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Cabbage with Cream,—The so-
alled plebeian eabbage may be
served in a number of aPPeti4n,,g,
And attractive ways, Prepared
With Cream it eSpeciallY daintY.
Wash and blanch the cabbage well,
Wheia aeol remove the outer leavee
and chop the rest fine. Put into a
saueepan with a large lump of but-
ter, some salt and pepper. Thicken
with ahent a. tablespoonful of flour
and then add a cupful ef sweet
cream. Mix thoroughly and cook
for about three-quarters a an hour.
Reap on a hot dish and serve. This
will accompany any meat, and is a
particularly wholesome dish,
Braised Veal„—Lad evenly -two
sides of 4 pieee of veal, dredge with
salt and pepper and a litle
Lay two or three thin slices of Pork
the bottom of an iron not and
es soon as lightly brownedlay in the
veal with a small carrot Sliced, one
onion eliced„ a bay leaf and a sprig
Q r two of parsley, Add two cap-
fos or real stock (this can be made
from seine of the veal bones which
the butcher will throw in if you
ask Win), and simmer steadily for
two or three hours until tender
and a golden brown. It nuast be
basted frequently dariag the braiss
big, adding swiss ateek Unem-
eary.
Prune 1ak and st
two dozen nue and when
der press thouh a lander.
the beaten wMte o kur eggs ad
six teblespnda of pw1 sit
gar and the rrne ail heat well.
Pat into the n trne one table -
10
quarter teas»on!u1 eem tart
and mac
tract.
low Qvefl. Sere coki vit
made OS fe
threeiltlat
gar, the yolkao knu egg,sand o
teaspoonful of 1en uiade into
soft custard. The auee thou1d also
be cold when se've
Apple Slumps,—
pared, sliced or quartered apples,
with One pint of water, into the
dish in -which the slump is to be
cooked. Take one quart a sifted
their and mix through it three tea.
spoonfuls of baking- powder; then
rub one teaspoonful of butter into
it. Mix with a little cold milk or
water, the sante 0.9 for biscuit. Roll
the crust about an ineh thick, eut
it into quarters, and with it CONTI'
the apples, in the dish; then CONTI*
the whole with a close -fitting cover
and boil or steam until done, Take
out On a platter and grate nutmeg
ovcr the apples, Serve with a
sweet sauce or sugar and cream.
Fricassed Chicken.—Cut two
fowls into joints. Season them with
salt and pepper, and dip each one
in flour. Put them in a saucepan
and cover with boiling water, Let
them cook very gently for about
two hours, or until very tender.
When they are done put three table-
spoonfuls a butter in a frying pan,
add the same amount of flour, rub
smooth, then add the water in which
the chickens have been boiled, which
should not amount to more than a
quart. After the gravy has boiled
up -add a cupful of rich cream, and
Seasai with salt, white pepper and
little cayenne. Just before re-
moving from the fire add an egg
well beaten. Pour over the chicken,
which should be laid on toast or
soda biscuits cut in halves.
0 lukewarm, and then beat in a
yeast eake dissolved in cine-quar-
er cupful, of lukewarm milk and
enough eifted flour to make a stiff
batter. Cover and place where it
will keep warm over night, In the
morning blend a beaten egg with
the dough, add one-half eupfal
seeded raisins and roll out the mix-
ture in a -sheet three-quarters of
an inch in thickness. Put in a but-
tered dripping pan or a deep pie
plate, having in it center a muffin
ring or pieee of stiff paper pinned
together to make 4 ring. Cover
and let rise until doubt it i 1
bulkt` Brush with incited batter,
sprinkle with powdered sugar and
'cinnamon, and ,bake in a moderate
ossen about half an how.
e s g na
-USEFUL
ot sunshine will remove scorch.
Hot 'tartaric acid will take ink
stains out of white cloth„
-A package or envelope sealed with
white a egg. cannot be steamed
open,
Even delicate glass can be safe-
ly washed in very het water if slips
peal in edgewise,
Mntton tea is a pleasant change
from beet tea to many invalid; and
„
very wnoiesome,
Insects like neither salt nor alum
and euotigh adheres to the carpet. "
to keep them away,
li feather pillows have an nn -
pleasant
odor give them a thotatigh
drying before 4 elear fire.
