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April 6, 1917. 
NORTH (SHORE BRE EAE 
WOMAN’S CLUB 
MANCHESTER WoMEN LEARN OF 
CoLtp PACKED METHOD OF 
Homrt CANNING 
Considerable interest was evidenced 
by the members of the Manchester 
Woman’s club in the lecture on Tues- 
day afternoon by Mrs. Sarah Eliza- 
beth Belt of Melrose on “Home Can- 
ning.” Mrs. Belt, who is a Farmers’ 
Institute lecturer, explained the ad- 
vantages of the cold packed method 
of canning over the old open kettle 
method and used the stereopticon to 
illustrate. She also had on exhibition 
samples of fruit, vegetables and meats 
canned by herself more than two 
years ago. The meeting was well at- 
tended and the members showed a 
disposition to ask questions when the 
opportunity was afforded. 
Mrs. Belt said she had always 
found gatherings in agricultural com- 
munities were more receptive than 
women’s clubs. She said she had been 
asked to extend her work to them, 
however, and had found that, al- 
though most women thought their 
way of canning superior, they were 
anxious to hear of the new method 
recommended by the U. S. Dept. of 
Agriculture. Americans, she said, 
were the most wasteful people in the 
matter of their food supplies. They 
are also the largest meat eaters and 
the largest users of patent medicines. 
Most of the food waste could be 
saved by the canning of vegetables, 
she said. 
The first step in canning, she said, 
is the selection of perfect jars. One 
should avoid jars containing hairlines 
that will eventually develop into 
cracks. No rubbers should be used 
a second time. She described a per- 
fect type of fruit jar, which is soon 
to appear on the market. It is the in- 
vention of a man and a woman, the 
former inventing the top and the lat- 
ter the jar proper. She said syrups 
should be made first for the cold 
packed method. The fruit or vege- 
table is then carefully cleaned in the 
usual way and packed into the jars 
Syrup is poured into the jars to fill 
and they are then sealed and sterilized 
‘1 a hot water bath. she described 
the method of canning strawberries, 
snples, peaches, pears, string beans, 
tomatoes, and corn. The last must be 
canned immediately after plucking or 
it will lose its flavor. 
A method of canning poultry with- 
out cooking was described. After 
the meat is cleaned and cut, one tea- 
spoonful of salt is added and the jar 
filled with cold water and capped. It 
is then sterilized for three hours. It 
makes an ideal luncheon dish for 
autoists, she said. The bones are 
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A lively question period followed 
during which Mrs. Belt explained the 
canning of carrots, beets, asparagus, 
peas and greens, as well as various 
kinds of fruits not covered in her talk. 
Tea was served during the social 
hour following. Mrs. Grace K. Bea- 
ton was hostess. 
SurvEY For SHoRE ROAD. 
The resolve accompaning the peti- 
tion of the municipal affairs commit- 
tee of the Salem Chamber of Com- 
merce providing for a survey by, the 
Massachusetts Highway Commission 
of a shore road along the shores of 
Salem harbor in the city of Salem 
and town of Marblehead and connect- 
ing up with the existing state high- 
way from Swampscott to Salem has 
been reported favorably by the House 
Ways’ and Means Committee, has 
been given its various readings in the 
House and passed by that body and 
has been given its first reading in the 
Senate with every indication of pas- 
sage and early signatures by the Gov- 
ernor. The diligent and_ effective 
work of Representative Chauncey 
Pepin of Salem, ably assisted by Rep- 
resentative Dennis Sullivan, also of 
Salem, and Representatives John N. 
Osborne of Marblehead and James 
D. Bently of Swampscott, the district 
of the latter including Ward 3 of 
Salem, has resulted in smooth sailing 
for the bill through the various stages 
of passage in the House. Senator i 
Howard Perley of Salem will look 
out for the bill in the Senate and push 
it along. 
“Many a true word has been spok- 
en ungrammatically.” 
Macnoiia Concern Now a Massa- 
CHUSETTS CORPORATION. 
The Dreicer Corporation was incor- 
porated on March 12 under the laws 
of the Commonwealth of Massachu- 
setts. The principal purposes of the 
corporation are to manufacture, sell 
and deal in jewelry, precious stones, 
works of art, etc. 
The officers are: J. Arthur Hull, 
New York, president; Michael J. 
Murphy, New York, treasurer; M. 
Francis Buckley, Gloucester, clerk, 
and -these three comprise the board of 
directors. |The company will have 
stores and ofhces in New York and 
Magnolia. 
“THE MASQUERADER.” 
The sixth week of what has develp- 
ed into the season’s biggest dramatic 
success, Guy Bates Post in “The Mas- 
querader,” will begin at the Plymouth 
Theatre, Boston, next Monday eve- 
ning, Apr. 9. This newest of Richard 
Walton Tully’s productions scored an 
instantaneous hit, capacity houses be- 
ing the unvarying rule. Dual roles 
have always possessed a deep fascin- 
ation for theatregoers, and in this in- 
stance, the lure of the dual role is 
fortifed by gripping melodrama, in- 
cenious stage devices. splendid scenic 
backgrounds and fine acting. The ac- 
tion of the play starts with a short 
prologue showing a London fog and 
ihe meeting of the two men who are 
destined to exchange stations in life. 
There are few things that are more 
endearing than the grace of listening 
with attention.—Margaret Deland. 
Education is to the mind what oxy- 
gen is to the body—a vital force for 
progress.—Ford Times. 
