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â€" »â€" â€" l>l'««l (f^â€":^. IL About the House Useful Hfnt5 and General Informa- tion for the Busy Housewife =i/ MSIKIAN (KMi;iKKV <» N iUl. ISONZO KIKlNT. Springtime Salud*. the jelly that was left, plain, having' Spanish Salad.-Bananas, % 'LP 'i'"^; ^''"•T"'^' '' 'â- ""*^'>'»' ''"'"' " "'^"^ walniiUs, letturp, mayonnnisc. Cut the ^nife. ha;ianu.s int(> thin slioes, enough to fill! , , ,,. one <-up; chop the walnuts and mix , , llHeful Hints, both toRether. Select the white leaves A broken ilolh pen makes an ex.ol- of lettuce and arrange on plate with.'^nt window wedge, (ho fruit mi.-cture in the mi.ldlo. Sett-I A bed-tidunpr apron vv.th a large ; son the mayonnaise with a Rood dust Pocket across the bottom is the best, of cayenne pepper and put on the; A little ox pall m water will set salad when rea<!v to serve. /^^ ^" ^^^ '* ^ill never fade. Fruit Salads.â€" Dissolve I'.j heaping ^^ ""'* "I""" » ^^e^ umbrella to dry tablespoonsful of gelatine and 1 cup it. Wipe it down with an old soft silk' of granulated sugar in 1 pint of hoil- handkorchief and leave it to .Irani in; Ing water; when it is completely dis- » bath "'' ''»*'"• ^^^^ "!'• , , , i solve add % cup of seeded raisins, l\ The pantry shelves should be cov- banana, 1 cup of grapes, 3 figs and vc [ ered with varnished paper such as is [ cu). of blanched almonds, all chopped, "sed for bath-room^. It can easily be, in small pieces. When cool, pour into «''ishod, and is a great advantage. , molds wet with cold water and set on| Chimney soot from a chimney where ice to stiffen. When ready to serve ^^od is burned, if i)Ul into a pitcher , arrange the lettuce on the plates and and boiling water poured over it, will turn out the jelly on the centre and mal^e a good drink for house plants, put either mayonnaise or whipped) Date and cheese sandwiches are' cream round. | good. Make them by putting dates Cranberry Jelly Salad.â€" Make a stiff nnd "euni cheese through the meat, cranberry jelly, using the usual recipe,' ehopper, together; add a little saltj ftiul when cool, but not vet beginning find cream. to s..-t. add a verv liberal supply ofj You will find that a comb will last . ch.)pped and blanched nuts, principally ' much longer if (before being used) it^ walnuts. Mold in a flat dish and, is washed in soapy water, and when, when set cut into fancy shapes and ar- ' dry rubbed with a little olive oil. , on leave.-! of endives or very! Every member of a family should, lettuce. Serve with French air his own bed as soon as he gets out, dressing. 1 of 't by turning sheets, etc., over the Frozen Vegetable Salad Jelly.â€" j back of a chair, and opening the win-j Wash and peel 3 tomatoes, 1 cucum- dows. | ber and I small onion; add 1 pimento' Brass or copper may be easily, and 1 green oeppcr and run all to- cleaned by rubbing with a wet, soapy ^ gether through the mincer, using the rag dipped in powdered bath-brick, coarse blade. Add '/s pint of cold Polish with a soft cloth or newspaper, water, ;{ tablespoonsful of vinegar, 1[ When making oatmeal porridge tablespoonsful of lemon juice and 1 of place the oatmeal in cold water and chili sauce. Dissolve 2 teaspoonsful bring slowly to the boil. This gives a ^ of gelatine over the fire, and when cool better flavor than when made with, ad<l the vegetables. Pour into a boiling water. j mold, pack in ice and freeze. Chop! It is a good i<iea lo wash dates be- up roughly and pile helpings of lettuce. { Uice and Nut Salad.â€" Wa.'-h and boil and down in boiling water a lupful of rice in the usual way. three times. T., range white Photogiaph by The London Daily Mail. The picture shows how the .•Vu.'