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The Exeter Advocate, 1916-7-6, Page 3Pr - About the House Useful H'un'ts 'and (e ratinforma- tion for the Busy Housewife A NAVAL CHURCH SEEfVICE. r -_,_ en Pi.eture- of Sunday Ceremouiy en : a British Shin. 1 Kingstown 'harbor was tiled with I patrol boats at "'anchor, writes a cot- tributor to the Cornhill Magazine, One -Piece Frocks. Once, in the days of peace, these were .e trawlers. Now each mounts a gun we are all of us finding the coat very, THE FASHIONS Just at this bine of the year, when I on her foredeck and goes out to trawl irksome indeed one-piece frocks play' 1 Marmalades, Preserves, Pickles. heavy meats and highly seasoned i Pear Marmalade—Peel, core and sauces of the winter. Then the pine apple has a great many medicinal weigh the pears, then allow 12 ounces qualities that make ib invaluable. Chit - the pears in a saucepan together with sugar to every pound of fruit. Put dren love it, and it is one of the best a littleof the sugar and enough water things that they can eat for their gen- .to cover, bring to a boil gently and eral system, and for digestion, because then simmer slowly until the fruit is of its pepsin -like qualities. 'quite soft. Rub through a sieve and A fine fresh pineapple may be made eeiturn to the saucepan, bring to a boil into a delicious variety of nommen p desserts, and it is a good idea to can and add the rest of the sugar; stir un- enough the fruit for future refer - 'til completely melte, o refer - , til allow to come b the bowl and then simmer until of the euee The best crops come from fright consistency. Great care is re- Cuba, Porto Rico and Florida and quisome from Hawaii, -It is a good idea the 'he mixture is very apt to burn, It d during this second cooking as to watch the market, and choose the t %an be flavored with either lemon rind, fruit the time that it is at its lowest ginger or spices.. The flavoring should price, and buy enough to last, e put in at the first cooking. The best way to cut a pineapple is Plum Marmalade. ---Take out the leer- to remove the crown or blossom part, `nets of the plums and boil the fruit in than cut through the fruit from top to stern. Divide into quarters, Re- move the core; then cut into cubes or shred. Pineapple shorbcake is good, Use two cupfuls of sifted hour, into which you have put for teaspoonfuls of bale- ing powder and a teaspoonful of Balt, Add a tablespoonful of lard mei two tablespoonfuls of butter; chop until the shortening is quite fine. Now add a cupful of milk (scant); beat thoroughly and bake ina large. biscuit pan until done. Separate the biscuit by quiegkly drawing a clean not allow it actually to boil andut white thread across the top between p immediately into sterilized jars, dust the top and the bottom. Butter eachside well, add powdered sugar to the over the bop with finely granulated upper piece, then add shredded fresh sugar and cover. or eanned pineapple; sprinkle again Preserved Figs—The figs should bee with powdered sugar. Put whipped matured but not ripe, Scrape them, i cream over the top; garnish with. cut a small slit across the top, and slices of orange. put them into a basin of cold. water Pineapple toast is a novel recipe, into which pub also one tablespoonful . Cut slices of old sponge cake a half- ef lime (for 50 figs). Put a plate on inch thick, Shape them round or die top to keep the figs under the water; mond to give variety. Brush these leave them for about 12 hours, alien , with butter, dregde with sugar and take them out and wash them clean. brown lightly in the oven. Cool, then Put them into a clean saucepan with pour chopped pineapple and whipped about one and one-half quarts of clean cream over them. Serve with a water, ono -half teaspoonful of carbon- strawberry on the top. ate of soda, and one-half teaspoonsful Pineapple marmalade is an English of salt; let the figs boil up in this with dish. Pare and remove the eyes from the lid off. Take them out when, soft the pineapples; cut in small cubes and enough to be pierced with a sharp shred with a silver fork; weigh the .stick, and drain them through a col- fruit and place two-thirds of its ander. Take one pound of sugar weight of granulated sugar in the more bhan the weight of fruit, make lower part of a moderate oven. Cook a syrup one-half pint of water to the pineapple in an uncovered pan un- three-quarters nthree-quarters pound of sugar, and til it is reduced, then add the juice of when it has been strained and cool, a lemon to each pound of the fruit, lay the fifes in it for a night and the add the hot sugar, boil five or six min - next day boil then over a slow fire till utes, fill jelly glasses, and when it is the fruit is quite clear. cool fill with the mixture. Thin Pickled Beets.