Abergavenny Chronicle

OUR CHILDREN'S CORNER. j BEING FAIRIES. There wer« omce three little children, %nd their names were Billy and Jack and Gladys Cue day they happened to meet a Fairy, and Billy and Jack took off their hats very politelv, and Gladys nodded with her head, .md they asked if they couldn't be fairies just for a little time, And the Fairy said. "Oh, yes, certainly!" and she waved her arms and turned them into very nice-looking elves And the Fairy caught them a very Scree- looking Dragon-ny, and eihe harnessed it on to a leaf and made it into a carriage, and they sat on the leaf and Jack drove them all about round the air. And they drove all the way into the farm- yard, and took it in turns with some other elves to have rides on the Peacock's tail. And then they played "Touch Last" and "Puss in the Corner" in the air, and it waa very nice jumping about and trying to catch people. And all the tim. the Dragon- ny sat on a dock leaf and watched them. and it wondered to itself because they were guch fujiny-Itwking fairies. And presently it began to think that they weren t proper kindg of fairies at all, and it clattered very angrily with its wings and began to chase them. Then were Billy and Jack and Gladys very frightened, and they rushed very quickly through the air so that they could escape. And they rushed and rushed and dodged and dcdgod, and all the time the Dragon-fly got more certain, that they weren't proper kinds of fairies. And BiHy and Jack and Gladys wished very much that they weren't fairies any more. And just when they felt sure that the nerce-looking Dragon-ny was going to catch them, they happened to see the Fairy that had turned them into things. And when the Fairy saw that they were being chased, she waved her arms, and she turned them back into children again. Then Billy and Jack ran after the Dragon-ny and tried to catch it, but Gladys felt sorry for it, and asked them to stop. And they stopped chasing it, and it new back to fairyland. And Billy and Jack and Gladys decided it was safer not to be fairies i AN OBEDIENT PUPPY. I I had a pupny, long ago, His coat was black, his name was Joe; I taught him such a lot of tricks, He learnt to carry gloves and sticks, To beg for sugar, ring the bell, Shake hands and walk upright as well And down upon the floor he'd he The very moment I said "Die'" I made him do this trick one day; Then mother called, "Here's Auntie May Come down as quickly as you ean, She can't stay long"—so off I ran, Forgetting that my little pup Had not been told" he might get up! Poor doggie' When I came once more I found him still upon the noor. He looked so sad as if to say, "You\e been a long, long time away, And I've grown huugry, all alone; Please may I go and fetch my bone?" I felt so isorry for the pup, And quickly said, "Good Joe, get up'" Then up he sprang, and off went we To see if it was time for tea. I TEDDY'S LESSOR. I Teddy was Mr- and Mrs. Bear's only child, and there wao no doubt he was a ?srv spoilt little cub. On his fourth birthday he had oo many presents he didn't know which, to look at nrst. There was a atuffed rabbit, a large wooden engine, a jes- ter on a stick, all points and belLs, a Noah's Ark, with every sort of animal in it, as well as heaps of other toys There was also a large box of sweets from one of Teddy's uncles. Now. Mrs. Bear told Teddy's nurse that he might have six sweets that day, and the rest were to be put away for another time. So, after having given him the tdx, nurse placed the box on a high sheLf in the nur- aery cupboard. Teddy watched, and wnen narde went out of the room he stood upon a chair, reached it down, emptied the sweets into a paper bag, and replaced the empty box. He then be gan eating the sweets as hard ao he could till nurse came in again, when he pushed the bag beneath a chair cushion, and every time her back wa3 turned helped himself to another. When he went downstairs to have tea with his father and mother they were very much astonished and concerned because he could not eat anything. However, they put hie want of appetite down to the excite- ment caused by a!l the presents he had re- ceived, so told nurse to put him to lied earlv. Teddy was not sorry to go, for, truth to tell, he began to feel very dull and queer. After he had been asleep some time he woke up with such a bad inside pain that he began to cry loudly, urse, in her nightdress and curl-papers, came running in to see what the matter could be, and when she turned up the gas and saw Teddy sitting up in bed with tears streaming down his face and holiding his paw against his tummv, she got quite a shock. "What is it, dear?" she asked kindly. "Oh-o-o'" moaned poor Teddy. "I fee) ao sick!" Now, it happened that in her haste nurse had knocked against the chair upon which Teddy had placed the bag of sweets under the cushion. The cushion had fallen to the ground, and wher nurse turned round after having put up the light she saw the bag, with one or two sweets which had rolled out of it. Then she at once guessed what .naughty Teddv had done. for she went and r got the box irom the shelf and looked in- .side it. "Oh. you naughty, bad DOV!" she cried; "you really deserve to feel ill." "I'm—very —sorry, nurse," he sab bed. "I'll—never—do it again!" And it was such a lesson to him that he never did. PUCE'S ADVENTURE. I ructc was an ell, and he lived under a hiUcck with his brothers and sisters. One morning he set out for a forest where nuts and berries grew. It was a long way, but he got there at last and filled his basket with the dainties that elves love As he was going back he saw a tiny cottage that stood against a sycamore tree. "Ha!" cried Puck, "perhapa a human being lives here." For he had longed to see a human being. He stole up to the open door and peered in. What a fright he had! Not a human being at all, but a terrible-looking owl was there, who pounced on him at once, and, seizing his basket of nuts, tied Turn to the door. Poor Puck! He sat and wept, for he feared that he would never see his brother elves again. Just then a tail ngure came towards the cottage carrying a club on his shoulder, and his coat was all covered with. leaves.. "Hallo!" he said, "what's this?" Puck told his story. "Oho," said the stranger, "the owl is mighty clever! But I am the spirit of the sycamore tree against which that cottage stands, and I can destroy Mr. Owl and hia stan d s, and I can house with one blow of mv club if I choose." When the owl heard 'this he undid the chain that held the elf very qu.-ckty and banged the door, for he feartd the spirit of the tree. So Puck new home none the worse for hi& adventure, save for the loss of the nuts.

