Dainty Dishes. Oatmeal Gems.--Take one cupful cooked oatmeal, one cupful of Bweet milk, two t oonfuls of Sugar, one beaten egg, one-half tea- 'spoonful of soda, and one teaspoon- fl of cream of tartar (or one heap- ng teaspoonful of baking powder instead of the soda and the cream of rtar), and just enough flour to hold the mixture together. Bake the Soust in hot gem pans in @ 'qnick ove Savory Paadaked Add a dust of leayenne pepper and a pinch of ealt {to a cup of flour and sift.. Beat two eggs well, mix with them a cup of Sweet milk, and add this mixture gradually to the flour, beating the tter until it is perfectly smooth. Cover the basin with a cloth and fiet it stand for an hour if possible. Just before using stir in one and & palf teaspoonfuls of grated cheese and a quarter of a teaspoon of bak- 'ing powder. Cook in the ordinary way,. shaking the pan when the un- role is JUghtly brown and turn- These are often served rolled. Fillet of wi hitcfish.--Skin the fish 'and rinse in cold water. Form it in several long portions of fillet by eans of your hands. Cover them (with a little soft butter, salt, pep- 'per, onion juice, lemon juice or with creamed butter flavored to suit your taste. Adda few slices of olive, chives, some capers and a lit- tle parsley. Roll the fish into tight]. irolls and fasten with skewers, bake in a pan creased with butter. Baste with the stock made of the fish bone mixed with a small amount of egg, and crum. Remove the skewers and serve on a hot platter. Before serving add a few oysters, that have en simmering for a few minutes, ito the sauce. Spinach Soup.--Thoroughly wash the spinach in pienty of water, and, if it has not come directly from the garden, put it on a cloth and lay it 'on ice. Thirty minutes before the soup is wanted, wash it again, let the water drain off for two or three minutes, and put the spinach into a double boiler without any wares except the little that clings to it Leave the double boiler open, for spinach loses its color if it is cover- ed. After twenty-five minutes of cooking, strain the water from the spinach, and press it hard to re- move all the liquid. Return the liquid to the double boiler, add wa- \s 1 --tor-if-the juice is too strong, 2 a it o teaspo and reheat it. Add t fuls of olive ot for peed dish, "ot soup; stir it in, and serve the soup at once. Upon each service place a heaped tablespoonful of whipged |' vreani. he spinach itself, after the soup is made, may be choppe nnd reheated with butter, to be served as a vegetable, or, cold, may be served asa salad with either French dressing and hard-boiled or with mayonnaise. Ginger Pudding.--One-half pound of brown-bread crumbs, two ounces of preserved ginger chopped fine, one-half teaspoonful of powdered ginger, two large tablespoonfuls of golden syrup, one tablespoonful of 'brown sugar, some grated lemon peel, and two eggs, which must be jwell beaten. Soak the bread crumbs fin boiling milk, to which you have added an ounce of butter; then mix the crumbs and milk with all the other ingredients. Put the mixture dnto a small mould, and steam it for one hour; it will then turn out easily on a little dish, and should be served with the diluted syrup of | the ginger made hot and poured over it. Sour Milk Flapjacks.--To two 'cups of flour add one-half teaspoon of salt and one teaspoon of soda. Sift and mix thoroughly, then add 'two scant cups of sour milk--if part sour cream they are finer--and beat well: Some people allow this mix- ture. minus the soda, to stand over { jnight, adding the soda with the two | : } lost property of his father. \eges in the morning. Separate the 'two eggs, beat whites and yolks separately. If the batter is mixed 'just before it is used, add the beat- en yolks just after the beating lwhich follows the addition of the jmilk. Lastly, in any case, fold in 'the whites beaten stiff. Slowly heat \the frying pan until just short of a {heat 'that will burn the cakes, grease well, turn on batter, and jwhen the cake is full of harieesld and fbefore they break shake it loose ifrom the pan, toss and bake on the lother side. This tossing need not It is easy. Keepyour | ls | | ' tbe a lost art. 'mind on getting the pan under the ake as it comes down. Half corn- \meal or half pint of berries rolled in flour used to be cooked in this bat- iter and dates cut in small pieces land well floured may be used _ to- lday to make this cake more whole- some. The batter, with or without lthe addition of a little melted but- er, makes a got little muffin. 'When sour milk is used the eggs are sometimes omitted entirely from 'these cakes. Household Hints. 