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. Quali dV. 1 Srrenditre 2 Ne 'Washing Without Worrying. Next to high prices as a topic for onversation, the scarcity of labor kes rank. Competent farm labor, always hard to secure, has about reached the vanishing point so far as the fields are concerned and the ger even dreams of getting er washing done, to say nothing securing othe help. The work is all up to the house-mother, end she must "live or' die, sink or swim, survive or perish," unaided by human hands, The situation in the cities is the me. Employment bureaus long go. shung out the "No. Domestic Help sign, There are no girls seek-- ing domestic employment, with fac- tories offering three times the wages. Housekeepers in the towns have for some. time been facing the situation and adjusting their lives to the change. Their solution of the ques-- tion is one which many farm women can adopt--power appliances to do eper much of the work formerly done by| hand. = Motor power washing ma- chines have forever supplanted the washwoman in hundreds of homes. They are always en the job, never late, . quiet, efficient, courteous if treated well, never demand a ten o'clock lunch, and don't tear the clothes. The electric machine is perhaps most convenient if you have electric power, but it is by no means the only thing. There are water power machines, dog power machines, a working out of the old fantiliar treadmill, where your household pet furnishes the power which does your washing, and machines which are run by the gas engine. As to types of machines, they are legion. The best known are the cylinder machines where, clothes are put in a cylinder which revolves through.a tub of hot suds, Whatever the type or whatever the power employed, the power machine is something which every woman who can afford it should buy. The wringer is also operated by the same power which; washes the clothes, so that the hardest part of washing is carrying the wet clothes out to dry. Not only' do you save muscle, but you save. time. Could you' for instance, wash nineteen blankets in the old way in one forenoon and go to a pic- nic in the afternoon? This is what one farm woman did. Another on same day did a two weeks' wash- for a family of six, and threw in two blankets and the curtains for twenty windows, then baked and put up her picnic lunch, and was as fresh as a daisy in the afternoon. The machine cannot perform mira- cles, however. ' Do not think for a minute that they are going to do the washing while you sit upstairs and read a book, -as the advertisements picture the pretty lady. They are like any machine--they must be op- erated. Starch must be 'made, glothes fed to the wringer, tubs filled ¥ a» i with rinsing water and lines got ready. You will not sit down while the washing is on. Also, ' if the clothes wind around the wringer. or you try to put too thick a garment through--well, your machine is like- ly to stop in the middle of the wash- ing, and you must wait for someone who understands its internal work- ings to set it going. Care in feed- ing the wringer makes this unneces- sary, however. to boil, is another question, Most agents say it is not necessary--that good soap powder, scalding water and sun are all you need. Personally, I} prefer boiling. Wristbands and soiled spots do not-need to be rubbed on the board if you use sufficient care. Soap all these spots carefully and let the clothes soak over night. If the spots show when they come out of the tub, soap them again and wash a second time, Only on rare occasions will you need to rub them. Thrift Recipes. Leftover Beans.--1 cup beans, % cup stewed tomato. Salt and pep- per and a teaspoon of grated onion. Heat thoroughly. The onion -and tomato should be cooked for ten mi- nutes before the beans are added. Vegetable Hash.--Mix together and heat in a frying pan, with a little wa- ter or milk and a small quantity of fat and seasonings--2 cups diced cooked potatoes, 1 cup diced cooked carrots, 1 cup diced cooked turnips, 1% cup gratéd cheese, Escalloped Carrots.--2 cups grat- ed carrots, 1 cup bread erumbs, % cup milk, 1-8 cup grated cheese, 1 table- spoon fat, 3% teaspoon salt, pepper to taste. Cook the grated carrots in a double boiler until tender. Add salt, pepper, and milk and cook for five minutes. Place in a baking dish, sprinkle with grated cheese, cover with the crumhs to which has been added the melted fat.. Brown in the oven, Corn and Cheese.~2 cups corn, 1 cup celery, 1 cup buttered crumbs, 1 teaspoon galt, 2 tablespoons fat, 3% cup hot milk. Arrange corn and celery in layers with salt. Add hot milk and melted fat. Cover with buttered crumbs 'and bake 20 minutes. Warmed Over Beans With Cheese. --Make a cup Of white sauce and add two tablespoons / of grated 'cheese. Add the sauce to the beans and heat thoroughly. | Thig is a good sub- stitute for meat. Cod en Casserole.