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mc i womans by mair m morgan stttlng weans siring beans are now plentiful nii they should be properly cooked to retain full flavour and colour and thus appeal to the appetite and give complete food value string beans of cither green or wax varieties are a delight to the palate when well cooked the method recommended by the fruit branch dominion department of agricul ture is as follows wash remove strings and endsard either leave whole or cut in one inch lengths allow a very small amount of salted water and cook beans in a closely covered saucepan for thirty minutes place over a low five lit first until some juice is extracted then raise the temperature air liquid should be absorbed when beans are cooked the use of different sauces makes for variety beans with tomato sauce i cups beans 2 tablespoons butter 1 cup tomato juice 2 tablespoons flour salt and pepper cool beans in a little water so that practically all liquid is absorb ed when they are tender then add butter and when melted and well mixed through the beans sprinkle the flour over and stir over the lire then slowly add tomato juice stir ring well cook five minutes bean pickle prepare and cook beans as dir ected above make a pickle mixture using it lbs sugar is pints vinegar 2 tablespoons celery 2 teaspoons tumeric 1 cup mustard 1 cup flour heat vinegar mix mustard flour and spice ill a little cold vinegar add hot vinegar gradually cook stirring constantly until thick as cream add beans cook five minutes taking care that they do not stick to the ket tle or burn bottle and seal at once break past skis tdk pack the food you give your family at breakfast will set the pace for the whole day for we must never lose sight of the fact that a long time has elapsed since the evening meal the night before appetites will awaken at the sight of an icy cold half melon filled to overflowing with golden crisp corn flakes this is de licious eating and a dish to give the family quick energy for work or play toaslies melon cup chill small ripe cantaloupe cut in halves allowing one half to each serving remove seeds cut thin slice from bottom of each half so that cantaloupe will rest firmly on plate fill center with corn flakes serve with light cream and powder ed sugar vlair m morgan i juices which greatly aid digestion dr woods hutchison the cele brated physician and dietitian stat ed in the public press recently that pickles are loaded with vitamins hence have pronounced food value the hollanders consume large quantities of pickles and the irauleins set great store by them for beautys sake as they improve the complexion pickles are recommended by the eminent physicians of kngland hol land and germany who recommend them as a remedy fur dizziness and heartburn kronen physicians for many years have recommended pickles as a pre ventative of freckles and for clear ing and heightening the complexion through their corrective action on digestion and the cleansing of the blood the further south you go the more popular sour pickles are due to the natural craving for the cooling and healthful action of the acid the calory value of sour spiced pickles is greater than that of ap ples oranges peaches pears and three times the fuel value of bean soup nearly double the value of spinach asparagus onions and other vegetables also codfish and black bass the above m points are based upon the very best medical auth orities and statistics a scouting party seed the humble pickle 000000 bushels cucumbers are required by pickle manufacturers annually to supply the normal de mand the british army and navy rec ognize pickles as an essential part of a wellbalanced ration the sugar content of sweet pickl es has much food value the lactic acid contained in dill pickles is recognized by dietitians as an aid to digestion sour pickles eaten by sailors on long sea voyages prevent scurvy commander byrd in his requisit ion for supplies for the antarctic expedition provided for a large sup ply of pickles a pickle added to a dry sandwich lunrheon converts it into a palatable meal the aromatic aroma and flavor of pickles when eaten excite the gastric emergency shelf do you have an emergency shelf in your pantry its first aid to hospitality when some friend hap pens in unexpectedly providing that extra company touch for a potluck meal and when the man of the family telephones at the last minute that hes bringing someone home to dinner it saves the terrors of being unprepared in stocking the emergency shelf choose only the best canned meats and vegetables fruits and condi ments they require less time dress ing up plan definitely too just how each article will be used in the emerg ency you may have a miniature grocery store at your elbow but without a variety that will prove adequate for a wellbalanced and ap petizing meal the emergency shelf wont be of the help it should be the shelf should contain the mak ings of a full meal soup meat vege tables salad and dessert though i all need not be used far the same meal keep a can of nut meats ready to use a tin box of mnrshmallows a tin of extra fine salad wafets a bottle of olives a jar of mayonnaise and a package of longkeeping va riety of cheese homemade catsup or chilli sauce added to the mayonnaise will make a russian dressing to serve with head lettuce for a dinner salad that nearly everybody likes or nuts and olives finely chopped may be com bined with cheese and made into tiny balls served on lettuce leaves the salad wafers lightly buttered and toasted add much to any salad