The Seaforth News, 1930-12-18, Page 7My Christmas Drawer and gin
Yield Annual Gifts and Decorations
By PEQGY' HOPE -
Tiiere was a time .when toward the
talose of each yeareChrdstmae•.seemed.
weedy to leap out of the calendar and
iliug itself 'ahead 'of ;schedule. That
was when niy Christmas preparations
had been backward. 37Yerythhtg was
wrong because T had the, deluded int
pre$eton that .gifts and decorations
must he picked fresh, like eggs, and
used immediately.,
Then came the knowledge of an
easy way which has enabled: me to
meet Christmas unfired and waiting.
First 01 all, the plan includes a little
hook containing a list of those who
ate dear to me, with an'•adidtionai
same fronl,;time to time of people who
have made the interval Between
•ehrietntasos exceedingly Pleasant. Be-
.iiido the book there is a bin and a
drawer.
Nothing but G'tu•ietma$ stores go
Into them; but how they fill! A little
. >.gift bought here, another there, a bit
of needlework, some glasses of jelly
are dropped in their turn. Maga-
eines contribute, a"fruitful crop of
iauggestions and ale actual gifts he
themselves. Almost every cover that
tomes through the mail suggests
someone ou my list. Illusrations
supply thumb -nail and full-page pic-
tures that fit surprisingly well into
4lfe- lives of those about me and as
soon as the family. and the neighbors.
have read my periodicals I cut the pic-
tures r want and file them away.
Verses and wltticieme follow the pic-
tures.
I save every clean box and good
piece of. paper. The paper oath be
pressed with .a warm iron if not too
mussed At odd times I apply pic-
tures to my boxes -and sometimes they
are so pretty I shellac them for per,
manent use—boxes for stockings,.
.gloves, neckwear and stationery, From
colored advertisements 1 often find
borders -tor the sides of me boxes.
Perhaps I teed a handkerchief for
a friend. I have little -money to spent!,
but I wrap the tiny object with a
wealth of loving thougbts Nine, -ten
or even eleven months before Christ-
mas '1 may have seen a small illus-
tration that was particularly remtnis
cent of her. I know too that the
subject will amuse her, so I save the
picture and paste it on the wrapper. A
letter may be written months or weeks
in advance and illustrated at the top
with' a oust -cart picture which will ',ie-'
call a happy oneaelon.
Place earda for the Christmas` din -
nee are more Individually appropriate
when made at-home by *mutinies a
verse with •'a _ magazine- illustration
than indiecriminateones bought at, a
shop. Tree decorations aleo. are
made. by, pasting odd and' amusing
colored, magazine _pletures`on 'card-
board ut In the same: shapes, care
being taken to insert• a loop' 101' hang-
ing efore varnishing both' Bides,
A variety of tree ornaments • I
found could be made into little per-
sonages of which painted empty
si)oois are tits bodies. Two lengths
of thin wire, eight inches .each, are
pulled through the °eisters of the
spools; the, upper ends are beat for-
ward for arms 'and the lower ends
are left handing for lege The tips
of thewires are bent to siutulate feet
and !lands, The wires may be wrap-
ped with colored yarns. Pants, pant-
alettes and sleeves are added when
necessary to complete a character-
ization. The head of disks of card-
board' anywhere from a nickel to a
quarter in size, and faced with white
paper or oilcloth to be painted witli
faces. The headpieces and wires are
Bold with sealing wax.
When my house needs a Christmasy
dress I think at once of the windows.
A decorative window I like is made by
cutting' green crepe paper into nar-
row strips long enough to .teach two
thirds up the windowpanes. Pasted
eight to ten latches apart' they ap-
pear to be tree trunks. More green
paper is cut into wing -like patterns
and hung as boughs, the larger oues
at the bottom and pyramiding to an
acute tip. The "trees" are made more.
realistic by applying artilieitil snow
to the moist glue..
