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By Mair M. Morgan USE IMAGINATION IN COOKING POTATOES An industrious statistician has fig- wred out that men generally order French fried potatoes when they eat in hotels and restaurants. Perhaps the reason men eat French fried po- tatoes in hotels is that they never get them at home. Yet they are not hard to do. The preparation, how- ever, should be careful, Chips or Saratoga potatoes must be cut in thin, transparent slices. French fried potatoes must be cut uniform in thickness. Shoestring po- tatoes or potatoes Julienne must be cut in tiny strips, literally shoe- strings. Souffled potatoes must be cut lengthwise in slices with a per- fect clean cut--no jagged edges. Cutting Devices Handy There are clever .devices on the market for cutting potatoes that in- sure perfection and sinte this type of potato cookery makes such attrac- tive serving for various occasions, a set of potato cutters is a worthwhile investment. A fat that may be heated to a high temperature without smoking or burning should be used for frying. A high grade vegetable oil or a firm vegetable fat give satisfactory re- sults because either can be made very hot before the fat molecules break down. ' To make French fried potatoes, pare potatoes and cut lengthwise in- to strips about 3% inch thick. Let stand in ice water for an hour. Drafn and dry between towels. Fry in deep fat heated to 895 degrees F, Cook not more than twelve pieces at a time. Cook until brown and crisp on all sides. Drain on heavy brown pa- per and sprinkle with salt, Serve as soon as possible after frying. Select Potatoes Carefully The composition of the potatoes is important in making potato souffle because some kinds will not puff. A waxy potato gives the best results. Two kettles of fat are best. If one is used the process takes longer. In this case, let cooked slices drain on crumpled paper while cooking the en- tire batch at a low temperature. Then raise temperature of fat and finish cooking. Select large potatoes and rub clean. Do not wash. Pare evenly, slicing out eyes or imperfections instead of cutting around these places as one usually does. Cut in lengthwise slic- es not more than 34 inch thick. A Enjoying The Night Life r-~ Helen Vinson, charming moving picture star and wife of Fred Perry, tennis stdr, is moved to laughter by the antics of a perfor- mer at the Trocadero, New York City night club, which she attend- ed with a party of friends, vegetable slicer will make perfect slices. Wipe each slice dry and place it between folds of a soft tea towel. Heat fat to 265 degrees F. Or hot enough to make bubbles rise to the surface when potatoes are put in, Put six or eight slices into kettle and cook five minutes, stirring with a long handled fork or skimmer. Re- move at once to second kettle in which fat is heated to 426 degrees F. Cook until puffed and delicately browned and crisp, Drain on crum- pled paper and sprinkle with salt, Keep in a warm oven, about 300 de- grees F., until ready to serve to in- sure crispness. Fry Sweet Potatoes 'Sweet potatoes are good French fried. Prepared exactly as you do Irish potatoes. French fried onions can be done two ways, By one method, you cut in slices, separate into rings, 'and drop into milk. Let stand an hour. Drain and dip in flour, Fry in deep fat heated in 385 degrees F. Drain, sprinkle with-salt and serve. The other way to do them is to dip them in a thin batter made of 1 egg, 1 cup of milk, 1 cup flour, and 1% teaspoon salt. Fry in deep fat heated to 885 degrees F. The 1irst method is the easier. SUNDAY MEALS It's heresy, I suppose, but such beautiful heresy--the club that a certain housekeeper group in a com- munity not far away has formed to -promote thé abolishment of Sunday food orgies and incidentally, drudg- ery. Even when Sunday was primarily a day of rest, it was never that for mother. But now that it has become the one time in the week when busy people get a chance to see - their friends and relax a little, it is more than ever important that the one who prepares the meals gets a bit of consideration. The best thing to do about it, many housekeepers have found, is to plan a main meal that can be chief- ly cooked the day before. supper rely upon such aids to quick hospitality as cheese trays, canned soups, boxed cookies, boxed beverag- es. You .can make your own pumper- nickel, by the way, if you care to take the trouble. And certainly no- thing goes better with cheese and beer. Pumpernickel Two cups mashed potatoes, % cup lukewarm potato water, 2 yeast cak- es, 8 cup corn meal, 1% cups cold water, 114 cups boiling water, b tea- spoons salt; ing, 1 tablespoon caraway seed, © cups rye meal, 2 cups wheat flour, Stir cold water into cornmeal and when smooth put over the fire. Add boiling water, stirring constantly and cook until it