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WASPS OF THE SEA
GUAR
E -
GUAR E COASTS
WORK OF THE SEA -GOING MOTOR
BOATS DURING FOUR YEARS.,
Telling of the Swift Little Hornets
Who Swept .Britain's Shores Alt
Sorts of. War -Time Weather.
The sea -going inotdr-baatwasloek-
ed upon as a rich nlati's toy, and as a
fair-weather ship before August, 1914.
It is still an expensive possession, but
its seaworthiness is no longer ques-
tioned, says ani English naval career.
The British Admiralty and the Bri-
tish seamen have shown the world
that the motor -boat can keep the sea
and fight and do its duty en weather
it would never have been allowed to
face, •lead not the urgent necessity of
the defence of England kept it often
on its storm -tossed beat off our coasts
through hours and hours of fiercely -
blowing Winds.
There are two kinds of Mandl motor
vessel teat have come into prominence
in the last few years. One is the mo-
tor -launch, known generally as the
hf,L., the other is a -very small, fast
graft, called a coastal motor -boat, or
C.M.B. '
No Rooth to Spare.
The first batch of motor -launches
wore built for us in America. There
were 550 ofthem, averaging about 34
tons each, They were 80 feet ie.
length; 12 feet beam, and with a
drauglit of between 41/2 and 6 feet.
On the forecastle a gun was mounted,
mostly of small calibre, and immedi-
ately underneath the gun deck were
the quarters of the crew.
• In the middle. of the vessel was the
engine -room, with two sets of motors
of about 500 h.p. A. great many wild
stories were whispered about the speed
of those craft, hut' in reality they
could only attain a maximum speed
of 18 tarots ender favorable condi-
tions, and many of them Dever ex•
seeded 16 knots,
Further aft was the accommodation
for the ofllcers—a tiny ward -room, in
which I liave seen six people squeeze
themselves, and a cabin with two
bunks. The fitting up of these motor -
launches was severely simple—pitch
pine partitions, hued, wooden bunks,.
a let -down flap table, in the cabin, and
a Simple wooden she]t tor dresser in
the ward -room. The seats were cush-
ioned lockers round the sides, and the
clining•table occupied all the centre of
the floor.
With Well-known Skippers.
Working on the experience gained
in the construction of these launches,
the Aiuericaji Navy evolved for itself
a larger type, known as "submarine
chasers," or S:C., which resembled
ours in most respects,, but had more
freeboard, and were much more iutri-
r cately equipped with submarine chas-
ing devices, such as liydrophone lis-
tening chambers, and a short-range
wireless telephony outfit in the chart -
house.
In both the British and American
types, the crew varied from eight to
fltteen, with two officers in every case
—young volunteers, many of them
yatlitshnen in times df peace, •
A number,of, well-known mete served
in the M:L "s, among them Commander
Hdhtiilton .Bean, M.P„ and Lt. -Conn
nianeor
t:Com-
mander Norman Wilkinson, the fa-
mous artist, who subsequently invent-
ed "dazzle painting."
The C.M.B. was a wonder ship of
quite a different Rind. It was the in.
volition of Messrs. Thornycroft, who
before the war, had experimented suc-
cesafnlly in a type of motor -boat that
skimmed over the water at very high
speed.
10 was quite small, and only had
room for a few people, and, until quite
late in the war, no particular use was
found for this type, Then it was
adapted to carry the necessary gear
for launching two small torpedoes,
end a number of there were built for
use off the Belgian coast, and in the
Bight of Heligoland,
Ready For Anything,
Theywere pf three sizes, 40 -footers,
whiel ootil.(t be carried to the scene
of operations on the deck of a cruiser
and dropped overboard at the selected
moment; 55 -footers, and 70 -looters,
They could travel at 38 knots 'itiibut
pushing themselves, and a remarkable
instance of their travelling powers oc-
curred during the operations against
Zeebrugge,
Lt. Edward E. Hill, in caminand of
C.1.LB, 3M, had the misfortune to
foul his propellers on the evening of
April 22—the aright 05 the attack—
when the expedition was already 18
miles on the outward voyage. )••Ie got
a tow from n drifter, alul arrived back
at Dover at 8 p.m.
Ills boat was Immediately hoisted,
and the propellors cleared, but as
there was other damage, the was not
afloat again until 9,40 pan. He then
made his way to the Belgian coast,
and was off Zeebrugge—a distance of
70 miles—by 11.50, and took up his
smoke -float patron at once. Ile cross.
od'the open sea at night, without
lights, at a speed of about :36 miles
per hour.
