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^ ^. *-., ^. A ♦.^ 'P r I t \ I ( Household Department Useful Hints and General Information for the Busy Housewife Utieful Recipes. Bran Gems â€" Mix a cup of white flour, two cups of l)ran and a cup and a half of milk, a teaspoon of soda, two tablespoons of molasses and one epg. Bake in pem pans twenty minutes. Cocoanut jumbira â€" (.'ream a cup of and half a cup of butter. Add ^) of milk, half h <up of eocoanut, egKs. two teaspoons of baking vdei- and flour enougli to roll. Drop .ipoonfuls on a buttered pan. Koltaife I'ie â€" Line baking dish with flashed potatoes. Fill with chopped leal of any kind, after seasoninB with ronion, salt and pepper. Over this pread a layer of any cooked veKttable- Cover with buttered cracker crumbs and bake in modeiate oven about lUie- half hour. CornHtarch Cake. â€" One cupful corn- starch, two of fluur, one of butter, two of su£:ar, one of sweet milk, one Boiled potatoes are ever so much better if they are boiled gently. T e simmerinp burner of the gas ranRe is ju.st light for this. Test with a fork nt the end of a half hour, and when mellow drain off the water, and if they must stand before servinjr place a cloth over them rather than a tin cov- er. OKI potatoes with a strong flavor should be pared before boiling and soaked in cohl water. For creamed potatoes use chopped, baked or boiled potatoes. When these are mixed with the ingredients for the cream sauce, set the saucepan over the simmering burner up<)ti an asV)es'.os mat. This slow process will ensure a delii'ious creamv mixture. \ Kitchen Knowledge. Corn starch, arrow ro<-t or tapioca may be used to thicken cream soups. Oranges, banana^ and tigs cut up to- delicious dessert. teaspoon of cream of tartar, one-half K'ther make n very teaspoon .soda, yolks of six eggs. Split ! W mter fruUs tha need cooking are ^.j^li) (^j,^;y ^1,,. most wholesome cooked without sugar. FOX-HUNTING IN ENGLAND FAMOUS BRITISH Sl'ORT MAY I'ERISH AFTER THE W.\K. Many I'rominent Hunting .Men Are Among the Fallen on Europe's Battlefields. the cake after it i whites of the eggs, and, with sufficient gugar to sweeten, spread on layer, then put on top; press a few pieces of pop- corn over top. Fruit Puffs.â€" -.Sift tot^elher one and Thin cold beef served with potato salad and brown bread is a good sup- per. I When making pudding soak thel bread or cake in cold milk; it makes j Hot milk causes heaviness. one-h;ilf cups fli>ur, one and one-half ,'' '[k'*' • , , , , . . , - ' Kggs, fruit and whole-wheat bread teasp'ionfus baking powder, two table- spoons granulated sugar and one third teaspoon salt; add two-thirds 1 « I'Usiness man cup dates, stoned and chopped, two tablespoons melted butter, one cup milk and one egg, ihe white and yolk beaten separately. Bake In gem pans in a hot oven and serve with lemon sauce, or any preferred. I'se make a perfect early breakfast for When mixing fruit or nuts in a cake, they should be added before the flour. They will then be evenly dis- tiibute<;. Dates are so nutritiuu.-; and can be cooked in so many (iifferent ways, it is raisins, chopped ligs and fruit instead ' R"'P'<s'">f "'^^y '"'^ ""I more general ly used. I Five cents worth of tartar emetic I mixed with an cciu.-^l amount of sugar : moistened and placeil where ih ' are, will drive them away. General Nivelle â€" of Verdun â€" France's New (ieneralissimo. "I leave you after a splendid day. We have once more tested our methods, and the result is conclusive. Once more the Second Army has shown its moral and material supremacy over the enemy. Victory is cer- tain. I give you my word on that, as Germany will learn to her cost." With those ringing words, (Jeneral Nivelle bade adieu to his staff at V'er- dun, on leaving to take up the post of p'rench Generali.-!simo on the western front. He cleared the outworks of Verdun of the enemy by his October victory at Douaumont-Vaux. His last act was to witness the magnificent victory between the Meuse and the Woovre of December 15. He planned the coup; General.