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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1916-6-1, Page 6• About t House Useful Hints. and General Informa- 'doh for the Busy Housewife ,elected Recipes, pantry shelves i£ one wishes to go to Peas in Cases. ---Gut bread three the expense, is enamel. This makes inches square, remove center to form a hard finish which is easily wiped box, brush with melted butter and ° brown in oven. When ready to serve Just one other painting suggestion. fill with creamed or buttered peas. A�. painting task that requires acme To mal>e.strawberry jam, take seven skillis to do window, sashes without pounds of sugar. five quarts of berries, gettingpaint on the windows, and we eruah the berries slightly; cook quick- all knoow how hard it is to remove dry ly until thick, put in jelly glasses and paint from glass. Here is an idof whencold cover with paraffins, picked up recently. Cut a piece of cardboard the size of the pane, cover For oatmeal cakes usel a cupfuls of the glass with it while painting and oatraeal, lie cups of flour, half tea- thus avoid the vexation of accompany spoonful of baking powder, half cup ing spots and spatters. ox shortening (butter and lard, quart- er cup of sugar, and water enough to mix. Roll very thin. Cut with bis- Useful Hints. euit cutter and bake. If eggs are boiled in salted water cottage Cheese Salad.—Put one the shells will peel easily. gime. -hick, sour milk in clean bag Bacon rinds are good boiled with and let drain over night. Do not cook cabbage, string or soup beans. milk, as it is much better without Air blowing on bread sponge will cooking and doe's not go all to whey.keep it from rising and may spoil it In the morning put curds in cold bowl, `entirely, add one saltspoon salt, dash of pepper I Whon .roasting a fowl stuff the and one-half cup sweet cream. Toss breast with pared and out up sweet lightly with silver fork, put on crisp potatoes; the flavor is surprising. lettuce leaves and chill until ready to A generous pinch of salt added to serve. our for thickening, 'before mixing Mint Jelly. ---Mint jelly for inunedi- with water, tends to .keep it from be- ats use --Make good lemon gelatin ing lumpy, with water in which mint has boiled ; Prunes cooked in the oven after three minutes. Stir in finely chapped ' soaking over night, seasoned and mint as gelatin begins to set. Gar- sweetened to taste, are much richer nish with sprigs of mint when turned than if stewed, out to serve. Mint jelly for preserve , Vegetables to be cooked by boiling closet may be made by putting sprig ' should be put into boiling water, as of fresh mint in tumbler before pour- little as possible, and if the water is ing in boiling apple jelly. Mint will4 added let it be boiling hot. Steaming rise to top and should be removed be- : is best for most vegetables, fm'e covering jelly. t It is a good idea to provide plenty Halibut Baked in Milk.—Two and ' or clean paper for the kitchen. It cine -half pounds sliced halibut, two can be used when preparing vege- tablespoons minced parsley, one-third tables or fruit; and paper and trim - cup buster, flour, milk. salt and pep- wings can be put into the Are. per. Lay- fL h in deep, fireproof .plat- Don't put anything away in the ice ter, if you have one, if not, in bak- chest while it is hot. Never leave ing €lieh. Season with salt and pep- ' uncooked meat or fish wrapped in per, dredge with flour, sprinkle with paper. The paper will absorb the parsley. and dot with butter. Add juice of the meat and waste it. milk to depth of one inch and, if Lingerie ribbons should not be iron - desired, lay over fish some sliced on- ed whilst wet, or they will become Tien and a few minced celery tips. stiff. They should be pulled into a Bake gently forty-five minutes in smooth condition and when dr press - moderate oven. ed over with a cool iron. Y C'hocolate Sponge Cake. — Three Pure chloroform will remove paint eggs. one cup sugar, three tablespoons grease and other stains from colored grated chocolate, one-fourth cup milk, garments. Put clean blotting paper two tablespoons baking powder, few under the spot and pour the chloro- grains salt, one-half teaspoon almond , form—a few drops—on it, in the extract, one cup bread flour. Beat open air. eggs yolks, add sugar and cream un- Delightful scent bags or pillows til light. Turn in chocolate which may be made with any dry, fragrant has been melted over hot water, and leaves of flowers—geranium leaves, milk and flavoring. Sift together rose petals, heliotrope, lemon ver - flour, baking powder and salt and add p g ' benas, Tie in bags of gauze, or alternately with whites, stiffly beaten. make pillows of gauze. Bake in tube tin in moderate oven. Fill Swiss e cavity with whipped cream and sur- m are Buttera good luncheon round with sliced sweetened strawber- dose the summer. slia pie dish, cover bottom with slices of cheese, ries` break the eggs over the cheese and Dandelion Salad.