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The Threshers' Dinner. The recipes given here may be of assistance to someone who is Ured ot assxstanoe to someone who xs urea 0L “the same old things” for the hungry, once-a-year gang of men who come to thresh. Steamed brown breadâ€"1 1-3 cups graham flour, 2 cups cornmeal, ‘1 tea~ spoons baking powder, 11/2 teaspoons salt, 1-3 cup currants, 1-3 cup raisins, 2 cups sweet milk, 2-3 Cup moiasses. Mix together flour, meal, ba‘chug pow- der, salt, currants and raisiIH. Add milk and molasses, beat well and pour into greased baking powder cans. This amount will fill five one-pound cans. Fill cans slightly over half full of butter. Steam three hours. An old saying, with a grain of truth in it, is that a man is as old as he feels, and there is no reason Why he should not at 60 or 70, provided his general health is good, be engaged at useful work without being a burden to anyone. There are many causes leading up to early or premature death that could: be largely eliminated if health habits‘ were ,formed in early life and more observance made of the quarantine and control of communicable diseases. To illustratelthis latter point, take the case of heart disease, which causes i an enormous number of deaths in this country every year. What makes the heart diseased and unable to properly carry ‘on its function? There are many causes, but a very important one is poisoning of the heart tissue by germs of communicable disease. Scarlet fever, measles, smallpox, ivhooping cough, acute pneumonia, rheumatism are among the diseases that affect the heart and prepare the way for sudden or premature death in years to come. Then there is malâ€" nutrition, and aenemia, where the heart, through its efforts to pumpl enough of the weakened blood through; the system to keep the body streng'th'l to normal, is strained or overexerted.‘ One can readily see how an increasvl ed vigilance both on the part of Pubâ€"f lie. Health officials and the (runny-all motor-car driver was given one year’s imprisonment for running over a child with fatal results. There are many cases in Canada that could be thus summarily dealt with to advan- tage, and it would have the result of making our streets safer for pedes- trians. Fatalities to children as the result of automobile accidents must be stopped, and to this and the recent recommendations of a Torento cor- oner to have school playgrounds kept open all day, is very commendable. Popular sympathy is nearly always with the injured child, but when youngsters are allowed to play indis- criminately on the streets it is prac- tically impossible to lay the blame entirely to the motor driver. It should be made a criminal offence to allow children under six on a city street without a parent or guardian. Chil- dren, however, must play, and the school playground seems the most suitable recreation place for them in large cities. Arrangements might be made to have vacant lots or institu- tional grounds set apart for children to play in. To prevent damage to pro- perty extra caretakers would of course be necessary, but reforms and precauâ€" tions of this nature are of such vital importance that the question of ex- pense should not be allowed to enter â€"-especially when human life is at stake. Ginger cakesâ€"23 cup sugar, 2-3 cup molasses. 1/2 cup fat, 1 cup hot water, 1,5 teaspoon each of cloves, ginger and cinnamon, ‘79 teaspoon 1 egg. Mix sugar. fat, molasses, hot water and soda together, add about one-half of the dry ingredients (after they are thoroughly mixed), beat well, There are reasonable and scientific grounds for the relief that during re- cent years the average span of life is lengtheningâ€"that is, that people on the whole are living longer than form- erly. To Public Health activity, in- cluding the control, of communicable disease and generally improved sani- tation and observance of public health principles, this increasing longevity is chiefly due. Because, counteracting these reforms are the stress and strain of modern conditions with resulting wear and tear on the human system which have during the past quarter century reduced the average lifetime to 55 years or thereabouts, instead of the alloted three score and ten. One can readily see how an increasv ed vigilance both on the part of Pubâ€" lic Health officials and the general public, can curtail the spread of comâ€" municable disease and thereby preâ€" vent weakening or injury to the heart, especially in young people who are more susceptible to infectious disease than a’dulte. In fact, there is a not- iceable low rate of deaths from heart disease reported in localities not visit- ed by communicable diseases or where add the wellâ€"beaten egg, then the re- maining dry ingredients, beat well again and ‘bake in buttered or greased muffin; tins. Bake one-half hour in moderate oven. Recipe makes 15 lalg‘e cakes in muffin tins. Ilt, V: teaspoon soda, 2 teaspoons baking powder (level), 2% cups flour. Baked squashâ€"Cut squash in