A piece of salt pork eut thin and
bound on a earn Or bunion at night
will give great relief,
Never keep bread and cake in tbe
me box, as the cake loses ita
*AU' and tastes like bread.
ice possesses more nutriment
n wheat, Pats or barley. :Et will
in life longer than any other
h produci9g plant.
mg oil
is spread by water,
inguish it throw flOWn. 110113,
r earth. The idea is to pre-
il spreading.,
V keep the top of your
el .ange clean when frying
ak, oLe., by having two Sheets
sbestoa prepared as careers,.
theslines and pegs will last
nger it they get boiled for
inutes when new. It is a „gpcal
to repeat the boiling eason-
Potato Chowder.—Pare and cut
into dice five good-sized potatoes
and throw into cold water. Out
a quarter pound slice of fat ham
into shreds and put it in a frying
pan with a minced onion and fry a
light brown. Put -a layer of peta,-
to dice in a kettle sprinkle in ham
onion, salt, pepper and minced
parsley, their add more potatoes,
pork, onion, etc., until all are used.
Add the fat in which the onions
were fried and a pint of cold water.
.Cover and cook gently until the po-
tatoes are nearly done, about twen-
ty minutes. Rub a tablespoonful
of butter and same of flour to a
smooth paste (roux) and stir into
the chowder; then when it begins
to thicken add' a pint of het 'milk;
stir carefully 'together so as -not to
break the potatodice.
bheoken Stew.—Cut a young but
full-groWn chick.en and put it on to
stew in a pot witlyplenty el water,
,adding salt only; 'then take a pint
of flour, one egg and •water enough
to mix into a very stiff dough, which
knead till perfectly smooth. Roll
outanto a sneet s thin as passible
and let itesta,nd to dry for at le:rst
au hour, then cut into narroW
strips, pull these into pieces two Or
three inches long, and drop—one
by one—into the boiling stew—with
plentyofwater in it—and boil for
at least an hour, shaking the pot
occasionally, but never stirring or
the dumplings will stick together.
When done, pour all into a; large
platter and CluSt with pepper. This
is a delicious stew, and the &Hun-
iings, besides being tender and
toothsome, ean be eaten with lin-, notice.,
punity by an invalid. wards 'lila&
Coffee Becaal:—Add to one cep- babln
d of scalded milk one-third cupful
434 shorliening. a cupful Of sugar and, '
one-half teaspoonful of,,s.
uttena en firm1y Do rot
f cheap work and trim
a dress of cheap nuttcri-
tL
ler get hotter material and
niko it up simply.
Med a cracked stove with 4 ce
nent made of wood ashes and at
t .oportions, reduce to a
mste with cold water. Fill cracks
ve is cool,
It is not generally known, but to
prevent eakcs from burning, place
a Uttle bran at the bottom of the
tins. This will save a lot of grumb-
ling and vexation.
Many women put paper pads un-
der the stair carpet, and layers of
thick brown paper under room car-
pets. These underlays cost nothing,
and can, therefore, be burnt instead
of beaten and b'eaten and re -used
s a felt has to be.
Before relaying the carpets after
the sprig cleaning try washing
around the edge of the floor to the
depth of a yard from 'the baseboard
with a strong solution of alum
water. Several times a month
sprinkle salt over the carpet before
sweeping.
For a liquid shampoo take four
ounces of finely grated castile soap,
cover with a quart of cold water,
let cook until it forms a jelly. Take
from the fire and add two thoroegh-
ly beaten eggs; shake well, and it
is ready for use.
For coughs, put a lemon in the
oven, leave it until warmed
through, then squeeze out the
juice, and add sufficient honey or
sugar to make a thick syrup. Keep
it warm, and take a teaspoonful
when the cough is troublesome.
Buy a strip of asbestos cloth .and
use small squares to interline your
iron -holders. Keep a ,good-sized
piece fastened to your iroaing board
to save the sheet, and lay a square
under the table pad where the meat
platter rests.
To 'Prevent a shabby, chill took
coming Le the kitchen painted wood-
work, wash it in bran water, made
by boiling one pound of bran in a
gallon of water for ',in hour.
V
,Hard water is so fie tied ,by having
a ;little powder limc-put in which
,at ence,thiolvs clown the Chalk in
it. The Clea.r fluid can then be
boiled witlioub risk • of turiing, pot
or kettle.
Light straw hat may he cleaned
by being brushed With flour of sul-
phur; retoisftetted with lemon juice:
Rinse the hat •well with nlease cold
watea. but do not let it 'liein-water
and soak.
