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NOTES AND COMMENTS Engineering Trade Will Be in Two Hands When War Qloses. One tremendously important fact that emerges out of the first year of war is that out of all the vast seeth- ing changes of the past year there will arise an inea)eylably greater Bri- tish engineering industry than has ever existed in the past. When we have utterly crushed Germany, as as- suredly will be the case, the world's engineering trade will be in but two hands-those of ourselves and of America. We shall once more become the workshop of the, world, All the war-devastated countries will look to us to supply their immense engineer- ing requirements-their new railways, bridges, steel buildings, factory equip- ment, electric power stations, tram- way systems, gas and steam engines, to mention but a few of an endless list. And-here is the important 'ttring-we shall be in a position to meet the world's demand, thanks en- tirely to our participation in the worWs war. It our factories were as they were a year ago we should be quite incapable of meeting the enor- mous: demand. Our loss would have, beerrAmeriea's gain. But the vast: changes in our engineering works that have perforce had to be made during the past year of war give us every chance of profiting by the trade that will come with the signing of the treaty of peace. A man of broad views, the Minister of Munitions, ive may be sure, sees something more in the twenty-six vast national munitions factories that are being built in various engi- neering centres throughout the coun- try, than a capacity to produce such a superabundance of shell as will in- evitably crush the enemy. He sees in those admirably equipped factories the oppdrtunity for trade development at present undreamed of as soon as the war is over. Here, truly, is a wonderful vision of which the first year of war gives us a glimpse. Of the future of the British engineering industry we may rest well assured. Heaven's blue is m re expansive Than the clouds that hide away Something of the golden sunlight From our eyes from day to day. I His clear. shining lights the shadowsi That 520 fiitting o'er the blue, 1 Tinting all their fleecy borders, ( Adding beauty to the view. 1 And the clouds that hide the bright-) ness l 0f the sky, and mar the day, l Are invested all with glory l By the sun they hide away. i Fate that seems so dark and cheer-l less) i As a cloud upon the blue; l May be lit with hidden meaning. i When the problem's solved for you. i 1 If you stumble do not falter, l, Rise again and start anew, l Faith in darkness has the promise 1 The sentiment of a once popular song, "Silence Was Her Answer," might well be adopted by Germany at this time. The world is getting tired of explanations that do not ex- plain. All the facts regarding the anxiety of Sir Edward Grey to pre- serve the peace, the determination of the Kaiser to force the issue, the vio- lation of Belgium neutrality, have been set forth with unimpeachable evidence. It is too late to confuse the issue by imputing to the English Foreign Minister motives he clearly did not have or by digging into the diplomatic correspondence in Brussels for proof that Belgium feared and discussed with English officials what afterward came to pass. If Germany really believed that England would or could stand idly by and see Belgium overrun and France crushed, it can only be said that the wish was father to the thought. That page of history has been already written, and nothing can change it. From the very beginning of the war the British labor unions have re- vealed a distressing lack of patriot- ism. They have persistently put their own claims against the claims of their country. While men have been fight- ing and dying in the trenches for their protection they have tried to hold up even the manufacture of munitions of war and have endeavor- ed by threats of violence to force the Government to meet their terms at any cost. Now they are declaring that social revolution will follow any attempt to secure more troops by con- scription. This attitude puts union- ism in a very sinister light. What- ever iustifieation it may have for en- forcing its demands in time of peace, it has none in time of war. Mr. Lloyd George, who seems to have more in- fluence with them than any other member of the Cabinet, has attempt» ed to argue them out of their folly. He says that no decision on the sub- ieet of conscription has yet been reached, but he points out that no step to secure victory should be left untaken. He further professes con- fidenee that the working classes will not -resist conscription if it comes. But if the leaders who speak for the unions do not misrepresent them, there is serious trouble ahead. Can it be that any body of Englishmen hag so far lost the spirit which made England great? Of the brightness Vancouver, B.C SUNLIGHT AND SHADOW. A GREATER INDUSTRY. shining through. ---F. Talling. Apple Ro1L--Cake two cups of flour, one-half tablespoonful of salt, four level teaspoonfuls of salt, four level teaspoonfuls of butter, two-thirds of a cup of milk, one cup of chopped ap- ple, three tablespoonfuls of sugar, one-half tablespoonful of cinnamon. Sift flour, salt and baking powder to- gether and thoroughly mix in butter with tips of fingers. Add the milk, stirring it in with a knife. Roll the dough out a quarter of an inch thick and spread with chopped apple, sugar and cinnamon. Roll like jelly roll, cut in three-quarter inch slices and place in buttered pan, flat side down. Bake 15 minutes in a hot oven and serve hot with lemon sauce. The sauce is easily made by boiling three- quarters of a cup of sugar and one- half cup of water five minutes, add- ing to it two teaspoonfuls of butter and one teaspoonful of lemon juice just a dash of nutmeg. Roman Cream.