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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1909-11-25, Page 6Hints for Busy Housekeepers, Recipes mild Other Valuable "information Of Particular interest to Women Balite, ;" MISCELLANEOUS RECIPES, Codfish Sotiffle.—•Buil a cup irieein a quart of milk until so while hot beat into it a cup of shre ded oodfisli. one • big spoon butt yolks of three eggs, and pepper taste. When cold add the haat: whites of three eggs and bake pudding dish thirty minutes; ser with melted butter for a sauce, French Mayonnaise. — Elite eggs beaten with egg beater un stringless or, say about ten or fi teen minutes, Add five pups stro eider vinegar and one cup wato stirring all the limo. Add one -ha cupful sugar, and one -quart pound mustard nixed into, a pas with water, and add graduall Place in a double boiler and bo from one-half to three-quarters air hour, until thick. Stir occasi ally to keep mixture smooth. Se ip self -sealer jars. This will mak about two quarts when done. Wi keep indefinitely, sealed or unse ed. Peanut Twist.—To one cupful bread sponge add one egg well be ten, one ,cupful confectioner's s gar, one cupful sweet milk,'and on cupful. salted peanuts, chopped (n ground), Thicken with flour as fo bread, let raise, roll out, eut i strips fifteen inches long and on inch wide, twist, fold ends togethe and twist again, put in greased bak ing pans, let raise, brush top wi white of egg, bake thirty minutes ice tops. Fine for breakfast o luncheon. Fruit and Nut Rolls,—Sift thre times three cups flour, six leve teaspoonfuls baking powder, one half teaspoonful of salt. Rub h one-third cupful of butter, and add gradually, one cupful of milk, cut ting in with a knife to a soft dough. Turn out on the floured board and roll into a rectangular sheet one- third inch thick. Brush with soft butter and dredge with two table- spoons sugar mixed with one-half teaspoon cinnamon. Then sprinkle with chopped filberts and raisins. Roll up like a jelly cake, then cut across it in inch slices. Set these on end in a buttered pan close to- gether and bake twenty minutes. White Bread.—Put three cupfuls of flour in a bowl and at noon, when you cook potatoes pour the boiling hot potato water on the flour, mash three good sized pota- oes; mix well. Have a cake of east dissolved in a cup of luke- warm water and when the our and otato water is about lukewarm, tir in the yeast well. At night take ne and one-half yuarts of warm water, one tablespoon of salt, the lune of sugar, one-half cupful of and and butter mixed; add the yeast and stir well. Put in enough flour to make a firm sponge; leave to rise all night. In the morning roll out a srnallpan of biscuits, which will be as white as snow; the rest mold into loaves. This recipe, if followed, will make excellent bread. of ft; d- er, to 011 in ve en til f - ng r, if er to y. ii of on al 11 a1- of a- tt- e of r n e r, Glu e 1 c.1I:E RECIPES. Devil's Food.—gut on stove one, half cupful of sugar; heat one egg,• cne-half cupful of milk, two squares of chocolate. Let boil. Set aside to cool. One capful of sugar, one- half ettpful of butter, one-half cup- ful of sweet milk, two eggs, one tea- spoonful of vanilla, one and three- fourths cupfuls of flour, one tea- spoonful of soda. Stir in boiled chocolate, and bake in loaf. French Date Cake.—Take two cupfuls of granulated sugar, six eggs, two cupfuls of flour, two tea- spooefuls of baking powder, one. pound English walnuts chopped, one pound dates chopped. Beat the white and yolk of eggs separately. Cream sugar and yolk of egg first. Add the white of egg. Gradually add flour without baking powder. Then the chopped nuts and dates. Sunshine Cake,—Sift one cupful of sugar and one of flour separately five times. Beat yolks of four eggs until light. Beat whites of eight eggs with pinch of salt until about half stiff, put in one-third teaspoon- ful of cream of tartar and beat un- til stiff. Add sugar and yolks of eggs and beat again hard. Fold in the flour lightly. Bake in mod- erate oven. Cake Making.—fever beat eggs for a cake. Drop the unbeaten whites in the last thing and stir first enough to mix well with the batter. This is against all ecienti- fie roles for cake making, but after one trial you will not doubt, such soft, moist, light, fluffy cakes are the happy vomits. CANDY. Sauerkraut Candy,—Two cupfuls of brown sugar, one-half cupful of boiling water, Boil until it hard- ens in cold water, add cocoanut, heat and pour on buttered dish • Divinity.