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The Brussels Post, 1917-11-1, Page 6• 1 Between Cousins; OR, A DECLARATION OF WAR. PROTECT CROP SAVERS, Our Insectivorous Birds Should TNot Be Slaughtered, On September. 10, scare heads in the newspapers announced that frost had caused damage in the United 4tigie States to the extent of probably $50,- CHAPTER IX.—(Cont'd,)aged hand i o the direction in which upon the bank ;night well servo as a 1 he knew the latest ornament to be— pretext for business. Tho look in his"you'll a o 'll mathybe t hno be ievup at four f when I scornful black eyes had spoken plainly,1341 yn 'toget them ready.'What's s enough ,g incl just as his first hostility' g, , had began- to. melt; it was a 'pity, ;that you 'e snippin at.' asks him really, and would make her visits to; when I heard the scissors go. 'New Adam so much more •difficult. They Cringes for the shelves, father, he hadrown so pleasant these visits; I says 'the old .ones are getting ower end, with increasing familiarity, the l shably.' 'Duncan, 'I whiles says to rustic details had revealed such tuiex him, you're as bed as a woman, any peeted charms. She was quite intimate i clay; if you don't look out you'll be now with the inside of that hut which,' growing as fussy as any old maid in at first sight, had given her such a! the parish.'"e shock of displeasure. Neither the `flow strange—•I never would have flagstones of the floor, nor the hang- i thought that of Duncan. He—doesn't ing platform which represented the! look like that, somehow." ceiling, nor even the underside of the! Fenella glanced about her with thatch, plainly visible above, crossed; frankly astonished eyes. The pink by birchen branches with the bark still; paper -fringes and the blindingly twere fa from be- en,. any longer offended her finer `brigh biscuit -tins r, sensibilities; and this principally" for' ing isolated in their language, for in the reason that, humble though it sill a pot upon the window -sill something was, she had gradually discovered that' seemed to be trying to grow—not it was yet absolutely free of that of- `over-successfully—while in a mug up- fensive "messiness" which too often I on the table a branch of flowering is the boon companion of such .hawthorn, evidently freshly gathered, humility. The impression of cleanli-mingled its scent with that of the hot . ness and order which had struck her I oatmeal which, within these walls, on the first day grew steadily with; seemed perennial. The symptoms each fresh visit. There were things ; struck her all the, more because of that amused her—such as the display their seeming incongruity with the al - of empty biscuit -tins upon the mantel- ;leged author of them, It was indeed piece— or the choice of prints upon difficult to connect pedantry and fussi- the neatly papered walls. Her favor- nese with the almost aggressive viri:i- ite among these was ascertain very ty of Duncan's personality. Appar- well fed Joseph, being sold by his ently there were discoveries to be brethren, one of whom was pinching made about this rustic cousin of hers. the calves of his legs, something after Nor was this the first of the discov- the method of a farmer showing off: eries; for a few days back, upon a lit - the "points" of a prize; though this shelf in the darkest corner of the was closely run by an imposing array; room, she had come upon a small col - of personages in kilts, which, to judge lection of well-worn books, and not from the uniform gloom of the wear -I exactly the sort of books she would ers' countenances, must have been con- have expected to find in a quarryman's siderably too tight about the waist.!hut; for beside the inevitable "Scrip- But though some of the details made' tures" and a volume of Sunday at Fenella smile, none of them made her. Home, she had been rather taken shudder. Whatever there was of metal; aback to read such titles as mer - shone ever with blinding brightness,' son's Essays," "Paradise Los" as what there was of crockery blinked' well as a condensed history of Eng - immaculate. That distressing dis- land, and a third or fourth hand copy play of family linen which was the of a work entitled, "Ten Years in, rule elsewhere seemed here unknown' Canada." So abnormal, in fact, did this state of, "Duncan's books," Adam had ex - things appear to Fenella—all the morel plained when questioned. "He's .abnormal in the absence of a house-, mighty fond o' readin'. wife—that on one occasion she had, This, too, had been a revelation to interrogated Adam on the subject. ' ,Fenella, and had helped to explain the Is it a neighbor who keeps your hut superior quality of his English com- so tidy for you?" she once asked him,: pared to that of his father. { her eye being ought by some wonder So interested was she in her latest, ful edging of pink rapel fringing the discovery that when Duncan had re-: crcekery shelves, which had nu!; been: turned from the quarry that day she' there at her last visit. I could not forbear a half -quizzical come: Adam laughed—a laugh that held pliment, destined, perhaps, to provoke both contempt and vanity. 