and are particularly acceptable if the portions are small salmon tuna fish crab meal shrimp boned chicken ham or corn ed beef will solve the luncheon salad or may be made into delicious hot dishes canned soups of course arc in valuable some nee i only to be re heated while others must be diluted with milk or water macaroons keep almost indefinitely in tightly closed cans many varie ties of canned puddings and quickly mixed packages of dessert that are delicious and easy to use and quickly prepared last but not least replace each item from the shelf as you use it sir percy everett left depute boy seoul cjivmiisioacr ot england greets walter head chief scout of the united slates as he arrives in england en route to scotit conference in sweden the emergency shelf will be use- when a man lavs the table it is very seldom that a man tells us what he really thinks about the way the table at which he takes his meals is arranged usually he ac cepts his wifes taste in the matter unqucstioningly but docs he like it i wondered that as 1 walked round an exhibition of tablesetting at which men arch itects and designers were responsible for one or two tables each two wellknown architects flatly refused from the first to allow any cloth or mats to be used the were wells coates and frederick gibbcrd the latter only 27 and therefore very modern in his ideas his choice was a set of cream yel low china with a pale grey flower and a lull red circle it stands on a walnut tabe edged with sycamore the latter wood like the tweedcov ered chairs harmonising with the color of the china weils coates chose curves round plates and oval dishes with concentric circles of green and silver stand on a walnut table with round ed edges and curved legs one of the most interesting tables was arranged by oliver hill who was the architect of five sections of the british art in industry exhibi tion at burlington house its motif was diagonal lines its color green and silver the corners of the table were cut diagonally to correspond with the position of the oblong glass ashvays while the cen trepiece was a set of four oblong glass dishes filled with the heads of white flowers and ingeniously placed side to side as on other masculine tables an ashtray was placed at each corner hostesses please note most men apparently like low centrepieces and tall candles mr j emberton architect of the new olympia is an exception on a wal nut table again without mats he sets jasmine china with orange and gold bands two very tall candles and a large centrepiece of china flowers standing on mirror glass quard black suits in velvet are brightened by flat collars of gilet or ermine and flowing fullness at front is an interesting quality of black afternoon dresses breaking into the clever parade of smart blacks are tweeds which tend to such off shades as bois de rose a light prune grayed to the fur trimming a wisteria shade in novelty woollen and black and white mixtures which give various tones of gray in trimming and combinations there are brighter tones velveteen blouses and scarfs with tweed suits velvet trimmings on black frocks in such bright hues as ruby red and sapphire deep gold bracelets are an other bright trimming which offsets the somberness of a black frock sometimes with the response of a golden brooch one black frock opens coatwise over an underdress of bright satin and the little suit costumes introduce the pipings of velvet which are a feature of this season sunday school lesson costumes for autumn show much black although there are incidental colors which attract the attention the big story for autumn is black in simple little school girl dresses which are smart for daytime wear in chic little suits of lightweight woollen which are of the typo every woman could wear in soft afternoon frocks which contrast dull and lustrous sides of a novelty pin point jac- 39 paul worker with hand and brain acts 203335 phillip pians 4413 golden text- in all things i gave you an example that so laboring ye ought to help the weak acts 2035 the lesson in its setting time and place the actual dates for the various events in i he life of the apostle paul have proved a subject of wide disagreement har- nack places the conversion of paul in 30 ad and his death in lit ad ramsay makes the wo dales respec tively 32 ad and g7 ad probably his death occurred 00 or 07 ad paul was born possibly three or lour years alter the lord jeais was horn the places of his labor are too numerous to enumerate here i coveted no mint silver or gold or apparel thus was paul free from all suspicion or false accusa tion concerning money matters in all the collections which were taken for uie poor and in the matter of his own support ye yourselves know that these hands niinlsterd unto necessities and to them that were with me cl 1 cor 412 as ho held his hands up they saw a tongue ot iruui in every scam that marked them in all things i gave you an ex ample that so laboring ye ought to help the weak and to remember the words of the lord jesus that lie him self said it is more blessed t give than to receive this is the only raying of jesus recorded in the new totament not to be found in the cos pels rejoice in the ijord always again 1 will say rejoice to rejoice in tje lord does not mean thai a man is to be insensible to sorrow and ds tress to suffering or to sin either in his own life or in the lives about him but it does mean that thee dark realities will not be allowed to master him nor to blind him from ihe radiance which streams from the face of his living lord let your