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i" wwit. iijt"'ijipjjiPkjjjiyafgpyywpBg" i Another Installment of "The Wolves of New York" on This Page &- This Day in Our History. t What'amaName?" THE French island cf Reunion has changed its name four times in a litHe over half a century. In 1793 it was Bourbon, but the convention changed it to Reunion. Un der the Empire it became Isle of Bonaparte; at the Res toration it reverted to Bourbon.' Finally, in 1848, it be came Reunion. THIS is the anniversary of the surrender of Ponce, in J .., ... j iono in c? -t.V. 1 fono luco, lO'ine Americana in iovo, iue opauuii commander reported the surrender throughxthe British Consul, ancf our troops held the city as a base for the con trol of the island roads. r The Wolves of New York AaT$r&e Lilian Feels Assured Both She and Esther Had Been Mysteriously Drugged by Some Poison. Thus g argnued with herself, though. In her heart, she was tally con vinced that the "evil lnflnence" of Adderley as she herself had describ ed It had In some, way been brought The atmosphere In the room was ery heaTy. She felt oppressed hy It. and a desire for sleep came upon her. "What need was there to watch aU bight! If any danger threatened she 'would be Instantly awakened by It. Probably It was In her desire for sleep that she had been so long arguing to herself that her fears were exagger ated. Her eyes closed, and It was with difficulty that she tore the lids apart. She arise and walked up and down the room, but she feared that this ac tion might disturb Esther. She felt very languid and heavy, overcome by an almost Irre sistible desire to sleep. There seemed, too. to be a strange per fume In the air. a sweet exotic acest that had about it a subUe suggestion of the : ast Suddenly Lilian noticed that the flame of the- lamp was almost con cealed from her; It was as if the room -was filled with heavy fumes which could be divined rather than seen. Her limbs were languid; she felt incapable of action. She knew that she ought to throw open the door or & window; in Imagination ahe saw herself doing so. In reality she dragged herself across the room toward the fire, and here she fell into a chair, and" sleep overcame here. CHAPTER ex. The CIcepy Drag. It was not an absolute uncon sciousness which overtook Lilian. Bather It was a complete languor ef the limbs, an Inability to move, however much she desired to do so. She felt assured that both she and Esther had been drugged by some strange method and by some peculiarly subUe poison. Unknow ingly. Ether bad been subjected to the process night after night, and her weird, fantastic dreams had been the consequence of It. Lilian's will kept urging her to rise and throw off the influence, but her limbs refused to obey her will. The 'aromatic scent that tainted the air was heavy in her nostrils, and she knew that she was inhaling great draughts of It at every breath. Had any one catered the room with the object of molesting her the would' have been powerless to as sist herself. Far a Jew moments the dread of such an event was upon her. Her eyes were fixed upon the door in exaggerated horror, but all was still, and gradually the stupor which had affected htr limbs reached her brain. Lilian could not recall her dream If she did dream at all. She had a vague impression that the shadows upon the wall were form ing themselves into strange shapes, dark, shapes that gradually became luminous, and at last glowed with vivid color. f As with Esther, crimson, green, and yellow were the predominating hues. To her mind, they appeared like rapidly revolving wheels. It hurt her to watch them, and there was none of the restfulness of sen sation which Esther had described. Certainly her appreciation of time was lost; she could have said If her stupor lasted a few seconds or an eternity. It must have endured for some hours, for when at last Lillian started to her feet, conscious of a voice calling to her. the light of dawn was filtering into the room. She was dazed, and her head pained her badly; also, she was suffering from tho same sensations which Esther had described, the cold limbs, the quickly beating heart, the pres sure of blood to the brain. "Lilian, oh. Lilian!" Lillian staggered to Esther's bed. "Ob. Lillian, my head! It Is pain rng me so badly. I have gone through It all again but worse, far worse, than ever before." The girl groaned pitifully. "We have been drugged," said Lil lian hoarsely. 