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i". In order to meet a wide-spread decided to open 9 SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION at its Head Office, 137 McGiil Street, Montreal, under its immediate and authoritative control. the first of its kind in Canada. L'nrivuiled oppor- tunities for travel are offered to young men with ambition and energy who desire to ado t Wireless Operating as a profession. Instructor is in char 8 of the School and a Sta dard An experience Marconi Ship Set is in use for p’ractICa Enrol immediately for the Fall Session. classes. MARGONI WIRELESS TEL 1 About the House Selected Recipes. Pumpkin Preservesâ€"Make a rich Syrup. Peel and slice pumpkin m Chips about 1% inches long and 1/4 inc}! thick. Cook pumpkin in the Syrup until clear. When about half done slice in a lemon to each quart of Pumpkin and finish cooking. Seal in glasses. Canned Pearsâ€"Steam pears in a colander till tender. Have ready a syrup to which you have added two or three cloves; add the pears and cook slowly till transparent. The syrup and fruit will have apink cast and‘ taste much better than those much have not had the cloves added. Mustard Picklesâ€"One gallon vine-i gar, two cups sugar, one cup salt, one cup ground mustard. Wash fresh, new, cucumbers and drain. Then‘ 'pour the above mixture over them. Use a stone jar that has never had lard in it. They will be ready to use in one week. ‘ Nut and Potato Ballsâ€"To four cup- i‘uls mashed and seasoned potatoes add one cupful choppend walnut meats one tablespoonful minced parsley and. whites of two eggs. Add a little‘ milk if necessary. Make into balls and roll each ball in chopped walnut meats, then in beaten yolks of eggs, and again in walnut meats. Fry in deep fat. Lamb Ch0p with Peasâ€"Two quarts fresh peas, six lamb chops, one teaâ€" spoonful salt, one~fourth teaspoonful pepper, juice of one and one-eighth lemons, one teaspoonful corn starch, one teaspoonful onion juice if desired. Brown lamb chops, add peas and sea- sonings and boiling water to cover. Boil until peas are tender and meat done about thirty minutes. Remove 5 the chops and thicken the gravy with the corn starch moistened in cold wa- ter Add lemon juice, arrange chops on a platter, and pour peas around ‘ them. l Cucumber Cutsup.â€"Twelve largel ripe cucumbers. Four medium-sized onions. Peel the cucumbers and re- move all seeds. Grate the cucumbers and chop the onions fine. Mix well. together. Put it in bag and let drain 1 over night. In the morning squeeze out all the remaining water. The juice from the cucumber must be well ' removed in order to preserve the pulp. Then moisten this pulp with vinegar until about the consistency of horse-‘ radish. Add pepper and salt to taste. Seal in air-tight jars. It will keep indefinitely and will retain the fresh cucumber taste till the last. This is a delicious meat rclish. Tomato Jolly Saladâ€"One can tom- atoes, two tablespoons granulated gclatin, one-half cup cold water, two teaspoons salt, one piece bay leaf, three peppercorns, one teaspoon sug- ar, one slice onion, three cloves, one green pepper, one cucumber pickle. . Soak gelatin in cold water until soft. Cook tomatoes, bay leaf, peppercorns, sugar, onion and cloves for twenty minutes. Strain and add salt. Pour hot liquid ovcr softened gelatin and stir until dissolved. Add green pep- per and pickle, chopped fine. Pour into wet molds or cups. Serve cold , on lettuce leaves or cress with mayon- i muse. dellicd Soup.â€"- Iced bouillon is mighty refreshing on ahot day. To a quart of the beef bouillon add a‘ level teaspoonful of white gelatine, dissolved in a small quantity of the cold broth. Season to taste, using salt. pepper, paprika. a bit of celery salt and onion. Heat over a slow fire, but do not boil. Strain. Cover and leave standing by the ice for five or six hours. It may be served in small bowls with a slice of lemon on the top. Or parsley may be used. It is not necessary to have the soup like jelly, it should be just slightly “jel-: lied." Half strained tomato juice and half bouillon may also be used with ; very good results. Stufl'ed Green Peppersâ€"Soak firm Great Opportunity WIRELESS OPERATORS las covers. . I cabbage to fill the cavities and mix. with it oneâ€"fourth part of chopped‘ demand the Marconi Company has instruction. Day and cunning “'rite for prospectus. EGRAPH 60.0F CANADA LIMITED Useful Hints and General Informa- tion for the Busy Housewife green peppers for twenty-four hours in brine strong enough to float an egg. Cut off the tops, saving them to serve Chop enough firm white celery, grcen