Mba a Ip Tec nt say," Zoe confessed. "There is something radically pei here, Zoe. Probab aly he escap- ed from a lunatic asylum "Probab ly he did, ae said Zoe as she lighted e blue-flame oil- rT | ae cok, ' : anyway," Mee 1 Tucker 'warned. oe made FelisstavapiendiD tian nteteAT By Vernon Records "Farmer Goodneighbor paid Bill Rickey the wages due him, and added for good measure the following un- complimentary remarks: "TI can't employ you any agg Bill, I have no use for a man wit! cigar- | ette stuck in.the northwest cocton on) his mouth. You are always lookin ng! for a job of cutting ice in the summer- time, and making lay in the winter." "That b the case--I'll quit) smoking," Bill 'snapped. "T'll go over; Zoe Tucke r 's 1,000-acre farm--and | win a home" "That's the talk, Bill. Zoe is the! best cook in Snowshoe count .I heard last night she needed a mec. anic. When Bill Rickey arrived at the Tucker farm, a pink sunbonnet bob-| bing around a farm tractor caught his! eye. Zoe Tucker was unable to secure a mechanic to operate the machine, so she was trying to tinker it herself, He walked over the 'cig ground to where Zoe was working "Good-morning," said i "What appears to be the main prota Fil "I don't know," she confessed. "It/ was in perfect order ian it arrived. ! Several of my hired men have tried to! operate it. Something went wrong. They tried to fix it-- "That's the trouble," Bill interrupt- ed, "it is fixed. at it needs now is repairing. a@mechanic. You go and prepare ae I'm hun enough to eat the word 'welcom® off a doormat. I will tinker this critter "But ag al ask what wages I pay," she s "T don't care!" he replied. He examined the tractor's engine with a trained eye, and turned the engine over. It snorted and ran like a sick rooster Winning a Howie And a Wife and a wite i in one twenty. But he his new resolves, wo! ine time won the confidence and not Zoe and Mrs, Tucker. The rest was easy. P sactitsincnimicnsndpitimmnisap IF HOLLAND ENTERS WAR, > lived up. Mme oreo lCream Wanted SWEET OR CHURNING CREAM we cans, pay express charges end ri 7. Our price next week forty-eight cents yest Ring Ot West = owonte Quéen Can Unlock Dyke Gates and In- undate Large Tracts of Land. a The following figures give an ide nd ter the kitchen and place the wood in|of Holland's military a nayal | the box behind the cook-stove. He strength: |S secured a basin and proceeded to Population (approximately) 7,000,- ash off the read estate. 000. "Dinner is ready Mr.--Mr.--why bate ae told me your name!" she Total area (square miles) 15,760, a, under arms (army and navy) 400,000. =: Infantry equipped with Mannligher magazine rifies. Field artillery equipped with Q. gE Krupps, 75 cm. Field army has four divisions and a cavalry brigade. Navy has four large cruisers, sight coast defence ships, thirty-four pedo boats, twelve destroyers, and four building, ten submarines and ss number of gunboats a Four destroyers being built in Ger- many for Holland when the war broke out were seized by the Germans. In Holland all males between - 'the ages of 19 and 40 are. subject to Afte army service and the petiod of ger- wanted to be alone, and nk. When! vice is ten years, with about three lhe returned Mrs. Tucker had retired. or four years in actual training or | Zoe was sitting on a bench under an} gorvice, japple tree watching the moon.| 'Holland is bordered on the south Be "It's "William Rickey, from now on, Miss Tucker," aid. Bill made the "dirt fly all ------ About seven o'clock he "> wo! and went to the house. be jthinking about farm tractors just at that moment. He extracted from his | suitcase a = shirt, blue serge trou- 'sers, tan ords and--last but not least--a silk cattle, With his safety | razor a mowed the alfalfa off his | smili ace. This accomplished he | do vm I his new clothes and proceeded to doll up. He was whistling merrily | "That new man certainly has a wot | disposition," Mrs. Tucker confided to | Supper was served. ter supper Bill took a stroll. He thi otonis ; Santed tn vihat "iirection-~of -- and on the east by Germ course Bill went with them. It has few fortresses and its scheme heart thumped in an macaninttiel lof defence is concentration of all manner. She certainly was the pre et-| forces in a restricted area, known as tiest girl he had ever seen in his life! | the "Holland fortress." o-thitds oe smiled at him. Bill sat down on) of this area is surrounded by water the bench. Dan Cupid tried to sit be-| and could be made more impregnable tween them, but finding there was no | by inundation. room he gave it up. | It is said that three persons, "in- h, well, you ean guess the rest o he story! Bill did not win a home; ®- in-chief of the army, carry keys "That's just the way it acts," Zoe aa rent "Please hurry up those eats," Bill begged, "before I starve to death on your farm | "You easily -- a pos way of speaking," Zoe said, half angrily, as | she started in oe direction of the) ouse. | "Has the new mechanic arrived 2" | Mrs. Tucker inquired a few moments | ater. | "He has," Zoe answered. "What's his name?" | "What wages bo he expect?" | "He doesn't ca | "Where did alg come from?" was oe question. | Bill-soon located ory trouble. The magneto was sick, He secured a screw-driver and went to work on the magneto. The set-screw he adjust-| a tiled kitchen, a durable wash paint is ed so that the platinum points were just far enough apart. Then he