The Kington Times - April 1917
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Kington Times 21st April 1917 - Page 7
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| Date | 21/04/1917 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Kington Times |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 21st April 1917 |
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K. satis- with your on to u are the eturn om , will rice ril 1st . He had ned . OWLING EAR Leominster Bowl- y night at the esent : Mr. H. bell ( President ) . Messrs . C. Tur- C. O. Mappy F. stment , R. East- Watson , R. B. liver and Q. D. be the wish of e asked to con- e who had been , in the loss ne his son , Captain ent was ill , ne posed that they ied . EPORT is third annual g very quietly . reen fully justi- and the mem- the previous They considered of existing cir- two matches , Honours were n and won at en two prizes , and Mr. C . bowl was pre- Scouts fete at on by Mr. Gos- The Vice - Presi- to plant round pearance . The 7 tons of sea of the green rear . The bot- had been dug d crop of pota- an docks and proposition of Castle . season began 7 3s . 7d . Sub- rent of lockers .6d . , collected bt £ 20 8s . 4d . s . paid off the ace in hand of ces were very a balance in This year in hand and the proposi- by Mr. C. etiring Presi- generosity in ad the Vice- tion to giving ery much . ed .. on of Mr. H. great genet- carried amid ner . seconded ly was elected ptain on the nded by Mr. e - Captain n d by Mr. C. re - election of reasurer , and ich he had ellent balance embers that gn , but they was firm in were plenty if the Club it had been uld have a r the follow- esigning was astle and J. Hon . Secre- Craddock , s follows- retaries , Mr. chard , Mr. addition of He were re- en , and Mr. ditor . coming year Sorry to see how to keep find a man Labour was occasionally Mr. Ross tliey should rest mowed through the the green te . Even- atter in the green and could . thanks to uble he had .especially avilion debt . ed , and the GIFT . iser of the as received Steward of 2300 , which , War Agri- ted to the the county applications * fund is to committees , dens , allot- ated in the 7. Applica- e season is t , no time al applica- carried out s possibie . GO TO THE KINGTON TIMES , APRIL 21 , 1917 . MARCHANT BROTHERS FOR the Best Selection of New MILLINERY AND Ready - to - Wear Goods In All Departments . Children's Millinery and Baby Linen A Speciality . BROAD STREET , 1 , LEOMINSTER . Night Wings . BY MORICE GERARD . Author of " The Red Farm , " " Love in the r , " " The Heart of a Purple , " " The Pursuer , ' Hero , " " The Unspoken Word , " etc. PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS : HON . FRANK CHARTEKIS , R.E. , who is building in a secluded part of his estate a new aerial machine for the use of the British Navy . feeling with which he spoke . It seemed as if it would be too much for her . She put her hands up to her breast , then dropped them again , and a half - suppressed sob rose in her throat . " You need not think that . I have had a good deal to try me , lately . " " I am so sorry ! " They heard footsteps . Don't Buy your Spring Suit or Costume Until you have seen our New Patterns , which comprise all the Newest Designs . Our work has an all - round excellence in style , good fit , good work and the best possible quality at the lowest possible prices . It is very important that early application should be made , as there will be a difficulty in obtaining materials when the present stocks are exhausted , J. WELSH , back hurriedly . Then , with still lighter step , the cloaked woman passed on up the flagged path before the hotel , in the oppposite direc- A tion to that of the ballroom . Sylvia was unconscious of all this ; her re - t verie was profound , her thoughts absorbed . After a few minutes the drawing - room door reopened , and Charteris came back to her side . She rose on hearing his footsteps , but found it necessary to steady herself with a hand on the mantelpipece . She was feeling a little giddy . The lights of the room seemed to gyrate . " I went to the ballroom , " he said , " and found it in some confusion . The dancing had stopped . The fact is , Miss Howard - Vance had slipped on the polished floor in stepping off the daïs , and has slightly sprained her ankle . It happened just before I entered . " " Oh , I am sorry . I hope she is not much hurt . " " Dr. Sarsfield , who , as you know , is a guest , looked to the sprain at once , and bound up her ankle . He says it is only a strain , nothing worse , and will be all right after a few days ' rest . Of course , Grennan is a good deal concerned , blaming himself because he was not by her side . " Charteris smiled , " Mrs. Howard - Vance asked me if I could find you , round at once . as she had ordered the carriage to be brought if I tried . Will you have an arm . " I told her I thought I could 3 , West Street , LEOMINSTER . WEDDING MYSTERY . LEGAL HITCH DISAPPOINTS BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM . Mystery surrounds the failure to celebrate a wedding