Looking Toward Coppal Lake.
ONE would rot, of course, de
scribe the Kerry roads as
“good.” There still exist mo
torists who visit ft district not
for the sake of rushing through it as
fast as possible—they do not welcome
postively bad roads, but, given roads
which can be driven over, they are less
keen on the goodness of the roads than
the goodness of the views seen there
from. Such, at all events, was the
temperament of our party, says a
writer in Country Life. Some one had
said: “If you don’t ‘do’ the coast
route from Killorglin through Cahircl
veen and Waterville to Parknasilla
you will miss the finest thing in Ire
land—perhaps in the British Isles;” so
we turned aside at this tempting pros
pect. And we did not regret our de
tour.
Soon after leaving Killorglin, where
the Caragh lake lies, still and black
In its opening in the hills, we began to
have some foretaste of the glories be
fore us. The road mounted into barren
wildernesses, and on our right sud
denly the vast blue expanse of Pingle
bay was outspread, a dream in the sun
shine. Grander and grander grew the
vistas across that splendid inlet of the
Atlantic, jvilder and wilder the ranges
on our left. At Mountain Stage, where
there is a little railway station (though
heaven alone knows what the traffic
can be), the scenery was as noble as
anything I have witnessed in Great
Britain.
A railway accompanies the road at
intervals during this part of the jour
ney; but It is a very unobtrusive rail
way, and appears to boast about a
couple of trains per diem in each
direction. Its final objective, of course,
is the ferry for Valencia island. And
it is for Valencia that another of our
companions was bound—the telegraph
line. For Valencia is one of the cable
stations; and those ordinary looking
wires, nine of them only, which pass
from pole to pole along the hedge side,
are throbbing, maybe, with messages
for New York. A curious thought, in
this solitude! But Kerry is sophisti
cated, in spots as it were. It contains
three cable stations—the Valencia is
land one, the one at Ballinskelligs, and
the one at Waterville. The result is
that you suddenly come on queer
cases of civilization: neat rows of vil
las, spick and span gardens, and
evidences—I will not say of wealth, but
at any rate of more comfort than in
discernible in the thatch-roofed and
generally poverty-stricken farms. A
cable terminal, you learn with sur
prise, employs a hundred or more per
sons—skilled persons, too; the kind
of persons who have to be paid a sal
ary which sounds like untold wealth
in this neighborhood.
Happy Valencia Island.
It was interesting to come to the
Valencia island ferry and look across
at a little town as neat as some nice
French coast resort. But Valencia is
land, as we found, Is l>y way of heir."
both rich and happy; and even if its
cable station did not bring unusual
comforts, the Knight of Kerry is one
of those landlords who see to it tart
their property, and the tenants there
on, are seemly to behold. Valencia
we all liked; it was, to be candid,
rather a contrast to the nearby Cahlr
clvccn of which a small pupil had
written (in one of the schools which
we visited) in her essay: “Cahirciveen
Is a town with a great many house
and most of them are public houses.''
For all that, t’ahirciveen is very
characteristic and picturesque. Be
yond it the road was, alas, pretty
rough; army lorries, we were told, had
ploughed i* up, and there had been no
time, as yet, to put it under proper
repair. An easy pace was not undesir
able, all the same, for there was plenty
to look at. On either hand the hedges,
we saw with delight, were fuchsia—
a testimony to the climate’s softness.
Everywhere we went in this part of
Kerry we were astonished at the vege
tation. Fuchsias grew astonishingly.
On Valencia island there is one colos
sal tree of fuchsia, and here also we
saw glorious pink geraniums positively
smothering a cottage wall. Arum lilies !
flourished like weeds in the poorest I
gardens. Along the bog sides, and right
down to the seashore, there were often
acres of yellow Irises.
Bat the bogs, to the eyes of a stranger,
looked bleak, one must confess
Every mile of the way beyond Killorg
lin we had not been out of sight of
those sombre brown scars which mark
where tin* apparently exhaustless peijt
is being cut; and now, between Cahir
civeen and Watervllle these peat ex
cavations were almost continuous. Be
hind the bogs rose long, empty hills,
grey with bowlders or tinted here and
there with the purple of bell heather.
For some miles now we had been out
of sight of the sea; but, descending
a slope we came in view of it again,
and of the jolly little town of Water
viHe, situated so sweetly on Ballins
kelligs bay, with the famous fresh
water Lough Currane lying a mere 200
yards or 300 yards inland. Waterville
has its terrace of pink villas, housing
the cable staff; but it also owns a few
hotels, and at one of these we were
excellently housed. Irish hotels not be
ing all they might be, one is glad to
find a really satisfactory one, and
moderate withal. Some of our party
who paused to patronize the salmon
and sea-trout fishing on Lough Cur
rane were enthusiastic in their unan
imous decision to return and make a
longer sojourn. The lough, certainly
is one of the most beautiful I have
ever had the fortune to behold. Our car,
on the good advice of the hotel pro
prietor, turned aside and explored the
valley In which the lough lies, going
ns far as that dreamy tarn known as
Coppal lake. Fishers who ply their
craft in such scenery are indeed to
be envied.
Some Glorious Scenery.
But the best was yet in store for
us. Returning to the main road and
leaving pleasant Waterville in our
rear, we began the ascent of the Coo
makista pass, Now, the Coomakista
pass, I hereby announce to those who
have not heard of it before, is one
of the most glorious stretches of sea
and mountain scenery in Europe. I
know the Corniche on the Riviera, I
have motored the new Italian roads
above the Venetian plain, and also
between Valona and Sant i Quaranta
in Albania, and I can seriously assert
that the view which abruptly unfolded
before us at the summit of Cooma
kista, though slightly smaller in size
than the celebrated ones I have men
tioned, beats them all for sheer love
liness and in the subtlety of what
artists would call Its composition.
Before us lay Darrfnane bay, with
its complicated contours, its endless
islands round which the Atlantic roll
ers were creaming, its delicious coves
of yellow sands, its huge woods, its
grand encircling rocks and broken skv- j
line. The car drew up without any !
order being given to our chauffeur. It
was as though he felt that this tribute j
must be made to the extraordinary i
vision which had burst on ns in this j
dramatic fashion. We stayed silent, by |
the stone dike which fenced us from
the deep declivity, and gazed and
gazed. It all seemed too exquisite to be
true. And Ihirrynane, when at last j
we came to it—for we all agreed, now, |
that we must leave the main high 1
road and look more closely at this j
wonderful Darrynnne—was like a place
in a fairy story. Just one small inn—
embowered in flowers (for the slope
is southerly, and we are on the <lull
stream)—and no other houses except
one, that of the Liberator O’Connell s ^
family; and. spread out, as smooth as j
velvet, sheltered sands for bathers (it j
any should come) ; and rocks with
pools of waving seaweed and anem
ones ; and deep coves in which bass
and pollock could be caught in scores
by the inert st tyro; and, to crown all,
a magnificent lobster tea at the inn
aforementioned. Well, well! To think
that Durrynane, sleepy and bewitch
ing, exists on the same planet as Pad
dington 1
His Tactful Purpose.
First Married Man—What are you
cutting out of the paper?
Second Married Man—An item
about a California man’s securing a
divorce because his wife went through
bis pockets.
First Married Man—What are you
going to do with it?
Second Married Man—Put it in my
l pocket.
The KITCHEN
"When one Is In a pool of trouble,
there Is no possible pood in splash
ing- other people."—Huxley.
THRIFT IN LITTLE THINGS.
It is in the little things and small
wastes that multiplied by hundreds,
make the great wastes in many homes.
Example speaks louder
than words, so if the
house mother wishes to
train maids or children
to be thrifty, she must
iirst be thrifty herself.
It takes but a moment’s
thought to turn off the
light when leaving a
room, even for a short
tim - and the turning off
rotu the range before re
moving a dish, should become second
habit.
of the gas
How many women leave the soap
floating in the dishwater while wash
ing the dishes instead of using the lit
tle economical soap shaker which holds
even the tiny bits? The same habit
is noticed when doing any cleaning
about the home, soap floating in the
scrubbing pail, instead of resting in a
disli where it can be easily reached
when needed.
China and all crockery is so costly
now that we must of necessity take
care of the household supply. When
washing dishes they are often nicked
or broken by striking the handles of
the pan; turn the pan so that the
handles are in front or a little at the
side, ‘out of range when handling the
dishes.
I so triplicate dishes on one burner
to save gas; the heat of the burner
will cook three tilings in nearly the
time used for one.
“A stitch in time” and “a penny
earned” are proverbs so well known
that it is trite to mention them, yet
we need to constantly remind our
selves that a niekle is the interest on a
dollar for a year, and It is not parsi
mony to save, but something of which
to bo proud in these days of costly
living.
If making ginger bread, add a cup
ful of cold coffee Instead of the boil
ing water; save the coffee and improve
the cake. Cold coffee may be used in
spice cake, in place of milk; thickened
with gelatine and served with cream it
makes a dainty dessert.
A small bit of butter, too small to
seem of use may lie saved and when
six small bits are added, one will have
enough butter to season a dish of veg
etables. "Let nothing be wasted,” is
a fine motto to have framed in our
kitchens.
An .oum'Pd by all the trumpets of
the sky.
Arrives the snow, and driving o’er
the fields,.
Seems nowhere to alight; the
whited air
Hides hills and woods, and the
heaven.
And veils the farm house at the
garden's end.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson.
GOOD THINGS FOR THE FAMILY
TABLE.
When it rllsli is both good and eeo
nomlcal it is bound to be popular.
Liver Pie.—Cut calves’
liver into strips using
one pound, parboil five
minutes in boiling watet
to cover, drain and roT\
in flour. Fry two slices
of bacon until crisp, re
move and cook the liver
in the fat until brown.
Carefully arrange the liver in ft
I casserole, add two cupfuls of boiling
j water and stir until well blend, d. Cut
| the bacon into small strips and lay
j over the liver. Put five medium-sized
| potatoes and otic small onion through
the meat chopper and mix with three
tablespoonfuls of salt. Spread this
over the liver, pouring the water anti
fat over it. Cover and bake in a hot
oven until the liver and potato art1
well cooked.
Bran Gems.—Mix together one cup
ful of flour, two cupfuls of bran. two
touspoonfuls of baking powder, then
add two tablespoonfuls of shortening,
two tablespoonfula of sugar, or molas
ses. ono ic;tspoonful of salt, one and
one-half cupfuls of milk and a half
cupful of chopped raisins. Place in
greased gem pans and hake in a
moderately hot oven for twenty miu
utos.
Vegetable Chowder—Take two cup- |
fills of corn, six medium sized pota
toes, one onion, one green pepper and !
two tomatoes, put through the meat j
chopper. Brown otic fourth of a cupful j
of sausage, add a tnidespoonful of j
flour, then the vegetables, and a tea- i
spoonful of salt, cayenne to taste. Add j
boiling water to barely cover and !
simmer gently for one hour. Add one
cupful of mill; and simmer until It is
absorbed.
Lemon Apple Pie.—Take' two cup
fuls of chopped apple, one cupful of
sugar, the juice and rind of a lemon,
one egg well beaten, half a cupful each
of water and rolled cracker crumbs.
Bake in a two crust pie In a moderate
oven.
Marshmallow Sauce.—Tbs sauce
may he used on any baked pudding
like cottage pudding, but is nice
with steamed cake. Mix one cupful of
dark brown sugar with three table
spoonfuls of flour, add one and one
hnlf cupfuls of boiling water, and cook
until smooth; add two tablespoonfuls
of butter, or less, and twelve marsh
mallows cut In quarters. Serve hot.
TYPICAL FARM CENTER IN LITHUANIA
■ •&&*: &
«*• -
! Lithuania, flic* new republic of tilt* llaltlc, the farm musts a '' "■ "1 .
point; out each tnorniiig in nil directions to work their lespt < i'< .
munity and social life which is unknown to the farming P*-01' 1 u
is shown above, the families
in the evening to enjoy it com
People of Poland Will Suffer Un
less Help Is Forth
coming.
U.S. MINISTER SENDS APPEAL
In the Widespread Areas of Devasta
tion in the Country People Are in
Rags and Barefoot—Fuel
Shortage Is Also Acute.
New York.—Hugh Gibson, United
States minister to Poland, is urging
the Lutherans of America to do their
utmost to provide clothing for the Pol
ish people before winter. His appeal
lias been received by the European re
lief committee of the national Luther
an council through Dr. .1. A. Morehend,
chairman of the Lutheran commission
to Europe. The appeal follows:
“I hear that your council is opening
j a campaign in America to gather cloth
ing for Poland. I hope this is being
made a very earnest campaign, as the
need is far beyond anything that peo
ple in America are likely to under
stand.
“The lack of clothing in this part
of tlie country is bad enough, us you
have seen, and although really cold
weather has not begun the suffering
is already apparent. But I do not know
whether you have been out in tin*
wide-spread areas of devastation,
where the people are in rags and bare
foot. and where the situation will soon
be desperate.
"If people at home had any concep
tion of the misery of these people, they
would not rest until shiploads of warm
clothing were actually distributed. 1
hope you will impress upon the Luth
eran council the urgency of the situa
tion, and the fact that the Polish peo
ple are not now in a position to help
themselves*. We have got to see them
through this winter.”
Appeal in Another Letter.
Similarly E. Rickard of the Ameri
can relief administration of Kuropean
children’s fund is emphasizing the
need In Poland which the Lutherans
are endeavoring to meet in their cam
paign for clothing and money, in a
letter received by Dr. Lauritz Larsen,
chairman of tite Kuropean relief com
mittee of the national Lutheran coun
cil. The letter follows:
“Tile appeal of the Lutheran coun
cil's Kuropean relief committee for
funds for the purchase of clothing to
he distributed in Poland and oilier
countries of central Ktxrope ought to
receive a wide hearing. There Is a
desperate need for clothing—a great
er need than can possibly he supplied.
“For five years practically no new
clothing has got into the hands of
these people; practically none has
been manufactured, and old stocks
are exhausted. The rags and rem
nants which remain are simply not
sufficient protection during the winter.
“Conditions are especially had in
Poland, where the cold months are
very seven', where the fuel shortage
Is acute, and where 2.IK 10.000 or more
refugees must pass the winter in flim
sy, makeshift dwellings.
“The American relief administration ,
European children’s fund is co-operat
ing with various organizations to the
limit of its resources in order to pro
vide in some measure clothing for chil
dren who must leave their homes to
go to the relief kitchens. More than
1,200,000 children in Poland will lie
given a meal a day at these kitchens
for the next seven months.
“However, our work is limited *o
meeting the requirements of the chil
dren of eight and under. 1 earnestly
hope that the Lutheran committee will
be able to help largely in meeting the
needs of others in want.
Old Cloth ng Not Sufficient.
“If old clothing can he obtained
quickly of course it can be used to
great advantage, but we have decided
ns far as the children are concerned
that this Immediate need cannot be
met by old clothing nor can we wait
for a clothing drive to bring results.
Wo have consequently purchased new
cloth and shoes and we suggest that
any of your surplus funds could be
used in this way.
“It is our conviction—voiced more
than once by Mr. Hoover—that relief
work in Europe must know neither
creed, race nor country. Only the very
great need of those who are hungry
and cold must he considered.
“If we can in any way co-operate
with your committee to hasten cloth
ing relief not only in Poland hut in all
parts of centarl Eurpoe you may count
upon us to go the limit.”
Wor.'LN BARRED FROM TESTS
Not Permitted to Compete for 60 Per
Cent of the Government
Positions.
Wa.-his -don.—The official report of
tlu- woman's hurenti of the United
States department of labor, just made
public, reveals that women were
barred from (50 i**r cent of the gnv
ornnient posit bins for which examina
tions were held In the first six months
of ion). This statement covers exam
inations for l!G0 different types of po
sit lot) s.
According to the report, women were
not allowed to compete for 1C per cent
of the clerical positions.
'I'ln* complete report, according to
Miss Mary Anderson of Chicago, di
rector of the woman’s bureau, covers
investigations which have been In
progress for a month. •
The second and larger section of the
report will consist of an analysis of the
salary scale of women in the govern
ment service, the requirements of the
positions they fill, and the* specific In
equalities in die pay they receive.
BACK TO U. S. TO SAVE TAXES
Son of Inventor Singer Says H; Can
No Longer Live in
England.
London. Ungland.—Adams N. %n-»
er of Berkshire, son of the American
inventor of sewing machines, has com
plained to the royal commission on
Inconu tax that his Income derived
from property in the United States is
so depreciated by double taxes, once
in America and once in (treat Britain,
that he cannot continue to reside in
this country. The United States, he
said, takes 34 to 39 per cent and the
British inland revenue takes about
one-half of what is left after the
American tax is deducted.
Have Three Sundays
Turks Observe Friday, Jews Sat
urday, Christians Sunday.
American Relief Workers in Bosnia,
However, on Duty Seven Days
a Week.
Sarajevo, Bosnia.—Sunday is ot>
served three times a week hero.
Because there are 35.000 Turks in
the city Friday is the first Sunday
Then till the Turkish stores close and
one pies twice a day to some of the
hundred mosques whose slender min
arets gleam white against the green
background of the hills.
Because '.!(•<) years ago a group of
Spanish .lews settled in Bosnia, Sat
urday is Sunday for many Sara
jevans. Then till tin* Jewish stores are
closed and the Jews of the city crowd
the big yellow synagogue of the main
st reef.
Because itII the rest of tin* 54,000 In
habitants of Sarajevo and hundreds of!
peasants from the hills arotfnd tire
Serbs and Bosnians, following the
Homan t’athoiic and the tlreek ortho
dox beliefs, the Sunday Sabbath is the]
biggest holy day of till In Sarajevo. 1
All the stores exceyt the Turkish are
Closed.
Till* churches are crowded with peo
ple dressed in every style from the
hitesr Belgrade fashions to homespun
trousers for both men and women,
with huso headed shoes and woolen
turbans. After that modern Saraj-wi
walks about the modern quarters and
old fashioned Sarajevo dances tin
"Kolu" in the hi^' square of the crowd
ed Turkish bazaar.
"The result of three Sundays n week
for the people here is no Sundays at
all for the Americans, who tlnd tio flay
• Seine .-eliool or hospital that
tt pria ided for." said I'.ieut. John
1> II r un.' ef Hay Shore. L. 1. Lieu
tenant 1! .tun;; is in charge of !h*
ne do I s 11j• >• Ii<■ ~ from America, which
htive t; -•'!«_■ 'he Bosnian hospitals pos
sible.
T ,o Cc iy Chewing Tobacco.
H im ; Kan.—After bavin? con
stantly • I i i| tohiteeo for fifty five
years. Kcxxrnl Kienmn, the veteran
section in tinn on the railroad at
this place l.m! tabooed the habit. Mr.
Kienmn, who has held Ids presenr
position for men than forty years at d
who is sixty fix e yens of age, rebelled
against the p"'-sent high price of the
product ; ml n : nixed to refrain from
its use.
BELGIUM IS WORKING
Country Is Qtuck'y Recovering
From War s Effects.
Steel Mills, Sugar Refineries and
Linen Looms Operate Nearly
at Normal.
Brussels.—All Belgium is returning
to work anil the country is recovering
from the war.
In Brussels factories which were
damaged during the (Icrman occiipa
thin are being fitted with n achiiierv
and some of them already are turning
out their accustomed products to
within a few per cent of the prewar
capacity.
Production of sugar exceeds the
prewar tonnage. (Pass factories are
reopening. In the Iron and steel mills
many plants have resumed operations,
particularly in the l.iege district,
where some of the mills were com
pletely demolished and others so bad
ly daoiagt (I lluit entire Idas! furnaces
hat] lo he rebuilt. Within a year it is
believed I lie lmisl iin|iortaiit of these
p : ills will he operating to capacity.
The cotton trade of Ghent also has
resumed and steamers loaded with
American cotton are arriving almost
daily. I>uring (he German oecii|iation
all copper fittings were removed from
the machines in the spinning factories
and some of these have not yet been
replaced.
The linen industry also has taken on
new life, and additional workers are
being employed every week. The ex
port trade in linen is growing just as
rapidly as the factories can turn out
the finished product.
It Is in the country districts, how
ever, where one sees the I’.elginn at Ids
best. In the vast garden country
which stretches from Brussels to the
sea scarcely a square foot of ground
ts left uncultivated, so anxious are the
people iii |irai!iH‘" I heir own fooil. and
they iir«‘ working from early morn
niiti! I:;ft* at night to attain that oml.
Operation Stcpc. Crow ng.
[,;i!;rv, i.inl, (i People of (Ills town
sonic time mn started raising chickens
to licip (lent die high i ost of living.
’1 lie roosters crowed so loudly, how
ever, that neighbors complained he*
cause their sleep was disturbed, f>r.
Kohlnson. one of the chicken raisers,
solved the dlfiieuity. lie discovered
that It; a simple surgical nperaiioti the
rooster's crow could h® reduced to a
mere sipieak. Vocal organs of nil
roosters now are being submitted to
the l.idfe and chicken raising has been
resumed.
Pitlcss Prunes.
Watsonville. Cal.—The' spineless
prune, a Burbank production, promises
to become n popular fruit. The fruit
is practically the same as the ordinary
breakfast prune with exception tlmr
the stone In the center is replaced b;.
a soft kernel or seed that cun b •
cooked with the fruit unit eaten.
M