Zurich Herald, 1921-02-10, Page 2Melissa's Account i o.,li. ..sg for a hired man be charged up
"But if you're going to pay hint, ley io him? Dan always argued that one
the hour, wick pay and a half for over more did not make any difference;
time, he should bring his own dinner You only put • on an extra plate and
and go home to supper," Melissa abe boiled another potato. But that extra
jetted I plate and extra potato, said Melissa's
"He'll do nothing of the sort," Dan thought to her, multiplied by the
bellowed. "D'you think I'm going to number of meals prepared in a year,
have the neighbors say we let the
meant hours of time. There were
hired man sit out in the barn and many things to be counted if one kept
eat a cold lunch, while 1 came in and track of costs, and Melissa decided it
fill up on a hot elinner : He'll eat was high t'nne to begin. a
right here at this table. What does= Dan cane in from the barn with
;cal amount to anyway?" pocket full of eggs which he laid on
Melissa said nothingthough she the table. His face was one scowl.
could have told a greadeal about the "I told you those hens'did not pay wasted effort in housekeeping? There
cost of n heal. If Dan wanted to for their keep, he growled. They were so many things she wanted to do
h I for which she had no time. If you.
reckoned time as valuable as money
and planned to spend it wisely, could
you manage to get thne for something;
besides cooking and cleaning and sew-
ing ? She wondered if sonic of the
time spent in dishwashing could not
be saved. And there was bed -making
-were all the pats she gave to her
pretty spreads and eases necessary?
She meant to find out,
(Continued next week.)
'cup and a half to a pie, or six ounces,
There were 19i$ pounds of' flour to the
barrel. Dividing the 'cost of the bar-
rel by 196 we her the cost of si
pound, frmn which it was easy to find
the ,cost of six ounces. Added to this;
was the flour for dusting board and
rolling -pin, the pineh of baking pow-
der and salt and the cinnamon, plus
the fuel for baking, and her labor,
Not counting interruptions, it took
her exactly one-half hour to get the
pie into the oven, and she "donated"
the time spent in watching it after'
it was there. When Melissa tot,iled
up the cost of that pie she was more
than ever convinced that it was vitally
essential to keep track of costs,
It was an interesting morning to
Dan's wife, who, until new, bad never
given thought to the eeorinmie side
of her housekeeping. 'She lhad.taken
it for granted that women did certain
things because the meii expected ,ite-
Now her mind was asking brand new
questions: Was there a great deal of
board the new man in addition to giv- ;have cleaned up all t ha.t nz,
ing him double the old wages, let ]him, i bought last week and here's a dozen
eggs to show for it. 111 wring every
darn neck before Christmas."
"A dozen eggs a day from fifty
hens isn't so bac. in November," Mel-
issa protested as she rescued the roll-
ing eggs.
"If you got 'em," Dan agreed.
"Yesterday there were exactly two
and in another week we won't be get-
ting any. And now I've got to pay
out twenty-five or thirty dollars more
for feed."
Melissa vanished into the living
room and jotted down a few figures on
the calendar. Dan was extravagant
in his statements, so she decided to
se xee and oatmeal and a half -pound mark down what he would actually
pat of butter that had simply melted pay She must find out what those
away on the hot muffins. Just for eggs cost.
eggs, butter, milk and cream, reckon- "How about an apple pie for din-
ed at prices on the farm, she was ner?" Dan stuck his head through the
"out" two or three hours' pay for the door to suggest. That fellow will be
man. This was just for the family here and for Heaven's sake don't let
alone and a hired man—well, Melissa .him go away and say he didn't get
anything -to eat!" Dan had a reputa-
tion to sustain!