'That's what it Is. and it i to that you owe your strange dreams. I, too. have been tinder the influence. Ugh" there was a sense of nausea In her throat "the horrid scent Is hanging about the room stlU. Great goodness, let me be quick and open a window." She made her way to the window reeling as If drunk, and after much difficulty for her fingers seemed to have lost their power she threw back the shutters, forced up the frame, and allowed the cool, sweet sir of the morning to mingle with the unwholesome atmosphere of the heaven for this pure air!" ghe cried as she lesnd out of the window, greedily inhaling the anti dote of the poison which she had ab sorbed. "Yes. you have been drugged every night. I cannot say by what poison, but you know the effect or It. I have felt it also, and knew all the time what was happening to roe. y head is aching like yours, and lust now I could hardly move my limbs they were so numb and cold." But how and why!" Esther was rasing stupidly at the open window. "I dont understand." "Come here and breathe the pure sir That is the best thing to do for" the moment." Lilian, her strength restored, went to the bed and; lifting Esther like a child, car ried her to the window. The morning was frosty, and a white mist lay over the garden, a rnlst that gave promise of a fine, clear day. -What time Is ItT" Esther shiv ered and drew the dressing gown which Lilian had thrown over her shoulders more closely about her. "It must be about seven o'clock." "It Is always about that time that I wake up." said Esther. "I bear the stable clock strike the hour Just as I am recovering my senses. But I never thought there was anything more than a cream, uougn it was strange that the same dream should recur over and over again. And even now I can hardly believe that what you say Is true It seems too V terrible, I cannot understand why" She broke off suddenly Tell me all that happened, Lilian." In a few words Lilian told her own experience of the r.lghf "It was a vapor that filled the room," she said. "I don't know whence It came or what It was. I thought, while I was sitting read ing, that the atmosphere of the room was very close, and I grad ually got so sleepy that I could hardly keep my eyes open. What I really noticed first was the strange perfume In the room; It was heavy. like incense, though there was nothing visible, -Jiave you ever smelt It, Esther?" Esther shook her head. "I must have succumbed to It at once," she said. "Sometimes after I woke up, I have thought that the room was very close. My maid has noticed It, too, when she has called me In the morning. And so It was a drug that caused all those strage dreams. What devilish work! Do you think" she lowered her voice and looked about her fearfully "do you think they meant to poison me, Lilian?" "I cannot explain the object. It does not look as If this trick were played with any intent tor do' you immediate physical harm. You have been under the Influence of these fumes ten times now, have you not?" "Hardly that. Perhaps eight" "And you think there might be a tendency to acquire a liking for the kind of dreams which the drug Induces?" Puss inJBoofSs Jr. By David Cory. N OW as soon as the layer cake and the peppermint stick and the chocolate-coated caramel mouse I told you about In the last story appeared on the little white napkin a big giant ess sat down and commenced to eat And pretty soon the cake and candy were all gone, and If the lit tie chocolate mouse hadn't run away he would have been eaten up, too, tall and alt And then Puss and the parrot went on their way, and by and by. after a while, they came to a mossy cave where grew a wonderful white flower. And as soon as Puss and the parrot opened the little cave door the flower sang this song: "Do not touch my petals white Nor pluck .me from my" stalk. Or you will rob me of my life And end my flower talk." "I won't harm you," answered lit tle Puss Junior. "But, tell me, what do you do here aU day In your mossy cave?" ' "" -I am the Queen of the Flowers," she replied, "and all the butterflies are my winced messengers. I send them from flower to flower to bring me news of my kingdom." And then she opened her beautiful petals .wider and sang again: "Butterflies, hasten upon your wings. Over the meadow's sparkling grass. Tell the red rose she must not look At herself In the looking glass." "Tou see." eald the wonderful white flower queen, "Red Ttose ,1s very vain, and Instead of giving her perfume to the wind, she spends much of hex time gazing at herself In her mirror." And then the troop of butterflies flew away and Puss and the parrot said