HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1917-05-25, Page 6Y,'hooping Cough.
Whooping cough, while in the main
a disease of childhood, is slat to be
lightly regarded as a simple disease
or as something to be "had early and
gotten over with."
It is a serious disease and very con-
tagious, especially among children. In
this country thousands of children die
every year from whooping cough and
its complications, Adults sometimes
get it, and when they do it is extreme-
ly serious.
Every mother of young children
should be familiar with the symptoms.
so that she may not only give prompt
attention to the ailing child but also
take immediate steps to keep the dis-
ease from spreading to others..
In the beginning of the disease the
child shows no signs of an ordinary
cold. There is running of the nose,
slight fever and a dry cough. The
eyes are bloodshot. After a week
the cough becomes worse instead of
better, andthe coughing fits develop.
The child now coughs many times
in succession. It becomes pale, and
when it draws hi its breath there oc-
curs the sharp, shiill noise that is
known as the "whoop." The "Whoop,"
owever, is not always present, but,
even in eases where it is not, great
care must be taken of the sick child.
In attacks of the disease that might
be classed as mild a child will have
four or five coughing fits daily, while
in severe cases there will be many
more.
Carelessness is largely responsible
for the great spread of the disease,
and during the wet, cold months of
early spring mothers should be on
their guard against it. Unless a child
• sick with whooping cough is isolated
the disease will spread like wildfire
among its playmates.
If your child has the disease you
must not allow it to play with other
children. Even after the "whoop"
has stopped there is clanger of
spreading the disease to others. If,'
on the other hand, you hear of some
other child in the neighborhood who
has the disease, take every precau-
tion to protect your child.
All matter that comes from the
mouth and nose during the time a
child is sick should be received In
pieces of old linen or rags and burned.
Separate cups, glasses, plates and
knives, forks and spoons should be
p 'firµtie'-si lr third.
': Fresh 'air at all times as an impor-
tant -part of the treatment and cure
of whooping cough. During the day.
if the weather is fine, see that the ail-
ing child plays in the open air, but
alone, of course. Night and day keep
its bedroom well aired.
The feeding of a child suffering
from whooping cough is important
and is best carried out under the sea
pervision of a physician. There is fre
"quently vomiting during the disease,
with the result that many children
rapidly lose weight and strength. This
leaves the child in a condition where
it is apt to contract tuberculosis or
pneumonia—diseases that frequently
threaten in the wake of whooping
cough.
AGED OFFICE BOYS
Old Boys Making Good as Messengers
and Office Boys.
Enter the aged office boy. Grey-
haired telegraph messengers have for
years bean a common sight in the city,
but not until recently, when the short-
age
hortage of office and errand boys became
acute, have business houses, both big
and small, harried by the lack of the
youngsters, .resorted to the employ-
ment of elderly men in their stead.
The head of one of the biggest priut-
ing and publishing houses in New
York is now depending almost entirely
upon elderly men for work in and out
of the office previously dome by boys.
He advertised for active, elderly
men to act as messengers, etc. Fifty
applications were received in the first
'nail, well and neatly written, proof of
the ability and common sense of the
iipplicant, The first three were en-
gaged, and that firm 3411 never go
book to boys. These men are paid
more money, it Is true, but It is also a
fact that they perform their duties
mud( more effectively; their under-
standing, naturally, le better, and they
are more reliable.
booked at from a humanitarian
point of view, it is giving employment
to men of 50 and 60—men who have
been thrown into the discard.
To 'tut neve bread try using a knife
which has been dipped in very hot
water.
Spread stable manure before
ploughing or spading. Do not try
Spading or ploughing first, then
lipreading manure and endeavoring to
Work it in with a harrow or rake, as
the result will l.e a troul:lesome muss,
Writers who recommend this latter
. idea are book taught agriculturists
who Iack practical experience.
The Educational Value of Music --The Power of Modern Musical
Instruments to Reproduce and Intrepret the Old Masters.
That some knowledge of music is
essential to a well-balanced life is now
an almost established fact. Music,
let it be noted, is the instinctive im
pulse of the human being from the
et elle up, and it reverberates the -
world over. It is the adorable gift
of God, which instinctively seeks to
expreas itself in a manner more funda-
mentally natural, perhaps, than speech
itself.
