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The COmfOrLahie 1.:161. 1 In making .a bed the under sheet
Since the night's ret or -enamel shoidd be Waked well down under
1ihe everything in the world to do the ileac' of the. mattress, as all the
with the quality ee the eay,e we, train on thie sheet is Froin the top,
comfortable beds for all the family1Tuck the upper leant well under the
should be the care. of eveuy g 0 d foot of the mettress, the strain on
houzewife. Sagged *deo end this sheet being from the foot. Al -
lumpy mattresses are the wort foes
to bed comfort; it don't pay to
tolerate them. A claw hammer or
a wrench may be all that is necee-
sary to tightej up that slacked wire
which pleme havoc: with the emelfort
ways lay the sheets with the wale
hems at the top, the smooth sides of
hems coming together. The practice
of some housekeepers of making
sheets with hems of equal width top
and bottom is not a good one; it ad -
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This prevents the mint from going
brown and greatly improves the
flavor.
10. Tilos will look bright and clean
if scrubbed with salt.
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An Economical Apron.
Every Woman knows that when 'a,
man's shirt has wornout miffs 'arid
holebelow the coke band, making
the shirt unwerable, there is still a
quantity of good material left.
An apron can be made of the ma-
terial, and in these days of high-
pricedpay wen; war. Signallers with flags are a
cotton goods it will
to use the goods in .this way, CatIgeod target for the Hun and 'would,.
off the neck band and yoke, cut out if sighted, give away important ing pests for observation work. At
hid -
sleeves, lay body of shirt otit flat and
cat out apron, making it as large
as the goods will permit. The open -
lugs on the side are. sewed up.
A facing for the top of the apron
is cut from what is left of one of the
fronts. Ono sleeve will make the
qualthes c, your becispringe. • nuts of turning thheetwill
The best thing for a lumpy -1( i em"king the bed. it is not make a bib, if one ,is wanted. And
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tress he to send it directly to the desirable that the carne end of the with a little piecing a bib can, be
renovatte or the junk man. If, how- sheet should be used alternately next made with straps sewed into strings
ever, it be but slightly uneven, a feet end face.. at the 'back.
folded blanket placal upon the; As with the upper sheet, the strtun This makes an apron that can be
SPI ing.; r trier the erne:e'en v,
on crailts and blankets is Iron the put on with one motion. No pins The signallers had to run their lines
corers' nnevenness
a
flood mem! foot, consegeently in making the bed and no buttons and bib always in out up to the front line many times
under heavy shell fire. The biggest
trouble was that the communications
were constantly shattered by enemy
fire, and the signallers and linemen
had to go out and fix up the lines or
string out new wires, and many met
their death from shell and snipers'
bullets.
Each battalion has fifty-six sig-
nallers under a signal ofuilic) erco=
responsible for keeping
cations between all parts of the bat-
talion and with fiank battalions and
brigade headquarters. In trench
Quick Work of Signallers Made warfare the divisional signallers
.
maintain an elaborate system of
Courcelette Victory Possible .
- communications both. by telephone
—Never Failed in Duty. ' and Lucas lamp with all the units of
T-- m n • - -•-
spoke so loud that he was heard on
the "listening in" phone and could no
doubt be heard on the Hun's line if
he had one out, thus the location
Would be given away to the enemy.
"Wig -Wagging" Seldom Used,
The signallers did little work with
the flags, "Wig -Wags" as. they are
called in the army. This 'visual sig-
nalling was rarely used on the western
front and only frequently when em-
ergencies arose through. heavy fight-
ing or when the. troops got out into
the open in the closing months of the
the Vimy Ridge howevisual stations
were erected and manned up to the
front line, but were not used as the
wire communications were kept go-
ing.
The story is told -where a signaller
in a tower near Vimy was "getting
in touch" with his flags just before
the zero hours. when the Huns spot-
ted the flags _and wiped the party out.
