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Exeter Advocate, 1913-7-17, Page 2'And eo you see, father, the big dada -doll and the nuiroxiaio-doll sib like this beside the table, :and the little girl -dolly sits between: them, and they're all gory happy and comfortable, There, isn't that. lovely 1,: Little DaisyWoodruff arranged her three dolls in the big dolls' house which . her father had made for her, sitting them down. upon their little chairs round the, little table, just like erotvu-ups: Bit Peter Woodruff laughed grid clap- ped his hands. "That's splendid, Daisy !,> he said. "I never knew a kiddy who could get so much fun out of a dolls' -house es you can. Now make them all going out fora walk!" With a natural skill for stage- craft, the bright-eyed, dark-haired girl did as her father suggested.. Taking each doll into her arms, and straightening out its lower limbs, so that it could stand up- right, .instead of sitting; she hop- ped them round and round the table, until she declared that they were . quite tired out with their walk. Then. she pushed them in- side the dolls' -house again one by one, bent their limbs to make them sit down, and left them cornforta,bly in their places again - " "That's grand! You'll be able to write little plays, and make them act soon !" roared Peter. "Now, close up the front of the dolls' - house, and run aleme tee „tiie-t' iiic aims -Fat thh "ediner of the next road for me, Daisy. Bring me an ounce of tobacco, like you brought me. last Saturday." Obediently Daisy took the money her father gave her, and ran swift- ly along the Dudley streets into the shop where her father bought his tobacco. It was as she was leav- ing the shop that a woman took hold of the child's. arm, and drew her quickly into the shadow of a doorway. Before Daisy could understand what was happening, the woman was raining kisses upon her cheeks and lips, and holding her so tight- ly that the child could have, scream- ed with pain. But at last, as if exhausted by her own outburst of emotion, the stranger released Daisy from her embrace, and said to her in a broken, husky voice : "Daisy, ohild, I'm your mother. Yes; I'm your own real mother, and you're my little bairn. God forgive me for coming to you like this, but I felt I couldn't keep away from you any longer I" You're my mummie?" cried Daisy,staring at her in wistful de- light. "Why, my father thinks you're dead'. He told me you were gone out of our lives, and I was not to speak of you any more. Oh, mummie, how glad father will be now, mummie, and see what a big, big s'prise it'll be !" Childishly she flung her little arms round her mother's neck, and kissed her warmly. Then she clap- ped her hands in eagerness to see how surprised father would be to see mummie coming home again. But Edith Woodruff shook her head. "You don't understand, little one," she said softly*. "Your fa- ther and I didn't agree like fathers and mothers ought to, Daisy, And a great big thing Balled the Law said that we were to be separated, ; and that you were to live with your father. And ever since :then I've wanted his love so much more than ever I didbefore, and I want- ed anted you, my little one, until my mother's heart was nearly broken for you. So I came to -night and waited, hoping 'I should see you." "But won't you come in and see father.? Perhaps he's forgotten that you didn't agree long ago, and he'lI be ever so glad to have you home again. And, . oh, how I've wished for a real mummie all of my own, like all my friends have got!" . But Edith Woodruff shook her head' sadly.. She knew only too well how bitter her husband had been when they separated in the third year of Daisy's life, and she could not believe that he was a man who would ever, forgive and f.:orget. "No, you'd better not tell your father you've seen me to -night," said the mother, with a shrinking look at the little house where her husband was waiting for the child's return. "But now and again, per- haps, Daisy, your mummie will come again here, and see you when you run out upon your errands. Even the great Law can't stop the from doing that,'' Daisy` hugged her again, kissed her with all a child's fervor, and ran back to her father; bi.ib she wae. so silent that Peter asked her what was the matter, "You might have seen a bogey out of doors just now!" he said jestingly.' ., "No, father, I didn't sec any bogey," said the aurid only slowly, "And II'My y quiet .because.- I'm thinking so hard, tsecause, you know, when you're very little like.. ENGLA.ND'S LARGEST A.IRSIIIP. MA.EES HER FIRST .APP +'.ARANOE.