The Seaforth News, 1918-10-31, Page 6Positive uxur
Infusion
Pure Tea, without ndgni cture . .
of Any ,flinch foreign to its growth.
has the reputation a t nearly' a quarter or a
century latch) aci every packet sold
The •. Sealed
13y Edwin Baird.
0'4.6'' o n
Ileeensttrt:ct.ic'n anal lIc,t:e t'c!k,, :;,•rich t'rrrn !'taut:=.
A k°scut govetiun -.ihe greatest of hPT;c syrup smolt, !'tont onl
tde. war,-- at'ena'; for i1.^, e':aiun'ton1-ains a bout. sixty 1,er earn,
ars A l:a a c t eve.e. i ct•
14110 ' t41h at home I' v n o e 1
thee. A• .di r> hart i sl } d 1.1 s a!, e" t• it ,
c or 1110 is ,v 110,1.,0 1 . i}.p tite;, t1v '.a .,.boot+,}; �:u.r.•
berme to de with tht s n: •0'11' 71 wi •l.i.r}; 1 rr . _ t:. io:r 1 . gels
CHAPTER IL dingy door below, a yelle'Fuw•et.T ut 'Tout wile !'tented thereat de- gid .at lt, it!umnnate:l.hi' a tri, ring.
acted ea lack of sympathy. Ile wits gas ,let, proelunncd the !timer region
er + Now, Ten i1it'1 for i
?help her; pleased, too. bemuse he at sty, r 1 us net•-'
gloried because, be believed he could of a Chines eating, pima,
lost h-asi found a pet stet who surely iadical trip, to Chicago ui; 1 Ili; tearte
would not spurn hisef'riend'ly •oleo- Years el bachelorhood. had never
Inlet! tasted Oriental food. \irrtetlt c, h]si
the box -ogler andquickly inquired hours• Ile u'oss' l th atreot, tts-
emle,rrning scats, 1Onhl tet: ,ata o\c alis +se, and rn
The box-office ratan consulted his tereei the eatitalishree: of R'ali Sing
1,;,.•
Tic turned mai : t •pp 1 c k1 to train would met leave tel ,a least two'
1.. of tn:::. woe ,lt4'tl 1 ti lg• tri v 1 -teeet
-
el ere errs:alks turd a„ ,. t tr,.p f t:. t :7
t o:; w ell s1
In: at • ton i ,. 'J -.,I vliltl nl,
reitt
ala.. Rrcou.;trurttiul , It i
not true that every one fir -illy 1•e
1'It\e.•. 1-haI. Willi the vomiter of peal'e
OWN, Will also itrrive that outer great
bktaine, l'ceonst.ruct•cu? le it not
idea true that with this placid ag aN
:Illi a there ("1101 the other a.Snrtnee
that. sum( 4111' else is managing that
problem? No one feels: per:;onstlly re-
gime:4hle, but oath one feels sure that
aanie one else ie working hard on this
ei uperid ue,s pci,.nie.
There are many reasons may eor ,
Y
individual itlterested in thie war
should take a personal interest in re•
onstruction, and never allow that In-
terest to lug until ho has fonnd the
fon h'a,i of recnnrlrace ion act ivi-
y either found it or created it. To
regm with, individual homes must he
thoroughly and rotlsciously recon-
structed. habits must Le reformed
or abolished according to whether
hey are required for the model home.
The men returning from overseas are
ringing back thoughts and feelings
to \shish they were utter strangers
before enlisting. Most of thorn have
grown, mentally and spiritually, by
leaps anal bounds. Have their wo-
men forks and their children kept
pace? Will they understand what
the men have gained? Will they
appreciate its value? Will they
agree or ;sneeringly eritictse the at-
titude of the men towards life? 'Will
they have such a broad outlook tltent-
selves that they can be both patient
anti tolerant with what seems a mis-
take view and finally either persuade
hack to the best way or forsake their
own narrow views?
