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Gntert
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ealed Air.light Packets.
Arthur Stanwood vood ler;
^ n Rtees, atoe, aeirreta Company by specie urrlainsement wit a Thos, Ales
e=rt
CIIAPT]fR XK.I. the clock, •on the mantelpiece ticked on,
When Jerryopened Lite cool of the and on, and there eras no change, i
apartment, he was at once made aware Terry vvatehed withdeepening anxie•ty,f
e`er
P ee ttly came a strangling• eoug ,
that the d'omestie conditions were
Rimer/nal, His m'other's room, which fare -,waiter of a peroxysiil; Jerry race
was also the sitting -room, 'was ,lark, eel the bay's head and rilyindease. s Fasxn
but ley the light from the hallway lee herd him while the teri fell ranee so i
could see that a small ner•son had Leen, la..ted, To feel the little
put to bed there .on the sofa. And racked and shaken sent a pang, of i
tenderness to Jerry's heart; and eel en,
antin the sinal person sane it was alis over; before baying the boy's!
out in a �voiee that he reeognirecl as head on the pillow, lie kissed the in-°
13s'tty s, "Look where I've gone to bed, viting little hollow an the back of the
Jerry. Peter's sick.' The tone inti-
mated
nti soft white' neck, .
mated a pleasuraihie excitement over
the situation. I He put the boy down gently; in al
Kate conic out late the hall;she lief, moments, to Jerry's immense, re-(
lief, Peter fall 'asleep.
looked troubled and anxious. 'Ilse watcher's thoughts, at first in -i
"I'm afraid your supper's cola, tenton the patient, strayed gxadtnally'
Jeri,.L she began. I tried to keep as the boy's bre'a'th}ng eotrtlnded to I
it warm, but—" be regular and reassure g, They!
"Never mind about the supper; went back to Nora; they returned to:
what's the matter with Peter?" that morning, now $o many years ago,1
"He was taken sick in sphool this which slie lead recalled to his mind
atternooni,.,.1 brought him home. He and which in the light of this iniined'i-
oould hardly walk the last block, and ate experience took on afresh vivid -
it was all I could do to get him up the fie, a Nora had then been hardly older
stave. He has a high fever; the than Kate was now. To recaptu, e in
doctor came and said it might be pneu- imagination the Nora of that day, the
mania. You know he's had a cough Jerry of that day, was too poignant
the last few days." -
an effort. Kate and Peter anyway
"Poor little kid! Can I see him?" Ishould be shielded from .such *rely
"I'M hoping he'll drop off to sleep. and shame as had befallen Noxa and
But you mght look in on hinx." Dave. But if they were to be shield -
The little boy's flushed face and ed, how he must week! 1
heavy eyes that opened with no sign Stimulated by the refieotion, he be -
of recognition alarmed Jerry. He gan to review in his mind the 1rn of
withdrew and talked again with Kate real: property. In this troublesome
in whispers, Yes, the doctor had occupation 1'.e was engaged when Kate
told her just what to do; she had entered and attempted to resume her
been given;• the medicine regularly. glare,
If he fell asleep, he wasn't to be
roused for any medicine. lie told her firmly that' she was to
cowl, I., mother?" Jerry asked. ' t,O to bed'; and tot diSturb hint or
`'Mr. Bennett came and asked if she Peter again that night. She was going
would not sit upstairs with Mrs. Ben- to have nursing enough to do; and she
nett, Their baby is siek and Mrs, t must net use up ell her •strength at: the
Bennett;, worrying about it, and Mr. ; outset.
