Abergavenny Chronicle

FASHION OF THE WEEK. I A LOVELY SUMMER BLOUSE. I [E.258.] I think I never remember more lovely blouses than are shown this summer. And they are not only lovely, they arc very varied in style, they are frequently most original in style, and, best of all, they are nearly always becoming. These new eummci blouses are made in all sorts of materials. Georgette, both in it.- silk and cotton varieties, is still a prime favourite, more especially for smart wear. Crepe de Chine is also well to the fore, but it is more par- ticularly used for the making of the best type of shirt blouse. Muslin, haircord. lawn, organdy, Jap silk, and cotton crepe are all used for shirts and blousee this season, and with complete success. The most popular material, however, is unques- tionably a very fine white cotton voile of the best quality. "French" voile, it is tailed, 1 believe. This lovely material, which is almost as fine and gossamer as tulle, and which washes to perfection without a,iy per- ceptible shrinkage, is used for blouses of al] types, from the plainest and most severe ot shirt models to a beautiful afternoon crea- tion suitable for wear with the smartest oi eilk costumes. This fascinating material is used for ,tht very charming blouse shown in our sketch, a blouse '.vhich is a model from c-e of the very best French houses. The v?He UScD 1 for it is almost incredibly nac, and is ju&t faintly cream in tone. Of course, any of the miterials mentioned above might be used for this design with great success. The ''blouse is a crossover in&de' the cr'.ss- in:; fronts leaving rather a deep point at the neck. Big, soft rovers of particularly becoming shape turn back from this open. ino-, and more or less conceal the front of the blouse. ThcBe revers arc edged by filet !acc. and are ornamented by interlacing bands of filet im:oertion and by motifs of the same beautiful lace. A little collar of the same lace meet-; the revers at the neck. ThE slc-eve,; barely reach the elbow, and are set into the armhole by beading. They i r( nni.-hed at the wrist bv turn-back cuna o) the filet lace, and have a broad band of filet insertion running up the back of the arm This band is carried right up the shoulde! to the neck without a break, the fiillnesi:) of the blouse being gathered on to its edge! both back and front. Paper patterns can be supplied for Homa Dressmaking, M.; patterns cat to special measure. Is. Gd.; and Fashion of the Week, Is. lld. Enclose remittance and address tc Miss Lisle, 8, La, Belle Sauvagc, London; E.C. 4. Note: The price may vary from week to week.

"Death by misadventure was the ver- dict returned on a Dublin docker who died from alcoholic poisoning, the result d drinking a quantity of rye whisky, a cargo of which'had arrived from America and which was used for explosives in the Nv,l r. FaIIin"- from a tree ever the high Wya YaHev cliff.,3 at Tintern, Harry 1, McDride, 14, was kiUed. Substantial improvements of the ri '-r frolltagc betwcn Hammerstnith I'd the borough boundary with Chiswick a-ic contemplated. "Tha strawberry seascn will pract'ca!!y have finished unless rain comes," said M'. B. Emanuci, the "Strawberry Kin! Df C(,vc,-it Garden.