A effete of candlelighted stars is a
charming substitute for a leek of real
trees. A round barrel hoop may be
used for this, painted a bright color or
covered with .silver paper, silverstars
hung from it every four inches and'
the large-sized birthday -cake rosettes
pierced into the upper edge of the
hoop between the stars. The circle
is suspended by four wires from a
(took or chandelier and can be ela-
borated with holly or greens.
Pictures, paste, paper, paint and
spools are treasured with the gifts T
buy or make from month to month
and store for the most blessed day in
all the year.
Alberta Boasts
Identical Triplets
Two cases of that extremely rare
phenomenon, human identical triplets
pave been revealed by Alfred E.
Clarke and Darnel G. Revell, biologist's
of the University of Alberta, Canada.
Triplets of this type are, like iden-
tical twins, developed from a single
egg cell, They are always of the
same sex, and since ,they have the
sante hereditary endowment, they are.
very much alike in appearance and
also in mental and emotional make-
up. Says Science Service's "Daily
Science News Bulletin" (Washington).,
When twins develop from s-eparate
egg cells, or zygotes, they are no more
alike than ordinary brothers and sis-
ters, except that they are' of the same
age. Indeed, they may be decided
contrasts in temperament as well as
physical appearance.
Triplets are usually of this non-
identical type, because .when a divis-
ion occurs in the egg cell, the tend-
ency is for it to form two parts, not
three.
The identical triplets reported by
Professors Clarke and Revell are all
boys. One set are the children of a
family of German origin living in
Stony Plain, Alberta. They. are fine
lads, now ten years old, and they are
the youngest of fourteen children,
They look so much alike that their
another resorted to the scheme of
having eaoll wear a gold bracelet with
hisname engraved on it for identi-
fication. The hair of all three. grows
In au odd clock -wise whorl at the back
of the neck, although no other mem-
ber of the family has this character-
istic, The linger and palm prints of
the triplets also follow a similar pat-
tern, which is like that of the father,
but unlike any others. In the family,
'The boys received practically the
same score on an intelligence test;
'they enjoy • the same games and
none; and in school they all are ,
good in arithmetic and poor In lan-
+Suage,
The other set of triplets ave still fel
Infancy, They are now over two, but
were only seventeen months when
'they were examined. These boys look I
very much alike, although the parents i
are able to tell which is which with -
put, any great difficulty., The tinge)...
prints -follow tate same pattern, which
is different from their only sister,
They are alt iefthanded;, all; are back-
ward about walking;:. and all suffered
from the conning of the various` teeth
simultaneously.
World Bank Policy,
To Undergo Change
Basel,
Switz.—The committee of
di -rectors of banks of issue has de-
ckled to reeommeud a new -policy for
the Batik for. 'International Settle-
ments designed to . eliminate radical
fluctuations lu• nattonal exchanges.
The International Bank Council
meets Dec, 12.
Soviets 'New Plan
Chain Packing Plants
'Chicago•—Soviet Russia is again
seeking aid in America for a govern-
ment enterprise, Fifty or more engin-
ears and draftsmen, under direction of
an American engineer,, are trans-
ferring to blue printe the best features
of the Chicago meat packing industry
for reproduction in Soviet Russia, The
Communists plan to spend $80,000,000
in a chain ot 40 packing plants.
A committee of the Soyusmiaso
(Government neat trust) after a
survey of the Americas packing in-
dustry,
ndustry, opened headquarters here.
Plansare being drawn for two plants,
one in Moscow and the other at Semi-
Palatinsk, in southwestern Siberia,
Russia's cattle country.
H. P. Henschietl, Chicago designer
of packing plants, is the commission's
chief engineer. Next spring, after the
last bundle of blue prints has been
forwarded to Moscow, Hensch len will
proceed to the Soviet capital, He will
superintend the. building of the two
plants.
Quake is Recorded
In North America
Cambridge, Mass. —A "well -marked"
earthquake of moderate -intensity was
recorded at the Harvard seismograph.
station, recently.
• The dietetic() of the quake was esti-
mated at. 1750 miles from°Cambridge.
