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Dainty Dishes.
Corn Fritters. -To one cupful fine-
ly chopped canned corn add one egg
well beaten, with one-fourbh cupful
flour and salt: and pepper, Drop by
small spoonfuls in a hot, well -greased
blazer. Brown on one side, turn and
brown on the other, The fritters
should be about the size of a large
oyster.
Rice With Tomatoes, -Wash a .cup
of Ilse and boil it. Take seven or
eight good-sized tomatoes, boil and
strain and season with a little salt
and allspice, Take a baking dish and
put in alternate layers of tomato and
rice, finishing off with a layer of toma-
to covered up with grated bread -
crumbs moistened with melted butter.
Bake in a moderate oven for a good
half-hour
Lightning Omelette. -Butter a bak-
ing dish put in the bottom slices of
stale bread (brown bread is better
than white if dipped in milk) Put on
a layer of thin slices of Gruyere
cheese. Take two eggs, beat up to a
froth, add salt and pepper. Pour in-
gredients into a baking dish on top
of the bread and cheese. Put into a
hob oven until it is browned on top.
Serve hot.
Codfish with Egg Sauce. -Take one
pound of salt codfish, Boil and re-
move the skin and bones. . Fry light-
ly in butter, adding chopped -up pars-
ley, salt and pepper. Stir about con-
stantly and add from time to time a
little boiling water until the fish is
e• thoroughly cooked. Theta beat upthe
yolks of two eggs and cook for afew
minutes more. Squeeze on some
lemon juice, and serve.
If you never baked any peaches, try
this: Wash some fine ripe peaches;
but de not pare them. Place in a
deep baking dish, sprinkle generous-
ly with light brown sugar, nearly cov-
er with cold water and bake in a slow
oven until tender. Baste frequenbly,
replenish the water if necessary, and
serve with cream either plain or
whipped.
For molasses oven scones rub 1 oz.
of butter or lard into ee Ib. of flour,
add two tablespoonfuls of soft sugar,
one teaspoonful of ground ginger and
cinnamon, half a teaspoonful of cream
of tartar, one teaspoonful of baking
soda, and one teaspoonful of treacle.
Mix with a little butter, milk, not too
mosit. Bake in a moderate oven 15
t minutes. They are lovely when kept
a day or two in a tin.
Mutton With Currant Jelly Sauce. -
Brown two tablespoonfuls butter, add
three tablespoonfuls flour mixed with
one-fourth teaspoonful salt and one-
eighth teaspoonful paprika. When
well browned pour on gradually one
cupful currant jelly and six slices of
cold cooked mutton. When meat is
h
r a1 and pep-
per s b
heated add a little more o
P P
per'
Eggs a la Creole. -Cook three table-
spoonfuls batter with one tablespoon-
ful finely chopped onion for three min-
utes. Add one -and three-fourths
.cupfuls tomatoes drained from the
liquor. Cook eight minutes. Put in
one tablespoonful capers, one-fourth
teaspoonful salt, a few grains of cay-
enne and five eggs beaten slightly.
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Cook until of a creamery consistency.
Stir constantly and scrape from bot-
tom of the plan,
Lemon Cocoanut Pic. -One cup milk
one heaping tablespoonful cornstarch,
two eggs, one cup sugar, juice and
rind of one lemon, one-half cup cocoa-
nut.Heat milk tn double boiler, add
cornstarch dissolved in cold water and
stir until smooth, then add yolks beat-
en with sugar and lemon. Add cocoa
nub last. Cook five minutes and pour
into well -baked piecrust. Beat whites
of eggs and add two tablespoons su-
gar. Spread on top of filling and
brown in oven.
Useful Hints.
a wild housecleaning every little
while,
To wash china silk waists use luke-
warm soap suds.' Then rinse in two
cool waters and roll in a Turkish
towel for two hours before ironing.
For a dainty, unfermented punch,
take the juice of three lemons, juice
of one orange, one pint of grape juice,
one quart of water, one cup of sugar
If you are mixing a pudding or cake
with a wooden spoon beat the mixture
with the back of the apoon. It is far
eerier and becomes beautifully light
in half the time.
