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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1915-9-30, Page 3Dutch Recipes. Egg soup paste is used in different kinds of soup, much the same ie the Italians use macaroni, and it is good. It is made thus; Yolks of 4 eggs, pinch of cayenne pepper, level tea- spoonful of salt, white of 1 egg and one-half cup of cream. Beat all to- gether well, strain through cheese- cloth and pour into custard molds that have been buttered, set in pan of bailing water, half their height. Bake in medium hot oven until the paste is firm in the centre; when cool cut in thin slices or fancy shapes and add to the clear soup 'with a little finely chopped parsley. Milk Rivel Soup.—Grate 3 large slices of bread very fine, add 2 level tablespoons of flour, 1 well -beaten egg; mix. together, rubbing with the hands until it falls apart in strings or crumbs; add 1 pint of milk, three- fourths pint of water. Bring to a boil and season with salt, pepper and pinch of sugar, teaspoonful of fine chopped parsley and tablespoonful of butter; now add rivels and cook for five minutes. Yellow Tomato Soup.—Cook 1 quart of water and - 1 pint of yellow tomatoes until soft, put through strainer; add pint of milk, salt, pep- per and 2 large tablespoonfuls of butter. Add pinch of soda to milk, so. that it does not curdle; bring all to scalding point and pour over large soda crackers. Baked Fish.—Select number .of small fish required and clean thor- oughly, salt, pepper and lightly roll in flour. Lay out flat in baking dish, and with knife gash each fish twice, put piece `of salt pork over the gash, sprinkle with chopped parsley and finely chopped onion and mushrooms over all, using one cup to 8 or 10 fish. Dot all with small pieces of butter, or one cup of finely chopped salt pork. Pour in enough soup stock to cover bottom of pan half an inch deep; if none is at hand use part water and milk. Just before putting in oven, pour juice of one lemon over all. Bake for 35 or 40 minutes, until the fish has parted from the bone. Lift with a large bread knife or cake turner if the pan is not presentable for use on table. (It is usually served with clean towel folded around pan set on large plate.) Salt Mackerel or Other Fish.—Soak to withdraw excess of salt, put over fire in pan of cold water, bring to boiling point; remove, broil on gas broiler (or use broiler over coal fire) for 10 minutes. Serve on hot dish, with sauce made from one cup of stewed tomatoes, one onion, two table- spoonfuls of butter, and no seasoning, as mackerel is salty enough. Stewed Chicken With Dumplings.— Prepare and cook a stewing fowl, us- ing plenty of water, so as to have a lot of gravy; add one large onion, one dumplings made as follows: two cups of flour, one teaspoonful of salt, two eggs, one small teaspoonful of bak- ing powder, using enough milk to make a stiff dough. Drop by small spoonfuls into boiling chicken liquor, sprinkle with finely cut parsley, cook 20 minutes. Lift in centre of dish put chicken around, and pour gravy over all. Meat Shuffle.—Butter a baking dish well, put in layer of mashed potatoes one inch thick, then layer of cold chopped meat, two onions, one pepper; brush top with melted butter. Bake for 20 minutes in hot oven. Potatoes Doughnuts.—One pint of milk, two ounces of butter (four level tablespoonfuls) and 10 boiled and mashed potatoes. Keep over fire un- til hot, beat well, let cool, then beat in the yokes of six eggs, fourounces of fine macaroni, sugar enough to sweeten, one-half cup of finely chop- ped citron and enough bread crumbs to enable, it to mold into rolls, as thick as the finger. Roll in bread crumbs, fry in boiling fat until gold- ' en brown, drain on blotting paper and serve. Molasses Pie.—Prepare a pie plate and line two pie tins—in each put a cup of New Orleans molasses in which has been stirred 1/4 teaspoonful of baking soda and 1 teaspoonful of vinegar and on top put 1 cup of crumbs prepared as follows: 1 cups of flour, % cup of sugar, 14 cup of butter, 2 teaspoonfuls of cinnamon and one tablespoonful of mane. Rub altogether until it produces a fine crumb. Bake 20 minutes in ei hot oven. Apple Custard.—Line square or round pans with a good pie paste, then fill with finely sliced apples, dust well with cinnamon and nutmeg and i/1 cup of sugar. To average sized tin make custard of three eggs, 3fi cup of sugar, 1 pint of milk, beat well and pour over pie. Sprinkle in 2 table- spoonfuls 'of currants on each pie. Bake for 20 minutes in a moderate oven. Genuine Ginger Cake.—% cup of sugar, % cup of shortening, 1 cup of New Orleans molasses, 1 cup of boil- ing coffee (or water), in which dis- tolve 2 level tablespoonfuls each of cinnamon, allspice and ' ginger, % teaspoonful of salt, 2% cups of flour. Bake for 45 minutes in a moderate oven, Apple Marmalade.—Cote and cut 7 pounds of 'apples, :cook 1 pint of wa- ter, put through 'sieve, add sante weight of sugar, 'grated peel. of 4 lemons, 1 orange and four ounces of green ginger, Boil nearly one hour, stir` frequently.. Useful Hints. If one cornet' of a rug gets much more wear, than the rest, turn it around frotime to time. 