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vi l i selected recipes- stewed chicken delaware dump- irngstake large chicken for stew ing cut up joints dust each piece with saltjrndjpepper and roll in flour careffthy covering all parts fry un til brown in hot fat removing each piece as soon as brown nowput in the stefing pot and add three pints of boiling water and a finely minced onion cook gently until tender generally about two hours do not let iwater boilaway season with salt and pepper about 15 minutes before serving v t to make delaware dumplings take one cup of flour one teaspoonful of asking powder two tablespoonfuls of melted butter- one teaspoonful of salt one egg and about onequarter of a cup of milk separate the egg beat the yolk well then add butter andmilk gradually work in the flour ihg and every grain will stand apart of itself beautifully- white and dry not the sodden mass many people call boiled rice served with meat aivl gravy it makes an appetizing dish kice croquets with parsley one cup of rice 1 quart of milk 1 table spoonful of chopped parsley yolks of 4 eggs salt and pepper to taste wash and prepare rice then put to cook in a double boiler when cooked take from fire beat until smooth mashing all the grains then add wellbeaten yolks ot eggs and cook for eight min utes longer add seasoning and pars ley using white pepper mix thor oughly take from lire and cool when cool form into croquettes dip in whites of eggs left from yolks and breadcrumbs fry in boiling hot fat drain on soft paper put sprig of pars ley on top of each croquette and serve and when well mixed put in the white i m y ptt of egg beaten until stiff dror this i kce dumplings it was the old batter by the spoonful into thestew- 1 creoc tooks who n evolved that cd chicken cook 10 minutes then lift famous creole dessert nee dumplings send to table on large platter withl ale made as follows c of die dumplings around the edge of 3 fwj 8 platter and the chicken in the middle explains pour gravy in which the chicken was cooked over all and sprinkle with finely chopped parsley cherry pudding take two eggs oavejcup of milk two and onehalf cups of flour threequarters of a cup of sugar one tablespoonful of but ter half a teaspoonful of salt one teaspoonful of baking powder and one pound of cherries stoned sepa rate the eggs beat the yolks until light adding the butter salt flour and baking powder beat well then fold in the wellbeaten whites mix all this then put a layer of it in a wellbuttered dish or mold then a layer of cherries then a layer of bat ter and so on until all is used hav ing batter on the top sprinkle with granulated sugar and bake 30 minutes in a hot oven serve with the follow ing sauce take a pint of milk two tablespoonfuls each of butter and flour half a cup of sugar flavor with vanilla or mace and two tablespoon fuls of butter to serve lift the pud ding into the dishes pour over it the sauce and place a tablespoonful of hard sauce on top half a cup of su gar worked in cream with three table spoonfuls of the butter work until good and creamy add four tablespoon- khceu jcious pudding pudding a pint crumbs shredded into three lss of boiling mik dust lightly with cinnamon sweeten with onequarter of a cup of sugar and two tablespoon fuls of butter beat four fresh eggs until thick and smooth then add to this mixture when lukewarm juice of an orange or lemon bake in a deep dish or mold eat while warm with the sweet juice and flavor with nutmeg spice cake take one and a half cups of brown sugar one cup of but- ter one cup of molasses one cup of cold coffee four cups of flour three teaspoonfuls of baking powder one egg beaten light one teaspoonful of mace two of cloves and a pound of currents flavor with half the flour mix in the order given and bake in loaf pan in a medium oven for one hour doughnuts take one cup each of sugar and sweet milk three eggs five tablespoonfuls of butter one teaspoon ful of mace three teaspoonfuls of baking powder and enough flour to make a soft dough mix well and roll out a half inch thick then fry in boiling hot fat potato biscuit boil mealy pota toes very soft pare and mash them and to every four goodsized potatoes add a piece of butter the size of an egg and a teaspoonful of salt when the butter is melted work while the potatoes are hot add one cup of milk that has been boiled and cooled and a quarter of a yeast cake and enough flour to mold knead and set to rise in a warm place when risen roll out on the board using little or no flour cut out and let rise again for 20 minutes in a warm place bake in oven for 15 minutes or on top of stove on a griddle if these are made up at night they can be ready for break fast tart and not overripe 2 quarts of milk sugar and cinnamon u of the peel of an orange and of a grated nutmeg pare the apples and take out the cores leaving the apples whole take the ground cinnamon and sugar mix well and till the cores with this mixture in the meantime boil the rice in milk until it comes to the consistency of flour having added the grated orange peel and v- tea spoonful of grated nutmeg and ii cup of flour take off fire and let cool then cover each apple with a very thick coating of the rice and tie each dumpling in a cloth very tightly and i put them in a pot of cold water bring the water to a quick boil and boil the j apples for 94 of an hour when done untie the cloth and place the dump lings carefully on a large dish