•'Equal Darts of tureutinc and
ammonia will take paint' out of
othin,,g, "even if hard and dry. Sat-
urate the spot as often; as neces-
sary and wash off the spot with
warm soapy water:
To irOri Silk',.Sprinkle, the artiele
to be ironed with water, then Toll
them tightly in a toWel. After this
it is easy to iron out .the cre*es.
Do not use a very hot iron, nag ie
silk quickly discolors. ".
INfied,'Orirchasino' tinne
op
8.
Elk SUNDAY SCHOOL STUDY
ISTE11NATIONAL LESSON,
JANUARY is.
lesson VII. The niiiiistry of John
the Baptist. Mark 1. 1-S- Luke 3.
1-20, Golden Text, Matt. 3, g•
MARK 1,„
Verse 1, Mark does not coneern
himself with the earlier life of
Jesus, but proceeds at once with
the narrative of his public ministry
and preaching, to which he refers
as The beginning of the gospel or
Jesus Christ The proclamation of
that gospel (glad 'tidings) continued
even after the Christ was no longer
among men. It began with the ut-
terances that fell from the bps 0
Jesus himselE The use of the dou-
ble name Jesus Christ indicates the
established faith of the writer in
Jesus as the Messiah, which faith
is further defined by the addition
of tee•phrase the Son a ood,
2. In Isaiah the prophet—On4
he substance of YerSe 3, not that oi
verse 2is found in 1.saiali (10, 3)
The reierenee to my messenger
taken from Malachi 3. 1, a prophecy
whieh was applied by Je31-15 himself
to join; the Baptist,
3„ The voice of ore crying in the
wilderness—The figure in this in-
stance, as in the prophecy of 11fala,
is that of a fore -miller sent hy
an Oriental atonareh in advance of
his jeltrile,yS to sec to it that roads
arid highways are ` eleared of lab-
staeles and- prepared for his ',Ise.
4. John eame heralding' in the
Wilderness the coming ofPne great-
er than an Oriental monarch, and
preparing human hearts and minds
to receive the Christ by the preach-
ing of repentanee unto remission
f sins.
5. All the country—Multitudes of
the inhabitants from all parts of
Judaea. The appearance of this
new prophet stirred the whole P4 -
tion. Luke specifies pnblicans and
soldiers and Matthew Pharisees and
Sadducecs as being among those
who went out to the river Jordan
to hear John .reach.
0. Camel's hair . . . a leathern
girdle -.-.A short tunic of coarse
camel's hair cloth (not of camel's
skin), fasteeed about the waist -with
girdle of eorresponding
made probably of rough, un-
tanned leather and those worn
by Bedouins and dervishes to -day.
I.ocusts . . . wild honey—Food
nab as the desert afforded. Itt
Lay, 11. 22 we fonl enumerated the
species of 'wild locusts, the eating
of which is permitted by law.
7. Mightier than 1—So much
mightier that John feels himself un-
worthy to render the service of a
bondservant or slave.
Worthy—Greek, sufficient.
8. Water . . . Hely Spirit—The
contrast gives us the key to John's
burinhty. John's baptism unto re-
pentance was in itself incomplete,
even as repentance itself is incom-
plete and must be supplemented by
the control- of new impulses and
aspirations (compare the parable
in Matt. 12. 43-45.)
EUKE 3. 1-20.
Verse I. The fifteenth year—Pro-
bably A. D. 25-26, reckoning A. D.
11, the year when Tiberius was
made the colleague of Augustus
with equal authority over provieces
and armies.
Tiberius Caesar—The second Ro-
man emperor and successor to Cae-
sar Augustus.
Polities Pilate—The procurator
or gpvernor ef Judaea, an inferior
official position in the Roman ,em-
pire, in, view of the comparatively
• •
smalk
iinportance to the -empire of
the province intrusted to him.:
Herod—Herod Antapas, son of
Herod the Great. In A. D. 40 he
was banished to Spain., The entire
public.ministry' of, Jesus falls within
the period of his reign; and most of
it within the :territory over which
he ruled,
Tetrarch—One of fou- rulers, that
is, ruler over One fourth partof
his, father's' dominion.
His brother—Really his half beo-
Itura.ea—The region at the
foot of Hermon. ,
Trachonitis—In'r.the ancient ter-
ritory of BashanS ,
°-
a m . . . abanim—a play on words
not lacking in emphasis.
