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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1930-01-24, Page 3.•r °w) ..1 a .1s,. w�; eT,TomCA DE .4.;:v Who's Who; What's What, and W'1,y , (By F. G. Neelin, Seaforth, Out) ('Continued flown page' 1). The public buildings and' Palatial - 1 times, chief among 'Whieh are the Capitol and residential palace adorn- ed with statutes and fountains after Spanish style of architecture, lends charm to make the city attractive in appearance. The public buildings are open for inspection to tourists by ap- pointment. TThe Templete was built to. commemorate the first Mass be- neath a Ceiba tree after the landing of Columbus. Nearby is Columbus Cathedral the first church built, in America. The city hall is a splendid structure ornamented by a beautiful park with statutes and fountains. The Senate 'building is similarly construct- ed and adorned. Among the interest- ing places to visit are the La Punta, Centro Gallego, Colon and Alturas de Almendares parks, the Playa, Country Club, the Casino, and the fortresses of which there are three the oldest, being La Fuerza, built in 1538-39, as a protection against French pirates. Cabana fortress was eleven years in . construction, 1763-74 at a cost of over $14,000,00ar Morro Castle is the oldest and was reduced by the British in 1762. The fortresses are at pres- ent used for the training of Cuban army soldiers and naval sailors. In modern • warfare these fortresses would be reduced to misshapely mounds within a few hours, however, we spent considerable time in exam- ining the historic relics of Carleerism symbolic of "man's inhumanity to man." Evidences of torturing bru- tality and unhuman fiendishness to prisoners and offenders against Span- ish authority are apparent every- where. Among which are the many dungeons or what may be properly termed, underground holes built of stone walls six feet thick in order to preclude the possibility of air or light entering where offenders were thrown inside to suffocate until death reliev- ed them of their suffering. Another method of cruelty is in evidence which supercedes even a semblance of pres• ent date human imagination. The Spaniards constructed a water sluce- wvay of stone in which prisoners were Placed in lying posture with suffici- ent water to reach above the ears and were slowly carried by inches in pitch darkness to the exit„and were dropped into the sea to be devoured by -sharks; which infested these wa- ters. It is stated that prisoners were crazed before the final plunge occur- red. Draw the mantle of charity. Cuba gained its independence from Spain on the 20th of May, 1898, un- der the Treaty of Paris, which is a national holiday. The island is 760 Smiles long approximately in distance from Seaforth to Quebec City, and is traversed by a well equipped standard .guage railway and a government cement highway is approaching com- pletion. The land is most fertile, 'growing immense crops of sisal tobac- co and sugar cane with extensive cat- tle ranches and coffee plantations. The forests are heavily timibered with ]hard wood, mahogany, etc. Touristic - ally speaking, Cuba is a foreign land speaking the Spanish language and its personal liberty status functions in the upteenth degree. Its history is a combination of romance and adven- ture and the younger generation has adopted modernism, the boys taking to baseball and the girls refusing motherhood at fifteen. You may (layman or cleric) drink as much as you want as it is always cocktail time in Cuba. You may play on govern- ment lottery, the Casino, the dog and ]horse races and cock fights—the na- tional sport. You may . loose your marriage certificate and stare at the pretty senoritas as staring with them is truly complimentary. There is just one thing the Cuban, like the Sea- forthite, will not stand for, i.e. to hit the chief of police and "not to steal” a la tax is a grievous crim, The sun shines in Havana 350 days in the year with an average winter climate of about 80 degrees. The climate is id- eal for invalids and the aged find the thrill or new life. Your prohibition resolutionremains inviolate if you desired it, otherwise —well. There are 7,000 open air places in the city where you can .quench a thirst. Men and women, young and old, are everywhere to be seen drinking. Havana seen drinking Havana dry. The cock- tails mostly in demand in the Chinese quarters 'and night clubs are the Presi- dent and Mary Pickford. Everyone eats fish and the red snapper and pargo are favorites, being cooked with peppers, onions, peas and other vege- tables covered"with a palatable green sauce. The beef is tough and the lamb is Argentine mutton. The pork chops compares favorably with chick- en as a delicacy. The menu reads: "Aristu" meaning a Giggs Irish stew, uc tender turtle steak is worth while eating. Each meal begins and ends -with wine—red (tinto) or white (blanc), light or snappy as desired. 