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Already the consummation of the big trick seemed at hand, when sudâ€" denly the professor‘s hands abruptly ceased to move. As one petrified, he stared down at his magic carpet. "A rabbit it shall be!" promised the magician with alacrity, and began to wave the handkerchief to and fro. "To demonstrate this feat, ladies and gentlemen, I will pretend that I am just going to have dinner, and reâ€" quire something to put in the sauceâ€" pan. Now, I invite you to suggest what I shall wish for." "A rabbit!" cried a dozen voices helpfully. A flicker of mirth greeted this quip. The professor‘s left hand hovered over his breast pocket. "I am now, as you see," he continâ€" ued, "standing on my magic carpet. When I am standing on this carpet I have only to wish for anything, and it immediately comes to meâ€"brought by magic power. Standing on this carâ€" pet, anyone can wish for anything and secure it immediately. The carpet has been in my family for generations, and is not for sale." This preliminary over, the professor impressively took his stand upon the square of oileloth. "A handkerchief!" declared the proâ€" fessor, a little unnecessarily. "As you may see, a handkerchief! I turn it on this side, and it is still a handkerâ€" chief. An empty handkerchief, as you see. A handkerchief with nothing in it. You are quite sure of that, sir? You are sure of that, madam? Thank you! Will you kindly tell the other‘ ladies and gentlemen of the audience that the handkerchief is quite empty?‘ Thank you!" A handkerchief was handed to the professor, and he waved it gracefully aloft with one hand for all to see. "For this feat, ladies and gentleâ€" men, I shall require the loan of a handkerchief. I shall then present to you my famous feat, entitled ‘The Magician‘s Dinner!‘ announced the old fellow, with the customary pompâ€" ousness of his profession. The audience smilingly accepted this statement as mere pardonable exaggeration, watched the professor gass behind the insufficient screen afforded by his tiny banner. Here he took ‘something from a basket and furtively concealed it about his perâ€" son. The sharperâ€"eyed of the throng perceived that Professor Busco‘s next feat would inevitably have something to do with a live blackâ€"andâ€"white rabâ€" bit. i "And now, ladies and gentlemen," said the professor, a little wearily, "If you will allow me a few moments to prepare, I will set before you my most successful feat, as performed by me at the principal London music halls." Two grubby little hands had hold W. CLaAAK GOVERNMENT CGLARK‘S SEE I THIS! IT Ԥ ON PORK AND BEANS AND IS A esd £ 9P tome us twv 1| d II Canada‘s net debt is now over 1,600 psillion dollars. And beyond Chadcliffe stretches that chain of seaside towns, small and large, where a harvest may be gatherâ€" ed by the industrious performer. And again there was a kindâ€"hearted holidayâ€"makerâ€"a lady this timeâ€"who felt impelled to suggest a second eolâ€" lection for the professor‘s own benefit. In the middle of the next morning the professor, now having passed on to Chadcliffe, was again, with a beamâ€" ing, gentle face, watching the same small child out of sight. And again she carried the blackâ€"andâ€"white rabâ€" bit in the crook of her arm, and again her pinafore was screwed round n‘ quantity of coins. The second collection was, if anyâ€" thing, larger than the first. "Stuff and nonsense!" declared the large holidayâ€"maker heartily. "Why, you gave that away! And all credit to you! Now, then, whip off your hat again and send it round! One good turn deserves another!" i "I‘ve taken up my collection, thank you, sir." "But what about a collection for yourself ?" asked a plump, benevolent man with a bevy of children around him. "Ladies and gentlemen," he said at last, "my performance is now conâ€" cluded. I thank you one and all for your patronage, and wish you goodâ€" day!" Awkwardly, stumblingly, she thankâ€" ed him, and then, turning, ran off. The professor, with a beaming, gentle face, watched her till she was out of sight. "There you are, little woman!" he said kindly. "Take that and run home and don‘t forget to thank the magic carpet for it. And good luck to you! Oh, and the food you wished for! Take this!" And the professor, with a flourish, produced the blackâ€"andâ€"white rabbit and thrust it into the child‘s keeping. The professor