The City and Guilds' bronze medal for shipbuilding has been won by J?h?n ? Bree?ze an aiYprenticc at Hawthorn, Leslie, and Co.'a shipyard, Hebburn-cn-Tyne. Minimum pay of a suborn serrin? with the Indian Army Í3 to be .£{jOO per annum. Profe--Aor Patrick Geddes, the town-plan- ning expert, vNlo was sent to Palatine by tbe Zionist Organisation, proposes to begm with a. Hebrew University. "The average weekly cost (excluding cost of buildings) o<F an inmate of a typical Poor Law institution may be taken as Ms. M for the laö-t financial year," states Dr. Add-on. Minister of Health, in a parliamentary reply.

-r. WHERE ? WOMAN RULES, > Clothes-Children-Cookery.. I HOME DRESSMAKING. I A PRETTY AND VERY COMFORTABLE NIGHTDRESS. In spite of the enormoua popularity of the slip-on nightdress wjth short aleevea. there are still many women who prefer the older type of mghtdress, with long sleeves to the wri&t, for wmter wear. The latter is rery much warmer than the former, and is really much more comfortable for cold weather use. The nightdress sketched in our illustra- tion is an excellent model for eemceabte, everyday winter wear. It M simple in shape, but pretty and dainty ]n effect, and it may I be made more or less elaborate by the i [Refer to H.D.315.J amount of embroidery and handwork put into it. Though the &hape of the neck gives ample freedom to the throat, the nightdress is cut sumciently jtngh to make it very warm and comfortable. THE MATERIAL —The ideal material for a. cold weather nightgown, of course, is an aH-wooi fabric, &uch as flannel or cashmere. But few of us nowada.yt) can afford all-wool BtufPs. they are guch a price, therefore, we use the next best thing, which is a mixture material of cotton and wool. but containing a high percentag-e of wool. such as Vtyelta. Aza, pyjama nanne!, etc. In default of these their place may be taken by wincey. aanneiette, or stnnJar etucs. If you want to be very smart, you may make this night- dress in Jap silk or in heavy crepe de Chine. but both thece materials are expensive, and are not co warm as eitner the al!-woo! or the wool and cotton mixture stuff In any case you will need 4l yards of 39in. material for a garment of medium &Jze. THE PATTERs.-There are five pieces in this pattern—front, back. sleeve, cuff and cbHar. In addition you wtU need some strips FOLD \=- aiLVLDOLS cj ^.39 MATtKlAL of material ior facing up the edges of opening !n front. BeSorl'> cutting out, Jay the pattern aga)nst you. and make any )ttt!e alterations that may be neces- sary; you wjJt nnd it more satts- factory to do thts in the pattern than j n the cut-out garment. Rem e m- her that Do turn- !ngs are allowed for in the pattern. thcretOT.0 you shoutd ]eaTp about lin. on aU seam t'dges, iin. round the neck and tho bottom of tho 6)eeves. and ample material fpT turn- tngup wherever a Bern comes. T H B CUTTING Our Fold the material down the myddte in such a way that the se!. vedigea come to. gethcr, and !ay the pattern upon it a< shown in the dia- gram YOlJ will tind that the ma. t<?rtal ts not wide enough to cut the mghtd'ress front and back without a join. theret'ora cut a pattern for the extra amount neees. tary and lay it on the folded material in .he way ehown by the dotted Macs fn the liagram. The straight edge of both front md back and collar mu&t come to the fold )f the stuff, and the other two pieces must be absolutely straight upon the fabnc. THE MAKING.—Begin by joining the triangular pieces you have cut out to each edge of both front and baek, so that these, are of full wjdth neceseary. Now run up Lho tucks on each side of the front and in the middle of the back. There are dotted tines in the pattern to show the position of HOV TO OBTAIN Ftper Pattern of the tbove NIGHTDRESS. FiH in this form and send it. with remittMce in sfamr-. to MISS USLE. S. La BtUt Sanvage, LONDON. E.C. 4. Vritt clearly. Name_—————————-—————————— AddrtM ———————————————-———————— PATTERN No 315. PAPER PATTERNS. Price 9d. each, po<t free. PATTERNS cut to special ptet'ore, 1/6 etch. MISS LISLE win be p!e&Md to receivt taMesttonx I and to illustrate desi,n of IEMC a, Me to the HOME D;'{ESSMIt.KEa- the tucks, and these must be followed care- fuily. Next join together the under-arm, shoulder, and sleeve seams by running and feHing. In the case of aH-wool matenata