service which was to have been per- formed at St. Ethelbert's Roman Catholic Church , Slough , on Friday morning . The par- ties were Lieut . St. Vincent Parker - Jervis , R.N.V.R. , and Miss Marianita Roller . Miss . Roller is statel to be the daughter of residents at Burnham . The bride and bridegroom drove up to the church in a motor - car with another person , said to be a maid of the lady's parents , and the only other people present were the priest , Father Clemente , and the verger . Everything was ready for the ceremony , which was by special license , when the priest found that the registrar was not present . Ap . parently he had been expected by the bride- groom , but as he failed to appear the priest announced that failure to comply with all the legal formalities must have occasioned his ab- sence , and that he could not , therefore , pro- ceed with the wedding . BACKACHE AND RHEUMATISM SOAP The Soap of NATIONAL SERVICE PURITAN SOAP AGRICULTURAL NOTES . WEEDS ON GRASS LAND . Pastures and meadows are late this year perhaps a month later than usual - but the . growth of grass cannot be delayed much longer In the present grave emergency it is more than ever necessary to get the best possible yield both of summer grass for grazing , and of hav will be very scarce , 7 ITEMS FROM ALL PARTS . THEFT OF DEAD SOLDIER'S EFFECTS . Harold Jago , a corporal in the King's Royal At Winchester Quarter Sessions on Monday Rifles , with ten years ' service , pleaded guilty . to stealing a number of gold rings , fountain pens , and other articles , of the value of £ 7 . 5s . , part of the effects of soldiers killed at the front , which had been sent home for distribu- The Recorder , in sen- Not only is quantity important , but quality said it was one of the meanest and wickedest tencing the prisoner to 15 months ' hard labour , also must be attended to , for on it the nutri - thefts he had ever known . ment value of the grass or hay depends . If He did not know how necessary it was ; that QUICKLY CURED WHEN ALL OTHER to meet the needs of next winter , when keep tion to the relative she would have found it difficult to steer a straight course without his aid . When they reached the entrance - hall of the hotel , which was on the further side from the sea , they found the Shale Castle carriage al- ready at the door , with Rose Howard - Vance installed in it . ( To be continued . ) IT . REMEDIES FAIL . . weeds bulk largely in the growth , they are food , and may spoil the quality and flavour of In the west and north - west counties one of the worst of such weeds is " Yellow Rattle , " which is specially bad in meadows . It may worse than useless , since they absorb plant the crop . GERMAN PARLOURMAID . . Alwine Boldt , a German parlourmaid , now serving a ment for failing to register , was brought up at sentence of six months ' imprison- Westminster Police Court on a Home Office Order , further charged with articles house in Here is good news for sufferers . The new " It cannot be helped . We have to bear remedy , Baker's Backache Pellets , are a posi- other people's troubles tive cure for Backache , Lumbago , Rheumatism , as well as our own . Sciatica , Gravel , Dizziness , and all Kidney I suppose it is right , as we share their joys . It occurred to her that she was speaking Troubles . Mr. A. Seymour , 26 , Dixon Street , like an automaton , saying aloud thoughts not Lingdale , Boosbeck , Yorks . , writes : " I evolved at the moment but lying at the back cannot express my great thanks for your of her mind , giving him a confidence which treatment of Baker's Backache Pellets . might have been withheld had she been more FOOD , AND HOW TO SAVE I suffered agonies with pain , and tried all sorts amount to a third of the whole cut , and seri- of clothing , valued at stealin of different preparations , but none of them ously diminish both the feeding value and sell- Prince's - gardens . When the prisoner was sen- brought relief , till at last I thought I would ing price of the hay . It can be diminished tenced some weeks ago it was stated that she try a box of Baker's Backache Pellets , which in a few years by turning the meadow into had been in the service of several distinguished quickly proved a wonderful cure . My advice pasture and keeping it well grazed . But that British Army officers at different times since to all sufferers is to try your wonderful Pellets is a slow process , and may be difficult at the the beginning of the war , and on her own ud- and they won't regret it . " Get a box to - day . best of times . We want something more prompt mission , she had been visited by a person whom Can be obtained from J. W. Rowe , 35 , High in this third year of war . she described as a Dutch merchant , making Street , and Ellwood & Son , 25 , Drapers Lane , periodical visits to this country . Mr. Horace Leominster ; 1s . 