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n i n> iiii f> «i i i nn.-, ' nii i UicfuJ Hints and General Informa- tion for the Busy Housewife Tested Recipes. Mexican Pickles â€"Select four quarts preen tomatoes, six large pep- pers, three unions, all chopped fine. Put) a layer of this mixture in an earthen jar, ther. a layer of salt al- ternately, and let remain overnight. Then drains the water off, and add one tablespoon each, of ptppercorns mus- tard seed and whole cloves. Simmer the whole Un- twenty minutes in three pints of (food vinep.'ir, and set away in n cool place. After three weelis pour off the vinoRar an<l add as much fresh In anot4ier week the pickles will be ready for use. Fresh Pineapple for Occasions. â€" Take a very fine ripe pineapple, pare It and cut carefully all the eyes; then r so it does not stick to the bottom. Lower the flame at the end of an hour. and if the syrup seems to boildown too much ud(i a little water now and then. Stir all thoroughly, mix wa- ter wit?h syrup. This preser^'e will require often lifting and stirring to keep juice evenly distributed with fruit. The proper proportions of ^ sugar fo melon rial are twelve cups of ^^^^ ^y^ \^^^^ rp^J, Government sugar to eighteen cups of rind. When preserve is finished if rind is not suf- ficiently heavy one cup of sugar may be added and boil a short time, stir- ring well. I THE GOUATH OF ENGLAND IS BEER A MOKK TKRUIBLEKNEMYTHAN GERMANY. It Has Killed an Army Greater Than That Under Arms To-day. Arthur Lee, in the London Daily Mail thus condemns the drink evil in Great Britain: There is some hope for those who Pickling Wisdom. When pickles are under considera- tion the most imporbant item is vinc- with a silver fork strip all the plup gar. All things taken into account, from the core. To one pint of this it is best to use the vinegar obtained a- id one and one-fojrth pounds of from cidar, since many of the color- lump or crushed sugar and stir oc- less varieties are often made with an casionally until all the sugar is dis- acid that is injurious to the stomach, solved. Put in glass fruit jars and The difference of cost between the screw down the covers as tight as pes- cider vinegar an <ithe white is not sible This keeps a long time and is much. picking up a pebble to throw at our great Goliath. It is like a miracle to read that the Government has dared to touch the pot of beer that all these years has been more ter- rible than Germany, more powerful I ^^;sr;j:^*Si'a"! '^h' IS THE MOST mPOETAm ITEM SEETriATYOUGET IT COSTS KO H©f^E THAM THE ]^SI ik(;^J^-^^: people with Fhillings and pounds to | though the last takes first place for ; ders and is therefore ideal for sports. spare and .save that they will want } endurance and pluck. His energy : The other dress is in Russian style. so badly soon? Alas! their gold ig I never flags, and according to a French i jj j^ ^^ rose-colored silk jersey with being eaten up. The Moloch who i ^°^'';f'^h;^^^w°jk8_ until he drops from ^aek collar, cuffs and belt, and but- ..„ „.. „ _..,, ^ ^,„ consumed the lives of little children j geiji^j fj,^ oHng-line the French | '^°"^'* ^^' ^^e way down the front with than the Church "of England, and ^as a rival in this thing that stalks i^^^^ Instituted training-camps for the ; â„¢a'^ b'ack buttons. The waist has more sacred than the Front Bench of the House of Commons. A British Government that was not afraid of beer would be a spectacle indeed for gods and kaisers. A Brit- through our streets consuming «h,!! purpose of Instructing the dogs In box plaits in the front and back stJiteh people's vital strength. It is , their various duties. Here they are ' ed as far as the waistline and left free not open to dispute that, with the taught how to guard advance trenches | below it to give more fulness to the money lost through drink, we could against enemy attacks, how to carry lower part). pay off, as the war goes on, 5s. of messages, how to jump trench-para- it is ' pets, how to scout, patrol, and act as delicious. Rhubarb Marmalade. â€" Wah and pare rhubnrl) and cut in one half-inch pieces; there should be two ijuarts. Add one quart of sugar, cover