Exeter Advocate, 1915-5-13, Page 2About the Household
Pie Recipes.
Cream Piet—One eup sweet milk,
one heaping teaspoon cornstarch,
three tablespoons sugar.. Let boil
until thick, then add one table-
spoon vanilla. Rave abaked crust
ready to receive the above mixture •
over which lightly spread the stiff
ly beaten white of one egg and two
tablespoons of sugar. Set back in
oven to brown. '
• itlock Cherry Pie.,, .One .cup of
cranberries, two-thirds cup raise
ins, two-thirds cup sugar, half, etlp
water, one tablespoion flour, one
teaspoon vanilla. Mix well and
bake. between two crusts.'
(`hoeolate Pie. --One cup sweet
milk, half cup sugar, quarter cuP
butter, two table -spoons grated
ch aeolate, one tablespoon flour and
one of vanilla. Put milk and sugar
on to• boil, beat one egg well, add
a little cold milk and• the flour;
beat to smooth paste, and add to
milk, stirring constantly. Add 1•at
ter and eh_oeolate melted together
and L.tii all a few minutes. beat. too
smooth paste and fill baked crust.
Cover with whipped cream or white
of
egg.
Lemon ('ocoanat Pie. --To one
cup sugar add the grated rind and
juice of one lemon, one egg well
beaten, a good tablespoon of flour,
one cup of water and half a cup of.
cocea.nut tshreddtdi. Line a pie
tin with rich cruet. pour in the
mixture and bake.
Butter Scotch Pie. --Make a rich
crust and bake. Fill with the fol-
lowing: To one cup light brown
sugar incited over the fire, add a
large tabic poop butter and ceol:
until the sugar is slightly burned.
then add one cup hulk, and when
well blended. the yolks. of three
eggs, thoroutghls beaten. Stir un
ti! thick. and pour into the slier.
Bev,: the whites t:; a ..ill froth,
add three tablespoons powderer;
sumo•, and spread on trip. Brow ao
in a quick oven.
Date Pie. — One cup date••
(saints -di. one-fourth cup saggar, on,
egg, one cup of hut milk, half cup
water, one teaspoon lemon juice.
Add the sugar and water to the
dates and cook over a slow fire tin -'i
til half done. remove and add fill-'
in:t' and put back to finish baking.
Banana l'ie. --- When fruit .s
scarce I make pee by baking an un-
dererust, and in this slice a bana-
na; then cook one large cup of
milk, one-third cup of sugar, •a
pinch of .salt, a little butter and
thicken with flour or: cornstarch.
When dine- flavor with vanilla, stir
in beaten yolk of egg, and pour
over bananas, in crust. Beat white
of Flit sweeten and spread on
• ten and brown.
Pleelant and Strawberry Pie. --
Line the pie plate with dough, put
it geed layer of pieplant, cut into
cele -s., then half , a cup of fresh
strawberries, •or half a cup of can-
ned berries, Mix one cup sugar
and one tablespoon flour together,
turn over the fruit, cover with up-
per crust and place in hot oven,for
is minutes, then reduce the tem-
perature and finish baking. Avoid
boiling the contents of a pie, as
this is the i eason that so many boil
over or run. out at the side.
Cestarti Pies. -1. Plain Custard
—Beat together until very light
the- yolks of four eggs and four
tablespoons sugar, flavor with nut-
meg or• vanilla; then add the four
beaten whites, a pinch of salt, and
lastly a quart of sweet milk: Mix
well and pour into tins lined with
paste. Bake until firm, in a, mod-
erate oven.
2 - Chocolate Custard Piz. put
some grated 'chocolate into a sauce-
pan and place on the back of the
stove and let melt. (do not add any
-water to it); beat one egg and
some sugar in it; when melted,
. spread this on top of the • above
oustard pie. 'Lovers of • chocolate
will like this.
3- Peach - of . Custard Pies—Use
either fresh or: -.canned peaches.
Chop peaches without juice and
add to 'a plain custard.
4; Fig Custard Pie.—Three - figs
soaked over -night •in water, then
boiled until tender, after which
they. should be chopped until fine:
Add: chopped figs to plain custard,
and -bake. - •
Apricot Pie.—Stew apricots un-
til tender, sweeten to taste and
add beaten yolk of one egg. Fill
crust and bake. When cool cover
with a meringue made of the beat
en white of the egg, sweetened with
one tablespoon of sugar. Set in
oven until browned. Or cover the
pie with cries -cross strips of pas-
try when the pie is first pot into
the oven.
