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About the Household Uainty Dishes. For Spiced Pear8.--Cut in half and pare 7 pounds of the best Winter pears â€" those commencing to soften are the bcFt. Pour a pint and a half of a (rood rider vinegar over 3 pounds of Kranulated su^ar. Put the vinegar and suKiir in a preserving kettle, add 1 ounce of whole cloves, one-half ounce of mace and half a dozen pieces of ginger root. Boil and skim well. When clear, put in the fruit and cook slowly for two hours; when cold put in jars and seal air-tight Vegetable Soup is very good when properly made. Vile when slammed togefhci': Cook one-half cup of cel- ery, one-half cup cabbage and one- third cup of carrot, each cut in small pieces, and two onions thinly sliced in one-third cup of butter, 10 minutes, stirring constantly. Add three- fourths cup stale bread crumbs and one quart boiling water, and cook until vegetables are soft. Add one pint of hot milk aiul two tablespoons finely chopped par-sley. Season with salt and pepper. Heal Irish Stew. â€" Four pounds mutton neck, five, large onions, two To restore shabby black crepe, mix .some skimmed milk and water with a small piece of glue. Make this very hot and it is ready for use. When doing a little home paper- hnnging, the amateur will find the paper much easier to hang if the paste is applied to the wall instead of to the paper. Practice real economy by using half flour when making the starch each week. It answers the purpose just as well, and the saving in cost is considerable. Molasses added to the baked b«ans just before they are taken from the oven gives them a rich flavor. Use about a tablespoonful to two quarts of beans. Paint marks can be removed by soaking them for short time in benzine or turpentine, then rubbing them with emery paper or a little pulverized pumice stone. A teaspoonful of camphor added to u quart of soft water will kill earthworms in house plants. The plants should be quite ready for water when it is applied. To clarify dripping that comes pounds potatoes, one tablespoonful ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ .^ j^^^ ^ p^^ ^^^ chopped parsley; salt and pepper to taste; water to cover. Cut meat into neat pieces, put into a large casse- role, add onions sliced and enough water to cover. Simmer two hours, season with salt and pepper. Add potatoes sliced thinly. Cover closely and simmer another hour. Sprinkle in parsley just before serving. Potato Omelet is Delicious.â€" Take a large, freshly baked potato and scoop out the inside. Beat this until smooth and mix with it half a saltspoonful of paprika or white pepper, one-half tea- spoonful of salt, a dessertspoonful of lemon juice and the yolks of four eggs. A minute or two before the omelet is fried fold in the whites of the eggs, beaten to a froth. Fry in a well-greased, very hot pan and serve in a hot dish. Oat*' Bread may be something new THRKE NEW BRITISH LIEUTENANT GENERALS SIR AllCIUBAl-D MUmiiW Chief of the Imperial Staff at Army who Is in temporary Headquarters, London, GailipoU Peninsula '^i--<::/^ sm wiLij.'VM ijmi>wr)on ('ommand on SUl WILIilAM ROBERTSON Chief of the General Staff. pour on sufficient boiling water to cover. Stir thoroughly and leave to cool, when the clear white drip- ping will form a solid lump on the top. There is no reason for wasting any of the celery root. The inner stalks can be eaten raw, the outer stalks lower portion of the Eton was gath- ered, forming a soft, full line across the bust, being drawn snugly in at the waist, where it was stitched to' a two-inch belt of the serge. The skirt also showed the yoke and was em- broidered with a chain-stitch design worked out in silver threads at the joining of yoke and lower portion of the skirt. The same embroidery was can be stewed and the leaves can be | carried out on the jacket, on collar used to flavor soup. Even the root fronts and belt, itself is good if the outside is pared off. * THE BOX COAT. Pleasing Variety in Sleeves. One in talking of fashions mu.st speak again and again of fur â€" it is so absolutely necessary to gown and suit that every imaginable animal that has a furry pelt, is being utilized BRITAIN NEEDS SURGEONS. Having a Scrap. Four-year-old Donald was out in Medical Association Asks Doctors to tjjg street having a scrap with a boy g'^jj)' Go to Front. The British Medical Association is sending out a personal appeal to every member of the medical profes- sion in Great Britain and in the older than himself, and getting decid- edly the worst of it. But his quick wit saw a way of avoiding actual de- feat. "Did you call me, mother?" he shouted