RIUTlS;-i SUBMARINE LOST. An Admiralty One of his cpeT tin? in the Baltic' I.s overdue !-IilcO 4: and mU3 he a"ulned lost with all hands. The relatives and Tipxt-of-kin have ae6n informed. I+ is to be tltat thM is the sub- n,i-,ine the B:)!?he\'iks cluimcd tr, have sunk in :1 r<o'L't :rd b'y tr.{'!J1 fomc fewdayj ag'"

W<*st Derby Golf H'nse at Li-er- pool was V, th? srjund. The watch- I dog p d. Fn? hundred worLo'.? are to bG di??nissGd b- tra '?'?' ?''?' Co'.Hery Com?OLny. ?sht-cn-m'?r-Ly"?. ? ¡C:7:¡i:i{s C:pa:

CLUB WINDOW. ) The of King George are many, 1nd whilst it may he generally known by those interested in postage stamps that th< King' possesses one of the mo-st famous and complet-e coHections in tpie world, most folks do not know that as an expert operator on the typewriter he has few equals—none, so f.r a-s is known, among royalty. In this, '-i-'vever, he h:s c.u active rival in -President Wiison, the crackle of whose little machine in his private room at his hotel in Paris, 01 when at home in his workroom at the White House o' nights, sounds more like that of a wireless than anything else. The popularity of the Prince is nn. bounded, and, from all we hear, he has a :tH'lluons season in prospect. Not only i- t.e setting up housekeeping on his own ac- count, but he's taking a very practical hand 'u the management ot ii-s own estates. These :jc:ude some rather neglected house pro- perty in London, and even oyster fisheries at the mouth of the Hel, in Cornwall. Hcya.1 Highness is now breeding half-wild tjon'es on Dartmoor, and -developing- mines of tin and v'-ohram in the Duchy which gives hint one of his most famous titles. The Prince tids fair to equal his grand- father as a man of affairs, and, of course, has much benefited by his expeiences at the Front. < It is announced that Lord Glanely, sol( director of the Tatem Steam Navigation Company, hns sold the company's present ileet of steamers, and will replace then' by about a- dozen standard &hip-. of a total ùe,ld-wcight capacity of 100,000 tons. It is stated t.hat the price received for the old vote's is a.bout £1,OCO,OOO, while approxi- mately £2,(}(';Ü,CCÜ will be p..ud for the ilea neet, part of which is still under construe. tion. new sto,-v   Haig h-i,?; A new sto?-y of Sir Douglas Haig has been related by Earl Dartmouth, the governor of th3 Zingari Cricket Club, at West Brom- wich. When Sir Douglas wss invited to accept the freedom of the club, he was re' minded by Earl Dartmouth of its three prin- cniles—"keep your pron'1-e, keep your tem- per, and keep your wicket up." The Field- Marshal promptly replied: "Your principles are worthy ci the natioil that entered the war to keep its promise, that kept its tem- per through 111-for,ij, and through good, and, please God, will keep its wicket up un- til its promise has been redeemed." Moü6t of us look askance at Bumble in any shape or form, especially so when de- picting him in the role made famous by Dickens in his immortal "Oliver Twist. Relative to this. Is it not high time the ,W:l udal of children in workhouses was stopped? It is doubtful whether people realise that at the present' moment there are 10.'?0 voung !ives "immured in these dena of misery. "What char.ce have they of ever beinn- anything but a drag on the com- munity? The'Government, it is understood. has decided that boards of guardians must n-et the .children out of the workhouses as soon as circumstances permit; but unless a more dennite order than that is made the evil v.-ill probably go on for some time yet. An American serite tells us that when II. G. Wells isn't writing books he's adding n(I -%v rcioins to his hou.;e. He thut if he were not a literary man he'd be an architect. At Chplsea, recently, Mrs. E. M. Ward, the distlugui-hed artist, gave a pleasant little partv in ce'ebration of her 87th birth- dav. When teHing of her early experiences she related that =-he was engaged when fhe was fourteen, and married two years later. One of the memorable events of her life wa her journey to town to see the Coronation of Queen 'Victoria The Queen delighted the little girl bv giviug her a special bow Mrs. Ward wa" r-hown great kindness by Queen Victoria when she was painting the pictures at Windsor Castle years afterwards and is very proud of the many Royal souvenirs she has received. ? Mrs. Ward painted the late Duke of Albany when he only live years of age, aud the little boy amused her very much by strutting round The room adorned in her bonnet and scarf. The artist also had the honour of pahiihig Princess Beatrice when '-he w.)