HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1914-9-3, Page 7- , curling and brown around the
- ealgcs,
When the pie is cooled a able,
HHintsff the Home sift it over with powdered sugar
ints for Homy and pour cream over 'tie indivi-
dual pieces as they are served. Or
certain of people refuse to eat
their new apple pie without some
(:hearse
Your Stockpot.
No kitchen can be, called fully
furnished without a stockpot. it
prevents a great deal of waste, and
is au .extremely valuable culinary
asset,
The old-fashioned earthenware
stockpot, such ,as, is used widely in
Franco, is the beret kind to have.
Any sort of metal pot should he
avoided.
Where ice many women make a
mistake is in thieki'ng that the stock
pot is a receptacle for all and any
odd romps of food. It ie nothing of
the kind, Nothing" that is not quite.
clean and fresh must ever go into
the stockpot, and the -contents must
always he chosen with discrimina-
tion and culinary common-sense.
Fur an everyday stockpot, a
foundation should be made first of
all from meat or meat -bones, or
both. Bones and meat must; be
finely chopped, put into the stock-
pot and just -covered with cold wa-
Ueme-Made Cements.
:here are tome recipee for home-
made cements.: One of the beet and
moist endurable ,ci,mente le a home-
made one. It is very simple, just
the white of ale egg well beaten and
mixed to a --creamy parte with
French chalk, prepared lime, or
even flour, This is good for earth-
enware. If iron filings are added to
the mixture a cement fur mending
broken part's of iron is the result.
An excellent cement fox mending
glassware and fine -china is equally
simple and inexpensive. Isinglaass
dissolved in its own weight of whis-
ky, gin, alcohol or other spirits, ap-
plied as before directed, will hold
and the join he scarcely visible.
- One of 'the finest and mob deli-
cate of cements made is a mixture
of one ounce of isinglass: and one-
half ounce of gum arabic •covered
with a good alcohol, This should be
put into a bottle and he loosely
ter
Do not add anything else-uot corked because the whole is eet into
even salt. Bring slowly to the boil, a kettle of boiling waiter until thor-
alnd theta. simmer .as long as possi-
ble. 'Cue stock must be made the
clay before it is wanted, and any
fat that rises must be skimmed off.
The stockpot must never be left in
a slow heat. The contents should
be boiled up daily to prevent their
going sour, and then the pot should
be kept, gently siminering. During
the nigh';, the earthen pot should
be pub in the larder, or else the
stock should be turned into a basin.
To the foundation stook may be
added any trimmings of meat, ba-
con, poultry, bones, etc., clear
gravy and sauce, and uncooked cut
vegetables --except very starchy
ones, such as turnips and potatoes.
Cooked vegetables, fat meat,
bread, thick gravy, etc., must not
be put into the sleek/eat.
A special stock, which is highly
useful for vegetarian cooking, can
be made fromvegetables alone.
Celery, carrots, onions, and mixed
herbs can he used for it. Wash
the vegetables, and cut them into
small pieces, then 117 in butter to
a nice brown color. Put them into
the stockpot, cover with water, and
add a liberal supply of salt. Bring
slowly to the boiling point, skim,
and simmer gently for several
hours. Strain into a basin and use
as required.
Fish stock is made entirely from
the bones and trimmings of white
lash. Allow one quart of water for
each pound of fish, and pet all into
the stockpot with a small cut Span-
ish onion, a tablespoonful of chop-
ped parsley, and some seasoning
herbs tied in a muslin bag. Bring
slowly to the boil, then remove the
herbs, and simmer for an hour.
Skim and strain the stock,• which is
ready Inc use in fish soups or other
dishes,
Stock ought always to be made at
least a day before it is wanted for
use, but sometimes it is wanted in
a hurry. In such a case quite a
good stock can be made in about
half an hour. Take, any hones or
lean cooked oold meat, chop tep
fairly small, and fry brown in at
little dripping. Pub .inbo a stew -
pan, cover with 'coli. .vaster,. and
season with herbs and pa>nsley.