'The Cuban waiter never fails to tickle the palate—he's an expert. In- variably the races at Oriental Park , follows luncheon. The track is buil so you can see the hoofs of the hors es and the jockey's colors throughou the race. Racing forms, rum ant roulette ar side attractions between i 'beats. Outside the race park 'betting- .on betting on the races is legally prohibited. The' big racing events of the week are sched•aled en Sunday afternoon. The well inferrlei aver the racing is con- ducted on the Ievel,,,but we would not gamble on the truth of the assertion. The Cuban is a. born gambler. He will het on anything and everything. lie lives to bet 'and bets to live. He will bet his bed and furniture and ;when a loser will sleep complacently on the floorntil luck changes. Men, n wvon and children bet, ever believ Sig in f, . �rrn1e luclt, "1 lose, si, next time • nn-, m. ,n at jai—alai, which is known as the national bettin,, game. President Machado has his racing stable and the humblest native, iblacic• bro••vn or white has his game •figh!'a ct,,:' The Cuban sportsman's ,r,es.' ,a " . te,] 'w the number of game flghtin.g cocks owned. A well- •° trained cock is valued at $100. The fight between the cocks is to be the death or until the victor places its foot on the *lien foe and crows lust - illy of triumph. Bull fighting is pro - °legalized:: Eby 40 u'ban' G;averimaent and theaaci1 figathng arena isop< 'POW t ,l is ral1 aY dopet ' on 1,t{susde ;;]%Conte Streex , The; j i 'fea- tnre taches are , aehe4ule t fo;Sun- attOnoons and the, 1pSaer events on week; days, beginning ;at 9 ami and closing at, 6 p.m. The Cuban govern- ment owns and controls the lottery which gives one chance against 25,000 to win the capital prize of $100,000 for the sum of $29. As the western Yankee said, "You mout an you moutent win," which seems apropo. Next. is the Casino National under government control is a beautiful building finished in marble and fre- quented by the world gambling fra- ternity. They strip your bank roll with polished accuracy. They get you going and coming and make you like it. The Baccaret chips are of denom- inations elevating from $25 50, 100, 500 and 1,000, and the click -click of the wheels soon demand rings, neck- laces, pearls and diamonds. All are lost and so it goes far on into the night. Again—you can't 'beat the game. To tourists the honking of auto horns street -din is certainly deafen- ing and inthe main nerve wrecking. The Culban talks at the top of the voice and wildly gesticulates with the hands and takes everything with a smile. They work, play, eat, drink, gamble, make love and fight with ele- gant ease. The Cuban housewife ac- customed to drudgery and maternity, has always a song on her lips and as a rule there is nothing vicious in the native nature. A Cuban girl blossoms', into womanhood more rapidly than her sisters of northern Gimes, realiz- ing earlier maturity and birthright with a shrug and without pain as consequent to northen motherhood, the warm climate being nearer the fundamentals of nature. The Cubans adore their children and are always present with them on the streets and parks. Gaiety rules the Cuban dur- ing carnival time. New Year's and Reys Magos, January 6th, the visi- tation of our Saviour by the three wise kings of the east, when every- one takes joyous handsful of life and scatters it wastefully, royally and prodigally. Business is entirely for- gotten, gaity ruling supreme, and carnival time is the only time the Cuban girl to the manor -born is per- mitted to "go out," without her duen- na, mother or governess, so the hand- some Cuban youth must like the busy bee improve each shining moment. "As the twig is bent, so the tree inelineth" is a useful old proverb and is submitted for the benefit of the old boy readers of The Expositor with a few Spanish phrases, which are un- derstood by the Senoritas and will as- sist in the canvas, viz.