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MONDAY, JULY 22, 1929

wannlno mam now , I In a recent issue of the American Potato Journal there is an interest- llll article on the use of potatoes in the diet and the proper methods oi booking end preparing potatoes for tlll table. The facts given should be familiar w every housewife, but un- fortunately there is no other vege- table so carelessly cooked as a rule.

Potato growers and dealers, both in United States and Canada, are now emphasizing the importance of scien- tific preparation of this food in order to get the full nutritive value, Ex- periments show that the loss in boil- ed potatoes averages about 7 per cent; when steamed the average is less than 1 per cent. It ls pointed cut. that the losses in nutritive value in the cook- ing of potatoes come from the fol-,

lowing causes:

i. Faring. By this is meant cut- Ilfllg away of valuable food mater- mll. Soaking in cold water before cooking extracts much of the food value. Experiments show that about 9 percent is lost in this way.

3. Putting the potatoes on to cook in cold water instead of hot water loses a great deal of the protein and much of the mineral matter.

4. Cooking the potatoes in unsalt- ed Wat/er.

5. Exposing a large amount of surface to the v/ater, like cutting the potatoes into dice.

‘ Over a year ago a. strong request was made upon the Provincial De- partment of Agriculture by the Boards of Trade and others to assist in the marketing of potatoes by pre- - paring leaflets on the proper meth- ods of cooking which could be placed in the bags and sent out with every shipment of table stock potatoes from the Province. It was felt that these instructions would be welcomed by the consumer and. would greatly as- slst in developing markets for the superior quality of Prince Edward Island potatoes. The Department promised to do this, and it was un- derstood that printed directions would be ready for distribution last. season. These leaflets so far have not been forthcoming. If they are to be ready for this season's shipments, they should be in preparation now. They could be used profitably in connec- tion with the new method of small package shipments for the higher class trade in Central and Western Canada.

If we are to profit fully by the ad- vantage of having compulsory inspec- tion of every shipment of table stock potatoes leaving the Province, we must keep abreast of competitors in other ways as well: and the distri- bufon of concise instructions for the proper cooking of the product is a feature which we cannot afford to overlook. The duty of preparing and publishing these instructions for use not only of the Potato Growers As- sociation but for all our growers and shippers, is properly felt to rest upon the Department of Agriculture. The Guardian has pointed out many ways by which a larger sale of Island po- tatoes might have been secured on the Central Canadian markets last mason. 1n some instances at least- notably in ignoring the advertising advantages of having o. Prince Ed- ward Island potato exhibit at the National Exhibition-the Document or Agriculture has been teblama. It is tobe hoped that m;

of the Canadian Hut on the edso of

at hand. But so long ago as 1374 there were 5,809 in King's County, 5.488 in Prince Count)’ Nnd 8,018 ni Queens County. Women had not

or the Cum Garden, 1mm mm men given the ballot and now the

satisfaction of the unalloyed delight which is being derived from the structure at present. writes a cor.- respondent in a British newspaper.

The hut owes its orlalu to the spir- it of boredom which afflicted a num- ber of Canadian soldiers who were re- cuperating from wounds and illness at Windsor.

feminine voters outnumber those of the masculine persuasion.

The population of the Island had not reached its maximum in 1874, but continued to increase during a quarter of a century later, and it has since fallen of! again. The Can- ada Temperance Act was passed in 1878. It was commonly called The Scott Act, so named for Hon. R. W. Scott who framed it. at was a local option law which

ONE afternoon a tall youth of seri- o_u.s mien, walked into Joe Sippleyb small restaurant at Z-Tinoeton, New Jersey. and presented a check to Joe's pretty daughter who acts as cashier. It should be explained that Joe is something of an institution — a banking institution-with Prince- ton undergraduates. for he will cash a. check or even extend credit when a check is late in arriving. The girl slipped into the kitchen to consul her father. I -

' O O O

PRESENTLY Joe emerged. Wav-

ing the check he fairly ran to the

Tired of" doing nothing. they con- ceived the idea of building a. log hut on the Castle estate as a reminder 01 their stay in the district. The idea was approved and the necessary tim- ber placed at. their disposal in the forests.

Today the King is using the hut in his “recuperationpbut Princess El- ‘. izabeth has taken possession of it

i largely as her playroom. In the aft.-

‘ ernoon me holds imaginary tea. par-

i

could be brought into operation in any country or city in the Domin- ion for three years, and would re- main in force unless and until one fourth part of the electors signed a petition asking for another election to decide whether the majority of the people did or did not desire that the act should or should not re- main longer in force.

