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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1915-2-25, Page 6es Hints for the Home 1 • '1'estetl Recipes. While Ilnrd Sauce. — One -el- ire cup of unsalted butter preferably one enp of powdered sugar sifted Mad worked. irate the butter gradual- ly, a'nd flavoring, Same, people use x warm bowl to mix their sauce in. A better thing is an enameled plate of the shape of a soup plate or nae a warmed soup plate. Unless the ,butter ire hard the plate will be warm .enough if hot water is run oli it for minuteor two; and it. is thee wiped, dry before putting the butter into it. Chop the butter Are, and then knead and work to a cream with a knife or a fiat egg whisk.. Vanilla flavoring, a tea- spoonful for this amount; zs always popular, but sometimes one-third lemon or orange to the vanilla is added. Mold into a mound or any shape you choose. You may then „+. inkle .ince niv;+p.-i4.ti: it if you rL.-. �. Muse, fik many like this flavoring in a Melding sauce. Set on ice to lztliden. Harlequin Hara S,aueee Divide a hard white sauce into three parts. Leave -one-third white, work ehoeo- eate or cocoa into another third and jelly into the rest. Sift cocoa be- fore working it in and work in enough to get a good shade. For a cup of bard settee four tablespoon- fuls would not be too much. Cur- rant jelly may be used to make the red or pink part of the sauce, and a fine dear grape jelly gives a fine or raspberry color, though a grape jelly of an inferior qualite would give a lavender shade. Put the three colors together in any shape you choose, a mound or a square or something more fancy, but so that each serving will have some of each color. One of the easiest ways to get this is to make the plain brick like a brick of ice cream of several colors. Tree Cake icing. -- When hard eauce is colored with cocoa it is easy to put it on a cake to resemble the icing which is oharaeteristie of the tree cake. The inside. of the tree cake may be almost any plain cake preferred, but the chocolate or co- coa icing must be put on to resem- ble the bark of a tree, and only a butter icing can be so manipulated. But a tube and point is not needed. Just draw the point of the spoon, rather heavy with the icing rather than dean, in lines accuse the icing pal have smoothes) on. Fish Recipe.—Here is a nice way to use leftuver: Chip very fine one pound of melted halibut, five drops of onion juice, two teaspoonfuls of lemon juice, half -teaspoonful of pa- prika, half -teaspoonful of salt; add one-eighth cup of thick cream which has been beaten until stiff and the whites of two eggs beaten stiff; cook itt buttered timbale molds until firm; chill on ice, remove from pans, arrange on salad dish. garnish with mayonnaise dressing; c.ut up fine une can of shrimp and put that around the base, .New in making salad -dressing same people always use olive oil and lemon, as it is so much healthier than vinegar and so sweet, Sweetheart Cokes. — Prepare a white cake batter as follows: To two cups of granulated sugar creamed with. half a cup of butter add one cup of milk and three teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Add a saltspoon- fel of salt, and last of ail, the whites of two eggs beaten stiff. To half of this mixture add a half -teaspoonful of vanilla and to the other hall add a scant tablespoonful of chocolate powder or cocoa. Spread each batch in a sheet three-quarters of an inch thick. Bake in a moderate oven, and when done put the white layer on the brown layer with meringue filling. To make the meringue, beat the white of an egg stiff, add one tablespoonful of granulated sugar, and beat two minutes. Then care- fully cut the layes'.s into small cakes with heart -shaped cutter. Frost the cakes with thin white frosting and decorate the top with daintily eat pieces of candied cherries and citron. • Useful Hints. Rice with grated cheese over it makes a change as a luncheon dish. Turpentine is said to restore the lost whiteness of the ivory handles of cutlery. Sometimes merely .bending new kinks into a hat wild make it look like a new shape. A good meat salad is made with chopped cold meat and cold boiled potatoes, union and parsley. Bread and better, cheese and beans. nuts and sugar, ere among the'best foods for the bard worker. An excellent dessert is made with bananas put through a potato ricer. and sliced orange and pineapple acicled. Theta cereals are preferable which are whole natural grains, eteamed in a double boiler for '24 hours,. Bef- re wearing your rubbers rub them ur11 with veseline. Let them remain a few -days before wearing them. C'reern cheese and butter worked together and seasoned with salt and rnyenne, make is delieinus fill- ing for a. e•andwieh. When (ttethes have become badly tho open air and sunshine uitiil`t'he soled la gone Escpreso paekaget•t1l'eit are to tra- vel's lon.j' dratsbee should be sewed up in strong nn'b'ieathed muslin over the paper wrapping. Alwa's eut out the scallops of a Piece of enibrdidery before washing. The edge will never' have to be teite.