Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 42, Number 42, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 14 June 1923 — Page 2

, SEWING SCREEN IS CONVENIENT

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Arrangement of Sewing Screen.

(Prepared by the United States Department ot Agriculture.) * One of the most convenient devices for keeping all sewing equipment in place is a sewing screen. It consists of two panels (28 inches high and 13*4 inches wide made of 1 by 2-inch plank) hinged together and each panel covered with burlap. A pocket Is fastened to the bottom of each panel on the inside, and hooks are placed on the bottom of the cross pieces to hold the necessary equipment. Pegs or nails driven Into the top of one of the cross pieces will hold the spools. A drop shelf attached to the upper part of our panel makes a good work table, and a groove in the top of the cross pieces will hold buttons. This folding sewing screen is light In weight, requires little space and can be easily carried to the porch or lawn for sewing work. The following supplies are convenient to have at hand In the screen before beginning to sew: Needles of good make and assorted sizes. Sizes 7,8, 9 and 10 are most used. Threads, also of good make and assorted sizes. A spool each of Nos. 50, 70 and 100. and basting thread should be On band. A plain, substantial thimble. Celluloid or aluminum makes a good, inexpensive thimble; a brass one Is not desirable becanse it may stain your thim-ble-finger if it gets moist with perspiration. and may poison you If there is a sore place on your finger underneath It. A pair of sharp shears, with blades about five inches long; for cutting cloth. A pair of small, sharp scissors with good points, for cutting threads, removing bastings, etc. An abandonee of medium-sized, sharp-pointed pins. Fine pins are easier to use than coarse ones. A small pincushion. A tape measure. A few pieces of cardboard to use as gages. A pencil. An emery bag for polishing needles

GOVERNMENT RECIPE FOR MAKING WAFFLES Irons Should Be Thoroughly Clean and Smooth—Grease With Brush or Swab. (Prpar*d by tbe Uaitod States Department of Africaliura) An excellent recipe for making waffles Is as follows; 1 cupfuls sifted I eggs flour 1 table spoonful t t e s spoonfuls shortening baking powder (melted) % teaspoon ful salt 1 cupful milk (or 1 tablespoon fu Is morel sugar. If desired Sift together the floor, baking powder, salt and sugar. Beat the eggs un-

BzJcinO WaOn. tn light, seconding whites and jOts If desired. To the beaten eggs (r .|i.’ts) a (hi ilm vhorteaiig and part of

and smoothing them when they become rusty or sticky. The United States Department of Agriculture says that such a screen can be made of the following: Ten feet of lumber I>4 by IV4 inches. Six 114-inch (butt) hinges with screws to be used in Joining the panels and fastening the drop shelf to the cross pieces. One handle with screws for the top of screen. One hook and eye to fasten the panels when they are folded and closed. Two yards of burlap, denim or canvas, 18 inches wide. One dozen brass cup hooks. One yard cretonne for pockets: One yard one-half-inch elastic for top of pockets. Four dozen upholstering tacks for tacking burlap. Sandpaper and stain. Selecting Colors. Care should be taken in selecting good colors in materials both for ets and for outside covering. The cob ors in the cloth should harmonize with the color of the stain for the wood. Oftentimes very good dyes and wood stains can be made from nnt bulls, roots; berries and bark of trees. The cloth, not being the same texture, will take the dye in a little different shade of the same color than the woodwork if the identical barks or shells are used for making the stain for the frame. Wood Stains. To make a good brown stain for the frame cover three pints of bruised green walnut hulls with three pints of water and allow to stand for twelve hoars. Strain through a double cheesecloth and add one ounce of permanganate of potash. This stain may be made in larger quantities and used for floor stain. It gives a rich brown floor finish. If a sembwaxy appearance la desired, one quart of paraffin oil ran be added. A similar stain can be purchased on the market at a reasonable price.

the milk, and mix this with the dry materials. Bent thoroughly and add enough more milk (or water) to make a smooth batter about the consistency of thick cream. If the whites were beaten separately, fold them In last. The waffle irons shoo'd be thorough ly clean and smooth. Heat both sides thoroughly and grease with a brush or swab dipped In liquid fat or nib the iron with a piece of fat bacon rind. Place a spoonful of barter In each compartment of the griddle, near the center. Hose the Irons and the hatter will fill the coroparmitmta. Bake on one side until the edges seem to he browning, then turn the iron and hake the other side until delicately brown.