cucumbers or green tomatoes, sprinkle with salt and let stand for four hours, then drain ina colander. one-half teaspoonful whole mustard seed and three tablespoonfuls olive oil. Then fill the peppers, place cov- ers on top and tie firmly with fine twine. Place peppers in parcelain- lined pan, cover with warm vinegar and let stand overnight. Next day pour off vinegar, reheat and again turn over the peppers. Pack in lay- ers in large stone jar and cover, and in six weeks they will be ready for the table. For a sweet pickle sugar is added to the vinegar when it is scald- ‘ ed. Things Worth Rememberino'. A flannel dipped in turpentine will clean a porcelain tub well. Too much starch will cause linen to crack in the folds. Bananas are more digestible baked than in their natural state. Ether is a very good thing for re- moving stains from clothing. When ironing linen, move the iron with the threads, never diagonally. It is never economy to buy cheap eggs or meat. Only the best is good food. Make more use of cheese by pro- viding savory cheese dishes instead of too many sweet puddings. If there is a pool near that breeds mosquitoes, stock it with tadpoles; .they will destroy the mosquitoes. If a few drops of vinegar are added to the water in which eggs are poached the whites will not spread. A rice pudding that is cooked slowly and long will be richer and of better flavor than if cooked quickly. Restore the flavor of scorched milk by standing it in a pan of cold water to which a pinch of salt: has been ad- ded. If there is any corn bread ,from breakfast, soak it in milk and make up into griddle cakes the next morning. Green vegetables can be freshened by cutting off the ends of the stalks and all untidy, decayed bits and put- ting into cold salt water for three or four hours. An excellent household remedy for burns is olive oil or vaselinc. The great thing is to exclude the air from the burned surface. and this the oil will do. The feet of young chickens can be‘ easily skinned by pouring boiling water over them; they can then be skinned and boiled, and you will have . a delicious broth. There is no more efficacious way of removing finger marks from wood- work, window panes or porcelain than by wiping them with a cloth moisten- ed with kerosene. When giving sticky medicines to children, heat the spoon by dipping it for a moment in hot water then pour in the medicine and it will slip easily‘ from the spoon. Vegetables that can be cooked the ‘ day before serving and reheated with- 'out loss of flavor are the following: spinach and potatoes that you intend creaming. string beans, tomatoes, asparagus, Cut the fingers and thumb off any old paid of kid gloves and sew the top up according to the size of the toe of the baby's shoe. Pad with wadding and button over the boots or shoes baby is wearing. You will find it a great saving when baby is creeping about for baby’s shoes will not wear so fast. fl . We wouldn’t mind conceit half so much if the self-satisfied man actual- ly tried to live up to his high opin- f himself. lOll 0 RUSSIA IN THE SUMMER TIME VERY MUCH HOTTER THAN IT IS IN ENGLAND. Russians All Live Free-and-Easy Out- door Lives in Warm Weather. I suppose it will surprise many people to learn that Russia has a hot summer, hotter than the usual sumâ€" mer in England, more sunshine, bluer ckics. It is this which explains the rush of townsfolk every end of May to the country writes Hamilton Fyfe from Petrograd. They will no stay in the towns. They say it is unhealhy. They speak Add one chopped onion,. left‘ ;hot weather which is not, you must understand, so hot as all that! Still, jMoscow is detestably dusty and the ,Pctrograd canals smell Worse than iusual, and for all reasons it is pleas- Ianter to be in the country. So off go all who can to their “datchas” (sum- .mcr homes) to enjoy the sunshine and the clear sky and the soft, warm airs that are blown from the sunâ€" ‘baked south. It takes a long time to get rid of winter. Well into April, sometimes jinto May, he keeps his grip on the rivers, the earth is still under snow. ‘Gradually the snow melts, the ice breaks up and floats away. The dark earth appears and very quickly looks as if it had been lightly dusted over ;with a green powder. It recovers ‘quickly, for the snow has kept it lwarm. The trees are not so soon themselves again. They have been exposed to the cruel swinds, the sav- age, silent, paralyzing frosts. For a 1month after winter has gone they Igare black and bare. Life comes back :to them only when they have been .well warmed by the sun. Last year they were not in leaf until June. Much Outdoor