3d . per box , or post free , in the Smith now sentenced prisoner to a further plain wrapper , direct from Baker's Medicine term of six months ' hard labour - the greater Co. , I , Southampton Row , London , W.C. part of the sentence to run concurrently with that she is already serving - and also made au order recommending her for deportation . CAPTAIN MARK GRENNAN , his close friend , commander of the cruiser which is patrol mistress of herself . boat in the North Sea , living in anxious walking up and down the passage outside . It days in the knowledge that the most ter - suddenly occurred to Charteris that it was rible war of modern times might be declared not advisable for them to remain in the dark- ened room . at any moment . Mrs. Grundy had not full sway in Corford , but no place is free from malicious tongues . A little further on was the drawing- aboom of the hotel , which was sure to be lighted even if unoccupied . Like the smaller smoking - room , there was facing seawards , and a similar door into the ROSE HOWARD - VANCE , his fiancée . SYLVIA VAN ANNAN , her friend and guest , a lovely girl , belonging to a wealthy Dutch family . She captivates Charteris at first sight , and a hunting accident is the instru- ment of her first visit to Corford Hall , Mr. Charteris's beautiful home by the sea . As they are passing the aerial shed the new machine rises in the air , and Miss Van Annan displays an emotion which greatly bewilders her host . Next morning footprints are found around the aerial shed , one of them that of a lady . Charteris is disturbed by this , and the strange agitation of the girl with whom he has fallen in love , when a line of battleships appears off the coast . The suspicion against which he fights is deepened by Sylvia's manner at ball on the night before the British Fleet sails , and by the appearance in the ballroom of a foreign - looking stranger , whom she seems anxious to avoid . CHAPTER XI . a passage . a French window " If you come this way , I will take you to the drawing - room . You can wait there while I go to Mrs. Howard - Vance . " She stood still , hesitating . Evidently she did not understand his true motive . Her own feelings were too insistent for her to think of the possibility of any social criticism .. " Will anyone be in there ? " she asked at length . There may be four people playing bridge , but probably everyone has gone to bed , ex- cept those who are at the dance . I will go and see first , if you like . " She agreed with gesture , and sank into a wicker - chair , close to the open window . He saw her head bent as he went out on his errand . Except for her face her whole frame was shrouded in her cloak . She seemed to be listening intently , not looking the way Char- teris was going , but in the exact opposite direction , which the stranger had followed . She was listening to ascertain whether he was coming back . Of that Charteris was cer- tain . It annoyed him . It would have gone hardly with the stranger if he could have picked a quarrel with him at that moment . He , too , listened just before lifting the the latch of the drawing - room window , but sound came to him except the dull monotone of the sea and a tinkle of laughter from the Charteris was in doubt . He took a step forward , and laid his hand on the parapet as if about to vault on to the esplanade ; inclina- tion was strong in him to pursue the stranger , now disappearing into the comparative ob- scurity , and demand from him his business . The idea was suggested partly from a public point of view , partly from private interest . It is true peace was still ostensibly maintained , but , the whole world knew that war - clouds lowered dark , close to the . horizon , while the inen in the inner ring of both Services ex- pected a blaze , fast becoming a conflagration , for what purpose ? If this man was what his appearance sughe hurried back for Sylvia van Annan . gested , an officer of a foreign Government , at any moment . ballroom . The stranger had disappeared into the night Charteris found the drawing - room empty ; Then in mufti , his presence was suspicious there , he took her to a large armchair by the fire , gate him ? From the point of view of his own at the most vulnerable point of the coast . which was dying out , though the embers were Even so , had Charteris any right to interro- red , and giving out a glow of warmth . How white , yet how lovely she looked . bright and winsome , now like the sea on a Certainly she was a creature of contrast , now Yet in both cloudy day - grey , mysterious . She needed moods appealing , provocative . someone , of that he felt assured . She needed ed . She needed a man's protection . He arm of the Service , he was only an officer on leave , although the object of his leave was perfectly well known to the authorities . had no locus standi to act as a police - patrol and demand an answer to the question of iden- tity from this stranger . As regards Captain Grennan , the position was somewhat different . In his capacity as commanding officer of the Swift , specially commissioned as a patrol boat , it would probably be within his right to act summarily in a case of suspicion , in which action he would be upheld by the Admiralty . But then Grennan would have to be fetched , the matter explained to him , and by that