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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1915-12-23, Page 6,TI -IE GOLDEN KEY Cr "The A dventures of iedgard." By the, Author of "What He Coat Her." CHAPTER XXII.---(Cont'd). "You have become famous," she that said. "Do you know at yeti are ge- ing to be made a a lion?" better watch the race from the rail- I Kr ings. Your gown -will be spoilt in the crowd if we try to get out of the pad- ;eV, dock and you probably wouldn't get , ABOUT TUE anywhere in time to see IV She acquiesced silently, recognizing that, although he had not alluded to it in worde, he had no intention of saying anything further at present. ta Trent, who •had been looking fonvard to the next few minutes with all the eagerness of `a man who, for the first (MUSH:10LO s4. ;ream - Economical Recipes. one-half cup rice, two quarts stock, r time in his life, runs the,favorite in ' a great race, smiled as he realized how very content he was to stay where !admit he was pretty low down when nothing could be seen until the final II reckon that . . - They took came cr os him but s e stl uggle was over. up was the fault of those who sent him their places side by side and Leaned adrift—and after all there was good over the railing, . in him even then. I ani going to tell "Have you much money on Iris?" you something, now, Miss Wender- see asked. matt, which I've often wanted to— "A thousand both ways," he anewer- that is, if you're interested enough to cof., "I don't plunge, but as I backed hear ft!" he very early, I got 10 to 1 and 7 to An the time he was asking herself , 2. ' Listen! They're off!" how much 170 knew. She moti°11°" There was a roar from across the him toroceed t - followed b t' "Monty had few things left in the b t,t eathiess silence. The clamor of world worth possessing, but there voices from Tattersall's subsided, was one which he had never parted and in its place rose the buzz of ex - with, which he carried with him al- citement from the etands, the murmur NVD*5. It was the picture of his little of many yokes gradnally growing in girl, as she had been when his trouble volume. Far away clown the straight happened." !Ernestine and Trent leening over the H leo ied a 'little as though to • , little • see over the white rails, but she. was nom,o dancing int°sight. The roar of too adroit. Her face remained hidden voices once more beat upon the air. from him by that little clorid.0 white "Nero the Second wins!" - lace."The favorite's done!" "Os an odd thing about thati P -c" "Nero the Second for a monkey!" tare," he went on slowly, "but he "Nero the Second romps in!" showed it to inc once or twice, and I ' .fris! Isis Iris wine!"r too got very fond Of it! It was just it was evident from the last shout a little girl's face, very bright and and the gathering storm of excitement er insome and over there we were . . "I suppose the papers have been talking a lot of rot," he answered bluntly. "I've had a fairly rough time, and Fm glad to tell You this, Miss Wandermott—I don't believe rd -ever have succeeded but for your nephew.Frect. .11e's the pluckiest boy I ever knew." "I am very pleased to hear it," she ansWered. "lie!s a dear boy." "He's a brick," Trent answered, "We've been in some queer scrapes together—I've lots of messages for you 153r the by, are:you alone?" "For the moment," she answered; "Mr. Davenant left me as you came np. I'm with my cousin, Lady 'Fre- sham, She's on the lawn somewhere." He looked down the paddock and back to her. "Walk with me a little way," he .said, "and I will show you Iris before she starts." "You!" the exclaimed. He pointed to the card. It wae sure- ly ad accident that she had not notic- ed it before., Mr. Trent's Iris was, amenket the' entries for the Gold Cup. "Wiri6 Bite is the favorite!" He -nodded. "Sot -they tell me! I've been rather incleY1 haven't I, for a la ginner? 