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i S^iii, About the Household Selected Recipes. Foamy Sauce.â€" One cup sugar, one cup milk, three egg whites; rind and juice one lemon. Heat milk. Beat egg whites stiff, adding sugar gradu- ally. Add milk and flavorinK, beating all the while. Serve when foamy. Scalloped Pargnips. â€" Mix two cup- fuls of cold mashed parsnips with two tablespoonfuls of butter and To make an old fowl tender rub the bird all over with lemon juice,! then wrap in buttered paper, and steam foi^ tviw or three hours, accord- ing to size. Add a little ground ginger to rice puddings just before placing in the oven. Half a pint of water can then be mixed with the milk and the pud- ding will taste just as well. A sandwich hint.â€" When buttering cream enough to make smooth Put^j^g^j f„^ sandwiches knead the but- in a pudding dish, sprinkle with but- ^^^ ^,^ ^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^-^ ^^^^ mustard tered bread crumbs, and bake unti brown. Oyster Plant Fritters. â€" Scrape oy with it instead of spreading it the meat. A sure test of linen is to wet a por- Bter plant and grate hne. Make bat-^j^^ ^j .^^^ ^^j j^ moisture is quick ter of one cup milk, two beaten eggs ,y absorbed and shows through to u . ?, tablespoons flour, beating I ^j,^^ ^j^^ ^^^ ^,j„ ^^^^^ ^^ mistaken hard. Add grated oyster plant. Sea- ^^^^^ jj^^^ ^j^ ^^ ^ never-fail test. 6on with salt and pepper, and drop, ^o revive withered flowers plunge I from spoon into deep, boiling fat. I ry Lj,^ ^^^j^^ j^ ^^.^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^j ,^^^ to golden brown. , I them in it till it becomes cold. Tllen Fried Summer Squa8h.--\\ ash and ,.^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ .^^y^ ^^^^ jj,^. ^^^^ „f cut young summer squash into slices â-  ^j^^ gtalks one-half inch thick Sprinkle with I „ \^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^^g^. jPepper and salt and dip in fine crumba. | j^^,^, ^^^^ ^^^^. j^ ^ ^^^^ 'Then put the squash into a beaten egg , „j Gripping the size of a walnut into diluted with one tablespoonful milk : ^j^^ centre of them, just as they com- and again in crumbs. Fry in deep ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^j, hot fat until lightly browned. ^o remove "tea stains from woollen Crumb TarU.-To one cup crumbs , ^^^^^j^, ^^^^^ ^j^^ powdered ful- use one egg, two tablespoons milk, ; ,^^,^ earth, dry and leave for twenty- one-ha f cup sugar and one-half tea- , f^^^ ^^^^^ r^^^^ ^^^y^ ^^^ ^,,^j ^^e «poon baking powder. Lme sides and ^^^.^ ^j„ j,^^^ disappeared, bottoms of muffin tins with mixture ^ home-made sauce for cold meat, made of foregoing, leaving space m g^ape a tablespofinful of horseradish, centres Fill spaces with apple sauce ^j^ ^.^y^ ^^^ tablespoonful of mixed and a few raisms and bake twenty ^^^^^^^ ^ teaspoonful of sugar, and minutes in moderate oven. ^^^^ tablespoonfuls of vinegar. u". u"'T°x."^ ""'? one-haf pounds ^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ „,j j^^^j^^^ belt.-Nail neck of beef, three pints peeled pota- , j^ ^â- ^y^^ ^j^^ j^^„ „„ ^ -^^^ „f ^„^,d toes, one large onion Slice onion ^y^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^-^^ ^^ ^y^^^ t,,^ ^r„„g and put to stew with beef. Cook and ^.^^ „, ^y^^ j^^^^^^ j^ uppermost This mash potatoes, adding one teaspoon ^^^^^ ^„ excellent knifeboard. salt and saltspoon pepper to each quart. Line baking dish with one-half the potatoes. Put in stewed meat, sea- soned to taste with salt and pepper. Cover with rest of potatoes and bake fifty minutes. Peppers Stuffed with Mushrooms. â€" Cut off the small end from young GREAT BRITAIN ANO U.S. America's Clash with Great Britain on Trade In Contraband Goods. While international law and general ^"eenpepp'err^Car'efully'r^move'the "«"f« ^^«/"« ''^^^ '° « I'o'l'K^'-ft seeds and partitions and parboil five:"^"°^ to In.ercept all vessels sche- minutes. Mix two cupfuls of soft ?"^''. ^'"' ^^^ P'""'« °' ""^ f "T^' °''^^' breadcrumbs with three-fourths cup-| «,^'"''" f^^"..""^ "^fP f^^^^^- ^"<> ful of cream. Add one cupful of chop- ! ^'f-'^ '"« l^^ht to Intercept all ves- ped mushrooms and one-fourth tea-i ««'« ^"'*">'"« ?'"'t'^^'"''"^«*:*'*^^' 1^ spoonful salt. Fill the peppers and """.^"^ '*» "«"'/"' P°r<»' PT^jldlng the sUnd them in a baking pan. Bake a| K"'"'^'^'-^'" ^^ r^shlpped fron, such half hour, basting with one-half cup- P""" '° ''LT""'f '''""^'^- J° ""' ful of water mixed with one table- 1 """^f^ '"'«''!• America enters her pro- (Bpoonful butter. I '^'' ^^'""' ^""^ luarrel with Great Brrt Liver Loaf. â€" One calf's liver, one- i ain. Thi.s Is a new phase of Interna- Wlf cup bread crumbs, four slices salt "°"^' '«^- ^^ «^^'«^'' '""'^ ^f'f^^ "" pork chopped, two tablespoons chop- i '^^H'^'^" precedent as such right was onion, one cup water or stock, I *'*"',T' .