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Hints for the Home i " Breakfast Suggestions. When pla.nr.ing the family break- fast the needs oi the men who go forth each day as breadwinners should be oarfcfuMy considered. If their work is manuals or their time is spent in tih-e open the food must be nourishing and substantial but if the work is confining and entails mu<ih brain work and nervous strain see that the main diLsh is sustaining but easily assimilated. Often the rest of the family does| not care for or require more than j a little fruit or cereal with same suitable breakfast breed and coffee. But if o.ur Ji.i >n are to be properly equipped for their share of the day's work start them off with a well-pre- pared b'reakifaeij, served on time ami fi'.ted to their taste as well as needs. The various dishes suggested here are. of course, merely to supplement the regular light breakfast, and the recipt s easily can be increased for as many as wish to partake. AM measurement' are level and a grad- ed half-pint cup is used. Egss for Breakfast. There is no better or more perfect breakfast j 'han eggs. At the present time, J Chow-ever, their cost is so high that I they may have to be tihe exception | rather than the rule, unless you learn to so pad your egg dishes that Che man with a, ib.aa.rty appetite will be satisfied with one or at most two eggs- at one meal. For the brain worker a well-cocked fresh egg is of more value than three times its bulk in moat and potatoes. The hard worker may want some ballast be- sides his eggs, and for him we must build up fiomie attractive dish and add tihe eggs to give the necessajy nouri' lament. Hashed Potatoes with Eggs. Me-tihcd : Hashed potatoes sounds easy, and few would think it neces- sary to give directions how to pre- pare them. However, there is & wrong aa weld as a right way of preparing potatoes. For hashing potatoes should be cooked in the skin and allowed to stand at least one day. Then skin and chop do net grind through chopper the po- tatoes into small particles. Now place a taiblespoonful of lard and butter or goud bu>tterine in. a spi- der When hot add one cupful of the potatoes and carefully brown on lower siide-. Have ready a little more shortening and as you turn the potatoes slip in tihe fat, sprin- kle salt and pepper over them and watch to see that they brown equal- ly well on bottom. When well heated through a.nd a golden brown on both .-ides, invert them on a hot plate and place- one or two poached eggs on top, season eggs and top off potatoes with a little more- salt and pepper and add a little chop- ped paraley if on hand. Saiisairi'Ues and Tomatoes. Me- thod : Take, three smaJl pork sau- sages aoid dip in cold water for a few minutes. Now slip off the- slrin and form the meat into flat cakes. Fry in a small pan until nicely browned. Pour off the surplus fat and add one-half cupful of left-over tomatoes, a little chopped peppers, and if mixture is too thin, a little rolled cracker moal may be added, As soon as hot serve on a heated plate and ureas small toast points around edge. Things Worth Knowing. Bread and butter spread with chopped dates makes excellent school sandwiches. cold place or at an open window to cool. The steam will condense and miake them heavy. To clean light-colored! satin shoes, rub the satin with a flannel dipped in spirits of wine, turning the flan- nel from time to time. A nail, if it ihas first been stuck in a cake of soap may be easily driven into hard wood. The same treatment applies also to a screw. A large piece of salt put in the lamp when fililin? up with oil will give a much brighter light and the wick will last so much longer. It will not dissolve in paraffine, but last a very long time. To darn merino u-nd-erwear thor- oughly and neatly procure &ume white netting, tack o-n a sufficient size to cover the thin place or hole, and darn through the net, taking every oth-e>r hole, basket fashion, with the usual mending wool and a fine darning needle. Barky water is an excellent drink for babies, bait it is important to prepare it properly. Thres tea- spoonfuls of pearl barley should be allowed to about three half pints of water, and boiled slowly in a tin- lined (or a.T enamelltedi) sauoepaa. It should be boiled until reduced to about a pint, and then strained. It shrvu'd be made fresh every diy. How many people know this never-failing little trick for taking out the obstinate knot or kink that gets into your thread when sowing o.r