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The Brussels Post, 1918-5-2, Page 6Arthur Stanwood Pit...:,. :.'�'T^�'�O•+'D`r. `-a.'r'' `One `..:1^7a< ` • c. ; lir ff Coe: spat It+na-nhte•u D1iYl';In e'.er•,:aq: tt E:�•141. al.gougi-ntortt with seely•.,. t H )Pel l P II. On Friday aud Saturday Mrs. Dono- hue energei.leally e niu ted r tt ueo. eleanine; eh,t took un tho parlor and dieing -room carpets, draped them eo a clthen Sme ia the front yard, and with her head swithed in a It'aie polka el t handigegliier, brat them with a rattan etie l "If he'e treed enough to ¢•o to teen press, he +d en u h to have the house fixed un for nim a bit he would sne. She could ma help ex- hibiting her pride ever the digitin.tion that had been contetret on Jerry, "And it the first chane he's aver had to vote ire all his life:" she would cuncluue. "And a C.cngressnan mak- ing up to him right off! Ain't he the lucky boy!" By Saturday night she had put dawn the carpets and washed the par- lor and dining -room curtains; these on Monday had to be darned, for they were old and did not well endure her vigorous cleansing. On Monday, too, she washed the windows and dusted the furniture, the pictures, the chandeliers—singing all the while. She finished crocheting the tidy and hung it over the. stain on the red plush chair. The paper roses on the parlor mantel had become soiled after six months of decorative service; un- willing to throw them away as having outlived their beauty, she went over them, petal by petal, with a bit of damp cloth. `lQo gardener ever tend- ed living ruses with more care than that which she had bestowed in trying to preserve t:he fresh appearance of these flowers. Likewise. though an object of even greater solicitude, had thew ate memorial dove been grimed andec -d. Against a sheaf of roshea anenteiaied in a frame lined with white satin, it hung head down, wings outstretched, transfixed by an arrow which was issuing at its back. Beneath it, worked in red worsteds, was inscribed, `:fit Rest." "I declare, Jerry," said :hers. Dono- hue, surrendering to despondency an liionday evening, "if there's been one thing that I've tried to keep free from spot and stain sinee your father's death, it's that dove. But what with the soft -coal smoke, the soot, the dust a -flying in from the street, that dove is no lunger the pure white bird it ought to be. I hope :ter. Maxwell won't notice the specks on it, and think we've failed in our duty to- wards the dead," "Now stop your worrying," hp said soothingly. "You're just played out. You've made the house look fine --but, you needn't to have." Tuesday evening, when Jerry came home from the mill, he found his, mother in a state of triumphant ex- haustion. "I did think at one time I never! would get through," she said. "I' hope I've froze up enough ice cream' and fried enough doughnuts. How' many do you think will come. Jerry 7", "You mean to say you've been freez- ing ice cream and frying doughnuts!' PLAN PROS! 01 0 • In order to get our justly high grade piano in each town, village or town- i ship throughout Ontario, we Einem t offer one instrument, and only one, in each place, at factory price, as far as it can ie item een.eistettly. These pianoe aro made in Canada and have been before tile. Canntlian public for • over +v:r:nt; •tire years. and are sedd an a etrarebt guarantee, For forth= r ineormation apply to BOX 427 • TORONTO, ONT. ms�7s'R r r. Will not Iaurn Easy et3 use Esliit:etsee I wish there was a TiVaiker ir-iouse en every little town I wish there was a WAI.E.ER HOUSE In every little town; Then I could travel merrily, And always sit me down At night in peace and comfort, Happier than king with crown, If there was just one Walker House In every little town. I wish there was a WAXER HOUSE Int each place where I go. The comforts of my dear old home While on the road I'd know. The meals—the Cheerful Service, toe, Would leave ho cause to frown, If there wss just one Welker house In every little town, The Walker House gee: Wright the Douse of 1"aronfo fin M. carrell plenary Well, if you ai:t' a w.n?et' Maxwell didn't :Ivan we :den that kind of 'hint,." "1 «:n't t a+ w ns ihat's a r. wcll s Milli;' replied ell xir e. Denote -1e wield dignity. If •oe're ging to have fe n. e lloAritithle. 1 ittierowi. d the Pt els rte eer and thtt along tete'.: our an makes four �n2. nee nt tenet a, tt ct,u i Leen to citta; pee. fries .. a emp v house. I'll eyelid the e : e n ess at the Dris cell e -and ee . Jerry, Mrs. Drie- cull asked if we mi_Ittti t slip .eve some time during; the party, her and me, aed peel: through the window--- she'dislike to the t htngre. sn:au. I told her we could." "Sure said Jerry. "And if emelt make some kind of signal, I'll streak you out 602110 ice CIE ant.