Abergavenny Chronicle

Paper patterns can be supplied, price 1s. lld. Enclose remittance and address to Miss Lisle, 8, La Belle Sauvage, London, E.C. 4. Note: The price may vary from week to week.

Frosted lemonade for a summer party is pretty to look at and very good to drink. Make the still lemonade as usual, and then drop a spoonful of whipped white of egg on top of each glassful before serving. These who want to keep their hands sweet and fresh after handling fish, onions, or some other food, should remember that a little dry mustard rubbed into the skin will remove almost any disagreeable smell To REJIOVE ACID STAINS. I Stains caused by acids may be removed bv salt of wormwood. The soiled material should be first wetted and the salts rubbed in, then rinsed before washing. PASTILLES FOR THE MOUTH. J MIX two parts powdered conee witn one part vegetable charcoal and one part pow- I dered sugar. Flavour with vanilla and make into pastilles with a sufficient quantity of mucilago of gum arabic. ) i

? MOTHER AND HOME. Useful and Economical Hints on Domestic Management. Management. So general of late years has gas-stove cookery become that little direction is needed in the management cf these cookers. In point of efficieucy they are an improve. ment over coal-fircs, because the heat in gas-cooking can be regulated to the exact degree required, and, what is equally im- portant, can be kept just to the right heat. The hire of a gac-cooker, where pur- chase is desired, is a simple matter, the only care needed being to bargain for one with modern fittings, such as enamelled oven-sides, and a top-plate with grill, large, medium, and small turners. In using the oven for joints, light up and have gas well on for ten minutes, then put in joint. For a 6lb. piece give first five minutes with gas full on, then forty minutes with gas lowered to half, and. fifteen minutes full on to finish. If the joint is a long one hang from other end after it has been in the oven for half an hour. J HEALTHY EXERCISES. I For reduction of the hips the following exercise will be found most beneficial, and it has the additional value of being simple in performance. A successful instructor to Society women declares that it reduced her hips 2in. in a month. When beginning the exercise, take it slowly, as it puts great strain on the muscles. Lie extended sidewise on the floor, supporting oneself by one hand on the floor, while the other is placed on the hips. While holding this position raise the body gradually from the floor until the whole weight is supported by the hand and feet. It is comparatively easy to get the tody as far as the knees, but it bring it up to the full extent just described is not easy to accomplish, without practice. Try the exercise first on one side and then on the other. ) CAMPHOR IcE BALL. I One of these should always be kept on the washstand, especially when the cold weather arrives, then the hands can be rubbed over with it during the most trying weather. Take 2oz. white wax, 2oz. lard, and !oz. powdered camphor. Place in a jar and stand in a saucepan cf hot water over the fire. Stir until mixed. Place in 1 small pomade jars, or roll into balls. I A GOOD FLOOR STAIN. I This should be applied with a flannel pad, rubbing the way of the grain of the wood. Mix a little ground burnt umber to a paste with a little linseed oil. and be careful that there are no lumps. Add this to the linseed oil till the required shade is attained. It is better to test the colour on a spare piece of wood till it is right. Afterwards polish svith beeswax and turpentine. I A TIP FOR IRONERS. J When ironing, if the worker stands on a padded rug, the feet do not become so tired I BLACK AND WHITE FABRICS. r These should be washed in water in which I salt has been dissolved, one teaspoonful to every gallon. I I SWEETS FOR THE CHILDREN. » Quaint-shaped sweets may be fashioned cut of soft fondant, all kinds of animals and birds being easily made. Peppermint Creams must have a few drops of pepper- mint essence introduced into the fondant; then something small and flat, like the lid of a tiny round tin, should be used to flatten these out. Numerous devices will suggest themselves. Thus the sweets can be fashioned, then rolled in coco-nuts or comfits. Such sweets are very