'some explanation of the phenomenon.! "Are any of the neighbors' huts kept But here she succeeded ill. like oars is?" i 'I've just found out that it's you From where he sat in the wooden' who act the housemaid here," she had arm -chair before the hearth he turned' said smilingly, though with that touch, his still bandaged head from side to of condescension which still lingered; side, as though with his lost eyes he in her bearing towards the son, though could see the familiar details. i no longer towards the father. "Do "Tell'me truly, Miss Fenella: have you know, I am quite astonished at' you seen anything as brew as this your achievements!" 1 here room in all Ardloch—barring the Duncan flushed hotly, more hotly; Rectory, of course," he deferentially than offended modesty seemed to de added.mand. • "No, indeed, I haven't; and that's "What is there to astonish you? A. why I can't understand—" man doesn't need to be a gentleman, "No more can I," chuckled Adam. does he, in order not to be fond of liv- "It won't enter into me how he finds ing in a pig -sty?" time to keep things as straight as he, The brusqueness of the answer was does." so pronounced that Fenella hastily "He?" repeated Fenella, astonished dropped a subject which, for some res- at the use of the pronoun. son or other, seemed to be a sore one. "Duncan, to be sure! And the trou- But he was not always so unfriendly hie he takes over it!—more trouble as this; and though he had never, in than it's worth," added Adam, with so many words, thanked her for her, a conviction which was proof even attentions to his father, Fenella yet,, against vanity. "What do you think by innumerable small signs, by count-, he does when he comes home dog-tired less unspoken words, knew that he' from the quarry? Take a rest, may- was not ungrateful. i be? Not Duncan! It's down on his And yet, to -day, as she walked up, knees lie is, the moment he's swallow- the hawthorn -scented glen, where the; ed his supper, scrubbing at the flag- burns, swollen by yesterday's rain, stones as though he were bent on seemed, as they leapt down the hill-! scrubbing the face off them—or may- side, to be shouting to the bawling' be careering round with the broom river below: "We come! we come!"—', after the cobwebs. And it's ne that and where the sheep grazed among: alone; he's no content with having the boulders with their noses as per-; things clean, he wants them smart sistently close to the ground as though too. Now, that paper edgi.ig to the they had been great white leeches; shelves," and Adam waved a band- (To be continued.) i INVALID SOLDIERS' LEAGUE. Convalescent Soldiers at Edmonton Form Model Organization The Invalid Soldiers' Welfare League is a newly formed organiza- tion in the Edmonton Convalescent Homo which promises to become a model for similar leagues in all the convalescent homes of the Military Ilospitals Commission, There are many phases of life to be carried on in the homes, and the -pa- tients here hit upon the idea of form- ing an organization which would pro- vide machinery for promoting ath- letics, social life and maintaining a canteen, ae well as a bend of interest common to all the men in the home. The membership le constantly changing, of course, as'ases are dis- charged and new ones come in, but every man while he stays belongs to the league. The aim is simple—"For the welfare of the men' in the con- valescent home and hospital'—and the appeal is direct. The returned Tom- Mies like the iidea. There are three chief committees; one is in charge of athletics and ar- ranges mimes, field days,; and all sports; the . social committee has charge of all the picnics, concerts and Movies; and the canteen committee of fhe smokes, refreshments, etc, The supreme proof of its usefulness comes when it lends money. to the amount of 0450, to any man going out into civil life needing a lift, if lie east give peeper security, and every dollar loaned to date has been repaid. This is a boon to the mail who lived of a eatery before he enlisted and Whine family used up his small sav- ings ha his absence. In the !dreontoti Pair the boys 000,000, the grain markets became ex- cited, and prices advanced, Why? Because it was