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Zurich Herald, 1916-08-18, Page 7A GreatO;i'ortunit Rift Ti 121R '�; ISIII ',a MMEIZt;ana MOa9' s i .a'° ,,,'"s.*C '�'TI WIRELESS OPERATORS In order to meet a wide -spread demand the Marconi Company has decided to open a SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION at itsHeadOffice, 137 McGill Street, Montreal, under its immediate and authoritative control, the first of its kind in Canada. Unrivalled oppor- tunities for travel are offered to young men with ambition and energy who desire to adopt Wireless Operating as a profession, An oXperienced Instructor is in charge of the School and a Standard Marconi Ship Set is in use for practical instruction. Pay and ei ening classes. Enrol immediately for the Pall Session, Write for prospectus. MARCONI WIRELESS TELEGRAPH CD.DF CANADA MONTREAL .P YNAVALYEt �%'i`�".Y vh { x d v, 9iEEESE n rdS -eaV`Yx_St 40' lyeJ Abo..t t SC Selected Recipes. Pumpkin Preserves.—Make a rich syrup. Peel and slice pumpkin in mihips about 11/2 inches long and 4 inch thick. Cook pumpkin in the syrup until clear. When about half clone slice in a lemon to each quart of pumpkin and finish cooking. Seal in _glasses, Canned Pears.—Steam pears in a colander till tender. Have ready a syrup to which you have added two or three cloves; add the pears and cook slowly till transparent. The syrup and fruit will have a pink cast and baste much better than those which have not had the cloves added. Useful Hints and General Informa- tion for the Busy Housewife green peppers for twenty-four hours in brine strong enough bo float an egg. Cut off the tops, saving them to serve as covers. Chop enough firm white cabbage to fill the cavities and mix with ib one-fourth part of chopped celery, green ea.cumbers or green tomatoes, sprinkle with salt and let stand for four hours, then drain in a colander. • Add one chopped onion, one-half teaspoonful whole mustard seed and three tablespoonfuls olive oil. Then fill the peppers, place cov- ers on top and tie firmly with fine twine. Place peppers in parcelain- lined pan, cover with warm vinegar and let stand overnight. Next day pour off vinegar, reheat and again Mustard Pickles.—One gallon vine- turn over the peppers. Pack in lay - gar, two cups sugar, one cup salt, one ers in large stone jar and cover, and cup ground mustard. Wash fresh, in six weeks they will be ready for the new, cucumbers and drain. Then table. For a sweet pickle sugar is pour the above mixture over them. added to the vinegar when it is scald - Use a stone jar that has never had ed. lard in it. They will be ready to use in one week. Nut and Potato Balls.—To four cup- & is mashed and seasoned potatoes add one cupful choppend walnut meats one tablespoonful minced parsley and whites of two eggs. Add a little milk if necessary. Make into balls and roll each ball in chopped walnut meats, then in beaten yolks of eggs, and again in walnut meats. Fry in deep fat. Lamb Chop with Peas.—Two quarts fresli peas, six lamb chops, one tea- spoonful salt, one-fourth teaspoonful pepper, juice of ono and one-eighth lemons, one teaspoonful corn starch, one teaspoonful onion juice if desired. Brown lamb chops, add peas and sea- sonings and boiling water to cover. Boil until peas are tender and meat they will destroy the mosquitoes. done about thirty minutes. Remove If a few drops of vinegar are the chops and thicken the gravy with added to the water in which eggs are the corn starch moistened in cold wa- ter Add lemon juice, arrange chops on a platter, and pour peas around them. Cucumber Catsup.—Twelve large ripe cucumbers. Four medium-sized by standing it in a pan of cold water onions. Peel the cucumbers and re- to which a pinch of salt has been ad - move all seeds. Grate the cucumbers ded. and chop the onions fine. Mix well If there is any corn bread left together. Put it in bag and let drain , from breakfast, soak it in milk and over night. In the morning squeeze ! make up into griddle cakes the next out all the remaining water. The ; morning. juice from the cucumber must be well Green vegetables can be freshened removed in order to preserve the pulp. l by cutting off the ends of the stalks Then moisten this pulp with vinegar and all untidy, decayed bits and put - until about the consistency of horse- ting into cold salt water for three or radish. Add pepper and salt to taste. four hours. Seal in air -tight jars. It will keep An excellent household remedy for indefinitely and will retain the fresh burns is olive oil or vaseline. The cucumber taste till the last. This is great thing is to exclude the air from a delicious meat relish. Tomato Jelly Salad.