—Wash very care ful- peelings of the lemon sldn add the ly, taking care not to break the skin, marmalade flavor if desired. as all the color will come out if this Pineapple custard is another favor - happens. Boil for an hour, azxl Iet ite dessert. Cut a pineapple with a them stand until perfectly cold, silver fork, or shred it into small Scrape and slice them, and pour over pieces. Add acupful of sugar, and bhem vinegar in which a few pepper- set on the ice. Make a good boiled corns and some cloves have been pre- viously boiled. Cover the jars close- ly, and see ,that the beets are thor- oughly covered with vinegar. Pickled Cauliflower. — Trim the cauliflower and break it up into small pieces. Strew these with salt, and leave bhem from 12 to 24 hours be- Things Worth Snowing. tween plates. Drain them well, pack them with salt, and cover with cold vinegar, previously boiled up with spice. The cauliflower can be quickly parboiled in salt and water before it is put in the jars, if you find the raw vegetable iniigestible. Pickled Cucumbers.—Choose ssmall and perfect cucumbers without any spots. Lay them in strong salt and water until they turn quite yellow, stirring them twice a day to keep them from softening. When they are quite yellow, pour off the• water and cover with grapevine leaves. Boil up Charming footstool wirers ' are the poured -off water and pour it boil- made of grey linen worked on cross ing over the cucumbers. Leave them. stitch design. all in a warm corner near the fire. The lid shouted not be lifted from a When the water is almost cold, boil it pot in which dumplings are cooking. up again and pour it over -the cusum- They are apt to be heavy if the lid bers again. Repeat this process un- • taken off before they are done. til the cucumbers turn a good green, When scalding sour milk for cot - keeping. them covered with the leaves, Whene cheese, have the water warm, a clean cloth and a reversed soup not boiling; if boiling water is used plate to keep in the steam. When the cheese will be lumpy and hard. they are thoroughly green, drain them When turnips are young, warsh them well, pour the following pickle over thoroughly and cook without peeling. thein and tie down with bladders or The rind will cook as• tender as the parchment. rest of the turnip. For the pickle. --To each quart of Good flour adheres to the hand, and white wine vinegar allow a quarbet of when pressed lightly remains in shape „an ounce of mace or half a dozen and shows the imprint of the lines of cloves, half an ounce of sliced ginger, the skin of the hand. half an ounce of black pepper and half A rich soup, with whole wheat a handful of salt; boil this all tooth -bread and butter, , a vegetable or er for five minutes, then use hat. salad, makes an `excellent foundation Pickled Walnuts.—Gather the wee- fora dinner. nuts before the shells begin tot form. A, good way to keep mattresses Wipe them, prick with a daxnaiig -fresh is to let them have slips of needle and put them in a large crock. their own Covered with unbleached ;or basin. Make enough' brine to coy-their er them allowing a quarter of a To pop- coin successfully, first put pound of salt to each came of .bail it in a sieve and dash cold water over Ing water: When qqu,�ite cold, pour it.. The kernels will be large and the brine over the walnuts and leave flaky. - bhem in it for about afortnight. They _ ought to be stirred oceso call axnyand` the ` brineThese Men. changed twice during this' time. Now drain the walnuts and Perhaps it is justas well that 'spread them out on trays in a singlewives do not always know how nus= layer bo dry in the stm until 'theyturn bands disburse their funds. black. Have ready some dry, wide «How now . necicea bottles, three -parts fill them MY wife would have a fit if she with walnuts, and fill up with vine- knew I spent my 15 cents. lunch money gar which 'ha been boiled previously for, a sandwich and a 10 -cent cigar." with spices. Pineapple Dishes. There is no more delicious warm - weather fruit than the pineapple. Fruits are a welcome change ati any time, but particularly so ° after the more they expand." just enough water tocover, simmer until soft. Rub through a sieve, re- turn to the saucepan, and cook until they begin to show signs of sticking to the pan. Then take up, weigh and measure outs an equal quantity of sugar with which to make a syrup, al- lowing ane -half pint of water to every one and one-half pounds of sugar, Skim carefully and cook until a lit- tle dropped into cold water hardens immediately. Put the fruit puree and the syrup together into a pan and Gook until it just comes to a boil, Do custard, pour it over the pineapple. Make a meringue of the whites of the eggs. Cover the top of the pine- apple with this and brown