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About the House Useful Hints and General Informa- tion for the Busy Housewife â- & TYPES OF RUSSIAN SOLDIERS Splocled Uecipps. Friiil Salad.â€" Beat two ckk» hliilht^ l.v, aiM a (lUHrter of a cupful of thu' fruit juice, a quarter of a cupful of suKar and the same amount of U-mon juice. Stir over the boiling water in th" ilouMc hi.iler until it bt'sins to thick* II. I,ci it he thoroughly chilUd before pourinc over the fruits. '< I'ancy Nul Bread. â€" Use four cup- fuls of flour, a half-cupful of sugar, two cupfuls of milk, two eggs, four even tablespoonsfuls of baking pow- ilcr, a tea.^poonful of salt, a cupful of choppfii nuti. Heat the mixture well luiil aiUiw it to rise for t^ minutes. Bake thrco-(|Uurter8 of an hour in a kIi'W oven, Kagout of Tripe. â€" One pound tripe cut :nto small pieces, one-half onior sliced anil cooke<l in one tahlchpoon bu'tc'-, on-j cuji strained tomato, one- half teaspoon .salt, (la.sh cayenne pep- per and one cup celery cut into small piicv .<. Add InjH' to onion and cooU I'll minutvs. .-Vdil other ingicilients und . imnicr one-half hour. Sprinkle wilh I'armcr.iii cheest- just before serv ini;. I'icturesqui' Salad. â€" Scoop out the in. iili' of a giiDi'.-sizeil ciuumbcr. Mi.x th-- pulp thuri cx'racteil with lui equal i|Ua:it;ty of thuppcd onion. Young onior)-; are best, as they do not taste too â- 'Irong. Now cover the pulp with Frcn;Ii ilrc5>fing, ami return to the in->!(ie of the vegetable. A pr< tly way to vfjv thnsc is fashioned after a tni;;!! boat. The cucumber i> left un|K-- ii.'(i viilb a toothpick sticking up ir. Ih<' lind. ti) which a card is attach- ed, r'-pic entin-r a miniature sail. IVanut "^law. â€" Sha\e one small head cif i-abtvigi- line and sprinkle v ith salt, peij;M 1- and sugar. Make cooked <i?c -r'wxv. of one vgg well beaten, one cup c,d<r viiK'^rar. one-half teaspoon nm taril. ov'-b.-iU teasiioon .':a!t and oii- t-<bleH|)oi.n bullL-i, boiling until il M.ith^:; crcr.my thickness. I'our ovi 1 i-:i1.'i.'.ge while hot, and add onc- lia' I'll. ri((i, ."'.vpft cream and one- fiu.iih cup ground peamits. Toss lb '1 -hiy and : crve at once. Apple Meringue. â€" Core ami peel six to riv'li Loiir- cooking apple . of even Hi-/.-, an. I r.xik until nearly ter.iler in (.yriip H, •voted with k-mon rind. Take up and place on sieve to cool. Whp .\ ITly four whites of eggs and rdd two <'i.i".e.^ powd'-red sugar. Ar- range- ap|iie.^ in buttered tin, fiil cen- ter of each with current jelly, mask with whipped uliile.'^ and liake in slow oscM un'il nicrly browned. Have rice cooked in milk ready. Place some in inilividiiid -i-r-.ice dish, put ap|)le on lop and .-ieivi' hot with fruit syrup. Apple Marmalade. â€" \Va.--h and cut ha'f a p" k of tail apples into (piart- ers. Boil in a kettle until 'hey bi;- ci me (|uit.' loo>i . Now rub them till "Ugh a sie.e ai.d return to the kettle. Boil in the unrovercd pot fii 'in m'tiutr.. having the lire under- neath very low. The slowness of the boibm." p'i'ce-' ha- a <lecided effect on the flavor of the apples. Mea- sure your liquid carefully, and to each pint of the apple juice add a pint of sugar and two ts'bb spoonfuls of lemon juice. (â- 'ool; for 10 minutes more, cool and put into jars. Small I'cach I'udding. â€" Allow one- half canned peach to each individual pudiling dish. Make batter by press- ing through colandei- two extra peach halves, adding one well-bva'en egg yolk, one-fourth c\ip milk, two table- spoon . nielteil bultei', pin<'h of salt, threffourths cup flour and one toa- spo..ri bakinL' powder. Beat well and f(dd in beatri white of egg. Put n little batter in bottom of buttered fire- proof mold;-, <ov<!i- with two table- spoons of batter and sprinkle with granulated sugar. Bake twenty min- u'e . in moderate oven Serve in mold*, wiUi si'.oonful of bad sauce on each, or turn out iitid serve with plain cream. I'se fie-^^h fruit in rea- son. Cheese and .Macaroni I-oaf. â€" One- half cup broken macaroni, one cup milk, one cup soft bread crumbs, one tablespoon butter, one tidilespoon chopped green pepper, one leiispoon each of ehojiped onion and parsley, three eggs, one teaspoon salt, one half cup gratetl cheese. Cuok maca- roni in boiling salted Wiiler uiitil tend- er and rin e in cold water. Cook parsley, onion and pepper in a little wat'r with Imltsr. Pour olf water or allow i* to tioil away. Boat i gg whites and yolks separately. Mix all ingredients, cutting and folding in stiffly beaten whites last Turn mixtjre into buttered briking ili-h, sot in pan of hot water, and bake in tnoderate oven from one-half to 'hree- fourth; of an hour. Serve with toma- to sauce. Household Hint.'