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Useful Hints and (j-ncraJ Informa- ilon fcr the Busy Housewife 9 Lt-arn Art of Concentration. "Oh, but I must wash on Monday!" exclaims the methodical housewife, "and of course we must have a hot iinnei- on Sunday noon. We've al- ways had it.' And sii it goes. The average house- keeper is ((uite convinced that such and such things must be done as they have always been done, and that she must spf nd a certain amount of- time (registered only in her own mind) on certain household tasks. She may wonder why other women seem to have more time; why others, in fact, have "a career," when it takes her every minute of her waking hours merely to manage the homo. Now half cup flour. DISSOLUTE OESMAN YOUTHfl. StriiiKent Rales Apiilying tii Boyii Un- der 17 I'romulgati^l. The authorities in all parts of Ger- many have determined to take active and very drastic steps a(;ainst? the various intiuences which are alleged to i)e at work in the deterioration of the younir. Criminologists and statistici- , . . , , •/•<.! ""^ by the score brought forward de- whicn has l.een sifte.l, ^^jj^ of dissolutoness which are almost twice, with pinch of salt. Lino Pan| in,.i.gji,,,y ^„j pointed out the rapidly with papi-r but do not grease it, and, in^.,.ea8i„^ number of youthful delm- <iuents, and the increa.sing gravity of I their offences. All of these author!-; lies called on the Government to take , steps to .save the youth of the Father- land and to act the part of Bhe na- tural parent, who was prevented by his military duties from bringing up pre-s batter through pastry tube on it. Foim into strips four inches long and one inch wide. Sprinkle with powdered sugar, and bake in moderate oven ten minutes. Steamed Veal Cutlet â€" One and one- half pounds veal cutlets, one egg, one pint milk, one tablespoon flour, one jjig children as law-abiding citizens, tablespoon butter, cracker or bread Action is now being taken, the mili- crumbs. Have veal sliced thin and t>ary authorities and the municipality cut into pieces suitable for individual | competing with one another in the service. Beat egg slightly, add salt j number and s^iverity of the ordin- and pepper to it, and dip veal in- ances which are being issued. As a Roll in cracker crumbs, brown in , sample of these we may take the or- f butter or any desired fat, sprinkle i dinances issued by the commander of .1 with a little more salt and pepper and ' the iirst Bavarian Army Corps. there vs one fault greater than other. ^^^^ .^^ ^^^.^^ ^^^,j ^^ .^ steamer. I It is forbidden to give or t« seU to which we lay against women m their ^^j.^ ^^^^ sauce of butter, flour and I vouths under 17 cigars, cigarettes or present s*«te we would say it is lack ^^^^ ^^^, ^^ .j. ^^^^, ^^.^.^^ ^^^^.^^^ soda, j tobacco for smoking, chewing or j How they Take two pour over veal and steam two hours. I snuffing. Youths under 17 are for- For any such cooking as this canned I bidden to sm.oke on the streets or IT of power to concentrate, can "fritter time away'", women, each with two babies an.' j^.j^ .^ j^^.^j^^^,^ ^^^j .^g^pg,^^;^^ ^^ â-  ^j^^^. p^j{j,jp pf^^^.^^ well as convenient. Thin it to de- It is not permitted to youths under sired consistency and use in the samei 17 to enter eating or drinking houses way as fresh milk. Or keep it thick- j after 9 p.m., even though accompanied er than fresh milk and omit flour. > by their parents or guardians. At Banana Cream Pie.â€" Two cupfuls other times they will not be pei-mittcd supposedly indentical tasks in their respective homes. One woman is able to carry on club work or take subscriptions for a magazine or sell "•58?"" home-made br^d, thus increasing the family ircomo. The other woman is " ^ constantly trying to wind up the household red tape and come to an end of her complex household duties. The aole reason for diflference be- tween these two women is undoubt- edly that the former can concentrate, and ih-it shelias in mind something over UM'I beyond her housework, worthy of concentratiorL She want- ed to take the subscriptions, she want- ed to d.;vtfl«p as her husband's book- keeper, 3he wanted to find time to be her chil.lwn's companion. So she ;turtied and. abortened her work, and concentr-fl'jd, thinking of the most im WCA^ SOLD BY ALL GOOD .•jKOE DEALCBS vwHN BY Evnnr .\!!!FrBEn or the rAMmr milk, three eggs, three-quarters cup-j ful granulated sugar, one-fourth cup-j ful corn starch, one-fourth teaspoon- 1 ful salt, two bananas, three table- ^ spoonfuls powdered sugar, vanilla,' flaky pastry. Scald milk and stir without the presence of parents or guardians, pastors or teachers. Should it be necessary the local police may fix an earlier hour than 9 p.m. Very stringent rules apply to visits to cinemas. Children under 17, whe- The Spirit of Life here is just one round of pie .