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Selected Recipes.
Apple better. -i -Out out the cores
arid centers of one dozen apples erl
uniform size. Place in a baking pari
and fill each apple with sugar and aj
little grated nutmeg. Now make a!
elear batter of one cup of sugar, one
tablespoonful of butter, One cup of
sweet milk, two eggs, two tea:spoon-
fuls of baking powder and three cups
of flour. Beat this well, pour it over
the apples 'and bake. Serve with
sauce.
Chicken prepared as follows is very
good: Butter a plate, place the breaet
or other tender parts of a chicken on
R and sprinkle over with salt and pep-
per. Cover with another buttered
plate, or with the lid of a muffin dish.
Lay over the top of a pan of boiling
water and steam for 40 minutes, or
until the chicken is tender. Serve on
a hot plate with the juice around the
chicken and a little mound of cooked
spinach at the side.
Apple Porcupine.—Take eight or
ten nice firm apples and bake them
slowly. Fill all the cavities with su•
gar and spices, with a touch of butter.
Arrange on a mound or a dish for
serving, putting quince jelly among
the apples. Cover with a meringue
made of whites of four eggs and a bit
of powdered sugar. Press blanched
almonds into the meringue, put the
dish on a board in the oven and brown
slightly. Serve with boiled custard
sauce.
A very good dark cake is made
from one cupful of molasses, one-
half cupful of sugar, one-half cup-
ful butter, one cupful of milk, three
cupfuls of flour, two eggs, one-half
pound of raisins, one-quarter pound
of citron and a teaspoonful cads of
cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, one-
quarter teaspoonful of cloves, three-
quarters teaspoonful of soda. Bake
in a large deep tin for two hours with
a slow fire.
Salt Cod With Macaroni—Have
ready cooked macaroni in inch lengths,
also an equal quantity of flaked salt
cod. Freshen fish by covering with
cold water, bringing to boiling point
and then draining. Make white sauce
by cooking one tablespoon of flour in
one tablespoon butter and stirring in
one cup milk; add to macaroni and
flaked fish; season with a little nep-
per. Turn into buttered baking dish,
sprinkle with crumbs and hits of but-
ter. Bake until top is well browned.
Yorkshire Tart.—Line bottom of
deep baking dish with pastry and
spread on it layer of peach preserves
or peach jam, mixed with a little
preserved ginger cut into small pieces.
Weigh two eggs and take their
weight in sugar, in butter and in flour,
cream butter and sugar; add to them
eggs, whipped light; then flour mixed
with one-half teaspoon baking powder.
Pour this over preserves in dish and
bake to good brown. Just before
taking dish from oven rub top of
paste with butter or raw egg.
A cream of cheese soup is very
delicate and nutritious. Scald one
quart of milk with two tablespoonfuls
each rif onion and carrot eut in small
pieces and a blade of mace. Melt
one-fourth cup of butter, add two
tablespoonfuls of flour and stir unlit
well blended; then pour the hot milk
on gradually while stinting constant-
ly. Bring to the boiling point and
strain; add one-half cup or grated
mild cheese and stir until the cheese
has melted. Season with salt and
pepper and add the yolks of two
eggs beaten slightly. Serve with
croutons.
Carrot Chowder.—Two elms died
carrots, one cup diced potatoes, one-
half cup diced onion, one-fourth cup
diced raw bacon, two tablespoons
flour, two cups milk or. one cup can-
ned milk, two teaspoons salt, dash of
pepper, one tablespoon fresh or dry
parsley or celery top. Put carrots
and potatoes on to cook in three ceps
boiling water and boil forty-five rep-
utes. Add milk, and bacon and onion
fried to light brown. Mix flour with
a little cold water until smooth. Add
to mixture and boil for five minutes.
Add salt, pepper and parsley, dust
with paprika and serve,
A Chicken Dish.—Use two chickens,
one-quarter pound of nice bacon, one
carrot out fine, one onion, also cut
fine; one quart of broth or water and
one herb bouquet. Clean the chickens
and truss for roasting. Dredge in-
side and outside with salt and pepper.
Cut the bacon into very thin strips,
about the width of a match, and co-
ver the bottom of the dish with them.
