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Zurich Herald, 1926-04-29, Page 2rz FROM CITY TO TAW The Tr'aplanted Girl Crows Splendidly in Country Soil,. By Dorris Richards and freshest. foods• and ,eon: learn to The farmer's Wife who ices born in be. skillful in their preparetiou, WS'e. a city, ,and spends all her early life "ea» became artists in our own lronmee. there Y h first *ears on Not iu a haphazard way, however. We sire often finds her rs y ust make our home our lobby and t'ha3 l lifl u°tt• It Shesoon m arzn vett' t i eltudy every passible angi•e ol• ekirert learns that furm wo.meu ii general are hcuselleeping. We must make otir More or rebels limited in activities .cut guest rooms cheery and comfortable rside the hozme. This is especially trues and, of course, keep everything inl- et the young mother, for the care of . maeulately clean. To do this we must several email Children in addition to live simply and work efficiently,efficiently,other farm -home duties allows. a mini- nzum of time for mother's own plea- We should cord ti Guest Boon and mire. Being human, She cannot help In this book record names of all guests, but contrast her life and the lives of date of entertihiie zrt and a list of busy women around her with tale meals served while there, Add to this lives of her friends in :town. As time any 1 their likes. or dielikei or teshey gees by sale aliases her gay good times pedal n dintyed Then all the thiygsthen and her former associates and soon most enjoyed. �vlben they return feel that elle has. Ilei all touch with sometime for another visit we can pre- feel lives. When they write it is of pare everything they like just as they their various and many activities, : sake it. It will gthe ' great personal theatres, music, daimes or perhaps ; saT The c haln and canat great pleasure. to do golf, tennis or the latest books. Sher The e vlceen canoe taught n little services for Mother's friends— feels out of everything and that she js warm water in the morning, fresh flow - being deprived of too much. And this ers in season for the dressers and ie not a healthy nor a happy point of dining room and. countless other light' cissa. and pleasant tasks which can be their Since rhe cannot enjoy these things share in entertaining, This is goad outside of her community and hems training for them. the city girl in the country must use We never should fue,s, ,Single coin the advantages she has and she may fart is fee better than elaborate mis have overlooked the one accomplish- ery. We can make the most of our ment in which the farmer's wife, above access to the great out-of-doors with all others, eau exoel—the art of good picnics, walks and drives, never fail - old -fashioned leasp'itality. She can try: ing to jot down every detail of each to bring her friends• to her to share her visit in our guest book. pleasures since she cannot go to them. She can strive to be a "perfect hos tela," for, now being a -country wo- man, sae has excellent facilities. lovely time-.aud was so comfortable," First of all we country women have and then, "I never can tell you how the great opportunity of making real muck the friendship of you and your homes of our houses, Allof us have family means to me." And after all, or can have pretty lawns and gardens is there anything more worth while and of course we have the choicest than making and keeping friends? It won't be long until we have re- sults. Friends are sure to write, "How clo you do it?" or "I did have such a Nothing in Particular. There is a saying: "The man who does nothing does somebody," And, when you come to think of it, it Is so, for seeing that every one of us has a duty to perform and some special work to do, there is no time, for us to separ- ate ourselves, even in thought, from the great events that are ours to ful- fil. Yet how often we hear people say: "Oh! I'm doing nothing in particular!" They waste their time in. idling whilst useful work is neglected, and the pur- pose for which they came here is be ing unfulfilled. Ili our glib phrases we often reveal our lives and outlook upon things. For instance -you ask a man how business is and he replies; "I can't grumble," or "I mustn't complain," just as though he had a. right to set himself up as a murmurer. 