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THROUGH THE DARK SHADOWS
Or The Sunlight of Love.
CHAPTER IV.—(Cont'd).
When they had all gone, the host
stood looking at the empty chairs..
They seemed, as it were, typical of
the weary,empty hours of his life,
and for the .first time a wholesome
distaste of it all sweat over him.
Day in, day out, an everlasting whirl
—wherein he and his companions
turned night into day and spent their
lives in a hollow round of gaiety, in
which scandal, dards, women and wine
were the chief features. And at the
end! Whet would be the Mid?
Then he -shook himself from his
unaccustomed reverie; Admen Leroy,
the popular idol of fashionable society,
wasspot given long to introspection.
"What next?" he asked himself.
It was Norgate who answered the
unspoken query, by announcing' that
the motor was at the door.
As Adrian descended the stairs,
jasper Vermont entered the hall below
him. ,
"Ah, just in time!" he said with
his amicable smile. "You're off to
the Park, I suppose?"
"I don't know yet." returned Ad -
idea evasively. "What do you think
of the motor?"
"Worthy even of Adrien Leroy," ,
replied Jasper, with the faintest sus- i
picion of e sneer, which, however, ;
passed unperceived by his friend "By I
the way," he continued, as they walk- I
ed to the door together, "I have just
left Ada in tears, 'poor girl; repent- I
time followed closely on repletion. She
vows solemnly to refrain from onions .
and painhouli for the future, and
begs for the return of your favor." ;
Leroy smiled gravely at his com-
panion's flippant tones. i
"You make an eloquent advocate;
but there's little need for pity in her
case; her tastes are natural to her
class. I was to blame for nonrealis-
ing it before; but she'll be Well set up I
for the future," he said, end forthwith
dismissed the subject ffrom his mind.
But, Jasper, what of this chestnut
entered for the steeplechase?"
Vermont's dark, restless eyes drop-
ped for a moment; Viten he said light-
ly:
"Do you mean that Yorkshire
scvew? Ph, he is alright! Can't run
the course, I should say, let alone the
last rise, Nothing ean !Mich the
roan. If I weren't a beggar, I'd
cover 'King Cole's' back with guineas."
"Do it for me," said Leroy careless-
ly, as he climbed into the waiting
Daimler. which was the latest pur-
chase.
"What, .another thossand ?" asked
Jasper almost eagerly.
'Ewe, if you like said his friend,
as the chauffeur started the ear, and
with a smile to Vermont he took his
departure.
Vermont stood loolchig after him,
his gaze almost evil in its Denby; then
he tented and passed up the stairs. In
the dining -room he found Not -gets,
clearing away the cards and glasses,
in no very amiable humor,
"Has there been a luncheon party?"
queried Mr, Veirrionte •
"Yes sir," answered' Not -gate ag-
grievedly; "Mr. Shelton, Lord Stain
don and Mr. Paxhorn."
"And 'bridge?" murmured Mr.
Vermont inquiringly.
"Yes, sir; and from what I heard,
I believe Mr. Leroy lost."
"Ala" commented the other softly,
"I :tear Mr. Leroy always does lose,
doesn't he?"
• "He's made me lose my time to -day
with his lads and fancies.," grumbled
Neegate, removing the folding card -
table; "what with bringing in street
wenches at one o'clock in the morning;
and they mustn't be disturbed, if yen
plea se.'
Jasper Vermont' was instantly on
the alert He was not abbve encour-
aging a servant to gossip; and, al-
theenh. Noegate was not given to err'
In this direction as a rule • eaot the
peeeent occasion his grievance got the
better of him, and Vermont was soon
in possession of such slight facts as
could be gleaned.
CHAPTER V.
and won the heart of a simple little
coantay girl, mined Lucy Goodwin:
Lucy believed her lover to be every-
thing that was good, and trusted him
even to the extent of her betrayal; se
that, under some pretence, young Wil- t
fer was able to entice the girl to Cane
terburyewhere, a few weeks later, he
deserted her.
