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The Clinton News Record, 1916-07-13, Page 6ot's coin LLIPPS WOLLE'f old In-Car•thee," Etc.) t 1• 0 i, in m lit pe ad SW, neg este n nt ut nd rut course I can, blank it!" replied the old man, ,with a sudden flash of energy. "You'd have ridden on an hoar ago if you dadn't been such an unmitigated idiot!" but as the Boss spurred his horse over the rise an•' down the 1431g Meadow which led to all he loved. Al suddenly collapsed, and murmuring: "Yom white, pretty blanked white, Rolt." slid easily out of his saddle, rolled, and lay still, whilst his horse, after one snort of surpriee, began to feed slowly away from his prostrate foram. • Al had drawn upon his endurance to the very last ounce, eecl when, a quar- ter of an hour later, Jim Combo: came to bring him in, he found the old man still uncenseious where he'had fallen. CHAPTER XXIII'. In the absence of Rolt, Jim Combs took command of the party at the ranch, and military law was declared: that is to say, Jim insisted upon look- '.' -ing on the house as in a state of seige, dthough, as Anstrubher protested, there was not an Indian in sight nor, he d averred, ever likely to be again 1' The men were divided into watches, y so that there was not an hour of the g day or night when some of them were as not on guard, whilst no work was un derteken which could lead the de- fenders to any distancefrom their base. On the first day after the departure of the posse, shots were heard over the hog's back, and Jim, who made a reconnaissance in person, reported that a band of Chilcotens was killing cattle, but though the loss inflicted would be serious, he would not listen to Ansteuther's suggestion that an at- tempt should be made to drive off the marauders. e • He was determined that the story of the burning stacks should not be repeated. It was better to lose any- thing than to expose the women to the danger offe rush upon the house. On the second day there was not Y even the sound of a shot to keep up h the vigilance of the defenders, and the scouting party sent out by Jim re- ported all clear to the-.ky line. at "Our people have driven the In- t dians clear out of the country," as- serted Anstruther. "Arson at night d is the limit of their daring. It is not ut likely that such miserable devils a would make a stand against armed to white men." -. - But Jim thought otherwise, and do- t, creed the destruction of certain barns a and outhouses beyond the corrals, as o affording dangerous cover for an at - is tacking force. -d They are valuable buildings in a ee country where lumber is not as plenti- ful as it is at the coast, acid Mrs. Rolt watched the destruction of them with a sore heart. se 0 g t r IS Id ft is ip d "It seems a -pity, doesn't -it?" she d said, as she and -Kitty, with Anstru- a -they, watched• Jim and his men at it work. "but I suppose Jim is right." "He must be," asserted Anstruther, I but -his tone belied his words. a "It would be a terrible sell if the ad Indians really had gone for good, as I Mr. Anstrnther thinks." all "We could put -up with that, Kitty, s- don't .you thilik, although I confess se that I don't like seeing my buildings eg go." 10 "Why don't you. toll Jim to let them stand till Mr. Rolt comes back?" You e tell "hire, Mr. Anstruther." - e "I? Scarcely, Miss Kitty. Jim is e commander-in-chief. I am only the in- e valid. I am not even honored with a t place oft guard." "Jim does hot think you are fit for g shay yet, and you know that you are o not'" "I know that I am fit for very little, but I should like to try td be of some use if the admirable Jim would let ! me" said Mr. Anstrnther; e "He gives you the place of honor as our special guard, sir." t "Ye_, he is good enough to consider .0 me fit to be left with—in charge of d'"the ladies," `• h Mis, holt; smiled . She understood what he 'would have said, and did not n make allowances either for the Ona - el lability of an invalid, or the imps- , tierce of e man put at a disadvantage, ' Iin the eyes of the mermen he loved. fel "Try to put up with us yet a little ele. while." she said, "Dicke, will be back tf soon, now," - `g Kitty said nothing until l r he nod left Is, iI tl„' a, ., , -ten she "furred to her !