The 70 -foot C1lI,B. was equipped for
minolayfng---an oxtraordlnary develop•
snout of a vessel drat )vas little strong.
er to loop at than an eight -oar molten
boat, And allthe types of C.M,n, took
part ill anti-submarine operate/rue as.
Will% to Moir 01100tl, they were able
to reach. the spot where a, U-boat, had
been sighted by nn aerial scout in
very little time,
Displayed Great Bravery..
The work of the M,L,'s was In the
main very monotonous, for they, had
little chance' of fighting on their pa-
trols, Nevertheless, they had inany
adventures which called for a display
of great bravery.
There was, for instance, one 00-
casion when a passenger steamer was
mined in a storm off Dover. Every
ship that could put out was wanted
for rescue work, and the M,L.'s went
out at tep speed, the waves slapping
them all over the piece.
• The ship was lying on her side, and
her suddeu settling down had thrown
,scores of people into the water, The
motor -launches dashed in among the
floating, heads, and. wallowing over
from side to side, their crews, clinging
desperately to the stanchions with
one hand, helped the struggling .sur.
vlvors on board with the other, or
hauled at ropes to drag the Nee
drowned "people out of the angry. sea,
In another 1\LL., on the same me -
melon, tlie'two officers and several of
the crew were swept overboard in the
course of the rescue operations, and
struggled back 00 board their own
craft with the greatest difficulty,
The story of the M:L.'s, at Zeebrugge
and Ostend is a page of glory. The
way the small, unprotected Vessels
Pushed their way into the enemy's
harbor under heavy fire, in order to
bring off the crews who had volun-
teered to take the blockships in was,
as Admiral <Iseyes said, "magnificent."
Others preceded the blockships, and
laid flares to light the way lute the
harbor. The 1,I.L.'s wall deserved the
V.C.'s and other honors that were
showered upon them.
What of Their Future?
And it fell to them, too, to be the
first ships of the British Navy to show
the White Eneigefe to the conquered
Population of Germany. A flotilla of
them was sent up the Rhine after the
Army of Occupation had taken up its
position, to assist in policing the
waterway, and were promptly nick-
named
icknamed "The British High Seas Fleet."
They went to Germany by way of
the French •and Belgian canals, and
this episode suggests a possible use in
future for these craft, whose work for
the Navy is done.
They could be used for work on the
canals and waterways of England,
with different engined," because their
original installation used enormous
quantities of petrol when going at full
speed. Such high speed would be
neither necessary nor safe on narrow
waters like canals.
HAY FEVER
--e-
Medical Men Have Found a Preven-
tive in inoculation.
For many years hay fever was one
of the most baffling diseases that the
physician was called on to deal with
—although, to tell the truth, suffer-
ers did not often call on hint to treat
it, for they had learned by bitter ex-
perience that he was powerless to
help them. He sometimes could sug-
gest a treatment that would give
some relief, but usually the only
thing for the sufferer to dowas to
seek some place where the disease
did not prevail.
Many theories were proposed to ex-
plain hay fever, but they failed :to
survive the test of experiment. 'It
was generally believed by sufferera.
and doctors alike, however, that- the
disease was in some way connected
with the summer vegetation—as se t-
ness the names hay fever, rose cold,
peach cold, and so forth; yet it seem-
ed strange that in some places where
victims of the- disease escaped an at-
tack vegetation was rank, and in
other places as at the seashore and
in cities, where vegetation was
scarce, the attacks were severe. It
was also puzzling that in certain
places sonic .persons escaped a visita-
tion while others suffered terribly.
The latest theory, which $o far
serves to explain all those apparent
contradictions, is that the cause of
the disease ,is not vegetation in gen•
eral, but onlycertain forms of vege-
tation; that only. the pollen of the
offending plants excites the symp-
'toms; and,'finally,"teat different pol-
lens affect different persona in dif-
ferent ways --a pollen that causes the
trouble in some persons may have no
effect upon others.