Melissa had ,intended to stake sail-
or's duff as it took only five minntes
to stir up. But the cooky erock was
empty and the last doughnut had just
gone to the barn with Dan. She might
as well make a morning of baking. In
that way she could replenish the pan-
to her that this was what keeping try and begin at once to figure on the
accounts was for. She had only.half actual expense of the food they ate.
listened to a recent club lecture on Tiee cost of the apple pie was easy.
farm accounts. Of course she "kept Twenty-two -large Northern Spies
track" of the butter -and -egg money
filled a peck measure, so. dividing the
but it seemed a foolish waste oi' time price of a bushel bir, 'lour, alis that
to count tate tu"szi"lpe eind casiwts eget again kr twcntg-tceo , 1za-ee her. the
'cups' -"it 'Roth,* one used. In view of cost of an apple. Sax to a pie was easy
her present thinking, farm account- to reckon. Her college extension chart
ing took on a different light, told her that the half cup of lard she
She still thought if the farm hand
was going to institute factory meth-
ods as to hours and pay, that meals
should be recognized as amounting to
something. Five years ago a meal
might be regarded as a trifle, but
hardly to -day! Melissa looked over
the breakfast table; eight eggs, two
each for Dan and for Father and
Mother Tompkins, who, although they
• did no heavy work, still ate heavily,
and one each for Danny and herself;
muffins took two more eggs and
doughnuts also two more; then there
were fried potatoes, a generous half-
pint of cream, a quart of rnilk for
had never seen one -you could call a
light eater.
She wondered how much the muf-
fins and doughnuts cost. She had
never thought (about it before but if
she was to make Dan see that he was
really paying more than he agreed
to pay, she must have cold, .exact
figures ready. Suddenly it came clear
{ Another thing occurred to Melissa
1,as she trundled the kitchen wagon,
loaded with dishes, into the lcitchen.
If Men and women who went out to
work by the day were worth such
used was a quarter of a pound, so
that offered. no hard problem. To
find the Cost of the flour she had to
work with paper and pencil. Further
study of her. ,chart told her that one
high wages, what was she worth?' cup of flour weighs one-fourth of a
Could not the time she spent incook- poundor four ounces. She used a
its % ► Vii1. IR, II& 112. !ice ! 'CIL MR " I:d.►. ' "tom
HEALTH, EDUCATION •
0
1)r. Midaiieton will be glad to answer questions on Public Health mat- 0
ters through this column. Address him at the Parliament Bldgs„ 0
Toronto.
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BY DR. J. J. MIDDLETON
Provincial Board of Health, Ontario
11161. Tom'.'!, NIA la VW laik M1 M. VII In VW 11111, m1►'ice ► ' i
stone will be left unturned' to over-
come these prejudices, The people
want to know how to keep well and
be -healthy, and the Provincial Board
of Health is taking energetic steps to
send this information broadcast over
the country. With this end in s*.iew.
child welfare demonstrations and
baby clinics are being conducted at
various points throughout the Pro-
vince by trained nurses, and the rav-
ages of venereal disease are being at-
tacked by a network of treatment :' ncl one should say. "1 give the
clinics that are being establ.lehed •at choice to thee
many centres. Between this road, which
The protection from injury, and tread alone,
Never was there a tinge waren the
pursuit of health and happiness ap-
pealed more- to all classes of people
that it is doing to -day. -
Warne rays of optimism are be-
gilt/ting to break through the clouds
of doubt and despandeney that follow-
ed everywhere in the wake of the
world war. We are planning for and
looking forward to abetter world here
on oarth---a more civilized world, a
&leaner and healthier world. And
there is no reason why our hopes and
dreams should not be realized.
How beautifully Ge.orge B. Shaw
PALE, WAN CHEEKS
INDICATE ANAEMIA
New Health Can be Obtained by
Enriching the Blood.
When a 'girl iii her 'teens becomes
peevish, listless and dull, when noth-
ing seems to interest her and dainties
do not tempt .her appetite, you may be
certain that she needs more good
blood than her system is provided:
with, Before long her pallid cheeks,
frequent headaches, beeathlessaess
and ]heart palpitation will eonfirm that
she is anaemic. Many mothers, as the
result of their own ririirood experi-
ence, can promptly- detect the early
signs of anaemia and the wise mother
does not wait for the trouble to de-
velop further, but at once gives her
daughter a course with Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills, which renews the bloges
eaapiyanu r; nis"hea Iona i a+^tteYave '
has obtained a hold on the system.