Who has not been attracted by the
cooing music of the cradled babe long
ere it sought to utter a word. Does it
seem natural to instinctively crave to
express one's every sense of feeling
in speech? The claims of music for
greater educational recognition are so
manifold that one wonders that it is
not given more prominence and taught
more thoroughly in our public schools.
What magnificent opportunities
there are for the pupils of tc day to
enhance their musical education, as
compared with the hard striving times
of the old masters, who had to content
themselves with such limited instru-
ments as the old harpsichore. Can
you imagine how manifestly grateful
Bach, Handel and other old masters
would have been had they at their dis-
posal such high grade pianos, as
manufactured to -day, capable of re-
sponding to every emotion? It is dif-
ficult to conceive how it was possible
for these old masters to give to the
world such beautiful and immortal
works, handicapped, we might say,
with such inferior instruments. Were
they in possession of such perfected
instruments as we have to -clay, who
could conjecture what undiscovered
form of music might have been handed
down to us.
Cuts Labor in HaU
Do you first disinfect, and then
go over all surfaces again with
whitewash Inorder to keep your
stables, dairies and poultry
houses bright, cheerful and free
of lice, miter, fly eggs and the
germs of roup, white diarrhea,
ahoIera., glanders, etc ?
Such a method Is a. waste of
time, money and labor. Use
Cairbals. instead ---it does the two
things at the same time. It is a
disinfectant that dries out white
—not dark and oolorless—and
gives much better results.
VeseellitiMSMA4MFAVe
Carbola is a mineral pigment
combined with a germicide twenty
times stronger than pure carbolic
meld. Comes in powder form.
ready to use as soon as mixed
with water, Applied with brush
or Elprayer. Will not clog sprayer.
il'lll not flake, blister or peal off.
nor spoil by standing. No die.
agreeable odor, .absolutely non -
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From the educational standpoint
how potential would be the influence
to -day if the wonderful mechanical
musical instruments, with their ap-
pliances, we now have, existed
hundred and fifty years ago, thus en
abling Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart
tiled other illustrious old masters to
regate to posterity faithful repro-,
ductions of their performances by
means of the player -piano and phono-
graphs.
Inasmuch as it would be of priceIees
value to have such recordings at this
time, present-day pupils and teachers
will find, and some have already found
from experience, that the records
made by some of our eminent artists.
of to -day afford possibly unequalled
facilities for acquiring certain phases
of musical knowledge. The teacher
of musical history when reviewing
epochs and events, giving biographical
sketches of composers and classifying
the different sehools and forms of
music, will find the player piano arid
phonograph, or either one, invaluable
by demonstrating the record suitable
for the occasion. When studying
tonal Effects of the different instru-
ments, the phonograph record would
indeed be very helpful and highly in-
teresting. •
While perhaps being efficient in the
art of voice production there are many
teachers who are far from being mas-
ters of interpretation, especially in
some of the grand opera arias, for the
reason that they have not had the
opportunity of witnessing perform -
antes by artists of the highest rank,
ern man;; vocal studios is the phono-
graph finding itself useful as a coach,
as also it is in the homes of many
pupils.
It is questionable that the potential-
ities of the player -piano and phono-
graph have been fully realized. It was
an extremely delicate and difficult
matter to convince such artists as
Patti, Melba, and other prominent
artists of the possibilities of the
phonograph, as likewise it was Padere-
jewski, Greig, Moszkowski, etc., in re-
gard to the player -piano. It is said.
that so highly are the master rolls and
records of some of these masters valu-
ed that they are carefully stored away
hi specially constructed vaults in Paris
and elsewhere for revelation to music
students in years to come.
Music, the subtlest, the most power-
ful joy of life, that in which solace is
found, lives within all. Within many
it is dormant—it needs kindling.
The Jungle fowl, to be found in
Australia, builds a nest in the form of
a great mound, sometimes measuring
fifteen feet in height 'and 150 in cir-
cumference. These ares aid tc be the
largest and heaviest nests in the
world, The birds build them in re-
mote places, and they interweave them
with leaves, grass and twigs, as do
smaller birds in building their small
nests.
A Mother's Short Cuts.
"How do you manage to have so
much time for your children outside
of all the home things you do for
tl'.em?" questioned one mother of a
neighbor.
"13y taking short cuts through my
work," was the laughing answer, "and
trying to be ready for play in its own
time."