time the man would have disappeared , even if Grennan saw the matter in the same light as Charteris . But would he ? In this question was bound up another : How far was he , Charteris , actuated in his suspicion by the personal equation , by his instinctive belief that Sylvia van Annan was in some way connected with the stranger , whose coming had caused her such a hurried departure from the boundary wall ? While all this was being rapidly yet con- fusedly evolved in his inner consciousness , Sylvia made a movement , coming towards him . She had undoubtedly noticed his attitude , when he was half - minded to spring over the Iaring her step , Charteris turned towards asked , in a thick whisper , unlike her usual parapet . her . What are you about to do ? " she clear , bell - like tones ... I hardly know , " he answered . une passed just now , and I am Some- not sure whether I ought to have let him ; if I ought not to have gone after him - to ask his busi- Sylvia came close to his side , and , leaning forward , looked along the esplanade in the direction the stranger . had followed . ness . " There is no one in sight , " she said . It was hardly noticed it at the time , but he remem- an evasive remark , yet Charteris bered it afterwards , putting it by the side of other evidence of import . As he turned to leave her she looked up at him and smiled ; but the smile was not joyous , more pathetic than tears would have been . By E. I. SPRIGGS , M.D. , F.R.C.P. ( Written at the request of the Food Controller ) IX . MEAT . The value of meat as a food lies in the fact that it contains much digestible body building protein . If properly cooked and chewed little or nono of it is wasted . Hence meat , though its cost is high , is economical from a digestive point of view . The Controller's allowance of 2 lbs . of meat a week gives about an ounce of protein a day . The protein in the flour ration raises this to nearly two ounces , and that in other foods will easily make up the 3 to 4 ounces a day which an adult needs . With the allowance , there no fear of protein shortage , so long as the total amount of food is sufficient . Lean meat , such as very lean beef or flesh of the rabbit , is about one - fifth protein , the one - tenth fat , and the rest water ; it gives 40 Calories to the ounce , or G10 to the pound . If there is more fat attached to the meat or lying between the fibres , the food value is much greater . Thus an ounce of average mutton gives 86 Calories , a pound 1376 Calories , whilst fat bacon gives 170 Calories an ounce and 2,720 in a pound , that is four times the food value of lean beef . Bacon , therefore , at 1s . 9d . cr even 2s . a pound , gives more heat value for the money than any other kind of meat . But we need meat most for its protein ; the energy value of the fat can be supplied in other foods . Now the cheaper kinds of meat contain as much protein as the dearer ; and they are , if reasonably cooked , quite as digestible . SMASHED HIS SWEETHEART'S FURNITURE . EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT OF A REJECTED LOVER . Massey ( 21 ) , Church Street , was charged with At Dudley Police Court , on Tuesday , Joseph doing wilful damage , estimated at £ 6 , to with threatening her . furniture belonging to Kate Jeavons , and also The best quick remedy is a dressing com- mon agricultural salt , which , applied at right time - in April or May when the Rattle plants are quite small - will kill the weed and improve both the quality and the yield of hay . Of course , salt is dear and cannot be obtained everywhere , but fortunately the counties where the Yellow Rattle is worst are near the Cheshire salt mines . Practical field trials show that six cwt . of agricultural salt to the acre , applied at the right time , will effect an almost complete destruction of this pest . THE BOX OF LICHTS . Prosecutrix said they were employed at the STORY OF NOTES , NOTEPAPER , AND A been courting her . same factory , and for about ten months he had She accepted his proposal WONDERFUL CURE . What was described as a " remarkable story " USING UP TRIFLES . It has long been said of the English house- wife that a French woman could feed a family from the material she puts in her refuse pail . Fortunately we are doing better in the matter of scraps , and our refusé pails are no longer symbols of wastefulness . A good cook rarely finds anything suitable for the pail . If she does not turn her odd bits . of bread into crumbs for frying , she utilises them for bread puddings , stuffing , and small pieces of toast for poached or fried eggs . The remnants she throws to the birds . Vegetable scraps will be just the thing for a next day salad , or if too messy for that they can be moulded with a thick white sauce into a charge of steal- nice croquettes and fried in deep fat . And the ferably fresh , but cooked left - overs are not to be despised . of marriage , and in anticipation of the wedding was related at the North London Police Court he took a house and obtained about £ 20 worth on Tuesday , when Benjamin Rubinstein , a also bought furniture