•' In his black suit and stiff collar,. with s salmon pink necktie which flared i,dently-against the deeper pink el his nee( and feee, .Terry des- cended the stairs. Isis mother had just finished plectiag the du lava away, in the kitchen. i "My, but yeti do look nice!" she assured him. "Now I'm going up to change my dress, so VII be ready to run oyer to Mrs. Driscoll's the mo- ment he comes. DOrn't stir rounds and get yourself all mussed up and excited, child; just sit still and be calm." Obediently, but with an uncomfort- able consciousness of his collar, Jerry sat in the parlor and endeavored to give his mind to "Ben Ilur." The door- bell jangling violently summoned him. A brewery wagon was waiting at the curb; the teamster was waiting ut the door. "Two kegs for J. Donohue," eat(' the teamster. "This the place?" "Yes, but I didn't order any—" "Sent. by John Maxwell." The steamster strode down to his wagon and lifted a keg out in his arms. Jerry held the door open for him dumbly. "In there." Jerry pointers to the dining -room. "Jer-ry!" The call came from up stairs just as the teamster had de-' parted for the second keg. "Did you got to the door?" "Yes, mother." "Who was it?" "Oh, just a—just a mistake." The brewery %Amgen was turning away when another wagon drew up at the curb. At the door Jerry waited apprehensively, The driver lugged a bushel basket filled with tumblers up o steps. "`In there," Jerry murmured, point-' ing to the dining -room. On a second trip the man brought in four quarts of whiskey and two boxes of cigars. Jerry closed the dining -room door; upon thesecontributions;. hen as ' po t e then, of t at a loss, he inserted hs forefinger! down the front of his collar and gave his chin three or four meditative' hoists. He returned gravely to the parlor and resumed his reading of Ben ITu." I His morther descended the stairs.; "What in the world have you been tramping about so for, when I told you to sit still and be calm?" she de- manded. "I thought the house was coming down. "Oh, I wanted to make sure every- thing was all right," he answered. "And it is. Now I'll read you a chapter out of tins book." And thee placidly were they engag- ed when the jangling hell proclaimed the first arrival. "I guess: I. won't wait to see :IIr. Mexw•ell after all," eaid Mrs. Donohue nervously, "tiniers thin is hint." Treem the etairs, whither she re- treated, she. eave :leery open the door 111.4 adtait Dace Scanlan and four lir five other friends. Thens'he took h.1 III t et undetected by the gunge, "Until the, ar•rivaLof the candidate, there toes ar, n' lir ph.:re of diemrl deeeren. The young m `r a mbl- u l., to the nenibe r of twenty. five. conversed in fnnerally low voiees, At last an autettlobile puffed up the street, and :topped before the house. Instantly the two front windows were blocked with heads; the front door; Was flutes, open, i "It's hint!" Jerry announced with excitement Mr. ll;aenell was a believer in clash,! in "snap." He ran up the plank walk and divested himself of his fur over -1 coat as he rat. • Hello! hello! hello!" he cried; he': grasped Jerry's welcoming hand and, lug hien ".Terry." "And I remember you too," he said to Dave Seetdan. "vent were with Jerry the other day at Grady'§ -'aud you're -Scanlan. lee, to he sure, Scanlan. I tell you, 1 (beet often forget a face. --though sortie•. times I go a little shy on [names." tossed his overcoat into a corner by; the door. "tiny, old man. I'm sorry to be late. I've brieight with mei these, friends of mine ---lir. Donohue, thio is Mr. Tta.cv .Ir. Jenks, Mr.; Tiffin. Darned good fellows, the, whole hunch. And, say"—he caught; ,Terry'e arm and dropped hie voice to a' whisper --"there are half a dozen more renting up the hill naw—saw my machine, [nave me a cheer, and in- vited themselves. One of them's Jimmy Berne, running for the Legis- lature. You (won't mind letting 'em in? I guess there's staff enough for all." "Oh, sure," said Jerry.. "The more the merrier." Ile was quite exhilarated; the can- didate's bounding manner reassured him after the gloomy tension of the laet half-hour. "Now introduce me all ronuul," said Mr. Maxwell. "Anel then," he added in Jerry's ear, "open up the stuff." It was wonderful how Mr. Max- well's entrance invigorated the as.. sembly. 