tight- ened the lock-nut and tried to ge spark. He got it. "Now, old-timer, show how nice you can perform," he said to the tractor as he mounted the seat. purred like a contented kitten. seized ah steering-wheel el | the walls. the gears from neutral to drive- ease bit into the Bil stub. | Je and moved ead. Sixteen fur-! rows turned over on their backs and smiled at the sun. The dinner bell rang. Bill didn't | He had forgotten all about hear it. eating. He skeen the engine. The third section of the train of gang- plows didn't turn the furrow to suit him. He shortened up one of the guide rods. This finished, the ground | was turned over smoothly. Zoe rang the bell again. "Gee muttered, "I forgot | about that dinner. i Snowshoe county! Huh! I hope she is. I wonder Jif she ever contemplated | matrimony? He walked to the house. Stopping , at the wood-pile near the barn he athered an armful of firewood. Mrs. | ucker was surprised to see Bill en- Come to Toronto TO DO el Your _ In addition to the ju change, a apn trip to a oethe may sav +] eae C) sieauteste of og ff large eee % 'pet Fr Wider choice, newer goods, of saa. commodities, special bargains, all of which mean a saving in money, yom addition toa pleasurable trip. d all this is doubly enhanced by the vsact that you can stay at the most home-like and Comfortable hotel in Canada, and at moderate cost, and have your parcels ~_ gisect 0 our ae room. There no ex T. he Walker House The House of Pienty TORONTO, ONT. | will count quite as much as money. e engine | ed. He | buff is the best color with which to KITCHEN EFFICIENCY. The busy woman of to-day realizes! you chip the enamel off the saucepan,}, | What efficiency in the kitchen means sometimes into the food, and you have to her further ability to easily supply | to pick it out; then again, oftener you to her family nutritious food without | fail to see the damage you have one until, when washing the pots Tho problem of obtaining help pans, you find a spot where you have, brings to the housewife a thought | Heap off the enamel. the time, strength and energy required | have a broken spot in the bottom to keep the household at par. °So|your saucepan and you are stirring that to equip the kitchen with modern | the food that is tools and to replace the furnishings of using. a motel aa to stir with the household mses | in an attrac-| ate ul Clean! mined is an absolute essential that {s based upon fundamental princi- ples. The kitchen should be compact in its arrangements, so that no motion may be lost. Unless one can afford waste of time and strength. cooking in all"saucepans. These wooden spoons need not" be costly, and any handy man around the house can whittle a couple of paddles for you from any piece ardwood, preferably maple or ash, . a very few minutes. Learn to use the fireless cooker for cereals and breakfast foods and also for cooking the cheaper cuts of meat. Meat cooked in the firelesa cooker loses proportionately less per pound than meat Boone upon the coal, gas or electric ranges. Use all lef Lover breakfast cereals in making bread. A word about the refrigerator. Upon this important household uten- sil depends the health of the family. The ice compartment should be suffici- ently large to keep a piece of ice that will keep the food compartments at a temperature of not less than 50 de- grees Fahrenheit constantly. A thorough cleansing three times a week is an absolute necessity. Remove the most economical. While the cost- liest kitchen is not necessarily the 8 | best, intelligent and careful planning Color schemes can easily be follow- But for general utility a Colonial The window trim- 'mings may be ivory and white. A 'good quality of linoleum for covering the floor will be found satisfactory. A kitchen cabinet, a fireless cooker and |a good range, a refrigerator and a ltable with a sanitary porcelain top would comp! ete the large furniture needed in the kitchen, Have the man of the house build and attach to the kitchen table a frame that will act as a rack, above the table, to hold dippers, strainers ¢ cluding the Queen and the command-|} Now, if you) of | cooking in this pot,| you en spoons =x ant all foods while which would unlock the dykes and in- undate the greater part of Holland. Since the outbreak of war Holland has, greatly strengthened her forces and defences, but no official data on what has been done is available. Prac- tically the entire male population is under arms and plans have undoubt- edly been made for emergencies that might arise. The Dutch are sturdy se of low-German origin, well officered and present a formidable force to be reckoned with. --_+--_ Only One Shovel. Many delightful villagers appear in Miss Rosalind Richards's A Northern t6F-| Countryside; there are people amus- ing and lovable, eccentric and path- etic. Old, Eliphalet Marston, hero of one brief anecdote, stands out among them all as the best exemplification of the principles on which real busi- ness success is founded. Eliphalet; who built and owned the shovel factory, made it his study to produce the best-wearing and C) soundest shovel that could be made. In later life his #on tried to induce him to go about through the country, look up his customers, and do what *l he could to increase trade. The son was very emphatic about it. It was what everyone did, the only way to keep up-to-date and advertise the business, and aaa must not be- come moss-grow