— Will you come for a ride? Written: Quires pasi ar comingo; spoken:— Kearjys paayar gomeego. Will you sup with me? Written— Quieres cenor comigo. Spoken— Keeayryrs saynar conmego. I love you very much. Written— Te quiero micho. Spoken—Tay Keer- ayro moocho. Give me a kiss. Written—Dame in beso chits. Spoken—Damy oon bay soo cheeka. How much? Written—Quantoes. Spoken.-�Quanto ays. Or should your readers in stag party assemble the sky being the lim- it of hilarious merriment, get this,on your mind: "Let'6, have another drink." To mamosotra. (To mamos ohrbro. Whiskey—Weeskee. Rum—Ron Bicardi—bacardi. Gin—Gimera. Beer—Ceruza—Serbayser. When paying the bill, money— Dinero, Deenay ro. Thegood-night shandshake. Have a cigarette? Cigaros—seegaros. The above should assist when ex- ercising the Ontario government per- mit the costermonger's advice ruling, "You pays your money and you takes your choice," the difference being the distance between Canada and Cuba insofar 'as love -making andliquid re- freshments are concerned thus "dis- tance lends enchantment to the views." WARM DISHES EASY TO PARE ARE WELCOME FROSTY NIGHTS Chocolate Foam. PRE - ON One or two ounces of unsweetened chocolate, one-half pifat of water (1 cupfull, one-half pint of milk (1 cup- ful), 2 or 3 drops of vanilla and sug- ar to taste. Grate' or shred the Ohocolate with a knife. Cook it in the water until thoroughly devolved, then add the other ingredients. Bring to the boil, stirring briskly or beating with a rot- ary egg -beater all the time, to make the chocolate frothy. Serve very hot, with or without a spoonful of whipped •ream on the top. If liked a pinch of ground cinna- mon may be added to the mixture when heating. Hot Grape Nog. Add to 2 well beaten egg yolks, 1 pint grape -juice and 2 tablespoonfuls of sugar. Heat until a little thick- ened, then add the white, whipped to a froth, and a pinch of salt, and beat lntil the whites are well blended and the whnle very hot, then serve. bristly and; serve at. once in sinal cups Vali toasted salted , wafers. Coffee Cup. Add three tablespoonfuils of maple sugar, ono :half teaspoonful of almond extnaet and a tiny pinch of spice to 2 cupfuls cold coffee; then heat the whole in a double boiler. While it is heating, boil a quart of milk, remove from the fire, stir into it a half a.�tea- spoonful of baking soda and pour- it into the coffee mixture; bring to a boiling point, remove from thele: fire and stir into it the well whipped whites of two eggs. Serve in coffee cups with sweetened whipped cream. If • maple sugar is not available, use brown sugar. Mocha Cocoa (Individual) One quarter cupful hot cocoa, or one-half cupful milk and 2 table- spoonfuls cocoa syrup, one-half cup- ful hot coffee, once -quarter teaspoon- ful vanilla, 1 marshmallow. Combine the cocoa (or the milk and syrup) and coffee; add the vanilla and beat with an egg -beater until foamy. Pour into a cup and add the marsh- mallow. Cocoa Orange Drink (Individual) One tablespoonful cocoa syrup (or three-quarters cupful cocoa beverage) three-quarters cupful hot milk, two tablespoonfuls malted milk, one-quar- ter cupful orange juice. Mix the cocoa syrup or the cocoa beverage and the milk. Mix the malt- ed milk with enough water or milk to make a smooth paste, and add the orange juice, Cocoa Syrup. This is beverages. One-half cupful cocoa, 1 cupful cold water, 2 cupfuls sugar, salt, 2 tea- spoonfuls vanilla. Mix together the cocoa and cold water until smooth, and stir over di- rect heat. When quite smooth, stir in the sugar and salt. Boil for three minutes. Remove from the fire, cool slightly, flavor with the vanilla, then pour at once into a glass jar, seal and reseal after each using. For serving, dilute with hot milk. excellent for making hot HOUSEHOLD DISCOVERI.ES When Coy ing the Kitchen Table. When covering the kitchen table with oilcloth, stretch the material smoothly over the edges, and fasten it in the under side with gummed tape. This method does away with the use of tacks, and the oilcloth is easily removed when it becomes worn. Peeling Onions. If onions are