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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1941-12-18, Page 2• F •61 -ereal'w'Silweets Are >e Penny-Saiceers 1QIr' • ds on a budget are a.cineh, comps ed to thetask of satisfying • wtihe '$West tooth -of a. horde of .Lungt•y :youngsters,when the week ty food pennies have to be.••watah- ed. Serfs where the 'morning cereal,. 'bx " otonnes in handy:. These crisp,- •prepared• cereal's • call pinch-hit for • more esPensive• ingredients in• •tlie : makin gbf cooklesand c andy. They . of s 'e ch- brcie trt do a .neat.. to . o . p ' . _stag' .:Besides,' '..they • make aweete • that • are actually good for • t her ,•.tlhaidren •— and ntot-too: rieb!.,Tbree. :.oto' be reme'bered ,.are:• .Pep Rocks, • A11 -]gran' Chocolate • Chip' Cookies,,' and Bran;. Brittle , PEP ROCK. S M . trip ' shortening ' % 'crp brown auger , V/. .cup• Genre • B 'teaspoons' baking. powder 2 ease 3z teaspoon- _salt.:...' ,. . Yy: teaspoon'�-almtind flavoring ,teas'ioon• vanilla extract 1• • cup finely `chopped , dates 1' cup -,chopped Out meats. 3Mips, . vitamin. enriched wheat linker . Bleu( - shortening,i:and. sugar thor- eughly.; add,.. eggs rand beat. welt. 'Sift ;flour With - baking :powder ,and. "'salt and add ;to "flint 'mixture • with _•irensa€Ming • Ingredients _-Drep--e•.,by- tablespoons on., greased baking . t;beet • and bake -'in ,: moderate oven (375F.l 'about10 Minutes.' Yield: 2�/i ,dozen cooklee inellee Id dia1neter.) ALL -BRAN:` CHOCOLATE, CHIp. COOKIES td pound , semi -sweet . eboeolate cup shortening •'• l%4 'Cop brown isttgar • arts .$granulated sugar'' 2 eggs, 1'teaspoon Coda •. 2•:tablespoons hot water Z' '.cups floor, . teaspoon Salt: ' 1, teaspoon vanilla' extract 'cusp e- op ed 'nut Meats a/ cull Aih$ran ; • , ',Chop chocolate. coarsely.. Blend' . • 'Shortening andsugar well; ' add eggs, ;one at a time; - beatthorough ly Dissolve • sada�•• in -hot water, and add 70. mixture.` • 'Sift •flour with eadt, • add . to•mixture—with•' flavor- Wig,, chocolate, nut meats and -All- • $ran::.,,-:,larepeeby - teaspoonfuls on greased bakingaelieteamedd°b' eeiir- ,_:inoderafe oven (375°F) 15' to 20 minutes. •' • • Yield: 5 dozen cookies''(23 inch- :Co nch,es in diameter.) BRAN BRITTLE • ` 2 cups granulated• sugar- 1 cup brown sugar • tii..eup_,tighte corn -syrup , 1 en -la water M env butter >-.:teaspoon::-salt Mips All -Bran ' • •Cook sugars, •corn Sirup and mat - slowly,;; • watslowly;' stirring until sugar is • •dissolved. Continue cooking with ' ' out stirring until 300°F. is reach- ed, . (cold water test, very brittle.) • Remove! from heat, add butter and :alts 'stir • only •enough to mix 7yeh. Add. All -Bran' and turn at' once onto greased•slab,or greased 'inverted: Pane lir, baking .sheets. • Smooth .out with spatula. After about 30 seconds take hold ' of edges of , candy and, lifting 'it alightly' from. slab, pull it as .thin .all possible. Break into irregular pieces.; Yield: 1 pounds: Daank--AirnAta TR/PL 84KING SONOMY .. , \\l\\\\\ \\\\ \' -.o (2% THERE'S trouble-free baking, m• store for you `when you use 'Calumet Biking Powder. You use lessand its double • leavening si ane_ epi -during gz¢diathe<oeea.,.:.... —assures better results.Easy-opening, ' -won't-spill container,with handy easntia clesitee_n tt_de_r the 11�• SURPRISINGLY LOW I L31. "These •Na,*ie, Spell.. England" ' These: names spell England; Fro- • bisher and Drake, • Nelson and, Hawke •and Albemarle and Blake: • • And these, where: valour stretched a 'bastion. Against invasion, Lagos, Quiber- °I on, St, Vincent,., •Camperdown, and' Trafa And : other t names no less illustri-. •ous are.. What fierce engagements have her seamen fought, How many an adventurous argo- , path Has lett her ' shores for what 'un- charted sear With them went England, whiff of salty, quays And Devon orchards and sweet