"antique tint; coffee for ecru. - both in clean, strong solutions and ~~ 2 © hee eeaerges Gy er as [HOME - Minced Egg and Lettuce Sand- Wiches.--Mash hard boiled eggs Mock Oyster Soup.--Ingredients: One Spanish onion, one cupful of diced celery, two cupfuls of diced potatoes, one tablespoonful of but- ter, salt and. pepper to taste, milk Bs needed. Method: Use outer stalks of celery, reserving the hearts for table use. Skin and slice the onion, then place three first in- gredients in a saucepan and cover well with water. Cook until very tender. then rub through a sieve or fruit press. Add butter and as much milk as will render soup & vreamy consistency. Season to taste, then bring to boiling point. Hot Potato Salad with Bacon Dressing.--Ingredients: Three cup- fuls of diced potatoes, one table- ul of diced onions, three ices of bacon, four tablespoonfuls pf vinegar, one teaspoonful of su- r, salt and pepper to. taste. ethod--Cook onion and potatoes 'until tender, then drain. Cut ba- 'con into cubes, fry until a golden 'brown, then add vinegar and.sugar. Séason salad to taste, then- pour the dressing over. Toss up well and serve hot. ; Fresh Rolls.--Easy Method,--In- redients for sponge : One and one- lf cupfuls of sifted flour, one tea- spoonful of butter, one-half tea- spoonful of salt, one teaspoonful of sugar, one small cake o: dissoly east, one cupful of warm milk and Cater. Method: Rub the butter 'and salt into the flour, add sugar to dissolved yeast, nadd to Viquid. Beat this into the flour, then cover and set aside about two feet or until light and full of ubbles. Now beat in one and one- half more cupfuls of sifted flour and beat hard. Cover and let raise un- 'til double in bulk, then divide into reased roll or gem pans, filliag o-thirds full. Let stand half ao hour, then bake. Pan Baked Pears or Apples.-- (Method: Pare, half and core the fruit, pack close together in a deep pudding dish, sifting sugar over each layer. Cover at first, then bake in open dish until tender and slightly browned. This is either hot or cold. Corn Souffle.--Made of left-over corn on the cob. Method: Scrape the kernels from the cob, season slightly with salt and pepper. To two cupfuls of corn add one cupful pf milk and ene egg well beaten. Mix thoroughly and bake in a pan pf water in moderate oven until the pouffle is set. To be eaten at once. Lima Bean Salad.--Young lima beans cooked slowly twenty min- ntes in boiling water. Drain. Dry in napkin. Season. Keep on ice until ready to serve in bow! lined with crisp lettuce. Sprinkle with one tablespoonful finely chopped mint; pour over dressing mixed of one-half teaspoon each salt and cel- ery seed, one saltspoon white pep- pr, one teaspoon Worcestershire sauce, four tablespoons olive oil, one tablespoon vinegar added last. Cucumber Chutney -- The cucum- bers should be ripe, chopped very fine, put in a cloth and all the wa- ter squeezed out. To a dozen large cucumbers, peeled and seeds scrap- ed out before chopping, allow six Jarge onions, six green and red peppers, some celery, all chopped to a pulp, salt, a little sugar and vinegar. Raisins, chopped very fine, may be added also. Household Hints. Be sure to boil soda in the coffee pot once a week. Squeaking shoes may sometimes be eilenced by rubbing with oil. Lace continually cleaned with yasoline or naphtha will turn yel- low quickly. y Iron the button side of a waist on a folded bath towel, buttons turn- sd downward. It will prevent them trom breaking. When serving hot bread or p try of any kind use hot plates. The most delicious pastry can become soggy when served on cold plates. Paint can be removed from cloth- ing by saturating the spots two or three times with equal parts of ammonia and turpentine then wash out ip soap suds. Tea is used for giving laces an rinse in clean water till the shade desired is reached. Gold and silyer jewelry may be washed in a cupful of warm water with a teaspoonful. of amonia in It. Dry with soft cloth and polish with chamois leather. Place new gloves between the folds of a damp towel for an hour before being worn. They are much + easier to put on; the damp makes the kid more pliable. Cabbage should never be boiled longer than 30 minutes, for when the time is lengthened, the leaves Jose their tender crispness and be- come soft and dark colored. Lamb, if'fresh should be of a bright réd color, with white fat. It should be used within three days / A after killing. It is unwholesome if not thoroughily cooked. ' Kitchen utensils made of wood S|common. soda or