1: found - ,a good trainer and I had sec- ond call on Cannon, who's riding If you care to back him for .5,trifie.I think you'll be all right, although•the odds are nothing to speak of." She was walking by his side now towards the quieter end of the pad- dock. "I hear you have been to Torquay," he said, looking at her critically, "it seems to have agreed with you. You are looking, well!" She returned his glance With slight- ly uplifted eyebrows, intending to convey .by that and her silence a re., bake to his boldness. He was blend- ly unconscious, however; of her in- tent,being occupied just then in re- turning the greetings of passers-by. She bit her lip and looked straight ahead. "After all," he said, "imlese you are very keen on seeing Iris, think we'd better give it up. •There are too many people around her already." "J-ust as you like;" she answered, "only it seems a shame that you shouldn't look over your own horse before the ran if you want to. Would yen like to try alone?" "Certainly not," he answered. "I shall see plenty of her later. Are you fond of horses?" "Very." . "Go to many Pace -meetings?" "Whenever I get the chancel -4 al- ways come here." "It is a great sight," he said thoughtfully looking around him. "Are you here just foe the pleasure of it, or are you going to write"about r She laughed. "Pm -going to write about some of the dresses;" she said. "I'm afraid no one would read My racing notes." lonely, and it got to mean e good deal They were well in sight now; Nero to both of us. Aral one night Monty the Second and IrM, raMng imck and would gamble—it was one of 11.5 necic, :drawing rapidly away from the faults, poor chap—and he had nothing others. The air ihook with the sound left but his picture, and I played him of hoarse and fiercely excited voices. for it—and won!" - I ' 'Nero the Second wins!" "Brute!" she murmured in an odd,' "Iria wins!" choked tone. . . Neck -and -neck they passed the plot. it? But 1 ed that picture. Afterwards eolith our and many others, but Trent shook his terrible journey back to the Coast.; head and looked et her with a smile. when I carried the poor old thap m was beaten by a short neck," him at. night potting those black ' her. That's a fine horse Of the Prince's beasts when they crept up too close— though!" "Sounds so, doesn . want- So it seemed at least to Ernestine my back day by day, and stood over he said "Good thing you didn't bac for they were cp• our tracl- the 1111 1 1 "I'm so sorry," she cried. d • mott, for it would keep you awake at , nikre time. wouldn t tell you the w e you sore?. s o'' (To be continued.) night; but I've a fancy for telling you I Danverous. this. ' i ee you i • ,. • ' 1 e• gospel truth. I didn't leave him until "I see a great magnate has I felt absolutely and actually certain digging coal in ono of his own that he couldn't live an hour. He was mines!, passing into unconsciousness, and a "New he may realise what hard ried crowd of those natives were close work it is and raise wages." upon our heels. So I left him and "—es, x and he 'may feel justified in took the picture with me—and I think , . . , tl • ' since then that it has meant almost la s'ng le puce. Rice Pudding. --- One quart milk (skimmed is all right), 1-3 cup wash- ed rico, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon vanilla. Sago Pudding. -- One cup 'sago. Soak 2 hours in 1 quart of water, then add a few arable of salt, 4 table- spoons sugar and 8 large apples quar- tered. Bake 2 hours. Tapioca Rouge. --Soak four 'table- spoons tapioca in cold water for sev- eral hours. Boil until:thick and clear. Stir into this while boiling a cup of red currant ielly. When thoroughly blended put into a mold. Serve cold with cream; Delicious Cake Without Eggs or But- ter.—One cup thick sour milk, 1 cup sugar, 143, cup lard, 2 cups flour, 1 cup thopped raisins, a few grains of salt, 1 teespoon soda, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, % teaspoon cloves, ee, teaspoon nut- meg. Stir soda into flour, add molted lard, sugar, salt and spices. Acicl rais- ins to flour. Beat all ingredients to- gether. This makes 1 loaf or 12 small cakes baked in gem pans. Whole Wheat Pudding. --One-half teaspoon"soda, 1 cup sweet milk, '2 cups whole wheat flour, Va teaspoon salt, 1/4 cup molasses, 1 cup raisins, 1 cup broken, walnut meats, 1 teaspoon baking powder. Dissolve soda in milk; add flour, salt and molasses; beat hard. Add raisins, stoned and flour- ed, nuts and baking powder. Mix and turn into a greased mold. Steam three boars and serve with any hot pudding sauce, Marshmallow Pudding.