peeled under running water, you will never have any trou- ble with your eyes. To remove the odor of onions from hands, always peel onions first, then the potatoes, or rub fingers with raw potato. To Loosen Tight Screw Tops. Place inverted into a small pan with sufficient boiling% water to cover top, for a few moments. Drying Stockings. Stocking forms cut from corrugated pasteboard boxes will last several times. Where there are small child- dren, and wooden ones are used, it is necessary to buy them so often. Cleaning Window Shade. A white window shade may be cleaned by applying very thick soap- suds with a sponge. Uge white soap and warm water. The sponge should be wrung almost dry so as not to water soak the shade. Best results will be obtained by spreading shade on flat surface. Orange Delight. To the juice of four oranges add •he grated rind of 1 orange and the iuice and grated rind of a leucon, one !calof cherry juice (juice from can - 1 .,d cherries), 2 cups of water and 2 I cars of granulated sugar. Heat slow- ly tr. the boiling, point, then add on.+ whole clove, a stick of cinnamon and, a te" spoonful of orange extract, Boil three •itinutes, add half a bottle of I k "i ale, apd serve ata- a s?icr. of ' .rank:, and a cherry in each cup. Pineapple Cup. To the juice from a can of pine- ' apply add the juice of 1 aquae ad 1 1 ierr:c 7, a cup of cold, w: tea earl a cup of grapejuice. Hee+ to boiling point cud and half a it aspoen re: ground cinnamon, 1 clove, and 1 .p ful granulated sugar and boi.1 5 min- utes; • Pour this mixture over thekwell whippet( whites of three eggs, stir Cleaning Hints. When a dark serge suit or dress becomes shiny, sponge it ith hot vinegar and press in usual y. To remove gum from clothing, take a piece of ice and hold over gum for a few minutes. The gum will then brush off. Never apply soap to a fruit stain. If fresh, try cold water. If old, pour boiling water on the spot. If a trace remains dab with lemon juice and expose to the sun. If ink stains on linen are rubbed with ripe tomato, they will soon dis- appear. The linen should then be washed in warm water without any soap. Soap Economy. If you take any small scraps of soap you have and place, while wet, on the bottom of a new cake, you will be able to use every bit and there will be absolutely no waste. Washing Woollen Mitts. When washing woollen mitts for use or to put away place a clothes pin in each finger while drying and they will be in perfect shape. BLIZZARDS CAUSED DRIVERS TROUBLE December was the most difficult month for the motorists of Toronto in many years: A flock of troubles combined to make the going rough for drivers. The blizzard started things and caused most of the damage. It was a record month for the road ser- vice department of the Ontario Motor League. Not since the department was established in 1923 have there been so many calls during 31 days. In December there were slightly over 2,000 calls for help sent in to the O.M.L. from Toronto alone. There was a touch of comedy here and there artnag the more annoying 'neidents whit, befell motorists plow- ing their way through the great drifts of snow which choked Toronto's traf- fic art ri One -Liver w's "going peacefully along hir way ' nil he was confront- ed with a tr' fie tangle in front of Glares-tn to the side of the road he espied a wide expanse of bil- lowy snow in a vacant lot. HA thnrght it would make an admirable pi' •m to tarn out acid aivoid the tangle of cars in front. Be did so. Ac few minutes later the 0. M. L. i•ollt service received a call, Their CLOSES Saturday Night, January If You Have Not Been In` Come Now. We are hamming the Greatest Sale of our history because we are quoting prices that you cannot afford to miss. Stewart Bros. ry truck arrived at the spot. They found one perfectly good car with two pas- sengers evidently unperturbed in the front seat awaiting the arrival of as- sistance. The vacant lot had turned out to be the excavation for a new dwelling and the car had fallen into it through the snow. CUT COST OF PRODUCTION BY USING.. BETTER SEED With a gradual drop in the level of most farm produce prices in the past few years, the cost of production, again becomes a vita] factor in agri- cultural operations. In no ether busi- ness, authorities will tell us, is there such a wide