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Zurich Herald, 1925-08-13, Page 7Owl titwrpwoo BY AMELIA I EAVITT About the middle of the suminer w.' often find that our gardens, in man ways at the height of their beauty have sad surpristrs in store for us due to the °"'bald spots" left. by the dying down of 43ltring and early, etintiner flowers, In place of actual nethieediess some departed b ssoins have •l'eft behind a mass of greenery, peaceful and sle c;orative, it is true, and satisfactory enough in effect for. the average gar. dener, But ,soap onterlrci.sintg flower lovers aspire to iattaroduee among this nest of verdure sone supgeetioir; of its earlier glory Wind, by a slcilli'ul management of Clower giroapleg, to insure a suecessian. of bloom through out the entire mummer, 4�a�41<hG;t1 HILL, be to so little puxpose and to terinin-! Jf you Are a Blonde. ate with our awn neede or tho�sa of 1 oiir gam dens. bait Into that despised 4 dCIL5 ater" , The changing of pretty, light -blend Variations in Eg Quality t sbada can easily be •avoid�e;l and 'with- out the least injury to the hair. I am. e or, even better, by the inclusion of Eggs when laid vary considerably in Il .OUR 'VACATION -AT AT HOSE 3y Gi ACIA S EWLL. y glfldloluses. 'These latter will b.com size and color; and somewhat as to ---well—past thil+ty and etill `izave prey Least year• we spent e most enjoy nanot de after,shy e, Size is alt .of zea ty, meatlitlar, :'ble and'aroftai/le vacation, and y days planting, end may p a matter vere g t Steep tivo ounces of Dorno ile in two. never ,left home. be set out -from time to .time so that Importance bemuse of the fact that quarts of water until the is c �� A. t the season of their bloom will be pro- eggs are sold by the dozen and not by lune quarter of e mile back of ou baited.. Their foliage is much like the pound. It is generally acceptwci htzong. A.ftes the last rineing of the farmhouse on a, beautiful knoll i$ ou .a standard dozen.• eggs should air pour this tea well over and Into large orchard, and at the foot of th that of the iris, with which .they bar-, the hair. Do not dry thoroughly with slopeis e brook fedbya monies) excellently, and they may be weigh one and a' half patinae, er au a towel, but rather let the hair d I spring tucked in here and there among the averaeo of two ounces far each egg. 9 0 of clear as cryo al. In the centre oi' t If the current pride's loosed' on two, sl wly, thus gaining the full benefit of orchard we constructed a "coo rhizomes wherever they ere needed. the camomile. There 'are gardening magazines ounce eggs; the cans -timer has a sight If the • a• Shack"; about twenty,feet away w whichgive the names ie to expect some reduction In the Price his har been wrung well after made a platform of rough. boards s of whosale the is t i g we r ur e as he "coo Chief an��eug the bleisse is which leave unfortunate gulps eryin g aloud for • filing are the spring bulbs— daffodils, hyacinths; turips end nar- elssuses'---which have not only ceased to' bloom, but which are literally sere and yellow by July. With the exception of the tulips, none of these is likely -to be lifted, and though tulips are not lifted' by many gardeners, others feel that in order to insure'the best results they should be dug'up after they. have ripened. We need not go into a dis- cussion: of the' relative merits of the diff=erent methods here; the point is, in the present case, the replanting of the bald spots to the best advantage. Most "experienced• gardeners make provision for midsummer's quota of greenness or bareness by the planting of -a seed bed of annuals, from which flowers which have yet to bloom may be moved to beautify the desert wastes. of passed spring loveliness. SEEDLING$ TJUiIVE ON AIOVINGS. If you have�aiready planted annuals throughout the garden, however, it is possible that even without such pre- paration you will have a supply of extra seedlings which will •answer the same purpose. Most annuals thrive &l the better for one or two mevings, so that your efforts to keep the gar -1 den bright will accordingly benefit both plants and vacant spaces. Petunias, balsams, . marigolds= either the. low -growing red -and -orange French variety or the tall yellow African marigold — prince's -feather and nieotiana are especially well e of eggs smaller than . the standard. s t•tns ng the