-Six eggs, one quart milk, eight tablespoonfuls sugar,one- half box gelatine, one Wineglass wine, vanilla to taste. Dissolve the gela- tine in the milk. Beat yolks of eggs and sugar thoroughly, and add this to the milk, and put on to boil in double boiler. As soon as it boils remove from the fire to tool, and heat the whites of eggs and add them to the wineind flavoring, and set on ice in a mold to harden and turn out of the mold'to serve. A Fine Egg Dish.iBoil a few more eggs than you have people to serve and when hard, cool and cut the whites into small pieces. Make a white (sauce from butter and flour, seasoned with salt and white pepper and thinned with a cup and a half to two cups of hot new milk. Stir into sauce the cut whites, pour upon slices of hot toast, rub the yolks through a coarse sieve, spread neatly over the dish, garnish with parsley and serve. Dried Beef Sandwich.--) some chipped beef through a meat chop- per and mix it with an equal amount of minced celery hearts. Flavor with a little grated onion and moisten with a little olive oil and vinegar. Feather Cutgerbread.--- One-fourth cup each of sugar, molasses, melted lard, sweet milk and sour milk, one cup bread flour, one well-beaten egg, one teaspoon each of soda, cinnamon, ginger and salt. Sift dry ingredients together, blend all that remain and beat in flour mixture. Bake in single layer cake pan in moderate oven for about twenty minutes. Rhubarb Fritters.-Preparis a bunch of rhubarb for cooking, cutting each stalk in two or three pieees---the long- er the better. Have ready a pan of boiling fat and some batter mixture, Dip the pieces of rhubarb first in the batter and then drop them into the boiling fat; cook for five or six min- utes. Take out carefully, pile one on top of another, sprinkle liberally with castor sugar and serve very hot. Sauce for Puddings-Cream to- gether a cupful of sifted sugar and half a cupful of butter; add a tea- spoonful of ground cinnamon and an egg well beaten. Boil a teacupful of milk and turn it, boiling hot, over the mixture slowly, stirring all the time; this will cook the egg smoothly. It may be served hot or cold. Cream Sandwiches-meat cream until it is solid, then beat in several tablespoonfuls of any desired jelly-- quince, crabapple or grape. Spread the mixture between split lady fingers. Grapes may be kept for months. Se- lect perfect bunches and see that the fruit is solid on the bunch. Remove all little spiders and their webs, but do not wash the fruit. Wrap each bunch carefully in dark blue tissue paper, twisting the ends tightly to ex- elude the air, then pack the grapes away in a closely covered box, and keep the box ina cool, dark, dry place. Green peppers make attractive cups for salads. Cut a thin slice from the top of the pepper and remove the seed and white pulp. If the cups do not stand evenly cut a slice from the bot- tom also. WHERE THE FRENCH WON IMPORTANT VICTORY; SOUCHEZ REFINERY AND REMAINS OF VILLAGE The bare and broken rafters of the roofs of destroyed cottages to the left, and the burning houses in the centre of the photograph mark the site of the village of Souchez, north of Arms. which for weeks has formed the centre of continuous hard fighting between the French assailants and the entrench- ed and fortified Germans. To the right are visible the scarred and gaunt ruins. of the now-celebrated sugar factory of Souchez, the key and citadel of the German fortifications in that sector of the field, tor the possession of which att nch and counter-attack have been proceeding ever since the taking of Carency and Notre Dame de Lorene gave the French a. footing within the enemy's line of entrench- ments. The photograph itself was taken from the French advanced lines actually during one of the earlier attacks. About the Heusehold Dainty Dishes. "It's as good as you’ll find in these parts," retorted the native with justi- able local pride. If you intend to do a mean thing, wait till to-morrow. If you are to do a noble thing, do it now. The interview closed by my mak- ing the trite remark that nowadays nobody wanted war with injured vic- tors and vanquished, to which the Crown Prince vigorously replied: "I beg your pardon, I want war. I want to have a smack at those French swine as soon as ever I ean." Up to Standard. "Is this a first-class post office? inquired the stranger. Crown Prince-After all, you