'Well, boys, here we are again,' was his happy, general greet- ing, To individuals he was more than kind; he held hands affectionately while hes endeavored to recall the Christian llama. To his horst he vonehsafed an eestatie moment, eall- Jerry fluug open the deur. into the diping room. "Fellows." he announced."Mr. se well has kindle provided some liquid refreshments Reed cipeies for this r•. <u leg; if you will kindly etc's) this .v r 'Aay!" cheered the eL+ et,l.:etre- ing lit e.ins;' forw�:ard. "Ani eihoot S ',erste there See bream and deuelinute an the }louse." .lir, it ".well eee inside the eiiti'n room dee . tio w n lied ilk Way mt the cdt.,,,r ilio! 1:rrS ea 1a(.ur,, ice veie.1:e oto ef , 1r r.?e•r. "Jerre he sant 'iii !n•, v. -AN Soli "lath I !wentsome Lessem i!1 :l mernent, lie• t? n l; .eine eevr miss(.1 Igen a genee of beer. eelentlenteei I t :tele:" :elf. ).li,s- well raisin lee ,se :delve his heed, and they all listened. "I went veers one here t, feel his hlaee and Own ,loin lite in about that I will peopu,,," a The aetivity 111 the neighborhood of! tete keg's was resumed, But at last. every one vvas supplied. "All reedy, Congressman," shouted ; Dave Scanlan. � • Mr. Maxwell motanted a chair. "Getrttenien, I want you all to !mow • that tiles. Donohue with her own hande t'ruac the.: iee Bream and hied. thee, deeelentte for you boyo to -night. She w' Cited you and Ile', coining here t +-id' rte t lcome each other, to "n- ee: eh.ee; and ee she did all this itr Now 1 sey that when til, e4e MOO ee,aie lana the eani.ut:u heal u: their lipport in ti,l ay we're tee lid 1,, win. And I wet :n ere,i;e,se the eeeltli of itlre. lt. eeee_ - Ceel J I , •' k :. lid t. i There sees greet cheerier; ; they :ell ,liar a with avidity. .ferry in hie :ray e- -e tieeet nee idently el e, d a 41 -end. i• , (Teem on the hoer, He Father- ed e up with hie bands and eleteeed FEWER STIFF CUI.I.ARS. it let th • freezer upon the s elt: i „ n r':- tean'' nn•ntiui hem, -tf tnrauCinS. Pet ter Cres Are 'Found tet This Titan: n Len in w•itl:helding Prem his :nest la:,w]teL;; of the bee. tier. For Starch and Linen. de,• could ionic to her uet'i"e The separate starched collar was ce net a -r:d by any .;tenet of dieappeint• e,r disinlusir n, invented about ninety-two years ago mens I'10 bo continueti.l by the wife of a blacicsmith of Troy, N.Y., who made one for her husband. Since then it has grown in popularity until there is ]probably nobody who t eesf hits not worn a starched collar at fuls on it greased pan and hale in it moderate oven, as cakes made with honey will horn easily. This recipe makes about eight dozen small cakes, Honey Ilernalt•ti —?k eupful shorten- ing, ay eupful honey, le teaspoonful :nixed spices, 1 eupful ehopped ::Delos, 1 egg, t teaipoonful soda, tat tea- speenfut salt, about 8 capfuls pnetry flour. Haat the sheriening anis the Haney together until the shortening is melted, add the ntixecl spices, using eiuuamon, clew,: and nutmeg. Allow it to cool. 'Then add the egg, well beaten; reisius, tort] two cupfuls of ,leer in which the soda and salt have been sifted, Add more flour if revil- e to make a dough eitl enough to roll out, Rall, cut in squares and bake in a moderate oven. 1 i SPONCE BOX As KI A home-made sponge box or bread raiser will prove a geeat ennvenience in the wartime kitchen. It enables the housekeeper to keep her sponge lir dough at the right temperature so that it will rise in less time. A sponge box or bread raiser, there- fore, takes much of the uncertainty out of bread baking. It can be made front an ordinary dry geode packing box, and the government has Rent out directions for making it, as fol- lows: A liox 26 by 20 by 20 inehes is a convenient size. About ten inches from the bottom of the box a shelf made of slats or strips of wood rests on cleats fastened to the sides of the box. A second shelf is placed four inches above the lower one. The shelves can be removed when cleaning the box. Below the lower shelf a sheet of galvanized iron slightly wider than the shelf is inserted, It is curved in order to make it slip in and slay in place securely. This prevents scorching of the lower shelf when a lamp is placed below and also, helps to distribute the heat more even- i ly. The door is hinged and fastened' with a thumb -latch or book and staple. Several small holes are bored in the lower and upper parts of the sides and in the top of the box to promote circulation of air. A eork which has t'se es>. e �' !n ee TCHEN COMMODITY. been bored through the centre to ad- mit a straight thermometer is insert-' ed in one of the holes in the top of the box, A Fahrenheit chemical ther- mometer that registers as high as 100 degrees can be used. Such a ther- mometer may be ordered through a hardware dealer or directly from an instrument dealer. To avoid all danger of fire, the box ' should be lined with asbestos or tin ' when a kerosene lamp is used for heating the box. If an electric light is used the lining is not necessary. A sixteen -candle power light will hent the box nicely. A small and inex- pensive night lamp is placed in the bottom of the box and a shallow pan of water is placed on the lower shelf sThat the