Boil up, then simmer gently for
twenty minutes. Remove any seines,
strain, season with salt and pepper,
and use as required.
New Apple Pic,
Do not go moaning around won-
dering what you may have for d'es-
terb that everybody likes. Every-
body likes apple pie -apple pie
with rich, sweet cream over ib -and
here is the proper way to make it.
First anake your crust, For a
single pie take one measuring glass
of sifted hour and a little salt. To .
this add one-third measuring glass
of stiff, cold lard or bard and but-
ter mixed, Ont with. •a knife and
fork until combined, never touching
with the hands. Moisten with ice-
cold water, a very , liable, only
enough to enable you to roll the
ernst out upon .the pie board, or,
better s'Cill, the marble or eatspie
slab, Dust the board with fieur,
divide the dough in two part's and
roll
.the under crust out lightly
until h is very thin. Lift it with
knife and cake turner on't'o the pan
and plaint ib inside with the white of
an egg, to prevent the dough geb-
ting Froggy.
Into- the crust .slice tort 'apples,
sweeten with a full cup of eager.
Add a lump of butter, a little touch
of grated lemon peel and a few
oleeves and allspice, also 'grate a
Vide of nutmeg over the fruit to
give Bayer, tinder no circumstances
use swesb or tasteless apples,
Clover with upper crust, slashed
in several places to permit, stem to
eooape; Bake in a eteady and hot
oven and bear in mind you can ne-
ver expect oriep pastry unless the
overt it dry, -To try and cook a pie
mit an oven with say a cot;n pudding
baking, or''a roast of lamb, spells
failure for the pastry. The oven
mot- be dry and you will know
when the pia is barked, i
oughly dissolved. This is used to
mend the finest woods (es a piano
marred) or to sob pieces that may
have come out of an inset table top.
Jewellery is also sometimes repair-
ed with this cement and iso is- polish-
ed steel. The pants to ibe mended
should be warmed first.
A good cement which will hold
labels to metal is made by (Resolv-
ing one part of borax to five of gum
shellac in ,a quart of boiling water.
Boil until the whole is clear. Be-
fore applying wash the metal in hot
water containing sommon washing
soda .and waxm the Dem'en't before
using it on the labels.
Things Worth Knowing.
Conn should nob be put up in
glans jars, as the light darkens it.
To keep suet fresh, chop roughly
and sprinkle with a little granulated
sugar.
To remove the smell of cooking
sprinkle a little oedaa' dust on the
top of the stove.
Allow cabbage water to become
quite cold before pouring down the
siinlc and there will be no unplea-
sant smell,
A pinch of salt on Mlle tongue, fol-
lowed
ollowed ten minutes after by a drink
of cold water, often -cures a head -
,ache.
When baking potatoes, eut a, snip
from 'the end of each. This will let
out the moisture and make them
appear mealy.
When cooking vegetables never
allow the water to stop boiling all
the time they are in the saucepan.
To do era- will make them sodden.
After washing ]amp chimney's, try
polishing them with dry exit. This
gives the glass'a brilliant shine and
prevents it from cracking.
A good treatment for unduly
moist hands is to bathe them fre-
quently in warm water to which a
little alum or vinegar has been
added.
When you desire to keep meat
and have no ice on which to keep
it, wrap ib in at,cloth wet with vine-
gar. Wash. the vinegar off before
cooking the meat
To renovate a blue serge costume
or suit, put half a pint of white
vinegar into sa quart of hot water,
and sponge`t'he serge. Press while
damp with .a clean cloth laid over
the material.
When short of eggs for cake -mak-
ing, dissolve one tabieepoonful of
gelatine in a little cold water, than
add enough heiling water to make a
cupful, beat with an egg whisk, add
to the :cake, and it will equal three
eggs.
A War Scene in Paris -Soldiers Off to the Front.