good-by to the Flower Queen and hastened on their journey, and by and by they came to a small cot tage where a little girl stood weep ing bitterly. ,And the reason she wu crying- was because br parrot had flown away. And when Puss Junior's little feathered friend heard this, she said: "Let me stay 'with this little girl." So Puss went on by himself until he came to a pond where a mother duck was scolding her brood of young ones because they wouldn't go In swimming with her. And, oh. dear me. she would swjm for a little while and then she would come up on the bank and try to coax them Into the water. But they were afraid and wouldn't leave the land. But as soon as Puss drew near he began to laugh, for the young ones were not little ducks at all they were chickens; only, of course, the poor duck mother didn't know that, for nobody had told her, you see. "Madam Duck, you have a brood of chickens." said Puss. And when Mrs. Madam Duck heard what Puss said, she began to cr, for she was dreadfully disappointed. And In the next story you ahaU hear what Puss did after that " Copyright Hill. David Cory. (To Be Continued.) The Unlucky Number. "James," said a customer Indul gently and yet firmly, "I ordered one dozen oysters. Now, In my young days, one dozen comprised precisely twelve. Why, then, have you brought only eleven?" James adjusted his serviette to the re quired position on his forearm and bowed elegantly. "Sir," he said calmly and evenly, "our patrons do not care to sit at thirteen at table!" OF COURSE. A young author said to William Dean Howells at a reception In the tatter's honor In Miami: That was Asterbllt who Just asked you for your autograph, sir. You don't seem much Impressed. "I can never understand," said Mr. Howells. "why people should be Im pressed by millionaires. My own ex perience has been tnat wnenever you lunch with them they always let you pay.' Mr. Howells laughed gaily. "That of course. Is how they be come millionaires. Isn't It?" be said. T am afraid so." vEsfher shud dered: "I think so all the more after my feelings of the night. The sensation becomes more and more pleasant as-one yields to it I can only describe It as a mysterious kind of oblivion. One hates and loathes (he idea of returnlnc to the world; one forgets all the miseries and petty troubles of life; one de sires nothing, fears nothing. It Is like lotus land. Lillian do , you think It Is oj.'um I have been In haling?" ' "I cannot say." Lillian closed the window, for the air In the room was purified, and s,e feared lest EstheV might take a chill. "It Is strange that Its effects should be so similar In your case and mine those flashes of light, you know, and the revolving circles of red, sreen, and yellow. I doubt If It is opium, as we know opium, or. In deed, any drug acknowledged by the Pharmacopeia. But' there are drugs, Esther, of which that august work knows nothing. There are herbs which bavo peculiar properties Ignored by all save a few. The gypsies know of many such, and they preserve the secrets in their families, handing them down from generation to. fenera tion. I know for once during my time at AUderley there was a gypsy encampment in. the wood, and I often used to talk to the- good people." - (To Be Continued Monday.) (Copyrlxtit by W. It Hearst). TrVr n 1 it 11 ' ' Ml nil''BBI3IE f r5X V bbbBbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbiTbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbM ; fCJ1, "!?: ( 'VTTbBBBBbHBbBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB ' ife5yygi. jPCHE "IMbBbJBBBbBbb1bWwM Nowadays women are taking more and more interest in the tasks that before the war were associated only with men. No one is sur prised to see a girl doing all sorts of farm work. The young woman above is one of seventeen enthusiastic workers wearing overalls, HOW TO CAN TOMATOES By Laura Buffum, (Domestic Science Expert ef the Na tional War Garden Commission.) SELECT fresh, ripe, firm toma toes. Grade for size, ripe ness and quality. They will cook better If the same de decree of ripeness and quality, and will look better. Wash, Bcald one half to one and one-half minutes or until the skins loosen, but do not break. Scald means to Immerse In boiling water. Cold dip. but do not allow them R to remain In the cold water. Cut out the stem end, taking care not to cut into the seed cells, or the seed and pulp will later be scattered through the liquid. Remove the skins. Pock the tomatoes whole In the jars, dolnfr one Jar from the begin ning to placing In sterilizer