spread in actual costs, as there is in farming. Recent surveys conducted by the Departments of Economics at the various Provincial Colleges show an amazing spread be- tween farms in the same) district. True, soils differ, the climate varies, and sometimes there is a great dif- ference in the local location in the space of a mile or so, but undoubted- ly the big reason for this wide spread. in costs of farm production is the dif- ference in the quipment and type of operations on different farms. This makes the whole thing all the more surprising, because while methods and equipment are largely under the con- trol of the producer, one kind may spell a profit even in a bad year, while the other results in producing at a loss continuously. One very big factor in reducing the costs of production, the very founda- tion of all agriculture, is better seed. In this day of efficiency or bankruptcy a man must know exactly what he is doing, and in the case of crops this is only possible when we know what we are sowing. Realizing the import- ance of this, the Government insists that all seed sold must come up to certain rigid tests. But unfortunate- ly, when a man uses his own seed, as the bulk of Canadian farmers do, there is no selling and too often there is little attention paid to the grade. Then again, many farmers make a practise of securing seed from a neighbor, and although this consti- tues selling and is therefore contrary to law where the seed has not been cleaned up to a specified grade, this sort of thing is hard to control by legislation. But it is also hard to understand. The Government goes to work and ipassei, a very strict law for the pro- tection of agriculture. Only seed that 'has been cleaned up to meet a certain grade, and with very strict regulations in regard to noxious weeds as well, is allowed to be sold legally in Canada. And yet in spite of this effort to protect him surveys show that the average farmer uses ungrad- ed and very often uncleaned seed. . Gil, iki 14 • IL; al Here is one vital factor in controlling the cost, of production, it is one of the very few things in his business over which the farmer has absolute control, and yet it is usually neglect- ed. Roughly speaking 50,000,000 acres of land are sown to grain alone in Canada every year. Supposing that in every case only high quality Gov- ernment graded seed was used for one year on this acreage, what would be the result? The nearest experi- mental institution will furnish the answer. Good seed, because it is free from weed seeds, contains seed true to variety and because it is made up of only the best part of the crop will outyield the average stuff used on Canadian farms by at least 10 per cent. and in some cases by over 50 per cent. In many districts surveys show that grain actually being used for seed contains enough weed seeds to smother out 10 per cent. of the to- tal crop, and these will he in addition to the weed seeds already in the soil. With clean, ('Government graded seed used, not only will this great loss in crops, harvesting, threshing and trans- portation costs be avoided, but there would be a surplus of at least 10 per cent. due to the better growing quali- ties of tested seed. Speaking in Saskatchewan recently Hon. John Bracken, Premier of Mani- toba, stated that an increase of one bushel per acre, which would easily be obtainable if only the most casual attention was paid to the seed, would result in adding from $25,000,000.00 to $30,000,000 to the total value of Saskatchewan's grain crop every year or enough to pay the entire annual cost of the Provincial Government: But where every farmer insisted on using Government graded seed, or of cleaning his own supply up to meet the Government requirements, this figure could easily be doubled not only in Saskatchewan but proportion- ately in all other provinces as well. Furthermore, this increase would he almost clear gain as it costs practic- ally as much to produce a poor crop as a good one. It is contrary to law to sell anything but graded seed, the grade to be plainl yvisible in both the advertisement and on the bag, and where anything else is offered it is always possible and certainly ad- visable to send a sample of such to the nearest Government laboratory where an unbiased opinion of its real value, regardless of the