_Why is it that the mass of man-
kind can inhale with impunity certain'
pollen grains that cause such misery
to some persons is difficult to ex-
plain; physicians say that itis owing
to an idiosynerasy—just as some per-
sons cannot eat strawberries or shell-
fish or eggs without suffering an at-
tack of asthma or a ,skin o'ruption,
Physicians now Succeed in prevent -I
ing hay fever by injecting a very
minute quantity, a homeopathic dose
indeed, of an extract of the offending
pollen—a treatment that establishes
a bodily resistance against the action
of the pollen. By ino.culatieg the pa-
tient with small doses of enc pollen
extract after another and watching
t0 see. whether any reaction occurs,
They determine what pollen or pollute
are at fault. Whenever a reaction fol-
lows it signifies that the person 15
silseeptible to that pollen aril must
be vaccinated against it..
The music at Trish wakes was 01i.
ginaily tot the peepopee ot driving
awoy evil gpitits,
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CHAPTER VII.-(Cont'd.)
It was the next Monday flight that
Ber)ce came hpnte with a radiant
countenance,
"Gleason's here—up at the . Han-
cock House. He's coming clown after
dinner."
"Who's Gleason?"
Helen's tone was a little fretful—
there Was a new, intagible something
in her husband's voice that Helen
did not understand, aid that she did
not think she liked.
"Gleason) Who's Doc Gleason!'
exclaimed Burke with widening eyes
"Oh, I forgot, )You don't know him
do you?"ho added, with a, slight
frown. Burke Denby was always for-
getting that Helen knew" nothing of
his friends or of himself 'until less
than a year before. !`Well; Doe
Gleason is the best ever. He wen
to Egypt with us last year, and to
Alaska the year before."
"How old is he?"
"Old? Why, I don't know—thirty
—maybe more. He must be a little
more, conte to think of it. But you
never think of age -with the doctor.
He'll be young when he's ninety."
"And you dike him—so well?" Her
Voice was a little wistful.
"Next to dad—always have. You'll
like him, too. You can't help it. He's
mighty interesting,"
"And he's a doctor?"
"Yes and'no. Oh, he graduated
and hung out his shingle; but he
never practiced much. He had
money enough, anyway, and he got
interested in scientific research—
antiquarian, mostly, though he's done
a bit of mountain climbing and gla-
cier studying for the National Geo-
graphic Society."
"Antiquarian? Oh, yes, I know—
old things. Mother was that way,
too. She had an old pewter plate,
and a dark blue china teapot, homely
as a hedge fence, I thought, but she
doted on 'em. And she doted on an-
cestors, too. She had one in that old
ship—Mayflower, wasn't it?"
Bunce laughed.
"Mayflower! My dear child) the
Mayflower is a mere infant -in -arms
in the doctor's estimation. The doc-
tor goes back to prehistoric times for
his playground, and to the inen of the
old Stone Age for his preferred play-
mates."
"Older than the Mayflower, then?"
"A trifle—some thousandee of
years."
"Goodness! How can he? I thought
the Mayflower was bad enough. But
what does he do—collect things?"
"Yes, to some extent; he has a
fine little collection of Babylonian
tablets; -and—"
"Oh, 1 know—those funny little
brown and yellow calces like soap, all
cut ,into with poiii►fed little narks—
what do -you call it?—like your fa-
ther has in his library!"
"The cuneiform writing? Yes. As
I said, the doctor has a fine collection
of tablets, and of some other things;
but principally he studies and goes
on trips. It was a trip to the Span-
ish grottoes thatgothim interested
in the archaeological business in -the
first place, and put him out of con-
ceit with doctoring. He goes a lot
now, sometimes independently, some-
times in the interest of some so-
ciety. He does in a scientific way
what dad and I have done for fun—
traveling end collecting, I mean
Then, too, he has written a book or
two which are really authoritative
in their line. He's a, great chap—
the doctor is. Wait till you see him.
I've told him about you, tool" "
"Then you told him—that is—he
knows—about the marriage."
"Why, sure lie does!" Burke's man-
ner was a bit impatient. "What do
you suppose, when lie's coming here
to -night? Now, mind, put on your
prettiest frock and your sweetest
smile. I want him to see why I
married you," he challenged banter-
ingly. "I wan£-hina to see what a
treasure I've got. And say, dearie,
do you suppose—could we have him
to dinner, or something? Could you
manage it? I wanted to ask him to-
night; but of course I couldn't—
without your knowing beforehand."
"Mercy, no, Burke!" shuddered the
young housekeeper. "Don't you dare
—when I don't know it." -
"But if you do know it—" He
paused hopefully.