Of course the women did not vote in the Scott Act elections, but many of them were active workers in the and they

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C OMPLIDIENTABY

Prince Edward Island,

has made an amazing success of this business entitles the Province to special consideration. After reviewing the achievement of the Association as set forth at the recent annual meeting. the Post concludes:

"The greater proportion ofthe potatoes handled by the Association are certified seed, and markets for thib have been found in southern states and in Cuba. Over 400,000 bushels of seed potatoes were sold to Cuba alone. ‘The reason that this is possible when there is so much competition is the quality of the Island stoc ."

‘ EDITORIAL NOTES

One of the oldest traditions of trans-atlantic passenger service went overboard last week when fourteen young women replaced the dining- saloon stewards on an ocean liner leaving New York. Hitherto on all lines since the earliest days of steam, dining-saloon personnels have been

strictly of the male gender.

“If the wets in Nova Scotia ever stop grumbling among themselves and buying liquor illicltly and wake

up and get to work and tell that vas

floating neutral vote. which settles

things in the end, their side of the question, there is a very, very fair

chance that next Christmas will find Prince Edward Islanders the only folk in Canada sneaking up back al- leys to fill their wassail bowls."-

Halifax Chronicle.

nnrronrar. norms

We are accustomed to considering prosperity in the United States as universal and well-sustained that it shocks us when we are forced to re-

aliro that President Hoover considers the outstanding problem in. the

United States-next to agricultural depression-to be unemployment. says the Financial Poet. "The number of unemployed in the United Statea is very high. The exact figures are dif- ficult to obtain. We know that in ten years the number of persons em- ployed on the farms has declined 1,- 200,000 and in factories by ‘about

800.000 but we can easily imagine the m“ p" we‘ The” u m hum“ ready absorption of most of these in : _ new service fields ouch as garages. Nflilfll Rllm will not lee a repeti- gasoline stations. domestic service.

tloaoft-hesemhtumandtbutaie motortrucktranaportgm,”

monotonous-immune.

aim to their duties and win my British pelt office ofliciaia uti-

every opportunity of boosting Island. potatoes and developing the great po- tvutiai markets of Central Canada. In furthering this activity they might Veil lite special and immediate at- tention to tho-preparation of direc- tion in attractively minted leaflets rumba-antics MOU-hlfllthdpfo- dial

a cannula mrr

"iboso Canadian lit-service men

dire ammonia: in u» vicinity b: humor-ouch durlns m war and]

iiponaiblp au- a» Ofldtion

mate that it took exactly time

says the Saekville Post. is noted for many things besides potatoes. but the fact three year periods from the begin- that the Potato Growers Association nins down to the century's close the

blah

‘ n" 'h°‘°- and ‘he m“? and Queen thronged the frequent public meet- several times have "casually" called m“ that were held to brmg me Act upon her for a. cup of tea.

into‘ force or to prevent its being ousted where it was in force.

There were lively times then over the Scott. Act in Charlottetown. When it was in force in any city or coun- try ‘it operated as a prohibitory law within that area. But at regular

‘"drya" ‘and the "wets" fought out their battle over the Scott Act. One of these campaigns was stag- ed in Charlottetown in 1897, not long after the writer of these lines came to reside in this city. The Scott Act had been in force during three years and the thing its opponents most de- sired was to repeal it. There was an exciting campaign. When the vote was taken the result was 673 for, and 786 against, a majority of 113. That ended the Scott Act in Charlotte- town.

A more memorable plebiscite than that Just passed was that brought; on by the Laurie: Government in Sep- tcmber 1808, in which all the pro- vlnces took part. The question pre- sented to the voters was: “Are you in favor of the passing of an Act prohibiting the importa- tion, manufacture or sale of spirits, wine. ale, beer, cider and all other al- coholic liquors for use as beverages?"

Ontario gave a large majority for prohibition, which was more than balanced by the larger adverse vote of Quebec. The vote in New Bruns- wick was 24,709 for and 7,979 against prohibition. In Prince Edward Isl- and the majority for prohibition was 6,200. ‘Throughout the entire Domin- ion there was a moderate balance in t favor of the very strict catalogue of prohibitions mentioned in the ques- tion.

‘In this fighting world. notwith- standing the appalling scourge through which many countries suf- fered from warfare. and notwith- standing the ardent desire for peace in most civilized nations, there is widespread fear that China. and a Russia are now embroiled in a great conflict which must the decided by the sword.