Lay over this the garrote and onions,
sliced fine, and put another layer of
salt meat over this, Put the chick-
ens in :this and over well, setting
inside a hot oven (this should be done
beforehand of the chafing -dish is
used), and after 20 minutes add the
boiling water and the bunch of herbs.
Cook for two hours, turning them fre-
quently and basting often. 'Put the
chicken in a hot :dish, boiling the
geavy down to half -quart, Odra off
all the grease and pass through
eieVe. Pour over the chicken and
eerve.
Use the raveled threads of old lin-
ens to darn tablecloths and napkins.
Milk puddings are the most whole-
some dessert for children, but they
should be varied.
Always line a mike pan with med-
ium weight yellow paper, Grease the
psper, not the pan, except the edges.
1 Before baking apples make a small
slit all the way round each with a
knife. This will prevent their split-
ting when cooking.
If a mother can invent little games
to play while the children are being
washed and dressed those processes
may go off more easily.
Now blankets should be shaken and
soaked in cold water overnight to
take out the sulphur dressing and
make them more easily washed.
Window shades should be taken
from the brackets once a month, un-
rolled their limit and carefully wiped
clean on both sides with a clean dry
, cloth,
I The careful cook always breaks
each egg separately into a saucer or
cup. Then if one is bad it will not
spoil the other ingredients in the dish
she is making.
When the tablecloth is too worn to
use cut it up into squares the size of
napkins. They will be handy for the
picnic baeket, and save your good
napkins in many ways.
When velvet becomes crushed from
pressure hold the parts over a basin
of hot water with the lining of the
article next to the hot water. The
pile will soon rise and assume its
original beauty.
i When springling clothes that have,
become too dry for ironing use warm
water. It penetrates more quickly
than cold, and less of it is required,
so that the ironing may be begun
sooner.
ITo bleach straw bats wash them in
pure water, scrubbing them with a
brush. Then put them into a box in
which has been set a saucer of burn-
ing sulphur, and cover them up so
• that the fumes may bleach them.
In packing rugs when moving
; sprinkle with powdered alum and fold
!a few moth balls in when rolling them,
; Then, if not used immediately, as 1,
sometimes the case there is no danger
of their being destroyed with pests.
To remove the shine on clothes
lightly sponge with a solution obtain -
led by dissolving an ounce of lum am-
monia and half an ounce of mettle
j soap in a pint of hot water, and use
a little of the mixture slightly warm.
This is excellent for cleaning men's
blue serge suits, and it makes a shiny
suit look quite 110W.
1 GERMAN PERIL AFTER WAR.
Viscount Haldane Says It Lies in In-
dustrial Trai Mug.
"Great Britain and her allies will
!face a new peril after the present
conflict in an industrial war for which
Germany has long been preparing by
the creation of a new and formidable
• class of highly skilled workmen."
This statement was made by Vis-
, count Haldane,the former Secretary
of State for War, in an address at
the University of London.
"I want to sound a warning of
' what is in store for us," he contin-
ued, "I am more afraid of an en-
gine for conquest in peace time,
which the Germans were busy pre-
paring before the war, than I am of
the 42 -centimetre guns. This engine
• is educational. The most modern
!form of continuation school is ex-
tending itself over a large part of
Germany, and it is planned to extend
; it over the whole empire. It is a
work school for imparting trade skill
and general knowledge, rather than
a mere book school, and it behoves
i us to he prepared for the shock of
I this competition which is coming af-
ter the war. Germany is training
the youth of the land in special
skilled trades, to outdistance com-
petitors throughout the world."
FINAL:. PLUNGE: STEAMER FOUNDERS AFTER STRIKING A MINE.
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WILY LIVING IS HIGIL
Wealthy Germans Get Profits and
Restrict, Wages.
Dbeuesing the depreciation in the
German mark, Sir George Paish ex-
presses the opinion in thd London
Dnily News that "it is very difficult'
to azcribe the fall in German exehange
to ordinary faetors.,
"Every one knows," he declares,
"that 'Germany is financing the war
by creating high prices of commo-
dities and thus giving the wealthy
classes huge profits out of which to
subscribe to war loans nt, the expense
of the working classes. In this coun-
try wages have risen quite in proper -
tion to the rise in the cost of living.
