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All over the Old Country bells great and small will be 'ringing the New Year in, and though at first the sub- 'fect seems uninteresting, yet there is really much of interest not generally Enown about bells and their ringers. To start with, how big are these 'bells? Britain's biggest chimers are: 'Great Paul, of St, Paul's Cathedral, London, weighing 163; tons; West- minster's famous Big Ben, scaling 13% tons; the 124 ton Great Peter belonging to York Minster; and the 7% ton Great Tom at Oxford, all, incidentally, dwarfs amongst the world's giant bells--while the babies of the family are the smallest bells in the village churches throughout the land. Bell ringing itself is an Interesting and skilful craft and some of its guilds have existed for centuries. Amongst them are an old British society found- 'ed. 11574, the Scholars of Cheapside Society, whose charter dates from 1603, and the Ancient Society of Col- lege Youths, incorporated in 1637 and now 293 years old. . Amongst "star turns" performed by bellringers is the world's record feat of ringing the longest peal ever done by one team of men. This was per- formed by men of the College Youths in April, 1922, on the church bells of Appleton, Berkshire, when they rang no fewer than 21,363 changes which took them 12 hours 25 minutes without stopping once. What such an accom- plishment means can be judged by the fact that owing to the very compli- cated changes necessary nothing can be allowed to divert their attention, and so neither food nor drink nor talk- ing was indulged in during that time, for fear that their memories might fall and spoil the record, Until comparatively recent times bell-ringing was performed entirely by men, but during the war many of them went into the services and women stepped in to fill their places and since then many of them have stayed and many others have taken up bellring- ing, and many of them have big rings to their credit, Thus, in 1927, a team of six men and one woment set up a record at West Deeping Ouurch, Linconshire, by ringing 10,080 changes in 6 hours 19 minutes. *. » » "The lady concerned set up two re. cords herself by that feat, first, she was the first woman in England to ring fer such a long period in any cliurch, and, secondly, the first of ner sex to perform successfuly the diffi- cult feat called "14 methods." Then again, in at least one famous church in London--St. Clement Danes in the Strand--woman bellringers toll- ee [ conomy Corner Brown Bread. Two cups Indian meal, one cup rye meal, one-half cup flour, one cup mo- lasses, two cups milk, one cup hot water with one teaspoon soda dis- solved in it. Pinch of salt. Put in covered tin and steam in kettle with hot water just below top of tin. Russian Dressing. One tablespoon lemon juice, one cup stiff mayonnaise, two tablespoons chili sauce, one tablespoon Worcestershire of any good bottled sauce, Add lemon Juice to mayonnaise, which should be very cold. Just before serving stir in sauces, y -- Baked. Indian Pudding. Scald one pint of milk and stir in four tablespoonfuls of meal, Cook until thick. Cool and add one-half cup molasses, one-half teaspoon cinnamon and salt, two eggs well beaten, with one-half cup sugar, and one pint cold sweet milk, Bake two hours. When it has cooked one hour pour in one cup cold milk. Do not stir, ---- Scotch Shortcakes. One cup butter, 34 cup confectionery sugar (add gradually), 2 cups bread flour, teaspoon galt, Sift dry ingredients, mix as you would pie crust. Roll out % inch thick and cut with cookie cut- ter. Bake in oven 340-360 degrees for 2 Gminutes. Sprinkle with sugar be- fore putting in the oven, Makes them very attractive in appearance. And if cut with the heart, diamond, club and spade cookie cutters they are delicious for a bridge tea. Salt-Cod Dinner. Soak a pound of salt cod in cold water for two or three hours, then boil in fresh water until tender. Male a nest of well-seasoned mash- ed potatoes on a platter, Make a white sauce and add the fish, picked apart in small pieces, Put this in the centre of the nest and cut three hard- boiled eggs finely over the whole. Put a row of sliced pickled beets around the outside of mashed potatoes. I slice the beets with a corrugated cut- ter and it adds to the attractiveness ------ 'Feeding Five for $10.42. How four healthy adults were fed satisfactorily during a one-week ex- periment for a total of $10.42 is told in the current issue of the "Family". of the lish, + RING IN THE | ized % teaspoon baking powder, 3% ] NEW" ed out 1928 and rung fn-its successor] while huge crowds