^^ ^'*'"" '^°"' """ " one-half teaspoon salt, one-half tea- i"'°J;'''/J*"'*°^- , ,.,,». spoon kitchen bouquet, one Ublespoon! ""* "J;"T''. P^?"'''"' .'^ . jvinegar, few grains cayenne, few i K<'°«^P'^'^'^"f' "e"*^ t'>« I'lost on be- irratings nutmeg. Wash liver, chop and cook in boiling water five minutes. rights of all noutrals, not only In this war, but In any wars that may follow, and tlius forever destroy the rights of , neutrals, if the taw Is not uphold, aud ' giving to tho nation having the s-trong- j est uaval power the right to dictate tho world's commerce. If we yield to! British violation of the law to-day, we may. have to yield to-morrow to a like , violation by Hussia, Germany, or Ja- ! pan. I The U.S., as the most powerful of the neutral nations, It Is claimed, must not perndt such violatlonfi of law, but ! must hold all belHgereuts strictly to j Its observance. While Germany feels thot »he is flgliting tor "Kultur," and"; England feels that her fight le for clvl- 1 lizatlou, 63 America feols that she Is called upon to uphold the rights of neutral nations, as those rights have been established by centuries of strug- gle. Our clasili with O. B. grows out i of the restrictions she has seen fit to Impose In the name of "blockade," while our clash with Germany arises from tho restrictions that she claims 1 tlio right to Impose upon contraband | and tho ships that carry It. The acts [ of one nation In carrying out her pol- 1 Icy have resulted In the loss of Ameri- can lives, aa well as American proper- ty, whi'e the acts of the other nation have or,!y resulted In the loss of Amer- ican property and profits on the sale of goods, yet both nations, it Is claim- ed, have violated the law, and both Justify themselves on the same ground of mlltiary necessity. Great Britain's position, however, is a little different from that of Germany's, in this: She claims that the details of the applica- tion of the principles of the law are subject to change, and that she is not violating the principles themselves, while Germany claims the right to sweep all principles aside and to place her own iieceesltlea above the law. German atrocities committed In Bel- gium ah-d France, and on the seas. In my opinion, largely Justifies the harsh measures G. B. has been compelled thereby to take in destroying such a barbarous enemy. As Sir Edward Grey pertinently put it in his own feli- citous language, "The one principle which Is fundamental, and has obtain- ed universal recognition, is that, by means of blockade, a belligerent Is en- titled to cut off the sea-borne com- merce of his enemy." The situation, upon any view, is decidedly interesting to all, aud I trust it will be amicably settled. CHAS. M. BICB. Denver, Sept. 8, 1916. GERMANY PILING PAPER ON PAPER BURNING UP HER PEOPLE'S CAP- ITAL IN WAR. just before war broke out â€" In fact, some of the staff of Sir John Jackson, Ltd., the contactors, were taken pri- soners by the Turks. The problem of producing cheaper wool is the problem of utilising the desert lands of America and Australia. Luther Burbank attempted one partial solution of this in the artificial breed- ing of a spineless cactus. Cactus- leaves, if not thorny, would form food and drink for sheep, and large areas of sandy desert might conceivably be utilise<l by planting them with a ra- pidly-spreading spinless cactus. Man's Great Enemy. , Again, the jungle-lands of Central Africa, Brazil and the East Indies of- fer vast possibilities for the growing of rubber-trees, cocoanut-palms (for comes Important, Great Britain has effectually blockaded all German porfS, Di-ain7add 7rea7crJmVchop,"'Tnd ^"' Germany Is continually receiving American goods via the ports of Hoi '.""" ! land, where they are re-transported to 'Germany. The qunt ion presented by these facts is this. Has Great Britain the right to seize the cargoes of ships, ;"^r I billed to Holland ports, whenever she has good reason to believe that such cargoes are destined ultimately for add remaining ingredients. Press into pan, cover and bake one hour in oven. PitUburgh PoUtoes. â€" Wash pare potatoes, cut into one-half «Iif«a ^d slices into one-half cubes â€" there should be one quart. Add one small onion, finely chopped, and ,, .,..-,. .._.. . ,...,. 1. J . . Germany consumption? Great Britain cook m boiling salted water to cover - , .„„ ' „ „-,.„„., , .,,,„ .„..„ and! inch claims the affirmative of this ;*sue, while the United States, with equal emphasis denies this right. . J , , . ,. , ^ Both Great Britain and Germany tered.baking dish, pour over two cups , j .i, . ., , . .1,11, , ,\, i !