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Cornstarch is Valuable.
Why do we not make a more genera
use of cornstarch'? As a rule fat
cooks employ it for anything but
occasional pudding or for thickenin
sauces or soups, while it could with ad
vantage take part in a thousand an
one dishes and acid its nourishment t
the °thee ingredients, For example
you can substitute corriistarch for par
of the flour in making cakes and bis
cults, and you will be surprised to find
how much lighter and more digestible
they will become, In cold weather,
cornstarch is specially valuable be-
cause, being a pure starch food, it sup-
plies the body with heat and energy.
Of course, like every other starchy
food, it requires careful cooking, fin
there is nothing more indigestible than
insufficiently cooked starch, but with
that proviso there can be nothing bet-
ter in the way of food,
When mixing the flour and corn-
starch for cake use not More than one-
quarter of the starch unless of -Course,
you are using a recipe which gives it
as one of the ingredients, and then you
have the. benefit of the experience of
others and the proper proportions have
already been worked out.
The. following recipes may give you
some suggestions on the matter:
Sausage Rolls—Two ounces of corn-
starch, six ounces of ' flour, eight
ounces sausages, one-quarter'. tea-
spoonful salt, four ounces shortening,
butter, oleomargarine or vegetable
butter, cold water, a few drops of
lemon juice. Blanch and skin the
sausages. Mix the cornstarch, flour
and salt together and rub in the
shortening. Make into a stiff paste
with the cold water and lemon juice,
turn on to a floured board and roll
into a thin paste, Fold in three and
turn half way round so that the. open
enols are to and from you, then roll
out again and 'repeat four times, at
the third and fourth turnings dust-
ing over with flour. After the last
folding roll out to about an eighth of
an inch thick and cut into pieces about
four or five inches square. Wet the
edges Of the paste all around, put a
piece of cooked sausage in the middle,
roll the paste all round it, pressing the
• ends togetbea, and prick the top. Put
on imareased tin, bake in a hot oven
for twenty minutes and serve hot.
the milk to the boil and stir the corn-
starch into it, Add the butter, cheese
the
and seasonings, and boil for five min-
utes, stirring all the .time,
a
Tomato Pudding—One and one-half
g ounce of cornstarch, one pint of milli,
four or five touiatoes, one-half ounce
c1 of shortening, one teaspoonful of
o chopped parsley, one-quarter tea-
spoonful of pepper, one-half teaspoon.,
t ful of salt. Mix the cornstarch with
- a little of the milk to •a smooth cream.
Bring the rest of the milk to the boil
and stir the cornstarch into it., Add
the shortening, chopped persleyit salt
and pepper. Boil for ten minutes,
stirring all the time, put some canned
tomatoes in the bottom of a we11-but-
tered pie dish. Add a layer of the
r cornstarch and alternate layers ,of
tomato and cornstarch until finished
Bake in a very slow oven for thirty
minutes. •
How to il'leusure Recipe Accurately
Over the kitchentable of one house-
wife there is a small shelf on which
rest half a dozen cook bogjes; a card
cabinet with, her tried recipes and oth-
er hints,
"Why do you need an additional
cooking recipe cabinet with all those
cook books?" she was asked curiously.
"Because there doesn't seem to be
any one standard way of measuring
that all the authors of cook books
I use," she explained. "One will give
some measurements in pounds, an-
other in cupfuls, another in pints, and
11 actually have one cook book that
lreally has some fine old recipes—only
it mixes measurements. In a single
recipe I read about a cup of one thing,
a dash of another, a pound of some-
thing else and a pint of -still another
'ingredient. And, to cap the climax,
I am asked to add seasoning to taste!"
More and more housewives are fol-
lowing the plan of keeping a personal-
ly prepared card cabinet of recipes
that have been tried and. found pleas-
ing. And one of the great advant-
ages of such a recipe system is that
! you can write your measurements in
one standard way—the way you find
best. If you prefer to measure some-
thing by the cupful, half -cupful, and
so on, it will save much fussing and
possible confusion if you enter all your
recipes in the standard way. Or if
you like to weigh everything—which
is the absolutely accurate method, al-
though it takes more time than any
other—enter all your recipes in this
manner.
