| ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN | England has a woman recruiting officer. Female barbers and in Oregon number 74 In Egypt therc are thirteen gov ernment schools for girls Experts claim 'that large make the best wives. Only one woman to every 100 men are known to stammer. Dundee, Scotland, now has women to act as constables. hairdressers women A school for training of servants' has been opened in Kenosha, Wis. Moorish marriage laws permit a man to have as many 'wives as he gan support. sot Female school teachers in-Ofegon are paid the same rate df pay as the men. agi Women dre employed as street- car. eonductors in Newcastle, Eng. © Miss Helen Applebee has a violet | farm near London from which she is | making a comfortable 'living. The American Federation of Li- hor ig attempting to organize the do- mestie servants of this country. Mrs. Josephine D. Hill of Macon, Ga., was married at the age of twel-| ve and became a grandmother at the age of 29. Mme. De Thebes, the pythoness of all Europe, who foretold the present war, now predicts that the war will end in July. According fo Government statis- tics there were admitted to insane asylums in 1910 328 men to every 100 women. Mrs. gomery City, Mo., has in her posses- sion the ax with which Abraham Lin- coln made rails. Queen Elizabeth of Belgium has | also, for making puddings which will | sanctioned the sale of medals of her daughter, Princess Marie Jose, for | unexpected "invitation" in the Coun- | the purpose of procuring milk for the poor babies of Brussels. Miss Margaret of President Wilson, phonographic record Spangled Banner, as sung by her, has made a Savala Vandaveer of Mont-| { which will be sold ior the benefit of the destitute of battle stricken 'Euro- e. In China marriages are arranged by the parents and the husband pays a sum to the bride, which the girl usually spends on clothes. Mme. Melba, the opera singer, is tald to have @ecumulated a fortune of over $5,000,900 since she began to use her veice for commercial pur- poses, Boys are so scarce in these wdy days that it has become nécessary to employ girl clerks at several of the book stalls on the underground rail- way station in London. Should Italy go to war, the women | of that country will take the placesd of men in industry and ecommerce and will be paid°the same wages as now. reeei¥ing by the men workers. Statistics show that, although their families @re small, have a higher average of 'children who reach the age of 'twenty, than do more ignorant mothers with far larger families, Mrs. Edward T. Stratesbury, wife of the Philadelphia banker, has string of pearls which cost over a half a million dollars and is probab- ly the most valuable collection ever gotten together and worn by one per- son. Mrs. Lydia LeBarron, who lives | alone on her fruit farm near Pough- keepsie, N.Y., and does all the work of the place without help, has just celebrated her 97th birthday. LeBarron has only a cat as her com- panion. Make Your Xmas Paddings Early It is not generally known that the ing can be made in the summer time {and is all the better for its long standing. The spring is a good time come in very handy when one has an college women | tions will look attractive. The following recipe for carrot used at one serving, and the por pudding will be found worth trying, and no one need hesitate because of the carrots. People are just begin- ning to realize that carrots make not only delicious puddings, but marmal- ade not excelled by grape fruit 'or or- anges, It is especially good for spring and summer. b To make the pudding, use (wo pounds of stale bread erumbs, two pounds of suet cut very fine, ene pound of flour (a little of this sprink- led on the suet while chopping) put into the oven and therouglily dried or even browired to a light cream col- vor, two carrots, scraped and slice~ {in thin lengthwise slices, cut again into matchlike strips of even size. If | the carrots have tough centres these | should be discarded." Add one-half pound of tart apples. paring and cor- ing before weighing; cut as for mince! meat; one-half pound each of sulta-| na raising and black currants, one-| { half pound of large seedless raisins, | { one-fourth pound of citron or a mix- | ture of citron and candied peels and | candied fruits cut into small distinet { cubes; one-fourth pound of preserv- | ed ginger cut in cubes; one-fourth | pound (after shelling) of almonds blanched and sliced; two tablespoons | of marmalade, juice of half an orange { and half a lemon, a little of the sy- {rap from the preserved ginger, half | Mrs. | ® Pound of granulated sugar, half an | {ounce of mixed spices including | twice as much cinnamon as cloves, | one-eighth as much mace, nutmeg, | and allspice as cloves, one teaspoon | of salt, three eggs, one cup of sherry {and two cups of brandy. Large { hours. Half the quantity given will make enough for a small family. 