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~ If flour is placed in the oven unâ€" il it is thoroughly heated it will 0t be so apt to lump in making hickening for gravies, soups and auces, ‘A lemon that is heated will yield ore juice than one that is cold. E‘hen cold, place the lemon in a heated oven until it is warm {thmugh. \ When cooking rice, if necessary é}’co‘ stir, always use a fork instead iof a spoon, as the spoon crushes phe grains And makes it look (nushy. $ * There is a vast difference between ‘,’the flavor of good turnips and thost hat kave been standing on the fl;na,rket stall for a week or two;J \_ The cooking process of anything cooked in a double boiler can be urried if salt is added to the waâ€" er in the outer boiler. : Rhubarbh can be mixed with other fruits and made into a delicious ie. For instance, rhubarbh and pples together are delicious. _ Fine linens and pieces of lingerie will last much longer if they are wrung out by hand and not put hrough the wringer. (ipplying it with the finger tips. The cooking process of anything \ A piece of lace or net_ starched nd put under a hole in a lace curâ€" tain, then pressed smooth with a warm iron, will searcely be visible. â€" _A weak solution of alum will reâ€" ive the colors of a faded carpet g;ter a thorough sweeping. . A small piece of gum camphor in j vase of water will keep cut flowâ€" Prs fresh a long time. .. White vaseline is a good dressâ€" Aing for russet or patent leather; Fpoli;s;h with abfofl})enf cotton after \ Cracker Sandwiches. â€" _ Cream khe‘e'se, plain or with pimentos, reserves or a mixture of cream %eese and currant jelly all make good fillings. Nice for afternoon ispreads, picnics or the home Eun'cheon. j)il-e on top of pie or run on with ()'; pastry squirt, sift a spoonful of sugar over top and set in moderate ven until a light golden color. Meringue must then cool in a warm lace or it will fall. It must be ;nm and creamy in centre with a ishort crisp top. \\ Cracker _ Torte. â€"â€" Ingredients : Four eggs, one cupful of fine granuâ€" lated sugar, oneâ€"quarter cupful ‘wif cold water, one teaspoonful â€"of anilla extract, one cupful of crackâ€" r dust, two tablespoonfuls of coâ€" oa, one scant teaspoonful of bakâ€" ing powder. Methodâ€"Break eggs into a large roundâ€"bottomed bowl, add sugar and beat five to seven inutes. Add water and extract, eat well and then beat in the preâ€" ared cracker dust. As soon as ell blended pour into a small andusen tube mold and bake until w toothpick if inserted comes out fl:leran. Invert and cool in pan, fithen either ice with plain confecâ€" tioners‘ icing or better still split to three layers and spread unâ€" sweetened whipped cream between ,imd over top and sides.__RBy using jome piat of cream this will be sufâ€" ‘ficiernt for eight people. Cinnamon Crackers.â€"Nice â€"with afternoon tea. Take plain soda iscuits, spread with soft butter, ift well with sugar and cinnamon ?md bake light golden crisp. Margerites. â€" Ingredients: One egg, one cupful of confectioners‘ sugar, oneâ€"half cupful of ground ecans, a dusting of cinnamon (opâ€" ional). Method : Beat egg and suâ€" ar for ten minutes and rest and beat well. Run along top of salt wafers, or you can use plain soda rackers. ven un g!eringu( place or ')finm and ishort cri \\ Cracke Four egg lated â€" st Escalloped Oysters. â€" Drain the Jiquor from a pint of oysters. Small jones will do. Place in layers in a mall pudding dish, seasoning each ia.ye»r with salt, pepper and dots of butter. Between each layer and pver top strew a good layer of fine eracker crumbs, dotting top _ well \with butter. Bake in moderate oven until well heated through and top is light gold color. Meringue.â€"Beat the whites with »_ revolving egg beater until stiff, add sugar, two spoonfuls at a time, beating two minutes between. Now Escalloped Tomatoes. â€" Proceed rs directed for oysters, but also amdd a teaspoonful of sugar to the seasoning of each layer. The juice dirained from tomatoes may be partly added if many cracker are used, while the rest may be used lor soup stock. __ Mock Oysters.â€"Form fresh sau isa,ge meat into oval cakes resembâ€" ling a large oyster in shape and Bize. Roll liberally in finely rolled soda crackers and saute in a paD, Ising a good amount of beef dripâ€" E)Oings and butter. Cook long enough let centre be well done, and do pot let outside get too dark or ‘crisp. _ Crackers in Cookery. _ Sardine Mixture.â€"(Serve as an Appetizer at luncheon.) Bone and ’Fkin one small box of sardines ; add the juice of one lemon, a little |Worcestershire sauce and enough gatsup to make a smooth piste. Spread on crisp saltines and serve ('two on a plate with a slice of lemon and two stuffed olives. [Home | Helps Along the Way. Where work is concerned, 4 man seldom feels up to it till he gets down to it, Not Quite Certain. A certain business man is of opinion that he has an exceedingly bright office boy, and nothing pleases him better than to tell how he acquired the youngster‘s serâ€" vices. A notice had been posted in the man‘s shop window, which read as follows:â€"‘"Boy wanted, about fourteen years.