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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1919-5-8, Page 2Teary will go further or infusion and give; better satisfaction thart any other Tea obtaina le. . a A a a 13 510 Not a shadow of doubt about this. T Y IT 1 Nilt Sdand thc By GERTRUDti ] ROBINSON. • 1 PART I. 1 She wheeled around, and for a sec- Milly sig on the back porch shell- l and her blue eyes blazed at him. Then ing peas. The August sun shone orC her small, dripping hand 'shot out her pretty brown head, turning { and dealt him an unerring, dishwat- strands of hair to gold. As she'i ery slap across one smiling cheek. snapped open the crisp green pods 1 His mouth worked. The smart - she frowned disdainfully. After a11, l ness of the blow brought tears to his what was the use of working all the eyes. He looked at Ms betrothed in afternoon to get supper? The men bewilderment. Then he quietly leftt could eat it in half an hour, and then the kitchen. she would have to wash the greasy 1 Milly reverted to her dishwashing dishes and get the table laid for; with such vigor that by seven o'clock breakfast. She chased a pea that she had finished the dishes, tidied the escaped down the starched folds of ; kitchen, and completed the prepare- , her blue gingham, caught it and put tions for breakfast. Then she made a it reflectively into her mouth. As! slice of toast, a cup of tea, and she was munching the juicy* morsel climbed up the stairs to her mother's a voce sounded bn.:•k of her. { room. As she opened the door• her "Supper 'meet ready. Milly?" mother, a sling, tired -looking woman "Pretty near, Arthur," she respond with brown -gray hair and faded blue c,I without turnuzg her head. :eyes, sat up on the side of the bed. Arthur was' Billy's betrothed. He "You've had an awful lot to do,' owned the farm next to the Vinolhaven't you, child," she eommiserat-, place and in common with other alien ed. "It is a shame le had to play out' of the neighborhood was helping her to -day. I feel better now." father with the threshing. The habit Ilee daughter placed the tray by of old-fashioned 1 neighborliness had h c pec ne. hb iliac s.. ac the o 1 o peel window. "Come sit here in not died out in remote Danby. ithe breeze and eat your toast while' Milly lazily watched him a he it is crisp," she coaxed. Her mother strode to the well and ducked his slipped from the side of the bed and l head beneath the spout while the walked, swayingea bit, to the window. hiredman. ian�.PtmPedVz€o 1s _� As she sipped ed thetea a the tired lines Shethought he looked very mach faded from her fate. The wird ruf-' dile a drowned poppy as he emerged fled her hair and in the twilight she #roan "'the ducking, his Muck hair ebowed a striking resemblance to her eangiag in wisps . and his collarless daughter. Presently: she leaned over, shirt oven at the throat. After a the sill. "Why," she exclaimed, "isn't preliminary shake he came and sat Arthur r oih to helpfinish? He is 'down on the bottom step of the driving away." porch. Hie blue eyes, red about the; Milly glanced guiltily out of the rims from the irritating dust of the window. Sure enough, Arthur was threshing, gazed fondly at the girl. driving rapidly down the lane to URI She drew Ler dress away front his road. "He's been good help. I don't ooziness, tucked back. a stray wisp know what your father would have!,' of her tick hair and went on shelling done without him," continued her peas. mother. Still Milly was mute.- I He stretched out his hand. "Give "What's the matter? 'You and hel _me one. Milly?" he asked. She at- haeten't quarreled?" persisted- the: tempted to drop one in his out- older woman. 1 stretched palm, but with a quick PART turn of the wrist he caught her hand "He wants me to marry him so he and held it a minute. can have waffles every morning for Flame -red, she snatched away her breakfast," cried the daughter. -hand. "Don't be silly," she admen- "There, there," soothed Mrs. Vinol, ished.. "'Besides, you get me all wet "all men like good food. But I guess •,and dirty" he cares about you for .some other He latfghed tolerap'.ly; neverthe- reason than that. Was that what less he turned his eyes away from you quarrelled about?" the girl's fresh daintiness and stared "I don't want to marry Arthur, intently down the road. Presently he mother. I don't want to marry any - took a small comb from his pocket body. " What good did it do you to and began to disentangle his damp marry- father, and he is better than prat of hair, using the tank of rain- most of the men in Danby? All water beside the step as a mirror. they think a woman is good for is to Meanwhile Milly finished the peas cook for them and clean the house, .and went into the kitchen with them. and bring up what poor babies chance Half an hour later the men came to live." trooping in from the barn. After as "Milly!" exclaimed her mother, in summary a cleaning up as Arthur surprise. Tito Comfortable lied. Since the night* rest or unrest has everything .