Officiale said this was " a relatively
short distance and the source may
have been within the limits of con-
tinental North America."
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Orphaned when two days old, this litter of young porkers faced a dark future until their owner, Join Vincent
devised ingenious feeding trough. Dinner gong has sounded.
Santa Pays Last
Visit To Mexico
Quetzalcoatj to Replace Jolly
Old Figure
MexicoOity. — Quetzalcoatl, the
aztec god of the air, pictured as a
gigantic plumed serpent, may replace
the Canadian Santa Chute in the
minds of -Mexico children if an experi-
ment to be tried out, by the Ministry
of Education as a hart of its program
to instil the principles of nationalism
in the minds of those of school age is
successful. In an official statement,
the Ministry announces' that figures
representing •Quctzalcoatl instead of
Santa Claus , will distribute toys and.
clothing to 16,000 needy children al
the Christmas celebration.
The statement refers to Quetcal
coati as "the symbol of our aboriginal
dieties and of our apostles, tlse fore-
runners of our cludstian civilization."
The giant image' of Quetzalcoati is one
of the archaeological treasures of Mex-
ico, forming part of the Main temple
at the pyramids of San Juan Teotihda-
cau near Mexico City, sometimes re-
ferred to as the Egypt of Anmerica.
The word Quetzalcoatl 'is a literal
trauslation of the ,name of the great
Aztec Maya god, ICukulean, who bore
the attributes of combined bird and
snake. He was revered in the cen-
turies preceding Columbus as god of
the 'arts. and crafts and of general
culture, The tradition was that after
instructing the people in the useful
arts he departed eastward over the
sea, promising to return in a speci-
fied year. IIe was white -skinned and
bearded and when the Spaniards
therefore made their first irruption in
the year specified in the legend a
hesitating policy was' followed toward.
them by the natives which enormously
faciilitated Spanish penetration.
Panama Canal Toll
Rates May Be Raised
New York.—Toll rates at the Pan-
ama
anama Canal may be increased shortly
by the United States Government, in
the opinion of Col. Henry .Burgess,
Governor of the Canal Zone, who ar-
rived here recently..
The canal is only paying three-
eighths of one per cent. on the capital
invested, he said, The total tonnage
carried through it in 1930 will be ap-
proximately 1,000,000 tons below the
figures for 1929 and 1928, according
to the governor.
Farm. Problems
Conducted by Prof. Henry G. Bell, Dept. of Chemistry,
Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph
The oect of this departmbnt
Is to place at the service of our
farm readers the advice of ac-
knowledged authorities on ali sub-
jects pertaining to the farm.
Address all questions to Pro-
fessor Henry G. Bell, in care of
The Wiison Publishing Company,
Limited, Toronto, and answers
will appear in this column in the
order in which they"are received.
When writing kindly mention this
paper. As space is limited it is
advisable where immediate reply
Is necessary that an addressed
envelope be enclosed with the
question, when the answer will be
mailed direct before being pub-
lished.
Copyright by Wilson Publishing
Co., limited,
Farm Problem Service
At no thee utiles man undertook
to till tile soil has farming been
fraught with so many or so great prob-
lems, Questions : of type, location,
organization had management of the
farm—questious of crops, varieties,
culture, disease, and insect control;
questions at soil types, adeptabilitiee,
maintenance—questions of tillage,
manuring and fertilizing—questions
of livestock -breeding, feeding and
care, and questions re the marketing
of the products ot the farm, force
tisentselves on the attention of farm-
ers who aim to slake their busiuess
one of pleasure and profit. Definite
answers to many such questions are
impossible, but a bringing together
of such, information as applies, can
be of untold help to the farmers of
Ontario,
A few years ago this paper publish-
ed a double column weekly, of ques-
tions and answers. If popularity of
this section is au indication 01 its
value to Ontario farmers, then we are
justified in reviving this service. This
we have arranged to do under the
seine editorship haat proved so accept-
able before.
