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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1918-04-11, Page 6In the greet army camp in Missis- elppi, the officer in charge of the school for cooks and bakers inaugurat- 743.5 Kincl St, West. - Toronto ed the "Cut It Thin" campaign. He had the broad knives sharpened, bad. the bread sliced carefully and eat downi the bread consumption in that camp for two weeks, during which careful cheek was kept, by 01,260 pounds, making an average daily sav- ing of 4,086 pounds of bread, It not only saved the Government $3,500 in those two weeks but it meant n saw- ings of 240 pounds of flour for the Allies. Needless to say, the bread knives have been kept in the best of condition ever since down there. The latest cable received by the Canticle Food Board from the British Ministry of Food relative to the situa- tion overseas states that compulsory rationing of neat, butter and fats came into force on February 25 throughout London and the home counties, It adds: "I ourteen mil- lion people are now restricted to about 1?•% lbs, of neat, 4 oz. of butter or margarine and tit lb. of sugar per week. )3y March 25 compulsory ra- tioning of these food stuffs will be universal in the United Kingdom. The congestion on the railwis in the t ko:t4ta,. Vi.. oc .. Articles Wanted for Cash O1 Je asTntlmt0r ail el ovoe04061 We11ewrk1 Ipoe1 Dia 01118,31 Cat Grows) Ornen1ont311 Watolless iEOlegat Ta410 waxe, Wntto or petal bat Espresn to. 05, 11it, fa T, 4ESPCI9913, r,lnittea ANTI taus: (0A)X..!9191109 28 qua 50 owners fitrest, oloronto, Ont. 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She must go to Davos with' him next winter. He must take her' around the whole schedule with him.! She niust go to England and golf with' him, and from there to his camp. She' would love it there. He could pis -1 tore her in the woods, on the lake, and. before the camp -fire, beneath the' stars. From there they would go on to Cambridge for the football season. She Would like that. As a girl she had been cheated of all the big games, ' it. .�' U n ' ll 1 up for a he W 1 make d o d they would go on to New York for the holidays. He had had rather a stupid time of it last year, He bad gone down to Chic's for Christmas, but had been oppressed by an uncem fertable feeling that he did not be- long there. Mrs. Chic had been busy, with so many presents for others that he had felt like old Scrooge. He 'had made his usual gifts to relatives, but only as a matter of habit, Wish Marjory with him, he would be glad to go shopping as Chic and Mrs. Clic did. 1Ie !night even go on to, Philadelphia with her and look up some of the relatives he had lately been avoiding. Where in thunder had this thoughts taken him again? He put his head in his hands. He had carried her asouncl his whole schedule with hint just as if this were some honest -to - God marriage. He had done this while she lay in the next room peacefully sleeping in perfect trust. She must never know this danger, nor be further subjected to it. There was only one safe way—to take the early train for Calais without even seeing her again. Itlonte sat down at the writing -desk and seized a pen. Dear Marjory the began] : Some- thing has come up unexpectedly that .makes it necessary for me to take an early train for England. I can't tell how long I shall be gone, but that of course is not important. I hope you will go on to Etois, as we had planned; or, at .any rate; leave Paris. Somehow. I feel that you belong out under the blue sky and not in town. He paused a moment and read over that •last sentence, Then he scratched it out. Then be tore up the whole letter. What he had to say should be not written, He must meet her in the morning and tell her like a man. 1 CHAPTER XI. A Cancelled Reservation Though it was late when he retired, Monte found himself wide awake at half past seven. Springing from bed, he took his cold tub, shaved, and after dressing proceeded to pack his bags. The process was simple; he called the hotel valet, gave the order to have them ready as soou as possible, and went below. From the office he telephoned upstairs to Marie, and learned that madame would meet hien in the breakfast -room at nine. This left him a half-hour in which to pay Ms bill at the hotel, order a reserva- tion on the express to Calais, and buy a large bunchoffresh violets, which be 'lad placed on the breakfast tabie— a little table in a sunshiny corner, "Good -morning, Monte," He turned quickly—so quickly that she started in surprise, "Is anything the matter?" she ask- ed. She was in blue this morning, and wore at an angle a broad -brimmed hat trimmed with black and white, He thought her eyes looked a trifle tired. He would have said she had not slept well I—I didn't know you were down," he faltered. The interval of six hours upon rcvhidh he had been depending vanish- ed instantly. To -day was but the continuation of yesterday. As he moved toward the breakfast -room at her idsthe outside world s o side disappear- ed as side, magic, leaving only her world—the world immediately about f I sTILIZER .. . ONTARIO FERTILIZERS, LIMITED WEST TORONTO) CANADA her, which she dominated. This room which she entered by his side was no longer merely the salle-a-manger of the Normandie. He was conscious of no portion of it other than that which included their table. All the sunshine in the world concentrated into the rays that fell about her. He felt this, and yet at the same time he was aware of the absurdity of such exaggeration. It was the sort of thing that annoyed him when he saw it in others. All those newly married couples he used to meet on the liners were afflicted in this same way. l t hencef them acted as if the ship were their ship, the ocean their ocean, even the blue sky and the stars at night their sky and their stars. When he was in a good humor, he used to laugh at this; when in a bad humor, it disgusted him. "Monte," she said, as soon as they, were seated, "I was depending uponi you this morning." She studied him a second, and then! tried to smile, adding quickly:— sI uickly:"I don't like you to disappoint me like this." "What do you mean?" he asked nervously. She frowned, but it was at herself, not at him. It did not do much ex- cept make dimples between her brows. "I lay awake a good deal last night —thinking," she answered. "Good Lord!" he exclaimed. "You oughtn't to have done that!" It wasn't wise," she admitted. "But I looked forward to the daylight—and you—to bring me back to normal." "Well, here we are," he hastened to assure her. "I had the sun up ready for you several hours ago." "You—you look so serious." She leaned forward. "Monte," she pleaded, "you mustn't go back on ate like that—now. I suppose women can't help getting the fidgets once in a while and thinking all sorts of things. I was tired. I'm not used to being so very gay, And T in myself go a little, because I thon:ght in the morning I'd find you the same old Monte. I've known you so long, and you always have been the same." "It was a pretty exciting day for both of us," he tried to explain, "How for you?" "Well, to start with, one doesn't get! married every morning." He saw her cheeks flush. Then! site drew back. "1 think we ought to forget that; as much as possible," she told hint. Here was his opportunity. The. way to forget—the only way—was fm• him to continue with his interrupt-, ed schedu.'e to England, and for her to go on alone to Etois. It was not: too late for that—if he started at: once. "You mean we ought to go back to` the day before yesterday?" he asked. "In our thoughts," she answered. "And forget that we are—" She nodded quickly, not allowing him to finish. "Because. rte explained, "1 thine. it must be that which is making you serious. don't know you that way, It isn't you. I've seen you all these years, wandering around wherever your fancy took you—care-free and smiling. I've always envied you, and now—I thought you were just going to keep tight on, only taking me with you. Isn't that what we planned?" "Yes," he nodded. "We started yesterday." "I shall never forget 'that part of yesterday," she said. "It wasn't so bad, except for Hamil- ton." "It wasn't so had even with Hamil- ton," she corrected. "I don't think I can ever be afraid of him again." "Then it wasn't he that bothered you last night?" he asked quickly. "No," she answered, "It --it wasn't I?" She laughed uneasily. "No, Monte; because you were just yourself yesterday." He wondered about that. He won- dered, if he placed before her all the facts, including the hours after he left her, if she would have said that. Here was his second opportunity to tell •her what ho had planned. If he did not -intend to go on, he should speak now. To -morrow it would be too late. 13y noon it would be too laretep.k;y rowtue they tofonilsateed their "I 1 m wANTE ry IIp mot her eyes. They were steady eAtl as planets. They were honest and Sweet or Churning Cream. Highoet clear and clean and uuufedaut. They ,market Prices Patd, We supply cans, trusted hint and be knew it. Ile Pay express ehargo8, and remit dtdly. took a deep breath and leaned for- Mutual Dalry ¢ Creamery Co, ward, Impulsively she stalled across the table and placed her ]rand upon his "Dear' old Monte," she breathed, I It was too late -:new! He saw her, in n sort of mint• of claming golden, motes, Ile felt the steady throb of her pulse. She withdrew her hand as quicklyI as she had given it. It was as if , she did not dare allow it to remain there. It was that which made him smile with a certain confidence of leis' ot"What wvo'd better do," he said, "is to get out of Paris, I'm afraid the pace here is too hot for us." "1'o Etois?"she asked. "That's as good a place as any. Could you etart his afternoons?" "If you wish." "The idea is to move on cis soon as you begin to think," he explained, with his old-time lightness. "Of course, the best way is to walk, If you can't walk—why, the next best thing—" He paused a moment to consider a new idea. It was odd that it had never oecurred to him before, "I have it!" he continued. "We'll go to Etois by motor. It's a beautiful drive down there. I made the trip alone three years ago in a ear I own- ed, 'We'll take our time, putting up at the little villages along the way, 'We'll let the sun souk into us. We'll get away front people. It's people who make you worry. 