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1 'copyrign: 0 "that the only course left to us is to Zi that a vote be taken to '. night on March 81st. member that if A iY Mifflin C by ~. CHAPTER V.--(Cont'd.) "Your committee feel," he continued, strike. therefore k a genera " strike throughout the words at mid- You must re- you vote to strike, you together. = You must We recommend call must all stand fight your own battle. You can look to no organization for hel 2 or support. Because we've "had higher pay and worked shorter hours than union labor, we shan't now get any assistance from union labor. In order to win this fight, we've got to be willing, not only to suffer ourselves, but to see our wives and children suffer. We've got to be willing to help every one his neighbor, even when we're at the last gasp ourselves. Your committee want you to look the facts in the face before you take action." In the back of the hall Jerr hue had sat and listened wit intentness. The hopefulness that he had nursed that somehow things would come out right had received its death-blow. In its place arose a de- sire to take his part in the struggle; he did not think of Nora, he did not think of his mother; he was animated only by eagerness to give his service to the common cause. He tried impati- ently to get the chairman's eye, but others were recognized and made halt- ing or fiery speeches, all in favor of resistance to the oppressive order; at last he was given the floor. "We can't just loaf round here idle," he said. "I say we keep on in our three shifts just as we've been doing-- only, in stéad of working in the mills, let's patrol the mills. ere's al company of us that's been drilling here; once a week. Let's have each shift orghnized to do regular patrol duty, Dono- grave ave them drill regularly every day.! It will keep us out of michief--and it will help to keep other fellows out of the mills." The proposal was greeted with ap- plause. Dobbins rose and said,-- "It's a good idea, that of Jerry Donohue"s. But I would advise that the patrolling be done without wea- pons of any kind. I understand that; when the boys have been drilling here, | they've had firearms. Let's have it agreed that they are to be left at home." The unanimons sentiment of the meeting crystallized in formal votes, providing that a general strike should| egin at midnight on March 31st, and that thenceforward the approaches to] the mills should be patrolled, night and | day, bp unarmed squads. The chair. | man named an executive committee of | five; Jerry Donohue was the youngest member. Then, before the meeti adjourned, Dobbins made one more proposal. "To get this strike started right, I say that on the morning of April 1st we march in a quiet and orderly parade through the streets of this town carrying the American flag." That proposal was executed. At nine o'clock on the raw April morning, when the accustomed clangor of the mills-was stilled and the accustomed smoke no longer ascended from their chimneys, the parade of the workers was organized. Dave Scanlan headed it importantly as flag-bearer. Jerry assisted Dobbins to form the men in line. Volunteer musicians arrived with fifes and drums, and to an inspiring march that already proclaimed victory the procession started. Up and down the muddy, hilly streets it marched, while wives and children and well-dis- posed shopkeepers stood upon the side- walks, and waved and cheered. Jerry marched at one side, casting a keen eye on the ranks, calling out orders, receiving good-natured chaff-- "Right you are, General"--'Keep step with the Colonel." He saw his mother on her doorstep, a sturdy, sober-faced lit- tle figure; she did not smile as he passed, but only looked more sad. He saw Nora Scanlan, black-hair, dark- eved, slender, fluttering a handker- chief to him from 'her front porch, and for one wild, ecstatic moment while he marched by, he felt that he was a soldier going to the front, salut- ing for the last time the girl that he loved. Then he glanced at the shambl- ing. rough battalion and down at him. self, and all the romance shriveled. k CHAPTER VI. In the neighboring city public opin- fon did not exert itself very heartily on behalf of the strikers ost of the newspapers were owned by capitalists! averse to approving the coursé o warkingmen who disputed the decrees of their employes In defending the action of the men Trask made lit- tle impression. Railroad officials, 'bankers, manufacturers were un- faympathetic with his arguments. "This $ America," they reminded him. 