forms a mush. Add salt, sugar and butter and cool to luke- warm. Add mashed potatoes, yeast cakes dissolved in lukewarm potato water and stir well, Stir in flour and rye meal. Mix and knead to a smooth stiff dough using wheat flour on the board. Put into a.large mix- ing bowl, cover and let rise in a warm place until double in bulk. Shape into loaves, roll in corn meal and put in greased bread pans. Let rise again until double in bulk and bake 1 hour in a moderately hot oven (376 degrees F.) Pumpernickel is delicious toasted to serve with cheese, A good way want it toasted, toast it on tric toaster when they ar eat it. TWO GOOD RECIPES FOR BREAD PUDDING Bread pudding used to have such a bad reputation along with prunes and hash that conscientious house- keepers preferred to use left-over- ready to Then for | 1 tablespoon sugar, 2| tablespoons butter or other shorten= bread for something else rather than make pudding of it; Lately, though, with the passing of the old-fashioned boarding house, bread pudding has assumed its right- fu] place as a good and nourishing dessert. When you serve bread pudding for dessert stress vegetables and fruits in the remainder of the meal. For instance, have hearty soup with erisp crackers, followed by fruit salad; the whole topped off with a glorified bread pudding. Quality Pudding Three eggs, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup soft bread crumbs, 1% teaspoons baking powder, 1 cup chopped wal- nuts, 1 cup dates, few grains salt, % teaspoon vanilla. Beat yolks of eggs until thick and lemon colored. Mix and sift sugar and baking powder and combine with bread crumbs. Add with dates and nuts to beaten yolks and fold in whites of eggs beaten until stiff, Add vanilla and spread about 3% inch in a shallow pan which has been but- tered and dusted with flour, Bake in a moderate oven (360 degrees F.) until firm, about forty minutes. Spread with jelly and cover with whites of eggs beaten until stiff with powdered sugar and juice of lemon folded in. Put in a slow oven (300 degres F.) to puff and brown the meringe. Serve warm with any sauce, HOUSEHOLD HINTS The need. to keep bottles well- iabeled and poisons out of the reach of children is shown cy lie report of 600 or niore deaths each yeur from acute poisonings in children under five 'years of age. Grit imbedded in the back of a rug Lhet is not reached, when only the top of the rug is cleaned slowly cuts the fibers and causes the rug to wear more ouickly. Before shampooing rugs, coverings on chairs, or similar fabrics, the col- or should always be tested in aa ont- of-the-way place to see that it does not run. Spanking may keep the chiid from doing what grown-ups dislike but it does not develop character, this has to come from right guidance. Sweet potatoes go well with meat. They may be sliced raw, spread over a slice of ham in a covered baking dish, and cooked in the oven. Or they may be sliced lengthwise and baked in a roasting pan around spare-ribs, or a roast of meat. A baby will learn to like new foods if mother gives these new foods one at a time, in small amounts, when the baby is hungry. Since many accidents happen in the home, dark corners and shadows should be removed from all stair- ways, especially from the cellar stairs, To remove the hulls on corn ker- nels in making hominy, soak § quarts of the shelled grain for 15 hours in a solution made by dissolv- ing b ounces of lye in 6 quarts of water. Cream or yellow lamp shades give off a warm glowing light, .and a white globe in a shade increases the amount of light given off. Floors--After a néw floor has been laid or an old one has been repaired, it should be sandpapered with the grain, swept, and dusted before stain or varnish is applied. A filler should be applied, after which the floor should be rubbed across the grain to remove surplus filler. The floor may be treated with stain, wax, shellac and wax, or two coats of shellac. Varnish should be applied freely to not more than six boards at a time' and it should be brushed-in with the grain of the © wood. The strokes should not overlap. Papering a Room--A heavy dur- able paper is best, as it will give longer service than thin. paper. Heavy wallpaper in . kitchens and bathrooms may be made waterproof by applying a thin coat of varnish. A wall should be sized before paper is applied, as proper sizing will pre- vent peeling. Canvas should be tack- ed on all ceiled or wooden walls and should be sized. When the size is dry, the paper may be pasted on. ~ "I believe that it is not written in| the book of fate that I shall die with my foot on the accelerator and my hand on the wheel." -- Sir Malcolm Campbell. "Time spent in labor is rarely lost; on the contrary, work often makes us happy."