Why„y-yes, I guess so. Of course
I could get things I was sure of, like
potato salad and—”
Burke sat back in his chair.
"But, Helen, I'm afraid—I don't
think—that .is, I'm sure Gleason does-
n't like potato salad," he stammered.
"Doesn't he? Well, he needn't eat
it then. We'll have all the more left
for the next day,"
"But, Helen, er—"
"Oh, I'll have chips, too; don't
wort'y, dear. Pll give him something
to eat," she promised gayly. "Do you
suppose Pm going to have one of
your swell friends. come here, and
then have you ashamed of me? You
just wait and see!"
"Er, no—no, indeed, of course not,"
plunged in her husband feverishly,
trying to ward off- a repitition of the
"swell"—a word he particularly ab-
horred.
Several timea in the last two
months he had heard'.Bolen use this
word—twice'.when she had informed
him with great glee that some swell
friends of his from Elm 1I111 had
come. in their carriage to call; and
again quite niton when together on
the street they met some ono whom
he knew, He thought he hated the
word a little more bitterly every time
he heard it.
Por, several weeks now the Denb;; s
had been receiving calls—Burke Den-
by was a Denby of Denby Mansion
even though he' was temporarily matr-
ooned on Dale Street at a salary of
sixty dollars a meth, ; Besides, to
many, Dale Street and the sixty dol-
lars, with the contributory element
of elopment and irate parent, only
added piquancy and "interest to what
would otherwise have been nothing
but the conventional duty call,
To Helen, in the main, these Balls
were a welcome Qiver'sion—"just
grand,"nideed, To'Burke, on whole
the eltriosity element Was not lost,
they were an impcvtlnenee and a
nuisance, 'Yet he cndtp:ed"them, and
even welcomed them, in n way; :for
wanted Helen to know his friends,
and to like theme --better. than She
liked M •s. Jones. Inc aid not care
for Mrs, Jones She talked too loud
and used too much slang, . He did not
like to have 'Helen With ho:. Al-
'vrayar therefore, after • callow; had I
been there, his first eager goestion
was: "How did you like them, dear?'
He wanted so much that Helen should
111se theist!
To -night, however, in thinking of
the prospective visit from Gleason,
he was wondering how the doctor
would like Helen—not How Helen
would likethe c •oi. • The change
dot 1.
was significant but unconscious-per-
hape all the more significant :because
it was unconscious. ,
Until he had reached home that
+ night, Burke lied been so overjoyed'
, I at the prospect of an'- old-time chat
with his friend . that he had given
little thought to Gleason's' probable
' opinion of the Dale Street flat and
its furnishings, Now, with his eyes
on the obtrusive unharmony all about
him, and his memory going back to
went
the doctor's wellYcnown tasticlioas-
• nese of- taste, he could think of little
else. He did hope Gleason would not
think he had selected those horror's!
Of course he had already explained
—a• little—about his father's disap-
proval of the marriage, and the re-
sulting cutting -off of his allowance;
but even that would not excuse (to
Gleason) the riot of glaring reds and
pinks and purples in his living rooms;
and one could not very well explain
that one's wife liked the horrors --
He pulled himself up sharply. Of
course Helen herself was a dear. He
hoped Gleason would see' how dear
she was. He wanted Gleason to like
Helen.
(To be continued.)
WHY BUY ABROAD?
Canadians Are Urged to Purchase
Home -Made Goods.
The balance of trade has now
swung so that it is becoming adverse
to Canada. Before the war it was
against us by 300 million dollars an-
nually, Owing to war orders it be-
came a favorable balance by nearly
half a billion dollars.
Our war debt in the Dominion, how-
ever, has mounted up to nearly $1,
500,000,000. Henceforth there must
be a largely increased volume of
trade to pay our interest charges.
Thi, iswhat exports will do.
But we must sell as much of the
produce of Canadian fields in Cana-
dian cities as we can. It means we
must import less, especially in food-
stuffs. Ie the Canadian city is to be
the Canadian farmer'sbest market,
then the farmer must loyally co-oper-
ate by buying those things which are
made by Canadian industries.
• The importance of woman as a pur-
chasing agent in Canada is shown
by the fact that 90 per cent, of the
purchases fox the homes are made by
her. In her hand lies the remedy
for at least one ,important part of this
adverse balance of. trade.