In Germany; on the contrary, wages
have been prevented from rising ex-
cept to an inappreciable extant, not-
withstanding enormous rises in prices.
In the United Kingdom the advance
in retail prices since the war began
has been 47 per rent, but in Germany
the advance has been nearly 90 per
cent. Whether or not there will be a
revolution in Germany after the war
will doubtless depend on the results
of the war, but it is evident that un-
easiness in that respect is constantly
increasing, and it would not be sur-
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prising therefore if some of the peo-
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fEIRD
TING
at the signal of their leaders to re-
new attack,
in a cornnecct. m. moving picture
that terrible scene would make a for-
tune for the owner.
"With flashing eyes and furious
shouts, the Arabs again retreated to
a distance, and it was then I first dis-
covered the dreadful disaster that had
befallen the particular platoon of
which I was in chnrge. A mere hand-
ful of men,
we were cut off by a nar-
row strip of sand from the main body
of our party! The Arabs saw our
plight, too, and 'sent a volley of fire
over that strip of sand, just to show
what would happen to us should we
venture forth on a rush to cross it.
Dash for Life or Death.
"The only way to escape annihila-
tion or capture was to make a dash
across the intervening space. Could
it be done? The problem was one of
life or death.
"At last we decided to risk it, not
in a body, but individually. One by
one the men sprang out on the zone
of death, with the Arab snipers sweep-
ing the air with bullets. At last, only;
one other man and I were left. We '
tossed a coin to see which should ven-
ture first. It fell to the other man to
go, and I was left.
"My friend rose up from the big
desert stone behind which we were
both sheltering, and made a dash for
the open. Alas, poor chap, he hadn't
gone 10 yards when suddenly he
pitched up both arms and fell back-
ward in a writhing heap—a bullet
had gone through his heart.
"Removing the offending headgear
which had served as such a fine tar-
get, I very cautiously raised my head
again. Less than 40 yards away were
two dark forms, almost hidden be-
hind another stone. I took steady aim
with my rifle and fired. The shot
went home, for one of the figures
ple who are malting such great for-
tunes out of the war in Gerniany—
the landowners and manufacturers
and the farmers in particular—were
endeavoring to take precautionary
measures for what might happen af-
ter the war by transferring profits to
the United States
"According to the monthly circular
of the National City City Bank of
New York, about 200,000,000 sterling
was deposited there last year and
some of this certainly came from Ger-
many. Signs are not wanting that the
German Government is itself nervous
about this transfer.
"The continued heavy fall in the
exchange is in itself a sign that all is
not well in Germany; but if it is due
to the endeavor of the wealthy men
of Germany to place part of their
immense profits abroad as a precau-
tion against the future, it is still more
significant. The exchange has now
fallen to a discount of over 1 per
cent., in other words, Germany has
now to send out about 127 marks in
order to pay exchange accounts which
before the war would have been set-
tled by the remittance of 100 marks,
"The signal was given, and in one
ON THE DESERT menacing rush the Arabs were upon us
again! Bending low hi their saddles,
they whirled their sabres like flails
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MARKMAN'SHIP OF THE ARABS
I IS WELL KNOWN.
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Wounded British Sergeant Draws a
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I Graphic Picture of Senussi
I Snipers.
A weird story of recent wild fight-
ing in the Egyptian desert has been
told recently in London by a certain
stalwart soldier, Sergeant Guthrie,
j who formed one of a reconnoitring
[ party in the dreary sand -wastes of
Egypt. The deadly fire of the San-
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!ussi snipers and the Arabs' power of
; markmanship are known all over the
j East. And it was this very fire
which the little handful of British sol-
i diem's had to face.
"I've ..been through fighting in all
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'parts of the world," said the ser-
geant, "but the Egyptian desert's the
place to give you the creeps! Can you
picture it? A world of yellow sand,
ever drifting, ever shifting, its hori-
zons stretching to the farthest skirts
• of heaven! Monotonous, did you say?
No, not that! You're 'seeing' things
all the time, wonderful things, too
beautiful to last—and you're 'think-
ing' things that quite sur rise yon,
beautiful thoughts that go on and on
into eternity, just like the sands of
the desert! And yet the things you
sea 1 the things ' thing out there
in the waste places just give you the
creeps—like a game we used to play
when we were kids, called 'Conjuring
Visions!'
