The Exeter Advocate, 1916-1-27, Page 6AboutAbOut the
Useful Hints and
General Informa-
tion
nforma-
tion for the Busy
Housewife
Help for Home Laundries.
Every woman who has. tyres
with the problem. of looking well
small income realizes that the ab.
to do things for herself goes 'a 1
way toward its solution. A Brunt
blouse or a soiled vestee will spoil
effect of an otherwise smart costu
but professional cleaning is ala
expensive, and apparently one mu
be born with a talent for laundry x
just as one most be born with a to
for =sic. c. So if you have a kn
for wielding a smoothing iron and
plying soap and water rejoice, an
you heven't—~cell perhaps even t
YOU may find these suggestions wo
while.
Never wash your sheer blouse,
lar, etc., without mending any t
rips or breaks that may have
peered, nor without removing pons:
stain. There are, of course, m
proprietary cleansers and stain er
Gators on the market, whose me
have no part in an article like
But it is well to remember that in
1•ut nvt all, fruit stains and th
made lay tea or coffee can be remo
by pouting bailing water over
spot. Blood stains should be soal.
in cod water, then washed in c
water, then in warm water with plen
of snap. Ink spots should be rins
in rep.ated cold waters, then soak
in mills, Neither cold water nor m
will fix a stain.
Never wash white and colored fa
ries in the same water, and in was
ing colored fabrics do not fail to "se
the colors. One method of doing th
is to soak the garments overnight
a solution made by dissolving o
ounce of :sugar of lead in eight quer
of e" .i treater. Another method is
tight and simmer about two and one-
tied;
ne-tied` half hours, adding more water if
on a' needed.
mtv, Nut Croquettes, --One cup stale
ground crumbs, one cup milk, one or
one two slightly beaten egg yolks, three-
the fourths cup broken walnut meats, one
third teaspoon onion juice, one-half'
,a4t per.
Mix and formt intond few
ballrainsson ainieg
'ork about one tablespoon each; roll b ex -
lent' tra crumbs, dip in beaten egg diluted
aek with one-fourth cup water and roll
ap- again in bread crumbs. Let stand
d if until wanted, then fry in deep:fat hot
Mena enough to brott•n a bit of bread in
rib.: seconds.
I Oyster Shortcake.—For the filling:
col_ One quart oysters, two tablespoons.
iny' butter, two tablespoons flourer , one
ap Bransaltt p For ,thelt�shorteake dcel-
itto
ble cups itour, two teaspoons baking pow-
adi der, one-half teaspoon salt, one-fourth
nitsteaspoon lard butter or drippings,
tits: P ,
tills, three-fourths cup milk. Sift together
ost flour, salt and baking powder of short -
' cake, and mix with milk. If cake i
ose to be Heade in one instead of severe
veil.
the individual portions, divide dough int
Iced
two parts and roll each thin, plat
aid one above the other, putting sural
ty pieces of butter between, and bake
ed For individual service roll cion
ed thin, cut into small rounds, put tw
ill` together, with bit pf butter between
and bake. For filling make sauce o
b-, butter, flour and milk. Have oysters
ready, cooked in enough of their
t„ liquor to thin white sauce, when add-
is ed, to consistency of thin cream. Sea
in son, put portion between layers of
A MERRY "DINNER TABLE" IN THE DESERT
Fortifying the .Talars. man and znait,:ng ready to ree eine the Tullis with a dose of shrapnel. British gunners
in Egyl?t eitioying. a Mut with` the mid-day meat, ,.some where in the neigb) orhood of the Suez Canal,
Father and Son
s "`Don't want to go into the bu
►. Hess!" echoed Robert Lang, angri
o y "What do you mean by that, pray
e 1 "I'm afraid I take no interest in
! you see," returned his son apologe
• calla', "so I'm sure I sha'n't make
fl success."
"Yes; `you'd better go there," h
• said, grudgingly, "if they'll give yo
the chance."
From the Middle West
BETWEEN , ONTARIO AND BRI.'.,:
TISH COLUMBIA.
