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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1941-11-27, Page 7m v top Flan o* Saving Nati9n's Babies . Detailed study of local condi time;and organisations a cross Canada as part of a campaign to save more of the nation's babies is being planned during the pres- ent fiscal ,year, Pensions and. No.; tional Health off:cels said,recent- ly, Consideration is . also being. given to the'iprovisien of human milk for"' premature: and debilitat- ed infants. A departmental committee has examined the problem of infant '. Mortality and its study "indicates that complete information in re • gard • to, the .factors . influencing • deathrisinsufficient for the pur- ppse' o`.f the 'instit tion of conipre-" henSive measures to reduce infant deaths. • "It. is, therefore, -considered' as part of the plan for reduction of infant -mortality -that apecial--sur- vey should -be' made during the' present fiscal year, if possible, and for this purpose it is thought that.a committee should be set up in - each of the provinces, coni-, , :posed of provincial . and munici- pal' officials and representatives of voluntary-grotips, With the ob- • ject ar Obtaining. further infor- mation in respect .of local' condi- tions and organizations to. further more direct and systematic ef- forts;" die report "An .extension: of incubator ser- vi'ce, since more than 4,;.000 deaths :are -due to prematurity,--has'been given consideration." ' Human milk depots might be established in connection- with, larger hospitals for the purposes of.collection, zlefrigeration'se 'that. •a supply of human milk might be available everywhere. "Any effort directed towards the ' saving of infants must of necessity include maternal care,. I'VE STOPPED TAKING $LL. S AND POWDERS . FM SOLD ON ALL -BRAN! ".I have' .used all kinds of pills and powders, but nearly everything gave to correct, constipation due to lack nue a great deal of discomfort,. I have of the right kind .of "bulk" in your been eating• KELLOGG'S : ALL- diet: Put remember; 'ALL -BRAN RAN' now for about five' months, i doesn't work like cathartics. It takes and it has done me so muchgood! I time. ,Get ALL -BRAN .at your . will„neuter'be without ALL -BRAN grocer's, in two, convenient.. size• in the house,” writessivlss. E. Goodale, packages, or ask for the individual ' • Hamilton, Ontario: serving package at restaurants. Madan 'Try ALL -BRAN'S- "Better Way"' by, Kellogg's in Lo don, Canada. .' • CHAPTER 31 Anne Learns The. Truth Since she .was 'no* a newspaper woman,'Anne did not rest content with that tame 'explanation She asked 'questions and learned the facts, '"He'll try again, won't he?"'. she said. ase__..dsan'O !. - .,.....Wltthink, o,: .. , r_ street replied. . "He .knows' now . wl a are' on our guard." • Mope'iy-doesn't-lozrk-.to Me .like the kind of man who will give' up because • of one' defeat," Anne persisted, • 'I� .' "Probably he'll try something else next tinge,'•' Silcott contri- buted' lightly,, theh • diverted the conversation in another direction. as the care..given a mother during . "It is pleasant to see you here "pregnancy and at the. time. -a-bah in tire`"Tnretl'p,c en -Miss .El'it'e" has a direct bearing' on6'the pre- We .'hope you finds the -scenery -alt natal' 'group and stillbirths.: we promised." , "It is estimated that at ;east "Yes, it's fine," she said auto - three tinges more babies die in a matically, her mind not on ' the '. :group• of, motherless children than I answer. where the mothers' survive , nd , She . was thinking'. of"Russell as approximately one-sixth of all maternal deaths aredue to 'hem- orrhage, at 'the time of : cofifine- meet, •the, provision of- transfus ion services would ',appear to be paramount." • hr M tTIjffh. a:, All 1 sea �•I�•ita a aid Tightened ' British • rationing reglil'ations provide