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Household DAINTY DISHES. ''* Spanisb Lnneheoa Dish. Put . one-half cup of olive oil in a frying pan i+/i a ck>, of garlic and an -onion siloed fine; let brown. Add * one pound of cold roust beef, cut in inch-thick pieces, and let brown, < the-n add a can of tomatoes and a , hili popper, or cayenne to taste. t Meanwhile boil twelve sticks of macaroni in salted water twenty minutes, then add therm to-the meat with a cupful of mushrooms, (fresh or canned), -pepper and salt to . taste. When ready to serve cover . thickly with grated cheese. Serve hot. Lamb en Casserole. Cut two * pounds of Lamb from th shoulder " in large cubes, sear them quickly * in a hat buttered pan, dip each . piece in melted butter or good drip- ping, duet with salt and pepper and put in a buttered casserole in teen minutes, add one cup potato balls or cubes, one-half cup car- slad, boil them with the skins on. They" will be leaa soggy. If you wont to keep fruit cak moist for a long time, put a piece of bread in the tin box with) it. A velvet hat can be kept in goo* condition by wiping it with a pice of black stocking after brushing. When making sauce remembe that one ounce of butter and ha an ounce of flour will thicken on cup of fluid. To keep celery crisp for severa days, first clean it, then wrap it i a soft cloth and lay it on the ico i the ice box. Children's patent leather shoes will not break and scar so badly after wearing they are wiped o: with vaseline. Keep the medicine chest in apple pie order, then if you happrn t< want anything in great haste yo can find k without delay. To prrent old potatoes from, dis- coloring put one or two tablespoon fuls of sweet milk into the water in which they are boiled. After washing a china silk dress do not hang it out to dry, but rol it up in a towel for half an hour then iron on the wrong side. In making a fruit cake pour hal the batter in the pan before addinj casserole. Put j the fruit, then the fruit wijl not b oven, uncovered, fif- ! found at the bottom, of the cake Don't forget that microbes are apt to lurk about the mouth of the rote cut in dice or sticks, two sliced onions, one tomato (or one- balf cup canned tomatoes) and took or water to cover. Cover and ook until meat ia tender about two hours. Add one tablespoonful of flour dissolved in one cup of stock or broth from lamb trim- mings, cook ten minutes, add one tablespoonful of butter, dust with paprika and minoed parsley and erve in the dish. Cecils With Tomato Sauce.' One cup of oold roast beef or rare steak finely chopped, salt, pepper, onion juice, Worcesters-hire sauce, two tablespoonfuls of breadcrumbs, one tablespoonful of melted butter and one egg yolk slightly beaten. Mix in the order given, shape like cro- quettes, roll in flour, egg and crumbs, fry in deep fat, drain and serve with tomato sauce. -Ipplo Cup Custard. Pare and core four good sized apples, steam them until tender, press through a colander; add, while hot, one tea- apoooful of butter, yolks of four eggs, four tablespoonfuls of sugar and one cup of milk. Turn into cups and bake in a pan of hot wa ter for twenty minu<tes. Beat whites of eggs jid two tnb If spoonfuls of sugar until atiff, heap over tops of cupa, dust thickly with powd-ered sugar and brown a moment in the oven ; serve hot. Rice Cheese Hold Boil one-half cup of rice till tender, partly cool. Beat an egg and stir into a cup of milk with sufficient whole wheat flour to make a thick batter. Add two tablespoonfuls of grated onion Jid one pound of mild cheese, grated. Stir into the rice and add a da.sh of cayeane jvepper. Bake in molds or a deep pan in a moderate oven until slightly brown on top, about twenty minutes. Serve hot or cold, garnislied with lettuce or parsley. Kggs and Onions in Cream Sauce. Cook four email onions in boiling water until tender, adding wit when half-cooked. Cut them into three slices eaoh, or into quarters. Cut four hard-boiled eggs into lices or quarters. Prepare one and one-half oups of cream sauce, using three level tablespoonfuls each of butter and flour, scant one-half teaspoonfiU each of salt and papri- ka and one and one-half cups of thin cream. Put tho sauce and eggs, with onions, into a serving dish, in alternate layers. Cover and lot stand in the oven until hot throughout. Famous Stew.