Bennett couldn't stay home from has' Wthen. she Iva' 'convinced that he
work. You'd better go in and eat meant what he said," she showed him
Lour supper, Jerry; I'm afraid it will the medicine ithat Peter was to have
stone cold." if he awoke, made 'ham promise' to
,• Jerry ate his supper, as he was told call her ti! he became alarmed about
to do, but he did not really know aliytiliting, set the room quiee ly and
whether it was -could or hot. He was quietly to rights, and; as quickly and
beset with anxieties•; Peter's sudden qu'ietly smoothed out Peter's bed
illness alarmed :hem. Pettey diad without moving'him.. Jerry watched
become to him like his own little'' her with admiration for her noiseless
brother. He spared a thought ;for ef%icieney.
the Beimeets•' pear people if anything "You're a great little nurse, Kate.
should happen to their 'baby! He I should almost Meta- to be sick
had never seen anybody so thorough- so that you could look after me." •„
ly engros ed as Mrs, Bennett in one Her sober face showed a momentary
tiny human being, so enraptured by gleam of pleasure.
it and brimming over with ' happiness "I should like it if you weren't very
on account of it, Peter mist surely sick.—I sflita:1l love it when Peter is
be all righ't. If anything should hap- only a little sick."
pen to Peter --dairy's imagination `.that will be soon, Pen sure, Good -
flew instantly to Kate and shrank night, Kate, and don't lie awake
Fireless Cooker, Will Save Your Fuel:
Supply.
Few of u', Weare not sufferers' #refit,
lade of fuel last tvieeter, and we yre
likely to have even greater troubles`
this 'winter. ft, behooves us,then, to
cavo fuel in every way we can Against'
the time when we will abed it te keen •
as waren as well as -for,: cooki:nt, One;
of the best`tt°ays to conserve ie• by es
ing a fireless cooker,
Of course, the ideal situation is'
reached when You cin afford to 'buy
one of th o newest electric cookers,•
with ventilating -`'`system" so that all'
odorsof coolcittg are removed, This
ie the only sorti of cooker, that is, the
ones with. tho ventilators, in which you
can cook vegetobles s. ttisfactorily, as
veeg•table's shou'id always be cooked,
with, the cover loose enough to al -I
low odors to escape with the stoaim.
The light cooker, whether have -made
er bought in the store; does not <oive
the food will depe id teo largely on the
n cooker
., c Ok
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(are you u�4 ut malaiteJ the
and in getting th food started, that
it will be necessary for you to experi-
ment. The tighter your pillows and
andrs the llesslitimee more
will �bebeet
nee fed retain
for - _......
cooking: All day is. none too long Tommy Atk.iii i' 11Lrdslrips;
to cook soup , bones, and fire or six
hone:- for tou.;h melt m the home-
made cooker" If the food gets cold
it can be taken out, re'heatecl and set
to cooking again without any harm.
Do not expect thee cookers to pct-
form. miracles, They are a great con-
venience, and a great saver of feel,
ood . the
r;don't este it
Left -overs are imide palatable and nciurithing
' r
bythe' addition tl a of
h
Cl
� n
a small quantity of
rrrlr
but •bliey are not as satisfactory for
things wbieh require quick, direct heat
as the stove, Neither can you cook
vegetables nicely in them, that. its in
the homemade ones, and m the pat-
ented -macs having •no venitilitors,
ter•---•'•--�
"They put ine nn barrecics," wrote
a young soldier to his parents. "They
took <tw<ty my clothes and put me in
khaki. They gave .me a gun ar�}d a
blanket, a short -handled shovel• and
a pick, and enough to dishes to,
etude a kitchen. 'They took away ray
n<txte, and made me No, 575, They
took, me to zi church where I'd nevem
been before, and they made nae listen
to a sermon for forty mini.utes. Then
the parson said: `No, 575, Art thou
weary, art thou languid'?' and' I got
Seven days in the ,guardhouse because
I said I certainly 'was."
good results, Potatoes cooked in it
are soggy and black, and strong flay;
oma vegetables, of course, are not,
at"lpetizirzg. 1
But even the home-made fu elhss I
cooker and the 'older style ones, csul
save you many times their cost if I
you use them for cooking foods evhicli i
require long Slow cooking, Tough
fowls, soup meats and boiling pieces
may .all be started on the stove and
finished slowly in the cooker with
much beater results than a Stove
would get, for in the cooker no_ steam!
escapes and the water can not _hail
away and demand refilling of the het,'f
tie. Oatmeal may be started in the
cooker' and left to cook all night.
