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Useful Hints and
General 1nforma
vionfor the Busy
Housewife
Try Variety at meal Time. utes to cook eggs, turn on dish, n
No one problem is daily more v era nicely, and send to table,
tious than "What shall we have to
eat?" Not only once, but three', u=seful Hints, ing themselves most; effectively to
times a day does the same plaint; Fresh :shoulder of pork st laed la the cordings, quiilillgs, pleatings and
:arise, Most families are in a peculiar delicious: similar tris ring notions Clow smart.
rut as to their eating and manner of , Lamb w11en fresh is u brii ht red These silk .suitings come in all shades
ctsoking, For instance, in one faze-; color with wlate fat, of tan, buff, blue, rose, mauve and
e
A
plaids brow backgrounds of white, f"I i I] (�
Pastel braadclaths, barred ,tad plaid- `L Ii i*( S
with
ed in more vivid tones, and some par-
titularly effective hopsacking in plain
colors and plaids which may be used
for street suits ter sport skirts or:
Goats,
Silk Suitings Popular
The new sine suitings, frallle, .atld
the numerous other twilled silks, ties -
sales giros de Lonelres, and heavier
1 ribbed silks .are very much the vogue.
!These silles are particularly well suit-
; ed to tbe fu11 skirts of the moment,
affording the bouffant effect, anti. lend.
OF LORD FISHER,�
RESPONSIBLE FOR GREATEST
'garish 'VICTORY,
Ten Strokes of Genius Which Have
Made Him Britain's Greatest
Naval Chien.
In an article in London Opinion
calling on the British people to unite
in an irresistible demand for the en -
call of Lord Fisher to the post of
]` thence is too -frequent ppearancposters, kitchen clothes, etc,, should gray. First Lord el the Admiralty, and wvret-
of pot roast, mashed potatoes andbe washed last of all. ' Taffetas are being used consider- in as a land lubber for land tuggers,
linin n gravy. Another family will Shirts should be suspended from ably for suit purposes too; there are am s Douglas thus .runts up the
not tolerate anything but broiled meat; the bottom on the clothes line, quantities of plain taffetas being used (achitevements of the great British sea-
an.i mina up expensive bills for ehops ; Boston ba]:ed beans require about in combination w�itli bayadere ell errs, mr<ir:
ail :takes. third family never has'P.1ght hours in a slow oven. white stripes on black, blue or green There no statesman in England
oup, and still another bra every des ., Fried food should never become ist g
grounds.. Checks and Stfi per are par- Who can ,lens the dazzling genius of
s�°rt i llutldtug. "chilled before serving,
I it not possible, and easy also, to, Before stoning raisins soak them in Fisher, It is a truism. Let me catse
nitre. greatly 1 '! "
<,reut y very our m.e*► ea � `�
a basin. of warm wwater,
I r<ot thio just, the time of year tt?. Olive SaZ'dt1'ie11eS are improved by
inet ell some new methods of cooking adding a little mayonnaise.
ea,, n°.I, f:sR'.lisar c'isires: why must,`
u To prevent blue from streaking
riot? Fliveys ;ie Rtes! as a cereal or aS, elethes mix one dessertspoonful of
bilis of tasteless Hee pudding? `scila in the bluing water.
i' t e countries use it with meat, with ; When making a mustard plaster
pixed gr av, and make it the basis'
mix with it the white of an egg, this
of a Fatal either as a eurry or "Oaf.
le it ret p„ sille to take the piece
e hwulder cheek and cook it some
ether r way• then unenoling jot raast?
It weal 4•t sea,oue l with dressing
.n.1 : errt,i with ci tomato instead of
of n I'r.ti:-i settee. In the platter of
soupe, m•,t,y of us go on in tbe sante
ant arylaa way of vegetable bouillon
toe: teranto 'caseate. Iiow about all
the ether peeves, green, dried -pee,
pat peas, onions, carrots?
Haw :aler t t:.; many kinds of soups
with rateel l ; it or needles? There is
a: * tt�r t ign nation but excels US in
the vatk. y of its soups. Sc.),, too, with
pe Why always the sawn
Fee : t,� waale a o; ere.tnred limier
ti: IYZ:",.ic of eerera•tent cook they
be eTz t;.:eC;ai. tertea sans! really
+t3 f r�, 'w,` Cheese, se, it wal Molly
'mean leer, :.i! th ee can he,. a tidied to
will prevent the piaster front cause
ing a blister,
Grate all scraps a stale cheese and
pace in a tightly corked bottle or tin
for ,flavoring soups, sauees, and sim-
ilar things,
When tomatoes have become sof$
and wrinkled th:y can be restored to
their original freshness ley soaking
in cold water for an hour.