the felt is best just turned over and the raw edges herring-boned, but with the case of other fabrics an ordinary hemmed fel! is more suitable. Now mark the middle of the front, and. if, you intend to trim the night- dress in the way shown <n the sketch, stamp a transfer scallop pattern down this line and embroider it. If, however, you do not intend to have a scalloped edge. tear or cut the front down the middle to the depth of twelve inches from the neck In the former case put a wrap facing on the raw edge on the left eide only. in the latter, put a na.t facing on the right 6)de and a wrap facing on the left. Now stamp the edges of the coUar and the cuff wtth a simitar scallop. and work them Make buttonholes on the right side of the opening, and sew peart buttons to correspond on the !eft. Whip a strip of lace to the under side of the scal- loped edge in front. and trim the edges of the collar in the same way Run and fett the notched edge of the collar to the neck. Turn up the bottom of the nightdress to the proper length and make a wide hem. Join each cuff band into a circle and trim the outer edge of each with tace Gather the bottom of the eleeve and Rew it to the cuff. Put the top of the sleeve into the arm- hole and either bind the raw edges or hem the shoulder edge ovpr the stppve edge.

RUST SPOTS. A treatment that may be relied on for re- moving iroa-rust spots from white fabrics is the following:—Pour boiling water into a bowl, stretch Hie cloth that is spotted over it, and drop on the spot of rust a drop of hydrochloric or muriatic acid. Leave it bhere half a minute, then dip the place in ? hot water. Wae-h out thoroughly afterwards in water softened with ammonia. Soap must not be used, as the acid wiU decompose it and leave a grease spot on the cloth, t

? MOTHER AND HOME. ? )v Useful and Economical Hints on Domestic Management, w 1 The importance of turning the flame of the gas stove low cannot be too strongly im- pressed upon the modern servant. Most in- experienced cooks keep the as naming long before the saucepan or kettle is put on, or commence the business of "heating the oven" far too soon. To impress upon them the fact that to keep the Pallie low ensures better-cooked chops and stea'.t.s, better soupa and stews, and innnitely better toast, is in- variably a diniculty where the young ser- vant ia concerned, while the subject of "waste" is one with which they usually have scant sympathy. Rules concerning the gas stove should always be hung in a promi- nent place, where the eye of the cook can- not fail to catch them when approaching the oven. DRAIN THE DUSTBIN-. I A. new dustbin should have about half a dozen small holes made in it. This will enable all water to drain from it, and pre- vent that nasty damp smell which so often comes when the lid is taken, off, caused through, the water getting in. To REMOVE IBON-MOULD. j For the eradication of iron-mould there is nothing better than salts of lemon. For tea and coffee stains nothing can surpass boil- ing water in which a little borax has been dissolved. It the stains are fairly recruit, boiling'wat€r alone should suSce. ) Fo CLEANSE THE HANDS. I To free the hands from any disagreeable odour, as that of onions, cod-liver oil, etc., mix a little ground dry, mustard with warm -water and wash the hands well with it. The vessels used in cooking can be freed from odours by the same method. RENOVATING PAJNT. t Winte or light-Rolourecl paint that has lost its g10ss owin, to continued wiping or washing can lX) renovated by rubbing lightly with a little white or cream furni- ) ture polish, which should be left on for a. fewlPinules before being polished off. TO PREVENT STICKING. I j To prevent cakes from sticking to tins ) -when baked, grease the tins. then dust them with nour. Lightly beat out the loose Hour, leaving only wbtt sticks to the grease. ThLs does away with the old fashioned method of lining the pans with greased paper. STAINED TEACUPS. Teacups, no matter how carpfu]]y they are washed and dried, are sometimes disngured by dark stains at the bottom. These are caused by the action of the tannin in the tea. Salt, slightly moistened. wHI remove these stains; but in the case of very fine china it is better to use powdered whitening instead, as salt might result in scratches. BTAIN9 ON FLANNELS. Stains