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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1917-08-10, Page 41 DOMESTIC SCIENCE AT HOME Sixth Lesson.—Starches and Sugars. chew the Starches and sugars have many pro- any, persons thoroughly .perties in common, and for this rea- food which contains starch. Care - son are grouped together under the lessly cooked starchy foods will pro - name carbohydrates. The preceding duce intestinal disturbances. This is lessons have told that carbohydrates particularly true of breakfast foods. furnish heat for the body and energy Unless they are well coked they should to do work. not .be given to infants or elderly Starch is found principally in cer- persons. ears, grains and vegetables. It is The fireless coker is an ideal method soluble in cold water and coagulates of preparing breakfast foods, and, in or thickens when dissolved in cold wa- fact, for cooking all starchy foods. ter and heat is applied. Applying Sugars. #' heat causes the cell-like structure to There are many kinds of sugars. the Liquid. Dry starch when heated expand urd burst, thereby thickening The most familiar of them is the care sugar. Sugar is also obtained fropn turns a light brown in color. This beet roots, maple trees and certain is called dextrin, and is soluble in kinds of palms. cold water. It is the basis of Brit- Sugar is also found in vegetables, tish gum and is often used in making fruits and milk. The greatest amount library paste. When starch is heat- comes from sugar cane, which is a Brit - ed beyond the dextrin stage it is plant somewhat resembling corn. It transformed into carbon, all the mois- is crushed between rollers, extract- ture being removed setting the car- ing the sweet juice, which is clarified bon free. and evaporated until, upon cooling, its Digestion of Starches. crystals appear in a thick liquid. This The process of digestion with liquid is molasses. The crystals are starches starts in the Mouth. It is brown sugar. most important that all food contain- The brown sugar, by a process of re- ing starch be thoroughly masticated. fining, is made into many kinds of su- Failure to chew food thoroughly will. _gar known to housewives. prevent the saliva from acting upon Grape and fruit sugars are found the starch and prevent the continua- in grapes, peaches and other fruits. tion of this important process in the It is two and one-half times less sweet stomach. When starch foods are thor- than cane. Glucose is manufactured' oughly masticated the action of the on a large scale from corn. Lactose, saliva continues upon the food in the or milk sugar, is found in milk. The stomach for at least half an hour, un- commerical sugar of milk comes from til checked by the acidity of the gastric Switzerland, and is made by evaporat- juices. It is for this reason many ing the whey of the cow's milk. It persons are unable to eat starchy is used for sweetening drinks for in - foods with other food containing fruit fants and the sick. It is less liable to or vegetable acids. produce acid fermentation than cane The stomach ferments do not act sugar and is more easily digested. „ upon starch as it passes into the small The Food Value 'of Sugar. intestine. The pancreatic juice and Sugar is valuable as a nu r' ime ; intestinal ferments complete the final easy to digest and quickly absorlired changes which occur and are absolute- by the body. Cane sugar, in the pi`o- ly necessary to convert the starches cess of digestion, owing to the act en into soluble sugars. of the pancreatic juices, is converged It is necessary to combine starchy into glucose, and after its absorption", foods with protein foods, as all excess it is completely utilized in furnishing starch is stored in: the body in the heat and energy form of fat: • a i u ed „free z r g.' eft Starchy foods must be thoroughly cooked, owing to the fact that few, if Win -the -War Recipes. - Every' time cornmeal is used where eee A Red Cross Nurseand a Wounded Soldier Mowing Hay in Cheshire, Eng. [Health Stomach Rest. The gastric juice not on the food, but disinfects it, an the food leaves the stomach the .h strict acid disinfects the stomach itself. This is highly important as a preparation for the next meal. Hence, it is neces- sary that the stomach should become empty and should have a short period of rest after each meal before food is again taken into the stomach. This will prepare the stomach not only by insuring perfect freedom from infect- ing bacteria, but by giving the glands of the stomach and the nerve centers which control its action an opportun- ity to replenish their store of energy for use in the digestion of another meal. The stomach should have a chpce to rest for .one hour after each =eel bee fore the taking ofsthe.next 1'' f.fom r Constipation is almost universal in ',these cases, and the sluggish action of) A �A.