•4 friend: 1 "I think Jim treats Mr. Anstr'uther h pretty badly.” I "Badly? What do you mean, Kitty? Iie sees that he has the best of every- ,i- I thing, very- thing, and never asks him to do . a 't* I hand's turn What more can Mr. An- hlstruther expect?" rt ' "I think he would rather have less In canideration as an invalid and more 'P work an a man:" Ld 'But he can't do anything;" I- "Jim might let him try'` y - "At ,any ;other time, yes, and -so no doubt he would, and do his work for 'y -him after he had made a- mess of it, 'c but Jim can't afford to -think of poo rf plc's feelings, jest now, and to be can did, I don't think your friend is show - e1 ing to advan!;ago. We have done all it w Gari for him, tnrl now he sulks." lt'itty fleshed to the temples. She know 'that there was more than a vliacderw of truth be Mrs, Roll's charge, tout her sympathies were with Frank, though even to her he had beencur- iously Cold and distant since Jim's re- fute. le seine- in her lite had Kitty's bright it temper been more sorely tried then during those days of serge. She had, is been 'n ed all her life to ]lava mit se for her pl a.yinates. Now the had no h playmate r the had not even a lover; Since his 'r, etl1rn. to 'thio racach Jitr'i had I ,vttched over her end Mrs, Role with 1 elm =set iin(aahicii. .00ue'toev, had for o gotten nothing; had forestalled every n wigli; aid even ire A eeruther bad been courtesy itself; but. avoiding' any out- " n' d d A r, ,1 • r . r' • Why n •n.,l�'�l,/N.�i��Yk%%1"�i��>jlll�l�j'%�...•,ar:.�la .li.4N4e Fairly Obvious Visiting Chaplain': "I rust you've got all you want?"-Lonlon Bystander, ward demonstration, he had kept Kitty pq�q�grypp�aap���p BRITAIN arta' d'istance.6&A So had her patient. Everything. that a man could clo to show his gra- NO LONGER �a �y 1 S a� titude Prank had done, but in some undefinable way he had drawn him- self further away from her every day, untiLter the poor little woman, the love; FRENCH STATESMAN PAYS TRI - that had been so nearly spoken seem- BUTS TO THE BRITISII. ed now but a dream of her own ins agining. d Each of the men seem e bent on leaving her to the other. She detested Jim for his many perfections and could not love Frank because he simply would not let her. (To be continued,) DON'T BE A FOOD FADDIST. A Prominent'Medical'Man Says to 'Eat a Little of Everything, A certain amount; of food is good. for a faddist. It keeps him'from wor- rying about being one. If he doesn't get this food, however, he suffeis from acute faddism, and is only two jumps ahead of Nemesis, says Edwin F. Bowers, M.D. Now, man, from the very nature of his teeth and alimentary canal, ie. omnivorous. -He thrives best upon ie little of everything—and not too little, either. For- with food a little too much is' just enough. We need it to make hay with. :That is, to furnish bulk, The alimentary organs and the peristaltic muscles of the bowel re- quire bulk to wrestle with. We need excess—in moderation. But this excess must not be more than the system can utilize and eliminate. This is one reason why a full meal in a capsule will never be practic- ablee,-At least not for a human be- ing. The system demands, for purposes of nutrition, three varieties of food, in balanced proportion, Proteids to supply the material to replace tissue waste, earbo-hydrates to furnish heat and energy, and fats to prevent ex- cessive waste and help maintain body heat. Proteids are most valuable for their nitrogen content. Fish, beans, peas, grains, Inuts and other foods contain this, of course—some in even richer proportions than meat—but it cannot be converted into digestive pabulum in the alimentary tract of any or- dinary man, woman or child so- readi- ly as can properly cooked meats, or that predigested food of a chick known as the fresh egg. The starches and sugars comprising the carbo -hydrates are useful, but man does not thrive by starch alone. Starch makes very good paste but very poor tissue. And fat can only be utilized as an exclusive article of diet where the temperature is so low that the tre- mendous quantities necessary to sus- tain life can be properly oxidized. Nuts would be splendid if we had stomachs like squirrels to convert their highly concentrated molecule; and an exclusive milk diet would be superb if we could drink the ;Several. gallons per day required in order to gain the proper amounts of proteids, fat and sugar. That is, providing that it didn't founder us or produce dilation of the stomach walls. Therefore, it is. incontrovertable that a human being will live longest on a well-balanced dietary. Also, he will be mach more alive on it than one who makes a fad of food, f• '.{' THE 1HE MIDDI E-SEII. Frenchwoman Finds Explanation of Soldiers' Garb. - London, June 0. =The following in- cident has been related by Captain Alexander Weel, Thirteenth Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Forces, Royal Highlanders of Canada : The majority of the ' people in France look Teen the kilties with awe. After gazing, at ns for some time one of the women remarked that the crazy .English were sending women over to fight for them-; the second quickly replied that that couldn't be so, for there was a man with a beard. At that a. third woman shook her head rather solemnly for a few moments, and then suddenly ex- cjaimed rather fondly, "I have it; they are, the Middlesex,' Home is Best. - Willie Jon, s was playing with the Robinson children next