emptied the jingling contents of his hat into it, and patted her on the shoulder. "Hold open your pinafore!" ordered the professor, returning to the magic carpet with the collection. And the little girl opened her pinafore. The drift of his words was caught at once. Coppers and small silver tumblâ€" ed freely into his hat. "Now, wait and see what happens!" directed the professor. "Ladies and gentlemen," he continued, addressing the audience, "I now propose to take up a small collection among you, and I hope that those who have been enterâ€" tained by me will patronize me. And I hope you will be generous, ladies and gentlemen." "Wish!" commanded the old profesâ€" sor imperatively. And the child, closâ€" ing her eyes tightly, whispered a few inaudible words. He dragged the abashed child forâ€" ward gently, and stood her ceremonâ€" jously in the middle of the cracked old square of oileloth. The spectators, thrilled and compassionate, applauded her encouragingly. "You wanted to wish for money and for food?" asked the professor, his eyes shining strangely. "Well, so you shall. And you shall stand in the very centre of my magic carpet and ask for them!" |o{ it, and were endeavoring to tear a corner off it. The little ‘girl who owned the hands was too engrossed in her task to realize that she had been detected, and for some seconds the professor, aghast at this act of spolâ€" iation, gazed down at her in silence. wish "Why, Iâ€"I wanted just one little corner." "Spoiling my carpet!" exclaimed the old man, as though pained by such wantonness. "Trying to tear my carâ€" pet! Child, whatever were you doing it for?" "Oh, Iâ€"Iâ€"â€"" sobbed the child. The old man bent the little head up and gazed at the face. : "Come, come!" he said reassuringly. "I sha‘n‘t hurt you. Yours isn‘t a naughty little face. But tell meâ€"why were you trying to tear my carpet?" The thin fingers tugged and wrenchâ€" ed at the corner of the magic carpet, but in vain. Then the professor, reâ€" covering his voice, dashed forward and seized the juvenile depredator. The child, startled, looked up in a very agony, and burst into tears. 199 e industrious performer. (The Eng..)r‘ ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO a slow fire unti]‘p‘ar"; of flthreâ€"}n;"il tried out; add one mediumâ€"sized onion chopped and the macaroni which has Tomatoes and Macaroni.â€"Boil one cupful of mzcaroni in salted water until tender. Cut six pieces of bacon in inch pieces and put in a pan over Tomato Recipes. In the home where tomatoes are a popular product of the garden, they ! will be found on the table twice a day, but if you become tirsd of the plain sliced or stewed article, try the folâ€" lowing, some of which will make tasty supper dishes: J Escalloped ‘Tomato.â€"Put cold meat of any kindâ€"or of severa‘ kinds ifI‘ you have themâ€"through a meat chopâ€" per. In a butiered baking dish put a| layer of sliced cold boiled potatoes,! then a layer of the moat, over this a\ layer of sliced ripe tomatoes and l! sprinkling of salt and pepper. Repeat until the dish is filled. Over the top put a scanty layer of bread crumbs‘ dotted with butter. Pour in a cupâ€"‘ ful of rich sweet milk and bake for| forty minutes. | All children shoull be discouraged eating candy, cake, biscuits, jams, jellies, ice cream, or box cereals, i.e., the uncooked cereals. Remember, all cereals must be cooked at least two hours and better four. Supper, 6 p.m.â€"Rice, or macaroni, or soup, or cereal, or milk toast or thick soup; or corn bread; fruit, or custard, or junket; milk, warm or cold, or cocoa. From Six to Ten Years. Meals at 7 a.m., 12.30 p.m. and 6 pm.â€"Give all adult food, except candy, cake, pie, doughnuts, pickles, cucumbers, fried food, spices, tea, cofâ€" fee, soda water, wine, beer, or ice cream. Dinner, 12 noonâ€"Broth or soup; meat, as beef, lamb, mutton, or chicken, or fish, boiled; vegetables, exâ€" cept corn, cabbage, cueumbers, or egg plant; bread and butter; simple pudâ€" dings or custard. Dinner, 2 p.m.â€"Broth or soup; meat, as fine cut beef, lamb, or chicken, or boiled fish; vegetables, selected from potatoes, fresh peas, fresh beans, spinach, asparagus tips, cooked celery, squash, mashed turnips, or carrots; bread and butte:; junket, or custard, or blane mange. Supper, 6 p.m.â€"A cereal or egg (if not taken for breakfast), or custard. or milk toast, or macaroni; bread and butter; stewed fruit; milk, warm or cold, or cocoa. From Three to Six Years. Breakfast, 7 a.m.