One of the six army corps which are now engaged on the frontier, marching through the streets of Paris
to their camping ground.
GERMAN EMPEROR'S SISTER
M
RIDICULES )Il':S A'L'TITUDE OF
• mumon.
'MUT AIRNAVIES COST.
Britain Has Spent One -Ninth Less
Than Germany.
An estimate of the tobal expendi-
tures of the differenb Governments
for aeronaubical work during five
years approximates $100,000,000,
The division is as follows:-
3, Germany . $28,000,000
9, France . 92,000,000
3, Russia .- 12,000,000
4. Italy 8,000,000
5. Austria . 5,000,000
O. Great Britain 3,000,000:
7,; Belgium . 2,000,000
8. Japan . ... , 1,500,000
9. 'Chile . 700,000
10. Bulgaria . :.....a..; 600,000
11 Greece . 600,000
12. Spain , - 550,000
13.Brazil 550,000.
14. United States 435,000
15. Dennserk .• 1300,000
10. Sweden . 260,000
17. China • 220,000
18,Roumania 200,000
'
19: I3olla,nd 150,000
20. Servia . , 125,000
21. Norway ......; .- 100,000
22. Turkey . 00,000
23. Mexico , 80,000
94. Argentine .....C.„ . 75,000
25. Montenegro . „ 50,000
90. Cuba . , " • • • ,11111111 40,000
, ,.,$580,570,000
ecotning l :Ctttal
Has Caused the Kaiser Many Un-
comfortable Moments -Now a
"Crowned. Head."
By the death of the romantic old
Grand Duke of Saxe-'Meiningen, the
Kaiser's eldest sister has just 'been
elevated to the position of a
"crowned head," for she is the con-
sort of the new ruler of the State
of .Saxe-Meiningen. Only one other
his new brother-in-law. Cm tempt-
uously the Kaiser referred to Mein-
ingen as "The Professor -in -Arms."
The latter, a refined and scholar-
ly gentleman, hated Junkerdom
like poison, and was not afraid to
tell Wilhelm II. "what he thought
of him!" And ructions followed.
The new Kaiser practically turn-
ed the heir of Meiningen out of the
German army; and bis brother-in-
law's stern denunciation of Ger-
man military methods, when the ar-
tilleryman Heinrich committed sui-
cide in 1903 rather than suffer bully-
ing from his non-commissioned of-
ficers; has .become historic in Ger-
man military annals. And Char-
lotte of Saxe-Meiningen and the
Kaiser have never been friendly-
since.
riendlysince. She is devoted to her bus -
of the Kaiser's sisters is a Sove- band.
reign -the wife of the King of
Greece. The Kaiser's eldest sister, USE OF BOTH EYES.
the new Grand Duchess of Saxe- -
Meinin•gen, is a lady of rare person-
Apparent 1)istanee of Objet.te 0e-
ality, and one of the most interest- pends on Use of Both Eyes,
ing women in Europe. She has eo
caused her imperial brotber some e are unaware that th
tempestuous moments and many a appaMastrentp p distance1 of an object de -
e
hard word during herfidty fThisour Pendsfact upon thhowever,e use ofcan be bothstriking-
eyes.
ly shown. Place a pencil so that
two or three inches project over
the edge of a table. Then stand
in early days, was born at the New alongside the table, close one eye
Palace at Potsdam, on the 24th of
and attempt to knock the pencil off
by quickly hitting the projecting
July, 1860. Her mother was Eng
land's Princess Royal, and she was end with the tip of the forefinger.
Almost invariably the person mak-
Queen Victoria's flesh grand-
daughter. ing the attempt underestimates the
For seventeen years Princess
Charlotte of Prussia remained the
chief joy and consolation of her -
mother's life.
The Family Feud.
years, and now that she is a Sove-
reign princess and, as it were, "on
her own," she may -cause him more.
