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First Aid For The Lunch-Box. In nearly every home, at some time or other, lunch boxes are a necessity and the vexing problem has worried many a housewife. When the man of the house needs to carry his lunch the problem is not much different from the one presented by the chil- dren’s lunch, although the chief fac-i tors to be considered is the kind of work the man is doing and to furnish him withthe necessary food that will supply the essentials he needs. In selecting suitable boxes in which to can-y the lunch, consideration must be made for the things you intend to send in the lunches. The man’s lunch box should be substantial and ample to hold a good sized lunch. The} children like to change the style and color of their boxes occasionally sci that 300d firm caidboard boxes will answer very nicely. It is well to keep on hand plenty of plain. white paper napkins. Colored napkins are apt to fade off badly on the things in the box and give a sad- lookmg appearance to the lunch. An- other necessary is paraffin paper. A thermos bottle meets the problem of keeping coffee, chocolate and even cream 'soups piping hot and these things add much to the otherwise cold meal. Where a themes bottle is not available for the hot dripk-s a good heavy bottle may be made to answor for the purpose. Individual porcelain cups, are nice to use for desserts, baked beans, cus- tards and many things which cannot be sent without a dish. For sandwiches many kinds of bread «and fillings may be used. Day- _ Old broad will cut to better advantage and make better sandwiches than fresh and is much better for the digestion. The broad should be cut about one quarter of an inch thick in oblongs, rounds, diamonds and even heart shapes to lend a little change to the “looks.” Grown-ups as well as the children enjoy finding odd~shapeo sandwiches with unknown fillings and it takes only a few minutes longer to cut them. In packing the lunch, place the thing-s to be eaten last in the box first and the things which naturally would he wanted first on the top of the box. Too many fixings in the box is not good. Better have three things to- day and a complete change to-morrow ‘ than to have to repeat to-morrow. In preparing the desserts for din- ner to-day, plan ahead for the litâ€" , tle dessert cups for the lunches toâ€" ‘ Morrow. them and set them aside all ready for packing in the morning. Try to make the lunch hour a hap- py one for the absent ones by adding, zest and interest in the unexpected contents of the lunch box. This is easily accomplished by adding one new feature or dish each day, some- thing different and not repeating day otter day the same harddboiled-egg- oold-meat-and-abread variety too often met with in the average lunch box. It is Wise to keep a proper balance, of foods in the lunch. For example’ if the sandwich filling is of meat, plan’ a simple fruit dessert; or if the san-d~. wich is a sweet filled pne, use the cus- tard pudding, gelatine desserts, baked beans or something more hearty for 1 ham, beef hash, bologna, veal salads. baked beans, minced egg, apple and celery salad, tuna salad, olives and green peppers, brown sugar, peanut butter, jelly, jam. maimalade, honey, molasses, lettuce and salad dressing, raisins and corn syrup, salmon salad, minced chicken. Fruits: Oranges, apples, figs, dates, bananas, raisins. 1 Cakes: Cup cakes, spice, cinnamon rolls, raised doughnuts, sugar cookies, icoffec cake, ginger snaps, graham crackers, cream pufl's, ginger breadr, oatmeal cookies, chocolate cookies. Soups: Cream of pea, cream of celâ€" ery, bean, chicken with rice, cream of corn, clear tomato thickened. Puddings: Cclatine with fruit, bread ‘with raisins, rice, tapioea, chocolate. Other desserts: Cup custards, jun- ket, baked apples, canned fruit. Drinks: Milk, chocolate, buttermilk, coffee. Extras: Pulled rice balls, pop corn . , _ - ~ la _ V balls, nuts, candy, sweet ChOLO to ‘mpact was ‘mmssib‘e' and as the. p: 1 bars, seedless raisins, 'celery. Recipes for any of the above will be sent by mail if request d5 accom- panied with sufficient postage for mailing. l i Prolonging Shoe Serivce. I Unless you are an invalid and have ilittle use for substantial foot covers ings, your shoe bill probably amounts to a good deal, and you are more than anxious, now that shoes have gone soaring Skyward, to get all the wear possible for your expenditure. Most people abuse their shoes, and so get less service than they should. As a woman's appearance is judged in a measure by the condition of her 'shoes and gloves, she cannot afford ‘to wear shabby article-s if she can help it. For black shoes a bottle of polish, a