The Exeter Times, 1920-7-8, Page 6Melissa Captures
� a Cheque Book
By „ALTA LAWSON LITTELL.
akia
• PART I.
The old cIo'ek in the sitting room
• had • wheezed eight at least fifteen
Minutes. ago and still Melissa scoured
$he kitchen knives. The separator
was yet to wash, bread was running
over far lack of mixing, green corn
was waiting to be cold packed, there
was pie to make for Dan, Sr,'s, dinner
and.- junket for Danny. Yet for five
minutes straight Melissa had scoured
the brick -defying spot just above the
handle of the meat knife. She was
thinking and the cause of her deep
abstraction was one of great impart-
• mice. She had decided that she was
entitled to a share in the family
pocket book, she owed it to Danny.
And when Melissa decided that any-
thing was owing to Danny it always
came. Knowing the opinion Dan held
of a woman's ability to handle money
• or her rights to any share in the farm
profits, she had about as much hope
of getting any as she had of being
elected Ontario's first woman Member
of Parliament. And Melissa had no
political wires laid
To be sure Dan had been different
ever since the nurse on the Baby
+special had labeled Danny 99 and
99-100 per cent. perfect, thereby vindi-
cating hit. mother's ideas on infant
feeding. But Melissa well knew that
feedirg his sort and touching hie pock-
etbook were su•:tjeets of widely differ-
ent importance where Dan was con-
cerned, Her own idea of a share in
the family income was a new one, for
litelissa had ben brought up with the
idea haat woman was created t.l serve.
There had bcce a meeting for farm
women in the Community Hall.
Mels. sa was at the meeting, There
were three speakers, two town women,
and a specialist from the agricultural
college. The town women did nct
iutereet her mucin. She knew them
and had heard their Iine of talk be-
fore -the beauty and glory of farm
life, the great Grid's outdoors, the im-
xnenee importance of the agriculturist.
She wondered since the wor'.: T'. as so
6Dglorious" awl ''inrport'int." why a
few more town women didn't come
• out and take lt up? As for enjoying
the outdoors, she Karel} had time to
look oras „ •':,h. all .- . f+t d se; drat
• Danis didn't fell of the porch and
break hi` neck. filings should am-
prove!
m-
prop; s•
The ep , i . ; t was a binek besinees-
like adman. with a k nd't seen end a °
enat•. ti he'1 meant e nt :I; ...
`"l:y:v •Iuany oi' you have money to
spent without a°-t:'ng 'h ui' abort it?"
she neked her audience. "I mean for
thin ee you ,.etu illy knew you need.
not t he ere iii .tie pC al try money for
grarrr:es
Tl ie was startling! But five of the
thin -five wolie l raised their hands.
"IIc,:v many ctf ;you can buy the
eididren the hocks and educational
thing's they should have, to say no-
tf1 nc about games and toys ? How l
me+iy of you ha: -e a fireless cooker? ;
How many have a washing machine?'
A g • ar eiectr ;eon? Food chop-
per.?- Grater? Egg beater? Egg
wised! Kitchen wagon? How man;;
• evert have plenty of common sharp
knives?" She shot the questions at
them,
One woman had a washing machine;
two had fireless cookers, perhaps a
dozen had food choppers. At least a
dozen women admitted they hadn't
eeongh sharp knives to work with.
Several ha:l no mixing bowl,
"How many have a phonograph?"
.she I•miled as nearly every hand went
up. '"Cream separator? Farm ma-
chinery? yes, they help bring in the
money in a direct way. I counted 20
out in front. Yet phonographs, autos
and cream separators cost hundreds
of times what sharp knives, egg beat-
ers mai fireless cookers east,
"If you had money o7 your very
own, to spend as you liked without
being asked what you did with it,
what would you do w th it?"
"Buy a washing machine," a frail
little woman in the front row spoke
up. "Seems as if the washing is the
!hardest thing I do, If I could make
Unit easier—" "I can wash all day,
but trotting back and forth to a hot
stove after irons just beats me out,"
said a heavy -set woman.
"I'd get an oil stove," broke in a
third, "It just seems as if I never
could get through another summer in
my box of a kitchen with a coal
range."
"Why don't you have the money?"
the speaker challenged; "There must
be money in the family or you couldn't
have phonographs and cars. This is
acknowledged to be the most prosper-
ous section of the province; I haven't
seen a neglected faun nor a tumble-
down building. You women are all
well dressed. You earn half the money.