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A card index of recipes in the kitchen will save time and worry. • • • To remove mildew stains from linen use a mixture of soapy stanch and milk • • • Clean your gilt picture frames wilh the white of egg applied with a soft paint brash. • • • A white enamel KWw tray is a time saner. It Is more easily denial than the metal, which stains easily. e e e Brash out yoer errea after baking. If rust is permiUed accsmmUata it will shorten the Si* of a see. * • If you win spnikle a te w dews ha the flat to which you are frying dcmrgfcaacs you will find the result p&rasbtp. - • - • • To wash a pair of cersets end them ea a fat HaJbiic, laiJwg emit the lares hut to* the stays, Mil scrafli thesu with a hrush and wnsgr water. Kins* tju&fiJty te wana water am 4 fir-y ns a fan hound te the aa or msr the fan.

TIIE BEST BOOK THE soft-toned clock oh ( tlie library mantle struck twelve, and the little noy chasing a hutlerriy, and who lived in u frame, was just stepping out of it to run on the broad shelf below, hen. he stopped. Someone was talking. It was the magic hour, but Little Boy had always been the only one who took adtvantage of It.- lie looked about the Kfive' need hiIsIUKWI. r lint no, there it was again! “I tell you I am the best book to road," said a voice. Little Boy looked at the hooks in tlie case that reached around tinsides of the room. Yes, it was the hooks. They were quarreling. •T have a much handsomer binding rhnn you. lam quite new, so of course I shall he the most popular." “You can never tell the worth of n hook by binding.” said an old book .*

“I Am 'Alice in Wonderland.’" with a worn cover as it slid out of the case a little way to be better heard. “I am the book that is best loved. I am sure of that.” “Oh, just hear that old book," said a bright new one leaning far out of the case. “Why, my dear old book, you at;e as old-fashioned as 'the hills.I have a story that makes people sit up all night to read." “Yes, and as false as Is your imita : lion leather binding," said a real ieather-eovered book, “You are fiction. Not a word of trutli in you. Don’t brae. “I- have facts, real true things from which people cun gain knowledge wSen (hey read. I am the most popular hook here, I am sure you will all agree." “Goodness, hear it talk,” said a shrill voice and another book leaned out so far it tumbled on the floor. * “Ha, ha," laughed the other book.

A LINE 0’ CHEER • ■ ——- | By John Kendrick Bangs. | CHEER UP ! • though your place In life ? S2j is small Don't let your cheer forsake i you. • i God thought It worth while after • all • To make you; t And since none can deny you're 4 here • There must be something to \ you. f And 'some good purpose. It is l clear, i Is working through you. • God thought It worth while, after ? all. f (.© by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.)

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SERVANTS Let every man mind his own business.—Cervantes. THERE is a certain type of person who thinks, always, that brusqueness, even rudeness, to the servants of his friends shows familiarity with the ways of the world. Let us hope that these persons are those--'who have had little chance to get about, little chance to mingle with those who know how things should he done —that they are those who have never had servants of their own, and have had few' friends who numbered servants among their possessions. . Sometimes, unfortunately, we meet women who have always been used to servants who yet have an overhearing attilude toward the servants of their friends. We always suspect that they gossip with their own servants. Now, in the big cities, at least, servants resent an appearance of friendliness of a too informal sort on tlieir employers’ parts.' In their relation as servant, especially \jhere they have specialized, they wish to assume a deferential manner, just ns they wish to have their employers assume a directing manner. That is part of the game. They expect the same treaty iriont from tlieir employers’ friends. Bui there is a manner, between one