• The "Astra, Torress," England's latest and largest military airship, is seen in the photograph leaving the shed at Aldershot. It is semi-rigid in type, me, you eannot think and taiko at the same time, like the grown-ups do." Child though she was, Daisy was an exceedingly old-fashioned little lady, and a remarkably elever child. And her little mind was set upon a great problem --how she. could bring her father and mother to- gether again. She pondered the question until her smooth little brow puckered in- to wrinkles, and her lips closed tightly into a firm little line of pink: And atm Int, ,, although she "tied neva, "" raid a word to her fa- ther, she decided what she would do. When, nearly a fortnight later, her mother again waylaid her in the dark streets, to: revel for a mo- ment in the stolen joy of a mother's pride and love in her child, Daisy said to her: "Mummie, I want you to be quite close to the front door of our house to -morrow night. Will you V' "But why, child? Has your fa- ther asked it-:" "No ; father doesn't know - any- thing about you being here. But I want you to be there, mummie. I've been thinking and thinking and thinking; and if you'll come to the street and wait near the door to -morrow night, I'll be ever so glad." Again and again Edith tried to learn the child's motive. But Daisy was firm in her silence, and at last her mother promised to obey, even though she did not un- derstand. The next night, when Peter was home from his work in the Dudley Ironworks, little Daisy brought out the dolls' -house he had made her, and told her father he was to sit and watch. "Have you been -thinking of something else for your dolls to do?" asked Peter. "Yes, father.. I've got something quite fresh for them to do now." She opened the front of the dolls' - house, and placed the three dolls- father, mother, and child in the lower apartment. Then, putting aiide the little girl -dolly, she took the dada and mummie-dolls in her hands, and went through a little pantonine of making them quarrel violently. Peter scarcely knew whether to applaud or blame the child; but he heId his peace. At last the dada and mummies dolls', still violently quarrelling, ap- proached the front door of the able house. • Then, as if thrust ` out by the hands of the dada -doll, the little mummie-doll was suddenly ejected from the dolls' -house, and the front door was closed again. "What on earth are you doing, child?" cried Peter. "What have you thrown the poor little mummie doll out for ?" "Because they quarrelled father. So now, you see, the dada -doll and the girl -doll are left all by them- selves, and the mummie-doll is out in the cold." Peter glanced at her sharply, and bit his lips. He wondered whether the child could possibly know any- thing about that other mummie who, with the help of the law, he had himself thrust out of his doors years before. ., Daisy bent the lower limbs of the dada -doll and the girl -doll, left them sitting in their chairs, while she herself retired behind the dolls'- house for a moment or •two. As a nastter';of feat, = she was• put- ting a small and very shabby gar- ment upon the wee form of the poor little mum.rnie-doll.This done, she broughb the munnnic-doll to the, little, door at -the side of the dolls' - house, and tapped sharply.. There wasre pause for a, moment. Peter Woodruff's eyes seemed to have grown very Iigvid, and he kept swallowing again and again a lump *Aid always 'came . back to his throat, :But the little child, too ,excited by her little drama to notice. the change in ° him, now looked into his face, and said wist- fully "Father, the peer little rnttrrnm. e - doll is knocking at the door. Shall the dada -doll get up and let her ba V' There wasa long silence, Peter could not help putting himself in the place of that dada=doll, nor could he help thinking of his wife as the little mummie-doll which waited outside, At last he said hoarsely : "Of course, you must make the dada -doll get up and go to the door and let the rnumniie-doll in, Daisy,'" With fingers- that trembled in their eagerness,. Daisy pushed the dada -doll to the door, opened the door,. and .brought the two inside together, "You see, father, the little mum- mie-doll is ever so sorry," she said, with another long stare . into her. father's. eyes. - "And so the dada - doll has forgiven the mummie-doll, and he's kissing her, you see." The little maid put the faces of ^ the two dolls together for a mo - meet, and then seated'ethem side by side upon the little toy couch, with the' girl doll at their side. Then, without even a single word of explanation, she rushed from the room and out into the street. Her mother was standing on the opposite side of the street, and she darted forward to take Daisy into her arms. ' "If