%n 'the world to do with the quality of the day's work, comfortable beds for all the family should be the care of every good housewife, Sagged springs and lumpy mattresses are the worst foes to bed condert; it doesn't pay to tolerate them.. A claw hammer or, a wrench may be all that is neces- saryto tighten upthat slacked wire g which plays havoc with the comfort qualities of your bedsprings. The beet thing for a lumpy mat- tress is to send it directly to the renovator or the junk man. If, how - e -ver, it be hut slightly uneven, a folded blanket :;placed; ;ppoi}..,:title springs, under, the depression will correct the "unevenness. Good, well - made mattresses are cheapest in the ! long run. The comfort features of I the shoddy article are short $ived Having yl invested est d in thearticle, good the next thing is to use it, well. Turn it frequently, end for end, and if wool padded on both sides, turn over as well. Don't 'shake it. Shaking tears the ticking and disarranges the padding. Puff up the mattress by gentle blows or.bringing the ends • together. ! It is a good plan to cover the springs with an old quilt or blanket, that in damp weather they may not rust the matress. Always use a sub- stantial protector on top of the mat- tress, something that can be tubbed without too much trouble yet thick enough to afford - d satisfactorypro- tection. P tection. The quilted ones are highly serviceable in that respect. Remembering that your motto is "bed comfort," do not have your pillows extremely e ne y large, nor stuffed too full. Even goosedown pillows can be made uncomfortably hard by crowding too many feathers into the ticks. The irnm nse pillow may give the beda luxurious appearance, but the small pillow which does not un- naturally bolster the neck and shoul- ders ismore comfortable. o �mfortable. It iswell' to enclose the pillow tick proper in a second tick made easily removable for laundering this in addition to the outside muslin slip—because of the difficulty of washing feathers. The muslin slip; ddes not afford suf- fielent proi:ectzoii.,fto'the tick, which will in time beeoine soiled.. { It is possible io wash feathers in ithe tick, but it is a tedious task to , dry them thus. When so washed, 'they should be hung on a line out- ' doors where the air will circulate freely through them,, and allowed to remain for several weeks, care being taken to bring them indoors in rainy weather. Feathers will dry more quickly if washed in a large bag, though this means the added labor of emptying and refilling the tick. In such case the best way to transfer' the feathers is to rip carefully one end of the tick and sew the open end: of the bag closely to that of the tick. No feathers will escape iii the trans- fer. Next rip tick and bag apart and sew or tie up the bag securely. When feathers are washed and thoroughly dried, replace by the same method and, withecarel you • will�not"have lost a feather.;. The old-fashioned tacked comfort is not a sanitary, affair. It does not admit of easy tubbing. Even though it be ripped up and the outside cov- ering washed, the batting cannot be cleaned, and there is all the labor of retacking. If the tacked comfort be used, care should be taken to keep the top end—which is soonest soiled, coming in contact with hands and face --covered with a strip of white cheesecloth extending about eight or ten inches on either side of the comfort. The cheesecloth can be re- moved when soiled, washed and re- placed. The old quilted coverlet was an advantage as a washable affair; had indulged in they gathered nois- ily about the long table spread on the side porch. Milly's father sat at the head of the board evith his pros- pective son-in-Iaw next to him. Six oiher men were ranged along • the sides of the long table. Milly served the meal alone. Her mother was in bed with a sick headache. As she made deft trips between the table and the kitchen Arthur's eyes fol- lowed her admiringly. He was bolder, than usual, for the men +were tool, mg hurried to stop eating for the custom- i In .flower be -sprinkled lanes! ary teasing they meted out to him.1 Oh. Spirit of the Verdant Spring, They wanted to work another hour Breathe life in me again. before dark so as to finish Vinoi'e threshing and move on to the next ; in