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Home My WebLink AboutThe Clinton News Record, 1917-08-23, Page 2r • le PliSYlU-'AN, SURGEON, ETC. i• Special attention gives te die• eases of the , Eye, Ear, Ndaa and Throat. Ryes carefully examined and gait - able glasses prescribed. Office and residence:1 doors west of the Commercial Hotel; Huron B. O. D. llInTAQg1Ire I . ly kleTAW AR7 Mc- 'a:art Bros. �lA\i{19Rh -s GENERAL BANKING T3USI' NESST. A l� R N ACTL+.D. NOTES DISCOUNTED, DRAFTS ISSUED INTEREST ALLOWED ON DR POSITS: SALE* NOTES !'IJII• CHASED. - H. T. !VANCE -- * NOTARY PUBLIC, CONVEY-. »NCE t, FINANCIAL, RIRAL ESTATE AND FIR10 INSUR- ANOIP, AGENT. REPRESENT' ISG 14 FIRS ,.IN8URANCB COMPANIES, DIVISION COURT GI"L''tCB, CLINTON. W. Dit1 DONE, EARR•iSTI;R, SOLICITOR.' NOTARY PUBLIC, LTO. Office-- Sloan Block-CLINTON 11. G. CAMERON H.C. BARRISTER, SOLICITOR., CONVEYANCER, ETO. Office on Albert Street oceuped b7 Mr. Uooper. la Clinton otr every Pairsday, and on any day for which ap• pQintmente are made. Office Sours from B a.m. to 6 p:m. A good vault in connection with the dike. Office open every weekday. Mr. Hooper will make any appointment+, for Ur. Cameron. CHARLES 0. H,tLR, Conveyeecer, Notary Public, Commiariono ., Eta REAL ESTATE and INSURANCE • Issuer of Marriage Licenses HURON STREET, - CLINTON • DRS. GUNN & GANDIER Dr. W. Gunn, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., Edith - Dr, J. C. Gandier, B.A., M.B. Office Hours; -1.30 to 3.30 pan., 7.30 to 9.00 p.m. Sundays 12.30 to 1.30 p.m. Other hours by appointment only. Office and Residence -Victoria St. -'4 0$. C. VT. TAOM,PSO 6EnROB ELLIOTT - Licensed Auctioneer for the Conaty et Aaron, Correspondence promptly answered., Immediate arrangements can be made for Salt i Date at The News -Record, Olinton, er by catling Phone le ea 1.11 Charges moderate and satisfaction guaranteed. WO'vo ade Would like It hot mfor o make quite ill it hot a few for yon We've made it hot for a lot of folks who were looking for satisfactory coal, and if you will place your spring order with us, we would be pleased to give you the good coal and two thousand pounds to the ton. A. oda Holloway, Clinton A first-class bedroom suite for private Bale, as well as other articles of furni- ture at Residence on Ontario St, The McKillop Mutual Fire Insurance Company Head office, Seaforth, Ont, DIRECTORY: President, James Connolly, Goderich; Vice., Jaynes Evans, Beechwood; Sec. -Treasurer, Thos. E. Hays, Sea - forth. Directors: George McCartney, Sea - forth; D. F. McGregor, Seaforth; J. G. Grieve, Walton; Wm, Rine, Sea - forth; M. McEwen, Clinton; Robert Ferries, Harlock; John Benneweir, Brodhagen; Jas. Connolly, Goderich. Agents: -Alex Leitch, Clinton; J. W. Yee, Goderich; Ed. Hinehley, Seaforth; W. Chesney, Egmondville; R. G. Jar- rnutir, Brodhagen. Any money to be paid :n may he paid to Moorish Clothing Co,, Clinton, or at Cutt's Grocery, Godeeich. Parties desiri:,g to effect insurance or transact other business will be attended to on application to any of the'above officers addressed to their respective post office. Losses inspected by the director who lives nearest the scene. -TIME TABLE.-- Trains ABLE.-Trains will arrive at and depart from Clinton Station as follows: Bolf.1rALO AND GODERICH DIV. Going East, depart 7.83 a,m, r, a 2.58 p.m. Going Wost, ar. 11.10, de. 11.17 a.m. " " or, 5:58, dp. 6,45 p.in. ," depart S 11.18 p.m. HURON 4 BRUCE UCE DIV, Going South, O. 7.88, dp, 7,50 pan, " " depart 4,15 pan, 'Going North, ar, 10:30 tip, 11.10 arm, Going North, depart 0,40 p,tl.1, Clinton News - Fiecord CLINTON, ONTARIO, ' Terme of subscription -$i per year, in n0Vaiioei $1.50 MAY he charged if not so paid. No paper discon- tinued until all arrears are paid unless at the option of the pub;. 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We can supply you at less than it would cost you to send direct, In remitting please do so by Post - office Order, Postal Note, Express Order or Registered letter and address G. E. HALL, Publisher News -Record CLINTON, ONTARIO. $3.60 4.60 8.60 8.60 SHAKESPEARE IN GERMANY. Hun Newspapers Boast Love of Great English Dramatist. German newspapers announce with considerableride that, despite all the P bitterness of the war, the plays of Shakespeare receive first place in the theatres of Germany. Despite the. fact that England has barred Wag- ner's music and France has torn Ger- man paintings from the walls of the Louvre and Italy has desecrated the