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His ExceIlency the Cover nor, President
attendance Of some two hundred mem
Sir A. F. Everett and officers of H.M.S.
New Zealand, "Calcutta" and Con
stance" Speeches were delivered by
His Excellency the Governor, Sir Henry
Alcazar, K.C., Lord J~ellicoe, the Hon R.
S. A. Warner, K.G., and Sir Robert Bor-
den, and they were of a very high Qdar.
The toast OF >dmiral Lord Jellicoe and
Sr r. Borden We're enthusiast ticaIl3 re.
ceived.
Trinidad, Jan. 20th.-The Ball given at
Government House last night in honour
of Admiral Lord JeIiicoe by His Excel
lency the Governor and Lady Chancellor
was a bri liant success. Admiral Jelli-
coe and Admiral Everett with their Stats
entered the Ball Room at $50 p. m. and
dancing was kept Up until 3 a. m. About
800 guests, including many officers from
H.M.S. New Zealand, 'CaIcutta'' and
"COn5tance' we've present and the Band
of the New Zealand"suppIied the music.
London, Jan. 10Th. Lord Robert &C.
Gil, one OF the foremost advocates of the
League Of Nations, says it would be
foolish 10 shut our eyes to the fact that
the present Organization of the Empire
is not so perfect as to be free from dan
ger. We could continue indefinitely, he
says, the system by which the direction
Of our foreign policv wonld be exclusive
~ in the hands of the Mother Country,
though any blunder might effect the
prosperity and the national existence of
the Empire But, conversely. it was in
defensible that some e auvinistic out
burst CT administrative folly committed
by the Government of a distant dominion
without consultation with the Imperial
Authorities, might plunge the Empire
into foreign cOmpl'catio. s.
London, Jan. 19th.-The regulations
of the Ministry of Food regarding the
expectation Of tea have been relaxed
New York, Jan. 10Th. Liquor valued
at five million dollars has been seized
since Friday.
Berlin, Jan. 18th. Proposals by the
Allies for the "postponement for five days
Of the occupation of certain poine5 nave
been agreed upon by the Germans.
Transport delays ere stated to be the
cause of the postponement.
NEW YORK. Jan. goth 1920.
Flour, Blen12d Clear st. Lawrence Erand
pr. brI. $12.25
Neal, Kindred per 100 TBS 1857
New Seasons Pork per brl. $45.O0
Heavy Mess Pork per Dol. $45. so
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KILOGRAMS
ST. 0 STATION.

lation in the world is fifteen millions, and
there are three hundred thousand N the
British Isles.
Paris, Jan. 18th. The Clemanceau
Cabiner resigned today and President
Poincare has asked M. Millerand, Gov
ernor of Alsace, to form a New Cabi-
net. The outgoing Ministry had been in
Office since October 1917.
Paris, Jany. 18th.-The Paris edition
of the New York Herald states that
President Wilson asked for delay }, tne
League Of Nations on the matte cor
corning the Saare Valley, until the Uni
ted States should have appointed dele
gates ID the League. but that the Saare
Commission has been appointed without
reference to the United States.
Brussels, Jan. 18th. Deep emo ion is
felC in Holland at the Allied demand for
the eXtradlCiOn Of former EQpar0r Viii
liam, according to a despatch from the
Hague. It's expected that pressure will
be brought 10 bear upon him to surran-
der 70 UNFAIRLY.
Stockholm, Jan. 18th. Efforts 10 me-
diate between employers and workers in
Sweden have failed and a Lockout, to DE-
gin Oil the Jwenty sixth. has been ieciar-
ed. As a result, nine hundred AMI fifty
thousand men will be unemployed The
employ ers association may later extend
the lockout n ali skilled Iabour. T. com
mission appointed by the Government
will begin deliberation immediately in the
interests OF cOnclIiati0n.
Kingston, Jamaica, Jan. 18th The
Governm5nt is considering a prop D5al to
grant preference to British imports nota-
by cotton goods. The rate of exchange
is having a prejudicial effect upon the
American market.
London. Jan. 18Th Some members Of
the Parliamentary Labour Party have
gone 70 Dublin to study the condition OF
Ireland, among them being Messrs. Hen
derson, Adam5on, Clynes, Wilson, Par
klnson and Smith. They will visit Belfasl
Cork and other centres and will seek
the viewpoint Of all sections of Irish
opinion.
Conslantinople, Jan. 18th. P O
against the reported intention of the Peace
Conference to dismember the Turkish
Empire and internationaliza Constantine
pie, were voiced at a great mass meet
ing held here, and much enthusiast was
aroused, while Turkeys inalienabl rights
to Constantinople were discussed. Re
solutions were adopted that the City
should remain the Capital and seat of t e
Government, demanding the evacuation
of Smyrna and the adjacent regions by
the Greeks, and the immediate conc.u
sion of Peace.
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COUNT MONTANA.