'Agood sandwich is bread and but- in turpentine will clean q porcelain tub excellent- 3° Excellent bibs for babies are and Manasseh. a: re looked upon ea hen ta tide ae ee hae . made of 'small Turkish towels cut in "The new-laid egg is 'one of na- ture's greatest gifts to to the room, To wash colored silks, use cold water and a moderate amount of|} soap The more fresh foods there are on a table the better for the fam- ily's health. At a pinch common white blank- ets can be cut up and used for baby blankets. Put a thimble on the curtain rod when slipping it through the hem of the curtain. The tops of pale-colored evening gloves make very dainty shoes for tiny ies. Woollen materials can be cleaned with a dry rubber sponge, care be- ing taken to rub the wrong side . of e nap. Buttonholes on heavy linen can be done very satisfactorily with 4 fine crochet hook and thread. If you keep a canary, see that his}? cage is kept spotlessly clean--it is better for his he as well as for the cheerful aspect of the room. Cookies should be put into a cloth-lined stone jar when hot if you would keep them melting and crum lf you have to pack bottles in 8 trunk, tie in the corks and wrap them in soft towels, garments, etc., and place in the middle of the trunk. Add the grated rind of an crange and two tablespoonfuls of the juice to a sponge cake for a change. A glass of hot water with lemon juice is excellent for the complexion if taken just before going to bed. Chamois mittens, worn while do ing housework, are a great saving to the hands. Little bags filled with shot make good little sewing room weights for keeping a pattern in place It is a good plan to tell the cook to save every bit of left-over food. Have her put it in the refrigerator, and each morning devote a few minutes to the going over of all foods, and throw away only what you think cannot be used. There is mighty little that cannot be used in some way. --_k_____. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON MARCH 7 Lesson X. Saul Anointed King. 1 Sam, 8 to 10.--Golden Text, 1 Pet. 2. 17. Verse 17. This same shall have authority over my people--The word 'authority' ' means to restrain, and s well chosen in view of the fact that the children of Israel were be- coming rebellious again and wanted to go their own way. They did not want to have judges or prophets over them; they wanted to have a king over them like the neighboring | t peoples had. The use of the -- "authority" in the sense of "r strain" shows that the king 'ol Israel was to restrain his people rather than give them privileges which they did not now possess. 18. In the gate--In verse 14 we read that Saul and his servant "went up to the city; and as they came within the city, behold, a uel came out toward them." The words for "gate" and for "city" in Hebrew are very much alike. It is supposed that here in verse 18 the reading should 'be "in the city," and not "in the-gate." However, it is very ceskable' that Saul and his servant, after they came into the city, had been inquiring for Samuel, and when he was finally pointed out to them, he wag nearing the gate of the city, and that they retraced their steps and actually met him in the gate. 20. As for thine asses--While Samuel had things of far greater consequence to tell Saul, Saul's mind was fixed first of all upon the He had come to Samuel! to ask him about the animals. Samuel saw this and recognized that Saul was not to be turned aside from his quest, and so the seer satisfies the seeker about the first, although the lesser, thing. 'or whom i is all that is desirable in Israel?!--The margin reads "the desire of Israel." In Hag. 2. 7. ap- pears a phrase which is frequently found in the Old Testament, "The desire of all nations," and verse 8 describes this desire to be "the sil- ver and the gold,' which are for Jehovah. "The desire of Israel,' therefore, was all that was "de- sitable in Israel," form the value point of view. Saul and his house were to be enriched by the honor that was to be thrust upon ores What, therefore, were a few as' to his father? Is not all that is desirable i in sim ae thee and all thy father's house" 21. Saul anewereid and said--The natural modesty of Saul here ap- pears. What Samuel was saying could have no reference to him. mnot Ia Benjamite, of smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the fami- lies of the tribe of Benjamin 7 where- fore then speakest thou to me after is manner.t--The ber Ben- amin was he tribes as the smallest o} of Israel, if the ea te Ephraim | ole jamin Sune thousand men fe these were men of yallor." As th tribe had not recovered from this tribes of Israel. 