delicately. chill and springle grabed almonds over the top, Half a pepper minced fine will fla- vor an omelet. Overdone food is as bad for the dig- estive as underdone. Apples bananas and lettuce are a delicious salad mixture. Don't forget that splib peas make an excellent luncheon soup. Orange gelatine served in the orange hull makes a most attractive dessert. Add a little apple to the rhubarb pie; it will be less tart and of deli- cious flavor. for the most dangerous fish xnen ever a most important season for them, chased. They are smallboats, these but at this.time their real charm is' trawlers, but it is an evil business for best appreciated, the submarine that feels the drag of their nets, or venturing to the sur- face, hears their guns speak. Among them lay two torpedo-boat destroyers, of serge, gabardine, faille, and taffeta, side by side, moored bow and stern, which one meets everywhere, the shop so close that men could step from one windows are gay with voiles, nets, fig- deck to the other. Their high -built ured organdies, and the dainty ern - bows rose with a sort of threat above ported cottons, fashioned into frocks the mooring buoys. From the tall , which are wonderfully appealing. foremasts the wires of their telegra- , Fidlls, narrow and wif ie, eobweb-like' phie installation sloped sharply aft,' laces layer of the sheeresb of fabrics The narrow, low decks were covered :are used tocreate these full -skirted, with the machines of the terrible bust- ` fluffy frocks, for summer dances, and nese that these boats do—guns, three the thousand and one other require- of them, and four great torpedo -tubes, i ments of the summer playtime, ready to swing oub to port or star- Interesting Tub l?rocks board, Our launch slipped alongside, We mounted a narrow, steep ladder.; Of course, many of these dainty, The commander saluted, and greeted, lace -trimmed, befrilled lingerie frocks us with an apology, j are anything but economical when one "We used to have a nice ladder," i con siderrs that they will not launder, he said, "like a yacht's; but when the but exist be cleaned each time they war broke out, it had to go," Then, are soiled. However, there are many to my companion, "If you're ready, dainty materials which will launder padre, I'll muster the ship'scam- and make up quite as effectively—fig- panY. ured voiles, colored handkerchief lin- The ship's company were mustered, the companies of both ships, The inen, a hundred of them, perhaps, or rather more, stood in two groups, one on each side of the deck, with a space between them. Above the vacant space stretched the long gray barrel of a gun. Aft, facing the rnen, stood the officers. The padre took his place and laid his books on some part of the ship's fighting gear draped with a flag. An order was given, very quietly, with none of the sharp staccato vigor with which soldiers speak. "Ship's company, hats off!" The men stood bareheaded. A flag, red and white, was broken out at the foremast head. From one of the two tall spires that dominated the town came the sound of church bells sum- moning the townsfolk, peaceful peo- ple, to their prayers. Our padre bade us sing a hymn. It was, "Rock of Ages." How is ib that our soldiers and sailors both choose this hymn,. both seem to sing it with special de- light? Here we had no band to help us, no choir to lead us. The padre pitched the first note for us. The men's voices caught it. There passed across the water a great wave of sound. I stood and wondered. The faces before me were boys' faces. It would have surprised me to learn that in all that company there were four men of thirty years of age among officers' or crew. I looked up, and the long gun was above my head. I looked past the men and saw that over the shelter of a hatchway there hung a wooden shield. On it was painted, "Heligoland -1914" Here were no gorgeous monuments of a mighty past, no chronicling of great names and splendid deeds; only a simple re- cord of the fact that this ship had been in one great fight. Of all the rest that she had done, of lesser bat - ties, of long vigils, of manifold perils, : there was no note at all. And the faces of these who had done and borne' such great things were the faces of boys still, simple, joyous, confident. The horror of war had not cowed them and never would. The hymn was finished. We prayed, standing with heads bowed. The voice of the padre spoke for us, asking the protection and help of God for the companies of these two ships, for all who fought by sea or by land, for the dying, for the wounded, for the sor- rowful. We sang again. I saw that Howth Head, far away to the north of us, was blackened with a thundershower. Right round the long bend of the bay the cloud clung to the land. The thickly grouped spires and