door. When luncheon time came Mrs. Robinson asked him if he wouldn't like to stay. " No, thank you," -said Willie, " I think I'd better go home. My mother will be expecting me." " Suppose I telephone over and ask her if you may 'stay," suggested his hostess. - "Please don't do that, Mrs. :Robin- son," said the boy earnestly, " We've got. cocoanut pie for dessert to -clay and your cook, told me you've only got prunes." Not %tainted. • "I want to bo excused ' said • the worried -looking juryman, addressing the judge. "I owe 'a vena fib that I borrowed, aiyd es he is leaving town for some years I want to catch bins before he gets qee the train, and pay anybody ole the ,jury who can lie like Says They Have Performed' a Miracle in Raising'Huge Army in Record Time. M. Clemenceau, the redoubtable French statesman and Editor of that - most pungent of newspapers, " L'Hom- me Enchain," contributes a remark- able preface to the French transla- tion of a book describing Great Bri- tain's effort in the war, by M. Jules Destree, the Belgion Socialist Deputy: M. Destree gives almost unmeasur- ed praise_to the British nation ; M. Clemenceau endorses his eulogy with enthusiasm, and his endorsement has a special value as M. Clemenceau is the most typical Frenchman of this day. He frankly takes a purely French standpoint, and starts by stating the French "will -to -win." From this standpoint and by that aim England -is approved for what she has done and is doing. A Military Power "This war," he writes, "is not be- ing waged for the possession of a town or a Province, or a colony. We are fighting for our freedom, for the ex- istence of our race." " Monsieur Destree, in the book be- fore us, tells us about England, about her naval and military effort, the re- solutions that inspire her, and he tells us the finest and most comfort- ing things. -- "England did not want war ; one must repeat this in her praise, but one must add, alas, to her confusion, that she did notatall foresee it. But for the violation of Belgian neutrality no one can say when she would have drawn the sword. "Behold her now in the straggle I Slowly, but with en obstinacy that nothing shakes or disturbs, groat Al- bion has made herself a military power. She has piled up guns, shells, and battalions. She bristles with 4,- 000,000 ; 000,000 bayonets. Over the whole vast globe, wherever the German net- tle has Imil-to be torn up, her soldiers have turned up their sleeves and cleared the field. Ceased to Be An Island "One renders thanks to the Eng- lish fleet because it has been able to annihilate the German menace, to blockade the enemy, to assure sup- plies for our armies. It is true, though silent, its mounting' guard is none the less full of grandeur. "But the English miracle/ is not there. The English miracle has not been wrought at sea. Dreadnoughts, cruisers, torpedoes ! Well, it is all only the British tradition. But what has made the -ancient northern island soar in the esteem and admiration of mankind, is that sloe has, for the first time in her thousand years of history, ceased to be an island, ceased to think and act as a mere island. She has embodied herself into the Continent by her fine, handsome men who have heroically held the line in the trenches of Flanders, their short pipes in their teeth, by her guns and her convoys, and, above all; the high serenity with which she has accepted, on our ancient soil, a destiny of pain and bitter struggle." et HAS WHIZ- TR.oI'HY 'MUSEUM • Paris Newspaper Shows Souvenirs Sent From Front One of the best collections of war" trophies to be seen in Paris is dis- played in the reception room of the Echo l code •Pal s, at the corner of the Place- de ]'Opera. Most of the arti- cles have been Contributed by mem= bets .of the newspaper's staff with the army or by poilus desirous of showing their gratitude for coin fosters and food hampers sent them. by that journal. There is a fine -lot of Officers' hel- mets, saw -bayonets, rifles and shell) baskets. One curious exhibit is a playirn• card, the five of clubs, picked up among the cinders of an enemy rivouac fire. Bavarian pioneer picks and spaces, complete sets of officers and privates' ates' uniforms (with the mud and war stains carefully removed), and .ill se is of shall fragments, cart ridges and bullets make up a very in- teresting show, When Mr. Asquith, Lord Kitchener Mr. Lloyd George and other British Ministers were toying at the Hotel de Coition 'during the international conference ib Perth they admired the fine collection o.f German weapons and niforms• on view lei the Ball of the lotel Itsis made up" entirely of ohr-- ecta picked. up by, the 125 employees of the hotel Who !joined the French forces• in August,; 1914. Among the exhibits are a battered military bicy- cle, a pair of amiamn's fue' lined top boots and a couple of titian lances, one of• wliiclr hes evidently 'seen a r..ensidereble amount of service. Other. picturesque items ''are wine. bottles rid ,ragments of . the Zeppelins brought down at liadonviller iii 19' it fi "You are eecuseel;" •replied the Judge, in icy tones. "I don't want that," and at Rev rgrry eathy this year. Dainty Dishes. Eoetroot smod.