forbearance be known unto all men the word here trans lated forbearance means fiat dispo sition which is opposed to a spirit t contention and selfseeking the lord is at hand the lesson lor all of i is not that the lord is coming which is true but because the lord is niih lis presence is with us la nothing be anxious the word here translated anxious conies rrom a word meaning to divide to sepa rate to pull apart an anxious heart is one which is divided and torn in its division but in everything by prayer and supplication the first word refers to the general ottering up of the wishes and desires to cod the second implies special petition lor the supply of wants with thanksgiving no greater harrier to progress in prayer can be set up than ingratitude to cod let your reuests be made known unto cod this i the only abiding permanent cure for anxiety tell it to the lord in prayer and the peace ot cod wliicti pass- etli all understanding the inner most tranquillity caused by contact with him blende by his spirit into ours the peace which transcends all mind for no reasoning can explain its nature and its consciousness shall guard your hearts and your thought in christ jesus the word here translated guard means to pro tect by a military guard ie to post sentries at the gates to protect a city from invasion finally brethren whatsoever things are true whatsoever tilings are honorable whatsoever things are just whatsoever things are pure whatsoever things are lovely what soever things are of good report it tlieie be any virtue and if there he any praise think on these things the last phrase if there be any praise does not mean only the com mendation of others but it describes moral approbation whether of kings or of men or even of cod such liigh thinking cannot fait to result in nobility of character and worthy deeds your little man youll have a dizzy day one 1 jack morning you waken with a woolly brain and limbs that ache some mysterious force pulls your head back every time you try to raise it from the pillow dizzily you go through your ab lutions and at the breakfast table you are oblivious of the shining morning faces the newspapers the letters or the friendly little wag of the dogs tail the bacon and eggs the coffee the toast what are they to black spots fly across your cold shivers play scales on spine and sweat pours into palms the mirror will tell you why it was wrong to eat mayonnaise at midnight those eyeballs tinged with yellow that sallow check that tongue that looks as if it had been out all night in the frost all these indicate that the liver is literally fed up with you and your silly ways of fatty feej- ing the sooner you realize that you must swear repentance the better begin by taking a large dose of salts and follow this up by pints ami pints of pure cold water at re gular intervals uefe every form ot food even milk and go away to some spot where you can he like the great gaibo alone by eveningyou will feel less like a man under sentence of death and more affable towards a pork chop but touch neither crumb nor crust until next morning when you will realize the good that has been done by salts starvation and solitude victorian lumber old family pieces kept be cause of their sentimental value may he converted into really useful furni ture fils everyday needs for juniors the things which ye both learned and received and heard and saw in me these things do here as often paul commend his own lite and prac tice to his converts as an example which they are to follow and when every minister and teacher can sup port his words and writings by an acknowledged sincerity of life the power of his teaching is tremendous ly multiplied and the god of peace shall be witti you wherever you go 1 1 whatever you do down deep below the surface but i rejoice in the lord greatly that now at length ye have revived your thought tor me literally you shot forth as a branch thought in my behalf wherein ye did indeed take thought but ye lacked oppor tunity llghtfoot translates it in which ye did indeed interest your selves pauls purpose in writing the philippians really was to thank them for their kindness to him but many other things were so much on his heart that he postpones this mater ial matter to kid end of the epistle not that i speak in respect of want for 1 have learned in whatso ever idnte i am therein to be con tent i know how to be abased in classical greek this verb is used of the failing of a river in drought and i know also how to abound in every thing and in all things have i learn ed the secret of both to be filled and to he hungry both to abound and to ho in want ile is able to bo calm and contldent in the midst of the most disturbing circumstances i can do all things in him that strenkllienetli me this i only one of the many phrases found in pauls loiters which reveal him as one mastered by christ 97l a scientist discovers that the slow est thinkers live longest that the kind of proposition that cannot be proved on a busy highway fu manchu i its lime to be considering a smart little dress of wooly novel ty crepe so new looking and o lovely for first fall days q the model pictured in green with yellow tinge is especially smart with effective soft fulness through the bodice the boy collar and buttons are satin crepe nothing could be simpler to sew style no 2071 is designed for sizes 11 13 15 and 17 years size 15 requires 3 yards of 39- inch material with v- yard of 35- inch contrasting how to order patterns write your name and address plainly giving number and size of such patterns as you