and other household ing 14,000f . in notes by means of a trick from stock pot is ever yearning for vegetables , pre- of furniture on the hire - purchase system . She Russian , was remanded on goods , of the value of £ 6 , which were taken to Lazarus Edward Warshaw . the house . On Easter Sunday defendant Mr. Warshaw said that he was introduced to called at a house at Vicarage Prospect , where Rubinstein at the Carlton Hotel , Haymarket . would have nothing more to do with him . cal preparation she was then living , and she told him she Rubinstein said that he had discovered a chemi- which would prevent septic He demanded the key of the house , but she troubles in wounds , and that there was France and Italy would take up the invention . doubt that the Governments of England , The next time they met , Rubinstein produced a box , inside which was a small electric motor . There were also several glass bottles containing declined to give it him because he would He promise to let her have her furniture . threatened her , stating " it would be a grave for her and a rope for him . " The following no Cold fish makes good salad or croquettes , or can be cut into small pieces , mixed with a creamed sauce , and baked in individual dishes pised hash . There are all sorts of nice souffles with a layer of cheese or breadcrumbs on top . Cold meats need not always go into the des- and croquettes . Pieces of cold roast beef that cious when frizzled in are no longer big enough for slicing are deli- a little butter and day she again refused to give him the coloured liquids . When the motor was started served with horseradish sauce . Also the stock The amount of meat which can be bought for any sum of money depends partly upon how much bone must be taken with it . This varies with the condition of the animal and the way the joint is cut . Here is a list showing the quantity of meat and of bone which was obgoods belonging to her . tained in a number of purchases . The price charged is given and in the last column the actual cost of the meat , after taking away the bone , is estimated . Some pieces which have no bone are included for comparison . Ox Heart ... Ox Tail ... Ox Tongue ( with Per Cost of meat W'ght.B'ne . cent . Price without bone lbs . lbs . of b'n . per.lb. per lb. 4 о 1od . 1od . 2 30 8d . 11d . Root ) ... 7 ° .0 IS . IS . Ox Liver II ° IS . 1s . Flank of Mutton 1 + 17 Ind . 1 IS . Id . Rabbit 1-233-25 Iod . IS . 3d . - 18 . 1d . Shin of Beef 10+ 5 49 1od . IS . 8d . Leg of Mutton ... 7 I 13 IS . 6d . IS . 9d . 15 IS . 6d . IS . 9d . 20 IS . 6d . IS . 10ld . " I am afraid I am a nuisance , " she said . " You will think I am like this always . Rose Howard - Vance assure you it is not so . would tell you the same . A few weeks ago , or , at any rate , not more than a few months ago , I should have said there was no one less given to nerves than I. " He half turned back ; his eyes looked into hers with a tenderness and sympathy that she could not fail to understand . She turned away and looked into the fire , perhaps lest the answering message too he should read clearly . Shoulder of Mutton 5 Sirloin of Beef ... 14 2 Chicken ... 21-31 then burst into the house , and deliberately smashed with a hammer all the furniture and Replying to Mr. J. A. Shephard , who de- fended , she admitted that since Christmas she had received sums from Massey amounting to £ 4 10s . , and alleged that most of this went to- wards the payment for the furniture obtained on the hire - purchase system . Police - constable Haynes said defendant did . not smash any of his furniture , and when green and red lights were flashed . Then a piece of wadding was plunged into the chemi- cals , the box was shut , and the wadding repro- duced perfectly dry . This , said Rubinstein , was the wonderful curative wadding . had sent 20,000 roubles to Russia , and suggested Rubenstein , said the prosecutor , said that he that witness should exchange 14,000 francs in notes with him for £ 504 in English notes when his money arrived . Mr. Warshaw said that he put the 14,000 pot yawns for the tiny remnants for sauces and gravies . UNNATURALISED GERMAN , WHO EVADED THE POLICE . The story of a man born in Germany who had been at large in this country since 1914 , was told at East Ham , London , on Tuesday , when Charles F. Claw , 35 , was charged with at Barking . witness called his attention to this fact he said francs on the table and Rubenstein handed him stealing £ 40 from his wife , a machinist , living he would have been a dummy to smash that for which he had worked . The defence was that the furniture smashed had been purchased with money supplied by Massey . The charge of threats was dismissed , and in regard to the wilful damage defendant was fined 10s . and ordered to pay £ 3 . OBJECTOR . well- a sealed packet of what appeared to be £ 1 Treasury notes . The covering was of tracing through this on either side . The prisoner was paper , and the engraved notes could be seen apparently about to break the seal when he turned to the witness and said , " I think you had better open it . " The