She was the only daughter of a
widower'a clerk in the employ of a
country bank, who broken-hearted at
his daughter's rein, threw up his
situation, changed his name to that of
George Harker, and fled to London
with his beloved child. Here he
found it extremely defficult to obtain
work. His savings soon evaporated,
and ilea! farther trouble was in store
for him; for one afternoon aamooth-
faced gentleman appeared at their
quiet lodgings. This wag none other
than Jasper Vermont, who in e long'
private interview with the unhappy
Harker informed him that he had
heard of Lucy's escapade, and threat-
ened to proclaim her shame, if Mr.
Harker failed to comply with a pro-
position he was about to make to him.
The business which be suggested was
one entirely abhorrent to the ex -bank
clerk; but with money running short,
• and the thought of Ins daughter's
misery should her seeret be revealed,
what could the father do but submit?
The result of this interview was
that, a month or two later, a new
money -lending firm sprang up in a
narrow street in the City, unler the
title of Harker's Ltd., and none of the
;numerous clients who patronized it
ever recognized that the manager, Mr.
Harker, was speaking the literal truth
when he repeatedly asserted his own
impotence in the business.' Everyone
believed the story to be a fictitious
one, invented to assist him in his ex-
tortions.
Tina: passed on,' and Lacy's pretty
face and modest ways, perhaps her
very sadness, which clung to her in
never-ending remorse, caught the
heart of a simple-minded Man, one
John Ashford. He was a flourishing
grocer in a village on the banks of the
Thames, and was then -staying in
London on a visit. After a hard
struggle with herself the poor girl re-
turned his love, and ventured to be-
come his wife.
Wilfer, from enquires made by Mr.
Harker, was supposed to be dead.
None she thought, knew her secret
except her father, for Lucy believed
that Vermont had employed Mr. Har-
ker out of friendship and sympathy,
and did not know mita long after her
marriage that she, and therefore her
husband, were in his power. So she
ventured to grasp the happiness held
out to her, thus 'strengthening the
chain which bound her father and her-
self in slavery to Jasper Vermont's
will. For if they feared disclosure
before, how much more did they dread
it now, when Lucy Was married to a
man who pride himse)f upon his good
name and untarnished respectability!
Johann Wilfer, however, was not
dead, nor had he left Landon. He had
become a member of a gang of in-
genious rascals, who lived by imitat-
ing the less known gems of the old
masters, and palming them off on the
credulous public and wealthy collect-
ors ai-genuine: The impostures were
very cleverly manipulated, end quite
a little system was instituted to
bring them to perfection. Mr. Wil-
fer's part of the undertaking was
"toning"; that is, giving to the imita-
tions the necessary mistiness and dis-
coloration suriposed to be produced by
He did very well at this business; so
well, indeed, that he took a house in
Cracknell Court, Soho, and if he could
have restraine dhimself from the
drinking of beer and spirits he would
have been in comfortable circum-
stances.
this peraetual intoxication eventu-
ally made its mark upon Mr, Wilfer's
countenance, and converted his face
into a caricature—with its mottled
skin and bleary eyes—of the good
looks which had won Lucy Goodwin's
heart in former times. His language
had also degenerated as well as his
looks: All trace of • German accent
had been- direfully obliterated,
ito dr-
dee- that no suspicion should be erne..
ed when selling a faked picture. He
played the part of a Cockney so fre-
gently and so .svell that that parti-
cular, accent seeined, as it were, to
be his mother -tongue.. •
Johann Wilfer, Jessica's adopted
father, was a German by birth, end
the son of an innkeeper in one of the,
tiny villages oh the banks of the Rhine,
In his meth he had studied as an arta
student at Munich; but, finally, by
his idle and dissolute behavior, so an-
gered the authorities that he had been
compelled to return home. Tiring of
the rural life there, he finally obtained
from his parents sufficient money to
come to London to try his fortune.