Brit- ish people ought to be better friends with Germany than you are. Crown Prinee--Hdw cah we trust you whilst you are allied with such people as French or Russians? With us together we could divide Europe a_nd keep the peace of the world for- ever. Mr. Maleolm---But how would you propose to do that under our existing treaties? ' Crown Prince-You could shut your eyes and let us take the French colonies. First of all we want them, Mr. Malcolm-Sir, we are always ready to be friends, but to all our overtures your Chancellor replies with an invariable snub. Potatoes boiled with the skins on will, be less soggy than when peeled before boiling. In 1914 l Said He Wanted to Fight the French. Ian Malcolm, British M.P., in a book entitled “War Pictures Behind the Lines," relates a conversation he had with the Crown Prince of Ger- many at Berlin in January, 1914. The conversation, as reproduced from Malcolm's diary, reads in part as fol- lows: The closet of the' guest chamber should have in it a skirt and coat hanger. Rose cuttings should be slit one inch from the bottom, and a grain of wheat inserted. When cooking a piece of bacon housewives should try the plan of baking it instead of boiling it in the usual way. If baked it eats richer. The tough part of the skin should be removed before the bacon is put into the oven. ' Drawers that open and shut with difficulty are often a severe tax on both time and temper, and the de- feet may sometimes be very easily remedied with beeswax. The runners, the narrow strips of wood attached to the frame work, should be well rub- bed with a lump of beeswax, pre- viously warmed in front of the fire, Afterwards an occasional application of furniture polish will keep the run- ners smooth. When this simple remedy fails it is due to some fault in con- struction. Siyoons stained with egg should be rubbed with salt before being washed. Add a few chopped dates to the stewed apples and it will improve the flavor. Disinfecting powders or liquids should be used freely in a bathroom once a week. Before cleaning knives warm the knifeboard before the fire and the knives will polish more easily. ed wi' shrink. A strip sewed across the tops of quilts'or comforters saves washing them so often. Handkerchiefs may be bleached by, soaking over night in water in which a little cream of tartar has been dis- solved. _ Soap shredded among stored blan- kets drives away moths. Sponges which are slimy should be steeped in vinegar and water for a day. PRINCE WAS KEEN FOR WAR. if wooden pails and tubs are paint- with glycerine they will _not Household Hints. l?" "Heroism, virtue and strength of character really do appeal to us, and arouse not perfunctorily but genuine enthusiasm. .. . . We have a sense, of personal honor, and have a healthy horror of gratuitous cruelty and sav- age revenge. . . . Virtue victorious and vice vanquished is what really appeals tothe heart of the people." Sir Oliver Lodge has no hesitation whatever in loudly praising German achievements. As a philosopher he has a very keen appreciation of the German teachers of the days before the,Prussian domination. "Prussia," he says, "has gained her power over Germany because she is more utterly worldly than any other nation. We and the French have been worldly enough, but we have always known that there was another world. Prus- sia has never known that) or, rather, the other world for her, if it exists at all, is just the same as this one, except that it is more favorable to Prussia. And the Germans, different, wavering and credulous in matters of the world, have been overawed by her narrow certainty. They saw that the Prussians, far more stupid than themselves, had gained power, and they went to Prussia to learn the se- cret of it. "Civilization without morality, with no wide outlook, no elevation of pur- pose, no loftiness of soul, no percep- tion of beauty, no veneration or re- cognition of anything higher than the State-it is blank atheism. Organiz- ation as an end in itself, devoid of re- ligion and with all the culture of life ignored-it is like the old soulless political economy based on self-in- terest with human nature omitted-it is the old temptation of Genesis: We shall be as gods' "When a nation behaves as the German nation has behaved we are justified in sharing with the highest a blaze of righteous anger, and we are summoned to the activities which ac- company such anger. Wherever tyr- anny and vice are rampant, virtue meahs protest and strenuous activity. Blank Atheism. "The ku1tur of this new Germany is the antithesis of culture. "We, unworthy, are agents of high- er powers in this conffict. We are genuinely and consciously fighting for the right. We have no other ob- ject than to keep humanity from fall- ing below the state it has so far at- tained, andsinking back into the mire of animal materialism and brute force. We stand against the powers of evil, one of the champions of Christendom, resisting decadence and upholding spiritual faith. That is our strength and may yet be our salva- tion. Triumph of the Good. "There is no false pride in this statement, and