—Prepare lemon jelly; pour a very little into a plain mold 07: dish; add a layer of baked marshmallows. Cut the marsh- =Bowwith sciseors. When this layer sets, add more jelly, add ,moro nearslimallows and proceed until jelly is all used. The lemon jelly can be kept in a warm room, so that it will not jelly before ready to be used. Somvc with whippedcream. Roily Poly Pudding. --Make a suet crust;,roll to the thickness of one- , half an Inch; place any desired jam in the centre and spread equally over the paste, allo.wing a margin of about half,an inch for the pudding to join. Roll up lightly, join. the ends secure- ly, place upon a floured cloth and bind with tape, allowing a little room for the padding to swell. Plunge into boiling water and boil two hours or steam for the same length of time. Rice and Cabbage Soup. --Three cups shredded, half -cooked cabbage, Matter and Parmesan cheese. Half - cooked cabbage should be -cut Into stripes and fried in 'anther. Wash rice and boil until tender in stock, which should be well seasoned. Add cabbage, let them boil together until cabbage is tender, and pass freshly grated Parmesan cheese when -serv- ing. This is an Italian recipe. Pumpkin Pie Without Eggs.—Here is a recipe for pumpkin, pie without eggs. Remove the pulp and Seeds from the pumpkins and cut into inch cubes; do not remove the skin. ,,Stew until dry and of a rich brown color. hon silt, To make the pie use one winding leggings (puttees) are eine cupful of sifted pumplcin, one cupful bound, rubbed between the hands, of sugar, one full tablespoonful of pocket-knives the crusted mud is wathed, and' hung.up to dry. With of salt cinnamon and ginger. mix these dry ingredients thoroughly, and fellow stands in his shirt, beating his THEY ARE STURDY AND GOOD-NATURED BRITISH ARMY NOT MADE UP OF RAGAMUFFINS. A Correspondent Of German NeWee Paper Deecribes a Visit to Teri- • tish Prisoners. Descri'aing a visit to British pri- soners recently captured by the Ger- mans, Bernhard Kellermann the spe- cial ccirreepondent in •Flanders of the "Berliner Tageblatt," says: 'Western Front, October. They had been captured in the Bri- tish attack in Givenchy and Loos. The courtyard was' fall of thorn. The flour, one-fourth of a tablespoon each • scraped off the uniforms. One lusty then add slowly. one pint of mob, clothes with a stick. No one would sweet -milk that is scalding hot. Have credit the amount of clay dust that ready a deep pie plate lined with pas- can stick to a pair cif breeches. And try cu 0 11111 Ili a g these men have at in the mud of the enough to be pinched into scallops. trenches for weeks. Wet in cold water a strip of white A couple of lanky Highlanders, in cotton cloth one and one-half inches +- their short Scottish skirts (sic) are wide and pin it around the scalloped standing at the water tap :washing edge. Fill the crust and bake in a their bare legs. They had fought splendidly, the Scots, firing volleys fi•om the ,erect position, and charging like demons. But it had availed them nothing. Only a few of them are A little saltpetre in the water will here; the rest,—we can see it in the keep flowers fresh a weth. eyes of these survivors—lie stark Baking soda wet and hound , on outside. All age busy at their clean- thhttellle' NsVelit.hioussenaersese of warts will remove theni,it is said. ignpgoicoNiviitlIvioctiucti—ltwmig 1 New paiTs or tubs should be paint- . ed with glycerine .to prevent shrink- !men who have nothing left to think Mg. Did you ever try adding a etip of tuated to cleanliness; that slovenli- cold cooked oatmeal to beef or to- • ness and dirt are hateful to them; moderate oven until the middle of the pie. is -quite firm. Hints to Housewives. !about. One sees that they are habi- mato soup? I that they set great store by their per - me keep pancakes from being sonal appearance. Yesterday—taken greasy and heavy, do not have batter the battle --these English so lets too thiele and be sure that the looked a dirty, ragged lot. To -day griddle is piping hoot. 4ias been cleaning -up day, water and • Mirrors spot when the light falling 'the razor have changed their appear- • t so that the light comes from the side,. captivity—their part of the contract on them is too strong. Place them • 'When water is spilt on ,014ehly- ifin.ished. Often have I seen French polished table rub with furniture Prisoners, three days after their cap - cream as soon as the water is wiped ture, still in their rags and filth, sunk - off and no mark will remain. en in misc•ry, careless of their ap- "That," she remarked, "sounds a him." Brtadier -General F S ME 1G HEN •,,e, your hands get very cold whilSt you ! Rub a little vinegar on the skin if pearance. Their contract is never con- cluded. as much to inc as ever it had been to • little far-fetched—not to say impos- sible." • "Some.day," he answered boldly, "I shall speak to you of this again, and I shall try to conVince you that it is truth!" • He could .not gee her face, but he , knew very well in sonie occult gian‘ liter that she had parted with some at least Of her tieual composure. As