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Useful Hints and General Informa- tion for the Busy Housewife Somt Dainty Dlthca. ^ When making pickles, remember that the very best white wine vinegar should be used, and that they should be made In an agate saucepan that Is quite free from cracks or blemishes. When made, they must l>e put up aa carefully as Jelly iu sterilized Jars and kept tightly sealed. The Jars should not be quite filled with the vegetables, but should have the liquid covering them for at least an Inch In depth. The surplus vinegar Is good for flavor- ing minces, hashes and gravies, If used very, very warily. | Now for the recipes ; \ PIckltid Onions. â€" One quart of small white onions. Remove the outer skin and place In a pan of boiling water. Cook until they look clear, then re- move, drain and dry. When cold place in Jars and cover with the following mixture : One quart of wine vinegar, one ounce of white pepper, one des- sertspoonful of salt. Make hot. Pour over the onions. Seal when cold. The onlon.s must be peeled with a silver kknkife. A steel knife causes them to blacken. If peeled in a basin of water It will save the eyes. I Lemon Pickle.â€" Wipe six lemons, cut each into eight pieces. Add one pound of salt, six cloves of garlic, two ounces of horseradUh ; crush one- quarter ounce of cloves, one-quarter ounce of nutmeg, oue-(iuarter ounce of maco, one quarter ounce of cayenne pepper, and two ounces of dry mus- tard. Into these stir two (luarts of >inegar. Pour all Into a strong fire- proof Jar, stand it In a saucepan of boiling water and boll for a quarter of an hour. Set the Jar away and stir with a wooden spoon every day for fix week.s. At the end of this time put It Into small bottles and tie down tightly. Pickled Beets.â€" To each gallon of vinegar, two ounces of allspice, two ounces of whole pepper. The beets must be carefuly cleansed without breaking the outer skin. Lay them carefully Into a pot of boiling waliT, let them cook gmtly for about one and a half hours, drain them, and when cold, peel and slice neatly. Put Into a dry Jar. Let the vinegar boll up for a minute, then stand to be- come perfectly cool before It Is potired over the beets. Seal well. The beets will be ready for use In about a week. Pickled Ued Ca'ibage.- Slice the cabbage finely and place It In a colan- der ; sprinkle each layer with coarse salt, l^t the strips drain for two days, then put In a jar and cover with boil- ing vinegar. If a spice Is used. It must be put in witli the vinegar in the proportion of oni' ounce of whole black pepper and oiwhalf ounce of allspice to the quart. Pickled tilierkins. Urine to put on the gherkins : to each quart of water take six ounces of salt. Strip thr^ gherkins of the blossom.s, put them In a stone Jar ami cover with boiling brine. Aflt-r L'4 lioiirs lake tliem out, wipe each one carefully and place In a clean Jur ullh half a dozen bay leaves. Pour over them a pickle made as follows : To every quart of vine- gar allow three blades"n>f mace, two tabb'spoonfuls of bruised ginger, half ounce of black pepper, half ounce of allspice, four cloves, a small i|uantlly of tarragon, if liked, may be added to the pitklf-. When boiling fast, pour the pickle over llii' gherkins, cover the Jar with a snigll plate for two days, when the pickle must b<' drained off Blid boiled up again. At boiling point till' gherkins must be thrown in for two minutes and then placed back in the Jar. Seal liKhlly. Plcki<d .Muslirooms. Young butter mushrooms only should be used. Cut off the stalks frntn a quart of mush- rooms, cleansing llie skin wilii a piece of new white flannel dipped in salt. Place them In a deep slewpan and sprinkle over tliein two teaspoonfuls of salt, one half ounce of whole white pepper and two blades of crushed mace. Shake iln'iu over a bright fire until the natural liquor has been drawn out and has dried up again. Then pour over lliein as much cold vinegar as will cover Ihein ; let It come lo the boil for one tniniiln and no more. Pour lli.ini into a clean, dry Jar and seal. Plcltl»d Walnul.t (Another Uecipe). - -One hundred wnlnuts gathered while young enough for a pin lo prick them easily. Urine HUfTicient lo cover tiein. In the pro|)orllon of six ounces of salt to one quart of water. Pickle of a full half Kalion of vinegar, one teaspoonful of salt, two nunci's of whole black pe|)per, three ounces of crushed ginger, throe ounces of crush- ed mace, one-half ounce of cloves Htuck Into three small oiiinns, two ounces of mustard seed lloil up the brine an4 remove the scum, and when cold pour over the walnuts, stirring them night and morning ; cliange the brine evc^ry three days, removing them In nine days. Bpread the wal- nuts on d'ahes and lot them remain tn the air until black (about twelve hours). Moll the pickln for a minute, have the walnuts ready in Jars, and pour II on them when boiling When quite cold siwl niid store In ii dry place. Pickle of Small Vegetalilen Take young