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The Seaforth News, 1931-01-01, Page 2eereesete esee e Cliveme Chat s By KWIC ANN nese "For _Unto Us a Child is Born—, Wonderful Counsellor, tee Prince of Peace."—The Bible. The Real Gift Christmas is coming in leaps and bounds ; how fast the days slip by. For mothers the ordinary busy day becomes busier and still busier and - at the same time, each day becomes happier and brighter to the kiadiee because the rosy tinted cloud of anticipation becomes more lined with silver and gold as tiny imaginatione picture old Santa Claus, coming ever nearer with his enormous pack. The taske set for little hands to do are swiftly and most willingly done since each kiddie is "as good as can be" and the great day comes nearer and nearer. Christmas time Is giving time. We giveand we receive, visit and are visited. There is feasting, fun and children's frolic. Old and young alike make merry. It is a time of happy gatherings when parents keen ly look forward to the reunion of their grown children with their younger generation. But is there -a danger sometimes that - we may forget the source of all thls merry making? Do we always re- member that Christmas Day is the anniversary of the World's greatest event, the important day on which time hinges When over nineteen hun- dred years ago Jesus was our first Chrietmat. gift? Three Wise Men actedas the first Santa Claus to the Christ Child in the manger, bringing, their gifts and creating for us the custom of a kind mysteriona tranger, our own Santa who beings gifts to our children. Children need Christmas. It's child- like joys keep bright childhood mem- ories through all the years for after all are we not but children grown up. The movement now spreading over the country in which earnest think- ing people are striving to make Christmas Day a day of community -opportunity to give to those less fort- unate than ourselves is a most cont - mendable one. The churches are opening their doors ever wide. The women's and inen'a organizations work overtime -to make Christmas Day a real anniversary more and more worthy of the Holy Babe's birth day which of course is the real Christmas gift. The Turkey Bird Choose a bird with soft breast and blue legs. It is said the male bird is the better. It is also better to —add' the dressing shortly before roast- ing. Make a paste of flour and creamy butter, two tablespoons each and spread over the legs and breast, dredge all with flour and then lay in the pan. Add a little hot water and put it into a very hot oven to start it. When the flour is brown lower the heat and baste with 3 tablespoon melted butter, mixed with 3 cup bolliug water. Keep basting and adding boiling water for frequent basting adds to the taste 01 the tar - key. Cook well in, a moderate oven three hours for a 10 pound turkey, % of an hour before done put a neck- lace of ;6 dozen link sausages around Isis neck and roast with it, If -nore sausages are needed cook separate se the eat sage taste will not be in the gravy. Sausages, are very good with turkey. When making the gravy add the water in which the potatoes have been boiling, season and thicken. Dressing For the Turkey One large loaf bread, one onion, efi cup fat, sh cup milk, 6 Stalks celery, 1 tsp. poultry seasoning, 31 tsp. pow- der thyme, salt and pepper. Bread. shored be two days old. Crumb it up poiwa- ' -ssmall pieces add seasoning, mix- jasj • ' L egteetaside for an hour. hop onion and celery in small pieces and cook hi a little water till done, pour over the dressing and mix again .then add the milk, (if the bread is Very dry more milk is needed.) The dressing should be moist enough to Squeeze into a ball but no liquid should come from It. This is the good pare—sleet fat, but- ter, bacon or ham fat into frying pan, aa iron one, and fry the dressings then stuff the turkey. Chicken is also very good djne in this way. THE TWILIGHT HOUR STORY • Chapter, 4. What Lady Hen Found the Next Morning Early, early the next morning 'be- fore Lady. Hen. woke up something bunted into her and woke her up with. a start, -It was those little chickens. They wre beginning to get pretty lively under her big wing because in the night all the outside shell came off. They