-; Petain and Mangin carried it out under his eyes. General Robert Nivelle i.s in lilood half an Knglishman. His mother was the daughter of one of Wellington's officers, and other F.nglish eonneetions were Elizabeth Carter, Ur. .Johnson's friend, and a grandfather, the cele- brated writer, George Sale, translator of the Koran. ROADS IN CHINA. Made So \ehicles of dates for a change. I'udding Sauce. â€" Mix two table- spoons flour with line cup sugar, add a little cold water to stir smooth, then one and one-half cup boiling water, a . . , . â-  â-  . ...>••. pinch of salt and butler the size of a '' 's " very wise plan to put .sheets j nolhuig on earth is ol s,. little interest walnut. Let cook until clear, and I "^ "^wspaper under bedding and car- , to a Chinaman as publi.' welfare, flavor with a generous teaspoon lemon 'pets. ""'1 '" '''â- os'y weather to tie ] That he should be compelled lo make extract or the jui.e of half a lemon. 1 1'"''" around water pipes to prevent! any eontribution to it is extremely Narrow Thai Cannot I'ass. Every Chineso road is a forced ants j contribution on the part of individual Chinamen to the public welfare. But .Minced Ilani. â€" Two cupfuls min ced' 'â- '"'â- sting. ham, four eggs, a .-<c:int half-cupful flour, one cupful milk, one-<iuarter teaspoonful pepper. Dissolve the flour in the milk, bring to a boil, and add the ham and pepper. Separate the egg.-, beat yolks thoroughly anil galling to him. Add to that the fact .see some day that the welfare of the many is the welfare also ^f the few, and that service is worth while accord- ing to the benotit it affords, these troubles will doubtless have an end. Meanwhile, traveling in the and of Confucius is, not a pleasure, but a penance. « *- (;R0W food in SCHOOL PLOTS. Minister of I\dii('ation I'rges the Cul- tivation of (iarden Space. When the spring of a window shade ^ that the road is made across his lam! is run down, it is a good idea to wind i is still counted as part of his land I That the value of Ontario's food it up with a button hook -putting t'.e ; when it comes to paying taxes, and | production could be increased by $10,- hook around the small metal end which] you may form some idea of the re- 000,000 by proper cultivation of gar- is to be turned. I luctanee with which the Chinese land- 1 jj^,,,' p|„ts „„(( vacant land in urban Beets are much belter and sweeter owner gives up his portion of the ,,,yf,i^.jp^|,tigs ^f from one to nine the whites till slifT. Add yolks to ^'"'"'J than boiled. They should be public highway. The very sight of ! thousand population, is the statement put in the oven in a baking pan and i neighbors and strangers making use ' j^o^i. Dr. Pyne is making to school turned frequently, then when tender of thai strip of land brings the bit- 1 teachers anil inspectors in an endeavor len Palmer, killed In action, was a M. F.H., of the Cattistock, and Captain M. K. L. Loyd, who hunted the Lam- erton hounds, was also killed in the war. Brig.-General, the Earl of Long- ford, one of the heroes of the Galli- poli expedition, hunted the Westmeath hound.s. He was for a long time re- ported wounded and missing, but is now listed with the dead. A famous hunting man.,And poloist who died in the Efcyptfan campaign was Major Leslie Cheape. Staggering Blow to Sport. Lieut. -Col. Harold Brassey, another noted polo player and devoted hunter, Fox-hiThting circles in England are j jg among the fallen, as is Colonel R. reported by the London Daily Tele- ,j. Garden, Mr. Cecil .\ldin, noted art- graph to be seriously disturbed over j^t and master of the South Berks, has the prospects for their sport after the lost his only son at the front. -Mid- war. They are now trying to combat ' shipman F^den, Lieut. J. Twinbarrow a movement which, if 'successful, and Lieut. R. As.shet'on Biddulph uere would exterminate all existing foxes, ' ^\\ the sons of masters of hounds, and would thus absolutely destroy the _.