bustling of the birds returning, farm that was waiting for them. Their mating. nesting and their• yearn - They swallowed the juicy roast lamb,,' ing green peas, fresh bread, iced tea, andi Antiphonal refrain; steamed pudding that was served' them in apprec• ti (To be continued.) An Invocation. Breathe on me. Spirit of the Spring, And let me live again In brooklets, lilting. rippling laughter, In roaring rivers turgid after Showers of April rain; In wild hepaticas a, -blowing. In trees and shrubs and grass a -grow - lienee. - In bleating lambs and cattle lowing, As the -men drew back noisily' from 1 In" the Creator's wise bestowing the kitchen. John Vinol stepped to 1 Of life with joy and pain. the kitchen door. i Oh, Spirit of the Vital Spring, "'Mother sick?" he inquired Iaeoni<l Let me live again, ;: , callL • , Miliy • nodded. 'In1 play of children in the wood, "Lucky the threshing'; n•eer," I In their unselfish brotherhood, commented the master of the farm.1 And lives without a stain; . Fie lighted his pipe from e taper in-; In faith which cultivates the soil, sertec: in the glow'ng range and 1 Irl hopes for harvest after. toil, strc•de off. Milly scrubbed the c•'oi:-! Through summer's heat and rain. ing• dishee with unnecessary vigor. ! ! Iver father's attitude angered her. i Oh . Spirit Spirit of the Spring,. He considered only the work, which i Let me live again. might have been interfered with by 1 e . his wife's ilness. A rattling noise be -1 They Would Try It. hind her made her turn hrcund.1 • e r}c,r of g,, tn.ct review of German Arthur, his hands full of dishes, was ; coming in from the porch. "Thought ! troops at Potsdam the Kaiser called I'd turn hired girl for a spell," he , out to the officer commanding the annonneed cheerfully. "Wish I had; Prussian Guard in a voice loud enough time to help clear up the whole mess,.' to be heard by all the distinguished but I've got to go back to that iguests who were grouped in front of thresher. 1 tire. place: ..;'illy. { "Pick rue out 100 nen from the Prue- • "Sorry." He edged toward the door. She had already turned an un -1 responsive back. Hand upon the ; latch of the screen the hesitated. turn cd, coughed, and plunged recklessly I into conversation. -' "Say, Milly. you'd better believe. I'm sorry I've got to go home for i meals to -morrow. Wish 1 was going to be. here for breakfast. You're making raised waffles, aren't you 7 That cook at my place doesn't know bow to make 'em or much of any- thing else. Next year this time • you'll he making them for me, eh?" Milly was still silent, but he, (.watching from the doorway, saw a pink flush creep up the nape of her neck to the very tips of her half - hidden earn. • He • tiptoed clumsily 'across the uneven •floor and,bending ewer, kissed one of the irate lobes. "Mother's sick," communicated : slap Guard! Then. taking the arm of King Ed- ward VII., who was there, he said, "Come with me." He escorted King Edward around the 100 men and then said banteringly: "Well, do you think you could find 100 men in England to beat them?" "I don't know so much about that," promptly replied the late King, "but I could easily find fifty who would. try." mits of turning the sheets' end for end in inaking the bed. It is not desirable that the same end of the _heet should be used alternately neat feet and face, As with the upper sheet, the strain an quilts and blankets.• is from, the foot, consequently in making the bed they should be tucked well under the foot of the mattress. Elaborately embroidered pillow 1'comfortable le to slips s are not themost o fo b P om sleep on. It is best to make such creations in the envelope style, into which the pillow, in a plain slip, can be tucked during the day, the pillow being divested of its mantle for night service. The thoroughly comfortable bed .is. the well -aired. •bed. However care- fully ventilated the sleepia•g •room at night, beds should—EA—be made up in the morning without first being con- scientiously aired, frecit ently sunned. Open wide all the windows; spread the bedclothes on theirs 'r in such manner that each piece will be ex- posed to the fresh air; turn back the protector from the mattress. The t sleeping -porch and the sun -parlor are ideal, for such purposes. Where they ann lacking, frequently hang the bed- clothes on a line out of doors where they will get the bright sunlight. Sunshine is a wonderful germicide and deodizer. Mattresses especially need to be, often -sunned. This prac- tice will be more easily carried out if the two-piece kind is used. The mattress in one piece is awkward to lift and for that very reasonon gener- ally does not receive