Charlotte of Prussia, as she was
'When old Bismark and his dour
diplomabs in Berlin were intent up-
on waking life miserable for the
English princess who was destined
to be the "Empress of the Hundred
Days," ib was always her daughter
Charlotte to whom she went for
sympathy. Frain her eldest son,
the Kaiser, she got little comfort.
Wilhelm H. was from infancy com-
pletely imbued with Prussian junk-
erdom, and he yearned dor the day
when he would the an Imperial Ma-
jesty. There was a considerable af-
fection between the .Kaiser and his
sister Charlotte, wlao was but a
year or so younger than himself.
Bub as the future Kaiser and his
sister grew up to years of discre-
bion, a wide breach gradually de-
veloped between them.
Kaiser Wilhelm, as all the world
knows, was always giving himself
"airs"; and his sister, who had in-
he'r'bed her mother's strong English
common sense' and hatred for pos-
eurs, became addicted to a .habit of
ridiculing •hex brother. Bub the
Kaiser had his revenge, and his sis-
ter is said never bo have forgiven
hien for it. One day young Prince
Wilhelm of Prussia, as the Kaiser
then was, brought home to the New
Palace in Berlin a young student
who had juab arrived ab Potsdam,
who was of Royal blood, and destin-
ed to be Grand Duke of Saxe-Mein-
in•gen. •
Forced to. Marry.
.Prince Bernhard, was a'clever
yo.eth. Bub he was no soldier. His
inclinations were in the nature of
Greek research and a-uniformn was
a ,source of annoyance to him.
Prince Wilhelm, having poked no
end of Trus at the young officer, cool-
ly bold his sister •Oharlotte that she
had to marry him. Charlotte was
but sixteen years olid, CGharlebbe
laughed at Prince Wilhelm. Bub it
burned nub to be no -laughing mat-
ter l Young. Prince W'ilhelm's fa-
ther was already a hopeless invalid;
hue .mother, as 'because an English
Princess Royal was a lady of the
meek and gentle order, and before
his own parenbs clearly recognized
whet bheir sou had done Prince Wil-
helm had ,betrothed hit sister to the
heir of Saxe-Meiningen, and all
Germany sass balking of the match
And bub a Sew months later the
Princess was married and taken to
Meninges' 1
Queen Victoria was :uexoressibly
distance by aninch or more, and,
much to his surprise, misses the
pencil entirely, One -eyed people,
accustomed to estimating distances
only with one eye, of course have
no trouble in hitting the pencil at
the firsb trial.
To make a person think there are
two marbles where only one really
exists, have, him cross the second
finger over the first, close his eyes,
and tell how many marbles he is
touching when you 'hold a single
one in contact with the ends of the
two crossed fingers. The illusion
is very startling -and the person al-
most invariably has to be shown the
single marble before he believes
there is only one. 11 a marble is
nob convenient, the end -of a pencil
or other small- object may be used.
To test your ability to make your
muscles work as you desire, try
sliding the forefinger of the left
hand backward and forward along
the sides of a table ; at the same
time, tap in the same spot with a
pencil in the right hand so that the
end touches the path the forefinger
follows, At first ib is extremely
difiiculb to make the peneil tap in
the same spot without hitting the
finger, but after a little practice
you will find that quite the contrary
is the case, for ib soon becomes al-
most impossible to make the ob-
ject with which the tapping is done
touch the forefinger or vary from
the sante spot on the table.
The Size of the Waves .
U1±1131AN CROWN PIi[NCI±.
Anxious for War and Deplored
Growth of Democracy.
