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Uocre's an ld-ti'mo trick tha matpes dougbinuts iuceasert dietby these vi7ho find the cr- diniary fried sort too greasy for comlfort. Plungo the dough-nuts quickly into a kovil of very bot, wýater just as soon as tbe-y are, Oae ut of t1!e bot grease. Dlrain themi on absorbent paper as usuaL. If donle quickiy, the dcu,,ghnuiits. do not becomie so)ggy, but excess greaso iS flidaed of the oýven, tuira out cf uffin tn and rcl tbem medatinl rnieited butter, th)en chcpped wfliskerrs for crittfood, but you better flot pcIsa him up when corn on the 'cob is on the menu, With somne aid from his mnistress, Mrs- Freclerick Woltmon, the Siaimese cat gnaws the cob cleain rnd mneows for seconds. of sharp cheese betvioeitwno rouinds of doughliaut doughl be- fore frying. Seai and imoistenl edges as for, frulit-f iiled deough- nuts. Doughit Delights-Mrake with slices cf appie or fre--sh peachles, Even f;rrm berrnes are gocd. En-. case the fruit betweeri tw,ýo rounids of deoughnut dough, seal- ing and mioistenlng. Serve hot, with toPpinig of svioetenedî Mo^derm Etiqluette Q. Is it ever prxssbefor- txe maxn to walk on the inside of Ille pavement wheii aecomnpanlyilng a A. Oniy If tbey are makTing their way through a roug, jost- ling owand the nman cas npro- tect the vomnbetter by1kep inig 0onthe -inside. Q.Wlxat shonuld one dio at the iînner table if one is asked a question just at th~e lxoinext o is eotive3liig a- bit e 01,&fod 1't- wards tihe xxxauth' A. Most certainly don't Put--, the food into the moutb and thon attempt to ansvier the qi.estion.. It is niuch better to rtunthe fort to the pl1ate, anjswer the question, ad therSumne eat- Q.If apersonx dees flot in0tel3nd to go li costumie, shoxiid he a-I eept ani invitation te a fanetý(y- dress bail? A, It la botter ifliho doesnt aiccept, Any person should ac- Cept an) invitation oniy if ho is viligto enter into the fest-ivi.- ties in a sincere niarnnr Q. Isn't t alnight tW mail ont haqndwr.-itten wedding invitations? A. Yes. Informnai notes, writ- ton on cne'ýs personialstiory are in perfecly good taste. Dt wouid seem esehwvr wbex tl the gues tlist is 'large, to niail out the egae type 0 Q. la W Nroper for a tmaxi te offer bis fiand in ,reetinig te aà A. Under or.diniary circumr- stan-ces, the man noever offers bis hiand to a viman Lunlesas -he of- fers hors first. Hoyever, if ty are- very good friends, tbey usuially offer thoir hands Q. hat la conisiderod thse staxicardized fee for tixe bride- groom te give to tise minister who perfornts tise vIding" cere- mfony? A. There jýis o sadri fee. The bridegroorri gives ac- cording ,to his, means. FAIR QUESTION Goldberg waàs strollinig dovin the streetvihen ho tnoticrd what hoe thought was the famniliar fig- ure of a frienct. Quickeniing bis stops, ho came up teo cho mnan and slipped hlm bi eartily on the back, To bis amajzoment and confusion ho thon savi c hat ho. band gr-eeted an, utter Stranger. "Oh I be.g your prOn"ho said. "I thought you -eean oid friend cf mne, Is'vy by namre." The strarîger recovei-cd biis viind and ropiied with consýider- able beat: "And supposing I vrere Lev'y, do you have to bit Me- so Watdo you care>," retorted 'Goiberg, 0"boy bard 1Ihbit TLevy' ýý " OUT" 'e no loniger have to KILi our opponents to be namred. the ,wi- iwith what sounided like a , re- gretful note in bis voice. Yet the famrous Sumlo wres- tiers of Japani, though nio longer 1killers for sport, are frial e noughi for any oponniei-t who Cares