camomile solution measuring 16 a 20 feet, and then dealers in these •lovely, flowers, who eau ,bottles ler use in the next itched a tent eplatform.The will supply comparatively small quan- Similarly, •the px'aducer has aright to vashiu . Ifyou Pr_r the ,ndhennt- e� set a premium for eggs that are g >rbject'to the faint tent was waterproofed and then pain titles'. at prices well below the usual P odor which will remain for a few days, retail that sly larger than the standard, y , ed a dull moss green to eliminate th scatter#ztt rates; so so adiolusesthbrpadcast unifod. good in other. add sor>ke paR^deresl oxrfs root to the glare. gladioluses Pr" is ed all are equally tea, The camomile rinse will not thtouglanu+. the garden may sound respects, bleach or tighten the ha#r- it me i This was our ditxing room and liv- Color of egg -depends, for the ;mast re Y ing room- whenever we could prevail lila the wildest extravagance, at is gives it the originalsliade: upon anyone to stayinside. really not a particularly expensive part, on the breed of"the ben: laying Never u"se tar soap•if ori are 1•ll er Ye n to the luxury, i them. Certain breeds. lay whits -shell- it will surely darken the hair bond. were carried from, the cookroon to the t ed eggs, whereas it is equally ciiarae- aj ority dining tent on a Bulge fray; only two When it comes to actual piantin;;, � petrolatum, olive oil and the ma'orit teristic of oilier breeds to lay ergs J y trips were needed to carry the entire gladiolus bulbs should be set frond of hair tonics. I have found that a four to n.re inches deep, according;' having brown shells. Of Course there good soaking of the scalp once a to the site of the corm or bu'.b, and are :to he found all gradations between month with kerosene will keep it clean six inches apart, and should, of course. the pure white "egg -at one extreme,and and net harm the hair or its color. For be lifted :every autumn. the very dark brown shell at the other, the shampoo scrape some pure soap The dahlia root, or "toe," is set just Consumers, naturally, have individ- into a little water, let dissolve and. Below the ground, and must also be ual preferences with n:espect to shell pour onto the hair, Rinse wed, being lifted at the end of the season. Dah_ ; cater just as they have With respect to sure •that no soap •remains. Lias are set a considerable distance the color of roses. or neckties, or any A little borax or soda can be used, apart in order to permit the free de other commodity in which color varia- but if the hair is very dry and brittle velrrpnxent of the plant. tion exists. 1:1t eertain markets the after washing discontinue their use. I In transplanting seedlings, or in- preference for either white or brown wash my hair once aweek and -have deed plants of larger growth which shells is so general and so marked never found it Mier/aus•. The injury are grown from teed, a word as to that the daily quotations for egg' show in frequent washing lies mostly lu us- tho method to be used may not be a consistent difference in price between in the wrong soaps or hair lotions amiss. The most commonly employed brown and white eggs of equal size and in improper rinsing. —and the easiest—is simply to move and equal interior quality. If possible, always wash in soft meal for the seven of us. Wash water and water for cooking purposes were carried from the spring. We slept under the apple trees in hammocks or on cots and even on rugs on clear nights, but on damp'or rainy nights the women slept on cckts and pallets in the tent and the then slept in a large hay barn just at the edge of the orchard. We 'closed up the house as though we were going away for a long visit and promptly forgot all about it. We took old:, plain dishes—mostly tinware —plenty. of cooking utensi e, all of our old cotton clothes, dressed the the pant to the desired spot, to give e the casual buyer of eggs 3s water and dry the hair #n the sun. As youngsters in rompers, overalls and it a good watering and to await the .Indulging his preference as to shell a general thing, blond hale looks"its sunbonnets and turned them loose.' result. This ' color, the shrewd housewife; who best when waved curled. Horses were turned out to pasture, genera�ly involves a made ane hundred : and sixty �glasees of jelly and sold it at thirty lents .a grass, Forty' quarts of eucumi~^°~er