In winter time, when apples have
lost much of their acidity, if a little
salf it sprinkled over the apples be-
fore the crust is put on, it will great-
ly improve the flavor of the pie.
Graham gems are made with two
cups of graham flour, one tablespoon
ful of lard, two tablespoonfuls of su
gar, two teaspoonfuls of baking pow
der and salt, lifix stiff with milk.
If you desire to remove the skin o
peppers, drop them into boiling wate
and simmer for five minutes, or scour
ing them slightly and placing on th
broiler over hot coals a few minute
will loosen the skin.
Great care should be taken in haw
ing fruits and vegetables. Wher
they have a natural, protective cov
ering, it should not be broken. Then
to secure the best result, all vege
tables, except dried peas and beans
should be put on bo cook in boiling
water, and the water made to boi
again as soon as possible after vege
tables have been added. Caref
washing of all vegetables is anothe
important ibem. And all gree
vegetables ,roots and tubers should b
crisp and firm when put on to cook.
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WHEN "K, of K" MET MARCHAND.
Report of the Conversation Between
the Officers,
It was a dramatic moment when
news reached England that Colonel
Marchand had forestalled the British
occupation of Pashoda. Kitchener
took a flotilla of ten steamers with
4,000 men up the Nile before Fashoda
and invited Colonel Marchand on
board. The latter thus reports the
conversation : "I have come to re-
sume possession of the Khedive'
dominions," Kitchener began.
"Well, General, I, Capt. Marchan
(as he then was) am here by order
of the French Government. I thank
you for your offer of conveyance to
Europe, but I must wait here for in-
structions," was the reply,
"It is a long time since you had any
news from France ?"
"Some months, General ; but my
orders are to wait here."
"Major, I will place my boats at your
disposal to return to Europe by the
Nile."
"Genera] I
thank you, but I cannot
accept your. offer. I am waiting for
orders froni my Government."
A good many things have happened
since you started on your journey."
"General, whatever may have hap -
paned, France, wbo is not in the habit
of abandoning her officers, will send
me orders,"
I must hoist the Egyptian flag
here," Kitchener next said.
"Why, I myself will help you to
hoist it -over the village."
"Over our 'fort ?"
"No, that I shall resist," was the
French officer's reply.
"Do you know, Major, that this•af-
fair may set France and Ding -land at
war ?"
Colonel Marchand bowed without
replying. General Kitchener rose,' He
was very pale. The Colonel also rose.
Kitchener gazed at his 2,000 ; then at
the fort, on the ramparts of which the
bayonets gleamed.
"We are the stronger," Kitchener
remarked after his leisurely survey.
"Only a fight can settle that," was
Marchand's reply.
"Right you are," was Kitchener's
reply, "come along, let's have a whis-
key and soda."
The required instructions, as the
story of the expedition has told, were
forthcoming from Paris in due course,
YOUR WALK TELLS.
e.
Clean white enamel furniture with
turpentine and it will keep the glosa.
Bath sponges should be hung out
in hot sunshine as often as possible.
When making sponge calces in pab-
ty tilts see that the oven is very hot.
Mix cream cheese with chili sauce
and serve on lettuce salad for a relish.
Let beebs stand in cold water after
boiling and they will skin easily.
If a bay leaf is added to tomato
soup it will give it a delightful flavor,
To clean rusty knitbing"needles rub
with kerosene and polish with pumice.
Some people put a'smail bag of
lime inside the piano to keep the damp
away.
Shoes should be well sunned -and
aired, and several ,pairs should be
kept in use.
In cleaning painted woodwork it is
better to use a strong kerosene wa-
ter than any kind of soap.
Milk will keep sweet longer if it is
put into a sbono jar that has been
thoroughly cooled than it will in a
bottle,
When polishing the stove, first Ail)
bhe hands thoroughly with soap and
'allow it to dry, The polish will then
wash oft' easily,
When soaking salt fish, fill a large
vessel with water, place some brush or
small sticke in the bottom, and on this
lay the fish, skin side uppermost,.
The good housekeeper is the one
who keeps her house in perfect con-
dition all the bine instead of having
Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain Becomes Bride of Westminster Abbey's Rector.