you come inside now, I know father will forgive. you!" sobbed the child, breaking into tears, the reaction of her long spell of ner- vous tension. "Come in now, mum- mie, Don't be frightened. I know father will forgive you and let you in, because he told me that the dada -doll was to let the littlemum- mie-doll in.' $egging for an explanation which the girl could not give her, Edith Woodruff was drawn into the house by the excited child, and pre- sently they had :crossed the little front room, and stood at the, door which now had divided them from the kitchen in which Peter sat. "Now knock at the door like the little mummie-doll did, mother," whispered Daisy. ' "1 know father will open it for you and let' you in, 'cos that's what.,the dada -doll did." For. ;just a moment the mother hesitated; then, with . trembling hands, she, tapped upon the door panel. Surely enough, Peter strode across the room and opened the door. Daisy darted in between them, and seized- her father's hand. "Here's a great big mummie-dbll Who's come back; father !" she cried. "She's 'ever so sorry for everything, .and the little girl -doll does so want her to come and be her real live mummie again. Won't you kiss her, father, like you saw me make the dada -doll kiss_ the mummie-doll?" There followed a moment of sus- pense, as the eyesof husband and wife met in a steady gaze, with the little child drawing their hands to- gether in her own little fingers. "Father, kiss mummie, because she's ever so sorry," Daisy pleaded. "Then we can shut the door of the dolls' -house, and wecan all ,three be:in the little eosy room together I" Suddenly, as if some obstinate - spirit of unforgiveness had snapped. 11Sn within him, Peter Woodruff . drew. Because it isn't often seen after his wife forward into the room, lent. s • GA.IVi13LING IN ENGLAND. Authorities Gravely Coi eerued to Stop Betting Evil. The sp.rcad of gambling among the English people, both men and women, is causing +serious and growing concern. No .measures yet have been devised to 'stop the ha- bit, which rapidly is becoming more and more of a.menace. On all big eesee pi•acticaiiy, everybody, from the newsboy on the street to the peer in his motor, has something on his favorite horse, and even on the everyday race an immense amount . in the aggregate is wager- ed. Latterly it has been disclosed that women working in offices and restaurants in the city have be- come es inveterate gamblers as the men and boys, Nowadays both men and women, during the after- noon 'hours, aredistracted from their: work by their anxiety over the results of the races, and employers complain in vain. The House of Commons, with a view of curbing this increase in the betting habit, passed a law prohibi- ting oomniission agents from ac- cepting money on a bet, but this was easily, evaded by the agents carrying wagers on acredit system, settling once a week. As the sys- tem works to -day any boy • with a shilling to bet on a horse can go to almost " any newspaper 'seller and get his money down. Another mea- sure to overcome this condition was met by opposition from the work-, Ingram,. who claimed for himself the same privileges and 'opportuni- ties accorded his wealthy neighbor, who can wager as freely as he likes by: either going to the track or tele- phoning his commission agent. The complaint is made also that gambling is spoiling golf., • At most of the big clubs to -day members will not play unless assured of a good side bet on the result. It started with half a dollar a round, but at soaxe clubs a game is seldom played for less .than $25, $50, ror even $100 round. The professipn al, too, who gets his fee for tu,king a novice around, now wants a. wa- ger on the result. Even if he gives the novice all he deserves, the pro- fessional generally Cali win. What Is tile. Answer? What is that which is invisible yet never out of eight? The letter . S. Why by is a. comprehen;sxve action an affectionate ones Because it embraces everything. If a boy sew his sinter fall evilly could he not help her ? Because 'he could not be a bro- ther and assist her (a sister) too. Why is a fly taller than most mens Because he stands over six feet. How isit that summer passes so quietly? Because there is so often an even- ing mist. Why. is an umbrella like 'dried smiled his forgiveness to her, and kissed her upon the lips. It was the outward sign of a new begin - "For the sake of Daisy, and for the sake of our own new life to- gether, let the past be dead," he said ,softly. Then, with, a shaky little laugh, he turned to Daisy. "You can 'lock the door of the little dolls' -house; my little one," he said. "The play is ended, and all the dolls are safe inside !" Then Daisy, also laughing, closed the door and ran to her mother's -gems .