Zurich Herald, 1927-03-10, Page 2IIUSII LARD ON SAINT PATRICK'S DAY
Fun for All the Family,
BY MIGNON FLEMING.
This party has been, planned to 'pro -1 wall ahead of them,, . They phe them
•tido the greatest possible amount of shamrock leaf to the sheet and, run
fun with the least possible atnount of back to tag the next player. This
work and expense. It will appeal to tagging releases the next player who
old and young alike for it is based on i runs forward with his shamroeic and
the arced -old lerinciple of competition tries to pin it so that it will begin to
which is the life of recreation as it is !make the entire shamrock. Ile, in
of trade. (turn, tags the next player who comes -
The matter of invitations conies i up with the third shamrock and pure
first. it on. The last when tagged, runs
Cut brown paper into the irregular 'forward and attaches the stem. The
shape of an Irish potato, making the :side getting the most perfect sham -
eyes of the potato with black pencil. 'rock in the shortest time, wins ten
Tho following dote is printed in ir- points.
regular letters on the back: Bubble Race: Choose' two players
"I haps my Eyes may see you at from each group. Four clay pipes are
(give address (state time). Mrs. distributed, together with ,a cup of
green soapsuds. Each one of the two
is going to give a St. Patrick's players is given one minute to blow'
Party and she wishes all us green
vegetal -les to be there
"Yours truly,
"A SPUD."
Decorations will not make much ini-
pression upon a crowd of people who sales will be made much tougher by
are having a bushel of fun and excite- putting glycerine in the water. .
ment but for the sake of having Dinner Pail Race: Take a ten
something distinctive, feature •i; seen, pound lard pail and fasten it securely
the good Irish color, in crepe -paper to a heavy board so it will not tip
feetoems, green lights, green sham-, over. This may be done by nailing
rocks. Potatoes strung on heavy cord the bottom of the pail to the board.
may be festooned here and there. Bare Moose three players from each
houghs of trees, covered with tiny:,group. Arm them with four small
bits of green tissue paper„ will 'sug- potatoes each. Each player is given
gest the coming of spring. They might one chance to try to get all four in
be stuck up in corners. the pail. For every potato thrown in
The entertainment, consisting es it the pail, five points are scored. In
will of contests, necessitates judges this game the players in each group
and a score -keeper and some person must follow one another.
to announce What the contests are.
IRISH FAMILIES.
As guests arrive they are presented
with some distinctive badge of green the other, in four groups. Arm the
and told they belong to one of several leader with. a piece of chalk. At a
families. This immediately divides given signal, each player in turn is
the guests up into groups. There are to run signal,
a and write one of the
the GiI•hooleys, Murphies, O'Briens, seven words, "There's nothing too
Flanagans. (Avoid having more than ,goad for the Irish.", When the first
four groups.) Each family has its player has written "there's," he runs
own. insignia: The Gilhoeleys wear ,
green handl of green crzpe e paper back and gives his chalk to the next
player who runs forward and writes
about their heads; the bl their
es wear
"nothing" •and so all' till the last word
large green ruffs around ther necks; is written. The group getting the
the O'Briens have tall green hats; the entire sentence written first wins fif-
Flanagans wear green bows under teen points.
their chins. Each member of the
family has a name such as Grandpa,
soap bubbles. For every one thrown
on the floor, five points is scored. As'
the four groups are competing all at
once, much care must be observed in
kviatching the bubbles. The soap 'bub -1
Irish Race: Pin a large sheet of tar
paper to the wall. A blackboard is
better. Choose seven players from
each group. Line them up one behind
Grandma, Pa, Ma, Baby, Pat, Mike,, by tho entire group.
:The Useful Snow, Mao,
Clumsy moan
1V1ade of snow,
W11s►t •are yoi tool for
We'd lie to know,
What are you good for?
Telll us that,
Man of snow
With an old straw .hat.
It had taken John end Mary quite
Bei time to make the snow! man, for
they had made up their inhale when
they began that this should be n1
ordinary snow man, but a good big
one. When they .made his legs, they
rolled them back and forth in the
snow until they were very large,
strong legs. Then they. etpodi bis legs
side by side, and they rolled a sneer -
ball till it was as large as they could
lift, and when they had put two snow
'arms on that large snowball end lift-
ed it up onto the snow legs, the snow
man was 'already taller than John or
Mary though he had no heads.
When theyhada - a •oiledanother
snowball to make a head for the snow
man, it was quite a question how they
were going to put the head on him.
And the only way they could put his
head on him was to get the step lades
der from the barn. When he was
finished he was a fine snow elan. He
was almost twice os tall as Mary or
John.
Our snow -man's eyes
Are .black as coal. e•:
For lumps of coal
Are they.
He has a snowball
For a nose
Until it melts
Aw.
He wayears e hat
That used to .be
Our father's
Summer hat.