1 have a! notion it will be good for us both. This Hamilton episode has left us a bit morbid. What we need .is some- thing to bring us back to hernial." "I'd love it," she fell in eagerly. "We'll just play gypsy." "Right. Now, what you want to do is to throw into a dress-suitease a few things, and we'll ship the trunks by rail to Nice. All you need is a toothbrush, a change of socks, and—" "There's Marie," she interrupted. "Can't we ship her by rail too?" "110, Monte," slie answered, with a decided shake of her head. "But, hang it all, people don't go a-gypsying with French maids!" "Why not?" she demanded, (To be continued.) ABOUT THE HOUSEHOLD Soups Minus Meats. Soups made with milk Amish a 'Wholesome nutrient food rich in food value since they contain all the nutri- tive value of the milk in addition to the vegetables and other ingredients used. The food is in easily digested form and when served with bread and t butter furbishes all the necessary food elements for balanced meal. There is no better way to utilize the left overs of the dinner, the tough parts of vegetables, ,the water in which vegetables are cooked, and they provide a food of such high value at so low a cost. Soups made from split peas, green peas, beans, lentils or fish are richer than those made from celery, carrots, turnips, potatoes ar asparague, and a chowder makes a good substantial meal. Either canned or salt fish may be used in fish chowder when fresh fish is not available. The housewife whose shelves are supplied with cold -pack vegetables has first-class material for nourishing, delicious and inexpensive soups. The proportions for cream soups or soups made without neat are: About one-half as much vegetable pulp as milk or white sauce with the addition of seasoning. If the vegetables used contain a large amount of starch, milk may be used without thickening and where there is water in which the vegetables were cooked an equal amount of vegetable water and pulp is used with the same amount of white sauce. The general directions for making cream soups are: Cook the vegetables in water until they are soft, then press throbgh a coarse strainer and add the water in which they are cooked to the pulp that conies through the strainer. iMluke the white sauce just before serving time and combine the vege- table pulp with the white sauce after the sauce has cooked up. Do not let the soup stand long before serv- ing as it is likely to thicken too much. Serve very hot with crackers or bread cut in half-inch cubes and d t d oast e a delicate brown. To make a richer soup an egg, slightly beaten, or a few teaspoonfuls of whipped cream may fs,"aftesssiie7aPas, Nothing 3atter is made Food Control Corner be added to the soup just before sere - To make the white 5111100 use two tablespoonfuls of fat, one tablespoon- ful of flour t0 catch cup of milk and season to taste. Mix the flour with an equal quantity of cold water or milk and stir until smooth, then add enough more milk to snake it pour easily. Ileac the rest of the milk in a double boiler (never boil the milk) and when trot all through add the !'lour mixture gradually and stir con- stantly as the mixture thickens. Add the butter and seasoning and let cook ten or fifteen minutes. Cream of Pea Soup. -1 pint can pons, 1 pint cold water, 1 teaspoonful sugar, 1, quart thin white sauce. Method same as stated above, Cream of Corn Soup. -1 pint can of corn, 1 pint old water, 1 small slice onion, 1 quart thin white sauce. Me- thod same as stated above. Cream of celery, turnip, potato, bean soups all made sante as above, Corn Chowder, -1 can corn, 2 -inch cube fat gait pork, 1 slice onion, 4 potatoes, 1. quart milk, 8 crackers, salt to taste pepper. Try out the fat or use drippings in place of the salt - pork fat. Add the onion to the melt- ed fat and cook until brown. Strain the fat into a large saucepan, add the potatoes cut into half-inch cubes and the boiling water. Cook until the potatoes are soft, then add the milk and corn. Heat to the boiling point, season, moisten the crackers with cold milk and serve them on the top of the chowder. Fish Chowder. -2 cupfuls flaked codfish or soaked salt codfish, 8 pota- toes, 1 pint boiling water, 1 slice 0111011, 2 -inch square fat salt pork, 1 tablespoonful salt, 1 quart milk, dash pepper, 8 crackers. Try out the fat or use drippings in its place, add the onion and brown. Turn the fat into the saucepan, add potatoes, boiling water and. cook ten minutes. Add the fish and simmer ten minutes, then add the milk, seasoning and heat to the boiling point. Serve with the crackers moistened in cold milk on the top of the - chowder. r, v e Vegetable Soup (without Meat) . - 3$ — 3$ small onion, 1-8 cupful turnips, 1-3 cupful carrots, 32 cupful celery, salt, 1 quart water, 4 tablespoonfuls drippings, 131: cupful potato, 3's table- spoonful minced parsley, dash pepper. Wash, scrape or pare and cut the vegetables into slices and prepare thein before measuring. Mix the vegetables together omitting the po- tatoes. Melt the dripping's in a stew pan, add the vegetables and cook about ten minutes stirring constant- ly so that all brown evenly. Add the potatoes and cook five minutes more, then add the water and simmer slowly two hours, covered. Season with salt and pepper, add the minced parsley and serve very hot. The vegetables may be mashed finer with a fork or chopped very fine. Clrrant jelly will flavor and color icing delightfully. 