—,Slices of cold hard- boiled eggs, beetroot and, cold potatoes form the mixture:' Beason with salt and pepper and add a sauce made of whipped cream to which one' table- spoonful of vinegar has been whin - poi in gradually. Garnish with par- sley. Strawberry Sherbet—Here is a cooling drink for summer and it is quickly prepared. Use a tablespoon- ful of good cider vinegar, sugar to taste, and a handful of crushed straw- berries. have a glassful of water and a little cracked ice at hand. Pour the strawberry mixture into this. The vinegar an gar gives the drink a delightful g• „Strawberry ,Parfait, —. Crush . one quart strawberries thorough sieve, cools one cupful sugar, one-half cupful wat- er until in soft -ball stage, Whip ltheee egg whites stiff. Pour hot syrup over berry pulp and cook thick. Then pour gradually over egg whites, whip- ping constantly. ' Coot. Then fold in one pint whipped cream, ootid freeze same as ice cream. - Rice Jelly.—Boil a pound of rice in three and dealt pints' of water. When ready beat through a sieve cud it then should be, when cold, a solid clear jelly. It may be warmed up with milk or cream, but_a nice way is bo mix milk or cream while the jelly is hot, then when nearly coal fill small molds large enough for each person. Sugar and sliced lemons may be served with the dish.• Fig Pudding.—A quarter of a pound of flour and'a quarter of a pound of breadcrumbs mixed together, a quar- ter of a pound of suet chopped very fine, a quarter of a pound of moist sugar, six ounces of figs. cub into � small pieces, and a teaspoonful of bald- ing powder. Mix these ingredients very thoroughly with a little milk and two well -beaten eggs; if no eggs are at hand a little more milk will be re- giii'red. Put the mixture into a greased mold, 'tie it over and give it three hours' bailing. Grape Conserve. --One pound sugar, one pound grapes, one cup walnut meats, one cup raisins, Juice of two oranges. Wash the grapes and re- move the pulp. Put the pulp in a preserving kettle and cook for a. few minutes, and then remove the seeds by putting them through a sieve. Put the skins through a coarse meat grin- der, mix with the pulp and sugar, add raisins thoroughly washed and halv- ed. Cool: until nearly thick and then add chopped nuts. When the fruit jells pour into sterilized glasses and seal. Cucumbers in Winter.—Buy as many cucumbers as desired now, peel and slice as for immediate use. Soak in salted water over night. Drain and put in glass jars same as those used for preserving fruit, covering with a good vinegar. Stir with a fork, fi11- ing even with the edge, and screw the lid on tight. Use two rubber's,in. stead of one to keep them airtight. These will keep perfectly, retain their shape and color and be just as delici- oue' as the 'fresh ones. If they taste too much of vinegar when they are used in the winter, drain the liquid off and let the cucumbers remain over- night in water. - Orange Marmalade.—Take four large oranges and one large lemon; wash the fruit. and wipe dry; then cut into very thin slices, discarding the ends and the seeds from the lemon and the seeds from the oranges. Pat the fruit in a large, porcelain -lined saucepan and add eight cups of water. Keep in a cool place for twenty-four hours. Then boil gently until the peel is very tender. - Measure the fruit, add one cup of sugar to each cup of fruit, less one. .(That is, if there are six cups of fruit, add five cups of sugar.) Boil briskly for twenty-five minutes, remove from stove, fill in glasses and when cold cover with paraffin and seal. This r emalade is especially made from oranges in the spring, though it can be made at any other time of the year. It is quite inexpensive. The quan- tity given here will make six or seven glasses. It will jell beautifully and is as pretty as it is a,ppetizii • -Strawberry Preserl es.'