Abergavenny Chronicle

<f———————————————————————————————— I OUE LSMD3N LETTER. ÜUb .wU..4VJi"' 1:,1 &\e [From Our Special Ccrrupondent] Members of Parliament and the lawyers have started work again. Both have had a pretty good holiday, but the lawyers have had the longer. A vacation of ten weeks must be almost long enough to give a. man a desire for work again. It was announced a few days ago that there are to be shorter legal holidays in future. The courts will be closed for fewer days at Easter and Christmas, but the ten weeks of the Long J .Vacation are to remain. Why the public I continues to tolerate the closing of the courts for ten weeks every year is a mys- tery. Judges and barristers, of course, need holidays as well as other men, but their labours are not so exhausting that they should need so much longer than other men for rest and recuperation. Besides, what I the ordinary man cannot understand is why the courts need close at all. The holidays of the judges might be arranged in such a way that the business of ths courts need not be interrupted, while barristers could take their holidays to suit their own convenience and that of their clients. The only reason for the continuance of the Long Vacation afems to be that there has always been one, and therefore always must be one. Supposing that the Channel Tunnel had been built, and could have been used for traffic during the war, ho N much money would it have saved us? That is an interest- ing little speculation. Advocates of the building of the Tunnel, who are once more urging the project on the attention of the Prime Minister and the Government, have no doubt at all that the saving would have run into a good many millions. Men and material could have been sent to France in a eteadv stream under the Channel instead of upon it; the cost of transit would have been very much less, the journey would have been accomplished in shorter time, and an enor- mous amount of shipping tonnage, now em- ployed in the Channel traffic, would have been engaged in general trade. Food prices would probably have been cli«aper, asd, so far as the Channel won concerned, there would have been no need to worry about submarines. It certainly looks as though the supporters of the Tunnel scheme are able to make out a strong case. There is, no doubt, something to be said on the other side. Supposing that the Tunnel had existed, d.r.d that the Germans had succeeded in their dash for the coast. They would then have been iii possession of one end of the Tunnel. What they could have done with it, I don't know, but they could certainly in that case have prevented our doing anything with it. Putting two and two together occasionally produces interesting results, and sometimes a sum in subtraction affords food for thought. Take this one. Rather over ten weeks ago, in reply to a question in the House of Commons, Mr. Forstcr stated that the number cf German naval prisoners in our hands was 1.4G7. Last week, in reply to a similar question, Mr. Asquith gave the number as 2,126. Now the difference between these two totals is 659, and it would be very interesting indeed to know who these pri- soners are, and when and whoro and how— particularly how—thoy were captured. Bread is up to tenpence the quartern leaf, double the price it was before the war. Everybody is hoping that the Government's taking over control of the importation of wheat and flour will prevent the price from going any higher, even if it does not bring about a reduction. I do not know that there is any consolation in the fact, but in 1801 the quartern loaf was selling at one- and-tenpence. Two hundred years before that there was an "assize of bread," which regulated the siza of the loaf according as the price of wheat rose or fell. In one year, as the price of wheat fell, the Lord Mayor had to raise the weight of the loaf four times, until at last Londoners were getting seventeen ounces of bread for a penny! Thofoe were indeed the good old days, at any rate so far as bread was concerned. We shall never have penny loaves as big ai that, but the War Emergency Workers' National Committee does not see why the Government cannot take such measures for the compulsory buying of wheat and the limitation of profits as will bring the price of the quartern loaf down to not more than sixpence for the period of the war and for six months after. There have been many cases in history to prove that the bad boy often turns out to be a pretty good sort, and the report of the chief inspector of reformatory and industrial schools adds some more to the number. About 30,000 old boys have joined the Forces, of whom thirty-two have been men- tioned in dispatches, sixty-nine the Distin- guished Conduct Medal, eight the Russian Medal of St. George, three the French Mili- tary Medal, one the Croix de Guerre, and four the Victoria Cross. Nineteen old boys have received commissions in the Army. That is a fine record of "old boy" grit and heroism of which any school might be proud. It may, perhaps, lead some people to redact that the boys of industrial schools are, after all, much like other boys. Says the inspec- tor: "The boy who finds his way to a ro- formatory is very often in his rank of life the counterpart of the lively athlete of the public schools, but in the great cities from which he usually comes and in the crowded areas in which he has lived, the oppor- tunities for expressing his physical energies, that are so lavishly afforded to the sons of well-to-do parents, have not been his." A very interesting programme marked the opening Symphony Concert of the season at Queen's Hall. One of the chief items was M. Gabriel Pierne's orchestral prcInlc. "Les Cathedrals," which has, indeed, been heard in London before, though on that occasion, as it was in the form of accompani- ment to a poem recited by Madame Sarah Bernhardt, it did not attract a great measure of notice. The composer has en- deavoured to put into music the thought cf the poem—a French soldier dreaming of v ic- tory amidst the horrors of war. The com- position, which is very impressive, was ad- mirably played. Mr. Frank Bridge con- ducted his "Lament" for strings, which was compct»ed in memory of a child friend drowned in the Lusitania. Other items were a Handel concerto, the "Meistersinger" Overture, Borodin's Second Symphony, and tho Beethoven Violin Concerto, played mag- niiLfndv bv Mr. Albert Sammons, who wag In khaki. A. E. M.