\ii have been 'nilled, and the Tele- sport. In time of peace fox-hunting graph compiles a list of many noted has always been held in contempt by hunting men who were early in the a Certain portion of the community, i field and first among the fallen. Sev- It has been denounced as cruel to ' gral hunt secretaries have been killed, foxes, a.s the sport of the wealthy, as ] and it is no exaggeration to say that a detriment to agriculture, and as a there is not a hunt in England or sinful waste of money. Now, in time Ireland that has not mourned many of war, the attacks have redoubled, I niembers killed in action, died of and the champions of the gieat Eng- w'ounds or so disabled that never lish outdoor sport fear that the re- 1 again will they be able to take their formers may be able to destroy it ah- ' old places. The sport has suffered solutely. It cannot be said that fox- not only from the loss of leaders and hunting is keeping eligible men out prominent supporters in action, but of the army. No class rushed with I from the death of veteran masters, greater determination to arms than | whose places because of the war are the sporting community in England, not likely to be tilled. Even the wo- nor the country gentlemen and their, men are working for their Country, families. Now that there is conscrip- Therefore, the great old sport is left tion, no man who is qualified to serve 'naked to its enemies. If the war can remain at home to chase the fox. i should result in the destruction of It is urged, however, that there are , fox-hunting, there can be no doubt hundreds of thousands of acres of that a great many thousands of line land in the British Isles which are re- old English gentlemen and their fami- <; RAVES OF SOLDIERS. served for fox-hunting which ought lies will continue to cherish for^Ger- lo be used for the produetion of food, many a haired, passing the hatred of though, as the hunting takes place women, as long as they live, only in the Fall and Winter, it is not plain how it interferes with agricul- ture Hunting and War. In defence of their sport the. mas- ters who have remained at home be- cause they are too old to go to the front or because the nation has de- cided that they are more useful on the north side of the English Channel, have been compelled to Prince of Wales Speaks at Meeting of Committee on This Work. The Prince of Wales attended a meeting in London recently of the committee for the care of soldiers' graves at which there were present Sir Geo. Perley :ind other reprcsenta- point out tives of the Dominion. what a great part in the war hunting fhe Prince mentioned that l.'xt.OOO men have tilled. Up to the present graves were now registered. 'Over cavalry has not played a very import- ^o of 400 burial grounds have already ant part in the fighting along the i.een laid out under advice of the served with olive oil and lemon juice. Shoulder of pork is delicious when stuffed. Buv a nice fresh .shoulder; mixture, and fold in the whiles. Put in 11 buttered baking dish, set in a pan ')( hot water, and let the puff rise to the top of the dish. This lakes from one-hal! to three-nuarters of an hour. Beni()\e from the water and brown. Uire Cake. â€" Cook, drain and cool half a cupful of rice. Mix it with a!""'' '' two hours. Then remove tno | ,i„„aticjn with him. Bui his neigh- (luart of milk, a little salt, the volks '''"th from it, put it in an iron baking ibor's land may not be of the same of font eggs and behl. When it is ; ?•"' ""^ hakv it two hours. length as his, so that the two piece.s smooth, add alternaUly half a pound â€" •♦â€" â-  , of road do not fit together well. of flour and a beat ing leaspoonful of lUlI, I) MERCHANT ARMADA. | t'hinese highways have a wonderful lerest resentment to his bo.som. j to "speed up" food production in the In iirder to lose as little soil as po^- province nexl year, sible. he puts the road at the end of j ^h,. Mkiister has issued instructions have the butcher bone it, then stuff it. his field, where the adjoininn owner j ,,, teachers of agriculture and horti- Sew it up tight, roll it iti a doth and I must share one half of the Pi't'lii" i rulture in the .schools to devote their I attention to practical food growing baking powder mixed with the stiff whites of the four eggs. Cook in spoonfuls on a hot greased griddle. EgglesM Dutch Loaf. â€" Cse one cup- ful of light ijreiid .jougb, add half cup of sugai' and ine tablespoonful of but- ter. Work all toirether until very smooth, .