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Girls upon the threshold of woman-‘ hond often drift into a decline in spite lof all care and attention. How often one sees girls who have been strong and lively become suddenly weak, deâ€" pressed, irritable and listless. It is ' the daw’n of womanhoodâ€"a crisis in the life of every girlâ€"and prompt measures should be taken to keep the blood pure and rich with the red tint of health. If the blood is not healthy at this critical stage the body is weak- 'ened and grave disorders follow. Dr. §Williams Pink Pills have saved thous~ ands of young girls from what might ‘have been lifelong invalidism or an early death. They are a blood-builder iof unequalled richness, strengthening .weak nerves and producing a liberal: :supply of red, healthy blood which: ‘every girl needs to sustain her strength. Dr. Williams Pink Pills have proved their great value over and over again to young women whose ‘ health was failing. Miss A. Stern- burg, Haileybury Road, New Liskeard,= 0nt., says:â€"“I have much reason to be 'grateful to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills as they restored me to health, if, in- deed, they did not save my life. In 1914 I began to feel run down, and the doctor who was called in said that mine was a bad case of anaemia. I lost flesh, always felt tired, and I got so nervous that I could scarcely hold a cup to take a drink. My heart would flutter alarmingly. The doctor did not seem to be able to help me at all and my family and friends all thought that I was in a decline and could not recover. I was in bed for some weeks when an aunt came to see me and urged that I try Dr. Wil- liams’ Pink Pills. My father got al supply, and by the time I had taken three boxes there was a noticeable im- provement, and from that on I stead- ily progressed toward recovery. I con- tinued using the pills for some time longer, and they restored me to my old time health and strength. I shall never cease to praise this medicine, and to urge all weak run-down girlsj to give it a fair trial as I have proved’ in my own case their great merit.” Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills are sold by, all dealers in medicine, or you can get? them by mail at 50 cents a box or six? boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Wil-‘ liams Medicine 00., Brockville, Ont. Weakness Generally Comes On as Womanhood Approaches. In Britain and in France Women Serve in Freedom's Cause. In England there are four hundred thousand women directly engaged in munitions work, and six hundred thousand in work connected with the war, not to me ition those on street cars, etc. Therem scarcely a position in England to-day filled by a man whose work could be done by a wo- man. In one munitions plant in Eng- land 13,000 women are working; in another 10,000. In one plant, where there are 5,080 workers, 4,400 are women. There was a prejudice at first against women working in man- ufacturing plants, but this prejudice has entirely disappeared, and manu- facturers who objected now agree that the results have been highly sat- isfactory. In some sections the woâ€" men did most of the harvesting. In France, in the harvest fields, no men were to be found, just‘ women. Great Britain could never have successfully prosecuted the war but. for the mag- nificent co~operation of the women, and also of the laboring); men, who have co-ope ment in an labor men 1 their best ‘ nothing can Canada and had earned The. stormy, blustery weather which we have during February and March is extremely hard on children. Con- ditions make it necessary for the mo- ther to keep them in the house. They are often confined to overheated, badâ€" ly ventilated rooms and catch colds which rack their whole system. To guard against this a box of Baby’s Own Tablets should be kept in the house and an occasional dose given the baby to keep his stomach and bowels working regularly. This will not fail to break up colds and keep the health of the baby in good condition till the brighter days come along. The Tab- lets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at ‘35 cents a box from The Dr. Williams Medicine ('70.. Brm-kville. Ont. STORMY WEATHER HARD 0N BABY “They were the first ma man. dear." “Wen: 3 grandma ? " PALE, FEEBLE GIRLS WOMEN’S WORK IN WAR TIME. Waan To Know “Who were Adam and E co-operated with tho Govern- in an admirable manner. The men have given themselves and best vitality, ahd in the future 1g can be too good for them in la and the old country, for they warned every consideration. ere Adam and 5“" grand' The most important thing is to keep the range well cleaned outâ€"top, sides Vere the first man and wo- and underneathâ€"at the cleanout door. " Familiarize yourself thoroughly with you 'quajnted with 'em, the uses and duties of the damper and " different draft-s, so you can obtain the Eggless Spice Loaf.