in at the first cooking.
Plum Marmalade—Take out the ker-
nels of the plums and boil the fruit in
just enough water to cover, simmer
until soft. Rub through a sieve, re -
tun to the saucepan, and cook until
they begin to show signs of sticking
well, pour the following pickle over
to the pan. Then take up, weigh and
measure out an equal quantity of them and. tie down with bladders or
sugar with which to make a syrup, parchment.
al-
lowing one-half pint of water to every
one and one-half pounds of Sugar.
Skim carefully and cook until a lit-
tle dropped into Cold water hardens
immediately. Put the fruit puree and
the syrup together into a pan arid
spots. Lay them in strong salt and
water until they turn quite yellow,
stirring themtwice a day to keep
them from softening. When they are
quite yellow, pour of the water and
cover with grapevine leaves. Boil up
the poured -off water and pour it boil-
ing over the cucumbers. Leave them
all in a warm corner near the fire,
When the water is almost cold, boil it
up again and pour it over the clicurn-
bers again. Repeat thii process un-
til the cucumbers turn a good green,
keeping them covered with the" leaves,
a clean cloth and a reversed soup
plate to keep in the steam. When
they are thoroughly green, drain them
For the pickle.—To each quart of
white wine vinegar allow a quarter of
an ounce of mace or half a dozen
cloves, half an ounce of sliced ginger,
half an ounce of black pepper and half
a handful of salt; boil this all togeth-
cook until it just comes to a boil. Do er for five minutes, then use hot.
Pickled Wainuts.—Gather the veal -
not allow it actually to boil, and put
nuts before the shells begin to form.
immediately into sterilized jars, dust
Wipe them, prick with a darning
over the bop with finely granulated
sugar and cover.
Preserved Figs—The figs should be
matured but not ripe. Scrape them,
cut a small slit across the top, and
put them into a basin of cold water
into which pub also one tablespoonful
of lime (for 50 figs). Put a plate on
needle and put them in a large crock
or basin. Make enough brine to cov-
er them, allowing a quarter of a
pound of salt to each quart of boil-
ing water. When quite cold, pour
the brine over the walnuts and leave
them in it for about a fortnight. They
ought to be stirred occasionally and
top to keep the figs under the water;
leave them for about 12 hours,
the brine changed twice during this
then. time. Now drain the walnuts and
take them out and wash them clean. spread them out on trays in a single
Put them into a clean caucepan with
layer to .dry in the sun until they turn
about one and one-half quarts of clean
water,
one-half teaspoonful of carbon -
black. Have ready some dry, wide -
ate ofsoda, and one-half teaspoonsful neeked bottles, three -parts fill them
with walnuts, and fill up with vine-
theof salt; let the figs boil up in this with gar which has been boiled previously
lid off. Take them out when soft
enough to be pierced with a sharp with spicem
stick, and drain them through a col-
ander. Take one pound of sugar Pineapple Dishes.
more than the weight of fruit, make
a syrup on.e-half pint of water to
three-quarters pound of sugar, and
when it has been strained and cool,
lay the figs in it for a night and the
next day boil them over a slow fire till
the fruit is quite clear.
There is no more delicious warm-
• Pineapple custard ifi another favor-pastthe men and saw that over bhe
le dessert. Cut a pineapple with a shelter of a hatchway there hung a
Silver fork, or shred it into small wooden shield. On it was painted,
pieces. Add a cupful of sugar, and "Heligoland -1914." Here were no
set on the ice. Make a good boiled gorgeous monuments of a mighty
custard, pour it over the pineapple. past, no chronicling of great names
Make a meringue of the whites of and splendid deeds; only a simple re -
the eggs. Cover the top of the pine- cord of the fact that this ship had
apple with this and broWn delicately. been in one great fight. Of all the
chill and springle gyrated almonds over rest that.she had done, of lesser bat -
the top. tles, of long vigils, of manifold perils,
there was no note at all, And the
faces of these who had done and borne
such great things were the faces of
boys still, simple, joyous, confident.
The horror of war had not cowed them
and never would.