^tr iuns have utilized big shell ca.ses for headstones in one of theil" cemeteries on the Isonzo fron^ where heavy fighting liai been in progress. The Fashions to the somber frock; and narrow satin, easily applied, and most economical tafl'eta, or picot edged faille ribbon is of all trimmings. It requires no hem- used to band a cuff, edge a collar, or m'ng or finishing, and may be pleated, add just a bit of trimming to a gathered, twisted, and draped in every straight, full skirt of u simple sum- : imaginable way. mer dress. i These patterns may be obtained Hihbnng As Trimming. How Ribbon is t'sed on Hats It would be quite safe to say. Many a frock, slightly passe has been' many instances, that the hat two in is on individual fore using them" fâ„¢r a"ny purpose. Put ' f 7" •'"'"w lease of life by the ribbon ; fashioned of ribbon and trimrned with j ! them into a colander and dip them up ,*»d. If hopelessly worn around the straw, for such is really the case. y,. lower edge, a width of ribbon, wide or Many of the summer hats, both large I narrow, according to the need, is ad- , ami small, have the crown and most When quite cooked drain and dry and; To preserve patent leather shoes' ded, making the fr.R-k more attrac- ; of the brim fashioned of taffeta, .satin .draSed onion Then" whib. the and boots clean with a rag dipped .ve if anything, then when it wa.s in ; or moire ribbon, edged perhaps with rice is ftill hot, pour over it two cups- in milk, then polish with a piece of^ its nrst youth. 'old velvet. This prevents the leather; Ribbon liodices on K\ening (iownH. The entile Loilice of many of the from your local McCall dealer or fio.n The McCall Company, 70 Pond St., Toronto, Ont., Dept. W. ful of French dressing. Bone a box ful of sardines anil shred the fish | from cracking. I finely, adding one cupful of nuts, chop- 1 Cut rounds of wax paper and put dainty net and taffeta frocks for ilan- ped small. Arranf,'e some crisp, fresh under the centrepiece on the polished ring or evening wear, is formed of leaves of lettuce on the plates and lay 'table. This will prevent the linen ad-, wide satin, taffeta, or one of the fan- » bed of rice in the centre. With the bring to the polished surface as often tastic, beautifully embroidered, or back of a tablespoon press down the happens from hot dishes. \ metallic ribbons rice so as to leave a hollow, which is! In sewing on buttons that will have; these ribbon bo filled with the cardines and nuts. | a great strain on them put apiece ofi Sprinkle French dressing over the top old kid glove under the material to, und serve either while the rice is still \ which the button is sewn. The cloth ' hot or else thoroughly chilled. j will never tear away if this is done. | Japanese Salii'l. â€" One cupful rice,i Parmanganate of potash is excellent! lettuce, hard-boiled eggs, pickled for cleansing dirty filters of all im-; beets, stuffed olives, oil dressing. Boil purities. A solution should be pass-' the rice until finite tender and then ed through the filter until it comes out; leave lo get quite cold. Pile roughly as pink a.-* when it was poured in. j in the centre of the dish and arrange' If a doth, such as is used for liust-' a border of the b-ttucc, choosing that ing and cleaning is dampened and laid' which is of fresh, tender green. Slice over the registers when the furnace is the hard-boiled eggs and put in circles being fhaken the annoyance of dust round the pyramid of rice, alternating flying over the room will be obviated.; with circles of the beets and stuffed To extinguish flames from gasolene; olives. Season the oil dressing very or petroleum pour milk over them and highly and pour over. i they will be put out immediately, for RuHHian Salad. â€" Cooked fish, an- the milk forms an emulsion with the chovie.s, sardines, hard-boiled egg, oil, and so prevents the fire from gherkins, capers, cold potatoes, let- spreading. | tuce, mayonnai.se dressing. Arrange It is a good idea to tack apiece of| the lettuce in the bowl, flake the fish white oil-cloth on the wall hack of each, (which should preferably be white) of the kitchen tables, as otherwise it and pile it up in the center. Cut the will soon become discolored and' anchovies and sardines into strips,^ greasy, a result that is almost un- chop the hard-boiled egg and gherkins avoidable otherwise, and decorate the centre mound of flsh,' To get dust out of crevices in win- adding a few capers. Cut the pota-'dow sashes, baseboards, etc., when! toes into regular shaped dice and put cleaning house try using a paintbrush in a ring