Here is a standard table showing
how you can transfer one measurement
from another. Paste this on a card
and hang it over your worlc-table in
the kitchen:
Table of Corresponding Weights and
Measures
Plain Omelet—One ounce of corn-
starch, two eggs, three -quartets tea-
cupful, of milk, one-half teaspoonful
of pepper and made mustard, one tea-
spoonful of salt, one-half to one ounce
of butter or lard. Separate the yolks
from the whites of the eggs. Beat
up the yolks in a small basin, Add
a pinch of salt to the whites and beat
to a very stiff froth. Blend the corn-
starch with a little of the milk to a
smooth creast. Stir in the rest of
the milk and the yolks, Add the sea.
saving. Stir in the whites of the eggs
with a whisk, mixing well. Pct the
' butter into the omelet pan, allow it to
get hot, then pour in the omelet. Cook
the omelet as usual, but before turn-
ing put in the broiler under the gas
jets for a second to set slightly, as
this keeps it from falling flat, Serve
at once on a very ]tut dish, If the
cornstarch is•omitted from this recipe
it will require three eggs instead of
two and so the addition is a very de-
cided economy these times when eggs
are such prohibited luxuries,
Cheese Pudding—Two ounces of
cornstarch, one pint of milk, one-half
ounce of butter, four ounces of grated
cheese, one-half teaspoonful of salt,
pepper and made Mustard. Mix the
cornstarch with .a little of the milk to
a smooth Bream. Bring the rest of
the milk to the boil and stir the cern-
starch into it. Add the other ingredi-
ents, Boil for ten minutes, stirring
all the time. Pour into a well-Silt-
tered pie -dish and bake in a very slow
even till to nice brown on the top, op.
brown before the fire. This is
nourishing and appetizing dish an
ane which appeals to men.
Another method of using cornstarch .
is in the preparation or reheating of
vegetables, onions, cauliflowers, arti-
chokes, carrots, turnips, almost any-
thing, cooked as usual then put in a h
fireproof dish covered with cheese s
tame and baked in a quick oven for
Gen minutes make a delicious supper
dish ,
Cheese Sauce—One and a half
ounces cornstarch, one pint of milk
In one pound—Two cupfuls of any
liquid, two cupfuls of butter, two cup-
fuls of sugar, four cupfuls of flour,
three cupfuls of other meal, ten med-
ium sized eggs.
In one ounce—One tablespoonful of
liquid, one heaping tablespoonful of
butter, one heaping tablespoonful of
lard, one heaping tablespoonful of
sugar, two heaping tablespoonfuls of
coffee, two heaping tablespoonfuls of
flour, two heaping tablespoonfuls of
powdered sugar.
In one pint—One pound of any
liquid, two cupfuls of any liquid; four
gills of any liquid, sixteen tablespoon-
fuls of Liquid.
An old-fashioned saying, "a pint'sa
pound," -•9s easily remembered, and
often helps one in quickly determining
correct measurements,
How To Do Things.
A few drops of oil of lavender
poured into a glass of very hot water
will purify the air of a goom almost
instantly from cooking odors, and is
especially refreshing in a sick -room. '
If a little sausage is left over from
breakfast, it will add flavor if broken
up find and mixed with the bre a.d-
crumbs to put on top of baked mac-
aroni or scalloped potatoes: or baked
beans.
If you are fond of pumpkin pies• and
ave no pumpkins, have you ever tried
ubstituting carrots? Cook and pre-
pare them the same as you would the
pumpkin, and you'll find it bard to tell
which is the better.