Items From Provinces Where Many
Ontario Boys and Girls Are
Living,
Three Lethbridge men have already
won the I .O.M. at :the front. •
Fred Turgeon of Crystal Springs.
Sask., has been missing since last fall;
At Regina there are 27 first-class
teachers, 100 second-class, and 54
third-class.
At the Saskatoon Normal School
this year there are 28 first-class, 93
second, and 74 third-class students,
For taking a hunk of coal valued
at $1, Harry Harasyn was fined $25
and costs in the police .court at Win-
nipeg.
It is said that a supply of 40 cars
a week for four months would still
leave grain in the district around Oy-
en
Alta
e You never knew herr, boy. She was Lethbridge must seek a new chief
u quite young when she was taken away of police, the result of Chief Skelton's
from me.
j "I don't want it,mind," answered
the young man, sulenly, "But it'll be
' better, anyhow, than-----.."
se• "Than helping me with the shop?',
15T; "Yes; that's what I mean." p
So Owen Long duly entered the ex-
it, , part department of the International
ti- ;Stores; but he took no pains with his
a work there, and did not even try to
give satisfaction. He seemed to are
o, .little whether he succeeded or failed.
IHis manner was morose and forbid.
You ding. After a while his fellow -
pe employees avoided him. He was
p friendly to none, and walked home
, alone, now that Hilda Spence ignored
y- , him,.
1- Soon his slackness gave rise to cone,
plaints. Frequently he left duties un -
of done, and by degrees the head clerk
"grow tired of pointing out these omis-
c, sions,
ly `"I shall have to report you to th
r manager if you don't improve!"
n "Just as you like, of course."
to "Don't let me have to speak to you
again,t„
Long.
"1 They were all prejudiced against
or him by reason of his surliness. He
th courted unpopularity, telling himself
that he did not care.
y "Well, how are you getting on at
the International?" his father would
e demand occasionally,
"Oh, pretty badly, as you might
d have expected!"
d, When the manager heard of his de-
linquencies he was summoned and lee -
n tared.
"I've not had much to do with you,
y Long, but I've been watching you..
a You'll leave at the end of the month
u- if you're not careful!"
s Owen Long only nodded- casually,
and left the room.
"The chief ought to deal with him,
sir!" said the head clerk irritably.
"Yes; an interview in that private
office would mend his manners—eh?"
Gross carelessness on Owen Long's
part in the following week involved
the firm in a serious loss. The head
clerk, furious, consulted the manager,
and the latter stamped up and down
his office.
"That settles it!" he stormed. "The
chief shall .see him! He'll be dis- i
charged, of course!"
They rubbed their hands together as
they thought of Owen Long's ap-
proaching ordeal. The whole office
stopped work, whispering in satisfac-
tion, when a summons arrived from
the chief's room.
"Wants me ? Oh, right you are!"
Owen Long followed the messenger,
with a faint sneer; but when he came
face to face with the old man in the
private study he began to hesitate
and stammer.
"So you are reported to me as in-
competent, lazy, and insolent to your
superiors!` Your name?"
"`Long—Owen Long, sir."
"Indeed!" • The managing -director
stared. "It also happens to be mine!"
He stayed silent for a long while. •
At last'he glanced across again.
"Have you any explanation or ex-
cuse to give?" •
"No," answered Owen Long gruffly.
But presently he found himself tell-
ing of Inc distaste for commercial life
and his love for music.
"And I don't sec why I should be
forced to do things I hate! 1 won't,
either! I don't care if I starve!
Whatever ' you choose to say or :do
won't worry me a scrap!"
Suddenly he felt ashamed of his out-
burst, and reddened. His loud,. angry
voice died away, andyhe waited ner-
vously. The. old man nodded slowly,
without glancing up.
Fumbling in.his pocket he, produced
a case.
"Do you recognize this photo-
graph?"
Owen Long, wrinkling his brows, all
at once gave a cry of surprise.
`"Why, it's my father, taken about
twenty years ago! We've a copy at
ome!"
