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Author of
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Life" etc, 1'ubltahad by Plodder &
Stoughton, Limited. London and Toronto
CHAPTER IV.—(Cont'd.)
They spent all the night in the
troop -train, which wars crowded almost
to suffocation. Where they were go-
ing they didn't now, scarcely cared.
Sometimes they were drawn up to a
siding where they would stay for
boars, then the train crawled on again.
Presently the morning broke and Tom
saw a flat and what seemed to him,
after Surrey, an uninteresting piece
of country. Everything was strange
to him even the trees looked different
from those he had seen in Surrey. On
and on the train crawled, until pre-
sently they had orders to alight.
It was now early morning, and after
breakfast they were formed in march-
ing order, Tom took but little notice
every day, but not so much as there
was at the second battle of Wipers.
That was fair terrible, You see, the
Germans could not drive us back nor
break our lines. That was why they
started bombarding the City. I was
here and saw it. Mao, you should
have heard the women screaming, and
seen the people flying :for their lives.
Whole streets of houses were burning,
and all the time shells were falling
and bursting. How many people were
killed here God only knows, but there
must have been hundreds of women
and chadren. But what did those
dirty swine of Germans care! They.
could not break oar linos, and they
had lost a hundred and fifty thousand
men, so they turned their big guns
upon the city. 'We can kill Belgian
of the country through which they women and children, anyhow,' they
marched, except that they were on a said, 'and we •can smash up the old
straight road, which was paved in the town' Are you a bit jun
middle. As the day advanced the jumpy?"
sun grew hot and scorching, but the "No n-n-no;—that is, a bit,"said
men marched on uncomplainingly; Tum.
there was little merriment, but much Ot, its quite "quiet now,
replied
thought. Presently noon came, and the with sergeant. yu if yyou Ilikeilandllsl ohrouygh
w ou
again they stopped for food, after'round. This is the great square; one
which there was another march. By of the biggest in the world. I saw it
this time Tom realised that hewas
saw' before it was bombarded; the Cath -
deed in the zon, of war. ' edral and the Cloth Hall were just
what looked to him miles of motor
wagons filled with food and muni-Iiivondelful; see what they are nowl
tions, numbers of ambulance waggons knocked inure smithereens. See the
narked with the Red Cross. More trees 'round, how they are twvisted and
than one body of horse soldiers passed burnt . That house there I saw shell -
him, and again he saw numbers of ed myself. I had got a bit used to
men bivouacked near him; but every -!the shelling by that time, but I tell
where there 'e ere soldiers, soldiers. i you it gave the a turn. It was the
biggest house in the Square, and a
Tom could not understand it, it was'great bomb caught it
all so different from `what he expect ' it seemed as though t er wvholinlee f are'
ed, neither could he see any order or; seas shaking, and the noise fair deaf -
purpose in that which was taking' ened you. The house went clown as
place around him. There was activity
though it were cardboard, and other
and movement everywhere, but he houses around fell as though to keep it:
she I co-ordinate nothing, he was I company, while others caught fire. Ay,1
simply bewildered. they re sweet creatures, are -.those'
Towards evening there was anoth-
er resting -time, and each man gladly] "Doan't you hate 'em?" asked Tom.
threw himself full length on the grass.I "Hate em?" said the sergeant;
For a dAa l•
then Tom heard there sound which I Mie lfi a don'soldt
know. Mindbrave you,uthtey
him a sickening sensation; he felt a or at least they` seem brave; but it's
sinking, too, at the pit of his stomach: discipline does it. They are just like
it was the boom, boom, boom of guns. P
Look at yon' airship in the sky!" machinery. Once when I was right
cried one of the men. Each eye was m the middle of it, they attacked in
turned towards it, then they heard close formation, and we turned our
the boom of guns again, after which machine-guns on 'em. Ever seen a
there were sheets of fire around the mowing machine in a Wheat field?
aeroplane, and afterwards little clouds ever seen the wheat fall before the
of smoke formed themselves. knives? Well, that's how they fell.
