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The Exeter Times, 1920-8-5, Page 6„,Trefreo, The Last Rose of Summer By RUPERT HUGHES, CHAPTER L As Mrs. Shillaber often said, the one good thing about her old house was the fact that "you could throw the dining room into the poller” when you wanted to give parties or SeemIs or leachng. sopranos trom Tmon o , weddings or sueh things. You had reciter in the Star course at Peoria; Only to fold up the accordion -pleated Miss Pamelia -bent her pretty head doors, pueli the sofa back against the and took from her juvenile breast one Wall and lay a rug over the register. big red rose and held it in her hands • To -night she had thrown the dining 'while she sang. During the final room into the "paler" and filled both stanza she plucked away its petals • by one and at the end let the rooms with guests. There were so elle mishredded care fall upon the highly. im any guests that they occuped every - Can - seat in the house, including the up- prebable- roses wovn in, Josie's Can- a stairs chairs and a large badeh of adian Wilton carpet. camp -stools from Mr. Crenkshaw's. The girl's features and her attitudes the undertaker's. - were sheer Grecian: her accent was the purest Peoria. Her fresh, unculti- In Carthage it was never a real vated voice was leas faithful to the party or an important funeral , key than her exquisne throat. To that That division is full of Alsace -Lor- not at ell dependent upon chance or unles- those perilous old man -traps of Mr! same exquisite throat clung one fee- raineas, and I know the names of the convenience of the carpenter. Crankshaw's appeared. They always . cinated eye of Mr, Maagans's' whose . After the kitchen has been planned mher orb added a dash of excitement to the otscales a men in it. We'll drop special dullest evening, for at a critical mo- angrily glowered at the leaflthem for on thefor a few days, and and the equipment selected and ar- music as if to. Overawe it. Had he ment one of them could be depended.nosafter they leave soaked in I'll take a i'anged, thereiyemans for the house - upon to collapse beneath some guest, - al 'ses sed a third eye it might have patrol saine night and go up to their wife the selection of her cooking depositing him or her on a small but gua ed his hands along the keyboard wire antlcall, 'Don't sheet! I'm not utensils. For conveuient, easy work complicated woodpile on the floor. with more accuracy, but this detail pelrepuasttiohna,veinentohueghmuotsetasilsf the unfailing spectacle of the solemn eo in lied to clutch the incessantlY is Willy Liebmann?". ' • way,oo' - o fThereany ° attractive the Less dramatic, but even droller, was couldahaveaffected the result but lit- going to shoot. Is Fritz Schneider tle, since his hands were incessantly there? I want. to talk to him. Where man who entered a room caerying one deciduous-uedishes she may wish to a these stools neatly folded, p ' e ed love - thmusic and slap it back an machine -guns," I observed. "You'll get a prompt answer from a is ,such a thing, how - daughter that she 'had to be eyed out of the room by her mother. • Miss Pamela saved the day by a sudden inspiration, a recollection of what she had seen done by one of the • WANTED Young women to, take the Nurses' '.Craining Course in the Ontario 1.ospital ror• the insane, Toronte. Three Yena Course in general aureing secures a Oreduate laurege Diploma. from the PrOvincial Secretary's Department a the, Ontario Government. Wages---IPIrst 'X ear: $25.00 per month. board, uniferin, and laundering. Second Year: $:10.00 per month, board, uniform, laundering and high cost of living bonus. Third Year: $35.00 per month. board, uniform, laundering, and high cost of living bonus. Write for particulars to the Xediosi penerinteeaent, 99$ Queen Street West, - reoxonto A Propaganda Ghost, The may direct proPagauda. raid for which the AMericaa army had oapow Welty before the armistice was plan- ned atia carried out on the Metz .front by Capt. an Err:learn, an officer of Bel- gian descent who was familiar with the German. army, says a magazine writer. "This is my funeral," Capt. Osann said when he explainea his scheme, "All want is forty thousand leaflets. How Are Your Pots and Pane. Fortunate indeed ,is the housewife who 'works in a kitchen which has. been carefully planned, not in arm which has happened, in a carefully planned kitchen, the •i of the room has been deeided by the needs ..of the household and its eguipment furnished and so arranged as to accomplish maximum week with minimum time and effort. The mother needs all the time she _can secure for the training .of her children and the social neede of her family as well as herself. The arrangement of this desirable kitchen is aisle a well-planned scheme, ever, as acquirin.g too many utensils, ed to a chosen spot, and