"Pie's my son!"stated the old
c man,;
thickly: "Twenty years, ' ag•o! Yes;
for twenty years I hciven't seen biro..
We haven't; exchanged a word!"
• "Then you—you're my grand-
fatlier?"
"Listen!" The Managing -director
of the International Stores was brush-
ing a hazed across. Ms cycw.' "Where
Robert—your father—was your age he
—he, too, wanted to be a mosi,;ian,
but I: refused. I couldn't understand
on appreciate th craving It was in-
herited from his mother --my wife.
o' ""Really! What do you wish. to d
' then, may I ask?"
f "Haven't you guessed, father?
know how fond I am of music. I h
to go abroad and study—take it u
professionally. Just listen!" he added
• as his father stirred impatient!
"Think of the big incomes that wel
known composers make!"
"Yes; and think of the Crowds
them who can't earn a bare living!
Mr. Long retorted harshly, ""Mush
indeed! I've seen you about late
with Hiss -Spence, didn't you say he
name was? ---a nice, attractive g 1
One of these days you'll be wanting
marry a girl like that."
I mean to ask her directly I can
"Well, you'll be able to in a year
so if you come into the business wi
me."
"But I hate it! I want to stud
music, I toll you]"
"And I won't allow you to wast
your time and my money!"
Both were flushed, and had raise
their voices. The young pian presse
his lips. together determinedly.
"You don't give me any choice i
the matter, then?"
I'll take you as a partner direct].
you're capable, but I refuse to pay
pennypiece towards your musical ed
cation, as you call it! That settle
the idea, .I
fie„ shortcake and some on top and serve,
is Handy Hints,
to:
rinse in sett water, using two rinsix
tt:t� r A third is to put a cup
vinegr in the final rinsing Ovate
Wa• h et:lore:! fabrics in warm, n
bee aetcr, and da not rub soap o
than; dry them in the shade and
quaielddt possible. Some dornest
science experts wash fine colore
elvtlie% in starch water instead of wit
soap. They use a quart of strain
starch tt• four quarts of water, and
quart cf the starch to eight of tit
water in the second..
�'4 a,h a ill., crepe de chine or Georg
Etta crepe garments in lukewar
soap ucl--, rinse in water of the sane
temperature end press before they a
quit? th Never use board or wring
er for th a ee delicate pieces, but pe
arra] pt e„ with the hands. Corduro
dart, tee «mated in the same wa
end is they are pinned carefully upo
tg, For Damp Feathers, Throw some
of salt on the fire and hold the feathers
• over it, shaking them vigorously,
of Don't put them so near the fire that
they will burn.
To Clean Cloth.—To clean 'black
ac cloth or serge, take a large handful
d of ivy leaves, Steep them well in
th boiling water and leave until cold.
d Sponge the material with this infu-
sion and it will be both clean and re-
vived.
"1 For Toothache. --Take a fresh cab-
bage leaf and roll it with the rolling -
m pin to crush all the veins. Then hold
• it to the fire till it is as hot as can be
re borne. Tie it on the face before go -
in; to bed. This is a simple, but an
t' almost certain cure.
I Bright Saucepans,—If saucepans or
• kettles have to be used over a smoky
' • fire, try smearing a little grease aver
e; the bright parts. This will prevent
the Ln, :ind allowed to flap in th
wind you will find it unnecessary t
o the smoke from blackening them. If
iron them. 'Where white silk gar
mere, shfett signs of turning yellow it
it well to a"l'l a little borax to the w
ter i whish they are na hed,
If y .ui have found the ordinar
starch unsztiefaetory when "doth
up" guar fine lingerie try makin
washed afterwards in hot water the
pan will be as bright as ever.
a_ l Cure for Creaking Shoes.—Take a
a fine awl or a darning needle and in -
y,= sert it carefully between the soles of
g the shoes. Then introduce a little
g paraffin oil. A small oil -can such as
is used to lubricate sewing machines
n , may be used for the purpose. This
Cr will quite take away the creaking.
f How to Deep Butter in Hot Weather
starch either of borax or gum rabic
The borax method is the simpler i
that it is merely added to the rinsin
water (two heaping teaspoonfuls o
borax to five quarts• of water is th
• —Put the butter into a basin. Then
proportac•.n and gives the garments
when ha nu! just the right amount o
crispness. To make gum arable starch
use half an ounce of the gum arabi
to a cup of boiling water. Dilute to
suit your taste in stiffness and use as
you would the common laundry var
iety.