before starting on another. Shake down well, hitting the base of Jar with palm of hand, and also press with a tablespoon, but avoid crushing. Do not add water. Hot tomato pulp may be added, otherwise add no liquid whatever. Tomatoes are an exception to the general rule of hot water for vegetables, and hot water or hot syrup for fruits. A large part of the tomato Is water. It Is not necessary to add anything but one level teaspoonful of salt to each quart and If liked, one-half tablespoonful of sugar. The tomato pulp for home can ning, made from large and broken tomatoes, cooked and strajned, should have one teaspoonful of salt to each quart, and should be poured hot Into the filled jars, allowing It to enter the spaces. Put on rubber and top, adjust top ball or screw top on with thumb and Httle finger. Sterilize twenty two minutes In hot water bath or sixteen minutes under five or ten pounds steam pressure. Remove, tighten seal and coot The commis sion will gladly answer any ques tions written on one side of the paper and sent In a self-addressed stamped envelope. POOP OLD PAW. Willie Paw? Paw What Is it my son? Willie Could you say that a chief of police Is a copperhead? Paw If you don't quit asking me questions, young man, I'll beat you until you can't stand un, s Women in the Shop and on the Farm V .JLBBBBBBBBTMTlieBBBlSBBBBBBBBBBBBBkeV V r BBKas. -mBBBVb7BbC-1BBBBBBBBBpPJ MbsBBBBBB . ,A'V$'BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBSFBBBBB9efft?-? (rlfcu J 2BBBBBBBBBBBb m 1 li.fBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB?v , BB9BBSY'3p lCt9?'Z&' -BBBBBBBBBBBm M mBBBBBBBBBBBBBPT 'KkBVttvr7hMjBBBBBBBBBBt m SBBBBBBBBBBBBr I i$f"LtfViS&2IS''BtS M.'jesSSiSMBBBBBB BBBBbBBBBBBK's MeftBBBaj&?fK3-Jt 3. x JcF ft 3SBSS.LMt' JjiBBBSBSBHSBjfevBl S bILLLLVp3?&LHsh1fms!'& "&V?LW5ta?JBssBsLHBBVHKiV I BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBbKsBBBvF''' TjMBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBfc3."vV V"ytstfr. "2IEMb&!WT9WKk fr Fhotos by International The Health of Workers INDUSTRIAL CLINICS SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED By Bruce Belden, M. D. A" S our army expands, and eo many measures for the con servation and Improvement of the health of the troops are adoped. It would seem that the time were opportune for greater sanitary and hygienic efforts among the civilian population, and par ticularly amoni; the Industrial workers. Especially requisite. It would seem, are efforts to safe guard the health of the girls and women entering upon occupations hitherto followed by men. In order to win the war the In dustrial army must be maintained at a high point of physical effi ciency. It Is obvious that what ap plies to the fighting forces In this respect applies equally to the workers. There Is a great opportunity for a campaign of general enlighten ment In matters of sanitation and hygiene. Many individual workers are alive to the Importance of the matter, and are caring for them selves Intelligently, but to all must be carried home the necessity f national self ireservat!on and phy sical efficiency. In England.lt has tra noted that among the thousands of women brought suddenly into the indus trial life of the country there Is a strong tendency to resort to the use of patent medicines In a fu tile attempt to repair ailments due to violations of the laws of health. Self-medication, In response to the seductive sllure-nents of advertise ments and the well-meant sugges tions of friends. Is always Ill-advised. This situation should be met by a campaign of education and by the provision of medical advice. Many of the ailments in question are remediable by the aDnllcatlon of right rules of living and do not call tor the use of drugs at all. The keeping of people "Veil and the raising of the general level of community health seldom Involve the prescription of medicines. This Is a truth to which the public must finally be led to subscribe. Modern medicine preaches It incessantly, and yet there Is no thorough-going co-operation between the profession and the public along this line. Prevention of disease Is the aim of the properly trained physician, no should be chiefly employed In keeslns; neonla wall, rather than 1a I caps, and colored goggles, who have invaded the world of melting iron and flaming torches, at the Union Tool Co., Torrence, CaL The girl here shown is welding the head on a steel drum. ministering to avoidable diseases. That which is accessible to a few should be made accessible to alt The workers are also