round the fish mound; cover of good size. A hidden store of dirt all with a thick mayonnaise. Garnish will reward your efforts, for a cloth; with capers and a few pieces of the cannot reach all the comers. | chopped gherkins. | Clothes horses make e":ci)',eiiti AHpic Salad. â€" Put in a saucepan screens. First paint the top and low-' one and one-half cups of water, one er part of the legs with enimol to tablespoonful of chopped carrot, one match the wall paper, fhrii lovcrj tablespoonful of chopped celery, a the remaining part with seme ir<ttyi slice of onion, a sprig of parsley and art muslin or silk, and s.h'uic to thei three cloves. Dissolve one table- horse by dainty ribbons. sptAtnful of beef extract in a half pintj To keep knives clean, fill .i ilow.-r of boiling water and add to the rest, pot with fine, dry sand, and keep it Cover tightly and leave simmering for! on the dresser. When putting a.vay one-half hour. Soak one-half box of knives, instead of laying them in thai gelatine in cobl water for at least an knife box, plunge the blad.'s into Ihei hour and strain in the hot liquid. Put sand. The sanil keeps them cle.-ii, end' back in the saucepan and stir over the unless used for anything aci.i thoy fire until the gelatnie is dis.solvcd, will need litlc cleaning, thus saving' season with pepper and salt. When both knives and labor. To fashion one of fniming the face. a band or two of hemp, Milan, or angora liraid. A particularly pretty hat of Maria Guy's is a wide brimmed black hemp sailor, with crown of wide gray taffeta ribbtm crossed and brought down under the brim to form a large loop on each siile of the head, simple Many of the .smaller hats have the j ribbon crown with high loops of rib- ' bon standing up stiffly about it. Stiff little bows or cockades of rib- I bons are used to trim the sport hats, ; which are legion, to accoinpnuy the I sport .suits and dresse". The straifiht brimmed sailor of some yc.irs back is putting in an .-ippe.irar.cc here and there, as the .-eason advances. This is trimmed usually with a naviow band and bow of moire, grosgrain, or talle ribbon in the same, or a con- trasting tone to the hat. One sees now and then, also a gaily-colored hand on a severe little hat, of Roman : striped, or wool-embroidered ribbon. A ribbon-ruche is a pretty feature] of the taffeta dance frock illustrated i in the (list figure of this letter. It is i i fashioned of transparent metallic rib- ' bon, baniled through the center with a ' strip of the narrow velevt ribbon which trims the skirt. Wide satin ribbon forms the underbodice, and a ribbon rose adds a pretty touch to the completed dress. .Another effective use of wide taffeta SHIPPING LOSSES DURING THE WAR t)VER iW BRITISH SHIPS HAVE BEEN SINK. France and Britain Have Virtually Made the Losses Good. Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge, in a report on merchant shipping losses, gives the following statement of total losses to shipping from the beginning of the war to March 23: Losses to Belligerents. From Erin's Green isle NEWS BV MAU, FROM mELANO'9 GREEN SHORF.S. Happenings in the Emerald Isle of Interest to All I'rue Irisli- men. The salmon fishing at New Ross since the opening of the season has been the worst for many seasons. John Keegan, Athlone, when re- turning from a funeral, suddenly fell and died in a field near his home. A series of shooting outrages have been committed in the district of Galway. Four farmers' houses were riddled with shots. I The Government has taken over : all the six distilleries in Iwland for I the purpose of aiding the manufac- ture of munitions of war. Owing i-T the dislocation in the shipping business at Waterford the I stock purchased at the Fethard Fair ' had to be sent to Dublin for ship- : ment. i The will of Ada Rehan, the Irish- ' -American actress, disposes of an es- I tate of more than |12."),000 in realty j and personal property in excess of ' $875,00(1. I At a meeting of the Dublin Port ! and Docks Board a small committee i was appointed to examine into the ' feasibility of carrying out war muni- ! tion manufactures for the Govern- ment in