Never iron your dainty dress acces
on a sheet that is not immacu
late nor with an iron that is not above
6uspicion. If you are the fortunate
possessor of a gas or an electric iron
so much the better, but keep any kin
clean. See to it that your board is
well padded and evenly covered
otherwise the lumps may mar the ap-
pearance of .your finished work.
Make an ordinary plant pot, put a
f cork in the bottom and see that it is
perfectly clean. Then fill with water
c. and leave for one hour longer, then
empty and place aver the butter. The
moisture from the plant pot keeps
_ the butter nice and firm.
I For women of limited means it is
s- best to have two or three pairs of in-
-; corsets, rather than one
- expensive pair. Try to change your
corsets every day. Never wear the
same pair two days running. The
d corsets that are not in use can be
straightened out and aired. An ex-
pensive corset must be sent to the
_' cleaners occasionally, but it is quite
1 possible to clean a cheap pair at
home; of course, they may not look
so well as the one cleaned by a pro-
s fessionai cleaner. This is how to clean
`corsets. Stretch on a board and scrub
with a brush dipped in soapy water, to
which a little borax has been added.
They should be scrubbed until as
much dirt as possible has been re-
moved, and then they'should be rins-
ed in clear water. Pin the corsets
out fiat on a board to dry in the air,
,but not in the sun.
Dainty Dishes.
Raisin Sauce—One cup quartered
raisins, one and one-half cups cold
water, one-half cupsugar, juice one-
half lemon. Simmer raisins in water
until soft, acid sugar, boil gently fif-
teen minutes and just before serving
flavor with lemon juice.
Carrot Croquettes.—Boil carrots
tender in two waters, mash smooth,
add beaten egg, one large teaspt:oiifui
melted butter, • pepper and salt to
taste, and set paste aside until cool
enough to handle. Form into cro-
quettes,
roquettes, . roll in fine crumbs, set in
cold place .for one-half hour or long-
er, and fry in deep fat until well
browned.
Amber Pudding.—Into one pint
scalded milk stir one cupful yellow
corn meal and one quart sliced sweet
apples. Add . one-half teaspoonful
salt and one. cupful molasses. Mix all
thoroughly;add two quarts of milk,`
and pour into large buttered dish- and
bake in slow oven four hours. When
cold, a clear, amber -colored jellyveil!
have forced through the pudding and
apples will be rich brown.
Red r — '
Re
Cabbage. One medium-sized.
!lead red cabbage, one large tart ap-
ple, one onion, two tablespoons beef
drippings or lard, one-fourth teaspoon
pepper, three cloves, one tablespoon!
salt, one cup water, one-half Clip vine-
gar. Shred cabbage and wash in
coke'water. Melt drippings in heavy
kottley add cabbage, onion ;
g , in which
<lc , have been :stuck, cipole in cjinai.
ter,, ai-id remaining ingredients. Cover
FAMOUS INI`f-,CLOSED,
"The Three Pigeons" Has Manx
Literary Associations.
"The Three Pigeons," one of Eng-
land's oldest and most "famous 'inns,
and the sole existing tavern of Eliza-
bethan times, was closed recently by
the Middlesex Licensing` Justices in
accordance with a movement inaugu-
rated some time ago by the temper-
ance leadersto restrict the number of
licensed inns. The inn was used as a
background foxy the low comedy scenes
in the "Merry Wives of Windsor and
Goldsmith's "She Stoops to Conquer,"
and is alluded to in Dickens' "Our Mu-
tual Friend," The inn perhaps has
had More literary associations than
any other English .tavern,
A :Failure,
"I hear old. Gotrox has lost every
dollar he.had in the world:"
"You don't say! What was it—
c ii use?»
