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About the Household Tliri'o Kinds of ('<H)kics. Frull CookU'H - Beat to a cream one cup sugar, one-half cup short- ening, one-half cup sweet milk, and one beaten egg; add three and one-halj cups flour, three les-el tea- »p<>6iij baking powder. lloU thin, cut out and place in i>an. Put some of the following filling on each piece, place another cooky on tup, and bake. Fillini; for t'cMJkies.â€"Three ijuar- tei-s cup sugar, one lieaiping tablc- 8(poon flour, one cup boiling water, one cup minced raisins. Cook till thiok. This filling can be ohangpd by sutbtituting figs, dates, English currants, or hickory nut meats in same proportion as raisins. Kxtra Nice .Molasws Cookies. â€" One cup lard jiressed in solid, three cups molasses, one teasinion gin- ger, one teasjwon salt. Boil this 15 minutes. Let it become thor- oughly cold. I usually boil mine the day before. Take one cup of boiling water and into this put two teaspoons of soda. Hold over pan as it foams and runs over. Add flour CTiough to roll, taking care not U) mix too hard. Roll thin and bake in a q\iick oven.â€" Mrs. D. L. T. Orange Cookies. â€" Three-q'iarters cup buttfr, one cup sugar, three well beaten eggs, yolks and whites beaten scjiarately, grated rind of two oranges, one and one-half cups flour, sifted before measured, one half tea.spoon baking powder, heap- ed Drop by teasiKjons on greased or wax paper and bake â€" Sunbeam. day, and the total summed up will afford time to do a little embroid- ery, sewing, read a new, book, or taJcing an outing of an hour bv way of relaxation and renewal of nerve force Do all work carefully and neatly ; do not throw scraps and threads on the flour while sewing to waste tinu> in piciking up when you have com- pleted the work. Choosing .Mutton. Mutton is generally considered the n)osl healthful meat, and is eaten by many, to the exclusion of any variety. Consequently greai oarc ohould be exercised in the se- lection, and a little time should be given to the study of .puility. In buying mutton (or lamb) care should be taken to see that th'r fat is clear, hard and white, as mutton with boft or vpHow fat indicates too long a stay in cold storage. It might appear that a great (|uantity of fat on mutton signifies wast=! ; but the lean part is much juicier and more tender when this is the ca»e, »o the wise housewife makes purchases with this in view. The leg has the least fat in pro- portion lo weight. Next ci.mes the •bouMer. The color of lean mutton i« a <iecp red. Lamb is good to eat when ona year old and is much more digest- ible than other immature meat, such as veal or young pork. The wise housewife knows the value of nutrition, so she will hesitate about buying lanW) merely because it is in marktrt, as it is generally expen- Bive. The meat of spring lamb should be a clear pink, witli plenty of i)ure KJiite fat. Saving Time and Energy. Have you evi.'r noticed Iwnv much time and energy are wasted, al- most imperceptibly too, lH)th by men and women ( In the kitchen a« well as in other places in these day.H, when the cost of living de- mands many economies, it is well to remember that a saving in money, as time saved may be used otherwise. Systemnti/.ing housework so as to avoid unnecessary steps saves 'both lime and energy ; keepitig knives sharp >ave8 time ; kno^ving how to manage a fire saves time, fuel and tem|>er. ' Some housekeepers may not see how to sa^ve much, especially the inexperii'iiced, in actual dollars and cents, but they can with a lit- tle forethought save a few valuable mon)ent<.s here and there during the To Keep Out Moths. As the time is approaching when winter clothing will he put away, some aiivice on how to prevent damage by moths will be found use- ful. First shake each garment, then brush or beat it and hang it out of doors if possible. Spray the re- ceptacle wliich is to hold the wool- lens with turpentine and line it well with newspapers. Fill the trunk or box with the garments, laying them smoothly and with newspapers between them. Put newspapers over the top. Should moths be seen during the warm months raise the cover of the trunk or box, remove the top pa- pers and spray the things lightly (if not perishalble colors) with tur- pentine and put fresh newspapers on top (moths abhor printers ink). Moths are said not to lay eggs where kerosene has been sprinkled. This plan of jirevention has been in use for years with success. The odor of kerosene and turpentine disappears very quickly. By Way of Helping. It will be found a great help if cooking utensils are filled with wa- . ter as soon as emptied of food in- stead of being allowed to stand. I The sooner they are washed the better and easier it is. If dishes jniust wait free theni of scraps, then I put them to