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Zurich Herald, 1919-08-29, Page 7omcin:si 71) ire70190 ., PIan,To•Save .Steps. How to irialie work easier .if we are -to go without help, that is the g:eat Problem which confronts housekeep- ers, oily and country. Electricity and laoor-saying machinery go a long way towards solving the problem in town, but-doezn't do much to help oat the farm woman except in a small number of eases. But there are a g'r'eat many ways m Enrich the, far-"ocing country 'woman can make her work easier if she keen an Open mind end is willing to adopt new methods in the kitchen as her husband is in the fickle. Fleeces cookers—home-made or store—make it possible lo go without a fire shrug;• the heat cf the dey.. Gasoloiie o: charcoal irons, mangles . which wi:1 cl•.. the t:.rs.t:erched piece:,, :a home-mm.1e kitchen wagon for wheeling the dishes to and from the table, dater in alta house before there is a. --car for plea mre riding in the barn, these nee mite a few of the things whish the (empire- wernnr. can have and ahoui;l insist upon if she wishes to retain- a vesdige of -1 ouch and health. There is one thi ig, theme's., which can be, gotten mare en ily thin any of these in many country hound and that is the ohm:I: ttion of mites of needless Walking. The thing which impresses the city vieiter rarest when she takes stale oF her .. Jui:try sister's vwork-a-day problems is the countless number of stet's which the farm we - man takes during the clay. Used to ssnnlall,' compact houses, the city wo- man wonders that the country w oinan has lived to her present age, whateees it be, when el.e eces the stem; which the arrangement el the house makes necessary. . A large number of farm homes, it is all too evident, were built in t'te days when lumber was cheap and large families with daughters who stayed 'haeme and helped mother were the fashion. Those days are Torr numbered with other good things of the fe:rgot- ten past and only the houses are left as a legacy to the twentieth century housekeeper with hoe "no help prob- lem." Mammoth rooms are fine if you have help, but, 0, the backache if only one poor women has to keep in order. Anil, 0, the tired, aching 'feet after a day of trotting from stove to table, table to sink, sin'.: to pantry and pantry tai worelehed, all at the greatest pos ible distance from each other. Segall kitchens, with every inch of space ntilizeJ, is always my slogan, My present kite."ion is just 11x4, about the •size of many a farm home pantry. .There is no pantry, only a small re- frigerator room, •'fable, sink and stove are rill near enough together so that only a couple of steps are necessary in moving from one to the other. This has been large enough to do the work for seven people. Immediately I hear a cry hxise, "No milk to take care of, and no washing done in the kitchen,' All very true, but bad it been necessary to do the laundry work it could have been done in as small a kitchen by installing laundry tubs instead of the table, and building a cover for the tubs which could be utilized as a table when wash- ing was not being done. This is work- ed out in many city fiats and has prov- en satisfactory. As to the milk, care- ful planning and a little alteration of the average farm cellar would make it possible to care for 'the milk there, if we weren't so wedded to custom. Many women, however, find a larger kitchen 'better for their particular needs. With small children who .al- ways must be where mother is, an 11x8 kitchen is not just the coziest place in the world: -If your kitchen ,is large and you want it so, then the next thihig to do is to plan to make it aiionvenient. The sink must remain Where it is, unless you wish to engage -a plumber, which perhaps at his pres- +eirt rates you de not care to do. But ,even that would pay you in the long run, if moving the sink would save you xiiany steps. You can move the table, however, and the cupboards it they are not built in, And by buying a few lengths of; stove pipe .and an ,g],bow or two you niay have the stove *here you will. Sit down and study IYour own kitchen. Figure out how you S n re -arrange things -to make it pos- iible