The Seaforth News, 1949-12-01, Page 7Seeing Triple?—Sister Cloeta, first -grade teacher at St. Leo'szSchool, thought she was seeing
triple when these youngsters tools their seats in her classroom. They are Donald, Jimmy and
David. Bartley, triplet sons of Mr, and Mrs. David Bartley.' Now Sister Cloeta can tell them
apart because they usually wear jackets with their names printed on them.
CHARMING
CHRISTMAS
...GIFTS...,
Handmade candles, well -shaped
and delicately scented, make charm-
ing gifts for friends as well as con-
versation pieces for your awn table
ornamentel. It's easy to make them,
with a simple outlay of, materials,
many of which you can find around
the house.
Probably the first thing you think
of is that paraffin you had left over
from canning. ,Well, it can be used,
but is too often disappointing. It
takes a good shape, but it difficult
to color, and the candles made from
it are brittle and easily broken.
Odds and ends of used candles,
lit the other hand, are excellent.
hey can be melted together, or
4"'"'neach color can be kept separate.
Whittle them into small pieces and
remove the wicks, or if you prefer
just drop then into the melting can
and remove the wicks later. If you
do this, though, cut off the burned
part of the wick first, so that it
won't make your wax dirty,
Mutton Tallow and Beeswax
Mutton tallow makes excellent
candies. Mix it with a little bees-
wax to give the candles strength
and to prevent too -fast burning.
To makehard tallow candles, try a
batch made with 10 ounces of mut-
ton tallow, four ounces of beeswax,
two ounces of alum, and one-half
ounce of camphor.
Or if you live where you can get
bayberries, by all means cook up a
batch of candles, Bayberry candles,
with their pungent old-fashioned
ee.ne„ ltgrance, so familiar to the 'early
settlers, are especially appropriate
at Christmas..
Gather beries, clean thein of twigs
and stems and put them into boiling
water. As the wax from the berries
floats to the surface, skim it off and
place in a can, Melt again (over
hot water) and allow impurities to
settle). Pour the clear wax into yet
Another can and use it as you would
tallow, or, if you like, mix it with
tallow.
..Add a Bit of Scent
Other candles can be scented with
liquid incense; or a few finely crush-
ed sage leaves tossed into the melt-
ed wax or tallow will give your fist-
ished candles a delightful fragrance
when burned.
Candles may be colored by add-
ing dry paint to the melted wax.
Or you can use a drop of vegetable
coloring; or even a tiny bit from
a water -color tube.
Wicks are important in achieving
a steady bright light. You can get
brilliance and strength if you'll dip
your wicks in turpentine and let
them dry thoroughly before using.
Small wicks are best. You can make
wicks of ordinary twine, or you can
buy candle wicking in the dime
store. Use this single, or for a nice
spiral candle double the wick and
twist it, and have the wax very hot
when dipping the candle.
Always melt your wax or tallow
over hot water. Use any saucepan
for the water, and use tin food cans
for melting wax. Set the melting
can into the pan of water. Or if
you prefer, set a pie tin over the
saucepan of water and put the melt-
ing can on that.
Once the wax is thoroughly melt-
ed, it is ready to work with. To
let it get any hotter is unnecessary
and, if left too long, it may flare
up. It should never, never smoke,
Now Ready to IYfold
Once the wax is melted, color
and scent added, you are ready he
make the candles. If you are mak-
ing molded candles, prepare . the
molds before melting the wax, and
set then in a clear space that leaves
you room to pour without spilling.
The heavy -set candles so popes
lar for Thanksgiving and Christmas
can be made of cardboard milk cat,
tons.
Cut the top off square. With a
large needle punch a hole in the
exact center of the bottom. Tie a'
knot in your wick and thread it up
through this hole. At the top, fasten
it securely around a pencil or small
stick which will fit across the top
of the carton and hold the wick
reasonably 'taut, Pour the wax in
all at once and when the candle is
thoroughly cool, put into the refrig-
erator for
efrig-erator.for a couple of hours. Then
cut off the bottom knot, undo the
wick at the top, and peel off the
cardboard.
Colored red or green for Christ-
mas, these are lovely. And you can
ni.ake them any size you like by cut-
ting the cartons down.
Candles for low table center-
pieces can be molded in muffin tins.
Or lovely petaled candles to float
on a dish of water can be made by
using individual jelly molds. Both
these candles need a core. Just pour
0 -your wax, then take one of those
ends of used candle from which
you've cut the burned part of the
wick, and set this into the center of
the mold. It should be even with
the surface of the melted wax. This
will provide a sturdy cure and matte
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Champion Potato Grower'— Col. The 1lonout-able T. L. hen
ne31� Minister of Agr-icultlite, presents handsome trophy to
Pruni. .Rick, Trout Creek, Ontario's Champion potato grower,
Besides trophy :link also won $250 mash award..
the candles burn evenly. Let cool,
then set into the refrigerator until
the candles loosen and can be, re-
moved easily front the molds.
For Dipped Candles •
For dipped candles, tie one end
of your wick to a pencil or stick.