- a babv. and remembers how the Prince Consort u-od to sing to amuse the child. The air is certainly getting charged with electricity. After a breeze in one quartel we get one in another, and certain it that Viscount French is not the only eminent soldier who is attacking his colleagues, or being attacked by them. Over in France, General Lanrezac is hauling the veteran Joffre over bitter coals. He had no-clear- c'tt plan; he hummed and hawed, dallied and shalHed irre-olutely, and so on. In New Y'ork and Washington. John Pershmg is now harried by critics as a "politicr'l" so'dier: a man of violent temper, and narrow, obstinate views that cost a fearful price at Chateau-Thierry and in the six- weeks' battle of the Meuse-Argonne. In Canada, certain Generals are accused of throwing away thousands of lives in mere spectacular a-an!ts with a view to self- g'orincation. What a great game it is? <t A young lady dismissed the young man to whom ehe was engaged becaus-e he drank. A few days after she had told him she would never "'p-éak to him again, a little bov brought a note from the wretched man which read th 1). Heartle.so, yet etill beloved Fanny,—My sufferings are more than I can bear; I cannot live without your love. I have therefore just taken poi'on, the effect of which I am already beginning to feel. When vou read these lines I shall have joined the great, silent n%4jority. Shed a silent tear <rr my tomb in remembrance of the day g'oue bv.—Your dead George." When the youug lady had finished reading the note she asked the little boy who brought it what he was waiting for. "The gemmen to!e me ter wait for an answer," was the reply. By attaining hi-s 90th birthday that grand old man of Canada, Lord Mount Stephen, now enters the ranks of the nonagenar ans. His career, like that of Ms cousin, the late Lord gtrnthcona. is one of the romances of our .time. He began life as a herdboy in Scotland, for a while in a drapery establishment in St. Paul'" Churchyard, and in 1850 went to Quebec with scarcely more than tha proverbial half-crown in his pocket. AVithin a few years he fought hM way to the irout. and in the Canadian Paeinc Railway enterprise laid the founda- tions of colossal wealth. He was awarded the Mrst Colonial peerage on record in 1891. The adn, i ,z Ion of Sir Douglas Haig and Sir David Beatty to the Order of Merit brings the total membership of the Order up to nineteen, of which number f-even are military members. Marshal Foeh is one of the honorary members of the Order, which w<M lov.nded by King Edward in June, 1902. Of the twelve original mem- bers oniv tm'<-? are living—Lor/I Rayleigh, Lord Morlev of Blackburn, and Admiral of the Fleet Sir Edward Seymour. During the s&vEnteeu years that the Order has been in existence onl v one woman—the late Florence iht¡n;al"has been admitted to its mem. ber.'hip.

While returning from a Whitsun school treat Ivy Smith, nine, was killed by a motor-car at Newport, Men. Although 85, George Cheuey, Cui)liiig- ton. Buck! cycles 12 miles every Sunday to Salvation Army meetings. T'lc Imperial GovenuBent is ready Lo <Tivc IC-0 acrc.piancs to any Dominion re. quiring the ;n;lchllles for defence. I Sunluc. hciw-draught horses from the Army i:>d< up to .898, at a sale at Ban- bnry" VanRNs reach&d JE86 and riders TL' Isle of Mnn Iegilative Council has r< ad for the Mr-'t time a Bill providing for air aight control over the island.

HOME DRESSMAKING. I A SMART LITTLE SPORTS COAT. I An e:cdlent sports coat. smart. weH-cnt. I a.iid ttoroughly up-to-date in every detail, is I -howninour sketch. Iti.squite'implein shape, and, therefore, easy to make, whilst I it iits and hang. beautifully. I [Refer to H. D. 291.] i THE MATERIAL.—The first question is tc decide upon a suitable material. WeH.fot this purpose, such fabric a" 8<jft serge Shantung, crepe de Chine, cashmere, th'n "'abardine, and all the stcckingette and jersey cloths are suitable, though the last- mentioned stuSs the stockingette and jersey fabrics—are really the best things te use. The design may also be carried out in cotton stuns—such aa cotton repp, cotton crepe, etc., or in linen. You will need 21 yards of 38m. material for the coat, and 1 vard of 40in. material for the collar and cuns. THE PATTERN.