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mm womans i world by mair in morgan your rubber plant rubber plants have a bad habit of growing too tall but the chinese have a cure for it they make a gootee which is a ball of clay held together by moss or fiber around one of the nodes or joints first the stem is wounded or girdled just be low a node and then the ball is ap plied it is kept moist by water seep ing from a container above down a soft cord which is wound around the ball after a few weeks roots are formed and penetrate the ball of clay the stem is then cut off just below the ball and the upper part is potted up as a new plant while the remaining portion of the old plant may be discarded or encour aged to throw out new shoots down below of course a simpler and much less interesting way to shorten the rubber plant is merely to cut it olt just above a node and hope thai it will throw out new shoots and that these shoots will be situated so that they will make a respectable looking plant but for those who have the time and who like to do the un common thing the chinese method is to be preferred new closet space how to fit new closets in the old houses when they are being recon ditioned is often a perplexing prob lem which may be solved in a bed room by building one in each of the two corners in a wall this forms an alcove in which the head of a bed may bo placed in the french fash ion pastelhued walls gray or rose for example are appropriate in such a room another good place for closets is the space on either side of a fireplace chimney crackers and cheese for salad course there are women vain of their mixing prowess who refuse to serve crackers or other accessories with their salads because they feel that the perfect salad needs no ac companiment but we think they are wrong and especially so after a sur vey of this years additions to the already thicklypopulated biscuit and wafer field and then there are all the new tricks to dress them up toasting with cheese or lightly covering with one of the many new dressings cheese crackers may be fixed for toasting before the meal is served then while the table is being clear ed for the saad slip the crackers into a very hot oven or under the broiling flame it will take only one or two minutes for the cheese to melt work four tablespoons grated cheese and two tablespoons butter to a smooth paste and spread on small unsweetened crackers sprinkle lightly with paprika and toast cheese in other guises there are times when an even more elaborate salad accompaniment is wanted and again cheese is to the fore cheese cups cheese balls cheese sticks and fingers or triang- ci of crisp toast are delectable morsels that may all he made in the home kitchen when cheese does form a main in gredient in the salad tiny brown bread sandwiches crisp toast and bread sticks are suitable if some thing more than plain or toasted crackers is wanted delicious cheese biscuits are made of a baking powder biscuit dough to which grated cheese has been add ed use onehalf cup grated cheese to two cups flour in the regular baking powder biscuit rule cut these biscuits with a oneinch round cutter serve warm cheese straws are especially in viting with a fruit or vegetable salad cheese straws one cup stale bread crumbs vt cup milk teaspoon salt 1 cup grated cheese flour combine crumbs milk salt and cheese and mix thoroughly sift over lour to make a dough stiff enough lo handle roll on a slightly floured molding board into a thin sheet cut in strips four inches long and h inch wide bake fifteen minutes in a moderate oven fruit cake and cookies this time of year we expect fruit cake the children well they expect cookies any time of year here are two rather unusual recipes for these dainties coffee fruit cuke i- cup shortening 1 cup light brown sugar 2 eggs x cup coffee 13 cup milk 1 cups llour 3 teaspoons baking powder pound raisins vx pound citron vi pound figs cut in strips cream shortening add sugar egg yolks coffee and milk sift together flour and baking powder and add slowly add fruit which has been slightly floured and fold in beaten whites of eggs bake in greased loaf pan from one hour to one hour and a quarter mocha cookies 1 cup shortening 1 cup sugar 1 cup molasses cup coffee ii cups flour 2 eggs 2 teaspoons soda 3 teaspoons cinnamon 1 teaspoons ginger 1 teaspoon ground cloves 1 teaspoon salt cream shortening and sugar add well beaten eggs and coffee mixed with soda and molasses sift all spices with flour and add to mixture making a soft dough drop on cookie pan a tablespoonful for each cookie case of puppy love this basketful of bull terrier puppies cast appealing eyes around in search for new masters they and other canines were auctioned in new york art gallery as presents for some lucky young children uncooked green pepper pimiento peppers or both red sprinkle mashed potatoes with black pepper and red paprika for color effect as well as for flavor partv lore a cold meat platter becomes wonderfully interesting if slices of tho cold beef plain meat loaf or tongue are placed in one or two rows on a large platter with one or two rows of alternating sliced tomatoes and sliced green peppers the latter having been stuffed with cream cheese or the meat slices may be sur rounded with tomatoes which have been stuffed with cottage cheese moistened with cream or the decoration may consist of olives sweet pickles and celery curls or of olives and cubes of very stiff jelly or gelatine to which was added half a glass of bright red jelly before it began to set slices of pineapple provide still another attractive method of garnishing parsnips will add to