—One can tom- atoes, two tablespoons granulated gelatin, one-half cup cold water, two teaspoons salt, one piece bay leaf, three peppercorns, one teaspoon sug- ar, one slice onion, three cloves, one green pepper, one cucumber pickle. Soak gelatin i11 cold water until soft. Cook tomatoes, bay leaf, peppercorns, sugar, onion and cloves for twenty by wiping them with a cloth moisten- ed with kerosene. When giving sticky medicines to children, heat the spoon by dipping it per and pickle, chopped fine. Pour for a moment in hot water then pour I 1 RUSSIA IN THE SUMMER TIME -Things Worth Reniembering. A flannel dipped in turpentine will clean a porcelain tub well. Too much starch will cause linen to crack in. the folds. Bananas are more digestible baked than in their natural state. Ether is a very good thing for re- moving stains from clothing. When ironing linen, move the iron with the threads, never diagonally. It. is. never .economy to ,buy cheap . - eggs or meat. Only the best is good food. Make more use of cheese by pro- viding savory cheese dishes instead of too many sweet puddings. If there is a pool near that breeds mosquitoes; stock it with tadpoles; poached the whites will not spread. A rice padding that is cooked slowly and long will be richer and of better flavor than if cooked quickly. Restore the flavor of scorched milk the burned surface, and this the oil will do. The feet of young chickens can be easily skinned by pouring boiling water over them; they can then be skinned and boiled, and you will have• a. delicious broth. There is no more efficacious way of removing finger marks from wood- work, window panes or porcelain than minutes. • Strain and add salt. Pour hot liquid over softened gelatin and stir until dissolved. Add green pep into wet molds or cups. Serve cold on lettuce leaves or cress with mayon- naise, Jellied Soup.—Iced bouillon is mighty refreshing on a hot day. To a quart of the beef bouillon add a level teaspoonful of white gelatine, dissolved in a small quantity of the cold broth. Season to taste, using salt, pepper, paprika, a bit of celery salt and o:iion. Heat over a slow fse, but do not boil. Strain. Cover and leave standing by the ice for five or six Hours. It may be served in small bowls with a slice of lemon on the top. Or parsley may he used. It is not necessary to have the soup like jolly, it should be just slightly "jet- lied." IIaif strained tomato juice and half bouillon may also be used with very gond results. Stuffed Greer, Peppers.—Soak fine in the medicine and it will slip easily from the spoon. Vegetables that can be cooked the day before serving and reheated with- out loss of flavor are the following: spinach and potatoes that you intend creaming. string beans, tomatoes, asparagus, Cut the fingers and thumb off any old paid of kid gloves and sew the top up according to the size of the toe of the baby's shoe. Pad with wadding and button over the boots or shoes baby is wearing. You will find it a great saving when baby is creeping about for baby's shoes will not wear so fast. We wouldn't mind conceit half so much if the self-satisfled man actual- ly tried to live up to his high opin- ion of himself. VERY MUCH HOTTER TIIAN IT IS IN ENGLAND, Russians All Live Free -and -Easy Out- door Lives in Waren. Weather. I suppose it will surprise many people to learn that Russia has a hot summer, hotter than the usual sum* mer in England, more sunshine, bluer ekies. It is this which explains this rush of townsfolk every end of May' to the country writes Hamilton Fyfe from Petrograd. They will no stay in the towns. They say it is unhealhy. They speak as if all the plagues raged „during the hot weather which is not, you must understand, so hot as all that! Still, Moscow is detestably dusty and the Petrograd canals smell worse than usual, and for all reasons it is pleas- anter to be in the country. So off go all who can to their "datchas" (sum- mer homes) to enjoy the sunshine and the clear sky and the soft, warm airs that are blown from the sun- baked south. It takes a long time to get rid of winter. Well into April, sometimes into May, he keeps his grip on the rivers, the earth is still under snow. Gradually the snow melts, the ice breaks up and floats away. The dark earth appears and very quickly looks as if it had been lightly dusted over with a green powder. It recovers. quickly, for the snow has kept it warm. The trees are not so soon themselves again. They have, been exposed to the