eat- chup we sold at fifty cents a quart, and twenty quarts we kept for home use, We made •about ten gallons of tomato catchup and sold part of it, receiving twenty .cents a half -,pint bottle for it. Our canning was all • done in our cook shack and the nien made trips to the cellar every few days to store it, but the women never wee near the house during the months of'•Jul'y and ® August. BUSY, HAPPY WEEKS. We bought our bread and butter and elirrrinated pastry. We broiled fish, meat and fowl over a camp fire: We roasted wienies and we rolled whole picnic hams in clay and baked them in our camp fire. We used a Iong-handled toaster to broil meats, thus saving burnt fingers and faces, We did our laundry work at the brook and did net iron a single garment in two months. We wore knickers and one-piece buu.ngalow aprons that had t seen better days. The men wore ten- nis shoes, old colored shirts, o -d wash trousers or overalls. We rigged up. a shower bath under a V-shaped tent of muslin. The youngsters went bare.. foot and mother and I wore sandals. Tho fruit, berries, and so forth, were clear profit except for the sugar, vinegar and spices used in canning therm, es we had never tried using windfall apples before, or berries and wild grapes, picked in fence corners. The youngsters •grew brown and strong. The horses grew sleek and fat and -lazy—the men also—and I found time to make many dainty pieces of needlework for the coming Christmas box, read many good maga- zines and books, write letters to n�eg- lected friends and relatives and dream many happy dreams under the stars at night. Altogether we were a busy, happy let, and when the 'last week in August rolled round and we made a bonfire of our old clothes and sent the men down the hill to open up and air out the house for our homecoming, it was •with real pleasure that we looked back over the happy weeks of our delightful vacation. knows that ehemiscally theme is no v or feraI roll but the men had to milk eleven cows complete wilting down of the plant in mine up with rags, preferably cut -u question and its subsequent revival' distinguishable difference in the interi old stockings; and if this is done be- twice each day, feed and water the after a day or two of prostration or quality as related to shell color, is fore .the hair -dries after a washing, the hogs, tend 160 hens and about 800 which has sapped it of vitality and looking for other measures of quality curl will stay much longer. young chickens and.other poultry. impeded its growth. while making her purchases. If, on the other hand, you will lift the plant with a little earth about it, fill the hoe which has been made for Don't Wait to Cull. The annual culling season is here v e i cut close work was dome. its reception with water and -set the and care should be taken to start the to the head or shingled. That is for The men went on fishing tripe near - plant in it, pilingin dryearth uponbrunettes. A blonde will always look the water,the seedling will standin soon elimination of the loafer hens just as better with a lather long straight ly every day. We women gathered, ug poultryman isany fno longer them satisf dewith real B lied. Brawn cut and the ends softly 300 quarts of pickledand grapes, water - liquid mud and seed almost invariably canned nearly survive without undergoing the weak -one or even two callings a year. He Beall pretty, •light hair on adults is melon rinds and tomatoes. ening wilting and reviving process is finding it payer to make a culling rare .and well worth preserving. Try We made forty gallons of the finest entailed by the other method. every two weeks fora considerable It need hardly be said that the roots period in order to pleased the camomile for a'year—you will be should be supplied with ample space get the boarders pleasd with the isuht s)1?