embroidering, and especially when you are in a hurry 1 Take a firm grasp on your thread just above tihe knot that is, between the knot and the work with the left hand, and with the right catch the knot on the needle and jerk from you. It will always come out. The following is a simple home test for dirty milk which it might be well for housewives of Canada to apply. A perfectly clean funnel is used with a small piece of clean wire netting fitted in the neck open ing and a thin layer of clean cotton batting on the wire netting. The funnel is stood in -a, large jar and a quart or more of the milk filtered through the cotton. The cotton is then removed and placed on clean wthite card to dry. If there is evi- dence of dirt upon it the attention of the milkman may be called to this direct evidence of careless handling ar.d if trouble persists the local health authorities mav be noti- fied. VANISHING VISIONS. German Emperor Is Beginning to Look Serious. At the beginning of the war the Kaiser either laughed or affected to laugh at the little British aruiv that crossed over to France. It was small, indeed, as compared with his conscript millions, but it has at least taught him the risk involved in laughing first of boasting, in other words, in the act of putting on his armor, sava a Scotch paper. According to all accounts he is a vast deal more difficult to amuse to-day that he was six weeks ago ; and, as timo goes on, it will be as much as he can do to raise a smile when he conjoins Britain and Mili- tarism in his mind. For, as a Bor- deaux telegram phrases it this week, the forces of tihe Allies are "growing daily from all enda of the earth." The Indian troops are only waiting to begin, if they have not begun already ; Canada is sending as a first contingent not 25,000 men, but over 30.000, French Cana- dians to the number of 5.000 are waiting permission to enlist, and Italian Canadians are getting un a battalion of their own. Mr. Fisher pledges the Australian Common- wealth to its last man and its last shilliusr in defence of trio Fmnirp Martial Law's Meaning. The proclamation of martial law means the suspension of ordinary la/w aaid its replacement by military authority, llhu* * military com- mander may take action against any person who offends withaut try- ing him before the ordinary courts. A proclamation of jr.artial law also abolishes trial by jury. Wreck of the Red Cros* Titan and Bridge of Mary at Marne, France. First cihicto received of the Red Cross R.E. wreck where many wounded French and Br ; itirfi s-'M being conveyed to hospitals, lost their lives, whew the train, erowing the Mary Bridge across illie Marne, went into tie river when the bridge was -wrecked by tihe Germans. ...%,. . ----- o through. If vegetables are overcooked, (iheir texture toughens, their flavor Is so 111 e-tt-hat destroyed and they are not :> digestible. Cake.* should iK.-t. lie placed in a knows where he got bis headache "Does your dog love you, little 'boy?" "Well, I guess he loves me. mister. He knows I'd lick him if he didn't." rat mta mi SIDDK INTERNATIONAL LESSON, NOVEMBER 8. Lesson VI. Sowing and Reaping (Temperance Sunday) Gal. 6. 1 -10. Golden Text, Gal. 6.7. Verse 1. Brethren Paul comes with the personal touch. He re- cognizes his own weakness, his o-wa danger. Hence he does not arro- gate to himself any particular strength ur mightiness in his words of warning. "We are all breth- ren," he intimates, "not only In our profession, 'but in our problems and difficulties." Hence temper- ateness in judgment, which ia the outgo of love, is a necessary virtue in all dealings of one man with an- other. If a man be overtaken in any trespass The possibility is never far away from any man. Ye who are spiritual Only the spiritual minded can appreciate the meaning of sinfulness as well as suffer with the sinner. In a spirit of gentleness Not showing harshness. Looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted Paul sug- gests a vivid picture here of the de- plorable predicament of one who, with self-assurance and a sense of his own invulnerability to tempta- tion, admonished and judged one who had fallen, and who himself in turn became a prey to the wiles of evil. 2. Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ This is the very heart of the gospel. To hear with one another's faults and failings requires a kind and de- gree of temperance which can be drawn only from a close alliance with the Christ-Spirit. 3. He deceiveth himself Self- deception is the easiest and most hurtful of all various forms of de- ception. Self-esteem to a certain extent is necessary. A man who hates or debases himself will ex- hibit a scornful and depreciating attitude toward all of mankind. To estimate rightly the value of human life in general a man must be able to place the proper worth upon his own life in particular. The danger in this self-evahuition. however, is the intemperate inflating of one's n possessions and powers. A n is very apt to think himself be something when he is nothing. . Prove his own work This is a st difficult task for any man. It nan's work is. good a^'l appeail- ;, he is apt to lay too great ight on the approving expres us of others. The pitfall of '.he blic speaker is the praise ci his ditors, ii praise often which is ither intelligent nor sincere. ery man ought to satisfy his own i science and be his true self, do- ; his work as he in honesty and h a sincere and meek spirit /eels ought to be done, unmindful .ier of the praise or the disap- >val of others. If thus to himself is true, then shall he have his ryiug in his work and the siatis- tion that comes from honest ef- t. irrespective of what the appa- t results may be. . For each man shall bear his n burden That is, every man st do his own work, and in the t estate he must do it in his own y. He, of course, must develop 1 train himself, making use of his talents and opportunities. t when he has done all, at will he, and not another, whu has ?n the doer. "For each, man ill bear his own burden'' is a >rd which carries with it the me of the great prophet of old : te trod the winepress alone." . Let him that as taught . . . mimnieate unto him that leach- , Let the pupil be true to the .eher and reflect in his own con- ct the goodness of that which is taught. A teacher mu.-t lie a high priest of truth and dwell in the temple of eternities. The pupil must recognize thiM divine prere quisite and in turn himself become n exponent of the ultimate veri- ties, thus vouching for the validity of the teaching. 8. For he that, sowel'h. unto his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corrupt-ion ; but he that soweth un- to the Spirit shall of the spirit reap eternal life No comment; on these words can make -them any clearer or more forcible. To each individ- ual is given 'the power to test the truth <jf Paul's statement, for each one of us has experienced in a greater or less degree the reaping oi the flesh and of the spirit. 9. And let us not be weary in well-doing Ths tendency is to be- come faint-hearted and indifferent because no good re-suits of well- doing are apparent or because they are so long in appearing. But there is a <.'<:.' season for those who faint not. Perseverance and fidelity in well-doing bring jov and peace and good-will to the inner man. The outer results can well be left to a higher and more knowing will. 10. As we have opportunity Tlvis phrase does not imply a doubt as to whether or not we have oppor- tunity for doing good. It is positive and emphatic and means that the privilege of doing good unto all men is everywhere and always at hand. Especially toward them that are of the household of the faith This does not mean that church members ought to discriminate en- tirely in favor of their fellow mem- bers and make a business relation out of a religious union. In the days of the early Christians there was much persecution of those who were of the household faith. Hence there was an esj>ecdal reason for those of the faith who were stronger and better possessed than their ftilows in Christ to show the latter an especial consideration. NEW GUINEA. 70,01(0 More Square Miles Added to the British Empire. With the single exception of Aus- tralia, New Guinea ranks as the largest island in the world. It is situated due north of Australia and to the south-east of the East Indies and Philippine Islands. Three European nations have in- terests in New Guinea namely, Great Britain, Holland and Ger- many. German New Guinea occu- pies nearly a third of the total ter- ritory, and rejoices in the name of Kaiser Wilhelm's Land. With it go the islands of the Bismarck Archi- pelago, New Pomerm, New M-aek- leniberc:. New Hanover, and the Admiralty and Solomon Islands, together with nearly 200 smaller pieces of land. The importance o'f New Guinea to the British Empire was first re- cognized by Queensland, and also by Australia, generally. Queens- land saw a danger to her commerce in the near proximity of a foreign Power, and in 1383 took the law into her own hands and annexed part of the mainland of New Guinea. This at once raised the question of the attitude of the Gov- ernment at home, and though the action of Queensland was disallow ed at the time a Protectorate was proclaimed in New Guinea the fol- lowing vear. Germany then estab- lished herself in the north of the island, and an agreement defining the boundaries o'f the British and German New Guinea had to be fix- ed. Considerable irritation was felt in diplomatic circles in both coun- tries over the question of demarca- tion, but boundaries were eventu- ally agreed upon. The transference of this flourish- ing colony into British hands means an addition | 71,090 square miles 01 territory, to tho extent of the British Empire, and besides this are the numerous islands in the vicin- ity, the size of which cannot be estimated. ____ _ ! _ The- University <_>f Heidelberg has 2H> women students. Mile. I.ise Berty, a French ac- IITS*. lias a hat for each day in the year. MKS A. Miirtin of Alberta can typewrite ill five different lan- guages. LINEUP IN THE AIR. Strength of Nations in Aeroplanes und Dirigibles. The supremacy of Europe, per- haps of the entire world, may be decided for many years to come be- fore the conflict ends, and in 'bring- ing about this result, says a writer in Aero and Hydro, the aeroplane and dirigible will play spectacular parts. To say that, combined, they can swing victory, he does not con- sider an exaggeration. Yet he acknowledges that the n:al value of aero equipment of the most com- plete and efficient kind available remains to ibe learned by actual service. Which nation s aerial force will prove the strongest can only be guessed. Numerically, France ind Russia combined are stronger aerially than Austria and Germany united. The great air battles will undoubtedly be between these countries :Franc and Germany opposed, Russia op- posed to Austria and Germany with Servia's small equipment on the defensive against Austria. Great Britain's aero-hydros, land ma- chines and dirigibles will probably not cross the channel for land fight- ing. In the naval battle we may see the aero-hydros of France and Eng- land united against the similar equipment of Germany and Aus- tria, with Russia's principal hydro equipment close to her own shores on coast-defensive duty. France is undoubtedly supreme a far as her numerical strength with land machines is concerned. She could, within a few months, add to her present quota of 745 land ma- chines, 350 to 400 others and the pilots to man them. Russia's pre- sent equipment of 680 land ma- chines could not be increased -by privately owned planes, as aero- plane ownership in Russia is gov- ernment monopoly. Germany could add 300 machines and pilots to her total of 340 land machines within a very short time, but little increase could be made in Austria's 130. The total strength of France, Russia and Servia combined in land machines is at present 1,4-43. Ger- man's and Austria's total is less than one half as great 670. It must be borne in miud that these figures include all livable machines owned by the governments. Many of them are old rebuilt machines that were new from three to four years ago, but they are none the less service- able for som: 1 purpose. There ar" more old machines in the French equipment than in any of the other countries. Russia's equipment be- ing the newest. Germany's dirigible strength is the greatest and Austria's is very important. Ten Zeppelin's were recent!'- ordered by the latter coun- try, but have not yet been deliver- ed. Combined, the dirigible forces of Germany and Austria total at least 26. These include two Zep- pelins in Austria and eight in Ger- niaiiy, varying in cubic-meter capa- city from 17.700 to 22.000. France has an excellent fteet of dirigibles, however ; some of them are exceedingly fast. and. b?sidcs holding the dirigible speed record. French military dirigibles hold tho world's duration record 35 hours, eighteen minutes. This record was recently made bv the 9.000 cubic- meter L' Adjutant Vincenot, break- ing the record of 3! hours. 59 min- utes previously 'held 'by a Zeppelin of 22.000 cubic-meter capacity. But France lacks the \\eiuhi carrying dirigibles of Germany, having but one of the Zeppelin type, the Speiss, Russia is equally ill equi-med in, that particular. Philadelphia boasts of two women bootblacks, two porters, five eleva- tor tenders and five umlm!':i mend- ers mid srii-.-ors grinders. GERMANY'S DISGRACE. What the Philadelphia Public Led' ger Has to Say. "Such is the Belgian case. Hu- inanity will judge it." No German casuistry can break tihe force <jf the simple and sincere words which ! conclude the statement by Belgium | of the causes which have led to her ' neutrality. Uabs-s Brussels ia i burned to the ground, the fall of Antwerp completes cho sum. of her mif'prii.'s. Tho-re is, to be sure, an intelligible military reason for the 'capture of the great seaport : it ia i not a piece of wanton barbarism I like the sack of Lcuvadn. Yet, even ' s.j, it incra.ses an intolerable wrong; says the Ledger. Belgium had no p>a-rt in, the events which brought on the w.ar. On t":i'> ; contrary, yh* was withheld by inter- , national agreement from the quar- rels of the rest of Ear jpe. Never- theless, she has b^-en transformed in two short months from, a nation < f prosperous workers into one of , blackened' fi-.'d:-' and ruined' homes. j The same cf this re-sts on Germany. It is a shame beyond expiation. N"o mere "calumnies and unwar- ranted aitta.eks," as the United Singers of Philids'phia asss-rt in, re.'.jUiti-.ns published elsewhere, could bring up;n Germany the re- pro-vh <_f the whole civilized world. No deliberated perc?>rsion of truth"' could leav-' her u.'.t?rly bereft of friends. Th Belgian sta-temen* cannot be refuted by mere denial.' Thore is to much corroborative evidence is support it. No qurfwit.icxn/ of the violation of neutrality by Bel- gium herself wns involved. France had solemnly promised to respect I it. Precedent suggested itihe same course to Germany. Bism-ark, in 1S70, regarded any declaration, in view of the tre-atraent in f.>rce, as "quite superfluous." The great ' Chancellor was never accused of j excess of scruple, but he held a treaty to be some thin IT more than "a scrap of paper." His successor a'!:n:itted the wrong done, but pleaded military necessity, and tried to bribe Belsriuin into conniv- ing at her own dishonor. The re- cord i= ? > plain that it is superfluous to illuminate it further. Nor is their any excuse for uhe conduct of the. war which Germany so treacherously declared against . Belgium. Wh-e-n was it ia matter of ] military necessity to burn and loot towns no Icnire-r held by the enemy ; to destroy works of art and splendid memori-a's of the past which centur- ies of waH are had hitherto spared ; to kill ur..,. (Tending civilians; to drive help!c* people from their ; homes ! Was there any other" motive than revenge ? N-o . <ther is suggested ' in the Belgian statement ; no other is advanced even by the Germans, th?m*lves. Indeed, the Germans had far better o-nfey? by sile.n>c than by defence -, for whenever they have attempted to justify they have only further pt-eiudicrd their case. The remarkable proclamation : iuned by German profcwors and published in ih" Berliner Tageblatt is. in effect, another confession. "Little as we a.llow anyone to ove-r- | ride us in the love of art." these ' exponents of German cuikure re- mark, "the preoervaition of art w } ; to be bought at the price ol Gernran defeat." T'ii-= nit'an<, il it mt-ans a-iythinff. that t l u de- strurtl.ir f L-ouvnin and R!icim was a deliberate act. done un-dor the stre^- <-f military neceesity. Had not a famous university and a noble ca.thsdra.1 been 'aid in ruins, tihe allies might havp marched straiafht to the jra*os > f Berlin ' M'hen Ger- mans of the highest education and I (presumably) enlightenment employ | arguments like the?e. tlie cauv? they advocate nni-t be weak in.;!.- I. The wh ile ir alter is too plain to be confused. Germany ha- a<l'.k"<l brutality t > d-^oeption :n h?r tr?at- menil < f Belgii n. She li.-\> been a.lx!'^ for the tiiin- a.: k'a:y.t to work her will. The U'tmo.-.t erT/r: <-f Vrii'ic; and EyjcL-ind to avert the insensate fury have failed. <! -rijinny can now ,. .... .;,.., ij.> r w -. r i c bv razing Ant- werp to the ground. Nothing e--u';i make h-r i 1 - trace much d'-u-r than i-t i. Rut Germany is pilina up a. te-rrible reckoning for hr ! when the time conies, as it surelj will. "Pity the blind!" wailed the nn.ifpssk.ina! beggar. "But you are not blind," said the passerby, pausing. "No, sir; but my old grandmother is," remarked the profession*! beggar. "I'm doing this for her." si v CU'trles Jcli io-i. \Vlui h.-i- I: .1 (''i led Loi--fl Mayor of London. Sir Chai-h' is well known in Canada, hariiii; visitexi this country ir.-uiy times in the- in- terests of hi* big siMf-p-irsf i>rn\ Wingate jid I ''iiui-<ii