‘"" A lad of that age, with little that was prepossesâ€" sing in his alpearance, came into the office, and stated that he had read the notice. "So you think you would like to have the position asked the merc}%a,nt. Â¥oseâ€" gsiy." was the reply ; "I want the job, but I don‘t know that I can promise to keep it for the full fourteen years." Money may ileitp the man helps himself, Where no cow testing has been practised a moderate estimate is that three out of twenty cows conâ€" sume feed valued as high as the price received for the milk they yield. Dairy records aim at deâ€" tecting these bovine crooks; but further, a study of records, kept so easily, show the diairyman which cows produce the most milk and fat, and which produce them the chelapest, (for instance 63 or 95 cents per 100 pounds of milk), so any man keeping dairy records is speedily on the home stretch toâ€" wards the winning post inscribed ‘‘each cow pays a good. profit.‘"‘ That is safe ground. On many dairy farms, however, one more point needs immediate atâ€" tention before the herd owner can truthfully be said to be on‘ really safe ground. For, if the abundant ecrop or the expensive feed purâ€" chased is given to a cow, or cows, whose dairy ability is lacking, sadâ€" ly lacking, some one is bound to reâ€" ceive an unpleasant surprise and disillusionment. If dairy ability means ability of the cow to turn feed into good milk at low cost, is it not the step of wisdom to make sure that each cow on the premises does possess thiat ability ? Cows on Safe Ground. With a fraction of uncertainty on one or two points, such possibly as high prices for feed, scarcity of help, the dairy farmer, nevertheâ€" ress, the whole Dominion over, is actually engaged now in planning for a more abundant milk harvest than ever from his faithful, patient cows. _ The prudent, farâ€"sighted man â€" has cogitated nearly all points, such as seed selection, laborâ€"saving implements, better stables, more alfalfa, a new silo, abundant water and the best culâ€" tivation he can possibly give to the land owned or rented. For tired feet, throw a handful of Epsom salts into a foot tub of very warm water. Immerse the feet and ankles for 10 or 15 minâ€" utes, dry quickly and get into bed. Refreshing sleep will follow and that tired, aching sensation will be quite gone. â€" Continue every night until a cure is completed. Clean your sewing machine freâ€" quently if you «would have good service. Kerosene oil and obsorbâ€" ent cotton are admirable for the purpose ; follow wih a good lubriâ€" cator. Potatoes will remain firm and mealy #!1 winter if airâ€"slacked lime is sprinkled over the barrels or bins ; the lime absorbs the moisture. ask the market man to cut a turâ€" nip in two for you and if it is solid and juicyâ€"looking inside, it is good. Mademoiselle Jean Perichon, Belgian Heroine. Mlle. Perichon, who is only 23, is a Belgian Red Cross nurse. She has the distinction of being the only Belgian woman whom King Alâ€" bert has decorated with the military Order of Leopold, and the medal on her bosom was pinned there for conspicuous bravery, which: has seldom been equalled even by members of the stronger sex. Mille. Jeanne is the only Red Cross nurse who has actually done work in the trenches at the front. She felt she could accomplish more good there by administering firstâ€"aid to the wounded than by simply doing her regular duties in some field hospital, and by special permission she was permitted to go with the surgeons to the battle lines. She is in America as the secretary of the Countess L. de Hemptinne, to aid her in her appeal to Americans for help in rebuilding Belgium. who Is there not something substanâ€" tial in the oldâ€"fashioned view that sleep before midnight carrits a speâ€" cial and particular merit? There may be, says the ‘‘Hospital,"‘ a simple and &bvious explanation of this creed, but we are satisfied that, in any event, the practice it proâ€" poses, is beneficial. To take a single illustrationâ€"it is â€" widely known by medical â€" practitioners that angemic girls may long be treated with wan‘t of success until they are compelled to cultivate the habit of early to bed. And though strong and vigoroug$ young meén with apparent impunity continue to hear the chimes at midnight, midâ€" dleâ€"age announces itself by some dullness of the faculties on the days following such experiences. That different individuals need difâ€" fereat amounts of sleep is certa.in.l and it is perhaps true that sleep, You can hasten the child‘s proâ€" gress by moving its legs in imitation of walking while it lies on its back in bed. Make these motions corâ€" rectly and methodically, and make them as nearly as possible â€"like the motions used in walking. With the average healthy child these lessons, both active and passive, should be: gin albout the ninth or tenth month and the child should be awble to walk a few steps soon after it is a year old.