Twenty javenie marauders. including two little girls, were dealt with by the Windsor ma0 gistrates for orchard robbing and damag- ing trees and windows. Four were lined, fo bircned. and eight bounl over and ordered to pay costs and damage. All were children of respectable parents. Colonel Airth Richardson. who distin- guished himself when an explosion occurred in the transport Wayfarer. 100 miles off the Seilly Isles, on April 11 last year, has been c hosen Mayor oi NVarwick. Dr. Cambi'ia Thomas, medical officer for Carmarthenshire, although » teetotaler, de- clares in his report that, hutch .rs' nieat kills more people than whisky. A stevedore employed at the. docks told the Common Serjeant at the Old Bailey that on piece work he earned 20s. to 25s. a day, and that he kept a horse and trap for plea- sure.

I UNFIT SOLDIER'S DEATH. Georg'e C. Gorday, a private in the A.S.C., upon whom an inquest was held at Stoke Newington, was passed at the beginning of Juno for general service. A few days ago he went to Bethnal Green Military Hospital, where a woman doet.or told him to have his teeth seen to, and gave hfm pills. An examination after death showed that he had no kidney on the left side and that the right one was extensively diseased. Dr. Maj )r Greenwood, the deputy coroner, said it read like a fairy tale that at one of the largest military hospitals a woman doctor should have advised the man to have hi. teeth seen to when he was in the condi- tion described. The jury found that death was due to acute kidney disease, and added a rider that his condition should have been discovered I-fhen he was examined for the Army. ♦

I THE BLETCHLEY ACCIDENT. Lieutenant-Colonel Druitt, Board of Trade Inspector, has issued his report upon the col- lision on August 11 at Bletchley between the Liverpool express from Eustoa and a train of empty coaches. The Inspector said that as soon as Driver Mason saw the home signal at danger he tried to pull up, and by his keeping a ifocd look-out and quickness in acting avoided a very much worse collision. lIe thought the collision was due to the omis- sion of Signalman C. Lavender to restore certa in points before giving permission for j the empty coaches to be backed. The com- pany are proposing to provide certain new signalling arrangements which will safe- guard the repetition of such a mishap.

I THREE OFFICERS KILLED. I Sub-Lieutenant Morrison, R.F.C., has been killed while flying ;\t Montrose. When at a comparatively low altitude his machine dived to earth, and he was killed instantly. He belonged to London, and was twenty-one years of age. A verdict of "Accidentally drowned was returned at an inquest in North Wales on Second Lieutenant John Evan Mathias, Welsh Regiment. It appeared that he walked into a pond in the darkness. Lieutenant Alec King, of Exning, home oi sick leave, was killed by the accidental discharge of his gun while shooting at Chip- penham.