"What do you mean by short cuts ?
Clothes can't be half -mended, dishes
can't be half washed, bread can't be
slack -baked."
"No, that would be cutting work
short instead of cutting across it. I
have several simple devices now for
cutting across some of my duties. For
example, part of the time I wear
glasses and part of the time I do not
need them. I used to waste many
valuable moments in Iooking for them
when changing from one task to an-
other. At last I made a rule that in
each room I must have one special
place to lay them down and never al-
low myself to put them anywhere else.
This habit has become settled and my
glasses are never mislaid.
"Another time and labor-saving ar-
rangement," went on the hostess, "is
to hang in very room a small cushion
on which are five or six needles, each
threaded with a different color or
been mixed with water. Add the
Isauce with half the cheese in it. Put
, crumbs into melted butter. Add re-
maining .cheese to them and spread
this mixture over that in the dist:,
Brown in a- hot oven.
Tested Recfpes,
Rice Griddle Cakes:—Turn into a
mixing bowlone small cupful of cook-
ed rice, free from lumps. Add two
tablespoonfuls of melted butter, one
teaspoonful of molasses, a quarter of
a teaspoonful of salt, two wall beaten
eggs,2cupfuls of flour sifted with2 tea-
spoonfuls of baking powder, and suf-
ficient cold, sweet milk
to form a
pan-
cake batter. Beat the mixture vigor- ,
ously and fry on a hot griddle. Serve
as soon as they are baked, as stand-
ing in the oven makes them soggy.
Buttermilk Cookies:—Ve cup short-
ening, 1 cup sugar, 1 cupRbuttermilk,',
1 teaspoon baking soda, fidur to thick-
en. Roll biscuits 1/2 -inch thick and
cut.
1 Rice Pudding With Raisins:—'�, cup
rice, 1 cup raisins, 1 cup milk, 11/2
quarts boiling water, s/a teaspoon salt,
1/2 cup sugar. Stir the rice into the
boiling salted water and cook _until it
is about half done, which will be about
fifteen minutes. Drain the rice, add
the milk, sugar and raisins, and place
weight of silk or cotton so that any in a greased baking dish. Bake in a
moment I can run up a rip, sew on a moderate oven for about forty-five
button, mend a hole in a stocking, minutes.
catch the sides of a rent together, or
tack up a torn hem. You may not
believe it but these stitches in time
save more than nine in the future. -
"When I wash the dishes, I do not
use wiping towels but put them upon I will be possible to obtain sufficient
Can The Surplus.
Now is the time to husband your re-
sources and to prepare for the win-
s ter by canning and preserving. Soon it
a rack and scald with plenty of water.
They dry themselves in pure air and
sunshine and I have no dishtowels to
wash.
"On each floor of the house I keep
one large scrap -basket into which I
empty the contents of all the 'smaller
baskets which I attend to, without ex-
tra steps, as I go from room to room.
"I also gather up odds and ends of
time by tucking away in a bag or a
basket in each of my haunts, a piece
of embroidery, knitting or sewing so
that when I have a leisure half-hour I
4o not need to hunt up materials or
Patterns', ` This sort of employment
fits in well with reading aloud,' at-
tending to the children's piano Arae--
tice, helping them with their lessons,
listening to confidences or joining in
games." material and jars, but also in loss of
"Well," acknowledged the visiting
mother as she rose to bid her friend
good -by, "I see haw I can try some
short cuts! Perhaps my youngsters
will appreciate a little `more moth-
er. a
fruit and vegetables.
Do not try to have just one day for
canning and then proceed to work
from early morn until late at night;
rather do a few jars each day, so with-
out much hardship your supply will
grow rapidly.
A few points to remember before
starting:
First, Use good jars, taking care
that the lids are in good condition.
Second. Use oily new rubbers; old
ones have lost their elasticity, so fail
to perform their missiorjg
Third: It is of the utmost unpoit-
once that the proper Method of"'can-
ning and preserving be used if you
expect your food to keep. Careless
or haphazards. methods will spell fail-
ure and will result not only in loss of
Macaroni Dishes.