9. The ax. also lieth at the root
of the trees—The ax of the garden-
er or husbandman, ready for use as
the harvest shall determine which
of the trees of the orehard are no
longer profitable.
or renters of Roman taxes; Illell
12. Publicans—That is, collectors
who paid to Roman government
front a given district and who, by
tail:Pee:I:I ee dctisounrooifeelxioetrtbi ofanti:. e ttaaxxees:
then proceeded to enrich them-
selves,. -
13,, Extort—Extortion was the
emmon method of collection. Those
who could escape paying naturally
did so.
14. Soldiers—Greek, soldiers on
service. The exhortation give -a
these men indicates some of the
wrongs they were commonly guilty
of.
17. F, an—Such as Were commonly
, used in eonnection with threshing,
'1 the grain being thrown together
t with the chaff,. against 'the wind,
which, in driving. back the chaff,
which it was gathered into the gar-
ner. permitted the grain to fail to the
ground in a heap by itself, after
. truquenchable firo—Not Iteeetattr-
' fly eternal, but unquenchable in the
sense oi beyond control or mastery,
U). For lieroclias his brother's
wife—For whom he had divorced
another wife, and whom be had per-
suaded to forsake her husband,
ladre regards the indigeity shown
to the Messiah forerunner in east,
'11" him into prison as amoeg -she
greatest wrongs perpetrated by the
wicked governor,
*
A JOIT.B ON SER
sLyauias-Othcryie unknhwn.
Abilene—A sinaff pro 71.11ce of
Syria.
2. 4m:1as and Caiaphas----Abaas,
the rightful life occupant of the of-,•
flee according to -Jewish law, har• t
been deposed by the Roman gover-
nor ancl one'after another his sons
put in his place. The fourth: of these
was Calaphas whO from the time
of his appointment (.A.D. 18), was
recognized by the , Roman authori-
ties as the rigutful incumbent of
the position. Loral Jews, however,
would still regard .Ahmas as the
real high priest.
3-6 ompaiecomments on naral
lem verses m Mark given above.
7. Offspring of vipers:1-A wilder -
-me,taphor, and nioS : . ; -,. - . -
' alP:k4k.1,1)1i '
. .,.,,
a In. it.s .charaerberization.i0V..tlie, ,
articular greuir of People.r.:.' min'
''''''',..Y.as'ladd.1-TeSsek.1.•...-,'.' . - - ,
,,...We' havo'.. Ab.raliam b.
s 0 .L.,..L.ineod,descenclatiee..• tlq.bin ....
:•-_. • . - • -,,y.,..
...
,.. 10,1.60;tiri aa•cs r lh 140,•.ai,. 0.....0 ,
. • , an, '
Tallinn., WR$'. considere471,ha.. sufaci6 e•
. - • -
''' 'n up-and-doWii in (rye;
Dice "eholipingdOives.
Ms. R. 'W. Service.
omc time ago a British Colum-
bian wrote a book of verse entitled
"Derby Day in the Yukon, by Yu-
kon Bill." The real name of the
author did not appear, but who-
ever it was signed the name, "M.
Markwell" in writing to the George
H. Doran Company of New York,
who published the book; and the
Doran people wrote back to "M.
Markwell, Esq."
When the book came out, Robert
W. Service, the fainons yukon poet,
received a copy from the publish-
ers, and when in New York same
time afterwards he sent this letter
of appreciation to the head of the
firm"J;ear Sir: Shortly before leav-
ing Dawson I received your book,
'Derby Day in the Yukon,' and beg
to thank you for your kindness in
sending it to me. I thought the
book was bully good stuff and quite
true of the Land God Forgot. I
showed it among my friends, and
much curiosity was expressed as to
the identity of Yukon Bill. How-
ever, all agreed that the atmos-
phere, expression, and tone were
the real thing, and that he is as-
suredly a Sourdough of an early
•
vintage.