The chief signalling done was over
telephones, telegraph and wireless.
made mattreeees are eheepcst in the they should be tucked well under the
long run. The comfort features of 1foot of -the mattrees.
the shoddy erticle are ehort-lived.1 Elaborately embroidered pillow
Having dimeted in the good article, , slips are not the most comfortable to
the next. tnteg is to eee it well. Turn sleep en. It is best to make such
it frequcelha end for end, and if: creations in the envelope style, into
wool padded on*both sidei, turn over which the pillow, in a plain slip, can
as 'Well. Don't shake it. Shaking be. tucked during the day, the pillow
tears the tichime and disaigangeelbeing divested of its mantle for night
the pacnihne. ]'L'up the mattreesservice.
by gentle !Awns or beinging the ends; The thoroughly Comfortable bad is
together. the well -aired bed. However care -
It -is a glenl plan to cover the E fully ventilated the sleeping room at
springs se% an old neat or blenket,!night, beds .should not be made up in
that in damp weather they may net the morning without first being con -
rust the ms tress. Always use a sub- scientiously aired, frequently emitted.
stantial protecter on top of the mat-! Open wide all the window; spread
trees, somelhing that can be tublial the bedclothes on chairs in such
without too much trcuble yet thielte marner that each piece will be ex -
enough to afford satisfactory pro- posed to the fresh air; turn back the
tection. The quilted ow; are highly. protector from the mattress. The
serviceable in that respect, ele.eping-porch and the sun -parlor are
Remembering that, your motto is, ideal for such purposes. Where they
"bed comfort," do not have your are lacking, frequently hang the bed -
pillows extremely large, nor stuffed clothes. on a line out of doors where
too full. Evcp goosedown pillows they will get the bright .sunlight
can be made uncomfortably herd by Sunshine is a wonderful germicide
crowding too many feather.; into the and deodizer. Mattresses especially
ticks. The immense pillow may give need to be often sunned. This prac-
the bed a luxurioue appearance,''but• title will be more easily carried out
the .srnali pidlow which does not no- if ,the two-piece kind is used. The
naturolly bolster the neck and shoul- mattress in one piece 1s awkward to
ders is more comfortable. It is well ]ift and for that very reason gener-
to enclose the pillow tick proper' ally does not receive the airing it
a second tick made easily removable should have. Always e select a • dry
for laundering—this iii. addition to day for pitting the mattress put, and.
the ..outaide muslin slip—because of never make thesbectwitlf a damp.
the difficulty of washing feathers. mattress or coverings. - Not only
The muslin slip does not afford suf. does careful attention 'to this detail
fielent protection to the tick, which make for bed comfort, but neglect of
will in time become soiled.
It is rossible to wash feathers in
the tick, but it is a tedious task to
clsy them thus. When so washed,
they should be hang. on a line out-
doors where the air will circulate
freely through thein, and allowed to
remain for several weeks, care being
taken to bring them indoors in rainy
weather. Feathers ., will dry more
quickly if washed in a large bag,
though this means the added labor
of emptying and refilling the tick. In is better to have two cots than one
.such case the best way to transfer large bed. Rarely will a person be
one found who can rest just as well with
the feathers is to rip carefully
a bedfellow as he can alone; and if
end of the tick and sew the open end he can, it is not likely that his bed -
of the hag closely to that of the tick.
fellow can. 'Seldom will two people
be equally comfortable under the
same amount of bed covering and
with the same method of ventilation;
and unlese committed to the same
hours of rising and retiring, one must
disturb the other.
The doctors tell us that,. if we are
is not a sanitary affair. It does not to have healthy bodies, we must
admit of easy tubbing. Even though
sleep eight hours out of the twenty -
it be Aimed up and the outside coy-
four. Some few favored individuals
ering washed, the batting cannot be
may bo able to spend'inere time than
cleaned, and there is all the labor of( „ in bed,but most of us find it
retacking. 12 the tacked comfort be difficult enough to allow ourselves
used, care should be taken to keep the stipulated eight hours. Therefore,
the top end—which is soonest soiled, we cannot afford to waste any part
coming hi contact with hands and of the precious moments in sleepless
face—covered with a strip of white unrest because of uncomfortable beds.
Let the assertion be repeated: It
cheesecloth extending about eight .
is the duty of every good housewife
or ten inches on either side of the
to see that all the beds in the house
comfort. The cheesecloth can be re- made just as comfortable and as
moved when soiled, washed and re -
sanitary as circumstances will per -
placed. The old quilted coverlet was
per -
an advantage as a washable affair; 1111
but quilting is laborious and even at
best the quilt is a thin cover. Ten *Uses for Salt.