wholesome and are far preferable to those which one obtains ready-made in shops. Pretty paper cases can now be bought, so that a nursery party can be prepared at home by the child- ren themselves. Needless to say, this will form capital amusement for a wet day, and very pretty results are to be obtained by the children themselves. MARZIPAN SWEETS. I If marzipan paste is made, the children can model most delightfully in this, all so;:ts of vegetable shapes being quite easy to make, so that sweet-making may be joined- to kindergarten employments. Not all sweets, however, can be made without a fire, and in this latter category is:- BUTTER TOFFEE. I Take 4oz. fresh butter; melt in a clean saucepan, then add 2 breakfastcupfuls of Demerara sugar and It gills of water. Add also one large teaspoonful of golden syrup. When the sugar has melted boil it steadily until a little of it, when dropped into cold I water, is quite crisp and brittle. Pour into I buttered tins and leave to get cold. EYE WOUNDS. I In case of accidents to the eye, such as wounds from sharp toys or from scissors, nothing can be done except to soothe the little patient til the doctor comes. He should be sent for at once. Cataract is often the result of such injuries, and the lens of the eye may be injured, hence it will be seen how important it is that medi- cal aid should be immediately obtained. TREATMENT OF CUTS. I When a child cuts itself badly, draw tli-a edges together after drying any moisture, and apply collodion with a clean camel's- hair brush. This will form a temporary skin under which the wound will heal. A dirty cut or wound should be carefully washed in warm boracie lotion and after- wards dusted lightly with boracic powder, then covered with clean lint. I SPRAINS AND Br-ulsigs. I Sprains should have cold-water dressings applied to relieve the pain, then flannels wrung out of hot water should be applied till the doctor comes. A bruise should be treated by applying cold-water dressings to .keep down the swelling. I MILD DYSENTERY. 1 Children are frequently attacked by this malady, particularly in the autumn. Slimy mucus and even blood may then be evacu- ated from the bowels, and this is a sure 6ign that it is not a case of ordinary diar- rhoea. Improper feeding may cause this, and unwholesome fruit or decaying fruit of- any kind should be carefully forbidden to all children; indeed, little raw fruit should be taken. Bad water may also be a cause. Boot soles may be made to wear for longer periods by giving' them a coat of varnish be- fore wearing, and again at intervals of from two weeks to a month. Copal varnish has been found very satisfactory. Many people cannot eat bacon on account of indigestion. If the bacon is put int-o the frying-pan in cold water and brought to the boiL then taken out and fried in the usual way, it will be found to be free from exces- sive salt and fat. To prolong the life of a broom, the latter should be put into boiling water once a week, and then plunged into cold water. This will make the bristles cLan and tough, and render the broom much more durable. To prevent coloured material from fading or the colour running, before washing the first time soak for at least two hours in strong Falt and water, to which has been addd about a teacupful of vinegar. .The following tips are useful, when holi- day mishaps occur to clothes. Tar can be removed from almost any cloth by soaking the portion stained'in milk before washing; inkstains can be immersed in ammonia and water, while a few drops of tallow will often remove the obstinate stains from linen. COCKROACHES. I To rid the kitchen of cockroaches, throw all potato parings on to the back of the fire daily, and allow to burn in the same way i s cinders. A potash ash is thus formed which, if placed in or near their haunts, banishes the cockroaches, as they will not come where it ia present. COAL ECONOMY. I At the present time these two tips regard- ing coal economy will prove most useful: (1) Dissolve 1 tablespoonful saltpetre in a cup of water; sprinkle all into the coal- scuttle. Allow to stand a few minutes before throwing on the fire. The result will be a brighter fire, and it will last much longer. (2) lib. common washing soda dissolved in a large pail of water, and well sprinkled over the coal, will make it burn much longer and brighter. SOME USEFUL RECIPES. APPLE PiE.