cruel winds, the sav- age, silent, paralyzing frosts. For a month after winter has gone they are black and bare. Life comes back to them only when they have been well warmed by the sun. Last year they were not in leaf until June. Much Outdoor Life. There is a passion in the summer here. One only feels this in countries which have a long, hard winter. The earth seems to rejoice in its freedom. There is a luxuriance of growth which is scarcely known in England, a sud- den rush of life, a glory of light and warmth and splendor. Ask anyRus- sian living abroad what he most misses and he will tell you ."The. White Nights." - All • through June, with a little overlapping ..on either side of it, sunset and sunrise are ,. -- near together that there is no dark'».• R, VWAL OF AGRICULTURE IN ness, Last night I was sitting out of doors reading at eleven o'clock. We OLD LAND. dine at -half-past eight, and after strolling about the garden, or watch- ing the after -glow flame in the sky and reflect its glory in the Gulf • of. Finland, we say, "It must be getting late." Someone looks at a watch. It is midnight! Who could have guess- ed it? We go reluctantly to .bed, our rooms quite light still, until with hesi-" tating hand we draw curtains over the windows. It seems a shame to shut out those wonderful "White Nights." It is a happy life, that of the Rus- sian ' "datchnik" ("datcha" dweller). Very simple and primitive, utterly different from English country -house life. To begin with "datchas" as a rule are wooden houses, only meant for summer habitation. All winter most of them stand empty. When they are to be occupied again serv- ants go down, light fires, clean them up. Then the furniture is sent by. road, piled up on carts. Not too much of it. Just enough for comfort. Ap- pearances are not considered. No Formality. Win Against the Hessian Fly dommomasom TO Escape the Main Attack of the Fly ---sow your wheat late. The early brood is most destructive to young wheat and provides for future broods. Your own Experiment Station will tell you this. THE Best Wheat Yields come from plants that enter the winter strong and vigorous. Your own experience will tell you this. TO Win Against the Fly, seed late, feed the crop with available fertilizers which will .hasten growth to overcome the late start, and secure vigor with consequent resistance to later broods. Use 200 to 400 pounds per acre containing at least . 2 per cent. of ammonia. Acid phosphate alone does not give the necessary quick growth and resistance to the fly. In Farmers' Bulletin No. 640, U. S. Department of Agricul- ture, fertilizers are recommended to give vigor to late sown crops and resistance to the Hessian Fly. Write for our map showing best dates for sowing wheat in. your locality ; also our Bulletin, "WHEAT PRODUCTION," both mailed free. Soil improvement Committee • OF THE National Fertilizer Association. CHICAGO Dept. 175 BALTIMORE ssr competent. With the free -and -easy will have the effect of providing suf- manners, of the "datchniki," - deter- flcient farm labor practically imme- mined to make their summer as come diately. In announcing the War Of- plete a contrast as possible to their face's consent to the transfers, an ex - winter existence in town. From pert told the Agricultural Society, September to May they live in almost that in England and Scotland, as well hermetically sealed houses. They take no exercise, breathe as little fresh air as they can. Their com- plexions grow wax -like, their eyes dull. From May till August they get as near nature as they can. Instantly their appearance alters. They look healthy and strong. They feel vig- orous and normal. All the result of fresh air. "BACK TO LAND" GREA BRITAIN There is no state or ceremony. One lives out of doors as much as possible or on glassed -in balconies which are but one slight remove from the open air. Outside every "datcha" are set benches, both in the garden, if there is one, and in the road: Upon these it is customary to sit and talk for hours. Dress is sketchy, and often scanty. Meals are at odd times, and can be prolonged or cut short at will, For example, a Russian hostess will say to the parlor maid "See if the cook has anything else to give us," or it may be, "Never mind about the chickens and the souffle, Masha. Just bring us tea, We have had enough to eat." Most English people, accustomed to the formality and state of our coun- try houses (delightful also in their way), would be revolted by the Bo- as -you -please life of the "datcha," But it is of a piece with everything else. With