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) i > 4 ThioFoiwas e usual goo six But 3 saloon. e bar, they were arther end: round a! od the hy Hii pif a work- Ee Tike dinner pulls 8, if, adh erry ohohug, and Stord, like h n the edge of athe § d, you RS him oo get a glimp is- g.genflemin's striped blue- 0 ob waistcoat. When Jerry came in the door, he was flourishin 'above his head a fair white hand o which gleamed Fy large geal ring. But Jerry arrived too late to get; any idea of what the speech was i about. He heard only a' sentente, meaningless without the con with it yery funny, for the Fo § ploded in Jrapiiter-=Styladsd shooting its units out along 3 Huta oy "A round 'of . drinks on me, Yr! Grady," called the gentleman of the tapped forward, not to avail waistcoat. Jerry s himself of is opportunity, but to ask Dave Scanlan who the gentleman Naz. "John Maxwell, running for Con- eas, * said Dave. "Don't you know im by his pictures?" Jerry himself had gi come of age and in another month would cast his' first vote. He drew nearer. "That smells like a good pipe to- bacco." Maxwell addressed a work- ingman at fhe bar. "Let's have a pull, will you?" Reaching out, he abstracted the man's gay pipe from his mouth and! inse it between his own lips. The man grmned rather foolishly; Max- well pulled on the pipe. "Fine," he said, "fine! I'd like to'get some of that" He returned the pipe to: the! owner. "What's the name of it, please?" "Red Boy." "r just put that down, so I won't forge Thanks ever so much." He exlbied in a notebook. When he glanced up, his eyes fell on Jerry; and denny, suddenly /embar- rassed because he had been staring so hard at the entielian, § turned away and stepped up to the bar. "A beer, please," he said, and ten- dered & coin in. payment. Grady waved it back hd on Mr. "Maxwell," said the bar- oc bir 1% pay for mine," said Jory. In another moment the candidate had approached. "Grady tells me you Wouldn't come in on my invitation." "I didn't ste why you { should pay for my beer." Jerry was more red with embarrassment than ever. Maxwell laughed. "Shake hands," he said, "Can I have a few words with you somewhere?" "In Grady's back room--" "Pretty much at home here, eh?" "] know my way round." Grady's back room was unoccupied; nevertheless, Maxwell talked in a con- fidential undertone, 4 - Maxwell opened tie door and shook Jerry's hand warmly in full view of the staring workingmen, who seemed © to ruminate upon the incident over their pipes. When he had departed in his auto- mobile, the crowd slowly converged upon Jerr; i "What'd he want? What'd he tell you?" clamdred Dave Scanian. "Ah, go ont Jerry pushed his | pi way rod to the door. "He just ast me to be his secret'y io Washington | 3 and I turned him down.' Jerry entered his house whistling; from the kitchen his mother's voice greeted him "Ah, sucha. good supper as I have for you to-night, Jerry, and getting cold this "fifteen minutes: makes you so late, child?" "Stopped in at Grady's for & drink," said Jerry; he strode across the room, jeized the smal woman, and kissed er She did not /respond to his Kiss; the eyes that had welcomed him ht with vivacity, lost their. blue Bi le, the lips that had been laughing droop- ed; she sat down at the table humbly, silently, a dumpy, dejected little per- BAL, tut," said Jerry. "Don't be vexin yourself about me, mother. I'm all right. TH a bite of the steak. IVs good--even if you did cook it." 3 ud § wish you wouldn't go. to Grady's, e rry." y "Not for a glass of Boer. after the day's work at the mill?" "You might have it here at home." "Oh, you don't begrudge ne the bik of a social time with the bo was grand luck I dropped into Redve Ma: axwell was there--you've stn all over the & Plage 5 for Co on a iy foley 1 with .. He ed me could he 1 hold i lor rally here next zi ori raiy] "0 m 's that?" E 3 his Dictures thirsty ' mother, it's 3 ied ain't or Holl i : accept. What{ on fu Givin ing thom a chance 50 meet him gig him elected to Congress, sure. ting close to hil this way now--it's hi a fine start for nw; I'll be doifig some- 5 | thing in' politics' myself some time."