��,ar,y Dreg !the colon is shared by -the small intes- tine and the stomach. The result of this delay, or "stasis," as the doctors call it, is to encourage the development .e i' J r• r, lulu .us but only h small amount should b used -during hot weather. baking dish, put dish in pan of water, and bake very slowly two .and one- half to three hours. Serve with hard wheat products were once used, we sauce, cream or crushed fruit. help to win the war. Have cornmeal Oatmeal Muffins.—One-half cupful mush for breakfast, with figs, dates cooked oatmeal or rolled oats, one or fruit for variety; use cornmeal in egg, two tablespoonfuls fat, one ,and quiet breads, yeast breads, desserts. one-half cupfuls flour, two tablespoon Omit all wheat breakfast cereals. Use fuls sugar, one-half teaspoonful salt, Tolled oats for muffins, rolls and yeast- four teaspoonfuls baking powder. raised bread. Cook oatmeal, using one part oatmeal Cornmeal Muffins.—One cupful sour to two parts water. A large propor- milk, one and one-third cupfuls flour, tion of water makes too soft a mush two-thi_ds cupful cornmeal, one to and gummy muffins. Mix milk, oat - two tablespoonfuls fat, one to two meal, egg and melted fat. • Add dry tablespoonfuls sugar, ane egg, one- ingredients after sifting them togeth- half teaspoonful soda, two teaspoon- thirty fuls baking powder, one-half teaspoon- ful salt. Mix milk, egg and melted fat and add dry ingredients well mix- ed. Indian Pudding.—Three-fourths cup- ful cornmeal, one quart milk, one and -eo act. o saeou •quao :rad g seek -ems Io one-half teaspoonfuls salt, three table- spoonfuls sugar, or one-third cupful molasses. Heat the milk. Sift in the cornmeal as in making mush. Add salt and sugar. Turn into buttered WOMEN I ME .ARMYBRITISH er. Bake twenty-five to it y min- very few persons sufferny utes. This mattes ten to twelve muf- chronic disease of the heart fins. sets, kidneys, liver or ne Rye Muffins.—Two and one-half not at the same time safe heaping tablespoonfuls each of rye disorder of te stomach o and Indian meal, one tablespoonful sugar and melted butter, one table- spoonful salt, one egg, beaten; one- half teaspoonful of soda, one tea- spoonful cream tartar dissolved in en- ough milk or water to make a drop batter. Beat well, drop by the spoon in hot fat, or bake in muffin tins. f bacteria and autointoxication. Water -drinking affords a natural nd efficient means of relief in these cases. If not a panacea, it is at least a most valuable accessory means. Two or three glasses of water should be taken.four hours after each meal, at ,the time when the stomach should be emptied of the last remnants of the last meal. The temperature of the water may be hot or warm or room temperature. Ice -water should be avoided. The effect will be not only to wash the stomach out by mechani- cal cleansing of the mucous surface, but to insure thorough disinfection by causing the gastric glands to pour out an abundance of hydrochloric acid. Since there is little or no food in the stomach, the gastric acid remains free and is, hence, highly active as a disin- fecting agent. The quantity of water taken should be moat a pint, and the best time for re eating. et• e .e. t ere s'' no e ince for rWei st' tir "not o the G s. ° disinfection. The stomach a;. npre- stomach, but supplies to the blood the pared to do its work well andindiges water necessary for cleansing the tis;'• tion is the result.' sues and aids the kidneys and other A healthy stomach emptieritself of eliminative organs in removing .from an ordinary meal in four boars, so the the body the damaging poisons which usual meal hours, 6 to :Cal a.m., 12 are continually pouring into the blood and 6 to 6.30 p.m., afford tine for rest from the colon. and disinfection as well as digestion. But when the stomach lcomes dis- ordered so that it does net empty it- self promptly, the meals over -lap, the stomach is cleared only once during the day, during the night; the gastric glands become worn out with .over- work, the mucous membrane of the stomach becomes infected and