household am- After embroidered sheets and pil- low cases have become worn, the monogram may be cut outin & circle and used -again by neatly feather-stitching it on the new When cleaning in gasoline, set the 'container ~with material and gasoline in-a-tub of boiling water out of doors and use white soap and a brush in the process, unless soap would take the color out. Many housewives find it convenl- ent as well as healthful to substi- tute a rand of condensed milk for cooking purposes for use during the summer, In most cases it answers the purpose just as we as fresh milk, and is always more healthful than milk not perfectly resh. -- ik THE FIGHTING FRENCH. to Arms When Beloved France Is Threatened. Rush "For centuries it has been one of the characteristics of Anglo-Saxons to affect to despise the French as a nation. It has never been fashion- able nor safe to despise a French- man to his face, but the British, the Americans, and the Germans have for generations affected to be- lieve that the French people are de- t," says the Beaumont, Texas, Enterprise. % "Their attitude toward our par- ticular brand of religion has never suited, for it is an Anglo-Saxon trait to worship God according to the dictates of our own consciences and to keep everybody else from do- ing the same thing. We do not like French politics, because the French do not seem to take their politics as seriously as we do. We sneer at French politeness, which we say re- minds us of the manners of a waiter. We quarrel with their ad- ministration of law, which seems trivial to us, forgetting how atro- cious "our legal procedure must ap- pear to any enlightened nation. We are horrified because the French are a shade franker but probably no more rotten in their social vices than we are. We are shocked because the French birth rate is said to be decreasing. We say the nation is decadent. Words- worth said it in verse more than a century ago. He found the French nt in everything. "But what fi rs they are! n rush to arms is what glorious fighters they are, especially on the offensive. "That French drummer boy who told Napoleon that he had never learned to beat the retreat, but that he could beat a charge that would wake the dead, was a_ typical French soldier. "In this war the French have rushed to arms just as they always have when their country was invad- ed these thousand years. "All classes of men have joined the colors, from the peasantry to the ancient nobility; from the day laborer to the banker; from the cook to the judge on the bench. "Even those socialists who are opposed to nationalism have not waited be conscripted. They have joined tho colors voluntarily. Such men as Gustave Herve, the anti-militarist, who is said to have ters, artists, financiers, leaders of fashion are fighting in the ranks, and they are fighting as Frenchmen have fought from the dawn of his- tory. "The world loves a good fighter. The highbrows may argue out that the French nation is decadent mor- ally, physically and intellectually, : |nothing --His hope INTERNATIONAL LESSON, NOVEMBER 1. Lesson ¥. The Arrest and Trial of Jesus. Matt. 26. 47-68. Golden Text, Isa. 58.7. Verse 57. Where the scribes and the elders were gathered. together --The Sanhedrin did not. meet st night. But the scribes and elders were not going to take any chances on losing Jesus. As soon as they send their officers to apprehend Jesus, they themselves go to their assembly place to hurry through as quickly as possible his condemna- tion and execution. The world was asleep. They could act quietly with no fear of the populace inter- ceding in Jesus's behalf. than the other disciples, but there was a great deal of caution in hi courage. He followed him afar off near enough to see where he wa taken, but far enough not to ge into any personal danger. He wan ed to see the end. This doubtle was an honest curiosity. He that all was up with Jesus as 800 as the officers led him away force. There was nothing Pel could do. He intended, heweve! to see what was done to Jesus. Lonel @ tion. chief priests sitting quietly to he the evidence which the accusers Jesus would have to prese against him; for they were a cou of law sitting as judges. However, not only they, but the whole coun- cil, sought false witness against Jesus. Imagine these men stepping down from their high places and without dignity going about among the spectators trying to secure evi- ence against Jesus. As they brib- ed Judas to betray Jesus, they would not stop at paying for any kind of incriminating evidence. 