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The Brussels Post, 1917-5-17, Page 7Between Cousins; OR, A DECLARATION OF WAR. CHAPTER IV.--(Oont'd,) new development of Ae spices alto gether, For the flounced silk owl "That was beatuiful, John—beauti- the flower trimmed bonnet, full" she said to him at home, still in and the a flurry of agreeable excitement. "But pale kid gloves, substitute in you mind a tweed Int - you don't'belong to them only, you acoat and skirt (the Int- kneiv; you belong to me tool" ter stopping 'llot well above the ankles, if you please)—an exceedingly Whereupon John smiled tenderly eporting-looking 'tames,' and clog -skin but abstractedly, being in spirit still (or let ns say would-be deg -skin) in the pulpit. gauntlets—and there yon have her It was, after all, a great thing to bodily before your eyes. She took belong to a man who understood his great care to keep her left hand in the business, Ella reflected, having noted pocket,of her coat, and togiveme her the emotion of the congregation; for right one at the latest angle. I was those few final momenta had cont. a little bewildered at first, not being pletely covered the 'negative effect of peed to the type, but after he had the rest of the seryice. inquired whether there were many This revived enthusiasm served country -house ladies 9n the neighbor - very well for carrying her through the hood' I got my cue. It's the 'coun- ordeals of that first trying week; far try -house' lady she's aiming at, and of Adam in his Sunday coat and a collar whom she has evidently made an ex - which visibly hampered his breathing haustive study. The result is not bad appealed to her scarcely more than in really. It would be interesting to his duck trousers; while the round - eyed, shiny -faced jean, whose gloves were evidently bursting, and who held her pocketakandkerchief in her hand during this entire duration of the visit, did not appeal at all, , What could Ella .have in common with a woman who thought she was making conver- sation when she was discussing the composition of oat -cakes? The manners of John's sister, Polly, were even less sympathetic, for Jean was at least profoundly respectful, whereas the blowsy, carroty -haired Polly, in virtue of her elder-sistership, took it upon herself to be'fsmiliar, and even jocular, to a point which offend- ed Ella's finer seesibilities. "ManY's the time I've skolpit him," she laughed robustly, right into Ella's face, and pointed a red finger at the minister, "Not that he much need- ed skelping," she presently admitted, "except for forgettin' the things he was sent for. John always was, a bit moonstruck." The return visits were a harder task still. The thought:of entering a thatched hut as a visitor had cost Ella some sleepless hours, and would have cod her more had she not fortun- ately remembered in time that even great ladies have been seen in cottages —as benefactors, of.course. It was who knows their.food. va1u3 end how from this point of view only that the pr -pare and.cheese in a -var- thing became laaarable. This was not lety of appetizing dishes willur more a case of distributing bread; but other of them. Secure the best milk at any things could be dispensed, such a kind price for the babies; thew lives de - counsels and admonitory words, cal- pend upon it.- Whole intik, skimmed ciliated to elevate the rustic mind. It milk, butter -milk for the children, in - was with this view that she began to cultivate an amiable condescension of stead of so much meat, is both more manner, and that pas icu as a a ny wholesome and theaper. If possible, which. she understood to be the char- buy skimmed milk for milk soups and and when well blended gradually stir acteristic of the Lady Bountiful. puddings; _it is a substitute for meat in the creain and cook 2 minutee. Add In this way, she succeeded in protein and costs about a quarter the the cheese and stir until cheese is weathering an experience which, after all, need not be too -often repeated. And there were compensations; for Mrs, Modley had returned,. and the happy moment of crossing - the episcopal threshold dawned for Ella, with consequences to her mental equilibrium which she herself was scarcely aware of at the time, So also came that other proud moment of returning Mrs. Gordon's visit—in a boat, perforce. There was a dark blot upon that delight, however, for John seemed to take for granted that Polly's visit should be returned at the same time, and could absolutely not be got to see that there was anything in the least indecorous in going from the big house to the gardener's cot- tage. At a later period of domestic felicity she would scarcely have yield- ed, and even as it was, she did so with a rather bad grace. "Well, let it be so, in Heaven's name!" she acquiesced, with a sigh; "but I do think it looks odd." It had not previously occurred to John that that large, mobile mouth held in it possibilities of peevishness, but it did occur to him now. The impression produced by Ella upon the mistress of Balladrochit wiU best be given in a Atter to a friend, tablespoons butter, 4 tablespoons posted on the day of that first visit. flour. 