Zurich Herald, 1935-01-10, Page 3YOUR R UDI3ER PLANT
Rubber plants have a bad habit of
growing too tall, but the Chinese
have a cure for it. They make a
"goo -tee" which is a ball of clay held'
together by moss or fiber around one
of the :nodes (or joints). First, the
stem is wounded or girdled just be -
lova a node and then the ball is 'ap-
plied. It is kept moist by water seep-
ing from a container above, down a
soft cord which is wound around
the ball. After a few weeks roots
are formed and penetrate the ball of
clay. The stem is then cut off just
below the ball and the upper part
is potted up as a new plant, while
the ren5ainirrg portion of the " old
plant m" ztbe discarded or encour-
aged to throw out new shoots down
below. Of course a simpler and
much less interesting way to shorten
the rubber plant is merely to cut it
off just above a node and hope that
it will- throw out new shoots and that
these shoots will be situated so that.
they will make a respectable looking
plant. But, for those who have the
time and who like to do the un-
common thing the Chinese method is
to be preferred.
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NEW • CLOSET SPACE
How to fit new closets in the old
houses when they are being recon-
ditioned is often a perplexing prob-
lem which may be solved in a bed-
room by building one in each of the
two corners in a wall. This forms an
alcove in which the head of a bed
may be placed, in the French fash-
ion. Pastel -hued walls, gray or rose,
for example, are appropriate in such
a room. Another good place for
closets is the space on either .side of
a fireplace chimney.
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CRACKERS AND CHEESE FOR
SALAD COURSE
There are women vain of their
mixing prowess who refuse to serve
crackers or other accessories with
their salads because they feel that
the perfect salad needs no ac-
companiment. But we think they are
wrong, and especially so after a sur-
vey of this year's additions to the
already thickly -populated biscuit and
'chafer field.
Aiiitl then there are all the new
tricks to dress then up—toasting
'Witt 'cheese or lightly covering with
one of the many new dressings.
Woman'
World
By Mair M. Morgan
uholdng board into a thin sheet, Cut
in strips four inches long and Ya inch
wide. Bake fifteen minutes in a
moderate oven.
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toasting before tine meal is served.
Then while ale table is being clear-
ed for the salad, slip the crackers
- into a very hot oven or under the
broiling flame. It will take only one
or twe minutes fog the cheese to
.'melt. Work four tablespoons grated
cheese and two tablespoons. butter
to a sniooih paste and spread on
• small, unsweetened crackers. Sprinkle
lightly with •paprika and toast.
Cheese in Other Guises
There are times tuhen an even
more elaborate salad accompaniment
is wanted, and again cheese is to the
fore. Cheese cups, cheese balls,
cheese sticks and fingers or triang-
es of crisp toast are delectable
morsels that may all be made in the
home when.
'When cheese does form a main in-
gredient in the salad, tiny brown
bread sandwiches, crisp toast and
bread sticks are suitable if • some-
thing more than Blain or toasted
crackers is wanted.
Delicious cheese biscuits are made
of a baking powder biscuit dough
to which grated cheese has been add-
ed. Use one-half cup grated cheese
to two cups flour in the regular
baking powder biscuit rule. Cut
these biscuits with a one -inch round
cutter, Serve .warm.
Cheese straws are especially in-
viting with a • fruit or vegetable
salad.
Cheese Straws
One cup stale bread crumbs,
cup milk, 4. teaspoon salt, 1 cup
grated cheese,, flour."
-Combine crumbs, milk, salt and
cheese and mix thoroughly.. Sift over
flour to, snake a dough stiff enough
to bandl@. ;[,:oil on a slightly floured
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FRUIT CAKE AND COOKIES
This time of year we expect fruit
cake. The children—well, they expect
cookies—any time of year. ,Iiere
are two rather . unusual recipes for
these dainties:
Coffee Fruit Cake
Mm cup shortening
1 cup light brown sugar
2 eggs
Ya cup coffee
1-3 cup milk
1% cups flour
3 teaspoons baking
M pound raisins
3' pound citron
1/4, pound figs cut in strips
Crean shortening, add sugar, egg
yolks, coffee and milk. Sift together
flour and ,,baking powder and add
slowly. Add fruit, which has been
slightly floured, and fold in beaten
whites of eggs. Bake in greased loaf
pan from one Hour to one hour and
a quarter.