had pushed and kicked it away with their tiny funny ' feet and peeked at it with their tiny bilis so that by morning Lady Hen had a little fluffy' chicken under her one wing, another one was beside her leg' and two more were over on the other side under her other wing, and here they were peeking out at her too just as soon es it was light Lady Hen found she hadsfour dear little chickles under nice warm wings. AU at once one little chickie pushed out the oth- er one for fun. It was scared to go out but the other one just gave it a good push and it had to run out into the nest right in front of Mamma Hen, then Mamma Hen got a good lOok at her baby. (We'll eall her Mamma Hen now, won't we?) It was the 'dearest little fellow aud it was so wee, not any bigger than your lit- tle hand when you hold your fingers up tight making a little fist. It didn't. have feathers like Mamma Hou but was covered with the softest fluffy - yellow -fur? No it was softer than the very softest fur. It was as soft as thistle -down, and Mamma Hen thought she never saw anything so sweet before. The little chickie look- ed around and thought -it's nest was SD very big and started making the funniest high little noise, "Peep -peep - peep -dee -dee -dee" and when the oth- ers heard it out they popped too look- ing around all over and they .stare ed to sing the little song, too. Peep - Peep -Peep over and over again. Then they begau to look for some- thing to eat. But these little chick- ens weren't hungry yet. Do you know why? Well their little stom- achs were full up with the egg they cense out of in the night. Tbey wouldn't get hungry for a long time with all that good supper would thee? But they did want to see what every thing looked like in this queer world. —Next week — "What Happened Next?" "She is working a Christmas pre- sent for me." "You mean she is working you for .a Christmas present." Wrecker Finds Old Paneling in, carrying out the demolition of some old buildings and erecting new electricity show rooms, etc„ for the Bedford Corporation, in Bedford, Eng- land, the builder Cattle across interest- ing old paneling amid beams near to the site of the Old Swan (Coaching House) and the Old Bedford Prison, in sybech Bunyan was imprisoned. The more I think of it, I find this conclusion more impressed upon me— that the greatest thing e human soul ever does in this world is to see some- thing, and tell what it saw itt a plain way. Hundreds of people 080 talk for one who can think; but thousands can thiuk for one who can see. To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and reli- giose—all in one. --John Ruskin. .1° - , What'Ne Sunday School I 1., w.„,' . I - ,,-,arling esson . ---, BY ANNABELLE W Olt THINGT January 4. Leos° n 1--1 he bl rth 0- /2/est7sieit:ictri,QaDilettt&I,tri.elk,eirt;fe; ,te In \,esson. IP t • John the Reptise—Luke 1-: 8-17, 80. ' e , es: Farat "Pr°1Sleins '----- - 1 T'o°Doepa-rt Flopr MeaunY York — / j,,,,-- i R k t -Ship R ' ,,s4sted by prof, Henry G.' Bell, Dept. of Ckentitry. - °111-'4'il° 'Agricultural College, Guelph To Leaveyerso ShortlyforL Golden Text—Thou Ghet go beeore the face of the -Lord to prepare his ways. --Luke 1s 76. Versa 810. The worship in the Temple at Jerusalem was conducted Ly ne:eat ece,pany 'of priest, %%,o took the lead in turn. But he par- ticular office which fell to Zacharias, this morning, was one which apparent- ly no priestcouLttWice perform. Thie, therefore; would, in any case, have beenes greet day in the life of Zaehar. ias: The Most solemn pail of the Morning Service wai the offering of the incense for the ascending incense represented - and symbolized the ac- eeptence of the prayers. ef esrael. Zacharias would hive to cheese two friends 'to essiat, him. Oe of these would advance and remove the re- mains of the .previous 1:ay's offering; he would then worship and retire backwards, The other would spread upon the altar of incense the giovving coals which had been brought.up 'from the alt r of buret offering, which was outside the Holy Place. He, also, would worship and retire. Then, we are told, the organ or "magrephah" would sound and Zacharias would be left alone censer, in hand within the Holy Place. Before him would glow the coals on the altar of