HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1916-07-21, Page 7Nares ANDZOIVINIENTS.
The Mone of Prince von Be elow's
new boot, on "German Policies"-ac-
eording to the cabled excerpts—is
disquieting to those who had dreamed.
of another kind of peace when, the
great conflict will have ceased. Peace
lovers all over the nasions have been
hoping that new machinery for the
Working out of international justice
might be devised, that armaments
might be limited, and that the end-
less competition of military and naval
programs might be abandoned, Small
assurance, however, can be obtained
from the expressions of Prince von
,13ue1ow, whose prominence as a diplo-
mat gives almost the "inspired"
sanction of officialdom to his wards;
We must make ourselves stronger
and harder to be attacked on our bord-
ers and coasts than we were at the
beginning of this war. Our enemies,
too, will strengthen armaments on
land and water, and we, on our part,
must meet this condition.
Metternich' might have uttered the
same sentiment in 1814 at Vienna,
and have found, himself in accord with
the spirit of his century. But surely
Europe has learned something useful
for peace during the last hundred
years. It cannot be that the fright-
ful sacrifices of the last two years are
to leave the world no whit wiser. The
very prominence of Prince von Bue-
low obviously is a limitation on his
freedom to speak fankly. His con-
nections naturally make it inadvis-
able for him to let anything fall which
might be used against his country
when the time for diplomatic bar-
gaining arrives. This necessary dis-
count must be remembered in consid-
ering his statement.
But when all this is done, the fact
still stands out that after wenty-three
months of the worst war in history
the responsible leaders of Europe are
no nearer the readjustments which
might make for a continued peace
than' they were on that day in August,
1914, when the impossible became pos-
sible ar:l destruction undreamed of
was begun.
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Preserving Fruit Without Sugar.
The Recipe.—The fruit is prepared
in the ordinary way, the jars are
cleaned and scalded while the rub-
bers and tops are boiling. The fruit
is then placed in the jars, in which
cold water is placed. When the jars
have been sealed air -tight they are
placed in a boiler filled with cold wat-
er and brought to the boiling point.
Berries will do if removed when the
boiling point is reached, while large
fruits, such as peaches, cherries,
plums and apricots, should. get 20 to
30 minutes boiling. Keep cover of
wash boiler on tight.
The appointment of Davir Lloyd
George as secretary for war to suc-
ceed the late Lord Kitchener again
emphasizes the fact that Great Brit-
ain realizes it has fokund the excep-
tional man whom great crises often
roduce to deal with tremendous na-
tional problems.
It also emphasizes the fact that
these exceptional men whom nations
somewhow find to serve them hi their
hour of need cannot be bred to order
from any class or caste. They often
come from the most unsuspected quar-
ters. What was at first regarded as
their handicap ultimately proves to
be their strength. In the retrospect
it is plain that it was he exact sorb
of training required to fit there to
understand and deal with the situa-
tion.
Had anyone predicted at the begin-
ning of the war the large part that
the little Welshman would play he
would have been regarded as insane.
Were anyone to deny ib now he would
be thought even more insane. It is
now clear that he was the one man
in British public life pre-eminently
fitted to deal with the munitions prob-
lem is the most vital of all his pro-
motion to the secretaryship for war
is logical.
A Good Substitute for Can Rubbers.
—When about to close a jar of pre-
served goods, the housewife very of-
ten finds herself short of a rubber
band, or else the last one breaks. A
very good substitute can be made
from newspaper. This is better than
other paper, because, as plumbers say,
'tit packs better." They often use it
to make small pipe joints air and wat-
er -tight. Cut several layers of the
paper the required size, put there on
the can and screw the lid down as
tightly as possible. If preferred,
rings of soft leather, cut from the
tops of old shoes, may be used, but
they are not as satisfactory as those
made from newspapers.
Raspberry Crown. -2 Tablespoons
water,2 tablespoons corn starch, 1.
cup boiling raspberry juice, 1 egg,
pinch of salt, lemon extract. Cook
until creamy. Put into moulds.
When cold serve with raspberries or
whipped cream.
Raspberry Tapioca.—Put 3-4, cup
tapioca into a kettle, cover with 4
cups boiling water and cook until
transparent. Stir into this 1 pint
of fresh raspberries, adding sugar to
taste. Pour into a mould. Serve
cold with cream.
