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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1921-08-12, Page 2ETNRE0F dOtRST TSH Shackleton Is Feading . . For the Antarctic Ode. - To Exp:ore Its Mysteries IN the Antarctic remain the largest stretches of the earth's surface 'that have not yet been thoroughly explored, and next month Sir truest Shackleton will head an expedition to clear up what mysteries surround them. Especial interest will attach to his efforts to determine whether the Nimrod Islands are a reality or a mirage. They have been reported on several occasluna, but the accounts given are so conflicting that some geographers doubt their existence, and they dt, not appear on some of the bee, maps. lie will also give Dougherty Island a closer iitspectimt than it has yet received, So fir us known the foot of rtan has never rested on Dougherty Island, though its existence is not in doubt. It was named In honor of the master of the James S:ewarl, who first report- ed its existence on May 29, 1841. Ile h estimated that it was five or six miles long and had gond opportuni- ties for making a reckoning, since he passed within 600- yards of it. Many birds wen:: noticed, and plenty of signs of animal life, as well as considerable vegetation. The island was not reported_ again for eighteen years, when it was sighted by a Bristol skipper who HERE is a shingle that meets every requirement for roofing homes. It is thoroughly weather-proof, being made of the same materials as the famous Paroid Roofing. NEP ET TWIN SHINGLES They are more attractive In appearance than slate; they are durable and fire -resisting; they are easy to lay and most economical in price. They are suitable for all residitnces. And you have your choice of two permanent colors. RED or GREEN — Slate Surfaced R VICTIM Of RHEUMATISM Entirely Well After Six Weeks' Treatment 1ijith "FRUIT-A-TIVES" Rats and mice Will be infected'. with Manic plfigte and let . down 'front airplanes to spread contagion. There will be no place that one may hide -himself and be safe from attack. All noncombatants will be exposed to de- struction, as the .sinful, according to Revelation, are to be eifposed on the Day of Judgment. As chairman of the committee on ordnance and explosives of the naval consulting board I had an opportun- ity during the war of examining more military and naval inventions than anyone ever before was called upon to examine in the seine time. Among the inventions submitted was a poi- sonous gas which the inventor claim- ed would be far more deadly than anything yet produced. I have lately seen the press announcements that we have a poisonous gas three drops of which, striking the body of a man, will result in certain death, and the vapor from one drop will surely be fatal. Possibly this is the same gas that was submitted to me. MR. AMEDEE GARCEAU 32 Hickory St., Ottawa, Ont. "I was for many years a victum of that terrible disease, Rheumatism. In 1913, I was laid up for four months with Rheumatism in the joints of the knees, hips and shoulders and was prevented from following my work, that of Electrician. I tried- many remedies and was under the care of a physician; but nothing did me any good. Then I began to take'Fruit-a-tires' and in a week I was easier, and in six weeksI was so well I went to work again. I look upon this fruit medicine, 'Fruita-tinea', as simply marvellous in the cure of Rheumatism, and strongly advise everyone suffering with Rheu- matism to give' Fruit-a-tives' a trial." -AMEDEE GARCEAII. 50e. a box, 6 for $2.50, trial siee, 25e. At all dealers or sent postpaid by Fruit-a-tivea Limited, Ottawa. Ont. Neponset Puraid Roofing Is recommended for form buildings and factories. Sold b Lumber and hardware Dealers. Twin Shingles.. .... $7.85 per square Canada Roofing..,. . $2.25 per square Rock Faced, extra heavy..$4.25 per square Villi ( UWL UIW (IMI - M OMMENS-® E0= - tl INCORPORATED 1838 - . Capital and Reserve $9,000,000 III Over 180 Branches The Molsons Bank • " The cost of living is falling, also the price of food stuff. This necessitates increased production. Pro- duce more and deposit your surplus in The Molsons Bank Bank where it will be ready for any call and yet. be earning interest. BRANCHES IN THIS DISTRICT: ' Brucefleld, St. Marys, Kirkton . Exeter, Clinton, Bengali, Zurich. �.. 1111 IIIA: • IIIA 1111 IIIA III The Salvation Army Lassies' ;band of Philadelphia consisting of 35 young women, is the largest of its kind in that country. for bread and griddle cakes, mayon- naise, mashed pbtato, whipping cream, etc. How could a woman with a small hand egg whip compete with a thing like this? If fresh material, as nature made it, was used In all these cases the quality would be. improved as well as the quantity increased enormously— but - the speed demon of to -day has his minions inventing all sorts of sophisticated or near foods. There are powders to which some water is added before the power whip is set to work to make out of them pie fillings, cake icings, or, note, "pie toppings." Pie toppings is what they are called in the technique of to -day. I taste and choke on them, and the over -emphasized fillings un- der them, and do riot wonder that "pies are not as popular as they us- ed to be." A great authority says they are not. I have but