'If you find that your soup is too salt add a very little sugar. This helps to take off the salty' taste. (A splendid remedy for a cut is to take the skin of an uneooked egg and place it over the wound, leaving' it until healed. To destroy moths and brighten car- pets, go over them, after sweeping }with a cloth wrung out in water to which a little turpentine has been I added. After a meal dish -washing will be a small task if you keep a pan of warm, ,soapy water handy, and drop every fork and plate in as soon as it has been used. Left -overs of cauliflowers canbe most tastefully used up by putting them into a baking dish, covering with white • sauce and buttered bread crumbs, and browning in the oven. A cheap cut of steak will make a delicious dish if simmered slowly in a covered pan with chopped onions and a can of tomatoes. Allow from two to three hours for the cooking. To keep a pet palm in order, the ]leaves should be sponged carefully i every week. Don't water palms too often; let the earth become dry, then soak it liberally. Chiffon, if not of too flimsy a char, notes, will stand washing perfectly well. A little prepared gum added to the last rinsing water is generally, an improvement. Iron when nearly dry with a cool iron and without any covering. The great secret of frying is to have plenty of fat and to have it boiling hot when you drop things into it, so that the inside cooks without ab- sorbing the grease. Brass bedsteads will keep in much better condition if occasionally rub- bed over with a little sweet oil; after- ward wipe well with a dry duster and polish with a leather. To keep enamelled kitchenware Iclean put it once a week in a large vessel of cold water, with• a table- spoonful of lye added; bring to boil- ing point, and afterwards wash in the usual way. A simple fruit salad can be made by cutting six bananas in pieces, adding to them a tin of pine -apple chunks cut small, sprinkling over a quarter of a pound of crystallized cherries, cut into little bits, and adding the syrup from the pineapple. If your hands are dirty after doing household work, pour on them h little olive oil, add a little castor sugar, and rub this well into the skin. After- wards, wash the hands, using no soap, but merely rinsing them in clear, cold water, and then dry thoroughly. To keep butter cool, place the but- ter in a deep dish in a basin of cold water with about two tablespoonfuls of salt added to it. Soak a clean flower pot in water and place over the butter. Re -soak the flower pot every now and then, and you will find the butter will keep nice and firm, Where a young childappears to be in a chronic state of hunger, and is always asking for food, you may be sure that something is wrong with the constitution; it may be a form of indigestion. Some grown-up people are afflicted in the same way, and are never content unless eating and drinking. Celery goes well with chicken, and sandwiches. Only the very small heart is used, and this must be finely minced or pounded with the flesh of the chicken. Fish sandwiches may have anchovy sauce or a little chut- ney or capers, pounded smooth. At this time of the year something tart and acid ie the flavoring of a sand- wich is more welcome than many peo- ple suppose. ve LIVING IN BERLIN. Forty-five Per Cent. of People Live in One Room. Some information on this subject is given in the new number of the Town - Planning Review. The greater part of the population of Berlin of all classes except the richest suffers, we are told, from lack of house -room. In 1900 45 per cent, of all Berlin house- holds occupied dwellings of only one room, and '70 per cent. of the house- holds had dwellings of not more than two rooms; yet rent absorbed from one-fifth to one-fourth of the income of the working people. Whereas as in 1711 the average number per house was 14, it is now 77. There are'houees which contain 250 families each. Ber- lin's wide streets give an appearance of spaciousness, but the overcrowd- ing is appalling -viz,, 32,000 per square kilometre, as against only 15,- 000 in London, which is not exactly under -populated -with results de- scribed .ne e-scribed.ns "terrible" as regards alike the health and the morals of the in- habitante. Potatoes are more wholesome baked than in any other forth. No. 8703. Dainty Underneaths Easily and_ At- tractively Embroidered. A very pretty combination is the above illustration of Ladies' --Home Journal Pattern, No. 8703, which can be made in three ways, giving a very desirable variety of choice in the planning of the garment. Embroidery patterns No, 14,715 and No. 14,736 will add wonderfully to this, and its application found interesting indeed. The dainty llutterfly sprays contain ten motifs suitable for embroidering • underwear, waists, dresses and neck- wear. The scallops are three inches deep, and the pattern contains two yards. They are also suitable for finishing the bottom of underwear and dresses. The pattern cuts in sizes 32 to 42 inches bust measure, requiring