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wmp ^ OUR SERVICE AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE No matter where you live PARKER Service is right a* your door. Wherever the postman or the express company go we can collect and deliver whatever you want cleaned or dyed. Our service to dir.tai.t customers is carefully handled so that goods are ii-.sured of safety in transit. The excellence of our work has built up the larg^ett dyeing and cleaning business in Canada aud is known from coast to coast. Almost any article can be cleaned by one process or another, brought back to a freshness tiiat wjU sur- prise youâ€" or made new by dyeing. Wo p«y the c«ri iage one way on »11 article! sent to u». Thiak of PARKER'S wbeuever yoa thiok of cleaning; or dyeiug. .Vh(/ /'•f n rRI-T â- :â- />}• o/ our u;ffut and in'.fttitin^ hovk o-t Be lure to addreji your parcel clearly to receiving dept. PARKER'S DYE WORKS, LIMITED 791 YONGE ST. - TORONTO to scarcely like to walk with you" (here another (iuwn-caating of the eyes) "without having introduced you to her; and yet I ihould RO love to hear more about your interesting work! It would be good practice, you know, since visiting the sick will be on your list of duties, will it riot?" The wiile mouth twitched into an al- moHt espiegle smile, as she gave him her hand. Miss Mitchull regained her aunt's house Ktill in the best of spirits, but was not able to prcBerve them at iho given level throughout the evening, Mrs. Watson â€" the relect of a fairly successful greengrocer â€" being one of those invalids whose chief amusement in life seems to be experiment upon the patience of their fellow-creatures. To give as much trouble and make them.selvea as di.sagreeable as they can, seems to such people a perfectly ouf the OUSi Fat Economy. [means. When putting clothes away. The cost of meat fat is high. It I either for Summer or for Winter, time must always be remembered the fat is | is saved by making a list of each paid for at the same price as the lean. ' article, of its condition and of the re- Much of the fat paid for dries out ceptacle containing it. of the meat in the cooking and is not | Trotting up and down stairs, espe- scnt with the meat to the table. Much i cially when little children form part the fat of the meat sent to the | of the family, may be lessened by Furnish Your Home on Easy - Payments Full information in our new free illustrated cat- alogue. Sent on request. '4M < B URROUGHEi 345-347 QuMD St W. I Toronto, Ont. SrYLt of i^ Between Cousins; OK. A UECLARATION OF WAR. table is not eaten. What becomes of keeping a memorandum pad and pen justitiable revenge upQ-n the" healthy ; 1''^ ^^^"'^^^ of it never reaches the | cil, some of the dusting articles, string portion of mankind. The role of wet I ,^ ''^"'"- Too frequently it is fed and wrapping and writing paper up- lilunkfct was one which Mrs. W^ttson, I " "^^'^•'** "off, dumped into the soap ! stairs. The bathroom sould be free in particular, revelled in. And she: ^f**"-'' »'''"''»P<'<< >n^" the era- bage pail, from clutter. A cleaning cloth, a looked the pait, too, being large, pale, "^ ^^^n thrown into the fire and burn- brush and a whiskbioom should hang i and pasty, with a face giown puffy ^°- handily near the bowl. Every, room in I from want of exercise, and an almost | The thrifty housewife saves every the house should have a basket to re- j bald head, muffled in folded muslin^ ounce of sweet fat for future cooking, ceive wastage Plenty of hooks for which might Msily have passed for .