-Make a good light crust; wet the edge of the pie-dish, and lay a thin strip all round. Pare, core, and slice the apples, and lay in the dish with a little sugar and any flavouring that may be preferred. Lay a crust over the top, and ornament with pastry cut into leaves. If the apples are dry, the parings and cores may be boiled with a little sugar and flavouring and the strained juice added to the fruit. Bake the pie in a quick oven for f hour. A little custard is an improvement. ALMOND WAFERS.—Mix thoroughly equal quantities of dry flour and sifted sugar. With every 41b. of this mixture work in two well-beaten eggs, 2-loz. chopped almonds, a pinch of baking-powder, and as much cream as will make a thick batter. Let the mixture settle, and bake the wafers in the usual way. UNIVERSAL SAUCE. -Into one pint of stock put a glass of white wine, salt, pepper, the grated peel of a lemon, a bay leaf, and a dash of lemon juice. Let this macerate hy. I the side of the fire for eight hours, and it is ready. It will keep good for several days. BOILED FRENCH BEANS.—Only the ends and stalks require to be taken off when the beans are very young. Put them as they are prepared into cold water. They are cut lengthwise into thin strips. The strings should be drawn off with the tops and stalks when the beans are large. Put into a large saucepan of boiling water, slightly salted, allow the steam to escape, and keep boiling very fast until tender; 15mm. if young, 20 to 25min. if old. SUMMER BEEK.—Take one pennyworth of hops, one pennyworth of Spanish juice, Ili). sugar, 3 tahlespoonsful brewing yeast, or ciz. veast. Boil hops and Spanish juice together and strain. Dissolve the yeast in a little of the liquor, then mix, leave to fer- ment, then skim and bottle. SUMMER PUDDING.—Slice a sponge cake, arrange in a dish, dissolve pint raspberry jelly, and pour over. Make 1 pint almond. flavour custard, and when cool pour gently over jelly and cake. When quite cold well whip one gill of cream and arrange on top. PRUNES, STEWED, IOK DESSERT.—Wash the prunes, and let them soak all night in as much water as will cover them. Lift them out, and let the liquid stand a little while, then drain it from the sediment, and put it into a stew-pan with a small quantity of sugar, if desired, and a little lemon-rind and cinnamon for flavouring. Stew gently for hour or longer. PINEAPPLE JAM.—Weigh the pineapples, then skin and eye' them, and cut them into thin slices. Boil these till cooked in as much water as will barely cover them, and add a little sugar. Rub them through a sieve. Take lIb. sugar to lib. fruit. Boil this with the pineapple water to a clear, thick syrup, odd the fruit pulp, and stir over the fire till done. DELHI Soup.-Purcha,e for 3d. some meaty bones, and place in a fair-sized pan, cover with water, adding salt and pepper, and slowly simmer for four hours. Then strain and take the meat from bones, put the bones back in the boiler with steck, and let them stew again four hours. Take four leeks and boil in some of the stock till tender, adding seasoning to taste. Cut small, add the meat, also cut into neat pieces, and serve hot. SUMMER PrCKLEs.-Cut equal quantities of young onions, sour apples, and fresh cucumbers into thin slices. With these fill an unglazed earthen jar which will hold one quart liquid. Shake in with the vegetables one dessertspoonful salt and It teaspoonful cayenne.. Pour in 41b. soy, an& as much vinegar as the jar will hold, and cover closely until wanted. The pickle can be used the day it is made. BOILED CUSTAP.D.SiMMer three pints of milk for £ hour in an enamelled saucepan, with lemon or cinnamon to flavour the liquid. Strain and add one tablespoonful ground rice or arrowroot smoothly mixed in half a wineglassful of cold milk. Beat up the yolks of three eggs and add them, with 3oz. sugar, to the rest. Stir the custard gently and steadily till it thickens, but do not boil it or it will curdle. BLACK-CAP PUDDIN&.—Thoroughly grease a pudding-basin, stone and divide some raisins, and press them all over the inside quite close together; pour in batter as made for batter pudding, and steam for 1J hours; turn out carefully, and serve with sugar or sauce.