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He appeased the demand which has become general re- centiy 'that tho country should be giv- en exact figures of the shipping losses, saying the tonnage static in the last twelve months was 6,000,000 - instead.,, of 9,500,000, as the Germano asserted; and also announced the appointment of stlreat Britain's foremost builder, Lord Pirrie, as controller of merchant ship -building, In announcing the appointment of Lord Pirrie the first Lord mentioned the Pirrie yards at Belfast as putting more than half their output„ into standardized ships and hoped before long it would be possible to launch one standard ship every fortnight from these yards. He urged' all concerned to throw themselves into the production of the 100,000 tons of shipping monthly Which was necessary to overtake the present rate of loss. Loris Pirrie will not be a member of the board of the Admiralty, but he will have direct access to the Premier and the war cabinet. His appointment, it is indicated, will be received with the greatest of satisfaction, Facts Plainly Given. ' Sir Eric's speech, delivered during the debate on the navy shipbuilding bill, was a simple statement of facts, with no oratorical sentences, but 0108- er attention was paid to the speaker than to the most eloquent orators of the Government. The world's tonnage, exclusive et enemy's ships, said the First Lord, had fallen 2,500,000 from- the begin- ning of the war to the end of 1917. The total allied and neutral tonnage is 42,000,000, Sir Eric continued, the fact that it is at this being bcin largely due to the new construction by the 'United States and the seizure of German ships. Sir Erie's figures on the world's ton- nage were reached after deducting lake craft and a considerable amount of small craft. His figures on the ton, nage sunk included vessels damaged and ultimately abandoned. The figures on losses included those duo to enemy action and marine risks. He declared that the German state- ment of the allied shipping losses for January was an exaggeration of 118 per cent. Since he bad shown up these grossly false returns for previous months, Ire added, the German state- ment had not been issued and was overdue. rr� Figures on the'- onnage losses of Great Britain and output of new ship- ping will be published regularly here- after, Sir Eric asserted. Tonnage Fell Steadily. The British merchant tonnage pro- duced in the fourth quarter of 1914 was 420,00.0, he said, and it had fallen sit steadily since then. The output of new tonnage, continued the First Lord, was very low in 1915, and reached its lowest point in 1916. This decline had been coincident with the increased out- put of munitions and before the in- tensive submarine war began in 1914 Great Britain was 1,800,000 tons to the bad. During the last quarter of 1917, said Sir Erie, the Allies were averaging' within 100,000 tons monthly of making their losses good and were then replac- ing 75 per cent. of their lost tonnage, At present, the first lord went on, forty-seven shipyards with 209 berths, were engaged on ocean-going mer- chant vessels. The shipyardwork was completely disorganized during the first two years of the war from vari- ous causes, he explained; but never- theless there had been an enormous accomplishment by the shipbuilding industry. The output for the last te quarter of 1917 was 420,000 tons, as against 218,000 tons for the last quar- ter of 1916, while during the last quarter Of 1915 It had been only 42,000 tons. When the controller of construction took over the shipyards- there were fifty large merchant ships in various stages of construction, upon which i Work had been stopped for lack of ma- terial and of labor, said the first lord, and in many cases they were congest ing the yards. Can Muke Losses Good. it was well within the capacity of the Allied yards and even of the Brit- ish "its, Clr Eric said) to mike good the world's losses if adequately sup- plied with 111011 and materials, In the fourth quartet' of 1917 the foreign construction was 512,000 tons, he add- ed, giving a total output of 932,000 tons, while the losses in the same, period were 1,200,000 tons, the lowest since the intensive submarine was' be- gan, Great Britain has lost on an -aver- age 260,000 tons monthly during the last quarter of 1917, and had built ' 140,000 tons monthly, the first lord fins nounce 1. British shipping had sptfe4 cd the most, he pointed out, but the British had contributed the greatest naval effort of the Allies and had sus- tained the greatest attack, and sho ild not bemoan their scars. •