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,ou are where you belong, on the floor. You are full of ise sayings, iait so old no oiio'eyer looks at them these days, livery one knows them. ' Out from tile case leaned a red book. “You seem to fqrget that people,wish to he amused,” it sail, “ami when they , open my cover, they begin to, laugh. lam full of fumij sayings and jokes, so you all can step your quarreling, for I am the mos! popular book here." .'€XMOjir ntnod Hrtenitwft- —lie-ns IfmTwwfcir'iiMWXr.Wi iimhipumr they were so excited, when out from a book jumped a little girl and, bowing to all tlie hooks, she said, “I am ashamed of you! The idea of quarreling about which is (lie most popular!" „ “Don’t you know that there are all sorts of people in the world and that they all like different books? if they didn't, there would be only one hook and then where would you be, for you must know that grown-ups and children all love to read about me.” “If is- Aliee," said -thr dock in a soft, voice to Little Boy. w Little Boy had never had a playmate; he began to smile. “Alice,” he said, “do come nnd play with me. Perhaps we can catch the butterfly.” Alice turned around. “Oh, I can’t” she replied. “Don’t you know who I am? I have to be in the story or there wouldn’t be any. lam ‘Alice in Wonderland.’ Did you never hear the story ?” “No; tell it to me," said Little Boy. “I will have to go buck into the bonk,” said Alice.' “but ’ff every one will be quiet I will tell the story.” And all the hooks in the big case

“Wkats in a Name?”

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FLORENCE FLQRENCF., signifying flourishing, can scarcely be separated from its quaint diminutive Flora, meaning flowers. Flora in mythological legend was the goddess of the flowers, and tlie festivals of Flora or 1 loralia were celebrated in the first burst .of spring. In later times, the name of Florus was formed from that of tlie goddess, and Is memorable as ttiat of tlie procurator whose harshness drove the Jews to their last rebellion. It is believed that the feminine Flora came from this. There is a church at Florence of Saints Flore and Lucilla, but otherwise the first Instance of the name is in Roman-Gothic Spain, where tlie unhappy daughter of Count Julian was called by the Spanish diminutive Florinda, and thus caused the name to be so much detested that, while Spanish ballads cull her La Cava the wicked, her Christian name was only bestowed on dogs. A Spanish maiden martyred by the Moors brought Flora into better repute. It became Flore in France, where It was adopted as a romantic epithet, and from there it found its way to Scotlandi In the Gaelic, it is spelled Florie, its the island heroine of the ’45 wr.ote herself. Florentia was a natural product, and named a feminine saint martyred in Diocletian's reign in Gaul. The prevalence of the name Florence. in England, seems to have been

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of overbearing haughtiness and one of ostentatious friendliness, that the wellbred man. ■or woman assumes to his friends’ servants. And It is really only the outward manifestation of a kindly consideration to others, whatever tlieir rank or walk in life. To begin with, always greet your friends' servants, if you have visited the house enough to know them. A simple word of greeting Is sufficient. That is. if you are a week-end guest in a house, and the maid brings a letter to your door before breakfast, say “Good morning. Jane." And always thank them, simply, for services rendered. If you call frequently at a house, nnd the same servant always answers the door, remember a simple word of greeting then. Never nsk favors of your friends’ servnntS, either when you are visiting in their homes nr when you might be able to make a convenience of them at some other time. (© by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) O Alcohol of Acorns. Up to the present time no industrial use has been made of acorns, but recent experiments show! that alcohol can be made from them. Shelled . acorns .contain about .40 per cent of starch, which can he readily saccharified and then converted into alcohol.

Theodore Robert*

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The veteran character actor, Theodore Roberts of “movie” fame, was born in San Francisco more than fifty ago. He began his stage ea. reer as soon as he finished the school, ing. He was appearing in Broadway productions when he was induced te enter the motion pictures, and he has come to be known as “the grand old man of the movies.” Mr. Roberts Is six feet one inch tall, weighs 245 pounds. His hair, originally sandy, now is snow white. His eyes are blue.

knowing Alice told the truth, slid back into their places. The clock ticked very softly while she told Little Boy her wonderful experiences. And every night after that at the magic hour Little Boy left his -frame on the wall to listen to the story of “Alice in Wonderland,’’ for, just like alt folks, big or little, he is never tired of hearing it. f(c) bv McClure Newspaper Syndicate.)