-\dd hall cupful of raisins and any desired spice. .Sh;ipe into loaves. Let rai.se to double the size. Bake forty-five minutes in moderate oven. .\ul Bread. â€" <bie egg, one cup gran- ulated sugar, one and one-half cups sweet milk, four rup^- flour, four large teasppons baking powder, one and one- <iuartei riips chopped nut meats and a pinch of salt. Pour in two baking pans, let stand fifteen minutes, then liake forty-five minutes in a slow oven. Tea Crumpets. â€" Put two well-beaten eggs in one >|uart of milk and as much flour as will miike them rather thick- er than batter pudding. Then make bake .-itcne or griddle very hot and Britain Will Construct Vast Fleet Mercantile .Shipping. I tendency to zig zag. of 1 The roail is the exact width of the I Chinese vehicle. It is true that carts must meet somewhere, but for such Tl)e creation of a mighty armada of I im.^.i,yl,l„ nieetings no provision is British mercantile shipping within six n^,,,!,.. j,, ^^^.h ca.se' the drivers must months after the end of the war wasl(„rn out on the planted field. To prophesied by n high naval authority | prevent that, the owner has cut a in a statement made in London re- I ,|itch alongside the road, as deep and cently. Facilities for shipbuilding in 1 a^ ..,teep as a gas main ditch in our Great Britain, it is as.serted, have . i.jtips. The driver on the road can been so greatly nugumented during I neilberlnrnoiil for the driver he meets; the war that British yards can easily j nor can he pass under or over him. outdistance all German competition. 'lust how the two will pass is one of •Once our effort is concentrated on the many Chinese puzzles, which the merchant shipping," this offleial .said, landowner does not think thai it is "it will be possible to build vessels in I his business to work out. less than ninety days, and perhaps | Constant travel over this nairow faster, if they are standardized ships. | road causes dust, which is blown Western front, although there are ex- ception.s to this rule, and in the Mons letreat the cavalry did work that will never be forgotten. But if it is ad- mitted that cavalry is likely to prove important in this war or in future wars it is not to be denied that in the production of cavalry horses the sport of fox-hunting has had a leading role. The ideal hunter is the ideal charger, and that is as true to-day as it was in the days of Charles O'Malley. Sport Makes Good Soldiers. The sport, however, is one that makes demands upon those qualities of manhood that are likely to be most valuable in time of war. \ man can- not follow the hounds without having plenty of nerve. Often the coldest kind of courage is needed. Quick next .Summer, increasing the space de- voted to plants of food- value and lim- iting that given to flowers. "With the same object in view the home garden projects should be en- larged and extensive use made of va- !, i,;,,,.!,,^ j^ stimulated. Riders gel cant lots and other unoccupied areas i..,^,, ^.y^. f^,^ ^.o„„try" which would be invaluable for a leader of mounted troops; ly'fi 'f 't were not for the hunting there would not be nearly so many men who are at home on horse- back. The sport conduces to physical hardihood and to longevity. Mr. W. do Salis Filgate was master of the! I in order to take advantage of the po- j tentiul labor of boys and girls from , eight to sixteen, much of which in I the ordinary course of events is not utilized," says the Mini.ster. The in- ' Kpectors are urged to enlarge the i scope of agricultural c<iucation and to I induce school boards that have not established classes in agriculture to , undertake the work, and so utilize school and home garden space. Director of the Royal Botanic Gar- dens. I have seen how beautiful these cemeteries look when the flow- ers are out. It is especially gratify- ing to me to know my