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I Useful Hint* and General Informa- tion for the Busy Housewife Sfloctcd Kecipes. Onion and Kgg Salad. â€" Minco to- jrether five tablespoons onion, two hard-boilod I'ggs and part of one head of lettuce. Serve on let'uce leaves with boiled dressing. Sponge Cake I'uddinj;. â€" Bake .sponge cake in ring basin. When cold, fill center with whipped cream and maraschino cherries. Pour thin chocolate .sauce around outside and Kend to table. Cider Jelly. â€" Soak a package of gelatine in a cupful of cold water for two hour.s. Add three cupfuls of sugar and the juice of three lemons, and the grated rind of one lemon. Dis.solvc this in a (juart of boiling water. Add a pint of sweet cider, strain, |>our into individual molds and chill. Steamed Salmon. â€" Pick over and shred large can of salmon. Add salt, butter and tablespoon of lemon juice. Beat smooth and gradually fold in small cup of whipped cream. Put into buttered mold and steam three- fourths of hour. Turn out, surround with melted but'er and parsley and serve. Strawberry Blanc Mange. â€" One quart milk, one cup strawbeiry juice, one-fourth cup sugar, four table- spoon;, cornstarch. Heat milk to boiling point. Add sugar, straw- l)erry juice ami cornstarch which has been rubbed smooth in a little cold milk. Cook until thick and pour info wet molds. When firm turn out and garni.sh with whole s'ra wherries and serve with sweetened, whipped cream. Mold Ginger (ream. â€" One-half cup milk (one gill), yolks of two eggs, one ounce (two tablespoons) sugar, half as much ginger syrup as milk, one cup double cream, one-half ounce preserved ginger, three-fourth.s ounce gelatin. Make custard of eggs, milk and sugar. When cool add syrup and preservtd ginger cut into dice; alio gela'in dissolved in two table- spoons water and cream whipped carefully. Stir all together gently and turn oil when require<l. Decor- ate V. ith chopped jelly. Potato Nut Cake.â€" This makes large cake, but it keeps moist and fresh a long time. Two cups granulated su- gar, line cup buttered, four eggs, one- half cup milk, one cup mashed pota- toes, one one iiiid one-half teaspoons cloves, two teu.spoons cinnamon, one- half cup bitter chocolate, two cups flour, two teaspoons baking powder, two cup.s Knglish walnuts, one. tea- spoon vanilla. Mix butler, sugar and yolkc of etrgs toge'her. When thoroughly creamed add cold mashed potatoes. i5eat again lightly, then add milU, flour, baking powder, spices, grated choiolaUi, Knglish walnuts (broken into small pieces) ami finally HtifTly beaU-n whiles of eggs, with pinch of .salt added to them. Bake in Khallf)W nan in moderate oven for about fifty minutes. S(rawb<rry Roll Pudding. â€" Two cupfuls bread flour, two tablespoon- ful.s sugar, two table poonfuls butter, three teaspoonfuU baking powder, one-half teaspooiiful sail, about three- fourth- cupful milk, one bo.x straw- berries, sugar. Make biscuit mix- ture of flour, '.ill', sugar, baking pow- der, bu'ter :in'l milk. R^ll into ob- long one fourth inch thick iuid sprin- kle thickly with one hull' box of ber- ries, quurtcnd. Dredge with sugar. Roll like jelly roll, cjt across in slices one half f-nspoon''ul salt, nbout three- bake about twenty minute: in mod- erate oven. S-rve with sauce made with re:-,t of b'"-ri-:!. Sauce: Ciush borrie'?, boil tnjeth'M- one half cupful sugar imd thrc fourths cupful water five minute?. Ad<l berries and juico and pour onto well bonten egg white, whipping constantly. Add one tea- spoonful lemon juice and serve at once. wheat, corjimeal and many otherc. The main dish can be bacon, chops or eggs cooked in different ways. Rice and wheat are ejpecially good cereals because thoy are cheap and nourishing. Rice is used in the whole kernel. It comes in two varieties â€" brown and white. Brown is a better nutriment. Either kind should be washed well to take out all particles. It should be washed in cold water, so the kernels do not stick; the cold water stakes out the starchy particles. Let the rice dry after washing and before cooking. Breakfast foixls especially require long cooking. These are better cook- ed in a double boiler for a long time, rather than for a short time directly over the fire. Have water salted and boiling well. Then add cereal slowly, stirring con- stantly. Boil for a few minutes, then place upper part in lower part of double boiler. 