recently watched some pie crust makers and know that pie crust making is also largely a lost art. Thick, dry, bit- ter, sandy stuffs are urged upon cus- tomers as fine and flaky, though a true mince pie imp ,would fall down and expire if given such to eat. But this is not to suggest that some of the largest eating places are not run with wonderful thoroughness and cleanliness. The owners of the great places are sometimes, if not usually, people of much more general cultivation and training than the gen- eral and careless eating public im- agines. Take, for instance, the own- er of a widely scattered chain of lunch -rooms -1.04 in all. An article printed in June, 1921, shows that he it not only a man of wide' cultivation but of indomitable energy, which he Oeo. A. Sills & Sons 1,5.00 To ViNiliP46 plus Half a Cent per mile l beyond. Return Half a Cent per mile to Winnipeg, plus $20.00 Excursion Dates • FROM ONTARIO August 10th and 22nd Toronto, Carddwell Jet., and all Sta- tions South and West thereof. , Lae. TORONTO, on above dates, 12.00 noon & II p.m. Special accommodation for women. Convertible (berth) Cplonist Cars. Facilities for meals en route. charted it in somewhat different tatitude and longitude. WAN. a4a1,Q, in 1886 it was bbserved, but singe then has not been heard of. In 1909, when the Shackleton expedi- tion was returning froui furthest south and had reached the supposed whereabouts of the Dougherty and Nimrod Islands, a close lookout was kept, but without result. The vessel reached the neighborhood in the Antarctic night, and the weather was hazy, making it impossible to carry uut a :borough search. However, so far 1LS 1.11u Dougherty Island is con- cerned, there s,,,ns little doubt of its existence. Much 1,,s is known of the Nimrod Islands, which are sup- posed to 1)1. at no 14 rt.al. distance room it. These ielands were reported by the master ot the ship Nimrod, in 1828, W:10 1.t.cord.'d I hat there was much vegetation and kreat clouds of birds lio,.•ring over them. A search made in 1/531 again re- r:erteii Cie Nitnr,u1 islands, but in a different latittide. Again the birds and vegetation w re remarked upon. Whether the 'SI ,UldS weri• peopled life might readily he supported upon them. The curious point about both the Dougherty Island and the Nim- rod group is that they are not al- wAys observable to mariners W110 PaSS through the waters where they are charted. Can it be possible that LIO.y are agoat and mere masses of vegetation', whose position and out- line would both change from one year to another? Or are they ice- bergs? There is a possibility that they are mirages. for it will be re- called that so/experienced an explor- er as Admiral Peary was deceived by a mirage into announcing the dis- covery of a new continent In the Arctic, which he called Crockerland. Subsequent explorations revealed the fact that Crockerland did not exist. Shackleton expedition. which is admirably equipped, and will be in no hurry, will probabIY definitely settle the ques:ions that arise con- cerning these islands. Everything that money can buy has been obtained for the scientific eqiiipment. There will be no uncer- tainty about time soundings; for in- stance, when the indicated positions of Dougher,y and the aantrods have been reached, the search for thetu will be thorough and not incidental, as it was in the last instance, when a Shackleton ship was in the neigh- borhood. When a missing island is found, its flora and fauna will be ex- haustively studied and photographed, and If any of the man tribe Is en- countered, he will not lack for thbr- ough description. In order to make the study of air currents copplete, seopla.ne will be taken, from the instrument board of which elaborate observations can be conchicted. The first objective.of the expedition, as gIven fn the despatches from Lon- don, will be the Salvages; a group of rock islands in the Atlantic between the Canary arid the Madeira Islands. Thence the vessel will proceed to St. Paul's Rocks, on the Equator. Next he will go to Gough's Island, which is eight miles In lengih and rises 2,000 feet above the sea. Gough's Island was visited but once before, by the Bruce expedition in 1904. Here be made num- erous soundings to test the quaint belief of many sea captains that at this point there airline an under- water passage between Africa and Tickets and HI inforrottion from any Canadian National or Grand Trunk Agent. eeelleetie SLEEP Ohl what a wonderful word that is I Can you do it? That is, drop off into a good sound refreshing sleep? If you are unable to. there is something wrong with your nerv- ous system. It is a danger signal. Nervous prostration, melancholia, 'nervous dyspepsia are only a few of the serious maladies that are liable to develop. DR. MILES' NERVINE—$11.20 ioothe the irritated and over- atrained nerves. Just one or two doses helps Nature to restore them to their normal functions. Guaran- teed Safe and Sure. Sold in Beaforth by RATS AND COOTIES TO CARRY LAG UE. Encouraged, apparently, by his success as a war prophet, over a long period of years, the veteran inventor, Hudson Maxim, has contributed "A Forecast of the Next War" to the New York Trib.,eo. As Maxim pre, dieted the Russo-,lapanese war and FEEDING CROWDS OF PEOPLE Fi*m half way across the continent women