witness did so , and in turning up the notes to count them found that the first of eacli of two piles was a genuine note , but the rest were blank sheets of notepaper . By this OUR FOOD STOCKS . In reply to the magistrate , who enquired what the man had been doing since 1914 , Detective - sergeant White said very little was known of his movements He had evaded the police until recently , but in January last he was arrested and sentenced to four months ' for being an alien in Bournemouth , a prohibited area . The Magistrate : Here is this man , not naturalised , going about the country just as ng about the he likes . Claw was sentenced to six months ' with hard labour , to follow the sentence he is now undergoing . PEOPLE URGED TO EAT LESS . DISHONEST POSTMAN SENT TO PRISON . WHAT MAY HAPPEN IN SEPTEMBER . For stealing two registered letters containing Mr. Kennedy Jones , M.P. , Director - General pounds , John Irwin ( 45 ) , a Liverpool postman , a ring and a cheque for several thousands of 33-21 1s . 8d . 2s . 2d . - 2s . Id . CHARCE AGAINST A CONSCIENTIOUS time Rubenstein had vanished . The meat of large joints costs the most . thought it must be remembered that it contains more fat , and that the bones bought with it PROMISE TO THE COURT WITHDRAWN . are useful for soup . The small pieces are the cheapest , like the flank of mutton , ox tail , the At Sutton Coldfield , on Tuesday , a heart , liver , and the whole ox tongue with known local Christadelphian , named James roots . Next comes the rabbit which is fairly Viner Hall , 40 , Parade , was summoned for cheap . If rabbits or fowls are bought by the making , between January 1 and March 9 , pound , the thin ones are , of course , the dear- statements intended or likely to prejudice e- est , because they contain as much bone as the cruiting . fat ones . The Clerk ( Capt . R. A. Reay Nadin ) said Mr. Pieces which contain gristle as well as bone G. F. Pearson , who had been instructed to and give good stock on boiling are economical . defend , wished for a week's adjournment be- her A shin of beef , for example , of 10 lbs . , in ad- cause he had to appear in the Birmingham dition to the cooked meat will give a great County Court . deal of stock . A sheep's head , costing a shil ling , and giving with the tongue and brain , personal objection , and he himself applied for over a pound of meat , gives also stock which two technical alterations to the summons . with the meat will make 2 pounds of potted The Mayor ( Alderman W. J. Seal ) said that , meat . A whole ox head at 6s . or 7s . is a good looking at the gravity of the offence , the Bench purchase for large families or institutions . It had decided before granting an adjournment to gives 10 pints of good stock , which with the ask the defendant to enter into an obligation meat upon it makes 16 pounds of excellent not to do anything of the same kind before the potted meat jelly , equal in food value to 8 adjourned hearing , whether by preaching . pounds of meat . Tripe is a very digestible speaking , or writing . " I can do little , " he said ; " but you must know I would do , if I could " -he paused , and finished with emphasis- " just everything . " On his lips were trembling the words " If only I had the right , " but they remained un- It was not the time to say them , spoken . when Sylvia was off her guard , so to speak- impressionable , emotional ; when she , might give some kind of assent which too , maturer judgment might subsequently disallow One of servants of the hotel opened the door hurriedly , probably intending to put out the lights if the room was unoccupied . Seeing Charteris and the lady he bowed res- pectfully and withdrew . The incident just sufficed to bring them back from the dangerous edge of self - revelation and mutual interchange of a sympathy akin to something more . " I will go now and make it all - right with Mrs. Howard - Vance . " " Thank you . " Charteris bent down and touched her hand , which lay on the chair ; then he turned , and went to the door . Sylvia leant back in the big chair , her eyes fixed on the fire . Out of the red embers there He satisfied himself that she was right . shot up a shaft of light , where a piece of live The esplanade was deserted . The man they fire . food : a pound and a half contains as much protein as a pound of beef . Those who can afford it should always buy pieces . the ordinary joints , and not the cheaper The cooking of meat makes it palatable and destroys any germs or parasites it may con- tain ; it does not make it more digestible . water is driven off . had been talking about had probably crossed coal still remainded , hitherto untouched by the the boundary and gone down on to the beach . She wondered whether it was a parable as Sylvia shivered ; she drew the cloak more closely about her . well as a fact whether out of the dull glow Charteris blamed himself neglect . would come to her something like this bright weighed raw . for message . She knew that in the old nursery came out you - were heated . This night - air is Lieut . Wratislaw said he should raise no