that civilians receiving • from- . overseas friends clothing- parcels weighing more than five 'pounds inust'surrender elethfng_-coupons.; before obtaining , the parcels from customs author- ities. • .Second move in a campaign to assure "equality . of treatment for ..ally" this order by' the' -"Board - of 1. Trade follows one Providing for .con'fiscation of feed ' parcels weighing more than five pounds, Customs authorities have power • to open all parcels .over the five= _pound ..limit and .release clothing only on payineiitof necessary, duty and receipt of the required` number oaf .coupons. Failure to comply • with the duty coupon demands results in the parcels being handed ' over to the Red' .Cross or Women's Voluntary. Service, for charitable - distribution. A Board of Trade spokesman .added that already there have been "many" such cases. This rule does not affect ser- '' vice :men from overseas, because .when . the parcels are.preperly. ad- dres'sed they:ore forwarded un-. opened, regardless of weight, a Board • of Trade .representative stated. To The R.A.F'.... Never. since - English ships went .out To singe the beard of Spain. 'Or • English sea -dogs diced with - death Along,thc Spanish Main; • Never since.• Drake and 'Raleigh • won • Our freedom of the seas, Have sons of ,l3ritain ,dared and done..' Morevaliantly thein these. Whether at midnight or at noon,. Through mist or open • sky,- Eagles of •freedom, all ,our hearts Are , up ...with you on ,high; • While„,B'litain;s mighty ghosts • ' look down From realnis beyond the sun, And ''whisper, 'as their record pales, Theii breathless, deep "Well done!" -7 -Alfred. Noyes. Do Better ".I beg you all,•not for a week, not for a day. not for an hour to relax, but make superhuman efforts to 'surpass if possible what you already have tione."- Mrs. Winston Churchill: Yeti°1Vn,' 74%) i) ose y• as s e ai •seen wo hours earlier, a man strong 'and ruthless, :intent on driving to his ends without ,regard' to others' rights or. the :difficulties • in the way: These ' men were trying . to cry down 'the danger because -she was, a woman and' mustnot ' be alarmed. She was not going to be fiffrbP Off?"' A' rognl h ice'° Ighi(t:°. Mon Y,hi�13 hUY.:YI$9tl , 0 N49Yg .kJ ' - oeld_?eferi.eu.s at , this setback and would' not, rest until. he ,had regained his prestige. Apparently .•she dropped the matter from her mind. But she contrived to have Rufe Jenks Ride down with tlte-Overstreets' to, their -ranch - en -the -pretext that `she , wanted to see the dam. Jinn would escort her' there :later. Rufus, took the hint and departed. • Pesky Kennedj; .was to stay at, the Dia- mond Slash. ' • It was not until • they reached the don't that A,nrie• moved to the attack. ' "It's a• little humiliating after I told you I didn't need. your help any longer, Jim," she' said.. "But I don't know enough. yet to • bring , out •the, paper Alone. t can see I'm going' to get all worried and disturbed about it,• because I do, so .'want to 'make a success, of the job. 1 want you ,to give an- other month to teaching me. Of course that's asking a great deal." of you. :I know that." • . A whimsical 'quirk' twisted- Sil= •cott's 'lips. "Now. I wonder what this song and- dance means," he. ' mused' aloud'. "Two—three days ago she was quite sure shecould • get ''alo'ng without me, and she Washeager to try her hand alone. But now it's the other way. With- out niy advice she is• sunk: where's a • nigger in this. woodpile, Jim. Watch out.". "Can't 'I change niy Mind when I find I was wrong?" she demand-'' ed. ."You can . and ` you' have, but., not because you think you need me sb •much. 1 reckon 'it's Mosely that's on your mind. You still feel , responsible for not letting him get me. Just to put you at ease, .'I'll mention that I don't .intend to let him , rub me, out."' "How canyou help it when you ' • ride - around' „the country . unpro- - tected, 'as you are doing this very' minute?", Anne. flung out. "For 'all you 'know somebody • may be• ' standing ;back of that mound wait- ing to shoot you." ' "I noticed the back of 'it when 'round -. e. .. _;.tlie__:.