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Notes from
A Womans Workshop
(Uy p, N. in the London FreePress).
in 4heso days when the world cowers in fear, we all need that deep
inner steadfastness whose source is spiritual. But we view "With special
concern the future of our children, The days ahead promise nothing of
security or luxury, possibly not even of comfort, but since in this same
future they must live put their lives,, the uttermost is demanded of them
in >couvage and endurance. What can mothers do to give them this cour
age? Certainly we must recognize fundamental differences m tempera
ment. To some naturally timid people molehills become mountains,
while others are incapable of fear or worry. „However, children have one thin trait In common, they are all imita
tors of their parents, so it would appear that example may be a powerful
agent in education against fear. My own mother must have felt this to be
so. for when <x storm to pyogrosst uftor Ii&vtog tuKow $4*
due precautions,. she would call us to the window to watch the magnifi
cent play of the lightning. She refused to admit that night held any
more terror than day, consequently we knew no fear of darkness. 1
realize how sensible she was when I see.how these two bugbears have
followed many women through a long life. . ,Since needs must that we see our children fare forth into an unchaited
future, let us at least send them on their way unburdened with un
necessary apprehensions. In the long run it’s not what we meet but how
we meet it that counts.-The Missus
THE QUEEN—-GOD BLESS HER
Most of us who listened to Queen
Elizabeth- speakiug to the. women
of America on a recent Sunday
evening were conscious of the deep
emotion that underlay her words.
To-day we think of her, not as the
radiant little lady who visited us so
triumphantly two years ago, but
rather as the Queen of Duty, who
has gathered to her'own heart, all
the sorrows and problems of her
people.
We women of the British Com
monwealth of8»r our homage, ndt
to the Consort of our Sovereign,
ut to the Wife of our First Citizen,
HOSIERY?
Governments of the United
Canada have frozen all
silk in their respective
All available silk will
be devoted to the war
is hard to believe that
80 per cent of the silk used in Can
ada went into the making of hose.
Manufacturers assure is that we
need not worry over -a probable
scarcity of
for when the
hausted, fine
ized hose will
Personally,
stocking habit is about the most
universal piece of extravagance that
ever had women in its thrall. Many
of us remember when silk hosiery
was unheard of. We got along very
well with cotton, lisle and cash-
mere and thought the bit of leg
- that was visible ^was not so bad.
The secret was that “everybody
did it.” if this sacrifice is all that
•. is required to win a war, we can
take it.
The
States
stocks
countrj.es.
henceforth
needs. It
and
of
t
attractive stockings,
present stock is ex
rayons and mercer-
be available.
we think, the silk
I
PICKLES
Now is the time we
ahead to winter needs,
are in -order. How are your “cues'
performing? If they arrive a few
at a time, this recipe may prove
useful:
must look
so pickles
Crock Pickle
gallon vinegar
cups brown sugar
•cup ground mustard
cup salt
tablespoon curry powder
tablespoon turmeric
ounce ground mixed spice
small lump -allum
I
9
1
1
1
1
1
1
Put all in a crock "and stir well
every day, Add small cucumbers
as they' are ready, but keep the mix
ture well stirred until the pickles
are thoroughly cured. They may
shrivel at first but will fill out agaiu.
Bread and Butter Pickle
gallon -unpeeled, medium-sized
cucumbers, sliced paper-thin
small onions, sliced
green peppers sliced
1
KIDDY HORNER
Pockets 1
A child should have a pocket-
Supposing on the road
He runs across a beetle
Or an old hop toad?
However will be carry them?
Whatever wil he do,
If he hasn’t got a pocket
To put them into?
A child should have a pocket
On which he fairly dotes!
Not one or two but many
In his little waistcoats—
And one will be for money
He finds upon the roads,
And one for cake and cookies,
And one for hop-toads.
* *. •
BRITISH CAREFUL ABOUT
RATIONING CLOTHES
Clothes rationing in Great Britain
has passed the novelty stage and
settled down to be just a part of ‘
wartime routine. There is' little
or no grumbling but there is lots of
planning. The time when women
rushed out and bought whatever
they thought they might need and
then found themselves with empty
ration'books is past. They now plan
now for their' needs and manufac^
turers, distributors and consumers
endeavor to co-operate with the
Board of Trade in Smoothing out
the difficulties and inequalities in
herent to such a scheme.—0—
Durability is now the thing that
counts in clothes and the view is
held that many women who had
previously bought style garments in
the stores will now patronize the big
dress-making houses that have a re
putation for very good tailored
Clothes of long wearing quality,
same amount of money will
fewer clothes but they Will
longer-—and the' restriction is
on the amount of money paid
clothes but on the dumber of gar
ments purchased.
have demonstrated
The
buy
last
not
for
-Canadians
that they are keenly aware of the
necessity for
tional defense,
be seen whether, within the next*
six months,, they Wilt make an equal
response to appeals for national
economy.a *
KITUHEN KINKS
Perspiration contains common
salt, which causes silk, cotton, linen
and rayon fabrics to deteriorate
Snore quickly, according to the
American Institute. of Laundering.