Among the many who have benefited
by the use of these pills is Miss Dora
Kerr, B.13, No, 4, Wiarton, Out., who
says: "For a long time I lead been
feeling tired and worn aut. I was
troubled with headache and backache,
and would wake up in the -morning
feeling tired and depressed. I had to
walk a considerable distance going to
and from school and would feel so
tired that it seemed 1 could not go an-
other step_ .About this time a'lady
doctor came to the school, to examine
the children, and she told me I badly
needed a tonic to build me up. Dr,
Williams' Pink Pills had been used In
our home before this and .I began to
take thein. 1 can only say that they
have greatly helped me. 1 no longer
suffer from the headaches and back-
aches and 1 now wake up in the morn-
ing feeling rested and refreshed. If
ever in need of a tonic again 1 shall
lose no time in taking Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills."
'When 'O°
hh 1f- o n ad ag,o5 Red.
E .a (Crimson Label) y u get ex-
actly the same to whic
you tormerly poi, 35 cents
packa,geo—Quality in Re Res
'`lea is the first consideration. 0
pan 50 cents for .a LONDON POLICE SET
FORll PARK
id G eves troln Vtiale . over 300 carcases in a year.
intestines.
1
Soft, pliable "kid," that is as strong
and diu^able as its genuine prototype,
from the intestines of the whale;
thick sole leather of excellent quality
from -the lining of the whale's mouth;
five or more huge split sides of tough
leather from the. skin of the beluga,
the common dclphi]i of tho North Pa-
cific: these are only a fear of the many
revolutioatary products obtained from
aquatic leather, the manufacture of
which has become one of the new im-
portant industries of the Pacific Nortlz• i
west.
From an embryonic idea three years
ago to a practical method. of utilizing
annually millions of dollars' worth of
otherwise wasted by-products, and
supplying a new source of sorely need-
ed material, the advancement of the
industry has been phenomenal. •
The latest development is the utile
nation of the skins of sou lions and
seals, and the intestines and mouth
skin of the whale. The intestines of
a 60 -ft. whale measure 60 to 75 ft. 111
length, and about 6 in. in diameter,
or, when opened and spread out flat,
about 18 in, wide, A satisactory pro-
eesc .has been found to tan this ma-
terial, producing a flue substitute far
kid.
The lining or wail of the whale's
stomach, in some species a huge sack
several feet in diameter, is couverted
into a leather, which in thickness, tex-
ture and strength resembles the Al-
pine chamois or kid, but is superior to
it in being of uniform strength
throughout.
The inside of the whale's mouth
furnishes a skin which is tanned and
fnirhecl into a mdterial that resembles
a 'side of sole leather from a bull'e
hide, differing only in a "rib," which
runs through it at intervals of a half
irich. This makes an artistic and
practically indestructible bag leather.
The beluga measures 18 to 25 It in
length and weighs around 1,000 lbe,,
Tie`§l511t"lie or six times,
ii resultiing layer the thickness' of
ea 'skin, with the added advazztage
that all parts of every split are strong
and pliable, and capable of being
worked up and utilized in practically
every mariner that calfskin can.
All types of sharks --mud, sand, ham, -
atm. -head, white, basking or game,
shark—furnish valuable leather, and ;
the grain of this tough product makes i
it prized for upholstering, hag and
trunk covering, etc. The skin of the
average deep-sea shark, which is 10 to
12 ft. in Iength, measures about 35 sq.
This is split as many as eight
times.
Catering for the London Zoo.