a matter of fact she was nervous and ill -at -ease. "You have -not yet told met," she said abrimtly, "what you iinagme cals be this giiTs reasons for remaining unknown. "I can only guess them,* he said I gravely; "I cim only suppose that ehe is ashamed of her father and dedlines to meet any Om connected with him. 11 iS very wrong and very narrow of "I hope you'll mention your own, un o he said welly. -It's quite the pret.... minutes and tell her how the poor old tithst here." chap used to (heath about her and kiss She scarcely knew whether to be her picture, I can't think but she'd be amused or offended. Y. "You am a very downright person, "Try and think," she said, looking Mr. Trent," she said. still away from him, "that she must "You don't expect me have ac- heath another reason. You say that quired manners yet, do Yeti?" he an- you lileed her picture! ley and be swered I generous in your thonght of her for "Yet have acquired a great many its sake." things," she said, "with surprieing 1 "I will try," he answered, "espe- facility. Why not manners?" ' He shrugged his shoulders. "Yes?" "NO doubt they will come, but I "Especially—becauee the Maitre shall want a lot of polishing. I won.. mekes sonietimes — of you!" "Well?" "Whether any one Will ever think CHAPTER XXXIII. it worth while to undertake the task." Trent had clone many brave things She erased her eyes and looked hilt in Isis life, but he had never been con - full in the face. She had made tip ; 500.175 Of such a dietinet thrill of her mind exactly what to express—I-nervousness as he experienced (hiring and she failed altogether to do it. 1 those few minutes' silence. Ernestine, There was a fire and a strength in the for her part, was curiously exercised clear, grey eyee fixed s6 earnestly in her mnid. He had shaken her upon hers which diseoncerted her al- faith it his guilt—he had admitted together. She Was desperately an- gry with herself and desperately un- • her to his point of view, and the re- sult NirOS unpleasant. She had O. sod- den impulse to tell hun.the truth, to "You have the power," she said reveal her identity, tell him her Teas - with slight coldnees "to buy most ons for concealment. Perham.; her things. By the by, '1 ' was thinking suspicions had been hasty. Then the just new how sad it was that your personal noth in his '1 aSt i)oech had parther did riot live. He ehared the Produced a serious effect on her, and work with you, didn't he? It seems -all the time she felt that -her silence such hard lines that he could not was emboldening him, as indeed it have shared the eeward!" .1 Was. He shoWed no sign of emotion such, "The first time I saw you," he went' as she had expected, and for which on, "the likeneas struck nie. I felt as she had been riamowly Watching him.. though I were meeting. someone whom Only he grew at once more serious, lied known all my life." end he eed her a little further still , She laughed a little eineaSily, • from the emelt of people. It was the "And you found yourself the vie - luncheon interval, and though the tins of Can interviewer! What .a droP next race was the Most ininoetaot of from the romantic•to. the prosaic!" the day, the stream of promenaders , "Therc. has never been any deo at had thinned off a little. 1 ell," lie answeved firmly, "and . you "Pc Ls strange," he Said, "that .Yon have always seemed to me the sanio should have spoken to me of my as that picturesoniething quite pre - ruttier. I have been thinking about dram and apart fi!ona life. It's him a good deal lately," I been a poor sort of thing perhaps. I "In what way?" ! came frem the people, I never had ; -"Welt first of all I am not sure any education,I was as roughas most that our itgreement was altogether a men Of. my sort, and I bave done many ' " h. said."He had e deu qr. things which I would sooner cut off ter mid I am very anxious to find lierl my right hand than do again. But I feel that she is entitled to a certain that Wei when T lived in the 'darkness. number of ehares in the Corepany, It was before you came." and I wont heeeto accept them" Trent, you take me back "Have you tried to find her?" she to Lady Tresham please?" asked. efSlif a moment," lie answered grave - He looked steadily at her for mo- "Don't thialt that I am going to Mint, but her paraeol had dropped a be toe cash. I know the time hasn't little upon hia. side and he' could not come yet. I am not going to say any see her face. more. Only I Want you to know "Yes I have tried,". he said sicne- this. The whole success