The Reverend Canon Carnegie and his bride, formerly Mrs, Joseph:
Chamberlain, photographed as they left Westminster Abbey, London, just'
after their marriage in King Henry VIPs Chapel in the historic structure.
Mrs. Chamberlain was the second wife of the late great British statesman,
whom she married in 1888. Prior to her marriage she was Miss Mary Endi-
cott, of New York, daughter of Judge Endicott, of the United States' Sup -
Care of Tires en Toter, •
The proper care of t'res is a moot
important item in a ear's upkeep. The
driver s=hould examine them carefully
after every trip and promptly take
care of an injury, no matter how
slight, A trouble, small at first, may
lead up quickly to a bad blowout, and
then a new tire, In order to give
you good mileage, t'res should be
watched constantly and kept clean,
Underinflation is the most prevalent
and the most expensive piece of care-
lessness of the modern motorist, Ride;
on air, nob on the tire walls.
An injury to either tread or tube
should not be neglected. Coni1 tions
are aggravated with great rapidity,
and before you know it either a very
expensive repair or a whole new tire
is required. Go over your tires peri-
odically, and take care at once of
each injury.
Inner liners should be used only in
emergencies or to prolong the life of
a worn-out tire. - Never apply them
as a permanent repair, as they are
utterly destructive to a new tire.
Where chains are used adjust them
carefully. If they are too loose they
will cut and loosen the tread -if too
tight they cut and bruise where they
are lapptid over casing.
Faulty wheel adignment does much
injury to tires. It subjects them to
a grinding they cannot withstand. A
slightly bent axle will do the damage.
It is important to cleanse tires daily
if possible. Scrape off mud and soil
and wash the tires with water and a
reme Court, and Secretary of War en President Cleveland's first Cabinet, little soap of good quality, applied him a chauffeur who he knew was
The Reverend William Hartley Carnegie was born in County Dublin in 1860. with a' nob too wet sponge. Keep the dependable.
IIe has been rector of St. Margaret's and Canon of Westminster since 1913.
inside of the casings always well dust-
ed with soapstone or tale,
Why "Blowouts" Occur.
Among tire manufacturers it is a
recognize -1 fact, that the lower the
grade of rubber used in a tire the less
time does It take to vulcanise or cure
it to the point of greatest serviceabil-
ity after leaving the building ma-
chines. And in these "quick cure"
tires the adhesion of each layer of
fabric to the other and of the tread to
the tire carcass is likely to be much
less perfect than in "slow cure" tires.
Consequently, under the intense heat
of the sun and of road friction, separ-
ation of these units is likely to occur,
thereby weakening the entire struc-
ture of the tire and causing heat
blowouts. In the higher grades of
rubber their natural toughness and
elastticity seem to resist, or take
longer to absorb, the vulcanizing or
hardening properties of the high tem-
perature steam used in tie's operation,
therefore requiring a longer "cure"
and resulting in a much tougher and
more serviceable tire in all respects.
Long Trips Becoming Popular.
Owners of automobiles have ga'n-
ed so much confidence in their ma-
chines in the last few years that the
merest novice is no longer afraid to
start out on a long trip in his car.
A few years ago a man would not ab -
tempt an automobile trip of several
hundred miles unless he was an ex-
pert at the wheel himself or had with
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON
SEPTEMBER 17.
Lesson XII. A Prisoner in The Castle.
-Acts 22. Golden Text.
-Psa. 91. 2.
Verse 17. Trance -Connected •with
s i prayer as in Acts 10. 10 in the case of
Peter. The Greek word (borrowed
d in our ecstasy) implies a complete
s loss of consciousness. Communion
Character Shown in Every Step You
Take,
People who walk slowly, taking long
strides, raising their bodies on the tips
of their toes, and taking short steps,
have volatile and irresolute natures.
They, are lacking in self-confidence,
They.yeer from one point to another
and y.,et aro incapable of a decided
opinion. They lack the charm of
poise, rtoo.
Walking with toes tamed In indi-
cates a self-opinionated nature and a
stubborn one. You give the impres-
sion by this walk that, right or wrong,
if you make up your mind you can't
be induced to alter it. Walking with
the toes pointed straight ahead !net'
sates au open and generous nature,
It shows self-confidence and groat
indopendeirce.