in size 36, 2% yards of 48 inch ma- terial. Patterns,' 15 cents each, can be had at your local Ladies' Home Journal. Pattern dealer, or from The Horne Pat- tern Company, 183-A George Street, Toronto, Ontario. CHINESE FAMILY LIFE. Absorption of Foreign Ideas Making New .Conditions. The Pekin Gazette gives the follow- ing interesting description of family life in China, commenting that these conditions are fast changing as a re- sult of the absorption of foreign ideas. "The Chinese family in its old-fash- ioned organism is a small kingdom with the head of the family as the king and ruler of all under his 'roof. Except for the law of the country; his words are law. In certain cases the word of the family chief is even greater than the law of the country. The absolute power of control and punishment of the father over his sons and daugliters, the latter before their marriage, and the former even after their marriage, is universal throughout the land. A proverb says: 'If a king wishes his subject to die, he must die;. if a father wishes his son to be destroyed he must be destroyed.' Such is the severity of the family law. A typical case of this sort came un- der the notice of the writer some ten years ago even in such a modern city as Shanghai. - "A certain Li family had only one son between two brothers, and natur- ally he was considered the pearl of the house. At the age of 16 the boy was sent to a mission school to study and in due course he decided to be- come a Christian. This was strongly opposed by the whole family, especial- ly the grandfather. But at first they smiled at the carefully advanced hint by the boy, believing that he would never dare to make such a change. They were mistaken, for the boy not long after announced that he had ap- plied for baptism at the mission, but made it plain to his parents that un- less their consent was secured he could not be baptised. ' "This so aroused his parents that they shut him up in a small room, and for fear that he would escape, took every particle of decent clothing from him and clothed him in old rags. tin- dauntcd, the boy crept through a win- dow and interviewed the missionary, who, of course, counselled him to be patient, and told him to return home to be an 'obedient son.' "The boy took the advice, but not until he had secured a lot of Christian literature, which he said he would read and distribute among his rela- tives at his native place, to which his parents had threatened to send him i1' he refused to give up his now faith. Finally the boy was sent to his coun- try home in Ningpo to receive disci- plinary lessons to counteract the Christian doctrine. The boy promised to write after his arrival at his native place, but no word has come since. Although no one will ever know what sort of lessons the boy received at the hands of his family -elders, it could not have been easy; for it was the custom of the Ningpo elders even to bury people alive for crimes unpun- fehable by state law. This, of course, was an exceptional ease, but such ex- ceptions were not by any means rare." _3. " Ctufew" comae from two French words, "oeuvre feu," which mean "cover fire." The Siberian Railway is the long- est in the world, Its total length is 4,785 miles. Only forty years ago the Japanese went to battle clad front our hes d to foot in armor, and wearing hideous masks to frighten the enemy. LIGHT ON GERMAN METHODS. Nothing Slie Can Do Will Ever De- grade Other Nations. The Italian Green Book sheds fur- ther light upon the hopes and devices of the enemy. As far back as March it now transpires. Germany was ang- ling for peace with Russia in order that she might fling her whole strength against her foes in the west. The design failed then, as it has fail- ed now, when, according to the meth- ods of German calculation, the tempt- ation. to Russia to come to terms has been ever so much greater. Fortun- ately the Czar and his advisers have but one answer for such attempts to detach thein from their Allies, and to break their pledged word. An inter- national agreement is much more to Russian than "a scrap of paper." Be- fore this war is over she will have taught the Germans more than one lesson. The latest news from the Eastern front is evidence that she is still as potent in the field as, she is honest in the Council chamber. But the lesson that Germany needs most of all is one which will prove conclu- sively to her that nothing she can do will ever degrade other nations to the low moral plane upon which the Ger- man mentality moves. .N MADE OF GUN METAL. Great Monuments Made From Cap- tured Guns. The colossal monument represen- ing the king of beasts which sur- mounts the memorial mound at Wa- terloo was cast from cannon captured in that great fight. The mound, which is artificial, consists of thous- ands of cartloads of earth; its sum- mit and the gun-metal lion are reach- ed by a flight of 228 steps. A statue of Wellington himself, the immortal victor of Waterloo, east in gun-metal, is on Laffans Plain, at Aldershot. This equestrian statue used to stand at Hyde Park corner, but