—First part—One cupful of granulated sugar, one-half cup- fuI of water;, boxy until it hairs, Second part—At the same time boil until brittle two cupfuls granulated sugar, one cupful of syrup, and enough water to cover it. Beat the whites of two eggs in a large bowl, then pour the first part in and beat well. When the second part' is brittle also beat it in.,Beat in a quarter' of a pound of alnuts or dates, figs, and candied cherries;. out in small pieces; makes it deli - dons, Beat until not sticky and: drop in small pieces on a good sized bread board with a spoon. Chocolate Marshmallow, --• Two cupfuls of sugar, threw tablespoon- fuls of chocolate or cocoa, one tea- spoonful ofbutterel Mix well and add, one-half cupful of sweet -milk. When boiling drop in the marsh- mallows, When done beat well and add one teaspoonful of vanilla ex- tract. Pour iuto a buttered pan. When cold cut in squares. Peanut Candy,—Two cupfuls of molasses, one cupful of sugar, one cupful of water, one-half cupful of vinegar (a small one), butter size of an egg. Boil until brittle, then stir in the peanuts (take the skins off first), and pour out on greased plate. Can use English walnuts or hickory nut meats. 1N THE LAUNDRY, Boil Starch.—Boil starch well to avoid sticking when ironing thin dresses and. shirt waists. Have a yard of cheesecloth well wet and dampen article as required; it will save both time and patience and as- sure good work. A good sleeve board can be made by smoothing off a piece of board and pad and cover; screw to under part of ironing board, where it worn be ready ofr use. Madras Curtains—When launder- ing madras curtains instead of put- ting on the stretcher try this sim- ple but practical way: Take curtain while still wet and put on the cur- tain rod; also put a heavy rod os a weight in the lower hem. Hang one as a time at an :open window and. stretch the desired width. This scheme is.especially good for barred curtains, as they are sure to be even. Lingerie Ribbons.—Narrow rib- bons such as are used in lingerie may be freshened by this method: Wash with any scented toilet soap, ur white soap will do; rinse in sev- eral clear waters in which a bit of borax has ben added, and while still wet draw over a dull knife or scissors, and they will be almost as good as new. Washing Fluids. — Five cents' worth of lump ammonia, five cents' of salts of tartan, one box potash. Dissolve in a gallon of cold water and keepin a jug. When washing use one cupful with a bar of soap to a boiler of water. This recipe is fine to wash flannels in when luke- warm. Starch Help.—A teaspoonful of kerosene added to starch gives a fine gloss to clothing and prevents starch from sticking ng while ironing. USEFUL HINTS. Scrubbing brushes should always be hung up when not in use. Pull lace gently, opening the mesh with the left hand as you iron with the right. • Cutting onions, turnips and car - ruts across the fibre makes them more tender when cooked. Cheese is an excellent substitute for meat, and there is infinite vari- ety in the ways of preparing it. All embroideries and colored gar- ments should be, ironed on the wrong side whenever possible. To brown the upper crusts of pies and tarts, before putting them in the oven brush with a little milk. For a rusty stove sprinkle lemon juice liberally over the rust before blacking and polishing the stove. The housewife should never allow her floors to be painted ; they should be stained, shellacked or waxed, Mix pastry several hours before it is to be rolled out, and much la- bor is saved and a better result ob- tained. Thin brown bread and butter sandwiches are the most appetizing accompaniments for fish salad of any sort. It is said that ink stains on white goods and also on the hands may be removed by rubbing them with a ripe tomato. Whole cloves scattered plentiful- ly among clothing in dresser draw- ers will keep away moths as effectu-. ally as camphor. Iron rust stains should be washed in oxalic acid melted in hot water.. Rinse with pore water and a touch of ammonia. Fat is a preventive of neuralgia, and people who stiffer in this way, but