People who walk with a free air and
swinging stride and with the head
thrown well back have fearless and
courageous natures. This walk de-
notes force, command, and productive
energy,
People who walk with a slow aid
undulating movement are artistic and
imaginative. They ere dreamy anal
indolent and capricious in their likes
and dislikes. They are incapable oe
exartion and sell lees of perseverance,
Notice your friends' walks and see
if you cannot toll their ebaraeters, and
take your Observation as a bit of
eautlen for your own }Valk.
was so absorbing that the outer world
vanished. It was an experience such
as Paul describes in 2 Cor. 12. 2-4.
18. Saw hint -The pronoun goes
back to the Righteous One in verse 14.
Of thee -Unemphatic: the stress lies
on concerning me.
19. How vividly these words recall
the man who could "pray to be cut off
from Christ for his brothers' sake"!
To leave Jerusalem with his tale un-
told was the heaviest trial. Surely
they must hear a man who had prov-
ed his Jewsih fanaticism so well!
Thus Knowlieg: "Paul seems at it
were to plead with his Lord that men
cannot but receive testimony from
one who had previously been an en-
emy of Jesus of Nazareth; the words
boo are directed to his hearers, so
that they may impress them with the
strength of the testimony thus given
by one who had imprisoned the Cluis-
tians," Myers has caught the sob
with which Paul recalls those perse-
cuting days: -
Saints, did I say? with your remem-
bered faces,
Dear man and women whom I
• sought and slew!
0 when we mingle in the heavenly
places
How will I weep to Stephen and
to you!
I -In the emphatic form each time ib
occurs in this and the two following
verses. Beat in every synagogue -
Thus fulfilling the Lord's prediction 1
(Mark 13. 9). Offenses against bhe
law of Moses were tried and punish-
ed in the synagogue, the fit place for
a "holy inquisition"!
20. Was shed -Imperfect tense;
Saul's fanatical conviction nerved him
10 look on throughout the horrid
scene, The more it tortured his
sensitive feelings, and the louder a
voice within told him of the face that
was like an a'ngel's, the greater was
the "ritual service" he rendered to
God (John 16. 9) -he would not offer
what cost him nothing! The must
(so read) of Acts 26. 9 is the key.
Consenting -Acts 8. 1. The memory
lends its sting bo Rom, 1. 32, where
Paul makes the cold-blooded approval
of an onlooker an even worse sin than
the sinner's evil deed itself. Keeping
the (outer) garments --See Acts 7,
58.
21. Send thee forth in the Greek is
the last and emphatic word, as the I
is the first, equally stressed. The
clinex is not unto the Gentiles, as in
the English, though this was what the
mob fastened on. What the Lord's
word left burning in Paul's soul was
the commission and its Giver -that
he, the persecutor, was charged with
an apsotleship (so the Greek) by
Jesus whom he persceuted. By
compm:ison with this the rest was a
detail,
22. Privilege always breeds a set•
fish lust of monopoly; in this respect
tho.Jews were ne bad as any Brahman
of to -day. The profound insight of
the book of Jonah pilloried that un-
lovely characberistic in the prophet
who stands for the people, back from
Exile, but no better for their discip-
line. Jesus himself draws their por-
trait in the Elder Brother of his
greatest parable.
23. Threw off -Read tossed about.
The loose outer robe, was pulled off
and furiously waved about, This was
in manifestation of excitement and
rage. Travelers in Palestine in
modern times occasionally see an ex-
hibition of the sudden excitability of
an Oriental crowd. Cast dust -Like
Shimei (2 Sam. 16. 13.)
24. Examined by scourging -Legal
in the case of slaves and men without
political rights, but not as the first act
of an inquiry. Augustus had expres-
sly forbidden it, and Lysias's remorse
for his illegal action centers upon this
(verse 29).