â€"Fruit, as orâ€" anges, apples, pears, or peaches; cerâ€" eal; egg, softâ€"cooked, poached or scrambled; bread or toast and butter; milk or cocoa. ‘ Lunch, 11 a.m.â€"Glass of milk, with bread and butter, or graham, or oatâ€" meal crackers. Supper, 6 p.m.â€"Macaroni, boiled rice, custard, or junket, 1 tablespoonâ€" ful; bread, 24 hours old, or toast, with butter, 2 slices; milk; baked apple, apple sauce, or stewed prunes. 4 From Two to Three Years. Breakfast, 7 a.m.â€"Fruit, as half an orange, 6 or 8 stewed prunes, pear or peach pulp; cereal, 3 or 4 tablespoonâ€" fuls with milk; or egg, softâ€"cooked or poached; bread, white, or whole wheat, or graham or toast with butter; milk, 1 cup, warm or cold. j Dinner, 2 p.m.â€"Broth, thiczened with peas, sago, rice or barley; or vegetable soup and milk; or beef juice, with bread crumbs, or softâ€"cooked egg, or poached egg, with toast; vegetables, selected from baked or mashed potato, squash, cooked celery, mashed turnips or carrots; bread, 24 hours old, white or whole wheat, or graham, with butter; apple sauce or prune pulp, 1 tablespoonful. Lunch, 11 a.m.â€"Glass of milk, with bread, 24 hours old, toast or zweiback and butter. Supper, 6 p.m.â€"Bread, 24 hours old, toast or zweiback and milk; or cereal and milk, or junket and bread stuffs. From 18,Months to 2 Years. Breakfast, 7 a.m.â€"Fruit, as juice of one orange; pulp of 6 or 8 stewed prunes, pineapple juice, 2 o# 3 tableâ€" spoonfuls; cereal, 2 or 3 tablespoonâ€" fuls, with milk; bread, 24 hours old, toast or zweiback, with butter; milk, 1 cup, warm or cold. Lunch, 11 amâ€"Glass of milk, alone, or with zweiback or toast. Dinner, 2 p.m.â€"Broth of chicken, beef or mutton, with rice in it; or beef juice; or soft cooked egg, mixed with bread crumbs; potato baked till mealy; rice or macaroni; bread, 24 hours old, or toast; glass of milk. DIET FOR CHILDREN FROM TWO TO SEVEN. The following directions for meals for children are not intended to take the place of the family physician. Alâ€" ways consult your doctor in regard to the feeding of your child. From 12 to 18 Months. Breakfast, 6 or 7 a.m.â€"Fruit, as the juice of half an orange; pulp of 4 to 6 stewed prunes; pineapple juice, two tablespoonfuls. Omit if bowels are loose. Cereal gruel from oatmeal, wheat, farina, cornmeal, fine hominy barley with milk. No sugar. Toasted bread or zweiback. Milk, 1 cup, warm or cold. S N w ag ts cce t Wiiean4 in ie e panwnt n 4 0g00 4 ces OTDansSs dphaeve Minard‘s Liniment Cures Dandraf. But still you dareâ€"for life is spun of daring; And step by step your carnest jourâ€" ._ney lengthen, As mastery grows out of careful seeking, As little legs and little purpose strengthen. : We smile and hardly think of long: days coming ‘ When you will walk with firm and careless trust, Watching, perhaps, more little feet that falter, Long after we who smile are quiet Each three steps‘ journey is a wild adventure, And perils lurk in floor and carpet spaces, Far from the sheltering chair and couch, and farther The passage here to havening arms and faces. O little feet, unused to weight dnd burden, O little legs, uncertain, timorous, We smile as we behold your faint successes, Your doubtful stumbling seems so vain to us. Tomato Spice.â€"To three pounds of skinned and sliced tomatoes ad1 one pint of vinegar, four cups of sugar and spices to taste. Boil down until it is the consistency of jam, taking care not to let the mixture scorch. This is delicious with cold meats. Tomatoes and Cheese.â€"Slice large firm tomatoes, drain, salt and let stand in a cool place. When chilled, spread with a paste made of cream cheese or cottage cheese, finely chopâ€" ped green pepper and a little paprika. Place two slices together sandwich fashion, and serve on lettuce with a little salad dressing to which a little finely chopped onion has been added. Tomatoes With Dumplings.â€"Pare and slice the tomatoes and put in a kettle of a suitable size. Over the top put corn meal dumplings" made of milk, salt, baking powder, and equal proportions of corn meal and wheat flour. Put the kettle over a moderate fire and cook until the dumplings are done. A little water should be put in the bottom of the kettle to keep the tomatoes from burning until the juice begins to cook out. Serve with slices of fried bacon over the top. Beans With Tomato Sauce.â€"Cook the beans until all extra water has boiled out, leaving them almost as dry as baked beans. Serve with a sauce made of one cupful of strained tomnto} juice, one tablespoonful flour, one tablespoon butter, and season with salt and pepper. Stir the mixture well and cook until it thickens. l Tomato Rabbit.â€"To _ oneâ€"fourth cupful of milk add one teaspoon of butter, oneâ€"half teaspoonful of salt and a little red pepper and mustard, grate in oneâ€"half pound of mild cheese and heat slowly until cheese is nearly melted. Beat five eggs in a separate dish and add one cupful of stewed tomatoâ€"not too juicyâ€"to the hot cheese mixture. Cook two minutes and serve on toast. Tomato Scramble.â€"Beat four eggs slightly, season with salt and pepper and turn into a buttered frying pan. Stir the eggs until they are well scrambled but still soft; add a cupful of stewed tomatoes, stir up once, then serve hot on buttered\toast. been previously drained. Stir in a small teaspoonful of sugar, a piece of butter, and one and a half cupfuls of stewed tomatoes. Cook fifteen minâ€" utes over a moderate fire, then set aside to cool. When quite cool, stir in the beaten yolks of two eggs; reâ€" turn to the fire and reheat, being careâ€" ful to remove before the eggs begin to curdle, which will be at about the boiling point. Serve with a few very thin strips of sweet green pepper scattered over the top. Use More Corn Syr-uE I â€"___ _ For Preserving ~~ 18 The Learners. An electrically heated wagon to hold several food trays has been inâ€" vented to insure warm meals for hosâ€" pital patients. Minard‘s Liniment for sale everywhare. ed, greatâ€" Life lies before youâ€"pleasures wait." I only shake my head and say: "I have forgotten how to play!" Business is like a wheelbarrowâ€"it stands still unless someone pushes it. power; I filled with toil each fleeting hour; And then at last, I reached my goal, But oh, alas, at what a toll! Gone is my old and keen delight In sunny day and starâ€"lit night, Alas, one impulse rules my brainâ€" The wish for greater power and gain. And I am old, and gray and sad; I sigh for that gay, careless lad, Would gladly give my hoarded pelf For golden youthâ€"my better self. Friends plead, "You‘re wealthy, honorâ€" I used to love all nature soâ€" The river‘s sweep, the sunset‘s glow, The fields and woods, the pure, fresh The golden hours so free from care. I wandered where‘er fancy badeâ€" A gay and careless happy lad. But Time Ambition‘s seed instilled; I was with strong desire filled To win great rank and wealth and Interior Floor Paints They standtheRubâ€"and the Scrub RAM 6 AY S For Saie by All Dealers PARKER‘S BVE WORKS, Limited Cleaning and Dyeing is properly done at PARKER‘S Cleaners and Dyers, 791 Yonge St. Advice upon cleaning or dyeing any article will be promptly given upon request,. Parcels may be sent Post or Express. We pay carriege one way on all orders. PARKER‘S The clothes you were so proud of when newâ€"can be made to appear new again. Fabrics that are dirty, shabby or spotted will be restord to their former beauty by sending them to Parker‘s. "Now remember, I‘m sending you out to sell a portable garage." "That‘s what." "And in talking this portable garâ€" "Al'v-n'\yl pronounce garage the way the prospective customer pronounces it S A L T @ J. GCLIFF . . TOoRroNTo # We have a lu"(o audit practice and are working in offices every day. If there are any new ideas or methods in bookkeeping we know @bout them. _ We are installing new bookkeeping systems all the time. Our bookkeeping course 18 rlumod from books in actual use n large cities . We also have homeâ€"study couufi in shorthand and svnawriting. /rite for bookâ€" homeâ€"study cour and typewriting. lets to Dept. C. BOOKâ€"KEEPING All grades. Write for prices. TORONTO SALT WORKS pLaggett Chambers . â€" Do You Wish to Learn a+ Good Salesmanship. SMITH AUDIT CO. Toronto | There‘s a sunset somewhere, gold and | red, | If I go on climbing, just ahead, ’Put that boulder maybe, round the bend, I may find the sunset Whet‘s a k friend | But a sunset seeker by your side? | Just a bhappy comrade, true and *ried. | Finding sunsets isn‘t fun Wher. rou do it one by one; _But it‘s joy and surny weather When )»â€" se out *#o together. *â€"Maty Garolyn Davies, | Turning to the afterâ€"war tendency of price movement in neutral counâ€" 'tfl“. the Berlin newspaper publishes ‘ the accounts of its correspondents in Rotterdam and Copenhagen,. Accordâ€" * ing to the testimony of the Rotterdam report, not only did the signing of peace fail to produce a general fall of prices in Holland, but in many inâ€" stances it actually caused a rise. This wes especially so in the case of vegoâ€" tables and fruits, owing to the inâ€" ‘creased export to Germany,. In regard ‘to other articles the trend was generalâ€" ;ly downward and the illicit trafc in ‘foodstuffs, which in Holland had fourished no less than in the belliâ€" gerent countries and supplied a conâ€" giderable portion of the needs of the lmore wellâ€"toâ€"do classes, has disap !pured from the scene. The only arâ€" Iticle still sold surreptitiously in Holâ€" land is sugar. In Denmark, the Copenhagen cor respondent of the Berlin newspaper | says, prices are still high above peace |level, but they are constantly going | back, as far, at least, as foodstuffs are concerned. Thus nonâ€"rationed butter cost in Copenhagen about July 10 something like 10.40 marks ($2.060) per pound, whereas in Berlin smugâ€" i;led butter was bought at the rate of |20 marks a pound ($5 preâ€"war exâ€" change). The prices of textiles, clothâ€" | ing and shoes are still high above the |pre-wu level in Denmark. l Remarkable Reductions. In Germany the fall of prices in the last few months has been, in some inâ€" ’ltllleel, remarkable. In May linen goods in colored patterns cost in Berâ€" }lln about $3 a yard; im July it was about $1.20. _ On July 2 a pound of coffee was $5; the same on July 9 cost only $3.25. In Frankfortâ€"onâ€"Main soap (English and French), which sold the first woeek of July for about $5 a pound, was only $3.75 on July 10 and abundant quanti ties were offered. English covert coat cloth, which inâ€"June cost about $20 a yard, was on July 10 reduced to £7 In Eisenach the price of American lard fell in a few days from $6.25 to $3.25 a pound; of ham and bacon, from $7.50 to $4.50 and $3.75. As late as May it was almost imâ€" possible to buy leather shoes at any price, even though one possessed shoe tickets issued by the government In the beginning of July the "Vossischeâ€" Zeitung" eays shoes were displayed in abundence in the store windows. ‘COST OF LIVING _ FAVORS GEKMANY A summary of the rise of living costs in Allied countries, as complled by the Statistical Society of Berne, was printed, showing that the goneral level of prices has advanced since July, 1914;:â€" In Italy, 481 per cent. In France, 368 per cent. In England, 240 per cent. In Canada, 215 per cent. ~ In the United States, 209 per cent The report adds that in the first two years of the war the rise was comâ€" paratively small (in France 188 per cent., in Italy 210 per cent.) But the submarine warfare soon caused a skyâ€" ward move of all prices. In England the rise of prices advanced from 160 per cent. in June, 1916, to 220 per cent in June, 1917 The "Vossische Zeitung," of Berlin, has, in the course of July, published a survey of the cost of necessaries in Germany as compared with prices preâ€" vailing in other countries. Tendency In Allied Countries is to Maintain High Level Reached During the War. The Germans may have perfectly good reasons for not being overâ€"onâ€" thusiastic about the peace treaty, nevertheless the end of the war has left them in one respect at least bot. ter off than any of the Allied and asâ€" sociated nations. Germany is the only country toâ€"day where prices have gone down considerably â€" in the last few months, There was no reduction in the cost of living in England aftor the armistice; no reduction to speak of in the United Statésâ€"in many instances, indeed, prices have a<vanced; in France everything is as cspensive toâ€" day as it was a year a>0, if not more so, and in Italy it took a nearâ€"Bolsheâ€" vistic revolt of the population to et. fect a fall in the price of necessaries, In Holland and Switzerland, as well as in the Scandinavian countries, the effect of the ceseation of the restricâ€" tions on imports was counteracted by the increase in exports to the Central powers. Alone in Germany was the signing of peace followed by a general decrease in prices; the decrease is noticeable in almost all instances, considerable in some. onLy COUNnTRY WHERE PRrices HAVE FALLEN Prices in Other Lands. Friendship. ly buy denc« ant ree the er ta ES C A th t A+ iT Storin Ther n ex