to take it "rough on 'the mnat." If you think of Japanlese men as smiall, sliiim pcrsonis wifh perpetuai asmiles, a Sumno maule2,r jwoulçl show yoll boy ntitak-en you are. Fil-grovin, tbey are well over six feet in, height, nieaily as broad, and weî,Pgh 20 to 30 stones. Such Ja'lp giant-DS are s;pe!ially bred to wvrestle and selected babies are tra'ined from infancy, Special diets and graded exxer- cises whose details haveý been kept secret for 3,000 years. form the infants into sturdiy boys, massive young imen and even- tually the mnern-moutntais who meet for thie champ ion S'h ps twice a year ini Spring and, Aut.. Soq highly do the Japanese rate Sumno wrestlîg that the cbam- pionships take pride ot place amnong the sports in tlheir new travel literature. "Spectacle - wîth thrills and coour," sa.y the brochures, Anici they ar-e riglit. Sumôs are tough as oak and re- sillent a, ruhber 'tu every cubie inch. of sinew andmuce A young Embassy moye orce tried a bout wTith one of these Eastern alpsi Rushîn"I.-g in, he charg1,ed the Stimo vvith is shiouldéer. At the instant of im- pact the Suino shot out bis stoim- ach and the young man bounced baPck ton teet as if hit by a haymnaker. Stripped to loin-cloths,Ëth es e b)attliing Japs enter the ring with ceremonial politeness, their bouts ruled by 48 holds that cal. Pin, sprain or paralyse. If arty part of the body:, except tife feet,1 i toucbi th~e floor a man is a loserj andwtda~wt more cere- m-onial. But in oiden days when a Sumno vent down bis opponient wouýld go in with stamping feet, tearing haids and al]lfthe crtishing Vowei- of bis great body, Avii.a A'gi loweêby the pulp- ing of a loser's hea by pounding fists. Round the ldt1her(- areý stifl other mriarkable sports being p la y ed -an d witnessed. ck- lgtnfor instanicp is a tradi-1 tional sport in Maiaya and else- wlihere. Even inv this cuntry, thcugh ouLit i a w e d ofiiliy, "an"are stili f'ought a4,ece gat'herings in rernote districts. In many countries m,pkind uses [thenatLural enmity cf oiani- mals tý start a sport. Ramn figbt- ing, for instance, attracts thous- anids in parts of Austria, wbere the spectacle of enraged cu-rly- horned ramrs charging, buttin-rg aýnd .batte.-rng each other is ie- eýd with breathless interest. Wild acclaim greets the vwinning bea9t as itleaps with Slashing 1h1ooves to finish orff its exhausted oïppo;n- once the mnanstay of# ver maharajah's feast day, onýe 7can stiil find figbting elephants ain- dia, but niov tbey are fewj and far betviweeni.-A battie to the death -was a sight and sound that' no man could forget. As 'tusks tore, the myaddened crea- tures sceme vith rage and pain - a high-velocity noise like the vihistie7of an expre-ss train The crash of their- batterîng bodies shook the ground witb the thun)der 0of an eartiquiake. On their favourite fflhtcrs,na tive princes w-ouid ,,wager for- tunes and nothing vas toio good for thbe beast that wion. Fastest Beasts A less bloodtbirsty ,sport where i man backs animal against ani- mnal is in cheetah racing - for these half-dog, haînf-cat creatures are the fastest runninig basts on earth. Besides them-, a grey- hound, ail out at 37 m-iles, an houir, wold qsen tadn si S- IPierreF, orii the Island of Mar- t 'iue av under the shadovi of had been a volcano, but now it was belie-ved to be extinct. The crater bad been transformed by time ïiintQ abeautiful !laite.The once barren and forbiclding mouni- tain sides vere novi cloaked by prosperous Plantations of sugar But Mont Pelée vias tiot Extinct, mierely siumibering, Deep m'ide it bad a burning heart that wa-s growing stronger and more flery with eveyy passing year. OnMy Stb, 1902, the sleeper stirred. Black smoke poured fromn its crater and -molten lava ficwed doin its sides, catcing a.