"Needless to say,. I was immense-
ly flattered at the lines addressed
te myself. I thank the writer from
the bottom of my heart and with
him all prosperity and success. I m
will write no ore Yukon verse,
so he has a clear field. In conclu-
sions I wish again to express my
appreciation of his veracious and
virile verses, and thank him for the
genuine pleasure they gaye me:"
• -• Sincerely yours,
"ROBERT SERVICE."
w
It no• turns out that the book
was written by a woman. Anchshe
had) never seen the Yukon !,
HOW- ANIMAL'S FEED,
When one Ithinks of the many curi-
ous ways in which common anirhals
parte, ake of their food, onrealizes
more than ever the vast differLice
the -e -between classes in the crea-
ture km g,d . r instance, 1110
squirrel carries iced to"its mouth
by means of its paws whilst the -le-
-pliant uses 'its trunk. The g rano,
ant:eater, and toad employ their
tongues,': but spiders • masti.eato
their food with he tra y jaws, The
.katerpilliir is provided with saw -
edged ja)vs, aud uses thein'ik,s90 well
that eNei^y clay he corriumesk lcist
three times his own weieht4 food.
Toads, turtles, and tOrtoiS
avc,
poSS:eSS,teeth. Frogs have
e an
f teeth d
a setrof tee
Ok
.14
,
THE ENERGY OF CHURCIIIII
EW DEAD OF THE BRITISH
ADMIRALTY,
Important Reforms Have • Already
• Been Introduced in the ;Navy
BY Rim.
Young Winen Churchill is being
taken seriously by a large part ot
the British press and public, write
a London correspondent. This tri
bute hiS. has been a lee
time coming, but apparently ma:0,
who were disposed te criticize hi
methods and temperament are nos
of the, opinion that he has a certai
force, which is being used for th
good of the nation,
The change in public opinion' in
the matter has been eladden. A
month or two ago Mr. Churchill was
MerelY a had ay hardly worthy of
ult notice except in, the way of ad-
monition. The public would not
forget a certain reported music hall
epieeele of his early Tenth. or the
Sidney Street affair during his ?ser-
vice as Ileum Secretary, when 'tin-
der his personal direction a, body of
troopsand a considerable pertion
o the Metropolitan Police laid iege
to a London tenement in which two
alleged murderers were supposed
to be hiding.
There was plenty of encourage-,
ment given to the public not to for-
get. Even now music hall come -
diens have fun with the young man.
They parody Sir Joseph Porter's
song from ''Pinafore" with Mr
Churchill in Sir Joseph's place as
First Lord of the Admiralty, "the
ruler of the King's navee." "Win
-
ha" they call him, and the audi-
emcs always laugh. None of the
known peculiarities of Mr. Church.
ill escapes mention,
MEANT= OF THE CHANGE.
There was good deal of adverse
eon -in -lent when Mr. Churchill be -
me Home Seeretary in the As-
quith Ministry. The Opporaion
newspapers refused to take him
jou*. When he traded Cabinet.
places with Mr. 'McKenna, thv
First Lord of the Admiralty, much
of the irony ilia would have, been
tered press and public at Mr.
Churchill's expense was sidetracked
animated discussion of the mean-
ing of the, change.
There bad been danger of war
with Germany shortly before. That
the Government had decided that
the fleet needed an, overhauling, an
application of. new methods, was
,•=enerally accepted as the underly -
P
mg reason. It was argued that the.
Government wanted more push and
energy in the, Admiralty, and that,
in spite of all that. had been said
about him, nobody had push and
energy' developed better than this
young man. half English, half
Ameman. The fleet is very dear to
the average Britisher's heart, and
the experiment of putting Wineton
Churchill at the head of the Admirs
alty was watched with verying de-
grees of hope and trepidation.
Mr. Churchill's first move was to
have a new deal in the composition
ef the administratire body known as
the Sea Lords. He appointed new
men. There was much comment on
this rather radical move, but on the
whole it was not in the line of .ad-
verse britic:sm.
-SURPRISING APPROBATION.
the various ,elements of. the nava
eAa,blislinient. To overcome this 1-4
intends to bring the heads of till
General Staff divisions- into ire,.
(plant consultation with the chief ,*1
the General Staff, so that each will
regard birnself as Part of a Whole
and not a Separate antity, havin
no responsibility Or reiatiOnShip t4/
thc other branches of the, naval es-
tablislinient.
guard further against falling
•into a rut Mr. Churchill has invited
the entire commissioned personnel
of the fleet to give play to Profes-
sional opinion. That is a rather
kiangereita experiment in a great
navy, but Mr. Cluirphill apparently
g belieNes that it wilt do good in
Y brushing away the cobwebs that 4re
s bound to appear if constant, effort
is not made. to destroy them„
n Churchill has rather pleased
a, nation dispesca critiense bis
acts and is now experiencing the un-
usaal pleasure ef being regarded
aeriously„
The recent creation of a naval
general aaff has been re,e:ved with
a degree, ,of approbation that is sur-
prising in view of what aMounted to
a habit in certain quarters to poke
fun'at anything of an administrative
character for which Mr. Churchill
was responsible. The general ,staff
idea had its opponents, quite a„.4 ac-
tive as its friends, and until ;Mr.