the charm of any meal if after they have been boiled until tender and then scraped they are halved dotted with melted butter sprinkled with the tiniest pos sible amount of granulated sugar then placed in a pan in the oven let bake for 10 minutes then sprin kle with chopped pecans or english walnuts and allow to brown place in it before baking a row of hardboiled eggs so that when the loaf is cut the eggs will show in the center of each slice nova scotia charms ice cream served plain is always one of the most popular of year- round desserts it can gain a great deal in interest however if occa sionally it is served in some un usual attractive way any good sauce as chocolate or fudge sauce gives it a charmingly dresscdup look or ice cream may be placed between two slices of white cake and the whole covered with the sauce or pour over a dish of plain ice cream a cold thick syrup made by cooking the strained juice of fruit or berries in an equal quantity of sugar until it spins a thread over this arrange a few cubes of the fruit or a few of the berries fish served with the usual egg sauce is an everyday dish but it can be transformed into something unusual at the very last moment before serving by adding to the sauce some chopped almonds or halved malaga grapes a delicious topping for plain ice cream is orange marmalade from which all pieces of rind have been removed leaving only the soft sauce an interesting addition to a very plain salad such as sliced toma toes served on lettuce- or lettuce alone is a small ball of cream cheese which has been rolled in finely chopped parsley put over vanilla icecream whip ped cream which has been tinted green garnish with malaga grapes cut in halves or with greentinted cherrios or with maraschino cher ries or with nuts a pretty way to serve tomatoes as a salad on lettuce is to serve two or three very small ones on each plate peeled and their tops cut into points tulip shape sprinkled with salt and pepper and covered with mayonnaise a decorative garnish for salad or cold meats is made by rolling tight ly several large lettuce leaves and laying them away for several hours when needed cut tho roll into half- 1 inch pieces and pretty lightgreen rosettes will be the result on each serving plate lay 3 fresh or canned peach halves hollow side up in a small circle fill each hollow with vanilla or lemon ice cream and pile ice cream in middle of the plate sprinkle with finely chopped almonds the all a charming decoration for a platter consists of a few roses made from apple parings cut a long thin apple paring let it stand in the vinegar from pickled beets or in tho red water in which a small peeled and diced beet has been boiled this gives the paring a delicate pink tinge then turn the paring wrong side out and roll it up rosefashion when serving lima beans baked beans or yellow string beans add color and interest to the dish by garnishing with very thin strips of an ordinary moat loaf will look much more festive if over it before it is put in the oven is spread a little canned red pimiento or fresh or canned tomato pulp to give the top of the loaf a decorative red color it is a good plan also to l not only those who hail from what they claim to be the loveliest pro vince o the dominion but all who tako delight in memories immortal and the dim faroff things of long ago will find much ot interest much of charm and a vivid recounting of historic highlights in a book just to i hand down in nova scotia by clara dennis ryerson press the writer who is what is known in that part of the world as a hali gonian starts from the old garri son city in her motor car to dis cover nova scotia in toe course of her explorations she accumulates a wealth of anecdote of legend of descriptive beauty which makes her journey well worthwhile sho tells of fair princes lodge on the lovely shores of bedford basin where the duke of kent father of queen victoria spent a fortune in creating a country estate tfirough whose winding woodland pathways h wandered with julie st laurent ba- ronne do fortisson the lovely french woman who was his more than wife for 30 years of the town clock he erected on citadel hill which has told the time for the good people of halifax for 131 years of windior th acadian piziquid from which ytarted the cruet expulsion by governor lawrence of those unhap py people whose unremitting toil had made th land to blossom and rejoice home too of canadas first university founded so that youfe j might receive a virtuous education thus diffusing literature loyalty and good morals among his majestyb subjects in nova scotia passing by the verdure of spread ing dyke lands in the bewitching fragrance of apple blossoms and un der the shadows of bold blomidon the writer comes to grand pre so intimately associated with the expul sion of the acadians and pauses at the charming old house where sir robert borden was born down through annapoli3 and along the coast to yarmouth she recounts many stirring tales of the old wooden ship building days when nova scotian ships voyaged to every port of tho seven sean and on to sable island where wild hortes and uhe rotting timbers of a thousand wrecks litter a windbitten shore it is an informal gracefully writ ten and enthusiastic travelogue of tho historic spots tho fair hills and valleys the wide beaches toe cease- loss call of th sea the gracious kindly people who dwell in ono of tho most picturesque portions of tho dominion r b f brotherly loyalty there are times when a boy or girl should stand byanother member of the family even if that mem ber has done wrontr should a boy stand up for his brother when he has done some thing