THINGS THOUGHTFUL. Do you love peace? Then love justice, for that is what peace is made of. There may be a home in the forest or in; the wilderness; and there may be a ffemily, with all its blessings, though half its mem- bers be in foreign lands, or in another world. It is the gentle memories, the mutual thought, the desire to Hess, the sympathies that meet when duties are apart, the fer- vour of the parents' prayers, the persuasion of filial love, the sister's pride, and the brother's benediction, that constitute the trite elements of domestic life and sanctify the dwellings of our birth.—Martineau. The day's work will end with the day, whether its tasks have been to our liking or not. We cannot shorten or lengthen the day, but we. can make it count for much or little. We often fail to recognise it, but the fact remains that to-day is trying to live up to the highest standard of yesterday's thought, and determination. AfPEN THE DOOR. Open the lor, let in the air The winds are sweet and the flowers are fair. Joy is abroad in the world to-day, If our door is open, it may come this way. Open the door! Open the door, let in the sun He hath a smile for every one He hath made of the rain-drops gold and gems, He may change our tears to diadems. Open the door Open the door of the soul, let in Strong pure thoughts which will conquer sin, They will blossom and glow wii.h a grace divine And their fruit will be sweeter than that of the vine- Open the door! Open the door of the heart, let In Sympathy sweet for stranger and kin. It will make the halls of the heart so fair That angels may enter unaware— Open the door! HOMES. Homes are primarily to be lived in. "hen their furnishing is so fine that they hinder the comfort and avocations of the household, they have outgrown their due proportions; we all, at least all onlookers, recognise that. But when the body, the human habitation of the soul, demands such an outlay of time and money for its pleasure and adornment that the spirit within is neglected, what then? There are three parts in truth First, the inquiry, which is the wooing of it; secondly, the knowledge of it, which is the presence of it; aud, thirdly the belief, which is the enjoyment of it.—Bacon. HOME, SWEET HOME. Sweet is the smile of home; the mutual look 'Where hearts are of each other sure: Sweet all the joys that crowd the household nook. The haunt of all affections pure. —Keble. THE WORLD'S WORK. "The work of the world" is a phrase that sounds as if it might mean what great mis- sionaries, social workers, wonderful scien- tists, and discoverers are doing. It does; but it also means what you are doing, if you are busy with anything honest and useful, with anything that keeps a home comfort- able, trains little children, or helps anyone I' anyv, here to be better or happier. Anything that needs doing is part of the great world's work. PERSONAL FAILURE. We often lead ourselves into fresh trouble by imagining that a resolution is the solu- tion of a personal failure. The glow of moral purpose that follows a resolution to do right, may be highly satisfying, but un- less sustained from the source of power, it fades like the dwindling glow of a pocket searchlight when the battery is giving out. The great thing one has to wish for, as time goes on, is vigour as long as one lives, and death as soon as vigour fiags.-T. H. Huxley. TO HOPE. When by my solitary hearth I sit, r. And hateful thoughts enwrap my soul in (doom; When to no fair dreams before my "mind's eye flit, And the bare heath of life preaents no bloom Sweet Hope, ethereal balm upon roc shed, And wave thy silver pinions o'er my head. Whene'er the fate of those I hold most dear Tells to my fearful breast a tale of sorrow, 0 bright-eyed Hope, my morbid fancy cheer; Let me awhile thy sweetest comforts borrow: Thy Heaven-born radiance around me shed, And wave thy silver pinions c,'er my head! And as, in sparkling majesty, a star Gilds the bright summit of some gloomy cloud: Brightening the half-veil'd face of Heaven afar: So when dark thoughts my boding spirit shroud, Sweet Hope, celestial influence around me shed, Waving thy silver pinions o'er my head. —Keats. RELIGION. Religion is oneness with God; the har- mony of man's nature with God's nature; the attuning of all the notes in man with the perfect music in heaven. Religion is the tfneness of man's manifold nature with God's manifold nature; and he who is religious knows God with all his heart, with all his mind, with all his understanding, and with all his soul.-Canon Barnett. r ———————— THINK OF OTHERS. Our talking much about ourselves shows how little we are thinking about others. If we are as much interested in others as we ought to be, othefs would seem to us to be talking of a stranger when they, speak to us of ourselves. To talk about ourselves seems shallow and inane to us when we see how much meaning there is in the word "others." DEMOCRACY. A state of society in which there shall be at last no law-protected power-holding class on the one side, and no excluded and disin- herited masses on the other-a stage in which, for a long period to come, legislation will aim at securing to all the members of the community the right to be admitted to the rivalry of life, as far as possible, on a footing of equality of opportunity.—Benja- min Kidd.