diseased and serious gastric disorders result. This condition is exceedingly common among chronic invalids. There are SIX HUNDRED CARPENTERST HUT -BUILDING Many Departments of Wartime Activ- ity Being Tilled by Women to Release Men For Trenches. The feminine section of the British army is growing larger day by day. Khaki -clad young women at first con- fined to the Red Cross section of the field army, are rapidly pushing into many departments of army activity, displacing men who, in turn, are pass- ed along to work nearer the front line trenches, Every boat Teaching France from England brings- new companies of wo- Men workers. At first their work was mostlyat the remote bases, but now they may be found working . further and further afield, sometimes, indeed, within hearing distance of the guns. In the clerical departments at the chief bases, women have very largely displaced mon. As chauffeurs they are being employed by hundreds, not only on ambulances and light supply wagons but also on heavy transport lorries, and with entire success. Building Army Huts. ters are at worls. building. army huts. Six hundred young women careen- i k�ostnn, 14Lass: Victims of eye +strain rand other eye w'eaicnossos anti those who wear glasses, will be glad tp know octorS a That . ,jIn a ai and Cape A Tribute to Canada. The London Daily Chronicle pays a neat little tribute to Canada, as fol- lows:— "Canada is the proudest of our daughters to -day. She has made the Motherland understand that there is a Greater Canada. She has, it seems, nearly 250,000 square miles of unex- plored territory in Quebec, which, ad- ded to her terra incognita in the west, gives her not far short of a million square miles of virgin land with p sten- tial treasure unfathomed. Well,, she began as a mystery, and so remains." ATTITUDE OF FOUR NEUtRAf. POWERS WHAT THE U. S. EMBARGO MEANS TO THEM. Holland and the Three Scandinavian Kingdoms Are Now in a Grave Dilemma. The Allies control, by means or their blecading fleets, access to •the the ports of Holland, Denmark, Seim - den and Norway, and have only per- mitted seaborne produce and goods from the United States, from the Brit- ish Empire, and from other countries, allied and neutral, to reach Dutch and Scandinavian ports in returnfor a solemn pledge by the Scandinavian ' and Dutch Governments that the freight in question was destined for exclusively home consumption, and that none of it%would under any cir- cumstances be resold to Germany. These promises and agreements have been violated with much the same ef- frontery that Germany displayed in treating as a worthless scrap of paper the guarantee of Belgium's neutrality to which she had subscribed. Neutral Pledges Violated. Thanks to this, the blockade off the ' German coast has lost much of its value as a factor in the present war, which has been unduly prolonged thereby. Far if the neutral powers concerned had lived up to their en- gagements and to the obligations of strict neutrality Germany would long ago have been brought to her knees through economic stress;, Great Britain and France would long ago have put an end to these breaches of faith and of neutrality on the part of the Scandaniviau and Dutch kingdoms and would have shut down on their seaborne trade,; closing access to their ports, had it not been for their consideration for the United States and their desire to refrain from any oppressive interference with the maritime commerce of America. But since President Wilson took up as in . national honor bound, the gauntletso recklessly and insanely thrown at his feet by the Kaiser, the situation has changed. The United States bas become one of the Powers of the Entente that are fighting far the emaneipatiO'i1 civilized world fret the nriiitary,rap.'t sit t,� r rr r s. `.pg it ll•y lerns,_and has ec neutral for that of a belligerent. That which Great Britain and Prance re- frained from doing out of considera- tion for the United States while - she was still neutral President. Wilson has now, with the full approval of the American nation, undertaken to ac- - complish by means of his proclgma- tion of embargo. Neutrals Must Choose. According to the terms of the latter none of the necessaries of life, in fact, no exports at all, will be allowed to - reach the neutrals until first of all the requirements of the people of the , United States and then those of her allies have been adequately supplied. ' This means that there -will be very little left for