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I " t,'U tdt “I gues- people who've made fun of Maggie behind our backs will sit up and take notice now," she jubilat- od. "Maybe Marjorie Taylor wont hue much to uy about new gowns, and that mnbby Eutnnn we.» who you on so many airs because she's mend cousin to the wife of a Winnipeg tttiltionaire won't leave in Mrs. Tayhr’n congratulation a very faint, but umnisurkable note of ehill was discernible: Alieia's blue eye. snipped with triumph as the hang up. “Hullo! hulk!" her voice sang. "oh, We you, Mrs. Taylor! What's that? You’ve found the recipe for the waf- Bes without eggs'? Oh, thank you BO much, dear, but I don't need it now." Quite unconsciously a slight, very slight but unmistakable non of pat- rontge edged its way into the words. "You no the most wonderful thing In“ happened. Billy's sold his mst neto! I expect we are smug to be able to Alford ten-egg mstnes before long." T he ringing of the telephone inter- rupted their breathless pirouette of joy. Alicia caught up the receeiver, cheeks pink with excitement. casually, "Of coulsb-for people with money and a position to main- tain-a little crooked shack bike this won't do at all. We'll build, Alicia -nay a ten thmmnd donut; house fifteen thoustsndP' and I can't invite any company over five-foot four. on account of the guest room eeirintt.r" “We'll have a house but not this out" Billy thought he was speaking "It's a cheaply built house, there'. no getting around it!” aid Billy 'tpologetieallr. "Of course you ean't expect much for the price!" "It's an awfully tight fit," Alicia murmured reluctantly, "and the roof's sort of crooked, Billy. You know how careful you have to be not to bump your head going upstairs-- With common impulse they turned to look at the room, glowing in the warm candle light that touched the little dinner table, festive with white damask, the buffet that represented the some of magnificence when they bought it two years ago, the willow- warc showing bravely behind the diamond-shaped glass. Yet curiously enough these were not the thing: they noticed now. Billy's eyes were} fixed critically on the cracks in the) phat", the dark spot on the floor) where the manor had leaked 1nd winter, while Alicia was discovering how small-how very small the din- ing room of a suburban cottage, built for speculation. could be. Very slowly. almost unwillingly their eye. met again. "To pay for the house! No Icrimp- ing and slaving for " yam more, We can own it to-morrow."' "Yep, Maggie!" Billy nodded. “w,i sweetness and gentleness was " a sure thing this time, Allie. David/ most H tmob.' He chard hig yon, head of the Mammoth 'iEiiiirrter,t, to roman-ante then a smile Cyele Company, sent for me this', unwiltimrtr began to me " M lips. afternoon. Of course there we A lot} It m not I niee jolly Bort of ‘ of fornsautiesr--he's got to put it up smile and it was not becoming to to the board of directors, but if he's Bills at all. for it-and he is--it's as good as? "Wonder how that bunch of four- done. We're rich, Alicia. rich! What. flushers on the eight-ten will take do you know about that, sweet~ itt" he chuckled, "always bragging heart?" I about their 'obs-they make me Breathlessly, they stared at each tired! Act as if a fellow with a other. Alicia found her voice first. patch on his shoes hadn't my right "Rich? Do you mean rich enough; to an opinion on the European situa- to.” ition. Maybe they won’t eat out of "To pay for the house! No [crimp-E my hand now, oh no!" "iNyrtstsuliiftt She clutched his coat lapel: with iingerg suddenly grown cold. "Nob-- not Maggie?" “Hon! You’ll never gues- What’s happened."' When buying Tea, insist on getting "SAMBA" In a Little Crooked House The Tea with‘a Quarter of a Century of Unrivalled Public Service. a To Be Well on the Safe Side PART II. BY DOROTHY CONNELL CALHOUN. I Usually they washed the dinner Wishes together, making a gay little (ctrrtntytr. of it, while Billy tied in a ‘pink {filled gingham apron, related .the events of the day at the office and Alicia confided what Mrs. Madie ‘had said about Mrs. Husbrook's new lint. But to-night she washed the (dishes alone while Billy read his i paper. I tn Every Respect Cereals Are Better Body-builders Than Steaks. . One pound of wheat In of greater value as food than a pound ot meat. If we remove the tat. 3 beef-steak weighing two pounds is of less value than one pound ot wheat. Moreover, a nun can live and be healthy and strong upon bread made from wheat, but he could not live solely upon the lean ot a beef-atak. "And I gave you credit for a little taste," a suspicious quiver ran through the words. “if I'd d-dream- ed you were a--a golden-oak-kind-of- a-man! I suppoae you’ll have rope portieres at the doors and