- Brown three Ibs. of short ribs in a little suet milk b/ottle. It should be careful! wiped" off before the milk is poure< out. A satisfactory wash -cloth is made of two or three thicknesses of mos- quito netting. The edges are finish ed by crocheting a scalop in pink or blue. When boiling cabbages try plac- ing a small vessel of vinegar on the back of the stove. The odor of the cabbage will not be so unpleasant. It is easy to remove finger marks around a doorway by using a clean cloth dipped in kerosene ; then wipe with a cLth wrung out of hot wa- ter. A most effectual mixture for the spraying of sore throat is the fol- lowing : One-third of peroxide of hydrogen, one-third listerine an<! two-thirds water. When preparing chicken or tur- key for roasting, try rubbiug the in side with a piece of lemon. It wiT whiten the flesh and make it more tender. Sheets that are wearing ou' should have their selvedge side sewn together, then they should b- cut down the middle and have the new sides hemmed. When ordering sausage it will b" found more economical if you buy f .certain number of links rastead o" by the pound. For example, for the family of eux twelve links wi!' be sufficient, and it will surpriai- you when it is weighed how small the amount will be. CRIMINAL STATISTICS. Crime Is Inorflis!n ID Canada Ex- cept in N.B. and P.E.I. A statement of criminal statistics brought down in the House of Com- or other fat in a stew pan. Add one onion sliced fine and one can of tomatoes. Place on back of range and let simmer for about two and one-half hours ; then add one can of French peaa and one can of mush- rooms. As soon MI it boils up again thicken with a little flour made minvii.ii in cold water, and a<ki salt and popper. French Puffs. Add to one eup of Aour uive and one- half cups of milk and one-quarter teaspooulul of alt. one toblespoonful of melted butter and two well-beaten eggs. Beat wi-uli an . egg-beater five minutes, turn into hot-bubtercd gem pans and bake one- half hour. Turn out and serve at once with hard or orange sauce. Household Notes. Meat i* an absolute necessity in the winter diet. Give your chicken* warm water to drink Jon the winter. BuUennilk will insure much goit- er and .lighter rolls than plain milk. If a glass ]*r refuses to open, set k top down in an inch or two of bat water. When b*con is good and sweet the lean ia firm and bright and the fet quito whit*. Sandwiches made el chopped peppers are delicious for the 'Kicked for luuch f>n>k<'t. if i*tXx. nr* mons at Ottawa shows increases in the other day all provinces with the exception of New Bruns- wick and Princ-e Edward Island, the percentage increases being: Ontario . v fl Nova Scotia 90 Alberta 65 British Columbia 43 Saskatchewan "* 27 Manitoba 24 Quebec 23 The statement covers tho yea: ending September 30, 1J12. an<. ! shows a tvtul of 20, 1'Sei charges a-io 15,567 convictions of indictable of- fences, aa against 16,625 char no and li.627 convictions in the pre- vious year. an increase of 3,3!;.' charges and 2,940 conviction. Offences by^ young people in creased by thirty per cent. Out of 1,2-42 cass under this head, 94-1 were of theft. The number of criminals per 100,- 000 of the population is as follows, by provinf e-s : Oirta rio 253 Prince Kdward Island 38 Nova Scotia 147 Quebec 124 Manitoba v . 268 Saskatchewan 215 Alberta 350 British Columbia 390 For all Canada the proportion is 808. Female offenders numbered 709, a proportion of 9.49. Fifty- two charges, of nmrder resulted in 25 convictions, and it is noted that of those convicted only six were na- tive born Canadians. There were 53,171 conviction* for drunkenness. an increase of 11,792. Allowance. Boarder Why did the landlady send me two eggs 1 I asked for only one. Maid -She probably thought one of them might be bad. sir. Aesthetic. Mi*s Crcodrich I hear your hus- band is a great lover of the aesth- etic. Mrs. Nurich-Oh, yes! He takes one every tooth pulled. time he gets a SPRING MODEL DESIGNED BY CARTEER, PARIS. Hat of English Straw Trimmed With Large Roses. j ACmfflESOFffOJIEJ I At the age of 30 the fema'.o brain >egias to lose weight. Teachers of tango dancing in Switzerland charge $40 an hour. Williamsport, Pa., is to have a woman oa the city poiice force. Sarah Berahardt, the talented Trench actress, is 69 years ct age. Over 400 wod-en nia.de application or patents in Great Britain list car. Queen Mary of En;!and saves 355,000 a year due to her economiz- ng ways. German army officers are forbid- len -to take the arm of a woman vhen walking with them. Women, school teachers in Cin- innati have been placed on the ame equal as the men teachers. Mortality among widows is much greater than among married wo- nen of the same age. Cleveland women are working for he appointment of a woman as iiarket inspector. The mayor of Covington, Ky., as been asked to appoint a woman . a member of the police force. There are over 6,000,000 working women in the United States- whose verage salary is only $6 per week. London does not admit women hysicians as resident or staff o ers in any of the hospitals. Anna Held, the actress, is heir to $100,000 legacy left her by a wo- an admirer in California. Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., he New Ycrk society leader, is iow engaged in fighting the pro- liscuous traffic in drugs. Miss Theresa Hardy, sister of 'homas H'lixly, has been organist f the parish church in Stinsford, "ngland. for 43 years. In an effort to solve tho servant roblem prominent Boston women re arranging a series* of weekly ai'ccs for their servants. Mrs. Sarah H. Soren of Arizona ecently appeared before the nited States supreme court as sole counsel for a mining corpora- _>n. Mrs. -Minnie Patterson of Rosa- icnd. 111., has been elected as tax ollector to succeed her "husband, .'ho died recently. Princess Louise, daughter of the ate King Leopold of Belgium, will eceive about $300,000 as her share f her father's estate. Mrs. Charles E. Edson. a mem- er of the California state labor oriimission, has been mentioned as candidate for governor in that state. A proposal to have female police racers to attend to and. supervise conduct of young girls in Dun- ee, Scotland, is to be considered. Dr. Jacques Bertillon of Paris, ays a married woman or man has irico as much chance for a long fe as a bachelor or spinster. Mrs. Jane. Reynolds of Croton ,-ik<>. N.Y., who has just oeleb rated er 8th birthday, claims that to live long life one should drink plenty f tea. Although she is 70 years of age. [rs. Kin Seno, -who is head of the eno Commerciail Bank of Tbkio, n,p*n. ia considered to be one of 10 most efficient bankers that they ve. Irritability * Sure Sign. "What is the difference between cknes and convalescence, pa?" "The convalescent, my boy. gen- rail v mokes those arouncl him ick.'' STATE VISIT TO FRANCE. Tmir of King and Queen Will In- volve Big Expense. Here are some interesting details of. a Rx>yal visit such as the King and Queen are going- to pay France. No one who has no knowledge of what a State visit means can form any idea of the intricacy and fuss of its preparation. Diplomatic ne- gotiations have gone forward for months, and as soon as a date has been settled for the State visit the first preparations begin. The expenses are astonishing. It is said that it costs even the French President, who travels in compara- tive simplicity, at least $200 an hour. The question of clothes in itself is a gigantic one, the Ger- man Emperor taking with him, for ir.star.ee, fifteen large trunks of clothes only. When he goes on a military tour of inspection he is said to need seventeen uniforms. A sovereign on a visit of State travels with x an enormous supply of decorations, as well as the official ''presents" which King George and Queen Mary will have to take to France. Usually these gifts are chosen as much as possible from home pro ducts; for instance, dinnep- ser- vices might be taken, Crown Der- by, Minton or Coalport, Wedg- wood vases or English or Irish laces of very fine designs. These gifts are, of course, packed in sepa- rate cases and travel under the per- sonal supervision of an official. Be- tween now and April next, when the State visit to France takes place, there is plenty of work to be got through and a great many peo- ple to do i*. The announcement of the visit of the King and Queen to Paris re- minds one that such an event has not occurred since the time when English kings counted France among their dominions or when they went into exile there. Even to find an instance where an Eng- linsh sovereign and her consort paid a State visit to France we have to go back to 1855, when Queen Victoria and Prince Albert paid a return visit to Napoleon III., who had visited England four months before. Since then there have been re- peated official visits to France, first of Queen Victoria and then of King Edward, but each ' time un- accompanied by their consorts. It is strange to remember that the hostess who welcomed Queen Victoria and her husband to Paris is still alive and in England. The Empress Eugenie had then only been married to Napoleon two and a half years and was in the full bloom of her beauty. Barely two weeks after the English visit the attempt of Pianori to assassinate the Emperor was made, the second within a year. Our London Letter Moral for Britain Pointed In Franco. Earl Roberta hat written a interesting artk-lo, "An Omirouu 1' lei," lor tie February r umber of tlie -'-a- tional Review, in which he shows the simi- larity of the position of France before the disastrous v. r of 170 with tins poailioa of the United Kingdom to-day. Ha poitrto- rut thst before liTO the rrilcre of th Frem-li nation n:-.J li-ni -.is firmxgaj and resolution- cecess:iry to enable th-m to face the hard tusk of maintaining the armaments necessary for the protection of their country, ind actually condescend- ed to appeal to Bismarck to slat-ken in h:a preparation! for v,-ar. After a lucid ur- vey of tho ;>rv-ent a.' preparedness to face a great war. Lord Roberta concludes: "I have go'-e point by point through tUe events which prr<- ded the dir.t?ns of 1870 in France ard I hare shown the l.-ne analogy bctTreea t>.em ?nd recent happen. Ing* In our OTTO dear land. la each <:.- war -gives a wartii'-g; iirae r-r>o"s '^"8 for th defe^ca o* the cnu"try initirte in- quiries into the eviru of th? w.