The figures below are issued by the
Canadian. Trade Ceientienign. .in an
endeavor to encourage the use of
Canadian p'oducts in Canada, to in-
duce our people to make and to use
at home those things which Nye need
at home. The foodstuffs below were
all imported from the Unite& States
in 1918. The application of the spi'r-
it of patriotism shown. during the
food campaign would solve one prob-
lem without further machinery. Can-
adian women could bo it. •
Foodstuff's imported which might be
produced in. Canada.
Value.
Green . Apples $1,528,000
Blackberries, etc .085,00,0
Cheese 114,000
Lard 288,000
Lard Compound; etc. 469,000
Meats (General) '728,000
Beef 1,788,000
Mutton and Lamb 355,000
Pork (barrelled, etc.) 2,167,000
Tomatoes, canned .and
fresh 1,224,000
Canned Vegetables and
Baked Beans . , . , 457,000
Beans 2,593,000
Peas 216,000
Cereal Foods, packages 142,000
Breadstutfs 195,000
The Sunset Gate.
Day is gone with its dlsturbings,
Heat and strife and empty husk,
Eve falls 'gently on earth's toilers
Seeking love's repose at dusk.
Gone for me the clay's digressions,
Gone the buffetiugs of Fate!
Swift, nay sou9•, to meet some other
Just beyond the Sunset Gate.
Oh, my soul, Bony slow his coming,
Tarrying till the set of stria,
Till one star and thea another
Proves that day is surely gone.'
Then he'll creep to hie in rapture,
Whispering that he mocks at Fate,
While our souls thus meet each other
Nightly by the Sunset Cato,
011, the dew is as the kisses,
Night winds • but itis whisporing
breath,
Cbantug that 01 spite of sorrow
Memory triumphs over death.
I3enoo for 010 no breeding loneness,
And no railings gross at Fate
While our souls uhay: meet cnc11 other
J1,:1, beyond the Sunset Gate,
Nature kindly screens our trystings
With hor spangled web of night,
Shielding us from all•lntrusions•
'.Chat might stem cur ,spirits' Itght
So to none is told the scent
Of my trinnipha over Irate,
Lest, 3 oroh•tnce, they 'keep that other
Waiting by the Sunset Gale,
A Meadow Retrainee.
Robin loved a Robin 11:Iiss, •
With luscious reties hg's courting
her,
And 'tvvon't be long, sweethearts, erg
He'll
Bo married and strppoeeing her.
Can such a courtship be withstood?
Call tender fancies fell to start
At such attentions? Noy, I say,
He'll worst his way into her heart!
ritinio should be. pronounced ne
though I " ,� 1? , t
spoiledl "Few -inch, with --the
recant on the first syllablo,
VARA THE "FRIENDLY" HUN.
Rhineland .Peeple Profess What They
Do Not Feel, Says British Officer.
pilo QS the greatest dangers to the
gating soldiers who garrison the 00.
cupied terrltory in Cern-tally is the tui,
expected "lrieealiness" of the inhabi-
tants, It takes enc be surprise tq
find oneself r e0eivod not with sullen
looks but with etniles.
My Moat and hostess In Cologne,
writes Percy A Scholes 1r1 the London
Daily Mall, inay be taken as en ex•
ample,
1I was, of course, forcibly billeted on
them and they had to give up to nue
two of their rooms, It cannot be stip-
posed that they lilted 1t, Yet when I
arrived, hone each evening my nos,
teas i'ecolved me with a warm' hand-
shake, pressed mo to talco some re-
freshment before retiring, was sobicl•
tious as'to my day's experlencee,
hoped I was not fatigued, was anxious
to ltnow at what hdur I wanted to be
called, preened me to 'have a cup of
tea in bed in the morning, retninded
me to be sure to put my clothes out-
side that they might be brushed, &c,
My meals were taken 01 a certain
mess, but if I happened to be at home
during the afternoon I was pressed to
take coffee with the family.
My host wits most generous with
his cigars and would take no refusal,
but shook out a handful on to my
table, and hie son, who until a few
months ago was fighting against us as
eh •officer in the German army, was
realty like the rest -of the family to'
do any little service.
Now what went on in my billet goes
ou, we may be "sure, in many other
humbler homes in which soldiers are
quartered, and some of them are in
mote danger than I was of taking Ger-
man kind;hess as genuine. I have
seen a letter from a soldier, It says:
"We are always discussing German
niceness. It is so different from what
we expected of the Huns. I alis sure
that it is quite natural and not 'ac-
cording to plan.' I know one family
and they aro Just as nice as can be.
