The Exeter Advocate, 1924-7-17, Page 7Stories About WelKnowo People..
"Hoots. Awa'!"
When you knock a Scot down he al-
aYs bobs up again! !iReoently at a
eeeting addressed by Mr. Tames
town, Lord High Commiseiouer for
Scotland, a epeaker told the story of a
Scottish patient in an English hos-
pita( In order to save his life some-
one played the bagpipes to him. He
recovered, but all: the other patients
succumbed. "
"So the English patients all died,
did they?" said Mr. Brown, who rose
to speak, immediately afterwards.
"Wal :41 cap say isthat they de-
serve. '.LL"
Son of Charles Dickens Made
Smart 'Retort.
The premier of New South Wales,
the` Hon. Sir George Fuller, recently
told: the story of what he characterized
the neatest retort he ever remember-
-10d to have heard uttered in the paella -
tient house there.
Au M.P.; whose name was Willis,
made a violent harangue against a
measure sponsored by Mr. Dickens, a
son of the famous novelist.
After listening patiently to the dia-
tribes of Mr. -Willis, Mr. Dickens rose
to reply:
"My father," he said, "made famous
a phrase, 'Barkis is willing'. Had he
been here to -day the phrase would
have been altered to 'Willis is bark-
ing,
He Made No Distinction Between
the Sexes,
W. W. Jacobs, the prime humorist,
who doesn't seem to tell many funny
stories, has broken the rule on his six;
tieth birthday to produce the laughter
of youth—here it is.
A dootor went out to dinner, and
was partnered by a gushing young
lady,
"Is it true, doctor," she asked, "that
you are a lady-killer?"
"Madam,' replied the doctor, "I make
no distinction between the sexes.'
Cabinet Minister as Typist.
Not often --if ever—do we hear of a
Cabinet Minister acting as his own
typist. Besidesbeing able to read and
write in nearly every European lang-
uage, Mr. Tom Shaw, the .British Min-
ister of Labor, has also no fewer than
six different kinds of shorthand at his
command:
He has a typewriter for his own use
at the Ministry of Labor, and rather
than keep members of his staff after
hours he will often type his own let-
ters. I
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A photograph of _Miss Sweetman, of the Travelers' Aid, who, after 12
yiru` ee,faithful service at the Union Station, Toronto, is retiring to return
to church work.
....Cut Roses Correctly.
By cutting .your roses correctly with
long stems the plant is improved in
vigor and habit. When gathering
blooms cut the stalk at a point about
two inches from the .-branch which,
bears the flowering stem. This leaves
two good eyes which will in about four
weeks produce more flowers. Rose
bushes seem to do best when they are
severely trimmed, as the bloom le in
proportion to the strength of the stem
that earries it. Cutting back builds
up a well -branched plant with flowers
of finer quality than those borne on a
tall, scraggly parent. In the months
•of July and August weak growth suf-
' ers from the heat and the blooms are
inferior. Avoid letting the petals fall
and then picking them off, as this is
-very hard on the plant. By attending
to the cutting of the blooms, which is
a form of summer pruning, very little
trimming is required the following
spring except the cutting out of the
old canes.
There is a right time to cat blooms
for the' best -keeping qualities. Cut
early in the morning when the wood
is .0oo1. After the sun has been shining
on the sowers they are somewhat
wilted and faded. Cut blooms will
last longer if placed in the ice -box for
a few hours before placing in the vase.
- Which Hat is Coolest?
King George :gave a lead to his hot
and sultry subjects by wearing a Pan-
ama hat the other day. If the Panama
received its'. 'due,. the King's example
would be universally followed, for it is
the coolest hat on record.
This has been proved, by a tent, in
which seven meal went out together,
each wearing a different kind of hat,
stayed out an hour, returned, and im-
mediately had the temperature of their
headgear taken.
The Panama hat came first, with a
temperature of 77.7 degrees.
Next came a soft -grey felt, a couple
e1 degrees warmer.
Third' on the list was the unpopular
hard straw. This was considerably
hotter than the soft grey felt, the ther-
mometer registering 85 ;degrees.
You might have thought the top -hat
would • 'Come last, but it did not. Its
,{place was .fourth—bang in the middle
—with a temperature of 89.6 degrees..
Expert hatters .suggest that the robins-
nese inside helpedt "to keep it reason-
ably
easonably cool:
Fifth, the cap -92 degrees.„
Sixth, the bowler, or hard felt.- This
was 94 degrees -a bad record.."