The old man sshook-his head, but after much discus- sion consented to start off, although he was not really persuaded of the wisdom of the suggestion. He went to a big wholesale dealer jn Chicago, but did not mention his name--merely said he was there to talk shovels. "Don't mention said the dealer shovels to me," that's honest, and that's the one/ tha I'm handling. There it is," he said, producing it. "Look at it! That's " BREAD MIXERS the only shovel: that's made in "on country; made by a man named ton, at Marston' State --s Bliphalet chuckled and, went home. ----_@----_-- al A t. A flat button will usually make its journey through the wringer in safety by two methods. The first one is 'to fold the button into the garment, be- ing sure that it is flat. makes the garment act as a cushion ora wringer. the garment out straight so that it feeds in a line parallel with the wring- er. For thick buttons the first method is perhaps safer. Keep feed troughs and drinking pans clean and filled A new clothes-line should be boiled before being put out. This prevents 3#t from stretching and makes it last much longer. FG, LONG CO. tere CANA Grow your own supply of vegetable seeds for next year. The Dominion Department of Agriculture has issued a leaflet to tell you how. A Grave Question. Shopkeeper--Now, look here, little girl, I can't spend the whole day showing you penny toys. Do ou want the earth with a little red fence round it for a penny? Little Girl--Let me see it if you | QUEEN'S -UNIVERSITY 3 KINGSTON " ONTARIO 2 au, << MEDICINE EDUCATION APPLIED SCIENCE Mining, Chemical, pe Meee Mechanical and Electrical ring. HOME STUDY Arts Course by correspond with one yéar's attendence ot fou peares summer Summer School Navigation School July and August ecember to April 19 GEO. Y. CHOWN, Registrar ---- ij . "There's just one shovel that's worth having, juno | Leave It to Parker 1. postman and expressman will bring Parker service right to your home We pay carriage one way. Whatever you send--whether it be household draperies or the most delicate fabrics--will be speedily returned to their original freshness. When you think of Cleaning or Dyeing think of PARKER'S, -' Parker's Dye Works, Limited Cleaners and Dyers \ 791 YONGE ST. - . TORONTO l me ge ----, AAW sc: paint & VARNISHES | and other utensils that are necessary. | A drawer in this table to hold the knives, measuring spoons, etc., will make for time saving and efficiency. | A careful selection of pots and pans is ' vitally necessary, and right here I | wish to tell the housewife my pot and pan story. Sixty-five out of every hundred per- sons suffer from some form of in- testinal indigestion. That is due to the manner in which the fool is cooked or to the utensil itself. How many women are there who, in cooking food in an enamel saucepan, stir the food while cooking and then tap the spoon on the edge of the pan. Ah! I see you smile, for you all recognize the old trick. Now, do you know that often To Have Clean Windows. There are few women who really erjoy cleaning windows, and one rea- | disappointing. Soap always seems to smear the glass, and the.cloth gets: too drippy and countless things hap- pen. But one housewife, has thought | about it hard and has decided just, what is the best method of cleaning her windows. -- sent us her deci- sion, and here jt "Y have fe a. ew? ' she says, "to olish windows brilljantly with thg| feast possible work, Y can cleat them | whether the sun is shining or not, so infallible is my method. First wipe off the dust with a dry cloth, or if, very dirty, with a damp one, then put a small quantity of water in a basin and make it very strong with house-; hold "ammonia, using not more than! two parts of water to one of: ammonia. Dip a small cloth or, sponge in this | and wring it nearly dry, then go over the glass, rubbing hard but working! rapidly. Wipe immediately with a ay lintless cloth, or the pane will be son must be that the result is so often | the drain pipe and flush and swab out the trap. This is very important. Do not place the refrigerator in a dark, damp plece. Do not permit the drain to be con- nected with the sewer. If the waste pipe is attached have it made so that it may be frequently taken apart and flushed with boiling soda water., Drain the waste water from the re- frigerator into the garden ' or yard. To make a drain from the icebox, cut a hole in the floor and place a large funnel in the hole. Now connect suf- ficient length of pipe used for speak- ing tubes to this hole and drain into the yard or garden. This pipe san easily be taken apart for frec sgt flushing. |dry before you can get over it. The sole objection to this method is in the effect of the strong solution on one's fingers. A rubber or leather glove may be used, but even without gloves Tfind it takes so short a time to clean a number of windows that if one is careful to wash the hands immediately after the task, then rub them with lemon juice or vinegar and rinse | aeatn with clear ener there will be no unpleasant effect.' How to Clarify Fats. | Here are three methods of clarify- 'ing fat. Method 1. 'an equal portion of water in.a double boiler. Strain through a cloth. When cold remove the layer of fat from the | Water. Method 2. Follow directions | given undesMethod 1, using sour milk. Flavors and odors are modified. Me- |thod 8. 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