22. Guest-chamber--The temple had chambers near Those who were put over these chambers pei offices. of trust, "as we re in 1 Chron. 9. 26. It is quite likely that the guest-chamber | 4 re mentioned was similar to the waiting-room in the Bamah, or high eae where Jehovah was 'worship- ed outside the city. The chiefest place--We well re- member the parable of Jesus about oa taking the chief seat at the ban- g the thirty who were bidden, Saul rand his servant were king was to be democratic, and aristocratic, one of the people, rather than one over the people, servant of Saul was invited to sit with him. 23. Samuel said unto the cook-- The word for "cook" in the Psesgs: is "slaughterer.'? This officer of the temple, or thé place of Megs: not only cooked: the animal; he kil- led it, and dismembered it, cutting it into joints. 24. Tihe cook took up the thigh, and that which was upon it, and set it before aul--The thigh, or shoulder, was the choicest piece ; sit was the most tender and juicy, the piece most desired by those whose tastes were cultivated for the eee things. As we read in Ley. 7. 32, the right thigh, or shoulder, was the piece which was given unto the priest for "' a heave offering" out.of the sacrifices of the peace offering, Doubtless this portion which was given to Saul was Samuel's own piece, expressly set aside for him. The king, therefore, was to receive that which was expressly provided for the priest. The priestly pre- rogatives thus easily became_meng- ed in the kingly. 25. When they came down from the high place into the city, he com- muned with Saul upon. the house- top--This was not a private place, ut a public one. Samuel the pro- phet, took Saul, the stranger, into as conspicuous a place as he could find, so that all the people would know that he was goon 3 his guest kin a.peculiar and important--sit} The housetops of the Orient were flat. That there would be no danger from anyone falling off and hurting himself, it was ordained in the law Deut. 22. 8) as follows: 'When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement (a railing) for thy roof, that thou bring no tblood upon thy house, if any man fall from thence."' In Isa. 15. 3 we read of the housetop in the same sense as the broad or pub- lic place, showing the publicity of the housetop. In Luke 12. 2. 3 we read that, "There is nothing cover- ed up that shall not be revealed, and hid that shall not be known ; that which we have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers' shall be proclaimed upon the housetops." 6. The spring of the day--This means dawn of the morning. Com- pare Pippa | Passes: "The year's at the spring." Early rising was hab- itual among the dwellers of Palas- tine, Passages in abundance re- ferring to the many important things that were the consequence of awful Gestalt at the time of Saul | ho was speaking to Samuel, it was un- |! doubteat: rd ia? the smallest of the ho W286! inheritence (--Doubtiless ¥ poly faint aoe cig oe igi above ris e | distant hills. Samuel called - sto. Saul on the servant pass on be- fore tis-- ugh the servant had to that time, he was ct to the ae of Jehovah as pronounced by, the lips of Samuel his would make of his master a king. The servant was to pass on Ege only Saul was to hear the word of God. Chapter 10. 4. Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed 1 him--The oil ba for the anointing, of course, and kiss was the mark of respect and honor. it not that Jehovah hath anointed thee to be prince over his ul was very much surprised when Samuel anointed his head and kissed him. So Samuel adds at once, Is it not +|Jehovah who hath called thee, and who hath directed me to proclaim unto thee that thou art to be king over Israel ?" l l | HEALTH | Home Care of the Sick. No home, is always free from illness loved ones. however well ordered, of the The rich, the poor, the high, the Each must answer to its eall; As it does the stateliest hovel! So it does the stateliest hall. The great difference lies in the methods of caring for the patient. At such times we would all be glad if we could call in the well+rained nurse whose quiet ways, plain, un- assuming dress and ready know!