But what's he good
Now he's made?
How can you
Answer that?
"That's a great snow elan all
right," said John. "But I wish we
could make him do' something."
"I've got an idea," said Mary. "Do
you suppose he could hold a basket?"
"If it wasn't very heavy," said
John. "But what would a snow man
be holding a basket for?"
"There's an old basket in the barn
that might be just the thing," said
Mary. "We can hang it on his alias,
The concluding stunt is ten points and put bread crumbs in it, and then
offered for the best Irish yell given he'll stand here all tray feeding the:.,..
They may re- birds."
"I see what you mean," said John.
"You go get the basket, and I'll go
ask cook for a lot of bread crumbs."
So Mary got the basket, and John
got the crumbs. It was a flat sort of i
basket, and they scattered the crumbs!
all over the bottom, and hung the
basket on the snow man's ares.
"He looks as if he we lrgoing to'
market," said John. "Do you suppose
the birds will find him?"
"We'll have to wait and see," said'
Mary, "but I guess they will."
that the entire eveninge
is to be luauAnd half an hour later when they
to contests to see which is num njoy talking over the contests
up as looked out of the window the snow
toesc family. they eat. By the time such an even- nvwas feeding quite a flock of
sThe first stunt .announced is that ing of activity is over, the guests will Birds.
Baby Gilhooley (usually the biggest be good and hungry. If the hostess :•
man in the party) and all the other 1's capable of making ea delicious Irish (crit from the First."babies" in each group, will introduce stew, nothing is better, providing it
is served piping hot and in a paper After five or six years of experi-
eup or a timbale shell so it will net fence I have found the following a
look mussy. A stuffed Irish potato great success in starting .young
or scalloped potatoes, sprinkled with thickens: I leave them on the nest
parsley, would be delicious served until they are from thirty-six to
with this. Hot roils made into the forty-eight hours old. The first two
three leaves of a shamrock with a or three days I feed one pint finely•
stem of green geranium and sprinkled ground corn .meal, one-half , pint
'with green sugar would be a fitting second-grade flour, one-half pint good
complement to the stew and potatoes. white sand—the sort used in glass:
The green color scheme is carried out factories --all nixed with sweet milk.
wtih pickles and green tea. I have also tried the brown sand'
If the evening is warm and the used for snaking concrete, but this is
guests thirsty, a St. Patrick's Punch not .as good.—I. S. B. 1
could- be ,served, consisting of lemon,
or
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A YEAR ROUND HOUSE
' By G. H, MacDonald & 11 G. Magoon, Architects.
Here is an example of the type of
house which with the snow of winter
or the foliage of summer for its set-
ting, looks equally attractive and com-
fortable. It is a sensible little house,
the exterior charm of which. depends
on simplicity and good proportions,
aided by proper planting and a small
area of good turf.
The plan is commendable for its
compact arrangement to include three
closets, two bedrooms, kitchen and
bathroom, together with practicably all
tbe articles which tend to make house-
work easy, and recreation enjoyable,
upon one ficor size 23 feet by 25 feet.
Being almost a perfect square it would
be an easy home to keep warns and
cosy during the severest weather.
The rear bedrooar, linen closet, and
_
bathroom open from an inner hall
which is entered through the living
room, while the front bedroom may bo
reached directly from the living room
or through the adjoining bedroom.
The kitchen is replete with those
devices which make cooking a plea-
sure of not too long duration, and con-
tains a range with hot water boiler,
table, refrigerator, sink and cupboard.
The rear entrance is combined with
stairs to basement, making access to
laundry either. from drying yard or
kitchen equally convenient.
Nora. Care should be observed in see- tire into an adjacent room to prac-
ing that each group has a grandpa, tice for two minutes.
baby, pa, gra. The moment a guest Now comes the final announcement
is presented with a headband, hat, of the score (it should lee announced
ruff or bow and told he is Grandpa right along during the oonteats to
Gilhooley or Baby Flanagan, he sets keep up excitement) and the presen-
tation of the prize. The prize may be
a handsome potato tied with a ribbon
that does away with all stiffness. low
it xray be a toy pig which is hol-
As soon as the families all'are low inside such as may be obtained in
grouped together (and it would be a tenscent store. This pig is filled
wise to give each family a room OTawl :R small dandies.
Refreshments are now served to the
certain corner in a room), tell them different "family groups" who will
off to find the rest of his family. Thus
the very moment the party begins,
there is an air of fun and excitement
everybody in the family to one an-
other. The family finishing first wins
five points. This will result in mach
laughter •and fun,
Next conies ten points for the hand-
somest group. They are each given
one minute to arrange themselves in
a family group like a photograph.
Best Irish song by entire group, ten
points. Each family may retire to
another room so they may practice in
private. They are allowed three min-
utes to practide. Sing only one verse
and chorus.
