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When a woman has.a Well-planned, well-fitted kitchen, where she can ac- complish a great deal of work with the least pOSSible efl'ort, she has time and str th left for other activities of home a d community. The “efficient" kitchen should face south and east or south and wesz. Then sunlight, absolutely necessary to sanitation, can enter the kitchen' at all hours of the day. Since the kit- c'hen is the room where the food is prepared for the table, it should be the most sanitary room in the house. The pathway to other rooms should not lead through the kitchen. This reduces cleaning. A service porch should connect the kitchen and the back hall. Where such provision .is made, not more than two doors will be needed. It is best for the window ledge to be above the working surface of the sinks and tables as this leaves the wall-space for furniture. The win- dows should reach to the ceiling and be ogen full width or arranged to be lower "from the top and raised from the b0 tom to allow the quick escape of hot air. Hot, moist air exhausts the one who has to work in it. A hood over the range will aid in re- moving heat, smoke and odors. The size of the kitchen depends on the number of workers and the use to which the kitchen must be put. A small kitchen with every inch of wall space given to cupboards or working surfaces, saves effort and time. An alcove dining space ‘built in a small kitchen will save many steps. A kitchen cannot be sanitary unless the walls are washable. Light paint is best, 'but varnished wall paper, imi- tation. tile paper, or oilcloth are good. If the equipment used in preparing meals is kept together, also the equipment for clearing away meals, much time will be saved. The most used utensils may well be permanent- ly grouped on a few shelves over the kitchen table, the sink, or near the stove. Linoleum is the best floor covering because it saves time and strength and reduces the jar in walking. Any k' hen can be improved by re- arrange ‘t but the best type is the one planned to suit the work and the workers. The refrigerator, which should be near the work table, should be built so that it can be filled from the porch. Built in cupboard space insures “a place for everything". The upper parts of the cupboards can be used for storage space if they have sep- arate doors. Supply cupboards which have narrow shelves are more easily kept in order than if the shelves are wide. A cleaning closet eliminates an unsightly array of brooms or other cleaning materials and utensils. If supplies are kept in the base- ment, :1 d-umb~wa-iter is a great con- ven' ce. The dumb-waiter may be mgd into a refrigerator by digging and cementing a pit into which it is lowered. * The Housewife’s Exchange. A-valuable hint to those still using kerosene lamps is to soak new, dry wicks 'in vinegar, and dry before us- ing. 01‘, as I did recently, take the wicks out of the lamps you are now using, and Wipe them as dry as pos- sible with waste cloth, then wash in hot soapy water, and boil. Dry, soak in vinegal for at least fifteen minutes, dry again, and then they me 1eady for use. The lesult will be a clear, bright light, with no odor, and last, but not least, a smokeless chimney, even when the light is turned high. Most sinks are too low. They should be of such a height that stooping will not be necessary. The sink should have good light and have the drain board placed at the left. A New XVay to Core Apples-â€"Ai clean, new wooden Clothespin, pressed firmly into the blossom end of an apple and given a single dexterous, apple and given a single dexte1ous, circular twist, will re move the cow perfectly.-â€"â€"E. A. P. If you want your windows to look shiny, use one tablespoonpf kerosene to every four quarts of water. No soap is necessaryâ€"A. L. If you dip your new water once a week, i tough and durable. It longer.â€"L. L. Cleaning Black Laceâ€"When black lace is soiled it has an ugly shine. This can be remedied by soaking the lane in skim milk, changing the milk until the lace is perfectly clean. Al- cohol, ether, or gasoline will also clean black lace \vell.â€"M. K. I want to tell you how I made two pretty serviceable comforts with very {little work and no expense at all. I had several half-worn gingham and ’cham-bray house dresses, an old linen skirt, an old sateen petticoat, a green A Perfect Kitchen. It wi 1‘00!!! ausuax t. A 11 re- ds on ise to t. A 3 wall rking An small inless . painti , imi- good. 'ering ength raring . the neals, most A change of dress is as good as a nap. It refreshes, it brightens, it calms the nerves and gives a new vim- petus to the work in hand. Not only 'is it beneficial to the wearer, but also to those who must see her as well. :Yet countless womenâ€"farm women especiallyâ€"never put on a fresh dress ‘3 after dinner unless company is expect- ed or they are going to town. A dress worn from daybreak until bedtime settles rby~1ate afternoon into weary lines that tell of fatigue and even worry. To the husband, tired from a day of hard labor in the fields, 'there is nothing refreshing and restâ€" ful in the sight of his wife bustling around in her morning work clothes. ,Neither does a feeling of peace and Fquiet steal over them in the evening when the wife sits down to sew or mend in her crumpled work-lined hot )me and] When I had the covers made I took two old comforts that were too badly torn to use, and removed the old lcovers. I laid the new linings on my 'clean floor, then an old comfort on each, and on top a new cover. The I covers were pinned evenly to the com- ;forts all around, and tacked. This is Eso much quicker than using a ’Trame. {My comforts are large and pretty, r and the material is better than I could I afford to buy.