Ides, mut flipped two taekeet beneath It w3 a c}user-_+meniate dimly file
"TWO in the teelf:h row's the best plate tad.:: me the dour ryas t
I got left. Five dcl:are. it' you want for !email t"are: Street, it was totally, 1
't•m . "
tine braes grille. •
devoid of pati•on.e. 'tom took 0. seat
Tom IN antca them and, plucking et one of the greasy marl,le•topped
from his po-•1101 a bank roll-compar- babies, arid. a shrivelec!. wrinkled little
male tat} yellow Abt'r:ieen turnips! Chinaman unwrapped himself from a t
p00.01 r herefrom a five -duller bill, ex-highstool behind the fly -specked cigar
changed it for the tir;:et=, and walk- env z
eato\Irl the gad. who was now a padded acmes the floor in a cat -`b
M111'1'111 stn ,r 11 ' A hirly ai y
il'hogralia, her a.thu,le indicate }
114ien thoughts. rghts. Sae looked up ow
hie 1handt
•.. taw him, anti, whethe
, iu':: ,• nth uallr onot, he never ]cite
nc±t•r 1 ,w,ty a, i r,, el with her bac
to him
Apetote1 ,!r, lie doffed his strut
le.:t nal 1 l''1ed hie tln•oat.
"1 hese you will per.lou me. I hap
thO,Ig.•,1t, may -he --ort m'git—" H
pc' to hate a pair of t.o11ete —and
et nmered into an a ml''arrasce
1 arse. She was looking at. him in
glaringly and quite unafraid.
"Haven't sem made it mis:take?
vice asked with just a hint of amuse
inc ': in her eyes, and she steppe(
.[
like fashion, and )toad awaiting
tr
orders.
aTom. drew a roger -stained mem:
r from between 1i bottle of tomato ket-j
v , chug and a vinegar cruet, glanced;
about hint, then bent a puzzled gaze;
02011 the foreign words on the bill'
of Care, And then, for no apparent
reason, there came between him and'
-' these meaningless words the dark;
e , blue eyes of a girl, and the eyes seem
1 ed wistful and full of sadness.
d, Strange, truly! And yet not hall'
- 'so strange as that which swiftly fol•;
flowed; he passed his hand before his'.
eyes as if to erase the vision, and
.1 when he drew his hand away he saw,/
not t.00 rods distant, the girt her•
fe terd to greet a stocky young ma
laireyieg in front the street. 'Phi
person po.-.sceeed a prominent jaw,
diamond horseshoe stickpin, flash
alc•1,bes, and a scow) of singular m•
ice, \flush he promptly directed
Ton's direction.
Tom c•oneeived an inetaut dislik
fes [tint, and dcp"rted swiftly. won
daring "how on earth a girl like het
could take up with such a tough
ne,sk," with masculine egotism quite
forgetting that he had expected a
•"girl like her" to take up with him-
self, a perfect s ••anger! \"igorously
de's'troying -his th'at.re ilekets, he
eco-ttered the fragments underfoot,
and looked for a taxicab. Finding
none, he started afoot for a street
ens. His one desire was to boars]
the next train for hone.
His quest had failed, he was sure
of that now, and it was a grinding
dieappointmeut. He had followed the
rules laid dawn by the master, and
all had proved futile. There wee no
lromance in the city, no mystery nor
adventure. He wished he was home
with 1 ocum, if for no other reason
than to burn the "Trimmed Lamp,"
A street czar tattled to a stop at the
remota He climbed a•boar<l; and a
minute later he was being jolted
nnisi-1y along North Clark Street.
Meanwhile, the Girl with the Wist-
ful Eyes and her escort
had not moved from the spot where
Tom had left them—and the curtain
Wa,, up on the first act, too_
Both were clearly perturbed about
something. The sporty young man
was talking loudly, harshly, garnish -
in his speech with slang and stress -1
mg; with violent with indignant pro-
ests. Her voice, mingling with hi
n I eeif! There are many reforms which
el There could be no doubt of it, He; should be well on the way to being
ee would have known her in a million.. worked out before the men come bat'k.