London county rate for the next half- year will probably be 2jd. in the pound higher. Mr. James Buchanan has given the log- book of H.M.S. Victory to the British Museum. Lady Wernher has given to Luton as a Peace memorial a recreation ground of 11 acres. Sir Evan Jones, Coal Controller, has re- signed the chairmanship of the Road Trans- port Board. Julian Cenzfer, an undesirable alien, who was waiting deportation, hanged himself in Usk Prison.

OUR CHILDREN'S CORNER, I PAMPY'S AIRSHIP. I Pamby the Rabbit took up his money-bos and shook it. It hardly made any noise at all! That meant that it was full. So next day Pamby walked very happily into the town and bought an airship. And he told the people to send it to his home, because he thought that he had better practice with it quietly before he started going up in it. So he went home, and next day the air- ship arrived. And he practised very care- fully all the afternoon in the field at the back 01 his house, and on the following morning he thought that he would go for a very nice and beautiful sail in the air. So he cut himself some very nice dandelion giwyforicftps. and he took some very yellow- looking lemonade, and he climbed into the airship and started off into the air. It went up and up and up, and Pamby took his telescope and watched all the trees and things getting smaller and smaller. And he laughed to himself, ate sandwiches and drank lemonade, and he liked it very much. Still the airship went up, higher and higher, and the earth began to look as though it was a hundred million miles away. When Pamby saw the earth looking as though it was a hundred million miles away he began to get very agitated. And he did things to the airship to try and make it sink down again. But it only went higher than ever. Then did Pamby get very frantic, and he did a different lot of things. Still it went higher! Higher and higher! Suddenly it stopped because it had run into something. And the thing it had run into was the moon. Then was Pamby the Rabbit very fright- ened and presently a very long and white- looking Moon Person came, and Pamby got more frightened than ever. 01 "Oh, dear me, Moon Person!" he said. "I do hope I haven't chipped a piece off your nice moon! It Vas quite unintentional en- tirely, it was, and it shall never, never hap- pen again!" > Theii the Moon Person looked very cross and annoyed, till he caught fiight of all that was left of Pambv's lunch. Then did he be- gin to smile iand talk about how nice lemonade was and how awfully scarce dande- lion sandwiches were up in the moon. So Pamby gave the last of the lemonade and sandwiches to the Moou Person, because he hoped that they would keep him in good temper, and the Moon Person was very in- terested and excited. And he said that he happened to know all about airships, be- cause he had a lot of his own at his home, so he thanked Pamby the Rabbit very much for the lemonade and sandwiches, and he did things to the airship with his hands and he sent it off very quickly back to the earth again. When he got back to his house, Pamby the Rabbit was very glad and thankful, and he promised himself very faithfully that he would never go up in his airship again, be- cause it was too exciting. So he took his money-box to town, and the airship people counted the pennies back into it—all except the new shiny one that Pamby never saw again. And they sent a boy round in the morning to take the air- ship away. On moonlight nights Pamby the Rabbit looks very carefully through his telescope and thinks about the sadness of being un in the moon with no dandelion sandwicees. But he has never seen the Moon Person agnia. A BIRTHDAY DREAM. I Such lovely dreams I had last night! For, only think, the darling elves Came from the land of Heart's-Delight