incense, on Ms right would be the table cf sheve- bread, an his left .the great seven branched 'golden candlestick. Outside', priests and people would be prostrate in silent worship. Zachierias, having thrown the incense- upon thecoal would turn to pray. This vela the Mo- ment of. his vision. The service ended, he would be expected to.come forth to dismiss the congregation with his. blessing. When he emerged. however, he could not speak, and the people realized that a great religious 0:Isere ence bad overtaken him. Vs. 11, 12. "Aagel" means messen- ger. 1 is as difficult to- describe a religious experience as it is to deseribe the scent of ar- mown grass. When the Jews sought to describe a great religious experieura in which God bee spoken to a me.ri's heart, they were accustomed to use pictorial language.. They said, either that the heavens were mened and a voice was heard speakinre or that God sent his angel or me-senger who appeared and spoke. It is probable, ' ough not. quite cer- tain, that when the Jews spoke of angelic visitations, they recognized their language to be pictorial, not lit- eral. In any case, the matter of Me portence is, not how tee message of God crime, but what the -message of God was. V.13. We are given to understand that there was something miraculous about the birth of John. Zacharias had long prayed for a son, but had given up hope. The name John, as the following verse indicates, means "Jehovah is graaious." V. 14. John's message was good news, because he announced to all who were righteous and penitent that the long years of waiting were •near an erelewickedness 'and unbelief had flourished long enough; at last God was about to manifest his glom' and his righteousness and to inaugurate his kingdont. V. 15. Some have thought that John was to be brought up as a Nazirite (Num.'chap. 6), but if this had been so, we should probably have been told that his hair was to be allowed to grow long Probably we are to under stand that John's inspiration and ex- citement is to come, not from strong drink, but from the Spirit of God, which will fill him. Vs. 16, 17. The prophet Malachi had foretold (4: 5), that before the great Day of the divine Judgment Eli- jah would come back to earth again, to "turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and of the Ihildren to the fathers." The task of the returned Elijah, it seems, was to be that of healing the divisions, and reconciling the differences in Israel, that Israel might be ready and fit to be recognized as the Lord's people in the great Day. In Jesus' time, therefore, the second corning of Elijah was expected and this coming was to be a sign of the dawning of the kingdom of God. One of the theories .bout Jesus, in his life- time, was that he was Elijah come again, Mark 6: 1e John was not Eli- jah, though he seems to have been a man of Elijahs spirit, and Jesus him- self seems to have regarded John's national mission of repentance and hope as the real fulfilment of Mala - chi's prophecy, Mark 9: 13. John's childhood is very briefly summarize? the writer can scarcely mean that his eateest days were spent in the wilier- ness. We Should understand, rather, that when John was grown to hand - hood, he spent some time in the wilder - 2843 There's something demure and se alluringly attractive -about this rust - red wool jersey dress. Of .course it is collared and cuffed in- White' cotter.' pique with dainty. organdie ruffle bindings. Its such a darling dress for a young girl foreciassroom. The swing of the low gathered skirt is decidedly young. The panel ar- rangement at the f rent bodice extend- ing into a V a. the neckline gives it smart distinction. It's the most simple thing imagin- able to make. Style No. 2843 may be had in sizes 8, 10, 12 and 14 years.. Pin Jot wool srepo in navy ground with 'bright green is jatinty. Wool challis print in --brown and yellow -beige with plain brown linen collar and cuffs piped in yellow is very unusual. - Size 8 requires 235 yards 39 -inch with ee yard 35 -inch contrasting and 2Se yards edging. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plain- ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap. it carefully) for each number, and address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto, utas bofor e his public ministry beets. "A modern writer dedicated on of , his bolsi s to his children, statine that ' they were his 'greatest teachers in the things of God. No cite can live with growing children, end face with any measure of sincerity their probing questions based on implicit faith in life's deepest things, without being truly taught of God. Helplessness, trust, aependence innocence and affec- tion, are all sepenor virtues when rightly related between child and par- ent. Thete is no other such power for the trait ing a.na culture of adulte, calling out high and unselfish feel- ings, developing selfareStraint, love, thoughtfulness, foresight justice and responaibility. Children help us re- tain our youth, and give us high mo- tives for living and working." Bernard Potteries Jean Besnard, the popular French artist, is directing his talent into mak- ing beautiful pottery and dishes -for the home. His rottery is all haute turned on a wheel of the type used by early -craftsmen and the shapes of the vases are restricted to tbe sim- plicity associated with primitive pet- tery. He also employs a technique whereby the pottery has a rough, speckled surface suggestive of Chinese enamels of the sixth centuty. • THREE -FOR- ONE It Paid to Feed Tomatoes. - Tomatoes have become aeverY portent and staple article of diet. was. when Gletitiana measured, prbte‘hs nnd carbo -hydrates" only, in comparing the value of foods. Food stutliee have taken a great step tor - ward, however, since the formulation of the vitamin theory. • It is with eeterence. to vitamitt• coetent that to- matoes are eseecially valuable, since they constitute, a valuable conte of vitamin C, •which hat/ great, influence on growth aad health. It is almost impoisiele to go; definite figures, as to the , consumption of tomatoes in Canada; but study ot the stilled quickly reveals the 'important basic positicn held by this crop, not only during the growing season, but terougbout fall, winter and early spline, when deeeious. :canned tome - toes form an important part of the diet. Five field tests were -cogducted last summer by the Departmeat of- Chem- istry, Ontario Agricultural College, in the vicinity of St. Catharines, Bloom- field, Port Hope and Collingwood. Suitable medium to light loam gotta were chosen for the growth ef the crops. Good preearation, was given to the soil and- the fertility of the soil was supplemented by an aver- age application of about • 750 lbs. of fertilizer at that time healthy vigor- ous tomato stock wits set out Mat spring, The analyses of fertilizers was decided upon after taking 1010 consideration the type of soil ani special needs of the tomato env. The five tests showed an average yield of 174.2 bus. per acre where 750' lbs. of fertilizer Was applied. The unferti- lized section averaged 54.9 hue. per Imre, giving a gross gain from ferti- lizing of 119.3 bus. The case cost of the fertilizer' was $39.0e per ton, hence an application or 750 lbs. re- presents an investment of $14.50. Valuing the increase in tomato yield at 50c per bus. the gross return was $59,60. Investment ' in fertilizers was $14.60, Ilene° tee net return wa $45.00 per acre or the tomato grow era made over three for one on thel !slyest:Mont in fertilizes. Theasummer of 1930 was rather ua fairer:tele for tomato growing, yet an, average 'of these flee field tests show-, ed a return of throe Inc one .on Invest - Merit in fertility. On oue test the, returf0 was eeriest four far one. •1f, is interesting to note that -although e93011immer was unfavorable; yet ted average return was 2.24 bus; per acre greater than that obtatied itt 1.8N250„tapd n y19 i2s9 zbi.et dit of attention to soil fertility sliow73 In the iecreee- ed yletd, but S-atart Brothers and tee other experimenters report .a marked impro ement in the -regularity of size and u iformity of ripening Alt teni- ty: grd1rors 00 ete . troubled mere or less ths year with tip -end rot The general theory as to the cause ,ot this' is that ihen a severe drough follows e favor bie early growme season, the process of grewee are abruptly up- set . Te tip of the expanding fruit 'where r pid growth is vein made is injure and tee Ewalt le el sed 10 the entr the Nieves of ,disease. When, di Asa eeveleps it cfeuea sere ma loss. 