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By Florence Morse I{ingsley.
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CHAPTER III.—(Cont'd). "I'm afraid I shan't be home th e
As Mary Brett laid out a substan-) year, little Mother o' Mine, so I want
tial outfit for Van Auken's Dan, she! you to buy yourself something splen -
was congratulating herself on the fact' dict and unusual, from me, Something
that she had not accepted Cousin Al you've wanted fora long time and
mire Biddle's offer to stay with her denied yourself, You see, I know your
for a few days, Almira would have ways, dear."
run to the telephone at the first sight What could be mere "splendid and
of the muddy floor and despoiled unusual" than this motherless, home -
larder. Miss Biddle's limited imag-'I less boy, who so sorely needed what
ination could never have overleaped she as sorely needed to give? Her
the barrier of the prima facie evi-fancy, always nimble -footed, sped on
dente. She would have insisted upon, into the future—his future and hers,
handing the offender over to the' She would get work for him in the
authorities. Mary Brett actually village, an easy matter, now that so
shivered, as she reflected on the boy's) many men were away. He should
probable fate, had she not chosen to 1 have George's room. and together they
come hone alone. In h{r other -world -1 would read George's books of an even-
ly thoughts it was all a beautiful web ing. Already she had thanked God
of providence: the boy had bean sent'' for him in her heart.
to her with a double purpose: already! Something of her thoughts she told
he had helped her over the difficult) him but not all. He must first per -
business of home -coming withoutform the task she had set him. And
George more effectually than any! with this for a peg whereon to hang
stereotyped sympathizer could pessib- all her simple exposition of faith, 'rhe
ly have done. There had been, indeed,) told him how he must go to meet his
no time for the tears she had promis- trial.
ed herself. She vowed to help him to „You must pray every minute of
the limit of her ability; and it was, the way," she said, "and God will give
quite in keeping with her character you just the right words to say to
that having broken her alabaster box, that man. There is a right way and
she should empty it to the Last frag-
rant drop—was he not her brother?
CHAPTER IV.
a wrong way—a hard way and an easy
way to do everything. If you ask God
to help you—quite simply and without
It was late in the afternoon before fear—He will do it. Perhaps you have
she bade the newly -christened Daniel never prayed. If you havefnnou begin
Maitland good-bye. They had eaten now. You wills soon find out hew
dinner together and, as before, he wonderful it is to have an unseen
Friend."
helped her make everything neat. Also,
he repaired the broken window fasten-; "I learned a prayer, once," he said,
ing and secured the unguarded cellar
when she paused. An old, old woman
against further .intrusion. She heard at the poor farm taught e. to me when
him whistling boyishly over his task I was a child. It begins, `Now I lay
and smiled indulgently to herself. It me down to sleep, I pray Thee, Lord,
was all really very funny when one, my soul to keep.' The cid woman said
came to think of it! She must write it would keep the bogies away and
to George about it. that I must remember to say it when -
She was still smiling over the un- ever I was frightened. Many's the
deniable humor of the situation when time I've repeated the words at top
he came in to wash his hands at the speed, the cold shivers running upi
kitchen sink. and down my back. I guess it was
"I hate to leave you here alone," he better than no praying.
said impetuously, then reddened with Presently their talk drifted to the
honest shame, as he perceived the outside world anis then she told him of
twinkle of amusement in her kind her Christmas money and of the use
eyes she meant to make of it.
"I want you to come bathe" she He shook his hea..
id. But you can work," she suggested,
DIET FOR CHILDREN FROM TWO
TO SEVEN.
The following directions for meals
for children are not intended to tape
the place of the family nhysirian, Al -
ware consult your doctor in regard to
the feeding of your child.
From 12 to 18 Months.
Breakfast, 0 or 7 a.m.---Fruit, as
the juice of half an orange; pulp of
4 to 0 stewed prunes; pineapple juice,
two tablespoonfuls. Omit if bowels
' are loose. Cereal gruel from oatmeal,
wheat, farina, cornmeal. fine hominy
barley with milk. No sugar. Toasted
bread or zweibnek. ]Milk, 1 cup, warm
or cold. et
Lunch, 11 a.m,—Glass of milk,
alone, or with zu'eiback or toast.