English gorse-- High English hearts to hold, them • •on their course.' Yet '. common ' tasks , beyond 'the common .ken, The unnamed- servicesof unnam- ed men. These minister no leas to Eng- land's might And keep the 'scutcheon of her honor bright. Still ' mean her ships, wherever they May go, Co ort to friend; cq i!twion to the foe. '' • —Edgar '13ewgass. Navy .Needs Men Itoyal Navy isbutldin,g war- •' shipo at such speed that. a pent/ drive will be started for naval trecruitS,' an authoritative source gays. Previously there •had been More reaitsi than vacancies to the navy. .She's.•Out To Sink More Submarines' - Some years' ago ' we saw a .trim, white -steam .• yacht riding at an- chor in San Diego, says the Wind- sor Star. • She sported two gold stare' on ,hen funnel. We thought • they were the mark of ,the club to -which the ,craft beloged. In a sense they were, but 3t was an even more 'exclusive club than we had .imagined. Those two stars in—e d-icated that the yacht' had two ' German submarines to her credit. • She was the Venetia, which at one time. was owned by a wealthy sugar family in the United States ' but it is now the property 'of Captain Scott 'Misner of ,Port Col - .borne, Ontario. .In the last war she was an auxiliary warship. The. official record gives ner credit for sinking the U=29, which sank the Lusitania. -The Venetia also cap'- tnred. a second submarine and its crew. The fast yacht is'going back into war service. She Is out to add a. few more submarines to her bag and ening mere stars to her. fun- nel. Good luck to 'her.. No Price Ceiling On Farm Goods The . Wartime_pricesand Trade Board has announced that th,e general price, ceiling which went into effect Dec. 1 will ;not apply on sales of a wide. range of farm products and fish between the pri- mary producer and .the dealeror processor. will ...- The ceiling orrer not apply a - to live stock,' poultry; eggs, milk, oream, • dairy. ' butter, farm -made cheese, honey, maple ,sup, 'fish; .w`hen` sold by the prim.ti y praducer • to dealers, processors , or manu- facturers. • t WILLIAM LIAt MVIZQD RAIN: • CHAPTER 34 Ambattbed `Anne watched Jim ..Silcott ride out of town, with Pirie on the o -. f h She did ' saddle in front tin. sa . fi• v not hke-to see hon goo for she �. felt there was 'no safety- on the road for"tum. , Usually.: he travel- ed ravel ed .at. nig ht .but today a e *as in g dy #, 'a harry to get' back ;to the ranch,;. 'He' had .pronlised. her; as soon as ' he was a few' miles afrt of town, : to,'cut into 'the hills and follow a little traveled 'trail. This did not relieve her anxiety greatly, and when an. hour Or two later she met Rufe Jelks she discovered he was as worried as she was, though• he, tried to-'eonceal it from Anne. "I was up -town when he conte for his horse and didn't get hack .. till right now," . he explained. "I sure wouldn't have let him go off alone if I'd been here. He's the most reckless guy, I ever did see. Why couldn't he have waited till after dark, anyhow? 'Doggone his hide, be certainly gives his 1 of wo rn tedo fr' ds e _ . ._..den P__.?1tYW�-:rTY.,� g :,".�_....:..µ... Not but what he's all right. Red can look after. himself. You don't need to be scared about ' that." "fie; added; after. a -moment, "•I'd ride:,after . him if 1 thought I could catch up'. before' he got 'home." Anne .thought he did 'not make• a very' good business of reaSsur- • ing her. .':"They're ' going . to ° get him, Rufe," she said -hopelessly. "If not: today; next week or _next. month ; ..They killed my Ai i le, and they : didn't hate him half .so much as . they : do Jim." - 'The boss of (the • wagonyard leaned an. elbow • on the fence, try- ing to find an answer. • Finally he said, "Miss Eliot, you ought to ' know by this time that Red, for: all he's .:reckless, can look after. , himself." .' He • looked at his watch. "Five ,minutesto twelve. ' I' reckon .we had better mosey along to Ma Russell's 'and. see ifshe made :that apple pie she 'promised me." e -e ditemedditmenalanne ewentashaekee to theoffice of elle "Sentinel "'"' h� .trie.d to concentrate on work, ' but her mind wandered.. Pictures dumped to it of 'a lean brown man on horseback winding his way into the hills, of sinister figures . crouched among the rocks wait- -. ing for their pgeey, of the crack of.' a rifle hreakii'ig the . stillness.