Goethe Memorial, Germany looks upon art as sacred and, in its cities are heard the works of Gounod, Bizet, Mos liere, Puccini and Verdi; also George Bernard Shaw and Leo Tolstoi, Of 294 performances given in the Frankfort theatre, 1916-1917, fifty- five were devoted to the works of Shakespeawre,t.only thirteen to Schiller -and twelve to Goethe. In Frankfort, Shakespeare is revered even more than Goethe, and throughout Germany during this war Shakespeare's plays are produced in larger numberseven than in England. The German newspaper's explain that in art no nationality is taken into account. Shakespeare is regarded in Germany not as an Englishman, but as one of the world's greatest poets and dramatists. Germans look upon Shakespeare almost as their own flesh and blood, they declare, MOTHER, I'VE ENLISTED. Mother, I've enlisted i • I'm going away to France - For could I be a son of yours And disregard the chance To prove 1, too, am worthy To stand there in the ranks ? Mother, I've enlisted - Together let's give thanks. Mother Redass Mother, ,r r C t e, I'm going away to fight 1 You earned that little cross for me ? You say 111 be all right ? ,lust keep tiro workshops busy To send supplies to France - Mother, soldler•mother Give ev'ry boy his chancel. Mother, write me often, 111 be "Somewhere in Fiance," The purity of such as you 1'las shaped the nation's chance To send the finest army The world has ever known- Mother, Gen'ral Mother, That army is your own The New Proposal,' I love you for your own sweet sake; Oh, marry me, my kindred soul! I love you more than sirloin steak, My precious little ton of coal! A frantic suitor humbly begs That you will share his tinily slough, You're dearer than a cldten egg.s, And that's the dearest tiling T know, p DAIRY COWS' SUMMER RATION.- By ,Duel W. Gage, One of the moat eomrilon mistakes -"'Mixture No. 1, Ground oats, 100 Ir.the feeding of dairy °ewe on the farm 1$ that the good cows are not given a sufficient quantity of feed,. above that required for their physical maintenance, to obteintlie maximum quantity of mills they are capable of producing. Successful feeding of dairy cows involves the provision of an abundance of palatable, nutritious feed at a minimum cost, and fending this an such a wayas to reeeive the largest milk production from the feed, One successful dairy farmer defines feeding for profit as liberal feeding, or feeding to the full capacity of the cow,. From the standpoint of economical milk-, production, a dairy cow should not. be feel more than she will consume without gaining in Weight. But there are times when it is desirable to make exceptions to this, Practically all heavy milk producers lose weight in the early part of their lactation pe- riod; that is, they produce milk at the expense of their body flesh. -When such cows approach the end of their milking, period they: northally regain the flesh they have lost, and the dairy- man can well afford to liberally feed them, with the assurance that he will be repaid in the form of milk when the cows again freshen. Pasture is the natural feed for cows, and for average conditions, with ample pasture of good grasses, or legumes in good succulent condition, good production can be secured. Experts advise us that grain should be fed to heavy -producing cows under all pasture conditions. Variations should be made to meet different con- ditions and individual cows. Grain -fed cows on pasture need not contain the same percentage of protein as for win- ter feeding. Pasture being an ap- proximately balanced ration, the grain ration should have about the same proportion of protein to other nutri- ents. The following mixtures are suggested for supplementing pasture without other roughage: lbs.; wheat bran, 100 lbs,; cern meal, 50 lbs,; per cent. of digestible protein, 10.3. • Mixture No. 2. Wheat bran, 100 lbs.; corn meal, 100 lbs,; cottonseed meal 25 11)e.'P er cent. of digestible protein, 12,7. Mixture No, 3. .Corn -and -cob heal, 250 lbs.; cottonseed meal, 100 lbs.; per cent. of digestible protein, 15.0. Mixture 'Ne. 4. Wheat bran, 100 lbs,; gluten feed, 50 lbs,; corn meal, 50 lbs,; per cent, digestible protein, 13.6. To carry the dairy herd over a pe- riod of short pasture without felling off in milk, soiling crops are growing in favor. For this purpose, second - growth red clover, alfalfa, oats or peas aro excellent.' Corn is also avail- able usually in August and September, What may be a disadvantage in the use of soiling crops