HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1936-08-13, Page 7Creamers First
Ised 111 1750
Tea Drinking Carne From
China, 'Where It's
Taken Clear
The easiest way to tell the approx-
•imate age of an antique silver cream-
er is to learn the shapes used by
;the early American silversmiths.
The creamer did not come into com-
mon use in the Colonies until about
4760. The custom, of drinking tea
eine, from China by the way of Eng-
kind. The Chinese never have used
cream in their tea, No one knows who
'fret need cream in tea, but it was
probably some who thought that Eng
3ish-brewed tea was much too strong.
r The American silversmiths devel-
, oped many ideas of ;.heir own, but
like cabinetmakers, they looked to
England for their styles. It was dur-
ing the reign of George II that the
tiny cream pitcher was Heade by the
English silversmiths, The idea came
Ito the Colonies and the American
,silversmiths copied the ideas of their
,English contemporaries but added
new angles of their own. Perhaps no
+article of American silver has so
many interesting quirks as the tiny
pitchers used to hold milk and cream
for tea.
The first creamers were pear-shap-
ed and were raised on three small
feet of varied design. The feet and
handles made by the silversmiths at
this time are a study in themselves
because few were alike.
The second popular design that
came into use after 1760 is the pear-
shaped creamer on a raised foot. Both
of these styles are small. The
handles on both types are exceedingly
graceful.
L, About 1780 the creamer became
taller, the sides straighter and the
foot ' 'eher. This type of pitcher was
made to be inciudct in tea sets of
;three or more pieces and matched the
tea and coffee pot and sugar bowl. It
was the per' 1 of the Classic influ-
ence that also be seen in work of the
'Adam Brothers in the furniture of
that time. The lines were graceful
.but more imposing. The creamer had
(become an established article on the
tea tray because tea was less expen-
sive and was part of every well ap-
'pointed household.
By the beginning of the nineteenth
century the creamer was made low-
er and usually sat fiat on the table.
It followed the general design of the
tea pot that was also made with a
flat bottom to be set on a small tray.
After 1810 the creamer became•
larger, more ornate and less graceful.
Like the tea pot and sugar bowls of
the period that they usually matched
they became just pitchers and have
little charm.
Although many silver collectors pre-
fer to have their creamer as part of a
tea service, those that prefer the
earlier types of creamers know that
the earliest styles seldom match any-
thing and this very fact makes them
dintinetive and alluring enough to be -
tomo a collection by themselves.
England will spend $500 in de-
stroying seals off the Cornwall coast.
FINANCIAL
J. B. Tyrrell and other officials
of Northern Canada Mining Corp.
plan to visit the Argosy Gold Mines
property for the pouring of the first
gold brick about the middle of Au-
gust. The mill started •operating
a few weeks ago and is handling 75
tons of ore daily with average grade
of about $24. Ore reserves are of-
ficially estimated to be 71,237 tons
with a gross value of $1,370,000. •
Officials of McLellan Long Lac
Gold Mines report that the first dia-
mond drill hole on the south. group
of eight claims in the Little Long
Lac area has reached a depth of
about 600 feet with mineralized sec-
tions encountered. Assay results
will be available at an early date.
The recently disclosed new show-
ing on the Coin Lake Gold Mines
property in the Red Lake area has
been opened up for a length of
about 200 feet, according to W. P.
Mackie, in charge of work. The
showing is standing up well with
last assay returning a value of .98
ozs. gold per ton across two feet.
A cross-fracture zone has been pick-
ed up and work has been concen-
trated on this showing where it is
being followed to the intersection
of the dike. A program of diamond
drilling was scheduled to commence
this week, with three holes to be
put down to cut the dike at three
different horizons.
Que-On Mines, a participating
holding company recently incorpor-
ated, announce the appointment of
S. B. Goldberg, E.M., as field en-
gineer on the Dorval Siscoe, Nu-
maque and Snowshoe (formerly
Varsan) properties. Drilling is con-
tinuing on the Numaque ground
with two drills reported cutting
mineralization. The two diamond
drills ordered for Dorval Siscoe are
expected to be on the ground some
time this week, while the drilling
outfits for Traverse Longlac Mines
and Portage Longlac Mines are ex-
pected to arrive on the properties
later this week.
Cuniptau Mines Ltd. has optioned
the Alexo property consisting of ap-
proximately 500 acres in the Tema-
gami area on the branch of the T.