"I ani getting near at last," thought Hundreds upon hundreds; but still
Tom. '1 wonder now—I wonder—" they came on.. Just as fast as one lot
was killed, the others, knowing that
they were going to certain death,
CHAPTER V. came on, thinking they would wear us'
Tom discoveredresentiy that his down by sheer numbers."
destination was theYpressalient, one "Did they?" asked Tom,!
of the most ''unhealthy" places, to use No, that time they didn't,' replied
the term in favor among the soldiers, the sergeant, "but another scrap I
in the whole of the English battle line. was in they did. That is their plan,'
Here the most tremendous battle ever you know; it is terribly costly, but;
fought in our British Army took place when it succeeds it works havoc.".
—indeed, one of the most tremendous Have syou been wounded at alt?":
battles in the history of the world. A asked Tom.
sergeant who was in a garrulous mood (To be continued.) '
described it to Tom with a great deal—a
of spirit. j SATAN QUITS HIS JOB.
"Yes," he said, "you have come to
an unhealthy spot; still itmay be good The Devil sat by the lake of fire on a
for you. The blessed Huns' thought pile of sulphur kegs;
they were going to break through His head was bowed upon bis breast,
here about lust September when theP
battle of Wipers was fought. They his tail between his legs.
had six hundred thousand men to our A look of shame was on his face, the
hundred and fifty thousand. Then sparks dripped from his eye.
that blooming Kaiser made up his �"I'm down and out," the Devil said;
mind that lie would break through our —he said it with a sob;
lines, and get to Calais. yes, it was
a touch and go with u'. Fancy four "there are others that outclass rue,
to one, and they had all the advantage and I want to quit the jab.
in big guts and ammunition. You Hell isn't in it with the land that lies
in those big gone 1 ZVait till you along the Rinne;
have heard Jack Johnson and Black I'm old and out of date and therefore
Maria. Talk about hell! Hell was I resign.
newer as had 00 the battle of Wipers, One Krupp munition maker with his
was
thought we were licked once. i as bloody shot and shell
in the part where our line was the .
thinnest, and we saw 'em coming to- rllowws more about damnation than all
awards us in crowds; there seemed to the imps of Bell.
be mullions of 'em; we had to rake Give my job to Kaiser Bill, or to Fer-
out every cook and bottle -washer on Aland the Tsar,
the show. Lots of our men were Or to Sultan Abdul Hamid, or genie
-fresh to the job, too, and had never such man of war.
smelt powder, or felt the touch of
steel. But, by gosh, we 101 'em know! I hate to leave the old hone, the spot
Four to one, my boy, and we licked I love so well.
'on, in spite of their Lig gun:. and But I feel that I'm not up to date in
their boasting. Aren't you proud of the art of running Hell,
being a British Tommy?" 'And the Devil spat a squirt of steam
Toni listened with wide, staring at a brimstone bumble bee,
eyes and compressed lips. There and muttered, "I'm outclassed by the
within a mile or two of the Battle line
he could picture all of which the' Hohenzollern deviltry."
sergeant spoke, As he looked he' • :
Could discern trio, here and there, dot- Use of Rice in United States.
tad along this brown line, clouds of The increasingly important part
black smoke. All aroma' him ear rice is playing in feeding the people of
grins were booming, while the distant the. Knits' States is shown in figures
sounds of the German guns reached
hila, jurist compiled by the United States
"Ay, it's a bit unhealthy," went on Food Administration. The production
the sergeant, "but you will get used for 1914-1915 amounted to 1,064,205,-
to it after a bit, There, hear that?" 000 pounds, with a per capita con -
Tom listened and heard the scream-! sumptien of 11.34 pounds. This was
ing of a shell in the air; the note it increased in the 1016-1917 crop to 1,-
matte wee at first low, but it rose
higher and higl.er and then dropped :831,590.000 pounds, with a per capita
again, ?consumption of 17.33 pounds, The
When the note gets to about B, large increase in consumption during
flat " said the sergeant, "you may ; the past year undoubtedly has direct
know it's soon going to fall, and its' relation to the high price of potatoes
soon as it has touched the ground the :and salient, The rice cropof India for
shell bursts and tears a big hole up,
"Azo many killed?" asked Toni. !the past year showed an increase of
"Ay, there's a good lot of casualties 11,255,1100 tons.
DOMYIESTIC SC1IINCI0 AT HOME
Twelfth Lesson.—Cereals.
Wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, buck- should be made into gruels for small
wheat arid barley are he grains from children and invalids, then strained
which cereals -are prepared. All through a fine solve. This method
cereal foods contain protein, eau•bohy- will remove the coarse cellulose.
drates, fats, mineral salts and water Cinnamon and nutmeg may be used to
ill more or less proportion, flavor gruel.
Protein is necessary for building all Cereal Griddle Cakes,
bodily tissues, therefore it is a moos -A cup of cold cooked cereal may bo
sary food constituent. It is also the added to the prepared batty, far hal -
most expensive in the food groups. ing on the griddle, Try adding ono
Carbohydrates are the starches and
sugars. Cellulose, which also belongs cup of cold cooked breakfast cereal to
to this group, is valuable to the body
far its bulk and digestive properties,
but it has no food value.
Fats are found in various propor-
tions in different grains.
Mineral salts etre found in abutldant
supplies in cereals.
The climate, soil and the quality of
the grain itself are the determining
factors of the actual amount of nutri-
ment that is contained iii the various
grains that are used for cereals. The
methods used:lly manufacturers in pre-
paration of the various grains for the
market are also ono of the deter-
mining features.
Cereals may be coarsely ground and
contain a large moult ult of the outer
coat of the grain, or they may be fine-
ly milled, with the outer covering re-
moved. Corn, wheat and oats contain
large proportions of fats; rice contains
very little. Oats is the richest cereal
Seems a very large number of cups
to get frorn a pound of tea, But
that proves the fine quality of
Red lose ;Tea, which goes further and tastes
better because it -consists chieflyof rich, strong
teas grown in the famous 'district of Assam in
Northern India.
A pound of Red Rose
gives 250 cups.
Kept Goo d by the
Sealed Package
your in r This makes a
vey goodhot bead for breakfast. CAPTbUYNLMeR9S
Mold the cold cooked cereal in
glasses, then cut in thick slices and dip SPLENDID D
RECOR
ht flour; now brown in hot fat. and �j ® 7
serve for breakfast. •
Loft over portions of moat may be
minced fine and added to the cereal be-
fore molding.
Oatmeal Goodies.
One and one-fourth teaspoonfuls' of
baking soda, one tablespoonful of wa-
ter, one cupful o£ cooked oatmeal, one-
half cupful of sour cream, one-half
cupful of molasses, two tablespoonfuls
of cocoa, one teaspoonful of cinnamon,
one-half teaspoonful of nutmeg, one-
half teaspoonful of cloves, one cupful
of flour. one cupful of dried bread
crumbs. Mix in the order given, then
mold into balls the size of a walnut.
Flatten them between the palms of
the hand, and then place on pans "pre -
in protein and fats; wheat ranks sec- .pared as described for crumb crackers.
and to -oats and corn comes next. Bake in hot oven for ten minutes.
Cooking. Note. Use level measurements. A.
Long, slow, continuous cooking is nut or raisin may be placed on top of
necessary to thoroughly soften and these goodies. Two tablespoonfuls of
render the cellulose easy to digest. shortening and sour milk may be used
The starch, which is present in the in place of cream.
grain, is enclosed in a cell-like struc- Crumb Crackers .
ture, therefore long cooking is neces- One-half cupful of bread crumbs,
sary to soften this cellulose, so that one-half cupful of white flour, one -
the digestive juices may act upon the fourth cupful of graham flour, one -
cooked starch. Following is a table fourth cupful of sugar, one-fourth tea -
of proportions to be used in prepar- spoonful of salt, one-fourth teaspoon-
ing breakfast cereals: fol of nutmeg, ono -fourth teaspoonful
Cereal Water Salt Time of ginger, six tablespoonfuls of lard.
cupful caprin teasne• Mix the dry ingredients, rub in the
Cream of wheat. 1 i 60 min.
1\'hentepua i 1 i 501 tin. shortening and dissolve one-half tea -
Rolled Oats .,1-3 1 i 60 m111.
Rice I li 3 a6 min, spoonful Baking soda in one-half cup
t'nrn meat 3 1 1 10 mitt. of sour milk and add: three table -
Cream
gilts . i 1 i 6e pain.
Crerse oatmeal. i 1i i e6 mntn. spoonfuls of molasses, one well -beaten
Cream of barley � 1 i .. 45 min, egg, four
Use a double boiler for cooking all tablespoonfuls of finely
cereals. This will also prevent them
from scorching. A fireless cooker is
ideal for the proper cooking of all
grains and cereals. Dates, nuts,
raisins, figs, prunes and clried fruits
may be added to the cereal, when
cooking, for the sake of variety.