is the extra labor required to but and haul thedo crops from day to day, when• field work is pressing hard. The summer silo is gaining in favor in many sections. "An acre of corn in the form of silage will provide succu- lent roughage for several cows for a season. During periods of drought, when both. pastures and soiling crops fail, a silo filled with well -matured sil- age grown the year previous is most valuable: In planning a summer site, the farmer should keep in mind that its dimensions should be in relation to the number of cows fed daily. As a usual thing, condor summer conditions, a cow will consume about twenty pounds of silage.' - Therefore, silage enough must be provided daily to pre- vent excessive surface fermentation. On this basis, a summer silo for twenty cows should be eight feet in diameter; for thirty . cows, ten -feet; and for forty cows, twelve feet. As eight feet is about the minimum dia- meter of a silo for best results, a sum- mer silo is most applicable for twenty or more cows. WHEN THE THRESHING MACHINE COMES • To Assist The Housewife in Her Task of Preparing Meals For the Harvesters. Not so much what to serve as what not to serve needs to be considered in preparing meals for threshing crews. Variety must be worked into all meals rather than into one meal.. One error that we women too often make is the custom of serving more than one kind of dessert. Another, is the duplica- tion of the -same type of food as,. pota- toes, rice and spaghetti, all of them starch foods which should be sub- stituted one for the other, notail serv- ed at one meal. . Tha menus given here can be modi- fied to suit local conditions. The use of the fireless cooker is strongly recommended for cereals and such foods• as need long, slow cooking., The evening meal should be anti- cipated and everything prepared in the morning that can be so prepared thus saving strength, time and fuel. Cookies, cake, salad dressing, beet pickles and other items may be pre- pared the day before the first meals are served. ' Breakfast: Fruit, cereal, creamed - dried beef, poached eggs, potato cakes, hot biscuit, jelly, coffee or milk. Dinner: Pork, apple sauce, rice, boil- ed beans, boiled cabbage, fresh onions, corn bread, bread, caramel -custard ice cream, coffee or milk. Supper: Cold sliced pork, fried potatoes, baked beans, cottage cheese, corn bread, bread, baked apples, whipped cream, tea or milk. Immediately after breakfast put the beans on to cook and when parboiled once, divide and prepare half for bak- ed boans•and allow the remainder to cook with the pork until tender. Make cottage cheese. Caramel -custard ice cream is made by combining three cups of milk, two eggs or four yolks, one and one-half cupful sugar (one-half caramelized) and making a steamed custard. When this is cooled, add three cupfuls cream and freeze. This may be made early in the morning and packed. The baked apples should be pre- pared during the morning. Extra rice should be cooked and all that is left from dinner should be put into a pan and molded ready to slice for breakfast. Put breakfast cereal in fireless cooker after supper. Breakfast: Fruit, cereal, minced ham, sprambled eggs, creamed pota- toes, hot biscuit, jelly, coffee or milk. Dinner : Boiled dinner, horse- radish sauce, lettuce, corn bread, jelly, tapioca pudding, coffee or milk. Supper: Corned -beef hash, poached eggs, greens, sliced tomatoes, corn -bread, fruit, cake, tea or milk. The boiled dinner should be started early in the morning. The tapioca pudding should be made soon after breakfast and thoroughltachilled. For the boiled dinner wipe carefully a piece of well corned beef, plunge in- to boiling water and let simmer four or five hours until. the meat is tender. A piece_ of salt pork from which the rind has been removed may be added and the two cooked together. About one and one-half hours before time for serving prepare carrots, turnips and beets. Add the turnips and carrots to the stock and after the meat is tender remove until nearly time to serve. Cook the beets separately, using some of the meat stock to cover them. Prepare onions and cabbage, -and parboil each separately to take away some of the strong flavor. Cook the onions separately in the meat,setock and after the cabbage has been par boiledut it in thekettle with the tur- nipsf and carrots. About one-half hour before serving add pared pota- toes. - The meat may be returned to the kettle to be reheated. Serve the onion and beets in separate dishes. Place the meatin the center of a large platter and 'arrange the vegetables attractively about ii. Horse -radish sauce is made by soaking one-half cupful of soft bread crumbs in milk. Drain and mix with one-half cupful of well -drained horse -radish. Whip one- half cupful cream and fold in carefully the mixture of bread crumbs and horse -radish. The greens should be soaked and thoroughly washed ready to cook in the evening. 