on flannels may be removed by tpptyinc yolk of egg and g!yceriue in equal quantities. Leave .t for half an hour and then wash out. WHEBE MATCHES ARE STRUCK. The discolouration caused by striking tMtchea c&a be removed by j'nbbiog with a )!ico of freshly-cut lemon, !md then ioliow t?ith a damp cloth dipped in whiting, j NaW CROCKERY. Before using new crockery, it is a good plan to boil it, and so render it less brittle. The best way to do this ? to take o. large fish-kettle or preserving-pan, fill tt wjth cold water, and place it upon the Sre. Lay the china carefully in the bottom and see that the water covers it. Allotv it to come iStowly to boiling point, and then lift the pan from the Sre. The china must be left in the pan, and the water allowed to cool before it is removed. BCORCH MARKS ON LtNEN. t To remove scorch from linen cut an onion in ha!f and r<t.b the scorched part with it, then soak in cold water. This ia an excellent remedy, and the ma-rks goon disappear. SAVE THE SOAP. t Small pieces of soap should never be wa-stcd. When they are too small to use for toilet purposes they should be put away carefuUy for the washing of clotbea. They can be botted a.nd made into a lather for Hanaets or put into the boiler. Toilet soap can be melted up again with a little milk &nd made into frh cakes. [NK STAINS. t Ink stains can be removed from coloured fabrics by soaking in boiled milk after it has cooked a little, and then washing the Btaincd part immediately. If the stain is on tvhite material, and recent, cover the spot with salt, and then rub with a juicy lemon. If obdurate, next sponge with hot water, Mid rub with powdered borax. HEALING BURNS. I The pain of burns can be allayed by soak- in the injured part in a strong solution of washing soda. When the part is well soaked the burn should be covered with a thick layer of boric gauze, which not only pre- vents the ajr acting upon the burn and making it more painful, but assists the heal- ing of the wounded aesh. BURNT SAUCEPANS. It is a bad practice to put burnt sauce. pans in soda-water to soak, for, although this removes the burnt portion, it makes the saucepan liable to burn again when it is used. A mu<-h better plan is to fill it with salt and water, leave for a few houm, then bring slowly to the boil. The burnt particles will then come off without any treble. lOlL STAINS. Dressmakers are sometimes at a loss what to do when mach-inestitchin- light-coloured material. and it happens to get machine-oil ?n it, thus causing an ugly stain. If a small piece of the same material is taken and moistened with a few drops of benzine, rubbed into the stained parta, and allowed to dry, this will remove the stain without injuring the material. t SPOTS ON Cl,OTH. ———T— Fuller's earth is effective in removing' spots from cloth and carpets. Moisten the earth to a soft paste, and spread a thin tayer over the soi!ed places. Mix the earth with a little turpentine if the spot is gromy- A!tow the paste to remaia for two aaJ8, and brush off. When a child falls and bruises himself, steep a rag in raw egg and cover the bruise. This will relieve the pain. Artichokes will keep their whiteness if a little vinegar is added to the water. When stewing pears, add one table.cpoon- fu! of vinegar and a !-tick of cinnamon. This makes the syrup pink. and improve the flavour. If you boil rice in water for ten minutea before making a rice pudding, less milk is needed. If vou make a Yorkshire pudding- with half milk and half water, you will nnd it equally as nice. Before using- fuller'a earth for the nursery toilet it should be well baked in a hot oven. This prevents any chance of its irritating the children's skin. To RENOVATE OLD FLOORCLOTH. I To renew shabby floor cloth, melt a little glue in one pint of water, and at night, when the tra.nic of the day is done, go over bbe noorcloth with a piece of flannel dipped in the giue. A. MUSTY TEAPOT. ) A musty cmcM and talte may be remOTM from a metal teapot which has not been used for some time by putting a red-hot cinder inside and letting it remain till cold. Apropos, if tea be ground like coSec. or pushed immediately before the boiling water is poured ou it. the strength of the brew will be materially increased, the flavour also. GREASY DRAIN PIPES. A most elective remedy for ehmy and creasy drain