HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1913-6-5, Page 3Choice Recipes.
Illekory Nut Cookies.—One cup
butter, two cups sugar, two eggs,
one-half cup sour milk, one tea-
spoon vanilla, one teaspoon soda,
two cups flour; and one cup nut
meats. Roll out and sprinkle with
sugar before baking.
Raspberry Ice Creant, 5'cald and
chill ono quart good cream, acid
two cups sugar and three cups
crushed raspberries. Freeze slow-
ly, suing one measure of salt to
three of ice, This quantity ex-
pands about one-fourth in freez-
ing.
Rhubarb Sauce.—To two pounds
of rhubarb peeled and chopped add
sugar to taste and one-half cup of
large seeded raisins. Boil until
tender, remove from fire, and add
ane -half' cup of English walnut
meats. This can be served with
meats or used as a desert.
Acte Loaf.='Two pounds dates,
two pounds nuts, one cup flour, two
teaspoons of baking powder. Sift
together three times 'and add one
cup granulated sugar and mix thor-
oughly. Beat whites •of four eggs
' dry. Beat yolks light and mix into
I cake, then mix whites and one
spoon of vanilla. Bake about one
and a half hours in a paper lined
pan.
Strawberry Puffs.—,Half a cupful
of strawberries, and season them
with sugar. Cream a cup of sugar
and a heaping teaspoon of butter.
Adel one or two well beaEen eggs.
Sift two cups flour with one heap-
,, ing teaspoon baking powder. Stir
all materials together with a cup-
ful of milk and a little salt. Bake
like muffins and serve with orwith-
out sauce.
Cherry Cocoa Tea Cakes.—Cream
one cup sugar with ane -half cep
of butter, or substitute for butter
one-half cup milk, two small cups
of sifted flour, with two teaspoons.
baking powder, two tablespoons
cocoa, lastly two beaten eggs; bake
in muffin tins. Icing—Cream a
large cup of powdered sugar with
teaspoon butter and"'thin with milk.
Ice the cakes when cold and place
a cherry in center of each.
Strawberry Jam.—Three . cups of
berries, two cups granulated sugar.
Place in layers in a stone jar. "Let
stand all night in a cool place.
Pour into a sieve to drain and pick
out carefully berries in sugar that
did not dissolve. Cook ',syrup un-
til thick, measure in same proper -
tion, cook until berries are cooked
through. Put in window . while
cooling and stir carefully, so that
glasses will be all through syrup.
put in glasses or cans. Do not
wash berries.
Lenton Cream Pie.—Line a pis
with a rich crust and bake to a
light brown. One cup water, one-
half cup sugar, one tablespoon but-
ter, juice and rind of one leman,
pinch of salt. Put on the stove to
boil. When boiling .add two heap-
ing tablespoons cornstarch "'dis-
solved in water. Take off the fire
and beat in the yolks of two eggs.
Pour into crust... Beat the two
.whites of eggs -to a stiff froth, sad
one tablespoon powdered sugar and
a little lemon extract. Spread over
,pie, then sprinkle powdered sugar
on top and sot in the oven to
brown.
Canceled Orange Pool.—+Cut the
rind into quarters, then into. long
strips, put it in a pan, cover with
cold water, bring to a boil and
drain. This should remove the bit-
ter taste. To the peel of six or-
anges allow a cup and a half of
granulated sugar and a cupful of
.water, put these in a granite sauce-
pan and bring quickly to a hard
boil. Add the orange peel and
boil down quickly, taking caro the
sugar does not scorch. When the
liquid is almost cooked away re-
move the sauce from the stove, stir
In a cupful' of dry sugar, keep stir-
ring 'until the peel is almost cold,
pick it apart with a fork and the
;fingers, mad la}' on a plate to dry.