• p• p out of the way as soon after they stop in their ne Occasionally little weeding to the Be sure the curls and waves are large garden was indulged in or a little and soft frizziness: is infinitely worse that straight hair. If you succumb to wood gathered and cut for our camp, the bob, don't have th hair but not one stroke of unnecessary :v home, and should never laying as possible. be tightly re 1 together • the earth In maki th Doll Dishes. adapted to such use, since they are should be pull _I down firmly about that is really necessary'is to be able to On her birthday my daughter asked both decorative and prolific. the plant, and in the heat of summer tell a laying hen from one that is not,for a set of dell dishes big enough to If the plaee to be fined be sunny, a piece of newspaper should be laid This can most easily be done by exam- eat from when her •little friends came portu'.aca wilt fill the void charmingly over transplanted plants during the fining the vent, the abdomen and: the in to play. We went shopping for, and the annual aster wilt provide heat of the clay to shield them from spread of pelvic bones. j them in, toy departments of stores and other. many cheery blossoms for autumn the rays of "the- sun.The vent of the 'non Iayer, whether found such sets expensive. Ant in the IL the thin ones have shrunken so cutting. Obviously we may note that Although such transplanting may she be a good or a poor hen for thehouse furnishings section we bought they look like eelittle girl's. skirt at the late -blooming flowers are particularly seem to entail much extras)' -Gabor, you year,will be morefrom open -stock china better lis window, hunt up some old th#•n white or less dried and hes at well adapted to bald -spot use, since will find some compensation in - the r.hriveled in comparison with the large, half the price, material and lengthen eaoh curtain they p color at a time when this.. fact that -it: will not be necessary to moist vent of the •laying hen. If a el ._ We bought six bread -and butter from the top, covering this seam with is ati a minimum, have amp a time ge number of plants lowskinne3-breed is being observed plates of a dainty flower pattern, six a .valance, s`et ori straight er pleated,' the return of yellow color to the vent cups and -saucers the of some bright luaterial in color har- will aid materially in pioking out the sm'all�st meat platter, an. "individual monions to the room. vacation hens. Similarly the abdomen. teapot, sager ,bowl and cream pitcher. Straight curtains. which have split loses its soft, velvety condition when lily daughter says any pieces left after with age may be ironed into pleating,' the hen stops laying. - f ll days she is going to put away to then fastened back with cords or ng ese early culling& all apple butter from windfalls and sold the greater part at two dollars a gal- lon to tourists and summer camps. We Cuttain Tricks. When hanging fresh curtains, ere - member that there are tricks to this part of housekeeping as- well as any to move a verylar become -established after their instal: in all. It is surprising to see what Illation and are too small at - the time Targe and attractive growths will re- ef transpr_�anting to interfere with suit from a rather scattered plantine. their dying neighbors. :In this connection cosmos may _be mentioned, although this, to obtai n Generally we sow annual seed thick- ly and have not sufficient hardness of heart to thin -extensively, and the re - the best results,' should be transplant suit is a mass of bloom born upon ed while still small. The reason for minute plants. If, however, you will the selection of annuals in filling in, in transplanting set your petunias frm the nucleus of her awn house -1 bands, The pelvic bonee are alwayso ' fairlyj( well spread when a hen is laying but keeping dishes, White net or lace curtains may be close up when she stops•. The non,:, --�' washed and starched and put on the layer can easily be identified by this i A Poppy Bouquet. rods wet to dry. Pull out the edges apart from their almost immediate four-o'c:bcks, balsams and other an- condition. The hen that stops laying Do not deny yourself the pleasure with the fingers when perfectly dry. effect, is simply that they are not so eluate perhaps six inches apart, not in 7uly is usually not much of a hen of s beautiful bouquet of rich red pop- : This Is most sueces. ful when there deeply rooted as to interfere with the only will your labors be greatly re- providd she has hada fair chance and piee right in the house where you can are two rods, top and bottom, as for plants among which they have been duced but you w*i.