art-glass lamp Bhades--" Billy pushed back his plate and rose with dignity. "I think it would be better not to discuss the matter now, dear." He unfolded his news- paper ostentatioualy and turned to the living room, his back fairly bristling with obstimtey. coat of mm to put on your note- paper. I always gave you credit for more sense, Alicia." "Sensible!” Alicia scorned. "t thought that word belonged to being poor. What's the use of having money.if we're always going to be thinking: whether things will wear well? And I hate shiny tiled roofs --they look so garish and nouveaux riche!” "Well, we are nouveaux riehe, are- n't we? Billy insisted disagreeably. "Next thing, you’ll want to buy a nice, ready-made family tree and a g Her husband gazed rt), her. Could [it be that Alicia, under oath all her ‘sweetness and gentleness was al- most H snob? He cleared his lttuoat to remomtrate then n smile €unm'mngly began to tug at his lips. in was not a nice jolly sort of a smile and it was not becoming to Billy at all. "1t'l1 be colonial, Billy," she de- clared. “They're to distinguished, with their lovely white pillars and picturesque balconies. And we'll have a conservatory, of eourse--r've ahmrs dreamed of one off the din- "ArunW What are you talking about y' Billy’s tone was irritating- ly superior. "Conservatories open from drawing-rmmw, or libraries. And I think a stucco house with a tile roof will be far more sensible." The Brenna sat down to their cool- ing dinner in a queer little uneasy silence, as though they were sudden- ly not very well acquainted with one another or with themselves. It was with a visible effort that Alicia " last broached the subject of the new, Could it be, Alicia wondered in dismas, that Billy, big, dear, good- natured boy Billy was really such a ---a snob?" us out of her next bridge party. Netherbrook in going to find the Brent: worth cultivating now, Billy. You wait and see.” WHEAT V. MEAT. (To be concluded.) What To Do With Cheese. l, Cheese Salad in Gelatin-Whites, at two eggs well beaten, one cup} cheese, two tablespoons granulated; gelatin, one and one-half cups water.f Add to the whites of eggs. beaten; We lay too much stress on what we term necessities. Many of the necessities are so only in name. We could get along without quite a num- ber of them. And we pay too little attention to the really_worth-while things of the mind and soul. Re- solve to give yourself a daily play spell. and you will find the hours spent at hard labor will be easier. "fad"? It is surprising how much you can accomplish in thirty min- utes daily. That means three hours a week, nearly a half-day. You may not care for the "sing." But isn't the idea of taking a half- hour " worth something? Perhaps you would rather read, or get out.. doors and walk, or sit down ande and crochet. Or it may be a nap is what you need. If you are one of those uncounted women who has secretly pined to do some special thing and never found the time, why not take a half-hour daily foe your a while ago. For the most part we sang gospel hymns with an oeea; sional patriotic song. Possibly we sang off key, I know one of us did, and perhaps no impresario would have stopped in the road to listen, but anyhow we enjoyed the brief rest from work and we got some- thing which took us through another; day in better spirit. 1 It has been some time since I was a country school teacher, but I still have a pleasant memory of one home in which I lived a year. And the memory is not because of the won- derful cookery or perfect house- keeping, though no one could find fault wit}: them. It was a busy farm home, with three active chil- dren, and we all know that spells work. But. every day, rain or shine, haying, harvest, or slack time, there was a half hour for a "sing." Every- one got around the little five-tyet- organ and someone played while every one song. There were no Carusos nor Melbas in the group, but the singing pleased us all the better because we did it ourselves and we all felt it. We sang because we liked to and the words had a definite meaning to us. No jazz nor “Ha- waiian Dreams," in fact, no ragtime of any sort. So you see it was quite Aren't housekeepers as a rule especially if there are children, troubled with the overwork habit.' Don't they spend too much time at hard labor and not enough at play'. No one knows better than I that you could work every hour of the twenty- four and still not get everything done. But on the other hand, haven't you found when you did plan to get a little play spell that you worked all the better for it? You could work with a better spirit while pre- paring for the holiday, and after it you came back with quickened wits and a new zest for the ordinary, humdrum duties. r Of course, none of us ever tpert