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About the Household RUSSIAN PORT IN POSSESSION OF GERMANS I m Vegetable Dishes. j Vegetables supply salts and acids j that are much needed to keep the sys- j tern in healthy condition. And espe- ' cially in warm weather, when a sur- } fcit of meat is undesirable because it i gives more heat than the body needs, I vegetable dishes that are hearty enough to take the place of a meat dish, for the main course at luncheon ^ or for a dinn'ir entree, are desirable. The wise housekeeper mokes vege- tables serve two purposes, now that i they are inexpensive and abundant â€" ] she makes them a means of reducing the size of food bills and a means of i giving health to her family. | For luncheon a vegetable loaf, ; made according to the following re- cipe, is very good. Soak two cupfuls of fine bread crumbs in a cupful of milk for an hour, then add two beat- , en eggs, two cupfuls of ground pecan , nuts, half a teaspoonful of summer I savory, half a teaspoonful of salt and pepper and celeiy salt to taste. Press the mixture into a greased pan and , bake for half an hour, basting fre- i quently with butter. Use about half i a cupful of melted butter in this bast- ! ing, which really consists in pouring the butter over the top of the loaf. ! Turn out on a platter, garnisj^ with parsley and serve. Cheese and creamed cabbage are de- licious prepared like this: Soak a young cabbage, head down, in cold water for an hour, so that any insects or worms will be dislodged from its leaves. Then boil it until tender and chop and drain it. Take about two cupfuls of it and put it in alternate layers with a thick cream sauce in the shell of an Edam cheese. Season the sauce well and put it into the oven until the sauce bubbles. Then eerve. There will be just enough cheese flavor from the shell. To prepare tomatoes and eggs on toast, melt about two tablespoonfuls of butter in a skillet and fry a small onion, chopped, two or three minutes, ! Then add two cupfuls of cooked toma- to and six minced olives. Bring to the boiling point and add six beaten eggs, and cook until thickened suf- ficiently. Season with salt and cay- enne pepper and serve on slices of hot buttered toast. containing one part of ammonia itnd three parts of water. A little vinegar rubbed on the steel parts of an oven door, no matter how badly tarnished with the heat, will brighten it at once. For a nice "pick up," this is good: Cut rounds of thin bread, butter them and heap with grated cheese. Brown lightly in the oven and serve at once. They are good with salad for luncheon or Sunday night supper when the salad course is a hearty one. When ^roasting a piece of meat the surface should be seared quickly in a hot oven to prevent the juices from escaping. After it has begun to 1 brown reduce the heat and with a long-handled spoon dip the fat which ] has collected in the bottom of the pan j and pour over the meat. If the meat is basted in this way every 10 minutes it will be' more juicy when finished. Hat bows affected by rain can be freshened up in the following easy and practical manner without taking them oflT the hat: Take large iron spoon, warm it over a gas stove or lamp with the concave side toward the heat. When the spoon is suf- ficiently hot, put it in the bows and pass the parts over the arched side of the spoon. Before the ironing, brush and clean the ribbon thorough- ly, slightly dampen the bows, and afterward they appear just like new. Peaches never make a firm jelly that will retain its shape when turned from a mold, but no jelly is more delicious for cake fillings. For jelly select peaches not quite ripe enough for eating. Rub off the down with a rough cloth, cut in pieces, saving pits. Cover with water and cook slowly, closely covered, until the fruit is per- fectly soft. Turn into a jelly bag and hang to drip. When the juice is all extracted measure and allow to every pint of juice a pound of sugar and the juice of a lemon. Set the sugar in the oven to heat, ana place the liquid uncovered over the fire. Cook stead- ily 20 minutes, add the >" ated sugar, stir until dissolved, cook five minutes, then strain through cheesecloth into glasses. The above vitw is of the harbor of Libau, in Baltic Russia, showing the Russian vessels taken by the Germans when they occupied the place. In the foreground is seen a German torpedo boat flotilla. Back of these considerations is the German viewpoint concerning "Na- tional destiny," and war as a means of its achievement, as set forth boldly in von Bernhardi's great book, which