13o11 pota- toes for breakfast the following morn- ing. Put, breakfast cereal in fireless cooker before bedtime. Breakfast: Fruit, cereal, bacon, eggs, fried rice, muffins, syrup, coffee or milk. Dinner: Baked -ham, gravy, boiled potatoes, creamed peas, fried apples; radishes, bread, lemon pie, iced tea or milk. Supper: Cold sliced ham, mustard, potato salad, buttered beets, pickles, bread, preserves, baked custard, tea or milk. At dir.ner time coolc extra potatoes for the evening and breakfast the fol- lowing morning. Cook ,.the beets which inay be reheated and buttered for the evening meal. Prepare the baked custard. At night, put breakfast cereal in fireless cooker. Mix and mold biscuit for breakfast. Keep in the refrigera- tor over night.£ Bake as usual in the morning. - 2°t •76.e tireiegfe Care of Horse's Hoofs. The hoof is more exposed to wear and tear than any other portion of the horse's body. The hoofs corres- pond to the claws of other creatures. The outside is of hard, dense, compact, insensible horn in thin layers. The inner hoof is supplied with blood ves- sels and nerves, indicating sensitive - :loos. If nails are directed wrongly in shoeing and penetrate this sensitive part of the horse's foot, they cause pain, inflammation and possibly lock- jaw arid 'death. If the hoofs dry up or boconie brit- tle thet'o are many remedies, but none 'butter that, nature. ..The clew is cool- ing and softening and will Beal hoofs much better than bathiig in hard wa- ter, ."-Many ]torso owners laugh at the idea of :nature taking •caro' of the beefs, They. tate-wrong, '.t rhea, 111g - err hard, dry rends, standing . 11,.dr'y floors,' bathing with hardater are all destructive w 1 vo to the hoof If you Must hale nature ithe beneficial to fill th`e hollow of the foot or the cavity of the shoe with one part tar oil and two parts whale oil, which will feed the: hoof. A brittle hoof must have, in any case, :food and the proper moisture. The horse's hoof is made up of hid- den springs, self-r,cting pulleys and cushions ever soft: These ell have to be watched..' ' It is an exception to find an 8 -year- old horse' with a healthy set of hoofs, Nearly all are brittle, Shelly -dished or' the frogs are cut :away or the heels aro high and inelastic. I've ve owners heard eom 0 n plain or blame the smith. But in the majority of cases it's the treatment the horses get in the stable that is to blame, The horses are loft to stand all year around on a (tit, hard floor or in the manure or be washed in hard water or driven barefooted on gravel roads. Overfeeding or anything that injures the horse's general health also affects the -bode, .,t11fie afr in the management of tho dairy cows it is very hnpor'talrt that 'tile milk ng be done at regular periods,. That is et 'the same hour night end morning as noa'rly as possible. The Moreequally the twenty-four hours are divided in which the Milking* is done twice, the more coliform will be the quantity and the quality of the milk produced, , Do not expose calves to heat and flies, but, during extrema heat keep them in a dark, cool place until four months old. Free steeps to water and salt' Is es- sential for the best results in dairying. A belt of trees adjoining the pas- ture field in v,'hich'cettle paature,'is. a real comfort to the animals in hot weather. Spraying with some preparation tq keep _flies off cows is the price that must be paid for a normal milk flow from now on. Unchecked attacks by flies may easily reduce production twenty-five per cent. We find that cows like our milking machine better than hand milking, especially young cows, says 'a writer in Nor' -West Farmer. So far we have found only two cows that object to it seriously, aild that only when it is placed on the left side. Wo have two cows that hold up their milk, but they clo the same with a hand milker. Since we have been using the machine have not had a single sore teat or udder. One man can mills from 30 to 85 cows in one and a half hours, do the stripping, feed his calves, and take the skim milk from