The Brussels Post, 1919-9-11, Page 6Her Housebreaker
13y Florence Morse Kingsley.
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She smiled at him as alto. mightt of ;:alt pork and salt, pepper and but -I UNIQUE TAXES OF OLD PAYS,
have smiled at her boy. Then swiftly ter, cote • with milk and take in the; Great Britain's Exchequer Was En -
she wont, down stairs, I usual way. If you have Wine cold tunic; rickedit Many Original Methods.
"If he has lied to ate," she said to gravy l . i add ithi the p ..ca of part; by
herself"ha will take the opportunity of the m'il'e. This ave, the gravy and! One of Perltnmeut's hardest t•tsks
makes the poiatees better, I is the preparation of the Budget.
to escape." 1 For the .[ 1, i t I
toes, onion: and cuctnnber pickles salt one likes ;wing Hunt, they r"u�• to
> about overhead, � cd and peppered ani; chopped to- framed so as not to place too great
Silence followed and her heart bent Beth+ r, For the dressing 1 use one a burden upon any particular clues,
CHAP. II.--(Cont'd.) Iedrew tink aIdshouldelke to tell you stll0 1tiugl;; fast. She hast lrft her tn..,>.poonful of prepared mustard toi For originality of schemes to re -
"I
Then another thought swiftly eros- everything;' he said slowly. ba^ containing money nn the bureau two tablespoons of, sweet cream, one plontslt ting Ilxchequer few have rit'ui•
sed her mind. Hurriedly she opened Then Iva added, as if to himself: "I in her room- and there was the loaded teaspoon sugar and vinegar to taste.' led \William Pett. It ryas bo who cic•
en unloeked drawer .in her desk; the Hover had a mother" revolver! She bent over the broiling bine the ciislics with crisp lettuce, visci the deg lux, an institution which
little roll of bills lay in the - corner, bacon, striving to steady herself. Why leaves, garnish w i' h a maple of sliced; still thrives. He also originated the
just where she carelessly had left it. "Yon moan that you don't remember had site not teleph�'ned to her son's hard-boiled eggs, : alted and peppered, income tax, which, during his admin.
Nothing had been disturbed in the Your mother?" she corrected him. friend in the village? I and then watch the men wade in. i istrntiuu, was fixed at 10 cents In the
dining room, where the bow! of mfg His blue eyes studied hor. face. His voice from the doorway startled I found that the men preferred cold! dollar on all incomes exceeding $1,000,
nonette and sweet peas gave festi' a 'You look like—somebody s moth- her. tea, and as we had no ice I steeped! It was the fashion of his time to
sickly odor, She opened the windows; el'," he said, still as if thinking aloud. "I thought;' he said apologetieally,1 the tea in a granite dish, with as little wear the hair ht a powdered queue,
then, still pondering the circumstance "I am," she told him, "My son—" „you wouldn't mind my wearing his• water as Pne`'ibis lalling it cool, and' and hair powdered appealed to Pitt
of the muddy floor and the missing she lifted her head proudly—"has at the last minute pumped in the cold as a vanity for avhieh every mon
n my
shoes.•a fivecrullers a
Cleat
could to ,
']j I i. t k n wining Y
slipperstittitle g1
would • s'ihree to w
candle, went out to the kitchen, For. gone to France:' They're not fit, you know." t t t b� had, 1 ton
d t glasses s to the man tells what they, year. Pan instant
o n i I Esc call boiled tots- Taxes moat be iulposod, but, as no
For awhile she heard him moving L 1
e5 water el e u
r Ho expected the Treasury to
frightened heyes e took in the empty; herlhaftereagser 2t glance rabout the An immense relief, amounting aI-I thought about that. I benefit to the extent of over $1,000:
most to jou, took possession of her.' Another thing perhaps not so econ-, 000 annually, but everyone had his
plate and the crumbs on the kitchen room.
table. Hastily she examined the She nodded confirmation of his un- Clean and fresh, an appealing light omioal as the before mentioned, but queue cat off.
