Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 94, Hammond, Lake County, 7 October 1907 — Page 3

Mondav, October 7, 1907.

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eroeoi By FERGUS HUME, Au&or f "&x My tiery f a Haiom Cb," Hftndrin' Fan." Etc Copyright. 19CC. by Q. TV. Dillingham Company. The daughter was dressed like the mother, save that she wore pearls in place of diamonds. She talked but lit tle, as usual, and sat smiling, the young Image of the older woman. Hay also Introduced Faul to a handsome young fellow of twenty-one, with rath er a feeble face. This was Lord George Sandal, the pigeon Hay was plucking, and, although he had chang ing manners and an assumption of worldly wisdom, be was evidently one of those who had come Into the world saddled and bridled for other folk's riding. A third lady was also present, who called herself Aurora Qian, and Hay informed his friend in a whisper that she was an actress. Faul then re membered that he had seen her name in the papers as famous in light com edy. She was pretty and kittenish, with fluffy hair and an eternal smile It was impossible to Imagine a greater contrast to the massive firmness of Mrs. Krill than the lively, girlish demeanor of the little woman, yet Paul had an instinct that Miss Qian, in spite of her profession and odd name and childish giggle, was a more ehrewd person than she looked. Every one was bright and merry and chatty, all save Maud Krill, who smiled and fanned herself in a statuesque way. Hay paid her great attention, and Paul knew very well that he intended, to marry the silent woman for her money. It would be hardly earned, i thought, with such a firm looking mother-in-law as Mrs. Krill would certainly prove to be. The dinner was delightful, well cooked, daintily served and leisurely eaten. A red shaded lamp threw a rosy light on the white cloth, the glittering crystal and bright silver. The number of diners was leas than the Muses and more than the Graces, and every one laid himself or herself out to make things bright. And again Maud Krill may be mentioned as an exception. She ate well and held her tongue, merely smiling heavily when addressed. Paul, glancing at her serene face across the rosy hued table, wondered if she really was as calm as she looked and if she really lacked the brain power her mother seemed to possess. The dinner passed off pleasantly. Lord George began to talk of racing, " and nay responded. Mrs. Krill alone seemed shocked. "I don't believe in gambling." she said icily. "I hope you are not very down on it," said Hay. "Lord George and I propose to play bridge with you ladies in the next room." "Maud can play and Miss Qian." said the widow. "I'll talk to Mr. Beecot. unk'ss he prefers the fascination of the green cloth." 'T would rather talk to you," replied raul, bowing. Mrs. Krill nodded and then went out of the room with the younger ladies.

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"J u-ant you to drink to the health of my future bride" he mid. The three gentlemen filled their glasses with port, and Hay passed around a box of cigars. Soon they were sraotting end chatting in a most amicable feshlon. Lord George talked a great deal about racing and cards and Lis bad luck with both. Hay said very little end every now and then cast a planee at Paul to see how he was taking the conversation. At length, when Sandal became a trifle vehement on the subject of his losses. Hay abruptly changed the subject by refilling his g!?.s and those of his companions. "I wart you to drink to the health of my future bride," he said. "What!" cried Paul, staring. "Miss Krilir "The same," responded Hay coldly. "You see I have taken your advice and Intend to settle, rash presented me to the ladies when next they came to his office, and since then I have been almost constantly with them. Miss Krill's affections were disengaged, and she therefore, with her mother's conKent, became my promised wife." "I wish you ipy," said Lord George,

draining his glass and filling another.

and, by Jove, for your sake, I hope she's got money." "Oh, yes, she's well off," said Hay calmly. "And you, Paul?" "I congratulate you, of course," stammered Beecot, dazed, "but it's so sudden. You haven't known her above a month." "Five weeks or so," said Hay, smiling, and, sinking his voice lower, he added: "I can't afford to let grass grow under my feet. This young ass cjrv might snap her up, and Mrs. Krill would only be too glad to secure a title for Maud." He had no time to say more, as they entered the drawing room. Almost as soon as they did Mrs. Krill summoned Paul to her side. "And now," she said, "let us talk of Miss Norman." CHAPTER XV. DON'T wish to talk of Miss Norman," said Paul bluntly. "Then you can be no true lover," retorted the widow.