Hints for the Howe.
When steaming potatoes put a
cloth Over them before putting the
lid on. They will take much less
time to cook, and be much more
mealy than when done in the or-
dinary way
A piece of white oilcloth placed
at the foot of dark stairs will warn
those who are descending that the
last stair is reached, and thus save
an unpleasant fall or jar to the
system.
Before using a new saucepan add
a lump of soda and some gc.ta.t.o
peelings and let it boil for some
hours. Then wash out thoroughly,
and all danger from poisoning from
the tin lining will be gone.
When lemons are hard cover
them with boiling water and stand
them aside to cool. They will then
appear fresh and full of juice.
Neither will the juice seem in the
least diluted by any water abserb-
ed.
To remove grease stains from
wall -paper mix with water to the
consistency of cream, spread over
the marks, allow to remain for two
days, then remove with astiff
brush. and the stains will have dis-
appeared.
The following is a light cheese
pudding, much more easily digest-
ed than plain toasted cheese, which
was at one time a, favorite with
many, eaten with oatmeal cake or
toasted bread :—Cut up the cheese
into small pieces and place in a
aucepan. Mix two ta:blslxauns of
.'urn flour in a breakfast cupful of
milk and pour into the saucepan.
Allow to boil for a few minutes
Take off the pan and add a well -
beaten egg
The frequent variations of tem-
perature during the spring makes
it highly dangerous to change chil-
dren s clothing too hurriedly. It
is a mistake, immediately a hot day
comes, to pack away the warm
"woollen" and take out the lighter
summer clothes. Many aserious
cough and illness has been the re;
suit of this premature change. The
alteration from winter clothing
should be gradual. Wool should
always be worn next to the skin,
as this protects the child from sud-
den chills, and a thick vest is ne-
cessary until the weather is quite
warm and summerlke.
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Didn't Mind Loss of Legs.
A French Deputy who is serving
as a captain of artillery tells in a
letter to a friend a story illustrat-
ing the bravery of the French sol-
diers: During a bayonet attack a
shell exploded in the .advancing line
of French and took off the leg of
one of the soldiers. When an am-
bulance attendant ran up to the
wounded man the Iatter shouted to
him :—
"Hurry up and rook for my leg;'I,
it is lying over there. Maybe I can
have use for it yet."
After the soldier had been
brought to the hospital the general
commanding, who had heard of the
incident, went to . see the soldier
and complimented him• on his cour-
age.
'Thank you, very much, my
General," the wounded soldier re-
sponded. "I have yet one leg for
the service of my country, and I
can even afford to lose that, too."
"But, my dear man—"
"Oh, I know what you are going
to •say," the soldier interrupted,
"but really my ,legs are not so ne-
cessary in my profession, because
I am a piano instructor and my
hands are enough for me' to get
along with."
Sal—What do you think of Ger-
trude?
er-trude? Sue—Oh, I think she is a
right sweet girl. Sal—I don't like
her, either. .
`''andles improve by being kept a
few months.
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White the first concrete pave-
ments. ever laid in Canada. were,
swocrding to the hest , obtainable
information, those laid in Toronto,
nevertheless, Windsor, Ont,, can
probably claim, the de,stinction of
being the first plane to use this form
of construction ,too any great extent,
eht the beginning of 1908 Windsor
had over 20,000 square yards of
couct:ete pavements, and thisquan-
tity has been imcreased every year
since then. In fact, practically no
other kind - of pavement is being
used in that city.
The general method has been to
lay the pavement in two courses,
that is, with a foundation of con=
trete and :a wearing ,surface of mor-
tar. The coast has varied from 99
cents to $1.15 per +square:yard; The
pavements laid in . 1912 cost very
little more than $1,00 per square
yard. At the same, time, the cost
of macadam pavements was about
$1.10 per square yard, so that the
cost of concrete was practically the
;samefor macadam .and. a better
pavement was obtained and one for
ivhiesh the. coat of . maintenance is
emetically nothing..
Eight Barrels and a Range Exceeding Any Other Weapon.
This is the first photograph of the secret h.iupp .siege howitzer of
which so much has been said In Germany it is called the Emperor's
Eight -Leagued Boots, from the number of its barrels and its kick
(technically, of course, its retail). It weighs on its ,service mount-
ing, as photographed, 159 tons, 2 cwt., 1 qr., 11 lbs. Its eight clus-
tered barrels (their eine may be estimated by comparing the figures
of the Kaiser and his staff officers) are specially designed for con-
centrated or collective "bombardment," for discharging salvos or
"bouquets" of shells (one projectile of which is a, fair load for an
ordinary railway truck) at a. range of thirty-two miles.