price asked, will he secured. These Governmeht laboratories are leeated at Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Saskatoon and Calgary. A THOUGIii'i'UL KING The King of Denmark once went in- to a fish shop in Sweden. "You are a Dane," the woman Said, not recognizing him. "Perhaps you know Soren Jensen, shoemaker in Amager." Soren Jensen is similar to John Smith. "I think I have heard his name be- fore," the king replied. The woman asked him to convey some family mes- sage to Jensen when he got back, and refused payment for a pike he bought. An hour later a footman from the castle arrived with a letter enclosing a photograph of the king, on the back of which he had written: "To dear Mrs. , with respectful thanks for the beautiful pike. My wife asks me to give you her regards." A VALUABLE COW The Prince of Wales, presiding at a banquet of the Highland Society of London, spoke in praise of Highland hospitality and illustrated his re- marks with this story of some Scot- tish 'parishioners who were entertain- ing a new minister. They did not know what to give him as a nightcap. So they gave him a glass of milk and put in some of their hest whisky. Next morning they could not find the minister, and after a little search they found that he had gone to the byre. But he was not there when the sear.],"rs arrived. The man in charge was asked had he seen the minister, and =aid: "Yes." They asked what the mister said to him, and he repiied: "He said: 1. want the first calf from the cow from which I had that milk.'" HE OVERLOOKED IT! Two actors met outside a restaur- ant in London, "Hello!" said one of them. "You're a fine fellow! Why didn't you meet me here last Friday evening, as you promised?" "My dear laddie," replied the other in mystified tones, "you're talking through your hat, T don't remember having promised to meet you here." "Of course you did," persisted the first. indignantly. "You made the ap- nointment with me a fortnight ago last Monday. You made a note of it on your cuff," The bewildered actor glanced guilt- ily at his cuff, then held out his hand apologetically. "Egrd, you're •-t:,ht." he said, humb- ly, "I beg your pardon." WIT AND WISDOM A contempora -y plead for "fa 1- ;cess to the mosquito" One can feel that way in zero weather.—San An- tonio Express. There's no excuse for a rich man being a 'bachelor and no oxcuse for a bachelor's not being a rich man,— Brandon Sun. Kid the other fellow if you want to, but don't kid yourself; there's nothing in it.—President J. J. Bernet. The New York police department seems to be able to make a mystery of any murder that happens in the town.—New York Tribune. "1 do not think you can reform a criminal after his third conviction."— Edgar Wallace. "Men are always thinking of pro- duction and leaving distribution to take care of itself."—George Bernard Shaw. Stock advertisement offers `Star gains for wide-awake investors." On the whole, we'd prefer something we could invest in and then sleep after- ward.—Arkansas Gazette. We have often tried to find out, but have never been alble to learn, why so many people think they must make fools of themselves on New Year' Eve.—Detroit Free Press. The man who marries a raving beauty always wants her to stop rav- ing afterwards.—Quebec Chronicle - Telegraph. Some married people pose as their hushamPs "better halves," but most imagine they're the whole thing.—St. Catharines Standard. As a rule the horse knows what fa expected of him, says a well known breeder. This never seems to be the case with the ones we put our money on.—Punch. Chicago isn't as bad as it is paint- ed. The police have found only taro drug stores that sell machine guns. -•r St. Catharines Standard. The sigh of relief you hear indi- cates that the last toy fails to squeals when it is squeezed.—The Akron Bea- con Journal. The latest fur neckpiece atyle haw the animal holding a rouge conlpaet in its mouth. It can- swallow it• ifs far as we're concerned. --Kitchener 'Re enw1. Life will always be amusing to those v -ho have sense enough"to enjoy it.—aBruee Barton. flit,: e t'ann a million poles weds erected by telephone companies in tea :nst. year. The c-t:rieion will- ask do'w'n that the phone 1e company tas scouts out all the time looking .fes^ nicely kept front lefts to "d=g up.— T"arailton F;pectatbr,