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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1922-10-12, Page 6The Cow Purnther Y ROBERT J. 0, STEAM. (Copyright The L'entison Beek Co) Synopsis of preceding Chapter*. I he was pewerfully drawn towardher. Dr, Hardy, famoue specialist, and He knew—what ole would have most his daughter Irene, ifieetsvith an !Icel.. seeenisonsly ,denied—that 'her nuesca- tient while, on e roclorjrig trip in the Unify was e sham. }ter defianee of foothills of Alberta and find a refuge) convention—rarnbling fellow in the cabin of the Elden ranch Whers beehelor into his apartments—her- es- dvcell David and his dissoltite .fathele oaeional profanity and oecaeioaal eig- The girl aad boy promise to Meet arette---the're were hat the cleak from . again in the future. After his father's which her .own' deep womanhood was drunken death David goes to selt his foe. ever peerisee forth. He felt im- pelled to .leiss her. He wondered. if she weald .I>e angry; if eucha familiar- ity would obstruct their growing feieheishiP. He felt sure she would not be angry, but ehs would probably s eep eheolved to itmend._ He le think' hien foolish. And man cannot ,by tracted by the.singing of a choir giel —enedeelue.'e 'being thought foolish in a chervil; then he atteaded a So- caliet cAipg. When delivering cord -"•(:-)he 41InGst fsrgst'" she said as at the home of hire Duncan he is offer- they Parted, abth°Pgh she really had ed ev,•nir.rs tuition in retura for oc- freception to- Orgetten. "t was at A cesionel services as a coachman. The day when a 'beautiful w(nuan asked fbr first evening he discovers, the ehoir- You- Asked me if 1 had ever heard girl in lee Denten. Under his tutor's of Mr. David EMen.• careful &A:option Dave's education . " 'What, Dave Elden, the million- . thrives apace, He becomes a reperter aiee?' I said. iEverybedy on tehe Call. One SunclaY .he toldHe's the beau Ofethe town, tr Could be, ' Edith tho .story of his life and his if he wanted to.' Oh; I gave you a compact with Irene. -ConwardedrePs gue'd thun'e' Dave*" 'In wlth talk about "industrial develop- "Thankt.'Bert. That wcia decent. merit" and fires David's imagination. Who 'waa. she?" - They form a real estate partnership. "She said Iver name was Irefie beorn, follows, making David a mil- Heady." Ina -mire, but he .vaguely- distrusts his peabner. ROberla Morrison, compiler of the "worrean's page of The0511, aomen to his- office cam' evening and Dave eiders dinner, f'uttune in town and loses e money at ,A ,I)eol table. He .snends an evening with ,Conward, hi4- PeoltoOra, acquaintance, and tvao actresseseeunu, takes Bauer fir the first tiral', :Pie)" itiorninge'hile awakes, from a• drunken CHAPTER XI.---(Cont'cl.) Suddenly, from a sharp bend in the read, flashed the lights of an aP- proaching ca. • Dave was ahle to switch his own lights on again only in time to avoid a collision. The on- coming car lurched and, passed by furiously, but not befere Dave had recognized °onward as . the driver. Rack ow its trail .ce dust:floated the ribald notes, of half -intoxicated . virrlity had been sobered; the gaiety CHAPTER XII. Upon the return' of Irene Hardy' to the Eget-it had slowly become appar- ent .tealier mother' that things were, not as theY °ince had been. There were varieus vague stirrings oT uneasiness, but perhape the most alarming mani- festation was the strange -silence in winch the, girl enveloped herself. It seemed as though' she had left part of, her nature ' behind—had outgrown it, perhaps—ande had created about herself an atmosphere of reserve fer, eign to her earlier life. It Seemed as though the lonelinete, of the great plains had eettled'upon her. The old "Close enough," said Dave, when the diest. had..settled. "Well, let us rog boIck lechae." They, took the return trip' leisurely, drinking, in the glories of the night, and allowing time for the play of cone vm'aealon. Bert Morrison was a good conVersationalist. Her -points e