- edge of what to do for the patient's comfort, seem to relieve somewhat the pain and _ suffering. The question for us is: What can the untrained nurse do? The fol- lowing suggestions may be of some value: 1. Remove all unnecessary de- corations and' furniture from" si room, but do not allow the patient to know that this is being done. 2. If wash curtains are used they should be hung perfectly plain and straight. Never loop them ' 3. Heavy colored or large figured aper, curtains, carpets or bed clothes should never be found in a sick room. If there are no plain white counterpanes or spreads in the house, a fresh sheet should be used as a top cover. 4. Never leave medicine in sight in the sick room. It can be brought in on a tray each time, thus saving steps for the nurse. 5. Never let a patient know at what periods the medicine is to be given. It is not pleasant to count the clock strokes and know it is medicine time. 6. Never leave a clock room. 7. Encourage quietness and con- tentment as much as possible. If a carpet is on the floor, in the spread a sheet down before the pa- ' Left: Child Pe psn Yo ay eat ens ay buds. Righ 's of t i 8 ght: ite chiffon dress with silk -c ; three-tier tunic of lace. with a5 a part of ail the ceremonials| unto them the ace."--Jeremiah "T will reveal abundance pe of xxxiii,, 6. a To those of us who regard the establishment of permanent and uniyersal peace as a "consumma- tion devoutly to be' wished,' and who pray that this may be the co'n- pensating outcome of the present war, it is disconcerting to discover that there are serious and _high- minded persons who believe that such a peace would be most unfor- tunate. War has certain factors which are highly essential to the best development of human charac- ter, and must be preserved there- fore even at the cast of blood and tears. War is horrible; but it is man's only sure protection against his weaker, more slothful, more cowardly self, and therefore in the long run is worth its stupendous cost. It is this that Professor Cramb argues in his "Germany and England." 'The ideal of eace," he says, '"'has never yet been realized, not because man is unable, but because he is unwilling to achieve it. . In war man has a possession he 'values above re- ligion, above industry, above social comforts; in War he values the power which it affords to life of ris ing above life, the power which th 18 spirit of man possesses to pursu? the ideal."' The Chinese Roast Pig. It is evident that what men value in war is the martial and heroic vir- tues which it fosters. With this we can sympathize. But wherein is it possible to accept the conclusion, based upon this premise, that war should be encouraged and peace discouraged? To argue thus is to imitate the famous Chinese in Charles Lamb's "Dissertation on a Roast Pig."' It will be remember- ed that this Mongo! was so unfor- tunate as to have his home destroy- ed by fire, but found partial com- pensation in the discovery that his pig, which had been burned to death, provided a delicious roast for dinner. He soon shared his dis- covery with his neighbors, who straightway put their pigs in their kitchens and burned their houses to |SHOULD WAR BE ENCOURAGED > Or Is It More Desirable to Have Permanent and _ Universal Peace ? ' the ground, that they themselves might partake of this new and won- derful delicacy of roast pork. What would have happened to Chinese civilization had there not appeared a wise man who showed that roast pig could be obtained without tho expensive process of burning houses is not difficult to surmise. 'he application of this story to the argument of our war champions to-day is evident. War, like the Oriental's loss of his house by fire, has its advantages, no doubt; no- thing in this divine world is wholly bad. But wherein is it necessary to continue The Horrors of War in order to secure 'these advant- ages? Why destroy the whole edi- fice of civilization in order to foster heroic virtues in the. human heart! Are there not.safer ways of achiev- ing this same end? Are there not other conflicts as hazardous as arm- ed battle with our fellows and fully as conducive to tlie development of dauntless courage and chivalrous sacrifice 2 ? What about 'war against nature, the forest, the sen, the vicissitudes of season and cli- mate,"' of which Professor Cramb himself speaks? What about war against political corruption, indus trial oppression, 1 abomina- tions of every kind?) What abou men like Savonarola, Wesley, David Livingstone, Captain Seott, Jacob Riis, the Quakers, the early Christians-- were these weaklings and cowards because they fought on battlefields of peace? We only have to think for a mo- ment in order to see that it is rid- iculous to talk about international war as the necessary foster-mother of martial vigor and virtue. So far, it is true, such war has been the only force that has ever disciplined a whole community to idealism; but there is no reason in the nature of things why peace cannot be made to provide an equal discipline and produce an equal idealism. Our task is not to preserve war, but to redeem peace. And it may be well to make it plain that the first con- dition of the redemption of peace is the abolition of war.