the separa- tor. The washing and care of the outfit would not average more than thirty minutes i; e1• day. Individual records of each day's milk and the amount of butter pro- duced will show up the questionable animals. Wheat bran and ground oats have usually been considered to have ap- proximately equal values in the dairy cow's ration, but the cost of oats as comparedto the market value of bran has usually been prohibitive, so that oats have been much less widely used than bran. Silage' helps the dairyman supply his herd with succulence in winter as well as in summer. It helps to keep the cows s healthy and productive i.' the winter when green feed "lelacking and dairy prices are highest. Inferior cows lower herd profits, but they can be detected by individual milk and butter records. Low yields mean small profits or more often ac- tual losses. Ctiriacr Dusty feeding floors or -sleeping quarters cause the pigs to cough much of the time. The floors should be swept or flushed off with water every day. Take no chances with a sick hog. Act quickly.. Get a veterinarian or a trained man immediately. Use the telephone or send to town at once. Only prompt action will stop hog cholera losses. Every hog saved will help win the war. Feeding unpasteurized whey from the factory to calves or pigs is a excellent way -to spread tuberculosis. Breeding ewes require at least twelve square feet of floor space in the shed. Skim milk and grain can be fed to much better advantage to hogs than to mongrel dairy calves. Rape seeded at the last cultivation of corn will furnish abundant nitro- genous feed for hogs in fall. The only way to improve the hog farm t the lowest cost a on thecost Y using pure-bred males on well select- ed sows. A pig that has been stunted in the early stages of its• life should never have a place in the breeding herd. The hog makes a mature product quicker than any four -legged gnimal, and in these strenuous tunes should be the mainstay in our efforts to in- crease meat supplies. Egg eating is a habit frequently started by a broken egg in the nest. To prevent: Have dark nests; keep. nests clean, and avoid feeding egg shells. Change of pens will some- times stop the habit. Mark the pullets this fall so that you will know just how old your hens are, A leg band on the right leg one year and on the left leg the next will assist in culling the flock. If your chicks are not doing well something is wrong. Look out for lice, and for worms in the intestines. Two-year-old ]rens had better be sent to the market. They seldom pay for their feed if kept bver a third season. Supplement the regular feeds of the hens with a wet mash --fed crumbly. Feed all the chicks will clean up be- fore going to roost, but none should be left in the trough, for it will sour. Chickens will do better if not com- pelled to pick their living with the old fowl. There will also be less trouble from lice. A growing chicle will not thrive on If theright kind . tort rations. r t of s 6 food ie fed there is little danger of overfeeding, especially if given plenty of range. Fresh or Rolled lilanere. Perhaps one of the most remnrk- able results obtained in our expert. nionts with fertilizers ime been the discovery that, as far ne ordinary farm crops are concerned, :fresh anti rotted manure, applied at the same Pato, have given pr•soticaily equal yields. The explrtnati'on for this is not ensy•to fled, since rotted manure, weight for weight, is vet'y emitter - ably richer in' plant food then fresh manure. It probably lies in the bet- ter inoculation of the soil with desir- able micro-organisms for the assimil- able forms by the fresh manure and the greater warmth, set up by its fermentation in the soil affecting beneficially • the crop in- Re early stages, ' :Irl handling millc in the borne, db oat Or it from one receptacle to another until just he'foro using, Bed Tinie, "Story time wind bed time, lelddios 1" called Aunt Barbara, "Oh, Aunt Barbara," pleaded Bobby, "mayn't we stay out a little longer ? It isn't very dark, you see, and we're having such Run playing tag with the fireflies,"'. "And the birds haven't gond to bed yet," added Bluebell, "`Phe baby birds are all tucked in," answered Aunt Barbara, with a laugh.' "But they're in bed all the. time'," argued Bobby. "We meant theeo that go upstairs to bed, same as we do." "Well," said Aunt Barbara, smiling, it is certainly a beautiful evening; so you may have fifteen minutes more of it, if you like," 'Thank you, Aunt