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HAVE YOU A POLICY "^ IN THE Crown Life INSURANCE CO.? Stock Is the essence extracted from the ijipat. A r(.ux is butter and flour cooki'd to- J5cth«r and stirred tn a ricli cream. A white roux ia made with uncooked flour, a brown nmx ta made with flour that has been browned by stirring for a few minutes in a pan over the Are. Saute means to fry or heat ilghtly in hot fat or butter, not deep enough to cover tlio tiling cooked. Sahul Is a warmed-over dish of game, slightly seasoned. Any left-over piece of game treated in this manner is dignified by this name. Rissoles are meat cakes made into rolls, covered with pastry and fried, itice Is also used to cover them. Useful Hints and General Informa- tion for the Busy Housewife Useful Hints. Always look clean and loveable. Do everything on the right day when possible. Hedrooms should be carpeted In the middle of the oor only. Keep your house clean and tidy, especially your living-room. SIR DOUGLAS HAIG FORESAW THE WAR DIJ) NOT WANT TO GO TO INDIA LEST HE MISS IT. Cool, Steady, Tenacious, Religious and Scotch la the Commander- in-Chief. J Chicken Dinners. 8-jpreme of Chicken. Take the two portions of chicken, place in a well- greased casserole, squeeze a little lor mure of brown sauce or meat ex- i tract. U't the sauce boil fast over the flro so as to reduce It a little, then add lemon julcj over, and sprinkle with done. Dish on a bed of mashed potatoes and pour a good wSifi' sauce over. Casserole of Chicken.â€" Take the necf:>.sary number of joints of the chicken and try them a folden brown In butter or in tlarilii'd dripping. Drain them thorougliiy. and then put tliein in the earthenware casserole with etiouKti stock to cover the meat.' Slice two onions and two carrots, and add a little parsley, eight peppercorns and one clove. If there is no mean stock to hand, use water or vegetable stock, with two teaspoonfuls of glaze or meat extract. t'o;)k ttently In the oven for one and a half hours. Strain the gravy, thicken il wiili a little flour and butter, cook all av-Xnx for 20 minu-, ttf . and serve in the ea.-serole. j Fricassee of Chicken, Rice Border. â€" i Holl aljovil '•_. pomid of rice in oiii' pii.t , of chicken slock iir w;iti>r Cook iinlilj the rice is leiidnr, then add a spoon- ful of butler, pepper and salt ; then: some browning. Strain the sauce Into a small shallow stew pan and put It oni one side to get cold. | I Iii the me.intinie, cut some meat, and ^ not too small, slices from your meat,, letting thorn be all as much as possible of the same size, and remove every ; particle of skin, fat, gristle or burntj ! portion, as it Is the later which gives | the "'warnicd-up" taste lliat Is so uu-. pleasant. I When the sauce is cold, lay in it the pieces of meat, cover up the saucepan and in ahoiil lialf an hour's time put It at the corner of tlie stove, warming l)y V( ry gnuUial degrees, if allowed to I boil, tile meat is sure to be tough. ] As soon as It is thoroughly hot, il Is \ ready to bo dished up, with tlie sauce poured over it, and it should be sur-l rounded with fingers of bread, fried ai j golden color. The addition of a little ilnely chopped parsley greatly im-1 ' proves the look of the dish. Lord Esher, a peer who has a wide knowledge of war and statescraft and of men also, publishes in the Paris Matin the following appreciation of Sir Douglas Ilaig, the British com- mander-in-chief: 'I first knew General Haig in the years immediately following the South African wa«-. He had been chief of the staff to Sir John French. \ 1 1 was a member of the Parliamentary excellent hors. man and a fine polo Have a place for everything and j Commission that inquired into the player when he rides among his keep everything in Its proper place. | conduct of the war. General Haig troops, accompanied always by two or To puiify cistern water put charcoal ' was a witness, and gave his evidence three aides-de-camp and an escort of in^a bag and hang It in the water. 