The Exeter Advocate, 1915-9-23, Page 6About the Household
r rights of all neutrals riot only in this' d£
e ore war a out—in fact,
war, but in any wars that may follow, GPR SAN PILI some of thestaffof Sir John dacksgn, just b f biok
and thus forever destroy the rights of
Ltd th c'o i POET. DROVE PIIS.
giving to the nation having the strong -1 PAPER
neutrals, if the law is not upheld, and; PAPER
ON siiners by the Turlcs,
, a nt vact ors, were taken prx-
est naval power the right to dictate :
the world's eQnxnlerce: 'If we 'yield to a
_ British violation of the law to -day, we
Selected Recipes. .._ ._._ To make an old fowl tender rub rosy nave to yield toettorrow`to
the bird all over with lemon juice, . y a lake
Foamy Sauces -One cap sugar, one: sielation b y Ituesia, Germany, or '.1a -
then wrap in buttered paper, and
cue, milk, three egg whites; rind and
juice one lemon. Heat milk. Beat
egg rehires stiff, adding sugar grade -t rnto Add size. 't the neutral nations, it is claimed, must.
ally,, Add mill; and flavoring, beating` a little ;round ginger to. rice riot permit suck violations of law, but:
puddings just before placing in the b t.
M when foamy, ' oven. Half a pint of water can then must hold .all belligerents strictly to!
till the winter Serve
8callope•d Par�intps, lax two cup- F be mixed '4th the milk and the ud its observance. While Germany feels i
fills of cu,d m tehcd parsnips with, will taste just as well. p that she is figbe' ng for "Kultur," and
two taniespoes,l of butter mid England feels that her fight is tor civi•'
cream enough lo .Hake smooth. Put: A sandwich hint. When buttering Bastion, so America, feels that s is
breaa for sandwiches knead the but-' h@
to a pedaling' dish, patatlle with but- coiled upon to uphold the rights of
tared !ennui 5•r,,ni+rs, zt,. l bake ut:ti, '' or. a. plate and mix the mustard neutral cations, as triose rights have
brown, with it instead of spreading it on g
the meat. been established by centuries of strug-
Oyster Plant fritters, --Sergipe oy- : i gle. Our clash with G. B. grows
ster ?. A sure test of linen is to wet a poi- G. out
e, -ant atria' F t ::e reef sale bat -a ; of the restrictions she has seen fit to
ter c ' ea teen of piece and if moisture is quick -
t one caps milk, t,va beaten eggs ly absorbed and shows through to impose in the name of "blockade,"
and tri =taineet ;Ora ry flour, beating .other side you will never be mistaken
= while our clash with Germany arises
hard. :1 grated oyster p,ar:t. Sea- to from the restrictions that• she claim
son with suit sial pepper, and drop ;about linen. This is a never -fail test.. the right to impose u on contraband" I
€rani spoor into deep, belling fat. Frye: To revive withered flowers plunge
p c ntzuband
p y the stalks in boiling water and leave and the ships that carry it. The nets
to go:nen brown. them in it till it becomes cold. Then;: of'one nation in carrying out her poll t
Fried Summer Squash,- Wa s and "cut aborti one inch from Icy have resulted in the loss of Amor!.
cut } e ing summer salmail into slices , th r m the ends of r can lives as well as A
I
el pan.
steam for two or three hours, aceo The L'.5:, as the most powerful :of
BURNING UP HER PEOPLE'S CAP-
ITAL
AP-
erre. - -_ _ WAR,
__ _ R
of a lit: f irch thiels. Sprinkle with e tee mer the prate
,, , . salt . - � _ �� If you wish to present �+ale the sets of the other nati
stalks,.
Europe's ' Future Prosperity Lies in
Use of Science to Coni-
niercial Problems.
In an article published in London
Answers last November, under the
title "Can. Germany Pay the Piper?"
the writer suggested that the strug-
gle was likely to be a long and very
exhausting one; and, granted that
Germany and Austria were beaten,
they would probably become bankrupt
and- unable to pay an indemnity suf-
ficient to reimburse the Allies.