have written to me for advice in reference to opening and condi/et- ing a tearoom or restaurant or cafeteria or delicatessen, or how to go about some form of catering to the eating public. An increasing num- ber of inquiries of this sort has come in... I am no authority on this subject. Irl fact, I am mare of a Jib's com- forter than anything else, since I fully believe that there are- about three tunes as many people in food busi- nestes as ought to be in them. Re- fer(' 1914 the food trades had to sup - le -rt many more people than the traffic could, legitimately, end now, since prohibition, food sellers have increased by leaps and bounds. The advice of Miss Alice Robert- son, the only woman member of con- gress, might be worth seeking. She was in tke cafeteria business in Okla- homa before her election. Perhaps it is her shining example that has aroused the desires of dozens of wo- incr. to follow in her footsteps, at least as far as to possess the eating place. No knowing what air castles beyond that they are building. The public is not considered con- scientiously by more than one out of an inconceivably large number of peo- ple who want to make money by feeding it. There is a larger per cent. of true incompetents in food businesses than one would dare men- tion. It is safe to say that not one- tenth of the feeding done is of first grade. There ought to be some meth - ed of grading eating places other than by the prices charged. People give the shabbiest and most unconvincing reasons why they think they might succeed in food work, al- though totally inexperienced, totally untrained, and without capital. With people as impatient .as they are to- day, this latter drawback is far great- er than the inexperienced can guess. Coffee •erns, bread slicing machines, power whips, dish washing machines, and other marvelous labor -money sav- ing, and time multiplying devices are needed to go into this work, even on a rather small scale. A great number of testimonials might be collected from people of ex- perience as to what is required. But before equipment, I would place the ability to be "always on the job." A woman with a successful eating place in San Diego, Cal., called and calls her place a box because when she began one of the dimensions of her m-iniature eating place was eight feet. Judging by her larger place and everything concerning the merest for an hour or more. The dough for amateur can Fee that she does no ( French bread has sticking qualities all the work. There is no bit of it I she cannot do, whether it is the cook- sit around while some ...,e else a-_- beyond the wildest imagination of one who has made the 'straight orquick' doughs', of Boston. It has clinging characteristics only compar- able with Wabash mud or Arkansas gumbo. Ever since those fifty-six nights of overexertion, intolerable heat, and smothering closeness, I get a nerve shock when t see an old- fashioned dough trough. It was- the limit of my experience in hard work." America, Where !bore is a tendency to Constipation, yOu will flthl DR. Mn.sli Immo- PILLS effectiroo in keeping the bowels open. TOO ILL TO GO TO SCHOOL Mother Tells how Daughter was Made Well by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound :Ale Compound was rc- -7cornmemk, I to me .ilor my daughter. • ;:lm had trouble every month bleb left her in with weak back and pain in her right side. She had these troubles for three years and frequently was unable to at- tend school. She has become regular ; nd feels much bet er since she began. sling the Vegetable Compound and s school regularly. She is gainiug steadily aml I have no hesitancy in recommending Lydia E. Pinkharn'a Vegetable Compound and Lydia E. Pinkhs Blood Medicine."—Mrs. knIN Toms, Ball St., Cobourg, Ont. Standing all day, or sitting in era mperl positions, young girls contract deranged conditions, and develop headaches, backache, irregularities, nervousness and bearing -down pains,/ all of which are symptoms of woman't ills. Every mother who has a daughter suffering from such symptoms should give Lydia E. Pinkbam'a Vegetable A practically unbreakable glass for table ware has been developed in Belgium. Compound a fair trial. The hardest work of this rich mart had previously been cutting cord woody for 50 cents. a cord, pushing wheel- barrows of dirt up long inclines,. painting acres of tin roofs in July' and August, digging rocks .and mak- ing fences of thenr. Be had been poorly paid at these, but in -this ease he paid to a man who cursed, etc. piote then what he brought to the restaurant business to insure the great success that has followed his - efforts. This man stuck to the sticky busi- ness until he could really make French bread. He says: "I was. still in pursuit of knowledge In this. inferno, and clung to that job as faithfully as that dough stuck to me• every night, mostly because my boss. actually went in the trough with me and did show me the peculiar move- ments of my hands and arms in the dough to effect the best results. Then when the dough 'comme finir,' the reg- ular understudy would pare the dough- off him and he from me." There are. other entertaining details of how the - boss gave him only half as much to, eat as himself, sent him on errands. at unearthly hours, etc. Any one who wants to learn a food business