There is no daughter, so please don't
,go suspecting things. I ani impulsive,
I know; but I will never believe any
more stories against the Boche."
If this boy's 'impulsiveness" Is cone
mon; German "niceness" is a real dan-
ger at present, and may become a
growing danger in the months ahead.
I meta friend of mine who said that
he had just spent an hour in the Hohe-
Strasse listening to the conversation
of the inhabitants at the time when
the street is crowded with business
people going home for the evening
meal. Ho has a perfect knowledge of
colloquial German, '
"What are they saying of us?" I
asked, "Do they love us as they pro-
fess?"
"No,' he replied, "they hate us."
The fact is there is somothing'like
a conspiracy among the subtle Rhine-
land people to appear other than they
are. It is part of their "plan" to havo
our boys writlug Monte glowing des.
criptions of German "niceness."
Of course there is one genuine mo-
tive lying behind the friendliness the
Germans show our boys—the occupied
territory le the one peaceful part of
Germany. In a sense, therefore, we
are welcome. But there are other mo-
tives mixed with this, and the mili-
tary prohibition against ".fraternizing"
has sober common sense behind it.
MODERN MARRIAGE MARKETS.
Curious C.ustome That Prevail Among
African and Other Tribes.
The Azandi, a tribe living in the
North-East of the Belgian Congo, sell
wives amazingly cheap. There is no
need for the intending bridegroom to
wait- months before he -can pluck up
courage to "pop the question." A
knife, costing about seventy-five cents,
will procure him a life's partner.
Another "marriage market" thrives
in the rnonutainous district of the
Mafalees, 1n New Guinea. The price
of each girl is one pig, augmented
with dogs' -tenth necklaces, and so on,
according to the wealth of the girl's
parents. The proposal is usually
made by proxy, the boy sending a
female relative to the lady of his
choice. •
The preliminaries to courtship
among the Mafalees are •rathor• pic-
turesque. When a young man, wishing
to marry, goes out to seek his "ojande"
(literally, his flower), he will light a
fire on a still day in a bush or fu au
open space outside his village, and
wait till a slight breeze carries the
flame or smoke in cue (erection or an-
other. He then takes that point of
the compass as an indication, and
walks to the next village to find his
"flower."
The Santee! Indians must literally
purchase their brides. They pay a
sem- of money to the girl's parents—
usually about a hundred rupees—and,
in addition, they present the mother
and the female relatives with/new sar-
is of shawls.
Should the bridegroom choose a
widow for his wife, she will only cost
half the sum mentioned. The reason
wily the Brunetii Indians hold widows
in less regard than unmarried females
Is because they assort that in the r
world man and wife aro refuel
lienee a widow who Marries again ns
only "lent" to her second' husband,
When a young nitj„ss 'ta a girl who
does not cavo' , iso aclolits an
eccentric way o her stuUboi•n-
ness. After having (lipped his finger
in red paint, he goes in search of the
lady and imprints his marls on her
Sorehead. 1Te may claim her as his
wife.
A .Co-operetivo Fame/..r- made !'rant particles of the gal'menta
Our family has passed through an an which they fend, and the whitefish
exporienee similar perhklps to that 11 webs can be detected before the gar -
hundreds of other families since the merits havo been much eaten. he
flu" began Its devsatating course larvae and webs at this stage eau be
t1er050 the country, Seven of Us, five removed by a stiff brushing,
ehildi'en, mother and grandmother, As early as possible in the spring
were down "at once and togeddy," as all woollens, furs, etc., the' use o'f
bully says; only the ;good man of the which can be dispensed with, ahoulci '
house escaped, be put away in safe storage foil the
A kind neighbor came in twice a summer. Before being packed away
day and looked after us while he these should bo thoroughly brushed
clfd the -chorea et the barn, which, be- and boater, and if possible exposed
cause of lire, is almost a third of a to the strong sunlight for savers!
mile from the .house, After frantic hours out of doors. The.brushing 10
•
efforts,' renewed every day for a week very important in order to remove
he was Able to secure a short 01010' the eggs or young larvae which. may
from - a doctor, as. the only two have escaped notice. Articles so
within a radius of two)ve miles were eleaned and sunned should then be
put away in mothproof cont:': -ere,
almost unavailable. Materials which cannot be thus put
An experience of this kind cannot away should he given the seine thor-
but stir up: these sluggish brains of:ough cleaning and reinspected during
ours and set them to thinking along, the summer every two weeks.