eynopsis.-Richard searles. sue
cessful American playwright. con-
fdes to his friend, Bob Singleton.
the fact that inspired by the
genius Of q young actress whom
he had seen In London, he has
written a play. LADY Larkspur,"
solely with the thought that she
should interpret the leading char
acter. This girl, Violet Dewing.
has disappeared and Searles re-
fuses to allow the play to be pro-
duced with anyone else in the part.
Singleton has Just returned dn-
valided) from France. where he
had been serving in the aviation
corps. His uncle. Raymond Bash
ford, a wealthy man. had contract
cd q marriage a short time before
his death, while on visit to Japan,
He left Singleton a comparatively
small amount of money and the
privilege Of residence in the ga
rage" of his GUNNER home, Bar
on-on-the-Sound. Connecticut Mrs.
Bashford Is believed to be travel
ing in the Orient. The household
at Barton is made up Of elderly
employees OF the Tyringham, q
New York hotel. where Bashford
made his home. BY the terms of
his will these people are to have a
home at Barton for the rest of
their lives. Singleton goes to Bar
ton. taking with him the manu-
script OF Lady Larkspur." There
he finds the household strangely
upset, some of Its members being
suspected by their comrades OF pro-
Germanism. Antonio, head of tho
establishment, informs him that he
has been perplexed by the some
what mysterious visits of a
stranger. apparently foreigner,
seeking Mrs. Bashford. Antoine
has formed the male members OF
the household into a guard for pro-
lection. Singleton reads Lady
Larkspur' with approval. "Aunt
Alice arrives unexpectedly, meets
with q lively reception and turns
out to be young and charming.
Mrs. Farnsworth is her travelling
companion. Terrence. Bashford's
lawyer, suspects the two women
and warns Singleton Aunt Alice"
may be an impostor.
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the British. She had read the story
and would motor to the scene, she de-
clared. 1t was quite clear that there
were chapters in her life that were not
to be opened for my perusal. No
sooner had l caught glimpse of a
promising page than the book was po-
litely closed. A chrtain hung between
the immediate present at Barton-on-
the-Sound and other scenes and incl
dents of the girls life; and Mrs.
Farnsworth was equally detached from
any tangible background. 1t seemed
that might meet them daily for the
rest Of my life In this same friendly
fashion without adding a particle to
my knowledge of them.
became alert Immediately when, as
we rose from the table. Alice said, with
the air Of asking an unimportant ia
vor:
1--WE were speaking last night Of a
man who has been asking for us here.
His visits have alarmed the servants,
but there is nothing to fear from him.
You know"--she smiled at Mrs. Farms
worth-"it's rather he who seems to
fear us: that. at least, Is our impress
sion, though we have no idea why he
should do so. Still, it's rather good
fan to find yourself an object of spe-
cial attention and to be followed, even
pursued. We've even led him on a lit
tie, haven't we. Constance7"
Mrs. Farnsworth laughingly admit
ted that they had led the gentleman
on a trihe, "but with all circumspec-
tion." she protested.
I'VE met him here and there In
Tokyo. and later were surprised to
hnd him crossing on our steamer. We
threw him on In the Canadian Rockies,
where We stopped for day. and elud-
ed him In chicago. where he was svi-
dentiy lying In wait tss -"
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out Of me. I'm done; finished, clear
out of the running. There's only this
to report. had letter from Dalton
saying that some time ago he asked al
the hotel where he sent the script OF
Lady Larkspur' to know whether Miss
| Dewing had sent forwarding ad
dress. Her accumulated mail had
been called for by some one whose
identity was not disclosed. OF course
this isn't much to hang rope on, but
IL that play Is what / think 1t is and
Miss Violet Dewing ever reads 1t she's
going to jump for the telegraph office
the moment she finishes the last act.
l have no plans for returning East
the folks at home let me do as
please, and it's relief to be in seclu.
sion where 1 hear nothing of the do
ings of Broadway. hope your an
cient globe-trotting aunt still fingers
in the far East! Keep the ink flow
ing, son. That novel ought to be we'll
under way when l get back"
The tale had begun seemed utter
trash in comparison with the story of
Alice Bashford, in which, much
| against my will, had become q minor
character. l had rather prided myself
| on my ability to see through plot in
the first chapter Of the most conpli-
Gated mystery story, but there were
points in this unwritten tale that
baflled me.
l kept away from the house until
dinner-time, when was received quite
as an old friend by Alice and Mrs.
Farnsworth. The table talk was of
Celtic poetry. and proved less disturb
ing to Antoine than the previous
nights discussion Of ghosts.
Their day had been spent, they ex.
planned. in further examination of
my uncle's japanese loot, and they had
taken a long walk beyond the estates
boundaries and were enthusiastic
about the landscape.
Its so beautifully peaceful all
about here" Alice murmured. II feel
that / never want to move again."
''That's real tribute to America" :"
Mrs. Farnsworth remarked; 'for Alice
dearly loves new scenes. She inher-
ited taste for travel from her father,
who put some new places on the maps,
you know"
didn't know and I wanted to ask
questions about Aliee's father, but as
though anxious to frustrate such in
quiries my aunt asked how close we
were to the place made famous by Is
rael Putnam's spectacular escape from
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CHAPTER ll-Continued.