soak; cover with a '. towel or i>aper. 1 l)o not throw awav cle.in tissiiv paper ; fold it neatly, put a rubber i band aroiiiKl it, then place it with 'your kitchen towels; it will be found satisfactory for fwdishing lamp chimneys and g.as or electric light globes and to wipe out the grease from frying pans before washing. It i*i very annoying to have a small cooking utensil tip over on the range, as it will occasional- ly do. It can be av<iided by simply placing a flat tin lid, such as comes on lard cans, then put your cup or whatever it may 'be over it. All earthenware casserole, or any di.sh, sluiiild be soaked in salty or soda water for Iwenty-four hours before using, so as to avoid crack- ing. Treated thus its term of use- fulness will be prolonged. Hints for the Home. Nerve specialists now realize that weakness of vrtll is dangerous lo health. Salt in the oven placed over the baking plates will prevent the pas- try from scorching at the bottt^m. To help to purify the air of a sick ro<jm place a bowl of clean water in the room, and change it every day A paste of com-mon baking s<ida and water spread on a burn will stop the pain and inllainmation al- most immediately. Skim milk, warmed, is a splen- did cosmetic for the skin. Bathing the skin with warm milk prevents it from getting rough in cold weather. Scientists have discovered that disease germs (juiekly die when they come in contact with the or- dinary floor covering known as linoleum. This is thought to bo <Iue to the disinfectant properties of linseed oil which is found in lino- leum. The Kaiser's Doom Opinion in the British Isles' is gradually hardening that -ivhatever else the terms of jieaee, on Ger- many's inevitable defeat, may or may not include, the;^ must certain- ly include the holding of the Kaiser to what President Wilson would call "strict aoconntability" â€" al- though the British public would •eari'ely interpret those words in a Wilsonian sense. Anyli<iw, the view i« gaining ground, with re- markable rapidity, that the Kaiser must on the conclusion of the war, pay a pergonal price for the long â- eriea of outrages cowimitted dur ing the war, with his sanction and in his name. Writing in the Birm ingham Post, Edgar Wallace puts this view both inoderately and «uc- cdnotly, a^ follows : "Militarism was not destroyed in France until its symbol was trans- ferred to St. Helena. We may talk round and about the question of re- prisal for the ill-lreatuient of Brit- ish prisoners, but the only reprisal we can make is to remove for ever from his isiphora the man who has created the «y«tmn which han made Prussian brutality possible. He has proved to us that he will atop at no- thing to gain his ends, that he will violate every law of Ood and man So long as he can achieve some sort (Jif success. We cannot apply the same treatment to him that we oould apply to an honorable en- emy. We cannot draw the sting of Prussian militarism without cut- ting off its head." I am sure of this, that nothing but the deposition and exile of the Kaiser and his brood will satisfy the peoples of the allied countries and that, unless the whole lot are sent padking, bag and baggage, those peoples will feel that their Qovernments have fallen short of their duty. It may be impossible- it probably isâ€" 'to change the na- ture of the Hohenzollern beast, but at least, its fangs c^n be dra^^^n. First among the terms of peace to which Germany will be forced to submit the delivery up of the Kais- er to be hanged. Leaser murderers have to pay the jiennli.y of their crimes in their own person and there seems no rea.son whv the car- cass -of the arch-oriminal of the uni verse should be exempt. But I fear that this is a counsel of per- feoLion. OULTRY The Nun's Hoodâ€" .V Parisian Hat of .Mourning. So many Parisian women have loct father, brother, husband, son, or s-weetheart in the great European war that almost every other woman one meets on the streets of Paris wears the deep crepe de- noting bereavement. Fashionable milliners appreciating the trend of tJie times have designed numerous very charming effects for those in mourning. The photo pictures a very charming creation, a "Nun's Hood," trimmed with just the faintest bit of white to offset it* som- breness. It may be that some milluier with advanced ideas may soon set the vogue of creations in white for those in mourning. Bonds and Their Yields Railroad Bonds â€" There is a Splendid Market for Railroad Bonds Which are Quoted on Most Exchanges. Few general classes of bonds of- fer such a wide range of ch<iicf as the railroad bond. This kind of in- vestment offers a great variety of bonds, ranging from the strictly staid and sober prior lien or first mortgage bond to the third and fourth general debenture issue ; and short-term notes ranking either pari