Don't fret because you haven't .the
nine to keep a variety of fancy things
eked up. The health of your family
twill bo far better if • you give them
testy of well:prepared plain foods,
uch as vegetables, meats, eggs, bread
nd butter, and fresh fruit or sauce
for dessert,
Or The Sunl.light of Love
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CHAPTER X,XI.—.(Cont'd),
Aro you y 111?" ho, ggazed keenly at Ad
"I both can and wills, was the quiet te Nip Or, fl1nasked race,
ace,
answer, "But,coin° let tie seen tt r t is rather hot though in
1norteretired spt." ' this dress," he returned' hurriedly,
He drew her almost forcibly out of hating even the very semblance of a
the recess into the shadow of acme Ire' 'I believe Constance is waiting
palms, as Adrien Leroy, with a part- for me," he continued. "Ab, yes
ser on his arm, approached the alcove, there she is, The ball is going 01
"Oh! Mr, Leroy," said Lady Chet- well' don't you think so?"
wold, as they passed, "can you tell me His father nodded,
who this latest arrival is?" Yes, he said, 'your friends ,are
"I have not seen her," said Adrien pronouncing it to be a success, Mr.
rather wearily; his eyes were bent on Paxhorn declares it is a vision of the
Lady Constance. who had left him and period, But Contance is waiting"
was now dancing• with Lord Standen, Replacing his mash, Adrien made
"Olt, there she is!' exclaimed his his way to his cousin, who as usual,
voluble little companion, '!Such •t was surrounded by a small group of
magnificent Cleopatra, isn't she?" courtiers. She glanced up as he ap-
t
She
ear to his attention to a tall lady
took hisdp °flarwith
d arm smileto
hehlop sec{
v. s looking rather anxiously and at lien sweet face, n thrill ran
About' her, Her dress through him at the
dertainly deserved -the name of ma roe g purity of her
nificent. It was made for the. great- beauty—so great a contrast to that of
er part of apricot -colored satin, with . the woman he had just dismissed that
gauze and tinselled chiffon fulled over he loathed the very thought of ever
it; from the shoulders was suspended having touched her hand. In that
a long train of imperial purple velvet, moment, the love he bore Constance
on which was embroidered in dull welled up passionately in his heart, re -
green, various Egyptian symbols. Her fusing to be suppressed and again he
jewels too which were abundant, con- tore off the velvet masts,
silting chiefly of diamonds and largo When the girl raised her calm oyes
emeralds, made her a regal though al- to his startled ace, and sarthe dententermoked toin atmost theatrical figure.Yet, her least listen to any explanation he
eyes mete the steady regard of Ad- wished to give her. "Where have you
31t
i�'-i-en's, she looked nervously round as been, Adrien?" she said gently. "I
to make her escapee. thought. you had forgotten me."
Lady Chetwold felt Adrien give a
slight start, and looking up, she saw "No!" he answered sharply, "that
that his lips had grown stern, and 'We!"
impossible; but 1. was called even through the mask detected the away. Do you care for this dance?Or would you give me just a few mo -
au (guy gleam in his eyes, meats with you alone on the terrace?"
"Do you know her?" she whispered. Her eyes softened.
"Yes!" he said. "But it Would be "Yes, if you like, Adrien," she said
a breach of confidence to betray her, gently. "I am really tired now, and
Lady Chetwold." longing for the air,"
At the close of the dance he sur- "Come, then,' he said; and catch-
rendered tho little lady to her next ing up a silken wrap that lay on one of
partner, and went in search of -the the seats, he threw it tenderly over
Cleopatra. He soon espied her, seat- her,
ed in ane of the recesses, and strode Together they passed out on to the
across to her. She started to her terrace, and seemed to have slipped
feet as Adrien approached, then sink- into another world sog rout a contrast
ing back into her chair, she looked up was the peaceful moonlit valley be-
at him defiantly. - neath them to the brilliant, heated
At that moment the band struck up ball -room they had just left.
