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TRY THESE FOR STAINS.
Often an otherwise fresh garment
is made unsightly by a stain which, if
givenimmediate attention., may be
removed at home, thereby savitter the
special occasions, I think it would be
worth while. The fragrance of newly
made jelly is a treat in snowy weather
and its taste is enjoyed by most every-
one. Moreover, 1 find more time for
cost •of having the entire garment 31 gneu tnan
. . .the
cleansed, and also the inconvenience busy summer'
of having it out of use for several There are, however, many Ways of
-clays. using fruit juices in our cookery.
At this season of the year table Among these are; Puddings, pudding
Buell una linen frocks _seem particular_ sauces, cake icingsagelatin dishes, sy-
ler disposed to acquire stubborn feat: l'uPs for hot breads, beverages, frozen
stales. If such stains are saturated' desserts, and salad dressings. Then
with glycerine and allowed to set foie there are those little tricks of flavor -
several hourebor, ,foo
d corbmations in whleh fruit
will usually disappear without a trace' juices PlaY an important kart. Baked
of damage. Coffee stains yield gra_i ham basted with peach juice, for ex-
clously to the same treatment. i ample, is delicious, and mince -meat
• Disfl min ink -stains inay 13-• 1 moistened with apricot dr grape juice
moved from cotton or muslin
gar- has a certain richness that ahnost
merits by steeping the damaged part! everyone likes.
in boiling milk. If treated to a milk! Plum-A-PPle Jelly -3 cups plum
bath while the spot is fresh the stain I juicer 4 cups sugar) 3 cups- apple sauce.
will disappear and the color of the Mix fruit juices and boil twenty
material will not be damaged. I minutes, add sugar, stir until it is
Egg stains may -usually be removed dissolved, And boil until the mixture
from a silk gown—by rubbing them' jells when a small portion is allowed
with common table salt. • to cool. Pour into hot sterilized
If the gold lace or embroidery on an gl"ses'
evening gown has become tarnished, Mint Jelly -4 cups apple juice, 2
it may be restored to its original cups sugar, 1 cup mint leaves', green
freshness by aliplying powdered rock vegetable coloring.
ammonia. A soft brush should be used Cook the apple juice and crushed
for this. Slippers Made of.geld fabric Mint together twenty minutes, and
may be treated eimilarly, strain, Reheat -to the boiling point,
Tar spots ueuaIly succumb to a add sugar, and stir until the sugar is
treatment of ether or chloroform. dissolved, Boil until the xnixture
Saturate a piece of absorbent cotton When a small portion is allowed to
with either of these preparations and cool. Color a delicate green and. pour
cover the offending spot, allowing the into hat, sterilized glasses.
moistened cotton to remain on the ma- Fruit Syrup. -2 cups sugar, 1 clip
teiial for several minutes. If one an- fruit juice.
Combine the ingredients, and cook
together until the syrup thickens a
White felt hats which are raodish little. Serve warm on
plication is not sufficient, repeat pro-
cess until the spot vanishes.
i1res waf-
/or sports wear, may be kept fresh fies, fritters or any hot bread eimongi
by frequent applications 0 bread. the fruit juices that raake especially!
'Merely take the soft inner part of a good syrups are: red raspberries,
stale loaf of white bread and rub it strawberries, peaches, and •apricote.
over the hat. It does the work per- Cake icing ---1 cup powdeeed sugar,
fectly and takes eery little time. Care 2 tablespoons fruit juice.
should be taken, however, to brush the Mix the ingredients, and beat thor:
bread.
Peach juice makes an especially good!
icing.
Butter Icing --1. cup powdered sugar,
tbsp. fruit juice, 2 tbsp. butter.
Cream the sugar and butter to-
gether; thee add the fruit juice gradu-
ally, beating the mixture to a smooth,
creamy consistency.
Mum -Pudding Sauce—ih cup plum
juice, cup water, 4, cup sugar, 1
tablespoon cornstarch.