RED CROSS SOCIETY,
Toronto, May 1.—The heavy loss-
es suffered by the gallant troops
who took part in the glorious battle
of :Genre Chapelle shows clearly
that even local successes cannot
be
gained without great loss of life.
The greater proportion of these
casualties are wounded, and lives
can only be saved when these
wounded men are attended to
promptly and when the doctors and
nurses have every medical appli-
ance at their disposal. A large
amount of medical supplies have
been .sent from the Red Cross both
to England from Canada and from
Canada to the front during the past
weeks, and as the war progresses
a still larger amount will be need-
ed.
Funds are specially needed for
these surgical supplies, as the Red
Cross authorities know exactly
what kind of instrument is needed
at the front and in. the hospitals,
and they have to be purchased from
the proper sources. Ne•erthe'less,
anyone can roll bandages, and
these are needed by the million,
but word has been received from
England that bandages not proper-
ly rolled should not be sent, and
the Canadian Red Cross Society
earnestly requests that all who un-
dertake tosend in bandages
should not do so unless they are
prepared to carry out exactly the
instructions given them. These
bandages are made 2 inch, 9,3ei inch,
3 inch, 4 inch, 5 inch and 6 inch
and 5 yards long. A cheap grade -
of unbleached factory cotton should
be used, and they must be torn,
not cut, -and tightly rolled on
bandage rolling machines.
Old linen, cotton and flannel will
be always acceptable, and there
must be many housewives who
have table cloths, towels, sheets,
etc., which havebeen used suffi-
ciently to enable them to be re-
placed. If every householder were
to give one sheet, one towel and
one table cloth, what alot of ban-
dages could be made to bind up
the wounds that our brave soldiers
have suffered in the cause of free-
dom.
It is of the greatest 'importance
that all supplies should be packed
according to directions and that the
contents of each parcel should ' be
fully described on the outside,
witch, the number of articles, size of
articles, etc. Full directions as to
packing and what is most needed,
etc., can. be had on application to
the Superintendent of Supplies, 77
King Street East, Toronto. A new
leaflet has justbeen issued, 'inn
which all information is given for
the guidance of fall those who are
helping in the great cause.
Mose who are assisting the work
of the Red Cross little realize how
their good work is appreciated by
the soldiers, both. in the trenches
and in the hospitals. Here is an
answers from a Canadian nursing
sister, who was for' some time en-
gaged
-
gaged in a. hospital 'on Salisbury
Plain :-"Please tell any of the
dear people who send Red Oros
things that they will never know
what a blessing the, tbings they have,
made are. They cannot make too
many hapdkeechiefs, night ishiets
and pyjamas. They are valuable,
I oan tell ; you.'l
'That is one of the many messages
of gratitude that comes tier -rase the
sea to the'splenditl band of work-
ers who are doing so much for:our.
Canadian soldiers in their battle
for freedom. It should .•sttir me to
greater energy and renewed active
sty finder the Red Cross sign.
RED -CROSS NOTES.
One of the most interesting gifts.
Thai: citigiene of Guetl h, through
the Canadian. Rad Cross Society,
and the people of Wellington
County, leave presented -a motor
ambulance to the Society for ser-
vice at the front,
The Yukon Chapter, No. 1, of
the Order of the Eatetern Star, of
Dawson City, Y.T.; has forwarded
to the Canadian Red Cross Society
the sum of $304, The people of the.
Yukon Territory 'have supported
the Red Cross in a generous man-
ner.
TUE L'NIFERSITIt HOSPITAL.
More Supplies Are Required For
Our Wounded Soldiers.
We hope that our friends through-
out the Province who 'have so nobly.:
helped us to equip the Hospital,
will not misunderstand our tardy
acknowledgement of their gener-
osity. The shower of Ants kept
on steadily and made it difficult to
announce the result. We have to
date received ten thousand (10,09)
sheets—so we are still in need of
at least two thousand more. There
need not be the slightest fear of
over -lapping. All the supplies re-
ceived over and above the needs of
our hospital are to be turned over
to the Red Cross for use in other,
preferably Canadian, hospitals.