there attempt- Two stanzas had thus been punctu- "Oh, yes, but only a burst or two," br an overabundance of the wrong ed vainly to open the thing. ated before a. shy old maid named To -night at Mrs. Shiliaber's the Deborah Larrabee ventured to rise OS9.1111 said, "They'll miss, and there'll kind or a duplication a saucepans and evening might be said to be well under and stand at the pian, supporting the splashed through, his camp -stool, and proximity to a nice young man than elled her to a closer way; fat Mr. Geggat had already music, This eomp Deacon Peavey was now at work an she had known for so many years that his; a ear:leer had just sneezed out she almost outblushed the young. girl. of the minister's wife (of all people!), Deborah was afraid to look at any - and the deacon himself had breathed body, yet when she east her eyes an expletive dangerously close to pro- downward she had to watch those fanity. emotional knee. of Mr. Meagan's side or the other would mean to them. The party was held in honor of Mrs. slowly parting crescendo that never .et night Osann and a Shillaber's girlhood friend, Birdaline came. Then on a qui Nickerson (now Mrs. Phineas Duddy). It was an ordeal for everybody— patrol of twelve stole along the rai •1.- ISirdalaie and Mrs. Shillaber (then sale way that r , an into the enemy's lines singer, pianist, and music -sustainer. Josie Barlow) had been fierce rivals But the audience was friendly, and the before Dampvitoux. Alone, he Made for the love of Asaph Shillaber. Josie composer and the poet were too dead his way within thirty yards of an ob- had got him away from Birdaline, andto gyrate in their distant graves. The servation post on the edge of a wired Birdaline had married Phin Duddy for song, therefore, had unmitigated sue- woods and boldly set up his call. There spite, just to show certain people that cess, and the words were so familiar was not even a shot, After ten min- Birdaline could get married as well that everybody knew pretty well what utes he began again, "Men of the 61st as other people and to prove that Phin Pamela was driving at when she sang: Regiment, listen!" Then the patrol Duddy was not inconsolable for losing , 'Tis thus lah-lia-ha strow zof sum-mah. behind him began to hear voice; in Josie whom he courted before Asaph cut him out. Le-ef bloo-ao-hoo-minning uh-lone; the Boche trench a guttural but earn - Luck had smiled on Birdaline and kw lar luuh u , - 11, vlee come-pan-yun . est discussion was going on. n Phin. They had moved. away—tPe- Zah-har fay -ay -ay dud ahnd gawn— Again Osamu shouted names • he oria, no less! And now they were No -woe flow-wurr rof her kinn-drud, knew; in the silence the whole patrol' back on a visit to his folks. No -woe ro-hose buh dis nie-eye-eye- It seemed strange te Birdaline andw eye -eye -eye Josie to meet after alal these years o reilec-er-ec' hah-cur blu-shuzz and be jealous, not of each other, but Aw-hor gi-yi-hiv su-high for au - of daughters as big as they themselves bigh! • had been the last time they had seen There was hardly a dry eye or a each other. Both women told both . protesting ear in the throngs as she on that front, and every man had women that they looked younger than reached the climax: copies, of the Alsace-Lorraine leaflet in ever, and each saw the pillage of time his pockets. When we asked if they Th Id ' al I t tux r -r time in the once so gracile figure. It Thy -hi lea -heave zore thuh be -eh -eh- , , had notieed anything recently in No Thu -us .1 -yam- ,ee sea - in the opposite mien, the accretion of eh -eh -head 1 Man's Land at night, they answered, was melancholy satisfaction at best, r for each knew all too well how her own Whur-r-r thy may-hay-yate zuv thuh, "You mean the ghost?" • A ghost, they mirror slapped her in the face with. gah-r-dun-n-n-n i said, had been heard calling soldiers her own image. Lee -eye scele-en-tluss ahnd dead, by name. Their officers had made a When Birdaline bragged of her Wbur-r thy may-yalhyah-yah thuh, report of the ghost to the Kornmando. daughter's voice, Josie had to be loyalgah-dah t' m i I For all I know the comment' to her oldest girl's own piano -playing. I Lie -eye sceh-heh-hen-less ahnd-ahhave is.sued orders about it: "In Birclalineg perhaps, with serpentinei dead -ah. I future ghosts will be met with five the water simmer slowly, for three hours. Again serala the kettle with scouring powder aad etael vol. Then put into the clean kettle about two pounds of fat or suet cut into bits. You can use it, afterwarde, for soap fat, Try out- the fat slowly, being careful that it does not burn. When the -fat is tried out, pour it out of the kettle. Wipe the utensil clean and smooth with some soft crumpled paper. be a pause, and I'll call more names. kettles. If I get somebody oat there to argue When choosing her utensils or