the Board's workshops. At the annual plou.ghing competi- tion in connection with Mullahead (Portadown) Ploughing .Association the silver challenge cup presented by the Duke of Manchester for the best ploughman was won by Mr. William Aston. At a meeting of Athy Urban Coun- cil a resolution was adopted viewing with alarm the action of the Board of Education in notifying the man- agers of National schools that they must have an average attendance of 50 pupils. During the pa.st season extraordin- ary prices have been obtained in north of Ireland markets for home- grown flax and at the present time it is one of the most prolitalde crops that the farmer can turn his atten- tion to. As the Down Joint Committee of Technical Instruction were convinced that it was impossible to continue six Technical schools the .Agricul- tural Committee has been re()ues1«d to transfer $"J,25lt from their ac- cumulated funds. In connection with the announce- ment made by the Department of Ag- riculture sbating that certain grants for the primary and secondary schools will bo withdrawn, a new circular now issued states that the Treasury consents to the continuance of these grants. Steamers â€" British . . French . . Belgian . Russian . Italian . . .379 . 41 . 10 . 27 . 21 Tons. 1,320,000 140,000 30,000 42,000 70,000 19,000 - + - ;o,(i-./>77j Ribbon I'nderbodire and llnrhe Just cool take half af the jelly andj To get a tight ring off a finger, Stir in three tablespoonfuls of tomato thread a needle with a long end ofl""*^"' ^^^' ''I''"'" >« merely draped Japanese 3 Sailing vessels â€" British 31 19,000 French 12 18,000 Russian 8 7,000 lUlian 6 3,000 Trawlers â€" British, 237; French, 7; Belgian, 2. Lonneti to Neutrals. Steamers â€" catsup and onehulf cup of very stiff , strong cotton- a short needle is the mayonnaise. Pour this into a mold best to use for this purpose. Pass which has been rinsed in cold waterjthe eye of the needle uniler the ring and put aside t<> set. Take three, towards the palm of the hand, pull small tomatoes, an cfpial quantity of| the thread through a few inches, peeled and sliceil cucumbers, one-half j twine the long end of the cotton tight- quantity of sliced cold potatoes and.ly roun<l the finger up to the nail, one-half pound of blanched almonds i then take hold of the short end and and marinate , with oil and vinegar. | unwind it. The thread pressing! about the waist, well over the bust In front and brought down in back to ; form a V, finishing in a large, soft- j ly-tied bow. The transparent mate- ' rial of the frock itself usually veils j the ribbon, adding a still softer, more ' graceful effect. | The Ribbon Pannier or Farthingale | Many of our skirt draperies, which ! Turn out the jelly mixture and spread i again, t the ring will gradually remove I carry out the denuind for tho bouffant the vegetables on top, decorate with it from tho flnger. HAVE YOU A POLICY IN THE Crown Life INSURANCE CO.? effect about the hips, constituting tho I new silhouette, are effected with rib- 1 I bons. On a most attractive model of dark gray taffeta, with the new! I Premot collar was a drapery of wide | black moiro ribbon, pleated over tho i hips to stand out stiffy, coming down '< front and back in straight lengths, I lapping at the bottom to form a panel. ' Tho effect was moat attractive, and it was a touch which any woman with clever fingers can apply to almost any frock with equally good results. I Girdles of all widths, and kinds of ribbons, are being made up and sold as accessorieH to be added to the tub- frock of voile, linen, or other of the summer cottons. l''or silk and net dresses, there are metallic ribbon- girdles finished with long snsh-und.'i weighted with metallic lassel.^. Rib- bon floweis adil a tou< h of effective contrast, or the one aeede<l bit of color | Norway . Denmark Sweden . Holland . 60 18 33 22 United States G Greece 11 Spain 4 Persia 1 Portugal 1 Sailing vessels â€" Norway 22 Denmark 10 Sweden 7 Holland 2 UnitJcd States 1 Trawlers â€" Denmark, 1 ; Tons. 90,000 33,000 42,000 74,000 16,000 22,000 9,000 750 625 20,000 1,600 2,000 225 176 Holland 7. 