'The One Best Bet. | The New Haven Register. Bix--Who do you consider your fry, 'ten miles from = lemon." Any | best friend, the one who would do | good plum pudding recipe can be Wilson, daughter| made 'up, divided or increased as| | needed. It is a good_idea to make of The Star all of these, in good baking pewder | | cans. An entire pudding can be a ------te------ & HAVE YOU JOIN & the most for you? Dix---My wife's husband. | Three.wemen are employed as fac- | tory inspectors in Michigan. BA 2 THE THE DAILY BRITISH 1 SE - HIG, SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1915. ADY'S SOME COOKING HINTS. Scalloped Potato. Peel raw potatoes and slice thin. Put a layer of cracker crumbs In the betiom of sized pudding dish. Next a layer of sliced potato and sprinkle with salt, pepper and bits of butter. Repeat lay- ers till dish is full, making the top layer cracker crumbs dotted thickly with bits of butter. Add ene cup of a well-buttered medium- | , | cup scalded milk, few graihs pepper. OLD-FASHIONED PARLORS i Melt the butter, add the flour mix-| ed with the seasonings, and when mixed smooth add gradually the! Living Rooms Have Usurped Their | scalded milk. Cook until smooth! pp in Architecture of Modern | and glossy. Chop the hard-cooled .:" | eggs. Sprinkle the bottom of a but- Residences, Builders Say ARE THINGS OF THE PAST | | tered baking-dish with crumbs, cov-| Minneapolis Journal | er with one-half the eggs, the eggs! Modern home buildérs and archi- | with sauce, and the sauce with meat | tects assert. that the parler is passing, | repeat. erumbs. milk, Cover dish till last tem minutes | and bake about an hou... Hash. Two pints cold boiled potato to! one pint cold boiled corned beef, moktly lean. Add one medium-siz- | ed raw onion to each quart of potato | and meat. ty fine per and salt. Melt two tablespoon- | fuls butter in hot water enough to cover bottom of frying pan. Add th: chopped material, cover and let it gently simmer wherdlit will ndt-burn till the water is all taken up. IT it is not stirred, a rich brown crust will be formed, and the hash may be fold- ed upon a platter like an omelet. A | relish of mustard, sugar and vinegar, { well mixed, may be served with it. | Snowdrift Potato. | One quart potato mashed very fine | and smooth. Season with salt, a little {| white pepper and one tablespoonful butter. Heat to boiling point one cup sweet milk, add to potato and beat with a large silver fork. till the mass | is white, thick and creamy. Pile lightly on a hot platter and serve at | once. Christmas fruit cake and plum pudd- | moulds should be boiled for eight] | Scalloped Eggs. | Scalloped eggs forma delicious ¢dish for' the housewife who is try- ing to lessen the quality of meat in the spring time diet. This recipe is i given { course offéred by the University of | Wisconsin Extension division: Six hard cooked eggs, 3% cup | chopped ham, 3% cup buttered crack- | er crumbs, 5 teaspoon salt, 2 teas- | poons butter, 134 tablespoon flour, 1 - Chop al! together pret- | Season as Hked 'with pep-| in a correspondence --study Cover with the refaaining| That cherished institution, they say, Place in the oven and. is surely. i-3lowly,"sHippioe nto the bake until. -she-crambs are brown. limbo of forgotten things, along with 1&8 meat may be omitted. the old daguerreotype of gramdfath-| Ee jer and the melodeon. The living Veal Potpie, | room has usurped the place of the A veal potpie without shortening parlor. is a dainty dish in the veal line. {* The home is a place in which to] Use for this purpose the breast live. That the family is the most ends of the ribs, neck or knuckle. | important adjunct of the home and Cut the meat in pieces and boil until | should be