bh- tere,:it ware almost infinite. And they were hack among the street lights be - "Oh we are neaaly'home "-she ex- claimed. "And, honest, Dave, I want- ed to ask you something. Why don't you get married'?" "I -guess el'm tee sympathetic," he answered,. after • a moment's pause. "And'• it wouldn't "Ch, call. that, It's been svarneed •!aver once already., Really, though, why don't you?" "1.1,'Ily should ' "Why shouldn't .you? Ith naturiff. And you:know you can't go on always just putting it off. It leaves your life empty.' To -night, .when I asked you , if you had had clinnea, you said, 'Such a meal as a man -eats alone:--,. That beieays the emptiness." "I suppoee it deiee. But I don't know trimly girls.. I don't know any girl very -well, except you, and, you wouldn't haya me." "No ' I wcitildn't'' he answered • frankly,. "I like you too well. But • you know other girlsand you could get to know more if you wanted to; There's -Edith Duncan, -for -instance:. "Edith is a sine girl. The Dancans are wonderful people. I owe to theM almost everything. But.s foe marry- , "Why not?" , • VI don't know. I -never thought of - It that way., She's a fine girl.' . "Nonehhetter," said `Bert, With de- "Dleye, I'm not much on. (Mho- . de* 'religioil,*as you knew, but that giiVd got something on me. She has a voice- that would make- her famous onathe stage, but she uses it rill the -time, as She sayd, 'in the service of .tho Icing,' I think she's narrow on that Point, but •I know She's sincere. Edith 'has' had a greet sorroesa-and it Make's' hernobility stand out, pure and wonderful, like' a white gain in a bleak setthvg. It seems tobe 'the law' that <me must rub ,shoulders with sor- row before he really begins to live. And any afternoon you can find her down in the ehildreres ward, singing with that ,v,mnderfdl voice to \the, little sufferers to be challenged. the lapse of an appropriate period, "do yud consider that an intelligent id It bat, the advantage of truthful- ness'," eetuenecl- the doctor,- com- placently. "It is susceptible of • de- monstration." ' "I- sheuld think this is a matter of sufficient interest to the family to Ise ' -Heady, Who had an uefeetunate habit of her girlhood, had ripened into a poise more -disturbing to Mrs. Hardy, than any •conventional excess could have been. She sought her own cone- pany; she tolerated social engage- ments in svhicha ehe had previoifsly fella& delight, And, most sinister of all, she showed no disposition to en- courage the attentions which were ready enough in the offering. . "Whatever has come over Irene?" said Mee. 'Hardy to the doctor one evening when their daughter had been particularly indifferent to a theatre invite:titan. "She hasn't been the same since she came- home, 1 should not have let her go, West alone." The doctor looked, up mildly from Ins paper. It was the custom, of the doctor to looR up 'mildly 'When Mrs. Hardy made a statement demanding some form of yecegnition: From the wide initiation into 'domestic affairs winch his profession had given him, Dr. Hardy had long since .ceased to look for the absolute in woman. He had never looked fcii it in man. Ho realized that. in Mrs.' Hardy he did not postess a perfect mate, but he was equally convirmedethat,in no ,other wo- man would he have foun'd •a Perfect mate, and he accepted his lot with the philosophy of "his",eixty years. If Mrs. Hardy, in some respects, failed to measure up to his standard' of the ideal, he found it •true nevertheless that she had many admirable quali- ties: - Granting :that in his matrimon- ial adventure he might possibly have Sons serriewhat better, fairness com, aelled the admission that -he might also have done very much worse. And being, as -has been 'hinted, sorhething of a philosopher; behad sought, when- ever possible, to harmonize his life with hers e and when that was linlies- sible, at least to keep what pressure he might upon the ,soft pedal. So in- stead of 'reminding hie Wife that Irene had, not been alone