Blankets, wool or cotton, and as 1. Salt dissolved in a little am -
many as the season requires, are monia will remove grease spots,
good substitutes for the comfort. 2, A smoky or dull fire can be
They can be washed as often as oc- made clear by throwing a handful of
rasion requires. Wool blankets should salt over it,
be washed in plenty of clean luke- 8. Lemon juice and salt will clean
warm suds—never in hot water, copper and brass.
which brings out the oil in the wool 4. To brighten carpets, wring a
and gives the blanket a greasy feel- clothout of salt water and rub the
ing when dry—well rinsed in slight- carpets wen, •
Ely soapy warm soft water and dried 5. Ink stains that are freshly made
on a windy day. This treatment can be removed from carpets by suc-
leaves them soft and fluffy. cessive applications of dry salt.
The cotton blanket is very satisfac-
tory in all ways. It is well silted to
'it invites various physical
Cleanliness throughout is one of
the first necessit.ies. to the comfort-
able bed. Soiled pillow slips, dirty
bedclothes, dingy spreads, spoil the
attractiveness of any bed, and conse-
quently detract from comfort. -The
dainty bed invites to a night's re-
pose.
The single bed is preferable to the
double bed. Even where there are
two occupants o.0 the same room, it
No feathers will escape in the trans-
fer. Next rip tick and bag apart and
sew or tie up the bag securely. When
feathers are washed and thoroughly
dried, replace by the same methodand,
and, with care, you will not have lost
a funther.
The old-fashioned tacked comfort
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G. Handfuls of salt will clean
saucepans and take away the -eli-
de beds of people with sensitive pleasant smell of onions if they have
Skins who cannot sleep in wool been cooked in them.
blankets and who, yet, occupying un- 7. Nearly every lcind of basket
heated rooms, find sheets uninviting- work, matting, or china can be clean-
ly cool in winter tirne. It is just
right in weight and warmth for an
outside covering in summer time. It
is not hard to wash and is inexpen-
aive.
ed by washing with salt and water.
8. Salt in water will take insects
from vegetables.
9. Before adding vinegar to mint
for sauce always add a pinch of salt.
place.
ALES ARE
UNSUNG EROES
NERVE CENTRE OF CANADA'S
FIGHTING ARM
The Divisional Signallers of the
First Canadian Division—the nerve
centre of the fighting arm—are near-
ing home.
Although non-combatants, the Di-
visional Signallers have performed
heroic service and are an importat
cog in the fighting machine of sgie
Canadian Corps. Day and night :they
waked, keeping the lines of cornmeatia Signallers' duties were much more
ications open, laying out new lines thrilling. In August and September,
and repairing shattered lines. "IV when the Boche took to his heels and
went about their work unsung atd started for home, one would see the
unheralded, rarely getting any glorY; divisional signallers galloping across
bust still discharging their duty. that open co -entry with their wire limbers,
was vital to the directing operations
of the army in the 21&d. -T. . through road i and fields, laying their
' • e.7iPidly enoving front It is in the
wire as they go to keep up with the
, Without- the rei.visional, Sign7
exers' 1.
the fighting units could not carry
ani open.warfare that the signallers
It was these lads who worked'.51cle come in for their real adventure be -
by side with the infantry and artil 'cause their whole job is one of Clue,
lery. Hundreds have met their death
out in the open working away on the and everything depends on their
keeping up communications. It was
lines, while hundreds have been ,:mt
wounded in carrying on the important an infrequent sight to see them
racing at a furious pace over hill and
task of keeping all the comniuniea-;
tions open between the units of the dale, through hedges, ditches, sunken
division. roads, to get a direct line with the
'
,.- front of battle.
In the fighting at Ypres, down to Every battery of howitzers or
the Somme, back to Vimy, on to Pa4s. "heavies" had a wireless station for
chendaele, and through the fierce keeping in touch with the aeroplanes
fighting of Cambrai, Arras and other overhead and artillery headquarters,
famous battles, the Signallers never which was manned by artillery or di -
Jailed in their duty and. Canada visional signallers.
should welcome these silent heroes The individual signallers attached
with open arms. To thein too much to 'infantry or artillery posts who
credit cannot be given for the suc- keep the lines open and send mes-
cess of the Canadian Corps in the, sages are "the lost children" of such
great war. . units. They do not belong to the
"Communicationse" unit, but are away from their home
"Communicatione — Comniunica- --the divisional signallers—and in
tions!" or "Give us a line!" was the many cases have done meritorious!
often-repeatdd cry of the infantry or and heroic work which they never
artillery when the Canadians raced got credit for, and would have re -
into action, made an advance, or pul- ceivecl recognition of if they had been
led off a trench raid, or hen the a part of the unit they were with.