the music for the cotillion, and the As the curtained door swung behind
mass of colors shifted in dazzling them, Jasper Vermont, alias Mephis-
movement, as, amid the rustle of silks topheles—his scarlet costume now
and the ripple of laughter, the dance changed to ordinary evening dress, and
commenced. - covered with a long black domino,
Adrien was engaged to Lady Con- similar to that which Ada had dunned
stance for it; but in the height of his —shot a sharp glance after them;
anger he had forgotten the fact. jtherl with a sinister smile, he left the
"Ada!' he exclaimed in a low voice; room by another exit, and made his
full of supressed indignation. "What' way into the grounds. Keeping well
is the meaning of this intrusion?" within the shadow of the trees and
shrubs, he crouched down, directly
under the terrace where Adrien had
led Constance; here, motionless and
scarcely breathing, he listened with
eager ears.
"It is hot," said Constance, remov-
ing her mask, and letting the wrap fall
You've no business here."
"No business here! Oh, haven't
I?" she answered harshly, her bosom
heaving, and her bejewelled hands
clenching.
"No," he continued, standing in
front of her so that she should not be
seen by the dancers. "You know that back fromsher shoulders.
as well as I do. How did you come?" "Ail the more reason you should be
"On my lege," retorted the lady de- careful," said Adrien, replacing it
fiantly. "They're good for seine- gently.
thing else besides dancing in your She smiled, as she gazed up at him,
theatre, Adrien. You're an =feel- "You look very tired" she said
ing brute to speak to me like that softly. "This ball has !leen a strain
after the way you've treated me, De on you, has it not?"
you think I'm going to be thrown aside "Not more than usual," he return -
like a worn-out glove, just because ed. "At any rate, it will be my last
you want to marry that grand swell of for some time to come."
a cousin." 1 "Your last!" slle echoed, looking up
"Silence!" said Adrien in a tense at him with 'aide, startled eyes.
whisper, and grasping her arm almost "What do you mean, Adrien?"
savagely. "Keep your mask on, and "I am going away after to -night,"
come with me. If you are discovered, he said hoarsely; for the sight of her
I will not answer for the consequ••, beauty was goading him almost to
encs." I despair,
She. rose sullenly, but abashed b "Going away!" she hardly breathed
his unusual vehemence, for never yet. the words; her face had paced in the
had she seen him moved from his moonlight, till it looked almost un -
polite calm; and opening the door at' earthly. "Why?"
the end of the room, he led her away (To be continued.
WHAT MADE SALT LAKE SALT.
from the brilliant ball -room.
"Now," he said' as he closed the
door and removed the mask from his
face. "What does this mean? There
is something more in your presence
than I can understand. Whether 'I
marry or not, it can be nothing to you,
Ada; you have the money which is all
How Expert. Geologists Explain the
Change In It.
—There was a timiz when the great
„ „ . lake in Utah, United States, was
you care for. tfresh. This is the belief of the ex -
No I haven't," she retorted loudly,lpert geologists of the country. They
and you know itl' I say that the first lake which occupied
He held up his hand with a gesture p
of contemptuous command, !this basin appears to have been fresh,
"Speak quietly, if you can," he said, The climate seems to have changed
"or I leave you at once. Do you from relatively humid to arid. An arid
mean -to tell me you have not received climate allows much evaporation . and
the deeds?" ,se' with the climatic change the °ti ora -
"I do," she replied sulkily, "It tion from the lake took out more iva-
ain't no use your carrying it off in this ter than was given back to it. As the
high-handed way, because I ain't go- water evaporated and the level of the
ing to be deceived by it! You promised lake lowered the mineral. matter which
me that you'd make me an allowance
of a thousand a year, and give me the is held in solution was left behind,
theatre when you left me, Well, Salt was one of the substances loft.
you've left • me right enough, but The saltiness increased and the lake
where's the money? That's what I became a salt lake.