bottle of vaseline, a pair of shoe trees, and a bit of old cloth are a 'necessary equipment. As soon as the shoes are taken off they should be put on the shoe trees so that creases and wrinkles are straightened out while the shoe is still warm. Before they are worn again, or as often as necesâ€" sary, a little of the vascline s'lroutd be rubbed into the surface of the kid or leather to keep them soft and pliable, and the edges of the soles and heels should be blackened neatly. Os- casionally the Shoe itself may need polishing, but the frequent treatment of vaseline will" prevent cracking and lengthen the life of the leather. If the shoe is wet it should be dried Make enough more 170 finial: a distance from the fire, so as not to harden or crackle the leather. When it is dry it should be treated with the vaseliine promptly. Colored or white shoes are not difâ€" ficult to keep in order if they are giv- en. regular attention. For most. of these it is desirable to have a bot: tlc of cleaning fluid especially intend- ed to clean without destroying the color. A little soap and water, or gasoline used away from the fire, are often useful 3130. When the shoe is perfectly clean it should be dressed with a tan, brown, gray, or bronze dressing, as the case may be, and careful attention given to the heels and the edges of the shoes. Shoes last longer if they are not worn every day, but one pair altern- I the other dish. When the lunch is planned, packed and all ready to close, slip into the corners a few nuts, simply shelled or salted or a few pieces of candy or? maple sugar to “top off with.” These nun-ks the whole complete. The following little table of First Aids for the lunch box may be cut out, mounted on cardboard and hung up for reference in planning the family lunches, . Bread for sandwiches: Wheat, brown, nut, nut brown, oatmeal, rye, raism. ; Fillings for sandwiches: Minced m Free to Boys MODEL STEAM ENGINE Runs like sixty. Spurting steamand making as much fuss as though it were running the‘ electric light plant at your town. Has brass lacquered boiler. with saftey valve. blued stool firebox, with spirit burners. and blued l steel chimney. All running parts of best quality metal. Send us your name and We will send you 40 packages or our lovely emboss- ed St. Patrick and Easter Postcards to sell at 10 cents a. package. Vi'hen sold. send us the money and we will send You the steam engine. with all charges prepaid. HOMER-WARREN 00. am. 47. 1010320 ated with another that the leather may “rest.” Rubbers which have begun to break at the heel should be taken at once to a repair man. A perfectly good heel can be made attention is given in time, and that, too, at small cost. .._.â€"~_.¢â€".â€"._..â€" _ HUN HAD FOUND PICTURE Curious Story of Photograph of Pte. Lanchottj’s Family. Nearly four years ago Mrs. Lan- chetti, of Toronto, sent a postcard group photograph of herself, her hus-l band and two daughters to her son, Pte. Frank Lanehetti, with the 75th Batt. in England, then on his way to v France. He was wounded on Aug. 4 last year after much hard fighting and now lies in hospital in England slowly recovering from wounds in the back. His father has gone to see him. -Pte. Lanchetti was born in London,, England, and is now but 24 years of age. The other day Mrs. Lunchetti re- lceived from No. 512400, B. Lunau, a Toronto boy with the Canadian troops in Bonn, Germany, the picture “’ linenâ€"linens _ [wind tossed and buffeted the machine ‘f‘likc some frail boat on a howling, (ll Alli PillllS mucixo A MOUNTAIN AND OTHER EXPERIENCES- _. ISuch as a Flight With an Eagle and Having Ono’s Machine Intel'- lockcd With a Hun Plane. To barge into a mountain is not altogether a common experience of the air. but this is what happened to :FllEhtâ€"Commander A. W. Waistcll when he was returning from a bomb- Ing raid. The gallant airman had set'out to ibomb Chanak, and he. reached his ob- Jective in safety. Having dropped ‘hIS "eggs." and evaded the attention 30f the anti-aircraft gunners below, he {turned for home. The night had lgrown intensely dark, however. SO that it was impossible to See very circumfiances would permit, Flight- Commander Waistell continued the flight. Then of a sudden a huge mass darker even than the night itself loomed up before him. To avoid the 1 machine crashed it caught fire, throw- ing a lurid glow over the side of the mountain into which the unfortunate pilot had barged. Although badly in- jured about the face and knees, the flight-commander managed to get clear of the burning wreckage, and with wonderful endurance and tom gacity made his way back to the aero- ‘drome from which he had set out, to report the result of