1 cup grated cheese, Si teaspoon The passage in question ran as fol- lows: 'I've just been interrupted by. a visit—such a visit my dear! I wish IY a great joy in lie. Ylelute be- come the 'dear Bishopalready, for mons not hard to imagine. Dr. Medley is grand et letting people have their own way, you know, and seeing which way this young peraon's dealres tent( I've no doubt he's been humor - Medley had been so kind as to lend ing her to the top of her bent, Mia. her a seed catalogue, the told me, and was just embaelcing' upon a rhapsody en gardening, when she stopped short abruptly, because the recol- leetion of Alick's existence had made her realise the delicacy of the subject. When I asked how she liked her house, she became more measured in her an - ewers. It was not bad, ort the whole, she informed nie, though it had its faults, which she hoped to remedy. Evidently she has decided that it won't do to be too pleased with everything— might lead one to imagine' don't you see'? that she had notbeen used to better things. Everything is rather nice; the rooms, the 'sitooation,' ete. But she likes the `sitooation" of the Bishop' house ever so much better. The Bishop and everything pertaining to him has clearly been adopted as the standard of comparison. I suppose it does not suit her so well to institute comparisons with other people nearer at hand, though, the village swarms hear Redfern'ssromarks upon the set with first and second cousins who also of the skirt; but considering that she have houses and gardens—of a sort. probably cut it out herself, I think it's "I'm rather curious to know whether wonderfully creditable. So is hor conversation, and the studiously cul- tivated nonchalance. She must have had some rather good models to go by. Now and then a vowel plays the Poor givl, I fancy he must he a band- traitor,as, for instance, when thesful for her in some ways. I wonder complained of there being no 'hally' how these two came to pair—and I in the garden—she positively adores wonder still more how they will pull 'hally,' and is quite jealous of the His-, together!" llop's hedge. The Bishop is evident - (To be continued.) they'll have gone to Abele s cottage after leaving me. He began saying something about a second visit, but she promptly suppressed him, Milk and Cheese Dishes. Milk and cheese, at present prices, furnish nourishment at a much lower cost than meats. The housekeeper tablespoon butter, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 2 eggs. Mix first five ingredients. Add yolks of eggs well beaten, and fold in the stiffly beaten whites. Pour into a buttered baking -dish and bake twenty minutes in a moderate oven. Cheese Souffle. 3 Tablespoons butter, 4 tablespoons flour, 2-8 cup milk, 1 egg, 1 cup grat- ed cheese, salt. and pepper, few grains of cayenne, dry crumbs. Melt the butter, add the cornstarch, money. Milk Soups. 2 Tablespoons butter or dripping, 2 tablespoons flour, sh teaspoon salt, 2 cups milk or 1' cup milk and 1 cup vegetable water, 14 cup vegetable' pulp or flaked fish. The vegetable water is the water in which the vegetables have been cooked. melted. Season and serve on,toast- ed crackers or on bread toasted 'on one side, the rarebit being poured over the untoastecl side, Standard Food is the Cheapest. Important factors to life are air, water and food. We can live without air for only a short time, without sea - (In the case of potatoes the water is ter from one to four days and without not used.) The vegetable pulp is the food from thirty to fifty days. In cooked vegetable rubbed through a compositiomthe human body is three - sieve. Since the vegetable is cook- (masters water, and of such a nature ed before making into soup, any left- that a variety of foods is necessary, over vegetable from dinner can be used but not all are desirable. to make a hot soup for supper or lunch The most important business of the Onions, carrots, celery, potatoes, can- housewife is to know and understand, ned corn, peas; or tomatoes,- are gen- with a working knowledge as a basis, erally well liked. In the case of this supremely interesting subject. tomatoes, a pinch of soda must be Good food is most necessary for added to neutralize the actd so the good health, and even the best foods milk will 'not curdle. Remnants of are often spoiled by incompetent cold boiled fish, or canned salmon, or housewives, who are not able or driedbeef may bo used in the same familiar with the necessary and im-, • way as the vegetables. portant rules of cooking. These re- ms, quire intelligent and persevering Macaroni and Cheese. work, sincere efforts and determine - 1 Cup macaroni 2 cups milk 8 tion to have this important knowledge ECONOMY TO PROTECT BIROS, Best Guard Against the Ravages Of 'meet Poste. In an eddreas 00 'Insect Life in Relation to Bird Life," a Toronto