â€"â€"F. s. poplin dress, some partly worn shirts, and a few new piecesâ€"all too good to throw away, and not good enough to make over. I ripped these up, pressed them, and from the best parts out out large blocks fourteen inches square, and small ones over seven inches square. I pieced one top en- tirely out of small squares, one of alternate blocks of large ones. and four small ones pieced into a block. The linings were both made entirely of large squares. I did all the sewing on the machine, so it did not take long. I used twine taken out of flour sacks to tie them with. , v . ‘ gown. “What’srthe use,” these Women gen- erally ask, “of changing my dress in the afternoon? There‘s no one to see me but my own folks.” The ailments of' childhoodâ€"consti- pation, indigestion, colic, colds, etc.â€" can be quickly banished through the use of Baby’s Own Tablets. They are a mild but thorough laxative which instantly regulate the bowels and sweeten the stomach. They are guar- anteed to contain no harmful drugs and can be given to the youngest baby with perfect safety. Concerning them Mrs. Alcide Lepage, Ste. Beatrix, Que, writes:â€"“Baby’s Own Tablets were of great help to my baby. They regu- lated her bowels and stomach and made her plump and well." The Tab- lets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail 'at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine 00., Brock- ville, Ont. True, but the “own folks” count for something, do they not? And so, too, do yop~ yourself. If a change into a fresh gown, with its accompanying washing of face, arms, and neck, and “smoothing up" at least of the hair, will refresh you, brighten you, make you a more cheerful companion to husband and c‘rildren, the few min- utes required for the change will be time Well spent. The dress need not be elaborateâ€"far from it! Elabor- ateness and farm chores do not go hand in hand. The dress may even be twin sister to the morning gown, but that does not matter. It is the freshness that counts, that absence in it of those weary, telltale lines of a hard day’s work. A father, one evening three small daughters were much f‘tin jumping about a in their bed, went to the bot stairs and threatened to 5 if they didn't become quiet. remained quiet for a fer then the fun broke out ag this performance had bee: several times the fathel we to carry out his promise. Without taking the trout a lamp, the father adminis! spankings and went back 1 Next morning the eldest o complained bitterly. ‘I dor you spanked me twice,” sh didn’t," the father replied. 1y did." “How could mm “After you spanked me tin in at the trout, at ”After you Ethel floppe togetn Express costs three cents CHILDHOOD AILMENTS. The Afternoon Change. MOI‘JEY ORDERS Hones The Victim. 'e to send a Dominion Order. Five dollars [ministered three back downstairs. dest of the girls ‘I don't sge why :6.” she' said. “I g when his re having too . and playing bottom of the spank them he ,ble hree ated ,alrs 1re em rls RICH, RED BLOOD NECESSARY TO HEALTH When the Blood Becomes Weak and Watery a Tonic is Needed to Build it Anew. F Jigsaw puzzles, which are still very popular, are a good tonic for sufferers l from nerves. Why are we being continually told that good, health-giving blood must be bright red? What has color to do with the quality? Just thisâ€"the oxy- gen in the air is the great supporter of all organic life. One function of the blood is to take the oxygen from the airâ€"which it meets in the lungs and deliver it to the tissues of the body. When the blood, filled with life sustaining oxygen, is sent out by the heart, it is bright red. When it re- turns, impure and deprived of oxygen, it is dark. You will see, therefore, that there are two prime requisites of health, pure air and bright red bloodâ€"the pure air to furnish the oxygen, the rich red blood to carry it where it is needed. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills make yOur blood rich and red because they increase its power to carry oxygen, actually making it so much more able to carry increased life and strength to every organ in the body. Pale, anaemic people whose nerves are on edge, whose cheeks are pale, and_,who tire out easily, should try Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills, and note the steady improvement that follows their use. A case in point is that of Mrs. J. P. Rolston, South River, Ont, who says:â€"“About two years ago my sys- tem was in a badly run down condi- tion; and I kept growing worse all the time until I could hardly do my housework. I had severe headaches, and pains across my back and under my left shoulder. I did not sleep well and would feel just as tired when I got up in the morning as when I went to bed. Life seemed a burden. I had taken doctor’s medicine for a long time, but it did not meet my case. at least it did me no good. Then as a result of reading about Dr. Williams' Pink Pills I decided to try them. When I had taken a couple of boxes