—Gather plants be- sprinkle with bread crumbs. Bake fore blossoms appear when dandelion ntil done, is to be used raw. Cut from root so that rosette -like mat of leaves re- mains entire. Take blossoms from 2,500 DOGS OF WAR. plant in bloom and sprinkle petals over salad for garnish. Dice two ounces becon and cook in hot pan until golden brown, stirring frequent- Dr. Max Osborn, the special corres- ly. Mix one tablespoon sugar and pondent of the Vossische Zeitung on one-half cup weak vinegar and pour the western front, contributes to that into pan with bacon. When mixture paper an interesting narrative of Ger- belle pour it over one quart donde- many_,s real dogs of war, The facts lions mixed with three chopped hard- and gures he adduces are striking evidence of the thoroughness with which the enemy has organized one of the unconsidered trines of war making during the course of the struggle. When the German army was mobi- lized in July, 1914, the War Office found that there were all told exactly eight dogs trained for military service. Orders were forthwith given to the German Red Cross Dogs Society to train the largest possible number for field work, with: the result that to -day (according to Dr. Osborn) there are 2,50'0 dogs in the various German theatres of operation. Many animals have been killed and wounded and a special "military hos- pital" for canine heroes hurt in battle is now maintained at Jena. - Dr. Osborn describes a "dress par- ade" of the war dogs recently held for his edification in the Verdun district. There were sheepdogs, Airedale ter, riers, retrievers and painters, each about two years .old, German sheep_ dogs in the majority. They have learned to obey com- mands, given both by word of mouth and pistol shots, "like Prussian in- fantrymen." The drill which the cor- respondent witnessed consisted of distinguishing the prostrate living from figures representing dead men, passing by men still ableto stand by themselves, and indicating not only where men were lying down, butlean- ing in a state of semi -collapse or sit- ting up. "And, best of all," concludes Dr. Osborn's tribute to the dogs of • war, "they are serving the Fatherland `un- selfishly, without hope of either pro- motion or decorations." Obey Commands of the Germans by Mouth or Pistol, boiled eggs and one medlum-sized slic- ed onion. Turn lightly with fork un- til dandelions are slightly wilted by hot dressing Ribbon Cake.—One-half, cup butter two cups sugar, one scup milk, three and one-half cups flour, five teaspoons baking powder, one and one-half tea- spoons ground cardamom seed, one and one-half teaspoons ginger, three- fourths "teaspoon cinnamon, one- fourth teaspoon cloves, one-half cup seeded and chopped raisins, one-half cup finely chopped figs, one tablespoon honey and four eggs. Rub butter and sugar together and add egg yolks. Sift flour and baking powder together and add them to mixture, alternating them with milk.' Finally, add whites. of eggs, well beaten. Bake two- thirds of mixture in two -layer cake pans. To remainder add spices, fruit and honey and hake. Put layers to- gether with crystallized honey or oth- er preferred filling. Good Service From the Paint Brush. One of the articles which usually plays a fairly prominent part around the house in the spring, is the paint brush. In these days of rugs, the floors need to be kept in good condi- tion. Of course we are not all for- tunate enough to have hardwood floors in our homes. We can nevertheless, keep our floors looking nice with a little care. When using a large rug in the centre of the floor, it is only necessary to grain the floor a few feet around the edge. This, if nicely done, looks well in any room. The kitchenand pantry are splen- did places in which to make good use - of the paint brush. If the linoleum in the kitchen is varnished spring and the '7th Battalion of the. Engineers fall., it will keep the colors bright and Corps, twenty-eight • women soldiers insure' its