The Brussels Post, 1919-6-26, Page 2Used in Millions
Its Intrinsic goodness in Tea
Quality - makes it the most
Economical in Use -
keeping Ants From the Home.
Nearly every one is familiar with
ants and knows something of their'
habits, ,structure, erode of living, etc.
They vary in size from the tiny red;
ant that is so frequently found in
the kitchen and pantry, about one,;
sixteenth of an inch in length, to the
large, black carpenter -ant that lives'
in decayed stumps or old timbers. i
They occur in all parts of the world
from the dry .and aril deserts to time
damp tropical ]ca1 forests, and
from
the,torrid zone to the arctic circle
The housewife goes to the .pantry,,
some summer's day, to get some cake:
and finds that the frosting is covered
with tiny red ants. Further investiga-
tion reveals then in the butter, sugar.
and running all over everything ap-
parently. Sometimes it is the larger,
black species which carried its love'
for sweet things to the sugar bowl.
'
How am I to get rid of them? It is,
of course, useless to try and kill then]
one at a time, like "swatting the fly."
The first step is to take everything
out of the :meted place, clean every-,
thing, burning papers, and throw
away or clean out any infested foods.'
Any foods that are likely to attract
this insect like cake, bread; sugar,!
meat and similar subsLanwes, should,
be placed in ant -proof metal contain
ers or set over a dish of water in
which the ants will drown in trying:
to get at the food. The sourer of the
colony should be located. If it be,
under the floor or in the wall the
liberal use of carbon bisulphide will
soon kill the queen and attendant
ants. An old wood -box may be the
seat of the trouble or its nest may be
in the ground near the back porch.
In using the carbon hisnlphide care
must be taken that no light or fire
is near, as it is very inflammable.
If ants like the sweet things in the
cupboards one of the best remedies
is to mix one part of tartar emetic
with twenty parts of extracted
honey. Syrup may be used in the •
absence of the honey. Put this in
small saucers and place where the
ants will have access to it, but where
it is inaccessible to the children or
household pets. If the ants are
grease eaters use grease instead of
the honey in the same proportions as
above.
If ants are troublesome in lawns
or in the garden, where they are
building their nests, they can he
killed even more rapidly than in the
house. Drench the nests with boiling
water or pour into them a small
quantity of kerosene or coal nil. An-
other method is to inject bisulphide
of carbon into the nests, the quantity
of the chemical depending upon the
size of the nests. After this fluid
has been pourer] in, the entrance to
the nest should be closed by a blank-
et or inverted pan placed over it in
order to retain the chemical. The
fumes of the bisulphide will pentrate
slowly through the underground
channels and kill the ants,
Child Laborers.
Does the compulsory school at-
tendance law pretest children from
heavy work and long hours in the
fields? There are interested and
vigorous school officers who do their
best to enforce the law; but even at
best the period of attendance requir-
ed is meagre. There is always a
loophole through which children may
be piped to work,
If Canada is to be a country of
healthy and intelligent people, both
parents and children must realize
that school is better than work for
children until they are sixteen. It is
quite true that "the more you learn
the more you'll earn."
Most of us think of the farm as
an ideal place, and no one can ques-
tion the wholesomeness of mucin in
farm life. But we have learned that
it is not wise to take it for granted
that all country life in Canada makes
a chld happy and healthy. It must
be admitted that too much farm labor
interferes shockingly with the child's
schooling, overtaxe, his strength, and
impairs 'his future usefulness.
Again—The Fly.
With Germany disposed of, our
thoughts can again turn to the at-
home problem of disposing of that
ever-present
menece—the fly,
The swatter—to be sure, no house
is home without a fly swatter ani a
baby and where there's a baby there
ought to be two swatters, one fur
father and the other for mother to;
use.