- '„Anne tillness.- ,Anne .Gets a Letter . She_ .picked up it • letter friin her desk' and reread. it. The stage had brought it from Santa •The writer had. (.gone to . school with her,. had married • a young army officer, and was stationed in New Mexico: The letter urged Anne to pay her a visit. • Amer's mind lingered on one paragraph. "The streets ' of Santa Fe are so, narrow and so, quaint. My dear, it is' like 'being hi 'a foreign country. , Our house is a fine old adobe one with a lovely patio in- Iside: It used to, belong to an old Spanish family, .narned 'Gandara. None of them live here. new, I " am told. The man. Uhl) it was 'Don Jose Gandara; if you please. Rumaging in the attic the : other day, I found an old leather trunk. !bound with steel at the corners. : It is the dearest thing you ever laid eyes on. '1 am going to have it dusted off and• brought downstairs;, There are a lot of papers in it—letters in Spanish, docunients of one kind ,' and another, I suppose. I'll make a bonfireog these." Maybe 'it would be a good thing for her to go to Sante Fe.. and •'. forget her worries for a few days. Henrietta promised: her plenty. 'of dances and horseback rides and ,young army.. officers. tee pay 'her ' - #attention. It'wouli6e"goo-efirri to have 'a gay tine and. forget that she ,was a married woman, at least in name, and that she was editing d struggling ;newspaper, besides wotrying for fear her friends would be sniped. at ' by hired killers; She could be a 'courted young lady instead of *at_ a harassed woman. She could get. Jim Silcott to ran -the paper while. she Was away. Thus would keep him ir.town, where 'wo uld be safer than -out inthe hitt coun- try. . Anne decided to: go, When Jim came 'in next" wee$ she would take off. If would' be partly'•a. business trip, since .she°'w.anted tQ make arrangements with ,a, bank there for credit with which to buy paper. The Blanco bank was, controlled by 'Russell Mosely, and she did not want •tobei. dependent • on him in en emergency. -. • She dropped into the, office of the stage company to reserve- a seat for the next Tuesday, but before she could say a wordthe agent, Hilary - Benson, blurted a, question at • her. ' A Riderless Horse Returns • • "Have' you heard about Red Silcott's horse coming in :to town alone'' ° • The :blood . drained from: het' , W ..w _ou:...,me n_ e. .dace.-- ., fiat_ da y a alone ?ith" ' • "Wout him. It showed up. ten 'minutes ago at Rufe Jelks' corral." ' Anne. stared at. him. . He was eYc1ited: • But she did: not see that,, Her whole being knew only one ,. dreadful . certainty. Jim was • dead. They had killed flim. Benson thought she was going tb faint. He Fran to the pail and '. brought back a .dipper of water. The young . woman pushed it away. "PM going down to the Long- horn Corral," she said ; iii , 'a low • voice: " "I'll , go with• you," he. said: She did not object.. • She did . not 'care whether he . went or not:' All she .knew was that the 'bottom, had dropped out of her life. ,She moved in a sort of numb dead (vacuum.., Rufe was busy saddling a horse. He bawled to the boy who .helped hiniat the • corral...to bring his a•r leafroe ba edietlieedoo other men were on horseback waiting to go..