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â- V li About the House Useful HlnU and Qsneral Informa- tion for the Busy Housewife Selected Recipes. Tumpkin PreBerves. â€" Miike a rich Ijrrup. Peel and tlice pumpkin in I eips about IV^ inchua long and % 1 ch thick. Cook pumpkin in the ' •yrap until clear. WTien about half done slice in a lemon to each quart of ^mpkin aid finish cooking. Seal in Irlassea. | Canned Pcara. â€" Steam pears in a colander till tender. Have ready a •yrup to which you have added two Or three cloves; ?.d 1 the pears and cook slowly till transparent. The syrup And fruit will have a pink cast and teste much better than those wmch have not had the cloves added. Mustard Pickles. â€" One gallon vine- g^ar, two cups sugar, ona cup salt, one cup (fTound mustard. Wash fresh, n«w, cucumbers and drain. Then pour the above mixture over t^em. Use a stone jar that has never had lard in it. They will be ready to use in one week. Nut and Potato Balls. â€" To four cup- fals mashed and seasoned potatoes add one cupful choppend walnut meats one tablespoonful minced parsley and whites of two oprgs. .\dd a little milk if necessary. Make into balls and roll each ball in chopped waiiiut meats, then in beaten yolks of eg^s, and i'.gain in walnut meats. Fry in deep fat. Lamb Chop with Peas. â€" Two quarts fresh peas, s:x lamb chops, one tea- spoonful salt, one-fourth teaspoonful pepper, juice of one and one-eighth lemons, one teaspoonful corn starch, one teaspoonf j1 onion juice if desired. Brown lamb chops, add peas and sea- sonings and boiling wattr to cover. Boil until peas are tender and meat done about th'rty minutes. Remove the chops and thicken the gravy with the corn s^,^rch moistened in cold wa- ter Add lemon juice, arrange chops on a platter, and pour peas around them. Cucumbrr Catsup. â€" Twelve large ripe cucumbers. Four medium-sized onions. Peel the cucumbers and re- move all seeds. Grate the cucumbers and chop the onions fine. M'x well together. Pjt it in bag and let drain over night. In the morning squeeze , out all the remaining water. The. Juice from the cucumber must be well removed in order to preser\'e the pulp. Then moisten t-his pulp with vinegar until about thf consistency of horse- ' radi=h. Add pepper and salb to taste. Seal in air-tisrht jars. It will keep indefinitely and will retain the fresh cucumber taste till the last. This is a delicious meat' relish. Tomato Jelly Salad. â€" One can tom- atoes, two tablespoons granulated gelntin, une-half cup cold water, two teaspoons salt, one piece bay leaf, three peppercorn'', one teaspoon sug- ar, one slice onion, three cloves, one green pepper, one cucumber pickle. ' Soak gelat'n in cold water until soft. ' Cook tcmato?s. bay leaf, peppercorns, sugar, onion and cloves for twenty minu'ees. Strain and add salt. Pour hot liqu'd over softened gelatin anl stir until d'.^snlved. Add green pep- per and pickle, chopped fine. Pour into v.-et mold.s or cups. Serve cold ' on lettuce leaves or cress with mayon- naise. I Jellied Soup â€" Icod bou'llon is mighty refre.shing on a hot day. I'o a quart of the beef bouillon add a level teaspoonful of white gelatine, dis.solved -n a small qJ.^ntity of the cold broth. Season to tast-e, using salt, pepper, paprika, a bit of celery salt and onion. Heat over a slow fire, but do not boil. Strain. Cover and leave standing by the ice for five or six hours. It may be served in small bowls with a slice of lemon on the top. Or parsley may be used. It is not necessary to have the soup like ielly, it should be just slighMy "jel- lied."' Half strained tomato juice and half bouillon may al"o be used with very good results. Stuffed Green Peppers. â€" Soak firm green peppers for twenty-four hours in brine strong pnough bo float an egg. Cut off the top'", saving them to serve as cjvers. Chop enough firm white cabbage to fill the cavities and mix with it' one-fourth part of chopped celery, green c.icumbers or green tomatoej, sprinkle with salt and let Stan '. for four hours, then drain in a j colander. Add one chopped onion, ' one-half teaspoonful whole mustard seed nul thee t^ibiespoonfuls olive oil. Then fill the peppers, place cov- ' ers on top and tie firmly with fine twine. Place peppers in parcelain- â-  lined pan, cover with warm vinegar and let stand overnight. Next day pour off vinegar, reheats and again turn over the peppers. Pack in lay- ers in latere stone jar and cover, and fn six weeks they will be ready for the table. For a sweet pickle sugar is added to the vinegar when it is scald- ed. Things Worth Remembering. A flannel dipped in turpentine will clean a porcelain tub well. Too much stirch will cause linen to crack 'n the folds. Ban^nr-.:; are m?re digestible baked than in their natural state. Ether is a very good thing for re- moving stains from clothing. When ironing linen, move the iron with the threads, never diagonally. It i% never economy to buy