Mocha Cookies
1 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 • cup molasses
3/2 cup coffee
4% cups flour
2 eggs
2 teaspoons soda
3 teaspoons cinnamon
13/2 teaspoons ginger -
1 teaspoonground cloves
1 teaspoon salt
Cream shortening and sugar. Add
well beaten eggs, and coffee 'mixed
with soda and molasses. Sift all
spices with flour and add to mixture,
making a soft dough. Drop on cookie
pan, a tablespoonful for each cookie.
PARTY LORE
A cold meat platter becomes
wonderfully interesting if slices . of
the cold beef, plain meat loaf, or
tongue, are placed in one or two
rows on a large platter, with one or
two rows of alternating sliced
tomatoes and sliced green peppers,
the latter having been stuffed with
cream cheese. -
Or the meat slices may be sur-
rounded with tomatoes which have
been stuffed with cottage cheese
moistened with cream.
.1-naasaa a . . - * : consist.., o T
oliveUs 'sweet pickles antraacex'c1
i
curls. Or of olives;and cubes of very
stiff jelly or gelatilie, to which was
added ` half a glass ' of bright red
jelly before it began to set. Slices
of pineapple provide - still another
attractive method of garnishing. 40
Fish served with the usual egg
sauce is an everyday dish, but it
can be transformed into something
unusual at the very st to moment
before serving by
sauce some chopped almonds or
halved Malaga ,grapes.
powder
An interesting addition to a very
plain salad, such as sliced toma-
toes served on lettuce, or lettuce
alone, is a small ball of cream cheese
which has been rolled in finely
chopped parsley.
A pretty way to serve tomatoes as
a salad on lettuce is to serve two
or three very small ones on each
plate, peeled and their tops cut into
points, tulip shape, sprinkled with
salt and pepper, and covered with
mayonnaise
A decorative garnish for salad or
cold meats is made by rolling tight-
ly several large lettuce leaves and
laying them away for several hours.
When needed, cat the roll into half-
inch pieces, and pretty light -green
rosettes will be the result,
When serving lima beans, baked
beans or yellow string beans add
color and interest to .the dish by
garnishing with very thin strips of
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hi search for new i+--,; aters. They and other canines were auctioned
in New York art gaineay as presents for some lucky young children.
uncooked. green pepper or
pimiento peppers or both.
Sprinkle mashed potatoes with
black pepper and red paprika for
color effect as well as for flavor.
red
Parsnips will add to the charm of
any meal if after they have -been
boiled until tender and then scraped,
they are halved, dotted with melted
butter, sprinkled with the tiniest pos-
sible ameunVi of granulated ' xugar
then placed' m a pan in the oven.
Let bake for 10 minutes, then sprin-
kle with chopped .pecans or -English
walnuts, and allow to brown.
Ice cream, served plain, is always
one of the most popular of year-
round desserts. It can gain a great
deal in interest, however, if occa-
sionally it is served in some un-
usual, 'attractive way.
Any good sauce,. as chocolate or
fudge sauce, gives it a charmingly
dressed -up look. Or ice cream may
be placed between two slices of white
cake and the whole covered with the
sauce. Or pour over a dish of plain
ice cream a cold, thick syrup nna
fn
•uit or -berries in ani equalV giianfi
of sugar until it spins a thread.
Over this arrange a few cubes
of the fruit or a few of the berries.
A. delicious topping far plain ice
cream is orange marmalade from
which all pieces of rind have been
removed, leaving only the soft sauce.
Put over vanilla ice-cream whip-
ped cream which has been tinted
green. Garnish with Malaga grapes
cut in halves or with green -tinted
cherries, or with maraschino cher-
ries, or with nuts.
On each serving plate lay 3 fresh
or canned peach halves, hollow
side up, in a small circle. Fill each
hollow with vanilla or lesion ice
cream, and pile ice cream in the
middle of the plate. Sprinkle all
with finely chopped almonds.
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A charming decoration for a
platter consists of a few "roses"
made from apple parings. Cut a
long, thin apple paring, let it stand
in the vinegar from pickled beets,
or in the red water in which a
small peeled and diced beet has
been boiled. This gives the paring,
a delicate pink tinge. Then turn the
paring wrong side out, and roll it
up, rose -fashion.
An ordinary meat loaf will look
much more festive if over it, before
it is put in the oven, is spread a
little canned red pimiento or fresh
or canned tomato pulp, to give the.
top of the loaf a decorative red.
color. It is a good plan, also, to
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place in it before baking, a row of
hard-boiled eggs, so that when the
loaf is cut, the eggs will show in the
center of each slice.