>zerAd°,..:6..,_ deiriurred:witln +smile,., saddld.;�flatcliing her, they delt- • rate color i'n:her cheeks, t'he. beau, tiful 'line of ,.the round throat sweeping down to' the shoulders, Silcott knew a sudden panic. The blood was pounding stormily in, "hie veins. •The glamor of her ,pro- voking beauty swept over him: Al • I most he • pulled up his hbrse; in . the; sudden realization that he was' in love, (Col(itCledvnext week),:, ' "A. score, of; them," he ans- wered. "Sotnething gets into. my • blood, and off 1. go at a tangent." Cupid Enters - She rode' in Silence for a min- ute. He thought her the loveliest creature under heaven. "Why have T told you , this?" she wene on. 'l "After . so many years of complete silence: 1 sup- pose I,have to talk with some one , about it .just once, and you are the unlucky viotim. Poor' man." She laughed, a little wildly, not • sure whether she ought not to be scornful of herself ,for wearing her heart on her sleeve; He said; 'in .a .low voice, "'I'm honored that you,• can tell me, Anne," "Anyhow, • you know I•'m 'not trying to. entrap you," she • told him, the color beating .into •her cheeks, ""I'm' out •of the .market', 'for '"good.;..MVly'bargain with des- tiny has been made. j"For as, long as .life lasts, 'Jesse .told 'me yes. • terday. That's 'true, even though I d:ei r linen `t a - " wn l• ever be e° more 'than- a ' stranger to me again." "Nobiidy can :blame you for be- • ing bitter," Jiro replied. "Bad luck like that ought not to come to any girl. • I can ' only say that everybody . here will respect you very highly, and that I hope you - will take me- for your friend." "I would" like that,": she said simply, a little shyly,.not looking • Her slender graceful figure; .shoulders and hips in• a straight - vertical .•line, looked• well in :the "You're perfectly 'reckless, if r' ;coir : want to -know-what .h think. That's why Rufe came up here to watch' over you." - Safe For a. Little While He took several minutes to show her this was not the case. An ' oldti ler,. by reason of long usage, saw everything in the land- - ape ~tirat^'was^-strsp2eious:•ie- if a bush looked too ' dense, if there was a fresh hoofprint on the ' trail, . ifbirds rose in a flurry, : Bacon For Britain he was instantly on . his guard.'. ���i Moreover,. this particular spot Some or For Us was just` now entirely safe. 'There would-be. 'io fin L1rer rovu tmtil the Hat T 'riders had consulted ,with their employer, < „ All of which did not convince her in the •least: But she dropped that angil'e of argument and re-... ' vetted to her need of .his help. "All' right," he• promised. "I'll come •down • two or three days in :"'tel irridal1 roi 1u t intilpyour 1%is~vvas rias vea:y satisfactory, liuT Was ttie:e`s� sire could do. She. knew he .really was very:' busy with ranch affairs. If she .had net ' been •.worrying about his. 'safety she would nit have considered drafting. him for the, paper. Oirthe way' down from the. ranch Anne_ asked hilt if Rufe had mentioned her marriage. . "Yes,"' he answered. "Just : as you and Bill arrived at •my place. "He didn't have time to- Say much." , Her blue eyes looked directly at hint, "I wasn't trying to de: ceive you, into thinking 'I ani a spinster," "she, 'said. "I'll explain,, if you don't mind. '•Jesse and '1 'ran • away and got married one night. Nobody in. town knew it, for he left to come' here next day. I kepi it a secret, meaning to tell people when, he sent for me. But instead of doing that he stopped. writing: • My wounded pride kept me silent. I meant when I • came west not to sail any longer ,under false pretences. ,But I. wasn't goy_. Ing -to take Jesse's name, and I did; not want to• go around• shout- ing, that I was his wife. Folks might think I was • trying to fasten myself on him. So i "waited till I met,him." "That all seems . quite reason- able," Jim told. her gently. "None of it is reasonable!" she cried."I ,was a silly little fool e'er to, fall in loje. with him, if that is what it was.' 