Mockery of the Mirage.
"It gets a strange grip of you—the
deseni does! Twice when I was on
outpost duty I saw an exquisite lake
of deepest blue lying in a great hol-
low, with green trees growing to the
very edge, and cool shadows playing
on its surface. The sun was blazing
down on us, and we were parched with
thirst. Onward and onward we march-
ed to that cool heaven of promise, only
to see it slip farther and farther from
us. After hours of walking, lake,
trees and land of promise disappear-
• ed—and we were left, worn out, and
too utterly disappointed for speech.
That's the desert for you!
"The fighting wisdom of the Arabs
is wonderful—positively 'uncanny.'
They kept us always on the qui vive.
Out of the Nowhere they suddenly
would spring into being, magnificent
men on magnificent chargers, their
silhouettes rising sharply from the
blazing sands and standing out
against a cruel, burning sky. As
suddenly they would disappear be-.
hind same great sand -dune, or gallop
off into the wastes of the desert. But
always after these sudden appearances
and disappearances we knew there
was trouble in store :for us.
"Like moths on a cloth of gold our
little company would creep along,
watching and waiting for those merci-
less horsemen,"
Sudden and Terrible.
Bending down to move a bandaged
foot, the sergeant paused. "It doesn't
seem to get much better," he said.
"Yes, that's what the Arabs clid to me,
hi the desert—a Senussi sniper, it
was! Great marksmen, these arepses.
It happened like this: One 'fleeing
morning I was watching the eternal
sandpiles, thinking of home and the
joys of cold, wet London, when oub
of the Nowhere into full view, with
wild shrieks and imprecations, there
suddenly wheeled a party of Senussi
horsemen! 'Crack! Crack!' went their
rifle, 'Bang! Bane in a volley of
flame and shouts.
"With a wild dash, our reconnoit-
ring party raced to envelop the whirl-
ing enemy, The world narrowed
down to one choking crowd of dust
and blood and steel! Never was sueh
a hand-to-hand fight, such bayoneting,
seat trampling under foot!
"Through clouds of duet I could see
nothing clearly. Slashing 'right and
left with the bayonet was the only
thing to do in such a mixup. Sucidett-
Iv the sounds ceased, the battle-
ground cleared and the Arab tribes -
Men were revealed far off, still almost
unbroken ie their ranks and ready
Useful Hints,
Bacon rink are good boiled with vela
bage or string beetiii. •
If eggs are boiled in salted water
the shells will peel easily.
ZEPPELINS FIRE BOMBS.
Create Intense Heat, Nauseous Fumes
and Pungent Smoke.
The incendiary bomb used by the
Germans in their raids on London,
1 as a rule, is conical, of ten -inch dia-
meter at the base, wrapped around
a tarred rope and having the ignition
device and handle fitted at the top.
The funnel is generally filled with
thermit. The latter, upon ignition,
generates intense heat, and by the
time of the concussion has taken the
form of molten metal, having the
extraordinary high temperature of
over 5,000 degrees Fahr. The molten
metal is spread by the concussion.
highly inflammable or resinous ma-
terial, bound on with an inflammable
form of rope, The resinous material
creates a pungent smoke.
1 'There is generally rime melted
while phosphorus in the bottom of
the cap, which develops nauseous
fumes. In some eases, celluloid clip-
pings are added, and oceasionally a
small quantity of gasoline,
A pretty girl finds nothing but
pleasant reflections in her mirror.
Procrastination is the thief of time
the plunder cannot be recov-
ered,
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count the greater the difficulty of
making remittances. Indeed, one
would not be surprised to find that
the exchange difficulties of Germany
will, before long, bring. about large
gold exports from that country and a
rapid diminution of the Reichbank's
accumulated stock of gold. If gold is
not allowed to come out it is obvious
that the fall in exchange will become
increasingly rapid. One must not
assume that the financial difficulties
of Germany will bring peace in the
near future; nevertheless, it is obvious
that they are bringing the end of the
war appreciably nearer."
ALUMINUM AS EXPLOSIVE.
Powdered Metal is Used in Austrian
Howitzer Shells.
rolled out on to the sand and then The use of aluminum in aeroplanes
is now widely known, but its use
when filed to a powder is less under-
stood. Yet in this condition it forms
part of two of the most destructive
agents used by the Central European
Powers, says the London Standard.