--Rev. John Haynes Holmes. tient is ever assisted from the bed. This is very essential in cases of contagious diseases. If coal is used never put it into the. stove from the hod or shovel. Put it into paper bags, the door may then be opened and _ tiie coal dropped in without making any noise. 10. Have all the tables and trays in the sick room covered with white. Keep this as fresh as possible. 11. If flowers are kept in the room be sure that they are fresh and that the water on them is changed at least twice each day. 12, Never allow the patient's wishes. to interfere with the phys:- cian's orders, but avoid worrying him as much as possible--pleasant promises and suggestions help to make the patient forget pain. ----_--rh___--_ TIME FOR FULFILMENT. Now is Canada's opportunity to make good her boast that she is the granary of the Empire. Many of her young men are displaying a martial turn. and hastening to offer themselves, to sacrifice them- selves, in the cause they have at heart. But there is even a deeper duty resting on this country. That duty, well fulfilled, while helping others, cannot fail to help our- selves. We shall be abundantly paid for all we do, and in doing will possess the, proud sense of serving. the right. To neglect the opportunity for improved produc- tion is to not only fall short of the call of patriotism, but to be guilty of a crime. We have the soil, we have the resources, we must have the energy to justify our claim to be the-Granary of the 'empire. a Stupid Still. Jackson and Johnson are not now on speaking terms. It all arose as the result of an argument which re- quired some mental calculation. "T tell you," said Jackson, "that you are altogether wrong in your conclusions.' "Pardon me, but I am not," re- es Johnson. Didn't I go to school, stupid ]"' almost roared his opponent. 'Yes,' was the calm reply, "and you came back stupid." Nothing makes better wash cloths than white stockings cut open. The edges may be finished with pink or blue crochet. For salad dressing, three table- spoonsful of oil, 144 of vinegar, quarter of a teaspoonful of salt, one-eighth of pepper. Flossie--"You have a wonderful 'hy of bright things Fashion Hints l ] Late Winter Fancics. An interesting pair of house siip- pers is made with patent leather vamps and heels--high, French heels and long, pointed toes, and with the rest of hie, corded black silk. There is a wide, slashed strap over the instep and each little strap formed by the slashing is marked with a small rhinestone button on the crest of the instep. The strap buttons on the outside of each slip- per with a eimple black button. Russian Boots, Russian influence has been mark- ed in clothes for several months, and some women have actually worn Russian boots. Now they can be had in some of the shops. One pair shown recently in the window of a smart shoe shop is made of soft green suede and patent leather. The heels are high and of French shape, and they and the vamp of the shoe are made of patent ieather. The leg part is made of the suede, and the vamp reaches up on the leg sec- tion in interesting, irregular lines. Lizard Stockings. There could hardly be any thing new in stockings, so great is their variety. But one pair that is strik- ing is of black silk, sheer and firm, made with a lizard of green and brown beads, iridescent and spark- ling, stretched full length on the ankle. New Handkerchiefs. A new: handkerchief shows a ruf- fle about an inch wide, 'of violet tulle, as an edging. The centre is of very sheer linen, and the ruffle is very soft and full, and the little handkerchief is decidedly fluffy and dainty. Black and White Fabrics. The prevalence of mourning in Europe has brought from the manu- facturers a large assortment of mingled black and white materials. The new silks have large and wide- ly separated black flowers on @ white ground. The broad striping of the Directoire has returned an black cgat suits are made with iong pointed waistcoats of it. There are also separate coats of it above skiais of plain black silk or cloth. Macchia cea Nothing dulls the edge of prib: ciple like sharp practice. "He's a great talker. Says a lot ot Yea; T reniem pber one saying 'of his that : pleased me 'What it? night F?