To boil macaroni properly have a
large pot or saucepan two thirds full
of water on the fire, put a level table-
spoonful of salt into it for every quart
of water, to which, if desired, may be
added half tablespoonful of butter,
which gives a better flavor, and when
it is boiling fast, thrown into it the
macaroni, wiped with a clean dray
cloth, but not washed. Let it boil
until it yields easily to pressure be-
tween the fingers; then drain it in a
colander and rinse it thoroughly in
cold water in which it should remain
until you are ready to finish it accord-
ing to any given recipe.
The same recipe may be used in
cooking macaroni, spaghetti or ready -
cuts.
If the macaroni or spaghetti, etc., is
to be re -cooked with other ingredients
or baked, it need not be cooked quite
so tender.
White Sauce: --Heat in saucepan to
boiling point 1 cup milk; add 2 table-
spoons butter and 1 of flour; stir un-
til thick and smooth. Season with
Balt and pepper.
Tomato Sauce:—Cut 7 or 8 tomatoes
or use a can of tomatoes, cook on a
slow fire with ata ounce of butter, 1
onion, celery, season with salt and pep.
per. Cook slowly for an hour, add
a little flour, cook 5 minutes more,
Drain in a colander, then some meat
extract may be added to give more
flavor, and keep hot until ready to use
with macaroni, spaghetti or ready -
cuts.
Macaroni Soup: -Boil some milk
macaroni as directed, till it is tender.
Drain it off, and serve it cut up into
three inch pieces in some clear broth,
Milk Macaroni and Cheese; -1-8
package macaroni, 11 cup of thin
white sauce, 1 cup of stale bread
crumbs, 1 cup grated cheese, 1 table
spoonful of butter. I3reak the macar-
oni in 2 inch pieces or buy a package
of Milk Ready-Cuts—which are al-
ways cut to size—and cook in boiling
salted water until soft, about 20 min-
utes. Pour into a colander and run
cold water through it, Put in a but-
tered pudding dish and thoroughly stir
in 1 teaspoonful mustard whieli has
time and labor. Understand thor-
oughly just what you are doing and
then see that each rule is carefully
followed.
OUR ENEMY, THE FLY.
Various Ways in Which to Combat
The Fly • Nuisance.
The best method of combating flies
is to prevent their breeding by de-
stroying their breeding places. Thus
if flies were excluded from the gar-
bage can, manure pile and privy vault,
it would be possible for the commun-
ity to be free from flies.
It is an easy matter to provide a
tight -fitting lid for the garbage can,
and almost as easy a matter to render
the privy vault fly -proof. However,
it is not such an easy matter to ex-
clude fliesfrom the manure pile. It
is best to store the manure in a she`d
that has been made fly -proof by means
of screen, or to store it in a tight box.
If it is not possible to store the man-
ure in fly -proof places, the manure
pile can be treated at Intervale of ten
days or two weeks during warm
weather by means of chemicals, This
kills the maggots before they develop
into the adult fly.
Powdered hellebore can be secured
at any drug store, and it is especially
recommended for treating manure
Fly Poisons tract
oth Flies and Babies
In the lust three years tho press has repPorted 1116 fly
oleonlnaonao4—olarge pro portion fand. The illnaeell
oohing oan w ith ita sweetened wick—Cho saucer of 501-
ornae
wen nit afls4po iedead)1a
ofbroisonesdon'sure a—ohbishe realized the danger. Yuen kills
wore ehildnnenthan n11 other poisons combined.
Tile la tllo 11. 8. Governtn nt �varnln,.•c� a Manx
Aly poisons, taken from 11. 8, Public: IIeultu aorvloo
Bulletin, sappioment No. 29:
••0f other Ay ��oo4em meaUen,4, m,ntloa 94ou14 be merle, manly tae toe
ce
pu,po,e rR 000ded children
nttoq of 00„ oumy,. i o@ .neon, Futel ee,ee o/
lu4 ante to ho,wun *Ince Jaa! ,Oben ugoto,ummer dll.nh, u.n�1
eholen la:aotum, IUebdtev,d tbnt 1. oo,oe,opo,rrd to uot,byauy w,ene.