WHO INVENTED THE "TANKS"? I Some interesting information concerning the "tanks" and the men who were respon- sible for them, has been given to the House of Commons by Mr. Lloyd George. The War Minister said" there was no doubt the" v had been a very considerable success, and as they improved' with experience he had no doubt they would render even greater services. He was asked to whom the credit was due for this invention. He had already expressed his opinicn on that subject, and he had no reason to vary it in the least, but perhaps there were one or two whose names he should specifically have mentioned. Mr. D'Eyncourt, Chief Naval Constructor of tho Admiralty, probably had the greatest share in tho matter of designing this formidable j weapon. He should perhaps also have nvn- tioned Sir Maurice Ilankey, Secretary of the War Committee, to whom they were very considerably indebted for the first suggestion that something of this kind should be tried. He still said tha.t those suggestions would never have fructified had it not been for the fact that Mr. Churchill, who was then First Lord of the Admiralty, gave practical effect to them by making the necessary experi- ments, setting up committees for carrying the suggestions into effect, and by putting the whole of his energy and strength towards materialising the hopes of those who had been looking' forward to an attempt of this kind. Colonel Norton-Griffiths: Had not Colonel Swinton a good deal to do with them? Mr. Lloyd George: Oh, yes. I mentioned him in the statement I made in the Press. He had a good deal to do with the experi- ments at the start. He was a most enthu- siastic promoter of the idea, and the fact that it was carried through with such zeal was largely due to the enthusiasm he threw into the work. The same applies to Major (fow Colonel) Stern, whose practical business ability was invaluable in securing the manu- facture on a large scale of these engines of war.

SILVER CUPS FOR ZEPFELIN HEROES, I TOro I-iarishioners of a peaceful Essex vil- lage on Saturday presented Captain Robin- son, V.C., and Lieutenants Sowray and Tempest, the three airmen who have brought down Zeppelins, with handsome silver cup. as a memento. The chairman announced that the move- ment was startl when Captain Rcbin.-on won his V.C., but when Lieutenant Sowray repeated the feat Captain Robinson wrote that he wished him to share equally the gift, whatever it Tras. Lieutenant Tempest then brought down a third airship, and they decided to give him also a cup. There had been three thousand subscriptions. Captain Robinson, after the presentation had been made, said he had received many presents, but there were few he would ap- preciate more. Although born in India, he had learned to look on that village as his English home. Lieutenant Sowray said he could not make a speech, but he was deeply grateful. Sir John Bethell was certain that if Zeppe- lins again came that way they would only meet with the same fate from their gallant airmen.

DEATH FROM T.N.T. POISONING. I A woman munition worker who died from T.N.T. poisoning first realised that some- thing was wrong with her health by the way people stared at her while she was on holiday. That statement was made at the inquest in East London on Saturday on Annie Kate Newsoti, who died from acute atrophy of the liver due to poisoning. The manager of the factory where New-on had been engaged in mixing T.N.T. with another ingredient said that the workpeople knew well that the ingredient was poisonous, and would be inhaled and absorbed by the skin. He added that special dresses and an abundance of hot water were provided. The woman told the surgeon at the hos- pital where she died that she found some- thing was wrong when she was on holiday at the seaside, as people stared at her as she walked along the promenade. The jury returned a verdict of "Death I from misadventure."

THE PRICE OF MILK. I There is reason to believe (says the "Daily Telegraph") that the Government are re- viewing the situation as regards the supply of milk. If the present maximum retail price of sixpence a quart is exceeded there is ground for indicating that the Govern- ment will take action in the matter. Ihere is a disposition on the part of some farmers again to put up the pnce per gallon to the retailer, which invariably means the "pass- ing on" of the increase to the public. Cer- tain farmers on the Great Eastern line and on tho Brighton line have actually insisted in the contracts just completed upon a fur- ther increase to the retailer to Is. 5d. and Is. 6d. per gallon, as against the present have en j oyc?(I a price of Is. 4d. Farmers have enjoyed a very good year, and the Board of Agricul- ture, after considering all the circum- stances, are of opinion that Is. 4d. is the maximum price that should be charged by them in any locality this winter. It waa upon the understanding that this figure should not be exceeded that exemption from military service for skilled dairy hands was granted until March 31, 1917.

