Zurich Herald, 1933-12-28, Page 7ti•
"Where are you going, Peter?'•'
"Down to Dick's."
"I want you to pull the dead 'slants
out of the beds."
"You .said I could go after school."
"Please, Peter, don't say that again.
I can't promise anything positively.
When I promise I always mean maybe.
It is going to rain and I want to sort
the seed pods into envelopes for neat
year before they fall."
"Oh,' all right." Pter stamped out
to the yard looking as black as the
clouds in the sky,
He stacked up the dead stalks any
old way. He knew he should have
sorted them. But that broken promise
rankled. And without knowing it was
breaking faith because his mother had
done it first.
Result of Indecision.
After a while she came out, "You
know that's not the way—" sbe be-
gan, then she noticed what Peter was
doing. }Ie was digging a hole.
"Peter! What on earth? Stop this
minute."
"You said
next year."
"That's not the place."
"You said 'down at the end of the
rose bed.' Well—isn't this it?"
'I've changed my mind. I want my
gladiolo in there. Now the mud will
wash down on the drive all winter.
What a mess!"
"Oh, all right! But you promised.
You said you'd give me some things
to plant this fall so I would have—
Mother stamped her foot. "Who's
Don't Make Promises to Children
Unless You Can Keep Them
The Mother in This Story Was. Very Much at Fault—Read
It To See Why
could have my own bed
running this place, you or me? Don't
you dare to try to tell me what's what
any more. Now you march."
It went on. Every Welt seemed,
the boy was in the wrong, He learned
not to remind his mother, but he was
forever running up a blind alley of
broken promises, and then his mother
laid it to willfulness or disobedience.
Keeping Promsesi
In time she learned to say, "I'll see."
That meant she would promise noth-
ing ahead too far and it was better.
But she never learned to keep a
prbmise absolutely once made. Or
even a plan. She would say, "I'm go-
ing to take you to town on Saturday."
Then on Saturday something usually
interfered,
When Peter was fifteen, he had
learned to say, "Oh, you know Mom!
She forgets as soon as she says a
thing."
By it ho meant a world of things.
She was unpunctual, unpreeise, vacil-
lating and undependable.
The boy matched his clearer wits
against hers, and although he ;teemed
to humor her, he quietly went about
suiting himself. He sensed. the fact
that already be was '.ore adult than
she was.
We are all like this more or less
only it sounds worse on paper.
There are times to make promises
and times not to make them. We
cannot govern everything, of course,
but if we have really given our word,
then we should try to keep it, even at
a sacrifice, if we want to keep the
children's confidence.
Romantic Story
Of the Clarsach
•
one of her tours in the .North, pre-•
sented es a prize to Beatrice Gardyne
of Banchory,.
SUITABL1i FOR HIGHLAND
SONGS,
The interest displayeu in the clan-
sach competitions at the recent Na-
tional, Mod in Glasgow .shows how
popular the instrument is likely once
more to become. This is very encour-
aging to the Clarsacli Society, which,
although cnly founded two years ago,
ie already seeing some of the fruits
at its early Is bors. One of the results
of its efforts is that clarsachs after
the traditional Highland shape and of
good musical tone are now being pro-
duced by several makers.
Nor is it surprising that an in-
Greasing pumber of women are eager
to take up the study of this fascinat-
ing instrument, Not only does it sat-
isfy the ear with its sweet Liquid tonw..
and please the eye by the attractive
picture of which it and the player are
the centre, but it is unquestionably
the most sympathetic accompaniment
ttthe lovely songs of the Scottish
nation.
Revival of Scotland's Oldest
Musical Instrument --Pop-
ularly Known as the
Highland Harp
Probably there are still people who
do not know that the clarsaeh is the
Uaelic •name for our oldest Scottish
musical instrument, the High'and.
k:arp, nor tnat it played such a prom-.
inent part in our national lite, espe-
cially in the Highlands and Islands,
even before the piob-mhor had arrived
to stir our blood with its vibrant
strains, writes Mrs, Iain M. Campbell
in the Glasgow Herald.
In fact, I have been told by High-
landers, to whom the information had
been handed down from their fore-
bears, that the pibrochs played by the
bagpipe had their origin in the e,lar
sash music of the bards of olden tine.
This, of course, may be a moot point,
ut, anyhow, by its representations
upon some of our oldest sculptured
stones and by the many references to
it in our ancient lays we know that
the clarsach was in use, in Scotland
from very early days.
IN SEVENTH CENTURY.
Farmers' Notes
TAKE CARE OF THE MANURE.