Dinner, 2 p.m.—Broth of chicken,
beef or mutton, with rice in it; or
1 beef juice; or soft corniced egg, mixed
with bread crumbs; potato baked till
mealy; rice or macaroni; bread, 24
!hours old, or toast; glass of milk,
Supper, Oap.m, Bread, 24 hours old,
toast or sweibaek and milk; or cereal
and milk, or ,junket and bread stuffs
IFrom 18 Months to 2 Years.
Breakfast, 7 a.m.—Fruit, as juice
of one orange; pulp of 6 or 8 stewed
prunes, pineapple juice, 2 oe 3 table
• spoonfuls; cereal, 2 or 3 tablespoon
funs, with milk; bread, 24 hours old
toast or zweihack, with butter; milk
1 cup, warm or cold.
Lunch, 11 a.m.—Glass of milk, witl
bread, 24 hours old, toast or zweibaek
and butter.
IDinner, 2 p.m.—Broth, thickened with peas, sago, rice or barley; or
vegetable soup and milk; or beef pace
• with bread crumbs, or soft -cooked
!egg, or poached egg, with toast;
]vegetables, selected from baked or
mashed potato, squash, cooked celery
!mashed turnips or carrots; bread, 24
hours old, white or whole wheat, or
graham, with butter; apple sauce or
jprune pulp, 1 tablespoonful.
Supper, 6 p.m.—Macaroni, boiled
1 rice, custard, or junket, 1 tablespoon-
! ful; bread, 24 hours old, or toast, with
butter, 2 slices; milk; baked apple,
apple sauce, or stewed prunes.
From Two to Three Years.
Breakfast, 7 a.m.—Fruit, as half an
orange, 6 or 8 stewed prunes, pear or
peach pulp; cereal, 3 or 4 tablespoon-
fuls with milk; or egg, soft -cooked or
poached; bread, white, or whole wheat,
1 or graham or toast with butter; milk,
I 1 cup, warm or cold.
Lunch, 11 a.m.—Glass of milk, with
bread and butter, or graham, or oat-
i meal crackers.
Dinner, 2 p.m.—Broth or soup;
meat, as fine cut beef, lamb, or
]chicken, or boiled fish; vegetables,
!selected from potatoes, fresh peas,
fresh beans, spinach, asparagus tips,
' cooked celery, squash, mashed turnips,
or carrots; bread and butte:; ,junket,
or custard, or blanc mange.
Supper, 6 p.m.—A cereal or egg (if
not taken for breakfast), or custard,
or milk toast, or macaroni; bread and
butter; stewed fruit; milk, warm or
cold, or cocoa.
From Three to Six Years.
Breakfast, 7 a.m.—Fruit, as 'or-
anges, apples, peals, or peaches; cer-
eal; egg, soft -cooked, poached or
scrambled; bread or toast and butter;
milk or cocoa.
Dinner, 12 noon—Broth or soup;
meat, as beef, lamb, mutton, or
chicken, or fish, boiled; vegetables, ex-
cept corn, cabbage, cucumbers, or egg
plant; bread and butter; simple pud-
dings or custard.
Supper, 6 p.m.—Rice, or macaroni,
or soup, or cereal, or milk toast or
thick soup; or corn bread; fruit, or
custard, or junket; milk, warm or
cold, or cocoa.
From Six to Ten Years.
Meals at 7 a.m., 12.30 p.m. and 6
p.m.—Give all adult food, except
candy, cake, pie, doughnuts, pickles,
cucumbers, fried food, spices, tea, cof-
fee, soda water, wine, beer, or ice
cream.