The hymn was finished. We prayed,
standing with heads.bowed. The voice
of the padre spoke for us, asking the
protection and help of God for the
companies of these two ships, for all
who fought by sea or by land, for the
dying, for the wounded, for the sor-
rowful.
We sang again. I saw that Howth
Head, far away to the north of us,
was blackened with a thundershower
Things Worth Knowing.
Half a pepper minced fine will fla-
vor an omelet.
• Overdone food is as bad for the dig-
estive as underdone.
Apples banana, and lettuce
delicious salad mixture.
• Don't forget that splib peas make
an excellent luncheon soup.
Orange gelatine served in the
orange hull makes a most attractive
dessert.
Add a little apple to the rhubarb
pie; it will be less tart and of &H-
elens flavor.
Charming footstool covers are
made of grey linen worked on cross
stitch design.
The ]id should not be lifted fiom a
pet in which dumplings are cooking.
They are apt to be heavy if the lid is
taken off before they are done.
When scalding sour milk for cot-
tage cheese, have the -water warm,
not boiling; if boiling water is used
the cheese will be lumpy and hard.
When. turnips are young, wash them
thoroughly and cook without peeling.
The rind will cook as tender as the
rest of the turnip.
Good flour adheres to the hand, and
when pressed lightly remains in shape
and shows the imprint of the lines of
the skin of the hand.
A rich soup, with whole wheat
bread and butter, a vegetable or
salad, makes an excellent foundation
for a dinner.
A good way to keep mattresses
fresh is to let them have slips of
their . own covered with unbleached
muslin.
To pop corn successfully, first put
it in a sieve and, dash cold water over
it. The kernels will be large and
flaky.
are a
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A NAVAL CHURCH SERVICE.
Pen Picture of Sunday Ceremony
a British Ship.
Kingstown harbor was filled with
patrol boats at anchor, writes a con-
tributor to the Cornhill Magazine.
Once, in the days of peace, these were
trawlees. Now each mounts a gun
weather fruit than the pineapple.
on her foredeck and goes out to trawl
Fruits are a welcome change ab
for the most dangerous fish men ever
arty
time, but particularly so after the chased. They are small boats, these
heavy meats and highly seasoned
trawlers, but it is an evil business for
sauces of the winter. Then the pine- the submarine that feels the drag of
their nets, or venturing to the sur-
face, hears their guns speak. Among
them lay two torpedo-boat destroyers,
side by side, moored bow and stern,
so close that men could step from one
deck to the other. Their high -built
bows rose with a sort of threat above
the mooring buoys. From the tall
foremasts the wires of their telegra-
enough of the fruit for future refer-
phis installation sloped sharply aft.
ence. The best crops come from
The narrow, low decks were covered
Cuba, Porto Rico and Florida and
with the machines of the terrible busi-
some from Hawaii. It is a good idea
ness that these boats do—guns, three
to watch the rnarket, and choose the
of them, and four great torpedo -tubes,
fruit the time that it is at its lowest ready to swing out to port or star -
price, and buy enough to last.
board. Our launch slipped alongside.
The best way to cut a pineapple
We mounted a narrow, steep ladder.
remove the crown or blossom part, is
The commander saluted, and greeted
to
us
then cut through the fruit from top with an apology.
Right round the long bend of the
bay the cloud clung to the land. The
thickly grouped spires and chimneys
of Dublin. were caught in it. I could
see the rain pouring over the city like
a thick black veil. A shaft of sunlight
struck the water of the bay between
us and Howth; but a flanking outpost
of the storm cloud darkened our near-
er sky. The water of the harbor grew
suddenly black.
Our padre spoke to us, a few words
only, telling us a very simple thing,
which certainly, here and now, our
hearts believed; which it were well
for us if at all times we believed and
held fast. Then came the last words
of all, that wonderful benediction
which promises, which gives, the
peace of God. Even as he spoke a
few drops of rain fell heavily. The
roll of thunder came to us from the
darkness that covered Howth. Jag-
ged lightning flashed in a sharp zig-
zag against the cloud.