You would hardly think it, but the
London Zoological Gardens have a
populatiou --- furred, feathered, and
•algid—o1 nearly three thousand, and
these days of high prices the )3111
r feediug these three thousand crea-
res is a very serious matter for the
elety, especially as it has to be done
t ,of the sixpences and shillings of
e visitors, says a London newspaper.
ake an animal like the elephant.
elephantweighs as much as seven
yhorses, and eats about three bun-
dweight of povendar daily. ....With
y at $75 a ton, as it has been, the
t of keeping the grass -eating erea-
es is enormous. Of bay and clover
me nearly three hundred loads are
mired in a twelvemonth.
mmense quantities of straw are
ded for bedding, in all about four
aoa;'s a week; while oats, barley, wheat
aria bran have to be purchased on a
shrelar scale. e
The flesh -eaters, which include the
lions, tigers, wolves, and the like, roust
have. raw meat. They are fed chiefly*
on horse -flesh, and between them eat
expresses ibis thought in "Oanaula,' care of the health of workers in in -
when he says "God has given u$ a dustry is being affected through a
Division of Industrial Hygiene which
is working to bring about conditions
in factories and industrial concerns
of all kinds, that will not injure or be
a menace to the health of the em-
ployees, especially as regards trades
that are considered dangerous, un-
healthy or :sedentary, The increasing
numbers of women in industrial pur-
suits hashing an important bearing on
World that nothing but our own fool-
ltrhness keeps from being a Paradise."
That is just the point. It is foolish-
ness that permits disease germs to
spread unchecked in our midst—bring-
ing ill -health and misery where there
should be health and happiness, It
3s foolishrhese and lack of knowledge
that is the cause of so much infantile
mortality, so many physical defects
of ehiklliood, and so mach venereal the health and vitality of the towing
disease in every coannutnity. More generation, will be given much atten-
tion. The impartanoe of cleanliness
in the home, and the necessity for
pure food and a good wholesohne water
supply for drinking purposes will also
be demonstrated:
In addition, there will be numerous
public lectures and moving picture ex-
hibits on general PublicIealth topics,
,
laying particular attention insome
cases on the value of the Public
Health. nurses who are now conduct.
ing clinics all over the Province and
doing important educatfonfal work In
Infant and Mild Wclf'rsx°e.
and more it is becoming evident that
ee diriarily intelligent people want to
keep well, want to keep their homes
glean and sanitary in every way, sant
to /rave healthy children and keep
them .healthy, want to live healthy
re the
1 more
a d
v
e and
l:l
1
0
more1
ti �� ay
great blessings of sunshine, fresh air,
good food and sanitation, Foolish-
ttess and lack .of knowledge are the
two main stumbling blocks :inthe way
elf getting all important knowledge
of these basic principles o£ life diff-;
; iisecl throughout the country, and no
thou must
Aud this, ditch Melt there upon thy
left,
Narrow and t•heeries,s:, lough with
ninny a stone, . •
Arid and waste. of trcos and flowers
bereft—
Yet, listen; If the latter Choice be
thine,
Love's Belt shall walls. beside thee
alt
'lvVunidst f:hotf accept. the fellowship
divine,
Or choose the easier. path? Beloved,-
say;
eloved;s;ay;
Scrap Ferris Wheel,
The famous Ferris wheel, which has
attracted much attention among the
foreign visitors ht Paris for the last
20 years, la to be demolished and the
will beused in r.
steel s leo reconstruct.
tion of devastated regions of that
country.
During .ore period of seven years,
over 8,000 earthquake shocks were re.
ooded ilr: Japan.
y��yb�lfr1�yg@, t�
„• •� ids
Monkeys require fruit. They and
the other fruit -eaters eat more than
two thousand bananas a week, as well
AS large quantities of nuts.
Seals must have fish. They require
Some five hundredweight weakly, and
even fish is not cheap nowadays.
For the birds, some six hundred-
weight of canary -seed are bought each
twelveniouth, Some bride require
hard-boiled eggs. Before the war
fresh eggs were bought at the rate of
33,000 dozen a year, but to -day pre-
served eggs form a useful substitute.
Some birds cannot exist without in-
sect food, and for these "meal -worms"
are provided, which come from Bel-
gium. As an example of the terrible
way- in which prices have risen, it
may be mentioned that these meal -
worms, watch used to be priced at 85
cents, now cost $3.75 a pound.
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OR ACA.MNST.