ý score and miore plantationwrksof their guard. Those who lived on the mnouni- tainside bheeded Pelée's warning, and snoved to the city of St, Pierre belovi, swelling its popu- lation to something like 30,000. On the night côf May 71, the mrounitakin sent lup .a, magniificent display of napturaI fireiworks. At ten minutes toeib on the morning of Mvay 8tb Miont Pelée opened up fuli blast of its aiu artlllery. Streaks cf fiame shpit hunjdreds of feet into the air. Day became nig-ht ln a mautter cf min- Lites as the smioke pail darkened the heavens for iles ,arounid. Thoni, choked b)y its ovin lava, Pelée biew its hoad off. Tos ands of tons of incandescenit ashes rained clown on tbe city. Sudden- Iy, -ite the opening of a mighty furnace, [lhe fiank of theo moui-n- tain facîng the city burst openi in a giganic fsue An immnense volume of steam, fiery ash and poisonous ,gasesý gusbted on, the city with an - i believable fo;rce. In. tbree m-.inuites that awful suffocating Jet of deatb wiped Out 30,000 souks It wv!as nci ordinariy volcanlic eruptioni, no steady fio\v of moite'n lava--lt vas a superbeated. hur- ricane vibich bad burst from the fissured Sidle of Monit pelée.ITà ,3calded, burnit and suffocated, Once'iinbaied into the lungs it. br-ýought about instant doath, Peo- pie viere struck dead just; as they stood or sat. A cidwsfound-ý clutching ber dcii'; a dort beni! over bhis deský(, penstill lahiid an old mian vias stil in the at- itude ocf drinkïig from a bow,L Hosscoiiapsed lkepacks --k carcis, ships turned tuatle off tl&d shore, Tvoio illion to.ns cf asbi fell on Barbados, 20C0 milies to 'the south, In a matter of mnts-S Pierre vias transformred from a gay city to anlother Pompeili, iti streets buried under six feet o aàsb The frightful toli cof llfc ta.ken by Vesuvis in the fRrst en<ý seventeentb centuries was mo)rt .Cthan dcubied by Mont PeIée' savage outburst. it was not a volcano but a hur- ricanie whichbrought disaster îa hundreds of Britisb familles ao, the ovening of Decemnber 28th 1879. Abowling galeas ippinj siates from roofb san-d litterilný the streets of Dundee viith brot- en glass. Suddeniy a mian viai seen running throught the streý'étw shoutinig a f-antastic îtory tÉhaf the recentiy constructed bridg<- over the Tay bad Wolapsed. The rinour perýsisted,ý and prts- ently a Party of mnen arrived tcý confirrnI it.They bad viatýchec the lights of a train as it startedo to cross the Taýy. It, had gone a hundred yards wben the rive-, was sw%%ep, .by a paricularly violent blast of wind, From týhe bridge thore hadt sucddoniybae up a cascade of brillfiantsprs ['hen-,ail wsdark--and tho ights of the train viero seen iono ore, Wbat were the facts behind this story? At 4:15 that Sunday aftternoon a train compfrising six coaches and a brake van nad left Edinburgh for Dundo),e ManyfA the passengers were cýon their wýa:y hcmeo for the New Ycar c-elebra- tions; others weie peoplertun ing from Cbristm-ras visits tex frienids, and a few wore railwvay wotrkr going off duty. At 7:10 p.m the signalcai on the souffh side of the Tay seni word that the train 11ad pas'sed on to the bridge. Th-,e operato., on the Dundee side began tW transmnit is acceptance of the mnes- magr-and found tce communi- Cation vias brokoir