Moisten, the cornstarch with a small
• portion of the cold water. Mix the
remainer of the water with the plum,
juice and sugar, and heat to the boil-
ing point. Stir in the cornstarch, and
cook three minutes. Serve piping hot
on pudding. Cherry juice with the ad-
dition of one tablespoonful of lemon
juice may be used instead of the plum
juice.
Grape Sponge -2 maps grape juice,
2 tbsp. gelatin, Ye cup cold water, 1
cup sugar, 14, cups crea.rn.
Soak the gelatin in the cold water
and dissolve it over hot water, or, if
you wish, heat one cupful of the grape
juice and dissolve the softened gelatin i
in it. Stir in the sugar and the re-
mainder of the grape juke, and when
the rnixture begins to thicken fold in
the whipped cream. Pile in wet molds
hat thoroughly before applying the oughly until thick enough to spread.
HOW I USE FRUIT JUICES.
If there wee no reason for canning
fruit juices except that of ma.king
fresh jelly in the winter, for Thanks-
giving Day, Christmas, and all other
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By euzABolli YGRK MILLER,
"Wlvfm /work oontmartd,
Prom, mirgb th,o eagest countelli g aepart."
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CHAPTER XXXIV.
Pan was piping in the old garden.
Ile had it quite to himself in th
hush of the sunset, except for Tit
and the twittering little birds wh
answered him back, apprehensive an
daring at the seine time.
What was that funny creature doin
in their garden? How came he thee
—that featherless songster with th
voles of thin, trickling gold?
Ilug:o had made himself a new pipe
a magical one over Which he had spen
considerable time and trouble. It ha
half notes. as -well as the scale, and h
played marvellous tunes on it of hi
own composing, They were weird lyri
melodies, such as only. Pan's soul could
be burdened with, and he spent then
freely on •the ambient airs of sunset
The women in the public washing
place behind the high walls of the Villa
Tatina ceased their labors to listen
One or two crossed themselves; others
less superstitious, smiled a little der-
isively. Every one knew that the curi-
ous little Signor of the Villa Tatina
was mad, and inadness is always M-
teresting. Some children clambered
up the terraces behind, hoping to catch
a glimpse a the mad musicion, but
there were too many trees in the gar-
den, and Pan was not visible.
To add to the mystery of him, now
and again—following upon notes more
piercingly svreet—would come the
plaintive wail of a dog.
That, said the children to each other,
would be Tito, Maddelina's little dog.
Was the mad Signor murdering Tito?
Hug�, Tito and the pipe
separable companions, and the garden
was their lair. Between the three of
them they made it by turns beautiful
and hideous.
Gaunt, corning in through the gate-
way at the bottom of the garden, halt-
ed a moment and listened to the eerie
piping. Then he walked on up to the
villa. The drive was vrell-screened by
shrubbery and Hugo did not see hine
The front door being open, 'Gaunt
entered without the forinality of ring-
ing or having himself announced. In-
side it was •cool and fragrant, the,
marble stairs and floor -having recently
been sprinkled with rosewater. Jean
would probably be in the drawing -
room. He looked in, but she was not
there. Then. perhapsh ' •
for dinner. Gaunt had been invited to
dinner, but he was half an hour early.
He, went into the drawing -room, se-
lected a book from one oif tise low
cases •which edged the walls, and
stretched himself on a couch. Mine.