-r: in both cases tt in eliowa tiat reserves arc ae necoesary to aa army a* 'air to a man'e 1 tinge. " Captain Sett's Journals on View. In a room in tie Brit'sh J!;aseum, among acre* of cases filled w:th historical maim- acripts, the journals of Capt Scott are on view. The very quiet group of Bightseers always includes a few ssilura, who start with unmoved f.-u-es at the opeuau yagoo covered with neat pencil written script; the women in the crowd usually say "what pretty -writing;" or something of t.>"t kind, sni t!*r ie ataect a feminine delicacy in the thin writing, always legi- ble, and towing eaaiiy witiin bounds. This passion for precision seema to haTe still governed the ein'.orer's stiffening flngera ae they wroto the laet words of all. Differing opinions have bee.i given about, the laet cctrv. Dcec it or do it not show the disturbance of agony. Down to the last paragraph the writing ia uni- form, cloae and rost. nd then, isolated on the page are these three short line*: "For God'a sake Look after Our people." These words are larger than the rest, bat they are perfectly plain, the letters acrupolocaly fonod ae if Capt. oott had nerved himself to the effort to let there be no doubt about his dying mtwage. The same precision in een throtislinut in -h arrangement of the book*, which resemble a schoolboy's copy books in shape, except those email volumra which Capt. Scott carried with him to tbo pole in a wallet which he wore at hie aide. Firemen Must Reduce Weight A London firm of publishers reciwitly i dismissed all iw thin travellers on the t ground that fat men -were more suitable | for commercial tnirwlling. Now fat fire- men in the London Fire Brigade are told that they mut reduce their weight or re- alga. The chief theory is that firemen should net be fat, because thai means Ices of the. agility neceitry for thflir business. The r-jz:ea pointed ou* that there wore not enough fires to keep them in strict train- ing ard that most of uheir time w.na 4peat waiting for alarms aad that the jr enforced idleness to men of their perfect health moact corpulence. The London County Council, however, recognizing that fatseaa was not tho men'a fault but their misfortune, haa now de- cided to provide a gymnasium a4 every lire station, so thnt the men hen waiting for fire* can take exerciae that will pre- vent them from larding the lean o:irth RS they run. In the meantime h. is f^.d that aa tho only cure for oorpulenca ia work, and that sa work ! not forthc-nning in euflVient (juantlt-iea for tb* purpose. some of the firemen in desperation seek to create work by falae alarms. wrete Protest on tanknote. The Royal United eerrice Inatitution haa just received a very intereeting his- torical souvenir from tlia> governors of the Bank of England. It is the one thousand pound Ba~ik of England note which Lord Cochrane paid to secure his release from priaon iu 1814. The note beans the follow- ing Indorsement: "My health having suffered by long and close confinement and my oppressors being rusolved to deprive me of property or life, I uubrait to robbery to protect myaelf from murder. In tbe hope that I ehall live to bring the delinquent* to justice. "(WHRANE. "Orated Chamber, King'* Bench Prison. "July J. 1815." Bear Admiral Lord Cochrane. SI.P.. was imprisoned on a false charge of 8windllng in connection with the Berenger frauds. After being In jail a year Lord Cochrnne at tbe request of h:.-* frionds paid his fine with the above mentioned banknote, which had been subscribed for by the public in two cent toubdcriptioim. Fuzzy-Wuzzy Cloth the Nsxt. After the Teddy boar cloth and th<> bril- liant-hued wool coats comcu the "huiy- wuy" cloth! This new material is something quite different from anything that has been seen before. It is an Innovation intended prin- cipally for making up into half and full length outdoor conta, but la now being talked of for indoor wear. The cloth ie of distinctly shaggy appear- ivmv. almost resembling the ooat of a rough-quired animal, eo that even more surprising effects In freak fashions mar b anticipated this year thaji were pro- duced last season. London. Feb. 14.. 1914. THE ma Quo on (.00 can. Casey (at Coogan's wake) Phwat is Rafferty laughin' at, the baste? Noonan "Tia said he owed Coogan money. Wringer. "Yo-u wring my heart," wailed the youth whom the girl had just refused." ''I'd rather wring your heart than wring your clothes," she said. >'<>( Dangerous. Old Lady (to seedy-looking li- brary boy) Have vou got "Epicec- tus" t Boy No, thank you, mum; it's only a bad cold and sore throat. DUBLIN HOUSING CONDITION. Report of Inquiry Contains Un- printable Details of Squalor. The report on the recent inquiry into the housing conditions of Dub- lin, Ireland, issued the other day, is sensational in character. Un- printable details are given of horri- ble and degraded conditions of life in many of the tenements, and they are supplemented by pictures of some of tho wretched homes of the poor in Dublin. Serious