surged through the streets outside. Several years ago Folkstone Church was particularly notable, for three woman ringers did thelr fair quota of the work, one, in- deed, handling frequently: a 24-cwts. bell--aund ringing it well, One could hardly expect many thrills to attend those engaged in what seems such placid occupation, nevertheless, thrills and adventure have occasionally occured. A tragedy of the belfry occured to a Sunderland church official while preparing a bell for the memorial service to Queen Alexandra. A three-quarter of a ton bell had been turned upside down to enable hiry to muffle tha clapper with leather when, for some unexplained reason, the great bell swung down and crushed him to death against the woodenwork. Firemen and police were needed to extricate the body from its awkward position in the tower. A very curious chance occurred dur- ing the attempt of bellringers at Leeds Church, Kent, to smash the world record of the Ancient Society of College Youths, mentioned earlier, by ringing 22,033 changes -and better their rivals bq 670 changes! It was a tremendous effort and months of preparation were devoted to it. The ten ringers were locked in the . - . belfry and at 6 p.m. on Easter Mon- day, 1926, they started the peal, which was to take them practically 15 hours, and to which they were giving the whole of that day. The Appleton ringers, the record holders, arrived in the village to listen to their rivals. But they were not destined to be beat- en, for after 4% hours of ringing the crashing bells suddenly stopped. The' ringers had made some mistakes and rung some wrong changes--so the at- tempt, fell through, 2 A similar attempt in 1928 to ring a world's record peal of 22,096 changes at Heptonstall Church, Yorkshire, came to a bitterly disappointing end. After months of practice, dieting and actually ringing for 10 hours 31 min- utes incessantly, out of the 134 hours necessary without eating, drinking, talking or smoking, the 1814 cwt, tenor bell became to stiff to ring and the attempt failed. All for the lack of a drop of oil on its bearings. Broadcasting has recently familiar- millions--hitherto unacquainted with it--with bellringing by transmit- ting famous peals. Amongst those thus rendered familiar to myriads are the famous peals of Crowland Abbey, near Peterborough, and since their aerial debut, the annual visitors have increased over ten times, The article, written by Miss S. Etta Sadow, Director of the Bureau of Home Economics of the Boston Feder- ated Jewish Charities, presents a model grocery order for a week which will give the minimum of food neces- sary to nourish a family of five, This minimum order takes into considera- tioh differences in occupations of in- dividuals as well as bodily require- ments of different age groups. The $10.42 grocery order was worked out in Boston and may vary slightly in other cities, The use of this minimum menu with satisfactory results is, however, de- Pendent upon three congitions, Miss Sadow points out. "It presupposes that all members of the family are in good health and that the mother has enough knowledge of foods to be able to make the correct selection, so that proper amounts of milk, fruit, vege- tables, cereals, and so on will be In- cluded in the dietary, It presupposes a knowledge of the seasonal variation of foods and prices so that the mini- mum amount of money provided will cover the cost of items which help to make up a balanced diet." In planning her menu, Miss Sadow sought variety as well ag quantity in food. Breakfast ordinarily consisted of fruit, a cereal, toast or bread, and coffee or milk. Soup was served three days during the week for luncheon together with a vegetable dish of a salad, Oatmeal cookies, gingerbread, and turnip fluff were featured on the noonday list. Dinner was a three- course meal, having either fish, meat or salad and vegetables as its prinel> pal course, A day-by-day menu, together with recipes for each dish are Included in the article in The Family, In order to test the practicability, palatability, and quantity of the Mini. mum Grocery Order as outlined by, Miss Sadow, an experiment was con ducted by a group of four social work- ers who lived on the order for one week. These four adults were select ed as having caloric needs set for the dietary of the standard family of five, consisting of a man, a woman, a boy of thirteen, a girl of seven, and a child of three, > 3 "Three meals a day were prepared by the dietitians in charge of the experiment," writes Miss Sadow, "and all food was purchased in one of the poor districts, The food supplied sufi clent