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ettzen with Salt.--The il leat lett: use Land, 5 ow leates of oh 18 'TOMA: "cos lettuce are good served with nothing but salt, This is the way the English eat them, with cheese at the end of a meal, just as they st [Seley and other crisp things Tattnee Salad Garnishes.--Just as long as there is more salad in a lettuce than anything else it is a lettuce salad. One tomato does not necessarily make-a tomato 1 4 and when served with considerable' lettuce it is a garnish, Other gar- nishes for this salad are hard boiled eggs, sliced, quartered; or grated, sweet pepper, fresh herbs, and chopped chives. Instead of tarra- gon, a bit of tarragon vinegar is used, and lacking this and posasess- ing absinthe, a few drops of this in the dressing is used to get a flavor like tarragon. Chiffonade Salad.--Lettuce cut up like cabbage for'cold slaw is called chiffonade. It may be used with almost any salad dressing as a plain salad, or lettuce so cub is us- ed asa garnish for other salad ; par- ticularly has it been used to make a sort of nest for stuffed egg salads. Chiffonade is frequently used as complement for soups. It a be put in half an hour before the soup is to be taken up, so as to be well cooked, ror it can be cooked separately in butter and added. Cooked Chiffonade.--Lettuce cut in this julienne fashion is put over a low fire in the moisture remaining after it is washed and cut--hold a handful squeezed up in the hand to cut--and some butter. This is sometimes called melting it in but- ter. When it is to be added to a thick soup it is best to ccok it for ten minutes in this wav. A puree of lettuce, which is used for many sorts of garnishes, being put around a dish in a border or in little balls or molds, sometimes alternating "with slices of toast, is always put through a sieve, and goes through more easily if cut up chiffonade be- fore being cooked. - A frying basket. instead of a sieve will be fine enough to strain it through for most purposes. Lettuce Puree.--Lettuce cooked and put through a strainer, to be served .on toast, for thinning to make a cream of lettuce soup, or for putting into molds for no end of garnishes, can be cooked either in meat stock or water, stewed gently | 5 in these. The secret of cooking let- tuce is to cook it gently. Stuffed Lettuce.--Head lettuce of the cabbage tyne, which is not blanched in growing, is most used for cooking. The heads ave par- boiled or cooked in boiling water for five "minutes, cooled, and the water pressed out. They are then cut in halves, 'and a thin layer of minced meat or minced egg or minc- ed vegetable is spread upon them. They are then made up into balls or little serolls--paupiettes--put in a'sancepan with layers of bacon, a little chopped onion and carrot, and perhaps some other flavorings, covered with stock or . water, and cooked slowly in the oven, some- timss for as'much as an hour: Be- fore the liquid is added these may be set in the boven, covered for ten minutes, mn order to draw out the liquid, so that Jess will need to be added to cover. Lettuce Braised.--Parboil minutes, then cook stock, slowly, with 'or without sea- eonings. Lettuce ro cooked ia put to" a great number of uses, and by combining it with various other vegetables--peas; asparagus points, many vegetarian dishes are made a macedoine 'of cooked vegetables, eggplant, ete. A pile of vegetables surrounded by a rosette of cooked lettuce i3 considered an ornamental dish. A-rosette made by cutting each lettuce leaf in. half, folding it five in water or once, placing the points all together | and the 'wide parts out, so as to form a' wheel, then surrounding the whole with alternate rounds of cooked carrot and beets, is orna- mental. It may. be served with any good sauce! A great variety of sauces, even the Hollandaise, is served: with braised lettuce. Bad for Baby. Everybody, does not know: that| -. nine out.of every ten babies who die in their first year die through wrong feeding--that is, through eir own : and: nurses' catelesshess | f druits are exceedin iy bad ) baby. Any raw. fruit will cause 1 don the. bowels, result- diar¥ Hosa, and most likely ur, bisouite