And brought my birthday gift them- selves A Golly with a yellow vest, A Noah's Ark, a doll, a ball—- I can't remember quite the rest. But waking up was best of all! THE COMING OF SANTA CLAUS. I "Ah, but it is not always Santa Claua who comes!" Madame Duboc said, lifting her finger. "Other people have reindeer besides, and pretend to bring you presents." "What other people?" Georgette asked timidly. "There is the Wolf-man for one." Madame said. Nights like these, when tlae wind drives the snow against the windows and rumbles in the chimney, he knocks at many doors, and everywhere the wolves follow him. And as Madame said this a gust shook the window and came sobbing down the chim- ney, as if to prove the truth of what she said. And all the old house whispered and grew very sad. gT "One night," Madame went on, "1 heard a knocking at the door, and when I went to open it I saw a tall man in wolf-skin cloak, with the hood drawn over his head. But in the shadow of the hood I saw eyes that glittered." lvhat do you want?' I asked him. To give each of your children a pre- sent,' he said. I am Santa Claus.' 'c I have no children,' I said and quickly shut the door and drew the big bolt, because out beyond him across the snow I saw the shining of many eyes, and I knew they were the wolves, who never leave the Wolf-man for a second." Little Pierre began to feel frightened. He drew his stool quite close to Madame and caught hold of her hand. "Do you think he'll come to-night?" he asked. "No, no!" Madame said with a laugh. ay ou need not be frightened. All this hap- pened many, many years ago. Just as she finished speaking there came a knock at the door. Even Madame Duboc shivered a little, and when the knock came again, louder than before, she wished she had not spoken to the children about the wolves. But when she went to the door and opened it, there was no one but a poor old man bent double with the cold. And though he seemed so old and weak, yet Madame Duboc did not trust him when he asked her to let him come in and warm himself by the fire. And he wore a hood over his head, which made Madame think of the Wolf-man. She was just going to shut the door in his face < when little Fifine called out: "011 no, no, Granny! He is so cold, and perhaps so very hungry too! We can't leave thik poor <;Ld man oucside in the cold asd the snow." And before Madame Duboc could stop her, she had seized the old beggar by the hand and pulled him into the room and led him right up to the roaring, blazing fire. And then the very oddest thing happened. The old man straightened himself up, and threw his cloak away. And then, what do you think the children saw? Thev saw a tall, handsome man iij a beautiful suit of black velvet trimmed with silver fur, and carrying a great big velvet bag, which was most beautifully lumpy. And in it he brought a present for every. body. even for Madame. Her present was a pair of spectacles. "If you wear these, he said, "you will see so clearly that you will never turn poor people awav who come for shelter to your door. I think your heart has grown a little dim. And then he went cut quickly. Aud in the pauses of the wind the chil- dren heard clearly the sound of reindeer bells.

Applicants for sugar for preserving autumn fruits Trill receive half what they asked for. The grant of a medal to soldiers who have been on home service throughoat the war is under consideration, states Captain Guest. In a lib. IQioz. trout caught in the Lam- bourn, near Newbury, were found a number of caddis grubs, one miller's thumb (a small fish), a minnow, two pieces of meat, and two rabbits' eyes. Paris street vendors have applied to have a commercial status and to pay taxes like shopkeepers as an example to all citizens to ^"•Bhare the burden of French debt.

