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Apple Saladâ€"Secure large red or green apples, with stems on if possible. ’Wash and polish them up. Cut off the tops with a. sharp knife and scoop out the centres. Cut the apple that has been scooped out in Small cubes add a stalk or two of celery and a handful of large green grapes. Cut all up in small pieces, and, if desired, a, few Eng- lish walnuts chopped fine. Mix all well with mayonnaise. Fill the cen- ters of the apples and place the top on each one. Garnish with lame grape leaves or lettuce. A bow of Apple Dumplings.â€"â€"Two cupfuls of flour, one large tablespoonful of lard, pinch of salt, one teaspoon; fu‘. of baking powder. Add milk enough to make a soft dough and roll out flat. Pare five or six tart apples, slice on dough, roll into a ball, and put into a pan. Take one and a. half cupfuls of sugar, one and a half cupfuls of water, a lit« tle nutmeg, let it come to a, boil, pour over thé dough dumplings, bake three-quarters of an hour in hot oven, keep covered the first fifteen minutes. New Sulad.-Arrange wisp let- tuce on each salad plate, and upon this grate a sufficient quantity of Roquefort cheese. Over this squeeze orange juice. Glace English Walnutsâ€"Sift two cupfuls of sugar with one-eighth teaspoonful of cream tartar. Add one cupful of boiling water, set sauce pan on the stove, and stir un- til sugar is dissolved. Boil without stirring. carefully wiping away with a swab wet in cold water the cry- stals that form on the sides of the pan, as these will spoil the candy. When the syrup begins to discolor remove and instantly set the pan in a dish of cold water to stop the boiling. Remove at once and set in pan of hot water during the pro- cess of dipping. Take halves of walnuts on a long pin or steel ske- wer and dip in syrup to cover, then place on oiled paper or greased plate: These candies are inexpen- sive and delicious but seldom seen even at the best confectioners. Fruit Salad.â€"Oneâ€"half dozen oranges cut in small pieces, one can pineapple, out fine, one pound Malaga, grapes seeded and sliced, one cup nuts, one large bunch cel- ery cut in cubes, one bottle of Maraschino cherries; sweeten the fruits a short time before serving, Pour all the juice off before putâ€" ting the dressing on. For this annount use one pint Whipped cream and into that mix the mayonnaise that two eggs would make. Mix all together. Serve very cold. This quantity will serve eight or ten. ground, oneâ€"fourth pound of salt pork; season with salt, pepper, sage and paprika; boil a calf’s tongue tender; put a layer of ground meat in deep oblong pan, then the cooked tongue (whole); then pack in rest of meat, cover top WiLA cracker crumbs, and bits of butter. and one-half cupful of boil- ing water; set pan with leaf in a roaster in which is enough water to steam; cook two hours; uncover fifteen minutes to brown. This dish is pretty when sliced. Quick Escallopcd Oysters. â€"- For one quart oysters use one quart hot milk, and one pint of cracker crumbs. Put a, heaping tablespoon- Iul butter in a. hot skillet, into which put the oysters until plump. Have three layers of crackers and two of oysters, pour the hot milk and mele butter over each layer of crackers, and season the oysters with salt and pepper. On top lay- e.‘ of crumbs put pieces of butter, and brown fifteen minutes in a hot oven. on the back of the stove; allow it to cook slowly, with sufficient milk to swell it. While this is cooking pick out three-fourths of a. cupful of black walnut meats, crush them with the rolling pin, make boiled custard of the yolks of three eggs, one-half oupful of sugar, and one quart of milk. When thick Enough beat in the rice (when soft), and the walnut meats. Let it cool and fla- vor with vanilla. Serve as dessert with whipped cream,-sprinkling wal- nut meats generously over the top. It also makes a delicious frozen des- sert. In case it is frozen place can- died cherries in a ring around the edge of the cup with nut meats in the center. Walnut Cream Dessertâ€"Put half a. cupful of rice in a double boiler FAVORITE RECIPES Hints for Busy Housekeepers. SALADS. Recipes and Other Valuable lnformntlcn 0! Particular Interest to Women Folks. To Clean Rugs.â€"â€"Lay them out straight and brush with a stiff dry scrubbing brush. You will be sur- prised at the amount of dirt to come out in this way, which is much bet- ter than shaking or bgating‘ Glass Water Bottles.