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0 " a . broiling flame. It will take only one By Mair-M. 'Morgan' ° GSES ESL SEC IVEI TTY Bah gh th te YOUR RUBBER PLANT Rubber. plants have a bad habit of growing too tall, but the Chinese have a cure for.it. They make a "goo-tee" which is a ball of clay held © together by wmoss or fiber around one of the nodes' (or joints). First, the stem is wounded or girdled just be- low a node and then the ball is ap- plied, It is kept moist by water seep- ing from a' container above, down a 'goft "cord which is wound around the ball. After afew weeks roots are formed and penetrate the ball of clay. The stem is then cut oft just below the ball and the upper part is potted up as a new plant, while the remaining portion of the old plant may be discarded or encour- aged to throw out new shoots down below. Of course a simpler and much less interesting way to shorten the rubber plant is merely to cut it off just above a node and hope that it will throw out new shoots and that these shoots will be situated so that they will make a respectable looking plant. But, for those who have the time and who like to do the un- common thing the Chinese method is to be preferred. * * * NEW. CLOSET SPACE How to fit new closets in the old houses when they are being recon- ditioned is often a perplexing prob- ~ lem which may be solved in a bed- room by building one in each of the two corners in a wall. This forms an alcove in which the head of a bed |: may be placed, in the French fash- jon. Pastel-hued walls, gray or rose for example, are appropriate in such a room. Another good place for closets is the space on either side of a fireplace chimney. * * * CRACKERS AND CHEESE FOR SALAD COURSE! There are .women vain of their mixing 'prowess who refuse to serve crackers or. other sccesscries with their salads because they feel that the perfect salad needs no ac: companiment. But we think they.are wrong, -and especially so after a sur- vey of this year's additions to the already thickly-populated biscuit and wafer field. : : And then there are all the new tricks to dress them un--teasting with cheese or lightly covering with one of the many new dressings. ; Cheese crackers may be fixed for toasting before the meal is "served. Then while the table is being clear- ed for the sa'ad, slip the crackers into a very hot oven or under the or two minutes for the cheese. to melt. Work four tablespoons grated cheese and' two tablespoons butter to a smooth paste and spread on - small, unsweetened crackers. Sprinkle lightly with paprika and toast. "Cheese in Other Guises There are times: when an .even more elaborate salad accompaniment is wanted, and again cheese is to the fore. Cheese cups, cheese balls, cheese sticks and fingers or triang- es of crisp toast are delectable morsels that may all be made in the home kitchen. : : When cheese does. form a main in- gredient in the salad, tiny brown bread sandwiches, crisp toast and bread sticks are suitable if some- thing more than plain or toasted crackers. is wanted. : Delicious cheese biscuits are made of a baking powder: biscuit dough to which grated cheese has been add- ed. Use one-half cup grated cheese to two cups flour in the regular baking powder biscuit rule. Cut these 'biscuits: with a one-inch round cutter. Serve warm, g Cheese straws are. especially in- viting with a fruit or vegetable salad. Cheese Straws One cup stale bread crumbs, % cup milk, 34 teaspoon galt, 1 cup grated: cheese, flour. Y Combine crumbs, milk, salt and cheese and mix thoroughly. Sift over flour to make a dough stiff enough % molding board into a thin sheet. Cut in strips four inches long and % inch wide, Bake fifteen minutes in a moderate oven, * * FRUIT CAKE AND COOKIES This time of year we expect fruit cake: The children--well, they expect cookies--any time of year.- Here are two rather unusual recipes for these dainties: Coffee Fruit Cake 14 cup. shortening 1 cup light brown sugar 2 eggs 1% cup coffee 1-3 cup milk 1% cups flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 14 pound raisins 3% pound citron 1% pound figs cut in strips Cream shortening, add sugar, egg yolks, coffee and milk. Sift together flour and baking 'powder and add slowly. Add fruit, \which has been slightly floured, and fold in beaten whites of eggs. Bake in greased loaf pan from one hour to one Jour and a quarter. Mocha Cookies cup shortening cup sugar ' cup molasses cup coffee cups flour eggs teaspoons soda 3 teaspoons cinnamon 114 teaspoons ginger 1 teaspoon ground cloves 1 teaspoon salt ; Cream shortening and sugar. Add well beaten eggs, and coffee mixed with soda and molasses, Sift all spices with flour and add to mixture, making a soft dough. Drop on cookie pan, a tablespoonful for each cookie. 