"It's her manner Of speaking of
spookish things, Mr.. Singleton. It
doesn't seem fitting in widow and
her so lately bereaved. And the older
lady's quite as bad, sir. The maids
tell me they keep talking all day about
fairies and pretending they're queens
and such like, and talking poetry to
each other. The late master never in.
dulged in such things, sir"
"He would have lived longer II he
had! 1t was probably the poetry and
fairies that attracted him to Mrs.
Bashford."
"Yes, sir" he acquiesced with a
gulp. II suppose you're right, sir"
"You should be grateful to Mrs.
Bashford for not bouncing you all for
the row you made last night. 1t could
be done; in fact, MIR. Terrence has
suggested that legal means could be
found for getting rid Of you"
THAT would be very sad, sir" he
said humbly.
isn't Mrs. Bashford kind to your
Hasn't she taken pains to make you
all feel at homer"
"Well. yes, sir. But she's taken FL
sic back into the house, and there's no
work for hen, there being two women
In the laundry already; and she's told
me Dutch must be given his old place
In charge Of the poultry; and both be-
Ing Germans, you will recall"
ITS just her kind heart, you idiot I
You've all been spoiled; that's what's
the matter with you"
1T causes feeling; that's all. SIR"
ut needn't cause 1t If you brace up
and act like man." retorted. Then,
sorry had been so harsh. / added !:
"We must take good care of Mrs.
BashforIl, Antoine. 1t would be your
old masters wish. 1t would be wise
to keep a guard at the house for the
present In case your mysterious stran-
ger turns up again"
He couldn't have failed to note my
change Of tone about the unknown
visitor, but he made no comment.
"The guards set, sir; front and
rear"
"While there's no danger whatever
it's Just as well to take no chances.
Please tell the boys to send for me
Immediately at any hour of the night
III they see any prowlers about"
"very good, sir. But II you please.
sir"-he had reached the garage and
he fingered. lingering his hat nervous
ly-''if II wasn't for the ladies' talking
about spirits. we'd all feel better. SIR"
you're far from being a fool. An
tome. Those ladies Just play at be-
lieving In such rubbish. II they really
believed In ghosts. you may be sure
they wouldn't talk about II at table
,efore strangers like you and me-"
Though this seemed to impress him.
q moment later, as ] was drawing
down the shades In my bedroom,
saw him running across the lawn like
o frightened rabbit.
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Zinovieff Ousted From Germany

NJ. Znoviefr. chairman Of the
Third Internationale and one Of the
four powers of the Russian soviet gov-
ernment, has been ordered by the Ger
man government to leave Germany.
He and NJ. Losowsky were the Russian
soviet delegates to the conference of
the Independent Socialists at Halle.
and at their behest the meeting voted
to adhere to the Third Internatlonale,
the vote being 237 to 1856. This action
disrupted the party, for the minority,
headed by Vice Chairman Crispien,
left the conference hall. Under the
joint presidency of Crispien and
George Ledebour these seceders open
ed separate convention and laid
plans to communicate with the revO-
lutionary forces in all countries OPP
posed to Moscow and prepare an or
ganized campaign against Bolshevist
methods. They adopted Herr Lede-
bours' resolution Of sympathy with
Bolshevist aims, but expressing unal-
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Father of "The Little Entente"