This salt content in perspiration is
removed only by water, other re
novating solvents being ineffective
in the complete removal of the com
mon salt present in perspiration.
contributing to na-
It still remains to
COMB IN AND SEE THE
PATHFINDER
IT’S A BIG MILEAGE
Gae&m/w.
AT A
ROCK-
BOTTOM
PRICE
’ 8
2
Mix half cup . of salt
quart of ice-water, pour
sliced vegetables, cover'
weighted plate and leave over night.
Drain this -off, Make syrup of;
5 cups vinegar
5 cups sugar
y2 .teaspoon each of turmeric and
cloves
2 teaspoons each of mustard and
" celery seed
Pour over the drained vegetables
and stir gently over the fire -until
scalding but not boiling. Bottle.
SEASONAL SALADS
Now that fresh fruits and
tables are here in all their
dance, the ..house mother may serve
them in many delicious combina
tions so that the wholesome salad (
will not grow monotonous. For
her convenience we suggest the
following:
1. Equal quantities of flaked
salmon, diced cooked potatoes, and
celery.
2. Salmon or other fish and hard-
boiled eggs and celery or cabbage
and minced parsley.
Cooked carrots and green peas,'
or without walnuts.
Cabage with nuts.
Cabbage with tart apples. ,
Cabage with celery apd nuts.
Tomatoes cut in halves on a
bed of shredded cabbage. Tomatoes
canned* whole , may be used in the
winter time.
8. Cabbage, tomatoes and cucum
bers.
9., Tomatoes with part of the
pulp removed and ‘ stuffed with
chopped cucumbers .and nuts. Cel
ery may also be used.
10.
11.
boiled
12.
boiled
13.
boiled
14.
15.
•cheese salad—'Cheese and red or
green peppers or chopped huts.
16. Shredded cabbage—cut fine,
let lie in ice water- till ready to
serve, and add one-third cup fine-]
ly minced peppers, sliced toma
toes, celery and watercress.
17. Pineapple, cream cheese and
lettuce.
18. Grapefruit, celery and cherry.
19. Bananas served on a lettuce
leaf with a boiled dressing poured
elver and sprinkled with chopped
nuts,
20. Apples, cabbage And nuts,
with a French or boiled dressing.
21. Bananas and stoned’cherries,
with a sweet or boiled dressing.
22. Sliced peaches, yellow plums,
and nuts, With a boiled dressing.
23. Diced apples, chopped celery
and white grapes—the home-grown
Canadian grapes—with chopped
nuts and a sweet pr boiled dressing.
24. Diced apples and finely chop
ped Spanish onion, with a
dressing
25. The use of the dried
'especially dates, with, the
, tart fruits, gives not only a
ing flavor combination, but a dish
of considerable food •value. 'The
sliced dates may be used with
! stoned cherries, oranges, tart apples,,
or pineapple, raw or canned, using
any of the salad dressings.
in shreds
with one
over the
with a
vege-
abun-
Snell Bros. & Co.
An experienced executive once
remarked that in order to keep post
ed, on thp fundamental currents of
Canadian opinion he took home
from his office almost every week
an armful of newspapers from Can
ada’s «small towns and villages.
These he read carefully as the most
authoritative and accurate presen;
tation available not only of what
the average Canadian is doing but
what he is thinking and talking
about as well.
That Canada’s small towns, vil
lages .. and country districts like
their local weekly newspapers is
borne out by the fact that there are
734 of them published in this coun
try. Ontario heads the list with
241, followed by Saskatchewan with
140 and Quebec with 90. Of the
latter, 70 are printed in French.
With a gross circulation running
into the hundreds of thousands,
these papers then represent a for
midable, though often neglected,
section of Canadian journalism,
Their powei* lies in their close
ness to the people they serve,
no exaggeration to say
editor with a few years’
tance in a community-—'and
them have spent all their
one place—-will know fully 75 per
cent of his subscribers personally,
and they know him. Opinions pass
between them freely, Hence the
local, paper conies each week with
nearly the personal touch of a let
ter. It recounts the sayings and'
doings of mutual acquaintances
and, lacking the overwhelming vol
ume of its daily colleague, it gets
read from end to end before it
joins its predecessors in the I.O.D.E,
or Boy Scout paper collection.