6</)5 UihhiMi I'anel Less Than 4 Per cent. ' The loss to British steam shipping, ' says tho report, is less than 4 per cent, of the total number of vessels ! under the British flag, and slightly over six per cent, of l»heir total ton- nage, j In further comment. Admiral Uridgo ' details tho amount of merchant ship- ping built in France and Great Brit- ain since tho beginning of the war, I and shows that the war losses have ' virt)ually been made good thereby. : "In 1916," says tho report, "after ; more than a year of the war, the , steam shipping of Great Britain in- creased 83 vessels and 344,000 tons." i Italy and Russia also show an In- \ crease, while Franco is short only i 12,500 tons. ! Not Due to Subs. "It) Is, therefore, clear, says tho report, "that the present shortage of tonnage Is due, not to the action of submarines, but to the great require- ment's of tho military and naval forces. The latest published state- ment of these show that they are dema.uling 3,100 merchant vessels." . .5. - . The only excuse some people have for marrying is that the woman wants a home and the man wants a servant. and Bamliiig on Net Dress. ribbon is shov."!! in tho second figure; the l(iwv>r (Mlge of the net skirt is I -- - ^ banded with tho hibbon and hanging, j ' hear their engagement has been panel-fa'h'on from the shirred waist- | broken off through w nu onuleistand- liiic, is a 'iingle strip, sligbly gath- > ing." "Yes. lie understood she had erod at the top * 11 **\ 4 lie H'J.. IIIIIIIV,> , Ribbon is ono of the simplest, most money." money, aiul aho understood he hn.l SAILORS REWARDS. Officers and Men Receive PrUe-Money In Proportion to Rating, lu the old days the successful sailor reaped his own reward. He took a large share aof the value of the prizes he captured, and on one occasion there was some unpleasantness between Queen Elizabeth and Dartmouth be- cause It was thought she took mors than her share. Spoils were divided In certain qro- ponlons. the comander taking the lion's share, though each man received his quota. And very rich were some of these prizes, when It Is remembered that great galleons were continually employed carrying gold, precious stones, and valuable nierchaudlse from Spanish colonies to the motherland, such as the rich ship that sailed from Manilla to Acapulco. and was once captured by Ausoii. KniKlithoods were conferred on suc- cessful admirals, and they frequently received a monopoly In some article of merchandise. BlaUe only received a dininond ring worth £500 and a letter of thanks: but Anson was one of the flrst to bo given a peerage, which he should not have had much dlfflculty In keeping up. considering his cap- tures. Hawke received a peerage and a pension of £2,000 a year for his dls- tlPRuI-hed services; while numerous peers cau point to paltant ancestors who won the title. Hut no sailor has ever received so nuiuy rewards as Nelson. _ + FRENCH UNFORMS BLUE, Red Trousers Abandoned and Com- plete Change Effected. In llio inldst of the great war Kianco and succeeding In completely changing tho unltiirms of the various branches of the army from the bright colors which made soUliers tu) conspicuous in previous wars to shades that render wearers comparatively Incomsptcuous, says a Pails despatch. The (luestiou of a change from the bright red trousers to u less brilliant shade was considered before the war, but none was made, partly because the red trousers had come to be associated with the military glory of tho French ariny. The rod trousers actually cam« Into the army during the reiRu ol ("harols X lu tS30, the uniform of Na poleoii soldiers and the soldiers ol France f(tr two eeiiturles before him being blue. The losses bel'ere the battle of the Marne convinced the military authori- ties that a cliRuge must be made Rxpeilinents showed that a pale sky blue sl^ule made the soldiers Incou- sptcuoiis and also wore for a cur- prlsiiigly long lime. The troops of North .\frlea, \vhos« sumiiier uniforms were of khaki, re- tained them, us did chasseursa pled their tjld dark blue uniforms, huf the bulk 01 tho armies adopted the iieA' ji:m1 lift saving sky blue uniforms.