new lines. I might write columns Woollen clothing, furs, etc., may be
of what it taught us of the peed of packed away •safely for the summer
neighborly co-operation and thought-, by enclosing them in several wra.p-
fulness at such times, for if ever Pings of paper, or in well made bap-,
families needed the "nick -and -ye-' of cotton or linen cloth; or in paper
visited -me" kind of peoplo, it has' seeks which can be tied "or otherwise
been through these last terrible securely fastened to prevent ingress
months. But just now I should like of the moths. In these packages
to tell you of an aspect of illness' ,place such repellents as tobacco dust,
which concerns the children, and' camphor, nepthalene balls, etc. The
which came to me, as I lay helpless 1 odors of those substances 'are dis-
for three weeks,
I was the first one to be taken i11,
and had been in bed for four days
when grandma and the two babies
followed my bad example. Then it
was that the three older children, a
girl seven years old and two boyo
ten and eleven years, slipped willing-
ly ,into harness, and oh, how anxious
those little people were to be really
helpful. I could hear them discussing
as to who should wash the dishes,
sweep, bring in wood, etc. But the Look to Your Linen Closet.
greatest of all discussions was when
father was at the barn and they
thought the sick people should have
something to eat. They did so want
to fix and serve things themselves,
and almost gaarelled :.:s to who should
carry the toast or tea to the sick-
room, though ,every effort was made
to keep them out and away from
danger of the disease.
Then, too, came up the question of
their own meals". Oh, the first break-
fast food! Just a combination of
warm water and rolled oats, but fa-
ther saw that it didn't happen a sec-
ond time. How carefully my tea was
boiled! So I lay on my bed, and when
nay brain would work et all, decided
that on that glad day when I should
be well again, I would teach my lit-
tle people to prepare and serve a fete
simple things both for themselves
and for sick folks. Crisp toast, a
poached or coddled egg, a drinkable
cup of tea., good breakfast eereals,
escalloped potatoes and perhaps corn
bread,
Of course, the girls learn these
things when they are a little elders of rothers ts of iltlr t low sispseomhineood l parts
than my seven-year-old girlie, but e'
why not the boys, too? Surely the : parts of two and so make a pretty
knowledge would never come amiss, good slip,
and I believe that all boys would en-
joy learning. No more cereals serv-
ed as "raw material" either to them-' "Sometimes," said a 1tousewifa, "so
selves or patients, the time epproaehed .to' take a cake
A hint that the very prettiest; out of the oven, I have found that
dishes in the house should be used for I have forgotten the. exact lima at
sick people dishes and medicine bet-' which I put it in, even though T had
ties removal- as soon as used, all such' then looked carefully at the clock.
little details which in themselves are' But now I have a plan that enables
really nothing, but which sometimes she to remember always,
make for the comfort or discomfort! "Now when I look at the clock 0
of the patient, may be discussed with, say the time out loud, -and when I
the children, and they will be half: de this I never forget."
hoping someone may get just a little _ _ _
nick, so they may practice, They are Contribuiecl Fcecipes.
so eager to do, why not teach them
rushed to death night and day and
agreeable to the parent moths and
act as a repellent, but they will not
kill eggs or larvae which may be en-
closed in the packages, hence the
necessity of the thoroughgoing clean-
ing and airing prior to packing away.
Rugs or carpets put away for the
summer should be fleet thoroughly
cleaned on both sides and beaten, ani
then wrapped up in tight rolls pro-
tected by wrapping with tar paper,
When thin places show in table lin.
ene, or actual holes appear, these.
can be neatly darned over white net
and the thin places so nicely re -en-
forced that it is scarcely noticeable,
and the life of the linen will be sur-
prisingly lengthened.
If table cloths are wearing in . the
folds, have them ironed so a new
crease will be made in the middle
rather than keeping the same fold.
It is well worth while to look over
all the old sheets, and rehabilitate
them. Ones that have holes can be
patched and mended.
Sheets that are worn thin, or even
worn through in the centre where the
greatest wear comes, can he quite re-
stored, Cut !n two down the middle.
then place the two outside selvage
ends together anti sew, this bringing
the outer outworn parts in the middle
and the old tender middle on the out-
side. Hem the -outer edges, and lo!