Douete, the long -dead mistress of the
villa had been h great lover of books,
and even now, so many years after she
had vanished and the Villa, Tatina had
passed together with its furnitune
from one strange hand to anothereathe
clever old Frenchwoman's personality
was still strongly stamped upon it.
stabbed him when he remembered that
kind-hearted • and trusting M ne.
e Douste had given Sean the permission
this note of his prayed for,
asd t ley
• had not only driven to San Remo, but
d had tea there and gone fpr a row, and
, not returned t» the villa until after
e dark. Even then, MMG Douste hadn't
e scolded. She 'merely hoped they had
e had a good time,
Someone •came into the drawing -
room and opened one of the long win-
dows that led to the marble terrace.
d The .Aeolian harp on the door played
e ti jingling ttme, chiming somewhat dis-
ceretd
daortutlsiyaevi. th the sound of Hugo's
pipe
Gaunt raised himself on one elbow. It
was Jean, standing there at the win-
. dove in a salt white dress, a little shaft
.., of sunlight catching her fair hair and
giving it back a touch of the pure gold
of youth.
1 So slender and small she looked; her
' dress a little old-fashioned, her head
• drooping • forward, displaying • the
pretty curve at the back of her neck,
!• Just for a xn.omeat Hector Gaunt
had a dizzy feeliug of having awaken-
ed from a long and exceedingly trouble-
some dream. Could it be possible that
he had lived these twenty years in a
I dream and that he was really still a
yonng man and that girl by the'win-
dow was Jean Baliss, whom he meant
by hook or crook to make his wife?
1 She took a little handkerchief from
her belt and dabbed her eyes. Jean
was crying—not violently but rather
miserably. She staeted, as she heard
'him move and a smile flashed through
her tears when she tdriied and saw
hire.
1 "O1, Hector, I didn't know you were
, there!" •
1 "What's the reatter, my peon dear?
• What are you crying about?" he asked
littleffl ,
• "I wasn't—well, nothing at all, real-
ly. Only life's so very sad, isn't it?
I was thinking about Alice and how
she must be hating me."
Gaunt laid a comforting hand on
her sho
,ci\eveuidznellie nd. She'll get
over
,
1 "I know. And she's happy. She said
she was happy. Nothing else really
matters. I ought to be satisfied, and
I am." But lier voice belied her words.
She.was very far indeed from being
satisfied. She stepped out into the ter-
race and called down to Hugo. "Hec-
tor's here. If you're going to change
for dinner you'd better come in!'
For a moment it looked as ,though•
Hugo had,not heard her. He went on
playing. But presently, with a
gruntled air, he thrust his pipe into
his • pocket and, whistling to Tito,
stalked reluctantly towards the house.
"Every day he' gets more and more
childlike," Jean said to Gaunt. "Have
you noticed?
Gaent nodded.
"Like a spoiled child," he amended.
"You really ought to have someone to
look after him."
"Oh, no—he's quite easy to manage,
really."
Hugo trailed in, Tito at his heels.
"Hello 1" he grinned at Gaunt, but
when he spoke to Jean he was indeed
a spoiled child. "Do I have to change?
Won't it be enough if I wash my hands
and put oss a clean collar? What's the
use of dressing np? • It's only us." His
voice was querulous and plaintive.
"Do as you like," Jean said. "Only
hurry."
He flew off, delighted at having got
his own way.
"Do you give in to him in every-
thing?" Gaunt asked, jealously dis-
approving.
"Whenever 1 possibly can," he re-
plied "You mightn't believe it, but,
Hugo has a Will of iron. Ile'd wear
me out if I tried to oppose him. After
all, what does it matter whether he
dresses or not? Pm so tired, Hector.
Sometimes' I think I shall drop down
dead through sheer fatigue. Thank
Heaven, there are plenty of books in
this house! I don't have to stir out,
and people have givee up coining to
see us.".
Gaunt showed her "Dr. Antonio"
and what he had found pressed be-
tween the leaves. Her hands shook- as
she read the little note of long ego.,
"Why, Hector, why—oh, dear!" She
mopped her eyes again. "Look—these
were from a bunch of violets you gave
me! I remember so well—'
' "Mine, Dotfite had •a good laugh at
me. The garden was full of violets
and 1 be -might you these," he said rue-
fully, .