Poison—any and all kinds, hut if
should be kept high enough to be'
well out of the reach of children and
domestic animals. If insect po;vder,
is used be careful not to scatter it
about the room and then close the:
doors, forgetting Dickie the canary,'
Birds are very susceptible to any
thing that shuts off their supply of
pure air. •
Tanalefoot—plenty of it. Hang'
the kind that comes in rolls from the
gas jet and if sister ruts against it
and carries the ball off attached to
her backhair, neer mind. Yatl are'
waging a great war, and who cant
stop to think of trifles. The kitten'
may wrap herself in it, to her terror,;
and father may sit on the sheet you
have laid, for just a moment, in his
favorite chair, but it catches files as
well, and that is the real issue. l
Formablehyde—that is perhaps•
best of all. In an old saucer put a'
mixture composed of ten parts of
formaldehyde, eighty-eight parts of
water and tura parts of sugar in the:
centre of the dish put a small sponge
and set where it will not be disturb-'
ed. The flies drink the mixture and
die almost immediately. With this
as with all other poisons be very'
careful to keep well out of the reach
of domestic animals, children and
careless people. It's the fly you are
after,
Love's Labor.
What have I done to -day, now let
me think,
I haven't read the book I should
have read;
I didn't make that call op Mrs. Brink.
I Nor spend the youth -restoring hour
1 in bed.
Nor massage out the wrinkle in my
cheek,
I didn't bake the fruit -cake, but
may -be
I wrought as well—I sang my son!
to sleep,
Close cuddled and content upon my
knee.
What have I done to-day?—I missed
the Guild
And quite forgot my shopping trip
to town;
My music rack with treasure amply
filled,
I left the cover of my organ down.
I didn't sew the new flower on my
hat,
But son and I played marbles on
the floor,
And there was virtue quite as much
in that
Perchance than though I had ac-
complished more.
What have I done to -day ?—now let
me see,
I've put the paltry things from out
my soul,
I've mothered Laddie and he's played
with me
And we've been happy; making
that •my goal.
I've learned why God, creating hu-
man kind
Made Mothers to be guarded safe
from harms,
To train a baby's active, eager mind,
To holo a little lad in loving arms,
Youth Writes a Letter to Love
By EVELYN GILL,
PARTI,
If you've had any one in Prance,•
you know shoat Alary llopkius; fat•
even the men rho had never nursed
talk about her. They say there has
never been anyone like her for just
]seeping you up. For, when woman's
tenderness would have broken you
down so that you couldn't have gone
en enduring, it was the cool, firm
grip of her hand that brought you
through the pain -stricken night.
Mary Hopkins ---as homely end'
commonplace as the rubbers you
wear on a sternly day) Even as a girl;
she was like that: square -shouldered,'
square -chinned, with heavy eye-;
brows and heavy straight hair. She,
led her high-school class in maths-'
matics, and had fewer partners at -
the class dello than any other girl.;
It. was then that she made up het•
mind that she wasn't ever likely to'
have an especially good time in life,
and she might as well devote herself.
to a noble career. She chose nurs-
ing.
And it's a curious fact that the
first kiss she ever had—excepting, of
course, those from relatives and
others that don't count—was the one
young Godfrey Hammond gave her
the spring she was nursing his little
brother and sister through bronchitis;
the spring that she almost gave up
nursing to take a rooming house with
her sister ter Bessie
Th way he happened kiss her
Theh e ed to s e
pP
was this: he stole a custard from the
tray she was carrying upstairs to the
little invalids, stole it like a bad child,
and then kissed her like an imperti-
nent one. It did queer things to her.
It made her hands tremble over the
dishes so that they clattered and spil-
led their contents. Then she told
herself sternly that she wasn't get-
ting out of doors enough nowadays,
which was bad for her nerves, quite
as if she had not just been kissed on
the stairs.
And this was the way, too, that
she dealt with herself during the sub-
sequent days when she and Godfrey
were of necessity thrown much to-
gether, since Mr, Hammond was
hone only for week -ends, and Mrs.;
Hamm and had breakfast in beef and
usually had her lunches at the coun-'
try club,
Even with two sick children in the
house, Mrs. Hammond treated her
maternity as if it were really one
of life's ornaments. She usually
stopped in passing the sickroom, it
is true, for kisses and to say pretty
things tc the children. But the night
the little girl grew worse, there were
only Godfrey and frightened servants
to help the nurse. That is the night
he said to her, "Mugging" (which
was the children's name for her),
"Muggins, you are a darling."