*. The ideal benroom is always the Bimpleat. Omelet mixed with water in.^tead of milk will be more tender. All garments will wash easier if they are souke<l in cold water. ^ If a cake cracks open while bakiii).; it is A sign there i.s too much (lour in it. Scis.sors ar« excellent to shred let- tiK'c; they are much more convenient than a knife. TVa leaves moistened with vinegar r<mioves the di coloration in glass caused by flower*. A cup of cold, boiled rice makes the griddle cakes or muffins lighter and more easily digested. A raw potato cut in half anil rub- bd on the fingers stained with vc|?p- table paring will remove the di.-icol- orations. Dainty little cheese balls for lunch- eon may be made by pressing any soft cheese between the two halves of wal- nut shells. To avoid the expense of having a feather rccurled sprinkle it with a fair amount of ordinary salt and shake before a fire until (|iiite dry. The feather wil be quite fresh again. A black straw hat may be made to look (luitc new by the following treat- ' ment:â€" Rub some olive oil into the; straw with a brush. Then dry, and, vou will be delighted with the re-! suit. ' To whiten handkerchiefs which have ; I>eoome a bad cofor soak them for a | night in a solution of pipeclay and^ vsarm water. Wash and boil them | next day in the usual way, and theyj will be beautifully while. | To remove grease from a k.tchen | table, scrtib well with hot water to' which half a teaspoonful of whiting has been added, wipe and then dry | thoroughly with a clean cloth. This I will make the table look equal to new. > The difficulty in cleaning gas globes is largely due to the ornamental roughness of the glass and it is ' often hard to clean them with soap and water, even with the addition of soda. A little salts of lemon added to the soapsuds will make the taak | easy. j In cleaning uphols'ercd furniture do not bear directly upon the covering, as this helps to wear it out and scat ters the dust in clouds, but lay towels or thick cloths on top and then do the beating. These cloths should be carefully gathered up and shaken out every little while. To clean white ostrich feathers put 4 ozs. of white soap, cut small, di^ , solved in four pints of water, rather hot, in a large basin. Make the solu- tion into a lather by beating it with birch rod or wires. Introduce the feathers, and rub well with the haiiils for five or six minutes. After this soaping wash in clean water as hot as the hand can bear. Shake until dry. Home-made yeast recipe: Boil two ounces of hops in four quarts of water for half an hour. Stiain off the li(|ui(l, and when almost coldâ€" say lukewarm â€" add a breakfastcupful each of sugar and flour, half a teaciipful of salt and six large boiled potatoes, boiled and mashed smooth. Put all into a large stone jar or bottle. Cork! securely, stand il by the fire at first' for a little while, and then store in a' cool place, and it will keep fre.di for two months. To dean light grey doe; kin gloves let the gloves soak in a saucer with sufficient petrol to cover them; lake out, do not s(iueeze, but let the dirty liquid drip off. Lay on a thick clean cloth, and with a dry piece of rag rub down, working from the wrist to the fingers. Constantly change the sur- • face of the rag, for directly it gets dirty it is apt to smear them. After this, if the gloves are not <iuite clean, , put them through the same proces;! again, and hang in the air. This work must not be performed in a room with a fire or artiliciul light. This group represents four different races, and is a typical pictuie of t)he men who compose the fighting forces of the Czar. The Fashions Simple Trim Street Suits. Although the fashions are still un- dergoini; changes â€" and before summer is fairly here, we shall probably find many novelties which have as yet not put in an appearanceâ€" for street wear, at least, ttyles are established. The panniers, bustles, ruffles, wired hip pockets, and other weird effects, are relegated to the hou.se for evening and afternoons. Styles Which Conceal Either Slender- ness ur AvoirdupoiH. The spring and summer -tyles, many of them, seem to be designed with the idea of concealing slcnder- noss, but at the same time, fortunate- ly, they serve eiiuully well to conceal an overabundance of flesh. For in- stance, let us consider the fi'ted jacket, with waist raised slightly above the noimal, and the full, fan-tail coat, pleati'd or flurod; : uch a model, while ^^§? KEPT IN IGNORANCE. , Swedish I'roJessor .Says (iernianH Are Not Told Truth About War. , The impression that the German people are living isolated from the, rest of the world in dense ignorance