larder. Someone had satisfied acute; spoken question. in his blue eyes, he stood gazing at, on the rapidly dlsnppearing order, was! A tax on shopkeepers, though only
hunger during her absence. The'. "Yes; this was his room," she said, her with a look which put to shame ,brown bread. Our recipe is as follows: a small impost arranged on a sliding
kitchen windows stood wide open, ad "He left me only yesterday." her dark suspicions. One cup of sour cream, two cups off scale based on the amount of rental
witting sun and air. This last bit "I guess you'll hate to think I slept "I'm sure you are a good boy," she buttermilk, one scant cup of sugar,i, paid, was stoutly resisted and even -
of circumstantial evidence reassured. here, when I tell you what I've done," said warmly. "Come, everything10, four tablespoons of cooking molasses; rosily defeated. A tax on female sof.
her. The hungry marat.der had evi- he said, after a pause. "But I'll tell ready." gI fiouredttogwether hich has beetntin added too! $1125 famouotitando60 $2.50 for three or
dently left by the same wry in which' you. 1 She had found time and courage to'
he had entered. The unbroken catch, She was noticing the little beads of gather a bunch of the purple astersteaspoons level of soda and one heap-1ntore, was more successful. Births,
puzzled her, till she recalled the .fact i perspiration on his forehead. for the centre of the breakfast table., ing full of baking powder, also one. marriages and deaths were all made
that she had not exaMined the parlor' "`lot now," she suddenly decided. He gazed at them curiously as he sat; teaspoon of salt. Stir rather thick and to contribute to the national purse,
down rather awkwardly .in the chair bake in two loaves. It is better to A duke's bride cost him a trifle over
she indicated. She felt rather than bake a sample the first time, for un- $250; the arrival of an heir meant a
saw that the simple appointments of, less the batter is thick enough the contribution of $150, and subsequent
the table were unfamiliar to him and bread will fall and it is rather too ex- male additions to the family each
that he did not understand the rem -
untested
pensive to waste. For gems you will called for $125. The death ,-of the
ant bowing of her head before the find this recipe hard to improve upon,
untested meal. Some inner voice I also put a mirror, soap, comb, tow -
prompted her to utter her thanks -els and dishes to wash in at the well,
under a. -big shade tree, setting the
table on the verandah, and fancied I
got along easier this year than ever
before. I find that simplicity combined
with plain substantial food, suits the
risen bettor than all the fancy dishes I
used to make before the old H. C. of
L. put his foot on my neck.
For the Pickle Shelf.
windows.
Mrs. Brett's nearest neighbor was
a quarter of a mile away. She recalled
this fact uneasily, as she hesitated at paused with a sudden impulse.
the foot of the stair. But, she reas- "You will find everything to make
oned, the person who had entered her yourself tidy among the things he
house was not an ordinary burglar, left. He will not need them—for a
for neither money nor silver had been long time."
touched. Without further reflection "Do you mean you want me to—?" giving aloud.
' I(To be
she mounted the stairs and passed "Make yourself presentable—yes: continued.)
"You are hungry; so am I. We will
have breakfast, and afterward—"
She moved toward the dodo; then
into the white perfection of her room.
Here the pictured face of her son
brought back her grief, half forgotten
during the tense moment's of her dis-
covery. She crossed the hall to his
bedroom.
Mary Brett was a brave woman—
brave enough to have sent her only
son to the rescue of the dying on that
terrible elongated battle -front across
the sea. She neither screamed nor
fainted when she saw, lying on her
sons' couch, the relaxed figure of a
man. For au incredible instant it
seemed that it must be George, lying
there so soundly asleep. His face
was turned from the light, and his
dark curling hair on the crimson pil- ers, city and country. Electricity and
low, bis sturdy length and breadth, labor-saving machinery go a long way
his boyish abandon to slumber, 1 towards solving the problem in town,
brought an aching lump to her throat. but doesn't do much to help out the
There was a loaded revolver in the farm woman except in a small number
d f table her own room f cases. But thereat many
Plan To Save Steps. , greatest possible' distance from each
How to make work easier ,if We are other.
Small kitchens, with every inch of
to go without help, that is the great
problems tthich confronts housekeep- space utilized, is always my slogan.
My present kitchen is just 11x8, about
the size of many a farm home pantry.
There is no pantry, only a small re-
frigerator room. Table, sink and stove
are all near enough together so that
only a couple of steps are necessary
M moving from one to the other. This
Cucumber Catsup -1 dozen large
cucumbers, 1 quart vinegar, 1 table-
spoon salt, 1/a teaspoon cayenne pep-
per. Gather cucumbers before the
sun strikes them and keep in a cool
place until used: Peel and grate the
cucumbers and drain off the water.