sprinkle each with a little nutmeg put on top of each a dot of butter set in oven for 5 or 10 minutes to brown and serve with hard or cream sauce they may be served without setting in oven immediately after they been taken from the water may be served may each bomb hit translation of germanys new hymn of hate the deutscheejigeszeitung prints a new hymn of hate of which the fol lowing is a translation oneday chike-thc- srilfievcry day is gray each day is full of fog lesson v the lain and every draught is cutting the sondaf school ixfkkjjajriovulesson january 30 there is no fire on the hearth there is no glow in any stove we warm ourselv with intern we warmourselves with iage man leaping acts 3 golden text acts 3 g verse aitger we warm ourselves with iage1 5jr f jt wcr for outside our walls therj is loud tl0ur orpfayert iorendon noon and rejoicing and many golden palace ternoqn it should be remembered is being built on false victories j that thcsc trms of our are l as the v revile us with words thev promise asthirj- sixth and ninth spit in ojjr faces we suspect the i truth however and do hot believe i what they say s we suspect that the german battle l cry has long been resounding through russia i that our comrades are gain ing victories rtttf we are with them gjvv sut ivv stanthsh movtkitii hvmiitoxi gui dso mul n veteran of eight campaign including the illfnjed expedition nt savin bay end anzae or whiili lie tells in a thrilling narrative iut lundo public in it lie explains how his recall came about sir ran has almost as lunuy decorations irani foreign leavers as from great britain including two from germany although several times re- commended for the victoria cross tills honor luit never been award ed him for what reason remains a mystery personal pointers pro- little paragraphs about some mincnt people sardinesontoast are a favorite breakfast dish of the british pi- minister the prince of wales five uniforms fn sup hand sink eveby week coming stopped ground coffee freely k i a the proper way to cook rice the old creolo way of preparing rice which must be of snowy white- rioss leaves every grain distinct ton- der and perfectly dry it must be jhojoughly washed and picked over then rubbed between the hands before cooking place pan over- fire with a quart of water and when boiling add a cup of wellcleaned rice a few grains at a time so as not to stop the water from boiling stir gently occa sionally with silver fork to prevent sticking to bottom of pah as soon as the grain commences to soften do riot stir on any account let it con tinue boiling until grains begin to swell out and appear to thicken us ually this takes about 20 minutes this can bo ascertained by mashing otijyof ho grains between the fingers irain and set pot in the oven without cover the rice may puff or swell for 10 minutes it must not brown just sim ply dry out shake the pot before dish- sprinkled amongst the fur or feathers of game when packed for travelling will keep it fresh before home made bread is put into the oven brush the tops of the loaves with butter and the crust will remain moist after being used for- fish frying- pans should be scoured out with salt and hot water this removes the fishy smell better than soda and wa ter scraps of bread should never be allowed to accumulate in the bread pan they should be made into pud dings or browned in the oven for raspings if when poaching eggs a teaspoon ful of vinegar is added to the boiling water it will prevent the egg from breaking aso tough meat may be made tender if placed in strong vine gar water for a few minutes to spread the butter when very hard have a cup of boiling water handy and dip the point of the knife into it each time before spreading the bread this enables the thinnest bread to be buttered without spoiling the slice and wasting the butter eggs if cracked can be safely boil ed if a teaspoonful of vinegar is add ed to the water when eggs are scarce one teaspoonful of vinegar is a good substitute in cake baking and will make a cake light in which drip ping has been used instead of butter chapped hands during the winter are often the lot of the girl or woman who has to spend a portion of her time over the sink keep a little jar of oatmeal handy and after washing and drying the hands rub the oatmeal well into the skin and dust off this dries and protects the skin when you arc fixing a piece of wood with a screw always rub a little tat low on the screw before putting it in then it can be taken out much easier even 20 years after this is far bet ter than having to heat ones screw driver because heating the screw driver will ruin it as the heat takes nllthe temper out of it the best thing for cleaning furni ture is just ordinary brown boot pol ish rub it well in with a piece of flannel and polish up with a soft dry duster tho effect is magical be sides polishing the wood it tends to darken it and preserves it from in sects as a very little polish is ne cessary one small tin lasts a con siderable time less elbow grease is needed than if you used the ordin ary polish general sir h smithdorrien smokes a cigarette daily after his morning bath a pipe after breakfast and a cigar after dinner m delcasse who has retired from the french ministry purchases most of his clothes in london where he says the best tailors in the world are to be found two different kinds of tea are served at the royal breakfasttable china tea at 4s 6d per pound for queen mary