it was so ugly that it was remov- ed to a more lonesome situation. It was cast from French guns. But there is a gun-metal monument, also in memory of the Iron Duke, at Hyde Park corner still. This is the well-known Achilles Monument, in which the Greek hero is represented with "sword and buckler"—his only garments. It was subscribed for by the women of Britain, as ie recorded on the plinth, The lions which flank the base of the Nelson Column, in Trafalgar Square, are also made of gun-metal from captured guns. They were de- signed by Sir Edwin Landseer. Some- body pointed out to Landseer, when it was too late, that lions almost in- variably cross their forepaws when lying down, and he was so angry at his lack of observation that he want- ed to remodel them.—London An- swers. 3 Submarine Not New. The submarine, so far from being a modern invention, is quite a hoary veteran. As long ago es the days of the first Stuart King of England all London was flocking to the Thames to see a wonderful boat, designed by a Dutchman called Drebelle, which could travel under water as easily as on its surface; and by virtue of o mysterious liquid which replaced ,tire oxygen in the air. its crew conld re- main under the water for a consider- able time. THE WOUND IiENEATIi WATER. ( THE SUNDAYSCHOOL Lieut. Crossley raced Deathto Save l Iiia Ship and Crew. Not all the deeds of courage and daring. are performed in the fierce ex- citement of the battlefield. In T. P,'s Journal of Great Deeds of the Great War there is, the following account of how Lieut. 0, V. Crossley, R.N.R., commanding Trawler No,, 465, faced death to save his ship and crew. Through the gray sea a stall squadron of ugly, long -nosed, hump - sternad boats was quartering the wa- ters of the North Sea. It was a unit of the East Coast Mine -Sweeping Fleet. Behind one of these lumpy trawlers there suddenly leaped three tumbled columns of foam. Trawler No. 465 kicked a little against the sky. Her stern .lifted in a jerk and her blunt nose dipped abruptly into the see. When the lather from the mine explo- sions subsided, her stern was lower than it had been before, and gradually it sank lower still. Lieutenant Crossley remained un- moved when the three great gusts of fire and noise burst from under his ship's stern, although he knew that the explosions had probably made rents in the bottom of his vessel that might bring death to all on board. He called all hands on deck and ranged them at their stations. Then he went down the narrow ikon ladders that led to the bowels of the ship. With the water washing about his feet he walked toward the stern, fum- bling his way through the blackness. He heard the whisper and wash of the sea as it poured in a ceaseless rush through the wound in the ship's side. If the ship foundered, he was caught. There was no room to stand up- right, and he went on his hands and knees. The water almost reached his mouth, He crawled on through the choked space and found the rent. The water pressed through the hole with an enormous force. Crossley ex- amined the wound without hurry, and judged that it could be partially stop- ped and the ship saved. He crawled back to the ladders, gathered his materials, and went again into that dark tunnel in the stern. All alone there, with hardly room enough to move about, fighting the inrush of the sea, fighting the clutch of the icy water that numbed him, he worked deliberately, carefully, patiently. Ile managed to stop the hole so that the pumps could take care of all the water that leaked in. Then he came on deck again, rang the engines up, and pointed the snub nose of Trawler No. 465 for land. So, he brought his ship to harbor, with her pumps work- ing hard and her stern sagging dan- gerously, but safe. IN THE. PUBLIC EYE. • Paragraphs About People in the News of the Day. Madame Sarah Bernhardt has for years had a curious business custom. She insists on being paid, not, as is usual, at the end of each week, but after each performance. Sergeant Michael O'Leary always wears his hat at the back of his head. As a compliment to him most of the Irish Guards, proud of the V.C. who captured a position all by himself, are wearing their hats at the same angle. Mr. W. Joynson-Hicks, M.P. does the legal work of the London General Omnibus Company, and is the arch terror of people with a mania for 1 bringing actions claiming damages for fictitious injuries sustained while alighting from the motor -'buses. Mrs. Lincoln, the wife of the Brit- ish ex-M.P. spy, who is staying in London, is a tall, fair woman of ra- ther striking appearance. She was born in Hamburg, but speaks English quite fluently. Her main pre -occupa- tion is the care of her four children, who have been left in a precarious position owing to their father having fled to America. When General J'offre pins a medal on the breast of a brave French sol- dier, he kisses him. The moving pic- tures lately released by the French authorities show hire kissing a score of heroes in Alsace. The other day a Territorial at one of the picture pal- aces was heard to exclaim, "What