the neutrals. And in dealing with them a preference will be shown for those neutrals, especially in Latin America, who have shown a dis- position to refrain from trading -with the enemy of the United States, that is to say, Germany, while neutrals such as Holland, Denmark, and above all Sweden, wbo have aided and abetted the cause of Uncle Sam's foes by exportiing their domestic produce and their imported goods to Germany, will very rightly and justly be dis- criminated against• by the board at Washington entrusted with the ad- ministration of the embargo, • It was not to be expected that war times would not influence the styles, so now we have the wilitary dress with soldierly cape and pockets. The model illustrated here is of blue gabardine. The cape is lined with dotted foulard, and the small collar is of white satin. McCall Pattern No. 7897, Ladies' Mili- tary Dress; with or without cape; in- step length. In sizes; 34 to 44 bust. Price, 20 cents. This pattern may be obtained from your local McCall dealer, or from the McCall Co., 70 Bond St., Toronto, Dept. W. e perre n.0 t r Strengt ' ens Eyed Tirrrie JT fvfcmy Insgances 4 Free Preseription You Can Rave Filled and Ilse at Home. They have only six weeks of instruc- tions and preparations in England be- fore cr.,ssing the channel. Their work here is practically "shop work." The o huts are of the new semi -cylindrical they have thrown them away. neman says, after using it: I was al - Canadian type, which is being turned nest blind. Cauld not goo to read at out by the thousands in. knock -down I Out Now i ser, read everything eT eyes gdo oared form, every hut exactly alike. The hurt ---- - lie Now het Erni Hie all that Doctors and Eye Specialis s nr agree there is real bopo arid help for them. Many whose eyes were failing ;say they have had their eyes restored and many who once wore glasses Spa,' young women wear a neat uniform of rsin dr ea Y• y the time. It was like it miracle to,e regulation khaki, with short skirt and A lady who used it Aays: `The atmos - knickers, and a sleeve badge showing :'here seemed hazy with or without glasses, but after using this prescrip- an army half completed. Each girl has tionarfor c nereadaoveeverythingt hs to know only one small part of the nut glasses." Another who used it whole process of hut building; each says: I waseodt od eyes strath caused by overworked, day she repeats the same. operation, induced Herce headaches. ege worn whether it be with saw, hammer or talnsesa enol rera anaawithoth themis- plane, and then passes on the work to could not read my own name on an the next operative. envelope or the typewriting on the -workers machine before me. I can do both now, The housing of the women wort and have discarded my long dtstarice has been accomplished without par- -lassos ate vas on the trees across the Mich for several years ticular difficulty. Some units are in street naw, w others billeted in hotels. Each iaave looked like a sdims grace' lu at hto huts, In e. I cannot expect , Y j Y tit has its own supervisory officers it has dorso tar nte. Unit at chaperons. While at work it is It is believed that thousands who under p wear glasses can stow discard t the command of young women reasonable tiino, and muttltudes more utenants who act their part as will he ably tsth ev trouble hd ex- lie so as to be spared smartly as any British subaltere pence of ever getting glasses. Dr. Heck, aneye specialist of ineariy Switzerland has built its highest twenty years practice, says. `A, patient anda half longcame to me „who wi sutCoringiitrom aerial tramway, a mile Vo le,phai itis • Marginalis with a the and ascending 10 an altitude of nearly concomitant symptoms, as morning a mile,' solely for tourists. 3unctivitis and ephiphora. Her eyes when not congested had the dull, suf- fused expression common to such cases. Having run out of her medicine a friend suggested Bon -Onto. She used this treatment and not only overcame her distressing condition, but strange and amazing a$ it may semi, so strengthened her eyesight that she was able to dispense with her distance glasses and her headache and neuralgia left her. In this instance I should say her eyesight was improved 100%, x have since verified the eliicao , of this treatment in a number of eases and have seen the eyesight improve from 25 to 5 per cent in a remarkably short time. I can say it works more quickly than any other remedy,, I have pre- soribed for the eyes. Dr. Smith, an