'We're all workers here. This isn't ace for a man who isn't willing to rk hardest." Instances were of various rich men, rairoad of- manufacturers, who Ts, in nce of thei 5 "indusiy. Twelve hours +I wo ve hours a my- Sey the Salton of a Lay paper. "Why should those fellows expect. ea; er forms than are made in oat foanw , the management Je d from taking any aggressive Times were Ary Mii t to have the mills Tinsotted. # ow n erry" don their p! i fed while you're hing," she said. oh os, I my family - the orm at h I must try to R ~ Arthur Stanwood Pier 2} | lans.' to Mrs. Donohus Nol decd, 4 1d Toronto" / His disappointment was som colored over by loving admiration for her spirit, She was no mere fri 8, dacotative little girl; witness hen of g the family. That was like his moth- er; she was a girl with character as well as charm. He tried to let her see that his admiration Was ter than his disappointment, at = she shone more tly than ever his heroine. His de pleased her; she said, "Oh, you don't think I'm as splendid as that, Jerry!" And when he assured her that he did, she sighed contentedly, "Well, we must make what sacrifices we can." ' To begin with, they would have to sacri- fice the pleasure of declaring their en- gagment. The news of it would, in all the circumstances, afflict her par- ents bitterly; she felt that she mustn't add to their troubles--and she didn't want them to add to hers. Jerry acquiesced--with less enthusiasm. He] could not declare himself in sympathy with the sensitiveness of her parents and he would have liked the stimulus and SUppOr, to be derived from public recognition of his success in winning Nora's heart. "Oh, you don't think there's any glory to you in it!" laugh- ed Nora, when he explained what he would be sacrificing; and she gave him a kiss because he asserted emphatical- ly that XJ think think just that. The da! of idleness grew into weeks, and meanwhile the discipline maintained by the strikers discouraged the occasional strangers who came to the Purroy Mills seeking work. Al. ways there was a patrol in front of the gates; the advice to strangers that they should not try to enter was usual- ly heeded. Sometimes one more tem. erarious than the rest would walk vp to the line and attempt to pus | through; he would be hustled roughly out into the street. "No violence," which had been the first watchword of the strikers, was changed after a month of privation to "No unnecessary violence." The six policemen of the town were_not "disposed to interfere with the operations of the patrol. For a time the workingmen held to- gether, firm in their purpese. Many of them owned or partly owned, their houses; to these the winning of their fight was a vital matter. Others per- sisted from a sense of loyalty or from inertia; to start out and seek work will always be for some men less easy than to sit and wait for it. But as time drifted by and reserve funds diminished, the number of the men who stayed to fight dwindled. Their faces were sharpened and anxi- ous. They had begun to feel the pres. sure of hunger and of hopelessness. James Dobbins's wife collapsed under privasion and died. Her three children lay awake sobbing throughout { most of the night after her death, but James Dobbins, sitting by her side, shed scarcely a tear. when Jerry Donohue and his mother came to offer their help, Dobbins paid no heed to their words, ~The skin was drawn tight over the sharp bones of his face and looked dry and livid. In' his feverish eyes there was an insane! malignity. = He spoke in a husky monotone. "It's the women that suffer. They o to heaven. Most men go to hell. t's men that kill women. lived longer than me---much longer-- but they've killed her; I helped them: She's got three children; only one is a' boy' There will be two for her in heaven." Jerry stood scared and silent, but. his mother placed her hands on the man's shoulders and said: -- "Jim, do you mind how you tried to comfort me when my man died? You must. let me do the same by you now, my poor boy. Come into the next room, where there's a bed for you to lay yourself, and I'll sit by you. Come, im." He submitted and let her lead him out through the door. Jerry went downstairs and found the three chil- dren in the kitchen. He drew the younger little girl and the boy to him, one under each arm, and began to talk. They were all coming over to his house for dinner; they were going to make him and his mother a visit. Their father was coming, too, and his mother had made doughnuts--the kind they always liked; lots of them. Rate, the oldest girl, stood at the window unheeding. She was a brown- haired, slim little creature, with cheeks, ivory pale and features sensi- tive and clear. With the two others looking up at him quietly expectant, Jerry stood in perplexity. * Then Mrs. Donohue came down thé stairs, went over to Kate, and Kissed her. "Your father's sound asleep," she said. "Poor lamb, you're all tired out. And the little ones too. Aren't you, dearies?