5M THE FASHIONS cu pf »n FEEDING HUNGRY YOUNG IRISH, For some daj's during the recent Irlali Reliellion. food wa« practically t oft from the poorer districts of Dublin. The picture shows the beginning a Joyful dry bread banquet by hundreds of youngsters, gathered together a narrow street, and supplied with braad by tb« clereyman in the centra the group. Plan Your Breakfast With Care. Many a good hou ekeeper brings ennui to her home and gives harassed nerves to her husband be.'auae she jivcs too little thought to (h<' pro- \i\«m of planning the niuining meal. "thw failure nmy come from several cBUWn, one housekeeper neglects the problem \,y serving the same break- fast day kfier day with few varia- tions. TV». diher goes to the extreme of making Xireakfast a full moal, which means »t, overloaded stomach and indigestion. Th'.' breakfast m<,„„ rnust have en- ough food calories u, keep the fam- ily well nourished. Variety and nourishment are the Vwo cardinal principles in making you» breakfast menus court. A well balBn«»d break- fast includes fruit or cereal ci>i„i,jn,,,j or alone. This should bo 3Ux,p|o_ mentcd by a principal diah, such ^g eggs and potatoes or chops and potit t4)rH, a bread and a li<|uid. Fruits are to be sebrtod as they appear in the market. It Is a debat- able ground whether fruits are better eaten raw or cooked It is largely a question which way they aro digested more readily by ihe indivi<lual. Ap- ples raw or cooked are v/holesome, grapefruit and oranges aro healthful and refreshing. When it comes to selecting break- fast foods you have a large a^sortr- ment, such u.h rico, oatmeal, cracked Useful Hints. As soon as milk begins to steam it is scalded. A green salad should be sers-ed with a fish meal. If the oven is too hot sprinkle a little coal on the fire. (iood macaroni is of a brownish color, not pure white. Don't use solid suds for colored clothes unless you expect them to look muddy. | Ferns will not do well if placed on the wiiidow sill. They cannot .stand a draught. j It ruins the flavor of vegttables to j remain in the cooking water after I they are done. I A baked apple is more easily di- ! gested than apples prepared in any other way. When boiling rice add a little le- ! mon juice to the water. This will ' make the rice flufTly and separate the grains. j When preparing vegetables, cook enough .so that there will be enough on hand for a cream soup for the next day's luncheon. ; For washing windows, which should on them, use warm water with a on them, pse warm water with a tablespoonful of kerosene added to each pail of water. When you crush dried bits of bread don't rcdl with a rolling pin but put them in a clean salt or sugar bag and pound with a potato masher. Xbm snoiJBJiija ojoiu ou «i oaai^j^ of removing finger-murks from wood- work, window panes or procelain than by wiping them with a cloth moisten- ed with kerosene. .\ one-piece nightgowu which i.s worn out above the waist can be utilized by making a new top with an empire waistline out of the lower half of another nightgown. A piece of paruflfine in your darn- ing bag will save darning. After you have finished darninp, a hole rub the paraffine on the right .side of the darn. This will prevent wear. Feather pillows should be wa.shed by turning the feathers into chtese- doth bags and .soaking them Iji strong soap.-uds with ammonia in it. Rinse in hot soap water then in clear warm water and hang out to tlry in the wind and .sun. Ink stain.s on mahogany <an be re- moved by painting them with a solu- tion of six drops of nitre mixed with a teaspoonful of water. Then rub well with a damp cloth and polish with a dry one. Wash leather i'liriiture very gently with n.irm wati r in which there i» a little vin.gar, wipe with a dry cloth and then resli.re the polish by mix- ing the whites of two eggs and a lit- tle turpentine, which is ap;>lied with a flannel. FI.MiHT ACROSS ATLANTIC. Norwegin Aviator the Latent to Dis- eu8« the Project. The Lonflon Daily Chronicle pub- lishtsi the following: A young Norwegian aviator, Mr. George Kulbcch, is at present engag- ed in prepMi aliens for a i.arir.g at- tempt to cross the Atlantic by aero- plane, or rather by means of what he calls a "flymg boat" of his own da- signed. He proposes to start from Jaederen, on the west coast of Nor- way, but to pay what may be called literally a "flying visit" to England on the way. "My flying boat" he says, "is built exclusively to solve the prob- lem of the Atlantic, and is, therefore, constructed as a seaworthy boat, its hull being entirely of mahogany. It has two scats, placed side by side, so that the aviators can steer by turns without changing places. Another peculiarity is the mechanism for start- ing the flying boat's motor, which jcan be effected by the aviator with- ^i Uaving his seat. 