the airing it should have. Always select a dry day for putting the mattress out, and never make up the bed with a damp mattress or coverings. Not onl ' z does careful attention to this detail make for bed comfort, but neglect of it invites various physical ills. Cleanliness throughout is one of the first necessities to the comfort- able bed. Soiled pillow slips, dirty bedclothes; dingy spreads, spoil the attractiveness of any bed, and conse- qY uentl detract from comfort. The dainty bed 'invites to• a night's re- pose. The single bed is preferable to the double bed. Even where there are two occupants of the sante room, it is better to have two cots than one large bed. Rarely will a person be found who can rest just as well with a bedfellow as he can alone; and if he can, it is not likely that his bed- fellow can. Seldom will two people be equally comfortable under the same amount of lege--'covering- and with the same method of ventilation; and unless committed to the same hours of rising and retiring, one must disturb the other. The doctors tell us that, if we are to have healthy bodies, we must sleep eight hours out of the twenty- four. Some few favored individuals may be able to spend more time than that in bed, but most of us find it difficult enough to allow ourselves the stipulated eight hours. Therefore, we cannot afford to waste any part of the precious moments in sleepless unrest because of uncomfortable beds. Let the assertion 'be repeated: It is the duty of every good housewife to see that all the beds 'in the house be made just as comfortable and as sanitary as circumstances will per- mit. "Do you break these sets?" asked the shopper in the chinaware de- partment, "No; I'm sorry to say we don't, madam," replied the polite salesman. "But if you keep a ser- vant -girl she will probably do it for you." but quilting is laborious and even` at best the quilt is a thin cover. Blankets, wool or cotton, and as many as the season requires, are good substitutes for the comfort. They can`'be washed'as often as oc- casion requires. Wool blankets should be washed in plenty of clean luke- warm suds --never in hot water, which brings out the oil in the wool and gives the blanket a greasy feel- ing when dry—well rinsed.in slight- ly soapy warm soft water- and dried on a windy day. This treatment leaves them soft and fluffy. The cotton blanket is very •satisfac- tory in all ways. It is well suited to the beds of people with sensitive skins who cannot sleep in wool blankets end wits,. 'a.t,••occupying .un- heated -rooms, find sheets uninviting- ly cool in winter time. It is just right in weight and warmth for an outside coverin' in summer time. It' is not hard to wash and is inexpen-li' sive. In making a bed the under sheet should be tucked well down under the head of the mattress, as all the strain an this sheet is from the top.' Tuck the upper sheet well under the' foot of the mattress, the strain on this sheet being from the foot. Al- ways lay the sheets with the wide hems at the top, the smooth sides of hems coming together. The practice of some housekeepers of making sheets with hems of equal width top and hottom is not a good one; it ad-• 'Ten Uses for Salt. 1. Salt dissolved in a little am- monia will remove grease spots. 2. A smoky or dull fire can be made clear by throwing a handful of salt over it. 1 3. Lemon juice and salt will clean copper and -brass. 4. To brighten carpets, wring a cloth out of salt water and rub the carpets well. 5. Ink stains that are freshly made can be removed from carpets by suc- cessive applications ,of dry salt. 6. Handfuls of salt will clean , saucepans and take away ,the un- pleasant smell of onions if they have been cooked in them. 7. Nearly every kind of basket work, matting or china can be clean- ed by washing with salt and 'water, 8. Salt in water Twill take insects from vegetables. 9. Before adding vinegar to mint for sauce always add a pinch of salt. This prevents the mint from going brown and greatly improves the flavor. 10. Tiles will look bright and .clean if scrubbed with salt. • tin Economical Apron. Every woman knows' that when a man's shirt has wornout cuffs and holes below the collar band, making the shirt unwearable, there is still e quantity of good material left. An apron can be made of the ma- ; terial, and in these days of high- priced cotton goods it will pay well to use the goods in this way. Cut off the neck, band and yoke, cut out sleeves, lay body of shirt out flat 'and 1 cut out apron,' making it as large as the goods will permit. The open ings on the side are sewed up. • 1 A facing for the top of the apron 1 is cut from what is left of one of the fronts. One sleeve will make the ; strings, and the other sleeve will Make a bili, if one is wanted. And with a little piecing a bib can be nlado with straps sewocl into strings Ott the b�tok. 