Thus far, only group stunts have, grape fruit and pineapple.
been given for the reason that it Just before departing, it would be calf had broken one of its hind legs.
takes a certain amount of time to a most delicate attention if the Gil- A. couple of boys on the farm put I
work up enthusiasm and give courage. hooleys would give a parting cheer some splints on that calf's leg, bound.
to different individuals to go into • for. the Murphys, the Murphys for the it up and when it got well the calif;
stunts by themselves. Gilhooleys and the other groups, the had quite a leg. Our hats are ori' to
four people are now chosen fro n 1 aaine. boys like that.
each group, Each one is to tell a This St. Patrick's party could eas
part of an Irish anecdote, not an ily be adapted to a community, the `. " ---'-- --
only difference being that the groups
competing would be larger.
Many farm boys are efficient. A f
original one. This story is to last
not more than one minute. Best story
wins ten points. The entire group.
may retire to prepare for this stunt
but the floor manager selects the ones
who are to tell the story. Thus Mike,
Grandma, Nora, Lizzie, from each
group must da it. By thus designat-
ing the players, everybody gets a fer but little in productive capacity..
chance to perform before the evening The eight year average yield as rex-
is over, They tell the story thus: resented by an outstanding variety of
Mike says, "The other day Pat each type gave the following: Sut-
was walking down the street . ..." ton's Mammoth Long Red 29.7 tons •
Grandma immediately continues, "He per acre, Yellow Leviathan (O.A.C.
Mange's for Feed.
The Experimental Union results
for 1926 show that mangel types dia.
saw a man carrying a hod of mortar."
It is taken thus from one to the other
till the entire story is told.
Best Irish jig, ten points. One per-
son from each - group.
SUITABLE RAGES.
A Potato Race; Choose a man • and.
a woman from each group. Give each
pair a potato and a paring knife. The
man takes the knife ani'the woman,
the potato. Each puts the left hand
behind the back ao it can not be used.
At a given signal all four couples be-
gin to pare the potato, i;he woman
turning it about while the man peels
it. The couple getting the entire po-
tato peeled first wins ten points,
Shamrock Race: Choose fourpeople
p pie
from each group and have them line
up, facing the goal, one behind the
other. This makes four lines of four
." players each. Each of the first three
.persons is given a leaf of a shalnreek
and a. pan; the fourth player gets the
stern of rs shamrock. At a given
signal the loaders of the four lines
run forward to a shoot lko,a"s IA the
No. 2) 29 tons per acre, Keith's Prize
Taker 28.2 tons. These varieties rep-
resent very fairly a different type of
mangel, first the long, second the. ita
termediatc and third the globi..
A. co-operative experiment was cone
ducted this year for the .first titne.iu
tlaisinin� nuangels at different dis-
tances apart in the rows. The yields
from the different flamingo; follow:
Mangels thinned 8 inches apart, 17.5
toes per acre; inaegcls thinned 4
inches apart, 17.4 tons, mantels thin-
shed 12 inches apart, 16.8 tons.
Sugar Mangols: This class of roots
whiicl is also known as stock feeding
sugar beets is intermediate between
the nuaigel and true sugar beet, It
lias been grown considerably of recent
years as a feed for farm stock, espe-
cially dairy cattle. In the average of
12 years' results in which there were
(12 good reports were received, the
variety nennie's Tankard Cream gave
ars average yield of 25.2 tons • per acre,
and Brtlee's Giant White Feeding an
average of 25.8 tons per acre.
Benne. nT 9Lan
a a r ao
Electricity Eases Plowing.
By putting in the plowshare a
charge of negative electricity experi-
menters at the Rothansted Station,
England, have found that the plow
runs through the soil much easier.
The share draws to itself a film of
water from the soil even under the
ground. Thus constantly lubricated,
its resistance is decreasedd. The cur-
rent for charging the plowshare may
be derived from a dynamo driven by
the tractor that pulls the plow.—
Andrew H. Berding, England.
'I have a large maple tree on my
lawn with holes in it where limbs
havo been cut off. These holes were'
full of brown -tailed caterpillars and'
eggs. The woodpecker got to work'
and cleaned them out as clean as a
j new board.—F. W. '
MECCA POR Gh1AMPIONS
The above photograph was taken at the Chateau Frontbnao, Quebec,
and shows, at the right, Leila" Brooks"ef Toronto, holder of practically all,
'
CanCanadianwomen's speed records and many world's records. At the left is
lsahel McCullough, another prominent Toronto Bleed skater. Between these
two young ladies is another champion, o, cliamplon of the northern trails and
none other than Meant:le, the lead dog of the Chateau lerontenac dog Leant.
Mountie 'has a long record of service with the 'Royal Canadian Mounted
Pollee in the north, an als wins the'hearto of the guests at dee Chateau
d, wa- y
`rontenao.