Custard Ulnae Pudding.—Seale
two tablespoonfuls of granulated
or one-fourth cupful pearl tapioca
do enough hot water to cover it
until it absorbs. -the water, then
add two cupfuls milk and cook in
a double boiler until the tapioca
becomes perfectly soft and trans-
parent. Beat ,,yolks of two eggs
,light, mix with them one-third cups
fill' sugar, one -:fourth teaspoonful
salt, and add the -hot -milk and'tap-
,r iota, return to double boiler and
cook until the egg thickens, der-
eing constantly. Then turn.into an
earthen baking dish, aver with a
meringue made of beaten egg whites
and two tablespoonsful sugar.
/Down in a moderate oven. Serve
cold with cream.
Lunehoon.Rolls.—These rolls can
be served warm for lunch if sponge
is set at 7 o'clock in the morning.
From ordinary broad; sponge take
one pint, Scald ane pint milk ane
add when lokowarm'to sponge, to-
gether with one egg beaten light,
two tablespoons sugar, one tea -
',moon salt, one of butter, one of
lard, flour to'make stiff dough. Let
raise to twice its bulk, work down,
and•set tothem ras
i
n.
Tura on
board, roll one-half itch thick, 'ea
'with round entice, Place ono Ins -
cuit in moll muffin ring, brush with
melted butter, and place another
'biscuit an top of eagle Let raise
until light, and bake a delicate
brown. If properly made they 'can-
not bo excelled.
A Suggestion or Two.
Good table napkins for summer
use are made of cotton crepe, They
peed no ironing.
If there is a bare epot on your
lawn where the grass will not grow,
cow flaxseed on it.
In the spring all winter clothing
should be looked over brushed,
cleaned, aired and repaired.
If a small child does not like
water, try fievoring it with orange
to give it a pleasant taste,
Small seeds sown out of doors
will germinate sooner if covered
with a coarse gunny sack.
To frost a bathroom window,
paint the : glass with a strong solu-
tion of epsom salts in hot water.
If a sewing machine needle be-
comes blunt or hooked, rub it even-
ly on a sharpening stoue.
To utilize an old our sifter, boil
eggs in it, simply setting the sifter
in a kettle of boiling water.
Nothing as a lining for bureau
drawers is quite as good as pure
white paper, frequently changed.
The heaviest part of the spring
housecleaning should be put
through 'before the hot weather
comes.
Rugs will not slip on a polished
floor if a strip of rubber is sewed
underneath them at either end.
Boil new earthenware dishes be-
fore using them, and they will lose
a good deal of their brittleness.
Try using a little book for the
shopping Iist, *teed of a loose
leaf of paper. It is less likely to
get lost.
Tho first step toward spring
housecleaning is to turn out and
put in order all cupboards and
drawers.,
Pictures for the guestroom should
be those of general interest;- not
family portraits, on any account.
Porch chair covers can be knitted
of heavy crochet covers and will
be both durable and washable.
Tie a stale bag over the food
chopper while grinding bread
crumbs if you would prevent them
scattering.
Try rubbing a dry, hard sponge
over wallpaper to remove spots.
'Carriage sponges are best for act-
ual cleaning.
A single mint plant set under a
hydrant where it gets plenty of
moisture will give great satisfac-
tion supplying garnishes far the
table,
If the pantry shelves have no
doors, put a window shade on a
roller in front of them and, pull
down the shade when not in use.
It will 'make a real protection
against dust.
ALCOHOL NEXT .AFTER COAL.
English Experts Say It Will Be
Used in -Place of Coal.
The geese -ion what the world will
do when its opal supply is exhaust-
ed—a eon$ingency that, according.
to ,Pir'William Ramsay, will, so
far as England is concerned, occur
in " 175 years—has led to some in-
teresting discueeions.It"has been
revived again on account of' the
assertion that not only the coal
supply but also the oil supply of
the worldcannot be depended upon
for long, measuring time in any
sense but that 'of the selfish pre-
sent.