FACTS about y>our name; it’s kistor?; meaning; whence it vJas derived; significance; your lucky) day) and lucky) jewel

due to so many English girls being born in the Italian city of that name. Deeper and dearer honor has been given to it by Florence Nightingale. Many fietitional heroines have borne the name nnd its derivatives. Blanchefleurp meaning white flower, is one of its forms, and was bestowed on Sir Trystan's mother. Versions, particularly romantic, are found with Ariosto's two heroines, Flordespina (thorn flower) and Fiordilizl (fleur de lys). Florence or Flora, used by the Irish peasantry, become Finghan or Fincen. Florrie and Flossie and perhaps even Lora, are purely American diminutives. The carnelian Is Florence’s tailsmanic gem. Its warm, bright color is said to dispel timidity and give courage, vitality and animation. It likewise brings good luck to the bearer of tlie name. To dream of It, however, signifies impending misfortune. Florence’s lucky day is Saturday, and 1 Is considered her lucky number. (© by Wheeler Syndicate. Inc.) o Could Not Digest the Wirel The contents taken from the stomach of a large East African crocodile recently shot in Tanganyikan territory include some curious and gruesome relics. Apart front antelope hoofs, tortoise shells and porcupine quills there were a large number of metal bangles such as are worn as bracelets and by native women, beads and a long strand of wire. The strand of wire solved the mystery of the disappearance of a native boy. Tlie tad was in tlie habit of gathering wood along the river bank and tying up his faggots with a bit of wire. Tlie wife cord found In the crocodile’s Stomach was only too sure an indication of the fate of the unfortunate boy. O New Use for Stamps. Auntie was writing letters while four-year-old Maurice was busy with his street car. Presently auntie was called to the telephone, leaving writing materials on the table. Returning, she found postage stamps missing. Maurice had been told that to put a stamp on a letter it was ready to "go.” In her search for the stamps auntie remarked: “Oh, pshaw,” to which Maurice said: “Why, what’s the matter?" On being told of the missing stamps, he said: “Why, I stuck them on my street car, so It would ’go,’” and there they were plain to be Seen.

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(Prepared by the National Geographic So ciety, Washington, D. C.) British Honduras, often known as “Belize," from the name of its capital city, is one of the least known and one of the most neglected patches of the British empire. With itjs vastly more Important sister country, Canada, it shares the distinction of being the only British territory on the continent of North America. British Honduras is a part of Central America, and its real bid to fame has been that It was 100 per cent revolutionless. Though in many ways it is neglected, British law and order hover over it; and it has been, to a certain extent, like the Dutch West Indian colony of Curacao, an asylum for political leaders of neighboring: lands who were more revolutionary than successful. The country’s 45,000 inhabitants include probably less than 1,000 whites. The remainder of the population is made up of negroes and mulattos and Spanish Indians, the latter living chiefly in the back, But in the capital, Belize, throughout the whole coast country, and wherever governmental machinery has been set up, the atmosphere, whether it be made up of business, government, or sport, is unmistakably British. Few concessions have been made to the climate, which may be described as tropical, tempered by rather steady sea breezes. The two and three-story houses that line the main residence street of Belize are of accepted Brit- 1 ish architecture. Coal-black policemen are clothed much like the London “Bobby,” and bewigged and begowned judges sit in the courts. In the open spaces cricket matches will often be found In progress, and boxing bouts are preferred by the broad-pronounc-ing negroes to the cock-fights and bullfights of their Latinized neighbors. Geographic names tell of the sudden transition from the lands of Spanish culture to this little patch of the Spanish Main thut lias beeu Anglicized. One leaves Puerto Cortez, Honduras, or Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, to sail a few miles farther on past tlie Coxcomb mountains, All Pines, and Stalin creek. Inland are Middlesex and Orange Walk. Belize is one of the few exceptions, and even that is said to be a corruption of the surname of an early Scotch settler, Wallis. Direct English nomenclature reaches its apex in Belize where the ferry is called "the haul-over.” British Honduras, a trifle larger than Massachusetts or Neyy Jersey, is wedged in between the Mexican states of the Yucatan peninsula o’n the north and Guatemala on the west and south, while Honduras, Nicaragua, Salvador and Costa Rica are near by. It is due west of Jamaica, some 600 miles across the Caribbean, and has always been, to a certain extent, under the wing of that British island. Mahogany Induatry Important The mahogany industry is justly commemorated on the flag of British Honduras by the representation there of the tools of the trade. Mahogany lured early settlers to tlie coast; put money in their purses; furnished something for them and their backer, Great Britain, to fight the Spaniards about; and lias always been chiefly responsible for tha land’s main industry, lumbering. The people of the colony even tell solemnly how the lowest portions of tlie city of Belize, once a seemingly bottomless swamp, have been filled in and made usable by the millions of mahogany chips hacked there from logs which must be roughly squared before they are ready for market. Assisting the chips In the work of stabilization— they tell with equal solemnity were the thousands of empty rum bottles thrown aside by the axemen. • At first' the timber industry was a very casual affair. Ships anchored off the coast, the crew cut tlie trees near the beach, loaded them and sailed away. Lfiter the timber along the rivers was cut and floated down to the coast. Most of the easily accessible

