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Zurich Herald, 1917-06-22, Page 6• Preserving Strawberries. sun. But to the surprise of the oth Strawberries are a favorite fruit, er passengers the usual reply, "Oh, my but mus;: be given particular care in dear, don't ask so many questions, canningif theykeep well. Wash and was not forthcoming. In this case drain he fruitu after hulling. While mother was xiglt there. dole this,have cans and lids both I Mother, why does a little automo- heat ng in hot water. Measure the bile rattle more than a big one?" drained berries, and for each gaart of berries allow one cupful of white su- gar. Place the sugar in an alum- inum or granite kettle, and add a few spoonfuls of water to keep it from burning until it melts. When the Here followed a detailed account of the sugar has boiled long enough to drive activities of that organization. all air out of it, add the berries. As these boil up gently, stir them down, When they have boiled up the second time, lift off the fire and can, taking the cans from the warm water one at a time as you can; put on the lid be- fore filling the next can, tighten the The passengers smiled, but mother replied promptly:— "Because the big car is heavier." "Mother, look at the lady soldier. Is she goin' to war ?" "No son• that is a Campfire Girl." "Look, room, at the officer. Does he ride on horseback?" "No, dear; you can tell by the in- signia on his sleeve that he belongs to the artillery." By this time the passengers were lids, turn the can upside down, and gazing with much interest at the lady leave in that position four or five days. who could actually answer a little The berries then, when turned, will re- sume their proper position in the cans. I never lose strawberries when I fol- low this recipe."" For preserving I use only firm ber- ries, and prepare as for canning. I measure the berries, and for each quart of berries allow a full quart of white cugar. I place this sugar in the preserving kettle with enough water to keep it from burning until the su- gar melts and boils. I allow the su- gar to boil, stirring it until it strings from the spoon. I take the straw- berries gently from the vessel they have been drained in, and gently add them to the boiling sugar. This cools the sugar, but they soon boil up again, and I stir them down. When they have thoroughly boiled up again I consid- er them done and put them in the cans. You see, I make but little dif- ference between preserving and can- ning, with the exception that I give more sugar to the preserves and al- low it to thicken before .adding the berries. It is the surest way of get- ting them to keep safely that I know of, and to retain their shape and color. Too many housewives cook the straw- berries too long. Sun preserves of strawberries I then place other part on top. Bake make this way: After preparing the berries measure berries and sugar 15 minutes in hot oven. When baked; I to equal amounts, placing the dry su- gar on the berries, then set them on the back of,. the, ,.stove..and let therm cook gently until the sugar has slight- ly thickened. Then I spread on shal- low dishes set direct in the sun, and cover with mosquito netting on frames boy's questions. Then came a poser as the 'bus trundled past a downtown club where the flags of all the nations who are fighting with the Allies were fluttering. "Name 'em, mom," commanded the boy. And mom did—every one, from the flag of Cuba on through to England and France. A gray haired man gazed thought- fully after the pair as they alighted at Thirty-second street, the youngster still chattering and gazing eagerly into his mother's serene face. "I wish my kid had a pal like that," he said wistfully to a friend. Recipes Tried and True. Strawberry Shortcake: -4 teaspoon- fuls baking powder, el teaspoonful salt, 2 tablespoonfuls sugar, la, cup butter, 74 cup milk, 2 cups flour, 1 quart strawberries. Mix flour, bak- ing powder, salt and sugar and sift twice. Work in butter with fingers. Add milk gradually. Put on board, divide into two parts, and roll out to fit the cake tin; using the least pos- sible flour to roll. Put one part on tin, spread lightly with melted butter, the two parts will separate easily without cutting. Mash berries s1i htly,. syveeten and . place between cakes. A dozen or so whole berries may be placed on top for a decoration. Lemon Sauce for Puddings:—Mix 1 cup sugar and 1 tablespoonful flour, to keep off flies and birds. One dayladd 1% cups boiling