has become, so to speak, the German Bible. This author asserts that: "In the interests of the world's civiliza- tion it is our duty to enlarge Ger- many's colonial empire. Thus alone can we politically, or at least natian- ally unite the Germans throughout the world, for only then will they re- cognize the German civilization is the most necessary factor of human pro- gress. Lastly, we must recognize them overseas to reinforce as units that famous regiment, the Pj^ncess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry. These companies are composed of men from the Universities of Can- ada, the friends of such men, and broadly speaking, from men of that type. It must be clearly understood that they are not all University men, for there are bank clerks, lawyers, archi- tects, engineers, ranchers and others, and it has been found that such men pull well together and enjoy military life to the full. If the existence of such a force was known throughout that the struggle for high ideals, that | the length and breadth of Canada, the desire for action, in short, war | there would be no difficulty in recruit- THE GERMAN-AMERICAN SITUATION. Steaming Is An Art. . Will It Lead to War? Steaming is an unappreciated art. Many people in this country think In steaming both meat and vege- the last word has been said, and that .tables all the juices and valuable food , war is inevitable, elements are retained and not wast- ^ The recent reply of Germany's ed in the water, as in boiling. Steam- â-  minister to Prcs. Wilson's last note is Ing does not seem to heat up the ' far from assuring, and may be sum- kitchen so much on the hot sunamer i med up as raising the wrath of days as havijig the oven running for j Americans still higher at the Kaiser's roasting. impudent and evading special plead- For steaming, prepare the chicken ing. •s for roasting, tying the wings and | Ever since the mapping out by legs close together, and rubbing with i Germany of the so-called "war zone," salt and pepper; do not stuff. Fill , which includes a large strip of neu- the boiling pan about half full of ] tral waters of the ocean over which boiling water; place the chicken in a| she has no rights of exclusion, what- ihallow pan three by three and one- 1 ever, this country and Germany have half inches in height, as in this way j been in controversy, accentuated at ftll the juice is saved for the gravy or times by sinking the ships of neutral ing a full company within a week The First University Company, un- der the command of an excellent lead- er. Captain Gregor Barclay, has been for some time in England. An emin- ent military authority has declared this to be the finest company which has ever sailed from Canada. The Second University Company was composed of men of a splendid type and was embarked recently at itself, is an instrument of cultural | progress." There you have it; and when it is remembered that Nietzsche's writings also have taken great hold on German thought, in which he expresses his ideal as "a war against modern civil- ization in all its forms," and who preached the gospel of aristrcratism, of hatred instead of love, of immoral- ism stead of morality, we can appre- ciate the German view-point, and the Montreal. incentive of her every action. The j The Third Universities' Company end justifies the means, if that end ; (^^j ^^te that the plural is deliber- means the glory and supremacy of ^te) is recruiting with fair rapidity German Kultur. With Nietsche, the ^^j there is every hope that it German citizen contemplates a new ; ^51, ^each the high mark of success in the Red Cross of which thousands world, a new humamty-a regenerat- ttaincd by the first two companies. Lf grateful prisoners of war can say ed, purified and beautified over man. , ^here is cerUinly no difficulty in with truth, "I was in prison and ye Nietzsche's "Der Wille zur Macht, | obtaining officers, but it is harder to I came unto me " or, will to power, contains the entire fin^j pj^j^gj, ^g^ fg^ Sergeant-Major, I The concern of the Red Cross is. Company Quartermaster-Sergeant, however, primarily with the wounded. Platoon Sergeants and Section Lead- | it is only the overflow of its treasury ers, on whom largely rests the suc- cess of the Company. Indeed, Canada I needs chiefly a training school for camps; in other camps pr'soners sleep on sacks filled with wood shavings, which tre raised up along the walls during the day. Food regulations are much the same in all camps. The basis for the dis- tribution of food is 2,700 calories (heat units) declared by German