Heat the vinegar and spices to boiling
point; pour at once over the grated
cucumber, bottle and seal. Cucumbers
bottled in this way retain their fresh-
ness and snake a particularly good
sauce for steak. -
Curry Pickles—Boil together for
rawer o a a e m a s s. u are a gra five or ten minutes, two quarts of
It did not occur to her to fetch it. ways in which the far-seeing country vinegar, one tablespoon of salt, one
She sat down in a chair by the window woman can make her work easier if has been large enough to do the work teaspoon of black pepper; take one
and waited. she keep an open mind and is willing for seven people. tablespoon of curry powder, one and
After a little the sleeper stirred to adopt new methods in the kitchen Immediately I hear a cry arise, "No one-half tablespoons of corn starch,
uneasily, as if half aware of her as her husband is in the fields. milk to take care of, and no washing four tablespoons of ground mustard,
presence. Then he turned on Itis pil- Fireless cookers—home-made or done in the kitchen. All very true,
low and half opened his eyes. blue as store—make it possible to go without but had it been necessary to do the
corn flowers under their long curling a fire during the heat of the day. laundry work it could have been done
lashes. Mrs. Brett continued to gaze Gasolene or charcoal irons, mangles in as small a kitchen by installing
at him steadily. She did not feel at which will do the unstarched pieces, !sundry tubs instead of the table, and
all afraid, even when scared con- a hone -made kitchen wagon for building ,a cover for the tubs which
heeling• the'cl'ti s to and f,'om the could be utilized as a table when wash-
sciousness awoke in the boy's face.
He sat up suddenly, staring about him,
as if struggling to recall the events
of the previous night.
"You broke into my house," Mrs.
table, water in the house before there ing was not being done. This is work-
-is n car for pleasure riding in the ed out in many city flats and has prov-
barn, these are only a few of the en satisfactory. As to the milk, care-
ful planning sold a little alteration of
have and should insist upon if she the average farm cellar would make it
one tablespoon of sugar, or more if
desired. Mix these thoroughly with
a little cold vinegar, then put into
hot vinegar mixture and stir all until
et thickens. Take about three hundred
small cucumbers and wash thoroughly.
If medium-sized ones -are used, cut
in small pieces. Pour the boiling sauce
over the cold cucumbers, bottle and
seal. .
things which the country woman
can Apple Catsup -1 quart apple sauce,
Brett said to him calmly. "Was .it 1 teaspoon vinegar, 1 teaspoon cinna-
lust night or the night before? I"ve wishes to retain a vestige of youth possible to care for the milk there, if mon, 1 teaspoon cloves, 1 teaspoon
been away two days." and health, we weren't so wedded to custom, pepper, 1 teaspoon mustard, 1 tea -
His shamed eyes sought the floor. Thera is one thing, though, which Many women, however, find a larger spoon onion juice, 2 teaspoons salt,
"It was last night," he mumbled, can be gotten more easily than any kitchen better for their particular 1 pint vinegar. Simmer slowly until
"It was raining. I—was hntgry." of these in many country houses and
"Yes; I judged so." A faint smile that is the elimination of miles of
touched her lips. needless walking. The thing which
"I -I didn't mean to go to sleep. impresses the city visitor most when
I just thought I'd rest—for awhile, she takes stock of her country sister's
Then I meant to go on. I suppose work -a -day problems is the countless
you'll have me arrested?"
He remembered that he was wear-
ing the blue bath -robe and the gay
slippers. His coat Iay on the back of
a chair. He put it on, awkwardly
folding the garment which he had ap-
propriated,
"I --I 'was all wet," he apologized,
"and my shoes—"
"Sit down," she ordered, with gentle
authority.
number of steps which the farm wo-
man takes during the day. Used to
small, compact houses, the city wo-
man wonders that the country woman
has lived to her present age, whatever
it be, when she sees the steps which
the arrangement of the house makes you many steps. You can move the the surrounding country matched it
table, however, and the cupboards if
rnecessary, they are not built in. And by buying for prettiness.
A large number of farm homes, it is a few lengths of stove pipe and an "however did you get such a fine
all too evident, were built in the days elbow or two you may have the stove hones?" asked the friend after the
when lumber was cheap and large where you will. Sit down and study host had proudly shown him around.