Improperly cooked cereals will cause
intestinal disturbances. The cereals
FAMOUS' FRENCH AVIATOR RE-
.APORTED KILLED.
Credited With Having Shot Down
Fifty-three German Airplanes
and Itlore Than Eighty Pilots.
Capt. George Guynemer,.the famous
French aviator, who is supposed to
have lost his life in a contest with the
enemy on September 17th, is credited
in aviation records with having shot
deem fifty-three German airplanes in-
side h.. German lines and with having
destroyed at least twenty-five more
that were uncounted. He Was one of
the youngest men of his rank in the
French army, having been promoted
by President Poincare in February
Basi at the age of twenty-two. At
the beginning of the war Guynemer
was under age. He tried five ,rimes
unsuccessfully to get•into the army
and finally had to literally break his
way into the Aviation Corps. The in-
fantry refused him because she was
under weight for his height and the
Flying Corps rejected him because the
examining surgeon considered that -he
was too nervous. Finally, through
the influence of a friend of his family
who was in charge of an aviation
school he was allowed to -learn to fly.
He astonished his instructors by his
rapid progress and coolness and won
chopped citron. Mix to dough, then a flying license, after which the A'via-
roll one-fourth inch thick. Cut and tion Corps accepted him.
then brush with beaten egg and i An "Ace" Last Year.
sprinkle the top with granulated sus I
Guynemer became ani "ace" in the
gar. Bake in hot oven from eight to
French Aviation Corps in August,
tne minutes. 1916, and soon thereafter surpassed
Note. Always bake the cookies on the record of Sub -Lieutenant Jean
up-tuubaking pan; grease well and Navarre, who up to that time led with
then rinse well with cold water before twelve German machines to his ere -
placing the cookies on it to bake.
dit. In the meantime Guynemer had-
-Preserving Garden Products.
Lebanon Chow-Chow.—One quart of
core, cut from the cob, one pint of
Hula beans, one quart of string beans,
foto sed - peppers, cut in one -inch
blocks, four green peppers, cut in qpe-
inch blocks, ten cucumbers, cut in one -
a brine of water and salt that will Teceived two bullets in the arm at Ver -
float an egg, bring to boiling point and dun. In 1916 the Academy of Sports
add- one ounce of mustard seed three awarded the young aviator a 10,000
ounces' of horseradish root, cut n franc prize for "the best. sporting
small- pieces, two ounces of ginger, event of the year. ! At the end of
cut in pieces, one-half ounce of black' the same year, with his Captain
pepper. .Pour over the cucumbers stripes, ho received the Cross of the
inch blocks, two heads of cauliflower, and then cover with a piece of cheese- `F" ' "` ""nor•
broken into small flowers. Place all cloth, then with a cover of wed but Captain Guynemer's greatest day's
in a preserving kettle. Cover with so that it will fit inside the top of the work was on May 17 of this year, when
cold water and cook gently until the tub. Place a heavy stone on this to . he brought down four German ma -
vegetables are tender. Drain and weigh down the cucumbers. Stand chines, -two of which he accounted for
cover with a weal: vinegar, adding: in cool dry place to ferment. Look at in the space of two minutes, having
one pound of brown sugar, two ounces the pickles once a week, removing all attacked a group of four. With only
of mustard seed, -two ounces of celery froth and mold. Wash the cloth and three cartridges left while on his
seed, three ounces of mustard, two i return it to cover the tub. Also homeward flight, he encountered the
tablespoonfuls of whole cloves, two' keep the tub filled, with brine, :fourth German and shot him down
tablespoonfuls of whole allspice. Bring Salting Corn For 'Winter Use. 'ridges. iorie f One three
remaining cart -
to
a boil and cook for twenty minutes., • Use a lard or butter tub. Cleanse shot down on August 4 two
was Lieut.