sci- ence to be necessary for the mainten- ance of a tolerable existence. This is administered in a form of black bread and soup, a diet which gives the Canadian prisoner an acute sense of starvation. If he has money he is allowed to buy ejftra food and tobacco in a canteen. The prisoners themselves do the work in the kitch- ens, serve the t/pod and perform all the other menial tasks in the camps. They are allowed to amuse them- selves as best they can by primative theatricals and some games. "When I asked how they were treated,"- says this correspondent, "I received conflicting answers. One general conclusion, I drew, however, namely, that many are without friends to send them gifts of food, clothing and other necessities. I was much impressed by the desirability of one central organization for the dis- tribution of gifts to British prison- ers." YEAST [MAKES PERFECT BREAD A year ago the detention of a doz- en Canadians in a peon camp in Mexi- co would have set Canada in a blaze of indignation. In spite of the many claims on the publics' purse it is to bo hoped, however, that the thousands of Canadians now languishing in Ger- many, will not be forgotten. If you wish to "Come Unto Them" in their prison, you can do so by means of the Red Cross. Subscriptions should be sent to 77 King Street East, Toronto. The Fighting King. "Good-bye; I hope you won't forget me," the King of Italy once said to a departing American. Most monardhs would have taken one's memory of a friendly meeting and a cordial hand- shake for granted; but the Italian ruler, by nature humble, has never learned to presume on the veneration of his fellowmen. His training as a boy was calculated to keep him unpretentious, for it was a training of extraordinary hardness and sever- ity. He did not rough it, like soma Princes, merely for the benefit of the public, and relapse behind the scenes into the spoilt child and pampertd young man. The thing that shows the real worth of the King of Italy ia the absence of reaction since his ac- cession. The Spartan boy when he grows up and has his own way, often makes amends to himself. The King is the rare creature, a Spartan boy who has grown to be a Spartan man. The King of Italy, who has taken his place at the head of his armies, has never cultivated the martial as- pect dear to his father. The exag- gerated moustache and fierce brow of the late King were inherited, or copi- ed, from Victor Emmanuel, and did not indicate any real military experi- ence or power. They served their purpose, nevertheless, on parade and in procession. The present King is of another type. Always rigidly straight, and soldierly in a neat rath- er than a picturesque way, he is quite one of the smallest of European rul- philoaophy of the average German | tn a nut-shell. From this we can understand how the German mind, holding this view- point, may regard laws for the prO' tection of neutrals and non-combat- , „o„.commissioned officers. ants as less important than freedom | The general principle is followed of to use any weapon that may be ef- 1 gj^jng commissions to well qualified sauce. Place this pan in the steamer. Be sure that the boiling pan and Bteamer fit very closely, so that every pun of steam may be doing its full duty. Another variation is to steam the chicken until it is tender, then dis- member, and fry as if it were a spring chicken. Dip each piece in flour and fry in butter, and it is easy to fool the most fastidious judge of good fried chicken. We are continually reading warn- ings about wasting the mineral salts of vegetables by our usual careless methods of boiling; wc set the help- less vegetable adrift in a sea of boil- ing water, and then, when all the valuable elements (such as phosphor- ous, calcium, and iron) are boiled out, and the flavor of the food thereby re- duced, the vegetable is reduced â€" a mere hollow shell of its former self, with all its life-blood extracted â€" and served to us, while the rich salts and flavors find an untimely end by being poured down the kitchen ^ink. In steaming, all this is avoided nations, and finally by the sinkiivB of the great British liner the Lusitania and the loss of many lives, including 115 Americans, under circumstances of wicked, wanton cruelty. America, basing her claims upon the law of nations, recognized thej world over since civilization began, j demands that the rights of neutrals^ and of non-combatants be respected, on the open sea by all belligerents. Germany, while not denying these â-  rights under international law, j claims that Great Britain's attitude in shutting off the importation of allj food stuffs, etc., justifies her sub-! marine warfare as the only means she has of proper retaliation for this deprivation. The negotiations between Germany and America have proceeded several months, and the two nations now seem to be as far apart as when they be- gan, so far as settling the rights of neutrals and non-combatants on the high seas is concerned. There are two supreme considera- tions by which the U.S. must be Physicians always recommend baked Jfuided in the course she adopts:] potatoes for children and invalids, First, her own rights and the rights because they are most digestible. 