•---London A.n.swers, Customer—"Waiter, I notice that the servants in this establishment aro 'forbidden to receive gratui- ties.''„ ratni- ties.''Waiter (soleannly')-•-°$Sir:, ever, since my earliest childhood I have been noted for my disobed- ience, ' I broke rny mother's heart tlirotigh it, I-- Thank you,. sir 1” Why do suitcases resemble hand- cuff s 4 Because broth are made for tour- iits (two lyrists), Why are you, whenyou have a cold on your chest, not a child 2 Because you aro a :little hoarse. What is the difference: between men and women at a tiresome lec- ture 2 Men go' to close their e yes;wo- men to eye their. clothes.' .: y Why are chickens an; economical proposition to the farmer ? Because for every grain, They give a peck. Even a lazy Haan will work -•--if he can discover alt entry' mark, The surest :way of . 'losing one's own health is to be always drink - the health of others, says a wise wit.. Seleeted Recipes. Green Cern Balis, --Beat a whip- ped egg, two teaspoons melted but- ter and cue of white sugar and salt into two cups green corn cut from the cob and put with mi acre enough our to enable you to handle ib' and form it into balls.' Roll these in raw egg and then in flour and fry in deep fat. Salmon llisque.---An attractive and palatable soup is made by. add- ing three pints of milk to two tablespoonfuls of butter and two of flour, This makes `a white sauce. Season it with salt and pepper, and add a can of the best salmon which has been rubbed through a sieve to free it from bones and bits of skin. Serve with croutons. Small Peas.—Pour one ounce of butter over one quart of small peas. Add a head of lettuce, an onion, a little parsley, and salt or sugar according to taste, Cover the pan -and cook over a moderate fire until the peas are tender, Then remove the onion, 'parsley, and let= tote. Mix well together the yolks of four eggs, and three teaspoon- fuls ofcream, and pour the mix- ture on the peas.. ;,Serve. immedi- ately. Scalloped Egg Plant., -Peel off the skin, cut the egg plant into dice and" parboil for twenty minutes. Drain well, put into a buttered bake dish withalternate layers of fine crumbs, dotting bits of butter upon each layer, sprinkling with salt" and .pepper and finely minced green peppers if you can get them. The dish is good even without this addition. When the dish is full moisten the contents with ,milk or cream, put, a layer of crumbs, but ter, pepper and salt on top, cover and bake for half an hour, uncover and brown. Baked Young Onions. --Peel the onions, cook for ten minutes in boiling salted water, drain and place in a. buttered pudding dish. Sprinkle with pepper and salt and pour over them a white sauce made as directed in recipe : for creamed carrots: Strew fine crumbs over the top and "bake covered for twen- ty minutes. Uncover and brown and serve'in the dish in which on- ions were eooled. Custard Unions.—Cook the young onions after peeling them. When tender, lay in a pudding dish, and pour over them a white sauce to which you have added one or two well -beaten eggs. Season with pep- per and salt before turning on the onions, and bake until the custard sauce is set, Savory Onions. -After you have boiled peeled young onions until tender, drain them and 'pour over them a cupful of good stock and simmer in this for ten minutes. Take out the onions with a "split spoon and keep them hot while you thicken the gravy with a tablespoon of browned flour rubbed to a paste with the same amount of butter. Stir until smooth and thick, add a teaspoon kitchen bouquet and one of good catsup, with salt and pepper to taste and pour, over the onions. Scalloped . Squash.—Wash and pare two large ar three small sum- mer squashes, cut them into pieces about an inch square, put over the fire ,in a saucepan of boiling water, •.and cook for., twenty-five minutes. Drain in a, colander, pressing out all the' water, and mash free from lumps. Whip into the squash two beaten eggs, a small cup of, milk, and a tablespoon of butter; sea- son with salt and pepper.: and turn into a greased pudding dish. Strew crumbs, bits of butter, salt and pepper over the top and bake. Parsnip Croquettes. --Boil one pound of parsnips and press them through a fine sieve., or mash with a fork until they are smooth. Pour one-half of a cupful of boiling milk over one-half of a pound of bread - crumbs; add the parsnip puree, an ounce of butter, a teaspoonful of grated .cheese, the yolks of two eggs, and a few drops of lemon- juice. Mix the mass thoroughly, and form it into balls, Roll, each ball into the whites of the eggs, slightly beaten; then roll it an bread -crumbs, plunge into boiling oil, and fry to a light "brown, Drain, and serve on a folded napkin, The croquettes are pxcellenb with gravy and roast pork. Scalloped Asgaragrrs.