'The machine is a biplane and has a plfcno surface of fifty square met- res, u can lift a total weight of about 6,600 pounds. The motor i.s of 250 horsepwer; it is watercooled and has a veloedtv of 1,8000 revolutions a minut*. WitVv its full cargo the fly- I ing boat can attain a speed of U2 miles an hour, so that we should bo able to strike the Amerloan ooa»t in a j little more than twonty-four hours." ROMANCE OF JAS. J. HILL'S LIFE HE WAS ONCE A DOCK LABORER IN ST. PAUL. A Glimpse of Some of the Character- istics of the Creat Railway Magnate. One of the intimate friends of the late .1. J. Hill, the greatest of Ameri- can railroaders and the man who opened up the North-Western States of the American Union to scttjlement j a generation ago, is Mr. Elias Rogers, ; of Toronto, says the Toronto Star. 1 Mr. Rogers knew J. J. Hill in the early days, having met him first in St. Paul in 1882. Hill formed a . strong affection for Mr. Rogers, large- i ly because he had gone to a school | in Rockwood presided over by Rev. j William Wetherald, a member of the Society of Friends, of whom Mr. Rogers is also a member. "J. .1. Hill was the biggest railroad man in the United Slates or in the world," said Mr. Rogers. '"There was not his equal. Van Home was a friend of his and there were many points of similarity, but Hill made Van Home. He brought bim to the C. P. R. Strathcona and Stephens wanted Hill to manage the C.P.R., '. and Hill took hold for a while, but he picked Van Home to take *his place on the C.P.R. and went back to the (Jreal Northern. ' Was a Dock Laborer. ' ",I. .1. Hill was a big looking man, although he was not so tall as I. lie was s(iuare-shouldered with a leonine ' head. He was blessed with a very I strong physique. He had worked as I a boy on the farm, and when he came to St. Paul first he workeil as a â-  stevedore on the docks. They say the stump is still to be seen of the last tree he chopped at Rockwood. A man named Harris was working with j him that <lay. Harris since came to work for me, and he told me the inci- | dent. Hill, who had conceived the idea of going West, laid his axe against a tree. " 'That's the chop,' said he. "He started bill next day. "Hill was a particularly quiet spoken man," continued Mr. Rogers. "But his words always carried weight. He was well read, one of the best read men in America, I suppose. He was well up on such subjects as the modern science of agriculture, botany, flowers, chemistry of soil, and so forth. He was strong in geology. There were few subjects he was not thoroughly familiar with, but he had no fads. Among other things he was a con- ' noisHcur on precious stjoncs and jewel- ry, and had a cultivated taste in mat- ters of art. But he was self-educat- ed, the schooling he had received at Rockwood being chiefly valuable for teaching him how to learn. He had a prodigious memory. I Fond of Old Memories. < "He was fond of indulging in ( reminiscences. Ho used to talk to ' me for an hour at a time of t)he old days when ho was a barefoot boy in , Canada. There was one house whore he used to call, and the woman there i always used to give him a piece of bread and butor, although he never asked for It. He confessed to me I that he was always very glad to get it, just the same. j "Hill always had a remarkable capacity for details, but he maintain- I ed his breadth of vision. He was opposed to extravagance and display, I but was never penurious. He lived in a very nice house in St. Paul, with beautiful grounds around it, but it was not a showy place. He had an- other house in New York. Mrs. Hili* is one of tho finest ladies I have ev«r met. She is not a society woman, al- though she is acceplwd everywhere, of course. She is a motherly woman. She is a Roman Catholic, but of the broadest type. last tree I'm going to West on a ten dollar "Hill had a model farm at St. Paul and a laboratory where he kept chemists employed. He had model farms dotted throughout the terri- tjory of his railroads to the coast. Here he experimented with crops, and had samples of different soils sent for analysis to St. Paul. Then he would determine what crops were best adapt- ed for each particular region, and what fertiliser was the local require- ment. This information he would pub- lish for the benefit of the people, to- gether with the comparisons of the crops in the different districts under the different treatments. His farms could generally produce twice what was produced on the farms of t»heir neighbors. In this way he improved the agricultural standing of the terri- tory through which his lines ran. His methods were always practical rather than mere academical or theoretical. He used to sell improved seed at a nominal figure. He also introduced bhc best stock. When he became im- pressed with a farmer as a progres- sive, common-sense man, he would often present such a man with a