'this mages an apron that can be ;put on with one motion.. No pins and no buttons. .and bib always' in place, Does Kitchener Know? Along the far filing battle line Ten thousand, silent guns recline,— T2ie heroic guns that fought"'f'Si• France Anel bloody Bertha's ordnance; The smoke has vanished overhead; The rivers are no longer red; Hush reigns suprreme where legions met; The Paris bells are ringing yet; The London lights aro all aglow: Does Kitchener • know ? The arrogant, blood -thirsty beast From menacingthe world has ceased, e , A word of scorn, his country's name, Nis flag, the emblem of shame, His scattered ranks for pity whine In hovels far behind the Rhine! "The Day" has come, "The Day" has gone, The mighty Armageddon's won; Freedom has vanquished Freedom's foe, Does Kitchener cknow? • In triumph's hour, shall we forget, Or underestimate our debt To him, beneath the briny wave Y Asleep iu his uncharted grave? The man who knew just what to do When first the Hunnish horde burst through; The iron man who used his head, And understood, and planned, and. did; We're ,harvesting what he did sow, Does Kitchener know? USE CANADIAN SARDINES. And Thereby Provide Employment For Canadian Fishe n. Fishermen. About 2,000 bread -winners in the sardine fishery industry on our Atlan- tic Coast are faced with unemploy- ment. The fishing season normally onttothe ojens Mayis > but owing p fact that the factories have a large surplus from last year it is not the intention of the inanagement to open until that is disposed of. .In view of the fact that hest year there were imported into Canada $286,- 000 worth of foreign fish of the sardine type from brance, Spain, Portugal, Norway and California—none of which are of batter. nutritive quality than the Canadian sardine—the Canadian Trade Commission requests -a volun- tary campaign on. the part of Cana- dian grocers, restaurants and house- wives to give preference for the next few weeks to Canadian -packed sar- dines. The enormous stocks of similarly canned fish in Europe and the United States quite prevent even the hope of export of the Canadian Maritime pro- duce, but the Trade Commission is confident that when the facts are eie Can be preserved at a cost of 20 per D®ZOK1 with Flerning Egg Preserver Simple to use; a child can ap- ply it. Just rub it on. Guaran- teed to keep eggs fresh for nine months and longer. A 60c box will do 30 'dozen eggs Get It fromyour dealer or send s0c to Fleming Egg Preserver Co. 166 Craig St. W. moatreol All grade: • Write for prices. TORON'O SALT WORKS '.(3. J. QLIR,F - TORONTO EAGLE "STren Write to•.rg+ay'' for our bid b. -11=E CATAL(i9GUX shoabing our full lines,,ppf Bicycles for lien and Women, Boys and'Glrls. MOTOR CYCLES MOTOR ATTACHMENTS MhTS 91A(9'i C Tires, Coaster Brakes, wheels, Inner Tubed. Zamps, Bens, Cyclometers, Saddles, Equip- ment and Parts of Bicycles. You eau buy your supplies from us at wholesale prices, T. W. ]3OYD & SON, 27 Notre Dsriae Street West. Montreal. brought before the public they will exercise that collective patriotic iu- nuence which solved similar tempor- ary difficulties in the vegetable and fruit seasons last summer and fall. The number of fishermen engaged in catching Canadian sardines is about ,x.200, and there are in addition '606 cannery employees, largely, women and girls. . 111111111111111 ;1 1111111Ili111IU n rill' rff Jr 4.- rxr 4 u-vi,,1 r, ii �l wt� ti nil +G f 1 no txC� IST 241 °pFd<. AREA Once she is fully -attired, a bride AND The old superstition of+"Marry in May, rue for aye!" dies hard, even in these prosaic tinges, and the bride who valves her happiness postpones her nuptials until the leafy month of June. The prejudice against the ''tenth. of May dates from the earliest -days of civilization,. The Romans observed the Festival of the Dead then, and during that period the temples were closed,. religious ceremonies were ne- glected, 'and .those who chntracted Matrimony then wore considered to be setting the gods at defiance, and court- ing all planner of evil fortune. A writer who flourished in B.C. 43 wrote. "The common people profess.