on of Food Economy , in the course of an impor- was on Tuesday sentenced , at Liverpool tant speech in London on Saturday the Assizes , to nine months ' imprisonment in the food supply of the nation , insisted that " there second division . Prisoner had been in the was no reason why there should be a single postal employ for 31 years , and hitherto had hungry mouth in the land , despite the exhaus - borne an irreproachable character . tion of the potato supply , if everyone would set to be his own food controller . " SCALES AGAINST THE PURCHASER . In view of the news from the front ( he added he believed that by September we At Worcester , on Tuesday , James Thompson , should have compelled the Kaiser to throw potato salesman , Wylds Lane , and William up the sponge . Percy Thompson , greengrocer , Friar Street , were each fined £ 5 , one for using an unjust VOLUNTARY OR COMPULSORY . scale and the other for having it on his prem- " The actual situation to - day is this ( said ises . For an hour and a quarter the father Mr. Jones ) . Our food stocks are low . The U sold potatoes , 21b . at a time , to people who as- boat is something more than a menace ; it is sembled in a queue , and when an inspector an active and actual danger . Take it from seized the scales it was found to be so caked The Mayor Of course , that has to be seen . " me , the shortage of tonnage , the partial fail required , but subsequently he again came be - dations of the dastardly submarine all combine Eventually the defendant gave the promise ure of the world's wheat crop , and the depre- Defendant : I never have done so , sir . to bring about a shortage in wheat and flour , with rust as to be 3 ozs . against the purchaser . BLIND MAN'S SENSE OF TOUCH . During the hearing of a charge against two fore the Court and said he must decline to agree that the Bench had a right to close his which , unless it is faced boldly and sensibly men at Hinckley Police Court , on Monday , of mouth in regard to preaching the Gospel . " by the people of this country , may bring us stealing bicycles , a blind cycle repairer identi- The Clerk : You are not asked not to preach . near to disaster . fied the machines by feeling over them , and " The whole question is for you to settle , the stocks we have and are likely to have at our disposal , or whether we shall be compelled to ration you by compulsion and on tickets , long waiting in queues , to the risk of receiving to subject the housewives of this country to insufficient supplies , and the trouble and an- uneven wearing of the rubbers of a pedal . He also recognised the voice of a man who had hired two bicycles from him and failed to re- turn them . POTATO RETAILERS ' PROTEST , When meat is roasted , baked or fried , there is What you have been asked to do , and what a loss of weight because a good deal of the you have solemnly promised to do , is to refrain whether you will carry on to September with pointing out certain peculiarities , such as the The meat served may from doing anything in the nature of that with only weigh a half to two - thirds of what it which you are charged . But there is no loss of food Defendant : The principles of the Gospel of value , unless , of course , it is so charred as to Christ are against warfare of any kind , and I How stupid of me ! " he said . " When you days servants in the country , of a past genera- be destroyed , or so tough that it cannot be shall decline to give an undertaking of that likely to give you cold - I had no idea it was tion , had something more than a belief in for- chewed . The gravy contains hardly any food , kind under any consideration , no matter what tunes revealed in the fire . In her present con- though its pleasant taste helps the appetite . the cost . I withdraw the promise . dition , unhinged , not mistress of herself , she . The same is true of meat extracts . When meat too , could imagine the truth of fancies , which is stewed or boiled some of the flavour and would not even have occurred to her in her salts and a little fat and protein pass into the saner , soberer moments . water , which is used as broth . The food value of the broth , however , is small , and if it is to form an important part of a meal , it should be thickened with barley flour , and whole barley or vegetables added . so chilly . " It was true ; the light , keen wind penetrated his thin dress - clothes . " Yes , " she replied . I should like to go now . Will you take me , please ? " He offered his arm - she laid a trembling hand upon it . He could feel her whole frame pulsing . What is the matter ? " he asked , as they entered through the French window . Nothing , " she answered- " nothing much . only I feel tired . I shall ask Mrs. Howard- Vance if I can go home . " Vance ?! Sylvia accepted Would you ? It is kind of you . I feel 1 Fortune had certainly thrown her at a criti- cal moment into close relationship with the man who had just left the room , for whom she had felt at the outset an interest , a sense of affinity , which had never presented itself to her experience previously . The best