there need be no false modesty. The day of trial has shown us both our faults and our virtues. Lamentably deficient in wisdom as we are, we do as a nation earnestly long for the triumph pf the good. The new book written by Sir Oliver Lodge, the famous English scientist, on the present war has created quite a stir. It is a small volume entitled "The War and After," and contains a strong denunciation of the Germany and their methods and aims. The writer is convinced that this is a war between good and evil, between' Christ and the devil. He does not doubt for a minute the ultimate victory of the Allies, because, he says, they are the servants of Christ and are fighting for a righteous cause. He states this simple faith without any qualifica- tions or apology. It is, he says, a war against principalities and powers of spiritual wickedness in high places. “I myself," he adds, "believe in as- sistance from on high." In this con- nection he says: _ fihlG ALLEES WEE”? Ill h ENE Chiiilli WAR IS BETWEEN CHRIST AND SATAN. Sir Oliver Lodge’s Strong Denuncia- tion of German Methods and Aims. Ashes.-These should never be placed in wooden receptacles or bins, on wood floors or against wood par- titions, walls, fences, buildings or any other woodwork. Use metal reeept- acles only, and dump ashes away from all buildings. Care.-These matters are teehnieal, but very simple and merely call for ordinary care. You cannot afford to be careless, when the lives of your loved ones, and the property of your- self and neighbors, are at stake. Let "Care and Caution" be the watch- word and in this way assist in reduc- ing Canada's enormous fire loss.---. Bulletin from Commission of Con- servatiom Furnaees.-Proteet all woodwork above and around boilers, if within three feet, with a metal shield, also all woodwork near furnace pipes. It is best to rivet the. lengths of pipe together to prevent disjointing. The pipe should fit perfectly into the chimney. Examine the pipe frequent- ly for rust holes or other defects. Keep them free from dust, fluff and spider webs, which are easily ignited. The season is fast approaching when cool evenings will demand the starting of fires in our homes. Sep- tember and October have become known to firemen as the months when chimneys and flues cause the most trouble. The following suggestions of a practical nature, if faithfully follow- ed, will do much to prevent damage to property and loss of life: dverhCatlng--LBeware of overheat- ing stoves, boilers, furnaces and pipts. -Defects.-tefeetive stoves, boilers, furnaces, pipes and chimneys should be promptly repaired or rsplaced. How the Dangers of Fire May Be Minimized. Stoves.--), a metal stove-board on the wood floor under the stove, and extending at least twelve inches in front of the ash-pit door. Protect all walls and partitions within two feet of any stove with a metal shield, leaving an air space between the shield and the wall. Leave no kind- ling or other wood in the oven over night. Do not bang clothes too near the stove or stovepipes. As the sword of the Lord and in the power of His might we must slay and extirpate the evil men who are responsible for the outrages to hu- manity and who have dragged the na- tion down till they approve them." Pipes-See that the lengths of stovepipe are well fitted together, free from rust holes and parted seams, Wired firmly and fitted perfectly into the chimney. Stovepipes passing through partitions, walls, floors, at- tics and roofs are dangerous at best. Where these muse pass through par- titions, walls or floors, always use a large, ventilated double thimble. You should examine the stovepipes in the attic. They may come apart or rust. Pluff and spider webs are likely' to gather on and around them, to be set on fire when you least expect it. Chimneys-Chimneys should be built from the ground up, and never rest on wood supports. The settling of the woodwork will cause cracks in the chimney. Nor should the chim- ney walls be used to support joists or other woodwork. Soft brick and poor mortar are often responsible for defects in the "rhjmney. Use a good quality of brick and cement mor- tar. Chimney walls should be at least eight inches thick, the flue of ample size and lined with rags or paper, nor cover them with anything but a metal stock. Chimneys should be cleaned frequently. In my country home is an old spin- ning wheel. My grandfather made it and my grandmother used it, and they wore the homespun which it made. It wrought well for those who used it, but it is useless for me. Each soul twist wear its own homespun. Measured by devotion to the truth, the two men changed places the day that Jesus faced Pilate. The Galilean was pretor and lord; the Roman cap- tive and slave-pil/ed forever in the market place of shame as a man who would not do his own thinking and would not be loyal to such impres- sions as he had. Each man, and no other, is to be judge, and it will fare with any man who quibbles and evades and itempor- izes its it fared with Pilate in mach an hour of crisis. The most fateful thing that a man can do is to think. No man or company of men. can do one's thinking for him. We crown the martyrs who fell for the right of pri- vate interpretation. The only truth that attfounts to any- thing is felt truth, and that only comes after the agony of restless In matters of religion, while the opinion and experiences of others may have some value, conviction is only arrived at through personal experi- ence. Credo is a verb in the first person singular-not in the third person plural. _Some theories and seme facts are to be accepted on the testimony of others, but in the spirit- ual realm each man must be a discov- erer himself. "Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me?"