to take the fewest number of '' ops in getting a ]meal and washing rfishes, 'arid then proceed to have a eneral shake-up. Don't sari up and down cellar more Ijian le necosSary, If possible make ',4t1 iceless refrigerataor. And don't nn down three or four steps and a :lIalf dozen rods out to the mills house fox]:..a1.1 your butter, *Ilk and eggs, as 'Some women persist in doing. Deep vuhat you Will need for a day's supply in the house. You can keep the milk (axial by sitting' it in cold water. And the 'eggs you nill use, iu a gay aren't ;going; to spoil if you da keep them in the house. Plan to ;;ave steps. This is a thing we can 'all da: Get all the kitchen helps you can, everything that makes work easier is a necessity these days. But while you are buying labor-saving devices don't continuo to work over- t°rite walking several miles unneces- sarily. Dishes the Threshere Like. Did the drouth catch your early po- tatoes and, are you worrying about hew .e ea will conk the old ones, so that t'I- threshers will relish them? Well, then, why not scallq . them and • }slake serve • pbteito salad" The sheshers who come here surely pelish- e:i these two dishes, ,or seemed to. "Scalloped potatoes!" you gasp; "with butter sixty cents a pound and enled dressing takes too much time to make." Wrong again. You need little butter and can make a large bowl of salad dressing in three minutes. In- stead of butter alone, use small cubes or salt pork and salt, peeper and but- ter, cover with nsiik and bake in the teasel way'.; If you hayse.eome cold milk gravy left, add it in the place of part of the milk. This saves the gravy and makes the potatoes better. For the salad. 1 use cold boiled peta- 1 toes, onions and cucurnher pickles salt- ed and peppered, and chopped to- gether.- Tor- the dressing 1 use one i tablespoonful of prepared mustard to , two tablespoons of sweet cream, one i teaspoon sugar and vinegar to :•taste. Line the dishes with crisp lettuce Ieaves, garnish with a couple of sliced hard-boiled eggs, salted and peppered, i and then watch the men wade in. j I found that the mien preferred cold tea; and • as we had''ne ice I steeped the tea in a granite dish, with as little water as possible, letting ,it cool, and at the last minute pumped in the cold- est water to be' had. From three to :ssix glasses to the man tells what they thought about that. Another thing, 'perhaps not so econ- omical as the before mentioned, but on tht.rapidly disappearing order, was brown bread. Our recipe is as follows: One• cup. of 'sour ,ered.tii; two cups: of buttermilk, one scant cup of sugar, four tablespoons of cooking molasses stirred together well. Sift in graham flour, to which has been added two teaspoons level of soda and ono heap- ing full of hakin ° powder, also one teaspoon of salt, Stir rather thick and bake in two loaves. It is better to ],alk a sample the first time, for un - lees the batter is thick enough the bread will fall and it is rather toe ex- pensive to waste. For gems you will find this recipe heard to improve upon. I also put a mirror, soap, comb, tow- els and dishes, to wash in at the well, under ha big shade tree, setting the table on the verandah, and fancied I got along easier this year than ever before. I find that simplicity ' ombined with plain substantial feeds suits the men bettor than all the fancy dishes I used to make before the did H. C.. of , L. put his foot on my neck. For the Pickle Shelf. Cucuml tit Catsup -1 dozen large cucumbers, 1 quart vinegar, 1 table- spoon salt, 't teaspoon cayenne pep- per. Gather cucumbers before the sun strikes them and keep in a cool place until used. Peel and grate the cucumbers and 'drain off the water. Heat the vinegar and spices to boiling point; pour at once over the grated i cucumber, bottle and seal. Cucumbers bottled in this way retain their fresh- , ness and make a particularly good sauce for steak. Curry Picklete—Boil together for five or ten minutes, two quarts of vinegar, ono tablespoon of salt, one teaspoon of black pepper; take one tablespoon of curry powder, one and one-half tablespoons of corn starch, four tablespodils of ground mustard, one tablespoon of sugar, 'or