60, 61. They found it not, though many false witnesses came -- None were able to falsify plausibly. Afterward, when the chief priests and elders and all the council were at their wits end to find some sort of evidence .against Jesus, came two and said. labored with to trump up testimony and what inducements were le them we do not know. But? temptation to imagine the worstis great. 61. This man said--The most the two false witnesses could adduce was a supposed . statement, which even the high priest and ascribes less, that the destruction of the temple and its rebuilding in three. days had a spiritual as well as a factual interpretation, and that if they pressed this testimony against Jesus, and he should say he had re- ference to the spiritual temple, he would thereby make complete an- swer to the charge and clear him- self. 62. Jesus saw the predicament of the high priest. The latter stood up. He could not remain seated. He must make something out of this testimony or the crowd would. see his discomfiture. Answerest thou was to make Jesus incriminate himself. What is it which these witness against but the manner in which the French are maintaining their glorious tra- ditions in war does not bear out the theory that the nation has re- trograded in virility and in stam- ina-"' ° Rheims, French City Destroyed A view of Rheims, the beautiful French city which was during the bombardment ofthe city. Cathedral of Notre: Dame, which was destroyed during the bombardment. THESUNDAY SCRODL LESSON 58. Peter was more courageous, thee --He knew that the testimony was worthless. His question, how- 'ever, might lead the onlookers 'to ace some- weight upon the charge made against Jésus. 63. But Jesus held his peace -- There was no reason why Jesus should speak. The high priest knew this as well as Jesus. He, there- fore, turns to Jesus with a question which had nothing whatever to do ness. I adjure thee by the living God--It was not lawful for the Jew to take an oath. But the extremity of the highpriest was great. That thou tell us-whether thou art the Christ, the Son of God--It was on this charge that Jesus was to be executed. As no testimony could be trumped up on this point, the high priest himself takes the in- itiative. 64. Thou hast said--These words indicate an affirmation of the high priest's question. There was no n r Jesus to say anything fur- ther. But he did not want to leave anyone in doubt as to his claims. Therefore he adds, nevertheless (al- though you have stated the fact) I (also) say unto you, Henceforth ye shall see (me) the Son of man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven. | 65. Rent his garments--The plu- 'torn. aight he say, What further ral is used in the original text be- cause according to the rabbinical rule all of the garments, the nether as well'as the upper, were to be This was the proper sign for holy men to show that they were shocked .at blasphemy. He hath spoken' blasphemy--Note now that the evidence which is to be used against Jesus comes from- the: mis- interpretation by the high priest of the words Jesus spoke. Well need have we of witnesses? These words indicate that all of the false wit- nesses, even the two who came at last, could bring nothing 'valid against Jesus. There was still fur- ther need of witnesses. But now that there was opportunity to mis- construe Jesus's words and turn them back upon himself, the leaders could discontinue their search for witnesses. What a relief this must have been for them! 66. What think ye ?--Of course the high-priest would turn to th crowd. He would play upon the sympathies and arouse the pre- judices of the onlookers. But one is warranted in asking: Was the crowd or the Sanhedrin to try and jcondemn Jesus? They answered How long they had to be , T and said, He is worthy of death -- being a false prophet (Deut. 18.20). 67. Then did they spit in his face --How often are prisoners treated with indignity! Buffet him--Struck him on the neck with the hollow of saw immediately was not material, the hand to make a noise. Smote or relevant. They also saw,, doubt- him means they struck him in the face. The leaders of the church doubtless felt safe when they had the crowd with them. They were perfectly ready. it seems, to let Jesus be subjected to all sorts of raillery and indignity. ------__¥ BELGIUM'S HORRIBLE PLIGHT Evidence Gleaned in a Visit to the Stricken Country. A graphic picture of the desola- tion of Belgium is brought to Lon- don, England, by J. H. White- house, member of Parliament for 4 division in Lanarkshire, who has just returned from a tour around Antwerp for the purpose of assist- ing in the relief measures. Around Antwerp, to perfect the defences, the Belgians have had to destroy hundreds of th ds of trees and flood some territory, and he estimates the damages at $50,- 000,000. In the villages all ordin- by German Bombardment, P laid in'ruins hy the siege guns of the Germans In the distance on an eminence stands the seven-hundred-year-old It was a prominent mark for German guns, and shelling it could easily have been avoided had the Germans wished. P with the testimony of the false wit- "On earth peace."