"William the Younger," as Vor-
weerts, the battling organ of the
Cermet') Socialist party, -contemp-
tuously calls the German Crown
Prince, broke forth shortly before
war commenced with a crop of
fresh "incidents." The eruption,
like the "incident" of Zabern last
winter was again telegraphic, and
it throws interesting light on the
future Kaiser's attitude, The
Prince sent several effusive "wires"
to Lieutenant-Colonel Frobenius,
author of "The German Empire's
Hour of Destiny," a rabid jingo
production, predicting a European
war conflagration in 1915, and to
Professor Buchholz of Posen, a pa-
triot of the same calibre, who in
a pamphlet, "Bismarck and We,"
flays the present Government for
permitting the unrestrained growth
of democratic seniment,"
To Frobenius the Crown Prince
telegraphed : "I hope your book
will find a way into every German
home." To Buchholz he wired : "I
have read your most excellent trea-
tize with the liveliest interest."
Both Crown -princely effusions
having been reproduced in the
press, the boom in the sale of the
Frobenius book and the Buchholz
pamphlet has been promptly in-
augurated, The Liberal Vossisebe
Zeitung called for "regulations"
suppressing the political indiscre-
tions of the Kaiser -to -be, but they
have been going on for the matter
of ten years now' and nobody, not
even the austere Kaiser himself has
evolved effective ways and means
of muzzling his ebullient heir. The
Crown Princess popularity has not
suffered much in consequence of re-
curring "incidents." He is re-
garded as the hest liked royal per-
sonage in the country without ex-
ception.
THE SUNDAY SCHUR STUDY
The most experienced sons of the
sea are apb to have very exagger-
ated ideas of the size of towering
waves which break over the vessels
during sea' storms, and frequently
waves are reported as having reach-
ed an almost impossible height. As
a matter of fact it is extraordinary
for a wave to attain a heighb of sev-
enty feet, while the average size of
great waves is considerably less.
The mountainous seas often encoun-
tered by liners in the North Atlan-
tic usually measure aboub forty
feet, though the upward -shooting,
quick -falling wetter obtains . a
greater altitude, The big waves ,of
the North' Pacific rarely measure
more than thirby feeb, while the
highest wave ever met by an Aus-
tralian -bound liner in the south
Pacific reached fifby feet. Tho big
Waves of said-oeean are much larger
than those encountered elsewhere,
and itis very rare that a height of
even twenty feet, i$1 reached by a
wave in the Meditetrenea•n.
"Many a girl," said the philoso-
pher, "thinks she has .broken her
heart when else has really only
shocked. , rf.ypoe Willia•tr alienated .apl'ained het imaginabkn,"
INTERNATIONAL ILl35SO i,
A r G,l'SI 30.
Lesson 1Y. .% Bey of (lueetiens.--
Batt. 22, 15.22. Golden Text,
Matt. 22. 21.
V'rce 15. Then -;After having
heard the poleteal parables which
Jesus had rpt ken against them.
The Yh r, iF a Thronghuut his
Gospel Matthew regards the Phari-
se n as the most bitter of Christ's
enemies,
T ole counsel how ,they might en -
'rare hire in his talk --The Jewish
leaders were so incensed 'at Jesus
that they counseled tugeth-sr in or-
der to devise some means for accus-
ing him of treason before the Ito -
man governor. They knew it was
necessary to do this, since he salon
had the right to impose the sen-
tence of death.
10. Send to him their disciples --
Or, agents, with the Herodians,
partisans of the Herods, who sup-
ported the Roman government.
Teacher, we know that thou art
true, and tsaohest the way of God
in truth -Words of fawning hypo-
crisy
C.arest not for anyone -Referring
to the boldness of Jesus-, who. had
not been deterred from rebuking
sin and nnrighteousness, even
though his strongest .statements
ss -ere against the Pharisees, who
were of the social aristocracy of the
Jews,
17. Is it lawful to give tribute un-
to C''sesar, or not) -This question
shows the astuteness d1 those who
sought to entrap Jesus. In their
company,Phadisees, Herodians, and
Sadducees, usually ab enmity with
each other, had now combined
against Jesus. The party of zealots
held that Israel, being a. theocracy,
with God as the only king, should
not pay tribute to any foreign
power, ands wibh these 'the Phari-
sees agreed. Had Jesus, however,
placed himself on record as sup-
porting this policy, the Pharisees
would hare- charged him with trea-
son and had him condemned to
death. As the Here -diens support-
ed the Roman government openly,
they would not have asked such a
question in sincerity.