dislike fat meat, should eat lib - orally of thin, well -buttered bread. A dozen grains of rice in a salt- cellar will absorb dampness and keep the salt•in powder. It also auks die lumps that there may be in salt, Eggs strengthen the consumptive, invigorate the feeble, and render the most susceptible all but proof against jaundice in its toast rualig- tient'phase. Flutter should be. bought in small quantities, owing to the feet that it gniekly becomes musty, and for the same reason it should be kept serupuously free from damp. In stewing fruit, boil the water and sugar for fifteen minutes, thou add the f ruit, and simmer gently till tender. This method keeps the fruitwhole, izo e, a t t d itretains its full flavor. When roasting meat in an .open pan, wet a clean white muslin cloth and ley over the top of the meat. It will keep from getting hard and does not require bastingso often, and the meat is much nicer. Polish a leather bag which has begun to look shabby.with this mix- ture ; One tablespoonful of boiled linseed oil and 'two of vinegar, Shake web. Rub in a little, and thenpolish with a soft duster. If you will slip a thin piece of whalebone intra the hem whore looks and eyes are to he sewn you will avoid running the thread through on the wrong side. Slip the whalebone out after the work ie completed. To remove marks of rain from a mantle take a damp cloth and damp the place marked with the rain, then take a hot iron and iron the mantle all over the wrong side and the marks will be removed. When ironing box -pleated waists and the plaints are twisted together with the starching, take a stick of wood and insert in the plait to open it up, and you will find the plaits can be ironed quite readily. Blankets need not be thrown aside when they become worn and shabby. Washed and put together in thicknesses of two or three, with covering of pretty cretonne or dim- ity, they make very nice, warm quilts. Flannels should be well shrunk before they are made up into gar- uents. The process of shrinking is very simple—merely soak the flan- nels, first in cold, then in hot water, and leave them in the latter for a time (until the water is cold). When boiling a ham always add a teacupful of vinegar and six or eight cloves for each gallon of water. They improve the flavor wonderfully. Let the ham cool in •he water in which it was boiled, and it will be deliciously moist' and nice. The habit of playing with the baby, making it laugh and crow to how off its intelligence may delight the mother, but if repeated with any frequency is simply paving the way for a normal baby to grow up nto a nervous child. The .best treatment for baby during its first year is to attend carefully to its physical wants and to absolutely neglect the fact that it has a mind at all. A PLAGUE OF BABOONS. Aie the Crops in Nigeria so least Natives Gave up Farming. In many parts of Nigeria, and specially among the hill regions of he northern provinces, baboons are of thegreatestplagues to the one p o armer and a source of menace to property and even to life. A Pro- eetarate officer while engaged ie business in a mountain village was nformed by a local queen that her people could net continue their farming owing to the raids of ba- boons. During the absence of the men a few weeks previously these beasts had actually come into the heart of the village and destroyed the crops, according to the Wide World Ma- gazine. The natives are in constant dread of them and continually fear or the safety of their children. Sir William Wallace relates that he has seen droves of fifty to a hun- dred of these animals all in single file, and that lately he himself shot two enormous brutes who were grinning at hien from the cliffs. They utter a nerve shattering and horrid bark. They possess a regular system of defence and always have signallers out to watch for the approach of a possible. enemy. These scouts are always the biggest monkeys and they signal by barks to their coin - lades when strangers are approach- ing. • LITTLE LEFT. "Now," said the physician wlio is noted for his heavy charges, "1 must take your temperature." ".All right," responded the pati - eat, in a tone of utter resignation, "You've, got about everything else I owe. Thee's no reason why you shouldn't take that, too." DOi 'Tis best to think before you