water, put on of hot sun should thicken the syrup, the fire and when it begins to boil add leaving the berries a bright red; but if it doesn't, set them back on the stove and keep merely warm until the sun again shines. A Little Boy and His "Pal.." Sometimes one wonders if, after all, these stories about the child who asks so many questions have not another side. Tb: other day coming down in the Fifth avenue 'bus, says a New York writer, a little fellow about eight was asking his mother the usual string of questions about everything under the Has Nothing to Bide Now that the Government has absolutely prohibited the use of any artificial coloring matter in sugar, we tell you; again that we have —never used Beets. --"never used Ultramarine Blue never used Aniline Dyes —never used Vegetable Dyes in refining any of our sugars. This means that every pound in the hands ofour grocer is pure and uncolored. So—why take chances? Why not insist on having Lando— the Sugars that have always been, pure, and cost no snore than any other? Look for the Red Pan Trade -mark ott every Carton and Sark. 124 1 heaping tablespoonful butter, % slic- ed lemon and pinch of salt. Cook until it has the consistency of cream. Serve either hot or cold. Orange Sauce is made by substitut- ing one orange for the lemon. Chocolate sauce is made by adding 2 squares of Baker's unsweetened chocolate to the orange sauce. A MATTER OF CLIMATE. Effect of the Atmosphere on Human Speech. What makes the German and Rus- sian languages so harsh and guttural, so unpleasant to the ear, and the lang- uages of Italy, France and Spain so fluent, mellifluous and charming ? The former are rasping and sharp, the latter liquid and soothing. King and Queen Chat With Workers at Shipyard. While at Birkenhead, the.fKing and Queen visited Messrs Carnmell, Laird's great shipyards and talked to several employees who have worked many years for the firth. Their majesties cordially gripped their hands, and the intimate, kindly way in which they conversed caused the old fel- lows to beam with delight. Our photo shows the royal visitors looking down into a dry dock where men are at work. CANADA'S RECRUIT - INC POSTERS VIVID AND APPEALING IN THEIR PHRASEOLOGY. Methods in Vogue in the Dominion For Persuading Our Youths to Join the Colors. Canada, whose sons have done such super -valiant service at the front in France and elsewhere, and whose cas- ualties at times have been pathetie, has relied up till now, upon the gen- eral appeal of love for the mother country, supplemented by poster and personal methods. Canada has had nearly three;:', ears duringwhich to speeia'lize e It sk vivid phrases, to cull from the vast. English store of material verses which will reach the heart of even the over- seas patriot, and to fashion lines which will bring the war and its effects us rather say, superseded—by the rule of compulsion?" Looking forward to happier times to come after the war, yet contain- ing a sharp thrust for the present, is this one: "How can you cheer the boys when they come home if you sit on the fence and let them fight your battles for you?" Like a double Macedonian cry are these two calls from abroad: "There's a fight'going on over here. Are you in it? "German success means a Ge7maniz- edCanada. Come over andafight with us." And here is perhaps the briefest and most poignant of all: "Who won't fight for his own? "Remember Belgium!" Recruiting Meetings Everywhere. These are just a few specimens, copied at random in Toronto, Calgary, Winnipeg, Edmonton and in far -away ;Vancouver. Maty others, equally vivid, could be quoted, for all Canada is seemingly one vast recruiting bill- board. No one can deny that these printed appeals have had their splen- did and tremendous effect, but the Do - nearer home. minion's officers have by no means A favorite in the windows of large relied upon this method alone. Every shops or on the doors of manufactur- possible agency, formal and informal, ing establishments in Toronto is this has been requisitioned, and not the psycho - statement, so simple, yet so pregnant least among the latter is the logieal effect of a mild touching upon personal vanity. A pretty recruiting officer, mild of manner and with ingratiating smile, will approach the young civilian and with meaning: "We have signed our names and willgive our lives in the noblest cause this world has known." . And there follows the list of those . who have gone to fight beyond ' the murmur 'You've got a fine