,u•!a U„ total. tial ,t 1f,•doehorin6 d,.!ne moil 1. ,nt.4 ee ea-
¢omol l.•• .0dwreruue, 4 should never be coed, Otto It Ober mamma aro u,*
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The one oaf°, surd, non-poisonous. efficient tis
oateuer is
which catches the fly and ombnlms it nn d n11 the donde
germs it carries In n thickcoating of varnish. (131
1Vfado in Canada by
THE 0, & W. THUM COMPANY, Waikervilie, Ont,
American Address: Grand R4pids, Stich.
heaps. Mix one-half pound of pow-
dered hellebore with ten gallons of wa-
ter, and mix thoroughly with the man-
ure, especially around the edges of the
pile. The above quantity is sufficient
for ten cubic feet of manure. The
hellebore is very inexpensive, and for
a few cents a sufficient quantity can
be secured to last through the entire
season.
If the breeding places are destroyed
but few flies will be found around the
house, and the few that do make their
appearance can soon be caught by
means of fly traps on porches and
stickly fly paper indoors.
All windows and doors should be
carefully screened. This :. very es-
sential in keepingflies
. ea outpiaofs the
house. • If it is ;not
cu'r2>sihje
re ""sd�tred
bas can_ be securat a'very moderate
cost, and it will last one season.
Thomas:"Why in the world did you
name your baby 'Bill'?" Burke: "Be-
cause he came on the first of the
month."
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You say to the drug store man, "Give
me a small bottle of freezone." This
will cost very little but will positively
remove every hard or soft earn or cal-
lus from one's feet.
A few drops of this new ether earn -
pound applied directly upon a tender,
aching corn relieves the soreness in-
stantly, and scan the entire corn or
callus, root and all, dries up and can
be lifted off with the fingers.
This new way to rid one's feet of
corns was introduced by a Cincinnati
man, who says that freezone dries in
a moment, and simply shivels up the
corn or callus without irritating the
surrounding skin,
Don't let father dle of infection or-
loakjaw from whittling at his corns,
but clip this out and make him"try it.
if your druggist hasn't any freezone
tell him, to order a .small bottle from
his wholesale drug house for you.
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The Educational Value of Music --The Power of Modern Musical
Instruments to Reproduce and Intrepret the Old Masters.
That some knowledge of music is
essential to a well-balanced life is now
an almost established fact. Music,
let it be noted, is the instinctive im
pulse of the human being from the
et elle up, and it reverberates the -
world over. It is the adorable gift
of God, which instinctively seeks to
expreas itself in a manner more funda-
mentally natural, perhaps, than speech
itself.
Who has not been attracted by the
cooing music of the cradled babe long
ere it sought to utter a word. Does it
seem natural to instinctively crave to
express one's every sense of feeling
in speech? The claims of music for
greater educational recognition are so
manifold that one wonders that it is
not given more prominence and taught
more thoroughly in our public schools.
What magnificent opportunities
there are for the pupils of tc day to
enhance their musical education, as
compared with the hard striving times
of the old masters, who had to content
themselves with such limited instru-
ments as the old harpsichore. Can
you imagine how manifestly grateful
Bach, Handel and other old masters
would have been had they at their dis-
posal such high grade pianos, as
manufactured to -day, capable of re-
sponding to every emotion? It is dif-
ficult to conceive how it was possible
for these old masters to give to the
world such beautiful and immortal
works, handicapped, we might say,
with such inferior instruments. Were
they in possession of such perfected
instruments as we have to -clay, who
could conjecture what undiscovered
form of music might have been handed
down to us.
Cuts Labor in HaU
Do you first disinfect, and then
go over all surfaces again with
whitewash Inorder to keep your
stables, dairies and poultry
houses bright, cheerful and free
of lice, miter, fly eggs and the
germs of roup, white diarrhea,
ahoIera., glanders, etc ?
Such a method Is a. waste of
time, money and labor. Use
Cairbals. instead ---it does the two
things at the same time. It is a
disinfectant that dries out white
—not dark and oolorless—and
gives much better results.
VeseellitiMSMA4MFAVe
Carbola is a mineral pigment
combined with a germicide twenty
times stronger than pure carbolic
meld. Comes in powder form.
ready to use as soon as mixed
with water, Applied with brush
or Elprayer. Will not clog sprayer.
il'lll not flake, blister or peal off.
nor spoil by standing. No die.
agreeable odor, .absolutely non -
5018011011a
Sold by Beales Everywhere
ligOViritrAZW SgONg Sc CO.. Tato.