speak,; ?.t is the safest way'; Don't always say just what you think, But do think what you say. If some men ever lead any good y intentions they meet have chloro- formed hloroformed then. TJIIJ IIOTJST ELY'S HABITS, Ooe of elle 1i'olet Dise2Oe.Viirriers Known. The common house fly was. peiut- ed in its true colors as one of the worst mediums of carrying disease that has to be contended against, by Dr. Gordon O. Hewitt, Dottie - ion Entomologist, of Ottawa, before the minuet meeting of the Entomo- logical Society of Ontario, recently held at the Ontario Agrioultnral College, Guelph, "While thousands of dollars have been expended in the south to pre- vent the spread of fever, through the extermination of mosquitos, there has been little done: to pre- vent the house fly from doing just DA extensive a work in spreading disease in the northern come - tries," said Dr. Hewitt, "Extor- minate the house fly and yeti out down the death rate," said the speaker, and he referred particular- ly to the'iufantilo death rate caused by intestinal diseases and dies rltoea; which were readily spread by the fly. He believed that the so-called harmless fly, was yearly causing the death of hundreds,•o• even thousands, of infants, as well as spreading the germs cf typhoid fever." People were getting . away from the idea, Dr. Hewitt said, that he statement that the fly is a carrier' of disease was made by clunks or faddists, and the theory that the fly 1va8 matte clean by "washing it- self" was utter foolishness. As one who has made a study of the history of the fly, its habits and breeding places in England and in Canada, he described every fly as being laden with bacteria,perhaps harmless, but likely to be the bac- teeia.of dangerous diseases. The doctor then described how the fly, coming into the house, light- ed in the sugar bowl andin the milk vessels, and the latter had been shown to be a perfect medium for disease in which bacteria was found to develop very ranidly, when flies were about and milk was not protected. Instances were given where the death rate in United States cities had been reduced by precautions against opportunities for the fly to get in its disease -spreading work. Oin the New York waterfront it was shown that typhoid outbreaks were concurrent with the presence of decaying vegetables and sewage. HIS OWN GRANDFATHER. Peculiar Relationship of au Italian Sailor to Himself. It is seldom that a man claims to be his own grandfather. However, that is the position of an Italian sailor who some years ago married a widow with one child, a girl. His father fell in love with this girl and married her. Consequently his own father became his son-in-law, and his stepdaughter his mother. . In a short time his wife gave birth to a son, who, naturally, was his fa- ther's stepbrother and, at the same time, bis own uncle, since he was his stepmother's brother. In due time his father's wife also gave birth 'to a boy, who was his brother and also his grandson, as he was the son of his. daughter. His awn wife was now his grandmother, as she was the mother of his mother. Thusa he Was at one and the ms e time his wife's husband and grand- son. Now, as the husband of a per- son's grandmother is naturally that person's grandfather, he is fore - eft to the conclusion that he is his own grandfather. OBEYING ORDERS. Seamen are strict disciplinarians,r and a ship's crew seldom even dreams of interpreting a comman- der's orders otherwise than literal - 1,r•. Of the recognized rigid type was a certain English captain. The way the strict letter of his law was ob- served aboard his ship is described by a writer in the London Tele- graph. One den, while the ship was in a certain port, the captain gave a dinner to some town acquaintanc- es, and as the resources of the ship were not great, some of the sailors were deputed to wait on the table to .re -enforce the insufficient num- ber of stewards. As these men were not used to such work, each one was told exactly what service would fall to his share. The hour sante; and the dinner went merrily on. Presently, however, one of the ladies wanted a piece of bread. There was none near her, and the finely disciplined stewards seemed to be quite blind to her need. She turned her head and spoke softly to the man at her elbow. "Bread, Please," she said. He