cheap eggs or meat. Only the best is good food. Mnke mo-e use of cheese by pro- viding savory cheese dishes instead of too many sweet puddingfs. If there is a pool near that breeds mosquitoes, stock it with t-adpoles; they will destroy the mosquitoes. If a few drops of vinegar are added to the water in which eggs are poached the whites will not spread. A rice p.idding 'hat is cooked alowly and long will be richer and of better flavor than if cooked quickly. Restore the flavor of scorched milk by standing it in a pan of cold water to which a pinch of salt has been ad- ded. If there is any com bread left from breakfast, soak it in milk and make up into griddle cakes the next morning. Green vegetables can be freshened by cutting off the ends of the stalks and all untidy, decayed bits and put- ting into cold salt water for three or four hours. An excellent household remedy for burns is olive oil or vaseline. The great thing is to exclude the air from the burne 1 surface, and this the oil will do. The feet of young chickens can be easily skinned by pouring boiling water over them; they can then be | skinned and boiled, and you will have j a delicious broth. I There is no more efficacious way of removing finger marks from wood- work, window panes or porcelain than by wiping them with a cloth moisten- ed with kerosene. When giving sticky medicines to children, heat the spoon by dipping it for a moment in hot water then pour in the medicine and it will slip easily from the spoon. Ve^e'ables that can be cooked the day befo' e serving an i reh. ated with- out loss of flavor are the following: spinach and potatoes t-hat you intend creaming, string beans, tomatoes, asparagus. Cut the fingers and thumb off any old paid of kid gloves and sew the top up according to the size of the toe of the baby's shoe. Pad with wadding and button over the boots or shoes baby is wearing. You will find it a great saving when baby is creeping about for baby's shoes will not wear so fast. â- > â€" KILLS WHOOP GERM. Does Garlic, Says British Medical Journal Correspondent. Persons having whooping cough, and the endless thousands who prob- ably know they deserve ic, will be interested in a communication sent in cold blood to the Briti.=h Medical Jour- nal by T. Mark Hovell, of London. Mr. Hovell has given to the world a cure for the endless whoop, which is guaranteed to ruin any neighborhood and in all cases to keep strang^s away from the sufferer. The remedy is to take segments of the garlic bulb, the boquet of which as been less famous than notorious, cut them into thin slices and place the slices between two pairs of socks in the shoe. In less than a half hour the remedy can be detected in the suffer- er's breath, and within twenty-four hours the whooping germs have turn- ed their little pink toes to the heavens and died of asphy-xia. In obstinate cases, the patient should wear the aroma for a week or more, depending upon the severity of the case or the result of the neigh- bors' actions at law. Onions have been used in the same way with suc- cess, but while they only confuse the germ the garlic murders the little wretch outright. If Mr. Hovell had suggested rub- bing the elbows with dynamite or wearing: spaghetti in the ears to cure housemaid's knee he could not have annoyed a greater group of out- patients. HARVEST THAT NEVER ENDS. Wheat Cut Throughout the Year in Dififerent Countries. All through the year wheat is being harvested. In January it is being cut in the great fields of the Argentine and in New Zealand. In February and March it is cut in the East Indies and Egypt. The wheat fields are har- vested in April in Cyprus, Asia Minor, Persia and Cuba, and in May 'n China and Japan. June is the busiest har- vest month of the whole year for then Turkey, Greece, Spain and South- ern France, as well as most of the Southern States of America, are all cutting wheat. The more northerly I States of .\merica, as well as Austria, ! Germany and parts of Russia, do their wheat harvesting in July. August sees the wheat crop gathered in Great Britain, and September and October for Sweden and Norway. Peru and South Africa are busy harvesting in November and December. « Re.stitution, if made, would often prevent destitution. THE FASHIONS 3 One of the daintiest of the cotton frocks is a pale green organdy. An- ' other, la a soft gray voile, with a Russian blouse of grey Georgel.j belt- ed and trimmed with lilver. T'ne var- ious shades of green and gray are favored in these cotton dresses, as well as the other pastel shades, bofli tones of blue, pink, lavender, and pur- ple. An especially, pretty striped voile frock in lavender and white, is made with white Georgette, vest and sleeves, and a white leather belt. Tiny pockets and fine tucks make the skirt interesting. Yoked effects are good also, and another frock in stripes, is fashioned of an awning-striped shmr linen, with deep yoke, sleeves, and sash of plain white. While both of these frocks are unusually simple, they are perfectly appropriate. Unusual Freedom Shown in Dress While a few years ago, we should perhaps have frowned upon these sim- ple cottons and the great^vogue of Delivering Smashing Blows Against Germans. The veteran Russian General Kash- talinesi, who commanded the Russian divisions which recently captured twenty thousand Germans by smash- ing blows in Galicia. A BRITISH TORPEDO. One of the Most Remarkable New Weapons of Warfare. An English officer on leave from the Cameroons, who fully understands the topography of the Gold Coast and the whole district known as The White Man's Grave says that in the Cameroons the fighting is more fierce than in Flanders. ".