when she went, West, he remarked,very mildaye that the -girl. was growing older. -, e Mese Hardy -found in this ,rennerlt occasionrto lay down the ,hook she had been holding,- and to sit upright in a rigidity of intense rdisaPproVal. , D. Rarefy was aware that this was- en- tirely a -theatrical- attitude, assumed for thepuimose of imposing upon Inns paciper hamilitye • Ile had exper- ienced It many, many- timet: And he knew, -that hit statement, notavith- standing its obViotssness,' was about Dr. Hardy, you are all very well with year fevere and 'you cantle, hut you eel -A diagaese a love case worth it CeuL, An epidemic would 'break out under your very eyes and you 1)-1eene fully utavonecioue, ,Vehat about this ypung Elden? 1)iti Irene eee nasals of , him ?" The destor pread 1ir•leasedss. "Do you realize that there Wore our of Ve at that ranch—kale only, and no, one else for miles? How eould ehe help seeing him?" • "And You permieted it?" "I was on ray hack with A broken lieg. We were gueets At their hone4 They'wero good Samaritaas to at, I couldn't ,elasperon her. And, besides, they don't do things that way in that cbuntry,. You don't Understand, It'a altogether (la ere.t.." eAndrawp" eaid Mrs. Hardy, leaning forward, and the weed was °milieus, for She need his Christian name only in moments of critis, "was Irene ever eagge. abaert eee, eemmes said "Dr. Hardy," said his wife, after Dave, as, though confessing a peo- To end secret, "She told me about her bro'her being killed," It s, r -ng Bert's lips to t.,ay, "Oh, v•ae as the uee?" but ale checlerd ,rheY were at Ilse door of her :anal -muse As he helphe ed r to 1.,e ,idca,vallc Dave stood for a me - lace( witls her hand in his. • He bael Icaa 1 id Tear I Marrison, Lusa eo-neahe (race': ,',I erroludY," retoefed Mrs. t11.1;liMATit, S-tortRok 9s. Are Reliezedl,rorn 'Pdin by , 1'113 tt • I it r Ott Wm, Dixon, 'Teronto writes: "Foe ,oveetwo yealat I las& been unable -to raise my handS, as th:igh as my shoulders. Aa' ter using the Ark- bottle of L)ohseoTf semr wondeettii mea- n,ley Nfoerh New irLlaftD e, Roebln6,) e,Y l was free from painNew, e ' after using the fifth bottle, my, ,geheral health is fla god as ci. It ever WAS, Thanking you innte. Now 1..:Ife has done for nao and trueting eVery, stifferee may "'learn o One hettbo for One Dollar, Six bottles ; PiVe 1)Ol1ars, ftom yon.,r nearest druggiet, WIttboritt agtatillift Watli AO, 4104131,, Ter6iVio ovoida.. , • • ' -•/!0 ,cif becoming. exasperated by her. hus- band's .petecl, humor. She had 'non,e of plalasophy, ,anct she iniStoolc Ido Lsvcio teinpe'r for indiffeeence, "Items as: one child,' and -before your veay. Up ..you eee hora-you see bee—" MI'S. Hardy's fears evere too nebulous to .eaable isee to complete the sen- svith this. young redo—alone?" ' The doctor arose to feet and trod heavily upon the rich earpotings. "I told you you don't understand," he protested., "The West is not the Eaet, Everything. is different " „ "I suppose human nature is differ- ent," she interrupted, meaningly, Then her head .fell upon thetable and her hands went.up about her hair. It had been brown hair Cale% but WAS' new thin' and ',streaked with grey. "Oh, Andrew,"•the wept. "We are ruined. That we ,should eyer have come to elt was VOW lir. Herrly's-turn to be- come exasperated. There was One thing his philosophy could not endure. - That was a person who was not, and would not be, • philosophical, Mrs, Hardy was not, and would not be, philbsophical. She was an absolutist With 1VIrs. Hardy thing& were right or things were wrong: Moreover, that which was thine according to rule was right, and that which was .not done according to rule was wrong. It was apparent that the acquaintanceship of Irene and .Dave Elden had tot been aceording to rule. (To be continued) . "Yes, I sec her," the doCtor admit- ted. "That, is. I did see her at dinner: There is nothing alarming about that," Then, relenting, '"Bit, seriously, what reason havo. you for oneasiiiess