1 1 1 Ya 4% 2 2 * * PARTY LORE A cold . meat platter wonderfully interesting if slices the cold beef, plain meat loaf, or tongue, are placed in one or two rows 'on a, large platter, with one or two rows of alternating sliced tomatoes and sliced - green peppers, the latter having been stuffed with cream' cheese. Or the meat slices may be sur- rounded with tomatoes which have been stuffed with = cottage cheese moistened with cream, Or the decoration may consist, of olives, sweet pickles, and celery curls. Or of olives and cubes of very stiff jelly or gelatine to which was added half a glass of bright red jelly before it began to set. Slices of 'pineapple provide still another attractive method of garnishing. becomes of Fish served with the usual sauce is an everyday dish, but it can be transformed into something unusual at the very last. moment before serving by adding to the sauce some chopped almonds or halved Malaga grapes. An interesting addition to a very plain salad, such as sliced toma- toes served on lettuce, or lettuce alone, is a small ball of cream cheese which Has been rolled in finely chopped parsley. : A pretty way to serve tomatoes as. a salad on lettuce is to serve two or three very small ones on each plate, peeled and their tops cut into points, tulip shape, sprinkled with salt and pepper, and covered with mayonnaise A decorative garnish for salad or cold meats is made by rolling tight- ly several large lettuce leaves and laying them away for several hours. When needed, cut tha roll into half- inch pieces, and pretty light-green rosettes will be the result. When serving lima beans, baked beans or yellow string beans add color and interest to the dish by egg: in search: for new masters. in New York art gallery as presen This basketful of bull terrier puppies cast appealing eyes around They and other canines were auctioned ts for some lucky young children. uncooked green pepper .or red pimiento peppers or both, Sprinkle mashed potatoes with black pepper and red paprika for color effect as well as for flavor. Parsnips will add to the charm of any meal if after they have been boiled until tender and then scraped, they are halved, dotted with melted butter, sprinkled with the tiniest pos- sible amount of granulated sugar then placed~in a pan in the oven. Let bake for 10 minutes, then sprin- kle with chopped pecans or English walnuts, and allow to brown. Ice cream, served plain, is always one of the most popular of year- round desserts. It can gain a great deal in interest, however, if occa- sionally it is served in some un- usual, attractive way. Any good sauce, as chocolate or fudge sauce, gives it a charmingly dressed-up look. Or ice cream may be placed between two slices of white cake and the whole covered with the sauce. Or pour over a dish of plain ice cream a cold, thick syrup made by cooking -the strained juice of fruit or berries in an equal quantity of sugar until it spins a thread. Over this arrange a few cubes of the fruit or a few of the berries. A delicious topping for plain ice cream is orange marmalade from which all pieces of rind have been removed, leaving only the soft sauce. Put over vanilla ice-cream whip- ped cream which has been "tinted green. Garnish with Malaga grapes cut in halves or with green-tinted cherries, or with maraschino cher- ries, or with nuts. On each serving plate lay 3 fresh canned peach halves, hollow Fill each or side up, in a small circle. hollow with vanilla or lemon ice cream, and pile ice cream in the middle of the plate. Sprinkle all with finely chopped almonds. A charming decoration for a platter consists of a few "roses" made from apple parings. Cut a long, thin apple paring, let it stand in the vinegar from pickled beets, or in the red water in which a small peeled and diced beet has been boiled. This gives the paring a delicate pink tinge. Then turn the paring wrong side out, and roll it up, rose-fashion. An ordinary meat loaf will look much more festive if over it, before it is put in the oven, is spread a little canned red pimiento or fresh or canned tomato pulp; to give the top of the loaf a decorative red color. It is a good plan, also, to garnishing with very thin strips of "to handle. Roll on a slightly floured place in it before baking, a row of hard-boiled eggs, so that when the loaf is cut, the eggs will show in the center of each slice, Nova Scotia Charms Not only those who hail from what they claim to be the loveliest pro- vince of the Dominion, but all who take delight in "memories immortal and the dim far-off things of long ago" will ind much. of interest, much of charm and a vivid recounting of historic highlights in a book just to hand "Down In Nova Scotia by Clara Dennis (Ryerson Press). The writer, who is what is known fn that part of the world as a "Hall. gonian," starts from the old Garrl- gon City in her motor car to "dis caver Nova Scotia." In the course of her