i>as,su with the one or theothe-- of the mortgages, or as a secondary lien after all the others have been looked after. Iif the investor wants absolute security for his money to- gether with a steady rate of inter- est, he can get this in a certain type of railway bond; or if the spe- culator wants to take a little flier in something which has a great many elements of safety lacking 'n shares, and yet has sufficient price- variation to net a decent profit on the turn, h? will find his desires ful- filled by yet another type of rail- road bond. And so it is all the way down the line; practically every re- quirement of the avera«e investor will be found to be fulfilled by some one of the numerous kinds of railway mortgage securities. Tlie Straight Mortcage. Probably the besl known repre- sentative <iif thi.s larne class, is the ordinary railroad mortgage bond. This is an obligation of a railroad company, which runs for a certa;!i length of time at a certain <lefinite rate of interest, and is usually se- cured 'by a mortgage upon railroad (property, In the ca.se of the first mortgage ln>nds, they are secured by a mortgage against all or the greater part of the company's pro- perty ; while in the case of the other subsequent issues of lionds they may be secured by separate properties or as second or thir<l mortgages on the same pro'porty. The short-term notes may be secur- ed in either of these two ways, or a certain amount of treasury stock may il>e set aside a« special security, in addition to the general deed of hypothec against the property it- self. There is still another type of railroad Iwuds known as equii>meiit trust certificates, which are special- ly secured by the equipment they are i'ssued to purchase. These are usually amortization bonds and are redetniable «erially. They arc dif- ferent from the ordinary railroad mortgage bond in that their secur- ity is rolling stix-k and not fixed assets. The Best Kind of Security. Where absolute security is thi! paramount consideration, it would ue difficult to find bettier bonds than the first mortgage and even the second mortgage bonds of the big railways of the Ui^ted Stated and Canada. It has been the cus tom of moat ruilway builders on this continent vhen 'building new lines to issue bonds for so much per mile of line, securing the bt)nd8 by a mortgage against the property on either side of the right-of-way, as well as upon the actual railway line itself. Usually a good deal more money has been needed ^i build the railway than is represent- ed by the 'bond iamie, and this ad- ditional money is often raised by the sale of stock and secondary ^mds, all of which increase the se- curity behind the first mortgag? bonds. These latter are the saifest kind of security, l>eeause in th? first place they are a real estate mort- gage against prtiperty which the very building of the railroad has made more valuable; and in the second place they are a mortgage against other corporate property which has a definite marketable value aside from the value of the land itself. When is Seonrity SulTicienti There are various tests to apply to railroad bonds to ascertain the amount of security behind them, and as to whether they are or are not an absolutely safe investment. Examination of the trust deed will show the nature of a mortgage; but the investor need not bother much about this as the lx)nd house will give him all the necessary informa- tion. The total market value of the road, its oost and replacement value are, however, important fact- ors. These can be arrived at only by careful consideration of all the securities outstanding and their selling price in the open market. The bt^>nd3 should be covered twice over. Then there is the earnings feat- ure of the ease. It is essential that the railroad be operating at a good l>rofit. Bond interest must ibe earn- ed and well earned. Further, be- fore profits are shown the property must be well maintained, sufficient allowance being set aside ft>r re- placements and renewals. The issue of subsequent mort- gages is a good thing for the prior lien iKilders. It shows that i>thers have confidence in the property, and moreover it pr<-widea a buyer for the road should it fail to meet expenses; for the second and subse- uqent mortgagors must buy in the roa<l at a sum equal to the first mortgage or hxse their money Why They Are a (iood Buy. Mar^ Canadian and American railroiul bonds are an unusually good buy at the "present time. The security behind the issues of the more prominent c<impanies is of the best ; and particularly in the case of Canadian railroads largely financed through sale of stock, is the market value of the roatls greatly in excess of the bonded indebtedness. For various reasons railroad lH)nds have kept down below normal values and appear cheap