caullfli'wers, cut into small pieces, naaturfltiin pods, siring bejins, or young runner beans, and lay thenj fn p stone Jar, pouring over them a boiling brine composed of six ounces of salt to a quart of water. The next day drain them off, shake gently In a clean cloth and put them in a dry Jar. Pour over them the following pickle, which must have come to the boll and have remained boiling for one minute : To each quart of vinegar put one ounce of black pepper, one ounce of crushbd ginger, one ounce of shallots, one ounce of salt, one ounce of all- spice and a pinch of cayenne. Cover the Jiir for two days, drain off the liq- uor, boil it up and throw in the young vegetables for a minute. Replace them In a Jar and cover tightly. Things Worth Remembering. When dusting have the duster slightly damp and finish off with a dry one. Always rinse black stockings in blue water, and they will keep a good color. When turning hems in napkins, rub well with soap, and then you will have no trouble to hem them. When using a double thread draw It over a piece of laundry soap and you will never have a snarl. Paste some soft blotting paper on the bottom of flower bowls and they will not mar polished surfaces. It the brass polish gives out do not worry, but Instead go to work at the brass with lemon Juice. To keep meringue from falling, beat a sall.spoonful of baking powder Into It just before puting It on the pie. llefore squeezing the Juice from the lemons put them In a hot oven for a minute. You will get twice as much Juice. To clean linen blinds rub them with a clean cloth dipped In oatmeal, changing the oatmeal as it gets dirty. When enclosing stamps do not stick one corner to the letter. Put them In loose. They can't get out of a sealed envelope. To shade an electric light In a sick room make a little bag of thin griwn silk with a draw string largo enough to slip over the bulb. Take a catsup bottle with a top that win screw on. Then hammer small holes In the top. This will make a nice clothes sprinkler. To remove odors of onions or fish from cooking utensils, boll a little vinegar In the utensils after they have been washed. j A coating of thick castor oil applied witli a soft flannel cloth to tan shoes whoso color Is too vivid will tone them down considerably. Paper bags which accumulate from the grocery store are very useful to slip over Jars and various other artic- les to protect them from dust and files. Mud spol.s may he readily removed from dress skirts, trousers, rubber coats, or from children's clothing by rubbing the spots well with sliced raw potato. Strong ainnioiiia water is excellent for removing iodine stains, and blue- berry stains may bo removed by wash- ing at once with cold water and white soap. To get longer service from scrim or muslin curtains, h(>m both ends alike, and this penults you to reverse them ttiien reliaiiging each time after being washed. To prevent damp and rust attacking the wires of Ihe piano tack a small bag of unslaked lime insldo the Instrument Just underneath the cover. This will absorb all the moist ure. Pin tlie sheets at Ihe fool of the bed logellurr with several safety pins. They will not pull up, and this will add lo Ihe comfort of the niglil's sleep. This hint Is all light-excepl for a tall man. If the hems of eacii pair of stockings are pinned together with a sniall safe- ty pin when they are washed It will save lime nnd troulile of sorting ; also they can b(^ hung on the linn moro (juickly. To destroy flies in the summer simmer together one pint of milk and a pound of brown sugar and 2 ounces of pepper. Then place the mixture around In saucers, 11 Is Instant deatH lo flies, and Is ImnnleHa. If you would liBve your sumnit r sui)- ply of wiilto silk sKKiiingH renmln white, always see to It tliat they nre dried In the shade and v ashed In luke- warm water, aa heat turns them yel- low. To obtain a true bins place the ma- terial flat on the cutting table and with a ruler or yard sll(i( laid across one corner draw a line with chalk or colored pencil. I'sn this line for a guide in cutting. To remove a stain made by lemon- ade and root beer, from a changeablo taftela dross. Wet Ihe spot with a mixture of equal parts of alcohol and ammonia. Aft,erwaid sponge gently with alcohol until tlie stuin Is rcunoved. To remove siiiib\ini, dissolve one tablespoonful of epsom salts In one pint of warm water and wash the afflicted akin in lliis mixture. Ulnae In clear water of the same tempera- lure, then balhe freely In glycerine diluted with warm water. To whiten handkerciiiefs, fine waists and other lingerie, wash and dry In the usinil manner, then tr> one pint of cold water add two tablespoonfuls of granu- lated sugar, stirring until llioroughly dlnBolved. Let handkerchiefs, etc., soak In the water one-half hour. Dry In the open air. FOB YOU AND I. If you would smile a little more And I would kinder be; If you would stop to think before You think of faults you .see; If I would show more patience, too, With all with whom I'm hurled, Then I would help â€" and so would you To make a better world. If you would cheer your neighbor more And I'd encourage mine; If you would linger at his door To say his work is fine. And I would stop to help him when His lips in frowns are curled; Both you and I'd be helping then To make a better world. But just as long as you keep still And plod your selfish way; And I rush on and heedle.