•:leep, dodg;' the bally shells, and blow Between while it's a bit slow, vou kno Our Tommies. asure. All one 'as to do is 'heat and the 'eads hcti the bloomin' Germans. V, but we 'opes it'll get livelier. into it granulated sugar, corn starch ther accompanied by guardians or mixeil with a little cold milk, and salt, "'one- «'"' "°t be permuted to enter. When smoo'h and thick, cool a little ': ^^^^Vt to such pictures as have been and stir in one whole egg and two â-  specially sanctioned by the police as eg-g yolks, lightly beaten together. J '"""'^"""^ Flavor with one-half teaspoonful van- ' ^''^'^ ilia and pour into pie plate lined with The Fashions pastry. Oven should be hot at first. then moderated to prevent boiling. Peel bananas, remove threads, and portant cn.ls first and not putting un-.^j^^^ ^^ .^ j^^^ ^y^^^ ^^^i^ ^^^^ ^^^. due promm-nce on the details. Any woman, yes, any homemaker Should children under 17 the sanctioned pictures, they must do 30 in batches, and be accom- panied by responsi!)le elders. A most important reform is the total abolition of the pictorial representations hung outside the cinema. It is the experi- th, even with children, can do something ^^^^^^ teaspoonful vanilla, and bake I'Utside ot her home if she really , ^ .., r'ence of the police that the majority tard, cover at once with meringue of i , J, • . • ,. \. â-  -__ ...u:.... i„-„j „_j „_„ . of thse pictures exercise a potent in- fluence for evil. Booksellers are forbidden to sell books to youthful persons which-may egg whites, powdered sugar and one- fourth teaspoonful vanill ten minutes in slow oven. Useful Hints. wants to. We have no patience with u fairly wide circle of ladies whoj Useful Hints j exercise a bad influence on them by grumbl;' that other women have' ' 'vitiating the sound principles which careers or work outside the home and' Biscuits should always be started they have acquired at school and in that they cannot. The chances are >" ^ very hot oven. ^ their homes. .A. list of 50 books, many til a they are not willing to make the White silk blouses will not turn yel- of them with patriotic titles, is sup- ;ac.ifices necessary to s.tride both 1<^^ '^ washed in cold water. | plied to dealers, which on no account hornj of a career and matrimony. Never hurry your bread-making. If must be sold or lent to young people. Th^y cv>y not be willing, for instance, yo" J", the bread is apt to be sour, j *._ to give up an excess of telephoning to When frying fish, the fat should be i j^ LIVELY PET. friends, gossip and chit-chat. They boiling hot before the fish are put in.' may r.ot be willing to spend fewer Cream cheese and dates make good Panthgr c^b Which Grew Up to be hwro running from shop to shop filling for a brown-bread sandwich, t AltoKether Too Funny looking for a waist 50 cent.s lower Cabbage leaves contain a great deaL and pending in doing it three valu- of gluten, therefore they are very it was in the course of a hunting able hours in which at concentrated nourishing. I trip in the jungle that Sir Robert work they could certainly have earn- Strawberry ice cream will be more Baden-Powell acquired the unusual cd several dollars. They may not attractive with a ripe red strawberry | pet whose story he tells in -Memories be willing to give up an undue amount sitting on the top of each serving. [ of India," his fascinating volume of of i'niu.senient and social life which Remember that a bo.x of elastic reminiscences. eats i!i)ic time out of the average bands of assorted sizes is a great eon- 1 We directed our elephants into the vrsmau's day than any one has esti- venience in the kitchen. i patch of high grass in which the pan- mated. We all want to be neigh-! To make a good meringue, allow ther was said to be. Presently, as borly and to have friends, but that two table poonfuls of powdered sugar, we swished through it, my animal does nol mean telephoning for an hour to the white of one egg. j paused and began to sniflT with her after breakfast to find out what so-l To keep mo'hs out of the piano, rub, trunk. Peering down into the grass, and-.;o wore, or what she said, or' the woodwork inside of the ca.se f re- ; I saw a small patch of spotted fur. where thsy are going. ! quently with turpentine. j It looked like the forefoot of a pan- We know several women who, with' Delicious extract of either orange' ther. I took quick aim and fired im- chil'Jrei', have met success in work "f" lemon can be made by paring the mediately behind it in order to hit out^iide of the home and at the same' rinds off as thin as paper and put»ing' the animal in the body. The small time mauaged a beautiful family life.| tfiem into a bottle of alcohol. t patch still twitched about, and then I One woman, with three little children,! -A. good recipe to follow in making saw that it was a wee panther cub managed to support the entire family thin white sauce for vegetables is a just able to crawl. So I slid oflf my when her husband was crippled. .