{'fes very novel recipe for strawberry preserves is invaluable. I have never seen it in print. All my friends are delighted with it. It's' so easy, and so sure. When finished the berries are a. tsar »lucent rich red and are almost as large or before they were cooked. The flavor is incomparable. Put two and - one -half quarts of sugar in a kettle with one pint of- water and boil until sugar is well melted. Then add two heaping gtlarte, of strawberries and boil from seventeen to twenty minutes. Don't stir, just shake the kettle, aced skim, When done remove- from fire, pour into pans and shake occasionally till cold. It cools better in small ves- sels. The shaking is the secret of success. It causes the berries to ab- sotb the syrup and remain plump and whole. Can when when cold. Cover with paraffin. The preserves may be put in small jars or glasses. Never cool{more than two quarts at once. Once tried, always a favorite recipe. Select Good Food. 1$ all times we should be careful to select good, fresh food, unless we want our household to be in danger of ptomaine poisoning; but in hot weather we must redouble our vigil once. - It is most important that fish should be fresh and you will know that it is ifh t eoyes are prominent and full and. the pupils dark. This. however, is not an infallible test, ae• the eyes become gray and shrunken long before the fish is unfit for food. The gills, should be red, not ,gray, white or greenish, and the 'scales should be firne and bright and not eas- ily- rubbed oft: Beware' of the fish that is soft and flabby to the touch and comes easily away from the bone, for most certainly it is not as fresh as it might be. Another best best is to hold the fish be. tweed the finger and the thumb and press it gently. If the flesh parts .easily it is not sound. - Choosing chickens is another task tha%requires care. The eyes of a fresh chicken should be bright and prominent, and the feet limp, moist, and pliable. The flesh should be firm and plump and the skin clean and white. When the...chicken is decomposing, the flesh becomes dark and greenish, the feet hard, stiff and dry, and the eyes sunken and dull. < Healthy wild ducks have black feet. Any duck' with soft pliant legs and feet, bright prominent eyes, and fairly firm flesh is in prime condition. Stale ducks have stiff, dry feet, dull, sunken eyes, flabby flesh, discolored necks, and a greenish tint over the abdomen. Meat wants a great dual of choos- ing, Good meat should bo firm to the touch, and should show distinctly the branching veins. Beef or mutton should be a deep rose color, and the fat a rich cream. If the fat is hard and skinny, it shows that the animal was old and tough. The best veal is of a pale color, and its kidney is enclosed in firm white fat. The rind of good pork is smooth and thin, light in color, and firm to the touch. When it is cat through, or warm water poured over it, there should not be any disagreeable odor. When purchasing vegetables, be sure that they are fresh. Pass over any showing signs of decay or rot. Pea -pods should be crisp, as'l beans should not leave a faded look or be limp when broken. Helpful Hints. - An envelope with the corner cut off is bandy to fill your salt and pepper boxes — Rubbing shoes.and boots well with castor oil keeps them from cracking, making the soft and pliable Figs are delicious baked several hours, with lemon juice and lemon rind to give added flavor. Ten cents worth of skins milk has more nourishment in it than the same Money's worth of steak, Three of the cheapest food we have are hominy, corn meal and rice end there are many ways of using them. Allow one level teaspoonful of salt to flavor a quart of soup, sauce o: water in which vegetables are to be cooked. The best time to clean the meat grinder is immediately after it is used. The particles of meat do not dry, and will wash off easily. If a metal spoon is left in the saucepan, the contents will not boil puielcly, because the spoon carries off a great deal of local. - Glassware should always be wasjeed in a wooden bowl, as there will be far less chalice of its getting broken. Needlework should be ironed on the wrong side in apiece of flannel, and should then be kept long enough under the iron to thoroughly dry it. If you are in the habit of -lending books it pays to keep name of books, name of person who has it and date of loan. Then cross out the name when the book is returned. Won't Give Them an Opening. "I don't ask people how they are any more." "Why not?" "I've decided it is better to take It for granted that they ere well than to give ben a chance to spend half an hoer of my time telling me about their ailments," - Qualified to Judge. Belle—Do you think women should have the ballot? Jack—Olt, somotines I do and sometimes I don't! They me so vacil lating, you know! You will l ke its Fine GranulatiQ,r • sugar i i 'these neat 2 oic Buy your 5 -lb. cartons, which you can place directly on your• pantry shelves, Just cut off the corner and pour out the sugar as you need it, �s�f, s 3 Ad 1 .. !� i Ci : 1 Y's conies also in 1O•anrl2& Wbagsforhouse. wives who like to buyin larger quantities "The Af.Pzuposss Sugar" ':V •its `fw,r_.s.. u.