calories, protein, fat, carbohy- 'drates, minerals, and vitamins, to pro- vide good nutrition. No food was eaten between meals since the ade- quacy and satistying effects of the diet were being tested." After living on the 10.42 grocery, A New carnival this year, Decorate a booth _with carnival colors, red and whitg, and serve from it the usual os refreshments; small bags of popeogn, peanuts, pink lemonade, taffy candy wrapped in pieces of oiléd paper with twisted ends, and "phi dog" sandwiches, Of course: vou will have circus acts and games with a gallant young maun- ager In' a red-and-white clown suit or the top hat and frock coat of a circus Aégnitary, When the guests are as sembling let -him lead them one at a time into the various side shows sep- arated by a curtained doorway: A Dancing Midget. A girl with shoes and stockings on her hands stands behind a table. Another girl sits on a high stool just behind her Surf cycles are newest in water Season. They cannot sink, and can go 15 miles per hour. Doréthy May and Betty Esmond demonstrating the proper use of order for one week, one of the social | workers had gained two and a half pounds, two had gained one pound each, and one adult maintained the! same weight. A typical day's menu in this experi ment follows: Breakfast -- Half orange, cream of wheat, top milk, sugar, bread, butter, | coffees or milk. | Luncheon--Fish chowder with po-| tato, cottage cheese, salad with dates | and French dressing, bread, butter, milk, cottage pudding with chocolate sauce. Dinner--Scotch barley soup, meat balls, potato, sweet and sour cabbage, | bread, tea, fresh fruit salad, New Year's Day Among the Nations There are four very widely ob- served New Year's Days: thosa of | Christendom, Islam, Hebrew and! Chinese. Christendom is the only one to celebrate January <1. The popular feast in England con i tory--conquering your own spirit and | line or he may tag his opponent when 4 - a ® ase | : : 5 5 . sists of turkey, duck or goose, with ive ot ease, Veiy | he is. carrying off the sack. Both i i 4 2 shoul 'get ayers ave trying to do the same plum pudding which is generously be oP hear: th 5 nl en i to players ave trying to do th 1 3 2 V: V, spend ¢ a lana ing--ae n c retur flavored with brandy. i Are y ve De % ! da pe gi | thing t te 20d eo: n and Xe Jen In France and Spain the New-year's 10 latily? ar a lang lace and forget | untouc ed. ten the ars . Iwo dinner would consist of turkey, capon Bil. . | players have contested for the firs or pheasant, and you would be sure! NO, indeed; and I should not for-! sack of pop corn the whistla blow to find truffles, chestnuts and olives &et. when a man, that "all work and again and the two players next in line important. ingredients of the dress. NO Play make Jack a dull boy.' | try for the second sack, and so on ing of the New-year's fowls. In many | places snails wculd be'served. The New-year's dinner in North Arica would have cous-cous as its central dish. This ccnsists of wheat prepared like fine grains of rice, with a robe across her shoulders that hides everything except her head and hands aud the other girl's hands, do- ing duty as dancing feet. If you can get it right, it is very effective. The Smallest Dog in Captivity. Put a sign outside to this effect, and in- side place on the table a platter tainging the smallest sausage you can find. The Fat Lady, Find the thinnest one girl you can, and if she is not sensitive novelties introduced at Miami this Misses bikes. A New Year Resolve Of a Sc' slboy While the year is vounz, we, are the good resolves we make to | everyone has come, let the clown have a fair, clear record when the divide the company into two equal New Year shall have become old. sides for games, If I were a boy, full of warm, health. distribute badges made of red crepe ful glow, eagerly longing to do good-- | paper, and to the other, white badges. | all its balloons may be treated to parallel things, too--I should resolve to cuiti- | lines on the floor with chalk or with | vate kind and polite manners, and use | tape, as fir apart as possible, and, and who can tell? perhaps some great! Pop-Corn Venders. Mark them at home, {halfway between them lay a row of [ soks filled with pop corn, half as I should try to deal very gently with | v y Y-geatiy with many as there are players. The play- the little sisters, though I didn't care two straws about their dollies or kit- tens, and couldn't help being annoyed with their mischievous pranks, And then I should try to help mother, when she looks so tired and worn. If her arms ache from carrying the teething baby, it would not