and let stand overnight. In the morning put ! Nearly all vegetables that are made into pickles, especially gherkins, cu- cumbers and onions, require a preli- minary soaking in brine. Half a cupful of salt is usually allowed to four quarts of the pickles. These tov.pan. Add grated rind and are placed in a stone crock, the salt Juice of one orange, one-half cun seed ed raisins, c.it in small pieces and one-h:i!f cup Kiiglish walnuts, broken in pieces. Bring all to boiling and let simmer until thick. Seal in jars. Chutney Sauce. â€" Select twelve green, sour apples, two green peppers, six green tomatoes, four small on- ions, one nap seeded raisins, one quart of vinegar (if strong dilute), two tablespoons mixed spices, two tabk-spDons salt and two cups brown s-ugar. Remove sei'ds from peppers, add tomatoes and onions, chopped tine; raisins, spices, sugar, salt and vin- (gar. Put on ami let simmer slowly fur about three-fourths hour. 'I'hen add the apples and cook unf.l they are tender but not mushy. Put in bottles and seal. Delicious relish for meats. Honey to Keep Without Candying. â€" To keep honey all the year round M-ithout h..neying, it is only neces.sary j K'apes may be put up a l.ttle at strewed over them, water is po.ired in until it covers them, and a weighted plate is laid on top to keep the pickles from floating. This is left f orseveral days. When the pickles are removed from the brine they should be looked over to see if there are any soft or spotted ones. All pickles .'hould be closely watch- er! after they are put up, at least for a month or so. This to ascertain if they are keeping well. They should not be eaten unless they have had at least a two months' mellowing, al- though longer than this is safer still. . , „ ^ ^. ^ ,j I every fl the war is costing us; .„ .- , ^ , ^^ , ish Government that could .conquer , ^^^ ^^ ^j ^^ something sentries, Their comfort Ms an Impor 1 1,1 â€" 1._ /-• 1, '"-,•! iu- • ,. 11 I. • I -taut consideration, and dugouts for hke this IS actually being done in j^g^,^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^„ ^^.^eened and com- Russia now, where the people who fortable as Tommy's own. saved sixpences in peace time under nice, horseflesh, and military bis- vodka rule are giving up vodka for cults form their chief diet, and, judg- their country's sake and saving sove- i Ing from the truly excellent condition reigns. [ of the dogs, they thrive on It. Only in England. I Nurseries for the puppies are erect- r, 4 u 1 • 1 ' I i,„„o ^^ close to the firing-line. Last year But, happily, enemies do not have . ,5^^ ^^^^ ^.^^^ ^^^^ 250 strong, but their way in Russiaâ€" or in France. 1 t^eir numbers have now greatly in- It IS only in England, in the land the creased, and it Is no unusual sight to noblest men on earth would die for, ' see puppies playing unconcernedly that this foul enemy of our race can about on the mountain slopes, within work its will. If our ships are want- close range of the German guns. beer would make Consuls jump for joy, and Germans fly for their lives. For it has been the unwritten law of governments since most of us were born that you must not touch this thing. You may take a man's house in England now, you may take his motor-car, or his workshop, or the business he has built up during fifty years, or the money he has saved for his old age; you may take away his liberty and his only son, but you must not touch his beer. If you are the Government of the greatest em- pire on the earth, if the fate of hu- man liberty is in your hand, and if a pot of beer stands in your path, you must not kick it out. Let it be; it is the holy thing of England. And what is this thing before which kings and governments bow down ? What has it done for us in the.so bitter days, in the days in which we .should have found the ed for the war, and we must go short of something, we must sacrifice the books and papers that build up our minds, we must sacrifice the food that builds up our bodies, but the poison cf the national life must come in. It does not seem to have occurred to a single member of the House of Commons to ask why we should give up sugar and paper for beer, when the tonnage of all is about the same, and the things we give up are help- ati THE FASfflONS Colored embroidery and beads are particularly favored for trimming the darker dresses that are brought out on cooler days. Purple on black, and gold or mu.'