I TALKS ON HEALTH. ] ——  —- By A FAMILY DOCTOR. I DIET AND TEETH. I If vou are shown the skeleton of any animal, you can tell what sort of food it lived on by an examination of its jaws and teeth. A sheep, for instance, has no teeth in front in the upper jaw, because the hard gum is quite effective enough for the chisel teeth of the lower jaw to act against in nibbling grass. The teeth of a lion are long and sharp for catching its prey and tearing the meat. A horse that feeds on hay and corn has no need of a long canine tooth, therefore Nature wisely does away with it, und a space is left in the jaw in the place occupied in other animals by the eye-tooth. A whale that lives in the sea and derives its sustenance from the small particles of living matter floating free in the waters, has no need of teeth for mastication, and so the iaw-bone is' bare of ivories. It may, then, be definitely established that there is a pre- cise relation of diet to teeth grinding teeth for vegetarians, long, sharp teeth for meat- ra-ters. Teeth in the animal world are some- times used for fighting, and then, of course, thev have no relation to diet. The tusk of an elephant is the eye-tooth of the upper jaw. o: THE CASE OF MAN. i So cear is the lesson to be learnt irom the shape, size, and structure of teeth, that it is worth while to examine the mouth of the animal known as Man. Scientists call him Homo Sapiens, which means Wise Man. Whether the title is deserve d or not, I must leave to vou. When we come to examine the anatomy of the human apparatus for masti- cating food, we find three great outstanding facts. Let us name these three facts, and then see what conclusions we can derive from them. 1. The teeth are very hard. With the ex- ception of metals, ivory is one of the hardest substances in nature. Think of an ivorv billiard-ball, which can stand such hard wear and tear. When you give Tom and Mary fish-knives for a wedding present, vou insist on ivory handles because they will wear for a life-time. Bone is hard, but not nearly so hard as rrr.rv. Nature, ever wise, has manufactured by her marvellous alchemv this adamantine material where- with to cover the teeth of her offspring. 2. The bone in which the teeth are so firmly set is of very powerful structure. Considering the exposed position of the lower jaw, it is very seldom broken; it takes a very hard punch to fracture the jaw. When Samson had to choose a bone from the skeleton of an ass to employ as a lethal weapon against the Philistines, he picked out the jaw-bone. He knew how strong it was, and that he could batter in the skulls of his enemies without finding his weapon broken in his hand. 3. The third fact is that the jaw muscles, for tkeir size, are the strongest in the body. Everyone has heard of the grip of a bull- dog. Some of you may have seen strong men cn the music-hall stage lifting very heavv weights slung from ali india-rubber mouth-piece held in the teeth. When the jaw-muscle is examined, it is found to con- tain strong fibrous bands to increase its power. -:0: "AS CLEAR AS DAYLIGHT." I With these three facts in our minds, and knowing that Nature adapts teeth to the diet she intends us to eat, we may exercise our ingenuity in devising a suitable diet. Do we need adamantine teeth set in an iron jaw and worked by powerful muscles to eat jelly and slops and soft pappy foods? Cer- tainly not. R is as clear as daylight that we were intended to eat things that need scrunching. If soft foods had been our correct diet. we should have been given a mouth like that of a jelly-fish. -:0: A RULE OF NATURE. j A golden rule cf Nature's, to which I have often referred, is that any part of tho body that is not used begins to die away. The arm of a blacksmith quickly wastes to nothing if he sprains his wrist badly and has to ko-p his arm in a sling for three weeks. This is called "atrophy from disease." This universal law applies to teeth. You may depend upon it, if the teeth are not used they will decay. You cansiot get away from the law that diet and teeth and teeth and diet go together. You will never find a race of people eating an abso- lutely correct diet who possess rotten teeth, and you will, conversely, never observe that a race accustomed to a false, artificial, and unnatural diet have perfect teeth. No; per- fect diet goes with perfect teeth, and un- natural diet with soft, chalky, and decaying teeth. The melancholy discovery that there is not a single man, woman, or child in the British Isles with a perfect set of teeth is a definite and incontrovertible proof that our diet is as fault. I must return to this sub- ject later. 0: NOISES IN THE EAR. It is not always possible to cure cases of noises in the ears, but, nevertheless, 6om4;1 thing may be done to get rid of the annoy- ance. In the first place, the absence of wax in the ears must be established, and this can only be done by a doctor; with the un- aided eye it is impossible to see down to the drum of the ear. Sometimes the removal of "ax may cure or, at any rate, lessen the troublesome noises. Then, something may be done by the mental effort of the patient; if he expects and listens to the noises and L talks about them to friends, giving accurate [ descriptions of every kind of noise he hears, < he will aggravate his trouble. But if he makes up his mind to ignore the noises and do his best to forget them, he may find that they worry him less and less. A catarrh in the ear or in the throat can be treated by a doctor, and often results in relieving the patient. In other cases the general health is at fault, and nothing will effect any good but a change of air. The improved tone of the general system, the cheerfulness engen- dered by better health, the absence of worry enjoyed on a complete holiday—all these help the patient to overcome small troubles, such as noises in the ear. When the ear is definitely diseased and deafness has super- vened, the advice of a doctor must imme- diately be sought. When in trouble go to your doctor.

