IKE BAUQON PATCH
Became Means of Reuniting
Two Lovers Who Had Quar
reled and Parted.
By CLARI83A MACKIE.
(Copyright, 1915, by th McCIura Newspa
1 per Syndicate.)
I Donald Warren carefully blotted the
sheet of paper and reread the letter
written In big (plashing black char
acters. It wa a manly letter of regret
over a mistake he bad made a misun
derstanding between Donald and the
girl be loved, and It had parted them.
! He was In the wrong, and he frank
ly acknowledged It. Then he had
poured out his love and bis longing
for a reconciliation. He slipped the
letter In an envelope and addressed It
to Marjorle Hlnman at her father's
country home over on the other side
of the Island.
His young nephews were calling
him with lusty lungs: "Uncle Don!
Come and open the box of fire
works!" ' Smiling, be went out on the lawn
where the expressman had dumped
the packing case. The three boys
were pecking at the boards with
hammers and chisel.
"I expect If we were to set off the
whole box It would shake the Island,"
boasted little Frank.
"I'll bet Aunt Marjorle could hear
It," remarked Bob.
Donald reddened hotly. He paused
with one sunbrowned arm In midair.
"Aunt Marjorle?" he repeated grim
ly. "Where did you learn that?"
Bob shrugged carelessly. "Cousin
Patty said when you and Miss Mar
jorle were married, why, she'd be our
aunt. So I asked her If she minded
our calling her Aunt Marjorle right
off Just to get used to It, you know,"
be explained.
"What did she say?" asked Donald,
"She got awful red and said I was
a dear and she guessed she didn't
mind. Just like a girl not to know
whether she did "mind or not!" he
added contemptuously.
"When did this happen?"
"Last week. I say, Uncle Don,
hurry up and open It, won't you,
please?"
Amid the splintering of pine covers
and the chatter of the boys Donald's
thoughts ran swiftly.
She had said it last week. Ah!
Last week all had been well with
them; their happiness seemed assured.
But now, because of his unreasoning
Jealousy, their bliss had turned to
aorrow and bitterness.
There was one comfort, he thought
when she received his repentant let
tor she might relent. He would take
It down and mall It that evening. Bne
would receive It the next morning, the
Fourth, and perhaps she would call
'him by telephone to tell him that he
-was forgiven and that he must come
across the Island at once. Perhaps
she would msjet him half way!
His meditations were drowned in a
chorus of excited ciics as his nephews
fell upon the fireworks and surtcd
them into shape.
. "Look, Uncle Don," cried Ned.
"One of these lire balloons is torn."
"Til put a patch on It," said Donald.
"We'll send that fellow up now, eh?.
There's a good stilt breeze. Bob, go
mid bring me the paste pot nd a
uhoct of paper."
"Here conies Cou3in Patty," said
Prank, running to meet the little gos
sipy, bright-eyed relative whose cot
tage was almost at the end of the
cliff.
"Well, Patty?" smiled Donald, as
.lie shook hands.
"I am well, Don," said CoubIu Patty.
"I've been fishing all morning off the
Topstone light."
"What luck?"
"Not muchexcept that I caught
Peter Gray's scarlet sweater and near
ly pulled him overboard!" giggled
Patty.
"Peter Gray here?" Bcowled Don
ald, for he was Jealous of young Gray,
who had a singularly winning way
with him.
"Stopping at the Hinmans, I sup
pose, as usual. He was out there Ash
ing with Marjorle and her sister. Our
boats were quite close together, and
my lino Hew over my head and the
liook caught In his collar. It was all
very funny. Peter Bald it would have
been a fair capture only 'he had been
hooked already."
Donald's face darkened. He won
dered if it was one of Gray's Ill-timed
Jests or had Marjorle really accepted
him on the rebound? Jealousy pos
sessed him again and he lost his tem
per. t He was glad he had not sent the
letter.
, When Patty had gone on to the
house Bobby came running back with
the pot of paste.
"I couldn't find any paper, Uncle
:Dnn," he said.
"I have some here," said Don, and,
tearing open his letter to Marjorle, he
deliberately pasted It- over the torn
place in the paper balloon.
He smiled grimly as his eyes fell
mpon the opening words: "My dar
ling." Judged by all appearances, she was
Peter Gray's darling, he argued, as he
helped his nephew light the wick and
Inflate the balloon,
"Which way Is the wind, Uncle
Don!" asked Ned.
"Northwest, and blowing strong,"
replied Don. "Your balloon will blow
out to sea, kiddles!"