more if desired, Mix these thoroughly with a little cold vinegar, then put into hot vinegar mixture and stir all until it thickens. Take about three hundred small cucumbers and wash thoroughly. If medium-sized ones are used, cut in small pieces. Pour the boiling sauce over the cold cucumbers, bottle and seal. Apple Catsup --1 quart tipple' sauce, 1 teaspoon vinegar, 1 teaspoon china - mon, 1 teaspoon cloves, 1 teaspoon pe+pjier, 1 teaspoon mustard, ti tea- spoon onion juice, 2 teaspoons salt 1 pint vinegar, Simmer •slawl�r until thick bottle and jea1. A si miler eat.; sop can be Meade from anis or grapes, ra� ea, and 's iced to, taste. gorgm hu of molasses, May be added if a sweet sauce •Is lile4d. A. rq'w' of st rOW hooks above the sink are verb! asanvenient, SAILORS' SIDELINES. How the "Handy Man'.' •oi' the Fleet increases His Income, bluny of the 'handymen of XSing's Neve() anpllereent their incomes in both novel and Interesthrg ways. Op every worship, Tor example, there are to member of niers who cart a goad bite Of money uy "doP ,lying" -that is, do- ing tite washing of the other sailors' clothes. Usually. the mon work in coilides:I, and charge ani• P.rertaige of. Oka twopence per garment, so that altogether dobeying is quite a profit-.: able sideline --•-e'er .the men who like washing. Then there aro the "Jews"—not moneylenders, as might be supposed by the uninitiated. The Jews are the sailors Who, make clothes for' other men ----sailors who, in their spare time, are also tailors. Most members of the general public are c]'Iite unaware that all sailors are supposed to make their own germants-•-the ugh in reality a very small proportion of them do so. Another way in t'vhfch some. handy ..men add to their incomes is by shav- ing' and haircutting. 'There `are on Some warships twelve or eighteen amateur barbers among the .ship's crew, and this work is among the very beat paid of all "extras," Some of the barbernen run sort of haircutting and shaving clubs on board; charge so much per month per man, and give as many haircuts and shaves as required. 'Every ship, toe has its "snob," or shdemaker and cobbler—tile sailor Rho devotes his spare time to inak- ieg and mending the shoes and boots of other men, Whon'a ship is out at sea for a long spell the snob has a rather unprofitable time of it, but when port Is touched --and sailors stop running about barefoot --the shoemaker gets busy.. Matenaking is another Sailor's side- line, and frequently a very well -pay- ing, game, too. The making' of mats geld rugs frii h'ocidinent's is quite a sailor's accomplishment, and some very' fine specimens are often made by them. Any Jack Tar who devotes himself steadily to Making money by natmaking can turn out two mats in a month's spare time, and sines these will fetch anything from 'twenty-five shillings to three pounds apiece it is no unprofitable occupation. - Other "fancywork" — embroidery, lciiitting, fretwork, and crocheting, eto. —are also favorite occupations with seamen, and many of them turn this work to good account, and thus sup- pleinent their wages. SIX MEN. PERISH WHEN SHIPS MEET Schooner Francis A. is Rammed and Sunk South of Halifax. Halifax, Aug. 24.—The schooner Francis A., 83 tons, of Yarmouth, owned by Henry A.- Amer al, of Yar- mouth, was rammed and •stink by the steamer Lord Downshire, of Belfast, owned by the Ulster Steamship Com- pany, of Belfast, with the result that six of her crew, including the captain, perished. The'Francis A., in charge of Capt. Percy Ross, of Broad Cove, Digby County, left Yarmouth two weeks ago. She was engaged in fish- ing at the time of the collision, 120 .miles south of %Ialifax, had a large catch, and was to have returned to. Y,arniou.h to -night.' The Lord Down - shire was proceeding from Baltimore to Belfast with a general cargo, in command of Capt. McFarren, when the collision occurred, early Saturday evening. Ukrainians Capture Kiev From the Bolshevilki Forces Copenhagen, Aug. 24.