entitled to lite, liberty, the pursuit of happi ness, and to health. What practically, are the reme dies for the present more or less hhazard state of affairs In respect to community health? The answer Is competent medical supervision of industrial plants, additional legisla tion, medical education of the pub lic and proper wages. Industrial clinics should be established every where. One of the most effective ways of countering against the Insidious menace of quackery and nostrum venders Is the publication In the press of the country of tho simple truth about disease and Its preven tion and treatment in which work tho New York Evening Journal Is adequately meeting the demands erf tb day. COLD PACK METHOD IN 12 SHORT STEPS No. 0. VATIOHAt kjWcj wahoakooi KCf COHrUSSlOM e After sterilizing In hot water bath the Jars are removed and the top tightened, says the National War Garden Commission of Washington, which will send any reader of this niner a free canning book for a cent stamp to pay postage. Watch for1 step No. 10. neadrrs of The TJmea may obtain copies of the Canning; and Drying Manual at any one ef the 200 dls- trHm""f; stations el The Times, PREPARE Nowls the Time For Every Housewife to Put Up Food and Help in the Nation's Con- . . servation Plan By Loretta 0. Lynch. "W ttt.t when I think of of the thirteen below zero day last winter that Aunt Mary and her three shivering youngsters came to ask shelter after the water and the gas had frozen In her house and there wasn't a speck of coal to be 'had, no matter how warm the day Is now, I am always preparing for win ter Mrs. Wills was talking. No, such a remark on a summer day, when "Heaven tries the earth if it be In tune," was not a bit ro mantic It wasn't even mildly po etic It was decidedly shocking to the writer' of fiction, but It was practical, foreslghte The country housewife has long been accustomed to Intensive prepa ration for winter during the summer months, but Intensive preparation for winter Is a bit new to the major ity of city housewives. Of course, every woman who pos sibly can is preserving as many fruits and vegetables as possible for the winter months. But there are lots of other foods that may be preserved. Have you ever thought of buying half a dozen chickens and preserving them for winter? A good soup, clear or with rice, may be made first- and canned. Then the chicken meat may be canned. The soup and the meat will lend them selves fb a dozen different, quickly prepared dishes some busy day next winter. . "Ton had better take half a dozenI boxes of these currants along," sug ADVICE TO THE LOVELORN By BEATRICE FAIBFAX A Snob! DEAR MISS FAIRFAX: , I am sixteen and am consider ed good looking and can con verse well. Pus working as bookkeeper and typist at present In a downtown office, making $14 per week. I am under the Impression that I am & daughter of God, Just as well as the rich girl is. I am not poor, but at the same time I am not rich. We (our family) have enJuch to eat and clothe our selves, but we haven't enough to have anything luxurious. It Is always my wish to meet some rich young boys and girls. Now please tell me how I can do this. I have one rich uncle, and he thinks he Is different because he has more money. K. Your trouble Is easy to diagnose. You are a snob! Of course you are a daughter of God as well as are the wealthy, but so are the other people In moderate ' circumstances away from whom you wish to climb. Suppose you work, work hard, try to Improve yourself and to learn to love beauty and char v acter Instead of money. Coming In contact with rich people won't bring you one thing, because just now you can only attract second rate mediocre people. Make your self first class. Study and Improve ;your mind. Do a bit of war work. 'Try to get on In your office and ' don't condemn yourself to the ugly Ppoverty of Ignorance and snobbery. Decidedly Not. Artist Oh", milkmaid. If you will Dose for me. I'll rive you a dollar an hour." "Sorrr. sir: but Tm getting a thousand a week from a motion pic ture concern over the hllL" THEN IT HAPPENED! "A dollar usually meets with a ter rible death," sighed the nummy, as be put his glass back on the bar. "How's that?" demanded the Bar keen, as he grabbed a bungstarter. "It la always drawn and quartered. Isn't It?" said the Rummy as he head ed for the door. FOR WINTER gested a merchant to a late' Satur day evening shopper. "I will let yon have them very cheap. Tour young sters will enjoy them next winter," he continued. "How do I know I'll be alive next winter1 