wrong a mother writes my oldest boy bill was with a crowd of boys on haloween they took the spare tire off a mans car and threw it into the river bill told jack his brother and jack came straight home to me with the whole story i had to tell my husband he whipped bill and got the other boys fathers to chip in and buy another tire for mr thomas what bill did doesnt bother me so much as jacks telling it jack is in wrong with the boys now bill isnt a bad boy on halloween they all lost their heads i think it isnt that i wanted to protect bill either because i think his father did right to punish him but i hate to think of jack as a tattletale double crosser the boys call him dont you think there are times when its better for a boy to keep some of the things he knows to himself i dont know what to say to jack because if i tell him id rather not have heard it he might thnik i approved of what bill did dont you think a boy ought to be loyal to his brother no matter what he does or do you think he felt it was better for bill and his dad and myself to know it certain ly did make trouble and now the rest of the crowd are annoyed with both jack and bill family loyalty to answer this correspondent with anything approaching intelligence we would have to pack our bag go to her house and scrape jacks acquain tance for a couple of weeks somehow we dont think it is the younger brothers habit to squeal about everything that happens or this episode would not have upset his mother so much so we would be inclined to lay jacks motives to two things the prank smacked of crime and he did nt like the responsibility of such a secret and it may be too he want ed to keep his own shoes clean when the truth was discovered and it be came known he too knew all about it he might have some explaining to do we wouldnt lay his motive to any real desire to hurt bill but rather keep clear himself but arent there times when a boy or girl owes certain loyalty to mem bers of his family even when they have done wrong every stand patter on ethics will probably rise up and shout no above all let us have honesty everything must be sacrificed to truth while we dont like concealment we dislike still more the man or boy the woman or girl who will smugly betray a loved one in the name of canadian poultry advance in recent years canada has forged to the front in poultry production and is now one of the leading coun tries in quantity and quality of pro duction per unit this development cannot be attributed definitely to pithy anecdotes of the famous the oil painting of john adams second president ot the united states bung in he red room ot any one factor or group of factors i the white house where it could ba but rather to a genera program of j seen from the table in the state din- dominion provincial and institution al work scientific agriculture points out the research and experi mental work along the various branches of the industry have contin ually inclined to lower production costs removing many of the hazards which confront the poultryman and have enabled him to carry on even at lower prices for his products the introduction of grading and bet ter organized marketing conditions have further assisted in improving the general situation improved qual ity in the product resulting from advanced knowledge of poultry nu trition improved methods of handling and grading of the product have stimulated home consumption until today canada stands preeminently the greatest consumer of eggs per capita of any country in the world in spite of what has already been done in connection with many phases of the poultry industry many prob lems still remain to be dealt with in placing it on the most satisfactory and successful basis from a com mercial and economical standpoint j ing room the head was bald and the varnish made it shine reminisces irwin h ike hoover in it yean in white house president coolidge sent for m one luncheon time says hoover wo was chief usher and pointing to the picture said i am tired ot looking at that old bald head will you have some hair put on it i got an artist and somo turpen tine was smeared on the head tak ing off the thine and giving the apu pearance of a little hair at the next meal the president thanked me and said he saw that mr adams had grown some hair on the top of his head another angle on the quintuplets mrs coolidge could whistle well declares irwin hoover but the presi dent couldnt so he usually blew a whistle for the log and blew it like a locomotive once when the president was trying to whistle in the dogs at night without the aid of the whistle lira coolidge asked whats the matter poppa dont your teeto fit tonight theodore roosevelt when presi dent changed the executive man sion to the white house on his we cant get away from the idea stationery he pointed out says mr though that sirs dionne the hoover that every state had an ex- mother of the children is not getting ecutive mansion and that the pre- her share of all the fuss and pomp iidonts house should be distinctive which is being handed out take for instance the mother of u interesting to note how wood- twins when it is time for them to row wilson changed his signature go out a bit there is a twoseater ro to time secured and in it the twins are when i went to princeton to ar placed proudly she wheels the little ran for the removal of president cart right down the main street and wilsons effects to washington re- the people are minded to turn and lates lnvin hoover i noticed that look there is almost certain to be lis boolis wcle autographed in vari- some mother or father stop the little ous f parade and sav thev recall well en- thomas