Most cooker`s will keep it hot enough
to serve in the morning, hut if they
should not it takes only five or ten'
minutes to, reheat itt, and you know
the cereal is cooked sufficiently and •
without undue waste of healt• Bean's
may be cooked .for several 'hours in
the cooker, than allowed an hour'in
the oven. Some housekeepers even
use a. fireless cooker to cook jani�s and
conserves which they. are afraid of
burning on the stove. If you have
one, numerous uses will suggest them-
selves to you. Anything which needs'
to be cooked long and slowly; and
which does not need to, be ventilated
as it cooks, may be cooked in the'
cooker. If you aa'e using a home-,
•nxase one, be sure that your food is
boiling, hot before you put it in the'
cooker. Ten minutes is "none too'
hang for meat to boil, and five mi- Canada's Cod Resources.
notes for cereal's:..
I£ you have nothing better, a syrup
pail or: a honey pail with tight Rating
cover will do for a dish to cook in.
Of course, a granite or porcelain pail
is better, as you will need to be very
careful to dry the tin every time it is
used to keep it from rusting. Bust
just now when. we are being asked to
use . everything fire have in place of
belyingnew; the syrup parks do nice-
ly. The idea . of the 'fireless cooker
is simply to keep in the heat. Many,
women are using a lard pail as a
fireless cooker. The pail should be
filled with hay or excelsior, packed
tightly, and with, a hole made in the
Housework by the Clock.
"leu seetu to have so much time
for other things besides tire .care off Cornmeal, boiled rice and barley
your house, s'aidl one woman wi'st-, our make excellent griddle cakes.
fuls'Y tri another.
"But I didn't used to heave, niy
dear," aniswered the " other. "•It's
only since the avar that i've become
so effieient as to do my work in two-
thirds the time that it formerly took.
Tele, Some one asked 'me to help in
war work and I said that I hadn't the
time. Shortly afterward I learned
that one of my neighbors who has
three children was giving two morn-
ings a week to Red Cron work, and
yet I, with only one child, was a
slacker.
'.'Yet I had told the truth. Z really
had very little time indeed for out-
side work. To shorten my story, I
called on my neighbor and talked the
matter over with l:ei. Sli'e advised
me to work by the clock, to allow so
1nuch time for the doing of a certain
task and to do it in that time or less.
'And be sure to wear a wrist watch,'
she said. `The constant presence of
the time will prod you On and keep
you from being a laggard.'
"It was .a small `service watch' that
she wore and she said that the very
sight of its military face reminded
her of her duty to the'Government
and to the mea on the outer side, and
kept her from' wasting. precious mi-
nutes. So there is the secret of the
time that both she and I have to give
for the great cause."
middle jun, large enough to hold the
After supper hewent upstairs to He returned to the subject of real dish you nee to cook the food in,'
maleinquiries bout the Bennett's�Make cu bion to
property,but t fit the
of a timefound. atopofthe
n it e
e21h
Re found that it was better; earl in hard to concentrate his thoughts. ca: perfectly and stuff y g n p k y d it with 1lay
the afternoon it had been seized with Peter was restless and now a, d then- or excelsior, .:tart your food cooking,
cemend,sions, and Mrs, Bennett in al spoke incoherently in delirium, ' Of pet it in tthe "nest" in the lard pail
r i' it'.
paroxysm `bf terror had carriedtither volae would a knowledge of real 'container, cover snugly -With the cies-
down
�o M Donohue, had
7n
who
x' .Tt ' anything ' '11'
o e be i# a bairn 'happened a
property 5*
dt
plunged it into a hot bath and then Peter? 3 Then when Pete p qu±eted hien, put on the pail cover, and let
summoned the doctor, Now it was down again and Jerry's •anxiety about the food cook itself.