'My ,people broughtme up right. Why did I let him persuade me into a secret marriage? Looking back: at it ' now, the whole thing seems in- credible. Usually I'nm .a sensible person. Did . you ever dp . some. one wild thing that was perfectly crazy?" • sieivisis coss ,ISrim .ff/Gf3/ • • "Her temper flaked at the least thing. Little did,she know that too much tea and toffee wasNlving her a case of caffeine -nerves. Then some meddling, relative persuaded her to try Postum. I Before: the end of a'month she ,Was laughing at the." 1$rinldng caffeine•beyctages often causes head. aches, indigestion and frayed nerves. If' you are . nervous and itritablo why not switch to Postum tot 30 days, Delicious Instant Postu'tn'Is entirely free froth caffeine. Made instantly in the cul} there is no waste, no bother. Order economical hist t Postum• from your grocer, ' PIi2 POSTUM T.N.Mn COFFEE NERVES .J, nn u er or•, in e trat- ford . Beacon -Herald, Tells How To Use . What 'Britain .Doesn't Need Bacon and ham are 'being sent over .to _Britain in • increasing quantities, as Canadian producers .,rget3intoo,the sitri ,F -.:Sueliwetn ,. Busy -Bay Cake For Busy 'Workers • By. KATHARIN:E BAKER • Canadian women are busier these days than they have been for a long. time. Even our social activities are no longer ways of putting in leisure time but have taken , on new mearthig—bridges, bazaars and all sorts of parties for raisng money for war chari- ties, knitting for the boys in the forces, preparing boxes for over- ' seas. Of course we're all aware of. our first duty on the home front. The health of a nation really de- !, pends on its daily diet so' we're giving , conscientious planning in. giving.. our 'families wholesome, nourishing • ' and "well- balanced meals. Here's a 'Cake that's the answer to your. most •hectic .day. 'Buy 'Day Cake "'`-`3-`-"cup�sifte`d�cake4fl'otir"' 4 teaspoons double-acting baking powder 2, cups sugar ..4 eggs, unbeaten • 10 ' •'tablespoons melted butler or •' other shortening, • Ill teaspoon, salt ° • Milk as needed. --.Sift :flour onee', 'measure, •add baking powder, salt, and sugar, and sift together three times. Break eggs ,into cup and fill cup with milk.' Add another • cup. of ' milk; then melted butter. Put all ingredients into mixing bowl and -beat .'vrgor'ovsly, -3 'minutes.. Bake in ,three greased 9 -inch layer pans in' moderate 'oven (375°F. 25 minutes.. ,Spread Fluf'- '�.'e a Frosting between lay ".s and on top .of•cake:' Fluffy 'Mocha ' costing '% cup butter - 4 cups siftedconfectioners' sugar • 3% tablespoons1 cocoa • teasp'eo-n -salt • % cup strong coffee (abo>lt) 1 teaspoon vanilla cup walnut meats, toasted• and coot sely .broken.. Cream butter -thoroughly. ': Sift sugar, cocoa • and salt . together. to n utter gra o .ua, y wi cot: - fee ot^fee' until frosting is of right co'n- sisteneS . to spread. ' Add vanilla. Spread between layers and on top of cake. --Sprinkle- . ..with nuts. Makes enough frosting to spread between and on top ,of three 9- . inch layers. YOU PAY LESS Calumet. one of the world's largest -selling brands of baking. Powder. probably costs less than the baking powder you are using. 