1 in a striking manner, .showing great 17th Lancers, the regiment that he If the handles of table knives are ^ knowledge and capacity. When in formerly commanded, he looks a cav- disoolored rub with brickdust and vine- j 1905 I was presiding over a commit- airy leader as well as a commander- gar, tec of three, with Admiral Lord Fish- in-chief. He does not despise the When packing bottles rubber bands er and Colonel Sir George Clark as panoply of war â€" and he is right. The slipped over them will prevent break- the other members, to reform the army admires a gallant appearance in age. ] War Office and the organization of its leader. But it is as a staff of- When white oilcloth Is stained by \ the army, I obtained valuable assist- ficer, learned in the history of war, ac- coffeo try rubbing with common baking '. ance from Sir Douglas Haig, especial- complished in all its manifold exer- Koda. j !y in creating a general staff. Up cises, that Sir Douglas Haig stands See that plates and dishes are wiped I to the year 190.5 the British army pos- almost alone among contemporary underneath before being placed on the j sessed no general staff. When my soldiers. He has studied his profes- tablc. committee recommended its formation sion deeply. He has put aside all Get up early on busy days : It is the personality of General Haig, then competing interests. He has resist- easy to work when it Is cool and quiet, j only 44 years old, and very junior in ed all temptations to divert his atten- A hot-water bottle should be only the army, had so impressed itself tion to other pursuits or to pleasure, half full. It is then soft and comfort- j upon the British Government that By day he has for years labored at the able to use. | there was a wish to appoint liim as detail of war, and by night he has When a suede bag or purse bccomea I chief of the general .staff, making the dreamed of it. So far the ijattle of greasy looking, rub it with fine emery appointment practically permanent as the Somme is the fulfilnfent of his paper. i ^vas the cu.stom in the German army, dreams and the outcome of his labors. To scour kettles use coarse sand- But the prejudices of seniority and A master of detail, no detail has paper In place of sandscap. It gives rank were too great, and an older of- been left unconsidered. Method, de- Correct Coffee Making. What every woman knows Is that grease a bord t mold and fill II up with good food is easier to si)oii In the cook- the rice : .steam till wanted. Make a good white sauce, using \\lg ounces of butter ; melt this In a s'ewpaii, then' add IVi ounces of flour, mix smooth and tlien nearly one pint of miik by degrees. pep|K>r and salt to taste ; stir cvfr the stove until it bolls. Cut the chicken into J(j|iits after steaming It to cook it ; put the chicken into tlio sauce, and then turn out of tlie rice Ing than poor food. A bad egg or a steak Is dilhcult to make worse, no matter how It may lie cooked. And by the sHiiie philosophy the most dKVicult teas or coffee to brew wi^ll are th<> highest grades that come from the with a soft cloth The house always indicates the lem- ! peVament ot the tenants. It it is bright, dean and nice, so are they ; If | hugger-mugger and dirty, they are that also, gardens of Ih- KasI, where the fancy [ jry udng a worn shaving brush fori sorts are grown. The deduction to be 'applying ^tove blacking. Tile soap | drawn Is simple. If one intends to Hmt \^ )„ tiio brush helps to make a cook <!isiiiilly, the thing to do is to goo,l pollsli as well as makes il easier I FROM OLD SCOTLAND NOTES OP INTEREST FROM HEB BANKS AND BRAEa Wliat Is Going On in thr Highlanda and Lowlands of Auld Scotia. Ptc. J. Clark, of the Highland Light Infantry, the well known Scot- tish League footballer, was among the wounde4 brought to Glasgow. Lance-Corporal J. Darling Brodie, of the Australian contingent, was in- stantaneously killed while attempt- ing to board a motor l»rry at Dal- keith. .\ motor car accident occurred in Drygate, Glasgow, when the car ran into a crowd of children. Eleven ol the children were injured, many ficer was named. The army suffered cision, and perseverance are his mots ' seriously. Sergeant Allardyce, of the London Scots, son of Mr. Charles Allardyce, Nethergate, Dundee, has been award- their match in Sir ed the Military Medal for saving the In the growing con- life of an officer. The death occurred recently sud- denly, at his residence, Dennistoun, of Dr. George Mines Connor, a well rubbing the parts with a lemon cut In ' j^.