That was the first night, too, she
dreamed of him—a dream of strange
tenderness,
"Potato salad," she said to herself
next morning; "that potato salad at
supper. I ought to have had more
sense."
She found it necessary, too, to keep
reminding herself that, even if he
was twenty-one and only two years
younger than herself, he was ]merely
one of the Hammond youngsters, two
of whom she was nursing through
ibronchitis,
But he was lonelier than the other
(children. He had a way of wandering
restlessly about the verandah in the
evenings when his father and mother
CENTURY•OLD JEWS.
"Chosen People" Enjoy en Average
Longer Life Than Any Other Race,
A marked distinction between the
Jew and his neighbor is his longevity.
This is attributed to the strict dietary
laws of time "chosen race," and to the
frequent ablutions which their re•
llgious ceremonial demands.
It is a truly significant tact that
those ,sews villa abstain train eating
pork are prectieahly free from cancer.
Apparently, if the Jews know )mow to
tuicumulatc nmoney, they also know
how topreserve good health, for they
enjoy reumrkal?lc immunity from con•
sumptioii, cholera, and typhus, In
1148, when the Black Death was rag-
ing tht'oughout Englund, the Jews
were exempt from the plague,
Jews are, of course, subject to the
ordinary ailments of life, but they can
boast of an average longer life than
any other race.
Among tho Jewish community it is
not uncommon to hear of a core-
Iigienist who has "topped the (T11 -
Wry!'
rrr.� •.
;ask rot aaiazalvl'o one take no Other,
were not there, and then starting out
alone in his little car, She often'
thought of him driving, driving alone
through the summer evenings, and
said to herself, "Poor ]cid!"
It was queer how everything,
brought their live; together those'.
days. It was really she who gave
ilium his excuse for going into the
stationery shop that day. They were'
at• the luncheon table, Mrs, Ilam -
mond, Godfrey, ;and herself --who;
was a marvelously efficient person
in the sick-rocm, but here at the,
silver -lavished table of the Ilam
mends a little awkward and nut of
place. The very ease and charm of;
the Hammonds, mother and son,!
seemed to accentuate her awkward-
ness, making her appear by compari-
son someone who distinctly belonged;
among turpentine stoups and salt rubs)
and thermometers and poultices.
That day at luncheon she had;
spoken of a magazine article on in-'
fantile paralysis that she wanted to!
read, and Godfrey had risen to very,
unusual gallantry. "I']1 get the','
magazine for you, Mugging, this
afternoon," he told her,
"I can get it myself," she told him
brusquely.
"Muggins," protested Godfrey, "I'll
bet a cooky you have a turnip where
Then interposed Mrs. Hammond,)
you ought to have a heart."
patronizing as always.
"Do let himg et the magazine if
he wants to be useful, Muggins. Its
may never happen again."
So it was really Muggins, uncon-
siously aided and abetted by God-
frey's mother, who was responsible
for his errand to the stationery shop
that afternoon, He would have gone,
it .is true, anyhow; bt.t in case other;
customers might be there he was
glad of the excuse of the magazine.;
And so, almost suffocating with,
joy of expectancy, he went into the
little shop where the shopkeeper's!
slim, blond daughter Mary sometimes
waited on customers.
He was right in thinking he would'
find her there, for this was the time:
of day when she usually deigned to!
exchange magazines and newspapers
for small coins across her father's
counter, crooking the little finger of
her over -white, orer-ringed, over -
manicured hand as she did it.
She was chatting, as Godfrey en-
tered, with a stout, middle-aged man
wearing a very bad necktie pierced
through by a horseshoe scarfpin. She
did not look at Godfrey as he entered,
but he knew instinctively that she
i and one
was aware of his presence,
p
ringed hand went up to give a satis-
fied pat to the blond hair in a flat
scallop against her cheek.