of my life is ly, "anA I have suffered, a great asap,- as nothing Compared with the hope pointment. She knows.nafte well that of one day—) I alti enething for her, and she pre- "I will not hear anothei• word," the interrupted hastily, and undemeath her white veil he could see ,a scarlet spot of color' in her theeke; in her speech, too, there was a certaintrein- ulousness. "If you wilInot come with fers to remain undiscovered. , "That sounds strange," she remark, ed, with her eyes fixed on the distant Surrey hills, "Do you know her ?" • "I ern afraid," he said deliberately nee I int-mt find Lady Tresham alone. "that there can be only one. . . It's They turned round, but as they mieerable thing to .believe of any neared the middle of the paddock pro - woman, and Pet be glad—" He hesitated. She kept hex eyes turned away from him, but her man- ner denoted impatience. "Over on this side," he continued, "it SUMS that Monty was a gentleman in his day, and. his people were—well, of yonr order! There was an Earl .1 believe in the family, and no doubt they are highly respectable. He went wvong oncm and 'of none theeenever gave him another chance, It isn't their way—that sort of people! I'll guess became almost namable.. The bell had. rang .iibe the peincipal race of the „day 'and the .nurobers.were go- ing up. The meddeck , -wag . crowded .with ,others, beside' loiterers, looking the homes over and stolidly pushing theh• way through the little groups to the front rank. From, Tattersalre :came the mar of clamorous voices. All around were evidences or that ex- citement Which . elevays peecedes a great race. "I think," he 7 said, "that we had T was the diost logical thing for the greatest transpo rratiou corporation In the world to reach oat and pleis Frank Srephen Arteighen off the fluenclal land. scope. When the sharehofders o the Canadian Pa. tide Railway Company, at Its recent annual Meeting, hald tu Montreal. voted "Yes" to the addi- tion of this "cont. ing" young Cana - (ban to its Direow tome, the busi- ness world the wide world over nodded Its ap- proval. H e was the man that fit, the square post for the square hole, tue right man, branded and labelled "C. P. R." Back from the trenches of France and Fl ander s, the sineLl of the pow. der still OD him, has ear-daunis still quivering w let 11 the shock of the tmrsting shrapnel, jt Brig ad lei -General ' Meighen—for • such Is his title—m alms a ploturesone entry into the- larger .fleld, Well has he served his b ceding country, The best evidence of this could prob. ably be obtained from the few surviving Germans who engaged the then Colonel Meighen's Fourteenth Battalion' at St Julien. Called home to lend bis experienced advice to the Militia authorities of Canada, the honors of war gained only by -duty well done have overtaken the young regimental commander. But mintary proi•ees is net essential to the make up of the Canadian Pacific Railway Director, and men do not graduate' in the service of their ' country In an Industrial way by leading gallant Canadian soldiers to vietou in Europe. in the veins of this Man runs the blood of Mount Stephen, The first President of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, Lord Mount Stephen, was General MOlghen's uncle,' Robert Melghen, Other of the new.Director, was a railway associate of Mount Stephen, and himself a Director of the mad. Here, then, ta the keighen pedigree: tt is pieta° eff the 0. P. -Ft.'s family tree. Robert Meighen was a big man in his clay and lw ieft his imprint on the country, fits 0, P, 11, affiliations were extensive. and It is appropriate that his son shonid resume the connection direct, One of 'the fathei"s achievements was the founding of the Lake of the Woods Com- pany, and In more recent years Prank S Meighen has been widely known as Its President. In addition to the large Interest held by the Robert' Meighen estate in the great railway cempane, this Lake of the Woods Milling Company, one of tho largest of its kind in the world, has been for many years one of the biggest of the railway's cuatemers. Let no one inehgine, however, that this new member of a galaxy of . Canada's captaits of Inclustey, is without merit of his olvn., or that he is riding into tbe C. P. 11. board room on family prestige. At the present time be holds the following important offices: President of the Lake of the Woods Milling Company; a Director or the Bank of l'oronto; President . of the New Bruueivicic Railway Company; 5 Director of We Canadian North-West Land