wearing longer. Teen are employed as clerks, three as thereare those pantry shelves. Ra- storekeepers (dressed in uniform), then hard to keep them looking peat l nine as cooks, and three as tailors. and clean, isn't it? Some people cov- er the shelves several times a year with shelf paper which does very nice- ly. Another method is to -paint the shelves in the spring with a good white peent. An extra nice finish. for France Enlists Women. The new idea of replcaing auxiliary soldiers by women specially enlisted for the purpose has given excellent results in France. At the depot of Canadians at the Front Wearing the New Steel Helmets. Therapid and efficient way in which our French allies have provided their armies with the new steel headdress is really most creditable to every department concerned, On every front the blue -tinted casque is :seen. The British'tropps: are also now being equipped with steel helmets, The shape differs ,somewhat from the French casque, The British design is wider in the brim, with a more spreading dente to the roof of the helmet, The Brit- ish headgear .does not show a ventilation ridge such ee the French helmet exhibits pas a distinctive feature. Hundreds of thousands are now in use, and thousands .of lives have already been savedby them. • BELIEVE' END OF THE WAR NEAR GERMAN PEOPLE WILLING TO MAKE CONCESSIONS, Prisoners Say Sufferings of People at Bowe Are Becoming Unbearable, The British have successfully ex- tended their front toward the south until it covers practically one-fourth. of the whole line from the North Sea to Switzerland. An International News Service writer recently made a trip of inspection. The vessel which took us, across the Channel was crowded with Red Cross nurses, army officers and Tommies returning to the front after a few days' home leave. I had expected to see these men de- pressed and downhearted at the pro- spect of going back to the dreary monotony of the trenches, but on not a single face did I see a sign of any such feelings. 'I asked several of them about it, and the answer was in- variably the same, "Why should we feel sorry? We are well treated, well fed, and well looked after in every way, and our job is not finished yet. The trenches are not half as bad as you think. We are going to stick it out until we have given the Boches such a licking that they won't forget it for a hun- dred years. There is not much fight left in them even. now." Our first morning in France was bright and sunny, though rather windy. Women everywhere are ploughing the fields or putting in the seed, scattering it by hand in the old -tire manner. We pass through villages full of life and bustle, but the women and children, who are nearly all in deep mourning, bear silent testimony of the sacrifices France has made. At -Bethune we see the- first sign of actual Warfare. The town has been shelled, ;and many' houses are in ruins, but the inhabitants go about. their, business as if nothing had hap- pened. The sound of firing increases, aero- planes hovering above" us, little clouds c of fleecy . white suddenly appear out of space all around thein and drift away before the wind. It is shrapnel from the German anti-aircraft guns, exploding harmlessly in the air. We arrive at a villagewhere we have to leave our cars as it is' not k safe to drive any further in broad d daylight. The German lines are not far away. The country here is bleak and barren; everywhere - are • the signs of the devastation of war; the houses mere husks, roofless and bat- r tered by hundreds of shells, unin- s habited but for a few English soldiers. "Tommies" Confident. We find the Tommies in the front rr trenches, almost within hail of the I a kindness. They were greatly relieved because't'hey would now not have to ago back 'into the inferno to fight for a cause they -never looked upon as their own, They were from Danish speaking Germany, Not one of ahem was under twenty or over thirty, and they were tall, broad -shouldered, blue-eyed and fair- haired, and quite willing to talk when. I addressed them in their own. language. One of them, a man with a frank and intelligent face, acting as spokes- man, said:. "We all feel that the end is ap- proaching, not so much because Ger- many is short of men—there are still plenty of reserves, 1 believe—but be- cause tae sufferings of the people at home are becoming unbearable and they do not understand what we arefighting for, "It is gradually beginning to dawn upon them that