—A despatch received here from Ileresina, in the Government of Minsk, says an air- plane has reached there bringing ad- vices from Kamenitz- Podolsky to the ieffect that General Petlures Ukraine troops have occupied Kiev, taken the whole of Podolia and large parts of Volhynia and the Government of Kiev. The advices add that Ukrainian arm- ies are approaching the Dnieper River along the entire line. FRENCH AIRPLANE GOLIATH IS GIVEN UP AS LOST A despatch from aris says:—The French airplane Goliath, which has not been seen since it left Mogador, 1Vi'oroeco, for Dakar last week,'ener- ally was given up as lost ,irr aviation circles. The Farman Company, build- ers of the airplane which carried eight passengers, was still withottt news of the machine. MISS PLANE .GOLIATU HAS LANIOUD fN SAFETY • Part , Aug. 24.—The French al plane Goliath has landed north oQf; Dakor with a, broken propeller, 411 on board are safer A Good i'ieaaon. 13111111So eteruly) : "What's the recta fiats that yot4ig roan stays so late when he calls?" Miss Billings (deli Urely) I "1 tans, palya.' 11,300 CANADIANS .. STILL IN LIR OPE 'A'o Save T.,1;d' in Demobilization T'rt o is Will Return Via U.S. Ports. A despatch from London saye:— enadictn troops will now be repatri- xited via the 17nited State,: to save time in demobilization. Sailings for American ports for first' (:lass book- ings, incl din; officers,` N,C.O: s and their wive:c, have been arranged, The Bohemian railed for Boston on Fri- day, while the Celtic will go to. New York and the Cretic to Portland. The SS. Haveford is added to the military sailings, Can diens remaining, in Europe now number 11,500. Examination of the War Office figures of 'repatriation of the soldiers of the vac"oaas dominions indicates that Grana.d;i has made much the best thontes for rapidity. Out of about 205,000 troops in Eueopo at the time of the armistice, Cennda had, up to' August 9, repatriated 247,215; Aus- tralia had returned 117,950 out of 171,426 in Egypt and Europe, New Zc t,rol had repatriated 43,600, and South Africa 11,700. American rail Ian from Britain have been rather slow. it a Sd �Si64 5 .s. V7 .g- 'i i s Aw'sy u ,mir'e's War Effort Brought 7,130,280 From Mother Country and Colonies. A despatch from London says:— The report of the War Cabinet for 1918 summarizes as :follows the Em- pire's war effort: The strength of the regular eerily reserve and territorial farces ou• the fourth of August, 1914, was 732,51.1. Britain has since recruited 4,006,158 r`iien. With other enlistments in the United Kingdom and Canada the total white enli_cments in the whole Em- pire were 7,130,280. • The figures of enlistments for races other than white, including over 1,250,000 from India, were 1,524,187, giving a grand total for all races of the Empire of 8,654,4 67. In addition to pthese, Chinese and •other labor •units were raised- for Safra ee•,in Saloniki, Egypt and Mese*. potamia. 1I Ai. irvt,Ing L 7ij rr r f1 &lirn�.i .S...��.. LuiaY SQL J+ Surrounded the Bandits in a Blockhouse in the Mountains. A despatch from Marfa, Tex., segs:—Four Mexican bandits were killed by American troops in 1V1exieo Thursday. Captain Leonard Matlock, who arrived here by airplane reported. They were surrounded in a .block- house that the Mexicans had con- structed in a mountain pass. The bandits fought desperately when they found they were trapped, and two escaped. When the American troops approached the blockhouse with the intention of searching it the Mexi- cans opened fire from portholes. AERIAL MAIL SERVICE BETWEEN TORONTO AND N. Y. A despatch from Toronto says:— Concurrent with the visit to Toronto of his Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, the Postmaster -General auth- orized the Aero Club of Canada to convey a mail, containing unregister- ed letters only, by airplane, from To- -onto, Ont., to New York, N.Y., which closed at the general post office, Toronto, at 10 a,m., Monday, Aug. 25, 1919.. All letters enciosgd in this mail had to be fully prepaid, both as to postage and war tax, and to comply with the regulations of Canada, and were forwarded only at the risk of the senders, who were required to endorse on the address side of the letters, "Vita Airplane," as an indication of their willingness to accept those con- ditions. OVER 1,100 DIVORCES SOUL'SOUG114T IN MANITOBA .1. M ACCIDENT AT FALLS Woman L„ost Control of Car Which