\n- 1 tablespoonful of bubter and a table- elephant and picked it up. other, with two children and a baby, j ^Poonful of flour to one cup of milk. | 'The cub flourished and became a finds -ihe can devote at lease three j The apron with two enormous pock- favorite with everyone, especially hours a day to literary work. An- ! ets is a great convenience when put- with my fox terrier. The two spent othe»- ha/ sent children through col-: ting '''*' house in order. So many most of their time gamboling and roll- lege b> representing magazines, and things can be stuffed in the pockets. ;jng over together, .\fter a time the in no case was the home neglected. I It is a pretty notion when arranging kitten began to grow into a lumbering But in very case the women were will- . the butter for a luncheon to form each hobbledehoy, with great loof e limbs ingr to put their work definitely be- TP'*'"*''"'' 'i^*" a cone and stick a sprig and strong jaws. Then the games -fore "'society" dress and detail. Any of parsley in the top of each cone. began to result in howls from the womyn ea.i find that she can spend 1!< N" fruit jar that has been standing dog. The cub's mouthing became pain- hours a day in a home if she wants for weeks is free from germs. Be- ful to him, as indeed it did to me; to, bat that does not mean that the fore putting fruit in them they should my hands were scarred and torn with home iioods 18 hours of her time in be thoroughly sterilized by boiling in the youngster's eiulearments. Bells Return to Favor. Daytime dresses, this season, seem to have reached the height of perfec- tion. There are the simplest of the simple, in designs for morning or street wear, and the daintiest, most airy possible of creations for after- noon and evening purposes. The typical summer dress is more charm- ing than it has been for many a year. It is fashioned of the fascinating voiles, crepes?, flountings, and organ- dies favored this season, and trimmed with ribbon, lace, embroidery and beads. Reads as Trimming. China beads are particularly ef- fective for this purpose: these are used for yoke.s, collars, cuffs, and for girdles. For the taffeta afternoon dress the beads are in colors or white, according to their application. -An extremely simple, long-lined dress of Lanvin's. in tan gaberdine, is effective- ly finished by a narrow woven girdle of beads in the vivid Indian colorings; this girdle was weighted with two heavy tassels, and was caught loosely about the normal waistline, knotted and allowed to fall nearly to the skirt hem on left side. The girdle com- posed the only bit of contrast on the dress, and the effect was charming. .A white bead girdle on an afternoon or a dance frock of net is most ef- fective, too; the China beads may be useil, or the glittering crystal beads. These woven girdles give us an ex- cellent opportunity to put into use the knowledge of bead weaving which the majority of us gainetl when bead embroidery was so popular a form of fancy work, some years ago. One may use her own ideas as to color combinations, this being another chance for developing personality in dress. The use of color is undoubt- edly the greatest factor in obtaining the desired note of the season, there- fore, one should not hesitate to use One should not be afraid of oddity, as long as it is harmonious. The Return of Belts. .As girdles and belts of all descrip- tions are smart again this year, it will not be a difficult matter to introduce the required bit of color. Wide and narrow girdles of ribbon are smart; narrow strap belts of colored suede, soft and vivid, according to the tone 01 the material, encircle skirt or coat of the sport costume, and the simple ,serge or linen frock may be girdled as soberly or as gorgeously as Fancy order to be well run. The reason some women have both a career and a horn- is because they are sensible enoucli to cut down household red tape, concentrate and stop frittering their time away. .^ . soda water. DOING NOTHING FOR A COLD. But Got Up in the .Morning Feeling All Right. He became increasingly playful. He would career round the garden and into the house, jump on the table in my sitting-room, and sweep every- thing off with a cra.sh ; then with a bound he would clear the sofa and dash out of the window into the Dainty Dishes I'otatoes with Carrots. â€" Peel and boil .six good-siized potatoes. When co('ked, rub through wire sieve and season with salt and pepper and w.uin butter. Use a little milk to OhI .