about the. child ?" • "Reason enough: She behaves- so strangely. • Po you know, I begin—I really do begin to suspect that' she's in love." It was. Dr.,-Harcly's turn to sit up- right, "Nonsextee;" be said, "Why should she be IL is tbe nn- fOrtunate:liniitationatC the philcsotsher Saab, he so often leaves , irrational -be. basic:in:out; Of the reckoning, "She is only a abilb.i." • "She willhe eeghteen presently. And why. shouldn't she be in leve? And the queation is—who? That iS for you to answ,er. Whein.did eleehreet?" "If you would find a Hamlet at the root ,of this inelancholy. yen must ask +ma Oplielia, She met no one with ine. My Recident left int to en- )oy my holiday as best I could at a ranch deep in the :foothills, arid Reenie stayed With mo there, There saes no one "isle one? No raech meta- eciveboyt —cove punohers— think 1 have Iseard" --with Mao disdain, "No, Daly yeung Eltleti----" "Only?, Who is this young Eldest?" "litit, lie id IttAt a bey. ;intt the ton of the old rancher of whom I have told you," 'Exactly. And Irene 5 just! is girl, What a Scolding Once Did. "What Was your first invention?" somebody asked Prof. Alexander Gra. hain Bell a few weeks before'hie re- cent death. • "`Phat take's. me back a long Wa, " lee replied. 9 was a schoolboy. MI father, -who was a teacher, of elect'. "Fon, had a pupil,of about any own age, named Benjamin Hardman, who had been sent to him to be cured Of stam- mering. Beand I were playmates and great chumi., His father owned a llourmill near Edinburgh; anti Benny a:na I spent a good deal Or Unto there, 'playing about 'As boys will do, sve managed to get into a lot oe mischief, and one day Honey's father pallecl us Into his of - flee and read us a rather severe lec- ture:: Sell he, 11 you have 'so inuch extra steam to blow off, why don't you turn it to some account? Why not try to do something useful?' "Somewhat at a loss for a reply, I asked him what there was • that we C-Onicl, do. In response, he picked ;an from a bin a haadful of -wheat and Said, If you could take the basks off that grain you would do something worthwhile.'" said nothing, but beghn to wonder if a machine conld not be devised that would remove the husks from grains of wheat before milling, It seemed to me that brushing might do it. I ex- peelmented• with a (handful of wheat and.p. nail brush, and the Idea appear- ed to work- well. "Then .it occurred to me that there wa.e in the' mill a rotating machine, used for other parposee, which, if lined with brushes, might do the busi- ness. Wheat, thrown into it, would be dashed against the „brushes as the ma- chine revolved, and thus the husks wduld be torn off. ""I took the idea to Mr. Hardman, 'who ordered' it to be tried, It proved a success, aid the process was per- manently adopted in the mill,"' • , A Resignation. The clumSy girl, who had been act- ing as waitress for the Jenkins family, had broken dish after dish, and at last the mistress or the house spots to her decidecily "If yon break "any more china" or glass, Marie I shall be obliged to dis- miss pu," she said, "for I cannot' at - ford to keep you." • That very night- at dinner ,,thero came the sound of a tearful. clbsh from the butler's pantry. There was a moment of deathly stillness, andlben Mary appeared, re- moving her aprove as she emerged from the closet. ' "The plates and all be In binders, mum." she saidecalinly, "alai I'm off!" A Grievance. Tenly had been punished. tile' worst IA yet t9 conie esaaaaaattee- Zee' (2/4 sarTa \11 1407;7; • 4,0 Sixty Miles of Books. With its five million odd ' printed volumes, the British Museum Library can claim the distinction of being the largest 1a the world, so far as the num- ber of books -is concerned. Indeed, over sixty miles of shelves have been called Into requisition to accommo- Tire library was started in 1573, since when It Luis grown by 'enormous Tti-ides, absorbing vast arid wealthy collections of books, sneh as the Old Royal Libraff; the Icing's Library, a magnificent treasury containing 65,250 volumes besides pamphlets, the Gren- ville Library, and many large special collections, not to mention the multi- farious stores of books in papyrus and inscribed tablets from the ancient libraries of the East. 