Churchill took the bull by the horns
and announced to the country that a
.general elaff was to be created
without saying "By your leave" to
Parliament or anybody else, the op-
position washin the ascendant. Bub
when the 'thing was done, there'wa.s
a chorus of approbation and mighty
little, booing,
Under his authority as First Lord
of the- Admiralty Mr. Churchill has
created an operations division and
assigned a high ranking officer
take charge of it .with the title of
director Oft er .di r ect ors of other
new divisions were a,ssignod from
the naval liSL,
'The pause/mei of the War Staff,'
be said in an explanatory memoran-
dum, "will consist of naval officers
fresh frcni tho sea and returning- to
the sea fairly frequently,'' •
ANOTHER, REFORM
p :ro r 1 S.,19371 for £ 1:t I
t'.on' and co-operat;:aii...b'etW‘kien. the
army,.aral, the na-1,-y in the .p,retia,ra,-:,.
,
tion of 'w--ar plans.
•The navy and the
quote Lord Trait:lane, the Satiretar
Of ,State for War.. -"fr ,. now golf
fo
ate in this
f de
epIr. ren his vorvoi i').:eab.),111- e6{111o
1.1.`11.mc-3 lb
'11'
11,1tf'ktlic estia.b.
cm,r,
,
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1.
STAMP COLLECTING,
Great Many More Collectors Than
Ten Years Ago,
Stamp collectors were interested
some days ago by the first new
Newfoundland postage stamps
hearing the head of the Prince of
'Wales to arrive here.
The young prince, like his fa,tber,
an enthUsilastic stamp collector,
Miscollection was included the
London exhibition five years ago.
One, of its chief features is a uniquo
collection ,of the stamps of his
namesake colony, Prnice of Wales
Island, in viveh the Prince o
Wales takes -4 keen interest.
Starnp collecting seems to be talc,
ing a Ariner bold on ita derOtecs
and making more recruits than
ever, W. S. Lincoln, ono of the
best-knov,n philatelists in London,
Eng!and, saya that there, are thou.
ands 1-nOre collectors than there
were tea years ago. Within that
pork -4, he eay9, stamp collecting
has grown from an art to a science.
In the old days people collected
for quantity, but now it is quality
only that counts. Value is found
to -day in watermarks, in some
kinds of stamps perforations are
the hallmark of excellence. In
British stamps, for example, the
rarest are those with fourteen per.
forations on the long side. But
there aro cases itt which those with
fourteen and a half or fifteen per-
forations are the prize specimens.
Vie penny and halfponny stamps
al King Edward always used to
have fourteen perforations. The
new stamp printers, whose. first
Georgian stamps raised an outcry-,
are still supplying halfpenny and
penny Edward stamps, some of
which have fourteen and a half and
• others fifteen perforations. Before
long they will cease to issue King
Edward stamps and these fourteen
and a half and fifteen perthration
specimens will become scarce, or
even rare.
Another stamp which should soon
become, valuable is the Italian war
stamp surcharged "Tripoli," as
their issue continued only for a
very short time.
CRAZY QUERIES,
Short and sharp would be the
shrift of the person who dared to
intimate that every one of us at
times utters ia, perfect geed faith
ridiculous—not to mention nonsen-
sical remarks. Y.st the fact is indis-
putable. For instance, what can be
more foolish than the question,
"Oh, there you are, are you?" Yet
this is asked scores of times a day.
Just as absurd is the query, "Hel-
lo, going out?" put, to one palpably
preparing to leave the honee.
• Equally wanting in ,senee pa a qte,s-
tion to ften put by a wife to her
husband. He is perhaps at the most
crucial point in his morning shave,
when the. door bursts open, and his
better -half exclaim, "Are you
shaving, darling'?" The darling's
razor hand slips, leaving in pas wake
a lovely sash- and one could forgive
him if he sarcastically exclaimed,
"No; just cutting 'myself 1'' And
yet his Wife would think him terribly
irritable, if he pointed out that her
silly query was responsibie for the
•
damage.
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