A WANT OF CONFIDENCE.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 154, 10 March 1916, Page 2 (Supplement)

A WANT OF CONFIDENCE.

The door of the family sitting-room was opened aiiti Bridget put her head in. " I've got to give yez warnin,' Mrs. Waster." she sa'd; "i shall lave yer ni.xt .Monday." " What is the matter, Bridget?' asked her mistress. •'I don't mind yer forbiddin' me young man to smoke in the dinin' room after supper." said Bridget, " nor yer hyin' a dress that doesn't harmon\».e wid me complexion, hut when yer close all dures upstairs at bedtime, mum, to kapc me from lyarin' what ye're hnturin' Mr. Waxter ahout, it shows a want of confidence that hurts nip feelin's, an' 1 won't stand it from nobody. Good eveninV' '•QUICK MARCH!" The re.-riiifing cergormt had spotted his man—a big, sturdy fellow lolling ip against the shop front " Now, my lad. ho said, "what about it r" The reply was : " Have you seen me walk r" Suspecting an. iilirmity, and unwilling to give offence, the sergeant answered "No." "'Then iu».t wat"h nie." he i-i-rgean; did >o very closely, and emld not notice anything unusual ahout the gait. It wa- only wlun the figure suddenly disappeared around the corner of a side street that he realised he had boon fooled. WHY JELLIES JELL. THE CAUSE IS A SUBSTANCE KNOWN AS " PECTIN." •Tu>t what makes jelly "jell"? It's because °f •> substance enliid ]>ef iin. This curious substance appears in different quantities in different fruit juice-. and that 's why some juices are so much harder to make "jell" than other-. There is not >o much pectin in them. The white inner skin:- <.f oranges and lemons are full of j>.• • i tin. and that is why citric and tartaric aeid added to fruit jui< es makt- it ie!l : f.v quickly. Kxaitly how pect'n a<-t« upon fruit juices to make them -o; i< unknown. But. without this su!'>t:ince, je'lies would never set. We r.rver learn anything new by hearing ourselvis talk.