Here he soon obtained some work
from the smaller art dealers, which
enabled him to live in comparative
comfort ,and had it not been for his
unreliability and his love of drink he
- might have risen to be a good artist.
Wilier was d handsome young fel-
low in those dans, and while on one
of his wandering tours in Kent he met
As the years went by even the gang
became tired of his habitual intoxica-
tion, and only occasionally gave him
enmployment, so that he teemed his
attention to scenery painting for the
stage. In thie way, when engaged at
the Rockingham Theatre, he met
Martha Feltham, Ada Lester's dress-
er, and by means of boasting or, his
wealth finally persuaded her to marry
him. It was in this manner that
Jessica had first come under his sway.
When Ade found that her sister
would never recover from the Mental
hock inflicted ny Jasper Vermont
when he told her that their marriage
wasillegal, she had made arrange-
ments to get the child out Of the
house. Naturally the little girl as
an eyesore and an encumbrance to
her; especially as Julia—blissfellY
ignorant And she herself was the mo-
ther—was always worrying' her sister
go to' the reason of Jaesica's presence.
Accordingly, when Ada, by reason of
her improved position and higher sal-
ary, moved away from the Bloomsbury
lodgings into a house of her own,
she gave the child over to the care of
her dresser, Martha, now Mrs. Wil -
fey, and had always paid regularly for
her board and keep. .
,Mr. Wilfer did not object to' this
addition to hie income, though he still
worked occasionally for the picture
gang; and it was on one of their jobs
that he came within the reach of
Jasper Vermont,
One day lie had been sent to play
the usual proceedings ,on Mr. George
Harker, presuming, naturally enough,
that being a moneylender he was rich,
and hearing that he had a liking for
"old masters."
Jehann Wilfet saw Mr. Harker; anri
notwithstanding the changes which
time brings to us all, and the entire
transformation of name and surround-
ings, recognised him as the father of
the girl whom he had once so cru oily
deceived.
The old man neverhaving heard the
name of Lucy's betrayer—for she had
purposely kept it from hint—knew
nothing of his visitor, and eventually
purchased the picture, after consult-
ing with Jasper ,who discovered the
imposition at a glance, but saw in the
poster a possible new tool.
He instructed Maker to obtain a
written guarantee of the genuineness
of the picture' awl Wilfer, being 'half -
intoxicated atthe time, for once for-
got his usual caution, and gave the
required pledge. With that in his
possession, Jasper Vermont had Wil-
fer in his power, and only left him un-
disturbed because he saw no present
opportunity of using him.
But when he wanted him he knew
that he had only to exert the author-
ity which the warrant gave him, and
Johann Wilfer would be his obedient
servant, as many better men were al-
ready.
The picture he intended—through
Mr. Harher—to con-pel one of the
firm's wealthy clients to take as part
of a loan, a well-known trick of the
worst class of money-leniers.
Quite unconscious of the sword that
hung over him Mr. Wilfer, after a
bout of hard drinking, went home,
and it was in his drunken frenzy that
he had struck Jessica. She, bruised
and frightened, fled into the streets,
where Adrian Leroy found her.
Left to himself—for his wife was
away_for a day or two—Mr. Wilfer
:fell into a deep slumber, in which he
remained for the rest of the evening.
(To be continued),
SOME STRANGE BRIDGES.
One of Them, in Britain, Goes Back
to the Ninth Century.
Probably no town in the world has
such strange bridges as Srinagar, the
capital of Cashmin in India. The city
is built on the banks of the River
Jhelum, whicb is crossed by many
wooden bridges lined with old and dil-
apidated shops and houses with bal-
conies and lattice windows. Some of
these are very insecure, and look as
if they might at any time fall into
the river beneath.
Timber has always been largely
used for building bridges, and the
earliest one of this kind on record is
that which Julius Caesar made across
the Rhine, and which he describes in
his "Commentaries."