Varied Sizes
It is
that an
acquain-
many of
lives in
pages used even in the smallest
weeklies. * News from dependent
villages and country districts is
provided by a staff of local corres
pondents who usually trade their
news for a year’s subscription to
the paper. Correspondents in larger
centres are often paid space rates.
Full-time editors scrutinize all ma
terial at the central office. 'The type
of features carried depends -largely
upon the editor’s particular inter
est, whether it he local history,
agriculture, books, politics, or some
other subject. The weekly news
paper without an editorial page is
now a rara avis. But as a rule
weekly editors stick fairly closely
to local affairs, leaving their city
brethren to instruct in the weight
ier matters of national and inter
national importance. The thinning
but of papers attached to a Par-
ticular political party and the
kaleidoscopic changes in national
affairs from hour to hour no doubt
accounts foi* this
facement,
The misspelled
pdges and broken
many a Joke about country * news
papers years ago, have been cut
to that minimum beyond which
editors, compositors, proofreaders,
make-up and pressmen cannot, gp.
Better Equipment
improvement is traceable to
sources. As a general lev
prosperity, has risen, the
newspapers have been able
in better equipment, Lino-
Summert Hast
Long Week-End
GOs From Noon Friday, Aug. 29,
until 2.00 P.M. Monday, Sept. 1.
RETURN: Leave destination up to
midnight, Tuesday, Sept, 2, 1941
Times shown are Standard,
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Wholesale Houses, and
the Fashionable Retail
Shopping Dlstrlot. '
.. A, M. POWELL. FRESiDKNT
the,, commun-
four’ to ” 20
less technical
3.
with
4.
5.
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7.
Beets With celery and nuts.
Cooked cauliflower with
dressing.
Cooked spinach ’with hard-
eggs and boiled dressing.
Cooked asparagus tips with
dressing.
Celery and pineapple.
Cream cheese or cottage
boiled
fruits,
fresh,
pleas-
BulldlnQS,
Gardens,
Hospitals,
change
is in
front
Ex
ones,
have
their
live-
city
own.
HIT! SAR6E
WHERE’S
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fflINAfc&’S
SOLDIERS
RUB OUT TIRED ACHES
NEW SCIENTIFIC MACHINE
TO BE ON DISPLAY AT
TORONTO EXHIBITION
'The Voder, the marvellous appara
tus which actually creates speech,
will be one of the features of this
year’s Canadian , National Exhibi
tion.- Demonstrations will be given
several times daily in the Natjpnal
Industries building .(formerly On
tario Government building) through
out the two, weeks of the fair,-
Three of the 24 long-distance
telephone operators who demon
strated the Voder at the New York
World’s Fail' a,nd Golden Gate Ex
position, San Francisco, will pre
side pt the key-board^ of the “elec
trical voice,” which resembles the
console of an organ,
make the Voder sing,
laugh and talk!'
Both scientists and
auditors have pronounced thie
p'aratuis as one of the marvels of
modern '. scientific development.
All proceeds of the’ demonstra
tion, which is presented by the Bell i
Telephone Company, will’ go to the,
Red Cross British .Bomb Victims'1
Fund and The Evening Telegram’s • 1( British War Victims’ Fund.' l'
A-l BABY CHICKS
Barred Rocks, White Rocks, White
Jersey Block Giants, New
«. Hampshire Beds
Write or Phone for Prices
A, H- SWITZER HATCHERY
Phone 38-3 i Granton, Ont,
POLLEN .FROM FAR AiWAY
TEXAS ‘HOMES’ LONDON
TO PROMOTE HAY FEVER
August 15 is Traditional Start of
.Sneezing! Season for Two Per
Cent of Population
The day pf the ragweed sneezers
and wheezers is upon the Canadian
populace; on August j.5, victims of
this annual pollen blitz get. out their
hankies and start weeping for no
cause that is apparent to 98' per
•cent of the population.
Tradition hqs named it the start
of the hay fever and asthma season
among the two per cent of the
Canadian populace allergic to rag-
j weed pollen, But although doctors
} agree on the date of the onset,
. what’s best to do about relief or
■ cure still causes as much friction
among scientists as pollen does in,
tender noses.
