Zurich Herald, 1916-08-04, Page 7About the
House
Useful Hints and
general lnforma
1101 for the Busy
l-iouseelts
Appetizing Cucumber Dishes,
The cucumber appeals to the most
jaded of palates, but it has been ma-
ligned as the cause of indigestion. By
following a few simple rules it loses
its gastric -disturbing qualities.
Cucumbers gathered early in the
morning are sweeter and less liable
to cause indigestion. Never eat a
cucumber gathered during the heat of
the day.
Lay the cucumber for the table on
ice, not in the refrigerator simply, bill
ready to use; then remove a thick
paring, for the bitter principle lies
next to the skin, so do not leave a
particle of green; slice thin and serve
on a dish with crushed ice, soaking
in cold water, before they go to the
table. Many persons partake of them
cooked who cannot enjoy them raw.
Cucumber Sticks.—Pare some chil-
led cucumbers and cut them their full
length into sticks about as thick as a
pencil; serve them on a dish of chop-
ped ice; to be eaten With salt as
celery.
-' Cucumber Sauce.—Turn into a col -
water, drain and dry on a towel; then
dip each slice into a rich mayonnaise.
dressing, sprinkle with salt and ar-
range on thinly sliced bread; cover
with a lettuce leaf and'a second slice
of bread, and serve at once,
Cucumber Soup With Toast Sticks.
--Simmer in a quart of water nine
sliced cucumbers and four small
onions until very soft, then press
through a sieve; to this add a pint
and 'a half of scalded milk, a thick-
ening of two tablespoonfuls of but-
ter with three of flour, some salt and
pepper and simmer slowly. Serve
hot with buttered toast sticks.
Creamed Cucumbers on Toast.—
Stew the cucumbers as described
above, drain off the water in which
they are cooked, then pour over them
a rich cream sauce thickened with
butter and flour and serve hot on toast
or in pastries.
Cucumber Fritters.—Carefully peel
and grate. ripe cucumbers; press the
juice from the pulp, and to each tea-
cupful of it add one and one-half
tablespoonfuls of thick, rich cream,
half a tablespoonful of butter, a
ander a cupful of peeled and chopped "fourthof a cupful of sifted flour, tear
After be rust is wiped off ami;
Tor a little camphor will .brighten it.
Never use water from a stone re
eervoir for cooking purposes.
Wash silk handkerchiefs in tepid
water with a little boraX. Iron while
damp, ,
If fruits are canned as soon as
they are picked there will be less loss
by fermentation.
If silver is to be stored away for
some time, pack it with dry flour; it
will remain untarnished.
When the color has been taken out
of black goods it may be restored by
the application of liquid ammonia.
Naphtha soap, shredded and scat-
tered amongblankets when they are
stored away will prevent the ravages
of moths.,
A piece of alum kept in the silver
will aid in warding off tarnish, and
gum arabic is said to have the same
virtue.
Never try to clean yokes, collars
or cuffs while sewed on the gown.
Such things should always be made
detachable.
To destroy flies boil some quassia
chips in a little water, sweeten with
molasses and place insaucers; ee-
strucbive to flies, but not to children,.
To revive and help potted plants
that are drooping place a teaspoonful
of ammonia in three quarts of water
and water the plants thoroughly with
this mixture.
To save knife polish, if the knives
and forks are first washed -with cold
water immediately after dinner, they
will not be stained, and so require
little cleaning and much less labor.
To wash soiled dress shields lay
them on a board or table, soiled stag
up, and give a thorough scrubbing
with a stiff brush and any good laun-
dry soap, with plenty of lukewarm
water. Hold under a faucet until
completely rinsed. Do not squeeze,
but hang each dripping piece on the
line until dry.
RECORD DOCTOR'S BILLS.
Huge Sums That Have Been Paid By
Grateful Patients.
It is said that Dr. Israel, the emin-
ent surgeon who operated recently on
the Sultan of Turkey, received a fee of
$30,000, and an additional $7,500 for
expenses. Large though this sum as-
suredly is, it by no means creates a
record.
A $30,000 fee was' paid. in 1903 to
Professor Lorenz, the eminent "blood-
less" surgeon, for en operation in,
,Chicago on Mr. Armour's little daugh-
ter.' But in the whole history of the
medical profession there is no paral-
lel to the $300,000 fee paid to . Dr.
Gale, of Bristol—the blind physician
for having cured the injured knee
of a wealthy patient.