Life. There is a passion in the summer here. One only feels this in countries which have a long, hard winter. The earth seems to rejoice in its freedom. There is a luxuriance of growth which is scarcely known in England, a sud- den rush of life, a glory of light and warmth and splendor. Ask any Rus- sian living abroad what he most misses and he will tell you “The White Nights.” All through June, with a little overlapping on either side of it, sunset and sunrise are so near together that there is no dark- ness. Last night I was sitting out of doors reading at eleven o’clock. We dine at halfâ€"past eight, and after strolling about the garden, or watch- ing the after-glow flame in the sky and reflect its glory in the Gulf of Finland, we say, “It must be getting late.” Someone looks at a watch. It is midnight! Who could have guess- ed it? We go reluctantly to bed, our rooms quite light still, until with hesi- tating hand we draw curtains over the windows. It seems a shame to shut out those wonderful “White Nights." It is a happy life, that of the Rus- sian “datchnik” (“datcha" dweller). Very simple and primitive, utterly different from English country-house llife. To begin with “datchas” as a for summer habitation. All winter most of them stand empty. When they are to be occupied again serv- ants go'down, light fires, clean them up. Then the furniture is sent by road, piled up on carts. Not too much of it. Just enough for comfort. Ap- pearances are not considered. No Formality. lives out of doors as much as possible or on glassedâ€"in balconies which are but one slight remove from the open A 811'. benches, both in the garden, if there ‘is one, and in the road. Upon these ‘it is customary to sit and talk for hours. Dress is sketchy, and often scanty. Meals are at odd times, and can be prolonged or cut short at will. For example, a Russian hostess will ‘cook has anything else to give us," ,or it may be, “Never mind about the chickens and the souffle, Masha. Just bring us tea. We have had enough to eat.” ' Most English people, accustomed to the formality and state of our coun- try houses (delightful also in their way), would be revolted by the go- as-you-please life of the “datcha.” But it is of a piece with everything else. With the wild gardens, grow- ing as they please, letting nature be their gardener. With the sergeants so smiling and friendly and cheerful, but, .judged by our standards, so in- ARE cram S A _- N0 sutures; ‘ ALL DEALERS G.C.Briggs & Sens HAMILTON !as if all the plagues raged during the rule are wooden houses, only meant, -There is no state or ceremony. One. Outside every “datcha” are set. lsay to the parlor maid “See if the; 0 Escape the Mai T â€"sow your wheat late destructive to young whe broods. Your own Exper this. ’IH that enter the winter ’l‘O hasten growth to overcom 2 per cent. of ammonia. to the fly. In F‘armcrs' Bulletin No. 640, ture, fertilizers are recommen \Vrite for our map showing b your locality ; both mailed free. $011 improvcm competent. With the free-ambcasy ,manners of the “datchniki,” deter- mincd to make their summer as com- plete a contrast as possible to their winter existence in town. From sealed houses. breathe as little fresh air as they can. Their com- plexions grow wax-like, their eyes dull. From May till August they get as near nature as they can. Instantly their appearance alters. They look healthy and strong. They feel vigâ€" orous and normal. All the result of fresh air. “Bum LAMB” u can Esau REVIVAL OF AGRICULTURE IN OLD LAND. hermetically take no exercise, Repopulau'on of the Rural Districts Has Already Begun. One of the effects of the war will be seen in a great revival of agricul- :tural life in England and the United .Kingdom. The outbreak of the con- ent on foreign commerce for four- fifths of their food supply, barring meat, of which between 67 and 70 per Associated Press correspondent. The motto of a few years “Back to the Land,” thus has given, ‘way to the slogan, “England must‘ feed herself.” Lord Selborne, the leader of the crusade, declares that, the attainment of this obect is the‘ country’s sacred duty, and he empha-, sizes the point that the farmer can, I do as much for the country as the sol- . dier in the trenches. Plans for the great reform include: a number of important measures that. are to be put into effect at the earli- est possible moment. Land for Soldiers. repopulation of the rural The War1 1. The districts and afforestation. ,Office has just consented to the cx-‘ change of many of the older men, who in the earlier days of the war left farm work for the firing line,‘ for men between 19 and 30 to take their places at the front. 