•I be surprised to see what showy and decorative growths placed. .. When your spring plants, therefore, will result. begin to leave you, set rows of an- Apart from the treatznent of un- nuals between them to carry an the avoidable bald spots in the garden it bloom. If the plants which the an- will be found that actual flowerless nuauls are to replace are not to he spaces can, by a little care, be reduced. moved, the annuals may be set more to a minimum. • This is- done by the thickly; but, for example, if tulips are simple process of keeping the flowers to be lifted -which, if done at all, will blooming, which is an easy task, since be as soon as they are ripe -the new- it consists only inpreventing the comers' must be so placed as to allow formation of seed pods. ample room for digging without be- I know of cases where Canterbury coming actively involved in the pro - bells were enjoyed well into August eon themselves. As the foliage of the departing pant shrinks and ye]''owe by merely pinching off these pods the 26th of August to the nth of Sep- kitchen, watching the progress of ' a dainty, washable and gay kitchen the smaller ones will increase in sta- when they foi•nted, after the passing tereber has been mare productive than whatever may be over the fire, waiting' curtain for less than fifty cents fl Th' d good management. l see them. Early in the morning cut ' Wench windows. 1 She can be -culled by the three points your poppies and be sure to get freshly I Don't try to fasten tie -backs with suggested. In the later callings mere opened ones'. pins pressed in by the finger. Hold the care must be exercised and - hence 1 -Dip the tips of the stems immediate-! pin firmly and pound it in with a ham- ey .in very hot water, --then arrange , mer. i them in a large pitcher or Crock of ` Iron net curtains and marqurset.te.' 'Ieold water and set them in the cellar , damp from the Iine. It saves time and' } for the day, They will droop at first the result is as pleasing as when damp - Experiments at the O.A.C. show that but straighten up -later and if they do , ened' 1 for the best returns it is important to not need to be moved about will often l Pongee. curtains hoida nicer sheen i sow seed wheat which is (1) large; (2) last two or three days. when ironed quite dry. ` i plump; (3) well matured; (h) un- White bone rings make an excellent' et broken and (5) unspz•outed•, t lengthener• for a ,cash curtain, serving In the average of ten years' expert- inches of Time. P also as insert for the rod. •• ments wheat sewn at the Co:rege from We housewives are often held in the Two yards of percale ruffled mak more factors considered. ' Seed Wheat. ture until the ultimate withering of ""a ower. is oes not mean the cutting off of the entire stalk with tibe foliage which marks the ripening the sacrifice of some bloom, but simply of the bulb is itself concealed by the the removal of the pods as they form prolific new plants. along the stem. Seed, too, may be sown in the re- Larkspurs will bloom a second time quired spots; the slight foliage of the %alb plants will not interfere with the if cut back when the first bloom is seedlings, nor will the latter attain over, as will phlox if the flower heads e size which will interfere with them ' are removed as soon as they begin to •• & usiue pafferrrs , that Meth was sown at later dates; for things to get done. I used to cbafe i Don't forget the possibilities of the BOYS' NORFOLK Skil. Winter wheat sown on summer tali at these wasted moments. But I don't `dye -pot for faded curtains. Color is . This type of suit will appeal to par- 1pw or after clovers or alfalfa gives waste them now—not since e thought 1 being used more than ever and, if this,ants who dress their young sons better results than•, -that sown after of establishing in my kitchen, an a can-: is not desired, try creaming er butiiugsmartly and sensibly, and is a style timothy, buckwheat, etc. venient shelf, a worthwhile book to; dingy white ones. Even the ''tints" the young boy will wear with much read at those times. I have read in ; added to the last water give excellent p easure. The box plaits in the front Quality pays regardless• of whether -this way a. number of fine books that ` results. : and back fit under a yoke, The collar it is in the goods you sell or the goods . I could not have gotten through with ; fits c os iy to the t:eck, and the s' -eaves you buy. The added price of quality .otherwise. Busy women who think I We take all possible pains to wadi ! n1E. - be long and athered i products, shows value received in the they have no time for reading will find clean Dila pail- pans and ca but sun, • •or short. The patch -pockets are gen 1 spring and so yellow and , hopeless added service or satisLaction.one gets that they can accomplish much in that < shine can make them £till purer and ' crone in size and ill PROVIDING CONTINUOUS BLOOM. from them. Quality .often makes the line if they really wanted to, just by ! sweeter. They ,should be turned up in ' hold many t and Rater, may be coaxed into a longeri sur, e. The trousers are straight and The gorgeous Oriental poppy leaves :lease of life if in late July or early difference. between success and failure using their inches of time.