—Carefull y wash ttro`small bunches of aspara— gus, and stand them -upright in a kettle of water, allowing the tips to be above the water. As the water boils, it steams the soft tips, while the thick stocks are boiled, Drain the aapar,gus, and cut' it into pieces, discarding the toughest por- tions. ' To each two cupfuls of as- paragus use an equal amount of breadserumbs, one aupfel of milk, twotablespoonfuls of butter, ane - half teaspoonful of salt, and a lit- tle pepper. Batter a baking -dish, and pub the 'bread -crumbs and as- paragus in alternate layers,the last layer being one of crumbs, I L LET'S if EATS DI "r"_- tt0031AcARSRMM p FTI GI seeressm .., •W LLE.TT COMPANY LIMITED PtG TORONTO QNT, I,OI,rRot, Pour the milk over it, and bake about twenty minutes, A. New Rule For Raspberry'• Shortcake.—The ordinary raspberry shortcake is inferior to strawberry shortcake principally because rasp- berries do not give' enough juice, oven if a great many are used. To overcome this difficulty, make the shortcake in the usual vt y, and for the filling use a bo;. of rasp berrie.sand'a box of Put the currants through •a:- sieve with a cup of sugar, and add': tle juice thus obtained to the raspberries, and another cup of sugar, mashing the berries very slightly. The' 'fill- ing xray: be used either plain or with a little whipped cream added; cover the top of the cake with whipped cream decorated with rasp; berries. The flavor of the raspber- ries is so much stronger, than that of the currants that you do not taste the latter at all. Useful Hints. Keep a few pieces of charcoal in the refrigerator. They will absorb the odors of. food. ' If a cloth, is dampened with strong tea, it will serve . as an excellent cleanser of varnished paint. A. bit of left -over fish, especially salmon or halibut, will snake a deli- cious forcemeat for stuffing peppers or tomatoes. ' Silver that hacl been stained with egg is quickly cleaned by rubbing with damp salt or with a cloth dampened with ammonia. It is well to wash an embroidered pongee in gasoline. While the water might not injure the pongee, it might the embroidery. Occasionally iodine stains get on bedding or linen: If the spots are covered with„ammonia• or alcohol and washed the stain will -disap- pear: Should grease be spilled on mat- ting apply at once a thin paeimi fuller's earth. As soon as its cover with a paper and do iky., a - move for two or three days. A splendid way of washing Chin- ese grepe is to make a strong lath-•eeee: er of boiling water and white soap when it is nearly,• cold, wash the crepequickly and riese in a. strong solution of salt and water. Hang to dry in the open air. FOUND A:''WAY To Be. Clear of Tea and Coffee Troubles. '"Husband and myself both had the coffee habit, a.pcl finally his seoraach' and kidneys got in such a bad condition that he was ooinpell- ed to give up a good position that he had held .for years. He was too sick to work,. His skin was yellow, and there didn't seems -to be an or- gan in. his body that was not affect- ed."' Tea is just as harmful because ib contains caffeine, the same drug found in ooffee. "I told, him I :felt sure his sick- ness was due to coffee, and after some :discussion he decides to give it up.. "It was a ,struggle, because of the powerful habit. One .day we heard about Postuen and .concluded to try it, ,and then it was easy to leave ell coffee. "His fearful headaches grew less frequent, his complexion began to clear, kidneys grew better, until at last he was a new moan altogether as a result of leaving off coffee and taking up Postum. Then I ' began todrink it, too. "Although I was never ae bad off as my husband, I was always very nervous and never at: any time very strong, ,on,I;y weighing' 95 Iles. before I began to use P.ostum. Now I weigh 115 lbs., and` can do as much work as'anyone my size,'i think." Name given by Cenadian'Posture Co, Windsor, , On b, Write for bookleb, "The Road to Weilville;> Postern comes in two form,s.! Regular Postuzn (must he boiled.) Instant Postuwn doe,sn,'t require boiling, but is prepared itistebtly by stirring a level teaspoonful in an ordinary eup of hob water; which &ekes it right for most persons. A big cup requiies. more, ' and some people who ,like' strong things put in n heaping spoonful and tem- per it with a large supply of cream. Experiment until you know ,the amount that pleases your palate and have it served that way in the future. "There's a Reason." for Poster,