"But I adored them. How terribly
in love we were! Everything iff this
house reminds me of it. Semetimes it
seeMs as though 1 wee back again in
those days. Then I hear Tinge 'playing
and—and that sort of kills it. There's
Et mockery about I -rage's pipe. 'Bee
other night after he, had one to bed
I found it 13ring here on the terrace,
and just for a Moment T—I came near
breaking the thing. But be would
only have worried us all bunting•forl
it, and in the and have made another.)
It amuses hire I'm a beast to Pouter
Poor IIngo!"
"Pool- Ilifieo'! came boundine in de -1
ploin,
maading adirivation for his elean
builds said collar, MeV' had dineer,
and „he atc ravenoutlea with an ob.,
eentable lack of nicetv. sloping his
foigl and telkiag steadily, usually with
hie mouth full,
rrh; convetsatine wee mnielv direct:
ed at Gaunt, oed,full of child1eli ce-
-entiee Would Iluotor take: hire tot
he drive the little hoeee? Would Hee- '
the flower alert:ea teareeeteee? miot
tor he him to eeleet e thin linen
'ertit? When, W"' fbev troleg to heve
flint lonte-nromterat hethinte nicnic? 1
(1.,,,-nt ;teetii himee'f iterecing and!
niisinit iust
(To be continued.)
Hector Gaunt thought of that, as he
lay stretched an tlia couch. The people
h - or two
and then. gone their various ways, had
all dealt ldndly with Mine. Douste's
possessions. Of course there had al-
ways been 1Vladdelina to keep an eye
on things; but more than Maddelina,
it seemed to Gaunt that the spirit of
Mme. Douste, herself, hovered gently
over the old stone house and the gar-
den she had made and loved.
• He glanced up and. saw her watch-
ing }inn from the portrait on the oppo-
site wall—her expression, quizzical,1
humorous, kindly—and he thought
what a traitor he had been to her. She I
had made him free of her house in the
days,old rewardedy
ruining the life of the youhg girl who(
was living under her protection. (
Gaunt winced. He did not like these
tricks of conscience, and rarely suffer-.
ed thern. He was a man little given to
contemplation ef his inner self. He
was rauch too inasculinetfor that sort
of thing. But now and again remorse
caught him unawares, and he was
forced to contemplate his errors. How
could he ever have blamed jean for
what had happened? For marrying
him, as he had simply whirled her
nto doing, and for running away whet
she discovered that she was not legal -
'y his wife. Nor, in her shame and
distress, for marrying the ehiyalrous
Hugo. 'rhe one person to suffer blame
for all e this was Hector Augustus
Gaunt. He wished that it were some-
how possible te apologize to Mena;
Douste. Her kindly, humorous smile
worried him. He felt that he WgS ac-
cepting it altogether with nee hospital-
ity under false pretences.
Oh, well—he hunched himself into
a more comfortable position and open -
e book he had:chosen, u flno s
'Dr. Antonio." He had read it befote,
everal times, but the old-faelnoned
harm of. Lucy and Sir John never
eased to fascinate him. Probably
here was not a library in Bordighera
without !its well-read "Dr. Antonio,"
at this particelae copy appeared aot,
o have been opened for newly' yeers.
ome preesed flowees fall out and a
ittle scrap of "jedPei, a nota (Taunt
ooked at it in a wonaring way—a
ittle note in his own hand -writing ad -1
reseed to "Miss Belies," asking her
and chill before serving.
Fruit Juice Drink -2 oranges, 1
lemon, 6 tbsp. sugar, 3 eups water.
Any number of refreshing drinks
can be made with this founda.tiola
Pineapple, grape, cherry, or rasp-
berry juice make delightful variations.
Strain the Pike and make a syrup by
cooking the sugar with one cupful of
the -water 5 minutes. Cool, and add s
the fruit juice and the other water.
Chili and serve.?.
..„ To Can Fruit Juices—Place the. `.