An order prohibiting the 6ale of liquor iu Dublin after 8.30 p.m. has been extended until January 9 next. In the Spelthorne district the Flag Day for the Soldiers and Sailors' Help Society brought in CI92 176. lid. Clapham tradesmen urge that shops should be closed, at eight instead of seven as suggested by the Government.

NEVER LOST A TRENCH. NEVER LOS A TRENCH. SPLENDID HEROISM OF THE IRISH IN FRANCE. In a better to the Press Major W. Red- mond gives a stirring account of the heroic deeds of the 18th (Irish) Division. He writes:— On March 26 the division took over as a whole the Loos and Hulluch sectors of the line, and held them without a break or a rest of any kind. The division was opposed by the Bavarian divisions—good fighting men. who had never been severely mauled in any previous fight- ing and whose morale was high. Our trenches were battle built and battle sited, the result of the British advance in September, 1915. The German trenches were those of their second line, which had held up that advance at the end of the battle. They had been most carefully and tactically sited and prepared with great labour. The wire was very thick and strong. Every disadvantage of ground and posi- tion lay with us. In spite of this and of several strong hostile attacks, the division never lost a trench. The division withstood on April 27 and 29 two very severe attacks, in which the enemy used poison gas in its most concentrated form. On the latter of these two occasions the division suffered heavy casualties, but Provi- dence was on our side, for, the wind sud- denly changing, the gas blew back over the German trenches, where the Bavarians had already massed for the attack. Taken by surprise, they left their front 1 hie and ran back across the open under the heavy and well-directed fire of our artillery. In one battalion of the Bavarian Infantry Regiment the losses from their own gas and from our fire on that day were stated to be by a deserter over 800, and the diary of a prisoner of another battalion captured on the Somme in September states that his regiment also had about 500 gassed cases, a large number of whom died. The division was subjected to several severe bombardments during the months of May and June. It was of common occur- rence for the enemy to send over from 2,000 to 5,000 5.9in. shells in a day. During the eleven days which the division was engaged on the Somme they shared largely in the capture of Guillemont and took Ginchy-two strongholds which had defied the efforts of our troops for some con- siderable time. On September 9-11 the division went into a back area. On the 20th orders were rc- ceived for it to take over a new line. A new chapter of the division's history, already remarkable, has commenced. The number of military honours won by the division is over 300. This includes two Rus-ian honours. Lance-Corporal T. Mc- Mahon, Royal Munster Fusiliers, was awarded the Cross of St. George 2nd Cla^s, equivalent to our Victoria Cross, and Lance- Sergeant I. Courtenay, Royal Dublin Fusi- liers, received the Cross of St. George 4th Class. REINFORCEMENTS NEEDED. I There were two proved cases of desertion. In both cases the men were subsequently found taking their full share in the fighting at Ginchv. On one occasion the division found itself side by side holding the line with the Ulster Division, and when the men met from time to time the best of good feeling and com- radeship was shown as between brother Irishmen. It remains to be said that the 16th Divi- sion needs reinforcements and at once. It would he a thousand pities—indeed, it would be like a betrayal of the heroic dead-if the division which has brought so much honour to the Irish name ceased to be Irish.

MR. GINNELL'S APOLOGY. I The following letter from Mr. Ginnell to the Speaker was read by Mr. Asquith in the House of Commons on Tuesday, when he moved that the period of Mr. Ginnell's sus- pension should be terminated: "I regret and apologise to yon and to the House for the conduct which led to my sus- pension last July, and desire to be allowed to resume my seat for the discharge of the public duties for which myi constituents have unanimously elected me to Parliament." T he House agreed to the potion.' t

'I NEW JUDGE KNIGHTED. I The King has approved of Mr. Justice Scrut- ton being sworn a member of the Privy Council on his appointment as a Lord Justice of Appeal. His Majesty has also conferred the honour of Knighthood upon Mr. Justice McCardie on his appointment as a Justice of the High Court.