2. The setting aside of thousands of acres for the settlement on the co-‘ operative plan of England's soldiers and sailors after the war. This ex-, pediency is provided for by the} Smallholding Colonies Act, now half’[ way through Parliament. The‘ scheme will provide for model vil-: lages, better housing, with a garden to every cottage, reading rooms, libraries and good schools. Con-i ceived by Lord Selborne, the idea has aroused so much enthusiasm that ‘a wide demand has been made for in-l creasing the land to be devoted to it, 3 j. :by almost as much again as is speci-‘ ified in the bill. l 3. The importation of natives from! lSouth Africa for agricultural ; of labor during the remainder the raised to this that there is little I likelihood of its being adopted. Immediate Solution. It is believed that the plan for; bringing back soldiers from the front! Win Against the Hessian Fly E Best Wheat Yields come from plants own experience will tell you this. Win Against the Fly, seed late, feed the crop with available fertilizers which will vigor with consequent resistance to later broods. Use 200 to 400 pounds pe‘ acre containing at least not give the necessary quick growth and resistance crops and resistance to tho iiesslan Fly. also our Bulletin, "WHEAT PRODUCTION,” OF THE Nalionai Fertilizer Association CHICAGO Dept. 175 BALTIMORE September to May they live in almost = They I .flict caught the British Isles depend-l cent. is produced at home, says anv ago ! lenthusiast on his large .erally to the .country more war,‘ : 1'. though so many objections have been‘ ,7 n Attack of the Fly . The early brood is most at and provides for future iment Station will tell you strong and vigorous. Your c the late start, and secure Acid phosphate alone does U. S. Department of Agricul- dcd to give vigor to late sown est dates for sowing wheat in cut Committee will have the effect of providing suf- ‘ ficient farm labor practically imme- diately. In announcing the War Of- fice’s consent to the transfers, an ex- pert told the Agricultural Society. that in England and Scotland, as well as in Ireland, the farms in many dis- tricts had fallen far below their mini- mum needs in the matter of labor. The tendency to regard more seri- ously the country’s capacity. for growing larger crops is illustrated by ‘the figures of the wheat, barley and oats crops in England and Wales. Wheat and oats were‘grown in larger quantities, though the barley crops were much smaller. There were 5,- 489,939 acres devoted to the three cereals in England and Wales in 1915, an increase of 248,044 acres as compared with 1914. The greatest increase in acreage was devoted to wheat, or 2,170,170 acres in all, the .figure representing an increase of l362,672 acres, 20 per cent. greater than in 1914, and 25 per cent. greater than during any of the years between 1905 and 1915. Every country re- turned increased areas, the total for Wales of 1,123 acres (31 per cent.) Ibeing the greatest. Ready Response. The returns for 1915 give 2,088,047 :acres under oats, an increase of 158,- ‘421 acres as compared with 1914, but {only 24,869 acres above the average ‘for the past ten years. The whole of this increase was in England. The ,reduction of the areas under barley iamounted to 168,421 acres, the total 5acreage of 1,231,722 being the low- est yet recorded. Perhaps to no individual as much as to the Earl of Selborne is due the credit of bringing home to the people of all classes the importance of tak- ing prompt means of making the country more nearly selfâ€"supporting in foodstuffs. In all of his addresses in recent years has has laid stress on the point. A practical farmer and and fertile tract in Hampshire, he has been able to meet the objections of opponents ‘of expert knowledge to the great ad- vantage of his crusade. “I have been highly gratified by the ready response of the people gen- idea of making the self-supporting from the soil,” he said. “I have made my plea for the cultivation of the soil on the grounds of patriotism; the farm- ers and laborers came forward first to meet the emergency, and then the a girls and women from the villages and even citiesâ€"some of the best type of women, including many of independ- ent means, answering my call out of pure, unadulterated patriotism. “The spirit of the people here is aroused, and, as usual, when that is so the desired result is bound to follow." Storage Batteries Generators Magnetos Starters Send them for prompt Repairs to CANADIAN S '1‘ 0 B A G E BATTERY C0,. LIMITED 117 stmooe St" Toronto. Willard Agents.