want enclose 20c in stamps or coin coin preferred wrap it care fully for each number and ad dress your order to wilson pat tern service 73 west adelaide by sax rohmer the severed fingera strange find you noticed ihe fingers r asled the inspector it was al- j moit tho ung with dctoctivo mason he went off a wool ago on some business of his own neit night tho fono clock boat got the grapnel on him off hanover holo his first two fingers on iho right hand were completer gone looted out at tho whispering thames which held so many sccrots end now was burdened with another bohind me i heard iho inspector say w and that lasear we founrxsis morning you mean fu manchus dacoit intojected smith ho tried to uh potrie and mcv yi ho was minus half his fingers too smith strode up and down tho noat little room i turned to the array of objects found in detectivo cadbys cloth ing none of thofli was noteworthy oxcept that which had been found thrust into ihe loose nock of tho shirt and had lod iho polico to sond for nayland smith bocause tho clue pointed to fu manchu smth i eriod you male of this it was a chinoso pigtail thof was romarkablo enough but tho plaited queue was a false one attached to a most ingenious bauwiglr most women who have kept house for any length of time find they havq acquired a few white elephants of one sort or another writes sheila you stuart in the glasgow herald kre- eyes j quently these are of victorian origin your old family pieces which have been retained because of a sentimental reluctance to sulnit them to ihe indignity of a salesroom and cer tainly not owing their survival to any linger hope that one day they might emerge as assets treat with respect b if now we are beginning to look at victorian furniture through brighter eyes much of it still has no claim to beauty most of it is loo fussy as to line and decoration to make any appeal to our modern taste but on the other hand these old relics are fast approaching the stage of becoming antiques and as such must be treated with respect besides in pieces which were made say ho years ago one sometimes conies across a table or a chair which is reminiscent of an earlier period and expressive of mare re strained craftsmanship obviously this kind of thing is well worth preserving but such specimens are the exception rather than the rule the average victorian furniture is lumbering stuff im mense sideboards anil wardrobes which have been housed for years at the inconvenience of lesser pieces as tliey stand their practical use is nonexistent unless in unusually iofty rooms but some enterprising designers and craftsmen have real ized that in pari these cumbrous pieces might find a home if they were adapted to modern require ments especially as both the wood and workmanship of these victorian relics are good that is to say some massive and unwieldly piece may be cut and adapted as a smaller article of furniture which might be used for the presentday house or hat one enormous wardrobe too large and cumbrous for any ordinary bedroom was recently removed from a lum ber room where it had languished for years it was made of fine old mahogany had been cared for and it was built in three divisions at each side a cupboard for hanging space and in the centre a chest of drawers with a hat cupboard above one day the owner was struck by the beauty of the drawers in the centre slightly bowf routed with a thread of inlay she wanted a chest just that size so she consulted a cabinet maker and as a result tho entire centre part ot the wardrobe was removed intact and by using the wood from the end panels for the sides a most attractive little chest was produced a lamp standard is another mod ern product which may be produced from an ornate sideboard or ward robe with pillared posls and a large victorian table might be con verted into a sideboard and a small er diningtablc when in the north recently i saw an antiquated piano whose keys had been removed and the interior fitted as a writing desk as incidentally so many spinets are treated nowadays if they are not employed as dressing tables surkace ugliness a woman who has an eye for pos sibilities in the most unlikely quar ters discovered an old chair the other day which at first sight seem ed expressive of early victorianisin at its worst its ugliness however was chiefly on the surface as it was covered in a shrieking damask the arms and legs were of walnut in shape rather reminiscent of queen anne period and in excellent condi tion she bought it literally for an old song recovered it in tapestry and the chair is now one of iier most delightful possessions naturally there arc many torian pieces which with the will in the world one could transform into anything which would be appealing to our modern taste but less than ever can we af ford lo be scathing about the things the victorian loved already we are edwardian in dress there are some dealers who believe that there will shortly he a vogue for victorian furniture vic- best not she knew her bibls a certain husband a bible class member occasionally helps his wife also a bible class member by wip ing the dishes one day lie refused saying that it was not a mans work the wife got the bible and read lo him 2 kings 2113 and i will wipe jerusalem as a man wipclii a dish the husband returned to his job the wife says it pays to attend the bible class the pres byterian monthly canada what niadnes is it for a man to starve himself to enrich bis heir arid so turn a friend into an enemy for his joy at your death will ho proportioned to what yvi leave him sccca