looked re- gretfully at the bread and then at her. It was evident that he would fain have helped her if it bad bean in his power. He saluted in fine naval style. "Can't do it, ma'am," said he. "I'm told off for 'Galeas," PROOF. Tommy "We're going to move soon," Sammy -"Haw do you know2" Tommy—"Irow do' I know? Didn't me mother lemma break a winder t'othet' day and didn't say nothin' 1" A. STRo:VG, RESOI4IITE WIIb The Prosperity of the Soul Is Attained by Sell -Control, Soul welfare demands an honest, Paul wrote, "I can do all things active mind, Ignorance is not of it self sinfulness, but it is the fruit fu1 soil in which many fortes of si flourish. There may be a kind e knowledge whieh is worse than ig "I norance, f the light that is i thee be darkness, how great is the darkness 4" Where the whole trutl is not eagerly welcomed soul pros polity is an impossibility. ' One sided knowledge that will inevitablJ develop one-sided. souls and one sided institutions. On the other hand, intellectual candor, stripped of bias and prejudice, would lead t l astonishing results. The long indulged dream of church unity, fur example, will be realized when the day of intellectual honesty dawns. Normal and healthy feelings aro also essential to soul health. But it is possible to turn fiction, the drama, life's daily experiences and even religion itself ' into fields of emotional dissipation. ONE OF THE FUNCTIONS of the 'feelings is to set us. thinking. (2 we habitually refuse to heed thom the normal feelings of gladness, sympathy and indignation for injus- ,tice die out of the soul. Indigna- tion against evil and enthusiasm for righteousness become alike im- possible. A 'strong, resolute will is also necessary ' to soul -health. Mere. wishes or desire should not be mis- taken for purposes. Regulate and control the desires, and the rest is comparatively easy. The wrong Purposes which dominate a soul were' in the first place merely wrong wishes. P through flim who strengthened toe. He had discdvered the secret of soul power, This must be sought, not in ourselves alone, but in the moral and spiritual reinforeement arising froue the sense of favor and friend- ship onGad. the part of the Supt ='ate .ti0- ing-- Prosperity of soul demands soul growth. Growth is the replacing of worn out tissues and new and greater supplies. Soul force. con- sumed in vanquishing temptation is replacedbeereuewed and increased force, and this is soul growth. All growth proceeds from rudimentary state to formative, and from that to maturity, and from maturity to :THE CULTURE STAGE. This is the poal in every field. The workman 9,11115 to become expert, and the scholar to becunme cultured. The progress of the soul should not stop short of the cutltured stage. In spring the blossom comes and goes; bub leaves a tiift of green which, rounding out to the fall, be- comes the solid apple. The mellow- ing process -comes, and acids, which bitterly antagonized each °thee, blend into one delightful flavor, while' the tough, woody substance becomes a mass of luscious crystals. 1 Thus the principles of the soul, its knowledge,its faith, its emo- tion, its purposes, all blend in the prosperous soul into one mellow and pleasing personality, of which only is it safe to pray, "Mayost thou prosper in all things, even as the ,soul prospers." Rev. A. MacDonald Reach. THE S. S. LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, NOV. 28. Lesson IC. Paul on Self-denial. (World's Temperance Lesson.) Rom. 14. 21. Verse 10. Why ... judge, : . . why set at naught thybrother? g Two classes ,mentioned in verso 3. The weak are not to be harsh in their judgment of the' strong, nor are the strong to despise the scruples of the weak. All are bre- thren, with a claim on one another's affection and forbearance. We shall all stand—Including Paul, those that judge, and those that set at naught. Human judg-; ments have no significance in view of the final sentence of God. The Authorized Version has "Christ."' Paul passed naturally from "God." to "Christ." Compare Rom. 2. 16. 11. It is written—Isa.• 45. 