All children should be discouraged
eating candy, cake, biscuits, jams,
jellies, ice cream, or box cereals, i.e.,
the uncooked cereals, Remember, all
cereals must be cooked at least two
hours and better four.
been previously drained. Stir in a
I shall teespponful of sugar, a piece of
butter, and one and a hall' cupfuls of
stewed tomatoes. Cook fifteen min-
utes over a moderate fire, then set
' aside to cool, When quite cool, stir
'in the beaten yolks of two eggs; re-
fturn to the fire and reheat, being care-
ful to remove before the eggs begin
to curdle, which will be at about, the
boiling Point. Sere with a few very
thin strips of sweet green pepper
scattered aver the top.
Tomato Scramble.—Beat four eggs
slightly, season with salt and pepper.
and turn into a buttered frying pan.
• Stir the eggs until they are well
scrambled but still soft; add a cupful
of stewed tomatoes, stir up once, then
Iserve hot on buttered toast.
Tomato Rabbit.—To one-fourth
cupful of milk add one teaspoon of
butter, one-half teaspoonful of salt
and a little red pepper and mustard,
grate in one-half pound of mild
cheese and beat slowly until cheese
; is nearly melted. Beat five eggs in a
separate dish and add ono cupful of
I stewed tomato—not ton juicy—to the
Ihot cheese mixture. Cook two minutes
and serve on toast.
elTomatoei•"With Dumplings. --Pare
and slice the tomatoes and put in a
-i kettle of a suitable size. Over the
top put corn meal dumplings made of
milk, salt, baking powder, and equal
proportions of corn meal and wheat
n flour. Put the kettle over a moderate
1 fire and cook until the dumplings are
done, A little water should be put in
, the bottom of the kettle to keep the
!tomatoes from burning until the juice
begins to cook out. Serve with slices
`
of fried bacon over the top.
Beans With Tomato Sauce.—Cook
the beans until all extra water has
, boiled out, leaving them almost as dry
as baited beans. Serve with a sauce
made of one cupful of strained tomato
juice, one tablespoonful flour, one
(tablespoon butter, and season with
salt and pepper, Stir the mixture well
and cook until it thickens.
Tomatoes and Cheese.—Slice large
firm tomatoes, drain, salt and let
stand in a cool place. When chilled,
spread with a paste made of cream
cheese or cottage cheese, finely chop-
ped green pepper and a little paprika.
Place two slices together sandwich
fashion, and serve on lettuce with a
little salad dressing to which a little
finely chopped onion has been added.
Tomato Spice.—To three pounds of
skinned and sliced tomatoes ad1 one
lint of vinegar, four cups of serrar
and spices to taste. Boil down until
it is the consistency of jam, taking
I care not to let the mixture scorch.
This is delicious with cold meats.
The Price,
I used to love all nature no -
The rlver'a sweep, the r••auset's glow,
The fields and woods, the pure, fresh
tdr ....
The gulden haul's so free from care.
I wandered wltero'er fancy bade --
A gay and careless happy lad,
But Time Aulbithm's seed instilled;
I was with strong desire lined
To 0311 great rank and wealth and
power;
1 tilled with lull each fleeting hour:
And then at last, 1 reached my guns,
But oil, alas, tit` what 0 toll!
Gone is my old and keen delight
U1 sunny clay and starlit night,
Alas, one impulse rales 111y brain--
'1'lte wish for greater power and gain.
And I am old, and gray and sad;
I sigh for that gay, careless lad,
Would gladly give my hoarded pelf
1 For golden youth—my better self,
He shook his head."Van Auken secretly glad of his stubborn refusal.
will never let me off; not even fora `lou can earn money and pay me
back. There will be plenty of time
da I've thought of that, and I believe between now and Christmas. Besides,
I am almost sure I have hit upon a I need you, do I not? My next `burg-'
plan." lar might be a different sort!
She had been thinking at intervals I hope you won't always remember
all day of a way to deliver him from that of me," he said in a low voice,
his long bondage. After all, it might the fold between his eyes deepening.;
"How dare you trust me with money!
when you think of what I did? How;
can you be sure I am not a thief?I
Why, you are not like anyone I ever
I
it tod I ldtsaying
her the last gay he spent at home, hoarof? The folks know woun'
believe it, if I told them, Van Auken 1
saying with the gift: would say I stole the money. Whys
should you do anything for nee? I've.
been wondering all day."