Plunged Over River Bank. A despatch from Niagara Falls, Ont., says:—.4 fatal automobile acci- dent occurred in:Niagara Falls, N.Y., at 8 o'clock on Friday night, when a motor car driven by Mrs, Kriel, wife of Dr. Kriel, dentist, -Niagara Palle, N.Y., went over the bank, and nearly into the river just above the Michigan Central bridge, Mrs. Kriel is dead, as is her nine-year-old daughter, her mother-in-law is in a dying condition in St. Mary's Hospital, and her son, a boy of eight, is in a very serious ccn- clition. There is said to have been five occupants of the car, and it appears from eye -witnesses' es res that the women lost control c:eling clown Cleveland Ave., a fairly steep street, could not make the turn, and crashed through a wooden wall and over the bank. Assistance was at once called, and on climbing- down the steep bank three bodies were found lying on the rocks. Mrs. Kriel, Sr., and a boy were f(iuerd to be, still alive hut shock- ingly injured, and were at once attend- ed to. One girl was deed when found. Still farther down the cess. was found wedged between some trees. Mrs. Kriel was fo:u d there dead with shocking .injuries. She ;as still grasp- ing the steering wheel. .The spot where the car went over is nearly perpendicular and there was no possible chance of escape. The firemen are at work with block and • tackle lifting the car and digging among the debris, for the other possible victim. Several" acci- dents have occurred at this point. Some years ago a similar accident happened, when three lest their lives. r IM TV 1M 11 v n^a r , f� r a� u. The Majority of Applicants Are $ u d o'ldiers. A dohpatceth from Wiarnipeg nays: - h firi qu;?cement a(11, a' the law I1(itirt9 Thtar9cla sag es that there Ore more than plevori hundred divorce ap- plications filed fqr hearing when the O.ourt of King's Bench opens for the uill% dges nit wilj 1llg ,be `Svp' elaniie ( io: ix opGuped hearinfl filit yeses. In til( rp}ajority of eases, the iVgyco Cippliggatlgps aro being m de y opld1ers, who heave returned to find their wives have bean unfaithful. The east of ObtatatlIg a divorce is from, 44200 up, according to lawyers. Old Country Can Absorb All Dominion Has For Export. A despatch from London . says:—A grave ehortage of the British hay crop has resulted in many urgent en- quiries being placed with - Canadian trade. reeresentatives here for sup- plies of Canadian hay. If Canada has any hay for export she can sell all of it over here. The Government spokesman stated in Parliament that the authorities were Watching the hay situation care- fully, and that if prices rose to an unreasonable level they would con- sider the advisability of fixing maxi- mum prices. The Government would not, however, control the distribution of the year's hay crop. WI ITMORE'S r1 Ta `, i ATE OF WESTERN CROPS Forecasts S3,000,005 Bushels of Wheat For Sask., 43 in Mari., k lil pita. A despatch from Regina, Sask., says:—A. E. Whitmore of Regina, a nose student of crop conditions fee many years, made a forecast that Saskatchewan will have 38,800,000 bushels- of wheat this year. Tho Manitoba crop he places at 43,095,000 and the Alberta crop at 21,951,600, - The• yield in Saskatchewan, he estimates at ten bushels; for Mani- toba fifteen, and for Alberta six, He has issued forecasts of thee same nature for a number of years, and they have been remarkably accurate. Last year, for instance, he estimated 20,000,000 bushels higher than others! made at the same time, and was with- in 3,000,000 of the final Government report. — BATTLEFIELD I'ARK, QUEBEC PRINCE INAUGUR ATES A despatch from Quebec says:—At 3 o'clock Friday afternoon the Prince, attended by his chief of staff and his suite, motored from the Citadel to the Montcalm monument on Lansdowne Dark, where his Royal Highness de- posited a wreath. Ile then proceeded along Grande Allee to the Battlefields Park where he laid another wreath on the Wolfe moiniment and after- wards unfurled the Union Jack at the new fiagstaf for the park. Tidings From Scotland Sir Lees Knowles, brother-in-law' of Lord Strathspey, has received tlro Territorial Decoration. Sergt. G. 5, Adams, Soaforthe, awarded the 15istie uished