-.; and seldom has to buy special lard or individual use in the bathroom in- I compress. The eyes alone were as, oil for cooking. When any fat can- alive as flies, and as sharp as pinsâ€" I ^ot bo used for cooking, it is converted ever on the look-out for grievances, ' j^^^^ ^^^ and ready to punish them with a sharpy little double prick. crease its usefulness. Many details in the living-room de- mand forethought. Comfortable chairs shrould be so placed as to have abun- CFIAI'TKU lII.-(('ontM). ".At I!i)nnet Ferry â€" two miles from Ardloch. He is very kiiul, and so is Mrs. Modiuy." ".Ah, he is married?'' "Yes. .And he is good encniKh to lake an interest in me. His lord- ship likes the pastoi -, U, be i-i.-^cn fiom the people." "Yes; it is rathe" a pictutes'iuo idea,'' she said medilati-.e'y. "ll.nv strange you wil' i>.d, and h<--.v- pioud coming back to your old himo in your new i)osition." "PriucI? Oh, no not thai. I ..hall be ti.o nuK-h ufraii! of tilling it un- worthily, even doing my best â€" and I mean to do my best!" As he .-iuiil it his eyes grew bright and fixed, casing away between the manyshapi-d atones towaids the hazy horizon lieyoiid the roofs. She look- ed at him curiously, favored by his abstirplion • a block of white marble clo.-i' at hand making .-^o good a back- grouml to his finely-nioulileil head and straight-cut features as almost to suggest a medallion. "I am sure your best will be very good!" she said, with returiiing warmth, caught, as it were, by his own zeal. "Tell ine more about your work. It will be hard, J suppose? But with one's heart in it, what work is hard!" Presently John .M'Donnell. who had never before discussed himself with any fellow-creature, found that he was confiding his dreams to a girl of whose existence he had not Ik thi.s time last week. By what pro- cess his natural shyness had been overcome, his natural reserve forced, he felt it useless to investigate. All he knew was that ihe operation had been i|uite easy. .Aslo, he was con- scious iif a certain sweetness in the ' unprecedented indulgence. After the conliilences which he liiin-<;lf had that (lay received, and the almost child- like simplicity of her avowals, com- plete reticence would have struck him as churlish. (iiaduully. as she list- ened Klla Mitebell felt her.self warm- ing to the idea of the •'mission," at first so coldly received. .At the end of ten minutes the disappointment touching the slate-(|uarry h;ul been (juite lost sight of In this new aspect of the case. "It is a noble end!" she said, when .lohn paused, a little startled to find liov, fai he liail V-Mw.. "A grand â€" an elevating idea! To raise these poor people out of their lowly state â€" that indeed is something \voith living for. Oh, you have my very best wishes for your success!" She cast her eyes downwards, as she had a becoming habit of doing, for the eyes themselves, ihouuli lart;e, were rathi-r shallow in color, while the eye- lids, very white and as ilelloately vein- ed with pink as the petals of an anem- one, bulifed agieeably over the ."ome- what proinineiit orbs. In face of this undisguised sym- pathy, .lohn (juite fortfol to regret his abnormal talkativeness. ^â- ou must come and sec niv aunt." One housewife reports her experi- „„,„„„. „^ ^„ ,„^ „ „„ It was upon'Fanny, the\oor, pati- i ^""^^ °f saving and keeping the differ- danr'nght forT'^reader The settee ent sick-nurse, that the revenge felli«"t kinds separate for different pur- 1 by the fireplace may be used as a most heavilyâ€" a creature sallow and|PO«e, as follows: I woodbox, and the seat along the win- "beaky," with, upon her thready lips, Beef dripping for potatoes. | jow as the storage box of periodicals, a conciliatory smile which had be- 1 Pork dripping for sweet potatoes, I In the dining-room consideration of come chronic, as though, painfully gmgerbread and ginger cookies; mix- ; the children's convenience adds to the sh7 waf stri;ir:"to"d[::r "i*! ic^m* ^\r'*' ^' *"â- ""''â- ?