Experiments at the Central Experi-
mental Farm have shown that, based
en the value of crop increases, manure
May have a value of over $1.50 per
bon. Manure that contains no weed
seeds should be applied to the soil
immediately in order to prevent loss.
If weed seeds are present, store it for
ee'veral months in a compact pile on a
watertight floor with side walls, to
prevent leaching.
A GOOD SOYBEAN VARIETY.
' During the last five years the Man-
darin variety of soybeans has never
failed to mature its seed crop on the
Central Experimental Farm at Ot-
tawa. It is the earliest available yet -
low seeded variety and matures on the
average in 120 days. Five years ago
20 bushels per acre was a good aver -
lige yield, but .during the last two
seasons the yield of a selected strain
has been well over 30 bushels. This is
an excellent showing considering• the
severe peribds of heat and drouth
during the past season and it indi-
cates also the possibilities for im-
provement in this crop.
SOME POINTERS ON HONEY.
j Honey varies in color from water
white to almost black. The color eas
(
little or no effect on its quality as
Is food or as a sweetener. It does
(appear, however, to be associated with
I$avor, for generally speaking, the
darker the color of the honey the
stronger is its flavor. Ali. Canadian
honeys granulate or crystallize sooner
or later, but the granulation is tot
caused by adding sugar to the homy
as many people seem to think. Gran-
eilated honey can be brought back to
its liquor state by setting the cou-
Itainer in a bowl of hot water for a
!short time. The water should not be
heated higher than 150 to 160 degrees
i Fahrenheit.
Every chief had his harpre, who
was a privileged member of his re-
tinue. At the feast in the great ban-
queting -hall, where the brimming
cuach of wine was circulated round
the hospitable board, the bard, to, the
accompaniment of his elarsach, would
celebrate in song the brave deeds of
the chief and his clan. It is said that
in the seventh century the instrument
had attained so great a popularity
that at social gatherings it was hand-
er round from one to another, while
shame was felt by those who could not
play, it for the entertainment of tthe
company.
space and one foot of feeding space.
Doors should be of good width to
allow free access to and from the pees.
Narrow doors are often the cause of
abortion. Pregnant ewes need a yard
to exercise in. Force them to walk ay
feeding hay outside in good weather.
HOME GROWN GRAINS FOR THE
LAYING FLOCK.
The following ration for laying pul-
lets, composed mostly of home brown
grains, is recommended by the Poul •
try Division of the Dominion i>=:per'i-
mental. Farms: Mash -2 parts of
ground wheat, 1 part of ground oats,
1 part of ground barley or corn, ifs
part of ground beef aid fish scrap,
2 per cent. bone meal, 2 per cent. od
liver oil, and 1 per cent, salt. Scratch
grain -2 parts of wheat, 1 part of
oats, 1 part of corn or buckwheat, 1
part barley. This ration may be var-
ied according to what grains the farm-
er has available. -
The earliest harps were strung with
gut, but at one period metal strings.
were employed. In those days the
harpers cultivated long and quill -like
nails with which they struck the
strings. I have read of one harper
who had his nails cut as a punish-
ment, so that he was prevented from
playing until they had grown again!
The harps undoubtedly resembled
those used in Ireland, and some people
think that the instrument came to
Scotland _rom that source. It is quite
probable that the Daltriadic Gaels
would have been accompanied by mu-
sicians when they migrated from Ire-
land to Scotland during the sixth cen-
tury, but even before this date there
were many travelling musicians woo
journeyed between the two countries.
It is interesting to note that Girai-,
dus Cambrensis, in his "Topography
o% Ireland," written in 1187, mentions
the harp first among the three musical
instruments of Scotland: "Scotia tri -
bus, sythara, tympano, et chore." ere'
also says: "Scotland at the present
day, in the opinion of many persons,
is not only equal to Ireland, her teach-
er in musical skill, but excels her, so
that they now look to that country as
the fountainhead of that science."
The Suburbanite
Early morning in Novel -noir in the
suburbs of a city.
Nudging gently at my pillow, "Come!"
my collie's cold nose calls me
"Come! It's time to start the lay!'
Lying there a moment longer how
the sv'eet cool air relights me.
Air that comes across the meadows,
comes from off, and far away.
Now a neighbor's dog is barking; and
the eager, busy clucking
Of a flock of hens comes to me very
clearly from below.
Then I rise to see the gardens lying
far as eye can wander
Covered light with frosted silver, far
and wide as sight can go,
While above them very slowly with a
lovely lazy gesture
There the eastern sky is stretching,
shaking off nights heavy gar-
ments
Bathing deep in morning's glow.