fine breeder, and thus improve the stock of his district. Kind to Animals. "Hill was very kind to animals, and it was because he saw the stranger's horse was tired, that time at Rock- wood, that he carried a pail of water to it. Tho stranger, in appreciation, gave him a copy of an American newspaper, where he read that men were wanted in Minnesota, and where- from he derived his determination to go West- "Hill wanted to fight for the North in the Civil War in the States, and organized a company. They would not let him go, however, because he was blind in one eye. It was not an apparent infirmity, in fact no one would ever have known it. His other eye was strong and did all the work. He told me himself a couple of years ago that one eye was Ulind or I would never have known it. He did not wear glasses except in later years to read by. "He owned most of the First Na- tional Bank at St. Paul, and the con- trolling interest in t?he Northern Pa- cific and the Great Northern. The three institutions occupy one building, newly completed, which takes up a whole block and constitute the finest building in St. Paul. The bank is in t)he centre, with a glass roof, one or two stories high. This allows the Great Northern and the Northern Pa- cific office buildings to tower up each side, and have plenty of light all around them. Helped Slrathcona. "J. J. Hill helped to make Strath- cona's fortune. I remember talking to Hill during the South African war and remarking on the big expense the Strathcona Horse must be to Sir Donald." " 'He can easily stand it,' said Hill. 'I've made more than that for him in one deal thai he knew nothing about.' "Hill and Slrathcona met tho first time on the Red River trail between St. Paul and Winnipeg. Each was traveling with a dog sleigh. I "At the time of the first Riel rebel- I lion at P'ort (iarry, when the people were housed up in the fort, it looked I as if they would be starved out. I Strathcona sent word to Hill asking I if he would get word through fro Fort Garry that there would be food there ; by the time spring opened up. Hill I could not trust anybody, so he went himself, traveling by dog-sled a dis- tance of over 400 miles, and taking an Indian with him to cook and help with tho dogs. The Indian proved a traitor, however, and when about half way there, he refused to do as he was told, I Hill got suspicious. The Indian had been told to cook breakfast, and not \ obeying, words followed, when the In- ' dian attempted to seize tho rifle. Hill was too quick for him, and grabbed it first. He told the Indian to run. I " 'If you look around or lot up your I stride until out of sight you're a dead ' man,' said Hill. The Indian went i straight ahead and stayed not. Hill ] then started for Fort Garry alone, j traveling all day and all night, to get away from any possible pursuit. j He was familiar with the Indians around Fort (Jarry, and was able to work into the barracks during the For the June Graduate. Quite as important as the June bride i i the June graduate. She must be just as daintily dr&3sed in misty white, and her future is equally as promising. It is no longer consiilercd the pro- per thing for the graduate to be ela- borately dressed in silk or satin; many of the daintiest frocks are fashioned by the graduate herself, from the sheer voiles, organdies, nets', or from the dainty flouncings of lace or embroidery. The hig"h schools favor the idea of the graduate fash- ioning her own dress; some so as far as to suggest the material and the cut for the entire class. Per- haps this does not appeal to the aver- age girl, with her ideas of individ- uality, but the notion of making her own frock should appeal to her, for this very reason, that she may add little distinctive touches which bring out her own personality. Simplicity in Cut and Material The very simplest, most youthful models are chosen for the June gradu- ate. They are usually of organdy, or one of the sheer cottons, very spar- I ingly and simply trimm.ed. Crepe de Chine or one of the very soft taffetas ' or satins may also be used, if prefer- I red, but the cottons are more in vogue ! and daintier. I Net, which is such a general fav- i orite for the typical summer dress, is quite as well liked for the graduation ! dress and proves extremely 'practical. ' White cotton net, combined with taf- feta, voile, or organdy, fashions the i daintiest of graduation frocks; one ; which may be worn later for summer ' afternoons, or the dance. I Skirts are short, sleeves range from i the short puff, so charmingly in keep- ' ing with bouffant skirts of the mom- ' ent, to the three-quarter or full I length sleeve of organdy, net, Georg- ! ette or chiffon. Round