â- \t times it is primitive and sav- age," he says, "added to which are the deadly climatic conditions, and the fear of attacks from tarantula^, reptiles, ferocious animal.s and all the diseases of the tropics. Service in Africa requires a varied knowl- edge and a wide experience. \n of- ficer has to be an expert in many directions and each has to make a special study of ordnance and coastal defence. "Seven years ago, Bleriot crossed te English Channel in an aeroplane, and the world wondered. To-day, the European sky is dotted with flying men. Without a doubt, war has de- veloped mechanics, aeronautics and every science years ahead of normal progress. Every war department is stirring its brains, down to the pri- vate in the trenches who constructs his own periscope from a stick and a broken mirror, which at times proves as effective as the periscope-rifle which enables the soldier to shoot without exposing himself above the parapet. There is no end to the in- novations for destruction, but one which the English navy claims will actually search for a target is worthy of mention and that i.s a new torpedo. "Its mechanical simplicity renders it the more efficient, and it is claimed that when the new equipment is fully installed even Heligoland and Wil- helmshaven will cease to be safe re- fuges for 3 fleet. "This torpedo can be directed to take any course and to alter its course at any distance automatically. Sup- post a warship or other target to be 2,000 yards from the submarine about to fire a torpedo. The range is set for 2,000 yards plus an additional 500 yards. If the torpedo hits the target within that range its mission is com- pleted, but if it misses it travels on for 500 yards, then swings back, boomerang fashion and zig-zags or circles with a bias in the direction of the moving target until it strikes. The rudder can be so set as to oper- ate the torpedo in a logarithmic spiral. The return of the torpedo covers h ranjje of .500 to 1.000 yards from the maximum gauge therefore, approaching to a distance about a thousand yards from the di.schart:ing ves.sel. Should it then be unsuc>.es3- ful in hitting anything, it automatic- ally opens seacocks and plunges to the bottom of the sea. Upon striking the seabed it explodes and is no long- er a menace to anything afloat." •:• An Abundance of Obscurity!. With an idea of testing his pupils' knowledge of their mother tongue a schoolmaster wrote on the blackboard the we'1-known proverb, ".\ wink is as good as a nod to a blind horse." Then he told the class to re-write this say- ing, using their own words, but re- taining the original meaning of the sentence. Some of the results were good, and others bad; but the school- master neirly fainted when he read the attempt of one bright little lassie. She had written â€" 'â- .\ spasmodic move- ment of the optic is as adequate as a slight inclination of the cranium to an equine quadruped devoid of its visionary capacities." sports wear, combined with harmoniz- ing coats and skirts. These patterns may be obtained from your local McCall Dealer or from the McCall Co., 70 Bond St. Toronto, Ont. 9 GERMAN MEMORIAL CARDS. People Refusing to Take the Kaiser's Ornate War Cards. Some time ago the Pru.ssian author- ities conceived the plan of a "Gedacht- nisblatt," or memorial card, for pre- sentation to the relatives of soldiers killed in battle. The card eonUined the name of the dead man, and wras decorated with the Prussian Royal Arms, a portrait of the Kaiser, and of certain generals pompously called his paladins, after the 21 peers of Charlemagrne's household. There were also various war trophies, drums, can- ..on, and other military insignia â€" all over the margins. For more than a year these "Gedaehtnisblatter" were nought af- ter by mourning households and re- garded as a sort of State tribute to the memory of the departed soldier, but as the war lengthened out, and grew unpopular with large sections of the people. Socialist families showed little desire to possess a memorial card, and in a great number of in- stances refused it It was then suggested that minis- ters of religion should be er.trusted with the distribution of the cards, and use this