Many of the
ing' discarded,
up north isn’t
This
several
el of
weekly
to put
types with modern type faces, faster
and more modern presses,
equipment would bp
scrap steel without
men. The1 increased
of the industry with
demand for highly
men has turned the itinerant print
er into .a legend. Another spur to
ward better weekly newspapers has
been the keen .competition from
city dailies
both news
neither of
everything
strated by
advertiser’s
from motor
realizing the greater reader interest,
linked with community loyalty en
joyed by the weekly papers, have
responded by using them liberally
in their .(schedules. The publisher
naturally encourages this interest
(which usually rewards him better
than local advertising does) by giv
ing attention to the good reproduc
tion of national
to the general
product1.
So important
tising become-that 41 of the larger,
weekly papers across Canada have
banded together as the'6' Class “A”
Weeklies of Canada and employ a
full-time representative in Toronto
to present their cases, individually
andx collectively, to advertising
agency space buyers and account
executives. . Twenty-four of this
group have pioneered among coun
try weeklies by securing Audit
Bureau of Circulations check-ups
for their circulation figures. In this
move they have surpossed their
American contemporaries, less than
a score of whom are A.B.C." mem
bers.
The Canadian Weekly Newspapers
Association, Whose central office
is at Brampton, Ont,, is a much lar
ger organization, embracing about
500 members. Its monthly bulle
tin provides a medium for exchang
ing (.a steady flow of pew ideas and.
experiences as well as personal
news. The association also sponsors
competitions Und arranges an an
nual convention which was held last
week in Quebec City,
ship 'has had much to
steady progress made
weekly newspapers.
B.ut this
only so much
skilled work
mechanization
its consequent
skilled crafts-
They will
as well
humble
as
lay
ap*
and from the radio for
and advertising, That
these media . has had
its own way is demon-
the fact that national
of all sorts of products
/ cars to hair tonics.
advertisements ’and
appearance of his
has national* adver-
older ideas are be-
For, instance, going
what it used to be.
Ragweed follows clearing of the
’land and as thp htorth becomes more
and more opened up, land that'
formerly grew trees now produces,
its share of ragweeds. The railway
up to Mopsonee may start running
“Hay Fever Specials” yet.
If folks stay in'the city, to brave
out the sneezes and wheezes, they
shouldn’t waste the breatlj between
sneezes raving that something
ought to be done .about ragweed in
their locality. For those who know
about such things point out that
if every ragweed plant for miles
arourtd the city were eradicated,
•plenty; ofsragweed pollen would re
main to cause trouble,
A large percentage of the rag
weed inhaled in,. this part of the*
country is not grown" locally but is
carried in the upper air currents
from the • world’s greatest ragweed,
belt, the Central States. From
Texas right up through Oklahoma,
Kansas, Missouri, Indiana and Illi
nois and Michigan the winds carry
tons and tons' of minut^ pollen
grains which gradually settle, out
from the upper air to “bomb” al
lergies below.
It takes but one pollen grain
per hour, getting into your nose
or bronchial tubes, to keep you suf
fering.
If you Suffer from ragweed hay
fever alone ybu are lucky com
pared with those who get hay ifever
and asthma1 from other things in
addition to rhgweed. One of the
commonest irritants is house dust,
aild this .is not only difficult to
avoid but also affects its victim the
whole year around. ~ .
Apart from staying constantly
within an air-conditioned room for
the duration^ of the pollen season,
get'
one
the
you
hot
Physically,- Canadian country
weeklies are a polymorphic crowd,
Most of them use a page length
varying from 19 to 22 inches with
the current running toward the
tabloid size now popular in the
United States, Although the old
seven-column page is still popular
in most of the smaller papers, as a
general rule the larger weeklies
have followed urban examples and
changed''over to eight columns. The
number of pages published varies,
of course, with the amount of ad
vertising available in
ity—anything from
pages.
These are more or
details obvious only to printers and
i advertising men, but a
; which he w,hp, ..rains may see
the appearance of the average
page 'of the average weekly,
cept for. a few conservative
almost all the larger ’ papers
banned 'advertising from
front pages and substituted a
ly style of headlines many
deskmen would be proud to
The smaller ones have .followed the
trend, depending on the outlook of
the editor and the physical resourc
es-at his command. Driven from
the city papers during the Civil
War, the single, 12-point headline
is fast losing ground in its last
stronghold.
The weekly newspapers have not
been asleep to the vogue for illus
trations, exemplified to the nth de
gree by the flood of picture papers.
Some editors subscribe to mat
services or picture syndicates; but
Since most of the illustrations re
quired are of local happenings or
of local pfeople, the weekly pub
lisher usually finds its more ad-*
vantageous to patronize a near-by
engraving plant or even put in his
own equipment.