LIEUTENANT H. ASQUITH. I The Attorney-General has appointed Lieu- I tenant Herbert Asquith to the office of Junior Counsel to H.M. Customs and Excise. During the war the duties of the office will be dis- charged by Mr. H. M. Giveen.

CONSCIENCE AND PAY. I At the Law Society Tribunal on Monday William L. Hughes, who had been exempted on condition that he undertook work of national importance, asked to be allowed to remain as accountant with a steamship company, saying he had a wife and four children and the work offered would only bring in 25s. per week. The Chairman (Mr. Richardson, M.P.): If he had not been a conscientious objector he would have been in the Army receiving a shilling a day. Why should you be placed in a better position than a soldier simply because you are a conscientious objector? We see no reason for interfering with the I order of the local tribunal. The Appellant: Then what are my wife and family to do? I The Chairman: Next case.

TURKS BOMBARD A MOSQUE. 1 Mr. Chamberlain says that no information has been received regarding disturbances at Kerbela, near Babylon, since April and May, when the Turks were compelled by a rising of the Shiah inhabitants to evacuate the town. On that occasion they are stated to have bombarded the Holy Mcsque, doing great damage to the domes and minarets. Two hundred of the principal men cf Ker- I)-cla have issued a circular letter protesting to the Moslem world against this bombard- me?t, the m:1ac!"e of innocent people, and the mutilation of women by a so-called Mos- lem G o vv r n ment.

WAR LABOUR APPOINTMENTS. I The Ministry of Munitions announces that as a consequence of the new arrangements in the emplo" yment department of tko Board of Tiado the following appointments have been made by the Ministry of Munitions:— Mr. Stephenson Kent to be Director- General of Munitions' Labour Supply. Mr. U. Wolff to bo Deputy-Assistant General Secretary to the Ministry. Mr. Kent will deal generally with matters affecting labour supply, and Mr. Wolff with labour questions arising under the Munitions Acts.

LETTERS LIABLE TO RETENTION. I The Secretary of the War Offioe makes the following announcement:— In all letters addressed to neutral or enemy countries, the full name and address of the writer should be given, otherwise such correspondence is liable to retention.

The death has occurred at Tonbridge at the age of eighty-six of the Rev. Charles Guest, who was for forty-eight years vicar of Christ Church, Burtou-on-Trent. A woman, charged at Willesden with being drunk, pleaded that instead of having her usual brandy and seda she had a brandy and whisky.

Private Clark, of the King's Liverpool Regiment, recovored his speech lost by shell shock when ice-cold water was thrown on him without warning. He had previously h t ili d liearin- recovered his lest sight and hearing. At the Kingston Tribunal a billposter said women had been tried in their trade, and been found to bo of no use, as they could not mount tall ladders, and could not move heavy ladders about.