Nova Scotia Charms
Not only those who hail from what
they claim to be the loveliest pro-
vince of the Dominion, but all who
take delight in "memories immortal
and the dim far-off things of long
ago" will find much of interest, much.
of charm and a vivid recounting of
historic highlights' in a book just to
hand "Down In Nova Scotia," by
Clara Dennis (Ryerson Press),
The writer, who is what is known
in that part of the world as a "Hali-
gonian," starts from the old Garri-
son City in her motor car to "dis-
cover Nava Scotia." In the course
of her explorations she accumulates
a wealth of anecdote, of legend, of
dftcriptive beauity which makes
her journey well worthwhile.
She tells of fair Prince's% Lodge
on the lovely, shares of Bedford.Basin
where the Duke of Kent, father of
"onntr "estate 1' tui'oligh
ng' a • c �' ,
whose winding woodland pathways he
wandered with Julie St. Laurent, Ba-
ronne de Fottisson, the lovely
French woman who was his "more
than wife' for 30 years; of the old
town. clock he erected on Clitaclel %fill
which has told t'.ie time for the good
people of Halifax for 131 years; of
Windsor, the Acaclian'Pizinuid, from
which ,started the cruel expulsion by
Governor Lawrence of those unhap_
py people whose unremitting toil
had made the land to blossom and -
rejoice, home too of Canaclas first
university founded so that youth
might receive a "virtuous education,
thus diffusing literature, loyalty and
good morals among IIis Majesty's
subjects in Nova Scotia."
Passing by the verdure of spread-
ing dyke lands, in the bewitching
fragrance of apple blossoms and un-
der the shadows. of bold Blomidon,
the writer comes_ to Grand Pre so
intimately associated w'ith the expul-
sion of the Acadians and pauses at
the charming old house where Sir
Robert • Borden was born; down
through Annapolis and along the
coast to Yarmouth she recounts many
stirring tales of the old wooden ship-
building days when Nova Scotian
ships voyaged to every port of the
Seven Seas and on to Sable Island
where wild horses and the rotting
timbers of a thousand wrecks litter
a wind -bitten shore:
It is an informal gracefully writ-
ten and enthusiastic travelogue of
the historic spots, the fair hills and
valleys., the wide beaches, the .cease-
less call of the sea, the gracious
kindly people who dwell in one of
the most 'picturesque portions of the
Dominion.—R, B. F.
Erotherly Loyalty
There Are Times When A
Boy or Girl should Mand
By Another Member of the
Family, Even If That Mem-
ber Has (Done Wrong
"Should a boy stand up for his.
brother when lie has done Some-
thing wrong," a mother writes,
"My oldest boy, Bill, was with a
crowd of boys on Halowe'en• They
took the spare tire off a man's car
and threw it into the river. Bill
told Jack his brother, and Jack carne
straight home to .me with the whole.
story.
"I had to tell my husband. isle
whipped Bill and got the other boys'
fathers to chip in and buy another
tire for Mr. Thomas.
"What Bill did doesn't bother me
so much as Jacks telling it. Jack
is in wrong with the boys now. Bill
isn't a bad boy. On Hallowe'en they
all lost their heads, I think. It isn't
that I wanted •to protect 13111, either,
because 1 think his father did right
to punish him. But I hate to think
of Jack as a tattle-tale—'double
crosser,'. the boys call him. Don't
you think there are times when it's
better for asboy to keep some of the
things he knows to himself. I don't
know what to say to Jack because if
I tell him I'd rather not have heard
it he might .thnik I approved of
what Bill did.
"Don't you think a boy ought to
be loyal to his brother, no matter
what he does? Or do you think he
felt it was better for Bill and his
dad and myself to know? It certain-
ly- did make trouble and now the
rest of the crowd are annoyed with
both Jack and Bill."
FAMILY LOYALTY
To answer this correspondent with
anything approaching intelligence we
would have to pack our bag, go to
her house and scrape Jack's acquain-
tance for a couple of weeks.
Somehow we don't think it is the
younger brother's habit to "squeal"
about everything that happens, or
this episode would not have upset
his mother so much.
So we would be inclined to lay
Jack's motives to two things. The
prank smacked of crime and he did-
n't like the responsibility of such a
secret. And it may be, too, he want-
ed to keep his own shoes clean, when
the truth was discovered and it be-
came known he too knew all about
it, he might have some explaining
to do.
We wouldn't lay his motive to
any real desire to hurt Bill but rather
keep clear himself.