Conduct•. Medi+.l, is a native of Brom. One of Glasgow's best known shipe owners passed away recently in the person of William Robertson. Baron J3ailie J. A. Polson, Boner Bridge, has given x'SO to the local Fallen Heroes' Memorial Fund. The Order of the British Empire has boon' conferred on Provost D. S, Shaw, Fort William, Inverness. The Croix de Guerre has been ' :.warded to Sergt. Jharlee Raffan, D.C.M., cf the (ith Gordon Highlanders. The l:egent Place U. F. Church, C rei park, Dezinistoun, recently held their centenary c,elebrativa services. The e::l,c;riment of carrying parcels by special tram cars in Glasgow has failed, owing to lack of public sup- port. Mr. 1 ephereon, who has been ap- pot.t,d Chief Inspector of Scetir,:id Ford, is a native of Duinan Bridge, idcr; v: -hire. �1. .,Jackie, M.A., ma:.ter or mathe. matics and science at 'rain. Aoa'lecay, has Leen aprointed Teeter of that in- stitution. The death is announced at Dingwall of 3alre i'luni'o, who conducted a baker business at Dingwall for nearly fifty rear e. A tablet has Leen erected in the West End School, Elgin, in memory .of the 117 old scholars who were killed in the war, C Lori Lovat has arranged to sell his estates . at Stronelairg, Corriegmmrth, Giendoe and Iitilin, comprising u0,650 acres. The French Government has award. ed the Croix de Guerre with Pallas to Sergt. R. Valentine, Seaforths, Los. siemouth. Maj. A. 't. Munro, awarded the Ten ritorirtl Decoration. is a brother of the Rt. Hon. Robert Mimeo, Secretary for Scotland, • Sergt. Robert Logie, Scottish Rifles, echo has been awarded the D.C.M., is a so.i of the late James Login, Port Gordon, The death took place recently e.t the Preston Royal Infirmary of Nurse Jeannie Gibson, daughter of the late Bailie Gibson, Elgin. MEN'S MILLINERY IN• INDIA. Oriental Turban is Composed of Nine ty Square Feet of Cloth. Modern womeir haven't a thing on a men from India, when it comes t( wearing e_;pensivo hats. And they'l', have to get busy to crowd as much on their heads as do the men from Dom bay, Calcutta and Punjaub, for tilos( red, yellow and white turbans are am long as three tablecloths put end tc end. Each turban is made up of ninety Square feet of cleth, thirty feet lone by three feet wide. The average person worclers win.; Igen in these burning countiiis wear chat which covers the haac1 as e'.•oa. pletely a5 the hood of en 'EsI nio. IJutlt do it for the same iea,.,a. 'One seek prctec'tion from heat t ,end the other from cold. The Beat of one's own bodiy is far more endurable than the burr, ing rays of India's sun. A man wc,nrs a turban thirty feet long, while is small boy wears one from ten to fifteen -feet long. Bat Indian youngsters have found that the cap of the Canadian boy takes far less time to put en than his turban. and they* aro • generally diseaediee the headgear of their fathers for th4 worn in America.. LIVED FOR TWO HOURS AFTER I3LOWING OUT BR4INS A despatch from South Porcupine says: --Charles Morton. F'enny, who lived with his wife and family on a fii1,`tri _y ;q; Golden Gity, was found in a clyhlg coYi(ii;iisrr , bed, having shot hiniiself through the hi-R,;1.,4,"nvin, out his brains. Ile died two hours War being discovered. Penny wag an Eng- lishman. He has bebn clespohdent lately. Our Boye in France. Over the wave, our children breve Ho•egoi)e at inunanity's call; lle.tdyto' give that the right may live, Ready to give their n11. In La Belie France where the rue's ad- vance Had blighted the joys of life, They turned their guns on the gruel And joined in the awful strifef Land of the 'West, your Gallant bi',u st, Has nourished •a race of men. Whose eager feet will scorn retreat, And dash to the fray again. Rod by rod, o'er the bloody sod, The invader's host recedes. While the shell -torn earth attests sts the worth Of desperate valor's deeds. By the trt'»o'isze,i�s„seep, shall widows Or niothei'q lcmee' to pray, For the distant ones, whose dattutless sone Have helped to save the day. The ,re,hieS a et ': � _` `Bri i .i $ !a . �. , of lay t sh .,0Vh.inept is Sts good :faith. There is ai` i:evap of paper to which we put our Ai10.0ttrq Well its not holioted,-.1 Ir; C31}aiiberlials4..