Boche hit back and laid down a bar- Much depends on the signallers in
rage that ripped the signal communi- their work of keeping the lines from
cation wires to tatters. .• the various fronts open. For example,
To the divisional signallers fell the just before the battle of Courcelette
the division, that is to say, 12 bat-
talions of infantry, or more, batteries
of artillery, engineers, pioneers and
all other arms of the service. In this
they had a very difficult task. The
units must never be a minute out of
touch with each other—for it might
mean disaster. They must keep every-
thing in working order.
In the open warfare the Divisional
difficult task of always keeping the
lines of .communication open from di-
visional headquarters to brigades,
and tence on to battalion or artil-
lery lines. The different branches of
the fighting machine had to keep in
touch with each other, the infantry
calling up the artillery, the artillery
talking to the front lines, divisional
staffs directing battles and brigade
staffs carrying out orders. It was all
part of the machine, and it was the
signallers that kept each unit in
touch, whether in the front line in
trench warfare or out in the open.
The First Divisional Signal Com-
pany is made up of four sections, each
one attached to one of the three
brigades, and the other with head-
quarters . They carry wireless equip-
ment, signal lamps, flags and wire.
They also had "listening in" ap-
paratus. This is anainstrument that
is put out in No Man's Land and
stuck in the ground to hear what the
Huns are talking about, that is, if
they talk too loud. These "listening
in'phones are put out at night by
signallers and run through'barbed
wire and placed a's near the Hpns'
line as possible. It is an excellent
device for detecting conversations,
and often works as a eafety valve
for the Canadians in catching, their
own men who talk too freely* or too
'loud in the front lines. For instanee,
once a ntan was asking a certain bat-
tery to send up ammunition and he
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USE CANADIAN SARDINES.
'And Thereby Provide Employment
For Canadian Fishermen.
About 2000,bread-winners in the
sardine fishery industry on our Atlan-
tic Coast are faced with unemploy-
ment. The fishing season normally
opens on May lot, but owing to the
fact that the factories have a largo
surplus from last year it is not the
intention of the management to open
until that is disposed of.
In view of the fact that last year
there were imported into Canada $286,-
000 worth of foreign fish of the sardine
type from France, Spain, Portugal,
Norway and California—none of which
are of better nutritive quality than.
.on the Somme in September, 191(1, the Canadian sardine—the Canadian
one signalling corps had 20 lines in Trade Commission requests a volun-
order, buried and running up to the tary campaign on the part of Cana,
different fronts, Everything was 0, dian grocers, restaurants and house -
It. 30 minutes before the zero hour, wives to give preference for the next
The next minute some Hun shells lit few weeks to CanadianTomked sag.
right on top of the massed wires and dines.
tore every line. The "show" was to The enormous stocks of similarly
start in 30 minutes! canned fish in Europe and the United
Communications had been cut. But States quite prevent even the hope of
the signallers hustled out and in the export of the Canadian Maritime pro-
vidst of a devastating shell fire ran duce, but the Trade Commission is
Ott new lines, repa'red alt communi- confident that when the facts are
cations, and completed the task just brought before the public they will
eight minutes -4 before the Canadians exercise that collective patriotic in-
,Wvoenret ghaitsosed.action. Two of the mon firtruyendelinecaullitciehs sionh-to ehdsvineigielatarbtieeiniavnrd-
At Vimy in one spot the lines were friTiiitiesen
nusnolbnesrloareti,L3shuenli,iinneenr eannadagfaelal.
cut 27 times during the fightIng, and
itt
the signallers worked heroically to catching Canadian sardines is about
1,200, and there are in addition (100
laf.ielepuntirr comrades in touch with
Signallers are composed of line-
men, telegraphers, operators, cable -
men, drivers and despatch riders.
Caro of Fenn.
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Ferns should be set into a tub mice
a week, showered and left to got the
roots -theroughly wet; this Is better
than Just pouring water on tep every
day, although if the foliage is dry they
need that, too. .Where Toots protrude
from the bottom of the pot, repotting
is tecessare; use some fresh soil and
be careful in the handling. House
plants „repay the little care reqUired.
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and girls..