I felt much better, and when I had taken five boxes more I felt that I was again a well woman. I have not since felt any return of the trouble and I advise all women who are broken in health to give Dr.VVi11iarn.s Pink Pills a trial." These pills are sold by all medicine dealers or will be sefit by mail, post paid, at 50 cents a box or six boxes' for $2.50, by The Dr. Williams’ Medi- cine C0., Bi‘ockville, Ont. New Fertilizer. It has been found that the ashes from glass, iron and steel works, and allied industries, stimulate vegetable growth enormously through carbonic and fertilization. The technical body working for the restoration of France and Belgium has found that plant life can be spurred by this means of un- usual growth. It is proposed that the ashes from the industries, as above mentioned, be used for fertilizing the devastated regions of Belgium and France. The estimated shortage of houses in England and Wales is 800,000. When, once, I lived in a desert coun- try, very like, perhaps, the land where our Saviour lived, there grew in a ra- vine near our trail a dry, dead-look- ing shrub. I rode by it often. and sometimes wondered whether it was dead or alive. The leaves were few and shriveled. and the branches gnarled and dry. Judge then, of my surprise when one day in spring I found this shrub all ablaze with deli- cate bloom! Every little dry twig was decorated, all so graceful and so sweetly perfumed that I could not1 pass it without stopping to admire it. ‘ And as I sat looking at it in won- der, all at once it came upon me that there was something to set me hoping that my own life, which had seemed so dead. might some day blossom out again, under the warming influence of God‘s love. And I know now that God took this way of reaching my soul, which was getting hard and callous and selfish, and that God speaks to us all through these simple things of the woods and fields, it we will but stop and look and listen. The flower is the beginning and the end of everything. The tiny grass lives to see its flowers bloom and its seeds form, the rose and the lily live for the same end, the maple and the rugged oak tower up and stand the ,fierce gales of winter, that when the spring comes they may bear aloft to the sun and breeze their show of blos- soms and produce seed again of their kind. And these flowers of spring, they are not the work of a few short ‘sunny days. All last summer the iplants that were to hear them were storing away in root and stem the stores of plant food that was to make them bloom, and all the cold. dark winter, hidden snugly away, perhaps, under the fallen leaves, the plant has waited, with faith that the warm winds would come and the snows of March melt away and the suns of Ap« ril come; and then they pushed out their buds and bloomed out in all their freshness and loveliness. There is a lesson there, the lesson of preparation, of patience] of walt- ing. The'time will come when each of our lives may bloom out in beauty, let us only be ready when the winds of Heaven whisper to us and the Son of God's love warms our souls, and We may unfold too and blossom out in beautiful deeds and thoughts that'will gladden many a soul about 'us, just as these little flowers we hope will glad- den the poor, sick, weary children in the dreary hospital of the city. A little boy said to me one day: mand? Ought we not to plant lilies W'hexe we can see them, and where others can see them? Ought we not to let the flowers of love and kindness and charitrbloom out in our own lives too? “Christ could have taught us from books. He knew better. Instead He used reference to the simple, homely truths that are always with us. The :' God. Consider that! Learn these flowers,"is it not in- much a command that we the lilies' as any other com- ? Forty-two German ships have been |allotted to Great Britain for sale or ' other disposal, including the liner Bis- marck, of 56,000 tons. Prisoners of war still unaccounted. fer number 213 in Germany, 158 in ITurkey, 5 in Bulgania, and 1 in Aus~ birds interested him. He tells us of the sparrows that not one of them falls to the gronnd without the notice of the Father. Can you see the Mast- er, walking reverently through the fields, a lily in his hand, noting the birds. the grass, and the flowers, say!- ing to his followers: “ ‘Consider the lilies, how they grow. They toil not, neither do they spin. yet Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.’ "â€"J. W. The Mystery. “Till death the weary spirit free," Thy God has said. "l‘is good for thee To walk by faith and not by sight Take it: in trust a little while, Soon shall thou read the mystery right . In the great gladness of His smile Is God the same thing as cosmos? someone asks. He is the great Intelligence of the universe, He is the Source of all things, the Cause of all things. He is Justice, Truth, Beauty, Love. He is the reality back of the atom, back of the electron, the essence of being. H0 is the changeless reality. tria "The great trouble with the poultry business has always been that the lay- ing life of a. hen was too short." say: Henry Trafford, International Poultry Expert and Breeder, for nearly eighteen years Editor of Poultry Success. The average pullet lays 150 eggs. It kept the second year. she may lay 100 more. Then she goes to market. 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