"Dan, she spoke softly, between.
tears and laughter, "you don't under-)
stand. Perhaps if I. had been happy
—as people are who have many to love;
and work for—perhaps if you had
come some other time, in just the
same way—who Itnows? Perhaps I
might have telephoned for the con-
stable, when I found you asleep. I
might have done that, you know. But
you came to ane like a gift out of the
blue. When you broke into my lonely
house, Dan, you broke into my lonely
heart—a heart bereaved of its all."
He knelt at her feet and laid his
face in the folds of her gown. She
felt his big shoulders heave under her
light touch,
At the last he lingered wistfully.
"3 wish you could go with me," he
said. "If you should talk to Van
Auken, he would believe you."
"You must make him believe you,"
she flashed back. "You must put your
shoulder to this task. You can do it.
You know now where to find the
strength. I have told you."
"I will tonne back to -morrow," he
promised. "Then I will work. You
shall see how I can world" IIe smiled
down at her, honest purpose mingling
with the shy happiness in his eyes.
"Yes," she said, "you must come
home to -morrow"
She stood at the gate watching his
tall, strong figure swinging away
down the road as she had so many
times watched her son. And now he
was nearing the big oast tree, making
the turn of the road, Would he stop
and look back? She leaned over the
white gate, her eyes eager as a girl's,
an odd fancy tormenting her with
vague hopes and misgivings.
"If he stops and waves his hand ---
as George always diel ---i shell be sure
- sure—"
lie had reached the tree --was pass-
ing it.; then, as if aware of her cloud-
ing gree, he turned, smiled, waved his
hat in a1 '• lslure of greeting and fare-
well, and was gone.
(To he continued.)
not prove difficult; with Van Auken
it would be a matter of dollars and
cents, she was sure. There was her
Christmas money. George had given
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Tomato Recipes.
In the home where tomatoes are a
popular product of the garden, they
will be found on the table twice a day,
but if you become tired of the plain
sliced or stewed article, try' the fol-!
lowing, some of which sill make.'
tasty supper dishes:
Escalloped tomato, --Put cold meat
of any kind-- or of several kinds ifl
you have them—through a meat chop -1
per. In a buttered baking dish put a
layer of sliced cold boiled potatoes,
then a layer of the meat, over this a
layer of sliced ripe tomatoes and a
sprinkling of salt and pepper. Repeat
until the dish is filled Over the toll
put a eeenLy layer of bread crembs
clotted Mill butter. Pmur in a cup-
ful of 111 t us nye! tale for
forty n ;111 c
TOn11 ,,: ni .7411,:f11' :1!i .1. nl ones
cupful r f 10,1(1li in called u icer
until l irlel Cut .i 1I c c, bacon
in inch piece,• reel pet 1.e pan (Very
a slow fir; mill 1-,u'+ cf tl foil is1
tried out; ltd] 5,1n,,d .in .a..wd 1,ilnn'
chopped 0111 the nrararoni which heel
The Learners.
0 little feet, unused to weight and
burden,
0 little legs, uncertain, timorous,
We smile as we behold your faint
successes,
Your doubtful stumbling seems so
vain to us.
Each three steps' journey is a wild
adventure,
And perils lurk in floor and carpet
spaces,
Far from the shelteringchair and
couch, and farther
The passage here to havening arms
and faces.
But still you dare for life is spun of
daring;
And step by step your earnest jour-
ney lengthen,
As mastery grows out of careful
seeking, •
As little legs and little purpose
strengthen.
We smile and hardly think of long
days coming
When you will walk with firm and
careless trust,
Watching, perhaps, more little feet
that falter,
Long after we who smile are quiet
dust,
ea --
Minaret's Liniment Cures Dandruff.
Friends plead, "You're wealthy, honor-
ed, great --
Life lies before you --pleasures wait."