THE JAM RAMP. —— Jam manufacturers have appealed to th< t Ministry of Food for an increase in the sell- ing price of their products, but the Ministry is not sympathetic towards them: One very flourishing jam factory, which did not ever exist before the war, now contributes largely to the Excess Profits Tax This con- dition of affairs at the public expense is likely to continue as long as jam manufac. turers are permitted to sell rhubarb, oi vegetable pulp, flavoured with a liquid des- cribed as "fruit juices," and interspersed with the fruit the jam is supposed to re present. "Strawberry Jam containing ar occasional strawberry is hardly worth the price charged for it, while the whole confec- tion is an unknown quantity to people wht believe in eating only pure food.

Three persons were killed and 50 injured in. race riots at Chicago. Portsmouth is to appeal to the War OlHce to allocate a larger share of ordnance work to the ports of the country. At the tercentenary of the Hospital of the Blessed Trinity, Guildford, the Arch- bishop of Canterbury was present. The L.C.C. is appointing a "director of housing" at £ 2,000 a year. Mr. James Peter Orr is recommended. Mr. Andrew Wesley Thomas, one of the oldest trade unionists in Bath, has died. Marshal Foch is stated to have told the Supreme Council that 150,000 would be needed for the occupation of the western bank of the Rhine.

I FASHION OF THE WEEK. I I A BEAUTIFUL NEW JUMPER. II f I [E. 264.] I What a persistent grip upon our affectiona the jumper seems to have taken. When it first appeared, which is not really so very long ago, it was greeted with considerable scorn by many wiseacres, who predicted with the greatest confidence that its popu. arity would be small and short-lived. In lirect contradiction to such prophecies the lumper has grown in general favour by eaps and bounds, and is now shown in wery imaginable material, shape, and price, md is worn by women of every age. There ire jumpers of silk, wool, cotton, muslin, md lace, to say nothing of the innumerable knitted examples which are one of the rages )f the present season. And instead of ibating, this popularity of the jumper rows steadily, for already there are num- aers of smart models shown for autumn, md even for early winter wear. One of the very newest and smartest of these models is shown in our sketch. This is a very exclusive design, a model of one )f the very best French houses, and is abso- lutely simple, depending for its charm upon its excellence of cut, its beauty of colour- ing- and material, and its admirable finish. A. perfectly charming garment to include in the holiday wardrobe for wear on days that ire too chilly or damp for muslins and jottons. As sketched, this jumper is carried out in jrepe de Chine, the colour in this particular instance being a lovely shade of pale yellow brimmed with bands of crepe de Chine in a lovely and most unusual shade of blue. The Jesign, however, would work out with equal success in other materials, plain or pat- terned, such as Georgette, silk or cotton; harmeuse, silk jersey cloth, muslin, chiffon, Foulard, etc. The neck of the jumper is cut square and is finished by a little turn-over: collar of the olue. The garment is absolutely plain, and is drawn in loosely at the waist by a girdle of the blue stuff. This is taken round the fvaist from the front, crossed at the back, brought back to the front, and there Knotted rather low down, two long ends Falling from the knot. A wide band of the olue material is set on to the bottom of the jumper by a veining stitch. The sleeves ire of three-quarter length, and are set into the shoulder by veining. They are of the modified bell type, and are trimmed at the bottom by bands of the blue stuff set on by reining.