'What a condemnation it is to hirer- self! You may readily dome to be- lieve that this particular individual spends Ibis life in. endeavoring to dis- cover the twists and faults. It is easy to get into a habit; and to break from it requires every bit of effort we possess. We talk about a think being "awfully nice"; and "the honest truth," as though truth. is not always honest. Some will say: "Well, to tell you the truth," implying that such is not always their custom So oftentimes, we confess. our own emptinesss, announcing to the world that we are not masters of our thoughts for the dine being. Depend upon it that If we dou't oc- cupy our minds with the hest thinking we shall find that an inferior thought possesses us The mind cannot rest. In sleep it is often working like a ma- chine, as evidenced by our dreaming. We lay ourselves, open to every- device of wrong when we let our thixsking get elack. "As a man thinketh. so is he." Life almost invariably follows the train of thought. That explains why so many people are spending their days in waste. This can be -applied all round. The man who hunts a fox be- cause be thinks It Is sport has a mind that rises no higher than that cruel form of pleasure. Equally so with these who release a harmless rabbit to be chased to death by clogs. It 1s still time that ▪ Satan ilnds mischief for idle hands. We should never be unemployed, or triflingly employed. In this world there are great loads to lite and big things to do, and every one of us must help. George Eliot wrote: -- "Nay, never falter; no great Gleed is done By falterers, who ask for certainty; No good is certain, but the'steadfast mired, The undivided will to geek the good" Garage and Hangar. Two words are in common employ- ment , to -clay by many tvho have no knowledge of their derivation. "Gar- age" comes from the French verb ",gager," which Means to shunt, and is akin to the Old English verb warfare moaning to defend. "Hangar" ieta more troublesome'term. The Oxford dictionary says that its etymology is dubious, But aa the French name for shed, it isheld to be relate to the word angel, or messeh,ger,' since the Roman m•eesengers crossing the Alps to Gaul In Caear's day built shelter hats en route which were calmed atter them and eventually gave. a, name to «im1ier structures in. Prance. A Huse Shs•Iifieh. The Sniider arab of Japan has end' lung maws• that' it Ineessetala thirty Deet tram tip to tip. , The Links. It's up and away from our work to -day, For the breeze sweeps over the down.; And it's hey for a game where the gorse blossoms flame, And the bracken is bronzing to brown. With the turf 'Heath OUT tread and the blue overhead, And the song of the lark in the whin; There's the flag and the green, with the bunkers between— Now will you be over or in? -Sir A. Conan Doyle. Noted Historian Passes. at Niagara. Miss Janet Carn•ochau, Well known as the historian of the Niagara penin- sula, died recently at her home, Niag aga-on-the-Lake, in her SS,th year. Miss Carnochan was hopeful to the last, as was testified to by the fact that she wrote letters to members of the. LO.D.E. expressing interest in the work and declaring that she expected to be out again as soon as the weather permitted. Miss Carnochan played an import- ant part in the organization of the Niagara Peninsula Historical Society, an organization which has done much valuable work in preserving to pos terity material that will prove of ines- timable worth 'to 'historians and edu- cationists. She raised $5000 for the erection of a historical building at Niagara -on -the -Lake, which at the pre- sent time houses about 10,000 articles linked with the life of the peninsula from 1812 to the present day. The museum is now a Meeca for many visitors, and on its walls hands a por- trait of the founder and president, painted -by E, Wyly Grier and present- ed to Miss Carnochan. The late Miss Carnochan was born in Stamford. Ontario, in 1839, her par- ents being James Carnochax and Mar- garet Milroy, both of Scottish birth, Who came a short time before from , their native town in Ayrshire. Numu- bereci• among the writings of this gifted woman are: "The History of Niagara," "The History of St, Mark's Church," and "The History of St. Andrew's. March." She also wrote considerable Poetry, which if collected, is said to be a probable contribution to Canadian letters, ,._-.W Experts Say Athletics Rob Girls of Grace tbuglis-h girls' keenucss for athletics and field sports