Wh.eri our readers hear that now
in some of the hospitals ilii Frame'
they are using sheets a second time
for lack of a sufficiently large eup-
ply, the housewifely souls of our
Canadian women will surely rich in
rebellion against such conditions
continuing.
We hope and believe that the sad
events of the. last ten slays will
make us more unselfish, more de -
received so far by the Canadian
Red Cross Society reached head-
quarters recently an the form of one
scarf and three knitted wristlets,
which were worked by Miss J. U.
Bernards, of K4ohaia, Hawaii. En-
closed sed
c in thepackage
was a note
which said ;—"With this old lady's
prayers and best wishes, who left
England in 1551." Accompanying
the message was a. photograph of
the sender who, though far away in
Sunny Hawaii, has nut forgotten.
our brave soldiers.
The Girls' lied Cross Auxiliary,
of Aurora, Ontario, have for some
time been making a small khaki
bag containing iodine, wool pad,
piece of gauze and waterproof.
Altogether these girls have made
825 of these little bags, Full de-
scription and direction's are print-
ed in English and French on the
outside -cover, which also has the
maple leaf printed above the direc-
tions.
While the appeal of the Society
has been met in a• generous manner,
a large quantity is still needed if
the Canadian troops at the front
are to be supplied with this luxury.
Pipes, tobacco in tine, plug tobac-
co, and smokes of all kinds will be
welcomed at headquarters and also
money to buy them, It is not neces-
sary to point out what a great deal
of comfort and pleasure a pipe of
"baccy" affords our soldiers in the
trenches and in hospital.
Another large consignment of
Red Cross supplies left this -city a
few days ago, when 435 cases were
sent to Halifax en route to London,
where they will be distributed by
the Canadian Commissioner. Since
September 10 no less than 8,696
cases have left headquarters, and
supplies from all parts of the
country still continue to arrive
every day. Among the articles sent
yesterday were 4,861 shirts and
5,805 socks, besides a large assort-
ment of other articles.
It is an interesting fact to note
that from August 30 -to December
31 last, 3,548 cases were sent from
Toronto, and from December 31 to
April 15 the number shipped total-
led 5,148. Thus 1,600 more cases
were shipped during the past three
..and a half months than during the
previous four months. These ship-
ments do not include any article
sent other than Red Cross supplies.
That the West is doing its share
is shown by the fact -that in the
,past three • weeks two shipments of
48 cases each arrived from. Cal-
gary. A large consignment • was
also received from Hamilton and
3,600 e -oaks from the Brandon Chap-
ter of the Daughters of the Empire.
The -se latter articles. were for. the
War Contingent Association.
Colonel Gorrell, who is in charge
of the' Duchess of Connaught Hos-
pital at Cliveden, England, in a
recent letter to• Mx, Noea. Marshall,
chairman of the Executive Com-
mittee of the Canadian Red Cross
Society, asked that maple sugar
and syrup be sent, as the soldiers
specially appreciated this luxury.
The Society Will be glad to receive.
any maple products, and the farm-
ers of Ontario ;and Quebec ane spa,
cially asked. to assist in this worthy
,appeal. We cannot do too math
tot, our soldier\s,, and when.tiiey ex<
press a wish for any particular lux
tory, they should receive .it:
Although there are only. twelve
ladies in the town of C:areroiss, Yu-
kon Territory,: including one Ja-
panese -and one Indian, they have
been doing a splendid work on. b:e-
hal,f of the sold:ie.rs, and 'have scent
a parcel of knitted goods to -the
Canadian. Red ..Cross:. Tlphee came
forts were.seat, ilay the Patriotic,
League of that little town in the
far north.
asiwie Powers
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EPOS AtdONORE ones
mama &CAR&
WIATEOFSODAPA0
termined to provide all possible
comfort, not only for our own, but
for ALL who need our help. Sure-
ly in this hour every woman fee.is
that all the Empire's sons are here
--hers to comfort in every possible
way. •
We still need alsa about two
thousand pyjamas and the saline
number of surgical night shirts,
Will eoms of the circles of organ-
ized workers come forward and
help us,
JEAN Mci'HEDRAN.
lel Bloom' St. \Vest.
G.
C Money may be sent to Mrs. F. N.
G. Starr, 112 ul:ege St.
Oh, she said; ytiur conduct
is enough to make 'an angel weep!"
' I
don't see you ,shedding a tear,"
remarked the brute.