â€"â€"One cupful of thick sour milk, one-half cupful of but- ter, one cupful of sugar, two cupfuls of flour, one cupful of chopped raisins, one teaspoonful of soda, one teaspoon- ful of cinnamon, one-half teaspoon- ful of cloves, one-half teaspoonful of nutmeg, 9. pinch of salt. Stir the soda into the milk, add the melted butter. sugar, salt, and spices. Rub the rais- ins in the flour and then stir all to- gether. Pour into a buttered cake tin in loaf shape, or if preferred, into small gem pans. This quantity makes one loaf or twelve small cakes. i Eggless Apple Cakeâ€"One cupful of brown sugar, one-half cupful of butter, one cupful of raisins, seedless; one cupful of apple sauce, unsweetened; one cupful of flour, one-fourth tea- spoonful of salt, one teaspoonful cin- namon, one~half teaspoonful of cleves, ore teaspoonful of baking soda, a pinch of nutmeg. Cream the sugar and the butter together, add the salt and spices and raisins. Mix the baking soda with the apple sauce. Add the flour to the sugar-and butter mixture, then add the sauce, and if the mixture is not thick enough add a trifle more flour. Mix well and pour into a but- itered loaf tin, baking about one hour .in a moderate oven. When eggs are soaring in priCB try the eggless dessert. There are many excellent cakes‘and other fancy des' sorts that can be made without eggs and not suffer a loss in their taste or richness. Here are a few simple Te- cipes that require no eggs and that make delicious cakes: i This is the time of year when the housewife should take a survey of the imany small repairs about the house iwhich should be attended to. It might 1be well to have a repair day when the lhandy man takes his time and tools land finishes these numerous odd jobs. Perhaps one or two window-panes are out, a cupboard door sticks, or a lock ris out of order. The back steps that are worn out (and have been for some time) and are propped Up with a rock or pile of bricks, might be repaired to ‘lessen the danger of accidents. Little gthings out of order are a source of ‘ unnecessary worry to the busy house- wife, and when repaired they mean ,much in comfort and convenience. Cabbage is one of the few winter vegetables whose possibilities are only half understood by many housekeep- ‘ ers. There are delicious ways of pre- paring this sturdy standby. In salad i it can be eaten with benefit every day. :Try cooking an onion with boiled cab- lbage; this prevents the strong cab- ibage odor that some fastidious folks ’object to. When cabbage seems rathâ€" er “wilty” in winter, soak it for half ‘an hour in cold water before cooking. Eggless White Cake.â€"One cupful of butter, two cupfuls of sugar, one cup- ful of milk, three and one-half cupfuls of flour, one teaspoonful of baking powder, one teaspoonful of vanilla, 2 pinch of salt. Mix the melted butter, milk and sugar, add salt and mix the baking powder with the flour and add to liquid mixture, finally vanilla. Stir well and bake in a loaf in a slow oven. Eggless Plum Cake.-â€"0ne-half cup- ful of butter, one-half cupful of bread crumbs, two cupfuls of stewed prunes or cherries, four tablespoonfuls of chopped almonds, four tablespoonfuls of sugar, oneâ€"half cupful of milk, a dash of cinnamon and of cloves. Melt the butter in hot milk. Mix the chop- ped almonds with the bread crumbs, sugar, dash of cinnamon and of cloves. Pour the milk and butter mixture over this, stir well and add the chopped prunes. Pour into a shallow baking pan and bake in a moderate oven for one hour. This can be served with whipped cream if desired. Creamed cabbage has a delicate, de- lightful flavor and is more easily dig- ested than boiled cabbage. Cut the cabbage fine and drop it in a stewâ€"pan of boiling water; add a pinch of ground cloves and a small onion. Cook it ten minutes; drain and add a table- spoonful of butter, the same of sugar, enough salt and pepper to suit your taste. and three tablespoonfuls of thick cream. Heat well and serve. ’ Baked cabbage is fine. Boil it ten minutes and finish cooking in a cov- ered bakingâ€"dish in the oven. Season v.1'th salt, peppe:~ and fresh meat fry- ings. Next time you cook sauerkraut put in plenty of water, enough pork to season, and add dumpling of rich bis- cuit dough rolled thin; thus you will have a toot-hsome dish. Dessert Recipes That Save Eggs. ABOUT THE HOUSEHOLD Have A Day For Repairs Some Cabbage Dishes. The Care Of A Range _â€"One cupful of 1i chimney that is ope: to rain and1 snow permits the moisture to run down 3 the flue, mix with the soot, and get/i into the back-flue of the range; this‘ results in a mixture of soot and mois- ture, which forms an acid that eats out the range flue, thus doing away with; halft its life. 1 heat and different temperatures neces- sary to cook and bake. A range is very Often condemned be- cause it will not draw well. As a rule, upon investigation, you will find the flue clogged up with soot; this is a job for the men folks. although the cleanâ€" ing up, a not overly pleasant piece of work, generally falls upon the house- wife. In some cases the soot may safely be burned out‘ Sometimes a tinner can correct the faulty draft, but not often. An'other common error in operating a range is the filling up of