Barbara," cried Bluebell, and oft ran the children to make the most of their extra freedom. "Birds don't go upstairs;" mused Bluebell, as. she skipped across the large grassy triangle In front of the old• house in which she and Bobby were spending the summer with Aunt Barbara. "They just fly into the trees and cuddle 'up on a branch, don't they ?" "Olt, I suppose 50," answered Bob. by. "But what's that out in the road, Bluebell ?" "Where'? Oh, that funny thing bob- bing along by the edge of the grass ?" returned Bluebell. "Why, why, it's a -a-a sort of a big little bird, I think 1" • "It is a bird," declared Bobby, "and it's pretty big, but I don't believe it can fly. Maybe it's hurt in some' way." "No," objected Bluebell. "It doesn't act .hurt. I guess it's young and its wings aren't very strong." "Oh, that's too bad 1" sympathized Bobby. "It will have to stay on the ground all night, and a cat or a weasel may catch it," :'Let's, call Aunt Barbara," proposed Bluebell. "She'll put it into a basket and take it into the 'house , where it will be safe." . "That might frighten it," said Bob- by. "Let's watch it a minute." "It's brown and long -looking," whis- pered Bluebell. "I wonder if it's a quail," Bobby shook his head. "N0, quails are fatter," he replied. Along the road, in the twilight, bob- bed the clumsy little creature until it reached the grass that bordered the roadside.. It wriggled up on the grass and kept on to the toot of a tree. "If we had a ladder, Aunt Barbara might put it up in the tree," said Bobby. But, to the children's surprise, the little traveller did not wait for aladder or for any help. Without any pause for thought it began to go straight up the tree trunk toward the leafy shel- ter above. "Look 1 Look !" Cried Bluebell ; but Bobby was already looking with all his eyes. With its tail for a prop and with a little' lift to its wings the bird hitched along its strange stairway. "Its wings are yellowish under- neath," remarked Bobby. "I'm going to get.Aunt Barbara." 00 YOU OFFER' FROM OAOWAOHR? When yoar kidneys are weak and torpid they do not properly perform their functions; your back ached end you do not feel like doing Mitch of anything, You are likely to be despondent and to borrow trouble, just as if you hadn't enough al- ready. Don't be a vietim any longer. The old reliable medicine, Hood's Sarsaparilla, gives strength and tone to the kidneys and builds up the whole system. Clot it today.. "Aunt Barbara i Aunt Barbara 1" he shouted at the side door. "There's a bird baro going upstairs all by it- self 1" Aunt Barbara hastened after BobbY. "It's a young flicker," she told the children. "He knows 'how to take care of liirnself, doesn't he ?" "And he goes upstairs to bed with - put having anyone call him," said Bobby, leveling, with a shyglanco at Bluebell. "And now we'll go, too," said Blue- bell, and slipped her hand into that of her aunt, 'Tis Quality Always Counts. The farmer has need to be the most pragmatical of all men. He must put everything to the test. There are few fixed values on the farm. Some Jerseys give thin milk, and some Hol- steins give small quantities, One ton of silage may not be half as good as another ton. One pure bred hen will lay twice as many eggs as another pure bred hen of the same name. There is often as much as fifty per cent. difference in the producing qualities of two lots of seed corn of the same variety. You can not take anything for granted, but must watch and weigh, and measure and test. It is a fortu- nate thing that nearly all farmers are unconscious scientists. They have the gift of "sizing things up " They know by instinct and judgment many things that may not be acquired in books. Sometimes this makes them impatient of book knowledge. Btft the book farmer, who also has practical knowledge, has the better of it, usually, and it is every man's privilege to avail himself of the cur- rent technical attainments of his trade. Thumb Tacks. A writer in a fashion paper draws attention to the thumb tack and its toilet uses. Wherever she travelsshe says she takes large corks filled with these tacks, two .of which will hold her skirts against the wall of the room or closet and the necessity for carrying about a regiment of hangers is thus obviated. She also sticks thumb tacks through her veils and hair nets, affixing "these pesky be- longings," as she terms them,` to the bottom of the drawer. Another use for the tack is to stick it, or several of it, into the bottom