Why don't you claim it? Just how
long would the home machinery run
if you stopped? How long can men
work if they don't eat? What would
'he' say if you were to tell him to-
morrow you were going to take a
month off? You may not raise the
crops but you're 'the man behind the
gun,' all right! If you haven't money,
it's your own fault,"
"Yes, but how are you going about
to get it?" a drooping -mouthed wo-
man asked plaintively. "I think the
same as you do and I've said so times
enough but it never got me a cent."
"That's for each woman to find out
for herself. I don't know your hus-
bands," laughed the speaker. "I can't
tell you how to manage your partic-
ular man but I do know every man is
putty in a woman's hands if she goes
at him the right way."
Melissa in the rear row of seats
kept silence while the discussion
raged. Her passive face registered
no interest and the lecturer would
have said she,. was the only one un-
touched. Yet of then all she was the
only one who really took the talk
seriously. The thought of money to
her own had sometimes occurred to
her but only as a glorious dream never
actually to be experienced. Here came
a woman who told her that half Dan's
money belonged to her and she was
to be blamed if she didn't claim it.
The woman looked as if she knew
what she was talking about. More -
Lover, she gave what was to Melissa
the one working argument; she was
entitled to it to spend for Danny. If
slie had money, she could have a gate
for the porch, a fenced -in pen under
the apple tree, linen picture books—
everything she now just wished she
could get. It was new doctrine to
Melissa who had always heard that
wives should submit themselves to
their husbands. But it sounded right.
This morning the intoxicating
thought of money of her own held up
the wheels of progress in her usually
busy kitchen. Dan's voice in the pantry
brought her suddenly back to earth.
"What's this stuff running all over
the shelf here?" he demanded.
"My bread!"
Melissa forced her mind firmly back
to realities. Bread must not spoil
though the family finances hung in
the balance. It was cne of those days
in summer when tired farm women
wonder if they really ever were girls
a few short years before. Dan called
for help outside; the neighbor's
chickens got into the garden and
spoiled a full .bushel of tomatoes for
sale; the canning peaches ordered for
next week arrived that afternoon; and
just at twenty minutes after five, the
neighbor down the road telephoned
that the threshers would be on hand
for supper! She had expected them
the next night.
Melissa felt she earned at least
seventy-five per cent. of that day's
income. Dan had been sitting on a
binder seat all day, an umbrella over
his head and iced drinks carried out
to him every time he cared to whistle
when he turned the corner by the barn.
All doubts as to the righteousness of
her eause vanished when Danny tum-
bled down the porch steps and got a
black eye. If she had a dollar of her
own, she could have the gate she had
asked for a dozen times.
(To be concluded next issue.)
Fire Loss in 1919.
Paid to insurance corn -
pe ales $40,000,000
Upkeep of fire depart-
ments and interest on
investment in equipment 8,700,000
Losses not covered by
insurance 5,800,000
A. total a... , , . $54,500,000
This was a direct charge against
the production of Canada for 1919,
Smiles and Sighs.
'There was a girl who always said
Her fate was very hard;
From the one thing she wanted
moot
She always was debarred.
And yet her sister, strange to
say,
Whose lot was quite the same,
Found something pleasant for
herself
In every day that came.
So one girl sighed and one girl
smiled
Throughall their lives to-
gether;
It didn't come from luck or fate,
From clear or cloudy weather.
The reason lay with thelr hearts,
And catered all outside;
One chose to hope, and ane to
mope,
And sa they smiled and sighed.
and it was paid by those who produce;
it was the penalty for neglect of one
of the first essentials of property
protection—fire prevention.
Canada is riot in any position to
continue this policy of laissez faire
in regard to the fire waste. Houses
are scarce and building costs are ex-
ceedingly high. To relieve the hous-
ing situation, governments and muni-
cipal councils are advancing money or
pledging public credit for building
purposes.
Regardless of this condition, how-
ever, reports of Provincial Fire Mar-
shalls show that, last year, fires oc-
curred in
57 2
9 dwellings
> in Ontario,
and in Saskatchewan 603 dwellings
suffered from fire.
BERMUDA TO KEEP
ITS TERCENTENARY
OLD.TIMFRS THERE WHO
NEVER SAW A TRAIN,
Group of Coral Islands Under
British Rule Since
1609.
Bermuda, the oldest remaining Brie
tis•b. "plantation," Is preparing to cete-
brate its tercentenary this Autumn,
for which purpose $10,000 have been
appropriated, says a despatch from
Hamilton, the capital city. Sines the
Prince of Wales announced recently
that he meant to pay a call on his.
royal subjects, they hit on the sohente
of combining two festive occasions
and having one grand affair on October
7, when the Renown, with the heir to
the throne aboard, is to cast anchor
there,
It was August 1, 1620, that the
Colonial Parliament held its first sit-
ting, but as the royal engagements.
cannot very well be altered, it was
thought wise to set back the gala date.