all our victories ars to count for nothing, and that we must not only give up what we have won, but even more, in order to get the peace the whole German people is sighing for." "Do you think the German people are in a mood to give up any terri- tory in order to get peace?" I asked "I am quite sure that the people would willingly give up not only every inch of foreign territory now occupied, but Alsace-Lorraine as well." "But what about an indemnity?" "I do not see how Germany could possibly pay an indemnity now. We are ,,practically ruined, and the in- telligent part of the population all know it.. Every letter I get from home speaks of the misery our peo- ple are enduring. Our horses and cattle have been taken away, we are short of seed corn and food, even jsotatoes are very scarce. That part of Germany is a country of mourning and despair'. "All our able-bodied men have been taken, and -from the beginning of the war we have always been sent to the most dangerous places. Our heavy casualties prove this." "How have you been treated while in the army?" I asked. "Is it true. thatyour officers threaten to shoot 'you downif you refuse to go for- ward?". Not Forced on Germany. "No, 'I` cannot complain of the way we have been treated. German: offi- ers have their own way of treating their man. They hardly look . upon us as human beings, but I think they have been less brutal during the war than in time of peace. "They demand obedience,• and the man who hesitates to obey orders nows that he is liable to be shot own. Nothing of the kind, however, has ever occurred in our' regiment." "Do you believe this war was 'forced upon .Germany?" "No intelligent person in Germany eally believes that," he said, with a mile. "We knew that the war was coming sooner or later. We have been prepared for* it for:years, and we thought we were.' sure of victory. Our enemies ; were always quarrelling mong.. themselves . at home. Ger many alone seemed to be 'strong. "But I suppose everything that has happened is forthe best, We are all glad we are going, to England, where we know we shall be treated well. The Tommies are the most kind hearted risen I ever met. They .have been wonderfully good to us." Germans, the most cheerful of all. Not one among theta' who does not feel firmly convinced that they are able to finish off • the Germans as soon as the signal is given to swarm out of the trenches. I noticed that the English guns fired at least four shots to every German shot. In a little village some miles be- hind the fighting line, I came upon a itch of prisoners captured by the p British two days before:' I asked to T e allowed to speak to them., to I found them deeply grateful to s heir captors, who, they said, had h treated them with . the most touchi ' e This experienent is being made at a b number of other depots. The Heiress—"Have you . seen apa?" The Duke—"Yes; it's all off." he Herres:••—" ou don't mean say that he refused to give his con - eat?" The Duke -"Oh, no, He said e'd, give his consent—but not anoth- t" b Perhaps the best hand a man' can hold in the game of life is the hand th of some good woman. Summer Furs More Modish, From Fashion's court comes the word that summer furs will be more modish this year even than they were last. The huge boa of white fox held the favored place last summer, but this season the shops are offering a variety of furs for summer wear. In spite of the apparent absurdity, a wide soft stole of mole, mink, seal, or ermine often proves a very grateful addition to the sheer summer dance frock on seaside porch or board walk. While the round, soft fox boa will in all probability* continue to be popular with tailored suits and dresses, the long, wide stole willbe more used for evening,, The Popularity of Voile Plain, striped, checked, dotted, and patterned voiles, `In all colors and combinations, are in demand for the corded, ruffled. fluffy lingerie frock. Of Bourse there are voiles and voiles; the true voile wears and washes well, is sheer and dainty, quite as attractive as the more expensive cottons, There is a hint here and there of the return of hand -painted muslins for blouses and dresses, Probably the ,stenciled hat suggested the idea, which is quaint 7153-7164 The Spanish Flounce Dress and pretty, if not exactly practical. 