visit from the front should coincide with the first attendance of this committee of re- presentatives of the Dominion Gov- ernments. -\s the army in the field is now an Imperial army, so this com- mittee should bi» an Imperial com- mittee, enlrusted by the Empire with the task of fittingly and enduringly commemorating the common sacrifice of the best blood of the generation, a sacrifice which forms one of the sacred links of the Empire." The committee subsequently con- sidered the questions of marking the graves of the Dominion soldiers who died in England. Mick's Share Doubtful. once. tO; three , grease it well; pour a large spoonful ves.sels will continue when it comes to of batter so that it may run the size] building merchantmen, for the men of a saucer. When ready to u.se, toa.it will accept the challenge of the Ger- them crisp on both sides and butter mans. Never in h them. Suitable Accompaniments lo Meatx. Roast beef -Tomato sauce, grated horseradish, cranberry sauce, pickles. Boast pork Apple sauce. | Roast veal Tomato, mushroom and onion sauce. Roast Iambâ€"Mint sauce. | Roast turkeyâ€" Cranberry sauce, currant jelly. Boiled fowl- Bread sauce, onion sauce, lemon sauce, jellies. Roast mutton- taper sauce, Goos.- or duck ( 'runbeiry sauce, jellies, apples sauc. . Boiled niackeiel Slewed goose- berries. Roiled l)luefi.Hh~ Cream or lemon buuce. Boiled shad â€" Mushroom .-uiice, par- sley or egg sauce. Fresh salmon (ireen peas and cream sauce , Boileii halibut Egg sauce. Time and Heat in Cooking. Roasts of meal should be put in a very hot oven and the heat reduced in fifteen minutes. 1"he usual allow.tiice of time for a medium rare roast is fifteen minutes for every pound of meat. The length of lime iei|iiired for baking potatoes depends on the size of the tulKjrs, but i ti average lime for fairly large potatoes is forty-five min- Ut«ii. What Belgium Wants. At a meeting held at Paris in .lanu-|he quoted if it were ary to protest against enemy deport- that fox-hunting has alion of Belginn workmen M. Vaiidei - j menlioiied is not denied by those who velde of the Belgian Cabinet, him.self ! oppose the sport. a Socialist, read from a manifesto is-' How Are the Mighty Fallen! â- \s soon as the rains begin sued by his countrymen, the victims .\ notable list might be compileil of land has received its fill of of German slavery, as follows: "What- the prominent hunting men, mastem water, the remaining moisture seeks ever be our tortures we want peaceful others, who have fallen in the the lowest level which is the road, only with the iiulepeiulencB of our present war. The Earl of Favorsham, But one road is still lower than an- ; country and the triumph of justice." ^ho fell last Sept>-mber, not onlv fill- other, so that the water flows in the It is as natural for normal individu- ^.^\ a large place in public affairs, bul mans. Never in her history has Bri- Wlirection of the lower "highways." als to applaud this heroic stand as if «as master of the Sinnington hunt in tain had at her disposal such a highly , The higher loads form creeks, niid the ' is to condemn, even impatiently, the Yorkshire. Lord Lucas was an en- effleieiit and large body of shipbuild- i lower ones collect the watery into agitators for peace who afford the thusiastic fox hunter, as well as a Two Irishmen were one day going over a bridge and saw the following notice: "Any iicrson sjtving a life will get $r>, an<l for a dead body $2.50." Saiil Mick to Pat: "We ought lo Louth hounds for more than fifty make s^me money out of this." years, and in that time he did not miss "Thrue for ye." said Pat. "You fall a single day they were out. either cub- in the water, and I will pull you out." bing or regular hOmling. and he never! "-^H right," said .Mick, and he drop- altered a meet tor his own convent- ped over the bridge. Many similar in.slances might | Pat, after trying some three or four necessary, but] times to get Mick out. was arrested the advantages !''y a voice from the water, calling out: Even with so much labor diverted war purposes we have been able construct 