--Andre Maurois. When Movie Goers Must Dodge Balls Along about the first of the year Metro hopes to have a sizable frac- tion of the movie-going public looking at the world through rose (and blue) colored glasses, Seeking a novelty to charm its fickle audience, the company has revived the' steroscopic film which first was tried publicly about eleven years ago. The process has been improved since then and sound has been added. The result is Audio- scopiks by Pete Smith, is scheduled for release on Jan, 1. J. F. Leventhal and J. A. Norling, who have been dabbing in sterosco- pic films for several years, produced the new Audioscopik. It was made somewhere on Fifty-fifth Street at an unmentioned cost and under unmen- tionable difficulties, If all goes well, they may make a whole series; they think they can do better the next time. Mr. Leventhal was host at a four- man preview of his picture in one of the Metro projection roooms last week, He grinned happily as one spectator ducked when a pitcher wound up and tossed a baseball right of the screen at his head. If there had been an ywomen present, unques- tionably there would have been screams when a magician conjured a white mouse onto the tip of his wand and poked it out, soemingly within arm's length of the innocent bystanders. No question 'about thal-Norling. camera has created a weird third dimension for a two- dimensional" 'screen, Things come and threaten to land in your lap. An inebriate asks his audience to have a drink, proffers a filled glass -- you can almost smell the neutral spirits --and then, visibly rebuffed because no one will.accept it, grabs a syphon of seltzer and squirts it in your eye. Well, almost in your 'eye. It's foolish to duck, but you probably will, There is a woman on a swing who soars right out into the audience; there is a fire-eater who brandishes a torch in your face; there is a slide trombone that slithers out until it is just inches from your nose; there is a skelton that tries to wrap_ itself around your neck, and there is an alarm clock that comes so close you feel like shutting it off. To see all thig, you have to hold a strip of pastboard with two gelatin lenses -- one magneta, one blue-green --befoye your eyes. They used the same instrument of torturing for the old steroscopic films, but the results were not so good. Mr. Leventhal ad- mits. that sound is a great factor in heightening the {llusion.- The seltzer. squirting episode, for example. is doubly effective, because you hear the zizz and the splash: when it strikes. it, the Leven- If you want to cheat and peek at the film without the glasses, you get a blurred: double-image with a red and blue border. That is because a double image is being projected, one being blue and the other red. Mr, Leventhal explains {it this way: "The stereoscopic camera {is ac- tually .a combination of two cameras, so that the axes of thé lenses are parallel, or nearly so. When the camera is turning, each lens makes its own picture. One of the nega- tives is treated with a 'blue-dye, the other with a red dye. Then from the two negatives, a single positive is 'made with the images slightly over- laping. "ft you were to project this print and look at it through the red gela- tin only, the red image would not be visible. The blue image would be. The reverse would be true if you were to look through the blue gelatin, "Now, if the relationship of the right and left eye of the spectator to the right and left image on the gereen -ig properly correlated, the ef- fect of depth {is attained." * That, briefly, is the way it is. If the Greeks had a word for it, it would be the '"'anaglyph method." Mr. Leventhal, of course, makes no claim of having 'originated the process; it is about.as old as the stereopticon. All that he and Mr. Norling have done {8 add a few technical improvements and liven the result with sound. Ottawa Requires 2,096 New Houses ET OTTAWA .--The 'Board of Con- : trol had under consideration a re- port from a sub-committee of the National Construction Council of Canada saying at least 2,096 new dwelling units are needed here to house low wage earners and reliel' tenants, The report, presented last week, said at least 676 existing occupied dwelling units might be demolished to make .room for new and more id isfactory dwellings, It added rehabilitation of 1,869 dwellings should be launehed and that 5,626 families are 'occupying 8,629 dwelings, causing serious over- crowding. The report disclosed the existence of conditions: conducive to juvenile delinquency and crinie, mentioned serious lack" of adequate sanitary facilities and existence of grave fire hazards, It added that there was a gerious lack of cheap satisfactory -housing in' 'the 'capital, A Winter: Albino. This is the .true story of a bird that willingly exchanged freedom for captivity, "A doctor in a Home County keeps a' few birds in cages) that are large enough to be called aviaries, In one of