- it rofessit is unlucky to marry in the month of May." The superstition is shared by , all European countries, with the ex- ception of Greece, where it is the pepu- lar bridal month. Mary Queen of Scots married her , third husband, the Earl of Bothwell, 1 in May, and tbat was the beginning- ! eginning1 and the end for her as queelh and as I ruler; so it may be that the remeni- I brance of her unhap,*'y life, and the tragedy which overtook one of the most fascinating figures in history,for Y, may have something to do with the reluctance of Scottish brides to enter into matrimony during this month. In this, as in other respects, there are scoffers who deliberately choose :May for their nuptials, and it is a coincidence that within recent years several of them have had cause to re- pent their temerity. One notable instance was that of the Ring of Spain a.nd Princess Nita of Baftenberg, whose wedding was cele- brated with the pomp and magnific- ence on the 31st of May. Everybody remembers vividly the sensation caused when it became known that a bomb had been thrown under their carriage on their way back to the pal- ace. The bride's gorgeous wodding- robe was stained with blood. Romance and superstition envelop every detail of the bridal ceremony, and prospective brides may be inter- ested to learn some of the things which they must, or must not, avoid if they would ensure their future hapi- ness. Should the bride be awakened by a small bird—a finch preferably ills city maidenmay have to content - . self with the cbirp of a sooty sparrow) —sheimay rejoice, as this is consider- ed a good omen. If swallows should sweep past her window at dawn, they invariably portend good luck. And other harbingers of health, wealth and happiness are a dove, a lamb, or a frog. encountered on her way to the church. But a pig, a hare, or a cat are unpropi- tious. If whilst she is dressing foe church a spider is discovered in the folds of her dress, it is a sign that she will never want money. MAY "KNOTS" AND "NOTS." • 941.e/ `i^e in are :Feu:t;c t;'3;' x wx :t teeth al must not ireturn to take a final peep, or, if she does, she must add a rose or a pin to her toilette. If she is wise, she will turn her back on her mirror while buttoning her gloves. If she breaks anything on the event- ful morning, it is a sign that she will not live ...happily with her husband's relations. • If she forgets to feed the cat, it uhf I may spite her by bringin- down the rain, and if it mews angrily as she w. CLARK. Ludi—sn is leaving for her honeymoon, then NuSraent she may expect family jars. 111111111111111111111{1111111111111111111ii11111111111110 Under no circumstances must the _ _ _ . _ _. _.. ___ _ ! bride permit herself to read, or listen SEND EREXPERTS 'PARKER'S Parker's can clean or dye carpets, curtains, laces, draperies, gowns, etc., and make -them look like new. Send your faded or spotted clothing or household goods, and RKR'5 will renew 'them. We pay carriage charges one way and guarantee satisfactory work. Our booklet on household helps that save money will be sent free on request to • PARKER'S DYE WORKS, Limited Cleaners and Dyers 791 Yonge St. - • Toronto to the reading, of the marriage ser- vice, or part thereof even, on the eve of her wedding, let alone the day it- self; nor must she look upon her bridegroom until she meets him -at the altar. HUNS FIRED 278 ROYALTIES. One German State Had a Royal Person For Every 5 Square Miles. A German professor figures out that the abdications and dethrone- nhents in Germany e. include 278 per - sone. Bavaria leads with one King. one 'Queen, fifteen Princess, sixteen Princesses, five Dukes, auci one Iluch- ess. at Prussia has sent 38 royalties- ut exile, . incl tiding the h'anperor, ;m press, twenty Princes •and eleven 1 Princesses. Brunswick is at the bottom of the list, with only the dual couple and their three children. The two tiny principalities of Reuss, whose area is hardly one -three hundredth part of that of Prussia, have exiled 38 royal- ties. The principality of Lippe, only abort _ twenty square miles larger then the 1 Hews states, had a royal family num- bering 24 persons. Most extraordin- ary is the case of Schomberg -Lippe with its area of 130 square mile,, whore there was nearly one royal per- sonage for every live square miles. ']'hese inclncletl the reigning Prince, seventeen Princes and seven Prin- ceeses. VaSZ SMIEMsoc'„ r' "�'�'?'M trit2 F(x�� .... PETA'M`a SIE',i•.",l9Si.irs�.'k•3T-Z, u`iTx" gaEZIM_c3;F,'Y.IMS Sao leOzttZESZaTietn.M..2 .a Franco Buys Eight B.C. Ships. • blight of the 2? wooden steamers,. built oh the Columbian coast to the or - dor of the Imperial Munitions Board. sineo arriving in the United Kingdom have been sold to tho French Guvern- inent. A wet ulnbrella or raincoat should never be left resting against the i trelephone cord because it causes a •.iort circuit and can quickly put the •:'' 'i ,Co c;:it of order. The saute l:l,.ic, • to wet mops, floor ':laths, etc.