air in the box will be kept ' rnon3st. The bowl of sponge or pans of dough are placed on the upper shelf. The temperature of the box should be kept as near 80 degrees F, as pos- e ale (80 degrees to 88 degrece F,) when bread is being made in the quick way. If a sponge is set over night 65 to 70 degrees F. is the better tem- perature until the doegh is made in the morning, after which the tempera- ture may be increased to 86, degrees F. The temperature in the box may he varied by raising or lowering the +lame Lit the lamp or by using warm or cold water in the shallow pan. Honey a Sugar Substitute. honey is much more easily digested than sugar, and much more quickly assimilated. It has the peculiarity of retaining moisture, keeping !tread and calces, for Instance, fresh and soft for a long time. It is delicious on dry eereale of all kinds, even dry bran. In i combination with most fresh fruits and nuts, there is no sweet like honey.; Try it with baked apples, baked peaches, sour cherries, boiled or bak- ed quinces, grapefruit, cocoanut, al mends and Brazil nuts and you will' surely want it a seeond time, Raisins,! spiees and spfey seeds blend well with honey. Honey cakes, es we have ealtl, are noted for theft' keeping qualities. For, this reason, the use of honer 3s re-' commended for wedding or block fruit cake, while it gives a richness of flaw, or and texture to even a /dale raisin loaf like the. following: Honey Plum Cake.—le eupful short- ening at cupful brown sugar. la cup fel honey, 1 eve., In cupful milk, 2 cupfuls paetry flour, 1 teaspoonful soda, a teaspoonful ealt, i; teaspoon-' ful ginger, le teaspoonful nutmeg, la teasponful clove•,1 teaspoonful cinna mon, I cupful. raisins or mixed fruit,' Cream the shortening and brown su gar together, add honey and egg well beaten. Mix and sift together all the' ents i dry logit(ireserving g a little of the flour to dust over the raisins. Add. dry ingredients alternately with the: milk to the first mixture; beat well,' add raisins and bake in a well -greased' and floured loaf pan in a moderate' oven. Honey ie unequaled for making small cakes. The following will keep indefinitely: Nutleter.-1 cupful ehortenhig•, 1 cupful honey, 1 cupful brown sugar, 1 cupful chopped net meats, 1 egg, 2 !scant teaspoonfuls soda, 1 teaspoon- ful salt, 1 teaspoonful cinnamon, 4 cupfuls pastry flour. Sift the dry in- gredients together, beat the egg well, !and mix in order given. This will make a stiff batter; drop by t:easpoon- i some time or other. Now its popular- ity is on the decline again, partly on the score of comfort mud partly as a result of the war. The crux of the matter does not lie with the collar itself, though that is made from material which is useful for bandages, It's the starch that is to be saved—valuable foodstuff that ought not to be wasted on collars. A permanently stiffened collar is 1 ing introduced which is not celluloid, but is a regular fabric collar treated with a kind of varnish that makes it possible to clean it under the tap or Trio aA. VA -Pe 0 dry, 'k 21"1. itear.,CD04,1 F.: C.R.(..It.t e,t'Wk n A 3t"Stl'ut fl toR NTO CANADA r�l�f '0" ` CmE :veva CAM oto with a damp cloth. Automobiliets should he among those who apprecit to this new fabric, for in spite of red dust, it is always possible to "feel clean" in a clean collar. A collar of this kind will last from two weeks to a month. Eradicate cedar trees growing near orchards to keep down apple rust. It is chiefly a foliage .disease, but also attacks the fruit. Cats are supposed to (till rats, Pos.' I.sible' some do but most cats do not )till rats. Every eat will kill birds, and as the birds still insects, every eat is an insect protector. Get rid of use- less cats to protect the birds that pro- test crops from destruction by insects.' • .r..a r=MMETrai,,lis atrsL�-c is Send. it to arlter 5 , OU will be astonished at the results we get by our modern system of dyeing and cleansing. Fabrics that are shabby, dirty or spotted are made like new. We can restore the most delicate articles. Send one article or a parcel of goods by post or express. We will pay carriage one way, and our charges are most reasonable. When you think of CLEANING AND OFFING, think of PARKER'S Let us mail you our booklet of household helps we can render. 