chimneys of Dublin were caught in it. 1 could see the rain pouring over the city like a. thick black veil. A shaft of sunlight struck the water of the bay between, us and Howth; but a flanking outpost, of the storm cloud darkened our near- I er sky. The water of the harbor grew suddenly black. Our padre spoke to us, a few words i only, telling us a very simple thing, which certainly, here and ` now, our hearts believed; whichit were well' for us if at all times we believed and held fast. Then came the last words of all,.that wonderful benediction f which promises, which gives, the r peace of, God. Even as he spoke a few drops of rain' fell heavily. _ The roll of .thunder came to us from the darkness that covered Howth. Jag - Common Paradox. " My wife's bills have a queer way of doing!" `' now do you mean ?"': " The moreshe contracts them the Fabrics Important Considerations Aside from the simple, 'trine models, 1tcCnt.r. i neo -;166 Russian Blouse of Embroidered Bat- iste with Plain Tussah Skirt ens, crepes, many of the organdies, and most of the imported novelty cot- tons, when simply trimmed. A particularly effective summer frock, suitable for almost any daytime occasion, illustrated here, is develop- ed in a dotted voile, a white ground -embroidered with a soft pink batiste, just tinted to mabeh the dot. The satin girdle, which is in a darker tone, affords the necessary touch of sharp contrast. Color Combinations. Colors, more, perhaps, than almost anything else, should be chosen, nob according to the shades which are fas- hionable, but for their becomingness. There are certain tones which are more becoming than others, and these should be selected. It is nob a diffi- cult matter to do this this season, for, although we hear of the seriousness of the dye situation on every hand, there seems-- to be no dearth of beautiful shades. The many shades of gray are popular for muslins and silks; and the soft pinks and blues predominate in ged lightning flashed in a sharp zig- zag against the cloud: City of Salonika. Salonika, which has figured so pro- minently, for some time past, in the news of the day, is one of the old cities of the old world. Before Salonika , there was Thessalonika, the Thessa- lonika of St. Paul, and before Thes- salonika there was Therms. The site, in fact, at the head of the gulf of Salonika,' on the great bay whose southern edge is formed by the Cala- merian heights, .is too obviously one for a seaport not to have early found settlers: The actual founder of Thes- salonika was Cassander, who, about the year 315 B. C., began the build- ing of a city on the present situ. the cool, pretty waistings. Navy 'blue is always favored, and this ;eri , xrier it is as popular as :ever for serge, taffeta and linen suetings,. Checks and stripes vie for favor with the plain colore, being used for q arc .From Erin's Green Isle 696 .60 { Embroidered Voile and Tinted Batiste, Flouncing skirts, combined with dark coats, and for one-piece frocks. Pongees and tussahs, with the natural tan grounei, figured or striped in soft tones of green, rase, tan orange and like col- ors, are being used for the Russian blouse frocks, such as the one shown here, combining the figured and plain material as illustrated The linen suitings are striped in the same colors, giving much the same effect. These Russian blouse suite and dresses are well liked for sports and also for more formai wear. For instance, the frock illustrated is developed in embroid- ered batiste combined with a skirt of plain white tussah, making a dainty. cool frock for summer afternoons. These patterns may be obtained from your local McColl dealer or from The McCall Company, 70 Bond St., Toronto, Ont. Dept. W. FOR ANOTHER'S BRAVERY French. Soldier Must Wear Medal, Through Mistake. An amazing story of French army official obstinacy was told in Paris recently by a young serf eant-.major. FIe was in charge of a section of trench and had one day to demand a volunteer for a specially dangerous job. Three men offered themselves. One went out and was killed, the second did likewise, the third ac- complished his mission safely. The sergeant -major sent in a report of the incident, but must have been infelicitous in his description, for he found a few weeks later that he him- self, instead of the real hero, had been cited for the tear cross. He at first refused to wear the cross and wrote again and again to have the matter put right. No notice was taken by the authorities. Military regulations force him to wear the cross. " The only thing for me to do now is to accomplish some deed worthy of it," he concluded. False Alarm. Aunt --"You'll be late for the party, won't you, dear?" Niece—"Oh, no, auntie. In our set nobody goes to a party until every- body else gets