For nearly 300 years the business of
governing this little outpost of the
Empire has gone on. under the same
forms without material change. It is
but natural that the 20,000 inhabitants
of this 30 square miles of coral rock
should wish to honor their aged con-
stitution,
Originally founded by a .shipwreck-
ed company under Sir George Somers,
destined for Virginia in. 1609, these
isolated islands have remained con-
tinuously under British rule.
Revenues are raised chiefly from
tariff dues. No land . taxes are levied
by the colony. There is a very light
tax on realty in the parishes and the
proceeds are used for maintenance of
the poor.
There are no divorse laws in Ber-
muda
eimuda and only one breach -of -promise
case was ever tried there. Most of
the cases on the calendar involve
bicycle stealing, assault, petty theft;
there is little serious crime, though
in a region where everyone rides a
wheel the theft of a bicycle is regard-
ed somewhat as horse stealing was in
the West a few years ago.
There are old-timers who have never
set eyes on a train, or a trolley car;
but of late they have had the satisfac-
tion. of seeing flying -boats circling
through the air.
Innovations of any kind are apt to
be looked on with some suspicion. The
majority is conservative and that is
perhaps why so much sentiment is at-
tached to the coming celebration of
the 300 -year-old constitution.
Controversy
Two persons • who are thrown- to-
gether frequently are pretty sure to
discover that on some subjects they
hold different opinions. Whether
those subjects are of vital importance.
or not, the difference in. opinion is
liable to lead to controversy. Indeed,
it sometimes • seems that the more in-
significant the subject the more bitter
the controversy that will rage over it.
No one really enjoys controversy.
Many people enjoy half a controversy
—their own half. They get restless
and impatient and often angry during
the other half, and invariably the bit-
terness that springs from a contro-
versy overshadows the temporary
pleasure that each participant derives
from it. Since that is the case, why
are people so foolish as ever to take
part in controversy?
Of course the impelling motive is
akin, to that which urges a man to de-
fend his firm convictions when they
are attacked. To most people their
opinions and even their prejudices are
as dear as their principles; and they
regard it as cowardly to keep silent
when same one expresses contrary
opinions. The mere expression of in. -
harmonious views need not result in
controversy, but it usually does, A
man who finds that his companion
does not share his strong opinions or
determined prejudices is often not
satisfied with clinging to them in
silence; he will usually seek to impose
them on the person who disagrees
with him. Once embarked upon con-
troversy, a pair who at other times
may be amiable and quiet will give
way to temper, raise their voicesand
adopt a tone of sneering sarcasm.
Most persons who thus misconduct
themselves repent afterwards and re-
gret even the half of the controversy
that for the time being they enjoyed.
They suspect that their opponents
think less of them and care less for
Undoubted) thegreater proportion, Undoubtedly p p
of the monetary loss resulted from f
fires in large properties, but these. 0
dwellings where fires occurred werelh
the homes of employers or employees
in our industries. It is only reason-
able to suppose that the careless
householder will be the careless work-
er—that the sante degree of neglect
of precautions against fire will be
evident. Private dwellings provided
by far the greatest number of our
fires; each of these fires is a potential
conflagration, and yet no authority
exists for a compulsory inspection of
dwelling houses for fire dangers. With
such a record as the above, fire de-
partinents and fire inspectors should
Abe provided with such authority, and
employers should in every manner
promote education in fire prevention
among their employees.
Mtnard's Liniment used by Physician&
them than before. Perhaps :s t
he of -
encs is mutual—split, in the language
f the day, fifty-fifty; that means per-
aps that the friendship cols on both
sides.
Mistakes and Come -Backs,
When the plumber makes a mistake
he charges twice for it.
When a lawyer makes a mistake he
has a chance to try the case all over
again.
When a carpenter makes a mistake
it's just what he expected.
When a doctor makes a mistake he
buries it,
When a Judge makes a mistake it
becomes a lave of the land.
When a. preacher makes a mistake
nobody knows the difference.
13u when an editor makes a mistake
—good night.
Canada has 22 universit<es.
The Recessional.
God of our fathers, known of old,
Lord of our far-flung battle line,
Beneath whose awful hand we hold
Dominion over palm and pine:
Lord God of hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget, lest we forget.