_• u V 1- ij claim that their acts respoctlvely, the seven minutes. Add one-half can of pimcntoes cut into strips and boil five minutes, then drain. Put in but- of white sauce, to which has been add ed one-half pound of grated cheese, and bake until potatoes are soft. l 1 j .u . 1.1 • „ ,, ,. "^ „ .1 are based on the urgent necessities of Pear Dumplings.â€" Pare, core and 1 ,^„ „ „. ^ _, , i„ .u . former the right to seizure, the latter the right to destroy by tho aubinarlne, mince six large, ripe pears. Mix with j them one-half nutmeg grated, two ,Ounce8 clarified butter, sugar to taste ' »nd four well-beaten eggs. Add | enough finely grated broad crumbs to ! make mixture stiff and smooth. Mold I into egg-shaped balls with bowl ' of 1 large -spoon, dip into boiling water I the present war. Germany claims that Great Britain has no right to intercept contrabrand goods billed to a neutral port, though ultimately designed for Germany, and because of this alleged wrongful act, Germany made use of the murderous submarine, as a war necessity. America claims that no mere war necessity Is a Justification Household Hints. and simmer one-half hour. Serve in j f^^ the violation of IntornnUonal law, heated dish with sugar and dash ofLy ,ho destruction of neutral vessels cinnamon. In separate dish, servel^^j carrying contrabrand goods, or by •milk sauce or other pudding sauce, if. ^^^^ destruction of' belligerent vessels carrying neutrals or non-conibataants, at least without warning such vessels and giving FUfflcleut lime for all on Lace continually cleaned with gaso- board to safely escape. 'line or naphtha will turn yellow I It is apparent that the questions are quickly. ' j not only perplexing, but are three Good lard is much better than but- sided, with three nations as respective ter for basting roasted meat and for litigants, and while the whole matter frying. ! Involves tho simple right to sell goods Starch is improved by long boiling, ' and make a profit, the questions back Instead of being made in the usual of this are of a far-reaching character. hurried way. I The London Morning Post has this^to If a pinch of salt be added to the say about It: "Americans will not, we sugar used for stewing sour fruit are sure, much less sugar will be required. i material In this great crisis, allow considerations of passing In making children's dresses which magnitude to Individuals but no more will need letting down, stitch them|^han a grain of sand In the scale of with 100 cotton thread, and you will j civilization to Imperil the world's fu- have no trouble in ripping tucks or ture." This would seem to Imply that hems. while O. B. knows ahe Is violating the "To clean brass flower pots or trays, 1 'aw, America should overlook It In the rub them with a piece of lemon; then ' Int^roats of civilization. pour boiling water over them, and fln- I But Germany would doubtless make ally polish with a soft dry cloth. i a similar plea In Justification of her When boiled and unboiled eggs get | submarine depredations, that It Is done mixed, spin them, and the boiled ones | '" the interests of German "Kultur," will spin quite fast, while those which ' a"<l *<> there would be no end to tlie have not been cooked will hardly spin I violations of the law. round once. Undoubtedly there are large trading The hair mattresses which are fill- ' Interests In the U.S. which chafe In- ed with black hair are much better ' """'"Kly against their Inability to than those filled with white hair, be- cause the latter has generally been bleached and is deprived of its springiness. When cooking haricot beans add run their goods Into Germany and sell thoni at war prices, such, for instance, as the cotton growers of the South. Bogland, as Is well known, has lately placed this class of goods on the list salt to the water first, and they will'ns contraband, so the question deepens cook in a third of the time, and will as time go<>3 on. not need to be soaked overnight. The American preas Is divided on When pickling, boil the corks for | these questions, some claiming that, bottling, and put into the bottles and 1 the matter Is not simply nno of main- jars while hot, when cold they will ' lalnlng the rights of neutrals, but of, seal thcmsej^es tightly. I standlug by the law that protects the Smart Morning Dress. Were it not for the fact that a wo- man derives a good deal of pleasure from her wardrobe, the necessity for a great variety of clothes for differ- ent occasions would prove an annoy- ance. A wardrobe can be made a most satisfactory necessity if the pro- per discretion be exercised in the Europe's Future