•
It will be noted that the living room,
in common with every other room
in the house, has windows on two sides
and is thus assured of good lighting
and tress ventilation. A cheery sight
indeed, would meet the homecomor as
he
entered from the vestibule and was
igreeted by the fireplace blazing out
warmth and cheer; and meals, too,
would be taken in its dickering light,
Well lighted and roomy, the base-
ment extends under the whole house,
and is divided into a laundry whish is
equipped with tubs, •coal bin, and a
barge space for heating and general
storage purposes. The basement walls
!are concrete below the grade and
stuoco above, while from the ground
floor up the walls are stucco on frame.
i An alternative which would give a. de-
lightful effect would be to use shingles
!above the window heads. •
Care has been taken to have the fire-
place, range, and furnace flues run up
together and so form a substantial
looking chimney, an arrangement hav-
ing the additional advantage of a sav-
ing in cost.
The cost of this home may be ex-
pected to approximate $4,4)00.
Readers desiring further information
regarding the plans and specifications
of this house should communicate with
the architects direct. Address Messrs.
G. H. MacDonald & H. A. Magoon, Teg-
ler Building, Edmonton, Alberta.
Surnames and their Origin
WC)LF
Variations --Wolff, Guelph, Wolfington.
Racial Origin—Teutonic.
Source --A clan name.
There are so many different chan-
nels through which the family names
M the Wolf group may have come
.down to us that it is impossible to list
tbe racial origin as anything more
.definite than Teutonic, or the source
as anything more definite than a elan
name.
Of course it ail traces back ultimately
to the name of the animal. The an-
cieut Germans and Anglo-Saxons, how-
ever, had given names based upon this
animal name. They also had semiela.n
or tribal names based either upon the
name of the animal or upon the given
name . of some chieftain who was
na.rned after the animal.
These ancient Teutonic tribal names,
comparatively few of which have come'
down to us as family names, generally
bore the termination "ing" as signify-
ing clan. Hence we get the form Wolf-
ington as the ancient tortrese of the
"Wolfings" in England.
The double "f" in Wolff indicates as
Gorman origin of the .name, Whereas
the single "f" might be either .f pure
Englishextracted or an Anglicized
version o•f the Germans name. The
form Guelph is of coiutlnental Teutonic
development, showing the influence of
the sate `linguistic tendency which
made the word "guerre" out of the
sante root from which the English
language has developed "war," for the
French. word is of Teutonic origin.
ASPLIN.
Variation--Asptand.
Racial Origin—English.
Source --A given name.
You might guess interminably at the
origin of this family name without
ever hitting it, if you confined yourself
to mere guessing, even though you had
a fuel knowledge of the linguistic ten-
dencies of speech through the ages.
You might even guess unsuccess-
fully after you had been assured that
the family name is the 'development
of a given name.
It is only by tracing the name back
through the records of different cen-
turies and ,through the changes of spell-
ing through which it has gone during
those:centuries that you get back to
the original.
Aspiin is, simply "Absalom."
Transposition of letters is met with
frequently in the tlevellepteent of the
English language; as witness the
change ofm `thorpe" into "throp,"
"tiros" into "horsey" etc. •
Thus the Bible name of Absalom,
popular,' like most Bible namew, in the
Middle Agee, became "Apsolon" on the
leagues of the medieval English, and
then variously "Aspelon," "Apepe'
lond," "Aspelond," "Aspelan" and ilia
ably Asplln and Aspland.
Willows for Ditches.
Did you ever try planting willows
along some of those ditches that take
so much of -your field? This of+her-
wise worthless ground may be used to
grew part of your supply of wood.
In the spring --sometime in April
is all right—take your ax and cut
some willow poles or sticks. Gut them
three or four feet long and an inch
or two in diameter. Take these to.
the ditch and wherever you think a
tree` is needed drive one of these wile
lows down into the ground, leaving
about a foot above the ground. Slant
the top upstream so that running
waterwill tend to straighten it.
It is •a good planp to lace a row of
theeo across the diteh at different
places. Almost all of these will grow
audl an ti. few` year you will have a
row of trees. The roots will prevent
the ditch from waelang any deeper,
while the trunk and top will help to
each the trash and to fill' up the
ditch.' They` catlnat' be used in a
pasture where cattle can destroy
them.—G, G. L.
Overdone..
A sad -looking woman of inaature
years appeared in the streets. pushing
a baby carriage in which a fine,'
}tcait1iy-looking iutani was howling:
Iustily, 'A friend, apajroach,ed,
"Why, Mrs, Lufkins," she ejaett•
lately "what a darling baby. But yea,
have no children, Whose is it?"
"You'ro wrong - niyelear," replied the
sad -faced one. "Thi" is my husbands
he went too far with :;he gland cure."
It, is said that the portupine is the
slowest and most allad animal in
the woods.
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