half, place with cut side down on pie tin in oven, and bake until done. Remove from shell, mash and season with salt, pepper and butter. Put prepared squash in baking dishes in which it can be served. This may be set aside for over night if desired and put in the oven 40 minutes before time to serve it. The advantage in preparing it this way is that it can be prepared beforehand. Beef cakes with brown gravyâ€"Pre- pare beef cakes from ground beef which contains plenty of suet. Brown ed by communicable protective and quar Dr. Middleton will be glad to answer questions on Public Health mat- ters through this column. Address him at the Parliament Bldgs, Toronto. $353939; BY DR. J. J. MIDDLETON HEALTH EDUCATION Provincial Board of Health, Ontario ant :ine measures prevention or Turnips deliciousâ€"Pare, slice and cut in small cubes. Put to cook in boiling wates. When tender and the water has boiled down some, add but- ‘ter, pepper and salt and then allow the water to all boil out. Stir frequent- ly after the butter is added so that all are thoroughly seasoned. Rice puddingâ€"2 quarts who 1/2 cup rice, 1%, teaspoon salt, sugar, 2-3 cup raisins, nutmeg Put milk, sugar, salh, raisi washed rice into a baking dis} in a moderate oven and bake spread of any outbreaks. Child mor- tality, however, results from many other causes outside that due to organic changes of the heart due to infection. One very noticeable and regrettable of these causes is the motor-car. In Toronto alone, there have been four or five fatalities within the past few days due to children be- ing run down by automobiles. In some instances, of course, the driver is not to blame, but generally speaking, a careful man or woman at the wheel seldom meets with an accident. If so. it is the exception and probably only occurs once. Newspaper readers were interested last week in a des- patch from England stating that 5 motor-car driver was given one year’s imprisonment for running over a child with fatal results. There are many cases in Canada that could be thus summarily dealt with to advan- tage, and it would have the result of making our streets safer for pedes- trians. Fatalities to children as the result of automobile accidents must be stopped, and to this and the recent recommendations of a Torento cor- Baked onion~Prepare onions of medium size, boil 15 minutes in slightâ€" ly salted water, drain, place in a bak- ing dish, add whole milk to come well up around the onions but not cover them, season with salt and pepper and bake slowly until they can be pierced with a toothâ€"pick. Serve hot. Henry, twelve yea-rs old, had been accused of sending in three false alarms of fire. He sat facing the judge of the juvenile court. Nearby sat his father, ill at ease, and scowling‘ at his son. Henry's head‘ was bent, but now and then he cast sulky, furtive glances at the judge, at his father, and at some of the witneSSes. The judge had been sharply watching both the boy and the boy's father. He did not like the way they looked at each other. \Then, of course, there are avoidable accidents in industry due to lack of protection for the worker at his trade, and often to carelessness on the part of the worker himself. ' Add to this the appalling list of :dea is given of preventable infan eaths of childre ‘roper feeding i1 The Boy‘s Point of View. OS 11 a hot en result the tremendous but : mortality amongst rom im- when some ISIMPLICITY: THE KEYNOTE OF SUMMER LIFE “Yes, I do.” The Boy's head came up higher. “Um,” said the judge, “and you never tOOk a walk through the city with your boy and made him feel that you and he belonged to a town of which you could be proud and in which you had your share?” “I took him to the zooronce," said the father. “Henry,” said the judge, turning to the ‘boy, “do you like horses?” Henry’s head lifted pxerceptibly. “Yes, I do," he replied, still sulkily. “Do you like to see horses hitched to a shining red wagon?" “And do you like to see the horses and the red wagon going like every- thing with the driver hanging on to the lines?" “Would you like to be a fireman and drive such horses through the streets?” “Yes, sir!" “Some day, if you show that you can «be trusted, you may be a fireman," said the judge, and Henry's eyes gleamed with delight. “But,” continued the judge slowly, “suppose you were a fireman and had to drive often to fires; suppose that just as you reached the fire hall with your tired horses a kid away on the outskirts of the town turned in a false alarm. What would you do to that The charges were made, and the witnesses substantiated them. Then the judge casua-lly said to the father, "I suppose you have often talked to your boy about good citizens-hip?" “I’ve not bothered much with the young rascal,” replied the father. “When I have caught him in the wrong I have thrashed him; but it doesn’t seem to have done must good.” “Yes, sir; yes, sir, I do!” exclaimed Henry, and his eyes were looking straight into those of the judge. our poir apprecia Nova Scotia’s wealth of