Here .!s a very good stout sheet that
will wear a long time:. ..r
Patch, mend, and replace worn
the right way? Creamed Liver. -•-When morning
appetites call for a hearty meal, this
• Just another word. When we be -I will be found an appetizing break-
gan to convalesce, a well -grown fast dish. Cut two pounds of liver
thirteen -year-old girl came in after into small pieces, cover with card
school every night to ask how we water fee ten tninutes and drain.
were getting along, Usually the din- + heat three tablespoons of butte,' and
ner table stood as we had left it, the, put in the liver, season with salt and
effort of getting , the simple meal' pepper, and cook slowly Dor ten min.
sending mother a.nd grandmother to! uses, browning it on all sides, then
bed for a few hours, the floor stn- )eke up the liver and put it where
swept and supper unprepared. It is will keep warns, Put one piece .of
never entered this girl's head that onion in the fryitig pan with some
she might have offered to wash the fat, and cook for one minute. Add
dishes or pick up a little bit. And three teaspoons of flour and cook,
so I added another resolve, I shall stirring until it begins to froth. Draw
teach my children, no matter Trow pan from fire, add one pint of warm -
young they are, that if they can sea ed .milk to it, and stir carefully. Let
an opportunity to help a person in it come to a boil; put the liver in this
need, to "go to it,' My boys shell sauce and serve very -trot,
not Ue ashamed to handle a dishcloth Potato Calces.—Do not throw away
or broom for somebody else's mother, left -over mashed pots.toss, but maks
Anel if this eeperienee of the past them into potato calces as follows:
six weeks shall be the means of in- Stir into cold mashed potatoes enough
stilling a spirit of greater helpful-, beaten eggs and hot milk to make
nese in the whole family, I shall feel thein quite stiff, add salt, pepper and
that the good coming out of evil was a little minced onion or paisley. Mix
worth it all,
Home -Made Dress Hangers.
Ribbons that have done duty as
hair bows, sashes, etc., but havo bo-
lext e nuat -for such purposes, may
c, e' used advar5ieteeee iis'ly follows:
Wash and press the ribbiSM
then utilize thein to cover wire coat
or dress hangers. First cover the
hanger with a bit of flannelet, or any
other soft material available,
sprinkle with sachet powder, and then
commence at one end and wrap the
ribbon tightly over the padding from
end to end, stitching down securely,
weave you finish. • The whole process
takes only about ten minutcs,and you
have a dainty, gond looking hanger
that will livelong the life of your
coats and dresses.
oThe Clothes Moth.
The tiny yellowish moth which is
occasionally seen flitting about at
this season is an indication that
clothes motes ore beginning their
destructive Work, Egg laying' by
these little moths is now under way
and within a Month the eating of
woollens aild furs by the little eaters.
lame ntay be anticipated, .
7.he little moths tint are seen fiy-
in,., about do not eat anything; the
siestraction Is reused by the tiny
larvae Working under ee''+ly webs
The Arbutus,
(Mayflower,)
Sweetest blossom from the doll!
131ts of pink, like fairy 15011,
Chiming sweetn'oss-•-
I)seellee rarest!
Springtime crowns thee:A
51055001 fairest;
Breath of lOden though dost bring,
Emelt is sweetest in rile spring,
The dull pupil is the school touch•,
er's problem. •Brit the tenches are
finding out that music is a great en-
cottral;o'--it makes pupils lists Alert,
responsive and alive.
,r
well make into flat calces dust nth
ry
corn meal and fry brown. This
makes n good supper or breakfast
dish,—Mrs, M. A. P.
BRITISH PRICES H1G_I
Cost of Living ferieleieelnretenatea
Family Nearly Daubled.
The cost of living for a 'working-
man's family in England is nearly
doubled during the war, according; to
a statement issued by the British
niin.stry of food. The mini,try bases
its estimate upon that of is committee
headed by Lord Dumper which re•'
ported that in 1914 the average
weekly expenditure for food for a
working-class family of six persons'
Was the equivalent of $6.12. The.
ministry estinhates that the cast hasp
now advanced to $11,81 a week, ,
The ministry echoes• tee statement"
of Premier Lloyd George 'forecasting
thnt the workingnlan's cost a: living'
wnttld bo roduted about en a week. •
)hie summer.• •
Dry, well -ventilated p. mgeries are
u good insevenee against crippled.
;egg. rxcr•cise and !'cots acldecl -to,
tiht: 'talon also tend to ware elT the
trouble. •