Fasten a small weight to the other'
end. You can tie more than one
wick to a pencil if your can of
melted wax is wide enough to ac-
comodate them as they grow into
candles, The can, of course, must
be deep enough to make the candles
the height you desire. For dipping
one at a time, you can use narrow
cans, such as soup cans.
Dip the wick into melted wax
briefly. If you are working in a cool
room, it may not be necessary to
dip the candles in cold water to
harden, but otherwise, have a can
of cold water ready, and dip the
candles after each wax dipping.
Repeat until candles are the thick-
ness you desire. You can make these
candles the sante color all through,
or drop your color into the wax for
your final dipping, which will give
the candles a colored coat.
For dripless candles, add a very
small amount of stearic acid to the
wax for the last dipping. When
they;, are the right size, dipped can-
dles can be hung from the edge of
a table until thoroughly cold, Then
store in the refrigerator for awhile.
Use Small Cans
There will be wax left over from
the dipped candles. Put it into tom-
ato soup or shrimp or even baby
food cans. Lower into it a length
of used candle, or a short hand -
dipped candle. Let harden, cool in
the refrigerator, and remove from
the can. Using a paring knife, carve
into any appropriate shape, such as
snowballs, Christmas trees, snow
men, little houses or churches; or
for Thanksgiving, turkeys, or yel-
low pumpkins. With care, you can
get some very good. results. When
the candles are carved, you can
dip again for smoothness or if the
color is imperfect.'
If you like unusual things and
enjoy ]raving a hand in Ahem your-
self, you'll like making candles in
your kitchen!
"Wrist` Watch" -- Time hangs
heavily on the hand of Laura
Barone, who finds this giant,
jewel -studded timepiece about
all she can carry. A local
watchmaker designed the nig
watch, fittiug it with precision
movement and outsize band.
Fishing Parson
Forgot Funeral.
Older people who remember the
country doctor of half a century
ago can tell strange stories of un- '.
usual characters,
When Dr. Harry Roberts, fam-
ous in London's" East End, bought
his first practice at Hayle, Corn-
wall, his nearest colleague was an
oldish man who, when called at.
night to remote confinement, would
have his horse taken out and
stabled if he found things were not
movingquickly, remove his boots
and coat, and get into bed beside
the patient to finish his r night's
sleep in peace, telling the nurse to
wake him when anythingwas
doing!
Doctor's Horseback Visit
A former doctor in Roberts'.
practice had been a 'very fat man
who rode a heavy roadster horse.
The -narrow; steep staircases of
many of the little stone cottages
of his patients presented a problem
which he would solve by riding to
the front door and shouting up the
stairway: "'Morning, Charles, how
are you this morning? Hold out
your hand.'.' Then, with his arm
full -stretch up the stairs, he'd put
the end of his riding whip on the.
patient's wrist and pretend to feel
his pulse with it. "All right. Doing
nicely," he'd say, "n1 look in again
hi a week or so." Then off he'd go,
the visit ended!
° Witchcraft Wonder
There were "white witches" still
in those parts, including an old man
who charmed warts and cured sick
cattle. Dr. Roberts' housemaid had
a crop of warts on her hands that
made her miserable, and he tried
every remedy he could thinkof,
unsuccessfully. At last, in despera-
tion, she said she was going to the
white witch to have them charmed
away. She was quite, welcome to,
he told her; much good might it do
Merl Next morning, she_hadn't,one
wart. nor did they ever reappear.
Among other local 'stories in
Miss Winifred Stamp's excellent
biography of Roberts, is one of a
St. Ives curate who was helping to
harvest a phenomenal haul of pile
Chards at Porthminster Bay. Sud-
denly at lunch, he exclaimed: "Good
Lordt I've forgotten old. Mrs:
Baragwaneth's funeral. Two hours
ago!" He tore up the streets to the
cemetery, to find the mourners sit-
ting in a row like crows on the wall
with the coffin behind them on the
grass.'
• "Bless 'ee, my dear," said the
chief mourner, "you've no cause to
be put out. We hadn't anything
else to do; and as for the poor soul
beneath, she don't know nawthen
'bout it."
Socialism Conies
Mighty High
It may be too much to hope fiat
the Socialist doctrinaires will ever
be willing .or able to comprehend
the facts. But there are a few about
the results of their nationalization
schemes in Britain that should make
them think.
The .nationalized coal industry
both in 1947 and 1948 failed to
reach the modest targets set for it.
After two years in which the
workers' worked in "their owns"` pits,
output per man was 30. tons less
than in 1939 despite important ad-
vances in mechinization,
In 1948 absenteeism was 11.6%.
In 1939 it was 6.9%.
Despite the frantic recruiting pro-
gram the 1S48 target was missed by
24,000 men and during the past half
of 1949 the total number employed
in the industry fell by 4,000.
In the first years of nationaliza-
tion the railways lost £25 millions,
In three years, civil aviation lost
ee30 millions,
in the first year of nationaliza-
tion, cable and wireless profits were
S'l.7 million. But in the immediate-
ly preceding period under private
operation, profits had been £3.5
millions.