opportunity of offering at the same time the consolations of re- ligion to bereaved families. The plan has not worked well, and in a report on the .subject a leading Berlin clergy- man states that while he is grateful for the appreciation of his visits shown by a large number of persons, he regrets that far loo many show an inclination to bear their sorrow with- out clerical consolations, and that in very many cases the grief of the peo- ple assumes, on the appearance of the pastor, such wild forms that the "Gedarchtnisblatt" is point blank re- fused, often scornfully. AWAY WITH THE HOHENZOLLERNS 7203-7J05 Purple and White Striped Voile bright colors now favored in the sports clothes, at the present moment we find them perfectly appropriate and becoming, not at all a breach of taste. First of all, comfort ami sim- plicity go hand in hand, and along with our other emancipated ideas, we have come to the point where we dare to assert ourselves in the matrter of dress instead of following blindly as we have done for ages. The bright- colore<l sports clothes, which are daily becoming more popular, are very be- coming and yojthful; there is life and 'spirit in the bright creons, oranges, blues and purples, which are used in the skirts, coats and hats composing nine out of ten of the costumes. The sports clothes idea nromis"? to be one of the strongest notes of early fall. FIRES CAUSED BY SPORTSMEN. Carelessness Responsible for Heavy Losses This Year. I In addition to the more common . causes of fire, carelessness on the â-  part of fishermen has been respoauible for serious losses, several d«itructlvM â-  fires in Canada having originated In this manner during the current year. I In .\pril, a large malting plant In Mani- toba was destroyed with a loss of $3«0.000, due to embers blown from . fishermen's fires. Serious forest fires ' were raging In .New Brunswick duriui{ I the latter part of .May, and It Is defi- nitely known that at least two of the fires originated as a result of neglect on the part of fishermen. Care with fire should be one of the first considerations of any hunting or fishing party. Protection from wind is a simple mater when It Is necessary to have a fire, and, when It ha.s servt-d Its purpose, It should be thoroughly extinguished. In the woods the ground should be scraped clear of all leaves and other combustible matter for a space large enough to prevent the fire spreading. When leaving a Are, it should be thoroughly drenched with water to assure Its being extinguished. Trampling a fire out is never posi- tive, as a high wind fans into life- again embers which may have been simply trampled into tli»^ ground. ^ When the results of carelessness are brought to their attention, it is surely incumbent upon our sports- men to give proper attention and care to their camp fires, and relieve Cana- da of this unnecessary fire loss. >:', ^;'»i VARIETIES OF GRAIN. Farmers Should Know the Names of Seeds They Sow. Twenty per cent, of the 40n farmers visited in the Agricultural Survey in Ontario in 1915 did not know the name of any variety of grain sown on their farms. In Dundas County, where 100 farms were visited, of a total of 8ii fariii :~ growing barley oul.v 11 knew the -^ty grown. Kifty-two per cent. of ti. ,' 100 farmers visited in (he prov- ince were growing barley and only 18 per cent, knew the name of the varie- ty. Only 64 per cent, of all th* farmers visited knew the name of the variety of oats they were sowing. Those who do not know the variety used may be ' sowing grain unsuitfed tor their farms. ] There is very little excuse for the I prevalence of such conditions. Every ' farmer sowing an unknown grain lives ! within reach of some farmer who grows a known sort cf proved excel- . lence, from whom seed can be obtaln- ! ed. Fanners wishing to obtain seed for next year should arrange for it ] early and choose a variety which has been tested and proved to be good. ; The Central Experimental Fartu at ' Ottawa- and the various .Agricultural Colleges have carried on such tests for the benefit of farmers, the results ' of which may be obtained free upon ' application. â€" F.C.X., In Conservation. KAISER IS MASTER ASSASSIN. SAYS FRENCHMAN. Allies WiU Make No Treaty With tb* Royal Family of Germany. Joseph Reinach, in the Paris Figaro, launches what some think may well become an allied watchword: "Awaf with the Hohenzollems." The allies^ he saya, will agree that thers shall ba no treaty with William of Hohenaol- lern, or with any member of hia fam- ily, and he continues: "Unless I am greatly mistaken ths question of ths Hohonzoll«rn« will become more important every day. It is too vague to speak of destroy- ing German militarism, we must abol- ish German militarism's soul, which i] the house of Hohenzollern, with its feudal castes and all its birds of prey. Ksiser'a War. "I have shown twenty times that the war is the personal work of the German Emperor. Exactly when he began to premeditate it perhaps even he does not know. But it is a fact that he had taken his stand Novem- ber 6, 1913, when he unbosomed him- self to the Belgian King about 'the necessity of war soon and hia ser- tainty of success.' It is a fact that this imminent war was the subject of the famous conference of April, 11)14, whith Archduke Franz Ferdin- and, at Konopstadt. It it a fact that finally, as accomplice of .Austria's ul- timatum to Serbia, he with his own hand abolished all chance of peace, refused the conference proposed by England, and the arbitration of The Hague conference offered by the Czar, and declared war on Russia at the very moment when the Vienna Government had welcomed Petro- grad's proposals. .