figure, boy. Atlantic. To the unconscripted Canadian, the Good broad shoulders; you'll look man to whom enforced military ser- mighty fine in khaki. Better come in- side and let us measure you up, while vice has never been known, how much of an appeal there is to this: You sign up." "If you were a German, aged eight- To be sure, this may not work the een to fifty, you would be fighting for first time, but after other blandish - the Kaiser. What are you doing for ments have been bestowed upon the youth, he begins to feel that what the King?" Then there are the briefer ones, but has been told him is true and must equally to the point: oe patent to all eyes. Generally it "Joinis not long until he is in khaki. the Canadian Buffs and hunt All of which is not giving the im- " Science explains this, as it does mosti the Huns. pression that most Canadians have of the commonplace phenomena, by' "Here's your chance; it's men we needed such cajolery. Far from it; simple, natural means. want, . It is all a matter of climate.. For ' "Canada, I hear you calling me." 'countless generations the people of the Selection Froin Burns. ' but various methods must be employ- ed to obtain results. Soldiers invalided home, others who !cold countries to the north went about If there be any little boy in all To- have not yet been called to the front, l bundled up, protecting themselves ronto, or in nearly any other city in supplement the efforts of Canadian from the biting cold weather. They ( spoke little and when they did they spoke as briefly as possible with dos- ed mouths, not opening their lips any wider than necessary to form the i words. I This restricted their language, mak- ing it harsh and guttural. The words were formed in the back of the mouth. In the south lands, where nature 1 was more kindly, the weather never 3 hampered people. so, There the full- ness of nature inspired them to open- : ness of expression; the tropical clim- ate made them emotional, romantic, 1sensuous. They had more freedom. Poetry crept into their speech, for ' poetry was in the blue Mediterranean, ' the blue sky, the highly colored fields. Warmth made them comfortable and increased their passions. Their langu- age was rapid, swelling and volum- inous, explosive. They formed their words in liquid syllables, for those I come easiest and are formed with I wide open mouths. I The British Director -General of I National Service is appealing for 10,- 000 0;000 women to come forward at once to train for work on the land in the ' United Kingdom. The nmber re- quired includes 5,000 to be taught milking and dairy work, and 5,000 to !train as general farm workers. Canada, who has not memorized the women in street -corner and cart -tail following verse, he must have a poor oratory, and each recruit gained is remembering machine, for it is to be greeted with as much enthusiasm as a found everywhere: ' "Billy" Sunday convert. In the far- "0 why the deuce should I repi to off prairie cities of Edmonton, Cal - And be an ill foreboder ? gary and Winnipeg, and in the superb - I'm twenty-three and five feet nine 1y located Vancouver the same enthu- I'll go and be a sojer." siasm for the war is noticed, and one Not very good rhyming, to be sure, of the most picturesque and inspiring but Bobbie Burns said it back in 1782, and it holds good in 1917. There is something of the atmos- phere of the mid-Victorian period` in another favorite recruiting verge: "For gold the merchantman plows the main, • The farmer tills the manor; But glory is the soldier's prize, The soldier's wealth is honor." The women of Canada, like the wo- men of all the warring lands, • have been brave in the separation • which conflict entails, Many a wavering,mo- ther, sister or wife, has been persuad- ed by this poster; "To the Women: "Do you realize that the one word `Go' from you may send another man to fight for our Ding and country?" The speeches of the late Lord Kitch- ener are also much quoted, the.. :selec- tion most frequently seen being: "Does'the :call of duty find no re- sponse in you, until re -enforced. --let M MERCHANTS BANK NOW A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR INSTITUTION. Assets Increased by nearly $25,000,000 in the Past Year, while Current Loans, and Discounts In- creased by $13,902,393. The 54th Annual Statement of the Merchants Bank of Canada, just pre- sented to the Shareholders, shows most gratifying progress during the year ending April 30th last. Not only have Deposits and Assets grown very