^tard color on dark, blue, grive exceptionally good results. White glass beads on dark blue serge is another very effective suggestion. The Popular Hats. Any number of white and colored felt hats in both small and large shapes are worn at present. The a strength we need so sorely now? . ^ , , , t ,, , ^ If it is true, as it is, that in fifty ! '"K England and the thing that comes Sweet pickles are usually made ' y,.ars we have thrown away an army '" ^'â- Â«'«'y '« helping our foes. Mr. Mc- from peaches, pears, plums and wa- as great as we have under arras to- Kenna preaches economy. Lord bel- tcrmelon rind, and, except when the day, it is beer that has consumed ''oi'ie "''f^''* "^ *« P^"â„¢ "^°^^ ^°°'^.- fruits must be peeled, they are less quite half of it. It has cut down ''"' ^^^- Runnman imperils the fruit trouble to prepare than the tart pick- the flower of our manhood less »' »" "">â-  orchards, and makes tons les, since they do not have to be laid quickly, but not less horribly, than ?^ " "°t w<""'h the picking, by keep in brine before preparing. Spiced German shells are doing now. 1 '"''^ °^^ sugar to currants, gooseberries, cherries and «!»„„„, „r ci,„„„.i, 1 'â- "»'* "lust perish on the trees. to place, the honey, which has been strainc|i previously, in a pan or pail, which may be placed inside of another one, pitting two or three bits of wood under the pail containing the honey, to prevent it from burning upon the bottom. Then fill the outer one with water and just bring it to the boiling point, skimming ot^ the wax and foam which gathers upon the top. A.s soon as it comes to the boiling point romoNc from stove, and after a few mimilvs skim an<l pour into jars to cool. Cover tightly and placf in a cool cellar. It will pay for the trouble. Cucumber Pickli'H. â€" Over one-half a peck of small cucumbers pour a boiliiiK brine made of five pints of wa- ter -and t-.vo cups of salt. Stand twenty four hours, ilrain and wipe an : cover with five pint •, of bell- ing vinegar. Again stand twenty- four hours and drain. To fresh vine- gar add two green peppers, chopped, one-h:ilf pint white mustard seed, one- ha'f ounce each ol whole cloves, cin- namon, allspice, ginger root and alum, two poumls of brown sugar and one bublespoonful of celery seed. Scald nnil poir boiling hot over the picklc.s. Do not tie the spices in a bag. The cucumbers will .shiivel up when the hot vinegar is poured over them, but after st'inrling for a fortnight they will be plump, firm an I delicious. Thi y will keej) indefinitely stored In a covered jar or crock. Canned Sweet Poppers. â€" Cut off the stem end, remove the seeds with a pair of shears and cut the pepper round nn\ round in along strip, one- fourth of an inch wide. Put the strips into a deep dish and pour over enough boiling salt water to cover them. Close the dish with a cover and let the peppers stand all night in the water. Turn them out into a colander and let them drain dry. Put into a <iuart jar and t)our over them one and one-half cups of boding hot viiKgar, to which has been addo 1 one cupful of sugar and two small pieces of ciinamon stick. Let the peppers st.ii <l for three days, then dra'n off thi vinegar, heat boiling water and pour over them again, th'Mi seal. Use mostly the red pc^ppers with a few of the green. It will take two dozen peppeiH to fill a (|uart jar. These canned peppers are much superior to the imported '"pimento," and should be used more generally thiin t'hey are for Kal.ids, sandwiches ar\ I Spanish rice. It is well to wear rubber gloves in prejiaring the peppers. Wafcrmelon Rind Preserve With Orange and Lemon. â€" Take the rind of one melon, pare and cut in small pieces thitjiigh a <-o;irse mint or I'niit chopper. P'«u'e in a preserving ket- tle, cover with water and boil abo.it an hour or until fruit seems Lender. Scrub four large lemons thoroughly and the same number of oranges. Cut