Company' Presklent of the Montreal Opera Company; a Director of the Paton Manufacturing Company. To figure thus prom. inently In the business life oe the Dominion is to prove his great personal ehilIty and mental :acumen, "Leval-110aded" 15 the ediective that the big .. business men of Canada apply to Frank S, Melghen. While filling 60 large a place as this, General Meighen has still found time to ilay. Throughout Eastern Canada he is noted as an expert exponent of the hazardous gmue of pony polo, an.d many a careering battle has been won. by Ills own skill and daring, Us is an enthusiastic sportsman in many dieections, a.s Ls evident in bls membership in the followlu'clubs: The 'Forest and Stream, the Montreal Hunt, the Back River Polo, the Montreal Jockey, .the Toronto Hunt, and others, General ideighon was horn- at Montreal, December 21, 1815, He was educated at Nita:1.nel High School and gi•ticleated in. Arta from McGill University In 1980. He began his business life in the steamship office or tho Robert Retard Company, later entering the service or the Lake or the Woods Milling Company, In their Montreal, ofnce. For many years he was ,Treasurer of the Company, sacceeding to the Presidency .on the death of *his fatlia in 1911.- . Besides the clubs mentioned General Meighen is a member of the St Jamas end tleiversity Clubs of Montreal; the York Club of Toronto; the Junior Athenaeum, or London, England; and the Feint Judith ChM, or. Narrangansett Pier, lilapublinspiritedness. is, indicate-cl In the fact that be was Honorary Treasurer of the heed) coinmittee for the Quebec. Ter. centenary .Celebration in 1909, and was 0775 of -the prineipal promoters of the Typhoid Emeegency Hospital, 1.11 Montreal, in 1910. • For meet of his life General Meighen has served in the militia of Canada, He was formerly adjutant of tbe 5111 Royal Highlanders end teems, Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the regiment in 1.908. He volun- teered for service in 'bonth ilfrica. When the present war erobe out he went to the, front in. oonainand Of the Idth Battalion, leading his :nen through several of the mot famous and important engagements of ,the War on the west front, He was recalled -In an advisory caeacity, and Is new' engaged In orgen iziag a n cl re^ re I tIng Te 871h v erte,as Battal I on,, C041041111,73 Grenadier Guards, His eructation 11DD 1411073 place 511105 10 Canada1 a are hanging clothes out to dry. The ' Sturdy and Good -Natured. trick makes the hands much warmer. I Amongst these English faces one C.P.R. New Directoi Ink can be removed from washing sees a fair number of the criminal material by sprinkling a little tomato and the working-elass wastrel type; juice on to the stain; after leaving the off-scourings of Whitechapel and for a few minutes wash in the usual , other city slums. But the great MA- MMY.I jority look as soldiers should look— In washing dishcloths, instead of simple, sturdy, good-natured. They using soap or borax, put a quantity . show the characteristic marks of their of aoap in the water and boil them. irace—leannese, narrow faces, the The grease and soda make a soap !short -clipped moustache, and bad that does its Own work and cloths teeth. There are many middle-aged smell sweet. 1 men amongst them, and many baby - If you ;wish flower slips to bloom 1hitcccl boys of 19 or under. But they while plants are young, put the cut- are good soldiers, all, without doubt, tings in small crocks. As soon Os brave and tough, though whether they the crocks are filled with roots, plant ,evotild be as useful in the open as in and they will begin to bloom, especial- I trench warfare is questionable. It ly geratiums. was a great mistake to suppose that Whenever you have collected a ' the Kitchenee army was composed of number of ends of soap ahead them 'ragamuffins and rascals. into an old saucepan, and add to 1 At first they are reserved and 1111S - every See lb. soap one pint of whter. 