This conclusion has been greatly
fortified by subsequent events, Gere
litany hiss proceeded to finance her
war on lines of piling paper on paper.
To use a homely analogy, she has been
inducing her people to pawn their
pepper and and clap it: fine erumba. p n green a ge have onlyresulted in the Loss of on goads and chattels and give money to
Then put : *quash beatentalx1eb from boiling ober, drop a piece Amor :the war, and then to -pawn their awn-
line saaua,•. into a egg �.scan property and profits on the sale p
r e i4le�oQoaift.l mill* of a dclaim-
w431.tickets and give the further money
cls c<±ed °� _.; f - o, drtppung the size of a walnut into
the centre of the,
just as they corn g o' s, yet 'both
nations it is
nr 1 a ain inev emiet. Fry in Jeep z a u have inence to hong, , ve violated the law, and both
'. e�av l Tea remove tea stains from woollen ]justify thetnselves on the $ame ground
Crumb Tarts.—To sane cup cuirass material: of u Itiary necessity. Great Britain's
tine on'-' Nor,. tcvo ta'blea:,ons milk, err cover with powdered fug- � a lj itatu s
o e f:•.;: cup sugar and one-half tea- lees earth, dry and leave for twenty- Position,
however,. is a little different
spoon l':alcinr powder. Line sides and : four hours Then brush out, and thef at of Germany s, in this: She
t h claims that the details of the analiea•
mine {•f f+tres~oin leaving space in a made sauce for cold meat. subject t b
t, ,t fat uetil lightly sir axed.
stain willhave disappeared
bettoene of muffin tins with mixture
A hem - d tion of the principles of the law
are
not
cert, e Fill, s pace, with apple sauce p lespoonful of horsez sties, violating the principles themselves,
and a few raisins and bake twenty mix with one tablespoonful, of raised' ea bile Germany claims the right to
axia*a°�+ t� t^nelarate oven. mustard, a teaspoonful of sugar, and
Pica—One , one-half ,, four tablespoonfuls of vinegar, sweep all principles aside and to place
almat f, u'and one-half Bounds , lier own necessities above the law.
Reef, three pints peeled pots- A use for an old leather belt. A•.ail Gertuan atrocities committed in Bel-
toes, ere c;irgc, knion. Slice onion, it right side down on a piece of wood
and shout the same size so that girtm. and France, and on the seas, in
' ' Sera e a tab o ellen and that she is
d put t stew with beef. Cools and the wrong ms, o inion, largely justifies the harsh
'n,t 'b plates.:s siring one teaspoon side of the leather is uppermost. This' p
art cat: i lt-rc,>n pepper ro eue,h
mates a n exeedent len feboard. measures G. 1I. has been compelled
sista
Lire l,�;als rs {lilt with one-half
e Put in stewed meat, sea- GREAT BRITAIN AMP tJ.S.
F. nes ? 'ante with salt and p•`apper." eitous language, "The one prinelp
t v e u ' , rest ,vf potatoes and hake, Americaie Clash with Great Britain o kwhiclt is furdaineutal, and has obt,
�. ea ;tt:E A
Peppers Stu . d with Mushrooms.-
c b7=F ' t ,..n,„22, eanFi from v tun,,, Wee(' n intoree oral law and �jenet
Qn ee.T r., t.rtersl.. remove the at ag'`' gece the right to a belligere... coerce of Itis enemy:" Tha >;ituati
a ar.74 ?:art, -ions a rl 1?at' it five net ft to ino.reipt all vessels seize- upon any view, s deeldedlP'i
e t Mix :vat ca:e�fels of sift �°'.i:: �„ fcr tl:e pari of rho en€�tny, Great `tta ail, and I trust it will be auil a
P,a6.•�'•...tei - ** S.;• .n' • A,- Britain m,�tes �l step a am cab
hereby to take in est •
d ro}Ing sue
barbarous enemy. As Sir Edw
trey pertinently put It in his own
ha.
arc)
tali
Trade an Contraband Goods.
ed untvereal recognition, is that,
meant of blockade. a belligerent is
titled to cut orf the sea -borne to
thus raised to the same purpose.