explorations she accumulates a wealth of anecdote, of legend, of descriptive beauty which makes her journey well worthwhile. _ She tells of fair Prince's Lodge on the lovely shores of. Bedford Basin where the Duke of Kent, father of Queen Victoria, spent a fortune in creating a country estate, trough whose winding woodland pathways he wandered with Julie St. Laurent, Ba- ronne de Fortisson, the lovely French woman who was his 'more than wife' for 30 years; of the old town clock he erected on Citadel Hill which has told the time for the good people of Halifax for 134 years; of Windsor, the Acadian Piziquid, from which started the cruel expulsion by Governor Lawrence of those unhap. py people whose unremitting toll had made thg land to blossom and rejoice, home too of Canadas first university founded so that youth might receive a "virtuous education, thus diffusing literature, loyalty and good morals among His Majesty's subjects © in Nova Scotia." Passing by the verdure of spread- ing dyke lands, in the bewitching fragrance of apple blossoms and un- der the shadows of bold Blomidon, the writer comes to Grand Pre 80 intimately associated with the expul- sion of the Acadlans and pauses at the charming old house where Sir Robert Borden - was born; down through Annapolis and along the coast to Yarmouth she recounts many stirring tales of the old wooden ship. building days when Nova. Scotian ships voyaged to every port of the Seven Seay and on to Sable Island where wild hories and the rotting timbers of a thousand wrecks litter a wind-bitten shore. It is an informal gracefully writ- ten and enthusiastic travelogue of the historic spots, the fair hills and valleys, the wide beaches, the cease- less call of thg sea, the graclous kindly people who dwell in one of the most picturesque portions of the Brotherly Loyalty There Are Times: When A Boy or Girl Should Stand By Another Member of the Family, Even If That Mem- ber Has Done Wrong "Sholild a boy stand up for his brother when he has done some- thing wrong," a mother writes, "My oldest boy, Bill, was with a crowd of boys on Halowe'en. They took the spare tire off a man's car and threw it into the river. Bill told Jack his brother, and Jack came straight home to me with the whole story. ; "I had to tell my 'husband. He whipped Bill and 'got the other boys' fathers to chip in and buy another tire for Mr, Thomas, "What Bill did doesn't bother me so much as Jagks telling it. Jack is in wrong with the_boys now. Bill isn't a bad boy. On Hallowe'en they all lost their heads, I think. It isn't that I wanted to protect Bill, either, because I. think his father did right to punish him. But I hate to think of Jack as a tattle-tale--'double crosser," the boys call him, Don't you think there are times when it's better for a boy to keep some of the things he knows to himself. I don't know what to say to Jack because if I tell him I'd rather not have heard it he might thnik I approved of what Bill did. : "Don't you think a boy ought to be loyal to his brother, no matter what he does? Or do you think he felt it was better for Bill and his dad and myself to know? It certain- ly did make trouble and now the rest of the crowd are annoyed with both Jack and Bill," FAMILY LOYALTY To answer this correspondent with anything approaching intelligence we would have to pack our bag, go to her house and scrape Jack's acquain- tance for a couple of weeks. Somehow we don't think it is the younger brother's habit to "squeal" about everything that happens, or this episode would not have upset his mother so much. So we would be inclined to lay Jack's motives to two things, The prank smacked of crime and he did- n't like the responsibility of such a secret. And it may be, too, he want- ed to keep his own shoes clean, when the truth was discovered and it be- came known he too knew all about it, he might have some explaining to do. We wouldn't lay his motive to keep clear himself. But aren't there times when a boy or girl owes certain loyalty to mem- bers of his family even when they have done wrong? Every stand- patter on ethics will probably rise up and shout, "No! Above all let us have honesty! be sacrificed to truth." While we don't like concealment we dislike still more the man or boy, the woman or girl, who will smugly betray a loved one in the name of righteousness. What is your opinion? The Canned Tomato The change in public opinion re- gard to the fashions in food is well exemplified by the tomato. Not so many years ago. the tomato was aa object of suspicion; today canned to- matoes and tomato products consti- tute the largest of Canada's cannery racks. Indeed, the story of the can- ned tomato is one of the epics of Canadian trade. Ten years ago it was one of the least important of the food commodities sent abroad by Canada. By 1927 the export of Can- adiah canned tomatoes rose to what is now considered a mere 300,000 pounds. In 1934 nearly 10,000,000 pounds were exported to 31 different countries, 18 of which are British. The British Isles alone took 9,000,000 pounds. Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia are the provinces in which toes for canning purposes and fresh sale is of greatest importance. The total acreage is approximately 20,000 acres. A dependable cannery demand, even though this demand varies, is also of importance to those growers producing for the fresh vegetable market, The grower, therefore, as pointed out in the Agriculture Situ. ation bulletin, issued early this year, is vitally interested in both the dom- estic and export demand for canned Dominion,--R. B. F. tomatoes and .tomato products, any real desire to hurt Bill but rather Everything must the commercial production of toma- Canadian In recent years Canada has forged to the front in poultry production and is now one of the leading coun- tries in quantity and quality of pro- cannot be attributed definitely to any one factor or group of factors but rather to a general program of Dominion, provincial and institution- al work, "Scientific Agriculture" points out, The research and experi- mental work along the various branches of the industry have contin- ually inclined to lower production costs, removing many of the hazards which confront the poultryman, and have enabled him to carry on, even at lower prices for his products. The introduction of grading and bet- ter organized marketing conditions have further assisted in improving the general situation. Improved qual- ity in the product resulting from advanced knowledge of poultry nu- trition, improved methods of handling and grading of the product have stimulated home consumption until today Canada stands pre-eminently the greatest consumer of eggs per capita of any country in the world. In spite of what has already been done in connection with many phases of the poultry industry, many prob- lems still remain to be dealt with in placing it on the most satisfactory and successful basis from a com- mercial and economical standpoint. Another Angle though, that Mrs. Dionne, which is being handed out. secured and in iscense, all of which causes comunity. talk about in the evening after sup per. Mrs. Dionne has been denied al this pleasant experience. She coul not get a cart which would because there quintuplets in their home been no home. been hers alone. made. Is War Inevitable? Because Cain killed his brother In the garden long ago; Because through all the ages Men have given blow for blow Must we accept the dictum That the world was made for strif Must we belive that warfare Is the goal of human life? They tell us human nature Never changes age to age; That history is reddened With war on every page; Yet human conduct changes, Underneath the reign of law; And only nations answer To the rule of tooth and claw. The day must come, my brothers, The art of human slaughter, As it is foresworn elsewhere; . For if we keep on killing, As we have in recent years, The time is not far distant Till our racial doom appears, E. Guy Talbot Poultry Advance | Pithy Anecdotes duction per unit. This development second President of the United On the Quintuplets We can't get away from the idea, the Hoover) that every state had an Ex. mother of the children, is not getting ccutive her share of all the fuss and pomp vidont's House should be distinctive, Take for instance the mother of twins. When it is time for them to 'OW go out a bit there is a two-seater it the twins are placed. Proudly she wheels the little cart right down the main street, and the people are minded to turn and lutes Irwin Hoover, look. There is almost certain to be some mother or father stop the little parade and say they recall well en- ough when they had twins in their, home, and there is a comparing of notes and an-interchange of remin-! the mother in question to become con- | vinced that she is recognized in the She has something to hold the five children, and even if she could she lives in such location that it would not be possible to wheel it about. And so it is that no one stops. her on the main street because there is no main street, and no one talks to her about having had quintuplets have, in any other The doctor, the nurses, the | man who presented five baby bug- gies--all these people it seems have | come in between Mrs, Dionne and the joyous lustre which should have' It is one of those cases where we Kgl He is Tg "What genius and what humor! But a | k done about 1L then Shaw is an Irishms q There is time to make amends and im] Sones there should be a whole lot of them' the play? This is how I interpret his When the nations shall foreswear in Presbyterian Advance, of the Famous The ofl painting of John Adams-- States--hung in the Red Room