Organdies, chanabrays and fine came
br its may be washed without danger
of fading if they be washed first in
clear water in which a cupful of very
cearse Bait has been dissolved..
Soap and powdered chalk mixed
and rul'bed on mildew spots will re-
move them. To expedite matters let
the spotted article lie in the sun for
a few hours, dampening it a ;sin as
it dries,
f
t1: "*•ai':�, era than? i1 even a book inn It i� a te;a�iiil idea tMe elearr the ,glass
ever pictures with a eloth wrung
*t data -men a".:a i f pi $veti.es. from m hot water and dipped in alcohol*
w ill n utke feor greater ,is ,
Pellet: diem immediately until tltty
icing than greater are dry and glossy With chamois nor
i;r t da <t r! o a the steak. that we
chi" .: meet Itie to broiled�`11e can t3 whiten
paper.
t �^Tsars rl;l:ra1„ and lt:?i,"e Ti'.1'U w{°lii$xen ivtlr� knife liandle,`1 ctrl
A ,a lemon' in 'half, dip it into common
,h„ as Ali t r trietth dish at half
the kitchen Balt and rub over the handles.
lar a f c .<a tf the soup that uses This will remove the dirty yellow look
c..€rc i •Fre t the« tattle,;, wve can have a and make the ivory as bright and
in"„le stt'cit or puree for less money, white as new. Li ataa s r a dessert needing three Rose Linen With White Vest.
i„p4.- ,Ar• mere To ventilate al room having double
twee which h t sste and create,
just ac windows that do not open bore a tieularly smart in taffetas. Pomp -
number number of boles in the lower edge of adour taffetas will be used generally
a,,raetivt, bet in which only a single the outer window frame and fit the
eine or Font? is used. Variety - in for wraps and the trimming 'of suits,
a e,.#i;isl; r.>w: alis sed n wv flavors, holes with cork stoppers. The inner Light colors will predominate in these
'fhe,Stt wilt 11« Ip t11e housewife seta window may then he raised and the suits its in the wool mixtures. It may
t e'tte~1' table at iess money, corks taken out to admit fresh six, :be safely said that the silk suit will
b -------- € be the mainstay a spring and early
Old Saskatchewan Dishes. f. - s Summer:
�� t The Novelty Cottons.
Forty mile:; out from Winnipeg, live I There is no paucity of novelties in
ing ctpait le happie e section:, I met The Fashions
the new spring and summer cottons;
:time ref tilm 1iappre-t woman it has 1 ;R i Ii they are most charming, both in color -
been my pleasure to visit, writes ing and design, Voile forms the Uasis' Ford Fisher.
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It not only 'Softens the
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squadron. He must have abraded the lands •of the Gallas, a tribe of fierce,
barnacles when he issued his (anions pastoral nomads who were much
order, One can imagine their doubts I dreaded by their Christian ueighbors.
and fears, their waverings, and hest Jig persuaded Menelik that a bride
tattoos,. their prayers for delay, their , was needed to subdue thence He ar•
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pleas for caution, But Fisher Swept geed that if an Abyssinian army
aside the barnacles, unloosed his' could cross to get at the raiders, they •
greyhounds, and boldly chose as their would have to submit or -abandon
admiral the very xnan who had been ; their cast herds, some of whish num-
about then! before they were born! cattle.
Logue a few of his achievements, His Greatest Victory of W. ' Monelik was convinced with tiff-
Fisher divined the game of Von Acuity, and the Swiss constructed a
Speei lie guessed that he was mak-' !nodel to illustrate his argument. The
ing for Cape Town. There he meant swarthy potentate put his hand upon
to sink the South African squadron, the model end crushed it, and Ilg bad
destroy Botha's transports on their to build another, too strong to• be
way to -German South-West Africa, broken, before he got reluctant to r-
and then get an to the Atlantic trade • mission to carry. out the projeet, But •
routes, where he might have eut otr i the Galls are to -day loyal Ab',sin-
our food supply for weeks. Instead :i tanfifi thanks to AB's bridge,
•of which, Fisher's greyhounds caught : Ill building the bridge, the timber
him at the Falkland Islands and sent ° had to be carried on human should-
him and his ships to the bottom. It - err aver a dh tance of ten miles, •
war; not victory; it was annihilation..