rusks, | itinide, ne orf | stitution Wrong ng ~ irae ly escaped during babghiood there is every réagon to beliave that . the harmful effects are invariably in after life. A Sound, healthy con nnot Pp ossib : built up on indigestible food taken 4 ing the first and most perilous ear of existence. : i Home Hints. Black stockings should be rinsed in blue water to give them a good color. Clean nickel 'and gilver "pieces with ammonia applied with a flan- nel cloth. Vegetables which grow under the ground should be cooked with the lid o Breaded veal served with tomato sauce and spaghetti makes a deli- cious dish. Let potatoes lie in cold water a little while before paring; if you want them to be white. If a little zine is burned in the stove it will prevent soot from form- ing in the chimney. Discolored gilt frames can be brightened if rubbed with a sponge dipped in turpentine, Try adding a little chopped pars- ley to the mached potatoes; it gives them a delicious flavor. When mixing pie crust or baking powder biscuits they will be much lighter if a fork is used. Windows 'should never be washed while the sun is shining on them or they will be clouded and streak- Fish scales are easily removed if hot water is poured over them un- til. the scales curl, then scrape quickly. To remoye the smell of fish from cooking - vessels wash them with soap and vinegar, then scour with scalding" vinegar. The white-fleshed fish such as halibut, cod, flounder and white fish, are more easily digested than other varieties. Yeast cakes will keep fresh for a week if the tin foil is removed and the cakes are covered in a cup of water and put in a cold place. When milk is scorched while boil- ing remgve the pan from the fire and place it in cold water. Put a pinch of salt in the milk and stir ib up, and the burnt taste will dis- appear. Ceilings that look very rough and manifest a tendency to peel should be gone over with a solution of one ounce of alum to one quart of water. This will remove the su- perfluous lime, and render the ceil- ing white. Always sandpaper the soles of ba- by's new shoes before they' have been worn. This keeps her from slipping on. the bare or polished floors, and prevents many a bad fall which could easily result in a sprain or a broken bone. 'Curtains will hang straight amd 160k much nicer if a small lead weight is sewn in each end of the lower hem. In,thin curtains the weight will prevent them blowing about, and they will hang, as they should, following the lime of wood- work. To save the umbrella stand place a large sponge in the bottom of a hina umbrella jar and you will avoid striking the bottom and breaking it. The sponge will also absorb the water from an umbrel- la, and may afterwards be wrung out. When washing and rinsing coler- ed materials add a teaspoonful of Epsoms alts to each gallon of wa- ter, and even the most delicate hades will neither fade nor run. Serge or merino dresses, which p have been dyed black, can be safely washed in 'this way without any "risk of the dye running. : Fe Sugar Cure for Drink, To cure the drink habit, subeti- tute'sugar. This is the gist of the advies offered- in. the current num- ber of the Journal of the American Medical Assogiation, which calls the |'¢ idea fA new v and logioal tment felt 2 got whole 'story and the de- wil are used merely as a setting. eward--Or, 'manager. The ition of this steward was high- er t in Luke 12. 42, who was a slave or reed man. * This steward i6 an em- 'ployed man, who has entire man- agement of the estate, The same was accused unto him| inh that he was wasting - his goods -- Some one reported to the owner that the steward, either 'by theft] or mismanagement, was robbing" him of his profits from the: estate. 2. Render the account of thy stewardship--This would show whe- 'ther or not the charge was true. The expression might also. refer to the final account, preparatory 'to the surrender of his stewardship. 