& N.O. at the Alexo siding, accord-
ing to B. W. Watkins, president. It
is a high grade open cut property
which, according to government re-
ports shipped 50,000 tons of 4%
per cent nickel to the Mond Nickel
Co. during the war. The developed
reserves in the open cut are esti-
mated at some 25,000 tons of simi-
lar grade. Officials point out that
the acquisition of this property fol-
lows the program adopted to pro-
vide adequate ore reserves for fu-
ture larger development.
Wendigo Gold Mines' second gold
brie]; for July covering production
for the second ten days of the
month had a value of $5,767, ac-
cording to official word, This com-
pares with output for the first tell
days of the month. of $5,744, or
a total of $11,511 for the period.
Average tonnage for the period was
48 tons daily, while recovery has
shown improvement of late. Mill -
heads averaged .373 ozs. of $13.05
per ton.
The .continuation of Bidgood's 515
vein as been definitely established
on the 425 -foot level at Moffat -Hall
Mining Co., according to M. A. Pot-
ter, M.E., in charge of operations.
The 402 crosscut across a width of
better 'than six feet and over a
length of 25 feet returned $7.40
per ton in gold. Between 4,000 and
5,000 tons of ore grading '$12 per
ton have already. been blocked out
at the Moffatt -Hall property. The
amount of drifting done on the new
workings on all levels including the
550, is approximately 950 feet. On
the 150 -foot Ievel, No. 103 crosscut
across one foot of the east wall'as-
Bayed $28 and cross one foot of the
west wall assayed $10.50 per ton. On
the 425 -foot level in the 402 west
drift one assay returned $15.26 in
gold per ton across a width pf 3.6
feet. All new equipment has been
installed and is working smoothly.
A crew of 45 men are employed at,
present.
With the danger of fire over, drill-
ing operations have been resumed at
the Kaw Crow, Winoga and Gateway
properties in the Pickle Crow -Central
Patricia ,area. While the fires which
occurred dug;--„ the recent hot, dry
spell did not reach any of these pro-
perties, it was considered advisable
to halt operations. As a result, drill-
ing equipment was buried, while
crews made preparations to fight fires
should the wind change and threaten
the mining properties.
British Motor Statistics
Last year's total of motoring of-
fences in England and Wales for the
first time exceeded 500,000.
The increase was over 85,000, from
433,06.0 in 1934 to 518,240 in 1935.
The number ofpersons involnad-elast-
year was 449,653 compared with 366,-
446 in 1934.
The return for 1936 is 'the first
since the imposition of the speed limit
in built-up areas. Of the 121,757
speed limit offences, 80,010 related to
built up areas, and 35,635 to goods
vehicles. "Speeding" fines totalled
over £133,000.
Against "failing to stop at traffic
signals," 31,427 offences were -record-
ed, at pedestrian crossings 7,503, and
"failing to stop at police signals,"
4,124.
Two i Live
Aime hi I;ntaIll
Surrey Richest County
Scotsmen Have Biggest
Families
There are 2,000,000 people in
Great Britain who live alone.
Nearly half the women workers in
the country are employed in two in-
dustries,
One man out of every fifty is either
of independent means or unemploy-
ble,
a
• In 1934 the total population of
Great Britain was 23 2-3 million
females and 21% males — 1,084 wo-
men to every 1,000 men.
It is estimated that in 1941 the
population will be 44,840,000; that
by 1951. it will have fallen to 42,-
670,000; and that by 1.961 it will only
be 89,358,000.
The Census regards a family as
any group of person, including ser -
ants and lodgers, who live in a
private household. Ninety-five out of
every hundred people live a family
life. `
Large fannilies—parents, children,
and servants—are most numerous in
Scotland. There 15.9 per cent. of all
''families consist of M 'tet or more per -
ens.
Women on the average live longer
than men.
Mere boys are born than girls. Up
to the age of 15 there are only 980
girls to every 1,000 boys. After the
age of 65 there are 1,316' women to
every 1,000 men. -
There are 90,000 persons with in-
comes exceeding $10,000 a year.
The number e-rnin-• less than $750
a year is 15,900,000.
Two million seven hundred ,thou-
sand earn between $1,250 and $2,500
a year, and 540,000 people, have in-.
comes of between $2,500 an $5,000.
Only one family in 20 in Britain
has a weekly income exceeding $50.
Surrey has a `larger proportion of
well-to-do families than any other
county.
Every year $5,900,000 is spent on
food.