everything done, whether we are housekeepers or farmers, or clerks. One woman tells me she never sees a day that she doesn't plan to do just four times as much as any one per- son could do, and while that seems like rather pretentious planning, many of Us never see a day that we eouhin't find at least four times as much work waiting for us as we ever get done. I have been rondte ing about that feature qt it, It' amount of work we see and out state‘ of mind concerning it. Don't somel of us conscientious housekeepers see; too much? Isn't that what tires usti Honestly, is it the quantity of work; you have done that keeps you toss-| ing about nights, or the worrying,', over what you should have done, and! didn't do? Doesn't it tire you morel to think about what you should do, than actually to do the regular day’sl tasks. Thing- Worth While. I have beenAhinking a great deal lately shout things really worth, while. Ever since the young mother, wrote and asked the help of some old readers in planning her work no; as to get everything done, I've been, speculating on how many of us really i Nty_to do the most important thintrel, U" ' HHIV “I - ‘l- - - - times, if I do not feel "kdirGmriiiit, the children come to me. I am quite happy, and I believe that many other Itle housekeeping and social visiting 'would do, and also perhaps bring me " little money, so I hit upon this plan: I told my aequtsintaneet, who had children that Pd take care of the children for them when they wanted} to go out in the afternoon or even/ ing. They )ere only too glad to take up my offer, and I soon had to refuse requests for my services. I charge 50 cent: for an afternoon or evening, and I often make $5 or " a week, besides having my mornings to myself, and time' for my own .9- A,,",'d,(to e work is very congenial. I have not lost any cute _on account of it; every one tn the town how" regards me N the teaeher-truard)u-ghmr mother of the children. And nome- " "Kitchens are built smaller now "than formerly. In the ideal kitchen " the cupboards are built in the walls. l Kitchen equipment can be placed to i the best advantage in an oblong kit- i: chen with windows on two sides. The {woodwork should be plain and flat, " without panels. In choosing the ieolor for the walls the housewife (should be guided by the position of [the room. A north room needs tk (warmer tint than a south room. The ibest floor covering is hardwood or linoleum, which should be varnished [once a year, and oftener if there is lmuch weer. Electricity is the ideal 3 fuel, but if this is not available, and lwood or coal must be used, provision (should be mode to use kerosene or .gasoline in the summer. The use of ,a tireless cooker saves fuel. But I wanted to do something that would occupytme mye than my lit, I am a woman sixty-five years old ---or rather young, for I won't be called old until I'm useless. I own my own house in the town where my children were born. and I have an income that, with painstaking economy, would tmfflee for my aetu. al needs. This same specialist told'me the following important points about kitchens in general, and as I follow- ed most of the suggestions in build- ing my own kitchen I can vouch for their worth: In preparing a meal the raw food and utensils arep laced to the left of the stove. The serving table used for assembling the dishes for the dining room is to the right of the stove. The soiled dishes are brought from the dining room to the right side of the sink, where they are washed. They are drained on the left side of the sink. The cupboard for the china is near the dining room and the cooking' utensils are placed close to the stove. " Cheese 'atties.--tka1d one cup . milk, add one-half cup grated cheese, 1 one beaten egg, and a little all: end Ipepper. Put over fire, and stir until lthe mixture in smooth and thick. Re.. ‘move from fire, and Add one table- lspoon butter. Moisten slices of l bread in milk, cover with the prepar- 'ed cheese, and bake in a quirk oven {for ten minutes. l ', Cheese Finir,ertr.--Beat to a stiff Itroth two egg whites and fold in‘ lightly a scant cup grated cheese.l I Season to taste with salt and a dash) ‘of red pepper. Spread lightly on, ‘long narrow crackers, and brown in: Ithe oven. These are very daintyi yaerved hot or cold. I Sp now my husband has an office where the men wait for meals, and the laundry work is done in a sep- arate room provided for that pur- pose. Both the men and I find this arrangement much more pleasant. I use my kitchen now almost ox- clusively for the work for which it was intended-the preparing and clearing away of meals. In the ar- rangement I followed a Alan recom- mended by a domestic science spec- ialist whom I know, and I have found it a great time and step saver. When we had saved up enough to fix over our house, I determined that I would have the kitchen the way I wanted it. It would be my worh.. shop and not a place to do general chores. I decided to adopt the effi- ciency measures used in business. If time and energy could be saved by routing work in an orderly and sys- tematic manner in factories, why not in my kitchen? My new kitchen should be arranged so that steps would not have to be retraeed. For years I worked in a large kit- ehen-in a kitchen which was even larger than our dining room. It was used for almost everything-as a meeting place for the men who were waiting for their meals, as well as for a laundry. Cheese Re1ish.