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"I disagree with you. A true lover does not talk to all and sundry concerning the most sacred feelings of his heart. Moreover, your remarks at our last meeting were not to my taste." "I apologize," said Mrs. Krill promptly, "and will not offend in that way again. I did not know you then, but since Mr. Hay has spoken about you to me I know and appreciate you, Mr. Beecot." But Paul was not to be cajoled in this luanner. The more suave the woman was, the more he felt inclined to be on his guard, and he very wisely obeyed the prompting of his instinct. "I fear you do not know me, Mrs. Krill," said he as coldly as Hay could have spoken, "else you would hardly ask me to discuss with you, of all people, the lady whom I intend to mako my wife." "You are rather a difficult man to deal with," she replied, drawing her thick white eyebrows together. "But I like difficult men. That is why I admire Mr. Hay. He is not a silly, useless butterfly like that young lord' there." "Silly he is not, but I doubt his being useful. So far as I can see, Hay looks after himself and nobody else." "He proposes to look after my daughter." "So I understand," replied Beecot politely, "but that is a matter entirely for your own consideration." Mrs. Krill still continued to smile Jn her placid way, but she was rather nonplused all the same. From the appearance of Beecot, she had argued that he was one of those many men she could twist round her finger. But he seemed to be less easily guided than she expected, and for the moment she was silent, letting her hard eyes wander toward the card table, round which sat the four playing an eager and engrossing game of bridge. "You don't approve of that, perhaps?" "No," said Faul calmly; "I certainly do not." "Are you a Puritan, may I ask?" Beecot shook his head and laughed. "I am a simple man who tries to do his duty in this world," said he, "and who very often finds it difficult to do that same duty." "How do you define duty, Mr. Beecot?" "We are becoming ethical," said Taul, with Ji smile. "I don't know that I am prepared with an answer at present." "Then the next time we meet, for I hope," said Mrs. Krill, smoothing her face to a smile it had grown rather somber "that we shall often meet again. You must come and see us. We have taken a house in Kensington." "Chosen by Mr. Hay?" "Yes. He is our. mentor in London society. I don't think," added Mrs. Krill, studying his face, "that you like Mr. Hay." "As I am Mr. Hay's guest," said Taul dryly, "that is rather an unkind question to ask." "I asked no question. I simply make a statement." Beecot found the conversation rather embarrassing. In place of his pumping Mrs. Krill. she was trying to pump him, which reversal of his design he by no means approved of. He changed the subject of conversation by drawing a powerfully attractive red herring across the trail. "You wish to speak to me about Miss Norman," he remarked. "I do," answered Mrs. Krill, who saw through his design, "but apparently that subject is as distasteful as a discussion about Mr. Hay." "Both subjects are rather personal, I admit, Mrs. Krill. However, if you have anything to tell me which you would like Miss Norman to hear I am willing to listen." "Ah! Now you are more reasonable," she answered in a pleased tone. "It is simply this, Mr. Beecot: I am very sorry for the girl. Through no fault of her own she is placed in a difficult position. I cannot give her a name, since her father sinned against her as he sinned in another way against me. but I can, through my daughter, who is guided by me, give her an income. It does not seem right that I should have all this money" "That your daughter should have all this money," Interpolated Beecot. "My daughter and I are one," replied Mrs. Krill calmly. "When I speak for myself I speak for her. But, as I say, doesn't seem right we should be in iiSuence and Miss Norman in poverty. j So I propose to allow her five hundred a year on conditions. Will she accept, j do you think, Mr. Beecot?" "I should think her acceptance would ! depend upon the conditions." "Thev are very simple," said Mrs. Krill in her deep tones and looking very straight at Paul. "She is to marry you and go to America." Beecot's face did not change, since her hard eyes were on it. But he was puzzled nnder his mask of indifference. Why did this .woman want Sylvia to

marry him and go Into exile? He temporized. "With regard to your wish that Miss Norman should marry me," said he quietly, "it is of course very good of you to interest yourself In the matter. I fail to understand your reason, however." "Yet the reason is patent," rejoined Mrs. Krill, just as quietly and quite as watchful as before. "Sylvia Norman Is a young girl without much character" "In that I disagree with you." "Well, let us admit she has character, but she certainly has no experience. In the world she is exposed to much trouble and perhaps maybe to temptation. Since her position is the fault of her father and she is entirely innocent I want her to have a happy life. For that reason I wish her to marry you." Paul bowed, not believing a word of this philanthropic speech. "Again I say it is good of you," said he. with some irony, "but even were I out of the way her nurse, Deborah Tawsey, would look after her. As matters stand, however, she will certainly be