But aren't there times when a boy
or girl owes certain loyalty to mem-
bers of his family even when they.
have done wrong? Every stand-
patter
tandpatter on -ethics will probably rise
up and shout, "Nal Above all let
While ,Nye don't like concealment
we dislike still. more the man or boy,
the woman or girii who will smugly
betray a loved one in the name of
righteousness.
What is your opinion?
Canadian Poultry Advenco
In recent years Canada has forged'
to the front in poultry prodUction
and is now one of the leading county
tries in quantity and quality of pre -
duction per unit, This development
cannot be attributed definitely te
any one factor or group of facter$
'but rather to a general; program of
Dominion, provincial and institution-
al work, "Scientific Agriculture".
points out, The research and expert-,
mental work along the various
branches of the industry have contin-
ually inclined to lower ,production
costs, removing .many of the ,hazards
Which confront the poultryman, and
have enabled him to carry on, even
at lower prices for his products.
The introduction of grading and bet-
ter organized marketing conditions
have further assisted in improving,
the general situation, Improved qual-
ity in the product resulting •from.
advanced knowledge of poultry nu-
trition, improved methods of handling
and grading of the product have
stimulated home consumption until{"
today Canada stands pre-eminently
the greatest consumer of eggs per
capita of any country in the world.
In spite• of what has already been
done in connection with many phases
of the poultry industry, many prob-
lems still remain to be dealt with
in placing it on the most satisfactory
and successful basis from a com-
mercial and economical standpoint.
The Canned Tomato
The change in public opinion re-
gard to the fashions in food is well
exemplified by the tomato. Not so
many years ago the tomato was an
object of suspicion; today canned to-
matoes and tomato products consti-
tute the largest of Canada's cannery
packs. Indeed, the story of the can-
ned tomato is one of the epics of
Canadian trade. Ten years ago it
was one of the least important of
the food commodities sent abroad by
Canada. By 1027 the export of ,Can -
adieu canned tomatoes rose to what
is now considered a mere , 300,000
pounds. In 1934 nearly 10,000,000
pounds were exported to 31 different
countries, 18 of which are British.
The British Isles alone took 9,000,000
pounds. Ontario, Quebec, and British
Columbia are the provinces in which
the commercial production of toma-
toes for canning purposes and fresh
sale is of greatest importance. The
total acreage is approximately 20,000
acres. A dependable cannery demand,
even though this demand varies, is
also of importance to those growers
producing for the fresh vegetable
market. The grower, therefore, as
pointed out in the Agriculture Situ-
ation bulletin, issued early this year,
is vitally interested in both the dom-
estic and export demand for canned
tomatoes and tomato products.
Another Angle
On the Quintuplets
We can't get away from the idea,
though, that Mrs. Dionne, the
mother of the children, is not getting
her share of all the fuss and pomp
which is being handed out.
Take for instance the mother of
twins. When it is time for them to
go out a bit there is a two-seater
(secured and in it the twins are.
placed. Proudly she wheels the little
cart right down the main street, and
the people are minded to turn and
look. There is almost certain to be
some. mother or father stop the little
parade and say they recall well en-
ough when they had twins in their
home, and there is a comparing of
notes and an interchange of remin-
iscence, all of which causes the
mother in question to become con-
vinced that she is recognized in the
community. She has something to
talk about in the evening after sup-
per.
Mrs. Dionne has been denied all
this pleasant' experience. She could
not get a cart which would hold
the five children, and even if she
could she lives in such location that
it would not be possible to wheel it
about. And so it is that no one stops
her on the main street because there
is no main street, and no one talks
'Viler Yabout having had zaintlolets.
been no quintuplets in any other
home. The doctor, the nurses, the
man who presented five baby bug
gies—aIl these people it seems have
come in between Mrs, Dionne and
the joyous lustre which should have
been hers alone.
It is one of those cases where we
have recourse to the fine old words,
something should be done about it.
There is time to make amends and
there should be a whole lot of them
made.
Is War Inevitable?
Because Cain killed his brother
In the garden long ago;
Because through all the ages
Men have given blow. for Mow;
Must we accept the dief i n
That the world was made for strife
Must we belive that warfare
Is the goal of human life?
They tell us human nature
Never changes age to age;
That history- is reddened
With war on every page;
Yet human conduct changes,
Underneath the reign of law;
And only nations answer
To the rule of tooth and claw.
The day must come, my brothers,
When the nations shall foreswear
The art of human slaughter,
As it is foresworn elsewhere;
For :if we keep on killing,
As we have in recent years,
The time is not far distant
Till our racial doom appears..
E. Guy Talbot
in Presbyterian Advanta
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