DR.. Edward Benes. foreign minis
ter of CZecho- -Slovakia, has been the
leader in the organization of what is
known as the little cntente"-a league
Of Czecho-Slovakia Jugo-Slavia and
Roumania, designed to guarantee their
integrity and to prevent the return of
the Hapsburgs to the throne of Hun
gary.
Asked why this new entente was
necessary, In view of the existence of
the League of Nations, Doctor Benes
said: 1T is because the League of
Nations is not able yet to give com
plete security to us and because it
does not yet have the necessary in
tluence in central European affairs
which 1t may have some day. 1t is
because it has become impossible for
democratic and libertyloving nations
such as Czecho-Slovakia to continue
to exist peacefully and build pros
porous future that | have formed an
other league Of nations which already
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Frederick P. KeppeTs New Work

Frederick P. Keppel. director OF
foreign operations of the American
Red Cross and formerly an assistant
secretary of war, has been chosen by
the chamber of commerce of the UNI
ted States to be the American admin
istrative commissioner at the head
quarters of the newly formed interna-
tional chamber of commerce at Paris.
Mr.. Keppel will leave for France
to take up his new duties as soon as
he can do so without prejudice to the
work upon which he Is now engaged.
AS director of foreign operations,
Mr.. Keppel was responsible for the ex-
penditure of $51, 100000 in relief work
in foreign lands in the last year.
Born on Staten Island In 1875, Mr..
Keppel has had successful and dis
inguished career since his graduation
from Columbia university in 1888. He
started In as a member of the faculty
of his alma mater. being successfully
assistant secretary, secretary and dean
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OF serving them is creamed or cooked
and served In white sauce. We tire
or having any food served in the same
way time after time, so the following
recipes may be suggestive of different
ways of serving this wholesome vege-
table:
Carrot GIace, With cream.-Scrape
the carrots, cut In halves or quarters,
according to size, then cut in short
pieces an Inch and q quarter in length.
Cover with cold water and cook Is
minutes, then drain and rinse and add
boiling water; for each pint of water
add half teaspoonful of salt, table
spoonful of sugar and two tablespoon
fuls OF butter; cook until the carrots
are tender and the water is reduced to
sirup. Stir the CARROTS in this sirup
until we'll glazed, then add hot cream
to cover let simmer for moment and
serve at once.
Cream of Carrot Soup.-Cook until
tender pint of diced carrots, drain
and mash; put through a ricer. Scald
quart Of milk with a slice of onion
and pinch of nutmeg; remove the
onion after Is minutes, add the carrot
pulp. salt, sugar and few dashes Of
cayenne. Melt tablespoonful of but
ter in saucepan, add a tablespoonful
of flour and cook until smooth add by
thinning with little of the milk to the
hot soup. Cook until well blended,
stirring occasionally. Serve hot with
crOutOns.
Drowned Carrots.-Take uniform
sized carrots, scrape and cut in halves.
Parboil for Is minutes then arrange
around roast of mutton and baste
with the fat to brown. Serve around
the roast when it Is served on the
platter.
There are many meat sauces and
soups which would lack in flavor If 1t
were not for carrot, even in small
quantities, which gives most appetiz-
ing flavor.
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Add one-half cupful of milk to two
cupfuls of mashed potat" and beat
until thoroughly blended. Add two
beaten eggs, a teaspoonful Of salt, and
gradually one cupful Of grated cheese.
Bake In buttered baking dish in
slow oven.
Shepherds Pie.-Put fal:ed fish In
n baking dish. Add sauce made of
a tablespoonful each of flour and fat,
one-half teaspoonful of salt, dash of
pepper and cupful of BROTH Cover
with two cupfuls Of mashed potato,
brush with cream or fat and brown In
hot oven.
Potato o'Brien.-Make sauce of
one tablespoonful each Of fat ard
-four, one-half cupful of skinned
milk, one teaspoonful of salt and
dash Of pepper. Mix two cupfuls of
diced cooked potato with one green
pepper cooked and chopped and one
half cupful of grated cheese. Mix
with the white sauce and put into a
baking dish and brown in hot oven.
Canned red pepper may be used In
place of the green when that cannot
be obtained.
Potato and Lima Bean Loaf.-Take
one and one-third cupfuls of lima
beans cooked and put througl sieve;
add two tablespoonfus of fat. one
fourth of cupful of milk one tea
spoonful of salt, one-third teaspoon
full of sage. two cupfuls of riced pota.
to. Add to 1t One-fourth f cupful
of milk. salt and butter to season.
Put the first five ingredients into
buttered baking dish. cover with the
potato blended with the milk and sea-
sonings. Bake In quick oven. Serve
with tomato sauce.
Potato Peanut Loaf.-Take one pint
of mashed potato. one cupful of
ground peanuts, or one-half cupful of
peanut butter. two teaspoonfuls Of
salt, one-half teaspoonful Of paprlka.
one-half cupful of milk, two table
spoonfuls of melted fat and two WELL
beaten eggs. Beat the entire mixture
together and place in creased baking
dish; set in a second pan containing
hot water and bake in hot oven un-
I'll firm. Serve with tomato sauce,
~ -.
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pEOpLE GA5EER RB5HR'
Kentucky in Forces Home Still