]Radicals and Representatives •
'of Ail Religious Sects Ad.'
dress interested Crowds.
If you aro in London, and burning
with a great idea that needs expres-
sion, the best and easiest thing to do
is to go down to Hyde Park, mount a
soapbox there and make a speech
about it, Realizing the basic human
need for self-expression, the London
pollee have set aside a corner of the
park as an open forum, and any one
who wants to talk, either for or
against the accepted scheme of things,
can do their talking there.
There are representatives of all re-
ligious sleets. There are vegetarians,
phohibitianisLs, anti - prohibitionists,
&larxian Socialists and birth control
enthusiasts. All London cheerfully
comes to listen and be •amused. _ In
fact, in fashionable London it is quite
the emelt thing to proiueuade iii Hyde
Park just before tea time of a Suuday
and "listen to the radicals."
One afterncon the rain dampened
the ardor of the crowd, but when the
weather cleared at sunset 600 or 700
people were still listening to the
sneakers, They steed in the growing
dusk, a litie, dark mass near the park
gate, a glowing sunset sky above thew
the dark ehadow of the bare trees
beyond.
There were five speakers and each
had his own little gathering. For the
most part the groups were silent, only
the shrill voice of the speaker being
hoard, but one man had gathered
about hen a denser crowd, that shoved
and jostled, laughed and mocked.
He stood :n the centre, the ring
pressed close ebont him. He was a
little lean, with bushy whiskers, keen,
nervous eye:, and dressed in neat
tweeds. He was against things as they
are. The Cabinet was nat much good.
Parliament wee worse. Tile answer
was the intelligent use of the ballot.
Why were pe:,opie making all thie
fuss over the heroes of the war? Were
they heroes? Were they fighting for
the eonntry in the war? Or were they
fighting for themselves? Did the ladies
aad .genteeenen Uvula. fleet he wives a
hero? (Loud cheers and cries o3•
"Yes!") What did they fight for, any.
away? (Shoats •of "Two and fourpenae
a day!" "Plum and apple 'exult")
Government. Protects Its Opponent.
The crowd had been jeeringly tolen
ant at first, but it began to 'reel that
the bewhiskered little man was saying;
things he should not. A young Cocke
nay shoved forward and offered to
fight the speaker. The crowd waited,
tense. It seemed that eveutualities
were about to occur. One of the two
majestic bobbies, or policemen, on
duty, elbowed this way into the ring,
and the Cockney melted away. Under
the safe protection of that government
of which he did not think so very
much the little man continued his
speech,
A group of several hundred persons
stood silently about a pretty and ar-
dent young woman who was pleading
for the Roman Catholic Church. She
was explaining the story of St. Peter,
and her voice rose high and higher in
tlne atUl evening air.
Near by a gray-haired malt spoke
convincingly of the menace of the pig
to public. Health. One does not quite
uuderstmnd why. An interested crowd
cheerfully challenged his every state-
ment.
"Sure, let them talk," said the bob-
by. There's some Socialists, and s nue
worse. But we let them say alt::ast
anything they want to. It don't de
any harm, and they port of let eta
steam that way. Every one has. Ti
good time and nobody pays much T.t,
tendon except when there's a good
laugh "
!n a Glass by Himself.
An Irish drill sergeant- was instruct-.
ing some recruits in the mysteries of
marching movements, and.found great
difficulty in getting a countryman of
bis to halt when the coiunnmtnd
given,
After explaining and illustrating
several tunes, he approached the re-
cruit, sized him up silently for a few
minutes and then demanded his name..
"Casey; sir," was the reply.
"Well, Casey, did ye Iver drive a
nailer
"'rift. ser,"
"What did ve say when, you wanted
him to stop?" -
„i,Vhaa."
T1ie sergeaeit turned away and lits
mediately put his squad in motion.
After they 1a1l adva1o d
duz Yt
yards or so he bawled ott.t tet the top
of his lungs: "Squad, halt. Whoa,
Casey?"
It is estimated that .bout 4,0,G10,0(
pins are destroyed auil r,