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  2. TWO HATS IN ONE.

    Behold ! The hat problem—or one phase of it—has been solved. The ingenious young woman can have a large-brimmed hat or a ...

    Article : 171 words
  3. BABY'S TELEPHONE EXPERIMENT.

    Wet fabrics conduct the electric current —a fact unknown to many of the general public. The following little story illustrates the advantage of ...

    Article : 239 words
  4. ANGUS M'LACHLAN, V.C.

    Presently the little party were crouching round their officer, in a sheltered position on the right of the line—which for the moment appeared ...

    Article : 1,563 words
  5. SPECULATIONS BY DR. ROBERT BELL, M.D., F.R.C.P., &c.

    Newton's theory of the law of gravitation has so long been accepted as a fundamental principle that it has come to be regarded as indisputable. ...

    Article : 634 words
  6. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    In brother Jim's company was a genuine "would be if be could" slacker. He wouldn't do his chores, he bated drill, serving time in the ...

    Article : 389 words
  7. Ladies' Column.

    In case of fever, chest affections, or severe colds, this drink is to be highly recommended. There are two kinds, clear barley water and thick ...

    Article : 206 words
  8. WAR GHOSTS.

    When a man's eyes are aching from lack of sleep, when he must tighten his belt because rations are overdue, or exhausted, and when his nerves are ...

    Article : 832 words
  9. A POT ROAST.

    Meat of any kind—beef, poultry, or pigeons—may be used. Slice an onion and a few bits of chopped pork, and place in the bottom of an iron ...

    Article : 134 words
  10. TYPEWRITER ON BALLS.

    Dead tennis balls are said to be useful in silencing the noise of a typewriter, and to protect it from its own racking vibrations. Take two ...

    Article : 89 words
  11. FISH SOUP.

    One quart fish stock, one pint milk, one onion, one dessertspoonful chopped parsley, two celery leaves, one tablespoon flour, salt and pepper. ...

    Article : 61 words
  12. DODGING THE CENSOR.

    "Thou shalt not disclose thy where-abouts," says the War Office in effect to the brawny warrior who leaves our shores for foreign parts. " ...

    Article : 662 words
  13. COCOANUT CAKES.

    Beat the whites of two eggs with a breakfast cup of sugar for five or eight minutes, then beat in ¼lb. dessicated cocoanut or enough to ...

    Article : 31 words
  14. WHAT IS A WIFE?

    The pretty school teacher, for a little divertisement, had asked her class for the best original definition of "wife," and the boy in the corner ...

    Article : 231 words
  15. EMMA PUDDING.

    One cup suet, one cup flour, one cup bread crumbs, one cup raisins, one egg, small teaspoonful carbinate of soda, one tablespoonful jam, ½ cup ...

    Article : 39 words
  16. TOMATO JAM.

    Wipe the tomatoes with a cloth and remove the stem, put into a preserving pan, with ¾lb. lump sugar to each 1lb. of fruit, add a little ...

    Article : 68 words
  17. DEVILLED TOMATOES.

    Take three large, ripe, firm tomatoes, plunge them into boiling water for a few seconds to loosen the skins, peel and cut them into thick slices. ...

    Article : 101 words
  18. VALUE OF OATMEAL FOR ALL.

    Oats have always held a high reputation as a nutritive food for man and beast. Oats contain a higher percentage of energy-giving ...

    Article : 371 words
  19. BEES V. SUGAR.

    Bees are coming into their own again. In the days before the growth of the sugar industry, man looked to the bees to sweeten his life—or, ...

    Article : 289 words
  20. POUND CAKE (without eggs).

    ½lb butter, ½lb currants, ½lb sugar, ½lb sultanas, 1lb flour, two pieces lemon peel, two tablespoons vinegar, two teaspoons carbonate soda, one ...

    Article : 60 words
  21. A COOL CUSTOMER.

    A little Irishman, smoking a short clay pipe, entered the crowded inn of a market town, walked up to the bar, elbowed several customers aside, ...

    Article : 323 words
  22. LEMON SYRUP.

    3R s. sugar, 1oz. citric acid, 1½ teaspoons essence of lemon, 5 pints boiling water. Let it all come to the boil. Then add lemon when quite ...

    Article : 32 words
  23. BISCUITS.

    1lb. flour, 10ozs. butter, 10ozs. sugar, one egg, ½ teaspoon soda, one teaspoon ground cinnamon, two teaspoons ground ginger, one teaspoon ...

    Article : 38 words
  24. SCONES.

    Two-and-a-half cups flour, two tablespoonfuls butter, one teaspoonful salt, one tablespoonful sugar, one or two eggs, one and a half ...

    Article : 66 words
  25. SHORT BREAD.

    Two cups of flour, ½lb. butter, three or four ounces sugar. Beat butter and sugar into a cream, add flour, well work into a stiff dough, roll out ...

    Article : 97 words
  26. READY FOR EMERGENCIES.

    Every housewife should be able to lay her hand at a moment's notice on clean rag, a piece of old flannel, a bottle of olive oil, some white ...

    Article : 61 words
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