She stood near the cigar ease, glans• ; Tltm aro reforms
, j Y for Welt women
Mal
Mg amu[ in a frightened !ways and,
t even in that moment of mental aur-! are •p10-inly responsible, No one has
moil he remarked an increase in her a better' right than women to take
e nervousness. full charge of every form of legisla-
Nimself agitated, he resumed con-, tion affecting children. Baby wee-
templation of the menu, affecting to fare as a national requirement,
be abilvieus to her, But his heart q nt, in-
wa; stead of a 1.0(111 manifestation of van
pounding tumultuously, and the
, p parents, is a fonm
unin\•,ting room \.herein he vast \vase lay on the pert of
suddenly glorified, Hee inexplicable of reconstruction that leads straight
presence had changed everything. I to the doors of women at home M-
lle looked up into the expression-' day.
less face of the Chinaman, and smiled' The estadllishgnen't of a national Efficiency?" There are heaps of good
re Sherr exuberance: Are yam \S'a:h 1
Sino La?" i Board of Health belongs to the good things in it, but one can't help won -
Tho 14ongol nodded edbentbyr. His' times eom,ing in the Reconstruction dering where a mere pion secured so
face was a yellow mask. i Period, and the responsibility for its mutlt knowledge of'omen's work and
-wee. 1411', La, 1 think sornebocly establishments rests naturally on the their way of doing it..
wants to see you over there." f mot'liers of the land. The same is The good-ousukeeper works ac. -
Without ao much as a glance co- true of the entire educational system, cording to a time''te ble and octan,
warn the girl, Mr, Lo answered torte Laws relating to food ere women's' figured out beforehand, with refer -I
l leesly. ' work. These are what might betence to the various tasks to be per-
,
know. She wait. 1111 light, what
y-ou want --huh 1" called housecleaning work without teemed, and the time, money and i
1 "See what aloe wants 11 rot," said which any reconstruction work would assistance at her disposal.
(Tom. be hopeless and they should be wee,: She eaves much work and many al
. Stili the Chinaman displayed no in-:ly planned and started at once. In step by attending to things prompt-
; tel est. both Prance and England many of ly. When .she leaves her bedroom
1 "Nein; mind gal. Whet you want' these reforans are alreadyunder way, in the morning elle turns the bed-
(ea h ---holt ?" Y g
Tom flung the menu on the table; made necessary and possible by the clothes back to ata( there while the
and half rose from las chair. At: violent overturning of old method's preprxes and takes ler breakfast,
1 the same moment the girl carne to-! found inadequate in war. Those instead of leaving the room untouel •
1 ward them, and when she drew near a I countries have waged ever and begun ed and wasting allthe time during
new delight surged in his veins—for; reeonstruotioa simultaneously. Their the morning meal. Before leavingf she couldn't disguise the recognition'. women are cognizant of all tthesie pro- the bathroom she wipes around the
•w'hith leapt to her eyes when she saw blems, and working on then honestly. wvisbstand, so that 'week will not
him. Is there not a too general feeling that want vouch more afterward,
Ignoring his presence, however, she' the absolutely necessary reeenstruc- Many a W011113 11 'starts meals with
addressed the Clhinasnan. At their tlou will drop from the sky or come as table-laying.She should first put on
first hoods Tom 'saw that they knew
the fire all that has to be cooked or
warmed; during this process she will
find ample time to attend to the
table,
The efficient housekeeper is through
long before others, with much. less
to do and more means to do it avith,
c0lnt.. Try it with brain . lo',C`; of
Paula f; I le le e;1`111411011 e•att 1.0 t1
hit'.or. [iii sou i:; ctit,ide ftr
ave on het 1el,e•s 11111 is n'i !1' Ig gni-
gm bread.
ingeabread. \\'at11 1 in} r an! but :ft.
Tt 111:1 00 a Hat o.', lint .silted. f0' 1'ncl-
dings,
When the family t!,rmtmd"
s,; rate. 'tire itntt,t ir.' 'neusekedaper w,il
d;:. o•'cl• me3iT ton,: i✓: icer fr,,:t
s (ups,
Cider Je'ty,—!«wee: cider jelly ern
be made without sugar, Boil apple
syrup until the jelling point is retch-,
ed. This ,felly :Maces a;❑ excellent
•
relish with meat.
Fruit butters van be made wit -shout.
sugar. Add -one quart of apple syrup.
or grape syrup to one quait of fruit
pulp. Boli dew'n to a thick l'ut(-ery
otnsistenev anil sea] hut, This is 110:
tart butter and an excellent relish, If'
a sweeter butter is wanted add suet
gar, or molasses when (hese are acetal.