oculist of wide experi- ence, says: `I have treated in private practice a number of serious apthalmic diseases with lion -Onto and am able to report ultimate recovery in both acute' and chronic cases. Mr. B. carpo to my office suffering with an infected eye. The condition was so serious that an operation. for seemed the operative treatment I proscribed Bon- Opto and in 24 hours the secretion had lessened, iniioanrnatory symptoms ho gan to subside, and in seven clays the eye was cured and retained its nor- mal vision, Another case of extreme convergent strabismus (cross eyed) escaped the surgeon's knife bye timelyuse of your col lYr era. otT to otlghtened external muscles the soothing and anodyne effects of Bort-Opto. I always instil Bon-Opto after removal of foreign bodies and apply it locally to all burns, ulcers and spots on the eyeball orthe lids for its therapeutic effect, By cleans- ing the lids of secretions and .acting as a tonic for the eyeball itself . the vision is rendered more acute, hence fila nuber of cases' of discarded glasses." Dr , Conner says: , 'My eros were Oin had opndition owlag t0. the strain arising from protracted micrd' scopioal research woric. Bon -Onto used according to directions rendered a sur- prising service. I found my eyes re. inarkably strengthened, so much so 3 have put aside my glasses without dis- comfort. Several of my colleagues have also used it and we are agreed as to its results. In a few days, under my observation, the eyes of an astigmatic case were so improved that glasses have been discarded by the patient." Eye troubles of many descriptions may be wonderfully benefited by the use of Bon-Opto and if you want to strengthen your eyes go to any drug store and get a bottle of Bon-Opto tablets. Drop one Bon-Opto tablet in. a fourth, of a glass of water and let it dissolve. With this liquid bathe the eyes two to four tinier daily. You should notice your eyes clear up per- ceptibly right from the start, and in- flammation. and .redness will quickly disappear. If your oyes bother you even a little it is your duty to take steps to save them now before it is too late, Many hopelessly blind might have saved their sight if they had cared for their eyes in time. tdoto: 1, city physician to whom the above article was submitted, said: "Yes, 71on.Opto is a remarkable eye remedy. Its constituent in- gredients are well known to eminent eye ape - Mallets and widely prescribed by them. I have used it very successfully in mr own practice on patients whose oyes were strained through over- work or misfit glasses. I can highly recommend it In case of weal:, watery, aching, smarting, itching, burning eyes, red lids, blurred vision on for eyes ttt0amed from exposure to smoke, sun, dust or wind. It is one of the very few prepara- tions I Peel should be kept on hand for regular CO In almost every family." Bon-Opto is not a patent medicine or secret remedy, It is aa ethical preparation, the formula being printed on the package. The manutaeturers guarantee it to strengthen eyesight So per cent in' 0110 week'stime in many instaneeo, or rotund the money. It ifl-oris- pensod 1'>v all good druggists, including general stores; also by O. xanblyn and T, Baton r& Co., 'Toronto, pifglutinatiolt. of .ths lids$ ehratic con- . Few seem to realize the full extent of the importance of this sensational . proclamation of an embargo by Presi- dent Wilson. It is not merely an eco- nomic measure, as might appear at first sight. It is something far more than that. It is in fact a demand made upon Holland and the Scandinavian kingdoms that they should finally de- clare themselves in the present war and should decide to throw in their lot either with the Central Powers o: - with those of the Entente. ate e. Fruit for the Teeth. Unless the teeth are very badl damaged or eroded, the acids of frui such as that contained in grapes oranges, lemons or apples, will be found to be a satisfactory mouth -wash.. The advice of a dentist should be' sought, however; to determine the con- dition of the teeth, and to decide whether an alkaline or acid wash is preferable for the individual case. But there is no question as to the efficacy of the food acids in removing quickly. and entirely the mueous films that. are the first stages of dental decay. An apple eaten in the evening will cleanse the teeth mechanically and chemically, and if followed by vigor... ous brushing will protect them from bacteria during the night. it