25. Tied him up -Literally, for-
ward: his hands were tied with
leather straps so as to bend his back
over ao
st ne scourging -pillar
to re-
ceive
ceive the
blows. Paul au1 tvakb
sill they
ey
have committed themselves to the il-
legality. A Roman, and uncondentn-
ed-As in 6. 37. Had he been no
Roman, the second count of Paul's in-
dictment held. But Lysias ignores
it in his interrogation fo Paul, in view
Of the greater matter. `It is a mis-
demeanour to pub a Roman citizen in
Irene, afelony to scourge him," says
g
Cicero.
26. Is a Roman -It was death to
claim citizenship falsely, and both the
sergeant and his chief take Paul's
word without seeking evidence.
27. Thou -Emphatic, like Pilate's
still more contemptuous question,
"Art thou a king?"
28. The name Lysias is Greek, and
the tribune was probably a freedman
of the emperor Claudius, or the on of
one. Roman emperors often sold the
franchise, as a means of revenue.
Ramsay explains Paul's' inherited
franchise by going back to the settle-
ment of Tarsus, when leading Jews
were enrolled in a special tribe. One
of these was Paul's ancestor.
29. Bound -With the "two chains"
first, and then, far worse, with the
"thongs" for scourging,
PASSING OF HANSOM CABS.
London's Once Popular Vehicle Was
Patented in 1834.
The hansom cab has had but a short
life, says the London Chronicle.
Eighty-one years ago -on Deo. 23,
1834 -Joseph Aloyslus Hansom, a
well-known architect, designer of the
Birmingham Town Hall and the
founder of the Builder newspaper,
took out the patent for the cab to
which bis name was graven. He after-
ward sold his rights for $10,000, but
the money was never paid. In 1881 -
the year preceding Hansom's death ---
there wereno fewer than 9,652 licen-
sed hansoms in London, and to -day
the velilale Is seldom seen,
There is one spot in London on
which, by the provisions of a special
Act of Parliament, a cab -stand may
not be appointed. Under the Act of
George III„ o. 134 s, 85, the inhabitants
of Bloomsbury square obtained powers
to prevent any such stand being erect-
ed near their dwellings,
Enlistments Stop Spindles,
Close on half a million spindles aro
now stopped in Manchester, England,
and adjoining towns Of southeast
Lancashire, through enlistments, The
situation le becoming more and more
serious, and it is impossible to get
women to fill tnany 00 the positions.
THE BETRAYER
OF MSS CAVELL
STORY OF THE \'IAN WHO PUT
HIM TO DEATH.
Roger de la Merck Was Selected by
a Belgian Secret
Society.
The International News Bureau
publishes what purports to be a verb-
al report of the story of Roger de la
Merck, the man who killed the spy,
Nels de Rode, who betrayed Miss
Cavell to the Huns. The news of
de Rode's death was published long
ago, but the details of the affair
have never been given to the public
before. The story bears the charac-
ter of veracity. De la Merck was a
member of a Belgian secret society
punish-
ing
for r the purpose ur ose of unish-
ing spies and traitors, and, when it
became known that de Rode was a
traitor and guilty of Miss Cavell's
death, he was selected to carry out
the work of vengeance. Ile tells how
he waited' at night near the residence
of de Rode's parents and at length
saw the traitor approaching:
"In two minutes I was face to face
with the unfortunate object of my
night vigilance.
"Standing within three or four feet
of him I informed him of what I was
about to do. I told hint if he kept
silent I would give him as many
minutes as he wished during which
to make his peace with his Maker.
I told him that so long as no one ap-
proached us from either direction, so
long would I permit him to offer his
prayers.
Screamed for Help.
"But I had scarcely finished my
proposal when he began to scream at
the top of his voice for help.
"Even than, holding my revolver at
his breast, I informed him that ale
entire army could not save his life,
and I again urged him.
"Now, from this distance, this
act' of mine seems to me rather reck-
less. I can ascribe this apparently
foolhardy act of mine to my utter
timidity, or perhaps nervousness. I
was younger than my victim by five
years, yet he looked just at that hor-
rible moment like a mere child. I
had never taken the life of a fellow
man; at the outbreak of the war I
was even under military age. Fur-
ther I had never in all my life held
a revolver in my hand. I did not even
know its mechanism.
"All that I knew, and all that was
necessary for me to know, was to
pull the trigger while I aimed its
muzzle until its death -dealing con-
tents had been emptied.