23. Of- fered as proof of a' universal judg- ment. 1 Every knee signifies visible wor- ship, and every tongueaudible. Confess t o God—Make acknow- ledgment of his might, and good- ness. This voluntary and universal subniiss'ion is Paul's idea of the con- summation ofthe ages. 12. Each one of us ... of himself -Emphatic inference from the pro- phet's words, that the judgment will be not merely universal but solitary. With the responsibility of that hour in view, we should con- l cern ourselves, not with the weak- nesses and faults .of our brethren, but with the stern work of making t possible a good account of ourselves in that day. I 13-21. In all conduct we must think, not merely whether what we do is in itself right, but whether it will have a baneful . effect upon others.By the law of love we are n bound to desist from any act that is likely to injure another bro- ther. 13. Judge ye this rather—"Make no decision about your. brother's 0 character, but make this decision about your own future conduct." Paul teaches consistently that the a abuse of. Christian liberty inay o prove to another a stumbling -block, or an occasion of falling when this brother's way is, for him, a plain, p unobstructed path to heaven, 14, Know ; . am persuaded --A� solemn conviction, growing out of el his union with Jesus, who, as Lord c of the conscienee, has sole author- c ity to pronounce judgment (verse o 0), • tli Nothing is unclean of itself i Apart from conscience and a man's !. f relation to society, there are no die- I tinctions of food. Among the Jaws, • 0 ceremonial law forbade the eating v of things sacrifi:cod to idols, The revelation to Peter, .that. God's pro- •* 0181000 aro nmm riot coon (Acts 10. a 15), Paul bore • raitldirms, The 07i. a ceptia0 to this. is, of course, that '1 a thing becomes unclean to the roan 51 whose conscience forbicls hint to b touch it. Because, a man's view of n right and wrong is false is. not reason why he should.violate i Even a mistaken .conscience has a thority. 15. For if—Introducing a reaso for Paul's exception to a universe rule. Because 6f meat thy brother i grieved—It is inconsistent with tru love for a strong man of faith to in sist upon his rights when his cours harms his weaker brother. Destroy, not with thy meat h' for whom Christ died—Note t1t strong contrast. Is it not the pat of the sturdy Christian to pay a least the small price of refrainin from a cherished habit, if by so do ing he may save from ruin one fo whom Christ paid so dearly 4 • Destroy—Violation of the law o love carries with it possibilities endless rain to the one we see merely to grieve. 16. Your good—Your faith, with its liberty, may be blasphemed. (lit- eral meaning of evil spoken of) by men who see you persist in what is your unquestioned right, but which leads to the destruction of another, for "they will think that what you value most in the gospel is that`it breaks down the restrictions of Ju- daism and allows men to' eat any thin. g 17. Kin gtlorn of God—Connectin Paul's teaching with Ohrist's. No- tice the otice'the striking contrast of thi verse with Matt. 6. 31-33. If a man insists upon eating and drinkin certain things, in:themselves not harmful, but in spite. of another's scruples, it looks as if he thought them the all-important things of the kingdom. The great things of the kingdom are righteousness in one's relations and dealings with others,. peace, through preserving harmony between the weak and' strong, and he joy of Christian brotherhood which grows out of the common in- dwelling Holy Spirit. 18. Herein—In the spiritual. graces of righteousness, peace, joy. Serveth Christ -Is in a slave's bondage to Christ's law of love, and of to his own animal appetites. Well -pleasing to God—And there - ore a fit member of his kingdom. Approved of men—Your conduct will be well, instead of evil, spoken f. 19. Things which make for peace —Not judging and slighting one an- ther, but making allowance for ne another's rights and scruples. Edify—Literally, build up. In he oreetion of a building it is im-� octant that the differenb-parts should harmonize, 20. Overthrow not—Do not pull own the building erected tJt such ost. Having stated his broad nrin- iples, Paul i•ctarns .to the subject questionable foods, repeating at, while food may clean, it is sinful: to eat it if it makes another all. 21. It is 'gond—Contrast to the vii, spoken of in the previous a t. u n 1 e e tin e rt g r of m g s g I missed. in 'rithmetie, an' lost A chanst to git up head, An' in the spellin' Blass I left A letter