the raid. Objected to Trespassers. For his bravery he. was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, and .it is doubtful if a war honor has ever before been awarded as the outcome of such a strange incident. It was not very long before the war that a French aviator, M. Gilbert, during the air race from Paris to Madrid, was challenged by an eagle to a desperate struggle for suprem- acy near San Sebastian. Gilbert did not lose his nerve. He managed to get at his revolver, and was thus enabled to frighten the eagle away. A unique incident, which ended in the capture of a German air prisoner, befell a French aviator in the course of an aerial combat with the enemy. ‘ The two atagonists mgnoeuvrcd this way and that for battle advantage. Suddenly the Frenchman, believing himself to be in an excellent position, dived on the tail of the black-crossed machine. The German attempted to avoid the onslaught, with the result that the French machine spun vio~ lently, and the tail got stuck between the wings of the Hun ’plane. In quite a neat spiral the inter- locked machines camc crashing into some trees. Neither pilot happened to be hurt, and so ludicrous was the situation that each burst into fits of hearty laughter before the Bochc was marched off as a prisoner. Trouble With the Clouds. Clouds have been the cause of many a thrilling experience to a pilot. On one occasion the late Major “Jimmy” ‘McCuddcn, V.C., on returning from a reconnaissance, ran into a huge bank of cloud that had come up sud- denly and taken him unawares. He commenced to make an effort to climb above it, but it scemed without limitations. There was nothing for it but to plunge right into the cloud. The rain beat- in his face, and the angry sea. To add to the confusion, the compassâ€"needle swung round and round, so that all idea of direction was lost. When he believed he had continued his flight sufficiently long, he put the nose of the machine down, and des- cended to an altitude of about 1.500; feet. Whistling, shrieking bullets l GARDEN, F‘i'ELo, let entitled “Making the Garden Pay.” HARRY’S SEED STORE D t. H 360 Dot-Chester Set? W., Montreal, Que. PRliiil Mhdfifidlfi I."- she had sent to her son. On the back he wrote that he had got the picture from a “Fritz” and had for~ warded it to the family address on the back. I It apparently had been lost on the battlefield by Pts. Lanchetti, picked up by the German and recovered by Lunau. ' hâ€"paâ€"Hâ€"«o The tatad' number of V.C.’s awarded to Canadians is 6?. x We pay the best price for Spring Muskrats Send any Furs you have. You are assured of satisfaction in price and treatment. ABBEY FUR COMPANY i 310 St. Paul St. W., Montreal, Que. n... mmmmna" In business for 30 years Reference: Bank 0! Hoc‘nelaga, St. Henry. 3 m. far ahead. As cautiously as existing ' out of your land. Don't let it go. heavy for some years longer. I ‘5 ' i Our expert chemists compound them only on actual know- suggest a “ShunGain" Fertilize paying investment [or you. mâ€"avoid uncertain delivery by to-day. GUNNS LIMITED iityhdesded New The heavy war time production demands have taken a lot Remember your soil's fertility is your capital. Food crop requirements will undoubtedly remain ledge of Canadian requirements. ditlon may be or what crops you wish to provide for, we can Prices must stay firm for this season WEST TORONTO, ONTARIO uvest in biotin-Gain” Fertiiaer No matter what your soil con- r that is bound to be a heavily writing for prices and Booklet -=.‘~<J.I.,,-.,.. . .' went racing past him, and he heard the rocket of hammers from the ma- chine guns below. So into the howl- ing tumult of cloud he turned again. When next he emerged it was be- hind the British lines; but he conâ€" fessed that he would have much fire- ferred meeting any number of the enemy to undergoing that battle with‘ the elements. Mysteries of the Air. The air also holds its mysteries. Not yet has it given up the secret of Cecil Grace or Gustav Hamel. To the‘ list of such secrets of the air must be added the case of Capt. Pictonll Warlow. It was towards the close of 1914 that the Bleriot twoâ€"seater monoplane was discarded by the military author- ities as being too slow in climbing with the full military load. Such ’buses of this type as could be spared from service at the Front, and were serviceable for school purposes, were allowed to be flown back by officers coming on leave. With a sufficient supply of petrol to last him for twice the distance of his intended flight, Captain Wax-low, after testing the aeroplane with a short “flip,” set out for England. The weather was fine at the time, with a certain amount of low-lying cloud. Never since has he been