The indefatigable T. Thorne
Balser, the Daily Mirror's eeientiftq
expert, believes that alcohol will
be the saving' force of the future,
"The future possibilities of en-
gineering," he said, "will, in my
opinion, be very largely identified
with alcohol as an energy produce
ing power. Some time ago an
American commission enquired .in
a very practical manner into the
possibilities of various fuels for in-
ternal combustion engines, and it.
was found that alcohol was quite:
equal to any in its power•of devel-
oping eneegy•
The question is whether it can.
be produced on a sufficiently exten-
sive scale and at love enough ex-
pense to be of practical value eom-
mereially, but already it is being
produced very largely from wood
by process of fermentation.
"I think," added— Mr. Thorne
Baker, "that as long as we have
trees ' and forests 'there willbe li-
quid fuel, and we can faoe the pros-
pect of . the exhaustion of the
world's coal supplies with a •oor-
tain amount of equanimity."
"One form of motive power which
will probably be largely used cen-
turies hence will be the alcohol en-
gine," said an engineer who has
made a close study of this question,
"Alcohol from wood, potatoes,
peat; acid many other natural
sources has been made, and will
be made in enormous quantities
when the alcohol engine has become
necessary by the prospect of a fam-
ine in oil and other fuels, There
are many ways, the, of 'harnessing
the elements themselves 'which mod-
ern engineering ingenuity has eug-
•gested. Country houses already
supply themselves with eleotriaity
generated by the motive power de-
rived from wind wheels.",
GOVERNMENT AID TO ROADS
CO-OPERATION, NOT CONTROL,
IS ITS FUN C'1MON. e
Increased .i xpenditure Will Be Ao-
eompanied by Enforeeinent of
Regulations.
The fear has been eel -reeved In
some quarters that the Weal muni-,
oipalities will 100e their freedom in
dealing with their road problems
when the work of highway construe-
tion is undertaken on a province -
wide reale and that the local •rate-
payer may find himself compelled,
to eboulder the burden of improve-
ments kr which be may have no in-
terest. This ' sentiment pis not_.wwide-
epread, but is the result of a Slues -
tion rising so naturally that What-
ever information can be had on the
point cannot but prove of inteeet.
to those who will be called upon to
foot ;the bills.
It cannot be denied that increased
Government expenditure will be
acoompenied by the continued en -
forcemeat of Government regula-
tions with respect to how such ex-
penditure shall be anode. -Restric-
tions invariably run 'ha.nd in hand
with expenditure, and no obser-
vanee of restrictions, no expend]
tune, is the rule. But the doubtful
should remember that the rule
works both ways, and see expendi-
ture, no restriction is equally true.
The freedom of that nnunicipality
is thus preserved and its initiative
left intact.
How It Is Done In Some States.
Ontario, it is announced, will in
1914 begin the expenditure of $5,-
000,000 on its highways. What the
plan of development will be is as
yet unsettled a id will in all proba-
eility remain so until the forthoo:m-
ing Commission' brings in their offi-
cial ropert. Meanwhile, the suo-
oess aehtieved by a number of the
Iccal Governments to the south,
who began by ,appointing similar
comnnissions, will undoubtedly con, -
time to attract increased atten-
tion. What provisions they adapt-
ed with regard to Government aid
will be of more particular interest
in this connection, A glance at the
practice prevailing in a few of the
States most active in 'road work
will serve to show how the princi-
pie of Gavemnmeut aid is applied
in places where oonditions are not
unlike these in Ontario,
New York State has three sys-
tems of roads: First, there are
those built entirely at State ex-
pense, and these are selected by
the Legislature. Seoond, aro
11:ORROBs OF OLD-TIME CONVICT S.IIIP'"81:7CCESS."
An idea of the treatment meted out to prisoners in the days gone
by, ere humanitarians took to uplift convicts, may be gleaned by a
visit to the Suoeeee, anchored off West 79th street,' New York. Down
in the hold is the torture chamber, called the "bilboes," or necklets,
where refractory prisoners 'were jacked up against a beam, and an
iron bracket passing around the ankles of the prisoner were a cer-
tain means of breaking the spirit of the most unruly convict, Total
darkness and the ;pitching and heaving in the heavy seas as the sail-
ing vessel plowed her way through the turbulent waters added a good
deal to the discomfort of the unfortunates who were punished by be-
ing sentenced to the "bilboes."