Typical Honduranian Family,

timber has been cut now and transportation Is more of a problem. Some tremendous logs are handled weighing 20 to 30 tons each. A' unique scene is the “snaking out” of these logs from the forests by ox-teams in the cool of the night by the light of torches. After the logs reach the coast they aresquared and lashed together into'huge rafts. There Is a great coral barrier reef about ten miles off the coast of British Honduras outside which the largest shins must anchor. The great rafts are towed out to the ships by steel cables and winches. They are then broken up and the separate timbers hoisted aboard by cranes. Spain Tried to Take It. British Honduras came under the British flag largely through the wellknown “squatters’ rights,” grown 1 to international stature. Spain claimed the entire “Main,” or mainland, from the time of tlie earliest explorers. But she was interested chiefly in gold and silver; mere trees seemed beneath notice. So British and other adventurers who cut timber on the eastern coast of Yucatan, tlie present British Honduras, and the Mosquito country, farther south, were not molested at first. When the setters were seen to be making a good thing of their mahogany trade, the Spanish changed their policy and began harassing them. A series of wars and treaties between Spain and Great Britain followed. In J 798 the Spanish made a supreme effort to drive what they considered the “squatters” out of Belize.. But the settlers, with cannon mounted on rafts and flat-boats, had the best of tlie strategic situation and won a signal victory. From that time the British claim to the territory rested on conquest as well as settlement. In 1862 tlie “settlement” was declared a “colony" and was given a lieutenant governor acting under the governor of Jamaica. In 1884 It was made a separate crown colony. Belize, like the other countries along the east side of Central America, has a low-lying region along the coast with highlands farther inland. Its dense tropical forests have discouraged agriculture. Growtli is so rapid that it is a task of the utmost difficulty to keep trails open. Most travel is along rivers, and little is known of the interior away from the streams. There are rumors, however, of the existence near tiie western boundary of extensive Maya ruins like those of Yucatan and Guatemala. The one important exception in the matter of inland development is the southern region tapped by the only railroad, along which, thousands of acres of banana plantations have beeD established to supply a part of the market in the United States. There is much tropical scenic beauty in Belize. Its coast region is a maze of intensely blue lagoons and channels of calm water —a paradise for the yachtsman and pleasure-boat-man. Everywhere are gem-like coral islands covered with coconut trees which In many cases grow to their very edges and hang mirrored In the surrounding waters. Down the rivers of British Honduras millions of dollars’ worth of mahogany and log-wood have been floated daring the life of the colony. In late years tens of thousands of bales of chicle, the raw material of chewing-gum, have joined the stream, to be shipped north to keep busy the restless jiiws of America. 0 For this outflow to America there is an inflow not wholly confined lo money and goods. Some British leaders complain that the colony is becoming “Amerlwinized.” Newspapers and iMagazines from the United States far outnumber those from England. American agents gain much business in competition with the more leisurely methods of the British; and a number of representatives of the younger generation, going to America for their higher education, tend on their return to look ro America for thetr intellectual leadership. The official money unit of the colony is the American gold dollar.