unusual. Every year in the United States, $800,000,000 loss occurs through the depredations of insects. This is a conservative estimate, made by ex- perts. Such lin announcement, how- ever, creates no interest either in the grain market or newspapers. Canada suffers proportionately. It is but an- other of the, enormous wastes which we are content to put up with, as we do with the heavy fire waste, and feel that, with our bountiful harvests and rich natural resources, we can afford to be extravagant. If some means existed to`overcosne early frosts, no time would be lost in putting them into effect. Not so, however, with the continued loss by insects, Our insectivorous birds, far from receiving protection, have been promiscuously ' and continuously slaughtered, to the detriment of our field crops. Canada and the United. States have recently passed enabling acts giving effect to the Migratory Bird Treaty for the protection of insectivorous birds. To many this protection is looked upon as a curtailment of lib- erty. In reality, however, it is a means of putting money into each citizen's pocket, and everyone, both by example and influence, should do everything possible to protect - our feathered friends, Dairying with hogs on the side is. now, and is likely to be for some time, one of the most profitable lines in On- tario farming. 2glIour, us DOMESTIC SCIENCE AT HOME Fifteenth Lesson—Rye, Graham and Health Breads. Nature provided man with grains bowl to rise for three.hours, in a warm containing valuable nutriment neces=place, free from all drafts, about eigh- eery to maintain life. Man, cravingi ty degees Fahrenheit in temperature. luxury, discovered a process of milling! Now mold into two loaves. Place in or refining the meal which is made well -greased pans and return to place from the grains. By grinding grain to rise for one hour. Bake in an oven into white flour, which is a process ofiof 325 degrees Fahrenheit for fifty red moinovedg, ,much of the vital element is minutes. Remove from oven. Brush The vitamines and mineral elements so very necessary for human struc- Rye Bread ture of teeth and bones and bodily wel- Two and one-half cupfuls of water, fare are lost, two medium-sized potatoes. Peel the The human body requires sixteen potatoes, then cut in thin slices and elements for its daily well-being. boil until soft. Rub through fine sieve. These elements are found in mother Now cool to eighty degrees Fah- natui'•c the earth, the ',rains and the renheit. This amount should measure vegetables. The loss of any one of two cupfuls. Place in a bowl and add: these plays havoc with the body; by two tablespoonfuls of sugar, two tea - discarding several more, their loss is spoonfuls of salt, two tablespoonfuls plainly seen. of metled shortening, one yeast cake, Now is the -acceptable time to return two cupfuls of white flour, one and to the foods of our granddads, name- one-half cupfuls of cornmeal. Place ly, to eat whole meals. Bread made the ingredients in bowl in the order from whole wheat forms an ideal ra- given. Beat well, to mix. Set sponge tion; it furnishes protein, earbohy- to rise for oneand a half hours in a orates, some fats and mineral salts, place about eighty degrees Fahren- and a portion of the bulk that ha; an heft. Then add three -cupfuls of rye exceedingly good effect upon the intese flour. Knead well for fifteen minutes. tines. Return to place and let rise for two The absorbent qaulities of whole hours. Mold into loaves and let rise wheat make it necessary to lessen the for forty-five minutes. Bake in a flour when making bread. moderate oven for fifty minutes. Rye flour contains slightly less Caraway seeds may be added if desir- gluten than wheat floury tai's gluten ed ,ns of a tough character. A portion of Gluten Bread wheat flour is 'necessary to produce One cupful of -water, eighty'de- a good loaf. In many parts df Europe grecs Fahrenheit, one tablespoonful of it is the necessary staff of life, and is sugar, one teaspoonful of salt, one - known as black bread. In the old- half of yeast cake. Mix in the order country the bread is frequently baked given. Crumble in the yeast cake and in batches sufficiently large enough to add sufficient gluten flour to form a last a family from six to eight or from thick batter that will lirop from the eight to ten weeks. spoon. Beat well for' ten minutes, Graham flour is flour made from then set to place of eighty degrees whole wheat. The outer coat and some Fahrenheit for one and one-half hours. of the bran are removed. It finds Beat for five minutes with spoon. Pour favor with manyersons who dislike in well -greased pans. Set to rise for entire wheat