Fire or Twig Blight
Twigs of apple and pear trees at-
fected with fire blight should be re
moved during the winter- Fire blight,
or twig blight, is a bacterial disease
which affects the apple, pear and
quince, and is being carefully st'.i ued
at several centres in Canada by the
Division of Botany, Dominion De-
partment of Agriculture. For the
most part the disease is confined to
the twigs, - the dead foliage often re-
maining on the twigs throughout the
season and during the winter, but
cankers on the limbs may also be
found. To prevent the formation of
these cankers, water spots and seek-
ers, which are largely the cause,
should be removed. The' encourage-
ment of great g— owth favors the taii
ease, so that with' susceptible varie-
ties, the trees should be grown in a
sod mulch, or else the amount of
cultivation and of fertilizers lessene.t.
Fire blight in the apple, generally dies
out before it progresses very far, and
where the removal of blighted twigs
in large apple trees is impracticable,
it is not so important in the apple as
in the pear. Certain varieties of ap-
ples, notably the Alexander, King,
Gravenstein and Greening, are more
subject to the blight than others gal
should never be planted alongside a
pear orchard.
rrr.r•SMILES...
. r..-a...'r+-}•s••-.-.-
Well Informed
Employer—"Surely, Miss Wilkins,
you know the King's English?"
Fair Typist—"Of course! Why?
I've never thought of bim as anything
else!"
For Parents Only
The hardest job a kid faces is that
of learning good manners without see-
ing any.
"Bob told me I was the eighth won-
der of the world."
"What did you say?"
"I told him not to let me catch him
with any of the other seven."
WINTER HOUSING OF SHEEP.
Sheep do not require expensive and'
warm buildings. They do, however,
appreciate a dry, rcomy shed well
(protected against winds, well ventil-
eted and free from draught. Do not
'crowd them in one pen. Twenty to
twenty-five ewes do best together.
IFurthertnore, a sheep requires from
twelve to fifteen square feet of floor
AT COURT AND BATTLEFIELD.
To musicians especially his descrip-
tion of the harp music of that tome f t iss
of great interest. He speaks
skill of the harpers, •who with great
sapidity of the fingers played intricate,
passages of notes, and who made use
of chords of the fourth and fifth.
The harp also enjoyed great favor
in other—even royal_ -circles. Histo-
rians describe King James I. as "the
chief of Harpers," ands p nae ofif harp .
yng" as a courtly p
When Anne of Denmark made her
State entry into Edinburgh as the
bride of King James V.--
"Thair was Hautbois and the ]Tarp I for Co. of Canada, Ltd. '`I am not
Playing insist sweet and pleasant .making forecasts about increased
springs." prosperity," Mr. Lord saifl.. "I am
The decline of the elarsach seems simply saying we Vinay look forward
to have begun about the time of the to substantial improvements of busi-
Jacobite eigriithe Although in Qu°eii ness in 1934, even although general
Mary's reign the Earl of Argyll too.c conditions may not actually change. 1
his harper iaato action with him the or
think we can look forward to 1934
the encouragement of his soldiers, the being ar improvement over 1:133 in
Harp, with its soft expressive notes, general:'
utas eminently more suited for the Among the various reasons why
hospitable gatherings of clan life than Ford dealers should obtain notably in -
for the tumult o£ the battlefield. It ,creased bissiness, he mentioned the
had to give way to the more martial i°:ut the+• the organization intended to
music of the bab'pipe, which lead nor make still greater use of ntendaper
some time been a serious rival and had advert: ing.
been zealously fostered by schnols o'f Wallace 1:. Campbell, after'` point -
piping. evidence ing out that the Canadian Ford or -
According to dor unentary ganization is one of. those on which
the elarsach was played chiefly by the sun never sets, so wide is its field
men, In the accounts of the lord of operation, added: "To -clay we have
High Treasurer o£ Scotland £rom 1491 indications that a great. improvement
onwards we Einti numerous entries of in conditions is taking place. The
money paid to male harpers. Their
names also appear in the family rec-
ords of manly of our Scottish chiefs
either as retainers or as witnesses to
charters,
MAIDENS_WE10 PLAYED.
But it :rust be rcmenrbet'ed ha ti s
n
those days the cause of
rights" bad yet to be won, and that
the so-called "weaker sc-'" rva not
considered to be of sufficient import-
ance to be ry:entioned. Sir ,!aures 1)al-.
yell, however, in his "Musical Memoirs
o.f Scotland," quotes part of the decree
of a lawsuit of 1533, which said: the
said Walter: to deliver oiie harp ais
gede as it was taken fra the said
Isabelle."