3. The steward, knowing himself to be guilty, does not waste time trying to disprove the: charge, but begins to devise plans for his own future. To weak to dig, to proud to beg, too guilty to expect another position, his immediate concern ig his own food and shelter, 4. They--His lord's debtors. He endeavors to put these men under obligation to himself in the hope that they will feel in duty. bound to care for him when his position is taken from him. His lord's debtors--Probably tenants who had not paid their rent. It was customary to pay this in "kind,"' the owner furnishing the seed and receiving a share of the products. He said to the first, How much owest thou unto my lord t--Calling the debtors one at a time, he. re- duced the amount. of the last pay- ment to be made under his-steward- 'ship, whereas on previols occasions | he had doubtless taken more than he had put down in the accounts. As the debtors did not know the extent to which they had been rob- bed in other years, they consider- ed themselves highly favored by the steward. 6. A hundred measures of oil-- The measure equalled about eight | MOW and three-quarter ' gallons. Olive oil was an EmpoTEany product of Palestine, 7. Hundred measures of wheat-- A measure of wheat equaled about |: ten bushels, and a hundred would be wrth about five hundred dol- lars. The arbitrary way in which the steward dealt with his master's property shows how unscrupulous he 'was. There were probably other debtors. whose 'accounts were re- duced, but these examples are suf- ficient. 8.:1It was for the steward's pru- dence in providing for himself that he was commended by the owner; '30 the sons of this world are shrewd and far-sighted in 'their transac- tions for the promotion of 'their 'temporal "welfare. The sons of light should be equally alert in promoting spiritual good. 9. Make to yourselves friends by means of the mammon of unright- eousness--The expression the mam- mon of unrighteousness is used in: the book .of Enoch and later became, 4 common rabbinical expression. It does not necessarily refer to wealth unrighteously acquired, 'but rather to 'deceitful wealth," as we sometimes use the expression | "filthy lucre."" Jesus meant to urge upon lis hearers the wisdom of making friends of the needy whom they could assist by the benevolent use of morrey. When it shall fail--When earthly | wealth shall pass away. They--The eter) tab Eays ig "hen the. ady -- are supplied that of the man fbferred to| - coated, Taader of Miss Sylvia Pankhu End fag) Sota 1 of eg i mig and } young American Jteutenant. valescing from. a 'the and thire} strike in prison. et poor and | inhabitants of the 'has emphasized' the --h war earthly 'wealth is but temporary ; that it is another's, and not. our own; but if lent to us it should be used. wisely and made to serve the higher purposes of the Kingdom. Certainly this could not be done if a man became the servant of his Honey: Compare Matt. 6.24. -------- MEXICANS ARE NOT LATIN. Population Includes Millions of In- dians and Half-Breeds. The Paris Temps recently pointed out that Mexico was in no sense a Latin republic. Of the threes mil- lion whites, many are not-.of abso- lutely pure blood: The Spanish conquest has scarce- ly 8 semis) a 'Mexico, he adds, a unopean paniards are detest. ed there. To quote the Writer : 'The first thing that strikes a traveller on his first trip through Mexico is the surprising absence of all memorials' celebrating the igh Sonques and occupa: The maryelous epic of do Cortez and lis: pr wild adventure, a very of romance, unparalleled in qr his- tory of the world, and which even mythology could not have juvenipd ~Siows us the' Eo 1s seventeen captains, this wr hundred infantry, and seven: Rou ines, travelling" the tropical lands and swamps of Vera Cruz, climbing mountains as Sormidgble as they |. were unknown, and the Aztec "Empire with its of a hundred. thousand. men. this epic what vestiges are found in Mexico of to-day! Some. names given to places and rivers 'during the Spanish domination. Not an in- gcription 'on stone. celebrates their 'memory | fr 'But, in the middle of the trium- phal avenue which leads from Mexi- |; co City to. the presidential 'castle of Chapul is set on a monumen- tal pedestta' the bronze. statue "of Cuanhtemoc, the last Aztec Emper: a5 whom Cortez put to the borture. He stands up,' in colosstl propor- 'tiome, jn the grand costume 'of an Indian chief, his head surmounted by a feathery 'plume. Bas-reliefs show the dompanions os of his ebruggle and his misfortune, 'and the mscrip- tion "at the bass of the monument runs as follows: '£ "To the memory of Cuanhtemod' and of his warriors who fought heroically for - the defence of the country. 