—Alice A. the open air every day to let the sun's kn:,a_:Alt th, with side eosin a void which cauls for decoration when' in farming. Keen. 1 rays find their way into t' g g• Sines Au st he stiaggang steins be cut. its bloom is over, but care must be t severely back. _ exercised in providing 11 with a neigh -1 Forget-me-nots may be kept green bor. Though one of the loveliest ad- and fresh -l dltions to the garden, it is exceedingly ooking by removal of the temperamental, being hard to estab-: seed pods, but this will be at th cost lish and, even when established;"very' baes" whieh, thelw l�next y arof segrown more than jealous of interference. I have known i make upfor anywinter orta.;it these plants, to be set in the same bed : rziy' with the perennial coreopsis, which i and which aro dearly bought at such completely concealed the unsightly: a price. gaps :left by the passing of the pop -1 Of course if flowers be cut prof ue- pies, and. the resett`was perfectly seat! ly the seed -pod problem will not pre- 'isfaetdry but ' it was obtained only' sent- itself so soon. et tho price of ruthlessly weeding out • I have known of communities, where and breaking off the coreopsis plants' literally everyone boasted a garden, Which ''ventured to trespass too near r in which this fact was attested by -thee' the poppies when they began to stir garden otvtors who, armed with sci.s- from their summer sleep early ie Sep-' cors, went daily through their domains tember, l cutting oft blooms, which Were left on The iris, which remains a cool; softthe ground to die because; the house mass of green long after its flowering j was already filled with flowers and' ig ever, really node no aid in adding, thea e was no one in town who was. effect to the garden, unless you are not similarly well supplied. dlesii'ous of color everywhere. Its C Of course such cutting does pro- Basan may be considerably prolongedlong bloom, and in the case of roses _by` the combining of the so-called 1edds a suppientental pruning as well, German and the Japatieso varieties, 'which is beneficial to the plant. When fey the latter will, take up than talemany railroads, however, offer frco ,. when the earlier~ variety is passed. transportation to flowers which are r Th ' ", hospitalsr `, t'hts photograph, t^lcrn rn Trai"alga Square, I ondcir..shows the opening of life filet Dani ter ofCanadian e i2, s niay be given co,or by eroatX traveling to a mission,., it a peoitiesy donated Try 1Vir. W Uriufston ltoy of 14lontreal and shipped in cold storage, tering t eoug'ihout it elumpf d phlox seems almost cruel to let our cutting as) gee .m. 14, 6 and S years. Size 6 years re- • quires 241, yards of 36 -inch, or 1%s fr yards of 64 -inch material. Price 20c. Our new Fashion Book contains many styles showing how to dress boys and girl... Simplicity is the rule for well-dressed children. Clothes of character and individuality for the junior folks are hard to buy, but easy to m•aie with our patterns. A small amount of money spent on good ma- • terials, cut on :simple lines, will give children the privilege of wearing adorable things, Price of the book 10 cents the copy., Each copy includes one coupon god for five cents in the purchase of any pattern, 110W TO ORDER PATTERNS. 1. Write your name and address plain. i .y, giving number and size of such .patterns as you want. Enclose 20c le staztips or coin (e .tn preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number, and rddress your order to P:ittern Dept, C•V:lson Publishing Co., +3 West Ade, .aide St., Toronto. Patterns sent by ' retu•n mail, Lice and mites are parasites sr'dfah suck away poultry, profits. It is a good, Investment of ,finie and motel to keep :'them iib o}i€zcx: