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.rA TRIP ON A nxATINQ CASTLE 13 A REAL HOLIDAY.
j 1AST DAT OF THE KNIGHTS ON THE FLOATING CARTLK.
IFTH DAY Out-My Dear Sir
Launcelot: My letter will havo
to ba shorter tonight because I
spent my quiet time watching the
water and the flylng-flshes and
the porpoises and we saw a fountain out
In the ccean and all the grown-up people
Bald, "There she blows," and mother bald
it was a whale. Mother says you wer
never so far out In the ocean as I am now.
Z am sorry you were not. It Is fine. It Is
Very big and I like the moon and stars, and
the water is blue and green in the day time
and very black at night, and sometimes
there is white on top. There is a great deal
of It. More than 1,000,000,000 gallons.
Today mother told me that when boy
were learning how to be knights they
played games that taught them how t
throw very straight so they would always
bit the mark. Bo today the Knights of th
."White Star played games ring-toss, tether
ball and shuflle-board. They are great and
awfully Jolly. Wt are going to play all
day tomorrow and the next day and every
day until we have to leave this castle. I
almost wish we would never have to leave
It, only I do want to see your country, of
course, and get a picture of Joan of Aro .
for Isobel and go home to see Tom and
Isobel and father aguln and tell them all
the good times we have had.
I think Aunt Caroline will be glad to get
home. She has cried every day since we
left and when I asked mother what was
the matter she said Aunt Caroline was
just feeling badly because she did not have
Tom and Isobol along. I am glad she la,
eorry, because perhaps she will bring them
next time. Good-night. Written by th
band of RICHARD WORTHINGTON.
Sixth Day Out My Dear Sir Launcelot;
Hooray! Tom and Isobel are coming toot
Mother says there are ever so many of
these floating castles and you can get one
very week In America and Tom and Isobel
are coming on one of them. Aunt Caroline
wants to see them so much, and to have
them have the trip, that she Is going to
Bend a message clear across the water for
Uncle William to bring them over right
away and before two more weeks have
gone they will be here, and then wo can
all see your country together after all, and
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Isobel can see Joan's ntntue herself and
Liindun brlilK" and London tower and
rast!es und kings and everything. Good
night. RICHARD WORTHINGTON.
Seventh Day Out My Dear Sir Launcelott
This is the last day the Knights of the
Whlto Star will have on (his sea castle.
I would like to go back lo get Tom and
Isobel and then porno over again with them
In another castle, but mother says I can't.
I hope when we do go back all the Knights
of the While Star will bo on the s:mo
boat. If they are all there I will write
you and let you know. Good-by, Sir Laun
celot I am glad I wrote to you.
RICHARD WORTH rNGTON.
' GOING HOMR-My Dear Sir Ijiunenlot:
We aro going back home again, Tom and
Isobel and I, nnd some of the Knights of
the Whlto Star, and some other children.
And there are some other children still on
the third-class deck. Somo of them nre
like tlio littlo children we saw In Europe,
and some wear littlo red raps nnd nre
Turks, and thoy are going over to America
to live. They are having a good time, too.
They don't play knights, but they play
hide-and-seek, and follow my leader, nnd
all sorts of games, nnd the little girls knit
and play dolls. Mother says they can't un
derstand eneh other when they talk because
they all talk different languages. Hut they
can play games Juxt the same, and mother
Bays this trip In the floating castle Is a real
holiday for them and she wishes they
could tako It often; nnd no do I wish Z
could, and so do Tom nnd Isobel.
Wo had a lovely time seeing real castles
and towers nnd everything. Wo . saw a
ral king nnd a real queen, and a real
prince und a real princess. And wo have
jilcturcs of everything. And Isobel saw
Joan of Arc's statuo nnd has her picture.
Rut most of all wo all like tho floating
castle and wish we might always be
Knights of tho Whlto Star.
And Aunt Caroline does not cry any mor
and Is very glad she sent for Uncle Wil
liam and Tom and Isobel, and so am L
Good-bye, Sir Ijiuncelot.
RICHARD WOrtTHINOTON,
Knight of the Whlto Star.
Devices to Reduce Ice Bills
HE question of the hour with the
average housekeeper is, "How to
keep down tho Ice bill?" After re
laxing from tho demands of tho
gas and the coal companies, she
finds herself face to face with tho problem
Of keeping down the consumption of leu,
and here she finds that carelessness on the
part of her servant will add materially to
ber account with the ice man.
A simple device for protecting the ice
supply is, to all appearances, a pad of felt
between sheets of coarsely woven wire. It
Should measure an inch less than the re
frigerator, all the way round, to permit
Circulation. Before laying it under the ice
It is dipped in cold water.
Directly the pad becomes damp from con
tact with the Ice it throws out a blast of
cold air, whloh completely envelops the ico
and reduces the rate of melting. It should
be cleaned and aired every time the re
frigerator is cleaned.
For keeping the refrigerator Bweet-smell-tng,
employ charcoal in lumps. Nothing is
So efficacious. A littlo bit goes a long way.
The daily cleaning of the refrigerator Is
ften done in a slovenly manner and Is dis
astrous to the supply of ice. Some servants
tnlx this task in with their dish-washing
and morning work, prolonging It unneces
sarily. In reality it should be done with
dispatch and system. Tbeso directions from
the buyer of a department store are worth
considering:
'Xore oleanlnf the refrigerator re
move all articles of food to a table or shelf
within easy rcuch. Have ready in tho
stationary tubs or an ordinary wu-nh'tub
plenty of hot water, softened with a dash
ol household ammonia and good white
soap which is free from odor, l'luiige into
this all tho shelves and movable fixture!',
Including tho tray on which the lee rests.
The lee should be wrapped in newspaper
and set in tho coolest spot available. When
the fixtures are washed, set thum out in
the sun to nil' and sweeten.
"With the same suds wash the walls of
the refrigerator, rinsing thoroughly the
last few times with cold water, lirlng In
tho fixtures, dip them In cold water, !lt
them into tho refrigerator, remove the
paper from the ice, return It to tho proper
compartment, lay a newspaper over it and
shut the door. Then, as quickly as pos
sible, return all food to Its proper place and
shut up tho refrigerator.
"If food Is put away carefully In clean
receptacles a refrigerator should nut be
cleaned more than twice a week."
Medium priced refrigerators aro In ash
or oak, the dark woods no longer finding
favor. The newest fittings do not show
sine or galvanized Iron, but even the broad
Shelves for holding heavy food supplies ure
made from stout, wire, criss-crossed.
For the refrigerator which is not con
nected with a sower or outdoor drainage
one may buy a new and cleanly trap for
currying the water into the waale pan.
This trap Is attached to tho wastepipo
from tho Ice compartment, and Is cone
shaped. Inside the cone-shaped piece Is a
corrugated center of metal, not unlike a
half-open umbrella, which comes to a sharp
closed point Tho water from the Ice runs
into this corrugated piece and, finding no
outlet at the point, Is forced upward again
ami pushes Its way through tiny openings
with a pressure first downward and then
upward.
All odors pass out through the little win
dows and not upward Into the Ice chest
proper. The trap c-un be removed and
cleaned daily.
Many families who tako a summer cot
tage for a month or so do not wish to
move out good furniture, Including a well
made refrigerator. For the short stay a
galvanized Iron tub can be made to serve
ull pur)ses and It will not waste the ice
if properly eared for.
It should be lined with newspapers, nnd
the Ice, placed in the center of the tub,
should be wrapjied first In newspaper and
then In a heavy piece of old blanket, lie
tweeu the Ice und the wall of tie- tub tiers
such as are seen In egg cases should stand,
so that the food will be raised above the
water which will naturally accumulate.
It Is a mistake to think that milk bottles,
butter Jars, etc., must sit directly atTalnst
the ice. Between the wrupped ice and the
lined walls of the tub there will be a cur
rent of air sufficient to keep the perishable
food In good condition; and If over all !s
laid more newspaper and a heavy piece of
wool or carpet, less ice will be consumed
than in the average refrigerator.
Found Wanting
"I've had so much bad luck," suld the
gloomy man, "that I Ho awake hulf the
night thinking about my troubles."
"Tho cure for that," they told him, "is
to quit thinking of your own troubles. Think
of oilier people's."
"Ml try it," he said.
Three months later they met him again.
"Well, how did It work?" they asked
him.
"Didn't do any good," he replied. "I He
awake ull night now, thinking of other peo
ple's troubles." Chicago Tribune.
His Week Off
"Hill," said the Hillville postmaster to a
citizen who was lounging about, "here's a
letter from yer uunt, 'nuther one from yer
undo, hii' I reckon here's one with the
bill fer that lumber you bought; an' now I
want to axe you air you a'lookin' fer any
mo"e this week? Kaze ef you air, you won't
git 'em, not out o' this office!"
"An' why not?"
"Kaze I close tonight fer one week. In
plain English, mil I'm a-goln' a-flstilu'l'
Atlanta Constitution.