I
able; reheat and seal. If theto is
no fruit syrup on hand proceed as
follows in noakiiig I:ruit butter: Cook;
peeled and pitted fruit in enough/
' fruit juice to prevent seta -thing; press'
through a sieve; to each quart of thisi
pulp add three quarts o'f apple or I
grape juice and to each four quarts
of the mixture rcld owo teaspoons of
ground• cinnamon and one of ground'
cloves and proceed as above.
the left over ole
E3),4 :b e smallest por°tions
earl be madeintoi1ppetizi '�
di h w i' .�rn..co thjned with
small quantity € f
143,
y Fa
[� ' r t •oa tee win . be (.tad ru r ua e e
GC e�,ti!1'pe1 iS t ±i«•° a .
01;ia a is ik $ \':i.; l,rict l nu un r.:
° n:••n, ua!;y in hale firm, pant
f h r ,' I1. 1"""-.1b t e;11.•
1 110 1.11' 10(111 nc0espapca , 3a 1
. a 110to(.,I O i lac rd,; },!tan b<r1F 11 Nra'1` L1Tuse 111 'a .
( t 1(0; 1 I elrtil. d i„ M,t .achusettl comities dm•in}e, lit
11.110:.' \s'u I,.1,( t.o is ted and
e),,ee•(;1 1,:. 1L0 ..!1eco spirit of la0„t . teeth l gineing O,tu•1-l.-h lvd.
�a< tool humanity in the .rest of ek • Coutut ler
\,bite p, 01 ta, inipratvin}, w1,r news. tunstuodif,v R t.u;vr pat. Shcalt pit
hn
to, rt n1•ed the po=ifton Of 1111/L4 1•l0:' -•c'-"
Of !hens 'fhtre are i+0il1ren who 1'ar: barrel per penile
have. never known anything but the- Rill'', $10.7fi-$12,60 Ori;• -Se.
-state of white slavery, Ove) '300,- per barrel per goon)
Ott tons of shipping sei'ured by or'1':ar11Y iu
1 ran} entent •frenl the ,$w•edistt C.otrrn. )folic, )hi t O '� 10'"00 d. 71,se.
meet for 110;10 Ttl non -war roues,have. Sa} 11rc-••
been devoted to carrying; in the corn- per ),011
ar:g year the food anti croihing which Gr'-'11111t'ied, 10 -lie.
we must send from this side of the per 1 dor. cases per ('111
Aflirltie 10 this trampled 010 hat un (turned sa{mon, $3,00-$1,:10 `ttt1.3:1c.
conquerable' perop'le, Tlie folio:ring p'er 100 pound•) poi• p111l1
±'a,odstutfs will have 10 L transport, Poti,loea, wshite $2;fi(1-$2.8b 3--4o.
ed across. the Atlantis in the next
IN UTTER RUINS',
L11ll1JIA'I'HI) Al LAS!' FROM HUN
RUTHLESSNESS 1r
Iiveiy Watt Of Yrery ldakuse Is fitted'
By Mitchue•tiun 13011ets or
.w
•
By Sit! oonel.
- With the tot 1113 111 +r line alonit the/ .
-1;: t t Celina set to of Ithelms, and
tie I !0'10 the Vitas tin the east,
the (, rnlvlr t t 1•u •lour i Nagent 1'Ab-
,, 1' r , to the ett..t 01' tihtmt5 1110(1 lir)-
n t N f tl.t t c rah. 7111 P,1 11laittts
0
Ina/tet/11.11
ecu the ;)firm s c f Ilht•ilnv fo • Tann•`
yc1 7(1.7:r
s. Nog '!'t i'Al'i ((,10 his 0401
111(1 u{erutticn pt!nt hum 0,•14)011-!'t
(i-1 111 1110 Lad \e t ,led the cii.y 41111
I ` l atlni ty ,Odea' st v ole 110;1 al"1 d10 er•t'
cv' artillery Ore 0:1ir.1 wreekl.d vil-
! 'mete wi.ic•h nestled :411111.(• the mew-
l; Lair; 111' llhuires nod oath 1i1r,1 :ct. thrr,
I :+:11,1 grave -vs al -Riveting , Itlty111'd YY.