of skirts to hold them stretched and firm against the wall. Cheese is one of the most concen- trated forms of nitrogenous food and admirably supports even the hardest labor in the open air. o ur robie Condeasted4Y J°Ixv.Xetem, laar - Mothers and daughters of alt ages are cordially Invited to write to this department Initials only will be published with each question and its answer as a means of Identification; but full name and address must be given in each letter. Write on one side of paper only. Answers will be mailed direct If stamped and addreeeed envelope le enclosed. Address all correspondence for this department to Mrs. Helen Law. 2311 Woodbine Ave., Toronto. Knitter: -Bright colored cretonne is perhaps the most popular materia'. for a knitting -bag, though goods' of all sorts front khaki to silk can be used. Cut a seven-inch circle of cardboard for the bottom and cover on both sides with plain sateen. Cut cretonne a yard and a quarter by 16 inches, seam up and join to the lircle. Cover four or five -inch embroidery hoop with rib- bon and to this attach a band cne and one-half inches wide by, eight long, sewing the lower end of the band across the seam of the bag near the bottom. This hag is roomy and can be easily closed by gathering up the top and slipping through the ring, and conveiriently carried by slipping the band over the arm. It may be lined with ]lain sateen lil:e the bottom. Khaki colored Liner makes a service- able bag, B.H.:-It is very difficult to .remove paint, but you Wright try turpentine or benzine. B13.: --The only safe and penman- ent cure for superfluous ]fair is treat- ment by electrolysis, This can be given only by all expert. Housewife: -As you will notice in the splendid course in Domestic Science now appearing in the House- hold Department, there are Eve types or groups of foods: 1, Foods depended upon for mineral matte', vegetable Acids and body - re tl ting substances, nnces, such as fruits and sueeulorlt vegetables. 2. Foods depended upon fur protein, such as milk, eggs, meat and dried legtunoe. 3. Fonds depended upon for starch, such as cereal breakfast foods, flours, meals And foods :node front them, d, hoods depended 1 ixnt for sugar', such as sugar, molasses, syrups, honey, jams, thick preserves, dried fruits, sweet cake and desserts. 5, Foods depended upon for fat, such as butter, cream, salad oil and other table"fats, lard, suet and other cooking fats and oils, salt pork and bacon. In order that the meals may supply all the needed nutritive elements, one must make sure that all groups are well i•epre''>;ented; not necessarily at every meal, but when the family diet is considered day by day and week in and week out. • Quantities should vary, particularly of the energy -yield- ing foods, for persons engaged in dif- ferent pursuits necessitating different amounts of exercise. The heavier the work the more food is needed. In planning meals in accordance with the method here suggested, cboo€e only a few dishes and make sure that the dif- ferent groups are represented in the daily fare. Foode in groups 1 and 3 are less ex+ pensive, as a rule, than those in grow 2, and for this and other reason should be used freely as the basis of tine diet, with sufficient amounts of foods from groups 2, 4 and 5 to round out the meals. Remember that the materials used in cooking or served with foods (flour, eggs, milk, fat, sugar„ etc.), add :heir food value to the diet. Remember, also, that it is not necessary to supply all the types of food at every lineal, providing en- ough of each is supplied in the course • r e if the For example, 1 f theday. P r �n o d 3 P + foods which are depended upon for nitrogen (cheat, eggs, milk, etc.) are found in abundance at brealefnst and dinner, it is not necessary to include then at supper or lunch, or if a per- son prefers a light breakfast lie inay leave out the nitrogen -rich food and perhaps some of the other foods in the morning and make up for 11. at the upon and evening meals. if you feel bilious, "headachy" and irritable - for that's a sign yqur liver Is out of order, Your food is not digesting - it stave in the stomach a sour, fermented mass, poisoning the system. Jut talce a dose of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Toblete- they make the liver do its work -they cleanse and swoon the atomnch and Ono tho whole ditmatiVO sytitom. You'll fool fin, in tho morning. At all drugglatq, 200„ Or by Mall fro,,, Chamberlain Medicine Company, Toronto 14