The maintenance of the home ab-
sorbs $3,120,000 annually.
Savings, incltding new houses and
furniture, are estimated at $2,250,-
000,000 every year.
The expenditure on tobacco in 1934
was $600,000,000, and on drink $1,-
150,000,000.
1;150,000,000.
The British nation spends $425,-
000,000 annuallyon sport and enter-
tainment; $325,000,000 on reading;
$165,000,000 on religion; and $1,595,-
000,000 on clothes.
One-third of all the women work-
ers in the country -1,906,000— are in
`domestic or personal service.
ENTIRELY PROBABLE
My lady loves a tenor whose voice
to me is brittle,
But, oh, she loves him such a lot,
and loves me such a little.
She nestles by the radio and listens
to his theme song,
His warbling keeps me wide awake,
.to her it is a dream song.
So all that I can do is wait till we
• have television,
And when she has a look at him
she may change her decision.
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A.LSBut ROGERS ELWOOD A. HUGHES
President General Manager
DIXIE is the thrifty
man's smoke. You cut
it as you use it and
the plug remains fresh
to the last cut.
X -Ray and Panting
A Rembrandt Injured, Chem-
ists Say It Was Over -
Exposed
For more than two years the dir-
ectors of the State Museum of Ber-
lin have refused permission to make
X-ray pictures of any painting in
their possession. And the reason?
A Rembrandt belonging to the art
galleries of Kassel had been X-rayed
on behalf of the Fogg Art Museum
of Harvard with disastrous results.
A sort of cancer had ruined the
pigment .
Half a dozen experts rush to the
defence of the X-rays—indispens-
able in determining whether an old,
perhaps more valuable, work lies
beneath the surface that gladdens
the eye. Among them are Viktor
Bauer, Helmuh Rinnebach, Dr. Ed-
uard Petertil, Dr. S. Gotzky, Pro-
fessor Paul. Gunther and Dr. F.
Muller-Skjold, all of whom have
measured X-ray dosages and noted
the effect. There is no denying that
if the dose is too strong a painting
may. be damaged irreparably. But
there is nothing to fear if the in-
tensity of irradiation is no more
than that required to penetrate the
layers of pigment.
Paint chemists have long known
that short-wave radiation profound-
ly changes chemical pigments. But
the exposure must be long and the
radiation strong. Muller-Skjold, who
is on the staff of the physico-chelni-
cal laboraory of the Federated State
Schools in Berlin, found that X-rays
injure a painting when they are
from 10,000 to 100,000 times as
strong as they need be for normal
,penetration of all layers. Gunther
and Gotzky (physico-ehemis;al 'in-
stitute of the University of Berlin)
found that paintings can be X-rayed
repeatedly without harm provided
the dose is not greater than that
actually required to obtain good
shadowproofs of all layers of pig-
ments.
Summer Pruning
As results show, trees can be
pruned as well in Summer as in
Winter or Spring. There is no seri-
ous after effect of Summer pruning
where pruning is needed badly.
Weak and crowded wood can really
be more easily discovered in the
Summer time with branches in full
leaf. It is easy at this time of year
to locate the branches. that add
nothing but brush to the tree. A
little more care will be needed to
keep from stripping the bark back
around cuts, but this is easily ac-
complished.
WA+t.E li .
YOU
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And You'll Jump Out of Bed in the
Morning Barin' to Go
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It just decays in the bowels. Gas bloats up
your stomach. Youget constipated. Harmful
poisons go into the body, and you feel sour,
sunk and the world looks punk.
A more bowelmovement doean'talways get
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on the liver as well. It takes those good. old
Carter's Little Liver Pills to get these two
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make the bile flow freely. They do the work
of calomel but have no calomel or memory in
them. Ask for Carter's Little Liver Pills by
name! Stubbornly refuse anything else. 26c.
Issue No. 32 — '36
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Shutting Out War Gas
Costs of shutting out deadly gases
in time of warfare coming down in
Great Britain. It costs less than $5
to make a room gas -proof as a pro-
tection against air -raids. The ex-
pense varies somewhat according to
the size of the room. Sir John Si-
mon, the Home Secretary, is bend-
ing every effort to find the simplest
methods of protection at still lower
costs. If a room is in reasonably
good repair the $5 will cover the
cost of blankets and material to
construct an lair -lock at the outer
door of the house.
Vesuvius, the famous volcano, is
nw yielding potash, which is useful
in agriculture.
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