"I pulled it.
"He fell and died instantly.
"I Killed Your Son."
"I remetnber it as one remembers
a horrible dream, I lifted the dead
body of my victim clean from the
ground, threw it over my shoulder,
bore it some distance, and stood hint
against the door of his father's
house." -
-The slayer was taken by the Bel-
gian civil police, and handed over to
the Germans, but no evidence being I
found against him, he wee allowed to
go free, the German officer making
the significant comment: 'Time will
obscure the deeds of both good and
bad men, but the deed of a traitor is ,1
ltever forgotten.' Afterwards de la
Marek went to the home of de Rode's
father and told of his deed:
"I announced my name, but they
did not know my name. Then I told
them, .'I killed your son' I was ex-
cited, otherwise I would not have
announced it so brutally.
No Sorrow for Traitor.
"I must have been fully insane, or
why should I have visited my vic-
tim's aged parents? I would not
have done such a thing in my sober
mind.•
"However, I had not visited the
house for the purpose of boasting of
my act of murder. Forgetting the
gravity of my act, I had visited Major
de Rode's house to apologize to him
in person for having suspected him
of being a traitor like his son. He
wasnot a traitor; and I told him so.
"To my utter surprise it was the
aged woman who spoke first. She
told me that it was not the death of
their son that caused their tears; it
was the death of the soul of their
only child that moved their hearts.
h
'What shame for the dead. What
shame for the living ones!' she wept,
and the aged Major joined.
"I left them abruptly and awkward-
ly. I found myself speechless."
As is well known, the father of de
Rode refused to recognize or give
burial to his dead son who had
proven such a traitor to his country.
Three or four others who were con-
nected with the Cavell affair also
suffered death at the hands of the
Secret Society to which de la Merck
belonged.
SON TAKES FATHER'S PLACE.
Gen. Cadorna Conducts Campaign as
Elder Cadorna Did.
Gen. Luigi Cadorna, chief of the
general staff of the Italian army, is
the Hindenburg of the Isonzo front.
He knows every foot oY the laud,
mountain or valley, every pat;
through the rocks, every fortress on
the Austrian or on the Italian side.
He spent many years in the district
planning for the inevitable day of war
with Austria and the best military
stategy for meeting it.
Cadorna's campaign to capture for
Italy the great commercial seaport of
Trieste, whose population Is 77 per
Cont. alian, was te goal toward
watchIthis father, Geol. Raffaele Gador-
ns, led the army of Italy fifty years
ago. The son, then a boy of eighteen,
learning the military, game at Milan
and Bologna, was not permitted to ac-
company his father, who did not in-
tend to give favors to anybody, even
to those ttearest to him.
Human Sacrifice in .India.
A dispatch from Calcutta says that,
a case of human sacrifice is reported
from a Ilindu temple at Jaffna. It ap-
pears that certain Hindus of Parnar-
ponnnl were strongly tempted by a
dream regarding treasure trove. Be-
lievingthat bythe sacrifice f n in-
nocent youth to the goddess they 0
led a youth of 20 at dead of night to o
the temple of the goddess, where he a
was drugged and his throat was cut.
Loaded by Magnets.
FROM OLD SCOTLAND
NOTES OF INTEREST FROM BEB
BANKS AND BRAES, -
What to Going On in the Illghlande
and Lowlands of Auld
Scotia:
Representatives of the Dominion
Government visited shipyards and
munition works in the Glasgow die-
tract, -
The Scottish Office states that
6,125 reformatory and industrial
school boys are now on active ser -
Second -Lieutenant
Second -Lieutenant N, L. McNeill,
Gordon Highlanders, youngest son of
Mrs, McNeill, Glasgow, has been
killed in action.
1 The death occurred very suddenly
of Mr. George Johnstone, for the past
, 27 years governor of Linlithgow Com-
, bination Poorhouse,
During a fog off Lundy, the s.s.
"Balvenie," of Glasgow, was sunk in
collision with the s.s. "Tagona,"
Two lives were lost.
Slain Castle estate, Aberdeenshire,
belonging to Lord Errol, which ex -
.tends along the coast for eight miles,
, has been sold to Sir John Ellerman,
Kirkcaldy Tramway Committee
have decided to recommend the
Town Council to dispense with the
one cent fare, except to workmen's
cars.