Everything at Stake.
When her next great loan comes out,
which May be very shortly, it can. be
expected thin this complicated pawn-
ing system will be even further ex-
tended,
The German Finance Minister, Von
Helfferich, has practically admitted
in a public utterance that Germany is
now burningu p her people's p poples capital
in war. She stakes all on her win-
ning.
If she were to win, she would un-
doubtedly reduce England and France
and the Colonies to a condition of in ..
dustrial slavery.
We should be confined under a
system of.iron regulations which
le would force us to work our hardest
lin. and pay over to her everything we
earn above the barest living wage.
All luxuries would be forbidden us,
and life under such conditions would
be intolerable. Those who think that
they would emigrate, if the worst a
came to the worst, are indulging in a 9 b
by
an -
m•
on,
ng
13'
eideth e addhs clap- a to •tip further, .:and 4
fi.l F c,e 'pt :airs fine} 4 bp�fL°l e+a cls. i- rlai:ni:, the r7gh? to intercept all res• !settled.
p m and erre -fourth tea- g emlrabraud goads, de` , Denver, r
pi e£el sal.. Fill the peppers and strife ;i to neutral ports, providing tate .Sept. 8, 191 .
`'tante them it: a it € r , geed= ars? to be re -shipped from such .�
w�tirtt, F.edr:. l:akc. a pl
hal: w th +,ne-half coni- ports to the enemy's cr untry. To this Smart Morning
a altoged rigltt, America enters her r Dress.
.�. p o• ,
z
poi
a•z t c r cartainir CIHAS. M. I3ICE.
fug of water mixed with one talo
suoofful ter rr,Were it not for the fact that a w
t4'st, hence the quarrel with Great }rift-
Liver 1Goaf. -One c;ili's liver, one-" ain. Tlti, is a new phase of internee man derives a good deal of pleasur
half capbreadcrumbs, four slices salt tional law, fer which there exists no from her wardrobe, the necessityfo
pork eheppe.1, e tablespoons chop-, certain precedent, as suck right . was a a great variety of clothes for
ped anic,n, one cap water or stock, seldom, if ever, before claimed in the"Qat occasions wouldprove an differ
's history. annoy
alive. A wardrobe can be made
o,
e
one-half reads em salt, one-half tea-
world's
stem kitchen l nzquet, one tablespoon But Germany is peculiarly located, most satisfactory necessity if the pro
geographically, hence= the question be- n be
per discretion exercised in th
vinegar, few grains cayenee, few grating, nutmeg. dash liver, chop comes important. Great Britain has
and coal: in l,a a,mx water live minutes, effectually blockaded all German port's,
Drain, add l:reatl crumbs, chop, aAmerican but Germany is continually th ally receiving
add reniaiann ; ingt edient3. Press into ae can geode via tete ports of Hol -
pan, corer er sad bake ane Hour in slow land, where they are re -transported to
oven. l Germany, The Qin:: tion presented by
Pittsburgh Potatoes.—'Wash and these facts le thin, Has Great Britain
pare pot.itoes, cut into one-half inch `the nglit to seize the cargoes of ships,
slie;es and slue.= into one -haifinch' billed to Holland ports, whenever she
cubes --there sheulil be one quart. Add!has good reason to believe that such
one email union, finely chopped, and cargoes are destined ultimately for
cook in boiling salted water to cover Germany consumption? Great Britain
seven iiiinutes. Add one-half can of ;claims the affirmative of this '-issue,
pimr ntues cut into strips and boilwhile the United States, with equal.
five minutes, th•n drain. Put in but-; emphasis denies this right.