bread, one and one-quarter hours. Bake in Gluten bread is made from whole- hot oven, 350 degrees Fahrenheit, for wheat flour. The starch is removed forty minutes, reducing the heat to by washing. The residue is then 300 degrees during the last twenty mi - dried and itis finally prepared into nutes. flour. It is used in special cases of Milk may be used in place of water diabetes, kidney, liver and intestinal in the above recipes. troubles. Iu northern Europe barley flour is Whole -Wheat Bread used in malting bread. Try using one Two cups of water, one tablespoon- and one-half cupfuls of barley flour in fur of sugar, one teaspoonfuls of salt, place of all -white flour. The bread has two tablespoonfuls of shortening one a delicious nutty flavor and is parti- yeast cake, five cupfuls of whole- cularity healthful bread for children, wheat flour. Dissolve the sugar and If unable to obtain the barley flour or shortening in boiling water. Cool to meal, use the cream of barley cereal; eighty degrees Fahrenheit, then add first cook it into a stiff mush. Add the salt, yeast cake and flour. Knead two cupfuls of this to the bread for fifteen minutes. Put in greased sponge. the tops of bread with melted butter, then lay on a rack to cool. How To Save The Fats. From now on the menu will require much care and forethought to have it properly balanced, If one is to keep down expences and eliminate waste. Fats, at this season of the year, are among the most valuable food units, 'They furnish heat and energy to the hod markets and cost the housewife a pro- portionally high price. Ways to Utilize Carefully trim off all pieces of fat that accompany meat. Cut fat into Ismail pieces or put it through the food !chopper. Place in a saucepan con- / -Mining sufficient cold water to cover and cook slowly nntil ethe fat, when pressed in a sieve, will yield no mois- ture. Strain and stand the liquid aside to cool: When cold remove the cake of haled white fat on top. This fat may be used in place of butter for cake and cooky making and also for frying. Beef fat may be combined with other fats in proportion of one part of beef fat to one part each of mutton and pork. Melt it and then strain. This can be used for fry- ing, etc. Do not waste a single bit of fat. Personally oversee the food before it is stored away. Remove all the surplus fat. Persistently drain all fat from the pans used for sauteing (frying). Use a spatula, tr remove it as much as possible. Set aside the saucepan and kettle containing, the water in which meats were cooked. Let the water cool and then remove all the fat, Clarify it by placing it in a saucepan containing an equal amount of water and one-quar- ter teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda. Let this come to a boil. Boil for five minutes and then strain and cook. Lift the cake of fat from the water and put it in a cool place until needed, This fat may be used for pastry, cook- ies and frying. Eliminate the use of butter in mince. Butter is a fat that is not suitable for cooking purposes. This is because the butter, when heated to a tempera tura that will cook food, burns, thus setting up a decomposition in the fatty particles, which renders it unfit for food purposes, and if it is need it will frequently products intestinal disturb- anc s, Butter is not necessary in the mak- ing of sauces, In July, 1314 the Culin- ary Society of Pails rlecic{ed that it cleared $2,000 on a show they staged. Each man who worked was paid $2 a day; and ten per cent. of the profits were turned over, as is their custom, to the widows and orphans fund of the Great War Veterans. GAY HALLOWE'EN. lAmong the wigwam shocks of corn, I met the crisp October morn, With pumpkins high I piled my load And thought of children as I rode, I saw instead of yellow piles, A wagon -load of saw -tooth smiles, With glowing eyes and fearsome flare, And candles gleaming everywhere. I saw a laughing, motley crowd, With Jacks held high and shouting loud. I heard the calls of girls and boys, And smiled at thought of coming joys. The jolliest crop of all the year,— Gay Hallowe'en at last is here! Rubber Comforts Dangerous. The sale of rubber comforts is pro- hibited in France because they en- danger the lives of infants. Regular feeding, frequent drinks of boiled wa- ter, and clean, dry clothing make a pacifier unnecessary, Better allow a child to cry if you cannot discover and remove the cause than allow him to form this filthy habit, Upset diges- tion,adenoids and crooked teeth are a few of the evils attributed to this one cause. A. factory in which radiuin is beingiodueed hag been opened in Scotland bychemist, Ari electric egg candler