the wild gardens, grow- ing as they please, letting nature be their gardener. With the sergeants so smiling and friendly and cheerful, but, judged by our standards, so in. ARE CLEAN NO MIMS al. pt ' 1leW 1i.C3rl$g $ Suns NJ1hhiLtON to Repopulation of the Rural Districts Has Already Begun. One of the effects of the war will be seen in a great revival of agricul- 421 acres as compared with 1914, but tural life in England and the United only 24,869 acres above the average Kingdom. The outbreak of the con- for the past ten years. The whole of Bidcaught the British Isles depend- this increase was in England. The ent en foreign commerce for four- reduction of the areas under barley fifths` of -their food supply, barring amounted to 158,421 acres, the total ,neat, of which between 67 and 70 per acreage of 1,231,722 being the low - cent. is produced at home, says an est yet recorded. Perhaps to no individual as much as to the Earl of Selborne is due the Infantile Convulsions When a baby has : convulsions, it generally means one of two things; either it is suffering fromtoxa:inia, or poisoning, whish is usually the result of errors in the diet, or else there is some serious trouble with the nerv- ous system. If feeding is at the bot- tom of the trouble, find out the error. and correct it, and the attacks will, cease. When there is organic trou- ble present, the case is more serious. The attack may be stopped but it is likely to recur if the underlying' cause persists. Such are the convulsions caused by meningitis, or acute inflam- mation of the brain coverings, and by hydrocephalus, or water pressing on the brain. - -' It is 'unnecessary to describe the symptoms, for the most inexperienced • person knows when a baby is having a convulsion. In other people a tendency to convulsions indicates an unstable nervous system, and that is probably true of infants who have convulsions in consequence of dietary errors that would leave stronger chil- dren unaffected. Children who have convulsions in their first year often suffer from night terrors, tics, and other signs of nervous instability later in life. Sometimes convulsions are the first signs of an epilepsy that is to appear in after years. The first thing to do when a baby falls into a convulsion is to get it into,. a warm bath as quickly as possible That is done to relieve blood tension and equalize the circulation, and to this end it is well to give cold appli- cations to the head at the same time. Do nob hesitate to give the hot bath. Sometimes inexperienced people who as in Ireland, the farms in many dis- dread to make a mistake insist on waiting until the doctor comes. But the hot bath for a baby in convulsions can never be a mistake. The doctor should be called without delay be tricts had fallen far below their mini- mum needs in the matter of labor. The tendency to regard more seri- ously the country's capacity for cause in severe cases the bath must be growing larger crops is illustrated by followed by sedative and relieving the figures of the wheat, barley and oats crops in England and Wales. treatment that he only will know how Wheat and oats were grown in larger to employ. There is one important quantities, though the barley cropsi "don't" to remember—don't put any were much smaller. There were 5,- thing into the child's mouth—either 489,939 acres devoted to the three !food, medicine or stimulant—while cereals in England and Walt in jyou are waiting for the doctor.—The 1915, an increase of 248,044 acres as compared with 1914. The greatest increase in acreage was devoted to wheat, or 2,170,170 acres in all, the figure representing an increase of 362,672 acres, 20 per cent. greater than in 1914, and 26 per cent. greater than during any of the years between 1905 and 1915. Every country re - Youth's Companion, GAME AS A NATIONAL ASSET. Preserves Are Necessary tis .Protect What Remains. Judging from the rate at which the wild creatures of North America are turned increased areas, the total for now being destroyed, fifty years hence Wales of 1,123 acres (31 per cent,) there will be no large game left in being the greatest. the United States nor in Canada, out- side of rigidly protected game pre - Ready Response. serves. It is therefore the duty of The returns for 1915 give 2,088,047 every good citizen to promote the acres under oats, an increase of 158,- protection of forests and wild life and the creation of game preserves, while a supply of game remains. Every man who finds pleasure in hunting or fishing should be willing to spend both time and money in active work