has robbed them of the grace essential far eueh occupa- tions as that of meene•gnin, nay some . of the fashion experts, and as a result' there is a •dearth of models for the spring dress parades, There are aslant .20,00,0 mannequins in London, this number is not suf- ficient for the rush season. The big .;Mores handrling smart gowns have. been advertising fat' Models.. but nrrany of the applicants have been turned away fot the reason that they we. too; welt developed. As a result of this dearth of models, p•rofeesional free - leave reaim euuins•, whosu,ppleanent - 4hte permanent staffs of, the fashion Misses, are reaping a harvest in Clash, They get about two patine c- sessionend areableto do two shows- a day. 'The ordinary rate of pay is four or five potteds weekly, with meals. Junior mannequins received front two pounds to two bounds and a half a week. Ceutee in Latin. "Robinson Crusoe," - the famous oleo- ere for brays, wee translated into Lade neatly ,one hundred years ago • by a ik;rroncTi pra3621or 1- MEN AND WOMEN QF TODAY Seven feet from tip to tip of king measures this, golden brown eegtr', shot reoently at New Hamburg, Ont„ by Gordon Wolfe, of Kitchener, and with which he is shown. Dicentra (Dielytra) Bleeding Heart. . The Bleeding Heart '(Dielytra .spec- tabilis•) is an old favorite, found in most of the old gardens and some of the new ones. - It is one of the early blooming piants•, with clean, graceful foliage, two feet in height for young plants, throe and often more for older plants, the long drooping ,racemes of very graceful, heart -shaped, pink and white flowers, make a -very attractive spot in the border. Any good gorden soil will do, and it seems to thrive equally well exposed to full sunshine or in partially shaded places. - They: are very easily grown. Two years ago when making over our bor- der, I gathered up a handful of broken pieces of root, dug a hole in the bor- der, put them all In together, covered them up, firmed with my foot, put two •stakes to mark them, and left them to their fate. 4 friend asked what I had marked. "Buried hopes," hreplied. In the spring, several sturdy little plants made their appearance. . They will not stand' even a slight frost unless protected in seine way. The last two years, three plants in an exposed part of the border, were cut down when buds were nearly ready to open, while two otherde protected) by trees Were untouched, 1111 have .enough, plants for use sorrilIce4 cut flowers, as they arl'b very' decorative for the house. - They die down in July, so they need to be planted near something that will grow up and help fill the empty space. Dicentra (formosa) is not so well known as spectabilis. It begins bloom- ing in May, continues until August, and frequently into September. It is a much smaller plant, with finely dis- sected foliage, and very dainty pink flowers, increases, rapidly from root growth, makes a very pretty spot in the border, but is useless for doorative purposes.—Miss Anna Moyle, for the Ontario Horticultural Association. Quills In its Neck The secretary bird of Africa gets its name from the tuft of quills sticking up at the back- of its head. • When you lose your temper, you lose something more—you lose your grip on the entire proposition or st3ugg:e in hand. There is a difference, rem- ember, between hot determination and a temper lost. t Japanese -Women Seek Equal Rights in Education Tile women of Japan have started a. determined -movement to gain educa, ti,onel advantages for themselves equal to thas•e accorded men. One thousand "progressive women" have just held a two -days' meeting in Tokio to die - cues means of...convincing the Govern ment that a university for girls equiva- lent to the Imperial University for Hien •should be established at" once. This, movement has had Pope ap- proval of the press, which predicts' that the -Government soon will act. Commuting upon the meeting, the Osaka Mainichi, Japan's Ieading news -- paper, declares: 'It goes. without say- ing that the educational system of this country is extremely backward in the field of women's education as com- pared with other advanced countries of the world. The position of Japan- ese women is fast being elevated as the years go by, and this-discre-pency should not be allowed to peztsist any longer. Any educational system that ignores the important position of the other half