"And we'll play that what's writ
ten on the patch Is a merige to some
ahipwrecked sailor on a desert
Island," suggested Imaginative Bob.
"Anything you like," agreed Don
ald. It was mldafternoon of the day be
fore the Fourth when Donald and his
nephows stepped back and allowed
the balloon to rise up, rocking to and
fro until It found balance in a higher
current of air. They watched it until
It disappeared beyond the trees of
the hill back of the house. Then the
boys returned to gloat over the fire
works and to store them away for the
morrow's celebration, while Donald
threw himself Into a hammock and
flung an arm across his aching eyes.
Peter Gray sat on the beach with
his arm around a very pretty girl
Gertrude Hlnman. j
Marjorle, with her shoulder dis
creetly turned to the lovers, gazed
sadly out to sea.
"See who'a here!" chirruped Peter
blithely.
Marjorle looked around and her
glance followed Peter's pointing
finger. Behind them, lazily drifting
down to the beach, was a limp paper
balloon. Its fire was extinguished,
and in the shelter of the cliff, where
there was no wind, It was coming to
earth.
"Observe the patch," said Peter as
the balloon neared them. i
Marjorle got up and walked toward
the fluttering thing, holding up her
slim tanned arms to catch it.
"Doesn't it look odd?" she laughed
over her shoulder, and then the bal
loon was In her grasp a smoky,
smelling crush of paper with a stiff
white patch covered with sp! ishing
black characters In a handwriting she
knew so well.
She tore the letter from the bal
loon and crushed it Into her pocket.
Then, flinging the mass of red paper
on the ground, she sped to the shelter
of the pine grove, where she spread
open the letter and read it with shin
ing eyes. '
Her heart beat madly as she read
Donald's confession and apology.
"The dear, dear boy!" she mur
mured softly. "But what a funny
way to send a letter? Shall I tele
phoneor yes, I will!"
In a' few moments she was talking
to Mrs. Warren.
"Donald is down on the beach, Mar
jorle," said Donald's sister-in-law.
"He's sitting there, staring at the sea
as if he contemplated Jumping in.
I'll send Bobby after him. Walt a
moment."
Donald received the message and
went to the telephone with scowling
face.
"Yes?" he inquired politely.
"Donald." wavered Marjorie's voice,
"I I received your letter."
"My letter? What tell me what
you mean," he gasped.
"Why, didn't you send me a letter
by balloon?" she asked tearfully.
"Yes, I did," declared Donald,
bravely. "I I'm coming over may
I?"
"I'm expecting you," said Marjorle,
ringing off.
When they met he clung to her
hands while he repeated the contents
of his letter and begged forgiveness.
"I was a beast to be bo jealous,"
he admitted; "but you know Gray
has been hanging around here a lot!"
"He had to," said Marjorle with
dancing eyes. "Gertrude is wretched
ly lonesome when he's away."
"Gertrude?"
"They're engaged, you know," ex
plained Marjorle sweetly.
Then Donald made a clean breast
of how his letter came to be patched
upon the balloon. "I thought It
would go out to Bea," he said.
"It was kindly fate that bore it Into
my hands," she whispered.
Cost of a Long Tall.
On the highway between Dieppe and
Gournay, France, there Is an interest
ing wayside inn that never fails to at
tract the attention of travelers who
Journey over the road. Nailed over
the door of the Inn there Is a notice
that reads: "Horses boarded here:
Rates Horse with a short tail 60 cen
times a day. Horses with a long tail,
one franc."
No one could understand a discrim
ination among horses based on the
length of their tails until a reporter
for a Paris paper questioned the pro
prietor, and later published the ex
planation in his newspaper. The hon
est old Inn keeper gave an amusing
hut logical answer to the reporter's
question.
"Why, that's very simple," he said.
"A horse with a short tail is very
much bothered by flies and gnats. He
is kept so busy driving them off with
his head that he naturally cannot eat
much. A horse with a long tall does
not need to use his head to keep oft
the files, out can busy himself eating.
In that way he eats more than the
other. Therefore it is only logical
that I should charge a higher rate for
his board." The inn keeper's argu
ment surely sounds reasonable.
Youth's Companion.
Ths Intoxicating Strawberry.
It seems difficult to believe there
can be any connection between the
strawberries now coming to market
and poison gases, but the association
exists. The steamships bringing fruit
from Brittany to Plymouth refuse to
carry passengers when conveying a
cargo of strawberries because of th
intoxicating fumes given off by tht
berries when packed In bulk. Even
the seamen have orders to keep on
deck as much as possible. As straw
berries, even tons of them, give oft
no very pungent smell, the theory has
been advanced that the intoxicating
effect of a cargo of the fruit is due to
the fermentation of the sugar in the
berries. London Chronicle.