Some small hope of finding a pos- sible escape from the crisis is based on the fact that China is a membe of the League of Nations, and Rus-

-Bb lame.» . prion. MD. __;

as 01.0 as YOUR ‘lacs,

I have spoken before about the ex- amination of boxers before a bout and how we are always anxious to know how much road work they have been doing.

If they are able to prove toour satisfaction that they have been jog- 81118 along the road for three to six miles daily, then we know they should be in good physical condition.

We are thinking mostly of the heart and lungs which must be in good condition to pump and purify the tremendous amount oi’ blood that goes clown to the legs.

Jack Dempsey could be sure of an- other couple of million dollars if his legs were as good as they were some years ego. While I have not seen hhn since before his Tunney fights, I am told that he has lost his old time panther like spring.

Babe Ruth's chances of getting one hundred thousand per year after this year's contract expires depends upon his legs. If they hold his massive weight perfectly, and allow him to “set" himself to meet the ball squarely, then he can collect without a. murmur from the club owners.

The legs sustain the whole weight of the body and the knees have al- most the whole weight bearing a- gainst the inner iigament. It often gives.

Then the ankles get strained and sprained so often that. a. little twist finally puts the athletes out of the game.

Also the muscles get. little tears in the fibres and the natural elastic muscle tissue gets replaced with a hard non elastic tissue.

Still further, if the athlete gets heavy and stands around all winter, the veins begin to swell,‘ the walls thicken, and varicose veins result.

It is the movement of the muscles of the legs in walking or other exer- cise, that keeps the blood moving on- ward. The moving muscles actually help m pump blood upwards.

The whole idea thenis nottolet the body get too heavy for the legs to carry, but most important is walk or take light exercisesall the time and the legs will remain strong and

supple.

THE LAND WE LOVE

BY FRANK YEIGII

sian signed the Kellog pact r ing war.

Says the Ottawa Journal: Motor ca_r fatalities are beginning to pre- sent a grave problem. In 1925 auto- mobile accidents on Canadian high,- waya numbered 3,012. The number increased to 5,897 in 1928, or by 8B per cent. Putting it another way. three years ago the motor cars were killing people off at the rate of not quite six per week; today the r011 is

nature a strain of carelessness, of indifference to danger. of contempt- forperilthatishardtocopewith.

"No matter how many laws may be devised, no matter how many people may preach and oxhort. and admonish. there will alwlll N 90°‘

ORIGIN OF THE WORD "CANADA"

Q. What is the origin of the word "Canada?"

A. No less than five deflvations for the word "Canada" have been suggested. First. from the Algonquin word "Cantata." meaning "welcome." supposed to have been, used by the Indianfiwhen they first saw Cartier. second, from the Iroquois word "Canatha," meaning "A collection of huts,” and being the the word the Alognquins applied to their chief town. Third, from a Spanish word. "Acanada," meaning, "there is noth- ing there,” indicating that the Spaniards saw no signs of gold. Fourth. ‘from a Protuguese word. "Canada" meaning "narrow passage."

plo to ignore everything. It is this

seconds to tflnamlt the reaming "wmrbynoemailthenomuicu

from the time Trigob neck was, peat the out The Olin ‘rims: irat- tingly astonished. It llya this m". velof communication would be in- credible if the 6W0 were not correct. In South Africa "Erie's win was known in Cape a...» before m» not of the nold passed the peat," People all over Canada and Australia know the result before the majority of

‘crowd at. Epsom itself, and certainly

before tho crow-ll in the lnndoo meets, '

can 9f people that must be dealt with. whet-her they oanbedealt with by/ets-ictaiveare in thl issue of lic- Onli, orhy mop stern punishment for viciation sua- lawl la somothinl an thomhtlsqttlfi tomes. Ono thiagjiiet inldbtbalookedlntowltb profit in ma numb: of arOdrivingoalIwitbootbIIaiitl-Wbimg-mhgqmdhu mm a n,

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probably meaning the st, Lawrence. Fifth, Coidiero says the word fa Basque for "Canal." “strait or nar- row passage." The name Canada was used by the early French explorers and settlers.

lntly fer- ofl in the dim and misty futanhrla hovernmantfeola sure of

young man. Then he exploded.