--Take one package of cream cheese. mash it with a fork and mix with whipped cream, mak- ing it to the consistency to he rolled in balls. Make into rounds, then roll these balls into finely chopped nuts. Serve with salad. until trtiif, the cheese and gelatin dissolved in hot water and cooled. Pour into individual molds, ’ dud when set serve with mayonnaise dressing. . A Homekcepers' Profession. Step-Saving Hints. "Joy and duty both are ours, Fruit must follow after flowers; Ours the wistful rains of tspring; Ours the bud, the blossoming. Ours the gladness. ours the giving That ttt1tils the plan of living." It is proposed to plant trees on the eastern side ot Dartmoor upon about 250 acres each year, and it is hoped by establishing small holdings nearby to provide work in the winter tor small holders. Nothing can be done gt pre- sent owing to the dimculty ot provid. ing the necessary buildings. but when the small holdings are established they will be otrered to the people of Dart- moor, knowledge ot local conditions being regarded as essential to success in this district. Apple Blouoma. Apple blossoms pink and white, Swinging censers in the light, Storing honey tor the bees, Decking all the orchard trees, Say the meaning of your beauty-- Itt it joy or is it duty? In Cornwall the natural resources of the Duchy estate are to be explored and developed. A diamond drill is to be set up in connection with the wol. tram mines, and, where mineral re- sources are found, full investigation will be made to ascertain whether by the application ot modern aeietttifie methods they can be worked with profit. The oyster Btnterietr, near Pal. mouth, revived during the war. having proved very successful. are to be much extended. On the land a co-partner. ship scheme is to be tried, the workers on the large farms being given a tued wage and a share of the profits, while for those who prefer to be more inde. pendent small holdings are to be es- tablished. Important schemes tor the develop. ment of the Duchy estates are under consideration, and will be carried out when a return to normal conditions pernfits. The housing scheme upon the London property of the Duchy, which was Interrupted by the war, will be resumed, and in the meantime many ot the larger houses are being con- verted into tenements. mqoiuym would be will“! lamb doing "ttr-"""'. The Prince remained a long tune with each tenant, ell ot whom had had relations serving in the forces, and in. quired particularly into their ex- periences. One of the tenants with whom he chatted is said to be the old- est living clown in England; though " years of age, he appeared at Dmry Lane Theatre this year. Helr'to Throne Interest. mm" In - " Cornwall Tomato. Since his return to moon the Prince of Wolel hat, dbpleM the grate“ personal Intel-oat In the Lon. don tenant: on the Duchy at Cornwall estate. He bu expressed his inten- tlon to become amounted with then all, end. following a visit to them rs. cently be. accompanied by Prlneeu Mary, spent another afternoon with them " the Old Tenant! Hostel. SALT All grades. Write for prices. TORONTO SALT WORKS a. J. CLIFF . . . TORONTO PIINO‘ Mt A GOOD LANDLORD. with Flemmg Egg Preacher 61min“: to use: I child can IP- I2, t. Just rub It on. Guaran- oed to keep an tteish tor nine month. nnd Maser. A Me box will do so do... can Get " trum your dealer or and We to Flemlng Egg Preurvor Go. no can: " w. ignited RAM: 5 Ars; PORCH PAINTS an be procured at . out ot PROTECTION FOR OUTSIDE JrERANDAH AND PORCH FLOORS Let PARKER Surprise you " per lozen PARKER'S know ell the tine points about cleaning and dyeing. We can clean or dye anything from u itimr spurge!“ blouse to heavy dmperlee or rugs. 