- need but once after the first wash- inGood pearl buttons- which have been spoiled in the laundry can be renovated by giving that a bath in olive oil and then rubbing with flan- nel. Discolored copper artieies can be made to look like new. Rub them with lemon dipped in salt. Rinse in clear, hot water and rub with aeon cloth. Apples pared, oozed and set .into a dish with sugar rasa water, to bake until tender, but not broken, are delicious served with custard pour- ed over them. When one buys a child's dress, otherwise good, but with poor ma- chine scallops on it, one can regard the scallops as padaling and work over them with teceellent effect. To take out iron rust, dip the spot into a strong solution of tar- te,•ie Meed tee,escrows to the'•all7r. When dry wet the Article with wapn soapsuds, rub the stain with ripe tomato juice, expose to the sun again, and when the stain is nearly dry, wash in more suds. A WORD FOR THE HORSE. The Russian Soldier's Prayer for the Noble Animal. In the present devastating con - Ilia of nations animals play no in- considerable share. The horse, in particular, has been dragged in great numbers to aid his master in the work of destruction, and, like his master, to suffer in his turn. It is inexpressible to any lover of ani- mals to think that these dumb, pa- tient creatures, with their many lovable traits, are lying maimed and tortured, enduring. who shall say what agonies, on the fields of the European struggle, The Bri- tish Army is in this, as in other re- spects, admirably equipped, and its veterinary organization ie declared to be sufficient to cope with all. elaeses of wounded animals. One cannot be sure, however, that the sante merciful provision exists among the forces of the other corrr- batants, and there can he no 'doubt that thousands of disabled horses suffer cruelly until death comes to relieve them. The Germans arc said, and we can believe it, to be very harsh and brutal in the treat- ment of their horses. The Russian soldier offers a striking contrast. The large tenderness and the uni- versality of sympathy that, though they have rarely managed in the past to express themselves in the government of Russia, breathe forth in every page of the best Russian literature are strikingly exempli- fied in the Itussian soldier's prayer for his horse—"O Lord, for the humble beasts who with ue bear the burden and heat of the day, and offer their guileless lives for the well-being of their countries, we supplicate Thy great tenderness of heart, for Thou hast promised to save both man and beast, and great is Thy loving kindness, 0 Master, Saviour of the world." It would be difficult to imagirfe anything fur- ther than these words from the spi- rit of Bernhardt. Auxiliary ser- vices have been organized to assist the authorities in mitigating the hardships of the horses used for Army purposes and in Glasgow to- day an appeal is being made for funds for this 'humane purpose.— Scoteh Paper. Too Much for a Lawyer. A young foreigner was being tried in court, and the questioning by the lawyers on the opposite side began. "Now, Laszky, what do you do 1" "Ven 1" asked Laszky. "When you work, of course," said the lawyer. „Vy, work—" "I know," said the lawyer, "but what at?" Ata bench." "Oh!" groaned • the Lawyer. "Where do you work at a bench 1" "In a factory." "What kind of a factory?" "Brick." "You make brickal" "No, de factory is bricks." "Now, Laszky, listen," said the lawyer. "What do you make in that factory?" "Eight dollars a week," "No, no ! What does the factory make?" "I dunno; a lot uv money, I think." "Now, listen 1 What kind of goode does the faetm;y produce ^," "Oh," said Laszky, "goe goods," "I knr,w, but what iciode of good goodsl" "The best." "Tho best of what 1" "The host there "Of what,?" "Of clone goods," "Your honor," said the lawyer, "I give Alp." made uv Greenwood, 13. C., will r,pen a new pr,st, office in March. Very rlittle 'bounty was ca:,,- • scented well tubarre, hang them ia„I3:C. lead produ.