Raspberry Cake. -1 Cup white sug-
ar, % cup butter, 2 eggs, 2 table-
spoons buttermilk, 1% cups flour, 1
teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon soda,
nutmeg, 1 cup raspberries, (to be ad-
ded last). Bake in layers.
Raspberry Vinegar.—Put 1 quart
of raspberries into a suitable dish,
pour over them a quart of good vine-
gar, let it stand 24 h Burs, then strain
through a flannel bag and pour this
liquor on another quart of berries; do
this for 3 or 4 days successively and
strain it; make it very sweet with
loaf sugar; bottle and seal ib.
Raspberry Creams.—Stir , enough
confectioners' sugar into a teaspoon-
ful of raspberry jam to form a thick
paste; roll it into a ball between the
palms of your hands. Put a lump
French Cream into a teacup and set it
into a basin of boiling water, stirring
it until it is melted then drop a few
drops of cochineal coloring to make it
a pale pink, or a few drops of rasp-
berry juice, being careful not to add
enough to prevent its hardening, Now
dip these little balls into the sugar
cream, giving them two coats. Lay
aside to harden.
• Raspberry Pie:—To -2 cups rasp-
berries add. 1 cup of red currants and
1 cup granulated sugar, with which a
teaspoonful of flour has been mixed;
stir together. Line a plate with
flaky pie crust, put in the fruit, cover
with a tolerably thick sheet of paste,
make several incisions for escape of
steam, and bake until the crusts are
nicely browned. Serve cool.
Raspberry Shortcake. ---Bake
sponge cake in 2 layers, or split one
thick cake; put in between them a
thick layer of berries, and on top put
whipped cream and more berries.
Raspberry Fruit Basket. — Bake
plain paste over inverted patty pans,
roll paste 1-8 in. thick, and cut in
strips 1/4 inch wide. Twist strips in
pairs and bake over a 14 lb. of baking
powder box, thus making handles.
Fill cases with raspberries sprinkled
with sugar. Garnish with whipped
cream.
Recipes for the Housewife.
Fricasseed Eggs.—Cook two table
spoons, butter with one and one-half
tablespoons finely chopped mush-
rooms and one-half shallot, finely
chopped. Add one and one-half
tablespoons flour and pour on gradual-
ly one cup white stock. Add five
hard-boiled eggs cut in slices.
Peach Canapes—Saute circular
pieces of sponge cake in butter until
delicately browned. Drain canned
ers like the lianas will refuse to coil peaches, sprinkle with powdered sug-
round a branch not strong enough to
bear its weight.
It is the glory and greatness of
democracy that it provides the widest
possible field for training and selec-
tion of she exceptional man who is to
serve in the time of extreme need.
Careless of its latent riches and per-
haps rushing on its fate is the nation
that restricts the field too greatly.
CLEVER PLANTS.
Begonias Pick Out a Suitable Place
for Tendrils.
The cleverness of some plants is
indisputable. A sundew, or ily-eater,
deceived by a piece of chalk, seized
it in its tendrils, but upon discover-
ing the fraud immediately withdrew
them. A fly, held just out of its
reach, did not attempt to move, but
as soon as it was brought a little
nearer the plant prepared to take
possession of. it. Darwin showed that
a begonia had a habit; of searching
for a hole to insert its tendrils into,
and even of withdrawing the tendril
to insert it in another hole if the first
proved unsuitable.
Nor is this power of selecting con-
fined to any particular class. Climbs
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Favoritism,
"Oh, no," soliloquized Johnny, bite
terly; "there ain't any favorites in
this family! Oh not If 1 bite my
finger nails, I `get a rap over the
knuckles, but if the baby eats his
whole foot they' thfr4 it's cute,"
ar, a few drops lemon juice and
a slight grating nutmeg. Melt ono
tablespoonful baiter; add peaches and
when heated serve on cake.
Bananas Cooked in the Skins—
Loosen one of the sections of skim
from each banana. Pub into blazer,
cover and let cook until shins are dis-
colored and pulp softy Remove from
skins and sprinkle with sugar. Serve
with lady fingers.
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(1) Bird's Eye View of the Bassano
Dam.
(2) The Dam Under Construction.
(3) The Sluice Oates Open.
(4) Distributing the Water.