come my wife as soon as we can afford a home." "You can afford it tomorrow," said Mrs. Krill eagerly, "if you will accept my offer." "A home in America!" said Paul. "And why?" "I should think both of you would like to be away from a place where you have seen such a tragedy." "Indeed." Taul committed himself to no opinion. "And supposing we accept your offer, which I admit is a generous one, you suggest we should go to the States." "Or to Canada or Australia or, in fact, you can go anywhere so long as you leave England. I tell you, Mr. Beecot, even at the risk of hurting your feelings, that I want that girl away from London. My husband treated me very badly he was a brute always and I hate to have that girl before my eyes." "Yet she is innocent." "Have I not said that a dozen times?" rejoined Mrs. Krill impatiently. "What is the use of further discussion? Do you accept my offer?" "I will convey it to Miss Norman. It is for her to decide." "But you have the right since you are to be her husband." "Fardon me, no. I would never take such a responsibility on me. I shall tell Miss Norman what you say and convey her answer to you." "Thank you," said Mrs. Krill graciously. But she was annoyed that her golden bait had not been taken immediately, and in spite of her suavity Faul could see that she was annoyed, the more so when she began to explain. "Of course you under stand my feelings." "I confess I don't quite. Naturally the fact that you are connected with the murder in the public eyes" "Fardon me," said the woman swiftly, "but I am not The name of Krill has hardly been noticed. The public know that Aaron Norman was murdered. No one talks of Lemuel Krill or thinks that I am the widow of the murdered man. Possibly I may come across some people who will connect the two names and look askance at me, but the majority of people such as Lord George there" she pointed with her fan "do not think of me in the way you say. As he did, they will think they remember the name" "Did Lord George say that to you?" said Faul swiftly. "No. But he did to Mr. Hay, who told me," rejoined Mrs. Krill quite as swiftly. "To-night?" asked Beecot, remembering that Hay had not spoken privately to Mrs. Krill since they came in from the dining room. "Oh, no on another occasion. Lord George has several times said that he has a faint recollection of my name. Possibly the connection between me and the murder may occur to his mind, but he is really so very stupid that I hope he will forget all about the matter." "I wonder you don't change your name," said Taul, looking at her. "Certainly not, unless public opinion forces me to change it," she said defiantly. "My lift has always been perfectly open and aboveboard, not like that of my husband." "Why did he change his name?" asked Beecot eagerly too eagerly, in fact, for she drew back. "Why do you ask?" she inquired coldly. Paul shrugged his shoulders. "An Idle question, Mrs. Krill. I have no "There is no forcing in tne matter, responded the woman. "I have taken quite a fancy to you, Mr. Beecot, and you shall know what I do." "Pray do not tell me if you would rather not." "But I would rather," said Mrs. Krill bluntly. "It will prevent your misconception of anything you may hear about us. My husband's real name was Lemuel Krill, and he married me thirty years ago. I will be fnrak with you and admit that neither of us were gentlefolks. We kept a public house on the outskirts of Christchurch, In Hants, called the Red Pig." She looked anxiously at him as she spoke. "A strange name." "Have you never heard of It before?" '"No. Had I heard the name it would nave remained In my memory from its tddity." Paul might have been mistaken, but Mrs. Krill certainly seemed relieved, yet if she had anything to conceal In connection with the Red Pig why should she have mentioned the name? "It is not a first class hotel." she went on smoothly and again with her false smile. "We had only farm labor ers and such like as customers, but the custom was good, and we did very well. Then my husband took to drink." "In that respect he must have changed," said Paul quickly, "for all the time