There was an ingratiating sound
in the fat man's voice that Godfrey
did not like. He wanted to kick him
cut; he longed for the day when he
would have the right to say that his
Mary should never again stand be-
hind her father's counter.
Then he heard something that
paralyzed him.
"All right, dear," the hard, little
voice of the girl was saying, "I'll
wait for you this evening."
"Dear," she had said. "Dear!"
And she was saying it to that revolt-
ing beast of a fat man! A certain
sickening numbness came over him.
Even when the customer had gone he
could do nothing but stand there and
gaze at her.
(To be continued.)
Don't Look For Flaws.
Don't look for flaws as you go through
life,
And even when you find them
it is wise and kite, to bo somewhat
blind
And look for the virtue behind them,
For the cloudiest night has a hint of
light
Somewhere hi its shadow hiding,
It is better far to hunt for a star
Than the spots on the sun abiding,
The current of life runs every way
To the boson of God's great ocean,
Don't set your fare 'gainst tine river's
course,
And think to altar Js motion;
Don't waste a curse on the universe,
Remember it lived before you,
Don't butt at the storm. with your puny
forty
But bend and let it fly o'er you.
The world will never adjust itself
To suit your whim to the letter,
Same things roust go wrong your
whole life long,
And the sooner you know it the
better;
It is folly to fight with the infinite,
And go murder at last in the wrestle,
The wiser tea] shapes into God's plan,
As time water shapes into the vessel.
Ella Wheeler 'Wilcox.
PIRAYING IBY PROXY
Government of India Sofeguards
Native Iteliginun Cus'ioms.
Praying try elcetrichty is practiced
by the 13” "isist in India. The pray-
ers, writtt i r11 long piper bands, are
wrapped radii(' a wheel, and oath
turn of tha wheel is equivalent to
one rcpetti_,n cf the prayier. The
pions native believe:, that the greater
number of revaIutic,av of his prayer -
wheel the lsett ' will his prayers he
answered, en 1 he either turns it, by
hand, 1:1' let s t sod or water turn
Kees ACiaard's xlniment in the koaae,
The watercourses, of India are now
being harnessed for the purpose of
producing electricity, and but for the
thoughtful care of the Government
the native would be deprived of one
means of turning his prayer -wheel,
especially in the hot weather.
The Government, to overcome this
difficulty, and safeguard the religious
customs and traditions of the natives,
compels the electric companies to
equip the wheels with motors, and
supply the necessary current to turn
them during the dry season. This is
to be done free of all charge to the
natives.
Up To You!
It's a gloomy day, a tomby day,
A blue and dismal rainy day,
A sad, forlorn and tearful day,
if you would mance it so.
A lonesome clay, a sighing clay,
A cheerless and a crying flay,
A "what's the use in trying" clay—
It's up to you, you know,
It's a`glorious clay, a happy day,
A joyous and a buoyant day,
A merry. laughing, snappy day,
If you would ]make it so,
A brilliant slsiy, a sunny day,
A rare, 11 fah', a funny day,
A "good for making money" day—
Tt's up to you, you know.
A COLORED SOLDIER'S FEAT,
Won Renown by Stopping n German
Raid Shtgle•h„nded.
Standing off e German raiding party 1
did not •detuand the hardest lighting of
the war, but it called for quick action
and, in the experience of enc colored
soldier, a at•uggle against tremendous
odds. When Sergi:. Johnston of the
;;60tH U.S. infantry, who wears the
French war cross, landed 111 New York
Ile told the following story to tt report•
or of the Evening World:
"You see, it was this way'," he he.
gam. "I was off post with Needham
Roberts. Along 'bout two o'clock I
said to myself, 'I bear some snippiti'
of them wires out there,' and I called
Roberts,- but while he was a-comin' I
reached down and slid the lid Offen a
box of hand grenades. lie didn't come;
so I put 'am in a row up in front of
ale,
"They kept on snippin' my wires,
and I let go with a grenade. Then I
grabbed my rills and let go with thlr•
tyone clips of bullets. Some Gorman
bullets come flyiu' back, and I yells
down to Roberts, 'Better come on up
here'. Every Dutchman in the waocls
is out here, and I'm goin' out and take
tat trill,'
"Roberts tushed up, but he went
right down, shot in the trip and through
his arum I was such tossin' out dens
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150 Craig at. W. =entree]
A Ready Explainer.