'Phe catalogue whichis a' bare al- phabetical list of books, ,gives one the best means of realizing the stupendous extent of the collection. It consists of 1,500 toll° volumes, each as big as one can handle with any facility, -.Which are arranged on both sides of a series of cases_ deceihing an arc ninety yards iu length. . The Reading Room of the Library, a magnificent eirculav hall with a dome 1062t. high and 104ft, in diameter, only two feet loss than the dome of St. 'Peter's, Itiime, provides adcommoda- tion for e00 readers. As the Library enjoys the right- to receive a copy ef every publication issued in England, its collection Is being added to' at the Popular Salads. • In the ftraangeMentr Of Salads there 15 quite 113 rnucaO'PPorttmity tor art- isbie expreesion as there le in a pieee ef lovelY embroidery. A beautifully arranged ivalad 'does to a meal What trimmings does to a'5re2s and ,besides the loofas; salads aro appetizing, near- ishing and rea,lly neeeeeary. Tile secret of preparing appetizing salads i0 to combine the eight fruite or Ve,getablee, serve cold es possible and 'arrange attractivley. ',The salad course is served C,r. jicclts'duiilsalad plates or from ia paled bowl or round. platter. It is ueually placed on the table at the beginaing ad the meal', For more ferrnalloceaelens some host- esses prefer to 0,erve the salaib from the platter on winch it ie arranged, letting it fill the place of »a ,eeparate rate of 100,000 volumes a year, and has had to construct a apecial reposi- tory at Hendon to 'hold some of its treasures, • • Why Ilandkerchiefs Are Square. A handlterchfeftliaie. me.ans literally a kerchief for the hand, the kerchief it- self being a small sort of a shawl. - Handkerchiefs originated in Italy, whence they geadually spread over EttrOPe,- • All shapes and glees-. were used, till one day in the last bra of the glories of the old French Court Queen-Marle Antoinette remarked how much neater It would be if Pnly sqhare-shaped hand- kerchiefs were made. So, on the 2nd of January, 1785, Et Royal decree went throughout France that "the length of handkerchiefs shall equal their breadth,",„ And everybody still obeys that de- cree without knowing it! . Easy to Answo-r. Billy was in' tears wnen he home from school., "Teacher whipped me. because I was the only one who could answer a ques- tion She asked the, class," he sobbed. His mother waseindignant. • "Why, I'll see her about that! What Was the questiom Billy?" His eyes lighted reminiscently. "She *muted to know.' who put the glue in her ink -bottle!" • carae Can You Find Your Name Few people nowadays know the meanings of their Christian names, and they are chosen as a eine because they sound nice. ' If, for 'eaarapee, -we name a boy George, we May ilea& 'no,intention of making hins a fernier;yet farmer is what the name, meana •Nor would We care for Priscilla to llve up to her name, .which means the little old-fas- hioned Woman; or 'for Leah to stater always ,from the weariness , that the old Hebrew word denotes Our Christian names come to ,Us mainly from the Hebrew and Greek of the Bible, from Latin, from French,, and from the tongues of the East, as well -as from' Scandinavian and Old fglish. • Dalin names are rather out of fas- hion 'nowadays, for there are fashions in names. justes there .are in clothes. But-usthe ruddy-ftece,d one --is occa- :shin-ally met with, Init Caesar., the boxes., is rare,: We do, however, find Augustus (the shaJestic), end Paul (the Here? rather a curious history. 