I knew him six months it was I never saw him the worse for drink, and I certainly never heard from those who would be likely to know that he indulged in alcohol to excess. All the same," added Paul, with an after thought of his conversation with Sylvia in the Embankment garden, "I fancied from his pale face and shaking hands and a tightness of the skin that he might drink." "Exactly. He did. He drank brandy in large quantities, and, strange to say, he never got drunk." "What do you mean exactly?" asked Beecot curiously. "Well." said Mrs. Krill, biting the top of her fan and looking over it. "Lemuel I'll call hfm by the old name never grew red in the face, and, even after years of drinking, he never showed any signs of intemperance. Certainly his hands would shake at times, but I never noticed particularly the tightness of the skin you talk of." "A certain shiny lock,' explained Faul. "Quite so. I never noticed it. But he never got drunk so as to lose his

head or his balance," went on Mrs. Krill, "but he became a demon." "A demon?" "Yes," said the woman emphatically, "as a rule he was a timid, nervous little man, like a frightened rabbit, and would not harm a fly. But Jrink, as you know, changes a nature to the contrary of what it actually is." "I have heard that." "You would have seen an example in Lemuel," she retorted. "When he drank brandy, he became a king, a sultan. From being timid he became bold; from not harming any one he was capable of murder. Often in his fits did he lay violent bands on me. But I managed to escape. When sober he would moan and apologize in a provokingly tearful manner. I hated and despised him," she went on, with flashing eyes, but careful to keep her voice from reaching the gamblers. "I was a fool to marry him. My father was a farmer, and I had a gol education. I was attracted by the good looks of Lemuel and ran away with him from my father's farm in Buckinghamshire." "That's where Stowley is," murmured Faul. "Stowley?" echoed Mrs. Krill, whose ears were very sharp. "Yes, I know that town. Why do you mention it?" "Tne opal serpent brooch with which your husband's lips were fastened was pawned there." "I remember," said Mrs. Krill calmly. "Mr. Fash told me. It has never been found out how the brooch came to fasten the lips so horrible it was!" She shuddered. "No. My father bought the brooch from the Stowley pawnbroker ami "Stoicley t " echoed Mrs. Krill. gave it to my mother, who sent it to me. When I had an accident I lost it, but who picked it up I can't say." "The assassin must have picked it up," declared Mrs. Krill decisively, "else it would not have been used in that cruel way, though why such a brooch should have been used at all I can't understand. I suppose my husband did not tell you why he wanted to buy the brooch?" "Who told you that he did?" asked raul quickly. "Mr. Pash. He told me all about the matter, but not the reason why my husband wanted the brooch." ' "Pash doesn't know," said Beecot, "nor do I. Your husband fainted when I first showed him the brooch, but I don't know why. He said nothing." Again Mrs. Krill's face, in spite of her care, showed a sense of relief at his ignorance. "But I must get back to my story," she said in a hard tone. "We have to leave soon. I ran away with Lemuel, who was then traveling with jewelry. He knew a good deal about jewelry, you know, which he turned to account in his pawnbrpking." "Yes, and amassed a fortune thereby." "I should never have credited him cith so much sense," said Mrs. Krill rontemptuously. "While at Christchurch he was nothing but a drunkard, whining when sober and a furious beast when drunk. I managed all the house and looked after my little daughter. Lemuel led me a dog's life, and we quarreled incessantly. At length, when Maud was old enough to be my companion, Lemuel ran away. I kept on the Red Pig and waited for him to return. But he never came back. and for over twenty years I heard nothing of him till I saw the handbills and his portrait and heard of his death. Then I came to see Mr. rash, and the rest you know'." (To be Continued.)