—There are only t'-vo pieces in the coat pattern, the one-piece coat and the sleeve, but in addition you tvill need some atripd of material for facing- the edge& cf the neck and fronts. Then there are twc piecea in the cuff and coU-.r pattern: these must he cut out twice, aig is clearly shown in the diagram. Before cutting out, lay the pattern against you and make any t-mal) alterations that III'ly be I( ee c' s i, is much easier and more satisfactory to do thu in the pattern than in the cut-out garment Do not forget that turnings are not a!towfd for in the pattern, and that you should allow at least lin. on all seam edg'cB aud ample material wherever a hem is turned up. THE CUTTING OCT.—Begin with the crat Fold the material in such a way that f!:E selvedges come together, and lay the pattern upon it, as shown in the diagram, placing the straight edge of the coat to the fold oi the material. Fold the collar stuff in exactly the same way, and place the pattern ao shown in. each piece I eut twice. TOLD SLLVIDCE 5 -1 38 MATtKlAL A FOLD SELVEDGrs -J 40" MM. THE MAKING.—Cut the centre-front of the coat from the neck opening to the bottom. Take the sleeves and pin them down very carefully oeer the topa of the sleeves, which are attached to the coat. Pin them very firmly into place, and then cut away all the extr.t material from the coat part of th§ sleeves, leaving just sumcient on the edgea to turn under. Take out the pms and re- move the sleeves. Turn in the edges of the cDat part of the sleeves, and tack them down over the edges of the top of the sleeves. Pin or tack the under-arm and sleeve eeams, and fit the coat. After making any alterations necea"arv stitch up these eeams. Notch the seam-s carefully wherever a curve comes, bind them with ribbon or Paris binding. and press these seams well. Turn up the bottom of the coat, try on to see that it is quite straight, sew one edge of a strip of binding to the raw edge of the coat, and hem the other edge to the coat without carrying the stitches through the material. Now make the collar. Sew the two piecea of the collar together down the centre-back, and treat the lining in the same way. Place collar and lining right sides together, an< stitch them round the out-Kte eageg ana along the bottom. Turn the collar right side out and press well. Next stitch the inner or raw edges of the collar to the fronts and neck of the coat. Face in the resulting raw edges with u strip of material cut to the same shape as the collar, but, of course, much narrower. Join each cuff aud it< Unino- into a ring. Place cui? and lining right Mdes together, and stitch round the outer cdges. Turn thec"<Ts to t1w right side and Stitch to the bottom of thp Hieeve, and hide the joining bv a facing of the material or of Paria binding. The belt is simply a straight band oi material about Sin. wide, but it muetbp cut out twice, the second time for the lining.

SERiOUS RAT PLAQUE. I A somewhat novel charge is laid against the Muzzling Order, which, say the inhabi- tants of Tottenham, is responsible for a veritable rat plague in that locality. In fact, through the Dog Muzzling Order, the Tottenham rata have routed the Tottenham dog6. They laugh at them in their cages, they destroy their masters' allotment crcps. and even run through their masters' legs while he is at work on his patch. The report continues that m,ybtE:rioul' noises heard in a corn chandler's ehop ir the Tottenham High-road one night were found by the police to be nothing mOl è than the rats enjoying them.-elve.s. The Tottenham District Council has de cided to exterminate the I)-cist. Various sugegstions have been made. One is that owners of houses should 00 compelled to cement the noors: another is that an organised "gas" attack should be mad-? while the rats are in their holes: and a third is that the Dog Muzzling Order should ba relaxed. The neighbouring district of Edmonton is becoming as bad.

BUSY BEES. I All lovers of honey must naturally be in- terested in ita producer, and here are given some few facts concerning the busy hee. In a hive there are three kinds of bets— drone. workers, and the queen bee. Drones, alas' are the male bees. They are sting- less, and, unlike other be&s, have no pollen- baekets—the fringe of stiff leg bristles on which pollen is conveyed to the hive. The queen bee is the only fully-developed female bee in the hive. Only she, with her &ehes of reproductive organs, can perpetuate the bee race. The queen bee :will lay from 2,000 to 3,000 eggs daily in the season. She is the mother of all the other inmates in the hive. and can lay eggs to produce either hive, iii d can lay c dronea or workers-as the fancy takes her. The queen bee heads the bees when they issue to ewarm. This takes place when the queen ce]I is capped; but should the weather ] be unsuitable the bees tear down the queen cell. and wait.