1011 USE:LESS? Calumet's• double -action pe4mit! • you to use less because.: at gives double leayyeening - both during nixing and in .the oven - B TIES. RESULTS a1; l e s cont`sniiour leavensng means finer, better: textured results for all your baking. Easy -opening woa't-spill con- tainer, with handy measuring device in the lid. tun Totality ' "We are returning to 'Canada more convinced than ever that if we 'exp'ect to : halt- and overcome the Nazi •hordes, everybody has got to sacrifice a great deal •more than at pi esent.., This race is,.,. going :to go to the swift. There is no time to be lost., The only way to win is 'thrgngh sle;er to- tality of undertaking:"—State ment. by the 'party of Canadian newsmen on.•, their', return from • Great Britain: TABLE TALKS flakes; Mix well.. Drop' from tablespoon onto ;greased . baking • sheet, flatten with spautla, :'and bake in moderate oven (375°F4 about 15. minutes. ' Yield: 8 .dozen cookies (2 inches in diameter). Aunt Jane's Krisp Magic Macaroons 1/z cup condensed milk , 1 cup shredded cocoanut —By SAD.aE. Every homemaker and every.'' family has'its favorite: food: Some 'are . cherished recipesthat have'' been handed down from one gen- eration to another, frayed, brown - edged scraps of . paper, with old- fashioned writing. • We love these old recipes even if they do 'ca'il for •a dozen eggs or more. Today's recipes are more practical, 'and often just as de- licious. Perhaps' they will be .to- morrow's heirlooms.. Anyway the secret is tui file or paste in the scrap. book the- finni%'-fivoiiten '•• 1 cup oven -popped: rice 'cereal ' .'• Mix condensed 'n ilk, cocoanut and oven -popped rice cereal.. Drop by .spoonfuls onto welt -greased baking sheet, about 1 inch .apart. Bake in moderate oven (350°F.) 10 minutes or until • delicately browned: . Yield: ,11 dozen (2 :inches i t. diameter: • Curried Veal I. 2 cups sliced onion • ?'s teaspoon minced garlic cup diced celery 3', tablespoons fat . 1 • `teaspoon, curry powder teaspoon salt. % teaspoon pepper. 2 tablespoons flour 2 • • cups milk ' 2 cups diced cooked veal' 1/s cup quartered almond''s • . 1 .chopped piniiento 3 cups oven -popped rice cereal • 3., taper , 1"tYY"•$ta't: a•cttr'-oli•g v �1.c the y i'6- :�• �crf•�ork�k%av'e�re��n�•de'c�ide'd�ly°••mre'g • lected.. People got the idea they should stop eating pork in order. ta send more across the seas.. That' idea •would not work, ..for there are Many' cuts which. are not suit - "able for. shipping but...which af- ford pexfect' meals right here. There • are spare ribs,.. for ex- . ample. •They could not be shipped Out: They belong right here, with-- - or without a'filling •of sauerkraut to .bring out..that delicious flavor, • There's. perk -tenderloin, a meat ' fit for a King, ' Neat squares of it,• suitably ;dressed, are equally 'at . home' on 'the banquet table or•• at dinner' i}i: the kitchen. It. • doesn't go .to Britain. And what,about pig's feet? And hocks?- Pickled trotters. ma -y not. ' look enticing, but they have with- in •them • that certain something' which defies description. • They are, in the best Sense. of the. word, toothsome, :whether the tooth be natural or store variety. . • • Sausages need neo' brief from- any. one. ' Served au haturel with apple .rings, ' with tomato slices with ketchup or 'relish or plain mustard, they take second :place. to no'..meat•at:.bi•eakfast, dinner or supper: • Little.. sausages: •or big 'ones, • flanked by scalloped ,pota- toes"bt . 'baking ..powder biscuits •ah.in'e!' The £lavoi lingers! 'Last •but not least? there's head- cheese. It's• messy stuff in the making, but thi. end .justifies the nneans. The , ugly head, resolved into its ,nreaty parts and moulded into a quivering jelly -was 'a stand • - by in pioneer times. •It•helped-'to nourish •brawny Mott.. and noble women. • It does the 'sane nowa- • days, 'when it gets the chi ice, There are those who claim it, is.. quite the choicest of all pork tid- bits. We'd hardly go as , far as • that.: Suffice it to remark that ' nectar and'I ambrosia, wouldn't , • stand a chance' on a cold winter's' evening in the lamplight when the headcheese is set. out on the table