And lastly, hottest' o1 all, was poor
Tommy's •stiff khaki theadgear, with a
temperature of 981 degrees. No won-
der they sometimes grumble in the
army!
It has been discovered that candles.
having a triangular cross section and
longitudinal grieves on the' sides burn.
mere freely and give more light than
round ones. The grooves act as a
path for the upward -flowing air.
In Her Garden.
I •think her flowers know she's dead;
The foxgloves' freckled facea
That she expected back this year
Have vanished from their places,
And all the garden underworld—
The chickweeds, dock and sorrel-
Flaunt vulgar faces to the sky
And with the poppies quarrel.
The sweet alyssum that her shears
Kept in such perfect order ---
A snowy file of graduates
Along the gard'en's border—
Have straggled from their fragrant
aisle
Where bees are sadly humming
And winder dawn the flagstone path
To see if she is coming.
The fragrance of her lilies' breath
That western winds are bearing
Is like a voice, a wooing voice,
That oalls .her back to caring.
I know the earth, the gentle earth,
That knew her for a lover,
In memory of garden days -
Lies tenderly above her.
And this to me the truest sign:
Where never seed was flung
Or root was planted there a blue
Forget-me-not ha,s' sprung.
Marian Hurd McNeely, lea Youth's
Companion.
In the Portuguese Congo a church
is now being built of stone which has
to- be carried four miles by the na-
tives. The completed- structure will
contain 15,000 stones, representing
nearly 120,000 miles of walking.
Don't Go In.
Don't go In on a soft spring night when
the latticed trees; are swaying!`
Don't go in when the elfin light on the
apple bloom is playing!
Don't go in when the mystic spell of
stars in a sea of blue
Is working a change that you. cannot
tell in the heart and soul of
you!
Don't go in and leave it hare alone and
lovely and sweet!
Don't go in on a soft spring night
when the lilacs fall at your
feet!
Don't go in when wisteria drifts like
an attar .of moon on the air!
Don't go in when the fairy dreams of
the spiritual dusk are there!
Don't go in when wavering trees leave
wonderful shadows to die!
Don't go in on a soft spring night when
there's wh1epering low and high,
When the flowers and the birds and
the insects know that some-
thing's about to pass!
Don't go in when the feet of spring are
touching the dew -sweet grass!
—B.B.
-•1e
Mending a Leg.
The manner of the men who sailed
our old-time ships is described bysMiss
C. Fox Smith in "A Book of Famous
Ships."
She tells of Captain Samuels, skip-
per of an American clipper, the Dread-
nought. During a storm he was, near-
ly flung overboard, and his leg was
broken.
Several futile 'attempts were made,
with the assist -ante of three strong
men, to reduoe the fracture, and the
captain was dissuaded from an at
tempt to amputate his leg himself.
It was a fortnight later when the
ship reaohed port, where doctors fixed
the broken deg to a tackle and three
satire pulled it into position. But
the captain managed to save his limb
and lived to be ninety.
It is not so easy as people suppose
to hate continuously.
Jesus, like all great souls, loved the
country. He saw the dry trellises of
the vine greened over with leaves, and
from the trellises the white and pur-
ple clusters hanging down for the joy
of the vintage. He saw the seed of
grain buried in the earth, and its res-
urrection in the form of the full ear.
—Papini's "Life of Christ."
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Privileged Traffic.
An Irish highway laborer who had
been detailed to keep traffic off a road
on which *was an old bridge SO weak-
ened by heavy floods during the night
that it was considered too insecure to.
support even the lightest ear, stopped
a big brown car which was headed for
the danger spot.
"What's the matter?" growled the
driver, whom Pat recognized as a pat-
ron of his.
"Oh, is that you, Judge?" said Pat
genially.
"tes, it is."
"Its all right, then, yer hence. I
got orders not to let traffic through on
account of a rotten bridge, but seein'
as it's yer honor, why, go right ahead,
seri"
Kish Dates From Blood.
Kish, where a library 4;000 years
old has recently been discovered, was
the widest capital of Babylonia, and is
believed. to have been founded imme-
diately after the flood.
It lel '
1st Fly --"There are a number of
great inventions."
2nd Fly ----"The fly -swatter ain't one
of them."
Properties of Dried Milk
Is a Good Substitute but Only a Substitute for the Natural Fo od of Infants. Heat Used in
the Drying Process Kills Harm ful Germs. Some Facts Worth Knowing.