The first is the high explosive
used to charge the Austrian shells,
This is known as "ammonal," a mix-
ture of five or eight parts ammonium
nitrate with one part of finely pow-
dered aluminum. The exact propor-
tions and the ineans for keeping the
mixture dry are, of course, secrets
which the Austrians keep to them-
selves but even as made in English
laboratories its explosive -violence is
tremendous.
It is one of the few explosives that
has never been used as a propellant.
No one known to warfare could re-
sist its suddenness. The explosion
chambers would be mashed • to
pieces before the projectiles had be-
gun to move. So it is put inside
the projectile itself, and allowed to
explode amongst the enemy a few
miles away from the gun. So far as
we know it is only the Austrian how-
itzer shell that contains this horrible
mixture.
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• PROTECT SOLDIERS' HEARING:
Artillery Shocks Prevented From Des-
troying Ear Drum.
A new device to protect the ear
drums of artillery men during en-
gagements on the western front, has
recently been distributed to the British
army. The device fits into the ears
and is so constructed that the shock
resulting from the discharge of big
guns is absorbed by wire coils before
it reaches the car drum. Ordinary
conversation, however, can be easily
heard, the device interrupting only
heavy atmospheric shocks.
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A War -Time Puzzle.
A company of soldiers dressed in
khaki, with the bandage-filto puttcee
aboub their legs, wore waiting for
their tram at a station in Wiltshire,
Among the spectators were an old
countryman and his wife.
"I say, George," the old lady Wilift.
pored, "there's somethin' 1 can't un-
derstand about: they eolgers."
"What be it, lass?"
"I can't think how they get tin ir
laigs inin they twisted trousees."
lay still.
"'Crack!' went a rifle, and 'Sting!'
i went a bullet in my foot, The other
I man had got me at last. The duel
was ended."
KEEP HONEST BEES.
Robbing Spreads Foul Brood—Care-
less Methods Condemned.
Persons who within recent years
have had foul brood in their apiaries
ehould' be particularly careful to pre-
vent robbing during the warm days
of spring. All hives where bees have
died must be taken indoors away from
all possible robbing. It is not enough
to close them, because robbers will
often gain an entrance when least
expected. All entrances of live col-
onies should be made quite small, es-
pecially where the bees are weak in
numbers.
! Use every precaution and waten-
fulness to prevent robbing. Do not
under any circumstances leave combs
' of honey out for the bees to clean up.
Any honey you have is likely to con-
tain germs which would sea..1. dis-
ease in your healthy colonies. On ac-
count of the prevalence of disease
in unexepctecl places throughout the
• province it is never wise to feed honey
to bees and where disease is known
to exist it is the worst of folly.
Particular attention is called to
Bulletin 213, of the Ontario Depart-
ment of Agriculture, where the bee-
keeper may learn to be his own in-
spector. The act for the Suppression
of Foul Brood Among Bees will be
found in this bulletin. This act states
plainly that persons disposing of dis-
eased colonies or infected appliances
shall incur a penalty of not less than
$50.00, or may be imprisoned for any
term not exceeding two months.
There is no doubt that disease has
been spread from one district to an-
other in times past by the selling of
hives of bees, nntl it is hoped that
persons interested will see that this
part of the act in onforeed.
Section 4, of the act is also im-
portant. It authorizes the inspector
to order all bees transferred from
box or immovable hives. Persons
keeping bees in hives of this descrip-
tion should make preparations now
to do this tranefeerinp; early in the
swarming senson.
nattier information can be bad
from Morley Pettit, Provincial Apia',
let, Guelph, ()Mario.
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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
APRIL 9,
Leeson 1 Dorcas—Acts
9. 02-42. Golden Text:
Verse 32. The story returns to
typical activities of the older apostles.
The saints—So to epealc, the ex WHO°
title of Christians as torch, Holiness
is not an extra, or the proper de-
seription of a select few, such as the
rather ill-assorted company of men
and women who have been •"capon-
ized and wear A halo. Lydda—On the
way from Jerusalem to joppa, about
three quarters of the way.
iEneas—Presumably 41 Jew, but
with a Greek name. Paleied—Luke
alone uses the form of the verb found!
here: it was the term a doctor would
use. Kept his bed --The provincial
term "bedfast" used above is intend-
ed to suggest the ahnost vulgar word
which Luke faithfully takes over from
lose who told him the story.
