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For canned berries I use a govern- ment bulletin method which gives a delicious flavor. Wash and hull the fruit and put in an enameled kettle, which is not chipped or any acid-proof kettle. Allow oneihalf pint of sugar sud two tablespoons of water to every Eat Strawberrlvs and Cream. Probably no other popular fresh? fruit is so often unsgzcessfuily canned u strawberries. While there are many reasons for this, the most usual one is that the berry. which is very delicate and quickly cooked, is canned by the open .kettle melhnd and allowed to cool: too long, thus losing its shape and color. But however wccessfully canned, no .oooked strawberry is so deliciously flavored as the fresh one, so the wise housekeeper makes the mosi of straw- berry season and feasts her family while the picking is good. Strawber- ries and cream, strawberries washed and left with stems and hulls to be dipped in powdered sugar. strawberry- Ihortcake, strawberry pie, strawberry mousse-many are the ways to serve the fresh fruit. Opinions dltfer as to whether the ohortoake shall be cake or biscuit, but no tastes disagree as to the amount of berries. In either case it is ’the bony that makes the dish. let the skeleton be what it will. Strawberry pie is a favor-lie in some homes. Heap a pie shell '"with ripe, firm berries and then with whipped cream. 01‘ it may be covered with a meringue and browned In the oven. For years I have prepared strawber- ries for winter use in exactly two ways. One is sun~cooliedâ€"or "sun- klasle ,” as this family call-a it. To prepare, allow equal weights of sugar and fruitâ€"using only perfect berries â€"â€"a-nd two cups of cold water for every three pounds of sugar. Cook the sugar and water until it threads, then add berries and cook for fifteen minutes after \the fruit begins again to boil. Pour onto large platters, cover with glass and set in the sun until the syrup thickens. It you have an unused room with a. southwest exposure this is a good place to finish the cooking. as it la safe from accidents and dust. The platter! may be moved from the south windows to the west as the sun moves, and two or three daye should suffice to mum the fruit. The berries may be stored the same as jelly. Sun-cooked berries are delicious for tart filling, Jelly rolls, filling for layer cakes, and one glass made into a mousse with a pint of whipped cream makes a dessert fit for a king. Abamt the flange drapeâ€"Nutsâ€"the Body Builder Many so-called “refined” foods are robbed of vital elements which the body needs. Grape-Nutsâ€"that famous wheat and barley foodâ€"brings you all the natural goodness of the grains in perfected form, with a crispness and flavor that charm the appetite. You will find Grape-Nuts an ideal dish for breakfast or supper-time. Ready to serve from the package, with cream or good milk. Order Grape-Nuts from yOur grocer today. Mule I7 Canadian [’0st Cereal Conway; Limited Windsot, Ontario "Mumps!" Phyllis echoed the word with mingled Incredullty and conster- nation. “But I can't have them!" she cried. "I can’t. Why, I'm going to be married tomorrow! Everything3 all ready!" Heu- volce indicated the utter preposterousness of it all. quart of berries. Boil slowly fifteen minutes, cover and let stand over night in the kettle. In the morning pack the cold berries in hot, sterilized jars, put on new, sterilized rubbers. and screw down the tops until 'they just touch the rubber. Place in the boilerâ€"or camberâ€"and boil exactly eight. minutes. Remove, tighten tops. and wrap in paper. These may also be used to make strawberry mousse. To make the mousse Whip one pint of cream with one-fourth teaspoon of salt and one cup of the fruit until it is solid to the bottom of the dish. Then turn into a mould With a tight top. and pack in equal parts of salt and ice for three hours. It the cream is thin soften 9. teaspoonful of gelatin in cold water. melt over a dish of hot water. When dyeing cotton boil the goods in the solution for iron] thirty to forty minutes. It wool first boil the bark or root solution, and then soak the goods from one to two hours, until the der sired shade is obtained. Following are the solutions: Black currant juice to dye red. Hickory bark for black. The inner bark of white birch for orange. Hoop-ash for yellow.’ The roots and bark of dogwood for scarlet. Indigo herb for blue. Blue on Cottonâ€"â€"F01; one pound d13- solve in sufficient cold water to cover one ounce of copperas. In another ves- sel of hot water djssolve one ounce of prussiate pota-s'h. (potassium ‘ferricy- auid). Dip the goods in the copperas water, WTng them out and dip in pot- ash water. Repeat the process three times, air the goods, add to the goods on&fourt;h ounce of vitriol, stir well, then mm the goods in and stir con- stantly ten minutes. Hang up to dry. To Color Cotton Brown.