of The White House, where it could be ! seen from the table in the State din. ing room. The head was bald and the varnish made it shine, reminisces Irwin H, (Ike) Hoover (in "42 Years in White House, ') : "President Coolidge sent for me one luncheon time," says Hoover, who was Chief Usher, "and pointing to the picture, sald, 'I am tired of looking at that old bald head. Will you have some hair put on it? "I got an artist and some turpens tine was smeared on the head, tak- ' ing off the shine and giving the ap. pearance of a little hair. "At the next meal the President thanked me and said he 'saw that Mr, Adams had grown some hair on the top of his head." Mrs. Coolidge could whistle well, declares Irwin Hoover, but the Presi- dent couldn't so he usually blew a whistle for the dog» and blew it like a locomotive, "Once, when the President was trying to whistle in the dogs at night without the aid of the whistle Mrs, Coolidge asked: "What's the matter, poppa; don't your teeto fit tonight?" Theodore Roosevelt, when Presi dent, changed "The Executive Man. | ston" to "The Waite House' on his (tationery. He pointed out (says Mr, Mansion and that the Pre- [t is Interesting to note how Wood- Wilson changed his signature trom time to time, "When 1 went to Princeton to ar. range for the removal of President Wilson's effects to Washington," re- "I noticed that his books were autographed in vari- cus forms: "Thomas -W. Wilson, "Thomas Woodrow Wilson. "pW. Wilson, "T. Woodrow Wi'son, "Woodrow Wiigon."" Speaking of English literature, the Bruce Lockhart, who interviewed the _ former German Kaicer, at Doorn, i Holland, some time ago, tells (in | "Retreat Irom Glory') of being pre- 0 sented with a large colored portrait of the Kaiser at the conclusion of the interview. J | "It is already signed with the date of my wisit," records Mr. Lockhart "and the signature Wilhelm IR written across the bottom in the ex: Kaiser's handwriting is a saying ol Abraham Lincoln: 'Nothing is settled S finally until it is settled right. "'Put it away in some corner," the Kaiser said jocularly, 'It may com- promive you.'|" Bruce Lockhart says that {he ex- Kaiser was full of Bernard Shai. He had just read his "Apple Cart." "A great play by the greates of living artists," said the Kaiser. if anybody understands, the moral of meaning. With a stupid king and clever ministers, the ministers do what they want. With a clever king and stupid ministers the situation {s only partly reversed. With a stupid king and stupid ministers everything goes wrong. And the ideal govern. ment is a clever king and clever min. fstews." e Before finfshing with Shaw, the ex-Kaiser said: "An American journalist once compared my personal appearance with that of Shaw, le wanted to know whether I tried to make myself look like Shaw or whether Shaw strove to cultivate my appearance," "He admires Shaw," adds Mr. Lockhart -- in case you haven't guessed it. i Speaking of English literature, the Kaiser told Mr, Lockhart that his favorite authors are Dickens, Scott and Marryat, "all of whom he has read and laved from his childhood." UNDERSTAMPED LETTERS Different countries have different ways of dealing with understamped letters, Here, the letters are for- warded and the persons to whom NUT AND JEFF -- MUTT, You SURE We'LL REACH | ROLLY HAWAII ? AM I SURE?-- ARE You TRYIN' TO |NSINVATE THAT L ONT, KNow _RUN'A 07 SHIP? To 0,0NLY I WAS ONDERING HOW )U COULD GUIDE THE BOAT ITHOUT ANY INSTRUMENTS INSTRUMENTS MEAN NOTHING TOME! T 60 BY THE SUN ap TAS '4 A NATURAL BORN | : ANCESTORS e ON THE THATS IN FRONT OF You. [G+ HERE, SEE THIS? 20 160 LAT \TUDE, THE LONGITUDE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS! L BE BY TOMORROW |. MORNING THE LAND OF BEATING Yb Suer |<) UN ~ ! SUMMER BREEZES! ---- -- _-- -- ar ---- - ey WHERE ---- POSITION 14.50 HORT, 14 50 WEST ~ WINDS BLOW MAINSAIL To re ------ SHIFTED To = = = 7 CONTINUED ON By BUD FISHER "To THE LA on \ BEAUTIFUL . ~~ SUNSHING AND [ZX ; SWEET SUMMER 21 BREEZES. " naa, | ~ £1 an 7 Ld & - I af. LJ free es a. pp ------ they are addressed pay the penalty. {In the United States the letter fs returned to the sender who is given the opportunity of amending his fault, In Denmark, the post office ft- self affixes any postage which may be lacking and the following morn. ing the red-coated mailman drops a printed slip in the offender's letter box. "As we assumed you did not wish the addressee to pay penalty postage, we aflixed the necessary pos- . tage to the amount of We beg you kindly to affix the said amount to this form and hand it in at any post office at your earliest convenk ence," In this matter the Danish post office probably comes out first.-- Edinburgh Scotsman, Carnie "Millions of young mem At to follow leaders who ci feed them and flatter them ing them they are tha falt. earth."~~Einil Ludwig. 4