"Y'es, heart failure"
"1 made your father enter trade.
Eventually my will conquered. his,
Not before he'dleft home, though.
without a
few months Iater he was forced to
conic back, His pride was broken.
He had starved at his music. And he
let me set him up in business, but I—
I wasn't his father any mare. My vie -
tory cost a lot, boy --more than it was
worth --far more!"
The old man gazed at Owen Long.
He was half smiling, but his voice was
unsteady,
appointment as a captain of the Kil-
ties..
The city of Calgai.•y will offer a re-
N t b f i f ward of $250 for the return of the
He ran away th t penny, and a lost waterworks plans and the con-
viction of the thief or thieves,
There is still a small quantity of
grain unthreshed in Alberta, consid-
erable of that small quantity being
in stack in the northern districts.
Many wolves have been killed this
winter around Brancepeth, Saila Rab-
bits died off, consequently food for the
wolves became scarce and they grew
bold.
"And now the same thing's happen- In Winnipeg the other day a young
ed again, eh? He won't have you a lady found a roll of $700 under a
musician? Ah, but I was wrongs street car seat when she bent to look
And he's wrong, in his turn. You'll l for an orange lost from a parcel. The
owner was found..
Clearing the 500 miles of sidewalks
in Winnipeg and removing the snow
from the centre of the street pave -
port departmnt positively staggered nients is costing the city $3,000, as the
e ten minutes later. They had waited ! result of a recent snowstorm.
for Owen Long to slink back in dia..' The sum of $40 in bills conscience
grace and humiliation. Now he came money was sent to the city treasurer
walking with the dreaded chief, whose of Saskatoon recently, A note said
hand rested on his shoulder. this amount had been wrongfully tak-
"Long. is leaving the firm," ha be. en from the city some time ago.
structecl curtly. Following negotiations which have
They passed outside to where an been under way since August of last
electric brougham waited, year, the Imperial Oil Company, aapi-
"Now, we'll go to your home,talized at $5p 000,000 has decided to
Owen," make Regina the distributing point
At the house he became suddenly for the Canadian west of a huge oil
nervous, relining plant,
"You first, my boy. Say that I'm
here. ou him n da GERMAN LOSSES 3,500,000.
The young man darted in, calling to
his father, clutching his shoulder.
"lie's come?" Robert Long blurted. Colonel Repington Looks for Final Ef-
He swore he never would come to me • fort Against Russia.
again!" Colonel Repington, military expert
In an instant he was hurrying out of the London Times, says the German
to the kerb, helping the old man to military situation is "not brilliant,"
alight. i notwithstanding Germany's successes.
"Father! I'm so glad—so glad!" He figures that Germany has probably
Presently the three sat together. lost 3,500,000 out of the total of 9,000, -
"This Iad of v' R
leave him. You'll go away, and he'll
be left alone, just as I've been, these
twenty years!"
The head clerk and staff of the ex -
he?"
Owen Long realized that his father.
would be quite capable of keeping his
word. He swung round in anger and
disappointment. Without funds he
would have to give up the career he
desired. It seemed hard and unjust
"I wasn't very 1
z the grocery
business myself when I was your age,
Owen; but I had to get over that, and
so will you. Understand? Don't let
me hear any more of this nonsense,
then!"
The young man Ieft the house in a
fury.
"He could afford to pay my ex-
penses if he liked! It wouldn't cost
so very much!" he muttered, scowling
at the pavement as he walked.
He was still frowning when he came
to the huge premises of the Interna-
tional Stores, Limited. Outside a
door marked "Office," he paced up and
down.
`"Hello! In a bad temper to -day?"
The girl's merry voice made him
turn hastily. Hilda Spence slipped a
hand through his arm in the half -ten-
der manner she sometimes showed
him.
"Well, and I've enough to make me
bad-tempered!" •
"I'm sorry. That means you've in -1
terviewed your .father, I suppose?