\bijah Meeker tottered into the veranda and on the breakfast table, ] store, crawled in behind the red-hot where a smash of crockery would ( stove, and sat carefully down in the send him off in a pretended panic warmest corner of the battered old round the garden again. I could settle. Taking out his bandanna, he never feel angry with him; he made g;ave a mighty sneeze and sonorously me laugh so. blew his nose; then, squinting and One day, when out walking, I met moisten them. Beat well and mound blinking, he glowered round. i some ladies whom I knew. I stood with kuife in beehive shape on vege- ; The place was deserted except for talking to them with the panther at ! table di<h. Have tender sliced car- the proprietor, busy at his desk. Old heel. Presently the breeze caught j rots warming in butter. Lay car- Abijah seemed disappointed. He ex- ' the lace edging of a lady's petticoat. ' rots, dot top with a few carrot slices pcctorated feebly once or twice in the , Spots pricked his ears, and his head . and serve hot. j direction of the sawdust box round the gradually went more and more side- Imperial Salad. â€" To one-half cup other side of the stove, then cackled ways as ho gazed with fascination on wat.h<}d, schaped and chopped celery tentatively. Te-hee!" The proprietor looked over the top of his spectacles toward add equal measure of canned pineap- ple, chopped and drained thoroughly Soak one and one-fourth tablespoons ' the corner back of the stove, granulated gelatin in one-fourth cup! Encouraged, old Abijah went on cold water for five minutes and dis- with a sardonic grin. "Tc-hee! Jest solve in one-fourth cup boiling water, met that dude school teacher goin' tio Strain and add to first mixture, then the san'tar'um. Had a cold, he says, add one-fourth cup each of vinegar | Goin' for treatment. Te-hee! -A. cold! and sugar, two-thirds cup canned pineapple syrup, one and one-half tablespoons lemon juice and a few grains salt. Turn into individual moulds, first dipped in cold water, and Got one myself. 1 don't do nothin' for a cold. Wen I go home Sally'll gi' me a drink of hot ginger tea, and soak my fett in b'ilin' hot mustard water, and ; ub my chist with mutton chiU thoroughly. Remove from molds! tarler, and pit some on it on my nose, to nests of crisp lettuce leaves and and give me a dose of sperrits of serve with mayonnaise. nitre, and a "jag of hot sand for my Lady Fingers. â€" Add two heaping stummick. I'll go to bed, ^nd in the tablespoons powdered sugar to stiffly ' mornin'â€" gosh! I'll be all* right. I beaten whites of three eggs. .\dd don't do nothin' for a cold. San'tar'um! to thes' v.'cll-beaten yolks of two eggs Te-hee!" And old Abijah sneezed in wid vanilla extract. Fold in one- 1 derision. the twinkling lace. "What is it?" he thought. "Is it ulivc? Yes, it must be." Phit â€" chumml and he suddenly sprang. The lady whisked her skirt out of the way with a scream. That was too much; Spots set to work to claw in dead ear- nest. I don't know where he would have stopped if 1 had not got him by the collar and hauled him off. Shortly afterwards I hud to leave India, and I offered my charming panther to anyone who would like to | have him. 1 gave a twenty-four hours' trial of him to anyone who thought of taking him. Lots of people tried him, but none applied for him as a ; permanent gift, and I eventually sold him to Jamrach. •> â€" â€" Complaint of ill luck is ofteu an apology for laziness. MOC'IU .V Becoming Houso Dress. color in effective combination.-;, in rib- bon, braids and anbroidery of all kinds; the touch of hanihvork is in- troduced on frock, bbjuse and suit, anywhere, and everywhere possible. The daytime dress of serge, na- tural linen or taffeta, is rendered doubly booming by a bit of vivid wool or bead embroidery, and the evening frock, no matter how simple, is a thing .«AKgUtter !>"<l sparkle. 6cK)g Breakfast Gown of Crepe. dictates, and Fa.-hion advises Fancy to be gorgeously inclined. Birds, bees, butterllies, and colored moths are be- ing embroidered on frock and blouse, the bluebird being especially favored for light-toned linens and cottons. Trimming the Small Girls' Dresses. Especially are these bluebirds favor- ed for the little girl's white frock. The only thing to bear v.\ mind, when usif.g these motifs, is that the design must be small and the effect dainty. Feather-stitvhing and cross-stitch are both being used effect ivtly on chil- dren's garments, and here again we see the effect of color, for in children's fashions there is the same ilemand for brightiio--^. l'"a>hion says that small people shall be dressed quaintly and prettily, that is all, and leaves us to woi'k our own salvation. This is not (lifficiilt, as m;\tcrials are so charm- ing and so inexpensive. There are figured and flowered dimities, dainty striped batistes and lawns, fascinat- ing voiles a)'d crepes, patterned in (iii.int designs, and the popular em- broidered floiincings. Challis and mix- ed fabrics are being used in the jump- e- dresses for the small girl, combined with guimpes, white or colored. These little <lresses are often piped with emerald green or turkey red. Breakfa.st (iown and House Dress. Not the least important detail, by any means, in the well-dressed wo- man's wardrobe, is the hjuse dress. It may be the morning dress of th • woman who merely su.'