Quarries had to be opened. and stone -
Superior speed kept Von Spee out- masons trained before the , piers
side his own gnn-range; superior gun "s could be built, Every nail, wean
!?ower ciestroyd him, The f�'alicland ; clamp and bolt had to be forged by
Island is the greatest British victory hand. It took, three hundred men
of aha wvcu, ft was wan through ; three days to carry one beam over
Fisher's strategy by Fisher's ships. : the •teen mile --a feat of agility ease _
Fisher's ninth stroke of genius wvas;ily beaten by the hyenas, who used to
first stroke of genius was the semi-:
ping a 162 warships which could
neither fight nor run away, How that
stroke was execrated! How it was
denounced! But by it be made pos-
sible another stroke of genius --the
system of nucleus crews, whieh put
into each ship its brains, leaving the
beef to come along when it was
wanted.
Fisher's third stroke of genius was
the adoption a the water -tube boiler
the biggest revolution on record, a
revolution which put the fire where
the water was and the water where
the fire was, the eonsequeace being
that instead of takbig seven 4r' eight
hours to get up steam, you take only
twenty minutes, you keep your boil-
ers clean, you have your fuel, and you
are ready whenever your enemy ox- the hunting down . of the German` steal Ilg's pillow from under kis
riw-es, submarines. He organized that great head while he slept!
Fisher's fourth stroke of genius was
the adoption of the Parsons turbine
in the teeth of the bitterest opposi-
hunt. The collapse of the submarine' lig was also kept busy for menthe
piracy was due directly to Fisher's at a time superintending his sore -
daring initiative. Fisher's tenth stroke 4 reign's moving,. Whin tierelil; got
of genius was his protest against the tired of one site, hit Capital and hit
Dardanelles "gamble" which has now Pct lions bad to be transported to a
come to a disastrous close. lois last , more congenial locanty. A new city
stand probably saved the Queen Elis- !had to be built, and Iig uequircd
abeth and other capital ships from quite a-faellity in tike work that any
sharing the fate of the ,fajestic. The Western boom -town promoter might
, New Year will open a..spiciously if VRVY•
the nation demands rho recall pf Lord ` Those frequent m.ovr;i claws im-
Fisher, the man who has ahvays been pressed hint with ilio ulratnt;lq e of
right. gond roads and the neces.•ity of
-z•.- �.._.. 1 ons. Menelik was opposed to the in -
BUILDER OF A CIVILIZATION. i novation at first, null lee tired:
If, you had such goof! horses and
The
i:enrarkable Experiences of mules in Europe has we have in Abys-
Alfred Il in Abyssinia. ; sinia you wouldn't wheels." smooth roads
Abets -
Alfred g and rolling
Buried among the crowding rear I Finally Ilg got permission to can -
news of last month, there was in el :rse ' struet a piece of roadway and a wag
of the newspapers a dispatch that on. The horses hitched to the ve-
told of the death of Alfred Ilg, for hide ran away, frightened by the
twenty years the premier of Abys- strange monster rumbling at their
sinia. The name can have meant no- heels, they dashed the wagon into
thing to most of those who saw it, splinters, and for many years 11ene-
but it is that of a. elan who had an, lik would bear nothing of such dale.
extraordinary career, and who in his gerous contrivances,
owvn corner of the world played a But Menelik's confidence in his
wonderful part. "man -who -can -do -anything" steadily
Alfred IIB was a Swviss by birth, grew. Ile became chief diplomatic ad -
He received the education of an en- wiser and premier as well us court
gineer at the famous Polytechnic physician. He repaired the royal
any Mills. 1 of the majority o£ these fabrics; there -- --- -- -- --.-� School of 2uxic1l, where he dist]n- clocks, and took all the photographs
In spring and stunner, and until l areprinted and striped voiles;voiles of his dusky majesty. He prospected
early fall, the farming, with its extra ; Springand Summer Fashions. p tion. is .discovered the turbine guished himself, and then he settled
striped and barred with openwork or in a eras steamer. He went to its down to practice his profession at for coii3" and assayed gold from the
llatrwii;, l+ring; much work to the house-fifi Quito as interesting, at the opening needlework patterns and voiles striped.
inventor, yf arsons. Parsons said: Bern. One day, in 1878, he had a rivers. It was owing to his reorgan`
wife. After harvest the delightful iaf a season, as the new designs them- and barred with artificial silk. Some;•Will you see me Through?" Fisher word from one of his old instructors cation and equipment of the Aby
visiting from. homestead to homestead jselvee and a thousand and one odd of the openwork checked voiles are+ sawn him through. To -day, 80 per that 11'Ienelilc, Negus of Abyssinia, sinian army that the Italians were ,c
is begun,, with .l..iice, and entertain little fads which Fashion always pre- printed and embroidered with bright. cent of the borsepower an the seven had sent to Zurich for an engineer soundly beaten at Adowa in 1806.