•
ease the motive of the Government
has been oo-operation, not 0021-
trol. The same is true of Ontario.
The Act of 1901 for the improve-
ment of public highways provides
that: "The County Council of any
aunty may by by-law adopt a plan
for the improvement of highways
throughout the county by resuming
highways in any municipality 'n.
the county in order to form or ex-
tend a system of county highways
therein, designating the highways
to be assumed or, approved." Un-
der this Act almost half the Pro-
vince hays been engaged in. the svorlc
of road inproveanent. The Govern-
ment insists on the observance of
'certain. standards of construction,
county reads, for which 50 per cent. +sad
of the cost is paid by the State, 35
per cent. by the county, and 15 per
cent. by the township. These roads
are selected by the county boards
and are subsequently submitted for
the approval of the Commission.
Third, aro local towels built by the.
townships and ,towards which the
State -contributes a portion of the
cost. These are ee-lected by the
township board and township su-
perintendent, and a.re also'. subject
to the approval of the Commission.
In Maryland, the County Com-
micsioners selset :the roads', and
subsequently eubanit them for thee•P"Government aid to road constiuc-
they r al of. the Co, eelectio ' e- tion, as instanaced by the Highway
srefuse to make a wo-third de -of improvement Aot, has certain -well
'sired, the omnned e' a 'compel them defined advantages, It guaraartees
e ncorpoeat hands oar 'compel them more efficient supervision and or-
ed bye ge road in the plane anization than anunioi• alitiea bawl
per cent. agreeing to pay 10 heretofore provided. pIt oonoen-
per cent. a the test, tratea oz lencldture for a. town .of
In Massachusetts, the counties, 1
cities' and townships make selection years on a well defined plan of main
All Plans Must Be Submitted
for the approval of the Provincial
Engineer .before any Government
assiatauoe is extended, but !the se-
lection and building of the roads is
left with the counties.
Only through . Government co-
operation have the beet results in
public road eonstraction been ob-
tained, and any advances in this
direotion can therefore be wel-
comed, On this point the latest
highway report for Ontario can-
.ta]nc the following observations:.
of the roads tl'esirod to •be Sanprov- roads. It, provides a speoifiaeplan
ed, fihe speelfiemeens, eloweeter, to be followed by succeeding omen-
cils, graalualdy creating a system of
mutat be approves] by the Govern
well-built roads. tl sufficiently
meant Commiiasion large fund becomes available to
Before Any Aid is Granted. peranib .substantial 'work, Through
In Conneoticwt the highways to be the Government grant a pertain
improved arse selected by the State ,portion of the cost is contributed
Commissioner, Potitrions can ba by towns and cities,"
£orwarxled froan local municipalities Experience both at home and
for road improvement, but.no spe- abroad ham proven that Govern -
oil:: roads are designated, and the went co-operation will produce the
ooaumissioner in making his soles- results claimed for it, and that the
tion ds restricted by a regulation measure of control necessary to
which oompele him to peek out only maintain certain standards is justi-
loaddug highway's which join one fled by those results, This Pro-
municipelity.tvith emetlier• vince has spent .comparatively little
In New J•ereey the selection of on its roads- thus far, but already
roads is tthe weak of the county the rudiments of a well-defined
boards, and the location and spo- system have 'been outlined. The
dilations must pase the Commis- future development of highways in
sioner before Government aid is Ontario will undoubtedly follow to
granted, a large 'extent the plans resulting.