The roofed Kapellbruche, at Lu-
cerne, is one of the interesting. It
crosses the 'River Reuss diagonally,
and has a hundred and twelve trian-
gular iiaintings beneath the roof, re-
cording the heroic deeps of the old
Switzers and the sufferings of their
patron saints. In the midst of the
Kapellbruche stands an octagonal
tower, Which formed part of the for-
tifications of the town in the thir-
teenth century. The bridge was built
in 1333.
One of the curious and ancient
bridges in Europe is that at Croyland,
in Lincolnshire, which is supposed to
date from the ninth century. No
road now passes over and no water
under it. It consists of three pointed
arches, which meet in the centre, and
the ascent is so steep that only foot
passengers can go over it. Upon the
bridge is a seated figure in stone of a
robed Saxon king.
WANT A LASTING PEACE.
But German Savants Insist on In-
crease of Empire's Donations.
Headed by Professor von Wilamo-
witz-Mollendorff, present rector of the
University of Berlin, a group of Ger-
man savants, including Professors
Gierke, Kahl, Eduard Meyer, Schae-
fer and Adolf Wagner, issued a mani-
festo on the secoud anniversary of the
beginning of the war, reading, in
part, as follows:
"We did not take the sword in our
hands for purposes of conquest. Now
that we have had to draw it, we will
not, cannot, and must not, put it back
in •he scabbard without having ob-
tained a peace which Our enemies also
will be compelled to keep. But this
peace cannot be won without the in-
crease of our power and without the
extension of the area in which our
will will decide over war and peace.
For this we must have secure pledges
and real guarantees."
Commenting on the manifesto, the
'Vienna Arbeiter-Zeitung, a Socialist
organ, remarks:
"All these professors may be quite
capable persons in thole own special
subjects, but this talk of theirs is
injurious and foolish talk."
An Old Bachelor.
"I'm going to lie married soon,"
"How old are you ?"
"Eighteen."
"Yeti will surprise people."
"Yes I guess so. I don't know
what any bachelor chums will say."
RODE PICK -A -BACK 1
ON CAPTURED HUN
BATTLE ANECDOTE TOLD BY A
YORKSHIRE OFFICER.
This German Dugout Was Decorated
With Most Luxurious
Taste.
Our wounded soldiers have little to
offer to the seeker after tragic gloom
or infernal horror. They entered on
the present offensive in the spirit of
good sportsmen, From their point of
view the push is a "Great do," "As
good a show as ever I saw," "Some
shindy, I can tell you," "Hot stuff," or
"A little bit of all -right."
Take the case of a second lieutenant
in a Yorkshire battalion, who before
the war gave hie days to office work
and his leisure to outdoor sports and
amusements. He landed at Southamp-
ton as a stretcher case, by reason of
the sharpnel wound in his right thigh.,
This,is how he sees this own particular
bit of it :
"There's no doubt it's a great shove.
There's bound to be ups and dowm'
of course, and in some of the Boche
regiments there's a good deal of snap
left. But, on the whole, I think we've
gpt 'em now-; I don't fancy they'll
ever get the upper hand again. I don't
want to brag about our chap's, but they
are immeasureably Superior to any
Samerkrauter. They're real sports-
men, You can't make them throw their
hands up and cry 'mercy P—they real-
ly don't know how it's done.
The Rest Went On.
"it was as we climbed out over their
parados, making for their second line,
that I got my leg punctured. But it
didn't hurt a bit, and I 'went right on.
Our chaps were in whooping fine form.
And then, only a few yards further,
came that confounded sharp that
messed up my thigh, killed my second
sergeant, and wounded two or three
snore. My platoon sergeant wanted to
stay with me, but of course I wouldn't
have that. What Inc really wanted was
to get on, 'You get on, an' give 'em
hell!' I told him ,and on he went With
tine platoon.
"I was in a bit of a small shell hole.
However, after a bit I wriggled back
to that Boole front line and crossed
it into a shallow sap. I was resting
there when, if you'll believe me, I saw
a Beebe officer come climbing cau-
tiously up out of a big dug -out we'd
put six bombs in. He was a captain.