meats galore' seats at her openings, are the new colored flowers, oftentimes with In 1835 Ilg returned to Switzerland
; 1~ b ,P seas is turbine. And 3ret all the man who could build forts and public works wife back with h to
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e; „ w.n . not in,_ of motoring ar materials in which to fashion these
driving a team or sleigh from 20 to 40 stunning modes. It is amusing to note
miles and daneira till sunup (sunrise). to what an extent serge is still being
When the baizzarals come, compelling used this spring for suits and one -
them to remain indoors, they have !piece frocks. It is not an eeaggera-
famous time,. Being of English,'tion to state that at least nine -tenths
Dutch and French ancestry, they cook
many dishes which may be unusual in
this section.
Ski—Clear, a head of a pig and.
a set of feet and put on to boil in
void water; cook until tender, remove
the meat, strain the liquor, pick all
meat frcnl bones and chop fine. Re-
turn to kettle and season with sweet
mark/rum, thyme, parsley, salt and
pepper. Thicken with equal parts of
cornmeal and . buckwheat. Set on
back part of stove, to prevent burn-
ing, for five hours; pour in large
bakepan that has been previously wet
with cold water; use knife or back
of spoon to smooth in places, when
cold turn out, cut in thick slices, dip
in flour and brown in hot pan.
Mirk
Dumplings.—Work 4 ounces
of butter, very slightly warmed; 3
eggs and 8 ounces of fine bread
crumbs; add a teaspoonful of salt and
a pinch of pepper; mold in small balls
and boil in 2 quarts of milk for 15
minutes. When ready lift with skim
mer and add yolks of 2 eggs to milk;
pour over all dumplings and serve.
BIack Bread Soup.—Cut 2 carrots, 2
heads of celery, 2 parsnips and 2 very
large onions into very fine slices, put
in pan with % pound of butter and
stew gently for % hour. Pour over
this 2 quarts of soup stock, add 2
pounds of black bread (rye bread),
cut it pieces, boil this nearly one
hour, strain through fine sieve. To
this now add 2 quarts • more of soup
stock, bring to boil, add juice of lem-
on, and it is ready to serve. Egg
bails and noodles may be added if
liked..' This soup may be . made in
small portions, and is very good.
OWengo.-Make hash with 1 cup of
meat (cold cooked, cut in small slices)
2 cup of potatoes, 1 small cusp of on-
ions (potatoes and oiriens cutin dice);
put onions on to fry in 4 tablespoon.- made of dark blue 'serge.
fuls .a fat; when soft add potatoes White • cotton and wool mixtures,
and meat, 1 cup of hot water, cover stripped' or 'barred with pale tones
and cook one-half hour. . ;season of gold, blue, green, and thin lines off'
with gait and pepper to taste, and just blade are unusually modish. For spoilt
before lifting beat 8 -eggs in bowl artd wear there are any number of ef-
pour over alis; Put in oven 10 min- fectivra materials;; some loose weave Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario.
quaint precise, art nouveau figures. chains turned up their noses at the for him, They would recommend Ile and broughta wwi`e wf t him.
Soft white batistes show hairlines turbine. if he would accept the place. Abyssinia. Menelik had always been
of color, and are bordered in piain� There are many to -day who put At that time Abyssinia was almost eager to learn handicrafts, and took
white, edged with the color; these are; their trust in boards and committees, as unknown to bhe world as Tibet; an especial delight in carpentry; and
the new handkerchief embroidered. and not in men of genius. Let me it professed a primitive Christianity, when fig returned, his sovereign made
batistes and are used for lingerie warn them that the records are but as far as material civilization wvas him a wedding present of a house de -
gowns and blouses. I against them, The Board of Admire concerned it -was scarcely above the signed by they royal hands and built
L.net Plain lawns and organdies in all the ;ally was hostile to the introduction savages. of Central Africa. But Mene-.under Menelik's supervision.
F, .� soft pastel tones, and in plain wvhite' of steam into the navy. jts wooden- lik was determined to start his naeion 1 -----'='-•-"------
" are exceptionally good this season, ; headed stupidity is embalmed in a on the upward path. Ilg agreed toe She Ought To.