Sir Morell Mackenzie received fees
of $78,000 for attendance on the Em-
peror Frederick.
Millionaires, as one might expect,
are by no means ungenerous to their
pet medical advisers. The late Jay
Gould paid his doctor a regular salary
of $15,000 a year, and a fee of $90,-
000 during the two months' illness of
his daughter.
It was an ancestor of an ex -Lord
Mayor of London—Dr. Dimsdale—who
inoculated Catherine II. of Russia
against smallpox, receiving a fee of
$50,000, travelling expenses to the
extent of $10,000, a life pension of.
$2,500, and the office of Physician -in -
Ordinary to her Majesty. In addi-
tion the lucky medico received the
title of Baron and the rank of Coun-
cillor -in -State, That was as far back.
as 1792.
The Rothschilds have always been
particularly generous towards their
medical advisers. The head of the
Paris house, in the days of the emin-
ent physician, Dupuytren, had occa-
sion to consult the famous medico;
but no fee was tendered during or at
the close of the doctor's several visits.
Later, when Dupuytren had almost
forgotten about the matter, a con-
siderable sum was placed in his hands
—"the proceeds," it is said, "of a
Bourse transaction in which the finan-
cier had interested him without his
knowledge.
A patient of Sir Astley Cooper
adopted a similar means of repaying
the services of the eminent physician,
sending him the profit on $10,000 of a
forthcoming loan, "which I had an
opportunity, out of a very small sum
Sir F. Baring has given me, of oppro-
priating for your chance." The facts
are recorded in an old issue of the
"British Medical Journal."
Quaint was the attitude of another
patient of Sir Astley. Successfully
operated upon for a painful complaint,
the patient tossed his nightcap to
Cooper, intimating that he; might ac-
cept it as his fee. The cap contained
a cheque for 1,000 guineas.
But the greatest fee of all awaits
some enterprising specialist—the mil-
lion dollars offered by John D. Rocke-
feller for a new digestive apparatus.
That fee has been long a-begging.—
London Answers.
cucumbers and dram, then pub in a
bowl that has been rubbed on the in-
side with a clove or garlic. To a
pint of whipped cream add a pinch oe
soda and beat in the cucumber; add
half a teaspoonful of onion juice,
salt, a pinch of red pepper and tea-
spoonful of vinegar. Keepon ice.
till needed.
Stewed Cucumbers.—Peel a large
cucumber, cut it up in slices and soak
in two teaspoonfuls of vinegar, with
salt, and an onion struck with two or
three cloves. Stir these every now
and then, and in an hour's time dry
each piece of cucumber carefully on
a cloth, flour slightly and fry in good
drippings with a sliced onion until
quite brown. , Then moisten with a
cupful of stock and let simmer gent-
ly for 30 minutes; afterward add
pepper and salt, a little coloring or
thickening if necessary, and two
spoonfuls of tomato catsup. Put in
some slices of cold beef, shake thor-
oughly for 15 minutes and serve.
Cucumber Salad.—Peel two meds
ium-sized cucumbers, cut in thin slices
one carrot, add one slice of onion, a
teaspoonful of salt and a little cay-
enne. Cover with a pint of boiling
water, simmer till soft. In the mean-
time, soften a tablespoonful of granu-
lated gelatine in cold water, dissolve
with three tablespoonfuls of boiling
water, add a tablespoonful of lemon
juice to these vegetables, stir in the
gelatine, ,strain all while hot through
cheese -cloth. Line a mold with
slices of fresh cucumbers and fill in
with the jelly; set away on ice for
several hours. When ready to serve
turn on to a salad bowl, garnish with
slices of fresh tomatoes and serve
with French dressing.
Cucumber Sandwiches.—Pare as
many cucumbers as will be required,
split open, remove the seeds and, with
a very sharp knife, cut into thin
slices; soak for 20 minutes in ice
Tea and Coffee
For Children?
These beverages contain
drug elements that hinder
development of both body
and mind, especially in
children.
Nowadays, for their chil-
dren, wise parents choose
PosTurt
This delicious table bev-
erage, made of cereals, has
a wonderfully satisfying
iiavor and is •entirely free
from. caffeine, the •drug in
both tea and coffee. Pos-
turn is a true, -pure food
drink that has helped
thousands to forget the tea
or coffee habit.
"There's a Reason"
Grocers everywhere
sell POSTUM
Can ttill an Postum Cereal Co., Ltd.,
.incisor, Ont.
spoonful of salt, dash of cayenne pep-
per and one beaten egg; drop by
spoonfuls into hot fat, and when a de-
licate brown .turn, drain on blotting
paper and serve.