be amiss tg coax him away for an hour or so. facing each other. | the first player in each lines runs to- | ward the first sack of corn, trying to | secure At and return to his goal line without being tagged by the other player. If successful, his side keeps {side gots it. He has two {to secure the prize: he may get the Right here comes on another vie- | sack and return untagged to his goal I should talk with parents aud teach- until all have been out, ers about the lives of successful men, | successful ones on each Then the Year Carnival Celebrate New Year's Eve with a against each other In the "merry-go- round." Two girls can play at one time, Blindfold them and station them at opposite ends of the room. Turn them around rapidly three times, and tell them to walk forward and shake hands with each other. When they have succeeded in this they are told to 'part company and touch the piano, or some other object that they have previously located. The one who has not lost her sense of direction will reach it first and win her sandwich. Balloon Give-Away. Choose three guests from each side and give each of them a balloon on a long string. They must each try to give it to some ona who wears the opposing color. This is done by trying to hit the other person's balloon with hers. When a player has done so, the opponent must | viously it is harder to protect two bal- con- | i i i { and all, examine ourselves, and many | about it persuade her to pose. After, | | To one side let him ers must stand on their own goal lines | these hories to victory, At a given signal the company the pop corn; if he is tagged, the other | chances ! {of wood to be used as a drum, and per side divide d and endeavor early in youth to find out what 1 could do best, and learn to use my eyes, ears, brains and limbs to some advantage to others as well steamed with lamb or mutton, and | 28 myself. vegetables. Cooked locusts are often! served in that country. In Central Africa, the feast of feasts is a roasted elephant's foot. Tibet, that strange country that only lately we have known, finds the populace eating raw yak meat and drinking strong tea mixed with van- cid butter. A favorite New-year's dish in Japan is a big baked red snapper. You would also find the most character- istic of Japanese edibles--pickled chrysanthemum petals. -- ------ Sanctuary I know a spot where budless twigs Are bare above the snow, And where sweet winter-loving birds Flit softly to and fro; There with the sun for altar-fire, The earth for kneeling-place, The gentle alr for chorister, Will I adore Thy face. --Allce Brown, In "The Road to Castalay." It's the hardest kind of work to play a winning game, Athletes Commemorate Emperor's Death Students of colleges of Tokio I should feel that, if [ could not King, I «could be an honest woodcut'ter, doing the work so deftly and well that double pay should be mine, and my labor would be in de- mand, And then, early in youth is just the time to begin self-denyings and shun- ning hurtful habits, beginning with saying, "No!" to the schoolmate who should ask me to read the trashy books, full of impossible adventures for the youths, instead of mastering the dry arithmetical problems, though the teacher might not be looking and the book appeared interesting. Another resolve will prove a diffi- cult task; but I certainly shouldn't sleep late in the morning, though the blankets be ever so soft and warm and the air stinging cold. Such a victory the sleepy boy gains over himself who "springs" from his warm couch, gets a little wood and water for the kitchen, and meets with a bright face the family at breakfast. In the list of self-denyings and help- ful habits I place "learning to care for the pennies' and taking care of personal property, clothing, toys, be % , Japan, appear in mass drills as" of nation-wide celebration on occasion of observance of death of Emperor Medj! Sotsu in Medjl Shrine stadium. ~~ with their unfortunate team mates, The Trained Seals' Balancing Act. Ask a boy from each side to volunteer for this act or number the players on each and draft two. Give an empty vinegar jug to each boy. The clown then announces that his famous trained seals will tilt their jugs upon the rims, sit upon the .jugs held so, cross ons knee over the other and in this position keep their balance while they typn themselves completely round. They must keep their arms folded. Give the one who accomplishes this feat first an' order upon the re- freshment booth that entitles him tq a "hot dog" sandwich, He will deserve it. It anyone feels envious, he may challenge some one on the opposing side to a