The organdies are being used for en -1 minute. The Board of Admiralty -was go to Abyssinia; but he. was directed' "Do you know the nature of an
tire frocks over slips of a stiffer or- I hostile to the iron ship. Its wooden- . by' Menelik to take a course in medi- oath, madam?"
gandy. In white these are unusually) headed hostility is embalmed in an- eine and surgery before .leaving :Swit- ma. 1 I ought to sir, We've just
pretty for graduating frocks and sum- other minute, which solemnly declare zerland. moved and my husband has been
mer dance dresses. One of the pret- ed that wood was better than iron Ilg did almost everything during his laying the carpets."
tiest notions for a summer dance' because wood floats, whereas iron thirty-five years in Abyssinia. He
frock seen for many a season, was a 1 sinks! built fortifications, bridges, railways;
dainty pale blue organdy with short, Introduced Oil Fuel. --
The Other Way About.
full -gathered skirt flecked here and "Wonder how old Roxleigh came to
there with a small cluster of pink Fisher's fifth stroke of genius was lighting; in fact, he created a mod- , select such a young wife."
rosebuds; the surplice closing bodice the introduction of oil fuel into the ern civilization from. the beginnings, didn't. She selected }rim." •
had full drop -shoulder sleeves,. and navy, again in the teeth of authority. for when he arrived the simplest tools
was finished at the throat with a fine When Fisher left the Admiralty, of- were unknown. There was not even , Debt collector -"Is your master at
pleated ruff of the organdy, closed ficial idiots -went back to coal and a carpenter's square in the kingdom. home?" Servant •(curtly) "No, he
on one side with a small bunch of stopped• the develotiment of oil fuel.
The story of the bridge that Ile isn't.';.: Debt collector (suspiciously)
the buds, and long narrow ribbon 'only. laid down battleships using coal built across the Rewash River shows —"But 1 can see his hat hanging in
streamers of pale pink. The idea of only. These very •battleships have what manner of men and natural ob- the hall." Servant—"Well, what's
a high -necked dance frock is some- now been 'transformed into oil -using
what out -of -the -ordinary, but that is
just what most of us are looking for.
A bit . `of bare throat showing in a
V-shaped . opening below the dainty
ruff gave just a sugestion of decollete
which was all that was needed.
The silk stripped and checked voiles
show grounds of one color, striped and
barred with contrasting tones, for in-
stance rose, striped with pale green,
blue with grey, native with gold and
many other cool, opalescent effects.
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One of the New Bordered Voiles:
of . the new spring suits arew'being
opened mines and dug canals; intro-
dueed blast furnaces and electric
Trimmings for Summer Frocks.
Lace in -shadowy patterns and cob-
webby weaves such as Chantilly,' Ma-'
line, -and the cheaper' shadow laces,
will be used .for flouncings and trim-
mings for both gowns and blouses;
lace is being used considerably in mil-
linery also, draping the picture hat
to accompany the organdy frock.
Many metal laces are shown for trim-
ming purposes, too, some of ."them
carrying out the patterns of the
thread designs. Valenciennes lace will
be a favorite for the regulation lin
genie frock and for children's _dresses.
These: paterns may be obtained at
your local McCall dealer or , from
The McCall Company,' Dept. W., 70
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ships. Once more, Fisher was proved stades he had to'contend with. The that got to do with it? One of my
Hawash. separated Shoe, the south- dresses is hanging on the line in the
to be Heti, and. the reactionaries were einmost province of Abyssinia, from back -garden, but lin not there."
lol:rd•to be wvrong.
Fisher's sixth stroke of genius was
the concentration of our navy in the
North Sea. A simple thing, you say,:
Yes, but the simplicity of genius.
Nobody had. thought of that simple
thing. Fisher . divined it and : did it
silently and _secretly, thus checkmat-
ing the strategy of Tirpitz. There
you have the Fisher touch in its
purest form. -
Fisher's seventh stroke of genius
was the creation of the Dreadnought,'.
the ship that baffled.; German ambi-
tion and convertedthe KierCanal for
years into a useless ditch. Do the
British people•realize that; the Grand
Fleet, Which now stands: between
Germany and the dominion of the
world, . is Fisher's'fleet, From the
Dreadnought to the Queen Elizabeth
and the Inflexible it is:all ptire, un-
adulterated Fisher,.
Fisher's eight stroke: of genius was
the creation of : the battle -cruiser --
the. .greyhonn.d, with the . big -guns.
.Vhen, after a series: of disasters,
Fisher was called in a year ago, the
first thing he did was to send his
battle -cruisers to sink.' Von Spee's
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