w wilon ough when they had twins in their woodrow wilson home and there is a comparing of i t- wilson t woodrow wilson woodrow wilson righteousness what is your opinion notes and an interchange of rcmin- iscense all of which causes the mother in question to become con- vinced that she is recognized in the speaarg of enghsh itterature the t bruce lockhart who interviewed the comaiunitv she has something to r former german kaltor at doom talk about in the evening after sup- i holland some time ago tells in pei retreat from glorv of being pre- mrs dionne has been denied al ted wit a large coloreu p0 this pleasant experience she coudi conclusion of not get a cart which would ho the interview the five children and even if she areai d with ule ate could she lives in such location that j o my visit recorua mr lo it would not be possible to wheel it vm siguaturc vvilhelm ir about and soit is that no one stops written ac tn6 bottom in q cx her on the mam street because there kaiser handwriting is a saying of abraham lincoln nothing is settled finally until it is settled right put it away in some corner tho kaiser said jocularly it may com promise you i the canned tomato the change in public opinion re gard to the fashions in food is well exemplified by the tomato not so many years ago the tomato was an object of suspicion today canned to matoes and tomato products consti tute the largest of canadas cannery packs indeed the story of the can ned tomato is one of the epics of canadian trade ten years ago it was one of the least important of the food commodities sent abroad by canada by 1927 the export of can adian canned tomatoes rose to what is now considered a mere 300000 pounds in 1934 nearly 10000000 pounds were exported to 31 different countries 18 of which are british tho british isles alone took 9000000 pounds ontario quebec and british columbia are the provinces in which the commercial production of toma toes for canning purposes and fresh salo is of greatest importance the total acreage is approximately 20000 acres a dependable cannery demand even though this demand varies is also of importance to those growers producing for tho fresh vegetable market the grower therefore as pointed out in the agriculture situ ation bulletin issued early this year is vitally interested in both tho dom estic and export demand for canned tomatoes and tomato products is no main street and no one talks to her about having had quintuplets in their home because there have been no quintuplets in any other home the doctor tho nurses the man who presented five baby bug gies all these people it seems have come in between mrs dionne and the joyous lustre been hers alone it is one of those cases where we have recourse to the fine old words something should be done about it there is time to make amends and there should be a whole lot of them made blow is war inevitable because cain killed his brother in the garden long ago because through all the ages men have given blow for must we accept the dictum that the world was made for strife must we belive that warfare is the goal of human life they tell us human nature never changes age to age that history is reddened with war on every page yet human conduct changes underneath the reign of law and only nations answer to the rule of tooth and claw the day must come my brothers when tho nations shall foreswear the art of human slaughter as it is foresworn elsewhere for if we keep on killing as we have in recent years the time is not far distant till our racial doom appears bruce lockhart says that the ex- i kaiser was full of bernard shaw which should havej n had just read his apple cart a great play by the greates of living artists said tuie kaiser what genius and what humor but then shaw is an irishman i wonder if anybody undorstandt the moral of the play this is how i interpret his meaning with a stupid king and clever ministers the ministers do what uiey want with a clever king and stupid ministers the situation is only partly reversed with a btupid king and stupid ministers everything goes wrong and the ideal govern ment is a clever king and clever min isters e guy talbot in presbyterian advance mull and jeff- by bud fisher mtrrr are you sur well reach i hawaii before finishing with shaw the exkaiser said an american journalist once compared my personal appearance with that of shaw ho wanted to know whether i tried to make myself look like sthaw or whether shaw strove to cultivate my appearance he adoniresa shaw adds mr lockhart in case you havent guessed it speaking of english literature the kaiser told mr lockhart that his favorite authors are dickens scott and marryat all of whom bo has read and laved from his childhood understamped letters different countries have different ways of dealing with undcrstamped letters here hio letters are for warded and the persons to whom they are addressed pay the penalty in tho united states the letter is returned to the sender who is given tho opportunity of amending his fault in denmark the post office it self affixes any postage which may bo lacking and uio following morn ing tho redcoated mailman drops a printed slip in the offenders lettor box as we assumed you did not wish the addressee to pay penalty postage we nfllxcd tho necessary pos- tage to nhe amount ot we beg you kindly to affix tho said amount to this form and hand it in at any poit office at your oarllest conveni ence in tills matter tho danish post office probably comes out first edinburgh scotsman millions of young men aro glad to follow leaders who clothe and feed them and flatter them by idl ing them they are ho tnl of the earth einil ludwlg