when with, I'll send him back to bring his making additions, the housewife keeps whole battalion aver," in mind what use she is to make oS We showered them with Osann's them and the size of her family. The leaflets in. French and German,ad- rural housewife buys very little food dressed to Alsace-Lorrainers—simple already prepared. On the farm she statements of what the victory of one will probably carry on at some time • or other every type of food prepara- tion, butchering- and curing of meat; canning and drying; baking and roast- ing; boning and broiling; soap mak- ing. • There are on the market utensils made of iron, aluminum, enamel ware, glass, pottery and wood. The waraan who gives thought to her buying will choose from all of these since no one material will give the best result fOr all. kinds of cooking and food prepara- tion. If she wishes to have things heat through and cook quickly, she will choose aluminum cia enamel ware. For Keepiag Them at Home. "Make the home attractive, so that the boys and girls will prefer it to the street, the &lamer drug store, the cheap dance or theatre," is a bit of advice often heard, but the cpiestion is, How can you do, it? The answer, as many fathers and mothers have proved, is comfortable surroundings, freedom and companion- ship. Women too often make the mistake of beautifying their homes beyond practical usefulness. Fragile furni- aure and embroidered' cushions are well enough as ornaments; but if the younger members of the family meet be centinually warned against injur- ing the one or "mussing" the other, they will prefer going where there is less to mar and "muss.' Let the furniture be solid, durable and as beautiful as may be, but not too beau- tiful to be used. • If you rave an only child, find some boy or girl who is away from home, living perhaps in an . unattractive place from which hewn" be glad to eseape, and take him as a boarder, Never mind if You do not make money from the venture or if it teases you extra week. It is an investment that will bring valuable returns. The plan has been followed by wo- men who are far more confined to de- finite tasks than xnost housemothers are. Two women who carry on a busi- ness, both mothers of only sons, each extended the hospitality of her home last winter to a young man who paid nominal board, but the -real purpose potatoes, cooking eggs, heating of each was to provide .companionship could hear the footsteps of a man water, for any process in which quick for her son. The young men read to - walking along the railway track to- bailing 13 returns are required and when we do gether, played musical instruments ward Osann, but he ran back and Os - not wish to retain the heat, these two together and found satisfaction and ann had to come away. materials are very satisfactory. pleasure in each °thee conmany. A few days later we took prisoners Bes:des being a fine conductor af Yo,tith must and will have companion - heat, aluminum appeals very strong- ship of both sexes, and if the home ly to the housevvife because it is so idtoes not provide it, will go out after light and easy to handle. It is made up in very attractive shapes, and is ease Youth also needs entertainment; very good to look at. What woman parents provide music, games, is there who does not enjoy buying liahts and good food. Youth is al - kitchen ware which is comely? The many styles and makee of utensils on the market maintain a fine average for neat and attractive appearance. Iron is the best material for fat - frying and for preparing pot -roasts because iron holds heat well, and an even, slow heat can easily be inain- ,. There are fa,shions in faces just as tamed. there are fashions in the manner of For good, brown crusts and sur - wearing the hair. Face fashions, how- faces, the best materials are Russia ever, cannot be altered when it suits iron, aluminum, enamel ware or glass. the will, but remain for at least a sea- The glassware appeals strongly be- sdn, and sometimes forwears. cause it, easily can be kept clean and Somethnes the popularity of a cer- We want Ageate .Coll represent an Al InVestraent. We will back you ap and eseist. you, to make eales, Tale will bring yOu and the invest - ars a nice iaeome. - Write. for brormaolgt.n.Ltd. Ontario Pr.oduction xung Cliambei Man aNTO T.ORt • The .Worth of the Wiklerness. •It was the fifth reunion ot the col- lege class, and two of the men were calling on their old profeeeen of philos- opay, The, conversation drifted to the different men' in the class and their slimes. since graduation. "And did you notice in. the papers this morning, professor, about Kelton's appointmout to the presidency of the Browa & Bro3-en Co? Pretty fine hon- or for so young a man, don't you diktat?" "Yes.," replied the professor, "but Ian afraid a little too easy. an houor Lor' him." • a "Don't you think he can hold down the job?" •saitlethe other, la anxious haste, 4 "I have no doubt about that. "I'm afraid that he will hold it down, and be eontent to ale so. I don't like to see things come so easily to so young a men. Pd. rather have seen him weather for ten years or more. He's capable of bigger tbinge than this, You remember how the Bible puts it about the Jews: 'God led. them not through the way at the land of the Philistines, though that was near.' He made them take forty years for a trip that was no more than four hundred miles in a bee line. He wanted to. toughen them by hardships before He brought them in- to the land of luxury.' Once in the wilderness' He let them feed on quails, and many of them gorged themselves to death.. They weren't ready for .quail diet. There are more, men buried ine the graves of soft indulgence than in any other kind. , "How many valedictorians do you hear tram afterwards? *Many a man. is so elated by an early half success that he relies on that to carry him through. •No. You .fellows are not long enough out of college to begin to measure the success or failure of your classmates. Wait for ten years mare. Life ie like the four years in college: the showy fellow who -wears a red necktie and is elected to the presi- dency of the freshman cla.ss is seldom wisdom, insisted on hearing Miss Shillaber play the piano; it was sure,1 ehe thought, to render the girl un - papular. But the solo annoyed the; guests hardly at all, for they could. easily talk above the feeble clamor of that old Shillaber piano, in which even1 the needy Carthage tuner had refused; to twist another wrest -pin these many i years. After the piano had ceased to spat- ter staccato aiscords, and people had: applauded politely, of course Josie had to ask Birdaline's daaghter to sing.' And the girl, being of the new and ' rather startling school of manners, which aceedes without undue urging, blushingly consented, provided thered was any music there that she couldi sing and some one would play here A tattered copy of "The Last Rose( accarepoament. of Summer" was unearthed, and Mr.! Norman Maugans, who played the; melodeon at the Presbyterian' prayer meeting, was mobbed into essaying, the accompa'ment. He was no great, shucks at sight reading, he said, but• , he would do his durnedest. Miss Pamela Duddy sidled into the elbow of the piano with a most attrac- tive kittenishness and waited for the prelude to bo done. This required some time, since the ancie.nt sheet - music had. a distressing habit of fold- ing over and, as it were, swooning from the rack into the pianist's arms. Besides, Mr. Meagan's was so used to playing the melodeon that instead of tapping the keys he was continually squeezing therm and nothing came. And when he wished to increase his volume of tone he would hold his hands still and slowly open his knees against the swell -levers that were not there. This earnest futility gave so much amusement to Josie's youngest The girl's mother was not hand to, rounde of M. G. fire; angels with ten." find among the applauding auditors. She looked like the wrecked last Sep- tember's rose of which her daughter was the next June's The softened mood of Birdaline and; the tears that bedewed her cheeks gave her back just enough of the! beauty she had had to emphasize how, much she had lost. And Josie, her quondam rival in the; garden, was sweetened by melancholy, too. It was not hospitality alone, nort mere generosity, but r. passing symea pathy that warmed her tone as she, squeezed Birdaline's arm and told her how Well her daughter had sung. A number of matrons felt the same attar of regret in the air. They had been b,eautiful in their days and in their ways, and now they felt like the dismantled rose on the floor. The com- mon 'tragedy of beauty belated and fardone saddened everybody in the room; the old women had experienced it, the young women foresaw it, the men knew it as the destruction of the! beauties they loved or had loved. Everybody was sad but Deborah Lar- rabee. (To be continued in next issue.) Watch -Crystal Label Tells Daylight -Saving time. For those who must contend with both standard. and daylight-saving time, an eastern inventor is, now sup- plying a ring-shaped label for the watch crystal, bearing the regular clock numerals, but with the "one" at the top instead of the "twelve." Buy Thrift Stamps. Reading Under Difficulties at Sea If books are treasures anyvehere it would seem that they would. be es- peeially valuable at sea. But, speak- ing of the average seaman, an old time • mariner says that the rarest sight to be seen in a. ship's forecastle is a man with a good stock of books. Ocoasion- ally, it seems, a sailor does get hold of a good book or twee, and it is quite pathetic to see how he will treasure them. The mariner adds that he was