Cucumbers for Lunch.—Select a
large, long cucumber, wash but do not
peel, cut into hal£ lengthwise, scoop
out the contents, chill and fill with a
dressing made with whipped cream;
have this piled up on top of ib, and
place in the centre of a shallow,
round bowl. Arrange around this
first a border of thinly sliced new
onions, next to, this one of sliced to-
matoes and on the outside a border
of sliced cucumbers. This makes a
pretty dish, and can be served at the
table with dressing in the centre boat.
Miscellaneous Recipes.
Coffee Ice Cream.—A pint of milk,
two eggs, a cupf'al of cream, two-
thirds cupful of sugar, two heaping
tablespoonfuls of ground coffee. Bring
the milk and coffee slowly to the,;
scalding. point, .placing. them in a
double boiler. Beat the eggs, pour
the scalded milk over them through a
strainer, so as to keep out the coffee
grounds. Return to the saucepan,
add the sugar and cook until like cus-
tard. Cool, add the cream, freeze
and pack.
Salmon Box.—One pound can sal-
mon, one egg, one-half cup cracker
crumbs, one-eighth sugar, one tea-
spoon lemon juice, two-thirds cup milk
or cream, three cups cooked rice. But-
ter oval mold thickly and line with
inch -thick layer of rice which has been
boiled in salted water until tender
but firm and then drained dry. Fill
center with salmon free from skin
and bones and mixed with other in-
gredients. Pack closely, cover top
with layer of rice, set on lid and
steam forty-five minutes.
Apple Water.—This will be found
a refreshing drink for both invalids
and healthy people. It can be made
with either baked or raw apples, the
former to be preferred when time is
short, especially if the apples are bak-
ed and in readiness. They should
be sour, and when cold should be im-
mersed in boiling water to cover. Let
stand until ready to cook, then strain
and sweeten to taste. If raw apples
are used, three or four juicy sour ap-
ples of fine flavor should be pared and
sliced, and, if desired, a few slices of
lemon rind added to them, Pour
over them two cupfuls of boiling
water, and let them stand for three.
hours. Strain, sweeten, and add a
small piece of ice.
Beets Aspic Salad.—Two bunches
beets, one cup water, l three-fourths
cup vinegar, one-half, cup sugar, one
and ane -half tablespoons gelatin or
jelly powder, four whole cloves, two
whole allspice, two crushed bay leaves
one teaspoon salt. Cook beets until
tender and rub off skins under cold
water. Sliee very thin and round
and put them in mold—angel food tin
will do. Put water, vinegar, spices,
salt and jelly powder in saucepan and
boil gently for five minutes. Strain
and pour over beets. Set in cool
place, to harden. Unmold one dish
and surround with lettuce•leaves, place
ing hearb of lettuce in center to look
like rose. Cut in thin slices or wedge
shaped piece at table and serve on let-
tuce leaves. Cover with spoonful of
boiled or mayonnaise dressing.
11 You Have Not a
Policy in the
You are not doing Justice
to yourself or your family.
EAR
L OF CRAWFORD Baronet. Her elder sister, as Miss
Annie Pelly, was well known in Can
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1 d' 't' toI•I R H the
ada as a y -un -was ing
AT Duchess of Connaught, and married
O �$ Capt. Rivers-Bulkeley, A.D.C. to the
NEW MEMBER OF THE COALI-
TION CABINET IN BRITAIN.
In Army Medical Corps When War
Broke Out, and Rose to
Rank of Corporal.
The inclusion of the Earl of Craw-
ford in the British Cabinet as succes-
sor to Lord Selborne, as President of
the Board of Agriculture, is an ap-
pointment that is certain to be popu-
lar with members of all parties. It
will be very popular with members of
the House of Commons, in which
chamber the earl sat for fifteen suc-
cessive years as member for the Cher -
ley division of Lancashire, prior to
his accession to the peerage on his
father's death three years ago. For
Lord Balcarres (pronounced "Bal-
carrez" with the accent on the second
syllable) as he was in his House of
Commons days, was immensely popu-
lar personally with political friends
and opponents alike. In fact, it used
to be said of him that he was one of
the four most popular men in the
House, the other three being Sir
George Younger, Unionist Member for
Ayr; Mr. Ure, then Lord Advocate
for Scotland in Mr. Asquith's Govern -
Things Worth Remembering.