+arr Pure Cane hlxtreQualiiy' Grr'erettlated seageteaniree 2 and 6 -lb COSI` Wells 10 and 2R -lb 'Bap tel GREAT LONDON IN TIM OF WA eeentsfee. sense PLENTY OF MONEY IN WORLD'Bi ' METROPOLIS. , Servants Are Scarce, and Good Cooks Have to be Handled Very Gently. Fashionable London, on cursor y inspection, seems to have suffererf o the _effects of the war less than an other part of the metropolis., There are few empty houses to depress the eye in Mayfair or Belgravia, and "t let" boards are not more frequentl .. encountered than usual, People still have the money to inc or to take on long leases the expend sive =miens in these two selec areas, and house agents franklj° ad mit that they experience no diffioult . for the most part in disposing of an property which is to be let or sold, But the necessity of cutting do expenses has come home to most , the tenants of n Fashio Corner, no ma ter how prosperously they may be placed, and visible signs of econofny4 are the absence of the customary) spring decorations and the cutting; down of the motor cars in use. Bargains in Garages. This last measure has had a serious influence on garage property. Before the war garages could not be had foes love or money ; they commanded easily a rent of £55 a year. Now there are scores available and nobody wants them. Such bargains in gar- ages as Mayfair and Belgravia have to offer to -day were never heard of be- fore. Expenses have been saved not only' by retrenchment in motor cars, but he the number of servants employed and! in the outlay on fruit and flowers. Florists and caterers have passed through the worst season in their his- tory. War widows in receipt of an ado., quate income from marriage settle- ments have not given up their houses, but have drastically cut down the eme ployed staff. The day when every` daughter had a maid is long since' past. People going into the country for six months have chosen to shut up' their houses or leave them in charge' of a caretaker rather than retain their servants on board wages. But offers of 14s, a week, with sleeping accom-' modation, light and coal, fail to find a caretaker to -day. A West End firm of house agents, after a month's search, have to give up the quest as hopeless, and yet it was not long ago that they were besieged with appli- cations from caretakers for houses to mind. - Still Plenty of Money That there is still plenty of money in London may be gathered from the invariable reply of the fashionable --e- house agent that it is useless to seek a Mayfair or Belgravia house worth living in under £800 a year. Where residence in the West End is imperative and £800 a year cannot be afforded, a careful search reveals newly developed property at half this price. Improvements have been tak- ing place in the property opposite Buckingham Palace and behind Buck- ingham Palace road. Dingy -houses, formerly occupied by lodging house keepers, have been enlarged by the process of knocking two houses into one,- and in streets where one never expected to cone across any sugges- tion of fashion one. now discovers - several M. P.'s in residence. The luxury streets that cater to fashionable London hare undergone a much greater change. Motorcar shops and picture dealers' galleries have "To Let" signs in the windows and several of the most handsomely appointed floral stores also give warning of im- pending removal. There aro a tremendous; rnutihee of upper parts to let. here entailer : businesses used to thrive. The owners have either gone to, the war or the war has ruined them. On the other hand, upper parts made available for living purposes are hi great demand, along with smaller or bachelor flats, The bachelor has gone to the war, but a great demand for the coneae- teated accommodation he sought has come from the large number of officers temporarily or permanently Whorled in London and from the people as- sociated with the activity of the Min- istry of Munitions. The Dining -Out habit The war has developed the lining - out habit, and many new restaurants have sprung up in the West Fed, par- ticular attention being paid to pastries and chocolates, The women who carve tell you they sell more chocola- tes than ever. Regent Street has little property unlet, but the streets leading from Regent street have a different -story to tell. The " To Let " board n 'saults the vision on every side, an eloquent indication of how the war has crushed out the »manor shopkeeper. All this A unlet property presently must have a serious effect on the rates. - Ono' explanation of the damen;l for, restaurants in the West End and the prosperity they aro enjoying is that: tint difficulty of obtaining good cooki', ham forced Mayfair and Belgvavig' largely to have its meals cut, '.Che; cook to -day, like the female eared ane i 'tats gone inanition -making 1 of {hots who -do 'remail{ the mistresses attest! in tearsonte awe and, with munitiolil park always offering', eriticlein of thgl spoiled dishes cc' of ircxgavtty: omeletli' has nocesearily to be gentle, W114'I eonsequenoee that earl be Imagined,'• Won ieei Flan hint' hnilla .;to :kcal{, bOt., not always With u 6t4i?fty'jsilt,