9,000-ton liners in months' time. "Thi- stimulus to shipbuilders work- ing under war pressure and on war across the near-by llelds, and tramples' the surface of the way down hard. Both causes lower the rojid percepli- biy. and the ers as she will have when the war lakes. In any case, travel is out of secret agents of dastan: closes. We can view the future with ; the question during the rainy season "Bedad, if you don't look sharp, we shall only gel $J..".0." New Regulation. .Vccording lo the German papers « new regulation has been issued in re- gard to old boots and clothing. For the year lUlT only two pairs of so- called "shoes de luxe" will be allow- ed each person in return for cast-off but still wearable pairs. The utiliza- tion of easloff clothing is entrusted equanimity, regardless of German pre- dictions." * -â€" WAR FOOD FLOWER BEDS. Convalesi-enl Homes Plant Gardens in Potatoes. .Sir .Mfred Mond, the First Commis- sioner of Works, London, England, is setting an example to local authorities in dealing promptly with food produc- tion in parks and open spaces. Willi ; hnH; into his field. It sometimes the Kings approval ho has given in- , happens that a road is lowered as The action of the flowing water is not favorable to llie roadbed. The water tears away the looser soil and cuts great gaps in the path. Gradual- ly the roadbeds become well-nigh im- passable. The farmer does not trouble him- self about the uneven roail; he is con- cerned with his field. In ca.se some «(dl has been carried away by the water, he digs into the road and throws whatever soil he can get y enemy in- ({real authority upon agriculture. He j to communities which will have a irigues a golden opportunity for ser- f.-n on the field of honor. Sir Robert j monopoly of purchase of the articles. ^'''â- Â»'' A__ Kilmer, who died of wounds several [The exchange of old for new articles ~~ * months ago, was formerly master of will be carried out on the ticket sys- Don'l save all your smiles for the the Blankney. and that he treasured , tein, the number and character of the parlor use a few in the kitchen! 'memory of his early days is proved by 'the fact thai he left $L',.".00 to the \ widow of his former huntsman. Ma- No man has a right to expect hia ; jor Lancaster, who was killed last wife to be a good cook uidess he is May, also left a bequest to the Hunt that kind of u provider. I Servants' Benefit Society. .Major .\1- ehanges allowed each person i)ting regulated by appropriate ticket. Women may bul. as a rule, as much. ive longer they don't than men, live quite structions for the grounds of the I'on- valeseent Home for Ofllcers of the Navy and Army, at Osborne, Isle of Wight, to be planted with potatoes. Before the war those portions of Ihe grounds open lo the public, not- ably the Swiss Collage gardens, were a blaze of color all the summer. Very little gardening has been done since, bul the decision of the First Com- missioner of Works cannot fail to be an object-lesson in the use of idle ground. Worcester Cathedral schoidboys during the Christmas holidays dug up the Cathedral close, an acre-plot, whose ancient elms were blown down last year. <^- .Some folks don't know the value of money and others overvalue it. I much as one foot during a single year. Nexl year's rains will woik still worse I havoc; bul why should the farmer i worry? Public welfare is concern- 1 ed, not he. If folks wish to travel by . a bolter road, they msiy look for one. 'â-  The obvious suggestion that roads j be built higher thai the fields falls on! deaf ears. One fHinier could not do i it by himself. To find two farmers' agreeing on this one issue would be j too much lo expect in China. As for : the traveling public, not one of them would raise a finger to encourage or assist the farmer; that would help too nuiny other people The municipal government on Its part has enough to do keeping the imperial highway in order; rural roads are none of its con- cern. Shuulil the Chinese villager come to - V •>- CIGARETTES hf'^ ^«3r JiW3K3CicjcfK30ft-.ift-aagr« -m-wrwcmimL "*<* \. mmmmmmtm