of what is happening beyond their i boundaries has been confirmed by thej Swedksh professor Patrik Haglund, | who visited Germany recently on a tour of ob.servation. "The people in the shops, in the streets, in the re- staurants know nothing," says Pro- fes.sor llaglund. When he met old] friends or made now ones they "thor-! oiighly drained" him of news. He: found that the censorship kept the people "ill ignorance of everything that might ixiw rise to inconvenient reflections." The papers contained only otTicial war news, and all of it favorable to (Jerinan arms. Picking up a copy of the Frankfurter Ncucste Nachrichtcu at a railway station, Professor llaglund was amazed to see spread all over the front ()age an article entitled, "Assassination in War," which told its readers how the British Government had murdered ten or more Englishmen whose of- fence was that they had shown sym- pathy for (iermany. The newspapers were filled with propaganda articles, in which a speci- men was a panegyric upon the new Belgium as ruled by (ierinan army officers and their civilian aids, "which gave anybody with an ordinary seii.se of justice little more," says Professor llaglund, with reserve, "than a feel- ing of discomfort." Thai the (ierinan people had no doubt of the satisfactory prosecution of the war by the tlovernment and its successful i.ssue was plain from a talk the professor had with a doctor ' about the value of the (Jernian mark In Sweden. It eirculales there at a â-  li.scount. The Gernmn doctor when I .so informed asked how the Swedes could be so ini'.d a:i to depreciate the mark, and he was (iunifoundod wh.'ii 1 told that il was not considered to lie 1 worth any more. ' the bust and held in place with shoul- ', der straps. There are any number of interest- ing sleeveless coatee or three-piece dress effects which strongly appeal to many. These are of taffeta or satin, and are to a great extent re- placing the short capes introduced a little earlier. Belts and Girdles Again in Favor. One of the most interesting details of the smart little sumnu frocks, both of silk and wash fabrics, is the pirdlc. This is made of ribbon, one of the flowered or figured taffetas, an attractive Oriental silk, or a metal embroidered novelty; and for the serge frock or !uit, the various leathers, suede, patent leather, buckskin, or a novelty of novelties, antelope skin. The ordinary silk girdle now measures at least four inches in width at Us narrowest point, and at its widest, of- • ten from nine to twelve. The widest I point is directly in front, the point as â-  a rule coming down over the front of the skirt. In some instances the point : extends both up on the corsage and down below; this of course is nothing more or less than the quaint, fascinat- ing bodice of our grandmothers' days. Others of the ribbon girdles are trim- med at the ends witrh wide ?ash ends, gathered straight to the belt and forming a half tunic effect, with rib- bon ruching at the bottom; or again, the siish ends are attached to the girdle at the sides, hang to the knees and Hie turned back on themselves, and caught at the back. Suspender trimmings, sash bows, rosettes, and all forms of ribbon trimmings are tre- mendously favored. Narrow belts of leather, antelope, suede, buck and other soft-finished qualities, are used as a finish to perge frock or tailc>re<l suit. Wool embroid- ery plays an important part on girdles too, being deftly introduced to lend a note of sharp contrast to suit or frock. I A very popular Russian blouse dress is illustrated here, fashioned or crepe Georgette and satin; it is sashed with the Georgette, in a graceful knotted girdle. The frock of serge and or- Arlaptaiion of a Poirct Model. softening to angles, also straightens out curves most effectively. These coats, (iiiginated by Mme. Paquin, will in all probability lie the feature of the spring ami summer tailored suit* of serge, linen, or novelty sport ma- terials. Thf Charming Summer .Silk Frocks. We have too thoroughly enjoyed the comfort and beconiingneas of the simple one-piece frock of silk to let it disappear from view even for a summer. They are being used for the street, for the house, and for evening wear this season, being even more popular than for the past sea- : on or two. I'lain, crisp taffetas are used in their fashioning, soft crepes, and crepe de ( hinca, foulards ami printed silks in checked and flowered offcj-ts. Mme ('allot sends us a charming little mode! of plain navy blue taffeta, combined with Pompad- our silk; it has a lull, gathered skirt of the iilain hliu-, and a quaint cor- sajre ami bustle effect of th-3 Pompad- our silk, in its soft, delicate colorings. There is a qiiaiiit h\cn\ bodice which b Mils a dainty tducli. Tha sleeve;; and body portion of the wai..t are of white Tin McCnl! i'o. lawn, and the belt-girdle is laced over Ont. D?pt. W. ro.w Kiissio.n Blouse Costume. U'andy is rn a''aplnlion of Poiret's H.