1 of her citizens; and second, her moral Steamed ones are just as good, if not ' obligations to those humanitarian better, for the steaming renders the 1 ideals which she has always pro- starch absolutely soluble. fessed. Steamed carrots are a revelation to ' Germany claims that she was people who say they never eat car- forced into this war, and is facing em- rots because they • have no taste. \ battled Europe in defense of her very Spinach, likewise unpopular, unless I existence. That foodstuffs are ex- gerved with vinegar or lemon or I empt from the rule of contrabrand, something "to give it a taste," will | and that her submarine warfare vwas be found to possess a decided flavor. 1 n>»de necessary by Great Britain's Asparagus is delicious when steamed. ' announcement to cut off all imports of Indeed, everything which can be '"od «"»d other essentials to her ex- fective in extending the sphere of German "Will to power." Of course, America will not recog- nize any abridgment of the rights of her citizens, simply because of an ar- bitrary mapping out of a war zone. The physical limitations of the sub- marines do not exempt from conform- ing with the rules of visit, search and provision for safety of neutrals and non-combatants before taking the ex- treme measure of sinking the ship in- volved. All this is forcibly set forth in the President's communications in the face of Germany's plea of peculiar exigency. In other words, we refuse to subscribe to the doctrine that the rights of humanity are subordinate to the necessities of warfare. Germany's blockaded situation is one of the in- cidents of war due to an advantage the allies hold in position and naval strength and for which the U.S. is in no way responsible. Germany refuses, or at least evades, our demands, and she will not con- cede the rights of travel without men- ace on the merchant ships of belli- gerent nations, and if "this is the last word on the subject, I can see no other alternative than a declaration of war, or a square backdown of posi- tion by one party or the other. Ger- many can rest assured that America will never recede from her position and if war comes America will be there with all the force of inexhaust- ible resources and her wonted brav- ery. CHAS. M. BICE. Denver, July 12, 1915. A Test of Lunacy. It is said that in a certain lunacy Such an organization is to be found j asylum one of the tests applied to find out if a patient is sufficiently re- covered to be discharged is to give him a broom and put him in a room with a water-tap turned full on. If he proceeds placidly to sweep up the water without turning off the tap his standard of intelligence is not deem- ed to be high enough. that is can devote to prisoners of war. The Canadian Red Cross has a spe- cial department in London, which has been sending 300 parcels a week to prisoners' camps. This amount is, of course, insufficient, but it can only boiled can be steamed, and it is much more economical as well as practical method. Household Hints, Polish a dining table with melted beeswax, rubbed on with a soft cloth. istence, and that, faced by starvation, she had no other recourse than to strike back by the submarine, the only means at her disposal. She' claims that the submarine cannot operate under the recognized rules of naval warfare, requiring visit and search and provision for the safety of Put a pinch of salt into water in neutrals and non-combatants, and which cyt flowers are placed and they will last longer. To clean a clogged drain pipe, pour down some kerosene and follow it im- mediately with boiling water. this being so, these rules should be waived. She also claims that the British Admiralty has offered inducements to merchant vessels to ram submarines. THIRD UNIVERSITIES' COMPANY There are many men in Canada who are anxious to go and play their part in the Great War, who are will ' ing to go as officers, but from want ' of adequate