pipes M copperas, dissolved, .ind left to work ?radua)ty through Eink pipes, etc. Whitewash mixed yeHow with copperas should be used. It 18 a great puritier aa well as an exterminator of many undesikble6. and safe to use wherever needed for the purposes indicated. I TO WASH MATTIKG. .I- Matting should never be washed with any- thing but salt and water—a- pint of salt to half a pailful of salt water—moderately wa.rm Dry quickly with a soft cloth. I TO BRIGHTEN GRATE BARS. _L L_ I  -I Sometimes the bars 01 a gTaw llèU" burnt, ugly appearance, which prevents them from taking on a polish. To remedy this, before a.pp'ying the blacklead rub the bars with a picM of lemon, and they will take on a brUIiant polish without any trouble. ) HOW TO SWEEP. Don't prove <jha.t you are not a good housekeeper by raising clouds of dust when you sweep. Dip several newspapers in wa.ter, then squeeze until they cease drip- pdng, tear in bits, and throw over the noor. Have all available furniture moved fro<m the room, and cover wha<t is left with old Wheels. Then sweep with firm. steady strokes, keep. ing the broom close to the noor. I SOME USEFUL RECIPES. QUEEN CAKES.—Beat to & cream loz. butter, loz. lard. and 2oz. sugar; add the yolk of 1 egg. and beat for another 5 min. Add the white of 1 egg, previously beaten to a. stiff froth, with a. pinch of saAt; then sift in 6oz. flour to which has been added 2 tea.spoonfuji, of baking powder: and mitk as required. Well grease 18 small fancy cake tins. sprinkle a few currants in each. drop 1 spoonful of the mixture in. and bake ]n a quick oven for 10 or 12 mia. LUCHEON CAKE, PLAIN.—Mix 2 teaspoon- fuls of baking powder and a pinch of salt with lib. Hour; rub in 4oz. shredded &uet; then add a quarter of a pound of moist sugar. 6oz. currants, picked and stoned, half a nutmeg grated. &nd a quarter of an oz. of caraway seeds, if liked. Make the mixture up into a paste with 2 eggs and half a pint of mitk, bake in a buttered tin in a moderate oven for It hours. This cake is better if left for a day before it is cut into. OATCAKES.—Take half a pound of medium oatmeal, a. quarter of a pound of fine oat- meal. and a little ealt. Mix together the oat- meal and salt, and add enough boiling water to bind them to a paste just stiif enough to be handled easily. Roll out very thin on a board sprinkled with oatmeal, and bake till crisp on a girdle, or jn a:ny kjnd of an oven. APPLE AND ONIOK SALAD.—Slice two acid apples of average size and one onion. Boil a quarter-pint of vinegar with the same quantity of water. Mix in a bowl a tea- spoonful each of nour. mustard, and salt, with oaycnne to taste. To these add a beaten egg. Then .pour in slowly the boiling vinegar and cook until creamy, stirring all the time. When a littie cooler pour on the onion and apple, and, if liked, sprinkle chopped parley over aJI. This, however. helps to nullify the odour of onions after eating them, so that it is a desirable addi- tion to the mixture. GOOD COFFEE.—Make the coSee-pot hot, and put iu the conee, from one to two Dunces for each pint. according to strength desired; let it stand a. minute, then pour over the water, fast boiling; cover, and let it stand for nve minutes, but it must not boil again, or its flavour and aroma will be destroyed. Serve with hot milk. If an or. dinary jug is ilsed, tie the coffee in a muslin I)ag; otherwise, after the coSee has been made, it must be poured quickly into a cup and out a few times, then allowed to stand and settle. RissoLES.—Rissoles are composed of savoury mince of any kind enclosed in pastry and fried. They are chiefly useful as furnishing a, convenient mode of using the remains of cold cooked meat, game, or fish. Rissoles should be thoroughly drained from fat before being sent to table. A nssole is always fried in pastry. RocK Buxs.—Put one pound of nour in a bowl, rub in quarter,pound of dripping with the tips of the fingers, add two ounces of candied-peel, quarter-pound of currants, one teaapoonful of baking powder, a pmch of ealt, attd quarter-pound of moist sugar, a.nd all the other dry materials; make a hollow in the centre, drop in one egg. and mix with a fork. adding the m'ilk by de. crees. Put the mixture in rough heaps oc a greased tin, leaving a half-inch space be- tween. and bake in a. quick) oven about 2C mMUttef.