Oatmeal is an effectual •softener of
hard water.
Salt added to mustard is said to pre-
vent its drying up.
A lump of sugar saturated with
vinegar will stop hiccoughs.
Auntie—"Are you getting marks at
school, Freddie?" Freddie --Yes,
auntie—only I can't show 'em to
you."
Duke, who was killed in action the
year before last.
Lord Crawford is an extremely
good chess player. He is also an au-
thority on Italian art, is a trustee of
the National Portrait Gallery, and
belongs to the Fine Arts Club. As a
Parliamentary speaker he is bright
and original, and, while he has no
pretensions of eloquence, his speeches
are full of sound common sense. Al-
together, he is one of those aristo-
crats of whom it cannot be said, as
it can of many, that they are like
potatoes because the best part of
them is under the ground.
His Famous Lineage.
The Lindsays are one of the great-
est houses in Scotland. The Earl of
Crawford is the twenty-seventh earl—
the premier Earl of Scotland. The
house has a very remote feudal, and
even legendary, history, an early an-
cestor being reputed to be descended
from "Thor," who was reputed to be
the son of "Odin." The family is sup-
posed to be related to. William the
Conqueror, and members of it fre-
quently intermarried with the Royal
Scottish houses of Bruce and Stuart.
Walter de Lindsay, an ancestor of
Lord Crawford's, sat in the Scottish
Parliament as a lord, in virtue of his
estates. The first earl, who was known
as the ninth Lord of Crawford, ob-
tained his earldom from King Rich-
ard II. in the year 1398 as a reward
for his "prowess in a passage of arms
with Lord Weyles upon London bridge
before King Richard II. and his
Queen." The sixth earl fell, with so
atE"} many other Scottish nobles, in the
battle of Flodden Field, and the six-
G{ ��tG �tr�i,f�Jrj�r, tlrty teenth early fought on the Royalist
side in the battle of Marston Moor.
FROM OLD scoTIAN
NOTES olr INTEREST PROM HE
BANKS AND BRAES.
What le Going On in the Highlands
and Lowianda of Auld
Scotia.
The municipality of .Hazelbrouck
has decided to name one of the
streets of the town after Lord Kiteh-
ener.
The Duchess of Hamilton has sign-
ed the memorial of the Scottish Wo-
men's National Memorial Committee
for prohibition during the war.
Inhabitants of the island of Eas-
dale, Argyllshire, have been granted
by Lord Breadalbane a 42 -years' lease
of their houses at a rent of 24 cents a
year.
The Governors of the West of Scot-
land Agricultural College have inaug-
urated a scheme for the training of
women and girls for farm work.
A conscientious objector who re-
sided at Edinburgh, and who was un
der orders to join the army that day,
committed suicide by cutting his
throat.
By a majority of 53 to 36 the Cor-
poration
oxporation of Glasgow have. decided to
petition parliament in favor of pro-
hibition of the drink traffic during
the war.
Edinburgh Merchant Company pass-
ed, by a large majority, a resolution
calling upon the Government to take
steps for the internment of enemy
aliens.
The King- has personally invested
Lieut. -Col. Donald Cameron of Loch-
iel, Cameron Highlanders, with the
Most Distinguished Order of St.
Michael and St. George.
The death has occurred at Dundas,
at the age of 80, of Sergeant-Major
William Fleming, of the Royal Artil-
lery, who completed almost forty
years' service in the army.
Lady Jellicoe recently visited the
Northern Infirmary, Inverness, and
conveyed a message of sympathy
from the Queen to disabled sailors
who took part in the Jutland battle.
In Edinburgh, representatives of
the navy and army and of various
branches of public life paid a tribute
to the memory of Lord Kitchener
by an impressive service in St.
Giles' Cathedral.
With the exception of the . Royal
Northern Society's show at Aber-
deen, and the T
exhibition,
practicallyall
the shows
from Kincardine to Caithness have
been abandoned this summer,
Glasgow Corporation has just given
their annual entertainment to 3,702
mentally and physically defective chil-
dren. Of these 3,478 spent the day at
Rankin Glen, and the remainder were
entertained in school.
Only three tenders have been re-
ceived by the Glasgow Corporation
for the supply of coal for carrying on
the gas works for the year from July
lst, the amounts offered being not
more than 25,000 tons. The quantity
required is about 900,000 tons.
At a recent meeting of miners in
Kilwinning district to consider the
united ambulance scheme for wounded
soldiers, it was stated that the total
suns required would be about $450,000,
and the proposal was for the miners
of Scotland to pay at the rate of
12 cents a week.