maybe, after I bother, I won't be I alive to eat them." And then to a few other late shoppers she remarked: These people that axe always worrytn' about next winter stake me tired. As I al ways say, let the future take cars of Itself. I'll get something to eat next winter don't worry, mister." And It wasn't until she remem bered, that she hadn't washed out Willie's Sunday school suit for the H morrow that she "flounced" out of the store. So'She would get something some how! And she feared (hat If ahe put some patriotic effort into the preserving of food for future use and that If she. personally, did not get a chance to eat It, ahe wpuld have suffered an Irreparable loss. Several times within the past week I have heard similar remarks from kitchen slackers. Supposing you do not get the fruits of your labors? Some other American will. Ho I wish all these kitchen slackers could have attended the impressive .military funeral given the late Major John Purroy Mitchell There one could not. help but feel that no sacrifice on. the part of the protected Women behind the lines could be too great, ForrEere one beheld a hero who gave tils life it' self that the most obscure Amerl- Bobbie and His Pa By William P. Kiik. PA took Ms & me to eet in 4 resterant last nlte, we doant go to resterants vary much beekaus Ps likes to eet at fcoam ware he can talk his cote off If it is hot ha sed. The Wslter brot sum water ft looked at us like our teecher looks at us wen she' Is tired. Pa toald the Walter what we wanted ft the Walter sed The Long Hand Duckling is vary fine. Who Is tbls-Long Hand Duekllnr he toald you about sed Ma wen the Walter went to get our Food. Rite here on the Bill of Fair, sed Pa, marked two dollars p. porshun. What is a porshun, I asked Pa. It Is a term used in these here palaces of Provlnder. sed Pa. A porshun is of a frackshun. sed Pa. In other words, a porshun is nothing to speek of. I am gittlng less ft less of a Diner Out sed Pa. I am a grate hoam body around Meal Time, sed Pa. W The Walter brot our dinner ft stood thare looking out of the wln- dow. You may go, James, sed Pa. You newer can tell about these gents, sed Pa after the Walter had went He mite be a German Count, sed Pal trying to git a ear fulL It would be hard for him to reemero ber a ear full, by the size of his awnings, sed Pa. I feel nervus wen you talk that way. sed Ms. Sumtlmes I think. I will newer go out ft eet any moar. One newer knows with whom one la rubbing shoulders with. Ma sed. But this dinner tastes good for a change from my own cooking, sed Ma. . It Is certainly a change from yure cooking, sed Pa, but it lsent any welcum change. You have spoilt me for eetlng out sed Pa. There was a gurl singing a song at one of the tabels. She was sing ing It for her Bo. I guess, but the peepul st the other tabels cud hear it It was sumthlng about Skip, Hop ft Over the Top. What a lot of War Songs one heers nowadays, sed Ma. Yes Indeed, sed Pa, War Sqngs helps to win the war. I herd one yesterday, sed Pa. that made me want to flte. The gent wich rote it sed Pa, bad tried to malk Aero plane rime with Pershing, said Pa. But It will do good, sed Pa, that song. Everybody that ewer heers It will want to flte, sed Pa. I had a lot of fun eetlng at that restaurant beekaus there was so much to see ft hear eeven If there wasent much of food to eet But wen I am hungry I will eet at hoam, beekaus them Porshuns wlch the waiter brot to us was so llttel that I cuddent hardly see them. In the old days, sed Pa, I used to like to git a Squalr Meel at one of these eetlng plaices, but the meets wlch we git now are very oblong, sed Pa, this peeee or roast beef Is bllt Ilk a kite string, sed Pa, Thare Is no plaice like hoam at dinner time. Equal to the Occasion. A company of German soldiers, having entered the small, town of Roye. one of the officers swag-, gered Into an hotel, hailed a waiter, and called for a meal, at the same time laying his sword on the table. Tho waiter returned with a pitch fork, which he placed by the sword. "What does this mean?" demanded the officer in a gruff voice. "Oh." replied the waiter, "this Is the only fork I could And to match your knife!" Hard Work. "I want you to understand that I rot my money by hard work." "Why, I thought it was left yon by your uncle." "So It was; but I had hard work getting It away from the lawyers." WUXTREEl A big shoe factory bumee today. It was a fearful helocaust: I heard one of the firemen say At least ten thousand soles were lost. Luke McLoke. By Loretto C Lynch can