• Prof. Henry G. Bell, wile will again
conduct this work, is well known to
Ontario farmers, Ile is Associate
Professor' of Chemistry at Ontario
Agricultural College, Guelph, where
he has special charge of field demon-
strations and extension work in soil
fertility. His wide experience in
farming methods, both in his native
province and in United States are of
great value in this work. Besides
his own preparation and experience,
Prof. Bell will have the ro-operation
of specialists of alt •departments of
the Ontario Agricultural College to
whom be will refer questions outside
the field of soil fertility. This fact
should make tele column of increas-
ing interest and value.
Weshall conduct :the new service
under the title of Farm Problems.
The published questgions will be iden-
tkded by initials and county.
Professor Clair ;s Earth Is
At Least 1,825,000,000 Years Old
New haven, Coun.-The earth is at
least 1,326,000,000 years old; according'
to calculations of Professor Alois F.
ICovarik, professor of physics at Vale
University.
In a recent address Isere Ile reveal-
ed a new formula, 'based on the cola
monlyueed "radio -active' time clock,"
by which he had been 'able to arrive at
a calculation which agrees approxi-
mately with recent astronomical eom-
putatious,
Professor ICovarik's tcrmnlil extends
the scope of a previously known meth-
od of determining the ago of radio
active minerals—by measuring the ext
tent of transmutation front their
known original fortu. Scientists know
that radio -active ruiner disintegrate
atomic weight. Because this rate of
discharge has been, found absolutely
constant through centuries of change,
physicians have called these rocks the
"radio -active time clock."
A fragment of uraninite dug from
the earth of Stnyana Pala, Carobs!,
Norbhwestern Russia, indicated the
age of 1,825,000,000 years. It is entire-
ty possible, the professor eaid, that
other melee will indicate stili greater
age.
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Bring he the bottled lightning, a
clean tumbler, and a corkscrew:
The Path of The Tornado
Same Last Minute
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Christmas Cookies Produce Bone
To make Bohemian Ohristmas Disease Treat/illsopokies rub together a quarter of a
pound of powdered sugar and a hall' Investigatiena are' being ;nada by
pound of butter, add' the Yolhs of four the United States 19epartment.pt Agrt-
•oggs, three tablespona of cream and culture which, if euceeeeful, Niq lead
one •pound of flour. Mix sufficient., to the commercial proPegation of tar:
sugar and flour : in equal parte to vac for nee by the medical protesatou
sprinkle over the dough board: Roll: ifs treating wounds and bone initama
the dough on this until It is about tions.
The now treatment withlarva% e,
Into t the outgrowth of au accidental dlacon
ery by Dr. William S. Baer,. former.
two tablespoons of water and thicken army surgeon and now of'Johu How
with confectioner's sugar. Spread this king University. Having observed in
av
togetherith onde` the yalks of two eggs and! France two soldiers brought in after
that
ou theacakes and sprinkle
few minutes to dry, thlckIy-
lying for seven days on the b&itielio}
mhave been bluteh
ed and cut fine, then set in the oven. y Y
Krise Kringle Cookies
Cream three-fourths of a' pound of
a quarter of aninchthick then cut
stars and when the cakes are
baked ice them with tats icing; Beat
with their wounds heavily infested
with Il larvae but healingunusually •
well, 'Dr, Baer pondered the "iueident
for ten years while treating many
patients suffering from osteomyelitis.
sugar with the same quantity of but• This disease; more common in chil-
1 dren than In adults, is an infla)uma-
ter, add a cup of preserved quinces tion of the bone which melte in floslf
pressed through a colander and three infections: It :is hard to cure; and
cups of molasses; thea add, a tattle- if allowed M become chronic, often
spoon and a half of grated orange lingers for years.