DISCONTENT IN GERMANY.
trttt�;��•�'{i�1j,�•�,�y„�,.��',�;�:�,,t,f , Some idea of the high esteem in
which the family held itself, and was
e i-i;,tlr 1r,a ,r r held by others, may be ,gathered
from the fact that when King James
IV of Scotland, in 1488, created the
Earl of Crawford of that day, who
was Lord High Admiral and Lord
Justont-
t�"t'r��''; rose, theyearlSdidn t cotlandasst me thuke ofe title.
He thought his dignity of such a de-
gree that it was not in the power of
any monarch to enhance it. His suc-
cessors in the earldom took the same
view, and a couple of hundred years
j H• v *;, , later,the dukedom of Montrose was
confrred upon the house of Graham,
another ancient Scottish house, who
hold it to -day.
However, we live in other days.
The Earl of Crawford in the fifteenth
century would accept no title from
meat, and Sir Edward Carson. Which his king. The Earl of Crawford of
goes to show that the House of Com- to -day has wooed the suffrages of
mons is pretty catholic in its tastes as the electors, and very successfully,
regards its favorites. too, for he came triumphantly through
For some years the then Lord Bal- seven elections in his House of Com-
carres was a junior Lord of the mons days. And as member of the
Treasury and one of the Unionist present Cabinet is more simple and
unaffected, and less "stuck on him-
self" than he is.
Earl of Crawford.
whips. In fact, his tact and genial-
ity had not a little to do with keeping
Mr. Balfour's Government, in the
days when it was tottering to its fall,
in office. When the war broke out
the Earl, who is forty-five years old,
went to the front as an ambulance
bearer, enlisting as a private and sub-
sequently attaining the rank of "Cor-
poral Crawford."
The Tory Democrat.
David Alexander Edward Lindsay is
his full name, but he is known to his
friends( and their number is legion)
as "Hal." Though a Tory in politics,
he is extremely democratic in tem-
perament. He is an athlete, a fine
boxer, a teetotaller, and possessed of
a fund of humor which never degener-
ates into bitterness. He owns about
fifteen thousand acres, and a couple of
fine country seats, Haigh Hall, Wigan,
and Balcarres House in Fifeshire, for
one division of which Scottish county
Mr. Asquith is member.
The Lindsays, of which family he
is the head, are known in Scotland
as "the Light Lindsays" because of
the sandy hair which usually prevails
in their family, though, as it happens,
the present Earl's hair is dark. In the
same way, all over Scotland the Camp-
bells are known as "the Red Camp-
bells," and the Douglasses as "the
Black Douglasses." The present Lord
Crawford has six children—two boys,
of whom the elder, the heir to the earl-
doiii, is sixteen years old, and four
girls. His wife is the younger
daughter of the4ate Sir Henry Pelly,
Hippopotamus for. Food?
Western Africa has a small species
of hippopotamus, not much larger
than a pig, which scientists recom-
mend to be bred in the swamps of
the southern part of America as a
substitute for beef.
Marriage is indeed a failure when
love grows cold before the bride gets
all the rice out of her hair.
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for Playful a ; UU ear
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FOR
SUMMER
WCAIR
Rejoicing Over "Victories" Finds No
Echo Among Masses.
A story from Amsterdam tells a
tale of wide discontent related by a
German civilian now in Holland, The
upper as well as the lower classes, he
says, are becoming more and more .
hopeless, and official rejoicing over
victories finds no echo among the
great masses of the population. Bread
has gradually become worse and worse
in quality, ground acorns being now
largely mixed with flour. Skin dis-
eases, according to this German, are
very common. His own neck was cov-
ered with boils and pimples, due, as he
says, to the bad quality of the food.
Even people who can afford to pay
high prices are frequently unable to
procure meat and fat. People are
wondering how long Germany can hold
out. In his own office a few Dutch
clerks are left to carry on the work,
all the German clerks having been
killed. Desertion from the army takes
place on an unprecedented scale. De-
serters in considerable numbers cross,
not only in neutral territory, but even
into France. German soldiers, . he
states, are shot almost every day by
their own officers.
The cynic is a man who thinks
everything he doesn't approve can't
possibly be worth while.
She --"So many men marry for
money. You wouldn't marry ine for
money, would you, dearest?" He
(absently)—"No, darling; I wouldn't
marry you for all the money in the
world.'