I ALLIES OCCUPY ATHENS I FRENCH AND ITALIAN SAILORS II LANDED AT PIRAEUS. I THE KING'S CONSTERNATION. Further drastic measures have been taken by the Allies in Athens, as a sequel to the dis- orders caused by demonstrations against the Entente Powers. On Monday 1,2UO French and Italian sailors were landed at Puæus and about 150 men marched to Athens, where they were quartered in the Municipal Theatre. The news spread like wildhre through the city (says the Athens correspondent of the "Morning Post"), and the large crowd which immediately collected in front of the theatre showed no very friendly attitude towards the unexpected visitors. Fortunately the Greek police, acting with promptness and decision, dispersed the crowd in the theatre square and adjoining streets. Thereupon about five hundred persons assembled in Omonia-square, obtained an American and a Greek flag, and proceeded along University-street to the American Lega- tion, with the object of protesting and in- voking the protection of the United States against the coercion of the Entente. At that hour, however, the Legation was absolutely de- serted, and the crowd, after a few minutes spent in vainly cheering, returned to Omonia- square, where the Greek police and strong naval patrols dispersed it. At midnight the streets were almost de- serted, and the French marines quartered at the theatre, except the sentries at the en- trance, were out of sight. A body of Greek police and a number of bluejackets, however, guarded all the approaches. A Cabinet meeting was in progress when the landing was announced. The Premier .immediately notified the King at Tatoi and begged his Majesty to return to town at once, in order to confer with the Cabinet, and this the King hastened to do. FRENCH MINISTER'S ASSURANCE. I In the meanwhile Professor Lambros caU"d upon the French Minister and had a long con- ference with him, in the course of which the French Minister made a statement to the effect that the landing had been effected owing to the disorderly conduct on Sunday of Reser- vists and Monday's hostile demonstration. He added that the object of the landing was not the occupation of the city but the reinforce- ment of the police, and that if within a day or two no further disorders occurred the land- ing force would be re-embarked. The Greek cruisers Georgios Averoff, Kilkis, and Lemncs have been taken from Salamis Arsenal to the locality in which the anchorage of the Allied Fleet is situated. The Greek sailors on board, who, in accordance with the Note of Admiral d'.A-rtire du Fournet, had been reduced to one-third of their normal num- ber. had previously left the ships voluntarily. The three vessels named are those which were excepted from the demand made by Admiral du Fournet on the 11th inst. with regard to the handing over of the Greek Fleet. THE KING AND THE PREMIER. I The "Daily Mail" correspondent, in a mes- sage from Athens on Tuesday, declares that the fate of the King and the Government is hanging by a thread. On Monday afternoon. when M. Lambros, the Premier, communicated to the King the French Admiral du Fournet's refusal to moderate the Allies' fresh demands. high words passed, the King telling his Minis- ter that only a confederate of the admiral would venture to present his King with such a Note. The correspondent says that later in the evening, on the disembarkation of the French sailors, the Premier hastened to the King and found him in a state of anger and consterna- tion. The King said. "Nothing is left for me but to go with my family to Lariaea" (in the north of Greece, w here he has a palace). The Premier was unable to shake the King in his decision and hastened back to Athens and saw M. Skouloudis, M. Gounaris, and M. Dragoumis, jun., who went to Tatoi and im- plored the King not to take an irrevocable step. The King was influenced by their argu- ments, and consented temporarily to defer his departure. ,?lie, 'l ,11 vill.0 ?aas the correponaent) Li?,?, 2, growing proof of his intention to organise a defence of Larissa. I have information that at Orfanon Station, a large, lonely junction on the Larissa line, there are 16,000 shells, nearly 30,000 cases of cartridges, and 40 field guns. At two other stations there are respec- tively 5,000 and 4,000 rifles.

LORD KIMBERLEY AND. SINGLE MEN. I Lord Kimberley, at the Norfolk Appeal Tribunal on Tuesday, gave short shrift to the single men who came before him. "What, twenty-two, and single!" he exclaimed to a butcher, who had taken the business over since the war. "Pleased to see you look so healthy —go at once." A father then appealed for his blacksmith son. Lord Kimberley: How old is he?—Nineteen. "Nineteen! I don't think you need talk any more. He must go." "I have no one else to Case dismissed. Good morning." Another father appealed for a single man of thirty-one. Lord Kimberley Surely you don't think you can keep this man? I know you can't. Case dismissed. You can keep on talking for ever. A boot manufacturer then ventured to sug- gest that it was important he should retain a certain man. Lord Kimberley: It is more important to win this war. I would sooner walk about in .sandals than have this war drag on for another year. Case dismissed. ■»

PRISON FOR EX-INSPECTOR. I At Berks Assizes, on Tuesday, before Mr. Justice McCardie, Frank Ernest Staite, ex inspector of Reading Borough Police Force, was convicted on charges of embezzle- ment. There were eleven indictments in all. He pleaded "Not guilty." The Judge in his summing-up, said it was very undesirable that money of a public body should be allowed to be paid into the private a-ccount of an individual, and was not a system which commended itself. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the judge, passing sentence of nine months' hard labour, said accused had been rightly convicted. The character which had been given Staito was the finest he had ever heard given to a man in a criminal court. ————— 'C"