on the ;'miles 1n,�: tike peasant girt-
j genie noir the 1' '..pea that great in
Fruit Pi'eserceal in Fruit Ju'iee.--Any
fruits may be preserved in grape juice,1
but apples, pears and sweet pl:onoe!
are particularly good. Boil six'
quarts of grape sluice 10 an open i
preserving kettle, until it is reduced j
to four quarts. Have tete fruit wash-(
ed and pored, and, if apples or pears,
quaetored and, cored. Put the pre-
pared fruit into a poserving kettle
and cover generously with the 'honed)
grape juice. Boil gently until the'
fruit is (ileal' and tender, teen put into
sterilized (fare.
For preserving in cider, prepare ap-
ples and pears ie the same way, cover
with boiled cider (boiled until reduced'
one lealf) and cook slowly until clear • t
and tender.
n
Personal Efficiency.
How many of you have read Prof.
Grisnahaw's new book, "Personal
k
N
d
d itpite of the neglect cnfurced by war.
T1.1,1y of the-( t,iasrunt girls 011(10
1
3.,et1 to -tiny fes the fifth war harvest.
1r one er the lo••aliiire that hoe been
1 1: est intreetely LI•ml'11rde11 by Gei'maa
sl rel nil they were working to -day.
i,ir Pint; is meagre,' one amtidi
I brut if the wine is scarce it is all the
more precious, fol this is the vintage ,
of \t tory."
I.
'Traces 4f the foto years nt: I ;hi.•
mt; r re Cotunl tell aver 11;0 grouted
east of Rheims, from Pompelle fort
along the 111011111a1ns. It was pee-
01hle during a wait to -clay to see
what it 1111'1 cost the Germans to hold'
the p000itioes they were finally obliged
1 to glee up for noticing.. M? the vii-
loge-; on the mat'- road from Rheims
eastward are more or less intact, for
the fighting there 00115 at too eloee
quarters to en'tIle either side to 1101.
heavy guns. They all »howed traces
of i•eneate 1 struggle +tom street to
I street and from house to house.
Pitted by Mullets.
Every ov 11 of every horse or in-
closl+re is pitted by machine -gen hai-
r let» and by 111,•apnel. Long stretches
; of wire before the trenches is almost:
intact, running through streets 0 `
I r"scting between houses to mark the
'Me where the Germans were still at
cloac grips with the French two days
ago. Streets and roads are lacerated
b•; evothwotlts, and in many places
I apheaved by (nines: and impassable: ;,t,
j The work of destruction done by the.
1 enemy in iris hurried flight was in-
,t?ornparatively less than that of else-
where, for it had long ago been al-
most complete.
Tho cathedral•dtas been reduced to
a ruin under the bombardment of the
Test four years. The walls are stand-
ing, but there are great holes in them,
as well as in the ceiling. The towers
of the cathedral appear from a dis-
tance to be intact,' taut a closer inspec-
tion revea 0 gaping shell holes, broken
I columns and li rge dela-wiled pieces of
stone that hong in midair as if held
in suspense by some invisible force.
Here and there a _fragment of a
detail of the exterior ornamentation
remains to enable future visitors to
perceive what a glory the building
must once have been. A hasty in-
- gives the impression that ,4;
the cathedral can never he complet�li-
iy restored.
Largest French Town Destroyed,
St. Rena, the dldest church in
Rheims, begun in the sixth century,'
and restored in the early days of the
eleventh, has sugered comparatively
little front the high explosive projee-
tiles, In this case t110 Germans re-
sorted to a shorter method of fire.
After the defeat they suffered in the
Chateau -Thierry salient Tn Tuly, the
Germans sent a few incendiary sheIle
into the church, and there remain)
nothing hut the blackened walls and
the tombs of St, Remi, Kings Carlo -
man, Louis IV. and Lothaii•e, and
Queens Federonne and Gabcrge. The
Reliquary of St, Remi was saved
white the church was burning,
The city of Rheims, which had a
population of about 120,000 before
the war, is the largest French town
destroyed by the Germans. 71he
count of the number of shells regi1air-
cd to reduce it has not been finally
made, but built as it was with the
robustness of the stount French chars
atter as well as with delicacy, the
cost of its ruin to the Germane must
have been immense. During the four
years of effort aha batteries had re-
peatedly to he changed, while owns quantities of ammunition were
burned.