Seal in all -glass jars. This may be thoroughly and scald with bailing wa- Hdown a gust 4 lastatiwas who
made a -mustard color by adding three' ter. Rinse in cold water and place in the flew for a FreGch airplane company
level tablespoonfuls of turmeric. j sur to dry. Now place six ruches of
Dill Pickles.—Use a lard or butter salt in the bottom. ,Select good sound before the war and who had shot down
tub Cleanse thoroughly and then ears of corn and place them in the salt twelve French machines,
the sun to dry. Select medium-sized' Cover with salt, Repeat this opera-' officially credited to Captain Guy -
cucumbers. Wash, to remove the tion until the tub is..full. Place a cov- nemer's record were worth something
sand, and now I lace a layer of grape.' er on top of, or, failing this, cover 'more than 1,500,000 francs`. Some of
vine leaves in the bottom of the tub. with two layers -of cotton batting mid them were manned by two or three
Over this spread a layer of dill. Place then with a newspaper and finally ; men, and it is estimated that he ac -
a layer of cucumbers and then cover '•with oilcloth. Do not remove the;
the cucumbers with a good layer of husk or the silk from,the corn. This'_
dill, Repeat this operation until the can be used late in winter and will
tub is tilled to within four inches of keep. The secret is to have each ear
the top, Have the top layer of dill of cont. entirely surrounded by salt,
one inch thick. Over this place a:taking care that the ears do not touch
thick layer of grape vine leaves. Make 1 each other., -
ORIGIN OF HALOS "How many.. revolutions does the
earth make in `a day ? It's your turn,
Painters Used Them Long Before the 'Willie Smith," "You can't tell,
Birth of Christ. j teacher, till you see the morning
Saints, in pictures,' are usually rep -;Paper,
resented with halos, Angels like - -
1 wise.
Why? Ask the next man you meet,
and you will find him guessing at .the
reason
Most people suppose that halos were
not worn until within the last 1900
years or so. But that isn't true.
Roman emperors and even consuls
were pictured with halos long before
the birth of Christ. And, if history
tells.of them truly, they were neither
saints nor angels.
The halo was originally a pagan
symbol of power. Thus it is not so
very surprising to find Satan repres-
ented, in medieval paintings, with a
halo.
Ino that period it was customary to
depict living personages of great au-
thority with square halos,
Obviously, there would be no con-
ventional impropriety in painting a
portrait of Wilhelm the Wicked in a
square halo, His Plutonic prototype
would naturally"wear a round one,
Wasps s prey on other inserts which
p
they use as food for their larvae,
scald with boiling water and place in taking care that they do ,not touch. i T1s fifty-three German machines
counted for more than eighty pilots,
observers and gunners.
His Last Fight.
Guynemer's last light is described
by a comrade, who is quoted by -The
Excelsior, as follows:"
"Guynemer sighted five machines of
the Albatross type D8. Without
hesitation he bore down on them.. At
that moment enemy patrolling ma-
chines, soaring at a great height, ap-
ireared suddenly and fell upon Guy-
nemer.
"There were forty enemy machines
in- the air at this time, including
Count von Richthofen and his circus
division of machines, painted in diag-
onal blue and white stripes. ' Towards
Guynemer's right some Belgian ma-
chines hove its sight, but it 'was_too
late.
"Guynemer Must have been hit. His
inachine dropped gently towards the
earth and I lost track of it. All that
T can say is that the machine was not
on fire."
THE FIRST HEADLIGHT
Nature of This Phosphorescent Light
Still Unknown to Science.
The -first headlight was carried' not
by a locomotive, but by a winged in-
sect—the lantern fly. -
Nobody knows just why the lantern
fly carries, a lantern, Very likely it is
for the purpose of notifying insects of
like species and opposite sex of its
whereabouts.
But the contrivance is wholly unique
of its -kind. The front part of the lan-
tern fly's head is extended in such a
way as to form a hollow, bulbous
structure that (in a dead -acid -dried
specimen) has a papelike consistency.
When the insect flies at night the
papery bulb is illuminated. By
what? Nobody can say, except that it
is a phosphorescent light, and the na-
ture of thatis•a puzzle to science.
Hardy plants that require it may
be taken up, divided and replanted.
The earlier this work is done the bet-
ter.
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TRICKS OF THE
FLYING CORPS
VERSED IN THE ART OF .ELUD- -
ING AN "ARC;I{TE."
How the Sky Pilots of War Dodge the
Anti -Aircraft Gums by Clever
Manccuvree.