• Anne' said to Rufe, ;"It's true, then." There was desiair in her dead voice. "We don't know what is true Too many settlers rode or drove this way going . to or from town. The chances of being seen 'would . be overmuch. • ' When he came opposite a gap In the hills -Jim swung from the road through the gray vegetation. His horse beganto climb, for the "country was now a rolling one as it rose in waves toward the ridge in front df him. ' • . Silcott •foIlowed no trail, for . he• knew this. • country .ashe' did the' palm of his 'hand. - Detouring widely, he moved up, and down the stopes, taking such coyer as the countstty .afforded. - Nobody 'could • be leaking for hini in these h ud • ' died hills.Farther ahead Would' be danger points, `Rabbit Ear. Gap for one, and after that .• the canyon below::.Anybody Who took . the Swanson cutoff had to - go o go through the 'Gap. There was • no escape from it, µsince peaks , rose sheer on either side. The sun was high, above Rabbit Ear peak. Rocky,•ridges rose steeply. toward the passe lim pulled up, ' to rest his horse• and. t� let Pixie down. for a run.. - - The. Crap was looking 'just above. hint now. A short stiff cliff .would bring hint to. the entrance• of the defile. Looking up at,'it, a -faint chill ran ;down his. spine. 'He' wondered if this .was a: warn- ing; if that sixth sense of aware- ness -to imminent d_ange , common '$o men'�alio "lived on rile "'perilous' " frontier, was telling hint to be ' vigilant: 'Lightly he dismissed Tthe thought; tiuw he.traveled more slowly;.: scanning every' rock. ' and shrub to make sure 'as ' possible that it' did not hide a .fee. Smit- ing at; the precaution, he drew the, • rifle from' its' boot. , ' Pixie Barks a Warning 'Sileott, stopped Blaze and sent Pixie forward to the pass.. He knew that if the pu'p'met anybody or scented anything suspicious, he would stand and bark. He might • do that if he -saw a chipmunk or a 'rabbit;' in which • case ,itis, ma§= ter scold. have to snake ..ug hi4 . Mind' what to do: about it. But if the collie, ranging over the ground, 'raised no alarin •.be might :be pretty sure . the cut was . safe to travel. Pixie ran forward, nosing_• the ground for scent, , and, turned to , the right. • Called 'back by Silcott • and directed to 'go straight to- ward the Gap, the dog advanced • another, fifty• yardse, be€ore=•.. he-- went off at a tangent:.'A third, One the rider headed the pup for its objective. Apparently . Pixie now' caught the idea, for he' trot- ted steadily to 'the sufmtnit_:, _Just. yet," Jelks said. "Red's 'horse before reaching, the gateway he came back. . Maybe he had an •pulled up and lifted his heed, -He' -aceident." was looking,gesnd listening s as dogs "You don't believe that." "He' plight be alive,".--Rufe said doggedly. "There's a chance." His eyes picked up the other two riders... "All . set,. bdys. ' Let's - g• Jelks. let :his companions pass s p ss through the corral 'gate ahead of him:, "You are sure he told you, he' Was going to take ,the Swanson ' cutoff?" he said:'•to` the white- faced girl at his stirrup. "Yes.. And fromthe summit lie was going' to lea' e the • trail and strike through the hills':' •Slee. added, in a flat' monotone; "What do 'you think, Rufe? He's dead, f , isn't he?" ' • • I ground hard, but he did- not. stay "Don't , quit 'hoping, girI," 'he . h• there. Swiftly, he was up again, •� rifle in hand,. .heading' for • the'I granite slabs at his left. Gans crashed,: either .two 'or three' of them, and the, sound beat 'back • at hire as he zigzagged for cover, lumping while he ran. He reached • the slabs and dropped; down back of the nearest. ..There` was no chance to reach Blaze, for at the first alarm• the, horse had turned and 'was' . gal- • loping down the hill .up which they' had just climbed.' He had to Make his stand for life here. ,(Continued Next Week) da, . uncertain as to what this tan- known quantity, • in front , of him 'was,. some • presence which he 'sensed .might be an enemy.. tae Cocked