•••,•. EAR(. KITCHENER, AUTOCRAT YAR MINISTER RUNS THE WAR (IIS OWN WAY, Is Absolutely Oblivious to Public Opinion and Very v Praetical. One.of the members of the Brit- econversationo fah Cabzn t was in witha friend not long ago, The friend said ithe Caibieet should take a certain course of action in a mat- ter then on the books, "I agree with you " seed -the Cab- inet esean'ber, , "'Horn do the other members of the Cabinet feel?" "They agree with you, two," said the Ca'bine't member. "All except Lord Kito'hener.' "Then," said the other fellow, "w.hy don't you do it?" The -Cabinet man heaved a eigh. "I assure you," said he, "that we have very little influence with Kitcizener," That nay seem to be an exag- gerated statement of conditions in the British 'Oabinet•, But it is an absolutely truthful one, Kitchener is the Caibinet. Wirth certain limit- ations, he is the House of Lords and the House of Commons, and the Royal family, He is easily the most powerful man in England to- day—no exception whatever 'being noted to that statement. This is the explanation, writes Herbert Corey, an American correspondent. The leaders of every ,party in England recognized that this war threatened the very life of the I'.'m- pire. Britannia is fighting with her lraek against the wall. They did the very sensible and very extraor- dinary thing of selecting the biggest man they had in shock to handle the war for England. Then they did the equally sensible and. positively revolutionary thing of letting him handle it. Down to Brass Tacks. Kitchener has a distressing way 'of getting down to ,brass auks in doing ;business. There waf, a Par- liamentary inquiry into certain failures to feed and clothe the new recruits—for while Parliament is obedient it is not muzzled. The fact was shown that requisitions for necessary supplies were shuffled through half a dozen hands before they were filled.' It is not likely that Kitchener had known cif the delay or the cause. He is not omnis-. eient. He got reports by telephone of the revelations. Before the clam - ring on the floor had ended Kitch- ener had sent a telegram to every officer in command at a recruiting station. "Buy what supplies you need and send me the bill," was the purport of this ,telegram, "Never mind pre- vious rules. Get the stuff. I'll get you if you don't." There was one promising little scandal that went' by -by right away. Kitchener isn't extravagant in his use of Government money—in one of his Soudan campaigns he offered to do for £500,000 what another sol- dier had estimated would cost £3,- 600,000, and then he turned back a good deal of the money ---but just now he is not counting the cost. He is too busy to fly -speck cost -sheets with audit sharks. His subordin- ates are told to buy cheap when they can spare time—ibut that hours are worth ,any premium. Sent Him Back to Work. A manufacturer of khaki called at the War Office to ask for commis- sion. In time 'he was ushered into Kitchener's office. He remained standing at rthe door. "Any military experience?" aek- ed Kitchener. The manu'faoturer said he had been an officer in the territorials, and this and that, "What's your ,business' I" asked Kitchener. The manufacturer said he made khaki. "Have you any Government an- tra -Mel" asked Kitchener, The manufacturer swelled with modest pride. He said be bad sev- eral contracts — good contracts — which would keep his mills busy for months. Kitchener's head drop- ped down again over the Sgures he was studying. He diel not , speak. He just jerked his thumb at the door. The officer in attendanee tock the manufacturer out. That sort of man is more valuable at home jute now than in the field. leitchener's estimate when the war began was that it would last three years. A recent incident seems to show that he has not changed 'hie mind. A manufactur- er of certain goods was asked iii he could not largely increase his out- put. "Not without doubling the capa- city 'of my plant," said he. "1 ren- net afford to ds that unless I can ate sures] of at least three years' 'busi- ness." too ahead and double," said lei1-honer. "You'll get the busi- ness." Absolute Aultmea.t, His pant hislury is an open book. 