of the population by shut- ting its doors against the fair sex is a disgrace not .only to the womanhood of the country. but to the entire nation as well. Par a nation doing injustice to her wornonhoed in the matter of etiueation is bound - to deteriorate in chaaraoter as well as, in efficiency." Simple goitre or "think neck" is very common among young girls in certain districts in Canada and the United States. This condition has been found to he ,due to a deficiency of iodine in the diet, particularly in the drinking water. Wherever simple goitre is common, there ie little or no iodine in the drink- ing water. Where there is sufficient iodine ,as in most districts near the sea, simple goitre is almost unknown. Consequmitly au iodised table salt is now available, children are being given sodium iodide and even water supplies are being iodized—all far the purpose of correcting or preventing simple goitre, which not only spoils a child's good looks but niay develop in- to a dangerous farm of disease. ee The Smallest Owls. Elf awls, tiniest of owls, make nests in the giant cactus, plants of the south- west. SimpleGoitre. Novelist Oates Success from Scotchman's Loan. A few days ago sem Af England's mss•£ suceessiul popular novelists., Jelin, Paris, Wallceal into iL slap in Glee.- gow and asked- to ;aeo the "boss," The eneitchman didn't- remember his name, but he ,did remember a young gentle- iran to whom just ten years ago, Ile. had. loaned a 10 -shilling pate ($2,60). "And the blighter 'never paid ire bads," he exclaimed, adding that three - weeks ago he had torn up the,I.O:U, - "Well I am the man," said -the nov- elist, and Paid the debt. Ten yeas ago he wears .down on his luck and the munificent loan gave him b.is start. He went to America, tramp- ed the continent for a year and finally got to Japan, where he found the in- spiration for his books. To -day "Ki- mono" and "Banzai" are on the list of best seller& in London, but evidently they_hame not penetrated to the count- inghouse of the Scotch capitalist who is responsible for it all. Lauder Has Health Key. Sir Harry Lauder has been -telling the notarially of English ,oities how to be happy and healthy. u • "Drink as little as. possible and take plenty of water - with it," was ono of his counsels in Birmingham. That was his policy, be said,and also. "to eat tolive and not Sive to eat; not to sleep too much aria start the day with spine fruit."' Aside from that he owed everything to enthusiasm and there were four things worthy of a man's enthusiasms —God, work, home and a kindly neigh- bor over the wall. - A Witty Remark.. Lady Chelmsford, whose husband,, yiscpl t Chelmsford, was formerly Viceroy of India, and first Lord o the Admiralty in the late Labor Govern- ment of England, is note& for her ready wit, - Cue' particularly bright saying of here Is well worth mentioning. It was her wedding eve, and anent her most 'intimate friends started, half is fun, to condole with her.' ' "You won't be able to go out and "about so much when you are a married woman, you know, she 'sin+a."rked• teasingly. "Some of your many friends, at all sweats, will no doubt mise you, at their house parties;" "Oh; I dont know about that," was the quick retort. "I mean to .get about as much as usual, although I 0ha11 no longer be a welcome guest." Lady Chelmsford was, of course, be- fore her nmeriage the - Hon, Frances Guest. Not ,Quite Right. The famous explorer, Mrs. Resta Forbes—now Mrs. Arthur McGrath— tells the story of an amusing experi- ence that befell her in the course of a visit •she paid to the palace Of a cer- tain Eastern. potentate. In the garden was a steam. round- about, imported from England for the amusement of the ladles of'the harem. Several of the Sultan's, wires - were mounted on the wooden steeds; and the steam organ was blaring out a lively tune., Mrs. Forbes, as she then was; lis- tened—and laughed inwardly. For the time wae that of the once popular song: "There's Only One Girl in the World far Me." It's -You. You slay the world looks gloomy, e s es are grim and grey, The night has lost its quiet, You fear the coming day?' The world is what you make it; The sky is grey or blue, Just as your soul nary paint it; It isn't the world --'it's you. Clear up the clouded vision, Clean out the foggy mind; The clouds are always. passing, And each is silved lined, The world is what you make it— Then make it bright and true; And when. you it y it's. gloomy It isn't the world—ft's you. - oris lS1qJtAE7 �,.cr OY ECi You Said It, Florida Bird — "Yep that's right, one's born every minute! . Watch Steering. Apparatus, Keep the steering apparatus }'cell lubricated and have it regularly . in- spected to see that the pins, are kept tight and that time wheele do no get too meet out of alignment. • Rare Nova Scotia Stamp. A Nova Scotia le. stamp dated 1851 was sold for 260 at auoti.on in London recently. Almost Defined, "Harold, what is a crisis?" "Sometimes when nobody know. what to do to a hurry,' -a.,..,s.m.pa•••••.