'The wbrd denotes a precious stone of blue color and' in Its proper form, Hyacinth, it was Used as a,man's name. • Mast of the Hebrew men's names hive pleasant meanings. John, -for instance, ttands for the'Lord's grace, whilst David is, the beloved. Jacob, however, from which comes .our Sables,' meanstire supplanter, and it is curious,that in our histmee a would-be supPlanter should have borne it in the person of the old,Pretender who made a bid for thee Theene in 17151 • ManY ob, the women's :names mai- cat° that their lot was .no easy oue in those early days when they ,were re- garded as vastly infeeier to men. Mary or Muriel (they are the same name - signifies bitterness, and Deborah is the bee or the worker, In Anne, Anna, or Hannah, however, there ,is a more cheeefid note, for all these words meanegeace. Adam and Eve are Baby- lonian, not liebreW Words.•They mean simply man and breath. Isabel is a Phi istine word mid the same. as Jeze- little fellow) la Maly comma use. Woman's 'debt to Rome is a larger one. She 'has. borrowed Stella (star), Dulcic (sweet), Vera (truthful), as Iva es the names of months sach es April ancl Ma?,', of goticledee like Diana Then we come to the real old Eng- lish, names. Henry should never be henpecked, tor his name meal).- ruler Of the hoine. But what is, he to cle if MS wife is called Harriet or Henriet- and ,ruuo, and a whole garden full of ba, bot15 of which have the same Sig- • flowers each le Rose, Lily, aesd rnanY nificance? Leonard must lie as stiong as- a 1.100; Richeed must be strong, "iTaolorna,' hs sobbee, "1110 your Besides Farmer Comae, dreek Inc too, but he Must rule as well, mamma whip you; whe0 you were tle' l'YeS,. when I was nategety." "Aral did her maunne whin her vihen chs was little?" ' "Yes Tommy." "And ,v,,es she: whipped when she was little?" . - "Yes, Tonany.a. "well," asked iL,e ohlld, Wl1.0, Saud, edit, anyway?" given us Philip, the lover GC hcrses, Ralph, originally Radun cg Rudolf, Alexandeis the helpee ot inee, Timiithy Is the red wolf. Williaas meana the the godefeariag, tied Andrew, the man- helmet of resolve. Eldwaed 5 the neble ly. Feminine ap.pollations froin the guardian, Frederick At tee peacetul tamo,source are illargarct, Marguerjte, ruler, and elarjorie--all- three words are Ethel should be noble, Freda peace - really the serac—meaMni petal; Dor, ful, and Leonora lion-heeeted. Hada , othy, the feminine form of •Theedoie; is the waricameiden, arid if you add Katherine or Kathleen, lite pure; sag- Mat to her mane yea give her strength, nes, which has tho sales moaning; and for Matilda, often shortened te Metal, I 'Ireue,'Signifying peace. Jac,ynth has nac9ns the =idea strong in' battle. -Macedoine stilad---1. e. (Need celcay, 1 c, diced earrets, 2 c. cooked. peas, 2 cooked cauliflower, Frendledeeasing Arrange lettuce leaves on a rOund platter. Heap the 'diced celery in the centre,surround with es ring of car- -rote, then w ring et peas and finish with a' border .off cauliflowers C.orc should bo taken, not to break the eaulle flower into too small, pieces or let it maeh• cooldn.g., Sprinlgle evenly with French' dressing andeserve. from the platter at table. Each eerviitgawill consist: a a lettuce and a small peretion of each .vegetable. ' Poinsettia calad—Cut medium sized tomatoes crosswise into eight sectionsi .Sproad, apart ‘and place cheeee ball in centre. Serve on lettuce leaf, with French or lioilecl' dressing.. Waldorf salad—Mix equal quanti- tiee of -apple and celery and moisten with mayonrvaise. Garnish ,with nuts -or-etrips of ',green peppers or pimento., Serve on lettuce leaf, , In .apple sea - sea, 0 very attractive way to serve this salad is to hollow out red applet, fill the cavity with the salad and tap with' the dressing. , Stuffed .celety—Cut off 'tcips and scrub ,celery stalkaS welr with vegetable :brash. Fill' the hollow in the stalk with a mixture of cottage 'cheese and bailed dressing. Sprinkle With paprika. Serve on .letthee leaf. Chop- ped nettsmay be used in the cheese mixture, if desired. Combination salad -1 ,cucumber, 1 ,green pepper, 2 Ledium sized tema- ' toes radishes, lettuce. Arzroavge let- tuceleaves on salad plate. Place to- mato slic'es in 