never In but one forecastle that had not a " Bible and a copy of Shakespeare, the property of some man who held an to them voyage after voyage, And such books get read at sea. with a closeness and persistency one may look for IA vela ashore except among stuaents. It is interesting to note the difficulty of reading in the forecastles of ships, especially ones. In the ship's aorecastle it is seldom poeeible to read at all owing to the absence of light, Fashions in Faces. tain sport .or hobby is responsible for the prevailing fashionn at other times certain trne b and BRITAIN'S KING IS k GOOD SPORTSMAN ONE OF THE BEST' SHOTS • INTHE:QP LAND, Love of Sports and a Keen. Sense of Fair Nay is Charac- teristic ofjiritons, It you ask- a 'Britisher to. tell you 'how he differs from every other na- tonal in the -world he will instinctive- ly say, In his attitude toward sports. are e tilinieo-i.bvehs to .'Iptoortis)iniayei,i, the And he will probably go on to say something lace this: "When you understand that we take our sports and recreations just ea seriously as ,our work, yeti can read our history and net laugh over such an incident as the deeming of the people when London was burning in 1666. You can Also underetand how ear soldiers gamblea all night until zero Stour when they were te go over the top in the morning. And 'our King, because.his chief job is to en- couraie national life, must he a good sportsman. It is his business to be in- terested in all •sports, and fortunate and. happy for him if he lovas some one sport. And by this standard George V. does not fail. He is a sportsman, and has two sports that he personally levee. and excels, in." Held Curt at Ascot. The King , allows his interest in horseracing by holding court at a horse mace ---at Ascot. Queen Anne. had the, course an Ascot Heath con- structed in 1711, with an eye for • scenery ae well as for. a testing place for thoroughbreds, • -laar two centuries the English public has shown. its ap- proval of the Queen's choice. On. the opening day at Ascot the, King mid Queen drove down the course in state. They motored through the great park of Windsor to the approach of the curse and there took the royal carriages. • Eight cox - lieges made up tile procession, the first being drawn by four grays and th'e remainder by four bright bays, for which the royal stud. is so famous. In the first carriage rode the King and Queen with Prince Albert, now Duke of York, and Princess Mary, while, Prince. Henry was among those in the second carriage. Bach day at Ascot the Ring gave a luncheon in the raYal clining room • immediately, to the rear of the woyMa heard from afterwards. Along toward, box. The Qiie'en attended only -oil - the end of the .course some quiet fel- two of the four days, which means. to low whom. you didn't notice much in those who would garb properly that --a- your freshman year forges to the front they must wear the tall black silk hat and walks off with the prize. •when she attends and. the tall white "The man who gets easy success - us- "topper" alien she does not. ually weakens at some point. Don't Aseot is horse racing glorified. is h pageant, d-testivol. It ha, miich ceremony as any function on the royal calendar. • The gypsies of the Derby- race are not there. The bookmakers take it position retired fro.m the rest and dress in the con- ventional sille hat. Society's toilettes are more elaborate than at any other function' -in England. The dress- makers of London make more fuss about Ascot than they do for the East- er promenade, and Ascot is a name, when applied to dress, which means chiffon, georgette, charmeuse, ()man - die and lace. At Ascot George V, gives his parogatives to the national instie tution of horseracing. He gives it hia royal enconragament. He is a royal spartsman there, Ring of Horseracing. Interested In Many Sports. George V. is not as, fond of racing as was his father, Edward. He seldom bets, not because he thinks it is Morally wrong,but because he be- lieves it injures the sport. His Majesty believes. in sport for sport's sake. He has brought up his children on that theary. horseracing believee the great emelt is in breeding horses -that will be fast, It is more of an in- terest, so far as he is, personally con- cerned, to improve the breed of horses for which Euglandis famous. To that end he takes a practical intereet. Ile owns a fati-stable himself, and has a few horses of tolerable hoof, 'aniong which is Viceroy. In this counectian the Ring •must be mentioned eis probably the biggest farmer in England. His shorthorn cattle are famous, and he loves to spend hours looking about his farms at Windsor and Sandringlicien. The King's devotion to thinge he undertakee personally is a strong - characteristic, For instance, as a sal- mon fisher he is excelled by few. He goes salmon fishing in