--Luke ii., 14. Never before in the -history of pares have "2 many and su feryent-prayers for peace been lift: | edunto God. Wars have despoilad the earth before now; Caesars. At: tillas and Napoleons have again and again achieved their dreadful handiwork. But never before has a conflict been fought upon such «# stupendous scale, been armed wi such monetrously effective weapons and threatened with ruin so high a stage of civilized development as this which is now raging through- out Europe. .And therefore never before has the agony of men's souls been so intense and their prayers for deli 50 i 1 and sincere. Not merely here, but everywhere throughout the earth-- not merely to-day, but on every day that witnesses the supreme horror of nation lifting up sword again na- tion--not merely by us, who are far removed from fire and sword, but by sober men and stricken women in all lands now ravaged by des- truction--is God besought, with one voice and one heart, "to vouchsafe His children peace." Up From a Thousand Altars there goes to God the prayer to banish from the earth "the griev- ousness of war," that men may not be slaughtered like herded beasts within the shambles; that women may not be stripped of loved ones and left alone and desolate; that homes may not be destroyed or de- spoiled, and the aged and the young, the sick and the enfeebled, scattered helpless 'before the winds of violence; that cultivated fields may not be laid waste and inhabit- famine may not stalk the earth, pestilence walk in darkness and poverty beset the haunts of men, as in forgotten days; that the machin- ery and monuments, arts and sciences, comforts and beauties of ed places blasted like a desert; that |to d PRAYERS FOR WORLD SPRACE That Swords May Be Beaten Into Ploughshares and Spears Into Pruning Hooks a thousand years gone by may not democracy, wider 'and deeper knowledge, loftier ideals of life, liberty and iness, may not be stayed for a thousand years to come; that lust and hate may not possess the souls of men, force usurp the place of reason in the governance of affairs, and tthe brute violence of might dictate the terms of human destiny? Up from a million hearts thers goes to God the prayer to grant on earth the blessedness of peace--that people may dwell in sure dwellings an In Quiet Resting Places. That deserts may bloom like the rose and all waste places of the earth be glad; that routes of trade and marts of business may be thronged, and prosperity dwell within the borders of every land; that science may be busy in her la- boratories, philosophy vocal in her halls of learning, and religion tri- umphant in the temples of God's praise ; that the hearts of men may e possessed of love, and in quiet- ness and confidence learn the noble laws and follow in the gentle ways of brotherhood; that God's king- dom may come and His will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Fondly do we hope that war, the work of all villainy and the sum of all ill, may speedily pass away. Fer- vently do we pray that peace, which harmeth no man and bringeth im- measurable good to all, may speed- ily appear. Highly do we resolve o all which may achieve" that concord among men and nations without which there can be neither happiness nor true friendship, nor any wholesome fruit of toil or thought."