want to know." After the arid cliinato came a pe -
I gave the deed to Jasper," said riod of humidity. The int-ke exceeded
Adrien, looking down upon her with the out -take. The lake rose and at
distaste, and vaguely wondering how length overflowed. An outlet was
Ile could ever have endured such a wo- fou throu h the Snalttt River to the
man near him. g
"You gave it to Jasper, did you?" Columbia, but the continual inflow of
said Ada, pulling or rather tugging off fresh, water and outflow of the diluted
her inasic viciously, as she spoke, water, according to Professor Salis-
'Hang me if I didn't think set all the bury, resulted in the lake becoming
time!" she exclaimed with a sudden fresh again. The expanded lake of
change of tactics, "That Jasper's a former times in this basin is known
thief. 1 hoard you say something' es Lake Bonneville, which was 17,000
about those deeds, and Jasper told nue
a long rigmorole that you wouldn't square miles in area,
sign thein. Whether that's true or' Again the climate became oriel, un -
not, Heaven only knows. Jasper's til the surface of the. lake sunk below
a bad one, an' he's sold me. ale's Its outlet and the water grew more
got the coin, and 1'11 split on him, as 1 and more saline. Gradually Lake
threatened. No, it's no use your try- Bonneville became so reduced that it
ing to make me hush up, I will speak only covered 2,000 square utiles all
out. ill show you what a fool he's tolyl and was only fifteen feet deep,
made of you, you who hay° hen so Tho water became saturated with stilt
ot
two as will ood to Openlyo`ir eyes a ! you a itry Idea. and
gretat quatrtllan of atilt worn 1/°'•
than they ere not I'll—" pos!ied,
"Be quiet!" said Adrien, "Not and A Must. []coe!.nr.
outer word their. is sem° nn!stalt°,
Jasper h is' for p;otten, o1• lies some rets -t "Why, Grace," exclaimed an old
son for not giving it to you. Tie ball friend,, `are you going to he Inn P1,101,1
explain directly 1 can roach Lown. you next week? You are a Mom devolves.
shall haat (he mo11ey ant1 1110 Chea0, Why you told us Duty a few days nl
that I premise you; you know I have'
110v0r broken my word yet, Now you that yea were hooked for a peaamnnlli
otos!, go. Beery moment yott stay !n-! condtietotl tour with n small, soled
Lieaaee your danger, My father . is, party,"
old-fashioned perhaps, but he would I "Yes, deer,". ansWor°cl (crave, sniil-
regard this as the greatest insult, and ,• ing sweetly; "hut Jack is the portion
would punish it severely. You aro 1101 ul conductor', and I'm th srtutll, Melee(
fosuch Ada. How
Ii.ulsl slipd you ilave on!that party"
domino," He pointed to a black mass
quo cloatic, and rang theb ell. "Get An °mice of Prevention,
away as quickly ns possible," le Wont• :Per the third time in one afternoon
on as, stow thoron hly subdued, she
put 011rho cioalt, ' You sha11 have the the lady found her new lnnlrl Forel.
money, '1 swear it," salec}i? in the kitelicn eney-ensu.
Oil the aervmtt entering, he hastily "Wha1, asleep ngnhi?" she snld
gene directions for her to be driven to "When I engaged you, yell ootid you
the station; then without another were never tired."
word to hoe, he retuned to the ball- "1 knew? did,'. flee mit rut,tticrrtd,
Teem just ars his fathers voice wtts net should hn. 1C T Imo; nlpetr •,
hcarci rr'gtrir e you lri, The largest settli+ment. in (lo,'nl net
Ail, there you are, my boy; 1
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THE COMMERCE
OF GREAT BRITAIT
CvONOMlC POSITION IT e'
S ION OT TWO
FOES IN A NUTSHELL.
Britain's Conunercial Achievement
and Germany's Huge Loss
of Trade.
A striking fact and an enemy ad-
mission place the economic position as
between Great Britain and Germany,
her principal enemy, in a nutshell.