these was a hen' bullfinch whose personality so pleas- ed a wild bird that he would come daily and perch on the cage and talk to the imprisoned beauty. He was so insistent that at last he was admitted to the cage, and ever since has evidently: relished his position. But a strange thing has happened, When he first came to sing on the cage he was clad in the full salience of color; of red and black and white and other subtler tints, Today all his colors, save a slight and delicate- ly diffused pink on the hreast have faded into whiteness, He looks a born albino. The*bird appears to be very fit; and his Spring moult is awaited with eagerness. Will his colors be re- stored to him or will. he grow into.a revived whiteness? -- . London Spee- tator. How To De#l With Parasites Of 'Horses It is-as necessary as it ever was for the young farmer to learn all he can-about the care of horses, Para- sites of horses and the diseases 'caus- 'ed by them are always of consider- able importance, Young animals par- ticularly are more susceptible' and less resistant to the ravages of these pests. and -may be permanently af- fected, if nothing is done, for them, before_they reach the age of useful- ness, Dr. A. E. Cameron, chief vet- erinary inspector of Health of Ani- mals Branch, Dominion Department | of Agriculture, states in the bulle- tin on "Parasites of Horses; issued by the Department, that--a large variety of parasites .of horses, both external and 'internal, exist in Can- ada, .or may be introduced into the] - Dominion, and consequently it be- hooves the horsemen to be constant- ly on the watch to prevent the seri- ous' damage which follows heavy in- festation by these pests. Contaminated water or fabd is a great cause of disease, and stables should be kept as clear of manure as possible. = Practically all organs and tissues of the horse may be in- vaded by mature' parasites or their larvae, 'and the methods of combat- ing the ravages of the pests are fully dealt with in the bulletin. BOYS 'DON'T WANT TO BE CRIMINALS -- Under modern con- ditions the under-privileged boy has become a major social problem. Work with him to date has 'proved that in many cases, the hazards of his un- healthy life can be minimized. . It has also proved that he is probably. the most. promising: approach for an attack on the terrific problem of crime, which has grown of late faste than Mr. Finney's famous turnip. Boys don't want to be criminals. They would' rather go straight, -- Julian Montgomery in 'the Rotarian Magazine. Tecen y came. to town, bought a secon and went for & ride. in jail for a month and his license has been taken from him. 'He zol-; lided with another car and seriously injured 'its occupant. Worse, ran away and Salley to return to ae scene, Which is a criminal offence in itself, ~All the fines in the world will not stop some people, but making it im-, possible for a man to drive a car in which to handle drivers who can't be trusted with a car. Tf this young man makes good, he may yet get his license back and become a safe unit on the streets~ Meantime he must think it out for himself, and it is trusted he 'will be: wise and not feel disgruntled and 'get into more trouble, -- Kamloops Sentinel. "We have now learned that evolu: tion is not always from the worse to the better."--Dean Inge. "Class consciousness ig: worse than ever when it is class subconscious- ness.""--G, K. Chesterton. "Singing is like football. = There must be constant practice and ap- pearances before audiences. "Maria Jeritza. "You can grow a potato for the love sof God just as weil. as you can preach a sermon,--Sir Wilfrid Gren- fell, SLIP OFF JACKET FORMAL WEAR Here's the important velvet double duty formal dress in new street length. You can wear it for luncheon, bridge or late afternoons with its shirred sleeved jacket and 'jeweled buttons down the back. When you want to he especially glamorous for dinner, theatre or dancing, slip off the jacket. For strictly formal evenings, make the dress in floor length as seen in small view. . % Metal cloth or crepe silk will make up effectively in this simple to sew medel: - Style "No. 2949 is designed for sizes 14, 16, "18 years, 36, 38 and 40-inch bust. Size 16 requires 284 yards of 39-inch niaterial for street - length dress with 13; yards of 39- - inch material for blouse. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS Write your name and address plainly, giving number and size of pattern wanted, Enclose 16¢ in stamps' or coin (coin preferred; wrap it-carefully) and address your order 'to. Wilson Pattern Service, 73 West Adelaide Street, Toronto, eg ry MANCHU By Sax Rohmer THE SEVERED FINGERS The Lifted Eyelid. - Pp Ao scout hast tho ban kr had Ho wes es was on rE . hale EE -_ A young man from the conntry hand ear later in the day | Today_he is| '| seem very formidable to ny Lucille Dunker in The Maritime: Farmer : Has it fallen to your lot to Dowrd the school -teacher in the country : "district. "Yes," you has, and it is a real bay 1 a young person in the house; mal the place seem more CheerioL since | our children have grown up, gone away!" 