?_ I ? MOTHER AND HOME. S w Useful and Economical Hints on Domestic Management, w Miss Lucy Bell, who has recently returned bo ijondou after lecturing with the Aru;y in France, t.ays that while many people wiU do anything to make their house-s beautiful, their room pretty or dhcrwi.se to encourage art in everyday life, one of the in o-t im- portant of all things ij commonly neglected —that is, the art of speaking properly. There are folk who say that a had speaking voice or an ugly accent Is an affliction which must be endured, but that is quite wrong. Such defects can be cured wit!' patience and determination; moreover, btleh defects of speech ought to be put into the hand. of a specialist for treatment in the .,nm:- matter- of-cour&cway that one go(' to a niedica! man to be cured cf physical ai4iic-uts. While working abroad (she says) many n;eu who came to my class and lectures came eimply because they wanted to improve their accent and manner of speech—a lot of them were men who wanted to take up Rpecial work after demobiii.satiun, and realised that their way of speaking was, from various reasons, "not altogether what it should be." Most hous-swive.s wiU say they have little time for elocution, but a half an hour a day would be of great use. I CURE FOR STAMMERING, t } ? Whilst discussing' elocution a few line? I on impediments in .speech win not be amiss. Most people stammer through nervoi,,sne--zs and should never try to "peak quickly. li you begin to stammer, wtop, quiet yourself, and try again. Elocution lessons arc. g; I course, splendid for curing stannupring. I FEATHER FANS. t The new fashion of carrying one or t.wr ostrich feather.s is much in evidence, looks very graceful. The feathers arc mostly white, but now and again one s??< either a blue one or one of scarlet, Tthen dancing the mb.st graceful effect is if the fan is held in the left hand point .ng across the back of the holder's neck. Tc lie neatly and make a graceful tine. the hand wants to be fairlv high. so thnt the direction is, if anything, downwards, nna far back, in which ca<iC I the poiut dcca not stand out. GREASY TABLES. { When the kitchen table become g"!C::1;;Y, scrub it well with hot water to whih I'aif a teaspoonful or more of whiting haK bM'ii added. Then thoroughly dry with a cl-Dan cloth. This will make the tal,-)Ie Icok equal to new. I CLLRE Of THE CLOTHES, j I In bringing from thnir hiding place tht clothes put away la.st autumn, shake tici;1 well and hang in the rur. cloth and serge suits with pa!e blueing water, and iron with a moderately '.varm iron on the wron, side. Wash plaid" in warm r.oMpoi;dg, rinse, and r.:i71g to drv in the shade. Throw Harri.. t-vc.ds, after 'freeing them of dust. over line, i:] the garden when there is a ;}:arp d:lO'c' of rain, and then I)rtn, them i':du:rs shake euits with rain or other .oft -.vatcr, <d..ij!J, a few drops of ammonia to the w..t" L? the foiiowin? mixture ?hcn s pon?:'? ? c: c? silk garments on the wrong [bli a pint of water, a tab!espoo')t'ul of v?-?ar and twelve drojM of am;oni?. Wh?:' r<<i.y dry, iron on the v,-r')n? .iti? ti:c'?. muslin. I GiLT PiCTCEE FRAMES. -11 1 Wae,li over the surface very lightly wnn a sponge saturated cither with spirits of wine or with oil of turpentine. Do not at- tempt to wipe off, the application must 00 left on to Jrr. FOLDING BATH SCREEN. .1 I A. very u&etul screen for bary's Lain nun be made from a wooden drying frame covered with nuraery cretonne on, the outer side and lined with rubber abating or oil- cloth with cretonne pockets. P&int the frame with white enamel. DIET AND COLOUR. I What vou eat determines your colour Not necessarily that you yourself eonM effect any change in colour, but your an. cestors for thousands of years have uncon. sciouslv been influenced by the food thej have eaten and the drinks they have drunk For instance, the original men were black Their chief diet was of vegetables an<: fruits, and these same foods contain man. ganates that are not unlike iron. Dar!i browns and blacks result from this combina. tion. It io a scientific fact that negroci who drink milk and eat meat are never dark aa those who eat vegetables. In the case of Caucasians, they are said to becom( white b" y adding salt to their foods, whict common salt is a strong chloride, anc powerful in bleaching the skin. To SOFTEN WATER. I Take one ounce of the best quicklime and stir it well into a bucket of water; ther stir all thoroughly in a barrel of water and ad soon a<} it settles the water will b< soft and fit for use. The lime, havino united