'centre and 'surround with thin slices of cucumber end radish. Garnish with a radish rose and sprinkle :saith Frerich dres,sing: Radish roses- are made 'by' cutting the radish in .eightlit, just through the skin; and peeling- back this skin to the hese or stem end. These sections ofpeel ferns the petals .,0f the nose, and the 'evhite eentreeeof the radish represents the centre of the ruse. Cabbage -and -peanut salacl—'Shred firm white -cabbage very fine and mix with .chopped peanuts in the prc!Por- tion el half a cup of 'peanuts to a small head ef cabbage. Moisten evith mayonnaise' dressing. Spree on let- tuce leaf. , • Raw Cabbage -and -onion salad—. Chop fine theheart of a tender cab- bage and 'Let lie for ao hour in slightly salted, Cold water. • Chop. ,onion, in qnantity according to the onion -taste of the family. • Make just enough Fasench salad dressing toseason the whole: Drain the cabbage and: dry on a clean towel. Toss cabbage, onion and salad dressing lightly together. Serve on lettuoe or .cablvage lea-ves Boded-, dressing -1 tbsp. sugar, Ye :Limp. salt, 1' tsp. mu.stard, Roma few grains caymine, 1 egg, 31 c, c. weak vinegar., 1 -tbsrp. melted butter. Measure day ingred- . tents and mix well in pan in which dre,ssing is to be -cooked. *Add slightly beaten egg, milk; add vinegar slowly while stirring, ard. „melted butter. Cook over,boiling water, stirring all the Hine; until -mixture thickens, or about five minutes from ,tinse water 'begins to boil. „ Stuffed date salad—Slit dates open at elide and remove stones. Fill the cavity with a Mixture of cottage cheese, chopped nuts and boiled salad dressing. Arrange on salad plates five of these stuffed .dates 00 a nest of crisp lettuce -leaves. Serve cold wibS FreUch, dressing, ' Mayonnaise dressing -1 tsp, each, mustard; talt, sugar, few grain ray- • enae, 2 egg yolks or 1 egg, 2 tbsp.! each, vine,gar, lemon juicee 111 c. olive oil. Mix . day ingredients, add egg' yoiks and when well mixed a,dd 'oil, g-raduallye drop by drep at first Beat. eonetantly With eInte beater, 55 tisli' tura thielcene, thin with vinegar and leinon juiee, Acid WI and acid alter= stately Until all is ueed, beettieg oon- etantly. Freaels dressing --04 tap, eelt, tsp. pepper'2 4-aetp. vinegar, 4 Veep. olive oil, Mix ingredieats and stir' well until blended, or put ingettlientei in a small'jar anti ehstite, Thth, drees-' ing Diclbbso larges quantibiet and' kept in 'the jar in a co -el place, to be used When needed. Whipped,cream dressing -1 0 whip- ped. eezene, 2 tibsp. boiled dreesina„ To the whipped cream, ,adel boiled dress- ing uidd mix well. Serve with fruit' salads. • Many Ways to Hold the Soo. ' %%ere are '11C, many ways to held the+ When winter elcies are leaden over A pot of jonquils Mom/ling ane by orsoe A: spring -lit picture ensiling from the wall, A rainbow -flashing prism 'bathed in • light, ' A sadden bar cif music golden -sweet, And from th,e' kindled hearthstone, warm -and bnight ' Imprisoned sunbeams :dancing freed and fleet. • There are so many ways f or joy to stay, In spite of black horizons banked with cloud.: • Small bits of gladness budding day by day, Saelft uncle/stanch-age ensiled across • the crowd; A •baby'a wonder -smile, the shine of • A. lisntgaerss'e' J.. strain of memory to bless, And tend.er, healing, on. -tihe throbbing scars • Wallin 'outstretched haiscls' of love and. kindllainrira. —D'Ilasirell Clara. _Into the Caldron. Thies novel indoor pastime eemtiree enly simple equipment butaprevides enough excitement to satiely the -mast energetic. It ,combines the attractions of a potato race; tidelledy-wiales and a relay race and adds as twist' of its own. HaVe three teams of three members each, or, if the table is large enough, you may have Emir teams, Give each team a receptacle --one that will not break if it is swept off the table in the excitement—and. let each team place its own receptacle in its„own 001,1121. of the table. Aliso give eaclaplayer a. parlor match and, a