Toronto - - Canq,tta
From the educational standpoint
how potential would be the influence
to -day if the wonderful mechanical
musical instruments, with their ap-
pliances, we now have, existed
hundred and fifty years ago, thus en
abling Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart
tiled other illustrious old masters to
regate to posterity faithful repro-,
ductions of their performances by
means of the player -piano and phono-
graphs.
Inasmuch as it would be of priceIees
value to have such recordings at this
time, present-day pupils and teachers
will find, and some have already found
from experience, that the records
made by some of our eminent artists.
of to -day afford possibly unequalled
facilities for acquiring certain phases
of musical knowledge. The teacher
of musical history when reviewing
epochs and events, giving biographical
sketches of composers and classifying
the different sehools and forms of
music, will find the player piano arid
phonograph, or either one, invaluable
by demonstrating the record suitable
for the occasion. When studying
tonal Effects of the different instru-
ments, the phonograph record would
indeed be very helpful and highly in-
teresting. •
While perhaps being efficient in the
art of voice production there are many
teachers who are far from being mas-
ters of interpretation, especially in
some of the grand opera arias, for the
reason that they have not had the
opportunity of witnessing perform -
antes by artists of the highest rank,
ern man;; vocal studios is the phono-
graph finding itself useful as a coach,
as also it is in the homes of many
pupils.
It is questionable that the potential-
ities of the player -piano and phono-
graph have been fully realized. It was
an extremely delicate and difficult
matter to convince such artists as
Patti, Melba, and other prominent
artists of the possibilities of the
phonograph, as likewise it was Padere-
jewski, Greig, Moszkowski, etc., in re-
gard to the player -piano. It is said.
that so highly are the master rolls and
records of some of these masters valu-
ed that they are carefully stored away
hi specially constructed vaults in Paris
and elsewhere for revelation to music
students in years to come.
Music, the subtlest, the most power-
ful joy of life, that in which solace is
found, lives within all. Within many
it is dormant—it needs kindling.
The Jungle fowl, to be found in
Australia, builds a nest in the form of
a great mound, sometimes measuring
fifteen feet in height 'and 150 in cir-
cumference. These ares aid tc be the
largest and heaviest nests in the
world, The birds build them in re-
mote places, and they interweave them
with leaves, grass and twigs, as do
smaller birds in building their small
nests.
A Mother's Short Cuts.
"How do you manage to have so
much time for your children outside
of all the home things you do for
tl'.em?" questioned one mother of a
neighbor.
"13y taking short cuts through my
work," was the laughing answer, "and
trying to be ready for play in its own
time."
"What do you mean by short cuts ?
Clothes can't be half -mended, dishes
can't be half washed, bread can't be
slack -baked."
"No, that would be cutting work
short instead of cutting across it. I
have several simple devices now for
cutting across some of my duties. For
example, part of the time I wear
glasses and part of the time I do not
need them. I used to waste many
valuable moments in Iooking for them
when changing from one task to an-
other. At last I made a rule that in
each room I must have one special
place to lay them down and never al-
low myself to put them anywhere else.
This habit has become settled and my
glasses are never mislaid.
"Another time and labor-saving ar-
rangement," went on the hostess, "is
to hang in very room a small cushion
on which are five or six needles, each
threaded with a different color or
been mixed with water. Add the
Isauce with half the cheese in it. Put
, crumbs into melted butter. Add re-
maining .cheese to them and spread
this mixture over that in the dist:,
Brown in a- hot oven.
Tested Recfpes,
Rice Griddle Cakes:—Turn into a
mixing bowlone small cupful of cook-
ed rice, free from lumps. Add two
tablespoonfuls of melted butter, one
teaspoonful of molasses, a quarter of
a teaspoonful of salt, two wall beaten
eggs,2cupfuls of flour sifted with2 tea-
spoonfuls of baking powder, and suf-
ficient cold, sweet milk
to form a
pan-
cake batter. Beat the mixture vigor- ,
ously and fry on a hot griddle. Serve
as soon as they are baked, as stand-
ing in the oven makes them soggy.
Buttermilk Cookies:—Ve cup short-
ening, 1 cup sugar, 1 cupRbuttermilk,',
1 teaspoon baking soda, fidur to thick-
en. Roll biscuits 1/2 -inch thick and
cut.