speaker, Dr, Cosens, recently told of the constant struggle going on in the world between plants and animals and insects for existence, and of the nice balance of nature. This has been de- stroyed by man, who is reaping the consequences of his destruction of the birds by suffering from the ravages of inseet pests. Birds are the most im- poetant check on injurious insects. There are certain other checks, such as parasitic insects like the family of the Ichneumonidae. The Ichneumon fly 108 its eggs either on the skin un- der the akin, or near the larvae of the insect it preys upon. But the birds are our great helpers, and every stage of insect life/ eggs, larvae, caterpillar and mature insect, .fur- nisheo food for some bird. Warblers and chickadees 'clean up the eggs, as do the creepers. A colony of warbler and chickadees will keep an orchard free from the dread San Jose scale, A number of orioles and yellosv-billed and black -billed cuckoos will keep an orchard free from the tent caterpillar. Bank swallows feed on the adult mos- quito, and should receive absolute pro- tection. Dr. Cosens deplored the de- struction of colonies of bank swal- lows every year by idle boys. This should be stopped. Every bank swal- low is a public benefactor, The wood- peckers are the only check on boring beetles in the world, and are specially equipped with a beak and a tongue for diggjng under the bark and lick- ing out the grubs. The bark beetle is the most destructive pest we have. The annual loss in forests in the United States alone is estimated at $100,000,000, Woodpeckers should be encouraged and protected. The sap- sucker is more likely boring for a grub than for sap. The robins feed on the brown -tailed moth,swhich was imported to this continent from Hol- land in 1891 in nursery stock and be- came very destructive in • the New England States. The gypsy moth has a caterpillar which weaves a silken sail and floats away on the wind to pastures new. Catalogue mailed frOP,, •I• ' Save Buy a iA Dlreotrrom Rook , a 'aottom , • Prices ..e.,,.. L.-.1.Fr.Yri'S mo lielAi. taxa BUG. TORONTO This most valuable of farm boobs costs you not ono cent. It will, if properly osed, mean hundreds of dollars in actual profits to you. It covers all the uses of Concrete on the farm from fence -post to silo. 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Many wolnen fail in their undertak- ings because they have a wishbone in place of their backbone. Roll up your sleeves and determine that high' prices will hold no terrors for you; when you know that good standard brain food is the cheapest in the end. Do not permit any waste, Lut utilize! every portion of food. Thrift is not Glasgow, on whom I recently left a 8 tablespoons butter in a saucepans stinginess, as so many people imagine, card;. hence to -day's visitation. He add the flour and stir until froth"; but it is carefulness in undertakings,1 is nothing new to me, of course; I've seen him in the garden eeten_ssseg add the milk and stir until it thiekens. that when used in the home, especially times as the quarries were resting— Season with salt a'nd pepper, addthethe kitehen, netsto e persevei ng - it yt hth helping his brother-in-law. He's cheese and pour over the cooked mac- housewife wonderful result . much the same in a black coat as in aroni. Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a shirt-sleevea, and the metamorphosis baking dish, stir the crumbs in this, • tl salt, few grains pepper, ,4 cup dry bread cruinbs, 1 tablespoon butter. Add 2 teaspoons salt to 2 quarts You could have been here to enjoy it, boiling water. Drop in the macaroni, I've told you about our `stiudant,' broken into inch pieces, and boil hard for 20 minutes, m Draand pour cold Water through to prevent the pieces sticking together. Melt the 4 haven't 1?-ohn Donna who has recently got the Ardloch living. Well, he brought ,a wife with him from doesn't lea11 y Call for spec1 a1 notice • turn lam out on a plate, put tho His elevation (the soeial one, I niectii) macaroni in the baking -dish, and embarrasses him frankly, nor does he sprinkle the crumbs over the top. Bake dream of throwing any veils over the paat By , of filiing tpa pauoe until thoroughly heated and the us. the conversation he inquired polite- crumbs brown. s Y ealways have the board. well flour- 111 a vegetable dish without the crumbs 1 beforeb ' - ng to knead be,ol. and baking, but the macaroni must If you feel very tired and drowsy, ; dash very cold water in your face. Tha empty baking powder can makegt a good nut mincer. Bacon dripping is excellent for fly- ing hashed brown potatoes, i Prunes cooked without adding sugar are more wholesome and better flavor- liouselcheping Helps. Spinach is in a class by itself, be- cause 'of its large amount of iron. Cooked squash loft over from a meal may be made a delicious soup. TM ma be served ' ly how the briar hedge was getting on he had helped Mick to plant You should have seen the glance she threw him et that! But her first