piece of string' two feet bong. •,4 When the signal to begin is given, the first member of each team laps hie match about two feet faom bbs container ani taking an end of the string in each hand, tries to .Plac.e his metele in the receptacle.. He may. work hia string under the match and soap it ea, as in tiddiedywinke, or he may Wind the string round the match, had lift it in; but hie must take carol that the match <Mee not touch his han ds' cr 'body, and he should nob let go of the ends of thie string at any time. That prevents him from tying knots in the string. If the match falls to thfl e oor, he should place it aossmbeefmoroer.e on the table and continue As soon as he puts his match M the container according to the lance, the seconel member of his be -am immedi- ately takes the string and, placing his match two feet from the reeeptaele goes aheacl as the first player went and after him the third, The team that first gets all of it matches into the conbainer wins the Dye Faded Sweater Skirt, Draperies in Diamond- Dye Every "Diamoud Dyes" packag tells how to dye or tint any worn, faded garment or drapery a new rieli color that will not streak, spot, fade, or rtin. Perfect home dyeing is ram-. anteed with Diamond Dyes even ef son :have never dyed before, aast tell your druggist whether tho material you .wisls to dye is wool or silk, Or whether it is linen, cotton, or mixed goods. Poe fifty-one years millioes of women have been using "Diamond Dyes" to add yars of wear to their old, 015111)waists, skirts, dresses, coats, sweaters stocklugs,, draperiee, bangings,, every thing! 'Flowers That Tell the Time. There orb soveeal varieties oe platas which toretell, changes in the weather, while not, a few of them enable us to tell the tame of daY otteis with unerr- ing 'accuracy, • When the flOWem of the consume 'chickweed expand fully, no rain need be anticipated for four hours or more. AN IMPORTANT PASSENGER' WAITING AT THAT ISOLATED STATION, But shoeld its small flowers be halt for rein. • • , When the •fiewees of the Siberian • sossaillietle remain open alt night, it is n sign that rain will fall tbe felloWing • 11 by seven o'clock in tho morning the African marigold has not o enel Itt petal% Prepare for vein during the day. The scarlet pimpernel aud the -conyoivultts always fold their leaves upon the approach 02 Wet weather. The flowers of.sthe alpine whitlow - grass, the feverfew, and .the Winter- green have, a peculiar habit if hang- ing down daring the night as IP they were atleop, Tint act soeves to pro- tect the feetilieing duSt trons Injury by moistatie or rain, ' 100 adtlitien to these Otero is a variety of flowers thin close and open at nertain hears with renettrIceble re. gularity, The flowers Of the goat's beard open every morning at deeva and Mese 10 innerly abOlt11 noon, , lo i flee Melee States tbines I to toile e'cletie pidna Whies opOeS de flowers at' four sooboab hi the atteencans and CObcealed, it is advisable to prepare l''''''Ye ---aee-----eses-a dlekticile -,---------e... e ---...a. -ea„..,1 , ..a_ .‹., -.; ,-,„,,,,,-.-z-4,---) , 1 .c__:.,57,7,, ....„,''..r"'—' ----'-'1-P:°:4:::-.- 'll 4":":17/:4:. ------- '' ( -:::,-;ate\;,eese. ee'IS . K.1 -:::-.1:..r.1.7 ea's lye, f eair....--: :see AN le.SPOBTANT 10 ASSENGER WAITING AT TNAT ISOLATED 8.1"ATI.Ot., Pevd) 1 -lost. Closes them exactly twelve Item latele The flower of the common deaden!) Posse:tams a peculiar means of thelte ing itself fi•ons the power of the su. It closes its petals entirely when tis heat beoomes mceeasive, It has be observed to open in summer at ha past five in the morning, and to c tact its petals towards' the centre' abont nine o'clock at night, Something bayed. Maey's Intel:rest, a -Welting tee, he a loua creel] in the next room, • lady shivered and rang the.bell to 'r Mary in. • "Whet was that?", sbe atleed, "1 trinned on the rug and the things fell, ma'ani," "Did yell manage to save anythlu "Yes, nat'aria I kept hold o00 tray ail eight," '