THE Holy Sepulchcr at Jerusalem
for the possession of which
Crusades of the middles ages
were undertaken, will at last
become the property of Chris
tianity in case the allies win in the
European war. Today the keys of
this, the most venerated sanctuary in
Christendom, are held by the Turks,
and Moslem sentinels stand outside of
its doors, while the pavement In front
of its main entrance Is occupied at all
hours by beggars and street peddlers,
who assail visitors and passers-by.
The sepulcher Is contained within
the walls of a church, in which not
only the Catholics, but also the Greeks,
the Armenians and the Copts have
altars of worship. It Is a grotto, or
cavern, consisting of two rooms hewn
out of living rock. The outer cham
ber, which is 16 feet long by 10 feet
wide, is called the "Chapel of the
Angels." The inner room is the sep
ulcher itself, and contains the stone
on which the body of Jesus reposed.
Both are lined with white marble.
It was in the outer chamber, the vis
itor is told, that the angels announced
the resurrection to the holy women.
In the middle of the floor, covered with
white marble, richly carved, is a por
tion of the stone on which, as de
scribed In the Scriptures, the angel
sat on Easter morning. Suspended
from the roof are fifteen lamps, repre
senting as many Christian nations,
which are always kept burning.
Burial Place of Jesus.
A door so low that the visitor can
pass only by stooping gives entrance
to the inner room, pointed out as the
actual burial place of JeBus, which Is
hardly more than six feet square. The
stone on which the body of the Re
deemer lay is raised three feet above
Church of the
the ground, and, covered with a mar
ble slab, is used as an altar. Inas
much as only four persons at a time
can find room in the small chamber,
the Catholics, Greeks and Armenians
are obliged to take turns in perform
ing services.
The Church of the Holy Sepulcher
is surmounted by a dome. Beneath
the dome is a rotunda, off which is
the "Chapel of the Apparition," mark
ing the place where the Savior first
showed himself to his mother after the
resurrection. But this is only one of
the many sacred associations pertain
ing to the ancient basilica. Just In
side the main door is the Stone of
Unction on which the body of Jesus
was laid while it was anointed by the
holy women before burial.
On entering the church the visitor
ascends to the top of a stairway, where
a tablet set in the wall states that this
was the place where Christ was
"stripped of his garments." For it
should be understood that the sacred
edifice here described actually covers
the Rock of Calvary, and a long strip
of mosaic in the floor marks the spot
where Jesus was nailed to the cross.
Beneath a nearby altar Is the hole, or
socket, in which the cross was planted.
It is lined with silver. The holes for
the crosses of the two thieves are on
either hand, a little to the back.
"Grotto of Adam."
On one side of this altar, enclosed
by a silver railing, is the rift made in
the rock at the moment of the death
of Jesus. This cleft extends down
ward to a hollow beneath, known as
the "grotto of Adam," because the
lft iff ilfe
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skull of the first man is said to be
burled there.
Students of history recall the fact
that the Crusaders under Godfrey of
Bouillon captured the city of Jeru
salem In the year 1099, and that It re
mained In Christian possession until
1178, when the Saracens drove out the
Invaders. It was during this period
that the famous Mosque of Omar was
converted into a Christian church.
When the Moslems regained control
it again became a mosque, but today
It Is regarded as a structure of sacred
Interest from the viewpoint of both re
ligions, occupying, as It undoubtedly
does, the site of the great temple
wherein Christ denounced the Scribes
and Pharisees, and where he over
turned the tables of the money-changers.
According to tradition, it waB
here also that Abraham undertook to
sacrifice Isaac.
BUY 75,000 HORSES FOR WAR
No Danger of Shortage In This Coun
try, Sayt Expert Big Demand
Later, However.
Warring European nations have
bought and exported more than 75,000
horses from the United States, but
there is no immediate danger that
continued exports will cause an acute
shortage of horses In this country,
says G. A. Bell of the bureau of ani
mal husbandry in the Agricultural
Outlook.
"We could sell two or three times
the number already exported without
there being any appreciable shortage
of work horses," the statement adds.
"The kind purchased are for the moat
part very mediocre animals, which
would ordinarily sell for less than
Holy Sepulcher
$100 per head, and are a class of
which we can well afford to be rid.
"The big demand for horses will
probably occur after peace has been
declared. At that time the countries
now at war, with the exception of
Russia, will no doubt be very short of
horses for their agricultural and other
work. European Russia had, prior to
the war, about 25,000,000 horses, This
country and Russia together have 50
per cent of all the horses in the world.