The tumult and the shouting dies;
The captains and the kings depart
Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice,
An humble and a contrite heart:
Lord God of hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget, lest we forget.
Far called our navies melt away,
On dune and .headland sinks the fire;
Lo, all our pomp of yesterday
'Is one with Nineveh and Tyre!
judge of the nations, spai:e us yet,
Lest we forget, lest we forget.
If, drunk with sight of power, we loose
Wild tongues that have not Thee in
- Such boastings as the 4Gentiles use, ''.
Or lesser breeds without the law:
Lord God of hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget, lest we forget.
For heathen heart that puts her trust
In reeking tube and iron shard;
All valiant dust that builds on dust,
And guarding calls not Thee to guard
For frantic boast and foolish word,
Thy mercy on Thy people, Lodi.
—Rudyard Kipling.
awe,
Make Cool Drinks for Hot Days.
Grape float: One. cupful of grape
juice, one pint of ginger ale, juice of
one lemon, one-half cupful of orange
juice, three tablespoonfuls of sugar.
Add sugar to lemon and orange juice;
when the sugar is -dissolved, add ice,
grape j•uioe and ginger ale. Serve as
soon as cold.
Pineapple -orange punch: One quart
of cold water, two cupfuls of sugar,
two cupfuls of pineapple juice, one-
half cupful of lemon juice, one cupful
of orange juice. Put cold water, sugar
and pineapple juice into an agateware
saucepan, place over the fire and
bring to boiling point. Add lemon
and orange juice, cool, then dilute with
ice water according to strength de-
sired.
Cherry vinegar makes an agreeable
beverage. Slightly mash two quarts
of cherries which have been pitted
and pour over them a quart of vine-
gar. Put into an earthen vessel,
cover and keep in a cool place for
two days, then strain. To each pint
of liquid add three-fourths of a pound
of sugar. Boil for fifteen minutes,
bottle and seal. Before serving dilute
with water to taste.
Tea punch: One quart of tea, one
cupful of pineapple juice, one slice
of pineapple cut into_:,..cubes, six
maraschino cherries, six sprigs of
mint, six slices of orange. To the tea,
which has been coaled, add the pine-
apple juice, pineapple cubes and cher-
ries. Chill and pour into glasses con-
taining crushed ice. Place a sprig of
mint in each glass, at.one side of the
ice. Add the slice of orange and serve
with straw's such as are used for soda
water, if desired'.
Iced cocoa: Onequart of milk, three
tablespoonfuls of cocoa, four table-
spoonfuls of sugar, one-eighth tea-
spoonful of salt, one-half cupful of hot
water. Mix the dry ingredients well
in a saucepan, gradually add hot
water and cook over the fire until
thickened, stirring constantly. Add
scalded milk, slowly at first, then beat
with an egg -beater until smooth. Chill
and serve in iced -tea glasses with a
topping of whipped evaporated milk
or whipped cream.
To keep beverages cool for those
who are working in the fields,procure
a tin pail having a tightly fitting lid.
Put a layer of sawdust one inch thick
in the bottom of the pail. On this
stand a bottle -filled with the icy -cold
beverage, •cork the bottle tightly and
wrap around it a piece of cardboard
or heavy wrapping paper. Fill the ,
space between the bottle and the sides '
of the pail with sawdust and placed
several layers Y of heavy paper (cut cut -to
fit) over the top. Piaoe the lid on
the pail and the contents of the bottle i
will keen coed for several hours. If i
the bottle is taken out of ins wrappers
with care, the pail can be kept ready
for use for an indefinite time.
How To Pack a Trunk.
Now that vacation time has come,
every girl will be glad of _a few sug-
gestions that will help her to pack
delicate frocks and waists in such a
way that they will come out un-
wrinkled at the •endof a journey.
If your trunk has "several trays,
packing is not so difficult; 'but even
then you must take care to have
everything smooth and tight. If you
have many books to pack, it is a good
plan to have d false ,'bottom made to
fit the trunk. When ' that has beeii
filled with books, 'it can be securely
strapped down to the bottom by.
straps nailed in place. Or you can
use a heavy pasteboard box that fits
the bottom of the trunk. In case you
wish to pack only one or two books,
fasten rubber tapes along the inside
of the trunk and slip the, books into
them.. Books packed loosely will slide
about and disarrange lighter articles.
If there is only one tray, use pack-
ing boxes for the clothes. If you pack
the garments smooth and tight, a
small apace will hold a good many.
Choose boxes that fit well together.