Prosperity Lies in Use of Science to Com- mercial Problems. In an article published in London Answers last November, under the title "Can Germany Pay the Piper?" the writer suggested that the strug- gle was likely to be a long and very nutbutter), bananas, palm;^ and sira- exhausting one; and, granted that fiar sources of food and raw material. Germany and Austria were beaten, The great difficulty is to render them they would probably become bankrupt habitable. Central Africa at the pre- and unable to pay an indemnity suf- j sent moment is being devastated of flcient to reimburse the Allies. | population by a scourge which is This conclusion has been greatly carrying off millions, fortified by subsequent events. Ger- 1 For the last ten years or more many has proceeded to finance her | scientists have been trying to find a war on lines of piling paper on paper. I specific against sleeping sickness. To use a homely analogy, she has been ' They have succeeded partially, but inducing her people to pawn their not entirely. There is no doubt that goods and chattels and give money to ] after the war research will proceed, the war, and then to pawn their pawn- ' tickets and give the further money thus raised to the same purpose. Everything at Stake. No. 9048. planning and making of the clothes. One of the frocks needed and used very much is the morning dress, a delightfully smart and up-to-date ex- ample of which is Ladies' Home Jour- nal Pattern No. 9048, shown here- with. Tho four-gore skirt is length- ened by a three-piece circular flounce prettily embroidered with de- sign No. 14,736. Pattern cuts in sizes 32 to 42 inches bust measure, requir- ing in size 36, BV4 yards of 36-inch material. Patterns, IB cents each, can be had at your local Ladies' Home Journal Pattern dealer, or from The Home Pat- tern Company, 183-A George Street, Toronto, Ontario. Cheap Doctoring. Anxious Mamma â€" Little Dick is upstairs, crying with the toothache. Practical Papa â€" Take him around to the dentist's. I haven't any money. You won't need any money. The toothache will stop before you get there. "What does this mean, Bridget?" exclaimed the lady of the house, re- turning from shopping. "The tele- phone's been taken out." "Sure, ma'am, the girl across the way come over and said her missus would like to use it for a little while, and I sint it over to her; but I had a terrible job getting it unscrewed from the wall, ma'am-" When her next great loan comes out. and, if the disease can be eliminated, it will be a big step towards obtain- ing a revenue from Central Africa which will help to meet the war-bill. Reverting to desert lands, another which may be very shortly, it can be ^"'«thod of reclaiming them is to uti- expected that this complicated pawn- I ''^^ »""-P°';f " , ^"^'â- ^. f" "f^'Zl ing system will be even further «-' <=o"ld be applied to the raising of water POET DROVE HIS COUNTRY TO WAR GABRIEL D'ANNUNZIO ITALY'S NATIONAL FIGURE. Previous to the Present War He Won a Great Reputation in Paris". The story of Italy and the great war Is the story of Gabrielle D'Annun- zlo, the Italian poet and patrtoi Who knows the history of his passion for Italy and the widening circle of his love that shrinej the I..atin peoples, and can Interpret the peculiar quality of his contributions to this last tense period In Italian history, knows best the story ol why, with month on month of warning, Italy sent her 1» glons against her ancient enemy. Italian hopes have been welded Int# the symbolic personalities of two men : Garibaldi and D'Annunzlo. Garibaldi was definitely the leader, setting bis torch tor Italy. But D'Anhunzio Is the torch, made from the cumulative flames of the folk heart of Northern Italy, the artist's gardener who lent his spirit for the showing of the emo- tion of his countrymen. He made a tremendous Imprcselon when, as na- tional poet, be was called to make the and the irrigation of deserts for the grovving of cotton and other sources of raw material. Just before tlie war some extremely interesting experiments in this direc- tion were being carried out in Egypt by an American inventor, helped by British scientists. The scheme is a series of troughs lined with mirror- glass, which are rotated during the day so as to catch the sun-rays and focus them on to a water-boiler. The steam so produced can, of course, be applied to engines for pumping water. Coining the Sunshine. How nearly the scheme has been made commercially practicable can be gauged from the following figures: Coal in Egypt costs about £3 a ton, and is now rising in price; sun-power has been captured as an equivalent to coal at £3 10s. a ton. If the ap- paratus can be improved