--VYes, there, there!" Kate had suddenly flung herself into Mrs. Donohue's arms and safe in their embrace had burst into passionate weeping. t started the two oth. or children crying; Jerry, distressed and sympathetic, vainly strove to comfort them. it was who, still sobbing, brought about a slackening the alls, for Epon the mentations of . ounger she re- ly fetathed herself from Mrs, Donohue's jot bu. Soming over with of hander 8 an her sy ter's eyes. ; don' ery, Betty," b 3 then with a certain dignity sh d and said, "They're awfully tired, and maybe if you'd help me to put them to bed, they'd get some I'm going cevry last! to bed." E13 Bee. Donohue. one of "And when you wake up, there will thing : to. hi , they look. talk to work in. order to support' | off to sleep. SWEET OR CHURNING CREAM Hoo dng shim Eo DIE ot can and Peter, he can hay the etic bea rs. Donohue. 'Just take of out. cover you andsome? And they/feel as nice as Now just snaggle down and close your eyes." in FE De gery Who had wai ow, ey "We've to ro care of them from now on, Jerry," she said. "We must watch Jim; he's not him. THE MAN WHO BLOCKED U-BOATS VICE-ADMIRAL SIR ROGER J. B. KEYES, CM.G., D.S.0. Made Record in Boxer Rebellion and Decoyed German Cruisers Early In the War. Roger Keyes is his name, Vice-Ad- miral Roger John Brownlow Keyes, and he found fame by raiding Zee- brugge and Ostend with the gallant Dover patrol. He is young as Vice-Admirals go, only 45, and he has the vigor and air of youth. Years ago when the Boxer rebellion in China was at its height and it was as much as a white man's life was worth to show his face |in- land he took a couple of destroyers up the Yang-Tsei-Hei and boarded and captured four Chinese torpedo boats. Then he landed with about a dozen men, seized a Chinese fort which threatened trouble and despite the garrison blew the place up and with- drew his little party without a single casualty. That is one of the reasons his ca®a- bilities are so highly thought of. That In the morning | he'd have " Foi : : | Vice-Admiral . Sir Roger-- Keyes of Ostend-Zeebrugge Fame. and the fact that he is a leader, who even in the British navy, where the standard of energy and courage is high, has always been noted for his combination of coolness and extra- ordinary daring. Served in Africa. As a midshipman he served in one of England's petty wars in Africa. As a lieutenant he leaped into fame by his conduct during the Boxer rebel- lion. Of him it might be said that he has done nothing = without p forth all his strength, and that, like his immortal predecessor, Nelson, he has always counted nothing done while aught remains to do. For his services in China Lieut, 'Keyes was promoted to ¢he rank of ander, was mentioned in de- spatches and received the praise of the Admiralty. A few weeks later he again d ed himself by diving from a height of thirty feet into the Peiho to save a midshipman from In the years before the present wa he specialized as a sihinasine torpedo officer, and for his daring and' enterprise was chosen to command the carried out by the British navy on August 28, 1914, he was once more is oi '| cellent results and manufacturers as- ful of sugar from five spoonfuls of syrup but as the syrup contains mois- ture, more flour must be used or an equal amount of a flour, such as bar- ley flour, which takes up more mois- ture. 2 In substituting corn syrup in a re- cipe calling for all sugar, we may use one-half syrup and one-half sugal by deducting one-quarter cupful of amount of liquid in original recipe, for each cup of substituted syrup. In preserving, part syrup gives ex- sert it is superior to all sugar. ~ On#" part of syrup and three parts of sugar is the best proportion although equal parts are often used; this reduces the consumption of sugar one-third or one- half. . Unfortunately the cost of the sub- stitutes is so high at the present time that it does not lessen the cost of a recipe to use them in place of sugar but it is our patriotic-duty now to do 80 We can easily "do without sweet drinks, candy, sugar frostings and su- gar on our cereals. The following suggested desserts re- quire little sugar and should find a place in our menus at this time: Baked apples 'with raisins or dates. ] Apple dumplings (made of wheat substitute such as barley flour) sauce sweetened with honey or molasses. Gelatine desserts with fruit juices and canned fruits. 