The supply of fresh milk in many
countries is insufficient. In a large
industrial district in England we are
told that the daily consumption per
head is .08 pints—about enough to
cover the bottom of a. cup! Another
report says that if the children were
given the right quantity there would
be none at all left for the grown-ups.
Evidently the countries with poor
milk supplies must draw upon those
which produce more than they need,
such as Canada, -Holland, Norway,
South America, Australia and New
Zealand, but the difficulty of transport
is very great, both from the point of
view of health and economy.
The Drying Process.
As long ago as 1868 the idea of des -
sleeted milk occupied the minds of
scientists, but it was not until 1900
that Robert Stauff of Posen produced
a,pure milk -powder. To -day the two
processes most commonly employed
for preparing dried milk are (1) by
passing liquid milk over metal cylin-
ders heated internally by steam or hot
water; and (2) by spraying milk after
partial condensation, into heated
air. The latter is now practically the
only one in use in America.
One pint of • milk contains 1714
ounces of water and 214 ounces of
solids, composed of fat,, casein, albu-
men, milk -sugar, • salts and sundry,
other small items. lar additionto
these, it contains vitamines or "life-
sustaining" factors. Unfortunately
milk often also harbors hundreds of
living organisms called bacteria, which
pass into the human body. Some of
them cause diseases, such as tuber-
culosis, scarlet fever, diphtheria, ty-
phoid fever, septic sore throat.
Harmful Bacteria Killed.
During the process of "drying" the
milk it is exposed to a high temperas
ture for a short time and this kills
practically all harmful bacteria. The
heat does not alter its chemical con-
stituents appreciably, but opinion is
divided as its effect on the vitamines.
Some hold that the antiscorbutic vita -
mine (that is the food factor which
protects against the disease called
scurvy), which is already low in cow's
milk, is destroyed by the drying pro-
cess.
Experienoe at Infant Welfare Cen-
tres in England has not oonfirmed this
theory, for it has been found that
scurvy is rare among babies fed on
dried milk. Nevertheless, as a pl.ecau-
tion, a little fruit juice, such as orange
or grape juice, may safely be given
once or twice a week to babies fed en-
tirely on dried milk.
Dried Milk a Substitute.
It is very important to remember
that, whenever possible, babies should
be breast-fed. Cow's -milk •is infant
food of the calf, not of the human in-
fant; but if precautions are taken to
ensure its cleanliness it is the best
substitute for human milk. Where the
milk supply is doubtful, it is better to
substitute some form of dried or con-
densed milk. Dried milk as a baby
food offers the following advantages
over a milk supply Which cannot be
cansidered or guaranteed as pure.
1. It is purer, as practically all
I Know a Garden.
I know a garden; safe it lies
Frain straying feet and curious eyest.,
But you may find it if you searea;
A garden that is like a church
On sweetly solemn afternoons
Of gentle Junes,
The worshipers stand all so still
That 1 can count them when I will:
Cornflowers gay in fringe' frocks,
Delphiniums " in fine blue smocks,.
Petunias prinked, and ranks of tall
Ber'uffled slender hollyhocks;
Daisies in starched white bonnets;
small
Sweet 41'iliiams, grouped beside the
wall, • •.,
Snapdragons in their very best
And many a litle nameless bloom
That, nudging in among. the rest,
Finds somehow elbowroom.
Once in a while a wind is heard
As quiet as a Scripture word;
Now and again a bee's low croon
Is like'an old hymn's tender tune;
And sometimes silence settles there,
A tranquil silents long unstirred,
' As perfect as a prayer.
The congregation bend and wait
' The benediction, still, sedate.
Not all of them are orthodox.
The wee pinks whisper to the phlox
When, halting in the open gate
With sidewise head and questioning
eye, •
A skeptic robin lingers late
To listen doubtfully.
Sometimes a jeweled butterfly,
An utter worldling, passes by,
Flouting the s.ermnen; poppies nod
(And. yet they have their dream of
God),
But roses bend in all their beauty
To think sweet thoughts of love and
duty;
Each pansy lifts a reverent face,
Petitioning for gift sof grace,
And even little outcast weeds
Present their humble, piteous needs
'In that most lovely place—
That garden holy as a church,
That is not meant for careless eyes,
Though you may find it when you
search
If you are wise,
—Nancy Byrd Turner in Youth's Com-
panion.
germs have been killed by the drying
process, and the powder, if kept in
closed tins, cannot easily become con-
taminated.