Mal 'washed fruit or berries in a saucepan y
and add a small amount of water. t
Bring to the boiling point, and siminer s
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1
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• gently five minutes. Strain through
two layers of cheesecloth itto betties
or fruit are which have been boiled in
water fifteen minutes. ?lade these on
a false bottom in a large kettle, and
pour sufficient warm water around a
theni to rea.ch the 'leeks ef the bottles "
and the shoulders of the jars If "
a a tain periniesion to drive th San
Remo with hilt,. In those day a 'young
iels did not, go about so freely with
men as new, and again conseience
jars • -
are used, adjust th t lids loosely, and
fill the mouths of the bottles with
cotton. •
Process the fruit juice thirty min-
utes, keeping the water simmering
gently all the time. RelnOVe the jars
and tighten the lids immediately and
discard the cotton it the bottles, re-
placing if, with corks that have been
dipped in bailing water. When the
bottles ate cold, dip the &irks in melt,
ea paraffin or sealing wax.
,URSFS
The Toronto nosuitut 'for Ineurabloa, . In
otniution. Mtn tioilovno rind ALUM' ithdpirmis, •
NOW 'kirk ray, orreni tlirso youni; courso
ti Tralninn te yourn 'tVornon, •1 having 11to
mph -ad oduoirtIon, und dentrouti �t ,0caminir
aurae. Thu fleapits •has•aeapsee
tyMeta, file itehe rouarvo unifunut el
Ind WOOL a tannthly anauseett And travrIlinn
tanonsO*.to Mid teas NCO Nork,, turtlirr
iviattnation oplso a fita Stoorfulamidot.
Os
niorC"Ween to Snereeer •
Warm le tne elm on the high pasture-
• lgraiolcic;tels
Wis.o';;•-est„, the sweet lissome
There's laughter and song where the
• farm-houee stands, •
• There richest peace LIFd content-
ment still hover,
Rays of the noon -sun fall buil-sing and
glowing
Upou tbe long hill, near the wild -
wood and dell.
A lonely bird qte• where the toilers
• are going—
It carols, "Sweet Summer, eweet
• Summer, farewell!"
Sbriued in my heart ,a,re memories ten-
d er
Of all -perfect Summer, now folding
• her wings.;
Across the worn threshold, there, falls
the old splendor
Of Summer's calm close in the great
c1
Nay—but she will not 1110U.T21 long for
seeural s;est,
—hings,
Nor stay fer tbe.1 thrush -song far
• down in the dell,—
Her spirit is hiding, she feels no die -
The tlroesesii
nbird carols, "Sweet Sum-
mer, farewell!"
--Charlotte Carson-Talcott.
FLAVORS FROM TIIE FLOWERS.
In our grandmothers' day :many
dainty dishes were prepared, the spe-
cial attraction of which came from her
flower garden. Of lath years this
seems to be a lost art. Seldom indeed
do we find a modern housewife who
knows the secret of maldng rose con-
serve, or a rose geranium cake. The
girls of to -day have a fad of makiag
anything popular which found favor
in 'their grandmother's time,, so I am
giving below some of the recipes and
secrets that were used by the quaint
maidens of long ago.
Rose Geranium, Cake—Do not at-
tempt to flavor a dark cake --either
fruit or spice—in this way, but choose,
some -delicate white cake, whieh is
very light and feathery. When you
butter the pan in which the cake is to
be baked, lay three or four rose ger-
anium leaves in the bottom. Pone the
batter ,directly on these, and bake as
usual. Let stand for twenty-four
hours aftee baking, .and with the
leaves still laying on the bottom of the
cake, before using, and you will be
delighted with the dainty flavor from
the leaves, which will have permeated
tlirough the whole cake.
Nasturtiums -- Nasturtium petals,
leaves and stems may be used in sal-
ads. They ,are fine in mint salads, and
when useddn this way, it is preferable
:Ito use the leaves and stems in the
salad- proper, and to use the petals or
blossoms as garnishing. .