Miss Anna' Mae Swenson, one of the
three long-distance telephone opera
tors who will demonstrate the Voder
at the Canadian National Exhibi
tion. .Although she is only 21 years
of .age, Miss Swenson, who is seat
ed at the console of the voice-creat
ing apparatus, demonstrated the
Voder at both the World’s Fair in
New York and the Golden Gate Ex
position,’ San Francisco., in 1939
and 1940. • , .
The
age- of
duced
\ Cl/7 COARSE FOR THE PIPE
Country " News
demand for complete cover
local news has greatly ra
the number of readyprint
OLD CHUM
To prevent stockings deteriorat
ing cm this ueftoubt they should be
washed every time they are worn. 1
Arab Legion Guards British AitField In Iraq
An B. A. station on the Ifaq-Transjordan frontier is seen
being guarded by the famous Aral? legion of the Amir of
OPransjoi’dan
Led by British offieersy the Desert Patrol of the Auab ;
legion is responsible fol’ the maintenance of ojtder in the z
deserts, and has become mofe than ever important from the
point Jof Kinpire security.
Its leader-
do with the
by Canadian
1
WINCHELSEA
the frolic held at
Tuesday night of
Jas. Francis and
her
Quite a number from this ' com
munity .attended
Spruce Grove on
last week^
Mr. and Mrs.
daughter, of Tavistock, visited on
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Garnet
Johns. . 1
Mi^s Joy Whitlock, of St. Thomas,
is holidaying with her sister, Mrs.
F. V. Horne.
Miss Shirley Brock, of Kirkton,
spent a few days last week with her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Brock................. $ ..
Miss Ahhie Elford holidayed the
latter part - of the week With
Cousin, Miss Wilma Veal,
Messrs. Harold Clarke, Jack Cow
ard, Gordon Prance and johnny Rid
leyv left Sunday for three weeks’
training at Thames. Valley Camp.
Mrs/W. F, Batten and Gladys
spent Monday with friends in 'to-
rdnto.
Mrs. James Kirkland, of Thames
Rond, kpont Sunday with Mr, and
Mrs, Geo. Lavis,
Mr, and Mrs. Jack boibridgo and
Kevin, Miss Dora Delbridge and
Mr, and Mrs. Garnet Johns attend
ed the Elittiville W.A. pifcnic held
at Sprlngbank on Saturday last,
CUT FlHE FOR CIGARETTES
JAMES STREET W. M, S.
The August meeting of the W.M.S.
of James Street United Church was
held on Thursday afternoon, Aug
ust 14th, the president, Mrs. Page,'
presiding. The visiting committee
reported 28 calls made. Mrs. Chris
tie reported for Christian Steward
ship and Finance. Tire Alma College
Summer School for W.M.S. work
ers opens
Os on the
to attend
‘Christie’s
of the September meeting.
Cook's group Was in charge of the
program on “Social Welfare” and
opened the worship service with
the Scripture lesson by Mrs. spar
ling and prayer by Mrs. Sharp. An
instrumental duet by Mr. Colliding
and Dawson was much appreciat
ed. A vocal duet was given by Mr,
and Mrs. Goulding. -Mrs, Page then
took charge, the topic being “our
Canadian Homes”, Four readings
wore given by Mrs. Pybus, Mrs.
Sharp, Mrs. Stone and Mrs. Bus-
weli followed by a discussion by
Mrs. Godfrey, Mrs, Anthony, and
Mrs, Page. The meeting closed with
the singing of a hymn and prayer.
...—..-V—...- - ,
on August 25th and clos-
29tli. Everyone wishing
will bo welcome. Mrs.
group will have charge
•Mrs.
Barber; “Do you want anything
on your face whMi I'm finished,
sir?”’
Customefi “Well, I hope you’ll
leave my nose.”
or going far "enough north to
away from it all, the best- thing
can, do is to take injections of
extracts of pollens which affect
and so acquire immunity. This
only prevents hay fever in those sus
ceptible to it, but eVen more impor
tant, Wards, off asthma which fre
quently is the result of yearly hay
fever attacks,
anuuwuiwwiaaW^
BiliousAttacks
Liver Complaint
Biliousness is jhst another name
for a clogged' pt (sluggish -liver. It
is a very common complaint/but can
be quickly remedied by stimulating
the flow of bile. This softens the
accumulated mass, the. poisons are
carried Out of the System, and the
liver and bowels are relieved Sudd
toiled up. ■ ■’ ■ ‘ f.
Milbum’s Laxa-Liver Pills quicken
and enliven, the sluggish liver, open
ing up every channel, by causing a
free flow of bile and thus cleansing
the liver of the dogging impurities.
They are small and easy io take.
Do not gripe, weaken or sicken, ,
TM T. Milburn OoM Toronto, Ont, -