He had a bomb in one hand and a rifle
and bayonet in the other : and he was
peering first one way and then the
other, like a burglar. 'Oh, you beauty!'
I thought. And just then he snuggled
down against a gap in their parades
(back wall of a trench) near the dug-
out
titalf.d bedded his rifle comfortably
for' firing at our chaps In his second
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Four Officers Sniped,
"You can bet I was glad I had my
rifle and plenty of ammunition. I be-
lieve in the good old service rifle.
Never did bother with revolvers and
things. So I got a beautiful bead on
this chap. and a second later he was-
-I wonder whore dead Boches go !
"I charged my breech again, and 110
sooner done that than my next target
bobs up—a lieutenant. I got him while
he was looking at his captain ; I
aimed fur his shoulder blades, but the
old gun kicked a bit and I got him
through the head. Seemed I might as
well be -in a grouse butt, and nothing
less dm officers for targets, mind
you. Well, to cut it short, two more
lieutenants dime up from that same
dug -out ,making In all three lieutenants
and one captain, and I got 'em all,
"And when a private came up, with
never a weapon of any sort in his
hand, and the fear of God in his white
face. 'You're a Bache,' I thought.
'probably a batman (servant), but cer-
tainly a Bone ; and you ought 'to be
shot, but you've got nothing in your
silly hands.' It was too much like a
sitting bird, you know. Couldn't man-
age it. 'Here P I shouted at him. And
do you know, henell just as if I'd shot
"I tried We'd to remember sonic
Gerraall. WO, I managed to clamber
back to that trench and poke the
Boche with the butt of my rifle till he
found himself a little and stood up.
I meant to see that bleseed dug -out.
Perhaps they've got their blooming
general staff there, I thought,
"Dieser Dugout"
"I had to get the Boche's help, but
couldn't think how to tell him in Ger-
man. what I wanted. Finally, I made
him understand. 'Look here, Hoehn'
I said, 'kin vile seinen dieser blooming
dug -out. Got that ?' Then I said,
'Donnerwetter and grinned at him
to chow there was no inneeling, and
he managed to make connection.
"That dug -out was p bit knocked
about, you know, by our six bombs,
But right at the back of the lowest
corner there was a sharp twist to
the right and a door with broken
glass panels, taken from a farmatouse
by the look of it. Through that we
ivent along a passage, turnPd to the
left, down four steps, and into a re-
gular boudoir. Dug -out I Why, there
was a Turkey carpet on the floor and
beautiful tapestry curtains to the
bunks. Never saw anything like it.
"There were three cases of bear ;.
very good stuff too. I had a bottle
myself right away, There were about
a hundred eggs, two cut hams, pate
de foie gras in little jars, sausages,
several boxes of cigars, a case of
champagne, a gramophone, and las-
bins of cakes and chocolate. There
were an electric bell, a smart type-
writer, and in ono of the Menke I
found a lot of ribbons and things from
ladies' dresses and a pair of ladies'
gloves.
Pick -a -Rack on the Hun.
"I took a despateh case and all the
loose papers on the table, and got the
batman to help me back again to day-
light There wasn't a living sonl to
be found in the trench, so I got the
batmau to take me pick -a -back and
carry the despatch case while I stuck
to my rifle
"He made quite .a good job or carry-
ing Me till we got close to the old sap
we used to call nalimeeas' because of
its high scent, on our Own front. And
there he got a chance bullet through
his left knee --rather a narrow shave
foe my own leg—anti simply crumpled
up like paper. He wasn't really
meant for war, that batman.
I'd a lot of trouble dragging him
into our lines, my thigh being rather
nasty lust then, But I got him into
diner at last, though by that time he
had another bullet in his shoulder,
and weeping from sheer funk. Then
one of our omn bearers got us, and
I was all right, and so was the bat-
man." .
Patience end end hard work are the
parents of skill.
*ST IMPORTANT
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/1/1111 NARY Irci hi IDS
Dainty Dishes.