« '"'• "^"^ "^^V^^- comfort of thlfamrypfaclng a Ht! b^.n^txtr1^Ue^f'"amlSy"''ThTt',„;^"f -"-^^ '^^ f- ' tie table for them near the mother is smile might be compared to the sauce ^°"P'' \c&ctab es. and things too nu- helpful, and a floor oilcloth under it in which she endeavoured to dish upi'"^""^ to mention. her looks in hopes of making them' |f"" ^^^ 'O'' warming over beans. more palatable. Her "boniness" andj \e^' fat for omelets. the size of her nose suggested thej Chicken, duck, vulture, but an extremely milil vul-! cookies, gingerbread, and spiced cakes. ture, with the temperament, pre-| Chicken fat with a little bacon prov- sumably, of a sucking-dove. In<leed, cd delectable for cooking ovsters in. .someone had once unkindly birt not There is no doubt that a careful sav- inapproptMute y declared of ^Bnny j ^nd use of meat fats lessens the .^V"'.f'L'_l*'.".V"^\".';,^;.l'.""" ""' ^''^"^'^ butter bill to a considerable extent. ^^rlte to-dajr for our bl^ Fr.ef/' Catalogue .showing our full line of Bicycles for Men and Women, Boys and Girls â€" Tires, Coa.ster Brakes, 'wiieels, luucr Tubes, Lamps, Bells, Cyclometers, Saddles, Equipment and' i'::rts for Bicycles. You can buy yoar supplies from ns at wholetale price*. T. W. BOYD & SON, 27 Notre Dame Street West, Montreal. keeps the rug or carpet clean. The kitchen is the workshop of tho house and has until recently ignored and goose fat _ for ! economy ^i jabor and time. There Is a logical order for arranging its tools. .Articles re(|uired for any work should be together and within the worker's reach. The cold pantry, icebox, kit- chen cabinet serving table and stove are used together and should be in close and continuous line. The sink should be in a butler's pantry or near the china closet. Always have plenty of table room near the sink. Have a high stool to sit upon while Iry cloth and pressed , working, for nothing is gained by The heat will standing. The majority of experts about her was a backbone. Klla .Mitchell came off more easily' _, _ ~ ~. than Fanny, partly because of her , To Renovate Shiny Serge. absences, and partly because she paid For dark colored clothing wet a for her board, since to put a roof over piece of new black crinoline and lay the head of her brother's child quite o\er the worn spot. This should be satisfied Mrs. Watson's sense of kin- c.ivered with a ship. Rut even Ella could not al- ' with a very hot iron ways escape the wet blanket. 'fhe heightened color and animated .,,,, .,• u ;. u ii i n > , -- -- _„ â€" â€" .,. glance with which she entered the ""' , '''"'*' '^ '''""''' ''^ P""'''' away ten by nine feet is the best size, and sick-room to-day were enough to call 'l|"''^'y' ^* ><>" would a plaster, raising point to the compact kitchens of ships for an application, since, if there was '"i" '">P "' t"^ tf^ds so that it looks one thing Mrs. Watson could not il"'! again. stand, it was seeing people enjoying i their lives. .. ^ , I Regluing Furniture Wherever have vou been the whole ,, . , , , . blessed afternoon?" ..he deman.led. in ^\ >'°" have never been successful in a cavernous sort of growl, peculiar to >"Pl?'"'nK furniture so that it will stay make the crinoline adhere to the serge, as to kitchens agree that an area of A (ntMH*] %xA liuuraiice lociet; iSal protect* lt« ineinb«rt tn eccordanco \--\\ tr^e OntftHo G'rvernmcnt SuncUiU* S;.!