In Ohio, also, the county boards tram the forthcoming investigation
eelectthe roads. Peovision is imide to be carried on by a Highway
,by whioh the failure of the board Coanenission. There is no doubt,
eo act gives the owner'w of .61 per however, that the measures of Gov -
cent. of the linear frontage the eminent, ea -operation, which have
opportunely to g
petition the State been proving so sitoceasftil, cannot
Commissioner, whose . approval but end a large place in the ream,
must be had in any case. If there mendatio11 submitted.Owingto
are no funds available foo` all the the limited funds available u rer
roads petitioned, fax in a year the the "present eyetean of taxation, a
commission rand the oouaty board great part of the work must' long
together select:these which obeli be continns to be done by looal muni-
oonitheaoted f rst. eipalifieee To ensure, however, a
In Rhode Island t'ho roads are hi hwva System that. will be
either 'build entirelyat g y y'worthy
Govern- of the 'name :the work Hurst be un -
meet expellee as State roads, or et dertake on a scale which only Gov -
total cxp;ozise rag local roads. .1n eminent machinery iiw eelegtrate,
each mem the beildeee of the road And as fila success of such 4 eye -
have eemplrte eoul;rol, tette will d'opeedl an otos() co -o. era
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Iron. betwoon all the parts, the local
ttiip li:
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meet alio central organization hall
way. '
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our wife hearing .1 '
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1N AN EGYPTIAN MARICET.
Every Known -Variety ,of Vegetable
at Reasonable Prices.
Cairo market is most cosmopoli-
tan. Practically every known lan-
guage is spoken. there—English,
French, Greek, Spanish, Italian,
Turkish tinct, of course, Arabic.
French, however, prevails, for
France had a strong linguistic hold
on Egypt far many years previous
to the British occupation. The fruit
and vegetables are sold by native
Egyptian men and women, but the
butcher shops are mainly in the
hands of the French. I found to my
sorrow while in Cairo that being a
foreign tradesman is not a passport
for honesty, says a writer in the
Wide World Magazine. There
may be something in the air of
Egypt, but the French shopkeepers,
both big and little, have at least
acquired one of the failings of the
Arab—a, lack of eomm.eroia•1 pro-
bity. But where, the Arab is satis-
fied with a small percentage, the
wily Frenchman tries to figure out
how much you can be mulcted with-
out making an outcry, and then
proceeds. One must be cautious
while in Cairo, to say the least.
The vegetable market is extreme-
ly good. Every known variety is
temptingly displayed, and at most
reasonable prices—for the Arab
buyers. For instance, when I
bought tomatoes I could get four
.Sor 2 piasrtres--about 7.0 cents—but
Ramazan could get for the same
money ten great, luscious beauties,
which he would choose from a bas-
ket, putting aside all that were not
perfect, and which were sold to un-
sophistioated shoppers like myself.
One is beset by hawkers who carry
baskets of oranges on their heads,
or by the lemon man, who carries
his goods concealed somewhere
about his person. The strawberry
man is always in evidence, and will
follow one all over the market, en-
deavoring to persuade one to try
his wares. In many foreign cities
it would be innpessible to buy in the
public market -place, but Cairo is so
'large and hos such a mixed popn-
lation that you find yourself only
one of many, ,here lost in the stream
of cosmopolitanism. English wo-
men are there, Frenoh,.,Armenian,
Soudanese, Jewesses and Turkish,
but no native women except those
who are selling produce of mane
kind.
g
Tarn &bout. is Fair Play.
The goose had been carved and
everybody had tasted it, It was
excellent, The negro minister, who
was the guest of honor, could not
restrain his enthusiasm.
"Dates as fine a goose as I evah
see, Bl•uddah Williams," he said to
his host, "Whir yo' git such a fine
goose9
"Woll, now, ] ahson," replied
the carver of the goose, exhibiting
great dignity and reticence,. "When
you preaches 3t seabed good ser-
mon, I never axes you wvher you
got it, I hopes you will show me
de :bile consideration,".
(hot the ,Start.
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THE SUNRAY SCHOOL LESSON
117'l;1lNA'1'ION'AL LESSON',
JUNE S,
Lesson :t. --Joseph Forgives His
llretbren, € en, 41.1 to 18.7.
Golden 'Text, Psa. 133.1.
Verse l.: With the beginning ,o
this chapter we reach the elima
of the et hole story of Joseph,'
All them that stood by him --Ha
Egyption servants,
.Every man , no man --Re
ferning again to the court servant
attending Joseph, and to othe
Egyptians who may have been pre
sent.