•04...01 ADAMSON'S ADVENTURES 4 + + + +4+4+.ph4' 4' + + '. 4- -I enk AMOULL BATHS TAKEN_ rjs,r'i 1rlri;t, ran elta ' + ' t sail' (eopylgOht xsza• et. Thh i3e1i 5yn&tattrr) ---- • - .41 The Fruits of Toil. It is easy enough to regard what- ever the -toil of a man has produced and to discard it in a withering opini- on. Again and again wiseacre oantem- porari•es have sat in judgment on a strange method or a new 'invention and dismissed it as a vain and foolish thing. The lonely pilgrim who brought forward the banned idea may have been disheartened by the censure, so that he left the field to those who should come after and find that he was there before them. Or there may have been in hint a spirit manful and deter- mined that forbade him to give up. He persevered on the rough way, and if at last he reached a goal triumphant, he found himself surrounded by a group of eager claimants for the prize he won. They bad endured nothing of the sneering eynicisnn or the callous - indiEereuce. But they insisted on sharing or stealing the reward. Great 'er than the triumph of invention is the conquest of one's own spirit in the , hour of victory, so that he who did not let himself beoome embittered in the days, of struggle remains nagnaut mous even toward those who would defraud him now. When will mankind learn, from the history of science : ar,stateorraft, to give the benefit of the doubt to him who soberly , proposes some new thing? When will it learn that so paten in mat ters of taste and ohoice and approval. we think with the- crowd, are governed by a reigning fashion and vote with a popular majority? When the mob ridi- cules or persecutes, we are too ready to make . common cause with it and lend our voices to the frantic chorus of those who are . accustomed to de- nounce what they do not understand. Even he who wrought with art and planned with conscience must often 'endure to see the impudent effr+eery of mountebanks and shy,tere prefer- red to his handiwork. The plea of his own merit is drowned out by the ac- claim that rises for :the charlatan. He puts on the market the meet solid, honest workmanship he knows and Sees a base and cheapepsed -imitation orowd his superior wares, from the Mounter. What shall he do? The greatest satisfaction, doubtless, is that Of a ratan who will notelet .his name be represented by anything less than the best his workship can produce, who maintains and even improves the standard that has. meant bis pride and honor and who, if he lases, Custom, wins It back because no rank and itri- puient - forgery 'of his product can satisfy his customers. Balzac's Parents Decided Upon Law Career for Him. Itslrac's father and mother had de.- oreed that he sliouitl be a man at the ia.w, •and had previously placed him in a notary's office, and later with an at- torney; but the young man',s law studies only Increased his, determine, tion to become a man of..iatters,emelt to hie roam t's disgust. They considered that the beet meth- od - of curing 'hien of- his foolIshness "'would he to let him taste .a little or the • batter fare of an author: -, 'Ilisy Metalled. him 151 an attic at Number 9, Rue Lesliguiere-s, Paris, and allotted ltinm just enough money to fur. Welt the bare nece,esities of life, The wind and the rain beat through. the :flimsy attic roof, and the young noviti- nee in literature bad to wrap the bed olatheo around him while he Wrote, to keep from freeiing in wint-er. for he could not afford to buy fuel. - A pint Of milk tied a `roll were his daily ra- tiorts, •antl thus_ ,every day lie knew 4vb:at lnniger was,' But the harsh experiinettt, inertea.d of discouraging Balsas, only tirade' hint more determined to attempt a literary oareere -li taruattlonal Book Revietai