-.-.r! Gri .'. These p:.-t(rii; inav be obtained fi( m your loc:il M'Call dealer or from n ind St., Toronto, BALAKIREFF AND THE SWORD. How a Czar's Jester (ilot Even With a Jesting Czar. Peter the Great of Russia, says Miss Anna L. Mordaunt in a study of his life and character, had a rough-and- ready humor of his own, but he was no match in a battle of wits for Bala- kireff, his jester. Once he attempted a retaliatory practical joke upon the privileged favorite, whose sharp tongue had played a libtle too auda- ciously with the imperial dignity. Balakireff had begged to be allowed to join the palace guard, and Peter, with apparent reluctance, allowed him- self to be persuaded. He warned Balakireff to take his duties seriously, and especially impressed upon him that to be absent) from his post when summoned or to lose his sword would be an offence punishable with death. Then he sent to the new officer's quarters a royal gift of extremely potent liquor "to moisten his commis- sion." The jester, as his master had expected, partook of it too freely, and while he was sleeping off the effects the Czar stole into his room and car- ried away the new sword, leaving the scabbard, however, and the mock sword of lath that Balakireff always bore as part of his professional equip- ment as court fool. Its hilt and trap- pings were fashioned in close imita- tion of a guardsman's weapon. The next morning, when the sum- mons to the parade ground sounded, Balakireff, still rather dazed, hastily donned his fine new uniform and sought frantically for the missing sword. At the last moment he could do no better than catch up bhe mock sword and thrust it into the scab- bard, where it would easily pass un- detected unless he should have to draw it. Breathless but to the casual eye properly armed and accoutred, he join- ed his company. Soon Peter appeared, surveyed the ranks with a piercing eye, and pounc- ing on an unfortunate soldier, berated him for untidiness, stupidity, sullen- ness and unsoldierllness. Rapidly his wrath mounted, until it attained an appalling climax. "Capt. Balakireff," he raged, "draw your sword and cut that sloven down." Balaflireff was terrified, but his wits did not desert him. First dart- ing a look of compassion upon the culprit and one of appeal and re- proach upon the Czar, he laid his hand obediently upon his sword hilt, lifted his eyes fervently upward and exclaimed, "Merciful heavens, may my sword be turned to wood" Then drawing it with a flourish, he exhibited indeed a harmless lath! Even the presence of the Czar could not check the roar of laughter that burst from officers and soldiers, and Peter had to admit that his carefully premeditated jest had failed to dis- concert his ever-ready jester. IN A TURKISH CB:METERY. Grounds Are Neglected and Over- grown With Grass and Weeds. i A cemetery at all times is rather depressing, but a Turkish one is en- ough to make the brightest person feel miserable. The Turks take very little care of the burial gwunds, and instead of being tidy and well looked after like our own, they are negelct- cd, overgrown with grass and weeds and more often than not the feeding- grounds of sheep and cattle. At intervals relatives of a dead Turk will go and visit the grave, gen- erally making a day of it, taking their lunch with them, and eating it sitting round the grave. At the head of every Turkish grave, by the way, a hole is left, and into this hole the mourners drop the re- mains of any food they have brought with them. The Turk believes that this hole should be left so as to sign- ify that though he is dead le is not en- tirely cut off from the world as it- were. Thnnigh this hole he is sup- , posed to receive the little presents of food and flowers, as well as hear what his relatives have to say of him when they visit his grave! i •!.. , PREDICTS WAR'S END. I Londoners Believe Prophet Who Fore-' told a Man's Death. | ThL- Manche ter Guardian is respon- sible for a curious story. It is that a man whvi had a reputation as a prop- het and fortune teller, whether a rac- ing prophet or a crystal gazer is not recorded, said to someone (unnamed):, "I tell you that the war will be over on July 27, and you'll see it'll be as true as that man there will die on Saturday." ThcTtory runs that "that man there," although strong and heal- thy a' the time, did die on Saturday., The war therefore will end on July 27. It look: as though this conflict of nations, which resembles in so many terrible v/ays the wars of antiquity,! ve>;rmMes them also in the strange . growth of popular signs and fables. | * I You Can Change Shade of Canary. ] A bird's color, in many instances, isi affected by the nature of its food.! Among bird fanciers it is a common j practic" to change the color of canar- ies from yellow to orange red by feed- ing them on red pepper. This food, however, is said to have no effect on adult birds, but must be ted to ne;;tl- ings. >VE.