I only shake 115 head and say;
"I have forgotten how to play!"
Business is like a wheelbarrow—it
stands still unless someone pushes it,
An electrically heated wagon to
hold several food trays has been in-
vented to insure warm meals for hos-
pital patients.
=nerd's Liniment for sale everywhere.
Do You Wish to Learn
BOOK-KEEPING
11'-, have a large audit practice and
aro v:,a•611,;: i,i eiii,�.�r ev:-rp Itn1'.
If lima are any nr'w Ideas or
method, in beokh•u,pin,t 55 ' 1(050
about them. 100 are - Ina14lll'10
new book1Wellna n r tome all the
Wm, (Jur 'booa0er:pllg 01.81rae le
[planned from booka in lootwsl 1.181,
111 1..1.81. el lea, 11'e ,leo Iso
hole".:', n,1•r uuurees 11, oIi rl181181
and tyrew itine, Write for book-
lets to Dent, 0,.
D, C. Flir0rll.'rE A'UDO$ 00.
sad Cora.merela.1 Scheel
Leggett claws:P0rn - ]lieu,ton
•
Good Salesmanship.
"Now remember, I'm sending you
out to sell a portable garage."
"That's what,"
"And in talking thin portable gar-
1ge_.,,
"Yes 1"
"Always pronoue 1 garage the way
the prospective customer pronounces
it."
AU grades, Write for prices.
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Paints
Interior Floor P mi
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They stand the Rub --and the Scrub
F Salk by AD callers
Comfort Lye is a very powerful
cleanser. It is used for cleaning up
the oldest and hardest dirt, grease, etc.
Comfort Lye is fine for making sinks,
drains and closets sweet and clean.
Comfort Lye Kills rats, mice, roaohes
and insect pests.
Comfort Lye will do the hardest
spring cleaning you've got.
Comfort Lye is good for making soap.
It's powdered,perfumed and 100% pure.
The clothes you were so proud of when
new—can be made to appear new again.
Fabrics that are dirty, shabby or spotted
will be restord to their former beauty by
sending them to Parker's.
Clea kn r and yein
is properly done at PARKER'S
Parcels mhy be sent Post or Express.
We pay carriage one way on all orders.
Advice upon cleaning or dyeing any
article will be promptly given upon request.
PARKER'S DYE WORKS, .Li ited
Cleaners and Dyers,
791 Yonge St.
Toronto
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Real home-made preserves, and the woman who puts them up—
how they're both appreciated.
Preserving is not difficult to -day. The LILY WHITE way has
removed the uncertainty.
Most of your preserving troubles have come from using sugar
alone. Even the beginner can count on success if she will
use half LILY WHITE and half sugar. LILY WHITE
blends the sugar with the fruit and make preserves that will
never crystallize.'
,LILY WHITE and CROWN BRAND are both Dandy for Candy.
Year pacer sells Craton Island and LOn, While Com Syrup In 2, 5, 10 and 20 pound llns.
THE CANADA STARCH CO., LIMITED, MONTREAL.
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COQ r1 AN
COST OF LIVING
FA RS GERMANY
ONLY GOON"( ny WHERE PRICES
HAVE FALLEN.
Tendency In Allied Countries Is to
Maintain High Level Reached
During the War,
The Germans 111a -r have perfectly
rood 1 1 0110 for not being over -en•
th^: ]ua fie about the pone° treaty,
nevertheless the end of the wan' has
left them in one respect at least bet-
ter off than any of the Allied and as-
sociated mations. Germany is the only
country to -day where prices have gone
clown considerably in the last few
months, There was 80 1,0 Melton in
the cost of living in England :,!'ter the
arnii:ltice; no reduction to .ve;,it of in
the United States—In many instances,
111doed, prices have idv:uleed; in
Fiance everything le a; c::pensive to-
day as it Was a year cl;'::•, if not mere
so, end h1 Italy it toe'-. t (oar -Bolshe-
vistic: revolt of the population• to et.
feet a fall in the price of neeesserles.