Corn Fritters:—To one cupful fine-
ly chopped canned corn add one egg
well beaten, with one-fourth 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 rice 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 tome,
to covered up with grated bread -
crumbs moistened with melied 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 Bruyere
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
hot 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 bonen 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
thoroughly cooked. Then beat up the
yolks of two eggs and cook for a few
minutes more. Squeeze on sonic
lemon juice, and serve.
• If you never baked any peaches, try
this: Wash some fine ripe peaches,
but do not pare them. Place in a
deep baking dish, sprinkle generous-
ly with light brown sugar, nearly cov-
er with cold, water and bake 111 a slow
oven until tender. Baste frequently,
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 ais lb. 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
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
heated add a little more salt and pep-
per.
Eggs a la Creole—Cook three table-
spoonfuls butter 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.
Cook until of a creamery consistency.
Stir constantly and scrape from bot-
tom of the plan.
Lemon Cocoanut Pie.—One cup mills
one heaping t'ablesp000nful cornstatche
two eggs, one cup sugar, juice and
rind of one lemon, one-half cup cocoa-
nut. Heat milk in double boiler; add
cornstarch dissolved in cold water and
stir until smooth, then add yolks beat-
en with sugar and lemon. Add cocoa-
nut last. Cook five minutes and pour
into well -baked piecrust. Beat wbites
ef eggs and add two tablespoons su-
gan Spread on top of filling and
brown in oven.
Useful Hints. -
Clean -white enamel furniture with
turpentine and it will keep the gloss.
Bath sponges should be Icing out
in hot eunshine as often as possible.
When making sponge cakes in pat-
ty bins see that the oven is very hot.
Mix cream cheese with chili sauce
and serve on lettuce salad for.a religh.
Let beets 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 knitting needles rub
with kerosene and polith with pumice.
Some people put a 'small bag of
lime inside the piano to keep the damp
away.
Shoes should be well sunned and
aired, and several pairs ahould be
kept hi use.
In cleaning painted woodwork it is
better to use in strong kerosene wa-
ter than any kind of soap.
Mint will keep sweet longer if it is
put into a stone jar that luse been
thoroughly cooled than it will in a
When ng stove, first rab
with. soap and
ib-hoe.wttiteae.
allow it to there The polish will then
wash
hhels E7oaaslitling salt fish, 'fill a large
vessel with water, place some brush or
small sticks in the bottom, and sm this
lay the fish, skin side uppermost.
The good housekeeper is the one
who keeps her house in perfect con-
dition all the time instead of having
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 spoon. 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 sprinhled over the apples be-
fore the crust is put on, it will great-
ly improve the flavor of the pie. '
Graham genes are made with two
cups ofegraham flour, one tablespoon-
ful ,of lard, two tablespoonfuls of su-
gar, two teaspoonfuls of baking pow-
der and salt. Mix stiff with milk.
If .you desire to remove the skin of
peppers, drop them into boiling water
and simmer f011 five minutes, or scour-
ing them slightly and placing on the
broiler over hot coals a few minutes
will. loosen the akin,
Great care should be taken in handl
ing fruits and vegetables. Where
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 to cock in boilire
water, and the water made to boil
again as soon as possible after vege-
tables have been added. Careful
washing of all vegetables is another
important item. And all green
vegetables roots and tubers Amid be
crisp and Men when put on to ceok.
PASSING OF HANSOM CABS,
London's Once Popular Vehicle Was
Patented in 1834.
. The hansom cab has had but tt short
life, says the London Chronicle.
Eighty-one years ago—on : cc. 93,
1832—Joseph Aloysius Hansom, a
well-known architect, designer of the
Birmingham Town Hall arid the
Builder newspaper,
founder of the
took out the patent for the cab to
which his name was gnven. He after-
ward sold his rights for $10,000, but
the money was never paid, In 1881—
the year preceding Hansom's death—
there were no fewer than 3,652 licen-
sed bansoms in London, and to -day
the vehicle 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., c. 134 s. 85, the inhabitants
of Bloomsbury square obtained powers
to prevent any such stand being erect-
ed near their dwellings.