18. Jesus perceived their wicked-
ness -These men who came to ques-
tion Jesus had not -comprehended
his character. They thought he
would be flattered by the compli-
ments they pa -id him, and that in
his answer he would foolishly give
himself away. But Jesus 'saw their
motive, and did not hesitate to pub-
licly- denounce them as hypocrites.
19. The tribute money -The Ro-
man coin in which the tribute or
tax was paid. This would Probably
correspond to our poll teas.
Denarius-1 coin worth about
seventeen cents, and we learn from
the following verges that this one
bore the image and superscription
of Caes
21. Renar,der therefore unto Cae-
sar the 'things that are Caesar's;
and unto God the things that are
God's -The important point in
Christ's answer is that Jesus, in
eomm•on with all the prophets, held
that- "national independence is not
au ultimate good, nor the patriotism
that fights for it an ultimate vir-
tue." To him the kingdom of God
did not mean the restoration of the
kingdom of Isnael, His kingdom
-was not of this world in the sense in
which the Jews thought of worldly
kingdoms, and he implied in bis
answer that it is possible to be a
true and loyal citizen of the king-
dom of God and yet submit to the
rule of a foreign potentiate. We be-
lieve it a natural deduction from
this teaching that church and state
are separate institutions, each with
its peetl]iar claims and powers. :But
the Christian owes to his country
not only "tribute money," but par-
ticipation ie every movement look-
ing toward the betterment of soci-
ety in that country. '
22. They marvelled, mac) left him,
and went away-Jeslts's foes were
astonished that ho could so easily
avoid. (the trap that they hard set for
]lin
HOLLAND'S QUEEN.
Weighs as Much as Kings of Spain
and Italy Together.
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland
does not make the gastronomical
sacrifices of her figure that the large
majority of women of to -Play do. In-
deed, Her Majesty is the greatest
epicure among present-day ruling.
sovereigns.
According to a party, of Freneh
journalists returned from Holland,
where they had the run of the royal
palaces, Wilhelmina favors fish,
meat, fruit, burgandy, and cham-
pagne at nearly every meal. The
Prince Consort is his own cellar -
man, taking the greatest interest
in his wines. -
Here is a typical day's menu
8 a.m.--Coffee with whipped
cream; a dozen pieces of cub bread
and butter.
10 a.m.-Two hot meat or fish pat-
bies2; cheese. -
p.m•-Lmach, usually hors
d'oeuvres, fish, roast beef, fowl,
dessert,
4 p,m.-Teawine. ; ham
sandwiches.
7 p.m. -Dinner, consisting of
eight courses.
10 p•m,-Biscuits, liquors, and
bed.. .
The Queen looks remarkably well
on this diet, and weighs as much as
the Kings of Spain and .Italy to-
gether. •
Her great gain in weight of late
years is nbtributed to her fondness
for good things tb eat, especially.
sweetmeats and notably chocolates.
A.ngly C.ustonler.
c`Sse here, waiter," exela]nszd'.
the incligsiant customer, "here's a
piece of 'weed in my sausage I'".
"Yes, sir," replied the waiter,
"but I'm sure-er-•" "Sure ; no-
thing 1 I don't mind eating th clog
e if 1 m t� at
but I m blow d going , e
Our English Letter
chinos) opium Hon Found in Simeon,
hirci on the opium dens in ''London's
f'hi,latotvn, a disirlet near 11to •declo3, have
thrown new light on titin sordid quaver.
which was Attie known Anti! nineteen
0ldnowo wgre brought to answer in pnlico
-courts. Tke ess'Utah . is a mnsv of aplum
dons and gaml:sihlg housoo, (thjneto sail -
ore off the oriental ships In port stave been
robbed of their earnings 'There are aboslt
800 of these sailors and Dubin boys 1n port
ut a time.