Charles Marshall Force, assistant
controller Of the treasury. has some
job. The man who will recall his
agOnies and distresses In making out
his income tax returns; in auditing
his accounts SO as to determine just
how much he owed Uncle Sam. will
admit this when he realizes that Mr..
Forces job includes the auditing of
all the accounts of the United States
government. The task carries huge
responsibility and requires thorough
knowledge Of bookkeeping and consid-
cradle legal talent.
Mr.. Force is q native of Kentucky,
but has been long eXpatriated. Twen-
ty-two years residence in Washington,
however, has not lessened in any de-
gree Mr.. Forces allegiance to Ken
lucky. nor has 1t induced him to re-
gard any other place than Shelby
county. Kentucky. as his home. In
proof of this. Mr.. Force tells of a visit
which his wife. who formerly was Miss
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blood, and be-
cause of this min.
ernl content are a
vegetable which
should be served
often, especially
In families with
growing children.
The common yav
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CHAPTER ~.
A Fam.

1As morning mail brought letter
from sssrlss acknowledging my con-
grstulstious ON his play. While my
eakhsaasttc praise pleased him, he
w1s WY soornful Of my Suggestions.
ssalnang even more depressed than
w1sm hs talked to me.
sIt's Impossible for me TO plan other
wssk Lady Larkspux ate the sesl
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Count Montani and Aunt
Aice's 0strich-phme fan.
(To BE coNTWUED.I
Common superstItlons.

Most people are superstitious. With
some the breaking OF a looking glass
means q gloomy fsrsboding. Pea.
cock feathers were formerly consider
ed bearers Of sickness. The Greeks
and Romans Of ancient times put Inn
plieit trust In omens and never under
took entsrpwises OF any moment With
out consulting the esaeaA
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When every soldier in the ranks
fears that his loss means the fall OF
the cause an army Is resistless; when
each mason lays his stone as though
the walls cannot and except through
his skill: when every woman bleeds
at the wall of grief and the moan of
hunger, convinced that her hand alone
can ease and her loaf alone succor.
then and only then shall our mastery
endure-Herbert Kaufman
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has had the effect acfing the dspeg Clouds and raising
the national
admitted his had made provisions for
Defense
provisions
be of o n
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salts of a potato
are valuable In
building body It's
S u e s. w h e u
baked 1t Is one
of the most cas-
fly digested veg
etables.
Potato Puffs.-
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CARROTS IN VARIOUS WAYS.

Carrots contain iron and other min.
eral matters especially good for the
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opposition which
Znovier the left majority
hneand question of executing agreement with
leaders
q
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A CHAPTER ON POTATOES.

One of the best practical substitutes
for a slice of bread Is potato. The
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20. 1890. Western Newspaper Union }

There is no age limit Many people
do not learn how to live until they
are past fifty. Gladstone. at eighty
SIX, was brilliant. Goethe, at eighty
-FOUR, found life full of interest. You
are never old until you think you are.
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SaIe Mah snepvIe her and her husbands relatives
The local announced
Mrs Washngon Whereupon Mr.
as
Dear should
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