UT on the prairies of Western
Canada and among the moun-
tain valleys of British Colum-
bia„ deserts are being turned into
gardens by the application of life-
giving Waters.
Every desert is a potential garden
if this one chief necessity is met,
though it is not fair to use the word
desert or even an arid region, for Al-
berta is neither arid or desert. But
nature may often be assisted in her
great task of production, and this is
what the irrigation systems of the
Canadian West are doing.
In Alberta the Canadian Pacific
Railway is developing the largest in-
dividual irrigation project on the Am-
erican continent, with an area larger
than the total irrigated area in either
!Colorado or California. Portions of
a tract of three million acres will
be included in this prosperous and
fertile so-called "dry belt" region.
The western section is already con
pleted, including sixteen hundred
miles of canals and ditches. The
eastern section is in process of de-
velopment where twenty-five hundred
miles of canals and ditches will be
required for the service.
j On April 25, 1914, the great irriga-
tion dam at Bassano, Alberta, was
opened. Built across the 'Bow River,
eighty miles east of Calgary, the huge
structure, 7,000 feet long, will con-
serve the water of the Bow for the
eastern section. Another great engin
Gering work, which will serve the
same tract, is .a giant aqueduct at
Brooks, thirty miles east, two miles
in length, which carries the waters
of a branch canal over a wide valley.
One has only to visit this great
undertaking of the Canadian Pacific
Railway to realize not only its mag-
nitude but the results it will, indeed
is, producing. Here is one of the
smaller radiating ditches, filled with
rippling water, On either bank na-
ture has responded with a luxuriant
growth, and a garden of productivity
the result. The wheat fields ex-
tend in another direction, showing a
fine head of grain after imbibing the
thirst -quenching waters, for nature
thirsts as do humans. All kinds of
growths prosper—fruits, cereals and
garden truck, while dairying and live
stock growing flourish wherever there
is an irrigation canal. The country is
filling up with what are called dry
farmers for the waters ensure a prac-
tical certainty of crop. A six-year yield
of Marquis wheat on irrigated land
ran forty-four bushels to the acre,
compared with only 29 on non -irriga-
ble sands. Here the C.P.R. provide
their Heady -Made Homes, where the
settler is assisted generously In es-
tablishing a foothold.
Through southernBritish Colum-
bia the effect of irrigation systems is
shown in the flourishing orchards of
the Okanagan, Arrow and Kootenay
Lakes country, along the Cariboo road
and in many another section. Thus
this most ancient of natural aids as
it is the most modern, dating from the
Garden of Eden and continuing to the
Alberta irrigation system is one that
has contributed to the world's produc-
tivity and to Canada's wealth.
Sauted Bananas — Remove skins pound of plain cheese, a half can of
from three bananas, cut in halves pimento peppers, olives and ketchup,
lengthwise, and again cut in halves as onion, salt and •paprika. Put
crosswise. Put one tablespoonful through the meat grinder and mix
butter in blazer; when hot add ban- well with two tablespoonfuls of but-
anes and cook until soft, turning ter, melted. Cut the bread round by
once. Drain, sprinkle with powdered stamping each slice with a biscuit cut -
sugar and afew drops lemon juice;
orange juice or sherry wine may be
used if preferred.
Deviled Tomatoes—Wipe, peel and
slice crosswise three tomatoes. Sea-
ter. Put the mixture over the rounds
and brown in the oven before serving.
"Tomato Figs."—Scald and skin
pear-shaped tomatoes, and to eight
pounds of them add three pounds of
son with salt and pepper, coat with ' brown sugar cook without water un -
flour, and cook in a hot blazer until
thoroughly heated, using enough bat-
ter to prevent burning. Cream one-
fourth cup butter, add two teaspoons
powdered sugar, one teaspoon mus-
tard, one-fourth teaspoon salt, a few
grains cayenne, the yolk of one hard-
boiled egg, one egg slightly beaten,
and two tablespoons vinegar. Cool
over hot water, stiring constantly, un-
til it •thickens. Pour over tomatoes.
Curried Eggs.—Melt two table
spoons butter, add two tablespoons
flour mixed with one-fourth teaspoon
salt, one=half teaspoon curry powder,
and one-eighth teaspoon paprika.