russian tea at 6s per pound for his majesty sir henry kimber has rescued over a hundred great commercial en terprises frcrr disaster he has for years made a sort of hobby of this particular form of business activity lord cowdray has commercial in terests in more quarters of the earth than any other great captain of in dustry and has visited every part of the world where he has these inter ests general tekoff the commander-in- chief of the bulgarian army was as a lieutenant once courtmartialled and sentenced to be shot for striking his superior officer but the sentence was remitted the day after it had been passed mr lloyd georges many engage ments prevent him from keeping early hours but mrs lloyd george as far as possible adheres to hours that have been the rule of her house for years breakfast at 730 bedtime 1030 pm to keep her husband company mrs lloyd george will often take a small second breakfast at 9 oclock judge discharging prisoner and in the future see that you keep out of bod company prisoner thank you your honor you wont see me here again london to see war films views from the allied fronts to be exhibited official war office films of the british army in france arc about to be shown in london the first batch has just passed the final censorship and is now in the hands of the film manufacturers among them arc excellent and in teresting pictures of the indian troops there is also a series of pic tures of british troops marching to the trenches and other returning from the firing line smothered in mud but smiling and cheorful another scries shows the training given in france at a school of instruction for officers who have been promoted from the ranks these films arc distinguished from all other war movies hitherto shown in england by the fact that they show 30000 are interned costs ten shillings a week to port eich alien ther ar almost 30000 aliens of ified on the isle of they are being sup- ish government at of 10 shillings elaborate camps systems have and a beginning establishing work- less can be turned time all the intern- aken to the isle of most 4000 at alex- ndon still there nes at frim- ermans and aushfians wno have not nterned anq all have a chance of appearing before a tribunal estab lished for the purpose of deciding whether internment is desirable when interned theycan communicate with their home governments through the american embassy which still maintains two men at the former home of prince lichnowsky in carlton ter race london for many months these two men have been edward g lowry of new york and leland h littlefield of providence the agitation calling for the whole sale internment of enemy aliens which a part of the london press carried on most vigorously last year has now died down and there appears to be no general criticism that the home office is not handling this difficult problem fairly and successfully oldest british soldier 70 hours accuracy could be secured only by the use of a sundial and only a few people cared to define time by intermediate hours 2 beautiful we have no informa tion as to the gate thus described n0 though the epithet was appropriate to more than one burly germans are sent home in jchaxgefojlcaetiired british soldiers u 4 fastening his eyes see act 1 10 where the same word appears with john who characteristically j takes the subordinate place 0 what i have the same the thunder of our cannon which is the german tempest penetrate thick walls and reaches us in our dungeon we fear for we believe that it is j t what have the same phrase- see it as clear as daylight mark w 8 what she could they both remind us of the iranscen- dant value of what we have over looked utterly by those whose- in stinct is to count up what they have we see it as clear as daylight germanys sun of triumph breaking through the enemy passes we clench our fists savagely and j wish we were there not i more exactly i offer in the name see acts 2 38 the man had presumably heard of the lame man whom jesus had healed jesuss name therefore could produce the thrill of faith which made the heal ing possible when peter gripped his hand and showed that he really meant but hark that is the sound of j nothing less than a complete cure inlailtl along the rcet and anklebones the words are among the medical terms charac teristic of the lukan books a well- known corroboration of the early tra dition that assigns these writings to i pauls beloved phvsieian col 4 14 i 8 the picture is most vivid the in vain thev tore us from our fc ships to bring us here every beat of depended on his accepting it our hearts cried vainly for home and now hunger and thirst are reducing us day by day we lie here like beggars in the frost with open doors we may not fight for germany we only starve for her i propellors travelling course of the thames may every bomb hit you accursed england till londons factories are in ashes and her palatial banks are mere heaps of ruins each bomb will have said to you so we haled you and if the bombs fell on us we should not complain for that would mean an end to our torments and first spring followed by a moments standing as if to test the new power then with continued walking and ec- would be preferable to an english lca an1 shouts of p court of law we should then die like other war riors simultaneously with our en emies now like the dogs we only our adversaries blows the others are dying in battle and their blood flows gloriously while we are dying