â€" and after the war research will be resumed â€" the cost would be lowered. Let us assume that sun-power can eventually be converted profitably in- to irrigation power, and follow out the consequences. The acreage of desert- land available is enormous. Taking both sides of the alluvial plain of the Nile in Egypt; the sides of the Euphrates and Tigris for 400 miles above the Persian Gulf; a strip a mile wide along the rainless por- tion of the western coast of Califor- nia, these would furnish sufficient sunshine for nearly ten million en- gines of 100 h.p. each. Further, there are the illimitable desert-spaces of the Sahara, Central Australia, India, the Western United States, and South-West Africa. The above will indicate a few of the many ways in which science can help j to solve the problem of how Europe is to meet the war-bill without in- dustrial slavery being enforced on the losing nations, or poverty on winners and losers alike. tended. The German Finance Minister, Von Helfferich, has practically admitted in a public utterance that Germany is now burning up her people's capital in war. She stakes all on her win- ning. If she were to win, she would un- doubtedly reduce England and France and the Colonies to a condition of in- dustrial slavery. We should be confined under a system of iron regulations which would force us to work our hardest and pay over to her everything we earn above the barest living wage. All luxuries would be forbidden us, and life under such conditions would be intolerable. Those who think that they would emigrate, if the worst came to the worst, are indulging in a fool's dream. Emigration would be forbidden. We should be caged and chained to these shores. The above is no idle speculation about Germany's intentions. She has done this very thing with Belgium. The unfortunate inhabitants are caged inside a network of barbed wire ex- tending all along the Dutch frontier, their only means of exit. Working for the Usurpers. Belgian factories are ordered to produce Government goods. The em- ployers are subject to a fine of £50 a day or more if they refuse to do so. In a certain factory workmen struck. What was the result ? They were con- fined to the building and kept with- out food until they signed a paper promising "voluntarily" to return to work and produce goods for Ger- many's needs. Pending this promise, the other innocent inhabitants of the town were confined to their hotrifc^i after seven o'clock of an evening. But when the allies win â€" as they will win, if every man and woman lines up for the struggle â€" we cannot impose that monstrous system of slavery on Germany. Our ideals of humanity forbid it. We cannot out- Prussia Prussia, however deeply she has sinned. It has been suggested in responsible quarters that, in the event of decis- ive and overwhelming victory, the Allies should take over German and Austrian State railways, and run them for our own profit. This is quite prac- ticable, and does not conflict with hu- manitarian principles. Useful But Not Enough. It is also practicable to take over the income from the postal system, from electric lighting, gas, and water â€" in fact, from every form of enter- prise now in the hands of the German and Austrian Governments. But even these will not suffice to pay for the many thousands of mil- lions burnt up in war and the huge pension list to which every belligerent country will stand committed. We and our children and our grand- children will have to pay â€" in taxes and in reduced scales of living â€" unless now sources of natural wealth can be tapped. The one big hope for an impover- ished Europe lies in science. Scientists will have to devote their knowledge and research powers to the alleviation of the burden. Cheaper foods, cheaper materials of clothing j country, but unfortunately, just after and building, cheaper transport, the outbreak of war, this country for- cheaper mechanical power â€" these are ! bade the export of skins. Naturally, tho developments foreshadowed. it is very improbable that the French This, again, is not an idle dream. | authorities, when they framed this Ever since 1900 scientific research has j regulation, gave so much as a thought been attempting to produce by artifi- 1 to its interfering with British drum- cial means the substances called "pro- 1 making. teids," which form tho basis of meat. Another cause which conduces to The problem is an excessively dif- . the shortage of drums is that ash- flcult one, but it is not impossible of | wood, used for the sides and flesh- solution. I hoops of the drums, is difficult to ob- HUNS AND DRUMS. Reasons for the Shortage in Resonant Instruments. Just lately there has been a short- age of drums, and some of the new bands have had to wait a little for their most resonant instruments. Curiously enough, there is a close connection between Germany's mid- day meal and this .shortage. Ger- many is a veal -eating country, and our tanners formerly bought the calf skins it had to dispose of. These skins were beautifully prepared and tanned in England, and practically became a British production, for German tan- ners simply cannot approach the Brit- ish in work of this kind. The vellum so obtained was then sold to the drum manufacturers for drum-heads, as they arc called. It is true that a short time before the war Germany began to eat more beef, much of it cow flesh, and less veal. The young calves were accord- ingly allowed to grow, and the con- sequent shortage of skins had al- ready begun. There is now little doubt that Germany had economic reasons in mind for this change in diet. We might rely on France for calf- skins, as France is also a veal-eating commemorative speech at the anniver- sary of the famous expedition of Gari- baldi that united the two Sicilies and gave back Naples to the Kingdom of Italy. A year ago one might have said that Garibaldi as a figure was losing lustre, and for years D'Annunzio has been the voice of voices for Italy, his the mem- ory that could not forget, the brightest mirror of Italy's half burled hopes. There has been no period In the whole of his life when he has not been D'Annunzio the patriot. He was that In the days of his earliest humble Journalism. Through all his work he has missed no chance to celebrate the greatness, past and future, of his coun- try. It is In the preface to "La Nave" that he speaks of "the very bitter Adri- atic," and later as "our sea" a little wistfully, and dwells upon the better days that It ^all see and what free- Gabriele D'Annunzio. dom It shall take. For these touches, disagreeable to Austria, the sale of the I book was forbidden. In another place ' he makes a point of expressing a wish that an Italian aeroplane should fly over all of those lands where Italian w!is spoken, and the Italians through- out the Trentlno secretly gloated over his daring. German capital was good to Italy, but Italians felt a kind of uneasiness lest they were paying for kindness by : the relinquishment of national secret : strings. I Success In France. ! To Annunzio these t>ank1ng prob- lems had no Interestâ€" the great essen- I tlal lay In rousing Italy to a sense of the defence she must make against alien Kultur. D'Annunzlo's success In France since he went four years ago to , Paris has been one of the wonders ol , the literary and artistic world. I At the beginning of the war D'An- nunzio was in Paris, where he flung himself Into an ardent sympathy with France, but with the growth of the I pro-war sentiment in Italy, overwhelm- ed by his sense of the kinship of the latin peoples, he returned to Florence and passionately appealed for war on Austria. It was, many believe, really his Influnce that swung his country over with the allies. I .^^^ • It is also difficult to unteach a new dog old tricks. Artificial fertilisers can now be pro- duced from the air by a chemical pro- cess, and, when strewn on the flelds, are converted by Nature into plant- tain owing to transport difficulties. Then, again, brass and copper are re- quired for the munitions, and are scarce for other purposes. Even the Heâ€" "Marry me, Liza, an' I'll be as true to yer as me eld donkey is ter me." She â€" "Go hon, 'Enery; don't be makin' an ass of yerself." food. It is probable that the present ^ paints for tho drums are less easily cost of these artificial nitrates will be reduced by further research. In the matter of clothing, we have to look to cheaper cotton and wool as I the staples. Extensive growing of cotton in British East Africa and in ' gagement with that school teacher?" the Mesopotamia Valley would help [ Jackâ€" "If I failed to show up at her (p reduce the price. British engineers ^ house every evening she expected mc ' were at work on huge damming and ' to bring a written excuse signed hy I irrigation schemes in Mesopotamia my mother." obtainable than heretofore, and many of the painters have joined the Army. â€" London Answers. I •!• Billâ€" "Why did you break your en- "Before I married my wife I could have listened to her sweet voice for hours," said Smith to his friend. "Yes â€" and now?" asked the friend. "Now," said Smith, with moisture in his eyes, "I have to." Most British battleships are de- fended against the attacks of torpe- does by means of torpedo-nets â€" steel crinolines, which can be suspended at rrme distanc^ from th^.%ide of the. ,'liA'> nl. tho ends of boonis. ^