j CLUB WINDOW. The sweepstake held by the Army .in con* nection with the recent Manchester Novem- her Handicap calls to mind the necessity of introducing Premium Bonds into our country's nnaneial scheme. In the absence ;i Premium Bonds the number of private lotteries, of all sorts and sizes, grows every week. There is hardly <t business house in London without its lottery. Even the ofnce boys have their shilling sweep each Friday. In one City office during a recent week over five hundred ten shilling tickets for a French lottery were sold. Some of the!se lotteries have a distinctly shady appearance. Why not have a State-regulated outlet for the gambling spirit? eeems the only logical -< question. Many have seen Poppy Wyndham on the films, but few would know that she is the daughter of Lord Inchcape, the great ship- ping magnate. Her elopement, secret mar- riage, and cinema debut and success are startling romances. During the war, while working as a Red Cross nurse, she fell in love with an omcer patient, none other than that clever actor, Dennis Wyndham. The marriage was forbidden, so they eloped. Her identity was not known until many weeks after she joined a prominent film company as one of the crowd, her natural talent being quickly rewarded by leading roles. The new commander of the Allied armies on .the Rhine, General Degoutte, told an amusing story recently concerning an en- counter between a Frenchman and a German in a public ball-room in Paris shortly before the war. The German, it appears, was a. Lig handsome man with dandified airs, but he had committed the social sin of bringing his hat—not a comprecisible one—into the ball-room with him, and in waltzing he held it in his left hand. The sight of the big German careering round the room with his hat extended at arm's length was too much for the Frenchman's sense of fun, so as the other revolved past him he dropped a copper coin into the "topper." ThO Hun turned purple, led back his partner to her place, and then came with Hashing eyes to demand satisfaction. There would have been as- sault and battery on the spot if the other dancere had not interfered, but on the fol- lowing day the Frenchman and the German fought with swords, and the latter was wounded. Have you heard of America's "Rice Queen"? Well, she is a charming and attrac- tive young woman, and the representative of the Southern Rice Growers' Association. She has been to England trying to sell 500,000 tons of rice. In private life she is Mrs. M. A. Ha.yea, and represents the best type of American business woman. "There are women in the States," she says, "who earn a.s much as .210,000 a year. Plenty are makin° o- £2,000 a year. What is the secret? Be an optimist. Don't take any notice of people who tell you that you can't succeed. And to women I would say, in addition. make yourself attractive It is a great a&set. Dres6 for the part in business." In iliustration of the up-to-dateness of the present generation of the genus "napper," a journalistic colleague tells the following story: What is the correct procedure, he asks, for a man who nnds himself walking behind a torn draper's parcel (carried un- consciously by the daintiest of young things) wherefrom depcndeth rather more than half a yard of what a discreet American writer used to call bifurcated cambric? I was hesitating what to do in this very dilemma outside a railway station the other after- noon when a gallant member of the Vete- rans' Corps, with an unmistakable blush, I sailed right in and called the young thing's attention to the matter or matters. Did she thank him prettily, think you, and blush even as he had done? Not so, for this was a modern maid. She just said, "Oh, damn the things!" and rammed the whole ca- boodle into her muff. I According to our great little comedian. Little Tich. a certain lady who had reduced her household expenses to the lowest po&dble limit, gave a very small order over the tele- phone to her fishmonger, ending with the request for "a pennyworth of Seh-heads for the cat." Tho fishmonger had the order ready made up to deliver when he was calied to the telephone again. "Have you sent off the order I placed with you just nowfl, asked an excited voice. ''Not yet, ma'am, was the reply. "Oh, I'm so glad!" ex- claimed the tight-Bsted customer. Don't send the fish-heads. Fuss has just caught a mou.se. < While on the subject of stinginess I may relate the talc to the eQ'ect that a London lady, hi response to one of those enticing advertisements concerning baskets of nsh for hali-a-crown, sent off a portal-order for the amount and asked for a salmon. three dozen oysteM, twelvo herrings, six lemon solee, six: lobsters, and three pounds of cod. She got a reply by return. It ran: "If you'll forward another threepence, we'll send you the trawler as well!" trawler --s well!" And here is -vet a third, Nvhich deals with a stingy old lady. She waa not entirety .tin'-vhowovor, "because on rare occasion3 Stopped ?r carriage to give ? ?PP?? two to ?ome poor man. One day ?P? a beggar, and gave him twopence, under- stand, my man. that I have no patience with poverty," she said. "If we are poor, It IS, our own fault. I give you this twdptn,* not because vou deserve it, but because it pleases me." "'Adn't you better mak; it & tanner, mum," replied tne beggar, and thoroughly enjoy yourscui," Manv were the devices tried to evade captivity by either side when taken prisoner durinO" the recent war, and to feign madneaa during the recent war, in order to be released was a fairly common ruse Lieutenants E. ii. Jones and (J. w. Hill were successful in deceiving their Turkish captors, and appeared so "dotty" that they were eventually sent away as harmless lunatics. Even more remarkable was a previous attempt to escape, which nearly proved successful, but not quite. The two onicers declared tha-t they were '"mediums, the Turks at last believed them, allowing them to hang themselves in order that a "spirit" might take charge of their soule. Unfortunately, the "spirit" who was a Turkish confederate, and who was to re- lease them, arrived too la-te. They had a narrow escape from death, and their tncK, of course, was apoilt. < Very romantic indeed is the marriage story of beautiful Ellaline Terriss. It runa as follows :-Bofore her father, the lat< Mr William Terrisa. went to America, he told her that she waa making a name for her- self, and must not accept any offer to piay in a one-act piece. Mr. Arthur Chudleigh, the manager, evidently heard of this, be- cause when he approached her with an oner of the forbidden kind he put it in these words- "I have got a little one-act piece," he <,aid, ".with just the part in it for MirO Ellaline Terriss. But of course Miss Terns8 is far too big a swell nowadays to play in. one-act pieces, isn't eho? Such a pi-bv! It would be just the part for her; j? ? ?r got a clever young actor named ?' Ricks for the man. They are both ??,,? for the thing." She had never ?ted?h?? met Mr. Hicka before. In about t? ?? time, her father in America learned that ..he had not only disregarded his command, but had  she was playing with! had married the man she was playing with!