No Gorman has put his foot into
Rheims since the retreat from the
Marne in 1914. .
y
Reiirimanded.
Little Willie had been sent on an
errand to the home of- the rich Mr.
Sharp. He returned with the aston-
ishing news that Mr: Sharp was go-
ing' blind.
"What makos you think that?" his
father asked,
"The way he talked," said Willie.
When I went into the room where
he wanted to see me, he said, 'Boy,
where is your hat?' and there it 'ryas
on my head all the timed"
rose.-......`.._.
A ham hone will make a whole pot
of pea emir liwvory.,
"What do you think of the Armlr
es far as you ihave go'tl:e?" ihs;uia'ed
a sergeant of or newly,arrived xecsud• •
"I may like lot after o, sehiae, but ju
mw I think there is too :molt defining
and $tls0ihlfc' 41001111d !341'00 t mss.
twelve months. Language of the Brea.
Wheat, barley, rye anal A former rai1001113 be:A man mn0'
corn for bread pur- eel vino in France wa0 bringing in a
,msec 42,500,000 1,us. bunch of prisoners.
Beans 2,200,000 'bus, "What have you gut: there?" 110-
Rice 3.800,000 bus. quired alt officer whom he met bails
Corned beef 20,400,000 lbs. of the lines,
Pork products 277,200,000 lbs, "J'nst a. string of emptiera sir!" wa0
Soup 00,000,000 Lbs. itis prompt reply,
Coffee 90,000,000 Rte.
Food for children (No estimate) Murnmied fruits in orchards left
Cocoa 18,000.000 abs, undietwrbc d. culler ort the •too
Cundense)L milk 115,000,000 lbs. 101 or
Sugar
on the ground, give rise to a new
g - 40,000,000 1-bs. outbreak of brown raft. in the spring.
At hest, the cost. 4111 be 11 a'1y
$280,000,000. 'Phe Dutch and Span-
ish governments. through their agents
in Belgium, will see that these sup-
plies are not mi-sa55ed by the German.
army. -
1:lota' will the fair price food project
work? In essence 10 be briefly told.
Each municipal aa-ee ,having appoint-
ed its committee, will take evidence -
exactly as in a public inquiry. 11'rom
this it 'wild learn the average price at
which merchants buy. Taking ad]
local factors into consideration, the
comnrittree will then decide on a fair
price which the consumer should pay.
This must give the retailer a reason-
bie profit. It the finding's do not
on1orm 'to the ,luoion of the majority
C. consumers in the diwtriet, they have
the means either of verifying the com-
ntattee's decision, or of having it im-
mediately revised in the light of local
nowledge, Is not this the essence
of Ioea1 self-government e arr'ieel out a
tap farther than has ever yet been
one in Canada ?
was soft, low toned and gentle, and
her blender hand, touching his sleeve,'
was eloquent tv'ith tender appeal. She
looked beseechingly into his wrathful.
awe, entreating him to do a thing
tallith he, amateur;y, had no intention
of doing.
' i tell you 1 won't!" be blustered,
jerkin hes arm away. "You must
think I'm erazy—
Listen, Frank—"
"Listen, nothing! We're missin?
the best o' the show. Corrin' in, or
ain't you?"
"Frank, won't you please--"
"No, I tell you --no! You can stay
here if you want to. I'm goin' in,"
.And he swung on his heel and strode
inside the theatre.
She took a faltering step after him,
her hand outflung 10 hopeless en-
treaty, then stopped, her shouldera a
drooping, and watched Kinn go from a
her; and then, as she at last realized t
. that he was not coming back, her
wistful eyes filled suddenly with .tears
of, regret, and shame, and self-pity.
Excepting a policeman, leaning
against the box-office window and
surveying her with tepid curiosity,
elle was quite alone in the rotunda;
but she had the feeling that a million
eyes were ataring at her—a deserted,
humiliated girl. And, panic-strpck,
turned and fled to the street. In a
few moments she was on a north-
bound street: ear, traveling the self-
same route taken by Tom, not ten mi-
nutes ago.