*| 11, now, think of that exclaim- ed . {TH onohye, face shone again, eager and youtl dread own; her gotten. "Isn't it the fine 'chance for you, Jerry! A Congressman! I won- der can I get the curtains all washed 'and the carpets. best and' a tidy ' crocheted to hide the grease spot your head makes on the red plush. | And, my best black ski ing What would you Dofher, with a Jot of things like that f. This ds just xt-- | to be a rough men! pram, mot! ers {5a Joull. spend the evening with M r Mrs. -O'Toole--and: some | Drs ig he'll come. out and make you a special visit; he declared he ' would, nothing could' stop him from i upon his soul, he thought that wel of your boy." "Then I Front get to see him' next Tuesday at all, at alll" cried Mrs. Donohue. "Ah, well, you might hang about the house till he comes and then , dodge out the back door--if you're that get on it.' Jerry had a desire to talk over the exciting prospect with some one else besides his mother; he had a desire to talk it over with the most excit- ing person he knew, and that was Dave Scanlan's sister Nora. Calling on Nora was not an unmix- ed Pleagite; for it always meant call- ing on the Scanlan family. Now Michael Scanlon glowered 'at Jerry over his Rewspaper and muttered a greeting so faint that it perished in the thi er of his black whiskers; and Mrs. Scanlan, gaunt and shrewish, opéned at once with a note of envy and derision in her voice. "Well, I hear you're in luck, Jerry, what with a politician taking a shine to you, and little enough you deserve it, for spending your hours in a bar- room. 1s a good punishment to Dave that it wasn't hit that was picked on: Though why it should have been you and not him is more than I can see." "It was just a chance shot, I guess," said Jerry. "I've no reason to suppose it could have been anything 'elee," repHed Mrs. Scanlan; her indignation was causing her to rock vigorously. "How silly Fa are, both of you!" Nora looked m one to the other with mischievous eyes. "He liked Jerry's looks the best; and that was all there was to it. = Going to invite me to the party, Jerry 7". "I'll invite you to come and peek in through the "window. That's what mother is going to do, . I'll watch a chance to slip you some ice cream." , "That's « nice kind of an invita- "Il invite you to .come mow and have a soda with me." That. invitation she. was willin It was only by the emp oa ment of such artifices that Jerry was ever able to enjoy Sher society alone. This evening he felt he was especially fortunate; 80. often of late, wi had stopped in at the Seanian , had he' found - Charley Corcoran, of Cor- coran's Drug Stor seated there. So' they-walked 'down the street' to- gether, he a stalwart six-foot figure of Joung in, Ba es he clean-lip- strong a slim, 1 ih dae 'dark eyes Shas, shot args voice that made every, Simm e she. uttered music, in Jerep s ears. fry escorted het, to Buy Ci : Drug Pe not Coreoran's.. " (To be continued.) CR AAA HEIGHTS OF HEROISM: Attained by British ish and French 'Sol- diers at Verdun and the Somme. James M. Beck, former Assistant United States Attorney-General, de- clared in an address in New York re- cently that he was violating no pledge in stating that the British casualties in the battle of the Somme last year numbered 500,000 and that the French lost 240,000 men killed at Verdun. "rhe field east of Albert, where they are battling now, is probably the greatest" graveyard in all the world," he continued, "and never be- fore in the history of warfare has heroism reached such heights as in this year of 1918, "I was privileged to spend four days with the British forces on the western front and I saw them in ac- tion. I have wi the French soldiers, and I have been among the -| British and French people during their greatest Hours"of trial. They do not boast, they do not promise, they do not cry and whine. If it may be call- ed boasting, g, the French people have made but one declaration, "They shall More small towns in Norway use cof water gis cultivate a small garden is not aetiite together a lot of ot w v,| large scale without being | band a weapon to fight against these _.4'the morning and set aside until re- v4 'quired ! Mold in cups and when ready electricity than in any other ny] Dir : ; owing to the abundance -| meat, spinach or mashed tage, Ju Junker of plain: elatin. and acon anything 'to alleviate 'the & Even among themselves Jie been & certain tendency to lay large' sepplies of food-stuff even sugar hom fut that that lous 4nd. ght Jape quantities and stored in the lar, in some cases to go to waste. hoard or to waste. The Canada Food Board has put into ' every woman's 'war-time menaces, Hereafter it will be her privilege to report any case of waste or hoarding: that comes