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A Careful Vaitieessa
During a recent trial it became
necessary to take the testimony of
curlottely reserved witness.
"What do you do ?" asked the law-
yer having him under examination,
"I am very well," was the prompt
but unexpected answer.
"I am not asking as to your health.
I want to know what you do,
"I work."
"Where do you work ?"
"In a, factory."
"May I venture to inquire what you
make in the factory ?'
"You want to know what I make in
the factory ; is that right ?"
"Precisely. Answer without further
circumlocution. Tell tbe court what
you make."
"I make $10 a week."
' nanneee
IVERAVT.,ft
GIVE SHIELDS
TO SOLDIERS
VERY THIN STEEL WILL STOP A
POINT-BLANK BULLET.
Sit Conan Doyle Argues That Attack
Should Be Put on Level
With Defence.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the fam-
ous English author, writes the fol-
lowing letter to the London Times:
To the Editor of the Times:
Sin—It is a year now since you
were good enough to allow me to exa
press some views about body armor
in your columns. Since then, so far
as I know, nothing has been done, but
now we have got so far that the Min-
ister of War admits that something
of the kind may some clay come
along. To me it seems the most im-
portant question of any, and I ear-
nestly hope that you will use your
influence to keep it before the notice °
of the authorities.
Upon July 1 several of our divn
eons were stopped by machine-gun
fire. Their losses were exceedingly
heavy, but hardly any of them were
from high explosives. The distance
to traverse was only about 250 yards.
The problem, therefore, is to render
a body of men reasonably immune to
bullets fired at that range. The
German first-line trenches were thin -
lar held, so that once across the open
our infantry would have had no dif-
ficulty whatever.
Like That of a Roman Soldier.
Now, sir, I venture to say that if
three intelligent metal -workers were
put together in consultation they
would in a few days produce a shield
which would take the greater part of
thosa men safely across. We have
definite facts to go upon. A shield of
steel of 7-16 of an inch will stop a
point-blank bullet. Far more will it
stop one which strikes it obliquely,
Suppose such a shield fashioned like
that of a Roman soldier, 2 feet broad,
and 8 feet deep. Admittedly it is
heavy—well over 80 lbs. in weight.
What then? The man has not fax ta
go, and he has the whole day before
him, A mile in a day is gdod pro-
gress as modern battles go. What
dome it matter, then, if he carries a
heavy shield to cover him?
Suppose that the first line of storm -
era carried such shields. 'Their only
other armament, besides their hel-
1 mete, should be a bag of bombs. With
these they clear up the machine guns.
1
The second wave of attack with rifler
and possibly without shields then
comes along, while the heavily armed
infantry, after a rest, advance upon
time next one. Men would, of course,
be hit about the legs and arms, and
high explosives would claim their
victims, Met I venture to say that we
should not again see British divisions
held up by machine guns and shrap-
nel.
Why .Can It Not Be Tried At Once?
Nothing elaborate is needed. Only
so many sheets of steel cut to size
and furnished with a double thong
for arm -grip. Shields are evidently
better than body armor, since they
can be turned in any direction or
form a screen for a sniper or for a
wounded man.
The present private contrivances
seem inadequate, and I can well un-
derstand that those who could afford
them would shrink from using a pro-
tection which their comrades did not
possess. Yet I have seen letters in
which men have declared that they
owed their lives to these primitive
shields. Let the experiment be made
of arming a whole battalion with
proper ones—and, above all, let it be
done at once. Then at last the attack
will be au a level with the defense.
Yours fi1 1 111 YR' CONAN DOYLE.
I: AMY?" aP
4 ar'esi
STYLES
TN these days
•"- of short skirts hosiery
is a most inmortant part
of one's costume. It is be-
cause they are so very itn-
portant that most people
buy Penmans, for in so
doing they knoiv they are
receiving' maximum value
in every may.
There 'is a line marls by
Penmans specially for you,