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IN THE KITCHEN Sweet potatoes, usually served simply boiled or baked, possess wide possibilities aa the following recipes show. In many dishes where chestnuts are the prime ingredient sweet potatoes can be used with equally satisfactory results; of course, for such dishes they must be the best of their kind, fine fine grained, dry. and sweet. The moist sweet potato that many southerners prefer, is not suitable as a chestnut substitute. A delicious way to bake sweet potatoes is in the pan with a roast, preferably that of pork. Boil them until nearly done, skin them and cut in two lengthwise, arrange them around the meat, and let them become brown and crisp in the pan gravy. If they are baked as Is commonly done, like white potatoes, a delicious finishing touch is to squeeze each one until it cracks j open from sheer fluffmess; tuck a gen- j eroua piece of butter inside. Sweet potato souffles and sweet potato souffle are two very different dishes. The former are delicious to serve with broiled or friend chops, steaks or chicken. Peel the potatoes and cut them In even slices not exceeding one-fourth inch in thickness. Drop them into ice water for a short space. Have beating on the stove two kettles of sweet, fresh lard. Pat the potatoes dry in a towel and drop them into the first kettle, the fat in which should be heated to about the 'dough nut" degree. Let the slices cook for five or six minutes, then take them out, cool them for a moment or two, and drop them Into the second kettle which should be smoking hot; after a minute they will swell and puff up. Sweet potato souffle is a toothsome way in which to utilize cold baked or boiled potatoes. Peel the potatoes and If they were boiled mash them; it Is well also to run them through a vegetable sieve to insure an absolutely lumpless consistency. To each cupful of the pulp add the beaten yolk of an egg, one tablespoonf ul of thick, sweet cream, a quarter of a teaspoonful of salt and a tiny pinch of pepper. Beat until very smooth and light, add the white of the egg beaten to a stiff froth, turn into a greased baking dish and run into a hot oven until well puffed and browned. Stuffed sweet potatoes make a fine luncheon dish. Select short thick potatoes and parboil for fifteen minutes. Peel them, cut a slice from the top and with an apple corer or a sharp knife remove a portion of the center. Prepare a filling by moistening slightly a pint of soft bread crumbs with sweet cream; add half a teaspoonful of salt, a "pinch" each of powdered cloves, nut meg and paprica, two finely chopped hard boiled eggs, two raw egg yolks and four tablespoonfuls of chopped ham. Fill the potatoes (the propor tions given of dressing will fill six po tatoes), replace the cut oft portions fastening them on with tiny skewers and simmer in a thin white or cream sauce for half an hour. Sweet Potato Pone To make this dish a success the sweet potatoes that in some northern markets are called yams should be used they are very sweet, moist and a deep yellow In color. Peel and grate raw potatoes, and to three and one-half cupfuls -add one cupful of best West India molasses, one-half cupful of dark brown sugar, one cupful of creamed butter, half a cupful each of preserved ginger, and candied orange peel cut fine; one teaspoonful each of cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice, half a teaspoonful of cloves, a scant teaspoonful of salt and two beaten eggs. Beat well together, turn into a deep buttered pudding dish and place in a moderate oven to bake until a knife thrust into the center will come out clean. Set the dish In another containing water to prevent the foundation of a heavy under crust. Sweet Potato Cups Peel, wash, dry and grade sweet potatoes to the amount of two cupfuls. Stir In one quart of hot milk, put over the fire and boil for five minutes; add one heaping tablespoonful of butter and set aside until partially cooled, then season with one teaspoonful of salt, quarter teaspoonful of white pepper, and one tablespoonful of chopped pars ley; add four well beaten eggs, turn into small buttered cups, place them in hot water to fill two-thirds of the cups and bake until mixture is firm In the center. THE CHAFING DISH. The chafing-dish grows in favor If such a thing is possible, with every season. Its convenience and its "homeyness" appeals to every one and thera is a certain charm in the after-theatre supper prepared with the chafing-dish which is quite lacking i.i that supplied by a restaurant. Never does a girl look prettier than when she js presiding over a chafing-dish in which one is cooking some appetizing compound. She then seems the incarnation of man's ideal of domesticity and there is something rather "fetching" about the that condition of circumstances. The number of delicious things which may be cooked in a chafing-dish Is almost unlimited. If It is desired to brown any thing that has been prepared, all that is necessary is to heat a shovel very hot in the blaze of the lamp and then hold it for an Instant over the article to be browned. One trial will prove how simple it is to do. All dishes a la creme lend themselves readily to chafing-dish preparation. For the creme, put in the blazer one tablespoonful of butter; when it is melted add a tablespoonful of flour and stir until it forms a smooth paste; then add a half pint of milk or cream, and when this has become hot turn into it whatever is the base of your dish, which may be oysters, clams, halibut. eggs, cold potatoes, peas or beans. If sweetbreads are to be cooked they should have been blanched earlier in the day. This is done by letting them come to a boil after being put on in cold water. Simmer for ten minutes and then plunge in cold water for ten minutes more. All that Is necessary when the article is added to the sauce is to have it well heated through. The sauce burns easily. Sardines and Egg. Another delectable dish for the sup-

per menu is made from five eggs, a small box of sardines, one tablespoonfifl of butter, the juice of half a lemon, half a teaspoonful of salt and a little Cayenne. Bone and skin the sardines and flake with a fork. Melt the butter, add the sardines, and when they are hot turn In the well-beaten eggs, and as soon as these are firm, the season