â€"Youth‘s Companion. } First of all, teach the baby to creep. When it has acquired that accomplishment, ‘begin the walkâ€" ing lessons. Hold the baby upâ€" right, with its feet resting squareâ€" ly on the floor, and then carry it forward slowly while another perâ€" son raises first one foot and then the other, and plants each ahead in its turn.. Move the child‘s body soâ€"that its centre of gravity is transferred from one foot to _ the other alternately. In that way the child will learn very quickly to balance itself, and soon it can stand alone for a few seconds. By and by it will try to move forward of its own accord. \ That is all sound doctrine, but by and by the tine comes when the child needs a little wise help if it is to develop properly. Leff alone in the bed for the first few months, it will get all the exercise it needs by kicking and clawing the air, provided its limbs are not swathed in too many clothes or weighed down by heavy bedclothing; but when it has learned to use its muscles and gained some idea of space and direction, and when its bones have begun to harden, it is time to teach it the difficult art of walking. It cannot learn that in the bed, and will learn it on the floor by itself. In recent years, doctors and othâ€" ers who are interested in child study have advised that babies be ‘"let alone.‘‘ They. declare that much handling of the infant is not good for the health of its body or of its mind. Dancing the baby, tossâ€" ing it in the air, and ‘"‘riding it to Banbury ‘Cross,""‘ kissing it and playing with it tire the child, and excite it injurously. . The. little baby needs absolute quiet, and the less older persons diskurb it and talk to it, the better. f [] Teaching the Baby to Walk. Sleep Before Midnight. HEALT H II A short time ago an information bureau wias sta‘rged in conmection with the British Red Cross Society for the purpose of keeping the reâ€" latives and friends of wounded and missing British soldiers cognizant of their progress and w};erea,b_outs. It was felt that a similar scheme might be started by the Canadian society and the message received from the commissioner shows that this has been done. Canadians will therefore be able to hear how their wounded sons and brothers are progressing and to know of their safety if missing or captured. News of interest to every relaâ€" tive and friend of the Canadian solâ€" diers who are now in France and of those who will in the near future be in the zone of operations has been received at the head office of the Canadian Red Cross Society from Colonel Hodgetts, Canadian commissioner in London, in which he says that he has completed arrangements for the information bureau to forward particulars reâ€" garding wounded and missing Canâ€" adians. This work will not conflict with the official returns but will supplement them by furnishing subâ€" sequent information to relations as to their conduct and progress. The work will be carried on upon the same lines as the British Red Cross and with their coâ€"operation. ‘ In millinery one found the inâ€" fluence of war everywhere, but with the exception of a certain kind of sailor everything was small, fitting the head and representing some style of army headwear. _ The shapes were not over small, that is, they did not show much of the hair, but they clung to the head and did not shade the face. Georgette, ‘who leaped into proâ€" minence last spring after taking over the house of Francis, who had held the distinction of being the tailor to the queens of Great Britâ€" ain, features zouave coats to her tailor costumes more than the short and better knownâ€" coat. . Her zouaves are direct copies of those worn by the Algerian troops who are fighting under General Joffre. The French name for the shade is ‘‘blue soldat,‘‘ which is more sentiâ€" mental than descriptive. All Show Military Coats. All the designers in Paris showed some kind of military coat and all of them used to the utmost the fashion for pockets. Khaki color, which the French women like, will undoubtedly give the preference to this new blue in serge, gabardine, tussah and silk. Even satin coat suits were shown in it. The selfâ€"advertising coloration of the field uniforms of the French army has been so serious a drawâ€" back, and the acknowledged superâ€" iority of the grayâ€"blue of the Gerâ€" man army has been so universally recognized, that the change in colâ€" or from bright blue and brilliant scatlet to a concealing color like gray was too important an issue to pass the designers. There must be few people in this Not only was the color inspired by the history of the battlefield, but the coat was cut in imitation of the field overcoats which have the fronts folded back and buttoned. This cut is easy to copy, but the maâ€" terial is very difficult to secure, because it is requisitioned ‘by the French government for war uses. Callot, for example, whose colâ€" lection was one of the best in evenâ€" ing