One of the two beautiful old harps
which can be cieen any day in the Na-
tic,nal Museum of Antiquities of Scot-
land E:dinb-cr+'�h, was once the pro -
The First Proposition
Among the distances shortened 'by
the automobile is the one between the
introduction and the altar.
A mother took her small son to the
country and while there took him to
an incubator to see some eggs hatch.
Finally she said:
Mother—"Isn't it wouderful, dear,
how the little chicks get out of the
shell?"
The Boy—"That's nothing! What I
can't figure out is how they get in
there."
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Graded Beef Standards
It may be interesting to Canadian;
householders to know that the color.
ings used by the Government oil
cials in marking 'the blue brand and
the red brand of grade beef are per-
fectly harmless. They are prepared
by the Government's own chemists;
and are so inocuous that they' need
not even be removed before cooking'
It is also gratifying to know that the
confidence of householders in graded.
:,ref has been fully established as a
result of the past four years' careful!
supervision by officers of the Domin-
ion Live Stock Branch in ensuring
strict adherence to the high standards
prescribed by the regulations. It hag
becme generally recognized that the
official blue brand or the rec. brand is
a guarantee of quality. These marks
take the guess -work out of buying so
much so, that a personal visit to a
dealer is no longer necessary for
the
selection of beef. An order by tele-
phone will assure a like result, the
portion of the brand mark appearing
upon each important cut being a safe-
guard and protection. These may be
some of the reasons why Government
graded beef all over Canada is being
sold at the rate of nearly 8,000,000
pounds a month.
An employee is the silent partner of
a firm, who shares in the profits but
not in the losses. Energy is always at
a premium. A great opportunity
makes one ridiculous unless he is pre-
pared for it. Obligations assumed
should be met. The truly poor are
those who must buy cheaper cuts of
beef in order to afford nice stockings.
Nobody can help you in most in-
stances like you can help yourself.
There are times when it seems to be
difficult for the modern girl to remem-
ber there are gentlemen present.
Some self-made men leave parts of
the job unfinished. Every time a mule
kicks he slows down, a man loses
ground. We knew it would happen.
Now nobody can think rip a new dance
naughty enough to be popular. Be
careful about what you start while try-
ing to stop something. If you want to
bee miserable, hate somebody. The
producer who hitches his wagon to a
star has to put up with a lot of tem-
perament. Money makes the night-
mare go. When the meek do inherit
the earth, they'll go broke paying the
inheritance tax. Our successes we
ascribe to ourselves; our failures
to
destiny. Making it easier to fly does
not make it softer to fall. There'll al-
ways be more or less trouble in a
world inhabited by human nature. Not
until jazz players study music will it
lose its popularity. The way to make
your dreams come true is to work
them out day by day. Some folks who
give until it hurts are mighty suscept-
ible to pain. Some girls are so anxious
to get a boy away from his mother's
apron strings they'd be willing to get
married on a shoe string.
Night is falling in the suburbs. All
the long day's work is over.
Here I stand beside my collie with a
precious evening free.
Far across the miles of meadow
clustering city lights are calling
Sending silent invitation to suburban-
ites like me
To cine in and add their portion to
the city's vast excitement
Hear what all the, world is hearing,
see what all the world can see.
To the call of lights is added no'o he
urgent; screaming whistle
Of the ,last express which seems to
say, 'Come, leave your narrow
lane!"
But I? I take a breath of air sweet-
4,
-
scented from my garden
And I answer, "Not tonight, kind
friends, good dwellers in the
city, -
Pii maybe cine another time, but not
tonight, kind train."
"Oh, very well, then!" shrills the
train, and off it flies without
me,
Its flaming skirts high fluttering be-
hind it through the night.
So disappears that last hot link be-
tween me and the city,
And a deeper peace conies over me
and fills me with delight.
I•look across the vacant guiles and all
is still about me,
But over me November stars are
wonderfully bright.
—Elizabeth Challis Adams in The
Christian Science Monitor.
popular. It's nice to have
Henry Ford Foresees that can make ends meet.
A little boy went to the barber to
Better•times next year are foreseen asked
ARMS USELESS ON AWET UAV
Rheumatism Made Work a Torture
BUT KRUSCHEN PUT
HIM RIGHT
Acre is a remarkable instance of the
manner in which damp weather can
affect the joints of one who is subject
to rheumatism.