asleep and seemed quite normal, but him was temporaiily relieved, Dave's The length of time necessary to cook
Mrs. Bermett was so unnerved that plight and Nora's plight. took posses -
she still needed the saI1oxt of rsSian Of.hi;'rhougLts. He drifted into
Don,obue's presexooe.?If
it should! a sentimental contemplation of the
have another attack and you iverea't old days when he had been a romantic
here, I don't know what I should do," dreamer and when romance had crown-
Mrs. Bennett had said, and the appeal eel with its 'glamour •and mystery poor
bad been irresistible. 11 ora''s head. He: exex cise h:i s tvidl.
This information Jerry's mother, power and set his mind' firmly upon
conveyed to hia. in whispers through the subject of real property again.
the half -opened door of the Bennett! Itis mother came in at midnight and
apartment; and then sb,e asked anxi-, spoke to hint in the hail. -
to her somehow. Goodness knewst "How is Peter, Jerry?"
I don't know where I,eu.ght to be," she; "Sleeping. Can you go to bed
said. But if Kate needs ale, you now'?
come: for me, and I'll manage to get' "Yes. The baby seems all right,
to ter somehow: Goodness kmews L and Mr. Bennett has got back, so Mrs.
it aver rains but itduns. gBennett feels easier.. Mr. Benn
p Thingse,i;t is
always happen in a bunch, 'or else they, waiting outside; he wants to speak to
don't happen at all. Its always been you e moment, 111 stay wilt Peter
'o, it 'always will be so, in anything till you come. IS Kate asleep?"
where I'm concerned." l "1 hope 'so, I tort her I'd watch.
Jerry went back to his own rooms to -night"
and persuaded Kate to Iet :him watch Jerry eteppecl into the 'dimly `llight-
far a while. The lamp was sh'ad'ed cd hall; Bennett came close to birne
so that it didnot throw its light d}r-1 "I''irct of al;l. Donohue, I want to tell
ectly on Peter's face, but Jerry could you how •grateful,' "WO are to your
see that his eyes remained half open mother; I -don't know what nrig'lit
and that from tfm,e to time. his lips • have happened to the kid if it hadn't
were mumbling inaudibly. And as: been for her, She's •a good neigh-
bor all right—J'm sorry to hear abotu
tli:e boy:"
"'Yes, but I hope I7,e'1l be better in
the morn inee"
"Sure he wild• ---There's a thing I
'learned this evening, Donoline--stor
came into the office just before I 'lett
I set 11 up. Sc'anllan's :rather ----you
know, the fellow 'that's jest been eon
vieted—hew father shot and killed his
son -ix -law, a fellow named Corcoran,
this evening, and then killed himself.
Walked int'o Goi o'ol an g fflro_e, weiee
rig'h't up to him, pulled a revoiver,;end
put a bullet through his heed. Then
turned thegun. on himself. They.5Cq
.t
Co rr,ol'ai1 and hi'. wife"1t-a�, sneer q
i q Sled,
told ,sho'd roue home" ,to her itolke
prol}al}1y excited !ler fathee against
hire ,"
Jerry listeted speechless. 'Does
sae know yet? lee asked flintily esk-
er,
sk-er,
' 1 supjceed they've ,sent tsonis ono
to tell hen•. I3uit t174 wasn't in the
etery t
lienneti, went up the stairs, and
Terry late riled to :wet by Peter's
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HAMILTON
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back appalled. vvorrt*ixie ,,
BOB LANG.
t,ATLNTED
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hat 0
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Issued by Canada Food Board.
Over 200,000,000 pounds of ,tied,
fish were caught and .landed in Nova
Scotia, New Brunswick and Quebec
last year. The fresh cod exported.
amounted to 6;733,400 poundis, of
width 5,063,500 pounds event to the
United States.