Hunting suspension in Glamorcansliiro and Monmouthshire, due to ra-bies n.aØ caused an enormous increase of foxea. The Electricity Supply Bill Passed ítf! third reading in the House of COUlJIlOIl after a very brief deba,tc. Pay recorda of thousands of men were lost by a fire which dp&troyed five Army ray Corps huta at Longhill Camp, Dover. Mrs. Larkin, of Lind?ay HiU, ?<?' S: Down, has ?iven birth to triplets, all aaugh tere. Mother and infanta are doing well. The n.v.1 tu? Friday, for ??S run ?hore on the reeks ?? Mile north otf Leith, on the Fricrtc? ks of tortn coast, and li<6 in a bad. position.

fALKS ON HEALTH. I Br A FAMILY DOCTOR. RULEg FOR RHEUMATISM. If you are rheumatic you may find the following ruJes useiui. In the summer wear light clothing, so that when the bitter veather CDm(- you wilt feel the benefit ct the extra thicknesa. It M a mistake to wear winter underclothing ;n the summer. Spernt money on prevention-never mind the cure. Buy a pair of rubber boots, so that ia winter you can defy f.Low, 6lush, mud. pudd)"s. nooda. and any other form of cUmatic disturbance Do not carry an urn. breita, but buy a macmtooh of an extra large size that wi!) go on orer your over. coat. Carry ordinary bcoto m your bag-, and put them on wnen you get to the dry c'fnce. Three minutes >pent in changing boota will save three weeks in bed. Being damp does not hurt you no long as you can keep warm by walking. )t is the travelling m a cold compartment that IE dangerous. GET ABOVE THE MISTS. Consider your dwelling. What is the soil like? Doe- the m I.,t lie thickty around your district in the venlllg;¡ Do tbe walls &weat? Can you move to a higher situation wherE-, in a clear atmosphere yourself. you can look down on the ziiists furrouadina' your former abode? Do not coddle yourc-etf. You can overdo the warm eiothing', you do act need a mountain of clothe; especiaHy when you ere indoors. Do not fear fresh air, p!ay all the outdoor gamco you can. Make your ekin n.ct. perspire well, and then come in and have a rub down Ltfe is not worth living if you put yourseif in a gla5.. case or under & cucumber frama. I menhoned moving from ycur district. You might find it worth whi!e to emigrate Yen nns'ht enjoy the sunny climeg of e'v Zealartd in complete freedom from rheumatism when the mists and foe's of our northern i6)e would prove too much for you. Thick it over. SEA-BAT[II,NG A.ND SU-NS]II.NE. I Sea-bathing is benenciat on warm days if you do not p;tay in too !ong. Sun-baths are not used enough in this country, chiefly be- cause You cannot have stin-baths without the SYlJ. 6ut there is no doubt that sunlight is a real curative agent. Sit in the (yaraejl- keep a straw hat pn ypur hea, hild expose your rl1mat:c tí) the fiLIn. It is nice "en to read alli5lit thie, during an English spring'. You think now you wiU love the "un when it corner. As a matter of fact. you will grumble and pul) dowu the ciinda. I know you. But J shaU go on preaching, summer and winter, that exposure to sun- shine ia good for rheumatic joints. A VARIED DIET. I As regards diet, the food fhould be varied. Take something of everything. Do not say, "I never touch fruit." or "I hate veget- ables." Whatever io in eea&on is good. Meat should be taken in moderation-advice easy to follow in theee tiiDes. A diet should be chosen that is ttkely to act on the bowels. Brown bread, fresh fruit, or stewed fruits are worth the money as medicine as well a8 food. A tumbler of hot water should be taken at night, and plenty of water drunk during the day. The body. being composed very largely of water, needs much of that Mfe-giving fluid for health purposes. CATCHING COLD IN "CIVVIES." I end a number of men are getting chill,4 through changing from khaki to civilian clothes. Forewarned is forearmed. I think it is about the tegs that the cold is most felt. Putties are very warm thingi-: a thin pair of sock" M a poor substitute. When we come home we must either wear thick stock- ings up to the knee or else stick to our putties for a few weeks imtit the warmer weather corner. It is a considerable he!p to the wity influenza germ to have the young man depressed by cold: it juot givea the germ the chance it wants THE IKFLCEXZA. ) The question of the inactivity of innuenxa is a puzzling one A few months ago I v;as serving as a doctor on a hoepitat ship. We were crowded out with innuenxa case. packed to oversowing unti! we had to signal that we could not take any more Not one caee of influenza occurred among the doctors and nurses living on board, although we were in and out of the wardg a)). day long. It is a strange thing—one frail woman working- in a ward where forty strong men are laid low, and yet fhe remains immune There ia no one point that will confer im- munity. Safety from influenza is partly a question of education, partly of occupation, and !arge!y a question of money. Money for rich food. money