Lifeboat Saturday collections at
Greenock and Port Glasgow amount-
' ed
mount-'ed to $1,623.20, being a decrease of
$165 as compared with the collections
Tlast year.
In the course of blasting opera-
, tions at Blackford quarry, Thomas
Barclay, Edinburgh, was instantly
killed and Thomas Morrison, also of
Edinburgh, seriously injured.
A letter of Burns, to Inc corres-
pondent, Mrs. Dunlop, was bought
at a London auction sale for $600.
It has been acquired, it is understood,
for a Glasgow collection.
It is announced that the special
constables doing duty in Airdrie dur-
ing the war emergency period, have
resigned in a body on account of the
action of some members of the Town
Council.
The Local Government Board have
intimated to the Hawick Local Au-
thorities that the Treasury have
agreed to give a grant of $900 toward
the coat of the addition to the Ander-
son Sanitarium.
Mrs. Stirling, Gargunnocic, has been
elected to fill the vacancy in the
Gargunnock School Board caused by
the resignation of Captain George
Connal Rowan, who is at present a
prisoner in Germany.
Edinburgh University Court agreed
to hold a special meeting this month
to decide finally on the question of
admitting women to all the medical
classes at the University necessary to
qualify for the medical degrees.
Official intimation has been re-
ceived in Glasgow that the employ-
ers have definitely refused the claim
theSocietyEn-
gineers
Amalgamated of
g
for an advance of four cents
per hour to meet the increased cost
of living.
A motor ambulance wagon, the gift
of -the Council of the St. Andrew's
Ambulance Association, was present-
ed at the annual meeting in Glasgow
to the Belgian Arniy Medical Service
for use in hospital transport work be-
hind the lines.
In one of the blacksmith's shops in
the neighborhood of Chirnside (Ger-
wicicshire) a woman is now to be
seen swinging the sledge hammer.
Her services have been found neces-
sary owing to the impossibility of ole -
tabling either a man or a boy.
An interesting ceremony took place
in Rosyth Dockyard, when Admiral
Sir Frederick Tower, K.C.B., C.V.O.,
who has succeeded Admiral Sir Rob-
ert Lowry as Commander -in -Chief at
Rosyth, was presented with a flag
by the corporation of Dunfermline.
A deputation from the Glasgow and
West of Scotland Licensed Trade De-
fence Association attended a special
meeting of the Glasgow Licensing
Court and asked, owing to shortage
of laborers, permission to employ
female assistants in licensed pre-
mises.
- NOT ENOUGH WOMEN.
Demand for Help In England -Greater
Than Supply.
There are 11,000 women clerks and
stenographers now employed in the
British Government offices in White-
hall, a fact which gives some idea of - ••
the way the women have filled the
gaps left by the men who have joined
the army. And still the cry is heard
for more women, which leads to the
belief that the demand bas outstripped
the supply.
Even rho Government departments
are finding dilliculty in seourtng the
lerical assistance they require, At
ne time Whitehall officials could pick,
nd choose their clerks, and the
majority of those engaged were of an
daptabte age -from 20 to 30 -taut an
ntelligent girl of 17 without ecperi-
ence can now find a place, and middle-
agod
arwomenenot nweed nanted.o longer feel that
they '
To tweet extensions of the a0tivities
f. such busy places es the War 011loo
and the Minietry of Munitions, it is
Militated that some 200 women clerks
can be absorbed every week into the
tselal maehinerY. .
The pay is net high, though it is
more than what was regarded as a
satisfactory starting salary for yoeng
girls before the war, It 1e, of course;
far below tate :celery paid Cor similar
week in this Country.
For the first time 10 the history of
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Great Lakes navigation, lion ore is
being loaded at the Ashland (Wis.)
docks into the stetemer Cicba by the
avid of giant magnets, thus doing away
Wholly with the ase of 'Iongshoremen'a
abor,
People who Own cub glass shouldn't
throw stones.
Honor compels tis totell a Mair
tis fanits to his face. But "safety
first" --tree the telephone.