^.pn France and Germany was im- ' Scottish tenacity lie the hopes of vie- known practitioner of the east end half, and at the same time dabbing minent a war in which Britiin would ' ""â- *'• ^^'* admiration for and faith of the city of Glasgow. be on the side of France, and in which '" the armies of France are the bonds A deputation of women munitior. niuch beter satisfaction. Never put table linen In soapsuds un- til the slalns have been remo\ed by pouring lioiling water through it. To remove a blood stain soak In cold water or in water witlj salt. When Btain Is nearly gone use soap and 'vater' or starch paste. 'post he remonstrated strongly, so, - ,. , . ,. Stains in carpets may be removed by : convinced was he that a war be- â-  l"^^ ?\ ^^^ °'^" .'!'^«'?"' . »"'* '" '^'^ but not General Haig. Foresaw the War. He became inspector-general cavalry, and subseuqently went to India as chief of the staff to the com mander-in-chief. d'ordre. They are being exemplified I on the plateau between Pozieres and c ' Longueval. The German general staff have met Douglas Haig. When offered that f !'*^^"" °^ ^'^ *'"°°Pf • '" ^^^^ '5""/ °^ his army commanders, in the dear- it was the wish of hi:; heart to take a "^^* ^''^ together the allied efforts on workers from the Clyde have arrived part. After invaluable work in India, i ''"^ S,ommt^, which can only have one in Pans, ami will inspect the great where his reputation stoo<l high, he England to take up his command at mold. Kill till' centre with fricassee of buy the cheapest food to be found. Hut aiid iiulcker done. lop with cliopped if th chicken, sprinkle ih pi rs|e\ . and serve. Chicken Souffle â€" Take the meat from the two chicken legs and put it through the niinctng macliine about three limes, then pi;m il through a fine wire sieve *,lii|.e a sauce with one (iinioc of biMler. one ounce of flour, half a pint of milk, pepper and salt ; Bllr it iiiiiil II l)oil.s. then add the chicken, and wIhu unite cold add liireo yolk.s aiKl Ihne white.^ of eggs whipped lo a frotli, stir in lightly iiikI jiui into B scuffle dl.di which ha.s been greasi'd and tif<l round wlili a greased paper 10 come hallway above the dish. Bteain for liiilf iin liour. Serve with little 'eaves of chervil placed on llu' lop. 'I'hls niake-i quite a large souffle, luffiel'nt for six perscis. It sliould be very light, ami it rises enormously. Remove the greased (laper before lervliiK and serve linniedialely. or the ICUffli' will be spelled Chicken Cutlets, From the Remains Df the Souffle. â€" I'lour a pastry bonrd, liiri put the remains of the soulflr- on 11 ; press it (inl wiili a knlie and shape Il Into outleis : egg and breadcrumb, and fry In n > fal Drain a:: . . oil a laCH paper. .Make cutlet bones of paisley Htalks, and serve the cutlets with or without a centre of pens or Siring beans. Aldershot. This was the highest post, in peace, that any soldier could oc- cupy, and the outbreak of war found him there. In command of the First Corps dur- ing the retreat from Mons, and later result the utter defeat of the comman enemy. With General Joffre the British commander is in close sym- pathy. He speaks the French lang- uage with ease and distinction. He remembers that his ancestors, the the munition works of France, also devastated towns and villages. The death has occurred at KelsO in his TSth year of Mr. John Brown. He was justice of the peace for Rox- burghshire, and for a long period a care is lo be used that makes of |f ,i j„i„t |h to be carved on the table as the chief of the first army in cooking a line art and a safeguiird to .spn.ud a napkin under the dish so Flanders, his merits were described that the cliitli will not be splashed, many times by Sir John French in When this is done the napkin must be â-  army orders and public despatches, removed at dessert.' When Sir John's health led to his re- Before using soda for laundry pur-'gretted retirement, General Haig was poses it must be completely dissolved designated at once by the sentiments in boiling water. If It touched the of the army and by public, opinion in Clothes undissolved yellow marks England as his successor. Sir Doug- health, then good food is reciulred as a basis. [ Whenever you see on a package of cofffo directions reading "l)oil (so many) minuies," it is fairly safe to as- sum" tliat the content Is an liidilTerent urtlele. Tile rare ~ boufniet thm Is nature's gift to the product of favored areas of the Rast is ( ntlreiy vanished,! and, wliat is even worse, tlie injurious' priiu'iple of coffee is extracted