'Leis quarrels with slack and inef- tI itdrri nrct:r•ators i.t .b[ m " - '`L^ 'i""•'us+idP.s- whistled are known,' That his eohievement in raising a, new army at home and in feeding the old army in the feld is of the highest order is %emitted. Where lCiteh' ener has incurred the moat bitter criticism is in his management of the press, He is an Absolute auto- crat, ile hasmade a joke out of (hat freedom of the press of which Anglo-+Saxena have boasted --with this exoepition. Kiteihener hasn't eared what edi- tors have said about .him. But they intuit not ,print tabooed news, The English papers --especially the .Ha.rmsworbh group in Loudon— have attacked the military censor- ship with great (bitterness. Nothing has ,been said on the American aide of half .the edge and weight of ven- om, that is being;,said,almost daily in England. Kitchener doesn't care, He is oblivious to pu'blio op'nion. So Kitchener has muzzled the press in 'tlhis war... He has rue -Leeri- ly suppressed information w'hiah might be, a weapon in ,the bunds of the enemy or make trouble at home. TIe would not Iet-the story of the sinking of the Audacious be told. He ,hay not let •the, English pu`blk know that Apse intervened et Great • Britain's requeat, or that 'Ohina has protested against the vio- lation of her neutrality by both English and Japanese troops. A long ,list of like agtions by the cen- sor'mig'ht he cited.. It is insportant to get at Kitchener'a viewpoint. He will not permit the publica- tion of anything .which are, es a sol- dier thinks may add to the difficulty of his task. He is the sole judge. Where a doubt arises, he rules against the newspapers—and lets 'em rave. Bub they can say -anything they hoose about him. AN AMBITIOUS CHILD. Louis Napoleon's Belief in. Hls Des- tiny. "Being a boy" meant very little to Louis Napoleon, for he had it in his mind almost from•tlre dayeee was 'born to be emperor. of the French. In a moment of confidence, heaaid. to els bosom friend, Baron d'Aeri- lies, who in turn confided -ib to his diary, now 'published as "Intimate Memoirs of Napoleon III" "I have retained a very lively im- pression of an hour, abut my se- venth year, when the idea occurred to me for the first time, and very clearly, that my destiny was not the same as that of other children; that it held something greater and more serious. But I cannot tell whether it gave me a'feeling of pride or fear—perhaps both together, . "In any case, I had already illus trious names and important events to look back upon in my past. 1 knew that my grandmother, wlro was dead, had been an empress, that my mother had been a queen, and my father a king—and my un, cles had been kings, too, "I grew accustomed to the notion that 1, too, should ane clay be em- peror or king—I did not know which, although 'emperor' sounded finer. I knew Napoleon was still at St. Helena on a rock, and he some- times haunted me like a phantom. "All this," concluded the confes- sion, "filled my little head with gloom and sunshine, and left me pensive." And well it might ! These are not the imaginings and dreams of a child, but of a care -ridden man. But his belief in las destiny served Prince Louis one excellent turn : it made hjm a hard worker, deeply imbued with a sense of duty that 10- creaeed with his years. The commandant of the fortress where Louis Napoleon waa kept a. prisoner en account of his preten- sions to the throne of France, was deeply impressed with his responsi- bilities, and thought it his duty to keep a careful watch on ,his, prison- er. Fearing that the boy, in des- pair, might take it into his head to kill himself, he deprived him of every weapon that might serve his purpose—knives, razors, and so on. One day the prince said. to hunt with a smile: "Have no fear. I belong too much to the ,future to try to shirk the present." e' PIRINCESS \(ARI"S OWN BOY. Was Handed to Private of Royal Munster Fusiliers. When the Princess Mary's- Christ- mas gifts for the British soldiers at the front were being packed, her Royal Highness went down, to the warehouse -at Deptford to watch the work, and placed a slip of paper in one of the brass boxes. On the elip were these words; "This box was packed . by her Royal Highness the Princess Mary. The recipient .'should acknowledge its receipt, to her Royal Highness- the ighnessthe Princess Mary, Buckingham Palace," There was naturally great inter - cat in seeing who the happy recipi- ent of the Royal message would be. The other •clay the slip was return- ed to :Buckinam Palace. On it ware written jghust the simple words; "Thank you.