â€"â€"For ten pounds of goods use one-half pound of cateohu dissolved in hot soft water, and one-half ounce of blue vitriol. Put the two together in a. tub with enough warm water to cover the goods. Stir in this twenty minutes, then lift out and put into another tub in which has been dissolved two ounces of bichro- mate of potash. Stir in this twenty minutes, wash, and dry. If not dark enough repeat the process. Mumps and Condolences. How to Dye Efficiently. 'be certain; but so far there was no swelling on the right side. But that it was mumps on the left side. and that it was bound to run its course, he left 'her no doubt whatever. After he had gone Phyllis buried her faceâ€"right cheek downâ€"in the pillow and sobbed. She was interrupted by her younger sister, Ethel, who was im- mune and thrilling with excitement. She had been telephoning to the Un- derwoods. and they all sent mess-ages, and there was a great box of flowers. and Richard was insisting upon seeing .her. “And Mary Hosmer?" Cousin Kath- erine asked. Phyllis met her smile with another. “You do see through us all. don't you, Cousin Katherine? Yes, Mary was the one. She was dear and sympathetic, but before I knew what had happened she had taken me by the hand and led me right out of my selfish self into the big world outside. She didn't preach. but she had me so interested that I forgot all about mumpsâ€"the world was so big! Mary always does that.” The new doctorâ€"he was taking the place of the family physiclzm who was away upon an almost unheard-of vaca- tionâ€"was courtesy itself. He told her regretfully that mumps were no re- spectors'ot weddings, but promised her. from all appearances, only a brief imr'ds‘onmeut; of course he could not be certain; but so Car there was no swelling on the right side. But that it was mumps on the left side. and that it was bound to run its course, he left Ethel drew a long bx shone (with excitement just awful!" she whism ly. "Indeed he shall not!" Phyllis lmer- rupted sharply. “It’s bad enough to have the bride ridiculous. I won't have the groom a laughingstock. too." A week “mump,” as vanquished, erine a vien‘ce. “Cousin Katherine, I had the most wonderful collection ofe condolences you ever heard of. They taught me a great deal. You see, I had plenty of time to think them all over, not seeing Richard for five whole days!" “Tell me," said Cousin Katherine. “Well, there was Alicia. She wept over me by telephone and made floral offerings till I felt like a sheet of wet "Klt Frane was a good amtldote. She took it all as a huge jokeâ€"which made me mad, for it wasn't precisely a joke even if It wasn't a world~shaking calamity. Then Helen Hunter kept telling me how much worse it all might have been. or course it might, but it didn't do much good to keep tell- ing me so. And Olive gave'me a com- plete account of Lillian Peters's wed- ding, where everything went so per- feotly." blotting paper ‘You poor dear how are mu feeling, really? Isn’t it the most awful thing you ever «heard 7’ and so forth, and so forth. 'eek later Phyllis, with‘ the »,” as she accurately defined it, shed, was giving Cousin Kath- a vivid account of the experi- “There’s a Reason” excitement. "Oh, isn‘t It she whispered sepulchral- a. Iaughingstock, too." long breath; her eyes Passenger: “I folded them up care- fully and put them in that cupboard over thew?” Steward: “I see no cupboard, sir!" Passenger: “Are you blind, man? I mean that one with the rou'nd glass door to it." Steward: “Where did you put them before you got bed night?" A Roomy Closet. Passenger (after first night on board ship): “I say, where have all my clothes vanished to?” Herpes, or fever sores, may come on the eyelids as well as on the lips. It is a disagreeable affection. but doesI not last long and can often be relieved. by touching the sore spot repeatedly‘ with a. drop of spirit of camphor. Sometimes the edges of the lids be- come red and burn and itch and be- come covered with fatty scales, which are the dried secretion of the fat glands. That afi’ection often means! eye-strain and is relieved by proper glasses. Two or three applications at night of wellâ€"diluted citrine oint- ment are helpful. ‘ A chalaziom is a swelling that reâ€" sembles a 51:57 except that it is not in- flammatory; it occurs when one of the glands at the edge of the eyelid re- tains secretion. Sometimes the se- cretion can be squeezed out after bath- ing the lids with hot water, but often it is