peek, a teaspoon of mace ,and one of About two years ago Dr, Baer tried
cinnamon and enough flour to make tate larvae treatment on a few of his
a "stiff dough, Roll very thin In ob-
longs, sprinkle • with red sugar and
bake. •
Chocolate Creams
Cream well one cup of butter and
slightly beaten, four tablespoons of
half a cup of sugar; add two eggs,
sweet milk and 1 teaspoon of vanilla
or almond flavoring; then three cups
of flour in which has been sifted two
and one-half teaspoons of baking pow-
der and half a teaspoon of salt. Have
ready two squares of chocolate, melt-
ed;
elted; add this to the above mixture,
blend well and chill; roll as thin as
possible—using only a smallti
patients, and some of the chronic
cases were cured within six weeks,
Since then about 300 patients have
been treated. A:11 children and four -
Mats of the adults were cured,'
To preveut larvae from introducirg
injurious bacteria into, the wounds, the
eggs from which they are hatched are
first disinfected by dipping them in a
solution of bichloride of mercury. Lit-
tle is known about the actual benefits
conducted by the larvae, but Dr. Baer
is of the opinion that they serve as
living disinfectants.
The success of Dr- Baer's expert-
of
rnents and the large mber e,1 cathises
of lough at a time—cut into any throughout the country.luto witich s
shape desired and bake in a moder- treatment is adapted have create•1 a
ate oven. When cool put two to- demand for larvae. Entomologists
gether with a !white icing. of the Department of Agriculture are
German Frult Snaps interested now only In finding methods
Cream one sup of butter ttd add of propagating large numbers of these
two cups of sugar gradually; estir into species ander as sanitary condition.^,
this mixture, without separating, three as possible, but also is devising ac -
egg , one teaspoon of soda ter. led Caren• means of identifying larvae -as
in half a cup of warns water. , 009 n)etuhurs o: the prr.1' r sp, les 1,oNre
pound of chopped raisins and one they are used,
cup of (hopped English walnuts, Add
suflieient flour to make a soft dough, a
a ntarctica
roll out, out into rourstk.. n.:,i :)a::e at
°nee.
Pop -Corn Cookies Unconquered
aIlx well 0110 cup each of p. -.p corn
(finely ground), llgs cul up fine and ,"h Font. -Antarctica, the South
sugar; have ready mixed half a cul> Pole's bleak and barren base, remains
each of butter and milk and a beaten
i egg and add the above mixture to it;
then add gradually one sup each corn-
meal and Hour, sae which hes been, bottom of the world.
sifted a teaspoon of salt and one and' There remains the last trace of the
age. o
e
one-half of nutmeg and four teaspoons ice of which emerged life,
of baking powder, Roll out about ice admiral says:
a third of an inch thick, cut into "At best," writes the commander
rounds andbake in a moderate oven. of the band of eighty men who lived
St. Nicholas Filled Cookies for months on the ice of Little Amer -
Blend half a cup each of .butter,ica, "we simply tore away a bit more
well he rtes egg, Your tablespoons of
brown sugar and molasses, add one °f the veil 0111011conceals its secrets,
In its larger aspects it remains, and
sour milk. then three cups of flour probably will remain for marry years
with which there has been mixed a to come, one of the great undone
teaspoon of balling powder, one tea- tasks of the world."
spoon of baking soda, one tspc°n Dialvery of a new land. unseen bo-
ot cinnamon and half a teaspoon each fore, "unknown and unclaimed," and
of nutmeg, cloves and salt. Chill well its mapping with an aerial camera are
by setting on ice. then roll thin and believed by Byrd to be tong the Me
Cut into oblongs—about two by four Portant results of his expedition,
inches. Have prepared a mixture of The n:cltnicai results of the Byrd
half a cup of honey, half a cup of expedition are yet to be divulged. Tits
chopped walnuts or pecans, a quarter scientific state still is wetting on four
of a cup of freshly grated (or shred- fat volumes.
ded) cocoanut and a teaspoon of dour.r—
Spread half of each oblong with the , now to Stop Raisins
filling mixture, fold over to a Bquaru From Sinking In Cake
shags and bake at the quick oven. Raisins may be dredged with flour,
Christmas Rocks and added the hast thing to the bat -
To two-thirds of a cup of butter and ter. Tha flour increases friction, and
one cup of sugar, well blended. add' help to keep them from sinking.