—Received by me, 9780, Pte. Fitzgerald, "B" Com- pany, Royal Munster Fusiliers," A note added by the quartermas- ter-eergeant said that the boxes were handed to Private Fitzgerald and his eosnracles an Christmas night, when the rations were gent ONE OF AIRMAN'S .DANGERS ITHE SUtlDAPSCNOJL STUDY ]{T' xIS DODGING - GUNVIREo OF THE ENEMY, B14tislr Aviators Do Not Chang Course Until Shells Burst Near Machine. In the course of a recent talk wbout aviation in the war, with e eorreapouden't, an officer of the British Flying Corps, now home on "short leays," referred to the dif- fiotrlties and hardships that airmen -have to overcome. Some idea of the discomfort endured 'from 'cold at this time of the year, despite leather clothes ane woollen hel- mets, be remarked, may 'be Natter- ed from the fret that if the air Is moist a machine will often some back with its wings coated with ice, anti the men so cold that they have to''be lifted from their seats. The usual type of machine em- ployed, whether monoplane or bi• plane, carries two Hien-tire pilot and the observer. Both are experi- enced map readers, and bhe observ- er especially.. must .be able to indi- cate definitely on the map to With- in a few yardsthe.exactposition of any object he has remarked While 'on his reconnaissance. This is no Small aocomplishanent, as can be un- derstood if one remembers that the aeroplane is approximately a. mile 'migh, and 'travelling at a apeed sometimes exceeding a hundred Miles an •hour oven an ever -varying ,scene in which each small road and art track resembles another. The Uses of the Aeroplane may divided roughly under four, heads: The strategical reconnais- sance,: the taotlewl reconnaissance, 'the directing of artillery and bhe dropping of bombs -on the army, The strategical reconnaissance has for its object a complete survey over and 'beyond the enemy's lines to • remark any movement. of troops or guns that is taking plica and to note railway trains and seeselyrnQl- umns' and-enany.other details of in- estimable value to the general staffs The tactical reconnaissance cov- ers a. smaller area, and in greater detail. The exact position of enemy trenches and guns is noted and marked on the reap for the in- formation of both infantry and ar- tillery. The direction of -artillery fire is, perhaps, the most interesting of any task allotted to the airmen, The aviators, having made arrange- ments with the commander of .a•bat- tery, rise to a considerable height, from which they can observe the burst of the shells on the enemy's positions. They then signal, ser-� resting the range .and direction of the British guns by means of firing colored lights. Extremely success- ful results have been obtained by this co-operation of gun and aero- plane. Bomb dropping is a duty that sometimes falls •to the members of the flying corps, but, obviously it is only now and again that they earl obtain a suitable target. The ac- curate drowning of 'bomlbs into a trench or on other small objects is quite impassible. When the machine has "got its height" ib crosses the enemy's lines and at once becomes the target for furious ,gun .and rifle fire, The Ger- mans ,possess a greab number of anti-aircraft guns firing shrapnel shell. The "Archibald" Gun. It is these guns ,that have been named "Archibald" by the Royal Flying Corps. "Archibald" is very energetic and often fires as many as fusty or sixty shells at an aero- plane on one reconnaissance, Ow- ing to the noise of the engine, the airmen, perhaps 'luckily !for them, cannot hear .the whistle of the shell as it tomes toward them, They axe, however, fully aware of "Arcrhu- bald," for again and again above the roar of the motor 'comes the wicked lilies of the shrapnel bullets after the shell has Iburst as they shoot past tee machine, missing it by a few deet or even by inches. Frequently a bullet or a piece of shell twill tear a 'hole in one of the plena. The airmen, however, pay but libble attention. The observer goes on taking notes, and now and again the pilot looks around to see exadtly where "Archibald" is bursting, Should the shellcome unpleas- antly close for five or six times in sucaeasi,on the pilot may perhaps dive two or Ghee hundred feet, to put the German gunners' range out. Luckily it is only when flying against wind that "Anchileald" be- comes really dangerous. When fly- ing with the wind he merely be- oomes .a master of ammunition and a. source o£ amusement to his tar- get. Artillery fire at an object moving at ninety miles an hour is bound to be eratic, For Economical Reasons. New Lady Boarder --'Merry 1 What thick, heavy coffee cups they use here, Old Boarder—Yes; the idea is that your arm will get so tired lift- ing one cup you won't ask for asec- ond INTERNATIONAL LESSON; FEBRUARY 38. Lesson IX. Samuel the Victorious Louder, 1 San'. 