loudly. There was no reply. A TERROR TO SLACKERf. The New Commander-in-Chief In the Dardanellea. All the official dry-aa-dust detail* of the life of Sir C. C. Monro, th*' new commander-in-chi / i^ the Dar- danelles, have been p i<!i ^hud. Her* are some more int'mnt dotails froEA an officers' mesn 'lom^where in France. In appeara'-cc b ia a rathet thick-set man with a short, bristly moustache and steel v oy»», full ol character. His voire i q-iot but em- phatic. Every wor' hf^ rtters antl every gesture ho m^i' " ii instinct with a restrained p"<rrin!')ty and dog- gedness. On parn''e h" is typically British, and no gc-i'-ra! ?an inspire more confidence v.'ith '"fs personal effort. You can see a reTimsnt stiffen under his very glance. A terror, but a jnst terror. He is a terror to s!>'"l-'"rs â€" ofBeer- slackers included. Punctilious in military etiquette himoplf h« exacts a similar standard from others. One of his most cherished convictions is that the first-rate fighter keens him- self as spruce under war conditions as possible, and no one will ever for- get his rebuke to cert" in r>p\v troops: "Regiments that have been months In the trenches and se»>n hTd fighting maintain their soWier-1i''e bearing and smart appearance, whiln you men yet untried are goinqr about in a slovenly, unsoldier-li're fashion and neglecting militarv courtesies," he He added, "This will cease." And it did. Different Now. "Before we were married you al- colonies for service as naval or mill- f."*^ ^'^f, °*^^I. ^"^ 71"* »" P"'"â„¢el- ] ^^yg gave the waiter half a dollar," tary officers if of military age and if l'"f- J^en Donald shrieked deeper- j , he said. over for co-operation to set free the ately "Call me in, mother, dear! Oh, i ..yep," he replied sadly. "Before .do call me in, quick! ii was married I always had a ha!f- I dollar to give." and the furriers are reaping wonder- , months is increasing daily. men who are willing to go. The ap- peal has already met with generous ; 1 response, and the number of physi- \ Pemmican, the staple food of Arc- cians who are joining for periods ', tic explorers, is made from the flesh varying between six and twelve and fat of bisons. One thousand lemons give seventeen gallons of juice. The wealth of artistic and smart ideas ill afternoon and street frocks this season, while fascinating, is somewhat bewildering, too. Of course the chief features are the A cup of chopped dates, two cups of game, this is out of respect to Fash- scalded milk, a third of a cup of jon-g dictates, but there arc any num- sugar, or half a cup of molasses, 1,^^ of ways that on»-may vary these quarter of a yeast cake, quarter of a details effectively to meet the de- cup of lukewarm Wi'ter, one and one- mands of one's personality. Fashion half teaspoons of salt, Ave cups of ghows are becoming as popular with sifted entire wheat; mix milk and su- gar or molasses and salt. When lukewarm add dissolved yeast and flour. Beat well, let rise in buttered breail pan in a moderately hot oven, or bake in gem pans 20 minutes. Oyster Pie. â€" Line a deep pie plate with puff pa.ste, fill the interior with bread crust (to be removed later) and fit it on a top crust, buttered mound the edge on the under side that it may be easily taken off. Stew ^ quart of oysters for five minutes, stir in very slowly a cupful of thick j white sauce and the beaten yolks of | two eggs. When the paste is done j take off the top, remove the bread | ( ruiits, fill the centre with the cream- ed oysters, replace the top crust, and â-  set in the oven for five minutes be- | fore sending to the table. 1 Beans and Tomatoes in Cumbina- 1 tion. â€" Soak white beans over night ' in cold water, and in the morning put j over the fire in boiling water, slight- 1 ly salted. Cook until tender. Drain with tomato sauce, made by cooking together a tablespoonful each of but- ter and flour until they bubble and then pouring upon them a cupful of strained tomato liquor. Season to taste and rather highly, unless you have previously added salt and pep- per to the beans. Stir the sauce in with these and bake, closely covered, for two h(purs. OysliT Shortcake.