'That is as it' should be, and I feel confident it will be a home-like place at your house, at all is the most salutary manner teacher will feel it is not & mere boarding place, but a home, But: should you reply: "Well, 1 have to board the teacher, an is a job 1 despise, but there are other places near enough be makes me feel dubious. There is such a difference, between doing a thing which is a pleasure, and doing it because it is a tiresome necessity. Often the teacher is a young girl, who .is just starting out in lifé and needs a bit of mothering, For if there is one job, more than another, in which you are constantly in the limelight, it is the position of a country teacher, Tattling children run home and tell a complete; and highly -colored version of the vari- o48-hsppenings 'of the day at school. eacher's looks, actions, clothes, and so on are criticized, neighbors. A great deal reaches the teacher's ears, so is it any wonder she is often lonely, and homesick, and longs for a true friend among so many apparently hostile people? © We must in fairness say that often this criticism is more thoughtless than malicious, but it hurts just the same. The lonely girl puts up a brave front, to hide her - feelings. * Then in so many- schools, the previous teacher has held a very loose rein, as it were; and" the pupils - inex- and school, for a teacher to board." That : by the of this perienced girl, Often it take: es more pluck to handle: a school "of forty, . or fifty youngsters, "than it does to face a' machine gun. See that the boarder has a warm, comfortable room; with as many con- veniences and dainty appointments as you can manage, Serve her with hearty appetizing meals, and have them always on time. A teacher has to govern her working hours by schedule, and few things are more annoying than to have to rush back to school, at noon hour, say because dinner was a half-hour late." She is apt to be upset, and. take it out on her pupils, to the discomfort of all. So many people do not seem 'to care what they serve for meals to a board- er, and get sadly into a rut, as to variety. A little treat now and then, and a variety and change, are essentially 'to one's health and well being. It is so fatally easy to get into a groove, in planning meals, and one should be on the alert, and try to (keep out of a rut as much as you can, 1 once heard of a place where tha "| boarders always knew exactly what would be served each day of the week. This practice has little to commend it, and is fatal to appetite. "Variety is the spice of life" we are needed in our food as elsewhere. Boarding niistresses like the old lady who proudly said, 'Nobody ever fruit cake, and - strawberry preserves," are fast passing away, if they are not totally extinct. Very few, leven in the country districts, can make that boast now, It is truly astonishing that many people, who know that in all prob- ability, they will be boarding the teacher, when the term begins in the fall, = fail to prepare beforehand. They will grow very little garden stuff, and prepare scarcely any ex- tra preserves, jam, jellies, picalli, picklesq~and things of that nature, These things go far to eking out a meal, less meal serving is to take advant- market today, which are such a boon to the housewife, and which our grandmothers never knew. Every good housekeeper these days has an "emergency shelf or shelves," as the case may be. These are. used to store a complete assortment of foods, for every use. By this mod- ern method, we may have on hand enough canned and packed stuff to last 'a week, a month, or even six months. When one has a boarder, there 'are days when it means every- thing to the = house-keeper, not to think about cooking for a. chance meal, or even a few days. There may be illness in' the family, as she is anxious to finish some sewing, or is a comfort to have the materials for this meal or day's meals; right at hand, Having thus disposed - of the food problem, as far as possible, let us 'boarding mistress' character, Over- she your own daughter, See that she has a peat in the family car {fo go to church, to town, ete., until she gets acquainted in the district. Then {t will no longer be incumbent on ing a seat in gome one else's car, told; and it is certainly as much found: me without plenty of mince-- | meat, Another great aid to pain- age of the many products on the something else may come up, and it turn to another phase of the ideal look any little' faulg of failing the teacher may have, as you would were . you, ag she will probably be occupy- oa iA Ae "o ; y: - : 7 >