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"Charlie is simply wonderful!" ex-
claimed young Mrs. Duke. "I never
dreamed that any one could run a
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"What has happened?"
"We took a ride yesterday and went
along beautifully in spite of the fact
that he had forgotten some of the ma-
chinery,"
"Running without machinery?"
"Yes. Wo had gone at least eleven
miles before Charley discovered that
his engine was missing,"
REMINDERS
OF
WAR'S BEGINNING
SIGNS IN PARIS STREETS RECALL
TERE113LE DAYS.,
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Germans Made Air Attacks on Eiffel
Tower Where French Government
Communicates With World.
There remain in Paris many grim
reminders of the terrible days of the
opening of the war, as well as evi-
dence of its progress, says a corres-
pondent.
In the Hotel de Crillon partieularlly
there are in the curridors several
framed documents and. proclamations
which form an interesting history,
There is one proclamation issued by
General °anent early in September,
1914, announcing to Paris that he lied
taken over the military command of
the capital and that en intended to
carry out his duty to the last detail.
,. Alongside this is a great red sheet,
now framed and covered with glass,
an original of the announcement 02
Oeneral von Dissing to the people -of
Brussels that Edith Cavell and a dozen
other persons had been found . guilty
of various "crimes" against the Ger-
man army of occupation end were to
be put to death. Outside the Crillon,
around the corner in the Rue Royale.
there remains under eleee one of the
original general mobilization orders
posted in August, 1014, to call all
French reserviets to the colors.
Eiffel Tower Well Guarded.
In these days of alternating open
and closed diplomacy one of the most
interesting places is the Eiffel Tower,
where communication is maintained
by the :French government with the
rest of the world. The value of the
radio, and particularly of such a great
plant as that in the Elf.M Tower, is
readily apprecieted when it is recalled.
that there is virtuelly no other means
of communication with "points east."
Ikewever, the Eiffel Tower is a send-
ing station only, all messages being
received by a chain of subsidiary sta.
tons. Thus meeeages can be sent to
Arlington fret)). the Eiffel Tower, but
messages from Arlington to France
are received at Lyons, which is the re-
ceiving statiou for radios from Ameri-
ca,
Other foreign sending plants have
other receiving stations in. Franee, all
connected with the Eiffel Tower. The
Tower now earns its salt by transmit-
ting tile hundreds of messages' that
go to the new nations and the troubled.
factions of the East.
Paris is enebled to send word to the
Czechoslovak, the Poles, the Serbs
and even with enemy and recalcitrant
groups if necessary. There is a pneu-
matic tube system connecting the
study tai Mr. Clemenceau with the
transmission room at the Tower, and
the "Tiger" has only to scratch out a
I eote and push a butien to tell Mr,
Paderewskl the latest. Duriag the
war the Tower was elaborately pro-
tected. That is, the chambers
which the transmission apparatus is
maintained were rotes The Ger-
mans made several attacks against
this great pili—or, but neither their
Clothes nor their Berthas scratched it.
Does Kitchener Know?
Along the far bung battle line
Ten thousand ilent guns recline,—
The berate guns that fought for France
And bloody Bertb.a's ordnanee;
The smoke has vanished overheed:
The rivers are no longer red:
Hush reigns supreme where ione
niet;
The Paris bells are ringing yet;
The London lights are all aglow:
Does Kitchener know
The arrogant, blood -thirsty beast
From lemming the world has ceasati,
A. word of scorn,. his country's Iinine.
His flag. the emblem of shame.,
His scfaoteTBlith
ed ranks for pity whine
In hovels far behind the e!
"The Day" -has come, "The Day" has
gone,
The mighty Armageddon's won
Freedom. has vanquished Freedoin'a
Does Kitchener know?
Itt triumplas hour, shall we forget,
Or undereetimate our ,debt
To him, beneath the briny wave
Asleep in his uncharted gravel
The mil who knew Rust what to do
When first the flunnish horde burst
through;
The iro).i atan who need_ his
And treltretood, and planned, ulit
•
We're harvesting what he did sow,
Does Kitchener know?
eee
The Society Islands lie itt the P4-
cific Ocean between latitude 10 and
18 south, longitude 148 to 15040
west. They belong to Prance.
Calves must be well nourished for
the first few weeks after they ar0
born. Coarse and irritating food
very soon upsets their digestive
organs and causes scour,
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