there." GERMANY'S HER OIC HAUSFRAU NEWS BY MAIL FROM IRE - LA D'S SHORES. Happenings in the, Emerald lisle of Interest to Trish - men. The flag of the `f Irish Republic taken from the G. P. 0„ is now in possession of the Irish Rifles at Por- tobello barracks. Dr, Brennan, Camolin Dispensary medical officer, who volunteered for the front, has been gazetted to the Royal Army Medical Service. Corporation officials, assisted by the fire brigade, are making rapid progress in pulling down dangerous walls in and across Sackville Street. The name of Prince Arthur of Con- naught is being talked•of in influen- tial circles as a likely and acceptable representative of his Majesty in Ire- land. Until further notice no aliens will be allowed to land in Ireland unless in possession of a permit to be ob- tained from the Military Permit Of ficer. Among the losses by Are during the rebellion in Dublin is that of the Bur- bridge Memorial Library, founded by and belonging to the Irish Gardeners' Association,. The Military Crose has been award- ed to Second Lieut, Wm, Francis Ellis, 8th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusi- Hers. Ile is son of Mr, James F. Ellis, Rathgar, The " Summer Time Act," which came into operation in Ireland re-. Gently, when alt clocks were advanced an hour, is stated to be running smoothly, Contrary to general rumors, the R. I, C. depot in Phoenix Park, Dub- lin, was not taken by the Volunteers. The depot was guarded by armed sentries throughout the week. A large number of Irish rebel pri- soners have been sent to internment camps in France. They are to be used far road -making and for other useful work in the rear of the lines. Stating that direct work is "more efficient and economical," the Mount Nugent, County Cavan, Labor Union has passed a resolution calling on the farmers and laborers to refrain from. tendering for war contracts. A fire which broke out in the stab- les of the Blumiield Bakery Company at Antrim resulted in six horses be- ing burnt to death, Several carts were destroyed anda school and a dwelling house were damaged. The death has occurred at his resi- dence, Manor -Kilbride, County Dublin, of Mr. Joseph Fletcher Moore, in hie 81st year, Mr. Moore was a deputy - lieutenant and justice of the peace for the County Wicklow, A military order was given that corpses be buried in the Rotunda Gar- dens. The order was subsequently cancelled. The corpses found in Ste- phen's Green, Dublin, after the evac- uation by the insurgents were buried in Dean's Grange. No persons can leave Ireland as passengers on board any vessel ex- cept at the ports of Dublin, Kings- town, Belfast, Larne and Greenore. All passengers must produce creden- tials or papers of identity and must show valid reason for their journey. COTTON FROM NILE DELTA. Irrigation Will Open Millions of Acres in Egypt. The Egyptian Ministry of Public Works, which has been experimentinig in cotton raising during the past ten years in the Gezira region in the Su- dan, has issued an optimistic report to the effect that it will be possible to do better- than double the yield of cotton in the Nile delta by means, of a system of dams for irrigation in connection with the White Nile and the Blue Nile. Vast quantities of water have been stored already, . and during the past thirty years nearly a million acres of entirely new land have been added to the taxable soil of the country. It is estimated that in this newly ex- plored region about 2.500,000 acres of land could be made capable of growing cotton. This, as a matter o2 fact, would igive more land than is now planted with cotton in Egypt. Ir- rigation works are now being con- structed, and a plot of 150,000 acres is being treated. We see here only one of many il- lustrations that might be offered of the modern development of Egypt un- der British guidance, says the Provi- dence Journal. A COMEDY OF BEANS. French Beat the Germans in' Riese to Get Seed. From a certain large camp in.Ger-" many every letter written in early „}>;., �'x�s ,��, 5 •, f„t v�'i Yi. ? ,,;• y,, spring by a French prisoner made to have kidney ,:. �.: ; �, • ? . ,�,�. � �, � the demand y bean. • 4.. le 'arrived, e . ' •� � sent. Letter after .t terb .;fns Tee. Official: "The Kaiser needs your pan.” Hausfraus: "He's welcome to it; We have nothing to cok in it, any- how." -By Calcatini, in "Pasquino," Turin. ging for beans and still more beans There was some surprise in Paris at this suddenand insistent call for beans, but many large packets were. mailed. At last 'some one "tumbled." The Germans had compelled their prisoners to procure: Lean seed for them: The French continued to senci the beans—but they first carefully plung- ed them into boiling water. The Ger- mans will wait a long tieee for a crop from these beans;