â€" l''or the filling: One quart oysters, two tablespoons butter, two tablespoons flour, one scant cup milk, salt, pepper and cel- ery salt. For biscuit dough: Two cups flour, two tablespoons baking powder, one-half teaspoon suit, one- fourth cup lard, butter or drippings and three-fourths cup milk. Divide dough into two portions, roll out thin, lay one part over the other, with dots of butter between and bake. Or cut into individual biscuit rounds and bake. Make sauce with butter. ful harvests. Among the most popu- Sir Alfred Geogh, Director-General | of the Army Medical Service, is de- i voting all his time to inducing medi- 1 cal men to come to the aid of the . ONTARIO'S TIMBER LOSS $3,500,000 country, and has already issued sev- ; ' • eral strong appeals for more sur- Through Forest Destruction Caused by Careless Settlers, Ontario '^•Therl tiirreSw"'^ :irses-men Loses This Stupendous Amount This Year. under 40 whose services will be ac- copted for a period of twelve months, | and who will be liable for service at | The people of Ontario lost over ] Times of Special Danger. home or abroad â€" and men over 40 $3,500,000 worth of standing timber , During particularly dangerous per- who may offer their services for a through fire this year. iods permits may be refused in the period of six or twelve months. The Nearly eighty per cent, of this loss t hazardous districts until rain falls, latter will not be sent to the front, ' was directly due to carelessness by [ During 1914 and 1915 such tempor- but will be employed in this country settlers in setting out their clearing ary refusal has been necessary in (if they join for six months only) or fires. Such enormous penalties may in such stations as Egypt, Malta and | well cause concern, particularly as Gibraltar (if they join for twelve j experts have found Ontario's mer- various parts of the province. In general, however, the obtaining of permits is made as easy as possi- ble consistent with safety. Frequent months). A twelve months' contract ' chantable timber to be rapidly di- carries a temporary commission in [ minishing, and every citizen knows patrol trips on the part of the forest the R.A.M.C. with an allowance of ] quite well the heavy increase in his ^ guards, and the arrangement of his 6836 A Krimmer Trimmed Serge. £30 ($150) for outfit and pay at the ^ lumber bills. rate of 24s. (5) a day, with Is. 9d. a movement has been under way (43c.) for ration allowance and a for some time to have Ontario adopt gratuity of £60 ($300) on termination the "permit laws" of British Colum- of engagement. The terms for a six j bin, whereby no settler is allowed to months engagement are similar, but g^art a brush or slash fire without trips so that his territory is system- atically covered, and so that settlers become familiar with his movements, are the chief means to this end. The forest guard soon becomes familiar with land-clearing operations in his gratuity will be £15 ($75). lar furs for trimming PU>P°s«« a;^ , ,i j^, people agree that it is right and beaver, seal, and ''[""7[-. J^^J^ I pntri^.Uc for medical men to volun- bluesergcissmnrtened with a touch, military' service, but too "It is difficult for most doctors to ; fied fire ranger. This precaution is leave their work, and the committee, rapidly cutting down British Colum- acting in co-operation with the local bia's forest destruction, committee, endeavors to protect the interests of those who respond to the call. Responsibility for carrying on a doctor's work must rest primarily with his neighbors, and fretiuently men have expressed to the secretaries of the committee their deep disap- pointment at finding that patients fail to appreciate the sacrifice made in giving up a practice built up by years of work. As a general prin- first obtaining a permit from a quali- Patrol district, and thus is able mora How the B. C. system works is described thus by Mr. M. A. Grainger, Acting Chief Forester of that pro- vince: Success Is Conclusive. 0845-^1 The Modish Box Coat. women in general as any smart social event. The dainty mannequins wear the clothes as if to "The Manor Born," and perhaps a bit more grace- of natural gray krimmer, and the sa- tin finished broadcloth is enriched by narrow and wide bands of seal or beaver. We have become accustomed to the short street suit and frock; when not carried to the extreme, it is far more satisfactory than a long skirt, espe- cially with the vogue of the very wide skirt. We have become used also to the round length evening frock for dancing, and approve of its comfort- able common sense, but the formal dinner frock, with its slinky, pointed train, and its extremely short front is somewhat disconcerting. One un fully , ... ,,w^ . , ,. ; Since the first showing of fall and I usually striking model exhibited late- flour n"<l m'lk. add Oysters cooked in ; winter fashions there has been much ly, developed in a wonderful brocade enough of their liquid to make sauce , discussion as to whether the regula- of Bianchini's, was made with one of or consistency of thin cream. Season, ] tion tailored suit with normal waist- und when cakes are