But I warned you that in all probabil- 1
ity you'd be disappointed. What did'
he say?" . 1
Owen Long growled a response.
"Many business men would. agree'
with him, too. Perhaps your father
knows best, after all." l
"Now, :don't you side with him!"
"It's difficult for' most people to''
earn a living at music, don't you
think? There are ..plenty of clever
men who have to give .lessons to irri,
tating children. at about sixpence an
hour! Even being partner in'a gro-
cer's would be better than that, sure- i.
131?„
"You've a very.. poor opinion; of my•
ability,` 1 must: say!" He shrugged
his shoulders. "But nobody, under-
stands!"
The girl shot an aggrieved glance
at him.,
a vacancy in our export,
department, as it happens. That
might suit you better. And, mean-
h
while, you might keep • up your music:,
Perhaps you'll think it'over?"
"I' don't see the slightest use!" t
"Good -night!''' called - Kilda Spence,
hotly, nettled at his tone.
She had boardect a 'bus almost be-
fore he moved. Standing rigid, he
watched it disappear.
Mr. Long at first would not give
way in one single particular, but final-
ly he agreed that experience gained;.
in the International Stores,` Limited,
might prove valuable.
urs, Obert, mus 000 men she was able to mobilize.
have his heart's desire. You mustn't Colonel Repington continues:
thwart him as I -thwarted you. Maybe "er the war continues in the future
hes been inconsiderate
and head- as it has in the past Germany•will
strong, but overlook that. I m rich, fund herself some time between May
Robert, and there's nobody I can and October unable to maintain her
spend my money on]to except "
you two.army effective with the men of mill -
Half an hour later Owen Long was tary age then .at her disposal. She
•
back at the International Stores, wait- must therefore before that date force
ing outside as he had been accustom- - a decision on one front or another."
ed to until Miss Spence appeared. Reviewing the probabilities, Colonel
At first she would not greet him or Repington thinks that the main at -
listen; but, continuing by her side, he tempt will be made against Russia.
poured out his news. He regrets that Russia's new offensive
"And you'll be away a long time?"in the south synchronizes with quies-
la
She had betrayed her interest at cence on the part of the other Allies,
He took her arm, pressing it tightly, and sounds a warning against what he
"Listen nowt I've been misleadi-' calls he pleasing fancy that Russia
you purposely. I'm not going." is going to win the war for us," add -
She. gave a start. ing, "We must firmly decide to win it
"Owen ourselves."
, you actually mean—"
"I've decided to stay. I can't leave The writer reiterates his previous.
you. Besides, I'll help my father with The
of a possible German dash
his shop. I was a stuck-up fool to against England. "Desperate needs,"
he says, often entail desperate reme-
thinlc it wasn't good enough for me. dime
His health's been bad lately, too. "England,
He's been in pain, .and I never knew. therefore, -ought not to
negieetca single precaution," concludes
Somehow I—I vivant to stop with him.
We're the hest of friends again." Colonel Repington.
"But what does your grandfather
say? It seems ungrateful, after he's
promised—"
"He understands, He'll give me the
money my studies would have cost.
That means we can get married -as
soon as ever you'll say `Yes.' "-Lon-
don Answers.
ant of the fact that he is ignorant.
An ignorant man is usually 'ignor-
1'
A Common Delusion.
"What was the biggest mistake you
ever made?"
"Thinking I was too busy ever to
make a big mistake."
Lakes free from ice owe their im-
munity to their depth, and to the pre-
sence of springs:
Three Extensio Diroin
Tables-
54.--Ittade of selected hard wood in surface oak finish,
1fl.:tends to six feet. 3 well flnishe,l leaves to tit. grOp'.
diameter 44 inches. Price .:. ... , ... $8.9a
55.-A, solid;' substantial, well constructed' table. Gracie
- ef selected hardwood in durface oa.tc finish.' Large
• pedestal on a platform with claw les. .Extends toix
feet. Three well finished leaves with : each: to tc. s
Top
44 inches in diameter. Price • • • • • • • :