2. It is easily digested and therefore
of great value in fighting summer
diarrhoea, an infantile disease which
in 1914 caused 15,297 deaths in Eng-
land and Wales of infants under one
year, and 27,152 in France, of infants
under two years.
3. It is more economical, as there
is no waste. The exact quantity re-
quired can be freshly made each time,
and it is no dearer than ordinary milk.
It keeps• longer; a tin of dried milk
will keep for weeks, even months, if
kept dry, and in this way it is prefer-
able to pasteurized er sterilized milk.
Should Be Carefully Mixed.
The chief disadvantage of dried
milk is that it is often badly diluted,
but this is the fault of the mixer, and
can be remedied by taking a litle more
care. Directions are always given on
the label, the correct proportions gen-
erally being ene teaspoonful of powder
to two tablespoonfuls of water. Re-'
member that only pure boiled water
must be used or else you may be fill-
ing baby's battle with the first cousins
of those same germs which were flied
in the drying process.
Dried milk does not replace moth-
er's milk for babies; nor does it re-
plaoe pure cow's milk if, by education
and 1egielation we can ensure a pure
supply. It can, however, very advan-
tageously replace the dirty" and dis-
ease -carrying liquid which finds its
way into many home&—League of Red
Cross Societies.
Canadian "huskies" photographed on Rabbit Island, which is the summer paradiso of the friend and companion of the trapper. Rabbit Island' is
situated near the mouth of the Hamilton River, Labradors
Home, "Sweet" Home.
The rooms in some homes are
musty; others are just ordinary; and
some have a most delightful and frag-
rant perfume.
It is not strong. but the air holds it
and wafts it refreshingly towards you.
Sometimes it reminds you of roses;
now of the elusive honeysuckle; now
of lavender.
Somewhere in the room there is a
jar of potpourri—that is the secret.
And anyone with a garden not of
necessity large—can quite easily pre -
para their own potpourri this summer,
Tho main ingredient is petal leaves.
picked fresh is the early morning and
dried in the sun. Roseleavcs should
be the greatest in quantity, and to
them can be added geranium (sweet-
scented),
sweetscented), lavender, cherry -pie, honey-
suckle, cloves, etc. The drying is
rather a lengthy business, and ten
days' exposure on a tray is not too
long.
Then sprinkle over the leaves crush-
ed cinnamon -bark, orris -root (obtain-
able at herbalists' and chemists), and
bay salt. A tablespoonful o1 each
would be sufficient. Mix thoroughly,
and then sprinkle, turning the leaves
as you do so, with about twenty drops
of oil of cloves•, oil of lavender, and
just a little oil of cinnamon. A minute
quantity of oil of musk can be added,
not only because a. little suffices, but
because it is expensive.
Now put in a wide-mouthed jar or
fern -bowl, and there is your pot-pourri.
It should be ,stirred occasionally, and
now and again examined to see if any
leaf has mould on it. Sometimes; a
leaf tstalk will not dry properly; ex-
amination will enable you to remove
it.
Tile jar must be kept in a dry
place—not near an open window, for
instance—and you Gan add to it year
by year. It will retain its subtle .frag-
rance indefinitely.
Japan Goes to Christopher
Wren.
Japan is evidently determined to re-
build Tokyo and Yokohama according
to the best ideas.
For this purpose it• has asked the
Corporation of London to allow her re-
presentatives to have acoets. to all re-
cords in existence relating to the
Wren reconstruction of the City fol-
lowing
ollowing the Great Fire.
Further dight en this• scheme has re
Gently been thrown by Mr. Sydney
Perks, the City Surveyor; and in par-
ticular he has got together a masa of
valuable iu.forrnation in 'regard to the
proposal of Wren for the 'construction
of agility, or embankment, "right along
the river -side.
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Changes Made by Electricity.
In 1882 arrangements were made to
have sixty electric lights, installed in
the annual exhibition in ..:Toronto as s
great novelty.' Now the hydro -electric
commission, which bas' its headquar•
ters in that city, lies 384,000 customers
taking electric light and power.
Washington Used Veto Twice.
Washington exercistecl his power of
veto only twice' during his two terms
In the. Presidency.
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Bacon Factory For Farmers.
Yorkshire farmers ..are to run
bacon factory, probably near Leeds, os
Dan1.311 flues: