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# alnt it nraak La 2g2 O . & O SOal flns rays upor the former, "While a 4 lack ixld-o, and cover it ' coil of tuw a ‘fl;"-jg:cket does T |€# of | separated by |d; sz & condenser. â€" The machine, an inch of air space. T*~ lmoy 3 % a man can 'carr{ on l;iskback, tat neulator. â€" Put will bot! a quart <! water and keep it ?Mm;qi? and soon the temâ€"| boiling, the ordinary output being two perature of its interior will rise above | gallons of pure drink per day. Upon this principle most of the "sun evens" are based. One of them is the Invention of a Chicago man, Ebenezer Bperry, and may be described as a large box covered with glass and lined with metal painted black to abâ€" sorb heat. When it is exposed to the sun enough heat is generated to boil water and make steam, the latter passâ€" ing into a cooking chamber above. "cold frame" used for raising early vegetables. The solar rays pass through the glass, contributing t the air beneath a warmth which does not easily escape even in the winter time. Cooking by sun‘s rcys hag several obvious advantages. It means no dirt, no ashes and no cost for fuel. Thus in Egypt and the African Karroo solar ecookers of a simple pattern are even now in comon use, the device employâ€" ed for the purpose being an insulated box of teakwood blackened inside and fitted with a glass top. It makes a highly efficient oven for baking, and may be utilized in the preparation of soups and stews, the temperature inâ€" wide the box running up t» 275 degrees Fahrenbeit in the middle of the day. ‘With the help of a mirror it can bel' raised much higher than that. | We all know what a glass cover will ,’ do to holid the sun‘s heatâ€"as illusâ€"| trated by so familiar a thing as the | The time may yet arrive when o2 clear days, even in winter, the houseâ€" wife will forsake her range and, stepâ€" ping out into an attached "sunshine kitchen," roofed with glass, do her eooking by the heat of the sun. It is no mere dream. Indeed, the idea proâ€" mises literal fulfiliment in the near future, a number of inventions having already gone far toward proving it practicable. "Are you sure?" She stirred in his arms, looking up at him with big, searching eyes. "Oh, Kemp! I‘m so youngâ€"and, on the whole, so ordinâ€" "Oh, sweetheart!" he protested tenderly. "Why ask me to say again what 1 have told you so often? My need of you is greater than my need of anything in life!" ANCECCNT OM Wers tTHCH 1 elose, holding her fast. "Oh, _ swestheart!" Araby‘s voice broke on a sudden sharp sob. For a moment Rosslaer .,t.sredl_ .‘tn_bgr‘. then he caught her ye _ 1 N CS I‘TIAy not IuCe averiecd.! "K ! _ Ifâ€"if our belonging to Kempton stared. Ieach otger was not a secretâ€"there "Araby!" She winced at his tone.| would need be no parting, even for a "Itâ€"why, sweetheart! It‘s the chance little while. I could go with you, of a lifeâ€"a chance to make good at whenever and wherever you went. I lastâ€"to be somethingâ€"do something." | wouldn‘t be a nuisance or a hindrance! He broke off. She got up quickly. Pd do all in my power to help, Kemp! Her face was pale, but she amiled. \Isn‘t it possibreâ€"-iwn’t it, dear?" "I know. I amâ€"foolish! Onlyâ€"| She tightened her clasp about his onlyâ€"oh, Kemp! I wonder if you realâ€" neck, her eyes were bright with pleadâ€" ize how I love you? How I need you? ing, with a dawning eagerress. ‘ 1 wonderâ€"I wonder Hâ€"â€"UOUF OBE OMtG _ HER Leee c ons Macacnens inp on Agie nR n s me is as great." ds‘ °/ ty ieb 4 Al "Must you go?" she asked. Her voice was ruffied, her face averted. Kempton stared. "Araby!" She winced at his tone. "Itâ€"WwhV. SWentihennt! Wz Hiie alvawmes "I‘ve just heard from Waldron," he said. "He wants me to join him in Spain sooner than he expectedâ€"â€"to zo on to France afterward. I‘m to start as soon as he cables me. It may be toâ€"morrow." Araby dreow a deep breath and reâ€" loaeed her hands. gfio did not speak for a moment, then abruptly: _ _ That night rather late Kempton Rosslaer came to the studio. He looked flushed, eager; the old boyishâ€" ness was in his manner. mme quickly to Araby‘s side ng her hands close. ' Araby let her hand fall and stood very quietly for a minute looking at the daubed canvas. Then she reachâ€" ed up, pressed a quick kiss lightly on Trask‘s cheek and ran out of the with pigâ€"headed, insolent fathers. But 1 «in<iâ€"andâ€"andâ€"look here, child! Den‘t think of Kemp too muchâ€"or too seriously! That‘s all!" bur‘, Araby. ‘I‘m afraid I‘ve neglected youâ€"my du‘y toward you. I o\fm to have mwoke1 after you betterâ€"kept you cus of the way of penniless youngsters sihly better! "Anyway, ] tratâ€"erâ€"wel in Miss Haist Alzo that it is ccual quality. not going to t "I1 l‘ke Ken the makings On yâ€"<h, wel twewn you two otaer aniâ€"I hur, Araby. "I‘m afraid du‘y toward â€" through his arm. v. ust cid you reaily mean just now *" she agsked. She strove to speak ms terâ€"ofâ€"factly, but her voice shook & slie. Trask laid down his brushes azi groaned. ‘ ‘n‘t know," he retorted. "That iâ€"I1 mean I don‘t know if I had any i in in speaking so at all. Onlyâ€" I may be a bind bat for the most part, : when I do open my eyes 1 supâ€" pose I see as well as most men. Posâ€" CHAPTER XLIII.â€"(Cont‘d.) "I‘l wait in the car," Mrs. Alden said. "The mingled cdors of Woodâ€" bines and Camembert are quite too m«ch for me. . Don‘t be long." Arily nodded rather absently. As the door closed she went slowly across to where her father had begun to work #«nain. . .?E}e slid her hand lighty y better! Anyway, lately it has struck me tâ€"erâ€"well, that Kemp‘s interest Miss Halstead is out of pmiom'on. o that it is of a â€"h‘mâ€"rather unâ€" al quality. I can‘t explain it. I‘m going to try. 1 l‘ke Kemp well enough; he has makings of a fine man in him. yâ€"oBh, well, I know how it is beâ€" in you two; that you care fo: eacn ‘v anmiâ€"I don‘t want you to be Let the Sun‘s Rays Do Your Cooking CHAPTER XLIV The Gates of Hope BY ANTHONY CARLYLE |_ _A British army offlcer in India some years ago devised what he called a | "cooking box," a most ingenious affair, | of wood lined with mirror glass, coniâ€" | cal in shape and eightâ€"sided. At the | bottom was a small copper boiler, with |a cover of plain glass to retain the | heat concentrated by the mirrors upon | the boiler. By this means steam was generated when the box was exposed i to the sun. If the steam was retained . the result was a stew or boil; if alâ€"| lowed to escape, the food placed in the 'receptacle was baked. In an apparatâ€" us of this kind rations for seven men,| j including meats, were prepared in uvol hours. It was obvious that by lncreas-‘ ing the diameter of the box the heat | could be augmented indeflinitely, I In Egypt, the Sudan and Algeria, where water fit for drinking is apt Lo‘! be scarce. there is toâ€"day % common | use a portable solar distiliing outfl: thich is the invention of a Frenchman ::mod Mouchoft. #t?r: a simple ar-: rangement of boiler and concave mirâ€"| _ How, it may be asked, shall you !place in your sun oven the things you want to cook? That can be managed in various ways; but a very practical suggestion on this point is offered by another inventor, who proposes to rest the box on one of its edgesâ€"the upper two of its four sides covered with double glass, and the lower two sides lined with black felt for insulation. Shelves inside are acrorged so as alâ€" ways to adjust themselves horizontalâ€" Iy, no matter how the box is tilted, to receive the solar rays, and upor them pans of bread or other food recepâ€" tacles are put. boiling. You can cook eggs or meat in it. If you will make the box double â€"putting one box, that is to say, inâ€" side of a box slightly largerâ€"and fill the space between with sawdust or other insulating material, you can get a tremendous heat. ) ~unit it lt td daine Alisatcian s ++ vns x.urrpng, moved Each da that followed was for to the window. The boyishness .had:’Marcia fildgd to the brim and overâ€" gone out of his face; it was a little flowing. With her arrival in France hard again, very weary.. t her restlessness seemed to have inâ€" "Don‘t!" he begged quickly. Amby']creasod. She was never satisfied for don‘t make me say things I hate to|long in one place. Paris claimed her say! Don‘t force us to go over old for a brief week in an orgy of shopâ€" ground lK‘(‘)l:l-y J;;::gl "amofi‘;;‘ping and sightsceing. ‘ poseâ€"can r e & f derful li i â€"with sudden forceâ€""I hate the sec-!,..§bc,n?|n t'..!‘)gff s of wonder ‘i!,,".‘g".mi She broke off as Kempton put her gently from him and, turning, moved to the window. The boyishness had gone out of his face; it was a little hard again, very weary. _ "I know it wasn‘t beforeâ€"while gzu had to depend upon {;our father. t nowâ€"now you‘ve broken awayâ€" you‘re beginning on your own, you‘re freeâ€"dependent no longer! Andiâ€" andâ€"surelyâ€"â€"â€"*" Out of the silence, whisperingly, hesitatingly, Araby‘s voice came again: _ It seemed so long agoâ€"there had been an upheaval of his whole world since themâ€"but the sweetress of the memory was very poignant. A wave of temlerness stirred within him; it deepened as his thoughts went back to that brief magic time when, with the wonder of their impulsive bondage still upon them, they had been quite alone together. ‘ Kemp did not answer. His cheek was pressed to the curly bright head, his eyes on the starlit night beyond the window. "Afterward, if Waldron finds I‘m really of use to him, I shall have to go from one place to anotherâ€"someâ€" times far, sometimes near. But that will not be yet. Now it is merely a matter of a few weeks at mostâ€"just as it is with Waldron himself. I thought you would be glad!" | His voice was cddly d-i.sappointedi and wisiful. In quick compunction she lifted her arms and pulled his face down close to hers. | "I am! I am glad! For you-â€"forl your chance! I love Jasper for giving it to youâ€"for giving you at least a try at breaking away from your deâ€" pendence on your father! Onlyâ€"it breaks my heart to lose you, Kemp." , Kemp did not answer. His cheek "Afterward?" she repeated, and he looked down gravely into her eyes. . "Don‘t! Sweetheart, it is only for a little whileâ€"at any rate, at first! Afterwardâ€"â€"" He paused and she looked up quickly. $ fls Her face was uptilted to his. In the half light, tearâ€"stained, it remindâ€" ed him of an unhsm child‘s. _ He swcoped and kissed , quickly, pasâ€" sionately, whispering her name. _ _ | aryâ€"and I have so little to bring you except myself and my lJove. Suppose, one day, another woman should come into your lifeâ€"a woman different to ime, beautiful, charmingâ€"â€"" the half light, tearâ€"stained, it remind.!ri"FC WOU‘d mean a very sharp blow ed him of an un child‘s. _ He t? im. And he is failing fast. Someâ€" s coped aud ki h“gp.z quickly, pasâ€" imes I wonder that heâ€" has lasted so sionately, whispering her name. !l;oqg. This new venture of mine is "And" hong" whe Remt on «it way Euin to be a blow, too TT don‘t rorse! + ere. :’:.c“;l"?{‘& To have you beyond my,)v‘aritlyo stay friends with him, Araby, "I‘m sorry. I get morbid someâ€"!, She stopped. He had turned to face times, I suppose. 1t seems so longâ€", hT again. His face was troubled, the waiting, Kemp! For the world not there was almost an appeal in his to know what we are to each other ©Y@S. seems to set us apart, somehowâ€"‘, "He is very old. And heâ€"heâ€"he build a barrier between usâ€"and it ha‘t:es me, I know!" ‘ hurts!" |_ _ ‘"He does not. He is prejudiced, Hax faxms was uukitst io his . . thats‘ all To know of oGurâ€"our marâ€" "For heaven‘s sake, Araby!" Kemp‘s voice was almost stern.. She caught back anosther sob and forced herself to laugh. xalr- Ane _ But Audrey only laughed comfortâ€" ably and her father said nothing at all. "My dear," Mrs. Alden said, "don‘t be silly. Each of those gowns is as if it had been made for you. Marcia must have been hours choosing them. And if I know her as well as I think, I am beginning to believe she found more joy in the selection than ever l She was careful not to be so overâ€" lavish as to offend. But what she gent, the girl most needed. _ From thence onward Araby went among other women with delightful conâ€" sciousness of more than holding her own, in dress as well as in beauty. To her father and to Audrey she protested. | "She ought notâ€"oh, she ought not! She is too generous. I don‘t like t.ak-, ing so much!" _ She sent boxes of wonderful lingerie and still more wonderful frocks to Araby Trask. She chose each garâ€" ment with a loving care and real enâ€" Joymentâ€"a vision of the giri‘s radiant Keoung face and glory of hair before T. She was too far away for Araby to refuse to accept; she was beyond reach even of protest, and at the knowlodge‘ she gave her generous desires full play, finding in doing so an infinite satisfaction. | ent things would have been for you if you‘d married someone of whom your father approvedâ€"a rich woman â€"Marcia Halstead, for instance!" "All the same," she declaerd, speakâ€" ing lightly, but with an underâ€"current of seriousness in her voice, "there are moments when I wonder ifâ€"if it wouldn‘t have been better ifâ€"we‘d never cared, Kemp. Fancy how differâ€" But unexpectedly, as he leg her go at last, the shadow swept her face again; she looked up at him with a halfâ€"whimsical wistfulness. |_ He reached out quickly and caught her in his arms. ( | "Forgive you! Oh, little girlâ€" there is nothing, nothing to forgive. | Andâ€"dearâ€"it is only for a little while now. Such a pitifully little while." |_ He paused. â€"The girl looked at him ‘quickly, wondering at the wording of his sentence. But he did not notice. lHo was thinking of Marcia. He had {been thinking of Marcia, not of his father, all along, though he would not admit it even to himself. ’ And there was something in his voice, in his expression, that stilled the surprised . question on Araby‘s lips; something in the fierce pressure of his arms that dispelled her doubts and fear, drove them from her like mists before the sunlight. With his lips on her she lay still, drinking in the sweetness of the moment, satisfied, content. ' It was th:_,im:t between them that made the barrier between himself and Aubyâ€"the confession of their secret marrlage | so â€" im ibleâ€"not â€" his fat.her:’s _disapoprovai. "Yes," she said, and her hands went out guickly to meet his, "I do underâ€" stand. Only that doesn‘t make the hurt less. Butâ€"I‘ve been a beast, Kemp! Forgive me!" him. want to make things too severe. I want to stay friends with him, Araby, to the last. _ Dearâ€"you do underâ€" stand?" The girl did not answer for a minâ€" ute. She stood with averted head, her hands clasped before her, the tears stil in her eyes, while the storm of protest and resentment and impotent} pain died slowly down in her. Then, SI_.owa, she turned and looked up at.| _ Her voice was passionate. She had come close to his side and was hokdâ€" ing fast to his arm. Her bright head lay against his shoulder. Kempton groaned; then W a quick, strong hand over the l fingers. "My fatherâ€"â€"" he began, but with a little ery Araby jerked free. "Your father!" She faced him with a sudden fierce brightness in her eyes. "It is always your father, Kemp! And ptow;surelyâ€"there is no reason for it. Now.â€".â€"" * ; ret as much as you do. Only it‘s got to beâ€"for a little while longer." _ "But why? Now that you are strikâ€" ing out for yourself, why shouldn‘t it wWHERE YOU FIND one CHAPTER XLv. ?" TORONTO mger." _ \herself." ou are ab'ik-, And Araby si shouldn‘t it Ivihken creations |\fully, halfâ€"dout te. She hndithought so ofte d was holdâ€"| herseif for the bright head |not help it. _ c e e e ie & , YOUu ALWAYS FiIND THE QCTHER â€" â€"Johnrson, British and Colonial Press Hard times hard. A shark can keep up a speed of from seventeen to twenty miles an hour. Minard‘s Linimeit for Burns. ete COOOZ CC AACRTC. H OM & UOH conductor] Keepin‘ the Woeeds Down. of heat and electricity. Many woods ‘ It seemed as if the parting of the 3;?'19!!:“:"(13(1 bel;)l’nxv.)'at:':l:g?e :Lr’;lflix;it: “'ldysd hadhcomeâ€"-thv ways of mother < i * t * i an ughter. gularities constitute an abiding charm. ; Mol'llvgw;z fifteen. Up to this sumâ€" es ayacs a;idetd Â¥ fl.;e b]eng";g :f SOI" mer, she had never wanted to go anyâ€" ore ‘and a Tls ]re o l',enufo ; C t ‘_’t‘ where or do anything without mother. 240 t;v:tod nbp :’ci Jb ha t;ora "beg Now, she had fled to her room,â€" after arte tan be iaken by no other su ~| a cold, perfunctory kiss in place of stance: | the hug that was her usual good night, .-_-+â€"~â€" I mos P Trees grow, therefore wood is cheapâ€" er than metals. It *; easily worked with tools into desired shapes and sizes. It is held securely by nails and by glue. It is practically permanent when protected by paint; under water or in the ground it outlasts metal. Its strength and lightness adapt it to various uses,. Is lightness makes it easy to handle. It is a non conductor of heat and electricity. Many woods are marked by patterns of inflnite variety and beauty, whose very irreâ€" gularities constitute an abiding charm. ‘ To this is added a fine blending of colâ€" ors and a lustre when polished that Hers not the understanding when He cried, "My Father‘s voice has called; His work I do!" Toâ€"day the world, o‘erburdened with distress, Has overlooked the lesson Christ supâ€" plied And taught mankind, in simple words and trueâ€"â€" "Be thou about thy Father‘s busiâ€" The Good Quaities of Wood. One must be poor to know â€" y of giving.â€"George Eliot. This lad of By Nicodemus‘ side in days of o0‘d, ‘Mid a strange company there sat a Child; A robe of light enveloped Him; He smiled, And Mary, pausing on the low threshâ€" old Of that strange room, was suddenly consoled ; ‘"Where hast thou been?" she asked in accents mild; i In truth she could not see what had beguiled ‘ In some parts of the North of Scot: land the gannet, or solan goose, is capâ€" tured for the sake of its feathers. These birds hover fifty or sixty feet above the surface of the sea, diving from time to time after fish that show themselves near the top. They are caught by means of herrings tied to flat boards. The bird sees the fish, but does not notice the board. Diving from a great height, it kills itself byi striking its head against the plank. | On the lonely island of St. Kilda the inhabitants catch seaâ€"birds by means of a long tapering pole like a fishingâ€" rod, at the end of which is a noose of thin string or wire. The fowler sits on a rock and holds his rod at arm‘s length. _ The inquisitive birds walk nearer and nearer, until presently one is within reach of the noose. The rod point drops quickly, and then rises again with the bird ffuttering from it. When the Chinaman wants a duck for his lunch he slips quietly into the pond and places over his head a pumpâ€" kin in which slits are cut for his eyes. He then moves gently through the water until he is near enough to catch a duck by the feet. With a sharp jerk he pulls it under the water, wrings its neck, and puts it into bis belt. The other ducks are seldom disturbed, and he goes on until he has caught .ll he In certain parts of China a number of pumpkins are left floating on the surface of any pond frequented by wild ducks, in order that the latter may come to regard them as harmless obâ€" jects. So far as we know, nobody really catches birds by putting salt on their tails; but the methods adopted in some parts of the world are almost as quaint. ;.ulg}' &};fi}:fi;{{? ";Gfiaduwb;- ; loubtingly, arcia thought so often 5 he'rwhghe hated herself for the doubt, but she could not help it. (To be continued.) mt she found in choosing something for And Araby sighed and fingered the ness! ad of scarce twelve summers; then He told. The Young Christ. 449 Strange Hunting. are good times to wor‘k â€"Elizabeth Scollard the lux. Lc24,, _2 ; â€"â€" UBUgAI@P along the ili;ion path. olly, on her part, was frankly deâ€" lighted and proud when she saw her mother prettily and effectively dressâ€" ed, and the drawingâ€"room at its best, gay with flowers, shining with care. The tea table, set near the open winâ€" | "Thank you, mother," said Molly, rather coldly. She was still on her }dignity. Other girls slept about variâ€" ously with their friends. Why couldn‘t she ? However, the temptation to extend hospitality was not to be resisted. Therefore, the mother, watching the garden gate late that afternoon, saw With pléasure a group of girls, very pretty in their gayâ€"colored sweaters, preceding her daughter along the . Harden path. I W Oiviind dniiinnntnciond t indatenlituicls. c n A |\ â€"fled in angry tears, because her mother had refused to allow her to spend the night with her chum. _ The mother, alone downstairs, was | most unhappy. She realized that her | child must have girl friends, but | Molly‘s choice of a particular friend ] distressed her. She knew little of the | girl, or of her relatives, but from her ifree-and-easy deportment, her use of | slang and her general conversation the mother argued that the intimacy i could not be beneficial. | _ So, long into the night, she sat \downstairs, alone, thinking, hoping,| planning. t e y merermndlt; "Bring the girls home to tea, dear," suggested the mother, as Molly, very fresh and pretty in white duck skirt and middy blouse, tennis racket and shoes slung over her shoulder, was about to start. The next day was Saturday. Molly belonged to a tennis club that met every Saturday afternoon. | _ _For a fair substitute for maple , sugar omit the chocolate and the butâ€" | ter in the recipe given above, flavor the mass with half a terspoonful of maple extract and a teaspoonful of vanilla and add a pinch of salt. The recipe is economical, and it is easy to | double the quantities if you wish. l One pound of sugar, three fluid| Mix dry ingredients and add egg ounces of milk, three ounces of fineâ€" YO‘ks. The dry ingredients are mixed | grated cooking chocolate and one best and most quickly by using a sieve. ‘ / ounce of butter are the right proporâ€"| Then beat until the egg yolks thicken | tions for a standard fudge mixture. Slightly. Add olive oil drop by drop ’ A few grains of salt will improve the and beat until thick, When four tableâ€" |\ flavor. When you have cooked the spoons of olive oil have been added, ‘mixture add a teaspoonful of vanilla it may be added faster. When the extract. \ mixture gets too thick thin with the , Do not pour the fudge cut without lemon juice and vinegar. | first stirring it, and do not stir it so| To make Thousand Island dressing, | long that it sets solid in the saucepan.| add one cup of chill sauce to haif the Place the saucepan in cool water and quantity of dressing you have made. | stir the mixture. At the first sign of Boiled Salad Dressing.â€"One tableâ€" | stiffening, scoop it quickly into a but. spoon sugar, one terspoon each of | tered tin. | salt, mustard and flour, one egg, oneâ€" ' When a sample of the fudge dropâ€"| half cup milk, oneâ€"fourth cup vinegar, | ped into cold water is just too soft to tablespoon butter. Thoroughly mix| be rolled between the fingers to a soft dry ingredients, beat in the egg, add ball the fudge is cooked long enough. milk, stir well, and put in double boilâ€", It should not taste gritty; if it does,! @r. Add the vinegar slowly as the add an ounce of water and boil the mixture cooks, stirring constantly., mass until it is of the right consistâ€"| When thickened, remove from fire and ency, If it is too hard, but is smooth‘| add butter, A second egg yolk may and free from grit, add one tableâ€"| be substituted for the flour. The recipe spoonful of water and stir and test may be doubled or trebled. | Few of the substances used to flavor fudge will affect seriously the erystalâ€" lization, and if either is added in sufâ€" ficient quantity it will form the whole mass into a caramel mixture. When a sample of the fudge dropâ€" ped into cold water is just too soft to be rolled between the fingers to a soft ball the fudge is cooked long enough. It should not taste gritty; if it does, add an ounce of water and boil the mass until it is of the right consistâ€" ency. If it is too hard, but is smooth and free from grit, add one tableâ€" spoonful of water and stir and test the mass aga‘in, but do not cook itl again. " Have the proportions of liquid and | sugar just right. If you use too much ‘liquid the crystals will form slowly ! and the mixture will be gritty. If you use too little, the fudge will set to a | dry hard mass in the pan before you | can scoop it out. Most fudge makers | put in too much liquid at the start | and have to boil it outâ€"and unscienâ€" | tific procedure that wastes time. It is | possible to measure the ingredients | so exactly that the fudge is ready to ‘cool and stir by the time they have "been melted by heat and before they have been boiled at all. | One pound of sugar, three fluid ounces of milk, three ounces of fineâ€" grated cooking chocolate and one ounce of butter are the right proporâ€" tions for a standard fudge mixture. A few grains of salt will improve the flavor. When you have cooked the mixture add a teaspoonful of vanilla extract. i When that is done there are usually a few crystals left undissolved. They will not seriously affect the fudge, but it is better to add at the start about half an ounce more of liquid than the exact amount required, and to boil that off in about thirty seconds. itâ€"that crystallizes when it becomes cold. For good fudge the crystallizaâ€" tion should take place rapidly, so that the crystals will be very small. If it occurs slowly the crystals have time to grow large, and that makes the fudge gritty. In making pure fondant from unflavored sugarâ€"such as is used for filling chocolate creamsâ€"no undissolved crystals should be left in the hot fondant, for if there were any they would start a growth of co:m;e1 crystals while the mass was cooling. Stirring the fondant vigorously when it is cool forms the crystals all at once in the desired degree of fineness; but it is possible to make delicious fudge without being so careful about the unâ€" dissolved crystals, because if you imâ€" mediately cool and stir the mixture in‘ a panful of water the crystals will! not have time to form. | Fudge is really nothing but flavored fondant. That is, it is flavored sugar â€"melted by adding liquid n_nd_heating Woman‘s Sphere Making Fudge. rredients | Salad Dressing. ready tof Any mayonnaise dressing is as good iey have as you buy in bottles, if it is made ore they| With the best of materials, pure olive | oil, a good grade vinegar, and fresh > usually | @ggs. Here is a recipe for mayonnaise. | Mtingrd‘s Lintment for j _ Glass jars or enamelâ€"lined cans are 'necdod. The condition of the fruit _ will have much to do with the quality ‘of the product. Berries should be gathered in shallow trays or beskets, ; and not in deep vessels which allow them to be bruised or crushed. They | should be uniformly ripe and sound, and as large as possible. Clean the | berries carefully, removing stems and 'leaves. Place a shallow layer of berâ€" ries in a large colander or strainer and wash carefully by pouring wster over them. Pack in cans as closely ‘as possible without crushing. This mey be done ly putting a few berrics at a time into the can and gentiy pressing them into place. Threeâ€" fourths of a pound, or threeâ€"fourths of a quart of most berries measured as | \purchased, will pack into one No. 2‘ can or pint jar, Fill can with hotI _medium syrup, seal and process in‘ steam cooker. No. 2 cans or pint jars, ten to fifteen minutes; No. 83 cans or quart jars, fifteen to twenty minutes. | Remove cans, cool quickly in cold water, wipe, dry, label and store awny.l Glass jars are removed and sealed at once. i If, in making the syrup for berries.i the berry juice is used instead of, water, the resulting product will be much better, both in color and in‘ flavor. El Canning Huckleberries, For canning huckleberries practicalâ€" ly the same methods of canning may be used as with other berries. To keep your poise, your menâ€" tal balance under trying condiâ€" tions. Others will respect you more; you will respect yourself more, and you will have infiniteâ€" ly more influence. Nothing else quite takes the place of a superb poise in all situations in life.â€" Ruccess., To keep your temper â€" when others all about you lose theirs and go to pieces. To take your medicine ; stand up under rebuffs, or just criticism. ‘This is the | of stwtf that builas big men, women. To acknowledge it when you are wrong. To admit that you have made a mistake. Two egg yolks, one teaspoon salt, oneâ€"fourth teaspoon cayenne, one teaspoon mustard, one tablespoon vinegar, one tablespoon lemon juice, one cup olive oil, oneâ€"fourth teaspoon paprika. ‘ Thus Molly‘s friendships were formâ€" ed, little as she knew it, by the prinâ€" ciple of the survival of the fittest. She found those girls most congenial who seemed to fit into her home. Years later she understood and blessed her mother‘s wise censorship. ‘ So their ways were one again. The danger was over; for the "chum" did not come back on any subsequent Saturday. The slight effort required to keep her own language and deportâ€" ment up to the standard of Molly‘s home was a little too much, "You‘re an angel, mother," cried. "Giving my friends the of everything!" & It held not merely delicate sandâ€" seems no doubt that physicians can wiches and tempting cookies, iced tea| often diagnose illness by a handshake. and lemonade but the very best china‘ In support of this an experience of and the embroidered tableclothâ€"| my own, says a writer in the London everything that was used for the most | Evening News, may be cited. I recentâ€" important company. And a friend ofi ly consulted a Harley Btreet doctor, her mother‘s, also d as for an who pointed out that the moment he important occasion, yras pouring tot.l took my hand he knew that I was run The little festiv? was a great sucâ€" down and in need of a rest,. Certain cess. | polisonous conditions of the blood, he "Molly will have tea every Sutur-‘fufllnned. readily lend themselves to day," announced Molly‘s mother, as diagnosis in this way. the guests departed. "We shall alâ€"‘ Psychologically mas well as phys!i> ways be glad to see you." | logically, handshaking has a greates When they were alone, Molly rushed significance tham most of us realize to her mother and hugged her, to the‘ It is possible to judge a man‘s char detriment of her gown. acter by his handshake. Dickens know "«You‘re an angel, mother," she this when he described Uriah Heep‘s cried. "Giving my friends the best handshakoâ€"a limp, clammy taking of of everything!" | the hand, indicative of the calculating So their ways were one again. The suavity of that