military training, or for ' other reasons, are unable to obtain I commissions. There are other men who would prefer to join the ranks ' simply because they realize the Remove acid stains from scarlet ^nd that this fact exempts such ves woollen goods with weak pearl ash j gels from the operations of inter- water, national law, and while she asserts Lemon juice added to the water in her humanitarian impulses, she in- which rice is bofled improves the | ^ists that those must not interfere flavor iind makes it beautifully white, j with her obligations to her own citi- A little turpentine put into a cop- ^gns. It is on these grounds she per boiler will help to whiten clothes justifies the destruction of the Lusi- and will prove an economy both in ^ tania, and refrains from giving tioap and labor. America the assurance it has demand- A gold >'hain may be made to look cd that submarine warfare shall con- very bright by dipping it in a cup ! form to the rules of naval warfare. enormous responsibility of the wast- , age of life which results from the bad j many has written an interesting ac- leadership of an improperly trained ; count of these prisoners' camps. It is oflficer. usually surrounded by a high wooden Some of these men hesitate to go , fence, surrounded in turn by an outer in the ranks, merely because they are ; bristling web of double barbed wire, uncertain of finding the congenial I Between the two fences there is a companionship of men of similar | passage for the guard. Along one training and tastes. I Now, there is an organization in Canada exactly suited to the require- ments of such men, and its existence I should be brought clearly to the no- tice of every young man in Canada. ' The Universities of Canada are working loyally together to raise com- pany after company, and to send side run the guard houses and offices the kitchens, canteens, bath houses for the prisoners, and then tho prison barracks proper. There are no win- dows, only skylights in a sloping roof. On a layer of tarred paper wooden berths are built alonj lie walls, leaving room for a pasoaj^j in the middle. This is in 'the newest men from the University or from the j be increased by an increase in public district which furnishes the recruits, subscription The WeSt has certainly been a great } recruiting ground for the Universi- ties' Companies, and the men have proved themselves good soldiers, well disciplined and efficient, with fine physique. It is hoped that the Mari- time Provinces will rival the West in furnishing recruits. Indeed, in the Second Company, men doubtless Can- adians, came to join from Oklahoma, Arizona and Missouri. A recruit can be examined medical- ly and attested in his own district, and transportation will be provided to Montreal. All information can be obtained from Captain A. S. Eve, 382 Sher- brooke Street West, Montreal, the headquarters of the successive com- panies. The newspapers and publicity agents, by their voluntary aid freely given, have shown themselves to be the most efficient means of furnishing recruits, but we ask every reader to help the men to join the Company they are looking for, and the Company to find the men required. >i. PRISONERS OF WAR. Camps and hospitals for prisoners of war are prominent features of Ger- many to-day. They number 247, some of which contain between 10,000 and 20,000 prisoners. The latest in- formation gives the number of prison- ers interned as 900,000. The lot of the prisoner is something like that of a Mexican peon or a Vir- ginia slave in the old slavery days. He has a Bort of communal life. He is not confined to a cell, but his free- dom of movement is restricted to a camp compound. If ho chooses labor, he is some- times contracted out to an employer for a pittance of 12 or 25 cents a day. He is fed and clothed and housed by people who grudge him the scraps they fling him, and his lot is an un- enviable one. A neutral correspondent in Ger- The Swiss reckon that their cupoU fort on the St. Gothard, manned by 200 artillerymen, could easily hold the pass agrainst an army of fiftj thousand. ICE CREAM (IPS A FOOD) The consumption of City Dairy Ice Cream is in- creasing every season. The local dealer has not the facilities, besides he makes so little that he cannot turn out a uniform Ice Cream. Discriminating shop keepers everywhere are selling City Dairy Ice Cream instead of their own make, and their patron- age is increasing because City Dairy Ice Cream is better and the quality is uniform. .Look for the Sign. TORONTO. >A/e >vant an Agent in every town. 1; : ,^i