â€"-â€"Cut up a. large potato fine and put it in the bottle with some warm water and shake it rapidly until it is clean. Some use shot and soda, but pota- to is even more effectual. Flatiron Helpâ€"When ironing try setting the iron on a heated brick instead of a perforated flatiron stand. The iron will keep hot much longer, which will save time. Celery.â€"If you find your celery is tough, squeeze the juice of a. le- mon over it and let it stand for ten or fifteen minutes. When boiling tongues add two cloves for each small or veal tongue, three or four for a larger tongue. The flavor will be found most de- licious. Use an empty bakipg powder can to chop cooked potatoes when they are fried or warmed over for sup- per. It is more quickly accomplish- ed than using a. knife. A bag of tennis flannel cut loosely to fit the broom and held in place by a. discarded round garter can be made in two or three minutes. Cut so the selvedge is at the top and there will be only two seams to sew across bottom and at one side. Such a. one costs but two or three cents. Dampen a. square of cheesecloth with a furniture polish made of equal parts of sweet oil, vinegar and kerosene. It will brighten the finest mahogany and makes floors and furniture look like newly waxed. Add a, few grains of rice t6 the salt when filling the shakers and there will be no clogged shakers, no matter how damp the salt be- comes. When a. recipe calls for both fruit and nuts, mix thoroughly before passing through the food chopper. There will be no clogging; asthere would be if the fruit is chopped alone. Salad Help.â€"If you run short of chicken when making salad take pork chops and cook them in the broth. They will- absorb the chick en flavor and look the same as the chicken. Potato Salad.â€"â€"Potato salad for four persons: Cook potatoes with skins on; use the ones that don’t burst open; peel and cut up rather fine. Three cupfuls of potatoes, tWo tablespoonfuls of chopped onâ€" ion, one tablevspoonful chopped green pepper, one level teaspoon- ful of salt, oneâ€"fourth teaspoonful of ground White pepper. Toss this lightly with a fork until well mix- ed. Dressing: One-half cupful of thick sweet cream, one-fourth cup- ful of vinegar. Beat vinegar into the cream a little at a time; pour over potatoes. Toss again lightly with fork. All ready to serve. in about three or four waters, after which placeAin a granite or earthâ€" en dish large enough to have plen- ty room to stir, then cut up a small onion fine over this and add a. tea.- spoonful of salt, a cupful and a half of vinegar, and to about two bunch- es of lettuce use oneâ€"half of a nick- el’s worth of fat bacon cut up fine and tried out, pour over all last while still 'hot and stir well and cut up leaves to about one-half their regular size. Best eaten while still warm, and is always well liked by those who do not like lettuce fixed with sugar and vinegar, an old re- cipe like mother used to make._ Lettfice Saladâ€"First pick over all the leaves and cut out the tough yeinis and bad spots, then wash well ribbon, any desired color, may be tied on each stem. This is an at- tractive salad, and adds greatly to make up a pretty luncheon. Do not prepare this salad until ready to serve. The ingredients may be kept cold in the icebox until ready to prepare. ’ Fruit Saladâ€"Five large apples, two bunches of celery, oneâ€"half cup- ful of pecan kernels, juice and pulp of one orange, juice of one lemon. Pare and dice apples, cut celery small, mix with pecans, pour over all the juice of orange and lemon mixed. Line a salad bowl with crisp lettuce leaves, heap salad in center, and serve. How little housekeepers know VINEGAR HELPS. LITTLE HELPS. These Pills are sold by all medi- cine dealers or will be sent by mail at, 50 cents a, box or six boxes for $2.50 by The Dr. Williams’ Medi~ cine 00., Brockville, Ont. V --_-........ A. “en Pills have done for me. For seven years before I began their use I was troubled with salt rheum. My hands and arms were nearly always a mass of torturing cracks and sores. I tried several doctors and spent a. great deal of money with- out getting any benefit. Indeed my hands seemed to be getting Worse all the time. Finally my bro- ther persuaded me to give Dr. Wil- liams’ Pink Pills a. trial and I am happy to say they have completely cured me. I used in all seven boxes and I would not be without them in _. -M..