would my misses say if General French were to kiss hie?" Father Vaughan's great wish has been to go to the Front and act as Chaplain to the Catholic Forces, but apparently it is thought he is too old for those exertions. You see, his ap- pearance is very deceptive. In the pulpit thundering his outspoken ser- mons, he would not be taken for older than fifty. Yet in August he was sixty-eight. There was a time when De Wet was the "hero" of more conundrums of a facetious character than any other man in the public eye. That, was be- cause, as a fair -fighting enemy, we admired him. Since he turned traitor people have thought of him ,as little as possible, and there has riot been a single "De Wet" joke, which shows how largely he has earned our con- tempt. Tine general opinion about'.Mr. Ram- say Macdonald, the British M,P., whose views on tie war ,are so dis- tasteful to the rest of his countrymen, is that he is a disappointed man. There was a whisper that he expect•• ed an invitation from the Ministry I some months before the war, but this invitation never materialized and ss' INTERNATIONAL LESSON, OCTOBEI; 3. Lesson L—Elijah in Naboth's Vine- yard, 1 Kings 21. Golden Text; • Num. 32, 23. 1. The Conspiracy Against Naboth (Verses 11.14). Verse 11. Did as Jezebel had sent unto thele—Their moral degradation was so deep that they were ready to follow her bidding. 12. They proclaimed a fast—They would give the trial a religious. as- pect. 13. Two men, the base fellows-- "Sons ellows—"Sons of Belial." The trial also would be a pretense at legality. Did curse God and the king—The charge would be that of blasphemy, not only against God, but also against the representative of God, namely, the king. Such a charge would the more readily inflame the people. (See Lev. 24. 16; 2 Sam. 16, 9; 19. 21; 1 Kings 2. 8,) 14. They carried him forth out of the city—This' was according to the law (see Lev. 24. 14; Acts 7. 58). Compare the procedure in the trial and death of Naboth with that of Jesus. II. Ahab Steals the Vineyard (Verses 15, 16). 16. To take possession of it—It would appear that under the law the property of traitors was forfeited to the king. (See 2 Sam. 16. 4.) Ahab lost no time in taking advantage of the situation. In 2 Kings 9. 26 we learn that Bidker and Jehu rode with Ahab on this occasion and that the denunciation of Ahab by Elijah was so fierce and penetrating that Jehu could quote it from memory many years afterward. III. Elijah Condemns the King (Verses 17-20). ' :i 19. Hast thou killed, and also taken possession?—The prophet not only is to charge the king with his crime of murder, but to chide him for his "in- decent haste" in taking possession of the stolen property. From 2 Kings 9. 26 we learn that .Ahab went down to the vineyard the day after Naboth. was slain. In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth—Ahab's death is re- corded in 1 Kings 22. 29-38. He was not killed at Jezreel, but near Sa- maria. 20. Hast thou found me, 0 mine enemy?—The guilty conscience of the king is pricked as soon as Elijah ap- pears. Ile knows the condemnation is at hand. He is angered, however, at the quick appearance of the prophet, and looks upon him as an enemy. A man living in sin is very apt to regard one who knows of his sin as an enemy. THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY. A lie has always a certain amount of weight for those who wish to be- lieve it.—Rice. In taking revenge a man is but his enemy's equal, in passing it he is his superior.—Bacon. A noble nature can alone attract the noble, and alone knows how to at- tract them.—Goethe. Actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends. —George Washington. Dare to be true, nothing can need a lie. A fault which needs it most grows two thereby.—Herbert. There is one thing that can never turn into suffering, and that is the good we have done.—Maeterlinck. If we hope to instruct others we should familiarize our minds to some fixed and determinate principles of ac- tion.—Coleridge. Riches.—A woman proud to call you son; a man proud to call you brother; a girl proud to call you hus- band; a child proud to call you fa- ther; a few others proud to can you friend.—McLain. -3 PRINCESS AS NURSE. Takes a Daily Course of Four Hours' Training. While Prince Arthur of Connaught is doing excellent work at the front, the Princess, anxious to "do her bit," has joined the nursing staff of a Lon- don Hospital—St. Mary's, Paddington. Her Royal Highness is engaged chief- ly in learning the dressing of wounds,' and arrives at the hospital at nine o'clock each morning to take a daily course of four hours' training. She assists at the dressings, takes the or- dinary turns of the nurse, and gener- ally "makes herself one of the rest," to quote one of the other nurses. Princess Arthur is anxious to go to the front as a nurse, but nothing definite has been decided yet. 