ter eel baking ali-h, pour over two cups; , Both Great Britain and Germany
of white sa�aa e, to whirs has been ads_ c`aim that their acts respectively, the
aed one-half pound of grated eiieese t former the right to seizure, the latter
nd bake until potatoes are soft. , the right to destroy by the submarine,
Pear Dumplings.—Pare, and •are based on the urgent necessities of
mince six large, ripe pears, core v�ath' the present war. Germany claims that
them one-half nutmeg grated, two Great Britain has no right to intercept
ounces elarided butter, sugar to taste' ontrab though
goods billed to a neutral
and four well -beaten eggs. Add . port, though ultimately designed for
enough finely later bread crumbs to Germany, and because of this alleged
make mixture stiff and smooth. Mold' the wrongfuluract, Germanyubmamade use of
into egg-shaped balls with bowl of the murderous submarine, as a war
large spoon, dip into boilingwater necessity. America claims that no and simmer one-half hour. Serve in for the violation of international law,
mere war necessity is x justification
heated dish with sugar and dash of
by the destruction of neutral vessels
cinnamon. In separate dish, serve
milk sauce or other pudding sauce, if not carrying conbelligerent
goods, or by
liked. the destruction off belligerent vessels
carrying neutrals or non-combataants,
Household Hints. at least without warning such vessels
and giving sufficient time for all on
Lace continually cleaned with gaso- board to safely escape.
'line or naphtha will turn yellow' It is apparent that the questions are
ui
q -
ckl y
not
only perplexing, but are three
Good lard is much better than but- sided, with three nations as respective
'ter for basting roasted meat and for litigants, and while the whole matter
frying. involves the simple right to sell goods
Starch is improved by long boiling, and make a profit, the questions back
instead of being made in the usual , of this are of a far-reaching character.
hurried way. The Landon Morning Post has this to
If a pinch of salt be added to the say about it: "Americans will not, we
sugar used for stewing sour. fruit are sure, in this great crisis, allow
much less sugar will be required. material considerations of passing
In making children's dresses which magnitude to individuals but no m
will need letting down, stitch them than a ore
with 100 cotton thread,and grade of pend in the reale 'o -
you will civilization- to imperil the world's fu -
have no trouble in ripping tucks or tore." This would seem to imply
hems. P y that
while G. B. knows the is violatiirg the
To clean brass flower pots or trays, Iaw, America should overlook it in th
sub them with a piece of lemon; then e
pour boiling water over them, and fin-
ally polish with a soft dry cloth.
When boiled andunboiled'eggs get
mixed, spin them, and the boiled ones
will spin quite fast, while those which
have not been cooked will hardly spin
Mend once.
interests of civilization.
ButGermanywould doubtless make
a similar plea in justi8.cation of her
submarine depredations, that it is done
in the interests of G•errnau "Kultur,"
and so there would he no end to the
violations of the law.
Undanbtedly there are large trading
The hair mattresses which are 1111- interests in the U.S. which chafe in -
ed with black hair are much better creasin,gly against their inabilit to
run their goods into Germany and s
ell
tli,em
at warprices, such, for instance,
as the cotton growers of the South.
England, as is well known, has lately
placed this class of goods on the list
as Contraband, so the question deepens'
as time, goes on.
The American press is 'divided on'
these questions, some eiaiming that
the matter is not ,simply one of main-
taining the rights of neutrals, .but of
standing by the law that protects the
than those filled with white hair, -be-
cause the latter has generally been
bleached and is deprived, of its
springiness.
When cooking haricot beans add
salt to the water first, and they will
cook in a third of the time,: and will
not need to be soaked overnight.
When pickling, boil 'the corks for
bottling, and put into: the bottles and
jars while hot, when - cold they will
seal themselves tightly.;Y
No: 9048.
-planning and making of the clothes
One of the frocks needed and use
very much is the morning dress, a
delightfully smart and up' -to -date e
ample of which is Ladies' Horne Jour
nal Pattern No. 9048, shown here
with. The four -gore skirt is length
ened by a three-piece circular
flounce prettily embroidered with de
sign No. '14,736. Pattern cuts in sizes
32 to 42 inches bust measure, requir-
ing in size 36, 5% yards of 36 -inch
.material.
Patterns, 15 cents each,. can be had
at your local, Ladies' Home Journal
Pattern dealer, or from The Home Pat-
tern Company, 183-A .George Street,
Toronto, Ontario.