-ku u. AALVJ vouua. I hopé experience will be of benefit to some other sufferer from skin trouble.” A blemished skin, irritating sores, pimples, eczema, salt rheum and other skin disorders‘ are all signals of distress, telling that your blood is impure or week. You cannot cure eczema and other skin trou- ‘bles with ointments and outward applications. These things may give temporary relief, but cannot cure, because the trouble is rooted in the blood and can only be removed. by purifying and enriching the blood. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills speedily cure skin troubles because they en- rich, puriiy and build up the imâ€" poverished blood that caused the trouble. As they feed and cleanse the blood the skin grows fair, the 'bloom of health returns and new strength is found. No other medi- cine has ever had such wonderful results in curing all diseases due to had blood. Miss Elizabeth Gillis, Kensington, P.E.I., says :â€"”Words can hardly express how grateful I feel for what Dr. Williams’ Pink' & caseof this kind if they’vcgégâ€"five dollars a box instqad of fifty cents. ___V_-._._O _._,__-. Vinegar will remove paint stains from the window glass, and when boiled with wormwood it will make a sovereign remedy for sprains, while every child knows that when you make taffy you must add a teaâ€" spoonful of acid if you want your candy to be crisp. So don’t let the bottle get empty. 77â€"â€"~u _>A‘4| uuu ajlnv L») ILGIXKIUIIUU’ “Dc a little vinegar to soften it; it is far better than water. To remove hardened glue around the finished task. use vinegar, too, otherwise yo'npannot call your mending neat. When pickling do not expect to use jars in which greasy substances have been kept. If you do all your careful measurements will have been taken in vain, for vinegar can ferret out the slightest indication of grease, and your pickles will not keep. Should you go for the glue pot to mend a broken household treasure an?! find the glue is hardened, use Uannut be Cured by Salves ; flintmantsâ€"The Blood Must be Purified When cooking cabbage or other vegetables where the odorous steam is likely to permeate the house, a cup of vinegar allowed to simmer on the back of the stove will make an aroma which will neutralize the other» This is a nice bit of inforâ€" mation to remember. DISHGURING, TORTUR- ING SKIN TROUBLE about the chemical action of acids and the result they may obtain by the intelligent use at the provisions already in the house! .Take, for in- stance, vinegar. Surely every one’s cupboard conceals a bottle of'this useful acid, for the cook always needs it. But even some cooks do not know how useful it is in other ways beside supplying acid for the salad dressing. The Time to buy Taxicab Stock is now. We advise its purchase a! $6.00 per share. par value $5.00. Toromo’s Taxicabs, after slx months of actual working, hue proven that the stock can pay a dlvldend of 10% per annum or 2 %% quarterly. commends-m January 15!. 1910. Sufiscrfiptioas will be accepted up to'100 shares in the order received at this office; E. A. ENGLISH Every doilar invested In Taxicab Stock will be a worklng dollar. TAXICAB STOCK EARNINGS The fact that old forms of faith . were philosophically absurd, hisâ€" torically inaccurate, ,and even ethiâ€" callv unsound makes little differ- ence to the great mass of people so long as these faiths move their hearts, so long as they hold out and hopes that awaken longing and stir up the sluggish spirit with The average age of the commun- ity is becoming older, it was point- ed out by the president of the Royal Statistical Society recently. It is interesting to note that the age of marriage has also‘ the same ten- dency, says the London Daily Mail. According to the available returns as many as 40,000 girls marry in England in a year under the age of 21, that is in less than one-sev- enth of the marriages registered. Thirty years, a generation ago, more than one~fifth of the women marrying in a year were minors. Another interesting fact that seems to prove this tendency to lat- er marriages is provided by the fig- ures for the last decade. In 1907 the number of marriages of women between the ages of 21 and 25 were just over 6,000 more than in 1898, while the marriages of women be- Present Conditions in England and Those 3 Few Years Ago. You will never get a living relig- ion so long as you limit it to rea- son alone, for, after all, reasoning is simply the power to record and classify, examine, and analyze your impressions. We must keep our feet on the rational, but our eyes must see the inspirational, that which will awaken_the life of feelâ€" ing, quicken the pulse, and nerve MARRIAGE AGE IN ADVANCE The weakness of the modern and rational views of religion lies in the fact that, while they