2. He wept aloud—Hebrew, gav
forth his voice in weeping. Th
literature- el all ancient Orients
people bears testimony to the fax
that the emotions played a mac
larger part in the life of these earl
Eastern peoples than they do i
modern Occidentals. Thus t
soldiers ,in royal armies ofttime
gave way to loud lamenting and
weeping when they met with disap
pointments in their plans of cam
paign.
3. Troubled at his presence—A
well they might be, their con
sciences acetising them strongly fo
the past great injury done the
brother in whose power they now
find themselves.
6. God did send me before you—
As in his earlier life and during the
time of his humiliation in prison,
so now in the day of his triumph
and glory Joseph gives God credit
for every good turn in events, and
points out the providential purpose.
and direction in the events which
have transpired.
6. yet five years . . neither
plowing nor harvest—The famine
which had already brought them
twice into Egypt was taus really
only well begun. The years of
greatest privation were still to
come.
7. Preserve you a remnant—Des-
cendants—sufficient in number at
least to receive the fulfillment of
God's promises to their forefathers,
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
By a great deliverance—Or, to
be a great company that escape.
8. A father to Pharaoh—A figur-
ative expression for 'beneficent ad-
viser and administrator. In the
Tuukish language the expression
"chief father" is still used as a
title for the principal minister of
state,
9. Go up to my father—Thus far
he had said only "your 'father" ;
now the longing of his heart leads
him to emphasize his more personal
relation,
10. Tho land of Goshen—From
the Egyptian "Kesem" or "Ker."
A nome, or administrative district,.
in lower Egypt between the Nile
River and the Bitter Lakes, a low-
land region made marvelously fruit-
ful by means of canals leading from
the Nile. This district is still con-
sidered to have the best pasture
land is Egypt.
i1: I will nourish thee—Similar
favoritism shown by a Hebrew in
high position in a :foreign land to
a fellow countryman is given in
Esther 8, 1-8, which compare.
Lest thou come to poverty—The
inevitable fate which must come
upon them in Palestine before the
remaining years of famine still to
come are past. The bitter, abject
poverty which came upon the
Egyptians themselves is 'vividly
described in the succeeding narra-
tiv12,e,
Your eyes see . . it is
ray mouth—He appeals to the evi-
dence offered by their own senses
o allay any lingering doubt which
may he in their minds as to either
is identity or his kindly disposi-
tion toward them.
14. And he fell upon his brother
-
snjamin's neck—Now that Joseph
had succeeded in making his broth -
is own feeling toward them, the
etual greeting takes place, Ben -
aurin receiving the first and warm-
st welcome,
15. Kissed all his brethren—
Showing to each individual this
mark of personal attachment.
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B
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His Pathetic 'Tale.
The tramp looked shrewdly at
Miss Wary, and she returned his
gaze with equal shrewdness, but
her expression did not soften in the
least,
"You see, it's like this, ma'am.
Six months ago I had a little home
of my own, but I made an enfor-
tnate marriage.My wife's temper
was such that it kept Hie in Trot
water all the time,"
r II'm t" eaid bliss Wary, dryly.
"It's s a .pity there couldn't have
been a little soap with it. Only six
months ago, did you say 7"
Economy.
"Are you going to plant any pe-
teboes rn your garden?"
"No ; I'll plant only seeds • ie --'
y st ].
lug potatoes into the:ground looks
like such a waste of good food."
A lied Divided Against Itself,
om—Mother, Jack's got half the
GRATERS OF CRIMINALS
CHILDREN :OF THE LAWLESS
TRIBES of INT)YA.
!l acoit Girls and Boys Put In borne
end 'Trained to Become
Useful Citizens.
Those is an interesting and al-
e -tat unique home at Phulpur, in
the •Ailababad district of India,
every one of -whom inmates an
lay claim to the unsavory distinc-
tion of being a daughter of the peo-
ple of the criminal tribes of India,
whose existence is often one long
rouud of theft alternating with per-
iods of imprisonment.