-.s kill The kind words I could say; While you and I refuse to smile And keep our gay flaxs furled; Some one will grumble all the while That it's a gloomy world. â€" Edgar A. Guest. <â-º THE LORD CHANCELLOR. Lord Buckmaster Was One of the Leaders of the English Bar. Lord Buckmaster, recently appoint- ed the Lord Chancellor, who has been urging everybody in Great Britain to economize and save all they can in war time, is one of the most important men in the Cabinet, for it is through him that King George signifies his consent to anything signed in his name. The Lord Chancellor is technically "the keeper of the King's conscience," advising his Majesty in regard to signing all State documents. Fur- thermore, the Lord Chancellor is the custodian of the Great Seal which figures on these documents. The Seal is kept in an elaborate purse made of the finest purple velvet, heavily em- broidered in colored silks with the Arms of England â€" the lion and the unicorn. Below is worked in silk a motto in Latin meaning "For God and My Country." It is an mtere.sting fact that the Lord Chancellor takes precedence of every temporal lord and anyone who is not a member of the royal family, and of all bishops, except the Arch- bishop of Canterbury. The appointment of Lord Buck- master to the Chancellorship in 1914 astonished a good many people, for his promotion to the highest position on the bench with i' 10,000 a year came after only two years as one of the law officers of the Crown. Lord Buckmaster, however, was, before his appointment as Solicitor -General in 1913, one of the leaders of the Chan- cery Bur, where he had a very large practice. For some years he was Chancery "special." "Specials" do not appear for a less fee than 100 guineas. His Lordship, who is 5C years of age, is famous for his energy and youthful appearance. He only looks about 35, and it is related that on one occasion a client remarked, "It's a nice thing to pay a boy like that such a big fee." Hut after Lord Buckmas- ter had won his case for his client, the latter made a further observation: "There's no knowing what fee that young man will want when he reaches (50." Undoubtedly his energy and indus- try have been the secret of his won- derful success. Furthermore, ho is belli in high esteem for his personal (lualities, and, when his legal duties permit him to do so, there is nothing gives the Chancellor greater pleasure than to hie himself to the country with a fishing rod and spend hours on the riverside. aM THE FASHIONS THE As usual, misses', Juniors' and tiny ; tots' frocks and outer garments follow ! the same general linos of grown-up j designs. Fashion now decrees that \ taffeta and the flowered summer silks j are not too grown-up for small people. I One especially pretty little frock ot I taffeta and net rhown Is trimmed with < daisies, a band of them forming the j girdle, a cluster here and there on the skirt, r nd one on either shoulder. An- other Frency little party frock of taf- feta and crepe is made sleeveless, ' with a smartly flaring ruffled skirl ; ! this design, however, will hardly ap- peal to mothero although It is charm- I Ing as a picture. An effective simple I dress for summer is of plain white ! voile, trimmed with bands of old-time fagoting arranged lo form a round yoke and banding the cuffs. Children's and Junior's Millinery Most Charming. For the very small person there are charming little fitted caps of lace and net, and fetching little close-fitting bonnets of pale pink and blue Geor- gette trimmed with a clus'er of tiny flowers or arosette of ribboL For the older girls the wide brimmed Bankok and Wen-Chows are appropriate, trimmed with a touch of bright color ONTARIO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ^ tv QUELPH. Young Man â€" If you can't go to War Co to College LEARN to increase your earning capacity on the farm. LEARN business methods. LEARN how to produce better crops and better stock. LEARN to grow good fruit, better poultry and the best of everything. September to April at the CoMaje April to September at Home. education is sufficient Public school admission. College Opens September Write for calendar giving particulars G. C. CREELMAN, B.S.A., for 19 LL.D. President. V. ro;6 Misses Jumper Dress In wool or ribbon, or a simple band of velvet or elastic silk banding the crown. These sports bands with the stripes running around or up and down, are very becoming to the young gill and harmonize well with a plain wash frock or a dark serge or linen suit. Pongee Popular for Girls. Natural colored pongee, trimmed with