20 The Temps 'concludes that Mexi- ans cannot be judged by American or European standards, ai 'President. Wilson "should A toler: ant. . THE LOESS 8, Of CHINA. | Sirange Earth "Which Covers hg ad Greater Paty of North h Ching, Sp | roads {three men, ete. and' rw ae velo, low people and their clothing are powdered with the yellow 'dust. «of the mountain people house thein- selves by digging a cave in a bank formed of this material. When plas- tered it makes a clean, dry s 'mer; its only drawback is in the matter of ventilation. Seme of |b these dwellings are two or three stories high, have framed windows and doorways, end are well fur sished. Took b startles you to over a broad, pei AF a country, divided | into bode highly cultivi nd see no ways, houses domestic animals. The Yoads Yi cut'their way into the loess, and run ab the boithom of canons sometimes out their dwellings a cliffs that line the people have ¢ t ELEPHANTS BATH COSTLY. Takes $300 to Bathe Jumbo 'When En Tour, Jumbo is very fussy about his bath and in his native land takes great {joy in about in pools fSopecially kind to him, inasmuch as has endowed htm with a shower vl which he aarries about with whither a Walks the nauss planing in ithe bath that is given in captivity is another matter. In any case, 3 must be a wearisome business, as it ooonpies a week. Also it requires the services of costs' $300! - The first thing is 86 go over the ele phant's body. with tha b ApSeeible | soap--and as the "used is som like a rasidred| and fifty pounds, { thls is not » small When he has heen dried, the oo |} phant, 45 well' pe] dags. not sound particularly enjoy-| in o able... The sand-papering . being finished, Jumbo is rubbed all over with the. very: beat: I ' oil until his mouse-colored kin § supple and glistening: This is the most costly part of his toilet, as about thirty posnge worth of oil has to: be used. ----l Washing Day in Japan. "The true Japamese woman is 'very domesticated ; she 8, BeWS, that | Arranges flowers, and aud entertairs her numerous' visitors with a quiet dig- nity and leisurely politonces which She also has dou less wi dn and books, and the € ote: or. Japanese harp, ia The | air is yellow" with dust; Be that grows is yellow ; even the yel- Epon warm. in winter and cool in sum severity or shy feet deep. They and rivers. Nature has been | Soin him when--gfor show| pufposes--he is tn form a Seal contract to the rush in of hi The loess slices like cheese. Most os v rogniz hat iS Hirt Fo Te 2 in + scrawled, P "Please excuse mistake.' Make Small Saints Out of Little A most dashing experiment 18] of experimen by Lord Sandwich who has a nep eorse, Mon mall Criminals, both boys and ats fr to this farm, where they taught to govern themselves in "the own parliament and = thelr ow ome most sternly just GT discovered. self-government « roved an almost instantanes some recent instances. For exa § All-dressed and dirty boy was i clothed at the expense the commun-| ity, and Je scheme proved 80 Buccess- ful that Worked like a Trojan id A to the Poor Law gu the cost 95h his outfit. the Seri of the com The first year of this. le Ri lc" concludes in June, and tl hag been striking=--in the Fy police court commissioners = that a great effort is to be extend the republic. ° ie of : ings Edward had a most curious } by, the collection of fhe, avoirdupel f under his end go the ordeal of the po i Rd fhe host himself keeping the book Tao Victoria's hobby in collectio 'was a rather a melancholy , tal er of course, has innumer: able Siobbi 8 in art, music and /letters,! and: in aad! tion he has the finest col 0: Lou! XVI's taste 0 clocks, an finest, soll 3c 0! sembled, 500 Jocker efhooks, which were foun his ~ op Tote Cattle Breeder ( the Ki Eh hn WW {steward at XeTdier act as i : farms, Andi A years 0 -succeede e late ait in the m farms at Windsor. asement of 3b The servant problem has i ancient Egypt, and all manner curious devices are bei