1 In Holland and Switzerland, as well
as hi the Scandinavian cauntrles. tho
effect of the cessation of the restric-
tions on imports was enuntec•acted by
the increase in exports to the Central
Powers. Alone in Germany was the
signing of peace followed by a general
decrease in prices; ' the dnnreaso is
noticeable in almost all instenees,
considerable I11 some.
The "Vossieche Zeitung," of Berlin,
has, in the course of July, published
a survey of the cost of necessaries in
Germany as rompared with prices pre-
vailing in other countries,
Prices In Other Lands.
A summary of the rise of living
costs 111 Allied countries, as compiled
by the Statistical Society of Berne,
was printed, showing that the general
level of prices has advanced spice
July, 1914:-
01 Italy, 411 per cent.
In France, 368 per cent.
In England, 240 per cent
In Canada, 215 pet' cent.
In the United States, 200 per cent.
The report adds that in the first two
years of the war the rise was com-
paratively shall On France 111 per
cent., in Italy 210 per cent.) But the
submarine warfare soon caused n sky-
ward move of all prices. In lengland
the rise of prices advanced from 160
per cent. In June, 1910, to 220 per
cent in June, 1917.
Turning to the after -war tendency
of price movement In neutral coun-
tries, the Berlin newspaper publishes
the accounts of its correspondents in
Rotterdam and Copenhagen, Accord-
ing to the testimony of the Rotterdam
report, not only did the signing of
peace fail to produce a general fall of
prices In Holland, but in many in-
stances it actually caused a rise. Tlils
was especially so In the case of vege-
tables and fruits, owing to the in-
creased export to Germany. ]n regard
to other articles the trend 50110 general-
ly downward and the Illicit triflic iu
foodstuffs, which in Holland had
flourished no less than in the baili-
gerent countries and supplied a con-
siderable portion of the needs of the
more well-to-do classes, Inas disap-
peared from the scene. The only ar-
ticle still sold surreptitiously in Hol-
land is sugar.
In Denmark, Ole Copenhagen cor-
respondent of the Berlin newspaper
says, prices are still high above peace
level, but they are constantly going
back, as far, at least, as foodstuffs are
concerned. Thus non -rationed butter
cost h1 Copenhagen about July 10
something like 10.40 manus ($2,60)
per pound, whereas in Berlin smug-
gled butter was bought at the rato of
20 marks a pound ($6 pre-war ex-
change). The prices of textiles, cloth -
Ing and shoes are still high above the
pre-war level in Denmark,
Remarkable Reductions.
I11 Germany the fall of prices in the
last few months has been, in some in-
stances, remarkable, 1n May linen
goods in colored patterns cost in Ber-
lin about 13 a yard; in July it was
about 51,20. On July 2 a pound of
coffee was $5; the same on July 9
cost only $3,25.
In Eisenach the price of American
lard fell 01 a few clays from $6,25 to
$3.25 a pound; of haul and bacon,
from $7,50 to 54.50 and $3.75.
As late as May it was almost Im-
possible to buy leather shoes' at any
price, even though one possessed shoe
tickets issued by the government, In
the beginning of •July the "Vossische-
7eituug" says shoes were displayed i11
abundance in the store windows,
In Frankfort -on -Mahn soap (Hagfish
and French), which sold the first week
of July for about $5 a pound, was only
53,76 on ,Tnly l0 an& abundant gliautt-
Ilos were offered. English covert coat
cloth, which In Juno cost about $20 a
yard, wtis on J114y 10 reduced to $7,
Friendship.
There's ft suited somewhere, gold and
red,
10 I go on climbing, just ahead,
I Past iliat boulder maybe, round the
baud,
1 may find the sennet, What's a
friend
I3ult a sunset soaker by your 01c1o?
1 Just a happy comrade, truce and tried.
Finding auricle isn't fun
When you do it ono by one;
Bet it's joy and thinly weather
When you set nut two together.
—diary Carolyn Davies.