with the carbonate of lime, whict makes the hard water, will be all deposited EMIGRATION FOR GIRLS. I The plans of the Salvation Army Emigra- tion Colonisation Department for assisting the emigration of widows with children and single women are of great national import- ance. Parents who send yonng sons out to make their way in the Colonies are loth to let the boys' sisters go with them and make homes for them. The Salvation Army has a fund of X70,000 to te devoted to the emi- gration expenses of women and children. It is interesting to learn that over 90 per cent. of the .625,000 already advanced for the emio-ration of single women has been re- funded to the Army. UsEFt'LTtpa. I To renovate ironwork, Ruch as lamp stan. dards, etc., mix together equal quantities of olive oil and black ink. Having cleaned on dust and rust, apply one or two coats of the mixture as required to give a nice, smooth surface with a dull finish. This coating may be applied with a piece of smooth rag, and is very easy to use. If you would improve the appearance of doors or other woodwork, stained or grained, rub over well with brown boot polish, and then polish with a soft cloth. NEW USE FOR SUSPENDERS. Old suspenders, washed and ironed, make splendid inside belts for skirts. Since tlH." are narrow, lay two edges together and stitct them on the machine. They do not get aimsy after washing, as r<gu!ar belting does. Metal polish which has become hard through exposure to air or heat may bo softened by adding a few drops of paraffin. When making a fruit tart, mix a little Hourorcornnour with the sugar befor< adding it to the fruit. This will make the juice like syrup and prevent it from boiling over. To clean forks and spoon;-) quickly, rub over with whitening, then place in a bow! and pour boiling water over them. Add a little soda. rub the silver with a dishcloth, and dry on a clean towel. When lard or dripping is not obtainable fnr greasing tina and cooking utensils, sprinkle them with flour rather .than mar- garine. The latter is not an animal fat, an 4 en porate speedily, causing cakes and pud- dings to stick. Use only a few drops of linseed oil for polishing oak. You wUl spoil it if you w;" qti, ntity of oil. To remove a dent in. furniture, make a wad of brown paper and soak it in vinegar and water. Have a hot Hat-iron. Put the wad of brown paper on the dent and hold the hot iron on the top. When it ceases steaming, dip it in water again, and repeat until the dent has come level with the sur- face. If you steam a pudding yon will nnd sub- sequent cloth-washing very simple if an in- verted saucer is placed on top of the hasjIJ before putting on the cloth. The pudding itself will keep very dry, too, which is another advantage. Dried peas are cheap and make a very delicious dish prepared this way: Instead of boiling, steam them in a basin. In about an hour they will be quite tender, though the skins will not break and the flour escape as when boiled. Turn them out on to a dish, mix in a tiny piece of good beef-drip- ping and sprinkle with dtied mint. I WASHING GLASS, j When washing' glassware do not put it in hot water bottom first, as it will be liable to crack from sudden expansion. Even delicate glass can be safely washed in vefry hot water if slipped in edgeways. I WHEN HANGING-CUT. ) Always turn things inside out before you hung them on the line. Pin nighties ano chemises up by the hems, knickers by thE bands, combies by the shouldera. Remember thnt the line will very likely droop if tlim-i-c arc heavy clothes on it, so provide a long stk'k with a forked bit on top with which topropitup. I FrPS ON IRONING. I If you want to iron almost at once thiin-ili each roH with a flat-iron, and put the rol! on a plate in a cool oven for a few minutes. Iron the hems of handkerchiefs before the middle, pulling each hem straight before you begin to iron. With nightdresses dc ;;Ie.ve.s nrst. then fold the back lengthways, iron both sides of it. and then open out the back, iay the nightie front upwards, and iron that. These should not be washed with soap, but put into a eancepan of cold water to which a little scda has been added, placed over the 6rc, and allo,,ved A-o bolt for ten mhiuteH. A thorough rinsing in cold water will leave th<, clotha fresh and sweet after this treat- ment. SOME USEFUL RECIPES. ALMOND PUDDJXG.-Take 3oz. bread- crumbs, loz. flout, 2oz.suet.loz. sugar, 2ox. currants, sultanas, or raisins, loz. almonds, 2 eggs. Chop the suet, using' the Sour, and mix with the breadcrum bs. Clean the cur- rants or sultanas. If raisins are used, stone and cut into four. Blanch and cut up the almonds. Well beat, the eggs, and mix at) the ingredients together. Pour into a greased basin and steam for two Serve hot with a custard sauce. BARLEY WATER.