frocks she has made in several years, put forth as a feature a solâ€" dier‘s tailor suit in the new blue that has been accepted by the French army and for which Paul Poiret is said to be responsible. The dressmakers thought it imâ€" probable that the present war would strongly influence fashions until it was over; but it has had a strong effect already if one is to judge by the new gowns shown in Paris and which later will set the styles here. The new gowns already have been brought from Paris by our most enâ€" terprising buyers, says a Paris letâ€" ter. There is nothing to frighten ’one in them. They do not signify that all the clothes we possess must be discarded. Certain lines are acâ€" centuated, the two silhouettes that â€"have been opposed to each other all winter remain as they are. Callot holds to narrow skirts; Premet continues to cut her hems into points instead of making them even; Cheruit has modified the width of skirt which she advocated last summer and has given herself over to more pronounced Louis XV. styles; and Georgette has kept to that swinging army cape effect at the back of gowns which she mannequined herself last season and which she likes very much inâ€" deed. like other habits, may be carried to excess; yet once ‘the elasticity of youth is gone most of us are better and more fit when we avoid late hours. RED CROSS SERVICES. The Present War and Styles Fashion Hints What Paris Shows. A despatch from Venice says: Reports received from Trieste say that the Austrian troops in Trenâ€" tino are in & miserable condition, being penniless, hungry and illâ€" clad. Their pay has b&en cut from fourpence per dl‘fa,y to twopence, and their rations from five loaves of bread a week to two loaves, it is sai{f. Menm considerably over forty years of age, the reports say, are being sent into the trenches, illâ€" equipped and their uniforms old and torn, after only a month of practice drilling. The condition of the civil population is Said to be equally wretched. Private letters from Trieste say that numbers of A despatch from London says: A Municipal Councilor Matejouvusky and twenty municipal employes of Prague, Bohemia, have been found guilty of high treasgon and senâ€" tenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from three to â€" fourteen years. The men were.charged with ciroula,ti;rfig news â€" unfavorable to Austriaâ€"Hungary, according to the FOR SPREADING BAD NEWS £ Municipal Councilor of Prague Among a Score of Citizens Convicted of High Treason A new field of work has now openâ€" ed for the Red Cross, a work that will commend itself to every Canaâ€" dian and especially those whose brothers, sons and husbands have crossed the water to fight in the great Armageddon. It will be a relief to many to hear that someâ€" thing is now being done to trace country who do not each morning scan the casualty list to see wheâ€" ther any of those dear to them ha.vj:a been wounded, or in some cases killed. Now that the "‘Prinâ€" cess Pats‘‘ are in the trenches and part of the expeditionary force is either in France or on its way there and will therefore sgoon be in the firing line, these lists will be watched with even greater interest than before. The names that we wish least of all to see are those of the killed, men who have fallen on the field of honor in the greatest cause that they could die for, the cause of freedom and righteousâ€" ness; to look down the column of casualties and see the name of one wounded is almost a relief, for he might have been ‘"‘missing‘‘ ; the wounded list conveys no uncertainâ€" ty ; it is true and one accepts the news with more hope. ‘"‘Missing‘" leaves an emptier feeling. One fears long suspense, or worse than all, utter darkness. c eR eretern ENee ols Aeith is e t 6 0 dn s L CH= emies. Another denied Him thrice when FHe was most in need of ‘|\friends. All filed_ like frightened |sheep when He was arrested. Inâ€" |ability to understand the Master was constant throughout the whole period of His ministry. Think of the stupid intolerance of John in forbidding "one casting out devils in (Jesus‘) name,‘‘ for no. other reason than that "he followeth not with us !‘‘â€" Think of the amazing pride of the sons of Zebedee in seekâ€" ing to be seated one on Jesus‘ right hand and one on His left, in the promised kingdom! _ What must have been Jesus‘ wrath at the deâ€" mand of the disciples that He should bid fire come down from heaven upon ‘the Samaritans who. would not give Him shelter. Again and again did the Master patiently explain the meaning of what Ho was saying and trying to do. Again and again did He ‘"©rebuke them‘" for their follies and sins. But even to the very end they misunderstood and thus failed Him! Took Men as He Found Them. That Jesus was aware of the charâ€" acter of His disciples is evident from a hundred different passages in the Gospels.