-ervises her household, or it may be the workaday dress of the wcman who leally keeps her own house, but it is a necess*. y as the afternoon frock or the evening ).'ov,ii. Fashion, too, takes a hand in i'.'i designing, cleverly introducing each season little innovations which make for comfort, convenience, and becomiiigncsr. .As the home is the woman's business, the house dress marks her as efficient or inefficient. The novelty cottons and linens are ciTcctively used in these dresses, a rtgurd material being trimmed with a plain, and vice-versa. The breakfast dress illustrated is fashioned of a daintily figured voile, with ribiMn^ edged cape collar of plain wl The house dress, which coij well serve for a street frj ed in serge or linen, is dark blue madras, trimmedl I of white voile. Both desigi^ I pie, practical and becoming. I These patterns may be from j'our local McCall deale.1 [The McCal! Co., 70 Bond S.f! ronto, Ont. Department W. ♦ WHEN WILL THIS CRUEL^ BE OVER? Chas. .M. Bice. Denver. Colora It would require the prophetic vision' of a Daniel or an Isaiah to predict its end with certainty. Many have essayed to do so, but in too many instances the wish is "father to the thought." Mr. Hudson Maxim predicts it will end in five years, possibly in three, and he has hittory on his side. Perhaps the greatest conflict in his- tory, before the present struggle, was the American Civil War. 1861 to 1865, and in many respects the parallels are striking. "The South was *irbu^*v in Germany's position to-day, " i^^^f'' I economic conditions, with her pc^^ I all lilockaded, and like Germany she j hoped for foreign interference. The Mason-Slidell incident was hailed by the South as a clever piece of work. But the Confederacy failed to enlist foreign recognition or help, and the struggle assumed the shape of endur- ance only. Like Germany, the South was am- ply prepared for the conflict in the start, and held out for over 4 years against an overwhelming ly s upyrioe . enemy in everything except brains. The English Civil War, which was characterized by such terrific battles as Marston, Edgehill, Moor and Nas- by, lasted 3 years. The war of the Spanish Succession which staged such conflicts as Ramil-^ lies, Blenheim, and Malplaquet drew its devastating length along a period of 13 years. For 8 years the struggle that put Slaria Theresa on the .Austrian throne : ebbed and flowed over the same I ground, as we see in some of the 1 most bitter battles of the present war. The conflict that gave Prussia her ' military rank is known as the Seven ' Years' War. It took 8 years of hard fighting to free the .American Colonies, while th« '. Napoleonic Wars continued for 16 years and produced .Austerlitz, Maren- go, Trafalgar, Jena, Lcipsic and end- I ed in Waterloo. ! The Greek struggle for independence lasted 7 years, from 1821 to 1828. These are nearly all what might be termed modern wars; but the more ancient conflicts lasted much longer, because the instruments of death were not so perfect as those of moji--'' ern times. France and England fought for a century, (13.37 to 1-137K while bhe Hussite war lasted nearly 30 years, and the French civil war, provoked by the edict of Nantes, continued for a long time. It required over 4t1 years to free the Netherlands from Spanish rule. The 30 Years' War secured re- ligious freedom for Germany. But- there have been very .short wars, as instanced by the defeat of .Avistria by Prussia in 18t)6, taking only 7 weeks. The Russo-Turkish war of 1877 con- tinued only a few months, and the Franco-Prussian war of 1870 was vir- tually ended in *! weeks. Japan defeated Russia, 1S95. and secured the independence of Korea, in a little over a year; and the U. S. whipped Spain in 189>*, in one year. Y'et, it cannot with certainty be pte- dicted that this, the greatest of ail wars, including on opposite sides so many of the great Powers of the world will be of short duration. With liho wonderful improvements in arms, ex- plosives, and modern scientific appli- ances, the air crafts and submarines brought into requisition for the first time, infuse elements in the problem that render prediction of the end a hazardous undertaking. These, it would .seem, must decide the conflict very rapidly, but if not so decided, they are apt) to become long drasvn out affairs. Resources do not seem to play such important parts in present day wars as formerly, because the deprivation ' is made up by the aid of science in de- vising new sources of sustenance. Food, it seems, has become of least importance in st-arving out a belliger- ent; what counts most ir. lack of ma- terial, money and toss of trade. Wp all hope the enemy will col. lapse soon, but we should be prepared for a long drawn out struggU. fc' â-