—2oz. pearl barley, 1 quart water, lemon rind, loaf or castor sugar. Wash the barley and boil It for two hours. Peel a lemon thinly, place rind in a jug, and strain the barley water ou to it. Sweeten to taste and allow to cool. Re- move rind and stand on ice if possible. MuTTON PuDDiNG.—One pound of neck of mutton, half a pound of self-raising nour, three ounces of shredded suet, one onion, Hour, salt, and pepper for seasoning. Cut the meat into small pieces, keeping the bones for stock. Mix one ounce of flour with three-quarters of a teaipronful of Bait and half a tcaspoonful of pepper. Dip each piece of meat into this. Make a good crust with the nour, suet. an<: a pinch of salt, adding enough cold .ater to form a stiff paste. Roll out and line a greased basin with 'part of it. Fill with the seasoned meat and the onion, chopped small. A ,;Iics"l potato may be added as well if liked. Put in a little cold water (enough to come half way up the haBin). Cover the pudding with crust, pressing the edg&s well together. Tie a cloth over the top and boil the pudding for two and a half hours. DAINTY JAM PuDDiNG.—Take one cupful of nour, a pinch of salt, one tablespoonful of sugar, one and. a half ounces of }ard, butter, or margarine. Mix jglt together with a knife, add one tablespoonful of jam —blackberry jelly or marmalade is very nice used iu this way. Last of all add one teaspoonful of bicarbonate of 'soda mixed with half a cupful of warm water and milk or all water. Put the mixture into a greasy basin with a little jelly or jam in the bottom, and place a piece of greasy paper over the top and steam for one and a half hours. A NEW SUMMER Disn.—Rub the inside of a casserole all over with a little bLcon-fat, then put in a layer of firm tomatoes (sliced thickly), one of sliced oniony and one of thickly-sliced raw potatoes. Sprinkle the potatoes liberally with chopped parsley and some finely-chopped fresh herbs. Cover with a thick layer of green peas. Repeat the layers till the casserole is quite full, ii,;iilg every sort of vegetable you can get—spriga of cauliflower, cubes of peeled marrow or cucumber, or both, shredded cabbage or lettuce, ring. of carrot and turnip, etc. Let the top layer be potato, then season enough meat or vegetable stock to half fill the casserole. Cover with creased paper, put on the lid, and bake* for about one hour, or until everything is tender. For the last half-hour remove the paper and lid, put a few bits of dripping on the top potatoes, and leave uncovered to br< wn. Serve with boiled lice.

r OUR CHILDREN'S CORNER. SOMETHING QUEER IN THE GARDEN. Bunny and Benjie were just going out one night when Mrs. Rabbit called them back "There are such funny noises in the kitchen garden," she said. "I'm sure sciR< one is stealing my lettuce- Do gn ont and look." So Benjie and Bunny went down to the kitchen garden, but did not go in. "If we stay. v.e shati be too 1,,ite to s-?f the firework fete and the big airship that is going to ny over the town." "Let ua fasten the gate so that no one can get out of the garden before we come bk, &aid Benjie.. So they tied up the gate and hurried pv/ay to the town, whence they came back late, feeing very cross, for, to their great disappointment, the big nil-ship had not arrived after all. They fcrgot all about their prisoner in the garden, and slept until. they were awakened by a loud whirring noise over the rcof, and a cry from Mrs. Rabbit, who hap- pened to be sweeping her ste'p. Sleepily they went to their windows In time to see a big airship disappear in the distance It was the very one they had ,rone down to the town to see, but, while they waited there, the airship was resting all the time in their own kitchen garden, for its pilot had not been ab!e to ny any farther in the dark, and stayed there till daylight. Oh, how sad and silly felt Benjie and Bunny! I CHOOSING. If we had heaps and heaps of pounds, Or even one or two, They wouJdn't take us Ion? to spend, I know just what we'd do. For there's a shop down in our town That's full of lovely things— Brown butterbaUs and acid-drops, And sugar mice on strings. But what we'd buy—Babcttc and I—- Are ginger queens and kings. WHEN MIRABEL FLEW. Mirabel the wooden doll felt very frightened indeed, for she had never before in all her hie been up in an aeroplane. And now there she was, far up in the air on Harry's aeroplane, for Harry s father was an airman, and Harry had a littte aero- plane all his own which Ids father had made for him, and in which he used to taku Mollie his sister. Toddles the Teddy Bear, and some of the dolls for a ny. The others loved it, but Mirabel felt very nervous. She didn't like the feeling of rushing through the air, and as Mollio didn't have hold of hci', and the scat \n- very slippery, she kept feeling' she jnight fall off. She did wish that Mollie wctild .