necessary to make a minute in- cision in the gland behind the eye- lashes. The best way to treat a sty is to bathe the eyelids with water as hot as can be borne. It is not Wise to poulltice the eye, for that treatment is apt to excite a conjunctivitis, which would add to the patient’s sufferings. When the sty has healed, the eyes should be examined to determine whether glasses are needed or, if they are already worn, whether they need changing. The general condition of the health must be attended to; a generous driet, tonics and exercise in the open air should be insisted upon. If there is rheumatism or gout, it should be treated. ‘I\vo thing-s cause stiesâ€"a run-down condition and eyesvtrain. If the person who has a srty is run down, there will probably be one or more 'boils someâ€" where on his body; but the sty that appears on the eyelid when the suf- ferer is in good health is the result of eyestrain or of some uncorrected defect of vision or is the result of reading or sewing in a poor light oil- in a. bright glare. There are seveml affeétions of the eyelid that may cause more or less distress, but, fortunately, most of them do not last long and are mild while they do last. The most famil- iar trouble is the sty, which is an in- flammation of one of the glands of the skin at the margin. of the eyelid. The disease is really a boil on the eyelid and1 like boils elsewhere, may be either mild or severe. Sometimes there is merely a red swelling at the edge of the eyelid; it feels hard and may be tender to the touch, but disappears after two or three days. Sometimes the swelling increases, becomes angry- looking and is very painfiil; after sev- eral days, if it is untreated, it comes to a head and opens. There was silence; then Phyllis said softly: S teward ‘Yes, I learned a. heap of things." ward: “Great Scott, sir, that no cupboard; that’s the port- ‘Sore Eyelids. and the worst is ML“: An Electric Steam Machine for Removing Wallpaper. The tedious, task of removing VF paper can be made a comparatively simple operation by the use of a ro- cently invented machine. This little device weighs only 8 pounds, is m-fly portable, and operates from any elec- tric-light socket. Only 2 per cent. of the We. of Kingston, Jamaica, are White. Comfort on the earth is largely (:4 fected by the equilibrium set up through the ozone film between the sun’s destructive and its pleasant rag; Beyond the hydrogen layer is prob. ably a wide belt of a very rare gas, co‘ronium, which has not yet been dis- covered on the earth, but which :3}! known from the spectmsvcope to ex?" in the sun; and then, beyond this, is the ether which prevades everything and which no one can understand. .- 7. There are days and seasons L543 the film lets the destructive ray! through in a larger proportion, and then temperature rises. Above this film of ozone, from fifty to one hundred miles above the earth, is an atmosphere of hydrogen and helium, two of the lightest gases which We know. “If this thin and fragile protective ‘skin’ were to vanish," says M. Houi~ levig’ue, “life as we know it would be- come impossible on the earth.” Well above that level of twentyâ€"four miles, according to the latest theory, there is a film of ozone, a form of oxygen which differs from oxygen in that its molecule is a condensation of three atoms, whereas in the molecule of oxygen there are only two atoms. This film serves as a protection against radiations from the sun, which Would in the long run destroy life if they were not intercepted. The air we breathe extends up wards for about twelve and a half miles, after which it contains so little oxygen that it would not support hu: man life. Explorations have beef: carried out by “sounding balloons” to a height of about twentyâ€"four miles, these balloons being fitted with instru- ments which record the temperature and bring back specimens of the at- mosphere to the earth. What is above the air we breathe?‘ This is a. problem which is more} and more engaging the attention of} science, and it is a mattter of sing- ular interest and fascination for the human race. In the “Revue de Paris,” M. HoulAre- vigue, an eminent French scientist, gives the most recent theories on the subject. “The whole idea of capt- tal punishment is to pro~ duce fear that will detex others from committins‘ crime. That may be a gooj theory but it does not work. Why? For the reason that the criminal does not thin}: seriously of the come- quences or is confident he can beat the law. When they were hanging picfir- pockets in England. other pickpockets p 1 ie d their trade among the p90; [6 who were Witnessing he executions.” ' Ozone That Protects Us. yet to come