1st All sorts of clever notions might be at worked out by the woman with ingeni- ous brain and fingers, but if the Ina- e terial were to be purchased or order- ed, the fad might prove rather ex- pensive. x pensive. Sashes and scarfs, however, will carry out the notion with voile and s organdy frocks very effectively. Flower -Trimmed Bats. flower turbans; flower crowns are . favored with certain costumes, and wreaths are quite • popular, The Rower -stenciled hats are very well liked indeed. Ribbon, too, is mart for trimming, and ostrich, in the form of fringe and fancies, is a pop- ular trimming, The Return of Ostrich Boots. The revival of the feather boa will - be welcomed by many, as it lends a soft, becoming touch to suit or gown, and in its new shades, a welcome bit of contrast. These boas, es a rule, are short. finished at the ends with tassels of chenille or silk, and close up closely about the troat. ¥aline ruches, and smart little fancies of pleated or pinked ribbon, are also modish for the tailored suit or one-piece street frock. Quaint buckles are often used effectively for closing thein, The quaint little capes, pelerines, and similar fancies, of taffeta,, faille, or satin, now being offered for sum- mer wear, are other attractive addi- tions to the summer frock; in all pro- bability these will be quite as popular as the fur stole, or the feather boa, or even a little more favored. They are becoming, quite in keeping with the dresses of the moment, may easily be fashioned at home, and are of course much less expensive than furs Ruffles, cording-, and eonventioualiz- ed trimings, quilled, pleated, pin:Iced or shirred, are used to finish these capes, lending still another old-fashioned touch, An organdy or voile frock will receive at added faintiness in one of these taffeta capes, of a shade corresponding to or harmoniously con- trasting with the dominant color of the .dress. These patterns may be obtained from your local aleCall dealer or from The McCall Company, 70 Bond St., Toronto, Ont, Dept. W. ROAD 1,400 MILES LONG. The World's"Greatest Highway Is In India. Search where you will, you will find no highway in the whole world so ro- mantic as the Grand Trunk Road of India. A stately avenue of three reads in one—the centre of hard metal, the roads on each side ankle-deep in silvery dust—fringed by double rows of trees, it runs for 1,400 miles through the vast northern plain which. kirts the Himalayas, from Calcutta o far Peshawur, which keeps sentinel the gate of Afghanistan. From horizon to horizon it stretch• s like a broad white ribbon, as seem- ngly straight as if traced by a gigan- ic ruler. And dotted along its entire ength are hundreds of serais (way- ide rest houses), each with its arched and turreted gateway, its spacious enclosure in which humans share shelter with oxen, camels and goats —and its central well of sparkling water. For 3,000 years the Himalayas have looked down on tivi road and have seen it as they see it to -day. It was the • world's greatest highway before Rome was cradled, when the abori- ginal Indians drove their cattle over he very spot where the motorcar ashes to -day. Alexander the Great led his Greeks along it to the conquest of Northern India; and Buddha himself took his daily walks along it centuries before Christ was cradled. It has seen a hundred generations of men come and go; a score of dynasties rise and fall. And yet to- day, it is to the eye, exactly the same as in the long -gone years when Nine. veil was a proud city and our own ancestors gnawed bones in their eaves. Summer would not be summer with- out the flower -decked hat, but the no- tion rarely lasts longer than Easter, except on the large picture hat of Leghorn, crin, or hemp, which com- pletes the June bridesmaid's costume, or the summer beauty's dainty frock. t d 7135-7113 .% Jumper Frock of Taffeta This season, however, there is a strong indication that flowers will play more than their ordinary role in summer millinery. The medium brimmed, rather stiff tailored hat, with its upstanding bouquet of vari- colored . blossoms, so popular some years back, is being noticed here and His Reason. 'Moved to pity at the sight of a small bay lugging a monstrous bun- dle of newspapers, a man stopped and asked: "Don't all those papers make you tired?" "Nope," ` the little newsie replied cheerfully. "I 'can't •read." ' Old gent -"So you want to become my son -.in-law?" Youth—"No, 1 don't; but if I marry your daughter I don't very well see how I can get out of itis, .e1=730 EaCRIMEmemal r V' `� EAR FOR mew slim �i AND RECREATIO SOLD BY ALL GOOD SBOE DEALERS WORN' BY g _EitY MEMBER R of THE £u'i [Y