--Rev. John Haynes Holmes. ary life is at a standstill. At Ter- monde, recently a beautiful city of 16,000, a town tirely destroyed with all its con- tents. It was not the result of bom- bardment; it was the systematic de- struction. In each house a separ- ate bomb 'had been placed which' had blown up the interior and set fire to phe.contents. This sight con- tinued throughout the entire ex- tent of what had been a consider- able town." A blind woman and her daughter were the sole living residents who remained. th rest, "some had reached Antwerp, but a great number were wander- ing about the country, panic-strick- en and starving. Many were already ead. "What had happened at Ter- monde was similar to what had happened in other parts of Belgium under the military occupation of Germany. F supplies which would ordinarily reach the civilian population are being taken by the German troops for their. own sup- port. The peasants and poor are without the necessities of life, and conditions of starvation grow more acute every day. Even where there is a supply of wheat available, the peasants are not allowed to use their windmills owing to the.Ger- man fear that they will send sig- nals to the Belgian army. "The completeness of the destruc- tion in each individual case was ex- plained to me later by the Belgian Ministérs, who described numerous appliances which the German eol- diers carried for destroying pro- perty, Not only were hand bombs of various sizes and descrintions carried, but each soldier was sup- pliefl with a quantity of small black ss, a little bigger an. a 8ix- penny piece. I saw some of these disce which had been taken from German soldiers on the field of bat- tle. These were described to me as composed of compressed benzine. When lighted they burned brilliant- ly for a few minutes, and are suf- ficient to start whatever fire is ne- cessary after the explosion of a bomb." oh Europe's Spoiled Child. One.gracious lady the Kaiser was always terribly afraid of. This was his grandmother, Queen Victoria, of whom he stood in great awe, and who had a way of treating him like the spoilt child of Europe he is. He liked King Edward only in a very moderate degree, and the Peace- maker, who had a very effective way of showing what he thought of people, never refrained from let- ting the German Emperor know that his attitude towards this coun- try was foolish. The Kaiser was al- ways very jealous of King Edward's popularity and his enormous influ- flattering reception that King Ed- ward received when he went to Isch] to see the aged Austrian Em- peror made William II. nervous about a poSsible deflection of the sympathies of his ally. of square woth square, he found "every house en=f; ence in the Councils of Europe. The | 4 Fashion Hints Taffeta Sashes. In spite of the fact that satin has taken the place of taffeta to a large extent, taffeta ribbon sashes are shown on many evening frocks. Especially for young women is the taffeta sash shown. There is usual- ly a huge bow atone sidé of the front and very wide ribbon is used. Scalloped Velvet. One of the new models shows 4 velvet skirt scalloped about the bottom, the scallops bound with satin. There is a long beaded tulle tunic finished at the bottom with a bead frings. One-piece Frock Fastened in Back. A black frock consists of a loose, wuistless -bodice of satin that reaches to the hips and fastens in the back with jet buttons. There is a band of jet embroidery about the high round neck and a frill of tulle flares upward. There are sleeves, full below the elbow, with a band of velvet at the wrists and a frill of tulle over the hands. There is a sasli about the hips, with two ends held at the ack under two big jet ornamenis. The skirt consists of a satin found- ation with a long tulle tunic' bor- dered with three bands of black velvet ribbon. Pockets. Pockets will apparently have 4 place in autumn fashion. A serge frock, with a short skirt and a long overdress that hangs straight from the shoulders to below the kness, shows two braided pockets on (= hips. The frock is banded with much narrow silk braid. (There +s another model with interesting pockets. It is made with a gray velvet bodice in Russian blouse ef- fect, pleated below the loose waist. Over the pleats are stitched two pockets. There is a short satin skirt and a long chiffon tunic, edg- ed with a band of the satin. There is no touch of any other color than: gray on the whole frock. Silver Lace and Satin. o A frock, in one piece, fastening in the 'back, is made with a black satin foundation with a three inch band of satin. There are long chif- fon sleeves and there is an over- | blouse of satin, cut so that it hangs smooth and wrinkleless from the bust and ends below the waist in a ! rounded,outline. Silver cords reach i from thunderarm seams to the j back of the waist. The straight sat- |in bodice suggests, in its lines, & leoat of mail. There is a slightly rounded neck line, finished with a i little rolling collar, as high in back "as in front, of silver lace. eee | Poople wish a newly married cou: nile happiness, but they don't ex: pect ib: ~ o