two beaten eggs, beat well, then add They may be placed hs a warm
one and one-half cups of flour, with! oven to plump, and then added to the
which has been sifted a teaspoon batter, when the swelling of the fruit
each of einnaII1011 and Clel'89, apt .e3urPg 1110 d@l1ait,y. and eonsegnettt-
ono pouted ot Euglislt ss- lnu'ts, ouel iy keeps them Up.
pound of dates and one pound of
raisins through the food chopper and
add to the above, then one teaspoon
of soda dissolved in one and one-half
tablespoons of hot water. Stir well
and drop by half teaspoons on butter-
ed tins and bake in a moderate oven.
Maryland Sand Tarts
unconquered and a challenge to matt,
Rear Admiral Richard 12. Byrd says
in the record of his expedition to the
1?:i cups butter, 2 cups sugar, 4 cups
flour, 2 eggs, Cinnamon and almonds..
Cream butter and .sugar. Add yolks
of botht eggs and the whites of one.
Add flour until the dough is still
enough to be rolled out and cut. 'With.
a pastry brush paint each cooky with
the remaining white of egg, dust with
cinnamon and place almond is center,
Bake in a slow overt for ten er fifteen
minutes.
Jack Miner Tags
323 Geese in Day
Kingsville—Jack Miner, Canedlan
naturalist, had a busy day at his bird
sanctuary recently. He ought, tag-
ged and liberated 323 Canada geese
in the work of compiling a rowed of
the flocking activities of the birds. In
addition he caught three geese he
had tagged six years ago, four aimil-
l arty treated four years ago and ten
marked last year.
One Hundred Million Trees
Since 1901 when the Departtuent of
the Interior through its Forest Service
commenced the distribution to prairie
farmers of seedlings and cuttings to
establish eheltorbelts to beautify and
protect their homes, well over 100,000,-
000 trees have been sent out.
They may be creamed in with the
butter, and so thoroughly incorporat-
ed with the shortening that they will
tend to stay up, or "stay put" in thu
batter, This method results in a
darkening of the cake, which ntau y
do not object to, since it plaices it
look t'iciter.
Or the raisins may be added, hand-
picked, one by one, to the batter alter
it goes into the pat, anis then baked
. so quickly they won't have time to
fall.
Notee—hzisine which hese been le
the house for some time—and so are
reeler hard, have a -tendency to fall.
Thin is overcome by steaming them.
Hiilmatr's Call Proves
Irresistible To Cows
Oakiaad, Calif,---l3ctek In the Ozarita
iu Missouri they believed that Jr.
R. Schriber of Springfield, eIo, wan
the best cow caller in the world, and
they expected him to win the cow -
calling championship of .America at
the Pacitio Slope Dairy Show in Oak-
land.
akland.
Just before Mr. Schriber wool in to
broadcast his append to cowlaud ku
his best voice, he was handed a tele-
gram from his admirers in Springfield
which read: "J. R.: Remember you're
froni Missouri. You show 'em."
lie dtd. With competition from 14
cow callers from seven states, he welt
the American championship, alt.
Schriber is 70 years oil ;and has festa
a cowman in Missouri, Ile used
what is knout tie the liissoari call,
which is said to melee the most obstee
ate bossy stem home, whou .paged,,
Unusual photographs op parog'ress of disastrous tornado In Nebraska. Loft to Right -Tornado deed short! before i !strikes- It is better,going through the world, Marriage is nota lottery, it's a pot -
unusual t, a es, Tornado as funnel is start- to havethearms chafed in that bar. tery—where hull;:•t eh 151
ins to•gyrate do•s'n from clouds, Third photo shows funnel as it struck. Photo at end shows bleck twister as it struck pond and sucked it dry, row passage,' than the temper. family jars; made ini:ro