7, a•17. Gloiden 'Pet, 1 Sum. 7, 12, Verse a. Samuel spako,--eareuel leas not been mentioned sines chap- ter 4; verse 1, Me burden of his message was repentance, 4; Baalim and Ashtaroth,--Baal im, as mentioned in a previous' Me- an, is the plural far Baal, and Ash- taroth is the plural for the ferriele divinity Astarte. . 5. Samuel said, . , I will pray for you, -For other inetanee,s of in- tercession with Jehovah •see Exod, 17, . li,37,,12; Num, 12. 13; 1 Kings 18. 36 6. Drew water, , , . anti' fasted,— At the feast of bhe tabernacle the high priest used to draw water from. the fountain of. Siloam to a golden vessel and pour it 'over the eaeri- fiees. The feast of the tabernacle lasted from the fifteenth to the twenty-second of the month of Tieri. Thee name "wateregate," given to one of the gates of•'Jeruse lem:r is, supposed _,to . have been named from this custom. .In 2 Sam. 23. 16 we find David pouring oat water to the Lord; although he was famishing he would, not drink the water, Fasting was enjoined on the day of atonement, according to the law of Moses. The day of atone- ment was on the tenth of the month of Tiari. Mat Samuel should have observed these tug feasts as pre- paratory to his intercession with Jehovah is indicative of bis deep concern over the seriousness of the situation, 7. The lords , of the Philistines went up against Israel.—This means that the whole strength of the Phil- istines was . Galled, upon. . Just as kings and esu:perors to -day will go to the front in order to encourage their soldiers, so the lords of .the.. Philistines '.thought it, necessary to be in the.rnidst,of•the battle in order' that the fill .fighting strength and determination ,of the aoleiere eoul.d• be secured.. 8. The children of Israel said•to Samuel, Cease not -to cry unto Je- hovah our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Phil- istines.—The Israelites' fear of the Philistines was increased when they saw that the lords of the Philis- tines were taking part in the battle. 9. Samuel took a sucking lamb.— The very best offering wee for the intercessory .prayer. As to the law of burnt -offerings, see Lev. 1. 10-13, 10. But Jehovah thundered with a great thunder on. that day.—In- stances of thunder, rain, hail, thick fog, and other natural phe- nomena are frequently recorded in history. Because of such an event, victory has rested with one or the other side, 11. Beth-car.—This place was on a hilb close to the Philistine territory, which would indicate that the Phil- istones were driven back into their owju lance 12. Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen.--Miz- ,pah is the modern Nehy-Samwie Jerusalem is only five miles further beyond to the southeast. Shen means "tooth" or sharp' rock (see 1 Sawn, 14. 4). 13. The Philistines were subdued, and they came no more within the burster of Israel.—As Canaan was subdued by Israel (see Judg. 4. 23, 24). The hand of Jehovah was against the Philistines all the days of Sam- uel.—"All the days" means all the days of his government,' as Samuel's power ceased when Saul became king, 14, The cities whith the Philis- tines had taken from Israel. were restored to Israel.—Samuel con- quered the Philistines not only in driving them from the borders of Israel, but by carrying the war into their own country and taking from the Philistines the cities- which had been taken by them from Israel, There was peace between Israel and the Amorites.--The Israelites and the Amorites made common cause against the Philistines. 15. Judged Israel all the days of his life.—This means that he was a civil judge. He was not supreme as a judge alter Saul. became king. 16, He went front year to year in circuit to Beth -el and Gilgal, and Mizpalt,—Beth-el was the most im- portant place on this circuit. Gil - gal was over against Mount Ebel, and Mount Gerizim, and Mizpali was five miles' northwest from Jerusalem, 17. For there was hie house; , and he built there an altar irate. Jehovah.