Tom had journeyed ten blocks or
more before perceiving that he, in his
haste, had taken the wrong street ear;
he was traveling north when he ought
to be going south,
Alighting at the next -corner, he be-
held a mileiz of .garish saloons, cheep
hotels, and wli'ite'•front restaurants.
The name note wady(struck cher aa had in
lite owe) tow his'tr7 , y '
'inters brazen tone.
He east This gaze along the /noisy
pt roug�hj fore and iib wars the be tvaw
,the shabby felt etc gn t Walk SinLo,
it adorn) the 'second -floor level Of
} dieremu1314(110 buil<iang, and over, the
emit other, • ' . the result of earnest wishing? The
"Lo, she seal in her. :oft, musical answer to any such attitude is the
voice, "I've come fur Dora. Where, question; "How did the things reeon-
ic Abe?" ; etruction is to replace comm into be -
Lo was swabbing the table with a. Tng—by wishing or, worse yet, by
Wan towel, his hack toward ha•.
"Neils mind'Rola, Dula al! Iigtlt, indifference?" for
Were the women to-
m mind osvn business " i sponsible for them? No. But to -
YOU
"I've come to tare bora home. Lc." day the women are substituting at have finished their task. The good
",hind awn business home as well as filling the) • own place housekeeper i thorough on t' th
"Is she up -stairs?" IHave they began substituting in thelpoor one onlyantime--en time;
"Mind own tamn—"
vital places? different matter.
At this junction 'font entered mesa
tens—and entered zestfully. Like the! - - -- '- --"-- --.._ -
taws of a ;tee) trap his sinewy fingers'; The Crosses.
elated on the Chineman's eh Heeled I The little lonely crosses, the crosses
neck.
Speak civilly to this Indy," he. low and white,
ordered, "or I'll shake the life out 01"
They haunt me most in the silver
you!" hour
•
With a dexterous movement Iso; That lies against the night;
Or when the rose -dusk dawn comes in
With a star for candlelight.
The little lonely crosses in fields so
far away,
They cast a shadow on my path--.
And, take which road I may,
It follows—follows—follows—
Throughout the livelong day,
O little lonely crosses that gentle
hands have made,
You mean to us forevermore
The price that has been paid
For a heritage of Freedom,
And a People unafraid.
So, as 11 Pilgrim to his shrine, in
dreamt I rise and go
Ti, find the poppied place of sleep,
And the crosses, row on row;
he (lessees carved with names be-
loved,
The crosses white and low.
gg10d free and backed hurriedly
way, his yellow face livid with Anger
nd fright, He pointed a trembling
alan at the door.
"Get out!". he tweaked hoarselb,
'Cheap skate! Get out!"
(To be continued)
Serviceable Crockery.
Many a housewife who daily listens
o the crashing e'atter of china break -
rig it the kitchen will see something
eycnd h- mor in the suggestion of
his housewife. _
"John," ail! Mrs. Jenkins, looking
p from the evening paper, "you
now how many hshes Kale has bro-
th lately?"
Yes replied .John. \\'hat of it?"
"Well, a:on:M lad his wife, '•there
something here in the paper about
tool plates. I don't known just, what T
)ley ere, but I should think they
onld be indestructible, and the very
tinge we need,"
Preetically al:l of the late oats in
saskatahelwan were damaged by the
este of September 9, 10 awl 11, but
c0nt'p'ara'tdvely no damage was done D
the wheat.,
to
The Wrong Kind of Powder.
Madame Botthitavera, Colonel of
the Russian Women's "Battalion of
eath," has been describing to an
nglishwoman her method of select-
ing recruits. Having obtained per-
mission to form a battalian she
speedily found- herself overwhelmed
with offers to serve. Elimination was
necessary, and she told how one of
her methods was to moisten the tip
of a finger and draw it across the
cheek of the would-be Amazon. xf
any 'powder or rouge became evident
the candidate was rejected forthwith.
By this and other Gideon -like devices
she chose 2,000 stalwart women from
over 15,000 applicants.
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