in all its Flory. •Churchill Advises Old Chinese Custom Prime I Minister Churchill light- ly. suggested' in his House of Coin- nions speech recently that one of the customs ' of Ancient • China would be •of help in evaluating some • of the criticizing on • his conduct' of the war.' . "There, was a custom in - An- cietit China' that • anyone who wished to criticize the Govern- ment could meiniorialize the em- peror; and, providing he •follovt- ed it. up by- committing suicide, very great respect was• paid to his word and no' ulterior Motive was 'assigned." . K • Ninetyper cent of . all British wonnen, from, serving maids to• duchesses' daughters, are today .engaged in , some. 'phase _of war work, adcoi•ding to Miss Caroline Hasiett;-a-aVfser . toy the $ritish -Ministry of Labor on. women's ' training in engineering . and in- dustry; .who is in the United States . to study participation ...of American women in defehse. • Describing the activities of . Bri- , tis'h women•, '"Nits Hassett said that theyhave taken .their place in airplane factories, tank plants, and . other defense. industries without: causing a stir, and that they ,were working onanti- aircraft guns and as, bus drivers and garage 'employees. Society girls' • are , driving :' ambulances without a thought for their safe- ty; she added. Britishwomen are ' carrying on • without gitumbling, Many of them working'. twiee- as- -hard- as- they- did heydid before the' wars Miss 'Haslett added. No age limit ,'•has been, placed on women in war work; she said, andsome of the hardest industrial jobs, such as slioveling coal in boiler rooms, have been done successfully by women. •you• will want to -keep : -- • '• .' Sweet Potato Sikes: •6 medium-size 'sweet, .potatoes % cup' honey ' 1 • teaspoon salt .' 1' cup, corn :flake crumbs 2' tablespoons butter Scrub :potatoes. thoroughly and cook in' boiling, water.until tender. Peel and cut into slices • lis -inch thick, '.Dip. in, Warmed honey and _ .roll 1n salted ..corn flake .crumbs.... Place in greasedibaking' pan° and' dot with pieces of butter. Bake int Moderately hot oven (425°F.) ' about • 25 minutes, • �'ie'Id: 6 servings. Aunt Sue's Corn 'Flak'e Drop Cookies ' , i clip shortening .1 ' cup brown sugar • 2' eggs • • .1% cups flour • , i/ teaspoon soda '.x teaspoon ,baking powder . % teaspoon salt ' 1 cup ' chopped: nut , meats 512- cup e'hoyrpe•* dates -- 2 'cups corn flakes ° Blend shortening and sugar thoroughly; add eggs and' beat untillight and fluffy. Sift' flour, 'soda, baking powder and• salt to- gether; add to crennled mixture with nut meats. dates.' and corn • THREE CONVENIENT SIZES TO THESE LAURA WHEELER DOILIES , COCK, t54I, NEEDLECRAFT SERVICE, INC. FILET CROCHET DOILIES PATTERN 29713 1 You'll receive many coniphmentson your lianditv.ork if you make these filet. crochet .doilies. They'llIook lovely' on luncheon table or buffet. 'One: alone would be 'an ideal bazaar donation. i.te string or fine •cattoii. Pattern 2'178 contains Materials for making doilies; illustrations of them .and of stitches; required. • 'Send twenty cents in co'Sus (stamps cannot he accepted) for this pattern to Wilson Needlecraft Dept., Room 421, '73 Adelaide St: Weat; Toronto. •Write plainly pattern number, your an rind address. 9 • at - unti`I' _lighf1y-b'i owned, . Cont- • • •_r. ins Curr powder; Sat, pepper and. flour; .stir'intb first mixture.' Ad'd.milk slowly,. stirring Constant- -Ay. ly. Cook•.un.til smooth. Add veal; :nutmeats and pim•ieno;, 'simmer about 10 :minutes•. Coinb'ine crisp' ' cereal and. butter. and heat thor- = oughly; pile in centre of platter; • surround. With curried veal. Yield: 6 servings. • 1111am l'htamber,, oeteotnes pe,rMOnitl lectern .from interested render.. She la ',leotrd In. rehphe anRireatlon.• ' on foplen for her solation, maul i. 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