out of "dead." An' that al' lump growed, an' I says: "S'pose if maw should die Right now, an' me a-leavin' her Thout kissin' her good-bye." Geo ! That's the longer' mornin' 'At I ever spent, I know, 11 seoined lilce more'n, fifty years 'Fore it was time, to go. An' never mind what happened When I seen my maw, but I 'Ist bet I won't go away no more 'Thout kissin' her good-bye.. DIDN'T KNOW HER PLACE. Mistress—"Why did you leave your last place 1" Nett Cool:—"Th' minus was got- ting too independent." Its easier to.loacl some .men to the bar than it is to drive them I away, erso. Not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine Flesb and wine offered to idols rc. meant, though, of course, the pn110811on is brander, and includes nvthiug which my brother's con - mince may absolutely proltobit, ut which he may be led, to do by i iy t a, rlt'e r MEAL BEFORE. BEDTIME NOTED AU',I'.IIORI'I'"1' ASS1+111I' A 11J�iW THEO'R'Y. - dllalies Levet Demand 01) the boot. lotter7 Dlcchttaisni — Right Food To Tat. That a certain amount of d] es- tible food taken just before going to bed induces restfnlnees and eon• tributes to a quiet sleep is asserted by Di'. "G, 11 I. Niles, who discusses ' sleep initssolation to digestion in the Journal of the American Mo. dicot Association, Our quotations are front an abstract in the Medical Record, Says this paper "As to the actual influence of sleep on digestion there is, some conflict of opinion.. . It is a well- known physiological feet that theelniination of carbon dicxid and ab- sorption of oxygen are diminished during sleep, mainly because tho muscles are less active. , While other secretions.are diminished dui. ing sleep, this does not apply to those of the digestive e,ppai'atus. When the brain is alert, the reflexes on gutted, and the voluntary.inus- ales at work, each department of the human economy is calling for its quota of INNERVATION AND BLOOD; those different departments are ex- acting their tribute from the con- structive forces, and turning over to the excretory organs the pro- ducts of combustion and waste. During this' period the digestive department can draw only. a work ing interest, not being permitted to put away any appreciable surp- lus, until the day's activities aro ended. Sleep stills the voluntary movements, decreases the carbon dioxid output, and snakes the least demand on the'involuntary vital mechanism. It is then that -Nature,' our industrious handmaiden, begins her constructive housekeeping. She does it in an. orderly co-operative way, following a. regular method of work in repairing waste, actively forming new tissue, and.giviug just the proper amount of caro and np urishment required of all parts, both mental and physical, in regu- lar sequence." The following general. dietetic recommendations in. relation to sleep aro given by Dr. Niles:— "The young infant cannot" got too much sleep, and this is best at- tained by filling his stomach at' stated intervals. Vigorous, grow- ing children and those engaged in manual labor thrive on a full break- fast and dinner, these .two meals containing most of the DAILY QUOTA OF PROTEIN. The supper may be plentiful in quantity, but should consist of such articles as bread, milk,'N;cereals, eggs, fruit, etc., which do not un- duly stimulate the nerve centres by their metabolic products. Soups, rich extractives and solid proteins also cause the bladder to be filled with urine rich in waste products and very acid, this being a factor worth considering. Those who la- bor with their. brains, or skilled ar- tlzans whose crafts demand mope tae tension and but little muscular effort, will find their efficiency, bosh subserved by a light breakfasts a slightly more plentiful lunch, and at the close of the day's work a generous.mea1, provided that after it three to five waking hours are al- lowed, so that psychic reflexes may havetion," an opportunity to contribute their share to the process of. digos HIS UNLUCKY DAY. W'unst I got mad at maw, I don't remember why, But I 'ist walked right off to school 'Thout tellin' her good-bye. A big of lump came in my throat An' oust' near made me cry, For me an' maw is awful pals An' allies kiss good-bye. An' might' near ever -thing I did 1 Went wrong, looked like to me; I stubbed my toean' tore my waist An' fell an' skinned my knee. n 4