Cheap Doctoring.
Anxious Mamma -Little• Dick is
upstairs, crying with the toothache.
Practical Papa -Take him arv;nd
to the dentist's.
I' haven't. any money.
You won't need any.money. The
toothache will stop before you • get
there.
e
The problem of producing cheaper
wool is the problem of utilising the
desert lands of America .and Australia.
Luther Burbank attempted one partial GABRIEL NZ. Id ITALY'S
solution of this in the 'artificial breed -
NATIONAL FIGURE,
ing of a- spineless cactus. Cactus -
leaves, if not thorny, would form food
COUNTRY . TO. WAR
D'ANNU
ANAL
and drink for sheep, and'large areas .,
of sandy desert might conceivabl
utilised by planting them with a
pidly-spreading spinless cactus.
Man's Great Enemy.
Again, the jungle -lands of C
Africa, Brazil and'the East IudiE
, fee vast possibilities for the gr.:
of rubber -trees, cocoanut -palms
nutbutter), bananas;, palms, and
ilei sources of food and raw mate
The great difficulty is- to render
habitable, Central Africa at the
sent xnotnent is being devastated
population. by a scourge which
carrying off millions,
For the last ten years or m
scientists have been trying to fin
specific against sleeping sickn
They have succeeded partially,
•not entirely, There is no doubt
after the war research will roe
and, if the disease can be elimina
it will be a big step towards obt
ing a revenue from Central Aft
which will help to meet the warbil
Reverting to desert lands, anot
of reclaiming them is to.
lise sun -power, Energy so obtain
could be applied to the raising of wa
and the irrigation of deserts far
growing of cotton and other sour
of raw material.
Just before tlia war some extrem
interesting experiments in this di
tion were being carried out in Eg
by an American inventor, helped
British scientists. The scheme is
series of troughs lined with mirror -
glass, which are rotated during the
dayso
as to catch the
focus them. on' to a water boilesun-rays The.",
steam so produced can, of course, be,,
applied to engines for pumping water,
Coining the Sunshine.
How nearly the scheme has been
made commercially practicable can be
gauged from the following figures: t
Coal in Egypt costs about £3 a ton,
nd is now rising in price; sun -power
as been captured as an equivalent;
y be I Previous to the Present.War He Won
ra-,! a Great Reputation in
Paris.
entrap
The story of Italy and the great
es of- war le the story of Gabrielle D'Aneun-
awing zto, the Italian, poet and .patriot, Who
(for kuows the history of his passion for
sim- Italy and the widening circle of his
ria). love that shrines the Latin peoples,
them and can interpret the peculiar quality
pre- of his contributions to .this last tense.
of period in Italian history, knows best
is- the story of. wiry,, with month on
month of. warning, Italy sent her ls•
ore gions against her ancient enemy.
d a: Italian hopes have been welded into
ess, the symbolic personalities of two then:
but , Garibaldi and D'Annunzio. Garibaldi
that was definitely the leader, setting bis '
eed, torch for Italy. But D'Annunzio i h
is the
ted, torch, made from the cumulative
nine flames of the folk heart of r'orthern
Hca Italy, the artist's gardener who lent
L lis spirit for tiro showing of the ease- -
er, tion of Itis countrymen, Ile made a
uti- tremendous impression when, as na-
ed tional pont, he was called to make the
ter
the
eesi
I
ely;
sec-
yptl
by;
a;
fool's dream. Emigration would be
forbidden. We should be caged and.
chained to these shores.
The above is no idle speculation
about Germany's intentions.. She has
done this very thing with Belgium.
The unfortunate inhabitants are caged
inside a network of barbed wire ex-
tending nil along the Dutch frontier,
their only means of exit.
Working for the Usurpers. '
Belgian factories are ordered to
produce Goverxunent goods. The em-
ployers are subject to a fine of £50 a
day or more if they refuse to do so.
In a certain factory workmen struck.