'While tip-eut rot was pres- ent- in pr camels- all of the' tomato, deists, ye it was cbserved,-eand yields co arm the ccnclueion—that where thti growbeg tomatoes were sdIddled With an aim:Wane& 01 _suit- able avrier le p'.antioad, °rep produced maximum' of 'so ad fruit. The -fled temorstration tests are be .great impoptance -le. Outs le tome.: to growers elince , they pIlovido a means of testIng out theory 4Iuler pre - tors to the tete in the sections men - veiling fame -onditions. age vise tioued remark ci on the vigour of the growing roptl1 and on the- uniform high quality o 'fruit whesh 'tans pro- duced on the ectione where- 'Special attention Was iven to the fertile,questioe. Th sound, even stock maturing at an early date is deman ceclaabnYersh.oth the te asket trade and the He Came Off "Ilavc you seen Sinith?". asked King, came the reply from Brown. "Anything wrong'?" "Terrible sight, poor chap. Arm in a sling, face bandaged, and he's got a bad limp," Kin gtold him. "That's bad. Did he do it on his motor -cycle?" Brown inquired. "No; if he could have stayed on his motor -cycle it would have. been all right." "So you are going to give your wife a Christmas Present cons st- ing of a $150 set of furs, What's she giving you?" 'Her premise not to get anything for me that ru have to pay for in January." —.0.— MENDING RUGS, Don't wait until your rags spring a bele to mend them. Mending tis- sue put on the back before a hole is WOrn through will be tremendously efficacious. Or a patch, worked on in the colors of the rug. Cupid may be an excellent shot, but he bags some very poor game. .A. longevity record is claimed for NOrthUMberland village where the combined ages of 17 inhabitants total 1,327 years. We understand that these persons have always been in the habit of looking each way before crossing the road and then staying where they Economy Corner Rice With Bananas Peel, scrape and mash 3 bananas; add a Pew drops of lemon juice and sugar to taste, with a pinch of salt. Fold this into one cup cooked rice and serve with sugar and cream. Potato Bali Soup Peal three large potatoes and grate. Press through thin cloth Into bowl; drain off water and add the starch lett in bowl and 1 tablespoon of flour to the grated potato. Add salt and pepper to taste, Form into small bails, drop into salted boning water and boil 20 minutes. Heat sufficient -milk to serve; drain the water off the balls and turn into heated Milk, to which a piece of butter has been add- ed. The potato balls may also be added to a clear.meat or chicken soup. Tomato Salad Dressing One cup tomato soup, 91 cup vine- gar, lea cup oil, lea cup sugar, 1 table- spoon Worcestershire sauce, 3 table- spoons grated onion. Put above in- gredients into quart jar in order given. Mix together 1 teaspoon OsIt, 1 tea- spoon paprika, 1 scant teaspoon mus- tard, and add to mixtere in jar. Seal and shake well. This is delicious on head lettuce and can be kept for a 'onetime in'cool place. Blarney Stones Two cups rolled oats, els cuD Come nut, 2 eggs, 2 teaspoons baking pow- der, 1 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons melted butter, le teaspoon lemon extract, eieek sem Mix all together, adding well -beaten eggs last, Drop by tea- spoonfuls on greased paper and bake for 10 to 15 minutes in hot oven. Re- move from paper when cold. A bit of candied fruit may be put on eack just before baking. The word "zmrzlina" might delight the average cross -word puzzle en- thusiast, but perhaps not so Muck as the product Welt does the average Czech child. .for "en -inane" le the term used for ice cream in the Czech language. MU1T AND JEFF— By BUD FISHER Eltit EIGHTZ gkr— DAY Dia 13' EEP,A.IGmier 0:10k4T,RYIr uJAS VcAtteti MEL moRe I cli06 SUNG PF,AAVe YOU }KAM> ABouT TNAT tIGHTEVA-DAY DIET!' you, Ger *-(00R, GIRLISH riGURE 15ACW., We've Seen Better ans. WeLL, IJ IS AN 01 RtottMeNT THII 0(04 YOUVe acire kip: FIGURe WILL Do Me WAIL A tterretz ON G Comes ALbele,i IL", for Information .on . Unknown Region Waeleington. -- A rocket airs/sip which will ascend to the outer layers 'of the esetiesatmospheric strata and return bringing records of atmos. 