>\.R SHOES for every SPORT and RECREATION Wbr n by ever y member of the family Then the Fight Started. 'I don't seo why you are so down or. J nej." 'Ho once tried to rob me of my r:putntion." "You shouldn't have -.topped nim.'' SOLD BY ALL qQQS SHOE DEALERS rr WAS ONCE an INSIGNIFICANT TOWN KL'T-EL-AMARA TAKES POSITION ON WAR MAP. Town on the Tigris, Once Little Known, Has Attained Importance. , "The remarkable achievement of t)he English General, Townshend, in with- standing the siege of the Turkish army at Kut-el-Amara since early in December will ensure this insigniticant town, which is situated on the east bank of the Tigris River, a conspicu- ous place in the geography of the world war when the hist<ory of the great struggle is written," says a bul- letin of the National Geographical Society of Washington. "Before the English army was hemmed in at this unhealthy coaling station for steamers plying between the great date port of Basra and the Important city of Bagdad, Kut-el- Amara, 100 miles south-east of the latter city, was nothing more or less than one of the myriad out-of-the- way places 'to fortune and to fame unknown.' Floods Not at Height. "The town, which at the beginning of the war was a Turkish post con- trolling the lower reaches of the Tig- ris, is situated at the juncture of the old river channel and the new, the former forming the still navigable Sharb-el-IIai Canal, flowing into the Euphrates. The Tigris and the Euphrates, which approach within 35 miles of each other at Bagdad, are nearly 100 miles apart at this point. At Basra they converge and form the Shatt-el-Arab, GO miles from the Per- sian Gulf. ".A.11 of the meagre accounts which have come from ^his zone of the war in recent moi ths have emphasized the suffering which the high waters have caused the European troops. Un- happily, these sufferings have not yet reached their limit, for the Tigris, which begins to rise in November, is not at the maximum stage unt)il the latter part of May. Then the plains become vast marshlands and the inland sea is dotted with islands of date palm groves. "When the Tigris is in flood in the vicinity of Kut?-el-Amara it flows at the rate of four miles an hour and brings down from the headwaters quantities of mud. which is deposited in banks and shoals in the river bed, resulting in frequent changes in the channel. "Numerous abandoned canals weave their way through this section of Mesopotamia and through the country lying to the north-west of the Tigris, between the river and the foot- hills of Persia. Garden Spot of Ancients. "In a former age an extensive irri- gation system made this land a won- derful garden of fruit?s and flowers. Centuries of disuse have caused the canals to become choked with silt and refuse, converting much of the once productive district into miasma- tic marshes, which are a menace to health and an offence to sight? and smell. Wherever there is an effort at cultivation, however, the husbandman is rewarded like the farmer of the Nile delta. The finest dates in the world are raised a short distance to the south-east of Kut-el-Amara and exported from Basra. Rice, wheat, barley, roses and licorice root are grown. Herds of horses, sheep and goats constitute the chief wealth of the nomadic tribes. "When the veterans of the Kut-ei- Amara campaign return to England a large percent?age will bear as scars of the siege the deep, disfiguring 'Bagdad date mark' or 'Aleppo but- ton," a painful, but not dangerous disease prevalent in Mesopotamia. The 'mark' is a boil which attacks the face, neck, hands and soles of the feet. Natives are said to escape with one sore, as a rule, but Europeans oftN?n are afflicted with several, which do not heal for a year. The marks are of two varieties, the male and the female, the first a dry, scaly sore, the other a running boil. If the survivors should be called upon to make a sec- ond campaign through Asiatic Turkey in years to come they will be immune, as the 'button' seldom appears a sec- ond t«ime on the same person." Simple apparatus has been invented for dif infecting .school children's pen- cils with formalin gas.