-it round the other way and hold her. Suddenly Harry made the aeroplane swoop .down; and peer Mirabel felt herself sliding oil her seat. Nobody saw her, and she went on eliding til! she slid right oS and weut down, down, down! The next thing she knew was that she was sitting astride on the branch of a tree, and several birds were looking at her iu is- tonishment and wondering what sort of creature she was. Poor Mirabel could only look nt them and feel just as surprised as they did. Then she saw a boy climbing up a tree, and at last he reached the top, and nearly fell ofT in amazement at seeing a wooden doll sitting on a branch just as if she was growing there. "I say. Kitty," he shouted out to his sister, who was standing on the ground.w- low, "1-cre's such a nnd—a lovely wocden doll for you." "What do you mean?" cried Kitty. The boy quickly climbed down the tree holding Mirabel, and Kitty seized her with a shriek of delight. "How could she have got up there?" she asked. "I believe the fairies must have put her there." So Mirabel had a new home, and was very happy because there wag no aeroplane for her to go nying in, and as she was Kitty's only doll she was spoilt just as much as she could be A SEA MONSTER. At Dah.and you can "catch a crab" (WhiLe boating on the tide), Also the kind that lives in pools, And other fish beside. But Ben got tired of crabs and shrimps, And prawns and lobsters wee. I'm out to capture," he proclaimed, "Some monster of the sea!" He fancied that he saw'behind A groyne the prey he sought, 'Twas round, 'twas pink. "It's p'raps a huge Anemone!" he thought. But after he had looked again, He turned about and ned. As for the object in the net, I won't say what IT said THE WITCH.CAT. Now, when King Orric of Ireland wat irarried he banished all witches and bad persons from his kingdom. And Calainash, the chief of the witches, said that she would be revenged for it; and this is what she did. One clear morning she took her staff and her basket and went softly along the land. In King Orrie's palace th<Te was great re- joicing, for his little daughter Kathleen v.aa seven years old that day. And there were so many people coming and going that no- body noticed the slow old womaw who set a basket down in the princess's chair and then was gone. When the basket was opened there was found in it nothing but a small black kitten, very fat and furry, and soft to hold. And when Kathleen saw it, she clapped her hands for joy. And every day after that there was a little black kitten that played with its tail, but every night there was a neree black cat that roamed through the palace and the town, and scratched and bit people, so that they fell deadly sick or went mad. And the terror of fhe cat grew so great that the King called his councillors together and asked them what should be done to Have the country from the cat. For no one knew as yet that the cat turned its.elf. back into a little black kitten by day. Now, Kathleen had a dream of a wise fairy called Griselda. and the dream came three times, and always in it. she was carry- ing a little black kitten in a basket along leagues snd leagues of land. And somehow I or other, Kathleen knew that if sin' y.culd follow the dream she would free the cc,,itry from the terror of the cat. So without tell- ing anybody she took the kitten in a basket and set out by herself for the home of Griselda the wise fairy. After many long leagues of land, she came to the forest where Griselda lived. So when Kathleen had told how she had dreamed of the wise fairy and had followed tho dream, Griselda opened the basket and set the kitten on the grass. And then she waved her wand over it in the clear sunlight of the middle day. And after she had waved it seven times the kit- ten suddenly changed to a fierce black cat with teeth that glittered and eyes that gleamed. And GrMelda struck it with her wand. Then it sprang into the air with a fearful screech and 0ed away towards the sea. So the evil charm of Calamash was broken, and the country was freed from the terror of the cat.