'In tak- ing up nursing work, her Royal High - nese is following the example of many of our royal ladies, headed by the Queen and Queen Alexandra. It was the latter, indeed et o v t h s the ex- ample in this direction. A ening other duly qualified royal nurses at the pre- sent time are the Princess Royal, Princess Victoria, Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, the Duchess of Argyll, Princess henry of Batten - burg, the Duchess of Connaught and her daughters, and the Duchess of; not likely now, Albany. THE INVALIDS ._ AND Ti t{E DISABLED BIG ECONOMIC PROBLEMS CON-. TRONT THE GOVERNMENT. Co -Operation of Provinces Needed lir Placing Ken On the Land. The economic problems which will follow the end of the war and the re- turn of 150,000 or more of Canada's soldiers seeking to resume their nor - mai means of livelihood are already engaging the attention of the Federal Government. It is recognized that plans will have to be laid well in ade vance in order to cope with a situa- tion in which so many tens of thou-, `sandsbutof of a jmoban." will find themselves The Canadian Manufacturers' Anse- dation has communicated with the Government offering its services, through the medium of a representa- tive committee, towards finding posi- tions as far as possible for all the in- dustrial workers now enrolled. This offer will probably be accepted in con- nection with a general scheme which is to be evolved for assisting the re- turned soldiers to find employment. Placing Men on the Land. There will also, however, have to be some plan for enabling a considerable percentage of the returned soldiers to go on the land, and in this respect the co-operation of the Provincial Gov- ernments will be sought. It may be ' that a little later on a conference will be held in Ottawa with representa- tives of the various Provincial GOv- ernments, and also with representa- tives of various industrial associa- tions, to see what can be done towards properly and quickly distributing to suitable vocations the men who come -- back after the war. It is expected also that there will be a very large immigration from Europe as soon as the war is ended, and the Government realizes the necessity of providing early for judicious distribu- tion of this influx so as to meet the necessities of proportionate urban and rural development. The whole com- plicated question will probably be re- ferred either to a sub -committee of the Cabinet or to a Royal Commission for consideration and action. Invalided and Disabled. Another problem which has to be. considered without delay is with re- gard to the care of the invalided or disabled soldiers, who are already be- ginning to arrive in considerable num- hers, and whose future must be pro- vided for as far as possible by enab- ling them to secure new means of livelihood. In cases where a soldier has lost an arm or a leg, Government funds will be set aside supplementing the National Disablement Fund raised by popular subscription to furnish an artificial limb. It is also intended to assist wherever feasible these men to- wards taking courses in technical in- stitutions, which may train then for suitable positions. Just at present there is a pause in the efforts which are being made to raise this disablement fund, pending another effort of the committee in. charge of the Patriotic Fund to add another million or so to that fund. It has been found during the past two or three months that the drain on the Patriotic. Fund has been steadily growing, while contributions have fallen off, and unless steps are taken at once to appeal again to public gen- erosity the fund will be depleted, and those dependent on it left without, adequate help during the coming win- ter. PRIMITIVE WAY OF LIVING. A Few Tribes Live as in Prehistoric Times. • Science has proved to us beyond a. doubt that long before men and wo- men. lived in homes and even huts they lived in the branches of trees. The strength found in a new born baby's hands and fingers is an inherit- ance of prehistoric ages, when chil- dren and grown-ups alike spent much of their leisure by day and lived at night in the branches of trees. There are a few tribes that still cling to this most primitive way of living. The Guarnis, who live along the Orinoco River in South America, continue this practice because, dur- ing a large part of the year, their country is flooded. , The trees are a species of palm, which not only yield them an abund- ance of food but also an excellent sup- port for the simple houses which they make in them. The beams are fag., toned from tree to tree. It is upon this scaffolding that the houses are, erected. The floors are covered with plaster- ing of mud on which fires are built for cooking their food, As the climate is warm they do not inclose the sides of their houses, but need only a good roof to keep out the rain. The early explorers were astonished at seeing fires in the tree tops. The Australian bushnirn wish only a shelter from the rain, and if .they can find a cave or overhanging rock that will shelter thou they will build no house. If t:hero is no such natural shelter they select a place where small trees or Maim grow together mud weave the branches together and cover there with grass. Thee fortes a roof to keep off the rain.