A very large number of horses in
Russia will be destroyed in the war
and the remainder will, no doubt, be
needed by Russia for her own agri
cultural and other work.
"The demands oJ the United States,
which has one-fourth of the world's
horses, will, therefore, be large and
will probably continue for a number
of years, for the rehabilitation of the
depleted horse stock of any country is
a slow process. This country, how
ever, will be in a position to meet this
demand."
Russia's Melting Pot
Tiflis, which the czar has been visit
ing, and terming "a pearl of the Rus
sian crown," was described by Mr.
James Bryce some forty years since
as a "human melting pot, a city of
contrasts and mixtures, into Vhlch
elements have been poured from half
Europe -and Asia, and in which they
as yet ehow no signs of combining."
The description holds good today, for
there are said to be 70 languages
spoken In the street of the ancient
city by representatives of as many
nationalities.
SUBSTITUTE FOR ICE BOX
Food May Be Kept Cool In Contriv
ance Which la Not at All Hard
to Put Together.
A box fitted up to hold food helps
to solve the problem of keeping food
during the heated months. If the
cover is removed and the bottom ta
ken out, and the remaining frame
fitted with a shelf or two, and then
stood in a window that is free from
sun and to which the breeze has ac
cess, it proves quite a good nooler.
But Its construction Is not complete
until It Is covered with strips of heavy
cloth, such as burlap, sacking, or flan
nel. These are fastened on top of the
box and hang down over the sides,
completely covering the whole. On
top of this again is placed a dish of
water, with narrow strips of material
laid in It and banging over on the
cloth covering of the box. The water
oozes through these and keeps the
cloth covering wet, It having been first
given a good wetting. The air reach
ing this causes evaporation which in
turn creates cold. The vessel of water
must be kept constantly filled. The
degree of cold obtained will depend
greatly upon the condition of the at
mosphere. When this Is very dry, the
evaporation will be much more rapid,
and the cold will be Increased correspondingly.
WHEN JELLY WILL NOT JELL
Putting Material Back Into Saucepan
Only Serves to Make a Bad
Matter Worse.
When Jelly will not Jell, and that
happens sometimes, do not turn it
back into a saucepan to cook over.
That breaks the little gelatined glob
ules that have formed, even though
not enough to make jell, and you
will have at best a sticky, stringy
mess. Instead, take a large dripping
pan, half fill it with water, set the
undisturbed glasses of jelly in it, not
close enough to touch, put into a hot
oven and allow, to bake until sufficient
ly Jellied. It sometimes takes three
quarters of an hour, but the jelly will
cut as smooth and clear as though
stiff enough at first cooking. A pinch
of powdered alum will help the Jelly
ing process. Now is the time when
the far-seeing housewife, while doing
her preserving, puts up dainty little
glasses of jelly or pots of jam, to be
used for Christmas gifts. For a few
cents little fancy glasses, jars, mugs
or tiny pitchers may be had, which,
filled with homemade jelly and accom
panied by a Christmas greeting, will
prove very acceptable gifts. Small
cold cream jars and the like, if well
scalded, make excellent containers foi
Jelly.
How to Repack Ice Cream.
When the cream Is frozen, take off
the cross bar, remove the lid and
dasher, pack the ice cream neatly in
the bottom of the can, replace the lid,
closing the hole in it with a cork. Fill
the tub with salt and ice, pushing
them down to the bottom of the tuli
until the tub is filled to its top and
covering the can; then put over the
freezer a piece cf carpet or blanket,
to exclude air, and stand in a cold
place for one or two hours to ripen
and harden. When ice cream is fresh
each ingredient is tasted separately;
but after standing one or two hours
they blend and form a pleasant whole,
This is called ripening.
Hollandalse Sauce.
Cold or hot asparagus can be served
with hollandalse sauce and, indeed,
many lovers of this succulent vege
table consider this sauce its best ac
companiment To make it, beat a
half a cupful of butter to a cream and
then add the yolks of four eggs, beat
ing again. Next add six tablespoon
fuls of boiling water and then a table
spoonful of lemon juice or vinegar and
salt and pepper to taste. Beat now for
five minutes with a beater and then
cook in a double boiler, stirring all
the time until thick. Serve cold-
Rechauffe of Beef.