1 Rice Pudding With Raisins:—'�, cup
rice, 1 cup raisins, 1 cup milk, 11/2
quarts boiling water, s/a teaspoon salt,
1/2 cup sugar. Stir the rice into the
boiling salted water and cook _until it
is about half done, which will be about
fifteen minutes. Drain the rice, add
the milk, sugar and raisins, and place
weight of silk or cotton so that any in a greased baking dish. Bake in a
moment I can run up a rip, sew on a moderate oven for about forty-five
button, mend a hole in a stocking, minutes.
catch the sides of a rent together, or
tack up a torn hem. You may not
believe it but these stitches in time
save more than nine in the future. -
"When I wash the dishes, I do not
use wiping towels but put them upon I will be possible to obtain sufficient
Can The Surplus.
Now is the time to husband your re-
sources and to prepare for the win-
s ter by canning and preserving. Soon it
a rack and scald with plenty of water.
They dry themselves in pure air and
sunshine and I have no dishtowels to
wash.
"On each floor of the house I keep
one large scrap -basket into which I
empty the contents of all the 'smaller
baskets which I attend to, without ex-
tra steps, as I go from room to room.
"I also gather up odds and ends of
time by tucking away in a bag or a
basket in each of my haunts, a piece
of embroidery, knitting or sewing so
that when I have a leisure half-hour I
4o not need to hunt up materials or
Patterns', ` This sort of employment
fits in well with reading aloud,' at-
tending to the children's piano Arae--
tice, helping them with their lessons,
listening to confidences or joining in
games." material and jars, but also in loss of
"Well," acknowledged the visiting
mother as she rose to bid her friend
good -by, "I see haw I can try some
short cuts! Perhaps my youngsters
will appreciate a little `more moth-
er. a
fruit and vegetables.
Do not try to have just one day for
canning and then proceed to work
from early morn until late at night;
rather do a few jars each day, so with-
out much hardship your supply will
grow rapidly.
A few points to remember before
starting:
First, Use good jars, taking care
that the lids are in good condition.
Second. Use oily new rubbers; old
ones have lost their elasticity, so fail
to perform their missiorjg
Third: It is of the utmost unpoit-
once that the proper Method of"'can-
ning and preserving be used if you
expect your food to keep. Careless
or haphazards. methods will spell fail-
ure and will result not only in loss of
Macaroni Dishes.
To boil macaroni properly have a
large pot or saucepan two thirds full
of water on the fire, put a level table-
spoonful of salt into it for every quart
of water, to which, if desired, may be
added half tablespoonful of butter,
which gives a better flavor, and when
it is boiling fast, thrown into it the
macaroni, wiped with a clean dray
cloth, but not washed. Let it boil
until it yields easily to pressure be-
tween the fingers; then drain it in a
colander and rinse it thoroughly in
cold water in which it should remain
until you are ready to finish it accord-
ing to any given recipe.
The same recipe may be used in
cooking macaroni, spaghetti or ready -
cuts.
If the macaroni or spaghetti, etc., is
to be re -cooked with other ingredients
or baked, it need not be cooked quite
so tender.
White Sauce: --Heat in saucepan to
boiling point 1 cup milk; add 2 table-
spoons butter and 1 of flour; stir un-
til thick and smooth. Season with
Balt and pepper.
Tomato Sauce:—Cut 7 or 8 tomatoes
or use a can of tomatoes, cook on a
slow fire with ata ounce of butter, 1
onion, celery, season with salt and pep.
per. Cook slowly for an hour, add
a little flour, cook 5 minutes more,
Drain in a colander, then some meat
extract may be added to give more
flavor, and keep hot until ready to use
with macaroni, spaghetti or ready -
cuts.
Macaroni Soup: -Boil some milk
macaroni as directed, till it is tender.
Drain it off, and serve it cut up into
three inch pieces in some clear broth,
Milk Macaroni and Cheese; -1-8
package macaroni, 11 cup of thin
white sauce, 1 cup of stale bread
crumbs, 1 cup grated cheese, 1 table
spoonful of butter. I3reak the macar-
oni in 2 inch pieces or buy a package
of Milk Ready-Cuts—which are al-
ways cut to size—and cook in boiling
salted water until soft, about 20 min-
utes. Pour into a colander and run
cold water through it, Put in a but-
tered pudding dish and thoroughly stir
in 1 teaspoonful mustard whieli has
time and labor. Understand thor-
oughly just what you are doing and
then see that each rule is carefully
followed.