The dry salted cod exported amount-
ed to 80,7•25.000 pounds, the 'salted and
pickled, variety to 15,831,900 pounds
C :
t1
�d .the ..mdked cod
to i 36a s3..
all ,
,
pound,.
P .
It is estimated that somewhere be-
tween 90,000,000 and 100,000,000
pounds of cod should be available for
i
export this year if shipped fresh or
frozen, and between 50,000,000 and
55,000,000 pounds if 'cured.
bed. }ewrv thought no more about' i 'v
ine from hand to mouthasp
rob
the
low of real property that night. € ably never before ini:ts history.
(To be con tine ecl.) ` The stocks of food have been wiped
out, and the producers have been tak-
E.n
g,� OE..cI C,Ae,,,,,,9n„j Corner en from the„landin large numbers.:'
The call to those remaining is much
An .Appaling Situation.
That more people will die in Russia
durjng the coming whitey than have
died ttiere since the war began was
one of the startling statements made
by Forel Cohtrobler Thom con in an
address at Montreal. Tl1 se deaths
will be due to food shortage. Nor
will Russia be the only sufferer. It
has been necessary, Mr. Thomson said,
to feed fish to cattle in. the Scandina-
vian countries' in order to keep them
alive, and Holland and Denmark have
been practically stripped of live stock
beea'use04 lsed 'sdioxiage.
For next year, even if the end of
the WA does appear to be in sight,
conditions, twill be little abetter. Be-
cause of genel•al demoralization of 'I
the country less than one-third of
tale
usual area will be cultivated in Russia
in 1910, and, before the war, Russia
waS the world's 'longest exporter of
wheat.
As Olive means of partially .relieving'
the situation, Mr. 'Thomson hopes to
induce two hundced bow'iis and cities
in Canada bo ..undertake the cultiva-
tion of 2,000 ;neve of idle subdivisitrns
each. A" start has already been made
in this directi'on aatt Montreal, arid with
the help of iractotut 2,000 acres of
idle land _near thab eliy-will be broken
up before snow flies.
your job ii to grulh :stake ,ehie world.
¶llhat ie what you. are up against, and
i;t le quite a job, You can d,oit, You
'have clone it for Thur years,, ,an:(1 what
Was done then can be duplicated.
There is no 5170la.4t thing an ft food
sul:plus Iii 'Rile world. The universe
louder than ever before. It is more
insistent, and its demands must be
heeded. •"
The full dinner pail is but a memory
for millions on this earth: It can be
filled sufficiently to keep life going,
but it can only be filled -ley ,you. It
can't be done in Europe. It must he
done here.
Not untial the Hun is hammered into
submission, not until peace is dealer -
ed, and commerce resumes, its wonted.
way can: we let up for a minute
Get the tractors en the lana. Keep
them working day and night. Turn
over more aorce of land.
Plough'
"Lest We Forget,"
During ionto canteen work J re-
cently came in touch with an escaped
prisoner of war, tthol had spent one
year hi German captivity, and who
related some of his experiences, says
a cor'espondeni:, He :hoc} made wit
fewer than fax attempts to escape, and
the first five tutsilccessful efforts were
pullishecl in a meet barbaric fashion.:'
ile had to undergo a, 1'ecluciion in ra-
tions to 2 ozs. of bread aucl (2'ozs, of
meat per day. then solitary coefi.ne•,.
meat In at dark, cell for a fortnight
with only 2 0zs, of bread per clay.
The third attempt 'in escape' tailed {.
Rath the horrible reprisal of being
nailed to a plank of, woocx by the
fleshy web between the thumb and
£ozefinger, when 1<1,r•ge scars' stilt re-
maln. On the fourth occasion the poor,
fellow received three bayonet wounds
in the steins ch, ,,and the 'pirti}J]lilacnt
for the fifth c fort to escape avae; he
said,. too, terrible to be i elated.,
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