( and llintcal b«x:oiiu 0[>u aaal* Authorized to obtaia meTnt>«r« and charter todfaa in orery Ptorioc* in Canauj. Purely rnninap. eafe. sound and econ^ â- BsaL If there l« no lecal ledc ^' CSo»»n rrcnds In jour dtsjrlct, VPl7 curcct ta e:.y \^i the loQowiiax eocen; Pt.J.W.Edw«ds.M.P. Cisad CoMsdiior. . P. Csmpben. Gr«nii Organlxer. HAMILTON W. F. Montagus, Grand n^iiorder, J. H. Berl. M/^ . Grand I*lcd.i.al Ex. . ONTARiO and dining-cars as proof of the sound- S giliTniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiii'tiiiiiiiiig iFertilizeT"'' '• - ness of their view. iSpringCropsI Fish Sauces. Tomato Sauce. â€" One-half can toma- Iinprove Quality 3 Haitea .Maturity S Maistain Ferlilitj • S Plan your 1917 work so as tg get the = smost money from every acre. Lower 5 costs per bushel for plowinj:!. seedlntj, S interest and labor result when cropw S herself, for the deep pitch of voice in Klued, you may be more successful by toes, one-half onion minced, three pep- Sara well-fed. Fertilizers will pcy on'^ - â-  â-  â- â-  Stew these together ten min- S*'''"'" *pring crops. Higher prices 2 conscious, ^he said to him. lit p.irting. "I Shoe Polish /S WATERPROOF If you use ".Nuifget" water will not des- troy the shine. Hrush off the mud and the original polish Is *tlll there. Buy a tin to-day. All dealers, loc. per tin. Black, Tan, Toney Red, Dark Brown 'TAHK CARt or YOUR SHOE a. K which she uttered her usual complaints added much to their impressiveness. . "(iadding about the .streets, eh? Not even respectable, F call it â€" don't you see that my handkerchief has dropped, Fanny?) â€" let alone that it might oc- â-  cur to you that ;i sick woman like me might want a little talk of a Sun<lay 1 afternoon. It's not much you con- tiilnile to my entertainment, as it is." i "I've been to church, auntie." "Not since two o'clock, surely?" ".\'<>," confessed Kiln, in a burst of frankness, pro<luced liy exceptional elation; "1 had a walk afterwards. I lave made an ac<iuuintunce â€" such an interesting ac(|uaintance and so re- peclablo. Fanny knows about it already." Kl'a lookeil at her bony cousin, who smileil back a rather fi ightcned smile as she glanced towards her mother. anil instantly niel the pin-prick stare. "Oh, she knows about it already, does she? That means that it's a man, of cour.se, and that you've been gossiping awa' into all the hours of the night, (piite regardless of me, naturally. What's the wonder, then, if Fanny adding a coat of shellac or colorless pcrs. varni.-h. It is the dampness attack- ; utes. ing the glue which undoes the most add one heaping tablespoonful flour, careful work, and when this is protect- strain the tomato on to this. Cook ed by a coat of varnish (after the glue till it thickens, and pour around fish. is dry) you will have no further trou-i Sauce for Salmon. â€" Thicken one cup s ble. The tomato exercises medicinal ef- oversleeps herself in the morning, and fccts not completely explained by the I've (rot to call for my beef-tea four presence of alkaline .salt.s. There is a Melt lino tHblpsnnnnfiil hiittpr ~^ '*"" Pâ„¢<5'-<:ts make profits from L!sin« S Melt one iKDiespooniui ouuer, gfertiluer larger thjn ever before. ; m Aak UM ttour fVrtxiity iftMifwn... w sSoil Improvement Comi^iUtee s Civ </-.<- National Fertilizer ABaox:lntloa S of boiling milk with one teaspoonful of 1" iriiiiTiiiiiimnTriiii.ti'M''.i?:aiiiiJ I cornstarch (or floui ) and oini table- j Medicines From Garden. 