are emin- ently satisfactory to many thought- ful persons, especially to those of academic dispositions, they seem to lack in vital significance to the many; thev offer no great appeal- ing programme (f action; they in- vite neither indignation, aspiration nor endeavor. to be enjoyed or of present wrongs tojm righted. The religion that is all emotion, all feeling, is a paralyzing delusion. But the religion 'that is without feeling is a dead, helpless, deaden- ing,r thing. It is worthleSs to us and to our world unless it have in it those ideals and principles which can awaken in us greafg tides of feelâ€" ing, can stir our passions, kindle 0111 enthusiasms, and claim our un- reserved allegiance. Religion will be the poetry and idealism of our modern social think- ing. It will give to the barren, dried bones of the science of socioâ€" logy the quickening breath of a mighty emotion; it will compel it with a. sweep cf passionate feeling and convert if from dead theories and classified data, to a regenerat; ing saving power. ‘ any”. inucv. AA1., 1. One characteristic will certainly invariably mark the religion of the future. It will have, and, indeed, largely it will be, a passion for peo- ple, a. love of humanity. Its ulti- mate word will be love, not a mawkish sentimentality but an ear nest striving after the highest and best in condition and character for all our fellows. “I saw a new heaven and a new oapth.”â€"â€"Rev. xxi., 1. Weakness of the Modern and Ramona} ' Views o£ Religion OUR SLOW. DEVELGPMENT. loud (or our mun-mu Book-let VISIONS OF FELICITIES Adelaide a n d Victoria Streets TOR ONTO Thus spinster brides are nearly six months and widow brides four months older than those of a few years ago. Chronic Grumbler~“Here, wait- er, what are these chopsâ€"lamb or perk?” Waiterâ€"“Can’t you tell bv the taste 1" Chronic Grumbler â€"-“No.” Waiter-“Well, then, what difference does it make ‘2” The average or mean age of all spinsters who married in 1896 was 25 years and one month. This has advanced to 25 years and 6% months in the lest available returns. Widows at their second and third marriages are also older, having advanced from an average of 40 years 7 months to 40 years 11 months. To secure a lasting luster to the range or cook stove add vinegar to the stove polish. tween the ages of 25 and 30 increas~ edwby just over 12,000. Our modern" theology springs out o 1’ our humanity. We believe in a deity with the best attributes con- ceivable for ourselves, and we be- lieve in a. universe that will bear as its highest fruitage not angels nor harps, but man in his ripe pow- ers and a race living together in love, harmony. ahd growth into greater glory. And we come to be- lieve in a law of life in which wron townother is the greatest sin ang helpful, kindly love the fairest vir- tue. r Such an idealism becomes a pracâ€" tical working creed. One man may hold its premises in the will of a. loving God and another in the upâ€" ward dynamic of humanity. The premises are not so important as the conclusion, the goal. The ex- planations may differ, but the ideal, the hope, the aim, and the passion will be one. Men will gladly give themselves for the new heaven and the new earth as a realizable fact. When you begin to thka of CltV streets where no wail of sorrow surges, of homes where no dwarf»; ed lives, pinched faces, and bent hacks may be found; when you re- ligion turns to wipe the tears from the faces of the children, to lift the burdens from the weak, to set the bound free, and gives eyes to the blind and heart to the fainting, you may be sure it will lay hold of the deep places in man. ‘ It believes in an ideal man and an ideal humanxty, not in some dist- ant star but with us and of us here. The new faith is a. faith in the fu- ture. Accepting the doctrines of our slow development from lowli- est beginnings, it sees in this the prophecy of our greater growth, the hope of the coming man. It argues, if we have come so far we may yet A new note is coming into modern religion which meets that need. It is the result of our social thinking. The new faith catches its vision in a liberated, glorified, perfected hu- manity. It turns from disputations over an ancient literature to ask,” how can we make our modern liv’ ing what it ought to be? It cares only for the history that is for the sake of the humanity that'is to be. the heart, that to which we will an swer, without conscious process 0! reasoning, saying, this is right and nothing else will satisfy my soul. GO MUCH FARTHER HENRY F. COPE.