Brown two tablespoonfuls butter,
add two tablespoonfuls flour and
brown thoroughly. Add two cupfuls of
stock and one teaspoonful currant
jelly. WTien the sauce begins to thick
en add one-fourth teaspoonful Bait,
one-fourth teaspoonful paprika, a few
drops of onion juice, one teaspoonful
catsup and thin Blices of rare roast
beef. Stir carefully till meat is heat
ed. A tablespconful of sherry added
just before serving improves it.
Cleaning Fine Fabrics.
Delicate fabrics like crepe meteor
or crepe de chine generally require
professional skill to clean properly.
However, the homemaker can remove
stains herself If she acts promptly by
placing the soiled spot over steam Is
suing from the nose of the teakettle.
The fabric can then be pressed be
tween clean white blotters or brown
paper, with a warm iron.
Pineapple Ade.
Cut slices of very ripe pineapple
into small pieces. Put them with
their Juice into a large pitcher and
sprinkle them well with sugar. Pour
on boiling water, allowing a small halt
pint to each pineapple. Cover and let
stand until quite cool, occasionally
pressing down the pineapple with a
spoon. Strain the infusion and serve
in tumblers with ice.
Banana Conserve.
Take a banana and either slice It or
split it and then put some of the con
serve on it and a little sweet cream or
top milk if you have It. It's simply
great
SELECTION OF LAYERS
Professor Kent Gives Rules Fol
lowed at Cornell.
Examination of Ear Lobe la Consid
ered to Be Almost Infallible Vol
vety Texture of Hen's Comb
Is Also Good.
The expert eyo can readily detect
laying hens among a flock of nonlay
ers. Professor Kent gives the follow
ing rules observed at Cornell, some of
which were worked out some years
ago by the Connecticut experiment
station: v
Yellow-legged birds quickly lay off
the color in their shanks when they
are laying. A hen which Is laying
heavily almost loses the yellow color
out of her shanks. After molting the
yellow color returns quickly.
Examination of the ear lobe Is con
sidered to be almost infallible. A
chalky white ear lobe Indicates a bird
is laying heavily, whereas a cream-colored
one shows the bird Is laying mod
erately, has just started or has Just
stopped. A milk-colored ear lobe
shows the hen has laid slightly or has
stopped laying. A very yellow or dark
ear lobe indicates the hen has not laid
at all.
It is to be remembered that an ex
tremely white ear lobe also may mean
very low vitality.
The more velvety the texture of the
comb of a hen is the better is her
health, and it is almost a certain sign
she is laying heavily.
Out of 40 hens under observation at
Cornell, six with chalky white ear
lobes showed that they had laid 22
A Mixed Flock.
eggs that week, 16 eggs the previous
week and nine the week before that.
Of six other hens with creamy ear
lobes, four laid 15 eggs that week and
three laid 12 the week before and
three more laid nine eggs the prior
week.
Seven hens with yellow ear lobes
were examined and only one of them
had laid an egg that week and four
the week before.
Nine hens with very dark ear lobes
showed that they had not laid an egg
for weeks. K
TO ERADICATE POTATO BUGS
Hand-Plcking Method Is Best In Fami
ly Patch Paris Green and Plas
ter Is Recommended.
For- the family potato patch the
quickest way is to hand-pick the old
bugs. The bugs may be easily caught
when torpid early in the morning.
One bug, it is said, will lay several
hundred eggs. By gathering the bugs
there will be few worms.
When the young worms are found
In the heart of the potato vines the
best method Is to dust with parts
green and plaster. One tablespoonful
of pure parls green mixed in one peck
of dry plaster will be enough to dust
one-quarter of an acre of potatoes.
Wlien the worms are in the small
foliage surrounding the blossoms and
when the worms are half grown and
are spread over the leaves twice this
quantity must be used. Two dustings
will be necessary to kill the first and
second broods.
Buy the best quality of paris green.
Old green or green that has been ex
posed to the air Is nearly worthless
for killing worms. Use plenty of dry
powdered plaster. The plaster is ex
cellent to increase the growth of tha
vines. The best time to apply the
mixture is early in the morning when
the leaves are damp from dew.
FEEDING THE TURKEY POULTS
Nothing but Water and Sand Should
Be Given Young Fowl Until
They Are One Day Old.
Turkey poults require no food until
a day or two old, as nature has pro
vided for them, but water and sand
should be placed within reach. The
food should not be of a sloppy kind,
as that leads to bowel trouble.
Curds or dutch cheese is liked by
them and they thrive on it Stale
bread, moistened and squeezed dry, Is
good. Onion tops and dandelion leaves
minced fine should be fed each day
while in confinement. Corn bread
la the best food when two weeks old,
and later cracked corn or wheat
should be provided.