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"and l’ll let you down.” Pat let him down hull way and then lot so ot the rope. like landed in a mortar bed not mach hurt, but tor. ribly any! "iGriidiiiGk whistle blew lunch was on the mud. “l but: crUraua war it, he and. - - _ Put and like were working on I new building. Pu VII hm bricks ad like um carrying the bod. Mike had Just come up to the fourth ttttor 9mm . LAD". TO no ~01”le Wort at Mu 00" r “M unwed '-%iitet_tote L". tee?' MOTOR OYOLES MOTOR ATTACHMENTS MOf HIRE FOODS " THIS ttlfillliltilif Wlliih'lil tluil""irs Ami... the _ PORK AND BEANS BEAR IT hold of this rope," nld Pat, In folding down the “commie top ho enreftlthnt non: of the doth is and“ in between the bows mine the metal part-te together ""11. cloth will be worn though and the mum mint “Wisdom in tht principal J. therefore get wisdom; and, mm thr getting, (at understands Proverb. in. T. " nrttt be men! months bu awning nmnumenu will be F " to permit Antwerp to ttttte',' buyer! In considerable nutu'oer, diamond authorities are of the 01m that More autumn comes the city have - "Fostatriirrhed its l' able premier industry. uezure the war the Saturday b . boat from Harwich to Antwerp u crowded with London brokers 2' merchants. their pockets ttood '.' money with which to buy “(NONI \. moods. and” Ind Monday “m. be given over to bus-ulna. and M by nine would see theJunv mu J on their 'ly back. their pocket: x“ _ with duo.“ Into-d ct money It I. stated in London that diamond mm and workers of all tttttmn, All“... oxcept Germans and German Jen. no new to be admitted to Au warp. and hundreds of them are hur. ry” to the city. Their (armor houses an to N. "stored to them and the (“Dunn and equipment carried oft. by the German. Ire to be replaced by the authorities. With the armistice many or t returned to Antwerp. but OHM-rs named. and this anally arousri Burlomuter ot Ptrierv, who I,; the Indium tutored to its old t, Tempting Otters were made. but tere and men among the Jews d... all clan unless they were recur: u ot Je'loh nationality instead C emu!" ol the countries in whim ' were born. The question “rm LU the authorities In Brussels, and th, mnd of the men was. granted, When the city tell Into the hands ot the German. diamond merchants. broken. cutters and poll-hers tted to England And Hound. Most of [hum wen Jews. They were quickly al, sol-bed in the diamond trades of the countries to which they tted. In hm don they ”(Had " Hatton-Guru', 1;. net up business and quickly b, n: e prosperona. t Reeeverlntt It: Activity Through ne. turn of Refugee Craftsmen. Antwerp, which lost m extensive diamond cutting tnde while it was 0c- cupied by the Germ-m. In rapidly re. covering " place through the return of thousands ot diattgottd cutters who sought refuge in “land and Holland he scenery ulong the strait is ur- surpuud in beauty nnywhere in t! ts war“, the wooded height. on either Und sprinkled with picturesque Ct, has, while on the Europun side are Inlay tmlntial residences of citizens of Constantinopie. It it a narrow strait eighteen m 't long, " one place only 800 .'rirr,s wide, but newly 400 feet dwp " mid-chumel. Tim the projveted tunnel will have to be dug far All 'r,', to pm under its bottom. In viru If the further possibility that the n- -.v.- structure beneath the strait may prove broken and unstable (owmrr In the “faulting” above mentioned), it in possible that it will be found cv- pedient to bridge the Bosporns diffieu1t though the problem would :1- .-rather than to bore under it. On the other hand, the BUSVJH.‘ route would go by way of M.-.\..pw “in and Palestine. running ir' all point- through thidiiy popufim E re- (ions, making Jerusalem an mum-x ant Junction and traffie 9mm. and thence striking Cniro with a jzvnp over the Sun Canal. ”(a Miles Across Bosporrvi. The Boeporus might be called: natural canal, luckily fashiuxmi Lg.- geolo‘ic forces in such a way la.) to connect the Sea of Manama wich m Fleck See. It probably reprr>w1< an ancient "Nutt line" in the walk crust, where Ash was brtlklh " from Europe incidentally to some my “mettle! dilturbence. -iciiiiiiijiiiirii'iii1'""" I or 0000 HOPE Bu-tion hll been mail- of I tmtnel bneath the Strain of (Lb. mitart but it ought to in: ”hymns that such i scheme, while "Nirr'."nrly "atenrtee, would have no (”)mryru al- inc nine. Its only important usrmL nu] would be to connect Frano, mm her African possessions. and, tn Ut'- complish thil, she would be "Wired to pu- through Spnnish tcrrft- With these two brag, pushed, it will be entirely 1 to establish In all-rail A London to the Cape of C, running clear across Lur " whole length of Afriru. (Rn J "Cape to Cairo" dream m outdone by accompl'shcd Tu M Under the Englinh Chm-d I“ ”I. Would Put Wat For Handba- Railroad. Br the time that trains are run. ning under the British (manna. con. hurting Lindon with Parc, Much ought to be within by.” P. 1107mm years from ---there is hwy tr, be & m1 beneath the 80:14.an ALL-BAIL ROUTE POSSIBLE TIE NEAR FUTURE ANTWERP DIAMOND TRADE ll " H all ll an: the If le TI 'utter author of the thr grow I“? rt ttsis 'tted Mm . tt.' t ”7152}? Ll) f. f liner a, I ht" rm t are Hi