The green seeds are fine to use in
Mixed pickles, as they give a delicious-
ly spicy taste to the pickleseThey may
also be chopped and put in salads.
•
When used in cooking of any sort,
they should be picked while green, and
before they reach maturity. '
Mistard
iniment Heals Cute.
• Courtesy Means Safety.
Courtesy is the essence of safety on
the highwAy. Courtesy is usually the
display of good judgment at exacting
times. a time.
'reday, sot lb fmt,
EAS OF THE
FAMOUS :
Chew it aftor
efie?y rrze41
stubropAaffes
oppettite ei et el
shlhdeigresitiione,
U makes; yolir
good do youissiore"
ma god. No how
it relieves Mai stu1ti7 eeRi
alter hear F eatiag.
whitens teeth,
sweetessa
breath and
brotha veael3t.'
that
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Has Nothing to do With the Age.
"She says she is still very young."
"She's had thirty birthdays., I know."
"What's that got to do with her
age?" .
For 'ore Feet—M5nard's Liniment -
Life on Mount Everest.
Animal life, it appears, is to be
found on high mountains' far beyond
plant growth. The highest growing
plant that the Mt. "Everest eapedition
of 1924 ,observed was the blue vetch, at
eighteen thousand feet, but aniinala
live at as s -eat a height as twouty-two
-thousand feet. "A minute and /neon-
.
smeller -a black spider," says a mem-
ber tf the expedition, "hops about on
rocky cliffs and hides beneath stones
in those bare places that happen to be
sWept clear of snow -by the wind. I
cannot think oe vrhat it lives at that
height. In thee altitudes there is no
other living thing—nothing but rock
and •ice. Tine little spider is worthy
of note as being -'the highest perman-
ent inhabitant of the earth.
• Very often the man who complain
of hard luck h
asbeen having too soft
at.
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.101111P INSO s icleai ler atty wash -clay
tt rnethod you use. You do not
have .to change any o Yottr usual
• steps—just use Rinso where you
used to use,orclinary soap.
• If you like to boil your" white cot-
• tons, Rinso will give you just .the
safe cleansing suds you need in
the boiler. If you Ilse a waslaing
triachine„ follow the advioe of the big
wash ing machine manufacturers--
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•
just soaking with this new kind of
soap loosens all the dirt until a
• single rinsing leaves the clothea
clean and tootles.%
However you do your wash, mak
it easy by using Rinse.
Rinso is sold 1)1) an grocers
and department stores
•li3)ou use a Washing
Machine, soak vour•
clothes irt the Rinso
.suds as usual, In the
rnorning add more p
Rinse .sotution ,and
work the rnachtne.
Thenrinse and dry --
;Don ivill hape a clean-
siptei $170P, Whiie, 4 P
wash.
lecoeutricitios 01 famous people pro
vide a sterenge and surprising eiedY,
far mane celebrities of the past have
Scan obseezed with remarkable no,
tions, and have engaged in freak hob -
hie: ir yet egotrtcei eerrpkl
r )
o, ,(3)astiiiialleesi.
rwoster that
he bad a peculiar faitcY for Painting
the facer of Isis cattle, and he ch•auged
WO color scheme freetiently, one day
the neighbors would s ee Wees•ter'e
cows grazing in the park with their
faces painted blue., and the following
week the animals would' aPpeaa with
red -painted faces. 17ehstea it is ealcl,
delighted to mark the leak of eurprise
with which his .Crienels regaedoa the
result .of his strange hobbY.
The z'uling passion of Peter the
Great was to rifle about in a wheel-
barrow, and many of leis State visits
to cities and towns over which he
ruled were iriade in this fashion, the
monarch being wheeled along in his
homely conveyance puehed by a per-
spiring manservant
One of the favorite entertainments
of William ehe Conqueror was waeoh-
ing a dog fight. His subjects, knowing
this, used to send him dogs, and the
King would, select from these the big-
gest and fiercest types, Then he set
them to fight in pairs, and would 'sit
all day watching the combats. -
Training Fox Cubs.
Of -a very different nature was
Geoage Washington, for, though he
loved fox-hunting, his main idea of the
ohas•e was always to try to capture
alive a young fax cub, which he would
take home with him. Then, patiently
and with much perseverance, he would
teach his captive tricks, which the
cub later performed for the amuse-
ment of Washington's friends. „A
Anthors, it would appear, are more_c
prone to eccentricity than any other,
class of men. Count Tolstoi always
went hatless and bare-footed, no mat-
ter what the weather. Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle never wears an -overcoat,
even in the •coldest. woath er, and has
a trick of unbuttoning his vest when
he is lectaring in a heated hall.
James Fenimore Cooper could not
write unless he was chewing 'gum-
drops, of which he ate large quanti•
-
ties as he evolved his- famous noVels,
Robert Browning was -Anable to • sit
still when writing„ anj always bolas
were•worn. in the carpet at his desk
as the result of the constant shuffling
of his feet. Edgar Allan Poe always
took his cat to bed with him, and was
very 'vain of the size and shapeliness
of his feet.
The late F. Marion Crawford used
cme penholder fOr the whole of one
novel, ahd would not dream of chang-
ing it for another until that particultur
steep' was finished. Be always, carriecb-
his own pen, ink, fid paper' with hi'm
wherever he went,' and refuseci to
write with any bther. Disraeli had a
pen stuck in..ea.eli ear when writing
Thac ,kory's Trick.
It is recorded of Thackeray that
every time he passed the honse in
which -ilk -wrote 'Vanity Fair" he lifted
,hls hat; and Hawthorne always evaele-
ed hie hands before sitting down to
-
read a letter from his wile,
A peculiarity ef the Younger Duniae
was that every time he published a
novel he' went out and bought a paint-
- ,
bag to ina,rk the occasion.
When Bjornson went out for. his •
daily walk he had his pockets filled,
with seeds, which he scattered in lit-
tle handfuls on the road as «isa went
along. '
Peculiarities of dress in authors are
-remarkable. Disraeli wore •corsets.
Dickens. had a weakness- for flashy
jewellery. Tolstoi was fond of French
perfuines, and kept even his linen .
scented. Paeon was so fond of fine"
clothes that he spent his odd time itt
trying to design new style.s, add fas-
hions. , When he could not persuade
anyone to wear thetn;... he got, what
satisfaction he could by hiring Men to
don his grotesque creation's and prom-
enade the streets in them.
Who Made the First Paper?
The credit for rnakin.g the first
paper is due • to a Chinese named
Ts'al-lun.
In A.D. 75 lee made the first aaud
sheet of paper froM the bark of a mul-
berry tree
Before this leaves of treee and vari-
ous barks used in crude form had been
good enough for,. the Egyptians, Ro-
mans, and other nations. The ChineSe,
however, did not uSe the crude inner
bark otthe tree as the final material '
on which to make his records. •
a -lee
used the bark inetely as a raw Ina-
tnrial from which he produced a fhlkh-
ed sheet et paper by a seride of pro.
Coese.s Whlcli, primitive as they may
• see155 to us now, were the forbears at
aper manufacture to -day.
China nionopOittacl the art•of aver-
ialdng for .abeat. SOO years, until the
Corel woe learned tram her by the
rabs, who Unproved upon the °Whose
rocoss hy using linen or cotton rags
natead of mulberry bark.
Soon after 1.100 the first paper to be
mde With wOotl pulp came into the
larRe
Nowadays, to moot the enormous de -
sands •of the press and comtherde gen
-
'ally, over 400 varieties at Wood and
tas.ses have been called into reeiutt-
n. Linen tuld 6ottOP ttlgr are abed
ly in thm
e aking of the finest note.
'pot.
Of the ps,ner now nutuutaetu,rei, 91 ;
;
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