has been invented for use in public places where the fres/melee of an egg can be dation. strata. b d But fats are also scarce in the would be a wholesome economy and a scientific advancement to prepare all cream sauces without the use of but- ter. In order to thoroughly explain this method, it will first be necessary to classify cream sauces as follows: Thin cream sauce, such as is used in cream soups, purees, au gratins, etc. Medium cream sauce, such as is used for vegetables, fancy sauces,, ets. Heavy cream sauce, such as is used for molds, cutlets, etc. The Proportions It should not be necessary for the housewife to turn to a cook book or a recipe each time that she wishes to prepare a sauce, if she will place this recipe on her kitchen cabinet door, next to the flour bin. One and one-half level tablespoon- fuls of flour for thin cream sauce. Two and one -hall level teaspoonfuls of flour for mediumcream sauce. Five level tablespoonfuls of flour for heavy cream sauce, to each half-pint cupful of milk or water. How to Prepare the Sauce Use a saucepan that is absolutely clean for making sauces: The outside of the pan is as important as is the in- side, for if heat or scorch marks are apparent on the outer surface of the pan this will have a, tendency to scorch the milk; when large quantities are cooked. Place the flour and cold milk in the saucepan and now take a wire beater or egg whip and beat the milk and flour smooths. Place on the fire and bring quickly to the boiling point, beat- ing hard all the time that the sauce is cooking. Cook for three minutes After the boiling point is reached at a very low temperature; that is, if using the gas, turn it off and let the sauce cook on the hot burner for this length of time. Now the constant beating has, blend- ed the flour and milk into a rich creamy sauce that would be impossible to obtain under the old method of us- ing butter, flour and milk and than just stirring it until cooked Remem her that the secret is the constant beating, Try this method and eliminate all the fats from sauces and gravies. By this you are doing your bit in helping to conserve the food element, which is important tc our nation asareour soldiers, our sailors and cur gums, Old Tea Looks All Right 01d tea and fresh tea, poor tea and good tea, all look alike. No wonder a woman often gets a bulk tea she doesn't like. Red Rose Tea in the sealed package is always fresh, always good, always worth the price on the label. Kept Good by the Sealed Package foRostit4 >ERE DREAM UNFULFILLED. • Though Germany Has Gained Much She Has Lost Still More. Three years ago Germany began this war for the conquest of Middle -Europe. What has she gained? What has this gain cost her? , She has gained by her arms the ter- ritories of Belgium, Luxemberg, Serbia, a small but rich section of northern France and -parts of Lithu- ania, Poland and Rumania—a total of a little less than 204,000 square miles. She has lost: Except for an insignificant corner in southern Africa, all her colonies, over � a million square miles, Virtually all her shipping not bot- j tied up in Bremen and Hamburg, a loss estimated in tonnage at 3,600,000. Of the flower of her youth, More than 2,000,000. In cash, nearly $20,000,000,000 to be 1 added to her national debt. Before the war, though unpopular as a people, Germany was - honored among all nations for her intellectual scholarship and her industrial schol- arship and her industrial efficiency. She has lost irretrievably this respect and won in its place the mingled hat- red and contempt of the civilized world. Scarcely a considerable neu- tral nation is left except those whose safety compels their neutrality. No one thinks Germany can retain her gains. No one imagines that she can recover her 'losses. It is not strange that some of the German pec- ple are seriously discussing among themselves the question whether it is not time to change their business managers. We have two classes of unfortunates in this old vale of tears and laughter, those who can's get their minds on their work and those who can't get theirs off it. you cannot take chances on Soap. Four generations of Canadians have enjoyed the creamy, ffragrantskin healing lather of Baby's Own Soap -- the Standard in Canada for nursery1-use, on account of its known purity. Baby's Own is Best for Baby—Best for You. 3.13 ALBERT SOAPS, LIiMITED, Mfrs, • MONTREAL. Repels Colds, Chills, and Influenza ; OUR SERVICE AVAILABLE E EypWIfE �f E No matter where you live PARKER Service is right at your door. Wherever the postman or the express company go we can collect and deliver whatever you want cleaned or dyed. 