contrasting colors, blues, greens, and similar shades. Is well liked for the shoe-lop suits now so popular with girls of from six to sixteen. The blouses worn with these suits are usually fashioned of the sheer cottons, voiles, marquisettes, crepe de Chine, China silk and pongee. The light col- ored lawns, dimities aui linens are al- Into simple frocks, middy dresses and like models. The wide stripes, so popular for grown-up sport skirts and suits, are also popular with the young- er generation, being fashioned Into Norfolk suits, modified Russian and middy frocks and similar loose-lined models, becoming lo the growing girl. The sports styles are popular, too. smart little coats of silk and wool Jersey In the popular bright tones be- ing worn over tub dresses of linen, The McCall Company, Toronto, Ont. Uept. W. A 70 Bend St., -298 duck, pique, and the softer cottons, voiles, crepes and the like. In the shoe-top suits also, the Polret twills, novelty wool mixtures, shep- ' .MAKI.NG ARTIFICIAL LI.MBS. Great Advance in Science in Equip- ment of .Maimed Soldiers. "The only thing I dread is losing a limb â€" I'd far rather be killed!" I These words must have been echo- ed a thousand times by our gallant fighting men who, while willing and ready to lay down life itself, if neces- sary, on the sacrificial altar of the freedom of nations, have, very natur- ally, shrunk with horror from the ter- rible prospect of a helpless existence and the utter lack of precious inde- pendence which the loss of a limb suggests. It is a fear which many of u« to whom it has been expressed have found it very difficult to allay. This though was certainly upper- most in my mind (says a correspond- ent to the London Times) when I first passed through the gates of Queen Mary's Convalescent .\ux- iliary Hospital (for soldiers and sail- ors who have lost their limbs in the war) at Roehamptoii, in the County of London; for I, too, had failed fully to recognize the wonderful progress of science, and had very little real conception of the rapid and marvel- lous strides which have been made in the creation of artificial limbs. In the beautiful Roehampton House, generously lent for the pur- pose by Mr. Kenneth Wilson, with its peaceful grounds, our mutilated sail- ors and soldiers can obtain a new lease of life. They receive there the best possible artificial appliances and instruction in their use â€" an exceeding- ly important work, for in the past many a man has cast an artificial limb aside for the want of a little instruc- tion as to its working. There artificial hand.-i are taught to g:rip. The meti learn to walk with their new legs as well as they ever did. Just a year ago the hospital was herd checks, gabardines, and serges ! ^^^^^j „„,, how' urgent the, need has are equally as popular as the pougees j,een is very evident from the fact and Shantungs. | that up to the 25th of last month I - •,,,--,- rr, ^'"^^'' P""*""'" °>i>- be obtained „,.p^ t,^^, thou.sand cases had been so popular for girls, being fashioned from your local McCall dealer, or from treated and discharged, fitted with I Lancashire Lasses Are "Doing Their Bit" By Making Glass When the Men are Away Fighting 'PUK lasa(',4 of IjuicaHlilro arc now u.ssistliig In thi- niMklns of glasB at St. Helens, and do all kinds of lalior, even artificial appliances! Over two thou- sand men of our fighting forces â€" from the Mother Countt y and the Overseas Dominions â€" who had entered the hos- pital, regarded themselves useless cripples and mentally placing tiiom- Sflves "on the shelf" of life, have, after a brief period, varying between four and six months, passed out re- created. Men who had both legs am- putated and never expected to walk again have walked out with the aid of a stick alone! Yesterday dozens of maimed sol- diers were making application for their reception into the hospital. In April last the waiting list numbered nearly 2,000, and notifications are pouring in at the rate of over 300 a month. The 550 beds ars always oc- cupied. The great rooms, with their hand- somely painted walls and ceilings con- verted now by the necessity of war into bright wards, were a wonderful sight. Over each bed I noticed the name of the donor (£50 maintains a bed for a year, and many nre taking advantage of this as paying a fitting tribute to some dear one who has fall- en in action). At the foot is pasted tho name and rank of each temporary occupant. Such cheery patients they lire too-â€" some anxiously awaiting their new appliances, others proudly displaying the wonderful adaptability of theirs. * His Chance When doctors disagree About their dope, A patient's apt to see A ray of hope. to working the overhead cvanea. till' chief pioducem. The photo shows some girls carrying a huge sheet of glaaa. {rocsasea. There are m:iny sfccts in the trade, and before tho war the Helglana wer« They have adaptod thcmsolvca lo the vartoui SriCQS': mmi PRICl, ' ARE CLEAN > [NO STICKINESS ALL OEALCnS .CBrigKi&Sons HAMILTOi";