bv lioil- ' lag. ! Tile moral is that if one uses an old- fa.sliloiied coffee pot the coffee should be ground (|ulte fine (not pulverized), I and fresh cold water should be boiled in anotlur vessel. Whcm the water' conns to n hard boil pour il upon tlie coffee and sllr a little until the float- 1 ing coffee sings. If tht' result is thin or otherwise unsatisfactory, one may he certain that the ceffee dealer Is pro- viding inferior coffee. Made after this would be left- -in reality, burns. A cheap floor slain Is made by dis- solving pernianganale of potasli In warm vviiler, giving one or two coats to the hoards, and when thoroughly dry polishing with beeswax and tur- pentine. AN UNDEKGUOUNI) REFUGE. A Great Maze of Corridors and Rooms Under a Church. According to the Boston Tran- script's "Cosmopolitan," a sapper, who was a Lonilon architect in the An Appetizing Hash. rirsi of nil, fry an onion, finely <'hop- ped, ill oiKf ounce of inargarlm.' or lirip- manner, coffee is a wholesome hover- days before the war, told a (lucer ex- perience of his in a town not far be- hind the line. A bombardment was expected, and he was told to visit the houses, find out which had cellars, and make a plan showing the jiosition of all the cellars in the jilace. The job took a week and when he had com- pleted his plan an ol<l Frenchman said to him, "Have you heard about the catacombs uiuler the church?" That sounded promising, and, guid- age. Iliil if coffet' and cold water are lirougbt to a lioll together, or if in the procesK of brewing the nilxtnre Is :el ill a deep pail of liolled at all, the Ingredient "cnffein" Is ive In an entree dish liberated and caffeiii is not in the cata- logue of healthful foods. las Haig was born in Eilinburgh 54 years ago. He was educated at the University of Oxford, a rare pr-vilege in a soldier's career. He is Scottish throughout his beingâ€" religious, steady, and cool, with a judgment un- biased by prejudice or passion. His ideal is that of a high-minded man and an accomplished soldivr. He has attained to both of them. His Military Record. Not a breath has ever sullied his private character, and his military Scottish Archers, served Louis XI. and member of Kelso Town Council. France, and he is proud as a Scots- j The Hon. James Montgomery Beck, man to command the Imperial armies the eminent American lawyer, speak- of Britain to-day. No one recognizes ing at a luncheon in his honor in more clearly that in serving France Glasgow, appealed for a strengthen- his troops are safeguarding the moral ing of British-.\nierican fraternity, interests of the whole civilized world. There has just passed away in his 78th year, Robert Winning, who served 21 years in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, and served through the Indian Mutiny cam- paign. .Mr. John W. Angus, ex-chief con- stable of Greenock, died recently at calmly I the age of 75 years. He was well " as an Diplomat. "Sir," said the angry woman, "I un- derstand you said 1 had a face that 'would stop a street car in the middle j of the block." "Yes, that's what t said," answered the mere man, "It takes an known throughout Scotland unusually handsome face to Induce a motorraan to make a^stop like that.' It is unwise to go out walking in a driving rain. record is of the highest merit. An I friends. Sometimes a man who pretends to love his enemies goes hack on his best authority on police work, and the administration of the criminal law. Owing to the Tay antl the Tunmniel being so high, in the Perth district, alarming flooding has taken place. Glencarse Station was converted into an island, while at Burnside, Scone, a dwelling house collapsed, several of the occupants being rescued with difficulty. Some Cooking Terms. There are many terms In cooking that are as unintelligible to the young housewlf,. as Sanscrit. To read about i e(l "by the cure,, "he found"' the ' ovcr- plng, till it Is a golden brown, then ell ing one thing saute and another "ninrlnnlt^" doesn't, in the words of ciirront slang, "mean a thing in iier add one ounce of flour, and after stir ' young life." Hero dre a few terms of ring well together for Ave minutes add, this kind explained liy a woninn who half a pint of slock, well flavored with knows all about it. vegetables, two or llireo doves, salt if! 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