He obeyed, families with daughters who stayed your own kitchen. Figure out how you "1t was this way," said the host,
"you must explain—tell me all: home and helped mother were the can re -arrange things to make it pos- casting a cautious look round to
about it. How did you come here— fashion. Those days are nowMembered- Bible to take the fewest number of7 where his lady was inspecting and
to my house?" 1 with other good things of the forgot -
steps in getting a areal and washing condemning the gardener's work.
x`I was tramping. 2 had a little ten past and only the houses are left dishes, and then proceed to have a "The property was for sale, so I
needs. With small children who al-
ways must be where mother is, an
11x8 kitchen is not just the coziest
place in the world. If your kitchen is
large and you want it so, then the
next thing to do is to plan to make it
convenient. The sink must remain
where it is, unless you wish to engage
a plumber, which perhaps at his pres-
ent rates you do not care to do. But
even that would pay you in the long
run, if moving the sink would save
thick, bottle and seal. A similar cat-
sup can be made from plums or
grapes, and spiced to taste. Sorghum
or molasses may be added if a sweet
sauce is liked,
manure's Liniment Cares Garret in Cows.
He Had Hopes.
It was a beautiful little place. The
house was small, but perfect, and the
garden lovely, 'with flowers and fruit
and vegetables,and hens, and all. And
money and I—lest it " 1 as a legacy to the twentieth ce., a. y
"Where did you conte from?" 1 housekeeper with her "no help prob- general shake-up.
run ku u and down cellar more
A dark flush sprang to his forehead. lem." Mammoth rooms are fine if than is accessary. If possible make
"From a town back a ways. Must you have help, but, 0, the backache an iceless refrigerataox. And don't
I tell you everything?" , if only one poo" woman has to keep run down three or four steps and a
She pondered his question: in order. And, 0, the tired, aching half dozen rods out to the milk house
"You have broken into my house., feet after a day of trotting from stove for all your butter, milk and eggs, as
You have eaten my food. 'Yes; I think! to and pantry woodshed,,ink ato l pantry try some women persist in doing. Keep
you must tell me everything." p• Ywhat you will need for a day's supply
in the house. You can keep the milk
cool by sitting it in cold water. And
the eggs you will use in a day aren't
going to spoil if you do keep them
in the house.
Plan to save steps. This is a thing
we can all do, Get all the kitchen
helps yoi,i can, everything that stakes'
work easier is a necessity these days.,
But while you are buying labor-saving.
devices don't continue 'to work over
tip?s walking several mike ttnneees-'
eerily. . !
The Ex -Kaiser's Peculiarities
The ex -Kaiser will be brought to
trlal by the Allies for bis public a0- !
one during the war, but Mr. Potsltncy
igelow, the well-known American
author, brings against him accusations
gt petty meanness almost incredible
In a monarch of his pretensions. They
esyorepens utxai Axe 14 is e�.1. anis
ViAtt' r,.,,x.,��. u,r1, uu4 sir, Llge-
low, In his recent book, "Prusstanisni
?an
the German
nd Pacifism;' makes
/npever practically a kleptomaniac.
v i le i
ewthe ow er f a lu V Ill 1A•
Was 1 �.
a �
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iso
' paritou
s gnome �.
the t
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ore
which was a gift to him from the
aged Queen of Hanover, whoee bus -
band was dethroned by William I• in
1806. William 11. manifested such an
intense interest in this miniature that
l.fr, Bigelow let Lim have It to loop at,
Mentioning how much he 'valued it on
account of the circumstances under
wli(oh ho gccqu(r-ed it, "}ever wag
that in uiaturb lin era kadit to me,"
stays Mr, Bigelow, "although I spoke
q4 it earnestly to the ltlmperor's prinel•
1 All d' amp the late Gen, von
alitzewitz. Not only did William rob
me of that precious portrait, but his
courtiers looked at one another' with
stupefaction when I made so strange
a claim upon one who was evidently
not geoe, 0iued to restoring what had
once cane under his all -coveting
lthj
A r. Bigelow achieved some chile i1H
a canoeist and made a 1,500-miie
voyage down the Danube, being the
Pass through the Isola Gatos
t toas g
lira p
a Oanoe. Tho l.mperor borrowed
in
this esnece the "Caribee," on thg ex-
eu4e that l Wanted his eon's to learn
to be exper • 4 noeiete. "While 1 lhwe
in't h ss 0Caribee,n Bays lir.
last my a C 4
Iligelow, ""t}oq, 111.1551' heo brolten tTs
word, for 'vilest I visited her in 1913
site was hidden away alnid other dust -
Covered nautical curios in an Omura
cot'riey of his, hoatllouse (ii, POtsolam1
Tbo old guardian did notknow who
I was, and i stayed but long enough
to roam that my canoe had never been
us0d and that I had been the victim
01 a Prussian premise."