The fact referred to, as stated by
The British Export Gazette, is' that
during the two years of war, 1015
and 1916, the trade volume of the
United Kingdom amounted to the stu-
pendous total of £2,883,824,000, or
£101,667,000 in excess of that of the
last two years of peace, 1912 and
1918. The enemy admission was made
by the German Imperial Treasurer,
Dr. Helfl.'erich, in the course of the re-
cent debate in the Reichstag, and was
to the effect that since the war began
Germany had lost a foreign trade
valued at £1,150,000,000. Dr. Ilelffe-
rich's specific statement thus confirms
ih a remarkable manner our own mo-
dest estimate that Germany's lost
trade approximated £1,000,000,000.
The contrast between the British and
German figures is striking and signi-
ficant. On the one hand we are au-
thoritatively told that Germany's com-
merce has suffered to the extent of
£1.;150,000,000; on the other hand,
Great Britain's commerce has, in spite
of the fact that so large a proportion
of the manhood of the country are
fighting in the cause of the world's
freedom; in spite, too, of the ruthless
efforts of Germany to destroy British
shipping and cripple -"'our trade; in
spite of the high freights and scarce
tonnage, actually increased its trade
total to the no mean extent of £181,-
667,000,
What Great Br hien Has Accom-
plishd.
Month by mouth, the British com-
mercial posttlou, judged by the of-
ficial returns, steadily improves. It is
true that, as the late President of the
Board of Trade recently admitted,
German submarines have sunk 2,250,-
000 tons of British shipping; it is true
that the high prices of foodstuffs in
the United Kingdom, and the orders
for the regulation of food consump-
tion suggest more trouble than is
really the ease; it i$ true, too, that a
great deal of Great Briteln's increas-
ing trade is in respect of imports of
war materials and raw products for
their manufacture and of exports to
our Allies of similar merchandise; but
none of these moderating influences
really affect the main fact that where-
as Germany has completely lost every
fraction of her overseas trade except
the small amount that is done by
stealth through neutral countries,
Great Britain Is steadily increasing
hors, and, judging by all the indica-
tions available, will continue to in-
creas it. British trade with practical-
ly every market in the world, except,
of course, enemy countries, is, indeed,
rapidly Increasing. To Allied coun-
tries in Europe our exports are more
than double what they were two years
ago; to neutral countries in Europe
they have advanced during the same
period by 45 per cent.; to India and
othtd• British Asi,t by 25 per cont, over
the amount for 1015; to China and
Japan by 44 per cent,; to British Af-
rica by 26 per cent,; to Egypt by d8
per cent.; to foreign Africa by 40
per cent.; to British North America
by 87 per cent,; to Argentina by 27
per cent.; to Brazil by 80 per cont,; to
the United States by 32 per cent,;
and to Australia and New Zealand by
28 per nt,
xler Cocemmercial 'triumph in the
'1Vorld'e Markets.
Wn have purposely gone s° far into
detail because these peecentt,ges of
Great Britain's increasing trade, bas-
ed upon the official returns, afford per-
haps the most striking revelation of
England's commercial sumennacy,
even in the midst of the greatest war
of'pny time, that could he put for-
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not be questioned or controverted, and
in so far as they concern Great
!Britain's shipments to seen neutral
countries as the Argentine, Brazil,
China, and, above all, the United
States, they cannot even be charged
with being concerned with the trans-
port of munitions of war or military
materials of any description. What
is true of these particular markets is
also to a very large extent, applicable
to British trade with others also, both
Allied and neutral, The increase of
nearly 820,000,000 in the exports of
cotton piece -goods from the United
Kingdom during the first ten months
of last year, as compared with the
volume of this trade in the corre-
sponding period of 1915, cannot by
any stretch of imagination be asso-
ciated with the war, particularly as
the bulk went to South America,
China, India, the Dutch Plast Indies,
and the United States, The same ap-
plies to the £7,000,000 increase for the
same period in woollen and worsted
tissues, and to smaller increases in
many other classes of manufactured
goods. It is a record of which Eng-
land may well be proud, and an un-
challengeable proof that "the flag that
has braved a thousand years the battle
and the breeze" still flies serenely on
the ocean routes of the world,
A Still Greater Industrial Future,
What of the future—of the year
upon which we have just entered?