'Alert° andigravity conditions at pres- ent unknown new stands itt the plains of New Mexico almost ready for a voyage-intO unexplored space, accord- ing to ,the recent animal report: of epoxies Ge Abbot, secretary of the Smithsonian institute, The roceet ship, which Dr. R. H. Goddard of Claak .einiversity, Worces- tee, Mass., has been building foe many Years, Is now completed and wait's only for automatic recording devices, the report says, "to insure a succeete fui practical flight to the outer layers of the atenosphere, and its return With the first records of an unknowa region." , Dr. Goddard has finally worked out a scheme for the propuleion of his - rocket by a steady combustion of hydrocarbon in.liquid oxygen. Final tests -have demonstrated the practe cebilty of .the device as regards the rocket, and its rapid motion in air, tho report states. He has developed sta- <biilieecetite rsnthcloCuhrsemake it possible : ir Dee to Cot Charles A. Lindberg's , recommendation, financial 'support for Dr. Goddardes experiment is now as. sured by the Guggenheim Fund and :1°1atri atletinegy coonmtImnidtetere.t4e auePic" In .the report Dr. Abbott also lists - e discovery which he says may make it possible to predict weather a week ia advance. This is the discovery Met an ,average cluinge of 0.8 per cent i0. the sun appears to cause a tempera- Li ture change of approximately flee de- p gisretebse Fwaohrrkenohreittilin„.'r;41n4ton It . servo tory. ob. —In The ClaristiaScience° Monitor. The Trial o the Pig Some curious insteces of medieval lawsuits are disclose by Mr. Harry Ilibschman in teeFcern. After stat- ing that an Inanimateobject, such as a cart or a ship, cou he prosecuted • """""--"*.... for causing injure 1011 human being, Mr. I -Madman cone` .s; If, in olden times, isimate objects could. be punished by lkt, it is easy to• imagine how much cker our an- cestors were in ascritsg responsi- bility and guilt to liviethlegs. From the most remote ages elms evidence that this was the codon preetice. umast criminals. etore there Animals that offendelere treatee like ho'e " were regular collets ot\ustice they were delivered to the inired person or his kb for punishment, Later they were brought into emu—domestic animals into secular court, wild ani- mals into the ecelesiastcal courts. There thew were formally arraigned, represented by counsel, trl1id, acquit- ted or convicted—and, it convicted, they were punished. And these were not unique proceedings. They were common all over Europe and even in America.—From "The Review of Re- views," Ancient Wall Escapes Time's Heavy Hand Santo Domingo City—The ancient wall of Santo Domingo City, whose cons ruction was commenced by Diego Colon, son of Christopher Columbus, is in places more than thirty feet wide, and is in an excellent state of pre- servation. Hundreds of Bien slaves wore employed by Spanish taskmate ters in its building, and later Negro slaves labored beneath the blazing tropic sun to keep it iu repair. Alter the Dominican Republic achieved its independence, and the necessity for a bulwark against attack by sea grew less, permission was granted to Berl erai prominent residents to construct houses iii and on the top of the wall. Punctures were made in the lower poi -tions and storehouses Ineerted ta the masonry, these being readily ac- cessible from the water front, To, day it seems -strangely anac)nonlstte to note radio antennae winning front sentry boxes formerly occupied br mail -clad Spanish sentinels. Palace wails which have witnessed the revel,. ries of vice -regal courts are now plastered with advertising posters. To Six Companions We vsill go back there, seven of use ghosts, , and sit in the shadow of the inn and call our toasts. There will be music again, song and the violin We will take our wine, the seven of us, till the dark is' thin. and streaked with tho white of dap-. break, Then, as the wind growe cold, we will go our many ways again, when we are old. —John Puduey, in the Observer. Marconi thinks radio waves may; travel out millions of miles beyond tho earthei atmosphere, and as far afs some radio waves aro concerned, that is a very good place for them. He who meanly admires mea* things is a snob—perhaps that to a safe definition of the character. —W, M. Thackersare ' • ,