without honor of mis ery hate and rage the new hymn of hate was writ ten by georg von kries hes probably more know but doesnt although he must be well over 70 years of uge private bill hall of the royal engineers is fighting against the germans with the british army in france halls approximate age he does not know it exactly himself has just been found out by his comrades as a result of the discovery that he has a son also at the front who is 40 years of age sergt w flux of halls company who is himself beyond middle age writes the most remarkable man out here is bill hall an old soldier like myself who enlisted as 47 years of age but when he produced his mar riage certificate we found he was married in 1861 and we have since discovered that his son is aged 49 he is a marvel for work and he has never once fallen out though we were marching and fighting once for five days on end the soldiers have found out about him and wherever we are you can hear such remarks as wheres old bill good old bill stick to it bill and so qn so far as we are able to figure it out bill must be well over 70 years old waded icy river for fuel pathetic plight of german women and children rwbaldbavaria where the oldtime hatred of ltrssia hasva- ways been smouldering the situation has at times given rise to consider able uneasiness says a berlin de spatch even more serious is the outlook in the heterogeneous austrian empire where the people are far worse situated than here and where all necessaries of life have reached prices unheard of in germany here better organization has alleviated the in evitable sufferings of the poorer classes in the dresdener volks zeitung the following paragraph appeared in an editorial which deals with the suf ferings of the very poor in the saxon capital during the present spell of cold weather last thursday while passing across the karola bridge i saw a sight so pitiful and horrifying that i could hardly believe my own eyes between 40 and 50 women and chil dren were wading about in the icy water of the elbe up to their waists fishing for little pieces of coal and wood which had been carried down by the river during the recent floods for almost an hour i stood looking at this dreadful scene and when i left the poor starving people were still continuing their search passersby stopped and talked in low voices one shall the lame man leap as an hart as in tile case of the paralytic i in mark 2 12 the- miracle was too flgi great to admit of praise to any but god 10 wonder and amazement a combination of two extremely strong nouns to produce the effect of a super lative 11 porch or cloister a colonnade named after the royal founder of the first temple 12 answered the form in the greek is at this period restricted to formal and solemn responses and es pecially speeches of councel in law courts it is appropriate for this great apolbgia which takefettertse vfiti i qfjesus jfnazareth toa courti itkl appeal above ihe batiedrin why a superfluous question we might think but of course the people were already giving the wrong answer they were crediting the two apostles with the deed our own power there is a climax the apostles as magicians in their own right then as men of saintly life whose prayers have power with god neither is true this b one of the things which esus did see acts 1- 1 the suffering ser vant of god who is still at work among them in glory shining out in deeds like these war helps ireland many new industries arc springing up in cities ireland is making a bold bid foi the capture of several markets hith erto dominated by enemy traders toys carpets and cigarettes are the most successful examples of new in dustries thus far developed the new workshops for the manu facture of dolls and toys have at tracted large numbers of girl work ers who were thrown out of employ huns muscular and well fed british crippled and half 1 starved about one hundred german soldiers in uniform burly wellfed muscular men left fcnchurch street station london recently on their way to til bury flushing and germany they were being sent back to their native land in exchange for captured british soldiers there was some consternation on the crowded platform says the lon don daily express when this fact was realized the thing was hardly credible anyone who has seen british soldiers returning from ger many as exchanged prisoners knows that they are half starved thinly clad and generally helpless cripples the german soldiers this benefi cent country returned were plentifully and warmly clad and soundly shod there was a ruddiness in their cheeks betokening english roast beef and vegetables and other good food some of them were smoking cigars others cigarettes all were in the prime of vigorous manhood perfectly disgraceful was the comment of bystanders as the ger mans marched between armed guards to the train germany would not send any of our fighting men back only starved and limbless men a sergeant in the royal flying corps fresh from the front on leave watched silently the procession of wellclad beeffed huns i can scarcely believe my own eyes he said as they entered tho train i suppose when i go back to the front on saturday i shall see those chaps again i shall tell the fellows at the front about this and well they wont half swear at the way things are being done here shortly afterwards about 150 civi lian british prisoners arrived at the station from ruhleben in germany they too had been exchanged for