A pilot flying over the lines uses- all
sorts of brielcs,,to deeeive,,,,tbe watch-
ers below. - w
Under"normal circumstances they
cnn tell his height to a few feet, and
will show you, too, that they know it
by the way they send up bursts of
"Archin" (anti-aircraft g'un). Indeed,
310 matter whether yon' cross the litres .
one day, at 8,000 feet and another at
10,000 feet and another at 14,000 feet,
so sure as you get within range there'
are the .six slowly widening rings of
smoke at your level --a few feet ahead
or behind or all around you. Hun
"Archies" aro generally grouped in
s110001'sud though their chief object
is barrage and annoyance, mon have
been brought down by "sighters" and
by direct hits at 15,000 feet' from one
of those fatal sixes.
The' -"Archie" gunner judges height
by measuring the apparent size of the
machine's wings as it flies above. I -Ie
knows every machine at a glance at
10,000 yards distance and farther. He
gets plenty of practice, He ]snows the
measurements of every inachine and
its speed and can allow for it. The
Hun "Archie" gunner has reason to
be peculiarly efficient—he gets so
much practice.
To know how to upset all the fine
calculations is the whole art of elud-
ing "Archie." -
Every Trick Known to the Trade
One way is to alter the apparent
Size of your wings or to change your
speed or vary your height, and dodge -
hither and thither, no matter how
many other things you may have to
do at the same time. You can alter
your apparent 'size by flying "one
wing clown". and so giving a shorter
view of your machine. You can
"switchback" up incl d'owna couple of
hundred feet at a time and so vary
your speed, too. You can paint in ad-
vance a• dark band' beneath the tips
of your wings—and hope for the best,
Or you can suddenly "stall" your ma-
chine—that is, hold it up and throttle
the engine down for a' few moments,
opening out again before you start to
fall. - This will make the next few
shots go well ahead. Then you can
sile-slip a little—not too much, or you
will be losing valuable height.
A pilot one day who underwent the
horrible _experience of being hemmed
in by "Archies" almost . exhausted
every trick before he got away. He
was flying along when suddenly the
fatal Bursts appeared just ahead. This
was only normal. He side -slipped a
little and "carried on." But imme-
diately there were the bursts just
ahead again and a little closer. He had
hardly turned off again when there
they were, a fresh lot, just behind his
tail, sending him bumping and diving
all over the placed They had got his
range to a hair. '
He "stalled" and turned off at right
angios to the left—and there were the
bursts all round him again and -the
sharp sting of a wound in his cheek.
Deserved to Succeed.
Things were getting bad. • He
doubled round -quickly and made a
sudden dive—and there were the
bursts all round him once more. He
"stalled," put one wij, g down and
side -slipped down 300 feet. Scarcely
had he "flattened out" again when
ole more group burst round him. All
the time blood was pouring down his
face. As a last resort he "played hit."
He put the other wing right down
and side -slipped sheer S00 feet. This
he turned into a "spinning nose dive"
and came out 3,000 feet lower. Then
be flattened out and dived for our -
lines. For those few ' moments
"Archie" was fooled: Directly , after-
ward they were at him again. But he
was out of range and got away.
"Archie"pis "the very devil" --where
the gunners get plenty of practice!
How to Tell Age of a Fisli. -
Could you tell- the age of a fish if
asked to do eo?
It has been found that the age of a
fish tnay be read from its scales. These
increase in' size by annular growths,
,wo rings being formed each year.
The "otoliths," or ear stones, which
lie in two sacs on either side of the
base of the cranial cavity, off afford anoth-
er means of determination.
Like the scales, the otoliths increase
by two rings annually. Each spring
-
It - white ring is formed and each
autumn a black one. Thus the num-
ber of either white or black rings in
nn otolith gives the age of the fish in
years. In the case of flatfish the lat-
ter method has been found more re-
liable, whereas in the case of the cod
the scales give a better result, A1-
though varying much in size and shape
in different species, the otoliths show
a remarkably constancy in the ;same
species; hence they are of consider-
able wall r:'- in the diagnosis of a
spednes,
Power it powerless utles5-•its pee-
sessor !s conscious of his ability.
An envelope closed with the white
I of an egg cannot be opened by. the
ste9L1 if boiling watery as the steam
only adds to its firmness,