OUR ENEMY, THE FLY.
Various Ways in Which to Combat
The Fly • Nuisance.
The best method of combating flies
is to prevent their breeding by de-
stroying their breeding places. Thus
if flies were excluded from the gar-
bage can, manure pile and privy vault,
it would be possible for the commun-
ity to be free from flies.
It is an easy matter to provide a
tight -fitting lid for the garbage can,
and almost as easy a matter to render
the privy vault fly -proof. However,
it is not such an easy matter to ex-
clude fliesfrom the manure pile. It
is best to store the manure in a she`d
that has been made fly -proof by means
of screen, or to store it in a tight box.
If it is not possible to store the man-
ure in fly -proof places, the manure
pile can be treated at Intervale of ten
days or two weeks during warm
weather by means of chemicals, This
kills the maggots before they develop
into the adult fly.
Powdered hellebore can be secured
at any drug store, and it is especially
recommended for treating manure
Fly Poisons tract
oth Flies and Babies
In the lust three years tho press has repPorted 1116 fly
oleonlnaonao4—olarge pro portion fand. The illnaeell
oohing oan w ith ita sweetened wick—Cho saucer of 501-
ornae
wen nit afls4po iedead)1a
ofbroisonesdon'sure a—ohbishe realized the danger. Yuen kills
wore ehildnnenthan n11 other poisons combined.
Tile la tllo 11. 8. Governtn nt �varnln,.•c� a Manx
Aly poisons, taken from 11. 8, Public: IIeultu aorvloo
Bulletin, sappioment No. 29:
••0f other Ay ��oo4em meaUen,4, m,ntloa 94ou14 be merle, manly tae toe
ce
pu,po,e rR 000ded children
nttoq of 00„ oumy,. i o@ .neon, Futel ee,ee o/
lu4 ante to ho,wun *Ince Jaa! ,Oben ugoto,ummer dll.nh, u.n�1
eholen la:aotum, IUebdtev,d tbnt 1. oo,oe,opo,rrd to uot,byauy w,ene.
,u•!a U„ total. tial ,t 1f,•doehorin6 d,.!ne moil 1. ,nt.4 ee ea-
¢omol l.•• .0dwreruue, 4 should never be coed, Otto It Ober mamma aro u,*
AM
The one oaf°, surd, non-poisonous. efficient tis
oateuer is
which catches the fly and ombnlms it nn d n11 the donde
germs it carries In n thickcoating of varnish. (131
1Vfado in Canada by
THE 0, & W. THUM COMPANY, Waikervilie, Ont,
American Address: Grand R4pids, Stich.
heaps. Mix one-half pound of pow-
dered hellebore with ten gallons of wa-
ter, and mix thoroughly with the man-
ure, especially around the edges of the
pile. The above quantity is sufficient
for ten cubic feet of manure. The
hellebore is very inexpensive, and for
a few cents a sufficient quantity can
be secured to last through the entire
season.
If the breeding places are destroyed
but few flies will be found around the
house, and the few that do make their
appearance can soon be caught by
means of fly traps on porches and
stickly fly paper indoors.
All windows and doors should be
carefully screened. This :. very es-
sential in keepingflies
. ea outpiaofs the
house. • If it is ;not
cu'r2>sihje
re ""sd�tred
bas can_ be securat a'very moderate
cost, and it will last one season.
Thomas:"Why in the world did you
name your baby 'Bill'?" Burke: "Be-
cause he came on the first of the
month."
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I CORNS LIFT OUT
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'WITII FINGERS '11)Q
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You say to the drug store man, "Give
me a small bottle of freezone." This
will cost very little but will positively
remove every hard or soft earn or cal-
lus from one's feet.
A few drops of this new ether earn -
pound applied directly upon a tender,
aching corn relieves the soreness in-
stantly, and scan the entire corn or
callus, root and all, dries up and can
be lifted off with the fingers.
This new way to rid one's feet of
corns was introduced by a Cincinnati
man, who says that freezone dries in
a moment, and simply shivels up the
corn or callus without irritating the
surrounding skin,
Don't let father dle of infection or-
loakjaw from whittling at his corns,
but clip this out and make him"try it.
if your druggist hasn't any freezone
tell him, to order a .small bottle from
his wholesale drug house for you.
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