Coaches for Kings.
The eighteenth century is remark-
able for the rapid development of the
carriage industry. It was during this
period that the manufacture of State
carriages of a sumptuous and highly
ornate character began in order to
satisfy the demand for pomp and dis-
on play which characterized various
courts in Europe. One of the most
beautiful is that belonging to the
imperial family of Vienna, which was
built in 1696, and is shaped with all
the curves characteristic of the fur-
niture of the style of Louis XIV. The
panels are artistically adorned with
nymphs, painted in the style of Ru-
bens, and also with plate glass, while
on the centre of the roof is a large
imperial crown.
A miser is known by the money he
Pickled Beets.—Wash very care ful- apple has a great many medicinal
y, taking care not to break the skin, qualities that make ib invaluable. Chil-
dren love it, and it is one of the best
as all the color will come out if this
iappens. Boil for an hour, and let things that they can eat for their gen-
eral system, and for digestion, because
hem stand until perfectly rcold. of its pepsin -like qualities.
Scrape and slice them, and pour over A fine fresh pineapple may be made
hem vinegar in which a few pepper- into a delicious variety of summer
orns and some cloves have been pre- desserts, and it is a good idea 'to can
dously boiled. Cover the jars close -
y, and see that the beets are thore
uglily covered with vinegar.
Pickled Cauliflower. — Trim the
auliflowor and break it up into small
feces. Strew these with salt, and
cave them from 12 to 24 hours be-
aten plates. Drain them well, pack
DUKE'S GARDENERS.
GARDENERS.
Three Employed an the Eaton Estate
Exempted.
Three married men employed on the
Duke of: Westminister's Eaton gar-
dens have been exempted condition-
ally at Chester. It was stated that
the duke wanted every available man
lilmrated from the gardens and only
the necessary labor retained, Of the
• original staff of 50, 30 had left for
service., Their planes were kept open
end wages paid, less the army pay,
making a yearly liability to the
duke of £4,340, The head gardener
said he had unsuccessfully tried to
secure other labor. Eaton gardens I
were opened to the public for Six
months each year, and during the
past 20 years admissions for viewing
the gardens and hell had resulted in
4:16,00 for charities. The duke had
lent the hell as a military hospital,
and the demand for vegetables was
heavier than ever. Lady Arthur
Ix Geosvener,hospital nurses, and others
helped in lighter work. They had a
valuable collection of bulbs, which
• were n national asset.
Common Paradox.
My wife's bills have a queer way
of aping." Hai" tie you mean 1"
4` The more she contracts them the
Mere they expand."
'Lawyer--" So yeti wet '., to, make a
ease of it ?" Client Yes, • I offered
to settle it by fair , m '
eans an' be
wouldn't. Sp I decided „I'd hire a
lawyer an' have him took into court."
For
Pu re Good n ess
and delicious, snappy flav-
our no other food -drink
equals •
ST
Made of wheat and a bit
of wholesome molasses, it
has rich color, aroma -and
taste, yet contains no
harmful elements. .
This hot table drink is
ideal for children and parti-
cularly satisfying to all
with wilt= tea or coffee
disagrees.
Postum coxnes in two
forms : The original
Postum Cereal requires
boiling; Instant Postum
is made in the cup instant-
ly, by adding boiling water.
For a good tine at table
and better health 411
'round, Postum tells its
own story.
"There's a Reason"
Sold by Grocers everywhere.
Cano,ditin Postum Cereal Co., Ltd.,
Windsor, On,
to stem. Divide into quarters. Re-
"We used to have a nice ladder,"
move the core; then cut into cubes or
he said, "like a yacht's; but when the
Ishred. war broke out, it had to go." Then,
Pineapple shortcake is good. Use to my companion,
"If you're ready,
two cupfuls of sifted flour, into whith padre, Pll muster the ship's corn-
tyou have put for teaspoonfuls of bak- PanY'
ing powder and a teaspoonful "
The ship's company were mustered,
of
salt. Add a tablespoonful of lard the companies of both ships. The men,
anti two tablespoonfuls of butter; chop
a hundred of them, perhaps, or rather
' until the shortening is quite fine. more, stood in two groups, one on
Now add a cupful of mills (scant); each side of the deck, with a • space
beat thoroughly and bake in a large
biscuit by quicgkly drawing a clean of A, gun. Aft, facing the men, stood
white thread across the top between
betWeen them. Above the vacant
biscuit pan until done. Separate the
space stretched the long gray barrel
the officers. The padre took his place
the tap and the bottom. Better each
and laid his books on some part of
side we g, add powdered sugar to the the ship's fighting gear draped with
upper r'ece, then add shredded fresh a flag.