boms might remain intact and, la returnhe asked nothing. Now it Is not always possible for a woman to preserve and store a large quantity of food, but if one searcbea sufficiently 'diligently she will surely And a space-where she may lay aside something for "the worst days of winter." During- the dreadful freeze last winter an old-time housekeeper showed me the "worst days of win ter" niche In her little apartment It contained a couple of dozen pre served eggs, some sliced bacon la glass, half a dozen cans of each, of several vegetables. There was a sniall crock of cheese and a couple of packages of macaroni, a couple of glasses of Jelly, some canned mllk and a couple of pounds of sugar, as well as a pound of coffee, and a tin boxful of matches com "emergency" food. She had gotten "emergeny" food. She had rotten it together months before and had steadfastly refused to draw upon It until the weather became so bad she was unable to go out Hoarding? Not a bit of It. There's a vast difference between having ft little emergency food on hand and hoarding- up large quan tities, of scares food of which each one of us requires a little. Perhaps the days of plenty win some day come back to us. Per haps the days when we can have as much sugar and flour as we. want But awaiting that-gfad day, American hpusewives -mutt- work unitedly to conserve the food. There la no better time than now to prepare for the winter days ahead. Foch's Private Life. In an Intimate character sketch of General Foch byM. Rene Bar Jean the Interesting statement Is mide that the name of the gen eralissimo Is of Celtic origin. "Foex,"" which means "flre,'' and that he has the blue, eyes of the Celt Foch, before the war, divided his time between his family and read ing and sport His favorite read ing is history. He lo-ces the works of the old French composers, has a passion for antique furniture, and is particularly fond of trees. His tastes are simple. He eats sparingly, drinks wine arid coffee, but no spirits, and smokes small cigars. He finds it necessary to light every cigar five or six times, and keeps an electric lighter In his motor car. Tho generalissimo's favorite rec reation Is horze exercise. He is particularly attached to a thor oughbred which" he bought a year before the war. and which Is with him. wherever he goes. Unnecessary Trouble. Herbert and Louise were dining off fovl In a restaurant "You see," he explained, as he showed her the wishbone, "you take bold here. Then we must both make a wish and pull, and when it breaks the one who has the biggest part of It will have his" or her wish granted." "But I don't know what to wish, for!" she protested. "Oh you can think of something!" he said. "Ho, I can't" she replied. "I can't think of anything 1 want very much." "Well, 111 wish for you? he ex claimed. "Will you really? jhs asked, "Yea" "Well. then, there's no" use fooling with the old wish bone," she Interrupted, with a glad smile, "you can have me!" The Jury's Difficulty. "Gentlemen of the Jury," said a judge as he concluded his charge. "If the evidence shows In your minds that pneumonia, even Indi rectly, was the cause of the man's death, the prisoner cannot be con victed." An hour later a messenger came from the jury room. "The gentlemen of the Jury," he said, "desire information." "On what point of evidence?" "None, your lordship; they want to know, how to spell pneumonia!" Yes, Indeed, Who? "I can never be yours. Here are) your presents." "All very fine. But who's going to return all those cigars I bought your father and all those dimes I gave yqVir little brother?" WONDERING. The German people seem, to be Devoted to the Kaiser grim. I often wonder what they see To-rave about in him. ' YOU KNOW HIM. All honest labor he will shirk, I speak of Henry Heeple; You see. he doesn't have to work. He's working other people. HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD Bacon is much nicer If steamed instead of boiled, and less fat Is wasted. If you peel onions under a run ning tap you will find that your eyes will not water. Milk puddings should always be cooked slowly. If cooked quickly, the milk evaporates. If you boll rice In water for tea minutes before making a rlee pud ding less milk is needed. If you make a Yorkshire padding with half milk and half water you w(l find It just as nice. When soaking dried green peas you should use boiling water, as this brightens their color. You should save rainwater for , washing and washing-up. By using this scarcely any soap' Is needed. f 4 i i 1 i 1 m..