"Tommy, your lead is wet. You've
been in swimming against my orders."
"No, pn. I was jnet standin' on the
bank watchkn; the other boys when
that little Tompkins kid did a .belly-
buster'
bellybuster' an splashed me.,,
"Then, wiry wasn't your hat wet?"
"I had it in my hand, pa, Fannin'
myself."
1 "Umph! I guess 1'11 have to make a
haul grenades, boss, but It.oberts, a- lawyer out of yon, sou."
fumblin' with his arm, got in my way,
'"Get on down in youah hole!' I
yells to him. 'Pass me them grenades
and git away from mak feet. And
pass 'em quick!' Then I grabbed mah
gun and was a-pumpin' it to 'em when
the thing stuck, So Ah jes' jumped
up and started after 'cru with mah gun,
hard and heavy. Soon as
ire stir it v
a-sw g Y
racked a few it busted u ]
Ali c 1. too.
"Ah didn't stop to ask no introduc-
tions er excuse myself, but jes' sailed
in, a•grabbin' out mah French bolo,
when oral] gun went bad. One yelled
in English, 'Oh, that black brute has
got me! Rush him- Rush hien!'
"'Yes, you -all rush me and ATM
sure try and git you!' 1 sez to myself.
I saw one guy that looked like a loot.
nett and I made for him, Boss. Ah
was a-gaoin' strong and suah made
'cut step some. But then some Ger-
man got me down on mah knees, when
he done whanged me with the butt of
his gun. Whew! it suah hurt, but Ah
jes' kept on a-grabbin' one and tossin'
him right over my shoulder.
"Ah guess that row musta lasted
a ]calf a hour before they got relief
out to ate. Ah was pretty well mussed
up, and so was Roberts. But the ken-
nel took good care of us and kept me
with the regiment, and Ah knowed Ah
had tried hard to be a good soldier, so
Ah was happy."
Soldiers Talk in Sleep.
Observations on soldiers in military
]Hospitals, as given by Dr, 15. Coolant;
I in the British Medical Journal, show
that 60 prir, cent, of time men in one
ward tallterl in their sleep with con-
versations going on between hods.
The sleepers answered questions and
1 gave away eercets.
The ex -Emperor William II. was
the first king of Prussia who aver lost
his throne,
UNIVERSITY
SINGSTCN,
ONTARIO
ARTS
Part of the Arts course may be covered by
correspondence.
MEDICINE EDUCATION
APPLIED SCIENCE
Mining, Chemical, Civil,
Mechanical and Electrical
Engineering
SUMMER SCRg6L FIAUi<AT1611 SCiiact
July and August. December to April
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WHEN TOMMY SETS OUT ON THE
FINAL HOME TISIP.
A Happy Littre Sketch of a Daily In-
cident "Over There During
Deinobllleation.
"1;n ruuto „
1Luu':.ello, the Iruu • conductress,
gave her shrill, familia' call, blew her
whistle, waved off mall hogs who
hung an to the open-air trailer, and
swung along the footboard for fares,
"Parlez T" she inquired, noticing the
kit of n couple of khaki then, as site
Melted tiff a titin paper ticket from her
filo for them.
"OM. Auglel••rro; and no return
this time!" rtpliled one, passing over
itis coppers.
"Compree?" asked his ctutpanlom,
"Gu!. oaf," said Atatn'sclle, putting
the money in her eatulnel. "Cost gootl-
I bye, Wiest ee pias?
1
They nodded, and 1Unni sellc, who
has learnt to adapt herself to all
things and all peoples, smiled at them
understandingly, as she went on to
other fates.