â€" All the more imâ€" pressive, in view of this fact, is His willingness to work with such men and to commit unto their hands the destinies of the stupendous moveâ€" ment which He had initiated. It would seem as though it would have been a wiser course to have tried His disciples as they were chosen one by one, rejected them as they were found wanting, and then seâ€" lected others for similar trial, until at last He had secured followers whose moral courage and spiritual insight were in some measure comâ€" parable to His own. But such 3 process of selection seems never to TIWO PENCE PBR DAY IN CASH m oteb ce deemantelnnd. o eulnmtinnn t It has often been remarked by candid students of the Gospels that Jesus‘ disciples were, on the whole, & sorty lot of men. One betrayed the Nazarene outright to his enâ€" emies. Another denied Him thrice when He was most in need of friends. All fled like frightened sheep when He was arrested. Inâ€" ability to understand the Master ‘‘And He called unto Him His twelve disciples.‘"â€"Matthoew x.., 1. Jesus Agony When His Followers Disputed * as to "Who Then Should be Greatest" THE DISCIPLES FAILED EM The bakers‘ shops are besieged €arly in the morning, but only the strong and aggressive, the letters say, succeed in getting a few loaves. The shops then close for the day. Disorders are said to be frequent, and the policeo are compelled to make many arrests, According to the letter the prices of most of the necessary foodstuffs Kave doubled or trebled. ‘The misery of fthe poorer classes is said to be indesâ€" cribable. Persons daring to proâ€" test are arrested. the people are literally starving. Palatable wheat bread is unobtainâ€" able at any price, and the supply of war bread is quite inadequate. correspondent. ‘"A Vienna courtâ€" martial,‘‘ the correspondent conâ€" tinues, ‘"condemned fiftyâ€"two perâ€" sons to death for high treason, among them the Countess Harrach. Eight of these persons have been executed, but the sentences of the remainder were commuted to terms of from four to ten years‘ impriâ€" sonment."" There are nearly two hundred thousand lunatics in the United Kingdom. FEloating mines, underâ€" various names, have figured in naval warâ€" fare for nearly 350 years ; but they were first used with really deadly effect in the Russoâ€"Japanese War of 1904â€"5. ‘Effendi‘‘ in Turkish has its equiâ€" valent in the British ‘"Esquire.‘‘ _ This new branch of the Red Cross work will thus be the means of shortening the great gulf that sepaâ€" rates the woldier on metive service from his loved ones at home and will bring comfort and joy into many a home in Canada. By this new arrangement with the British Red Cross Society the relatives of men in the Canadian contingents will be kept in constant knowledge of the progress that their wounded relatives or friends are making and will also, where humanly possible, be told_ the whereabouts of those who are offiâ€" cially reported as ‘"‘missing.‘""‘ This will surely take a great load off the minds of those relatives and friends of our brave Canadian soldiers and will enable them to correspond with them regularly. ‘[have entered into the Master‘s ‘ = mind. He simply took men as H§ _ _ found them, poured out upon t)h_eni'é S the riches of His spirit and then / left them to do with these treasures & ; what best they could. And the : amazing thing is that in the long 3 run His seemingly careless method justified itself. For little by little a», did these men, who on numerous @ _ occasions had proved to be so stuâ€"_ i pid and cowardly, rise to the | ‘"measure of the stature of Christ." E Especially after His death did they f seem to be transfigured as by the { indwelling spirit of God and fitted '.‘ for the triumphant mission of the s Apostolic Ago ! ®. _ Our Higher Spiritual Desires. f In all this, now, is & significant | lesson for our own day and generaâ€" | tion. How often do. we »sifenoe m { some brave word of idealism a,sy. the plea that men are not yet ready ‘ for such a message! How often ‘ do we discourage some great work f of reform upon the ground that f "you cannot change human naâ€" * ture!‘ How often do we turn & ' deaf ear to some glowing prophet 1 of the soul because, forsooth, the ? kingdom of righteousness which he 2z would establish upon the earth is ... impracticable so long as men are_ ~"~ : blind, weak, selfish! Not such was f the practice of the great Teacher of ‘ ancient Palestine, and not such & should be our practice toâ€"day. Unâ€" _ . discouraged by the poor human maâ€" x 4 terial with which we have to deal, _ @__ we should go straight to the goal of our highest spiritual desires. Unâ€" deterred ‘by the heedless ears of & men, we should preach the loftiesb’ ‘ message of the spirit of which our % minds can conceive. Taking men s just as we find them, with all their § imperfections on their heads, we should seek nothing short of God‘s Kingdom right here and now upon the earth. And lo! the miracle, toâ€" day as yesterday, that by the sheer f power of our endeavor men aro transfigured and thus fitted for the ‘ new and better day !â€"Rev. John jz Haynes Holmes. a those who have been lost in war.