"1 had been sufferiug from rheuma-
tism very badly," a man writes, "and
had had such pains in my joints that I
could hardly bear It, It used to he
terrible on a wet day, 1 did not know
bow to use my arms, and wheu 1 was
et work it was real torture. 1 tried
]wo different remedies for rlieunualistn
but 1 was still as bad atter the treat-
ment,
"Then .t was told to try li.ricscltcn
Salts, and, after using one jar I found
relief. So of course 'I have kept ou
with it, and am now thoroughly better
and have never felt so fit for years.
I used to feel so miserable and sing•
gish, but now i.t' is a pleasure to be
able to work, instead of a dread." --
S. B.
A rheumatic persoins system pr'o-
duces that dangerous body -poison
lir<own as W'ic acid, If you could see
of �.,.
Man—"So you were at the wedding?
Who gave the bride away?"
Friend—"N°body said a word."
The dachshund dog is becoming
something
Better Businessby both Henry Ford and lie allace R. how he wanted it cut and the boy re -
Campbell, president of the Ford Ma -
"Just liee dathift, with a hole on
get his hair cut. The barber
the knife -edged crystals of uric acid
under the inicroecopo, you would
readily understand wby they cause
those cutting pains. And if you could
see how Kruscben dulls the sharp
edges of these crystals, then dissolves
them away altogether, ;mu would
agree that this scientific treatment
must, bring relief trona rheumatic
agony,
E:ruscben Salts is obtainable at an
.Drug Stores at 4:50, and i5c, per bottle.
perty of Mary queen of Scots, who
having p,oclaimeo a Music Meeting----
possibly a sort of local Mod—during
British Marriage
Rush Helps Trade
London.—The bachelor in Britain is
on the run.
Not for many years have churches
and registry offices been so beseiged
with couples wanting to get married
as at the present time.
Figures show that the past three
months produced 85,000 more bride-
grooms than in the previous three
months, and 16,000 more than in the
same period of 1932.
Economists, whatever the woman -
hater might think, see the figures at
a valuable indication of improvement
in trade while in turn so many more
marriages naturally contribute great-
ly to trade improvement. In house-
building, for instance, there are
nearly 78,000 more workers employed
now than a year ago.
Music as Sedative
For Nerves is Urged
New York.—Dr. Wolf Adler of
Bellevue Hospital offers music as a
sedative for unsettled nerves. "A fond
appreciation of music by an individ-
ual can prevent nervous disorder," he
told the American Creative League o$
Music Students. "Modern psychology,
and psychiatry have definitely intik
lished through its accumulative evi-
deuces that music is one of the most
powerful agents in relieving and in
many cases eliminating completely
nervous and mental disorders.
First Old elaid--"Would a stocking
hold all you want for Christmas?"
Second Old Maid—"No, but a pair
of socks would."
"As mean as a dog," people say. But
you never saw a dog shake hands with
somebody and then bite bim in the
back,
First Wife --"I mustn't grumble, my
husband doesn't gamble or drink."
Second Wife—"Does he smoke?"
First Wife "Well, after he's had a
good meal lee lights a cigar, but then
be smokes only about one a year."
"In every generation there aie some
who talk of the 'good old days.' One
taste of the 'good old days' would be
P'or
time has come for agtrr''sive action, ,mile ennngh."—henry d.
An Industry Recovers
The value of co-operative effort to
save au overproduced industry is be-
ing demonstrated' by the tea growers
of Ceylon, India, Java and Sumatra.
Faced with the lowest prices for tea
in years, the growers united and
agreed to abideby the regulations of
a Committee which now controls the
amount of leaf that is plucked and
marketed. As a result, tea prices have
steadily improved and the growers are
beginning to get a fair return for
their work. This is the reason wby
Canadians will have to pay more for
their favourite beverage.
Halt a teaspoon of baking powder
added to fudge after it is taken off the
stove will make it fluffy.
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High School Boards and Boards of Education
Are authorized by Law to establish
INDUSTRIAL, TECHNICAL AND
ART SCHOOLS
With the approval of the Minister at Education
t)AV AND EVENING CLASSES
may be conducted In accordance with the renulalions Issued by
the Department of Education,
THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION
Is given In various trades, The schools and classes are under
the direction at AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, e Principal
Applicationt for attendance should be made to h
of the ;school.
COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS, MANND HORTICULAL TRAINING, HOU pEHO O
SCIENCE AND AGRICULTURE A,
for in the Courses of Study in Public, Separate, Continuation, and High
Schools, Collegiate lnstit'etes Vocational Schools and Departments.
ies of the Retn'rations issued by the Minister of Education nmayobe
copc nt Buildings r
ISSUE
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