charges are made against members of the corporation who are owners of lum property, and also against Sir Charles Cameron, Chief Medical Officer of Health for tho city. It is stated that 14,000 new dwell- ings are required at a cost of $17,- 500,000. Of 25.828 families living in tenements, 20,108 live in one room. \mong 12,000 families the average number of occupants per room is six. The filth met with is indescrib- able, amd the conditions disclosed are manifestly responsible for muoh immorality. Children scarcely rea- lize the meaning of the word home, and acquire a precocious knowledge of evil frvm early childhood. It Was Time. Ethel l)id you know Joaie had thrown Frank over J Mabel Good- ness, no .' Why i Ethel Oh, the wretch stopped calling and writ- ing, and all that,-4 understand." INTERNATIONAL LESSON, MABCH 8. Lesson X. Watchfulness (Temper* ance Leaeon) Luke 12. 35-49. Golden Text, Luke 12. 37. Verse 36. Girded The lony flow- ing garents formerly worn by Jewi impeded movement. In preparing for work or for rapid traveling the wearer drew them close about the waist and fastened them with a girdle. Lamps burning This suggests the parable of the ten virgins (ee Matt. 23. 1). 36. When he shall return from j the marriage feast The master of ; the house kas been invited to ac- i tend the marriage of a friend. A* I the wedding festivities usually last- i ed a week, the servants would be j left alone for some time. The pa- rallel passage in Mark mention* the master s sojourn in another i country (Mark 13. 34). 37. He shall gird himself, and make them sit down to meat, and shall come and serve them This is the inversion of the relation of master and servants, the lord do- ing the work of a slave in gratitude for the servants' faithfulness. This is a type of what is promised at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb (See Rev. 19. 9). The usual course be- ' tween master and servant is given ' in Luke 17. 7-10. 38. In the second watch, and it in the third The Remans divided the night into four watches, the Jews into three. Jesus probably referre to the Jewish division, that is, twelve to three and three to six o'clock. 39. A second illustration to show the need of watchfulness. Know this The verb is probably indicative and would therefora mean, "You know this." He would have watched, and not have left his house to be broken through Except among the rich, whcse houses were sometimes buil of stone, the walls were of adobe, or sun-dried bricks, and would be easily "broken," or "dug through." 40. In an hour that ye think not the fion of man cometh Since the Son of man may come unexpected- ly,, it behooves all disciples to be watchful. It is sometimes well to ask ourselves at the close of the day if the time has been spent an we would like to have spent it were that day our last. 41. This verse gives another illus- tration of Peter's impulsivenees and his acting as spokesman for the twelve. Peter doubtless has in inind the promise given in verse 37, and wishes to know whether this high privilege is offered to all or reserved for the apostle* alone. Compare Mark 13. 37. 42. As was often his custom, Jesus answered Peter's question by asking another. He does noo tell what he wished to know, but he led each one who heard him to recognize that he was a steward with responsibilities. Their portion of food in due sea- son The upper servants, or ste- wards, on Roman estates served out at regular intervals the food apportioned to the lower servant*. 43. So doing' Sen-ing the others, that is. doing his work faithfully. 44. He will set him over all thak he hath Increased responsibility, not release, is the reward for faith- fulness. Compare the parable of the pounds, in wRich the servant who was found faithful in a very little, was given authority over much (Luke 19. 17). 40. To eat and drink, and to be drunken This servant was prob- ably dissipating on what, should have been given to tlie servants under him. 46. Shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the un- faithful Unfaithful servants, that is, those who abused their trust, were punished with violent dea-th. 47. Xote the gradation of punish- ment shown in this parable. n.%me- ly, violent death for gross e\ i' do- ing ; many stripes for wil'ful neg- lect of duty; few stripe-s for unein- scious neglect, since the wrv.-vnl may be in a measure responsible for not having found <mt his lord's will. Luke 10. 12-14 also suggests degrees of punishment. 48. To whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required --Th principle is the same as that stated in the talents and the pounds. Se also comment on verse 44. A Business Mao. "What does your father <lo for living!" asked one Hwle girl. "Why,"' replied the other. ; 'h takes up the collections in church." Her Way. Joe What u the easiest war tt drive, a nail without smasiirtg my fingers t Jo4ep>hin H .i the hajvm^r isl both iisnU*.