in pieces, remove seeds and run through chop|ier. After fruit has been boil- I ed rather tender add oranges and lem- 1 on. Measure up two-lhiris tho , amount of sugar in name measuring • cup in which the fruit was meas.ired. Add to fruit, boil for one hour (not too fast) and stir fruit occasionally time, as one has the fruit and the lei- sure for the task. Other fruits may be spiced. Here is a good recipe for spiced gi'apes: Remove the skins from the grapes, put the pulp over the fire and stew gently until it can be rubbsl through a sieve, thus removing all the seeds. Weigh the pulp, and to every five poun<ls of this add a pint of ci<ler vinegar, four pounds of brown sugar, four tablespoonfuls of ground cinna- mon and two of ground cloves. Stew together until it is very thick. Pour into jelly glasses and seal. Kitchen Measures. It is so in.ich easier to measure in- gredients than to weigh them out thai the housekeeper saves time anil work by acquainting herself with certain equivalent weights and measures. Without staggering her with an array of i6em.s and figures, which nine wom- en out of ten forget, here is an equiva- lent table that any housekeeper can keep in mind. A cupful of flour or milk means half a pipt. Two scant cupful.s of butter packel tightly make a pound. Ten eggs of ordinary size make a pound. Four even cupfuls of dry flour make a pound. A gill of liquid is a half-cupful. Two cupfuls (one pint) of water or milk make a pound. The juice of an rdinary lemon is about a tablespoonful. A breakfast cupful of bread crumbs ccjualj about foui' ounces. Useful HinLs. The cleverness of a cook is gauged by her use of leftovers, j Tired, aching feet may be refreshed by soaking in hot water. Stale breadcrumbs are crumbs freshly grated from a loaf of stale bread. One of the .';ecrets of successtul coftce is to wash bhe pot every time it is usal. Enamcdware can be cleaned with soap and whiting rubbed on with a damp cloth. Nevci- dry a silk blouse before iron- ing it. It is a good plan to oil stout walk- ing shoes with kerosene and vaseline, half and half, before going on a wot tramp. Fresh fitfU-s and green vegetables supply the iron and mineral matter necessary to the general well-being of the system. .'V simple salad is made with any kind of seasonable fruit sliced, served on lettuce leaves and sprinklo 1 with ihopped nuts. When you want to thread a sew- ing m'lchine in a hurry, remove the spoid already on it, but do not iin- Ihread the nuu^hine. Put a new spool in place, tie I bo two threads together and pull the Ihreiid gently through to the eye of the needle. Break off the first thread and thread the needle. i Sapper of Strength. It has bred weak joints, weak mus- cles, weak brains and little stunted I bodies with feeble minds, where we 1 should have had men fit or soldiers and women fit to make a soldier's home. It has chained our men in slums that are not worth fighting for;, it has put a millstone round the neck of industry so that we have lag- ged behind our enemy; it has poured our wealth into the gutter; it has written "rejected as unfit" against the names of half a million men who were willing to join our army now in France. And how did our beer-god help us when the hour of peril struck at last? It is just a year since it im- perilled our national safety, and we are not likely to forget it. This time last year, with the fate of Eu- rope in the balance, the bcer-goJ stalked abroad in every street and factory and dockyard, and held sway so mightily that the director of transports warned the Government that supplies to the army and navy might stop; the director of naval e(|uipment warned the Government that shipbuilding might come to a standstill; manufacturers of explo- sives warned the Government that they might not the goods; and Two striking models adopted by the younger set are reproduced here. In one of white and blue linen, the wai.st and upper part of the skirt were of white linen and the sailor collar, cuffs and lower part of the skirt were blue. let in beer. The must perish on the trees, the child must even lose its sweets, but its father may have the beer that too often sends him