"Me. Joe, frien' all you fellows!" he roared. "Joe casha da check al- ways for da Princeton boys. Soma- time I win; some-time I lose. Once I casha da check signed by George da Washington. But I no so. bigga. fool as to casha dissa check signs." ....with infinite scorn-‘irigna. _by Johns. D. Rockefeller!"

O O O

THE youth reached for his check. tucked it back in his wallet, and turning to leave, said:

"All right, my friend, don't let the matter worry you."

It was not until some time later that Joe learnedthat the signature upon the bank draft for $10 was genuine. Then he cursed his an- cestors. John D. Rockefeller had really signed the check and mailed it as a gift to his grandson. John D. Rockefeller, III., a student at Prince- ton.

O O O

YOUNG John n. did not hold it against Joe-declares John K. Wink- ler (in his biography of the Stand- ard Oil chief). In fact they became quite good friends.

"I think Joe used pretty good judg- ment in not cashing grandfather's check,“ says the third John D. "Showns how green I was in those freshman days to try such an appar- ently silly trick on so keen a busi- ness man as Joe."

O O O

FOR years John D. Rockefeller, Jr., never tipped. Now he applies the ten per cent rule (says Mr. Winkler). He gave his first tip twenty years ago in the barber shop at 26 Broadway, headquarters of the Stan- dard Oil 'Co. He was sailing for England, was in g hurry and in grievous need of a hair cut. The barber, John Phelan, did the job un- usually quickly. .

"Good work," said the famous customer eurtly. He dropped a gratu- ity into Phe1an's palm, and hurried away.

a_ a O

‘Pl-IE other barbers around, excitedly. Phelan opened his hand and dispiyaed a bright nickel! Phelan had the coin framed and hung it in the parlor under the inscription:

“John D. Jr.'s Best 11p."

a a ‘a O

WHEN Lord Thomson-Air Min- ister in the new British Labor Cab- inet was over here on a lecture tour some time ago, he was guest; at a private dinner, preceding a platform appearance. His hostess was much concerned because he ate so spar- ingly.

‘0‘hl I never eat. much before I speak," explained Lord Thomson.

"Well," said the lady, "you re- mind me of Mr. Blank when he din- ed with us. I-le said the same thing. I couldn't go_to his lecture, but my husband went and when he return- ed, I asked him how Mr. Blank got On- ‘Oh.’ he replied, ‘he rnight have just as well eaten?"

O O O

"I NEVER. try to write a line when I'm not strictly on the wagon." Eugene O'Neill told Barrett H. Clark when Clark broached the sub- ject preparatory to doing a. biogra- phy of the playwright. “I don't think anything worth reading was ever written by anyone who was drunk or ‘even half-drunk when he wrote it," added O'Neill. "This is not mor- ditty. It's physiology."

And Gene should know whereof he is talking.

crowded

UNEILIIS first published collec- tion of plays was a thin book celled "Thirst and Other One Act Plays." The manuscript had been offered here and there, but no one would risk publishing it. Then a publisher offered to do so on condition that the author should stand all expenses. This the “‘ couldn't do. but his father, James ("Monte Cristo") O'Neill, famous actor, stepped in and put up the money. The book did not sell. -

O O O i

SPEAKING of temperance-as I was a moment ago-hero is a peep at London. two hundred years ago. It is from Oscar Bherwinb bio- graphy of John Gay. author of ‘that classic, "The Beggar's Opera":

"The excuse for intoxication is supposedly the badnesa of the water. Ale is good and clean enough, but strong. The laboring men drink lit.- tb else. Retailers announce that oilstomerl can be made drunk for a Paflnyl dead drunk for two peace. and can have straw on which ‘to lie and recover, free."

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Afton: on story-it u an.

Author ofwThe Beggar's Opera.’ " It proved to be from the Inland Bev- enue department demanding pay- ment of Income Tax from an author, (lead nearly two hundred years! O O O

NOT long ego, at s European customs house, the mummy of an Egyptian Pharaoh was presented as an "import" seeking A admission to the country, declares Dr. Julius Klein (in "Frontiers of 'I‘rade"). In the minds of the customs offi- cials a. deep perplex prevailed. I-low should the one time ruler of Pyram-

[ids be "classified"? Into which of

the many ingeniously complicated tariii’ classifications should this royal remnant fall?

O O O

DOUBTS developed. Brows were corrugated with anxiety. “Confer- enoes" were held. consternation threatened. But finally-Eureka!- it was all made very clear. A- solu- tion had been found. The gates were opened and the mummy en- tered.