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Every soldier, be he general or pri- vate, takes a keen interest. in ,the weather at the front, and it is -not al- ways the bad weather, as ,we know it, that he criticizes, "It depends on what unit of the Army he repreeents whe- ther he will revile or praise.. A thoroughly wet day 16 the air- man is often a ,blessing; it gives him es rest from the strain of flying, though on occasions even the rain does not stop him. It stops the Ger- i too, and thus gives a rest { to the -"Archie" artillerymen on both sides. Infantry's "Bete Noir." A wet morning, on awakening at dawn, is blessed by these" gentlemen, fpr it means 'extra time in bed—a Igreat boon when you know that i"Archie" has to be up always before the sun and never retires from his vigil 'of the sky till nightfall. In the early summer months this means a nineteen - hour day. For the infantry it is a different matter. Trenches are never too com- fortable in the finest of weather, and a downpour of rain is one of the worst things that can happen to the men Iwho occupy the trenches. . No matter what the weather is, ! there is no cessation here, and slip- pery clay, wet feet, and no way of es- cape are just causes for the infantry- man's righteous anger. The field artillery dislike rain, for, although it may give them a rest from their labors for a little while, at any moment they may be called to settle a little account with Fritz across the way. And in most cases during bad weather it is a case of "blind" firing, for it is impossible to observe without aeroplanes or balloons. Even the "0 - Pip" observing officer in the front line trenches cannot see. When a Storm' is Welcomed. The Army Service Corps men, driv- ing and riding, learn also to hate the rain, for a three -ton lorry is not an easy thing to drive on a greasy, wet French road, as witness the unfortun- ate vehicle that has skidded into the ditch. It means hours of uncongenial work in the rain trying to get it out again. To men who are about to return from leave in Blighty to France,\ stormy weather is just the thing they like, if the wind has made the sea suf- ficiently unrideable, With the leave boats not running on a day like"this, the men on leave got an extra day in Blighty, while the men waiting to come over from France to England do not lose any of their leave, for their ten days' holiday does not start until they are actually on the transport. From the general's point of view, I suppose, none but fine and sunny days are desirable, for the success of any big move or push will, of course, depend greatly on this. Still, the stop -the -war weather has its minor advantages, as will be peen, not the least good point about it be- ing the fact that the baby -killers oil Germany cannot carry out their bomb- ing operation on England at such times. CORN AS WHEAT SUBSTITUTE. • Has a Larger Proportion of Nitrogen, Starch and Fat. Wheat bread is made either of whole wheat or the white starch of the - wlieat. In the economic scheme we must consider these two kinds of bread. Whole-wheat flour will sustain °hu- man life with its starch, bran, 'pollard . and phosphate of lime, while we would starve to death on white bread made entirely of the starch; therefore, those on a very restricted diet, each as prix-. oilers,, etc., aro often dependent upon bread. They should have the floor containing the whole wheat. • White bread, however, when taken with soup made from a good stock • that furnishes the nitrogen and earthy salts, is a cheaper food. It is also full of mitieitive when combined with fate meat and a little soup the base of. which is soup stock. Therefore white- IA flour bread with a general diet is "THAT'S s 4 4 : s i spq6 077; 9 d cheaper than whole -wheat -bread. �HAT'�' THE POLISH" SH Ties 104 -BLACK-WHITE-1rAca- RIOT F. F. Dailey Co. of Cannons, Ltd. Hamilton, au• 1 a 4 A further conservation of our pre- sent supply may he found by observ- ing more moderation in the quantity of bread and biscuit eaten. Most peo- , pro eat too much starch. Those in charge of'cllildren seem to be under the impression that wheat bread made of white flour is the "staff of life." This is -a mistake. . When children have to depend largely upon white bread .they Ara apt to be under- nourished, shown by 'their ,soft' and flabby flesh, Maize, or corn, has a trier proper- tion of etaroh than wheat, and a little over one-half tnore of niteogan. Corn is much .richer in fat than .‘is Wheat. Corn can be served in many palat- ablo dishes. These aro .generally known of can be obtained from books on cooking, . Siam has been added to the list of nations that have officially adopted the metric system.