his head . and waited, then began to bark. • ' A rifle' 'shot shattered the "still- ness ' and echoed back from the rock •wall. .Startled,• Blaze .leaped wildly. to one. side. Silcott, unpre- pared, caught at the saddle horn but could not . save himself from being;•unseated'.'As he'we.nt down, he knew he had been hit -and that the bullet bad' 'corn., from the quartz boulders at his 'end . of the pass. • His shoulder Struck the Waste Paper Used k For War Purposes :The direct value of, the salvage Of waste . paper is not perhaps fully realized. ' The British Min- istry of Supply are asking . for 100,000 tons of waste paper' at once for cartridge and shell cases, mines ra i sets (every ton k has a radio), machine guns, and even ,wall 'boards for building army huts\ .• . • We are'told by .those ,' who should: know that, one ton of paper can be turned into any of the f'el• - lowing: , ' „1,5'00• shell; containers. „91000 ,shell fusecomlione ata, 11,000 inine;'.assemblies. 71,0011 dust covers for .aero - e. • engines:. , 436,000 cut-out targets. 3,000 boxes for aero -cannon, shells. If',this amount of, waste pap'er. can be recovered in this country a 'tremendous tonnage of shipping will be released from the Atlan- tic to ,carry munitions for Russia. TABLE TALKS By SADIE B. CHAMBERS A --Happy • Christmas. To All. "Mary was a sweet thing until :,I got her in my clutches' with too much. tea and coffee. She 'devel- oped caffeine-nerves.'Her eyes fairly flashed fire all • the time. Then some meddler told her'wh,at ' ' ,.was the Matter stili _per' suaded her to' try Postum and I lost out!' ' comforted; his voice roug-h with feeling. . With .that he swung, his horse and went through the gate, lifting it • to a, ,gallop as scion as he reached the . dusty road. Half a dozen men and boys , were in a stall Looking' at Silcott's horse. ' Some one raised an 'ex- cited Cry. • `' "Look here, Bill!! There's • blood on ,the saddle!" • "' Anne felt sick. 'She moved for- ward, her hands- reachipg for the fence- to support • her. When she got to , it, her fingers clamped themselves around ,'two palings. She must not faint .. , The build -f int s across -the' -street tilted. ujv to .meet the she,. e_ ...s • A Sense ofDanger Blaze was a horse of solid color. Red he was from the tip of his nose to the tail, except for the one splash* of white dn- his face. Jim. had.' heen, keeping him, at the Longhorn . COrrill lately duririg his stays in Blanco, and Blaze liked the good feed and the • lazy life • of town, That was Why When he had found himself turned loose,' terrified ' at what lie' had seen, his head pointed for' Blanco rather than for the ranch on Tin= cup Creek. . Pixie, snuggled down in fronts of Jim as they left Blanco be- hind.. Accustomed to. the saddle, the collie was quite ' ontented to be a 'pass! ager. Occasionally he tutped hid head to lick the hand, Of his master. Like most rani.?es, he had ,supreme confidence that' all would be well ,with him while he was so near the lord of hits' world.. '. Silctt• sat the saddle lightly, at loose ease, following •theg..un- barrel road across ,the sage flat. He *as • a Man •fearless • by nature, at thews reckless, but never fool hardy, As he traveled, his gaze searched the brush on both sides of the sand ribbon which strech- ed before him for many •reile't. It was not likely that any of his enemies would l'ay for him here. • `Upon our, .:first :retrospection it might seem" this will not, be a Merry •' Christmas for many and over all o1 us hangs ' a gloomy cloudof anxiety and uncertainty,: , However,' through that cloud .there shines a ray of sunshine :which' never:.fades,. fox:uponthis..day. we. commemorate the, birthday of Him - who' brought the only true peace, -joy and happinessto the world. Asea nation let us not lose heart ever, .