way to cook odd pieces of meat is to fry or This feeling bake them a little first and then stew them . had deepened rapidly , under the nexus of cir- By this plan the flavour is preserved and l She had been dependent , and he the tougher parts are made more digestible .. Meat which has been kept for several weeks had been helpful from the time they first rode cumstances . a noyance of ticket inspection and espionage . ' A meeting of the London Retail Fruiterers ' The Clerk That is a specimen of what a Association , held at Covent Garden on Mon- conscientious objector will do ; he gives ECONOMY MUST BE PRACTISED . day , protested against supplies of potatoes solemn promise , and then withdraws it to suit With reference to bread waste , every crumb being unfairly sold to hotels , restaurants , and his own convenience . should be saved , and no person should eat a Defendant : I was taken unawares . I came slice more than he needed ; no servant should fried fish shops , while the genuine retailer was unable to obtain any from the growers or back to say so before you left the Court . wholesalers . throw away a crust ; every housewife who Receiving a deputation from the The Mayor said the question of adjourning failed to exercise the most careful supervision meeting at the Food Control Department , Mr. over the rationing of her household was help- John Dennis admitted the unsatisfactory work- In asking every person to save ing of the Order , but considered that any 1lb . of bread per week he was talking of the remedy would be too costly for the short period average sacrifice . If the nation obtained such involved . a reduction in bread . consumption as he had over Heckled Orator ( after continual interrup- indicated , that would carry us to the no use talking any further ; next harvest , and if that was anything like a every time I open my mouth a silly fool favourable one it would give us three and a half months ' stock , plus potatoes . cases to suit the convenience of solicitors would be discussed by the Bench at their next quar- ing the enemy . terly meeting . Shall I go and speak to Mrs. Howard side by side at the beginning of the meet in cold storage is as nutritious as fresh meat . eagerly . until that moment , when he had gone to do Tinned meat is rather more nutritious , weight tions ) : " It's the suggestion her errand , leaving behind him that little for weight , than fresh meat , because some of ould not face the people in the ballroom . " touch of sympathy , that caress on her hand , the water has been driven off in its preparation . Speaks . " which she felt to be part of the essence of the For the same reason dried meats , such as I will make it all straight . " smoked bacon , have a high food value . A he was turning away she again put her man , strong yet tender , self - reliant , and at " Make as little of it as the same time sympathetic with the needs of Mrs. others . Howard - Vance knows I had that fall , and As she sat there a light step came to the A woman veiled in only this morning said she wondered I had window from the outside . a long cloak looked into the room , saw Sylvia hand on his arm . vo can . " she said- " say I am tired . felt no ill effects . " " " Perhaps that has something to do with it . sitting in the great chair , her feet towards the If so , I feel doubly responsible . " fire . He tried to keep a caress out of his tones , The hand which had been stretched out to but Sylvia was conscious of the underlying lift the latch and open the window was drawn Customer : " Is this bread to - day's ? " Shop- keeper : Yes'm . " Customer : " The reason I ask is because the bread I got here yester- day wasn't . " When a man begins to help his wife with her work she has to drop what she is doing to wait on him . HEALO If you have a Bad Leg.Eczema , Old Sores , Wounds , Ringworm , Cuts , Burns , Scurf , or any skin affection , send to Maurice Smith & Co. , Kidderminster , for a free sample of HEALO Ointment . Try it , you need not send for a large box . A Shifnal lady says it is worth a box . HEALO allays all irritation , reduces inflammation , prevents festering , soothes and heals all bad legs . Don't say your case is hopeless without trying HEALO . Boxes 1,3 and 3- Local Agent : - Own " Mabel says she sings only for her amusement . Well , you know the old say- ' One man's pleasure is another man's ing . pain . " REMARKABLE SCENES AT POTATO SALE . Remarkable scenes were witnessed on Satur- For Neuralgia , Faceache , Tooth- day morning at Farnborough at a sale of 20,000 lbs . of potatoes in 7 lb. lots at the Or- ache and all Nerve Pains , take chard Farm . The sale started at six o'clock the public being admitted one at a time through Lane's Neuralgia Tonic . a police - guarded gate to a shed , where women Never weighed out each lot . The first two " buses fails to give relief after the first from London brought over sixty people , and few dcses . by ten o'clock over 500 persons had been J. W. ROWE , Chemist , High St. , Leominster . served with potatoes . Bottle 1/9 , Postage 5d . CHENEY , CHEMIST , LEOMINSTER . |