--To prepare this dish take a one and a half pound slice of cod and remove the skin, Place it in a cesserole of ample size and pour in half a pint of boiling stock. Cover and bring fo a boil again, Then cook quite gently for about an hour and thirty minutes. Strain off the stock. = Add a quarter of a pint of stewed Spanish onion and tomato mixed, salt, pepper, a pinch of sugar and a dust of cayenne. Heat, stir well, pour over the fish and serve. A SEA SECRET REVEALED Showing the Immortal Spirit of the British Navy. The Navy begins to render up its secrets to 'the curious eyes of the ciyilian, says the London Times. The '4Q" Boat Suffolk Coast has véaclied st. Kh Dock, and the public to go over her, at the small fee for the benefit ities. contrivances for deception with deadliness will surely Saotrust crowds so long | sea 'that rob holds Red ~ to certain destruction, For this the officers and men of the Navy scrambl-J ed in hot rivalry. Through this they went, and, having gone, went eagerly again. Their ships were sunk under them, but they cared not at all, so the the U-boats were destroyed, : The Suffolk Coast herself is a ship newly converted to this service, but 'most of her crew have served with their commander in three of these "special service" ships. The immedi- ate predecessor of the Suffolk Coast --the Stock: Force--sank under her crew when they had waited fifty min- utes after being torpedoed for the chance of sinking the U-boat that them at last. The story 'hag been told. The men of other "Q" dis left no trace. appeared and, oF th And, to boil or not{. boats were not so fortunate. They | . 1 4, ac the | Mall Gazette says ft was a unique | spectacle of a na fon's supreme en- deavor portrayed, not in retrospect, but during its accomplishment, by hier artiste, : "The 70 leading painte Including some famous Brit 2 tA Life te Extinct and Country will Have Hard St re to Start Again. Poland was stripped of all naerialy and machinery during the Ge cupation which ended on November i On that day a few thous: of the Polish Legion, nided. by population of Warsaw, d od ne than 20,000 German soldiers who hag arranged a revolt Bgainst their own 'officers. All food and all tel Wires were removed by the Germans, All in- dustrial plants were robbed and dis. mantled, with the result that Poland will have a hard job to start In again even it financia and ~political condi tions were of the best, observers. say. Di ing the ic situation in Poland, Stanislan Larlowski, director of the Commercial Bank, of Warsaw, said to the correspondent: "It will take nearly $2, 000,000,000 to repair the damage done in the German occupation and to put us'on our feet properly and to develop our great natural resources Our ofl products return 500,000,000 marks annually and we are rich in coal and salt mines, pot- ash, forests and agricultural products, "At the present time the economic situation is confused because Russian rubles, Austrian crowns and German marks are in circulation. The marks are a heritage of the German occupa- tion. In April, 19017, the Germans is- sued 2,000,000,000 marks which they | called Polish marks. The fgsue was made through a special bank with the announcement that after two years Polish tharks should be redeemed by German marks. By this scheme the German Reichsbank was not compel- led to issue extra money and, there- fore, did not injure its own credit. "At the same time the Germans re- fused to accept the ruble as legal ten- der. The Austrians accepted the ruble in Russia and Galicia and also intro- duced the crown. Thereafter all gorts of complications arose, with no one knowing the precise exchange valie of any money. This bank simply has ceased to pay dividends until we es- tablish a new money standard. Prob- ably the franc, for the three Polands. Must Win World's Confidence. "First we must establish a sound government which will have the con- fidence of the outside world. Any gov- ernment must have money to run it- self, but it cannot get money without confidence. When such a government is established we will put out foreign loans for the purpose of buying ma- terials and starting up féctories. It is even necessary for us to obtain loans in order to buy clothes; also machin- ery and locomotives. Everything in the country 'must be rebuilt along new lines. "The Germans transported home all of Kalicz and then set fire to the city. This was one of their great crimes in 1914. They did this although there was no battle fought there. They drove out the people by bombing the city and then robbed it methodically, "The Germans also requisitioned all the factories and machinery in Ledz, which is the Polish Manchester, with its vast cotton and woollen mills, In their entire occupation they continfied to loot Lodz. Even last September they carried away all the fron pates and floorings from the factories. "They stole our vegetables and our fruits. They took by requisition every- thing they wanted: "While they did not rob our banks, on the third day of the occupation 'of Warsaw in 1915, the director of the Deutsche Bank of Berlin came to me bubles, the surrender of which, he cen- l.tended, would regulate our debts to his bank. The Germans did the same. thing in Roumania after the Treaty of Bucharest. "It will take $200,000,000 to recon- struct us industrially without counting the other sums we must spend gradual ly for improving the railways and the |: ciities and rebuilding houses ruined in the course of the war." } OB ¢ A French Peasant. Each week, in rain or shine, she tru: gesout To that green little Sraveyard by the : gea, Where Toats her Jean. She tides ten- derly His en cross, repeats a prayer de- i Then, 40 she chats to him about | The simple interests of every day: The new-born calf, "the apple crop, the hay, | Since: at is presence there she holds | the machinery from the industrial city |. and demanded my cash balance 'of |. ones, "have risen gloriously to the task set by thelr Government when it took them out to the trenches in France and Flanders. From the landidg of the first 33,000 . men at Plymouth to the capture of Mons on the last day of the war, no phase of Canada's war activity . has been neglected. "There are nearly 1 intings illus- trating the career of the Canadian Corps in France, including the magni and said, tin ficent paintings of the landing of the cer Donohue? ° Is this 3rd Canadian Brigade at St. Nazaire, hue 7" A by Bdgar Bundy, AR.A., and the giant | ~ canvas by Major Richard Jock, A.RA., | "The Second Battle of Ypres." Major Jock has also a fine painting of "The Battle of Vimy Ridge." In the same way the historic Canadian battles are dealt with each in their torn. Regina ' Trench, the taking of Courcelette and' 80 on, and then the Arras-Cambrai road is shown, along which the Cana- dians are seen streaming after three ' Was months of incessant battle to the bit- | ter fight for Cambrai, whence they his passed to their last engagement which culminated in the triumphal entry into | Mons, Many Beautiful Portraits. Apart from the actual fighting, How. | 1 ever, the paintings give a comprehen- sive view of every other phase of Canadian war activity overseas, the Forestry Corps, which has provided timber for the armies of four nations; the famous Raflway troops, which of- ten worked desperately under a de- vastating fire, have contributed so much to victory: the Veterinary Corps, which has charge of three million ster- ling worth of animals; the hospitals and even the patrol boats in the Eng- lish Channel, sonpfe of which. were manned exclusively by Canadian crews. There is a splendid collection of portraits, interesting personalities such ae Sir Robert Borden, Sir George Perley, Princess Patricia of Connaught and Lady Drummond, who labored so unceasingly for the "Canadian Red determine Cross. There are also portraits of econ be should take, many members of the Canadian high | He got Sheehan on the telephone at! command and a whole gallery of SE 10, and made an i onc hor. Canadians who have won the Victoria | to meet him duni ch hour,' Attenely while Cross, 1 Sheehan dist aged re woman's Well" Shechan wu, "what wl think of doing?" Fe There are two or three things There Are Many Tnstances of Royalty might do do," Jerry answered. most obvious wail be Who Quit Their Thrones, | Boge She Sho' musk. obvious wi History affords King Ferdinand and let him deal of Bulgaria many precedents in the case when he' 2 art of abdicatfon, but few have ever | resigned their thrones except under; compulsion. mi; The most remarkable voluntary ab- dication on record is that of Chris- | ghly tina of Sweden, daughter and suc- or. end (n nd your cessor of the great Gustavus Alar | To results, ayou 'the phus. Growing tired, at the age of of that are boric to 28, of the restraints imposed on her | nob. Friendly a him M Trask' 3 by her high office, she resigned in: bu od awa oo wos favor of her cousin and went in bei Bit of Gat 3 The Rome, which city she entered in the, | costume of an Amazon. Latter she settled in Paris. The desire to resign seems to have A and a few other young giris lived wil her, it was a very qiiet, respect. able sort of house, but the exbortion was too much for her. Chief Doh kept coming down es: CHAPTER XXXVIL expectation of Fela rom Roger Trask map. Trask, for of town for two days. for Je ad § _ " money ou raise this way, To in the cajoling manner she was past mistress. . "Well, we've got to a lot of it is oR Ed ---- ren THE ART OF IF ABDICATION pr ly the TFisherie 5° Branch Naval Si Boats' and' or - oats' an , 8 mloged Nak returned in later years) for she tried | to recover her own kingdom and made | © SE er near fhe a bid for the throne of Poland. Sv enid Sheehan With epthu But even kings who abdicate by 5 ight iden, vitness J their own choice are not always al-, public oral n lowed to' enjoy freedom from the | that i, nan burdens 'of government. = Philip the | date 2 hing the founder of the Bourbon oon | mak the sree « in Spain, was a nervous and gloomy | : bh Fd ££ is a £4 wt man, much tormented by religious Tia 2% hd Boys' Shbwing. scruples, and he found life as "King "5 . As shown: by: the report of t of Spain intolerable. 'At the age of to '40, and in the 24th year of his reign, ' te pub) order to look after "the affairs of was a man his soul," he resigned the crown of Uline nose, Spain. and the Indies in favor of his Std bis far eldest son, Don Luis, who was at that, oF ly b E lime only 16 years of age. "We can But the peace that™ King , Philip aa had hoped for lasted barely seven «it will months, The young king was at- tacked by smallpox, and died at the. end of that period. Befo his death, And --e chat say thar to not 'hover i 4] . wrought "The wistful souls of oss who died Berlin