within her knowledge. - An Order-in-Council has been pass. -| ed which should be of the utmost sig- 'nificance to every womamin Canada and should 1ay on her shoulders a cer- tain sense of responsibility, for it puts her in the position of bringing within the grip of the law any firm, dealer or individual whom she knows to be hoarding or wasting food-stuffs. We are a nation .of spenders rather than savers. Our prosperity is the An important. fact that the mather must keep constantly in mind is that the growing child will require certain foods for making bone and tissue. This must not be confounded with the requirements necessary for the re- gular upkeep of the body. = This nec- essary material may be found in milk, eggs, fish; cereals, chicken, meats and legumes. 'When planning a breakfast for the child of from three to six years old fresh fruit-should be . placed on the menu. This should consist of the juice of an orange or a baked apple, preferably, It is unwise to give the small ¢hild berries, bananas, peaches and the like for breakfast. A well-cooked cereal comes next, with plenty of good milk. Do not give the children skimmed milk. They have urgént need of the butter fat, Children from seven to twelve years old who attend school and indulge in active play will require in addition to the material needed to build up the body, an additional amount of fuel material that will rebuild the tissue that they have expended in their' ac- o| tive play. This explaing why the healthy child will sometimes complain of feeling hungry one and one-half hours after 'mealtime. He has consumed his fyel and nature calls for more. These whildren should have for breakfast fruit, cereal and good milk, soft-boil- ed egg or medium chop, baked potato, toast and milk or cocoa: Do not give the children fried foods. When they are hungry between meals a dish of cold oatmeal and stewed froit.in the form of a pudding, or two slices of whole-wheat bread and jam, will satisfy them. + Sufficient cereal may be prepared in to serve simply unmold and cover with stewed' fruit and serve. bulk will be found to cost less than those. in packages. the object these foods will be found to be an economy of time, fuel and strength, but to the Woman who stays at 'home they will add to the cost without giving any additional bene- fits. Where time must be considered an important factor, the fireless cook- er will prepare cereal to a turn. Oatmeal, barley, cornmeal, natural rice and hominy may be prepared over night in a fireless cooker, using the proportion of pne cupful. of the cereal to three and one-half cupfuls of boiling water. This amount will furnish sufficient cereal for a family of four, One cupful of oatmeal will weigh two and three-quarters ounces and cost approximately one and one- 'God Where time is] It is now against the law either to| This is what the Prussian fotind fre When he marched on stolen ground: {Teturns England's sword snd Belgiyn's lance' And the flaming spear of France-- And to-day he grows aware £3 Strong America is there, Bas ike Kaiser, you shall make yotriat Till. you stumble in defeat, For--with never of drum . self has algo come,' And He proves, when: tyrants fa, Maste bowman of 'usall. RL Be Flour sacks make good dish fowels. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS OF CHILDREN eral salts and vitamines present in these foods are essential 'for making bone and teeth structure and also for furnishing the life-giving elements to the blood 'stream. ' Occasionally a plece 'of 'chicken or. an' egg may be} used in place of meat for the sake of | variety. - This menu will answer very well for the average child from three to twelve years of age. A large por- children. Supper may' consist of omelet, potatoes 'au gratin, lettuce, or Coco. ®" Boiled fish; broiled chop. or a- slice may replace the omelet. - Tomatoes, cucumbers and fried foods have no plage in the child's dietary. The Englis custom of serving the children before the ad- ults in a separate room has much to commend it to the wise mother. = By this method it is possible to give the child food suitable 'to his require- ments. { To bring the baby or staal) child to the table and let him eat the food that is suitable only for adults is nothing short of criminal, Many children who are irritable and cross would be made smiling young- sters by a carefullf chosen diet served at proper hours. 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