allowed the comforts of tender in plenty of salted water, | the best room in the house is gett-| skimming thoroughly as it begins to | ing to be more and more the popular | boil. Add a generous bit of bul.er | idea. In yesteryear it seemed that and a little pepper. About five minu- | the parlor was something that was tes before serving, drop in by spoon-| too good for the family. In fact, | fuls a soft batter made of one quart | the builders and architects are accus- | of flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking! ing the staid old parlor of being un- powder and enough milk or water to | democratic. When the present ge- make the consistency required. Drop | neration wore knee trousers the por- in the boiling water and cover close- | lor was the room of state in the! ly. When done, uncover, take a| home. fork and force the dumplings apart. It was a room reserved for the : visitor. set apart for state occarions, including funerals, and generally de- void of the joy of life. Hair orna- ments and crocheted tidies were part of the system. Veal and Parsnip Stew. A veal and parsnip stew seems suggestive of spring. For this the gh Yea! a SR iysea. A certain class of furniture belon- | good sized parsnips and half a dowen | 88d to the old-fashioned parlor. It roots of vegetable oysters. Peal | Was either the stiff or formal sort, or | and scrape one knob of celery and | the highly ornate. It comprised ther with a small on-| the gilt furniture from the Frenca, of Bve, togethe [the marble-topped stand from the] Put four or five thin slices of salt| Victorian era, the settees, tete-a-tete pork into the stew kettle, and lay on and other forms of cushioned seats] them the veal and vegetables with | for two, and with it went a variety boiling water to nearly cover. Sim-| of brocade upholstery. Yes, re- | mer slowly until thoroughly tender. | mark the home builders, the living | It will take about two hours. Dish room has supplanted the parlor and the veal and vegetables on a hot |the guest andi the family are bot | platter, thicken the Mquor slightly | better oft for that fact. I and pour over them. ! b------------ | Atlantic City has a jitney bus Mrs. Elizabeth Morand of Portland | company which will cater exclusive- Ore., makes her living by repairing ly to the trade of women and will { ing shoes. | have female chauffeurs. MOFFAT MODEL KITCHEN . { dition of the Try Skin Absorption Instead of Cosmetics The constant use of rouge and pow- der invites coarsened, roughened con- skin, eruptions, enlarged pores, blackheads and wrinkles f vou've learned this from experience, suppose you quit cosmetics and try the following: & Ask your dr od gist for. an oukoe of ndry mercolized wax and begin using this to-night Apply like cold eream, washing it off in the morning Keep this up for & week or two The wdx will lterally absorb the coarse, colorless or blemished top skin, but so gradually as not to discommede you at all. Just as gradually the clear bvel. vety, naturally-tinted under-skin comes to the surface. And mercolized wax be comes your everlasting friend. For those wrinkles and large pores, make a face bath by dissolving an ounce of powdered saxolite in a half pint witeh hazel This bas remark- able astringent and tonic properties, and beneficial results come quickly. FRECKLES Now Is the Time to Get Rid of These ¢ Ugly Spots. There's no longer the slightest need of feeling ashamed of your freckles, as the prescription othine ~--double strength---is guaranteed tw remove these homely spots. Simply get an ounce of othine -- double strength---from Geo. W. Ma- hood or any druggist and apply a Yttle of it night and morning and you should soon see that even the worst freckles have begun to disap- pear, while the lighter ones have vanished entirely. #t is seldom that more than an ounce is needed "to completely clear the skin and gain a beautiful clear complexion. Be sure to ask for the double strength othine as this is sold under fuarantee of money back it it Tails |to remove freckles. Mme. Poincare, wife of the presi- dent of France, is of German ances- y ¢ The Getatest the Famous " it - unity ever Offered to the. Women of Kingston to obtain one of are over 100 gs to 'choose from. at attractive prices and on easy terms. 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