Charitable societies are new organiziug
a fund to build in this district a hotel, no•
Mal club and ,institttto, with classes in
English and seamanship. Arrangements
will be made by which the sailor's may
banal home part of their earnings. The
name of the new organization is the
Chiusso Merchant ltervtco. Guild.
The Flardest English Phrass,
While the ,hraso. "a ltttf a bit" is se easy
f,1 native English' speaking persona toes
pronounce that it would seem to mope a
weak te,.t for sobriety, it have been Pielter_1
out from all other tongue. twisters by
Ptofecror Walter Rippmuttn of the tini-
versity of London for foreigners to pram.
Nee on.
Anyone. who can say "a little bit" -cor-
rectly has nothing else to Sear an pro-
nouncing English, Professor Rlpp'man bee
told the student's from some eighteen.
foreign countries, who are here to tales
the special summer course of lectures ar-
ranged for their benefit.
The beginner hl English usually gets
no closer to a Cattle bit" than a eel
beet" or "a dont bid." But when he .does
tweeter 0. the clessic "prunes, prisms and
persimmons' and "picked a neck of pick.
led peppers" come comparatively ewer,
Bachelors' Club Ancient.
The Bachelors' Club,anf which the Prince
of Wales has become art `honorary mem-
ber, dates back to. 1801, and is essentiaa1Y
a young man's club. bfembcr9 must be
bachelors on election and should they an-
ter into matrimony must stand the hazard.
of the ballot and pay a fine of 5100.
The association of royalty with, club -
land has not always been entirely happy.
When George XV. was Prince of Wales he
was ansious to become e, member of
Brooke's, partly in order. to have oppor-
tunities of meeting Charles Fog. He 'was
the only member elected up to that 'time
Without a ballot, and 'wee received with
acclamation on his first appearance,:but
hie chief reason for .joining was that he
might be •able to .earry on a vendetta
against Pitt, a member of White's. When
White's gave a ball las Prince command-
ed his friends not to go to it, and tent hi9
awn ticket and that of the Duke of York
to be sold at a public library.
The Duke of York's association with
Brooks's nearly. cost him Brie life, for in
the course of a drunken frolic he Scent to
the club and found it shat for the night,
whereupon he and his companions forced
their way to sand smashed everything is
sight, till a waiter, believing them to bo
housebreakers, camp down with a blunder-
buss and was about to Ore when the Duke
'vas recognized, Bing Edward's difference
with White's committee on the subject of
smoking will be recalled.
Tapestry Art Not Lost.
Tapestry plays only a small part in the
embellishment of the modern home, but
the art is by no means 'a lost one. Morrie
& Co. have just produced a fine piece of
work, the design of 'which is based on one of Bernard Partridge's finest Punch ear
toena.
In the tapestry the Wing ie represented
standing on a dais receiving from the
four virtues, Peace. Wisdom,. Fortitude,
and Justice, his shield, helmet, sword and.
spear. Blie right hand rests on a. charter
and behind Is a canopy decorated with
the arms of the principal colonies.
In style it represents the craftsmanship
of the fifteenth century rather than the
mare elaborate methods of the Gobelins
factory. Though wonderfully 'sumptuous
in effect the tapestry tel 'woven with great
simplicity. Few colors have been used,
four or five at most, and the shading is
broad and expressive. 'The design has
great distinction,
Capt. Cook's Statue Doesn't Please.
'Pito statue of Capt. Cook, now erected
in. the Mall, shows the navigator in a
bronze three cornered hat with his bank to
the Admiralty, gazing sternly at the Lon-
don County Council offices. Bir Thomas
Frock, the sculptor, has given -him a coil
of rope to stand on and put a, fat tele-
scope in his hand. If. as Prince Arthur of
Connaught suggested, several London stat-
ues should be scrapped, this, the latest
addition to their a'snlcs, would.possibiy
not exist for. any considerable period.