appear- ance was what nearly did for me. They usually come in their Sunday clothes, you know, but this young woman . know e a thing or two beyond that—a bread then be re -heated in the MOO°. Cheese Fondue, 1 Cup scalded milk, Scup soft stale crumbs, .1 cup grated cheese, 1 'iskfe s3r.ese.s; isesaseeis. • . ' X ierAt.14:ri • Can yogi guess it ? There are housewsives whose cake is always praised --whose pastry is fa mousfor ts melting flakiness—whoee firm, light bread wins daily cOmplimen ts-- whose puddings are noted for savoury lightness—whose cook - les are so lastingly crisp. They have one rule that applies to ag their baking. Can you gull It> ed. When the top of theskitchen range , is red hot ram fuel is being wasted. Hot egg -sandwiches snake, a good inexpensive dish for supper, Tins for the baking of large round cakes may be partially lined with paper, . Pine linens and an pieces of `hand- some lingerie should be wrung out by hand and'aiever through a wringer. 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We all know that 1915 poster which, shows a young man in khaki shaking hands with a veteran, who says: "If I were only ti. enty years young- er----" , But age is to bar to patriotism and sacrifice in 1917. A year ago, two years ago, the young man bemoaned the fact that he was unfit for military service. Your Chalice at Last. "There's nothing really the matter with me," he explained, "only the mili- tary are so beastly particular!" The disability to hold a rifle, through some trifling unfitness, is no bar to Hun strafing in 1917. And why is 1917 different from the three war years that have preceded it? In 1917 the call has come for Na- tional Service. We cannot please our- selves whether we work for the nation or not this year. It is our duty. It is the right thing to do—the only thing to Ddol owe quite see the glory and the opportunity of this day? How often in the life of any one of us has it been given to know that a certain course is right beyond all doubt? Seldom, in-' deed. But now we have the certainty. Those who volunteered to fight saw their opportunity, and they are happy in having grasped it. Those who vol- unteer to work will be no less happy. They will give all they have to give. Let, then, the message ring in each man's ears who is asked to consecrate hunself to service: "Your work is needed for the victory of the d to save yourself from ruined It Rests With You. The solution rests in the hands of the National Service volunteer. 1 He may not know anything about I • agriculture at present; but strong arms and a willing heart will soon make him a useful farm-hand. Aeroplane making, munition work, labor of all kinds is waiting to be done. Shortage of labor is a press- ing problem. 1 The solution rests with the National Service volunteer. And note the word "Volunteer"! It • is a great word. We are prouder of ' the soldiers who volunteered than of ' those who were forced to go. The sol- ' diers will be prouder of the workers who volunteer than those who are compelled. Every true Briton between the ages • of eighteen and sixty-one not called to the Colors should promptly respond to the nation's summons to enrol to -day. He will find forms for offer of ser- vices at every post -office, National Servie office, and employment ex - Every man between forty-five and sixty-one—and the man who feels be- tween those arses, but is a little older —who feels the blood of youth still running in his veins, should step into line with his relatives and friends who are T hfieg hyt ionogn. g man whose infirmity keeps him out of khaki should prove that he is really sorry not to be able to "do his bit." If he is really sorry, the opportunity has Come to prove it. The Only Way. Many professed themselves ready to die for King and Country if they had been able. How many will be ready to work? Work is less heroic, it is mora humdrum, but it is not less ne- masers, to victory. There are no V.C,'s or D.C.M.'s to be gained by it, but it is a chance for service and sac- rifice. Let every man ask himself: "Am I doing my bit?" and, having asked the question, let him leave the Director of National Service to answer it. It is quite possible that the answer will be: "Yes, you are. Carry on!" But every man who volunteers for Na- tional Service helps the Director in his task of putting the right man in Ole right place. If he is to de his job,. he must know whom be can rely upon. Ile meat have the power to send men tosvthaeor.ina pIdaocerreao sonw. svhere they are required. It may be here to -day, and somewhere oet t wait on the convent- enee of individuals, War of to -day is an affair of nations, and that netball will be the victor which hest uses all its man -power and will -power to achieve victory. Mart and brain anal nerve and muscle, strained to the ut- terinost, and by ono and 011; that is the only way 00 shorten the agotly which now overspreads the earth, ' The planting o: the backyard gar- den is g "home defence" against the , high cost of living.