for the protection of forests, fish and game. In the settled and civilized regions of North America, there is no real necessity for the consumption of wild game as human food; nor is there any '!play to the slogan, "England must credit of bringing home to the people good excuse for the sale of game for feed herself." . Lord Selborne, the of all classes the importance of tak- food purposes. The operations of leader of the crusade, declares that •• ing prompt means of making the !!!market hunters should be prohibited the attainment of this obect is the country more nearly self-supporting Country's 'sacred duty, and he empha- ; in foodstuffs. In all of his addresses sizes the point that the farmer can' in recent years has has laid stress on do as much for the country as the sol- the point. A practical farmer and dier in the trenches. enthusiast on his large and fertile Plans for the great reform include , tract in Hampshire, he has been able a number of important measures that i to meet the objections of opponents of expert knowledge to the great ad- vantage of his crusade. "I have been highly gratified by the ready response of the people gen- erally to the idea of making the country more self-supporting from the soil," he said. "I have made my plea for the cultivation of the soil on the grounds of patriotism; the farm- ers and laborers came forward first to meet the emergency, and then the girls and women from the villages and even cities—some of the best type of women, including ninny of independ- ent means, answering my call out of pure, unadulterated patriotism. "The spirit of the people here is aroused, and, as usual, when that is so the desired result is bound to follow." ' Associated Press correspondent. The motto of a few years ago "Back •to the Land," thus has given are to be put into effect at the earli- est possible moment. Land for Soldiers. 1. The repopulation of the rural districts and afforestation. The War Office has just consented to the ex- change of many of the older men, who in the earlier days of the war left farm work for the firing line, for mien between 19 and 30 to take their places at the front. 2. The setting aside of thousands of acres for the settlement on the co- operative plan of England's soldiers and sailors after the war. This ex- pediency is provided for by the Smallholding Colonies Act, now half- way through Parliament. The scheme will provide for model vil- lages, better housing, with a garden to every cottage, reading rooms, libraries and good schools. Con- caved by Lord Selborne, the idea has aroused so Much enthusiasm that a wide demand has been made for in- creasing the land to be devoted to it by almost as much again as is speci- fied in the bill. 8. The importation of natives from South Africa for agricultural labor during the remainder of the war, though so many objections have been raised to this that there is little likelihood of its being adopted. Immediate Solution. It is believed that the plan for bringing back soldiers from the front Storage Batteries Generators Magnetos Starters Send thorn for prompt Repairs to OA.X A.DZArr S E Bes,TVONx CO., X.IMX dED 117 Sinooe St., Toronto. Willard Agents. :.e everywhere, under severe penalties. The highest purpose which the kill- ing of wild game and game fishes can hereafter be made to serve is in fur- nishing objects to overworked men for tramping and camping trips in the wilds, and the value of wild game as human food should no longer be regarded as an important factor in its pursuit.—Code of Ethics, Michigan Wild Life League. HARVEST THAT NEVER ENDS. Wheat Cut Throughout the Year in Different Countries. All through the year wheat is being harvested. In January it is being cut in the great fields of the Argentine and in New Zealand. In February and March it is cut in the East Indies and Egypt. The wheat fields are har- vested in April in Cyprus, Asia Minora; Persia and Cuba, and in May in China and Japan. June is the busiest har- vest month of the whole year for then Turkey, Greece, Spain and South- ern France, as well as most of the Southern States of America, are all cutting wheat. The more northerly States of America, as well as Austria, Ger; rzlany and parts of Russia, do their wheat harvesting in July. August sees the wheat crop gathered in Great Britain, and September and October :For Swede), and Nprvr,v, I'erl\ al d South Africa tare busy harvesting lir November and December. It always arouses a sort of suspic- ion in a man's mind when he expects a severe scolding from his wife and she fails to deliver the goods.