There are any number of these
criminal tribes in India, whose tra-
ditions and early history incline
then, naturally to crime from youth
upwards, The Bawaries, split up
into eight .branches with numerous
ramifications, for instance, were
notorious at one time for perpetrat-
ing the most daring dacceties,
which they conducted on a, highly
organized system, though for the
last half-oentury and more they
have been compelled to adopt leas .
violent methods of crime.
Then there are the Sansis, whose
exertions are usually, though nob
always, confined to petty pilfering,
fraud, and the like; the Harris,
genuine professional criminals, who
hand on their methods from gen-
eration to generation, and special-
ize in burglary; the Pakbiwaraa,
the Minas, and several others,
The home, which is but eighteen
months old, exists for the purpose
of training girls in such work as
will enable them to earn a decent
livelihood, and it is hoped that de-
cent surroundings and groper,
training and education will yet
turn them into self-respecting mem-
bers of the community. -
First Taught to Dress.
Their first lesson on entering the
home is on the art of putting on
clothes, a process which usually
gives the greatest satisfaction, Then
comes the training, conducted 011
the principle, "Never let others do
for you that which you can do for
yourself." So it happens that the
elder girls clean the house, grind
the corn, do their own washing and
cooking, and do some of their own
marketing, so that from the first
they begin to learn to depend upon
themselves, Silk reeling is one of
the occupations taught, fine sewing
another, and in both cases the girls
aro paid for their work. In regard
to their school education a curious
fact is noticed; those who learn
English are said to be both more
useful and reliable than those who
do not, and when placed in posi-
tions in charge of their fellows can
carry out their work perfectly wall,
whilst the others fail hopelessly.
The Urdu they learn cannot supply
them with much attractive .li•ter-
ature, but "Alice in Wonderland,"
fairy tales, and similar volumes are
an enormous delight to the en-
lightened ones who know English.
Married to Trained Boys.
If, of course, these girls were be-
ing trained for a future to be spent
with husbands taken from their re-
spective tribes it would •be pretty
safe to prophesy that the effort
'would .be wasted. There are, how-
ever, settlements for boys run on
similar lines, and, as most of the
good would be undone if the boys
took to themselves wives from
amongst the untrained, uneducat-
ed, and generally. dirty girls of
their tribe still at large, it is hoped
to arrange for marriages between
the inmates of the two institutions.
This work ol caring for some ol
the criminal tribes of India—men,
women and children—is carried on
:by the Salvation Army, and was
undertaken some five years ago at
the request of -Sir John Hewett,
then Lieutenant -Governor of the
'United Provinces. Already good
progress has been made,
M -
DANGER OF MIXED MARRIAGE
London PatorWarns WomenAgainst Wedding Eludes.
The London Times recently pub-
lished a remarkable warning
against mixed marriages between,
young English women and Hinduvisitors to England. The Bombay
Appellate 'Court has just decided
at if a Hindu marries an English
irl and takes her oat to India he
may desert her whenever' he likes,
and she. has no redress unless both
re Christians. English girls arewarned that if they, marry Hindus
hey and ,thein children may ' be
ung aside at any moment,
There is no racial antagonism in
these marifages, but simply the
nowledge possessed by every ex-
eeicnced Wren 'that marriages of
this kiaid : ate almost invariably
rape in their aster effects..• The
attitude of:certain sections of :Cng-
iell women toward this q, uestien
s deplorable, Let one small story
office, ` After King Edward's eor-
irn,ltigri NO, . letters • addressed 1$•
n lishh ;irks and woinsen o the
g`' - + girls
t]10 rs:tltrp.pHindu
ontin s 'e
vi"
ort were sLa ad `at Port
aid by those lit .'ornniand aitd
uthlesaly deetl'oyed.
'bed l s;
"I hear your .brother is behind Mother'•-Wsll, you 'take the other'' 1
ini ta_
li a Cllltnta "
halt.
c
"Wrong 1 ,The hams he worked Tom 1 can't, lee's gob his hall
for is behind. Me brother "s ahead 1", in the middle, r