What was the result? They were con-
fined to the building and kept 'with-
out food until they signed a paper
promising "voluntarily" to return to
work and produce goods for Ger-
many's needs. Pending this promise,
the other innocent inhabitants of the
town were confined to their houses
after seven o'clock.of an evening,
But when the allies win—as they
will win, if every man and woman
lines up for the struggle—we cannot
impose that monstrous system of
slavety on Germany. Our ideals of
humanity forbid it. We cannot out -
Prussia Prussia, however deeply she R
has sinned.
It has been suggested in responsible
quarters that, in the event of decis-
ive and overwhelming victory, the b
Allies should take over German and th
Austrian State railways, and run them
for our own profit. This is quite prac-
ticable, and does not conflict with hu-
manitarian principles.
Useful But Not Enough.
It is also practicable to take over
the income from the postal system,
from electric lighting, gas, and water in
—in fact, from every form of enter- Br
prise.now in. the hands of the German ne
and Austrian 'Governments. ash
But even' these will not'suffice to
pay for the many thousands of mil -
to coal at £3 los. a ton. If the a
paratus can be improved --and aft
the war research will be resumed---
cost would be lowered,
Let us assume that sun -power c
eventually be converted profitably
to irrigation power, and follow otit,
consequences. The acreage of deser
land available is enormous.
Taking both sides of the allay;
plain of the Nile in Egypt; the sid
of the Euphrates and Tigris for 40
miles above the Persian Gulf; a. sir'
a mile wide along the rainless po of the western coast of Califo
nia, these would furnish sufficien
sunshine for nearly - ten million en
gines of 100 h.p. each,
Further, there are the illimitab
desert -spaces of the Sahara, Centr
Australia, India, the Western Unite
States, and South-West Africa,
The above will indicate a few of th
many ways in which science can hel
to solve the problem of how Europ
is to meet the war -bill without in
dustrial slavery being enforced on th
losing natichrs, or poverty on winner
and losers alike.
HUNS AND DRUMS.
easons for the Shortage in Resonant
Instruments.
Just lately there has been a short
ge of drums, and some of the new
ands have had to wait a little fo
eir most resonant instruments.
Curiously enough, there is a dos
connection between Germangts mid
day meal and this shortage. Ger
many is a veal -eating country, an
our tanners formerly bought the calf
skins it had to dispose of. These skin
were beautifully prepared and tanned
England, and practically became
itish production, for German tan-
rs simply cannot approach the Brit -
in work of this kind. The vellum
obtained was then sold to the drum
anufacta�s , for drum-heads,'as
y are' 4.
t is tr that a short time, before
war r GZa-many began too eat more
ef,"much of it cow flesh, and less
a1. The young calves were accord-
lygallowed ,to grow, and the con-
uent shortage of skins had ' al-
dy begun. There is now: little
bt: that Germany had • economic
sons in mind for this change in
t. •
We might rely on France for calf -
ns, ap France is also a veal eating
untry, but unfortunately, just after
outbreak of war, this country for-
e the `export of skins. ' Naturally,
it is very improbable that the French.
authorities, when they framed this
regulation, gave so much as a thought
to. its interfering with British drum-
makipg.
Another cause which conduces to
the shortage of drums ,is that ash
wood, used for the sides and flesh -
hoops of the drums, is difficult to °b-
owing' to transport': difficulties.'
Then, again, brass and: copper are re-
ed for ' the munitions, and are
ice for other' purposes. Even the
pts for the drums are less easily.
tainablo than•heretofore, and many
the painters have joined the
Arm
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k—"If I failed to show up at her
se every evening she expected me
to•, bring a written .e>Fcuse signed by
mother."
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Gabriele D'datnuatxfo
commemorative speech at the anniver-
sary of the famous expedition of Gari-
baldi that milted the two Slcilies and
gave back Naples to the Kingdom of
Italy.