The months before us will doubtless
be strenuous, and in some quartets
they may not be untinged with anx-
iety; but all indications clearly point
to Great Britain's commercial pro-
gress in every market open to iter en-
terprise; to the steady realization of
closer inter -Imperial trade relations;;
and, above all, to the quiet prepara
tion through her vastly augumouted
industrial equipment for a full parti-
cipation in that longed -for period,
when the world, freed from the hor-
rors of a war of which no market has
not felt the depressing or disturbing
effects, will give itself over to a c•o1n-
morcial expansion such as has never
before been realized, if the British
.nation can do so much during the war, 1
of what is it not capable when the.
conflict is at en end? .Competition !
there Will be, keen and strenuous, but
our manufacturers and merchants will
be unfettered to deal with it, not, as
now, handicapped In their one -handed
contest with their great neutral cont -a
petitors. The world wants British
goods and British industry, enterprise,
and perseverance will be fully equal
to the task of supplying all that is re -1
quired when the propitious moment
arrives for the United Kingdon, to i
prove how fully competent her re -I
sources are to cope with all the de-
mands that will be outdo -upon her in-
dustrialists,
Of course. men are not vain, but
just tell a. men of 50 that he doesn't
look a day over 30. and tvat.ah the ef-
fect ,
MEE'T'S A SHELL FACT: TO I''ACE
IfiThrilling ,
hrilling Adventure of a British
Aviator in France.
A British aviator who has been fly-
ing in France since the beginning of
the war told Popular. Mechanics the
story of meeting a shell from a Ger-
; man seventeen -inch gun while he wait
in a
1the wasir: at an altitud of about six:
thousand feet one day, and climbing
higher at an easy angle, when one of
those big fellows almost at the end
of its long flight, came ploughing
along in the opposite direction, First,
a dark little blur appeared ahead at an
angle of about thirty-five degrees
above me, At first it seemed to be
coming at nue, and I swerved to the
!left in an instinetit'e effort to dodge
;the threatened blow. Then 0 sort of
droning hum became audible, and that
sound increased during the two or
three seconds that elapsed before the
big missile came up to me and swept
.past. 'I was probably several hun-
dred yards away at its nearest, but
the distance seemed less.
A few faint stirrings of air began
to rock my machine even before the
shell went by, but the full force of
tl.e "air wash" carne a fraction of a'
seconc! later. Then an almost solid
wall of air nearly threw me on my
beam ends, and I was really hard put
to it to get the reeling machine back
on an even keel,. For the next mile"
or two the air was like water in the
wake of a side -wheeler, --all chopped
to pieces,—and the machine rocked like
a springles:-n motor lorry going over
cobbles. The air was disturbed for
some seconds after. a loud roar astern
had told me that the shell had come
to earth.
Absent -Mindedness.
It is said that Mr. Birrell, the late
Irish Secretary, is the most absent-
minded man alive; likewise he has lost
more umbrellas than thele are days in
the Year.
Recently he Went out to a luncheon
desperately clutching a brand new
umbrella ,
"This doesn't belong to me," he an-
nounced: "I borrowed it.. and I don't
intend to lase'it."
"Tie it to the table leg," one friend
suggested.
"Get the waiter to hold it for you,"
another volunteered.
"I1ave 'em put it fir the safe," a
third advised. •
Mr. Birrell ignored than all. He
placed the umbrella on the fluor end
planted both feet firmly upon it to
the hilarious delight of his friends.
Then, when lie lied finished his
luncheon, he—walked away and left
it.
New ('rale For Poultry,
For shipping poultry a crate hes.
been invented that 'folds a quartet, of
its extended size when empty, fur
convenience in handling.
chis II t 1. Carious-.
;POI jil, fill al d 1001b, I;AV.
uRedpath" stands for sugar quality that is, the result of
modern equipment and 11nethodsy backed by 60 years
experience and a determination to produce nothing unworthy
of the name "RED'ATH".
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