Stir until well mixed, then pour on
gradually one cup milk. Add three
hard-boiled eggs, eat in eighths
lengthwise, and reheat in sauce,
Eggs A La Bechamel.—Fry three
tablespoons butter with one slice each
carrot and onion cut in pieces, a
sprig of parsley and a bib of bay leaf,
five minutes. Add three tablespoons.
$our, one-fourth teaspoon salt and
one-eighth teaspoon paprika; then add
one cup chicken stock, strain, reheat
and add four hard-boiled eggs, cut in
eighths lengthwise. dust before serv-
ing add one-half cup cream and a
slight grating of nutmeg.
Tasty Sandwich •Filling, --A half -
til the sugar penetrates, and they
have a clear appearance. Then take
them out, spread on dishes, and dry
in the sun, sprinkling on a little
syrup while drying. Pack in jars
or boxes, in layers with powdered su-
gar between. These will keep any
length of time and are nearly as nice
as figs and certainly less expensive.
Mint Jelly.—This is my way of mak-
ing mint jelly, and it is fine; Boil
crab apples in water until they are
soft, then put in jelly bag and bang
up where it can drip. Don't squeeze
the bag, or ,the jelly win be pink. Use
one cupful of sugar for each cup of
juice and boil until it jellies. Il'ave
your mint washed and lightly brushed
Put a good-sized sprig of minb in
each jar, pour the jelly over it, and
seal. This has the true mint flav-
or and the leaves look pretty when
served.
How to Vary ;,auces.
The young or inexperienced house-
wife is perplexed often to know which
sauce or gravy it is correct serve with
the different dishes. The cookery
book give all the recipes, but seldom
tell the exact combinations, as they
are so much a matter of course to
most of us that it would seem a Roast canvas back duck; Black curs
waste of time and space while shen rant jelly, olive sauce.
feeling her ignorance, is half a. sham- I Boiled chicken: Bread, parsley of
ed to ask a more sophristcated neigh- celery sauce.
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bor, and so has always the uneasy sen- I Boiled mutton: Caper, or parsiel
.cation that, maybe, the sauce she is , sauce.
Boiled tongue: Tartare sauce.
Pork sausage: Apple sauce, or fried
apples.
serving is not exactly right.
Sauces are such an important part
of the meat, too, that they either can Sweetbreads: Bechaunel sauce.
make or mar an otherwise uninterest- 1 Lobster cutlets: Tartare sauce,
ing dish, and besides a good many of Broiled steak: Maitre d'hotel.
Lamb chops: Bearnaise sauce.
Roast game: Bread sauce, browe
gravy. :a
Stopped at Her Pudding.
A. little girl had sent back her plate
for chicken twa or three times and
the traditional combinations are so
arranged for some dietetic reason. It
might be a good idea to cut out the
following and put it on a card for
further reference in time of doubt:
Raw oysters: Lemon, horse radish
sauce, tobasco.
Baked fish: Dawn butter, Holland- had been helped bountifully to all the
aise sauce, melted butter with finely good rich things that go to make a
chopped parsley. good dinner. Finally she was oh -
Broiled fish: Maitre d'hotel, or tar- {{ served looking rather disconsolately*
tate sauce.
Boiled fish: plain whine sauce, or
egg sauce.
Roast chicken: Brod sauce, brown
gravy, grape jelly.
Roast turkey: Cranberry jelly,
brown gravy, celery sakipe.
Roast goose: Apple sauce, barberry
jelly.
Fried chicken: Cream gravy.
Roast duck: Bread sauce, brown
gravy, currant jelly.
Roast veal: Tomato horse
radish sauce.
Roast lamb:
Roast beef:
radish sauce.
Roast filet,
sauce.
Roast omission: Brown
rant or barberry jelly.
Roast quail: Currant
Sauce,
settee,
Mint sauce.
Brown gravy, horse -
of beef:
Mushroom
at
gravy, cur -
jelly, celery
her unfinished plate of pudding.
"What's the matter, Dora?" asked
John. "You look mournful."
"That's just the matter," said Dora.
`•`I am mor'n fall."
Not Broke Yet.
Country Judge—"How long have
you owned a car?"
Motorist (charged with speeding)
--"One week, your Honor!"
Judge—"Um—then you can still af-
ford bo pay a fine! Twenty dollars!"
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