similar contest. Try to find some boy who can balance a book on his head while he is turning round. Merry-Go-Round. Palr the girls side take both balloons and try to pro- tect them both while the girl who has succeeded in getting rid of her balloon retires from the game, Ob- loons than one, and the unfortunate one will find most of the opposing players upon her heels, Her team mates must come to the rescus and try to get rid of their balloons, If she maliés a hit, she rids herself of | both her balloons at once: A hit does not count if the person hit is attack- ing you at the same time When only are left on the floor, one must dodge and theh take up the of- fensive, The that disposes of two sida pink lemonade. Chariot Race. Bring out two wooden horses such as those used by carpen- ters, one wearing a large bow of red crepe and the other a large bow of white, Call for volunteers - to ride The rest of form a line and root for The riders do not get astride their horses and canter to vie-| tory. They must get under the wood- | en frame and keeping t heads! against the front work | their horses sidewise toward the goal. They may lift the front part and then their colors. crosspieces tha back part, but must not have the entire frame off the floor at one time. | The Clown Bands. Allow each side, to enter its best musicians in the clown-band contest, Give them combs and paper upsn which to play, the small horns you sing through, blocks | haps tiny bells Allow the bands to » and then to play sourn for pr in turn Rain Checks of clown annou Sometime before the year have: the + that he the new wning ands ready ain checks to. all w If person can cause why he was unad priz him a rain check calling for it The Tight-Rope Walker. If you can persuade one of the boys to put on a to give r them, any he covets, the clo frilly skirt over his clothes and wear a fluffy hat with ribbons tie his chin, he may make a ser trope walker, Lay a a tig on the floor after you h: ve announced | the renowned "Lady Mar raight-| toes" and + of her exp 3 with gusto, Jn spite of the je of the audience when the"rope is d upo the floor, the tiglit-rops walker p ades back and forth on it, using a! child's umbrella to balance with and fessionals. You can have a lot of fun it the boy is a good actor. | books and the like, Boys should know the money value of comforts and luxuries, and to early help themselves to be Just, but not miserly; It requires resolution for both big and little boys to pass windows full of tempting candies and frults, or beautiful myrbits and tops, when a fow pennies are saved until a sufficl- ent sum Is gotten together, a good Lenk te | gered «: wounded, Is an up-hill, dif | cult task, and many failures must paper or interesting book can be or-| dered, which is a constant delight] and helper toward future benefits, Our Canadian young people are ac-| cused of lacking veneration and vo} spect for the aged. A boy seeking | to turn over a new leaf upon New Year's Day cannot afford to forget this point. Courtesy and :-od manners are often the means of smoothing the whole 'lifepath of tthe boy and man. By good manners I do not mean fop- | | pishness, but a manly, respectful bear. ing and deference pald to the wishes | of others, The aged should claim| attention first, It {3 only the savage | who "shelve" the old folks when thelr usefulness 13 over. Assumed courtesy is easily daisel| ed. There is only'ene way to wear it ag a well-fitting garment, and that| is to treat well every man, woman and child, and I must add the dumb anl- mals, These latter learn quickly what good treatment means. By so dolng the kindly feeling becomes second nature, and the outside courtesy easy and not strained. To curb the hot, quick temper, and restrain bitter, biting words when an- occur before the haughty spirit can be ruled; yet perseverance makes thls resolve possible, . No! The boy I have pictured Is not a muff; his laugh and shout ring out loudly in baseball, tag and hunt the hare; he wears out the knees of his trousers and Is continually out at the elbows, In the autumn his thoughts turn to popcorn, nutting and wild grape excur- slons, In the winter, snowballing, skating and coasting claim every mo- mint ot his spare time, Indeed, the keeping of one-half his New Year re- solves costs him an effort. So much the better; it proves that he is In earnest, and no weak, half-way boy. Little by little he gains the victory over.self, while having a genuine good time and gaining a store of strength, both physical and mental, which will enable him to run well the race that is before him, ' i pared for the pot a de