FEEDING THE YOUNG CALF
Kindness and Care arc they Secrets of Success-- Feed Should Bei
Scrupulously Clean, Also Surroundings.
Many animals have been stunted
in growth by improper feeding
when they are young. It is much
easier to injure a. young animal by
careless feeding than it, is a full
grown onc. Thought and (-are are
necessary at all 'times in feeding
animals, but especially so when
feeding young animals.
Whole milk is nature'••t food for
the young calf, but unless beef is
the sole object it will not pay to
feed. it. The next best thing is
skim milk, but this must be fed
with care. The skim milk fed to a
calf should not exceed eight() )n
pounds daily until the calf is five
weeks only, and only in rare eases
should an amount bir,,vond twenty-
four pounds be given. Many calves
are destroyed by being overfed with
skim milk. Where calves do l,torly•
on skimmed milk the moults are
due to the abuse of the food. Teo
large a supply of milk. infrequent
and irregular feeding, cold milk,
and sour, unclean feeding pails are
the causes of nine -tenths of the
troubles.
The young calf should be allowed
at a feed whilehalf this would
probably be enough for a. Jersey.
All changes in feed should be made
very gradually. When changing
front whole milk t;, skim milk, be-
gin by replacing a pint of thee whole
milk with a pint of the Aim milk.
Then gradually increase the amount
of 'logo milk and reduce the amount
+of ubule milk until in .~bout ten
days nothing but. skim milk is be-
ing fed, The change must be mido
slowly in this way or the- digestive
t 'stem will be nio-et. All changes
in feed should be made slowly to
allow the st%onitt-1r. to get ac'cu5t4,ni-
ed to the new food. This rule ap-
plies to feeding stock of any kind.
A great deal of the trouble that
people have with their .stock is
caused by too eudelen Changes of
food.
To replace the fat that has been
removed from the skim milk it is
gonad practice to add a little flax
seed jelly to the ration. This jelly
should be used in small quantities
1;tt first, and the amount gradually
increased. Begin with a dessert
spoonful ineach portion and gra-
The dairy calf should not be fed as heavily as the beef calf. It should
be kept growing and thrifty, but not too fat, or the dairy type
will be lost.
to be with its dam for the first one
or two days. It should be allowed
to have the first milk or colostrum
at any rate, as this is necessary
for clearing the bowels -and start-
ing the digestive functions. All
feed given should be gat blood heat.
Nothing upsets the digestive sys-
tem of the calf and starts scouring
so quickly as cold milk. An -other
thing that must be kept in mind is
to start with light feeds, and very
gradually increase the amount
given. Good judgment is required
to know when the -animal gets
enough without ,being overfed. A
calf intended for ,a model dairy cow
should not gain over one and (Me -
half pounds per day for the first
four months, and less thereafter.
A good way to tell if the ,calf is be-
ing fed pi;operay is to notice the
condition of the bowels as indicated
by the manure. If there is .,a ten-
dency to ltao!seneiss, the feed should
be reduced aft once, and care taken
that everything fed is at blood heat.
If a calf gets off its feed it is a.
good plan to miss a meal or two
and then feed somewhat lightly for
a time.
llialte Changes Gradually.
a;. y
It is not possible to lay down.
fixed riles as to how much to feed,
as 'calves • differ ea in 'then size and
vigor. Holsteins may be started
on about, six pounds of new milk
dually increase the amount until
•
about •a cupful is being, fed night
and morning to a three -month-old
calf. To prepare the jelly, steep
the whole flax seed in boiling water
and make a thick past of it.
The calves should, be taught to
eat me -al as so -on as possible. This
can be done by putting a, little in
their mouths, immediately • after
supplying the milk. The calves will
begin tie pick a little bay at ,about
three weeks old, Thisshould be
encouraged,. but care must be taken
that -only the best and cleanest hay
is offered:
If the following rules are observ-
ed success in calf rearing is en-
sured i • '
1. Treat calves kindly and never
lose your temper wits& them, even
if they 'are a little stupid some-
times.
2 Be iscrupulouslyclean as to the
feed fed, and also aSs regards pails
and the animal's -surroundings.
3, Make ell -changes in the charac-
ter of.the food' very gradually. This
applies whetiher changes tit as to
temp-erature, quality . of tame feed, .
amount of food, sweetness oTr acid
My with ,milk ;fed, time of feeding,
or any, other thing• connected with
the food. : '
4.- Peed ;only wholesome .-food
y ,
feed regularly, and feed in etiffi,
dent quantities.