1 trustful. But—like all war prisoners Let this just simmer, and then cool. 1 —they become communicative when ltiounleancicc t: Asp.,1sendiiid. jelly for washing , they find anyone to take an interest fi in their fate. Yes, they had enlisted Ta perfume linen use rose leaves , because they had not a penny in the dried in the shade or at about four i pocket, some in defence of their men - feet from a stove, one pound; cloves, !try. They are honest fellows, too. caraway seeds and allspice, ot each Asked whether he wore glad to be one ounce; pound in Is mortar or, taken prisoner, or would prefer to grind in a mill. Mix all these to- i continue fighting, one clear cold -eyed gether and put thecompound into sergeant replied: "Of course I woeld little bags. Tether go on .fighting, and so, I think, whIctuhrnasnlikehel ;career or pnliaiiti., would most of us." From several other under -officers (non-coms.) I got tens to stitch a piece of leather on gn fsiolliderasi'l the palms. This effectually prevents the answer. But many of the soldiers, after a little fencing with the ques- the rifle rubbing and wearing the , tion, admitted they were not sorry it wool, as well as gives the wearer a NVaS all over. Only one—an artist, firmer grip upon his weapon. Pieces who spoke fairly good German --had of kid cut from gentlemen's old gloves any idea where they had been fight- ing, or whence they had advanced. are very suitable for this purpose, Tho sink should be washed down after the washing up after each meal, and once each day a handful of eerie should be placed oven the sink grat- ing and a kettle of boiling water pour- his mind's eye; some day he would ed over it in ceder to dissolve aild Paint it wash away any grease that has accu- mulated in the pipe and which, if al- lowed to remain, would decompose and give else to an unhealthy odor. With the rest it, was just the trenches;" of the configuration of the English lines they lead no conception. But my artist had got the picture in The majority of them did not be- lieve that compulsory military ser- vice would be adopted by England, and one of the non-coms. who would As soon as a picture mul driven in gladly have returned to ethe thick of a wall gets loose and the plaster be- the fight, expressed himself as op - gins to break around it, it tan be posed to the eYsthem. "What is the made solid and firm by the following 1 merit in :fighting," he argued, "if you process: ' Saturate a bit: of wadding aro f creed into ib?" Strange, this with thick glue, wrap as much as English point of view! And the possible round the nail and reinsert , chance of the war? Most of them the latter in the hole, pressing it :firmly believe that Germany must ex - home as strongly as possible. The boost herself; Kitchener could get as nail will thus be firmly fastened in its place. When preparing to path a teunk have four on five pieces of cardboard 1 lis1.1 'ace" are temporarily quarter - the size of your 'Wank, so that they 1 ed• 1-1cm long the war might last was Will slip in easily. la matter of indifference to thorn. One blouses in tissue palilraeria•P aClivirrtfachr i year, two years, three years, if needs them to these boards with tape. You , be; England had money enough, men can then pack and unpack many enough. The longer it lasted the bet - times and your dresses will not be 'ter England's chances. If NV0 haen ,dieturbed, but will come out when not broken through this time we shall needed as fresh as when first.i.e d . do it next time; if not this year, next s ervice connected with the war. emce year." As alleges they could not well Mme. Arnaud, the general of this Dog Is Quiet NOW. leave spoken differently. Whether they believed we ehould not allow them the little army of some 5,000 women ap- Jonee is a meek little man till he's time for this wplicants, hopes that the 'Govemmientas a catestion which will come round to open•recognition roused; then nothing stops him. The , they left unanswered. of the value of women. 1101. timely is other night Mre. Jones and he couldn't I Now the English soldiers are rrius- already organized into sections with sleep a wink all night because of the 'tend for transporatiom They fell in separate commands. Some of the' wo- noise their neighbor's clog made. with alacrity, their faces beaming So Jones deelared atebreakfast that with joy at the prospects of a change, men are Belgians, The eecent meth - he'd tackle the owner of the, dog on Along their ranks a buzzing half -tone lar of Gen. Gallieni instructing of - the way to business, ancl "get . this ., air is heard; presently it swells into Aeon of administration in the Minis - thing settle . , I a lend song: `It's a long, long way try of War to replace men by women , off. where possible in all'incloor seevices "Well, Joseph " asked Ml2S. Jones 1 to Tipperary"—and they axe that evening, "did you do. anythio., With quick, thistle sto and swinging e, about that wretched clog?" 1og?" ;arms thoy march—most of them nod - Mie Jones puffed out his meagre ' ding to nee as they pass—more like athletic.s than like soldiem, Veres speedily they