Sootland every year and is rated with Lord Grey as an augler. The Ring as a pistol. sleet has only th.ree peers in England. Eng- lishmen say he le probably one of the best pistol shots in the world. Grouse end pheiisant shooting is his favorite a., neer spoet. He goe.s to Sandringham soon after the season opens in Aegust and epencle many days on leis ranges there. `hoe He takes great eare of the birds - estate there. ways hungry; make boys and girls be in a hurry. Don't ever be afraid to free of dining room and kitchen and weather and season a little. Then do not be afraid to let them use the when the strain conies. you won't warp best dishes. Electric -light bills, fuel or -break. Take 3;our wilderness Jour - and china are cheaper than anxiety nen It will toughen you for the luau - and trouble. Above all, let a cheerful, ries of Canaan when. you arrive. I have hospltable andahappy spirit prevail. seen too inany cha racters rotting in Two Hand Shelves. . the euushine to want you to arrive be- fore you are hardened for the goal." Two ehelves thirty inches long by of hooks in the bottom make one Some Facts.. „ ten inches 'wide, with a double row The cherry, the .peach, and the plum 'house'arife's kitchen neat and conven- ient. Q,ne shelf—white enameled—is were all first grown in Persia. The hippopotamus is nearly blind, the exect stagsahf brownness can be oyer the sink. On it stands the double seen se slearly. 'bailer, coffee percolator, coffee in an air -tight een—the coffee mill is at - Bath the glassware and pottery are tached to the wall just over the popular, , vary valuable for casserole cookerY,' 1 l . mo drainboawl—and scouring powder, through imitating this type, the face! custards and ds. A genuinely, • • f • " bath brick steel wool and a bottle of assumes a p particular description. The fact that fashions in faces have good and enthusiasticacook will insist . on a careful selection of casseroles,t javelle water. On the hook beneath for she is going to cook many one-disha helve the cooking uteneale in constant . . existed, and that they have varied 1 meals and thus save much work for daily usealong-bandled spoons,. meat very considerably in shape and style, . herself, besides feeding the family knife and cleaver, bread knife, dish may be proved by a study of the best adequately. Since the casserole can mop, soap shaker, bottle cleaner, cork pictures of people of different periods. •be placed on the table, extra dishes screw, steel frying pans of small size, require baking custards he other shelf is on ed pictures may be due to differences that long I T Some of the variations in the paint- ere liaewase eliminated. Rice dishes stew ans 'etc anenclosed •• in the ideals of the artists, bun•again, much must also have been due to die ferences in the face itself. There is another type of face fas- hion which prevails in this country, or, indeed, in any country where the. people have descended from mixed tribes. In one district we find that a certain coloring and type of face pre- dominates, while in another district a either by day or by night. Men have been known to expose a ship to ter- rible risks by fire by sticking odd lengths of purloined candle on the edges of their bunks so that they might have light to read when lying down on. the only spot on board rightly their own. One man, an American of great mental qualities, had suoh a pas- sion for reading that he would sit up the whole nigbt with a favorite author. Dickens for preference, and bribe hie watch inates heavily to take his duties for him, such as wheel or lookout, so that he might remain undisturbed. I3ent nearly double in his bunk, the miserable lamp hung upon a surrepti- tiously shifted hook so as to bring it nearer to him while still affording mime light for bis shipmate.to rise or retire by, he made a pathetic pia - titre of the pursuit of Ittegature under difficulties, -yet ane familiar to many deepwater eailors. , kinds and bakedhash porch,- and is just outside the kitchen stews of all ' arcasserole dishes. 1 door. On the hooks hang broom, floor e In the selection of cutting tools, the mop, dustless mop, oiled mop, lamb's quality of the steel is the most im- wool brush for wiping .down walls, portant. Cheap steel knives and scis- window brush pole, long -handled dust- sors can neither take a good edge nor pan'and cleaning brushesf various "hold"ean edge. i sizes. These all have screws put in with dark hair, and therefore are to The chopping bowl and some of the the top of the handle so that they may be found more in the country. . mix:ng spoons will necessarily be of be hung up easily. On the shelf is London's oldest markets are said to WO od. but can -scent a white man two miles . to windward. Britain bought the year's sugar crop in Mauritius, comprising over 200,000 tens at a cost of $90,000,000. Although