doing all the tricks performed by pro- | Start the New Your On the Right Foot Careful Planning One Doesn't Need to Spend ? All the Time Over Kitchen Stove By Start the New Year right! With this timely admonishment coming from friends both far and near, mother could not put the advice to a better test than trying it out on the New Year's dinner, By planning a holiday dinner that can be prepared ahead of time, she can spend the first day of the new year in the front of the house instead of over the stove in the kitchen. This does not mean a cold handout for the family and guests, It means planning and select. ing dishes which can be prepared a day or two in advance. Start right off with the main course, Who needs an appetizer befora turkey and fixin's? This means fewer dishes to serve and fewer tp wash up, all of which requires time. Besides, start- ing with the main course leaves more room for the festive dessert which us- ually accompanies a holiday dinner. If turkey 'wads © menu, prepare the bird for rous and make the stuffing the day Then, in a short time the turkey can be stuffed and sewed, ready for the oven, Or il a fat fowl holds the place of honor, simmer it until tender, the day before, About an hour before dinner time, heat up the dressing which was pre- pared the day before, stuff the chick. en, and brown it quickly in the oven. Ham for baking may be boiled a day or two beforehand, left standing in a cold place in the liquor in which it was cooked, reheated In this, then skinned, covered with bread crumbs and sugar, stuck with cloves, and put before. in the oven for final browning just before dinner, Potatoes to be scalloped, may be cooked the day before and arranged in a baking dish ready 'for the final cook- in The green vegetables--spinach, caulitower, Brussel sprouts, or what- ever it Is--may be washed and pre- head of time, Make two or three days the cranberr y sauce or jelly before and set it away in a cold place. Wash the cel ry, wrap it well, and put it in a cold place, mato aspie, or grapefruit for a lad, can also be fixed the day bee fore. The lettuce and salad dressing lalso may be all ready for last-minuts combi fon. Lettuce, in fact, gets cris and more attractive if waslied, | cove , and let stand in a very cold place for a few hours before serving. Minca pie for dessert can be baked a day or two early. Or a mousse of cream and shredded pineapple of other flavoring may be packed down in ice and salt the day before and turned { out in a frozen mold at dinner time, If the weather is very cold, =et the mousse outdoors, and the weather will { do the rest.\ The fruit cake left over from Christmas may be served with the mousse Nuts and candies help to give a fes- ive touch, and may even be arranged the serving dishes long beforehand: Thus, with forethought, most of the of w ¥ear's dinner can and the homemaker can a New Year right by ha 128 very first day of the ve work ba Wife Makes Author Of Traveller Husband Palo Alto, Calit.--Bailey Willis, pro- fessor emeritus of geology at Stanford University, wrote a hook about Africa and didn't know it, He found out about it Dec, 15 after he returned from a year's sojourn in the 'dark continent" as a guest of the British Government, 'Why don't you write a book about Africa?" Mrs, Willis asked. "But you've already done it," his wife beamed. "Impossible," he replied. "I'm too technical." She produced a published volume of the professor's sojourn, "Living Africa," written and signed by him- self, Pen and ink sketches by Mrs, Willis illustrated the book. Then she explained. The book was composed of the voluminous letters hes had ° written to her, with personal mes- sages deleted; Shawls and Clogs Discarded by Women London --"Forty-five years ago wo- men went to work In shawls and clogs; now fit Is difficult to tell the weaver from the manufacturer's daughter, particularly on Sunday." This was one of three remarkable achievements of the schools men- tioned by the chairman of the West Riding (Yorkshire) Edpcationa Com- mittes, Sir Percy Jackson, at the opening of a new school at Feather stone, "We have educated girls in taste,™ he sald, "and it is a wonderful and beautiful achievement." The second result claimed was the love of horti- culture ,as shown in the beautifully kept gardens of most humble houses. And the third was the love of read- ing. The West Riding County Coun cil Library, which is only seven years old, has in circulation about 200,000 books, " --t % Foreman--Send in young Clancy. § saw him smoking on a load of powder a while ago, and I'm going to fire him, Rafferty--Well, here's pat of hig hat.