have accommodated themselves to their new 'conditions. If they walk into battle with the same swing as into captivity they are to be respected.. ' Barker and Performer, The politician hollers land GILLETT'S LYE EATS DIRT alit 0404i r V{l as,.,LErzik .r 1„1„ NEWS FROM ENGLAND NEWS BY MAIL ABOUT JOHN BULL AND HIS PEOPLk. Occurrences in the Land That Reigns Supreme in the Commer- cial World. Sixty thousand pairs of boots are being produced in Northampton every day. Aid. Archibald D. Davenay has ac- cepted the mayoralty of Vlandsworth for the eighth year in SUCCOSSiOTI. • Lord Tennyson has purchased a quantity of coal which it is proposed to retail to needy folk in the Isle of Wight. Owing to the scarcity of women achnidn celrayi.ry.men, farmers in the South-. ampton district are milking by me - For the third time a motor fire en- gine constructed for the Willesden Council has been commandeered for the Government. By a small majority the Kent Edu- cation Committee have decided that boys over 12 be allowed to work on the land during the winter months. In response to an appeal to keep the Birmingham tramway service going, about 550 business and professional conierns. have volunteered to drive the ,A. committee of residents of Wey- bridge have forwarded upwards of 62,- 000 cigarettes in wackier parcels for tflercenutr of the Surrey Regiment at the Owing to more miners joining the army certain collieriee in Walkden and district are being temporarily closed as there are not enough men to work them. "Dicky" Lockwood, the famous Yorkshire and England Rugby Inter- nation:11 three-quarter back, has died. in the Leeds Infirmary following an operation for cancer of the tongue. When a number of soldiers' AVIV85 Sought advice of the Beresford jus- tices, mgarding rises in their rents, the chairman cleclaved it was disgrace- ful and advised them not to pay. The committee of the Penny Fund for sick and wounded, London, have foewarded their sixth million pennies to the S. John .Asnbulance Associa- tion and British Red Cross Society. A demonstration of 2,000 women in Birkenhead protested against land- lords increasing rents. 'They visited the town hall and told the mayor that many rents had been incree.sed three times since the War began. Newport, Isle of "Wight, claims the distinction of the youngest mayoress in the United Kingdom in Mise Ch140- taboila Millgate, Although only six- teen mnd still a schoolgh•l, she ras been elected lelayoress twice. H. G. Defoe, R.N.D., formerly a sweeper under the Kensington Bor- ough Council, has twice been men- tioned in despatches, and has reeeived the D.C.M. ancl the medal fee con- spicuous gallantry. While dining at a Portsmouth res- taurant, Ernest Sidney Gibbons, a gunner, suddenly lost his eight. He had been invalided from the Darda- nelles, and had been in hospital under- going tenth -lent for his eyes. Owing to workers who buy coal by tho half-hunclredweight being charged the 'high rate of 210.80 a ton, the Chatham Corporation have aPpointed a committee to draw up a scheme for establishing a municipal coal depot. Dock and transport workers of Hull have accepted the offer of an additione al penny (2 cents) per hour was. bo- nus, to remain in force cloying the war, conditional upon there belog no further increase in the cost of living. AMAZONS AWAIT 'eVAR CALL. Mint. Arnaud and - Her 5,000 Ready to Serve France. Paris has had occasion to applaud recently the passage, in marching fermation, uniformed, disciplined, of companies of women of all conditions and trades who are trying to get the Government to railitarize them for many soldiers as he wanted, A Loud Song. Li a neighboring bailding the Eng - chest with pick. "Yes, I did," he replied. "I told Brown that if he didn't put a stop to it I'd buy a piano ancl let both our girls take Insons." Don't think because a man offers an apology he really moans it. Be May be easier to come a woman To cateh the reetiee of the 'etc:awl. theist° drive her, bat it'S a mom The atutosMAII lab0713 sure and,elow expensive. And tiles to give us all a show. has greatly encouraged the Women. Their uniform, of sky-blue .jacitht rind short skirt, serves for patriotic de.. monstrations, such as pilgrimages to the tomb of Deroulede, and also at- tracts attention to the cause of tary equality of Werner' with men. Her Family. Modest Suitore—I have only moo 4 year, -Sir; but I -think I can support your daughter on that. • Father (enthuslastieally)—Support her, my dear boy. Why you can eup- part her entire family on it.