Dishes the Threshers Like.
Bier the tireuth catch your early pe
tatocs aril nee you worrying about'
flow 5010 will cook tlo old ones, sol
that the th:eshei•s will relish them
1Vell, then, whynot scallop thegn
and snake 1 • ins ppotato 'salad') the
strollers who corse here surely relish-
ol"Sca1iepcc dpotatoes!"hes, or cei nu to,apt
"With butter sixty cents a pound and
salad dressing takes ton much time to
lnalee," Wrong again. Yon need little
butter and can armee a large bowl of
salad dressing in three minutes. In-
phead of butter alone, use small cube
brought my wife to see it. '‘.1 hen site
had looked round the house and the
gardens, and admired the views from
the wHndows, I asked her what she
thought of it. 'Henry; she replied,
'it is so pretty it leaves Inc speech-
less!' "
RK
AND
At least twice a week.
economical and W'iSC
housekeepers' serve
''Clark's" POO( 11.1141
wife necessitated the payment to the Beans , either with To -
were
of $250, and smaller sums 11l �t11, i Y
were payable on the death of other
members of the family.
These life and death taxes were as-
sessed on every subject in the king-
dom who had anything to pay, the
smallest sum collected being for mar-
riage, some 60 cents, paid by the man
whose income was less than $250 a
year. This man paid 50 cents each
time he became a father and $1 ap-
rroximntely upon the death of his
wife or son.
Bachelors of every rank were taxed
from 1695 to 1706, the payments vary-
ing with the rank of the individual,
and. ranging from $1.25 to $60 a year.
A man over twenty-five and unmarried
was a bachelor under the law.
Two of the most short-sighted
taxes ever levied were those on paper
and on windows. William 1II. origin-
ated the paper tax; which at one time
was as high as $140 a ton. On the
paper used by Charles Knight to print
his Penny Cyclopaedia the tax amount-
ed to $100,000. Later there was im-
posed a tax of eight cents a sheet on
newspapers, with an additional tax of
85 cents on every advertisement.
—fi
Our Boys In France.
Over the wave, our children brave
Have gone at humanity's call;
Ready to give that the right may live;
Ready to give their all.
In La Belle France where the foe's ad-
vance
Had blighted the joys 'of life,
They turned their guns on the cruel
Buns,
And joined in the awful strife.
Land of the West, your Gallant breast,
Has nourished a race of men,
Whose eager feet will scorn retreat,
And dash to the fray again.
Rod by rod, o'er the bloody sod,
The invader's host recedes.
While the shell -torn earth attests the
worth
Of desperate valor's deeds.
By the trenches deep, shall widows
weep,
Or mothers kneel to pray,
For the distant ones, whose dauntless
sons
Have helped to save the day.
mato, Chili or Plain
Sauce,
W. CLARK, LIMITED
MONTREAL •
Manufacturers of Clark's Pork and
Beane and other good things.
C.289
MEN'S MILLINERY IN INDIA,
Oriental Turban Is Composed of Nine-
ty Square Feet of Cloth.
Modern women haven't a thing on a
man from lndie, when It comes to
wearing expensive hats. And they'll
have to get busy to crowd as much on
their heads as do the mon front Bom-
bay, Calcutta and Punjaub, for those
red, yellow and white turbans are as
long as three tablecloths put end to
end,
Each turban Is made up of ninety
square feet of cloth, thirty feet long
by three feet wide.
The average person wonders why
men in these burning countries wear
a hat which covers the head as com-
pletely as the hood of an Eskimo. Both
do it for the same reason. Oue seeks
protection from heat and the other
front cold, The heat of one's own hotly
is fat' more endurable titan the burn•
fug rift's of India's sun,
A man wears a turban thirty feet
long, while a Small boy wears one
from ten to fifteen Leet long. But
Indian youngsters have found that the
cap of the Canadian boy takes far loss
time to 'put on than lits turban, and
they are generally discarding the
headgear of their fathers for that
worn in America.
THE GRANDEUR
OF GIBRALTAR
•Miaara'B Liniment Corea Diuhthorla.
To understand all is to forgive all.
All grades.
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