'spoonful of butter rubbr^d togeths:-. ! The most enviable of all titles is Every vegetable garden is a medi- ' Add liquor from th? siilmon, sea.son ' "-^n Honest Man." cine chest recognized by physicians as ' with salt, cayenne, and one table- Your lips are the bow; your words of considerable value in the treatment spoonful of tomatcf catsup. Just be- are the arrows; there are a million of diseases. Onions, for example, fore taking from the lire add one beat- marks. The arrows are of y..i.ir own contain sulphur oil and are recom- ; en egg. i choosing. mended for insomnia .'ind as an aid to ' __ rr gastric digestion. They also help to: ally rheumatic pains. Turnips and parsnips have peculiar, oily principles which are of value to; an aperient and diuretic. They also' arc said to be good for coughs and hoarseness. Carrots are useful for correcting derangemei.ts of the liver. They are excellent as a dressing for painful wounds and swellings. principal present which, in a concen- trated state, produces salivation and a i free stimulation of the liver. I .\dvice to Home-Makers. 1 The home should be arranged in keeping with the occupation of its in- The light of bedrooms placing (d' the largest articles should receive careful attention. The bureau should be so placed that the PoctoT TelU How To Strengthen Eyesight SO per cent In One Week* 8 Time In Many Instancee A Frcu PreAi'iiptioii ^'uu (an Have I'illcU and Ine at Home. T.oTnion - Do ynti n^ar glaMfiT Ar« \<mi n â-¼iriini nf pv« â- ItHin or dllmr rya «i'KknrM(]«? It >•(). vou will \m ^lii(l t'» kntiw tlint Rci-urLiiiitf to ])r. I ''«i« (hire i^ rrtti Iwipft (nr you. NlHtiy fftho'ut ryrs mcm' (iiiliriv nay litfy liHvo dad thrir •Vi*4 ii'itor'-<l (hriiuiih ihe iirincriltt of ttiia non- ncifiil frf-ii iiri-sriiiition (Min ninn fniyi, nlK-r tr)iri(r ir: "I ^'ii nlmoMt liliiid: ntiilfl tiot mf lo rru't at fill. Niiw I r:iti r>-;4(l f MirvtltiiiK wittidiil iiny gliiMieH aixl Miv 'y* »! A wuli'r iin.v iiiorr. At mitlil tU^y Woulil |Min tlrcmlhitly; now tticy |rr>| finn all 111* liniA. It v,nn tik« h inirnclo (o iiir " A lii<ly nil') u»f\ it ^s\ i ' '1 he ulini>H|i)i(>ri- r-rfi(ie>(l liKiy with or without itlu:4»«!*, liut ttftcr u^iiig iliiii brcucriplioti (or (im<'I'Ii itHyti f'\rrvl)iiiitf ficcnii {Icar. 1 I an t?vri) t'iiil tiiif prinl wiiliinil tclaMfi." t in helii-vrrl thm ttuxinttml^ v>\\u wi*ur ftlasM*i MR iiiiw tli^iurit lli^'m in ii riM<tuiinl)|n tinio-Aiid BtuUilii<l''n inoru vliU \'V> aldn t iyM Ml Ml to b« HpiirrJ tliO tioublu uiiU eilicnae of pvpr K^t**ng kIa-'^-s V.vf (r.nil.l.-* of many (ipinriplK.h* niuy ho wouder fully lipm'titnj by tollonirnr Iho Aitnplu tuUm. llt-ro in tbn pruflrrip- tum: I'm to any a»livrt drug atom antl get a l.(»tll« or Rnti fVpto tHblpli Oroi* ono (U.n-Opto tnbl«t in n fourth o( a g\n*n of w;it(T And ftlUiw to dJNtxdvn With 1\\i» litiiiid hiirho thn cyv^ iwn to four tinu'** daily. Voii choultl nolico y.nir rypfl rlrnr up (jcrct^nitjly riglit fruiii tho iitHrt ami uiMiinithiiitoti will quicVlv disHjtrn-ftr. If jour i-\^H Htu buthftring yiMi, even a iittic, take sttuia lo HUM*. itiMii imw l)«'f..io it itt Uui Intiv Mnny hiprlf'h.-'ly hl'nd might have bi-cii aavud if they hiid rnred for their e>yt>H in tinirt- Nuie Aiiolh«r prnmlni>it1 riiyiltluM to wJuim lUn Riovf artldc was nulimliK'd, «rU1. * llun-oinu Ih a \ery rrmnrkftl.lt* rpttinly. Hi i-uDKltueiu InyiwUcnn nrr wrll kiiDnii to (!UkUu<iit I'X' Hpfi-lalliita aixl widely prcHrrlbrd h> (luin 'Ihfl mauulMtnuTH ituiiraiuw* tL 111 htiniylltcti f>(hl«m Ml iKT (Till lit one wwli i tluiti In inanv limlunrrM or ri-luiicl tho Dit.