necks are t particularly modish, although the j square neck and the V are also liked. If one wishes to be at the height of I the mode, the graduation frock must I boast a hooped petticoat. These are go softly boned and so unobtrusive SHOES Cool, Cosy anJ Comrorfakle , WORN BY EVER MEMBER OF THE FAMILY SOLD BY ALL OOOO SHOE DEALERS ried, both for use and ornament, for fans are extremely dainty this sum- mer. Feathers are being used in the now fans. There are small ostrich feather fans and plain cock feather fans in white and colors. The small spangled silk fan is still favored. .Any of these make most acceptable gifts for the graduate. Although the plainer the hair is dressed the better, a bit of tulle or a single comb may I be worn, and Colonial silver or rhine- ; stone buckles may adorn the pumps. Very little jewelry, if any, is permis- sible; a small brooch or a tiny Laval- liere is quite enough. Summer Frocks of Organdy Organdy is one of the most general- ly favored of materials for the sum- ! mer frock, whether for graduation, j garden parties, or summer dances. It comes in all the delicate pasted eolor- ' ings now favored and is also pattern- ed with dainty, conventionalized de- I signs, on white and colored grounds. TTie plain and figured voiles are ef- I fective also, and there are many at- I tractive combinations of voile and taf- j feta, organdy and taffeta, net and I organdy and the like. I It is considered most Frenchy to ' combine organdy and taffeta, or net and taffeta. This is usually done in a frock which one has no idea of 7104 Commencement Frock of Voile that the frock looses none of its sim- plicity but gains in grace. Shoes, Gloves and a Fan White kid pumps and white silk stockings ore dainty and carry out the "all white" notion; black patent or kid pumps and black stockings, how- ever, are in quite as goofl form. White silk gloves, if any gloves arc worn, are better than kid, being cool- er. A small white fan may bo car- 7192 Another Dainty .Model Graduate for the darkness and deliver his message. Ho stayed th»re a short time, nnd when ] he started back the river had broken I up. He was waylaid by a party of Riel's Indians and forced to cross the river. This he did by swimming among the ice floes while the Indians were shooting. He got his dogs around him and crossed all right, but one of his dogs was shot while in the water. \ He made for a light and was taken in j by a settler and put to bed. He was unable to travel for two or throe ilays, ' but came out none the worse in the ' end. i Couldn't Be Idle. I "Hill used to plan vacation trii>s of I two months' duration down tho I.ab- I rador shore and elsewhere. He was I very fond of fishing. Hut ho never stayed out the period he had planned. His business instincts got the better of him. He could never stand being j idle long. "I saw James J. Hill in New York only five weeks ago, and he looked to mo as well as ever he did, full of life and energy. He always moved as if on steel springs. I cannot understand how it was that the operation killed him. I thought he was likely to live foi' ten ycors or more." .sending to the laundry, although there are at tho moment taffetas and satins which wash very writ. The first frock ill.i'. trated here \.\ a jumpc r model Hiiapied from one of Poiret's desitrns. It is tl<>veloped in not and tatfeta and is a charmingly simple model for the girl who wishes to make her own frock for commence- ment. In the secon<l design is a particu- larly effective frock of plain and fig- ured voile. Tho figured material is white with a white mercerized ring. The quaint neck line, pui'^'jd sleeves and full "kirt. make it a vsry pleas- ing and youthful frock, suitable for graduation exsrcises or summer parties. The (Jarden Party Hat. It will do no harm to tell of a hat or two, which, worn with tiie gradua- tion frock after that wonderful day will complete a most eflfective garden party, or summer afternoon costume. There are large hats of organdy in the dainty colorings, just the thing for the organdy frock; large black and colored wenchowF, stenciled with some quaintly conceived and colored figure, flower or bird; wide brimmed leghorns, with a flower or two on their drooping brims; and msny oth- ers, for the large hit is ag'ain modish. These stenciled hats offer alluring possibilities to tho girl who paints or understands the mixing of colors. These patterns may be obtained from your local McCall dealer or from The McCall Company, 70 Bond St, Toronto, Ont- Dept. W. â€" - •> â€" Far Better. (]lcrk â€" Don't you want a burglar alarm? Knicker â€" No, I should preftir some- thing to put mo to sleep if thoy come. ijfife; â- ^iaii.aiiJMifi'A'lltti