baked, put portion w^v, snugly fitted, would dominate; between layers and .same over top Household Hints. .Suit and hot water will thaw- frozen drainpipe. Fowls should never be turned In snow and wet. at first it ."ieemed as if it would, but ' since then there has been a decided I change toward the loose, belted mod- a , els, unbelted coats with a half sugges- tion of waistline, or stranger still, no out waist at all, a return in short to the box cout, 1 these extremely short skirts and a i long, pointed train; although rich and wonderful, the gown was startling and decidedly bizarre in effect. Much of the grace of the gown is sacrificed with these skirts. There is a wide choice in style of sleeve for both house and street cos- tume. The later models show a pro- often, after arrangements are com- pleted, a patient disregards them and applies to another practitioner." 4- HAVE NEW AEROPLANE GUN. French easily to be in the neighborhood when permits are wanted. Also his familiarity with slash which he knows the owners desire to burn during the summer, enables him in many cases to recommend burning at a particular time, and by giving the owner a per- mit at such a time the area is cleaned up while conditions are right. After several years experience an observant forest guard will become expert in burning slash cheaply and safely. Very often he is asked for advice about when to burn, or he may be ask- ed to stay while the burning is done. Such assistance when it can be given is never refused. Settlers Glad to Help. In every way slash burning is tacil- itated by the staff of guards while at the same time such burning The warmest clothing Is that which ] These box models are now very i nounced use of the sleeve set into the is both light and loose. [smart, indeed; they appear in tailor- Vinegar, hot, will remove paint : made suits, separate coats and fur marks from glass. [ coats. Most of the fur conts, in fact, Salt will remove tea stains from , show the box back, even if the front delicate china cups. i of the coat is belted. Good pumpkin pie depends on the! The effectof these unfitted coats is generous use of eggs. a bit more youthful than the fitted It IS When making a brown betty, add lines, which demand beauty and grace of figure. The French woman appre- ciates the line that is most becoming to her figure, ami in most instances this is the straight line. Among the new frocks an<l suits there are, too, boleros and Rtons that are really quite chai-ming. These also you get a few raisins to the mixture; very good. Be sure that nil the plants take indoors for the v/inttr will plenty of fresh air. If yoq want to fatten a chicken, i feed it corn; if you want it to lay,' feed it wheat. '. are becoming to the average figure, Vinegar, diluted, applied to furni- 1 One seen at a recent fashion show ture before poli.shing, eii'iivc:; :i hril- was of gold lace, combined with black liant polish. Wax candles v.'hich have become d'Ofity can be made perfectly white Of ry.bbing them with a dean piece 0(1 IVtnnel dipped in spirits of wine. oharmeuse; it was on an afternoon frock, and was simple to a degree, but unusually attractive. Another of dark blue serge was made with square cut yoke, back and front, to which the armhole with gathers. At present the vogue is for the moderately large sleeve, with a slight exaggeration of fulness at the elbow and over the hand. The flare is decidedly modish, and there is almost no limit to the width of the flare. Slashings, trim- mings, contrasting godets, and pan- els, are details of the new cuffs; and the cuff may be of any length, from the very narrow band cuff to the gauntlet, which reaches to the elbow and even above, leaving one to wonder when the cuff begins and the sleeve ends. Do these cuffs and gatherings predict, perhaps, a return to the big sleeves with their inside ruffles and bandings of crinoline which made life so interesting some years ago? Patterns can be obtained at your local MeCall dealer, or from The Mc- Call Company, Dept. W., Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario. British Columbia has had the per- mit system in effect for six fire sea- sons, and ha? maintained a staff each year sufficient to supervise the grant- ing and use of permits. Six years successful experience has convinced practically every citizen that the sys- tem of fire permits is a valuable con- servation measure. Burning permits are required over the whole province with the excep- tion of small, well settled communi- ties where the forest areas are much j dered quite safe. The settlers, who broken up by clearings. Permits are j are, in the majority of