ing. Salmon prepared in this manner is equally good. Shrimp, lobsters, oysters and clams are all excellent cooked a la Newbu.g. Those who object to the use of wine in cooking can have dishes a la Newburg, but the result is not bad even if the sherry that gives the dish its name should be omitted. For the shrimp a la New burg the fresh or canned may be taken. If the fresh, they must have shell and the little black line removed which runs the length of the body. The canned are shelled and are quite as good as the fresh. Cook in butter for three minutes, adding half a teaspoonful of salt, a few grains of Cayenne and a teaspoonful of lemon juice. Set the shrimp aside, and make iul of butter, adding to this half a teaspoonful of butter, half a cupful of cream, stirred into the yolks of two eggs. Return the shrimp for a moment to the sauce, and flavor with two tablespoonfuls of sherry and a sprinkling of nutmeg If this is liked. Sorve with toast points or with points of pastry. A Yt el-.li Hal-tilt. For a mild Welsh rabbit melt h;ilf n .aui-511Wiiiui or i. utter, mix with half a teaspoonful of cornstarch and half a V. ! - . cuprui of thin cream. Cook two utes and then turn into the sruce half a pound of mild cheese broken in bits. vrnen an this is smooth, season with salt, pepper and mustard and serve on snces of toast. This rabbit la not in mo least indigestible. Tonintor-, Eggf and Omlet. T-.-k v. . . . . - uunoreu eggs with tomatoes cut the vegetables in thin slices a third r.f an men thick, dredge with flour and ov.-v-u un salt and popper. Cook untill heated through in enough butter to t.--.--n ourning. -serve on each slice an egg which has been cooked in but ier unui tne white is firm. The tomatoes are very good if served without fs-, unu wim a white sauce poured uver mem. White sauce is but an other name for a la creme. Any omlet' may be made by substl luting in this recipe for salmon omlet any other ingredient. Beat stiff the yolks of two eggs and add to them two tflltlpsniinnfiilo e ...uso iniiK, mc same amount of minced salmon, salt and nenper to taste. Beat stiff the whites of tne eggs and cut them into the mix ture. Cook in a generous allowance of nutter, and. when brown underneath fold and serve at once. Ilirda. 0"M" mrus may bo well cooked In flirt rhiflTicr,nt,K . - " uls" unt-r mey nave been drawn, washed, wiped dry. and rnl.ho, with salt. Into the pan put a larg syooiuui or butter for a dozen birds u"ws turned orten the birds will burn iu.ui, tuning over them a sauce made from half a cupful of stock and a little lemon juice. Add this to the pan to get the flavor of the birds from the butter in which they were cooked. As soon as it is hot pour a little over each bird, and serve with slices of lemon. Devilled Clnnm. A pretty and an appetizing dish is caued devilled clams. To prepare it pour a cup of cold water over twentyfive clams and drain free from the liquor. Chop very fine. Scald one cup of milk and thicken with two tablespoonfuls of flour, saving a little of the cold milk to wet this before turning it into the hot. Season with a tablespoonful of butter; add two tablespoonfuls of fine and dry bread crumbs, the beaten yolk of two eggs and a tablespoonful of chopped parsley, the clams and such seasoning as necessary. Let It come to a boil, tnen fill shells with the mixture and brown with hot fhovel. Serve on bed of watercresses or young lettuce leaves. Decorate with fancifully cut lemon. Anything "With Checne. Cheese fondu will be found one of the best of cheese combinations. Vox It, melt a tablespoonful of butter in the pan, add to it quickly one one cup of milk ,one of breadcrumbs, two cups of grated cheese, a saltspoonful of mustard, salt and pepper to taste. Stir constantly, and when all is smooth add two eggs which have been beaten very light. Serve instantly, as it falls CAIIE OF THE SCHOOL CHII.I1KEX. At no season of the year do the chil dren require closer watch i no- tar, when they first return to school in the Autumn. Fresh from a lone Summfr vacation, free from restraint and overcharged with vitality, they are brought back to the city at the latest possible minute often after school has commenced, and plunge right into hard work and regular hours. Many people seem to consider that the entire responsibility of the child's health during the school term rests with the teachers. But this is a mistaken idea. It is the teacher's business to look after the Intellectual and moral training of her charges and to see that they have hygienic surroundings while they are under her care, but It is obviously impossible for her to Influence their home life or to know the exact state of each child's health when she has many under her control. One of the most importa- matters for the mother to atten' to is the child's lunch. This mus. be sensible! and satisfying. If, as at public school there are two sessions, the children can come home for a hot meal, but if the recess Is not long enough to allow time tvr the walk, the lunch basket should contain plenty of good bread and butter and some fruit, as well as cake and sweets of which children's lunches are only too apt to consist. Sometimes an arrangement is made at the school by which the children are supplied with milk and sandwiches in the school building for a certain weekly amount. Even though children are only at school until the usual lunch hour it is too long for them to go without some light refreshment at recess, if they have had an early breakfast. Application to study and a romp at recess stimulate young appetites. The parents should also Insist upon plenty of outdoor exercise outside of school during the pleasant autumn