MAN OF MANY MEDALS. I Decorated with many war moo ala and other symbols of military distinction, Joseph Love, alias Dove, an ex-Royal Engi- neer, was at Reading on Saturday charged with wearing tho King's uniform against the regulations, and with obtaining money by false pretences I Prisoner was wearing the Afghan medal and star, an Indian frontier medal and star, the ELgyptian medal and Khedivial star, South African medals (King's and Queen's), a Long-Servico medal, and Queen Victoria's Jubilee medal. On ono sleeve of his tunic were cross-flags, signifying that he was a signaller, a grenade, crcss-guns, and crown, representing the wearer to be the crack shot of his regiment; and two gold stripes, indicating that he had been twice wounded in the present war. It was stated in evidence that by repre- senting to various ladies that he had been invalided home from France, prisoner ob- tained several sums of money. An officer, who gave evidence, said that the whole of the stripes and ribbons with which the prisoner had adorned himself were mii-placed, and prisoner was a fraud. Sentence of three months' imprisonment was passed.

East Kent Hunt, lU ordeT to keep down tho foxes, has resolved to meet twice a week during the season. The hunt is under the mastership of Mr. Selby Lowndes. It was reported at Nuneaton Town Coun- cil that the death-rato m September reached the extraordinary low figure of 4.6, which WtlO lowest ever recorded.