34. Make they bed—A, single verb,
literally, "spread for yourself." It
recalls the Master's address, "Take
up thy bed and walk."
35. Sharon—North of Joplin. Of
course we do not gather that literally
all the population "turned to the Lord"
—it is a very easy hyperbole.
36. Joppa—Now called Jaffa, a
town on the coast of Palestine, thirty
miles from Jerusalem. Dorcas --The
gazelle's beautiful eyes made its name
a natural one to use as a girl's name.
39. Widows—It is not unlikely that
these were the "enrolled" widows of
1 Tim, 5. 9, who spent their lives in
church work: Dorcas was probably one
of them. Showing—The word has a
suggestion of proud and affectionate
"display." Coats and garnients—
These general words do not represent
the original. In the translation
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a ove is assumed that here femi-
nine attire is intended. In general
the words' denote the inner and outer
garment respectively, one of a kind
af shirt leaching to the knees, the
other an unshaped wrap coiled round
the body in a way more easily visual-
ized in India than in the West. Com-
pare Matt. 5. 40, Luke 6. 29, where
the point is that the "coat" is the
cheaper (Matthew) inside (Luke) gar-
ment, as against the "cloak," which
a robber would ' snatch at first, and
a scoundrel litigant press for if em-
boldened by a smaller success.
40. Put them all forth—As Pe-
ter's Master did on tire occasion he
remembered so well and described to
his pupil John Mark (Mar 5. 40),
Similarly Elijah (I Kings 17. 19) and
Elisha (2 Kings 4. 88) and must be
alone with God and the dead. Only
Jesus can tolerate any spectators: at
Nain and at Bethany he had many.
His assurance of the Divine "will to
life" was naturally absolute as his
prophets' could not be. Note that
Peter makes no promises before-
hand: against like Elijah and Elisha,'
he goes into the death chamber and
prays. Jesus, all three times de-
clares the. issue beforehand. Ta-
bitha cum(i)—Ilis actual words differ
only by a letter from those of the
Master, which only Peter's disciple re-
cords (Mark 5. 41).
41. He gave her his hand—To
help her faith to realize the pre-
sence of physical strength. So had
Peter done to the lame man (Acts 3.
7). Presented her alive—A phrase
Luke had used before (Acts 1. 3);
compare also Acts 20. 12. •P
43. Simon a tanner—"Whose house
was by the sea side" (Acts 10. 6).
We should choose such a situation for
a lodging became of reasons which
would not appeal to Simon or to
Peter his lodger. Working is an "un-
clean" trade, Simon lived apart; and
if the sea front.had none of the pop-
ularity it has with us, the odorous
tan works might just as well be there,
although Orientals are not in this re-
spect particular. Luke puts in this
point to show Peter's degree of eman-
cipation from Jewish scruples, which
prepares for the next chapter. Peter
may have chosen Simon's house be-
cause he was a Christian and needed
special encouragement.
DISHES FORTHE MAIMED.
Help Out Men Who Lost Arms in
the War..
De. A. E. Shipley, master of Christ's
College, University of Cambridge,
and one of England's formost edue
caters, has just invented a soup
Plate and' meat plata for use by men
who have lost an arm in the war or
who have the use of only. one arm
on account of wounds.
He saw the difficulties of the ;rim-
less men, how with ordinary dishes
a man could only get is part of Iris
soup, while his meet or pudding would
slip all over the plate. Dr. Shipley
turned his inventive gelling on the
problem. He devised a seep plate
with a depression in the centre whit+
will catch the last three or four spoon-
fuls and make them accessible.
The moat or pudding plate, to be
used for solid food, has vertical sides
and an overhanging rim. Against
this pieces of food CM he pushed
without any risk of their toppling
neer the edge of the plate.
A London firm has arranged to
manufacture the dishes and they are
being pat on the market in various
forme and NtyieS.
And Many a dear girl makes the
mistake of. marryilig a cheep man.