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CHARMING DRESS FOR A LITTLE GIRL. Pattern No. rSS I. The easy, graceful lines of this frock render It particularly attractive. The blouse is in the popular jumper style with wida kimono sleove. The mods Is unusually becoming to the childish figure, and is equally suitable for the wash fabrics and light weight woolens. Tho full skirt is attached to a body lining that closes in the back. The sleeves may be full length or terminate at tho elbow. Figured cream colored challls was used for the development, but other materials are adaptable, such as albatross, cashmere, China silk, linen and chambray. For a girl of eight years, three and five-eighths yards of SG-inch material will be required. Sizes for 6, 8, 10 aa 12 years. This pattern will be sent to yon on receipt of 10 cents. Address all orders to the Pattern Department of this paper. Be sure to give mize and number of pattern wanted. For convenience, write your order on the following coupon: No 5834. SIZE. NAME ADDRESS. Australia's Prosperity. The London Statist says that tho total value of the exports of Australia in the period from 190G to 1910, inclusive, apart from any further expansion after the end of 1907, will amount to about $1,875,000,000, or, if no drought, probably more than $2,000,000,000 in contrast to only $803,000,0(70 In the five years from 1SSC to 1S90, a growth in only twenty years of from 150 to 180 per cent. weather fresh air is essential to the health of a child, particularly after bending for several hours over lessons. There should be no curling up on the lounge to read the minute after returning home, when the sun is out and there Is all outdoors to enjoy books should be reserved for rainy Saturdays. Regularity at meals should be insisted upon, and above all, regular hours for going 'to bed and rising In trie morning. A child rarely likes to get up any better than it likes to go to bed (very few older people do, either, one might add), but if the rule is made that tardiness one morning means earlier to bed the following night, the difficulty will soon be overcome if the cause Is really laziness. If the child seems languid and heavy-eyed in the morning, an earlier bedtime should be insisted upon, but if this does not remedy the symptoms a physician had better be consulted. It may be the diet; it may be worry over lessons; It may be the eyes or some other physical trouble, but an expert opinion will be best. When studying is done at night close watch must be exercised to gtiard the eyes and the back. In school good light and correct attitude-- while reading and writing are attended to if the teacher Ir conscientious, but at home all the good is lost if rules are lax. Sitting on one foot, too high a chair, leaning over the desk or table, fa-eing the light. holding a book too close to the eyes all these things must be avoided at home as well as at school. There are other things that the mother must look out for and prevent, as. for Instance, the habits of frowning, of fingering the face or mouth with soiled hands, biting the nails, rubbing the eyes, chewing lr-ad pencils or paper, and the thousand and one little faults so easily corrected In a child, but eo harmful if allowed to continue. Many a boy or girl In after life regrets that somebody did not correct that ugly habit of frowning contracted during school days and resulting in disfiguring creases In the forehead. Many a complexion has been hopelessly ruined by forbidden sweats, or by nervous excitement due to indigestion or overstudy. or both. The pores of the skin are enlarged and filled with Impurities by rubbing with unclean hands or pencils. Lips are thickened by pulling with the fingers, biting with the teeth or constant sucking at the much-offending pencil. Shapely hands are spoiled by nail-biting, ankles and limbs enlarged and twisted by incorrect sitting postures while studyingand, as for the eyes, what tales could the oculists tell of the imprudences committed during school days?

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