substantially, but current Loans and Discounts, the measure of the Bank's participation in the commercial development of the Dominion, have in- creased over 28%, reaching a total of $62,737,958. This indicates something of the revival of business which has been so marked throughout Canada. The increase in assets for the year amounted to $24,769,195, or over 25%a bringing the total assets up to $121,- 130, 558, and enrolling the Merchants Bank among Canada's Hundred Mil- lion Dollar Institutions. This is all the more creditable since it has been accomplished without amalgamation with or absorption of any other bank. Notable among the assets are over Ten Million Dollars in Dominion and Imperial war obligations, indicating that the Bank is doing its share to- ward carrying the financial burdens of the nation. The assets do not in- clude any mortgages, while real estate other than. Bank premises, and over- due debts, amount to only $443,236, or less than 2-5 of ono per cent. of the total assets. The confidence of the public in the Merchants Bank of Canada was strik- ingly shown by the 27% increase in deposits, which have now reached a total of $92,102,071, Such an increase is also an evidence of a healthy state of business, and of a general practice of thrift. This marked increase in the funds and the gradual clearing of the fin- ancialehorizon, .putt .the .Bank in .poli.- tion to extend its loaning and discount- ing business by many millions, auto- matically placing the earning power of the Bank upon a much improved plane. The profits for the year car- ried forward consequently showed an increase from $250,984 to $421,292, after 'providing for the usual divi- dends, the Government War Tax on note circulation, donations to Patriotic and Red Cross Funds, contributions to Officers' Pension Fund, and writing off $100,000 from Bank Premises account. During the year the General Manager, Mr. E. F. Hebden, was ad- vanced to the position of Managing Director, while the Montreal Manager, Mr. D. C. Macarow, was appointed General Manager. In speaking of the annual statement, the latter referred with pardonable pride, to the fact that of 874 male members of the staff of military age at the beginning of the war, 520, or 59%, had enlisted and gone overseas. SAPPERS AIDED BY CANARIES. In France Birds Are Used to Detect Poison Gases. A little yellow breasted, daintily 1 feathered bird which seldom sings a note is, rendering invaluable services to the allied armies in France to -day. It is the French canary whose func- tion is to detect the presence of poison gases in the sapping galleries just off i the front line trenches. The British have solved the question of dealing with chlorine, the deadly gas which the Germans squirt out of years more ago the cylinders. This can be seen rolling up young people of France had game to the lines in clouds, and gas masks that they called paille-maille. In the are donned in time. But the invisible, time of Charles I, or perhaps a little odorless carbon monoxide, just as earlier, the young people of England sights of midwestern Canada is the deadly, which spreads through the gal- took up the game and called it pall- vast training camp between Winnipeg leries and tunnels after a mine is ex- mall—which they pronounced "peil and Brandon, which, with its hundreds ploded, is especially dangerous to the mell." It has not been played in re - of circular tents, is quite Saracenic in allied soldiers employed in sapping cent years, but it was the beginning appearance. or tunnelling. both of the game of croquet and of the Beyond the prairie in the heart of The canary's part is played thus: game of billiards. The players used the majestic Canadian Rockies, every When a mine is exploded, whether a large wooden ball, a wicket or iron railway bridge is and has been guard- German or British, there is always a arch and a mallet or heavy bat. The ed for nearly three years. The lone possibility that the deadly gas has object of the game was to drive the sentinel waves to the passengers in found its way into the galleries. The ball through the wicket and hit a the trains as they pass. He has seen men have their anti -gas apparatus stake or other mark beyond it. nothing of actual warfare, perhaps, ready and the leader takes up a small Sometimes, however, the ball was and nothing has occurred to disturb wooden cage with the canary enclosed. placed at a long distance from the the dull serenity of his watch. It was Holding the cage well up and in