cases, familiar Invention Weighs Only 15 required from May 1st to September 1 ^jth the results of bush fires through p„unjg J15th for clearing land, for agricul- observation of old burns and through . ture, and for clearing any debris occasional accidental fires which get The Military Inventions Commis- along roads and railways, around I away, are ready to co-operate to pre- sion has bought from a French en- camps and mines, or logging slash. [ vent the recurrence of fires. No pro- gineer the patent of a mitrailleuse ; Permits can be obtained only from the j vince in Canada has a better public for aeroplane use which weighs fif- 1 regular forests guards and rangers, sentiment in the matter of fire pro- teen pounds and can be operated by | and Dominion wardens, and munici- j tection. The permit system chiefly an aeroplane pilot without endanger- pal authorities who may be granted 1 has been instrumental in building up ing the balance of the aeroplane, j special power to issue them,. Writ- 1 this sentiment. The forest guards Tests were made at one of the avia- ten permits only are allowed, and the have often very tion centres near Paris, and one of regular permit form only is used, the factories manufacturing mitrail- leuses, for the French Government will hereafter devote its capacity ex- 1 j^ 1914^ 346 provincial guards and clusively to the new model. , rangers issued 11,523 permits for The model formerly used on aero- ! burning brush. There is naturally a planes weighed fifty-five pounds and certain amount of hazard in almost ' fore the arrival of the forest ofllcer could not be easily operated by the ! gygry clearing fire, but so well has i British Columbia can properly claim pilot. The redoubtable Pegoud was ^ the issuance of permits been super- I to have already an effective five pro- in fact one of the few pilots who did | vised that in only 128 cases did the tection system, which system is im- BUCcessfuUy manage both his aero- 1 ^re get away. The permitee must do plane and his mitrailleuse. The new j all in his power to prevent a permit gun does not differ materially from [ fire from getting beyond bounds. Be- the old one as regards range and ac- fore a permit is issued the guard or curacy, but it requires a superior | ranger inspects the area to be burn- aystem of bracing to make up for the j cd to determine whether or not it can increased shock of the kick, due to be burned with safety, and to see if the smaller weight of the gun itself. |flre lines have been made around the â€" "•â-  I edge, or, in some cases, he demands When elephants are in the vicinity that the brush be piled. The fact that Over 11,000 Issued. large districts in their charge (average 500,000 acres in 1914), but are assisted in the vvork of fire detection through settler.-; re- porting fires by telephone or other- wise, and even by starting fire n,iht- Ing while the fires are small and be- of tigers, they heat their trunks the ground. due care has been exercised is shown by the fact that only one per cent, of the fires set out under permit got away. In «very case this season such escaping fires were controlled 'with little damage. The permittee is re- sponsible for the control of such fires. Forty thousand and four acres of agricultui-al land were burned over under permit during the fire season your pretty young sister co.Ties to see ^f 19 14^ be.sides 5,727 acres of logging us that 8 a visit. When your mamma ^ g,ash, 7,204 acres of slash along rail- comes and stays a month that's a â-  ^^.^y^^ and 290 miles of slash along visitation. ' j ^^^^y^^ roads. Parent â€" "What is your reason for wishing to marry my daughter?" I Young Man â€" "I have no reason, sir. , I am in love." | "What is the (Jiffcrence between a j visit and a visitation'. ' "Well, when ! proving each year. It is undoubted that the fire permit policy is the ba- sis on which the whole system rests, and is the most valuable provi^jion in the fire protective chapter of the For- est Act. Permits are the Keystone. It is safe to say that among the settlers themselves 90 or 95 per cent, support this provision, and would re- sist its elimination. It protects them from the occasional reckless citizen who might otherwise carelessly cause damage. From experience gairnl in British Columbia, the unqualified statement i.'; made that unless bru?h burning is controlled by meaui of per- mits no real fire-protection is po-sib'c In a timbered country. It in e-jiv to say that in no timbered region v.-bcva permits have been used vould \h? people go back to the old syr.Uv.. n? indiscriminate and uncontroHi- 1 . •,. Ing.â€" Canadian Forestry Joiim..!. â-  --.u.^