\nd this though every pretext for war had van- ished. One Lord and Master. "Since the brusque attack through Belgium failed, and his bright dream of victory vanisheil, since German corpses strew the earth and the Ger- man nation is hungry ami bears the hatred of the world while the horizon is lowering with menace, the Ger- man Emperor is afraid and says: 'I willed it not.' Then, who did will it? "His feudal chiefs, his junkers, the Kron Prinz and hiis agrarians willed it, too, but Germany of the Hohen- zollems is no oligarchy or democ- racy. There is one lord and master, Hohenzollern, the Emperor. It is he who willed, who ordered, who began this war. .\\\ other accomplices and there are many, .Austrian and Ger- man both, cannot alter the fact that the aider is principally responsible. His is the first place at the dock of infamy, where others after him will sit. He is the master assassin. Justice .\ waits. "The British Premier .â- ^squith has also .said this in a solemn declara- tion before the House of Commons in connection with the case of Capt. Fryatt. He said: 'The Britisih Gov- ernment will bring to justice the criminals responsible, whoever they may be and whatever their position.' "Surely, in such a case the man who i.-* the author of the system un- der which the crime is committed is the most guilty of all. Who is that man? Over a year ago, in the ver- dict on the Lusitania, a jury at Kin- sale pronounced guilty of wholesale murder the officers of the submarine, the German Government, and the Emperor of Germany. .A.1I those gen- erals, those officers, tho.se soldiers are only his tools and accomplices. They struck the blow, but. Nero ordered it. .-Vs Mr. Asquith said, it is he who is chiefly responsible. He was the arch-criminal. Death for Kaiser. "The conduct of the war is one thing. We will employ against the Germans every instrument of de- struction they first employed against us. The conditions of peace are an- other. We will not make our peace a mere truce between two slaughterers. We will insure the futur of free peo- ples. But with him who premeditated, willed, and ordered all these crimes- one does not negotiate with him; one judges him." Solomon was the wisest man of his dav and yet he was hopelessly mar- ri«i. 7130 A Smart Yoked Frock and in all probability sports clothes as we know them at the miment, will have a permanent place in woman's wardrobe. Wide, Drooping Brims on Mid-Sum- mer Hats The wide, soft b;'immcd, Bankok, Wen-chow. Panr.m.T, Le.i^rhorn, hair or hemp hats with ju^t a suggestion of trimming, are the favored hats of the moment. These may be worn with sports clothes, and quite as effectively with lingerie a-d soft silk frocks. The fabrics, cretonn;-, and the various striped canvas weaves are liked for Convincing Proof. Mother lat the party)â€" Why did you allow that .voung man lo kiss you ?" Daughterâ€" Why, ma ? Motherâ€" Oh, you needn't "why ma" me. One side of his nose is powdered and one side of yours isn't ^ A Flank Attack. 1 A company of very new soldiers were out on a wide heath, practising the art of taking cover. Th-; officer in charge of them turned to one of the rawest of his men. "Get down behind that hillock, there," he ordered, .sternly, "and mind, not a move or a s^ound!" i A ;'ew minutes later he looked aroind to see if they were all con- cealed, and, to h's de.-^pair, observed something wr'ggling behind the small mound. Even as he watch. d the movements became more frantic. "I say you there!" he shouted, angrily, "do y u know you are giving our posifon away to the enemy?" "Yes, sir said th" recruit, in a voice of CO 1 desperatioi., "and do , you know that ih's is an ant-hill T" ' He Did. Wife no much damaged niotorlsl) "Why. Billy, what have you done ?" "Well, the instruction book says you can't go from high gear 10 reverse without entirely stopping the car. but 1 did It." The man who never forget.- a favor or forgrives an injury isn't out to m?ke a goo i friend. Women always have a lot to say about their right ; but never a word about the wrong3 of ths poor man. We wculdnt mind conceit h ilf much if t"ie sclf-s:;t!stied man actua^ ly tried to 'iv,: up to his high opin- ion of himself.