Hooks and eye3 should be boilai m strong soda-water before use. This prevents any likelihood of rust during washing opera- tions. Try the experiment, too, on curtain pins, etc. Old tins should be scoured out, two holes pierced at etther side, and a piece of wire inserted to form a handle. These tins boil or simmer food very quickly on the gas- stove or hob. Varnished paint may be cleansed by using hot water which has been poured over used tea leaves, allowed to stand for half an hour, and then strained through a 6ieve. A floor should never be swept in a room where there is a contagious patient. It should be washed with a cloth dipped in borax water, so that no dust annoys the patient and no assortment of germs aro flung up in the air to drift out of the win. dow. A shabbv umbreila can be freshened In the following way: Dissolve a tablespoonfuL of sugar in about half a pint of boiling water, then open the umbrella and sponge over each gore very thoroughly; leave the umbrella open until quite dry. Scorch marks in linen, unless very bad. can be removed by cutting an onion in halt and rubbing the scorched part with i hen soak in cold water, and the marks Wl!1 sooa disappear. To prevent work being soiled, by the sew. ing machine after oiling, keep » strip of cloth tied around the needle-bar, lu-it atiovo the needle. When this is done. the work will not be soiled, as the cloth absor the oil instead of allowing it to How to the needle. Tighten the cane seats of chair8 1ll thig way: Turn the chair upside down and wash the cane well with soap and water. L-eav, in the open air to dry, and. provide the canes are not broken, the seat will be quite as firm as when new. CAKE-BAKING HINT. To prevent cake from sticking T," tins when baked, grease the tins, then dust t.hen¡ with flour. Lightly beat out the loose ^Ur. leaving only what sticks to the does away with the old-fashioned method of lining the pans with greaseçi paper. USIXG UP ASHES. A most excellent way to use ashea M to mix them with about an equal qnantity 4t mlll coal, and then well d amp water—any 9 ud, ? oil happen to °???-tPhTo more ?oapy the better. A fire i"?? ?'? two or three lumps of coal, well L'3c""d w?? this mixture, lasts a surprisingly long "lIne. NEW LINOLEUM. I 3 New linoleum should not be wasnea mora than is absolutely necessary Rub once a week with a mixture of beeswax aDd turp^n. tine. and rub over every other day with a duster. This will harden the linoleum and make it last much longer. A BLACK SILK BLGCSE. One of the cheapest and niost satisfactory ways of renovating a black silk blouse that has become shiny is to take a pair of old black kid gloves and boil them in rather more than one pint of water for an hour. Then pour off the water; let it get cool, but not cold. Lay the blouse on a table and thoroughly sponge with the water; roll up and iron, with a soft cloth between the iron and the silk. SAVE PAPER. Save all the tissue-paper that oomes into your house. It may be crushed up and stuffed in sleeves and shaped bodices and i-—nt them from becoming creased. It may be Torn m ons ana 'U::iC.! fl"iI clean baby's nursing-bottle. Waxed paper should always be saved to wrap about foods before putting them away 'n the larder or the refrigerator, or for keeping cheese that must stand in a dry place. To CLEAN SILVES. io clean silver easily keep an old aluminium pan especially for the ptirpose- one that has lost its handle and leaks from the old rivet-holes will do. and put into it one tablespoonful of washing-soda to each quart of boiling water. Immerse the silver in this and let it boil for a minute, then t,i ke it out, rinse with boiling water, and dry with a soft cloth. The stains will dis- appear as if by magic. If you do not have an aluminium pan. a small piece of alu- minium will do quite as well. Place it. a Ion g with the soda and water, in an enamelled pan. and boil the silver in it. Do not attempt to use soda in a good alu- minium pan, otherwise it will be ruined. SOME USEFUL RECIPES. SADDINGTON PUDDING.—Cut the crust from a baker's stale loaf. Then cut some slices and spread with jam—raspberry jam perferably. Put the slices in layers in a pie-dish. Make a thick custard with eggs. or with egg powder or custard powder, and pour it boiling hot over the bread. Leave it to soak for twelve hours or longer before eating. Do not cook the pudding in any way, because that would spoil it. GINGER SWEETMEAT.—Take two cupfuls of sugar, half a cupful of milk, half an ounce of butter, and preserved ginger. Place the sugar, milk, and butter in a saucepan, and boil very carefully in a double cooker for seven minutes. Place the pan in a basin of cold water, and beat the mixture until it is thick and creamy. Cut up the ginger into pieces, and coat each with the creamy mix- ture. MUFFINS.—Take two pounds of dry flour and put into an earthen pan. Beat up two eggs and put two ounces of butter (melted) in a pint of milk and five spoonfuls of good barm. Mix the beaten eggs (sieved), butter. and barm in the warmed milk, the* beat all together. Set this in a vessel to rise for about four hours. Put into muffin tins and bake upon iron plates; when one side is done turn on the other. BKEAKFAST CAKES.—Rub into one pound of dry flour one ounce of butter, a teaspoon- ful of sugar, and a dust of salt. Mix a tablespoonful of light yeast with a half-pint of warm new milk, sweeten with sugar. Then stir this well into the flour until a smooth, soft dough. Cover the pan over and set it near the fire to rise about an hour. Make this into small cakes, put upon floured tins. set in a good oven, and bake for twenty minutes. BUNS FOR THE CHILDREN.—An excellent recipe for wholesome and economical bUllS for the youngsters hatj lately tractcd attention, and is as follows: 3oz. butter into lib. Colman's self-rising Bour, add 3oz. sugar, 2oz. currants, loz. saltanns, loz. chopped peel, and a little spic-e. }.lll; into a dough with i pint warm milk into 2oz. pioces and shape romd, lay .un greased tin, put into a sligntly warm plne fur about t half, then bake in a fairly quick oveni; when cooked, wash over at once with egg, milk, or some water made very sweet. TOMATO PIE.-Take a pound of firm, ripe tomatoes, two ounces of Demerara sugar, an ounce of butter, the grated peel of a large lemon, and sufficient short crust to line and cover a medium-sized pie-dish. Slice the tomatoes very thin, and remove all the seeds you can. Grease the pie-dish and line it with paste; put the tomatoes in lt III layers, separating each layer with a sprinkling of sugar and grated lemon rind. Melt the butter to oil, and pour over the top. Cover with pastry, brush it over with cold water. and finally sprinkle with brown sugar. Bake the pie in a steady oven for thirty or forty minutes. It is an error to regard tomatoes ae suitable only for savoury cooking; many delicious and uncommon sweet dishes can bo made of them.