for a change at the sea- side. money for warm clothes. A love of fresh air can hardly be acquired, it must be mborn. Fresh air is the best antidote, and moet people hate fresh air. The sick bed- rooms I go into are generally stuSy. "DOWNING" THE GERMS. I There lia.3 been some difficulty in getting fats to eat, and fat bacon and milk and cheese and suet are vaiuabte in repeUing di,sease. We kept free from mauenza on the hospital ship because we ventilated the wards thoroughly, we garbed our throats, we bad regular meaLs, we wa[ked on deck in the open air, rain or shine, directly our work was done; we slept with our cabin port-holes wide open whatever the weather, and we -had a bath every day. and f-ometimea twice, to wash the germs oS. The germa mu&t have been flymg at us all day Jong, but we managed to down them. o: A SCALDED CHILD. I When & child iQt severely scalded the danger lies not &o much in the ecald as in the shock to the system. You may leave the ticald alone and devote all your atteo- tion to the child's general condition. Do not attempt to take the clothes off the scalded part, but wrap the child in a- warm g hawt and put her straight into bed with a hot-water bottle. Get her a drink of nice warm milk, and speak soothingly to her. ? Send for the doctor at once, as the responsi- bility is too great for you to bear. Open the window at the top'that the air may be fresh, and if it ie very cold weather light a 6re In the bedroom. If the pain of the I ecald subsides and the child faila asleep, that is the best thing that can happen, but if the child ia restless with the pain the doctor wit! know how to give a sedative. It 'wiU be time enough to attend to the ecald the next morning. SOAK THE CLOTHES OFF. The outer garments of the child may be removed, but any garments that have stucx should be !eft a!one. The child should then be placed m a. warm bath. and the garments allowed to soak ofF. Of course they must 1 not be rocghiy pulled on'. Keep. the water in the bath at an even temperature by add- ing & Uttte more hot now and then; the child will come to no harm by being in a warm bath for some time. If the doctor orders the dreading of the scald to take p!ace every day, the performance with the bath may be repeated. Any nurse who has had a big eca!d to attend to knows what a job it M: to get the old dressing off. To let it soak off in a. bath is the best plan.

FASHION OF THE WEEK. I A LOVELY EVENING CLOAK. I Though nearly all the modish garments shown tMs winter are lovely, the evening wraps and cloaks are, for the most part, superlatively beautiful. There never was a time, I feel sure, since the magnificence oi the Renaissance, when such gorgeous mate- rials, such splendtd iurs, and such exquisite linings were used together in one garment, the reeult being an effct of sumptuousness that is atlmost impossible to describe. Nor are the materials only beautiful. The lines of the wraps, generally speaking, are excellent, graceful, fairly simple, and nearly all with that co?' shawl-like effect of drapery that is so charming and so peeu. liarly suited to even4ng cloaks.. The material most in demand for evening cloaks are chiefly of a silken type. Lovely pliant velvets and pannes; satin of the richest and heaviest; magniacent orocatte'i into which exquisite colours and gleaming threads of metal are woven; heavy silks with splendid embroidery; charmeuse, in all its many beautiful shades; and crepe-de- Chine patterned with handsome designs in raised velvet. Added to these are coliars and trimming of the most splendid fur& or of the softest ostrich feathers. and linings of georgette, satin, Lrocade. or ninon. The beautiful and uncommon model shown in our sketch is carried out in velvet in the softest and most lovely tone of grey, a shade in which there is a considerable daeh of mole-colour The coat, or wrap, is very pretty in shape, and is very warm and cosy. It wraps well over in front, closing right up to the throat, and fastens with !oops and buttons set beneath the edge. The coat it- self is quite plain, and is narrower at the bottom than round the hips. Over it, how- ever, comes a shaped piece which is edged by a sort of flounce that frills just a little, Thcfe are no sleeves, but there are slits in the wrap through which the arms may Le passed, and these are hidden and protected. as it were, by this small, falling "flounce" of the velvet. This nounce-iike band is widest over the shoulders, and narrows as it approaches the bottom of the coat in front. Tht' neck is finished by an enormous collar of the very finest quality of grey squirrel. The coat has an intcrHumg of woo!, and is fE 278.1- hncd throughout: with apricot brocade shot and woven with gold thread. Paper patterns can be supplied. price Is. ltd. Enclose remittance and address to Miss 2 LiBle, 8, La Belle Sauvage. Locdon, E.C. 4. Note: The price may vary from week to week.