woods and water-ways lends itself most agree- ably to summer cottage life and draws greater numbers of sojourners each summer. The many-miles-Iong bays flooded and then laid bare by the shift- lng tides, have a unique charm and kid?” “I’d skin him!" _ The judge smiled in an odd way. Henry dropped back into his seat, and his head sank to his breast, but his face wore a different look. “You see the point,” said the judge kindly. “You see new that you have abused the fine fire horsesâ€"oyour fire kindly. “You see now that you have abused the fine fire horsesâ€"oyour fire horses. Now you will think more about those horses after this. Some day, if you prove worthy, your fellow citizens will trust you with just such make ideal bathing beachesâ€"beaches that are a huge delight to kiddies. Summer accommodations of Evange- line Land do not run to vast hotels, although there are a number of fine large ones, the greater number of visi- tors live in comfortable country-side hotels and boarding houses and col:- tage colonies. First among the latter stands the Kedgemakooge Rod & Gun Club, lo- cated on the shore of Lake Kedgema- kooge, at the end of thirty miles of good motor road which begins at his- toric Annapolis Royal. Kedgema- kooge is in the heart of a Wild, rich sporting country. Here the fisherman may enjoy excellent fishing, and here the hunter may bag the biggest of moose. The cabins are rustic in de- sign, but modern in equipment, fitted with fireplaces and running water. The general club house is all that a country club should be. father Other well known and popular cabin colonies are found at North West Arm, the there If we 1'} ne 1H 11‘ sir Most housekeepers make grapejuice but few know that any fruit juice may the extracted and bottled for summer drrinks, sherbets, pudding sauces, or other uses. To make juice select sound perfectly ripe fruit, but none that is over-ripe. Wash and place in a kettle with just enough water. to prevent sticking. Crush with a wooden mash- er, and heat thoroughly, but do not let it boil. Put through the jelly bag, and pour in bottles or jars, which have been boiled ten minutes, to within an OF COTTAGE COLONIES IN EVANGELINE LAND The following easy formula for syrups can be adapted for all fruits: Three quarts of sugar to two quarts of water. For sweet fruits boil one minute. For raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, huekleberries, :boil for five minutes. For currants, gooseberries, plums, rhubarb, currants, pineapple, sour cherries and other acid fruits boil ten minutes. For preserves boil until it falls from the side of the spoon in dro-ps. near Halifax, Annapolis Royal. Evan< golf. squash and croquet grounds 31‘” geline Beach, Milford, Port Lorne and provided at most resorts. Then there Smith's Cove. Cottages are run in is always the lovely historic country connection with The Pines Hotel at to be explored. One cannot travel Digby, the Bay View Hotel at Yar- many miles in any direction Without mouth and The Gainsborough at Hub~ { passing spots of historic interest. Here bards, while Camp Acadia for girls,|the painter finds inspiration for new located at Hebron, a short five miles ' canvases; the writer for songs and from Yarinouth, and Aldercliffe Camp stories; the tired business man and for boys at Weymouth, are old estab- weary teacher find balm and strength lished institutions. [for mind and body, and the busy These resorts are either in or close to farming centres and guests are fed on fine fresh dairy and garden pro- ducts. Bathing, boating and fishing are the principal pastimes. Tennis, RURAL SUMMER HOTEL OVERLOOKING LAKE} AT HEBRON For the Cold-Pack Canner. and the worst is yet to (one W0) SAEE BATHING' FOR ALDERC‘LIFFE 3 BOVG‘ ‘ passing spots of historic interest. Here Ithe painter finds inspiration for new 'canvases; the writer for songs and stories; the tired business man and weary teacher find balm and strength lfor mind and body, and the busy mother peace and rest while her live- ‘ly youngsters, safe from city perils, ‘disport themselves in daisy fields or ion the red mud flats that at high tide ‘ are glorious bathing beaches. The man who will not take advice: can not be helrped‘ corks which have soaked a half hour in warm soda water. Rinse the corks before using and put loosely in the bottles. It is well to tie a bit of cloth over the cork to prevent its blowing out. Put in boiler of water, having the water come to within an inch of the top of bottle or jar. Sim- mer, do not boil, twenty minutes. The water should be simmering when bot- tles are entered. At the end of twenty minutes remove, push corks in firmly, or tighten tops of jars, set aside to cool, and when cold dip in melted paraffin. She received a letter from a. girl who said she would like the position,‘ for she thought the sea air would do her good. but she wanted to know where the light-house was situated. Light Housework. A woman advertised for a servant to do light housework. inch of the top. Fit bottles with new