Use long boxes for the skirts and the
dresses, and fasten bits of muslin
inside each box at both ends. Then
pin the garments to the strips of
muslin with safety pins, and tie the
box lids on with tape. Smaller boxes
may be used for shirt waists and col-
lars and other neckwear may be pack-
ed in envelopes and placed in the box
with the waists. Shoes also should
be placed in boxes.
That is a•good way to pack a trunk
when you intend to make frequent
short stops on the way, for unpacking
will be easy, since the boxes can be
removed without disturbing the rest
of the contents of the trunk.
Packing boards are useful for skirts
and dresses. They may be either
light wooden boards or pieces of heavy
cardboard cut to the size of the trays.
Cover them with some light-colored
material and fasten tapes at inter-
vals along the edges. Lay a skirt or
a drese on one of the boards and tie
it in place with the tapes. To make.
it more secure, put a safety pin
through the tape and a bit of the
garment. If you are short of closet.
room in the house in which you are
a guest, prop the boards against the
wall and keep the skirts or the dresses
on them; in that case covers should
be made that will slip over the pack-
ing !boards.
The secret of packing a trunk, no
matterwhat system is followed, is to
have everything as smooth and as
tight as possible, and so fastened in
place that it cannot slip when the
trunk is handled roughly or set on
end.
Fruit For Jelly Making.
A. combination of pectin, acid -and
sugar in the proper proportions is
essential in order to make a good
jelly. The best jelly is made from
fru.ts which contain both acid and
pectin. Fruits which are underripe
contain more pectin and are therefore
more satisfactory for jelly making.
Strawberries and cherries are among
the fruits which contain acid but are
deficient in pectin. Pears and quinces
contain a n pectin
but are deficient in
acid, If the missing constituent be
added to these fruits, jelly with a
e01er anti ilagn, of th.e, fruit $elected
:.air be made.
Pectin cat be obtained from oranges
and grapefruit skins. Cut or serape
the yellow rind from the peel, Put
the white portion through the food
chopper and weigh.
ror each pound, add two pounds of
water and four teaspoonfuls of lemon
juice, Mix thoroughly and allow it
to stand fifteen minutes. Add two
pounds mote of water, boil ten min-
utes and let stand over night.
Next morning (boil the mixture ten
minutes and allow to cool. Press to
remove juice and then drain the juice.
through a flannel bag, If pot;tlesired
for immediate use, boil and "seal while
hot.
For jelly; use equal parts of tile pe
tin extract and the desired fruit
juice, Boll, .add sugar and continue
as with any jelly.
Wash the fruit, remove stems and.
cores and cut large fruit into pieces,
With berries, grapes and currants, add
one cupful of water for each pound of
fruit, For apples, quinees and other
hard fruits, add • three cupfuls; of
water to each pound of pared and
sliced fruit. Cook until tender. Fruit
juices flow more freely when heated.
As soon as the fruit is tender the
liqu;:d should be squeezed through
cheese -cloth then allowed to drip with-
out pressure through a flannel jelly
bag, If the fruit is overcooked, a
cloudy jelly is apt to result, After
cooling the juice to roomtemperature,
test it to determine the amount of
sugar necessary for the pectin pres-
ent.
Do not attempt to cook a large
quantity of the juice at one time over
'a slow flame. A shallow depth of
juice cooked rapidly produces jelly
having a better color and consistency.
When the proportion of sugar
juice has been determined, rneasnre
the fruit juice and place over the fire
to cook. When the juice begins to
boil add the sugar immediately and
stir until -the sugar is dissolved. When
the sugar is added at this time there
is less danger of crystals forming.
After the sugar is dissolved cook the
juice as rapidly as possible,
The best means of determining
when jelly is finished is to -test it with
a spoon or paddle. Dip the spoon in
the boiling mass, remove, cool by
moving it back and forth for a few
seconds and then allow the jelly to
drip from it. As long as there is
syrup present it will run from the
spoon. Whenthe jelly pont is reach-
ed it will break from the spoon in
flakes or sheets. Remove from the
fire immediately and skim. Skinning
at this time saves waste. After skim-
ming pour at once into hot sterilized
glasses and set aside to cool. Cool
as rapidly as possible.
Place the glasses away from • flies !
and from dust, which may give con-
tamination with mold if it reaches
them.
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Up-to-Ddte Gypsies.
The gypsy caravans drawn by
horses, which were once a feature of
their picturesque encampment, are
passing, for the automobile has dis-
placed the animals. These people
travel around in high-powered cars in
which have been incorporated some
of the resplendent features of the old-
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