-- John xviii., 24. __ Every Man Faces Such An Hour of Crisis Once at Least in His Period of Life. HINTS TO HOUSEHOLDERS. When Jesus Faced Pilate Man Must Think. I The thing whereof modern life is iscant is conviction. The greatest "hing which a man can have as his l capital in life is a few first class con- lvictions. They must be wrought out Itl.c by link, for conviction is a thing [which chains a man to the truth so that he is not at liberty to wander in the paths of dalliance. Second hand doubt, like second hand clothes, be- longs in the pawn shop. It is risky to ‘put it on, for some day the owner ;may come along and leave us naked. l A Sentence Easily Spoken. l The great verities of Christianity ;must become ours by experience. Who iis best qualified to know the value of 'iprayer'? Evidently the man who {prays most, "I believe in God, the lFather Almighty," is a sentence eas- iily spoken. But when asked how you icame to believe you will either be as dumb as Pilate or turn to some page I in your life's history that is written iin flame. You say, "I believe in the insurrection.” If you only speak it .trippingly with the tongue as a :careless Easter greeting it is mean- iingless. It is when the angels of (light have rolled away the stone and ;we come forth with our resurrected Idead that we truly believe in the im- imortal life. If you ask why these Iand kindred questions are not settled Home for all the answer is that each lmao must settle them for himself. A ;hearsay religion does not count.--- (Rev. Charles LeRoy Goodell, D.D. T. He rent his- clothes-The king of Israel seemed to have less faith than the king of Syria. But he may well have trembled, as leprosy was an in.. curable disease, and hence the request of the Syrian king seemed to be noth- ing more or less than an attempt to 'provoke war. III. The Message of Elisha (Verses 8-10, 14). 8. He sent to the king-The news of the message from the Syrian king was soon abroad and created fear. When Elisha hears of it he assures the king of Israel that God is still potent through his prophets and that, there- fore, no cause for alarm exists. 14. according to the saying of the man of God--To wash in the Jordan seemed to be an inconsequential mat- ter. Naaman was looking for “some great thing." He was willing to obey, however, even to the seventh time. For, doubtless, no sign of healing ap- peared until he had done all that he had been commanded to do. 9. Stood at the door of the house of Elisha - This indeed was a kingly suite which came to the unpretentious house of the humble prophet. 10. Seven times--The usual sacred number. The smaller a man's mind is the longer it takes him to make it up. THE SEW“ LESgéfiN Verse 1. But he was a leper-His leprosy, as yet, evidently was not of a malignant kind. Had he been a Jew he would not have been permitted to mingle with his fellows, much less command an army (see Lev., chapters 13 and 14). Ten talents of silver-The accom- panying gift, which, according to Oriental custom, is always indispens, able on such occasions. The silver was worth about $18,750 in our mo- ney. Gold had a value of ten times that of silver. The "pieee" or "she- kle" was worth about ten dollars. The six thousand pieces amounted to about $60,000, making the total gold and silver gift about $80,000. The ten changes of raiment were also very costly. See Gen. 45. 22; 2 Chron. 9. 24. 2. A little maiden-She must have been so attractive as to suggest to some soldier of the marauding band that she would be a welcome gift to the captain of the host, who in turn would) be glad to present her to his wife. 3. The prophet that is in Samaria--. Elisha's name had gone abroad so that 4. One went in--Doubt1ess one of the close friends of Naaman, who in rendering a service to his master Nua- man would doubtless serve the king. II. The Letter of the Syrian King (Verses 5-7). 5. Go now-The king would let no time he lost in putting "the prophet" to the" test. F I will send a letter-The relations of the two kings evidently were friendly. - it was not necessary to mention hit name. years and the lonely pilgrimage. Every step of progress which the world has reached has been from scaf- fold to scaffold and from stake to stake. Where anybody thinks we must think and pay the price. Lesson III. - Elisha Heals Naaman the Syrian, 2 Kings 5. .Golden Text: Exodus 15. 26. I. The Little Maiden of Israel (Verses 1-4). INTERNATIONAL LESSON, OCTOBER 17.