Since electricity was nationalized
in 1948 the price has risen in many
areas 15-20% and for some there
is an additional substantial sur-
charge.
There's part of the British re-
cord. Yet the determination to push
the iron and steel bill seems as firm
as ever, and the Socialists cling to
their gospel that government inusi
run everything.
Surely somewhere in the Socialist
party of Britain and Canada is a
mind which can comprehend the fol-
ly of their course, Have they no men
of sense and courage.
GOOD ADVICE
"1 can't quite diagnose your
case," said the doctor. "'t think it
must be drink."
"That'a OK, doctor. I know just
how you feel," said the patient. "I'll
mete back when you're sober."
TllEPA1M FRON
For a long time, I have been
wondering why so few newspapers,
when the name' of a little-known
town or village appears in the news,
fail to mention what county or dis-
trict it is. in, or near what big
town it is located. Doing bhis, I
believe, adds a whole lot to the in-
terest of the readers.
* 5 5
This thought carne to mind when
I read an item recently to the effect
that Frank Rick, of Trout Creek.
Ont., for the second time in three:
years, had copped the championship
potato award, given each year to,
the farmer who not only grows the
best 'Murphies," but also has the
largest yield,
"Where ie heck is Trout Creek?"
I said to myself—a confession of
shocking ignorance, I suppose, but
anyway. 1 didn't know, so looked
it up. Well, it's in Parry Sound
County and when the 1941 census
was taken, it had a population of
370.
So that's that, and now back to
Frantic Rick, whose success as, a
pomnte de terrier (ouch!) started
all this. Besides a handsome trophy
Rick won himself the nice packet
of $250 in cash. The contest is
judged on yield per acre, the qual-
ity, grade and marketability of the
spuds, selected exhibit plus a score
for cooking quality.
o t
*
Rick, or at least his potatoes,
passed all these hurdles with flying
colors, garnering a total of 519
points. His nearest competitor was
14 points below this. Second prize
of $125 went to Dave C. Hackett,
of Cochrane, Ont., while third
money was taken by W. A. Vail
& Son, of Denfield, in Middlesex
County,
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Rick was particularly happy
about winning again, alter losing
out last year. This year was an
unusually dry one and therefore
potato growing required more at-
tention than usual. During July,
he had no ram. "If we had only
a little rain during Shia hot month,
I ani sure that I could have gotten
another 100 bushels off my acre,"
he said. As it was, he got 836
bushels per acre, a very high aver-
age considering conditions of the
past year.
Since Rick has entered into the
contest, he finds that building up
soil for potatoes results in better
crops of grain, hay and pastures
in succeeding years. As his soil
is a sandy loam texture, he has
therefore obtained good cash crops
as well as saving his soil.
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Now here's something which,
While it may not exactly belong in
a farm column, still might interest'
a whole lot of folic living on farms
—and some of the "city slickers"
as well.
v
Many bonzeowners consider that
sheet asbestos paper applied as in-
sulation to the bright metal pipea
of their furnace improves their heat
carrying capacity. However, re-
search work has proven that the
heat loss is 62% greater with one
thickness of 12 -pound asbestos
paper covering a bright tin pips
than when the sante pipe is left
uncovered. This test applies to
bright tin warm air leader pipes
through which air is flowing at
relatively low velocity under a grav-
ity system -the gravity .system be-
ing by far the most common sys-
tem of central heating in use 'in
Canada today.
In order to demonstrate the in-
efficiency of a layer of asbestos
paper as a heat insulator, tests
were run in which the number of
thicknesses of paper was increased
until the heat loss became less than
the loss through a bare, bright tit
specimen. Eight thicknesses of 12 -
pound asbestos paper were applied
before the desired result was ob-
tained, The impractical features of
such a method of insulating are,
of course, evident. The conclusion
drawn was that the use of a thin
layer of asbestos paper glued
around warm air furnace leader
pipes should be abandoned.
*
For the average, up-to-date grav-
ity warm air furnace installation, a
practical method is merely to seal
the joints of all pipes with two-inch
asbestos strips in order to make
the system "closed" and therefore
dust -tight. The return air side, in -
eluding joist panning if used,
should be stripped in a like man-
ner. It is pointed out, however,
that leader pipes which might be
exposed to the chilling effect of
basement windows, or which are
extremely long, or run through
cold spaces, should be adequately
insulated—a minimum of three
layers of corrugated abeestoa being
recommended in such Cases.
HALF OUR READER6
WILL AGREE
"I've watched new cars colt o&
the assembly line," says our nearset
neighbor. "It's amazing. First, they
start out with little pieces, then it
rolls down the line and thousands
of men and a million dollars' worths
of machinery put everything toe
gather. Flintily, a shiny new caw
emerges. There a woman driver
buys it. Five minutes later --back to
little pieces."
Off Tackle Slant—This turkey does some nift'y broken -field run-
ning as he eludes three comely pursuers. .Hr has just shake-
hipped out of a flying tackle by Beverly Day and has left knoll
Rossman, left, and I,ee Austin far behind,
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