the fire- box to the top. This means wasting fuel, over-heating the range and burn- ing the plates. This, in time, will warp the lids and make the top un- even. The best way is to use just enough fuel to keep the fire burning brightlyâ€"a fire-box about half full. The air is drawn up through the fire, and as it becomes heated it mixes with the fresh fuel-gas, and what would be a black smoke is immediately ignited to a bright flame. This flame is burned and utilized and gives the oven the best heat the fuel is capable of giving. Thus a little fuel given more frequently affords more heat, with a saving in many instances of at least one-third in the fuel bill. When you understand the relative value of the damper and each draft, you can keep the temperature of‘your oven to any degree desired and for an inde- finite period. ~Ti'y not to poke the fire from the top; shake it with the shaker. See also that the ashes are not permitted to accumulate until they entirely fill the ash chamber, as they choke off the free circulation of air to the bottom of the grate. It is safe to say that two or three minutes of time, now and then, in look- ing to the proper condition 01" the range, will save many a baking, not to speak of the housekeeper's valuable time and disposition. When hanging short curtains it is a good plan to use picture wire. This can be drawn much tighter and will not break. Rub lamps with cornstarch on the outside, to remove the 0in look that so often characterizes them. Household Helps. Without cleanliness and punctuality good cooking is impossible. The furniture will be improved by being wiped off occasionally with a cloth dipped in linseed oil. Cotton crepe in white and colors is a labor-saver when made up into chil- dren’s underwear and dresses. If new stockings are washed before wearing they will wear longer. A gobd why to use up old stockings and woollens is to unrip the wool and use it as a stuffing for cushions. Croquettes should be in a warm place for an hour before frying. They will brown more quickly. When a kettle is badly scorched. do not clean it at once, but fill it with water, after it is cool, put in a hand- ful of washing soda and allow it to boil for an hour or two. Whgn making a steamed pudding put a piece of well-greased paper over the top before ~tying on the cloth. This Here Is a fine Old-fashioned recipe for coughs. colds or catax‘rh aouhle that as been used with great. success. Get from your drug- gist 1 oz. of Parmlnt (Double Strength) about 750 worth and add to it 3 pint of hot water and 4 oz. of granulated sugar. This will make full half a pint when mixed. Take one tablespoonful 4 tln' trilé bz brea ries Addre FOR A BAD (‘OUGH \I should more with a Sta 1 day 181 racking lea and who air supL your whole flogged non- passages of so you can 9353' to pre- is pleasant has a. stub- rd cold or should give i‘de lwill prevent the cloths from becomâ€"1 ing greasy, and they are no trouble to> lwash. 1 Don’t oil the sewing machine with paraffin. It spoils the bearings. Ins! stead, before putting the machinel away, oil with best machine oil, and} lbefore using again wipe carefully with: la paraffin rag. ‘ randomâ€"Do you wear glasses? Are you a victim of eye atmin or other eye weaknesses? I! so you will bo glad to know that according to Dr. there IS ronl hope {or you. Many whose eyes were failing say the have had their eyes re-tored through the principle of this won- dcrful free roscription. One man says, after trying it: “ was almost blind: could not see to read at all. Now I ran read everything without any glasses and my (- '85 do not water any more. At night they woul pain dreadfully; now they feel fine all the time. It was like a miracle to me." A lady who used it says: "The atmosphere seemed hazy with or without glasses, but alter using this prescription for fiftpen days eve thing seems clear. I can even read fine print wit out glasses." It is believed that thousands who wear glasses can now discard them in a reasonable time and multitudes more will be able lo strengflivn their oyea no as to be spared the tiouble and expense Doctor Tells How To Strengthen Eyesight 50 per cent In One Week’s Time In Many Instances If you have a cold, bake a lemon thoroughly until it is tender, cut it in half, sprinkle each half with sugar and eat while hot and just before go- ing to bed. Never put shoes near a fire to dry. When you come in, if they are damp, fill them with paper. and stand them in a warm room, but not anywhere near the fire. Revival of Agriculture as Result of Ravages by Submarines. The neverâ€"ending ravages by Gerâ€" man submarines upon British and neutral shipping are interfering se- riously with food supplies to the Motherland from overseas. In a re- cent three months' period 470 ships have been sunk, of which 187 were British. Most of‘the neutrals were carrying cargoes to Britain. It is, therefore, of the highest importance that the people of the United King'- dom take most radical measures to grow more food at home. In 1917 there will be an immense campaign to this end, to