or ct?7i ! 1 pineapple; sprinkle again -An order was given, very quietly,
with r - lered sugar. Put whipped with none of the sharp staccato vigor
creme: ever the top; garnish with with which soldiers speak.
slices it orange.
"Ship's company, hats off!"
Pineapple toast is a novel recipe.
The men stood bareheaded, A flag,
Cut slices of old sponge cake a half- red and white, was broken out at the
inch thick, Shape them round or die- foremast head. From one of the two
mo -lid to give variety. Brush these tall spires that dominated the town
with butter, dregede with sugar and came the sound of church bells sem-
brown lightly in the oven. Cool, then moiling the townsfolk, peaceful peo-
pour chopped pineapple and whipped ple, to their prayers. Our padre bade
cream over them. Serve with a us sing a hyinn. It was, "Rock of
strawberry on the top. Ages." How is it that our soldiers
Pineapple marmalade is an English and sailors both choose this hymn,
dish. Pare and remove the eyes from both seem to sing it with special de -
the pineapples; mit in small cubes and light? Here we had no band to help
shred with a silver fork; weigh the us, no choir to lead us. The padre
fruit and place two-thirds of its pitched the first note for us. The
weight of granulated sugar in the men's voices caught it. There passed'
lower part ,of a moderate oven. Cook across the water a great wave of
the pineapple in an uncovered pan un- sound.
til it is reduced, then add the juice of I stood and wondered. The faces
a lemon to each pound oa the fruit, before me were boys' faces. It would
add the hot sugar, boil five or six,rnin- have surprised me to learn that in
utes, fill jelly glasees, and when it is ell' that company there were four men
ool fill with the mixture. Thin' of thirty years of age among officers
peelings of the lemon skin add the or crew, I looked up, and the long
marmalade flavor if desired, gun was above my head. 1 looked
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FELL FROM ZEPPELIN.
German Tumbled Right Into an Eng-
lish Conservatory.
Curious things happen hi war time,
but there has been nothing more start-
ling than that which happened to a
certain family which lives in a town
on the east coast of England.
Some weeks ago Zeppelins flew over
this port, which was nothing unusual.
The members of this certain house-
hold were partaking of a late evening
meal, seated around the table in the
dining -room. They heard bombs ex-
ploding and the fire of anti-aircraft
guns. Suddenly there was a tre-
mendous crash at the back of the
house. Evidently something bad
dropped into the conservatory. It was
assumed that it was a bmb. For a
few minutes the people remained
where they were, fearing a further
explosion. Then they investigated.
In the conservatory, most of the
glass of which was broken, they
found a dead German air -sailor. He
had evidently accidently fallen from
a Zeppelin or perhaps he was knocked
out by a well-placed British shell.
He had fallen from a tremendousheight,
height, probably no less than 7,000
feet, and he was naturally badly muti-
lated.
These Men.
"Perhaps it is just as well that
wives do not always know how hus-
bands disburse their funds."
"How now?"
"My wife would have a fit, if she
knew I spent my 15 certeaaantli money --
for a sandwich and a 10 -cent cigar."
_me
Like a Train Schedule.
"Nora," said the mistress bo the
new servant, "we always want our
meals promptly on the hours."
"Yis, mum. An' if I miss th' first
keeps. ihour shall I wait for the next?"
Is but another word for "insured" when it
refers to jams and preserves. Molding and
fermentation are impossible when the jars are
securely sealed with
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