compared with some other investment secur- ities. Their extremely wtde range oif offerings together with general stability of price make them an at tractive buy. As some of these bonds are quite speculative in na- ture, however, the counsel .)f a thoroughly reliable bond dealer is advised where safe investment is the first c<mside ration. Cheering for the Pntiont. Cautious Doctor: Exou.se me for bringing you my bill ; but you know how difficult it is to get money out of anyone's heirs. Branding for crimes is still per- formed in tKvme countries, and was not abolished in Great Britain un- til 18S8. The 'bo«s Was taking the new typ- ist to tasik. "You aing too much during business hours." "Surely a girl may l>e allowed to aing at her work!" "But you don't do any work. You ought to be a typ- isit in a musical comedy 1" NO ALUM What Breed to Buy. Long before you get your poultry house ready you will be thinking of the question of breed. Perhaps you already have your favorite. If so, the question is an easy one, and you have only to select some de- pendable breeder and buy your stock. Buy yearling.s from strains that are good egg prod'Ucers. By this we mean birds from a strain which has beerf gradually bred up to laying from 150 to 200 eggs year- j ly wiithout loss of vitality. I Really, the queaition of breed is I largely one of individual prefer- , ence rather than marked superior- ' ity. Any one of the standard | breeds will gfive you an abundance i of eggs if you do your part . If you prefer white eggs- of course you will wan*-«ome of the Mediterranean class. White Leg- horns are generally credited with being the most prolific layers, not only of this class, but of the pou/1- try world. Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes and Rhode Island Reds lay brown eggs. These breeds are larger than the Leghorns, and are referred to by their ohaimpioos as general-purpose fowls, being in addition to good layers fine table birds. Buy one cock or cokerel for 8 to 10 hen's of the heavier breeds, or from 12 to 15 hens of Leghorn's and that class. '^â-º>XrJB I»I-AlNL.V''i^ 1 fcHNEWHrrtST.lWj! Magic Baking POWDII MADE IN CANADA day, are at once placed in storage by the use of any of these methoda, and are kept in a oool cellar, .they will keep fur a long time, long enough to afford a good winter's supply. For the greater part, it all depends upon the thoroughness with which the job is done. How to Preserve Eggs. There are many solutions offered for this problem. Nearly all of tliem are more or less satisfactory, according as they are put into use efficiently or not. Salt and lime will keep eggs fresh, if they are taken directly from the ne.st, cool- ed right out at once, and placed in the isinglass method. Eggis nvay be kept for a long time, and .safeily, if they are taken strictly new-laid to begin with, wrapped in pieces of paper, and packed away in a cool, clean, sweet cellar. I To get the best results, it is ai- j ways best to pack only eggs lai<l : late in the season, when the weath- ! er is already cool, and when the j time between storing and consump- 1 tion is, after all, much shorter. It is scarcely praotical w pack eggs away, to lie in storage through the heat of summer, and find them very choice for the following winter use. It can be done in cold storage plants, but even then the egg is far from the same in quality as a new- laid egg. If eggs are carefully kept sterile to begin with, are gathered every To prevent woollen garmenta" from shrinking hang them out on the line quite wet. They should on no account 'be wrung in any -way. Simply take them from the water and hang them out as they are, be- ing careful not to pull the garment out of shape with the pegging. Have you ever looked under a window-siin If so, you have pro- bably noticed that there is a nar- row groove running right along un- derneath it. When it rains the wa- ter finds its way under the window- sill, and when it comes to the groove it drips off at once. This prevents the walls of the building from becoming soaked A High Grade 6% Investment CITY OF CALGARY 6% TREASURY BILLS. Due 1918. Interest payable IStti March and September, In Toronto, Mont- real, and New York. Assessment $134,886,425 Population 80,000 PRICE: Par and Interest. YIELDING 6% JOHN STARK & CO. 24 ADELAIDE ST. E., Toronto. Pure Ice Cream in the Home 1 HE BRICK has greatly popularized City Dairy Ice Cream with the housewife. There is no other dessert that can compete with City Dairy Ice Cream in the summer. Our Service makes it possible for your dealer to supply you with City Dairy Ice Cream in brick form so that you can serve it in your own h^me at Dinner. Afternoon Tea or Evening Party, just t'ae same as your City Sister, For Salt by c#/«or/m/i TORONTO. W9 mmnt an aoitt In •«r*rjf towrn. i I