wicket, even several hundred yards, an ,English poet, though, who said, front of him he pushes forward, and the contest took the form of see- "They also serve, who only stand and watching the little bird for the first ing which player could drive the ball wait." sign of distress. If there is any gas through the wicket with the fewest -- ❖ - present, down goes the„ganary fiat on strokes, or whether any player could Yea, SO! present, back;• toes up in the air, Gas drive it through in a certain number "It's this way in the black -land belt masks are donned and the work of of strokes agreed on in advance. In now,” said the New York Evening sapping goes on, while the canary is London the game became very popu- Post's friend from Texas: "Cotton's so passed back to be resuscitated and lar in the seventeenth century, and high that a farmer comes into Dallas, eats a square meal at one of the best hotels, puts down a cotton seed, and. gets fifteen cents change. Yes, still!" t-IeaIth PROTECTING BABY FROM SMALL HURTS, Far greater harm is often done the skin by the subsequent scratching of the insect bite with the dirty finger- nails than by the bite itself; and so it is important that we remember quick- ly to apply ammonia water or cam- phor, Almost immediately the itch- ing is stopped, and the added "scratch- ing" irritation to the already injured skin is thus avoided. By the aid of a magnifying glass, and often by the naked eye, we may detect the stinger which has been left behind by the greedy guest. It is readily removed with a pair of tweet. • ers. Ice water compresses will stop the swelling. Whenever baby is out of doors he should be properly protected by stretching mosquito netting over a frame eighteen inches above his face, for I can think of nothing mare un- comfortable than a mosquito netting dragged o Ser a sweaty baby's face. The fact that mosquitoes, flies, roaches. and other insects are carriers of tub- erculosis, typhoid fever, cholera, yel- low fever, malaria and possibly infan- tile paralysis, as well as a host of minor ailments, should make us the more anxious for either their exter- mination or the protection of our chil- dren from their greedy bites and stings. Dog and Snake Bites. Dogs, cats, rats or mice bite at any time of the year, and provision should always be made for ample protection against such accidents. Such a wound should always be squeezed or sucked until it has bled freely, and then be cauterized by a red-hot iron or touched with an ap- plicator that has been dipped in sul- phuric acid. A subsequent dressing of Balsum Peru is healing. In the case of snake bites the same sucking and cauterizing treatment is indicated, with the additional tying of a handkerchief or cord a few inches above the wound to stay the pro- gress of the blood and to keep the poison out of the general circulation. A solution of 20. per cent, perman- ganate ofpotash should be used to wash the wound. The popular adrei.nt tretial .. draughts of evhis'Cty is . 50 . • e for -}the -secondary depressant effect o alcohol increases the body's poison burden, and those who survive do so in spite of the whisky, and r.ot because of it. Swallowing Little Things. Small bodies such as buttons, safe- typins, thimbles, coins, etc., are often swallowed by little folks, and if they lodge in the throat and the child strug- gles for his breath the treatment is as follows: Grasp him by the heels and• turn him upside down, while a helper biiskly slaps him on the back. The foreign body generally flies across the room. If it is lodged high up in the throat it may often be dislodg- ed by the thumb and finger. If it cannot be reached and it will not go down, if possible lose no time in seek- ing an X-ray laboratory, where its ex- act location may quickly be discovered and proper measures instituted for its immediate removal. A troublesome fish bone is easily dislodged by swallowing a half-chew,d piece of bread, which carries it down to the stomach. Cathartics and pur- gatives are not to be given; in due time the object will appeae in the stool. In all instances it is well to locate its exact location bythe X -ray --that there may be assurance it will do no harm. THE GAME OF PALL-MALL. Both Croquet and Billiards Had Origin in This Pastime. Five hundred or a revived for its next performance. Excellent muffii s can be made with cold cereals. one of the best-known alleys, that of St. James; was eight hundred yards long, and made of hard' sand "dressed With powdered cookleshells."