Paper Dish's .Day at Hand.
The American -paper cup threatens to
invade England, and with it the paper
plate and tumbler. A speaker at the Black.
pool sanitary .conference sounded a want-
ing against crockery.
The best washed dish, he said, retains
some germs. It is cleaner and .safer to
burn the whole service after each .meal.
This. ruthless counsel squares only too
well with the necessities of present- day ,
housekeeping. No doubt much of. the ten.
(lion between uscdern maid and mistress
would go at a stroke if -.broken dishes
were no longer a peesible cause, of ib
King's Club Is Plain.
The Jockey Club rooms in Newmarket
which are set aside for the use of royalty
aro remarkable tor their unpratentious-
nese. They are plainly. even .meagrely
furnished. The wane arephung with a few
sporting ,prints, while the smoking lounge
has the pladneet bentwood chairs. It 10 m
this department.that the Icing spends
most or ins time when at the club.
Telegrapher's Cramp Crows.
It was said by a delegate to the recent
congress of the International Federation
of Postal and Telegraph Servants. that
Il nedratlan,alarmingsrate (Increasing
.ion ass
le attributed to the system of speeding -up
which has been introduced into the tole -
gr he C service,
Tho committee of 'scuba found that VW
ddsettee ie seated in the central nervous
system and Is a weakening 0r breakdown
of the cerebral controlling meelfaniem in
consequence of 'musotrlar strain. A tele-
grapher suffering from the malady 10 an
advanced etngo can expect no -care unless
he or she is removed completely from the
service. The Corearm, hand and fingora.
become numb and -cease to answer to tlto
nerves and muscles, in some oases the
power to hold a knife and Cork. is lost.
Care Fos' Snake -]lite,
Many are the curious methods
adopted fps' curing snakebites, brat
surely 'sone can be more so than a
way which au London,Answers eer-
ievillage near Bhavnagar' India lilies cinnamon,, and half aa. like
Nutmeg Poison.
A German medical journal, the
Munich Ivledizinische Wochone-
ehrift, gives a enrious story of two
eases of poisoning from nutmeg, an
article in daily use .in . food and
drink. Twa servant girls partook
of a mixture made up of two ground
respondent internes us, Two natives. Iiptanegs, a. bmaall quantity of .1". -
were, he he save, brought back to life Faboul,, one pint) of host wine. One
v 6 girl drank the reader art the
after being 'bitten by a cobra. The.g g Parte
victims were seabed on the ground, other but a small potation. Both
and there held, tvhile from a height were taken to the hospitalInman-
of16 feet gallons Lancs gallons of hot scions. The one wale drank Iles
water were ponied on their heads, greater part remained in a stupor
men 1 according to the .corres- fur three dat,3s, and 1t tv,as not until
Presently, , g v the fifth day that she reoovered her
pendent, the. victims "took a new The of life,,, and. are now es senses. The other, who, like the
well as though.tho had neves' been firsts developed 'failure of memory,
yvertigo and somnolence, was not so.
ethe jaws of _ lis " at "ll: The g ill recover.+, . Nutmeg contains
explanation to this "cure" probe.- long 3
bl • is that the snaJcc, as .olten hap- 15.51, ethereal oil that 15 a recognized
y arson,
pens, bib its victims, belt injected p
"I keep an excellent table," said
a lady sdisputing with *be of her
hoarders.. "That linty be true, tar
data," said he, "'but yell lstit very
little.' on lit.". _
Time never hangs heavy on the eo poison into them. Thus the mem
hands of>a boy with his first watch,
Wifey-Anyhow, a woman's mind
is always cleaner than is, man's,
Embby-It ought to be, It changes
oftener. -
were merely terrified and eenti.nued
to be frightened until the pain
paused by the douche of hot water
gave then souoething elees to think
about