relieve pressure on diâ€" minished shipping resources. and save on foreign purchases. The Board of Agriculture, under Mr. Prothero, is undertaking radical measures to stimulate production on all sides. A Free Prescription You Can Have Filled and Use at Home. The Food Controller. Lord Devon- port, has fixed prices to farmers for wheat, oats and potatoes, assuring them high returns. But Mr. Prothero proposes the forming of committees in every county to supervise produc- tion. In villages every possible scrap of land is to be cultivated, pig clubs are to be formed, and seed furnished for garden production. The county committees are to make surveys, and to have the right to enter upon any farm to inspect cultivation, and take possession of it if not cultivated. The speeding up of agricultural labor is to be assisted by the War Office through the use of German prisonâ€" ers, of interned aliens, of conscienâ€" tious objectors exempt from army service, and, on special cecasions, of soldiers in training. Corps of women are to be mobilized on a military sys- tem, paid as soldiers and billeted as required, to help on the land. Motor plows, steam cultivators, steam threshing and other machinery will be provided by the board, with men specially released from the army for their operation. Special imports of feeding stuffs have been arranged with the shipping authorities. In fact, almost as much attention is being given to farm production as to regu- lar war organization. The British people neglected agri- culture considerably in recent years because with their large mercantile marine they could import foodstuffs from the United States. Canada, Russia, Australia, India and other big producing countries ‘at a price as low as the domestic value in these coun- tries, and by buying abroad, create a demand for British manufactures. BRITISH FOOD PRODUCTION of ever getting glasses. Eye trouble-a of many descriptions may be wonderfully benefited by followm the simple rules. Here is the prescrip- tion: a to any active drug ltore and get a, bonlo o! Ben-0pm tableau. Drop one Bou~0p¢o tablet In a fourth of 3 9f water and allow to dissolve. With thin liquxd bathe Lhe eyes two to four times daily. You should notice your eygs clear up pell‘fieptibw'flgh'f: from tho Sty-c and :n .mmhu..- _‘ But the demands of war upon the merchant marine, both for British and Allied purposes, and the losses by submarine have forced the British to the conclusion that they must pro- duce extensively for themselves. They grew, before the war, only one-fourth of their food. Now the endeavor must be to grow three-fourths of it. That would ensure independence of any submarine campaign that might be launched by Germany. , , _, r. r ..... 0..” “um um until. 3.30 inflammation '1 quicidy disappear. If your eyes at. bothering on. even a httle. take steps to save them now eiore it. in too late. 'hlauy hopeless] blind might have been saved 1! they had car {or _tbeir eyes in time. An industry in England that began a thousand years before the Christian era and was practically given up half a century ago has been revived since the war began. It is the making of ornaments out of jet. This material is believed to be wood that has gone through an age-long process, per- haps a slow burning. It is a cousin of coal, a second cousin of box oak. Sometimes the tracing of a primeval fern is ground in its grain. Jet rosaâ€" ries are now, it is said, in special de- mand. Arthur Machen, an English writer, says that jet ornaments “pass- ed out of popularity with horse hair sofas and crinolines, with the paint- ings of Landseer and Frith, with all those brave mid-Victorian things." The Victorians reveled in funerals with heavy plumes and hatbands and lavish crepe and jet, which is black, fitted with a scheme of things that has passed away. But it is coming into its own again, though where once 1,500 or 2,000 workmen were employ- ed in cutting and polishing ornaments of jet there are now scarcely one-tenth of that number, and these are mostly men too old for service in the army. Now: Another promlncm PhylicInn to whom the above tnlclo was submltwd. and: "Dom-(mm Lg 3 very remarkable remndy. [is constituent Ingredient; are well known to emInent eyv specialists and wide] prescribed by them. The manuIaciurcrs guarantee 1% to strengthen era-slam 50 per mm In ona week's time In many Instances or NIUI‘ld the money. It can b. obtained tmm any good druuist and Is one at the Very Iew preparailom I Icel should b9 kept on hand for regular une In almost every Inmily. ’ The Vaimax- Drug (‘n., more 4. ioromo. will an your orders 1; run: d'uzgst. cannot. A good reputation is the product of self-respect. Apply Sloan’s Liniment without rubbing to the sore leaders and the pai_n will soon be re_lieved. For rheumatic aches, neuralgia, gout. lumbago. bruises, strains, sprains and muscle stiffness, hava a bottle handy. Quickly penetrate- and soothes, cleaner than mule planters or ointmenu, does not Itain the s in. At all druggim. 25c. 50c. and $1.00. For Stiff Neck Revival of Jet Industry