„for Victory is sure . to come, "Right Must Prevail," In giving you. . the menu ' for Christmas dinner we are keeping in mind economy .simplicity and patriotism. CHRISTMAS "DINNER MENU Gingerale Cocktail Roast . Chicken Peanut :Dressing ' Riced Potatoes Giblet. Gravy ' Baked • Sgaash - •.lifelded'Red-Salad Boiled Dressing Plum Pudding . Hard Sauce Raisins' 'Salted 'Pecans Beverage of Choice. GINGERAL.E COCKTAIL 1 cup orange sections ,,(free from • membrane)' • ,...1 cup grapefruit__.(free from .. .. . inembrane)' . '1 teanpoon finely chopped• mint and syrup •. hlh cups gingerale•• • The fruit can be prepared and set to chill, then assembled at the last moment. .If you are not -.for-, tunate enough to have made •some minted syrup, red and green cher ries may be Used `which ,add 'a touch •.of seasonal . coloring, ' PEANUT. DRESSING 2 cups shelled peanuts 2, cups toasted .breed cl umbs " 1 beaten egg 2 tablespoons. melted butter Enough broth from . fowl •fo moisten Grind the nuts and .the crumbs. Add melted butter and . egg and mix well. Moisten • the mixture with some: broth from the nec1 and, . giblets, cooked in ..a little• sat%r and season. MOLDED MOLDED RED'SALAD 1 quart cranberries 24 cups boiling: v<ater 2 cups sugar • 2 tablespoons gelatine 1,h cup cold water 1 cup nutmeats broken ' .2 cups 'diced pineapple 2 cups' Tokay .grapes LAURA WHEELER DOILIES,, CROCHETED STRING HAVE THREE SIZES COWL 410, nlccwier ssavicr ',CROCHETED DOILIES PATTERN 1000• You'll add (beauty to your home win these lovely Daisy• doilies. Better yet -you can make them for gift • they're inexpensive and Co acceptable to every housewife, • Pattern 1000. 'contains directions for making -chillies; illustrations of them and stitches; materials re- • quired; photograph of .doily. • Send twenty cents in coins (stamps •,cannot be accepted) for this pattern to Wilson Needlecraft Dept., Room 421,-13 Adelaide St. Vest,' 'Toronto. 'Write plainly pattern number, y=our 'name and address. ' I#'eadaches, nervousness acid steep- lessness ajc the warning signals of caffeine nerves, caused_ by drinking_... too much teauand coffee. Delicious and particularly economical, . Instant Postum is entirely free . ' 'from caffeine. Made instantly in '• the cup, there is no fuss, no bother. Ask your grocer for Postum. Wash and pick over, the cran- berries. Cook in boiling water until berries burst. Strain through sieve and .add' sugar. Soak gelatine ' in. cold water five minutes, then add to hot cranberry mixture. Stir un- til 'dissolved. n-til.'dissolved. Let stand until cool. Add grapes skinned, seeded nuts and 'pineapple. Mix well., When mixture begins to set, turn into a- •lra' e flow••a:n<~o •~-th�divi p z tlua•Ie mohisa., Chill; and unmold: Serve on' lettuce with mayonnaise. PLUM . PUDDING • . 1 cup dates • •, 11, -cups brown Isugar' 11 cups sifted' breadcrumbs 11/2 cups flour 11,s eups ohoppedermet- : 1 Ib. raisins 2 teaspoons baking powder , 3 eggs well beaten ,' - . cup sweet milk • 1 teaspoon ginger, cloves, : • nutmeg and -cinnamon 34 sup of lemon, orange and, , citron peel :mixed %, teaspoon salt Steam three hours. HARD SAUCE ,. ae ,Ib. butter : - ib. powdered sugar •Mix- butter: and sugar until: snowy white. Add la few drops of lemon extract. ,[Roll in Waxed paper, Place in refrigerator ."until . • hard. Cut in slices.. Serve slice on top of .plum pudding. I • Mott lY►aetaberol_ovli-o ted pereweeatl .letters troin Interested Ireaderea. She , In gleaned 'to receive . suggestiuub' On lobus for 'her 'column, hod • Is even ready to .1114teu 10. your .' gaet peeves." Iletiuenls ter recipes or speeietl 'Henna are In order. Addrens• yeU'r Ietiers.t0 1•MI ie *utile it Plain. 'bees, 73 Nest Adelaasde Klrce$,"I'u. .ronlo." 3eiid Auuuped: pelf-addre,Aged enveloite it Foie wish n reply' • P. '/g pound tins in colourful Holiday Wrappers 800 , Vie tipto Ogddll's far Christmas FINE 'C U T , ISSUE 51-'41 A