>ncy . ll cftu tio obiaiiiul liom uiiv ccod tliiiiiKiul atitl Ih one ul tha \(rj few pit'iitiriiiloni 1 feel Miotild l>a hrpi on huod .. ,. . J for ri'KUlttr u«f lu ulnn'Hl tvery luiully." Ttio Valiuar (III. njrth. a Umr] i>ru« <-. . Hit.ro 4. 'ioiouiy. ffUl OU >our wxlg?» U lour duiggtttcaouut. aooD Wb«n rum Jl<ci D 1 a E ST 1 O N â€" â€" Moih«r ScUor. Brnip eotrw lion ll UiiUf. w<ikl>M> •lid >><« •llleilil't orlani. »»i b nil JUraielalnvilaJ. allmemi which ndtC li<>« Ud f nuil tttmnlilM iaUHp« ike many FOR 40YEARS TheStindaid REMEDY 55 FOR STOMACH AND LIVER TROUBLE ><<ii ii (ll OiuKUta. n dlroct «â-  recalpioi pi ofprlc*. (0«. u4 tl.OO. TIta larM koitia roniiki ihrc* llniM i A. J. WHITI A Co. LlMITiD. OiiU HtraM Wmi MaoltMl times running'.' Oh, what it is to be ;i nniityr ch;iined to the rack!" "We ilidn't talk ; luut it at night - at least, not aiivays. It was on Sun- days we usually talked, when 1 was at home." "I'siially talked!" The two flabby hands were uplifted, while the eyes dealt a blow in Klla's direction. "Why, habitants. how long has this been going on, g^j (j,^. pray'.' .Stiiffint: your heads with nonsense, indeed, and evil nonsense, no (liuibt ; voiinjr people nowadays ,.,.,,, .. . . have far m..re evil in them than good. ''K^t falls upon the person dressing Nol thill that applies.., to vou, my denr;Tho drawers should be kept in oon- 1 mean aboul the youthfulness;" dition for easy pulling, and rubbing and ihe two little pins fastened back ' them with soap or paraffin is the on Kaiiny's fiice. "Yo'i're past the _ age of (lunger in that direction, any- â€" ~ way." I She laughed in an underground sort I [ of fasliion which suggested the rumbl-i ling (if an enrth(|iiake, at which the vulliire-faced creature smiled more ' affably than ever, though rather red ] about the temples. Hut Klla had more spirit fed, no (loulit, but the conscii usness of that weekly bill Tor board. Loudly she protested. "There was iiolhini; bad about o.ir talk. It was only that 1 told Fanny of iif somebody whom I used often lo Iravid with in the same car, and whcmi 1 couldn't help noticing, though it was only the other day that we made ! neiiuaintance. .Vnd he is more than a mere man; he is almost a gentleman at least, he will be I hat some ilay, f(M- he Is going into orders, and all j cler^'ymen are gentlemen, surely." j "And it's him you've been walking withT' in(|uii'ed Mrs. Watson, surpris- ' ed into a less aggressive tone; but hastening to add; "Oepend upon it, . lie's making a fool of ytui." (To be continued). ♦ I'ariiieis will lliul It iiiueh to their adviiiiliige to sow the varieties which have lieoii tested and loeonimoiuled by the IJxperinienlal Farms or .\grlciill\u'^ al Collepes. 'I'liese iiistitiltlona have i<X(elleiit fiudlltles for condiiclliiR seed tests. Where 14 varieties are lieing sown ill one coniiiiunlty probably 13 faiiiiers are nol sowing the most do- sirable A great Increase In prodtic lion iiiul profits would result If fewer tint more suitable varieties were grown i>n t'anudlHn farms. ^ UfiBCRJItk Jac^uH ^vWcc Thrift is served, and health preserved, by wearing rubber footwear around the farm in rainy, sloppy weather. Quality and long wear, whether in rubber farm boots, high rubber boots or rubbers, are assured if you choose a pair bearing on the sole any one of these Trade Marks: Maple leap "MERCHANTS" "GRANBY" "JACQUES CAHTIER" "MAPLE LEAF" "DOMINION" "DAISY" ^ Canadian Consolidatetl Rubber Co., Limited Largest Manufacturers of Rubber Goods in the British Empire EXECUTIVE OFFICES > MONTREAL, P.Q< SEVEN LARGE, UP-TO-DATE MANUFACTURING PLANTS IN CANADA Sa "SERVICE" BRANCHES AND WAREHOUSES THROUGHOUT CANADA 44