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The Mosaie code of health has in-
tereeted sociologists in all ages. 'All
kinds of values have been ascribed to
its commands, and also, Ile was hound
to occur, value of any sort has been
denied. Bub as time patinae the code
continues to receive fuller justifica-
tion; indeed, we seem eo be approach
-
lag by way of scientific obeervation
the same principles of public health
as were given to the peoCle of Israel
by their,leader.
The latest scientific support for
Mosaic code is perhaps nOt a very
great matter, but ;it is immensely in-
teresting. In the last issuee • of the
Britibh Journal of Surgery there ap-
pears a paper deseribieg the appear-
aecee of certain blood cells in malign-
ant disease (cancer). The author is
a well-known observer. Certain pe-
culiarities of the cells Of the blood
were , noted by him in cancer cases,
and it then occurred to him that these
changes might be produced by taking
certain articles of diet. He carried
out various test's and the following
is his conclusion: •
"It was found that one dma repro-
duce the blood -picture of carcinoma
(cancer) in respect to the --nuelear
pseudopods by partaking of certain
articles of food—notably pork and to
a less extant other red meats." He
adds: "Incidentally these observations
suggest, the physiological reason for
the dietary imposed upon the liebrew
race (Gen, ix. 4; Lev. vi)."
While no hurried conclusions must
be arrived at on the strength of
what is, after all, only a very small
item in the picture of the disease, it
is yet fair comment that "since one
phase of the blood -picture produced
by circulating toxins of malignant
disease can be imitated by ingestion
of highly nitrogenous fopd," i.e., pork,
etc., "it suggests that long continued
overuse of the same may form an
advantageous substratum for the sub-
sequent development* of the disease.
. . . This statement has only a
speculative value. . . ."
The passage in Leviticus runs:
"And the swine, though he divide the
hoof and be cloven -footed, . yet he
cheweth not the cud; 'he is unclean to
you."
RIGID TEST FOR AVIATORS.
Must. Have Nerves of Steel and Per-
fect Heart and Lungs.
The requirements for admission to
the French aircraft service includes a
number of physical and moral qual-
ities over and above those that suffice
for the ordinary soldier.
To begin with, the candidate has to
perform satisfactorily a rhythmic and
continuous movement with both hands
the regularity and power of which
is registered on a paper drum. He is
next shated in front of a clods, the
needle of which moves around the
face once every second. As soon as
he sees the hand begin to move he
has to stop it by pressing a button,
the record showing rapidity of syn-
chronism between brain and hand,
Last of all, he is given a recording
instrument to hold, while others are
attached to his chest and pulse to
register heart and lung movernenta.
He is then suddenly subjected to some
violent sensation, such as the blind-
ing flare of magnesium flashlight, a
loud report, or a splash of ice-cold
water. Any very strong-willed man
may be able to control his muscles
so as to give no outward sign of the
perturbations caused in his mina, but
the machines record the slightest
tremble, quickened breath, oe faster
heartbeat. The model pilot should
remain not only morally, but physic-
ally imperturbable, and in spite of
fatigue or danger, his organism
should be ahvays ready to respond
to the almost automatic reflexes which
he acquires in his training, as well
as to the commands of his will.
BRITISH SHIP YARDS BUSY.
They Have Not Been Idle Since the
War Began.
"Somebody" who writes from
"somewhere in the North Sea" while
aboard H.M.S. torpedo boat, says:
"Visible proof that British ship-
yards have not been idle since this
war began was seen from the deelc
of this little craft recently.
"Steaming slowlypast a long
double line of warships, observers
aboard were able to look upon a now
type of sea fighters, marry types M
:fact built for war and not for look!.
These ugly colored craft with mottled
sides and daubed plated were the
'babies' of the fleet, 'infante' who
have plunged their noses into the sea
without ceremony or publicity.
"The shipyards from whence they
came are turning out sister shim: tut
fast as men can put metal together,
No time is being wasted veneering
the officers' cabins in mahogany or
to putting the painter's touch on the
hull and superstructure. These new-
est craft aro just plain trey, but they
embody all the latest kinds of effiel-
enter for which naval constructors
have the experience of the war te
thank.
"The make-up of these fleet 'babies'
must remain a mystery until after
the war. In the meantime they are
the secret pride of the British :levy."
A boy lo niWityS a boy, but a man
always a mire.
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