home to beat it. It is the English mailness; it is the mystery of war. Even we in our old age, when this traitor has per- ished with all others, shall hardly ] believe it. Who outside an asylum , can believe this simple truth about the power of beer in England â€" that, depending on forei^rn sources for our ; food, we set aside as much land for beer and whiskey as for bread with this result: that if the German navy; could blockade us our children would j hunger for bread in two months, but our men could drink beer for a year or for ever? DUG-OUTS FOR DOGS. I The Three Breeds Mostly in Use In I the FIghting-Llne. I The introduction of dogs into the flghlingllne Is due to a young French lieutenant, who brought the dugs over from Xorlli-VV'estern Canada and the Labrador last year, when the (luestion of transport among nunintalnous parts became a question of such serious Im- portance. i The dogs were first utlll/ed In con- nection with drawing loads over dlf- bc able to deliver I "f"'' lasses by sleighs, etc. They Admiral Jellicoe ""^^' draw their loads on light railways warned the Government that the ef- ficiency of the fleet was imperilled. So this thing has served the army and the navy. And what of the peo- ple? What of all those millions of which run Regularly to and from the trenches, and they find no dllliculty with the steepest incline or the heaviest load. The Labrador. Canadian, and Alas 7336 White and Blue Linen Combined. Very large pockets were placed on 7J33 Graceful Russian Dress. trimming is either a ribUni band, plain or plaited, or fruit or flowers cut out of silk or velvet and placed against the crown or on the brim. White hats of silk or sat'n with a flange of chiffon around the brim are also considered very smart. Some are trimmed with a large bow of white satin directly in front. The mid-season hats used for other occasions than sports are in large sail- or shapes, also in small and medium sizes. White satin crowns with black velvet brims are highly favored, as well as the all-black and all-white hats. Sometimes the order is re- versed and the crown is made of black velvet with the brim of white satin or straw. The trimming used on this kan are the three breeds mostly In use, ' present models, hangs from the shoul days. This dress, like many of the If yon ran get n horse at a â€" drive the bargain. bargin I Machine Gunners Wear Gas Masks on British West Front HUITISII OI'FICIAI. I'llOTUOltAl'll from th» Western front ahowing British machine gunners wearing theil Kius iiiaskM In ucllon. either side. The larger the pockets ; type of hat is generally a wing fancy • the more up-to-date the dres.i, now-a- [ or ribbon arrange i in fome attractive manner. Color is introduced In some ofthelartT"! bi'k hats for semi- dress wear, especially in those for ti-.f younger girls. These patterns may be obtained . from your local McCall dealer or from the McCall Company, 70 Bond St., Toronto, Ontario. 1^- _ ^: LONG STRUGGLE AHEAD. French Premier Does \ot .Vnticipate an Early Peace. A difVicult and prolonged struggle before the war is ended ia prophesied by former Premier Viviani, in the French Cabinet. In an address before the general council of the depart- council of the department of Creuse, I held at Gueret, he said: '•Although victory is certain, it will require hard and prolonged I efforts to break Prussian militarism • and provent recurrence of its crimes. jTbere can he no peace before the at- j tninment of victory, before adequate j reparation is made and before jus- itice triumphs." I In an address before the General I Council of the Department of Aube jBienvcnu Martin, "the former Minis- ! ter of .lustice said: j "The French will not submit to I the peace of the German Emperor, I who boasted he would force his ad- jver.saries to accept peace on bended knees. They will accept only such I a peace as assures them legitimate ' reparations, as well as their inde- pendence and security, and they will I bear patiently all sacrifices in order I that, in conjunction with the efforts ' of their faithful allies, such a peace may be imposed." When prosperity tuvni a man's head it makw a pitifui sight of bim.