5 Junket or.Irish blancmange with coconut or jam. 7 Cornstarch puddings © with dried fruit or canned fruit, and sweetened with fruit, juices. \ Shortcakes (made of wheat syb- stitutes such as barley flour) with canned or dried fruits. Steamed puddings with molasses or corn syrup. Gingerbread with cream cheese. Raisin or brown breads with cream cheese. Hot barley biscuit and honey. Ice cream made with sweetened fruit juices-and served with maple syrup, honey or marmalades. - Uses for Blotters. Save every piece of blotting paper that comes into your home, even those that have advertising upon them, for besides being useful in the writing desk it is very practical for absorbing other things about the house besides A piece of blbtting paper put under table mats wherever vases of flowers are to be set protects the polish of the table from dew drops from the flowers or any dampness that seeps from por- ous pottery. To press out light grease spots a piece, of clean blotting pa placed undef the fabric to absorb' the grease will cause the spots to disappear, usu- ally, when a hot flatiron is pressed directly on the spot. 2 a When the children apply for "paint that the German light cruisers Ari- adne, Mainz and Koeln were sunk with a loss to the enemy in killed or drowned which was probably 800. odore Keyes was again fore- most in the air attack on Cuxhaven which was attempted by British sea- great Hamburg and Bremen. He went to the Darda- es when the Government decided and there he served as chief of staff to Vice-Admiral Sir Michael de Ro- In 1017, after his promotion to Rear Aimiral, be was appointed Jisecter of plans al Admiralty, a or A oor aay. Tox [oe did ; but 51 ' IT ed g i suet, 1 cupful corn syrup, 1 egg, 2% cupfuls flour (substitute part barley, corn or rice flour), 2 teaspoonfuls bak- ing powder, 1 cupful currants, 4 table- spoonfuls cornstarch, % teaspdonful grated nutmeg, 2 teaspoonfuls einna- mon, 1 cupful raisins. . Mix the short- ening and corn syrup together, wash the fruit and add to the flour which has been sifted with the cornstarch, spices and baking powder. Add the wet materials to the dry, beat hard, pour into well-greased molds and steam three hours. Corn Syrup Buckwheat Cookies.--% cupful fat, 1 cupful corn syrup, 1 egg, 1% teaspoonful baking powder, 1 tea- spoonful cinnamon, 1 teaspoonful cloves, % teaspoonful salt, 2% cupfuls buckwheat flour. Cream the fat, add the corn syrup then the well-beat egg. Sift the dry materials together and add to the wet. Roll the dough thin, cut in shapes with a cutter and bake in a moderate oven. Corn Syrup Spice Cake.--1 cupful corn syrup, 1 cupful brown sugar, 3% cupful cooking oil, 1 cupful coffee; 2 eggs, 2 teaspeonfuls cinnamon, grated | rind of one lemon, % grated nutmeg, 1. teaspoonful salt, 1 teaspoonful soda, 3 cupfuls flour (one barley, two of wheat), 1 teaspoonful ginger. Mix the corn syrup, sugar and oil, then heat thé mixture; add the well-beaten eggs and beat thoroughly. Add the hot coffee and the dry materials sifted together. Mix quickly until smooth, add the grated rind of lemon, turn into a well-greased loaf-cake pan and bake in a very moderate oven thirty or forty minutes.' rags" for water color painting a stitute, for it absorbs the color "and ately and is less "messy." In drying paint brushes the same blotter can be used again. In cooking greasy things, such as croquettes, doughnuts and potato chips a large square of clean blotting paper on which to drain these foods as they gome bob from the frying kettle helps make tiem more appetizing, healthful and daintier to look upon. When water is spilled upon any deli- cate table cover an immediate applica- tion of fresh blotting paper will pre- serve it in good condition. When any liquid is spilled upon the table cloth a small square blotter will absorb it quicker and more satisfactorily than wiping up with a cloth. : '23, 1918." ows of rr / PAYMENT pl square of blotting paper is a fine sub-| water from a wet paint brush immedi- | | Use for Dead Locusts. ~~. Locusts are plentiful in Ureguag) and the farmers of that republic *| compelled to keep up a constant wa¥ them. ~ Millions of these de structive inseets are killed every Recently it was learned that / i fertilizer and lubricating oil bd: the| obtained from the dead locusts, a the future they will be Mitsed tod jand clean -- hands TON do not touch dough. 58 Deford all chages Fir id to , U8 eon vo dei {four loaf size $2.75: cight loaf size $3.25. When : youth takes flight on the' wings of years beauty of complex- {on goes too, unless you give your skin proper and r care, Use of I 's Milkweed Cream will en- able you to appear youthful when _ you are no er young. dis- effect uj the