heard of. We must wait until the sea gives up its dead. “0.... Currant Trees vs. Bushes. Are you planning to set any cur-rant bushes this spring, or thin out and re- novate currant bushes needing such improvement ‘! Hereafter I intend to have all my currents grow in tree form instead of in bush form. Currants grown on shrub-like trees are easier picked, and there is considerably less labor in keeping the ground free of weeds than is the case when this fruit is grown in the usual clump form of bushes. Also, the shrub-like current trees are orna- mental as well as useful, and they can be made to add to the attractiveness of the grounds about the home. To secure the tree form, I start the slips from a single cutting, or else remove all buds but one from the cut- ting. Even then new buds will some- times develop, causing side sprouts, which,‘unless carefully destroyed, will form separate roots and result in bushes instead of the tree form “antâ€" ed. Unless the grower intends to give his currants close attention and the best of care, he will gain nothing by growing them in tree form. But for a select special trade [he fruit can be easier thinned, and more sunlight and air admitted to the fruit, which aids in getting higher quality and larger sized berries. Since war requirements cut down our sugar allowance, the currant has been somewhat under a cloud; but this fruit will come back into popular favor. One trouble with currants as grown of late years has been neglect to keep the bushes opened up to the sunlight and air. The overthick clumps of bushes have yielded small fruit of extreme acid flavor. My plan of training the entrants in tree form has nearly doubled the. size of the berries, and the flavor is also so much better and milder as to make our different varieties of red currents much appreciated as a break- fast dish with only the lightest pos~ sible sprinkle of sugar.~S. A. ._.(c_ I..a.ke Huron holds the curious re; cord of having more islands than any other lake, It has at least 8,000. Winnipeg war veterns want un- naturalized enemy aliens returned to the 'lands from which they migrated. :NEws on ENGLAND NEWS BY MA“. ABOUT JOHN BULL AND HIS PEOPLE. -â€" Occurrences In the Land Th8, Reigns Supreme in the Com- , menial World. Britain has alreadylsent a vessel of six thusaond tons, containing grain, .to be sown in Serbia. ‘ A shrine has been consecrated at. ‘Dover in memory of 300 officers and men of the trawler and mine sweep- .ers’ section of the Dover patrol. i Admiral Sturdee unveiled a menus ’ment to the memory of 130 naval ratings Who were killed in an enemy air raid on Chatham Naval Barracks ;in September. Lady Lincolnshire has given one thousand guineas towards the War _Hospital, which is being built at High Wyecombe. ' . From 1915 to 1918, the Isle oi Thanet underwent one hundred and nineteen air raids and bombardmenta [by the Germans. A giant aeroplane, named the Go- liath, of 1000 horse power, to carry twenty people, will be used as an aerobus between London and Paris. The Leeds Chamber of Commerce have taken in hand the establishment of an international air station at Leeds. The Royal South Bucks Agricul‘ tural Association will resume their annual ploughing matches after a lapse of five years. Princess Patricia of Connaugh lopened the annual sale of the Police Court Mission held at Kensington Town Hall. H. Playford, steward of the North- wood Golf Club, has one brother, a sailor, and eight brothers soldiers, seven of whom have been wounded. It is no longer necessary to have a town work in Britain.’ The Cunard Steamship Company have placed orders with Vickers' tion of new liners. For cutting the uppers of women’s ,boots more than seven inches high 1a Bethnal Green shoemaker was fined £20. A consignment of bananas which jarrived recently in London is being ‘retailed to the public at fourpencc a banana. ‘ ' FREE TO GIRLS BIG D0111". AND DOLL CARRIAGE This his: (1011 is 15 in- .- . ches tall. has jointed legs . -; and arms and natural ‘ .‘ head. hands and feet. The Doll Carriage has steel frame and wheels. and the seat, back and hood are made of leatherette. It is 24 inches high and is just the right 31:5 for the big Doll. [1 Just send us your " name and address and we will send \ you 30 packages of f. our lovely embossed -" St. Patrick and East- or Postcards to sell _ 10 cents a package. \\ hen they are sold send . us our monevund we will send you the Bigr Doll. with all charges pre- paid. and We will also send you the Doll Carriage without any charge it you will show your Doll to your friends and get I Just three of them to sell our goods and earn prizes. too. 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