detestable young man danger was over; for the "chum" did A world of difference between his not come back on any subsequent haendshake and the respectfully heart; Saturdav. The slight effort required Erip Of Peggotty, the Yarmouth fishe; dow by the verandah, was a picture. It held not merely delicate sandâ€" wiches and tempting cookies, iced tea and lemonade but the very best china and the embroidered tableclothâ€" everything that was used for the most important company. And a friend of her mother‘s, also d ed as for an important occasion, ;:: pouring tea. The little festival ‘was a great sucâ€" It is Nol E..y' But It Dandruf®. @s, or unâ€" is the kind , big "No, dear. Men only get in with a close shave." Little Boyâ€"*"Mother, are there men angels in heaven?" Motherâ€""Why, certainly, dear. "But, mother, I never saw any tures of angels with whiskers." The corks that are used in b are made by machinery, and the helps to make floorcloth. The bark is removed by making deep cut in the tree, and thon s!i~ off slabs with a curyed two‘ans knife. _ These pieces are boil steamed for an hour, in order to zot ; of certain substances in the ha~!: also to decrease it in size Th > are then scraped and finally nroâ€" flat by machinery. The cork is th ready for the market. After about ten years the bark . off naturally, but for commercial >= poses the outer layers are stripped be fore this and are stripped again every eight or ten years. | In prewar days the world‘s « supply of radium came from Auâ€" ’From Joachimsthai, now in th« territory of Czechoâ€"Slovakia, w! pitchâ€"blende is most plentiful, ‘ main supplies were sunt to the !a» tories. This was the richest ove the production of radium, and vyo: fmml was found only in the pro tion of one to a million. Toâ€"day n of the radium is found in N« \America. Cork is the bark of an evergree: tree which grows in Southern Euro» The bark is of great thickness and s thicker every year, one layer formi over the other. The cotton industry shows us radium, and possibly agricultur« | may in time find a use for radioâ€" | ity. Although at the present it : | premature to be able 19 place ‘flnlto use for radium in agmoeu recent investigations have tend | prove that plant life is affec brought into contact with th given off by radium. In years to this fact may be useful for prod: a hotâ€"house forcing effect. Radium is very rare at presest. a; an exceedingly tedious, laborious, an costly process must be employed : extract it from its natural source Uranium was the first radioâ€"activ metal discovered; this is obtaine from a antural substance called pitc blende, a mixed ore containing ov« fifty per cent. of ursniuum, togeth« with a proportion of the metal call« thorium, which is so much used in th manufacture of incandescent mant‘o There is a market for radiam though it is very limited. The den comes chiefly from doctors, :# physicists for research work, and ! certain industries where knowl« and experience are slowly marking spheres of usefuiness for radio<« substances. Just fancy having to pay fiv lion dollars an ounce for anyth i: one wanted an ounce of radiu« is the price you h 7e to pay. Earl Haig shakes hands with . teous Armness. He grips your ho real soldierly fashion, with his t locked over your fingers. Anoth mous soldier, Sir William Robert is content with squeezring your fing though none too gently. Mr. Llioyd George‘s handâ€"clas; vigorous and hearty, He has a for making you feel that he has waiting years to give you that | shake.. Mr. Churchill‘s is a more mal grip and less eloquent of his sonality, Earl Beatty‘s disapp you,or perhaps it were bette. rai| he lets you off more lightly than sailors, for he grasps your hand s« but firmly and lets it zo instant}; heartiest of hearty sailor han«â€"> was that of the late Sir Ernest S leton. The King just grips your hand firm ly, giving it no shake whatever, whil» the Prince‘s hand is shot forwar jerkily, pressing yours downwar| a the moment of gripping it. "How do the celebrites of our 42 shake handsâ€"King George, for ex ample, and the Prince o+t Wales, whâ€" has shaken more hands than any oth «: man of his generation, and other ts mous folk? A doctor has advanced the rather alarming theory that many disease germs are transmitted by handshakâ€" ing. _ However this may be, there $5,000,000 Per Ounce. Cork is Cooked! LANGUAGE OF THE Quite True. ple & T s (® tw tih Vies the Irrm