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Food Control Corner Wilful waeste of any food or food products or weal() resulting from care - products or waste resulting from mire. lestomen or from Imperfect snot• ° facilities, has been made illegal and subject to penalties by Order of the Canada Food Bovril. By the terata of this Order, r epoueibiley (s Inid upon private citizens to free that no food is 1111[ by being 1(014 tut long or kept In improper conditiens. If a Private o believe r t0 c lu .en has tea::=on t 1 that a veld t,torege wet -thee ;e, score, rentnnrate or hotel is wasting food in tiny w•ay, he hati now the opportunity of ntttl:hig a cot:epla!nt. to the me el- oilal authorlties with the kuowlelgo thnt the law le behind hint Ata time like this, when feed 1s : o ecce in the world end so high in ; riee even in Canedn where comparnti e ulnuad- aire still prevails, it is the eo itivc duty of the private citizen to ueliehl the law against waste find to car y nut the full spirit of the law in hie own household and in his own daily routine. In the past it has been the habit of many people to complain bitterly about lack of regulations in regard to waste and to lay responsibility upon the Dominion Government. The constant remark was "Why does not the Government do something?" The cold storage in some far off city like Winnipeg would develop some imper- fection and some thousands of pounds of food would be spoiled, then immedi- ately would arise the question "Why doesn't the Government do some- thing?" The fact that local initia- tive might "do something" was slow to occur to many good people, The new order against waste makes it abundantly clear that the Government; has "done something'," It has, in fact, done all it could without creating special and expensive machinery to do more. It has followed the principle of local enforcement and the decen- tralization of authority. It has pro- vided stiff fines for those who break the law against waste of food and it has provided that prosecutions be un- dertaken by local officers. Thus, if the municipal health inspector or any municipal officer discovers waste in a local cold storage warehouse, he lays the charge before a police magistrate or two justices of the peace and, securing a eenviction, secures one- half the fine for his municipality. Similarly in the case of a provincial officer securing a conviction. The penalties are fairly stiff ones, The fines being limited to amounts be- tween $100 and $1,000 with the al- ternative of imprisonment up to three months. If circumstances warrant it, and wastefulness by neglect be flagrant, both fine and imprisonment may be imposed. Farther, if local authorities learn that food is being held when it should be sold for fear of spoiling, they have only to notify the Canada Food Board, The Board is in its turn, authorized to notify the offender that_ th e g oods must be immediately sold and in de- fault of obedience, the Board itself may etep in and seize the goods and sell them. Most people in this country realize that there is a great war raging and that people on whom the world de- pends are in danger of starvation. Some few apparently do not. This new law will do much to teach them. TWO LONG-LIVED PENS. One Used by Thackeray, Other by Oliver Wendell Holmes, "For two years," announces one of those eccentric persons who make a business of collecting strange and startling facts, "Thackeray did all his writing with one'pen, which also served hint for writing two novels. Oliver Wendell Holmes used a gold pen for more than thirty years, dur- ing which he wrote twelve million worcls." That, we may consider, is genuine pen conservation, and it may be typi- cal of a general economy that wile far more prevalent in the days of Thack- eray and Holmes than it is to -day. Pens, in the last quarter of a century, have come to be rather lightly esteem- ed by most ;persons who find n con- tinual use for them. One ttrows away an old pen and puts a new one in the penholder with little thought of tho potential waste. A gold pen, of course, is exceptionally durable, as a rule, but the one that performed service for Dr. Holmes for more than thirty years must have been a marvel. Any- way, it: was obviously a far better one than the one that served Thackerey for only two years. Ilis was probably an old-time quill pen, but even then a quill peen that would last through the writing of two novels as extensive as those produced by Thackeray must be regarded with profound respect. This economy in the use of writing utensils seems awe-inspiring to -day: In the last ten years we personally have knocked out two typewriters and have started on our third, and le that time have probably turned out less than half the number of words that Dr. Holmes produced with hie little old gold pen. And when you come to think of the comparative valuess of the words the reflection becomes posi- tively humiliating. The continued high prices of mut- ton and Iamb have made it desirable that more sheep be kopt on the farms of Canada, In many parts of the country there are large mar, of rough land, weedy lots and grown up fend rows which afford an oxeslle,nt oppor- tunity for feeding sheep.