A year ago one might leave said that
Garibaldi as a figure was losing lustre,
and for years D'Annitnzio has been the
voice of voices for Italy, his the mem-
ory that could not forget, the brightest
mirror of Italy's half buried hopes,
There has been no period in the
whole of his life when he has not been
D'Annunzio the patriot. He was that
in the days of his earliest humble
journalism. Through all his work he
has missed no chance to celebrate the
greatness, past and future, of his coun-
try.
It is in the preface to "La Nave"
that be speaks of "the very bitter Adri-
atic," and later as "our sea" a• little
wistfully, and dwells upon the better
days that it shall see and what free -
Gabriele D'Annunzlo,
dom it shall take. For these touches,
disagreeable to Austria, the sale of the
r book was forbidden. In another place
he makes a point of expressing a wish -
e that an Italian aeroplane should fly
over all of those lands where Italian
- was spoken, and the Italians through -
d out the Trentino secretly gloated over
his daring.
s • German capital was good to Italy,
but Italians felt a kind of uneasiness
a lest they were paying for kindness by
the relinquisthment of national secret.
strings.
Success in France:
To. Annunzio these banking prob.
leas had no interest -the great essen-
tial la
i
y n reusing Italy to a sense of
the defence she must make against
alien ,Kultur. D'Anaiunzio's success .in
France since he Went four years ago to
Paris has been one of the wonders ` of
the literary and artistic worj.d.
At the ;beginning of the war D'A.n-
nunzio was in' Paris, where he flung
himself into; an ardent sympathy with
• France, but with the growth of the
pro -war sentiment in Italy, overwhelm-
ed by his' sense of the kinship of the
late peoples, he returned to Florence .
and passionately appealed for war on
Austria. It was, many believe, really
his influnce that swung his country
over with the. allies.
It. is also° difficult to unteach a new
dog old: tricks.
so
m
• lions burnt up in war and the huge • the
d
pension list -to w '
hies everye '
b lligerent I
country will 4tand . commited. the
x- We and our children and our grand- -be
- children will have to pay—in taxes vea and in reduced scales of living—unless in
- new sources of natural wealth can seq
netapped.' rea
he one big hope for an •impover- dou;
ished Europe lies in science. rea
Scientists will have to devote their 'die
knowledge and research powers to the
alleviation. of the burden. Cheaper ski
foods, cheaper materials of - clothing co
" and building,` cheaper transport, the
cheaper mechanical -power—these are bad.
the developments foreshadowed.
This,. again, is not an idle dream.
Ever since 1900 scientific research has
been attempting to produce by artifi-
cial means the substances called "pro-
teids," which norm the basis of meat.
The problem is an excessively dif-
ficult one, but it is not impossible 'of.
solution,.
Artificial fertilisers can now be pro- tarn
duced from the air � a chemical pro-
cess, and, when strewn on the fields, quir
'are converted by Nature into plant- scar
food. It- is probable that the 'present par
cost of these artificial nitrates will be obi
reduced by further research. of
In the matter' of clothing, we have Ar
to look to cheaper cotton' and wool as
the staples. Extensive growing of ` B
cotton in British East Africa and ,in gag
the Mesopotamia Valley wou1•H1 help Jac
to reduce the price. British engineers, sou
were at Work on huge damming and
irrigation ;:schemes in Mesopotamia my
"What does' this mean, Bridget ?"
exclaimed the lady of the house, re-
turning from shopping. "The tele-
phone's been taken out. "Sure,
ma'am, the girl across the way come
over'and said her missus would like
to use it for a little while, and I sint
it over to hey; but I had a terrible job
getting it unscrewed from the dwell,
ma'am."
He—"Marry me, Liza,' an' I'll be as
true to yer as me old .donkey is ter
me," ` She—"Go hon, 'Enery; don't be
Makin' an ass'gf yerself."
"Before I married' my wife I could
have listened to her sweet voice for
hours," said Smithy to his. friend.
"Yes—and now?" asked the friend. '
"Now," said Smith, with moisture in --
his eyes, "I have to."
Most British battleships are de-
fended against the attacks of torpe-
does by means of torpedo-nets—steel
cx inolines, which .can: be suspended at
emus distance from" the side of the
mb:) al the en 1 f b m