Down the straight ftimiliar Route
de Caen tieyr'ocle, quietly taking their
hist look at the drab little suburb, part.
t
doing on the times they had walked
that )long road to camp after missing
the last tract.
Bareheaded girls and women were
busy at their morning purchases, buy-
ing from the stalls and shops, walking
along with their laden string ba s
g ,
through which peeped the tong, flat
French loaves, the inevitable lettuce
and bottle of wine.
Along the Old Road.
Here and there bone..15 the bedding
branches, a returned poilu walked
arnn-in .u•nn with a girl, while a low
cyclists wandered in erratic fashion
anywhere they listed on the broad
pavement.
Familiar little cafes were passed,
partially screened from passing gaze
and dust by trim, little privet hedges
growing In long, shallow boxes on the
paveiuent,
"La Barriere! La Barriers!" cried
Man'selle, on reaching the iron gates
that span the road where sits the gen-
darme who scrutinizes pctsslug vehic-
les, occasionally demanding to view
the owner's papers.
"You off 9'' cried a voice from a pass-
ing lorry to the two soldiers in the
momentarily stationary tram.
"Fes. Thought you went last week!"
"So I ought But you know what it
is--"
The starting of the trans drowned
the "So long!" that was shouted, bet
drown an ar garment in which
fretted to 6
everyone shrilly declared their viows
on the Russian situation.
One stout lady passenger pointed
the morning headlines of "Le Journal"
to the Tommy sitting next her, shrug-
ged her shoulders, dropped her hands
hopelessly, rattled off her opinion, and.
then raised her brows at him inter-
rogatively.
A Parting Gift.
"Osi, out, madame!" he agreed
quickly, seizing his kit as the tram
crossed the bridge of the Seine, with
its waters dancing in the sunlight, its
multitude of ships and barges.
Mam'selle had her eye upon the two
hove -going ones as they prepared to
alight.
"You no come back, good -luck!" she
said, all hi one breath, smilingly
proud of her English,
"Good-bye!" they said together.
"Souveneer!" added one of therm,
quietly slipping some chocolate into
]mot• hand.
"11Terci, mercl1" said Manm'selle.
"Good-bye!"
She stood on the footboard, one of
the most typical figures in France,
clasping her scarlet packet of choco-
late, with something wistful iu her
sharp -featured little face as she
watched the departing couple.
The. driver called impatiently,
"En route! En route!" shrilled la
petite Rcceveuse, promptly blowing
her whistle.
WOMEN "BARGEES." .
brings City Styles to
Country Homes
ta6ri - Shoes enable women and girls on the farms
to wear the same smart summer footwear as their
sisters are wearing in the cities.
i Shoes are restful, comfortable, and carefully
made for sturdy wear—and their low price enables
you to have several pairs for the price of one pair of
leather shoes.
There are also crAr Shoes for men and boys, for
work and play, for every member of the family.
Ask your dealer for parr, h '` Shoes,
The name is stamped on each pair.
One of the Manly Wartime Tasks of
Englishwomen.
Among the jobs women are relin-
quishing with sighs of regret is that
of bargee, says an English newspaper.
Last summer many a girl bargee was
to ho seen on our quiet canals, skip-
pering black barges over the 300 -mile
course between Hayes and Liverpool.
Only the very lucky awes will be do-
ing the same this year.
An average day's run is abed 30
miles, The full 800•mile trip is tints
accomplished in ten clays, during rho
whole of which time the girls live on
hoard, steering and managing the
boat's cooking, seeing to the cabins,
and looking after themselves general-
ly.
As a rule the barges work in pairs,
one towing the other, and four girls to
a roan. Man are strictly taboo.
Sometimes the front boat is fitted with
e tnotor-ongino. Sometimes all the
hard work is dome by a horse.
' The birthday ower for June is the
honeysuckle.
Tito Greeks are reaching out more
and more into the morchant trade of
the rich Levant, and their own trade
development in Greece will bo huge,
Canada has a glorious opportunity
here for exporting; the Canadian
'Arad) (.c :iissien believes.