healthy civilian germans sent from this country many of the returned englishmen were poorly clothed and their pinched faces and sunken eyes told a sad tale of prolonged hunger and hardship treatment in germany ment by the hard times prevailing in ofthe7isaidlo7nvvatararought acc aml u bhu to be passed to prevent such revolting sights but i answered him neces sity knows no law not used to her standard have you any references in quired the lady of the house yis mum lots of thim answer ed the prospective maid then why did you not bring some of them with you well mum to tell the troot j i theyre just loikc me photographs he actual country in which the fight non of lont do mc jlls ing in the west is taking place the i fact that they arc official war office films further insures that no faking grandmamma what arc you do- of any kind has been permitted as ing in the pantry tommy tommy they arc intended to form part of the oh im just putting a few things j government archives of the war away granma cause of blue monday scientists say there are many reasons and lisls several scientists are declaring that blue monday is far from being a joke social science in its quest for the problems that most affect humanity hns stumbled on this day of the week dr thorndyke claims that it is sim ply because monday is monday tho skilled hand has lost its technique and finish and humanity in general finds it hard to start afresh a habit that had been broken the habit of work the reasons why monday is blue are thus summarized on that day persons have to go hack to work it is washingday collectors and agents call the school bell rings again too much money was in circulation on saturday night the big sunday dinner no moderation in sundays exer cise new regulations and schedules start on monday proud father i believe my dear that the baby knows as much as i do mother gazing at the infant yes poor little fellow gium and dublin the financial re sults of the new enterprises are said to be most encouraging the turkish carpets made in ireland arc of a type which experts declare are destined to deceive even the elect of constantinople it is not able that many of the largest of re cent orders comes from egypt the manufacture of handtufted carpets is about 15 years old in county done gal and gives employment to hun dreds of peasants who have inherit ed through all the troubled ages of irish history the subtle knack for form and color that distinguished their celtic ancestors cigarette factories have sprung up as if by magic in several cities and are employing great numbers of nim blefingered girls there is also talk of a commercial glass factory in dub lin things are a bit better than they were but they are still very bad said one of the number mfr albert an eloi grneets- th allfetja are disgraceful the food scanty and at times so foul uneatable we had to sleep in stables with leaking roofs and our blankets and mattresses were frequently soaked with rain there were not even any washing bowls except those provided out of the prisoners own money if you could not afford to buy one then you had to go without we had meat three times a week but in such insufficient quantities that you could hardly see any in the stew fish once a week but as a rule it was so rank that it could not be eaten the five shillings a week which the british government allows to each prisoner buys scarcely any thing as the food is so dear and the military authorities make 7v4 per cent profit on everything they sell to us even medicine we have not had butter or margarine for three months and eggs not newlaid are three pence each the mattresses arc stuffed with shavings and mine had not been re newed for seven months and was consequentlyfull of dirtand dust i was not able to learn much about the internal condition of ger many but i do know that the people cannot get butter margarine or con densed milk one of the returned british pris oners obtained a glimpse of berlin on sunday when he was allowed out un der guard to obtain a passport he saw very few men but many cripples and widows and food seemed to be very scarce proverbs of the highway when we meet happiness on the highway the great mistake we muc is failing to ask him to go home with us and spend the rest of his life trust in providence is all right till you come to trust that it will clothe feed and sleep you without you ever striking a lick provi- denco likes a hustler just as well as this old world does the optimist becomes a pessimist after he thinks he hears the dollar ringing and opens the door on a hard- up old bill collector british fishermen despite mines and other dangers they make large catches a tribute to the patriotism cour age and energy of the british fisher men is contained in the governments annual report on sea fisheries for 1914 no industry says the report has been so greatly affected by the war as sea fishing and when the history of the war is written the country will realize as it never has before tho supreme maritime power of an organ ized fishing industry and a daring fish ing population notwithstanding the limitation of fishing waters by naval regulations mine fields and german submarines there were landed in england and wales in 1914 some 10125000 hun dred weight of fish exclusive of shell fish of the value of 39235000 as agninst 16152000 hundred weight in 1913 valued at 50045000 the shell fish catch dropped from the value of 1640000 in 1913 to 1445000 in 1914 i h