sahnon have not frequent- ed the Thames for a century, they are found in the Tyne, near Newcastle. Remodelling the liner Aquitania, af- ter her war service, employed 136 joiners, 30 painters, and 30 polishere. When Carusa, the famous tenor, is on the stage, his medical attendant is always on duty behind.thescenes.. During a thunderstorm the least dangerous trees are birch, alder and cherry. But all trees should be avoid- ed. -Fair-haired people require more oxy- gen and nourishment than do those furniture polish, floor wax, a shoe box be.Smithfield, where 'cattle were sold w contain:ng clean , type of quite a different nature ill Aftee all these utensils have been old eloths and squares 1150, and Billingsgate, which is re - prevail. U • of cheesecloth for cleaning and dust- aided to have been founded in 400 B.C. Fashions of this description do not alter, hewever, or if so, but very slight- ly and yery slowly, as people from neighboring towns and districts mi- grate, and so the fashion gradually loses a certain amount af its individu- ality. Not the George Who Does it. One a the amusing stories in Capt. Evans's book, Keeping the Seas, is of an incident that occurred -when twenty- tl ' £.LSC JSC 11S1 tLeCLe e Ovthsink ing, and, empty syrup pails, in which portant consicleration. er or very near or oiled dust cloths are stored. The car - it, should be a shelf cupboard in which are stored soap,: pet sweeper and scrubbing pail stand scouring soap and powder, steel wool and a couple of large corks. below the shelf. 1- Steel wool is ihtlispensable for A E ' An venmg.Prayer. aluminum. A good non -alkali soap!• should baused with it. Wet the wools, Father, wita all my heart I thank Thee use plenty of soap and scourfor to-day,i, the I For an its sunshine—all its rain; aluminum, using a Motion which fol - strength to toil—for a heart to lows the shape of the utensils. 0311 For the bettom of a round utensil, the play' Help me to forget its pain motion should be round and round,i- .Ats, with my hand in Thine, not across; around the sides, not up: 111 dollars in gold wee shill- • I 7 five mi. on and down. n this way a ley goo ped across the English Channel. The can be put on. • Many women, ship carried_ paisengere -Mr. Lloyd ' complain that the steel wool heats' George, Gen. Rctertison and Sir Maurice Mulkey, who occupied the cabin in which the gol I was stored. 'When the ,gold nes landed, a Bank of England clerk complained that one bag waz missing; and asked anxiously 11 anyone bad been in the cabin. "Oh, yes," said the captain. • "Three men were there." ''Who are they?" "Well," reviled the captain thought. fully, "I knew that • one was called George." a Later it Was discovered that the bags had been miscounted, their fingers. Use the col.lc to pus it ev;th or wear a thick glove. Steel wool will be found just as, valuable for glassware, pottery and, iron ware as it is for alumiiram; for' removing burnt material or material which may stick, steel wool made wed and rubbed on soap cleans and at thei same time polishes cooking utensils. If iron ware is to give the best, satisfaction, it should be tempered be- fore using. First wash and scrub: well, using a good scouring powder and steel wool. Waeli again and fill as full as possible of Old water. Add two tablespoons of wash -mg , 6odg.. But, when the clay shall come again, ask That a eta caase to Thee May meet my task With love, that maketh all things plain And makes me trust in Thee Ana never ask .• . But that num work continually -- 'That, which fee me is best Those Awful Partings. The Bride: "Oh, how -I hate to let yOn• gO, darling! 1 sha'n't See you again. hmtil lunch Um e ! " The Grooni: "You =at be bravo, littie WOman. No matter wbat happens, I swear to telephoee at eleven" Minard'e Liniment Lived by Phynielans Place the kettle on the etoe and let Keep Minard's Liniment in the house Cut Vour Fued 13111s.ln linfrby Using "CLEAN ALL" BOILER COMPOUND Manufaxturod by The 4113n cd Wator Purillop Co., Limited, 21 Ocunclon ot., Toronto aavt.....-masa•Vae......a....u. 7.1 :COARSE SALT LAND ,$ALT • Bulk Carlots TORONTO SALT WORKS C. J. CLIFF • TORCNTO Appear At Your Best—lustautly If you receive' a sudden caller or an unexpected in- Vitation yeti can feel con- • admit of always appcering 'gal, at 'your best. In but a few moments It renders to your skin it wonderfully pure, v soft compiexion OM is beyond comparison. •14Ate.i.tt Lens Produces Coal Again. For the liret time since the occapa, tion of Lens by the Germans nal leaf( been bronght up to the surface from ono of the mines, says ft recent desw patch. Many of the mines are still flooded, but the aumping out cantata 1108. Engineers in charge of the wail express the opialou that the exploit's( tioineof the upper workings of tha mites will be Dammed about the mid die of 1931.. 0