should have this man's spir- it. Such a man 'should have intelli- gence enough ,to get and' hold a job easily in a place where the necessary things could' be learned. If such'. people are without the grit to do this: they are not likely to overcome the. trials of establishing, building up, successfully continuing a place for feeding people, and putting some conscience into their work rather' ; than all selfish concern to "make: money." Some flourishing eating places go' to the wall because a little success, with good clothes and automobiles, turns the heads of the good cooks who started them, and who have to go again into service—and look the part. On the other hand, I have seem a whole family, after coming into great opportunities through money, "stay right on the job," doing the buying, keeping books, etc. No one who is too lazy to keep books should try to feed people. It LI laziness, or a queer repugnance to- t.la: t sort of exactions which hinders many an owner of a tepidly run eat- ing place from keeping books. To- day. (here are curious and wonderful systems, with machines for adding and tabulating, to help in this work, but they cost money. It should be noted, however, that there are great places for feeding people where the bookkeeping seems to be carried on Rs an end in itself, and everything so conducted by rule of thumb that the fold has no more character than tt Chromo. There is at least one high class magazine conducted for those in these businesses. It is called -'The Ameri- can Restaurant, the Magazine devot- ed to Eating Places." It contains some remarkably good reading, as well as every sort of information for those in the business. The initial article in the June number tells of' what the great chef Oscar says about our national food weaknesses and failures—how we flail to recognige subtlety in the art of cooking; how' haste has intruded on our eating hab- its, and how some valuable customs have been overturned. has put into his business. This man contends that a restau- rant man, besides having "natural endowments as merchant or sales- man," should know about cooking. So what did he do? As he tells it, he first worked in his own -bakeries in Boston,- learning all he could about bread. Then, having been an exten- sive wanderer in Europe, and realiz- ing that they had better bread over there than here, he apprenticed him- self for eight weeks to a French bak- er, who, if he had known the facts about his apprentice, would have thought of hint as a millionaire and would certainly have bent the knee to hint had he known that this man was living with his family in an ex- pensive hotel near. Those weeks were in summer, and the work was conducted in a basement, where "the entilation consisted almost entirely in the draft through the oven up the flue." But here is a -part of his de• 'The custom in that shop was to strip completely to the waist, and this first job every night was to go into the dough trough up to 'one's elbows and abave and belabor that dough ing, or sonic 'quite wonderful intetior • ecorating to give her place an abso- lutely unique and exceptionally air, with nothing of that machine made uniqueness we find in some such A woman whom I have watched in her cafe where 500 people a day are fed, and of whom I would say that "she is always on her jab," has de- precated the idea—in print—"that people to -day can successfully start and conduct a business an a shoe string." Neither will just a knowl- edge of cooking suffice, she says. There must be considerable capital, some business experience, and good The great Oscar, maitre d'hotel of the Waldorf in New York City, who has just made a contract for his ser- vices for ten years on a basis of $500, - GOO for the term, is quoted as saying in an interview that if he had been told ten years ago that the time would come when 5,000 people could be fed in one minute, he would have said it was impossible. This great chef sees or knows that 500,000 people are fed in the restau- rants of -New York City between the hours of 12 and 2 o'clock. This fact has produced a profound change in menus. To read some of the ways in which this food is avalanched to the crowds is like reading a modern fairy story,with an ogre in the back- ground and all. The quick lunches seem to be the profiteer's chance, for one ogreish thing. There are also good reasons for saying that the most food with the least nourishment is served, as a rule. Machinations in food manipulations, which have,— come threugh the uses of marvelous machinery, cheat bumanity more than it can guess. Take the wonderful power mixers. The white of one egg and a cup of some sort of liquid can be beaten up to an incredible volume with this whipping device. One man, miring 2,500 people a day, in answer tO a quiz on the subject, said that, the power mixing machines Increased his volume 25 per cent. And it is quite within reason that this was clear gain to him, These mixing machines are used for fifteen or twenty different things cakei and fillings and icings for them, for beating "pie toppings," The taste of real tobacco telhi you that you're smoking se me tliir.!:N, wot• h There's a full flavor—and yet they're as mild as a May mouliug. —sure thing. Cured and mellowed—not parched—by the sun of orVirgirmy. NAVY CUT 10 fo r 25 for 55Y