• --Samuel from ycuth up lrad lived near the altar of the Lord, and in his old age did not forsake it, Where bis house was, there also was the altar of the Lord, Now He Reminded Her Of It. "Ha 1 I've got a good joke on my wife." "What is at " "She wouldn't give me is letter to mail hecanse ,Rhe feared I'd for- get it, and then she carried it around three clays in her shopping bag." When lawyers disagree it's to the jury, y g up OATH TRAIN . FAR ' SOLDIERS RUSSIAN ARMY,EN,rOX SUOXI A LUXURY. Fittings Include Steam and Shower Baths, Linen Closets, Ete. Truly, I think the Retakes sol diet as better looked alter than any. I saw a few days ago a hospital train, specially built, equipped to the last instrument and surgical ap- plianee, writes Hamilton Fyfs. It was marked ,Army Aan'bulanee Train No, ,142. 'So wt least there are 141 others; The Russian Red Cross 9s: always collecting money alI 'over the Gauntry even in thee of peace. It fs actively ,managed by .some of the Iltgheat people in the •Empire, in- cluding one of the Czar's maters, the Grand Duchess Olga, who ie are the front in nurse's uniform now. And it is managed so capably that When a number of Red Cross so- vle•ties engaged in a competition af- ter the Balkan war the Russians won C of l eei:igg • .Boxes, dumbly solicit etre-velars' *ope.eke for ambulance-wor.'k,at every rail- way -station. In one booking' office the other day I counted thirty-two such boxes altogether, and several of these were' marked with the Red Cross, Russians are always ready to give. Their religion makes giv- ing a duty, and the mass of than are religioua enough to take their duties literally. From no appeal for money to lighten the tasks of their brave soldiers do they turn away. Every Russian private or non- -commissioned officer who is dis- cherged.from.:hospital in -Petrograd, and who goes from home to his vil- lage for the three weeks' leave 'which each eonvalesee:rt sem claim, is given something to take home 'with him ,""a little money, a new shirt, if lie needs one, tiny caps or : coats ice: Ms -babies. • This last hap- ,pv thought was Lady Georgina B'a- 'thana•n's.. ,She has, hundreds of small gas:ments mad -Melte British Eenibassy. Russian ladies were charmed by the idea. And among what troops eould tae find such a luxury as this bath train l l went all thruuge its r esoty vans. Not a detail has been i+,r;-,rt- ten. Two steam bath houses ws r room fur fifty men at a time 10 each, Two shower + bath vans with a taele down the middle an -which vera tin washing 'basins and plenty of soap. Linen closets filled rap 10 the roof with towels and shirts and under- clothes, .1 drying -riven with any number of teat suspenders on whish uniforms are hung to• be itovecl," as they say in casual wards nerd "doss -houses." Czars Are tinge. The men ere not ugly given a bath; they can get their hair crit also. In a glass -fronted case on the wall of one of the steam bathing 'vans I noticed a number of gleam- ing instruments. They were clip• peri, and the soldier attendant in charge showed me how the;: c.,uld be worked by pneumatic power, It takes them just a minute and a quarter' to clip a head alnrust as smooth .as a hand, After they have had their baths they can drink a glass of tea in the "Tchaiaia" (tea house) car. Weak tea with lots of sugar in it is what they enjoy. No milk for them; and if you could even persuade them to drink the blaek, powerful 'brew for which blue British soldier craves it would keep them awake for the rest of their lives. The kitchen hacl a pleaeant, homely air, with ite tato "ooppers" for boiling water or soup, and its shelves gleaming with tiny mugs. Here I noticed an "ikon"—,chat is a highly -colored holy picture glittering with Metal decoration. Russian houses have one of these "ikons" in every room, before which faithful members of Holy Church cross themselves as they go in and out. The building of the 'bah train was made easier by .the wide gauge of Russian railways. Their vans and carriages are broader than the Eng- lish ,by three feet or ,mare• stem they are several feet higher, Eng fish trains would look mean and al- most miniature 'basicle them. Yes the scheme of it ought to .be studied by railway companies all over the. world. What a .boon a bath would be in a Canadian or an American train! leo difficulty about it. • The Russians have led the way. Jersey City's City Hull eat -drank up all the evidence in a liquor in- fraction case and became intoxi5: Bated: I)elwware River pilots using lirpsm ase m. w under, penalty of low ?g their license from the state, or sus - pone -on, TIN, home once occupied by the'„ mother of Charles Stewart—Parnell' tit Berdestawn, N.J., bast bees burned down. A phonngrnplr, released when e burette drawer c,pened, can h1 the voice of is thief at it New York boarding ]nurse,